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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
SCIENCE AND

A few years ago a sea wall was built
al Barrow. England, TO keep the sea
from the workings Of a mine. and it is
now proposed TO make an embrank-
ment $3.50 yards long to inclose about
10 acres OF and under which the mine
has been extended, the existence Of ore
having been demonstrated under that
area. 1t is estimated that the work
will cost nearly So. 900, 600, but the ore
is of the finest quality.
An electric rack-railway has been
built at Laon, France. TO connect the
railway station with an elevated pla-
teau 672 feet above the station, where
most of the Inhabitants live. The
overhead trolly system is used in COM
bination with a rack-rail track. Ordi-
narily street cars are used seating forty
passengers. The total cost of the line.
which is a mile and a quarter Ions,
was nearly $50, 600.
The French government is consider
ing the advisability OF. discontinuing
the use of the guillotine and contem-
plates the adoption in its stead OF cleo
trical execution. The head of the GRIM
inal is inclosed in a helmet somewhat
similar ito that used by a i've When
the eXecutioner turns on the current,
two needles leap from their sockets,
penetrate the temples and enter the
brain. A powerful alternating current
ruptures and destroys the brain sells
so quickly that it is believed that death
will be instantaneous. This seems like
a clumsy method of execution, says the
Scientific American, but there is no
question that il will be efficacious.
Armored trains are being used TO
transport troops and passengers
through the districts which are men,
AID in the T~raEsvaal. Such trains are
nearly always improvised and are
nothing more han a traih OF ordinary
freight cars whose resistance to at
tack has been increased by pasting the
inside with sheets of metal. Holes are
pierced in the cars through which rifles
and small cannon can be used on the
attacking party. Sometimes a freight
a mounting a piece of artillery forms
a pant Of a train. These trains are inn
provised as needed and ares fitted up
with the nearest materials available,
such as sheets of steel, Sandbags or
lumber. Such trains were used with
great satisfaction in the Egyptian war.
Chicago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
BREVITIES.

That Franklin Syndicate in Brook
lyn was a fine nest of robbers and ras-
Gals. Ten per cent. a week was pro-
missed to it's credulous patrons, and $40
per cent. a year IN dividends. The
head men are indicted. They ought to
wear stripes and pick rocks for ten
years.
Colonel Bryan lectured before the
University of Little Rock, Ark, and re-
ceived $3.50, but presented it to the
university to be put at interest and a
gold medal awarded each year in ora
t0rical contests.
Ex-Governor Boutwell,, of Massaehu-
sets, delivered an address in which he
scored little Mckinley, the imperfalist.
He declared that if President McKin-
ley is the candidate for the republican
party next year, on a platform en-
bodying his present policy. he will be
as surprised a man the morning after
the election as Van Buren, was in 1910,
when he thought he was elected,
whereas he had received the votes of
only five states"
While Roberts is boasting he will get
in the congress, with his four wives.
another brother Mormon has been over
hauled at home and fined for having a
new wife in addition to the old.
According to British accounts the
Beers are doing most stubborn fighting
and do not know when they are
whipped.
Roberts proposes to attend the demo-
cratic caucus. He evidently likes good
company. But is he a genuine demo-
crat or only a half and half? There is
10 way to exclude him from the eau
Gus. but there should be a way to ex-
clude him from the house.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

