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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
FOUR BATTLEsHIPs ARE HOME
Return to New York From the Medit.
eranean Cruise.

New York.-The battleship Kear-
sarge, the flagship of Rear Admiral
Barker, commander in chief of the
North Atlantic squadron, and the
Maine, Alabama and Missouri of the
battleship squadron, have arrived in
port from the Mediterranean cruise.
The cruiser Minneapolis, the flagship
of Rear Admiral Wise, commander in
chief of the Atlantic training squad.
ron, also arrived from Menemsha.
The feet is being assembled to do
honors on behalf Of the American navy
at the launching of the battleship Con.
necticut at the Brooklyn navy yard
next week.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
Railway Etiquette in Japan.

When a native lady enters a jap
anese railway carriage she slips her
feet from her tiny shoes, stands upon
the seat and then sits demurely with
her feet doubled beneath her. A mo-
ment later she lights cigarette, or
her little pipe. which holds just enough
tobacco to produce two good whiffs OF
smoke. Many Japanese people sit with
their feet upon the seat of the car.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

The sultan has issued a decree for.
bidding the wearing of red blouses by
Armenian women. The color is be-
lieved to symbolic the bloodshed in
the Sassun district of their country.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
Marble Workers Strike Ends.

Rutland, Vt.-The strike of 500 mar.
BILE workers, which began July IL, is
ended and the men will resume work
under the same conditions that pre-
vailed when the strike was declared.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
TO DIsMANTLE THE LENA,
Capt. Drake Ordered to Begin Work
Immediately.

Immediately.
Vallejo, Cal.-Official orders have
been issued by Captain Drake, ord.
nance officer at the Mare Island navy
yard. to Gunner Shuttleworth to com.
mence dismantling the Lena immedi-
ately. The breech locks of the larger
guns, all the small arms except the
officers side arms and revolvers, am.
munition, ordnance stores and torpe.
does will all be removed.
The negotiations between the Unit.
ed States and Russia relative to the
disposition of the crew of the Russian
cruiser Lena have not yet been com.
pleted.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
soiIermakers Get a Raise.

Winnipeg, Mantle Canadian Pa
+cifc boilermakers' strike has been set
tied. The men were granted an in.
crease Of one cent per hour. 80
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
Attendance at Worlds Fair.

st. Louis.-Last week, for the first
time in the history OF the exposition.
the attendance for the six days ex-
ceeded 100000.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

Alcoholism is extremely rare in the
Italian army. In 1901, the latest for
which figures are available, only rs
cases were admitted to the hospitals.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

Twenty-one and q half columns Of
the forthcoming Oxford English die.
tionary are'devoted to the specific ap-
plications of the adjective red.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

"Is it true. pa. that storks can fly 100
miles an hour?"
We'll. not in Utah; they have too
many stops to make.-Town Topics,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

More than 300 native Puerto Rican
native teachers will take a summer
course at Harvard.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23

1t is easier to domesticate a hum
ming bird than a canary.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-23
Head Of Red Cross.

mime. Stoessel. wife of the general,
Is at the head of the Red Cross work
in Port Arthur"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16


for Nurses which viii have 60 SUI
perinfcrdent and head nurse q grad
uate OF experience from one of the
most celebrated hospitals in the eoun-
try. Situated as it is in the midst
of the most magnificent pine forest of
North Carolina, on an eIevatfcn so
feet above the city. and only about SO
miles east os Southern Pines. this san
itorium should BaI only command n
large share Of the patronage OF this
section OF country, but will be de-
lfghtfal resort for northern health
seekers, also who wish to take advant-
age OF our splendid climate during
the winter months
This hospital viii be supplied with
The latest scientific equipments for the
most correct diagnosis and modern
treatment of All classes OF diseases
medical. surgical. genealogical. OBJ
stetrical eye. ear nose and throat.
etc. except contagious diseases. which
will not he admitted.--Fayetteyf
Observer
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
AN ANCIENT WILMINGTON CHARACTERISTIC
In 1743 the People Were Very Frivolous and Full of Fun
Says An Old Traveller.

