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. x ... V A ) , THE WILMINGTON MESSENGEE: ..SUNDAY,. JUNE 13,. 1897. I T The Sea Shell ' My love o'erflows -with Joy divine The ocean-girdled hills. - . , : . . And with my breath ea.ch blowing pine And combing breaker fills; The shadows of my spirit move' 1 The far, blue coast along,. i Where of wild beauty" first I wove The rainbow woof of song; ' On these great beaches of the North " My voices iSboreward roll, . --Andwhen the blessed stars come forth ' All heaven Is made my scroll: - I take the wings of mor n; I soar Above the ocean plain; From fountains of the sun I pour " My passion's golden rain; -And when black tempest heaven shrouds, Oft eastern thunders far, I show the rainbow in the clouds, And give the West here tar; Soft - blow the "winds o'er' fallen showers, And, cool with fragrance, sleep " " : Lies breathing through the chambered -hours; - : - f .--V . ,f: ,1 only wake and weep. ;!"it .- v- O mystic Love! that so can take" The bright world in thy hands. And its imprisoned spirits make Murmur at thy commands; As if, in truth, this orb of law Were but thy reed-hung nest, Woven by time of sticks and straw To house the summer guest; And so to me the starry sphere Is but Love's frail sea shell; -Oh, might she press it to her ear, What would its murmurs tell! G. E. Woodberry, in Atlantic Monthly. ON THE SEA SHORE. How Fncle Sam's Men Live While Doing Hi Work on the Seashore and What Sights They See. Hotel de Harris, By the Sea, June 11. Editors Messenger: . If the pleasure seeker should look through a list of the summer resorts flxe will not find this hated mentioned. Really it is nWt a summer hotel for pleasure at all, and the general style or tout ensemble not specially grand or attractive. In the northwest it would be called a' "shack," In the south- a sharity and its guests are a party of em ployes of Uncle Sam, looking after cer tain puWic works, on Oak Island, In the immediate vicinity of Fort 'Caswell. By the way, T never "could qufte under stand "why; peiople Should be called guests of a hotel, if they are paying for their entertainment. Our hotel is not an airy or. graceful structure, though It might claim some distinction in the former quality, from the fact that the atmosphere has free access through it in every direction. In this respect It greatly resembles the house of the famous stingy man, whlo would put no glass in his windows, alleging that the sash would keep out the coars est of the cold. Our shack, dignified by he ambitious title above, will in the same way keep out the coarsest of the weather, though it does not keep lout the myriads of uninvited guests, in the shape of sand flies and mosquitoes, who keep us con stant company. These persistent lit tle tormentors can make am 'hour's quiet reading around the evening lamp a more lively and active performance than elsewhere. Within & stone's throw of our front door roll-"the sad sea waves," singing a constant strain, though what the wild waves are saying I have never yet ascertained. Some times they seem to say "come in and have a swim," an invitation we are not 'slow in accepting, especially on hot afternoons. On our "beach the gorgeous and costly style of "bathing toggery of Cape May or Long Branch is conspicuous by 'its absence, as most of the bathers . disport themselves "in purls naturalibus" or something very near it. . In front of our1 door pass all the craft going into or out of the Cape Fear river, while the big suction dredge, 'popularly called the sand suck . er, is constantly in sight. This staunch steamer is provided with large pipes, one on each side, which drag on the bottom. ' Tfirough them powerful pumps suck up a torrent of waiter, sand and imud and so keeps the channel open and deepens it. When its bins are, full, the vessel steams out to sea and dumps the sand into deep water and returns for another load. The tugs and pilots, towing in or out the various schooners, barks and other craft, are a frequent sight and they often do a lively business. One of tthem lately acquired the reputation of doing a little filibustering on the sly, but with what truth I do not know. Across the inlet the tall, white tower of Ball Head light house Is a prominent' object by day and its regular .flash, ev ery thirty seconds by night, teells that Captain Dosher Is fafthful to .his duty. Ships that pass tn .the r>ih have a faithful friend in this heacon which warns them of the hidden dangers of Cape Fear. I The Oak Island life saving station is n'ear by, but the crew are now enjoying their annual holiday. Captain1 Davis is at the station and his hardy crew are within call, should their services he needed. The wreck of a large Ibark still lies in' plain view on the bar, a witness of the dangerous shoal and the work of the station men, who rescued Its crew from certain death. A pilot -well acquainted' with this bar pointed out the other day the remains of eight . vessels which came ashore during the wsy, attempting