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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

Ar Omaha special to the New Yorl
World saws.

Az Omaha special to the New York
World says:
f. J. Hoffman, a Chicago and North
western railroad engineer. who retired
from his vocation because OF i'll health.
has invented in his little hat factory,
where he ekes out a living. a fuel that
he asserts is composed of clay 20 the
extent OF ninety per cent. He SAYS that
one day While at work in the shop.
there was accidentally revealed to him
a peculiar action of certain chemicals
and gasoline. Eagerly he followed up
the clue with numberleSs experiments.
until finally he is enabled to give to the
world a fuel. he declares. cheaper than
coal and better h coal.
The fuel burns in a stove. CRATE OF
furnace readily: it creates no smoke. no
cinders. and burns to white ashes.
twenty-five pounds OF the fuel produce
ing only a quantity of ashes that may
be held in the palm of the hand. In the
combustion the fire literally consumes
it's own ashes, and a ton OF fuel will go
further than two tons of the hest coal.
producing five times the amount OF
neat that coal creates. One pound Of
the strange mixture will suffice to keep
the kitchen range hot for n hour.
A recent test of Hoffman's clay coal
in the furnace of a large boiler develop
ed the fact that $50 pounds of it created
80 per cent. more steam and lasted long
err in burning than 600 pounds of first
quality steam coal.
The invention it is predicted, is des-
tined to solve the fuel problem for the
whole world, inasmuch as the product
may be manufactured 1000 miles from
an o~il-proiucinS locality for about 81 a
ton. Near an oil field it can be made
for one-fifth of that price approx
mately.
For factories and manufacturing es-
tablishments 1t is proposed to have a
plant at or rear the furnace doors.
Dirt will be hauled, treated in a few
moments. and the fireman shovels his
fuel under the boilers. With a draught
on can be produced a heat the like Of
which has never been secured from
coal, or. with all ~draughts closed. one
may have a glowing fire not unlike that
OF anthracite o in a ~base-burner
For household use it is proposed to sub
ject Jumps in moulds to a pressure OF
1.600 pounds.
Two Chica go-Omaha railroads will on
February l begin using Hoffman's fuel
for a thorough test in the locomotives.
On this date also the immense packing
house plants of Armour, Cudahy &
Swift at South Omaha will test the in
vention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK.
The New York Central to Increase its
Stock to SI5U.OOO, 900.

New York. January 15.-The board Of
directors of the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company de
cided today. subject to the approval OF
the stockholders. to increase the capital
stock of the company from Sis. 600. 600 To
$50. 600. 900.
OF the new stock ST. $50. 900 is to be
issued at once. Resolutions adopted by
the directors declared the object of the
new stock .sSue 20 be to supply new cap
ital for the corporate OF the
company. 1t was resolved. also that
the company's stockholders be entitled
to subscribed for ST.. 250. 900 of the new
stock at SIPS. per share to the extent
of Is per cent. of their holdings at the
close of business March 31st. The re.
naming ST. $50. 600 OF the new issue may
be issued at such times and at such
prices as the board Of directors may
deem desirable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
SEVEN TO ONE

Sometimes the weight goes
upthat way when taking SCOTS
Emulsion. Seven pounds of
new, healthy flesh from a one
pound bottle of SCOTS Emul-
sion is on record.
SCOTS Emulsion brings
everything to its aid good APP
petite, strong digestion, rich
blood, new body strength, and
above all the power to get all
the good out of ordinary food.
For those who are in reed
of more flesh there is nothing
better. Thin folks-try it'll
Wei send you a little to Try. If you Ike.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 4os Pearl suees. Nev yoek
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

Major Hale Presents the Plan to the
House Committee and Makes a
Strong Plea for its Adoption.

