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THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER FRID A V . OCTOBER vi , 1 90b. JACKSON & DELL COMPANY. Catered at the Postofflee at Wil mington, X. C, as Second-Class Matter, April 13, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. POSTAGE PREPAID. THE DAILY MESSENGER by mall me year $0.00; nix month $3.00; tmree monthti Jf 1.50; one month 50 Served in the city at CO cents n Month, one week 15 cents, If 1.50 for three months or $G.OO a year. THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER (two S-page papers), by mail one year fl.OO; six months 50 cents, in advance. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. THE PRESIDENTIAL, CAMPAIGN. The president is hard at work at hi' desk in the White house, trying to catch up with the accumulation of business, the result of his summer vacation. He attended to much business at Oyster Bay, but it was only matters of impor tance that he took up. Much work was left over for consideration after his re turn to Washington. For the next year the president will be a. very busy man. Besides the ex traordinary and the regular session of congress he will have on his hands dur ing the coming winter and spring there jwill also be the presidential campaign to be looked after. Though there is no doubt about Mr. Roosevelt securing the republican nom ination, he cannot afford to be idle and let the nomination seek him. He and his friends have got to be at work. Be sides his own nomination there is the question of a running mate to be chos en for him and a party platform to be considered and drafted, and neither is going to be a very easy matter to settle. There is division in the republican party on the money and tariff question. The republican party is evidently afraid the democrats will nominate some sound money man, such as Cleve land or Olney. Such nomination they know would greatly endanger the sue- cess of their ticket headed by Mr. Roosevelt, especially if they give the people a platform on the money and tariff not to the liking of the masses of the people of the east and and the northwest. The farmers of the latter section are becoming more restive each year under the present high tariff and Eire tired being whipped into line un der the command of party leaders to ''stand pat" whether it is to their in terest to do so or not. The eastern financial interests are a little uneasy about Mr. Roosevelt's financial policy. They are most afraid to trust him for four more yea re?. The chief cause of their uneasiness is the president's lack Of stability of purpose. Th?y do not know when to count on his. We firmly believe that the great business interesis f the country would prefer such, a man as Cleveland for president to Roose velt. They know the farmer's views and position on the important issues of the day and they know that what his Tiews are to day they will also be to morrow. This condition of affairs will keep Mr. Roosevelt and his advisers at work un til the election is over. We may say that the presidential campaign has real ly begun and there will be no let-up in the fight until after the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of next year. Mr. Roosevelt has his hands full Jor the next thirteen months. THE LINCOLNTON POSTMASTER. President Roosevelt takes up the mat first day of his return to business at the White house. He sent for all the papers in the case Tuesday and began a study of the matter. This is construed ter of the Lineolton postmaster the by Mrs. Shipp's friends as being favor able to her. The president has made no intimation yet as to what he shall do. Mrs. Shipp's friends are hard at work. The strong point against her Is the opposition of Postmaster General Payne to "turning out an efficient post master to make room for another be cause of sentimental reasons." Some interesting developments in the ease are expected. Mr. Rollins, the repub lican state chairman, and ex-judge Robinson. North Carolina member of the republican national committee. Were to arrive in Washington yester day. The latter advocates Mrs. Shipp's appointment and the former is for the reappointment of the present incum bent. Judge Pritehard is quoted as saying that Mrs. Shtpp ought to have the appointment. It will be a pretty hot light, with the oMs in favor of Mrs. Shipp. Th president should not hesitate ovi-r the matter, especially as he has nothing to gain or iose political ly which ever way he d-ci!s. There should be nothing perplexing to him as to who should have the appointment, lie should not listen to Mr. Payne's cold-blooded, political adv- in such a cast-. 