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TBE ; ; W,I L,1IN GTQN j MESSENGER, , SUNDAY, MAY. 30, . 1897. CAUDLE UP TO DATE "What Douglass Jerrolft Would Ilave Writ ten Had He Lived Today "So it's you, at last, -Mrs. Neverhome, is it? Oh, I heard you for all that de testiable latch key, you slipping ud- ptairs in your stockings! I haven't flosed mr eyes yet .ami the clock just gone half-past 12! What's that you say? Only half-past 11 and I was snor ing? . - 1 "Snoring, indeed! Let me tell you there's a limit to 'everything, Fanny Neverhome. I've borne your neglect and seen your love grow cold and Stood it all meekly, but when it comes to downright slander Tike that well, I shall leave you, madam, and who'll take care of your children then, I'd like to know, with V their, -unnatural gauuuig kjil ijigiii. a.iier nignt, heaven knows where." "It was the club and there was so ("So you say, Mrs. Neverhome. The theatre and the Zinkand afterwards with that disreputable Mrs. Lightwater more likely! Before I'd let my wife carry on as her poor blind husband permits her to do I'd set my foot down, -Fanny Neverhome; I would in deed! . "And where did you put the haby's cjough medicine? Don't go blundering around now to find it and wake that blessed angel tip, after the hours I've Spent Walking her to sleep, and you ciff to a club. It's right on the shelf Where pou always set It? Nonsense, madam, as if I didn't see you just put it three! Oh, my eyes are good enough yet, in spite of the long hours of sew ing I've spent for your children, Fanny Neverhome, and the longer hours I've staid at home and watched and listen ed for your lingering footsteps. "Do come to bed and let a person have some peace. I'm so tired and fagged out I could sleep a week if I had a chance! Why don't I then? Well, of all cross wives you beat the deck, I de clare. I hardly ever see you in daylight except Sunday, and even then you're off on your wheel or hunting or fish ing anywhere away from your poor husband and children. They hardly know you by sight any more, and as to the neighbors, well. I dread to have them come in, they are all so horrified at your eternal gadding about! And, now, when I want to tell you some thing really important.you don't listen! What was it, for heaven's sake? "Oh, never mind, never mind, now, madam. What I have to say isn't really of the slightest interest to you, anyway! Now, if it were Mrs. Lightwate talking you'd listen all day or all night, as you have been doing tonight. Don't tell me you weren't with her. I know by the style of your conversation, madam, that she has been telling you wives were born to rule and husbands to obey and all that 'tommy-rot.' Putting fresh ideas of your importance into your head, as sure as I'm a suffering sinner! "Don't be fool, you say? Thank you, Mrs. Neverhome! I was a 'darling sweet ducky once, you used to tell. me. But you are right. A fool I must have been or I would never have listened to you, my dear. Look at me now and the day you married me, Fanny Never home! Then you were all devotion; my lightest word was law; you could not bear me "out of sight, and, now now, you heartless creature, you're asleep and I and I " . But here sleep, the all-powerful, con quered even this injured husband's tongue and quiet reigned, broken only by the baby's occasional plaintive wail of "papa, papa." San Francisco Town Talk. - Carrier Pigeons in Hawaii (San Francisco Chronicle.) A carrier pigeon service on a large scale is about to be established on the Hawaiian Islands. Pigeon flying is generally carried on as a pastime, and a the national sport of Belgium, but a company has just been formed in Hon olulu to utilize tne peculiar traits of the homine: pigeons in a business which is set forth in a. prospectus as being very remunerative. Birds have already been bought and taken to the islands. The proposition is to establish lofts on all nf thA .Tifferent islands in the Hawaiian group, beginning first with , Hawaii, .Maui, Kauai and uanu. ny meaus j fast-flying pigeons messages sent to" all the towns and plantations on the different islands, and vice versa. It is believed that not less than fifty plantation Will contribute . to the I sceme. Kauai and Maul are both hut. 100 miles from Honolulu, and the most dis tant point of the islands from Honolulu is but 250 miles. The best record shows that pigeons have flown 614 miles in one day, in a fly from Gainesville, Ga., to Philadelphia. This could not be done regularly, but it is generally con sidered a feasible-plan to -fly pigeons over moderate-sized bodies of water at a very fast rate. ' A very similar scheme to that of the Hawaiians is also being established be tween Alaska and Puget sound. The distance is 823 miles by steamer, and is too much for a bird to fly in one day. As a homer makes very slow pro gress after the first day a system of