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The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

As the two women in the crowded
car carried on their high,pltchod and
animated discussion, there was d great
cranlng of necis among the other pas
sengers, says the New York Sun, Sud
denly the train slowed down, and in
the hush the voices became plainly
audible to everybody.
Your parrot may ne better talSer
than mine, although don't believe It,"
said one of the women. with an air
of presenting the final c,inchng arGu-
ment in her own favor, but you'll
have to admit that mine has the most
beautiful foliage"
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
A SAFE ENTERPRISE.

"Why do so many actors insist on
playing Shakespeare
Il suspect" answered Mr.. Stormlng-
ton Barnes, that it's because they can
take all the credit il they succeed, and
blame the publlc's lack Of literary taste
II they fail,"-Washington Star.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
HALaow IN POSITION.

the harrow flexible. BY Withdrawing
The inch rod and unlocking from the
pulling bar it can be sheltered in very
small space \ boy can handle it. The
harrow is very easy to draw, the beams
being near the ground act MS Jewelers.,
while the teeth cover every inch Of
ground,--J. Flomornll. IN Farm Visitor
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

She-"lt must be terrible TO lind on,
after one is married that one isn't
really in love"
He-"Oh, don't know. There are
lots Of married people who seem to be
both cheerful and hopcrul,"-ChicagO
Record Herald.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

Two lumbermen made a descent OF
800 feet in four minutes on log in
Sinnemahoning district, Pa, few
days ago, on the strength Of a banter.
The ride was made with the under
standing that the purse should be
used for the purchase Of barrel Of
-four and ham for widow, whose
husband, a idmberman, had recently
died Of typhoid fever.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
IT STAGGERED HIN.

Hecktord-"I can't stay at homa to
AXE care Of baby tonight My clubs
going TO have a stag"
Mrs. HecktOrd-"Thatm makes no dif-
ference; my clubs going TO have o
staggerer. Chicago journal.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
TWO POINTS or VIEW.

81 see that Senator Cullom was kissed
by pretty girl whose young man he
had saved from being sent to the
Philippines
"How boldw
"Senator Cullom Is considered the
homeliest man in Illinois"
How artful"
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
AGRICULTURE AND BACTERIA.


1t is evident that during the years
TO come as much attention Will be
given TO the bacteria in the soil as has
heretofore been given TO the chemical
constituents Of it, Plants cannot grow
without something TO subsist upon,
This is just as much a fact in the
vegetable Kingdom as 1t is in the ami
nal Kingdom, with this difference that
the necessary food must be placed
within easy reach Of the plant, while
the animal may travel in search Of
food
Chemists have discovered thai three
kinds Of food are necessary TO make Il
"balanccd ration" for most plants
potash, phosphorus and nitrogen, The
two first are quite abundant in most
soils, and they are chcaply and easily
applied where deficient But these,
however abundant, win lot produce
the best results in plant growth in the
absence of the third, nitrogen. IL is
seldom that nitrogen is found abund.
antly in the soil, and 1t Is more easily
exhausted than the other elements,
while its return in an artificial way is
so expensive as TO be impracticable.
But nature in this respect has been
kind. The earth is wrapped in thick
blanket rich in nitrogcE-thc air we
breathe-afforling al ine2haustible
supply, Men have long known this,
but their ingenuity has been made
quate TO the deyislng Of means for
capturing ana applying Ills aerial nj.
trogen, But nature again supplies
strength TO mans weakness. The
means had been abundantiy provided,
but he did not know it, Millions, bill
lions trlllons (numbers become COM
plctely exhausted in their presence
OF minute organisms were all the time
at work in the soil to catch from the
air and hold in the soil, the fugitive
nitrogen.
But these little organisms need en-
couragcmenL Hero is where mans
part Of the work comes in. They -four
ish best, ana do their work most per-
fcctly Mt the roots Of certain plants,
legumes, pod bcarers--pGas, beans,
cloyers, alfalfa and n very large num-
Der Of similar plants
Mans work is very simple. Where
these bacteria do not exist they must
be introduced, Then they must be as-
sisted by giving them The benefit Of the
plants best suited TO aid thcm--to en-
courage their propa cation, multiplca.
tiOn and most effective work. The
bacteria are various almost MS the
plants are various. But after success
full crops of these bacteria aiding
plants, other crops, nitrogen exhaust
ing crops, may be planted with assur-
ance Of success. This course pursued,
and the simple elements Of potash and
phosphorus attended to, soil eXhaus-
tlon need not he feared so long MS the
earth is surrounded by atmosphere US
at prescnt-Up-to-Date Farming.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
HIS Only CHANCE.

