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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Although there has been a high tariff
or all imported goods, I am selling my
goods for less money today than ever be-
fore. Read this list, bring this ad and
compare our large stock Of goods with
other peoples. and we will guarantee we
meet competition and over-match in
quantity, quality and style and undersell
as to price. Comparison is all we ask and
fair dealing we will guarantee.
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.-we
lave a large stock Of these goods on hand.
Carpet Remnants, . Rugs, beautiful pat
terms, made of best Moquette, at Soc;
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fOc a yard.
CARPETS-We have a splendid line of
new patterns, all this seasons goods, and
can furnish your floors. Beautiful Rag
Carpet, nice quality, at 1Sc. Hemp, heavy
Stair and Hall Carpet, Csc. Beautiful Cot
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heavy, part wool filling, at 35c.' Beautiful
styles and lovely new patterns, better,
~three-quarter wool, 2-ply Carpet. 45c and
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nice selection, from SOC. 55c, soc and up to
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In these different departments we fur
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Blankets, all kinds; Quilts, Comforts and
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We handle the Favorite Household Blan-
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handle the best Brotherhood Bed Tick
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TABLE LINEN.-we nave a splendid
line of Doylies and Table Linen. The
Fringed Doylies, in strips, at Csc a dozen:
better, all linen, 12x12 inches, colored bor-
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Table Linen from 1sc, &c, 25c, Csc, soc
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

North Carolina had On the same day
three governors, three United States
within her borders. Russell is greater
than any, for he combines within his
corporosity, tsar and judge-thereby
welding immense unconstitutional
power and holding more Offices than
the law allows. He is within himself
Imperium in imperio. He is the entire
show, band wagon and calliope in
cluded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Heigho! What sort Of a new political
breed is hat known as "Russell-dem-
ocrat?" That is an impossibility. 1t is
a hybrid, and democracy has degener-
ated into that sort Of Stops that Butler
was wont to carry around labelled
democracy" A acknowledgements"
Marvellous to behold! Another case of
of sweet-bitter, of sick
we'll, Of alive-dead. Mr.. Pearson ought
to bring an action for damages against
any man who would fix the damning
brand of "Russell-democrat' upon him.
Russell hates a genuine democrat as
the devil hates holy water" That
is not all. He has an instructive dis
like Of a gentleman. Mr.. Pearson may
fellowship with Russell, be his friend
and defender, but he cannot possibly
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Think of Mckinley, the little, ap-
pointing four negro postmasters in one
North Carolina county, old historic
Halifax. It is hard not to feel con-
tempt for such i~nfatuation and negro
phylism. It is true that the mills Of
the gods" when they do grind, grind
exceeding fine" So will Major Mac
and his gang find.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

That was a lovely exhibit of Christ
ian amity and sanctiication which oc-
CURED at Louisburg last Saturday,
when a "culled pusson' displayed the
prowess of his muscular Christianity
by knocking down in man and
brother" the president of the negro
Fitzsimmons. The future of religion
among the negroes promises we'll when
a teacher, a preacher, so far forgets
his profession and calling as to indulge
in pugilistic displays in a deliberative
body. Perhaps he thinks he is exem-
plifying the beauties and attractions of
the much Wanted "Christian educa-
ton" in these decadent times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Killing in North Carolina is not only
fallen. Leon Haynes shot his man for
$3.50, price paid for the Internal work.
When such beasts live in our midst
the good citizens can realize how I'M
sum-, for hope Of robbery and for re-
venge, any man is liable to be shot to
death now. And yet foolish people will
sign petitions for pardons, murderers
are feted, the courts are interfered
with, and the one-man pardoning pow
er is used all through the south with
demoniacal freedom.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

The sense of security against sudden
emergencies from Group and bronchitis,
felt by those who are provided with a
bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, would
be cheaply purchased at ten times the
cost of the remedy. In all lung COM
plants, it is prompt to act and sure to
cure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Did not Chairman James Wilson give
the right reply to the tsar's imperial
demand? There was no mistaking it.
If the people of North Carolina are
really captivated by RusselTs antics
they richly deserve to have him for
their ruler unto the end.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Some days nothing will come u
right" from the time yOu rise till you
retire. Ten to one, the trouble is in
yourself. Your blood is in bad condi-
ton, and every organ suffers in con-
sequence. What you need is the
cleansing, invigorating influence of
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

When the hair begins to fall out or
turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring,
and we know of no better specific than
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Re-
newer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

