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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18

We are led to believe that the COM
ing autumn two distinguished foreign
ers will honor us by visiting our coun-
try, the Dowager Queen Margherita of
Italy and the shah Of Persia, that gen.
tleman whose official title is "Shah-
inshah'-king of kings.
In an elder more polite day, poesy
was wreathed about fairy queen; this
matter of-fact age uses little of figur-
alive or elegant language. In COM
menting on the visit referred to, the
newspapers, presenting a concise view
of Italy's dowager queen, bluntly make
the statement: Prior to the tragedy
that made her widow, she was said
to be the best-looking queen in Eu-
rope" How far have we Travelled from
the days of chivalry, when we speak
of a queen as we would a milkmaid-
good looking!
And If the Pearl of Savoy fail to fire
to enthusiasm and flowery praise, nc
one can; for she is a queen who has
been in close touch with romance and
tragedy-dowered with unusual beauty
member of the illustrious house OF
Savoy, worshiped by king and people
brought to bitter grief by the assassin
alton of her husband.
Margherita and Humbert were cou.
sins, her mother Princess Elizabeth Of
Saxony, her father the duke of Genoa
younger brother of King Victor EN-
anuel. She was but II when she be-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18

1t is unfortunate that petroleum has not
proved as effectual in discriminating mos
Quitoes as it has in propagating colleges.
Washington Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18
Two Interesting Royal
Personages Now Prominent
One from Italy and the Other from Monarchy in Asia-A
Dowager Queen and the Shah

given over to indoor pursuits; pas
sionately fond of outdoor life, she has
won fame as mountaineer, and her
favorite holidays have been passed in
the Alps, climbing steep SUBMITS,
sleeping in tents, leading hardy,
rugged life.
Margherita has long shown special
fondness for Americans. 1t is said not
few ladies of her court were rather
jealous of the fondness she evinced for
two or three of our compatriots that
had married Italians whose position
entitled them to move in the royal
circle. Margherita's court was noted
for its splendor, and the queen noted
for her exquisite costumes and wonder
full pearls. For number of years
King Humbert presented her on each
birthday with string Of oriental
pearls, and the yearly souvenir formed
T., for her one of the most valuable neck.
laces in any collection of crown jewels
in Europe. The necklace must have
held for the queen value quite as well
because of the pretty custom from
which it was builded.
Now let us turn from the fair lady
OF the quirnal palace to consideration
of the less known royalty, the shah o.
Persia, His father, too, has suffered
at the hands of the assassin. His faith
er, Nasreddin, was assassinated IL
1896, just as preparations for his jubi
lee were making throughout Persia
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18
NOT CENSUS QUESTIONS.

Were you ever happy. and who was
to blame?
Are you black or white, and how do
you account for it?
Do you eat patented breakfast foods
or just plain sawdust?
Do you think that the high price OF
eggs is due to the foul-strike?
Did you ever hear a theater Joke
and what did you take to remove the
effects?
What is your age, and how many
years is it since you celebrated that
birthday?
Did you ever love your wife sc
much that you would like to eat her
and are you sorry that you have moi
done so?
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18
CERTAINLY GRAND SAVING.
Unexpected Yet Eminently Satisfac-
tory Result of Trick on
the Gas Meter.

Mr.. Macpherson's gas bills were sore
quarterly trials Man, they're simply
exor-r-bitaEt," he remarked one day to
has friend MacTaggart.
But MacTaggart was a man of resource,
and suggested a remedy.
"Ye see, it's this way" he said. "In
the gas meter there are lot O wee
wheels which revolve as the gas passes
through, and so cause the amount con-
sumed to be registered. Moo, every NIGHT
when We gang to bed and turn cot the
LIGHT, we maun just blaw doom the pipe,
and the wee wheels will revolve in the
opposite direction and subtract from the
amount of gas we've been using. Man,
yen find it grand saving"
Mr.. Macpherson practiced the remedy
for exorbitant gas bills religiously during
a month.
Then came the gas inspector on his
usual round He examined the register,
looked at the entry Tor the previous quar-.
ter, and then referred to his book. Again
he looked from one to the other, and his
air. became one of the greatest perplexity
"Whaurs the natter" said Mr.. Mae.
pherson, who was standing by.
"Weel, Mr.. Macpherson" said the gas
Inspector, II dinna ken what's been hap
pening to your gas meter, but | find the
company owes We exactly 81 los lid"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18

