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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
Fable of the LOve-Sick King.

And there was a certain great King
who laying dying of grief, for her he
loved was gone from him forever,
says the Smart Set. All day long he
lay on his couch of rose leaves, and
courtiers washed away the tears and
poured them from golden vases on
the grave of the one he loved.
And the fiocks died and the peas
ants starved, for it was decreed that
none should do else but weep for the
dead. And, the nation being near
unto ruin, the wise ones held coun-
sci, but no relief could they find for
their desperate need; till at length
spoke an humble shepherd, saying:
In the valley where my sheep
wander and eat the sweet young grass
and the tender herbs, a certain great
physician dwells. 1 pray he be
brought that ne cure the king
Now, though hope was small, cour-
iers travelled swiftly the wild noun
tains, where the brooks sing always
and are clear as a maiden's eye, and
the rocks pierce the earth like battle
ments of giant castles hidden below,
till at length they came to the physi-
clan, and, when he had heard their
tale. he washed his hands and went
straightway with them.
And, when the Physician had arriv-
ed at the court of the King, the peo-
pie fell on their knees, and begged
him to save them from destruction.
Then the Physician said: "Oh
King, put by thy grief"
And the King said: 1T may not
be, for the one I love is dead"
Put by thy grief" the Physician
said, "and thou shalt see the one
thou lowest"
And the King sprang up, and the
Physician commanded a certain great
mirror to be brought and ordered
the King to look therein.
And the King gazed, and beholdI
Ii was himself he saw.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

Speaking of the southern suffrage
amendments, which have practically
now been endorsed by the supreme
court, but which the Massachuf fets
reactionarieS are still criticiSing, The
Brooklyn Eagle says: "a million or
half a million negroes imposed on
Massachusetts would drive the Bay
State to the Mississippi PLAN" And
that is even permeating the New Eng
land brain.
The above is the first note of warn
ing to the negro from beyond Mason
and DiXon's line. We will soon hear
Of proposed amendments to the con-
stitutions of several of the northern
states for the purpose of restricting
suffrage. In several of these states
the negroes now hold the balance of
power. They do not realize their
power yet, but when they do they
will WELD an influence in politics in
those states never dreamed Of
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
Robbed the Grave.

startling incident. is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia. as fol-
lows: st was in an awful condit' on.
My skin was almost yellow. eyes SUNK
en-. tongue Goa ted. pain continually IN
back and sides, no appetite growing
weaker day by day. Three phys clans
had given me up. Then I was advised
to use Electric Bitters; to my great
Joy. the first bottle made decided i'm
provement. / continued their use for
three weeks. and am now a wei man.
/ know they robbed the grave of anoth-
er VICTIM" No one should fail to try
them. Only SO cents guaranteed at r.
r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
A COUGH
CONUNDRUM

When is a cough more
than a cough?
When it's a settled cold.
When it hangs on in spite of
all you can do. Cough mix
tures won't cure it because
they are merely for a cough
and this is something more.
SCOTS Emulsion cures the
cough because it cures the
something more. 1t heals
and repairs the infamed
tissues where the cold has
taken root and prevents its
coming back.
Wen send you sample free upon request
SCOTT s. BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street. New York
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
The TIilarity of History.
, was at Chevy Chase

This was at Chevy Chase.
Gee, this is dry work., quOth Earl
Douglas during his hand-to-hand en-
counter with Eary Percy.
Yes replied the English chieftain,
Its a long time between drinks"
Modern times is marked with an
amenity of a similar nature between
the Governor Of North Carolina and the
Governor of South Carolina. but they
perpetrated it cold -bloodedly; and not
in the heat of battle.
Alexander Selkirk upon being ma
rooned on the Isle of Juan Fernandez
heaved a sigh of relief.
Here at least" he murmured, II
will not have to read the Sunday sup
plement''
In this blissful solitude he lived four
year and four months.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12


But many a woman who has gladly faced
poverty for the man she loved, may well
doubt her wisdom when pain becomes
the mate of poverty. If she were rich,
she thinks, s1e could find way of cure.
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Pierce's medicines am glad to say his medi
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Weak and sick women, especially those
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as strictly private and sacredly conf
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Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy
and pleasant to take. A most effectiv,
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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

The two telephone lines from
Wadesboro to. Norwood will be con-
sohdated and a switchboard placed
at Cedar HilII The line from the
river to Norwood, by this place, has
been sold to the Rocky River Springs
company. They are building a line
from the springs to Hamburg, inter-
secting the old line to Norwood.
The above paragraph is from the
letter of a county correspondent of
The Wadesboro Messenger and Intel
hgencer. We publish it to show the
rapid strides central North Carolina
has made in the last few years.
Thfrty-five years ago there was not a
railroad in Anson county. All travel,
except on stage lines, was in private
conveyance. Now the county has a
perfect network of telephone lines.
Farmers IN any one section of the
county can sit in their homes and
talk with friends in any> other parts.
Rural free delivery mail routes are
also bringing the country people into
closer intimacy. The time will soon
come when the man on his farm has
IS many conveniences as his friend
in town or city.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
THE PARTY SOLID.

