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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
Corrected Himself.

a downtown teacher was having the
boys of her room take the different
words in a sentence and compose a SEN
the words. Every one had succeeded
in making The sentence correct ia
every manner ave II boy, who had
the word driving to operate IN. This
is what he said:
The little boy was 'drivin'' the
horse II the water trough
AT this poiut the teacher said:
Sammy. don't forget our 'g's."
Gee" ssiG Sammy. tile little beg
was drivin tie horse, to the water
trough""-i'hiladelphia Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
SOUTHWARK L
Two Yachts Put into Port Here Yes
terday and VIII Remain Until the
Weather Becomes Favorable.

The yacht Regina. Captain Samuel
Clayton, n and master, arrived al
WrightsyiIle Beach inlet yesterday
morning and will lay there until fav-
orable weather, when she Will proceed
on her way to Florida where Captain
Clayton his wife are bound. They
have spent three successive winters
in Florida and each yea have stopped
over i'm Wilmington on their way south
and return north Captain Clayton IS
from Philadelphia They spent about
a week in Wilmington last winter
when on their way south
The Yacht Roma. Captain Roma,
owner and master. also arrived IN VIII
mington yesterday with Captain Roma
and wife on board bound for Florida.
They have bee going to Florida each
winter for many and also stop
over in Wilmington going and returrI.-
ing.
Both OF the above named gentlemen
and their wives have a number OF
friends in this city and they always
delight IN giving them a good time
while they are in thee ity. Srorn
warnings have been Issued all along
the coast and the yachts viii remain
here until favorable weather pervafis.
The captains OF the yachts conside-
themselves fortunate in being able 10
get to Wilmington befort h storm fer
they intended stopping here anyway.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
FRIGHTFUL NINE DISASTER.
Ten Men Hurled HOO Feet TO Instant
Death-Intense Excitement ut the
Mouth of the Shaft.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 2.-One Of the
most appalling mine accidents in the
history of the Wyoming valley for
many "a occurred at Nc. l Auchin-
Gloss shaft. operated by the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Goa Com
pany at Nanticoke at an early hour
this morning by WHICH ten men were
hurled to instant death and three Sc
riously injured. The men were mostly
all upon the mine carriage to be lower
ed to the workings below.
The signal was given to the engineer,
who began lowering the men. The car
riage had gone but a few fee when the
engineer lost control of his engines, ow-
ing to the reverse levers falling to
work, and the carriage. with its load OF
human freight, ten an all, was dashed
beyond the Ross vein landing, nearly
1,100 feet below the surface and from
there they were p~recipitated 800 feet
further, into a stump. Those who may
not have been killed outright were
without doubt drowned in the sum-
which is fully fifty feet deep in water.
Up to s o'clock tonight no human aid
could reach them and every mar or
the Ill fated carriage has been given up
by the mine officials as lost.
The victims who were miners and
laborers all resided in Nanticoke and
most of them leave families. They
We're Poles or Slavs with the option CT
one NAMED John Kemper.
Intense excitement continues to pre-
vail about the mouth of the shaft TO-
night. Women and children are rum
ming about crying and moaning for
those who are at the bottom. There
are fully 80 miners and laborers in
the mine dragging the stump for the
bodies and It mayrequire Two or
three days before any Of the cad can
be recovered.
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DefGerraan cobbler
His Old Friend vosiessein Drop. Ia 10
Talk Over Things.

