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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05

The Charlotte Observers correspon-
dent at Wilkesboro in writing the PRO
ceedings Of the republican congression-
al convention announces BlackbuIn's
success in these words: THE Black
burn men took the bull bv the horns
this morning and named their man.
That is a very disrespectful way to
speak Of the Honorable Mr.. Linne,
even though he does call himself the
Bull of the Brushes"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05
Louisiana RI prblicans Endorse
ROOspyeIt.

New Orleans, April 1.-The Re-
publican convention Of the sixth Con-
gressiona1 district has endorsed the
Roosevelt administration and elected
Louis ]. SoJer and " V. Baranco
delegates and George J. Duffy and
John Brown a~lternates to the nation
al convention instructed to vote for
Roosevelt. These are old line Re-
publicans as distinguished from the
Lily Whites. The seats from this
district were uncontested four years
ago. No nomination for Congress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05
U WOMAN Il
Miss Jennie SneeGen Died Yesterday
at Her Nome On Princess Street.

Miss Jennie Sneeden. daughter of Mr..
John R. Sneeden, died ~yesterd7y at her
home No. go Princess street. The de-
ceased was only p years of age. She
had been sick for more than q year with
tuberculosis. She leaves one sister.
Mrs. NJ. L. Butts, of Washington, d. c..
and one brother. Dir. Henry ~Sneeden, Of
this city.
The funeral was conducted last, night
at s o'clock at the residence The re-
mains will be carried to Wallace thi-
morning and inferred in the family
burying ground.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05
Reports of the Raieieh Dispensary

Raleigh, Y. c. April. 1.-To-night
the first -uarterly renoI. OF the dis
peasary here was made by the board
of directors. The report shows to-
tai receipts for three monthssof sSS,
900, profits S14. 600, in other words
the dispenSary has made about 81,
900 monthly net. and tonight TIE
managers turned over to the 6.ty
eight thousand dollars. OF which half
goes to the county. Receipts as we'll
as profits are much larger than ORR
gfnaiiy expected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05

Judging by the extracts from Gecr'
gia papers published in the Atlanta
Journal every body down That way is
for Parker.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05

Premier BaIfour. became so angry
yesterday hat he left the house Of
commons. All efforts to make him
leave the premiership. however. have
owe observation-disclosures Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05

Columbus. Georgia. has Just built a
monument to a negro. Columbus. ONO
doubtless thinks that a platform for
lynchfng would be more nearly thF
proper thing.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05

After seeing his picture. Europe prob
ably wishes to know IL Secretary Hay
gets his name from his whiskers-At-
lanto Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
Cat Out of the Bag.

The man at the country fair trying
anxiously to sell a pig in a poke some
times attracted the suspicious of his
would-be customers. TO open the bag
a little, only just enough to satisfy
oneself that one was buying a pig,
would often let the cat out of the bag.
So the trick was explained and the
laugh ran round, while the cat ran
home.
That is the origin of the adage. 1t
shows human character, and it warns
us of the ease with which we may be
footed and the difficulty which many of
us have in keeping a secret. This adage
will never, we fear, be out of date.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
The Mischief of Statistics.

The announcement that the direct )r
of the Yale commons" has been
obliged to put up the price of meals
to $3.50 a week henceforth and that at
the old price of dollar or so less the
college has lost 500 year, will doubt
less fill the hearts of many patient
housekeepers with unspoken gratitude.
For years the American housewife has
been suffering from the baleful activity
of the man of statistics, who proves
conclusively in the columns of endless
periodicals that SIS week will feed
anybody royalty, and that a delightful
dinner may be given for $3.50, includ-
ing flowers. A great peace comes to
the harassed souls when a thoroughly
equipped organization like Yale gives
up the struggle, and frankly owns de-
feat by raising prices.
A periodical ostensibly devoted to
the interests of the American home
once published statistics showing how
a man and wife and two children had
lived comfortably on 5000 a year. The
misery caused by these statistics, over
the whole broad land, was beyond COM
putation. These facts from Yale, we
hope will cheer the survivors. --Har-
pers Bazaar
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
WISE WORDS.

