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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Jumped on n Ten Penny Vail.

The little daughter of Mr.. J. n. Pow
jumped on an inverted rake made Of
ten penny nails, and thrust one nail en-
.tirely through her foot and a second one
MALT way through. Chamberlain's Pain
Balm was promptly applied and hve
minutes later the pain had disappeared
and no more suffering was experienced.
In three days the child was wearing
her shoe as usual and Wit. absolutely
mo discomfort. Mr.. Powell is a we'll
known merchant of Portland. Va. Pain
Balm is an antisceptic and keals such
injuries without maturation and IN one
third the time required by the usual
treatment. For sale by p. r Bellamy's
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
SUIT AGAINST THE A. c. L.
Negro Sues for Being TO
Ride in iiIr White Car.

Richmond. Va. November 2i-The
suit Of II. W. Hawkes.. colored. against
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for
$4,000 will BE- argued in the Chester
field county court tomorrow.
The plaintiff, who is a negro con-
ducts 4 saloon at Wilson. Va. alleges
that ne was riding in the Jim Crow
car Of the defendant company. when
the conductor insisted that the passen-
ger belonged IN the white coach
Hawkes. refused To go into the white
coach and was put of the tran
Chester.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

When he jabs the fork in deeply and then
draws a long, full breath
And proceeds as If the matter were a
case of life or death,
When the turkeys neck curls backward,
so the bird will slip and sway,
And the sweat stands out on father as he
cuts and jabs away,
Oh, there's something that in some way
makes il hard TO be sedate.
With the stuffing in the turkey and the
turkey on the plate.
Oh, the brown and crispy drumsticks
point up boldly in the air.
And the turkey fops round this way and
as suddenly f1ips there,
Till the celery's knocked over and the
tablecloth is stained
And the look on fathers face is that OF
one extremely panied!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
= 3 4 3 THE LAST
He Says They Cannot s
Grow at Night Save )
just Before Dawn, and !
Buys One to Prove {
His Theory to His ;
Wife, But =. =. I
= = = = - :, -

"In the rooster we behold natures
handicraft. When she created him,
there were no clocks. He was meant
to take the place of them. No farmer
needs a timepiece Of any sort to tell
when daylight is approaching. Always
and invariably at 3 O'Clock in the morn
ing the rooster
Observation-Disclosures" came in clarion
notes from the back yard.
Our clock must be about seven
hours SLOW" quietly observed Mrs.
Bowser as she looked up.
What do you e. by that, mad
amp"
why, it isn't quite s yet, and still
your rooster is growing"
II deny it. What you hear is either
the yawp of a street peddler or the
howl Of a dog. The sound is no more
like the growing of a rooster than
black is like white"
"Cock-a-doodle-door' shrieked the
fowl.
Poor street peddler, poor dog!w
sighed Mrs. Bowser as she rose up to
make a retreat upstairs.
stop, wOman!" shouted Mr.. Bowser.
You are inclined to be sarcastic at my
expense, but it won't work. A few
evenings since you had the audacity to
assert hat a rooster would crow at
any hour of the night that suited him.
1 commended that such was not the
case. l have gone to the trouble of
bringing home a fowl to disprove your
assertion"
"And he is growing before 8 o'clock
in the evening"
HE is not. He hasn't crowed once.
1 tell you that the sounds you have
heard emanate from
"COck-a-doOdle-door'
Mr.. Bowser's knees gave out, and he
had to sit down, and Mrs. Bowser
made her escape. She had been gone
two minutes when he rose up with his
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Wreck on the Southern.

Charleston. s. G, November ga
special TO the News and Courier. from
Spartanburg. s. c., says:
In a railway wreck on the Southern
Spartanburg this morning at 1:4G
the colored fireman was killed. and
Engineer Solomons seriously injured.
Mary Wilson, a colored passenger, was
dangerously hurt.
The engine AND tender. mail and ex-
press cars were demolished. Three
Wild freight cars that got loose al the
junction ran into the passenger train.
For half a mile dry goods, clothing.
mail and general merchandise were
promiscuousiy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Mother swiftly moves the gravy, loudly

Mother swiftly moves the "a loudly
crying. Mercy sakes!"
And there's something fierce and deadly
in each slash that father makes,
When the turkey, on a sudden. as If re-
endowed with life,
Makes a dash and then a slide and
squirms from under fathers knife:
But, beholding it escaping, he throws all
restraint away
And goes like a bold knight Grant, fear
less, eager, to the fray!
All, beneath the rocking table there are
sounds that breed despair;
Fathers caught the greasy turkey and
they're fighting it out there!
Chicago Record-Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
The Nerve of the borrower.

