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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

! The grand jury has transacted ar
Ienormous amount OF business today.
indictments have been returned
AGAINST prominent distillers In several
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

The CaIIer-Your art gallery il a
treat. This picture especially Is de-
lIightful. the values are SO well bal
lanced." Mr.. Porkham-That's right.
Frame $500. picture same price,
Puck
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

When the democratic senatorial
light is on we Will have some fun. but
nothing to equal what = now going
On-ExchAnee.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

the left over powder which the univer-
sity chemist had tested.
The trial of Matthews will come ND
for hearing before Justice Ferguson in
the superior court tomorrow morning.
Industrial News, February 27tl,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

Now that Il lest OF the uNpouei uiiC
shows tina MattheH rs was sticking TO
his morphine injenctI)n, while the
other physicians were giving sttyCh-
nine and the latter having sworn that
she died from immediate effects OF a
%strychnine poisoning, it can readily be
seen that a broad and long avenue OF
~eyentful and speculative hypothesis it
opens for the able lawyers in the case.
INFORMATION TO CORONER.
Information of the possession of the
facts of the chemical: test ny his cor
respondent was impaired to Coroner
Turner, yesterday afternoon.
After being told that it was positive
ly known that he had taken h syringe
to the chemist two weeks ago, he re-
piled that he had told no one but So
licitor Brooks, and could not imagine
how it had leaked"
He then said that the test amounted
to nothing as it was imperfectiy and
specifically made: that the test he
had made the night of the death OF
Mrs. Matthews, while done Eurriediy,
was of the solution which had been in
jected. That made b. the chemist was
was Of the powder remaining III the
tube.
Solicitor Brooks, when seen stated
that the significance and value OF the
test would be known when DIR. Turner
was put on the stand as a witness in
the case, and not before. n that he
solution must have been difereDtfrcm
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

1.-The ordinary course of study covers six mon'hs,
but there is no handicap for bright scholars anu
some obtain diplomas in six weeks time Inc Gas
sical course includes the following subJects'
HistoricaI-ovi's Art of Love Romeo and Jui'e''
WabemacsEAge Of EYES descendants and link on the
Cbe%str ss oT a to p.2 G2ls2t sSss nus
''c t,ccnorrfcsThe cash value wedding presents
Al,eGn1 Me1a91hysics-"Does He Ne for Mys'i'' is
She True? .. rea,sv-ben and how to weep Profanity
,srs35s Phi.os9phY tbs bofdkerc5ief G5 kc4c5
Applied Courtshp-By demonstration,
"a fine collection of books, charts and appliances
;s at the disposal of the students All benches'
Maths tennis courts and the like are made to ac-
conrnodate lust two persons. The great laboratory
of applied science has glass inclosed compartments
IN which various problems Of matrimony are pre-
sented experimentally and results noted with the
exactitude Of Atwater machines for ascertainhs
Good and air consumption OF a solitary human beng
One set of compartments is model OF city nat
with microscopic bedrooms. han so narro" as
70 require Indian file progress and steam .radlatorS
that chill the fingers. The furniture folds OF uh-
folds from a sofa TO n bed and bookcase the
hooks beine receptacles for napkins and groceries
The gilt spindle-legged paror chairs are arranged
TO collapse under the demonstrator, who reallsu-
"a a1I clutches IT an underbrush of japanese screens
and bamboo portieres, and is thereupoh ofei-
whelmed by an avalanche of wall chromos anu
mantel bric-a-brac. This feature always amuses
BELLS ring and speaking tubes shrek at ire
o,,ent intervals in this model fiat. Just as the
bride is trying 10 pry up a burning omeIet IN tie
kitchen the postman rings, whistles and shocls IN
the hall below. George doesn't care FOR oIneet'
saws the bride. returning from the postman ana
puts on n mutton chop. Then the ice man rings
and the grocer yodes in the basement Tho bIlde
returns 10 find the coffee boiled over Inc choP
has shrunk so that she decides to give George a
vegetarian breakfast. She begins 10 make toast.
when the janitor roars up the dumbwaiter shait-
He insolently inquiries why the orange peel ana the
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
The Bishop of Ripon. England. Said Recently ihere
Oueht To Be al Instituton-He Evidently
Had Not Heard of the One on the Hudson.

