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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

q few mouthfuls, but at the same time
1 shall feel conscience stricken to re-
member the thousands and thousands
who will dine tonight upon nothing bet
ter than cold water and potato peel
ings."
Il don't see why you should get such
a fit on" remarked Mrs. Bowser as
they got seated at the table.
cit is NJ fit, woman" he replied.
ct is rather q case Of conscience. We
have been too frivolous, too unsym-
pathetic, too needless Of the sorrows Of
others. Day by day we have laughed
and rejoiced and made u own selfish
plans. but have we given a thought to
the dark shadows lowering DER the
hearthstones Of people around u.s."
She saw that he had developed a new
fad, and one that could not be settled
in q minute, and she decided to say
nothing further until dinner was over
Mr.. Bowser devoured q generous piece
Of porterhouse steak and groaned. He
helped himself to creamed potatoes
and sighed. He sailed and chewed up
three stalks Of celery, and the tears
almost stood in his eyes. Everything
went to show hat there would be a
bad half hour when the sitting room
was reached, and the cook caught Mrs.
Bowser's eye and gave her to under
stand that she had her full sympa-
thies.
Mr.. Bowser did not Immediately
break out after the finish of dinner.
but walked to and fro and shook his
head and drew long breaths that taper
ed off like dying gusts.
1.-The Greens will be very much dis
appointed" Mrs. Bowser finally OBJ
served, dreading the inevitable, but yet
wishing to have it over with as soon
as possible.
woman, have you no hearth" de-
manded MI. Bowser as he turned on
her. Down on the next block despair
may be enshrouding a family, and yet
you are all agog to spend the evening
as if human tears were as cheap as
waterp!
81 don't know that anything in par
ticular has happened down on the next
block" she retorted. "If misfortune
has come to any one, ear Or far, l an
sorry for it, but will it do them any
good for us to sit poked UT I'm the
house? You don't think everybody or
this street sits down and groans anc
signs and weeps when you have on
of your fits of indigestion, do you:"
by John. but how co!d-how cruel
how heartlessr" he sighed as lie step3et
back to look at her. Mrs. Dowser,
don't believe that You would shed
| tear il you beard that Eve innocent lit
tie children had been u over an;
mangled beyond recognition by n stree
car"
IF I shed a hundred tears voui'
their parents know if: In this wor.
each of Us unHst bear his own sorrow
and misfortuneS- When you IA
stretched &c. on that lounge tie ore
day with what ypu thought was q cai
buncle on tlse carotid artery anc 20
Thought tie shadow Of death WIS sit
ting beside you our grocer and hutcie
were doing business the same as usu-
and the street fakirs came along an
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

IN Nm the pleasuD q eating
l0S6onAA1A fru1fs b31sre b4gfnniag the
6rst meal q he day, dis custom has
undopbtedkraxfsen toQ the known
fact that nsksfy1 sa& non par
Natural lax.fse princepassswhich act
directly IN the spinach and bowels.
ooAstps4A 0kcdpssd sa1 trouble
Ne basic oAuse g nfne-fenths at tho
6yspspda, indigestion. HEousness .eec-.
p prevalent ehenq ont people to-day,
lad which, u psGasctn6 sdrefy leads
b moro conpleeeed end serious or
ksnp disease. caA surelybe prevented,
1sd when not too hf advanced can Be
Absolutely cured by the judicious u.s.
q the modern laxative and cathartic
California PuRe Wafers.
They Arc not Q patent medicine In
the ordinary sense Of the word, being
Compounded from fresh California
Prunes, which every intelligent person
knpws IS truly natures laxative.
"A dainty little wafer, always the
Gxme, compounded In q highly con-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
BREAKFAST TABLE
UneoRo ProvS6os 10 0un aonsdlss, Whloh 81 Qeed
JodleSously, lnsurO Perfect Health
q Al T1moS.

