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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27

for five years, and when he was ready
to start he said:
81 shall probably be home about 4
o'clock this afternoon, but if I'm two
hours late you needn't worry. I may
run right into a drove of rabbits, and
in case I do I shall keep right on STAY
ing"
"Are you sure about yourself?" she
asked.
"Sure about what?"
"Well, you know, you once followed
the track of a rabbit all day, and it
turned out to be a cat. Do you think
you can tell the difference between the
tracks now?"
II never followed the tracks of a
cat, and you know it," he exclaimed.
''This is just like you. 1 want a day
off to supply u ice box with game.
and you start in to spoil it,"
81 don't want to spoil your day, but
you know that cat tracks and rabbit
tracks are almost alike. We had an
old cat once
"Your old cat is nothing to me. Do
I look like q man who is going out to
hunt cats?"
81 should say you were going out to
hunt bears"
ooh, you would? Well, l may pick
up a bear or two as I go along. 1 may
also be gone two or three days or a
week. Perhaps when I drive up with
a wagon load of rabbits you won't feel
quite so cynical. I'm off. Goodby."
The first report from Mr.. Bowser aft
er he left the house was given by a DO
liceman, who said:
Il was standing on the corner when
q man whom l recognized as Bowser
came up to take the car. He had on
rubber boots and a cap and carried a
gun. 1 asked him if he was going out
in the country to shoot frogs. and be
glared at me and made no answer. l
warned him to beware of ferocious
w~oodchucks, and he glared again and
took the car"
The next report was from the con-
ductor of a suburban car. He said:
"a short, fat man. who, I believe,
was Mr.. Bowser, took my car on Tues
day morning. He had a shotgun, and
Az hC " AJdAy ldoOIlS IL IOOh
to load Il wagon. He further INQUIRED
as to the vital spots in bears and
wolves and asked if / had seen any elk
or moose lately. l took him for a
mighty hunter. There was a passen-
ger by the same car who took him for
an ass and said so, and MI. Bowser
called him a liar and offered to break
his neck. He was very red in the face,
and his ears were working as he left
the car, and l had a feeling that If he
met a grizzly bear it would be bad for
the bear"
The third report was brought in by
a farmer. who held up his right hand
and said:
81 was in the house with a boil on
my leg and another on my neck and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
HE WAS FOLLOWING THE TRACKS OF A CALF, AND HE SEEM
ED TO BE CONSIDERABLY EXCITED.

- -
the Venezuelan question. but to rnat OF
hunting the wild unicorn in a horse
pond half a mile away.
I'VE did not part in a loving spirit.
but there was no blood shed. He called
me a knock kneed. slabSided. bow back
ed son of a coast defense nno and
l advised him to look out for chip
hunks and ordered him off my farm.
If anything has happened to him, l am
sorry. Had he met me in a more broth
erly spirit l would nave put him on to
the tracks of Il ~woCdchuck and advised
him what to do in case the animal turn
ed at bay"
The fifth and last report placed in
Mrs. Bowser's hands up to this date
sheds some further light on the myS-
terry, but does not clear it up. James
Bebee, a farmer living on the county
line road, thus deposeth and saith:
about noon last Tuesday, as l was
feeding the sheep in a field back of my
barn, 1 caught sight of a man wading
through the foot Of snow in my mead
ow. He was following the tracks of a
calf, and he seemed to be considerably
excited.
1.-THE tracks led to where Twas stand
ing, and the man finally approached
and asked me if the bear had hidden
in the straw stack. He had his gun
ready to fire and was on what folks
call the kee wee.
II am a man who never smiles, not
even when taters are 50 a bushel, and
I was never more serious in my life
than on this occasion. In reply to his
question I remarked that my man
who would mistake the tracks of a calf
for those of a pear ought to be in a fool
asylum, and the stranger threw down
his gun and offered to fight me for a
cent. When he left my place, my son
Bill and my two dogs was after him.
They run him a mile, and Bill told me
they left him as he entered a swamp.
If anything has happened to Mr.. Bow
ser, I am sorry for it, but I c cannot feel
to blame. I'm sure he would have shot
one Of my calves if 1 hadn't been on
the spot to prevent. If l come across
his remains anywhere ON my farm, /
will at once notify the authorities, but
I think he will turn up alive and well
in a few days. l think he has struck
Duck lake and gone into camp to wait
for the hippOpotamus season to OPEN"
NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27

Northern Boys Go Down Before the
Carolina Nine.
Especial to The Messenger.)

