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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
Hans and
His Friend
The German Cobbler Hears How VosIe-
stein Was Swindled. and He Tells
Him How to Drown His Sorrows.

WAS putting some lifts ON der
heels OF a pair Of shoes for der
plumber der odder day und wishing
] a so rich I could hat diamonds
eafery day in der year when my frendt,
Mr. Voglestein, WALKS in und looks
sroundt me und says:
"Vhell, Hans, I see you yhas workin'
AWAY for nottings, der same ash all
der time before. If you can't be some
smart mans in America, Why don't you
go back to Shermany und raise some
eabbage?"
Dot hurts my feelings, und I don't
say nottings, und by und by he puts
his hat on his ear und whistles und
says:
eff somepody haf brains he vhas all
right und can see Niagara falls eafery
day in der week. If he hat some saw
dust in his head he can see only mud
puddles in der road"
"But somepody who has brains vhas
swindled sometimes" I says.
"Maype dot vhas so, but I like you
to understand dot nottings happens to
me. How could dey When my name
vhas Voglestein? You talk like I vhas
swindled eafery day In der week. Can't
I shust drop in to see how you vhas
mitout you pellet I vhas swindled?
For a man who hat some brain in his
head you vhas VERY suspicious"
Und he WALKS aroundt und whistles
und sings und makes oudt how big a
man he Was. By and by, when I don't
say something's, he speaks:
sometimes I vhas swindled, Of
course, because ! yhas greenhorns, but
dot vhas long ago, when | first come to
dis country. | shust like to see some
pody come some gum games on me
ROW.. He vhiII find Il mans who can
see through a brick wall NIT a hole in
her in two minutes"
l don't speak to him aboudt dot, una
he goes ouGt doors und N in again
und says:
"You tell me you vhas my frendt,
und vet you vhas always believin' l
vhas some fools. HuInph! A great big
frendt you vhas. Maybe I vhas a
ieetle child or a crazy mans dot I can't
take care Of myself, but 1 like to hear
some n say SO. You vhas der crazy
man If you only do ash | tells you
years ago you vhas some rich mans
now. | advise und advise, but you sit
like some bumps Oh a log, und all my
advise vhas thrown AWAY"
"Vhell, What hat you done dis time?"
I ask as he smokes his pipe und keeps
quiet.
"Ha, ha, har' he goes ash he slaps
his leg und grows red in der face M.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
THE NURSES ORGANIZE
Nurses of Wilmington VIII
Meet at Nurses Home Every Tues
day.

On Tuesday the graduate nurses In
Wilmington met in the parlors of the
nurses home at the James Walker
Memorial Hospital and organized the
Graduate Nurses Association Of VIII
mington.
1t is the purpose of the association
to band together and have certain
rules by which they will be guided
such as will benefit and elevate the
profession. They will also arrange a
scale of prices.
Those present at the meeting were
Misses Eaton, Laurason. Reid. Graham,
Wright, Compton and Adelaide Smith.
Any nurse who Is a graduate OF
some well known nurses training
school is eligible. The regular meet
ings will take place on every Tuesday
at the nurses home. These meetings
are calculated to be OF much benefit
to the nurses.
The following officers we're elected:
Miss Eaton. president: Miss Smith,
vice president: Miss Laurason, secreta-
ry, and Miss Reid treasurer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY
Against Meat Packers
VIII Probably be Sustained.