to run. the gauntlet of the blockading' squadron. It is interesting to hear the personal reminiscences of some of the older res ident pilots who had much active ser vice during- the war and the recollec tion of those lively times seem to stir their 'blood In. telling of it. One of the oldest of them, mow perhaps 75 years old, asserts that he is still able and ready to take the wheel and steer through a hostile fleet on a dark night. Those were exciting times and the lucky ones made money rapidly. Thj risk was great, though many made trips with great regularity and' with out loss. The only obstruction now is the bar, made visible by the great semicircle of snow white breakers embracing the mouth of the river and several miles off shore. Through this the sand sucker keeps a constantly deepening channel and a vessel drawing about twenty two feet can pass safely through. The captain of a schooner remarked the other day that he regards the deepening of our channels and 'harbors as a misfortune, because it ainaws the big tramp steamers to come in and pet the most of the carrying trade. The Irig fish generally manage to gobble up the small ones and Tt is about the earn way in trade. The days of the sail ing ship, as a freighter, seems o he numbered, for steam power is rapidly pushing them outof existence. Occa sionally we see a big tramp steamer -which will -carry as much as half "a dozen aefctooners.! One of this eort wen aground m -Frying Pan .Shoals last January. -he was finally pulled off by the Soufthptw-t tugs,, after,.; throwing' overboard a Jarge quantity of kalnit,: whicfo proved the "bulk of her cargo. The empty hags of .that- which was thrown overboard still s'row the beach, their coctents , having long been dis solved, i ' . . - 'i . The turtle hunters, are now getting In their work and the beach. Is -rarely wlthtJt ynz or more in. search, of the eggs. The great sea turtle comes out on the san'd Ito deposit her eggc. She usually chooses the night time and selects a spot a little above high waiter mark. Here she scoops - out a hole, aboot'.'a "foot .'and a half . deep, ln which she pi-ce hir eggs neatly pack ing 'the sand over the spot. The cun ning creature appears ta know that her hrto d : txttl ; may be "followed i and her next dcspcilid, ai?d to throw such ene mies off the track she usually makes one or two; false n ests riear the real one. The eggs" are spherical, "about the size of , a (hen's . egg, . but instead of a hard shell they have a soft, todgh cov ering, greatly , resembling parchment. The yellow part 'of the egg is the edi ble -part and may be prepared in many ways. The white part does not appear I to be of albumen, as In other eggs, buft a wa tery "substance which will reman liguid, no matter how long they be 5 boiled. Some times several hundred t eggs are found in one nest and the j lucky hunter often has to taipriovise t s means of getting them home. It is not uncommon to hear ox a nunter return ing with his trousers filled dike a 'bag, their lower extremities being tied -with J strings and 'the bifucated bag, so made, astride of his shoulder, j" To any One instructed in natural his , tory the beach is always interesting. plant life are constantly thrown up by the surf. Y Large schools of mullets and menhaden are frequently seen; arid the porpoise is everywhere. Some times a big shark will cruise along near the shore; his tall back fin cutting the water like a knife, and seeking what he may devour. This would be a fine place for fisher men if they had a rapid means .of transportation to the interior. When Southport becomes connected with the outside world, by railroad, the fishing and numerous other, Industrie's will flourish. T. C. H. j He Was Disturbed ' a Chicago novelist who lives in a south side flat building has recently been press ed very hard by his publishers, who have been clamoring for the concluding chap ters of a story whose publication has been advertised for several months and is still a matter of the future, says the Chicago Times-Herald. A few days ago the author sent his wife and children into the country for a week or two in order to secure absolute quiet and a chance to work undisturbed. The first night he was alone he settled down to write with a will, fully intending to improve his opportunity to the utmost. Suddenly the roomers in the fiat below his began a terrible racket. They pounded and thumped and rattled, and it was quite evident that they were packing up their household goods preparatory to removing. The novelist stood their din as long as he could in silence, but at last, when for bearance had ceased to be a virtue, he went into the hallway and accosted a man who was carrying an armful of things out of the lower flat. "Hello!" called the author over the ban nister. "Say, what in thunder are you trying to do down there,, anyway?" "Don't worry," replied the fellow on the landing below. "We're doing the best we r can." "What do you think this house is a boilershop?" inquired the