stages will probably be inaugurated. Stations may be established at Juneau or Dugolas Island, Fort Wrangel, Fort Congas, Naniamo and Fort Townsend. Japanese Journalism - ' 'Japanese journalism," says a mis sionary's wife, "is a singular profes sion in many- of its features. There is practically no such thing as freedom of the press in Japan. Whenever a news paper publishes something unfriendly to thj government, it is suppressed, and the editor is sent to orison. The real editor is never imprisoned. though. Every newspaper has what the Japa nese call a 'dummy editor,' and it is his sole duty to go to jail everytimetihe pa per is suppressed for offending the mi kado. Then the real editor changes the name of the paper, and keeps on pub lishing it. Dummy editors spend most of their time in prison." New York Tribune. V ' - A Marine Invention One of the recent marine inventions is a multi-keel vessel, a form of ship with a flat bottom, provided with five or seven ' keels. The inventor claims greater carrying capacity and increas ed floating power, with higher speed, v, nmr nthpr fnrm of ship. The bow llian - - and stern are spoon-shaped, the vessel has two sternposts and two ruuaers., tnrpthpr sft as to move simul taneously, and two propellers. It is also claimed f for this model tnat u can ue a r it own lenerth. and will, in TA-ctn steer eOUally as well whether runinglahead or astern. New Essays on Abraham Lincoln President Roosevelt had the follow ing extracts taken from essays on "Abraham Lincoln." written by .unsuc cessful applicants for appointment, to the police force: . "t "Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States he was a very smart and endrust man he was very kind to all the people who he had control over he was greatly thought of by all the officers that were in office while? he was a very brave man all thrue the war of 1862 he did nearly all he took in his head to do he trust in God a grate deal he was at the head of many battles and fought very bravely in all battles he was in when he died he was regarded by many Off aces whom thought grate ly,of him is picture is now in menny building and grately thought of he clone is duty in all he undertook to.' "He was shot while at a theater by Deaoota (De Soto?) He had been Presi dent for a year and six months." "Abraham Lincoln was elected for the seocnd turn but only served a part of it being shot and killed by a man named Guitar who was afterwards caught and imprisoned." "He was a good President but he was kill and we did not have one so good sense it was to bad to have him kill it he' had to live he would be good Presented hewas trying to make a' good Country for us when he shot "but for the war we would be slaves so Peoples Regards him for that, so I dont think I no very much about Lincoln for I. went to work at nine years of age." "Abraham Lincoln was to the best of my knowledge the Commander in Chief of the fighting forces of the North dur ing the battle for supremacy between the North and South in the year eigh teen hundred and twelve." . - , "Started life on a ferry boat on the Mississippi river, and from there he went to Lincoln, Nebraska, to run a flat boat and after that he started in the Dry Goods business and in this he went Bankrupt and after that the people thought so much about him that they nominated him for United States Sen ator."' - ' "Was President for one term after the sivil war,, in which he served - and gained great distinction." "He did not died immediately after he was assassinated. He lived April- 14, 1S65, and died at his home in Long Branch. It was he who issued the pro clamation that freed the' negroes and that entitled them to citizenship He. was in power during some of the prin cipal battles of the Civil War. He was shot entering a Theater and his assail ant it was said was insane." "He was the President that freed the South and let the Dorkey go fred and he was shot hy Garfield this all that I renber of presented Lincoln so I will close hoping that I will pass." "We have sertinly had very few like unto Lincoln, as far as I can find out he was a! tall lathed man a great rail splitter true to his Country true to his God." i "Waas assassinated by Booth at Chi cago 1864." . . .' ; "He was a man, of good moral char acter have you a copy of His life if so pliase lend to me for a week or so." 1 '"He received his education reading a 'Bible and a speller." . , . "Was born in Kentucky St. Alaly age his father moved the family to Ohio float down the Mississippi." "I hereby try to pass a mental ex amination for the position as patrol man and hoping to hear your request. I have learn Common i education - and willing to learn more if it is convenient I think I could fill position to your sat isfaction?' " "He was a poor boy assisting his father at. work in the year 1863 when the war broke out. Mr. Lincoln was one of first