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The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
StOD that tickling

Stop that tickling copgh! Dr.
Shops Cough Cure Will surely stop
it, and with perfect safety. 1t is SC
thoroughly harmless, that DR.. Shool
tells mothers to use nothing else even
with very young babies. The whole-
some green leaves and tender stems
of lung healing mountainous shrub
furnish the curative properties to DR.
Shoop's Cough Cure. 1t calms the
cough. and heals the sensitive bron-
chial membranes. No opium, no cho.
loroform. nothing harsh used to in
jure or suppress. Demand Shoop's
and take no other. Robert r. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
Health Coffee" is really the clio

Health Coffee" is really the clos
est cCffee imitation ever yet produc-
ed This, the finest coffee substitute
ever made, has recently been prodLc-
ed by DR.. Shoop Of Racine, Wis. Not
a grain of real coffee in it either.
Health Coffee is made from pure
toasted cereals, with malt, nuts, etc.
Really it would fool an expert-who
might drink it for coffee. No 20 or
30 minutes boiling. Made in min
ute," says the doctor. S. w. Sanders.
Has your courtship borne frTit.
Yes, but not to my liking.
How so?
/ proposed to her that we make a
pair, but she handed me a lemon
Nashville American
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
ALL FOR FORAKER.
The Bishops of the African Methodist
Church Declare for Him.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 15.-The
bishops Of the African Methodist
chi rcL of the entire country have been
il session in this city for several Lavs
pas. While church matters occupied
large share Of the attention OF The
lirtCEs, much time has been given e.
the &C rsideration Of presidential poll
tics, u Washington has been very nIu.:n
interested in this meeting, the details
Of which have occupied no little sna"e
in the local papers. 1t will be Of in
terest to know that most of these &c
clesiastical leaders of tthe colored race
took occasion to condemn the presi-
dent and to express the hope that
Senator J. B. Foraker, of Ohio. would
be the republican nominee for the
presidency.
Prominent among the negro divines
present was Rev. r. H. Leak, of Raj
eigh, N. c. He delivered a notable ad-
dress, in which he praised the stand
taFen by Bishop Walters, who dec
c]ared for the nomination of Senator
Foraker as the republican candidate
for the presidency There was one dis,
cordant note in deliberations of the
convention. One of the bishops. Rev
&c. II Phillips, declared that he would
stay with the party OF Grant and
Lincoln" This gtaIement brought Rev
Leak to his feet. The bishop from
North Carolina declared with great
force of language, II am an American,
and am going to stay with the repub-
iican party. can sing America and I
am proud of it. l honor and love the
flag of my country-Special to News
aud Observer
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
Killed By Explosion of Gas.

POttsVilIe Pa, February IL
Jones Silcox, who would have been
elected to the school board of ST.
Clair at tomorrow election. was
killed this afternoon by an explosion
of gas in the Eagle Hill colliery of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, and Thomas w.
Wade was perhaps fatally burned. A
shot broubht down a large fall of
coal and released a body of gas which
was ignited by a miners lamp.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
WILL. BE LYNCHED TUnUGHr.
One Negro Shot and Another Being
Pursued by Posse.

Sararnh. Ga. February IA
spec al to the Savannah Press from
Statcsbcro today says that one negro
was shot and probably fa..a IL injured
and another is being pursued by q
sheriff's posse and probably viii be
lynched IL caught as the result OF an
1ttemp'"d assault upsn Mrs. Matthew
Howard. three miles frsm State1boro.
Mrs. Howard escaped by running out
OF the house when the negroes zp-
peared and her screams as they fol-
lowed her brought assistance J. ~.
Smith z neighbor shot and wounded
the first negro twice. then tied him I'm
wagon and took him TO the States
boro iail.
Never out, Never Over-Bljou.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

The Washington Duke statue was
yesterday placed on the Trinity cam
pus and it is a beautiful piece of work.
It is not now uncovered and will not
be until commencement when there
will be unveiling ceremonies.
The statue sits in the new Annie
Roney plot and will show UP finely
when unveiled. A great many people
have seen the memorial and pronounce
1t very fine art-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
What Eyerypody Wants

Everybody desires good health. which
is impossible unless the kidneys are
healthy. Foley's Kidney Remedy
oorrects irregularities and cures all
forms of bladder disorders Take
Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and
prevent Bright's disease and diabetes
For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
Sfamn-Ycndinp Machines

