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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-30
MERGENTHALER's LAST WORK.

In the summer of 1898 Ottmar Mer-
gentraler, the inventor Of the linotype
machine, who died in Baltimore the
other day, spent two days in Paines-
vile, Ohio, studying the working of a
basket mashine. which he afberwara
modified mo improved, and which was
The last work completed just before
his death. This machine as completed
is as much a revolution in basket
making as the linotype has proven to
be in type-setting. Where an expert op-
orator formerly produced 300 grape
baskets daily by hand, the same oper-
aitor with the machine, with greater
ease, can now produce 1000 baskets
daily, and these machine-made bas-
kets are said to be superior in every
way to the handmade article.
The machine is of one horsepower,
and can easily be attended by a girl,
its capacity being the same as that of
twelve hand operators. 1t is practical
ly a Self-feeding machine, as the sup
plies of bottoms, strips for the sides
and bands are placed in stacks near
enough for the won ierful iron HANDS
to reach out and Sc &c, and while one
watches these wonC rfpl hands reach
out for the material the basket is fin
ished, and tine machine. as it were,
holds its breath, or rather it's hands,
for a second, while the basket is de-
livered, when lit Immediately begins
again its wonderful performance
Philadelphia Record.
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FRANCE ORDERS STEEL CARS.

Chicago. January 2i-The Tribune
says: The French governments has
given TO Fhe Pressed Steel car Com
pany. Of Pittsburg, an order for 100
stee. freight cars for the Paris. Lyons
and Mediterranean railroad.
The var department OF raHce E
planning to equip the government
roads with steel cars hat can be con
verified without difficulty into armo- >
ears for use in the transportation II
troops.
The results obtained in the use or
these cars. which will be shipped to
france in a short time, Will determine
the French governments course Of ac-
ton in equipping all governments lines
with steel cars. Lit is probable that or
ders for thousands will be PLACID in
this country. The cars weigh 10000
pounds each and viii be shipped ir Sc
tons"
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The English Violate the Geneva Con-
veuffon.


v~entton.
Especial to The Baltimore SUM
Brussels. January "A sensational
report will be published here tomorrow
morning from DR.. Ramsbotton. a sur
geon. of Bloemfontein. head OF the Or
ange Free State ambulance corps at
Modder river
DR.. ~Ramsbottom says that on No
vember 18th. after the Modder river
battle. he sent his sta1 with the wound
ed and they were attending to them
when they were made prisoners Of war
by the English. despite their Red Cross
badges and the fact that the Orange
Free State il a signatory TO the &C.
neva convention.
The doctor also states that he an Z
his companions. the included
were deprived Of uourishment and cor
veyed in cattle trucks to Cape Town
During n a between the Groot rive
and De Arr. he says. they Were put In
prison with common criminals for or
hours.
On their arrival al Cape Town. he al
so says. the hospital authorities &C
kr owledged h a the English military
authorities at Modder river had com
mitted a terrible blunder n had Dr.
Rsmsbottom ans his party conveyed
back To Modder river. There the Eng
lish military authorities. IL Is alleged.
refused To surrender 20 them their am
hulance cars and surgical instruments.
and let the doctor. the nurses and the
wounded return TO JacobSdal on foot.
carrying their personal luggage ON
their backs.
\ solemn protest. DR.. R~am<bottoY1
sayS is expected from the powers cot
corning such open violation OF ID
Geneva convention"
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DIED ON THE TRAIN.

Charlotte, N. c., January PA spe-
cial to The Observer from Lenoir, y.
c., says:
Nj. Lewis Ravens, of Philadelphia,
died very suddenly here this afternoon
just after having bought a ticket for
home, and on taking his seat in the car.
Mr.. Heavens had spent the forenoon
hunting and the exertion Of several
hours in the field probably induced
heart failure. The body will be for
to Philadelphia tomorrow. Mr..
Heavens was a contractor and had in
of construction h new build
ing in Philadelphia for The Ladies
Home Journal
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~INSENSIBLE TO PAIN.

