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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-10-21


occur s'est serr6 6.raugement....
Que cont devenus lEomme, la
!umiere 81 subitement disparus ?
Ellie redouts ellie ne salt quot, un
peut-etre!
Pu1s, souda1n, son -oreille go
tend, ses yeux s'6carqui|ient, les
battements de son c@ur devien-
nent ~violents.
Ellie a. entendu ellie ne salt quot
d '6trengs.... I'm froissement mex
plicable ct violent des roseaux
qn1 SOFT CONNIE la chevelure verte
des rochers, le roulement de pier
re Sc d6tachant ct tombant aveo
IN bruit mat sur le sable sourd...
Quest &c que celia veut dire! Que
SO passe t II?
Ellie s'est pench6e anxieuse.
Et aussitot IN orl lui echappe,
un crl de stupeur ct d'efroi.
Une tete d'homme Went dap.
paraf:re q la pointe extreme dos
rochers, qu'ells depassa.
Ft une xolx dit, 6mne, oppres-
see, a peine perceItible:
Mayer pas peur, o'est MOL
Joonnlo a ley6 les bras au ciel!
- Luz!
Et ellie reete interdite, sans
movement, sans vie, incapable
de dire mot, de se d5fendre.
Hector eat deja pres dell. II
Ia saisie, enlevse dams ses bras.
II est ivre.... il eat fou!
-Enfnl murmura.u-il... Ne
voici pres de vous.... Je vous
vois.... Je vous tiens.... Je
puis vous parler!
A la lueur de la lumiere qQi
ec'aire la chamb,e, il la contem-
pie, ct IN ori lui eohsppe, IN cri
d'admirirat1on ct d'extase.
CONNIE 'vous Ates belle!
II Ia tronve, en- eft, plus belle
encore quiz ne Sc l'6tait imagine,
plu. celeste 81 Ion peut parler
ainsi.
Ellie ne dit Ellie ne trouve pas
I'm mot, pas IN crl.
Son occur dat 81 vehement pull
lui semblo que sa vie sen va.
Ella est terrific ct heoreuse q
la fois.... oui b1en h%eureuse!
Ellie auss1 ellie peat 10 regsrd'r,
ct ellie lie trouve elegant ct beau
avec scn air audscieux ct c'alr,
ses yeux qu1 b1o'ent, allum6s de
tous lbs feux de la passion, Car II
Anne q cite heu.o, il Anne verita-
Element, lu1 qui ne savait pas CO
que c'6tait qn'simeEl....
IL Anne d. toutes les forces vi
YES de son etre cette creature, IL
]olie, ri grao;ease, si pure gaelic
p.rttt pour lui appartsnir au ciel
plaa qua Ia terte.
Ii 81 sent change, transforms
On feu Grange consume tout SOD
6tre.
O. o:1 lui echappe.
-Je vous ajmel Je TAIN!
Et il se reou:e IN peu poui
mieux padorer.
-Oui, marmure-t il, vous cts
belle, bien b-llt!
Puts ii go TAFT.
Lui aossi, IL est 81 emu quill ne
peut pas parier..., les mots ne
lui viennent pas,
.Euin Jo6un,c s'est remjse IN
p.u. Ellie se rend compte des dan
qu'iis coarsnt tous les deux.
EIle pense d son pere.
Ellie Joint les mains.
E;le coojare.
-Partez! dlt-elle.
-Purtir?
-Oui ii faut partir.
-Partir maintenaut gu I, suis
parvaau jusqu'a vous au prlx de-
p6rlle, ,ous ne 10 saurez ia
mails. Partir sans vous avoir dit
tout o. que mon coear content
d'amour, toot CO que mon esprit
reve d. boDheurl
Ill IL fat. Mon pere peu!t Sc
WELLER, nous surpr~nlre.
-Qa'i! vienne! s'ecrie Hector.
Je me jette q ses pieds.
Joennlo cut IN movement de
terreur.
~Je 8: rails petdue, murnura-t-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-10-21