Chicago. October 1.-The hearing CT
arguments on the demurrers to the tn
dictments by thu federal grand jurJ
against five Of the big packing concerns
and II Of their employees. was closed
late this afternoon and IL Judge Hum
phrey before whom the arguments have
been made, retains his presen impies-
sion of the = one half OF the tn
dictments charging the packers With
conspiracy in restraint will be sus-
tanned and the remaining counts over
ruled
The indictments which may be con-
sidered sufficient By the court. charge
conspiracy among the defendants In
restraint of trade. The other counts
charge a MONOPOLY.
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she WAS. worm Ten mIIIIOn dollar. dlS
name vhas Brown, und he Games east
to sell some stock to his friends und
meets NIT nothing but ingratitude.
One old schoolmate OF his throws him
downstairs When he asks him to buy"
ST see"
"vhat you see? Vhas it a crime for
some a to own a gold mine und like
to make his old schoolmate rich. Hans,
don't you make me belief you vhas a
fool"
eff I vhas some fools 1 can't help her.
Go on NIT your story"
"Vhell, don't speak dot vhay to me
any more Dot man vhas sick. Ingrat-
itude makes him sick. He also loses his
bank book when he falls downstairs,
but he happens to hat some stock in his
pocket. She vhas for $500, und here she
vhas. She vhas in der Bully Boy Gold
mine. How you like der looks of her,
|eh? Gaze on dot und remember dot my
name vhas Voglestein."
"She yhas a nice looking bit OF paper,
Mr.. Voglestein. How mooch you pay
for herr"
"Vhell, you see dot mans like me be-
cause I vhas tender hearted und don't
throw him oudt of my place und gif
him a kick. He must go to a doctor,
send some kilograms und pay his hotel
bill. Dot stock vhas for $500, but if I
gift him one hoonered I shall hold it two
days. If he don't come back in two
days, der stock vhas mine. Two days
|yhas gone und he don't come back"
"Und SO der stock vhas yoursy' /
says.
"Shust so, Hans; shust so, und I
vhas $500 ahead Of der game. Maybe
you like to shake hands NIT a man
named Voglestein?"
Maybe I shall by and by. Do you
know What dis stock vhas really
|worth?"
"She vhas worth $500 anyhow, und
maybe twice dot. You vhas my old
frendt, but I can't sell her to you for
less dan $780,"
dot vhas too bad. I vhas going to
offer you twenty-five cents for 1t to
paste up on der wall"
"How-how you mean?" gasped Mr..
Voglestein.
1.-TWO days ago der plumber sells
stock like dot to der ragman for fife
cents a pound. Ash we vhas old
frendts I gift you twenty-five cents to
help you oudt. You know der vhay
down to der river, don't your
"Of course, but What hat l got to do
NIT dot river?'
"It vhas a good place to jump into"
"Do-do you really belief dot man
vhas some swindlers?"
II can prove her by three men. He
don't own some gold mine. He Wasn't
sick. He shust put oop some jobs On
you, und you vhas token in. If you
don't like to shump into der river, Why
not turn on der gas in your room und
be found dead in der morningT'
$3.50 I vhas swindled?" says Mr..
Voglestein ash he stands oop NIT his
face ash white ash flour.
"You vhas. Mr.. Voglestein, shake
hands NIT Hans, der German cobbler.
We vhas old frendts, und I shall see
to your funeral arrangements. I 'spose
you like to be buried head down.
wards?"
He tries to say something's, but he
can't. He shust stands und looks red
und white und waves his arms aboudt.
| stand oop und pat him on der head
und smooth him down der back, und
den I take him by der arm und lead
him to der door und put him oudt. He
looks back at me, nit tears in his eyes,
und den he limps slowly AWAY und
goes aroundt der corner, und I see him
no more. NJ. QUAD.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
I'm In the Air.

"Why don't you turn your pen to
higher themes?" asked the we'll mean
ing friend.
I'D like to-" replied the funny man,
''but there doesn't seem to be any de-
mand for skyscraper jokes at present"
Chicago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
A COmDarison.

"You say you did not seek the of
|fce?"
Eyes, sir. The Office sought me-"
IT understand. You are like one of
these men who claim credit because
they set a trap for game instead Of
ton Star
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
CANAL COMMISSIONERS SAIL FOR
NEW YORK.

Gallon. October 11.-The steamship
Havana sailed for New York this af-
ternoon. with the members of the ca
nal commission. the board Of consult
ing engineers. and other members OF
the party. The members OF the coEa-
mission were reticent regarding the
possible character of the canal. 1t
will be several weeks before their &c
port is ready for presentation to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
His Feelings Hurt.

Mrs. Youngbr:de-Oh. l am sc dread
fully afraid Of lightning!
Mr.. Youngbride-Don't say that,
darling! Ii seems such O reflection on
my ability to take care Of ~you.-Somer-
vile Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17

Mrs. Roosevelt VIII Visit Roswell. Ca.
Washington. October 11--Mrs. Roos-
evelt will accompany the President on
his southern trim as far Is Roswell. Ca
Roswell will be the third stop on the
trip. being reached on Friday. the
goth. From this station Mrs. Roose-
velt viii return to this city BIZ train.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17

British Steamer Struck Floating Mine.
Toxic. October III a. ma re-
nort has been received at Mo1i that
the British steamer Leaho struck a
floating mine 90 miles east OF the
Shantung light house on September
80. OF the crew and passengers. IL
are reported missing. among them two
foreign engineers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17
Express Company Makes Good its Loss
to Bank.