"That is what I call downright hu-
initiating" said Mrs. Bliggins.
"What has occurred?" inquired her
husband.
1.-THE neighborS who recently moved
next door are going to have company,
so they sent over to borrow our parlor
rug. 1 let them take it, and in a little
while they came back and said they
didn't think it was handsome enough
to go with their furniture and could I
lend them the money to buy a new
one."-Washington Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
News About the Lost Golfers.

Washington, November 24.-Two OF
the four coal barges lost in a gale Off
IHatteras, while the auxiliary squad
ron was on it way from Norfolk to
iCulebra island are believed to have
been by the Prairie which has
ARRIVED at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Several merchant men putting into
Baltimore report having sighted the
Iother two barges drifting on Hatteras
and the tug Hercules has been dis
patched from Norfolk to recover them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

Last winter an infant child Of mine
had Group in a violent FORM" says FL
der John w. Rogers, a Christian Evan
gelist. Of Filley, Mo. Il gave her a few
doses OF ChamberlaIn's Cough Remedy
and in a short time all danger was past
and the child recovered" This remedy
not only cures roup. but when given
as soon as the first symptoms appear.
will prevent the attack. II contains
no opium or other harmful substance
and may be given as confidently to .
baby as TO an adult. Fol sale b" x. x.
RaIIamy. Drug Store
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
A Passing Acquaintance.

care you acquainted with the de-
fendant?"
Every slightly, sah."
"You know him by sight?"
"Not exactly, sah."
"What do you mean by that?"
81 mean dat de night was so dark.
sab, dat 1 couldn't distinguish de gem
mans features on de only occasium
when we encountered, sah."
"And where did you encounter?"
"At de door of de chickin coop, sab,
jest as he wuz comm out."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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>BOWser
p @CN@
. BOOSTERS
- = - - - -

copyright, 1852. by c. z. Lewis.l
~HE row started because Of a
careless assertion on h part
of Mrs. Bowser. She said
that when she was q girl and
lived on a farm they had n rooster
that often crOwed at 10 o'clock at
night Mr.. BOwser promptly denied
that ar such thing could have Oc-
CURED, as nature wound up every
rooster like an alarm clock, and non
was set to go off before 3 o'cloc,, in
the morning.
But this one surely crowed at al
most any hour after dark contended
Mrs Bowser, land we finally had to
make potpie Of him on that account"
"Then your people were guilty of
cold blooded, malicious MURDER he
exclaimed. Il defy the whole universe
to prove that n rooster ever crowed
before the first signs of daylight ap-
peared. He was created for the pur-
pose OF giving farmers warning that
the day was about to dawn, and the
idea of his growing before midnight is
simply absurd. You probably heard
the squeal of q pig or the clack Of a
goose"
Mrs. Bowser said no more, and three
days had passed, and she had forgot
ten the incident, when a rooster vas
delivered at the house in a box. Mr..
Bowser appeared half an hour later
and explained the presence of the fowl
by saying:
1--WE had a little dispute the other
evening. You contended that n rooster
crowed any time he took a notion TO.
4 protested that such was not the case.
4 propose to prove that nature never
makes a fool of herself"
What is the odds to us whether a
rooster crows before or after mid
night?" she asked.
"It is a great deal to US. In the first
place, the study of natural history is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Her T

Mother-If you are Il good girl, Ger
aldine. l will consent hat you have
another piece Of cake.
G~cralG.He-i would prefer, nav, that
you shoUld make hat Indulgence de-
pe2i-., or the cakes being good
RichIuu.d Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Car Works TO be Established.

Mexico City, November 24-It is re-
ported that a car works on a large
scale is to be established in his coun-
try, a favorable concession having
teen granted
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
To be Buried in Arlington.

