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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
MORMONISM

1t is announced that the Mormon
cess in the United States they will
make a bold effort. One of their lasci-
vious gang, one Cummings, said in
Brooklyn. N. Y, that "Mormonism is
a challenge to the Christian church the
world over. 1t is the Ishmaelite among
religions. Its hand is raised against
every man and the hand of every nan
who is not a Latter Day Saint is raised
against it. Yet Mormonism lives and
fiourishes, in spite of calumny and OF
persecution which is appalling. The
secret of it's success is the zeal Of these
young missionaries before you"
He said il was a living protest
against Christianity" OF course it is.
You cannot have two wives, you can not
indulge in lust, you cannot lie or deceive
and falsify under h high, pure Chris
ton code. Mormonism is & living,
grasping enemy of all this. This eel
DER of much marrying said:
LAS I left Salt Lake City a party of
elders was about to start to Japan.
olIIcI LIZ ~ OC
soon in China, in Russia. in Corea, and
as rapidly as possible the Book of Nor
mon will be unfolded and interpreted
to the people of every race on the
globe"
The vitality of this so-called IRE
ligion' of lust n iniquity is remark-
able. The neglect, the forbearance, the
blindness of the people who believe in
the Bible have had much to do with
the progress of this abomination and
horror among the ignorance and super
stitution and credulity of the lowest
class. Right up in Greater New York
these apostles Of lust and sin claim to
have 1000 victims. Why they have
not more is remarkable. for ignorance
and squalor are as dense in sections of
that city as anywhere in h south
among whites. They will erect a tenn
pie in big Gotham. The Chicago Rec
ord-Herald say
Meantime, during their long and los
ing contest, their recruits have come
from the most ignorant and deluded
immigrants, and apparently the only
strength left them Is that which is de-
rived from a fair degree of business
success. Spiritually they stand for
nothing. and ridicule, which Stays as
nothing else does in America, should
have done for them long ago. OF course
ignorance is still their source of sup
ply"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

Out in the barbaric west the people
are far more "hot-headed'' and intoler-
ant n violent and lawless than they
are in the south. Is it the hot suns up
there that produces so much of lawless-
ness and brutality? Look at Madison,
Wisconsin, on Goth June. Evangelist
Frank Dawson was thrown into Lake
Monona by a crowd of ruffians just out
side of town limits. Thes human
devils objected to the singing OF relig-
ious songs. A dispatch to Chicago
Record-Herald says:
The roughs, however, were satisfied
with giving him a ducking, and he es-
capped with that and a few scratches
and bruises.
Dawson is one of a party of evange-
lists who attempt to hold religious SER
vices at the Sunday picnics held week
ly at the park. = 3 Had there not
been women among them they would
have gathered in the entire band, but
they singled out Dawson and rushed
him rapidly to the lake. a few rods
away. He did not attempt to fight, but
he was crowded over the bank, about
fifteen feet high. into the water. After
this episode the evangelists were order
ed out of the park and 10 a stand
near the entrance, where they resumed
their services"
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abandoned it and started another some
ten feet from the first h last Is
now over LOO feet in depth, with salt
sea water boiling out OF the pipe. But
the operators, believing that cool
water lies below, and possessed with
the courage Of their convictions, declare
they will find water there or tap the
level of Charleston's we'll (2,000 feet)
before they give IL UP. Their courage
and perseverance deserve success"
Saved from enc OF the most destruc-
tive Of disease by and through a fail
ure to nave a system OF sewerage!
Think of that, and it is true. We know
of the reports in England Of e commits
sion concerning a series OF epidemics
for two consecutive years in towns on
the same rfver. There were intervening
towns that escaped "A town above or
below, or both. would have great loss
OF life and the intermediate town es-
cape. A thorough examination reveal
ed that the towns that suffered from
the deadly epidemic drank river water,
and those mat had immunity n es-
capped drank pure water that was
brought from the hills many miles
away.
Their is a chapter on Vital Stats
tics" The reports are imperfect and
unsatisfactory. The people of towns do
not take enough interest in the public
health, in securing pure drinking water
and in preserving vital statistics. The
following is instructive:
while our statistics, from a general
point Of view, may not be of any par
ticular interest or value, we think they
are both interesting n valuable as
bearing on the comparative death rate
in the two races, because of their con-
stancy for a number of years. The to-
tai annual death rate was for 1899 14.S
per l, 000-white lila, colored 1S.1-a diff
ference as against the negro race OF
7.3; in 1900, white 1872, colored pol, diff
ference 60; average difference for the
two years IL"
Consumption is less fatal among
whites than it was, SO it is less fatal
among negroes than among whites.
But it is bad enough yet. Pneumonia
and typhoid are hostile to both races.
1t seems 1000 people die yearly from
typhoid hat is preventable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
Life and Death Fight.

