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mature, probably because of defective

mature, probably because of defective
irrigation. However, there were three
of the trees THAT bore fully matured
fruit, and it was very fine. 1t com
pared very favorably with other dates
as to smallnesGs of pit and jelly like
sweetness. The bunch ne shipped to
San Francisco was to a Mr.. Wheeler,
who is interested in such matters, and
he wrote Mr.. Blaisdel that the fruit
surpassed anything of the kind he had
ever seen produced in the United States.
Besides the two date palms in west
pump house yard at IndiO, there are
nine others set out since the original
two, eight in east yard and one in east
hotel yard in center of mound. These
can never, in their present location, be
taken as a fair test of what can be done
with them there. There is too much cot
tonrwood roots in the ground and too
much shade. besides ground in that VII
cinity is broken up a great deal in the
laying and repairing of pipe lines.
I'm connection with this 1 mail you a
photograph of some of the older palms
at Hanlon's, butt the photograph does
not contain the largest one-the one
sixty feet high. The hight of these can
them, the horizontal top piece of which
is about four and a half or five feet
above the surface of the ground
The photograph referred TO in the
above is reproduced. 1t is obvious
from the letters and the photograph
that the date palm will grow in Califor-
MIA, and the dates produced here may
become an article of commerce.
When DR.. Harris was entertained at
a banquet by the University Club of
San Francisco, he said in a most inter
esting address delivered on the occa-
sion, that he believed the date palm
could be successfully cultivated here.
He also declared that the ripe picked
olive of this country was the most inn
portant product of the State.
The question as to whether the date
palm can be successfully cultivated
here is evidently settled definitely in
the affirmative.
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small, and have evidently been set out
more recently, probably Within the last
year or SO. The two largest ones are
Set in the yard west of the pump house
and near the row of cottonwood trees
east of the hotel. The ground about
them is mass of cottonwood roots, be-
sides being a blue GRASS lawn and a
good deal of other stuff set around
them. 1t is not a very good place to
test anything to see what cam be done
with it in that SOIL
Mr.. Burr continues:
There are some date palms at Yuma
in private gardens and one in the rail-
road park that have done we'll and made
a good growth, although the soil they
are in and the care they have received
are probobly not what they should have
been"
He states, however, that they bear
fruit, and that one of them is from fif
teen to twenty feet in hight He says
that the date palms Mr.. Gale has ON his
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with one male tree, the "Fard," which
were sent by the Department Of Agri-
culture to Indio, in this State.
Under date OF November 10, 1896, S.
B. Heiger makes inquiry as to the CON-
ditions of THE trees planted. The South
ern Pacific Company furnished free
transportation for the palms, they re-
quiT'ing a special car, and other rail-
roads extended like courtesies. In 1890
~ these palms reached Indio.
Answering the inquiry of the railroad
people, r. T. Burr, under date of Janu-
AIRY ,, 1895, says:
with reference to date palms at
pump house yard at Indio. I saw Mr..
Gale yesterday and he informed me
that the date palms We're set out about
three years ago. AIT the same time some
were sent by Mr.. Towne to set out on
his ranch. There are but two of them,
one about two and a half or three feet
in hight, and the other about three and
a half or four feet high. There are three
other smaller ones, but they are quite
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POST AND RELIEF CORPS.
Veterans and Others at the Sumner
Post Installation.

