davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
the Name.

MY dear, 1 have been reading up
within the past week, and l think l
have a name for the baby" said Mrs.
lGreening n day, according to the
Washington Post.
You have, eh? What is itT
Il read that Phoebus, the God of
Day, comes UP bright and beautiful in
the morning, that he lights the world,
THAT without him
Now, look here, madam; let's have
mo foOlishness here. You can't call
THAT child by any such name. Did
|Phoebus of history yell from II p. M
Ito ga. m, and intermittently from 5
Ito Z o'clock? I myself am doing the
lgod-of-day business in the matter Of
|getting up, and I'm not going TO divide
the honors. If you want a mythology
|cal cognomen for that destroyer of rest,
II have it"
What is it," asked Mrs. Greening,
with considerable asperity.
Aurora" brutally yelled Mr.. g.
Then he left the house.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT.
Water Power Driven Out OF Use by
Steam Restored by Electricity

There was a time when industry was
largely dependent upon water power.
The disadvantage under which produc-
tive enterprise labored then was that
the manufacturing plants had to be 10.
Gated upon h banks of streams fur
nishing the power. With the introduc-
ton of coal and steam, which made It
possible to establish plants at more
convenient and easily accessible points.
the value Of water power began to d.
minish. Electricity, however, has
wrought a marvellous change in this re-
spect and has increased greatly the
value and utility of river currents rs
a motive force. Not only can the ener-
gy Of the flowing stream now be trans
formed into electrical energy, but 1t
can be transmitted to the places where
it can be applied with the best results.
There is one instance in California
where the electric current developed
from water power is carried more than
one hundred miles.
Within the last decade, naturally,
there has been q scramble among pri-
vate interests for valuable water DOW
err privileges and in too many instances
the public's right in these have been
ruthlessly surrendered to corporations
along with other valuable franchise
privileges. Nearly all the water power
rights along the Pacific coast, for ex-
ample, are already in the possession OF
private companies holding franchises
for long terms OF years. At present
there is a contest for the control of the
power which The falls of Niagara are
capable Of developing. The legislature
Of New York state is rife with scandal
at the present time over the attempted
d~espoilation of Niagara, which now
seems likely to be accomplished.-Cbi.
cago News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
NIECE ILL
Anxious Mother Unable to Go to the
Work Upon Which They Depend

Lying seriously ill last night in a
sparsely furnished room at No. $50
East Twenty-frst street, Miss Mary
Agnes Murphy, only daughter of the
late Daniel Murphy, raved in her de-
lirium of happier days she has known.
Watching anxously and alone by her
bedside was her mother.
1t was a double afflictiOn for Mrs.
Murphy, as her daughters illness,
which may prove fatal, prevented her
from going out to do the work which
earns their meagre support. She is
employed nights, two weeks Of the
month only, as a binder in a magazine
house. This is the period when the
work is ready for her. The daughter,
who has been ill nearly three weeks
with a complication of diseases, is six
teen years old. She is a delicate girl
and has a fragile beauty and sweet
disposition that have won the neighbor-
hood in which she lives.
A year ago the Murphys had several
rooms at No. 344 East Twenty-frst
street. Evil days fell upon them, how
ever, and to prevent the disgrace of be-
ing dispossessed they moved. Their
own furniture was stored, as there was
no place for it in the little furnished
room they were compelled to take.
The other day their furniture would
have been sold for storage charges had
rot a friend, almost as poor as them
selves, paid what was due. Mrs. Muir
ply is proud-proud in the manner of
those worthy ones who suffer in silence
rather than have the world know.
I've tried my BEST" sad she last
night, ito do the right thing by Agnes.
Poor Dan has been dead these twelve
years, and it has been a hard struggle.
No one has ever helped us, although
those who should care surely know to
what straits we have been reduced.
Yes, they do know, but they have never
heard it from me-"
Mary Agnes Murphy is a niece of
Charles f. Murphy, the leader Of Tam
many Hall.-New York World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
Wanted tie Front Eoor.

