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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
Another Illustration

New York has just afforded another
striking illustration Of northern re
gard for and sympathy with the e
gro"
Recently a negro preacher moved
into a nelghborhood settled entirely by
whites, and the latter proceeded at
once to make it as uncomfortable as
possible for the newcomer and his
family.
The negro, however. stood his ground,
and his white neighbors finding that
their system Of annoyance and petty
persecution was not likely to have any
effect adopted other tactics.
The man who owns the house rented
by the preacher also own most Of the
other dwellings on the block; so the
heads of about a dozen Of the white
families occupying these houses march
ed in a body to the office of the land
lord, and told him that they would pack
up and move if he didn't make the ne
gro family vacate. AS a result the
landlord has promised to fix it"
Yes, the north bubbles over with love
for and sympathy with the man and
the brother, but all the same race pre-
JUDGE is dace prejudice h world over.
Richmond Dispatch.
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EYarts, Ready Wit

Ambassador Choate is for Of telling
of how the late William III. Ewarts re-
piled 10 an impossible toast at a Har-
ward dinner. which he (Choate) presid-
ed over. Instead Of asking the men
who were down for speeches to respond
to the regulation toats, Mr.. Choate read
off a question to each from n OF the
college examination papers. and then
called up his victim. The query which
fell to Mr.. Evarts was this: Why is
it that the stomach, which continually
digests food. is itself digested?"
Evarts, in response, said: II hav at
tende a good many Harvard dinners
before this. and long 6 as a result
of my experience with them. before set
ting out from New York to attend one
Of these feasts. 1 always dives myself
of the coats Of my stomach and hang
them up in my wardrobe.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30

Line-Lumber Men Trespassing on
State Lands.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. c., August 26.

Raleigh. n. c., August &c.
1t was thought that the Raleigh base
ball club would go to New Bern today
to play, but it did not do so. 1t may
play there this week Umpire Harry
Mace left today for Washington, D. c.,
his home.
Attorney General Gilmer is expected
to return here in a day or two. and will
soon go to the eastern part Of the state
to investigates the great depredatioas
made on the states swamp lands By
lumbermen. Auditor Dixon says the
scheme OF depradation is on a great
scale, and that it really amounts TO
looting. The loose system OF control OF
the lands has permitted this robbery.
AS soon as the attorney general goes
there the offenders will be prosecuted.
The State charters the French Broad
Press Company, of Asheville, capital
$4,000; to publish newspapers, periodi-
Gals and books. Henry d. Shepherd. of
Chicago, a. II. McQuilkin, OF Asheville,
and others are stockholders.
The Seaboard Air Lines engineers
who live here. and there are a number
of them, are greatly stirred by the or
der that Raleigh is no longer to be the
end of a run. but that Hamlet will be.
1t is said hat there is also to be 2
change Of the u of the conductors.
The engineers met Saturday and today.
The accident to the fast train, north
bound, on the Seaboard Air Line Satur-
day night, near Cheraw, S. c., was the
topic Of talk here yesterday n today.
Engineer Muse, who lives here, escaped
with a cut lad and a bruised should
er. Fireman Rosewood was caught un-
der the engine and instantly killed.
His body was brought there last night
and was taken to Danville. He is a
native of Hilisboro. n. G. His wife ar
rived here Saturday, for h first time.
The derailment Of the engine and two
cars occurred on a straight and pretty
level stretch Of track, which the water
had undermined. 1t was thought the
engineer was killed, but he was found
walking, half-daZed. He lost conscious
ness at the omen of the derailment.
The states committee has made uD
the list of standard books for the rural
free school libraries.
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h temperature of the atmosphere,
also modify the temperature OF the sea
water.
The powerful but intermittent action
OF sea baths is continued and COM
pleted by the unbroken action of the
sea air. The composition Of sea air is
marked by no essential vsriation from
the air OF the mainland. 1t is neverthe-
less distinguished by its greater purity.
The carbonic acid is to a large extent
absorbed by the vast volume OF water
with which it comes in contact Ozone,
on the other hand, is present in higher
proportions than elsewhere. Ozone, has
the property Of ~neutralizing miasmas
and germs. Hence the rareness and
shortness Of epidemics at the seaside
as we'll as the greater activity of
haematosis and respiration in persons
who live on the coast
Respiratory functions a further IA
vored by the pressure OF the atmos-
phere, which reaches its maximum at
the level Of the seashore, so that a So
journ at the seaside IS almost eQuiva-
lent to a compressed air bath. More
over. the atmosphere is impregnated.
by volatiZation, with the essential ele-
ments found in sea water. The atmos-
phere contains chloride Of sodium
within a radius of five hundred meters
Of the coast and up to q hight OF. about
sixty meters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30