Houston. Texas. November 24-The
remains OF Captain j. ID. McBlain. L.
S. A. have been shipped TO Washing
ton, d. G, where they will be inferred
in Arlington cemetery.
Captain McBIain was the first officer
TO obtain a commission under the act
of congress permitting enlisted men to
apply for examination
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
~COnsiderate Author.

The critics will get after that new
author for killing his hero SO early in
his story" .
Yes; but a thousand readers will
rise up and call him blessed."-Atlanta
Constitution. ,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

Mobiles Turpentine and Mutton
Suet Lung Plaster is a certain Ire for
w%hooping cough, easy and comfortable.
works while you sleep. 25 cents at r.
r. Bellamy'S.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

McDuffie's Witch Hazel FOO Healer
is one Of the finest baby powders
known, Cures prickly heat and gives IN
slant relief. 25 cents at r. II. Bella
Imy's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Already Introduced.

First Automobilist-Have you ever
met my father?
Second Automobilist-Does he keep
horses? (
Eyes"
"Why, 1 ran across him only the 9th
er day.'-New Yorker. d;
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that II
6 simply iron and Quinine in II taste
form. No Cure No pay soc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER

interest In CattIe-RaisinE-Dr. Cave
Called to Presbyterian Church.
Frank Wynnc cup the aGI-
lows
lows.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28
Their Cocks.

MucG:ns-My cook left because we
refused to treat her as one of the fam
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

Buggins-Humph. My cook expects
to be treated as company.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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copyright, 1852. by c. z. Lewis.l
row started because of a
careless assertion on the part
of Mrs. Bowser. She said
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27
THE PACIFIC CABLE.

The St Louis Mirror, in common
with other sensible papers. takes the
right view on the building of Pacific
cable. 1t says there does not seem to
be much reason in the persons who
reject John W. Mackey's proposition
to lay cable from the Pacific coast
to Manila. His terms are reasonable
and they permit of Government own
ership at any time. His project WE s
opposed, originally, by the Western
Union Company which asked q subsi-
dy, but that opposition failing, the
Western Union suggested a Govern
ment-owned cable. Mr.. Mackey says
he will lay his cable anyhow, and will
always stand ready to sell it at a fair
appraisement. This being the case,
it would seem that the laying of a
cable by the government would be
nothing but waste of money. Mr.
Msckey's proposal seems thoroughly
honest upon its face, whereas the
Western Unions advocacy of a Gov
ernment-owned cable is patiently du-
bious as to intent. There should be a
Pacific cable. There should be one
soon The Government should have
control of it. Mr. Mackey is ready
to stretch the cable, and to give the
Government control whenever it de-
mands control. Until further facts
are forthcoming the uEinitiated citi-
zen must believe that the Mackey
proposition is one that the govern
ment should accept
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

" trembling as the doctor opened the
door.
Good afternoon, Lap. Anything the
matter?''
Il want to see the trem bling in
creased; then his resolution forsook
him utterly and he added, lamely:
sim grinding cider this week; want
any?'
Yes, L think I do Apple crop good
this year?' the dentist asked, detect
ing the signs of nervousness md thin k
ing he understood. They all acted this
way when there was a tooth to be
drawn, the big men being worse than
the rest. But the question went unan-
swered, for Lap had braced himself
and summoned his resolution anew.
There a certain whit about
his lips and queer quaver in his voice,
but he asked his ques ton intelligibly:
Miss Emma at home -
1t was not tooth after all. The
astonished doctor hesitated a moment
then said, hastily:
yes, think 80. VIII you come in ?''
Lap longed to say no, but he followed
the doctor into the Parior- There, be-
ing left alone, he sat down and looked
about him; and he did so the tense
their stead there came a smile of in
tense Standardization
I'm sitting here in her Parlor, and
and my hats hanging out there on the
rack just like it belonged there,''
All his years of waiting came back
to him He sc ened to see a. in glass
a little girl in checked upron stand
ing under an apple tree: and then she
seemed to grow and grow. but always
she had the sunshine on her hair and
smile in her eyes. He had waited for
her to grow up, dreaming dreams
meanwhile of which the world never
guessed Twenty times he had dressed
himself to come here. and as many
times his courage had died away But
he was here at last. and he closed his
eyes and rehearsed the speeches he
meant to make to her He knew just
how she would act, for he had studied
would blush and s9ammer. ane that
meant that she-he opened his eyes,
and the smile spread over his face as
molasses spreads over the fiat surface
of a plate But it disappeared as sud-
denly though some where in his an
atomy an electric button had been
touched for there was \ step in-fa e
hall and Emma Washburn said:
How do you do, Mr. Aston? You
wished to see me -
Lap got up Imply. and from sheer
force of habit nodded his assent in
stead of Spe aking it For moment he
looked longingly at the door through
which she had just entered, as though
outside of 1T lay his one chance of
safety; and then he sat down and
asked eNplosixely if her hens had be-
gun % lay or whether they were still
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27
The Last Heard of IT.

