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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-24

is the tupelo gum. which grows In the
swamps and which Is used In the north
and in Europe very largely for foos-
ing. Blackgum timberSNil warp, but
the tupeIo Will not do o The lower
part OF this tupelo tree Is when dfy.
as light as corr. and In fact IS use1
for fishing corks BY the seine 1ckers
on the coast OF this state. md other
states rs well. This gum is good for
wooden dishes. cratee. etc. and also
for bottle covers and many other gsr
poses.
A letter { your correspondent -o.n
Mr.. Winchester Hall. OF Pocom,se
City. Maryland. brings the good news
that the poems of Mrs. Mary Basru
Clarke. of North Carolina. will be pub
lished some time this month. Mr.. Hall
who is 81 years OF age and who was
the colonel Of a regiment in the C,n-
federate army. has collected and edited
these poems. which were written ly .
very gifted woman. unquestionabiy the
O notable poet North Carolina has
yet produced. Colonel Hall has writ
ten a book on Self Development.
which he has written in order TO be
helpful to young people. and he has n
1AN& AAsN ~ q Tvs R&A
pose. No doubt the poems referred 20
will be on sale by all the booksellers
in this state. and viii come In tine
for a Christmas present than which
nothing in a literary way could be
o interesting or appropriate To
North Carolinians-
The Raleigh Times will in the spring
build a very handsome Office. the quar-
tiers il now occupies being In the rear.
of what will be a plain building.
The number of prisoners In Jail here
is now twenty-three. all men. among
these being the two negroes who were
brought from Warren county last week
barely in time to prevent "A iynching.
There are also the two fakirs who are
charged with the murder of the Pet
ersburg fakir. Charles Smith. in the
railway station here. and there are the
two well-known Wake county citizens
who are in until the middle of next
January for tampering with jurors In
the Gattis-kilgo case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-24
WILD CAT ESCAPES In TRAIN
Baggage Car Door is ! nalIy orpened
aEn Bcast Leaps for Liberty De-
spx1e EistT Mile Speed OF Express.

Conductor William 4tgie. M.ssen-
ger Mathewson and az Owen sound
Traveller had an exciting experience
with a wild cat en-route from owen
Sound to London.
? The cat was a monster. having been
captured in Lions Head nea " airton
a year ago.
The feline was held prisone i'll a
heavy wire cage 1t became yeis say
age and endeavored to iiberate tself.
Conductor Algie's attention was
drawn to tie matte. aud he s~-ured
the attendance in the a to thf trsv-
eller in charge of the animal. With
the aid Of a heavy stick the ca was
quoted
Suddenly the occupants of t.. car
We're startled by the cry of th' mes
senger. Tho cats out boys. The
beast had wormed its way thiousa the
the neshes of the cage and was '-rcn-
ed on the safe beside the messen ger, at
work at his desk.
The three men 3aught safety on
piles of baggage, and the cat was o
arch OF al he surveyed. Growing
fiercely and sliding almost from end
to e'id Of the car in a vain effort TO
find erress he infu;Iatad cat kept up
a - IN Of ! -rror.
T,.a lness ,ger se,7i.Al his revolver
nn he t,l' Ter be. - hat he would
~ Kill his rroperts - nductor Algie
Q T. ed tlla the d>C3 If the a be
O. I'd and the anl@laf allowed to
escape and finally this was effected
dno the cat. with the train going at
the rate of fifty miles an hour, skunk
out upon the platform and leaped from
the car. With mighty springs it cross
ed fences and fields and was soon lost
in the woods about Chesiey.-London
(Ont.) Dispatch.
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There is progress in Russia. The
tide of revolution is turning toward an
orderly adjustment Of affairs on a ton
stitutional basis.
The bulwarks of absolutism have
been retired from Office. The industrial
strike in st. Petersburg and other
cities is at an end. The railroad strike
has been broken. The autonomy OF Fin
land has been restored. The leaders of
the constitutional party are in the sad
die.
1t is true that there are other absol-
utists in high Office. It may be true
that the surrender of the government
to the railroad strikers will stand as a
dangerous precedent. 1t is probable
that the old constitution of Finland is
not suited TO present conditions.
However the constitutionalists are
gaining ground and the reactionists are
losing. The concessions TO the railway
strikers are not unreasonable. The
logic Of the constitutional movement
made a restoration of the Finland in
evitable. The tide has turned, and il
may carry to Russian Poland such IN
situations as have been given to Ger
man Poland.
Meantime the army and the frients
Of order in all groups are arrayed
against the anarchists. Even the stu
dents at Odessa are fighting the mob.
Mr.. Witte and his associates in gov
eminent are working not talking.
They took the reins of government
in the greatest political storm since
the French revolution. They were lost
to sight in a tidal wave of excitement
that seemed to roll over the entire en-
pire. The wave has receded and the
consti.utionalists are still there.
The tide has turned in their favor.
With industrial peace, with the rail-
roads in operation, with Finland sat
isfied, with strong, fearless men in
high places, with the liberalists of all
groups behind him, Mr.. Whites hands
are no longer tied, and he ought to
be able to make a winning fight against
disorder.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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RUN OVER BY TWO TRAINS
Horrible Death of q Woman at Sails
bury Depot

