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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
THE COMING SOLAR ECLIPSE.
Request for Cooperation -Valuab bic
Data Can be Secured by Anyone
Without Apparatus.

Request for Cooperation VaIuab BILE
Data Can be Secured by Anyone
Without Apparatus.
Professor r. w. Wood, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, in Science for
April 9th, makes a request for Coop
Grafton by amateur observers in the
eclipse belt.
There is a very singular phenomenon
observing during the moments imme-
diately preceding and following total
solar eclipses, that has, up to tn pres
ent time, neve been satisfactorily ex-
planned so far as I know. Just before
fore ~(alternate bright and dark bands
are observed sweeping across the coun-
try. These lave been called shadow
bands by some observers, and diffrac-
ton bands by others. They can be
observed to the best advantage by
laying a large piece of white cloth on
the ground.
In some eclipse reports they are
styled "diffraction bands bordering the
moons shadow Fringes bordering a
shadow should, however, move with
the speed of the shadow. Observations
show that the dark bands move quite
slowly, from ten to twenty feet per
second, while the shadow of the moon
PUSHES across the country at cannon
ball speed. Moreover, they move in one
direction before the eclipse, and in the
opposite direction after. The only half
way plausible explanation that 1 have
ever heard offered for the shadow
bands is that they may be due to
striae in the atmosphere. This would
bring them under the head Of the
scintillation phenomena treated Of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18

class Of 1924, reached the rank ofLieu-
tenant general and four alumni be-
came major generals and II brigadiers.
1t is well to keep such a splendid re-
cord before the new generation now
pressing on in North Carolina We
gave the names some year or SO ago.
One Parson Daniel Long, D. D.,
crates to A whites and n negroes at
Durham. He was enlightening them
on the loneliness and blessedness of
negro rule for the eastern counties
perhaps. He taught school in Ohio
for many years and had both races
among his pupils. A correspondent
of the Raleigh News and Observer,
says:
He told his hearers that he was an
educator, a farmer, etc, but not one
word to the effect that he was a
minister of the gospel. And perhaps
it was better that he did not The
speech and line of argument was weak
ond fimsey, in fact of such a super
fetal natur that there was nothing
in it worth the trouble of taking note"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
HOME FOLKS.

are rife that Judge Ewart
Will soon vacate and Jeter Prftchard
will go in. North Carolina has al
ready had far too much of Pritch-
ard for it's W good. If Jeter steps
out of the Senate then North Carolina
will have two native born democratic
senators. Almost too good to be true.
But it would reconcile us all to Ewart's
departure and letters gain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
The Appetite of a Goat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose stomach and liver are out Of
order. All such should know that DR..
Kings New Life Pills. the wonderful
stomach and liver remedy. gives a
splendid appetite. sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit that insures per
feet health and great energy Only
I25c at r. r. Beilamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18

The University of North Carolina
did noble things in the great a The
Messenger through the years has given
many statistics about it. In the Con-
federate veteran, Mr.. Walter Murphy
tells that it furnished 1857 men to the
Confederacy, and of these. S0S perishsd
in the service. Leonidas Polk.of the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-18
He Fooled the Surgeons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, of
West Jefferson, O., after suffering Is
Month from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxes Of Bucklen's Arnica Salye, the
surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Salve In the world. Is cents a box.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy, druggist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

From The Bowling Green CFly1 Journal
\ man who Is said 10 he preacher, ana VIZ
Is evidently temperance enthusiast, caused 800 So
many people IN the saloons yesterday 10 SET ~
Cter glasses down u1tI~ted and look arouIG - -
rather frightened way. He would appear suIuel-ii
at the door of saloon. ard. opening IL TAR enOUs
% get his head in. would say in sspulchraI luh7
voice: strong drink Is raging t,s
Then he would pass to the next and, openllns
the door. would can out. Look not upon me WIG
when lt Is red. -.
At still another he said. "V oe unto him that puts
teth the bottle 70 mis- neghoors mouth ana ni4Ae'-
him drunken also" ,.,,
And In this way ne went 10 nearly every saIOOs
in town. calling out some familiar Temperance
quotation from the Bible -,
Il disconnected the drinkers considerably pa 80 1ss
instance. and only one made a retort Inis NJ
where he said strong drink Is raging -.
trreverent booze CRATER answered back Let ~
rage. and kept en- quietly slipping MS peer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
VERY MODERATE RENTS