MY little boy took the Group one night
and soon grew bad you could hear him
breathe all over the house, says F. D.
Reynolds. Mansfield, o. 1--WE feared he
would die, but few doses of One Minute
Cough Cure quickly relieved him and he
went to sleep. That's the last heard
of the Group. Now isn't cough cure
like that valuable?'' One Minute Cough
Cure is absolutely safe and acts immedi-
ately. For coughs. colds, Group, grip,
bronchitis and all other throat and lung
troubles it is a certain cure Very pleas
ant to take The little ones like it. Rath
81 cambridge.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

A Gray county man was in Topeka
as delegate to a state convention
several years ago, and feeling some
what athirst he cast about for some
thing to quench it. He noticed at a
certain place men going in and com
ing out, and concluded that must be
a place where refreshments were
served. He entered but found it an
ordinary drug store, but he noticed
that the crowd was passing in and
out of a room in the rear, and as be
approached he found man on guard
at the door, and realizing from the
scrutinizing glances of the sentinel
that he would have to be qualified
and we'll recommended" to gain ad-
mission, he stepped up to the man on
guard and said, @'Do you know Mike
Sutton?" ooh, yes" was the reply
"Well, he's my brother" said our
friend. tWalk right in,'' said the
guard, and opened the door with
courtly bow.-Cimarron Jacksonian
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

By an oversight no formal recog-
milton was given Congressman Long
for his efficient services in Congress,
by the Republican county convention
on Saturday, but the members of the
convention and Republicans of Ford
county fully endorse his congressional
course and appreciate his standing in
Congress. Mr.. Long has suggested
a plan in dealing with Cuba which is
about to be adopted by Congress and
become popular with the people. Our
trade relations with Cuba must be on
the plan of reciprocity. Cuba will
soon be annexed to the United States
and this country must deal kindly
with her. In the county convention
of WHICH we speak there was no com
mittee 81 resolutions or other com
mittees appointed.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27
HIS ONE
ROMANCE
By SARAH BEAUMONT KENNEDY.
Copyrighted. 1900 BY DAILY story Pub Co,

A HE drove down the street the
IA people of the village knew in
srinctively that there was some thin g
unusual in his appearance; but it took
of the change Then they knew that
his buggy was freshly painte d and that
. he wore his Sunday clothes.
Laps was trying to turn dude one
1ounger said to another
yes, he never used to wear store
clothes except Sundays and at funer-
ais, answered the second lounger.
Hes turned down toward Dir.
Washburn's; reckon he must have a
tooth to pull" said the first NAM
''Then the doctor Will have to take
a spell of guessing which tooth it is,
for LaP1l never tell him. I never saw
such a man for shut mouth in my life
He's so sparing of his words that he
just mods his head for yes, and shakes
it for no and kinder grun IS for howdy.
But it don't seem to hurt his business
any; he looks mighty prosperous with
his new fences and barns and his flow
er beds. Wonder if he has notion Of
marrying?''
The other man laughed, MARRY
ingi Why, Lap Aston never looked at
a woman long enough to recognize her
a second time He's that has sinful / be-
1eve he'd jump over the moon if girl
SO much as spoke to him. Oh, yes; I
mean the big ones; he's always been
nice enough to the children who go out
to his farm nutting and berrying- For
ms tance, there's Emma Washburn; he
used to set heap of store by her when
she was little, but he never looks at
her since she put on long dresses"
In the mean time Lap drove slowly
down the street He pa ssed DR.. Wash
burns gate irresolntely hen turned,
came back and dismount ting tied his
horse and went up to the door with
air of grim deterIn ina ton. Yes, the
1ounger was no doubt right; it must
be a tooth. At the sound of the bell
he had himself rung he grew percept-
IDLY paler, and then fell into a coward
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

