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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Filed for New
Corporation; National
Steel Company
H PLANS

h Companies Forming the New
Corporation Are the American
Steel Hoop Company, National Steel
Company and the Carnegie Com
pany-The capitalization of the
New Corporation is $63, OOO. OOO-It
is Believed That the United States
Steel Corporation is About to Carry
Out it's Plan of Merging all it's Con-
ficials Are all Old Officers Of the
Carnegie Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Chances of Success of
Cuban Treaty Are
DisCouraging
TO CONGRESS

Chances Are Very Slender I'm
less the United States Government
Comedies the Right to the Cuban
Senate to Provide That the Treaty
Shall Not be Effective Unless it is
Ratified by the United States Con-
gress During the Present Year
The Opinion is That No Condition
Whatever Can be Attached to the
Treaty by the Cubans Without In
1t - Another Special
Session.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Inquest Into Death of
Edwin BurdiCk End
ed Yesterday
CRIME NOT FIXED

At the Close of the Inquest Judge
Inquiry Into the Death of Arthur
Pencil Will Begin on Wednesday
Handed Down Next Week-Of Yes
terday's PrOceedings. Two Detec-
tives Were Examined. Mrs. Hull,
the Maid and Carol Burdfck Were
- Nothing New WINS
Brought Out by Their Testimony.
Preacher on the Stand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Found Dead in Bed.

McMinnville, Tenn, March 26.-The
dead bodies of Peter Luttrell and wife,
both past 80 years old were found in
bed at their home in Warren county to-
day, horribly beaten and mutilated. The
discovery was made by Lee Vickers and
wife, who had a contract to care for the
couple, in consideration Of the Luttrells
had decided Vickers the farm, taking
effect upon their death.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Governor Frazier Will Lend willing
Aid,

Washington, March 26.-In a letter to
the secretary of a Governor Frazier,
of Tennessee, says it will afford him
very great pleasure to cooperate with
the war department in it's efforts to
make the proposed roster Of the officers
and enlisted men in the Union and
Confederate armies in the civil war
complete in all it's details.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Killed by n Train at Road Crossing

Raleigh, N. c., March 26.-This after
noon about 8 O'Clock, j.. C. Bowling and
W. a. Cooper farmers, We're killed by
eight miles west of Durham, at Scarlet
Crossing. The men were in a wagon
which was struck and carried some dis
lance. 1t is supposed that because of
a deep cut the men did not hear the
train.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
To Discuss the and Needs
of

New York. March 26.-It is announc
ed that a public meeting will be held
in the Madison Square Garden concert
hall the evening of April 14th to dis
cuss the method and needs of Booker
t. Washington's work at the Tuskegee
Institute and that probably ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland will preside.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Anti-Cigarette Bill Passes in Wis.
cOnsin.

Madison, Wis, March 26.-The anti
cigarette bill was passed in the as
sembly today without a word of debate
Il profits the manufacture of or the
sale of cigarettes or cigarette pape
and takes effect July next.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
The belong Has Been Accepted.

Washington, March 26.-The torpedo
toat Delong, has been accepted by the
government. She is now at the Nor
folk navy yard. Orders have been
given for the official trial of the tor
pedo 0 destroyer Stewart in Ches-
apeake bay April LIST.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Pinehurst Golf Record Lowered.

Pinehurst, N. c., March Pc. A.
Freeman, Of the Montclair Golf Club,
lowered the amatuer record Of the
Pinehurst course two strikes today,
with a card of 70.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31

If the administration can house a
vice presidential bee in the bonnet Of
lGovernor Cummins, it will have a dan
Igerous possibility disposed of.-Wash-
iingtOn Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Ancient Table Manners.

A description of a dinner given in
1850 shows that there has been a vast
improvement in table manners since
then. AS rule, one knife had to serve
for two people, and often a bowl Of
soup was used by two persons. For
this reason the party giving the din
ner arranged his guests in couples, try
ing to place people together who would
be congenial and not adverse to this
common use of table appointments.
Spoons were seldom supplied to the
guests, and the soup was drunk di-
rectly from the bowl, the latter usually
having side handles by which it was
held. In less refined company there
were no separate soup bowls, only one
large porringer, which was passed
around to the guests in turn. The
diners helped themselves to the pieces
of meat they desired from the common
dish with their fingers.
Napkins were considered a luxury,
and were only provided in very arts
tocratic and wealthy families.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
A Rocking Shripc.

