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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

ABERDEEN-Judge Campbell sentenced
Stone, the forger, to nine months in the
penitentiary, and John Halpin, convicted Of
stealing wheat, was given a sentence OF two
Co. of ST Paul, who had the contract for
erecting the Aberdeen state normal school, will
begin action against the state board OF re-
gents to recover the amount Of their loss by
reason Of the fire. It is alleged that the
contract required the regents to keep the
building fully insured
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06
MINNESOTA

BLUE 'EARTH-John Rose, an old resident
Of Faribault county, was buried here.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

CENTER CITY-Gustaf Berglund, an &C.
centric young man, was found dead in
hay NOW.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

HURON-Miss Farrow, teacher in thu
city schools, has resigned to accept a position
in the public schools of Minneapolis.-T
city will sink another artesian well.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06
SOUTH DAKOTA

LEAD-The board of education has built a
new schoolhouse on Yellow creek for the
benefit of families who have settled there.
PUKWANtA-The announcement has been
made of the consolidation Of the Pukwana
Press and Reporter under the exclusive own
ership of Harry Wentzy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06
Remnants of Damasks.

We have never made so low prices on
our remnants of Damasks as we do at
this SALE We wish to clear out lot
of remnants that have no napkins to
match. Look them over on bargain
tables, front part of store.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

MARSHALL-Minnie Rasmussen was ad-
judged insane. Her malady is due to religious
excitement and worry.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

CHATFIELD-Burglars forced Michael Nor
rissroe's saloon and secured q few bottles OF
high-grade whisky and $4.90 in money.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

NORTHFIELD-S. Christianson, farmer,
was waylaid and severely beaten by two un-
known men. He was knocked senseless. 1t
is thought robbery was the motive.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-01-06

EXCELSIOR-Miss Mabel Stevens, teach
er in the Deephaven public schools, had her
right ankle broken by being thrown from an
iceboat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
Former Perfumes.

Our forefathers were great people for
scents and perfumes, fragrant herbs
and spices. and the astonishing amount
of seasoning they put with the simplest
dishes prepares one for almost any
combination. When to make q cherry
tart they found it necessary to make
a sirup Of cinnamon, ginger and "sa WI
ders" and to add rosewater to the
icing, one can imagine how they set to
work to cook a cOrmOrant. Perhaps
If we remind our readers that many
chambers were provided with drafts"
which occasionally required cleaning
and that rushes took the place Of car
pets they will realize one of the rea-
sons for the use Of perfumes. Sweet
waters were occasionally sprinkled
under the rushes in great houses or for
revels or on the mattresses and bed
ding.-Good Words.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
GENIUS AT WORK.

Sarti, the musician, composed only in
darkness.
Bossuet worked in a cold room, with
his head warmly enveloped.
1t is said that Schiller, before COM
posing, put his feet in cold water.
Gretry, to animate himself when com
posing, breakfasted and took coffee and
then applied himself day and night to
his piano.
Guido REM painted with much pomp.
He dressed himself magnificently and
had his pupils attend him in silence
ranged around him.
The historian Mezeray would work
only with a candle, ven at midday and
in midsummer. He never failed to wait
on his visitors, wen to the street, with
a candle in his hand. ~
Jeremy Bentham jotted his ideas on
little squares of paper, which he piled
upon each other, and this pile of little
papers stitched together was the first
forms of his manuscripts.
Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
Titan, Rubens, passed from the chisel
to the pen or the brush. The change
rested them from the preceding work,
and thus during long life they accom-
plished marvellous works. - Literary
Fra
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
SUGGESTIONS AT SEA.
Quaint Motions. Suu Prevail Among
the older Marfners.

