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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
High-Handed Conduct.

Ia its vigorous action in cutting down
the poles OF the Western Union Tele-
graph Co the Pennsylvania railroad
nay have had the technicaIities Of law
and proceeding, calculated to do in
finite harm TO all business interests,
and IL must inevitably react upon the
Pennsylvania road itself. Public SEN
timent when fully aroused is greater
b even the Pennsylvania railroad.
and public sentiment, following eco
nomic necessity, is determined that he
final arbiter as TO who may dare to
invade its territory. Because the Gould
railroad system is building into Penn
s~ylvania and West Virginia the Penn
s~ylvania railroad, with ~nbounde eff
frOntery, undertakes not onlY TO block
that move, but with a malice scarcely
conceivable except in lawless, piratical
acts OF INSCRIPTIONS men, determines
TO wreck, If possible, the Western Union
simply because the Goulds are CONTROL
ing factors in that enterprise. In this
the Pennsylvania railroad has given to
the populistic agitato $ who are forever
denounclng corporations a greater ex-
cuse for their Wort than anything
which has happened for many years.
The only explanation that can be i'm
agined is that the management of the
Pennsylvania railroad a. completely
lost its observation-disclosures Record,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
A DINNER.
How the Handy Man of Work Dis
played His Resources.
(From the New York Press.

Away out in the suburbs Of Brook
Ign an anecdote of a borrowed dinner
is going the rounds. 1t seems a certain
thoughtless husband brought three
men home to dinner n night without
giving due notice to the wife Of his
BOSOM. Cookie had left the same day,
as i'll luck would have It, and there
was nothing but cold meat in the
house. The hostess confided her woes
to the handy man who did odd JOBS
around the place. She knew he was a
mar of ready resources, ingenious M
clever: but when he assured her he
would serve q dinner fit for a king if
she left the coast clear for him to op-
crate in she could hardly believe rim.
At the proper time, however. soup was
brought in by a boy he had press I'd into
service. and was followed by fish. en-
trees, joint, and. in fact, everything
comprising q perfect dinner. the only
fault being that the intervals between
the courses were rather Tong.
When the wel1-fed guests departed,
their hostess ran to the kitchen and
asked how the repast had been pro-
cured.
"Oh, the cook next day is engaged
to me- he said beamingly, and she'd
do anything for me. Her lady was
giving a big dinner party, n quick as
the things came out of the kitchen nv
LOttie sent some Of them here"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
How Democracy Can Best Work.

The widest blast that Mr.. Bryan has
blown since 'the Cleveland rivival' be-
gan We're tame in comparison with the
Eagles And we know of
nothing that could more seriously grieve
the discreet friends of the eX-president
than the prevalence of a suspicion that
such campaigning had his approba-
ton or sympathy. Fortunately for all
reach of such a ~reproach. The Eagle
refers to 'sordid or fanatical reputa-
tionism'' as one of the agencies operat-
ing against the salvation Of the country
Through Clevelandism." II the high
character of our Brooklyn contemporary
"a character long and we'll maintained
did not render it immune from any
suspicion of its integrity, the conclusion
would be almost inevitable that its pres
emit purpose wa to promote republican
interests by making democratic harmo-
nization impossible. Although we are
bound to believe in The Eagles sinceri-
ty, we are sure that if it's chief desire
were the destruction of democratic
hope it could not address itself to that
purpose more shrewdly and effectually
by any change in its present plan Of
operations. The best work that can
be performed by the democratic press
for the unification of the party is fairly
sampled by this extract from a long
editorial in The Atlanta Constitution:
THE first premise Of the democratic
campaign for 1904 must be the absolute
unavailability of both Cleveland and
Bryan. They have served their oppor-
tunities and the good or i'll of their &C
~tivities have been charged upon the
party ledger to the ccount Of profit and
loss. Their accounts as candidates for
the presidency are closed and balanc-
ed"
That is a potential voice from the sec
ton that is to decide the fate Of the
democratic party. The difference be-
tween the policy of The Eagle and that
of The Constitution is the difference
between vitriol and Misunderstanding
ton Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
AMERICA AND THE JEWS.
lit Appears That Our Own Windows
Are Somewhat Exposed to Rocks.