jan for ninety days and fined 500 \ writ of
habeas corpus was sworn out, and after serving
thirteen days he was released. He received notice
a rev days ago that the had been appealed TO
a higher court and he is preparing to fight it,
reese Is one or the youngest who has at
tanned TO the position of State president in the
Mine Workers order He is aggressive, and has
done great deal of work organizer the
West and Southwest He is quiet and unobtrusivr
when not aroused 10y opposition, but is determined
when once he enters upon the discharge of what he
assumes TO be a duty. Those with whom he has
been associated testify 10 his worth a man, and
say that he is moved by the highest regard for
his fellow men. and that If he makes mistakes
they cannot be attributed 70 a want Of devotion
TO the cause OF the mine workers.
ers organization is SCOtChman by birth, but
came TO this country in childhood and entered the
mines of Pennsylvania when nine years old. He
became a member of the knights OF Labor. and
to the position of district workman
and member Of the Executive Board of
National Trades Assembly No. 49,. When the
soldation of the miners organizations occurred
and the National Progressive Union formed
Mr.. Wilson made n member of the National
Executive Board. He found il impossible TO get
work after the strike of 1884, and he moved To
farm but later found his way back into no mines
When Secretary PearCe of the United Mine Work
resigned Mr. Wilson chosen succeed
him, and at the last convention formally
ed the place of secretary. He has charge
Of all the details In connection with the work
Of the organization. and has proved efficient in this
field
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
ELECTION BUTTONS ILLEGAL IN ENGLANn
From The London Star.

From The London Star.
For electioneerinE purposes the portrait button
appears doomed. The slump in buttons will
not be followed by a boom In electioueerinG but
Mr.. ]. Renwtck Seager the well known Radical
election agent. told Star reporter that in his
opinion the button Is undoubtedly illegal, and the
liable to be nseated.
''If you give away anything said Mr.. Seager
for the purpose Of being used as a mark of dis
tnction. whether it's button card or a
rosette you are doing that which is Illegal"
glance at Baron Poocks decision in the
famous Walsall case is quite sufficient to show
that the suggested button is "a mark of dis
unctton. In this case there was a distribution OF
a large number OF cards with the portrait of the
candidate and the words. Play UP. Swifts! James
for Walsal
Although a number of other charges were made
against the respondent in this case the Judges
based their decision to him on the one
point OF the payment for the printing OF these
were intended to be worn. ~ '''
The pin on the button will undoubtedly starnp u
as mark Of distinction" and Intended to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
II 81 to 90 East s6tb street,
High Class Apartments

are HOr equipped With the US
Hail ChUte. Cutler Pat. Mailing
System. Tenants post letters th
arg story, prjC0teIy, conveniently.
messengers unnecessary. Sdres
Its cost az reduced eIerGtOr er-
i'"nSeS. Readily installed in COM
pteted buildings ia connection
Wjfh the 4. =. Free Collection Ser
rice, as az use az office buildings,
hotels and IoTtS eceryIrHeFe.
Cutler MFG. co. Rochester. N. Y.
Sole Makers and Paten,ees
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16

