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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
MONKEY TALK IN GRApHopHoNE
Professor Garner Going to Africa TO
Get Records OF the Simian Lam
euage.

Professor Gardner, the naturalist,
who is well-known in Washington,
where he formerly resided, and whose
studies of monkey language, the re-
suits of which were announced during
his last stay in that city late in the
sos. gave him worldwide prominence,
is about TO leave England for Africa to
renew his observations in the prime
val forests. He will take along a
graphophone and secure an accurate
record of monkey'language as spoken
in the jungle, where neither contact
with human doings nor association
with the happy family of animal
shows has exerted a corrupling inlU-
ence On the simian tongue.
He has lately been studying the
monkeys in Cross menagerie at Liz
erDOol. and declares that there is a
wide difference between animals in
captivity and those in the forests.
There is no common language, he
states. and there are as many varie-
ties of speech as there are of the hu-
man kind.
The story of Professor Gardner's ad-
ventures is full of romance and strange
incident. He was first attracted TO the
study Of the simian tongue by the
strange conduct of some monkeys
which were Gagged with a savage RED
nosed babboon, and he determined to
try to interpret the meaning Of the
sounds they uttered.
From that time he has spent much
pains and money on the subject, and
passed many solitary hours in the
African jungle, ~ensoonced in an iron
latticed cage.
He claims to have obtained some
valuable scientific results, and TO have
established the fact that monkeys COM
municate by words and not by signs.
II have got written down nearly 200
monkey words, he writes in a letter
t o his brother in Sydney.
Here are & few spelled phonetic
ally: 'Achru,' meaning xsun, fire,
warmth, etc, 'kpkcha,' meaning water
rain. cold; goshku,' meaning food, the
act of eating. You will e from this
that it is a very primitive language;
there are, perhaps, not 0 than ~
or 80 words in it that | have o al
ready got.-LOndon Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
THESE AUTUMN DAYS.

Writing in an easy, graceful style
and with a fluent pen seems to be a
natural gift with Editor Poe, of The
Progressive Farmer. There is no edi-
tor in the state who can surpass and
few who can equal him in this respect.
Here is a fair specimen Of his style
which appeared in the last issue Of his
paper under the heading: Current
EventS-The Trend of Things as we
See It."
TRANQUIL. dreamy and restful are
these early autumn days; and the Of
tehtimeS turbulent stream of our hu-
man activities seems to have borrow
ed something of the calm and serenity
of this glorious season of the harvest
moon. In the far east the war drum
thrObs no longer: in the world of COM
merce and industry there is unusual
quiet: in politics we have almost an.
other EZRA of good feeling" But it is
the silent forces that count for most;
and the world has been making head
way without making noise. The schools
have opened again. and millions OF
our American men and women of to-
morrow are being trained for greater
usefulness-a fact of far greater sig.
%nificance than all the strikes and bat
ties and murders that fill the sensa-
tional paper The earth has brought
forth a~bundantly and our farmers ar
redDing q plenteous harvest-but no
so much is said about this as would
be said about a blight or pestilence IL
one county. And we Ouoht to be
thankful after all that it is so tina
: -. ~~~1 4I~4
common. and the bad things that ar
so uncommon as to be news
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
FRANCE AND

Germany has shown her hand at
last in the Moroccan matter. She
wants a port on the Atlantic coast.
France has new been satisfied that
Germany was perfectly sincere in
her declaration that she had no in
tention or desire TO encroach upon the
formers influence in northwest Africa.
Should France consent TO the German
demand hat empire would secure a
foothold in that part of Africa which
would eventually bring these two pow
ers into conflict. France is opposed 10
this movement OF the part OF Ger
many. Open opposition might lead to
hostilities; at any rate it would great
" strain the relations between the
two nations. But if she yields she will
be ~consenting 70 laying the founda-
ton for further aggression on the part
of Germany. The situation is by 40
means a pleasant one for either Dun
try. Germany i3 acting with her US
ual aggressiveness. France is in doubt
do W WudL COuioc W pun VIC IdhC
it that neither government wants TO
go to war over the question A sharp
diplomatic battle is now being wased.
1t is to be hoped that the contention
will not be taken out of the field of
diplomacy. 1t would be a fearful and
worldwide calamity were these ma
lions to go to war with each other.
What a wonderful thing it would be
if the reform party would succeed IN
electing it's ticket in Philadelphia. The
reformers seem to be in earnest and tc
have high hopes Of being successful
If they are we hope they will turn
their attention to the punishment Of
the political frauds which have been
carried IN in that city for so many
years. We would like to see many of
those ward politicians behind prison
bars. That is where they should have
been years ago.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