Bookkeeper-"I would like a little
more salary, sir, I'm married now.
and"
Employer - "And need the increase
for your family"
Bookkeeper-"No, sir; for myself.
You see, my wife knows just wha'
I'm getting now."-London Tit-Bits.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

"Ah, Mehtable" murmured the
young man, as he sat with her near
the parlOr stove in the gloaming; my
soul is on fire"
"Well, Hiram" replied the innocent
one, Il don't smell nothing burning, but
perhaps you've got your feet too near
the stOve."-Nonkers Statesman.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
FIRST IMPRESSION.

"And this is the wild man. shouted
the museum lecturer He was never
known to comb his hair"
Goodness" breathed the crowd be-
low. "Is he a pianist or a football
player"-Chicago News.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
NO USE.

I'VE are far more civilized than the
Romans"
Perhaps" answered the man with
an artistic sense. But there is no use
trying TO pretend that football player
looks as picturesque as a gladiator."-
Washington star
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
NO SENSE OF HuMOR.

"A woman has no sense of humor,'
said Mr.. Iiawhaw.
What makes you think soE'
when she secs man fail Off n
street ear she wonders IL he's badly
hurt instead Of laughing at him
Washington Star
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

In setting out an orchard only trees
or well-known hardy, productive sorts
Of good quality should be selected for
he main planting. New sorts may and
should be tried IN an experimental way
until tbcJ pivYe desirable.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
AN ANALOGY.

"a public official is the servant Of thu
people," said Senator Sorghum,
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne; "and
sometimes he's the kind Of servant that
carries market basket every time
she goes home from her place Of EN-
ployment. Washington Star.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
APPRECIATION.

To read them DER | love to pause,
Those poems in the magazine,
They really soOthe me more because
l never know just what they mean.
Washington Star,
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

Last year forgetful passengers left
in trains on the London n Northwest
ern railway AT hats, caps and bon.
nets, OF umbrellas. nine sunshades
and 101 walking sticks, besides heaps
OF rugs and bags.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

The lumber. output Of the mills in
the Minneapolis district alone last year
was 1928, ,4s1 feet
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16

Wife-"l am going to give a O'Clock
tea one evening next week"
Husband-"For ladies' only, sup
poser
Wife-"Of course"
Husband-"Then why not be con-
sistent and mark it down TO L5T|'-
Chicago News.
The new enterprise., 1905-03-16
HIS OPINION.

CLIENT after pause)-"Have you no
opinion to express in regard to my case,
sirT
Lawyer-''I have, sir, il you'll kindly
prepay the express charges"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
THE CRUISER GALvEsTONe
Her Captain. in Reporting to the Navy
Department. Makes no Mention of
Unusual Disorder on Board-State-
nient From Another Source.

Washington, May 4.-Captain Cutler,
commanding the cruiser Galveston, in
reporting to the navy department his
arrival at Norfolk from Galveston,
il. reporting to the navy department
bis arrival at Norfolk from Galveston,
Texas, made no mention of any nus
ual disorder on board bis ship or of
any discomfort among he crew. These
facts, however, have been learned from
private sources.
While at Galveston, a large detach-
ment of the crew was permitted to go
ashore, returning i'm good time and in
good condition. Subsequently, month
~ money was paid to the men when, it
is stated, between 25 and 80 of them
left the ship without permission. Some
of them were brought back, just how
many is not stated. 1t is not known
here hat these men We're placed in
irons, but it is said to be a comOmn
practice in the navy to place men who
have left a ship without permission in
irons when he returned. 1t S said that
after this affair, the Galveston left the
dock and hauled out1into the stream.
She sailed the following day, leaving
behind about fifteen men who had
Overstayed their shore liberty. It is
believed here that some of these men
will surrender themselves aboard the
Galveston or some other vessel Of the
nayy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Extraordinary Advertising and Increas-
ed Business.