OF about thirty stamp-vending ma
chimes exhibited at the postofflce de-
partment here. the one patented and
made by J. R Williams, of Fayette-
vile. and w. c. Briggs. OF Winston
Salem, leadC all, save one in Ger
many. The German machine IS six
feet high and the North Carolina ma
chine seven inches es.-Washington Spec
ial 20 Charlotte Observer
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

Tie "eHt reno q l;1ov-r today for
Il stomach tv0rt es i Fedol. which
guaranteed to ~iTc prompt relief.
il = ratural digestart: it digests
what yon cat, it is pleasant to take.
JCld r. r. X. BeIlamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

Foley's Orino Laxative is a new
remedy, al improvement on the laxa-
tives of former years, as IT does not
grlpe Or nauseate and is pleasant to
take. 1t is guaranteed by r. z. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
End Came Early Sunday Morn
ing
PROMINENT LUMBER MAN
Interment Took Place Yesterday
Afternoon al 0akdaIe

The Deceased Had Bccn Confined. Co
the House for Some Time and Was
Critically III for Three or -Four Days
Il Survived 10y His Wife. Aged
Parents, Three Children and Other
Close Relatives
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

A Pittsburg jury has said that kiss
is not worth $4,000. A Pittsburg kiss
isn't.-Houston Post
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
Keeping Open House.

feel eodd; and we feel that way only
when our digestive organs aIe work
ing properly. DR.. Kings New Life
Pills regulats the action OF stomach
liver and bo wells 50 perfectly one can
not help feeling good when he uses
these pills. zoe a: X. Z. Be'lamy's S
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
No Case On EeCOrd.

There is no case or record of a
cough cold resulting in pneumonia
or consumption after Foley's Honey
an( Tar has been taken. 1t stops
+. cough and breaks up the cold
quickly. Refuse any but the genu-
inc Foley's Honey and Tar in a yell
low package. Sold by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

Do you know anything abour me-
cbanics" inquired the mouse in the
tran
MT thing answered the rodent at
large l have always boarded with
haIkers and the like.-Pittsburg rnst-
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
NeighbOrhOOd Eryoritc.

Mrs. E. d. Charles. of Harbor Me,
speaking Of Electric Bitters says: 1T
is neighborhood favorite here with
u.s." It deserves to be a favorte ev-
erywhere. 1t gives quick relief iN
dyspepsia. liver complaint, kidney de-
rangament. malnutritioh, nervousness
weakness and general debility. Its
action on the blood. rs a tn0roTSh
Vurifier makes it especially useful as
spring medicine. This grand al
terative tonic is sold under guaraI-
tee r. r. BelIamy's drug store. soc
Pa;ience-Don't you think great
pianists are born?
Patirce-Well, l don't believe any
child is born with as much hair as
pianist has to have!-Yonkers
Statesman.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
BREAKS RECORD
1CIuI:eT North Carolina Makes
Good
THIRD TRIAL A SUCCESS
Now Ready to be Turned Over 10
the Government

Not Only Came Up to Requirements
iu third Trial but Exceeded Them
Her Time Fastest Ever Made Dy
Vessel OF Her CIaSS-EyerybOd
Aboard Ship Wild With Enthusiasm
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

l never told lies when I was a lit
tie girl Gladys
When did you begin then. p.a-
ma?-London Opinion.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
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~O~N00~