presque chaud encore, ma'gr6 la
brise du soir, ct le We'll won Sc.
TAFT jet6 sur son faateuil d'osier
qui await g6mi sous son poids....
paraissait ce soir-la psrtioul,e-
beat. II await dine ayeo
grand apr6tlt.... s. face larg7
6tait outrageusemet color6e, ct
pour respirer plus d False IL await
ouvert lie col ds 50 ohemise.... to
Ii s'6ta'ait paresseusemsnt dams la
douoe de la digestion.
Jo7nnio acoourut.
-Tu vas t'endormir pere.
Eth bien! apres?
ia auras froid....
Go soir?
LIE vent commence q fra1chir.
tn es follel
-Je t'assure quill nest pas
ain de s'endormir....
-Je ne doris pas d'abord....
Lais.e-moi .re.pirer un peu.
-Je veux bien moi, mails dams
cipq minutas tn dcrm1ras.
~'u verras que non.
-Je parlerais que 81 -.
Soft! Laisse-moi tranquille.
Joannio n'osa pas lnsister davan-
tage. Ellie s'assit q este de son
p6re, les yeux tournts du cote de
Prefailles. II ny avt1e pas cling
minutes ou'elle regerdeit, qu'elIe
VT sur la mcr une lumiere soint1l-
Ter CONNIE une 6toile'
Ella la reconnut aussit0t....
C'6tait 80 lumi6re, la lumiere d'a
mour.
Ellie n'6tait pas oubllee. On
l'almait toujours
Alors une %luqui6tude la prit.
Ellie be tourna vers son pere'
Ellie lie Wit lie vieage en- Fair, Ia
bouohe ouverte, les p%.upi6res lut-
tant contre le sommeil envahissant.
-Tu vols, p6re.
-Quoi? fit le gros homme en- 80
redressant brus4uement.
-Tu do's dejA....
-Cest vra!....
-Tu feras mieux d'aller to oou-
oher....Tu nttrsp*ras du ma Isl.
Ia es de mauvaise humeur, en-
suit, quAnd on to r6ve1lle.
WON &c nit lourdement sur hes
jambes.
-Tu as peut-e:ro raison, mur-
mora-t-il. Et tot, que Vas tn f.i-
r.?
Me couchtr aussi.
-C'est oeia. .Allons nous cou.
cher! Nous serons mieux dams no.
trs lii.
Et lie vieillsrl SO dirlg, a gers "a
ohambre, ougrant CONNIE celle de
Jo6nnlo da cote de la mea, M! is
dams l'alle gauohe du chat. au tan
dis que les appartements de la ~
ne file occupaient l'sile dro1ts.
Joennic oonduisit sou p6ra JUS
qu'su seu1i de la chambre, puts
la jeune fila pas>a daus sa
chambre. alluma une lumi4re ct
ousrit la fenetre, puts ellie sac
couda. les yeux fixes sur l'6toile
le corps agit6 de PRISONS g'ao5s.
On ciel d'u: Q puret6 extr6ne,
tout bleu, ave- des myriades de
toll s 80 pendant dams les profon.
deurs insondables de l'azur.
La mer 6tnit Il calme que G, st
q peine 81 on attendait le murmu-
re de ses Yagues |6geres venant
MOURN doucement sur les c.ilioux
du rivsge
On silence profond... une
palx 1nfnie....
Obi que n'tns- ellie p>s dome
pour avoir dies siles, pour pouvoir
dun coup d'ailes rnpide Sc t ans
ro,t,,r v'rs le bien aim6!....
Meis il ny f,lIsit pas 'onger...
Ellie verrait d. loin la lumiere d.
la barque, puts tout d'spar>1;rait..
tout s'e,eindr.it.... tout s'6va-
noui1alt au m,tln CONNIE UNISON
go.
Tout & coup e,p n'7aut Joepn,c
a IN tr-ssalel!emen. brua4ue....
Q.,e se passe-t-ll III tas? q q v q
| nter p'amou1e <?
La bsIq1ea DIS 3aru } les SO
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1898-10-21
III n'6ooutera rien.
-Ponrquoi?
IL ne veut pas que je le quit