George rushez in sees the breakfast ruins in the
kitchen says he would rather have cocktail and
goes TO business without kissing. Bride weeps.
This is an object lesson in the misfortunes OF
the uneducateG L IS all the where there is
a servant girl. But the educated bride fakes up
a breakfast without difficulty. disrcgards the post
man, replies 10 the janitcr in way that forever
sflenccS him. and bills and COOS about George so
that he asks which theatre she would prefer. Of
course it is not strictly scientific broach anuse-
nents or hats iound breakfast time. After din
ncr with 4 good cigar in his teeth. is apt TO
be less mean and stinsy.
a cardinal principle" said Dean Link, is in
culcated for both brides and hridegrooms-concede
oil the little points and you gain the big ones.
Verbal bouquets cost nothing. and kisses do not
appreciably wear out the lips. If your partner
IS Jealous make believe that YOU perfect
Othelo. If husband thinks he has brains, ask
him 10 get haircut that viii reveal his beautiful
forehead Too much confidence destroys respect
and lessons interest Marriage is. after all, a
copartnership instead OF n merger, and there are
bound TO be differences of interests anc points o?
yiews A little honest DECEPTION on both sides is
q wonderful aid 10 happiness. Is II possible that
couples who say they have lived together fifty years
without exchanging harsh word telling the
truth? No; hut they have learned the Munchausen
secret OF bliss. They have hung garldnds Of
an1iabs fancy over the rugged peaks OF experience.
1T is recognized that young men, except those
blessed with sisters are deficient In knowledge of
the most elementary feminine matters They have
no idea of shades. confuse poInte d d'Aencon with
openwork stockings and think that corsage is the
same coirfu1e The language OF flowers is IN
known to them. that when they want 10 present
a bouquet they sneakngly ask the advice OF the
florist. They have 10 ask the candy about a
box OF chocolates and the jeweiler about rings.
These tradesmen. especially the jeweller. make I'M
pertinent inquires-how old is she what color Of
hair, condition OF teeth, and whether you want 10
spell the Clarice or Claryce- Instruction Is
given IN all such matters. 4 speaking knowledge
OF at least three colors-lavender, magenta and
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

beautifully located the slope Of a fowery
valley overlooking the majestic Hudson. the Uni
versity OF Marriage opened its school year to-day
with 200 attached youths and maidens holding
hands on the campus and singing. 4 don't know
why l Like you. honey. but l do. The young
women wore tissue paper orange blossoms and
tulle veis while the youths tried not to perspire
in black frock coats and high hats. The deans.
professors and tutors, who of both sexes. were
dressed TO resemble clergy at the altar, best men.
bridesmaids and schatchens Postgraduate cou-
pies marched three times around the campus carry
ing sheaves Of grocery bills and Wads Of theatre
tickets as symbolical bones Of contention. Widows,
acting as mothers-in-law, tried vainly TO effect
reconciliation and it until the president Of
the institution handed out satchelfuls of stage
ereenbacks that the post grads fell each others
necks amid the applause OF the freshmen. Then
20 the strains Of the wedding march from Iohen-
grin all couples hurdled through a colossal wedding
ring deftly avoiding the inset thorns and con-
cealed pit just beyond. A spinster who stumbled
caught UP by aged grass widower which
was regarded as a happy omen, but she said she
came be educated, 10 be imposed upon. II is
thought she prefers the sole bachelor matriculate
Before entering the classrooms everybody
,oined in the rous.ng college yell. which like
this:
Cold brik Marriage triK. Crickety-crack.
Slam bang. Get a ring. That's the thing.
THE university is endowed 10 the extent of
100000 by a syndicate Of Dakota philanthropists
who have had troubles OF their own. The buildings
are freproof. constructed on romantic lines Of
architecture and adorned with plentiful eupids.
while the heart shaped grounds and shady paths
bo-dered with forget-n -nle-nots Nenuss paintbrush,
sweet elysum. love-lies- bleeding and other appro-
priate blooms. A faculty Of 10 educators has been
recruited from the best talent OF Vassar. Harvard
and Broadway, and each professor has been
r4ed az least once. Dean Link. OF the school OF
theoretical spooning and Nine. Kitchen. OF the
derartment Of applied courtshfp. said TO be the
most learned instructors but they are Tivalled in
popularity by Professor NJ. Brace. who teaches
astronomy and Nine. Hugg. who lectures on the
evidences OF tender feelings Since the main art Of
conjugal is for each partner % understand
the idiosyucrasies of the opposite sex. the lady
professors generally instruct the prospective hus-
bands and tho future wives put wise by men
teachers Every professor is under solemn oath TO
reveal all the weaknesses Of his or her SEX
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

