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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03
ADDRESS ON MISSIONS.
Rev. r.. G. Williams in GOldsbOro-
Mr.. w. X PigfOrd Critically Ill.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Goldsboro, N. c., May 28.-Rev. r.
G. Williams. secretary of the Foreign
Mission Board, will deliver an address
to women in h First Baptist church
on Monday afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock.
The members of all missionary socie-
ties, irrespective Of denominations, are
invited to be present. Mr.. Williams
is thoroughly conversant with the
work, and his address is expected to
be quite interesting, as we'll as in
lstructive for those who attend.
Mr.. Everett Jeyner. a merchant of
this city, hos a copy Of the North Car
DINA Standard, bearing the date line,
Raleigh, N. c., Wednesday, October
21. 1910. The name of Thos. Loring
floats from the masthead of the pa
per. The copy is in a remarkable
state of preservation and contains
much reading matter Of interest at this
time, ga years after.
Mr.. w. K. Pigford, formerly clerk
of the Superior court Of Sampson
county, is now lying at deaths
door at his home in Clinton.
Some months ago he was the picture
Of health and weighed two hundred
pounds. He is one of the most prom
inent and popular men Of his county.
and the news Of his critical illness will
be received with regret by his friends
all over the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03

why. Joshua, what are you say
in'?"
II don't believe in the Bible. and
there's no use of me pretendin' that
I do. Them's my sentiments. I hate
to give up the old belief. because IL
a mighty comfortin', but / can't
keep on clingin' to 1t no longer"
When his Mortified wife could get
her breath, says the Chicago Record
Herald, she asked:
Have you been readin' any Of
them college professors articles about
not believin' Jonah could live In the
whale or got down its throat?"
Nope, / amt much acquainted
with whales, and I'm wiliin' to believe
that maybe Jonah might OF got swal-
Tered and come up again 0. X, but
my old beliefs gone forever. just the
same"
II s'pose you don't think thaTrod
what Moses had could Of turned into
a s%erpent?"
Yes. that might of been. too. al
far as I know
Don't you believe Daniels friends
could OF stood Ii in the fiery fur
nace?"
Il amt denyin' any of them things
at all, but I've been trying to drive
that tarnatfon spotted pig out of the
orchard, and. by links. 1 can't never
have any more faith in the story
about NOAH drivin' In all kinds OF
animals into the ark. II he'd OF had
any such job to do. it's my opinion
that the rain would OF fell and the
ark would of said off leaving him
pigs
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-
~ Jsers Stone DOG
He Gives Him a Coat of Paint-Too Much Criticism Cau.es
Him to Lose His Temper. and He Handles
a Citizen Rather Roughly.

and black. A black bear is black, isn't
he?"
d you call this a bear?'
IL suppose it is intended to represent
a bear, though there is something un-
couth about It."
IF this represents n bear, then you
represent 4 jackass. By John, but the
next ma who comes along and opens
his CAB about this dog will get rolled
in the mud. Bear, you noodieheud!
Can't you tell Il bear from 4 dog? Get
on with you and call a grasshoppcr 4
chipmunk~
My dear man
But Mr.. Bowscr's ears began TO work.
and the man moved on down to the
corner and there met Il woman and
somewhat plaintivciy inquired of her:
Madam, DO you happen to know the
-ah-rerson who lives back there with
the stone bear III the yarG:"
Yes. sir" she replied. His name
is Eowser."
And is lie Observation-Disclosures
ous?'
lie IS. IL ne is down on you, you'd
better get a mile away as soon as pos
sible."
"Ah, 1 see. Many thanks. AS the
day is fine for walking, l think I'll
move on"
Mr.. Bowser had given the dog a
white tail, white ears and o red mouth
and vas standing back to gaze on his
work when a quietly dressed and quiet
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Morgan First, Job Second.