In New York the other day a big
mail wagon loaded with two tons Of
mail was hurrying to the Grand Cen
trail depot. At Forty-secOnd street
and Sixth avenue, where the paving
had been torn up the wagon stuck in
the mud and the horses could not
bulge it. A passenger car, then, the
wrecking car of the trolley line were
hitched to it, but neither could pull it
out of the mud. Some one suggested
elephants from the hippodrome, which
was close by. The idea was adopted
and in five minutes four of these huge
beasts were brought out and hitched to
the wagon, one in front, n behind
and me each side. When the word
"Go!" was given them they walked
away with the load without seeming to
make any exertion at all. This is the
first time we have ever heard of ele-
plants being used for hauling the mail
for Uncle Sam.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

The changes In the football rules
for 1905. of which there are quite a
number. for the most part bear upon
more strict Interpretation rather than
arvthfng that will aTec+ the detail of
the play Itself.
Under Rule 8. relating To a scrim-
mage. a distinction has been made
between act OF the snapper-back and
act Of any other PLAYER Of the side in
possession OF the ball If the snapper
back make a motion as if to snap the
ball. whether lie withholds it OF not
the ball is regarded as in Dlay and the
scrimmage begins. II any one player
Of the side in possession Of the ball
makes an attempt by q false start TO
draw the opponents off-side. and the
ball is then snapped. Il shall be
brought back and not be regarded as
in play or the scrimmage commenced.
Legislation has also been directed at
n players who are out Of pounds at
the time when the ball is put in play.
and a rule has been made that no
player shall be out of pounds at the
time when the ball is put in PLAY. ex-
cept the mar h is holding the ball
for a D~lace-kick.
Instruction is oiyen. to the referee
TO blow his whistle Immediately when
the forward progress of the ball has
been stopped. This has been done in
order to lessen the tendency to fight
for the ball after its ~osr has been
stopped or to steal it from a player
who has practically a it down"
\ rule has also been made that
when a substitute is sent in he can
not run on to the field and get into the
lineup. but must go directly to the
referee and report himself before he
can be permitted to take his place.
This is to do away with the tendency
at times when a substitute was sent
in of having both the substitute and
the man he was to replace playing in
the game at one and the same time.
Coaching from the side lines is now
to be penalized by a loss of ten Yards
instead of five.
In order to make definite what a
captain might request in the way of
the giving of time. a note has been p
pended to the rule which states that
the lines-man shall notify the captains
of the time remaining to play not
more thar ten nor less t~~~ five min
utes before the end of each half to the
effect that there is no objection to the
lineSman Twins the approximate time
to the captain who asks for it at any
time during the game. He may not,
however. be asked for this time more
than three times within the last five
| minutes of the half.-Charlotte Chron-
icle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

We do not understand President
McCalls testimony. In one place he
says that his company made no con-
tribution at any time to state or NIL
nicipal political campaigns, and in an
other part OF his testimony he declares
that Judge Parker, when chairman of
the state executive committee, did
accept proffered contributions to the
campaign fund Mr.. Mccall was not
such a willing witness as was his vice
president, MI. Perkins.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26
"Nigger Town.