Little children are the jewels of
home.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Dryden.
Good manners are made of petty
sacrifice.
The secret of success is constancy
Of urpose.-Disraeli.
Many tongue shakes out its mas.
ter's undoing .-Shakespeare.
National enthusiasm is the great nur.
sery of genius.-Tuckerman.
The more we study the more we
discover our ignorance.-Shelley.
True religion is to do good, and be
good, and seek diligently after truth.
-Pierson.
Men satisfy their consciences by feel
ing their wrong-doing will not come to
plague them.
There is often as much independence
in not being led as in not being driven.
--Tryon Edwards.
He who trangresses the laws of the
Great Father Injuries the interests Of
the human family.
Humility is eldest-born of virtue,
and claims the brthright at the throne
of eaven.-Murphy
Our dissatisfaction With any other
solution is the blazing evidence of i'm
ortality.-Emerson.
When we are out of sympathy with
the young, then l think our work in
this world is over.-G Macdonald.
And God is able to make all grace
abound towards you; that ye always
having all suficiency in all things,
may abound in every good work.
Corinthians, tx, s.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
Making French Knots.

81 did not see your daughter in the
coaching parade, Mr.. Gates"
mo. She has been captured by the
latest fad-making French knots. You
know, she was a pupil of Madame
Buchanan, of the Champs Elysees, and
is quite proud of her needlework.
Every young woman these days must
have at least one handmade dress,
that is, dress made by her own hand.
Eloise spends four hours a day orna-
menting her latest creation with
French knots. Last night she informed
me that she had made already over
1900, and expects to make 800 more.
The knots look like little hummocks
Of thread, and are built right in the
cloth"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
A PRETTY DOOR WEIGHT.

What is to be used in keeping op =,
doors in place. Get a good strons
cigar box, fill with pebble sand, gai
he cover down and paint the expose
aides with melted glue. While hot
sprinkle coarse sawdust ovcr the en-
'ire surface, pressing down into the
glue to cause it to adhere. A small
portion at a time should be finished
in this way, as the glue may set before
the sawdust is applied. Set the weight
aside until the glue is entirely cold.
then paint the roughened surface with
liquid gliding or prepared gold paint.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
TYING COMFORTABLEs.

If one has a grass plot with over
hanging trees, secluded somewhere
from the public eye a special JOY just
now is the tying of comfortabes out
under the trees. This is the very
poetry of labor, especially when the
comfortable is one of the pretty cheese
cloth ones, light, dainty and large
enough to tuck in.'
If the cheese-cloth or challe is
yard wide sixteen and one-half yards
will be required. Two rolls of cotton
batting and twenty-five cents worth
of Germantown wool to match the
color Of the cloth are also needed.
Cut the cheese-cloth into five breadths.
having one length cut in two so as to
give two and half breadths in width
on each side. Stretch one side on the
frames and catch in place. Spread the
cotton on the cheese-cloth in the frame
and cover with the remaining side.
Basic the edges together, then tack
with the wool, having the knots i'll
rows ten or twelve inches apart. This
can be done in few hours, especially
if there are several at it. After it is
taken off the tie frames buttonhole the
edges together.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

board with the numbers l to 8 on
them are mounted on toothpicks and
grouped around it at even distances;
the other ends Of the toothpicks are
then inserted in the sides of the cir
cular piece of wood The target itself
is fastened to a stick of wood about
eight inches long, fastened to a stand,
as shown in the picture. The gun
consists of a paper tube, which is
made by winding cardboard well COW
cred with glue, around the stem of a
leadpencil When it is dry, piece
about five inches long is cut off. One
and three-quarter inches from one end,
we make an incision about two inches
long, cutting down to about one-half
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
Crime and Left-Handedness.