II is a mistake, according TO a well
known young naval officer. 10 n
that the sailors OF our present navy are
free from superstition Il remember
he sait only FIVE years ago when 1
WIS IL the trainin: ship that the old
salts there were as full OF old super
stitipus beliefs as any Of their ancestors
could have been.
When at sea in 4 dead calm. the
swayinS o. the masts in the m~otionlcss
atmosphere sometimes cause n pecul-
lar wailirc sound like distant cries.
This. the old sCamen assured Us. was
the moaning OF b souls Of sailors lost
at sea.
Another n OF their pet beliefs Is
that all sailors that die by drowning
are At one transformed into Cape
Horn pigeons. or. as they are also call
ed, Mother Carey's chickens. Officers
are supposed TO find their re!ncarna-
tons in sea gulls and news, while the
big. solitary albatrosses, following the
wake OF passing vessels. are the sonls
Of captains who have gone down with
their ships. These are the reasons why
sailors never kill these birds.
Il remember hat these tales I'm
pressed me a great deal In those days
when l was still q mere boy. On one
occasion l was sitting in the ~forecastle
on my watch below, chatting with the
boatswain's mate, a real old timer.
when our conversation was interrupted
by a low wall of agony. louder than
that usually produced by the wind We
listened in a deep, awed silence.
boy said the b~oatswain's mate. we
hear that? That's a seaman's call wots
been drownded.'
again the wall disturbed the silence.
YES said the old sailor in an anx-
ious whisper; that's some old salt
wot's lost his life on board this vessel.
Likely he's come for something he's
forgot
after awhile 1 ventured out on deck.
The walls were coming from the roof
of the f~orecastle. l climbed up and
there found the captains little son
tugging away at the cats tail, which
the poor animal was resenting with the
full power Of its lungs."-New York
Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
THE KING SNAKE.
He In The Deadly Enemy of Every
Poisonous Reptile.

or all kind provisions of nature per
haps the manner in which snakes are
brought into the world is the most re-
markable. As a rule all harmless
spakes are Matched from eggs. arriy-
ing in patches Of from thirty to eighty.
The poisonous snakes, On the other
hand, are born in filters of from seven
to eleven in number. There are e
ceptions to the rule, OF course. but
they are few and unimportant, for.
though the deadly king cobra lays her
are few in number, unlike the colonies
deposited by the harmless snakes
Chief among the enemies Of the
snakes are the reptiles themselves.
Cannibalism is general among the crea-
lures, the smaller snake serving as
food to the larger one. But chief Of all
snakes that hunt their own kind for
the pleasure of slaughter is the long,
slender king snake, n constructor by
habit and a fash IL his movements.
Among all reptiles the king snake
alone may truly be said to be the
friend of man. He is found through
out the whole south, where the RATHER
and moccasin abound, summing himself
and preying for slaughter. Picked up
by human hand, the reptile seems
pleased with the touch. He makes
no effort TO escape, but twines about
his captor's arm and makes himself
comfortable.
To the rattlesnake and to every 9th
er dangerous snake, large o r small.
the king snake is a terror. The poison
Of a RATHER has no more effect on him
than so much moonshine. Instructive
ly the rattler knows his match and at
sight Of a king snake tries to escape.
if possible. IL fight the king snake re-
lies wholly upon his incredible speed.
If the movements of an ordinary snake
seem quick to the human eye, the
movements Of a king snake would
seem instantaneous. In a twinkle the
long, lank fellow has wound himself
about the throat of an antagonist and,
his sinewy coils closing about the 9th.
er's throat, chokes the wind out of
him.-New York Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
AT MONT IELEE-s CRATER.
Professor HeiIpen OF Philadelphia
Tells of His Trip Up the Volcano.

