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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
CQggx)N AND NAVAL STORES.
Receipts of Cotton and Naval stores
at the Port of Wilmington YeSter-

daH
{. C.---2 bales cotton. IA barrels
tar. , barrels crude turpentire
w. and W.--l56 bales cotton, ] tar.
w, G and A.-136 bales cotton, 2o
tar, Z crude.
"A. and " bales cotton. 6 casks
spirits, 3s barrels rosin, 70 tar
NRnftlock-s casks spirits, "a r"s1a
16 Eth. ....
Rotaa-a66 bales cotton, II spirits
so rasis, 124 tar, 8 cruda.
EIaes YEAR casks spirits, a. rosin
I4G Tar. 81 cfud.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
NAVAL STORES.

SPIRITS OF TURPENT1NE --
Nothing doing.
RO6TN-$3.90 bid.
PAR-Firm, $3.50.
CRUDE TCRPEETINR - Firm
hard 1886: dip $3.50; Virgin ;4.5e.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08

BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND THE
SOUTH.
SOurHBOUND.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08

- = Me DAY LAST YEAR.
z eaesks spirits turpentine.
IN barrels rosin.
EB ban rels tar.
IT barrels crude turpentine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
KOdOl
For Dyspepsia

contains all the digestive juices that are
found in q healthy stomach. and Il
exactly those proportions necessary to
enable the stomach and digestive organs
to digest and assimilate all foods that may
be eaten. Kodol is not only a perfect
digestant, but it is a reconstructive. It's
sue building tonic as well. Kodol relieves
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach.
Heartburn, Palpitation of the Heart and
Constipation. You viii like it
Digests What You Eat
Rests the stomach. rebuilds the
tissues and gives firm flesh
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08

WILMINGTON AND SAN.

BBI WEEN WEAIINGTON md SAN
FORD.
West p. East Il.
Daily. Daily.
Lv Wilmington 9 10 amtAr 8 I3 pm
AR Fayetteville .l12 II lri-Ar { -- pm
Al Sanford. ] 81 pm Nv " 81 pm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-02-08
RECEIPTS TO-DAY

I2 casks spirits turpentine.
30 Barrels rOsin.
Kf barrels tar.
q barrels crude urpentinc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
YOUR TRUE COMMUTER.
Must Be by Nature Man Who Takes
to Routine.


From the Century.
Your true commuter must be by nature a
man who takes to routine. There are some
who have committed for a quarter century
or more and yet have not acquired the trick
and never will. They are the ones who
write letters to the newspapers. airing their
grievances against the heartless railroad
corporations. They are not born commut-
ers; they have had Communication thrust
upon them. But many really enjoy the life
of the commuter They like the clock-like
regularity. They like the pleasant social
aspect of the early morning trip to town.
the neighborly interest in one another af
fairs, the ample time for reading the news
papers, which numerous city residents miss
by not being obliged to get an early start.
They look forward to the pleasant relaxa-
with hat on one side to keep the smoke
out Of their eyes. Some Of them even say
that they enjoy being awakened early In
the morning.
In time all who work in New York will
come to it. Meanwhile. for the man with
family 1t appears to be in many ways a
happy solution OF a difficult problem I'm
doubtedly it is more wholesome existence
physically but mentally and spiritually 1t
has the defects of its virtues when pursued
all the year around. The commuter de-
votes the best part of the day to one mar
row corner of the city: the rest of his time
not consumed on the train. Is in the still
more narrowing atmosphere of the suburbs
He neither gets all the way into the life Of
the city nor clean out into the country. So
his view of things has neither the perspec-
tive of robust rurality nor the sophisticatiOn
of a man in the city and of it. His return
to nature is only half way; his urbanity is
suburbanity. Much of our literature. art
and especially criticisms, show the faint of
the commuters point of view
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
MILLIONS OF TREES PLANTED.
Work of the Past Year on Upstate
Forest Reservations.
From the Utica Press.

