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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

Berlin, December SIT is rumored
tonight that China has ceded Kiao-
chou to Germany. Whether the report
be true II not, there is every indication
in the preparation for the expedition
under Prince Henry that a long stay
is contemplated.
emperor William will max the de-
parture Of Prince Henry's squadron
from kiel the occasion for an imposing
naval display.
The B~radenburg, a first class bat
tleship of more than 10, 900 tons dis
plcement, n the Wurtemburg, a Sec
ond class battleship Of nearly $500
tons, while coming from Christiana to
Kiel to take part in the display, col
lided. Both vessels were injured, the
Wurtemburg SO badly that it was
necessary to send her to drydock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
Dress Goods.

Gus store is large and we sell Dress
Goods, in all the different styles. We
have beautiful fancy Double Fold
Worsteds, to close, at 121ac per yard,
worth 15c.; better goods, So inches wide.
at &c.; all wool fancy Worsteds, SO
inches wide, at Csc per yard; better
styles in fancy dress suitings, at 35c..
40c. and up to Soc, Coo. and. 75c per
yard. Plain, Blu and Black Serge, 40
inches wide, all wool, at 35c per yard,
regular SOC goods.
We have Silk for waist trimmings,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

Riley Pate, aged Is, kills his friend,
aged Is, while drunk. He is t. hang
for his crime. 1t is stated in a Raleigh
dispatch of yesterday hal 1.-The court
expresses much sympathy in the case"
The question is sympathy" for whom?
for the murdered little boy in his grave,
or the drunken rowdy who slew him. If
drunkenness palliates crime and saves
necks, then all murderers need to do is
to plead the drunk act" and escape.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

give Hawaii two senators and a con-
eign in interest, to vote on American
It will confer a right to
send sugar and other products into our
ports without payment OF duties. It
will endanger the Monroe Doctrine: we
cannot acquire distant ocean lands. and
yet debar Europe from American pos
sessions.
I'VE incur constant danger from the
natives seeking to recover their just
rights: they must be kept in subjuga-
ton by force Of arms. We should be
bound by the existing treaties OF Ha-
wall with foreign nations, and there
by be liable to foreign complications.
This mixed brown, yellow, and dus-
ky people. partly pagan, cannot be alb
sorbed by assimilation; for they cannot
marry with American whites.
in his inaugural, Mr.. Mckinley
warned the people against a citizenship
too ignorant to understand, or too
vicious to appreciate, the great value
and benefcience of our Institutions and
our laws At hat moment Hawaii
was below his horizon"
Let men Of sense consider this state
ment made by a man learned in the
law, OF large observation, and of dis
tinguished abilities.
That the ffuestiOn of annexation is
Of immense Importance Is known to all
who have given it attention and who
understand the consequences mapped
in the project. Mr.. Bryce opens his
remarkable paper by saying that few
question are of more Importance to
the United States than those which
are raised by the proposals recently
made that the republic should acquire
territory lying in the Caribbean Sea
and the Pacific Ocean," Any sue &C
question:" he holds, would constitute
a new departure OF a serious nature"
But the McKinleys and Morgans do
not care for these things, snap their
fingers at objections. shut their eyes
| and madly plunge int the seething
vortex. Mr.. Bryce feels the Importance
to the extent that he thinks it should
"be closely examined from every point
of view" He says his own country
"has no direct interest in the fortunes
of either Cuba or Hawaii. She has nc
wish to obtain any fresh possessions
in the West Indies; and indeed the
condition of the islands which she does
own is not such as to dispose her tc
hunger after any others-especially
Islands with a population like that O.
Cuba. The idea OF taking it has nev
once been suggested. AS for Hawaii
Britain might have had it years ant
years ago, and did not care to TAXI it.
We Will try to give "a glimpse II
another article of some of his points
But to appreciate the force and ex'
cellence Of his very lucid and impress
sive paper, 0 must read it carefully
It is the production of a finely dis
ciplined mind and equable temper will
uncommon sanity Of Judgment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
Hats. Hats.