Fort de France. Island, OF Martinique.
June 4, s o'clock a. m-Professor Angelo
Heilprin, president of the PHILADELPHIA
Geographical Society. who is here for
the National Geographical Society.
came into Fort de France last might
from his explorations of the crater on
the summit of Mont Pelee. Professor
Heilprin is well and in good spirits
Referring TO his expedition. Professor
Heilprin said today to the correspon-
dent of the Associated Press:
May 3lst we made our first ascent of
volcano. We arrived at the lip of
the old crater, the former site of Lake
m at IL o'clock. Here il began
raining. Rain clouds and the clouds
from the volcano enveloped Us and we
oould not see ten feet. A terrific thun-
derstorm had begun, and we sat on he
edge Of the crater for some time. specu-
Iating whether the detonations we
heard were Of thunder or from the vol
cano- As We afterwards found the river
FalIalse to be boiling the
were probably ~Ncicano.
w finally gIoped our way down
that awful arete through gloomy clouds
Oh ram and amid great electric dis
charges At every step we dislodged
the rain soaked ashes and were in dam
ger of being ~precipitated down the
hideous gorges on either side.
AT Acler We met George KEENAN, and
MS party and determined to attempt a
second ascent h next day, June list.
w reached h edge of the new era
ter and from where we stood we could
have dropped stones into the white lot
mass within. The new crater is a
crevasse running north and south
and expanding into a bowl. This
crevasse nearly rifted the mountain; it
runs t~ransversely to the old crater, and
might be called a huge cash. From it
volcanic material has been freely erupt-
ed.
AS we stood on the edge of the era
ter a sublime spectacle began. l now
have some conception of what is going
on inside the earth, and have been a
spectator of natures secret interior
work. We were assailed with noise.
Far below there was d Kissing of steam
like that of a thousand locomotives, as
we'll as violent d~etonations. The prin-
cipal output of the crater, while we
were there, was steam. The phenomena
were limited and not essentially differ
ent from those of other volcanoes in
action. Positive assurance was gained
that no molten matter has flowed over
the lip of the new crater. Several OBJ
~servations taken with the aneroid be-
rometer showed that the height of Mont
Pelee has not been changed. l agree
with Professor Robert T. Hill, the geol-
ogist of the United States government,
that Mont Pelee has erupted no lava,
and that there has been no cataclysm
nor any serious typographical altera-
tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
KNITTING M PARLIAMENT.


Quite 4 thriii Of surprise was caused
By a Scottish member OF pariiam NJ
who was recently observed calmly.
knitting a stocking while waiting IN
the smoking room OF the house of com
mons at the present day the sight at
a man plying the Knitting needles 3 a
novel one. though in the remo.er parts
OF Scotland IL is not At all
Less than half \ century ago. how
ever. the greater part OF the stockings
worn were knitted by the men folk.
the women combining their attention
more or less to spinning
The shepherd starting out at the
break OF day to his duties or the hill
would as soon have forgotten his lunch
Of oaten cakes and barley hannocks as
his knitting needles and wool As he
trudged through the heather on his
visit to each part OF his wide scatter
ed dock or directed from n conven
lent height the rounding up efforts OF
his faithful collie his t~ireless fingers
piled their task.
Even the well TO do farmer as he
chatted with a friend OF markets and
now" ~(cattle) could i'll bear 10 see
the minutes wasted. and the click.
click" of his needles bore witness TO
his diligence.
Such industry seems strange 10 the
present day mind. but what else had
they to occupy their minds and time?
Newspapers. as we know them now.
there were absolutely none. Once n
week or less frequently n small local
sheet would circulate among h well
TO do homes.
AS for books, these were often lin
tied TO the Bible and The Pilgrims
Progress" OF games there were but
few, and for the most part these were
not Recommendations Chat
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
How Cerycra Nearly Escaped.