.centrated form from fResh caii6oraa
Prunes, they r q natural dfssoiven
acting on the contents OF the stomac
and bowels and not on the organ
themselves.
They regulate the Liver and Ston
ach, Cleanse the System and Purf
the Blood, Cure ell Bowel Troubles
Biliousness, Bad Breath, Bad Blood
Wind on the Stomach, Bloated Bowel
Foul Mouth, Headache, Indigesdos
Pimples and Dizziness.
Every household should have
family package Of CALIFORNU
PRUNE WATERS, and at the 6s
signs of approaching illness. or wh
under the weather. take q couple
waters, and the doctors bills VIII sol
be INCH smaller than they are now.
You can eat what you please II "
follow each meal with o CALIFORNI
PRUNE WAFER, which quickly df
solves the most indigestible food. an
helps to carryi Il through and out OF th
system in . gentle and healthful maa
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
They Quit Even.

man on the street one day. The red
headed man said to the baldheaded
man:
Huh! There doesn't seem to have
been much hair where you came from"
"Oh, yes" replied the baldheaded
man. there was plenty Of hair, but ii
was all red, and / wouldn't have it,
Lippincott's Magazine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

Seoul. April 21.-vfa Shanghai, April
zz-The belief is general here that no
attempt Will be made TO cross the Yalu
river before the end of this week, by
which time the arrangements for a con-
certed movement, a simultaneous rush
toward the river from three distant
points, will have been perfected.
The second japanese army is sup
posed to have left Japan on April 18th.
It probably viii attempt to land near
Port Arthur, while the other forces will
try to land on the Manchurian coast,
near Takushan.
Part of the general advance VIII be
toward Lao Yang and a division of
guards sixteen thousand strong, under
Major General Inoupe, will be the first
troop sent against h Russians at
Chiu Tien Cheng, which is opposite
Wiju on the Manchurian side of the
Yalu.
Major General Inouye won his laurels
in the fighting at Cheng ii On March %.
The artillery and the cavalry cOnStt
tute the weak point in the japanese
army. The horses are not we'll trained,
nor are they strong and, although the
Japanese cavalry behaved ~splendidly in
recent skirmishes with superior num-
bers off Cossacks, it is probable that
when the first lot of trained horses is
exhausted, the employment of a second
consignment of raw animals will ham.
Per their movements.
The HoWitZerS, which are now being
embarked at Chinnampo, II evidently
intended for use in the movements
against Port Arthur.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
Seventy Odd Killed.

St. Petersburg, April 22.-The
Emperor IA received the following
telegram from Viceroy Alexieff, bear
ing tO-day'S date:
II respectfully report to your maj
esty that to-day during the placing
of mines by some steam launches,
Lieutenant Pell and twenty men were
killed through a mine exploding pre-
maturely under the stern Of one of
TIE launches"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
Attempt Expected Soon.

Ifao Yang. April 22.-General Kuro-
patkin is expecting that h japanese
will soOn attempt to Cross n Yafu.
The concentration of the enemy's force
at Win has progressed steadily In
formation brought by scouts and others
shows that there is more than one divi-
zion there an dthat pontoons T being
brought up.
There was a skirmish yesterday on
an island opposite Wiju which the
Japanese occupied in order to paye-th
way for the laying OF pontoons. Rus
stan troops in boats were attacked and
driven back. Captain Sneizin, who was
in command being badly wounded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
ReDOrt of the Disaster.