An officer of the White Star line
steamer Oceanic, in which vessel ].
Pierpont Morgan recently crossed to
Liverpool. said the other day that
during the trip the great financier
spent ten hours a day playing
patience" with the purser. Thomas
Russell of whom he is rather fond,
says the New York Press The Off
Ger added that he never saw Mr.. Nor
gan in better spirits All his doubts
az TO the success of the International
Mercantile Marine Company seemed
to have been dispelled and ne laugh
ed and joked with his old-time vigor.
What kind of a patience player
is Mr.. Morgan?" was asked.
Say" said h officer with a con
vincing wave of his starboard hand
Mr.. Morgan plays the game OF
.patience' so well that il Is always
Mr.. Morgan first and Job second"
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OF shots. I thought the men with the
guns wuz hot after me. I few up
de steps an made a dive into a big
pile OF samples I went clean to de
bottom, an de cotton closed over me.
DAT wuz 10 O'Clock In de mornin'. an
/ lay there tlkde middle of de after
noon. I never saw or heard a thing.
for I wuz fifteen feet deep in cotton
1 didn't git no breath of air-des
thought / was gittin' some.
NJ bosses hunted for me for a
long time. but couldn't find me. They
didn't look TN dat cotton. for they
didn't think / could live In there. II
wax pretty poer Twin. boss. but IL
wux lots better than bein' shot at
The first person I saw wuz Mr..
fered to 60 with me home. He said
he woul' signal me past de first
guards. an they wouf signal me on.
I live on Eighth. between Red Cross
an Warren streets. Da, wuz eight
blocks from the compress.
II gut on all right till I gut to
Five-Point alley. where two 15-year-
old boys wuz stationed Them boys
stood back in the alley a little. an I
didn't see 'em until they hoilered:
Halt, Throw UP your hands!
II come putty night failin'. but I
stopped on my knees an threw up
my hands. I began to pray TO de
Lawd to ave me. for I knowed dat
them boys didn't have no better sense
than 10 shoot me dead. Ny heart
wuz I'm my mouf. I thought my time
had come. De boys asked: You gut
a pistol% ! said: Yes. sir: no. sir:
yes, sir: no, SIR an the boys laughed
an told me 10 go on. / wuz too
skeered to shoot IL I had wanted TO.
Il travelled on TO Fifth street. where
I passed de last guards De last three
blocks I went at full speed. I wuz
goin' home. I gut inside of my yard
an went TO de we'll for a drink: I
hadn't had any water since mornin'.
Well. sir, des as i let down de bucket
/ heard somebody say: Jim. dat
you? L LAX TO fell in dat we'll. II
wuz Col. Walter Taylor. He said:
Come here, Jim.' He sent me on a
short errand. Then I went in my
house an shut de door. I stayed there
three days an nights without any
thing to eat o. drink. The riot wuz
goin' on, but I didn't hear much OF
IL. ! saw enough through de cracks
TO make me know dat de house wuz
de best place for me. When I come
out. my landlord. a niger police
man. had runclear away. My white
folks had unite me for forty-eight
hours, but couldn't find me. An des
as soon as 1 coul' leave without ere
atm 'specion I left dat town. OATS
what i don I'm here now. an dis's
where I'm goin' TO stay"
This is a rue story. Jim is n real
negro.
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The Professional Gentleman.

During a recent exhibition OF pic
lures in Burlington House, London, a
lady noticed on two visits a striking
looking man.. whose face she remem-
bered to have seer at previous exhi-
billions. 81 am sure he is a famous
artist-he has the air of an Academi-
she said to her husband; The Is
always here, catalogue n hand; n
must devote his day to the study or
these MASTERPIECES; see him now turn
ing wistfully away from that Eyre
Grove" At this moment an Acade-
mician whom they knew passed. n
the lady called attention to what she
thought must be a f1attering fanati-
cism. The Acadmician, who dfd not
seem to be so gratified as she expected.
said he knew n gallery hunter. He
was pressed to communicate his
knowledge. 'Oh, that he said. is
the detective we employ to keep an eye
pickpOckets."
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hammered man of middle age turned
into the gate. After looking at the dog
a moment be smilingly said:
Il am afraid you cannot change the
work of the original artist"
Il am not trying to-" was the reply.
But do you hope to make a dog out
Of a pig?"
"YoU take this for a pig. do you?"
81 certainly do"
Then come around in the back yard
for u couple Of minuteSr.'
Mr.. Bowser laid down his brushes
and led the way, and the stranger fol-
lowed him. lie had an idea that there
was more statuary back there to be
identified, and he failed to note the
signs Of an approaching cyclone. When
the back yard was reached. Mr.. Boy
ser EXTENDED his hand and grasped the
man by the collar and said:
NOW. then. | have heard enough
about sheep and calves and bears AMI
next idiot who came along. and I'm 60
ing to thump you till you can't holler!."
But. my dear sir-my dear man
N.Y.
Shut up. If it's got to that pass
that a respectable citizen and taxpayer
can't so out into his own front yard
to paint a stone dog without being in
suited by half a dozen l~oafers, then let
him take the remedy into his own
hands. Prepare to be driven into the
earth head first"
"But l am no loafer, sir. If your
wife were here. She
Mrs. BowSer called to BowSer from
4 back window to stay his hand, and a
minute later she was down In the yard
whispering in his ear.
"Well," he said to the man as he re-
leased his collar. "as you are a clergy
man, that makes a difference, but don't
ever come around here criticising
things again. That's a stone dog out
there, and he will continue to be a
stone dog till the END. of his days.
Don't mix him up with pigs If you
want to keep o OF trouble"
The minister went away with pale
face and shaking chin, and Mr.. Bowser
had to make 4 trip to the store fo-
some turpehtine. Upon lis return lie
found that a change had come over the
face of the heath, or at least DER that
portion of it specified in his warranty
deed. The tramp whom he had scared
away had not been satisfied to leave
things thus. He had sought the as
siStance Of three other tramps. and
when Mr.. BowSer's back was turned
the four had painted the stone dog a
jet black and prorpeI him up against
the front steps. and then one Of them
had fashioned Il rude sign which read:
This Whale For Sale Cheap"
and you-you allowed that to be
done in my absencer' exclaimed Mr..
Bowser as Airs. Bowser met him at
the head Of the steps.
But. you sec@yon see
Eyes. / see. Woman. the law might
not call this a direct attempt to assas-
sinate nae iii NY " Gooryard. but l
know aud you know what the intent
al aud now yocr Old stone dog can
so to thun6cr. and I'll paint tine house
seventeen ciGeoent coiSrs-
NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03
Copyright, 1904, by c. B. Lewis.l

