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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Are You a Dyspeptic.

If o are a d~yspeptic o wv it tc
yourself and your friends to get well
Dyspepsia nno dyspeptic's friends
because his disease sours his DISPOSE
ton as well as his stomach. Kodol Dys.
pepsia Cure will not only cure dyspep-
STA. Indigestion n our stomach, bu
this palatable, re~constructive tonic d.
gestant strengthens the life as wei as
the stomach. When you take Kodo
Dyspepsia Cure the food you eat is en-
joyed. 1t is digested, assimilated anG
it's nutriment properties appropriated
by the blood and tissues. Health is thu
result. Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Tbe News Brings OH Fresh Grief.

St. Petersburg, April 1.-THE offlc1al
bulletin this afternoon conveying the
intelligence of the loss another torpe-
do boat d~estreysra n the cripplng or
another battleship, was almost as Sc
we're a blow as he loss of the Petro-
pavlovsk yesterday and plunged the
whole own anew into grief. FORTY
five officers and men persisted on board
the torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashnl.
The Pobieda is a battleship of 12,6I4
tons displacement and of 14,oOo morse
power. She is 401 IA feet long a
al IL feet beam and draws 20 feet oil
water and is heavily armored with
steel. She was completed in 1901, has a
complement of 732 men. her estimated
speed is is knots. The steel armor OF
the battleship varies in from
4 to 9 1-2 inches along her belt. The
armament of the Pobieda consists or
four 10 inch guns. eleven 6 inch guns,
sixteen 3 inch guns. ten Is inch guns
and seventeen Ia inch guns She a
six torpedo tubes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

The Ship Was Retiring TO the Port
Arthur HaFboT, Before a Superior
Japanese Force. In a Mine WAS
Struck. Followed by n Explosion OF
the Ship's observation-disclosures Tap
Were Torn i'm the Sides, N the
Vessel Soon Sank-Omcers and Crew
Were at BreakfaSt-Almost Miracu-
Ions Escape Of Grand Duke Cyril
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

ACLBUILDINC
New Coast Line Building
is Now Ready for
Occupancy
FINE

The Purchasing Agent and his Force
Of Clerks VIII Move Into Building
this Week-There Will Be More
Thar One Hundred Clerks i'm the
Building-Water Street Floor to
be Used as Storage Room For Sup
plies-Part Of Second Floor To be
Used as Stationery Room-Re-
mainder OF Building to be Used For
Offices.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Rear.AdmiraI Uriu's Report.

Toxic. April 14.-5 p. ma brief re-
port from Rear Admiral Uriu of We'd
nesday's fighting off Port Arthur,
reached the navy department this after
noon. 1t says Vice Admiral Togo's
fleet attacked Port Arthur in the morn
ing and succeeded in sinking a battle
ship of the PetropavlovSk class N one
torpedo BOAT destroyer. The Japanese
sustained no losses. One japanese was
wounded
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Will Lecture Here.

Captain John C. Brain. who rendered
able services in the Confederate navy.
is spending several days in the city and
will deliver a lecture here next week
under the auspices Of the Daughters of
the C~onfederacy. He made a brilliant
record during the civil war, and cap
tured several northern vessels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
A Torpedo Boat Destroyer is Sunk By the Japan
csc and the Battleship Pobieda Injured
By Striking a Mine
As OFFICERS AND MEN PERISH

from both Russian and japanese surces
Indicate that III ~battleship Petropav-
lovsk was torpedoed. By a pretence
of an attack on the harbor by the en-
envy, Admiral Makarof, says the cor
respondent, was enticed outside of the
japanese torpedo boats which crept
behind him and awaited his return
and dealt the blow As he was nearing
the harbor on the return.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Health Insurance.

Our people have only recently ccr-
n to avail themselves of the
opportunity for providing against the
Expenses OF sickness. We are able to
issue policies which pay a fixei
moun each week on account AZ
sickness from any cause.
This can be combined with acci-
dent insurance. We will be glad to
give rates n terms to any one In
terested.
Willard & Giles Agents
None but he best companies rep
resented"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Skrydlofr Will Succeed Makarof.

