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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-01
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The readers of this paper will be
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~ pom the blood and mucous surfaces
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they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, G.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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ing in and preventing il from doing So
1t is generally the ship. not the boilers.
that e~xplodes. IL there is any explosion
at all.
THE pressure in the boilers is natCr-
ally decreased The moment the cold
water ZONES into ontac with the boil
er plates. When a ship goes down SO
rapidly as TO imprison the air that -
in her and the pressure increases as she
goes down, something is sure to burst
and not infreQuently the decks ars
blown right out.
But the boilers dom explode-at
least, not because OF the fo~undering."-
london Mail.
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Kisses for Punctual Pupils.

Miss Julia Wilson, a school teacher
in White county, has introduced a new
method by which to prevent hardness
among her pupils, says a dispatch from
Dublin, Ind. to The Chicago Record
Herald. She announced before the
chool that she YOU kiss the first
arrival every morning. Miss Wilson Is
a handsome lass Of IS summers, and
the boys declare she is sweet as a
peach" The first morning after her
announcement as early as 5 o'clock a
number Of the eldest school boys were
roosting CT the fence awaiting thei-
pretty school teachers arrival. At s
o'clock the entire school was there.
The township trustees also put in an
appearance. Miss Wilson kept he-
promise.-American Press.
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cage, and uttered a triumphant roar.
Madame D'Osta struck him sharply
with h whip and ordered him to his
cage. Dan sparlad s~pitefully at her,
and then turning. marched majesticaIly
into his quarters.
Madame D'Osta quickly closed the
door, n the incident had ended.
Both lions are a little SCARED up, but
the wounds Of neither are serious. They
attacked each other mostly about the
throat. and the heavy growth Of hair
of their necks conceal their injuries.
Those who witnessed the affair will
nev forget it, and 1T was at least an
hour before the Midway settled down to
it's accustomed morning quiet.
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Dro wned Her -Four Children and Her
self

Cleveland, O., September 27.-Mrs.
Perry Curtis, wife of a farmer living
near Mortified, Ohio, early today
threw her four children into a we'll and
then plunged into the water herself.
All OF the children and the mother were
drowned. The father was temporarily
absent from home when h tragedy oc-
CURED. The children were aged 2, /, 8
and 9 years respectively. 1t is supposed
that Mrs. Curtis was mentally derang-
ed when she committed the deed. She
was discharged from the insane asylum
at Massilon two weeks ago.
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Alteration OF Cuban Tariff

Washington, September 27.-The war
department tonight made public the
text of the executive order containing
notifications of the Cuban tariff pro-
mulgated March 81. 1900. The princi-
pal changes mad a v been noted
heretofore, viz, a reduction OF from 10
to Is per cent. ad valorem in the duty
on railway equipment stocks: OF 10 to
Is per cent. on sugar-making machin-
cry and the cancellation OF the special
concession relative to Porto Rican cof-
fee
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The Theory Is not sound.

The doctrine that like cures like. or
as the homeopathists put it, "similia
similibus curantur," may have some
force in medicine, n the hair OF
the dog may be good for the bite~figur-
atively. but that lawlessness will cur
lawlessness is a theory which should
find advocates in no civilized country
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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COLDS

The quickest relief, for a
cold, is by SCOTS emulsion of
cod-liver oil.
We all have colds you can
try it and see. You will find
the edge taken off in a night;
and, in three or four days.
you'll be wondering whether
that cold amounted to any
thing anyhow.
That's relief. If you tackle
It quick, the relief is quick and
complete, if you wait till the
cold is in full possession of
head and lung, why, of course,
the relief is quick if it comes in
q week.
A little emulsion won't clear
and restore your whole breath
ing-machine in minute; don't
be lookingfor miracles.
Wen sead you ; tssis 10 ~. uyeaH Nd.
SCOTT q BOVINE - Pai kzss, Msg Ye1s
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Now is the Season when the small
boy fills himself with green fruit, which
invariably leads to cramps, diarrhoel
or d~ysentery. If parents are prudent,
they will have a bottle of Pain-Killer,
ready for such summer emergencies.
Avoid substitutes, there is but n
|Pain-Killer. Perry Davis. Price sc
and 50c
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Killed by Father-in-Law