/ have just received Q big drive in
ladies' Hats and Ribbon. A fine line
of English Felt Hats. bound in silk
wire, At Csc each. worth from SOC to
s1.00; all new styles and pretty. clean
goods.
Also q fine fob in beautiful fancy
Silk Ribbon. in No. 40 and 60. worth
from soc to 75c. now to close the lot.
at 25c per yard: all new seasonable
shades. Also lot Of fine Satin Ribbon
for fancy work. very cheap.
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his paper that the democrats are trying
to down Butler. II the Slanderer has
not "downed" himself then false accu-
sation and heinous Islander are virtues
in North Carolina. If Butler is not in
hole OF his own digging then good
witnesses go for nothing.
He digged a pit,
He digged it deep,
He digged it for his brother;
But, to punish his sin,
He did fall in
The pit he digged for t'other."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
EO.O.GAYLORD
Rocket Price List For The Christmas Iude.,

We are doing the business Of the
city. but we can entertain you also
with low prices and big values. We
sell everything in the dry goods lire.
Please read and see what ! Am offer
ing for this week.
Ladies' fur trimmed double cape. ana
high collared. at 99c. A nice beaver
cloth, black. double cape, fur trimmed.
at $3.50. Very long Empire pleated back
fur trimmed cape at $1.75. Solid seal
plush capes. at $2.9S. Very fine seal
plush trimmed, long and handsome
cape, at SAFE.
from SLIGO to $50.
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Mrs. Mckinley Still Alive

Canton, Ohio, December S.-Mrs. Nc
Kinley continues to grow weaker. Dur
ing the evening she again aroused from
her palsied sleep. Tn awakening, how
ever. was not accompanied by any appre-
cable rally. This was the condition at
1870 o'clock. Up to that hour the pa
tient remained in the deep sleep in which
made his last cail, finding her in this
sleep. he thought she would live until
morning. The president is almost con-
stantly at the bedside. refusing to be re-
lieved by others and to take the rest and
exercise he should.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

The good, turdened people Of North
Carolina have had to pay $40. 900 to law
yers to help incompetent attorney gen.
erals. The present governor, one Rus
creas the burdens here, and to that
end keeps a bevy Of lawyers employed
at good pay. Russell is a tax %increaser
and he is disposed to favor "the gen.
tlemen of the bar" But while they
dance the people must pay the fiddler.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
CURES TO STAY CURED.

Thousands of voluntary certificates
received during the past fifteen years,
certify with no uncertain sound, that
Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. b. will
cure to stay cured, rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, Ulcers, Sores, Blotches, and the
most malignant blood and skin dis
eases. Botanic Blood Balm is the re-
suit of forty years experience Of an
eminent, scientific and conscientious
physician. Send stamp for book of
wonderful cures, and learn which is
the best remedy. Beware Of substi-
tutes said to be Just as good" and buy
the long-tested and reliable Botanic
Blood Balm, (B. B.. b. Price only 81. 90
per large bottle.
EFFECTED AN ENTIRE CURE.
For over two years 1 have been a
great sufferer from rheumatism, af-
fecting bOt shoulders to such an ex-
tent that 1 could not put my coat on
without help. The use Of six bottles Of
Botanic Blood Balm, B. B. B.. effected
ar entire cure. I refer to Rev. w. w.
Wadsworth, proprietor Coweta Adver-
tiser, and to all merchants Of Newman.
JACOB F. SPONCLER.
Newman Ga.
For sale by all druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14
HOME FOLKS.

A long editorial from the Messenger
on "Sheep Raising in North Carolina
copied in the Roxboro Courier and
credited to the wrong paper. AS it was
perhaps the first article copied from
the Messenger in a year or two in the
Courier the miscredit was unfortunate
for this paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

at soc.. &c.. 3Se.. &c., &C. and TIC ~>r
yard Danish Cloth. at lee: platu
worsted. at 9tso.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

For sale by all druggists.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
Tour to California via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