INopyElSHl, 1S4, oS H. % LSWlS-l
Y q PuEN MI. Bowser seemed to
E~ be taking things very easy
at the breakfast table the
other morning, Mrs. Bow
Ser asked If business at the Office had
dropped of
There's business enough, but / shall
spend the day at home" he replied. 81
want 10 do n little painting"
"You-you won't paint the steps or
the yeranGa 2"
No; / may touch up the fence a
bit and give tire gate a coat, but l want
to pay particular attention to our stone
dog. lie i. in Il shabby condition. All
the old paint has peeled off. There
isn't Il front yard in this town with a
nicer ornament than that dog"
Couldn't any painter give him a
cOat or two?' asked Mrs. Bowser, as
she began 10 see trouble ahead.
yes, any painter could daub him
over, and after the paint was on he'd
look as much like a hyena as a dog.
L have always painted hat dog my
self ever since / bought him, and 1
see. no reason to pass the Job along.
II you are afraid Of an explosion or
anything you might go away for the
day"
Mrs. Bowser mentally regretted that
some tramp had not stolen the terra
Gotta during the winter and sold it for
beer, but she had nothing to say, and
as OOn as breakfast was over Mr..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03
Col. ]. A. Barringer and City Attor-

Col. j. A. Barringer n City Attor-
ney A.. II. Scales returned last night
from Winston, where they went to ar
-ue before Judge Allen habeas corpus
proceedings in the case Of Melvin Cha
Wis. the negro a driver who was
arrested several days g for lat
of section 5 of the new city ordinance.
Judge Allen took the case under adj
visement until next Monday. He re-
quested both attorneys to make out
briefs in the case and return them on
the above date. ChaviS was released
from Jail yesterday afternoon The
section which Is being tested reads:
That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son owning or running a public car
rage to transport any man, or men.
or or ONE TO or from any
house Of prostitution" A fine of fifty
dollars is imposed for each and every
Telegram.
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Bowser got into his old clothes and
rumInaged round for paints. In the
course of an hour he was ready to be-
gin en- the dog. The idea was to imi-
tate the colorS of the living animal as
far as possible, and he therefore had
foul Or five kinds of paint. He had
scarcely begun to clean off the %statuary
when a tramp came along and leaned
on the fence to observe:
What breed of dorg do you call that,
old mani"
Are you addressing meY' demand
ed Mr.. Bowser rs he looked up.
Il wasn't addressin' nobody else. It
looks to me as if the man who made
that dorg had n goat before him."
Mr.. BOwser dropped his tools and
went yer to the fence, AMI. shaking
his finger within six inches of tie
tramp'S red nose. he made an address
lasting five minutes. His words were
not loud, but intense. and he was still
speaking when the man swallowed the
lump in his throat, got a brace on his
wabbling knees and started of. He
didn't stop until he was two blocks
away, and then he wiped the ~perspira-
ton from his brow and muttered to
himself:
by George, but If they don't chain
that old chap up he'll do murder yet"
Half an hour later, as Mr.. Bowser
was putting black and white spots on
a portion of the dog, a butcher came
along and paused to look. He couldn't
be satisfied with looking, but pres
emily blurted out:
IF you were foolish enough to buy
that thing for a sheep you have been
taken in and done for"
us it your business whether it Is
a sheep or a calfT" exclaimed MFR.
Bowser.
NO, of course not, but / hate to
see q soft headed man taken advan-
tage Of. If 1 were you I'd take the
ak and
Mr.. Bowser went over to him. His
words could not have been heard
thirty feet away, and his gestures
were no stronger than Hamlet'S, but
as the butcher listened he began to
turn pale and beads Of moisture to
start out on his forehead. AS @ rs
lie could get a move on him he got
away, and an umbrella member on the
other side of the street shook his head
most solemnly and said to himself:
That baldheaGed ma inside the
fence don't weigh I'VE half a ton, bat
I'll bet my last PUNK he's q holy terror
on wheels"
The third man came along at q lei
surely pace with a benign look on his
face, and his motive was utterly IN
selfish as he stopped for awhile to re-
mark:
my friend, if you are seeking TO
initiate nature you are making a mis-
take in getting So much white on In
fact. / don't think there should be any
at all"
What do you know about it," curt
~ replied the painter is Ee paused In
his work.
"Well, l have seen q few black bears
in my time. and ave also read consid-
ierable natural history. and l can't
agree with you that they are white
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03
Mr.. Battle, a d., an for the XIII