angry novelist. . "You are interfering with my work." "Well, ain't you in terf erring with ours?" "This is no joke, I tell you; I can't do ' my work properly so long as you act like thns." "We can't do our work properly, either," answered the mover, with a laugh, "un " less you go back into your room now and leave us alone." The novelist retired into his flat, closed the door and began to write. A half hour later he was suddenly aroused by the' loud clanging of a police patrol wagon's bell. A wagon load of blucoats stopped in front of the building. The flat below had been stripped clean by the burglars during the temporary absence of the family at the theater. When Sid John Cabot Discover America ? (M. Henry Harrisse, in the June Forum.) Extensive preparations are being made at Bristol, England, in Canada, and in Newfoundland to commemorate on the 24th of this present month, the landing of John Cabot on the coast of the North American continent. The intention is. praiseworthy: but it is well to recollect that we do not know exactly when and where he first sighted the New World. Nor do we possess means of ascertaining these two points, admittedly of para mount importance in a celebration of that character. We must assume that Cabot and his small crew of eighteen men.'-after a voyage said to have lasted more than fifty-two days (they had left England early in May, 1497), rested awhile, and de voted some time to refitting or repairing their diminutive craft, as well as to taking in wood and water, and renewing the stock of victuals, which could be done only by hunting and salting game on shore. To these necessary delays must be added the time spent skirting to and fro along three hundred leagues of coast, Nor should it be forgotten that, in ranging an unknown and dangerous shore, only a moderate rate of speed could have been maintained. How could all this have been accomplished in the limited, time which the alleged landfall on June 24 leaves to Cabot before his return to England? If we suppose that; owing to westerly winds and the Gulf stream, he effected the homeward voyage Jn one-third less time than is stated to have been required for the outward passage, that is, thirty-four days instead of fifty-two, then, as Cabot was already back in Bristol on August 5, he must have taken the necessary rest in the new land, made the indispensable re pairs, effected landings, and renewed his stock of provisions, besides coasting six hundred leagues, all within eight days! The date June 24, therefore, is highly im probable. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC f James B. Eustis, of Louisiana, who is i returning from France to practise law in New York, had an amusing experience about the time he left the senate, which he relates with much relish. He had re ceived an invitation to deliver a political speech in an eastern state, and, having prepared the speech with some care, took his manuscript to a typewriting office to have a few copies made for the use of the press. When he called for the copies the manager of the office, whom he knew very well, congratulated him on the effort. "I'm glad you like it," replied the sena tor. "It's a little tart, you see, but its to be delivered before a poular audience, and I want to make the boys feel good." "I ought to be frank, senator, replied the manager, "and tell you that I haven t had time to 'read the speech myself, , but I can testify to its qualities from the effect it had on the young woman who made the copies. She is an ardent repub lican, and was in high dudgeon all the way through. When she finished she gave the machine a resounding thump, and, gathering up the sheets, said to- her self, f'This is a string of the biggest lies I ever read in my life!' So, judging by the opposition, sir, voir have scored heavily. Mr. Eustis enjoyed the story greatly, left his compliments for the young woman and his regrets for having given her so annoying a half hour. Neew York Tribune. THE WEEK AT CHARLOTTE. Close of the Woumn' Exposition of the Carolina II ou. M. YY. Itaiisoin in the City A. fine Gvme of B&m BmH-Compli. meats to th 3IeaaeugeT. - (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Charlotte, Si. C, June 11. ' , The Women's Exposition of the Caro llnas closes its doors to the public to morrow, and it is a matter-of general, regret that this is to be done so eJoon. The exposition has been a great suc cess, and it is believed that ft could be kept open another month on a paying basis. The women of 'Mecklenburg -cer-' taraly deserve the greatest possible praise for the complete and successful way in -which they have managed the whole affair and they can now? rest from their arduous labors of the past month secure in the 'knowledge that their work has been highly appreciated by the general , public," and that the exposition has been a great source of delight and gratification to the people of Charlotte. Several special features have been given at the exposition dur ing the past week, the