l(From the Des Moines Register, and
Leader.)
Since the news IF the recent horror
Iat ki.cheneff shocked this country as
nothing in recent years, ONE sane
Iones hav attempted to tempter our,
wrath against Russia by telling Us to.
Hook TO our OWN. 10 mind our own
Kischeneffs.' as il were. Especially
have we been reminded Of the unchrIs-l
titan attitude of q large section of this
country toward the negro. resulting in
frequent crimes. hardly less cruel than
those reported at kischeneff in Russia
1t has remained for Dr. Madison c.!
Peters, of Baltimore. however. 10 re-
imlnd Americans that in the treatment.
of the Jews. their own skirts are not
WHOLLY clean. DR.. Peters is the author
Iof The Jew as a Patriot recently
commented upon in these columns. He
lis we'll Versed in Jewish affairs. and is
particularly we'll Informed regarding
the exact status of the Jew in liberty
loving America. In his pulpit in Balti-
more on Sunday. DR.. Peters created
something of a sensation by saying i
was not for America to cast a stone at
Russia, as Americans are guilty Of the
same crimes for which the civilized
world is now severely cenSurIng Russia.
THE Jew in America, DR.. Peters said, is
lcaricatured in the comic papers n on
the stage. He is barred from social,
professional, and often from political
lclubs. He is excluded from society. If
The is ever received there. the apology
lis generally considered necessary that
"he is a good fellow. even if he is a
Jew" He is barred from many hotels.
especially from summer resorts. DR.
Peters said: tt wealthy Jewish mer-
Ichant looking for a summer resort vii
lbe handed a c~ircular bearing the foot
mote: No Jews TAKEN"
There is truth in what DR.. Peters
Says and if good out of all evil
1.-The good that will come out Of ks
Icheneff will be to remind other coun-
tries to look to themselves. and see i
they are wholly immune from the cen
lsure which is justly being deal out Il
Russia. The Jews have sometimes beer
held responsible for their own ostra'
lcism. They flock together. it is said. es
lpeciallv at Summe resorts and Whert
lone goes. all go. The result is the gen
titles avoid these places, ObJecting to tn
monopoly by Jews. as they would per
ihapS object to q monopoly by any on
lclass or set of people. whether Jew o
lChristian. But in flocking together. Oh
Jews are only doing what they hav
lbeen made to do these many centuries
whether IN Jerusalem's ghetto or "be
lyond the pale in Russia. And a
Henry James would say. there yo
lareI"
TT only solution is for the trut
Ito be borne home a little oftener tina
lit is that all men are created free an
IequaI. regardless of creed or colo
america cannot better profit by tn
llesson of Eischeneff than by takin
home the words of DR.. Peters. Whs
American hotel keeper, realizing tf
horrors that come out of bigotry an
lp ejudice, could again send out a circl
liar saying NO Jews taken?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Company Chartered to Aid Negroes
in Securing HOmes-The Great In
crease IN Smallpox Cases-COnfed-
crate Dead at Camp Chase.
Bureau.

Raleigh, N. c., May 80.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J.. Y. Joyner, was at his desk
again today. He has made 40 educa-
tional speeches since the middle of
March. H says there is general inter-
at the speakings. Referring to the rural
free school libraries Mr.. Joyner says
there are now 47O. Many new ones will
soon be established.
a charter is granted to the Farmers
Club. of Henderson township, Vanc.
county, the capital being $125, 900. The
charter gives leave to deal in lands
and to aid negroes in obtaining homes
on Easy terms.
The great increase in the number Of
smallpox cases during twelve months
ended May l will attract marked atten-
ton. there having been q total Of 4,4O0
cases. This is a great increase. Small
poX was brought INTO the state from
Norfolk late in the winter of 1899, and
was quite widely disseminated. Since
then there has been a yearly increase
in the number of cases. The fact that
there were about 165 deaths during the
twelve months will also arrest atten-
ton. 1t shows that the disease is be-
coming more virulent. 1t is impossible
to ascertain what proportion of the pop
ulation of the state is unvaccinated.
There are no returns TO show this.
Mr.. John H. Winder. of Columbus.
Ohio, is here. She has been for the sec
ond time unanimously reelected presi-
dent of r. E. Lee Chapter, Daughters
OF the C~onfederacy, at Columbus. In
the future this chapter and the local
camp of Confederate Veterans will dec
crate the graves Of the 200 confederate
dead in Camp Chase cemetery OF Column
bus. This work has been done for S
years past by Colonel W. H. knauSS.
a gallant veteran of the Federal army.
He is now feeble and desires to turn
over that work. The day of the decor
action is June 18th. The Chapters of the
Daughters of the COnfederacy in North
Carolina are urged to send flowers or
money 10 purchase them. Notice will
be given to whom the flowers and mon
ey are to be Sent. Colonel knauss a
few years ago built a memorial arch
to the memory of the dead in Camp
Chase.
Decoration day was observed this at
ternoon at the beautiful National GENE
terry here. There was prayer by Rev.
DR.. 1. NICK. Pittenger and an address
by DR.. D.. H. Abbott. Several soldiers
of the war with Spain are buried in this
cemetery, all North Carolinians who
were in the Second regiment, and there
are also a soldier killed in the Philip
pines and one killed in China.
Much regret is express here at the
death Of Capt. W. W. Caraway, a YER
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