from the ltlcH Press.
The planting time on the state forest
reservations for the year has closed and
operations In the field are suspended, al
though a corps OF men Is maintained at
each of the three nurseries Beginning in
1905 the state has planted on barren tracts
several million trees. On one plantation
alone that on the line Of highway three
miles north OF Paul Smiths. the state has
planted 100000 young trees. of which
100000 white pine were brought from Ger
many.
At Lake Clear is planted forest of 300
acres while another toward Saranac lake
embraces 400 acres. On the two there have
been planted upward OF 5000 trees of each
of the following varieties. White pine.
Scotch pine. Douglas Ar, European larch
and black locust. They range in age from
two to four years. and thrive so well that
only about 10 per cent have been lost
either in the long droughts of the summer
or the cold weather of the winter.
Near SaranaC lake. on the Lake Placid
road. is q new forest planted by the state
commission. The work was begun in 1895
when 100000 trees were set out. and the
paintings of each year since have been
100000 trees.
The plantations of the forest are along
well travelled highways and attract the at
tention of tourists who journey through the
region either in motor car or coach.
The ground on which the planted forests
stand was denuded waste, cleared by re-
peated forest fires until 1t became clear
of logs as a cultivated field. Tall ferns or
brakes had grown each year from the soil,
and here and there a few poplar trees had
started from seed carried by the wind, and
cherry trees from seed carried by the birds.
Left to itself, however, it would have been
hundreds of years before the land would
have been reforested, and then only with
poplar and wild cherry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
OWL THE BELL RINGING GHOST.
Caldwell Farmers Thought Whole
Town Was Burning.

Clinton Cor New York Tribune
Persons residing In this village were
startled out of their slumbers about l
O'Clock this morning by the tolling of the
bell in the little Methodist Church. The
church bell summons the village bucket
brigade when there is fire in the neigh
borhood. AT the first tap of the bell the
farmers swoke and hurried to the church,
buckets In hand. The tolling continued,
but In an erratic manner. At times four
or five strokes of the bell would be given
in rapid succession, to be followed by an
interval of silence. There was no sign Of
a fire anywhere. At the church practically
every one living within sound of the bell
while the bell in the tower continued to
peal out the alarm. 1t caused a shiver to
ran down the backs of even the bravest
Finally Henry Van Ness the sexton Of
uncanny agency at work and refused to
open the doors. He said he knew 1t was
a ghost, and he wouldn't face it under any
circumstances Giles Van Ripper said he
would go in If Van Ness would give him
the key. Van Ness passed 1t over. A Ian
tern was then procured. and Van Ripper.
with few of the holder ones in the crowd
climbed to the belfry.
As the leader opened the little trap door
in the roof some great white object, armed
with claws, could be seen.
Ghosts, sure he exclaimed and
scrambled out of the building with the re-
mainder of the company.
For few minutes after the bell pealed
vociferously, and then all was still
No one in the crowd could be induced to
investigate further They fingered around
until daylight, whispering their fears to
one another. second ascent to the tower
revealed the fact that a flock of pigeons
had made their home in the belfry and q
huge owl had discovered this fact The
bird of prey had made an attack on the
pigeons. and in some way had become en-
tangled in the branches of loose strand
Of the bell rope, which had become frayed
with years of use. The strand had been
sufficiently strong to hold the great bird
captive, and in Us frantic struggles to free
itself it had rung the bell.
When discovered the owl was hanging
dead from the end of the tongue rope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
RECORDS OF ANCIENT CITY.
Hidden by Official 1,7OO Years Ago.
Antiquities of Central Asia.

Dr. NJ. a. stein. in Geographical Journal.
My first objective was the ancient site
IN tho deser+ ,or.h 90 Nj, =.
700, - $50. 81 't ''a' "eie III
H'u uiSCoNeied the remains or a
settlement abandoned in the latter half
of the third century AID Want IF time
and adenuata labor no.. ,har r,o,-,,t,,
,, ''u '0h ~ e>eh'eu
i'in gearing some OF the ruins more
deeply buried by drift sand; subsequent
roamings of treasure seekers.' had led
to the discovery Of otb.r to,o..oo,
bfazo,, 50. 49, ~ iio'"e 'oa''
''U"eti away among the hlsh sand cones
on either side of the main groups.
Working with as large a party of la
borers as could keen Stumbled with
water from a distance of some .ynntv
miles. / cleared now close on thirty mora
dwellings. They yielded ample anti
quarian spoil Including n,any innI,raa,.
and household objects iIIustrativa Of
everyday life seventeen centuries AGO
The numerous relics of INDUSTRIAL att
and architectural wood carving CIaariy
reflect the predominant Influence of
Graeco- Buddhist art as deyeIoned on tho
Indus. ~
Finds of records write, ., ,,.oa
tablets in the Kharoshti scr;nt ,,r,,Iio
to the extreme northwest Of JrGia na
in an early Indian dfa1act roixad i.a
good deal of Sapelr,t 49, - IN d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Novel Dutch Luncheon.