came the bride of Umberto of Savoy,
prince of Piedmonte. The marriage
was very pleasing to King Victor EN-
manuel, who said of his sons wife;
"Never have seen so accomplished a
princess"
Humbert succeeded to the throne
some ten years after his marriage, and
his queen was the first lady to sit upon
the royal throne of Italy. Previous to
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18
Gratitude Well Expressed.

Sault St. Marie, Mich, Aug l4th.--Mr.
Q. L.. Smith, painter and decorator,
whose home is at 500 Anne street. this
city, makes the following statement
Il was laid up with some kind of
pains. Some said it was Lumbago, others
Sciatica, and others again Rheumatism.
A few of my friends suggested that it was
lead poison, but whatever it was it gave
me a great deal of pain, in fact, almost
completely crippled me. | had to use two
canes to walk about, and even then it was
a very painful task.
"a friend advised me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and began the treatment
After ] had used the FIRST box was able
to throw away one Ct the canes and was
considerably improved. The second box
Strengthened me up SO that | could go
about free from pain without any assist
ance, and very soon after | was complete
ly cured, well and happy, without pain
or an ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed
to 60 right TO the spot in my case, and
they will always have my greatest praise"
e
If millners would confne their window
displays to 9S-cent hats, it would do much
to induce bachelors 10 take hand in the
matrimonial game.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18
FIFTEEN YEARS OF TORTURE
Itching and Painful Sores Covered
Head and Body-Cured in a
Week by Cuticura.

"For fifteen years my scalp and fore
head was one mass of scabs, and my body
was covered with sores, Words cannot
express how l suffered from the itching
and pain. tried many doctors aud
treatmdlts, but could get no help, and
had given up hope when friend told me
to get Cuhcura After bathing with Cuti-
cura Soap and applying Cuticura ONT
mrent for three days, my head was. as
one cake of soap and one box of ONT
ment made complete cure in one week.
Signed H. B. Franklin, III Washington
St., Allegheny, Pa"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. Il, 1900.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-18

It's an easy matter to gauge mans
wisdom Draw nm INTO a discussion, and
if he agrees with you, OF course mes very
wise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
WAR HELPS WOMEN OF JAPAN
Scarcity of Men Gives Them q Chance
i'm Business and Civil Service.

The women of Japan are no less am.
bilious than their husbands and broth,
ers, a French Journalist has recently
written, and during the last month the
movement Of wOman'S suffrage has
grown very strong in the island en-
pire.
me growth of the women's progress
movement is greatly due to the inter-
est OF the empress, who has rendered
1T valuable assistance, and who does
everything in her power to improve
the condition of women in her domains.
One Of the first acts in this direction
was to repeal the old Japanese law
which forbids women to enter upon the
stage. All female parts had, until a
short time ago., been played by male
actors, but the empress, who thought
that there was an honest living on the
stage, caused the mikado to repeal the
law. Also for the education of women
the empress has done much.
Since Japan first began to show am
hitiOnS to become a civilized power,
school attendance was made cOmpul-
sorry for children of both sexes unit,
their fourteenth year, but the higher
educational institutions remained clos
ed to women.
Of late, however, the empress has
caused high schools in certain towns
to be opened to women, and certain
courses of study are now open to wo-
men at the University of Tokyo.
I A large number of women are EN-
ployed by the government in the pos
tai and telegraph service, and other po-
sitions are also oon to be gwen to
them. after open competition with men.
Under the present circumstances this
has really become a necessity, as there
is such a scarcity of men owing to the
war that many of the police officers in
Tokyo are women. < female lawyer
has also opened an Office in Tokyo
Boston Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
HONORARY
Ridiculous Excess OF the Cuilecc-
bringing Practice Into Contempt.

