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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02
Tension in Russo British
Relations Has Been
Relaxed
LOSS OF CARGO

OF the Knight Commander Will Prob
ably be Compensated For-The
Washington Government Makes
Representations to Russia on the
OF the Arabia-Tatclekiao Has
Been Abandoned by the Russians
New Chwang and YingKOw Are
Both Under japanese Control.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02

St Petersburg. July 2S.-M. Won
Plehve. minister of the interior, was
a~ssassinated at $50 o'clock his morn
ing by a bomb thrown at his carriage
while he was driving to the Baltic sta
ton to take the train for the Palace at
Peterhof. where he was to make his
weekly report to the Emperor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-02

Is CI ~ NC ASpANSS~ob Va
Jas i%nnocents to be ignored. Won
lPlehve was-largely of Polish blood. He
was regarded as in many ways, being
THE powen behind the throne. and
Twas dreaded on account of his con-
itrol of the third (secret) section Of
ipolice, and also owing to the Tact that
The controlled the press of Russia
Through the censors who, it has been
understood, did NJ. Plehve's bidding
without question.
What part, if any, NJ. Won Plehve
ACTUALLY played in the Kishineff mas
lsacres will probably be known,
but his enemies have claimed that
he had full knowledge of the events
leading thereto through his friend
land agent, Kroushevan, known as the
most extreme anti-Semite In Russia
land proprietor of The BesAarabetz,
a newspaper of Kishineff. The latter
lis said to have prepared the minds
lof the people of Kishineff for trouble
by publishing a series Of strongly
lworded, anti-Semitic articles. I've
lobject Of Won Plehve in this matter,
according to the charges made al the
time, was to divert the attention at
large from the government.
1t should be added hat the allie
cations made against o PIehve have
never-been proven to be founded on
facts. and in view of the Emperor's
Interest in the matter and the fact
THAT Won Plehve retained the Emper-
ors' confidence. it is only just to as
sumo hat the charges were Unbound
ed.
The last great public work Of Won
iP1ehve, 50 Tar as known, was the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Two Babies Equal One Person

British law has just arrived at the
queer decision that one baby has no
existence, but that two babies to-
gether make "a person.
A London cab-driver sued woman
before Judge Plowden, well-known
stipendiary magistrate, for the small
sum of sixpence. He had driven her
and her baby, and demanded the six
pence on the ground that the baby
was an extra person" within the
meaning of the Hackney Carriage Act
and must be paid for as such.
THAT is not So" said Judge Plow-
den. According to the Hackney Car
riage Act, as construe it, it takes
two children to make one person"
Then in future l shall charge
threepence apiece" retorted the cab
man.
mo, you can't do that" declared
the judge. In the eyes of the law
one child has no existence in this mat
ter; but if. there are two children
they make one person, and you car
charge your sixpence."
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ers and few staunch adherents. The
Majorses were among the well-wish-
ers. He had spent more than one
night at their house, and had preached
to them and their neighbors in the
yard under a spreading mulberry.
Peggy, his devoted wife, was with
him that night. "The power" came on
her while her husband preached. She
sprang up, shouting not loudly, but
in queer little strangled shrieks, wav-
ing back and forth and at last leap
ing up so strongly her bonnet fell off,
her hair came loose and spread out
about her face, as though electrified, in
huge aureole.
Mother Majors really feared for her
life, SO after a while she got up and
shyly wiped Peggys nose. That was
the infallible cure for all sorts of re-
ligious ecstacy. Peggy came to her
self with a jerk and sat down. evil
IDENTIFY crestfallen But her husband
had gone on preaching, never noticing
her, except to say now and then:
"Wrestle, Peg! Wrestle with Satan
for these dying souls.'
Peggy would never come again-she
had gone to her reward. But the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

Back of each tent was the cooking
fire, log pile forever blazing or
smouldering. Pots, kettles, skillets
and ovens sat always beside it, sim
mering or giving out savory odors.
Eating was done at long tables made
fast to the backs of the tents. Some
times the tables were rooted over;
oftener they took the weather chances.
Naturally, the tenters coming in
looked very like movers, but as one
Of them said, "Folks'll put up with
anything at camp meetin'. faint half
as much trouble to tent here as
'twould be just to come from home
every day and ask folks home with
you. Besides, there's all the gospel
you miss, No matter how smart you
are, nor how nigh you live, you can
not hear more'n three sermons a day,
and the folks you want to see profess
always do it when you happen not to
be there"
This year-it was about 1S3o-there
was much talk in the countryside of
Lorenzo Dow and the jerks. Dow
had been UP and down several times,
hardly ever leaving Tennessee out of
his chains" He had manv Wel1-Wish-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

