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The herald., 1897-06-17
ORANGE

ORANGE. June 16.-(Regular Corre-
spondenceo An acre and a quarter of 12-
year-old apricot trees on the Dierker place.
orange, three years ago produced crop
winch sold for $610. That year they brought
6la cents per pound dried. Two years ago
the crop sold for s215, and last year for
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canyon on the works of the Southern Cali
fornia Power company was let yesterday
to Contractor Phelan of Los Angeles. 1t
Is expected to have three miles of tunnel
completed by January, 1885,
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and they have been doing something for
the unfortunate woman's comfort An
effort is being made to find a home for
the two babies, who are only twelve days
| old.
The herald., 1897-06-17
April 7, 1897.

FEB. %.
have just had a bad tooth drawn by
the Dr.. and it did not hurt me bit.
MRS. J. B. ROBBINS,
Io43 Norwood st.
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DIR. WONG HIM

e31 South Hope st. Los Angeles.
Cal.
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February II. 81.
take great pleasure in testifying to
the treatment practiced by DR.. Schiffman
in extracting teeth. had two very bad
teeth extracted today and did not feel the
least pain, but on the contrary the sensa-
ton was a very pleasant one.
@. V. SIMMONS,
III E. First St.
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The Doctor extracted one tooth for ms
painessly. recommend him.
J. w. LENOX,
33I E. First st.
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Two badly liberated roots; splendid,
safe and easy operation.
REV. SELAH w. BROWN,
April 7, 1897. University.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
The COlOrs of Postage Sta ami s
CNeW York Evening Post.)

The postoffice department is engaged
in solving an artistic question. BY the
terms of the international agreement
adopted at the postal congress last spring
we Shall be called upon IN the course of
another year to change the cOlorS of two
of our stamps which are now in common
use, and these changes in turn will re-
Qulre Ouher changes among the less fire.
quently used denominations. The head
Of Franklin on the one-cent stamps must
then be printed in green, and the head
of Grant on the 5-cent stamp in blue. 1t
may seem a very easy matter TO change
the color of a stamp, on the theory that
adj that is necessary to do is to wash
the plates with another kind of ink. But
this meets only part of the problem.
The engraving of most of the designs
of the stamps has had special reference
to the color in which each was to be
printed; and, although the color Of the
2-cent stamp has been changed from red
to green and back to red again, the par
ticular shades of red and green have had
to be chosen with great care in order to
bring out properly the lines of the pic
lures. But for this, the green now used
for Daniel Webster's head on the 1O-cent
stamp would answer very we'll for Frank
Inns head on the 1-cent stamp. AS a
matter of fact, however, the department
is experimenting with various shades Of
gray-green, as they seem to fit the
Franklin engraving much better thar the
deep hue of the 10-cent stamp. 1t is pos
Slble, also, that instead of taking for the
5-cent stamp the shade of blue which is
now used on the 1-cent, the Portrait Of
Henry Clay on the 15-cent stamp may
be robbed of its peculiarly rich, deep
color to meet the requirement Of the
similar style of portrait of Grant. The
need of adapting shades to the style Of
engraving might involve the entire max
ing over Of the plates if the exact colors
now in use on the more familiar stamps
had to be continued under the new rule.
The International agreement simply
distinction of Shade. 1t does not go into
effect, as has been said, for a year hence,
but tina General Gary feels that
1T Will do no harm for our country to be
a little in advance of the rest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
SOME OF NORTH CAROLINA'S
SONS IN THE PAST.