Marriage of n Popular Young Lady
ut GOIdsbOrO.
Especial to The Messenger.)

"Speclal to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro. n c., May 30.-The Colds
bofo Baptist church was crowded to
standing room only last night by a
crowd who were anxious to learn who
would be the groom in a marriage in
which Miss Jessie Jenkins. the daugh.
ter Of Rev. C. A. Jenkins. pastor y the
First Baptist church. would be the
bride. Some days G and even on
Thursday a rumor was current in the
CITY that Miss Jessie, who was OF the
faculty of the Goldsboro graded school
and who resigned her position last
week. would marry a gentleman from
New Brunswick. N J., in the Baptist
church last night This report was
contradieted yesterday afternoon by q
street rumor that the groom had been
selected from among the legal frater-
nifty of this city. This report coupled
another rumor that the New Jersey
aspirant for the hand OF this popular
young lady had been notified not to
put IN appearance. caused a rush for
seats when the church doors were
thrown open last night The axlouS
crowd who filled the church to standing
room only were not certain who the
lucky man would be until Mr.. d. j.
Thurston, a promising young member
of the Goldsboro bar. stood before the
chancel rail with his beautiful Bride by
his side. The ceremony was performed
by the brides father. and little Misses
Mary Norwood and Eleanor Edmund
son acted as flower girls. The ushers
were Messrs. Hardy Robinson. Roscoe
Rivenbark. S. Ct. Fordham II f. {.
Vorser. After the ceremony the happy
couple repaired to the Baptist parson-
age. where they received a number OF
their friends.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
Twins.

James Hagan, an ex-warden OF the
Tombs, in New York, had n Of those
unique political excursions the other
day for which the metropolis is noted.
We've got about 5000 Of Elm out"
said he, to a friend to whom he was
showing the eighty cans of milk, 300
gallons of ice cream, and 5000 complete
luncheons, provided by the Amsterdam
democratic club.
And We've got more" he added,
among these youngsters-we'ye got
fifty pairs of twins, all pledged 10 vote
for Tammany.
Such a proportion Of twins is about
the usual one found in a New York
children's procession. And yet they
talk about race suicide.'-Boston
Globe
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
FORTNIGHT'S STAY GRATIS
At the SeashOre Hotel Offered by a


That Wrightsville Beach is we'll and
l~favorably known is ~undisputed and this
character of knowledge Is n~ot-confned
Ialone to this or adjoining states. The
--latest evidence of this is found away
down in Montgomery, Ala. There a
merchant is offering through the press
Ia voting contest for the most popular
lyoung lady in Montgomery and the
laward is to be transportation to and
from Wrightsville Beach and a fort
nights stay at the Seashore Hotel. This
lalso shows that the Seashore Hotel is
and widely known.
There is lively interest in the contes,
lin Montgomery and a number Of young
ladies are in the field for the honors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
Catherine Kennedy Home.