A Washington CITY special to the
Raleigh News and Observer of the 18th
instant says.
Major F.. j. Hale, of Fayetteville.
appeared today before Chairman Bur-
toms house commit ee on river and har-
3ors and presented the case OF the Cane
Fear river Improvement plan. in which
The United States engineer reports that
eight feet at low water throughout the
"ear NAV be obtained. 1t calls for a
total appropriation OF 81. $50. 600. but its
friends will be content for the present
with an appropriation of any amount
sufficient to begin the work on the plan
recommended by Captain Lucas. This
nrovides for three locks. each $50 I'm the
chamber and 2S feet wide with movable
dams 1O feet long. the plan being sim
iia1 to that employed on the Kanawha
river.
THE Distinguishing feature OF Major
Hale's was me demonstration
which seemed to greatly impress the
committee. that The peculiar seacoast
OF North Carolina, jutting put ever $50
miles east OF the normal line was re-
sponsible fer the hitherto commercial
inferfority Of our state to her neighbors.
and that except approach to our back
country be had via the Cape Fear river
and Fayet eville. which Is precisely on
the normal coast line the trade of GEN.
trail and western North Carolina Is in
tercerted by the por 8 Of neizhborfne
states over shorter lines.
lie also contrasts the cost of the
Manchester ship canal. seventy-fve
million colfars-serying seven and a
half millions OF people. with the cost of
the proposed Cape Fear Improvement,
which Will serve two millions OF people.
He said that IL the British could value
an Ensiishman for such purposes at ten
dollars per head. the American govern
ment might afford to value an Ameri-
IAN at IS cents per head. which would
ne n cos per head Of people served
BY the Cape Fear river scheme.
Senato Simmons and Representative
Fou were present and say that the COM
mittee was most favorably impressed
by Major Hale,s speech. and elaborste
maps and other telling exhibits were
handed he committee as the argument
proc eeded. II was q great presentation
Of = scherre which means much Tor q
state. II win be recalled that this plan
q the endorsement OF our legislature"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
SCHLEY IN SAVANNAH.
Royalty Entertained by knights
T~emplar-A Deer Hunt Today

Savannah. Ca. January 15.-Admira,
5chley was entertained by Palestine
Commanderv knights Templar. with q
reception and banquet at the Masonic
tenple tonight. The hall was decorated
with the national colors. a ear ad-
.niral's flag and palms. The large ban
quet room vas filled with ladies and
gentlemen. the function having been
broadened so as to include Mrs. Schley
In the compliment rendered. After the
Inner informal addresses were, made
by Eminent Commander Colding, Adj
miral Schley AND several others.
Friday morning Admiral Schley will
so hunting for deer on st. Catherine
island. He says he has never killed a
deer. As st. Catherine is a private
game preserve and well stocked. he may
have his opportunity there.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
Early Peace in South Africa.

London, January liking Edward
has given the royal endorsement to rhe
belief current among the public that an
early declaration of peace in South AZ
RIGA may be anticipated.
THE war might now be regarded as
approaching it's conclusion" were the
words used by his majesty today in adj
dressing the officers of the guards after
reviewing a draft Of 1.20o Of the Grena-
diers. Coldstreams n Scots Guards
who start for South Africa tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
ASTORIA
Bears the Il The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sf &zXHzZm
Officers Murdered by Hiehwaymen

Guthrie. Okla. January ~15.-Sherin
Frank Smith and his deputy. George
Beck were killed by highwaymen early
this morning in the vicinity of Andarko
the home of the officers. A posse o.
len mel started immediate " on .ne trail
vi the murderers. but no arrests have
been reported. The posse expects a
fierce fight before the men shall he
taken. and it is known that the notori-
Gus h~ighwaymen, Bob McCune. Ben
Cravens and Bob Sims are at the head
of the gang in that region
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

Professor RoXa TYLER, OF Chica go.
VIce-President Illinois Woman's Alli-
ante. in speaking OF ChaInberlain's
Cough Remedy. says: 81 suffered with
a severe cold his winter which threat
ened to run into pneumonia. 7 tried
diff erent remedies 5u. j seemed to grow
worse and the medicine upset my
stomach. A friend advised my to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ard /
found il was pleasant 20 take and 1t re-
lieved me at once. / am now entirely
recovered. saved a doctors bill, time
and suffering. and / will neve be with
OFT his splendid medicine aga in" For
sale by r. r. Bellamy. druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

