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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
tor of q Slave.

To be bound hand and foo for years
lby the chains Of disease Is the worst
form Of slavery. George D. Williams,
Iof Manchester, Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: MY
wife has been so helpless for five years
THAT she could not turn over in beo
lalone. After using two bottles of Elec-
Uric Bitters, she is wonderfully i'm
lproved and able to do her own work"
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
Ilessness, melancholy. headache, back
lache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
Ito weak, sickly, run down people. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only so cents. Sold
Iby r. r. Bel.amy, Druggist.
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Tt saved His Leg.

+. A. Danforth, of lagrange, Ga,
suffered Intensely for six months with
a frightfui running sore on his leg, but
writes hat Bucklen's Arniea Safve
wholly cured IL in ten days. For Ill
Gers. Wounds, Burns. Boils, Pain or
piles fits the best sa1ve in. the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only Csc. Sold by
r r Bellamy, Druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
Aeainst the Gould Trustee

lTnJunction Against the Gould Trustees
New York, Jauary 30.@Justice Beach
in the supreme court today signed the
formal order directing George j. Gould
Edwin Gould. Howard Gould and Helen
M. Gould. as trustees of the estate of
1.-THE late Jay Gould. their father, not to
Ipay yer any moneys to their sister
Anna, Countess de Castellane. more
than $500, 600 a year pending the trial
IF the suit brought by Anton ]. Dit
lmar
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
superintendent of Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company.

New York. January 30.-At a meet
ling of directors of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
held here boday, w. Z. Gentry, of At
|lanta, Ga, was appointed general man
lager of that company with headquar-
tiers at Atlanta Mr.. Gentry succeeds
Charles H. Wilson, who resigns to be-
come general superintendent of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, with headquarters at New
York.
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Aehore

Thomaston, Maine, January 30.-The
|rhomaston schooner Lizzie ]. Parker,
with a general cargo. is ashore on
sourtouan keys, about It's miles from
BORT Limon. The Lizzie Parker vas
suilt here in 1899. She Is 1899 gross
tonnage.
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Grew of Wrecked Schooner Rescued

OF Wr6CkBu h6SCupu
New York, January 30.-Captain l..
|J. Birmingham and five men, constitut-
ling the entire crew Of the schooner AL
bert Mason, were brought here today
ION board the steamer San Juan, of the
New York and Porto Rico Line. The
Albert Mason, which hailed from Nor
folk. Va. january 18th, for New York,
with a cargo Of lumber. became water
and unmanageable, and was
January 9th. in latitude
|32:52; Longitude 71:41. The schooenr
was of 271 ton burden, and was built
lin 1861.
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The North China D.,ly News asserts
{! at while a quantity OF Chinese gun
Hal Kwan there was an explosion and
forty Japanese soldiers were killed.
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There's a tower of Piano Strength and Money
Value in a single word of ts--STIEFF

CHARLES NJ. STIEFF, Piano Manufacture, Baltimore, Md.
North and South Carolina Factory Branch WaHmn. 23 \. Tuen Street, Charlotte, Mc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

feet high, bears pretty yellow fow-
er and lives through a number Of
years. The name is derived from the
fact that the edges Of its radical leaves
always point north and south, and the
faces are therefore turned east and
west.
Hunters. travellers and horsemen on
the trackless prairies depend in great
part upon this plant TO get their bear
ings. Even On dark nights 1t serves as
a guide. If the lost traveller can feel
the edges OF the leaves, he can at once
locate the points of the compass
Longfellow in his beautiful poem OF
Evangeline refers to this plant when
heroine over the western prairies in
search Of her exiled Acadian lover.
Scientists ascribe the action OF the
leaves of the plant in always pointing
aorth and south as due to the effect OF
light.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
sarah Grand,s wit.