"a RR VOCLESTEIN comes I'm
HNH my place yesterday nit a
4S9 a happy smile On his face.
und when he gets his pine
lighted oop he says:
Hans. 1 vhas all right. md dot
makes me feel good"
How vhas you all right?' I asks
"fou know / hat $1,000 I'm a gold
mine in Oregon. When 1 buy dot stock
ne yhas richness. He pays 80 per cent
dividends. He vhas better ash four
banks. Dot broker he likes me to
put in ten t'ousand. ind 1 shall do If
but Tor my old womars. She likes me
to wait awhile und see. Do you know
what happened to dot mine last week ~
NO"
"Vhell. she runs AWAY to Europe
n steals all cur none und yhss
only a big fraud all der time. All der
gold in dot hill you can put in your
ear"
Den you Was swindled out of
$1,000"
mo, sir. Dots What makes me feel
so good I get $1,000 worth of oxperi-
ence in gold mines. und 1 safe nine
tousand of der long green TO speculate
In cotton. l vhas always a lucky man.
Hans I vhas born dot vhay. If you
only hat my luck you don't hat to cob
Die oop nOpody's Shoes"
L can't see exactly how Mr.. Vogle-
stein come out ahead, und l vhas
thinking about it when he pats himself
on der back und says:
Maybe you hear about me und my
brother-in-law? He goes oafer to Bos-
ton und gets in der vhay of a street
q ind vhas knocked feefty feet.
EaferybOdy pellets he vhas dead, und
dey take him to der morgue und tele-
graph to me. 1 vhas oafer in New .Jer-
sey ind don't get der telegram. Next
day he wakes COP ind vhas alive und
goes by a hospital SOMEBODY steals
all his money. und he writes to me for
$50. l put der letter in my pocket
und forget to read him. My brother
in-law pawns his watch und pin ind
home last night"
"Vhell?" l says.
"Vhell, don't o see? If l get dot
telegram I vhas sadness und hat to go
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WAS HARD LUCK.
First Lost n Purse I'm Which Was S27
Their Found Purse With S41S i'm 1t
But Soon Found the W

Some days. ago Mr.. G.. C. Scherer lost
a purse containing s27. which he has
not yet found, III on yesterday he
found a purse in which was S41S AMI
no name in the purse>but II was only
a short time until he found the owner,
For a few moments Mr.. Scher5r
thought instead OF being an unfortC-
nate man he had become an extremely
fortunate one. but he is % more con-
WINGED han ever that he is extremely
unfortunate for did he not los $2z ami
later find a purse containing $41S and
Immediately find the owner? 1t was a
travelling man who los the s4.1S and
he was the happiest man imaginable
when he found the purse.
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Who They were.

"Who are all these men marching
afoot?' asks the stranger.
"They are the members Of the Team
Sters' union. which is out on strike
answers the native.
"And who is that man at the head of
the paradey-
"You mean the n in the open top
carriage drawn by four horses?"
"Yes."
"He's the walking delegate."-Chica-
60 Tribane.
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nascal catarrh: the medicine IL APP
piled direct TO the affected membrane.
The remedy is Eiy's Cream Balm. II
restores the inffamed tissues TO q
healthy state without drying all In
life out OF them and II gives back the
lost senses Of taste and smell. The
sufferer who Is tired OF vain expert
ments should use Cream Balm. Drug
gisfs sell IL for so cts. Ely Brothers.
Warren Street. New York, will mali t.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

As a private Individual We not only
attended the horse race held here the
other Gay. Int rode our own horse and
came il foCr lengths ahead of the field
and took tire pn-se of S1G0. The public
must not cunfound u public and pri-
vate rights. AS postmaster and so
forth we frown upon horse racing and
such As IA private citizen we whoop
'er w OF all occasions and have bar
reis OF fun II. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

A party named White from Ohio was
in-town yesterday to see about estab-
fishing q private bank. but upon learn
ing that five different bankers had been
hung here because their books and
their cash Gidn't hafnce he decided t.
go yer 20 Lone Jack and start q res
t3urant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
He Mennt Raised.

