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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
To Inspect the Gun u of the
Maine.

Washington, April 13.-Chief Con
structors Smith and Taylor of b
bureau of construction and repair have
gone to Norfolk, where they will be
Joined by representatives of the cramps
Building Company and will inspect b
gun mounts of the battleship Maine,
which developed weakness during the
target practice Of that vessel in the
Caribbean.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
Gas Explosion in q Mine.

Kansas City, No, April ia special
from South McAlister, I. T, says:
Five men were killed and two severe
ly burned todar by a gas explosion in
Mire No. Il of the Kansas and Texas
Coal company at Carbon, Indian Ter
ritOry-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

Savannah, Ga, April 13.-At the
meeting of the directors of the Central
of Georgia railway here today, the
building of 500 coal cars was authoriz-
ed. The cars will be built in the Cen
trails shops at Savannah and Macon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
Baby Mine

a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and
danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticination one of nih~v.
Mothers Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great
pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded Is woman's
severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided
by its use. Those who use this remedy are n longer despondent or
gloomy; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions as
overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the
serious accidents 50 common to the critical
hour ar obvated by the use of Mothers ~@-0~
Friend. "It is worth its weight in god, VUGN.fAup>X
says many who have used it. $500 per lvHVukuNy
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
valuable information of interest to all women, will EnSn~A
be sent to any address free upon application to uIukAMDU
aRA0FzE1D RE1OKA70R co., Atlanta Ga. u i lSH4W
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
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=,&sstte The Kind You Have k'wals EeaaE.
s~l-ratare " L/U[Z
. IETZXExM
RIVER ON A RISE.
High Rainfall at Memphis-Damage
by Lightning.

Knoxville. Tenn, April IAN I'M
usually high rainfall occurred here last
night and this morning and is contin-
utng. The Weather Bureau reports 1.96
inches of rains last night. The Tenn
essee river and it's local tributaries are
rising, and it is predicted that by
Tuesday night, the river will have
reach IS feet here.
Last night two houses were struck
by lighting and Samuel Oglesby, who
was sleeping in his bed in one of the
houses was stricken to unconscious
ness. He is in a dangerous, but not
necessarily critical condition
New Orleans, La, April 13.-The river
here went back to 1919 feet today. a fall
of 1t tenth of a foot. Work o the
Hymelia revasSe has been resumed
and there is promise that the labor will
be sufficient to carry out the attempt
at closing. If the present rate Of de-
cline continues at Holly Brook, it is
aid that within the next ten days or
two weeks, water will practically cease
running through the break there. In
that event, planters will have ample
time in which to SOW their crops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

Every mother feels a
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
I.c
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
HINTS ON
To Bring About Results That VIII
Prove Profitable, the Work Must
Be Done Quickly.

A matured animal or bird fattens
because its requirements are fewer. 1t
is sometimes very difficult to make a
growing chick fat, as the food goes to
form bone and muscle rather than fat,
the carbonaceous material serving 10
heat the body. Such chicks seem to
grow rapidly. and really attain good
weights in a short period, but they are
not always fat. In order to fatten them
properly, the work must be done quick
ly. They should be cooped up, and given
plenty of corn meal and ground grain
moistened with milk, with wheat and
ground corn at night. One week is long
enough, as they will begin to lose flesh
or become sick If kept confined too long,
for the growing chick can subsist but a
short time on a ca%rbohaceous diet. The
necessity for nitrogen, due to the forma-
tion of feathers, as we'll as lack Of the
elements of bone, will cause chicks to
droop. The chicks may be made to gain
%ons-fourth their weight in ten days;
that is, a t%wo-pound chick in ten days
sh ould weigh two and one-half pounds.
But In such cases the weight is not SO
desirable as the fat, as they will gain
very rapidly If highly fed, even when
running at large, though they do not
fatten readily on account of all the food
going to flesh and bone. AS soon as they
mature they fatten very quickly, and
with pullets the difficulty will then be to
prevent them firm becoming too fat
Farm and Firesfde.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
THRONE OF BULGARIA
Behind It Moves the Firm, Able
Hand of the Kings Mother.
Remarkable Traits of Character o.
Princess C~lementine of Saxe-CO-
burg. whose Efforts Placed
Prince Ferdinand on Throne.