Mr.. Battle. a dra an for the Kins-
ton cotton mill, n a horse yester-
day, which was killed in a horrible
accident. While driving the horse
along. hitched to the dray. b animal
stepped on the end Of a stick. causing
the other end to fly up and stick into
the horses bowels. penetrating twelve
or fifteen inches and making a large
hole Some n was dispatched for
a doctor. but before he arrived the
hor-e had bled to-death. as when the
stick was withdrawn a stream or
blood nearly as large as a mans
wrist gushed forth and nothing could
staunch IL. The horse b1ed to death
in fifteen minutee.-kinston Free
Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18

cattle. A 5oran or any standing when
he marries becomes a 'raba,' and for
certain period after marriage, proba-
ply four 10 eight years, he Is obliged to
leave any children that are born to
him to die In the bush No Boran cares
70 contemplate the fearful calamities
With which Wax would visit him. II lie
failed In this duty.
After the .'raba' period the Boran
becomes ''gudda" This word" sayy
the traveller who describes the natives
happens to be the Hindoostanee for
ASS, but II there We're any connection
the Roran would certainly be entitled
to the rank earlier In life" Wax has
no claim on Guddas children but mel
Their has Gndda himself. esHe has to
send them Off at very early age with
u present OF cattle and sheep to be
brought up by the wata, who are the
low hunter caste Of the Borans. They
remain with these people till they are
grown up and then return to the bosom
OF their people.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18

II got off street car this morning.
said doctor to me, .'und, being in no
hurry, began moralizing on the ac-
tons ana probable character of three
men who had alighted just ahead of
me- The first one WIS even then half
way down the block and was going
on with such rapid strides that he had
already put a couple Of hundred yards
between himself and the next MAN.
There thought |. goes a hustler. a
man who's bound To succeed in life
The second man was walking rather
slower and impressed mo MS one who
would do fairly well perhaps In this
world But the last fellow was just
dawdling along in the most shftlcss
sort OF way. very quickly set him
down for a'loafer.
."Just then another idea came home
TO me. All three were ahead Of me!".-
Hubert Mclean Johnston in Success.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18

Some time ago Il man fell dead in. n
crowded street of san Francisco. The
hospital surgeons Were astonished to
find that he had died of what appeared
to be "A bullet wound In his temple: A
hundred people who Witnessed the ac-
cident were. ready To testify that no
firearm had been discharged at. the
time An examination exposed a..small
pebble in the mans braln.:' For a long
time the case was a"mystery' until an
ingenious detective solved it with an
explanation which he'proyeil by. expert
ment The wheels Of a heavy dray had
jammed the pebble against: the. steel
rails of the car track :and then, dis
charged 1t up into the air with such
terrific force. that IT crashed. into the
brain of the passerby as.if it had been
O bullet
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18
A Cheerful Liar.

One time the late ameer Of Afganis-
tan asked the English diplomatic agent
at his court to give description amid
a circle Of Afghan boys of the largest
gun in England. The Englishman de-
scribed the 100 ton gun. and when he
had finished the ameer observed TO his
admiring subjects. Il have seen gun
the cartridge Of which was as large MS
the gun which has just been described
TO you" II would never do for an
ameer to be astonished, much less TO
confess himself beaten.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18
shakespeare ms an Actsr.

