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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08

Senator John Sharp Williams mas
decided not to serve in congress dur
ing the two years just preceding the
beginning of his term as senator. He
says he wants to take that time on
ito read the stores of literature which
have accumulated since he entered
the house and to write a life Of Thomas
Jefferson. 1t sounds strange to hear
a man of Mr.. Williams reputation as
a student and man of diversified edu-
cation talk about being behind in his
reading. The most widely read man
in congress says he has gotten behind
in his reading and needs two years to
catch up. All students of American
history will hail with delight the an
nouncement of his intention to write
a biography of Thomas Jefferson. We
wish we could believe that the demo-
cratic national convention of next
year is going to cause him to abandon
his above expressed intention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08

The Fayetteville people are epa
ing to give Hon. w. ]. Bryan a fouS-
ing reception and a regular old 1ash-
toned North Carolina welcome on rs
visit to their city on the 18th instant
committees have been appointed on
reception, transportation, lnVltatloh'
entertainment, street parade, finance
publicity. The central committee urges
that every township in the county o7
represented in the parade by at least
one hundred mounted men. Of
a hearty welcome will be extended to
all corners from other countless, anu
there is no doubt that there will be a
great assemblage of people from this
entire section of the state. MIR. Bryan
is to he met in Charlotte and escorted
to Fayetteville the day before by a
committee of Fayetteville people ana
will be similarly conducted to Green's
boro on the 18th. While we are not a
political follower of Mr.. Bryan, we
him as one of the leading
nublic men of the country and we
want to see him given as courteous
and hospitable a reception as the peo-
ole of North Carolina a devise.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08

We agree with the washington fost
when it says that if the New YORK
Sun is right in the declaration that
Japan will fight the United States IL
a big feet of American battle ships is
dispatched from one American coast
to another the sooner the war begins
the better it will be for all concerned
There would be some excuse for uneas-
mess on Japan's part if u govern
ment were to assemble SO powerful
a fleet in such proximity to her ter
ritory as the Philippine waters, out
it is absurd to contend that 'sh could
have any cause of complaint or even
of suspicion in the removal of the fleet
from the Atlantic to our Pacific shores,
several thousand miles away from
Japan. This contention is too rldlcu-
lous for even the most rabid jingoist
to make.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
MIR. BRYaNs OPENING GUN

Mr.. Bryan's opening gun for the
nomination has been fired in h fol-
lowing declaration in the platform
adopted by the democratic convention
OF his own state. recently held:
" reassert our fidelity TO tie
principles which Nj. Bryan has 90
ably advocated. and which al this time
are so generally accepted hv q large
majority Of the people Of the UnitsA
states" N
Thus Nebraska leads of" in the
fight for Mr.. Bryan's nomination, de-
clat1s The virginian-Pilot.
Ne take it that Mr. Bryan, who was
present at the convention, could have
had any platform adopted that ne
chose. W. do not suppose any one
will deny that TO be a fact Then read
the above quoted plank of the plat
form carefully. The Nebraska dem
ocrats endorse the principles which
Mr.. Bryan has SO ably advocated.
No exception is made. The declaration
takes in all of them. 1t includes his
proposition for government ownership
of railroads as advocated and declared
to be a part of his party principles
by Mr.. Bryan in his Madison Square
Garden speech. MI. Bryan has never
repudiated that principle. When lie
fOund how great was the opposition
to the position that he had taken on
that question the greatest length to
which he would 60 in modification has
been to say hat the time was not now
ripe for putting his ideas on the sub
Ject into active operation. He is
still an advocate of government own
ershlp OF railroads and he wants u
see the principle put in force in this
country at an early day.
Are the democrats Of North CaroliTa
and Of the other southern states ready
to endorse such a plank in the party's
national platform? Are they ready to
follow the leadership of a nan who
stands, by his own declaration in a
carefully prepared and deliberately
delivered speech, committed to that
principle, ven though the platform
should De silent on that subject?
Whether or not such plank is put in
the next democratic national platform
If the democrats nominate Mr.. Bryan
their party will stand for and virtually
endorse the proposition that the goy-
eminent should own the Interstate
railway lines and the states those
which do not cross the state lines.
Could the most optimistic democrat
expect his party TO win under such
conditions? Still the indications are
that the democrats will nominate
Mr.. Bryan-that no other man in the
party stands the slightest chance of
securing the nomination. Poor, I'M
fortunate democratic party.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
COST OF THE RAILWAY RATE
CASES.

