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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01
Drug.tores Old and New.

Sometimes it seems as if drugstores
have everything except drugs. The
middle aged nan or woman remembers
when the apothecary shop had a dis.
tinctive smell of drugs and chemicals.
Nothing was in sight but jars of WON
drously colored liquids and powders,
crystals and sticks and drawers of Gu
rious things with Latin labels. The
only thing that was at all attractive
for the women was the case of fancy
soaps and perfumes, with face powders
and cosmetics, and for the men the case
of cigars. The soda fountain made the
Instrumentation. 1t was no such preten-
tious affair as now dominates the cor
ner drugstore, however. 1t stood mod
estly on one end Of the counter. There
were five or six kinds Of sirups and no
ice cream or hot drinks. Later candy
found a place in the apothecary's, then
came stationery, and now there are all
sorts of bric-a-brac.-New York Press.
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GOLDsBORO GOSSIP.
A Case of Whfte-Capping Near War
saw-Mrs. John r. Smith Critically
IlI-Splendid Crops.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
GoldsbOro, N. c., June &c.
1t is reported here today that an old
negro living on Mr.. PowelI's planta-
ton near Warsaw became offensive to
the white people in his community and
was taken from his home last Thurs
day night n severely whipped. He
remained from home for three or four
days, but it is said that he has gone
back home again. During his absence
the sheriff of the county tried to find
him, but failed. Just what offenSe he
a committed could not be learned.
The affair remained secret until last
Saturday afternoon, when some of the
Negroes family reported the matter in
Warsaw. They said hat the crowd
who took the negro away warned them
not to say anything.
The condition of Mrs. inc r. Smith
wife of the ex-sheriff of this county,
is such that her son, DR.. Luby Smith,
of Arcadia, Fla, has been summoned
to her bedside. Today the sad ending
of her long and useful life is momen-
tarily expected. In their aff1iction and
bereaVment h family have the SYM
pathy of the whole community.
The festival in the Baptist Sunday
school room last night to raise FUNDS
with which to make improvements TO
the church was a decided success and
the encouragement which the ladies re-
ceived has led them to repeat the en-
tertainment tonight
The crops in this section are the best
they ave been for years and are very
different from what they were last
year at this time, when the country
was flooded from excessive rains. Ali
crops are looking very we'll except to-
bacCo and this is improving since the
recent delightful rains.
The junior base ball team of Wilson
will play the Goldsboro juniors at the
park in this city tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01
ssThe Great Unknown"

For thirteen years the author OF
"Waverley" was unknown. Indeed the
country spoke Of him as "the great I'M
KNOWN" a pseudonym Sir Walter
Scott often employed in writing. But
on Feb. %, 1927, Sir Walter gave a din
ner party to which, among others, Lord
Meadowbank, the judicial magnate,
who Glanced to know his hosts secret,
was invited. Then when the toasts
were being drunk Meadowbank, with
SCOTS permission, got up and proposed
the health Of 'the great unknown, Sir
Walter Scott" The effect was magical.
and the news spread through the coun-
try like wildfre. Indeed that dinner
and the secret it disclosed was the
most talked of event of the year.
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e n THERE.

