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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
Rheumatism Cured in a Dav.

Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days.
It's action upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. It remove at
once the cause and the disease immedi-
ately disappears. The first dose great
ly benefits.
T. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster Of
Promise City, Iowa, says: II bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism. and two doses Of it did me
more good than any medicine I ever
took" Is cents and $1.0O. Sold by J.
H. Hardin. Druggist, Wilmington,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
E'JUDGE CLARK'S QUESTION.

The Messenger recently referred to
the Sunday school address recently de-
Iivered by Justice Walter Clark. 1t
deserves more than q passing notice.
1t is not only thouEhtful. but it is
brave. He sets forth views that will
cause some who may read to censure
him, but he is ON Scriptural lines and
is true to the New Testament teach
ings. Whenever divines and laymen
stand faithfully by strict construc-
ton of the unerring truth h latudi-
marian is offended The truth is like
deep. Men get SO = away from the
revealed truth of Almighty God as to
have no speaking acquaintance with
it, and when they find it they are at
once disturbed and say hat it is not
the way they understand it, or that
Christ did not mean that There is a
great deal Of pith and point in Judge
Clark's address. He heWs to the line,
but it is by the line Of the Gospel. He
has some striking thoughts On several
points, but one particulaxiy impressed
us-how the Saviour would be received
now, If He were to come among us.
and nothing was known Of Him, as / n
the past when He camei into Judea, and
were to hear for the frsk time His
teachings. He works this out with
impressive effect-HoW would he be
received now? Would He be better
received now in our hnd hen He was
In Judea nineteen centuries ago? He
answers this at some lenGth and It is
overdrawn. We maine one extract
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

Senator Teller made IN able fight
the way, he is a very intellectual man
in appearance. He said he did not
favor the pending bill, and did o be-
lieve it would accomplish the purposes
of it's friends.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

Have tried others, but like Ayers
BEST is the statement made over and
over again by those who testify to the
benefit derived from the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Disease never had a
greater enemy than this powerful
blood purifier. It makes the weak
strong.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
CIT IS A FACT

and up to $500 n pair. Why need 10 60
b~arefooted? We sell Shoes cheap enough
and good enough to please everybody.
HOSIERY. HOSIERY.-I have just re-
ceived about $50 dozen Hose, for Ladies'
and Gents. Mems fast black seamless
Half Hose at loc. Imported Hermsdorf
dyed at 15c. In Black, Gray, Tan. Bal
briggan. 1 claim they are as good Half
Hose as there are in the city for 25c. We
guarantee the color and the quality. All
We ask is a trial. We sell Children's seam
less long leg, fast black ribbed Hose at
10c a pair: also seamless black Hose ut
sc, and fine imported Children's Hose for
121kc, 15c, 20c and 25c a pair. Infants
Socks, in white, at 25c a pair; three-quar-
ter Hose, for Infants. imported goods. at
15c a pair. Ladies' Hose at any price and
in any color-White, Cream. Tan. Brown.
Oxblood, Gray and Black at any price
from &c to 75c a pair. If you need Ho-
siery for any of the family / can fit them
in size, suit them In color and please them
in price.
In Gents and Ladies' Ties we have
quite a selection. Ladies' Bows from 10c,
15c, 20 and 25c, all colors. Gents Scarfs
from 10c to soc. Four-in-Hand Ties from
15c, zoe. &c and soc.
Gents Collars, all styles, from Sc, Sc,
Sc, 10c, and 15c. Ladies' Job Collars and
Cuffs in best Linen goods. / have about
5000 1 bought in a job. good Collars and
Cuffs, best Linen, nicely Numbered and
ready for use, that / will sell at ic each.
Also Boys White Sailor Collars, worth
10c, for 1c. A big lot Of fine new Ladies'
(nllarc La1t unn1c ~ IN, car. y.
pair.
Ribbon for Collars and Belts OF all
kinds. Ladies' Belts, a special drive. full
leather. I have been selling at l0c, now
sc; my 2oc quality now l0c. a big drive; OF
Csc quality now 15c; my 35c quality now
25c. Fancy and Plain Silk Betting OF all
kinds. Belt Buckles for sc and lOc each.
Shirt Waist Sets at l0c each. A nice
line of Combs and Brushes-A fine Rubber
Comb, s inches long, with fine and coarse
teeth, at sc each; very heavy Rubber, 10
inches long. with strong heavy back. at
1Oc. Hair Brushes from 10c, l5c, 2Oc, &c
and up to soc each. Shoe Brushes from
l0c, 15c and 25c. Bixby's 4 ounce bottle
best Shoe Dressing at sc. regular i0c. All
colors in Tan Paste and Dressing. Fin
line of leather paint like Buggy-Top
Dressing, Harness Dressing at &c a bottle.
School children and teachers notice. I
have Moore's best Ink In small bottles at
&c a bottle. Staford's at sc. williams
/ quart Bottles. at &c a bottle. Arnold's.
Stanord's. Diamond, best Inks, In 1 quart
bottles, at SOC a bottle. worth sl.N else
where.
i could continue telling you OF the many
things I have to sell. but space will not
allow. Our goods sell themselves. We
want your trade In the dry goods line
and ask you to come and see us at liz
North Front street, opposite the Orton
Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