The question of the constitution and
the flag is not yet settled in Hawaii as
applicable to criminal matters. The
supreme court there has just begun a
special term to consider the cases of a
number OF prisoners released by the
circuit court on the ground that they
were illegally convicted, because, after
annexation, they were found guilty.
and sentenced on verdicts of nine tu-
rors. It is contendea by Attorney Gen.
eral Dole that recent insular decislona
contained nothing u indicate an opin-
ionb by the national supreme court that
b first ten amendments TO the consti-
tuition follow the flag" but that the
said decision simply W. that annex
ed territories cease to be foreign, as far
as tariff considerations are concerned,
as Don as annexation Is complete.
The supreme court there heard
lengthy arguments on the question res
terday. There are about twenty-five
convicted men whose cases depend on
the decision Of the question, and civil
interests are also at stake.
The issue Is as TO whether the constf-
tuition followed h flag, not only as to
tariffs. but including all its provisions.
This. IL Is claimed. the court at WASH
ington has not yet decided.
Honolulu, August II, via San Fran.
cisco. August 2z.-United States Judge
Estes has rendered a decision in
which he declares that ali Chinese born
in b Hawaiian Islands are American
citizens. no matter what government
they were born Observation-Disclosures
Post. asSt1
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SEA BATH AND ITS VIRTUE.
1t Constitutes a Powerful Remedy
for Certain Affections

Sea baths and residence at the sea-
side constitute one of the most powerful
means of action at the disposal of
certain affections and the rapid modi-
fication of certain u~nfavorable consti-
tutional conditions. But in order to
derive all the advantages possible from
this energetic remedy, it must be prop
erly employed. Consequently it is nee
essary hat persons who decide to pass
some time at the seaside should possess
some general knowledge as to the ma
ture and the working of the elements
from which they seek health. This
knowledge must be sufficiently precise
to serve as a guide of life during a pa
TENTS sojourn at the seaside.
Chemical analysis justifies the clas-
%siication of sea water among strong
mineral waters; it is cold chloro-
sulphated-sodic water. The presence OF
iodine in various sea weeds gave rise
to the presumption that in conse-
Quence of the continued maceration
of these marine plants. iodine would be
found in the water. In recent wears
spectral analysis has demonstrated the
presence of this valuable medicine and
of bromine in sea water. Therefore,
sea water is also classified among chic
ro-bromo-iodized waters.
The sadness of the sea is due to
chloride of sodium. 1t is more intense
in the open sea than on the coasts and
diminiSheS at the mouths of rivers and
streams. Sea water also contains an
organic substance to which chemists
have hitherto devoted very little at
+0~4i0o I'D r-hiah noccnccac rrno i'm
p%ortance in therapeutics. To this is
due the odor viscidity and nauseous
flavor of the sea water. and its rapid
putrefaction Notwithstanding the large
proportion of chloride Of sodium which
it contains. Constantine James regards
his substance as the essential, vital
element of sea water. In his opinion,
only the presence Of this substance can
explain certain phenomena which
would be otherwise ineXplicable.
The sea is traversed by electric cur
rents, which certainly exercise an in
1uence on bathers. We should also
note the presence Of oxygen and car
bonic acid. The latter is present in
rather noteworthy proportlons-fron
100 to 200 centilitres in 100 centllitres OF
water. The admixture of fresh water
and sea water releases a considerable
amount of sulphuretted hydrogen
which diminishes the purity of the air.
This fact enables US to lay down the
principle that, so far IS possible, sea
side resorts should not be in the neigh
borhood of the mouth of large or even
fair sized rivers.
On ccoun of it's great volume and
density the sea possesses in a very high
measur the power of absorbing neat
and very low radiating powers. Its
temperature is less variable than that
of b mainland and always new
higher. The temperature attains Its
maximum in July. remains stationary
in August and fails N September.
For every period of twenty-four
hours the minimum temperature or the
water is attained before IL a. M, and
the maximum between loon and . p.
m. However, a number of unforeseen
circumstances. such as persistent norm
winds or abundant rains. which modify
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
Still for Bryan and Free silver

