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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
MRS. M,KINLEY,s HEALTH
Got Considered In Critical Condition
by Her Friends

Canton, o., september 1a.-The
friends OF Mrs. Mckinley do not tonight
regard her as being upon the verge OF
collapse. On the contrary. they ex-
press themselves as quite confident
time in at least as good a state of
health as h has enjoyed for the last
five years.
Dr. Rixey said late this evening:
Mrs Mckinley is bearing up as well
as could be expected under the circum-
stances. She is suffering intensely
from her bereavement and has fire.
Quently given way TO sobs and tears
but for all that she has been doing as
well as any woman could do under sim
liar circumstances. We have no i'm
Mediate expectations OF anything but
favorable conditions in her case"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24

Frem This State Returns, Except
Those Who Went to Canton-Epei-
neer Enniss Likely to Keeover-Only
Twelve sherins Yet TO Settle Their
Tax Accounts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24

WANTED-EXPERIENCED MEN TO SELL
nrst-ciass line of Mems and Youths Trou-
sers, through Southern and Middle States.
address, with references. and state terri
tory Travelled, Fine, Schuchart& Co.. Baltl-
more. No Sc - lws
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24

Norris Silver. North ~Stratford, N. H:
81 purchased a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure when suffering with a
cough doctors told me was incurable.
One bottle relieved me, the second and
third almost cured. Today 1 am a web
man." r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss se: Of &mMzM
~or 10 ~, ~ oo$ opd s-
mar 1o-tu.th. sat and s-w
Railway Badly Crippled by Storm

Montgomery, Ala, September 49,
Washouts east of Montgomery have
seriously interrupted traffic on the Sea-
board Air Line, Central and Southern
railroads. No train has been run from
Montgomery to Columbus since Tues
day evening. Trains of the Central
railroad which left yesterday morning
were not able to proceed further thar
Smithville and returned to Montgom-
cry last night. Trains this morning
left on schedule time but have not yet
been heard from.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24

Beam the Ibs Kind You Have MHays Bouqhi
''s. at ! &WMZZw

Mr.. Roosevelt takes the chair left va
cant by Mr.. Mckinley under most IA
vorable political conditions. He will be
troubled by no deep dissension in his
party. There is remarkable unity there.
And as for the country, he has no BIT
terness TO face, nothing but good wish
es and the universal hope hat the ad-
m~inistration now to be his shall be dis
tinguished for wise, patient, ~far-seeing
and successful service Of the people and
the nation.-Raleigh News and Obser-
yer.
Let the personal grief be what il
may, n there is no question but tina
every true American feels hat the
presidents murder amounts to a per-
sonal bereavement. coming as ii did,
the greatest crime has been committed
against national government. The
mere hanging Of one anarchist will not
remove the danger nor will it compen-
safe for the death of Mr.. Mckinley.
The whole tribe Of anarchists in the
United States must be wiped out.
America is no place for them; they
should have no place of refuge under
the rulings Of a just God.-Charlotte
NawS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
| I dllest of All
49, 49, iE--f
Living n Men,.

The biggest living man is Lewis Will
kins, who is now arousing great inter-
est in the scientific circles of Europe.
Wilkins was born on farm near ST..
Paul, Mimi, in 1874. When he was but
10 years of age he measured s feet in
height and now has grown to the tre-
mendous height of 1071A inches-j,1st
three-quarters of an inch less than
8 feet-and weighs 364 pounds. There
have been other tall men and women
before Wilkins, and scientists have
striVen in vain to account for these
freaks of nature. Only lately a plaus-
ible story has been put forward by
French physician, DR.. Marie, who says
that glgantism is nothing more or less
than disease. This disease generally
occurs in patients between the age of
lS and 35, and is first called "acro-
megaly" from two Greek words mean
ing enlargement of the extremities.
If the patient is not attacked until af-
ter he is 18 the ends of the bones in
the arms and legs are enlarged and
prolonged slightly, but if this disease
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
6 be Ab.Ys;>c1fi ;>1 cfr1fc,r1 i q ~
Boasts Of Being a Christian.
But His Christianity is Bogus