special to The Messenger
Chapel Hill, N. c., March 23.-In a
game closely contested and beautifully
played today, and in spite of a muddy
diamond and soggy outfeld, the Uni
versity Of North Carolina defeated La
Fayette college by the narrow mar
gin of 5 to 2. That the interest was
at times intense, is shown by the faint
ing of one of the spectators. The work
of both pitchers was strong and the
fielding of both teams remarkable, un-
der the unfavorable conditions. The
special features were a running catch
by Launtofut Of Lafayette of a long
high fly to the fence and pretty stop
and throw by Graham of Carolina.
The score r. H. E.
Carolina 5 3
LSIH yelle Z
Batteries: Carolina-Hart and Noble;
MISUNDERSTANDING and Irwin.
Time of game hours; umpire, Hal
Worth.
University of Virginia 10; St. AL
bans 1.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
MODERN
FABLES.
C=BY GEORGE ADE.@
Author of the Girl Proposition.
Author of the Girl Proposition.
BY ABE.

When they arrived in a New Town he
would go out to buy a Package Of Gig
arettes and then he would return in
three days to find out if everything was
O. K. and if she was having a Nice
Time.
But you could say one Word to his
Credit. He never interfered with any
of her Arrangements for the Reason
that when the Arrangements were be-
ing made, he was Non Est. He belong
ed to several Clubs at which the Mem
bers removed their Pyjamas to put on
Evening Clothes. Sometimes he met
his Wife at Dinner Parties and when
he did so, he showed her every Consid-
Grafton and asked her if she was still
living at the same Place. He never
forgot to be a Gentleman, even at a
Dinner Party.
Although she saw hin only about once
a Week, she always had this Consider
alton. She knew he was not working
himself to Death in any Office.
When she applied for a Divorce, the
Officers had to Hunt a long Time be-
fore they found him.
He was very Panied and said he had
never used a harsh or cruel Word to her
because he always talked over the
Phone, with Central listening.
She obtained a Decree and as she
was leaving the Courtroom she was
met by a sympathetic Friend.
What are you going to do next?"
asked the Friend.
Z am going to buy a Dog" was the
Reply.
MORAL: 1t is aften necessary to try
two or three before the Right Kind is
anded
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
A Remarkable Case.

One of the mos remarkable cases of a
cold, deep-seated ON the lungs, causing
pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E.
Fenner, Marion, Ind, who was entirely
cured by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says: 1.-THE coughing and
straining 50 weakened me that I run
down in weight from 14S to 81 pounds.
I tried a number of remedies to no avail
until I used One Minute Cough Cure.
-Four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me entirely of the cough,
strengthened my lungs and restored me
to my normal weight, health n
strength" r. R. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27

BOtUCer on QHunf
He Decides TO Go Our and Sdke the Scoips
Of a Feu Rabbits. and Strangely Disappears

not feeling at all funny when my wife
told me that a man with a gun was at
the kitchen door.
Went out to see the man with a gun.
Found him to be short and fat, with
a hopeful expression of c~ountenance.
"He said he had tracked a rabbit to
my door and hat he suspected the
monster to have entered and hidden
away in one of the rooms.
Il opened on him in the English Ian
guage and whistled for my dog, and
the last 1 saw of him he was going
through the orchard and looking for
wolves. In the excitement Of the mo-
ment, aided by the ache of the two
boils above referred to, 1 may have
made threats, but 1 cannot feel respon-
sible if anything happened to him aft
er he left my place. 1 have kept moth
ing back. This is all 1 know about the
missing man."
1t was a farmer half a mile farther
up the same highway who brought in
the fourth report. Having suppressed
his emotions, he said:
TT was last Tuesday. 1 was she'll
ing corn in my barn when a stranger
with a gun entered. 1 have reason to
believe that his name was Bowser.
Il am not q humorous man, but when
the stranger Informed me that he had
tracked a rabbit to his lair in the woods
and wanted help to STAY the monster I
believe I smiled. I think he saw the
smile, as he presently inquired what
in blazes I saw to tickle me. We had
a few words. They did not relate to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for Indigestion or bill
l~iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
Nervous Prostitution or Heart failure,
etc. They used August Flower to
clean out the system n stop fer
mentation of ~undigested food, regulate
the action Of the liver, stimulate the
and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a
few doses of Green's August Flower
in liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. o can get this reliable
remedy at all drug stores. Price 25c.
Snd IS C.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
copyright, 1903, by NJ. Quad.1

