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LloAr AND AgAvvweloHr.


for Excess o. Flesh,
The Swedish government Is about to
impose a tax at a fixed rate per pound
on al persons Weighing over i25
pounds. The fat men, Il Is held, gets
more than his equitable share Of the
good things Of life and should pay for
the extra space air and edlbles he
consumes. This leads a railway con-
temporary to argyle that It Is ineQult.
able to charge the same price for car
rying a 100-pound passenger, occupy.
Ing slngle-seat space. as for q 500
pound individual requiring twice as
much room. Passenger rates, Il ls
held. should be fixed BY the pound.
Excess weight Of baggage Is charged
for; why not excess weight Of passen-
gerg The trunk Is less important and
requires less care than It's owner. But
the proposal has been received with
universal favor. The iolllty OF the
corpulent man Is entitled to recogni.
ton In rate.making. serving as It does
to lessen the grumblIng caused by
late trains or other defective service.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-08-26

They are catarrh Of the organ which is
Affected. These women despair Of re-.
covery. Female trouble IS 50 common, so
prevalent. that they accept It as almost in-
evilable. The greatest obstacle In the way
Of recovery Is that they do not understand
that Il is catasrh which is the source Of their
illness. In female complaint. ninety-nino
cases out Of one hundred are nothing but
catarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located. - --ln.@As@aeA---- --~.- -
Chronic invalids who have languished for
years on sick beds with some form OF female
disease begin TO improve at once after be-
ginning DR.. Hartman treatment.
Among the many prominent women who
recommend peruna are:-Belva Lockwood,
Of Washington. d. c.. Mrs. Col Hamilton
Of columbus. Ohio; Mrs. +. +. Warren wife
Of u. s. Senator Warren OF Wyoming.
II you do not derive prompt and saiisfac-
tory results from the use Of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
meni Of your case. nd he will be pleased
10 give you his VALUABLE advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President OF The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus Ohio.
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aAnnlE Mor a AK.


pointed His Admirers.
Soon after Mr.. J. N. Barrie leaped
into fame the editors Of three Journals
for which he had done a good deal Of
work determined 10 give a dinner IN
his honor, says a writer In a London
exchange. Mr.. Barrie accepted the
Invitation, and In due course the
three knights OF the pen and scissors
and their distinguished guest sat
down together. the hosts. know.
ing their contributor only by his work,
in full anticipation Of feast Of rea-
son and a flow Of soul" However,
hors d'ouvres. soup and ish were con.
sumed without a word from Mr.. Bar.
RE, or, at least. with nothing beyond
n0ncommlttal grunts. and Il was not
despite frantic efforts to lure him into
conversation, until he rose TO put on
his coat that he made the first and
last remark that he uttered during
the evening. This coruscatlng con
tributlon was in the broadcast DorIc:
"Weel, this is the first time I've ever
had dinner with three editors"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-08-26

Newly Welded Man trying desper.
Rtely TO paint his happiness to his
old bachelor chum)-Man Man! |
tell you, 60 and get married your.
self. Now. when you get home. what
do you find? A dark room, everything
upside down. and not a soul to talk
20 you. go home and find a warn,
coy, dainty room. with my wife sit.
ting at the table and talk'ng-and
talking (grows angrler and angrier)
and TALKlNG-by heavens, | tell
yol she never stops talking,"
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NERVE WORN Kidneys.

Doan's Kidney Pllis
mako freedom from Kid
ney trouble possible.
They carry n kind OF
medication 20 the Kid
neys that brings a bright
ray Of hope 10 desperate
cases.
Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs and dropsy signs
vanish.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa Mrs.
l. w. Ammumen writes F:
"a few weeks ago I sent for
q trial box OF DoAn's Kidney
Pills for myself, - ithey did
ell they are said TO do. Ny
husband was kicked last fall
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BARGAIN IN POSTAGE STAMPS.
Druggist Sold Thirteen for Cent and
a Quarter.

