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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

The wrangle that is on over a di-
vision Of the d~ispensary profits is liza
BILE to create the impression that the
controlling purpose of the existence
OF that Institution is based on a purely
s6rapciai consideration.-Raleigh Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

San Domingo has gone into the
ihands of q receiver. From San Do
mingo's record it is safe hat the re-
ceiver will have a t0Ush lot of prop
-~ositons to receive and dispose of.-At-
Ianta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

pss,, tha The Kind You Have Afways Bought
Signature at ! &MzZM

This matter Of providing for an Is
sue OF bonds to the amount of half
million dollars is something the leg
islature should go slow or.-Green-
vile Reflector.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17
Coughs and Colds.

All coughs, colds and pulmonary coiu-
plants that are durable are quickly
cured by One Minute Cough Cue. Clears
the phlegm, draws out Inflammation
and heals and socthes the affected
parts,, strengthens the lungs, wards off
pneumonia. Harmless and pleasant to
AXE. Sold by r. f. Beilamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

1t locks more every day like the man
Who Is just the right man to break
hat Missouri republican senatorial
deadlock is one Francis NJ. Cockrell.
Atlanta Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

The governor of Oklahoma and
Governor Folk, of Missouri, are wag-
ing a war against lobbyists. The
chase suggests the famous recipe
which begins, First catch your hare"
Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

Mothers be careful Of your children.
There is no baby medicine in the world
as good as HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea It makes the little ones strong,
healthy and active. IS cents. r r.
BeIlamy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06
Turkey Slow to Pay Debts.

Collecting money from Turkey is a
heart-breaking enterprise. A distin
guished American once went there to
collect debt of 100000 owing to an
English syndicate. which included two
members of parliament and cabinet
minister. He expected to see the bus
mess through in two or three months.
But foreign ambassador undeceived
him. Say three or four months and
then you will be as far off from obtain.
ing your money as you are to-day" he
remarked. Men had gone out there
to prosecute claims, he added, whose
hair had turned gray with the strain
to which they were subjected and who
had gone home thoroughly broken In
health, unable to obtain Turkish Ira
to show for years of fruitless labor,
One victim of Turkish duplicity and
procrastination died in a lunatic asy.
lum. One of the embassies had been
twenty-five years prosecuting claims
without realizing cent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06
COUNTLESS MILLIONS FOR
AMERICAS GOOD WORKS
ANANrIDorE TO THE GRAFT STORIES WE HEAR SO MUCK OF

payers per head is much higher. They
have all the comforts they need to
make life endurable, and they are even
given a good many Injuries that would
make the Old World BUNDLES lift their
their hands in horror. Yet the mum.
Der of paupers in the United States is
comparatively small when compared
with that of European countries. Ac.
cording to the last returns they num-
bered 73.045, of whom 5S.44 per cent
were of foreign extraction. Great
Britain, with not much more than half
the population, has considerably moro
than 100000 paupers.
"Materialistic" America bids fair to
lead the world pretty soon in institu-
tions devoted to science and art. The
Smithsonian is one of the finest muse
ums in the world. and the world, and
the American Museum of National His
tory is already the largest natural
history museum in existence, and Is
to be made four times larger than
it Is at present. The Metropolitan
MuSeuUl VI All CdiIHot yCl Soh'poi y
with the best galleries of Europe; but
it may do so wIien the Jacob S. Rog-
ers bequest of S6,000,000 has been
wisely expended.
The time is coming when America
will lead in art of all sorts as well as
in it's vast material achievements.
And when American art shall be devel-
oped it will be broad, virile. aspiring
in greater degree than the art of any
of the older nations. 1t will be typical
of the greatest nation that has ever
existed.
America spends infinitely more for
education, benevolence, Libraries,
churches, parks, the advancement OF
science and art and for all humanizing
and uplifting agencies than does any
European nation.
There are plenty of rich Americans
who are giving themselves, as well
as their money, to the cause OF the
poor.
The old sheer at "sordid- Materials
tic" America is out of date. 1t will
soon be necessary to bring in the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

