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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
SAILORS.
Not Much ProGress by Missionaries
in Island of MaIIicOio.
(NeW York SUM-

Wv" - S0hff
Mallicolo is the second largest island
IN the New Hebr.des group, which now
telongs to France. Some missionaries
a while ago chose this island as a
promising field for their work. but thus
far they are greatly disappointed with
lthe results.
None of the missionaries a yet been
harmed by the natives. their immunity
being due perhaps to the LIBERAL price
They pay for all the food and other
things thy purchase: but the natives
Icere nothing for their instruction and
have recently attacked an English
TRADING vessel which stopped at the is
Hand to land a number OF native PCS
seneers. Captain Atkinson. his first
innate and several others were killed.
A few days later the Pearl, another
TRADING ship. was also attacked. sew
iaral Of the crew being massacrod.
There is no doubt that the English
o. French will call the Mall;colo M
ItiveS to very sever account for their
Ideviltry.
These natives have been long regarded
ms particularly interesting because thev
occupy d trans t.onal zone between the
Nelanesiar md Pol-rn~inn worlds and
~ natives consequently present
Freat variety Of types, according to the
extent of ntermiXture Of the two
races. Tie tribal group in the island
differ CRAFTY in appearance, customs
end l~anTuap3. When the islands were
discovered the natives went naked or
Vora nothing beyond a strip of pound
d bark. leaves or cocoanut fibre. A
present most Of the people use cons:d-
Iarable European cotton cloth for all or
II -art of their attire.
Cannihalism still survives amone
them. THOUGH it hats disappeared from
imany ether isl7nds. Thu natives
Ilava n reputation for f5r0city and
l~vickednnss. but there is no doubt that
they arc stnned against &c we'll as
inning. Those who know Nelanasfa
'nSt say that the whites have been for
I~Ora ire fCherous ard cruel than tho
natives. Bishon Patterson. who was
Tiled on the island Of Nukaru in 1871.
I'll by the hand Of = man whom the
Whites h"d just robbed Of his childr~n
Mr.. Markham has reported that
many of the natiVeS OF those islands
i-uch as those who murdered the mis-
-i0nary, Williams. make use of fire
orns only against tho wh'tas. whom
hoy regard as ~kidnappers. The
would consider 4 d~iseraceful to emplov
he new weapons they have accuire|
n the local wars between kindred
tribes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
PRACTICAL
Germans Taking The Lead in Pre-
pairing for Industrial Life.