st. Louis. August 2s.-Former Gov
ernor Stone. vice chairman OF the ma
tional democratic committee, who was
flee today for the first time in 1--WE
weeks.
In an interview, the governor de-
clared himself a candidate for the Unit
ed States senate, TO succeed the Hon.
G.. G.. West. and said he still believed
silver should be coined into standard
money. ''Bi-metallism.' he said, lis
still an issue, but the United States Is
better off than other countries today
with the gold standard"
Speaking OF the proposed reorganiza-
ton of the democratic party, the gov
ernor said non was necessary. He de-
clared w. ]. Bryan. to be the most pow
erful man in the democratic party to-
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
From Peanut Stand TO Professors
Chair


Some years ago a Russian student,
Leo Wiener by name, was compelled
to flee from the cars empire in order
to escape Punishment to Siberia, says
Success. He tramped through Germany
and France. to Spain, where he took
a ship for Cuba. sailing thence to New
Orleans. The end Of a series of hard
ships found him a pennlless andere
in the streets Of Kansas City. There,
with the aid of men of his own race,
he supplied himself with a modest stock
of fruit, which he sold to paSSersby.
Each night, when his days work was
done. he fastened to the public library,
there to pore over some English VOL
ume until the lights were put out. The
library attaches soon grew familiar
with the shabby, se~lf-absorbed foreign
er who never missed a night, and,
through them, Wiener was brought to
the notice of the superintendent Of pub
lie schools. An interview proved, to
the astonished superintendent, that the
fruit peddler was a master of Greek
and Latin and several modern lam
guages. Call upon me-" said he, from
time to time. 1 think 1 a obtain for
you a position in which you will be
enabled to give to others the benefit of
your knowledge" Wiener went back
to his peanuts and bananas with a light
heart, and ere long he was informed
that a position as a teacher had been
obtained for him in the little college ar
Odessa. Mo. After a season at Odessa,
he returned to Kansas City, to teach
languages in the Central High school.
Six years later he was called to a
chair in the University Of Missouri, at
Columbia. and, when Harvard founded
it's department of the Russian language
and literature, he was placed in charge.
This chair he continues to fill, occupy
ing a leading place among linguists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
The Fateful Thirteen

When, where, how, or with whom this
h~obgoblin originated we do not KNOW
and we suspect this ignorance is wide
ly prevalent. This frank confession Is
made in answer to a correspondent
who desires The Posts assistance In
tracing the hoodoo to its source. Or
course. The Post regrets its inabillty
to render aid in so important a Work
for humanity; but that regret is temp
cred by a consciousness or power 10
render our correspondent a service OF
more value tina he could extract from
the knowledge which he is seeking. II
we could inform him as to he date,
the locality, and the manner Of that
hoodoo's inception and give him the
name and biography Of it's ne
could not Squelch it. 1t lives, hk other
superstitions, not because IL is reasona-
BILE. but because it is utterly senseless
and totally absurd. 1t would be JUST
as foolish if it's history were KNOWN:
and therefore. it would still abide and
i'm all probability become more robust.
But there are other subjects for prac-
teal research, and in u chagrln at
being unprepared to give our correspon-
dent the desired knowledge we are
moved to suggest some or them II he
will drop the fateful IL quest and adj
dress himself to a solution of the ques-
ZION. Where was Moses hen the light
went out?" we will send him all the
data we possess on that subject And
when he has discovered and reported
the precise locality Of Moses at the
identical moment referred 10, We VIII
give him our sympathy and moral sup
port while he rallies his intellectual re-
sources for a victorious wrestle with an
older and more absorbing question re
lating to an assault upon a person OF
the name of Patterson. christened VIII
liam, but called Billy by his intimates
Before quitting the general subject
of investigation as to h origin or
curious things. we ought TO mention a
fresh Illustration of the malign inhu-
ence of Is that has just occurred In
France. A resident Of that country
died last week N the 18th year or his
age. His wonderful vitality carried
him triumphantly through his hrst lo
and on through almost a hundred years
more. Had it been possible for him 10
pass from 112 to IA without coiiidIns
with the hobgoblin that lies between
these two combinations, who can De
sure that he would not nave gone on
swimmingly for another hundred!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
Capture of a Deserterf In Filipino Army