There is one republican senator who
has open eyes and the courage of con-
viction. Senator Teller says, and all
men know it is true every word of it,
that the last republican national cam
paign was the most gigantic example
Of corruption and terrorism ever seen
in American politics."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

1t is hardly becoming in an eminent
and widely read divine to have his
novel dramatized for the stage. Least
wise inthe United States it would be so
gone land done it."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

Enectual.-Charles J.. Booth, Olive
wood, CAL, says: IT have used Ayers
Pills in my family for several years.
and nave always found them most ef-
fecIuaI in the relief Of ailments arising
from a disordered stomach, tornld liver,
and constipated bowels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

That we are the leaders in the depart
ment dry goods trade in this city.
She was a pretty salesgirl,
He asked her for a kiss,
For he was the accepted
OF the fair and blushing miss.
She ave him one, and as she drew
Her rosy lips away,
els there" she asked, in trembling tones,
Anything else today?'
That is our motion, us there anything
else today?"
We have plenty of time to wait on you,
and polite attention is our rule and privi-
lege. We buy bargains and we sell bar
gains, and if there is a better way to
please you we would like to know it. 1
am doing a splendid business considering
the season, and 1 am more than anxious
to close out my summer goods. 1 have a
good many Lawns and Organizes, White
Goods and Silks of all grades, Summer
Novelties in double-fold Dress Goods.
Ladies' Hats are one thing I have done
more pushing this season than ever be-
fore. 1 have been trimming up a nice line
of Hats that I have on hand, good styles,
with ribbon and chiffon and flowers, max
ing real nice Hats, pretty and stylish, at
SOC, 75c,, s10O, SIPS and $1,000. Sailors in
rough straw, the correct shape, at sc;
better goods at Sc, lie and 15c: nicely
banded at Csc and up to 35c, soc, 75c and
$1.W. We have a nice line of fine Sailors
that we sold at slips each, new goods, I
Am now Offering at 75c.
A big line Of narrow Lace just received
at 25c, 35c, 4Oc, soc, Coo, zoe, soc and 1 100
per dozen yards: from " to IA inches wide
at &c to 121ac per yard. Very wide Val
Lace for sc, Sc and 10c per yard in White
and Rustic coiors.
In Clothing we sell quite a good many
suits, as this one department in our
store covers 55x50 square feet Of floor
room, used only for Mems and Boys
Clothing. I have a few Linen Crash Suits
on hand for Men at s1.75, s2.75 and 1926 a
suit. A big lot of nice. strictly all-wool
Gents Cassimer suits from 800. 500.
$500, 500 and up to s12.0 a suit. We sell
honest Clothing, and we guarantee eyery
suit as We represent it or refund the
money. Mems Jeans Pants at 29c a pair.
We have just received a nice line of
fancy Crockery and Glassware. Fancy
Teas, with nice Saucers, at 1Oc. Fancy
Vases. Bisque figures, at SC, 10c I'D to
25c. Jelly Jars, with covers, at 45c per
dozen. Beautiful fine China Cream
Pitcher at 10c; 1 quart Bowl, nicely decor
ated, at &c; beautiful individual Creams
at 1Oc. and any little hin novelty you
may want.
Remember, we sell bargains every day
In Shoes and Slippers. We carry a very
nice line of Ladies' Slippers, to move, at
4oc a pair; better ones at CSC. 75c and 300.
In fine Shoes. we carry Ladies' Shoes
from &c, 75c, Sc. $Le9, $1.2 and I'D to
$3.50 a pair. Mems Shoes, Sc. 500, $1.5
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
SNAPS