Sunday promised a meeting OF unu-
sual power. The altar was full of pen
ltents at the early morning service.
By nightfall there were many new
ones and score of happy CONVEX
sions. Almost all night long. the
tents, the camp ground, the deep
woods beyond rang with the songs
and shouting of happy souls, newly
. Monday brought no abatement.
The interest increased with each ser
vice. The crowd also got thicker.
There was hardly standing room
about any tent, and the cooks toiled
necessarily to feed the multitude
But the day passed happily enough.
So did the next day until the early
candle-light sermon After it Hedge
MCGEE professed-Kedge, the most
case-hardened sinner in the whole
county.
Not satisfied with his own saliva
ton, he rushed, roaring like bull,
at Hol Biggers, the blacksmith, laid
hold on him and dragged him bodily
into the altar. Hol tried to free him
self, but Hedge would not let go, and
in minute the two were wrestling
nightly. Then, before a word could
be spoken, the men fell apart, their
arms and legs jerking spasmodically,
wholly beyond control.
The circuit rider almost stopped
singing, but the presiding elder was
a veteran of resource. He stepped
right in front of the jerkers, and with
lifted hands broke from the droning
hymn then in progress to:
What ship is this that'll bring US all
home?
0 Glory Halleluia
What ship is this thatll bring US all
home?
0 Glory Halleluia!
It's the old ship of Zion! Hallelu!
Hallelu
It's the old ship of Zion! Halleluiar
AS with, one mighty throat loud
and clear and sweet, the great throng
echoed and followed him. If anything
could have stopped the jerks it was
that swelling volume of sound But in
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side half minute two other men be
gan jerking, one a ruling elder, the
other notorious scoffer. After them
the deluge-a deluge that swept even
the presiding elders superb courage
before it. He stood up, with work
ing face, exhorting his hearers to
pray and cease not. All about. he
saw men, women little children even,
He raised his hands and began to
repeat the benediction. Before he was
half through, one arm and the oppo-
site leg began to jerk so strongly
he struck himself full in the face.
And then it was Mother Majors
showed herself heroine. Her voice
was getting cracked, she hardly ever
sang except for her grandchildren.
But with all this turmoil, with her
husband like man of stone beside
her, her children and grandchildren
budding to her in awe and fright,
she stepped out into the aisle and
walked toward the altar, singing with
all her soul:
"Where now is the good old Daniel?
Where now is the good old Daniel?
Where now is the good old
Daniel?
Safe over in the Promised Land.
Gle went up from the den of lions,
He went up from the den of lions,
He went up from the den Of lions,
Safe into the Promised Land.
HE went up through great tribula-
ton,
He went up through great tribula-
ton,
He went up through great t-r-i-b-
u-l-a-t-i-o-n,
Safe into the Promised Land.
Science nowadays would no doubt
explain it by vibrations or radiation,
or something Of that sort. The camp
meeting crowd said it was Gods grace
working through good woman.
While Mother Majors sang, the other
women helping her as best they might,
the jerking stopped. 1t did not re-
turn save very lightly while camp
meeting held But oddly enough the
interest and conversions so diminish
ed after the jerks that the meeting
ended Sunday, at least week earlier
than had been planned.
| Copyright, 1904, by M. NJ. Willians.)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
BY MARTHA McCU LLoCH-WILLIAMs.