Randall Nets was shot and killed on
the street here today by Elisha Lott,
his father-in-law. Both families are
prominent. Lott is we'll to do. The men
some family trouble a few days
When they met in the street to-
day each drew his revolver and the
shooting began without preliminary.
Lofts bullet pierced the heart Of Nets
and he fell dead. Lott was not injured,
and at once surrendered to the sheriff.
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A dispatch from Chistiania says that
the condition OF Henrik Ibsen, the Nor
worse and hat his death is hourly ex-
pected.
Kirkland q. Armour, the packer.
at Kansas City. died at his residence
there at 6 o'clock Friday evening. Mr.
Armour suffered with Brights disease.
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The British Tobacco Company has
registered in London, the subscribers
including Messrs. Duke. Fuller and
Harris. Of the American Tobacco Com
pany.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08
LOCAL REVOLVER RECORD
ESTABLISHED BY A. GFELLER.
WellKnown Attorney Made 14 Out of Possible 100 at "a Feet Last
Friday Evening on Target With 213Inch Bulls Eye -Work
of the Police at Armory Is Exciting Attention.

In a friendly match at Schaaf's gallery
attorney. made the hest local revolver rec
ord of the year. scoring 1oi points out of 4
possible 10 on a reduced American target
at thirty-four feet. in twenty consecutive
shots. The bulrs-eye of the target was two
and one-third inches in diameter.
All the shots landed in the bulrs-eyc. which
is divided into concentric rings. counting
six for the innermost ring. five for the
next. and four for the third. or outside. ring.
No such local record has yet been made on
the target. and. although it is still early in
the season, Il ia not believed that the rec
ord will be broken this year. The record is
the best scheduled locally on this target.
Considerable interest has been aroused of
late in revolver practice among the clubs
of the city. and the devotees of this branch
of shooting believe that the year will pro-
duce some excellent contests. Work by the
police at the Armory each day. where they
are coached by Captain Schaaf, the veter-
an shot. has excited great interest both ON
the force and among outside shots. and it
Is thought that the beneficial results will be
lasting to the police.
Alfred Gfeller. who made the record of
l0i. Is the only member of the National
is connected. besides. with all the local
clubs. He is probably the best shot in the
st. Louis Revolver Association. and Is Il
regular attendant at the Excelsior Club
shoots. This last club holds meetings every
Wednesday evening at No. 1G0 Olive street.
and some good scores always result.
AT the last meeting OF the club Somers
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sand points in addition alone. working while
the veteran slept
1T is no wonder that when he had learned
all that Schaefer could teach him he then
exerted his own genius for stratagem ard
finally conquered his mentor. Yet Ives was
a remarkable genius in every way. prof.
Gent In anything that he undertook.
II should count II a most fortunate thing
II Willie Hoppe could. like the late Cham
pion Ives. be placed under the constant
tutelaSe of some such master as Jacob
Schaefer, instead of trying to work out his
own salvation. A musician first learns all
that other musicians can teach him, then
ing his own faculties. | should like to see
the lads talents made the most of. not only
for his own sake. but for the sake of the
game itself, for such phenomenal genius
awakens enthusiasm among thousands who
never before saw enough in billiards to in
tereSt them"
and professional billiardists to name half
the men who nave fallen before the little
champion within the last few years. 1t Is
unfortunate that he is barred for champion
ship tournaments such as the international
meet. which now calls experts from all over
the world-barred because he cannot quite
manning on the floor. In match games. how
ever. where the rule is not so strict, young
Hoppe shows himself at his best, making
higher scores than in practice.
HOPPE PLAYED FIRST
GAME AT q YEARS OLD.
When only 6 years of age Willie Hoppe
gave his first exhibition game In New YORK.
Pool was his forte for many years. but
later he abandoned it for billiards. In IS
inch baik line Hoppe's biggest run in a
match game is 1!6. with an average OF G5 80.
In straight-rail billiards he plays 100 or no
count. The weight Of his favorite cue is
twenty-five ounces.
Young Hoppe comes of a billiard family.
His mother is. an expert player and his
brothers and sisters. while by no means as
skillful as he. are well versed in the game.
A billiard table occupies a prominent place
in the Hoppe home; in West Thirty-ninth
ard practices the long draws and remark
able follow" shots that amaze spectators.
Parker A. Byers calls Hoppe the coming
world beater.' j.. Byron Stark dubs him
the young Napoleon while SCISSORS en-
thusiasm for the lads work leads him to
say. that Elf there is anything more Won
derful in billiards I have not seen or heard
Of IT."
With such a beginning, provided that the
lad will have every legitimate opportunity
to improve himself, that he retain. lis fund
of hardy health. and. more than all. his In
tense love for the science of the game. it
will not be many years before be will be
giving handicap odds to the foremost bill
Hard experts of the world.
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JOHN H. D. l

