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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26
TO ALL POINTS,
NORTH, SOUTH IND SOUTHWEST
Schedule in Effect May 30. 1897.

Train ll.-Leaves Wilmington $40 p. m,
arrives Lumberton 5:26 p. m, Pembroke
5:<6 p. m, Maxton G:12 p. m, L~aurinburs
6:23 p. m, Hamlet 6:53 p. m. Connects at
Hamlet with train Al for Charlotte and
| Atlanta. and with train 402 for Ports
mouth, Richmond, Washington and points
North.
Train 41.-Leaves Portsmouth 900 a. m,
| arrives Weldon 1l:41 a. m, Raleigh $3.50 p.
M, Sanford sos p. M, Hamlet 6:53 p. m.
Rockingham 1883 p. m, Wadesboro S:ll r.
M, Monroe 9:12 p. m. Charlotte 1925 p.
H., Athens 3:45 a. m. and Atlanta 6:20 a.
| m. Connection at Weldon with train from
| Richmond and all Northern points. Pull
man sleeper, Portsmouth to Nashville.
| Tenn.
Train 40s.-Leaves Washington 4:10 p. m,
Richmond S:56 p. m., Portsmouth S:45 p.
m. Arrives Weldon 10 p. m, Raleigh
2:07 a. m, Sanford 1886 a. M. Hamlet $40
1854 a. M. Monroe CAB a. m, Charlotte 1850
a. M. LincoInton 1920 a. m, Shelby Ills
a. M, Rutherfordton 1890 noon, Athens
lis p. M, Atlanta $50 p. m. Connections
| Pullman Sleeper, Washington to Atlanta
and Portsmouth to Chester.
Train 3S.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m. Ar
rives L~aurinburg SAG a. NJ, Maxton 9:05
9:53 a. M, Wilmington 12:05 noon. Con-
meets at Hamlet with trains from WASH
ington, Portsmouth, Charlotte and At
lanta.
Train 4O2.-Leaves Atlanta 100 p. n. Ar
rives Athens 3:16 p. m, Monroe $50 p. m.
Leaves Rutherfordton ABS p. m, arrives
Shelby 5:55 p. M, Lincolnton 6:56 p. m,
Charlotte s:1S p. m, Monroe $40 p. m.
Wadesboro 1884 p. M. Rockingham los
p. m. Hamlet u:2o p. M, Sanford Loo a.
M, Raleigh 2:16 a. m. Weldon 4:55 q. m,
Portsmouth 7:25 a. M, Sis a.
M, Washington 12:21 noon. Pullman
Sleepers, Atlanta to Washington n
Chester to Portsmouth.
Train 18.-Leaves Hamlet tbs p. M, ar
rives Gibson $40 p. m. Returning, leaves
Gibson 7:00 a. m, arrives Hamlet 7:5O q. m.
Train 17.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m, ar
rives Cheraw 1000 q. m. Returning, leaves
Cheraw 600 p. m, arrives Hamlet go
p. m.
All trains daily except Nos. II and IS.
Trains make immediate connections at
Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans. Texas, California, Mexico, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville. Memphis. Macon,
Florida.
For Tickets. sleepers, ETC., apply to
THOS. d. MEARES.
Cent Agent. Wilmington, N. C.
e. ST. JOHN,
Vice President and Gen'1 Manager.
II. W. r. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
v. E. McBEE. Gen1 Superintendent.
T. J. ANDERSON, Gent Pass. Agent.
General Office. Portsmouth,. Va
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Sp0in's New Tactics

From the steps he has thus far taken
in the conduct of his newly acquired
office it is reasonable TO infer that Senior
SagaSta is in earnest in his purpose to
adopt a policy as far as possible ~concilia-
tory toward the United States. Several
recent occurrences have shown his zeal
in that direction. In the first place :he
detested Weyler has been recalled and
his place taken by Marshal Blanco, who
was provided with authority to issue gen.
eral amnesty and who seems inclined to
relieve the Cuban war OF that feature of
brutality which characterized the cam
paigns led by Weyler. Senior Sagasta's
recent communication to the United
States authorities is another sign of a
conciliatory purpose on the part of the
Spanish government.
That there is a motive behind all this
other than a merely sentimental desire TO
secure favor with the people of this
country is certain. The Spanish govern
ment fears the approaching session of
congress.
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Having used three bottles Of P. P. P
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
weight in four weeks, I take grea,
pleasure In recommending it to all un.
fortunate like
Yours truly,
JOHN NORRIS.
Office Of J. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando, Fla, April 20, 1891
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga,
Dear Sirs:-I sold 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. 1t came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
I sold a bottle of p. z. p. to a friend
of mine, n of the turkies, a small one
took sick and his wife gave it q tea
spoonful, that vas in the evenir and
the little fellow turned over like b was
dead, but mex morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
]. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga,
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and did
not find a cure until found P. p. p.
which completely cured me.
Yours truly.
ELIZA JONES.
16 Orange ST.. Savannah. Ga.
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Mr.. Ketch.m'- Death Not From Poison