issue is holding together theallied
forces with the same power that it is
reunbting the Democracy in the East"
Mckinley and Hanna's state gave this
pair of vile corruptionists a big black
eye. Here is a comparison of plurali-
ties that brings but little comfort to the
Mckinley and advocates of
~conquests and annexation and creating
an empire. The table gives plurahties
for 1896 and 1899. Examine for your
self:
Massachusetts,, $4,000 rep. 5000 rep.
Maryland. ....... $4,000 rep. 1900 dem
Pennsylvania. .295, 900 rep. las, 700 rep.
Ohio. 49, 900 rep. 20 100 rep.
Kentucky. 500 rep. 1900 rep.
Iowa............ $1,000 rep. $1,000 rep.
South Dakota. 500 fus. 5000 rep.
Nebraska........ 1900 fus. 1900 fus.
The more they are studied the less
safety and confidence for the little
Major. Here is the conclusion as given
by Mr.. Spahr, who resides in New York
City:
I'm these seven states the republican
losses aggregated nearly $780, 0O, and IL
our imperiaIist friends care TO add the
results in the county elections in New
York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Kan
sas, they Will find in the eleven states
a net Republican loss of 700, 900, or
more than McKinley's plurality in 1896.
The ~imperialist party%is now a minori-
ty of the American people"
The democracy may if wise and
united and faithful to the constitution
and the people give the republicans a
sound walloping next year. The New
York Evening Post editorially dis
cuesses the danger" threatening the
republican party. 1t begins with these
ominous words:
There is something ominous in Sen
ator Hanna's prompt rising to remark
that the shipping-subsidies bill is GER
tain to be passed in the coming session
of Congress. lit is prophetic of the de-
termined raid on the Treasury which
is sure to be made this winter all along
the line. Bounties to shipbuilders are
only symtomatic of the general ap-
peal that will be heard for private aid
from public funds. The demand for
class legislation will be more powerful
than ever at the very moment that
some of the strongest bulwarks
against it are removed"
Thus you see what the Mephistophiles
of the rotten republican party is after
plumber of the people for his friends
Great expenditures, a large standing
army, vast taxation, huge robberies-
these will raise their "horrid 'front.' and
appal while plundering the people.
The people must stand together and
throttle forever the huge republican
monster whose entire existence has
been a curse to the country and a men,
ace to the liberties of the people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
Are Blood Dis
eases-Cure Free!

1t is the deep-seated, obstinate cases
Of Catarrh and Rheumatism that
B. f B. (Botaric BIcod Balm) cures.
II matters not wf%s ether treatments
doctcfs, sprays, u iments, indicated
al, blood purifiers, have failed to do,
B. b. B. always promptly reaches the
reai cause ard roots out and drives
from rhS bcres, jcirts. n1uc oEs mem
brane and entire system the specific
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kfter everything else fails. W. have
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will send a Trial Bottle Free on re-
quest. Personal medical advice free.
Address Blood Balm Co., IS Mitchell
Atlanta. Ga
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
HOME FOLKS.

We did not observe until in type that
the clipping as to killed and wounded
in yesterdays Messenger was probably
for a former foot ball season. There
was no date to it or statement from
which paper taken. Desiring to be ac-
curate we maxi this explanation. If it
is a record of recent casualties We
may ascertain the fact. We have no
desire to magnify sufferings and losses
in the pursuit of higher education"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

While Mr.. Locke Craig is very hope
full as to carrying the amendment in
the state, he admits that it will be "a
very hard fight in the ninth district.
He says a few republicans in that dis
trict may support the amendment, but
the party in the main will antagonize.
If the amendment is adopted the east
will have to do it, and the white men
and allies may buckle on the armor for
a serious and determined fight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

then covered the entire stosie with cot
ton cloth. and covered Ii with I've Goals
Of fire in the fireplace. wood blazing all
over II. II then came out wtthout
even the smell of fire on Ii, While the
stone itself was intensely hot.
Now can YOU or any of your many
readers solve this mystery? have
looked up my old tex books on min
eralogy, geology and chemistry and
find no description or OF In
such wonderful properties possessed
by this stone. One OF my netghbors
found y son7e years ago On his farm
in the Yadkin valley. The surface or
the stone Is smooth and polished by
the hands OF its old Indian as
I 1 noticed. as the stone
began TO heat. that a greasy substance
began to- exude from the surface COW
cred by the thread or cloth. and disap-
pear suddenly when removed from che
fire. It's weigh Is equal TO n solid piece
Of iron OF the same bulk. Do you know
Of a similar mineral curiosity?
JAMES II. FOCTE.
Roaring River. -. c.
CThis writer has known Major Fcote
since 1865 and intimately. He was a
professor in Wake Forest college. He
was in Governor Nance's office after
the battle Of Fredericksburg. In which
battle Major Foote participated and In
ether battles before il. and Ii was he
vino mainly prepared the Roster OF
North Carolina Troops in the great
war. He is a man of sense. OF educa-
ton, Of Character. and is a Baptfst.-
Editor of MesSenger.)
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
To be sponsor for the Decatur.

