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The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16

Just to convince you that what il
worth having Is worth asking for and
that one never knows what one can ac-
eompiish until one tries. let ne tell
you q true story. says Willis Brooks
in the Brooklyn Eagle A friend OF
mine. q literary man who has aeeiev-
ed far more than fortune. enjoys the
personal acquaintance and compete
confidence OF Andrew Carnegie. In
deed. Mr.. Carnegie thinks SO mneh of
Aim that he does q great deal Of his i'd
ling IN my friends company.
The other night
But perhaps il would be better 20
repeat the story as my friend ted il
TO me.
Mr.. Carnegie and / were enjoying
our after dinner cigars alone together"
said he. We were not talking mneA
He seemed 10 be somewhat preoceupied.
50 / sat looking into the great open
fire in his library. thinking. as I had
often thought in his presence before.
OF how ] should feel IL I were rish-.
Presently q spirit OF audacity seemed To
| possess me and almost before knew il
had said:
I q million dollars would be To me-
Before ] had time To resre; the
| foolish remark Mr.. Carnegie answered:
| i suppose 1t would make yoa feel
| very rich
| Rich" I replied. emboldened b.
| his manner which gave me hops.
| Why 4 million dollars which Is moth
ing 10 you would be everything 90 me-
IL would set me free from the bond
/ age which now prevents me from do
ing my best literary work. ana it
would make my life a perfect rosnd
OF happiness. since with the Income
| of one million dollars / could DO 90
| much good In the world
Mr.. Carnegie did not speak ~ once.
but his manner seemed TO Indicate tha,
| he was more than half inclinsA 20
give me this great fortune. With 50
much money almost in my grasp I be-
| came so eager to strike while the iron
| was hot that ! went on saying:
| You have something mere than
$500. 900. 900. What would little million
| out OF all that amount to-?
| "A million dollars Is a good deal OF
money said Mr.. Carnegie. Have you
stopped TO think how much 1t really
is?'
| "It certainly is an enormo ~ am
ount.' l answered. But. Oh. the good
! could do with it
"'Couldn't YOU get along with halt
| million he asked.
IF half my hoped for wealth had
departed. the remainder more than
| offset my disappointment for / was now
| practically certain OF $500. 900.
ITO be sure. / said. half million
would place me individually beyond
the possibility Of want for the rest of
my days. In speaking OF a million
was only thinking OF those others whom
/ night be able TO help
"Mr. Carnegie tapped a bell on the
| table and a secretary appeared
MAKE a check for $500. 900 90 Mr..
- said the master OF m iIons.
The secretary retired soon 10 re-
| appear with the check. Mr. Carnegie
added the little Mider touch which made
it as good as gold and passed 4 over
| to me.
Il could hardly believe my senses.
: It seemed to me / must be dreaming
, And the strangest part of 1t alt Is.
: he was
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
forty fourth year Of the Christian era. y
what! You dispute with me"

forty fourth year Of the Christian era.
what! You dispute with me"
Il differ from you. Let me give you
a few pointers. Agrippa, who was the
son of Aristobulus and Berenice and
grandson of Herod the Great, was edu-
Gated at Rome. He lived there in a
very extravagant style, giving splendid
entertainments, especially to the prln-
ces of his imperial family. and scatter
ing his money laviskly in gifts to the
freemen of the emperor until his debts
rendered it unsafe for him to remain
longer in the city. He then took refuge
In Idumea. From this period almost to
the death Of Tiberius he suffered va
riety of misfortunes; but, having FORM
ed a friendship with Caligula, the lat
ter. on his accession to the throne, gave
him the tetrarchies of Abilene, Ba-
trnea, Trachonitis and Auranitis. His
government was mild toward the Jews.
with whom he was remarkably popu-
lar, but he severely prosecuted the
Christians. He caused James, the
brother of John and the head OF the
church at Jerusalem, to be beheaded
and Peter to be thrown into prison he
died at C@sarea, in Palestine, wnue
celebrating games in honor OF the en-
peror. in the fifty-ffth year Of his age
and the forty fourth OF the Christian
era"
Mr.. Bowser's face had been flushing
from red to white and back again al
AIRS. Bowser spoke, and when she hae
finished he sprang up and exclaimed:
"By thunder, woman. but ycu Al
trying to make a fool OK me"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16