Nasturtiums mixed with green make a
splendid setting for Dutch luncheon
After laying your table with everything
pretty in the way of doilies have a basket
of nasturtums in the center, or have a
mirror lake banked with them and tiny
windmills on the water. Around the table
place little delft figures in blue and white
china. each with a basket. and fill these
with yellow bonbons. If you use candles
have them pale yellow with shades to
match. with blue and white Dutch figures
windmills painted on them
Have blue and white china or white with
a yellow border and have one of the
courses served in little delft china shoes.
Either the figures or the shoes make nice
souvenirs of the day. Do not try to carry
out the Dutch dishes in the menu, every
day dishes are more appetiZing.
Talpicon of fruiuts.
Cream of clam soup with whipped cream.
Hot waters.
Radishes Sailed nuts. Olives.
Dreamed lobster I'm Dutch shoes
Sxeetbread soufie with creamed asparagus tips.
Roast squad on toast. Potato cradles.
Hot rolls. Currant jelly.
Fresh tomatoes with cheese slices and mayOnnaise.
Ice cream in shape OF yellow flowers
rice glace.
Macaroons princesse. Coffee.
Bonbons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
CAPT. EJNAR mIKKELSEN.

guns for defense against torpedo boat at
tack and six submerged torpedo tubes.
AS to big cruisers, England has SO far
held her own. One ship of 1880 tons with
Parsons turbine machinery of 5000 horse
power has been laid down. another will be
included in the program of 1909. another in
1911 and one in 1912. In addition to this
vessel of IS 800 tons now begun, and to be
fitted with ten or twelve guns of eleven
inch CALDER as compared with eight of
twelve-inCh Caliber in the 7,250-ton in
vinCibes. Germany has nearing completion
two cruisers. the Greisenan and Scharnhorst,
Of l.42o tons t26D00 horsepower with
eight S.2-inCh guns. six 6-inch guns and
twenty-eight smaller weapons; a cruiser of
LEO tons and 50 600 horsepower with
eight 11-inCh and several lighter guns
Thus by 1912 she will have three vessels
which may be comparable to nvincibles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09

station to which he is travelling need not
be accepted for conveyance by a railway
company. y bicycle is not personal lug
gage, to be carried free Of charge and a
ticket must be taken for IL.
dog is not allowed to travel with its
owner IN a carriage; IT must go to the dog
box or the guards van, and have a collar
and chain This prohibition extends to the
lady who endeavors to smuggle INTO the
compartment under her fur coat her be-
ribboned pet.
A servant has no right to bring with him
INTO carriage his masters portmanteau,
because it is not the servants personal lug.
gage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09

water forced over and around them with
great force. This does not wash them-it
merely rinses them. In the apparatus
shown here the dishes are actually washed
as much so as could be done with the
human hands. The apparatus consists of
pan for holding the water and a pair of
revoluble brushes arranged to operate on
the opposite faces of the articles to be
washed. There is also a small stationary
brush which forms a support for the CEN
trail portion of the dish. The mode of op-
Grafton will be obvious at a glance There
is no doubt but that the dishes will be
thoroughly cleaned, all particles adhering
to the dishes being quickly removed by the
revolving brushes. which turn the dish
around at the same time. bringing each por-
ton into contact with the brushes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Place of an Old Tree in History.
From the Springfield Union.