Our recollection is that the last leg
dollars for the payment of the fees
Of such attorneys as the governor
should employ to represent the state
in such suits as should be brought 10
lest the VALIDITY Of the passenger sau
freight rate acts passed by that body,
When the suits we're instituted by
the Southern railroad and the Atlantic
Coast Line Governor Glenn employed
Messrs. Justice. Woodland and Daniels
1.-THE last named a brother OF the editor
Of The News and Observer 10 repre-
sent the state. When il came to nlinc
the states replies TO the pleas OF the
plaintiffs, for some eason which has
never bee made public, but has only
been limited at, the governor thought
! it necessary to add Messrs. AycOck
and Shepherd to the states list of at
torneys The state is also now further
represented by Messrs. Bryant ana
Winston, or Durham the latter i
brother of the lieutenant governor.
Now, four thousand dOllars-for all
the work that has beer and will have
to be done-to be divided between
sever is going to be considered b.
those lawyers as mighty long division.
The state has an attorney general
and an assistant attorney general ~
whom it pays good salaries. These
officers are usually expected to look
after the states interests in all ma
ters before the courts. But in these
cases seven additional lawyers have
been brought into the case to repre-
sent the state, and four thousand dol
lars has been appropriated to pay their
fees and travelling expenses. What
will be the result? Why, the next leg
isature will be called on to appropriate
a much larger additional sum to sat
isfy the demands Of these seven pa
triotic members of the bar. Besides
the big fees that will have to be paid
to these seven lawyers there will be.
by the time these suits are terminated,
many other heavy expenses to be foot
ed by the state which will not come
in as costs in the case to be taxed
against the plaintiffs should the state
win, and should the state lose and
have to pay the costs the amount
taxed will be tremendous.
No matter how these cases may
finally be determined, the taxpayers
of the state may count on an appeal
from the governor to the next legisIa-
ture to make a large appropriation to
bear the states part &C the expenses
of these suits. There is no telling
what these suits will cost the state.
They will be sucking the taxpayers
blood for the next two or three years
and all to crafty the ambition OF
a few politicians and office seekers
who are posing as friends and pro-
tectors of the dear people,"
These WI passenger rate cases, it
must be remembered, are not the only
ones the state is to have on lis hands.
The governor has announced that as
soon as these passenger fare cases are
out of the way be will take up the
rate law. He should have ia
ken that UP first and forced the rail
roads to give the people Of this state
a better showing. Had he done that
he would now have all Inc people
with him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08

We are sorry to learn from the Dur
ham Sun that Judge Council was too
i'll to preside over the court of Dur
man county this week and it is thought
he will not be we'll enough to preside
which begins next Monday. The Sun
learns that the judges condition is
gradually growing worse. This will
be sad news to Judge Councils many
friends in this section of the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-10-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
one wear, $500: six months, $500:
three months, $3.50: month SO
cents,
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSEN-
GER (two eight page papers), bv mail,
one ear 800: six months, SO cents,
"a advance.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17
Cookery SCHOLARSHIPS.

Next month the London County
Council Will award eighteen free
scholarships in cookery for domestic
servants to be held at the NatioIa,
Training School of Cookery. Cundi-
dates must not be less than IL or more
than 20 years OF age on July 81. 1907
The course VIII extend over period ~
II weeks and those who win scholar
ships will be provided with dinner
ana tea on the days on which thew
attend school. Each win also receive
a grant OF fb toward travelling and
other expenses.-Daily Graphic.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17
Darwin Was to Blame.