-Pourt. mt vons vous marierez?
-Jamais tant gull vivra.
-Pourquo1?
-Je ne sals pas.
Mails il ma pas le droit de
yous s6suestrer alnsl de fermer
votre coeur B tout sentiment, 3
tout amour.
II q jure, ct combien de foisl
que sill surprcnait un homme pres
de moi.... IL me tuerait ct tuerait
est homms.
OIL obi
-Et IL est capable de le faire...
III le ferait.... Je vors en- sup
plio.... Partezl
Les yeux d'Hector etincelerent
dams la mutt.
Isl vous ne creignez que pour
mol, djt.i], ie reste.
cJe vops d6fendrai.
-Qaand vous ne serez plus a..
Isl vous m'a'miez, 81 ]e savais
que vous pensez d mol, is ne vous
%quitterais plus. Je veillersis de
de loiu sur vous.
Mon, non, c'est impossible.
Hector lui prit la main.
-M'allnez vous?
La jeune fila ne r6pondit pas.
Ellie courba la tete ct une rou.
geur ~vlolente empourpra sa joue.
All! 81 je ne vous 6taia pas in.
different, 81 ]e pouvais esp6re1
qu'en travaillant q mon bonheu1
]e travaillerais al votrel
-Qae feriez yous?
-Je vous d6I1Vrerais moi. Je
vous dellYrerais de oette tyrannie,
EFT comment?
--Je vous emports1ais.... Mon
bras est 1. rt.... mon pied est
enr.... Nous nous envolerionE
tous les Geux q travers l'azur...
par le chemln que TAI pris....
Ms barque est en- bas qui attend.
Nous y monterions.
Joenn1o cut IN fremissement,
ma,s el!e dit aussilo1:
-Je De puts pas gutter mon
perez. II en- mourrait.
&c serait III moycn, le seul
moy:.n. Nous nous marlerons, ct,
quend nous serions mari6s, votre
p6re len suis a1r, vous pardonne.
RAFT.
-Jama1s!....Je sortirais d'ici
aTeo "a maledict,on sur ma teta.
cPujs, pour celia, dit tr1stement
Hector, IL fsudrait qua vous mai
miez. II faudrsit que votre amour
fns non pas egal al mien, o. n'est
pas po'sib:e.... mais Y repond1t
an moins un peu. Mas vous ne
m'aimez ras, vous.... Que vous
importent is sorf,acces de cot
Granger qnin volt plus que vous,
pour qui vous etes toute ia lumie-
70, tout IL rayonnement dc la vie
Bile murmura dun. voix d pei
ne perorptible, aveo IN accent de.
douIoureuse ironie:
-Je ne >ous aime pas! Vous
OseZ....
II ~sursauta viol.mm mt.
Un crl do loie vint 3 e ]6'res.
-Vous m'aimeZl
Joenujc inc'ina la tets.
-Vous LIE IL voyez dono pas?
-Vous m'aimezl J'ai o. bon
heu.! j. n'osais pas ie croirel Oil
mai: tenant 10 puts tout, j. suis
fort! Je vous s%auverai ct nous g.
rom heur. ux.
GU, dit la juno fill, je vous
aime. Oct svpu m'cp"re:'ait, Get
aveu N 'etorf at, ct IL ma semble
que ]e sulA plus haureuse, qu" j.
reslire mieux mainteuant que j.
|phi fait. Je vous Anne tel que vous
etes. Ne vors en- et-s-vous pas
apercu ercofe? NJ vous On etes-
vous pas aperca al tremblement
4ui s'empare de moi quand j.
you, vols. N'nv.z.vons pas remar-
que cette lrmiera qui bril]e q ma
fenetre lorsqus la lueur de Vo!re
barqne s'eltuma sur la ho:s.
S.. sl..,. mas j. me re
fusai- 3 | esp6rer.
-O'est rour you. que ce'te Iu-
miAre veiile.... Crat pour Vous
ipdilper q,e votre c@ur nest pas
uanl 4 f.at.ra.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

son TO believe Spain IS seeking the
friendly offices Of the foreign Office.
Indeed, II Is generally thought that the
frequent visits OF the French, Austrian.
Rpssian and Spanish ambassadors TO
h British foreign office IS connected
with the Cuban situation.
The newspapers, reaching n stage
of regarding war between the United
States and Spain as inevitable, are
printing maps Of the rea Of the prob
able operations. details regarding the
fleets and facts containing the troops,
ornaments. preparedness of the medi-
cal staff corps, etc.
The naval experts dwell upon SPANS
Disadvantage in having TO act at such
a distance from her naval naSe. One
high authority recalled an interesting
impression derived abroad from a
Sp2nish m~an-of-wZar, that the element
which will tend seriously to the detri-
ment Of the Spanish navy will be found
in the contempt with which the SUI
periors regard their interiors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
WAR TALK.
Secretary Gage Included Among Cabinet
Members Who Think q Conflict Inevit-