Bears tie The Kind You Have L.sss Bssgtt
S's, Of &MMlZM

Commander Barry. OF the vicksburg
Cables that there Is nothing serious In
the alleged conflicts between his men
and Russian soldiers In China.
Mr.. Crumpacker int oduces a bill In
congress to make the iynching OF an
alien a violation of the federal law.
punishable In the federal courts.
The officers from Lynchburg reach
Roanoke With a man whom they take
there for safe keeping. he being charged
with criminal assault and attempt TO
murder.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

The Maryland delegation in congress
in reference to Admiral Schley's
case. that they had better wait the ac-
ton of the president on the admir-.
I
The federal supreme court appoints
January 9th as the DAY for argument
OF application for leave by Minnesota
to bring suit against b Northern Se-
curities Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
A PrOftable Investment.

"I was troubled for about seven years
with my stomach and in bed half my
time" says E. DemiCk. Somervills, Ind.
Il spent about i 1000 and coult get noth-
i'rg 10 help me until I tried kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure. 1 have taken a few bot
ties and am entirely WELL" Kodo Dys-
p-psia Cure does the stomach's work
by digesting the food. You don't have
&C diet. Eat all you want. kodol Dys-
persia Cure cures all stomach troubles.
f. r. Beliamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
The Mothers FavOrite.

Chamberiain's Cough dy Is the
mothers favorite. 1t is pleasant an"
;afe for children to take n always
lures. 1t is intended especially for
rCrghs. colds, Group and w%hooping
.ough. and is the best medicine made
fo1 these diseases. There IS not the
least danger i'll giving 1t to children for
4 contains no opium or other injurious
liug and may be given as confidently
20 4 babe as 20 an adult. For sale b.,
r r. Bellamy. druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
Perhaps You Wonder

II the tormenting cold that made art
winter one long misery will be as bad
this year. Certainly not, IL you tAne
Aliens Lung Balsam when tickling and
rawness In the throat rEe
presence Of the old enemy. Do not ex-
pect the cold to wear itself out. Take
the right remedy in time. Aliens Lung
Balsam Is free from opium.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
Child Worth Millions.

My child is worth millions to me-
says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg,
Pa, vet / would hav lost her by
Group had l o purchased a bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure" One Minute
Cough Cure is sure cure fol coughs
Group and throat n lung troubles. An
absolutely safe cure which acts imme-
diately. The youngest child can TAX
it with safety. They all like the taste
and remember how often it helped
them. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
Has Many Virtues.

For cuts. burns. d. uises. DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve u unequalled.
Draws out the fire. stops h pain. soon
heals the wound. Beware of dangerous
counterfeiters Sure cure for piles. r.
r Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
People Relieve I'm II.

It has seen cynically said that any
thing can be sold by advertising now-
a-days. This Is not so. Many lini-
ments have been advertised but onIy
one-Perry Davis Pain-killer-has
stood the test of sixty years use. To-
day its popularity is greater than -vsr
and Is based not upon what anybody
says but upon what the remedy does.
There Is but one Pain killer. Perry d.
Wis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
Don't Live TOrether.

Constipation and health never go to-
geiher. DeWitt's Lit. lie EaIIy Risers
promote easy action Of the bowels with
gripping or distress. Are safe. sure,
gentle. thorough. Purely vegetable. r.
X. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

The senate committee on
authorizes a favorable report on Sena-
tor Nelson's bill for the creation of an
executive department of the govern
ment to be known as the department OF
m
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

If troubled with a weak digestion
oelching. soul stomach. or If you fee.
iuli after eating. try Chamberlain's
stomach and Liver Tablets. Price %
:ents. Samples free at r. r. Bellamy's
1rug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21

The Liberty bell with its escor'
cache Savannah where the Philadel-
phia people are handsomely entertain
ed. Charleston will give the bell ano
escort q royal reception tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-21
HEALTH
INSURANCE.