Sumner Post, No 3, the second Oldest
Grand Army Post in the State, and sum
ner Relief Corps, No. IL, held joint
installation last night in Foresters'
Hall.
The popularity of this Post and it's
sister organization brought out a large
attendance of old soldiers and their
wives, sweethearts and daughters, be-
sides the members of the two societies.
The officers of the Post were first in
stalled by Comrade o. P. Dodge, Senior
Past Commander of Sumner Post.
The officers installed were: A. A. Das-
sonville, Post Commander; F. r. Bar
rows, Senior Vice-Commander; J. c.
Carroll, Junior Vice-Commander; H.
Bennett, Quartermaster; VIM. NJ. jerks,
Adjutant; H. E. Wright, Surgeon; c.
V. Kellogg, Chaplain; NJ E. Gates. Off
GER of the Day; w. H. H. Wiley, Officer
of the Guard; John Burk, Quartermas-
| ter Sergeant.
The installation ceremonies of the Re-
lief Corps were conducted by Mrs. Alice
Kellogg in a most efficient manner. The
new officers who took their seats last
night were: Miss Addie Shields, Presi-
dent; Miss Jane Egan, Senior Vice-Pres-
ident; Mrs. Eliza Goss, Junior Vice
President; Mrs Matte Medley, Secre-
tary; Miss Caroline Hancock, Treas
urer; Mrs. Phoebe Dole, Chaplain; Mrs.
Hattie Hartman, Conductor; Mrs. Mary
Thomas, Guard; Mrs. Hattie Brickell,
Assistant Conductor, and Mrs. Martha
Matthews, Assistant Guard.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
Mrs. Egan in a few well-chosen words,
presented Mrs. w H H. Wiley, the
Past President, with a gold recognition
pin in token of the regard in which she
is held by her fellow members of the
Corps. Mrs. Wiley responded in a very
feeling speech, in which she thanked the
members of the Corps for their kind gift
and wished the members all prosperity.
Then Comrade Herr arose and called
upon General Sheehan, the Past Com
mander of the Post, and said that last
year he (the speaker) had been over
some of the old battle grounds of the
war of the rebellion and at some of them
| had cut souvenirs of the engagement
Among other places he had visited was
Lookout Mountain and there he had cut
hickory stick which he now desired to
present to General Sheehan, on behalf
of War2n Post, the members of which
were all proud of the General. General
Sheehan thanked the comrade for the
gift and promised to treasure it as long
as he lived.
Then came an adjournment to the
banqueting hall where most tempting
display of viands had been laid out and
which was heartily enjoyed by all pres
ent. The march was led by the INSTALL
ing officers of the Post and Corps fol-
lowed in like manner by the officers
present and past. pairing in the same
manner.
Post Commander Dassonville presided
at the banquet and acted as toastmas-
ter
Patriotic speeches were made by Com
rades Dibble of San Francisco, Simpson
and Fairbanks Of Los Angeles, Quire of
Auburn, Sheehan and others. A recita-
tion was given by Miss Hartman and an
address by Miss Hancock of Sumner Re
lief Corps. Comrade GridIey of Napa
sang the old campaign song, John
Brown" assisted by the entire COM
pany.
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BRIEF NOTES.

There is now S150519 42 in the
County Treasury.
Several road matters that were to
have been heard by the Supervisors yes
terday will be taken up to-day.
In addition to the other bodies who
attended the funeral of DR.. c. H. Steph-
enson on Saturday last Summer Post OF
the Grand Army turned out in full force
to honor the memory of their deceased
comrade.
In the report of the installation of
Friendship Council, No. SO, Order of
Chosen Friends, published yesterday,
the name of Milena j. Schardin was in
advertently given instead of Milena l..
Pilcovich as Warden of the council.
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ire. He then gives Information as fol-

care. He then gives Information as fol-
lows:
Hall Hanlon, who resides about one
mile below Ell Rio and on the California
side of the Colorado River has twenty
or twenty-five date palms at his place,
eight or ten of which are fifteen years
old. These trees are set about 800 feet
from the banks of the river and have
grown UP with but very little care in
the way of cultivation and irTi-
cation. One of the trees had ait
tanned "a hight of sixty feet. F..
G. Blaisdell, Secretary of the Yuma
Nights Land and Water Company ait
Yuma, visited there recently when the
fruit was ripe and procured bunch of
the fruit for sending to San Francisco.
It he says, was ONE of the avera ge
punches ON the tree, and its weight was
thirty pounds. There were fifteen or
sixteen other punches on that tree. An
other tree had over thirty punches very
near as large, but fruit did not fully
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Weather Report.

