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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
PROGRESS IN GREECE IN THIRTY
YEARS.

Recently several articles have ap-
peared in American magazines, rela-
tive to the great progress made in
Greece, both in material and educa-
tional interests. The city Of Athens,
that through the centuries. seemed lot
much more han a place Of ruins, has
become a beautiful and attractive
We have read some two or three ar
ticles upon Greece and it's capital city,
that have been entertaining and in
structive, and were to some extent sur
prising to US in their revelations.
Athens is modern. It is true that
some Of the unique and splendid monu-
mental remains Of the ancient city,
exist, but the city itself is mainly
modern. It is filled with buildings,
many Of which are attractive and i'm
pressive architectural designs, and are
distinct ornaments. We are reminded
by an article before us hat among
these buildings are the university, the
Academy of Sciences, the Archaeolo-
high school for girls, the fine library
and national museum and others per-
haps. There are SO many indications
Of progress, Of interest in learning, and
these buildings, strange to say, were
endowed by private muniicence. The
university alone, has $500 students
n sixty professors. And the Congre-
~gationalist Of Boston, reminds us that
the course Of study in the schools men,
toned, are worthy Of companion
with the best institutions of the kind
in Germany. These are alike crafty
ing Int interesting facts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
POINTED

We believe in prize fighting. It has
shut COrbett's neutrality-suspicious.
Valley Spirit.
The New York democracy is not re-
spending enthusiastically to MI. Dave
Hills invitation to step up and get re-
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Nobody can accuse President McKin-
ley Of standing in with the Washing
ton boarding house keepers. He ad-
vises the pie-Seekers to go straight
home.-Washington Post.
There are breakers ahead for the
sugar trust. One Of it's largest stock
holders intends to build a refinery Of
his own. The public will then view the
impending struggle with complacency.
Baltimore Herald.
It will add nothing to the popularity
of the new tariff bill, among the gen.
tlemen who have business with the
promiscuous crowd. to learn that it
puts a premium Of 40 cents per bushel
On the production OF OniOnS.-HOuStOn
Post.
Although Maine and Texas met in
New Orleans harbor, they did not
seem to harbor any ill will towards
each other. The reason was their coats
were both blue. Blue is a frater-
nal color-When Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The renewal Of the talk that the
United States should buy the island
Of Cuba is absurd. In the first place,
this country is not ready for any real
estate speculation, and, in the next
place, the title to the property in Ques-
ton is almost hopelessly clouded.-New
York Mail and Express.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
TAXING CAKES, LEARNING AND
THE EYES.

The republican sweeping tariff bill
is meeting with opposition in and out
Of the congress, and within it's own
party. Objections come from all sorts
and conditions of men. It is as defec-
tive a bill as was ever drawn and those
who did it are incompetent. A few
real experts in tariff building should
be employed to prepare a bill with
something in it worthy of approval by
honest men in all sections. The greedy
o growers in Montana are absolute
ly barking at congress for the utmost
possible tax for their benefit. The
carniverous dogs might devour the
sheep Of such enemies Of the public
good and no taxed man need to weep
over it or to pull the o w his own
eyes to conceal his satisfaction. A bill
that is So formed as to make trusts and
combines flourish more and more at
h expense Of the people is a very
bad and dangerous bill and to be des-
pissed n rejected. 1t will down the
party that dares to put such a grind
o NAAAA
farmers Of this country.
This republican drag net monster
seeks to tax books and art and cover
he eyeglasses Of the old and the dis
eased. You must be taxed to be edu-
Gated and taxed to see. This is a
mans sugar in his coffee and pies and
ginger cakes.
The voice Of the press has been so
potential that the ways and means
committee has agreed not to tax eye
glasses n spectacles as proposed.
The Philadelphia Record p%ertinently
says:
1T would have been a great triumph
for Dingleyism, barbarism and Hitter
acy if the policy which first showed its
hand in striking at foreign literature
could likewise V struck a blow at
h newspaper readers of the country:
for, as General Clarkson once remark
ed, the cause of tariff reform has en-
listed the support of many of the most
influential journals of the country. But
the committee, much as it would have
liked to knock the spectacles from the
eyes of the American reader, lacked
the courage to carry out its original
ntent."
We ought to tax the baby's cradle
and the cribs of the older children.
Why not? 1t taxes heavily their fan
nelS and the blanket that wrap them
and shiel them from the biting whit
er's cold. That Mckinley-Dingley
tariff tax bill is a most unwise, absurd.
reckless and disgusting affair. Down
with it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
ANGLO-SAXON GROWTH AND
POWER.