Contributions to the Catherine Ken.
nedy Home for May 1908, were as fol
lows:
Mrs. Wilder. eggs, hominy, milk;
Mrs. James Sprunt, strawberries; Mrs
j. L. Cantwell, milk; Miss Louise Har-
low; Mrs. Frank Higgins, milk, butter
bread; Mrs. Pritchard, milk daily; Mrs
Penn, books; Mr.. j. a. Springer. ice
daily; Mr.. Hicks Bunting, drugs; Mr.
R. r. Bellamy, drugs.
The monthly meeting will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the
home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
Mr.. Brand Improving,

Yesterdays Augusta Chronicle says:
Mr.. r. A. Brand, the well-known
general freight agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line. who underwent a serious
operation at Pinehurst sanitarium last
Sunday is doing we'll, much to the
qualification of his nan friends in
Augusta"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
THE TR77UNPElS OF PE-RU-NA INCREASE.
Of Chronic Almnts of Yemen Cured Every Month-DhguiSd INTERNAL "a
tar -. .ngny OF Women-Perunat TIE Only Internal Systemic Caarrh
Hcnec1 Yet evied-FrominentC asas in illustration.

time. The medicine only is obtained by
Those desiring to become regular
patients have only to send address,
duration of disease and treatment
previously received, and directions for
the first months treatment will be sent
at once"
Over half the women have catarrh in
some form or another. And yet, prob
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

Secretary Root is apt to conclude
that those Filipinos who are producing
seditious plays need a protracted period
Of rehearsal in Guam.-Atlant Consti-
tuition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

tering diseases of the skin Put an end
to misery. Doan's Ointment cures. At
any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

Memphis, TenE., n popular young society
lady OF that place, writes:-"Three years
ago I had very poor health, and while | was
only SICK abrd OCCASIONALLY, L was unable to
enjoy lie, 49, iulAed vitality and strength.
l was an easy subject to cold and malaria.
our bottles of Peruna changed my entire
physical condition. My head stopped aching,
my strength returned, and the poison was
driven out of my blood till 1 felt like a new
great medicine and well worthy the good
things its friends say about it, and it will al
ways have my Observation-Disclosures Finley.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
ALL THE YEAR RESORT.

Important Enterprise Projected at
FayetteyiIIe-An Evening at BON
ME Observation-Disclosures La" 'lo-
Iated-PIeasant Evening at the
Hotel Lafayette
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

A newspaper contributor was lately
admitted into the extensive suite of Of
fees which constitute the headquarters
of DIR. Hartman, who treats catarrh
patients by the thousand. Among the
busy swarm Of assistant doctors, clerks,
stenographers and bookkeepers, DR..
Hartman stopped long enough to say a
few words.
"a large number of female patients
visit me every year, but henumber who
are entered on my books as regular
patients and are treated by correspond
ence is very much larger. Hundreds of
letters are received and answered free
every day. A yet greater multitude I'd
take my catarrh remedy, Peruna, and
are cured, of whom I never near. Some
of this latter class vrite me years after
their cure.
g allow "a name published ex-
cept by the written consent of the
patient. We make no charge at any
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

Miss Lucy M. Riley, So Davenport street,
my Endorsement to thousands of other
women who have been cured through the use
OF Peruna. / suffered for hVe years VIII
severe backache, and when weary or WoTrieu
in the least l had prolonged headache: IEis
fall / caught q bad cold and was advised 10
take Peruna for it. Imagine my astonlsh-
ment and pleasure to find that after lahtn.
two bottles not only was my cough gone, nH'
/ had no more backache or headache. am
now in perfect health, enjoy life ana nave
neither an ache or pain, thanks to Peruna-
Lucy M. Riley.
ably not a tenth Of the women know
hat their disease is catarrh. To dis
tinguish catarrh of various organs IL
| has been named very differently.
One woman has dyspepsia, another
| bronchitis, another Bright's disease,
| another liver complaint, another con-
sumption, another female complaint.
| These women would be very much sur
| prised to hear hat they are all suffer-
! ing with chronic catarrh. But it IS .,
nevertheless.
Each one OF these troubles n a 2~e-t
many more are simply catarrh-that -.
| chronic Inflammation of h mucous
| lining, of which organ is affected. any
internal remedy that Will cure cat&frh
in one location viii cure It in 2ny OF
location. This Is why PcrIi1a has go
come so justly famous IN t." euro Q: =
male diseases. i cures C2tarrh ":
ever located. It's c:lr"scc;nain- PERI
does not paiiiate-it cares.
"Heaith and Beauty" sent Tree by Z
Peruna Medicine O., Colunhas, Ohio
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02

