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The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
Author of "Quo Vadfs. ]"

Did you hear that delightful story of Sienkiewicz, the great Polish author He is a great deal talked about just now in Paris, which-with all it's skep- ticism-has devoured his Quo Vadis Y' with eagerness and delight. They are giving a great series of festivities in his honor in Warsaw-taking advan- tage of the fact that 1t is twenty-five years since he began writing, and mak- ing, as it were, a silver wedding of his quarter of century union with letters. His fame has spread to Russia, and it Is even said that the Czar has his books translated for him for a certain time every evening, so entrancing does he find the Poles reconstruction of the stirring dramas of early Russian and Polish history.
 The Academy of Letters at St. Pc tersburg may have been encouraged by these facts to send Sienkiewicz letter of warm congratulatiOn. Now, Sien- kiewicz is an ardent Polish patriot, as we'll as an artist, and he was placed in something of a difficulty by the receipt of this letter, for 1t was written in Rus sian, and the imposition of Russian on the Poles to the exclusion of their own language is one of the things which the Polish patriot, of all classes, most profoundly resents. Sienkiewicz had to reply. To have replied in Russian would have been treason to Poland; to have replied in Polish would have been treason to Russia. He solved the diff culty by sending back his answer in Latin!-London Mainly About People.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
EIectricaI Coast Defense

To assure the better protection of the coast from Villefranche to Toulon 1t has been decided to establish special electric posts, intended to reveal the enemy's presence in case of an attempt at a night attack, by powerful electric beams, which will light up the country to a great distance, will sweep the hori- zon. and thus preventing surprise, will guide the aim of. the land batteries and increase their accuracy. The work on these stations is now being pushed with the greatest activity. - Paris L'Electricien.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
Irving,s Crushing Sorrow.

"When a young man, rising to fame as an author, Washington Irving fell in love with Mathilda Hoffman," writes William Perrine, in the Ladies' HOmF Journal. ''To his eye she was sEen an image of delicacy and purity that his love for her grew into as idOlatry. In the midst of his dreaEas of future hap piness there cams An overwhelming blow from which he never fully re covered. Math7ida was taken sick with a cold; it rapidly turned into cOnsump- tion, and it was his agony to behold her fade away ill a single winter, but in his sight beautiful and more beautiful to the last During the three days and nights of her final sufferings he did not leave her house and scarcely slept. He was at her bedside when she died; his was the last face that she looked upon, and when the grave closed upon her the world became blank to him in his distraction. In the nights of his first anguish after Mathilda's death he would carry to his bed her Bible and prayer-book, and place them tenderly under his pillow. Ever afterward he kept them with him in all of his many wanderings and travels. When he died at Sunnyside he had reached his three score -and-ten, and his celibacy was still unbroken. There was then found little repository of which he had all ways kept the key. It was opened and there lay a faded memorandum which told the story of his sorrow, a miniature a braid of fair hair, and a slip of paper on which he had written 'Mathilda Hoffman"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
The ImpOssible.

He was a proud man and could not beg; he was a temperance man and would not drink. Forsaken, hungry pennileSs, save for cents, he stood there on the corner.
 Give me strength, Father!" he half cried. half moaned. Then, as his eyes aIighted on a saloon free-lunch sign across the street, he raised his hands with a gesture of despair.
 "Oh. would to heaven some one could afford to set out those big lunches with cup of coffee!" he moaned, for the hundredth time.
 But he knew the cold, harsh rules of business prohibited such an absurd proposition, and he staggered On.-In- dianapolis Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Let us hold our noses while We con- sider the malodorouS subject of Ameri- can Aristocracy. There have been of late many intimations that aristocratic society in New York is a failure. As aristOcratic society in many American cities Is apt to take its cues mainly from the smart set in New York, known as the "400," this becomes a matter of widespread interest. There has also been a feeling that American aris- tocracy Is not properly represented by the 400" and more than one effort has been made to organize aristocratic so- ciety upon some more representative basis. The latest of these attempts, "the Biographical Society of America" :" started by Colonel Johnson Livingston De PuysteI. with the object of bring Ing together Americans of high degree. has been administered upon by an un- feeling sheriff in New York. Colonel De Puyster's scheme was to have all American ariStOcrats flock by them selves They were to wear enameled gold badges and their blue book was to be the Encyclopedia of the Ameri- can Biographical Society,"" in which their biographies were to be printed. The society, however, died almost in the 'borning." The members were jealous of each other. Some of the aristocrats contended that others were not aristocrats at all. Some failed to pay their dues. The printing house which undertook to issue the blue book found 1t so expensve that it abandOaeu the job at heavy loss, and another which tried 1t was sold out by the sheriff. After succession of troubles
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
AInminnm Note Paner.