Tour to California via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
In Southern California is found the real
ization of a dream Of the ancients. Here
are the "Golden Apples of the Hespesides,
ripening beneath sky more beautiful
than that of Rome, and in climate more
perfect than that of Athens. Never in the
widest flights of his Imagination did either
Homer or Hesoid ever conceive of gar
den richer in yerdant beauty, more produc-
tive of luscious fruit, or set amid more pic
turesque and lovely surroundings.
The last of the Pennsylvania Railroad
tours to the Golden Gate will leave New
York and Philadelphia March 27, stopping
at Chicago. Omaha, Denver, Colorado
Springs and the Garden of Gods" and
Salt Lake City. Tourists will travel by
special train of Pullman palace cars going
and return on regular trains via any route
within nine months. Round-trip tickets
including transportation, Pullman accom-
modations tone double berth), meals, and
other tour features going, and railroad
transportation on regular trains returning;
and one-way tickets, including transPorta-
ton and all tour features going, will be
i u FL
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

surface drainage into nearby streams
By many farmers, the barn lot manure
pile is thought not to be ready to move
till well decayed in the late summer or
fall. much prefer to move all we
can Of it in the spring. The sooner it
is put on the fields. the smaller per-
centage of aste.-Country Gen tie
man.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

Wilmington, Del, March 8, 1897. Helen
Killinger, Ills. Kirkwood st., writes the
following statement for publication: II can
hardly express the benefit have derived
from Hoods Sarsaparilla. have always
been delicate, but since taking Hoods sar-
saparilla am strong and robust"
Hoods Pills act harmonionsly with
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 25c.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
SECRET SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES..
Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. u. A. M.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at 8 O'Clock.
first Tuesday Of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8 ]. .. Q. +.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorters
% Damon Lodge, No. Il, X. of P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor@er's Hall at
O'Clock.
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs,. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night in K.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. U. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorters
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, no. 16, Brotherhood
of the Union. Meets lst and Sd Friday, Mo
Whorter's Hall at 8 p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

First Bicycle Crank: sNot never
carry an extra ounce of weight on my
wheel, not even q tool-bag."
Second Ditto: "But suppose you
break down on the road and have no
toolsp"
First B. c.: "Oh, that's easily ar
ranged. lcarly my tools in my pocket y
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
A GREAT SURPRISE.

There seems to be nothing startling, al leas
nothing alarming, in the strange hand wh!:t.
comes from the other side. 1t comes from the
darkness it is true but perhaps the lady sah
account for it, after the surprise is past. IN.
door is closed and there does not appear to IS
sufficient shield for hiding. Whence the
comes the hand? Perhaps the reader caneA
plain it.
Similar surprises inbusiness are shown ever ,
day. A citizen of Middletown made a Ht.Ii
day purchase in the city, carried 1t for hor.Is
at great Inconvenience, returned home to tin'i
the indentical article at the same price OF TN
tables of a local dealer That was an annoy
ing surprise.
One of the real and constant surprises &c ~
people of MiddIetown is the very low pri x,
ma intained by Mrs. Thos. Massey ON all liz g.
ofjewerley, watches, clocks, silverware cs
glass, &c. 1t should not be; 1t is simple enough.
It's In the buying-and the selection. Thersn
much in selecting. If you have present L.
make, or purchase for self In Mrs. Massey
line, comparison Of prices and quality
goods with any other is invited, especially
city prices, Repairing a speciality.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

She: "When you married me you
said you were we'll off,"
He: 81 was, bu t didn't know it.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

Apply to ticket agents. Tourist agents
1896 Broadway, New York, or Geo. W
Boyd, Assistant General Pass enger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
rliddletown Directory.
MUNIcrPAL oFF1CERs.

President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; 8. s. Holten, Charles III.
Howell, Geo. v. Peverley.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
BANKS.

Peoples National Bank.-President, G. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. ID. Kelley; Teller
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President, Joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John 8. Crouch; Teller, e.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
The Baltimore weekly Sum.