DO you make any reduction in
price when you sell postage stamps in
quantity?" inquired the funny man
who frequently bothered the corner
druggist.
AS you are a constant customer and
the hour Is late" said the druggist, Il
will let you have the entire stock Of
two cent stamps have on hand for a
cent and a quarter. happen to have
just thirteen"
"All right, III take Them" said the
funny man, who scented a bargain.
The druggist handed him the thlr-
teen two-cent stamps and took full
pay for them out of a flve-dollar bill
which the wise funny man rendered
saying that cent and. a quarter
amounted to Just twenty-six cents.
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The cave-dwellers Of Mexico can
run a distance Of 10 miles al
stretch, going at a slow trot, running
steadily and constantly Frequently
4 letter has been carried from Guaza.
9ores to chihuahua, distance Of over
100 miles. IN Ave days. the carrier
living all the time on a simple diet Of
oinole, q finely ground corn mixed
With water into thin kind OF Cruel.
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Mount sangay is the most active
Eolcano in the world. II Is situated
10 Ecuador, Is 1712O feet IN height
and has been In constant activity
since 1928 The sounds Of rs erup
lions are sometimes heard in Quito
$50 miles distant. and once 267 re-
ports we're counted In one hour.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
A New Story About Sedan.

To commemorate tire heroic but
hopeless charges of the French cav
lalry at the battle of Sedan a monu-
ment is to be erected on the spot where
the division Of Gen. Marguerite melted
away under the fire of the German in
Ifantry and artillery. says the. New
York Sun. NJ. Emile Guillaume. the
lsculptor. has undertaken the work, and
1.-THE monument will be. erected by pub
Inc subscription. At the request of Gen.
Ide Gallifet Gen. F'averot. who was in
the last charge, wrote his ecoTIec-
tions of it.. One would imagine that
little or nothing, new could be told to
the world abou the. battle of Sedan.
but the general gives some details
(which are noteworthy. Among them
There is one episode which escaped the
pencils of the painters of battle pic
lures. When the division Of Gen. Mar
lguerite. which rushed upon the Prus-
Islam columns. was shattered and bTok-
EN- by the terrible fire of the needle
Igun and of the artillery q fragmeet
of it. under Genera de Gallifet, passed
lin front of the Prusslan reserves and
icame close to the Eighty-first Nassau
battalion. The German officer COM
lmanding that battalion, in admiration
jof the brave fellows gave the order
Ito cease firing. The French officers
and the Germans returned the
ISa lute and cheered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

New York. September 8-The stock
market today was even duller and less
interesting than at any time for the
past fortnight. Price movements were
narrow and without meaning, in fact,
the market as a whole was dcvoid of
special feature and operations were
almost wholly Professional. There was
no very decided pressure IA sell, Meth
er was there even a semblance of in
Vest1nent buVlng- Traders were ION
the fence. committed to neither side.
but rather hopeful of a rally
The news of the day was not of an
encouraging character. Aside from
the increasing seriousness of affairs
iD eastern Europe, which brought
about a further decline in British con-
SOS the decision of Um~ire Wright
favoring the hard coal operators and
reports of a probable strike among
the Colorado Coal Miners We're quite
sufficient 70 check any trading that
might otherwise have developed. The
banks continue to lose currency hear-
lily to the interior.
Several large shipments We're mad
west and south today, indications
POINTING to a heavy weeks movement,
considerably in excess perhans OF that
reached a week ago. The rates for
foreign exchanges were practically I'M
changed from those of yesterday. The
days business was limited to the bet
ter known railway snareS and the
fractions. the latter showing marked
strength. The active issues were the
Pacifcs, AtchisOn, ST. Paul, New York
Central, Reading. Pennsylvania. Rock
Island. Southern Railway. Erie n
~AmaIgamated Copper. The cOalers
made no response to the decision al
ready referred to.
No definite news was heard to ac-
court for the improved tone of the trac-
ton stocks other than mere gossip of
an all around combination. There was
practically no market in the early at
t%er1Doon, but IN the last hour short
covering indicated that the market had
been oversold and prices. were bid up
with some degree of success The
closing was steady.
The bond market was quiet and after
early heaviness rallied slightly and
closed irregular. Total sales. par
value; were s92S,O0O. United States
bonds We're all unchanged on the last
call.
Total sales OF stocks today We're
100. 100 shares.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
BAXTER'S COTTON LETTER.