While hundreds of passengers were
waiting for train No. II on the South.
ern railway at the depot at this place
tonight a white woman, apparently
tbout thirty years of age, was struck
by the pilot of train No. 90 going south
within one hundred feet of the depot
on the railroad crossing something like
rs feet east of the bridge. Her mangied
engine of train No. IL, which had taken
the sidetrack and was slowly moving
east in order to let train No. 20 pass.
The engineer of train No. IL reversed
his engine as soon as possible, but o
until the front wheels had passed over
the horribly mutilated remains Of The
woman. Amid the shrieks Of the fifty
or more bystanders, Conductor Lynch,
Of train No. II, vas heard to remark to
a bystander. Mr.. Scott Brown, OF
Townsville, n. c., THAT it does not
matter much If we run over a cog
or a man, but il hurts the heart TO kill
a woman"
Not more than half a minute elapsed
between the time she was struck by
the first train before her body had BEEN
literally ground TO pieces by the second
train. Neither OF the trains were run
ming at more than ten miles an hour
when the accident occurred, and 1t is
supposed the unfortunate victim was
blinded by the headlight of one of tue
trains. Hence the terrible accident. IL
S supposed she was going to take one
of the outgoing trains. No one present
| seemed to know her name OF where she
lived. The point where the accident
occurred is where the railroad tracks
cross one of the main streets OF the
city, and it is a mystery why the rail-
road does not have gates at this place.
salisbury Special to Industrial News.
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THE WORLDS COTTON CROP
Demands Rapidly Becoming Greater
Than Americas Ability to Supply.
(St.. Louis Globe Democrat,

tSl.. LOUIS 1lODt DeutOfT9IJ
Slowly but steadily the United
States proportion OF The worlds cot
ton crop is diminishing. 1t is still not
far from three-quarters of the worlds
aggregate. but il vas more than that
formerly. In 1895 the United States
output was as per cent. Of hat OF the
entire world. 1t was % per cent. in
1900. 1t will be IL per cent. I'm 1905,
from present Indications, and possibly
will be slightly below that line.
While the United States still pro-
duces so much more cotton h any
other locality hat there Is practically
no second, its old preponderance Is
shrinking with a constancy which will
some day begin to attract some atten-
ton here. The West Indies, the East
Indies, Egypt, South Africa, and some
other spots on the earth's surface are
furnishing a little of the earth's cotton
and the European countries especially
interested in those productive regions
are using their best efforts to increase
the supply, and also to discover new
fields. Egypt formerly doomed mp
rather large as a possible field for cot
ton, but it has o met expectation h u
far, although England has some hopes
that its present output can be consid-
erably increased. Cotton Is being
grown in part OF Germany's African
possessions, but there. too. the hopes of
a few years ago have not been realized.
The ~extravagant prices often put
upon cotton by the American gamblers
act as a powerful incentive 10 produc-
ton in other parts of the world. The
desire for emancipation from b ex-
tortions of the Su1ys' the Browns and
the rest Of tho m~anipulators Of the
American market is sending prospec-
tors into various parts Of Asia, Africa,
and South America to spy out possible
cotton lands. This has not affected
the United States monopoly thus far,
but the time may be near when this
competition will be felt. The wise
curse for our producers would be To
enlarge their acreage and output and
head off, to some extent, his search
for other sources Of supply by England,
Germany, and the other cotton-consum-
ing countries. The United States
yield for 1905 will be about 100000
bales, as compared with 100000 for
the record year Of 1904. An average
yield by us of 100000 bales a year
now, and 2O,O00.000 bales by 1910.
would find a ready market III fair
prices
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-24
BoWSer Tries
The BiCuCle
He Tackles It to Cure Rheuma-
tism Through Advice of
His Doctor.
MEETS WITH
Mrs. B. an1. the Cook Come to Hi.
AID With Camphor
Bottle.