Wonders have been done in this GEN.
fury by the English speaking race,
commonly called the A~nglo-Saxon. To-
day Great Britain has eleven million
square miles against three and a half
millions Of the United States. These
two countries hold more than one
quarter OF the whole land OF the earth.
The total population Of these two coun-
tries exceeds $50, 0O0, 900. In wealth the
United States exceeds that OF Great
Britain. While the United Kingdom
has capitalized wealth multiplied by
five since 1915. hat Of the United
States has been multiplied by more
than fifty in this century. These two
countries, il they always continue
friendly and at peace, can defy Rus
STA or any four powers Of the world.
Now jointly they own one-fourth OF
the area, have one-third OF the pop
u~lation, and more h One-third OF the
and capitalized wealth Of the
globe. If they were to so elect they
could live entirely within themselves
drawing upon the remainder OF the
world for nothing. This is all very
wonderful when it Is recalled what
they both were one hundred years ago.
The figures above are taken from the
Atlantic Monthly" In 1875 when the
thirteen colonies "rebelled." the pop
ulation was about two and a half
millions. England had only about
5000, 900.
The area of both countries occupied
what it is now. Twice have the United
States enlarged borders in this country
by vast acquisitions-that Of Louisia-
ma that embraced vast regions more
tina the boundaries of the present
state, and the Mexican acquisition in
sion and conquest. Peace between
Great Britain and the United States
will mean the final triumph Of the
English speaking rae over the world.
The English language will dominate
and become the universal language.
Australia is destined to become a
great power. Beginning as a penal
colony of Botany Bay it a grown,
developed into a nation Of power and
wealth. The writer in THE Atlantic
even thinks it will finally surpass Eng
land and become the second Of An
g~lo-Saxon nations in wealth and pop
ulation." They call the great English
kingdom now, with it's united countries
Australasia" of which Australia is a
part only.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
Notice 10 D@IlDQUenlS.

We hope none will take offense at
receiving statements of their indebt-
edness to The Messenger. We are
under heavy expense and since chang
ing the paper to twice a week, thereby
giving each subscriber double what
they nav for. II is necessary that sub
szcribers pay more promptly than some
have heretofore done. Would any OF
o,,r farmer friends, who have one thou
sand bushels Of potatoes, sell them to
one thousand different persons with
out the money. If they did how much
do you think they would ever receive?
That is our case exactly and it is only
,ecessary to call attention to it to have
our friends realize our position and
help IN out. We do not u the hon.
of anv subscriber on our books and
1t il not intended that they should
think 80 when they receive statements,
b.,+ business is business as much in
unnjn a newspaper as in farming,
merchandising or anything else.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

The Asheville Citizen corrects an
error as to the time when MI. Aldrich,
the poet. was connected with the New
York Home Journal. 1t says he was
born in 1896. printed his first verse in
1855, and about 1856. Joined the staff Of
The Home Journal. We wrote without
books at hand, have neither biographi-
cal dictionary nor encyclopedia. and
were not familiar with the personal
hictory of the gifted poet. We knew
it was a long time & when we first
read a poem by him. We know that
we were a subscriber IN the paper in
the ~forties, while a student at Love
joys Military Academy at Raleigh.
We are not infallible without our
library around us. We are glad to
correct.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