On the show window Of a West Side
store in Cleveland in an ordinary met
al button glued to the inside OF the
glass. Attached to the button are a
number of wires leading to a toy dy-
namo. Directly over the button is the
following inscription: place our fin
ger on the button and feel the pane"
The arrangement las been in position
some months, but there are scores Of
people who place their hands on the
pane" every time they ass the store
to earn whether there is any pain
there.
a man with a marked Hibernian
brogue stood at the window some fif-
teen minutes Saturday night. Finally
he exclaimed: 'Shure, an haven't !
had me hand on tn pane fer tin min
ties. an hewitt felt tn pain yit."-Bal-
timore Herald.
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SUICIDE OF EMPEROR OF CHINA.

Pekin, January 25.-An imperial edict
that Pu Chun. IA years old,
son of Prince Tuan, is appointed heir
to the present emperor, kwang Su,
who that ill-health make his
addiction necessary. The new emper-
or, it is said, will ascend the throne
January 31st. The dowager will con
tinue her strong power n no change
in Chinese policy is in view.
London, January 26.-Accordirg to
a special dispatch from Shanghai, it
is reported that Emperor Kwang Su
has committed suicide.
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THE PLAGUE IN HONOLULU.

Seattle, Washn., January pa spe-
ciaI to The Times from Victoria, B. c.,
says:
THE steamer Miowera. just arrived,
has news Of thirty-eight deaths at
Honolulu from the plague, n a white
woman of good class. The city is pan
ic~-stricken. An armed mob prevents
the landing of steamers at Hiio.
The board of health Of Honolulu
a ten blocks burned. DR.. Carmichael
has been ordered to Manila. Thirty
four hundred japanese at Honolulu are
in quarantine"
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Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball hat hit C. +. SreadmaB.
Of Reward, Mich, in the Civil War. r
caused horrible Ulcers that no treat-
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck
ems Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises. Burns. Boils. Felons
Corns. Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. p cts. a box. Cure cuaraut-
ED. Sold by r. r. Bellamy. DrL.-gist-
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MORE TALK OF INTERVENTION

London, January 23.-From Vienna
comes the statement that the idea of
Intervention by European powers in
South Africa is gaining adherents in
influential quarters. The Daily Mails
correspondent regards the signs as I'M
mistakable, and mentions especially
suggestions printed in the Austro-Hun-
garian foreign office journals.
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HUMAN NATURE.

What a go6send it would be If the
Increased our wages 2 to )
per cent"
Haven't you heard?"
Heard hat?"
That the raise has come? Seven and
a half per cent How is that?"
Seven and a half per cent? say,
Brittle. let's strike 'em for 12!"-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
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CENSUS OF PUERTO RICO.

Especial to the Baltimore Sun
San Juan, Puerto Rico, January %
The official census of Puerto Rico has
been finished.
San Juan has $500 inhabitants.
Ponce has nearly twice as many. the
number being $1,000. There are $4,000
inhabitants on the island.
The municipal elections began here
yesterday. Excellent order prevails.
The present registration SHOWS a prop
able republican majority.
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MCKINLEY ASKED TO MEDIATE.

Brussels, January 24.-Nearly 100000
signatures have been appended to the
7Sdress prompted nv NJ. lie June n
other members of the universal peace
society, asking President Mckinley to
1s6iate. which will be forwarded to
Washington in the course of a fort
night.
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On Every Bottle

OF Shiloh's Consumption Cure is this
guarantee: AL We ask of you is TO use
two-thirds of the contents of this bottle
faithfully, then if you can say you are
not benefited return the bottle to your
Druggist n he may refund the price
paid" Price % cts. so cts. and s1.00.
Sold by all druggists.
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HoNoRs TO ADMIRAL scHLEY.