lCOpyIISul, 1SUo, ny M. QudQ.l
pr. BOWSER had started for
wv the Office at the usual hour
1 and had been gone fifteen
minutes when he returned.
To Mrs. Bowser's query Of what had
happened to bring him back he replied:
"You can see that half an inch of
fresh snow fell last night, and I'm 60
ing to take a day off and go hunting.
I've been waiting all winter for just
such a day"
"But what car you hunt?" she asked.
"Well, I'll 60 out and knock over a
dozen rabbits, and perhaps I'll get a
fox and a wild turkey or two. This is
what they call a good tracking snow.
If I get on the trail Of anything, it
can't escape me-"
81 shouldn't think you'd want to go
blowing through the snow all day on
the chance Of shooting a rabbit, and
no one knows what accident may hap
pen to you"
81 do not intend to 'pIow,' as you caIi
it, and no accident will happen. I need
a day off to brace me up, and you know
that I love hunting. I'll bet 1 bring
home more game than we cal eat in a
week"
It would have been useless for Mrs.
Bowser to make further opposition.
During the night Mr.. Bowser had
dreamed of Staying rabbits by the acre,
and the fresh fall Of snow had decided
him to go out. He took half an hour
to change his clothes and get out a
shotgun that he had had in the house
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-27
When Cupid Plays.

That 1.-TWO is company and three's a
crowd"
An adage is well known to any stupid,
But always one exception is allowed
With reference to his majesty Oar Gu
pid.
So long as love makes this round world to
go
And lovers play for hearts, with trumps
the same,
Dan Cupid never n himself de trop,
For he's the silent partner" in the
game.
Maize Virginia C%aruthers in New York
Herald.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-22
Garden seeds at Montana Hardware

Co.
George Huber sold his frame dwell
ing and two lots, situated a little east
of the upper end of Fifth avenue. to
Jacob Harmon last week. Considera-
ton, $1,000.
Re-cleaned timothy seed at Montana
Hardware Co.
The cheap Rube" who does all his
advertising on bill boards in order to
beat the printer should make his
peace with the small boys who tear
down the bills as fast as they are put
up.
Only the best OF meats kept on hand
ut the Lewistown Meat Market.
The rain last week put some water
in the basement of the Power Mercan-
tile Co.'S store and it was necessary
to put in a pump to prevent great
damage to goods stored there.
Kelly & Moulton have some excel
lent bargains in lots, houses and
ranches.
Avery Armstrong has bought out the
interests of Dan Walton in the Judith
Bakery and will conduct the business
alone in the future. Mr.. Walton on
templates taking a trip east soon to
look after some property interests.
Use formaldehyde. the sure preven-
titive in wheat and oats. For sale
at McKechnie & Allan's.
Society, which was in a dormant
state during the Lenton period. is
awakening from its lethargy since
Easter and dances, club meetings and
social gatherings are once more the
order of the day in Lewistown.
Home rendered lard Is the best
at the Lewistown Meat & Provision
Company.
We have for sale a 160-acre ranch
On Rock creek. all fenced, an abun-
dance of fine water, buildings new.
This is one of the best grain ranches
in Fergus county and the best bargain
we have on u list. Kelly G. Moulton.
Lodge room, hall or emblematic
carpets made to order at eastern
prices at w. s. Smiths.
B. C. White came in from his ranch
Saturday. He reports stock in a gen.
orally fair condition but the rain last
week was badly needed to start the
grass. All that is now needed Is some
warm weather.
A four-horse covered stage will
leave the Benton Stage Company's
office every Sunday morning at 7 a.
m.
At the Presbyterian manse Satur.
day evening Fred De Otto and Miss
Jennie Welin. both of Lewistown,
were united in marriage, Rev. Albert
Pfaus officiating. The young couple
left for the east on a wedding trip
Sunday morning.
Kelly & Moulton represent the
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. OF
Philadelphia.
Frank Stephens and Tommy Mason
passed through this city Thursday
with m hundred Shorthorn bull
calves. They were purchased neal
Bozeman and were being taken to Os
car Stephens ranch. 1t was a fine
looking bunch of stock.
Before sowing your wheat use for
maldehyde on 1T, the sure preventive
for smut in wheat. For sale by Nc.
Kechnie & Allan.
Miss Myrtle Alderman left Monday
morning for her home in Kansas
City, Mo-, after spending several
months in this city. During her stay
in Lewistown she won many friends
all of whom regret to see her leave
but hope that she may conclude tc
make her Montana friends another
visit at some future date.
e. H.. Crabtree, assays. examinations
and reports. Mining properties listed
for sale. A good list of undeveloped
properties now offered on reasonable
terms. Cyanide propositions a spec
ialty, Lewistown, Mond.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-22