We once heard a distinguished judge
in North Carolina say of Russell that
he had made more blunders in politics
and more blunders in law than n
man he had known. He seems to be
laundering more than ever before now
in both fields. He has taken Marion
Butler, the political crank and acrobat,
into his bosom as special adviser, and
he has the lawyers against him in his
high-handed effort to suspend the rail-
road commissioners. Poor Russell! He
should throw away ambition" for it
will prove his ruin. AS to the close tie
that binds the tsa and the accidental
together now, only the words Of the
c everyday song will describe it:
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Who started the report that General
Ransom wouId canvass next year?
That is rather Tar ahead for a man in
his 72ri rear. Any man In fair health
a canvas at that age. Mr.. Glad
stone made one OF his very greatest
campaigns, speaking severa times a
day. when he WIS passed his 18th
There Is nothing astonishing I'm
English political history THAI Glad
tone Midlothian referred to-
We hope General Ransom viii live To
be as old as the great Englishman, and
that his closing years may prove his
most useful. Speeches by him, 1898. on
the straigfrt-out democrtic Platform
would do good doubtless for he is an
eloquent and able campaigner.
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HOME FOLKS.

That fellow Burns at Raleigh ought
to be sque1ched. He is literally "too
big for his breeches."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

have b faintest connection with dem
ocracy or maintain its basic principles
and be a RuaSeIlite.
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Ayers CathartiC Pills

were designed to supply q
model purgative to people who
had SO long injured themselves
with gripping medicines. Being
carefully prepared and their in
gradients adjusted to the exact
necessities Of the bowels and
liver, their popularity was in
Simultaneous. That this popu-
larity has been maintained is
We'll marked in the medal
awarded these pills at the
Worlds Fair 1893.
50 Years of Cures.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
THE JAMES SPRUNf
INSTITUTE,
MEANWHILE, N. G.

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
Fifty Years Ago.

President Polk in the White House chair.
While in Lowell was Doctor Aver;
10th were busy for human veal
One to govern and one to heal. .
And, as a presidents power of will
Sometimes depends on a 1iver-pill,
MI. Polk took Ayers Pills I trow
Fol his liver, so years ago.
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minding us of the Tennessee about Chatta-
nooga. We went on from bad to worse,
until ut last, during the latter part of the
night, we were incautiOusly drawn into a
gorge, where, it seemed, that the destruction
of our boat was inevitable. Such was the
force and velocity of the water that we lost
all control of the boat, and in one instant
would be spinning around In a furious eddy
until our heads were fairly dizzy, and in the
next we would be dashed against the rocks,
until IL seemed as if our boat would be
splintered to pieces.
We regarded our escape here as the mar
rowest we had made, and as quick as we
could do so with safety, We landed on the
rocks, and, with many regrets, abandoned
our little craft, to begin tedious, tollsome
land journey Of three days and nights, over
rocky hills bluffs and mountains along the
river.
Just as we had landed the boat Mark
started 10 walk out, and, losing his balance,
fell headlong into the river. With consid-
cradle difficulty / fshed him out as soon as
possible and the early morning being quite
cool the poor fellow was chilled through and
through, and it was with tue greatest ditfl-
Guilty that finally succeeded In getting him
up into the mountains, and continued to
exercise him by walking. 20 as to get up
good circulation of his blood.
But he became so benumbed that finally
let him lie down, ana gathered IA lot oil cedar
boughs aud piled them thckly over him,
and then crawled in with him myself, and
kept him as warm as possible. Here we
slept and rested until late IN the afternoon
of that day, which became very warm under
the bright rays of the sun.
This fall I'D the river was only one IN
stance of Marks exhausted condition dur
ing our journey down the Chat ahooche.
He would often stagger and reel about as
man who is stupefed with liquor. and at
times lie seemed to be almost blind, 80 that
l was constantly ON the watch, and often
times had to lead him by the hand and care
for him as for child.
Our progress was very slow, and. towards
the last, extremely painful. The old bruises
and blsters on our feet, which were not en-
tirely healed, came back worse than ever,
and much of the time We crept along on the
rocks on our hands and knees, believing that
if once we could get below this range oil
mountains We would find navIgable waters.
We came in sight of several isolated cabins
iii these wild, rocky hills, where we man
aged TO beg a little food On two different
occasions, which helped US very much, fdr
we were getting so weak that We could
scarcely go five miles day.
The suffering we endured on our last
nights travel / cannot describe. 1t seemed
as If we must give up and die where we
were. But at last, when ayiight Came, to
our great delight we saw the spires and
smokesiacks of town in the distance. We
knew this to be Columbus, Ga, and that
when we got below it the river was navi-
gable clear to the Gulf.
ITO be continued
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CHAPTER XIV.