Mr.. w. A. Hines, of Manchester. Ia.
writing of his almost miraculous es-
cape from death, says: Exposure
after measles induced serious lung
trouble, which ended in Consumption.
I had frequent hemorrhages and cough
ed night and day. All my doctors said
I must soon die. Then I began to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which completely cured me.
I would not be without 1t even IL 1t
cost $500 a bottle. Hundreds nave
used it on my recommendation and all
say it never fails to cure Throat. Chest
and Lung troubles" Regular size soc.
and $1.O0. Trial bottles free at r.. r.
Bellamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
ON THE WING.

Liberty in Cuba is so costly there is
a movement to cut down the office
holders. What a burden they are.
There is as much rum in Maine as
ever. Prohibition fails to prohibit, even
in Portland.
The demand for small notes increases.
This treasury is preparing to issue more.
The engraving and printing bureau
turns out $2SS, 900 daily. 1t is ex-
pected by the Sth instant to turn out
1888, 900 daily. Eighty-fve presses will
be running
The Chinese Empress Dowager is
planning for a new capital at Kali
Fing-Fu, in the province Of Holman.
Mr.. Bryan announces that he is not
seeking a nomination. His enemies in
sist that he is. His statement is en-
phatic and he is truthful. He states
that he a no candidate in mind for
any office. But the liars will not let
him rest.
Congress is always extravagant. A
chapel to seat 500 or less is needed at
the naval academy. The enemies of
the people vote $500. 900 for it. And so
the money goes.
Mr.. Bryan favors Hanna for the re-
publican nominee in 1904. but says it is
too early yet to name the democratic.
Rah for Hanna.
Senator Burrows, republican, Of
Michigan, will introduce an amendment
to the constitution to elect senators by
popular vote. He has two plans, one
by popular election in all cases, the
other for popular election after a legis-
lature has adjourned without making a
choice.
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AN REPORT.

The eighth biennial report of the
North Carolina board of health. for
1S99-1sO0-of which our distinguished
townsman DIR. George G.. Thomas is
p~resident-is 4 volume of 2O4 pages. oc-
tavo. 1t Is a volume OF instruction and
public interest. One of the most i'm
portant chapters is on Municipal Wa
ter Supplies" We cannot go into this
at length. 1t must be examined as to
localities. Take our own city. The re-
port Of the engineers is to this effect.
and the first part relative to typhoid
fever is of much significance to people
who think:
wilmington continues to take her
water from North East River, Just
above its junction with the Cape Fear,
a little north of the corporation limits,
but much OF its drinking water is de-
rived from cisterns, in which they have
great faith and bestow upon them great
care. h city is ~unprovided with a
system of sewerage, and to this, /
think, may be ascribed their escape
from an epidemic of typhoid. With
such a system emptying into the river
from every street reaching it's banks,
to ebb and flow with the ides and be
forced up the North East River shore,
past h intake by the counter currents
of Cape Fear river and the incoming
tides, how could they scape the de-
yastating epidemic who are destitute
of cisterns?
1.-THE company has devoted three
years of labor and large sums of money
in an effort to reach pure water
through an artesian well at the intake
in the upper end of the town. They
went down 700 feet, but finding only
salt sea water, unfit for use, they
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

Two beads were discovered by the x
ray in a woman's ear in New Jersey
lodged there twenty-five years ago. A
needle in a woman's neck was discov-
cred. Seven years ago Mrs. Stolz ac-
cidently ran a needle into her finger.
1t broke off n part of it remained.
1t oubled Mrs. Soltz for a time, and
then the pain ceased and Mrs. Soltz
forgot the occurrence. Recently a
swelling arose on the right side of her
neck, and she consulted DR.. White.
The doctor, again by the use of the Y
ray discovered the presence of a part
of a needle in the neck, and last night
he extracted it. The part of the needle
that had broken Off in the finger seven
years g had worked it's way up
through the arm and entered the neck.
We get these facts from the.New York
Tribune. How marvellous that the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
EXPORTS.

In ten months the total expectations
from the United States were 81, $50, 477,-
934. This is quite staggering. Over 81
per cent of this vast aggregation went
through southern ports. Seven ports
only furnished SAIL, 600, 900. Wilmington,
n. c., sent s11, 1882, 500. New York of
ourse led and was enormous with it's
SAL, GA, 52S. Strange to say, New Or
leans southern. was second, with $685.
$50. sos. Boston has heretofore been
second, but it dropped to third with
s119,2 62, 756. Charleston, Mass, aided
with it's shipments. Galveston was
fourth, with s94, 12S, 462. Baltimore fifth
with ssS. s41, 5OI and Philadelphia sixth
with s66,31S, 12S. Savannah measured up
with s42, 30. 1922. So three southern
cities are well nigh to the front with
but New York Inc Boston high UP.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
Glorious News