1 Senator Hanna's health may be bad. but it does not Interfere with his politics. The Raleigh papers are still work ing for the three hundred thousand dollar appropriation for the addition to the state capitol. We thought they would drop this matter when it was shown that the state did not have funds sufficient to A care for her indi gent insane and other unfortunates. We would like to see a handsome build ing in the capitol square at Raleigli. but Ave think this an inopportune time to urge such expenditure. Until we can comfortably provide for our in sane, deaf-mutes, and blind we ought not to think about expending public funds for enlarging and beautifying the state capitol. To put the capitol before the asylums would be criminal. The first duty of the state is to provide for the unfortunate ones who are net able to take care of themselves. When this is done then we can look to the adornment of our state buildings if we have any funds left with which to foot the bills. The capitol will do well enough for years to come. Let's be charitable before making display for display's sake A few days ago a man was arrested by the secret service men at Oyster Ray because he wanted to see the pres ident. He seemed to be an innocent, harmless sort of a fellow. The only excuse the officers had for his arrest was that he had a religious paper in his pocket and they thought he might be a religious fanatic. If more people in this country were in the habit cf carrying in their pockets a religious paper or a bible, and reading it some times, instead of the deadly pistol there would not be so much need of a strong force of secret service men to guard the life of the president. A rather pe culiar circumstance connected with this report of the secret service men is that the editor of the Charlotte News calls upon the editor of the Pres byterian Standard for an opinion re garding the assertion that a man hav ing a religious paper in his pocket should for that reason be considered a crank. The editor of the News, our readers will understand, is also the ed itor of the Presbyterian Standard. Good for Sir Thomas Lipton. He says he has not yet given up the con test for the America's cup. What he wants now is to find a designer who can beat Herreshoff. If he can fina such a person he will build Shamrock IV and be over here again next sum mer after the cup. He says he is . not going to rest until he "lifts the cup." This is the sort of pluck we like to see. American yachtsmen will be ready for him whenever he comes, Major Gilreath's Remarkable Suit. "Major" Gilreath has brought suit against the Asheville Street railway and the Electric company for $50. There is nothing unusual in this, be cause the street railway is accustomed to being sued because people get hurt stepping off the cars before they stop, for horses becoming scared at the cars and for running over chickens and cats, but the "Major's" suit is based on the most original ground yet de veloped. In fact it is doubtful if any railway ever had to defend a similar action. The substance of the "Major's" complaint is that some of the street railway employes have crowed like a rooster. This is a literal fact. The Major in sists that the company shall pay him 550 because some of its employes have at sundry times made a noise like a rooster's crowing. The "Major" has an aversion to crowing he won't have a rooster around his place that crows, and he wants the street railway to make its men stop using chicken lan guage at least in his presence. When the summoirs was served on the company the officials supposed at first that the company had done the "Major" some damage and when they learned the cause of complant came to the conclusion that some one was trying to "make game" of them, but soon found that the suit had been brought by R. S. McCall for the Major in all seriousness. Another complaint was that the said employes were con tinually talking about "rails" and the Major don't want to hear rails discuss ed in his presence in fact he "rails" at any one who does it. The officials came to the conclusion that either they, the "Major", or the men must be crazy, and inquired if the men below ed like cows or neighed, like horses, or barked like dogs, and if they had bit ten anybody. They could not locate anything further than the Major's dis like to chicken crowing and talk about rails. He says that when he goes to the square he hears some street car men crow or make remarks about rails and the railway company has got to " I have made a most thorough trial of Aver's Chsrrv Pectcral and am prepared to sav that for all dis eases of the luncs i: never disco- points. ' J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral won't cure rheumatism ; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs and colds of all kinds. We nrst said this sixty years ago; we've been saying it ever since. Tire tizes: 25c. 50c. SI. All drorrUU. Consult your doctor. If he tajs take it. than do & he says. If ho tells too not to take it. then don't take it. He knows. Leare it with him. We are willing. A. Cough The square peg in the round hole" figuratively expresses the use of means unsuited to the desired end. A great many people who have been cured of dyspepsia and other diseases of the stom ach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery say : " We tried many medicines with only temporary benefit. It was not until we began the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery that we found a complete and laating cure. '. $3,000 FORFEIT will be paid by World's Dispensary Medicai, Asso ciation, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y., if they cannot snow the original signature of the individual volunteering the testi monial below, and also of the writers of every testimonial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing, thus proving their genuineness. It is with pleasure that I tell you what Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical DUcovery and 'Pellets' have done for me," wntes Mrs. T. M. Palmer, of Peede, Kaufman Co., Texas. "Two years ago I was taken with stomach and bowel trouble. Everything I ate would put me in distress. I lived two weeks on milk and even that gave me pain. I felt as though I would starve to death. Three doctors attended me one said I had dys pepsia, two said catarrh of the stomach and bowels. They attended me (one at a time) for one year. I stopped taking their medicine and tried some paten medicine ; got no better, and I grew so weak and nervous my heart would flutter. I could not do any kind of work. Now ; can do my bouse -work very well ; am gaining m fleth mnd strength, and can eat anything I want." Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. pay for his injured feelings. The suit will be tried before Justice Ware at 10 o'clock this morning:. Major Gilreath has at various times had men arrested and fined for crow- ng in his presence. Boys have fre quently been warned by the police against it, but do crow to annoy the old gentleman. He takes offense at any noise that in the least resembles a rooster's crow. Asheville Gazette. FAYETTEVILIE SEWS JTOTES. Receiver Takes Charge of Water Works Large Subscription by Con. gregations Evidence of Pros perity. (Special to The Messenger.) Fayetteville, N. C, September 2S. Pursuant to the order of Judge Bryan, Dr. H. "W. Lilly today, as temporary receiver, took charge of the plant of the Fayetteville Water, Light and Power Company, to receive its rente, conduct its operations, etc. From the talk in municipal circles, coming to the corres- spondent here and there, the idea seems to be prevalent that the receivership will bring matters to a settlement be tween the City of Fayetteville and the defendant company, and that the suit entered in the superior court will never come to trial. After the morning services m Hay Street Methodist church yesterday, Rev. T. A. Smoot, the pastor, calling for con tributions to liquidate the amount due for the new organ, received subscrip tion of from $1,000 to $1,200, in sums ranging from $50 down. This success is very gratifying. In a walk over only a part of the city, the writer notes today the following buildings either just completed, or in process of construction: Business houses Four stores on Hay street; four on Green street; large sales and livery stables on Person street; block of new offices on Donaldson street; large brick cotton warehouse on Franklin street. Residences Four in the suburb of Hay mount: two on Mason street; four on Dick street. Hr. Junius R. Vann, an esteemed citi zen and well known business man of this city, was taken suddenly ill during yesterday morning's services at the First Baptist church, and his condition was so serious that it was impossible to move him until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. T. A. Hall, who recently resign ed his pastorate of the First " Baptist church of this city, preached his fare well sermon yesterday morning, and this week will leave with his family for Lexington, Va., where he has accepted a call. Rev. Father O'Brien preached his last sermon in St. Patrick's Catholic churen yesterday, and will hereafter be chap lain of Nazareth school. Father Irvin will succeed him here as priest. Misses Fannie Sidberry and Helen Sheetz had presented to them handsome gold rings, in recognition of their ser vices at the 'concert Thursday evening. Messrs. J. R. Vann, C. M. Watson. M. Folb, D. K. Taylor, W. H. Davis, D. Gaston, Jr., and E. B. Hall have return ed from the Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows at Baltimore. Mrs. John B. Broadfoot, who has been conducting a summer resort at Saluda, has returned to open "Pine View," her pleasant winter tourist' home, on Hay- mount. Professor J. W. Parker, of Greensboro Female college, was here today in the interest of that school. Mr. Frederick Houston, president of the Hope Mills Manufacturing Compa ny, and Mrs. Houston came up on the noon train today to spend a few hour? in the city, and took luncheon with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. MacRae at their beau tiful home on Haymount. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Blount are here on a visit to Mr?. Mary J. Pemberton. Mrs. White returned to Davidson, Va, today, after a visit to relatives in thi? city. Miss Lillian Haigh left today t enter St. Mary's school at Raleigh. Miss Anita DeRosset.'of Wilmington, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holt on Haymount. The trustees of the city grade V schools hold an. important meeting this after noon, where it may be nece scary to in crease the faculty on account of the increase of pupils over last year. Captain Royall. Messrs. ' Haylow, Farlong and other officials of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company are herg to rearrange side tracks to pre vent shifting of trains over the Hay street crossings. XIXOX IUXS FOR MAYOR. Will be a Candidate for the Demo cratic Nomination for Mayor of Xcw York. New York, September 27. Lewis Nix on tonight announced that he is a can didate for the democratic nomination for mayor. He made public a state ment, in which he said: "I am a candidate for the democratic nomination for mayor of New York. This statement is made with a full knowledge of the uncertainties of the democratic situation. I desire to maka it clear that I am willing to stand with those