to the front, he made such rapid progress that he received the honor of generals of the United States army. Mr. Lincoln had many engage ments in war and was bound to he vic torious, especially at the battle of Get tysburg when he swept ail before him." !'He hasbin shout while walkin doum tliir strett by. a man whoum did not like him." "He was-killed and taking to thir house nearby wair he was picked up 1 due not know much about him becaun I did not have ,very much schoobin My Pipal is very por and Kood not send me to a hie school." "he Was a Farmer by occupation whert! elected to the Presadency of United States and it is through him that we 'would enjoy our united peace and that the war of Rebellion was con quered." New York Post. Russia's Ambition There is not in all the world a more cunning, a more grasping or more dan- gciUUO jjv man xiuooiu. For centuries she has been steadily aggressing, incessantly plotting and continually grasping. She is the con? stant -terror of England and the night mare of Europe. The young Russian for twenty gen erations has bee 'taught that the mani fest destiny df his country pointed put the way to supreme power among the nations. This aim for dominion has been and is clothed in a so-called holy purpose, and Russia is the self -consti tuted patron and guardian of the Greek church throughout the world. The Turk himself, with his consecrated banner, is not a viler conspirator against the rights of men or one-half sn- dan serous a foe to every idea or liberal government as the power which crouches, schemes and strikes under the mask of "Holy Russia." The immediate aim of Rusia is the nossession. of Constantinople. This hope has been cherished for centuries, buf never more fondly held or more clear ly revealed than now. The autonomy of Turkey and the virtual protectorate of England over that government bars Russia's progress into Asia and shuts Russia into a closed sea. With the mouth of the Bosphorous sealed Russia's fleet for nearly half of the year can neither leave home nor return. Time and time again she has endeavored to break through this bar rier, and has hitherto failed disas trously, beaten hack by the torch-bearer and champion of representative gov ernment, the Anglo-Saxon., The lesson of of Crimean war did not appall 'Russia. She is today court ing another contest of like character with an audacious confidence in the re sult which compels admiration as much as it inspires dread. Napoleon saw plainly the aim of Itussia and his noblest ambition, as it was the most fatal, was to crush the Russ into im potency. But the power which hurled Napo leon to his ruin on sea and land is still in the struggle. ' The great war of the future, and it may be of the early future, will be be tween Russia and England. Atlanta Journal. - . ULSTER A. BEARD3LEE. ... .,-:;..'-....' i - a i - - ' s '"- mm .- - ' - The Rear Admiral Astonished Japan's Representative In Hawaii Rear Admiral Lester A. Beardslee, IT. S. N.y; is at present in command of the Pacific station, the Philadelphia being his flagship. Admiral Beardslee is the man who sailed into the harbor of, Honolula the other day, went ashore, met the Japanese consul-gen-, eral and diplomatic agent to the re public of Hawaii, and to him said: . "Look here, Mr. Shimuzi. we want you people to keep your hands off this country." - ' ' The remark had reference, of, course, to the action of the Japanese govern ment in sending a warship to Honolu lu. If one can" imagine the commander of a British warship sauntering into the Yildiz Kiosk and casually remark ing to the sultan that England wanted him to keep t his hands off Crete, ' one may, perhanps, imagine the surprise of the J apanese. consul-general " when he heard the remark of Admiral. Beards lee. After pulling himself together, Mr. Shimuzi. asked: f "Shall I repeat what you say in my despatches to Tokio?" "As you like about that," the admiral is reported to have answered; "only say that the remark was made in the course of a social chat." Lester A. Beardslee is one of the most interesting characters in the na vy. He was born at Little Falls. N. Y., February 1, 1836. Received ,a com mon school education, he was appoint ed acting midshipman March 5. 1850, and from May, 1851, to January, 1855, he was attached to sloop Plymouth, which cruised among the East Indies. While attached to the China station he participated in one battle and sev eral skirmishes with the Chinese army at Shanghai. Returning to this- coun try In the spring of 1855, he entered the Naval -Aeademy the following Oc tober and remained until June, 1856. After being promoted to a. nassed midshipman, June 20, 1856, he was de tailed for special service on the steam frigate Merrimac. His promotions to be master and lieutenant followed soon afterward. On July 16. 