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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
BREVITIES

Chandler vas applauded by the ne
Igroes for his condemnation of lynching.
But Yankee like he was dumb as an
in condemnation of the damning
sin and outrage of rape that sends SC
many brutes to the hemp and the grave.
In 1896, Chauncey Depew said he
could name ten men in New York city
and 20 miles around. VINO could pre-
cipitate in one hour the greatest panic
this world has ever seen. He knew
whereof he affirmed. Bun four years
later one m~an-named Morgan-it is
said a paralyze the world. There are
lpeople in North Carolina who like that
sort of thing.
In 1900 this country sent to Great
$780, 09 head of live cattle,
against 144, 925 from all other lands.
England is dependent in many ways.
Cotton is about 2 cents a pound low
er tina in the close of January. It is
la loss of $40 "a bale to southern plant
|ers.
William NJ. Evarts. the great lawyer
who died last week. was born in Bos-
ton. 9Th of February. 1918. He was
manned after an eminent Virginia law
lyer. William Maxwell. He was an elo-
quent speaker, genial and full of kind
lily humor.
There is a heavy decline reported in
Germany in the textile industry. The
mills in Alsace are said to be we'll nigh
IparalyZed.
Another vote in the British house Of
commons was a great shock to the
Tories. The governments majority
dropped from 1872 to 80. Very signifi-
Icant!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
WHAT THE WORLDS WARS COST

Secretary Brodrick's figures as TO the
Beers will instruct the taxpayers. The
total Is son.1 s430, 900, 900, a mere cherry
bite compared with h recent expendi-
lures of the republican congress that
1.-THE peoples earnings. The number of
linen provided for in the British esti-
mates is 450. 900. il being 10000 above
tine ordinary army estimates. Other ex-
lpenditures will have to be made. This
may be a good plan to mention the cost
publishes an article in the Review Of
the Republic, in which il is stated that
so-called Christian CD countries ex-
pended in the century just ended, S49,-
loss, OOO. 900. This does not include pri-
Ivate losses. The aggregated expendi-
lures in the tremendous American war.
lare put at s17, 772, 600, O00. with private
losses aggregating $50, 600, 0O0, 900. The
total government expenditures for war
in tn last century aggregate $49, 06S, 0O0.-
IVSV. MI w lISOn say ludl ldh4IlS OILY
the war debts o Europe created since
1880. and adding their interest charges
Ito date, the total exceeds $40, 900, 900. Co.,
as the lowest governmental expenditure
flor actual war" Spain has been ruin
led by her wars. He writes that the
richest country of Europe in 1900 and
to-day he poorest. Spain has sacrificed
Everything TO Janus. Nearly one-third
lof all her governmental expenditure for
one hundred years a been directly or
Indirectly for war. making an aggre-
lgate of over Sc, 900, 900, 900. Her total
wealth is estimated now at under $1O,-
1000, 900, 900. with a war debt of 81, 20O,-
600, 900 and a yearly interest of S4S, O00,-
900. And yet there are suspected Chris
ltians in the United States who hunger
latter foreign wars forgetting that war
lis hell"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

Young Winston Spencer Churchill,
son of Lord Randolph Churchill, who
died some years ago, and a brilliant
man, is a promising youth of unusual
gifts. He made some reputation as a
war correspondent. and not long since
visited our own land. He has just
made his maiden speech in the house
of commons. 1t was piquant, agrees
sive and Of Tory flavor. He caused
both laughter and cheers from the
government benches. We make a few
extracts hat gave point and interest
to his talk:
IF he were a Boer fighting in the
ield-and if he were a Boer he GER
Itainly hoped he should be fighting Cloud
Opposition cheers)-he should not allow
himself to be taken in by any message
of sympathy, not even if signed by 100
honorable gentlemen opposite loud
llaughter.) In his view the gov
lernment would not have been justified
in restricting their commanders from
employing any methods of warfare for
which there was precedent in the ex-
lample of European and American gen.
erals during the last fifty or sixty
lyears. (Cheers.) Personally he be-
Ilieved the waF had been carried or
with unusual humanity and generosity
Ian through in comparison with other
WARS ministerial cheers.)
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
bats THAT GET TIPSY
Erect on she Fruit Hating Variety OF
the Mix of the Coeoanut.