Nine. Sarah Grand's lectures in Eng
land during the past winter have been
attended with singular success. Clever,
accomplished and charming. she talks
brilliantly and lectures with easy grace
and finish. People who have rushed
to hear her In the hope that her leo
lures would SAVIOR of the problems in
THE Heavenly Twins" and "Babs the
impossible" and who expected to be
mildly shocked, have been disappoint-
ed. But they have been agreeably sur
prised in other ways by her sense of
humor, which is the salt of her speak
ing as well as her writing. Recently
she sent a London audience into
screams of laughter when she respond
ed to the cry from Australasia us
1000 wives" I'm behalf of 1000 Eng
fish benedicts, I reply, Take ours!
Take oursi,"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

Jesse HOdmeiSter, who was all the
rage at PittsOurg a few years ago. has
been let out by Terre Haute and has
Joined the New Orleans team
Joe Quinn has been playing major
league ball continuously for seventeen
years. He is now thirty-six years Of
age. and can put up as good an all
round game as any of them
Joe Hornung. the veteran base ball
player. is umpiring in the Western
Association. Joe is said TO be doing
good work with the indicator and is
receiving words of praise on all sides.
Four of the American League play
ers have a batting average of over
.400-Laioie, Keister. Seybold aud
Freeman-while but two of the Ma
tional League batters are at present
over this mark-Strsng and Heidrick.
Pitcher waddell. the eccentric left
handler of the Chicagos. got his title
of ssRube" while in Franklin. Pa. In
1896. He was knocked senseless in a
game by high line ball, but recovered
and won his game. That night the
manager of the opposing team met
him and said: no one but a sRuhe'
could recover from an injury like that
and finish the game The name
~Rube" stuck to him from that out
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

Russia's fleet consists of p first
class battleships, yielding to none in
the world in excellence and perfection,
though three or four of the japanese
battleships have certain qualities of
superior weight; one second-elass bat
tleship, 16 coast defense ships. and %
cruisers of the first-class. or fully ar
mored. Twenty-three battleships and
% cruisers. therefore. may stand as
the backbone of Russia's naval
strength, a force well seconded by full
compliments of coast defense ships,
second and third-class cruisers, gun
boats, torpedo boats, torpedo destroy
ers. transports. auxiliaries and all that
pertains to them. The Russian heavy
guns are second 20 none and the bat
teries of 6-inch and 4.7-ineh quick-fir-
ing guns leave nothing to wish for. The
secondary small arm batteries are
likewise perfectly equipped. The Rus
sian warships are. in fact, the most
numerously armed in the world.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

The work OF the Cincinnati team
so far this season has been of high
order. With the material of which the
club is composed it was not thought
that it would occupy a very high place
in the race for the National League
pennant, even az the start of of the
season But baseball is full of sur
prises and the Cincinnatis once more
exemplified the old saw The fine
work of the Reds star twirIers-Frank
Hahn and big Bill" Phillips has
contributed more than any other cause
TO the high standing of the team. The
former has particularly distinguished
himself in the box No pitcher in the
league. with the exception of Mathew
son. has made better record thus far.
His recent feat of striking out 16 OF
the Boston players has rarely, if ever.
been duplicated in the National
League.
Hahn is a native of Nashville, Tenn,
and is in his twenty-hfth year. Before
his debut as a member OF the Cincin-
natis he pitched for the. Montgomery,
Columbus and Nashville clubs of the
Southern League and the Detroit club
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Laneuaee m rbe PbiTipDfnes.

1t was first reported that Spanish
was to be the language of the Fill
Pine courts for FIVE years. but Judge
Taft's code has been amended on mo
ton OF Mr.. Ide so that both Spanish
and English may be used in court pro-
eeedings. and the records must be kept
is both. This modification was de-
sirable because the language Of the
government which controls the coun-
try should appear in all the official
records, but any forcible attempt 70
make English the language of the peo-
pie would certainly end in failure and
a modification under gentler influences
will require years for its accomplish
ment. Though the Spaniards were in
possession of the islands for three cen
turtles and more. Spanish had not be
come the universal language of the ma
tives when the Spanish rule was ter
minated. There were several different
languages and between twenty and
thirty different dialects. and many OF
the people knew no Spanish at all
Time had simply sufficed 10 make II
common near the seats of government
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
LEAGrEs NAY d0IN.