Their are certain seasons when
nearly every merchant advert1Ses to
some extent. and there are seasons
when only those merchants who be-
lieve in advertising all the year are
before the public with their adve rtise-
mentS in the
There is no question but that the
purchasing public responds to extra
ordinary Advertising. The large AID
Vertisentent in the newspaper costs q
good deal of money. but the nier-
chant pays for this expense. n re-
CARDS it as necessary as n e
ctad with his business.
If advertising old not pay. there
would be none done. for business is
practical. and no merchant is Dhilan-
thrODic enough To spcnd one hundred
to one thousand dollars annually N
the lochl Newspaper. unless there
were returns which left a good mar
gin for this expense.
Every one doing business. and spe-
cialIy every merchant. knows the
value of publicity. 1t is essential to
commercial success. as honest goods
are to assure sales. and q continuing
md DrOspering trade.
There are certain seasons Of the
wear when there is an increased de-
mani for special kinds of goods. At
his time the spring demand makes a
ers that can be found in the middle
summer months. But there is 10
period of the wear when BUYERS may
not be attracted by skillful advertis-
ing. bv the large newspaper adver-
tisement which attractively appeals
to the public. and first an
audience Of readers who are likely TO
become purchasers through the char
acter and force OF the extraordinary
advertising which is displayed in the
newspaper. It is not too mucn
tribute to credit to the power Of
newspaper advertising, but the pub
lie responds to those merchants who
appeal a~ttract.vely in the newspaper
columns. . " the value to the
merchant and the power Of advertis-
ing which is to be found in the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
FREIGHT TARIFFS IN ALABAMA
Railroad Commission Hear Testimony
From Representatives OF Various,
Railroads

Montgomery, May 4.-In continuing
the investigation into the tariffs of rail-
roads operating in Alabama, the state
railroad commission heard testimony
today from representatives of the
Southern Railway, the Louisville and
Nashville railroad and partially from
the Western Railway of Alabama.
The Atlantic Coast Line. through
Freight Traffic Manager IL. NJ. Emer-
son, filed written argument to supple
ment testimony given during the
April meeting of the commission.
President Conner, of the commission,
noyed to adopt in Alabama. on the
Southern Railway and Frisco system
lines. the Georgia cla%ssifications of
rates for products essential to the farm
er. which would entail radical retiuc-
tons on important items, but motion
was not upheld by Corners associates
OF the commission. From the refusal
o. his associates to sustain the chair
man in any motion heretofore made, it
is judged that no action will be taken
to bring about tariff changes until the
testimony Of all roads in Alabama shall
be heard.
The hearing will be continued tomor-
row.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

h@ "a II o0N1
Packers of canned goods in this
country are now deeply interested in
the elimination of adulterants AMI
preseryatives from their products. A
healthfuI, vigorous public opinion has
in recent years grown up in this mat
ter. The people want what they pay
for. Ii they buy a package of food la
beled pure they ere certainly entitled
TO the goods as represented to them.
To give adulterated, inferior and mix
ed goods for an alleged genuine a:ti.
Gle is deception, pure, simple and un-
pardOnable. The man who deeeiyes the
buyer in the matter of weight is not
more guilty than the man who de.iy-
ers TO his customer an inferior or del
eterious article. There is now a well
informed, intelligent public opinion ON
the necessity of pure food for the peo-
pies health that finds frequent and
intelligent expression. The National
Association of Packers Of Pure Canned
Foods recently me- in Buffalo. A do<-
en- states were represented in the
meeting. The association decided to
abandon d use as a preventative Of
any article that the government anal
ysis have passed on unfavorably.
The association favors, in fact. the
abandonment OF p~reservatives alto-
gether. The use of chemicals in any
form is strongly condemned. Canned
goods valued at millions are annually
consumed. The trade is still in its in
fancy. The plain duty of the packer
ia to turn ont a Dure article. He should
gladly obey every government regula-
ton. Pure food stores command in
every town liberal patronage. The pee
pie, knowing where to find the genu-
inc, u~nadulterated article, flock to the
establishment that gives what it ad-
vertises to the purchases. Honesty is
the best policy in politics, business,
love and war.-Louisville Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
RAMS Horn.