st. Petersburg, April 22.-The text
of Niceroy Alexieff's report to the
Emperor concerning the Patropav-
Iovsk disaster and the torpedo boa
ergs cement, which preceded it Can
abstract Of which was given in Asso-
ciated Press dispatches yesterday,
says the destruction Of The Strashni
having, according to the evidence Of
her inns encountered several Jap
anese destroyers, took them in the
darkness for Russian ships and giving
the signal of recognition joined them
at dawn. She was recognized by the
enemy and there was a fight at close
quarters, in which her commander,
midshipman and engineer and most
OF her crew were killed. Maleiff, her
lieutenant, although wounded, con-
tinued firing on the enemy"
AT 9:43 A. NJ. an explosion occurred
at the right side of the Petropavlovsk;
then a. second and more violent explo-
sion under her bridge. A thick col
umn of greenish yellow smoke was
seen to rise from the battleship, her
mast, funnel, bridge and turret were
thrown up and the battleship heeled
over on her starboard side. Her poop
arose from the water, showing her
screw worked in the air. The Petro-
pavlosk was surrounded by flames,
and in two minutes sank. bow first.
AT a signal from Rear-Admiral
Ouktomsky the other warships made
for the entrance of the harbor, ma
noeuvring towards the Peresviet in
line.
"A mine exploded under the star
board side of the Pobieda. She listed,
but proceeded and entered the har-
Dor with all the other ships astern of
her.
The night proceeding the sortie Of
the squadron, lights and the outlines
of ships were seen in the distance
from the roadstead, and the command
er of the fleet kept watch in person
uutil dawn from the cruiser Diana,
stationed in the outer roadstead."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
California Prune Waters

The great tonic cathartic, an invai
liable cure for Malaria, Biliousness
Constipation, Nervousness, Catarrh OF
the Stomach, Bad Breath, Oily Skin,
Sleeplessness, Wind and all LiveS,
Stomach and Bowel trouble
100 Waters 25 Cents.
For sale by Robt. r. Bellamy. Will
mington. =. C.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
Enaperatinx DEBILITY.

He seems to be such q lambEike
man"
Yes; 1 always feel sheepish after
I've been in his presence a little while
for not knocking him down, just as a
protest against his COMPOUNDED aggres.
sive humiity."- Chicago Record-Her
ID.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
JAPS READY
To Attempt to Cross the
Ydlu by Concerted
Movement
RUSSIANS KILLED

Accidental Explosion OF a Mine ut Port
Arthur Killed Over q ScOre-Jsus-
sian General Expecting an Early
Attempt at Crossing the Yalu-Ru-
NOR OF the BOmbardment OF New
Chwang las Not Been Confirmed
at St Petersburg-News of he De-
structiOn of a Japanese Column.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

This is no time for mirth or laughter,
'Tis the cold grey dawn of the morn
ing after"
There will be ne morning after
il you will carry a box OF CALI
FORNIA PRUNE WATERS, and take
a few before going to bed. They will
fix you all right and tone you up be-
fore breakfast.
100 Waters Is Cents.
For sale by Ro,t. R Beilamy. Wi
mington. N. G.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
California PRIME Wafers.

Purely vegetable, they are natures
product and should be in every
household. They cure constipation
and all disorders of the stomach.
liver and bowels. For sale by Robt
liver and bowels.
100 Waters Is Cents.
For sale by Robt R. Bellamy, VIII
mington, n. c..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
CALIFORNIA fRUNE wAFERS.

Are made from the fresh California
fruit used all over the land to cecil
and refresh the stomach and intes
tines, and to keep the bowels active.
The most delicate invalid can take
these Waters for Constipation, Indi'
gestion, and all Liver n Bowel
troubles, without fear of gripping OF
pain. They act gently but surely,
stimulate digestion and hasten the
passage and absorption of food. re-
freshing the whole body.
100 Waters 25 Cents.
For sale by Robt r. Bellamy. WIN
mington, N. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

The showcase of Mr.. D. T. McCulloch
at PIG North Front street, was robbed
last night of eight watches, " plated,
two silver and one gold watch. The
police were notified.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

hour has received nothing to CONFIRM
the report OF the alleged bombardment
OF New Chwang or the landing OF jap
anese troops in that vicinity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

Dave Crumity, colored. was arrested
last night for breaking the seal and
going into a box car at the Carolina
Central railroad by the yard conductor.
He had a pistol on his person when
searched at the police station.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

Messrs. ]. G. Wright & Son. real es-
tate agents. are Offering for sale that
valuable corner Front and Grace
streets. This is one of the los valu-
able corners in Wilmington.
California Prune Waters.
A pleasant and agreeable laxative.
painless, yet effective. APrescribed by
physicians, and recommended by all
druggists as an invaluable substitute
for mineral pills and castor oil.
zoe Waters IS Cents.
For sale by Robt R Bellamy. WI
mingtoR. N. C..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

Rev. Francis NJ. Burch will address
the meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. this af-
ternoon at 5 o'clock.
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Government Not Notified.