Well-nigh Exhausted-Pangs of Hunger.
Taking Risk-News from Atlanta.
Reckless Run Over a Misunderstanding
Columbus-Toilsome JourneyiDg.
vt BEGAN TO BE A SERIOUS
question whether we would moi have
10 give up travelling, and AS we started
- poor Max crawled some distance on
his hands and knees and, looking back
at me, said in an appealing tone: All, what's
a fellows lie bu, curse to him when he
has TO drag it out in thi. way? l would
rather be dead and done with it."
i encouraged him. telling him the worst
was over and we would soon reach the river.
| suppose We had shaped our course "a little
too far south and thus made the distance
longer than it would otherwise have been
We struggled on for some time, sometimes
crawling where the ground was stony, and
stopping very often to temporarily quell the
pain in our teei. | was little ahead, aud
the breeze famed my aching temples,
/ thought heard to our right the lull of
running water. | told Mark, and cheered
him up. We forgot our tortures for the
time being and scrambled on quite lively,
and soon after had the satisfaction of stand
ing on the banks of the Chattahooche.
De Soto did not feel more joy when he
first discovered the Mississippi, the great
Father of Waters, nor was the ecstacy of
Balboa greater when from the cloud-capped
SUBMITS of Darien, his eyes first behed the
vast expanse of water which he named tine
Pacific Ocean. Like that great discoverer,
we waded out into the water, carrying
neii her naked sword nor the banner OF our
country, like he, 10 take possession of our
discovery in the name Of our rulers, but to
battle our painful feet and cool our parched
throais
We both felt that we had gone as far as
we could. Wood had been crawling Oh his
| hands and knees much of the time TO spare
his aching feet While my condition was but
little hetter. IL did not seem to me that we
could have gone "A mile farther, but the dis
covery OF the river inspired US with new
hope
We sat down and chewed some more of
our corn, and rejoced at our good fortune.
! We had left the A lunta prison and gallows
! far behind. We were by waters that led to
the great ocean hundreds OF miles away,
| where we might fnd friends and see the old
| flag once more.
| now felt like shouting for JOY at the
| bright prospect before US. But our style of
| travelling did not admit OF any noisy dem
Onstration. We were rather initiating the
peculiar traits of such night providers as the
wolf and his sly congener, the iox- we
made certain of the direction the river cur
rent ran, and started southwark in high
| hopes, although the temptation TO go north
ward TO our friends was very strong. We
now wanted boat and not long after we
started fortune had another pleasant sur
i prise IN store for us, for we came upon a
skiff safely moOred, with lock and chain, 10
q tree. Alter carefully inspecting the sur
roundings to see that no prying eyes were
peering on us, we loosened" the lock with
q stone, and in few minutes after were
smoothly gliding down the current of the
great river. and doubt if two more joyful
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

About score Of men, chosen from the "a,
2lst and 33d Ohio, and led by J. ]. Andrews.
daring Union spy are commissioned to pene-
trate the rebel lines to Marietta Ga, take
train. run northward again. destroying the
Georgia Railroad, and so break communication
with the South. They leave their division
commander, Gen. o. NJ. Mitchell, April z. 1862.
near Shelbyville. Tenn, reach Chattanooga on
the l1th. unfortunately delayed one day.
Reaching Marietta, they return by train next
day. steal the engine and three cars at Big
Shanty, in the face of 10000 Confederates, and
dash away.
They are pursued by train. Bridges are
burned. tracks destroyed. wires cut; but the
fuel gives out. They almost captured
Alf Wilson tells how the men jump from the
engine. and details part of his thrilling ad-
ventures in Guiding the rursuers The country
is full of enemies. Wood and Wilson are sur
prised by cavalry squad and captured
Old Snow, Captain of the squad, thinks
they are Southern men trying to escape con-
scription. They tell plausible story, and
are allowed to go promise TO return home.
They are harbored by Uniouist and later
guided on their way and to a boat. A danger
Gus massage is made down the Tennessee.
They reach Stevenson, Ala, and are captured,
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mortals ever navicated a canoe than we two
with that stolen little craft
What happy change! Our weary limbs
and painful feet now had a rest, and yet we
were gliding noselessly on our journey.
What wonderful TEACHERS hardship and stern
necessity are Disconnected mortals do not
half appreciate Ire blessings they have
until they have been pupils in the school of
advtrsity. ! fell az if this chilly nights
ride. in little stolen boat, in strange
river, whose shores were hidden by Plu-
tonian shadows, was the best and most
grateful that ever had or ever expected to
enjoy.
We pulled off our boots and bathed our
lacera;ed feet in the water and quenched
the tormenting thirst caused by the iudi-
ges,ble, hard corn, which was now our only
nourishment. We kept our paddles pretty
busy, as we wished to get as far away as
possible from n ht re we took the boat before
the dawn OF day. When daylight began to
appear we padded our craft into a bayou,
safe from view, and secreted ourselves in q
thcket for the day.
VISIONS OF FEASTING.
Four days and nights had row passed
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and other missiles that had been poured