copyright. 1875. by r. 3. Mcclure;
r T was Mr.. Bowser,s hour for com
ing home to dinner and the cook,
who had the meal ready, had gone
u to the gate TO see if she could see
anything OF him when Mrs. Bowser
suddenly heard a great Gathering Oh
the basement stairs. She hadn't time
to get out of her chair when the cook
came running up and exclaimed:
ooh, ma'am, there's going to be trou-
BILE around this house this night
What do you mean, Bridget was
asked.
. "Why Mr.. Bowser's got 'em ag'in."
"Got whdt?"
"The jimjams, ma'am. At least he's
bringin' home one Of them things they
call a bike"
"In q wagon?"
Nom. He's leadin' 1t along the side
walk as if it was a calf. He'll try to
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DUN's TRADE REVIEW.

New York, November 17.-R. G.. Dua
and Company's Weekly Review oil
Trade tomorrow will say:
A temporary furry In the money
market has little deleterious effect in
commercial channels, most reports in
dicating a further increase In the vol
ume of business. Orders came forward
freely for distant delivery and buyers
experience much dificulty in making
purchases for Quick shipments. Whole
sale trade in holiday goods Is now
well underway and retail distribution
Of seasonable merchandise responds
to the generally lower temperature.
There is still some delay in mercantile
collections, especially at the south.
where cotton Is now being marketed
freely. Traf1c conditions has improv-
ed and railway earnings for the first
week Of November were 80 per cent
larger than In the corresponding time
last year.
Failures this week numbered 240
against 217 last year.
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Mistake.
The Wilmington Messenger asks:
..Doas The result of the conSfifnfin

The Wilmington Messenger asks:
Does the result OF the constitution
al amendment election i'm Maryland
mean the end of Senator Germans
political career?'
Not much. The Maryland Senator
has been thrown down before but has
always turned up serene and undis-
mayed. Senator Germans mistake in
this instance was in modelling the pro-
posed constitutional amendment after
the Mississippi amendment. 1t was
suited to the Maryland situation and
the Democratic vote defeated it. But
German will come again.-Salisbury
Post.
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ride it after dinner, and you know what
that means. Dear me, but why did I
ever come to a place where a crazy
man is encouraged to run at larger
Before Mrs. Bowser could reproye her
she clattered downstairs, and Mr.. Bow
ser appeared at the front door. He led
his bike into the hall and stood it up
against the wall, and as he saw Mrs.
Bowser looking it ove he observed:
Belongs to q friend of mine"
81 see."
"He is going On his vacation, and he
asked me to take care of it for a couple
of weeks"
"Yes?"
Don't let the cook take the ak and
break it up"
Mrs. Bowser knew that he had rent
ed a bike at the repair shop not far
away and intended to try for the third
time to master the art, but she said
nothing more, and the dinner was al
most finished when he remarked:
THAT rheumatism has got down to
my legs at last"
Inat S 100 Dad.
~ began to limp like a man with a
wooden leg this afternoon. and 1 went
around and saw the doctor"
And of course he told You to frclic
around on u bike"
ooh. you are ready with your sar-
casm. are you? Because he told me
thu riding 4 bike was the very best
thing l could Go you call it frolicking
around. If l vas nearly drowned ani
they were rolling me OF Il barrel you'd
charge lie WI c2vorting."
Il haven'c charged you with any
thing. Nj. Bowsc:. If you have been
toll that riI.as The bike is good for
your rheumatism I should say that you
had better ride Il. I'm sure l don't
want to sec you walking around like a
stiff legged goat"
That's more sensible. That's the
way a true and loving wife should
talk. I have tried twice to learn how,
but gave it up each time after a fall.
I'll stick to it this time or break all
my ribs. You think I a learn, don't
your"
"Well, your legs are pretty short, you
know
81 haven't got legs On me as long as
d clothes prop, but can't see why you
should call them short"
"And then you are fat and logy'
You are what they call a pudgy man
and pudgy men seldom
"What's that?" he shouted as he rose
from the table. BY what right do you
call me pudgy? When did you discover
that 1 was fat and logy?"
IL didn't mean that exactly. /
mean that you-you'-
woman, what did you mean?
may not be as thin as Il rail, but 1 am
no hogshead o. wheels. It's that in.
fernal envy, that jealousy, showing it
self, and, by the old Harry. If there is
any more of it you'll hear something
drop! Here I am, bent almost double
with rheumatism, and yet you are jeal
Gus because l en- going to ride a bike
G few times around the back yard"
att is not that at all" protested Mrs
Boyser. 81 was thinking how things
happened before"
swell, how did things happen2 ]
haven't heard that the earth stood still
Aacausa my old bike ran into the fence
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Better Still.