The leaders of the German race under
stand that the future r.valries OF ma
tons are to be wrought out in the
workshop and in the field o. COM
mcrce. and they know the importance
Of having for the industrial era now
upon the world a skilled population.
They have imbued their popular educl-
tiCnal system with this idea, and have
r~eorganized it upon this principle. The
foundation Of this revised system is the
practical requirements of the empire
and the times. What the country needs
is industrial leadership and working
skill-and these qualities it is striving
TO produce. It's schools are attempting
to turn out men qualified to make the
most of its soil, to work its mines, to
develop its manufactures, to man its
ships. In brief, it needs educated prac-
teal men; n it is rapidly getting
them.
This system is bound to make Ger
many q strong competitor in the COM
mercial world of the future. Her de-
Yelopment and her ~pretensiOns are de-
Veloping at a prodigiOus rate. Already
she meets England in every market.
and if up to this time she has been
held to the third ~place-behind both
England and this cOuntry-it is no sign
that it will always be so. The per-
sOnaI element in England industry and
is deteriOrating: with us t
is making no special advance; in Ger
many alone. it is steadily gaining in
power. German th0rOughness' is a
phrase very often heard nowadays N
the commercial world; and the quality
for which this phrase stands is very
largely the product of the national in
! dustrial schools.
The American educational system
might we'll take a hin from the Ger
man system. We have education
enough, but every observing man sees
that it is very largely directed to i'm
practicable objects. The working
needs OF the country. which ought %
be its fundamental motive, appear to
BE- -n.v little considered. For the most
part the system appears to re found
! ed upon the idea of assisting those who
make Use Of its facilities to get out Of
the ranks Of industrial life. To judge
by the average school. one would gat
the notion that the crying need of the
: Couutry was more professional man
and woiECn-mOre lawyers, doctors.
! SchuO! teachers. and promoters. Even
where We found 4 school upon the in
dustriaI principle il is soon cOntriv"7
TO make i 4 school of general academic
I culture. or ~ best = school of prOseS-
( sjo0ali~u. Somehow. the tendency "f
all schools IS to lead not towarf
: but GU1y from the essential and vital
/ occupations II community and national
I l~ife.-PO~tiaTl Cre-On!an.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
THE SUBJECT OF KIDNAPPING
Judge Aliens ARG to the Jury.
Mr.. CaIIum Promoted.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Greensboro, n. c., January 70
Superior u opened here Monday
morning for the trial Of criminal cases
Of which there are 80 on the docket.
Judge w. r. Allen. Of Goldsboro, is tht
judge presiding. This is his first term
since his recent election but he is an
old hand at the business having bee- I
judge before. In his charge his morn
ing he cautioned the grand jury to be
especially careful not to return a true
bill unless they We're very sure tina,
they We're right.
\ notable thing about Judge Aliens
charge III the superior court this morn
ing vas hat he called the grand jury's
especial attention TO kidnapping, which
was not made a crime in this state unit.
the meeting OF the last legislature.
RIr. Robert G. Callum. a son of Mr..
James r. Callum, of Greensboro.
has been appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company, with headquarters at Wash
ington. =. &. His territory embraces
Pennsylvania. New Jersey. Maryland,
West Virginia. South Carolina and
Tennessee.
The Telegraph Age for January pre-
8 cut Of Mr.. CaIlum together
with a sketch Of his life. Besides be-
ing a very expert telegrapher, Air. Cal
lnm is the patentee Of several manual
and automatic fire and burglar alarm
systems with entirely new and valuable
features
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
WHY STAY PALE.

A pity to see pale girls stay
pale and dull whenit is so easy
to get SCOTS Emulsion.
One of the best things
SCOTS Emulsion does is to
give rich blood to pale girls.
The result of regular doses
of SCOTS Emulsion is an in
crease not only in the red
color of the blood and in the
appetite butin the good looks
and bright manners which
are the real charm of per-
feet health.
Send for Free Sample
ecoTT & BOVINE. Chemists. 400 Pearl s., u. Z
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
O. -.

IF you think that l am going to
pay YOU = penny for this advertise
ment Of mine in your measly old =
per, q are nightly mistaken, my
frieuG.' said an irate business man as
he slammed down 4 coLy OF the Morn
ing Royelle IN the counter OF the JUS
mess office Of the paper. according to
LippinCott's.
What's the matter with the adver-
t.semcnt?' asked the business man
ager u the paper AZ he came forward.
I'd ask what's the matter. if l We're
you, Whit I wrote was Y fresh in
voice OF dairy butter every day Will
YOU just cast YOUR eye on that ad. of
mine and see what you have prfnted?"
The business manager cast his eye
on the 'ad." indicated and looked for a
place Of safety when he read:
a fresh invoice Of hairy butter
every day"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
Worse Than a Blow

from q lard fist is the buffet Of cold
wind upon a pair Of Improperly pro-
tected lungs. A few minutes exposure
to cold may be the beginning of con
sumption. Lose neither time nor cour-
age. Fortify yourself against pulmon-
airy troubles, including consumption,
with Aliens Lung Balsam. A few doses
will loosen the cough and enable you to
get rid Of the phlegm that produces &.
Cure soon follows.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
4 SCientifc Discovery.

kodol does for the stomach tina which
t is unable to do for itself. even when
slightly disordered or over-loadnd.
Kodol supplies the natural juices of di-
gestlon and does the work Of the stom-
ach. relaxing the ervou tension. while
The Unframed muscles Of that organ are
allowed to rest and heal. Kodol digests
what YOU eat and enables the stomach
and digestive organ to transform all
food into rich. red blood. r. r. Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16

To the Editor:
You are respectfully requested to
unblish the statement herewith. as n
matter of information, and for the
sake of the legislation proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
Fall Styles.