/ Coal keeps best under sea water.
The criminal class Of London numbe|
/ 100000.
The painting of the Forth bridg
costs $4,000.
! Influenza, like cholera, always
travels from east to west
The sperm whale can stay under
water for twenty minutes.
A mole eats as many as 10000
earthworIns In the course Of a year.
In Saxony practically all of the live
stock is Stalled 300 days of the year,
and the largest portion the full 36J
days.
st. Petersburg authorities have is
sued an order forbidding the students
of the cadet corps to read Sherlock
Holmes" and other stories of a SIM
liar character.
Orsa, in Sweden, has in the course
of a generation, sold S5,550,000 worth
of trees and by means of judlcious re-
income every thirty or forty years.
There are no taxes. Railways and
telephones are free, and so are the
schoolhouses, teaching and many other
things.
The French government has purchas-
ed two bronze busts exhibited in this
years salon by Andrew O'Connor, OF
Massachusetts. One is a portrait Of
Robert Newman, and the other the
head of an exquisite italian girl. Mr..
O'Connor last year obtained the medal
of the second class by the salon
judges.
According to Edwin Warfield, lately
Governor of Maryland, there's diff
ference between eX-Governors and
former Governors. An Ex-Governor is
he who went after the office again and
didn't get it. A former Governor is
he who didn't seek reelection and re-
turned to everyday life. "And 1 am
a former Governor" added Mr.. War
field, in a recent interview in Milwau.
kee
The English and American mile is
/, $50 yards, or $3.50 feet In France,
Holland and Belgium 1t is 1000 meters,
or 1904 yards. In Spain it is 1,522
yards; in Russia, 1,16T yards; in
China, 500 yards; in Norway and /
Sweden, 11,G00 yards; in Germany it |
equals three English miles; in Italy, J
POPS yards; in Portugal, 2,250 yards;
in Austria, 1927 yards, and in Den
mark, S,23S yards.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

New York has been having an exhibit
ton Of nearly two hundred dolls, col
leeted from all nations, and represent
ing centuries Of doll development.
Dolls are In existence which date back
to 1000 3. G. They were found in
Egyptian graves, and are simply minia-
ture mummies But the oldest dolls OF
Mrs Starts unique collection are
from Picking, and came from the pal
ace of the Dowager Empress. Mrs.
Starr has dolls representing Dutch
fishwives, women from Lapland equip
ped with snowshoes, Indian soothsay.
ers, Mexican runners, French lace
makers, and New England country
girls Of a century ago. One Egyptian
doll was made entirely of mud, except
its hair. Another was constructed OF
a bamboo stick, dressed in a single
garment, and with a mass of long
black hair. The pth Of a tree was
carved into a charming doll, and Cali
fornia seaweed was the material OF
another. A perplexed lady came to
the teacher of her grandchildren with
a weary plant as to the indifference
OF the two little girls to the sound
knowledge which interested their three
brothers. "The boys love butterflies
and stones and shells and plants, and
Will read every book l give them on
natural science. They are eager to
know about everything, from the stars
In the sky to the weeds by the road
side. But Mary and Nelly-what do
you suppose is their one enthusiasm
she asked, dejectedly DOLLS, | guess,
said the wise teacher; "and a healthy
passion 1t is, too. We won't interfere
with the course Of nature, dear Grand
neutrality-suspicious.; for until the
world turns the other way on its axis,
and plants grow with their roots In
the air and their blossoms In the
ground, we may expect our girl babies
to love dolls"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
LIVED AFTER HANGING.
Many Instances of Resuscitation of
Persons Who Have Been Executed.

Many Instances of Resuscitation of
Persons Who Have Been Executed.
Innumerable instances of resuscita
ton after hanging are recorded, accord
ing to Tit-Bits. Henry III granted a
pardon to a woman named meta de
Balsham, who was suspended from 8
o'clock on a Monday to sunrise on
Thursday and afterward came to-"
DR.. Plot tells of a Swiss who was hung
up thirteen times, without effect, on &C
count of the peculiar condition of his
windplpe, it having been converted into
bone by disease.
Annie Green, a domestic, was hanged
at Oxford in 1850 and recovered four
teen hours afterwards under doctors
treatment Mrs. Cope, who was
hanged at the same place eight years
later, also recovered. On September 3,
1924, Margaret Dickson was hanged at
Edinburgh and recovered while being
carried to the grave. She lived for
many years afterward, and was univer-
sally known as Half Hanged Maggy
Dickson"
A housebreaker named Smith was
hanged at Tyburn in 1705. A reprieve
came when he had been suspended
quarter of an hour. He was cut down,
bled and revived William Duell,
hanged in London in 1740, revived and
was transported. A man hanged in
Cork in 1765 was taken in hand by a
physician, who brought him around in
six hours, and we are told the fellow
had the nerve to attend a theatrical
performance the same evening.
Richard Johnson, hanged at Shrews
bury on October 8, 1896, obtained a
promise from the undersheriff to place
him in the coffin without changing his
clothes. After hanging half an hour
he still showed signs of life, and on ex-
animation it was found he had
wrapped cords about his body connect
ed with hooks at the neck, which pre-
vented the rope from doing its work. |
The apparatus was removed and the
man hanged effectively. =
1t may be offered in explanation OF
the cases mentioned that there was no
drop used at executions in those days
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