searchlight blinds the eye to every
thing except the object upon which it
is directed. And there is a great deal
in America besides graft" Why not
look, for once, upon the bright side
of the shield?
"A materialistie and corrupt nation"
That was how America was summed
up the other day by z writer in the
Saturday Review, most anti-American
of all English periodicals.
Materialistic. No people on earth do
more, or stand ready to do more, for
good works that are not material. Let
a man bring forward any scheme for
the uplifting of his kind and demon
strate it's claim to public support, and
he will get the money and help the
needs more readily in America than
anywhere else. No people on earth
spend anything like so much money as
the Americans do for charities. educa-
ton, hospitals, parks, libraries,
churches and other good works.
Materialistic? The most striking
protest against materialism in the
world to-day is being made in Ameri-
ca. 1t is the erection of the Cathedral
of ST. John the Divine in New York
city-''the largest religious edifice to
be started since the middle ages, when
thousands of zealots worked their
lives away rearing Europes famous
cathedrals."
The American millionaire may make
his money in materialistic ways, but
he spends it nobly. During 1903 eight
teen Americans gave a total of more
than 63,S6O,000 for educational, be-
nevolent and religious purposes. An
drew Carnegie and John d. Rockefel-
Ter gave the most, the former $15,S7S,-
500, and the latter gentleman 81 $780,
667. The biggest single gift was Mr..
Rockefeller's $7,000000 for a post
graduate medical college and hospital
in Chicago
The total of the gifts and requests
of sums above $4,000 during last year
exceeded SS5,000,000. They were for
an infinite variety of educational and
benevolent institutions throughout
the country and with few exceptions,
the donors bestowed the money wise
ly and found out some new thing that
needed doing. In most cases the char
ity was confined to America; but. be-
cides Mr.. Carnegie's foreign gifts,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

If communication could be estab-
lished with Mars and big bundle of
American newspapers and magazines
sent up there, the intelligent Martians,
reading them, might well exclaim:
why, these people must be rotten
to the core!"
The harsh judgment would be par
donable, for the Martians would come
across graft" stories by the dozen
and the score-stories of graft" in
politics, graft in business, graft in
industry, graft" everywhere.
No doubt the searchlight of public
ity is desirable and necessary, but a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

prising If she does not have it within
a generation. Already the Congress
sional Library at Washington ties with
the Royal Library at Berlin for
fourth place among the libraries of
the world in number of volumes. The
Bibliotheque National. the British
Museum and the Imperial Library at
st. Petersburg surpass it. Harvard
university comes fifth on the list, hav'
ing more volumes than any other uni
versity in the world. The famous
Badleian at Oxford has only $4,000
to Harvard's 100000.
If America has not yet got the best
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06
Indian Tonic for Marital Ills.

A Western lawyer was expressing
to bystander his sympathy for Buff
falo Bill as he read an account of his
domestic troubles.
ANY man." said the lawyer, "whC
has been so long associated with the
Indians ought to know the sort OF
tonic to take to prevent being worried
by his wife,
"An Indian take tonic!" exclaimed
his nearer incredulously.
Sure" laughed the lawyer. didn't
you ever hear that? He takes an he
Hicks her. An elixir, seer"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06
Who Bides His Time.

Who Bides His Time.
Who bides his time, and day by day
faces defeat full patiently
And lifts a mirthful roundelay,
However poor his fortunes be;
He will not fall in any qualm
OF poverty-the paltry dime,
1t will grow golden in his palm.
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time-he tastes the sweet
OF honey in the safest tear;
And though he fares with slowest feet
Joy runs to meet him. drawing near;
The birds are heralds of his cause;
And. like a never ending rhyme.
The rOadsides bloom in his applause,
Who bides his time
Who bides his time. and fevers not
In the hot race that none achieves,
Shall wear cool wreathed laurel wrought
With crimson berries in the leaves;
And he shall reign goodly king,
And sway his hand DER every cline,
With peace writ on his signet ring.
Who bides his time.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

New World to redress the balance OF
the Old' in all things that are lovely
and of good report. AS for the insist
ent graft scandals, there is nothing
new in them. They are hardy peren
malls. There are no more of them
than there used to be. but the increas
ing tenderness of the public con
science makes it worth the while OF
newspapers and magazines to dig
them up.
Who can doubt the secret hid
Under Cheops' pyramid,
Is that the contractor did
Cheops out of several millions?
Who can doubt that there is plenty
Of graft" in Europe without the
searchlight of publicity to show it up?
William Thorp in New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

derful! There is nothing like it any
where"
Foreign visitors to America some
times say that the struggle for sue
cess is keener and more cruel here
than anywhere else-that life is a
strenuous race, with leach man for
himself, and the devil take the hind
most" But there is no country on
earth where the man who is down
and out" is more carefully and kindly
looked after. Paupers dependent upon
the municipalities are far better treat
ed in America than in any European
country and their cost to the tax
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

John D. Rockefeller gave 100000 for
archaeological research in Egypt and
Babylonia, and Henry Phipps gave
large sums for the benefit of the teem-
ing millions of British India.
The vast sums given by the multi
millionaires are. however, only drop
in the bucket of money that America
spends for great and good works.
The states and the cities pour out hun
dreds of millions for schools, parks,
Fairgrounds, hospitals and other bene-
ficent institutions.
America has not yet got the finest
library in the world, but 1t will be sur
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06
ca, he said