St. Petersburg, April 14.-It has been
definitely decided that Vice Admiral
Skrydloff commander Of the Black Sea
fleet, will succeed h late Vice Admir-
al Makaroff as commandments Oh
the Russian naval forces in the far
east. Orders have been sent to Vice
Admiral Skrydloff TO come to st. Pc
tersburg for the purpose of receiving
instructions, after which he will leave
for the far east.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

1t is believed that the increasing price
of Easter hats and Paris gowns viii,
do more to discourage polygamy than
all the resolutions Of congress and all
the manifestoes of he Mormon church
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

A Philadelphia man recently played
the piano for 26 hours on a stretch. By
that time all the neighbors We're also
on Stretchers. Yet Philadelphia is
sometimes called the ''City of Brother
ly Love.'-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Indianians who are of the opinion
that Senator Beveridge is h most
noted living product of the Hoosier
state must forget that Senator Burton
was born in Observation-Disclosures Journal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

II congress should adjourn in May,
as 1T oes not meet again until Dec
ember. senator Burton might, after all,
be able to 50 arrang it that his sena-
torial and prison terms might not con-
ffict.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Ordinary household accidents have NJ
terrors when there is a bottle Of DR..
Thomas Eclectic Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns. cuts. bruises,
sprainS Instant relief.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Grand Duke Curtis Injuries.

ST. Petersburg. April 14.-It is on
~irmed that the Grand Duke Cyrils in
juries consist of burns on the neck
and legs. A private dispatch to his
father reports hat the wounded officer
is better. a life buoy was thrown to
the Grand Duke by which he sustained
himself in the water until picked up by
one of the boats which were lowered
Immediately by the other warships.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Eczema, scald head. hives. itchiness
Of the skin of any sort. instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Doan $
Ointment. At any drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
Japanese Torpedoed the Petropav-
lOvSk.

London, April 14.-No further news
from japanese sources concerning the
Port Arthur disasters has reached
London. The Daily Mails Chez Foo
correspondent declarest hat advices
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19

Rev. Francis NJ. Burch Will speak at
the Y. N. C. A. Sunday afternoon az
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-19
SEE NE BEFORE
BUYING.

WILL GIVE you BETTER GooDs-NEw. NOT SECOND HAND
AND SELL YOU 10 PER CENT. LOWER THAN ANY ADVERTISED
OR NOT ADVERTISED PRICES
ALL THAT 1 ASK Is 10 SEE MY GOODS AND COMPARE QUAIL
TY AND PRICE
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
TWO EXPENSIVE MONTHS.

February and March are two eXpen-
sive months for all the country north
of latitude II. Expenses always ex-
coed incomes. They are fuel destroy
ing, fodder annihilating months. when
one has to sit down and see the days
slowly eat up the earnings Of the pre-
vious summer-black and gloomy
months, when so many old people die,
and epidemics prevail, and trains are
off time or ditched, and one gets wea-
ry Of waiting for spring and liberty.
If these two months could be shipped
out of the calendar for the territory
named and January linked on to April
it would be good thing. 1t is during
these months that California pilgrims
make life miserable for their friends
left behind by aggravating and roseate
descriptions Of sunshine, warmth,
fruits and flowers, their enjoyment Of
these luxuries evidently intensified by
the knowledge that the rest of US are
stuffing furnaces, thawing out water
pipes, shoveling snow and fighting as
best we can a temperature of zero or
worse for forty days at a stretch. II
we can ever find time we will go out
there when they are being roasted to d
crisp, cracked open with a ten months
drought and fighting dust storms and
crop failures just to take grim sort
of satisfaction in knowing that things
IRE partially evenedrup after all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
'How's thts, men p cried Dyer shauply.