Chicago, Noveber 22.-Dr. Noel sub
mitted to the coroner today a report OF
the examination Of the stomach and
liver of John 3. Ketcham, the wealthy
club man whose sudden death under
mysterious circumstances caused a sem
sation. The report states that the
death was caused from alcoholism and
hardening of the liver. The result eX-
Onerates Mrs. Wallace from suspected
~culpabihty in Mr.. ketcham's death.
"We found" said DR.. Noel, barely the
slightest trace of s%trychnine not more
than could be traced from doses of
medicines containing hat poison taken
in quantities to produce a tonic or car
diac action
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How q VIC war Saved Mount Vernon

Miss Alice Longfellow, youngest
daughter Of New England's beloved poet,
told the story recently to the ladies of
Warren and Prescott Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, of how
Mount Vernon was saved to the nation
by a woman. AS reported in the Boston
Transcript, Miss Longfellow told of Miss
Ann Cunningham, a gentlewoman of old
Virginia. who, when passing up the Po-
tomac river one day i'm 1858 and hearing
the steamer bell toll When passing the
grave of Washington. became possessed
with the desire to restore it. The place
was then occupied by a great-grand-
nephew of the first president, John Au-
gustine Washington. 1t was in a state
of decay and the generous hospitality of
the owner, who treated every passing
stranger as a guest, made the expendi-
ture of money for repairs utterly 1mpoS-
sible. When Miss Cunningham ventured
to tell him of her plans he was filled with
horror that women should do that which
should so emphasize the degeneracy of
men. But the determined woman sent
out urgent appeals. Her first call was to
the women of the south. and on July y.
1854, the first meeting was held. Edward
Everett was one of the first to offer his
services, and as the result of his lectures
SOS. 600 was contributed to the fund.
From this point Miss Longfellow read
from Miss Cunningham's own words of
her battle, for such it was. Northern
people withdrew when they learned the
property was to be turned over to Nir-
ginia. but on March Il. 1896, the Ladies'
Mount Vernon Association was formed.
but there were Observation-Disclosures which
wrung from Miss Cunningham the pa
thetic u~tterancC, None but God can
know what mental and physical suffer-
ings I have undergone for Mount Nern-
on A certain congressman vowed he
would defeat the association. but at a
critical time Mr.. Washington showed his
loyalty. and just at the time when Miss
Cunningham was ready to die from over
anxiety and encouragement a definite
conclusion was reached. After that she
lay in a. stupor for three weeks. In addi-
tion to the actual price Of the plantation.
$500. 900 had to be raised for repairs. and
when matters Were progressing finely the
civil war broke out and confusion was
the result. Mount Vernon was neutral
ground throughout the bitter struggle.
When the strife was ended, Miss Cum
ningham went there to live, received the
aid of Sumner in getting an indemnity
from the government, and went on with
the noble work she had undertaken.
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From an Old Wiimingtonfan, Now Living
in Prince Edward Wants the
News from His Old siOne