SPECIAL 10 The BaItImoFc Sun.D
Buenos Ayres, January 24-Thr
American residents heTe give a bril-
liant entertainment at 81. Georges
Hall last nighi in honor of Rear Ad-
miral Schley. Many British and Ar
gentine residents were also present.
The American charge d~'afaires has
invited PresidenE Roca to dine with
Admiral Schley on the cruiser Chicago
tomorrow.
Senior BaIbin, director OF '1yd -auIic
works, having resigned, she &, vern-
ment has decided to give the o - To
an American engineer. probably FL
mer CortheiI.
A dispatch from Para says that as n
result OF the revolution in che so-caIled
republic Of Acre President" Gaiyez
has been arrested by Captain Braga.
who assumed power.
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PENALTIES OF A LOFTY STYLE

The reason why I can't find perma-
nent employment on the newspapers or
magaz nes," lamenfed the literary
hack. rs. I presume. that 1 write away
over h heads Of the common herd
Then why don't you leave this az
TIC" asked the synapaithizlng but un-
cultured friend. leaking about the
apartment. and get a room lower
down?-chicago Tribune.
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Eczema!
The Only Cure

Eczema is more than a skin disease
ind no skin remedies a cure it. Thl
doctors are unable 10 effect a cure. ane
heir mineral mixtures are damaging
co the most powerful constitution. The
whole trouble is in the blood, and
Swift's Specific is the only remedy
which al reach such d~eep-seated blood
diseases.
Eczema broke out on my daughter. and con
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S.S.S.fT1sne Blood

is the only cure and will reach the most
obstinate case. 1t is far ahead of all
similar remedies. because II cures case.
which are beyond their reach. SIS s. "a
purely vegetable. and is the only blood
remedy guaranteed 70 contain no pot
ash. mercury or other mineral.
Books mailed free by Swift Spectns
-ompany. Atlanta, Georgia
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patent medicines were taken. but without re
suit. until We decided 20 try S 8. S.. and BY the
time the FIRST bottle was finished. her head he
! 20 heal: A dozen bottles cured her com
ps~tely and left her skin perfectly smooth She
Ii now sixteen years old. and has q magnificent
growth OF b.ir. Not . sign of the dreadfu
disease has ever returned.
e. T. SHORE.
E04 Lucas Ave, 81. Louis. No.
Don't expect local applications d
soaps and salves to cure Eczema They
reach only the surface. while the df
sease comes from within. Swiftf
Specific
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tinued to spread until
her head was entirely
covered. She was treated
by several good doctors,
but grew worse. and the
dreadful disease spread
TO her face. 8 b was
taken 70 two cele brated
health springs, but re
cesved NO benefit Man,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-04-27
Compliment with a Sting.

Talk about delightfully."- put compli-
ments. L heard a girl at a supper de-
liver herself of a perfect jewel the
other night. She leaned across the
table-the table next me-to say it,
and she meant well.
"Oh, Miss Dumdum," she said, cor
daily, give got a trade-last for
you"
ga swap?" asked Miss Dumdum,
beaming with anticipatory delight.
"Uhhuh," answered the other.
"Lieut. Bulbul said it,"
"Oh, do tell It'll" pleaded Miss Dunn
dunn, eagerly.
'It was ar awfully nice one," said
the first girl, "and Lieut.. Bulbul
meant it, too. He said you waltzed
divinely. He said he was awfully sur
prised, too, to find it out, so 1 know
he meant it. He said he wouldn't have
thought from seeing you walk that
you could dance at all."-Washington
Post.
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ANESTHETIC REVELATION.
to Know About Her False
Teeth.