This is the a in which the 200
chartered colleges, more or less, with
which the country is blessed, distrib-
ute honorary scholastic degrees so .av-
ishly that they are becoming as light
~ regarded here as they long have
been abroad. Only a few of these insti-
tutions are known even by name to The
great body Of educated foreigners and
the names of many of them would not
be recognized by most educated Ameri-
cans. Or course most of these are col
leges only in name, their actual stand
ing for the greater part being simply
that Of high schools, whose faculties
are composed, not of professors, but
school teachers, and not always first
a teachers at that Yet If they have
been clothed by state legislatures with
the power to grant degrees their d. DIS
and Ii. DIS are as unassailably gen
uine as those of any real college or
university in the land.
It seems as if this indiscrimlnate
bestowing of honorary degrees had
reached a point where a halt should
be called if such honors are not to be
laughted out of existence. To a man
really worthy of such distinction The
college degree means little or nothing,
though the college itself may gain a
certain measure of repute when proper
care is exercised in selecting the recip-
tents of such honors. 1t is not unfre-
quently the case that a college honors
itself in honoring a really distinguish
ed man, be he alumnus or not; out
this hapahazard bestowal of degrees
can result if it has not already, only
in making all degrees ridiculous. Next
week, for instance, a little denOm,na-
tional college in New England will
confer no less than fifty-four honorary
degrees. How little real value these
will have is apparent. Last week in
this city a very few. and very careful
ly selected men received these degrees
from Western Reserve, and the irrem-
ediable injustice follows, that, save in
the Eyes of the discriminating few,
both classes of recipients will stand On
the same level.
The long and short of the matter
seems to be what everybody can have
nobody wants, and NJ man is distin-
guished by an honorary degree which
Is SuOW0IGu luuiSCIl u1I1dCoiy Of OfCAy
commencement upon battalions of med
iocreties. 1t is not easy though, to see
what can be lone about it. If the evil
is to be reformed altogether and at
once either the colleges must cease to
grant these degrees or the designated
recipients must decline them with
thanks. Neither outcome is Immediate
ly probable. The %consoling fact re-
mains, however, that the greater tue
colleges the fewer, generally speaking
are it's honorary degrees. If the shan
colleges shall seek to emulate the zeal
ones in this as in SO many other re-
spects the honorary doctorate humbIa
will become by degrees less pervad;ng.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
Ghr Wlessenger.
FOR ExCURsIoN1sTs.

The Progressive Farmer says that
Wilmington is going to prepare a
place for the comfort and convenience
of e~xcursionists who visit that city.
So our people see that it has gone
abroad hat u people are going to
prepare conveniences for the excur-
sionists who come to our city. These
excursionists pour into our city daily
by the hundreds. They have the right
to expect that the city furnish them
with certain conveniences. They are
entitled to them. They have had moth
ing of the sort in the past. This publ
cation in the Progressive Farmer
shows that in the past there has been
a great lack of accommodation for the
excursionists and that the mere agi-
tation of the question of providing
suitable quarters for them has attract
ed the attention of people outside of
the city.
The movement for providing these
requisite accommodations is, we are
glad to know, well under way and it is
hoped that ere long the necessary ar
rangements will be perfected and b a
we will no longer see women and little
children wandering up and down the
streets seeking a spot Of shade Or some
place where they can cur a few
minutes of rest.
Wilmington makes a good deal of
money each year out of the excursion
lists who come to her pleasure resorts.
She should be willing to make as pleas
ant as possible the s%Ojuorn within her
borders of these eXcursionists. 1t
must be born in mind that the move
ment for this park or other resting
place is not based solely upon a finan-
cial basis. People interested in this
matter do not advocate it solely because
they think the business men of the
city can make money out of it, but
because they have a kindly feeling for
the people who come here on the ex-
cursions and who need a place Of rest.
The Progressive Farmer says 1.-The
Wilmington section seems dead bent
on having a state test farm"
Well, we are anxious for the farm
because we thing we have the lands
most adapted for such work and we
think that in time we will be able to
show this and hat the men connected
with the selection Of the location of
the test farm think so toO-or at least,
were Of that opinion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