If you are suffering with any skin or
blood disease, rheumatism. Catarrh.
Ulcers, Old Sores, General Debility, etc,
send stamp to the Blood Balm Co, At
lanIa, Ga, for DOL Of wonderful cures,
free This book will point the way to
speedy recovery.
Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. 3D. is
manufactured after a long tested pre-
scription Of an eminent physician. and
is the best building-up and blood puri-
flying medicine in the world. Beware OF
substitutes. Price s1.0O for large bottle.
For sale by Druggists.
ONE IN A THOUSAND.
One summer, several years age, while
railroading in Mississippi 1 became
badly affected with malarial blood
poison, that impaired my health for
more than two years. Several offensive
ulcers appeared on my legs. and moth
ing seemed to give permanent relief
until I took OF Botanic Blood Balm (B.
B. b., which cured me entirely.
NJ. D.. LANE, Deveraux. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

without credit TO the original sources.
since is.o We have been gathering the
state news Tor papers we have served
and We never before saw so many
daooyiess news items and other kinds
OF newspaper work. We often elm
items without credi. and aftarvariS
ascertain the original sources. but too
late The are some gatherers who
hardly deign TO credit at all. 1t is an
be removed, remedied. 1t ID fair and
just &c do so.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

Many people. with the notion that
nature ought to take care OF itself.
allow a cough to plague them for weeks
and months. Whereas. IL nature were
assisted with 4 dose or two of Ayers
Cherry Peetoral, the cur might be sf-
fected in q very few days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

1896 than they did in 1895; 1915, o00. 900
less than they did in 1890. actually
$40, 0O0, 900 less than they derived from
a smalled acreage in 1885. Our farmers
cultivated nearly 1000. 900 acres less
Of land in 1855 than in 1886. yet they
got for the harvests $40. 000, 900 more.
Need we look further for the cause OF
manufacturing depression? Receiving
less, our farmers have less to spend.
That is the Whole story"
This is confined to the cereals alone.
The loss will be still greater when cot
ton, tobacco, etc, are considered.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
A Huge Sale of Tim Der.

Menomine, Mich, April 1.-The larg-
est lumber sale of the season has just
been closed. The Northern Supply
Company, which is auxiliary to the
Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad
Company, has sold is, 900, 900 feet Of
logs to the Kirk Christy Lumber Com
pany, OF Cleveland, Ohio. The lumber
is to be manufactured at the mill of the
first named company, at Fisher. The
sale includes all the lumber in stock
at present and the first Of the years
out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

It surprised many visitors to the
Chicago Worlds Fair to find hat Of
all the blood-purifiers, Ayers Sarsap-
arilla was the only one on exhibition
The reason is that Ayers Sarsaparilla
is a standard remedy, and 70 q patent
medicine, or Eecret nostrum.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
J The Sanle...
! Old Sarsaparilla.

! That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
. sold by DR.. ]. G. Aver 50 gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
! different. There modern appli-
| ances lend speed to skill and
! experience. But the sarsaPa-
J rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record-5O years
J Of cures. Why don'tv We better
J it? Well, we're much in the
J condition of the Bishop and the
! raspberry: Doubtless, he
} said, "God might have made a
J better berry. But doubtless,
! also, He never did. Why
! don't we better the sarsaparilla!
! We can't. We are using the
! same old plant that cured the
| Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
| has not been bettere0. AND
! since zee make sarsaparilla COM
J pound out of sarsaparilla plant,
! we see no way Of improvement.
} Of course, if we we're making
! some secret chemical compound
} we might. But we're not
J We're making the same old sar-
] saparilla to cure the same old
I diseases. You can tell it's the
I ga me old sdrsaparill0 be-
! cause it works the sansc old
/ cures. It's the sovereign blood
I purifier, and-tt's Ayers
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06

newer ~ restored gray hair to its
original color and prevented badness
in Thousands Of cases. It viii do so to
you,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
HOME FOLKS.

We have been connected with the
State Press nearly all Of the time since
1857. We have never noticed SO much
free copying from contemporaries
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-06
New Sottons.

thousand novelties shown. Everv Dress ac-
cessory is here the prices are right.
I Samples Cheertully furnished.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12

In the fall of 1898 a son of Mr.. T. A..
Mcfarland, a prominent merchant of
Live Oak, Suffer County, Gala, was
taken with very heavy cold. The
pains in his chest were so severe that
he had spasms and was threatened
with pneumonia. His father ave him
several large doses of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy which broke up the
cough and cured him. Mr.. McFar-
land says whenever his children have
Group he invariably gives them Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and it always
cures them. He considers it the best
cough remedy in the market. For
sale by all druggists and dealers; Ben
son, Smith & Co. agents for the Haw-
allan Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
HONOLULU, July Goth, 1895.