why do you spit on YOU bait?" ask
ed the city angler sarcastically of The
boy with the bent pole and knotted
line. HUH" replied the urchin
That's a fool question. I've ketched
four fish since you got here, an you
hain't had a bite."-Boston Post.
A populist politician Of Kentucky,
who says he believes in the initiative
and referendum. was fined 500 the 9TH
er day for kissing a girl without her
consent. His initiative may have been
all right, but inaSmuch as the girl did
not ratify it the court said he would
have to pay up.-Savannah News.
There was nothing narrow-minded
about Senator Morgan's final action on
the isthmian canal bill. Though con-
WINGED in his own mind that the Mica
ragua route was the better of the two
under consideration. he changed his
vote when he saw his ideas could not
prevail. and voted 7or the Panama
route rather han see the whole en-
terprise fail. To him it was more i'm
portant that a ship canal should be
constructed than that it should be To-
Gated in one particular place. and no
where else. That was craftsmanship
philadelphia Ledger.
Litchfield, Conn, has more historic
trees than any Other TOWN. IN New Ell
gland. Among others are two elms
planted by John c.. Calhoun; a syca-
more said to be n of the thirteen
planted by oliver Wolcott, signer of
the Declaration of Independence, and
named after the thirteen original colo
MES: an elm which served as a whip
ping post in colonial days, and a will
low tree which grew from a walking
stick stuck in h ground by Colonel
Talmadge, the American officer who
captured Major Andre, the British spy.
Philadelphia Record
The Bible for the coronation service
will be an Oxford large quarto book,
the joint gift of the universities or Ok
ford and Cambridge. 1t was bound at
the Oxford University Binding House,
in London, red polished levant morocco
leather being employed for the pur-
pose. On both covers is a Tudor rose
border; on the front a cottage roof
centre design inclosing the royal arms;
on the back the arms of Edward the
Confessor, Oxford University, Cam
bridge University and Westminster
Abbey. The doublure is of russia leath-
ed with a plain border, h rose, thistle
and shamrock being introduced as
ornaments. There is no clasp or metal
corners, but the edges are solid gilt
New York Tribune
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The Canary In n Little Pig.

The canary is always regarded as a
small eater, just as the pig is notorious
for it's gluttony. People with small ap-
petites are often twitted for not eating
more than enough to feed a canary.
and this led a man who was a tiny eat
er to watch the yellow bird and report.
He found that a canary that weighed
PAT grains ate just thirty-two times its
w weight I'm a month; that is. 1t ate
rather more than Its Own weight on an
average every day. Anyone who watch
es the little bird will notice that IL is al
ways eating. Now, says the investiga-
tor, a pig doesn't eat its own weight ev-
cry day, glutton as 1t is. Hence he
thinks hat the canary deserves to be
classed as q little pig.-London An
SwerS.
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That lear old crocodile tear, the well
a of the public, is once more pro-
duced in opposition to the Enclosure of
street car platforms. Such Enclosure,
declare the public spirited and self
sacrificing managers of trolley lines,
would work great hardship to the pub
lie, since it would make slower the pro-
cess OF loading and unloading cars,
and would thus compel the companies
to run fewer cars and to diminish the
already inadequate service. If the IN
closure of the platforms really would
have such an effect the spectacle OF
the trolley managers being moved by
such a consideration would be "just
too funny for anything" Bur that it
would have UGH an effect is rot t. be
demonstrated, not ven with diagrams,
logarithms and quadratic equations,
unless, indeed, the trolley managers
propose to LOAD and unload passengers
right over the daShEoards. At present
all passengers go in and out through
a paSSageway between the corner OF
the car body n the post which sup
ports the platform hood. They would
do precisely the same if the platform
were Enclosed, and the paSSageway
would or might then be just as wide as
it is now, so that ingress and egresS
would not be in the least impeded. In
lust one respect the carrying capacity
of the car lines might be lessened by
the Enclosure of the platforms. Al
present it is the custom on crowded
cars for half a dozen or more men and
boys to stand on the buffer outside the
dashboard of the al platform. II
might not be practicable to furnish
accommodations for them there if the
platforms were incloSed. so that in
stead OF carrying a hundred passengers
on a "a built for forty the company
would have to be content with ninety
four or ninety-hve. But we are not
at all sure that even that objection
is of sufficient force to condemn the
whole vestibule scheme.-New York
Tribune.
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VALPARAISO AMUSEMENT.
Sunday Is the Great Gala Day For
Rich and Poor Alike.