An elderly man in Shrewsbury. Eng
land, was showing a couple of FRIENDS
about the town. They tarried before
the place where the statue Of Shrews.
burys great son., Darwin, sits ana
broods. That" said the Shrewsbury
man, pointing with a bullying umbrei-
la, lis Darwin" YES" answered ons
Of the visitors after a rather unfrieno'.
ly scrutiny, that was him as said We
all come from monkeys" "He did,
went On the Shrewsbury man, lana
I'll tell you another thing. Not long
ago the steeple of one OF our churches
fell down. There are many as says
II is judgment upon the town ic'
patting up 1 statue to 'im."-Rochf'
ter Herald.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17

Bridge, am going out tonight"
"And lave the house alone" -Life.
Mrs Homebody engaging cook)-
Very well, them you may come tomor-
row at ten! Cook: Old sooner come
at eight, mum. Thin If Oh don't loike
the place OF can lave III time for the
matinay.-Puck.
"Slowboy is about discouraged. He's
been waiting ten years for promotion
and hasn't got it yet" That's the
trouble. If he'd worked more and
waited less he'd have had it long ago"
Detroit Free Press. -
Mother (who has been asked to sug-
gest a game for rainy atternoon)-'
Why don't you pretend you are met
And George can be daddy. Then you
might play at housekeeping. Daughter
But, mother, we've quarrelled once
already!-Punch.
Applicant see you advertised for
janitor, sir. | am married man-no
children; neat, honest, patient and
tactful! Agent regret to say y0
would hardly do as janitor, my
friend, but wait. Couldn't l get you
as tenant?-Judge.
American Cousin-I reckon the SOS
of some of our millionaires have
pretty hard problem to solve wher
they can't decide whether to 60 into
business and live up to their fathers
regulations, or go into society, and
live them down.-Puck.
when I leave you tonight" said
Mr.. Staylate, Il hope you" "Grs'
cious! are you coming again tonightr
exclaimed Miss Patience Come. Then
for the first time the proximity o.
the dawn dawned on him and he
ut.-Philadelphia Press.
Lady-Do you clean houses? Tk
Vacuum Cleaner Man-Yes, ma'am. we
have a four cylinder machine, and wei
take away every atom Of dirt. An
right; my husband has just beei
spending his vacation on a secondhand
auto, and wish you'd start on him
al once."-Life.
"A great deal depends on the mar
ner in which a man selects his
friends" said the wise politician
YES" answered Senator Sorghum;
but the things you attack are what
keep the public interested. The most
important point is the selection OF enc
mics. "--Washington Star.
I First Murderer Clearing his hair)|
shall go mad! Second Murderer
What's the matter, old man? Matter
Matter enough. I've no show of BE-
ing acquitted unless I'm proved insane,
and here the prosecution. has gone ana
retained all the alienists whose testl-
mony will have any weight" well, II
that's so, what's the use of goiN
mad?"-Puck.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17
rHe sroNy.AeARrso SWISS.
(swlss landlords object to having Ru,
Sian guests In their hotels \

Sian guests In their hotels
Icy rain was slowly falling
On n lonely Alpine path n
Where n Nihilist was bawling
Loudly for a room and bath
BY hotel doorway pretty
Whence the landlord might be hea,s
Sweetly caroling this ditty,
With yodel on each word:
mo, Petrovitch, you can't unpack Won.
bombs at this hotel.
Our bellboys don't bring dynamite eaeh.
time guests ring a bell
We feel for Russlas woes
Sincerely, goodness knows,
But Petrovitch, you can't unpack yous
bombs at this hotel"
Icy rain was falling slowly
On the bombs that Russian had,
Tending thus to put them wholly
And completely TO the bad.
But each. time he cried: They're soak.
ing!
Let me wrap them in a towel"
All the countryside provoking
Sang-with yodels on each vowel:
mo, Petrovitch. you can't unpack you,
bombs at that hotel,
You might mistake tourist for howl.
ing Russian swell.
Your country's mournful wreck
Is awful, swan to heck,
But Petrovitch,> you can't unpack your
bombs at that hotel"
Thomas r. Ybarra. In the New Yors
Times.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17

It isn't safe to walk the streets
For autos, trucks. and cars,
And in the country lanes one meets
The bull outside the barn;
There's earthquakes swallowing the land
And tidal waves at sea,
There's certain death on every hand
1t isn't safe TO be.
There is no pleasure any more
In what we drink and eat;
We swallow microbes by the score
In every bit Of meat; - 80,
Our food is freighted deep with death,
And II from food we flee
We draw II In with every breath
II isn't safe to be.
--Clarice
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17
IT ISN'T SAFE TO BE.