most novel and interesting of which were twtk Old fash ioned spelling bees, given by The Ev ening News, of this city. Webster's old blue back speller was used, and the fun was something worth seeing. The building was packed on both nights, and the spellers were legion. It was truly amusing to watch the match going on. .Some of the best spellers would go down on the smallest words, and some of the poorer ones would come -out "by guess." The line would soon dwindle 'down, however, to a very few, and then the interest wtould be come Intense. The prizes on the first night were won by Mr. Jenkins, of .The Evening News, and Mr. Hunter, and those of the second night were won by Miss MeLean and Mr. Dosher. Hon. M. W. Ransom passed through Charlotte this week on his way to Da vidson college, where he delivered the commencement, address. General Ran som stopped at the Buford hotel while in the city, where he was seen 'by your correspondent. He is looking remark ably well, far better than when, he was here two years ago; in fact he is ap parently In better health than in years. He seems as strong and robust as many a young man of half his years, and looks as If he would live to honor his state for many years. The general 5s the same gracious, polished gentleman as he has always been, land as he win always be unto the end. It is said that General 'Ransom has always been pointed to as a model of graciousness and gentlemanly consideration, land there is no question but that (he de serves to be honored with these terms. He said he was out of politics and did not care to discuss the subject, but would leave the field to the younger men. j The greatest event of the week has been the base ball game which took place this afternoon between the Char lotte and the University of Virginia teams. This game was one of the pret tiest ever seen in Charlotte. Both sides "played ball" from the start and the game, was intensely Interesting from the beginning to the end. The game closed with the score 10 to 7 in favor of the university team. Charlotte lost the game in the third, fourth and fifth innings, in which the university team scored nine runs. The feature of the game was Charlotte's glo'od playing from the sixth to the ninth innings in which the university team iwas shut out. The university boys are certain ly a fine looking set of 3roung men, and they clearly demonstrated their ability to play a good, first-class game of ball. Charlotte fell in love with them, and trusts that they will come again. They will always be given a rousing recep tion. About 75 to 100 people will leave here tomorrow for Wilmington. The $2.00 rate is becoming more and more popu lar as it becomes better understood, and no other feature has ever been In augurated that will please the people better during the summer than will this. It gives every one, be his means ever so limited, the opportunity of spending three days by the old Atlan tic, and there is probably nothing that will do a person, tired, out with the heat and dust of an inland town, so much real good as the bracing and re freshing breezes to be found at Wrightsville and Carolina beaches, to say nothing of the health giving prop erties of surf bathing. Tn closing it would certainly not be amiss to say a few words In praise of last Sunday's iMessenger. It was in deed a wonder in -North Carolina jour nalism, and was a paper that would do credit to ia city four tinnes as large as Wilmington. If the people of Wil mington knew how highly The Messen ger has beet spoken of by outsiders during the past t wo months they Would hasten to show to a greater extent than ever before their appreciation of such commendable -. enterprise. The last Sunday's Messenger was, truly, a lit erary feast, and a. (person, who could not find something therein to please his fancy much, indeed, be hard to suit. A prominent Wewspaper mam of Charlotte, who knows whereof he speaks, said to your coiresponden't; In speaking of The Messenger Of last Sunday, that H was the best paper that had ever been Issued in North Carolina,-- Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very host medicine for restor ing the tired cut' nervous system to a healthier vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres In the stomach, gently stimulates the Uiver and Kidneys, and aids these organs In throwing off impuritleis in the blood. Electric Bitters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried tt as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 0c or $1.00 per bottle at TL R. Bellamy's Drug Store. PEOPIiE AtiLi ABOUT. Conan Doyle, after having had his first novel , rejected by eleven publish ers, sold it for $1.25. ? Richard le Gallienne, the essayist, recently appeared on a bicycle in Lon don in a black silk costume trimmed in cream colored lace. Three of the most noted women nov elists of the day are still at work. Miss Braddon is 60, Mrs. Oliphant is 68 and Ouida is 56. . j Twenty-two thousand and odd citi zens of San Francisco have asked President McKinley to make his uncle,' Benjamin McKinley, postmaster at San Francisco. I The pope will present to Queen Vic toria on the occasion of her "jubilee anniversary a sedan or portable chair, similar to the one in which the pope is borne to the great religious func tions of St. Peter's. FUN ""Theres one thing in Harold's favor that even father must admit," exclaim ed Mabel warmly. 