Charley. dear" said young Mrs. Tor
kins after her husband had been play
ing a social game. why are you SO Of
ten without money!
sit is due to the way 1 was raised"
"You mean reared. don't your
mo. l mean raised."-Washington
Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

New york. November The market
for coffee futures opened steady at an
advance OF s 70 10 points. held the ad-
month 5 points and other position 10
points net higher Sales were z2.7se
bags. Spot RIO quiet; no 2 invoice
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

Duluth, Mimi, November L-Colonei
A NJ. FTagg. who until a few weeks
ago was editor Of The Sews-TrIbune
committed suicide late this afternoon
by drowning. Colonel Fiagg who has
been in III health for some months re-
Gently took a vacation and went 20 his
old rome in Rockford. III. he return
ed shortly but was unable to resume
his work
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
DEMANDS PUNISHMENT.
Minister Pearson Determined hat Dr.
Larabec's Mmrderers Shall Not Es-

SAJyG.
Washington. Nov. 1-Mr. Pearson
United States Minister to Persia, to-
day cabled the state department that
he emphatically reiterated his me-
~quivoca1 demand for h just and
proper punishment Of those responsible
for the murder of Mr.. Labaree The
American missionary. Mr. Pearson al
so reported that he had just been tod
by the minister for foreign affairs. who
received his Information from the
crown prince that six of the accesso-
ries to the murder, while ~endeavorinS
to escape were killed yesterday after
noon by Persian forces and that the
remainder Of the gang Is being active
ly pursued by the military. BY way
OF r~etribution for the Labaree mu.-
der. the Persian military commander
had two OF b ring leaders decapitaf-
ed and their heads exposed on bayo-
nets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

Tie Arizona Kicker employs no trav-
cling agents 10 take subscriptions. ard
whenever = man is found at work col
lecting money it won't do any harm 70
pull him up a limb three or four times
and then whisper in his ear. In case
OF accident we will pay all expenses
and send ON IL tombstone.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have AIWaJs Bought
Signature sssss the Of &K&zZM

Kuropatkn is not the only Russian
who Will come out of his war with his
IN the baggage car ahead
Atlanta Journal
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Last week the Blue Hill Record
.plaintively inquired Of the winds.
How long is this Ear of Arizona
(meaninS u.s. to remain unhung to
stalk among u.s." Our answer is that
We propose TO stalk for many years
yet, and whenever any little hanging
comes OF We shall be on deck to help
make things lively.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

lust % 1t seems that h democrats
are then only Wisconsin folks who ere
feeling really NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

you-ed by "a grizzly bear. The bear
has our sympatilies.
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Their Shyress.

$50 their engagement is broken"
Yes: they were both too shy to get
--a.-snd -
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The Arizona Kicker
Another Eunea ef Interesting Home
News from tie CuIch.

|~HERE WIS 10 close approach
E 10 a q 2edy il the common
0 council roorI last Tuesday
night. as stated by u esteem
led contemporary. Alderman Murphy
.|eonfended that a motion TO adjourn
was IN order while a resolution was
being voted on. and be would not give
In until we leyeied q gun on him Had
we been obliged to IRE we should only
have split one OF his ears
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

Justice of the Peace Williams of this
town is a good fellow and a man of in
tegrity, but if he can't improve on his
spelling he ought to step down and out.
His warrants for Jon Dow and his
'~defeandints" and 'Dlentiffs' make the
spelling books look very tired.
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Probably Not.

at hope he's not as green as he
looks"
..Who:'
HTEe man who Just sat down on that
newly PARTED bench" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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'sWeIl. you see he was shy of money,
and she got shy of him when she
found it out."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Our thanks are due to some un-
known admirers for a serenade last
Tuesday night. Over 100 bullets were
fired into the Kicker windows, and q
jolly time prevailed for a quarter of
an hour. Come again.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

Many of our subscribers have COM
planned because we nave not pitched
into the trusts, but we have reasons
for keeping quiet. When q man holds
the positions of mayor, postmaster,
senator, deputy marshal, fish commits
sioner and game warden and is looking
around for three or -four other good
things he can't consistently howl out
against any other trust.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

During u temporary absence from
the sanctum the other day Major Rid
die called and fired three bullets into
our cuckoo clock in the most heroic
manner. If the major continues on the
giddy career he has mapped out he viii
feel Il pain some day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

When the Grass Valley Tribune says
that high society in this town was
shocked" etc, it means that Major
Harper was shocked. He is the high
society OF that town, and yet he doesn't
know enough to eat bean soup with an
oyster fork.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04

A New York advertising agency
wants to know if we will make affida-
Wit that u circulation is 1000, 100000
copies per week. as advertised. OF
course we will. An editor who won't
lie about his circulation and swear to it
would be locked UP as a dead failure
these days. And while we are swear
ing we had just as soon swear to 1000
10000 as 1000, 000, 900.
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A Wonderful Saving.