Nichols president of District No. l. Thomas
Duffy president Of District No. Z and John FahV
president C District No .. these three districts
Constituting the anthracite fields Dicher has
been engaged in organizing in the anthracite re
gors for years AID it is mainly through his efforts
that so many of the miners in Pennsylvania have
been brougt: into the order ne represents
Dhcher is practical coal miner, and has been
working In the mines for seventeen years The
members of the Board call him Baby" and the
GppellaJ:on is explained by the fact that he is
feet o inches tall and weighs two hundred pounds
He is a good natured, cOmpanionable fellow a
great favorite with his associates and regarded
thoroughly reliable.
One of the men who attracted great deal OF at
tention at the sitting OF the Executive Board was
John p Reese, of Iowa, who was placed in taiI
in Kansas by a Federal judge for Violating The
terms of an injunction, and released later on a
writ of habeas corpus. Reese was born in Ohio i'm
1877, and worked in the mines from nine until
sixteen years of age. He secured a place as a
brakeman railroad and continued at this for
three years, and then returned the mines He
then went West and is State president for
Iowa. He was a member of the Executive Board
last year, and sent into the Southwest TO take
charge of the strike In that section The railroad
compa MES. Which operate the mines, heard OF his
coming. and secured an order from the Federal
Court forbiddtng him 70 go on the company's prop
erty. Reese appeared upon the public highway
they left their work As a result of that speech
forty-fve of the miners quit work, and he was ar
rested for violating the Courts order. He con
Court. but he was found guilty. S-d sentenced to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
4 SHORT CROP.

From The Boston Herald.
Il see that your friend the politician sHe''
farming" ss
Yes, answered Farmer CorntcsseL ne 55 g~
in fur that sort O. thing a good deal Is cOHii'-H
folks kind o. like 20 he battered that way
Has ever raised anything? .,ns
Wal. he's raised the hopes o the people SAO-
here several times. But thars about all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
4 CLINCHING ARGUMENT.

From The Chicago TImes-Herald-
Mrs Bfrkins-They say that only people o. ~ an
usual mental powers have hay fever-that ~ - 70
affection which only people of genius are AAs"
suffer from. lbs in
Mrs Wadhams-Oh, pshawI There's nothS.L55 h
that theory. / never saw anybody who Ha~
worse than my son-in-law has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
MUST GO HENGRY

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
What is that big fish out there MabeI9..
That's a man eating shark
rs IL? Poor thingv'
Why do you pity it?"
Because the only man at this rasort 1ae. - ~
1870 train last night ~ 'h 'ne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
CAMERON.

ST NICHOLAS AVE. CORNER 126TH ST
New and modern APARTMENT HOUSE for small fami-
lies: Of and outside FOR housekeeping.
telephone free.
All modern conveuences electric light free elevator all
night, liveried attendants, reception rooms SC.
l. AND 4 ROOMS.
RENTS S45 TO 500
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-16
THE FLORENCE,
THE PALACIO.

Handsome = artment rooms hall service elevator.
electric liEht, uriv6te house block, 81. $50
TyHE SCUUY LER 80 and 81 w. 18th St High class
L apartment hotel Z. w. EAGER Manager
X HTH-ST, ~ WEST Central Park.-seyen rooms:
~ bath; steam hot water; private neighborhood $40
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
The Senate May Not Ratify.

The treaty negotiated by the powers Hague last
July for the spacc settlement disputes between nations
has been sent to the Accompanying is declara
ton prohibiting the launching explosives from balloons
There is doubt to whether the treaty viii be
ratified. 1t has mandatory power and will doubtless
be asserted by and in the nature of
there should be agreement between the United States
and certain European powers exclusion of republics
continent
But shall through the form of showing great re-
epec for the treaty and likely judges high re-
pute viii be arbitrator secretary will be ap-
pointed and there some very neat salaries
named.
1t too bad that the ratification to be opposed
but people will confess that they have scant
laith in the That simply is little
general sincerity in it.
England using ive-inch yddfte shells A single
of them falling into compact body kill three
hundred Not only this, shown that
the battle Omdurman Internal expo-
sves caused large numbers of the dervishes killed by
euocaton, while hundreds dropped upon the
battlefield from the same cause.
As long as the country claims to be the leading
Christian nation of Europe persists in using these awful
plosves. well bullets outlook for peace
looks rather dismal We through ceremony
treaty peace but what Dom Paul has repeat
eddy protested against barbarous bullets
pecaly but what the of the world about it?
The plain that more cruel and brutal at
present than it before 1t sometimes
looks the only way peace be universal disgust
q wars existing crueties.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
DaiIn 4Eaale
ii. VI. 5fURDOCK. Editor.
r1ust Eight Fire With Fire.