baby blue-is acquired and the scholar learns such
phrases What a charming creation. my dear"
and 4 admire your taste in percales-' One of the
textbooks contains helpful reference table show
ing the appropriate flowers. jewels and sweets for
500 types of blondes and brunettes each born
different day of the year
Brides learn similar details about masculnity
They are told that Gawge does not wear suspenders
for ornamental purposes. has no use for smoking
Jackets built the lines of the Cars coronation
robe and prefers plain. large carpet slippers TO
those curled tip Turkish things that induce corns.
Even in the privacy of the home he doesn't want
To look like a cross between Oriental despOt and
a Pel street highbnder. If the bride cannot help
buvirg cunning little ash trays and other gim-
cracks for the den she positively refrain from
bargain lots of stogies a good test for your hus
bands taste says a textbook, is 20 give him a
half dozen sample cigars in succession and watch
his face Note the difference between the twO-fer-
FIVE grirace and the beatLic Londres grin In or
der that wifey may enter sympathetically into
Gavges thoughts ard hopes she studies baseball.
reads the lives OF FitzsimmonS ard Jenries and
takes UP enough politics to know that the primaries
are different from a caucus. y few poker terms
and the iargon of Wall Street and the racetracks
are calculated to make hubby think that his part
rer understands and may give him pause when he
plaus 10 squander money. II he says. Sorry, my
dear: business kept me late the book answer Is
What was the ante. darling" II ne remarks 1 m
going 10 the club this evening, the retort courtSous
20 ia love 20 see you hold up the mahogany
When TO go home 10 mother and how TO get back
is the subject of a special lecture.
Freshmen are not admitted 10 the sessions OF
the possg graduate department because il might
discourage them Dean Link says, however that
the advanced studies are fascinating from
scientific point OF view. The engaged couples who
learned such and such things theoretically now
come as married persons who have practised the
code They have suffered the embarrassments and
discousorts OF TIE honeymoon and had their first
IL, EVFv.-F
slightly faded They need a rest and the counsel
of wise dagnosticiaEs. AS general thing these
individuals are placed in solitary confinement 10
write marriage theses. like Chinese scholars study
ing for maudarin's honors. and often the mere
separation acts as greater tonic than all the
heart balms sentiment saives Of laboratory.
A thesis must be written 10 obtain the degree OF
d. c. (Conjugal Doctor.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

..Trs+ as the freshmen may not survey the post
graduate mysteries, the newly wed for their own
good are barred from the widow. spinster. old
bachelor and much married old gentlemen clinics
The treatment OF withered or dsspated hearts. is
IS felt can concern only their owners. few i'm
posters have been expelled from this department.
They were caught trying 10 steal away brides and
bridegroonls from among the undergraduates
Your correspondent obtained the following m
terviews from university scholars:
Miss Flora McGuinnis II am more than
pleased with my progress so far I think Profess
sc- NJ Brace is Just lovely and perfect gentle
man. He explains many things that couldn't
understand in the conduct Of my hance. Timothy
O'SuHivan. I used to cry my eyes cut and waste
postage stamps writing the Editor OF The
Giries Home Magazine what do you II your fellow
was TO call on Il Wednesday and take you TO a
clanbake and the previous evening he broke the
engagement on Il postal card and you seen him the
following Friday flirting with a red-headed girlr
Professor Brace answers such questions right IN
class without any trouble at all He says give
Tim one chance TO apologize and then buy club
or timber fishing rod. whichever is suited TO
my temperament.
Paul Delaney Jones-When first came to
college shy and backward that didu't
dare 10 hold hands a dark night II made
sIiver when Angelina took my and 7 couldn't
speak TO mother-in-law without suffering After
two months study with a private tutor and the
admirable course of lectures by Mime Hugg I
have deyeIoped so much nerve that the faculty 10
undecided whether 10 expel me or grant diploma
cum summa laude
Miss Willie l-nina Sehmitz-I vos scared 70 go
bel de lcf college because I nit speak gut
EnElisch ind mein briutigram denk il all Elm silly
beesnis Bud Gad it make no difference aboud
language II you 6ond verstehen die wor5s OF die
professors il iss easy Ike anything 20 tage In die
dcnaonstra tionen. Mein Fr!tz SAYS I hat learned
10 eat sauerkraut nit poetic style
James A. Wilson (Post-grad.l-Mrs. w. and
feel that we owe debt TO Dean Link for bringing
US together and then putting apart-tempO-
1-trflv The strain OF mutual gush on a long
honeymoon can only ae appreciated by othsS
welded persons. We have seen the wonders OF the
earth and explored the celestial qualities In each
other a season % reflection IN silent cells. writ
ing our theses for the degree OF u. c.. with
else my part of pushing pera ranbulatOr and on
hers % peeling potatoes. viii 0SSuredly tend 70
prepare MS for the solemn obligations OF life. We
fuI
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