Bats sleep hanging head downward.
clustered thickly together. Bats of
temperate ATTITUDES harbor themselves
in caves or in dark hooks and c~rannies
Of every sort, flying abroad at dusk.
Save in the breeding season the sexe,
flock separately-males in one tree, o,
in the cave, females in another. But
When rearing young the bat is excep-
tloral among IN that the
male Suckle and carries the young in
his pouch. like the female. although he
does it only in event of twins, which
the mother bat would be unable to pro-
tect and care for.
The fruit-eating bat of the tropics,
known az the flying fox. is among the
swifteSt of winged creatures. Flocks
have been known to cover forty miles
without stopping in order to reach a
~favorite tree, and after rioting there
all night fly back before dawn to a
safely dark rOost. Where wild figs and
almonds abound they often break down
the trees by clustering thickly upon the
laden boughS. More than that, they
carry away with them such quantities
of fruit that it is often possible t.
trace their u by the husks and
sucked skins dropped on the way.
When a cocoanut grove is plundered
many of the bats dc not fly away
They gnaw through the hulls to suck
the milk of the young cocoanuts,
which fermentS so quickly that it makes
them trunk. Hundreds have been
found lying blind n stupid at the foot
Of trees. A bat has
this in common with a human
being-he falls easily-sO easily that he
10 NOT bruised nuan from the height
Of q cocoa palm, which is seldom less
than 100 feet. Take him how you Will.
the ~fruit-eating bat is not a desirable
neighbor. Individually he smells Of
musk. Multiply the musk by 1000 and
the odOr becomes almost uncomfortable.
For long it was held that the vampire
bat was purely a creature of magma
ton, though travellers reported vague
terrors~ regarding it from South Ameri-
can wilds. There it was eventually
found. In reality it is a bat with wings
fifteen to twenty inches in spread and
a particularly beaklike mouth full OF
sharp teeth. It sucks the blood OF
grazing beasts-horses, cattle, n so
on, which feed at night to escape in
eects. 1t also flies into stables which
are more OIL les sopen, and, II undis-
turbed, will draw a quart OF blood at
q time. The wounds it makes are not
dangerous, but the animals, OF course.
grow weak from loss of blood.
Tradition says the vampires lullej
their victims to sleep by tanning them
with their wings. Fact and tradition
have this much Of ag~reement-the YAM
| pire bat does wave its wings as it sucks
| the blood of its victim, but it is evident
ly as the butterfly waves its wings to
keep its balance, not to charm It's VIC
tim asleep.-New York Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
A CHANGE OF OPINION.

The readers of The Messenger who
lare familiar with the tariff question
Through h last quarter of a century
will recall reading the name of Rob-
Iert p. Porter. He vas a right-hand
man as an oracle among the rabid, ul-
ira high tax republican leaders. He
was instant in season and out of sea-
son in his advocacy of the robber tax
system that favored the rich few and
IcuTsed the toiling many We hardly
knew of a more aggressive, cock-sure
.lexponent of the tariff robbery system
as worked by the republican tools Of
plutocracy. We refer to Mr.. Porter
now because in his case the leopard ap-
pears to have changed his spots. Mr..
PORTER has been in Europe, and he has
Imade a rather startling revelation of
bad conditions in other lands and seas.
HE is so disturbed by trade conditions
labroad he is an open advocate for re-
I~ciprocity among nations. and that Is
only a dodge for free trade. 1t is prac-
ltically the very same thing as trade
without customs dues. After while
before five years we thinkE high tar1ff
robber tax will be swept away n be
really a bad thing of the past. The
signs point that way. American manu-
fractured goods now go into all the
marts of the world and are sold along
side of the goods of all leading nations
l-sometimes underselling-and without
1.-THE aid of a cent of tariff tax to help
Them. We hope for a wiser, broader,
more truly honorable and just system
LOT taxation than the present republi-
lean high protective uax. 1t must come,
land it may not be far ahead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. D. B. Cargile, of
lWashita, I. T. He writes: -Four bot
tiles of Electric BitterS has cured Mrs.
brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
lsores would break out 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
Iedy for eczema, letter, salt rheum, ulc-
Iers, boils and running sores. 1t stimu-
|lates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels
Ipoiscns, helps digestion builds UP the
strength. Only SO cents. Sold by r. R
IBellamy Druggist. Guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