Your grandmother will sing you praise of the Cardigan Jacket-all the comfort that they gave is in the smart, stylish looking knitted blous- es, vest and sweaters. The knitted blouses this Fall have higher collars than last Fall, sleeves are wider below the elbow, the front longer and pouched.
 The Vest, which had Coli to thank for its resurrection, has the same polished brass buttons, but instead of the double-breasted style of a year ago, nothing but single As to shades, besides White and black, Scarlet will be very much the vogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30

work on it is expected to begin at once. The plant is to be located at Waycross, Ga., small town in the southeastern corner of the state. and when completed is to become the syrup school of the whole south.
 Great expectations are indulged in by Secretary Wilson and his official family as to the result of this experimental factory Since the introduction of sugar cane into the United States its cultivation for the purpose of manufacturing table syrups has been extended until it is now practiced over large areas of southern Texas, near ly the whole of the state of Louisiana, portions of southern Mississippi and Ala bama, the southern part of Georgia and South Carolina and throughout Florida.
 Nearly all of the methods which have been employed for this purpose have been of a crude nature and involve no accurate knowledge of the character of the cane employed, the amount of sugar which 1t contains or the chemical composition of the product secured Notwithstanding this, the product obtained has been of high character and the appreciation of its value for the breakfast table and for cooking purposes has grown until 1t Is now a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?


, walh had selected a spot that was not visible to any one but himself. The brick problem had merely been put be- fore him by way of a joke, and his solu- tion was wrong.
 In Scotland a shibboleth forms the test. The Glasgow police extract from the suspect easy and fluent utterance of the words Shoes and socks shock Su- san" One individual recently took ex- actly twenty minutes to say the sen tence and next morning wanted to prove he was falseIy accused by repeating the words to the judge. In Edinburgh the authorities hold to the ancient Bur gess fish sauce shop" In some parts of the country the apotheosis of the this tle-sifting woman who had ''six seves of unsifted thistles' has to be repeated by no means an easy feat for the man who has supped too freely of alcoholic beverages.
 Of course, different classes demand different tests. and in most cases well educated charges are not asked to per form physical feats but to demonstrate what condition of mind they are in. If an alleged intoxicated man can spell "parallelogram," ''chrysanthemums" {" "nasturtium." and clearly enunciate truly rural' and hereditarily," 1t is gen orally taken as proved that the police have made a mistake. But If the sus- pect fails in this examination he may be put to physical tests, a favorite test in the west being unlacing and removing ones boots while standing on either foot This Is none too easy feat for a sober man, as it is a matter of some difficulty to maintain ones balance.
 The test of walking down long chalk line or tape Is so frequently adopted that habitual topers coming within their spheres of influence" and often finding themselves confronted with the task reg ularly and relgiously practice walking in straight lines to a chalk mark when ever they have drunk deeply, in order to become proficient In the art and be able to satisfy the police when bounced upon that, whereas they may be "a bit breezy" they are not sufficiently drunk to be charged with being so.
 Presumably it was a student of the art who, on being charged at Southwark police court with being intoxicated, com plained to the magistrate that at the po- lice station he had asked for and been refused a piece of chalk, with hte help of line made by which he meant to dem onstrate to the inspector in charge that he was 'as sober as a judge" He was tested in other ways, with the result that the charge was entered against him.
 MT. G. R. Sims has given to the world through the Referee" verbal test of sobriety-or otherwise. It runs: The swan swan over the seas;
 Swim, swan, swim.
 The swan swan back again;
 Well swum, swan.
 It looks easy but 1t should be repeated from memory after a banquet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30