"HoD's this, menf' crted Dyer s1oarply.
cy. Without another word he pushed
back his coffee cup and crossed the
narrow, open passage to the mems
camp.
When he opened the door q silence
fell. He could see dlmly that the room
was full Of Longing and smoking lum-
bermen. AS a matter of fact, not a
man had stirred out that morning.
Flows this, menT cried Dyer sharp
ly. "Why aren't you out on the
marsh?"
No one answered for moment. Then
Baptiste:
Gle max too tam cole for de marsh.
Meester Roadway he spik dat we kip of
dat marsh wen he max COLE"
Dyer knew that the preceuenr was In
aisputable.
''Why didn't you cut on eight thenT
he asked still in peremptory tones.
Didn't have no one to show us
where to begin" drawled a voice in the
corner.
Dyer turned on his heel and went
but ~.
ITO be continuedg
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
Jaw AND NATURAL HISTORY,

AS an argument to defeat the passage
of a law by the legislature OF a west
ern state to prevent the spring shooting
OF wild fowl it was gravely asserted by
men who certainly should have known
better that the wild fowl-ducks and
geese-which migrate to the south IN
the fall mate and nest andsrear Win
ter crop Of young birds in the south,
where they winter, and then, returning
north in the spring, raise another brood
in their northern homes. 1t is difficult
to treat such ignorant stupidity as this
with any seriousness when the error Is
SO very palpable. All of our wild fowl
ducks, geese, swan, crane and more
all of our migratory birds, breed put
once year, and while in some cases
two broods are produced in one year,
as in the case of the robin and quail
and occasionally with some other va
rieties, the second brood always fol-
lows closely after the first and is abso-
lutely confined to the natural period of
nidifcation-the spring and summer
season, wherever the birds may be To-
Culcu. lAS SplluSo lliShL VI <tAA VIM
fowl is invariably made up of matured
birds, never any tledgelings. The mat
ing occurs during or Immediately sue
ceeding this spring fight; the summer
is devoted to the rearing and care of
the young brood; the autumn migration
is forced by climatic conditions, which
shut off both the food and water sup
ply, and the four months are spent
where food and open water can be se-
cured, recuperating for the next sea-
sons campaign. Among all the mill
lions Of wild fowl which swarm on
the lagoons Of Texas and the gulf coast,
among all the swarms of robins which
populate the cedar swamps Of the
southern states, there never is found
a case of winter breeding. 1t seems
passing strange that men deemed wise
enough to make laws should be ig-
norant Of so well established fact In
natural history as the foregoing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
CHAPTER VI.

~@AHEY finished cutting on section
II during Thorpe's second
week. 1t became necessary to
begin ON section IA, which lay
two miles to the east. In that direction
the character Of the country changed
somewhat.
The pine there grew thick on isolated
islands" Of not more than an acre or
so in extent-little knobs rising from
the level Of marsh. In ordinary con-
ditions nothing would have been easier
than to have plowed roads across the
frozen surface of this marsh. The pc
culiar state Of the weather interposed
tremendous difficulties.
The early part of autumn had been
characterized by heavy snowfall i'm
mediately after a series Of mild days.
A warm blanket of some thickness
thus overlaid the earth, effectually pre-
venting the freezing which subsequent
cold weather would have caused. All
the season Railway had contended with
this condition. Even in the woods,
muddy swamp ana spring holes caused
endless difficulty and necessitated a
great fea,,of 'corduroying." or the lay
Ing Of poles side by side to form an
artificial bottom. Here in the open
/ some six inches Of water and unlimit-
ed mud awaited the first horse that
should break through the layer of snow
and thin ice. Between each pair Of is
lands road had to be ''tramped."
Thorpe and the rest were put at this
disagreeable Job. All day long they
had to walk mechanically back and
forth on diagonals between the marks
set by Railway with his snowshoes.
Early in the morning their feet were
wet by icy water. for even the light
weight Of man sometimes broke the
frozen skin Of the marsh. By night
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