The shed was sixty feet long and
forty wide, with a steeply pitched roof
supported by massy hewed oak tim
bers. The pulpit of puncheons ran
half across one end. In front of it
was the altar, known popularity as the
mourner's bench. It was square,
open space, knee deep in bright straw,
with narrow, backless puncheon bench
es running all round it. Penitents
knelt outside it, sobbing and grooming
over their sins. Inside, the ministers,
elders, exhorters and Christian com
forters sang, prayed, Numbered
against sinners, or spoke words of
cheer into mourning ears.
All the benches were backless ex-
cept in the Amen corners either side
of the pulpit. In them puncheons
gave place to plank, and there was
some approach to comfort for the
mothers and fathers in Israel who
filled them regularly. Nobody else
presumed to sit on them. Men took
the benches on the minister's right,
women those on the left 1t would
have been the worst sort of scandal
had even the most devout and aged
husband and wife seated themselves
together. Boys, as soon as they were
breeched, came under the rule. If they
had not a father to take them on the
mems side, they went there alone,
whatever the fear and trembling of
their small souls.
For the. most part the puncheon
benches were legless, resting upon
stout logs laid upon the earthen floor
and pinned down firmly with big
wooden pins. There was reading
desk up on the platform. Above it
there swung from the roof huge
conch-shell or cows horn. Blasts on
it summoned the crowd to service-at
daybreak to morning prayer meeting,
at eight o'clock to the early sermon,
at eleven to the main sermon, at four
to afternoon service or love feast, and
last of all, "at early candle light, to
the night sermon, always the strong
est and fieriest effort of all.
The tents were properly rounded pole
cabins built in twos, without windows
or chimneys or thinking, and. with
single doors giving upon the wide
open passage between the two pens.
Men stayed in one pen, women and
children the other There was moth
ing much inside but beds of all shapes,
sizes and conditions. The floor was
full of them, and four feet above the
ground layer came an upper tier. Folk
piled into them as thick as hops. In
deed, it was a matter of pride among
the tenters to see who could accom-
modate the biggest number, and who
could set the best table.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON. :
VHE traditions regarding the
founding of the house of
= Scott are full of interest.

VHE traditions regarding the
founding of the house of
4 Scott are full of interest.
One starts with the daugh-
ter of that Pharaoh, King of Egypt,
who was drowned in the Red Sea.
Her name was Scotia, or Scotello, and
she was very beautiful, although that
has nothing to do with the story.
Gathelus, son of the first King of
Athens, was so troublesome that his
family sent him down to Egypt,
where, in true romantic fashion, he
married Scotia. To escape from the
plaques, of which we read in the
Bible, Gathelus and Scotia put to sea.
with number of their followers, and
finally landed in what is now Scotland
thus named in honor of the beautiful
Egyptian. All the people were, of
course, SCOTS or Scotas. AS surnames
were unknown, the lad who crossed
the border as plain Robert was desig-
mated as Robert of Scotus or Robert
Scott
Another tradition, which also makes
an appeal to the imagination, is to the
effect that Heber Scot founded the
family, and he was within seven or
eight generations of the Flood, the
grandson, a few times removed. of
Japhet. This is found in the Psalter
of CasheL
There are historians who would
have us believe that the wizard
Michele Scotto, immorta1ized by
Dante in the Inferno" was the first
of the name
In Kent, Stafordshire and the Scot
tish border, for long generations the
family of Scott was one of power and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

A LITTLE log church was big
"a enough twice over for sparse
4 y winter and weekday congre-
cations, but with summer at
full height, crops laid by, and all the
land full of fairness, pioneer folk be-
gan to long for a season of spiritual
refreshing. Hence the camp meetings.
They drew together pretty we'll ev-
erybody within twenty miles around.
Men, women, children came on horse
back, in gigs and oX-carts, in big lum-
bering farm wagons, or-thls, of
course, for the palmer sort-afoot.
Not a few came barefoot. Others
brought shoes in their hands until the
camp ground was nearly reached, then
sat down, busted their feet and put
them in prison to the conventions.
Manifestly, such crowds could not
come and go each day, so the church
authorities made if possible for them
to come and stay. The authorities
were in the main OF the Methodist
faith. Circuits were often two hun
dred miles around, and a presiding ell
ders district bigger than a State. 1t
was d point of honor with every con-
siderable circuit to have at least one
camp ground. Some few circuits had
even two, but where the country got
thickly settled, the camp-meeting hab
it declined, though there are still
camp meetings.
A camp ground had three requisites
abundant living water, shade and
remOteness from anybody's house.
Thus. in many ways, the Antioch
camp ground was ideal. Its twenty
five acres lay both sides Of a fine
spring. in the heart of a wooded
stretch two miles square. The stretch
belonged to Major Bunk Taylor. He
had entered it at Government price,
and was holding il for his army of
Grandchildren. \ liberal man, he not
only gave the camp ground although
himself no church member-but added
rights of way to it on every side, along
with the privilege, in perpetuam, OF cut
ting wood tent poles and board tim
Der outside the church lines. Then
he sent five negro fellows to help
build the log church and the tents.
William Majors and his boys, who
lived a good ways off, built three
tents for themselves.
The big shed was, of course, the
church proper's concern. Hedge Nc
Gee rove the boards for it at half
price, and gave the biggest days
work he ever did towards mailing
them on. Other timber workers were
no less liberal, so the twenty-five dol
lars which the church folk had raised
turned out to be ample.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE SCOTT FAMILY