'He hasn't any ex pensive habits." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne, gently, "but perhaps that is due to the fact that he is getting only $S a week." Washington Star. "Back up . your, judgment, if. ' you think that's the horse that will win out," jeeringly remarked the dirty, greasy specWror at the races. "Money talks, and. I'm mighty nigh made of money today.", "You 62a seem to be a rather filthy looker," assented the other man, look ing him over- Chicago Tribune. We are really going to wear the same style of skirt that was popular from 1850 to I860. N. Y. Letter. : To the skirts, of our ancient grand- -; mothers Dame Fashion is doming around; -And we'll say for 'em still r If they dont "fill the bin," They will certainly "cover the ground." Atlanta Constitution. Still Greater Odds "How foolish!" said the good old minister. "'Do you not realize that the chances are 99,999 to 1 against you?" "Of course, I do," answered the young man who had bought a lottery ticket. "And yet my hopes are not half as ridiculous as those you raised fn the hearts of the Sunday school 'boys when you told them that every one "of them had a chance at the presidential chair." Indianapolis Journal. v ' "The doctor says I have tobacco heart." "Nonsense." "Don't you believe there is such a thing?" "Oh, of course, there Is such a thing, but, if any doctor tells you 'that you have it, you can put it down as a dead certainty that he doesn't knlow what you smoke. If he'd said cabbage eart It would have been different." Chicago Post. She had been looking over a prayer book and come upon the marriage service, Which she read with Considera ble interest, a3 was natural in view Of her. sex, although she was still too young to have that absorbing interest in it that comes to a girl well along Jn her teens. "Mamma," she 'said last, "what does it mean when the bride promises to obey?" "Mean!" exclaimed her father, 'before her mother dould reply. "What In spired idiot ever said it meant any thing? It'a ia cold; heartless 'bluff." Chicago Post. A Inherited blood diseases are much more difficult to cure than those which are acquired. One of the most common hereditary diseases is Scrofula, which the medical profession admit is most obstinate and deepseated, and their! ef forts to cure it meet with little success. A child afflicted with Scrofula is always puny and sickly, and can never grow into healthy manhood until the disease is eliminated. Scrofula leads into con sumption nine times out of ten, so that it is important for this reason that im mediate attention be given to all chil dren who inherit the slightest taint. Mrs. S. S. Mabry, 360 Elm St., Macon, Ga., writes: "My boy, Charlie, inherited a scrofu lous blood taint, and from infancy was covered with terrible sores, his sufferings being such that it was impossible to dress him for three years. . CHARLIE MABRY His head and body were a mass of sores, and his nose was swollen to several times its natural size; to add to his misery he had catarrh, which made him almost deaf, and his eyesight also became affected. No treatment was spared that we thought would relieve him, but he grew worse until his condi tion was indeed pitiable. A dozen blood remedies were given him by the whole sale, bet they did not the slightest good. I had h! most despaired of his ever being cured, when by the advice of a friend we gave hiiu S.S.S. (Swift's Specific), and at first the! inflammation seemed to in crease, but as this is the way the remedy gets rid of the poison, by forcing it out Iof the system, we were encouraged and wuuuucu we ucuituic. . ucuucu im provement was the result, and after he had taken a dozen bottles, no one who knew of his former dreadful condition would have recognized him. All the sore on his body have healed, his skin is perfectly clear and smooth, and he has been restored to perfect health." Mr. A. T. Morgan, one of the promi nent druggists of Macon, and a member of the board of aldermen of . that city, says: "I am familiar with the terrible condition of little Charlie Mabry, and the cure which S.S.S. effected in his case was remarkable, and proves it to be a wonderful blood remedy." S.S.S. is the only cure for deepseated- Diooa diseases, sucn as sscronua, icneu matism, Cancer, Eczema, Catarrh, etc It is the only blood remedy guaranteed and contains no potash, no mercury or other mineral, which means so much to all who know the disastrous effects of these drugs.- Valuable books mailed free to any ad dress by the Swift Specific Company. I Atlanta, Ga. Modern Lazarus. 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