The mistress of a household III Buff
falo. :ays the Commercial. o. that
city. is impressed by various changes
that are taking place in the relations
between domestic servants and their
employers. Zone must be prepared
Tor sucn experiences as that which I
had with a young person Yesterday
no had advertised for a position as
waitress. etc. Among various stipu-
Iiations the i lady made while 1
WAS under examination was this: I
suppose / nav have the privileges Of
the front door: I always had them in
Detroit Upon nv admitting with
confusion that I had never heard OF
such a thing and didn't know what ii
meant. she raioined patiently: oh.
ives You see. it's this way II a friend
should call to take me out in an auto
I.nohiie I shouldn't like to 20 OUT OF the
hack door I should WISH. occasional
|ly. To use the front door," The wom-
Ian who wanted help" and the Young
Itadv from Detroit did not reach an
understanding.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19

A Domestic Treasure-Tise Govern
men Comes to tho Rescue of q Much
Abused Animal.

Bulletin No. 6s, just issued by the
bureau of animal industry of the de-
partment of agriculture. Washington,
Is a appreciation of the goat IL not
only pictures thu various kinds or
goats but its l~et.erpress Is designed 70
impress farmers everywhere with lie
fact hat they neglect a valuable OPP
p%ortunity when they fail TO keep goats.
especially mich goats. In no othsr
country are these hardy and kindly
friends OF man so much neglected as
in n United States. Germany owns
millions of dollars worth Of the ami
mails and derives millions of dolla-s
profits from them, while little Swlt-
zerland reaps a harvest of about <S,-
100000 a year from her goat herds.
The goat flourishes any where aai
everywhere. 1t IS just as thrifty In the
cold Baltic provinces as 1t is in Africa
under the equator.
II does as vel, in rocky New Erg-
land as 1t does in the fertile Mlssiss-
ippi valley. All the goat asks Is a
chance for its lie and IL will thrive
and work hard for its owner.
NtiSAt ioE "tisAt u lllltu kbdt Will
give three times as much milk as a
COW and the goats milk is far richer
in nourishing qualities. The most ia
nous and richest cheeses OF the world
are made from goats: the goat Is i'm
mune to consumption while the ccw
is subject to it, therefore the goats
milk is above suspicion in the matter
of tuberculosis germs, while hat OF
the GOV may reasonably be suspected.
And while the milch goat has ali OF
these advantages over the mich cow
it is far less expensive. Take a COW
that will give 1--WE gallons Of milk a
day N mich goats that will yield an
enqual amount and the cost OF the
COW feed will be considerably more
than that OF the goats, while the goats
milk will give more butter or che sa
and Of good quality.
The bulletin says: That IL Is a libcl
on the goat to make q joke OF IL. The
goat Is no joke. 1t will not eat tin cans
and circus posters nor will IL butt any
thing else out of the lot But IL will
eat a lot of things that a cow or horse
would pass by, and get sustenance
from them. Nor is the goat perpe,-
ually belligerent. 1t is rather a doe!le
and friendly creature always ready TO
give a big retura for a little keep
The bulletin ought to have the eff .ct
of increasing the number Of warm
friends and admirers Of the goat -
Florence Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
Effects of DoyIe's Writings.

DR.. Conan Doyle's creation, Sherlock
Holes, is such a vivid n that many
people who have followed his adven-
lures have got the idea into their heads
that he is a real Individual. DR.. Doyle
it will be remembered, represented that
Mr.. Holmes had become tired Of detec-
tive work, and had planned to retire
to a Sussex farm and go into bee-keep-
ing. An article in McClure's Magazine
solmenly asserts that DIR. Doyle has re-
ceived many letters from people desir-
Gus of meeting Sherlock. Two of the
most interesting came from editors Of
agricultural journals, one of which
gives special attention to the subject
of Bookkeeping. These editors were
anxious to meet Sherlock Holmes, for
they were sure that in his new occupa-
ton they could give him a good deal of
assistance. One missive contained a
carefully made proposal of marriage.
This was from q gentleman who wrote,
stating that his former h~Ousekeeper
was looking for a position. She had
had great experience With bees, and,
in fact, knew all about them, and he
would be very glad to recommend her
to Mr.. Holmes if his address was sup
piled. The writer also limited that as
Holmes was advancing in years and
the hOusekeeper was a woman of about
middle age, well preserved: and pos
sessing all the domestic virtues, per-
haps there might be still more happy
results from this meeting than the
mere supplying of the detective with a
h~ousekeeper. DR.. Doyle says he pro-
poses tO keen Holmes n acheIor If 10
can, although there is no doubt that it
would be very interesting to see the
inscrutable detective involved in the
intricacies of a courtship. 1t has re-
NAMED for but few writers to create
such a convincing ard human charac-
ter as Sherlock-One that can fool edi-
tors as well as rustics.-Charlotte
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
The Origin of Memorial Day.