Washington, November 2S.-On the
invitation of the secretary of the navy
Miss Maria Teneyck Decatur Mayo,
daughter of Mr.. w. r. Mayo. of Nor
folk, n granddaughter of Admiral
Decatur. has consented to act as spon-
SCR for the torpedo boat destroyer De-
catur now under construction by the
William r. Twigg Company, of Rich
mond, on the occasion of tn. launching
hereafter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

We read with regret the death of a
personal friend, Mr.. N. S. Moseley,
born in Warren county. He was
a faithful, gallant confederate, and
was an excellent citizen nj member
OF the Baptist church. Amiable, sin
cere, true he was a man to esteem. We
knew him well for thirty-four years.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-09-01

Il @s';5 h0Gs<5 aTe,uan, s Sa'' J Il n~' Ftc~
hico. Depcsito general y sucursal de Ia gran
manufacture de tabacos establecids en- Cayey
>or don Carlos Lopez. En- este establecimien-
20 hay siempre un surtido constante de todas
las vitolas conocidas, tan bien presentadas como
las mejores de Ia Habana- Rama legftima de
las Vegas del PLATA. So!fcitense catalogos.
R$Prssenssnta. ALBERTO PEDREIRA. ?
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-09-01

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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-09-01

Tn vapor de eha Con afit de exc eentes condolences para pasaie, negara
"a Pc del s al 10 Of. cada mes tomar caIga para Saint-Thomas, Santa Cruz
de Tenerne, Geneva. Napoles, Vtnecia lNono V Trieste; y rasaieros unca-
mente paraS aint-]homas, Santa Cruz de Ttnern, Geneva, Napohs y Bar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
soap satd b !. rnhealthful.

QEe is always learning, Did you ever suspect that nature varnishes oyer wiJh wax not djstinguishable from fhst of the bee? She does this to ore. veat chitis, too quick evaporation. and 90 10 keep the blood thin enough to run in and out of capillary arteries. Alkalies and all cleansing, soaps de- stroy this natural varnlsh. Freduent warm baths are injurious. but cold salt-water baths brace the skin. They remove no impurity, but give func- fional activity. The new doctrine is that healthy skin cleanses itself. The best help to it is underclothes of soft cotton, such as Asiatics wear This soft raiment absorbs rapidly what the epidermis throws off.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
To Cure Creakx Ioots.

Cheap shoes are not necessarily of poor material said shoe-clerk. "Creaking often accounts for the low price Cheap double-soled shoes near ly always ereak. and the reason is that two soles do not quite fit or one is of more pltable material than the other, so that they rub against each other. Among the remedies usually tried is soaking the shoe in water or oil This is effective for time. but the cure is only temporary. The creak invariably returns ina few days. How ever. there is one certain and simple remedy It is to drive three little wooden pegs into the sole. The pegs prevent the friction of the soles. Any cobbler will do it for you for 10 cents, and so not only restore your own peace of mind but also that of your friends"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
sparrows Tight L.Ee Game Cooks.

Sparrows are the most determined fighters among the birds, the bulldogs among the faEH-footed animals being the nearest to these little pests in point of grit and endurance. Two of them were recently observed in terrific com. bat on the roof of a house. In the fury of battle they neared the edge of the roof and one toppled over Instantly the other flew on the top of him and forced him to the pavement, where the contest was resumed as fiercely as ever. They took DO notice of by stander who approached the angry birds and picked up both of them
 After carrying them q little distance he set them free. but their spirit was unbroken. and they went at 1t again
 bill and claw. By and by one of them gave in and fled. but his rival was not generous enough to let him be, for he gave chase, but whether he caught him or not the onlooker was unable to learn. Wherever they may roam these birds may always be relied upon for impudenee and quarrelsomeness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
Menlth.NIaIsine Bannnas.