records when it drained Lake Thirlmere. ninety
six miles away
The TWO main links of this aqueduct system
also surpass all other aqueducts in their width
and depth The first will connect the Hill View
reservoir back of Yonkers which will be used
merely for storage purposes with the kensico
reservoir, fifteen miles distant to the northward.
The second will connec. the KensicO reservoir
with the Ashokan. which is ninety miles from
the City Hall 1t will be somewhat circuitOus
because Of Typographical obstacles. and about
sixty-five miles in length, running up the Croton
Valley for a distance; thence across the ridge
northwestery to New Hamburg. the Hud
SON ther under the Hudson through a deep
tunnel; thence it will veer northwest to the west
of Kingston and through d broken country 10
Ashokan The LackaWack and Napanock reser-
voirs, in the RoundOut watershed 10 the south
west of Ashokan. will be drained into Ashokan
by a smaller aqueduct, about twenty-five miles
Ions and the Frarkiinton. Preston Hollow Oak
Hill and East Durham reservoirs, to the north
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
Niagara Falls Not Nearly So High Cataract That
Will Leap Over the Mighty SpilIway of Ashokan
When 1t Is Completed by New York City.

The three lakes together have an expanse OF
about eighteen square miles, or only about two
square miles more than the Ashokan viii have;
but they contain so many islands that they hold
only about three-quarters the amount OF water
that will be mpounded in the Ashokan Green
wood Lake with which most New Workers are
familiar is smaller than the Ashokan viii be.
II is two miles shorter and half mile narrower
If the Asbokan reservoir were situated in Man
haitian il would occupy all of the island south
OF l16th street 1t would completely cover any
one of such cities Columbus Ohio; Council
Bluffs, Iowa; Houston. Tex. or Memphis. All
area of twenty-sevea square miles, and would
entirely swamp Karsas City. Mo If the con-
tents of all eight reseryo oirs were poured into
Manhattan and no drop permitted to run off the
island. every body would be drowned who lived
lower than the sixth floor. The water would
rise in the streets to n height OF ifty-five feet
II both tha old and the supplies flooded
Manhattan. the waters flom the Catskills ming
ling with the waters from the Croton Valley and
from al OF Brooklyns. QueeHss and Richgnond's
sources of supply. all buildings less than 10
feet high would be submerged. Supposing that
the whole city were fat and that all the people
in it were walking in the streets when New
Yorks entire water supply deluged the town.
every inhabitart would be drowned. The water
would cover all the five boroughs eight feet
deep.
Ashokan reservoir will be so large that the
Battle of Japan could be refought upon it. the
fleets Of both the japanese and the Russians
being able TO man1uVre without striking the
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
Le B0util1ier Brothers
West Tquenty-thrd Street

feet At the bottom it will have a m7ximum
width of half mile. rs height will be about
three hundred feet.
Were this vast mass Of earth. rock and cement
laid down crosswise on Manhattan thr-t Ivs
southern edge ran along 23d street, il SOuld
cover all the ground as far north as SD street
and reach clear across the island and tia Hud-
son River besides. IL would tower above all the
buildings of this part o. the city. with the ex-
ceptiOn OF Madison Square Gar4eH. 7lhose tower
would reach only thirty-two feet above It,
1t will exceed the height OF the Cro-oE
dam which is the highest masonry dam in the
world about nine feet; and it VIII be just about
twice as long as the Tansa dam of India. witch
at the present time is the longest masonry dam
in existence. The largest earth dams Of the
present time fall far short of the proposed one
for the Ashokan reservoir in every particular.
The Epillway of the Bishops Falls dam will
resemble Niagara. 1t will be a waterfall ons
thousand feet long and three hundred feet high.
and IN times of heavy rainfall the water VII
pour over this part OF the dam TO the depth OF
six feet At Niagara the water drops over the
brink from an average height OF 15S feet
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