The man who insureS his lie q
wise for his family.
The man who insures his heaItk
b wise both for his family and
himself.
You may insure health by guard.
ing II. II Is worth guarding.
AZ the first attack Of disease.
which senesaIly approaches
through the LIVER and mani.
tests itself In inDumefabie ways
FAKE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
The rIinistry as a Career.

a FTER noting that in the decade
N just past the number of div
- " unity students in this country
has hardly more than held its
own While the number of students in
law and medicine almost doubled, Il
contributor to the New York sun asks
| the pertinent question, Why are young
men so reluctant to undertake the du-
ties of the ministry as "a life work :?
Then, of course, he answers, saying:
Il do not find myself able to indorse
the proposition that the ferment of
critical scholarship, the unrest of creed
and doctrine, has played an important
part in diminishing the number of cam
didates for the ministry. [ doubt
whether three out of five among the
laity care button about such ques-
tions 1t is the ferment about social
questions, the commercialism which
is sapping the very lfe-bood of
churches in cities, which causes Il
young fellow to think twice before he
risks advanced views of social conduct
on the stormy waters of a fashionable
parish. Let him gain the reputation of
men like Bishop Potter or DR.. Rains-
ford and he will be able to speak fear
lessly without standing in jeopardy
every hour But as Il neophyte, con-
formity is the price he must pay for
assured position. However careful his
teaching, out he goes if the wealthiest
parshioner usually the most sensitive,
and who is relied on to make up the
annual deficit which confronts most
churches objects to a close personal
application of the Gospel of Jesus in
its entirety"
The writer in the sun proceeds to
point out the small incomes of the min
istry as a rule and the harsh fate
which awaits the average minister
when advanced in years; and that
leads him TO offer a suggestion as to
how the ministry may best be recruited
so as to preserve its independence and
courage. He would have young men
of Independent means encouraged To
study for life-worll in the pulpit and
in the activities which cluster about it.
Either that, he contends, or u celibate
priesthood. In his judgment, the bread
and-butter problem must be eliminated
before the pulpit can regain it's old
time authority.
AT first glance there seems some
plausbility in these arguments. Ger
tainly the dedication To nigh purposes
of young men with means is heartily
to be encouraged. OF all groups the idle
rich are most pitlable and useless. But
1t will, upon reflection, be perceived
that to take from the ministry the
bread-and-butter incentive is TO doom
it to stagnaton. There is more talk
than fact about the restrictive influence
of the wealthy parlshioner" Very Of
ten this type of man Is as responsive
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
Expel TiIlmnn.

Y Y NTIL last Saturday, in all the
years of the United States
~ senate, amidst it's many
scenes of passionate speech
and deeply stirred feeling, never had
one senator used physical blow upon
another senator while the senate was
In session. There have been encounters
oatside the senate chamber arising
from feeling generated within; and on
one or two occasions the floor of the
senate has witnessed fisticuffs after adj
journment. But the blow struck Sat
urday by "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, "a
physical giant, at his colleague, Sem
ator McLaurln, a man small of stature,
was the first forcible denial of free
speech that the deliberative branch of
congress has seen. 1t should be the
last.
1t is impossible to view this single
disgraceful act without taking into ac-
count the many occasions when this
same Cyclopean bully has, by other
deeds, not in themselves directly pun
ishable yet in character vicious and
most offensive, disgraced the office he
fills and brought humiliation upon the
distinguished assemblage to which he
belongs. Long immunity from dsci-
pline seeems to have emboldened this
man, Past tolerance. because of the
deficiencies of his early training, of
breaches of decorum that in another
senator would hardly have been over
looked, appears to have bred in him an
exaggerated idea of his Importance and
license. This should be considered in
determining the measure of his punish
ment. s *.
Senator Tillman's natural ability,
crude though it be, does not excuse. it
rather intensfles his offense. He has
had ample opportunity to learn how TO
behave. He knows better, But instead
of trying to check the pitchfork quail
ity in him he has deliberately made II
"a political stock in trade Though n
bully naturally, he has superadded a
theatric pose, for the wilful purpose of
acquiring notoriety. A man of this kind
Is out of place in the senate of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24

