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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-01
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York. October S0.-Money on call
steadier at go to 4 per cent; asst loan
SA per cent; prime mercantile paper
Az to 3 per cent; sterling exchange
steadier after ease with actual business
in bankers bills at 4.S5S for demand
and at 1891 to 4.S3% for sixty days;
posted rates 4.S4h and 4.S1i1; CONNER
cial bills 4.S2A TO 4.S3A; bar silver SIS:
Mexican dollars 45A; government bonds
steady; state bonds Inactive; railroad
ponds irregular.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-01
Southern Cotton spinners' Convention

Charlotte, n. c., October S0.2The fifth
annual convention of the Southern Cot
ton Spinners' Association will meet in
Atlanta, Ga. on November 18th and
18th.
Mr.. r. II. Edmunds, editor Of the
Manufacturers Record, OF Baltimore,
win deliver an address on "a Southern
Industrial Task" A Bohemian smoker
will be given at the chamber of COM
merce. and Senator McLaurin, Of South
Carolina, and Hon. Hoke Smith. OF
Georgia. are booked for speeches.
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crascus ON She Track

Kansas City. Kas., October 22.-Cres-
ceus. the trotting king, drove by George
Il. Ketcham, his owner, TO-DAY at the
Kansas City Driving Clubs rack In an
exercise mile logged to the nrst quar-
fer in Az. reached the half in 1:20 and
the three-quarters in 1:57h- On the
home stretch Mr.. Ketcham called on
Cresceus for a burst of speed, to which
he responded CALAMITY, stepping he
last eighth in 10 seconds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-01
The Irishmeu Arrive

New York, October 30.-On board the
White Star Line steamer Majestic.
which arrived tonight from Liverpool
and Queenstown were FOL F. Red
mond, Patrick A. McHugh and Thomas
O'Donnell. the nationalist members OF
parliament who are on a visit to this
country in behalf Of the Irish cause.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-01
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. October 30.-Dullness and
small professional trading characteriz-
ed business on the board Of trade to-
day. December wheat closed Nc lower;
December corn Y to &c higher and De-
cember ( &c up Provisions closed
unchanged to zhc higher.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-01

Rutherfordton Postofice Burglarized
Raleigh, n. c., October 30.-At Ruth
erfordton, n. c., this morning about 3
o'clock professional safe crackers blew
open the safe in the postoffce and Sc
cured $500 in cash.. There is no clue
though burglars tools have been found.
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Wednesday. October 30.

Same day last year-9c.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENT1NE - Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Firm at 90 to CSC.
TAR-Steady at s1.25.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Steady; hard
$1.10; soft $500.
Prices same day last ~year-Spirits
~turpentine 40c and 39hc; rosin $1.2O
and SIPS: tar $I45; crude turpentine
hard $1.4O and $40.
Receipts today - % casks Of spirits
turpentine, 122 barrels of rosin, 249 bar
rels Of tar, 65 barrels Of crude turpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last year - 80
casks of spirits ~turpentine, $50 barrels
Of rosin, 165 barrels Of tar, 20S barrels
Of crude turpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-100s 45c: 1S0's soc; Zoos s5c;
+. +. $1.35: in less than car lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-9% to 9kc.
BUTTER-24 to 26c.
COFFEE-7hG 10c.
FLOUR-Straights SS.75: End patents
$500; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. 15c: New Or
leans Brights, % to Csc: Porto Rico 80
to 35c; Cuba. % to 40c.
SUGAR - GRADUATED $5.25; W.X.C.
No. 5. SAFE; No. 8. $40; No. II, $3.50.
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The British war Office sends orders to
Aldershot directing that a brigade of
cavalry be prepared to start to South
Africa about the middle Of next month.
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COTTON.
Liverpool, October 50.-Cotton; Spot,
limited demand: prices 1-32d lower.
American middling fair 4 3-4d; good
middling 4 Sled; middling 4 15-32d; low
middling 4 11-32d; good ordinary 4 7-32d;
ordinary 8 31-32d. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for
speculation and export and included
5000 American. Receipts $4,000 bales.
all American.
Futures opened quiet and closed
steady. American middling L NJ c.:
October G. o G 4 22-64d sellers; October
and November 4 13-64d sellers; Novem-
Der and December 4 9-64d buyers; De-
cember and January 4 S-64d buyers;
January and February 4 7-64@4 S-64d
buyers; February and March 4 7-64@4 s.
SAD buyers; March and April 4 7-64d
buyers; April and May 4 7-64d buyers;
May and Jun 4 7-64d sellers; June and
July 4 6-64@4 7-64d buyers; July and
August 4 6-64@4 7-64d sellers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston quiet at 7%c; net receipts
IA, 245 bales.
Norfolk steady at I 7-16c; net receipts
4,463 bales.
Baltimore nominal at Sc.
Boston quiet at Sc; net receipts e96
bales.
Wilmington firm at 7sc; net receipts
2,411 bales.
Philadelphia dull at s 3-16c; net re-
ceipts IT'S bales.
Savannah quiet at NC; net receipts
9,774 bales.
New Orleans easy at nc; net re-
ceipts 22,O5S bales.
Mobile quiet at nc; net receipts 1885
bales.
Memphis easy at 75sc; net receipts
6,64S bales.
Augusta steady at 7 7-16c; net re-
ceipts 1866 bales.
Charleston quiet at 1&c; ::et receipts
S55 bales.
Cincinnati steady at sBc; net receipts
1856 bales.
Louisville firm at SC.
Houston easy at 1850; net receipts
1908 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET
New York-Cotton quiet at Z 15-16c
net receipts 2,SSS bales; gross 1884 bales:
sales 1.029 bales; stock 1886 bales.
Total today-Net receipts59.0 96 bales:
exports to Great Britain 1855 bales; to
continent 3,429 bales; stock 1913, 53S bales.
Consolidated. : Net receipts 274.272
bales; exports to Great Britain 120. 1876
bales; to France 31,917 bales; to con-
tinent 49, 66 bales.
Total since September Net receipts
1,911,9 31 bales; exports to Great Britain
$50, 425 bales; to France 157, 744 bales; to
continent 4s0,361 bales.
uture closed easy October 7.35:
November 7.3S; December 7.45; January
IA; February TAI; March 1857; April
7.39; May 7.37; June 1856; July 7.37; Au-
gust 7.15.
Spot cotton closed quiet 1-1ec lower;
middling uplands z 15-16c; middling gulf
8 3-1sc; sales 1,029 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET.
Chicago, October 30-The leading fu-
lures were as follows.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS

Monday, October g.
Receipts OF cotton today 1850 bales.
Receipts same day last year 1,50S
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-s0 1o4
bales.
Receipts to same day last yeer-1s.-
GIG bales.
The quotations posted al & o'clock
today at the exchange:
COTTON-Ffrm.
Ordinary ...-.. -...--....... ....5 LIE
Good ordinary .,---.----.-- .....-6 I-l6
Tow adding .-....-- ...-....-."1 1-le
NJ. 0g .......- ..-..... .-....,.EN
Same day last year-9c.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE = Nothing
doing.
TAR-Steady at SIS
CRUDE TURPENTINE steady;
hard $1.10: soft 500.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
~turpentine Acc and 39hc; rosin s1-20
and s1.25; tar s1.45; crude turpentine
hard s1.40 and $40
Receipts today-3 casks of spirits
~turpentine, $50 barrels of rosin, 20 bar
rels of tar. "a barrels of crude urpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last year - 81
casks Of spirits ~turpentine. Az barrels
of rosin. 81 barrels Of tar, 40 barrels of
crude turpentine-
PRODUCE.
SALT-1O0s 45c: 1905 Soc, zoos S5c:
f. F. s1.35; in less than car lois.
DRY SALTED SIDES-9S to 9hc.
BUTTER-24 to 26c.'
COFFEE-7k to 10c.
FLOUR-Straights 1918: End patents
$500; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. 15c. New Or
leans Brights. % to 25c: Porto Rico 80
to Csc; Cuba. % to 40c.
SUGAR - GRADUATED s5.25; W.X.C
No. 5, $4.75; No. 9, $40; No. II, $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 65 to zoe.
Virginia so to 55c; Spanish zoe.
CORN-77k to soc.
CORN MEAL-72k to 75c.
n. G. BACON-HamS 13c: shoulders
&C.; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS-Dull; hens Is to CSC;
ROSTERS 20 to Csc; spring s to 1Sc.
EGGS-Dull at 16 to tic.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. 5 inch saps,
$1.6O; 5 inch hearts, s2.25: 6 inch saps,
$3.50: 6 inch hearts. $3.50.
TIMBER
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PEANUTS-North Carolina IS to zoe:
Virginia 80 to 55c: Spanish roe
CORN-77h to soc.
CORN MEAL-72N 10 75c.
n. c. BACON-Hams 13c. shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS-Dun; hens g to 2sc:
ROSTERS 20 to Csc; spring s to 1se.
EGGS-Duu at 16 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. 5-inch saps
$3.50; 5-inch hearts, s225: s-inch saps.
$3.50; 6-inch hearts, $3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping $4,000. ss.oo6s.oo
Mill. prime s6.5037.5o
Mill, fair ....-..-.-. ........ $5.0o6S.oo
Common mill ................ s4.00G5.00
Inferior to ordinary ........ $3.5o64.5o
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Tuesday, October %.