1t has been discovered by a special
list that more than one-third of the peO-
pie who are left-handed are criminals.
This is very interesting, but we don't
see how the discovery is going to be
of particular value to society. Let the
specialist pursue his Investigations and
find out whether people are criminals
because they are left-handed. or left
handed because they are criminal.
With that point settled it may be pos
sible to inaugurate intelligent meas
ures for remedying the matter. At
present we are left to suppose that all
left-handed people who are not GRIM
inals must be baseball pitchers.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
.BEAUTIFYING ROOMS.

SO much may be done toward beau
tifying rooms by selecting suitable pic
lures, yet so much depends upon the
proper hanging of them that it is no
wonder the result is not always salts
factory.
Indeed, the hanging of a picture
makes it a great success or disas-
trous failure as decoration Where
there is blaze of light, for example,
either from windows in the daytime
or lamps at night, it is unwise to hang
rectures whose colors are vivid, and,
on the other hand those same pictures
perceptibly brighten dark corners, hgll.
ways, ETC., says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Small pictures should be grouped;
they gain style in this way. The ar
tistic plaster medallions also look much
better together than when distributed
at intervals about the rooms.
Much more interest is given a pic
ture if portrait of its author hangs
near, and a model music room had
numbers of good photographs of mu-
sicians, framed uniformly. hung at
regular height around its walls.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

condition or cooked, and the economi-
cal and quick removal Of the eyes with
the ordinary means is impossible.
A pistol-like device with which this
is accomplished with celebrity and dis
patch is shown in the accompanying
cut. In use the pineapple is pared and
the band OF the clip is placed under the
eye about one-half inch and then the
trigger is pulled, and in its descent it
completely cuts out the eye The trig-
ger, being released, throws out the
bite. In this manner the eye is cut out
with great economy of the fruit as
compared with the usual method of
procedure.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

of the thickness of the tube (see Fig
ure p.
Figure shows how piece of whale
bone about six inches long is inserted,
acting as the propelling power of the
gun. You shoot with a wooden peg
about one and half inches long,
fitting loosely into the barrel of the
gun; to give it more weight and
strength, we insert carpet tack.
To shoot, hold the gun with the
right hand, pulling the whalebone back
with the index finger, and inserting
the peg; as soon as the index finger
releases the whalebone, it springs for
ward and forces the peg out. To aim
well, hold the tube in such way
that the whalebone spring points down.
ward.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
9NouSEHoLD :,
MllA,a~ ~
x RECIPES s

Tumbler Cake-Two tumblers brown
sugar, two eggs, one tumbler butter.
one pint of raisins. one tumbler mo-
lasses, one cup currants one tumbler
sweet milk, five tumblers flour, two
tablespoonfuls soda, one tablespoonful
each of cloves and nutmeg.
Cranberry Conservative pounds or
cranherries washed and cut in halves,
five pounds of sugar, five oranges
seeded and cut into small bits, and
two and half pounds of seeded rails
ins Cook till thick as jam. Put into
jelly glasses and seal while hot.
Maple Ice Cream-To one cup of
maple sugar add beaten yolks of four
eggs. Cook in granite dish until it
boils, stirring it all the while. Strain
through sieve and cool. Beat one
pint of cream, add stiffiy beaten white
of eggs, whip syrup until light. Mix
al together and freeze.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
MADE woRM HOLES.
Shotgun Industry in Front street HeIci
Shop.