The Abyssinian is pretentious and
sdomineering to his interiors, yet
cringing and obsequious to his super
siors. His business being that Of a sol
der, he is more or less, though at times
energetic, lazy individual. He,
though not a trader, is willing to take
service as mule driver and caravan
help, but he will always shorten his
days work as much as he can. His
inseparable companions are his rifle,
cartridge belt and sword The first is
often of the most antiquated pattern,
which, even when mule driving and
performing long marches, remains
with him, carried over his shoulder.
His sword is strained tightly to his
waist, and is characteristic one be,
ing short, very much curved (cimiter-
like, but narrowing to a sharp point.
It is worn on the right side, and thus
when mounting a mule or horse, he.
always does SO on the right, or off side.
Besides these weapons, he uses in war
fare a large, round, basin-shaped, en-
bossed leather shield, often ornamented
With silver wark
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
-as-rs~ss---f'-'. ,-7ls----r-- 49,
European Scien-
lists Are -
! interested in q
!, Resident Of
Minnesota.

has attacked child at or soon after
birth gigantism is the result. The
bones are prolonged all along their
length, grow unnaturally and the re-
suit is giant. When you see a big
man it is therefore a question whether
he is unusually strong or whether he
is suffering from acromegaly. All
giants have not been acromegalic, ac-
cording to DR.. Marie. He mentions
two giants in the French army who
did not belong to: this class. One was
Charles Freuet, a cavalry soldier, who
was feet II inches, and another was
Marnat, drum major in the Ninetieth
regiment infantry, who measured 6
feet 9 inches. Perhaps the greatest
giant who ever lived before Wilkins
was Charles Byrne, an Irishman. He
measured 9 feet 2 inches. His skeleton
is still preserved, proving beyond ques-
tion his enormous size. He was prob
ably acromegalic. Other giants are
Constantine, born at Zurich, in Switz-
erland, 8 feet inch: HeroId, born at
Leipsic, 7.feet inches and Lady En-
ma, feet 1 inch. 49, e2~. .,ss. ~ f.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
TOBACCO TRUST
Buys an Entire Town, Which Includes 3
4:fa Snuff Company. -%

Buys an Entire Town, Which Includes 3
49, *.- Snuff Company.
: One hundred and forty-four revenue
stamps and a stroke of the pen trans.
ferred the entire, town Of Helmetta, N
j., to trust, says the New York Jour
nal. Snuff was the foundation of the
town, and with snuff its destinies viii
continue. twenty-five years ago the
George W. Helme company started il
to make snuff. He made good snuff
and prospered.; The Helme famil,
owned the tract Of land whereon it:
factory stood, and a town was laid ou;
and named after Eta Helme, a daugh.
ter of the house,now Mrs. j ohm w. Her
bert. By the simple process of addins
her first name. to her last and euphc.
nistic name Of He1metta was produced
The Helmes, las their trade increased
laid out streets and built houses fol
their workmen. Nearly every inhabi.
tant in the place worked in the snuff
mill, they were happy and prosperous
and Withal the business grew to grant
proportions. Time and again outsiders
tried to buy the property, but the
.Helmes felt that their prosperity an6
happiness were in the works, and they
ssteadfastly refused all offers. The Am.
Ierican Snuff Trust at last made a bis
offer. 1t kept adding to this year afte,
year, and a few weeks ago It's success
came. The Helmes counted up profits
found they were enormously wealthy
and being tired of continual work ir
one place at one trade, decided to &C.
cept the trusts offer. The deeds were
signed and recorded in the county
clerks Office at New Brunswick. The
deeds set forth that the amount of the
consideration is 81, but the revenue
stamps tell another story. By law il
is required to put one-do1lar stamr
for each one thousand dollars value tc
the deed recorded, and there are III
on the Helmetta deed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
leaves Of the books before them--no