From the Baltimore Herald.
 Among the multitudinous difficulties the Baltimore police have to overcome, one of the most peculiar is that of de- ciding when persons arrested on suspi- cion of having drunk too deeply of intox- icants are sufficiently inebriated to con stitute a charge" In some police sta tions a long piece of tape is kept at hand and when an alleged case of drunk enness is brought in the tape 10 laid down along a passage and the prisoner is asked to walk over the tape, placing one foot right before the other as he does so And 1t depends to a great ex- tent on how the prisoner acquits him self in the performance of this feat whether he is charged or dismissed.
 At the Central police station suspected drunks are required to pace in the same manner, along one of the long and nar- row boards of the flooring This test was invented by Marshal Farnan when he was captain of the Central district.
 The match box test is more difficult, and has the attractive feature of being amusing. It consists of dropping an ordinary match box near the feet of the person suspected of tipling and telling him to stand on one leg and pick the box up without mishap.
 The feat is easily performed by a so- Der man, but when the attempter has supped strongly the chances are he fails to lift the box before dusting the floor with is clothes. The device is rather more in the nature of a test of sobriety, however, than test of drunkenness. for 1t does not follow that a man who fails to perform the feat is drunk, though if he succeeds the inference Is he is too sober to be charged with being intoxi- cated.
 A huckster who was recently brought before a magistrate for being drunk while in charge of horse and wagon complained of the indignities to which he had been subjected by the police. He had walked chalk line marked down the middle of a long passage; had said clearly and distinctly truly rural' and 'chrysanthemums had picked his hat up from the floor with his right foot raised 1t from his foot, and put it on his head while standing on his left foot had been asked to stick pin in small dot made by pencil on a wall, and had told them that if a brick weighed eight pounds and half a brick. a brick and q half would weigh sixteen pounds. And yet the lieutenant on duty had said he was intoxicated.
 The police explained that the accused had not walked the chalk line properly; that his enunciation of truly rurar' and 'chrysanthemums" was very throaty and vague; that he had three times fall en on the floor in his efforts to pick up his hat with his foot-a test he voIun- teered and in sticking the pin in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30

the race which will arrive in the near future"
 mat prophecy was made some time ago In the Contemporary Review" and the answer is our proposed activity in the Philippine tobacco fields, with what prospect of success the genius of Amer lean Industrial enterprise can leave no room for doubt.
 Tolstofs thesis) is this: Men use to- baeco simply in order to drown the warning voice of conscience. How one wishes Carlyle were alive to seize upon that text and worry it awhile with Ten nyson at the hearth and both pipes as usual alghtl The more a man stupifies himself with narcotics, the more stolid. quiescent and stagnant he becomes in- telectually and morally-according to the gospel Of Tolstoi. Thus destroying utter ly our faith in the finer culture that was born Of after-dinner coffee and cigars; the sentiment mat has always attached to the high-bred gallantry of the snuff box.
 Was the passion of Catherine de Med icis for snuff. which. procured for the parent herb the proud title of herbe de la reine, less than a regal one? Crowned heads-some riple-crowned-have thun- dered in vain. like King James, a "coun- terblaste' against the weed Pope JJr- ban VIII launched a bull against 1t; the czar of Russia. In 1884 forbade his subjects to smoke, under pain of for feiting their noses; in the same year the Sultan Amarath raised smoking to the dignity of capital crime; and few years later a revised edition of the Decalogue, published at Berne, sand wiches between the seventh and eighth commandments a new one: Thou shalt not smoke"
 
 tribes ever written against My Lady Nicotine have ended In smoke. They al- ways will Let us grant that tobacco may have a mischievous influence on the health and even cause serious diseases, like Angina pectoris. or injuries to the tongue and lips. Yet is 1t a mental se- dative or stimulant; one of the dearest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30

recognized food product throughout the whole of the region mentioned and in many other parts of the country to which it has been sent.
 Dr. Wiley keeps a bottle of the syrup on the mantel in his office at the de- pertinent, and refers to it with pride as the best syrup manufactured. When he presented the cause of the syrup to con gress and obtained the sl50o0 appropria- tion, he carried this bottle with him and passed it around the committee table. The result was magical, and if the first experimental mill proves the success pre- dicted, there Is no doubt that the syrup bottle will form a permanent fixture in the argumentative paraphernalia of the department before congress in the future.
 Although the industry has heretofore been carried on by means of the old fashioned mule mill and iron kettle, the demand for the syrup has increased so rapidly within the last year or two that manufacturers are equipping themselves with more modern machinery. It is for the purpose of seeing uniformity in the quality of the output as well as for studying methods to prevent fermenta- ion in warm weather. in order that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
Toilet Goods.