New York. September 9.-Reports Of
deterioration are coming in from many
sections of the south through various
channels and the feeling is gaining
ground that cotton is not doing so
well as was the case Il Few weeks ago
The weather has been exceptionally
fine for some time, but the fact that
the temnerature at night has been
very low appears to have been over
looked. The mercury has been entirely
too low and on his account the con-
clusiOn reached that the crop VIII new
err prove a heavy one no matter how
long frost may be delayed this fall
An early. frost, it is admitted, would
lead to a great buying scramble no
matter how big receipts may be at
the time.
The movement is bound to, be heavy
since it has been next to nothing so
far n until it exceeds last years
total will not count for much as to
prices except at the moment. The
market devefoDed mucn weakness soon
after the opening owing to big receipts
in Savannah and some bears selling
b.: ~eopfer who got fooled on the last
crop. Some European selling also took
place here. Port receipts were 9.G08
bales against $4,000. Cooler weather
was indicated for the southwest.
A 3. BAXTER & CO. 0ncG
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
webster's Opinion of Himself.

A lady of one of the old families
living near Boston related to a writ
er the other day told an anecdote OF
Daniel Webster which has never been
in print before. This lady happened
to be one of a few friends who went
with Mr.. Webster to the hall where
hung on exhibition, previous to us
final location in Faneuil Hall, Mr..
Healy's now famous painting repre-
.senting Mr.. Webster making his reply
to Hayne. Mr. Webster" said the
lady. was very feeble and was led in
by the artist Ascending the platform
which commanded a view of the pic
|ture. Webster looked at it for some
minutes, making some pleasant obser-
vations to his friends respecting the
different senators and the various
points of interest on the This
portrait and hat were spoken of, and
even the pages recognized. Finally,
turning to go. Mr.. Webster quietly re-
marked: And as for that man stand
Ing there in the center-wel 1 have
seen better looking men in my day
he"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
MIR. BROWNS EXPLANATION.
The Bull Leader Says lie Only Made
a More Equitable Distribution of
Cotton.

Mr.. W. P. Brown, the great bull
Header of the cotton market during
the season that closed Aug 31st. says
that it is a mistake to say that his
caused cotton mills to close
and employees TO be thrown out of work.
What he did, he saws, was tt buy cot
ton from mills that had a surplus and
sell it to mills that had to have cot
ton. 1t roo- be hat some mills had
Ito close, but they would have had to
|close, he says, if there had been no
in cotton, because there was
"a cotton famine. There vas MOI
|cotton enough to keep all the mills
in the world going, He paid the price
|got the cotton.
From the simple statement it might
be Inferred that the only thing he did
was to make a better distribution OF
than already existed-that is,
that he too the cotton from mills that
had a surplus and turned it over TO
those which had none. He did some
thing more than that, however. He
was shrewd enough to see that there
WAS a cotton famine and nervy enough
Ito use his knowledge to the utmo-,
limit. He bought cotton and held it
until he got his price. That is. he
bought all of the cotton that was Of
|fered and therefore was in a position
to fix the price.
There is no doubt that he was very
successful in his operations. He had
the confidence of the financial insti-
that were supporting him and
he wasn't hamDered for
the want Of money. One reason why
he was not embarrassed for money
was that he obtained the greater part
Of his loans in France.
What the profits of the syndicate
OF which he was the head were is a
of speculation. One of his
brokers is quoted as saying that they
were about $1,000, 900. That is very
much greater than the profits Of Mr..
.Sully, who "a q corne earlier in the
season. Indeed, if accounts are cor
rect, the earnings of the Sully syn
dictate were hardly a third of those Of
the Brown syndicate.-Savannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
Two. Vanishing Types.
(From the Milwaukee Sentinel

(From the Milwaukee Sentinel).
Two vanishing types of the Ameri-
can are, alas! still presented in the
new novels and the current magazines,
although they are rare indeed in real
life. These are the backwoods farmer
with the fringed beard, bent back and
the Down East dialect. and the west
ern desperate with flashing eyes, quick
pistol hand n a whole dictionary of
swear words. Doubtless ii will be many
years before the inhabitants of Great
Britain awaken to the fact that these
two ~personages are not the highest
m products Of our American civil
liZation. Here on this side of the water
the two caicatures viii continue to be
cherished ones in the pastoral novels
and the Observation-Disclosures melodramaS
until some other burlesques can be
made popular.
The railroads and the telegraph lines
into close touch with the great centers
Of population. Yankee ingenuity has
enabled the American farmer to accom-
plish wonders with the aid of agricuI-
tural machinery. GOod-siZed cities are
SO numerous in the United States that
only a small population is really isO-
lated. The western desperate has dis
appeared before the hardy and deter
mined settlers of the frontier. In some
cases he has become a millionaire or a
prominent citizen. In the last few
years trolley lines and ruraf mail routes
have put the farmhouse in daily touch
with the busy world of business and
commerce.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
Are We PaEanS>