The New York Herard's Washington
correspondent Ths ON &C
tualiy expects war. Think Of SECRETARY
Gage expressing an opinion that war
with Spain IS inevitable: let Secretary
Gage, who SITS in the front pew at
the peace society with Secretary Long.
takes that view with reserve Think
Of Representative GroSvero-. Of Ohio,
making a Desiicose speech in t1e house
and actually piedging n president %
armed intervention. Yet ~A-. G0OS-
venor. who speaks for the president IN
the house OF representatives. today
talked war with al the vigor that Sen
ator Morgan, Of Alabama, Is Won't 10
talk il.
Think Of the navy. that has been
sHan about the president during the
period OF peace policy now spent, burst
ing forth into raptous praise. Yet
Rear Admiral Jousrt, retired. said TO-
day that we would be fighting by the
nddle of mex week., and thai
ley would be in the front rank.
There has been much more Of this
warlike talk than ever Il IS all over
Washington, and ii comes from conseT-
vative sources. The suggestion Is
thrown out that men in close touch
with the president are talking in this
manner for moral effect on Spain. The
effect Of Secretary Cages prediction
n Mr.. GrosvenoC's o~utbuTst, when
caJbled at Madrid, would be to show
Spain the full responsibility she may
take.-Baltimore Sun.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
A YOUNG

Have you two or three nice beef
tongues?" asked the new housekeeper.
Not today, ma'am," replied the
butcher, but I can order them for
you. How many did you say you
wanted?"
Two or three"
Whole tongues?"
Yes, sir"
You must have made a mistake.
Have you any idea of the size of a beef
tongue? I know there are only two in
your family, and / can't see how you
could eat all that"
L want three whole beef tongues"
Very we'll, ma'am; you know your
own business best But perhaps You
want them picked or in brine"
Il said I wanted them fresh Have
them by tomorrow, please"
That night the young housewife 0 n
fessed TO her husband. Il made a mis-
take, Of course. I thought a beef
tongue was about the same size as my
own tongue. But I wasn't going to ad-
NIT to that man that I didn't know
anything about housekeeping. I would
not even ask him nov much the three
tongues would cost. I'll buy them to-
morrow, If it bankruptS us, and then
TIL never trade with that impairment
man again.'-From the Buffalo Elk
press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
GERMAN PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Increasing I'm Favor of the United States in
the Dispute with Spain-Emperor Will
lAm's Opinion on the Maine Disaster

Copyrighted by Associated Press.)
Berlin, April 2.-The sentiment in
Germany, in official and unofficial
circles early today. was hat h His
pano-American crisis has vered con
sideraibly during the course Of the week
and is NOW decidedly more favorable
to the United States. This, it is as
serted, is partly due to the moderation
of President Mckinley and the conserv-
at1Ve manner in which the United
States Minister, General Stewart L..
Woodford has delt with the authorities
ait Madrid and, partly, TO the bitter
ness ~engendered by the alleged WantOn
attack OF a band of insurgents upon
the German uga refinery at Gamma
maba, in the Trinidad district of the
province of Santa Clara, and the muir
der of four persons connected with the
refinery on March 18th, which mas
taught Germany that Spain is unable
to protect even the lives of foreigners
in Cuba.
The newspapers here are also chang
ing their tone and now cOncede, in the
main, the justice of the American de-
mands, acknowledging that Washing
tom has acted with moderation.
The Cologne Gazette, The Vossische
Z uIAS L <AlLCI5IlCI, anu juliet ICd1-
ing newspapers highly eulOgize Presi-
dent McKinley's calm craftsmanship
and express confidence that whatever
he ultimately decides will be dictated
by reaSOn
The United States ambassador, An
drew d. White, in an interview, said
that while he a not formally inquir-
ed of the German government what
it's ATTITUDE would be in the even of war,
he had, nevertheless, been repeatedly
assured informally by Baron Won Bue-
low that Germany will in no case as
sumo an ~unfriendly attitude toward the
United States, % join in any possible
combination of the powers having that
end in view.
In regard to Emperor Williams per
sonal views, Mr.. White said his MAJESTY
a been grossly misrepresented by the
foreign press. The emperor has re-
peatedly given Mr.. White to under
stand that he felt most favOrably uls-
posed toward the UNIFIED States and
his sympathies are with the United
States in this crisis.
1t is learned on uneXceptiOnal author
ity that, SO far from The Sunday Spec
ial's dispatches from Berlin of Satur-
day last being Emperor Williams
views, soon after the loss of the battle
ship Maine, during a dinner Party, his
majesty asked a number of adnITalS
for her opinion as to the cause of The
disaster. The admirals thought it Was
due to an internal explosion, where
upon the emperor briefly remarked that
he differed with them. Since then he
has repeated his opinion ON several DC
casiOns.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
WEEK IS NOW HERE