alton held for the cutting of different
lengths Of log, how the timber was
skillfully decked on the skids in such
manner that the pile should not bulge
or fall and SO that the scaler could
easily determine the opposite ends Of
the same log-in short, a thousand and
one little details which ordinarily a
man learns only as the exigencies arise
tocall in experience. Here, too, he first
realized he was in the firing line.
Thorpe had assigned him as bunk
mate the young fellow who assisted
Tom Broadhead in the telling. Henry
Paul was fresh complexioned, clear
eyed, quick hammered young fellow,
with an air of steady responsibility
nbout him. BE came from the southern
part of the state, where during the
summer he worked on little home.
stead farm Of his own. After a few
days be told Thorpe that he was mar
ried, and after few days more he
Showed hia bunk mate the photograph
pit sweet faced young woman who
looked trustingly out of the picture.
She's waiting down there for me,
and it amt SO very long till spring."
eaid Paul wistfu]ly "She's the best lit
kle woman a man ever had, and there
amt nothing too good for her, chun-
my"
Thorpe, soul sick after his recent ex-
periences with the charity OF the world.
discovered a real pleasure in this fresh,
clear passion.
Three days after the newcomer had
started in at the swamping Paul, dur.
ang their early morning walk from
camp to the scene of their operations
Eonfded in him further.
"Got another letter, chummy," said
be. "Come in yesterday. She tells
me-" he hesitated, with blush, and
then happy laugh, 'that they Amt
going to be only two of us at the farm
next year.
"You mean?" queried Thorpe.
"Yes," laughed Paul, land If it's {
girl she gets named after her mother
you bet"
The men separated. In momen
Thorpe found himself waist deep IL
the pitchy aromatic top of an old bull
sap, clipping away at the protecting
branches After time he heard Pauls
gay halloo.
l-sI1mheg.., came the ely. and Their
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Railway was so confirmed IN his be-
lief as to his own cuipability that he
quite overlooked Fabian's just conten-
ZION that the mere thinness of the ice
was in reality no excuse for the losing
of the horses. So Pat and Henrys were
not discharged; were not instructed to
tsget their time" Fabian Laveque
promptly demanded his.
II no work wild dat fool dat no t'ink
wit hees haid!"
This deprived the camp at once of
teamster and team. When you re-
feet that one pair of horses takes care
Of the exertions of crew of sawyers.
several swampers and three or four
cant hook men you will readily see
what serious arrangement their loss
would cause.
Railway did his best. He took three
days to search out big team of farm
horses. Then it became necessary to
find driver. After some deliberation
he decided to advance Bob Stratton to
the post, that decker" having had
more or less experience the year before.
HNFlCkSOll, tle foWeue', Niile HoL u olsth
cant hook man, was nevertheless sure
and reliable. Railway placed him in
Stratton's place. He remembered
Thorpe.
So the young man received his first
promotion toward the ranks Of skilled
labor. He gained at last field of ap-
plication for the accuracy he had so in
telligently acquired while roadmaking,
for now a false stroke marred saw
log; and besides, what was more to his
taste, he found himself near the actual
scene of operation-at the front, as it
were.
Here he learned why and when the
sawyers threw tree up or down hill,
and how small standing timber they
tried to fell it through, what consider
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
THE FAMILY HoTBEp.

With the return of spring there will
be some readers of these notes. who
will want to know how to build "a
small, inexpensive hotbed. Select III.
sheltered spot, open to the sun, for the
location Of the bed. If new lumber is
used, nail two sixteen foot boards to
end pieces of a length that will accom-
modate the sash you desire to use, hav-
ing the frame slope to the south some
six or eight inches. Drive stakes at in
tervals of three or four feet outside the
frame to prevent spreading, fill with
green horse manure, wet down and
plant your seeds as soon as things be-
gin to heat. Sow an abundance Of
radish and lettuce, enough tomato.
caulifower and cabbage seed to furnish
plants for yourself and your neighbors,
and try as an experiment paper each
Of sage, red pepper and eggplant, these
latter, with the cabbage and tomato
plants, to be transplanted into the
open ground as soon as danger Of frost
is past. Keep the bed well watered,
and remove the sash on warm days to
prevent spindly growth. If you have
never had hotbed you will be sur
prised how much satisfaction this small
outlay Of work will bring you.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