particular section of the country can and
does produce the best game chickens IN
the world. How much money Will be gam
bled AVA on this main can be. gathered
from the fact that if only 81 LEO is bet on the
result of each fight it will mean that. over
$4,000 will nave passed from hand to hand.
No matter whether this main is gotten up
for the benefit of the Eastern gamblers or
not, it will still be the biggest that this
country has ever seen. and it will no doubt
be a pleasant diversion from trying to pick
the winners on a fast or slow track. Here
they will not only get action for their
money, but they will at the same time. be
able to see the event brought off, and that
is always more satisfactory to a man when
he is betting his money. He will know
what kim of a run he is getting for 1t.
If there is a name to conjure with in
Texas in the c~ock-tighting line 1t Is Madi-
gan. He will have charge OF that States
end of the fights. and that is a guarantee
that all will be gotten out of the birds sent
into the ring that is possible. But there
are n few up around Chicago that know.
something about the game. too. and they
will he there To see that nothing is over
looked to keep the reputation of their
State spotless in the eyes of the world.
Taking 1t altogether. 1t should prove to be
one OF the most interesting of sporting
events. and it will no doubt attract wide
spread interest.
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Won the Scliaaf medal from R. T. Cunning
ham by the score of 2t to 2S3 at seventy
five feet on the German ring target.
Some Of the best-knOwn shots in the st.
Louis Revolver Association. beside Alfred
Gfeller. are Moses Somerville. John Cab
anne. +. Fromm. Harry Scullin and Mr..
Cummings. In the Central Sharpshooters'
Association are several excellent shots with
the revolver. including Sam G.. German. 4.
Mclean. William Bauer. MesSien Van
Kleek. Martin V. Racer. Horace Kephart,
V. Rapp. Jr., Charles Mueller and j. Bar
ker.
At the Armory police practice daily. under
the direction of Captain Rosser Roemer Of
the police force. while Captain schaaf acts
as coach. Harry Frese OF the detective
force is considered one of the best shots
with the revolver, while creditable records
have also been made by officers Dagnan and
L%.ongworth. the last-named of whom holds
the police record for the best target: Cap
tains Pickel and McNamee. Lieutenant
Mansfield and Sergeant Bauer.
Mr.. Gfeller's record at thirty-four feet
was made with a Ss-caliber, revolver. having
target sights. n siX-inch barrel and two
pound trigger pull. Standard loads. with
smoke!ess powder. We're used: nine grains
of smokeless powder and a l50-grain bullet
comprising the load.
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local AND