1t should be made widely known
that there is a position in Panama or
the canal construction force that is va
can't and that it is open to any Ameri-
a who sees fit to apply for the same.
The Charlotte Observer gives graphic
description of the position and of the
duties of the person who fills the place:
MI. George W. Fossett who gave up
a good position with the Baltimore
and Ohio road, to take a job. in Pam
anna. is home again. Upon his arrival
at Colon, be was placed in charge of
the funeral train, running between
Culetra Cut and Monkey Hill. After
three days in this grewsome position
he Quit. "The yellow fever is killing
many he saws. while The MOSQUITOES
as a pest are nnbearable.' At the
graveyard where he hauled the dead
he found an old colored man digging
graves in advance. The presumption
Is that MI. Fossett's late job in PAN
anna is still open to any good Ameri-
can who is competent to fill it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
TAX FOR NEGRO EDUCATION

In recent years there has been a
good deal said ON the stump in this
state and in the press as to the div.s-
ion of the money paid by the two
races for public education of the chill
dren of the people paying the tax. Lit
has been claimed that the white peo-
pie were being burdensomely taxed for
the education of the negroes and be-
cause of this idea many people favored
the application of the school taxes
paid by the white people to the edu-
cation of white children and of that
paid by the negro taxpayers to the ed
Gates of this division of the tax money
tried to lead the white people to be-
lieve that they paid yearly thousands
upon thousands Of dollars of x to
educate the negroes. State statistics
show that the discrepancy between the
negro tax and the amount spent in
many supposed. The Charlotte Obser-
yer makes the following summary of
the statistics furnished by the state:
The Raleigh Post recently martialed
a set Of figures in such away rs to pro-
duce a very surprising result. Its sub
ject was the division OF the school tax
between the races and it's figures are
from the official records 1t shows
that for the year 10000 the total
expenditures for negro Ountry schools
were $~245,510.44 and that the total
spent for country schools was 81 .515.-
446.49 for both races. Total amount
levied for school purposes-on negro
property and polls. and including one
third of the liquor. railroad and cor
poration school taxes levied-the ne
erocs being correctly reckoned as one
third Of the States population-was
$219,7G2.S6. The difference between
the amount of negro country school
taxes levied and the expense of the
negro ountry schools is ~S25,731.5S,
which excess the. whites pay. Pursu-
ing its figures. The Post shows that
this sum. divided among the white
population of the state, given by the
census of 1900 as ~1,2SS,603, amounts
to 2.04 cents per capita, or. divided
less than $ cents each.
1t will be some time before the
white voters Of North Carolina are
utterly Impoverished by paying 9
cents a year each for negro education.
The Post has done a good service in
r.rtting these figures together.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

An Example of "Excusable Graft.
and Some Things Not E~xcusablc.

The Statesyille Landmark is refer
red to the late action of the Mecklen-
furg grand jury in pointing out that
the city aldermen had been selling sup
plies 20 the city in violation Of the
law, II hen recommended that moth
ing be done about ii, as an example OF
what the journal II referred 10 as
"excusable araft."-Monroe Journal.
Thanks for the illustration. The case
Of the Charlotte aldermen is also evil
dence that the prominent and infiuen-
tial can get cAcuSed. There was no
excuse for these men violating the law.
They knew what the law was, or Ii
they did not their ignorance was mex
cusable. The eXcus they offered
that it had been a custom in Charlotte
was puerile and utterly unworthy OF
grown TleIi. Tile TACT that one man
does wrong and escapes is no Xcuse
for another. and should not shield him
il he tries it and is caught. The Land
mark has no interest or concern in the
Charlotte case, but inasmuch as the
Journal asks our attention to it we arc
going 10 speal. our feeling about this
and all similar cases. These aldermen
may be perfectly upright and honor
9Dlo, tney may nave mao no lHteHtlou
of wrone-doiDc. But the fact is they
went ane:d and Iiolatc6 the law, and
some of them at least must have viO-
lated it wilfuliy and knowingly. Thus
being SO they should ave been indlct-
ed and tried-either convicted or ac-
quilted. If convicted the judge could
have allowed them to 60 on payment
of the cost If he thought they deserV-
cd no punishment. AS it is they have
been allowed to go as if their proml
hence made them above the law; and
thus is added another to the many con-
spicuous examples of favoritism in the
cOurts.-StateSville Landmark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
Diving of Famine