Cincinnati. October 1.-THE First
National Bank today received by tele-
graph from Pittsburg the 500, 600
which was to have been brought by ex-
press, but disappeared in Pittsburg.
The express company directed the pay
ment to the bank Immediately on lind
ing that it had been actually in rheir
possession at the time Of its loss.
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Useful Articles.

every household ought to have an
encyclopedia" observed the professor.
81 think sc. too." responded Miss
Flutterby brightly. "They are SO handy
to press crur1pled ribbons and flowers
and letters and things."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17

Wynnwood Lumber Co. Incorporated.
Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c.. October IA char
ter is granted Ihe Wynnwood Lumber
Company, of Wilmington. capital stock
500. 900, Fl. C.. Riley. of Philadelphia,
w. T. Sears, of Wilmington and S. NJ
Lloyd, of Norfolk. incorporators.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-17

Negro Congressman sentenced
o Forgery.
Columbia. s. c., October 11.-Georgs
Murray, colored. q former member OF
Congress, was today sentenced to serve
three years In the penitentiary for for
gerry Murray, who Is reported To be
quite wealthy, was charged with fo-g-
ing the name OF an old negro on cer-
tain notes for land. At the time or
his arrest Murray was released on
1. 1000 bond. which ii Ia thought VIII
be forfeited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

which is good price for glove in Eng
land.
Miss Jane Nathan, who is the first South
African-born girl licensed to practice as
dental surgeon, has returned from her sue
cessful studies in Europe to begin her pro-
fession at Hanover, Cape Colony She is
also believed to be the first South African
girl to take any medical degree.
Some queer blunders are made in ad
dressing royalty and other titled person
ages. Lady Dufferln. in India. was once
addressed as Your enormity." An Abys-
dressed to the Queen of Kings. Empress
of the Great Red Sea-" Her highland ten
ants used to say: Come ava in and sit
doom, Queen Victoree."
Mrs. Pauline Agasslz Shaw of Boston,
daughter of Louis Agassiz. the great nat
uralist, devotes much time and money in
lettering the conditions of the poor of her
city. For ten years she supported a num-
Der of kindergartens at her own expense.
She has also established and supports a
number of day nurseries.
Mrs. Howard Gould has the finest private
collection OF birds In the United States in
some respects excelling the aviaries at the
New York Geological Gardens. Not only
has she made it pasttme to gather from
all the quarters OF the globe remarkable
and beautiful specimens of the feathery
tribe, but she has also made it study and
q science.
w. r.. Corey, president of the United
States Steel Corporation, is at the head OF
concern that employs 10000 men. He
Is at his office every morning at $50, and
there he remains while there is work to do
sometimes until or 8 o'clock in the even
ing. Twenty-three years ago he was earn
ing $15 month.
The new law firm of Gallagher & Gal
lagher of Cleveland, Ohio, is a peculiar one.
The members are father and son. who re-
Gently graduated In the Same law school
which they entered together three years
ago. They graduated together and were
admitted to the bar at the same time. The
father Is forty-three years old and the son
nearly twenty-five.
M. Santos-Dumont has not for some time
been as much before the public as was his
won't He is, however, busily engaged with
another alrship. to be named the Santos
Dumont XIV. Indeed, the machine is al
ready built, and the aeronaut has only a
few minor details TO adjust before being
ready for few preliminary captive trials.
The new airship is 124 feet long and con-
tains oio cubic feet of pure hydrogen. The
motor is of | horsepower, and weighs
about ffty-five pounds. There are many
improvements on previous types, all OF
which have been with a view to greater
speed.
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Midshipman's Resignation Refused.
NOTES OF MEN AND WOMEN.