In an article printed in this issue III
The Journadl the differences between
Memorial Day and Decoration Day is
defined by Hon. 3. M. Blackburn. Me
mortal Day, he explains. was Of south
ern origin, and was adopted two years
before Decoration Day was adopted in
the .lOrth. The name in which the
idea originated Mr.. Blackburn relates
as follows:
"a number of ladies representing the
Soldiers Aid Society, of Columbus, Ca,
visited on March II, 1866, Linwood
cemetery, to give a spring dressing 10
the graves of Confederate soldiers.
While attending this duty they OBJ
served the little daughter of Mrs. Will
liams gathering Wild flowers and plac
ing them onthe graves of the un-
known Confederate dead. Thus the
immortal suggestion Of organized re
membrance was given to these loyal
southern ONE by the Unborn parrot
ism of a little child; Memorial Day had
it's origin in the impulses that gave
birth to the Confederate cause; limo
cent devotion to the southern home.
con returning 70 their homes These
true southern women decided that day
to organize the first Memorial Associa-
ton that was instituted in the south
and with a view to making it general
Mrs. Mary Ann Howard Williams gave
her name and the names of her asso-
ciates to glory, by addressing a letter
to the Columbus Times, which will ever
remain a part of the imperishable SER
vice"
1t would be impossible for people to
have a nor sacred day on their cal
endar than Memorial Day, and It is
fitting hat the schools of the city
should be closed tomorrow in order
that the youth of the land should be LED
to grasp the character of the annlver-
sary. It is a Holiday" in the best
sense-in the sense hat it is a holy
day. A day sacred to the memory Of
the devoted patriots who battled SO
CALAMITY and unselfshly for their
ideals and traditions.
The character of the day should new
er be lost sight of. Memorial Day
should never be allowed to degerer-
ate into a day given over to sports,
should never partake of the character
of the "Continental Sunday" Inciden-
tally, it is a mater for general con-
graduation to learn hat the manage
ment of the Atlanta baseball team has
decided that the game will not be be-
gun tomorrow until the exercises are
over. This is the proper spirit, and
quite in accord with the tone Of Me-
mortal Day as Memorial Day should
be.-Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
DOGS TO HIRE"
"BY DAY, WEEK OR HOUR"
Crates Reasonable"

DI DAIs "EEh Oh hOOh.
Rates Reasonable"
A nan asked the dealer the other
day the significance of the sign:
ooh, it means just what it says"
the dealer said. People like 10 hire
dogs now and then, the same as they
like 10 hire horses or pianos. | clear
from this branch of my business quite
$40 a week.
do you see that handsome Russian
wolf hound over there in the corner?
Well, l hire him out a good deal to
young women who are going to be
photographed. IN England a lot ct
women of fashion, and in America a
lot of millionairesses, have had their
pictures taken Of late with Russian
wolf hounds at their side. That has
set a fashion. Young women all over
nowadays, desire to be photographed
with wolf hounds.
But do you know what a wolf
hound like Pete there is worth? Well,
sir, lie is worth $500 or $500. And DO
you know what he can be hired for
a couple of hours for? He can be hir-
ed for $3.50. Hence he is hired often.
He is in great demand. And on the
mant7l of many a poor mans house
you can see today the wife's or daugh-
ter's photograph, with a magnificent
Russian hound in the foreground.
aside from hiring dogs for photo
graphic purposes, | hire them for
promenades. Young ladies, visiting in
the city, like to rent a Boston bull or
a wire-halred Irish terrier to walk
down Chestnut street with. A good
dog on a mornings walk gives a young
woman. you see, distinction, and It is
now possible, thanks to me, for any
girl 20 achieve this distinction for a
dollar or two.
"The dogs there is most demand for
are bulls. Boston bulls, terriers and
wolf hounds. l require a deposit De-
fore [ let a dog go out."-Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
They Discovered a LoophoIe.