Mr.. Whitehead KluttZ asks who
knows what Judge Parker STANDS for?'
We do-for the nomination-Saiisoa oary
Globe.
There seems to be diversion in TIE
Kluttz family. The old man, who has
so acceptably represented his districr
i'm congress and who has stood as con-
gresham until he has grown tired OF
the place. is a good sound democrat
His son Is one Of the Hearst boomers.
He belongs to that self-appointed COM
mittee which is trying to work up
sentiment in behalf of the New York
Journalist in this state. At least he
was trying to do so while back, but
we have heard nothing of the affair for
some time. The move must have col
lapsed. We do not hear any thing
more about it these days. The commit
tee, which was, We believe. composed Of
ex-goid bug democrats, most of whom
took to extreme free silver ideas De
cause they were disappointed in securing
the Offices they thought they were Ell
titled to under Mr. Cleveland, has
about quit business. For while there
was a good deal of talk about Hearst
! in this state. 1t looked as If he was
going to develop much strength. The
| committee which was working up his
boom seemed to have good sailing
ahead of him.. We confess we got
somewhat scared. We were afraid the
Old North state was going to tumble
| out of the democratic line. We are
glad to know that our fears were
groundless. If there was any danger
| it was only temporary. The people soon
came to their senses. If for a moment
| they had any idea Of following after
| Hearst and his populistic holdings they
soon saw the error of their way and
again fell in line for true and sound
| democracy. We are glad to say that
we believe North Carolina can be
counted on by the democrats She fell
by the way once or twice in the past
| when the people were deceived by false
| friends-and some of these who helped
| lead her astray are now the most blat-
| ant, loud-mouthed democrats. de-
| nouncing every body who does not
| agree with them-who for selfish pur-
poses advocated measures hurtful to
| the best interests of the people. But
| as a rule the average Tar Heel can be
| counted on to be true to himself and to
his people. And this is one Of the times
! when he can be counted on. Nortt
| Carolina will be found solidly demo-
| cratic this year. and her democracy will
| be of the right kind. She will be for
| that which will be Of the greatest good
| for the greatest number of the people
TarHeel democrats will be found willing
| to give up their cherished desires ano
to forego preferences as to candidates
| for the sake Of the party and in the in
terest of party success. To the main
| principles of the party they will ad
| here. For non-essentials they are moi
sticklers. They are the kind Of denl-
Ocrats who win-men who stand firm
on party principles, but who recognize
differences of opinion on matters which
are not of Importance and who toler-
| ate such differences Of opinions
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
A Thoughtful Man

A. N Austin OF Winchester. Ind.
knew what To do In an hour of need.
dis wife had such an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought of and
lrleo Ut kings New Life Pills and she
only zSc. at r. r. Bellamy.s Drug
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

Did you pay your poll taxes yester-
day? If you did not, you had better
not let next week go by without doing
so. The time is getting mighty short.
The first thing you know it will be
the I'd of May, and it will be too
late then.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

There should be no reflections on the
Cuban capacity for local self-govern-
ment merely because the Cuban con-
gress exhibits some strong Latin char
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

Among the people of native stock in
Massachusetts, there are each wear.
12.000 more deaths than births. Mas
sachusetts is the hot bed OF race sui
cide.-Atlanto Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12
TUESDAY, APRIL IL, 1904.
NEWSPAPER TREACHERY.

A rer.ort has been persfstently circu-
lated that the Banner was Delng HloFeo
to Ellington. when in fact the paper
is preparing to more permanently TX
itself in Dunn by putting in one OF the
completest and most modern NEWSPAPER
and lob plants in the state. and Wnen
the plant is installed Dunn can boast
of the best printing establishment c1
any town it's size in the state.
Another fabrication is that the Bar
ner was subsidized by certain parties.
Now. we want to say that this IS a
falsehood out of the whole cloth. IhlS
paper is edited and owned by the writ
er. No other man owns one dollar OF
stock in it. It expresses the unbiased
views of it's editor. and is run Tor the
,lpbuilding of Harnett county ana Dunn
In particular and will continue 20
be Sc.
Democratic Banner of Dunn thus de-
clares it's independence. We do not
know who it is that has been charging
the Banner with being owned by q
syndicate and run in the interest of
some politician Who ever it is though,
we suppose he will go way back and
sit down. 1t is mighty easy to charge
newspapers with being run in the IN
terest of some politician or being own
ed by some political combination. There
is too much of this kind of talk at the
present time. If a paper takes bold
stand on any subject the cry is imIne-
diately raised that it is the organ Of
this or that influence and. strange to
say, this cry is most apt to come from
some newspaper man. There are in
this state certain newspaper men who
begin t. cry out bought. up as soon
as another paper expresses an opinion
differently from that they entertain in
their columns. Where there is SO much
cry of bought and subsidized news
papers, one is apt to come to the
conclusion that it is a guilty conscience
that is responsible for the continual
cry. The men who are constantly
raising this cry against other papers
are not themselves above suspicion.
Their past records are such that they
should be careful how they charge
others with dickering with politicians
and others who want newspaper sup
port. Treachery is an inherited char
acteristic. In runs in the blood. Per
haps it cannot be easily eradicated.
If this be so those afflicted in this man.
ner should be careful how they charge
others with possessing the same fault
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-12