will take the job of your hands. Aris-
tippus, who was the founder of the
Cyrenaic school Of philosophy among
the Greeks. was the son of Aritaces, a
wealthy gentleman in Cyrene, In Afri-
ca, and was born in that city about the
year 424 B. c. Having come over from
Greece to attend the Olympic games. he
heard so much of Socrates that be was
filled with an eager desire to see the
sage and hurried to Athens and became
one OF his pupils. He remained with
Socrates up to nearly the last moments
Of the great teacher, though he does not
at any period seem TO have followed
his doctrine or practice.
1--WE know that subsequently he was
the object Of strong dislike both to
Plato and to Anisthenes the Stole. lie
passed a considerable part OF his life
in Syracuse at the court of DloDysius
the Tyrant, where he acquired the rep
utation OF a philosephic yoiuptuary. As
to the date of his death, ii Is not given
in history, but he is supposed to have
died at the age Of sixty"
When Mrs. Bowser finished. Mr. Pow.
ser stood up and waved and motioned
and gestured and tried to say some
thing, but as it was impossible he pass
ed down the hall. put on kis oyercoaI
and hat and banged the door behint
him. He had no sooner reached thu
gate than he espied tramp. and viii
a yell that was heard quarter OF
= a. r r.r,
fortunate and had run him seven h.ccs.
when Mrs. Bowser received TIE iGtes
dispatch. i'll QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
BoWSer Humiliated
He Prepares to Surprise His Wife Ane;ent Hisosy. -
She Comes Across His Notes. and He Meets
With a Complete Failure At Her Hands

I'm not You intimated that knew
nothing about Agrippa. and l simply
wanted to show you to the contrary
Being that we have started the sub
tect and have all the evening before
us, let me ask what you know about
Archimedesy'
II know all about him. or course. he
was the man who said 'Eureka!"
+Why did he say .Erreka?"
Observation-Disclosures he had found
something"
And what was itT'
"Woman, do you take me for a kid
learning my A B CsT' demanded Mr..
Bowser, who would have given $50 TO
look at his memoranda. "It isn't what
1 know, but what you cont known
when and where was Archimedes
born?' she continued.
IF you take that tone with me, re-
fuse to answer"
Then / will answer for you. He
was born at Syracuse in the year 2SI
b. C. and was the greatest mathemau-
clan Of the century. His dernonstra-
ton tAat the area Of segment or a
parabo!a is two-thirds OF the inclosing
parallelogram is the first real example
of the Quadrature Of curvilinear
space. In his treatise on spirals he
| rises to yet higher Investigations,
| which. however, are not very easily un-
| derstood. even by masters Of the sub
| iect. He first established the truth
| that q body plunged in fluid loses as
| much of its weight as is equal to the
| weight of an equal volume of the fluid
| 1t was by this law that he determined
| how much alloy the goldsmith whom
| Herod had commissioned to make
] crown Of pure gold had fraudulently
mixed with the metal.
1.-THE solution of the problem had
suggested itself to him as he was en-
tering the bath, and he is reported t.
have been so overjoyed as to haster
home without waiting to dress, ex
claiming: 4 have found it! I have
found itr cEureka. EurekaD Prac
| ticaI mechanism seems to have been al
equally new science in the days Of
/ Archimedes, for his boast that if h'
had fulcrum, or standpoint, he coult
| move the world betrays the enthusiasm
| with which the extraordinary effect
of his newly invented machines In
spired him. Among the numerous in
ventions ascribed to him is that Of tn
endless screw and the cochlea. or waite
screw, in which the water Is made, II
manner, to ascend by its own gravity
During the siege Of Syracuse by tn
T, Romans he exerted all his ingenuity Il
the defense of the city. Polybius, Liv
and Plutarch speak with astonishmen
of the machines with which he oppose
the attacks of the enemy"
Mr. Bowser sat benumbed. He ha
come out to slay and bad been slewet
He tried to rally, but before he coul
do so Mrs. Bowser went on:
you are, Of couSse, familiar with th
history Of Aristippus, and If you wen
out to a poker part and anybody aske
you about him you could give him a
| sorts of pointers. You may tell m
what you know about him."
"Woman-wonan"-
perhaps You are not feeling we
. this evening, Mr.. Bowser, and, il so.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
tCopyright, 1904. by c. B. Lewis.l
HE other Sunday affernonn MY

Copyright 1904. by c. 3. Lewfs.1
"HE other Sunday afternoon Mrs.
Bowser noticed a rather queer
action ON Mr.. Bowser's part
He made sly notes with pencil
and afterward consulted several vol
umes In the library, and his desire for
concealment was 50 evident that she.
Of course, determined to solve the mys-
tery. How she secured and made q
copy Of his memoranda must remain a
family secret, but for the next three
days she was preparing herself for
what she knew must come. On the
third evening, after Mr.. Bowser had
been reading the newspaper for awhile,
he laid it aside and carelessly said:
Il suppose you are reading a love
story. as usualT'
IF you call history Of China love
story, then 1 am reading one," she re-
piled as she exhibited the title of the
volume.
"Humph! Taken up something new
eh?"
Not so very. 1 have read the his
tories of England, France, Germany
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
WILMINGTON WON.