The most wonderful temple in the
world is built Oh rocking stone on
the summit OF Il mountain il northern
India which is over 10000 feet high.
The rock weighs LlG.iy thousands Of
tons. but IS balanced on SO fine point
that 4 comparatively light pressure is
sufficient to make If sway. Hindoo
priests teach their followers that this
rock was placed in position by the help
of the gods. and thus they add consid-
erably to the feeling Of awe which they
desire to create.
WOrshipevs at this shrine must first
make pcrilous ascent of the noun
tain. Then they spend seven days of
preparation in 4 temple built on the
solid mountain before they are permit
ted to make the final passage to the
mysterious rocking stone. To reach
this it is necessary to cross q bridge
over q great chaSm, for nature aud
man have combined to make this Hin
doc shrine difficult of access. After
crossing the bridge the pilgrim mounts
a ladder to which he clings in terror
for his life here and in the hereafter.
The temple on the rock is necessarily
small. Three priests Officiate there,
but its mysteries no man is permitted
to reveal. Europeans have seen it only
from distance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31

Wilson Bros. Offer Pop uIar Med
iEine at HalfPrICe.

Wilson Bros. the popular druggists,
are making al offer that is lust like
finding money, for they are selling
regular 90 cent bottle of DIR. Howard's
celebrated specific for the cure of con-
stlpation and dy spepsia at half price. In
addition 10 this large discount they
agree to return the money 10 any pur-
chaser whom the specific does not cure.
1t Is quite unusual to be able to buy
nifty cent pie for quarter, but that
lswhat this offer really means. for it is
on'y recently, through the solicitation of
druggists Wilson Bros. that this medi-
cine could be bought for less than fifty
ceh'', They urged the proprietors to
allow them 10 sell it at this reduced price
Tor little while. agreeing 70 sell q GER
tain AMOUNT. The result has justified
their g9o' Judgment, for the sale has
been sohethlng remarkable.
Anyone who suffers with headache.
dyspepsia. dizziness, sour stomach, speck
before the eyes. or any liver tcouble,
should take advantage of this opportu-
nifty, fur DIR. Howard's specific will cure
all these troubles. But if by any chance
1t should not, Wilson Bros. will return
your money.
The specific IS very pleasant to take,
coming in the form of small granules,
and there are sixty doses in every pack
age. 1t is especially convent when
travelling, and no enc should start on a
journey without bottle of this reliable
medicine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
The Origin of PyrOgra ply.

About q century ago an artist named
Cranch was standing one day in front
Of a fire in his home at Administer
Over the fireplace was an oaken man
telpiece, and it occurred to Cranch that
this eXpanse of wood might be i'm
proved by little ornamentation. He
picked up the poker, heated it red hot
and began to sketch in bold design.
The result pleased him so much that
he elaborated bis work and began to at
tempt other fire pictures on panels Of
wood. These met with q ready sale
and Cranch soon gave all his time to
his new art. This was the beginning of
what is now known as typography
The poker artist of today uses many
different shaped tools and has a special
furnace in which they are kept heated
The art has been elaborated greatly
The knots, curls and fibers of the wood
are often worked into the design and
delicate tinting produced by scorching
the panel
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
A Legend of February.

Here is the pretty legend which tells
why February has only twenty eight
or Twenty-Five days. Long ago, they
say, February was a gambler and he
was so unlucky that he soon lost all
his money. Like other gamblers, he
tried to recover it, and he said to his
companions that if they would lend
him some money he would give them
as security one of his days. January
and March, who were naturally asso-
ciated with him more often than any
Of the other months accepted his Of
fer, and as poor February soon lost the
money which he had borrowed each Of
them acquired one Of his days.
That is why January and March have
each thirty-one days and February has
only twenty-eight in ordinary and
twenty-nine in leap years.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
SDOnxe Growing.