Murray HarbOr, (North),
Prime Edward Island, Canada,
November 2, 1897.
Messrs. Jackson & Bell, Wilmington.
y. c.:
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find Size
as subscription for one year to The
Semi-Weekly Messenger. kindly ad-
dress to me as above on receipt of this
letter. Some friend at home kindly
sent me your issue of the 22nd of Au-
gust last, wherein you described so
beautifully the summer watering
places in the vicinity of dear old Will
mington. l am an old Masonboro boy
myself, and l can assur you 1 read
with the keenest pleasure every word
about Wrightsville, Masonboro, Caro-
lima Beach, etc. How it carried me
back to the days of my boyhood, when
the rivalry in boat sailing was strong
between Wrightsville and M~asonboro.
The old "Twilight' sailed by my broth
er-in-law, John e. Ounce, was the
pride of Masonboro in those days and
very hard to beat. However, she did
not always come in ahead. 1 well re-
member q race we a over at
Wrightsville in the later fifties, when
WI. IeiCIlclu bIdulcy, co AC pdooCO oS
in his boat, reminded us in his own
jolly way that the best of friends must
part. In that race, too, one of the boats
turned over in rounding the buoy not
far from the inlet and it was said that
the boys comprising the crew crawled
to Windward as the boat went over
and got on her bottom without getting
wet past the knees. One occupant of
the boat, however, Mr.. William Lippett,
Druggist, struck out manfully for the
beach and amid the plaudits Of the
crowd landed safely.
What a great change must have
taken place around the beach since
those days. 1 believe that there are no
finer watering places on the American
coast than those near Wilmington, n
1 know that there are none around
this Dominion Of Canada that can
compare with Them. We have in
Princ Edward Island the garden of
the gulf Of st. Lawrence-a paradise as
to climate in summer, but the winters
ah, the winters are cold and not enjoy
able for bathing like the briny surf off
! the banks" at MasOnbOrO.
Well, I shall keep carefully hat copy
of The Messenger Of the 22nd of Au-
gus and if in the years to come you
should get as near the Arctic circle as
1 am you will probably find hat paper
in my home. Yours very truly,
SAMUEL SWAMI PETERSON.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26

Send your address to H. E. Buckler
& Co., Chicago. and get a free. sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure OF
Constipation and Sick Headache. For
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular sixe 25s. per box.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
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A Yonng Man Tired of Life

Charleston. S. c., November CIV.
c.. Bagnal, apparently about 26 years
of age, of Manning, S. c., was found
lead in his room at the Calhoun hotel
in this city this morning. He left a
letter to his mother in which he stated
that he was tired of life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26

The Evolution of The Educational IdeS
(Prof. Friedrich Paulsen, in The Forurl.)
Let us place ourselves apart from the
tunluit which RACES on both sides, and,
closing our ears, question ourselves
whether a new educational ideal may
be evolved from this strife of c~ontending
factions. and what the general character
Of this ideal would be. If we assume that
the three features which [ have men
toned may be combined. we should have
q popular realistic individualistic ideal of
education. Popular. not exclusive or
ariStOcratic in the narrower sense of the
word; national, not foreign or internal
tional, but rather the result of an evOlu-
ton from the national life itself; real
istic, characterized by strength and ac-
ton and not by mere thought and
aesthetic sentiment; i~ndividualistic, i. e.,
aiming at the development of the individ-
ual and not at the establishment of dull
this word imply a general reduction to a
dead level. but rather aTistOcratic, in the
sense of an individual, not a class, aris-
tOcracy.
1t would be presumptuous at the pres
ent day to state what the concrete form
Of such educational ideal would be. |
wish to say, however, that the society
corresponding to the above ideal would
be that of an aristocracy of mind. Is
this the type toward which we are tend
ing? Is the aristocracy of birth and
wealth to be supplanted by the %aristoc-
racy of personal worth and merit? This
has been the philosophers dream, from
present hour. 1t is the tendency Of ma
ture. 1T would be the aristocracy of ma
ture to have every individual stand in
dependently upon his own personal merit
and not upon the achievements of his
father.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26
CLAMOR AGAINST BUTLER
FOR THE VILE LANGUAGE OF HIS
ROCKY MOUNT SPEECH.

Application for Respite for John Evans
EiIed-Is=markabie Plan for Controlling
the Cotton Crop-NOrth-rn Soap Manu-
facturers to Purchase Large Quantities
of North Carolina TAic-New Railway
Map of the State-A Fusionist Official
Short in HIS Accounts.
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Bushnell's plurality is one of the
largest ever given a governor in Ohio.
Hayes was elected governor three
times, and his pluralities were 2,9S3,
1918 and 5,544. Bushnell's plurality is
about Is, 000.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
.crat.
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Savannah. Ca, November 22.-James
Foley. of Savannah. is suing the Gen.
trai OF Georgia for $1,000 for damages.
Foley bought n scalper's ticker from
Atlanta to Savannah and was put of
the train. The ticket was Issued by
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail-
road in Chicago to jacksonville. Foley
supplied his name as purchaser.
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C. F. & 7. 2.
ClDe FelI 0ld YGisil VlI9J RlIIYOy