The Weekly SUN Publishers all the News
of each week, giving complete accounts Of
all events of interest throughout the world.
As an Agricul tural paper The Weekly SUN Is
unsurpassed. 1t is edited by writers of prac.
tical experience, who knows what farming
means and what farmers want in an agricul.
tural journal. 1t contains regular reports Of
the work of the Agricultural experiment
stations throughout the country, Of the pro
ceedings of farmers clubs and institutes, and
the discussion of new methods and ideas in
agriculture. Its Markets Reports, Poulty
Department and Veterinary column are parti-
cularly valuable to country readers. Every
issue contains Stories, Poems, Household
and Puzzles Columns, a variety ofinteresting
and instructive selected matter and others
features, which make it a welcome visitor in
city and country homes alike.
One dollar year. inducements to getters-
up of clubs for the Weekly SUN. Both the
Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free Of post
age in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Payments invariably In advance. Address
AS. .ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
Baltimore, Md.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst Fri.
day night Of each month In Hose House.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
SPRING AND
SUMMER CLOTHING

ever offered on the market, consisting OF
Covert Cloths, serges, Clay Diagonals, Chew
lots, Cassimeres, etc., at fabulously low
prices. Call and convince yourselves that
we are selling the greatest bargains in the
Clothing trade at the present time has been
offered for many years past. Being manu-
facturers of Clothing for halfa century and
always cash buyers. We are enabled through
our experience and manner of conducting
business to offer greater inducements to
purchasers than any other house in the
trade. Our specialties, viz:
500 Mems Suits, at So 90, sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
500 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
at $500.
500 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
500 Mems Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
300 Boys Suits at $3.50. sold elsewhere
at $500.
800 Boys Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
at $12.OO.
$50 Children's Suits at S1.5o $500 sold
elsewhere at double prices.
1000 Pair Of Pants at $100 to $500.
Bargains in every department too num-
erous to mention.
Our Custom Department is filled with
selections Of Foreign and Domestic goods
from which we will make suits of the very
fastest styles at S10 to $50.
Samples sent on application and esti-
mates cheerfully given.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
Efee Colnage Argument

I The tnvltatipg ~ that this country, after
having adjusted ats eaoEwous business for 20
years TO 8 gold standard, shall suddenly sad
Inst ali business and all values to what is
termed double standard Of gold and silver.
The arguments advanced In behalf OF such
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
A surfeit of Silver.

Fourth proposition, that the free and unlim-
ited coinage Of silver at 10 to would create
unlimited demand for silver and restore it to
par, How the mere coinage Of silver can in
any way increase Its use among the people
am unable to understand. If there was not
enough Of it for use as money and the govern
ment was limiting the coinage of it and there
by denying the people OF the use Of 1t as
money, then there would bo force In the prop
osition to increase the coinage of silver. But
our condition is exactly the reverse Of that
The amount CT coined and uncoined silver in
the treasury Is $512 coo, while the amount
in circulation is about $107, 600.
To encourage the use of silver by the people
the government exchanges coined silver at its
minis Tor gold of icgA tender currency and
pays the express charges on the silver to any
part Of the country. This coined silver Is all
good money. The dollars arc legal tender for
all debts in any amount, and the halves, quar-
ters and dimes are exchsngeable In sums Of
$50 for gold or other legal tenders. Notwith-
standing the inductuient offered by the gov
ernment to promote the use Of silver, it has
hltherto been unable to force into circulation
more than about ona-dfth Of its stock on hand.
Then. why ali this clamor for more coinage2 II
. man had five times as much blood In his body
as his arteries and veins would circulate and
fourshfths OF 1t was lying idle around his
heart. would any one say that such q man
0e60eQ tree A1Q un1lInltoO INFUSION OF DlOOQT
A government can no more induce people TO
use money they DO nos want than 1t nan induce
than to eat what they do not Hike, The true
place Of silyeris as O change money. 1t is indis-
pensable for that purpose and unsuited to any
other. and all the silver tongred orators In the
land cannot change this fact. The 81. $2.50 and
So goldpieces were too snail and were unpop-
ular as change money, end the government
stopped the coinage of theu.
On the other hand. silver is not debt pay
ing money In any considerable amount, nor
the money Of commerce, for the reason that II
Is too bulky and too heaSy. When q man gets
over s. or so Of Ii. he unloads ON the Arst
bank he comes to. and the bank unloads on
the treasury. Thus the circulation Of 1t is lin:
tied to Just what the people win use. When
the people get enough Of thing. they know
It. and You cannot argue with them about IL.
They arc gullibie on theories. but intensely
practical In business.
'sThe Great Crime of 1851
We have heard great deal about demonesi,
sation Of silver Lei Is Sc tho extent of s.the
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
vAUGHAN's Pharmacy,
The trade supplied at liberal discount
Read These Testimonials