Sponges are cultivated in West In
dian waters and the Mediterranean.
In its natural state the bath or toilet
sponge is f1eshy and covered with a
black skin. To obtain the light col
ored, horny and elastic skeleton,
sponges are left in shallow sea water
for several days in a staked Enclosure
until the rotten animal matter can be
beaten out. For artificial cultivation
a living sponge is cut into small blocks,
about cubic inch in size, with a por-
ton Of the outer skin On each. These,
fixed to a frame Of weighted trellis-
work, are sunk into a few fathOms Of
clear water, where they flourish best
on a bottom of green seaweed free
from mud. In about seven years the
cuttings grow into sponges of market
able size.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31

EveSy legitimate theater in New
York has two pay days-union and non
union. The union employees, which in
cludo the men in the orchestra. the
stage hands. property men and stage
carpenters. are paid, as their union reg
uIations demand, on Saturday night.
The actors. who have no union, are not
paid until Tuesday. although their week
ends on Saturday with the nights per-
Torrance. Their salaries are held up
two days merely to insure their reap
pearance at the theater en- Monday.
If the company were paid off on Sat
urday night unreliable or disaffectod
members of the organization might not
show up on Monday for rehearsal or
the evening performance, thus weaken
ing the production, but If the week S
salary is held back they are reasonably
sure to report on Monday in order not
to lose what is coming to them Ac-
tors are distinctly temperamental and
caDriciOus, and if & manager were to
pay off on Saturday night and there eX-
listed any temporary dissatisfaction In
the company he could never tell wheth
er he would have a chorus with which
to open up the week on Monday even
ing.-New York Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
The Customs O, the Country.

There was once a Newfoundland fish
erman-he CHANGED to be a Catholic
who in old age came to die. He had
lived in debt all his life and, no doubt,
had never once given his whole catch
to the dealer who supplied him, but
had wrongfully slipped many a Quintal
over the side of a rival schooner and
traded it out on the spot.
Send for Fawther Rafferty," he
said. "Send immediater'
He wanted to confess his sins, to
be shriven and to depart in peace, but
his old priest had been transferred to
Trinity Bay. A young man, just back
from Rome, was now the spiritual
head of the parish.
"Sure, it's Fawther Goblin" they
told him.
"Noa, noar the old man protested.
"Fawther COLLINS a fine young man
a clever young man, I doubt me not,
but it's old Fawther Rafferty, 1 wants
t. hear me confession"
"An' why?" they asked.
"Sure," the dying man gasped, che
knows the customs O the country
Norman Duncan in Worlds Work.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
The Human Body.

The blood, muscles, bones and other
parts Of the human body are composed
of many chemical constituents, and
correct chemical analysis would be
long and tedious. The specific gravity
of the blood is 1.02S, and no parts of
every 1000 are water. Of the other
parts chloride of sodium, chloride po-
tassium, carbonate magnesia, calcium
phosphate, calcium lactate, potassium
phosphate, sodium carbonate and other
constituents are found. This is gen
orally true, with variations also, Of
tissues and bone. The fundamental
substance Of bone is composed of or
ganic matter, combined with various
inorganic salts, in which calcium phos-
plate largely predominates. In addi-
ton the bones coRtain calcium carbon
ate, calcium fiuoride, magnesium phos-
'phate, sodium phosphate and sodium
chloride
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Meanest Traders In the World.

There is q colony of Syrian merchants
in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica,
who could give cards and spades even
to the bland Chinaman "for ways that
are Cark and tricks that are vain"
They take one match out of every box
they sell until they have enough match
es to fill another box and SO make an
extra cent. They shave tiny flakes off
cakes of soap and boil them down to
make other cakes. They put a thin
layer of molasses ON the bottom of the
scoop with which they serve rice SO
that a few grains will stick to the bot
tom. These are only few of their
thousand tricks to turn a dishonest
penny. Without doubt they are the
meanest traders in the world.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Questions Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmothers
never thought of using anything else for
Indigestion or Biliousness. Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard of
Appendicitis, Nervous Prostitution or
Heart Failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food, regu-
late the action of the liver, stimulate the
nervous and organic action of the system
and that is all that they took when feel
ing dull and bad with headaches and
other aches. You only need few doses
of Green's August Flower, in liquid form
to make you satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. You can
get this reliable remedy at all druggists.
Price 25c and 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
ButtOnfng a Coat.