leaves OF the books before them-nc
one else.
a great disapp swept over
B7ouroughs: He stood still, lingering
the ring in his vest pocket. He must
hand it:over to one of those in charge
Of the room. 1t would undoubtedly be
missed and called for. But as he
moved forward to perform this act OF
restoration a swift remembrance OF
the time he b our " hen he had seen
the ring recurred to him.
His friend Dick Lyden had shown
it to him. ssi4ss ssaes
This is fer5the dearest girl in the
world" he had explained. TITS my
engagement ring for Phyllis Lane
We will be married in the fall. and
you'll be best man, God willing!,' -.
Whereat. John had shaken his hand
heartily and wished him joy, and from
that hour experienced a loneliness at
once morbid and perplexing. He did
not feel like looking UP any Of his
kindred acquaintances today. Those
kindly people between covers would
be here when he. ! came again. He
swung around on his heel Something
caught his eye. What? A lot of tule
futed into the shape of sweet peas?
Braided dark hair over shapely
neck? The glimpse of a young eager,
rose-lipped face bent over a book OF
old English engravings? LII. z
. Three seconds-sixi He was beside
her, was looking down at the pretty
pink, ringless hands.
@"I beg your pardon he said, stand
ing bareheaded before her. Your
name is Miss Lane?'''r =. -
She rose, coloring deeply, drawing
back a little, looking up at him.
I You are mistaken, sir. My name is
Faith Ferris B. { ..=..
Burroughs drew the ring from his
pocket. ct his z he began.
She started glanced down at her
zunadorned fingers. Have lost-did
l. leave that in the lavatory? How
good you are to seek me out! 1t is
the engagement ring Of my cousin,
Pnyi.1s. 4 l begged her to let me wear
1t to town that ] might remember a
certain commission I took, it off
when I washed my hands before com
ing in here. I do a good deal of mag
azine work, you know, and occasion
ally there are references to be Sc
cured. How shall thank you?''
- By citing me offer you the usesoT
the library I've been accumulating. /
adore literary work, but have only the
desire, lacking ability. And-as I'm
to be best man for Dick Lyden this
fall-perhaps you will allow me to see
you home"
He did not browse in the library
that day. He did see Miss Ferris
home. And it seems that there is to
be another romance of a ring-or the
romance of another ring
But. this is anticipating. Chicago
Tribune as&
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
: :, 81 -lEsHI..7@as'| = >
Some Medical Problems Answered.

Some Medical Problems Answered,
The name rheumatism is applied tc
a great variety of affections acconlpan-
led with pain in the joints or muscles
some Of them more of a gouty nature
others probably Of infectious origin
and others still the expression of some
disease of the nervous structures.
Acute articular, or infiammatory
rheumatism is a disease characterized
by pain, and swelling in one or more
of the joints, usually the larger ones,
such as the knee, together with fever
OF more or less intensity. It is a dis
ease OF temperate climates; especially
In cold and damp regions, being very
seldom seen in the tropics. It occurs
in this country chiefly in late winter
and early spring, although it may oc-
cur, particularly c. the seacoast,s at
any time of the year In England 1t is
said to be most frequent in the au-
tumn. 1t attacks persons between the
ages of fifteen and forty more com
monty than those who are older or
younger. Physicians are not yet agreed
as to its nature, although many now
incline to regard it as germ disease.
1t begins gradually, with slight aching
in the limbs, sore throat, and a general
feeling of depression. The appetite
fails, the tongue is heavily coated.
often there is complaint of headache
and of chilly sensations, and the suffer-
er is generally "out of Sorts" There
is feverishness, and as this increases,
pain and swelling appear in one or
more of the large joints. The joints
attacked are hot, red and exquisitely
painful, and have every appearance of
being severely inf1amed.
All these symptoms may disappear
in Single night from one joint. and
appear at the same time in another:
ind so the disease may go on, attack
ng one Joint after another, those first
aHected recovering much Of their tone
and function. One Of the characteris-
tic symptoms is profuse perspiration j
the skin is not red and dry. in most
fevers, but cool, moist, and sometimes
actually dripping with sweat. The
disease may come to an end in week
or ten days, or it may go on attacking
joint after joint, and when ali have
suffered it may begin over again, and
SO go On Indefinitely. AS long as the
rheumatism is confined to the Joints
there is little danger, although occa-
sionally death results from excessive
fever; but there is always danger that
it may attack the lining membrane of
the heart and cripple the organ per-
manently. Rarely it attacks the mem
.brane OF the brain. causing violent de-
Hrium or death.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
zNGEE E Az o
] ROG RESSS s
II W n =
les. In Mayence he died-in poverty
at about the age Of fifty-eight