If you want to so through the Sums
why limit the trip to the lower East
Side? One of the show places of New
York is Ninety-ninth street, between
Third venue and the East River. An
important ferry is at the foot of the
street. To reach it you must pass
through what is called niger town
and "dago town" Here is a dead cat.
There is a dead horse. Yonder is a 10,
of p~ickaninnies playing in a hummock
of filth. The street has the appearance
of not having been swept in a year.
Children are as thick as ants and Is
busy as flies. They are yellow, tan.
brown, chocolate, black and other as
sorted colors. Many are crippl7s
Most have very thin legs and klnky
heads singularly enough, the most mls-
cradle wear shoes and stockings. In
the south they would be healthy, bare
footed and in their shirt-tails.-New
York Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

What miserable wretches those men
are who destroyed the crosses in the
Roman Catholic cemeteries of the
Michigan towns.
Whipping post and then a good coat
ing of tar and feathers put on hot and
thick, is what they deserve.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

The Mount Airy Leader, says "thls
has been the heaviest year in the his
tory of the town and the best prices
ever paid for produce" that last week
the shipments were the heaviest of tie
season. Then it quotes prices, among
them chickens at ten and eggs at fonr-
teen cents, and goes on to state that
these articles are in strong demand
Just read these prices, then ask your
Wilmington grocer to give you his
figures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

\ London dispatch announces that
the British fleet now in Canadian wa
ters will visit the United States about
the first of November. The fleet is
commanded by Prince Louis, of Bat
tenberg. AS ne is a grandson of the
late Queen Victoria and nephew of
King Edward, we suppose great things
will be done in his honor when he
comes to our ports with his fleet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

One good way to help cut down the
expenses of the government printing
office would be to cut off publication of
the dry, lOng-winded speeches of SEN
ators and representatives.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

Ira \. Terrill, of Oklahoma, an in
mate of the Kansas penitentiary, re-
Gently declared insane, was the au-
thor of the capital punishment bill of
that territory and was the first person
convicted under it's provisions. His
sentence was committed to imprison-
ment
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-26

A lake Of whitewash has been dis
covered in the Philippines. They
may keep it. as We are not using any
of it this year.
Wonder if that is where Raleigh sol
her recent supply?
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

trusts, ab~olishing railroad rebates, re
vising the tariff and negotiating reel
procity treaties and vas a leading
figure at the recent reciprocity confer
ence In Chicago. Governor Cummins
married Hiss Ida l.. Gallery of Mich
Igan. a woman OF much talent and
tact. About ten years ago. when her
husband and some half dozen others
were candidates for n OF lowah
seats In the United States senate, she
gave a harmony dinner to all tbs
candidates. Ii was a unique affair.
and. though Mr.. Cummins did not win
the senato~shlp as a result of it, the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23
EXCURSION RATES
TO Lewis and Clark Exposition Via
Southern Pacific Daily.

Tickets limited to ten days to make
round trip with continuous passage in
each direction, and only good ON train
No. 3, allowing passenger to connect with
train No. IL daily at Davis, Cal. twenty
one day round-trip tickets will be sold on
payment OF $500 in excess OF above
rates, going trip under same conditions
with stop-overs allowed returning.
Eleven days extension will be made
on these tickets at Portland on payment
OF $500. and twenty days on payment
OF $1,000.
Sixty-day round trip tickets, allowing
stop-over. will be sold at all points
in Nevada. up to September Goth,
going via Sacramento and returning via
Salt Lake City. Utah, Or vice versa. at
rate Of $50 90.
For further information apply to
A. II. RISING.
Acting ID. +. & p. A.. Southern Pacific
Company, Reno, Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

desk frowned ominously.
II am Governor Stokes" explained
the governor, land l will settle this
when l come In again."
well. I'm President Roosevelt, and
you pay me now" replied the man
frostily.
The governor and DR.. Norton at
tempted further explanations, but the
man In charge didn't melt. On the con-
trary. he was rapidly losing his TEN
per when one Of the old walters who
knew the gUvernor came in and identi-
fed him.
Then the new manaAer a~pologfssd
and everybody laughed.
Governor Albert b. Cummins u
Iowa. who las been having a little de
cussion In the newspapers with Sef.
rotary Shaw of the treasury depart
ment over the question OF reciprocity
II sometims - called the father OF the
'Iowa idea" Of tariff revision. He .
known for ~ advocacy Of curbing the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