In some ways the present ruler OF
Bulgaria is the most interesting of the
royal personages engaged in playing a
role in the e east. He has to be reck-
oned with, not only because he is an as
tute and interruptions man, but also be-
cause he is imbued by ties of blood to
the whole xe-Coburg clan; that is to
the royal families of Great Britain, Ger
many, Portugal, Belgium, and last, not
least, Austria, his sister being Arch
duchess Clotilde, wife of the palatine of
Hungary, and his niece, the duchess of
Orleans.
Prince Ferdinand is the youngest of
five children who were born to the late
Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, of the
Austrian O. Kohary branch, and
Princess Clementine of Orleans, the de-
termined, brilliant daughter of Louis
Philippe, whose brothers nicknamed her,
even as a girl, Clementine de Medicis.
To this remarkable old French princess,
now IS years of age and the last sur
vivor among the group of princes and
princesses who called Queen Victoria
by her Christian name, Prince Ferdi-
nand owes his unstable throne. He is
her Benjamin, born seven years after
her eldest child, her favorite, and, in
a diplomatic sense, her own creation.
C~uriously enough, Prince Ferdinand
was the only one of Princess Clemen-
tines children who vas born in vi
emma. French influences were lacking in
his education and upbringing. His god
parents were the tragic couple on whom
in 1861 all seemed to smile, Macmillan
and Charlotte; and he was just seven
years old when his imperial godfather
was assassinated in Mexico. During the
years which followed, Princess Glenn
entine consolidated her elder children's
positions by a series of brilliant mar
riages. Her only daughter, as We have
said, married Archduke Joseph, palatine
of Hungary; Prince Philip married his
second cousin, the pretty, wilful
Princess Louise of Belgium, who later
provided Europe with a terrible and
sordid royal scandal; yet another of
Prince Ferdinand's brothers married a
daughter of the emperor of Brazil.
In 1881, Prince Augustus, a favorite
cousin, by the way, of both Queen Vic
toria and Prince Albert, died prema-
turely, and Ferdinand passed entirely
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
Still III Case.

Franksville, Wis, Oct. l2th.-Many re.
markable cures have been reported from all
over the country, but there is one right here
in F~ranksville which is certainly worth pub
fishing, and which has not as yet been gwen
to the public.
Mrs. Louis Markison of this place had been
a sick woman for quite a long time and could
not find anything to give her any help. She
suffered all the painful symptoms of what
is generally known as female weakness.
Every woman who reads her story will under
stand these distressing conditions which
combine to make the lives of many women
one long burden Of weakness and suffering.
Mrs. Markison CHANGED one day to hear
OF a new remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills,
that was said to be a splendid medicine for
women's weakness. She determined to try
SOM and soon found herself getting better.
She kept on with the pills and was cured.
Speaking of her case Mrs. Markison says
81 can and do praise Dodd's Kidney Pills
as a remedy for female weakness. They are
the best medicine | have ever known, and
have done me a great deal Of good"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
CORNER or A MEXICAN MARKET.

this is the bread vender, for everyone
in Mexico eats the large crusty rolls
that are bought once a day or once a
week and served at every meal.
The Thieves Market" is found in
most of the large cities. Here is
brought any and everything that may
be bartered, and there is nothing too
mean for peon mmerce Broken
bottles, old locks, punches of rusty
Keys, half-worn sandals, battered pans
and cracked jars, old brass knockers,
worth a pretty penny, but sold for a
song; all thrown in together and
forming a lure for the curiosity seek.
er as well as for the INDECENT custom.
err.
A nod, a shrug, a soft harangue in
the Spanish tongue, clucking Of chick
ems and cackling Of geese, a child's
cry and a low lullaby, golden sunlight
flooding the white %canopies, gay scar
let blankets and %coquettish mantillas,
the sights, the sounds, the smells
yea, above all the smells-thls is the
Mexican market.
ANNA II. CLARK.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
mAdHUlSUD ..MN
GME 5SllE]J&
A USEFUL IMPLEMENT.
Simple Device for Taking Levels for
Tile Draining or Making bitches
for IrrigatinS.