ies. In Mayence he died-in poverty
sa1 ABOUT the age Of fifty Eight.
A feature of this Gutenberg festival
was an exhibition Of the best things
Inc printers art has produced during
2nVe hundred il years. It seemed strange
~ many OF the visitors that in some
yfolrectlons there has been SO little gain.
we OF the nineteenth century can
..Darely surpass the beauty Of the mas
terpleces that issued from the press
which Aldus Manutius set up at Ven
ice in 1890. .-.@ss. ..s5........ ...
/ BUT these books were for the rich. It
TOOK SO much time to print them that
Inc editions had to be small and high
priced. A private library of twenty
volumes represented quite a fortune.
Inc day of. the poor man dawned
With the advent OF tbs power press.
mat permitted the newspaper. The
.perfecting press and the type-setting
machine, wonders of our own time,
still further cheapened the cost cf the
oook and made the penny paper. pos
S: BILE. ~
5 Ihere IS now no man so poor that
he may not be fully Informed Of the
worlds 6olngs, as wei, as completely
in touch with the sources Of culture.
But Johann Gutenberg was the tcun-
der of the poor mans .opportunit .es,
sand it is well to remember thankfully
the man who toiled in obscurity to es-
5tablish the chief blessing Of civiliza-
stion. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
PRINCE HARRY.
AFTER SECURING a FORTUNE
FROM a MINE
He Set Out to Spend 1t and Succeeded
So Well That He Was Soon Reduced
to Poverty and Ended His Life witt,
q Bullet, - II 8-@ +Et<7:@=

The old saying that "a fool and his;
money are easily parted" never per-
maps received a better illustration
than in the career, of Prince Harry of
tombstone. His real name was Hen
ry W. Bennett, and he rose from the
estate OF a tattered mining prospector,
worth less than $500 altogether, to the
possession Of S150,O00 in few months.
For seventeen years he had searched
Tor mines III Arizona and New Mexico.
lie had lived among the Navajo and
Mckl indians, and had subsisted ON the
most primitive fare for weeks at
time. In the course of his wanderings
ne located ledge of sulphurets, that
is, combination. of gold and silver
ores mixed with base metaEthat was
IN the summer Of 1877. The Apaches
were particularly hostile to white men
.that season, and Bennett got out of
Cocnlse county before he had chance
to do much work On his claim. Later
that season Ed SchoeneIin and Rich
ard Glrd located the famous gold and
NAAA0No VI ABOUT q
mile away from where Bennett had
QUILT up the piles of stone to mark the
corners of his mine. When the STAN
pede began to Tombstone, Bennett was
one of the first ones on the scene. He
set about developing his own mine, the
boston, and by pick and shovel he
soon laid bare enough of his ledge to
show that he had a fairly good mine.
tombstone was growing at the rate
OF 1000 inhabitants a month, and the
people were mine crazy. In a few
weeks. he sold to George Hearst for.
Sl50,000 cash down. p
1t was practically the only money
Bennett had ever had, and he was be-:
side himself with joy. He went to Ell
Paso, Texas, and put his money in a
bank Then he began to wonder how
he was going to have the fun he had
planned during all his long years of
prospecting and hardship It was days
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13