Congressman Bartholdt introduces n bill
providing for the erection of a $4,000 Post
Office near Union Station.
Beaumont oil companies will store product
of the sushers 10 stimulate confidence in
securities.
The Worlds Fair Fraternal Building As
sociation appoints two members of the
Board Of Lady Managers.
Subscriptions for stock In the German
American Trust Company now amount to
more than s7,Ooo.c0o.
Judge Wislizenus and Assistant City At
torney Dyer clasi'ed in court over South
ern Telegraph case.
Otto Won R~eisinger. who claims to be a
Bavarian Count, is under arrest at Clay
ton.
organizing a 100000 trust.
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Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
New York. Dec. 5.-Not more than 10 years
Of age. and yet an expert billiard player Of
seven years standing. little Willie Hoppe.
formerly of Cornwall on the Hudson. and
now of New York, promises to lead the
world.
On an average of ten hours a day the
youthful wielder Of the cue practices the
most difficult shots. No sooner Is one match
game entered upon than another is planned.
Aggressive. enthusiastic. ambitious. he
walks up to the green cloth against the
foremost adversaries of the world, perfectly
calm, self-possessed and skillful. Lately he
played a match game for six days. two CON-
tests a day. with Louis Barutel. the famous
French billiardist, who is now competing
here in the international championship
games for the leadership of the world.
Other matches are scheduled in various
parts OF America, and then Master Hoppe
will sail for London and Paris. where he
will appear in a series with foreign adver-
saries. This is a feat that no billiardist Of
the world has ever attempted at so youth
upon authority that Willie Hoppe stands
t !!s,sGsnt at s the age ,n Of y; where men ssp.a IKE
stood at the age of 80.
WEARS HIS HONORs
WITHOUT A SWELLED HEAD.
Willie Hoppe looks just the average boy
that is all. There is nothing of what George
AIDE would call an .ampIification of the
COCO: nothing that is not perfectly normal.
genuine and sincere. He has the steel-gray
eye of the hunter and the long fingers of the
artist. He is silent. thoughtful and modest,
ficult shot or a long run at the three-ball
game. with no evidence of vainglory. He
Is the normal lad in every respect. save an
he is a genius.
Nothing equal to young Hopes work at
his age has ever appeared" said the veteran
billiarGist. Maurice DAILY. IF he continues
to improve for the next twenty years as
he has in the last six, he will simply be
;nvincible; He is not by any. means a world.
beaten yet. which Is natural enough. but II
ever there was a born billiardist 1t is Willie
Hoppe. .n ,nst.n. =, n-o,.,,r,,,s.
and can general the game so that he can
see many shots ahead-an adept at gather
ing More than that, he is not at all self
sufficient which is q saving grace in all
after a time that it is impossible TO learn
n more of the game. We who are vet
Grams know. that the combinations are In
II notice that when young Hoppe plays
with an expert. home talent or foreign. he
work, but that Of his adversary, and coon
quite unconsciously assimilates the best
qualities OF his opponent. This is a mark OF
the superior talent.
YOUNG IVES VAS
A HARD WORKER.
when young Frank Ives first began to
appear in public he had the advantage of
the constant tuition and advice of his friend
and professional adversary, Jacob Schaefer.
Everybody knows that 1t was of inestima-
BILE benefit to the Michigan lad, and that.
whereas the two. travelling through the
three hundred points daily in competition.
oun Ives went to work day and night to
mastery n reeled Oh, or three. thou
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Marine intelligence.

