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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09
IL BE STAKED."
LADYSMITH Is CHEERED.

Ladysmith, February 4.-(By hello
graph from Signal Hill. )-The garrison
were much cheered by hearing Gener-
al Buffers guns yesterday. The result
Of the engagement is not Known.
The Beers are again massing nea
Ladysmith, also moving another gun
toward Surprise Hill. We are ready
for. them if they contemplate anC her
attack.
The Meath of the garrison is i'm
proved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09

only hope. The oper
alton was q severe
one, as It was c
sary to cut down to
the ja d
scrape it. Before .
great while the Cam
Ger returned, and be-
gan to grow rapidly.
We gave him many
remedies without re-
lief, n finally,
upon the advice OF
mend, decided o
Try 8. s. g. (swtft's
specifc), with
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09

began to improve. After twenty bottles hae
been taken, the Cancer disappeared entirely.
one, for he IL now ~seventeen years old, and has
never had Q sign of the dreadful disease 70 re
turn. J. N. MURDOCH,
17e Snodgrass St., Dallas, Texas.
Absolutely the only hope for Cancer
e Swift's Specific,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09
SOME STIRRING NEWS FROM THE
TRANSvAAI LOOKED FOR.
THE ADVANCE To LADYSMITH
Believed Already Be~gun-Rumors DIFF
fer rs to Direction the Army will
Take Reports that Butler Has Cross
ed the Tugela and Engaged Enemy.
The War ONCE Assumes Ignorance of
uch Action Activity Renewed in
French's Camp.

Durham, Natal, February 4.-General
Butler crossed the TugeIa river Friday
night and IS marching on Ladysmith.
No definite news will De permitted 10
go out until Ladysmith Is relieved.
Butler personally supervised the re-
cent retirement Of his army across the
Tugela. He hen returned to his old
headquarters at Spearman's camp.
looking much tagged but impressive.
London, February 5.-A dispatch
from Durham. dated Sunday, and re-
ferring to General Buffers reported
recrossing of the Tugela. says:
1T is probable that General Butler
crossed at a spot above richards
drift, and that, leaving the Beers TO
the right, he is marching to Acton
Homes, whence the road TO Ladysmith
rum almost due eas through a fairly
open countr- Ii is expected here tina
he viii = Ladysmith Monday
night.
IA WILL BE STAKED."
London, February 4. - Winston
Churchill, in a dispatch from Spear
mans camp, Natal, dated Saturday,
February 3rd, says:
The belief in general that all will be
staked on the issue of the coming bat
tie.
The fighting power, moral and ma
terial, of the army was never higher
than it is now"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09
TABLE LINEN.

Good BLEACHED TABLECLOTH
DAMASK, 81 inches wide. 25c per yard.
UNBLEACHED LINEN, 81 inches
wide, Csc per yard: so inches wide CSC:
90 inches wide, SOC. BEAUTIFUL
LINEN soc, 75c
and S1.00. We have a large stock Of
Table Linen, AND OUR PRICES ARE
LOW.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09

We are now handling A FINE LINE
OF LADIES' SHOES.
We handle the "Old Virginia" SOLID
DONGOLA SHOE, solid sole and coun-
at S1.25 per pair. We have a solid
DONGOLA SHOE, solid tone and coun-
ter. in button and lace, at s1.00 per pair.
We a a nice line IF YOUNG
MEMS and BOYS SHOES for $l.00
per pair.
We handle the famous "SOROSIS"
SHOE. They are g. 75fa pair.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-09

TURKISH BATH AND TURP SOAP
at 1c per cake. WILD HONEY n
WHITE CASTLE at &c per cake. A
big line of Soap, various kinds, equal
to any sc Soap in the city, at &c. WILD
CHERRY, 3 cakes in box, sc per box.
MIDORY, 3 extra large cakes in box)
10c per box. We have a fine of Soap
at 15c, zoe and 25c per box. TWELVE
OUNCE BARS LAUNDRY SOAP at &c
per bar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-20

United Security Life Ins. and Trust Co
IN tii. Observation-Disclosures. $99. 96
United Security Life Ins. and Trust Co.
=, Of Penn s1o2
United Security Life Ins. and Trust Co
- OF Penn :.....................s4 524
United Security Life ms. and Trust Co.
:, Of Penn .$s5.77
United Security Life Ins. and Trust Co.
United Security Life Ins. and Trust Co.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
Gnnd Rnnhs Mn.t Come.