was elected mayor In 1892 and In the
fall of tina same year was chosen to
the state legislature. In 1898 he was
elected prosecuting attorney OF What
com county and removed his residence
to Bellingham. the county seat. He
was reelected prosecuting attorne, y
1900. returned TO the practice of lev
ON the expiration Of his term and b
1904 was nominated for governor ca
the Republican ticket and elected.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

Baptist. He Is about
fifty years of age
is the son of a Sew
enth Day Baptist
clergyman and is
the editor and own
er Of a newspaper,
the Westerly Sun.
The fact that Gov
n Utter belongs
to a religious body
which observes the
seventh day of the
week instead of tire
first no the Sabbath
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

story goes b t
pipes were laid AT
that time which led
to his being noni-
mated and elected
governor V e
years afterward.
Governor Ii
Minis was travelling
I'm Texas not long
ago and made a
s b. in the
u r of which he
said:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

his wife written
from the executive mansion In Little
Rock. He was still reading the letter
when a party of his red neck" con-
stituents came into the hotel office.
Hello, Zach.' said the hearty gov
ernor. grasping the outstretched hand
of the first man in the party. "How's
the folksY"
They're all right. JEFF" answered
the delighted "red neck" "How's your
folks?"
"Jes' got a lettah from my wife," an
swered the governor, holding up the
dainty ~notepaper. she's right pert,
too, but plum nigh beat Out. Been
a-bilin' soap all day!'
Shortly after the governors first re-
nomination, when the s%tatehouse was
crowded with people extending their
congratulations, a friend sent a card
to the executive chamber. Presently
the governor came out. He was In his
shirt sleeves, and as he grasped his
friends hanG he said:
Say, Jim, you don't need any card
when you come to see me. If the other
fellow had been elected you might
have needed a card, but when you
come to see me just walk right In and
hang your hat on the peg and unpack
your trunk"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23
OF FORFEITURE

To r. +. Kloke, j. c.. Crawford, Henry
Schinstock, Charles Mei.ter, John Meister,
Ludwig Rosenthal, William Stuefer, Otto
Bauman, Daniel GiFe t and Viii lam Choka.
their heirs or assigns, owning or claiming any
portion of the Rosy Mary. the Deins Chris
tine. the Lincoln Nebraska and the Tunnel
Site Mining Claims: You ere hereby notified
t. at | have expended forty FIVE hundred and
ten (Si5l0) dollars in labor and Improvements
upon the following described mining claims
to wit: The Rosy Mary Mining Claim. the
Deina Christine Mining Claim, the Lincoln
Nebraska Mining Claim. the Tunnel Site
Mining Claim, all Of said claims being situate
in Newark Mining Distr ct, White Pine
County, State OF Nevada, for work done in
said claims during the years of 1903 and 1904.
in order IT, hold said claims under the proyi.
sions of Section 1924 Revised Statutes of the
United States, being the amount required for
holding the same for the years ending 1903
and 1904, and if within ninety days after thi,
notice by publication you fail or refuse to con.
tribute your proportion Of said expenditure as
CO owners, your interest in said claims will
become the property Of said subscriber of aid
Section 1924.
JOSEPH MEISTER.
Newark, White Pine County, Nevada.
september IL, 1903. 16s90d
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

lie Is a graduate or
the Southern ILL
nois university at
Carbonate and Of
the Union College
Of Law at Chicago.
He began the prac-
tice of his profess
sion In Leoti. WITCH
ita county. Kan.
In 1885. He moved
to the state OF
Washington a d
settled In Blaine.
Whatcom county.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