Tuesday, October %.
Receipts of cotton today-2,364 bales.
Receipts same day last year 235
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-1O1,4 ASS
bales.
Receipts to same day last year-14S,-
657 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
COTTON Firm bid at:
Ordinary .......... .............. 1916
Good Ordinary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Low Middling 1915
MlQdllnS ........... ..............i1s
Good Middling Lille
Same day last year-9c.
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NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Firm at 9Oc and CSC.
TAR-Steady at SIPS.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Steady;
hard s1.10; soft $500.
Prices same day last year Spirits
~turpentine 40c and 39Ec; rosin $1.20
n s1.25; tar s1.45; crude turpentine
hare s1.4O and $40.
Receipts today 10 casks Of spirits
turpentine, Is barrels of rosin, IS bar
rels Of tar, 45 barrels of crude turpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last year %
casks of spirits ~turpentine, $40 barrels
Of rosin, 11S barrels Of tar, A barrels
of crude t~urpentine.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1e0s 45c; 1875 soc. COOS S5c: r.
F. $1.35; in less than car lots.
DRY SLTED SIDES-9%to SIC.
BUTTER-24 to 26c.
FLOUR-Straights sS.75; second pa
tents $500; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. 15c. New Or
leans Brights. 90 to 25c: Porto Rico 80
to 35c; Cuba, % to 40c.
COFFEE-7k to 10c.
SUGAR - Granulated s5.25; W.X.C.
No. 8, s4.75; No. 9, $40; No. II, "a. 80.
LARD-Pure 11Ac; compound $40
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PHANUTS-North Carolina IS to 700:
Virginia 30 to soc; Spanish zoe.
CORN-77H to soc.
CORN MHAL-72k to 75c.
n. C. BACON-Hams 13c; shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS - Dull; hens 25 to 2sc:
ROSTERS 20 to 25c; spring s to 1Sc.
EGGS-Dul1, 16 to lie.
SHINGLBS-Per 1000. 5-inch saps,
81. go; 5-inch hearts, s7.25; 6-inch saps.
$2.5s; 6-inch hearts. $3.50.
TIMBWR:-
Per M feet-Shipping ........sS.00@9.0s
Mill Prime sc. 50Q7.59
Mill Fair S.. 0O@6.O0
Common Mill 81. 00@5.O
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
How to Have n Good Light.

I will tell the young housewife in
little practical talk not only how to
keep from breaking so many lamp
chimneys, but also how to clean
a lamp so as to have clear. steady
brilliant light, for think in your first
housekeeping we'll kept lamp is an
important factor. not only for happi-
ness and cheerful conversation around
IL, but for your health and eyesight
also.
Lamp chimneys are not so liable to
break upon exposure to changes of
temperature If they are put in pan
OF cold water and allowed to heat
gradually until the water Is boiling hot,
then allow it to cool again. The COM
mon kerosene lamp used in almost
every household will give a bright,
clear light II properly cared for. The
bowl of the lamp should be kept full
of oil, but when not used the wick
should be turned down, to keep the
oil from oozing out. If the wick Is
soaked in vinegar, then thoroughly
dried before 1t is put in the lamp, 1t
will not smoke. When you wish to
clean the flues. founts, etc, wash them
in a suds made by dissolving tea
spoonful of pearline into pint of hot
water. Clean well, then rinse in clear,
warm water and wipe dry in soft
cheesecloths. Fill your lamps every
day and clean every day also. See that
the fiues fit tightly. AS you live in
the country you will use lamps alto
gether, and this is an excellent method
for cleaning.-N. IL H., in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
AWA AI7oUgEAokD
TRA RECIPES
<1IWatD'-.'..'..'..'. '-.'. 2. .. =.

