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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20
THE HIGH WATER.

Times- Democrat.
The present high water wave
will probably pass down and out
of the Mississippi in much shorter
time than heretofore. 1t takes
comparatively little time for its
crest to pass from Cairo to the
Gulf, but in the past, it has al
ways been interfered with and de-
lsyed in part by the breaks in the
levees or crevasses. The overflow
water ran off into the swamps,
whence it returned through the
Red, White, YazoO or other stream
weeks afterward, delaying the flood
wave and keeping the river up
much longer than it otherwise
would be. If, however, the breaks
are closed, as they have been of
late, the levees are raised and pro-
perly maintained, and no crevas-
ses occur, the velocity of the river
| is increased and we not only get
rid of the water in q much shorter
time than otherwise, but it oper.
ates more effectuslly in cutting
out and deepening the channel.
The advices from Cairo state
that the crest of the high water
has passed that point. The river
is rising from there down and will
continue to rise for some time, bu,
there is little chance Of any grea-
ter water from above Cairo. The
water is cold there and the rainl
have ceased. As for rains alons
the lower Mississippi, they do
minimum of harm, as only small
fraction of the fall finds its wa.
into the Mississippi, the bulk of j
reaching the Gulf through LAX
Pontchartrain, the Atchafalaya
the Lafourche and other streams.
Major Startling, of the Yazoo
Mississippi Levee District, tn
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20
Wants to Repeal the Law.

p. Il. Journal. Il
The New Orleans Daily Item OF
yesterday published an article IN
which it is said that Gov. Foster
is now at work making arrange
ments which will justify him in
calling an extra session of the LIE
pislature for the purpose of re-
pealing the constitutional conven-
ton law. The Item says the
statement is made on what 1t
deems good authority, and says II
the Governor can succeed in win
ming over a majority of the Legls-
lature to the idea, that the call
will be issued before July OF this
year. 1t says that the Governor
is afraid of the convention and the
work it might do. This is very
serious matter and if the Governor
should pursue the course indlca
ted he will stir up tempest tn"
will cause him no end of trouble
The people have made up thel
minds to have the convention ant
to deny them that right, after tn
matter has gone SO far, would be
shame and an outrage which the,
would hardly submit tamely.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20
SENATE FORECAST.

washington, Marcn n 'ice-
President Hobart will rap the Sc
nate to order at noon tomorrow
for the beginning of the work OF
the Fifty-fifth Congress.
The week does not promise to
be busy one in the Senate, ex-
cept in the event that the arbitra-
ton treaty between this country
and Great Britain is considered.
The chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee said to-day that
he would force the question of ra-
LITIGATION to as speedy termina-
ton as it would b. possible. The
treaty will be considered in execu-
tive session. There will be consi-
derable opposion to it even in its
amended form, but the friends OF
the treaty assert that they will
not be exceeding twenty opposing
votes when the final result is an
nounced.
Some nomination are expected
on Monday, and there may be q
brief executive session to permit
their reference to committee. A
number of bills, majority ol
which will be those which failed
in the last Congress, will be intro
duced during the week, but al
none of them can be taken up un
til they receive committee action
there will be but little or no legis
lative work. The Presidents mes
sage is expected Monday.
Considerable time during tn
week will be spent by the commit
tees of the various parties in tn
Senate in an effort to reach har
monious adjustment of the Senat
committees. There is now talk o
an agreement to fill all vacancie
except those existing in the com
mittees ON finance and sppropria
t;ons Roth these committee arr
> fortunately, quite equitably adjuf
ted, and it is feared that an affol
r to supply the vacancies might N
suit in bad feeling and an entar
( clement which the Republican
desire to avoid on the eve of th
, tariff fight.
al There is occasional reference
2 changes in the elective Offices
a the Senate, and there is no pro-
i pect of a controversy over thI
y point at the present time.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20