Miss Louise Bertse1, 1917 Second street,
Brooklyn, y. ", writes:-" My health was
excellent until about six months ago, when L
seemed to have a collapse from OVERRIDING
socially, and the doctor ordered an entire
change of scene and climate. AS this was an
absolute impossibility at the time, 1 had to
try and regain my health in another way and
was induced by a friend. who gave Peruna
such n good recommend, to try Peruna. L can
not tell you the condition of my nerves when
/ began to use it. The least noise irritated
me, and / felt that life was not worth living,
but Peruna soon changed me into q we'll
woman. and now 1 do not know l have
ne~rveS."-Louis BeTtsel.
The Washington times., 1903-04-26
ur-Legged Bird.

Nothing in the realm of natural his
terry in late years excelled in interest
the announcement OF the discovery in
British Guiana Of a bird with four legs.
The crested hoatZin, opisthocomus cris-
tatus. the only survivor Of a race of
birds several Of which are known as fos-
sis. inhabits the most secluded part of
the forests OF South America, and it IS
probable that it is owing 20 its retiring
habits IL has outiiyed its congeneTs as
well as to the fact that feeding as 1t
does upon wild arum leaves its flesh &C
quiTes so offensive a smell and flavor as
TO have gained for it the name Of stink
bird. and to render il entirely unfit for
food. It is q large bird, almost as large
as a peacock, in fact, but it is very sell
dom seen Oftener its loud, waiIing cry
is heard
The chief popularity of the hoatzin,
says J. Carter Beard, IN telling Of II,
consists in the fact that when it is
Matched 1t possesses four well developed
legs, the front pair being of a TeptiiiaQ
character. The young birds leave the
nest and climb about like monkeys over
the adjoining limbs and twigs. and act
and look more like tree toads than birds.
After Matching the modification OF the
fore limbs begins. the claws of the dIgits
falling of. and the whole OF the claw
like hands, becoming hattened, changes
into wings. After this modification has
taken place feathers begin to grow. AMI
in q short time not a vestige remains
OF its original character As Prof F. a.
Lucas, in an admirable monograph on
Spurs and Claws" in a bulletin OF the
Smithsonian Institution, says: The
adult birds not only have no claws upon
their wings, but their thumbs, even, are
so poorly developed that one would
hardly suspect that in the nestlings we
have the nearest approach to a quad
Tuped found among existing birds"
Mr.. J. J. Quelch. who studied them in
British Guiana, tells US that soon after
the Matching the well developed claws
on the pOlax and index, being constantly
in use for hooking and holding on TO
surrounding objects, the nestlings when
quite small are frequently found far
away from any nest, climbing by the
help Of their clawed wings after the par
ent birds during feeding time. One Curl
Gus feature noticed with a nesting
which had been upset in the river was
its power OF rapid swimming and diving
when pursued. As soon as the hand was
placed on it il diyed rapidly IN the dark
water. in when il was impossible to
see II. and arose at distances more than
a ward away Owing TO this power the
little creature managed TO evade all ef-
forts to secure IL, taking refuge eventu-
ally under the bushy growth, where it
was impossible to pursue 1t.
The Washington times., 1903-04-26

The vegetable python, which can
strang1e a forest monarch. furnishes
tragedies as intense as those born OF
flesh and blood. James RodSay, who
Travelled extensively in Guiana, says woe
betide the tree giant when he falls
into the clutches Of the cIusia, OF fig.
It's seeds, being provided with pulp
which is very pleasant to the taste OF
4 great number OF birds, are carried
from tree to tree and deposited on the
branches. Here it terminates, the leafy
stem rising upward and the roots flow
ing, as 1t were, down the trunk until
they reach the soil
At first these aerial roots are soft
and delicate, with apparently no more
power for evil than so many small
streams Of pitch. which they resemble
IN their slowly flowing motion down
ward Here and there they branch,
especially If an obstruction is met with,
when the stream either changes its
course or divides 10 right and left.
Meanwhile Ieafy branches have devel-
oped, which push themselves through the
canopy above and get into the light,
where their growth is enormously &C
tolerated
As this takes place the roots have
generally reached the ground and be-
gun to draw sustenauce from below to
strengthen the whole plant. Then comes