Not knowing what will happen next
We ask ourselves again
The question that OF old perplexed
The melancholy Dane.
But II the fatal germ may wait
Within kiss, you see,
We simply must asseverate
II isn't safe to be.
So let us eat and let us drink
In spite of quake and squat;
II won't do any good to think
How soon the blow may fall.
This is a vastly better plan.
Whether on land or sea,
Get every bit OF fun you can
Until you cease to be.
w. Riley. In the New York Press
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-17

That new audhor rides in an au'e
mobile"
YES; he couldn't get to Obliv|o'
Afxst enough in any other vehicle
Atlanta Constitution .
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN.
To Make a Flower Bed.

In making a flower bed, consider well
where you put it and what you put in
il. If you want to grow flowers for the
flowers sake, the bed may be in the rear
of your yard, or to one side, and laid out
like a vegetable garden. But if the bed
is to- be part of the landscape picture.
the flowers should be freely distributed
among the border shrubs as edgings. 1t
is seldom advisable to put formal beds on
the lawn. The place for carpet bedding
is the parks or public squares which are
devoted to that particular purpose
Flowers grown in the middle of the
lawn have lutte relation to other plant
ing and no ba, kground to show them off
to good advantage They are exposed
the sun and iud aud the grass roots
absorb food 3ih moisture, making it
hard for thy buNcts 20 flourish. Every
effort must be llade 20 keep the formal
bed prim, otherwise it becomes displeas s.
ing; while if the flowers are planted more
or less promiscuOusly in large, irregular
borders or along the edge of the shrub
berry, the failure of one or dozen plants
is not serious matter.
In making a flower bed see that the
ground is well drained. that the subsoil is
deep, that the land is i'm mellow and
friable condition and is rich. Each fall
it should have a mulch of rotted manure
or leaf mold which must be spaded I'M
der deeply i'll the spring. Make the bed
as broad as possible so the grass roots
from each side will not meet beneath the
flowers and rob them of moisture.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
A Soup Plate Proposal.

For years William had loved her ar
IDENTIFY. but until Mrs. Eaton Chew's din.
ner party. his accursed hashfuness hal
always kept him from asking the fateful
question. How little it sometimes takes
to cha pge the entire course of two young
lives. In this case it was nothing more
than plate of alphabet soup.
Seized with a sudden inspiration as
soon as the soup was placed before him.
William passionately devoured the letters
until only thirteen were left. arranging
these deity with his spoon. he leaned
toward his fair neighbOr and whispered
Change soups with me-
Something in his tone made her COM
ply.
Wondering she gazed into the plate he
had just handed her. A deep crimson
crept upon the surface of the clear, am
Der fluid. where We're the significant
words for which she had so long waited
will you be mine?'
She dipped her spoon into the plate
aud raised Letter TO her lips. William
trembling with emotion. silently noted
that it was an f. This she nibbed into
atiny comma which she daintily re
placed in the plate. For IA few moments
she idly toyed with her soup as if 70
cool IT, Then, as though suddenly re
memhering. she said Why. here, MI.
Sweet, this is your soup"
With beating heart he glanced into the
plate. At first he could scarcely believe
mis- eyes, and yet-yes, there it was, in
clear unmistakable letters.
You win me. Bill
DeNterouSly Swimming the tender mes
sage from the surface he swallowed j.
with . romantic sigh
Their enaSsegtsRsransEas s'csss, announced with
the animal crackers idgway's.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
FASHION IN THE ARCTIC.
Partisan Gowns Exhibited on the Ice.
bound Coast of Spitzbergen.