b o 81. The man
In charge was new
and did not know
either of them.
The governor
went to the desk to
settle and discov-
cred that he had nut
a cent In his pocket.
DR.. Norton hastily
made an ~investiga-
ton Of his pockets
with a like result.
The man behind the
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23
MINING TAX.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes on the
proceeds Of the mines of Eureka County for
the quarter ending June 80. 1905, are
now due and payable to me at my office In Eu-
reka and the law in regard to the same will be
strictly enforced. Fl. G. McTERNEY,
Assessor Of Eureka County, Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

are called: Oxen
are often used for
purposes Of locomo-
ton In certain parts
of the state, and last
year In the cam
paign Mr.. Davis,
driving a yoke of
spotted oxen. reach
ed the metropolis of
one of the hill coun-
ties. He went in
to the hotel and
found a letter from
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

by the Mercantile Trust company. Nc
one has yet found GU why the loan
was made or who got the money.
My impression is said Governor
Higgins, That when the report of the
state Superintendent of banks is made
public ii Will not show much"
THAT is to say, a check TO John
Smith. for instance. would not be IL
luminative as to the purpose for which
the money was usedY" was asked.
Exactly. To illustrate. | recall that
when | was a young man going to col
lege the father of a friend of mine gave
him a check book before his departure
for school. saying, Now you make out
checks for whatever you need, and l
will honor them SO long as you send
me a monthly statement of what the
money was expended for The chcH's
soon began to come In to the old gen
tleman thick and fast.
AT the end of the month he inqui'vd
If the boy had forwarded his sttta-
ment Of expenses and, on being IN
formed that he had. paid DO furt,'r
attention to the matter. But the Ii:xt
month the checks were more numerous
than for the first mouth and for
amounts considerably larger. Then the
old gentleman thought he had better
give some attention to the young mans
detailed statement, and he sent for II.
He discovered. for n thing. that the
young man had eaten ten barrels of ap-
pies In one day"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23
TYPEWRITING

Have your letters Typewriter. Particular
attention paid to Typewriting all legal papers,
etc. Call at Eureka Postofice.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

gives rise to some peculiar conditions.
His paper Is an evening daily and Is
said to be the only daily in New Eng
land which omits the Saturday edition
and appears on Sunday evening. The
governor does no business of either a
private or public character while the
sun shines the last day of the week.
but when the u sets his Sabbath Is
over, and then he may appear If be
likes at public functions. A great
many of the gala events of the state
occur on Saturdays, and often the
chief executive is represented at them
by the lieutenant governor, Frederick
III. Jackson. who Is a Congregationalist.
If the celebrations are prolonged into
the evening the governor himself may
put in an appearance. The latter's
religious scruples prevented his enjoy
ing the spectacle Of the Inauguration
Of President Roosevelt. March 4 fell
this year on Saturday. Little Rhody"
was represented at the Inauguration by
numerous officials, but the chief execu-
tive Of the commonwealth was not
among them.
Governor Edward c. Stokes of New
Jersey recently made the discovery
that wen the chief executive Of a SOW.
ereign state doesn't cut much Of a
figure unless he has a well stocked
pocketbook with him. The governor
and a friend, DR.. Norton. visited q
Trenton restaurant and their bill was
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

Governor Albert f. Mead Of the state
of Washington Is sometimes likened to
Abraham Lincoln, not because he re-
sembles the emancipation in personal
appearance. but because of his "a
ner Of speech and his witty way of
saying things. Governor Mead was
born In Kansas In 1861, but his parents
removed to Illinois when he was a boy.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23
Gossip About a
Few Governors
Higgins snd the ApplesEStokes' Res
sauss.na Experience The Piefur-
esSue Exe-utive Of Ar
kansas

ERANk W. HlG
II GINS. governor
OF New YORK
state. who Is In Eu
rope taking a vaca
ton, Is a good stor.
teller aud often IL
l~ustrates his points
with anecdotes. A
few days before his
for Eu-
rope be was asked
about the famous
$685.. 900 loan made
40 tho EuuitahIp Life
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-23

The governor of Rhode Island, George
II. Utter. is a Republican in politics
and In religious faith a Seventh Day