1863. he !was made lieutenant commander and fwas attached to the monitor Nan- tucket. He participated in the attack or the ironclad fleet upon the defences of Charleston Harbor," April 7, 1863, and in the capture of the rebel steam er Florida at Bahia by "the United States ship Wachusett. After the Florida's capture Lieutenant-Com mander Beardslee was detailed to take the prize to Hamnton Roads. .When the Wachusett was abreast of the Florida Beardslee called out to one of the seamen: 1 "You tell your captain to surrender without any fuss. orv we'll send your damned craft down among the sharks. understand y" From 1867 to 1868 he commanded the steam gunboat Aroostook, and after that, in succession, -commanded the steamer Saginaw of the Pacific squad ron, and the, steam sloon Lackawanna on the same station. He was commis sioned commander June 12, 1869. For a year after that he was attached to tne ttydurogranhic Office at Washing ton. From May, 1872, to April 1, 1875, he was in comand of the Washing ton navy yard. During: the next four years he was a member Of the United States board for testing iron, steel. and 'other metals. In ; November, 1880, Commander fcseardslee got his captain's commis sion and with it a leave of absense for two years. He commanded the re ceiving ship Franklin durins: 1883 a.nfl 1884, when he was transferred to the steam frigate Powhatan. Later he was stationed at the torpedo station and on the receiving- ship Vermont, naval station at Port Royal, S. C. On August 24, 1894, Captain Beardslee was tiansfetred to the Pacific station. where he has been ever since. He was made commodore June 27. 1893 ami Rear Admiral March 1. 1895. New York Sun. Thirty-six Thousand Eyes Thirty-six thousand eyes in one head! This may appear a little like exaggera tion, but it is a fact. Science, backed by the microscope, says so, and science never stretches the truth; should it do so, it would cease to be science. Ar gus was fabled to have a hundred eyes. but Argus would be a very insignificent curiosity compared with the latest dis covery in ; the insect kingdom. There are numbers of insects with ; 100 and even 500 eyes, but when the number of optics allotted to a single insect reach es up into the, thousands, , the idea is startling. Naturalists have; recently been engaged in the study of this most interesting subject. Each succeeding day brings more marvelous results, un til the astounding discovery has been made that the comon dragon fly; . or mosquito hawk, while seemingly pos sesed of only two-Visual organs, really has as many, as 36,000, each of the two visible to the ordinary observer being subdivided' into 18,000 separate lenses, each eyelet having a distinct nerve connecting it with the brain, and act ing, entirely independently of its myri ads of companions. The theory most generally adopted by scientsts is that, while far superior to the eye of higher animal life as regards moving objects, the power of observation of the com posite eye is inferiorin its aplication to stationary things. The reason is this: The moving object Is first observed by one of the thousands of facets, which perceives it for the infiitestimal part of a second, that it takes to get out of the arc of vision of that particular lens and pass into that of another, each movement being separately telegraph ed to the brain by the facet on duty. But . with a stationary object it is dif ferent, since for some reason the minor Organs fail to focus accurately, and so render the object less distinct than when viewed by eyes of only one lens each. The Churchman.' Boy Cruelly Tortned ' There is extreme indignation in northern Berks county, Pennsylvania, over the most cruel torture Inflicted upon (Harry Miller, a boy, to make him confess that he stole a purse and $17, when he was innocent., Alvin Green wait's . servant , Mrs. Amos Bauschy, missed the purse at her employer's home in Albany .Township. The lad, who had always been honest, was charged with, but denied stealing it. Two men then took him to Ontelaunee creek, grabbed him .by, the heels. and ducked him till he confessed They de manded that be restore the purse.- He could not, for he hadn't seen it. They then held him , over backward r and pumped water in his 11 face till he strangled and again confessed. Then 'they, had him arrested, and meanwhile the purse was found just where !Mrs. Bauschy had left it. The two men have disappeared. " Camp XJfe With Gomes Harper's Weekly is printing some let ters from Cuba by its correspondent, T. R. Daw ley, Jr., who recently succeeded in joining Gomez's army. Mr. Dawley went to Cuba last year as a corre spondent, and was arrested and impri soned for a time. Here is a picture of camp life with Gomez which he sends to Harper's Weekly of this week: . I reviewed the army (irnofficially.) It seemed to be forming into three divi sions. -Smith rode off and took his place with the body of horsemen called the escolta. This was