lost. On December 18th we had to
ice. We were taken across Cape Fear
river, which is three miles wide, for
fifteen shillings of Carolina money
i. E., one shilling and sixpence sterl-
ing.
I'VE remained over night in the
town of 'Brownschweig' (Brunswick),
across the river. AS we could get no
bread, we ate potatoes
water and snow,' they stopped at an
English inn, between Brunswick and
Lockwood's Folly, and the next day
crossed that stream (Which is spelled
'Lakwood's' Folly) and Shallotte
(spelled 'Schalloth"D and passed
thence into South Carolina.
1t appears from this old document
that the travellers were first-class
walkers, as they made thirty miles a
day over a very sandy route. 1t
seems, too, that at that time (Decem-
ber 18th, 1743) there was "a good
inn'' in Wilmington, but no church
service or minister on the Sunday
they spent there; that the people were
very frivolous and full of fun," and
that most Of them came from Penn
sylvania, as many certainly did. The
road pointed out to them by Mr..
Hedge was the old road that led down
the east side of the river to Cornelius
Harnett's (Sr.) ferry at Sugar Loaf.
nearly opposite Brunswick. and was
a continuation of the road that crossed
Smiths creek bridge, near Hilton, and
ran along what is now Fourth street.
The plantation of Mr.. Brown, where
the snow storm struck them, was
probably on Barnum's creek, as
walk of eight miles from there took
them to the ferry. Why they could
get no bread" at Brunswick is a
mystery, for Harnett kept an inn
there at that time, and the town was
noted for hospitality. The English
inn between Brunswick and Lock-
woods Folly was the same one that
the English gentleman complained of
in 1875 for not having a drop of rum,
or spirits, or any lemons, and which
he said was "a pretty place, indeed,
to stay all night
ALFRED MOORE wADDELL.
August 12th, 1904.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16

Stories about Hall Caine, the Manx
author. always show interesting
phases OF his personality. says writ
er in Harper,s weekly. The last time
/ saw Sir Gilbert Parker, he said:
II was hurrying along the boule-
ward in Paris one day. when my prog
ress was arrested by dense crowd
in front OF an art shop. Evidently,
thought /. there is an extraordinary
picture on exhibition. The canvas
was q remarkable. idealization OF The
Savior--a thin, strong Hebraic face
with closely cropped red hair and
beard.
Suddenly the crowd parted TO ad-
init 4 man who approached with
bowed head. 1t was Hall Caine. He
stood before the portrait with folded
arms, gravely studying the face and
pose of the figure on the canvas The
similarity of the portrait to the man
standing before il was very striking
"Caine turned to go. but, seeing
nne, came to my side.
''T say, did you notice how the
crowd parted to admit me?' asked
Caine.
II certainly did,, was my reply.
And do you see how these people
make way for me as go away?'
ASSurediy.
They think it is l. was his calm,
matter of fact explanation
Whenth king and queen recently
visited the Isle of Man, Mr.. Hall
Caine was asked to drive-with them,
in order to point out the objects of
interest. He appeared to think that
the only people of the islands were
the characters in his novels and re-
galed their majesties with snrnAthing
like this:
There is the exact spot where
Glory Quayle is first introduced to
The reader" Again: Donald Mac
Sheaf passed through that gateway
as he encountered the trusty laird
from Douglas And at another
place: Here the blacksmith shod
the landlords horse in The Manx-
man. - Thus the cicerone continued
for two mortal hours.
Their majesties were dreadfully
bored. King Edward asked to be
driven back TO town and abandoned
sight seeing. When Caine stepped
from the carriage he dropped upon
one knee.
Rise, Mr.. Cainev' commanded
his majesty, according to the story.
The author got on his feet much
chagrined. He had confidently ex-
pected, it is said at DougIastown, to
hear words that would create him q
knight, Rise, Sir Hail.
Knighthoods had been literally
doleo out and Caine couldn't under
stand why he failed to get one.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
What Jimmie Was Writing

Barrett Wendell, of Harvard, who
writes English even more admirably
than he teaches it, was citing eX>
lamples of anti-climax, says an ex-
lChange.
"A schoolmaster," he said, 'thad a
visitor. He took this visitor to the
playground. Here half dozen boys
were at play, while a seventh, lad
of most intelligent appearance, sat
writing under a tree.
The boy at work. said the school,
master, is Brown. j am proud If
him. See him, how diligently he ap,
plies himself, while his friends waste
he can be writing? Tomorrow's Lat
HE called Brown to him.
Here, Jimmy, let me see that, he
said, and he extended his hand for the
paper.
But the boy flushed and hung back
=" No, SIR be stammered. L DONE
want to-
! " Note his modesty,' the schoolmas-
tier whispered to his friend. Then he
went on:
9" Come on, Jimmy; come on. lie,
me see what you have been writing
There
''Still the boy demurred But the
ischoolmaster, insisting, at last secured
the paper, ~and this is what he found
on it, written in neat imitation OF q
feminine hand:
PLEASE excuse my son James from
school today, as he is needed al
home.'"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
DEsER11oNs FROM. f1HE ARMY.
Abolition or the CAnfeen Counted as =
Potent Cause Of Discomtent-