St Petersburg. April $50 p. H.
The Associated Press is authorized 70
announce that the government at this
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26
California Prune Waters

Lincoln Steffens does not seem to
have run GRO any Doodle scandalized
southern neutrality-suspicious. Consti-
tuition
Cure liver diseases and all stomach
troubles; they act gently but surely.
strengthen the bowels and stima&9ee
them to healthy action.
o Waters % Cents.
For sale by Robt. r. Bsllamy. Nf
mington, N. C.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-26

In our advertising columns this morn
ing will be found the announcement of
the candidacy of Mr.. George F. Quinn
for the office OF County Treasurer, sub
ject TO the decision OF the Democratic
nr.rrnrr
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-02-19
Canton Township Good Roads.

N/0AVOA AOvv oOoN AVVlbNASs
February 13, 1904.
Mr.. ED1ToR-The question of main
tanning good roads q, all seasons is one
more and more attention.
1t would seem that the management of
roads in level prairie country should
be comparatively easy. and perhaps it
is, nevertheless the effect of constant
travel upon the prairie road is such that
q continuous intending of the road is a
necessity. In order to have dry and
good roads it is necessary TO have the
road bed in such shape tina. water will
drain off quickly and have outlet from
the roadside, this can be done by al
ways maintaining we'll rounded and
smooth grade, and drainage bitches on
both sides with unobstructed outlet
Unfortunately our statute legislation
is not of the best favorable kind to
accomplished this because it lacks a
systematic control of construction and
tends to scatter the work in detached
pieces. With the old drag scrapers it
was hardly possible to get any but
piecework With the modern road
machine the facilities for a continuous
grade is more favorable and a system
attic plan of construction may be pos
sible, yet, if the work of constructing
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-02-19
He Is q Candidate.

Hon o. G. Berg, the present secre.
tary of state, who lives at Pierre and
personally superintends the dpties OF
his Office, has addressed the following
note to the Redfsld editors:
Should you feel free so to do, I
would highly appreciate the favor if
you would present to the voters of
Sphinx county my own ideas in refer-
ence to my candidacy for governor.
Circumstances with which the public
10 familiar. have kept me, for some
time. largely ignorant of what was
going on in political circles. On re-
turning to my Office at Pierre, found,
by private letters from friends through
ont the state and from tho press, that
a candidacy was being made for me by
friends, although hitherto I have not
consented to become candidate. l
am free to state the reason for my
hesitancy. First I had doubted my
capacity and qualification to fill &C.
ceptably 80 high an Office; secondly, l
bave been treated by my friends in
Sphinx county with a kindness and
courtesy which have resulted in tho
occupancy by me of an official relation
to the county or the state for ten years.
These favors have been greater than
my own estimate OF my ability and de-
serts, and feeling that there are many
ambitious men in the county more cap
able than myself, have hesitatsd to
comply with request Of friends and per-
NIT my name to be presented.
lam not ungraieful for, nor unap-
preiative of the honors and emoluments
of the Offices to which I have been
elected aud should certainly be in no
position to feel aggrieved if the voters
of the county should say nay to any
further ambition of mine However.
owing to the promices of support that
come, unsolicited by me, can simply
say that, should the voters of Sphinx
county see fit to send a delegation fav-
orable to my nomination to the Office of
governor, will be candidate and do
the best can honorably to secure that
honor to myself and the county
Sincerely Yours,
o. G. BERG.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-02-19
REMOVAL NOT RESPONSIBLE
A Pierre Friend Charges That
Capital RemOvalists Sup
ported Large APP
preparations.