The curtailment of production in
southern cotton mills will be followed
lit is thought at Fail River, Mass, by
its many mills. While cotton is down,
eales unsatisfactory and foreign demand
for raw cotton d~iscouraging, the sale
Iof fertilizers in the south surpasses all
lprevious records. The south will be
quite sure to grow a larger crop thai
that of last year. The farmers viii
Ipush things. Even cotton at 9 cents is
inspiriting and will make the farmers
hustle. Look out for a big crop with
Ifayoring seasons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
HOME FOLKS.

hat London's bill is important
and needs very careful attention. II
is TO meet a necessity in education by
providing that either race may vote a
special tax in a county. One rae will
not do this for another race. but it may
do 50 for it's own particular benefit,
The bill vas referred TO the judiciary
committee. Mr.. London. like most cd
the democrats. does not favor depriving
the negro race Of one cent OF the edu
cational fund TO which they have been
granted 50 long by the voluntary aid
OF the white men OF the state who have
suffered 50 long and 50 much from the
unintelligent and inconsiderate conduct
of negro voters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
More Boers Surra,dar

London, March IA dispatch from
Genera Kitchener. dated Pretoria.
March 4th. says:
"DeWet was moving on Philippolis.
but was headed by our troops and is
now marching on Fa1eresmith. Bab-
ington has dug up a Krupp a pompom
and some ammunition at Landowner.
sixteen men OF the Victorian Rifles
have captured thirty-three Beers and
fifty horses at Seacow river. Genera,
Dartnell has captured a Hotchkiss near
Pietertien- ~Surrenders continue in that
district Over fifty men with a COM
mandant came In March md"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

We give no rewards. An offer Of this
kind is the meanest of receptions. Test
the curative powers of Ey's Cream
Balm for the cure of Catarrh. Hay Fee
yer an dCold in the Head and you are
sure to continue the treatment. Relief
is immediate and a cure follows. 1t Is
not drying, does not produce sneezins.
It soothes and heals the membrane.
Price so cents at druggists or by mail.
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street. New
York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

Rev. James B. Averitt has his book
ready, and it will be published by the
Tennyson Needy Publishing Co. of New
York city. 1t will be called "Recollec-
ions of Plantation Life Before the
War-How We Lived in the Great
House and How We Lived in the Cab
in" He is an Episcopal minister of
clever abilities and is a native North
CarOlirian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

The bill on road building by Mr..
Alexander. Of Mecklenbug. passed the
senate after some amendments or al
terations. 1t is a good bill and will help
the people if adopted and carried out
properly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

There have been sundry changes
made in the judicial districts as first
reported II met with much opposition
and was ''slashed' as is stated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

The new steel trust combines vast in
.Iterests. The annual capacity in hnlsh-
led material is more than 10000 600 tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08

Mr.. B. T. Graham. of Wallace. spent
Sunday IN the city.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
OPPOSED 10 SWEAT SHOPS
An Effort Will Be Made to Get a
 Bill Passed.

The Time For New Business Has Ex-
 pired, But the Consent of the House
 will Be Asked-Factory Inspector
 Mclean Favors the IGea-Eew Ha-
 ven Trades Councils Also Favor It.
 New Haven, Feb 1S.-An attempt Will De made ro-morrow by Factory h. Sptctor Mclean of Connecticut and Jacob Bel;isco. president of the New [t;lFtI i rate:; council to get a bill be- lore the present general assembly pro Vlulng that all tailoring work bt, done in shops. Tte bill as drafted is un aim at sweat shops.
 trough some uiaunders tanding the Lill Was noI drafted in time To be pre- seated into the legislature on last Fri Gag. which was the last day for tht, admission of new business into the Seneral assembly.
 By tAe consent of the house il is possible that the bill will be admitted on the begjnniE. of business on Tues day.
 i'he bill is favored by the Trades council of this city and is said To be iii the interests of the striking tailors iu +his city.
 The merchant tailors who let out N'iN " "HttA IS uClle III houses pay less than for work done in their shops. In some sections of the city whole fam lies are found employed with tailoring "ork. The work k done q great deal among the women and young folk Who conlnland much smaller pay than re@llarly employed men.
 some of these home workshops have come to be known as sweat sIoDs't from the crowded conditions and long, hours Of working.
 Aboufa q wear ago th~ board of health received q letter cunGemning these sweat shops and ihe health officer in- Vcsti@Atpd. Nothing was done about the matter by tn" health board
 One of the complaints made in the llii against the sweat shops" is that 'h' "ork Is turned out oftentimes Where there is sickness and disease.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
CITY NEWS.