Some of the queerest experiences
of a doctor are pretty certain to be
connected with the administration of
anaesthetics," said a New Orleans
physician, chatting the other day with
a New Orleans Times-Democrat friend.
"and apropos of the subject I recall
a little story that I don't mind tell
ing, as the incident occurred long
since and in another city. A dozen
years ago, when I was temporarily
located in st. Louis, l was called one
day to the old Lindell hotel to give
chloroform to a young woman who
was about to undergo a slight surgi-
cal operation to remove a morbid
growth in the ear.
"The patient, as it developed on my
arrival, had been married only a few
days before and was in the city with
her husband on a bridal tour. AL
though quite handsome, she was no
longer exactly in her first youth, and
she was very much averse to having
her husband present at the operation.
However, he insisted, and she finally
agreed that he should stay, but 1 no.
ticed that she seemed very nervous
and preoccupied.
1.-THE operation, as I said before,
was trifing. She took the chloro-
form easily and all went well until
she was just regaining consciousness,
when she opened her mouth and out
fell a set of false teeth. She had said
nothing about that detail, and the
truth was that she had hoped, poor
woman, to pass through the ordeal
without the fact of her wearing such
things being known to her husband.
But the effect on that individual
was entirely unexpected. He gave
one Mortified glance and then rushed
at the old surgeon and seized him by
the throat. You infamous scoundrel!'
he yelled. You have broken my poor
darling's jaw!' At that stage of af-
fairs I beat a retreat. I never did
learn exactly what the husband
thought had happened or what sort
of explanation was offered"
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portions which probably never will be
seen again. In a large and true sense,
however, the evangelist has a worthy
successor to his name and work in
Mr.. William R. Moody, the elder of his
two sons. He has had many worldly
advantages, says Leslie's Weekly,
which his father did not enjoy, and
has improved them to the full, as his
father desired him to do. He was
graduated from Yale in the class of
81, and has since travelled extensive
ly abroad and accompanied his father
on many evangelistic tours as his sec
rotary and manager. A year or two
ago he was made business manager of
the Mount Hermon boys school, and
for three years has been editor of the
Record of Christian Work. In 1894
young Moody married Miss Mary
Whittle, daughter of Maj. Whittle, the
friend and associate of his father. 1t
was the two children of this couple,
a little boy and girl, whose death
within the year threw a deep shadow
over the last days of the evangelist
himself, who was greatly attached to
the little ones. In his dying hours he
was heard to exclaim: Il see the chill
dren's faces" meaning those of his
beloved grandchildren. With a cour-
teous and genial manner which makes
him most approachable, Mr.. Moody
possesses a clear grasp of the posi-
bilities of the great and ever-widen-
ing field of service to which he has
been called, and his success seems
practically assured.
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FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Re-
Heved Of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Before I
commenced to take your medicine I
was in a terrible state, wishing myself
dead a good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time of menstruation my
suffering was something terrible. I
thought there was no cure for me, but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone. I am now
well and enjoying good health. I shall
always praise your medicine. MRS.
AMOS FEsCHLER, Box 226, Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Ihad female
trouble, painful menses, and kidney
complaint, also stomach trouble. About
a year ago I happened to pick up a
paper hat contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and when 1 read how it had
helped others, l thought it might help
me, and decided to give it a trial. I
did so, and as a result am now feeling
perfectly well. lwish to thank you for
the benefit your medicine has been to
me."-MRs. CLARA STIEBER, Diller, Neb.
No nore Pain
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Your Vege-
table Compound has been of much
benefit to me. When my mense first
appeared they were very irregular.
They occurred too often and did not
leave for a week or more. I always
suffered at these times with terrible
pains in my back and abdomen. Would
be in bed for several days and would
not be exactly rational at times. I
took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and menses became regular
and pains left ME entirely. Mrs. E.
f. CUSTER, Brule, Wis.
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WILLIAM R. MOODY.
Chosen to Succeed to His Fla.
nous Fathers Work.

AS in the case Of all men endowed
with some great and special natural
gift, it will doubtless prove rue that
the late distinguished evangelist,
Dwight L. Moody, has left no real sue
cessor. Other men will rise to do per-
haps equally large service in the same
field, but not in the same style and
by the same methods. Simplicity, r
n~estness. sincerity and good sense,
united with remarkable business and
executive abilities, were combined in
the great Mortified preacher in pro-
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THE OLDEST MASON.
Adna Adams Treat Has Belonged
to the Order Since 1923.
In Many Other Respects He Is Also
One of the Most Remarkable Men
Now LivfnG-Writes Poetry
at the Age of 1O3.