Manila. August 26.-Pitcher's FIRST dis
patch from Mindoro tells how Lieuten-
ant Hazard, of the Third cavalry,
commanding a troop of Macababe
scouts. captured the American deserter
Howard, who. as a leader OF the Fill
pinos. had been annoying the Ameri-
cans for many months. Ferguson,
of LIEUTENANT Hazards civilian scouts,
disguised IS an insurgent. with eight
Macababes, penetrated into the camp
of Colonel Athena. commanding 240
rifiemen and 200 bolomen at night To-
Gated Howard. bound and gagged him.
and led him away without disturbing
the camp.
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Preparing to Lynch n Neeso

Fort Smith, Ark. August ga ne
gro named Louis Smith. was ar
rested and lodged in jail here today.
charged with an assault one week ago
on a 7-year-old girl. the daughter OF a
railroad employee. Tonight q crowd of
men bent on ~wreaking vengeance on
the negro. assembled near the Jail. A
messenger has been dispatched to Sc
cure sledge hammers with which 20
break down the doors Of the jail, and a
lynching is imminent. The officers are
passive n it is not anticipated any
determined effort will be made by them
to thwart the purpose of the iynchers-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
The Skin a. 4n '' st,, T.

Millions of little glands or tubes connect the blood with the skin, and through
theses nalld Ein pipes peSpiraion passeso out carving with it the impurities That
are thrown of by the blood. Should the pores O the skin be entirely closed for
eve a brief space OF tine time n the P%sOneeas matte forced back into the emsui..-
= Gn with es.aiae .hsssw which pour =. upon it az = y:rtsnoei espsng
are o sl1say related that wha.svs, affects one seriously inteaeres with the func-
between the blood and skin. When. therefore, the
blood becomes poisoned from any cause it quickly JneDDDAI AAm
tManhests itself upon the skin In the form
of sores n ulcers, pMnples and various EXteP04I p0f10A3
eruptive diseases. By the chaHero of the
sore We are enabled to determine the nature Of the poison Or humor IN the blood,
as every disease os sag1naaaaip1g in the blood has its peculiar sore or plnpie The
without enter through the open. glands @ pores and quickly infect the blood.
and other wild plants gain easy access o the blood through the skin. As soeaned
Pure I0od- of powders. soaps and washes ear do no Pefmanent
Soft, Healthy Skin dosing up the outlet to these little snbes
and interfering with the natural action
OF the skin. The treatment must begin with the blood and the acid o other pm<-
ms entdoted or neutrahzed. S S |. does this and pu. the circulation, builds
up thu blood and Pushes the little glands u pores wit re-, e blood, and
restores healthy action o the skin. The use of cosmetics nevery et brought health
and beauty to a rough, red, pimpy skin or sanow complexion What il needed
is nch, pure blood, suha as S i s. makes. II not only reievesy o. of all dis6pur
ing backheads, biotches and irritating, itching eruptOns, but improves your general
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Write our physicians for advice orinformadon; they have made study of blood
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And. skipping Is again. and so on ad
infinitum, why might he not nave last
ed until doomsday? The pathos OF the
fateful Is is seldom more touching
than in the story of this poo man
ruthlessly cut down in his 1l3th rear.
Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
A Stranded Schooner