democrats, however small their number, who believe that the demo cratic party of this city should lead and not follow in the forward march of mu nicipal reform." Speaking of the municipal campaign, Mr. Nixon says: "The battle will be won or lost on lo cal issues that are old enough to have gained a permanent hold on the public mind. These issues are police black mail and that mercenary spirit which breeds dishonesty in the public service. To them may be charged all the party's recent loss of local prestige. The de mocracy, has not been beaten on these issues by republican votes alone by any means. It has been beaten chiefly by democratic votes. "The democratic party of the city has all the issues in its favor except those two. It is easily within its power to throw off their dead weight when it makes up its mind to do so. Its right to dominancy will be restored as soon as it does. There can be no doubt of the result of any campaign in which the party explicitly and without equivoca tion commits itself to the reforms for which the city has four times voted in ten years." PROHIBITION' FIGHT ON. Adilrenses to be Delivered An Alarm of Fire. (Special to The Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, September 28. The alarm of fire last night about 10 o'clock was caused from a fire which was locat ed in the store occupied, by Mr. A. S. Pearsall on the corner of Pine and George streets. The fire was on the in side of the building near the oil cans. A strange coincidence is that fire melt ed the pumps in. the oil cans and went out without buring the oil. The inside of the store was badly smoked. The building belonged to Mr. Dock Smith and was not damaged very much. There was no insurance on the building. Mr. Pearsall carried $300 insurance on his stock, which was not damaged, except by smoke, to a very great extent. Rev. R. C. Beaman, of Durham, deliv ered an address on prohibition before a mass meeting of citizens in the First Baptist church last night. There was a large crowd present and Mr. Beaman made a splendid address, which was well received. Mr. Davis H. Haley, general agent of the Sig. Sautelle's big railroad shows, was in the city today making prepara tions for the appearance of the show in this city on the 10th of October. This is a new attraction for this part of the country. The agent claims, however, that it is equal to any show that has ever visited this section. The people ar hungry for a show and the attraction will, no doubt, be well patronized. The prohibition forces have begun their campaign in earnest for the elec tion on that question which takes place on the Sth of October. Ex-Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson and Mr. F. A. Daniels will deliver addresses on the subject in the Messenger opera house tomorrow night. They are both excellent speak ers and will no doubt interest the large audience which is expected to be pres ent to hear them. TO CURE CONSUMPTION". Dr. Flick Taboos Use of Alcohol in Any Form Simple Diet and Fresh Air. (Philadelphia Dispatch to New Orleans Times-Democrat.) "Keep away from alcohol in every form. That way lies death." That is a summary of one of the most important passages in Dr. Law rence F. Flick's new book, "Con sumption a Curable and Preventable Disease." He recommends that one heavy meal be eaten every dav. In addition, he recommends the following diet: A pint of milk before rising, a pint of milk and two raw eggs after the bath, a pint of milk and one raw egg in mid forenoon: if dinner is at noon, another pint of milk and egg at 3; a pint of milk and two raw eggs at 6;a pint of milk and one egg upon retiring. Dr. Flick has this to say of the need for fresh air and sunshine: "An ample supply of good fresh out door air night and day is necessary. It must be had irrespective of weather and temperature. When possible con sumptives should sleep outdoors at night. "If they cannot sleep out-doors they should make indoors a near like out doors as possible. Every window in tne bed room should be kept open. There need be no fear of drafts. Without draft the air in a room cannot be kept fresh and pure. Outside air is good anywhere. Even in cities outsideair answers all practical purposes for the cure of consumption. Country air, of course, is freer from dust and smoke, and is fresher and sweeter than city air- but city air, if it is outside air, is good enough. "Mountain air is believed to have special qualities of value in the treat ment of consumption. These probably are more imaginary than real. It may be that mountain air, in certain cases, helps to bring about a recovery by ex panding the lungs more than usual. Sea air is of value sometimes in the treatment of consumption, when the disease is complicated with heart trou t sea 'the "Above all else," says Dr. Flick. patient should hope and fight fo Discouragement means death in cases." life- tviost FOURTH-CLASS I-OSTMASTElf S' Satirical View of a Recent I,ei" leut 111 tne l'oMtai service. (From the Chicago News.) It must have been a stem sense duty which upheld and nerved Civ Service Commissioner Greene when .suggested to Postmaster General Payn that the fourth-class postoffices were under civil service rules. Without thd sustaining consciousness of performin. a duty he must nave flinched rrom m- tlieting such a shock. There have been sweeping extensions of "the