the commander-fa- chiefs body-guard, consisting . of seventy men, armed with carbines and fairly well dressed, although no partic ular uniform was observed. These men formed line in double rank, facing the general's headquarters on the right. On the left of the escota another line of armed men formed, and I learned that this body constituted a Teglment bear ing the name Victoria. Many of these men were In undress uniform that i they were scarcely dressed at all and, aitnough bearing the formidable titl of Victoria regiment, they counted just sixty horse. In the rear of these two bodies f armed horsemen there formed anotner and much larger body of mounted men, without arms, and in thf nlxan ro on abundant! supply of soap and water, it wauia De nardi to say whether the ma jority of them were white or blarvk. They constituted the pack-train and non-combatants, designated erenerallv as impedimenta, and consisted of cooks, mule drives. caraD servants, and unh like. Their dress freauentlv nrnisitri of a sort of skirt made out of an old sack, and while some were clad in a half of a trousers all on one les-. ltitins' the other limb go bare. As these three divisions formed, tha commander-in-chief fthe "old man." a he is called) came out from his clump of busheg under the palm tree. He wore an ordinary soft, narrow brim, 'gray reit nat,? with a ten-cent Cuban coat- of-arms pinned on the front of it. A pair of 'tan-colored boots covered his black trousers half-wav un the leer, a.ntf a bark-colored blouse completed his at tire. - He Was SUrrotl nd hv h i aba ff a dozen or more well-dressed and intel ligent-looking men. And this' was the whole outfit, 130 armed men. "besides thr. staff and iiripedimenta, constituting tha a Derating army which Weyler had been pursuing1 for some months - nast ostensibly, with 30,000 Spanish soldiers. Lromez, mounted on a handsome white horse, rode off with his staff, his escort following:. Then the Virrtnria regiment dropped 'into line, and the ir- reguiar-looking impedimenta came shuffling on in the extreme rear. There was no rear-guard neither an advance guard, for that matter and thus we rode, no one knowing where, except the old man" himself. The ride was a short one nerhans a distance of two miles. Gomez halted. and pointing to a! clump of bushes, sig- nined his Intention of stoDninsr there- Then he blew his Whistle, and the indi vidual members of the escolta and the Victoria regiment scattered over the savanna and selected camniner nlaces. under the trees when there were treen to be found, and those who could not find trees waited for their servants to drive down stakes, between which they hung their hammocks. The I mped men ta came un and dis persed, each servant or asistente seek ing the spot selected by his officer Horses were tethered in the srrass with out being unsaddled, and so were the cargo mules, only their loads being re moved. The few who were fortunate enough to have a strip of cloth or oil cloth and a hammock were soon pro vided, with a comfortable .shelter. Others went without. I found camp life with Gomez usuallv a monotonous affair. It consisted chiefly of eating, drinking, and sleep ing, until notified that the: Spaniards were coming, and then it .was a Ques tion of getting up and getting out. .fcJvery officer and every soldier be , Jonging to the escolta has an assistant some of them have two, and even four. Their duties are to go for water, to do the cooking, and packing uo. and to set out of the way first when the Spaniards come, though they are always last when on a march. They carry no arms, un less it be a butcher knife, and they con stitute the bulk of 'the so-called impedi menta. As none of them is in this special branch of service by force, the most or them oelong to that class of patriots who would rather make an at tempt at working than fighting. I After breakfast, it was the custom for all hands to crawl into the shade and go to sleep.. Gomez was no exception to this rule. 'While I was with him, he spent most of his time in his hammock. His clerk attended to his official corre spondence, and when required , to sign it he did so without leaving his recum bent position. Sometimes he received a batch of , newspapers, and these he would look overwith careless interest. I Some of our camping places were very pretty spots, situated on the bank of a river, and dotted with the beauti ful, royal palm, a tree which, when necessary, will furnish a dozen men with a substantial meal. There are some twenty-six varieties of the palm in Cuba, any one of which, I believe, furnishes a food, Yet "Weyler proposes to starve the rebels into submission." The Liberating Army, however, seem to enjoy their rustic - life, and entertain no fears of being either whipped or starved. They get along admirably well on heef meat, and when this is gone they say that they will eat