in Washington will be lively one.
In the House the new tariff bill
will be presented this evening If it
comes from the hands of the prin-
ters in time, and then it will bel
known how much time the Repu-
blican majority will allow for de-
bate. In the Senate it is quite
probable that Mr.. Hoar's resolu-
ton amending the rules 80 as to
limit debate will come up for con-
sideration before the week is out,
and, as its purpose is to gag the
Senate and enable the Republi-
cans to rush through any measure
that they wish to become a law, al
very lively discussion is promised
but the adoption of the resolution
is by no means assured, because
even on the Republican side there
are several Senators who are OPP
posed to any interference with the
rules on the ground that the Sc
nate is q deliberative body in
which the fullest discussion should
be allowed of all important mea-
sures bearing on the interests OF
the people, and also to prevent
, bills being railroaded through
without any Opportunity for either
tho Senate or the country to ascer-
tain their true character or pur-
pose.
Attention has been called to the
2 fact that the freedom of debate in
b the Senate has prevented the pas
{ sage of vicious measures of par
tisan nature, and the defeat of the
> Force bill, which was denounced
as one of the most iniquitous mea-
sures that ever crossed the TIRES
hold of the Senate, is cited as an
Instance, but there are others
which it is not necessary to men.
: ton. The consensus of opinion ii
:. that Mark Hanna is behind the
movement to gay the Senate ana
. to give Vice President Hobart th'
same power to cut off debate ant
force a vote as Tom Reed posses
- ses as the presiding officer of thu
!; House, and this fact, it is said
will precipitate a hot debate whel
:. the Hoar resolution is laid. befor
the Senate. Nothing has yet oc
CURED to indicate the sentimen
"a of the Senate regarding the pro
posed change of rules, but the fac
;; has not been forgotten that dur
). ing the long debate on the repes
e of the Sherman law and the Wi
m son tariff bill Senator Hoar hin
:. self was the most active opponer
e OF the motion introduced by Sens
tor Hill to amend the rules an
a limit debate and thus expedite th
. passage of those two measure
=. Under the circumstances there
A reason to believe that the DEM
e Gratis, Populists and silver Rep
"a blicans will unite in opposite
:. to the Hoar resolution and defe
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20
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CsI's promptly answered. day or night
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

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For sale by T. J. Liable. druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-03-20
The Senate and the Gag Rule

States.
The extra session of the Fifty
fifth Congress begins to-day, and
the indications are that the week
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-02-05

youw would do well TO reau Inns N''
fyou order
tina
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-02-05

c,ts,n finest in the land, quart oo''ie' ~
pint, 1sc u pint l2o. 10
pic abe, catsup pint bottles, eaoh
c,o;.. California No Canned CHERRIES -. %
Aprcots and Pears -, svrnp, was 5oc SO
Full Quart Bottle Purest Maple sSi~p ,er SC
Our loe s. in tall jars were &c., now =
7 ,rre Can No Asparagus hhe 4' q
,,SlIschi1d,s H. Package Prepared ,
crystalized Ginger = lbs fancy ,, ,sr
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-02-05

~. Pine French Peas, importation, now 1870. ~
Van Houten's Cocoa, special SALE @oc. SIZE ,6,
,, uous New York Picked Beef, boneless' 10 =,
~; cned Pate,s were 25c each, now -.
I.,,;,n Chestnuts h., 20
Jt,,;an Garlic, h. 7s
Imported Bismarck Herring ooneiess' Pc, 80 ov ID
1,; Nova Scotia Salmon, 1b, formerly loc.' nov. -
N1,tzohs and Matzoh Meal all kinds OF oalheu ~
D;ed Fruit and Vegetables, Spices ana eonu
ments sale. =,
Il Our Celebrated German Chicory, per ooze' NV
All kinds of Soup Stufs
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

force until h number Of pupils at the
state schools and UNCONVENTIONAL
schools shall become fourfold. Let
there be no step backward, but let the
columns press On for greater success
and grander results. All parents should
do their very utmost to get their chill
dren to the home public schools who
are not prepared for the higher. Make
any sacrifice necessary to give your
children a primary education il no
more. Do not let the negroes surpass
you in anxiety and zeal for educating
their children. Do not allow II to be
said that your children are illiterate as
well as poor while the negroes around
are availing themselves OF the schools
supplied through the generosity and
self-sacrifce Of the democrats they
eternally antagonize. Send your
children to school the first day Of the
session, and see to it that they con-
tinue to the last day Of the term God
willing. Do not AXE them away for a
day or allow them to become voluntary
truants.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
SHARPS AND A