In 1914, h wings of Granville gave
a big dinner and invited Senator Willie
P. Mangum to make a speech, which
he did. He spoke in Kyle's grove in
the centre of the town, to a large aud
fence. The senator was tail, stately,
graceful, an orator Of gifts and very
popular with the senator's. He sug-
gested Mr.. Clay in his form and man
ner, and like the great Kentuckian, he
walked the platform from side to side
as he spoke. 1t was no doubt a speech
of ability and interest, but our most
distinct recollection OF it is, that a very
commonplace, half educated, preten-
tious, vociferatory democrat, SO inter
rupted the senator as q break the
force of much Of his speech to a con-
siderable degree. Mr.. Mangum invited
his interruption by asking if what he
said was not SO, whereupon the mouth
ing ignoramus pitched in with a reply
and by his loud and boisterous tones,
believing like a bull, he broke the con-
tinuity of the speech and marred the
effects. Senator Mangum was regand-
ed by the intellectual men of the state
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
A Cure for Smallpox
(ChaflOtte Observer

Mr.. D.. Reeves, who has been with
Eccles & Bryan since II, hands the
Observer a clipping which he culled
from a newspaper twelve years ago.
He believes in the recipe, and as small
pox talk is in the country now, the
Observer ~reproduces if for what it is
worth.
a correspondent of The Liverpool
Mercury writes to hat journal as fol-
lows: Il am willing TO risk my reputa-
ton as a public man if the worst case
Of smallpox cannot be effectually cured
in three days simply by cream-of-tar-
tar. This is the sure and never-fail-
ing remedy: One ounce of cream-cf-tar
tar dissolved in a pint of boiling water,
to be drank when cold at chort inter-
walls. 1t can be taken any time, and
is a preventative as well as a curative.
1t is known to ave cured in a hundred
thousand cases without a failure. /
myself have restored hundreds by this
a It never leaves a mark, never
causes blindness, and always prevents
tedious lingering. If the people would
only try it. and report the cures to you.
You would require to employ many
columns if You a them publicity
In sending the foregoing TO The Chi
cago Tribune: a correspondent remarks
that it is "a well-known of
MIR. Charles Rose, of Dorking, Eng
land"
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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
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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. 3D. Price only s1.00
per large bottle.
EFFECTED AN ENTIRE CURE.
For over two years I have been a
great sufferer from rheumatism, af-
fecting both ~houlde to such an cx-
tent that 1 could not put my coat on
without help. The use of six bottles of
Botanic Blood Balm, B. B. B., effected
an entire cure. / 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.
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between 1880 and 1850 as not only q
man Of superior i~ntellectual parts, but
as a speaker OF consummate ability.
He met mis- full equal, II % his upper
ior, whom he opposed for congress, the
late Hon. Josiah Crudup. OF Granville,
who afterwards became a Baptist
minister. Mr.. Crudup was a man of
very remarkable abilities. He had a
YER profound mind-analytical, syn
thetical and logical. He never met a
man in debate who could get an ad-
vantage OF it. He met and defeated
the late Judge Romulus N. Saunders,
who was the strongest democratic
campaigner in North Carolina, beyond
fair question. He was rugged, but Wig
orous and thoroughly informed. He
met his Waterloo in Crudup at Frank
linton.
He had a r memorable canvass
with Henry W. Miller for congress. Be
fore leaving Washington several demo-
Gratis were talking over their prospects
for Reelection in the coming
Several expressed confidence in being
returned by good majorities. General
Saunders said he thought he could
carry his district (Raleigh) by 1900
majority. Several of the members were
reelected and they met at the next
session and gave their experiences in
the campaign. General Saunders was
silent and twitted for it. One said: IF
I recall it you thought, General, that
you would return with 1,5OO majority.
It seems to me I read it in the papers
that you only received a much dimish-
ed majority, in fact, only some 125." 4
laugh went around at the old cam
paigner's expense. He rallied and re-
piled: 81 did get back, but if you had
met the man I did, you would never
have seen Washington again. So the
laugh went up on his side. When North
Carolina had such speakers as Badger,
Mangum, Crudup, Miller, Venable,
Saunders, John Kerr, Edwin G. Reade,
Edward Stanley, Thomas Bragg, Dun
a McRae, and some others, it was
ed, of superb ability, eloquence and
accomplishments. Miller, Venable and
Kerr were born in Virginia. Later she
had Davis, Vance, Settle, Ransom, and
other men Of distinguished gifts and
force.
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Something to Know