Thousands are rushing to the gold
fields in the Klondyke region. Every
steamer is crowded with the hunters.
Thousands will return sadder and wiser
men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

The Rhode Island democrats are
talking Of making the distinguished
~ex-President E. B. Andrews their can
didate for the senate. That is the
right thing to do if he will go it and
there is any chance of election.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
Fifty Years Ago.

This II the way It was bound to look
When grandfather had his "picter took.s
These were the shadows cast before
The coming of conjurer Daguerra
And his art; like . girl In . pinafore
Some day to bloom to . goddess fair.
Men certainly were not as black. we know
A. they pictured them, 50 years aso.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

Neglect of the hair often destroys it's
vitality and natural hue, and causes it
to all out. Before it is too late, apply
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30
Ayers Sarsaparilla

began to make new men, Just
az the new pictures Of men
began to be made. Thousands
Of people fronted the camera
with skins made clean from
blotch and blemish, because
they had purified the blood
with Ayers Sarsaparilla. Il
u a. powerful now as then.
0D record proves it Others
initiate the remedy they
oon't initiate the record:
% Years OF curon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-30

Reports, much doubted, come hat
carrier pigeons have been found in
Norway. from Andree's balloon. Will
he ever return? That is the question of
great human interest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
EX-SENATOR D0LPH.

Mr.. Dolph's death is deeply
regretted throughout Oregon.
His usefulness to the state as a
member of the national senate
was great.
Mr.. Dolph's nature was not
such as to win the peoples love,
but he commanded their respect,
and his defeat for reelection in
1895 was not because of his per
sonality nor of any deficiency as
a public servant, but of his close
afiliat1on with a faction in the
state whose dangerous ambition
had to be checked. While the
contest was bitter in the extreme,
charges of wrong doing were
urged, not against the candidate,
but against his supporters.
Mr.. Dolph ranked among the
leading men of the nation.
While not, perhaps, great man,
he was a useful one, and if not
brilliant, he was sound.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
THE FATE OF DAVIS.

Alas, poor Davis! His house
cannot adjourn. Without a quo
rum it can but adjourn from day
to day, and quorum will never
Some members adopted a reso-
luton to dissolve, but what of
that? There was no quorum and
the adoption of the resolution
was illegal. The Davis house
cannot adjourn.
Davis, has gone home, haunted
with thei consciousness that his
house has not adjourned. In his
waking hours, voices whisper,
'No quorum, no quorum, and
in his dreams there runs the re-
frain, "Bayer, Bark1ey, Bourne,
Bridges, Bilyeu," and SO on down
the list of those who would and
those who would not. He awak-
ems from uneasy slurnbers to hear
the night shrek, "You can't ad-
journ, adjourn, adjourn.
Other houses may come and
may go, but the Davis house
goes on forever. 1t may resolve
to dissolve, it may scatter to the
uttermost parts of the earth, it
may hide its hapless head from
the gaze of man, but still the
mighty truth rings on, 'sThe
Davis house cannot adjourn. -
There is no escape for Davis.
Though he fly to Cuba and fol-
low the fortunes of her strug-
CLING patriots, the gurgling
wounds of every Spaniard slain
will moan, s'You can't adjourn. )"
Though swift to far-off Crete he
flies and helps its noble cause,
yet every dying Turk will curse
at him and cry, 'you never can
adjourn"
The song will haunt him to
his last sad hour and on the slab
erected where he sleeps, this
tribute will appear:
Here lieth one whom Heaven nor He'll can
hold,
For mighty Truth proclaims him still on
Earth. ;
Yea, wher this circ1ing sphere itself grows
cold,
To know naught more of human woe OF
| mirth,
| Hisspirit still ID doomed to 1inger on,
The last and only evidence of man.
| Ask you the sin of this most wretchcd pawn?
| His house has not adjourned nor ever can.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
THE SOBER SIDE.