Significant and half-deyelOped hints
concerning possible amalgamatIon, Of
The two major baseball leagues Of the
country. when the magnates Of the
great organizations meet next fall to
consider heir plans for the following
year, as being given circulation with
a frequency that forebodes realization.
Enough proof has been given the Lead
er Of both bodies that all Of the big
teams, whether they belong TO the
American or the National League, VIII
finish the present year with plenty of
money in the treasures. This IS
enough to give assurance that both are
permanent organizations. unless one
voluntarily gives way to the other.
Thus far there is not team this year
that has not made a handsome profit
when the expenditures and the receipts
are counted up. With this state of af-
fairs outlined before them the mag
mates Of the rival organizations are
not going to allow any foolish war to
spoil their chances of raking in the
dollars. They have their eyes opened
to the fact now that the players are
the persons who are being benefited by
the rivalry, and they see, too. where
thousands Of dollars in expense money
may be eliminated by coalition. As
things now stand every player Of any
ability is at a premium. Whenever a
good one wants TO jump from one
league to the other there Is always a
tempting bit Of salary awaiting him
and he has only to say that he wants
it in order to get it. The magnates are
too wise not to see that this is a use
less burden to carry, and although il
is highly probable no such thing has
ever been discussed by the officials OF
the two organizations with one anOth-
er it cannot be said that such move
ment has been unthought Of There
may never be an open amalgamation
Manifestly this would be a foolish
move. since the supporters of each
league, especially where the teams
come into conflict in the same cities
would lose their interest But there
can easily be a secret understanding
through which league will be careful
not to encroach upon the rights Of tins
other
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

on which were kindled beacons. These
Turing many a grand ship to destruc-
ton of the chill waters of the Kill Won
Kull The wreckers distracted doub-
looms from Spanish galleons and Louis
d'0rs from French barks. These i'll
gotten gains are said to have been
placed in the identical kettle which
was found by Mr. Wygant and Mr..
Redmond. They had engaged the ser
vices of Mr.. Thomas Brown, an emil
nent young attorney, some days be-
fore they secured the contract for the
demolition of the old house, which re-
suited in finding the treasure.
Everybody in Port Richmond knows
MEL" Wygant and his livery stable.
He is a man of large dimensions and a
merry eye. He is around fifty, and is
counted one of the richest men in the
village. He owns many houses. The
story that he had found a lot of gold
under the ruins of the old Hatfield
house excited the whole village to the
fever point. The old house was land
mark. and was over a hundred years
old. For all that time it was the home
of the Hatfelds. Many tales are told
of the Hatfields. The original Hatfield
owned over 100 acres of land in the
vicinity. The last Hatfield to live in
the old house was John D. He died in
1892. Then it fell into the hands OF
John J. Hatfield. Mr.. Charles Rosen-
berg. a wealthy New York merchant
bought the farm, and is cutting it into
lots. The house was torn down to gel
IL out of the way. After removing the
house the contractor sold the stone
10 Mr.. Wygant for $40 1t was while
digging in the masonry that he and
Mr. Redmond found the pot contain
ing. it is said. $4,000 in gold.
The gold is kept carefully hidden
away in a safe somewhere on the
island. Unless the claimants can
identify it they cannot sue for its re-
covery, and the finders do not mean to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
ARE PAINTED TOO BLACK.
spIders are Deserving of More Consid-
aration Than They Receive.

s,,dars Are Deserving of More Consid-
Grafton Than They Receive.
"There are many kinds of spiders
hosides those that annoy the house
Ito with their webs stuck up in the
.arnars OF the rooms and in the win
sovs where she has been too busy
nth the sewing to look after the
house much" says recent writer on
scientific subjects" but every kind
q an appetite on eight legs and thor
oughly convinced that no one can be
strong and hearty that lives on vege-
tahles. They all spin more or less,
rvbenee their name. which is con-
traction of spinder or spinner. Also,
.hev bite, and If you listen to all the
sool stories that are told, when a
snider bites you you will save time by
sending for the lawyer to make your
-.s,u and telegraph for the boys TO
.an,a home at once if they want to
40 YOU alive. But l will tell you as
hotween educated people that know a
Ming or two and do not get scared
s,,ar eyery little trifie that SPIDER
S,,e Is no worse than mosquitoes
aot so bad, in fact. A big spider can
,.uI q small bird with its poison. but
!. only makes mans arm swell up
"a burt for day or less and not
snrt very much at that. Bertkau
so,,ld not feel the ordinary domestic
suider on the thick skin of his hand,
sna only between the fingers could
she spider make puncture like that
- a duh pin. The worse result was
vat Il itched little Blackwell had
shem draw blood. but that was all.
Though one spider bit another so
sard that its liver ran out it lived
cor more than a year afterward. AS
Ear these terrible tarantulas, either the
stories told about victims having TO
aance TIL they fell down in exhaus-
siou in order TO escape death and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
weIlInr.on.. Appst,.e E..IIr saltsa.