Mrs Julia F. Williams has for thirty-eight
years been keeper of the Santa BARBARA
Cal, lighthouse.
The Russian minister at Rio Janeiro and
ALI his family are Bhuddists, while the Jap
anese minister and his secretary are Chris
tians,
Sarah Kumar Ghosh, the East Indian
author, Is expected to come to this country
next season on a lecturing tour.
Although but forty-six years old, Presi-
dent Edward A. Alderman of the University
Of Virginia has seven LID. degrees, IN
Guiding the one just received from Yale.
died at Austin Texas, in his ninetieth year.
He was the last of the civil war governors
either north or south.
Rev. c. H. Marshall. pastor of St Barna-
bas' Episcopal Church Of Denver. Col. for
thtrty-one years. has officiated at 5000 bap-
tisms $500 funerals and 1.700 weddings.
Hector Macpherson, r., the seventeen
year-oid son of a well-known journalist OF
Scotland has written a book on Astrono-
mers of Today" which is attracting much
attention.
Mrs Frederick Krupp. widow of the IA
NOUS gunmaker. has donated 100000 marks
for ccnvalescent laborers home. to cele-
brate the nth anniversary OF the opening
of the great Gruson WORKS, near Magoe-
burg. Germany.
The hate ex-Mayor william r. Grace of
New York left an estate which has just
been appraised at q. 800 A18. He made this
fortune not in politics. but in business.
The vicar Of Aberystwith. Wales. adj
dressing his congregation recently, said It
Wne beyOnd his comprehension how people
could o1ef ~ Loed = x1x-ceut piece with =
bn14 cl6tt6d - = e3oyo TINT had Cost ~
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Commander Peary to Sail on
the Roosevelt.
SHIPS CONSTRUCTION
BUILT TO WITHSTAND THE
SOLID ICE.
His Former Cruises Productive of Great
Good, but Made Amid Hardship
and Suffering.

Commander Robert e. Peary. U. s. N,
will soon sail again for the north on his
new ship. the Roosevelt, essaying another
venture from the Greenland zone.
There is not in arctic history any more
striking figure than that of Peary, the en-
bodiment of the resolute, mastery Amert-
can spirit now revolutonizing the world.
He has spent over a decade warning with
the forces of nature in that desolate solf-
tude, and a peculiar touch of brightness is
added to the otherwise gloomy picture by
the fact that his courageous and devoted
wife has braved it's loneliness with him,
the terrible winters there. and
seeing their baby girl draw Its first breath
in their far-northern home. Peary has
made Greenland his theater of operations;
exploration there has, by common consent,
been left to him alone. Almost every sum-
mer since 1891 has seen him invade the
frozen wastes on new discoveries bent.
Eight long winters, too, without a glimpse
OF the sun for six months each time. has
he labored in the land of the ice.
He is forty-eight years old, and has given
his prime to this work. He has spent his
own private means. and his wife has given
hers; and they have both taken to the lee
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little group killed a dog and ate it; but
Peary's feet had become frosted, and Dr.
DERRICK, then of his force had to ampu-
tate seven toes. To do this even roughly
they were forced to shelter In Greely's de-
serted station. Fort Conger, Lady Frank
lin bay. and there the invalid lay helpless
for six weeks. Then he had to be dragged
south for 250 miles on sledge, with the
temperature 80 degrees below zero, to his
Ship the Windward, for the operation to
be perfected, as the surgeon had no proper
instruments north. This involved another
six weeks illness and spoiled an advance
toward the pole in 1899. But In 1900 Peary
was we'll enough to start again, and this
time journeyed to the very northernmost
tip Of Greenland. In SO degrees q minutes,
whence he ventured on the foe and headed
for the pole. He reached SO degrees 80
minutes. where the Ice was found too open
for safety, he had to fall back again.
He utilized the reverse to delimit the whole
northern coastline of Greenland In 1901
an advance over the same route being use
less, he started for Cape Hecla the farth-
est point in Grinnell Land, west of Green
land. and took his departure therefrom
But the fates were still unpropltious. The
season was an unusually open one, and he
had once more to retire baffled.
In 1902, he, Henson, and eight or ten Eski-
mos tried this trip again. He had sixty
dogs for his sledges and eighty tons of wal
rus meat for the CANNES. besides ample
stores Of food for the humans. The party
hurried forward, sending back the Eskimos
one after another as the stores were ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02
Change in japanese Language.