Recent reports to the War Depart
ment do not show much. any falling
on in the number OF decertions from
the army since peace times began
Army officers have tried to explain
the fact Of desertion. its infrequency
in time OF war. and its increased fire.
quency OF late. OF course, one reS-
son for this differences is that 1t =
more severely punished in war time
than in peace, and despite all the
whining OF the sentimentalists there
is wholesome deterrent quality In
prompt and merited penalties.
Wartime enlistments are nearly all
made from broader motives than those
in peace. and the latter include asmuch
larger propotion of men who are averse
to regular work OF any kind They are
ayerse to strict regulation, too. bus
they imagine that in peace the army
rules are relaxed. as indeed. they are
some degreee. But these habitual i'd
lars oyerestimate the relaxation, and
finding that the soldier cannot be mu..l
Of loafer. the resent being SO taken IN
and desert as soon as possible.
Facts are being collected that grad
ually throw light on the subject The
theory just advanced is In some de-
gree confirmed by the fact that dese--
tions are most frequent among new
recruits and from posts near which
there are opportunities for dissipation.
Homesickness or any disappointed
feeling, allowed to come in contact with
"red-light" opportunities, is quite sure
to result-in some kind of explosion, and
desertion. in time of peace, is form
which it often takes.
| 1t is not to be overlooked that here is
a newargumentto be added to the ov-
lerwhelming array of fact and argumnt
that experience has piled UP in favor
of the restoration of the army canteen.
Practically all the facts accumulated
since it's abolition, facts of economy, OF
morals, and military marale, favor
reestabhshing it.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
An Elegant Trip to New England
Through New York.

On account of the National Encamp-
ment Grand Army Republic to be held
at Boston, Mass, August 18th to 20th,
the Atlantic Coast Line will sell on Au-
gust 18th, 18th and 14th, round trip
lets at the following rates via routes
-hcwn.
$3.50. via all rail, S21.25. via New York
and Sound Line. s24.40, via Norfolk,
Va. and Steamer. Rate via Norfolk
includes meals and berth on steamer.
Tickets will be limited for return to
leave Boston not earlier than August
10th, nor later than August 20th, except
that by deposit of ticket with Joint
jAgent at Boston not later than August
I2Gth and upon payment of fee of so
Icents an extension of return limit may
ibe secured to leave Boston not later
than midnight of September Both, 1904.
A stop-over of ten days at New York
on return trip on tickets reading via
New York will be permitted, provided
ticket is deposited with Joint Agent,
No. "a West Twenty Sixth street, New
York and upon payment of $1.00. Stop
overs will also be permitted on either
going or return trip at Washington.
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
During the Encampment the railroads
ldiverging from Boston will sell side trip
tickets at very low rates to such points
Jas Plymouth and Nantasket, Mass.
Newport. r. l., etc.
| If parties who contemplate takin4
a trip to the East will either write w
J. craig, General Passenger Agent. At.
lantic Coast Line, or call up 1-6-0 Bel
phone, pullman or Steamer accommo-
dations will be obtained and any infor-
tmation given with pleasure.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16