Minced Eggs-Chop hard boiled eggs
and heat to boiling in milk seasoned
with butter, pepper, catsup or any
chopped herb; thicken with -four, and
serve garnished with croutons.
Meat Cake-Mince any cold beef or
beefsteak, and mix it with an equal
weight of bread crumbs; add a little
very finely chopped onion and pars-
ley, little stock, seasoning and a
well beaten egg. Form into a cake,
and fry in dripping (about an ounce
will be suflclenU. This may be served
with or without brown sauce.
Rice Fritters-Boil one-half cup of
rice in a cup of milk until the rice
is tender and has absorbed all the
milk, using an inner boiler. Add the
beaten yolks Of two eggs, q table
spoon of sugar, a sprinkle of cinna-
mon and a nutmeg and two teaspoons
OF softened butter Remove from the
fire and let cool before adding the
beaten white- Of the eggs. Drop in
spoonfuls into plenty OF boiling lard or
Fat and let them fry a light brown.
Serve with one favored strongly with
lemon.
Butter Rolls-Dissolve two table,
spoonfuls of butter in one pint of scald-
ed milk. When cool add one scant
tcaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful
of sugar, one-half of a yeast cake dis
solved in little warm water and
enough flour to make a soft dough.
Knead lightly for fve minutes and set
aside to rise. When very light make
into small rolls and let rise again;
then bake in moderate oven for 20 min
utes.
Prune Jelly-One pound Of prunes,
one-half box of gelatine. Soak the
prunes over night and stew until ten
der in the water in which they have
been soaked. Remove the stones and
sweeten to taste. Dissolve the gela-
tine in a little hot water and add the
prunes while hot. Lastly add the juice
OF lemon and two tablespoonfuls Of
blanched almonds. Pour the jelly into
molds and set 1t on the ice to harden.
Serve with whipped cream.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
BROoM-CORN FOR FOOD.
New Cereal Can Re Prepared In Many Ap.
petiling ways-Russian Breakfast Dish.

New Cereal Can he Prepared In Many Ap.
petizing ways-Russian Break fast Dish.
A new kind of cereal food for hui
man consumption is to be introduced
in this country If the department of
agriculture can persuade people to eat
1t. 1t is broom-corn millet, and the
plant was brought hither from Eu-
rope not long ago by botanical agents
of the government, for use as forage.
However, there Is no reason why 1t
should not furnish an article of diet
for people inasmuch as it may be pre-
pared in many appetizlng ways. 1t
produces. under favorable conditions,
60 bushels of grain (seed) to the acre,
so that. in view of its highly nutri-
tious qualities, 1t is a most economical
and otherwise desirable plant.
This broom-corn millet is so called
because. when growing in the fields,
II looks like broom-corn. There are
a number of varieties, and the seeds
chat is, the hulls of them) are Of diff
ferent colors-yellow, white, brown
and gray. A graceful spreading tas-
sci crowns the stalk
In Russia, where the plant | 8
grown almost wholy for use as human
food. 1t Is called 'proco." People in
that country eat 1t for breakfast in a
form like oaten grits, or press the grits
into cake and use them with soup.
The cereal also appears on their table
in pancakes, such as we make out Of
buckwheat or Indian corn. Among
the peasants, especially In the region
Of the Volga. the broom-corn millet Is
largely consumed.
One may Judge OF it's popularity, in.
deed. when 1t is stated that from co.
100000 to 100000 bushels of the
grain are produced in Russia yearly.
A special study was made Of 1t re-
Gently by Dr. M. A. Carleton, who was
sent to Russia by Secretary Wilson to
gather agricultural information. He
says that the broom-corn millet can
be grown most successfully in this
country in the northern plains region
in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Ne.
braska.--Saturday Evening Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
Form n. p. %
BECOMES A MARQUISE.
PHILADELPHIA HEIRESS BECOMES
WIFE OF TITLED SPANIARD.
They Met Amid tho Ruins of Old
MexIco-Love Was the Only Language
They Knew In Common - Recalls the
Revolutionary War.

A pretty romance had its end in the
marriage the other day of Miss Fran
ces B. Holmes, a wealthy heiress of
Philadelphia, to the Marquis de Klaves
Hermosa.
The two met in Mexico among Aztec
ruins. Both were wanderers, He could
not speak English. She could not
speak Spanish. He tried to tell her
the deeds of his ancestors. who came
across the sea and ruled in the land
of the Sun God.
But she could not understand, and
she was far more interested in the
man than in the tale he told. SO she
tried to teach him English-a word
here and there. That was only few
months ago. Now they are married
The wedding has interfered with the
lessons in English. The Marquis Is
still unable to speak a word of the
language. But the marquise has
learned few words of Spanish, and
she acts as his interpreter.
The new marquise is the only
daughter of the late Charles w.
Holmes of Philadelphia. The family
residence is a beautiful old place.
Mother and daughter are we'll supplied
with worlds goods.
The majority of her relatives are
quiet. matter-of-fact people. But there
is a French ancestor. whose national
characteristics this handsome, clever
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