The family was early celebrated for
learning. Charlemagne's tutor was
Johannus Scotus, whose wit and
knowledge so entertained him that he
made Scotus his table companion.
John Scotus, or Duns-Scotus, one
of the foremost schoolmen of the
thirteenth century, is claimed by Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland. His lee
lures attracted vast crowds. The poet
Alexander Scott was called the Scot
fish Anacreon. David Scott, the paint
er, was endowed with vivid magma
ton, if we can Judge by his pictures,
one representing Adam, Eve, Cain and
Nimrod singing their morning hymn.
Another Scott, also named David, an
Orientalist and writer, was very
learned He dictated Hebrew gram
mar extempore to the printers.
The Lord High Chancellor of Eng
land under Pitt was John Scott, or
Lord Eldon as he became. Not the
least interesting feature of his life was
the manner of his courtship, or rather
marriage. Stern parents interposed;
his lady-love was rich, he poor; but,
being a Scott with will of his own,
ladder was all he needed By its
aid he carried off the damsel and they
were married across the border.
Richard Scott, the first OF the name
| in this country, was one of the found
ers of Rhode Island. He and Roger
Williams were close friends. 4 have
been his neighbor these thirty-eight
years. | walked with him in the Bap-
list ways" Richard, however, became
a convert to the Quaker faith
Other pioneers were Hugh and
Alexander Scott. 1t. is recorded OF
Rachel, A1exander's wife, that she
could spin sixteen cuts day, or weave
ten yards, six yards being an ordinary
days work for woman Weaving
was the housewives work, and spin
ming the daughters, who thus got the
name spinster- Those were the days
when the gallant likened his sweet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
The Man With the Green Hair.

A curious action for damages was
brought in one of the London civil
courts the other day. The defendant
was a hairdresser, and he was sued
by one of his customers.
He sold a hair restorer" to the
man, whose hair was white. The Gus
toner used it at the seaside, and then
went to the water for a swim. The
action of the salt water and the sea
air, supervening on the 'restorer,"
turned the hair brilliant green.
After several days, the hair re-
sumed its normal color, but its owner
claimed damages for the humiliation
to which he had been subjected. The
court decided against him, maintain
ing that he used the "restorer" at his
own risk.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Happy Little
LiechtenStein