Charleston. s. C.. February 13.--At
the golf tournament played on the
links Of the Charleston Country cfab
this afternoon between the Cape Far
team OF wilmington and the Caarlss.u1
Country Club the score resulted - 70
one in favor OF Cape Fear. The yisito-s
were entertained by tea AZ the clro
house and left here on the evening train
for Wilmington.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
CPAAC
CURES 4 COLD IN "a HOURS

ralgia or Headache, a few Opaac tab
let's Will cure you to stay cured. They
are great tonic. better than Quinine
or Morphine. and do not affect the
heart. Price % cents
For sale by Robt. r. Bellamy. vii
rnington, N c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16

1.iuston Free Press: John Morris. the
cclored man held here for violating
the state law in hiring labor for the
turpentine fields of Georgia without
license. has wired his employer. Nr.
s. n C1yatt, at Triton, Ga, for the
money to pay the costs in his case
and the iicense. which amounts to Sz3A.
the state license being $eeos
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
OPAAC
CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS

CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS
Relieves Neuralgia. rheumatism,
Bronchitis and Headache. Comfortin8
and Curative Swift Sure and Safe.
The Best of All Cold Remedies. be-
cause the most efficient.
Opaac is a small chocolate coated
tablet and Is sold at Is cents q box.
For sale by Robt. r. Beilamy. VIII
m4ngtou N. G.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
J 'iAC
CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS

CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS
A modern Remedy for LaGrtppe. In
auenza, Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis.
Sore Throat, Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism. Purely vegetable easy and
pleasant to take and never fails to give
quick relief.
Opnac is a small chocolate coa.ed
tablet and is sold at Is cents box.
For sale by Robt. r. Bellamy, Will
nrington N G..
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
OPAaC
CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS

CURES a GUILD IN "a HOOhS
II you have that languid. an tired
osrt feeling and hardly know what In
the matter, you need a tonic TO carrK
the fever breeding impurities from the
system. Try Opaac Tablets. a few o{
them will make you feel like a new
person. Try them for neuralgia, the
effect is wonderful. Price. Is cents.
For sale by Robt. r. Beiiamy. VIII
nfngton, n. G.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
BEST FOR THE KIDNEYS
lr.vinq's Buchu Waters
HEALTH FOR SO CENTS

Kidney troubles caused by over-work, over-eating,
wer-drinking No part of the human body receives
more illtreatment than the kidneys Load after load
imposed on the kidneys until they become clogged.
der disorders than men, but frequently attribute the
cause of kidney and bladder trouble to complaints
peculiar to their sex, while the real cause OF their
misery is some distressing kidney disease
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16

The State board Of health of In
diana has issued orders forbidding
the employment of $50 teachers in
the public schools who are inflicted
with tuberculosis.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
OPAAC
CURES A COLD IN "A HOURS

Coughs, Bronchitis. Catarrh, LaGrlp
De, Neuralgia and Headache. together
with all Feverish Conditions of the Sys-
tenn They greatly open the bowels
without gripping. act on the liver, tone
up the system and cause Coads, FeTers
and Headache to disappear like magic.
They do not cause Ringing in the head.
Price, % Cents
For sale by Robt. r. Bellamy, VIII
mingtoH, N G.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED.
Strike of the Roadway Men on The
Coast Line

Especial to The MessengerO
Fayetteville. N. c., February ia
railroad man. in talking to a reporter
this morning, said:
The strike started on the 11th inst
at noon. The strikers include all the
forces on the roadway department.;
carpenters, bridge forces. tracknen,
section masters and section HANDS,
bumpers and bridge watchmen-in
fact. everything in the roadway de-
partment outside of the official depart
ment; the whole system, from Rich
mond to Florida. and all branch lines,
is involved, and the strikers number
from 4OG0 to 5000 men.
$50 far the railroad has not serious
~ suffered. and the vacancies or tn .
men will be supplied by noR-union
men or the brotherhood men. the
union goes by the name of the Inter
national Brotherhood Of Railway
Trackmen of America. and many OF
the members have not gone out on the
strike, feeling that the demands are
unjust and fearing suffering for their
families.
This is tho only strike of a serious
nature known throughout the Seuth,
unless you except the strike OF the
perators on the Southern several
years ago. .
"Watchmen are being placed at all
water stations to protect the water
supply and to prevent damage 10
pumps.
The trackmen's Brotherhood is well
organized. about 95 per cent. OF the
men belonging to the order. But there
are many of them who have not gone
out.
THE men on both sides-the ofh-
cials of the road and the heads es the
brotherhood-are determined, anu i
is hard to predict how long the STRIKE
may last II may be a few Gays OF
several months.
"One thing is certain. the dernaDd'
of the men will not be acceded to.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-16
OPAAC
OPAAC
CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS

CURES A COLD IN "a HOURS
Do you ache and feel feverfsh, one or
two Opaac Tablets are Just what y"e
need, they tone up the cystem ana
drive out all feverish symptoms. Don't
take Quinine; Opaac Is a tonic which
does lasting good.
Opaac is small chocolate coated
tablet and IS sold at 25 cents q box.
For sale by Robt- r Beilamy, WIZ
r,lington, n. c.
The sun., 1904-11-27

Although best known to the public as the
retail warerooms of the Pianola and the
various typts OF musical Instruments with
which the name OF the Aeolian Company
is associated. the twelve story building at
Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street,
known as the A, olian Hall, Ia something
more than this. II is the he adquarters OF
a great industry, the ramifcations Of which
extend all over the world wherever higher
culture and an appreciation Of the fine arts
exist.
The company has its own headquarters
in London, Paris, Berlin, and Australia,
Will, in the principal cities In the United
Stats, wherevera branch house Is not main
taincd, the agency will be found in the hands
of the leading musical house in that terri
tory. IL for any reason change in repre-
sentation is contemplated, in any section,
there is at once keen comp tition for the
agency, which Is now considered In the
musical trade az the most desirable that
can be secured.
The company has six factories three in
New York City, one in Meriden Conn, one
in Worcester, Mass, and one in Aeolian,
n. J. In these factories are made the in.
struments which are the standards Of the ir
type throughout the world-which have
b,en mad, the subject OF enthusiastic encom-
iums by the recogniz d musical autherities'-
which will be found in the palaces OF roy
atty abroad and in the homes Of the cultured
classes everywhere.
The sun., 1904-11-27

In the two years since Aeolian Hall was
thrown open to the public It has taken an
important position In the mtisical life OF
New York. Unique among the magnificent
business buildings for which the metropolis
ia famous. 1t has been pronounced the most
artistic and sumptuous wareroonas devoted
to the sale OF musical instrume nts to be
found anywhere in the world. Here on the
site OF the old A. T. Stewart mansion, In the
heart OF what was once the fashionable
district but now stands for the highest de-
velopment in modern American CONNER
cialisn, gather noted musicians from all
quarters OF the globe, while the music loving
public Is entertained at recitals and musical
lectures. which are Of the greatest value
from an educational standpoint and In pro-
noting general knowledge OF musical art
In its highest forms.
The sun., 1904-11-27

This is the second time l have been in
this station house. A year ago on Holy
THURSDAY was robbed OF my jewels. He
let a servant take them, and know why
now. lost my jewels the day before I
sailed for Europe and have not got them
back yet
I'm sorry, but I can't do anything for
you, said Wall, turning to his work again
The woman and her dog went out. The
man followed. The woman and dog walkt d
toward Seventh avenue, the man twenty
feet behind. Near the corner the woman
turned to sec II she was being followed.
Then she retraoed her steps. The man
stopped when he saw her coming toward
him. And a. she walked past without word
he fell in behind her. In that way they
disappeared In the crowd on Broadway.
The wife OF a lawyer who lives near the
Waldorf complained a year ago OF jewel
theft.
The sun., 1904-11-27
TENANT FOR IS YEARS EVICTED.
Woman Who Fought Draft Riot Mob Was .
Month Behind in Her Rent.

Gallagher. 90 years Id. aftei
living for thirty-eight years at S7s East
Twenty-eeoond street, was evicted yes
terdsy for getting one month behind In
her rent. She sat among her effects out
h the eharp wind just as long as Capt
Gallagher in the station house across the
street didn't see her.
When he did, he was for bundling her OF
10 . hotel, but she wouldn't leave her house
hold stuff. Finally a compromise was
reached by carrying the old woman and her
rocking chair into the station house. where
she could watch her things through the
window.
The capt ain promises to have her back
D her old rooms to-day wi tn the rent paid
Glisabeth Gallagher had been living at 500
East Twenty-second street, next door to
the station house, for a good many years
when the civil war broke out.
She only owns up to sixty years, but she
0ays che moved to East Twenty-second
street from Pennington. Conn, in 1880
When the draft riot mob pI!oged Major
Woods gun factory at Twenty-second
street and Third avenue and turned the
weapons on the East Twenty-second street
station, Elizabeth stuck to her guns in the
house next door and met the mob with Eet-
Ties Of boiling water when they rushed the
station house to burn It, The crowd set
IRE TO her house In revenge and that is how
che came to take up quarters In No. s2s
ocross the street
She has supported herself all these years
by doing housework and scrubblng, but
With increasing feebleness her earnings
have fallen Of. She drew on her savings
20 keep the rent paid up, but Last month
I'll her hoard used up and only enough
coming In 10 hold of starvation, she let
che rent 20. Adam Sohopp, the !a1itor.
wasted no time in startin the process OF
dispoesess and eviction.
The sun., 1904-11-27
INNOCENT MAN CLEARED.
Attempt 10 Faste Murder on Him Tn
earthed Before His Trial Began.