Comes from DIR. D. B. Cargile, Of
Washita, I. T. He writes: -Four bot
ties Of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break u on her head
and face, and the best doctors could
give no help; but her cure is complete
and her health is excellent" This
shows what thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It's the supreme rem
edy for eczema, letter, salt rheum, ulc-
ers, boils and running sores. It stimu-
lates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels
poisons, helps digestion builds UP the
strength. Only so cents. Sold by r. r.
Bellamy Druggist. Guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

New York state has 7,oeo, 600 popuIa :
ton. When England was trying to de-
feat and hold the American colonies IL
had but 5000 population, and had
from two to three other wars upon its
hands. But for that the colonies might
have remained still a part OF the EN-
pre- over there. In New York alone
there are more deposits in the savings
banks than all Of Great Britain COM
bined. although ii has nearly six times
the population. This shows energy and
thrift in York state. People make
much and study to save. The French
even lead Americans in their thrifty
habits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
The Annette OF GOAT

Is envfed 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
Csc at R r. Bellamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
He Fooled the Surgeons

All doctors told Renick Hamilton. Of
West Jefferson, O., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with five
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the
surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Salve in the World. % cents a box.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
The Alabama Convention

Montgomery, Ala, July 5.-Numerous
petitions were again presented to the
constitutional convention today asking
that the railroad commissioners be
made elective instead of appointive n
requesting that the commission be Civ
en- plenary powers. The petitions were
referred. The discussion of the ques-
ton of limiting municipal taxation was
resumed and consumed the remainder
of the morning session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09
soUTHBoUND FROM HAMLET.

Through Pullman sleepers from Hamlet
to all points North, South and South
west.
takes passengers from Train No. 81.
leaving New York at 1855 p. m, Balti-
more at 5:45 p. m, Washington 6:5 p.
m. Richmond 10:0 p. M. Portsmouth
$50 p. m. Norfolk $40 p. m. Raleigh
4:10 a. m. arriving at Hamlet at 700
a. m. From Train 80. leaving Atlanta
1t 500 p. m. Athens 11:23 p. m, Chester
4:10 a.. m. Charlotte $40 a. m. Monroe
600 a. m. arriving at Hamlet at 7:40 a.
m. From Train No. 66. leaving Jackson
Vile at 3:55 p. m. Savannah 11:45 p. m.
Columbia 3:35 a. m, arriving at Hamlet
at TAO a.. m.
For tickets. Pullman reservations. etc.
apply to Thomas D. Meares. General
Agent Wilmington. N. c.
r. E. L. BUNCH,
Gene "a Passenger Agent
JAS. NJ. BARR,
1st ". P. and General Manager.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

In Bolivar county. Miss. 1000 ami
mails have died from. Charlton. One
more person has died from this dis
ease.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

Miss Flossie McEachern, of Jackson
vile, Fla, is in the city visiting rela-
tives.
Miss Laura Moore, who has been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. B.. B. Pridgen, 214h
North Fifth street has returned to her
home at Berta, N. G.
Mr.. J.. c. Edwards from Dudley, is
here spending a few days with Mr.. J.
D. Edwards, the clever ticket agent Of
the Atlantic Coast Line.
Messrs. w. S. and J. Q. Tilghman, of
Jacksonville, Fla, are here buying large
tracts. of cypress timber. They are
guests the Bonitz house.
Florence Times of Thursday: "Mrs
j. J.. Hughes and Miss Gertrude Sum-
merford left this morning for Whining
ton to spend a month in the city and at
nearby resorts"
Mr.. T. G.. Craft and MI. and Mrs. A.
c. Craft returned yesterday from Rose
Hill, where they went to attend the
funeral of their brother-in-law, the late
J. r. Matthews.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

goraery. Mobile. New Orleans and al
points in Texas. Mexico and California:
also for Chattanooga. Nashville. Louis
vile. St. Louis. C~tncinnatti. Chicago and
Western and Northwestern points
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-09

YOUR SECONDHAND FURNITURE
to l. Gay j. Co. They viii pay you more
cash for IT than any one else in the city.
They also Q W q few Quaker Bath Cabinets
and q few Water Coolers still left. L. Gay
&Co. Is North Second st. my S &c
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n. N.
Time Table in Effect June is. 1901.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-20