Shotgun Industry in Front street Reici
shop.
A prominent citizen OF New York
happened to be passing joiner's shop
the other day. The building. which
was tumbiing down. contained q lot
of old furniture aud relics, bearing
placards upon which their history was
scrawled in loose, rambling letters.
Having nothing better to do, the prom
inent citizen wandered into the estab-
lishment and mounted a dark. narrow
stairway leading to the shop above.
Half way up the stairs he heard a
shot md FASTENED Oil, thinking of
murder, suicide ana kindred criminal
things. Pushing his way thrCvgh the
first doorway he came TO, the promi-
nent citizen saw Il man standing i'll
the middle of the apartment with a
smoking shotgun in his hands. A few
yards in .ront of him was board.
mounted securely OH pair OF saw
horses. which seemed to be dotted with
black specks.
"Well?" said the Ian with gun, cool
ly surveying the intruder.
II thought something terrible had
happened" said the prominent citizen.
The man looked out of the window,
then up at the ceiling, then dowr at the
floor and finally at his visitor
Il was merely shooting some worm
holes in that board" said the man.-
New York Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
CUTS OUT TIE PINEAPPLE EYE.

The preparation of a pineapple is a
long and tedious operation because of
the size and shape of the fruit, and for
the reason that the fruit is rather hard
to cut. After it has been pared it
must be carefully gone over and the
eyes cut out. These tough portions
being allowed to remain, interfere
largely with the enjoyment of eating
the fruit, whether it be in it's natural
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
BraxiI's Formulation,

The population of Brazil is 10000.
600, of which 100000 are Italians,
100000 Portuguese, 100000 Germans,
1000 English, 400 Americans, and about
10000 of various other nationalities.
The average number of immigrants is
about 5000 year, the Italians FREEDOM.
mating; the German immigration Is
about geo year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
EMBROIDERY.

For ironing embroidery or raiEed
work Of any sort the board shosd
gave very heavy covering of flannel
tnder the muslin; all the ironing must
t'e done on the wrong side to throw up
the pattern, says The Housekeeper.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
CANDLE SHADES.

White lace handkerchiefs make
warming shades for candlestick
lamps The tiny centre of cambric
rust be cut out to make a place to
lick the lamp chimney through.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

During the last year 5S4 persons Bit
ten by dogs having hydrophobia were
treated by the Pasteur Institute in In
dia. There were only six failures to
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
TARGET SHOOTING ON
THE DINING ROOM TABLE

Figure 1 shows the target cut out OF
cigar box wood A circular piece is.
first cut, about one inch in diameter,
and eight small round pieces of card
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28
A COOP BRUSH.

strip Of carpet glued to a piece Of
a)od will remove mud from boots
q dcily and without the slightest IL
Jdry to leather. 1t is far better 9bfn
the usual brush.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

The most expensive chair in the
world belongs to the Pope. 1t is of
solid silver and cost 100000.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

HOMEMADE FURNITURE POLISH
4 good furniture polish may be made
81 mixing two parts of crude oil to
one of turpentine and applying it with
4 soft cloth.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

immunize the patients. Six other
cases came after the disease had de-
veloped.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Gloom Changed to Joy.
(By the Associate Press


st. Petersburg, May 4.-12:40 p. m
The gloom which prevailed here
yesterday was almost completely dis
PEELED this morning when the people
read the story of the glorious hight
made by General ZasSalitch'S handful
of rough regiments against the flower
of the Mikado's legionS at the Yalu,
and of the utter defeat of Vice-Ad-
miral Togo's new attempt to seal the
entrance to Port Arthura
it is now plain that not more than
5000 Russians were actually engaged
in the fighting at the Yalu against
the Japanese army. of a total strength
of between 10000 and 10000. The
losses on both sides, which are eX-
pected to reach LOCO and possibly
1900. in the Russian force, and twice
that number for the Japanese, make
it one of the bloodiest fights in his
tory. AT the river crossing the Jap
anese dead lie piled up literally in
heaps and General kurokis success
was purchased at such a heavy cost
that the Russians are disposed to re-
gard it as rather defeat than vic
tory for him.
General KurOpatkin's report also
served TO restore General Zassalitch to
public favor. Those who were dis
posed to criticise him, even at the
headquarters of the general staff,
where It is considered that he made
tactical blunder, now say that he
redeemed himself by his gallantry in
action and the damage he inflicted
upon the enemy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
GATHER IN FORCE
Commercial Men of Dixie
at Tampa.
The Southern Interstate Panama Ca
nal Convention Brings Them
From Far and From Near
to That City.
(By the Associated Press.)