Inc peach crop has been saved again
ano Il OUGHT to be safe by this time
Atlanta Constitution.
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SPORTS.
RIVALS DEEDS OF TELL
LONG ISLAND sHARPsHOoTER
PERFORMS TRICKS, WITH
RIFLE WHICH BORDER ON
MIRACULOUS.

William Tell and his famous APPLE
shooting feat suffer some when COM
pared with the latest exhibition din
sharpshooting by S. M. Van Allen, the
champion rifle shot of the United
States, before the executive committee.
of the sportsmen's show at his place
on Fulton street. Jamaica, Long
Island. This feat is one that has never
before been performed in this part of
the country. 1t consists of gluing an
empty 22-caliber rife shell to the nose
of anyone who has sufficient nerve,
then having him lie down on a table
at a distance of thirty feet from the
shooting line, and then shooting the
she'll off the pedestal without any in
jury to the nasal organs. Van Allen
will only try this trick once a day, as
it makes him a trif1e shaky to do it Of
ten.
The shots that Van Allen prides
himself most on are putting twelve
bullets in the act of hearts without
going out of the spot line, hitting two
glass balls attached to a revolving fan
that has a speed of 100 revolutions a
minute, and splitting a card held by
an assistant at distance of thirty
feet, doing the last two shots bending
over a chair, reversing his rifle and
using q mirror to sight with. :,
Another thing that Van Allen does
is firing at cigarette In the mouth Of
his assistant, first knocking off the
ashes, firing another shot to put it out
and a third to cut it in half. He also
does the putting out of lighted
match with the aid of a mirror at the
same distance as his other shots.
Another trick that Is performed by
means of the revolving fan is one in
which an assistant holds a glass ball
in his fingers within the circle de-
scribed by the tip ends of the fan, to
which two other glass balls have been
fastened, and at the right instant when
the balls are in juxtaposition, Van
Allen fires and breaks both balls 81
simultaneously. This he considered his
most brilliant feat when first success
fully done, but later he made it more
difficult by doubling the number of
balls held by his assistant and break
ing three balls with one shot.
Another shot that won the applause
of the sportsmen's committee was that
in which the assistant lay prone on the
| table. One of his knees was slightly
bent and upon it rested glass ball
while another was upon his, forehead.
Van Allen fired two shots from an au-
tomato repeater and broke both balls
without touching the assistant
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BASEBALL

Fourteen business men Of Sioux City
have organized the Sioux City Western
Baseball association with $4,000 cap
ita1, half paid up, to handle the Sioux
City team in the western league. w.
B. Nation is president and business
manager, w. F. Duncan, vice presi-
dent, M. B. Wagstaff, secretary and w.
r. Miller, treasurer. Jay Andrews of
Portland, Ore, playing manager.
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PAYS ss5, 900 FOR AUTO

Cleveland Man Purchases Monster
3OS- HOrse-Power Vehicle.
Louis D. Shoenberg of Cleveland,
has bought from the Cleveland Motor
company the 30S-horse power automo-
bile recently built by that company.
The price was $4,000.
The car is said to be the largest
automobile ever built. It has three
separate bodies for use in racing and
touring. One Is the Pullman body, ar
ranged for sleeping purposes. Shoen-
berg, with party Of ten or twelve
friends, will tour New York state and
will make trip to ST. Louis.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Department of Insurance.

Whereas, the New Hampshire Fire Insurance
Company, corporation organized under the laws
of New Hampshire, has fully complied with
the provisions of the laws of this state relative
to the admission and authorization of insurance
companies of Its class.
Now, therefore. 1. the undersigned. Insurance
Commissioner. do hereby empower and author
ize the said above named company to transact it's
appropriate business of fire insurancne in the
State of Minnesota, according to the laws there
Of. until the thirty-arst day of January. A: D.
1905, unless said authority be revoked other
wise legally terminated prior thereto.
In testimony whereof. i have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal at st. Paul,
this Both day Of January. A. D. 1904
ELMER H. DEARTH,
Insurance Commissioner.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Department Of Insurance.