Providence helps those who help
themselves. The wife helps the hus-
band, the husband helps the wife, the
parents help the children, the children
help themselves Ito the things within
their reach. A telephone in your
house helps all the family to enjoy
life. Costs 10 little; only eight cents
per day.
LEwIsTowN TELEPHONE co.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-06-24
C~OnSerVadefeS antieuoS
OOnserVadOreS m0dernOS i

CuAndo regis los deatinos de este
Dandito auslo nm gobiarno de sacis
ques,Ael cual r scomoaaticio & las'
eonvenianefas de 6stos, eatAbA aivi
pdi0A In isls1e en- dos b3ndos politis on.
Ea uno sTnilitAba ell telesnento~efcial
con an sequito do caeiq aes lujosA
mante acom Dafiado de hombres de
libraas de acd y de oAds-
ITodA1 enAnt& die pcsfoio emanabA
do los poaefes del Nsabfe amalgama-
10 con al csciquismo, era obedients
ments eiecutadA. sin tsner en- cuents
para NADIA las conveniencias dc eats
patria desyenturada.
1ncienso Y mira sa & -arnabR On
loa altAres que & los fdolcs sa levan-
taban, y postraaos de rodillas se en-.
tonaban himnos 6 fAlsos Dio"as, que
NO otra cosR representation sine
mentira, despotismo y falzedsd. A
&quello llamsbsn los falsos adorable.
res: PATRIOTISMO, INTEGR1.
DAD.
Frsnte 6 aqusl partido militabs
81 que eompussto de pAtriotas de
ocd v aid, sspirabA 6 10 regenera'
ei6n Dc ssta isla.
Estos no hOstilixaban 6 10 naei6n;
& ella 10 respetabRn y que1fan, pero
por Ell prsstigio de ella misma Ia.
chAban por limpiar aqaella polilla,
que POGO & POGO rsduefan 6 polvo sn
ssgraao nombre. La labor nc pc.
dfa aer mas noble y grAnde, Sc Ia.
eh&ba por 10 libertAd 6 Independent.
clio & que TODD pueblo tisne aerscho,
porque asf como ell mismo dos rss.
peta oil fibre Albedrfo del hombre,
asf mismo 81 hombre aue ne arrastrA
por IL terra. Ic6mo Va & lei mas
Rrande que AQWel. eoartAn9o las Ii.
bertades de su semejAnter Esta era
10 ssgrada aspiration del segando
bando.
Hoy como aver, hoy como anton.
ees. existe iguRl NAL, 10 eaesna no
hA variado, ID decoration ha cam.
biado nm tanto, asf como se h1 CO m.
biado de personajo en- ID eomeaia
que 80 viene r0prssentsndo.
Tirnnos y t~iranixAdos, opresoras
y oprimidos. I16ntico trono, id9n'
tieos mandarines, id6ntfca compares
de f~srsRntes y lseayos que catentan
lujosas librsas, entonando cantos &
ID mentira, 81 sngsnoJ 6 10 falsadad.
TODD ESQ ex,ste como entonces.
TAmbie ! saerflegsments Sc invoca
Ell nombre de m pueblo honrado Y
tras bAstidores Sc ocultan los far.
santss de ocd y aid y en- coro repi'
ten: " fsliz y pr6anero nuestro
pueblo CON Ell STATUS americana;
observation-disclosures" anne. ricaaaa -.
nj. NJ. CE.... MONOS.
Asf cantan hip6sritamants los do
AGA y los de ALA.
Frente 6 csc monitor fe hombres
sin conciencia, frente 6 esa hilerA
de panteones blanqueados, estG 81
otro bsndo nutrido de hombras que
arden en- amor patrio y CON 10 pieota
en- 10 mano echan por Ell suelo ese
castillo de arena, y 6 porffa dasga'
IRAN eAretas, para que ne les yea To-
les cuales son.
Es presiso Of, que &c presenter oil
pueblo sin antifaz y bRj IN con 81 6
conquistAr 10 que anhelamos, 10 que
debemos cor quistar: 'iiusticia para
nuestra patr1a"
Los consetvadores no encaian en-
ell americRnismo.
IA. Romero H0Dth0usen,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-06-24
Anuncio Dermanente
Historic de una BanCarrOta
con puntOS ObSCur0S y
SuS APPENDICES