The Duke of Wellington's personal
tastes and habits, like those OF most
great men, were very simple. He
cared not for show or pOmp of any
kind. In his diet he was very abstem-
ious, even to the injury, it appears,
of his health. He, of course, kept a
first rate French cook for his guests.
The cook, it is said. one day suddenly
resigned. The duke in establishment
asked the reason.
Was his salary Insufficient"
mo. my salary is very handsome.
But I am not appreciated. 1 cook
your dinner myself. dinner fit for a
king. You say nothing. I go out and
leave the undertook to cook your
dinner. He gives you dinner fit for
pig. You say nothing. l am not
appreciated. 1. must co.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

Rev. George Grenfell has been COM
missioned by Robert ArfSSagton. a
wealthy man of Leeds. England. to es-
tablish chain of Christian missions
across Africa MIR. Grenfell has long
been the friend and confidant of Leo
pold. king of the Belgians, by whom
he was created a. commander of the
Royal Order OF the Lion. He was Sc
lected by the king of the Belgians to
act as special commissioner for the
delimitation of the Congo frontier, and
travelled 1000 miles on oxback during
his journeyings, which occupied two
years, and compelled him to occupy
the same tent and dangerous surround
ings for the whole of that time.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27
Ole 0,eekIT
Panorama.


TIE Problem of Coeducoffon-
In all that IS said at university com
mencements this year nothing viii
merit more serious attention than the
references to cOeducatson VII ch occ n
in the annual report read By D.. BON
bright az NoFthweste n The Evan
stOn institution Is not one from which
We should expect TO hear any doubts az
TO the Availability Of the system It
has been thoroughly c5mmi te 10 Z
and one Of its most conspicuous ex-
empIars- Yet DR. BonbrfgEt exclaims:
Is the system Of coeducatIon in
Northwestern University still On rrialz
Perhaps.
The facts here. as at stanford seem
to show that it is a system which can
not be kept in a state Of eaufl brium.
because the phenomena Of the high
schools are repeated at the universe
ties The latter tend to becone gi -
colleges In ten years. for example,
the girls attendance al Northwestern
has increased from IS Per cent 10 near
ly 80 per cent. and this year there
are more young women than yrung
men in the graduating class The gem
eraI tendency has bsen increased by
the policy OF eneouE aging gifts for der
mirOries for the young women in pref
erence to the young men. and Dr.. Bon
bright suggests that the girls enroll
ment should be limited By the capacity
Of the dormitories
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

The base ball profession has no
better known or more interesting fig
ure in its ranks than AIeck Smith,
Broadway" AIeck, as he is known.
Smith is one OF the best catchers in
the country and is now winning new
laurels by the manner in which he is
handling the shoots of that pitching
thundeTbolt, Christie Matthewson, on
the New York team It is no easy mat
ter for any backstop TO stand the
eannonading Of pitcher ike this won
derfuI young coIlegian, who is eharac-
terized by many base ball experts as
the best twirler that the diamond has
ever known. His speed is said to sur
pass that OF the great RUsie in his
paImiest days. New York is therefore
Cxceedingly fortunate in having a
catcher like Smith to back him up.
Aleck has been a member Of the
Brooklyn team for several years. He
was farmed to the Hartford club in 's5
and caught in 107 consecutive games
for that team. He was one of the
crowd Of base ball players who took
the trip to the Pacific coast in 1851.
New York secured his services this
year Smith is well known in all
sporting circles, being regular at
tendant at all the big fights. horse
races. etc He IS a familiar figure
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