I send you a drawing and description
If my device for tile draining or max
ing bitches for irrigating.
Take three pieces of thin board, say
two or three inches wide, two of them
about seven feet long, N for cross
bar of triangle, neal five ssct long.
nailed across two and a half feet from
pase parallel points of triangle. Hang
q plummet and line from top to
just below cross-bar. Get the center
on the cross-bar by reversing the tri-
angle, and make a groove or fine cut
In cross-bar for center, SO there will be
no mistake. Raise n end of triangle
one-half an inch, make a fine mark
where the plumb line then hangs; that
will show a grade of one inch to the
rod where the points of triangle are
eight feet and three inches apart. For
a grade of two inches to rod raise one
end one inch. A spirit level glass i'm
bedded in the top edge of cross-bar
when the wind blows too much for the
plumb line.
To ascertain the fall or average
grade of a drain, place the triangle on
the surface of the ground at the outlet
of proposed drain, sight l%engthwise on
cross-bar to an object two and a half
feet from ground at upper end of drain.
Where the plumb line hangs on the
cross-bar will show the grade regard
less of distance. After the ditch is dug
place the triangle in the bottom. Nov
ing it along will show by the hanging
of the plumb across the bar the uneven
places and grade.
More than 40 years ago near Nevada
City, Cal, | used a triangle of this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15

under his mothers influence. AS a
young man, he bore, it must be admit
ted, the worst of regulations. He was
said to be idle, vicious, and what the
French %eloquently style un fruit sec, "a
withered fruit" Princess Clementine's
pride in her youngestborn was thought,
even by her nearest relatives, to be a
sign of maternal infatuation, and the
late Comte de Paris refused with indig-
nation the idea of a marriage between
one of his daughters and their cousin
Ferdinand. Great, therefore, was the
general amazement when the Bulgarian
national assembly elected this little
known and even less respected prince as
ruler of Bulgaria; but only the princess
mother knew what the cost in brains,
and what was more important to an Or
leans, in hard cash, came to before the
triumphant election was secured.
During the six years that followed
Princess Clementine reigned in Sofia,
adapting herself with astonishing ease
to the strange, half barbarous way OF
life which obtained in the Bulgarian
capital. Her constant preoccupation in
those days--as indeed it has again been
recently--was to find a suitable bride
for her son. AT last, repulsed on every
hand, for neither the man nor his po-
sition inspired confidence. she secured
him a consort in the eldest child of that
duke of Parma whose family of 10 chill
dren are the wonder of continental roy
al circles.
The gentle, pious Marie-Louise, OF
dwarfish stature, shrinking modesty
and ardent piety, 500 found herself
crushed between the upper and neither
millstones. The birth of Prince Boris
was followed in two short years by the
%disgraceful quarrel concerning the
child's religious faith, and to his
mothers horror he was solemnly rebap-
tised according to the Greek rite, in or
der to secure his father the friendship
of Russia. Princess Ferdinand, by way
Of protest, left Sofia for awhile, but her
love for her two little sons brought her
back. Her death, In childbirth, occurred
four years ago last January, and since
then her four children, two boys and
two girls, have been under the care of
their redoubtable grandmother. It is
difficult to say how Prince Ferdi-
nand is regarded in Bulgaria.
The astute. noiseless fashion in
which he contrived to rid himself of
Stambuloff. while apparently in no
sense to blame, inspired fear and re-
spect in many who had hitherto only
professed to hate and despise him.
JOHN l.. FDwARDg
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
a DEPOT PLATFORM MARKET.