Large as the wheelmen vote is, that
is not the only fact that makes the
good roads plank In the platform Of the
various parties significant. There IS a
far greater social Importance attach
ing to the appearance Of such an issue
in n national platform than the wheel
men themselves dream Of One Of the
great causes Of that relative as well as
absolute increase in the urban part of
the population OF the country shown in
every recent census is the preyailingly
bad condition of the country roads,
especially in winter and spring. Farm
values are materially affected by the
condition Of adjacent roads, and much
Of the sense of isolation and loneliness
that increases the lunacy totals in ru-
raj counties is due TO the difficulties Of
local travel for half the year. Much
i'll health, too, is traceable to the fact
that after winters storms. when winds
have so dried off the fields just over
the fence that walking across lots is
tolerabe. the roads, by constant use
and the dragging of mud, remain miry
sources of atmospheric moisture for
days together and continual tempta
tiOns to the youths of earnest tempera-
ments to seek life in the cities and
towns.
This is not merely n material issue.
1t does not concern merely the pleas
ure of the wheelman or the prosperity
and health of the farmer, important
as are all of these Whatever discour-
ages the centrifugal forces that send
back to the country for rest and pure
air and contact with the warm mother
heart Of nature those who are i'll and
city weary is Il drawback to the vigor.
the progress and the sanity Of the race.
The country ought to be not only
great continent-wide sanitarium, but
inviting to the aggressive and progress
sive elements, and, like any other use
full organism, its efficiency largely de-.
pends on the freedom Of the circula-
tion through its veins and arteries, the
roads New York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
TENANTS OF DUMPS.
Tribe in Washington More Picturesque
Than RngIIckers.

Tribe in Washington More Picturesque
Than Ragpickers.
The work of retaining the low
lands, where once stood famous Ber.
ry's row-the despair Of missionaries
and the nightmare OF the police-goes
merrily on, and from the city's waste
grows up, like the famed phoenix ris.
Ing from its own ashes, the most
unique village ever found by an an
thropologist says the Washington
Post. Here on the bare stretch Of ashy
waste exists a tribe more picturesque
by far than the Paris ragipckers, famed
N story and the adored model Of the
amateur artist in the Latin quarter.
Right within sight Of the capitol and
the historic part of Washington is the
most unique village, peoped by the
most unique inhabitants to be found
on the globe. The Digger Indians, the
Moundbuilders, nor, in fact, any Of the
queer people Of this or other coun-
tries, can compare with these. Their
life and their occupation prove beyond
doubt that there Is use for everything
on the face of the earth, save the city
founding. A company for the promo
tion Of tenement districts could not
draw a quarter of a cent dividend OH
the tenants of the dumps. They pay
neither rent nor tax. nor yet is the
reservation allotted to them by the
government, They just pitch their tin
houses where they like, and while the
only signal for Sunday is the cessation
of carts and tumbledown wagons back
ing up there is yet profound respect
shown for the rights Of each inhabit-
ant. There Elay be no lock on the door
or fence about the yard, but every man
can depend upon his pile of scrap
iron, old bottles, rags, and so on re-
naming intact without bull dog tied
to it. There is always a scurry Nike
unto a football contest over every load
of ashes, 5ut once the contest is won,
every fellow respects the champions
lights. No ore could well calculate
the revenue from this part of the city's
waste, but it is large, men, women and
children all plying the trade with a
vengeance. The men sell all that they
rescue from this source, while the wo-
men work to keep their children warm
and maybe also do laundry. The chill
dren toll back and forward, their little
backs forever bent under the burden
of the bag, or cropping and scratching
among the refuse. Many of them warm
whole families in this way, while al
most the entire colored population in
the vicinity Of the dump depend upon
it for fuel.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
G66d Roads R6tss
Departure.