Very exaggerated reports have beer
published as to the meaning of the
present advance in price of wheat.
Even the government lent it's hand
to the widest e~xaggerations, putting
the advantage of the wheat grower at
$500, 900, 900 increase. This is too pre-
pOsterous for belief, cor when that
statement was sent OF heat had not
passed 80 cents. 1t is perhaps a fair es-
innate to put the real advantage to the
wheat growers at not more than $780,
OOO, 900. The spectators who have now
or will win will get the lions share in
the advance. We refer to his because
of the tendency to exaggerate esti-
capital and help on the prosperity
claim. The Chicago Tribune comes to
the front with an increase of values
in one year-between two 1st Septem-
bers, 1S96-1S97-for 416 counties in
twelve principal farming western
states. 1t makes the gain the modest
sum of s474, 745, 240. 1t then says that
for the entire twelve states on this
basis the gain would be 81, 600, 600, 900.
That is guessing. But then the ON
gress spends or wastes that sum and
more every two years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

We referred lately to technical schools
and pointed to those Of Germany that
had done SO much for the present gen.
Grafton. Textile schools are bound TO
come in the south for they are real
necessities. There are a Few techni-
cal schools now-not perhaps a half
dozen as yet-but more, many more
will be started before many IA roll
by. We would like to know that 1,
half dozen were on the way ncN. and
that others would speedily follow. They
have been Of immense advantage in
England. Technical schools of
many kinds should be started. Augusta.
Ga, is to have soon a textile school It
is a city OF cotton mills and it needs
a school like that at Lowell, Mass. Is
there in all southland such a school
now? The Atlanta Journal says:
"It is conceded by the best posted
cotton manufacturers of New England
that the south is destined to become
the chief seat Of the cotton manufac-
turing industry on this continent, If not
in the world. Competition with New
England in the manufacture of fine
cotton goods is sure to be attempted in
the south at an early day, and is just
as sure to succeed. When this effort
Is made the need CT skilled labor will
be felt even more than it is felt now.
That labor will either have to be i'm
ported or educated here. The latter
course would be far better for every
reason"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

I have Just returned from New York
where 1 have been for the past two
weeks buying my large fall stock Of
dress goods and clothing of all kinds,
silks, trimmings and bindings. We
have one of the largest stocks in MS
line it has eve been our good fortune
to show.
In "a inches wide beautiful fall worst
ed novelties in Dress Goods 1 am offer
ing at 12hc, 36 inches wide all wool
telling, lovely colors, at 1Sc a yard;
strictly all wool SO inches fresh. new
styles at 25c. These three lines of
goods are nice styles and will please
any customer; we have also better
goods,i n black, and all colors, fine tri-
cot all wool all colors :. 25c; black
gros grain Silk from 75c, SEC, CSC, $i.19
from 25c, soc, Csc, 75c to s1.10 per yard.
We have all grades of fine black Dress
Goods. The Gold Medal brand which
is warranted not to fade nor crock up
in color, from SOC to $1.00 a yard; fine.
new percales callicos, lawns and white
goods; also q big line of fine table linen
Doyles just received.
Drapery goods and lace curtains all
at bottom prices from 6 to Is yards.
Fine Lace Curtains from 4Sc, 69c, 75c,
$1.00, SIPS, $3.50, IND $500 a pair. Cur
ain poles, drapery hooks and trim
mings, also at Csc a set. Any color pole,
oak, ash, maple, cherry or walnut.
WINDOW SHADES-Opaque Linen
So by Y inches, with spring roles and
fixtures complete at 25c each, 3sxS4
inches at 35c.
Carpet and Mating to cover your
floor as the winter will soon be here. 1
have on hand a big lot of Mating that
I can sell at these figures: A good
weight and good color Mating at 12kc,
heavier at 15c, 18c, zoe, 22Aac and Csc
per yard; a line of Cotton Warp Mat
ting at 15c, 15c, 1Sc and zoe per yard.
Carpet Paper &c and 4c a yard. Car
pets all the new lines cotton ingram,
pretty %colors, at 22hc a yard, heavier
Inc bettrr goods at Csc, 3Oc. one-haif
wool two ply Carpet at CSC and 4Sc,
three ply wool Carpet, a job, at 6Oc a
yard; Brussels pretty patterns at soc.
6Oc, Csc and 75c a yard, also hall and
stairs to match from 50 to Csc a yard.
We can save you money. All we want
is to have you see our line OF Carpet
before you buy elsewhere. Floor Oil
Cloth, beautiful patterns, one yard
wide at Csc a yard, and we have it in
all widths GA. S-S, 1914 from Csc to 35c
a square yard. Oil Cloth art squares
~ yards square at SOC. two yards
square at 75c. We lave also a big line
Of Carpet remnants we bought at a
price. For rugs and fringe to match
consisting Of fine Body Brussels. mo-
quet wielton and all wool ingram, from
1 yard to IL and 2 yards, from SOC to
s1.25 each. We can save you money in
our Carpet Department, and all we
would like to say is come and see us
before buying elsewhere.
If you should need a nice Trunk
cheap, we have al grades. Zinc Gov
cred from $1.10 to $500; anvas cover
ed, large size, at 1925, $3.50, s2.75, and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
New : Fall Goods
WILMINGT0N'S Big RACKET STORE.