The Weather Bureau report shows
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 43 and 81 de-
grees. with light northerly winds and
foggy weather prevailing.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 60 and
3S degrees, and one year ago to-day
So and 80 degrees.
The barometer was falling last even
ing. but still remained a little above
30 inches.
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Notice is hereby given that the report
of the viewers heretofore appointed in
this matter, having been filed in open ses-
sion of the Board OF Supervisors of Sac
ramento County, California. on the 18th
day of December, 1896, and the hearing of
said report has been fixed by said board
for Thursday January Z. 1897. at 2 clock
~ M. at the office of said board in the
Hall Of Records of Sacramento County
on I street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets OF Sacramento City, California:
and YOU are hereby notified then and there
to appear and show cause, if any YOU
nave. why said report should not be
adopted and approved, and said proposed
new road finally opened in accordance
herewith. Said road is described as fol-
lows. to wit: Beginning at a point dis
tant 20 feet westerly from the division
corner common to the lands of Cutter
Brothers and the American River School
District. and which said corner is on the
south boundary of the J-street road. and
running thence from the said point of
heginning S. 1So w. at 4.39 chains, cross
division fence between Mrs. Tullar and
the said school district lot at 2S.04 chains
to the north line of the M-street road at a
uoint distant 20 feet westerly from the
division corner common to the lands of
Mrs Tullar and Cutter Bros. Said road
TO be 40 feet wide, 20 feet on each side of
the line hereinabove described. BY order
of said Board of Supervisors.
Attest: (SeaD VIM. b. HAMILTON,
d24-2w Clerk of said board.
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AT WOODLAND.
Benefit of Woodland Parlor, No. 90,
N. d. q. W., This Evening.

The newly organized parlor of Native
Daughters at Woodland will give a
grand production of the operetta, Til
unph of Love-" tonight at the Wood
land Opera-h house.
The most elaborate preparations nave
been made for this event. There will
be a chorus of 100 young people, repre-
sentative of Woodlands talent and
beauty. The cast will be agnificently
costumed, and from all accounts the
occasion will be a brilliant society
py emit
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Preparing for a Boom.

Charles Studarus yesterday applied
to the Supervisors for permission to lay
a boom across the American River to
enable him to float stovewood to this
City from near Folsom.
The members of the board expressed
their Willingness to grant the request II
they should find they have the power to
do 50.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Capital Gas Company
will be held at the Office of the corporation,
Front and T streets, Sacramento City, Cal,
on TUESDAY, January 19, 1897, at II
Board of Directors for the ensuing year
and to transact such other business that
may come before the meeting for consider
alton.
ja3-td c. H. CUMMINGS, Secretary
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Petition to Sell PropertY.

Kate Symes, guardian of the estate
and person of William Fitzgerald, a
minor, has petitioned the Superior Court
for permission to sell some real prop
erty in the block between 7 and L,
Eighth and Ninth streets.
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Very Sick.

Bridget-Wuz yeh sick whin yez worr
ccmin' over the Oirish Sea?
Moike (newly arrived) - Wosn't I,
though; if I hadn't put on a loife-pre-
server, 1 believe Ord doid.-Illus-
trated Rits
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| GREAT SACRIFICE SALE
DRESS GOODS.

In order to reduce the SUR
plus stock of Winter Dress
Goods before our annual stock
taking we have cut prices so
low that intending buyers will
find it to their advantage to
buy now. We append some
sample quotations:
| All-wooI Basket Cloths and
Figured Armures, 40 inches wide,
In black, brown, navy, cardinal
and green. Formerly 45c and
SOC yard. CUT PRICE, 22c.
| A11-woo1 Cheviots in a LARGE
variety of colorings, SO inches
wide. Regular price, 40c a yard.
CUT PRICE, t9c.
| All-wool Scotch and Fancy
Mixtures, 40 to ~ inches wide,
comprising a large collection of
Staple and Fancy Dress Goods.
Worth 40 and SO cents yard.
CUT PRICE. 23c.
| Al1-woo1 Novelty Fabrics IN
Cheviots, Hopsacking, Pierolo
effects and two-toned Jacquards,
Al inches wide. Worth 60 cents
iyard. CUT PRICE, 42c.
| Atwood Novelty Jacquards
and Pierolos in changeable and
illuminated effects, AZ inches
wide; very stylish and dressy.
Regular price 81 a yard.
| CUT PRICE, &c.
| Atwood Fancy Bouc1es in
dark co1ors. Very stylish for
street wear and travelling.
| Worth ST a yard.
| CUT PRICE, 63c.
! Al1-woo1 Twine Cloth in two
toned and mixed effects; new
fabric, very firm and durab1e;
width A inches. Worth 81 Is a
yard. CUT PRICE, 75c.
Great reduction IN High Art Novelty
a Dress Patterus-ONE-HA and ONE
THIRD less than former prices.
b. ILSOl & CO..
Corner Sixth and ] Streets.
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Date PALMS.
They Can be Grown Successfully in
California.
Experiments With the Fruit at Indio
and in the Neighborhood
of Yuma.

In 1890 the State Board of Trade,
afper q long correspondence with the
Pathological Department of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington.
caused to be imported six date palms
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His Complaint.