~ o far as progressive road-build-
49, ing under the Armstrong-Hi
y bic good roads law goes Onei-
da County continues to set
pace for the remainder Of the rural
counties Of the State It's achieve
ment in this direction has already
called for favorable comment in these
columns, but new departure in
method at New York Mills, an impor-
tant suburb ST Utica, claims attention
as calculated to inspire not envy, but
emulation, elsewhere.
This method is the apparently sim
pie one of employment Of county pris-
oners The advantages appear to be
varied, with economy as the most con-
spicuous. The good roads law pro-
vides that the State shall bear fifty
per cent. of the total cost, the county
thirty-hve per cent, and the property
owners along the line of improvement
fifteen per cent. The employment of
the prisoners therefore reduces the
cost very materially, since board and
lodging is their only remuneration.
The district pays the county twenty
five cents per day per prisoner, and
the local taxpayers are asked to pay
their road tax in cash. insteadof work
ing it out, as many do--the money
being turned into the highway fund.
The county, of course, pays the guards
five Of these being used for the forty
prisoners employed at New York Mills
and the party is housed in camp near
the scene Of labor
This system represents in Oneida the
first use Of State money in the employ
ment Of prison labor. 1t does not con-
fiict with labor unions, and the return
to the community in good roads Is
manifestly substantial. The direct adj
vantage to the county, in the matter
of economy, must be material should
the system be adopted generally, and
the indirect benefit not only to the
community, but to the State, in provid-
ing wholesome and useful open-air la
Dor as force combative of depravity
is not to be denied.
With the county taking the contract
for State aid roads as county, and
then employing its prisoners, Oneida
has stumbled upon plan which should
furnish lively incentive in the croa-
tion of improved highways throughout
the State.-New York Mail and EX-
press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
IRoNCLAp FEVER.
A Singular Disease That Prevailed on
Early Battleships.

Singular Disease That Prevailed on
Early BattIeships.
Probably the most striking event in
the history of naval architecture is
the substitution of metal ior wood as
material for ships. The Monitor, in
the days OF the American civil war, not
only demonstrated the advantages OF
iron over wood for purposes of war,
and revolutionized the methods OF
naval architecture, but also furnished
marked example Of how sanitary
ideas in shipbuilding have had their
birth. In the fight between the Moni-
tor ard Merrimac it was found that
there was not sufficient air in the tur-
reted steamer for the crew, and that
the suffocating gases generated by the
explosion OK gunpowder found thei:
way below and rendered it practically
impossible for the men to work, Ne
cessity, therefore, compelled the intro
duction of some apparatus for artificial
ventilation. The old method in vogue
for hundreds Of years, had been re-
tanned, even under new conditions, and
but for the striking exhibition OF direct
interference with fighting capacity
would have remained for many years
longer 1t was in the early ironclads
that peculiar disease developed
which, being confined TO those vessels,
was soon designated ironclad fever. In
this affection the initial symptoms
were much like those Of typhus, but
in a short time severe occipital pain
was followed by complete aphonia, and
this by coma and death. The intro
duction of ventilating appliances
caused the disappearance of this sin
gular disease, and in time these metal
boxes, almost entirely submerged,
came to be regarded as probably the
most salubrious vessels aioat'-Cas-
siers Magazine.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

Sec. q. That all permits to keep or
maintain dairies and dairy farms in
the District of Columbia. or TO bring
or send milk into said District which
have been issued in accordance with
the provisions OF AN Act to regulate
the sale Of milk in the District OF Co
lumbia, and for other purposes" APP
proved March second, eighteen hun
dred and ninety-hve, shall cease and
determine on the first day Of the
month of July occurring three months
after the passage Of this Act; and all
regulations which have been made un-
der authority of said Act shall con
tinue in force until revoked by the
Commissioners of said District
Sec 22. That any person who shall
violate any of the provisions Of this
Act shall, upon conviction thereof be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by a fine not eX-
ceeding two hundred dollars.
Sec. 23. That all prosecutions under
this Act shall be in the police court
of said District ct the instance of the
health officer of said District, upon
information brought in the name of
the District of Columbia and on its be-
half
Sec "a. That all Acts and parts Of
Acts inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act be, and the same are here
by, repealed.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
Aias RuraI Free Delivery.