The birds and walruses of Spitzbergen
saw distinguished party in their Arc
tie home in July last One Of the
French magazines telling about this
pleasure trip says the party belonged 70
the most aristocratic society,"
Eugene Gallois has written book
describing the Arctic experiences of these
notable personages, WHO included pro
fessors, doctors. diplomats. deputies, two
generals i'll the army and a Snember of
the French academy, who waA certainly
a rare bird in rpitZbergen. They all
went north on the steamer Lille de
France
Women have heretofore gore to the
Arctic regions but it has not previously
been recorded that they took elegant
toilets along with them. This party did
SO. The fashionable gowns were re-
served for the festivities on shipboard.
Everything was supplied for the enjoy
ment of the party and Mr.. Gallois writes
about the fine music in the drawing
room, the superior cookery, the beautiful
table, the excellence Of the wines and the
gayety of the state occasions devoted to
bridge whist. Edihcation was also pro
vlded in the way of lectures by DIR.
Nordenskj0ld, DR.. Oliver and Il number
OF other learned men; the library con
tanned the largest collection of Arctic
books ever taken north. and kodaks with
total OF $4,000 films We're supplied.
The steamer passed from ford to
ford. landed climbing parties nere and
there on the glaciers. and east anchor,
now and then. so thar an especially
grand or picturesque view might be adj
mired. The company We're alone with
nature There were no villages, almost
no vegetation. and when a plant about
inches high was discovered it was
called tree by general consent
| ntnrfIn1TtsiV 10 w oi III
had figured prominently ON the pro
gramme was not a success. The only
whales seen in the waters of SpitzbeI gen
were two carcasseS washed ashore on the
coast of Bell s6+f4fd, food for thousands
of birds.
just before the party turned its back
on Spitzbergen an accident occurred
which looked serious for time The
steamer struck a rock and hung there.
while water began to pour into the hold
1t was only Il little way TO the shore
and the tourists We're landed. while the
crew strained every nerve to Save their
vessel The outlook for fortunate So
iourn on this unacceptable coast looked
very dubious, but fires were kinded on
the beach, preparations were made to
camp. cider eggs were collected for sup
per and all tried to play the role of
Robinson Crusoe with cheerful counte-
nance.
fortunately Russian steamer and a
Dutch cruiser came along the next day,
helped Lille de France out of her di-
lemma and the tourists went home Uu
their owa vessel
They are nov informing everybody in
France that the summer climate of Spitz-
bergen is salubrious and that many in
valids would greatly benefit by a month
or two along those coasts The crying
need, they say, is summer hotels like
xxbi, nl t,vf,
Alps, and they believe that the future
will bring all the conveniences needed
to make a sojourn in this Arctic land
eniOYable.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-04
THE LIKENESS ON THE CENTS.
An Exception to the Rule Against Por
traits on American Coins.

Coins of most of the nations bear upon
them the faces of their rulers. In the
tt4ttS States each coin has an emblem
of Liberty.
The first coins struck after the forma-
ton of the Federal union bore the face of
George Washington. Gen. Washington
diSapproved of the custom and it was
dropped. 1t has never been revived.
Portraits of prominent Americans APP
pear upon postage stamps, internal rev
enue stamps and paper money. but never
on coins. And it mas been the custom to
Use no portraits of living men even on
the currency and the stamps.
In England, as soon as King Edward
succeeded Queen Victoria. the Queens
face gave way to that of Edward on all
the coins and stamps in the British EN-
pire. Tile accession of new ruler in
monarchies means an instant change in
the designs of the coins.
But there is an exception to the rule
of no portraits on American coins The
emblem of. Liberty on the one cent coin
is the goddess in an American Indian
headdreSs but the face shows no charac-
teristics of the North American abor-
igine.
1t is the face of little girl Sarah
Longacre Keen, upon whose head was
placed the feathered ornament of a
Sioux Indian. Her father was an en-
graver and he placed his daughters head
on the coin.
Sarah LOngacre Keen died in Philadel-
phia not long ago, after having served
thirty-tive years as the secretary 0f Ter
city's branch of the Methodist Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary society.