Recently the Society of Colonial Wars OF
Connecticut unveiled a monument which
marks the site of the famous charter oak.
which is as much to the history of Hart
ford as Shakespeare TO Stratford-on-Avon
Hamlet to Copenhagen, Joan OF Arc to
Rouen. King Alfred to Winchester and
Romeo and Juliet 10 the ancient city of
Capulets. The first child you meet on the
street can tell you about it, although there
is good deal of mystery about 1t, and sew
eral versions of the ancient story
The monument is a corpulent column
placed inside an Iron fence that protects
an angle of lawn between two roads
Charter Oak avenue ana Charter Oak place
globe rests upon the backs of four
dolphns, the significance of which 1 could
not understand. but beneath it is a bank
OF oak leaves enctrcfng the granite mono
18th. which Is very much palmer In It's ap-
propriateness. The inscription reads:
Near this spot stood the
Charter Oak.
Memorable In the history
of the
Colony of Connecticut
As the hiding place of the Charter
October 81, 1887.
The tree fell
Aug. 81, 1885.
The original oak seven feet in dam
eter and it blew Town In a storm. A con-
siderable quantity of the timber is pre-
served. There are as many relics of the
charter oak here and hereabouts as there
are articles of furniture from the May
flower at Plymouth and scattered among
the descendants of the Pilgrims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
Logical Deduction.

from Jhe TIrCIe.
Irish Cook approaching master of the
house anxiously): Gould we be after tellin'
me. sar. the time o. day? Shure all the
clocks in the house is different except one"
Master of the House: That one Is right,
Mary -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
DISHWASHING MACHINES.
Does Not Rinse, But Actually Cleans
the Dishes

radical departure in the construction of
dishwashing machines has been made by an
Iowa man, as shown in the illustration be-
low. In the majority of such machines the
dishes are piled in receptacle and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
ENGLISH RAILWAY RULES
THINGS WHICH THE PASSENGERS
DO NOT KNOW.
Managers of Steam Lines Print Illegal
Regulations on the Tickets-Rank
Assumption Of Authority.


From the London Daily Mall
Tottenham Court road was up and cabs
were blocked for three four minutes; the
station was reached however, in the nick of
time, but there was a delay of half a min
ute at the ticket office while elderly lady
asked her final question, and when he
rushed on to the platform the last train was
moving out Too late; he must remain in
London another night and he reflected on
the folly Of not having purchased the ticket
during the day.
But the over-rushed traveller need not
have dallied at the booking office or pur-
chased any ticket; he should have caught
his train by going to it direct without a
ticket.
Railway companies have contrived to en-
velop the ticket with such cloud of delu-
sfons that this bit of pasteboard has become
fetch. Bylaws about it have been given
the awe-inspiring aspect of decalogue.
And probably not one in fifty of the millions
who travel in trains knows that many of
these much paraded bylaws are merely il
legal assumptions of authority.
NO Ticket, More Fare.
OF this class. for instance. is the bylaw
which declares that if a passenger fails to
produce his ticket when alighting he will
be required to pay the fare from the station
from which the train originally started
This is one of the hoary legends of our
childhood which have frightened people into
ticket awe. 1t could not be enforced No
passenger in hurry need lose his train for
the sake of a ticket He may travel with
out one and pay his fare at his destination
Many drastic conditions are printed
tickets and in timebooks limiting the use Of
the back halves of returns and of ex-
cursion tickets.
The law, however. is that if the return
fare be paid double the ordinary fare a
passenger Is entitled to return when his
wishes dictate-in twenty days or twenty
years.
If passenger takes a cheap ticket from
London to, say Margate to return within
fifteen days from date Of issue"-the fare
for the double journey being 1Os.-and is
unable to return until later all he has to
do Notwithstanding the companys bylaws
is to pay the difference between the value of
his half ticket (5s) and the ordinary single
fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09

Nearly nine-tenths of the worlds asbes-
tos supply Is mined in Canada the mines
about Quebec producing co.,. tons per
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
More Loss About Tickets.