is, in it's torments, like dying of con-
sumption. The progress Of consump-
ton. from the beginning to the sery
end, is a long torture, both to victim
and friends. when l had consump.
ton in its first stage" writes VIM
Myers, of Cearfoss, Nd, latter tryina
different medicines and a good doctor
in vain, / at last took DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which quickly and perfectly
cured me-" Prompt relief and sure
cured me-" Prompt relief and sure
cure for coughs, colds sore throat
bronchitis, etc. Positively prevents
pneumonia. Guaranteed at r. r. Bel.
lamy's drug store, price soc and SLIGO
a bottle. Trial bottle free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
this contention. All days are fools

out this contention All days are fools
days now.
TN the whole, we are strongly III
ciined 10 adopt the theory that there Is
a screw loose with everybody Ii Will
render unnecessary a lot of puzziins
over inexplicable phenomena Then,
when somebody does or says some
thing that is so badly at odds with
the G of the world as To command
attention we may be able to explain
his act TOT on the theory that he is
crazy-which does not explain any
thing any morebut on the theory
that he has a streak of sanity in his
make up.-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

An exchange tells us that Speaker
Cannon is a great lover of green ccrn
He boards at the Arlington during the
sessions Of congress. This same Elk.
change says that on one occaion MIR
Cannon lad a constituent to take dir
ner with him and decribes Mr.. Can.
mons corn eating proclivities in the
following:
Cannon made his dinner OF green
corn, eating seven ears The farmer
asked him how much he paid for
board at the Arlington. and Cannon
replie.1: "Six dollars a day" We'll"
said the farmer constituent, Joe,
don't you think it would be cheaper
for you to board at a livery stable""
Among it's articles under the heading
of "Unclassifed Stunts" the Charlotte
Observer publishes the following
showing the truth of the saying that
there is many a step between the cup
and the lip. In this case we do not
know whether there was any cup to
take part in the proposition of the gen
tleman whose property had been stow
ed away behind the refrigerator. Tha.
mans disappointment must have been
great. 1t was a case of so near ard
yet so far. The Observer says:
One Of the Catawha Power Com
pany men yesterday was wiring the
house of a good Charlotte citizen. The
workman said that this citizen was a
prominent prohibitionist. though he
wouldn't tell his name for any amount
of teasing But this is the story:
The electrician worked along until
he got to q Doirt whence. looking
down the staircase. he could see the
refrigerator in the lower hall, While
his eye rested there the man of the
house hove into view. He rolled up
his sleeves, reached cautiously behind
the cooler II came out with a quart
Bottle of spirits. Holding it up against
the light. he gloated on it's rich red
color and was intent on enjoying first
in imagina ton He would glance
fCrtively here and there. then elevate
the flask and ogle it again. The cleo
trician shouldn't have done it, but on
an impulse he cried: 81 seei'
He said the way that man let fall
his flask and the number of fragments
into which it burst was e caution to
see. He rolled his eyes about until he
saw the mar after which he silently
stole away.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

Il suppose, SENATOR" h said. there
is no royal road to success in politics
any more than in anything else"
No" replied the statesman, 1.-The only
way continues to be any way to win.'
Chicago Record-Herald.