I'D to $500 each. We a suit all. We
sell good Hats at a low price. We
make our money on the quantity OF
Millinery business we do.
Come and iook at our new Silks We
have just received, in finsst styles. in
stripes and plaids, Tafe:as IL China
ard Washable silk. from 1Sc To $780,
Ladies' Silk Skirts at $500 and $500
Ladies' wo-sted Skirts from 7Sc TO
$3.50. Ladies' Linen Crash Skirts at sSc-
Ladies' Dress Goods at all prices. all
new styles and pretty goods.
Mems and Boys Ciothing-Men's
Suits, made Of good wool cheviot, IN
blue and black. at $500 a suit. Nic
we'll made suits. Good. fine odd Goats
at $3.50 and SEQ. Gcntlemcn's Spring
Suits from AS 10 $1,000 n suit. We
sell nice Clay Worsted Suits from 500
to $1,000.
Come 70 the Big Racket Store Tor
bargains this week al H. North Front
Street. opposite The orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
THE OMEN OF THE OWL

-
You heah dat?" said Uncle William
to the little pickaninny who was
crouching at his feet. You heah dat,
don your"
It was Late at night and an owl had
screamed on the roof,
Oars d murder gwine on some
whar's,' he continued. zen somebody
wuz killed when dat owl hollered. I
never knowed it ter fail. De owl In DE
KILN business hisself, en- he know des
whit gwine on in de dark night"
The ~pickaninny crawled under the
bed clothes and covered his head. The
owl screamed again and few away.
Trouble, troubled" muttered the old
man, zen SIGH a cold rainy night fer
it! ] shouldn't wonder ef some er dem
l~ow-country niggers amt turn fool
ergin en- put dey neck in de moose"
There was a knock on the door. a
shufling OF feet outside, and he heard
his name called. In trembling tones:
open de do, Uncle William. fer God
sake!"
picious, n he called through the win
~dow-chink:
Whit has you been a-do!n' OF now7
Whut fotch you heah. 50 late?"
open de 10! Open de do'-quick!"
Uncle William loosened the chain a
little way. when the man outside threw
his weight against the door and forced
an entrance.
He crouched, painting. IN a dark cor
ner Of the cabin.
"Whut a you done uow?' repeated
Uncle William. II amt gwine harbor
you less o tell me-whut has you
done? Don't you see you scarf de boy
ter deth?"
The little pickaninny was sitting up
In bed. screaming Justify.
"Dey's outside dar." said the man
o de groun'; but-wait 'twell I ketch
my breath. Go out en- fotch EN- IN"
Uncle William peered out in the dark
ness, and saw what appeared TO be a
wen-flled crocus sack lying on the
ground.
"You's Killed somebody" he said, zen
cut him up, en put him in dat sack.
en- dragged him ter my do'-you devfl.
you!"
mo, ] amt" said the man, and he
reached out-looked furtively around
l~istening-and then dragged tn sack
tnside.
He drew forth: One turkey, two
ducks and five fat hens!
"Dey gimme a close race fer half er
mile" said the man, but I lodged 'em.
en- made fer yo' place"
Wen, / declar!" said Uncle william.
feeling the fowls, II thought frum de
way o come. dat you'd been a-kiiin'
somebody! En- heah IT is-nuttin' but
chickens! But dey des ez fat ez but
ter! Stir dat fire. en- put on de pot.
But-Lawd; Lawd! / thought FUN de
way dat owl hollered dat somebody
had been -doin er somerhtn' wrong.
en- hit tu'ns out ter be muffin but
chickens! Wen, well! But, Jim!"
Here he held up a warning finger.
II fs'senfn' ter your"
You orter quit yo' meanness en- fine
de church! You pick the en-
IN pic de Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
ton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
Hon. Chas. r. Thomas, Craven's Candi
date for Congress