Day half day excursion tickets not
used for return on the day specified are only
valueless If the return fare charged is less
than the ordinary single fare
The value of unused ticket or the re-
turn half can be recovered from a company.
A railway company Is bound by law to
carry every passenger who wishes to travel
by its trains from a terminus station. In
termedate station tickets are Subject to
room"
These points and all the other questions
which affect railway travellers stated in
clear. terse and interesting style in The
Railway Passengers Handbook. The fol-
lowing matters are also summarized from
this instructive guide:
For ladies only" Companies are not
compelled by statute to provide these COM
partments, but if they do specially re-
serve a carriage gentlemen may be pre-
vented from using It.
A passenger who leaves his seat for a few
moments having marked his possession by
leaving thereon article of personal lug
gage. is entitled to reclaim it and remove
any intruder.
Playing cards for money in a railway
carriage that is unreserved is Illegal. The
law may be evaded by getting the guard to
mark the carriage Reserved.
bicycle without label bearing the
owners full name and the name of the
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-07

protection policy has enabled favor
ed parties to amaSs vast private for
tunes through the special privileges
they enjoyed, great body of the re-
publicals get nothing, but were made
to pay exorbitant prices for articles
of daily consumption. Thus it is that
many republicans demand a relaxa
ton of the strenuous conditions Great
ed by the high tariffs on foreign
goods.
On the other side the democrats
are no less divided on the tariff is
sue. There was a time when there
was little or no manufacturing in the
southern states, which were long the
stronghold of democracy, and the tar
iff imposed a tremendous burden on
the south, while giving it no benefits.
To-day the situation is wholly diff
ferent The south, with the greatest
abundance of raw material produced
at home, is making large and lively
progress in manufacturing, and there
fore feeling the benefit of tariff protec
tiol.
It is coming therefore, to be very
difficult to draw the lines between
the two parties on questions upon
which they once differed most radi-
cally.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-07
A FATAL
WRECK

Wheeling, w. Va, May 7.-Trair
No. z west bound on the Baltimore &
Ohio collided with a fast freight east
bound at Rosby's Rock, Is miles east
of here this morning. ]. L. Painter
express messenger, and C. G. Warner
baGgagemaster, We're killed and the
engineer of the passenger train, C.
A Riley, was fatally injured. The
passengers escaped with a severe
shaking up. The accident is supposed
to have been due to "a misunderstood
ing of orders.
Collision in Illinois.
Percy, ILL.,, May IA fast passen-
ger train on the Mobile & Ohio road,
bound to Florida, collided with a
freight train here last night Eight
passengers were injured, none
seriously. The freight was standing
on the track and the passenger roun-
ded a curve and dashed into it. The
engine was demolished, the first pas
seager coach was broken in two and
a dozen freight cars were piled in "a
neap. The escape of the passengers
is considered remarkab BILE.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-05-07

From New Orleans Picayule, Dem.)
1t has been long time since politi
cal parties in the Ulited States were
in so serious a condition of shipwreck
as they are today This statement ap
plies as much to either of the great
parties as to the other and equally
TO both.
If it should be attempted to lay
down platforms of principles for eth,
er or both of the great policital par
ties, great confusion would result, as
serious difficulties in drawing lines
of demarkatiol would be encounter
ed.
The democratic principles, as they
were started in the days when demo
cracy was in tine height of it's power
and was led and represented by some
of the greatest men in the country,
embraced the inviolable maintenance
of the rights of the state and resis-
tance to all federal aggression. There
were to be equal rights to every citi-
zen to make the best and get the best
by means of such talents and opportu-
mites as he might have with special
privileges to none. There was to be
no favoritism in the levying of taxes,
and in the matter of a tariff 1t was
intended to raise revenue while giving
protection to home products.
Today, in writing democratic plat
form, serious changes are necessary.
AS to the rights of the states, they
are largely neglected while every
where there is a strong feeling in
favor of pushing forward and making
paramount the power of the federal
government.
AS to the Capitalization of govern
mental power, that was once wholly
the fundamental doctrine of the re-
publican party. Today the most pro-
minent democratic leaders are calling
for national ownership of railroads
and national control of all industrial
and financial corporations. This is
rank republican doctrine; only the re-
N Iblicans, while demanding federal
control, stop at federal ownership.
When it comes to the tariff the re-
pubhcans, who were the apostles of
high protection, are now badly divid-
ed on the subject, because while the