Buttoning a mans coat from right to
left was the original way, when our
ancestors, wrapped in skins, held the
right edge with the left hand and
naturally inserted a fastening thorn
with the right hand. This right to left
custom has been retained by the He
brew priests in their garb to this day.
When fighting men became necessary
and swords and knives had to be
drawn by the right hand from the
left side, the edge of the coat, buttoned
from right to left, was found to be in
the way, and men began buttoning
and priests continue to follow the old
custom.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31

Almost everybody believes that
Franklin was the inventor of the light
ming rod, and in this one particular
nearly everybody is mistaken. The
first lightning conductor was not in
vented by the genius who is said to
have caught the lightning wild and
played with bolts of thunder" but
by poor Bohemian monk who lived
at Seuttenberg, who erected his light
ming catcher on the palace OF the Gu
rator of PreditZ, MOravia, on June 10,
1854. The name of this inventive
monk was Prohop Dilwisch. his ap-
paratus was composed of pole sur
mounted by an iron rod supporting
twelve curved branches and terminal
ing in as many metallic boxes filed
with iron ore and inclosed with a
wooden boxlike cover. This was trav-
ersed by twenty-seyen iron pointed
rods, the bases of which were connect
ed with the ore boxes. This entire
system of wires was united with the
earth by large chain.
The enemies of Dilwisch, jealous Of
his success, excited the peasants OF
the neighborhood against him, claiming
that his invention was the cause of the
dry weather that was running their
crops. When the inventor laughed at
them and refused to remove it they
put him in prison and then destroyed
his work.
M. Nielsen used a triple pointed rod
years before Benjamin Franklin ever
thought of lightning rod
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Cure For the Talking Habit.

One part horse sense and two parts
of manly determination to keep still.
Mix we'll with an unlimited amount of
the best quality of thought. 1t is impos-
sible for woman to talk all the time
without saying lot Of things that she
shouldn't or without proving a jolly
bore to everybody about her. This tat
Ting habit is not confined entirely to
women, though. Some men have the
att1iction terribly. Sometimes it's
wheat, sometimes it's chess, some
times it's baseball. A steady diet of
one kind conversation is always tire
some. Take a nibble of this and a
nibble of that, and your chatter will be
more interesting, particularly if there
are plenty of rests between nibbles.
Talking improves when there's silence
by way of Observation-Disclosures In
Quirer
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Naming the House.

The custom of naming q ship when
it is launched with the breaking of
bottle of wine on the prov is a sur
vival of an ancient practice which had
many forms. In early times, when the
frame of a house was raised, the bot
tie of wine was broken ON the ridge
pole The usage is mentioned in Nc
Lellan's "History of Gorham, Maine"
1t was the custom at raising to
break a bottle of spirit OH the ridge
pole and to repeat some rhymes, nam
ing the frame" as it was called. When,
in 1889, Jacob II. Clement of West
Gorham raised stable, John Phinney,
an old Revolutionary soldier who was
present, repeated the following lines,
which he said were used in naming
tie frame OF Captain John Stephen
sons house and barn, which were
raised about 1875:
FOR THE HOUSE FRAME.
Cursed is the Tory's heart
Which from the congress laws depart;
If the laws they do not fear
I hope they will not prosper here,
And if the laws they do obey
I hope they will prosper in corn and hay
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
E5rutalIN Tortured

A case came to light that for persist
ent and unmerciful torture has perhaps
never been equaled. Joe Golobick of
Colusa, CAL, writes, :'For Is years I en-
dured insufferable pain from Rheuma-
tism and nothing relievad me though l
tried everything known. I came across
Electric Bitters and it's the greatest
medicine on earth for that trouble. A
few bottles of it completely relieved and
cured me-" Just as good for Liver and
Kidney troubles and general debility.
Only SOC. Satisfaction guaranteed by
Perry & Doty.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
How Plants Remain UPRIGHT.