Grace does not grow in gloom.
Most heartlessness is really head
l~eSsneSs.
We give nothing until we give our
selves.
Where money is biggest men are apt
to be smallest.
People get welded to sin through
flirting withthe devil.
It's a delusion of the pit to mistake
pessimism for piety.
He is the Vine only to those who
will bear His fruit.
The cultured are always most con-
Scious of their cruditieS.
Many a reproach of others is but a
reflection of ourselves.
The sweetest harps in Heaven &C
1uired their tone through many trials.
The more one loves the good IN all
the more he knows the God of all.
knowledge raked up cannot compare
with the wisdom that comes down.
l would rather hear a man scott at
the church than to hear him sneer at
love.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
A Secret Worth Learning.

You poor man said Mr.. Henpeck
who was for the first time seeing the
inside of a lunatic asylum, chow long
have you been herea Can you remem-
ber?"
"Oh, yes, very we'll" replied the pa
tient, according to the Chicago Record
Herald, "seven Years. You see, they
let me do pretty much as I please he
cause I'm harmless"
Are you married?'
"Sure. l have a wife who used to
throw things at me every time | came
in the house"
"How sad! Do you know how she
manages to live?"
She's gettin' along all right. Her
brother, who is a rich bachelor is tax
ing care of her. He never would give
up a cent, though, as long as | was
able to work. confound him."
"And what do o do here?"
"Sit around mostly, smokin and
waitin' for the tex meal time"
Say" said the visitor, speaking
softly and drawing a little nearer to
the patient, "just between ourselves
how did you get them to send you
here?'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
FTTzHUGH LEE
His Conspicuous Labors i'm Bringing
the Sections Together.

There is no man in the South, and lie
nian in the United States, who CON
tributed more than tItzhugh Lee to
form, after the division of the Civil
war, q more perfect u:4ion." And this
no by any overt proceedings of hi:
own in that directions, but by the mere
force of his generous nature. 1t is 20
years since the Afternoon of the hum
dreds of thousatJS OF New Workers
who turned out to m tness the funeral
procession of General Grant was at
tIacted by the only mounted man lii
that impressive array who was In civ
ilian's dress inquiring, they learned
that the foreman thus made c%onspicu-
III was IltZi,uGE Lee, the governor of
Virginia. His participation would have
been more in evidence as a sign of re-
union If he had worn a Confederate
UNIFORM. But for his the time was not
yet ripe.
The same generosity and good feel
ing that this incident denoted We're the
qualities Which have nedeared EitZ
hugh Lee to his cOuntrymen, including
those Who. a little more than forty
years ago, nc would have denied to be
his counttymen. When, at the outbreak
of the Spanish war, President McKin-
icy, Wit, that nice tact which so dis
tinguisiicl hir', selected the nephew of
Robert u. Lee and commander of the
cavalry o: the Army Of Northern Vir-
.ginia, for a briSadier's commission, the
selection was app)auded as the final
proof of compete reunion. Even so.
the comment perhaps geographically as
scribed to an ClIeconstructed Virgin
ian is worth repeating. do you know,
sab, that they have had the impudence
to offer FitZ Lee q commission as brig
adler in their 1aEktr ahmy when he
was a majil r.neraI in Ouah ahmy!'
1t remaiIo true that FitZhugh Lee
was II O: tic NEST favorable exem-
publications. a. that southern ~chiyalry''
which has been so rnduly discredited
by reason or tl~ SPURIOUS limitations of
1T. With HIN it w:S the genuine article.
His hast ttiIg to associate himself and
the great sTate OF Which he was govern
or with tile fuperal of Grant was one
illustration of it. Another was his ap-
plicatiOn to Reynolds. the federal
general who fell on the first day of
Gettysburg, of the saying: mo man
fell that day more gloriously than he,
though many men fell that day, and
there was much glory."-New York
Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Situation.

The situation with the strawberry
growers in eastern North Carolina Is
indeed a gloomy enc today. The con-
dition is both serious and deplorable.
for thousands upon thousands OF dol
lars have been wasted and destroyed,
depriving the truckers of hard earned
money and deserved prosperity and Sc
riously affecting every business inter-
est whatsoever, and to this is the
prospect that the industry will in the
future be materially demoraiized.
This condition has been brought
about by the failure Of the refrigefa-
tor or transportation company to fur
nish anything like a sufficient numoe-
northern markets,
of cars to transport the berries to the
northern markets, where anxious
buyers await them and conditions pro-
and insure good prices.-Mount
Olive Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
How to Know Bugs.