Adna Adams Treat, of Denver, Col,
Is doubtless the oldest man in the
world who is a mason, and by many
of his friends it is claimed, since the
death of John Blackman, of Derby,
Conn, that he is the oldest mason in
the world. This Mr.. Treat does not
claim, as it is said hat William E.
Cook, of Portsmouth, r. l., although a
younger. man in years, has still been
a mason four years longer than Mr..
Treat, who took the oath and went
through initiation in February of 1923.
If not the man who has longest been
a member of the order, Mr.. Treat is
certainly the oldest man in the ma
sonic order In the world to-day. He is
a fine, ~patriarchal old gentleman of
the type seen all toe seldom in these
latter days. He is now in his me hun
dred and third year, and his mental
vigor is remarkable. Mr.. Treat has
been a mason now nearly II years,
and to the present day his interest
and loyalty to the order has never
wavered. HIS masonic record is as fol-
lows: Initiated in Apollo lodge, No.
Is, at Troy, n. ", or February 4, 1923;
passed to the degree of f. c. February
z, 1925, and raised to the sublime de-
gree of NJ. NJ. on February 81, 1923.
On December 25, 1925, he was elected
J. w., and on December S, 1926, was
chosen w. NJ. of his lodge. One of Mr..
Treats treasures is a certificate of life
membership in his old lodge.
Mr.. Treat was one of a committee
appointed by his lodge in 1924 to re-
ceive the marquis of Lafayette on the
occasion of his visit to Troy, N. Y.
Mr.. Treat remembers every incident
of that memorable occasion as if it
were yesterday, and talks most enter
tainingly of the event. With a bright
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twinkle in his eye MI. Treat says,
apropos of Mr.. Blackman's having be-
longed to the order longer than he:
"At any rate, if 1 do grant hat Mr..
Blackman belonged to the order
longer than I did. he could not say
that he greeted Lafayette on his visit
to this country. 1 was of the masonic
company that met him, and I a see
him as plainly as if he stood before
me to-day. AS 1 recall the impress
sions made upon my mind of his APP
pearance and address, he was of me-
dunn height, erect of figure, with
faultless dress-in manner and ap-
pearance a French gentleman"
Mr.. Treat was born in Hartford,
Conn, April s, 1897, ard comes of
Puritan stock. While yet a young
man, with the consent of his parents,
which was a necessary form in those
olden days, he went to Troy, N. Y,
where he lived for many years. Later
in life he went to Ohio, where he
reared his family of seven children.
At the age of so Mr.. Treat retired
from active business, and for the past
y years has resided with a daugh-
ter in Denver, who is the wife of n
prominent physician. 1t was at the
age of eight that Mr.. Treat began to
woo the muse. He commenced to
rhyme for recreation, and for a num-
Der of birthdays past has written a
poem for each occasion. His writing
is his great delight now. Scarcely
is one poem done than another is be-
gun, and he is a poet of no mean abil-
ity. One of his best poems was writ
ten for Christmas of last year, and he
is now at work on one for his birth
day, which occurs in April.
Mr.. Treat, says the Chicago Times
Herald, is perhaps the most re-
markable case of longevity in the
world at the present time. With
strong mentality and vigorous quite
out of proportion to his years, he is
likely to still live a number of years
unless an unforeseen accident occurs.
This remarkable man enjoys the
unique distinction of living in each of
the last three 10o-year divisions of the
Christian era. Born in April, 1897, he
has lived two years in the 100 period,
all through the 100 years of the 1900
period and is now on his first year in
the 1900 period. If he lives until the
end of the year he will have lived
in three centuries.
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800 Reward L

to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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All She Asked.

"And you say you would die for me,
George?"
ode for you? Yes, a thousand Deaths"
"You are a noble man, George"
"My darling, you do not know me yet"
"Well, dear, | do not wish you to die for
me to show your affection"
"What is it? Shall | pluck the stars from
the c~erulean dome? Shall / say to the sea-
'Ha! ha! cease to flow, for my love wills it?'
Shall l tell yon bright and inconstant moon
that is ~glinting yon hilltops with her light
that she must not shine on thy face too
roughly?-ha!"
"No, George, no." she smilingly said, ri
do not wish you to attempt such impossible
ties. All I ask of you is this"
"Yes?"
Gall I ask of you is thisrdon't call again."