If that is not sumptuous enough to sat
| fsfy the ambition Of the mother or
child silk null is still good value
though much dearer. Simplicity should
be the foundation OF all the evening at
tire for the very young. There are sew
eral kinds of silk and wool fabrics. and
they are especially adapted for those
| whose compilations are still delicate
and pearly. Tulle is sometimes put on
young girls. but 1t is not at all the
proper thing. To recapitulate. thin
china and india silks. silk wool mix.
lures. fine all wool muslins and veil.
ings and wool crepOns and albatross In
dainty colOrings are the most suitable
and satisfactory.
There is still room to say a few
words about the most fashionable out
door attire for what we generally call
growing girls. There are dozens OF
woolly plaids and plain surfaced stutfs
in dark and durable colors. In fact.
think that with the exception OF fine
broadclOth there is. nothing that moth
ers wear I'm the way OF wooden goods
that Is not found suitable for the
daughters. Much OF the dull automo-
bile red In hairy surfaced material is
used for young girls for school and
walking. The general tendency Is to
have the waists I'm blouse fashion.
In woods suita bic for young girls are
cheviOt. covert. cashmere. plaid twills
and zibelines I'm dull colors. The Napo-
leon blue is just the right thing for
girls i'm rough stuff. and 1t makes an
ideal dress. OLIVE HARPER
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-20

ArAIettes 60 anaysClaws- -
3he Sunday school teacher was telling
Tommy Tuffun about Santa Claus and
his. - department store mp at the north
pe1e and about the great free distribu-
tlpn Of presents to COED little boys and
girls.
An does de Sandy Claws guy give 'em
away free gratis fer nuttin'f" asked
Tommy.
Certainly" said the teacher.
Gee! He mus be easyT cried Tom
my. what . puddin'! But, say. teach
CT. has ger gotter be good boys to be let
In on de ground floor nv de graft?"
Yes. you must be good" was the re-
ply.
Gee! Den dat lets me Quit I'm good
init. Sandy Claws'll trun me down
hard sure. an me wantin' jackknife
de woist kindy'
"But you're good boy. Tommy" re-
monstrated the teacher. "All the boys
in the class are going to write a letter to
Santa Claus telling him what they want
for Christmas. and you must write too"
Tommy agreed to do SO, and after half
an hour of hard work with a pencil he
handed the teacher the following letter:
Deer Sandy Claws-I want jackknife fer
Crsmuss. sect ] amt q good boy, sect But II
youse don't gimme de jackknife fer Crissmrss de
mex time me an de Kids ketches yer In Cherry
Hill We won't do ting to yeri Sect
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-20

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats. and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick. kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used TO be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr.. Kilmer' S
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures OF the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits en-
by all druggists in fifty 95I5=sYE1a s::ss3s-s
cent and one-dollar siz 4.
es. You may have $z1sl. l:l...Se{ssgz
sample bottle by mail Home Of swamp Root.
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. KilmeE
& Co.. Binghanton. N. Y.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1901-12-20
ODD. CHRISTMAS
SUPERSTITIONS
BY Warrington Wayne.
(Copyright. 1901, By W. L. Vail

Copyright, 1901, By W. I. Vail.
Perhaps the most interesting of Christ
mas superstitions TO the young people is
that which puts the maid under the curse
OF another years celibacy unless she be
kissed under the mistletoe at Christmas.
For. years and years female ingenuity
struggled with the problem Of finding a
fitting place in the room for the mistletoe.
A fitting place Is one under which the
maiden must pass. 1t is not seemly for
her to seek kisses. The problem was
solved years ago. The mistletoe was put
over the door.
In this country two mistletoe leaves are
placed together before the fire by many
an anxious lover. He or she names the
leaves secretly. If they fly together as
they grow crisp, those they represent will
wed: IL they fly apart. fate wills other
wise.
But the greater Christmas superstitions
concern themselves with the recognition
or the holy hour of midnight on Christ
mas eve by the lower animals.
The rooster is supposed to be the most
sapient of these in this regard. His crow
ing. at other seasons heralding the dawn.
In well known by all true believers in
ghosts to be a notice TO providing spirits
TO HE them home. In the holy season he
crows at intervals all through the night.
the superstition says, to keep the earth
clear OF these nocturnal ramblers. Shake
speare alludes to this belief in Hamlet"
Some say that ever 'gsinst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour's birth IL celebrated.
This bird OF dawning singeth all night long,
And then. they say, no spirit dares stir abroad
The nights are wholesome; then no planets STRIKE
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.
So halowed and 50 gracious Is the time.
In many parts Of Europe there is a su-
perstition 10 the effect that at the mid
night hour. when Christmas day begins.
the cattle kneel in the stalls Many can
be found who testify that they have seen
this phenomenon. They have gone into the
dark stables with lanterns. awaking the
beasts, which usually rise after such dis
turbance. In the course of half an hour
or so the animals grow used to the light
and lie down again. In lying down they
kneel.
The miners OF Derbyshire. England.
hear masses sung by invisible cho=isters
in deep and distant recesses OF their
mines as the hour OF midnight arrives.
In other parts OF England bees. then in
their tOrpor ''sing" in the hives. Sheen