At the seventeenth annual meeting
of the Association Economic Entomol-
ogists, held recently in Philadelphia,
the society recommended the general
adoption of a uniform nomenclature
for certain insects, these names beng
the ones internationally current among
scientists, says Harpers Weekly. The
following insects, known as follows:
American c~oackroach Peripianeta
americana L; bedbug-K1inophilos lee
tularia L; boil weevil-Anthononus
grandis Bob: carpet moth-Tricophaga
tapetzella L; gypsy moth-Porthetria
dispar l.; house fly-Musca domestica
l.; San Jose scale-Aspidiotus PERM
ciostus Comst; silk worm-BombyS
mort L; tomato worm-Phlegethontias
sexta job.
With these names in mind, 1t is
claimed that any bug on the scientists
list may be readily recognized.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Saved by

Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by
dynamiting a space that the fire can't
cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on
so long, you feel as if nothing bat
dynamite would cure it. z. T. Gray, of
Calhoun, Ca, writes: my wife hal a
very aggravated cough, which Fcpt
her awake nights. Two physicians
could not help her; so she took I,r
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds, which eased her
cough gave her sleep and finally cured
her" Strictly scientific cure for
bronchitis and La Grippe. At R. X
Bellamy's drug store. price SOC, 800;
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Business Is RnSinPSS

A story is told Of a man in an Ar
kansas town who 1 n addition to his pc
ing president of the local board of al
'dermen, was also the proprietor Of the
best hotel in the place, says Harper
Weekly.
It appears hat a visitor from The
east one day remarked to this man
that the town might be made a good
deal healthier if a certain large
swamp near were drained.
WALL" drawled the politician and
hotel man, ''all my boarders says the
same thing. In my persition as presi-
dent of the board of aldermen I'd
aShorely advocate the improvement in
a minute if it warn't for my son."
Why" exclaimed the fastener in
surprise, why should your son OBJ
ject?"
WALL, stranger" replied the Ar
kansas man, The run a drug store"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
WOrShiDDed at n Distance.

Curiosity had led the little girl TO
forsake the nursery, where the othe:
children were playing, and to go to take
a peep at the gre 1t parlors where the
company had assembled, but she pru.
IDENTIFY remained concealed among the
palms, says the Chicago Tribune.
Oneo f the guests spied her there.
Hello, little grill" he said, "are you
having a good timer"
"M-h'm. Say, 90 you see that lady
over there under thech andelier. That's
my mamma. Isn't she nice?"
Indeed she is, Can't you Introduce
me?"
Goodness, MOI she exclaimed. i
couldn't do that. | haven't been in
troduced to her myself, yet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Terrific Race With Death.

Death was fast approaching
writes Ralph F. Fernandez. of Tampa
Fla, describing his fearful race with
death, "as a result of liver trouble and
heart disease, which had robbed m Of
sleep and all interest in life. Il had
tried many different doctors and sew
eral medicines, but got no benefit uctll
began to use Electric Bitters. So
wonderful was their effect that in shrse
days / felt like a new man, and today
| am cured of all my troubles.
Guaranteed at r. r. BeIIamy's drug
store; price soc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

Terrible plaques. those itching, pes
tering diseases of the skin. Put All
end TO misery. Doan's Ointment cures
At any drug store.
A scientist declares that the man
who uses his brain the most will live
the longest. DonI believe it, avows the
LOUISVILLE Courier Journal. It is the
man who uses the other fellows brain
the most that lives the longest.-Ex-
change.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
a for Action.

When the body is cleared for action,
by DR.. Kings New Life Pills, you can
tell it by the bloom Of health. ON tbs
cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the
frmness Of the flesh and muscles; the
buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At
r. r. Bellamy's drug store. 25 cents
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

There is complaint of a scarcity of
tobacco plants in some sections of the
county. This may force some farmers
to plant more cotton than they intend
ed. The recent rains and cool weather
are believed to have Injured Or killed
the plants-Tarboro ~Southerner..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
A Death

Blood poison creeps up towards the
heart, causing lcath. j.. E. Steagns,
Belle PLANE, Mimi, writes that a. friend
dreadfuIly injured his hand, which
swelled up like blood poisoning. Buck
lens Arnica Salve drew out the pol
son, healed the wound, and saved his
life. Best in the world for burns and
sores. Csc at r. r. Bellamy's drug
store.