All around the edge OF Valparaiso
hay is a string OF little towns Sc close
together that you cannot readily dis
lcover where one leaves OF and the
next begins The most ~pretentious OF
these is yina del Mar, which is s very
popular 0aside resort. During the
summer season, from December TO
February, it is a gay place. 4 short
distance from the town Is the "cancha.'
or race track. in connection with which
ARE golf links. cricket and polo
grounds. all managed by the English
sporting clubs. The polo matches and
the races are over by the 1st OF Deem
Der, but cricket, golf and tennis 60 on
tall summer. Tennis tournaments are
held, lasting for several weeks. Most
lof these sports. with the exception OF
tennis, which goes on all the time.
take place on Sunday. Sunday is the
great gala day, when all the popula-
ton, rich and poor alike. turn u TO
have a good time.
The common people find their hol!-
day sport in getting gloriously drunk.
If you walk along the street on Sun
day afternoon, you must not be sur
Idividuals decidedly unsteady on their
feet. The little wineshops do a rush
ing business, and there is always a
large crowd about the door watching
and loudly ~applauding the dancing Of
the ~"cueca," which goes on all day.
This is a sort of national dance, per-
formed to the accompaniment of the
guitar. The dance is quaint and rath-
er pretty if the dancers are sober, but
in its ordinary environment it is far
from inviting.
During n good season at Vina del
Mar One has an excellent opportunity
of seeing the a~ristocratic Chileans of
Santiago. Ii January Santiago is very
warm, and the society people come
down to the coast during the hot
weather. The ladies are many of
them quite handsome. They all dress
gorgeously and have very bad man
ners. They stroll along the hotel piaz-
"a, and if they see anything that
arouses their curiosity in any of the
rooms they stop and look on serenely,
regardless Of the occupant. They
never make their appearance until 10
or IL o'clock III the morning, when
they 60 down to the beach for a morn
ing dip. After the IL O'Clock break
fast they disappear until 4 o'clock,
when they all come out in gowns that
would rival Solomon in all his glory.
They either drive on the beach and
trail their skirts and embroidered chif-
fons through the sand or stroll up and
down the long platform of the railroad
station, watching the trains pass,
These exciting diversions occupy them
until dinner. Sometimes there are
dances in the evening-dances called SO
only by courtesy, for they rarely
dance; they only walk around and ex-
hibit their gowns.-Indianapolis News.
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What shall be the result of the agi-
tation for better election methods IN
Augusta, n whether or not we shall
succeed in eliminating h purchas-
able voter, will depend upon public
sentiment in the matter. 1t is not a
question of law, but a question of
whether or not the people will enforce
the law. If the people do not care any
thing about the purcase of votes, ard
the best men in h community ara
willing to contribute funds for the pur-
pose and make arrangements for their
purchase on election day, it is useless
to make laws against 1.-THE laws will
not be enforced n even if guilty par
ties were indicted they could not be
convicted before a jury made up of
men who had taken active part in rails
ing the campaign funds and employ
ing men to disburse them.-Augusta
Chronicle.
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POWERFUL G
Some Historic Shriekers Who Ante
dated the Famous tentor.

Some Historic Shrfekers Who Ante
dated the Famous stentor.
The question has often been asked.
"Who was the most loud voiced man
Of history?' The answer usually is
that 1t was Stentor, OF whom Homer
says his voice was as loud as hat OF
fifty other men combined and from
which we get the phrase "stentorian
voiced" But we have record OF two
historic "shriekers' anterior to Homer.
We read where Simeon and Levi fought
against the twelve men OF the city OF
Sarton and that Levi beheaded one
man with his own sword. In chapter
80, verse Al, of the book referred 10 the
story is related in the following words:
"AnG the sons of Jacob seeing that
they could not prevail over the twelve,
Simeon gave a QUO and tremendous
shrek, and the eleven remaining men
were stunned by the awful Shrek"
In chapter 80, same book. verse 10,
we find the following account OF the
battles of the sons Of Jacob with the
seems as though the battle was both in
the front and in the rear and that the
warriors on the wall were throwing
spears and hurting stones upon the
sons Of Jacob. What next occurred, as
related in chapter and verse above
cited, is recorded in these words:
"And judah, seeing that the men OF
Gaash were getting too heavy for
them, gave a piercing and tremendous
- - III
terrified at Judah's cry, and men fell
from the wall at the sound Of his pow
erful shrek, and all those that were
without as well as those within the
city were greatly afraid Of their lives"
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A NEGRO DRCAPITATED
BY 8 Train Near Raleigh--Colonel An.
drew's Health Observation-Disclosures.
-tiary Receipts Exceeding Expenses.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, Y. c.. juno a6