"This is unquestionably the finest
hospital in the world. There is none
to equal it in London, which prides
itself on its hospitals above every
thing else. The buildings are better
adapted for hospital purposes than any
that | have seen, and the equipment
is magnificent. You give to the poor
patients Injuries and medical COM
forts which the rich cannot purchase
in London. It is all magnificent-won-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

One difference between a Hungari-
an parliament and French duel or a
meeting of copper kings is that ambu-
lances are needed when the president
of the parliament declares the session
adjourned
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

library in the world, she can lay claim
to the best hospital. That is the YER
dict of Sir Felix Semon, the distin-
guished throat specialist, who is one
of the best authorities on the subject.
He has worked and studied in the
best hospitals in London, Berlin, Wen
ma and Paris; but when he inspected
the Mount Sinai hospital in New York
city, during his recent visit to Ameri-
ca. he said:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Harry Lehr is giving up trip to
Europe, so that he may lead Mrs. AS
tors cotillon. Harry can't be accused
of possessing irgratitude, anyway 1t
was Mrs. Astor who found him at the
soda fountain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Three thousand dollars was stolen
in Cleveland's city hall, and the re-
markable thing about it is that the
theft of the public money appears to
have been committed by mere out
slider
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

A Pennsylvania judge has decided
that chicken Is not an animal. This,
however, does not interfere with the
decision promulgated by the treasury
department to the effect that frog
is a bird.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Brazil has decided to build twenty
eight modern warships. Evidently the
Brazilians believe now that merely
having revolutions verges too closely
upon the simple life to be interesting.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

= A flock of American pigeons recent
Iy flew 301 miles in four hours-over
seventy-five miles an hour, which is
almost as fast as some of the auto
mobiles go through our streets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Over in Berlin an actress refused to
go on with the performance because
the leading man was too realistic in
the hugging scenes. Perhaps his wife
was member of the company.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

The first lot of new rifles for the
army was sent to Alaska. They may
be tried on dog" of course, better
there than elsewhere, but dogs are
the horses of the frozen north, so it
will be expensive.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

A New York woman knocked down
a burglar with her Thanksgiving tur-
key. She had no amateur biscuits
handy, or she could have knocked him
senseless.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Young King Atty of Spain has been
pulling the noses of his ministers
again. 1t should be remembered, how
ever, that the poor boy has had no
father to bring him up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

That woman in Arkansas who has
tasted forty-eight days, bringing her
weight down from 24O to 200, must
feel discouraged when she looks ahead
and sees how long it is going to take
her at the same rate to get down to
TAO
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Mr.. Richard A. Garfield kindly paid
a fine of $1,000 rather than expose
the patrons of his exclusive New
York gambling establishment. The
percentage of chances in favor OF the
house will be just trife heavier for
a day or two.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Forst, the German actor, went mad
on the stage while playing in Oscar
Wilde's Duchess of Padua." The
madness is usually on the other side
Of the footlights.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

A number Of government documents
now are being published in bright
wine-colored covers. Il is a welcome
change from the customary suit Of
solemn black.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Europe reports that its diamond
trade with the United States is active.
The glass trust, being a home institu-
tion, must bitterly resent the competi-
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

A French maid got lost in New York
and 100 policemen went out to look
for her. OF course she was found.
Policemen seldom overlook maid, be
she French or Irish.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Mr.. Cleveland is now said to have
begun life without ideals. Most of us
start out with nothing but pain and
a nursing bottle, anyhow.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

There never yet was born a woman
who did not love to be told that she is
adorable. (Grouchy husbands will
please take notice.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Though Mrs. Chadwick is said to
have had her husband hypnotized
there is no reason why she should feel
lonely on that account.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Arbitration treaties are breaking out
all over the world, except in Russia
and Japan. The two latter nations are
doing things to make the others think.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

IN view of hazlng precedents, young
MIR. Gould may be excused for resort
ing to firearms.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

The bluepoint oyster beds are
frozen, but the oysters would rather
sleep there than in a nice warm
kitchen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Spain announces her willingness to
enter into an arbitration treaty with
the United States. Can you blame
her?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

The fashion editor says the oyster
shade is a good color for new gowns.
We presume it's quiet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

The skin-tight trouser is coming in.
to fashion again. This will give
new impetus to the shoe-horn trade.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-06

Nine. Humbert's victims may get 2
cents on the dollar Mrs. Chadwick's
will take theirs in sad thoughts.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
Airs. III. Wri0hf

