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1 THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907 p pi if ts'lII save the dyspsptic from many , 4ays of misery, and enable him to cat ? whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, I cause the food to assimilate and nour ish the body, give keen appetite, j DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. 3C 3 Hay : Coon (Date Meal Large stock now in warehouse Also everything inO the Grocery Line. O v7e ship goods Day O Orderslare Receiv ed.l Incorporated nmiiiiimiiMimiifiMiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiin THE SIWASA Meat Chipper J I ISQ 1 AT YOURS 11 SERVICE immiimimiiHiiniiiininmiHiiiii Meat sliced while you E wait, any thickness de- sired. So much sweet- er than canned meat iMnminnmirnHHimniimmnifll 1 " f TRYj ITS mm . UMffl i S.W: SANDERS Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin .. MEATS Delicious juicy, tender leef. Fine young Spring Lamb and the most tempting array of Steaks, Chops, Cut lets, etc. .Hotels, IJcsluurants and in stitutions will he satisfactorily served. We make it our aim to please every customer. RHODES & HMTZE WILMINGTON, N. C. lieoice IBlossom Cigars WHY ? Because it is the Best Cigar j for the moneys III Wholesale Grocer Hicks' Capudine Cures It is not a narcotic or dope but removes the cause. Get a bottle and try it for headaches, sour stomach, indigestion pairs or colds. It's liquid affects im mediatelypleasant to take. Sold at all drug stores, : HALL alPEARSALL CiilbaiiL VOLLERS BOWSER AS AN ACTOR Thinks He Can Take the Parts of Hamlet and Romeo. WAS ALSO TO BE "ANGEL" theatrical Promoter, However, Touch ed Him on the Start For Too Great a Sum As Usual, Mrs. B. Has Laugh on Him. ICopyrlght. 1S07, by Homer Sprapue.l Mrs. Bowser was puzzled and per turbed. Mr. Bowser was going ahout striking strange attitudes and mutter ing to himself, and he had cried out in his midnight sleep: "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be he who first cries, Hold, enough!" Something was up, but just what it was Mr. Bowser was keeping to him self. Sbc made cautious Inquiries as to whether he was looking for a farm. Investing in a flying machine or ex perimenting with a "new hair dye, but lie only smiled in a knowing way in answer. When the cook was asked in a casual way if she had noticed any thing queer about him of late she promptly answered: "Yes. ma'am, I have, and I was thinking of giving notice before he broke out and get the house on fire or killed us with the ax. He acts Just as my sister's husband did before he blew up the house with a bomb and Jumped into the river." "What have you noticed about him?" "Well, ma'am, he got out into the back yard the other evening and threw his arms around and muttered. He Jumped ahead, and then sideways and backward, and all the time he was muttering to himself. I went to a t ( I "1 I ! JS3$K i- I i. SA i .:( HE DIDN'T LOOK TO BE WORTH OVER 15 CENTS. theater on the Bowery once, and Mr. Bowser acted Just like an actor I saw there. Did you ever hear of an actor called. Mr. Hamlet, ma'am?" "Hamlet is a character in one of Shakespeare's plays," replied Mrs. Bowser. Feared For Her Life. "Then that's what he's trying to be, and if you can't stop him I must quit my job. I'm the sole support of an invalid mother, as you know, and I don't want to be suddenly. blown high sky and leave her to go to the poor house." Mrs. Bowser felt that she now had the key of the mystery in her hands. That evening she was watching for Mr. Bowser's return from the office. She saw him drop off the street car at his usual hour and noticed that he stepped off with a one-two-three stride. As he entered the house he bowed ceremoniously to her, and dur ing the dinner hour he was lofty and superior. When they had returned to the sitting room he began pacing up and dowu. and presently she said: "Mr. Bowser, I want to talk with you for a few minutes. You have been acting rather strangely of late. Have you got some great trouble on your mind that you are keeping from me?" "My mind was never more clear of trouble," he answered, with a bow and a smile. "But you have got ; some plan on hand." "If I have, oh, woman, thou must restrain thy curiosity till such ihne as I see fit to unfold." J "Are you thinking of acting on tmy stage?" "Methinks thou hast hit it do?.?, "Then tell me about it. As a wife I am interested In your welfare." States ths Cass. 'Well, here's the case," he said -he descended from his high hors "About a week ago Mr. Horatio Blank, the celebrated actor and manjger. happened in the office just as I was repeating Hamlet's soliloquy for.tiie benefit of Green, and when I was through he was pleased to slril hands with me and ask if he rould offer any inducement for me to g; oa the road with a company he is organiz ing to play Shakespeare's plays. I said nothing to you about the mat ter, knowing that you would treat it with your n-ual sarcasm, but I have had two or three talks with Mr. Blank since. He is satisfied that I will mak the greatest Hamlet ever seen on the stage. 