hand. The babies and the dogs lie
under the counter, while a languid
trade is piled above.
In some of the cities the market
place is a snowy pavilion with a
glass roof and tiled floor, but the
average market-man crouches under
a huge palmleaf umbrella or has a
strip Of sailcloth stretched over his
head.
Not a very enterprising vocation,
n might think, but here is the mil
lennium of content, no eager vender
will solicit your trade. If you care
to buy. it is well; if not, ooh, ma
ana, there is another day."
Never have you seer such pictur.
esque arrangement of common things.
Spread upon a dingy cloth is a peck
or so Of black beans, piled in little
rows, crosses or circles. Little
mounds of native potatoes, about as
large as a walnut and retailing for
a penny apiece.
The peas are always shelled and the
green beans broken in small pieces.
Sweet potatoes and onions are cut in
halves or quarters to accommodate a
slender purse, while melons and
squash are sold by the slice and the
seeds are roasted.
The dulce or sweetmeat stand has
the l~iveliest trade, candied orange
peel, cactus leaf and strips of squash,
little sweet cakes and all kinds of
nut meats, soaked in sugar.
The chickens and turkeys are tied
by the leg to a post and stroll about
at the end of a short rope, while sad.
eyed burros stand huddled together
in some shady corner. A red flag be.
trays the meat market, a half a beef
or a young kid hangs from the hook
and as a customer purchases a pound
or SO. the butcher seizes a knife and
chops off a piece, careless of choice or
cut.
Squatting on the ground you will
see, every few rods. an old man on
woman with an enormous basket;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15

kind for an open water ditch. The
points of the triangle were 1871 feet
apart. found the center on the cross
bar, then raised one end two inches.
The plumb line on the cross-bar gave
me a grade mark. I started On the up
per side of intended reservoir and out
flow of ditch. l moved the front end
up or down hill until the plumb line
hung with the grade mark; drove a
small stake, then moved the back end
where the front end was and so con-
tinued around the side hill and ravines
for more than a mile, which was done
in one day. The ground was thrown
out from upper side Of stakes to lower
side. The water ran freely the entire
distance. The same thing can be done
on many farms for i%rrigating. and l
often see places as I pass through the
country where water from springs and
small streams could be conveyed with
n small expense to higher ground than
its present channel, and stored in res
ervoirs for i%rrigating, and not lost as
1t now is by running off in the creek
beds. In sandy, porous soils. pudding
the water with clay will form a coat
ing to prevent the water from soaking
away so FAST. J.. Shearer, in Ohio
Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
U
She Expected to Be in the Same" elk"
Herself and Could Therefore
Sympathize.

A middle-age man and his wife decided to
take a trip to Washington, and as it was the
beginning of the season, they both invested
in some new clothes for the journey. Their
grown-up children made fun of their new
appearance, but it was not until they were
safely settled in their seats and opened their
bags that they discovered the joke that had
been played upon them, relates the New
York Times.
One of their offspring had filled both
satchels with rice, and, on taking out what
they needed, the tiny grains were scattered
broadcast.
Of course there was at once an amused
smile on every ones face, and the mother
felt herself getting redder than she had ever
been in her Life before, and was made no
more comfortable when a fat German woman
opposite leaned over and said quite audibly:
"Ach-never mind, Pm a vidder woman
now, but this time next week III be in the
same fix myself"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
MARKETS OF MEXICO
Little Shops That Supply ALI the
Wants of the People.
They Are to the Mexican What Our
Department Stores Are to Us
An Interesting Place for
Foreigners to VISIT,

When a Mexican wishes a blanket
for his bed. a zerape for his shoulders,
a piece of meat or a few beans for his
dinner, a donkey cart or a fighting
cock, he wends his way to the market.
This collection of merchandise is to
the native Mexican what the depart
ment store is to u city shopper.
Here is found the rank and file of
men and things; On every side are
booths or stands holding a motley ar
ray of wares, or maybe only a cloth
is spread upon the ground and the
stock in trade set bravely forth to
catch the buyers eye.
Each stand is Independent and
seems to be entirely a family affair,
large and small will lend a helping
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
Cheaper Than STAYING at Home.