hCoSChSSF bureau
Raleigh, N c., June &c.
Oscar Jenkins. a we'll known old ne
. 10 carpenter, was beheaded by a train
this morning between this city and the
p~enitentiary. He was walking on the
Seaboard Air Line track and seeing a
train coming stepped on the track Of
the Southern, there parallel. A Raieigh
and Cape Fear train Instantly struck
him. His head was cut off clear and
his body so mangled that the remains
had to be taken home in a basket.
During the months Of May and June
100 copies of the "RegimentaI His
tories published by the state. have
been sold.
Southern railway, continues to i'm
prove He is yet at Atlantic City and
may return here in July. A relative of
his says he is taking exercise and that
yesterday he walked two miles.
The state charters the Farmers Oil
Company, of Nashville. capital $780,
900. r NJ. Brooks and others stock
holders.
This morning a white carpenter, n.
B. Strickland, fell off h porch of a
house here, and fractured his skull,
which struck a large stone. His con-
.dition is extremely serious.
Coroner Jordan went to Milibrook
today to hold an inquest on the body
of John Diggs, a negro railway EN-
ploye, who was shot by another em-
> ploye, Ogburn Kirby. The shooting
took place in a shanty car.
The penitentiary has his year 1000
acres Of crops under cultivation at its
farm on the Roanoke river, known as
Caledonia" The outlook is very prom
Using. The report on the penitentiary's
finances is not yet made public, but it
can be stated that its earnings exceed
ed its expenses by about $1,000 during
the year ended April.
Application for a new lodge of Odd
Fellows at China Grove has been re-
-ceived.
Governor Aycock left today for
S~tatesville, to make a public school ad-
dress.
The colored firemen's association VIII
meet here in August, probably the 26th
and have a tournament
A new railway map of the state
prepared by the corporation commits
sion, was issued today.
An invitation is sent by the State
Literary and Historical Society to the
State Press Association to join the So
ciety pilgrimage in a Roanoke Island
July oath.
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cHELsEA's NOTED q n
All London Used Co visit Hrs Hands
on Coed Friday.

ALI Lonoon Used 10 Vfett MN k1anos
on Good Friday.
However religious observances may
change in England. the eating Of hot
cross buns on Good Friday Is not likely
to die out Still. enthusiasm In this
particular has considerably declined
eince the days when Mrs Hands kept
the Chelsea Bun House st the corner
OF Jews row.. now Pfmlico road So
many people were in the habit of flock
ing there on Good Friday in order tol
eat hot cross buns that on one occasionl
$1,000 persons assembled there, and
ESQ was taken In the day for buns
alone. After this the inhabitants of
Chelsea protested against the noise and
Hands. fearing TO be restrained by the
law, issued In 17e3 a quaint prociama1
ton, stating how, "desirous. therefore,
OF testifying her regard and obedience
to those laws by which she Is happily
protected, she Is determined. though
much to her loss, not to sell cross buns
on that day TO any person whatever.
but Chelsea buns as usual"
This Mrs. Hands was something OF a
character in Ter own way. The royal
family and many Of the a~ristocracy
used to visit her in the morning. and
Queen Charlotte even presented her
with a silver half gallon mug contain-
ing 5 guineas. The house remained in
the possession OF her family for some
time, as Sir Richard Phillips, writing a
few years before its destruction. men
tons. After admitting that for upward
of thirty years he had never passed the
house without filling his pockets. he
goes on to say. These buns ave az
forded a competency and even wealth
to four generations OF the same family.
and it is singular that their delicate
favor, lightness and richness have new
er been successfully inflated. When
Ranelagh was closed. the Bun House
declined in popularity, though as late
as 1889 $4,000 buns were sold on Good
Friday alone.-London Chronicle.
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STRIKE AFFAIRS IMPROVING.
situation IN P~ocahontas Region In
Much Better Condition.