By folding your arms you pull the
shoulders forward, fiatten the chest
and impair deep breathing, says the
Family Doctor. Folding the arms
across the chest so fattens it down that
it requires a conscious effort to keep
the chest in what should be its nat
ural condition. AS soon as you forget
yourself, down drops the chest.
We cannot SEC ourselves as others see
US. If we could, many of us would
be ashamed of our shapes. The posi-
ton you hold your body in most of the
time soon becomes its natural posi-
ton. Continuously folding your arms
across the chest will develop a fat
chest and q rounded back.
Here are four other hints which
should be made habits: Keep the back
Of the neck close to the back of the
collar at all possible times. Always
carry the chest farther to the front
than any other part of the anterior
body. Draw the abdomen in and up
a hundred times each day. Take
dozen deep, slow breaths a dozen times
each day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
FINDS AN AMERICAN TYPE.
British Paper Praises It, as shown
in Football and Baseball Cuts.

Brttfsh Paper Praises II, shown
In Football and Baseball Cuts.
The existence OF an American type
is denied by r. G. Lindsay Of the Brit
ish embassy at Washington IN recent
report on alien immigration into the
United States, published as a Blue
Book by the British government. Mr.
ling Of this country by immigration as
zone Of the most remarkable move
ments Of population to be met with IL
history" says on this point:
1T must take many generations he
fore Americans are physiologicaily DIFF
ferentiated from Europeans as much,
for example, as the French are from
the Germans. There is no such thing
as an American type, and even II. in
the towns of Europe 1t is possible to
point out a tourist as an American
recognition is effected by mere OUT
ward marks, such as the style o
dress"
With this opinion the British Med
cal Journal announces disagreement
which 1t sets forth In terms compl
mentary to the physical development
of Americans. Says this paper:
I'm illustration we would draw M
Lindsay's attention to the photograph
of college football and baseball team
in many Of the American magazine
which exhibit well-marked and,
may be added, fine type. What ha
become of the conventional Uncle San
the long, loose-limbed creature d
Punch cartoons, we know not TIL
American of to-day presents a firm
square jaw, broad brow and cleaI
keen eye, which together usually rend
er recognition Of his nationality
matter Of no great difficulty"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
The Frugal Japanese.

A college professor who had spent
four years at Yale and two in Berlin
acquiring his foreign education, lives
with his wife at Kyoto, a city, in a
rented house, having a little garden, at
a total cost Of 465 yen year, or about
1898. This is divided as follows !:
Rent, S120; house tax, So; servants
wages, SIS; fuel, S13; light, So; clothes,
$25, and food, $50. His salary is $500,
and he is applying 800 a year to the
debt he incurred TO obtain his educa-
ton. A people who can conquer domes-
tic problems as do the japanese find
no terrors in the economic burden Of
war debt.-Boston Globe.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

The possibilities of the matrimonial
advertisement have been once more dis
closed by the revelations made in the
Laporte murder mystery. As an insti-
tuition which thrives by defrauding Of
a few dollars the ignorant and weak in
telligence it has been made especially
familiar of late. But as an instrument
of more serious criminal enterprise 1t
still needs considerable advertisement
This it is now to receive to the full.
Wherever in America people can read
the story of Laporte will make its way.
The remote mining camps In Alaska
and the lumber camps in the North
ern wilderness, the lonesomest farms
ranches of the far West, the plantations
of the South and the most ignorant
districts of the great cities will each in
their due time be full of the wonder
and grewsome destinations Of this mys-
terry. The name of Laporte will fix it.
self in the memory of at least a gen.
Grafton. This ought to breed some eau
ton, for a while, at least, in the minds
of the susceptible and gullible. The
thought of the murderess spinning her
wide web to catch victims by the ia
miliar lines of the matrimonial adyer
tisement is one to fix itself In the i'm
agination of the dullest.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

