The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-11

The French consul at Batavia lays
stress on the Importance of bamboo as
a material for constructing builders
scaffolding, and he states that in Java
even a lighthouse a been built with
it's help. The owe of resistance of a
bamboo cane measuring eight inches to
ten inches in diameter, even with a
length of sixty-five feet, is enormous.
Moreover, bamboo is said not to rot
either when in the ground or in water,
while the drier and older it grows the
firmer it becomeS.-EXchange.
According to Kaiser Wilhelm's recent
order, any woman who aspires to be-
come the wife of an officer in his army
must first satisfy the superiors of the
officer who wants to marry her with
proof Of her income, the standing of her
parents, her education, n the repu-
tation she bears. Before an officers
application to marry is considered he
must describe the bride-elect's father
and give his profession, and if the NO.
man he wishes to wed happens to be a
Divorce. he must give the details of
h divorce. If all this is satisfactory,
and the prospective bridegroom is rich
enough to satisfy the reviewing author
ity, he may go ahead and marry.-New
York Journal.
Deputy United States Marshal Dan
w. Cunningham went UP Loup Creek
Saturday to serve Judge Keller's in
junction on the miners of the Blume
Coal Company. He was met by a crowd
of marching miners, among them beng
Constable Shawyer. of Winona district,
who arrested Cunningham for disorder
ly conduct. Cunningham then, on his
authority as United States deputy mar
shall, arrested the constable. the march
ing party, and later the justice of the
peace who issued the warrant for his
QrrQCf for nnnfp"nf of the IInifQ6
States court. Mr.. Cunningham will
have his trial tomorrow before the other
justice of Winona district, Fayette
county. The other cases will be tried
later before the United States court
Charleston CIV. Va.) Special to Wash
ington Post of July Sth.
There is a very prevalent impression
to the effect that steamships are sure
ly. if slowly. driving sailing craft from
from being the case. and at this mo-
ment there nears completion in the
yards of the Fore River Company a
very leviathan of the deep in the shape
of the largest sailing vessel ever con-
structed, named, for n of the owners
the Thomas NJ. Lawson. The Lawson
is constructed wholly of steel, and some
idea of her dimentions can be gained
from the following quotation from a
Quincy dispatch: "She is 403 feet 4
inches over all and 1868 feet on the wa
ter line. Her beam is so feet and her
depth "a feet 5,inches, with a load draft
of rs feet 6 inches. Her gross tonnage is
about 5000 and the displacement about
ILL., 900. Besides the captain. the Lawson
will carry a crew Of IA men and w
boys. which may seem rather small for
so large a ship, but owing to the many
labor-saving devices introduced her
complement of II hands will be quite
enough to handl the ship undo any
conditions. The Lawson will probably
enter the Goa carrying trade and will
be able to transport 5000 tons."-Augus-
ia Chronicle.
The greatest exhibition of gall l ever
encountered in my life l met right here
in the great and glorious capital, said
| Mr.. NJ. F. Delmar. of New Orleans, at
the Metropolitan. Il needed the SER
vices of a barber. and on entering a
shop on Fourteenth street, noticed that
all the artists save one were employed.
1 never would nave taken this one, had
/ not been in a tremendous hurry. for !
observed him lay down a haf-smoked
/ cigarette the moment of my entrance.
I really did not intend to say anything
to the man, and had made up my mind
To try to ignore the cigarette, but my
| olfactories would not let me: his hands
fairly reeked with the vile Of the
coffin tack. Finally, in the politest way.
and trying to treat the subject loosely,
I suggested that the perfume was too
strenuous and reminded him of the
remedial virtues of soap and wafer.
What do you think 1 got? Not impu-
dence, but a counter-argument based
on the whisky-drinking traits OF numer-
Gus customers. He had. to endure the
aroma of all sorts of alcoholic drinks.
Why should he not infiict as much pun
ishment on his patrons as they did on
him? As calmly as I could. l asked
him IL he thought I had been
That if I had, we were quits; that II
not. he had no right to put his foul
hands on me to get even with those who
gave him offense. In the south, 1 think,
a jury would have cleared me or homi-
eide, but I would take no chance In the
effete east."-Washington Post