The seating of Corbett,
through some unhappy mis-
chance, would be a public ca
lalnity.
Corbett was at the bottom of
the anarchy at Salem. 1t was
his money that held the populists
and a few republicans from or
ganizing, even when Mitchell's
defeat was evident, and this ev-
eryone knows. When Senator
Mitchell released his supporters
from any promises, and when it
was known that 46 members
would not vote for him, the ex-
cuse, unsatisfactory and unrea-
sonable as it was, offered by
those neglecting their duty, bore
no longer even the sernblence of
an excuse.
Still, some one held back the
organization, and that one was
H. w. Cerbett. The defeat OF
Mitchell was but an incident Of
the hold up, The underlying
purpose was the election of Cor
bett, a coarse and unscrupulous
schemer. That being unobtain'
able, he bases his hopes upon be
ing recognized as a senatorial ap'
pointee, evidently believing that
the United States senate will dis.
tinguish, for his sake, between
a legislature that refuses to elect
senator, and a legislature thai
deliberately refuses to organize
in order to prevent the election
of a senator.
Legislators have been bribed te
support senatorial candidates,
Perhaps such cases are not un
common. There has been much,
far too much, prostitution o.
PUBLIC Offices. There have been
obstruction methods employed
for party advantage or for the ad.
vancement of some principle.
But it is extremely doubtful,
if the history of Our country
furnishes such an example O
shameless corruption, overthrow
ing of popular government ane
overriding of the popular will
as is displayed in the Corbett ep
isode.
Aside from the purely legal OBJ
jections against his admission
loyalty and patriotism demand
that such a., subversion of OH:
state government shall not be sc
rewarded.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12

THE best way, perhaps, for
Mr.. Mitchell, the ex-senator, to
obtain vindication, would be to
declare that he intends to be a
candidate for representative in
congress next year. A direct
appeal to the people, if success
full, would be vindication that
would put all opponents to con-
fusion.-Oregonian. Ditto Mr..
Corbett. Will the Oregonian
put up Corbett against Mitchell?
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
HARBOR OF YAQUINA.
What its Further Improvement
Means.

The $4,000 spent by the ma
tional government at Yaquina has
resulted in a net gain of seven
feet in the depth of water across
the bar, the average cost per foot
being little over $101, 200. As
the engineers recommend for fur
lher improvement, an extension
of the present work, which will
take it into deeper water, the cost
per foot OF future increased depth
will doubtless be somewhat
heavier.
The present depth IA feet at
low tide) has been secured by
jetties, confining and controlling
the currents, and securing the
sand from the channel. If the
channel, by means of extended
Jetties, can be kept clear Of sand,
it will have a depth of 19 feet at
low tide, allowing the passage of
any vessel that can enter the
Columbia river. This work, ac-
coriing to board of engineers
appointed for the special purpose
of making an examination of the
Yaquina bar bar, will cost $1,025,-
900. Congress, in the spring OF
1896 appropriated $4,000 and
authorized the secretary of war to
enter into a contract, involving
not more than $1.000,000, for Sc
curing deeper water on the bar.
The secretary ignored this action
of congress and it is probable
that a direct appropriation will
have to be made.
1t never will be made if the
people of the Willamette valley
sleep on their arms. The bay has
vigorous enemies who neglect no
opportunity to spike its guns.
Should Mr.. Corbett be seated in
the national senate, there will be
no use of asking congress for fur
ther aid for Yaquina. The inter
ests with which he is identified
are opposed, for practical reasons,
to the building up of AN impor-
tant trade through Yaquina bay.
The benefits of competing lines
of transportation need not be
elaborated. They are patent to
everyone. The citizens OF the
valley are doubtless aware of the
Importance of the Yaquina harbor
to themselves, but they are apt to
neglect it as being a tiresome sub
ject. Many of them chase rain
bows of sentiment and let the
other side gather in the gold of
practically.
Yaquina is the direct outlet of
a territory whose production of
cereals amounts to over 100000,
900 pounds per year, whose hop
product is over 100000 pounds
per year and whose wool output is
over 100000 pounds per annum.
The fruit, hay and other cIops are
correspondingly great. This does
not include the products of that
vast empire east of the Cascade
mountains that will be connected
with Yaquina by rail whenever
the government signifies it's inten-
ton of completing its work on
the bar. 8
Nor do these figures include
Southern Oregon counties that will
be more indirectly benefited by
the development of a first.class
harbor at Yaquina. Other data
serves to emphasize the great
commercial Importance of the
territory to be benefited by the
DrnNosod iroprovopoout
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
sitting for the transaction of coun.
ty business.