The largest Methodist Church in
Georgia calculated to use one hundred
hundred gallons of the usual kind of
mixed paint in painting their church.
They used only 30 gallons of the
Longman 81 Martinez Paint mixed
with "a gallons Of linseed oil. Actual
cost of paint made was less than 81. 20
per gallon.
Saved over eighty $3.50. OO) dollars In
paint, and got a big donation besides.
EVERY CHURCH wilt be given O
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Many houses are we'll painted with
Ions of linseed oil mixed there with,
Wears and covers like gold.
Those celebrated paints are sold by
w. l.. BOYD, Laurens.
CLINTON PHARMACY, Clinton.
March I'm.
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PROPER TREATMENT OF PNEU-
MONIA.

Pneumonia is too dangerous a dis
ease for anyone to attempt to doctor
himse'f, although he may have the pro-
per remedies at hand. A physician
should always be called. 1t should be
borne In mind, however, that pueu.
nomia always results from a cold or
from an attack Of the grip, and that by
giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
the threatene | attack of pneumonia
may be warded off. This remedy is also
used by physicians in the treatment Of
pneumonis with the best results. DR.
w. j. Smith. OF Sanders, Ara, who is
also a druggist, says of ii: "I have been
selling Chamberlsin's Cough Remedy
and prescribing 1t in my practice for
the past six years | use il in cases Of
pneumonia and have always gotten the
best results" Sold by The Ltureus
Drug Co,
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Ogbot. OF one thing there could be no
doubt-Lorry was gone. Not knowing
where to TURF or what to do, Anguish
raced of to the castle, his bodyguard
having located him in the meantime.
He was more in need OF their protec-
ten than ever.
At b castle gates he encountered n
party Of raying Axphainians, crazed
with anger over the flight Of the man
whose life they had thirsted for SO
r%avenously. Had he been unprotected
Anguish would have Jared badly at
their hands, for they were outspoken
In their assertions that he had aided
Lorry in the escape. One fiery little
fellow cast n glove in the Americans
face and expected q challenge. An
guish snapped his fingers and sarcas-
tcally invited the insulter to meet him
next winter in a battle with snowballs,
upon which the aggressor b!asphemed
In three languages and 300 gestures.
Anguish and his men passed inside the
gates, which had been barred to the
others, and struck out rapidly for the
castle doors.
The Princess Yetive was sleeping
soundly, peacefully, with q smile on
her lips, when her prime minister sent
an excited attendant to inform her Of
the prisoners escape. She sat up In
bed, and, with her hands clasped about
her knees, sleepily announced that she
would receive him after her coffee was
served. Then she summoned her maids.
Her uncle and aunt, the Countess
Dagmar (whose merry brown eyes
were SO full OF pretended dismay that
the princess could scarcely restrain a
smile), and Gaspon, the minister of
finance, We're awaiting her appearance.
She heard the counts story Of the es-
cape. maPyeled at the prisoners III
dacity and firmly announced that ev-
erything possible shouid be done to APP
prehend him. With n perplexed frowp
on her brow and q dubious twist to her
lips, she said:
II suppose 1 must offer a rewardf"
Certainly" exclaimed her uncle.
about 80 gavyos, uncleT
"Fiftyy" cried the two men, aghast.
"Tsn't that eaougbT
"For the murderer OF o prlpaeT" de-
manded Gaspon. at would be absurd,
your highness. he is n most important
person.
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1--WE win do all in our power toto