The very active opposition to the
Bowersock bill has killed it before it
has had chance to be considered by
congressional committee. Public
sentiment is strong against it in the
west, and the emphatic protest has
aroused general comment. The Ford
county Republican convention took a
positive and unanimous action in a
disapproval Of the bill, on Saturday.
1t is not a measure of benefit to the
public interests. It tends to monopo-
~ and is against public policy
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

Senator McLaurin called Senator
Tillman liar in the Senate chamber,
when the latter struck the former and
fight ensued. This d;sgraceful af-
fair has not only shocked the dignity
of the Senate but the country as we'll
Senator Frye, president pro tenn of
the senate has given directions to the
clerks that the names of Senators
Tillman and McLaurin must not be
called on roll calls until further no.
tice. This fixes the status of the
Senators, who are practically suspen-
ded from all senatorial functions.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

IF Congressman Bowersock had
known what a row his bill to lease the
grazing lands at 2 cents an acre was
going to stir up, he probably would
not have introduced it as he did by
request. For the benefit of the hun
dreds who are writing TO him about
1T and opposing the measure it is said
that it has no show of being passed,
as it will not be recommended by the
committee. No one is behind it or
urging that it be passed and it will
die peaceful death in some pigeon
ole.-Leavenworth Times.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27
MADNESS AVERTED.
How Hindoos Regulate Their Lfvez
and Treat Their Disa-


Why there so few 1unatic asy-
1ums. and SO small proportion of in
sane persons, in, India? That is cues
ton which many a traveller has won
dering.y asked. Two of the essential
conditions that lead o insanity in our
own country are ever present in India
namely. great heat and bad food, vet
the HiHdoo is strangely free from mem
tai aberra ton, says the Cincinna ii En-
quirer.
The Hindoos regulate their lives en-
tire1y in accordance with their reIi-
gion: that is, their working. eating
sleeping. well what we usually
regard as our life in the religious
sense of the word. Everything is ar
ranged for them, and they follow the
rules now just they did 1000 years
ago. This constant observance of the
same rules for 20 centuries has nodded
the brains of the race into one shape
as it We're; and although their rites are
queer enough. yet there is but al occa-
sionaI example of that striking devia-
ton from the common, which is called
insanity in countries inhab ited by the
white race
They are fataiisIs. foo- with them
1T is case of ..sSha L is to be, Will be-
carried to the extreme This has in
time given them the power to take all
things calmly. and so freed them from
the anxiety that drives so many white
men into the luna tic asyIsms.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27
Kansas Wheat is all Right.

Reports from nearly every county
in wheat belt say outlook is most pro-
mising. A Topeka dispatch says the
condition of the growing crop in
Kansas could not be better than it is
at the present time. Local people
everywhere say that the crop has not
been in jured in the least, and that the
recent SHOWS, which have kept the
ground covered nearly all over the
wheat belt, will furnish moisture I'M
til spring rains. A few rains will be
necessary about the time the crop be-
gins to head. Usually wheat is dam
aged in Kansas by the March winds,
but there IS no danger of that this
year. The dirt is wet and packed
closely and the wheat roots are well
protected. The acreage in the wheat
belt is greater this year than ever and
the farmers are confident that they
will beat last years big record.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-27

The Kansas Populists, by vote of
19S to 165 in a State conference at
Topeka, resolved to go it alone in
State politics. The resolution was
adopted IN this form: I'VE recon-
mend that a state convention of the
Peoples party of Kansas he called
for the purpose eff nominating state
ticket. We demand a vigorous cam
paign in favor of our State ticket and
for the PRONUNCIATION of the princi-
pies of the Peoples party.