It is stated that experiments with aluminium as a substitute for paper ar now under way in France. It IS H2" possible to roll aluminium into sheets four-thousandths of an inch in thick ness. in which form it weighs less than paper. By the adoption of suitable machinery these sheets can be made even thinner and can be used for book and writing paper. The metal will not oxidize. is practically fire and water proof. and is indestructible by worms Invention.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

tions. His work soon gained him a wide reputation, his illustrations for many of Shakspeare's plays being re garded as models of their kind. When he had attained fame as a black and white artist he sought distinction as a painter and is now regarded as with out a peer in the line of historical scenes. In 1896 Mir. Abbey, who has his studio in Worcestershire. England, was elected an associate of the Royal Academy. Americans will be pleased to know of the new honor that has come to him-a rare one indeed for a foreigner to attain when the occasion Is considered. The canvas upon which the coronation of King Edward is to be depicted will be fifteen feet long.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

The fact that fully half of the human beings born to this world die young is proof of lack of knowledge of the art of living. The undispgted fact that the age of mankind is increasing is proof that man is learning more about himself and learning what to do and what not to do in the school of experi- ence The fountain of perpetual youth has not been discovered. So long as man gratifies himself at the expense of his body and brain, so long will he Top off days from the years he might live. Health is more a matter of common sense than anything else. There are no set rules that will make the weak man strong or the sick well. Given a good constitution and an active brain and knowledge to treat the same with the care that their value warrants, old age should be a matter of con- parative certainty. Avoid excesses. That means all excesses, mental and physical The brain and the stomach are related. Neither will submit to aDuSe without reSenting the mlstreat- ment. It should not be difficult for one to learn what foods best agree with his digestive organs, and fix his own rules for eating. Pure air, pure water, enough sleep-a simple life. Add to this a don't worry clause and remem- Der that reasonably hard work does not shorten life In Ireland life is simple, and in a population of 4,7000OO there are 57S persons who have lived more than 100 years. France has 214 cen tenarians in a population of 40,000,00O. They live in the country. The average length of life in Paris is one-fifth less than in the rest of France. Have few health rules and live them. You may never be a centenarian. Few people desire such an achievement. But you will have more peace and comfort, in both mind and body, and you will prove less inviting subject for disease.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
Marion Harland comnIains of

Marion Harland complains of a lady of her acquaintance who had palpita- tions, fainting spells and other symp- toms or "a weak heart" for ten years. She used to throw a whole congrega- ton Into confusion by having one of her queer spells in the middle of the morning service. She ruled her family through that weak heart as with a rod of iron tipped with brass. People who have "twitters" of this character never recover. The disease is too valuable to them.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Edwin A. Abbey, $ member of the Roy
 al Academy of Eng
 land, to paint the coronation scene in Westminster Abbey
 NIT. Abbey is a na. tive of Philadelphia
 where he was born in 1852. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at 19 be gan drawing for Harper's publica.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

It Is figured that If Mir. Carnegie con- tinued to give away money at the rate at which he has been distributing it for the past fifty days his entire for tune would be gone In the course of the year 1902. But he will have made lots of more money by that time.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
OLDEST JAIL IN ILLINOIS
Tramps Give the Carroll County Bast-e
 a Wide Berth.

 a Wide Berth.
 No hobo who has ever visited the town of Mount Carroll, ILL, has been known to venture within a mile of ir again. This fact is owing to the IOea- ton rather than the condition of the town jail. Once a tramp catches sight of it he would no sooner finger within it's shadow than would a crow light upon a made-up figure in a corn field Indeed, the cOntrivance is made to serve the purpose of a tramp scare The Wandering Willie who for a single night has lodged in the Mount Carroll jail has carried away with him suth- cient terrors to keep him out of the county during the remainder of his wandering life. It comes nearer being a calaboOse in the clouds than any
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

It is quite likely that the most inter- esting political contest in the coming November will be that over the mayor alty of New York. The city has population of half million more than, that of the thirteen colonies whiclN fought for independence in 1776; and the character of its government is matter of concern to all Americans.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

The man behind the gun is long on newspaper praise, but it is noted that he isn't in it to any enthusiastic eX- tent when the times comes for passing around the prize money pie.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

There was a modicum of sense in the response to a request made by young lady as to what would keep her hands white and soft: Soak your hands three times daily in dishwater while mother rests on the sofa"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

There are said to be 10000 lepers in the Philippines, so far as counted, and the woods are known to be full of them. This promises to be an interesting ele- ment of American population.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
Why She Wasn't Afraid.