Not far below Augusta, Ca, the Sa-
vannah river is crossed by an antiquat-
led fatboat, hanging by a cable from a
post far up stream and impelled from
bank to bank by action of the current,
This is the sandbar Ferry and from
time immemorial, until the abolition
of duelling, the banks of the river On
both sides were bloody fields of So
Icalled honor.
Gentlemen of South Carolina, having
!quarrelled, crossed in the rickety float
boat with their seconds and Tough,
their battles on Georgia soil ,andGeor-
Igia went yer To the Palmetto State
for their shooting or swordplay.
Thither, n day, went a solemn pro
lcession of principals, seconds and wit
~lnesses, most of them representatives
IOf the Georgia bar. They were more
solemn than usuals for the fight tIey
lWere to witness vas to wipe out the
most terrible of insults. Two we'll
known lawyers of Rome, who had been
lifelong friends, had fallen out, and
lone of them, in the height of a dispute,
had reviled the other with all the ter
,rible words he could lay tongue to .
There had been a score of men pres
lent to hear and to prevent an imme-
Idiate shooting, and now the two devot
ed friends, turned enemies, rode with a
Iparty toward the fatal grounds where
,ney were to make target practice On
leach other. Each of them was down.
least and gloomy for al heart they were
devoted. But the insult was deadly,
Iend there seemed NO escape with hoaor
from the encounter.
When they arrived at the ferry, now
lever, the fatbOat was on the other
lside. A second picked up the 40 n
from the post and blew it Justify. Over
land ever he sounded it until from a
distant field the aged ferryman CACHE
isa%untering leisurely down to his craft.
The two lawyers a side by side on
their EOrses and watched his slow prog
lress. The strain grew momentarily
heavier and the men gloomier. At last
lone of tnem-the insulted-could stand
lit nc longer.
"Jim," ne said in pulsively. "Befo' We
lgo out of Georgia l want you to ans
wer me che question. How did you
lever come to apply all those epithcts
Ito me?"
The face of the man who had been
iinsulted lit up with a smile Of great
releif, and he held outh is hand.
81 knew it! l knew it," he cried.
1"Shake ont t! KNEW it," he cre.d
holding a lawyer responsible for what
The said in his professional capacity?
It would be madness, sub, madness!"
They shook hands f%ervently and the
lduel was declared off.-Youth's Com
Ipanion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
A Moving

The landslide In the Rhymney valley
still continues, although it is moving
now at a very slow rate, making it al
most imperceptible. Conclusive proof
was seen recently that the movement
still proceeds, as the framework Of No.
2 c0lliery split I'm two. Recently meI
were engaged In attempting to repair
the railway I'm order to provide a tenn
p0rary road for mineral traffic from the
cOllieries to the north Of the slip.
Heavy rains have fallen during the
past two days, which will add to the
pressure and weight Of the falling
mountain side, as there are no mdans
for water to get away. The spot has
been visited by a large number OF peo-
pie, who stand about I'm all the posi-
tons Of possible danger below and
above the gaping chasm--London
Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
x-RAYs IN DIR. HARPER.s CASE
Cancer Covering Eighteen Square
Inches edUced to Seven

DR.. Harper is afflicted with an inter
nal cancer which at n time covered
a space of eighteen square inches. An
operation was performed, but the
whole of the malignant growth could
not be removed. The X-ray eat
ment was then applied to the distin-
guished patient, and today the growth
has been reduced to seven square
inches, and DR.. Harper's general health
has steadily improved. He has gained
ten pounds in weight.
The treatment hat DR.. Harper Is re-
ceiving is somewhat tentative. Its IA
ture has not fully been made public.
1t is known, however, that he is given
a certain medicine which becomes ra-
dio-active when the X-rays are applied
from without. The medicine within
and the X-rays without are expected to
destroy the cancerous cells without in
juring the healthy cells.
The scientific medical world is
watching the experiment. DR.. Harper's
life is a valuable one, but beyond and
above any single life lies the hope that
at last a way has been found to attack
with success internal cancers as well
as those located outside. A careful an
alySis following the surgical operation
demonstrated beyond doubt that DIR.
Harper is afflicted by a cancer of a
malignant and deadly sort. and if, as
all now hope, he is to be cured by the
rev process no cancerOuS patient need
despair. The cancer problem will at
last be in course Of solution.-Golds-
boro Argus.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
OverdOne Expressions.