Fire Island, n. Y, August 26.-The
schooner Eliza a. Scribner, from Prom
ised Land, l.. l., with fertilizer for
Savannah, Ga, which was beached on
Fire Island bar yesterday to save her
from sinking, was moved several hun
dred feet this morning by h wrecking
tug I. J. Merritt, which is floating her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
Navy Department Demands Explana-
ton

Washington, August 26.-The navy
department fas written a letter to
Captain Forsythe, asking for an x
PLANTATION OF the interview with him,
bearing upon he approaching inquiry
into Admiral Schiey's conduct in the
Spanish war, published today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-08-30
ETTERLAT THAN NEVER
RALEIGH AT LAST PAYS HER GUARAN-
TEE MADE TO WILMINGTON.
ADMITS AN ATTEMPT AT 81 UFF

President OF Her Base Ball CInb Nu
Claims Payment Withheld ONLY m
Force Wilmington to Stay In RALEIGH
to Play Postponed Games-No Mem
ton of His Contract tn PLAY 9,
Bern Monday-Tries to Excuse His
Breach of Faith by Charges of In
tended Breach by Wilmington.
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The state department is advised by
telegraph of the death OF senior Don
Carlos Morla Vicuna. minister from
Chile to the United States. which oc-
rcurred at Buffalo Tuesday morning.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-10-31
SIMPLE REMEDIES.

Diluted ammonia Is good for insect
bites and stings.
A raw egg swallowed at once upon
getting a fshbone In the throat beyond
the reach of the finger, 1t is said. will
dislodge it and carry 1t down.
A simple remedy for indigestion is
the white of an egg beaten to a stiff
froth and stirred into a wineglassful
of cold water. This should be taken
after each meal.
For burns and scaldS when no other
remedy Is at hand, try the effect OF a
piece of rag stepped In vinegar and
bound round the scar. This is espe-
cially useful when cooking, for the
vinegar is generally at hand.
To cure a severe case of collie take a
teaspoonful of salt in pint of water;
drink and go to bed. This Is one Of the
speediest remedies known. II will also
prove etlicacious in reviying a person
who seems almost dead from heavy
fall
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Harold's Papa. Was .shy.'

The proud young father. after the
manner of his kind. was telling stories
about the doings of his first-born.
Many trivial incide nts had been relat-
ed and the little 81 rele of listeners had
exhausted all thei r ingenuity in pre-
tending 10 he int rested. Tel them
the story about tn g penny" suggested
the young hopeful IS mother. Tie proud
father pretended not to hear, when
grew red, and fiji fally shook a violent
negative with his head. Then | will, -
exclaimed the ba by's mother. ITS too
cnte for anythin &. You know Harold
will be years oil a next month. and we
are now taking i'm to church with us.
His father alwa gs gives him penny
to put lin the objection plate. Well.
last Sunday the plate was being pass
ed, and some on q dropped u coin on the
floor. 1t made quite a-loud noise, and
Harold turned. to inc and asked. in a
voice loud en- Egh TO be heard all oyei
the church; y Mamma, whose penny are
that. Wash t 1t the cutest thing? OF
course he t aought that nobody evel
gave more han penny because that's
all his pap ever gives HIM" Ther
the proud young farther blushed NOR,
deeply the N eyer.-Philadelphi Rec
ord
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CHAPTER IV.

Scarcely three hours had passed since
the dark, moist earth was heaped upon
the humble grave Of the widow and her
son, when again, over the village of Chic
opee, hoated the notes Of the tolling bell,
and Immediately crowds of people, with
seemingly eager haste, hurried toward
the Campbell mansion, which was soon
nearly filed
On marble table in the same room lay
the handsome coffin, and in 1t slept young
Ella. Gracefully her small waxen hands
were folded one over the other, while
white. half-opened rosebuds were wreath
ed among the curls of her hair. "She il
too beautiful to die, and the only child,
too" thought more than one MS they look
ed first at the sleeping clay and then at
the stricken mother, who, draped In deep
est black, sobbed convulsiyely. And yet
she was not one-half so desolate as was
the orphan Mary. who In Mrs. Bender
kitchen sat weeping over her sister Alice,
and striving to form words It prayer