Good roads and rural free delivery
very naturally 20 together. Testimony
shows that in some Instances lack Of
the former makes 1t impossible to ST.
cure the latter, now being so rapidly
extended in the agricultural sections OF
many OF our States. First Assistant
Postmaster Heath says that
the construction of good roads has
been a prerequisite Of the establish
mont of the rural free delivery service
and IL is reasonable to presume that
this condition viii continue indefinite
ly. In one county in Indiana the farm
ers expended $4,000 to grade and gra-
vel a road in order to obtain rural free
delivery. The poor country wagon
road is a chief obstacle confronting the
PostoiIice Department in the efforts
to extend this system, particularly in
the Middle, Southern and Western
States. Roads must be in such condi-
tion that carriers can cover sufficient
territory in a given time and with reg
ularity in December and March as well
as in the settled weather Of early SUM
mer. A community desiring rural free
delivery must therefore show sufficient
energy and spirit Of progress by doing
something to establish and maintain
good roads.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

The latest returns Of the British
Board Of Agriculture show that the
farmers Of the United Kingdom are
suffering heavily from the competi-
tion Of other nations. Their products
do not fetch remuneratiye prices in
their home markets. Importations Of
wheat, butter, eggs, game and similar
articles are large, because these arti-
cles are sold more cheaply than the
British farmer can produce them,
while the important item Of meat is
now brought into the country at the
ration Of 230O tons day. Nor does
1t help the British farmer that so
many Of his former employees have
gone to the war, and thus rendered
labor scarce.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

It is seriously represented by Brit
ish scientific paper that a gutta percha
famine is threatened for which the
game of golf is responsible. Gutta
percha is the only submarine cable
insulator that has yet proved salts
factory. The prospect of the construc-
tiOn of Pacific cable has started the
inquiry into n supply Of the material
and the causes for the threatened
shortage. Golf balls, it is said, use
up enough gutta percha annually TO
insulate an Atlantic cable. As the
game Of golf is growing in favor, it
may be necessary for economic rea-
sons 10 adopt some other material for
the manufacture of the balls used in
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

Though the Introduction Of trolley
ears decreased the demand for draught
horses, this decrease was only TEN
porary. The growth Of national popu-
lauon and the consequent large in
crease Of land under cultivation must
create an increased demand for utility
horses, to say nothing Of the new re-
qulremerts for such animals for local
transportation in towns and cities.
But the market for horses used for
purposes of health, pleasure, recrea-
tion and sport is constantly becoming
more active, and the demand increases
every year, especially in spring and
summer, when city people flock to the
rural regions. In this connection the
recent sale Of Flying Fox for the
equivalent OF S1s7,5OO, the highest
price ever paid for horse, is highly
NOT +fxra @-------=-----
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

The greatest migration that history
has recorded IL that Of the European
races during the century now closing.
Up to 1920 only about 25O,OOO foreign
ers moved to the United States, which
has many fold surpassed all the rest
of America in accessions to its popu-
lation through immigration; but be-
tween 1920 and 1889 more than H.
100000 Europeans left their homes
for the Americas and other parts Of
1he new world.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

! Scranton, Penn, is considering the
adyisability of instituting a depart.
ment Of harmony in the city to pass
upon the merits of street musicians,
and decide which are worthy of the
privilege Of performing on the thor
Oughfares. 1t is proposed also to ex-
act license fee from those who pasE
muster before the Board of Musicm
Critics.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

Among the many things of which
the United States boasts IS the fact
that they have three cities OF over
100000 population each. If Brooklyn
had not been incorporated in Greater
New York there would have been four
such cities. No other nation can show
such an array Of great centres OF pop.
ulStiou.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

/ Cleveland will have to look after the
Iaurels she has long worn as the
largest shipbuiIder of the lake ports,
for Chicago and some other places bid
fair to become formidable rivals in
this industry. Altogether, they are
building s1O,OOO.OO0 worth of mercan'
tile craft this season.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

according to the latest railroad sta
sistics more than onehalf of the mile
Sge of railway track in the wcrld is
tn the Western Hemisphere. The
United States leads Europe, and
North America is ahead of Europe.
Asia and Africa combined.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

I The United States Treasury Depart.
ment has officially ruled that tips to
sleepingcar porters are lawful and
can be collected back from the Gov
ernment in n bill Of expenses. Gus.
tom long ago settled it that the sleep.
ing-car porter shows no quarter where
no quarter is shown to him.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
nnndrnr oooaa on shelvss.

In a new apparatus for handling
goods arranged on shelves the upper
half of the shelving is suspended BY
means Of pulleys and ropes TO slide up
and down In movable guideways, With
clutches for securing the pulleys 10 re-
volving shafts 10 raise Or lower the
ghSlVcs
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

The new century win have twenty
four leap years, the greatest number
possible in one hundred years, enough
to give all the girls a chance.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
A Novel Bicycle.