There nothing the accident of being born lord that
aisqualifes from making good soldier or capable
officer but the chances royal and rails
sng viii fail in either position because of the want of disc
pine in his of the experiences which come from
Self-reance Some, if not ALL of the overtang
The British of South Africa to the
pacity of the officers bravery upon the
part of the rank file Beers cannot be whipped by
dandy methods old time Marshal Roberts at
recent conference the office showed that
he at least has learned which Gatacre and Ne
thuen utterly failed namely Braddoc tao
tics and Soudan methods grotesquely -adapted to
Campaigning against the said to have strongly
urged that large contingent of Native Indian cavalry be
Sent to South Africa for service in irregular warfare
This is indication 'Bobs" will not repeat the
precise mistakes Of his predecessors command in
South Africa if it affords proof that the viii sue
coed in dsodgng the Beers srongholds That
ne will command armies certain That he will
face armies just brave equally certain The war
Still doubtful issue.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
Imports From Tropical Countries.

The commercial possibilities of island posses
sions far imports concerned,
recent bulletin issued by the Treasury Bureau Statistics
During the ten months of the past year imports
the products Of the tropical islands amounted
in value to about s2SOOOOOOO The principal
coffee valued nearly $5OOOOOOO rubber valued
nearly $28OOOOOO bers, valued s175OoOOO Sugar
Cuba, Porto Rico Hawaii and the PHILIPPINES sufficient
quantities supply demand suggested
that s2O0O0O0O worth tropical products which
have heretofore from islands and countries which did
enjoy trade relations with the United
be from the islands which
troll Once these possibilities realized and American
capital employed the development the
islands WILL believed big increase in
trade with captured possessions in Cuba.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
Along the Kansas Nile.

It IS claimed for Cy Leland that he
thinks more of all his kin than any man
in Kansas.
John schHllng,, one Of Leland's former
lieutenants. Is now writing sarcastic open
letters to him
Isaac Reed, the Wellington lawyer who
has been Dardoned out Of the penitea-
tiary, has been there since 1902.
Ed. Little it Is known definitely. in
tends 70 be the Populist candidate for
congress in the Fifth district
\ woman j3intist has been arrested in
North Topeka Her name is Bradshaw.
and her stock consisted of one keg Of
beer.
Mrs Mary Hubbard died IN Missouri
SATURDAY Mrs. Hubbard helped Cover
nor Reeder. the free slater, to escape
from Kansas.
John Breiderthal has Become president
os loan c3n pdoy which is going %
handle exclusively cattle paper in south
western Kansas
Funston ought 20 learn that greatness
does not fight back a. MINORS Funston
IS 9ut declaring that he did swim river
in tire Philippine
TIE biH for lighting against Leayen-
wo-th for Septeyn0er October ard No
,e-aber is S2ssSaJ. and the city council
refuses 20 pay H.
Governor Stanley has appointed I'd.
Madison Judge 90 succeed price. u j.
said tnat Madison practically Rad tae ap-
polntmert before Price resigned
Taf-e IS good deal ri opposition n
Sumner C5unty 'a the paTdoniEg % Isaac
Pead The Judge wHo SENTENCED him id
NOT sign his application FOR pardon
Joaa J. Ingalls, ssys- = am pro-B9er.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
Books and Books, Only Books.

Books being multiplied rapidly in these times Of
cheap paper type setting machinery that the possession
large libraries threatens of fashion No build
ing viii be large enough contain copies Of the books which
have published during the last hundred
next century come. are 50 cheap that
they hardly worth preserving after being read
course there are and will be exceptions
said the most valuable book in the world is
the Hebrac Bible At Vatican 1912, the tried
julius Il for its weight gold
large and heavy that hardly lift it, and it
brought 100000 if the pope consented
part with The smallest book in the world much
larger than mans thumb nail 1t made in Italy
four-tenths of inch long about quarter
wide 1t contains pages each having nine lines and
IS 100 letters The etter-before unpub-
lished-written by the pendulum
Madame Christine of Lorraine 1915 The next
edition of Dante's Divine Comedy and
is little less than inch wide with type small that
It takes microscope to read the letters.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
The Beers are Not Heatbens.