Jimjones, Snow that you have got
a job you should begin TO lay up mon
ey. Every young man should save at
least a quarter Of his salary.
Jimjones, Jr.-Oh. l did better than
that last week. saved 80 cents
Chicago News.
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DR.. Reed, Of Indianapolis, who was
in Congress at n time, was opening
the Sunday morning service at his
church with the usual prayer. While
he was In the midst OF the prayer .
stranger entered the church and took
a seat far back.
DR.. Reed vas praying In a low tone.
and the man i'm the rear, after strain
ing his ears for a while, called ont
"Pray louder DIR. Reed, I can't hear
you"
DR.. Reed paused, opened his eyes
and turned them round until they
rested on the mar In the rear. The1
he said: 81 was no. addressing you, sir
! was speaking 10 Cod Breton
Woods Rugie.
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wasted.

Tess-May Hoamley is making just
the loveliest hat for herself. Oh, it's
simply the sweetest
Jess-Oh, what's the use? She'll spoil
it.
Tess-Not at all. She's got it almost
finished, and it's perfect.
Jess-Yes, but mean she's going to
wear it.-Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10

Are you going to have a sale2 See
the Mitchell National Bank. They
are prepared 10 take care OF you. Get
their terms.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10
Auction sale.

Tue undersigned viii sell at public
auction ON the north hal! OF section
81, Lisbon township. 10 miles south
east of Mt. Vernon, On Wednesday,
Feb. ), commencing al 10 "A. N /.
the following property: Eight
bead OF horses aud Two colts. lf
milk COWS, Il bull, . heifers. III
steer calves. 4 leiicr calves: "A head
OF hogs. OLD and Young chickens
cream separation hay stacker, mower.
Fake, plo@s, hstfom, buggy. wagon,
etc Terms of sale: All sums under
Slo ctSl, over thai amount TIME Will
tie given until Nov. /, 1908. on notes
beading 10 per cent interest. Free
lunch at noon. ltoyden y Wcich.
a%uctioneers. III. X. Kibbce. clerk.
y n. Davies.
G. +. Atkison,
PToprletols.
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Auction Sale.

Will sell at public auction one
half mile southwest OF Mitchell on
the farm known as the plotner farm.
saturday, Feb. IL. commencing at 10
a. m the following property Five
work mares. 3 two-year old Shire colts
a yearling Shire colt and one SiX-year-
old diving mare: II head OF cattle
a large quantity OF farm machinery.
Including binder, barrow, mower
c%ultiNator,. corn planters, plows,
header. work hauness, chickens, etc.
Household goods and other articles.
Free lunch at noon. Terms of sale
All sums OF $40 and under cash; over
that mount "A credit OF nine months
will be given, with bankahle notes at
10 per cent from date until paid.
col. j. $. Serveson & Son, auction
GERS. III. II. kibbee. clerk.
s.. -. Ulmstcad. Proprietor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10
Auction Sale.

Having rented my farm will sell
at public auction on the sWla of sec
zion Ia. Plano township. Hanson
county, 5. d., ) miles month OF
Riverside, 9 miles northeast of..NIitch-
cell and : miles east of LOOMS, on
Friday. Feb. IL. commencing at 10 a.
M. the following property: Horses
bay mare Is years old, weight 1850
pounds; bay mare , wears old.
weight 1900 pounds; | gray mare 9
years old, weight 1000 pounds: | sorrrl
team, weight ESQ; ] roam horse.
weight 1850; | yearling colt.
CATTLE roam COW fresh in spring,
] led COW fresh in Spring,l white COW
fresh i'm spring, ! spotted cow. fresh
in spring l, heifer two years old.
fresh in spring | steer two years old :
3 steers three yeras Old, | bull two
years old, | steer n year Old, i
heifer n year old. 3 last spring
calves, Hogs IA brood sows, i boar,
IA barrows. Farm machinery. ETC..
-Eigth foot Deering Truck binder,
five foot mower. eight foot pulver-
lzer. twenty-foot harrow. t%ifteen-foot
harrow, riding %cultivator. endgate
seeder. gang pillow two lumber wag-
ons, top buggy, three sets of work
harness, single harness. two hay
racks. about 200 bushels OF corn.
about 200 bushels OF oats, about 100
chickens, and other articles too nu-
merous to mention. Free lunch at
noon. Terms: All sums OF $40 and
under cash, all sums over $40 nine
months time will be given on 10
proved security at 10 per cent inter
est. . per cent discount fer cash.
Col. j. $. Serveson 4 Son, auction
GERS, VIM. NJ. Smith. clerk.
William pattison. Proprietor.
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Auction Sale.