\iE Nentucky congressman
who in crude and rude way
Il recently voiced the fear that
the American people are be-
coming sycophantc may have really
felt as he spoke. The possibilities of ec-
centric belief are marvellous. But it is
evident from the discussion which his
outburst evoked that his sect is not a
large one.
The coming to this country of the
brother of the emperor of Germany on
a mission Of friendly import demands
no exercise of sycophancy on the part
of either visitor or host. From all that
we have learned about the prince he
would be the last man to want from his
entertainers anything in the nature of
sycophancy. Ee represents one strong
and progressive people who send him to
greet another people of similar origin
and similar in kind. These two peoples
have never been at enmity one with the
other, but they have not at all times
been on as good terms as should and
will prevail. Misunderstandings not
of governments so much as of public
sentiment, have occurred; not at any
time serious but in effect bad. The
coming of the German prince supplies
an appropriate occasion for brushing
away these petty memories and culti-
waiting frankly mutual good WILL
For his own sake, as u man of merit
and character, and for the sake of the
public which in a sense he represents,
the American people are going to give
him a cordial and hospitable reception.
1t will have in it no considerable ele-
ment of snobbery, neither will it be so
austerely and severely democratic as to
excite doubt of the genuineness of our
democracy. The time has happily gone
by in this country when it was deemed
necessary proof of Americanism to
boorishly disparage the customs. man.
ners and traditions of other countries
and affect disdain for their representa-
tives. In the larger view which has
opened to the intelligence of America
it seems becoming that every reason
able effort should be made to cultivate
peace and friendship with all other ma
tions and peoples, while allying our
selves to none. So far as this can be
promoted by social amenities-and his
tory shows that they are of large in
fiuence-it becomes not less duty than
a pleasure to make welcome on the soil
of republican America those who rep
resent other forms but not other aims
of government.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24

to merit and moral courage in the pull
pit as Is the poor parishioner; and
when he isn't there are always plenty
who are. The well-equipped minister
with conscience ana message need
never lack congregation.
In our opinion the secret of the de-
cline in number of candidates for the
ministry is to be found in the fact that
scientific discovery and invention have
in some degree inclined the minds of
men away from problems of faith and
destiny. The material at this time is
in the ascendant While the spiritual is
correspondingly depressed, No doubt
in time the swing will be the other way.
History is the record of such periodical
alternations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
Marriage.

Marriage is a lottery my mother says 30 and
shall never get married Fathers been married tc
my mother twenysix years and last year the,
had silver wedding, this means they ge,
married again to make sure. If they live long
enough he's going to have a gold one. Ny faith
els only got one wife. but the Morgans CMor
mons) have hundreds. | don't want such a lot OF
mothers because you catch plenty of wackngs
and our teacher told us that Mr.. Bocken (3acor
said those who have lots of wives and little hoys
gives hosts to fortune hut | don't know what
this means.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24

United states. While the senate may
not eXpel him for the mere possession
OF unsenatorial characteristics, yet
when he tries to turn the senate cham
ber into a shnmbes it seems to us that
1t Is the senate's opportunity to take
him by tho scruff OF the neck and pitch
fork him out Such q disposition of his
case would have a wholesome influence
upon the tone and temper OF public
discussion, both in and out of congress.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
Shipwreck.

a shpwrcck is an awful thing, for sometimes
You get wet and sometimes you get dround and
sometimes you get burnt but the last is the
worst. Once a big yner gut upset with a mortal
wound in her side but all the people was saved
bar one and he got eat. Sharks and whales feed
on dead bodies and sometimes they cat them
alive. We should never eat fish what eat us be-
cause their canybals just like savages Sailors
catch sharks with a leg of pork and a thick
string which they cut up for whaebonc bone
and bnbber to mike trnin oil
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY "a. 1902.

Wall street, it is said, is displeased
because President Roosevelt ordered
suit brought to test the legality of the
Northern Securities company merger
without giving it an advance tip. Be-
fore it gets through with him Wall
street will learn that Theodore Roose-
Welt is not Wall street president.