DR.. j. II. Marsh's private sanitori-
una. situated on very beautiful and
commanding site on Haymount. Is
rapidly approaching completion. and
will be open for patients about octo-
Der Ist. This magnificent building
will have three floors and accommo-
dations for forty patients. and en-
bodies all OF the latest ideas OF archi-
tectural skill and sanitary science for
an institution OF It's kind. with large
veranfas, corridors and sun pariors
for the comfort and pleasure OF pa
tients. The building viii be heated
with the best system OF hot water
radiation, and in addition number
OF the best rooms will have open fire
places. The general plan is 50 ar
ranged that all OF the rooms will be
well ventilated and supplied with an
abundance OF fresh air. A number or
very desirable rooms have been
planned, practically outside from the
main entrance. accessible to the We
randas. which will be equipped for
obstetrical cases. Ne contagious dis
eases or cases OF Insanity will be ad-
mitted
The hospital will have attached the
81. Lake's Hospital Training School
ately proceeded to burn mp the tele-
graph wires between st. Louis and
New York with indignant and white
hot denials.
While he was in the firse heat of
indignation he seized telegraph
blank and dashed oft The following
message, so furious that he did not
take the trouble to write leg1bly or
to punctuate:
Interview n fake. Have not been
interviewed art all. Parkers nomina-
ton Is assured"
The telegraph girl took the message
and rendered the last sentence this
way:
f'Parker's nomination is ahsurb.
When she read this off to the per-
spring and furious Parker boomer he
went up in the air two feet and the1.
endeavored to speak. but II was USE
less. He could only hang on 10 the
counter. glare at her. and gasp.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
Hobson's Bad Spell.

Captain Richard Pearson Hobson, re-
lcenty defeated by Representative
Bankhead for the Democratic nomina-
|tion in an Alabama district, possessed
lin his younger days at least one ele-
lment OF greatness, says The Denver
Republican. He could not spell.
While stationed at the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
lpany's plant as an assistant naval con-
Istructor, the hero of the Merrimac in
lcident was inveigled into an old fash
ioned spelling bee.
On the second round he received the
word sorghum. Although a native
of state in which that article of COM
merce was an important factor in the
good old days before the war, the
lyoung naval officers expression indi-
Gated that he never had heard the word
before.
He went at it. however. like a.pro-
jfessional wrestler endeavoring to Sc
cure half-nelson on a dangerous OPP
ponent.
"Sawgum.' he blurted out.
| When the audience went wild with
lgiee the Inundated naval officers face
lresembled the color of a full blown
lpoppy. He retired in confusion, and
thereafter refused to even attend the
sepeling bees given in the town during
1.-The remainder of his stay
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16

Editor of Messenger:
In The Virginia Magazine Of
History and Biography for April,
1904, (vol. XII, p. 370), there
is an interesting extract, taken
from the diary of two Moravian
travellers, Leonard Schnell and Robert
Hussev, who journeyed on foot from
Pennsylvania to Georgia along the
sea coast roads. The diary covers
the period between November 9Th,
1143. and April 10th, 1744, and is a
quaint record of a toilsome journey
through this region. 1 here give that
part of it containing their experiences
between New River. in Onslow county,
(Which is spelled ''Neu'' in the diary)
and the South Carolina line. After
crossing New river and stopping in
the evening with William Stephen
(Stevens), where they heard wolves
and many wild animals at night" and
after travelling thirty-five miles with
out seeing but two houses, they
stayed in an English inn kept by
George Bishop" / apprehend that
this inn was the one afterwards kept
by Mr.. Sage, the site of which is still
known as the Sage Place." about
thirty miles from Wilmington, on the
old Sound road. The name Of the
inn-keeper. George Bishop, is still
preserved in a family which has lived
in that neighborhood ever since these
travellers stopped there. After leaving
Bishops inn the diary is as follows:
ION December 18th we travelled
thirty miles, but found only one
house. In the evening we came to
the city of Williamstown (Wilming-
ton). We delivered the letter which
Bro. Evans, of Philadelphia, had
given to us for his friends. They
recommended to us a good inn and
asked US to take dinner with them on
The next day Early Sunday morning
We went to the friend of Evans,
Thomas Hedge (spelled Hedges in the
town records). AS no minister was
there, and as no church was held (all
the people are English), many Of the
towns people came together to hear
the news from Pennsylvania, because
most of them have come from there.
But they were very frivolous and full
of fun, so that concluded to leave
after dinner. Mr.. Hedge conducted us
to the right way, and indicated
plantation which we could still reach
today. The owners name is Brown.
He received US very willingly. Dur
ing the night and the whole Of the
next day so much snow fell that none
in Carolina could remember the like
1t compelled us to remain indoors
all day. But the man took no pay
from us. He is a churchman. and
opposed to whitefeld, because he had
asserted that certain people would be
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16

SMART SCI Not AmcHabse To Usual
Rules OF Polite Society.