The roads adjoining the land of a
prosperous farmer near where the
writer lives have been almost impass
able this winter because of the fact
that lie neglected to cut the weeds on
the highway last summer, as required
by the new law of the state. The
weeds have proved a catchall for all
the drifting snow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Prior to the year 1870, when the skin
hunters got in their work, 100000
buffaloes occupied the range territory
now held by the stock barons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

A reader, a farmer of limited means,
wishes to know if he can make a sue
cess of silo by digging long and
wide trench in the ground and after
filling it with silage cover it with hay
or straw and layer of earth. No; he
cannot. Such plan would be total
failure, as the air would not be ex-
cluded from contact with the silage,
and he would have a fermented, rot
ten mess of stuff when he opened it.
The secret Of building the successful
silo is to shut out the air, and the
easiest and cheapest way to attain this
result is to build an alright cylinder
the height Of which shall be at least
two and half times it's diameter. The
greater the pressure the ,better the 81
lage will keep
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

With the mercury at 10 degrees above
zero and foot Of snow on the ground
we noted o pair Of English sparrows
busy building nest the last Of Feb
ruary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

If you are fond Of early green stuff
and don't want to build a hotbed, scat
ter some lettuce seed in warm, shell
tered spot the last Of March and rake
in gently. The plants will soon appear
and are not damaged by the frost.
Transplant in bed eight inches apart
if you would have the finest heads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

I. will be as much Of an achieve
ment to look back upon in declining
years to have raised several blue rib
bon boys and girls as to have pro-
duced hogs that We're prize winners at
the county and state fairs. 1t is only
scrubs that will beat you out Of your
property and let you go to the poor
house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Ensilage forms most excellent ra-
mails, giving succulent and appetiz-
ing food for poultry, hogs and horses,
fed occasionally.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

The sparrow because it winters with
us and breeds earlier in the season
than any of our native birds takes pos
session of all nesting places sought by
such birds as wrens, martins and blue
birds, and these birds are either driv-
en- away when they arrive from the
south or obtain a nesting place as the
result Of hard fight with the little
brown pests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
THE BAD BOOK IN THE nAYMow.

Literature. whether bad or good, is
so abundant and cheap that it finds its
way into the hands Of all sorts Of peo-.
pie and in all sorts of places. Not a.
few good honest farmers boys. and as.
many town boys are being corrupted
through the agency Of tough hired
man and bad bookHin the haymow.
1t is just as well for the farmer with
young sons to look out'for this.risk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

The war in the far east may be de-
pended upon to impart strong tone to
the prices of all farm products for the
coming year. 1t will pay to produce
all crops possible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Twenty-four broom firms have form
ed an ironclad trust. They will make
a clean sweep of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

While tree will grow if planted in
the fall, provided there is moisture
enough in the soil, the spring is still
the better time to plant it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

In the grim contest being waged in
the far east Russia is not fighting rice
fed coolies, but people who appreciate
the value of American pork, beef and
four-seemingly insignificant factors
which may have much to do in decid-
ing the struggle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Seed corn is so easily robbed of its
vitality that really the common sense
and safe thing to do is to thoroughly
test all seed before planting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

Because man lives on a farm it is
no reason why he should not keep his
hair and beard neatly trimmed. Some
fine farms have frowsy looking old fell
lows running them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15
THE state of New York made 4O,919,-
704 pounds of butter and 123,9S7, 516
pounds of cheese for the year 1908.

The old rotten straw stack in the
middle of the field is blemish to any
farm. 1t takes five years to get rid
of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-15

The American workingman when at
work wants good ration. This the
American farmer produces for him,
and this combination is what makes
good times on the farm.