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigOr is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving o to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off Impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it.
Sold for soc or $1.OO per bottle at r. r.
Bellam's drug store.
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sHARPs AND A

When an able and experienced =
politician and a man OF hign cnaia"'
as ex-senator Eustice, and ex-Amoas-
sador to France, removes to New 1ofA
City, from louisiana, and unttes ms
fortunes with TamTnany, 1t wouhd seem
that Tamn1ny has more characfer anu
patriotism than 1t Is generally credited
with having. 1t IS even h talk tnat
Tammany will make him IT'S chairman.
He Is a southern gentleman of dis
~ringuished accomplishments n real
abilities, and his selection would
strengthen confidence in Tanmany
In the south at least The New
York Herald lately referring to the
rumor said this:
TT is proposed, Ii Is said. to place
the former Ambassador among the
leaders of Tammany to attract the sup
port of n men Of the south who are
tired of 'pTpchfork' sta<esmanship.
The former United States senator from
Louisiana has many strong alliances in
the south. arldas one OF Tammanys
delegates TO the next national conven
ton. he would rally to the support of
the Tiger many southern delegates who
look upon the Wigwam as the haven
Of the unholy IN politics.
Mr. Croker. with characteristic
shrewdness. has recognized the fact
that Mr.. Eustis is strong with the
Irfsh-American vote because OF the
prominent part he played in the rejec-
tion by the senate of the treaty OF ar
Filtration with Great Britain"
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he was not a man, but a continent,
there r crowds and countries in him.
Such men have no need Of attending
to style. They are strong in spite Of all
their faults, and even because OF them;
but we, the little ones, are worth moth
ing except by finish Of execution"
Shakespeare vas extremely careless,
extremely Observation-Disclosures any
est moods, when his eye was I'm fine
phrensy rolling" his style was grand,
magnificent, marvellous.
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missed which Is least appreciated. mis-
prayer for the people. As Abraham OF
Old. 50 he in his place and his
has cast himself in prayer between the
Judgment OF God ard h guilt OF men.
His pastor will miss most OF all his
drawers and even now is longing FOR
those who will be as faithful as he.
For several years being unable 10 labor
constantly he has given the greater at
tenticn to live for Christ and His
church. He will be missed In the
church courts where modestly but
prayerfully and faithfully he loved to
do his whole duty in tn. sear OF God
He lived so ~unostentatiou ~ that none
knew how great was his worth and how
much he would be missed until this his
late illness and his absence from n
places of '-orship and counsel. His
family will miss him and with them
We mourn his loss.
From his earliest manhood his prin-
cfple of life was to do his duty. In or
der to do that he sought long ago &C
ceptance with God through the death
of His Son and all along the powers
of God in the life OF His Son, minister
ed by His Holy Spirit. He found liz
Christ the light OF life. and said hy
word and deed:
And in that light of life II walk,
Till travelling days are n
they are now done: the pilgrimage
has passed and he has entered into
rest. His spirit absent. from n body
Is present with the Lord"
The funeral will take place at st.
Andrews chuch at 4 o'clock this at
terrsoon.
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For sale by all druggists.
A Good Man Gone