classified service heretofore, but none like unto this. The idea is simplv revolutionary The postoffices. have been for years the most cherished of political assets. The politicians whether member of con gress or mere boss has looked upon the fourth-class postmastership as the apple of his eye. As a means of re warding constituents, threatening foes, enacting revenges, and buying favors it is unsurpassed. The bald proposal to remove these officers 70,000 of them, mind you from the sphere of spoils politics and put them into the classified service was enough to make the brain of an" prac tical politician reel As a politician of this class Mr. Payne's probable emotions when the suggestion was brought to his notice may be left to the imagination. It is best to draw the veil on such anguish. He has recovered sufficiently, however, to protest with vigor, as he might be expected to do. He is "positively astounded." and thinks "no one outside of Commission er Greene has ever heard of such a thing." "Surely," adds the postmaster general, "no sane man will contend that fourth-class postmasters are in the classified service." Why not? It is true that hitherto the fourth-class offices have not been considered to be within the "classified service" as defined in tne civil service rules, but the order issued by President Roosevelt last March expressly declared that there should be included In this service "all officers and employes in the executive civil service of the United States, except persons employed merely as laborers and persons whose appoint ments are subject to confirmation by the senate." Fourth-ciass postmasters are not "employed merely as laborers" and their appointments are not "sub ject to confirmation by the senate." They certainly are "employes in the executive civil service." Does or does not the president's order mean what it says? When Jerry Simpson Scored. Although former Congressman Jerry Simpeon of Kansas (Sockless Simpson, he was called), says the Chicago Chron icle, has been a long time in the po litical morgue, stories of his congres sional career are still floating around the sunflower state. At one time the house was proceeding under the five minute rule and Snodgrass of Tennes see rose to reply to Simpson, who, it seems, had charged Snodgrass with the triangular offense of being a lawyer, a fop and a fool. Snodgrass was a dull, tedious sort of a man and could set the nerves of the house on edge quick er than any other man in it. He was proceeding in a manner which he meant to be prompously satirical to crush the guileless Simpson. "Mr. Speaker," drawled Snodgrass. while the house writhed to be rid of him, "Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Kansas charges me with being a law yer " "We'll nolle that count," interjected Reed from his seat on the republican side. "Let the gentleman go on to the next."- "Cting," continued the wearisome Snodgrass with the same exasperating drawl, "on the suggestion of my emi nent friend from Maine, Mr. Speaker, I will go on to the second count of the indictment preferred against me by the gentleman from Kansas. In the second count, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Kansas charges me with being a fop and accuses me, Mr. Speaker, of wearing clothes. I must say. Mr. Speaker " this with a lofty sneer, full of a spirit of patronage toward the "sockless" Simpson "I do wear clothes. I might add, Mr. Speak er, that I not only wear clothes when now I am a member of congress, but, Mr. Speaker, I wore clothes before ever I came to congress." "Mr. Speaker," resumed the perni cious Snodgrass, "the third and last count of the indictment preferred against me by the gentleman from Kansas is that I'm a fool." "Bang!" came Crisp's gavel. "The gentleman's time has expired!" Snodgrass looked helplessly about, his five minutes were up; he must leave his defense to that third count floating in the air. It was the amiable Simpson who would push to the Snodgrass res cue. "Mr. Speaker," said Simpson, "I ask unanimous consent that the gentle man's time to epeak that third count be extended five minutes. If the house will grant my request he'll prove it." Why Hi Marriage Wan a Failure (Orison Swett Marden, in the October "Success.") He regarded children as a nuisance. He did aH his courting before mar riage. He never talked over his affairs with his wife. He never had time to go anywhere with his wife. He doles out money to his wife as if to a beggar. He looked down upon his wife as an inferior being. He never took time V get acquainted with his family. He thought of his wife only for what she could bring to him. He never dreamed that there were two sides to marriage. He never dreamed that a wife needs praise or compliments. He had one set of manners for home and another for society. He paid no attention to his personal appearance after marriage. He married an ideal, and was disap pointed to find it had flaws. He thought his wife should spend all her time doing housework. He treated his wife as he would not have dared to treat another woman. ble. Such cases do much better level than in the mountains. He never dreamed that his wife need ed a vacation, recreation or change. He never made concessions to his wife's judgment, even in unimportant matters. He thought the marriage vow had made him his wife's master, instead of her