Woonsocket Herald: Just now peo.
pie in every county are asking the ques.
tion, Why are taxes so much higher
this year? We will answer by saying
that the capital removal boomers are
responsible for it, There was comb.
nation of the mem bers of the legisla.
ture from the counties wanting large
and exorbitant appropriations for state
buildings in their towns. The capital
removal boomers formed a combination
with them and secured nearly million
dollars for such buildings. We assert
and, if it is denied, are prepared to
prove that Mitchell's delegation sup.
ported this combination. As soon as
this great steal was secured the combi.
nation went to pieces. A majority of
the house became 80 disgusted when
they found that they were controlled by
the combine that they were ready to
reconsider the capital removal resolu.
tion and in the senate nearly major
ity was ready to rescind. Had it not
been for the lack of not to exceed three
votes in the senate the removal scheme
would have been reconsidered and
killed by the last legislature. Put this
in your pipe and smoke it, while you
look over your tax receipts.
Vermillion Republican: just now,
people in every county are asking the
question: What's biting Judge Reed,
of Woonsocket, that he is so sore on his
neighbor? Has something gone wrong
with the Judges real estate operations,
or is he 80 badly ratified that he doesn't
know that one of the largest and most
prosperous cities in Illinos -Elgin-is
but thirty miles from Chicago? Taxes
are not higher this year In every
county," Notwithstanding the liberal
appropriations Of the last legislature,
Even were they the capital removal
resolution had nothing to do with it.
So good an authority as John Long
staff, chairman of the committee on ap-
propriatious-a Pierre eupporter-has
said under his own name in the Huron
ite that not one dollar of appropria.
tion could be traced to the removalists
Judge Reed makes gross misinter.
probation of the case from beginning
to end. The house and senate journals
are the best evidence of this. They
showed that every Pierre supporter
voted for these appropiations-voted
from members wholly out side of the
combination Judge Reed tells about.
Had it not been for Pierre support any
or all of this ''great steal" would have
been defeated. Suppose you smoke on
this for while, Judge?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-02-19

road grades and dltcheS cOuId % leG Ou
contract to parties gaining experience
in this work far better result could be
obtained for The same amount of ex-
penditure. At the next town meeting
in March Canton township will con-
slider proposition Of this kind, the
township at last years town meeting
having appointed a committee to re.
port on betterment of roadwork. Ac.
cording to estimates Of this committee
Canton township could with less than
one half of the amount she is yearly
expending on roadwork construct
standard grade upon two section lines
across The township, or twelve miles Of
grade each year, If the tax payers
would agree to pay one half Of the road
tax in cash and let out the road max.
ing on contract, the other half of the
road tax would yet be available for
repair work and accidentals, aud there
may be a possibility thai after all the
section lines of the town were 80 graded
half of the tax levy now made would
be sufficient to keep the roads in order.
But road taxes and road work are not
the only points for which our statute
laws need overhauliug. Bridge build
ing and bridge expenses are strikingly
and unjustly distributed upon the tax
payers of different localities in Lincoln
county. Take for instance Canton
township with the three main branches
of Beaver creek zigzaging through the
township also the Weekly creek and
other draws requiring bridges of con-
siderable size making total number of
"a span bridges in Canton township
besides an amount of culverts too
numerous to mention. ....# H..
The part of bridge expenses the town
ship has to carry on this number of
bridges is unjnstly heavy on small
community the size of township, be-
sides the wear and tear of travel com.
ing from outside the township center
ing on these bridges surrounding the
City of CANON, and must be sutained
by the township Taxation should be
equitable and 10 make it 80, bridge
building and bridge repairs should go
wholly into the hands of the county in
order to divide this burden equally
upon the taxable property of the
county. There can be no good reason ad.
vanced why the counties should not
take entire charge of the bridges and
let the townships have the roads. The
double authority on bridge supervision
divided between the county and the
townships do not work we'll anyhow,
the one is looking towards the other
and matters are often neglected.
Another matter tending to aggravate
the inequality of taxation is the prac.
tice whether right or not) of listing
taxable property at a higher valuation
around the City of Canton than in other
places of the county. H.