When we see a ragged European italian or Greek-selling bananas across q cheap-Iooking curbstone stand it seems absurd that anyone could make vast fortune by dealing in the cheap fruit Owners of banana groves. however, are often the masters Dt great wealth, all derived from their frBit possessions This money has not baea made exclusively through the saie of bananas The leaves of the ba- uan8 tree are used for packing, and so have q ready sale The juice of the traa is strong in tannin. and makes B fine indelible ink or shoe backing. A wax found on the under side of 1he leaves is a valuable article of com Heeee. Manila hemp is made from the stems, this hemp being used in mak- tug mats. plaited work and handker- chiefs of the finest texture. Bananas are also made into four, which has Feady sale in some parts of the world. All the fruit shipped to America is cut green from the parent palm and s ripened by the dry warmth of gas jets in places of storage where the fruit is prepared for the market. The island of Jamaica produces enormous 9e0ps of this valuable fruit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
HOME ESTIM CNEALss

"Brazan Balfa cured of inveerae caarrh which 1 $. is the most wonderful triumph of medical scienceGe erop cold and the worst form of gpp have found Brazilian
 5o IF S. B0okhe, p. D, Raso1 DeL Age Sap. lk. Mrs 5 Brazilian Balm and thinks it did her much good0N CA
 DL "0ne bottle of Brazilian Balm cured friend of m1eo warm in ears every day restored my hearing % Rz It IS the best thing for dyspepsia ever saw doctors failed to relieve It cured with bottle B be my doctor through hfe"-1S 4 GaH0aaY f6ttsf0VA f crippled up with rheumatsn could not get my hand cent bottles of Brazilian Balm in six months Am enu be as at forty"-4HS0R Ba31SH aged g.. lady IT afflicted with asthma that during the winter for seventeen y sleep lying down. entirely and permanently cured with SOLD ALL DRUGGISTS n r TToVQnM m |
 AND DEALERS D. F. uhbh0uH A 0oh !
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
FRIENDS WITH MANKIND.
Animals fin the Yellowstone Park Now
 Have No Fear of Man.

Have No Fear of Man.
 The slaughter of birds has almost entirely removed one of the delight full accompaniments of life in the rural east-the music of the feathered gongsters. Apropos of this, it may be said that one of the most pleasant features of the drive through the Yellowstone National Park is the ap- parent intimacy between man and the animal and bird life in the park. Thanks to the wise and stringent regu- iations, no shooting is allowed within its boundaries.
 aThe result" says an English tour lst, lis positively charming. Hundreds of little chipmunks, with their gaudy striped backs, scampered impudently about or peered at the passing coach from the roadside The squirrel did not bolt for the nearest tree, but nodd- Rd welcome. All bird life treated as likewise. Even the lordly eagle hoyered near, and the wild turkey Stall1ed uHconeernedly through the rank grass We were fortunate en- 8ugh to see fine specimen of the wolf uihe. He stood, beautiful creature, and watched us out of sight, showing Bnly curiosity, not fear. Another time we perceived a doe and lawn grazing by the road Not until we were with in 8 few feet did they seek the shelter af the woods, yet not to fly. They simply moved aside Here at least mankind was regarded as a friend one who could be trusted The only animal who ran away was brown bear. He turned tail at the sight of ! coaching party, yet it was quite q common thing for bears to approach elose to the hotels at evening to feed on the refuse thrown out. 1t was an after-dinner relaxation for the guests to watch them feeding. They munch- ed and disputed the choicest morsels, for the most part indifferent to the company Only when we became in aaisitive and approaching too near did they retire; and these animals were perfectly free and unfettered in their movements, 1t may read like a fairy Sale, but it is solid fact
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
SHAVING IN PORTO RICO.
They Have No Use for RazOrs or the Gus
 tomary Soap.