'T should think you would be afraid to eat onions in the middle of the day, ' said the blond typewriter to the bru- nette when they met at dinner.
 "I'm not bit," replied the dark one. You see, our office is on the thirty-siXth floor, and when I go up in that ele- vator 1t takes my breath away. ."-YOnk- CTS Statesman
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

When an actor produces one of Shakspeare's plays now he publishes his version of it, just to show how little William knew about his business.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Housewives are now advised to boil the microbes out of clotheslines before using the latter. Before long we will be advised to boil the "washlady."
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

The author of one of the popular nov els of the day Is said to have made $1OO,OOO out of it. This will set a lot of people buying paper, pens and ink.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

"How to keep the boys on the farm" is a subject which seems to be giving city people a great deal of concern just now
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08
TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN ART.

Edwin A. Abbey to Paint Coronation
 Scene of King Edward.
 An exceptional tribute has been paid 10 American art by the action of King Edward of England in commissioning
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Remember, girls, that getting mar ried means that for the rest of your life you will have to eat your own cooking.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

If you have a present to give a child, give it to the oldest; he will get it any way. and by giving it to him, you save him the trouble of fighting for it.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

the society at last died natural death and thus ended another effort to found an American aristocracy.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

The Nihilists want the Cars life. Few leyel-headed people would want the life he's having.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

An opdmist is one who can look for ward to spring as the season Of straw berries. not of funnel shaped clouds.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Russell Sage has been elected grand and elated keeper of the paddock ot the United Order of Never Gives.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

India has 249, 1000, 900 people-a good many of them starving.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

What is the matter with you, Ma belY' asked Etta Styles, dropping in one
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

Men can see paint on wOman's face as easily as women can see 1t on the side of a house.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

The latest fashionable fad is not to have a fad,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-06-08

There is at least one thing to the credit of the girl who wears tights on the stage-her stockings stay up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25

1t is not unkind or unnecessary to
keep the readers of the Messenger post
ed as any movement in the north in
which the negro is interested. Fanat-
icism is rampant in sections in the
north, and many like the foolish Ban
gor (Maine) editor are anxious to pur-
sude the "colored man and brother
England or the north generally, includ-
ing of course, Ohio. Indiana, Kansas
and other states that have been cruel
in dealing with the negroes. Recently
in Jersey City, New Jersey. the colored
preachers were ruled out of a meeting
of evangelical preachers who had
met to farther certain religious inter-
ests. Rev. r. A. Motley. a worthy pas
tor and brother in black" attended,
but he did not meet with a cordial well
come as he hoped to receive. A report
says:
HE was not invited to take any part,
and oward the close of the meeting he
asked the Rev. DIR. Charles Herr, the
president of the council. IL the colored
churches were to be in the movement.
'@The council took the colored church
question into consideration" said DR..
Herr, land we saw no practical way
III of the matter. Objection was made
to having the colored women call on the
white women, and we gave up the
idea"
"Are you going ito abandon us?" ask
ed Pastor Motley.
DR.. Herr asked Mr.. Motley if he had
any suggestion to make. The colored
preacher said he had not and DIR. Herr
called the next order Of business. Pas
tor Motley left the church. evidently
dispIeased."
If that had occurred in the south
what jeremiads and d~enunciations
would be heard in the. pious and SYM
pathetic north 'at long range"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25

ling events. Many wars occurred dur
ing her sixty-three years of rule. in
which British arms won fame and
such glory as attaches to war.
But at 8 h is gone and forever
beyond this bourne of time" After
life's ftful fever. shs sleeps we'll" She
was a devout English Churcfwoman
Her eldest son. the Prince of Wales, Is
now King, as Edward the Seventh. He
is passed his sixtieth year and has had
to- wait long to wear the crown and
WELD h Sceptre. May his reign prove
wiser and nobler than many anticipate.
A thoroughly worldly man OF bad NOR
ais he may prove Hike Shakespeare's
Henry the Fifth. a purer, grander
monarch than his wayward youth gave
promise. Prophecy is useless here. His
reign, brief or extended. will depend no
little upon his own conduct whether 1t
shall prove a curse or a blessing to hfs
country, his g humanity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25
IMPORTANT AS TO TREE DE.
STRUCTION.

If there is any one thing in practical
life that the Messenger has been more
urgent in than in all other things it is
to ave the ~slaughtering of the forests.
In column editorials loaded with sta
~tistics, we have presented the blessings
and value of forests. ant the evils that
have come to other lands and peoples
by their merciless destruction. We
avail ourselves of a statement made by
Mr.. w. E. Curtis. a very valuable
Washington correspondent. He sends
to the Chicago Record a. long article
on the subject of the forests and the
swift name of their taking down.
His figures are based on the report of
the lumber trade made by the United
States Bureau of Statistics. According
to that report the standing timber in
the United States now covers an area
of 1,O94, 496 square miles and contains a
supply of $500. 900. 900 feet. The states
having the largest supply of timber are
as follows.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25
ARE COLLEGES NOW ALLOWING
HAZING.