Visiting Have you
anything to complain of?
State Prison Convict-Yes, sir. I am
restrained of my liberty.-Boston
Transcript
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 2oc
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doubling, and sensible to the advice of
her elders. Mr. Leslie, one of the best
men of the company, had very little TO
do in the play, few lines to read, and no
opportunity to prove his ability. Not
all the members of the company We're in
last nights cast. Tonight the society
drama, THE Charity Ball" strong
play, and giving full opportunity for
manifestation of the best powers of this
admirable troupe. The company does
not leave here until Saturday morning,
as it plays one night at Marysville onits
way North, and thence East.
At the Clunie Operfa-house this even
ing the double BILL with the rattling
three-act comedy, Breach of Promise" +"
and the feafs and tricks of the Japanese
family.
Manager Todd has written an engage
ment of one night at the Metropolitan
for the famous operatic artist Nordica
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MRS. wINsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teething with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allayS pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels and
is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
g bottle.
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in a concert, supported by her own COM
pany. Nordica will appear on the 10Th
instant
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SPECIAL NOTICES

VehicIes-Baker q hamilton-Hardware.
Carts Buggies, Carriages, Ehaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
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DR.. Baker, dentist. Best work. loves.
prices. 5 e. K, Stoll bid. Rooms 6 & -
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KENT BROS. iol7 Third street, for car
riages, buggies. rigs OF all kinds at short
notice. Telephones-New. 215: Old. oil.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
a certain deed of trust, executed by
SPENCER B. STRAWN of the county Of
Tehama, State of California, to e. C.
ATKINSON and E. ]. CROLY, of the city
of Sacramento, county of Sacramento,
State of California, as trustees dated Feb
ruary 13, 1889, and recorded on February
16, 1880 in the office of the County Re-
corder Of the county of Tehama, State of
California, in Book I'D" of Trust Deeds,
at page "146" and following, and on ap-
plication of the holder and owner of the
promissory note secured to be paid by
said deed of trust, and because default has
been made in the payment of the indebt-
edness, secured to be paid by said deed
of trust, the undersigned trustees will sell
at public auction to the highest and best
bidder for cash. in United States gold coin
at the front OF the Courthouse of the
county of Sacramento, in the city of Sac
ramento, State of California, on MONDAY
the 11th day of January, 1897, between
the hours of 10 a. m. and II m. (said sale
commencing at the said hour of 10 a. m
of said day. the following described real
estate with the improvements thereon, sit
uated in the county of Tehama, State of
California, to-wlt:
The northwest one-quarter and the
southeast one-quarter of section nineteen.
and the northwest one-Quarter of section
twenty-nlne, township tWenty-three
north, range four west, NJ. d. B. and NJ.
E. c. ATKINSON, Trustee.
CROT,Y TruStea
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Buy your heating stoves and ranges
from Miller Bros, 1116 J street
Holiday cakes and extra mince pies.
Pacific Grove Bakery, S23 J.
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a. l.. Hart, Attorney.

NOTICE OF THE HEARING or THE
REPORT OF VIEW ERS IN THE MAT
TER OF THE PETITION OF JOHN
MEISTER EFT AIS. FOR a NEW
COUNTY ROAD IN ROAD DISTRICT
NO 4. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CAL
IFORNIA, AND TO ALL NON-CON-
SENTING LAND OWNERS To SAID
pETITTON
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ELYS
CREAM BALM

Opens and cleans the
Nasal Passages, Allays
Pain and inflammation,
Heats and Protects the
NJ embrane from Colds.
Restores the Senses of 4
absorbed. Gives relief
Gisis or by mali: sample
ELY BROTH EI.S. s.
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Shoes.

Mems Heavy Kip Buckle Shoes.
81 so; now ~ So
Mems 3. Calf Congress and Lace, all
styles. 81 so; now. =. -. -. 81 j
Mems Heavy Tap Sole Patrol Shoes
G. soles). congress and lace. all
styles, 81 90; now. -. -. -. 81 q
Boys Heavy Riveted Kip Lace
Shoes, il to >. 81 o0; now. ... 20
3 to 5l2. .........-.......... 15
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Hats.