Everything that a woman needs for her dressing table and bath. The prices arc less than you can get then anywheres else in Birming- ham-anyWheres else in tht South, folks say.
 Cleanse, the new Massage Cream, is becoming very popu- lar-this not only cleanses, but softens the face and hands. Price per jar65c.
 Violet ammonia 1a pint size Sc.
 Dead Stuck Kills Insects and Reaches, does not stain, large size bottle 21c.
 Disinfectine Soap 10c per cake, three for 25c.
 Wicker Bottles, very handy when travellng, will not break, 35c and 65c.
 Cleano for Kitchen purposes, cleanses the sinks, metal, and all kinds of kitchen wares, per pack age Sc.
 Floral Charms for the fan chains, very refreshing odors, each Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
NOtiOns.

A lot of Notions not told 0. for some Weeks-each Sun day we tell of different Mo- tions, and you will fine the Notion news well wcrtf reading, for the prices ther are Hess than usual.'
 Crandell Wedge Belt Support CT, 25c.
 15c Linen Collars, slightly soil ed, six for 25c.
 The National Pin Book, two for 5c.
 Black Cube Pins, one hundred count, to close 4c.
 15c Shell Pompadour Combs, to close Sc.
 Ladies' Ably Summer style) Linen Collars, two for 25c.
 Medium size Shell Hair Pins, per dozen 1oc.
 Shell Side Combs, good assort- ment, per pair, 5c.
 White Side and Back Combs, per set 100.
 Alcohol Curling Lamps, S9c and soc.
 Real Hair Switches, p inches . long, at IFS.
 Real Hair Pompadours, 200 and 25c.
 Real Hair Wigs for colored peo- pie, 2.25.
 Foundation Collars, 10c, .15c and 25c.
 Skeleton Waists for Chil- dren, 35c.
 Vincent Waist Adjuster, long eff feet, 15c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
ApOlOgia of a TObacCanaIian


This is the time of all others for an sert himself, says Melville Philips in the New York Mail and Express, His coun- try not only gave the plant "Cohiba" to the world, but it is about to supply the millions of fumigators, who delight in blowing rings, with almost the only weeds, Havana or Manila, worth smok- ing. It is now a patriotic duty to give the lie to the ant-Tobacco society; to puncture the pessimism of Count Tol- stoi, whose attack upon marriage in the ''Kreutzer Sonata was less heinous and cowardly than his stab in the back to tobacco as a conscience killer"-the stab of a man who has no further use for the solace of a friend; one whose desire has outlived performance.
 The charm of tobacco is an inexplica- ble thing. It lies in the soothing effect, according to M. Fay; it is seductive anaesthesia that has become necessary says M. Richet; it is, when used within reason, a harmless and mental stimu- lent, M. Rochard declares Now all three of these eminent French scientists know even better than does Count Tolstoi that the plant constituting the genus named after their fellow countryman, Jean Nicot, is a poison. What of it? The air is full of deadly bacteria; there is not a discoverable trace of ozone in the, yi- tiated atmosphere which blankets Lon don. Yet, while the use of tobacco pre- vails throughout the world and smokers alone are numbered by hundreds of mill lions; while more than a million and a quarter acres of the earth are devoted to the profitable cultivation of the plant, and the taxes on it in France alone amounts to over 60.000,000-despite the universality of a habit that has grown upon without decimating the better part of the human race during three centuries and half. Count Tolsto has spoken of "the deliverance of humanity from this
 terrible evil" as .an epoch in the life O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
We Make Badges and
 Banners.

In the Art Department we make Badges and Banners for all sorts of occasions. Just now we are busy making some very attractive Banners for Labor Day-there is not a society in the Birmingham District but that wont find it to their advantage to come here for what they need in the way of Badges and Ban ners, as we not only do the work attractively, but the prices are less than the Ban ner makers out of town are able to do the work.
 We make badges and banners, all grades.
 New stock of Battenberg Pat terms for 10c to 75c.
 Linen Mount Mellick Pieces, net foundation l.OO.
 Latest Edition Home Needle Work Magazine, 15c.
 Latest Edition on Mount Mel lick Work, 5c.
 Thread Cambrio for Handler chief making from per yard. soc to 2.5C.
 Mount Mellick Scarfs and Squares Embroidered at 59c.
 Linen Pillow Slips Hemstitched, 22x36 inches, stamped free, per pair 1.25.
 New designs in Lithograph Pill low Tops, each 35c.