sitting for the transaction of coun-
ty business:
"Gentlemen:-I hereby tender
and pay into the hands of the
clerk of the said court the sum of
seventy five hundred dollars, OH
account of alleged deficiency in
my accounts in favor of said
county, but which / pay under
protest. and which shall not be
taken or considered on my part as
a REIMBURSEMENT of any moneys
which may be now due or owing
to me from the said county, by
virtue Of being the sheriff thereof.
Dated this 3rd day of March,
1897.
D. A. OsBURN,
: Formerly Sheriff of Benton
county, Oregon"
Mr.. Osburn said that litigation
was expensive, and during the
time the suit was pending, it
would impair the credit of his
bondsmen, and while he was per-
sonally opposed to making the de-
posit, he acquiesced in the deci-
sion of the bondsmen, and the de-
post was made. Thereupon the
court made the following order:
ssBe it remembered that at a
regular term of the county court
of the state of Oregon, for the
county of Benton, begun and
held in the courthouse in the city
of Corvallis, county of Benton,
Fon Monday, the 1st day of March,
1897, and open for the transaction
of county business on Wednesday,
the 3rd day of March, 1897, pres
ent, w. S. Hufford, judge, Peter
Rickard, sheriff, John A. Buchan-
an and F. J. Chambers, commits
sioners, and Virgil E. Walters,
clerk, the following proceedings
were had, that is to say:
SIN the matter of the release of
bondsmen OF D. h Osburn, as
sheriff and tax collector of Ben
ton county, Oregon. 4
sNow at this time this matter
came on for hearing. It is there
fore erdered aud adjudged that
the said d. A. Osburn, as sheriff
and tax collector, and the bonds
men OF the said d. A. Osburn,
either as sheriff or tax collector of
Benton county, Oregon, be and
they and each OF them are hereby
released and fully exonorated.
w. S. HUFFoRD,
Judge"
Mr.. Osburn admits that there is
due the county about 81, 500 on
taxes marked apaid" on the rolls,
for which there appears to have
been no receipts issued. This
amount he offered to pay over to
the county, bat the other alleged
discrepancies he was disposed to
fight. He says there is a discrep-
ancy of about $1,000 between his
tax ledger and the tax receipt
stubs in favor of the county. He
thinks it possible that pending the
settlement with Lincoln county
during 1898, when the tax rolls
We're out of his possession, they
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12
THE story OF Mr.. Osburn's

THE story OF Mr.. Osburn's S
management as sheriff illustrates
forcibly the fact that campaign
expenses are paid for by the tax
payer. In this particular case,
fortunately for the county, most
of the burden falls on the sure
ties. In the majority of, cases,
the borrowing from the taxpayer
is more deliberately and coolly
planned and does not come to
the light. The story further ex-
plains the regular defeat of re-
publican candidates for sheriff in
Benton county.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12

Excuse me-" observed the man in
spectacles, ''but am a surgeon, and that
is not where the liver ISL "Never you
mind where his liver is" retorted the
other, ''if it was in his big toe or his left
ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers would
reach it and shake it for him. On that
you can bet your gig-lamps." Allen &
Woodward.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12

might have been tampered with,
but SO far, has no direct evidence
that would lead to such a conclu
sion. Mr.. Osburn emphatlcally
declared that he had never used a
dollar of the county's money and
is unable to explain the predica-
ment he finds himself in.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-03-12

WITHOUT rejecting upon the
good intentions OF the two 9th
er gentlemen composing the
county court, it is but just to
say that there has been a crafty
ing improvement in the business
capacity of that body since
Commissioner John Buchanan
took the oath of office.