If q doWerpot is laid on it's side the
stalk of the plant growing in it grad
ually curves upward until it resumes
the vertical position. This is called
geotropic curvature, and the question
is by what means the plant is stimu-
lated to change its direction of growth
One theory AYERS that movable starch
grains in the plant cells fall to the low
er side as the position is changed and
by their pressure influence the mech
anism of growth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
ROCK ford, Beloit & GAINESVILLE
Railroad Co.

Operating electric road between Rockford,
ILL., and GAINESVILLE Wis, via Roscoe, Ill.,,
Rockton, Ill, and Beloit, Wis.
ROCKFORD, ILL.
First car leaves Rockford at $50 p. III. daily,
excepting Sunday. Second car at a. m and
every hour thereafter. Last car at IL p m.
First car arriving at Rockford a a. m. and
every hour thereafter until II p. N.
BELOIT, WIS.
Car leaves Beloit for Rockford and James
vile daily, except Sunday, every hour from
6 a. m up to and including II D. m. Car arrives
at Beloit from Rockford at $50 q. m. Second
car at a. IN. and every hour thereafter until
12 o. m Car arrives at Beloit from GAINESVILLE
at $50 a. N. Second car at a. m. and every
hour thereafter until II p. m.
GAINESVILLE, WIS.
First car leaves GAINESVILLE daily, except sun
day at Ga. m. and Is minutes after every hour
thereafter Last car at 11:15 p. m. Car ar
rives at GAINESVILLE at 10 minutes to the hour
from $50 a. m. until 11:50 p. M The last
through car between Rockford and Janesv1lle
leaves Rockford at 10 p. m. Janev1lle at O:lo
p. IA.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Cars leave Rockford at a. M, Belolt at " a.
NJ and GAINESVILLE at 7:15 a. m: ana every ha1
hour thereafter up to and including IL p M.
Rockford Ticket Offce.-B. G. Skeyhan, cor.
State and Wyman SITS.
Beloit Ticket Office.-144 State street.
GAINESVILLE Ticket ONCE. T. Bakers Drug
Store cor. W Milwaukee and tfanklIn Sbs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
BreechIGadeFS.

Breechloading in artillery and small
arms is popularity supposed to be an
invention of the middle of last century,
bat such is by no means the case. In
a Dublin gunsmith's shop at Cork Hill
is ON view breechloading rife offered
to the British war office at the close of
as it was considered to need too much
ammunition,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
UngratefuI Girl.

Miss Pechis," began Mr.. Klose, IF
you marry me you can be assured
that
I'm sorry, Mr.. Klose," the girl in
terrupted hastily, "but it is impossible.
l can never marry you
what! Well, if that amt ingrati-
tude Didn't l bring you a box OF
candy last week Philadelphia Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Jewels on an Idol.

The jewels of an Indian idol must be
worth stealing if many of those re-
markably hideous images possess such
valuable head ornaments as one made
for the idol Parthasathy, in the Tripli-
cane temple at Madras. The orna-
ment is worth some $4,000 rupees and
is made of sovereign gold, studded with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the
largest emerald being valued at 1000
rupees and the biggest ruby and dia-
mond at 800 rupees apiece.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31

Il heard Kronnick remark that he
never had such luck in his business as
he's having now. but I didn't catch
whether 1t was good luck or bad"
ooh, he meant bad luck, of course.
If it were good luck he wouldn't speak
of it as luck at all. "-Philadelphia
Press
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Showing the Way.

"Whose little boy is this, wonder?'
asked the old gentleman.
''There is two ways you could find
out" said the small boy.
"How so, my son?"
you might guess, or you might in
quire," replied the small boy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Scanning His Motive.

You can't be dead sure that a young
man is saving to get married just be-
cause he stops smoking cigars and be-
gins to smoke pipe.-Boston Globe.
No, he may be smoking the pipe to
get even with the neighbors.-
land Plain Dealer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-07-31
Did Not Mean 1t.

Honesty is the best policy" sapient-
ly said the commuter.
"My dear sir, you're wrongv' ex-
claimed the suddenly awakened insur-
ance agent who had been doing in
the opposite seat. my company has
the best policy. We long ago aban-
doned the other as out of date