MEssRs. w. G. IRWIN s. Co., LTD.
GENTLEMEN:-In reply to your in.
quiry as to how the Ideal Roof Paint
you sold me lasted; would say that
painted the roof of my house ~ months
ago with your Red Ideal Roof Paint,
and find it is as fresh and bright in APP
pearance today as when first applied
looking as well as others lately painted
with other paints. am more than
satisfied.
J. &. ROTHWELL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
PINE Waste.

An estimate CT the possible profit to be
realized in utilizing pine stumps and
pitchy waste may be made, according to
The Lumber World, by assuming that ev-
cry cord of fat pine will yield 40 bushels
of the best quality metallic charcoal, &c
gallons of turpentinc, 40 gallons of tar, 40
gallons Of tar oil and go gallons of pyrolig-
neous acid. BY process Of Redistribution
this pyroligncous acid will yield q to 2
gallons of alcohol with from to gal
Ions of aGetic acid, besides a quantity OF
creOsote. Calculating these first named
products at the lowest usual price, the re-
turns from "A cord will net SIS. Young sap
wood will yield more than one-half this
quantity of products. A plant for this pur.
pose can be built IN the shape of retorts,
each rct0rt Of sufficient size for one hall
cord Of wood, at an outside expense of say
$500. The time required for each charge
of one-haif cord of wood is eight hours,
each retort thus handling IA cords OF
wood in "a hours resulting, therefore, il
some $50 profit Per day from a retort cost
ing not more than coke oven.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12

Have you a leaky gutter? If you
have. make it perfectly clean and dry,
apply a good coat of No. P. and b.
Paint over the leaky spots; then take a
piece of stout Manila paper, or a piece
of common cotton cloth, paint it well on
both sides; lay it over the first coat, CIV
ing the whole a final coat, and there
will be no more leak there. Or if the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply paste of P. q B, Paint
and Portland Cement
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12

you'd use no finer meats or take
greater care in preparing and
seasoning than Cares does in
making his delicious "Frankfor-
ter" and "Vienna" SAUSAGE.
For breakfast you'll ask for moth
ing more appetizing-more tooth
some.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
CLEVELAND and OLNEY
THE FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE MEETS A REBUFF.
He and Cleveland Quarreled-Sought
to Place Consul General Lee in Bad
Dilemma--Grover Declined

WASHINGTON, March 4.-President
Cleveland's administration seems to
have broken up in lively row, and
this it was perhaps which made the
retiring President so evidently unami-
able that his appearance at the inaug-
uration ceremonies was generally COM
mented on.
When the members of the Cabinet
gathered at the White House this
morning to finish up the tangled ends
of business and to take leave of the
head of the official household the Sec
rotary of State, who, according to ira
dition, is the premier of the Cabinet,
was absent. 1t was said he was over
whelmed with business at the depart
ment growing out of the certification
of bills passed in the closing hours of
Congress. and his absence was there
fore passed over without comment.
Later on, however, when the inaugu-
ration ceremonies began in the Senate
Chamber the Secretary of State was a
notable absentee, although the other
members of the retiring Cabinet were
present and occupied the front seats
assigned to them.
Immediately after the Inauguration,
Mr.. Cleveland left with all haste for a
hunting trip to southern waters.
So far as can be learned Mr.. Olney
did Eof say good-by to the President,
did not attend the last Cabinet meet
ing, was not at the Senate Chamber,
and certainly did not spend the entire
day at the State Department.
His absence today, it is said, can be
due to nothing less than a serious
quarrel. This, it is understood, grew
out of the situation in Cuba.
Yesterday-so the story goes-Secre-
tary Olney decided to wind up his adj
ministration by discrediting General
Lee. To this end he proposed to send
in to Congress certain carefully edited
letters and kilograms of instructions
sent by the State Department to its
representatives at Havana. This cor
respondence, it is said, was cunningly
contrived for the express purpose of
placing Lee in a dilemma and relieving
Olney of the odium of all the Cuban
plumbers.
Cleveland absolutely declined to
send the correspondence so edited, and
declared the only fair way would be to
publish every line written or tele-
graphed.
The upshot of the whole converse
ton appears to have been a battle
royal between the two obstinate men.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
Relies of ISuddha.