ave will do all In our power TOTO
prove ourselves grateful for your mag
unanimous OFFER" she said. Az she pass
ed from the room, followed by her I'M
Gle, she heard the increasing buzz Of
excitement on all sides, the unrestrain-
ed expressions of amazement and re-
lief from her own subjects, the patron
tzlng comments OF the yisitors-a!l
c%onspirlng to sound her doom. Which
way was she to turn In order to escape
from herself?
1--WE must catch this man., Yetive,"
said Halfont on the stairway. There
Is no alternative"
Except our inability to do So" she
murmured. In that moment she deter
mined that Grenfall LOrry should new
er be taken IL she could prevent 1t. He
was innocent, and 1t was Graustark's
penalty to pay.
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GRAUS Rk
...By...
GEORGE BARR McCUTcHEON
conwt0h, 1907, by Herbert s.. Stone
AMA4a1aaT
CHAPTER Xxx.
THE APPROACHING ORDEAL.

&tNtN <hAN
THE APPROACHING ORDEAL
WMNuE American has escaped!'
was the cry that spread
through Edelweiss the next
1t brought undisguised relief to the
faces Of thousands. There was not one
who upbraided Baron Dangloss for his
astounding negligence. Never before
had q criminal escaped from the tow
er. The only excuse, uttered in Woe
BECOME tone, vas that the prison had
not been constructed or manned for
such clever scoundrels as Yankees
| good name for audacity.
The full story Of the daring break
for liberty flashed from lip to lip dur
Ing the day, and 1t was known all over
the water swept city before noon.
Baron Dangloss himself had gone to
the prisoners cell early in the morning,
mystified by the continued absence of
the guard. The door was locked, but
from within came groans and cries.
Alarmed ut once, the captain procured
duplicate keys and entered the cell.
There he found the helpless, blood COW
cred Ogbot, bound hand and foot and
almost dead from loss of blood. The
clothes Of the American Were on the
floor, while his own were missing, gone
with the prisoner.
Ogbot as soon as he was able related
his experience Of the night before. 1t
was while making his rounds at mid
night that he heard means from the
cell. Animated by n feeling Of pity, he
opened the slab door and asked If he
were Ill. The wretched American was
lying on the bed, apparently suffering.
He said something which the guard
could not understand, but which lie
took to be n plea for assistance. Not
suspecting a trick, the kindly guard
unlocked the second door and stepped
to the bedside only to have the sick
man rise suddenly and deal him q
~treacherous blow over the head with
the heavy stool he had secreted behind
him. Ogbot knew nothing Of what fol-
lowed, 80 effective was the blow. When
he regained consciousness, he was ly-
ing on the bed Just as the captain had
found him. The poor fellow, over
whelmed by the enormity Of his mis-
take, begged Dangloss to shoot him at
once. But Dangloss had him conveyed
to the hospital ward and tenderly cared
for.
Three guards in one Of the offices
saw n man whom they supposed to be
Ogbot pass from the prison shortly aft
er IL, and the mortified chief admitted
that some one had gone through his
private apartment. AS the prisoner
had taken Ogbot's keys, he expert
enced little difficulty in getting outside
the gates. But, vowed Dangloss storm
lily, he should be recaptured If it re-
CURED the efforts Of all the policemen
in Edelweiss. The chagrin of the grim
old captain, who had never lost a pris-
oner, was pitiful to behold.
The forenoon was half over before
Harry Anguish heard of his friends
escape. To say that he was paralyzed
would be putting 1t much too mildly.
There Is no language that can ade-
quately describe his sensations. For
getting his bodyguard, he tore down
the street toward the prison, wild with
anxiety and doubt. He met Baron Dan
gloss, tired and worn, near the gate,
but the old officer could tell him moth
ing except what he had learned from
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(TO BE CONTINUED J
WHAT IS LIFE?

La the last analysis nobody knows,
but we do know that it Is under strict
law. Abuse that law even slightly,
pain results. Irregular living means
arrangement of. the organs, resulting
In Constipation, Headache or Liver
trouble. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
quickly re-adjust this. It's gentle,
yet thorough. Only Is cents at Lau-
rens ID. Jug Co. and Palmetto Dcuo Co.