From the Spokane Spokesman.
The progressive spirit of the japanese
IS about TO show itself in a new direction,
though success in the development of the
idea may not be Immediately accomplish
ed. A government commission has been ap-
pointed 10 make report on the advisable
ity Of adopting Roman characters in the
written language of Japan, and a promi-
uent member of the commission has ar
rived in the United States to pursue In
quiries along the lines of the proposed
change.
The Japanese language has many feat
ures that are puzzling to all except special
students and now that the kingdom is tar
ing It's place among the foremost nations of
the world in the various arts of war and
peace an Improvement in this matter is felt
10 be most essential in connection with the
advances being made in other directions.
Chinese characters and ideographs have
been used ever since the introduction OF
writing in Japan, and these have been fire.
Quenty modified and adapted to local con-
ditions so that even the Chinese do not
recognize them Increasing intimacy with
the outside world calls for a change. and 1t
IS interesting to note that 1.-The little brown
people are as eager to advance in civili-
cation as 10 win in war.
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ture platform to raise funds to help him
on. while once he had to exhibit his ship
in Atlantic seaports TO obtain enough
money to complete her stores. The United
States Navy Department In which he Is
civil engineer. now ranking as command
er, has granted him the leave of absence
necessary TO pursue his researches; but he
has enjoyed no financial aid from the gov
ernment He has had to plan his ex-
petitions, finance them and then carry
them out. Latterly, however. some wealthy
friends have undertaken the fiscal part,
thus relieving him of one of the greatest
worries that must vex an enthusiastic soul.
For Peary Is an enthusiast, though his
Is tempered with sagacity and
prudence. He feels that he can win, and
is undismayed by obstacles. He has lived
among the Eskimos. adapted himself to
their primitive conditions. subsisted on
walrus blubber and other ''delicacies," and
faced every discomfort the civilized being
finds associated with his human antithesis.
Nor is this the worst-Peary has endured
rigorous hardships, physical torture. and
reer has been a long record of gallant bat
ties against distressing misfortune. After
a flying trip to Greenland, in 1888, to test
his theories, he took his first expedition
north in 1891, and the steamers wheel-chain
swapping as she struck the ice, the end
broke his leg. He was landed on stretch
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SCARCITY OF STURGEON.
Change in the Past Twenty Five
Years

Sturgeon, which twenty-five years ago
were as common in the Potomac and other
tributaries of Chesapeake bay as perch are
now, have become extremely scarce, due to
their being caught in season and out, little
and big. until now to catch a sturgeon Is q
rarity. and the fortunate fisherman is look
ed upon with envy by his less fortunate
comrades. So great has been the increase
in the demand for the sturgeon that
large fish with spawn in 1t will often bring
from $50 to $40 Recently an old fisher
man. who has spent more than half CEN
fury taking fish from the waters of the
Potomac, stated IN the presence of a Star
reporter that wiethin the past twenty-five
years he had seen surgeons caught in such
quantities in the river that there was alb
piled upon the shore like cordwood to be
fertilizer
A catch OF this kind now would mean a
small fortune to the fisherman who made
It. but that day has long since past. The
spawn of sturgeon is now very valuable,
and Is used in the making of caviare. 1t
sells for a dollar or more a pound. and as
soon as sturgeon Is caught the spawn is
taken from the fish before II IS sent to
market. Twenty years ago, on the Alex
andTia fish wharf, and here Also sturgeon
spawn was given away for the asking. and
was used by the boys fish bait So far
this season the catch of sturgeon has been
unusually small In the Potomac, and the
same condition prevails on the James and
other rivers in Virginia, once rich in the
big fish
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er. camped in a tent. supervised the build
ing of a house. allowed the leg to knit dur
ing the winter, and the next spring. with
only one companion. and without accident,
made 800 mile journey over the ice-cap
that covers Greenland, reaching its farth-
est coast line. the first white man to view
Its northern extremity. In 1903. he took
up larger expedition to follow the same
route and continue on toward the pole.
That autumn the Peary baby was born
In their hut, on the west Greenland shore.
The ensuing spring the northward march
was begun, but frightful storms beset them
from the start, and they had to retreat,
after struggling against the weather for
two weeks. Some OF the party were frosted
and others dispirited, returning by the
relief ship that summer; but PsaEy. Lee