Within two hours ride of Yokohama the
traveller may see the most wonderful statue
in the world. 1t is seated image of the
god Dia-butsu, but it is built upon such
gigantic proportions that its height is 90 4
feet. The total weight Of the metal in this
great statue is $50 tons, 500 pounds of
which is pure gold. Near the statue are
several shrines of Buddha. In one of these
the visitor is shown some of the bones of
Buddha and the table vessels which he
used during his earthly career. In Ceylor
there is Buddhist shrine which contains
one of Buddha's eyes.-St. Louis Republic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
H. &s B.
Paints & Compounds
Roofing,
Pile Covering and
Building Papers,
FOR SALE BY
VIM. G. IRWIN 4 Co.,
LIMITED,
Sole Agents for the Hawaiidn Islands

The building papers are l, 2, 3, and a
ply They come in rolls, each roll con-
tanning 1000 square feet. They are
water proof, acid and alkali proof and
vermin proof. A house lined with build
ing paper is far cooler than one that is
not. There is also cheaper grade of
paper adapted for use under mating
keeping out insects.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
Accommodating to Patrons

You can get Buffalo or Pabst beer
at the Cosmopolitan, Pacific or Royal
saloons. Exchangeable checks good
at all the aforementioned resorts are
given in change if you only want one
drink. BEST beer ever in Honolulu
is the verdict of many of our prom
inent citizens.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12
-THE-
Honolulu CycIery,
231 KING STREET,
The Pioneer Bicycle Repair
Shop of HonoItiltII

he Pioneer Bicycle Repair
hop of honolulu,
wishes to announce that
it has no connection with
any other Bicycle shop in
Honolulu. We do not
rent or sell wheels, but
contine ourselves strictly
to Bicycle General Re-
pairing and Enameling.
You cannot smash a
wheel so badly but what
we can straighten it out
again.
Our work is guaranteed
and we leave it to our
patrons to compare our
work and prices with
others.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-03-12

For good results and quick sales in
business use the columns of The Star.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-27

make little money out Of them where
as the Lyceum shoult! be q public in
stitution
The condition OF Augusta respecting
the lecture platform UP TO five years
ago was the condition Of every city OF
the South up to that time All the so
cietics. including the Library and the
cnurchcs. had tried to introduce the lee
ture in Augusta ana make ii popular.
1T thr sam" time making little money
on 1t. The attempts were ali failures
anu the people had come to regard their
case as hopeless. They regarded the
CITY rs the worst lecture community on
earth The fact is every city in the
South held the same view about itself.
Augusta hld then less than one lecture
on an average per year. Less than 100
people usually attended the best lee
lures. Thacilcry read in Augusta to less
than 100 people. and Bret Hartc il is
said. to about fifteen people.
In 1893 Augusta decided upon the right
plan and organized the augusta l.y-
ceum as Il purely cooperative and pub
lie institution, The result was an ill.,
Lyceum audiences number 700. the city
has Il regular course OF the best Ly-
scum teriainmeHts-nuIn berng last
winter. lo--and the people (mcmberS)
hear them nj q cost Of only iG -, cent?
each as is well known in Augusta the
audiences last winter Would have NUM-
hcred. on the average, 800. except for til,
TACT iinat all above 700 We're excluded
for lack Of capacity in the auditorium
II is hoped that ample accommodation.
will be provided by next winter and ii is
probable that then the audiences vii
humber 900 or l ,000.--IinGh G. Middleton
| in Woman AS They Pass for May.