 tomary Soap.
 The natives of our new territory, Porto Rico, have no need to buy soap, for the wooded country abounds ID plants whose leaves and bulbs supply most fully the place of that tndis- pensable article. Among the best or these is the soaptree, so called, though it is more a bush than tree. It's bulb when rubbed on wet clothes makes snow-white lather, which has an odor like old brown Windsor soap. The Porto Ricans, who are all, from the highest to the lowest, dandies in their way, make soap out of cocoanut and homemade lye-and a fine soap it is, smooth and fragrant This cocoanut oil soap is used for shaving. When a man wishes to have a shave in the morning he starts out with his cocoa nut shell cup, and his donkey tail brush and bottle. It is never any trouble to find an empty bottle 1n Porto Rico, Cuba. Jamaica. or almost any of the larger West India Islands, even in remote spots in the mountains. At least twenty generations of thirsty people have lived there and thrown away bottles. The man carries no mirror; he is too poor to own such q luxury. Not one house in twenty in Porto Rico has even the very cheapest loolliRgglass. But generously rich nature provides the mirror, as we'll as the soap. The man goes to some convenient pool in the mountain stream where the water is quite still there is his mirror. He breaks his bot tie on q stone. and deftly picks out sharp piece of suitable size Then he fathers his face profusely, and begins to scrape away with his piece of glass, which in his hands works as well as the best steel razor. A cut, or even q slight scratch, is extremely rare as a result of this al freseo form of shay ing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
The Lenning Tower of Pisa.

T his is one of many leaning towers in Italy. There are two very notable ones at Bologna The tower at Pisa is the eampanile or bell tower of the cathedral. but, as is common in the older Italian churches, is detached from it. It is 50 feet in diameter and ITS high. The walls at the base are 8 feet thick. It leans 13 feet from the perpendicular. It has usually been supposed that these leaning towers in cined because of the foundations
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
PIsA,s- LEANING TOWER.

settling, but it is certain that soihe of them were Intentionally so construct ed, and when one considers the i'm probability of a building as massive as this and only 312 times its diameter in height, settling in a way neither to cause its destruction nor even crack it, he is strongly inclined to the be. lief that it was the fashion of the age so to build towers. This was erected in 1114.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
Had CatarrI. 99 Years-

Josiah Bacon, conductor on the P. V :. B. R. R., says T had suffered with ,atarrh for 36 years and regarded my case as hopeless. One day I saw the testimonial of Geo. II. Hearn in a Braz- ilian Balm eireelar. Hearn was the engineer on my train and I knew his case was desperate. talked with Hearn and his cure gave me hope I began the use of the Balm at once. There was not much change for the first two months but then l began to improve and in six months, 10 my inexpressible satisfaction, I was entirely cured"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
A CURIOUS TINfEPIEcE.

The white spot in the centre of the disks shadow not only indicates ac- eugately solar noon when it is bisected oy the central vertical line. but also means solar noon when it is centrally over the line of the fgure-of-S loop W0ich allows for the equation of time an each particular day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-27
4 Curious Timeniece.

The very ingeniously contrived me Fidiau dial shown here formed part of Sf Peters Cathedral. Geneva. from 1766 till the renovation Of the building en 1891, and has since been restored aa tue initiative of the Society of Arts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-10-18
NEW DISTRICT
NEAR ATLIN
Men In There Have Been Max
ing SIS TO $40 a Day

Stanley MankoskNy. : young man
81 this city. who just returned from
Alaska. brings news Of the finding Z
= new placer district. The new dig
glnRa have az yet no name. Trey are
locaied about - miles north Of At.
lin To a star reporter today he
said
THE new digginFs are little known
but II looks 10 mo AS n they are
going TO prove great thing next
summer. There are only six men
in there at present. but they are
making from tlb to $50 n day. Lit
tie prospecting has been done. but
the Indications are that the pay dirt
la sratterrd over a large district. 1t
iH ia every way superior 90 the At
lin district.
$50 fortunes have been made in
Auln one can make living In At
lin. but there In not much there.
was also In the porcupinc, and ev-
cry one appeared 10 be very prosper
Gus That country 10 rich In copper
az we'll as gold. and next summer
some big things will come from
there. The free milling quartz elRimH
along the coast near juneau are fine
properties. They are not hirh grade
ores, but can he handled very
chcapIy."