While the whole country has been
greatly and most properly stirred over
the ~brutalities of West Point, some of
the newspapers are making charges if
true that ought TO bring disgrace and
severe censure upon certain universities
and colleges. For the sake of human
ity n decency and character we must
hope that it is not as bal as reported.
Twice have We noted serious and most
detrimental accusations. One writer
defending West Point cites New York
newspapers as authorities for the
statement that 1.-The evidence has not
shown wors haZing than exists at Yale
or Harvard, or IN other large institu-
ton of the kind" We are not disposed
to credit such a statement. If bad,
disgraceful, barbarous things were ever
allowed in those and other school they
are of the past and should lever be al
lowed to return. There were some very
~disgraceful things allowed in many of
h higher institutions some years back,
but they would not be tolerated now.
A literary institution hat would be
guilty of brutalities akin to those of
West Point would die, for it would be
Stunned as if it were a smallpox or a
plague hospital. While the Baltimore
Herald defends Harvard and Yale
against the reports injurious 90 their
good name, saying that all hazing had
been years ago abolished. it SAYS this,
and it ought to name the guilty insti-
buttons if there be SUCH:
There can be little doubt that in
many of the smaller colleges, in which
the students are younger. haZing is car
ried on in as brutal if not more brutal
way than at West Point. No man,
however, is justified thereby in jumping
to the broad conclusion that all the col
leges, and particularly the large insti-
%tutions,' do the same thing. AS a mat
ter of fact, the larger the civilian in
situations become the more they tend
to outgrow this childish folly. So, in
Ink matter of barbaric character, our
military academy is still behind the
times"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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ments of their accounts to all its sub
ecribers. It Is to be hoped thai every
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There fuay be mistakes in some of
these statements, and when such is
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25
HOME FOLKS.

salary of the governor increased.
But no wise legislator or law abid-
ing citizen can possibly favor an in
crease by unconstitutional OBJ
serve difference. If the law is vio-
lated an unwise precedent will have
been set. 1t will be far better to
increase the salary to 5000 by sub
scription han to violate organic law.
It may be antedeluvian to write hat
but We hold it to be true n
honest. A violation of organic law or
any law can never be safely or justly
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25
A DULL LEGISLATURE
of q Lively or sensational
Character Anticipated This Session.
Fine Specimens of Gold Nuggets From
the south Mountain Mine.
Messengers Bureau.
Raleigh, N. c., January %.

Raleigh, N. c., January %.
The sessions of the legislature for the
past eight ear have been the reverse
of quiet. After their hurly-burly the
present one seems tame indeed. AS
the democrats say, the f~usionists turn
ed the state up side down.. Two years
ago the democrats turned it back and
now it is in the old place. This session
promises to be very unsensational.
There were fifteen applicants for
license as pharmacists examined by the
state board of pharmacy here. The
successful ones will this week be an
nounced.
Robert p. Orr, of Newport News, is
here with many very fine specimens of
gold, nuggets and ore, from the South
Mountain mines is Caldwell and Burke
counties, in which he is interested.
The state cntermologist has returned
from Southern Pines. He examined
orchards there and found much of the
San Jose scale. The crop pest COM
mission will either curl or stamp put
the scale there, President j. VanLind-
ley tell me.
State Auditor Dixon today wrote the
Raleigh chamber of commerce, urging
ii to induce congress to macadamize
the road to the national cemetery near
this city.
There are now sixty-two camps OF
United Confederate Veterans in this
state. 1t is expected that all these
will be represented at the state onven
ton of veterans to be held here on the
30th instant
The legislature viii be asked to pro-
vide for two new buildings at the SOL
| diers' home here, these to be used for
| domitories.
The greatest pressure is being brought
| to bear to secure a state reformatory.
| 1t will require as ard work a was
ever done here to get the measure
through, however
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-25

The accomplished editor OF the Nor
canton Herald says in his last issue OF
h Inauguration Of the new governor,
whose address he heard:
He means well. we are sure, but
has many stages of rough shedding
ahead OF him. But he has nerve as well
as brains to meet such.
Now a word as to the address OF the
governor 1t was couched in the broad
est and o brotherly language and
its author evidently means to be the
governor OF all the people, not of the
democrats only. but OF negroes, repub-
Leans and men OF no political creed.
His name more than his words indi-
Gated the strength of his conviction
that h day Of counting votes not cast
has played out in this state and that
general education and honest elections
are to be the rules of conduct from
this on"
He writes measuredly and judicious-
ly, and has not lost his bearings on the
"a OF excessive adulation and sycho-
phanttcy.