Empsssremos por orden correla.
two tai como suena:
10. IN banquero yendo NAL en-
a negoeios w q In suspension dc
pagos, y enrada & ans acreedores
con Glen mil duretes de aquelia
6poca.
20. PAsado Algdn tiempo, ante
tribunal compensate y CON les l&Rri'
mas en- los ojos SO compromsti6 6
pagar 10 qae debfA fntegro en- tres
amos.
81. Darante los tres amos BE comic
10 esrne, y los huesos los dej6 para
sus acreedcrsa.
Al. El quebrado Sc fac { la BAN.
CARROTA, con oil hueso que NO
pudo trsgar.
30. Con IL arne que Ell qusbrsdo
se trag6 se fund6 otra casa de
banca.
81. RI di gro asf irvertiao Dor sl
queorsdo v producto de 10 carne que
Be trsg6 Gin maaticar es De sus
nc rsedorss.
~lnsecuencis de este relate que
loa q eaaores vianen 6 ser ain SRrsa
eueuts de clio socios eapitAlistas de
Ii css& de banca de cfa, Y
sigaiendo los uses Y costumbrss dsl
concrete y seghl orjena oil c6digo,
los benehcios ss div den como siRue:
Mitaa para peysonsly mitad para
cspitAl.
Aquf pondremos an siemplo.
81 uno produce cinco de bersfcio,
pues csda &C ,eedor que so relaeions
con este s&que Sd cuents y YEA cu&n.
to 10 corresponds.
Este relate es ana historic -e1<ai.
Co, tel como suana.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1903-06-24
Una interview
con Don Jose el de Canton

Aver tRrde, uno de nRestrOs re.
dactores tuvo OCCASION dc departir
CON nm anciano hijo del Cslests I'm.
perio.
Llkmase sss deacandiente de Con.
facio, Li-Chuang Hung, pero, CON
motive de Yesiair squf desds hsce
muehos amos largos de tslla, ha
eambiado 90 nombre de pila 8 10 que
fusre por eli de Jose, made menos
que per ell de jose
Paes Pope naci6-nos dijo-en Can.
t6n.cEntonces dijfmosls nosotsos.
-Pnes hijo, en- Canton hay cada
pirata actualmente que 10 dan vuelts
y media 81 mismf.imo compatriota
nuestro 81 difunto Cotresf
-Yo no soy pirata. "Chinito nc
hses San juan ma que baeal& feita.
Ssnorito blanquito llega casa chi.
nito, mste che CHE zRgn&n, vela 81 SO.
dorita blanca no to balloon = piazs
come baeal6, b'cal6, baeal&.. -. CO.
me muehfsimo Banquito dice LIE.
cbinito no 6 tic lie 10 ,aeal& fetta,''
Eate chino naei6 psradiplom&tieo.
LIE hablsmog de "a TERRA, y esqui.
vAnao Ell <Mlntos, NOS hRb..6 de su
industria y dc los blanquitos que L.
saean sl cuarpo & les ssenoritas
blancass -somo g. dics-pAra atfbc.
rrarse de bAcalao ffito.
Russia quiere civilian 6 usteaes,
ohinito, snRdimos. mo to has sen.
lido 6oGeT 81 ia vida?
O-Frsenda bacal& frits. M aricano
que quedarse pobre Puerto r 60,
Msrieano pareee rusa.
En 10 imposibilidad de reproSucir
los palabras del chino, exprasaaas
ca ana sspecis de isYgA que no 20.
demos traducif islments, Aunque 10
dessaramos por ell chista natural de
10 pronu neiRsi6n del castellauo Dor
el chino; diremos 'que 81 nos diio
que qser1a musho 6 Paerto Ri
CO, pero que le disg aatAba en- gran
manera cusndo los muchachos lie
gritabau "ChAu chsu palar quses."
Qae aunqae 81 habfs naeido en-
Onlns, ten1a "sangrs torera," en-
prueba do 10 casl ss habia cortaAo 10
eoleSa 9 la trsnga. Qas conoefa mu.
cho 10 ley Fors k ,r y no simpstisAba
CON MIR Hunt Aunqus sH & timo ape.
lido era Hung, Que 81 gobernador
parec1a Tuso, sunque no per ga ffsico
Of por sus proeedimiantos. Qus e.
Saba 10 que eran les CT 'sfas puer.
tori iqueflA B y que Sc pArecfan mu.
cho & las de Canton. ~
-Chinito, dicen que uateaes CO..
men lsgartos. Como no stks vi.
viendo en- isla Ca,ebrAi-agregamos.
Y 6! continue dieiendo one era
falso que ellos eomieran 10 srtos, v
qse 10 tsnfa m6s miedo 6 los invee
tigAaorss que iban & Calebra que 6
los cule6roaes.
Finslmante, ell chino Joa6 nom.
brs igaal al hsroe del poema de
maestro querido amigo Ell poeta Dan.
bon atjonos que no entsnafa ciertaa
cosaa faera de freir bAcalAo y fu.
mar sa poquito de opio y dormir co.
mo nm henaito.
iSAn Joa&i