1t happens to be true that there is a
tendency in America to talk at such
length about doing things quickly that
much of the time which might be spent
In getting the things done is spent in
stead in Boosting about how quickly
they are going to be done, says the
London (England) Daily Mirror. 1t
happens to be true, also, that while
ordinary "slow and conservative" peo-
pie are pushing steadily forward and
reaching certainly, inch by inch, to-
ward the end of their work, Americans
will very likely be explaining loudly
to everybody the advantages of some
invention which does the work so badly
and so quickly that 1t all has to be
done over again. The speed of Amerl-
ca is also very largely matter OF ex-
ternal appearances and of show. 1t is
like the hurrying and scurlying of the
mysterious walters whom we have all
of us seen racing about in crowded res
taurants They rush here, they rush
there, these wonderful walters; they
knock over this table and upset that
chair; they drop things, and fall and
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

1--WE come to your city and write up
your manners and customs" scoffed the
naughty New Yorker. "Why don't
some of your brains come to Gotham
and write up our manners and Gus
toms?"
I'VE might write up your CUSTOMS
replied the Chicago man. indelicately,
"but we'd have a hard time finding
your manners"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

Having a keen recollection of his ia
cher, gay Paris looks upon the demure
Prince of Wales as an impostor The
present prince is a young man of good
habits, and he has had efficient train
ing by a wise father who has seen
wilder" days
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

A young man has been expelled from
Che New York Produce Exchange be-
cause he advertised that he would
guarantee profits of more than 80 per
cent to people who would let him spec
ulate with their money. Add another
to the list of people who think 1t is
shame that they can't be "let alone"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

The Japanese vessel which the Chi
nese seized off Macao a few weeks ago.
because it had cargo of rifles, was de-
scribed in the dispatches as the steam
similar to "Yangtse-kiang river"
"Kiang" means river in Chinese.
"Maru'' is japanese for steamer, and is
usually put after the name of steam
vessels to distinguish them from sailing
shiDs
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

From Picking comes the news that
Chinese rebels with French arms" are
defeating the imperial troops. We
knew that graft was rampant among
the Chinese officials, but grating
French arms upon Mongolian malcon-
tents is remarkable even in these Bur-
hankish days.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

A Hungarian physician claims to
have discovered that nearly all modern
ailments are due to the habit of sit
ting. But that isn't going to worry the
men who never get up and offer wom-
an a seat in a street car.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

The saddest sight in a none too JOY
GUS world is to behold two Merry
Widows" trying to crowd under one
umbrella and still call each other
dear"
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The Main Trouble.

WIse-Oh, give us a rest for awhile,
won't you? Doubley-Well, every fell
low has a right to. his opinion, and
Wise-Yes, but the trouble is that he
can't be made to realize that there may
be a wrong to it.-Indianapolis News.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
Presidents ana precedents.

"Do you believe In pensioning e1-
Presidents?'
"No; it would establish an unfor.
tunate precedent.
what do you meanr
First thing you know somebody
would want to pension ali the presiden-
tial candidates" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

A Chicago baby is to be rocked in a
$1,000 cradle. Still it may not grow to
be more useful than some persons who
were rocked in sugar trough during
their pinkhood.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

Mrs Eff Potter Stillman, who pur-
chased at $50 each thirty hats without
wearing one of them, certainly showed
fine discrimination when she chose a
millionaire for a husband.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
Time Saved.

Does your husband spend as much
time as formerly at the racetrack"
Not nearly as much" answered
young Mrs. Torkins. "He has a new
system and nearly always goes broke
on the first or second race" Washing
ton Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
His Only Fear.

"Of course, l love you, Jack" said
the wilful daughter of the wealthy
Mr.. Frufiey but it's one sure bet that
papa will kick about you"
WELL" replied Jack Poorley, ''he
can kick about me all he pleases If
he'll only not kick me about "-Phila-
delphia Press.
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stumble about. And meanwhile no.
body gets served, nothing gets done,
and the hungry guests 'look up and are
not fed" A little work, they think,
would be better than SO much hurry.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06

In his latest description of the war
between the United States and Japan,
Captain Hobson generously refrains
from getting US licked
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
CHAPTER WI.

The picnic came off on Saturday af-
tcrnoon. The weather, which often
throws wet blanket upon the festiyi-
ties Of such occasions, was highly pro-
pitious, and several hundred persons,
Young and middle-aged, turned out. The
place selected for the picnic was field
OF several acres, bordering upon pond.
This had been fitted up by the proprietor
with swings. and rooted building, with