Dover, Dec. Passed: Annubis. San
Francisco. Valparaiso. etc. for Hamburg.
Glasgow. Dec. 7.-Sailed: Pomeranian,
Boston.
Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 1.-Sailed: Steamer
Glcncgle. for the Orient.
New York, Dec. 7.-Arrived: Columbia.
from Naples: St Paul, from Southampton;
Lucania. from Liverpool. Sailed: Minneap-
plis, London: Aller. Genoa, etc; Umbria,
Liverpool: Palatia. Hamburg; Potsdam
Rotterdam, via B%oulogne.
Malta. Dec. Passed: Hyson, Tacoma;
Hiogo. etc. for London.
St. Vincent, c. V, Dec. 6.-Arrived: Flint
shire, a Francisco; Coronet, ETC., for Ant
werp.
Antwerp. Dec. 6.-Arrived: Belgian King,
San Francisco. Coronet. etc. Sailed, De-
cember Z: vaderland, New York
Yokohama. Dec. ARRIVED previously:
HonK-Kong Maru. San Francisco, for Hong
Kong: Idsiumi Maru. Seattle, for Hong
Kong.
Glasgow. Dec. ARRIVED: Norwegian.
Boston.
Southampton. Dec. ARRIVED: Hayerford,
New York. for Antwerp.
Liverpool, Dec. ARRIVED: Campania,
New York. Sailed: Etruria, New York.
Hamburg, Dec. 6-Sailed: Hermonthis.
San Francisco.
Havre. Dec. 7.-Sailed: La Bretagne, New
York. j
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APPROVE OF NJ RECALL" FLAG.
fasteners Say That Cassidy Did Well
When He Secuted u barrier.

When He Secured u Barrier.
From what can be CLEANED among the
regular race-track followers. the Jockey
Club, or some one else in touch with that
body; has been gathering opinions while in
Washington concerning the recall or no
recall" system of starting.
over 80 per cent of the regulars who were
at Washington We're interviewed by a Morn
ing Telegraph correspondent. and every ono
declared that he had voted for the no re-
CALI system. Al Stokes said:
II don't think there was a dissenting
the majority OF the big betters lean that
way: Why. Cassidy's work at washington.
and Carbuncle. was simply perfect. There
was no delay that announced to more than
six or seven minutes, and rarely was there
a delay of more than three or four minutes.
"All Cassidy wanted was a perfect piece
OF machinery for a barrier. His end of it
he filled well. OF course. there were some
horses that appeared to get the worst of
the breaks. but this was caused through
crowdins. especially where there were big
fields II handle"
Others who watched the mo recalP' sys-
tenn voiced the opinion of Stokes.
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To-DAY's E W IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearings were s7.S62. ola.
balances 81. l5S.6l6 Local discount rates
were easy. between AZ and 81 per cent. Do
nestle exchange was quoted as follows:
New York. 15c discount bid, &c discoun.
asked: Chicago. ac premium bid. soc pre-
MUM asked; Cincinnati. Louisville and New
Orleans. 15c discount bid. par asked.
Wheat closed higher at S4asc b. May, SiIs.
MS5c No. . red. Corn closed higher at TVsc
b. May. 69dS9i:c No. 2 mixed. Oats closed
at $3.50 b. May. I9isc No. . Northern.
The local market for spot cotton was
steady and unchanged.
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WASHINGTON.

Representative Crumpacker of Indiana APP
pears determined 10 press his bill providing
for a reduction in representation in Con-
sress from certain Southern States.
Private Secretary to the President William
Loeb will. on December u. be married to
Miss Katherine W. Dorr of Albany.
BY a ruling of the Interior Department.
mineral claims covering lands that have
been filed on for homestead purposes can
not affect the entrynan's title to the same.
Representative Bartholdt will push the
hill providing for the appropriation for 4
new Post Office for 81. Louis.
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COOKING MAIN AT HOT SPRINGS.
One Of h BisEe.t chicken Fight

One of the BiREest Chicken Fights
Ever Arranged ON January IL.
The largest cooking main this country
has ever known, 1t Is reported, WIN be held
when $75,6OO will be placed in the hands
of the promoters of the enterprise to be
baftled for by the best game cocks the
country can produce. In addition to this
enormous stake. a side bet of $500 will be
arranged for at least one fight.
1t Is an interstate strife that will be de-
cided, and on the outcome depends the
honor of the South against the Middle West.
It Is Texas against Illinois, aud it Is safe
to say that the sports Of the two States
viii wager their bank rolls that their own