special correspondent of the New Journal who
been among the Beers declares they are much
better people than they been pictured He says that
they better educated intelligent has been
supposed that they have keen terri
task they undertaken Beers are as hospabe
they willing sacrifice their lives if
necessary the of liberty This testimony
who went among the Beers at the beginning
of the and has been with them since of
young Winston Churchill letter thanking
the Beers for their kindly of the dec
larations of British generals that they
wounded observed amenities of war
fare the correspondent speaking
the truth 1t is impossible that the Beers ignorant
benshed people that their libelers
people hostile Engishmen have described be
capable making intelligent patriotic fight for liberty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
That New Lymph Remedy.

Anent the serum discovered by the Paseur Institute
at Paris which revvhes the blood corpsues thereby
prolongs life, the additional comes claiming that
sovereign remedy against anaema been discovered and
the theory concerning the red globues
An entire section of the Paseur institute working
to find the specific for particular organ If the
blood serum acts the red gobues of the liver serum
must have similar effect the cells of the liver that Of
the brain the BRAIN and The experiments have
demonstrated this
A specific kidney serum found some days ago. The
professor determining exact dose for medicinal
purposes The discovery now passed the period of mere
laboratory experiments celebrated Dr. Vidal is now at
work human serums.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02
Damfr1iuV the Nile.

An engineering work is now under way in Egypt which.
If it is copletedn cable the greatest change from natural
conditions The face Of the earth
ming Of the Nile river for the purpose collecting its sur
plus during Hood time distributing over the
parched land during the dry season
The dam IS being built by the English but it Will be
paid for by the Egyptian government 1t at the town of
Assuan ana viii be completed in 1903 The Cos; VIII be about
so0oe50o Above it, when it is completed be confined
artificial lake Of than eco square miles extending
back Nuba At of the 100000 square miles Of
land in Egypt only 1880 extending aong the Nile are sus-
ceptble cultivation. The Irrigation possible by the
damned win ada 25oGoa acres to the arabic land
and the total real estate value IN Egypt win increase 10 TIE
extent e So3o0oooe Not only this, hut large
population Is 70 come
Il IS surprising that those who interests in
Egypt alarmed by the Boer Some Of the Euro
pean powers do regard the British Empire friendly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

eyes and it improbable that opportunity which
presents itself away part of will be seized by
Of them. England does Egypt it is merely
kind guardian there England wthdraws for the
purpose concentrating its energies it feared
uncompleted dam wiz be abandoned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

al cotton nil operative thirty years Of age aid Dallas
y c. Owing the long have harmed
eating completely broke with dyspepsia pros
tration wreck mentally ard pbys1agy four o. tic
best doctors this par state tired electricity batteries
ut avail heard q Rpaos Iabulcs ard ~; ue
from friend they had helped h s9oa connenced 10
Improve, my al gone and dyspeps consider.
ably better told others abozt have reyer
knoxn them 70 saf when Used gesss,e-tv+
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

John L. Sullivan who made hundreds thousands in
the ring made affidavit that he is But this
thing not confined pugists The Spectator
has the same experience, without spending it all
dollar bills
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

At West Plains. Missouri. who and declared
that glad that Lawton dead and hoped more
would be killed driven
Missouri still has little regard for the United states
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

John Hay has secured the consent of nearly all
great nations that the doors of China shall be open If
her real power and could organize would
open window, and it would be egress
entiralN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

There an eclipse the sun, visible North
Africa May. American college professors are
preparing that country What snap
it to be American college professor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

Louis is having trouble its lighting contracts
employees working by the light candles
viii particularly hurt the employees and will gladden.
the taxpayer who the United to
see little candle economy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-02

NIontejo testimony martial says
that Dewey the of the Spanish guns
penetrating of the Spanish shells deliberately
kept vulnerable range during the fight.
n Dewey.