$500; better goods, heavy leather
trimmed at $3.50. $500, $3.50. Leather
Grip Bags, nice clean stock. 10 inches
long, with nickle lock and clasp at 90c;
IL inches at $1.00 and UP. IA. 16. IS inches
up at 81. so.
CLOTHING-The season has come
when the old as we'll as the young must
begin to thing about changing their
clothing for the fall and winter. See
/ am strictly In the swim to fill your
fall and winter Clothing bill J can sell
and guarantee my goods :: @sarceent-
ed. Suits at the following -..e9: A
heavy s~atinette, good colors and good
suits, at $40 a suit: black cheviot suits
stdictly one-half wool. fast black. at
$3.50 a suit: pretty suits. all wool,
brown, gray and black, at $500 a suit;
pretty plaids for young men. new style.
all wool suits at Sc. so. $3.50 and $500.
same style better goods at $500. $1,000
and s12.50 30. In black Clay Worsted
Suits We a please you. We have
them in nice stock. Heavy all wool
clays at $3.50. $3.50, $500 n $1,000; fine
satin lined black Suits at $3.50. We
are making an effort to do an honest
clothing business. We have only one
price, and that price is the same to all.
We sell our goods on a guarantee that
they will prove to be a represented.
We have boys suits in large quantities
and large sizes from 4 to Is years old.
and have a very nice line to select
from. Suits for small boys with sailor
collars. from $1.00 to s2.25 a Suit. Large
Boys Suits from 75c. CSC, $1.25, $3.50 and
up to $500. I know r a figure prices
with anybody on men and boys cloth
ing. I var your clothing trade. or at
least do me the favr TO look at my
suits, and odd pants. before purchasing
elsewhere.
I am making big preparation for my
fall Millinery business. / can save you
big none on your headware. We have
all the new Sailors now on hand that
will sell from 10c. 15c. zoe n 25c; beau
tiful Sailors at soc. We wan you Rib
bon trade. We lead the state in Rib
bon, all colors styles and prices; velvets
from CSC to s125 a yard. We can sell
you nice fall. lightweight. all wool,
beaver cloth and flannel Capes from
SOC, 75c and $1.00 each. This Is a special
job in Capes, and something worth see
ing. We have notions Of all kinds
Corsets, Hosiery. Laces and Gloves. A
big drive in Ladies Kid Gloves; small
sizes from 5k to 6k; a special job.
pair, new goods.
A splendid Umbrella for 80 each. /
have a beautiful line Of Umbrellas to
suit every body from soc to $3.50.
Table covers in chenille from 29c. SOC.
75c to $1.00 each; portienes from $500.
$3.50 to $500 a pair.
All kinds Of fancy China at a small
| price. / have so many new goods at a
small price and pretty styles i can not
describe all OF them. All I will ask
! is to have you call and give US a look,
! and be convinced we do what We say.
and sell more goods for less money
than any house in the state. You will
find US at liz North Front street oppo-
site The orion hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Already the signal is given t take
heed that you are not injured by pros
perity.' h lOoks a little early for
such editorializing considering the sun
of prosperity" hat is visible. The
wheat growers may have their heads
turned by the advance in price, which
a conservative northern leading daily
puts at 500, O0O, 900 gain. Modest as
compared with the foolish boast of the
United States government estimate
$500, 900, 900. There is a big rise in price
because of the large deficiency of wheat
in Europe. It may be otherwise next
year. Europe may have a big crop and
so with South America and other parts
Of the world. A great wheat crop in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your oubleS If not, get a bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief n cure of all Female Com
plants, exerting a wonderful direct in
fuence in giving strength and tone to
the organs. If you have Loss Of APP
petite, Constipation, Headache, Faint
ing Spells. or are Nervous, Sleepless.
Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the
medicine o need. Health and
Strength IN guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and $1.00 at r. r. Bella
my*s Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