Roanoke, Va, June 26.-The Norfolk
INC Western railway officials are more
encouraged today over the situation in
the P~ocahontas coal fields tina they
have been at any time since the strike
was declared. The reports from the
operators show hat 400 cars Of coal
were loaded yesterday, which is twenty
five cars more than have been moved
on any previous day. It is thought to-
days output will equal that of yester-
terday. There have been no reports of
any marchings today, and the suppose
ton is that they have disbanded. A
great many strikers returned to work
yesterday, and it is said more are re-
turning today.
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A certain congressman has a smart
granddaughter, whose clever sayings
are the delight Of her parents The 9TH
er day she came TO her grandfather
with her face all smiles.
Grandpa" she said, 81 saw some
thing this morning running across the
kitchen floor without any legs. What
Go think IL wasT'
Mr.. Congressman studied for awhile
and gave up. What was itT' he asked.
Water" said the youngster triun-
phantly.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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The Best She Could Do.

There is only n reason" he said,
"why I have never asked you to be my
wife"
what is that?' she asked.
81 have always been half afraid you
might refuse"
"Well." she whispered after a long
silence, Il should think ycG'd have
curiosity enough to want TO find out
whether your suspicion was well
founded or not."-Chicago Record-H Her
aid
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STILL A
Ashborne EXonerated of Murder of His
Wffe--Suic1de Idea Not Entertained.

Norfolk, Va, June 26.-Charles F. Os-
borne was ~exonerated at the hearing
today before Justice Taylor of the
charge of numbering his wife, whose
mysterious death still remains as far
from solution as ever. The police are
completely non plussed and have no
tangible clew on which to work. They
ridicule the suicide theor and believ-
the woman was murdered.
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Reports recently published in Eng
land show a gradual and constant re-
duction of the vagabond class-tne
species we call .tramps-in that couI-
try. A small portion of those people
have been absorbed INFO the revived
industries on account OF the south
African war. Very few of them went
to the war itself, as they were not sub
ject to or at for military service. But
the Immigrant statistics indicate that
the decrease is due to migration t6
this country.-Atlanta Journal.
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Interstate shoot.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. N. c., June 26-2The inter
state shoot at clay pigeons ended this
afternoon. To the great surprise OF
every one il failed to attract any
sportsmen outside of the representa-
tives Of the powder houses. who gave
IL and q number Of Raleigh gun ciuD
members and ]. S. Butt and p. J.. CAL
Iagher, Of Norfolk. 1t a been con-
fdently expected that all of the lead
ing shots from other points In North
Carolina would attend. but they failed
to dc 50.
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Proceeding With Caution.

Are you sure that your arguments
are calculated to impress people with
your punculious principles?
Il don't want TO impress 'em too
strongly with ing punctiliousness." an
swered Senator Sorghum. IF any
body Is willing to sell out. I don't want
him TO feel scared about making q
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Nothing Cheap There.

Mr.. Noorich ~Qnstructing architect
I don't want to spare no expense. !
want a palace an nothin' less. Have
two staircases, one to go hup an the
other to go down, an have the<No2I
hole frescoed- I'm agoin' to show p c.
pie there's nothin' cheap about me-
Tit Bits
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SoftIeigh-That how'd Miss Giggies
weally laughed az me IEwsr evening.
doncher know.
Miss Cuting-Oh- wei.. you shouldn't
notice She often laushs ut nothing
Chicago News.
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To Heaven by In.tanments.

To Heaven by InsfaIlmenfs.
Willie-Your papa's got only one arm,
has he?
Robbie-Yeth.
willie-where's the other one?
Robbie-Ith up in heaven--New York
Times
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Greenville Reflector: Robert Hill, who
lived neal Kinston, was killed Monday
morning by a freight train on the At
lantic and North Carolina railroad. A
bottle half filled with whiskey vas in
his pocket. The man had gone to sleep
with his head next to the track and the
train knocked his brains out.
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McDuffe's Witch hazel Foot Healer
IS one OF the finest baby powders
known. Cures prickly heat and gives In
slant relief. 25 cents at r. r. Bel
lamy's.
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Charles f. Osborne Is exonerated OF
the killing OF his wife by the magis-
trate at Norfolk. Th~ homicide Is stili
a mystery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-01

Right Is more beautiful than privats
|affection and 10 compatible with uni
|versal wisdom.-Emerson.
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Walls have ears. and the paper hang
er doesn't cover them either-Philadea.
phia Bulletin.