In the U. L. 5. New York and Brook
lyn and H. NJ. 6. Blake and Blenheim
a method of engine design is used by
which the gain in economy is unoues-
tionable. These are all large vessels
with engines from $4,000 to 10000 horse
power, and they were designed with
two complete triple-eXpansion engines
d each shaft, the idea being that at
any thing below half power only n
set of engines on each shaft would be
used, and this is actually the practice
in ordinary cruising. Special objection
to this type of engine was developed
at the time Of the naval battle of SAN
ciago. On b til the New York and
BROOKLYN there was a comparatively
simple coupling for connecting the two
engine shafts, but it required about
half an hour to perform the operation.
During the blockade both the New
York and the Brooklyn had been kept
under half power, using only the after
engines. When Cervera's fleet came
out so Unexpectedly, it was not deemed
wise to lose half-an-hOur in coupling
up, so that it was possible to work the
engines up to half power only. The
poor work of the Spanish engineers
rendered this lack of efficiently less i'm
portant than it would have been hao
the enemy's feet been possessed or
skilled engineers; but the lesson was
learned and this, added to the other
objections already mentioned, renders
it unlikely that this type of engine will
again be used-W. NJ. Mcfarland, in
Engineering Magazine for June.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
The Table NapEIn.

Curiously enough, that article now
considered almost Indispensable. the
table napkin. was first used only by
children and was adopted by elder
members Of the family about the mid
die Of the fifteenth century. In ED
quette books Of an earlier date than
this among other sage pieces OF advice
for children are instructions about wip-
ing their fingers and lips with their
napkins
1t seems that the tablecioth was long
enough to reach the floor and served
the grown people in place Of napkins
When they did begin to use napkins.
they placed them first on the shoulder,
then on the left arm and finally lied
them about the neck.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
MAIL CARRIERS CAR FARE.
Companies Are Paid a Lump Sum by
the Government.

Companies Are Paid a Lump Sum by
the Government.
Most people who spend S25 a year
for car fare consider that they are con-
tributing literally toward the dividends
Of the company" remarked a postal
clerk. "but Uncle Sam spends nearly
$250.OOO a year for the transportation
Of carriers in street cars in the different
free delivery cities.
"For instance, including substitutes,
there are 275 carriers in Washington.
You may have observed that carriers,
when riding on the surface roads, do
not pay fares either with tickets or in
cash. The free delivery system allots
the Washington city p~ostofice an IN
nual allowance of $4,000 to be used ex-
clusively for the car fare of letter car
riers. The postmaster is authorized to
make a contract with the companies to
transport all carriers while on duty for
a lump sum, which he does. The car
rier must have his pouch with him,
which is a sign manual to the conduct
or that he is on duty. the mere wear
ing of his uniform being insufficient
'This rule obtains in some cities.
while in others special tickets are sold
at special rates to be used only by car
riers, or the cash is handed direct to
the carrier for a certain number of
daily trips. depending upon the prac-
tice. Thus, while Washington receives
s. 1000. Chicago gets S26.0OO for letter
carriers car fare DeCau-r II i:s I.r-r
territorial extent and ii trrce !ntwecn
stations on the prairie. ,'ftent;.Ie> ="
cessitating a double fac by Tie ar
rier. Boston is allowed $13.5U0 and
New York and Philadelphia about $40.
600 each. Few people know that the
government expends such a large sum
Washington Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
A WAY OF ESCAPE.
Jakeway, the Widow Barstow and
the Preacher. Text.

Jakeway, the Widow Barstow and
the Preacher. Text.
Talking about widows" said the
man with the stogy. did l ever tell
you about Jakeway and the Widow
BarstowT"
Now, there hadn't been a word said
about widows, but one OF the party re
piled, mo, sir; you never did"
well" said the man with the stogy.
"Jakeway was n character. one OF those
you read about. He'd lived alone for
years. When he was a young man. he
had been disappointed In love or some
thing, and from that time he'd been
sour-a regular woman ~hater-and the
particular object of his dislike was the
Widow Barstow, aggressive from her
head to her heels. The very sight OF
her to old Jakeway was like the wav-
ing Of a red flag to a bull.
They useter 90 10 the same church.
but the ushers knew the situation well
enough to put a goodly portion OF the
sanctuary between them. Unfortunate
ly on one Sunday there was u new
usher. The opening service was welt
uLOcI way, III Jdhc"ds Was III IL If"
by himself well down toward the front.
when down the aisle came the new
usher with the widow failing along in
his wake, and he handed her into Jake
ways pew.
1.-The old man gave one hook as the
figure rustled in: then he gathered upI
his umbrella. his hat. his bandana and
his prayer book and cleared the back
Of the pew in front with the agility OF
a boy, and JUST as he landed On the
front seat the preacher gave out his
text:
There hath no evil befallen you
such as is common TO man but God
will with the temptation also make a
way OF escape.'"-New York Mail and
ExnresS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
Senator Money, of mississippi.