jutias. This is a species of, raccoon somewhat resemb ling a rat, but very large, which abounds throughout the island. If there are hogs in the vicinity of the camping ground, pig hunting on foot or on horseback is the order of the day. i She Was Prepared A certain minister always felt it to be his duty to give each young couple a little serious advice before he jer- formed the mariage ceremony, and for this i purpose he usually took them aside, one at a time, and talked very soberly to each of them regarding the great importance of the step they were to take, and the new responsibilies they were to assume, says The Dun dee Times. One day he talked in his most earnest maner for several min utes to a young , woman who had come to be marled to a bright-looking young man..- -;V'V I "And ; now," he said, in losing, "I hope you will fully realize tie extreme importance or tne step you mre taiang, and that you are prepared for it." I Prepared," she said, innocently Well. if I ain't prepared I don't know who is. Pve got four common auilts and two nice ones, and four brand-new feather beds, ten sheets and twelve pairs of pillow slips, four all-linen table cloths, a dozen spoons and a good six quart tea kettle. If I ain't prepared no girl in this country ever was." AN HISTORICAL USTHSR By Ex President Pierce Written to fteffer son Davis at Washington (The Raleigh Tribune.) Captain Sheppard. of this city, is the possessor of a rather interesting, and historical letter, written by- an-Presi-dent of the United States to one Who was subsequently more consplcious in our country's history. The letter purports to have been writ ten by ex-President Franklin Pierce to Jeff Davis, "the Confederate chieftain, just prior to the gathering of the war clouds that culminated" in the stornVlaf battle. . , . - - ' . : ; Captain Sheppard purchased the let ter at Carrollton, Ky., after the war, of an ex-soldier, who claimed to have ta ken it from the home of Jeff Eavis dur ing the civil conflict. PolJowing is a copy of the letter, which is written in a rather peculiar style, on rather pecu liar paper. , "Clarendon Hotel, January 6, 1860. "My Dear Friend: I wrote you an unsatisfactory note a. day or two since. I have just had a pleasant Interview "With Mr. Shipley, whose courage and fidelity are equal to his learning and talents. He says he would rather fight the battle with yon as the standard in 1860. than under the auspices of - any other leader. This feeling and judg ment of Mr. S. in this relation is, I am confident, rapidly gaining ground in New England. Our people are looking for the 'coming man'. One who is raised by all the elements Of his char acter above the atmosphere ordinarily breathed by politicians a man natu rally fitted for this emergency by his ability, courage, broad statesmanship and patriotism. "Colonel Seymour (Thomas H.) ar rived here this morning and expressed his Views in this relation in almost the identical language used by Mr. Ship ley. It is true that in the present state of things at Washington and through out the country no man can predict wha t changes two or three months may hring forth. Let me suggest that in the ruhning debates in congress public justice seems to me not to have been done to the democracy of the north. I do not believe that our minds at the south have any just idea of the state of feeling prompting at this moment to the pitch of intense exasperation be tween those who respect their political obligations and those who apparently have no imputing power butthatwhich fanatical passion on the subject of do mestic slavery imparts. "Without discussing the question of right of abstract power to secede I have never believed that actual disrup tion of the union can occur Without hlood, and if through 'the madness of northern abolitionism that dire calam ity must come, the fighting will not he along Mason and Dixon's line merely. It will be within our own1 borders, In our own streets, between the two class es of citizens to whom I have referred. "Those Who defy law and scout con stitutional obligations will, .if we ever reach the arbitrament of arms, find oc cupation enough at home. Nothing but the state of .Msg. Pierce's health would induce me to leave the country now, although itfis quite likely that my pres ence at home would be of little service. I have 'tried to impress upon my peo ple, especially in New Hampshire and Connecticut, , where the' only elections are to take place during the coming spring,- that while our union: meetings are all in the right direction and well enough for 'the present, they will not be worth the paper upon which 'their resolutions are written unless we can overthrow political abolitioniism at the polls and (repeal the unconstitutional and obnoxious laws which, in the cause of 'personal liberty,' have been placed upon our statute books. I shall look with deep interest and