Schedule in Effect October 10th, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. Arrives Fayetteville l1:lo a. m.
$40 a. m. Sanford 1880 p. m. Greensboro
$40 p m, Walnut Cove i:ig p. m.
Mt. Airy Gas pm. Connects with
Southern Railway at Green's
boro. Arriving Salisbury $50 p.
H., Asheville 1912 a. m. Knox
willie 400 a. m, Chattanooga
TAO a. m, Nashville l:5 r. m.
Charlotte l0:GJ p. m. Atlanta
6:l0 a. m. Danville 1900 night.
Lynchburg 1:5S a. m. Char
lottesville 3:35 a. M, Washing
ton 6:42 a. m, Baltimore 500 a.
m. Philade:pnlA l0:lo a. m. New
York 1898 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. From New York. philadelphia,
100 D. m Baltimore, Washington. Char
lottesvflle, Lynchbu.-. Danviile.
Mt. Airy. Walnut Cove, Greens
boro, Nashville. Chattanooga
Knoxville, Asheville. Salisbury.
Atlanta, Charlotte aud all points
North. South and West.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN NO. s.
Leave Wilmington 2:55 p. m. arrives
Fayetteville els p. N. Passenger Coach
attached to this train.
Connections at Fayetteville with At
lantic Coast Line, at MaXton with the
Carolina Central Railroad. at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore Rail-
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, at Gulf with the Durham and Char
Iotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk and Western
]. W. FRY, W. E. KYLE.
Gent Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agen:.
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Carnegie says the English now make
pig iron at $3.50, and he will soon be
SO at $3.50. Why. in Alabama they ara
making it at IS. 7O.-Nshville Sun.
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s. 8. Oneida does not carry passengers.
Through bills Of aiding and lowest
through rates guaranteed to and from
points in North and South Carolina.
For Freight or Passage apply to
II. G.. SMALLBONES,
- Superintendent.
THEO. G. Eyer, Traffic Manages,
s Bowling Green, N. 7.
p CLYDE 4 CO.. General Agents.
3. 8. ONEIDA .i-.---...Tuasday, Oct =
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The man with a shady character
ought to be able TO keep cool
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The Clyde Steamship Co.
NEW YORK, WILMINGTON. n. c.
AND GEORGETOWN, s. c., LINES.
A NEW YORK.

LEAVE NEW YORK.
S. s. CROATAN........Saturday, Nov. 13
S. S. Saturday, Nov. %
FROM WILMINGTON.
s. S. G. W. CLYDE.......Friday. Nov. Il
SIS. Saturday, Nov. 13
S. S. CROATAN.....-..Saturday, Nov. 20
FOR GEORGETOWN.
s s ONElDA.............Tuesday, Nov. 9
S. 5. Tuesday, Nov. is
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TIANTIc AND NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE 3.
To Take Effect Sunday. October "a. 1857.
AT L. NJ

upersedes Time Table ., Of November
q. 1ss5-
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FROM THE SOUTH

DAILY No. 4-Passenger-Leave Ta.,
12:l5 Pm. pa 500 a. M. Sanford 1:J0 y. n.
Jacksonville G:.5 y. m. Savan
nan 1850 night Charleston 5:3s
"A. m, Columbia $3.50 IA. m. At
lanta 500 a. IN, Macon 9.3o a..
m, Augusta 3:UJ y. M, Den
mark 4:3o y. m, Sumter Gas n.
m, Florence 500 "A. IN, Macon.
9:34 a. m, Chadbourn 1888 "A.
m. Lake NaccamaW nu A. IN.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.

1t Rivals the Eastern Question in Public
Attention at London.
LONDON, March 2B-The celebration
of the queens diamond jubilee rivals
even the Eastern crisis in public atten-
ton. Preparations for the event are
going on everywhere in London, and
the queens procession will be rehearsad
early during the morning of Tuesday
next
Sir Julian Goldsmith's house on Pic
cadilly has been let for $4,000 for the
day of the celebration proper, June ~,
and single windows along the route to
be followed by the procession arc fetcn.
ing $3.50. The insurance companies are
insuring sightseers against loss owing
to the abandonment of the procession
or a change of routes. Landlords are
giving tenants of houses on the poorer
portions of the route, on the south side
Of the Thames, notice to quit, in order
to get big prices for windows, and the
newspapers are publishing a special
column of advertisements of windows
to let along the route Finally the
fashions Of 1887, the year Of the Queens
accession to the throne, are being re!
ViVed
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
NOBODY HEEDs THEM.
Public Indifferent to Signs Put Up.For IT.
Convenience.