name compares fayorably; for exam
pie: Acts of the Apostles.
This is name found in an English
parish register: Acsapostle, son OF
Thomas and Elizabeth Pegden, was
baptized Aug. 2, 1875. Again this name
figures in records in 1888, when Acts
of the Apostles son of Richard and
Phebe Kenneth, was baptized. This
name, curious as it is, is preferable TO
What, or Dun Spiro Spero. names with
which children have been handicapped.
1t was patriotic American who be-
slowed upon his young hopeful the
name of Declaration of independence
A most warlike name is Robert Alma
Balaclava Inkerman Sebastopol Delhi
Dugdale, who is an English innkeep-
er's son. A similar name is Richard
Occur de Lion Tyler Walter Hill.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

of the Western League. AT the close
OF the season of 1897 he was purchas-
ed by the Cincinnati club but refused
to report in that city. the salary being
below the Cincinnatis and did good
work. Last year he did not show up
as well as expected. lack of control be-
ing the principal reason for his inef-
fectiveness. This year his pitching
arm appears to be all right and he was
sent into the box on every possible oc-
casion before the other Cincinnati
pitchers were able to get into any kind
of form.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

great natural shreUdness. He got pos
session Of number Of Manitoba land
grants in some way or other and
evolved an elaborate scheme fol- run
ming a railroad out into that wilder
ness, dividing the land of into farms
and city lots and ceiling It. He inter
ested some of the richest men in his
plan, talked them into putting up the
money for the road and 1t was built.
The lots were sold right of all right
and the road was a success. Later on
Hill got control Of it, having started
with nothing but some plans on paper
That was his beginning and he has
been going ahead ever since. He is a
wonderful money-maker.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

madness were tremendous whoppers
or tarantulas don't bite as bad as they
used to. 1t is true that in those days
the Italian violinists had to work
overtime composing tarantelles to
play for the bitten, but still there were
sneering skeptics that said it was all
a scheme got up to pass the hat for
the wife and family of the suffering
man whom a malignant spider had
bitten while he was out looking for a
job. Dufour had a tarantula that was
quite tame and gentle. She took flies
from his fingers like dear thing"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

rugged. grizzIed man of about IS, with
q big bushy beard. hard and rather
fierce mouth. and a chin that makes
him do anything and go everywhere
He lost an eye through an accident
during q shoot al the late Lord Low
his washbuckliug appearance His
great journey was TO the PamIrs.
where he shot the famous Ovispoll-
His adventures in this strange land he
told in a book Lord DunmOre has one
son. Lord Finczstle. who wears the
V. C. for an act Of heroism during the
last Indian frontier war
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

The first meeting OF the Players
Protective Association since it ratified
the agreement entered into between
the National League and it's represen-
tatives in regard to contracts for the
present season, will be held this
month The fact that the players sue
ceeded so well in bringing the National
League around to their terms has made
some OF the more Eighty members Of
the organization holder. and they are
now advocating that when the League
meets next fall a resolution of the
players shall be presented to the mag
mates in which the players shall insist
that the salaries which are in force
this seaon shall hold over for next-in
other words. there shall be no enforce
ment of the salary limit rule in 1902.
and that there shall be no reduction in
salaries An insistsnce on this point
will do more than anything that the
magnates can devise to bring about
a speedy settlement OF the differences
between the National League and The
American League Neither organiza-
ton can afford to pay for another year
the salaries that players are drawing
this season. As a matter of self-pro-
lection they must get together. so that
salaries may again be brought TO an
equitable basis. and base ball at least
saved from being a losing venture for
the men who have invested thousands
in it. Let but the players insist on
this legislation concerning salaries and
they are certain to see peace between
the National and the American. also
a decided shrinkage in their pay in
1902.-Sporting Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-27

York can try all four umpires. and
then take any one it wants and object
to all the rest. If New York can do
that with one umpire / can see nothing
to prevent it going through the list.
I'm in a hopeless minority All that
is left is TO shut my eyes and hold
my nose said before the season
started I hoped everything would be
punched this year. guess we are
getting everything that Is coming"