not without hope for a decided change in this mat ter. Ever and truly, your friend. - "FRANKLIN PIERICE, Hon. Jefl Davis, Washington, D. C." Flooding Out DIsense : Water, much as men may dislike it, is good for men to drink. It is possible to prevent many diseases and cure others by drinking large quantities of water. An eminent French physician says that typhoid fever can he washed ou t of the system by water. He gives his patients what would amount to eight or ten ounces an hour of steri lized water. Experiments have been made , with .disease caused by bacteria which demonstrate the curative value of water. In cases of cholera, where the system secretes a large amount of fluid, enormous quantities of hot water are of great benefit and Will cure many cases without other medicipes. One doctor says that perfectly sweet cider, taken in large quantities, has been known to cure cases of bowel com plaint. The acid kills the bacteria, which are speedily thrown out of the system. Hot water in fevers is of great use and an ordinary tumblerful of "water as hot as can be taken once an hour is one of the very best remedies. The important thing is to get into the system and out of it a sufficient amount of water to prevent accumulations of ptomaines and toxins within the body. New Orleans Picayune. The Greeks In Battle It is evident that within the last few days sympathies with Greece are in this country less outspoken -than they were. The reason is not far to seek. The American public has discovered that the Greeks are more eager to bring on a war with Turkey than to fight the Turks after it has begun. There are sad r stories of Greek de moralization, panic, and flight. These stories seem to be thought true even in Athens. The flight of the Greek army is there attributed, however, not to want of valor among the soldiers, but to want of skill among the leaders. The crown, prince is singled out for blame. He was at the head of his troops, say some of the dispatches, only when thev were retreating. The headlong flight of troops who see that they are being sacrificed by the in competence of their commanders Is no new thing in war. New, York Herald. Odd. Fellows Indigent Fond The Odd Fellows of the state have made another progressive move by starting a fund forthe establishment of a home for indigent Odd Fellows and the widows of poor Odd Fellows, to be conducted in connection with the or phans home at Goldsboro. This, it seems, is a step in advance of any other southern grand lodge.Charlotte News. "; - ' - . " , - "'. '; A shoemaker was fitting a customer with a pair of boots when the buyer observed that he had but one objection to them, which was that the soles were too thick. If that is all," replied Cris pin, "put on the boots, and the objec tion will gradually wear away." Economy almost Art There is great depression throughout the country, and people of all classes and conditions are suffering from re-, duced incomes while many who depend entirely,-upon their labor are without employment and of necessity without bread. This condition has enforced economy f among the people rand it should logically enforce economy in the administration of public affairs.: , Instead of enforcing economyineither state or nation, both congress and our state legislature seem to regard public economy as one of the lost arts of the republic. There Is a large deficit in the national revenues, chiefly because of the increased expenditures put upon ' the government by congress when prosperity Was unknown in any of our leading channels of industry and trade, and the present congress seems to be' increasing taxation to meet present profligate expenditures, and even to in crease them instead of seeking to re duce public expenditures and enforcing practical economy in the administra tion of the government. The present revenues of the state would be sufficient for all legitimate government expenses If administered with reasonable "economy, but neither branch of the legislature has exhibited any disposition to curtail 1 public ex penditures even in the face of the threatened deficit in the treasury. In stead of adjusting the government to the severe conditions which must be accepted by. the people the legislature seems to be devoting its chief efforts to find new sources of revenue. A direct inheri tawc tax ? n l passed that promises increased rev enue variously estimated from one to two millions annually, and a number of additional revenue laws are now n prid ing in various stages in the legislature. If all of them were nassed the revenue would he larger, even with business severely crippled, than they have ever Deen oerore, and It goes without saviner that the appropriations are likelv to be quite equal to or even surpass, the rev enues. - v We have had four years of Industrial and commercial depression with in creasing severity from the time it be- 4 gun until now, and yet there has been no attempt made by congress to en force the economy In public expendi tures that would have been naturally suggested by the conditions which op press, the whole people. The govern ment should be an exemplar in eco- nomv whpn npppssitv dltatoo It orirl . r f " " ..