About the year 1890 one OF the Lon
don companies received an addition In
the person of young man who was
not only skillful and useful actor. but
who also possessed the accomplish
ment OF being able to adapt older plays
to the taste Of the times. and even
proved 10 have the gift OF writing toll
erably good plays himself. though older
and Jealous colleagues might hint at
their not being altogether original.
This young man, whose capacities be-
came of no slight use to the company
and the theater was MINED William
Shakespeare. - From "A History OF
Theatrical Art"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18

IN whistler as l Knew Him." Nor
timer Menpes. the author, has . good
deai to say about Whistler the fighter
and Ills quickness IN resentine nm at
front lie Is careful 70 a,l,l9that Wbis-
tier was always refined III his methods.
Still, he WIS not actually brutal. He
never treated Ills enemies IN coarse
way Any mnn who lad offended him
Whistler would rap sharply over the
shoulders with his cane. and then, by
the time tile sufferer had recovered,
tile muster would be IN Tile next room
explaining 10 every one llOw he had
just felled his enemy once lie caught
man. with whom he w,ls for the mo
mcnt enIgr;ed. washing his face. With
out moments hesitation Whistler
dashed the unfortunate head straight
into the basin OF water, and while the
foe was endeavoring 10 clear the soap
from his eyes to sec the cause OF this
sudden immersion Whistler was Ia the
smoking room setting the men there In
a roar with the account of his atlNen-
lures. When first met Whistler he
was in the act OF searching for II man
who had dared to criticise his Venetian
etchings ''lf you want TO see some
fun, Menpes," he said, come with me.
the man had been warned
ana was nowhere to be found.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18
THE BORANs or AFRICA.


A cowardly tribe III the interior OF
Africa the Borans. Is thus described
By British explorer: They carry
long spears with huge blades, which
look grotesque In tile hands OF such a
craven race They wear loose Knockers
of American cotton cloth and Il wrap
of the same material over their sholll
ders. These garments are trcatedwitb
CHI (butterl till they look like black
waterproof. This American cloth Is
very durable and IN the only cloth fol-
which there Is any demand II Is the
ordinary medium OF exchange among
the tribes from Dirri 10 the coast. FlH
Boraii either shaves his lead OF keeps
his hair short or long in CHI covered
ringlets. but he always wears small
pigtuil He ornaments himself with OIL
necklace OF small beads or plated
giraffe tail hairs; also with many
heavy bracelets Of metal and ivory,
which often incase his arm up to the
elbow. Each of these is supposed to
represent some dangerous animal. in
Guiding man. which lie has slain
Bands and tabs of giraffe skin com.
pletc his costume
Borans are polygamists If they can
afford the luxury. Their women have
to content themselves with leather gar
ments made OF bullock hides scrapei
thin, clothing being, considered much
too valuable for them. They are weigh
ed down with many bead necklaces |
Their religion consists in Il belief In a !
spirit, WAX" The vaguefiess Of their |
of WAX is shown by the
fact tlat the same word Is used in the
Boran tongue for tile sky They do
not belieye in any future state OF ex-.
istence, but try TO avert present calam-
ity by propltlating Wax This Is done
by sncriticlng their children and their
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18
HAD No Busines. 10 Know.

Elderly Aunt GwendoIen. you shock
me when you talk of wedding being
pulled of" You ought to be ashamed
10 use prize fighting slang In speaking
of so solemn n thing as a wedding.
Young Niece You misunderstood me.
Aunt Hepzibah said the wedding had
been put of But how did you happen
TO know that pulled of" is prize fight
Ing slang Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-18
RAILWAYS OF THE couNTR,

The Interstate Commerce 90
mission recently issued a statisti,
abstract Of the railroads Of the Tnis
States fCs the year ending June /.
1903. Among many other INTEREST,"
things the following information /.
disclosed by the report.
The total single track railway Z
cage in the limited States on June >
1903. was o0I.977.e2 miles. the
crease over the previous year D.,
5.50i-s5 miles. This increase exec,
that ri any previous year since 1S9,
The operated mileage for the ),
under Consideration was 2e5.elt'
miles. including 5.so2S7 miles Of
On which rack privileges we're -
cised The aggregate length 4 :
Nzy mileage including tracks ofs'
kinIs was zs3S2l.52 miles. which,
clas fled e. single. second. third. y
fourth tracks. ami yari tracks y
sidings These figures show Z.
there was an increase Of s.e2,-