A bicycle that in five minutes can be
taken apart and packed in bag 24A
16 inches has been invented by ~ ln-
genious prenclmGn
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11
WASHINGTON, D. c.

no subject of a public nature inter-
hsts and helps the farmer so much rs
that Of improved public highways.
The suburban citizen., 1900-08-11

~ 0 far as progressive road-build-
49, ing under the Armstrong-Hig-
y bic good roads law goes Onei-
da Comfy continues TO set a
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-10
The WORD OF GOD AND WHERE

AAiE OhD Of GOD AND w HIKE
IL CAN BE HEARD TODAY.
Fort i>.r:c!k Nj. l.. Church, lev. j.
FRANKLIN Casey. pastor. Preaching at
IL Il. III: by KEY. j. n. Latham ana at
J.. III. b. me pastor. Epworth League
at u. III.
Monumental Church. E. II. Raw
iinSs, IL Il IN. Chlldren's Day and
Baptism OF infants. 5 d. III. subject:
temper Third III the series OF spe-
cial sermons
Park View NJ. L. Church, Rev. ]. N.
latham. pastor. Preaching by Rev.
j. L. Casey at IL Il. m, by the pastor
at p. III. Sunday School at 9:15 u. III.
central NJ. Il. Church, South, Rev.
X. f.. Beadles. pastor. Sunday School
Ut S:lo a. IN. Preaching at IL IL M.
py Kew. Jos. II. Smith. There Will be
no service at night.
central Mission. Sunday School at 3
D. III. PREACHING at p. M, by Rev.
d. ii. Rawlings.
Trinity Church. Episcopal. corner of
Hlgh and Court streets, Rev. Arthur c.
thomson. rector. Rev. Edgar Carpen-
ter. assistant minister. Services for
sunday. June 10th. Trinity Sunday as
follows: Sunday School $3.50 a. III. Spe-
eau l3Sth anniversary service with
class of Portsmouth High school at Ii
a. m. followed by celebration of Holy
Communion. Special Children's ami
versary service with Flower Design,
and address at p. nj. Evening service
s u. III. y cordial invitation is exsend-
ed to all.
All Saints Church. Park View. Rev.
Il. Carpenter, Sunday School $3.50 a. IN.
Service and sermon p. IN.
Wright Memorial NJ. II. Church. Rev.
| Geo. T.. Booker. pastor. Sunday School
at 9:l5 n. nj. Preaching at IL Il. III. and
| 'i5 y. m. by the pastor. Subject at
night: "Love-The Subject of Con-
vcrsation-"
The doors of the church will be OPEN
cd for the reception of members.
ST Johns Church, corner London
and Washington streets Rev. II. S.
Farland. rector. Sunday School $50 H.
m. Morning service II a. III. Evening
service S:i5 p. III. Holy Communion.
first Sunday II n. m. third Sunday. s
a. m. All seats free and strangers cor
daily welcomed.
! st. Stephens Mission. Port Norfolk.
Rev. u. S. Farland. rector. evening
prayer and sermon > p. IN.
There will be no services at the tent
| on the CUTT1cr of High and Washington
streets Sunday onorninS as Rev. MIR.
Smith VIII preach AIT Central NJ T..
Church at IL a. M There will be SER
vices Mt 3 p. M. and 7:45 p. m and
meetings are growing daily and the
Lord is NEST wonderfully blessing the
| work All are invited to attend.
Emmanuel y. NJ. +. Church. Rev.
Dr. Daniel L. Seaton, pastor. a. m.
class meeting. Q a. IN. Sunday School
| Preaching by the pastor. IL a m.
| Subject, THE White Horse and his
Mission" s p. IN. Special sermon to the
young people. The Sunday School will
hold childrea,'s day exercises at 3 p.
m. p. m. Christian Endeavor meet
ing.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-10
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c''y mar'5c+ Frihav morning witness
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" man wishes 70 csi'rh'ieh q ranut,-
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rcv'rr c'rCrv0h kcenirr etraicr, ON
rsir" his toll for haInncinr Du~noroe
until NO coached tho ord Of tho Gei,
'o"rkot. lferN hn etonnod and cnrn-
cir'v 'oo'-oa o""~ NO r--ou,1 ~, ,,-,..,
rnthor. a~d selected = lnr"o Iiuo loa,
'~r~ 10 tho roof of r.n',o',o,i'e I,~neo
''NiS 70 trnvrrsed and disanncnr',d o.,
The housc Ton.