Whereas, The Liverpool and London and Globe
Insurance Company. q corporation organized
under the laws OF New York, has fully complied
with the provisions of the laws OF this state rea
tive to the admission and authorization of insur-
alice companies Of Its class.
Now, therefore, /, the undersigned, Insurance
Commissioner, do hereby empower and authorize
the said abovenamed company to transact its
appropriate business Of fire Insurance in the state
OF Minnesota, according to the laws thereof until
the thirty-hrst day of January. A. D. 1906 unless
said authority be revoked or otherwise legally
terminated prior thereto.
In testimony whereof have herennto set my
hand and affixed my official seal at st. Paul this
Both day Of January, A. d. 1904.
ELMER n. DEARTH,
Insurance Commissioner.
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CURLING

/ g The Winnipeg bonspiels wound up
yesterday with final games for the
defeated Mccarthy Of Regina in the
semifnals. Hope then met Braden Of
Winnipeg Thistles and defeated him
Is to Z. Braden takes second, Nc
Carthy Of Regina third and Dunbar,
Minneapolis, fourth. Williams Of the
University club takes first points prize
with 40. Hunter of Scott's Parkdale
rink and Finley Of Winnipeg Thistles
are tied for second place with A..
Dunbar of Minneapolis and several
others are tied for fourth and fifth
places with As.
The Flour City Curling club Kinks
began play last night for the Caledo-
MAN medal. Tom Hastings and D. c..
Murray were the winners. The
scores:
Burdick, Harding, Mcleod, Hast
ings (skip), ~; Thompson, Hall, G.
Lorimer, w. W. Lorimer (skip), 10.
Clark, Beckman, H: H: Murray, D.
G. Murray (skip), II; Waldron, Miller,
Macrae, McCutcheon (skip), 10.
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DEATHS AT NoRTHFIELD
Second from Consumption in the
Family of Commissioner Brown.

Second from Consumption in the
Family of Commissioner Brown.
Special to The Journal.
Mortified, Mimi, Feb. 20.-Miss
Katherine Brown, aged %, died last
night Of consumption. She was the
daughter of Street Commissioner
Brown. Eight months ago her mother
died of the same disease.
II. D. Child, one Of the old settlers
of Northfield, aged over 70, died last
night of apoplexy. His funeral will
be held on Monday. His wife and two
sons and a daughter survive him.
A son, weighing ten pounds, was
born last night to President and Mrs.
Salmon of Carleton college.
The classes in charge of Miss Lin
nell, instructor in elocution at Garlic
ton, held recital last night in Willis
hall. The program was enjoyed by
good-sized audience.
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DR.. Shoop's Restorative

will let entirely
need When send it
of
druggist
whatever He
will the to me- s O.
doubt as to what Shoop al
offer
Write confidence physician will tell
now
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Via 500 Line. $500 to

Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, New West
minister, Vancouver, Victoria. Nanai-
mo and other North Pacific Coast
points. Tickets on sale every day in
March and April. Ticket office, 119
Third street S, Minneapolis.
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Signed to become general agent of the
ST. Louis road at Minneapolis. MI.
Witherspoon was for three years agent
of the Northern Pacific at Fargo.
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Will You Help a Sick Friend?
Get My Book for Him Now
Book Ion DyspepGa
Dor the
Women.
10 n
Con Rheumati


sufferer will
that that
tells 30
nerve
Then combined
did fail
in
medicine
I
sincere-hat
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:RAILROA
ACTION AGAINST NJ. & ST. L.

Directed by r. r.. Commissioner for
u n Ignoring an Order.
Instructions to bring action in the
courts against the Minneapolis & St.
Louis road because it. did not obey
the order to establish winter service
to Fonka Bay Feb. Is, were sent to
the attorney general yesterday by the
railroad commission.
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IN THE PRIZE RING

George Gardner Of Lowell last night
defeated Kid Garter of Brooklyn in
q six-round bout before the Milwau-
kee Boxing club.
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Billy Melody of Boston last night
knocked out Otto Sieloff of Chicago
in the fourth of a six-round contest at
Chicago.
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Walter |. Badger Sc. ...:: a.:
fWXU0AVUE 1a0R1aAGE LOANS

This company is owned by the T..
e Il. & g. of Liverpool, which COM
pany will pay a million dollars loss
In Baltimore. leaving their q. S.
assets intact.
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE IN.
sURANCE COMPANY. Principal office, New
York City, N. Y. (Organized in 1917 Henry
" Eaton, president; George W. Hoyt, secretary;
attorney to accept service in Minnesota, Insur-
ance Commissioner. Cash capital $500, 900.
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$3.50 to the KOOtenay
Via the 500 Line Every day in March
and April. Ticket office, 119 Third
street S, Minneapolis.