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Having used Vaughan's Diamond Condition
Powders in my livery, I can heartily endorse
them as giving me entire satisfaction as a
Spring Tonic, Blood Purifier, and Removal
OF Roughness of the Skin and Hair.
l.. c. SCOTT.
MIDDL sTowN, DEL, May q 1895
can truly say of Vaughan's Diamond
Jondltlon Powders that consider them the
best Horse Powders that ever used. Having
thoroughly tested them on my horses found
they produced the desired results for which
they are so highly recommended.
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MIDDLETowN, DEL, Apr. 1896.
DEAR SIR:-Having used your Condition
Powders found them good for all kinds of
stock. would advise everyone to use them.
G. r. MANLovE.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, Apr. lS, 1876.
have tried your Powders and find them
superior to anything 1 have ever used.
FRANK PIERCE.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03
To Cure

1897 THE SUN 1879
Baltimore, Maryland.
The Paper OF the People.
For the People and with the People.
Honest In Motive.
Fearless in Expression.
Sound in Principle.
Unswerving in Its Allegiance to
Right Theories and
Right Practices.
ThesUN Publishes All the News All the
Time, but is does not allow is columns to be
degraded by mclean, immoral or purely
sensational matter.
Editorially, The SUN is the Consistent and
Unchanging Champion and Defender of
Popular Rights and Interests against political
machines and monopolies of every character.
Independent in all things, extreme in none.
It is for good laws, good government and
good order.
By mail Fifty Cents month. Six Dollars
year.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-03

We have heard great deal about demonetis
sation Of silver. Lei Is Sc tho extent of s.ths
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-17
Election Proclamation

I, L. NJ. Cox, mayor OF the City OF
Wichita, by virtue of the power vested
in me by law, do hereby make proclama-
ton to the qualified electors OF said City
OF Wichita that there VII be held on
Tuesday, April 9Th, A. D. 1897, an cleo
ton for the purpose OF electing the fol-
lowing officers, to-wit:
One Mayor in place Of L. NJ. Cox, term
expires April 18th.
One City Clerk in place of c. S. Smith,
term expires May 18th.
One City Attorney in place Of Geo. W.
Adams, term expires May 18th.
One City Treasurer in place Of Finlay
Ross, term expires May 18th.
One member of the City Council for
each ward and one member of the Board
Of Education from each ward.
Also three 60 Justices of the Peace
and three 81 Constables.
Done at Wichita, Kansas, this 18th
day of March. A. D. 1897.
l.. NJ cox, Mayor.
Attest: C. S. SMITH, City Clerk.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-17
AFTER THE JESUiTS.
Jnhuman Treatment of the INDIAN
by the Spanish.

Jnhuman Treatment of the Indians
by the Spanish.
Tho Jesuits were expelled in 1853
from the missions. From this time IN
til 1901 the colonies, as they were then
called, languished under the rule Of
the Spanish, corruptly administered
from Buenos Ayres. At this date all
east Of the Uruguay was conquered
from the Spanish by the Portuguese.
The cities were almost completely de-
stroyed and the inhabitants massacred.
taken prisoners or driven from the
country.
During the reign of the Spanish, from
17eS to 1901, their treatment of the In
dams was so inhuman that the poor
creatures were continually escaping
back to the forest. until at the time of
the conquest by the Portuguese IN 1901
there were not over 10000 in all the
missions To-day, of the 80 cities there
once so populous and prosperous, there
are only very few that have inhab-
itants at all, and in these the total popu-
lation would not exceed 10000.
Although at present difficult Of &C
cess, visit to the ruins of these old
Jesuit cities would interest the curious.
Large trees are growing in the center
of churches, the domestic shrubs and
flowers mingle with the wild forest
growth that covers the debris of fallen
houses; hero is q Corinthian column
and there stone or fragments of fine
carved cornices lying about in profuse
Observation-Disclosures %