AS might have been anticipated it now
looks as if the south would not get the
government ship armor factory. A Wash
ington dispatch is to the effect that the
board appears unwilling ito interfere with
the chances of the great northern armor
plate workers." Of cOursei
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Alaska is a big country if frozen. It
contains twice as much area as huge
Texas. 1t could be divided into twelve
states as large as Pennsylvania, and have
much left for a smaller state. But who
would live in such a cline so long as the
south remains?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Retaliation against the Dingley tariff
is reported from the Argentine republic
where the president recommends in his
message to congress that the duties on
petroleum, plows, and other agricultu-
raj implements, timber, and boots and
shoes be radically increased.-Lewiston
Journal. I :sssS3
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

One advantage of taking Ayers Sar-
saparilla to purify the blood is that you
need not infringe upon your hours Of
labor nor deny yourself any food that
agrees with you. In a word, you are
o compelled to starve or loaf, while
taking it. These are recommendations
worth considering.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Before going on a s~ea-voyage or into
the country, be sure and put a box of
Ayers Pills in your valise. You may
have occasion to thank us for this hint.
To relieve constipation, ~biliousness,
in the world. They are also easy to
take.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

persons are taken from a Jail and hanged
by a mob. That out lynches Lynch in
Texas. In the south the murderers and
rapists are the deadly enemies that are
swung up. But Indiana wearies of burg
larry and hangs by mob.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Badness is either hereditary or caus-
ed by sickness, mental exhaustion,
wearing tight-fitting hats. and by over
work and trouble. Halls Remover Will
prevent it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

An elaborate article before us shows
us that the wages of miners in Ohio,
ndian and Illinois, have been very low
and particularly so last year. They are
no better in 1897.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

Fitz Lee is in such favor with Mckinley
it is thought he will ask him to return to
Havana. When Fitz looks over the Vir-
ginia political field and sees how weak
the O'Farrell gang is CFitz is of that set)
he may conclude to go thinking a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
SNAPS.

Major Mckinley has resumed business
at the old stand, and is now very busy
appointing new postmasters-his hungry
henchmen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21
Savannah. Ga. April 26.

Savannah. Ca, April 26. 1896.
Having used three bottles Of P. P. P.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benei. from
the same, having CAMEL IL pounds in
weight in four we ks, I take great
pleasure in recommending it to all un-
ofrtunate like
Yours truly,
JOHN NORRIS.
Office of ]. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando, Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I SOLO three bottles of P.
P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The P. p. p. cured my wife of rheu-
matism winter before last. I came
back on her the past winter and a halt
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
I sold "a bottle Of P. P. P. to a friend
Of mine, n of the turkies,a small
one, took sick and his wife gave it a
te~aspoonful, that was in the ev ing,
he was dead. but next r1orn'~~
following and we'll.
IHur- r~espectr-
:. McELROY.
savannah, Ga, March II, 1891.
Messrs,r Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered fror-
rheumatism for a long time and L
not find a cure until I found P. P. p,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA F. JONES,
II N---ee ST.. Ss~"-~Ah. Ga