Mrs. Pinkham claims that there is a
kind OF dyspepsia that is caused by q
arrangement Of the female organism,
and which, while it causes a disturb
ance similar to ordinary indigestion,
cannot be relieved without n medicine
which not only acts as a stomach tonic,
but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects
also.
AS proof of this theory we call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y, who was
completely cured by Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. She writes:
For two years 1 suffered with dyspepsia
which 30 degenerated my entire system that
was unable to attend to my daily duties. I
felt weak and nervous, and nothing that ate
tasted good and 1t caused q disturbance in my
stomach. / tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing seemed to help me. / was adj.
vised to give Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial, and was happily surprised
to finf that 1t acted like fine tonic, and In
few days began. to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid, and I'm
five weeks was a well woman I have rec.
ommended 1t to many suffering womep."
No other medicine in the world has
received svch widespread and unquali-
fled dendorsement,or or has such record OF
cures of female troubles, as has lydia
L. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
Stands Head.

There is something about Hunts
Lightning OH that no other liniment
possesses. Others may be good, but
1t is surely the best. 1t does all you
recommend it for, and more. For
sprains. bruises, cuts. burns, aches,
and pains, 1t has no equal on earth. 1t
stands head on my medicine shelf.
Very truly yours.
T. J. Brownlow,
Livingston. Tenn.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
No False Teeth For Soldiers

The British army council has decid
ed to discontinue the experiment of
providing recruits with artificial teeth.
The soldiers would not pay for their
teeth. as agreed, out of their pay Of
twenty-five cents day, and when the
military authorities attempted to COM
pei them to do SO, they deserted,
teeth and all.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
ANOTHER RECORD IN LAND
HUNTING.
This Springs Exodus to Canada
Greater Than Ever

II was thought In 1903, when ovel
forty-fve thousand people went from
the United States to Canada, that the
limit OF the yearly immigration to
the wheat zone Of the Continent had
been reached But when in 1901
about as large number OF Ameri
can citizens signihed their intention
OF becoming settlers on Canadian
lands, the general public were pre-
pared for the announcement of large
numbers In 1905. No surprise there.
fore will be caused when It Is made
known that predictions OF fully fifty
thousand more in 1906 are warranted
In the fact that the Spring movement
Canadaward Is greater than ii has
ever been. The special trains from
Omaha, Chicago, st. Paul, Detroit,
and other sateways has been crowd.
ed. Many have gone to join friends
and relatives who have prepared
homes for them and others have gone
relying upon their own resources, sat.
isfied that what others have done can
also be done by them. This year
much new territory has been opened
up by the railroads which are extend.
Ing their main lines and throwing out
branches In their march across the
best grain and grazing lands on the
continent. This new territory has
attractions for those desiring to home
stead on the one hundred and sixty
acres granted each settler by the
Canadian Government. Many also
take advantage OF the opportunity to
purchase lands at the low figures at
which they are now being offered.
1t does not require much thought to
convince one that IL Iowa, Illinois,
Minnesota and other lands, with
value OF from fifty to one hundred and
fifty dollars an acre will give good
living by producing ten to thirteen
bushels OF wheat to the acre and thir-
ty to fifty bushels Of corn to the acre,
the lands OF Western Canada at seven
to ten dollars an acre, producing
from twenty to thirty bushels OF
superior wheat to the acre should
produce competence to the ordinary
farmer In very few years. These
are the facts as they confront the
reader. There are millions of acres
OF such land In Western Canada In
addition to the other millions that
are considered to be portion OF the
biggest and best ranges that ever in
vited the cattle and horse producer
OF the North American continent.
What Is particularly evident in West.
ern Canada is the fact that the wheat
lands, adjoining the grazing lands,
make farming particularly agreeable
and profitable. The agents of the
Canadian Government. who are al
ways willing to give information and
advice to intending settlers, say that
the acreage put under crop this sea-
ton is greatly In excess of last sea.
ton
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
A Heavy Fine,

Under the Elkins law. any railroad
company which pays rebates in any
form, or any shipper who accepts
them, is liable to fine of from 81 900
to $4,000, upon conviction. 1t also
prohibits the carrying Of freight at
less than the published tariffs. The
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
empowered to detect and prosecute
violators Of this statute. President
Knapp OF the Commission states that
since this law was passed. rebate pay
Ing has been as rare as forgery.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27
Let the Women Do the Work

In Japan ships are loaded with coal
by women and girls; but the work is
made comparatively easy by putting
the coal In small baskets which are
passed on from one end OF a line to-
the other.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27

When woman boards the train for
her wedding trip she imagines all her
female acquaintances envy her.
Zeal more often wins success than
mere ability.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1905-04-27

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THos ROBBINS,
Maple Street. Norwich. N. ", Feb. II. 1900.