The decision of Sir Francis Jeune's
lcourt IN London, in the COnstantinidi
divorce case, the other day is notice to
us hat we are in European eyes, or
lat least in the purview Of the. sober
land orderly British courts, merely
pagan in treating the marriage bond,
(which is at the foundation of the
la wealthy Greek merchant domicileu
lin London, was granted a separation
from his wife in 1898, n Cne decree
prohibited the remarriage of he WO-
Imam who wished to marry the family
physician. h had heard of the Ill
flame of South Dakota, hied herself
Ithither, and, after a SiX-mOnths' resi-
Idence, vas granted an absolute divorce
lby the complaisant court, which de-
lcides these things with an EYE single
Ito revenue and the prosperity of the
Estate. She married again, n the
british court decided that this second
marriage was of no force in the United
Kingdom.
One of the counsel in the case called
1.-THE South Dakota proceedings by the
harsh name of a fraud upon civilized
Jurisprudence" and a good American
PRESENTS the imputation he has put Upo
lus. IT IS barbarous, and as much al
most may be said of the general treat
lment of divorce in the United States,
where nearly all the states Lursue the
even tenor of their respective ways and
lgrant divorces for different reasons in
Ian incoherent manner.-Philadelg hia
II .edger-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
The Man and the Woman.

A man will run as fast as he can TO
cross a railroad rack in front of a
train, says The Kansas City J%ourn"I.
Then he will watch it till it goes out
OF sight. Then he will walk leisurely
away. He seems to be all right and
probably is. That is a a A woman
in a street car will open a sachel and
take out a purse, take out a dime and
close the purse, open the sachel, put
in the purse, close the sachel and lock
both ends. Then she will give the dime
Ito the conductor, who will give her a
nickel back. Then she will open the
.sachel and take out the purse, put in
the nickel, close h purse. open the
.sachel and put in the purse, close the
sachel and lock both ends. Then h
will feel for the buckle at the back Of
her belt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
The DeIineatOr for October.

On account of the significance of the
month in the realm of style the OctO-
Der Fashion magazines are always i'm
portant numbers and m o them The
DelineatOr is conspicuous for general
excellence and for the a~ttraCtiveneSS
of the styles portrayed. The newest
fabrics and latest millinery are also
illustrated, and the nOveIiest and fame
lest in trimmings and accessories pic
Gured. The Evolution of a ClubwOman,
u serial story. by Agnes S~urbridge,
which begins in this number, treats q
fundamental question or the feminine
world-the wOman'S Club-and prom
lSeS to be extremely interesting. 1t is
an autobiography story of fact. but
more interesting thar fiction. Also in
this number appears the first of a re-
markable series of Photographic ar
EcleS, in which J. c. Hemment. the
well-knOwn photographer. relates his
with the camera at home
and in foreign lands. His var eXper-
fences, which constitute the first paper.
are thrilling. and his personal reCOllec-
lions of the stirring events in which
he took part are a~bSOrbfngly interest
ing, as we'll as of historical value. In
fiction, there is an excellent story, en-
titled The Silent Partner. by Lynn
ROby MeekinS. and the second part Of
y Florida Cracker. Virginia Frazer
Boyle's quaint story of a remote
Florida hamlet. HOme-building. par
ficularly the sentimental side of it,
is written of by Clara F. Laughlin,
and y. Hudson Moore has Il delightful
paper on lilies. in the Flower series.
In "CarlOtta and L" a unique cookery
series presenting practical culinary
advice in the GuiSe of fiction. Miles
Bradford tells the story of the We'd
ding Dinner An ideal suburban dwell
ing is shown. and 4 couple Of pages of
Historical Slippers are another fea-
ture. The Children'S Department in
cludes a Firelight Story. Sally Lunn's
Tea Party. by Livingston B. Morse:
an amusing tale by Jean NJ. Thomson.
called The Sentence ~ the Brown
Owl: the continuation of the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon. by Lima Beard:
and the helpful Sewing Lesson, by
Lucy Bartram. OF particular interest
ere the articles on The Child's Room.
on Gardening. on Housekeeping and
Culinary topics. or the recent books.
on Childhood. on the Hygiene of Cloth
ing. the College and Club Notes. etc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
FIGHT WILL SOON BE ON
CATHOLIC CHURCH CONTENTION
AGAINST ORGANIZED LABOR.
Father Ward Declares That No
Priest Will Give AbsOIutiOn TO
Those Who Have Taken Oath of
international Typographical I'm
ion.