We are panied to announce the death
Of Mr.. Charles Fullwood Bell, one of
our oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens. He breathed his last at s
o'clock last night, after an illness of
three weeks. He leaves three children,
Miss Lizzie r. Bell, Mr.. Charles F.
Bell, Jr., and Miss NJ. Lee Bell, of our
city, and also a brother, Mr.. Samuel
Bell, of Shallotte, Brunswick county,
The Messenger deeply sympathizes
with those who are so full of sorrow in
the midst Of this happy season Of the
year, for indeed they have been be-
reft Of an af~fectionate and devoted
Mr.. Bell, a good man has gone to his
reward, and he leaves behind him a
devoted family to cherish his memory.
He was a man Of the warmest impulses
ofthe heart, and he was ever genial and
kindly in mis- Intercourse with everybody.
He was full of tenderness toward chill
dren, and during his illness 1T was
touching and gratifying to his family
to witness the calls made by the young
people, very small children especially,
who inquired with solicitude about his
condition.
The deceased was born in Brunswick
county August 18th, 1918, and was in
the S0ch year of his age. For over a
half century he has been a resident Of
Wilmington and has been employed at
the different saw mills in the city, hav-
ing served with Messrs. E. kidder's
Son, Messrs. James II. Chadbourn &
Co, and the late firm OF Northrop &
Cumming. On account of his age he
has not been able TO work for several
years
Mr. Bell was a faithful member of
St. Andrews Presbyterian church, and
his pastor the Rev. A. d. Mcclure, fur
nishes this tribute to his memory:
In the death OF Mr.. Charles z. Bell.
ST. Andrews Presbyterian church
loses its oldest elder and n of its
most faithful members. Whenever his
church Was open for worship he was
there and always ready TO lake part as
far as needed. He was peculiarly
spiritual and gifted IN prayer. He was
a humble man and greatly beloved In
the church and community. His pastor
will miss him because Of his regularity
IN attending the services of the church,
ms readiness TO do everything in his
power to visit the sick and sorrowing,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

We wrote something as to preaching
in last Sundays Messenger. The sub
ject is prolific and inexhaustible. There
are opinions and opinions about
preaching, but how few hearers are
competent to judge Of a sermon be-
yond what pleases them. Some of the
most commonplace, weakest of men
We have heard Landed by the indis-
eliminating many. Others who Were
thoughtful, original, with no little
driving power, were under-rated. An
old Methodist district steward told a
gentleman in this city that he respect
ed the intelligence, ETC., of this writer,
but when he tried to make him believe
that Rev. A. B. was a great preacher
he dropped us and refused to follow
farther. We did not blame him.. He
could not follow the profound ~excogita-
lions of Rev. A. B., muoh less appreci-
ate his excellent, most expressive Eng
lish, and n superb out bursts of high
~eloquence.. He did not understand the
preacher and, therefore,, rejected the
critics opinion. The noble Arabian
courser was too fleet Of foot for him:
he preferred the a1nbling pony whose
FRANKS he could keep up with. He was
right. God makes many kinds of
preachers. But there are many men
of many minds and many tastes and
varying equipments One writer wisely
contends for the natural
That is right. Be natural, be yourself,
do not initiate some other preacher.
Talk more in an easy conversational
strain if you car and do not below
like a stentor. The writer referred ITO
on preaching says:
'In your exercise of this natural
manner you must translate your SER
mon into the simplest forms Of speech,
land tell it to your friend or teacher,
as you would tell a trifiing incident of
the day.
I'm fact, you must exaggerate in pri-
waite this familiar style Of preaching, in
order to master the simple CONVERSE
tiOnal tones as applied toFgrave sub
jects. We never max a mistake in
time, emphasis, force, incubation or
infection when We talk to one another
at table or on a walk"
Thirty nswer were sent to The
Christian Commonwealth as to 1.-THE
Sermon I Like Best" The laymen
We're the writers. They were about
agreed as to this. They a Gin
their pulpit a man, not a mere instruc-
tor, ~essayist, or orator, but some one
with strong sympathies. They want
one who understands them, appreciates
their aspirations to nobler living, and
who has experienced in some measure
what in their best moments they strive
after. They want TO feel in the ser
mon the strong, quiet hand clasp as
they step upward"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
WHAT THE FIRE SAID.
Of. l.. s.. in Atlanta Consiitutio'