Will sell at public auction, one
mile south of University. ON farm
known as Braughl fam. on Monday,
Feb. l3, commencing at 10 a.. IN. the
following property: & head of horses,
36 head of cattle, 10 brood sows,
standard wagon, low wagon, sulky
pillow, com shelter. two mowers. hay
rake. harrow, 400 bushels of oats. anl
many other articles. Free lunch al
noon. Terms OF sale: All sums 81
$40 and under cash, over that amount
nine months time will be given on
approved security, at 10 per cent
interest; , per cent discount for cash.
Col. i. 5. S~erveson 4 Son, auction
GERS, VIM. NJ. Smith, clerk.
Guy Wellman, Proprietor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10
Auction sale.

The undersigned will sell at public
auction on his farm known as the
Block farm, I miles east and | mile
south OF Mitchell, on Wednesday,
Feb. 10, commencing at 10 am, the
following property ) head OF horses.
40 head Of cattle Of all kinds, 5 bead
OF shoats, disc %pulverizer, > corn
plows, mower, corn planter and wire.
Sulky pillow, > wagons, buggy and haI-
ness, seed wheat for sale, oats. etc.
Household goods and other articles
too numerous TO mention. Free lunch
al oon Terms of sale: All sums
of $40 and under cash: over that
amount eight months time will be
given at 10 per cen, interest; , per
cent discount for cash. Col. j.. S.
Scrveson 4 Son, auctioneers. VIM.
NJ. SMITH. clerk.
Nj. j. Burns, Proprietor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10

Sunday morning communion SER
vices we've observed at the Methodist
church. when the largest numle Il of
commandments in the history of the
church were gathered at the altar.
Pastor Wilkinson estimated the num-
Der at over 200, which he thought
was larger than any that had ever
gathered around AN altar in the state.
He received ten into the chruch on
probation and thirteen received the
rite of baptism Altogether it vas
an Interesting day for the church and
its men!bers.
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IMPROVED FARns.

Improved farm homes ~ pf'res an' terms in
seach OF all. We have iust yu,.la.e.l anui,eY
tract of 7G.nm acres Of harGwcod timie, land.
timber consists o! mHps.. hasswoN,i i4rcE ana
hemlock. no pine s!lShings 0r s;b2 i.usts are
all within ! 10 5 miles az ~Ialii,an nt.tf good
market town, schools. churches anti .,..unt.tes.
good wagon Roads to all ~ up 'aln. With
every purchase OF land We initit /. gov, ls house
is feet wide. 70 feet long II .e-I iig, VIII good
root. floor, windows ana .toois an uUmljete.
readyto move INTO at prices VIII h,ns complete,
SIS to Sis Per Acre.
Terms 4 cash. balance ~ 'aual :i,nal ray
merits. AT & Der reHI jmeJeEi
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10

Miss Maude Ferris. who is attend
my. Obeflln. ONO. college, wrote AN
interesting account OF the fire in the
girls dormitory. which occurred last
week, when a handsome $40, 600 struc-
tufe was damaged 10 the extent OF
SO, 600. There were 30 girls roominr
III the dormitory and when the fire
started an awful scene followed i'm
the burning OF the beautiful building.
Girls on the third floor in their eff
forts to save things fired white and
pink silk party gowns, opera cloaks,
chatting dishes. and everything i'm
aglnable to the ground, where they
were soon covered with water from
the fire engines. This fire occurred
dullng the afternoon, and n young
lady was awakened from her nap. and
she was told to hurry out OF the
building. Instead Of hurrying she
combed Eer hair, changed her dress
for street costume. packed her trunk
and dragged it down stairs after her.
Give the children HOLSTERS Rocky
Mounatin Tea this month. 1T makes
them grow and gives them rosy
cheeks. There is no other medicine
in the world so good for the children.
% cents, tea or tablets. Scallln
Bros.
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SAW MILLS MANptn

TO cut one hundred million ie.i iaiUwt.H timber
Here is a chis,ce for u man VIII {; tin.Iii portable
mill To buy a small tract %! i.intri ana eli, t,,siorn
saving FIR his ueighbors We r"n & NstHl hon
sand acres of timber that VII tU, tltM seven 10
ten thousand feet per acre.
Buy your tickets to Cable N 6 d N W .Y.
Low rates To landseekerS. X. x ia1e iHt,lGtd to
! nag',sn''rs UECKE'S LAND sGENCy,
cuntELt AlsD, Wis