Milwaukee. Wis. September 9.-The
Journal today says:
The slogan for what promises to be
one of the biggest contentious in which
organized labor has been engaged, n
with the Catholic church, has been
sounded by Father NJ. J. Ward, of
Beloit, who has declared hat neither
he nor an other priest Of the Roman
Catholic faith will give absolution to
those who have taken the oath of the
international typographical union.
The oath of this union requires that
the members allegiance to his union
shall have priority over every obliga-
ton, religious and otherwise.
Father A. F. Schinner, administrator
of the archdiocese. said today that
Father Ward was altogether justified
in making UGH a statement and that
he would himself say the same thing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
Suffrage in Vermont.

Grandfather" clauses are mild thing
alongside the provisions OF the Vermont
constitution. for h former never shut
any vote out. The Vermont constitu-
ton. on the other hand, enables a politi-
cal ring to shut out voters at pleasure.
Its suffrage clause reads as follows:
Every mar of full age OF q years,
having resided in this state for the
space of one whole year next before the
election of representatives, and is of
quiet and peaceful behavior, and will
take the following freeholder'sl oat. .
affirmation. shall be entitled to all the
privileges of a free man of his state
This reads fair enough on its face.
but the statutes of the state say that
no man shall be admitted to take the
oath. or vote at an election.
until he has obtained the appreciation of
the board of civil authority of the town
in which he resides" In other words
each town board decides who are of
quiet and peaceful behavior"
These boards are without exception
made up of republicans, and under their
rule 100000 persons of voting age in
m have been reduced at the polls
to about 10000, and nearly all of the
voters are republicans. Injustice is not
always practiced by Vermont town
boards, but injustice is always possible
under the provisions OF the state con-
stitution.
republicans, at any rate, are
eStCpped from denunciations of grand
father clauses, for they have a clause
that enables a town board to act in the
most a~utocratic manner. No southern
state permits anything of that nature.
the nearest approach to it being the in
telllgence clause of Mississippi. At the
most the grandfather claus renders
voting easy to a certain class, but the
lists thus made up will rapidly lose
weight. and hereafter more and more
men will be subject to the general quail
ifcations relating to suffrage.-Golds-
bOrO Argus
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
Letter to j. O.. Brown.
of Wilmington, n. G..

Dear Sir: The cheapest thing in the
way of sending anything over the world
is a postage stamp; and the cheapest
way to shed water is paint.
Not WhiteWash: paint. Do you hap
pen to know-it don't belong to your
business to know about paint, you
knOW-do you happen to know that
most Of the makers of paint stuff it out
with lime and clay and al and water
and air?
They do stuff it out in the can; but
not on the house. They make more
gallons to sell or to buy; more money
to pay for paint; more money to pay
for putting it on; a good deal more
money to pay for putting it on: but no
more beauty; more dust; decay; disap-
pointment; loss.
Devoe is your paint, because it's all
paint. no sham, and full-measure.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & CO.
z. S.-M. w. Divine & Co. sell our
paint.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
The Right no Check Spectators.
From the Detroit Free Press.)

(From III Detroit Free Press.)
We hold trusts down to a reasonable
exercise Of power. We preserve the adj
vantages OF competition in railroads.
We make and enforce laws to see that
all sections are treated alike. or upon
the equitable basis in the shipment Of
goods. We suppress bucket shops and
are vlgilant in the pursuit OF the get
rich-quick concerns. 1t is all done for
the good of the greater number and
the continued prosperity of the country
at laree Why cannot reckless n I'M
scrupulous spectators be restrained
in the same waye They are a constant
menace to the stability of our com
mercfal Institutions and national con-
duct OF trade, n there is the same
right to check them as any others who
impair our prosperity, and we do not
believe the solution beyond the ability
OF honest craftsmanship in this coun-
try.