London Tit Bits recently offered a
prize for the best contribution on
hackneyed terms used in writing and
speaking and there is the winning IA
per; it purports to be a law against
the use of WORKOUT expressions:
Be it enacted by the Kings most ex-
cellent majesty, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the long suffering
and sorely afflicted reading public, and
by the authority of the same as fol
lows:
First. Any journalist, literatteur,
novelist, penny-a-liner or any other
ink singer who, after the passing CT
this act, shall write, print or publish,
or cause to be written. printed or pub
lished, any of tho following or similar
hackneyed or overused phrases-thst
is to say, in allud.ng to the awful mys-
terry Of death shall refer to That
bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns" or. in mentioning a deceased
person, shall write of him as having
'shuffled off this mortal COLL" or
shall designate the unmarried as in a
Estate of single blessedness.'' or speak
of a newly married couple as 1.-The hap
Ply pair or of a wife as the better
half" Or shall deny by implication a.
indisputable scientific fact by asserting
the possibility Of a persons being
Conspicuous by his ABSENCE" or shall
write with profane pen the expression,
"a sight for the gods" or "a sight to
make angels weep" or, in reference to
physical attributes or peculiarities
shall use any Of the following express
sions: "The bated BREATH" 1.-The hu-
man form divine;" "eagle glance
magnetic gaze" "dilated nostrils,'
"willowy FORM" "arch SMILE" "dainti-
ly gloved hand" flowing locks" "gol.
den tresses," "~delicately tinted lips
'the inner man." or shall speak of The
popular president" "the courteous
general manager "the genial secreta-
ry," "the charming hostess" "a few
we'll chosen words" "the s%ucculent BIZ
valve" "the psychological moment
$50 near, yet SO far" last, but not
least" "a dull, sickening thud," Ibis
own inimitable STYLE" "old SOL" "the
gentle light of the MOON" "a cool mil
lion," or shall use any similar hack
neyed expressions, such person shall
be guilty of a misedmeanor, and, be
ing thereof convicted by public opin-
ion, shall be compelled to pay away
half his salary to the Home for OLD
Jokes, and the delinquent shall offer
an apology to the public and agree
never again to infringe the provisions
Of this act.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19
Diamond Trees

II haven't a diamond tree said the
jeweler, according to the Chicago
Chronicle. Smith, over the way there,
has one, though. At least, SO I've been
told"
"What is a diamond tree?
Its q tree where diamonds grow, OF
course"
NO, seriously. What is it?'
The jeweler smiled.
We'll" he said, "a diamond tree is
a swindle, a very profitable swindle,
and one that car be carried on for
ever with mighty little risk of detec-
ton. I'll explain it to you.
II am a jeweler and you bring me a
diamond ring for repairs. l take the
diamond out Of your ring and l put
back in its place a similar diamond
that is a little, a very little, smaller.
You naturally don't discover the trick
that has been played on you.
1.-The same day a brooch is brought
to me and since the central stone OF
the brooch is a little larger than your
diamond, / get rid of yours and keep
the bigger gem. In this way four or
five times in one day, l make diamond
exchanges, keeping always a better
stone than'I part with.
ION good diamond trees diamonds as
small as pinheads have been known to
grow to the size f peas in two days. A
good tree, too, won't have only one
grow to the size of peas in two days. A
dozen stones or more will be simulta-
neously increasing in size and value as
the days pass"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-19

eraI spacious places. So much for the
textile side.
TEXTILE MACHINERY BUSINESS.
18th. The next most important work
on Change is the business in textile
machinery. Representatives of all the
rricipal makers thereof are actively
present on Change daily. Spinners.
manufacturers or exporters therefore
have every opportunity to converse
with these gentlemen and obtain quota
tons or other information necessary
for themselves or their clients. The
majority of the business done is
through this medium, as a great pro-
portion of the whole requirements OF
the world is in the hands of the local
agents Of those who require the ma
chinery abroad.
There are also present numerous rep
resentatives of fire and marine insur-
ance companies, shipowners, forward
ing agents, railway, steamship, trans
port and traffic solicitors, oil, coal, mill
stores sellers and other varied under
takings.