Senator Moneys successful career
should be an inspiration to ambitious
people who are afflicted with i'll
health. He is a slender man who has
not had d well moment since the war"
In conversation with the reporter last
night he stated that up to the time he
was As years of age he was the vic
tim of inherited sick headaches, and
before and since this time he had been
troubled with neuralgia that was Sc
we're enought 10 cost him the sight of
n eye, and seriously affects the Wis
ion of his remaining eye. He is rarely
ever free from. this ailment. Il have
had it all day said he last night; and
his countenanCe was serene, imper-
turbable. In Lost of his waking mo-
ent he is i'll pain, and yet he
works Observation-Disclosures a multitude
of things, apart from his sena-
torial duties, n does them we'll
Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
A Famous Complinent.

OF famous compliments paid to the
fair sex the supply is s o large and daz-
zling that it Is a matter Of no small
difficulty to pick out the brightest
gems, but IL the following was un-
looked for It certainly deserves q place
among the best: Fontenelle when nine
ty years old passed before Nine. Hell
vetius without perceiying her.
"Ah," said the lady. that In your
gallantry. then! To pass before me
without ever looking at meT
IF l had looked at you. madame" re
piled the old beau. 81 never could have
passed you at all"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
His Quest of an Heiress.

Prince Leopold of Isenburg in his
search for an American heiress spe0t d,
considerable time in Washington, ana,
of course. with his title to back him,
was made much Of in society.
No titled or %penniless adventurer ever
before or since has made such an eX-
tensive tour in the United States, seek
ing for a girl with money. He tried
all the big cities of both the East and
the West. and never made any effort
to conceal his motive. In fact, into
whatever city he entered, his object was
generally known in 1t was
understood at the time he was in Wash
ington he was prOfiting in his voyages
of discovery by the experience ant
counsel Of several matrimonial brokers,
and it was said he had promised large
commissions to several of them in case
of success through their assistance.
But while the doors of society were
thrown open to him here, IS elsewhere
all over the United States, he did not
make much Roadway. He was a mushV
kind of fellow, rather plain in appear
ance. with no style whatever. and this.
coupled with the brazen avowal that
he was on the hunt for money anu
money only, seemed to put all the girls
against him..
He did not screw his courage up to
the point of formally addressing any
woman mere, out ne dld In chicago. ne
made a wild chase in succession after
two or three in that city and was final
ly refused admission at one house.. The
head Of this house told his daughter in
the beginning not to listen to the
Prince. as no such man would ever get
a cent of his money, and this particular
father always meant what he said. The
prince remained in this country more
than a year. He stayed until all the
borrowed money gave out, and when ne
left he was about as miserably looking
and disappointed a. one could we'll i'm
agfne.-Raltimore Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
A Very Old RuIe.

The oldest mathematic book in the
world Is believed to be the "Papyrus
Rhind" in the British museum. pro-
fessed to have been written by Ahmes,
a scribe of King Ra-a-us, about the pc
riod between 1000 and 100 B. Q. This
"Papyrus Rhind" was translated by
Eisenlohr of Leipsic, and it vas found
to contain a rule for making a square
equal in area to a given circle. 1t was
not put forth as an original discovery.
but as the transcript of a treatise 500
years older still, which sends us back
to, approximately. $500 B. c., when
Egyptian mathematicians solved, or
thought they had solved. the problem
Of squaring the circle.