At party of clerks from Currans will enjoy straw ride to StraltSville to- night.
 Charles Grelle. of East Main street. is in Washington. where he is filling acceptably a position as reporter on the Washington Post.
 The condition of James Deyers,, of 7S4 Bank street, is greatly improved to-day. MT Devers, who so admirably keeps care of the pavement on Bank street, in the Brooklyn district, sui fered stroke of paralysis which af- fected his left side on Friday evening, about 5:3O. when he was just finishing his days labors. Dr Russell attend ed him. The many friends of the fine caretaker of the Bank street pavement hope that he will be soon again at his old labors.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
NATIONAL TENNIS HATCH.

New York, Feb 19.-Tne national in door lawn tennis championship match of the United States will be held by the Seventh Regiment Tennis associa- ton at it's arnory. beginning to-mor- TOW and lasting until Saturday. This is the second annual open tournament for the indoor tennis championship. There will be doubles and singles. First and runner-up prizes will be awarded in both singles and doubles. A con- so1ation prize will also be awarded in singles. open to all those beaten ill the first actual match. Rules of the Unit ed States Lawn Tennis association will govern the play. The eight courts Of the regiment are laid out on 8 wooden floor and offer ample facilities for the matches The arched roof of the ar- mory is high enough to admit of high lobbing A committee will have charge of the touruAments
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
OAKYILLE HAPPENINGS

The Rev Mr Lewis. Associate rector Of St Johns church. Waterbury. off, clated at All Saints church at the morning service yesterday The even ing service was conducted by the Rev Il. \. cunnninghu of Watertovn.
 A. A. Stone returned from Mamie Friday.
 Eugene Murphy spent Sunday in Hartford.
 R. \. Babin was in this place over Sunday.
 Mrs Warner :,ni her daughter Nam !r. Of Waterbury. We're in this place Sunday. the guests Of Mrs Andrew Peet.
 Mrs DeWs attended the funeral of her Inother-in-law Sunday at Water bury.
 Many will not regret to learn that one of the dogs owned by Saloonkeep- CT Fitzpatrick mer Il sad end one day recently. It strayed tOo far from home and got run over by the cars This was the dog that bit Frank Mur- phy the bright little fellow who at that time delivered the Evening Demo crat to customers and was attending to that duty when he was bitten by it and he is not the only one who huS been bitteu by that dog. but although this dog was rude and vicious with strangers, it was kind and docile with its owner, and no doubt he priZed it highly.
 Tuesday evening the St Mary Mag dalene society will hold q meeting.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
ST PETERSBURG PAPER
Suppressed for Three Months; for Pub.
 fishing University Bulletins.

S''iilf|*%tu lof -li>t AiOIinS Tor 1uD'
 fishing University Bulletins.
 St Petersburg. Feb 1S.-On Saturday the minister Of tie Interior. M Sipi- aguine. ordered tht. suppression for thiee months of th;A NoyOsti Dnia. Il Moscow newspaper. which had vio la ed the prohibition against the publi- cation Dt university bulletins. A st4 cret circular has been Issued reminding all the newspapers that the prohibi- tiDn is now effective.
 Information has been received here that 32U students have been arrested in Moscow. presumably the whole aS sembly which ubstructed the lertureS among the students.
 Eighteen students were arrested here but subsequently released. Pending T decision in their case. however. they vera forbidden to re-enIer the univer- sity. Sixteen additional arrests were subsequently, made.
 The Forestry institute near by held . meeting and declared the institute closed until the sentences; against the students should be revoked and mili- tarv law repealed.
 The Institute. of Railway Engineers. by q vote of .,,;i0 against 1OU. declared fer obstruction. 1lle military and i4-S''A'-'iA eiNSttCili StbetGiitS met. W tii the permission of C,eueral kuuruput- kill. the minister of War. the latter merely warning them that lie could not prevent tiie operation of mSitary law il discretionary tactics were adopted. Of the 500 who were pres ent nt the meeting only 1Jy favored obstruction. Resolutions were adopted expressing grelt discontent with the sentences imposed at hief and With military law generally. but il was ad- lDittet tliat obstruction cannot lead to any desirable result Furthermore. the meeting declared it's conviction that tie students at other Institutions would reach equally sensible conclu- sions ii they were granted similar lib- critics.
 It is learned that Prof Melukoft. the celebrated historian. who was taken into custody last Monday. was arrest eu for having attended q conference at a private house between students and liberal citizens.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
OLD EDITOR DEAD.
For Fifty Years He Was Prominent New England Writer