The man who wishes to locate in the
Southwest this fall has little excuse for
staying at home, SO far as railroad rates
are concerned. The Santa Fe %nounc
very low one-way second-class rates to Cal
ifornia-$33 from Chicago, S25 from Kan
sas City, $50 from St. Louis, and proper
Tomato reductions from the East generally.
These tickets are on sale every day until
November 80. They are being availed of
by those wishing to settle in the San
Joaquin and other great valleys of Cali
fornia, likewise Arizona passengers. The
same line also offers a rate of about half
fare, plus 50, one-way or round-trip, to
the Southwest generally, the first and third
Tuesdays of each month; the last semi
monthly excursion filled every available
car. On October 20 a special bargain-coun-
ter round-trip home-seekers' rate is adver-
tised for $50 from Chicago, and SIS from
Kansas City to central and eastern Texas
and to Oklahoma, also S. higher to Pecos
Valley, of New Mexico.
The mere sightseer will be more inter
ested in the excursions to Los Angeles and
San Francisco that are booked on the
Santa Fe the latter part of October, ac-
count American Bankers Association. The
rate then, out and back, will be $62.50
from Chicago, $50 from Kansas City,
and similarly reduced from other points.
Anyone may go who has the price in his
pocketbook. Special parties will take in
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, on the
way, and will be personally escorted.
Those wishing to try an ocean voyage can
extend their trip by Oceanic line steam,
er from San Francisco to Hawaii and en-
Joy a weeks outing in the isles of peace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
Cheap Excursion to the South.

On Oct. Goth the Kansas City Southern
Ry. Port Arthur Route will run a cheap
excursion from Kansas City and all stations
in Missouri and Kansas to Lake Charles,
Shreveport, Beaumont and Port Arthur.
The rate for the round trip will be SIS,
limited to 81 days from date of sale, good
to stop over on going, trip at all points en-
route, provided final destination is reached
inside of Is days from date of sale. This
exceptionally low rate, together with lib
eral stopover privileges allowed, should in
sure a great crowd, especially in view of the
fact that this is the most delightful season Of
the year to visit the Southland. Similar low
rates will probably be placed in effect from
points north and east Of Kansas City: Ask
your ticket agent.
Every effort will be made by the Company
to secure the safety and comfort of its pa,
irons. All inquiries relative to desirable
locations to visit or other information will be
cheerfully furnished. Address either S. G.
Warner, G. P. 4 I; A, F; Z. Roesler. 7. P.
y ]. 4. or j. H. Morris, 7. P. A., Kansas
City, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
HONORS WERE EVEN.
the Attorney Ran Some
what of a Risk in RetaIiating
on the Judge.

John R, Eldridge, a we'll known western
New York attorney, recently had occasion
to argue a case before a justice of the peace
in one of the small towns near Rochester.
1t happened that Mr.. Eldridge and the
justice belonged to different political parties,
had been opposed to each other in several
contests and were far from being on the best
personal terms, Each, to use a slang express
sion, had it in for the other" The justice
scored, the first point, says the New York
Herald.
In a field near the court room a donkey
was feeding. just as Mr.. Eldridge was in
the midst of his plea something disturbed
the animal and it broke forth with a resonant
bray.
"Just a minute, Mr.. Eldridge, just a min
ute" said the justice ~blandly. II cannot
hear two at once"
The attorney was hard hit, but he said
nothing and waited his turn. 1t came when
the Justice was explaining a point of law to
the jury. Again the bray Of the donkey re-
sounded through the court room. Mr.. e.
bridge placed his hand at his ear.
Would you mind repeating that, your
honor" he said in ismildest tones. "There
was such an echo that l could not under
stand"
Perhaps the attorney was guilty of con-
tempt of court, but the general opinion in
the court room seemed to be that honors were
about even.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-15
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE-RU-NA.
Pe-ru=na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
Genhemen:==="I can cheerfuHy
ru=na and I believe with good effect

\ DMIRAL sCHLEY, one of the foremost, notable heroes of the
- Nineteenth Century. A name that starts terror in the heart
= of every spaniard. A man of steady nerve, clear head, un-
daunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by a friend recently, his opinion was asked as to the
efficacy of Peruna, the national catarrh remedy. Without the
slightest hesitation he gave this remedy his endorsements 1t appeared
on later conversation that Peruna has been used in his family, where
it's a favorfe remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the wonderful hold that
Peruna has upon the minds of the American people. 1t is out of
the question that so great and famous a man as Admiral Sch1ey
could have any other reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy is all that he says
it is.