Tampa, Fla, May 4.-The Southern
Interstate Panama Canal convention
was opened here today with a large
attendance from commercial bodies
throughout the South Addresses OF
welcome were made by Governor W
S. Jennings, Congressman S. M. Spark
man and Mayor James Mckay.
After TIE a,ii '.,stS of welcome ant
responses the committee on 2ar.'a-
nent organization was ..ulEed end the
convention adjourned till evening.
The committee selected James w.
Horch, of New Orleans, as permanent
chairman and will SO report tomorrow
morning. New Orleans is represent
ed by the largest delegation outside of
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina and Tennessee are also large
ly represented and number of dele
gates are expected to arrive tomorrow
The afternoon was given to the
floral parade, the second annual event
of the kind here and the New Orleans
delegation was named as judges in the
events. The city has thousands of
visitors and is deliberately decorated
for the occasion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
THE MAN WHO WAS sHANGHAIED
Adventures i'm Real Life Recalling the
FanCics of Marryatt and w.
Clarke Russell.
(By the Associated Press.

Washington, May AFTER having
been shanghaied in Norfol, Va,
shipped in an English tramp steamer
as fireman, put ashore in England,
forced to beat his way back home,
arrested when the steamer was four
days out as a stowaway and on his
arrival in this country, convicted by
court martial, Fred McDougal,
landsman in the navy, by order of the
Secretary of the Navy, has had his
record made straight and will be re-
imbursed for his losses.
Last June while absent on leave
from the Franklin, then at Hampton
Roads, McDougal was walking along
the streets of Norfolk one evening
when a stranger insisted that he have
a drink. McDougal consented after
some protestation. The stranger took
him TO a saloon in Water street, where
they had two glasses of beer, and that
is the last McDougal remembered I'M
til he found himself off the English
coast on the tramp steamer st. Her
bert bound for Rotterdam. From
there the steamer went to Hamburg
and thence to South Shields, England,
where he was put ashore with 1928 in
his pocket as wages. Failing to secure
assistance from the American consul
at that place McDougal worked his
way to London and thence slowed
away on Il cattle ship bound for Bal
timore. When four days out he was
arrested and then the captain on his
arrival at Baltimore turned him over
to the police who sent him in few
days to the Franklin, where he was
tried by court martial, convicted and
sentenced.
Shortly after his release while in
Norfolk, McDougal met the man who
shanghaied him and had him arrested.
He was Vance Mccarthy and kept a
boarding house. He was fined $10C
for accepting illegal fees. McDougal
now has been restored to good stand
ing and the Navy department is con-
sidering plans to prevent shanghaiing
of our sailors in coast towns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

back throbbed with pain. But the worst
pain of all was to see my poor little
boy burning with those nasty sores.
At last I was persuaded by a friend
across the street to try the Cuticura
Remedies. She gave me some Cuticura
Ointment Il think the box was about
half full and a piece of Cuticura Soap.
I followed the directions, bathing
Charlie and putting that nice Ointment
on the sores. Little by little, but SO
surely, Charlie and ] both got more
peace by day and more sleep by night.
The sores sort of dried up and went
away, and now Charlie is cured COM
pletely."
eyes, that fat little boy by the win
dow is Charlie, and his skin is as white
as a snow fake, thanks to the Cuticura
Remedies. I think everybody should
know about the Soap and Ointment,
and if it is going to help other mothers
with sick babies, go ahead and publish
what | have told YOU
Sold throughout the world. Cr.icura Resovent SOC.
Ointment &c. Soap, Csc. Depo.s London, q Charter.
house So; Paris Hue dc Ia Pax Boston. 1871 Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug 3 Chem Corp. Sole Props.
rB~ Send for All About the 9Ein, Scsi2 and Hair"