Denver. Col, Feb 1S.-William F. Hill, for over fifty yeurJ Il prominent New England newspaper editor, Is dead from grip at the home Of his son-in- law. R. k. Williams. in this city.
 MT Hill was born in 1919 in Concord. \. H., and was the son of Isaac Hill. at one time governor of New Hamp- shire and United States senator dur ing the administration of Andrew Jackson. After being graduated from Dartmouth with the class of '39 he be gan newspaper work and was. during his career, at the head of many lead ing dailies in New Hampshire and Yer mont. He was last connected with the Argus, of Montpelier, Vt. Five years ago he retired.
 Mir Hill married Miss Clara West. of Concord, N. H., in S43. They had i've children three of whom survive him. They are Isaac Hill and Mrs James o. Lyford of Concord and Mrs B. R. Williams of this city.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
AMATEUR RACQUET MATCH.

New York, Feb 1S.-The amateur racquet championship will be contest ed at the Racquet and Tennis club. be- ginning to-day and continuing until Saturday Those who will probably take part are George c. Clark. 1T. of Boston; Ford Hunting and Clarence H. MaeKay, of this city; w. k. Miller. of Montreal; F. F. Roland. of Quebec: Quincy A. Shaw, Jr, of Boston: ". E. Dinsmore Jr, and J. s. Hoyt, of this city: Mortimer s. Patton. Austin Potter and Harry Payne Whitney. The men will play as follows: In the morning George c. Clark. IT vs Ford Hunting ton; afternoon, Clarence HI. Mackay vs A Miller; Tuesday morning, ]. $. :Hdyt VI E. E.. Roland; afternoon, w.
 Dlnsmore vs Quincy A. Shaw. Jr;;. Aneaday morning. Harry Payne
 ne VI the winner of the lIackay- - e6nteSts afternoon, Mortimer $.
 = sNs ttn Potter The second
 k11 ' Nssaal AnaI hound wI1l laes
 f1day md 0et-
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
EXPRESS STRIKES FREIGHT.
The Engineer Killed and the Fireman
 Seriously Injured.

Philadelphia, Feb 1S.-TAe south bound express train Oil the Philadel- pllia Wilmington and Baltimore rail roal, which left here at 12:2O this morning, was wrecked a short distance below Nort heaSJ. Md, early this morn ing by crashing into q deraileu freight car Engineer Edward Mead. aged 43 years, of Wilmington. wAs instantly killed and Fireman George ". Lewis of Risley Park. Penn. had both feet crushed and sustained ! fracture of tha iee;. None of tl:c passengers w;is iH iurGe.
 INe baggage car mail ear and thr21 passenger coaches We're thrown from ilc track and traffic W,,s imPcGed fer several hours.
 As the express train was passing tie freight. 1i.e I;tttel being on the north Ui uIu track J!lc axle cn one of th" freight cars .rOle- throwing the ear in front of the passenger tr.tin and caus- ing tl.e accident.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
SHAMROCK IS GROWING.
Remarkably Fast Work Now Being
 Done on the Yacht.


 Glasgow, Feb 1S.-The protest of George L. Watson against the slow progress of the work on Shamrock II. has had good effect, and during the past week the yacht has grown at a remarkable rate. Quite two-thirds of her outer plating is now in place riV- cited up and smoothed off. The plates are of manganese bronze. three-elghfhS of an inch in thickness. and varying from two feet to three and q half feet in width. In the top. sides and over hangs the plates are overlapped and rivetted by q double row of rivetS to give extra strength to the seams. Be low the water line. however the butts of the plates are brought edge to edge and are fitted with such accuracy that the joint is scarcely discernable. The rivets are specially made of yellow gun metal They are countersunk into the plates and are dressed with great accuracy, q furnishing machine being used to make the joints dead smooth and giving the furnished sides of the yacht q striking appearance.