Mons FAN shape Stiff Hats. 81 90;
now. -, hi,,a
Mems Fine Crush Hats, black oiue ooo
Ms Fine Fedoras, 81, now. .ooe
Man,s Fine Fedoras the latest styles,
hiack or brown, 81 30. now. SIC
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Mems OverCOatS.
Mems Brown Thibet Dress Overcoat
= 81. nOW... - - y -
Mems Heavy Chinchilia Overcoat
81 80: now. -. =; -" 90
Mons F5ne Kersey Black and Blue
Overcoat. $40 90; now so %
Mems Heavy Irish FREEZE huopeI
- Interlining Waterproof listers
Our entire stock Of Fine Dress Oyercoats
closing out at prices below cost
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-26

try. governing by injunctions and over
riding state laws, invading states with
the federal standing army without
leave or license or request from gov
ernors. It is a fixed purpose of thou
sands Of northern men who help to
control politics "up there" and else
where to gradually override all consti-
tutional barriers and to make our form
OF government a strong one, a pater-
nal one, and thus have it no longer
a government of the people and by the
people and for the people. Editorials,
correspondents, essays in periodicals as
we'll as official acts all clearly show
this. Our government today is by no
means the government that u wise,
able, liberty-loving forefathers set up.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, Of h supreme
court Of New Yor city, a Virginian,
wrote several years g an able, lucid
paper for a magazine showing the i'm
portant changes that had been
wrought / n government structure up to
the time he published. 1t is going on
now, and new invasions and usurpa-
tons have been added.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-26
THINK WE'LL AND LEARN MORE
AS TO SAVINGS BANK

If saving banks are indeed the very
thing needed and it is the duty Of the
government to furnish them-of most
doubtful safety and expediency in a
republic-then let the congress estab-
lish them. AS the Messenger cautious
ly said previously, let us await the post
master generals annual report before
advocating OF rejecting the scheme.
1t will give the already strong federal
government a great deal more power,
and over the peoples money affairs.
We find the following in the Savan-
nah News, a gold paper edited by a
northern man:
There is nc doubt that a vast
amount of money would be entrusted
to the government annually if a salts
factory postal saving bank system were
adopted. A difficulty the government
would encounter is this: What secu-
rites could the money be invested in
that would insure it's safety? The
time is pretty certain to come when it
will be difficult, if not impossible to
get government bonds. 1t is not easy
to get them now, even when a high
premium is offered for them. To find
satisfactory securities would put a
pretty heavy burden on the postmaster
general. Still, the difficulty in finding
acceptable securities would not be per-
mitted to stand in the way of the postal
bank scheme. The pressure for the
scheme comes mainly from the rural
districts"
The people would be wise to go slow
here. They are not we'll informed as
yet as to the several questions involved
in a government control of banks. 1t
would be save to study both sides-for
and against postal savings banks, be-
fore taking the final leap n the flood.
If the people only knew it there is a
steady tendency to Strengthening the
central government, robbing the states
of power, and thus ~enthralling the peo-
pie. Look at recent events in this u
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-26
SHARPS AND LAT

Mr.. Henry George is PERSONALLY an
estimable man. of very fine intellect.
He is a gentle, kindly man it's is said.
IL people would learn what his princi-
pies are they must read what he has
written. He is the most extreme, the
most radical man in his views outside
of the party Of anarchists. Marion But
Ter and Tom Watson and Tillman a.e
mild compared with George. Read his
book that caused such a flutter in Eng
land some years ago. to which so many
replies were spoken and written. He
does not believe that any man has any
right to own q foot Of land on this
globe-that it all should be held by
the several governments. II you own
. farm or q house In town It must be
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-26

Prince Bismarck is a man Of ideas
and opinions. He has always carried
into government his own views and has
backed them with great ability. OF Eu-
ropean statesmen he is the greatest OF
his times, and although passed 80 and
under the fateful ban Of his emperor
and in retirement his voice in Ger
many is the voice Of a king Of men
and even the world still listens with
marked attention when dissagreeine
with him. His latest deliverance con.
Germs the United States and the Mon
o Doctrine. He talks with his &C.
customed vigor and directness and
condemns he doctrine as absurd
wrong, even ''insolent." We see nc
signs in what he holds OF senility o,
stupidity. He voices the opinion OF
Europe, we doubt not, in his spir-
tied condemnation Of the doctrine SC
American and perhaps so misunder-
stood at home a. to what it is. We re.
call that a few years ago some Of the
ablest northern thinkers upon inter.
national law, ETC., gave opinions as tc
its intent and purpose not in accord
with those generally entertained. The
Messenger reproduced some Of these
opinions at the time they were pub
lished.