before he realized that he was really
rich He went into the bank a half
dozen times the first week 10 make
sure that his money was there and
was awaiting his ordeS: He knew a
poor Mexican woman In Paso del
Norte, Mexico, whom he had long ad-
niredr and he went across the Rio
Grande and married her.
Bennett Starts In to Spend. -.e-
Some one told Bennett that he was
a fool not to hurry up and. enjoy his
money, and he started in to spend it.
Bennett and his bride went to Den
yer and San Francisco and exchanged
their cheap old clothes for the finest
that money could buy. They kept tail
ors and dressmakers busy for weeks
He bought eleven hats and trunkful
OF shoes for himself in San Francisco.
and he told the dry goods merchants
to give his wife two dozen of the finest
dresses to be had The couple had
one room Of the suite they lived in. at
the Baldwin Hotel filed with trunks
and boxes of their newly bought
hnery- In one day Bennett bought
some $4,000 worth of diamonds for
himself and wife, and they gave tips
of IS and $40 for the simplest service.
to the hotel servants
firing of San Francisco, Bennett
and his wife went down to Tombstone.
determined to show the population
that they knew how to lead fashion
in the mining camp
They went to New Orleans for the.
Mardi Gras celebration in 1881, and
seven trunks of clothing went, too.
The couple lived in the most costly
suite at the ST. Charles hotel. On that
trip Mrs. Bennett saw opera glasses
for the first time. When the couple
returned to the mining camp each had
an opera glass. Of solid gold, and they
seldom, drove out behind their we'll
known team of white stations that
each did not carry gold opera glass
and occasionally survey the country
through it. On that trip, also, Bennett
and his wife learned that some rich
people bathed in perfumed water.
They, therefore, bought scores of bot
ties of the finest Partisan perfumes,
and neither ever bathed without pour
ing liberal quantity of perfume into
the water w.. "a. = - 80
That was about the beginning. of the
end. When his last dollar v Waszgone.
Bennett ended his life with a bullet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13
Scientific Jottines,

IS Portugal was decidedly liberal to
|sscientifc men at the time of the recent
eclipse. The custom house employees
were ordered to give. astronomers
every facility for the entry of their
baggage, their instruments being ad-
amitted free on the presentation of a
certificate from an astronomical OBJ
zzservatory countersigned by a. Portu-
guese consular agent. ~ d.. ~,.&- .
b 1t is said that coal was mined prior
to lib. In the Liege@ district coal was
first found about 1899. In 1914 coal
attfae citing some attention on the
southern side Of the Firth of Forth.
This was a hundred years latter. the
mines in the Worm district are said to
have been opened and regularly
worked. 1t is not likely that coal was
mined in Great Britain before the thir-
teenth7 century, ,- '.s
Rubber culture was first scientifcal-
ly undertaken at the botanical gardens
at Peradeniya in 1876 by Dr. Trimen,
and in 1897 Ceylon boasted Of 10000
trees of the Brazilian variety which
yielded an amount of one pound and a
half per tree, fifty trees being planted
to the acre. 1t is fortunate for Brazil
that little of the east possesses the soil,
climate and conditions necessary for
such competition The present ten
dency is to introduce machinery and
chemical processes in South America
requiring more or less technical skill.
Some companies are using centrifugal
machines, w.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-13

h Il
Whose ring was that? :. .a..:.1t t-. -.
It lay on the marble slab before
which he stood 1athering his shapely
hands. A tiny golden >cirelet, set with
one flashing diamond which was
ftankeds by emeralds, cleaning and
translucent as the heart of an ocean
wave. IA beautiful little trinket!
Never had he touched or handled a,
Woman's ring. Then, why should this
seem so absurdly familiar? Where
when-hoW-had he seen it before?
Some astime-someWhere That was
sure. The peculiar, old-fashioned i'll
agree work at either end of the jewels
drew his attention. He had admired
that at the time. and i .s.s s
Great Scott, he said to, himself
what kind OF a memory have L got,
anyway? I haven't been drinking.
Might as well have been. though. To
get Queered over bauble'' Just
here he picked up the bauble in dues
ton and furtiVe1y slipped it into his
pocket. He sent a stealthy glance in
the direction OF the attendant. While
-,as
ne fastened his cuffs and pulled down
his coat sleeves, and walked away into
the long, lovely, book-lined room at
his right he experienced all the sem
sations of an accomplished klepto-.
maniac. . & &. sass sts
II he saw the girl to whom the ring
belonged he would recollect under
what circumstances he had formerly
seen the costly t1ife. He would ex-
plain. He would apologize. He would
restore it to its owner. But there
We're few in the reference library that
hot afternoon. Half a dozen spectacIed
men deep in ponderous tones, a few,
precocious youths with deliberately
puckereds broWs. some middle-aged
women who were unnecessarily ener-
getie N the matter of turning the