Public Indifferent to Signs Put Up.For IT.
SIS Convenience.
An enterprising advertiser once head
ed long printed description Of his
wares with the line, '.Do not read this, -
and the avidity with which every line
was read stimulated other advertisers
to resort to the same trick, until it be-
came old and worthless. Signs in public
places are treated by the majority Of
people just the same as the catch line Of
years ago. Every horse car and every
car on the elevated system carries sign
warning passengers that they must not
stand on the platforms, but in the busy
hours one rarely sees car which does
not carry all the people it can hold on
the platform, and no conductor has ever
made any effort to enforce the rule. Ev-
cry car on the Madison avenue line has
signs painted on the doors which give
orders to keep the front door closed, but
nobody thinks of paying any attention
to the sign, and it seems to those peo-
pie who travel on that line that the
front door is used more on the Madison
avenue line than on any other.
In the waiting rooms of the various
railway stations the signs by which it is
made known which parts of the place
are for women might as we'll be removed
because no one seems to take the least
notice of them, and the benches in the
waiting shed of the Grasd Central sta
ton, over which a sign is posted, Ere
served For Women, ">would he occupied
by men continually if the employees
did not call attention to the sign.
At most places where people buy
Tickets in banks where there are crowds
of depositors or people who wish to
draw funds from the institution, there
are signs showing on which side the line
forms, and still there is never day in
any of the larger Of these places when
some people do not make desperate eff
forts to form line all by themselves
and work against the one which had
been formed before they came. They are
Of the same class who refuse to keep to
the right, and when they come through
a swing door on the left side and re-
ceive bump hardly appreciate the ser
mon contained in the few words which
the other man utters: ''Serves you right!
Keep to the right"
But there is one sign in public places
the disregard for which has aroused
much comment. 1t is in regard to spit
ting, and the evil that has been wrought
by the practice has been so thoroughly
discussed by scientific men that hundreds
Of people have determined that they
would help to enforce the rules Of the
health department and make at least
one sign more than dead letter. New
York Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
Wanted DAMAGES.

Of those would be litigants who, like
Hotspur, Sin the way of bargain will
"cairl on the ninth part Of a hair" a
Kentucky lawyer tells in the Louisville
Courier Journal this good story:
I was in my partner S office, at Brown
vile one day, when tall, lank native,
about SO years Of age, came in. After
he had warmed himself we inquired OF
him his business. To the inquiry he re.
piled:
II want ter bring suit ag'in old man
Fl. s estate. During the war he drafted
me for service, and when showed UP
he said he didn't need me. Eff I had a.
went in, I would have been a-drawin a
pension now, and I want ter sue him
fer damages fer keepin me from DRAWN
pension. -
s When we told him that his cause fol
action was no good, he shambled out Of
the Office and remarked that there was
no jestice in law nohow. =
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
Franklin's Desk.

One of the most valuable and interest
ing pieces of furniture in Philadelphia is
owned by DR.. Roland g. Curtin and has
place Of honor in his Office, at % South
Eighteenth street. Il is Benjamin
Franklin's desk, the very one he used
for 20 or more years, and at which he
did most Of his writing, and in which
he kept most of his papers.
1t is big and broad, with fat top
and two tiers Of ample English oak
drawers and two drawers in the middle.
There are two fronts, making both sides
alike. The wood is the finest solid ma
hogany, the brasswork is handmade
and the desk was evidently intended to
last for generations. A great stack of
letters and old newspaper clippings tell
the story of the desk.
After the death of DR.. Franklin it
came into the possession of the we'll
known Philadelphia exchange brokers.
One letter is very curious 1t is from
Rev. Edwin Town, to whose uncle it
was bequeathed by Mr. Whelen. That
letter is to William Bradford, member
OF, councils in 1857, after the desk was
placed in independence hall and attract
ed great attention. In it, after explod-
ing the theory that DR.. Franklin and
Mr.. Whelen had private transactions
which led to the possession Of the desk,
Mr.. Town says: II shall continue to be-
lieve, as have for the last 40 years,
that the desk was absolutely the proper
ty Of DR.. Franklin and that Mr.. Whelen,
ST., came into possession of it either be-
fore the Doctors death or soon after,
when a part of his effects were disposed
Of, including the old desk, which Joseph
Carr, formerly Of Bartram's garden,
the errand boy Of DR.. Franklin at the
time Of his death (1790), is positive he
remembers as occupying place in the
chamber on the right of the entrance
hall of the doctors mansion, which
stood at that day on the ground now &C.
cupied by Franklin place. a
DR.. Curtin got the desk from one of
the present members Of the Town fam
lily. 1t has been estimated that it may
be $50 years old. -Philadelphia Times