-WM. , J UVbUbV.O l, ' especially should both congress and the " legislature avoid increased taxation a . a time when all business and property Interests are least able to bear such exactions. In view of the present para lysis In industry and trade the appro priations of the present session of the legislature should be reduced to thf lowest point consistent with the duty of the state to the various charitable institutions which are chiefly or.irc'holly dependent upon the treasuryfhe gov ernor has thus far dejffi his time" chiefly to 'the veto .f. (measures ln- creasing public expenditures, and but for his heroic interpositon a most pro fligate capital scheme would have been carried Into effect chiefly for the bene fit of those who devised it. I This attitude of congress and of our , legislature is not creditable. It is pot in accordance witn . tne spirit of our -free institutions. When the people are suffering and are compelled to enforce the severest economy, and manv pven wanting the necessaries of life both state and nation should bow to the con- , ditions which are felt by the people.and enforce economy until increased rev enues by reason of increased prosperity would give additional revenues and warrant additional expenditures. Phil-V ' adelphia Times, gold organ. v The . Nighlngale c The nightingale does not sing every-H- where; yet it Is a great mistake; to consider the bird shy ' as to immagine its song is chiefly reserved for the night. He will sing Continually from one of the "oaks ofv the bordering the wayside while the vllfegeolks pass and repass. The village coiikles may rest upon the fdot-stile or linrprr. list en beneath the very tree on whiclr the bird Is stationed. Still the full burden of melody goes on unchecked, without pause, or' Intermission. And what a glorious outburst It is! Wha a per- rect casade of thrills, and shakes and semi-quavers! Suddenly it Is pierced by a single note that shivers in the ear with the sharpness of a file. Immed iately after comes the wondrous water- PUDDie, to be followed by a delicious warble long drawn out and soft as could be breathed from" the richest flu te. Another prolonged trill. and then a farf off sound, that almost seems to come from another songster half a mile away, serves to throw into relief tne passionate tremolo issuing from the same very throat: and all th tini th wings are quivering with excitement, and the whole copice seems to vibrate. The song is, indeed, a whole orchestra of bird music. Expressive of every, shade of ecstacy, we are at times startled bv the succession of deep, plaintive tones that thrill like sobs. No wonder the nightingale's singing season-Is brief six weeks only of the en tire year. Nay. it Is doubtful whether any Individual bird sings for so long a period. The redwing, another fine singer, Is a similar Instance of the lim ited period of song. Its voice In this country is confined to two notes, and these by no means musical. Yet the redwing is the nightingale of NorWay, to which land he returns for breeding purposes each - succeeding April. So with our nightingale. From the. day. the eggs are hatched he becomes grad ually silent, until of the marvellous voice that stirred a mile of woodland, naught is heard save a dismal croak hardly to be distinguished from the hoarse cry of the bull-frog. St. James' Gazette. Religions Thought The miserable wrecks of manhood and womanhood one meets every day once had a chance almost equal to the best. Bishop Potter, Episcopal, New York. ' We have all been! at the boiling point of indignation at the ; massacres 1 of Ar menians by the Turks." When many peo ple discovered the Armenians were sly, crafty and overreaching, that Some of them were remorselessly revengeful, the enthusiasm In America cooled down. That does not mean that any of us sym pathized with the Turk. Rev. Reuben Thomas, Congregationalist, - Brookllne, Mass. ... The business of today crushes the man; it kills his life. His soul at last has its life squeezed out. There is no vision in business, and it perishes. Not that business is not good, but because man has sinned against his own soul; Business has become a huge claw, reach ing out for the man. It is like the sloth, that no doubt at one time had great pos sibilities of existence, and what might have been a splendidly developed power became at last a loathsome, hideous thing, one broad, -, wretched, big claw. Rev. W. Sv Rainsford, Episcopal, New York. York Tribune.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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