news editor dozed at his desk when cable
n'essase from London brought bearing the
tate ~ May % last. by a messenger. It read:
Bishop Of Ripon, speaking at public meeting,
advocates school OF matrimony Regrets that
''hile there is training for law and medicine ld-
cling and football. no course OF study is provided
for engaged couples who face the serious response
bhittes q the married state Besides a matri-
mona school. he says there ought be a home OF
rest FOR the newly wed"
The editor wrote a headline, "Ripon Would Ripen
Cor Altar" and looked through the library for the
ha-riaFe customs OF different countries that
Eog,d Illustrate the Bishops idea. Thus the
French government, SITTER a civil ceremony. pre-
tents the bride and bridegroom with textbook on
eon5uEal conduct. japan and Venezuela sent news
81 Trr-nuptial try-out. the Tibetans told about
thastDg brides on horseback as a preliminary. and
Rome regretted 10 report that its this
tub-sct could not be transmitted by wire. Plutarch
sr'ti-g n tie guiss OF a live archseologist de-
sartbed the system OF Lycurgus. whereby young
~omen had 70 run. wrestie, throw quots and darts
AID Go song and dance turns at public festivals
They rad exhibit themselves otherwise In pub
iic, asc bachelors punished by having 70 wear
Binders. Tie bride had her hair cut of. and she
was dressed in mans clothes. Young married peo-
pie VISITED each other secretly at night, but IN the
daytime made believe they were strangers and
PASSED goo-goo glances. Children must be SCI
tntfoslly bred. like horses and dogs. said Lycur-
gus. and he was as tolerant OF triaDgles as the
French oraInattst-
Punk punk" yawned the news editor. wish
had something bright and up 20 date. :.
S-r---st heaVens.''
The feverirh click OF the telegraph spelled out
ee following Gsosssse:
neutrality-suspicious. Hudson.
University OF Marriage has opened its school
Fesr with six hundred engaged couples several
HDnsters who have bopss, a reformed bachelor
horae WIDOWS and old gentlemen IN TIE post-grnd-
nate special department. besides newly wed post
graos ssrfouss 20 be awarded to June
t-ioss but the main crop graduates in September
How nrch DO you WANT
Send us al you got" sent back the highly eisteo
sdtcr. Burn up the wfres Rob the dictionary!
Wei take ten thousand words snd illustrate WIN
e2's Of ieasing actresses. Quote the curllouIut1'
FSerview scholars. Hurry 81 along.
This IS what the correspondent from 1iatTirnony-
N-ise-oI:- The Hudson sent:
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
MIGHTY AQUEDUCT.

Some idea of the vast size Of the largest sec
tions Of the aqueduct system can be obtained
from the fact that two tallyho coaches could
meet and pass at any point in them. with a
clearance of three feet between In the smaller
sections the largest automobile truck made could
travel with plenty of room on either side. The
largest links Of the aqueduot system will be
about fifteen feet wide and eighteen feet high.
The new Croton aqueduct is Is % feet wide and
1876 feet high. The former will have capacity
of 5OOOOOOO0 gallons a day. The latter dis
poses daily OF 31SOOO,O 900 gallons.
The great dam of the Ashokan reservoir, which
is to be built Of earth at Bishops Falls, accord
ing TO the plan which the engineers most favor
will far surpass in size any dam in existence
1t will consist of a main buttress together with
a series Of dykes which will stretch three miles
across the valley. and be so wide on top that
eight wagons could be driven abreast on it.
From one edge to the other it will measure fifty
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
RELATIVE SIZES.

In the length CT its aqueducts the Catskil
tension viii sUrqas3 anything of the kind viii, h
the world has ever seen From the Franklinton
or northernnost. reservoir tins water VIII have t.
travel 130 miles before it pour out CT the
faucets of the City Hall. and when it reaches.
The Washbowls of lower Staten Island, by way
Of pipes through Brooklyn and under the Mar
rows, it will have completed journey of $50
mes-equal to a trip from Albany New York
The furthesi that Rome went for water was
thirty-eight miles, when it tapped the Springs of
Amo and brought a supply through the magni
fcent acqueduct known as the Anio Novus,
many of whose gigantic arches one hundred
feet in height. still tower above the Campagna.
In modern ti3es Manchester, England. broke all
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

shores. In no place will it be less than forty feet
deep or narrower than mile Near the dam
ii will be 80 feet deep, that if such buildings
as the Waldorf-AstOra, the Hotel Netherland or
Wanarlakers new annex were dumped in there
they would be completely submerged. Were the
2SG-foot high Fiatiron Building stuck down in
this part of the reservoir, all that would remain
above water would be the uppet three stories.
RELATIVE SIZES.
The area and total capacity of the eight dams,
showing their relative sizes. are given in the
following table:
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

ward will be linked together and made 10 con-
tribute their waters into the Ashokan by means
OF a smaller aqueduct, about forty miles in
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

HOSIERY REPRESENTS
THE BEST VALUES OFFERED DURING 9AE ENTIRE YEAR