Novelists who are in search of a
new Zenda should turn their atten-
ton to the happy little principality OF
Liechtenstein. 1t is a tiny country
tucked away between the Austrian
province of Tyrol and the Rhine, and
is unknown even to people who i'm
agine themselves to be proficient in
the geography of Europe.
It's area is only about sixty-fve
square miles, and its population less
than 10000; but it is an independent
nation none the less, and possesses
many advantages denied to greater
countries.
1t has no army, no navy, no public
debt, no direct taxes. no poor people.
Unlike their neighbors in Austria and
Germany, the inhabitants are not
liable to military service Practically
the entire population tills the soil,
the capital, Vaduz, being merely a
large village.
Through all the vicissitudes Of
European history, Liechtenstein has
managed to maintain its independence
since it was first constituted a prin-
cipality at the beginning of the six
teenth century. The reigning prince,
John l., rules through a miniature
parliament of fifteen members He
has an annual income of about $500,
600, derived from large estates in Aus
tria and elsewhere AS he spends that
princely sum literally on his domin-
ions, he is naturally a popular mon
arch. Liechtenstein is under the pro-
tecting wing of Austria, but has never
been incorporated with that country
by any treaty.
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jerks were very much alive. The pre-
siding elder and the circuit rider at
first hesitated over the camp-meeting
date. They had been in the up-coun-
try and seen strange sights there
stout men, ScOffers, set jerking. as
they made to mount their horses, and
for hours unable to move from where
they stood. They had seen, too, about
another camp ground, saplings cut off
at varying heights so that men, wo-
men and children might lay hold on
them in their jerking paroXysms, and
be in a small measure eased and saved
from harm
Whether the visitation were of God
or the devil, they did not know What
was certain was that it came first
upon folk gathered for religious ser
vices, and that still it appeared only
in connection with assemblages for
the worship of God
1t was all unlike "the power" That
was a spiritual phenomenon wholly
comforting. Men and women and
sometimes children, new converts,
hoary elders, mothers in the church,
all felt its radiant influence They
might grow rigid as they shouted
Gods praises, or rush up and down,
so full of love for all the world they
Rugged whatever they met; or they
might run raptly shouting 'alleluias
but whatever the manifestation, they
always came to themselves exaltedly
happy.
With the jerks it was far otherwise
Some few came out of them recount
ing celestial visions, but the most part
swore or raved, or were cast into
utter darkness with convictions of the
objectionable sin. Naturally, the ell
der and the circuit rider prayed that
Antioch camp meeting might escape
such a visitation. Both were right
eous men, but even the prayers Of
the righteous cannot always prevail.
Camp meeting began Friday. By
Saturday it was under full swing, and
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third station beyond the next. When
we arrive there you will do we'll to
alight on the left-hand side of the
train, pass directly through the wait
ing room, turn to your right and
walk three blocks to the north, You
will then observe stone gateway
on the right-hand side of the street.
Pass through the gateway and follow
the plank walk. You will doubtless rec
ognize the college hall when you come
within sight of it. You are, indeed,
welcome to the information l have
been able to communicate to you"
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heart to the morning star. and, if OF
a poetical turn, wrote of her:
Shes up before the sun,
Her cows she's MIXED before it's
dawn,
And she's her dozen spun"
The Scott arms reproduced are Or
on a bend azure,-a star between two
crescents of the first; in base, an ar
row bendways, feathered and barbet
or. Crest, stag lodged. Motto: Amc
Probes. Burke gives ninety-foul
coats-of-arms to the Scott family.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Il Scholarly NeW
England Trainn1on
SOLID citizen and his wife
from the Middle West, whose
!. daughter is attending an east

[ Z. daughter is attending an east
ern college for women, made
their first visit to New England in
many years not long ago. In order
10 reach the college town they had
to go to Boston first, and from there
make a short journey on a suburban
train. One OF the trainmen gave them
an interesting exhibit of the influence
which Boston culture" may exert.
Instead of calling out the names
of the stations in the curt, clipped,
unintelligible manner common on
many railroads further west, this man
proclaimed them III deep, carefully
enunciated, orotund tones, repeating
the name three times in each instance,
dwelling on the first and last sYllables
with a loving crescendo and diminu-
endo that were truly edifying. Just
before time to leave each station he
would glance gravely up and down
the platform, and when ready, instead
of singing out Right CT "a RI" as
the manner of western trainmen is,
he would intone to the conductor the
information "All-l-l is well-l-l! All.l-l
IS well-l-1! All-l-l is well-l-ll'' at
the same time graciously waving his
hand
To the man and his wife, who were
going to visit their college daughter,
this cultivated trainman gave answer
thus when questioned about the sta
ton OF their destination:
No, my good people, the college is
not at the next station, but at the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Old Samplers.

Old samplers that lie for years in
boxes not only become worn in the
creases, but they. are not in convenient
shape to show Framed in narrow,
dark wood frames. and hung under
the pictures of the. ancestors that
made them, they form an interesting
addition to anyone's pictures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

wealth. The SCOTS of SCOTS Hall
could travel from Brabourne to Lon
don, sixty miles, without leaving the
estates of the family connections. The
old Norman church at Brabourne con-
tains monuments of the SCOTS. and
there are manv ancestral portraits
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
GEOGRAPHICAL LIMERICKS.
In Venezuela.

The rebel in far Venezuela
Is apt to turn quite shade paler
When he gently is led
To the place where his head
Is neatly removed by the jailer.