Hon. Charles R. Thomas, of Craven,
will probably be the democratic candi-
late for congress in the Third congress
sional district. The Newbernian, in a
recent issue, says:
"Mr. Thomas is one of the leading
lawyers at the legal bar of Craven
county, and is a gentleman skilled in
his profession, one in whose patriot
ism and ability the people have con-
dence, and whose record as a polit1-
elan is clean and invulneraGble. He
was in the last national campaign, the
elector for the Third congressional dis
trict and made not only a thorough but
an able canvass of the district, ably
advocating the cause of free silver
Which was the paramount issue then,
as it will be this year, before the peo-
pie of the district. His personal popu-
larity among all classes and conditions
of men is such as to place him pre-
eminently above all competitors as
the most available candidate for the
nomination.
1T is important hat a congressman
be elected this year whose fidelity to
the cas- of the betterment of the fnan-
cial condition of our people is nQues
toned. It is n crying need of the
times that the principles erunciated
in the Chicago platform, and which are
embodied i'm the country's candidate
for the presidency, namely, w. J.
Bryan, be entrusted to the discretion
of suitable men to insure their adop-
ton by the next congress-; and there
fore it behooves every loyal advocate
of the free coinage of silver TO use
their influence to bring about such a
combination Of circumstances as will
attain the end desired. The populists
and democrats can work very harmon
iously together on this issue, and we
know of no man in h Third district
upon whom the two parties could more
agTeeably concentrate their forces
than Charles r. Thomas. Let it be
done"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

And the season for new Spring Hats
and Dresses has come. We have made
special efforts his season 70 meet the
demand of the trade. We want your
business. and to please You we VIII
make special low prices and show yuu
more new goods and prettier styles
thar any Easter before. We have
three First Class Milltners and three
Sales Ladies in our Millinery depart
mert. We a Hats. trimmed and
untrimmed: all kinds OF Sailors and
Shapes. We have about 5000 rolls Of
pretty new Ribbon. 100 dozen punches
~ new Flowers, 400 yards OF fine SILK
Yelling. 5000 yards OF Lace.
Our Spring Easter Hats are beauti-
fui. We can sell . a NC Hat,
nicely trimmed in new stplish ribbon.
two punches Of flowers. good fancy
edge Leghorn Hat at 75c zach. Beau
tiful Hats II S.00, s1.25 and $50, Nice
made Hats. made OF lace and chiffon,
nicely trimmed, at 1925. $500 s4.o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
Notional Guard Given Preference over
NOlunfeers
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., April at is announced
that it will be necessary for any men
who wish to. see active service in case
of hostilities to join the national guard
as privates and work their way up as
other men have done; in other words,
that they will have to so through the
channel of the national guard. This is
the decision of the war department, and
the reason is hat it is not though fair
to those men who nave gone into the ma
tional guard and served for years per-
lhaps to be deprived Of their privilege Of
going to the front first. The adjutant
general says There are many applica-
tions being received at this office to or
ganize reserve militia and home guards
in the event of war, and you are au-
thorized to say it is worse than useless
for persons to send in such applications,
as only troops prepared for service in the
field will be accepted at this time
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

WllkesDOro Chronicle: Who can now
say that Wilkes is not getting a move
on herself. Mrs. Ida Filler was granted
a divorce here late Wednesday after
noon. Fifteen minutes later marriage
license was issued for her marriage 10
Deputy Sheriff Nathan Wyatt. OF Union
township. and not long afterwards ESQ.
Somers tied the knot for hem.-Ther
was a little shooting out at Joe Harris
cOlored last Sunday afternoon. The
scene Of the shooting is within a half
mile Of where the killing OF Rich Har-
ris occurred. Sunday afternoon one Tom
Ooy, colored, shot John Peden, colored
with a shot gum. Some seventy-five shot.
number s, took effect, mostly in his left
leg The wounds are not thought TO be
dangerous.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
CALL FOR TROOPS EXPECTED
THE STATE GUARD WILL GO IN
CANT AT RALEIGH.

Death of Mrs. Omega H. F~oster-Steps to
Secure an Army Post at .Ralei"h-De
fenseless Condition of Beaufort Harbor-
Arrested for Passing Counterfeit Silver
DoIiars-Commander Morton's Report on
serves
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
GEO. 0 GAYLORD, Proprietor

p .s-Dont forget ito bring your card and get it punched ard get ne OF
ar ,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

You can draw your own conclusion
from the fact that there isn't enough
truth in existence TO keep tongues OF
goSsips constantly wagging.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

The Progress a the colored people
of Washington are organizing a company
with the view of going in the service in
case there Is war with Spain.