1 shall also play Romeo." "You speak as if it was a settled thing," said Mrs. Bowser "It is about as good as settled. He Is coming here this evening for a final ta'lk. He thinks he can pay me a sal ary of $400 per week, but Is going to let me know. We intend to introduce a new feature in theatricals play the raole yerxr through. He believes, and t quite agree with him, that people Hi- fi,' H i as in i n n j 1 mm long for Shakespearean plays In sunv iner more than In the winter. Thus it ..il be $400 per week for flfty-tvro weeks in the year. Is there anything bad about that for an Income?'' "Does Mr. Blank want you to put any money in the enterprise?" "Y-e-s, a few dollars. I think he tvants me to advance enough money to pay for the printing. He will pay me back double the amount when we get out on the fbad. He has had twenty-one companies, and an nave made money. He is said to be worth $1,000,000" "Then why does he want you to ad vance anything?" Might Leave Him In Lurch. "Why? Why? I don't know exact ly why, but to show that I am in earnest, I suppose. I might engage with him and then leave him in the lurch." It was an explanation, but it didn't satisfy the explainer. He saw a smile on Mrs. Bowser's face and began to flush up as he said: "That's always the way with you doing your best to find some fault, t wish I hadn't said a word until the company was ready to start out on the road." "I am not finding fault, Mr. Bowser. I am simply asking for information. There's a ring at the bell. It is prob ably ycur man Blank. Go ahead and make your arrangements with him. I shall expect a box all to myself on the first night you play 'Hamlet.' " Mr. Bowser ushered his theatrical manager into the library and carefully closed the door, and they took seats at the table. The said manager didn't look to be worth $1,000,000. In fact, he didn't look to be worth much over 15 cents. His silk hat had witnessed many ups and downs'; in the world, and his tightly buttoned frcck coat was worn and shiny and showed that it had often stood before the free lunch coun ter and taken iu the bean soup. His cuSfs were frayed and his necktie faded, and the hand that had darned one knee of his trousers must have held a darning needle. He had his as surance with him, however, and that was the main thing. Needed About $7,C03. "Oh. this dross, this worldly dross!' he sighed as he sat down. "It should have n thing to do with our noble pro fession, but unfortunately we cunn- t escape it. " I have been figuring this Afternoon, and I find that it will tak about seven thousand to put us on 1:?o r -a l 1m g 1 -hij e Of course it will cfidO r.i. k to you sooner or later There are ttn r twelve parties who are a,:::kMM to furnish the money. lu is none of them can play Hamlet I have ft;;--"'; fli'm (io'.vu." "Tin!" ::v:rti('-3 Mr Bowser, who h !! an MeaHl'.at tvrr.ty-:ie or thirty i:! lars at uj':t would be wanted. "As for tho parr of Hamlet, of course you c-uMn't expect to go right on and play it at the start. You must gradually work up to it. For the first two weeks you will bring the" spade to Hamlet to dig the grave with." "Uni! Urn!" "I wish we could make you a foot taller somehow. You are rather short and chunky to play the part." Mr. Bowser turned red and white. "We must also get you a wig to hide your baldness. Do you think you could reduce your weight by 6ixty or seventy pounds? Hamlet has no bay window on him, you know." "By thunder, man. what are you talking about!" shouted Mr. Bowser, as he rose up. Hamlet Not a Bowser. "Calm thyself. Horatio." replied Mr. Blank in nothing tones. "Hamlet must be Hamlet. Hamlet cannot be Bowser." "Hamlet be durned! Sir, you have insulted me!" . "Tush. tush. I like thy spirit, but the tones of thy voice hath a clarion jround. Sit thee down and we will talk of the long green. Seven thousand" "Seven thousand nothings! I don't like your style. I don't want to deal with you. This interview is closed." "And you haven't offered me a glass of wine nor a cigar. I was mistaken in you. You, couldn't play Hamlet any more than a bull could play a church organ. Good night, sir. I can find my way out. If I hear of a brick y rd for sale I will put you next." Mrs. Bowser was in the sitting room. As Mr. Bowser came out he was all a-bristle and ready for battle, but she simply looked up and smiled and said: "Isn't it a rather cold night, dear, for this time of year?" Mr. Bowser didn't answer, but he thought it was for him. M. QUAD. New Duties Por the Police. The aerial police at work a vision ef the near future. Sketch. The Cause and the Manner. "How did he die?" "He died game. He was mistaken for a deer while hunting," Harper's lveekly PONT WAIT. Take Advantage of Wilmington Citi zen's Krpcrience Before It's Too Jjate. When the back begins to ache. Dont wait unfil backache becomes chronic. Till serious kidney trouble develop; Till urinary troubles destroy night's rest. Profit by a Wilmington citizen's ex perience. H. W. 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MAW) TAMES SALE Hard timea seem to strike every place at the same time, j Somo manufac turers who kad large stocks In warehouses, and not maty cash orders came to us a few weeks ago and made special prices for ash. We managed to raise the cash. Both steamers brought good3, one car load came la bj rail. We now offer, while they last, Iron Bed3, Oak Dres3ers. among the lot some nobby Princess dre3seru. Chiftojtfers. .Ward Jlobea, Rockfirs, Side Boards ad Center Tables, at real hard time prices for cash. b. We still have plenty of mosquito canopies; the kind that work eith er on wood or Iron beds, and can be changed from one to the other la oaa minute. J llJZUbZ UilQiDOD Foraitoie Coooanv. i k D Bought, and which has been has borne- the sljrnatnre of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive yon in this. Signature of Over 30 Years, MUMt TCIT. CW VO- C'" RAILWAY Exposition H WILING Oil C. H. GATTIS, Travelling Passenger Agent, RALEIGII. 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