-" Ss
This is what the Fire said
To the little boys in the trundle bed
While the blaze was burning red and
blue
And the wind sang over the chimne fiue-
Bad little boys.
They get no toys
They viii never taste o the Christmas
joys;
They will never know
Where the reindeer go
With Santa Claus. DER tho Christmas
snow;
Der the housetops high
He will pass them by;
over empty stockings they'll weep and
sigh
He will pass them by.
He will pass them by.'
And the little boys in the trundle bed
Turned to the Fire, and. weeping. said:
when your red flames glow
They chatter so,
IF it wasn't for you no would never
know!
II it wasn't for you
We'd have toys. too
Talking. talking. the long night through.
O., far a rain to put you OUT"
III.
But the Fire said: The skies are bright:
There will be no rain from the clouds to-
night:
My flame is fierce: s am strong to fight:
And when he comes
With his horns and drums,
And a sleigh half-full o sugarplums.
I'll blister his feet
With my burning heat.
And drive him back to the snow and
sleet!
will make him fly
Ger the housetops high
SAN-ar IN y - EFnaktny0 ~ moon MI
sigh:
He will pass you by.
He will jass you by!'
That Is what the Fire said
To the little boys in the trundle bed;
And then. they covered each curly head
And cried themselves TO sleep.
But when all save the noisy Fire was
still
Over singing it's angry WILD
And on the housetop, and on the hill
The snow lay white and deep.
There came the sound of "A tinkling
sleigh,
And a fairy trumpet blew far away:
And Santa Claus, in his coat OF gray,
Came on with "A merry shout,
And oyer the chimney shaking the snow
To the place where he knew the flames
must glow,
The flakes fell fast on the hearth below
And put the Fire out!
Then, down the darkened chimney he
sped,
And, tandi close by the trundle bed,
And seeing the sorrowful little boys.
He filled their stockings and hats with
toys!
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Chicago Times-Herald.)

tCnfcago IlmeS-HeraId.)
General Lee joined the confcderacy
because Virginia asked him to-" said the
doctor. He was q Virginian. The call OF
Virginia to any of her sons Is the voice
Of law and duty. He had the faith OF the
crusader: his letters would make a guide
to holiness. He was always "A soldier.
never impure in thought or act, never
profane or obscene. He did not touch the
cup, as did Grant, Hooker. or Phil Saeri-
dan, and when he lost a fight It was new
er said OF him that the defeat was due to
the habit which makes mems heads Into
muddIeS. He was never outgeneraled
by Grant in all the campaign from Rap
p~ahannock to James river-never trapped
and never caught mapping. 1t usually
happened that when the men on our side
ordered a march at ) o'closk In rhe morn
ing they never made more than half the
distance between the two armies. Lee
had ordered an advance at 4.3o.
l fail to find IL in the books any such
masterful generalship as this hero show
ed, holding that slim, gray line. half
starved, with no prospect OF additions.
and fighting when his army was too hum
cry 10 stand and the rifles were only
used as clubs. His courage was sublime.
He was as great as Gustavus A~dolphus.
or Napoleon, or Wellington. or Won
Moltke. His cause was not the Lost
Cause so much as is suspected. All that
was good In his cause has been grated
into cur laws and our constitution. The
doctrine of states rights. as now inter-
preted by the supreme court Is In exact
accordance with his claims on this point.
General Lee lost OF Gettysburg because
the federal troops had received a new
motor OF tremendous strength whose
power no one knew-General Hancock.
He also lost because Meade's men were
1gnting on union soil-almost within
hearing distance Of the prayers OF their
wives and children for victory. They
were at their hearrhstones. Men are
tigers when wives n families are the
Inspiration I'm war"
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Brooklyn, N. z, Dec, 10, 1896.
.Messrs. Ely Bros.:|I W. used Ely's
Cream Balm a number of years and
find it works like a charm. 1t a cured
me OF the most obstinate case Of cold
in the head in less than 4S hours from
the time I felt the cold coming on. I
would not be without it.
232 Hart st. FRED'K FRIES.
Cream Balm is kept by all druggists.
Full size soc. Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it. ELY BROS,
Sc Warren ST., ". Y. City.
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The postal affairs OF our country z
not we'll management wisely an
aged may be the right words. Some
how there is year after ear a reported
deficit, until it has reached a great
sum-we believe some 81, 900, 900. At
any rate, the record OF expenditures OF
the postal department, as officially CIV
en-, show that every five years since
1865. there has been a deficit, and that
it has been steadily on the increase.
Take his and look it over: