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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
ASTROLOGY.
People laugh at palmistry. nh

People laugh at palmistry, phrenol-
ogy and astrology as beneath contempt.
And yet in the past some able men have
credited to some extent phrenology,
and wen the great Sir Walter Scott
had a leaning favorable to astrology
perhaps. Read his great novel Guy
Mannering." Not long since a boy out
west who was skilled in ~astrology sent
President Mckinley a warning. He
had been studying the stars and found
serious dangers threatening the very
life Of the president, saying that in
June or September he was in great
danger of assassination. We think that
was about the significancy Of the
youths casting of h horoscope Of the
honored and beloved president. We
did not read it, but heard Of it. There
was another astrologist who had been
studying the heavens. When Major
Mckinley was first nominated, a DR..
Broughton, an astrologist of repute,
cast a horoscope Of the republican can
didate A writer in the New York
Press, republican, Mr.. Victor Smith,
writes of the Broughton chart which
he made. He states:
1T was published in the late Re-
corder On June 20, 1896. Broughton
said: I'm some respects he has a for
tunate horoscope, but has had much to
contend with. He has not a strong
constitution, and there is great danger
hat he will not live to be old. There
is no question in my mind that he will
be elected. Mr.. McKinley's horoscope
indicates danger of assassination nearly
as much as General Garfield's or Abra-
ham Lincoln's. Should he live through
the fall of 1897 there is nothing to
threaten his life for some years, but
he will have q very troublesome period
all the time he is president" This Is
all rather remarkable. Broughton,
however, weakens his case by the fol-
lowing footnote, published in 1898:
president McKinley'S mother died az
ter a short illness about December 10.
1897. The evil aspect referred to above,
instead Of causing h sickness OF
death Of the president resulted in the
death of his mother"
That gave away his prediction. And
vet we all know how ear the mark
he really hit it. The president will not
live to old age, he will be certainly
elected. he may be assassinated, he will
have a very Troublesome service as
president.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
CLEANING AND

1t is gratifying to see the better part
of he press not taking sides against
Schley. They are glad Howison was
retired after his absurd n indie
cent conduct. He first talked adverse
ly to Schley and then was willing, per-
haps anxious, to serve as a member
of the court with all Of his feelings
leaning to Sampson. The Atlanta
Evening News is right in saying that
h should have asked to be relieved
from tbe delicate duties devolving
upon him as a member Of h courtpf
inquiry.
Instead of taking this manly
ne insisted that he was impartial, but
finally admitted that he had talked dis
paragingiy about schley. He stub
bornly tried to retain his seal as 9
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as we'll as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisons
in the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, l~istless, rundown
feeling. But there's no need to feel like
that. Listen to J. w. Gardner, Idaville,
Ind. He says: Electric Bitters are
just the thing for a man when he is
all run down, and don't care whether
he lives or dies. 1t did more to give
me new strength and good appetite
than anything 1 could take. 1 can now
eat anything and have a new lease on
life" Only 80 cents, at R.. r. Bellamy's
Drug store. Every bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
PRODUCTIONS.

The statement now is in regard to
an error. 1t is under. consumption on
the part of hundreds Of millions of peo-
pie in foreign lands. One publication
gives the opinion hat while in the last
century it was mainly raw cotton that
was exported in this new century it
will be mainly manufactured goods
from cotton hat will be shipped abroad.
During last year the increase of spin
dies. given several times already by the
Messenger, was 1906. 7S4. OF this. the
south had 1.O19.5S4. OF the total seven
southern states produced 81 per cent.
North Carolina added 81. 70S spindles,
more than any state except the other
Carolina.
North Carolina has $4,000. 600. 900 feet of
the several kinds of pines. The total
for h seven states is 101, 900. 000. 900
feet, Alabama having about one-fourth
or q 5000, 900, 900. The lo~ng-leaved pine is
the most important. This state a g.
600, O0O, 000 feet, by estimate of course.
The short leaf is put 3 &, 1000, O00, 900 feet
and the loblolly. a second growth, has
SOC. 900, 600 feet. For the year ending
the Both OF June. 1900. it was officially
stated thai the south exported 1,519.-
962, 377 feet. OF this nearly t~hree-fourths
went to Europe.
The same seven states. namely. vir-l
ginia. North Carolina. West Virginia,
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groom. stood TO the right and left lit
tie Mary Robinson and little Emmet
Robinson holding respectively a huge
boouet Of brides roses n the silver
salyer bearing the wedding ring, the
whole a scene sublimely touching n
long to be remembered Miss HATTIE
Dewey presided at h organ.
The bride who is quite pretty. Va
an attractive picture as n stately
walked the aisle to the altar, bearing
a lovely bouquet OF brides roses. hsr
gown a lovely shade of blue crepe oe
chine. a picture bat Of black covering
her shapely head .
The couple took the 200 p. m train
for Ashville, the home OF the groom
who is a prominent insurance man
besides a popular city official
Last evening. at the home OF M,s'
c. J. Nelson. the mother OF the BRIDE
on John street, a reception was heio-
Mrs. NJ. Z. Robinson acted as hostess
The house was prettily decorated with
fall roses and evergreen. Inere was
a large circle OF intimate friends pres
ent. in full dress. Gifts to the brlGe IN
great number, some OF great VaIue,
presented an interesting picture. All
Goldsboro extends best wishes 20 the
happy couple
I w GuIick has accepted the ap-
pointment rendered him as first lieu
tenant OF artillery in the regular army
and has advised the department III
will he recalled that Lieutenant Gu
lick did service both in Cuba n the
Philippine islands. His engagements
in the latter were numerous ana ne was
b~revetted for bravery and daring III
many conflicts.
BARLOW minstrels held the boards to-
night to a good house. After h snow
a swell german was pulled on at the
armory. the music being supplied py
the Philharmonic orchestra OF the
Barlow minstrel company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
o-oSrEDERATE VETERANS
Animal Reunion-Colouei John d. Tay-
~. Neat. the survivors OF His Old
command-An Enjoyable Occasion.
,co-r.s,ond.nce Of The Messenger.)

Co-,esnondence OF The Messenger.)
". c., September 1s-
Tho animal reunion OF Company b.
First North Carolina egiment ana
Company E, Thirtieth North Carolina
confederate troops was held here today.
and the day was q grand success.
Seventy-hve old soldiers who wore the
gray through those four long years OF
bloody war were present.
AT 70 O'Clock the large crowd COM
posed OF the young and the ole. assem-
bied at the grove near the station
where Captain Jno. G. Mcmillan Wei
coined them all. and telling OF the great
services OF Companies Z and Is IN
the war between the states He then
introduced Colonel John ID. Taylor. or
Wilmington who vas with the boys all
through the war
ColoneI Taylor said IL afforded him
great pleasure TO be With the old sol
dies saving. " l v you every one
ne made an appropriate speech for the
occasion and presented the impair
with a Cayel, the wood OF which anne
from one of their old battle fields.
Colonel Taylor now carries an arm
less sleeve and has carried 1t Tor forty
wears. having lost it at the battle OF
bcHtODsNlIiS.
CAPTAIN James CT. Kenan was called
for n made the hearts OF the old boz ;
glad for a short while.
The ladies were out in large numbers
and did all in their power TO give the
old soldiers n nice time. They served q
delightful dinner. with coffee. to the
old braves.
After dinner the meeting adjourned
to the lodge. where a roll call was held
and those dead are a dozen times great
er in number than those living. Those
here today answered TO the nrst rou
call in arms just forty years ago. What
a time. they have had! What victories
they have wont. Their faces show the
mark of years OF war-of toll; still they
carry determination n would go TO
their old muskets again il called on,
and do more fighting too.
The next reunion will be held at Rose
Hill one year from today Services are
now being held in the church here In
mourning the death OF President VIII
liam Mckinley.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
The Campbell-Robfnson Wedding.
Correspondence of the Messenger.)

Goldsboro, N. c., September IS.
The Metropolis of Buncombe and the
Gem City of the Plains are the more
closely related by the sacred ties Of
m~atrimony, perfected at high noon to-
day at the Baptist church in his city.
The event, uniting a gem from the
Land of the Sky and a fair flower from
h plains of the east, passed when the
Rev. Chas. A.. Jenkins. amid hushed
strains of sweetest music, spoke the
words declaring Mr.. John A. Campbell,
Of Asheville, and Miss Mary Duff Rob
inson, of Goldsboro, man and wife.
The ceremony. most beautiful, bind
ing, and only by death to be
separated, was especially prepared
for the occasion and attended by a
large number of the friends and &C
quaintances of the bride, whose popu-
larity here knows no bounds. The
chancel Of h church was a picture of
loneliness in it's dress Of green-the
bright glare Of many rose tint candles
presenting a most pleasant effect as
ray after ray shown forth amid palms,
ferns, smilaX, pine bows n ported
plants. Indeed the picture hat greet
ed audience and bridal party as they
entered the church edifice was entranc-
ing.
To the strains of the wedding march,
MendelsSohn the bridal party entered,
the bride leaning upon the arm of her
uncle, DR.. M. E. Robinson, preceded
by the ushers. Messrs. E. B. Borden,
Jr., Joseph Rosenthal, Louis Grant, E.
A. Humphrey, John w. Aycock and H..
B. Parker; little Mary Robinson, the
flower girl; little Emmett Robinson
holding aloft the silver salver that held
the wedding ring; Miss Aid Dewitt,
the brides maid. The while, leaning
on the arm Of Mr.. Ben Jones his best
man, the groom walked the aisle to the
right, the party meeting at the foot OF
the chancel. Where, with the officiat-
ing clergyman facing the bride and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
The Cotton Seed Price Question
Raleigh, y. c., September i

1IdlSlSu, ~ -, SNplSAiSN
In view of the concerted efforts which
It seems from the published dispatches
are now being made by the leading pur-
chasers of cotton seed of LOUISIANA,
Mississippi and other cotton producing
states to fix a market price for seed
far below the present price, n for
much less than the probable output OF
the present crop ought to COMMANDERS
pecially so when the extreme shortness
Of the corn crop is considered-action
ought to be taken by farmers to
teract these unfair schemes and to Sc
cure for their seed product such values
as conditions properly warrant.
/ am uniformed hat efforts along this
line will be made in other southern
states, and 1 therefore most heartily
endorse the call issued by Mr.. t. B.
Parker, secretary of the North Carroll
ma state alliance for a meeting of n
farmers in their respective counties on
Saturday the 21st. instant, to select
delegates to attend a state meeting in
Raleigh ON Wednesday,, h 25th. In
slant
When men for selfish purposes COM
line together to Fix" prices to be paid
for farm product far below the true
value of such products by shutting off
competition, it is time for farmers 20
take some action to defeat such nafa-
rious schemes, and to fix" themselves
in such position as to be able to hold
their products until the natural law OF
supply and demand can have it's legiti-
mate sway.
Respectfully,
S. l.. PATTERSON,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Owing to necessary absence from my
office my attention has just been direct
ed to Mr.. Parker's call, or I would have
given it an earlier endorsement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
Millions Given Away

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction Of knowing it has alb
solutely cured thousands Of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases Of the Throat, Chest
and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call
on r. r. Bellamy, Druggist, n get a
free trial bottle. Regular size SOC. and
81. Every bottle guaranteed, or price
refunded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated
globule Of health, that changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into en-
ergy, b~rain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c per box. Sold by r.
r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit G.. B. Stedman,
of Newark, Mich. in the civil war. 1t
caused horrible Ulcers that no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured him. Cures
Cuts. Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons,
.Corns. Skin Eruptions- Best Pile cure
on earth. % cents a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by r. r. Bellamy. Drug
gist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
VERSE SUITED TO THE DAY.

OF course in an age like the present
when there are living in the United
States perhaps 10000 men n women
addicted to the writing of verse. and
the most of them with a certain fe-
Iicity and melody, il not with distinct
original conception, 1t is TO be expected
that the late dreadful tragedy, per-
sonaI and national, will evoke multi
tudinous poems upon the most sad and
far reaching event The Messenger
has had much about the dreadful,
deadly, cruel work of the assassin and
events following. But all this was in
prose. We wish to reproduce here a few
lines from different writers as to the
deep damnatiOn of the taking off" Of
the Christian, most popular and widely
revered President Mckinley.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is we believe OF
southern birth. She sent a poem to the
New York Journal. The last W. STAN
zas Cnot verse" for that means but
one Iine) are as follows:
n
He has raised the lovers standard, by
his loyalty and faith.
lie has S1oNI " LIN mo
keep free from scandals breath.
He has gazed, with trust mistaken, in
the awful eye of death.
In the mighty march of progress he
has sought to do his best.
Let his nemie be silent, as we lay MIN
down TO rest, -
And may God u the anguish Of
one suffering woman's breast.
Some one wrote on H Sleeps in the
Washington Post. The following STAN
zas are not without merit:
o, thou noble heart and grand, smiling
from that nightless land,
Take my reverence and my grief as a
tiny tribute leaf.
Just to lie beside thy hand.
AS the fainting runner fell with the
woe he strove to tell,
So the words grow dull and weak with
the sorrow they would speak,
That thy people loved thee we'll.
Agnes Nourse in the same paper con-
ributes some stanzas. We give the
conclusion:
calm as the sun thy peace shall be
Bright as the sun thy joy,
Bliss that is bountiful as he.
Thy spirit shall employ.
C one thy brief sway, but, thou hast said
Let Gods great kingdom GOMEZ"
Securely there thy feet shall tread,
n heart shall find it's home.
Thy voice in rapture there shall sing
Nearer, My God, to Thee"
Thy will be DONE triumphant ring
Through all eternity.
D.. ]. Evans sends to the Post a poem
entitled Ave Atque Vale"-Hail and
Farewell! We copy the first and last
stanza:
The earth is full of tears McKinley's
dead
Soul-anguished words! That plunged
in dire distress
A startled world! Who cry for swift
Irnto the bastard spawns who Haunt
the Red.
His work is done! He sleeps in plen-
teous Peacei
He's passed into the presence OF the
KingI
Chime Hallelujahs! Let the RequleIns
ceasei
John a. joyce contributes to n POST
"HaIf-Mast the Flag" The last stanza
runs:
Half-mast the flag while our ~teardrops
are falling 81,
Above his lone bier. heath the capitol
dome,
While angels are soaring and singing
and calling
A welcoming chant to his heavenly
Home.
These are not memorable productions
but they are suitable 10 this day OF sol
emn humiliation and prayer. May the
Holy Spirits power be felt in all OF the
hearts of our people.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-01

ret,n H u,s'A at the local depot and vii, cran. to this city to live The aiaphie welcomes him Aor,z ne
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is A THING OF THE PAST.
tons-Hofned Steer Took Too Much Spa,a
 and Held Too Decided Opinions.

Ten years from DOW the visitors at
 the stock yards in Chicago will looh
 dt the massive horns nearly six feet
 from tip to tip that hang over the
 doorways of offices and hardly be abls
 to believe that they were taken from
 the head of a beef critter" on the
 Texas ranges, and that hundreds of
 thousands of cattle with such horns
 once ran half wild on the ranches and
 plains of the Lone Star state. For the
 passing of the long horned, long legged. uncertain celored and still more
 uncertaiD tempered Texas steer is thing of today, and in his place one finds stockily built, red or roan ani- mal. with short, stubby horns, or no horns at all. The Texas steer of to- day is not properly descended from the Texas cattle of the past. He has sim ply supplanted the others on the ranges, and the former animal has either migrated farther south or has gone out into space and is no more. The improvement-as it most certainly s-has been brought about in many ways. The first great change came when the cattle man decided that car space that could be filled up by good, alable beef, was more profitable than hat taken up by the picturesque horns # the Texas steer, and began to dehorn he yearlings and young steers. More ould be gotten into car, as they ould stand closer together It was ut step to then begin to improve he quality by crossing the cows with inc bred bulls, Durham, Hereford and Angus, and the Texas steer of 1900 will ompare very favorably with the cat 1e in Missouri. He has taken on weight, and will average 100 to 150 lonnd ds heavier tban in former days
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 THE SPORT OF KINGS.
they Were Too Much for the Shippers
 Sentative of the Tradition,

Hunting used to be called the sport
 Of kings, but not many of the mc iern
 crowned heads keep up the old t;adi- tion. The Czar Of Russia occasionally
 assists at a battue, but the thing bores
 him and he goes only out of pc; irenes5.
 The prince of Wales is a very good shot and is fond of saOoting, but his
 biggame days are over. The emHsro1
 of Germany hunts and shoots a 'od
 deal, but those who know him besS say
 he does not much care for the sport
 With him it is matter of tradition
 the right thing fer royal parsonage
 to do The king of Portugal, who holds the record for fatnes5 among all the royalties, is physically disabled from such violent exercise The king o1 Sweden never touches a gun. The sul- tan of Turl y cannot bear to see enc, says the New York Commercial Adyer- tisar I e kins of the Belgians haa shot only once in his whole life, ana then in very unkfngiy z'9 o'. F. wanted to have the sensat. ai rs without the trouble of goi@. sea-"t of the game. So he sat in Lis arm chair and potted at a lot of rabi 'as. i, from bag in front of hi.s ,nca tho smoke cleared away ~nd his majesty called for his bag he had to be told that all that had been found was one tail and certain small quantity of fluff He never went shooting again. Th- king of Italy is the only real represen- tative of the old kfngly tradition. He is a might hunter and frequently throws up all the routine work without 3 word of warning, and goes off with one officer Col. Pazzimb bolini, to spe@d several weeks in pursuit of the gams Of all kinds with which the mountains abound. Formerly he established nc means of communication with Rome. Neither Queen Marghetta nor any o: his ministers ever knew where to find him for weeks at a time. He might nave lost his throne in sudden up- heaval and known nothing of 1t till he descended to the plains. Of late, however, he has become wiser. Now a carrier leaves Rome every second day during his expeditions, bringing re- ports of all that aDpens.
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rhre. re..on. ta Tobacco smon.

c. Binz. in the Deutsche Aerzte-Zel sung, says there are three kinds of poi son in tobacco smoke: nicotipe that which is obtained by the slow ash for, nation, pryridin, etc, and carbonie OK iGe Cerbonic oxide is always easly shown to be present in tobacco smoke. Its percentage depending upon the vol ume of the smoke gas, varies between o.6 and 7.6. The variations depend upon the rapidity of the ash formation and the quantity of the atmospheric air drawn ts2 or the lung air blown out. A acute poisoning from -arbonie acid of tobacco smoke Is, un- der ordinary conditions, scarcely to ba expected Whether the daily taking in of the small quantity of carbonic oxide which, through many years ot smoking, gets into the blood of smok- CTS, cannot set up a chronic injufy. is question sttll to be settled
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-01
%aELL-DCDGING. G..
Fine Art rracticed By ,he Soldiers Now
 in south Africa.

Frequent mention is made in the ea,.- patches of war correspondents D: 'shell-dodging," and the average saa.t- CT is at first at a loss to under3J.= :. the precise meaning of the words. 3.54- til their constant repetition lead to believe that probably it is possible to see shells in their aerial flight IL conse e1uently the soldiers are ale te dodge them. A sergeant major q .st- tillery, who has seen some active se}.z'. ice all over the world, gives us sz#=.e information about the true art. In Alt his long experience he said he had only seen three or four shells actually in the air, and they came from the gsln he himself fired. He explained that there are few guns wit. a somewhat slow muzzle velocity, and the men = ing these can sometimes catch a glimpse of the shells in their fl gat: but it would be impossible for any man to see shot coming toward himself. Lodging shells is done by getting un- actually fired. For instanee,' said the sergeant major, eff were climbing a hill, at the top of which d s, a.as di- rected against me, could t. aetly when a shell was likely to e5...a ..,ads ing along. Before the order i -s.yea to fire the men in charge U t@s piece stand clear and that is the warning uote, so to speak. Keep yoaf weather eye on the gun directed againsI you. and when the g'lnners stand c!a IT you dodge the shot"