and other missiles that had been poured
into them from almost every conceivable
direction during the day before.
"A lot of us bows went way over to
the left into Fuller's Division, of the Six
teenth Corps, to see how some OF our
boys over there had got through the
scrimmage, for they had about as nasty
a fight as any part of the army, and If
it had not been for their being just
where they were, | am not sure but
what the old Seventeenth Corps would
have had different story to tell now.
We found our friends had been way out
by Decatur, where their brigade had got
into a pretty lively fight on their own
hook.
We got back to camp. and the first
thing | knew | was detailed for picket
duty, and we were posted over few rods
across the ravine in our front. We
had been out but short time when we
saw flag of truce, borne by an officer,
coming towards us. We halted him, and
made him wait until report was sent
back to Corps Headquarters The rebel
officer was quite chatty and talkatlve
with our picket officer while waiting. lie
said he was on Gen. Cleburne's staff, and
that the troops that charged us so fierce
ly the evening before was Cleburnes
whole division, and that after their last
repulse, knowing the hill where we were
posted was the most important position
along our line, he felt that if they
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escaped being "broken up" on several oc-
casons during this nights journey. We
passed over number of places that we
would not have dared to risk in daylight,
when we could have seen the danger. 1t
seemed to grow worse and worse as we went
on, when daylight warned us that it was
time to tie up and hide which we did, and,
the day being warm and pleasant, we had
comfortable rest-the best since our escape.
On the following night we came to mill
dam, where the water, Judging from the
noise, poured over in great volume and
force. We manuyered around for some time
above it, not knowing hat to do, but finally
discovered what appeared to be an apron
near the center of the dam, and decided to
risk running it, Accordingl y, we rOwed up
stream some distance to get under good
Roadway, then turning the head of the boat
down stream, we bent to our paddles with
all our might
SHOOTING THROUGH THE DAM.
We came down with the velocity of an
express-tran. What we supposed might
have been an apron was nothing but break
in the dam, and over it we shot like an
arrow, shutting our eyes and holding our
breath. In an instant after we landed
Quckily right side up) away below in the
midst of the angry, foaming torrent, and
plying our paddles right vigorously and
keeping the bow of our boat down stream,
we rode out safely, but then and there
"swore off" on running mill-dams in the
night.
We continued our journey, though the
river was still rough and growing worse.
We were constantly among rocks and foam
ing, headlong torrents of water, while steep,
rocky walls confined the stream to very
narrow limits, and dark, shadowy mountain
peaks doomed up in the background, re-
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OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

The Florida bndded oranges are beyond all
question the finest and most toothsome
oranges in the whole world. Nothing that
Italy or Spain raise compares with them.
Florida orange groves are recovering from
the terrible frosts of two years ago. and are be-
ginni,icagain to he leading products oftheState.
Mulhai the great English statisticisn. figures
out tlfat New England is the greatest manu-
facturiug country in the world. The value of
the annual output in that section IS 1919 per
head OF he population while 1T IS Sl15 in
Great Britain, $50 in Belgium. and S74 in
France.
A project is on foot to manufacture diamonds
at Niagara Falls by means of the electric fur
mace The chief use of the diamonds il TO be
~ abrasiyes.
The National tribune., 1897-08-26

gether and appoint an election for the Repub-
lican patrons to vote. the candidate getting
the most votes to be recommended for the
office? Does that cut any figure in the nomi-
natiou?"
As we understand IL. an election for a Post
master is purely a matter for local agreement
and mutual consent between aspirants. The
result of such a ballot would be the same prac-
ticaly as counting the names on various petit
tions; provided. of course, that there were no
duplicates. The President and Postmaster
General naturally desire both to secure the most
com petent official and at the same time to re-
spect the preferences of the majority OF the
patrons Of the office. who ought to know best
the character and fitness of the applicants.
There is. of course, one limitation-the
choice will be made from the ranks of the politi-
cal party in power. Ii the people of the town
where our correspondent lives cannot agree
upon a man, they might unite on woman.
Many of our most conscientious and competent
Postmasters are women, and there are many
reasons why they should be chosen for these
positions whenever a suitable candidate offers.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.