partner. He took all the little attentions lav ished on him by his wife as by "divine risrhts." not as favors. He always carried his busineo tron-t bles home with him, instead of locking them in his store or office when tie closed. ..niisas City for Tall Men. The Kansas City Daily Times, fau sas City, Mo., .aysv "Robert Lee BenrTSsf Effort Moun tain, X. C. six fet six TiJnies 'IV Samuel Jde?. jFe feet ta!, met yesteiday Nintn -tra- '., ''How's the as he put for- hand, "it's been all day." man I ever had to Bennett. "I've been that I was the only outside of a circus, ur greater height." L'nty-seven years old pounds. He travels as r a tobacco company Hia some time has kpt him in a few days ago he came to nd met Smith Cook, Kansas g policeman. Cook proved o be one inch taller than Bennett, who declared that he believed thers were no other big men in the west to compare with himself and the man who carries the national flag in the annual police parade. Yesterday, however, a man told him that he had just seen a taller man than he. "I'll bet you $5 he isn't four inches taller," said Bennett. "I'll take that rejoined the other man. "Come along and Til show you." The two went down street together and met Alder, who had been waiting. The big men were measured, with the result that the man from Texas proved to be six inches higher than the name sake of Robert Lee. After a cigar to-. gether Alder and Bennett visited police headquarters and were taken to the board room, where they were intro duced to the commissioners. Bennett and Alder were bom and reared on farms. The parents of neither were any taller -than the aver age men and women. Alder became a bridge carpenter and Bennett entered the mercantile house. Alder now weighs only 230 pounds, "but," said he, "I'm only twenty-three years old and haven't reached my full szie. I will hroaden out a good bit in the next few years." Sultan Sleep Expensive. Sleep that costs $9000 a night seems pretty expensive, but that is what the sultan of Turkey is now paying for the privilege of more or less tranquil repose. The money is received by the members of the special military staff which guards Abdul Hamid's bedroom, and which consists of two generals, a colonel, a major, a captain, and several soldiers. For their night's work each of the two generals gets 50 Turkish pounds or about $235; the colonel, $40; the major, $35; trie captain, $30, and each soldier. $1, the entire amount ag gregating sligtly over $900 in Ameri can money. The officers and met .get their fee every morning immediately after they have been relievd and don't have to wait for it like some pretty big nations to whom Abdul owes money. This expensive night guard of tha sultan's has been maintained by him only since the recent assassination of the royal couple of Servia. Of course, the timorous ruler of Turkey always has been particularly well guarded at night, but the murders at Belgrade scared Abdul Hamid. almost cut of his wits, and he immediately determined that he would surround his bed cham ber with the most vigilant men who could be secured, and make it to their interest to protect him. The command of the special night guard is intrusted to eight of the sultan's most faithful generals, two of whom are on duty every night. Owing chiefly to this and other precautions that the ruler has adopted, recently, it is estimated that the weekly expense of running Yildiz Kiosk is over $8,000. New York Com mercial. Uatest in Tlierapeut Ich. A nervous man went to a celebrated Chicago nerve specialist, says the Chi cago Record-Herald, and after detail ing his symptoms, asked the doctor to prescribe a remedy. To everything suggested, however, he had objections. Either he had ttried it and it had failed or he had no faith in medicine, so the physician suggested drastic measures and met with the same reception. Then he asked the man abruptly: "Did you ever hug a cow?" "What do mean?" asked the nervous man, angrily. "Just what I say. If you will go into a pasture every day, pick out your cow, throw your arms around her warm, healthy neck, and get the magnetism of her strong, warm animal life into your system, you will be cured in a few weeks of your nervous fits." The nervous man was not without a sense of humor. "The cow might ob ject," he said. "I am in dead earnest," sa;d the spe cialist, "that is getting near to nature's heart. It is what Zola and Tolstoi ad vocate as curative agents ia the dis eases which are born of hot-house life. Go on a farm, find your cow and come to see me when you are cured." ero School Wants a Visit from. Cleveland. Pine Bluff, Ark., September 30. In response to an invitation to visit the Branch. Normal college, colored, here in the event of a southern tour by him, former President Grover Cleveland has written as follows to Professor Isaac Fisher, principal of the college: "The reports in the press, indicating that I intend oon to pay a visit to the south, are entirely without foundation. I have had no such intention, though I know that I would enjoy such a trip, if it were true that I were to make such a tour and comeVto the state of Arkan sas, I do not know of anything that I would like better than to pay a visit to your school." If you need new carpets after mov ing visit the C. W. Polvogt Co. Ik 1 VPII "i ' r M I 1 I1PT T i 1 a s( busV KansA A this cA ia City's