SpRIsaFIELp, Ohio, Nov. 2e.-An attempt
30 fastsn crime upon an innocent man was
unearthed In the Common Pleas Court Of
this county when the case Of the State
~. william Nichols, charged with ths
murder Of Wilbur T. Latamer. was called
for trial at Urbans.
william Wooley. an inmate OF the Mans
oeld Reformatory, had made a verbal and
written confession, acknowledging that he
and Nichols had committed the murder
snd upon the strength Of the confession
Nicho,s and Wooley were indicted.
n developed Just before tbs trial that
Wooley had been induced TO confess on the
cromiss Of immunity from punishment
and share OF the reward offered for the
npprsbension Of the guilty party.
When It was made plain to him that the
best hs could hope for was life imprison-
nsnt he broke down and acknowledged
tAa4 his confession was q lie. The case
against Nichols was then dismissed and af :
edavits were issued against sx-Mayor
otandish Of Woodstock and Columbus
Bowen Of Fountain, charging them with
subornataon OF perjury. Standish and
Bowen werc arrested to-day and wooley
b charged with perjury.
rAttimsr, . prominent merchant of
9ccdsfock, was shot down as he was re-
burninG home, about q yea ago.
The sun., 1904-11-27
BLACK EYE FOR FOODEND.
Hls Composition Plan Not Enforceable
on Minority Creditors.

The plan OF Or. W. r. Woodend. who
did business as W. E. Woodend 4 Co..
stock brokers, at IS Rroad street, to pay Oh
his debts with preferred stock OF w. f.
Wo odend Co, Incorporated. which plan
was accepted by 70 per cent, Of his creditors,
received black eye yesterday by decision
Of fJudge holt Ct the nited States District
Court. who denied a motion to confirm the
comp oeition. W. E. Woodend a Co.
incorp GRATED at Albany on Avg "a with
capital stock Of 100000, Of which t'5o.otO
Ia preferred stock and sl50.o0O common.
The Judge said that the actual CON-
position proposed consists Of an offer to
pay debts With worthless stock. the accent.
ance Of which viii in poee heavy personal
liability. Alt o Ugh the oon position has been
accepted bv large number OF creditors,
who are free to accept Il II they choose
the Judge doee not think a dissenting cred
itor should be forced 70 scceptit,
The sun., 1904-11-27
THE AE0LIAN PRINCIPLE.

How II Has Reyolutisnized tho Musical
situation and Brought the Ability
to Produce Music within the
Reach Of Everybody.
What Is known as the Aeollan principle
Is the substitution Of a mechanical means
In place OF the human fingers for sounding
the notes OF a musical instrument. This
principle In It's perfected form Is found
exemplified In the Pianola, the Metrostyle
Pianola, the Pianola Piano, the Aeolian. the
Orchestrelle. and the Aeolian Pipe Organ.
When the production OF music depended
altogether upon the deXterity Of the fingers.
the piano and the organ remained as sealed
book to the great majority OF mankind
OF the thousands who devoted the best
years Of their lives to so-called study Of
musio--(which was after all no moro than
an attempt 10 master technique e)-compara-
cheney satisfying to themselves OF their
friends. II for any cause the daily grinding
practice was relaxed, the ability to play
acceptably departed with II.
1t was recognized that the most difficult
feature In learning to play the piano or the
organ was OF a mechanical nature. The
fingers must be trained to machine-lke
precision before even the notes could be
sounded In the order and manner prescribed
by the composer. Could not some mechan-
ical means be devised to perform the purely
mechanical work involved In playing, thus
leaving, the mind OF the performer free to
put In the expression and the feeling?
1t is this that has been accomplished In
the Aeoliau Cempany's instruments and to
which Aeolian Hall In New York and the
other buildings in European capitals stand
az monumental