There is growing tendency among
housewives who have to live In the
often cramped spaces of the modern
house to throw hall and parlor into
one, thus making a fair-sized room
which they use as a living room-hall
Interior decorators usually object to
this plan as lacking privacy, because
drafts blowing from the stairway, and.
in the case of entertainment, the visi-
tor is ushered at once INTO the presence
OF the family. For 4 country house.
where calling Is much more informal
and the season they are inhabited
drafts are welcome, they, however,
recommend this plan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

when will our legislators recognize
the fact that the health of the COM
munity is its most valuable asset, and
take the necessary steps to assist in
preserving it?" inquiries Health.
Doubtless there are many noises in
cidental to city life which it is impos-
sible to suppress, but very large pro-
portion of them are easily preventable,
for instance, the incessant discordant
changing of car gongs, the screeching
and footing Of switch engines in rail-
road yards, the rattle of heavily loaded
wagons over badly paved streets and
the deafening yells of fruit venders
and newsboys."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

Screens of hugely blossomed ere
tonne are the fashion for feminine
bedroom. Those of plain green with a
tapestry square let into each panel
near the top still hold their own for
a library or living room, but the leath-
er one, OF heavy, metallic-flnished
roanskin, fastened on with huge bronze
nailheads, is far and away in the lead
for hall or dining room. In fact, SO
popular and fashionable have these
become that they are used everywhere
Their price of from $40 to s75 will
keep them exclusive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

The pistol Is, perhaps, the readiest
instrument of murder within reach OF
the hand of the assassin. While seek
ing the means of statutory curbforthe
intending murderer, why not put a
heavy restraining tax on the manufac-
ture, sale and ownership of this readily
concealed and life-destroying weapon?
It is already forbidden by law to carry
concealed firearms in many of the
states; but II 1t should be made cost
ly as we'll as an illegal habit something
would have been accomplished in safe
guarding the right to live, thinks the
Philadelphia Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

Ocean steamships nowadays are as
regular as the railroads in carrying the
mails. They have their habitual rate
OF speed and are expected to make the
voyage of 5000 miles over a trackless
ocean through wind and storm in the
same number of hours and minutes,
winter and summer. never slowing
down or heaving to except on the
very rarest occasions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

According to Harper's Weekly, Eng
land is looking forward to the fiercest
municipal contests the kingdom has
had for years. There is not an alder
man in the whole realm who does not
want to be mayor of his respective
town, because 1t has been announced
that every mayor in the United King
dom will be knighted when Edward is
crowned king. Whether Edward him
self will personally bestow the accolade
does not appear, but as he is going to
revive all the ancient ceremonies con-
nected with the coronation it seems no
more than fair that he crafty the in
tense desire of so many loyal subjects.
Only one thing could increase the hap
piness of John Bull when he is knight
ed, and that is to receive his knight
hood from his sovereigns hand. 1t
would be unkind in the king to disap-
point the honored gentlemen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

Authors are now writing flattering
comments on their own works. The
days when writer begged the indul-
eence of the gentle reader" are long
past. Yet they we're the days that pro-
duced the masterpieces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30
New China Closets.

The new china closets are much
higher than those in use of recent
years, and very many of them set up
quite high on legs. A lower shelf OF
wood to display large bowls, pitchers.
etc. is often seen on these latest clos
cts, too.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

At the Methodist conference In Lon
don the interesting fact was developed
that there are very nearly 25,OOO,OO0
Methodists in the world and 100000
900 worth of Methodist church prop
erty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

The first case of tapping the wires"
of wireless telegraphy, If the Irishism
During the recent French naval name
uvers in the Mediterranean the cruiser
Bouvines was entering at the Straits of
Gibraltar when it's wireless telegraph
apparatus recorded the fact that in the
vicinity was another ship similarly
equipped. The Bouvines, thinking that
the other ship belonged to the French
fleet, began to talk to it, and the other
ship replied. There was, so to say, a
confusion of tongues, and after a few
minutes the Frenchman discovered
that instead of talking to a compatriot
1t was an Englishman "at the other
end Of the wire" The report, or so
much of it as has been published, un-
fortunately does not tell how far apart
the two ships were. but the epi.
sode reveals the interesting possibili-
ties of what might have happened had
the two nations been at war. In such
a case the Marconi system could have
been both a source Of danger and OF
safety to the Frenchman. 1t would
have warned him Of the presence of 9
foe hitherto unsuspected, and II, az
might happen. the Englishman had
possession of the Frenchman's secret
code, the latter might have been drawn
into very pretty trap 1t is a poin,
for naval experts to discuss. and doubt
less It will not pass unnoticed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

An American has just died in New
York City at the age of 101 who was
a veteran Of four wars and had lived
through a fifth. Are we such peaceful
nation when one lifetime supplies this
record?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-30

A st. Louis man risked his life the
other day to save cat. The same gem
neman would probably throw a shoe
at a cat on back fence and never have
a pang in case he hit the mark.