At iuncheons many of the guests
do not take the pains TO remove their
gloves. and frequently they merely
toy with the viands placed before
them. making unkiad remarks about
the same. and '-palpably shifting" at
this or that dish When a matrcn or
a bud palpably sniffs AT this or tab
dish in Hoboken. Far Rockaway. or
Martha's Vineyard IL Is generally as
sumed that she Is almost angry. bu.
in this city by the sea no offense Is
given or intended. Furthermore IL -
the universal custom to accept half
dozen invitations to eat and then 70
turn the back on three or four or PER
haps five OF them. without serving no.
tice on the hostess or ever referring 70
the proffered and neglected hospitality
This popularity is attributed by ths
authority to the fact that genuine So
ciety revolyes within sharply defined
and narrow bounds and sees so muc1
OF itself that ordinary politeness and
ciyility seem almost as ridiculous as
they do in the home circle. The lin
itations imposed by excessive wealth
leave no room for anything approach
ing formality, unless IL becomes nee
essary TO favorably impress an Amer
enough to wed an Italian count or
some other notable.
Buffers, bellboys, and walters N
the grand houses OF Newport whp
have unlimited opportunities for .ak-
ing notes testify that every season de-
velops an increasing number of ring
erS" bent on saving money and de-
termined to be entertained rather
than entertain. The game as played
is not only to partake of food at the
expense OF others as often as posi-
BILE, but 80 also partake of the best
fare provided on any given day. Us
age does not yet sanction the practice
of inQuiring OF a hostess what she IS
Sgoing to have" when she urges her
friends TO join her at the table, and
it is consequently necessary TO for
age around as il were, and make Sc
sections. If the menu is satisfactory
the first time trying, well and good:
if it isn't, it is the vogue to move on.
Mrs. Herbert Clarence lost all OF her
guests one noon last week. She serv-
ed consomme, and after they We're
seated word was flashed around the
board that there was clam chowder
over at Mrs. L. Pembroke Spencei's
cottage. Every body knows tnat
clam chowder is more Milling than a
thin soup. Representations is per
miSsible under all circumstances, and
the Newport climate whets the appe-
tite to the point of distraction. In
carrying out this plan il has come tc
be accepted as matter of course
that the older families, whose standing
is firmly established, will work" the
newly admitted and initiate them into
the mysteries of living WE'LL without
lighting the kitchen fire or buying q
pound of meat. The former, upon
rising, will swallow a cruller or 4
piece of lemon piein their own villas.
and they are off to make the rounds
until O'Clock the next morning. 1t IS
gay, hght-hearted existence. and
passed in the manner described a very
economical summer can be enjoyed
Providence Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16

There is one position. and in all
probability two, which the Democrats
of this judicial district will be called
upon to fill that is of more than or
binary importance to the people. and
ir selecting the candidates more than
ordinary caution should be exercised.
We refer to the selection Of the sue
cessor of Judge Brown, as the resi-
dent Judge Of this district, and to the
successor of Solicitor Ward, in the
event he receives the nomination for
judge. UP to this time we have
heard the names OF onfy three gentle
men in connection with the nomina-
ton for the successor of Judge Brown
Mr.. L. L. Smith, of Gatesville, Mr.. A.
o. Gaylord, of Plymouth, and So
licitor G. W.. Ward.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-16
Why Bishops Make Him Laugh.

Marcel Provost, the Fernch novelist.
is a favorite in the American colony
Of Paris, says the New York Tribune.
Whenever / see an English bish-
op," said NJ. Provost at am American
dinner party. Il laugh a little TO my
self, for the good mans stately pres
ence reminds me OF a terrible mishap
that once befell me.
II entertained a certain bishop iasL
year at dinner. My butler an elderly
man, had brought in from a friends s
house. an inexperienced lad to help
him in the dining room. and it seems
that This lard during the laying of the
cloth annoyed the butler beyond en-
durance with questions as to his du-
ties.
How shall ] hold the platee?'
Do i serve the dishes on the right
or on the left side of the guests?'
Must the bishop be served firse
or second?'
so he continued iaterminably. and
at last llie impatient butler said:
"'All you will need to do viii be to
stand behind the bishops chair. and
whenever his lordship puts down his
glass you must reach over and wipe
his mouth with a naqkin.'
That, as The butler expected. 81
; lenced his assistant. But the young
man actually took the buffers ironical
as dinner began he stationed himself
behind the bishop, waited TIN his lord
ship had drunk and put down his
glass. and then. as deliberately as his
/ nervousness would permit. he opened
out a large napkin and wiped the dig
Bified old gentleman's mouth.
Imagine my horror"