davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Mr. Henry James's story In "Cosmopolis
marks, will venture TO say. the apex Of his
art Time was when Daisy Miller" seemed in
its clear charm his masterpiece; but Mr.. James
evidently has no taste for the style Of his earlier
years As ne has moved toward maturity he has
become more and more involved. he has wreaked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Some recent lines Of Mr.. Clinton Scollards In
"9crbners Magazine" have logged Mr.. Austin
BLOSSOMS memory about that Booksellers
Plea" which we reprint on another page We
give II this ttle--although il is called odd Eng
sh Song in Alexander Irelands "Book-LOver's
Enchiridion"-b because according to Mr.. DObsOn
1t written by Mr. John Wilson. bookseller
OF London who died in 1889. He told Mr.. DobsOn
that he had composed the verses and inserted
them in Of his second hand catalogues. We
can well believe that Mr.. Wilson was a book
seller Of that elder race who loved books almost
too well To sell them" Lamb would have loved
the bookseller who was capable of such gen
timely poetic flight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
readers Of the next century should care to see
so much as a page OF 1t.

Mr. Bafour. like Lord Rosebery and other
English statesmen. likes to discourse ABOUT
literature now and then, but according to let
ter in The Scotsman" he has discoursed once
too often The latter is written by Mr.. william
Black and runs follows: al tins pacilc
season OF the year, would you allow perfectly
obscure person to endeavOr TO calm the per-
turbed spirit Of Mr. A. j. Balfour? lie appears
TO be agitated about the probable future OF the
novel AT Edinburgh the other day he spoke OF
the obvious difficulty which noVelists no" ma
in getting hold Of appropriate subjects toT ths.r
art to deal with: and again he SAID, with douDe-
full grammar. Where, gentlemen. Is the hoVeIlSt
to find a new vein? Every country mas Deei
ransacked to obtain theatres ON which tnelr
imaginary characters are 10 show themselves
Off and so forth. Mr.. Bafour may reassure
himself. SO long as the world holds two men
ard maid or two maids and man, the novel
list has abundance OF material. and there ~ no
reed To search for a theatre while we nave
around US the imperishable theatre OF the sea
and the sky and the hills. II Mr.. Balfour can
not master these simple and elementary prop
ositions then it would be well for him TO remain
altogether outside the domain of literature
and to busy himself (when not engaged in party
politics. with some more reconcile subject
bmetalsm.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Mr. Archer NJ Huntington introduces modeSuy
his Mote Book in Northern Spain but it Is a
hook nevertheless, upon which it was wise for
the Putnams to lavish the best OF press"ork
The volume is less readable than eNterhaliy
attractive the text having been prepared with
as much care as has been expended on the Illus
trations Mr. Huntington had rofoundly IN
teresting section Of Spain to explore. The Soutn
has been surveyed almost too much the North
has certainly been traversed too little Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
LITERARY NOTES.

The Macmillan Company will publish trans
lation of ZOla's Paris" this week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Mr.. Austin Dobson has just brought out an
enlarged and revised edition Of his volume on
william Hogarth. The illustrations Of this
volume excellent
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
CHRISTMAS

The Messenger sends hearty greeting
to all of it's readers. May the season be
joyous and happy. May decorum mark
the day, the one day of all others, that
sent the birth of the Son Of God, the
hope of a lost world. 1t is probably
not the actual day in which Jesus
Christ was born of the Virgin, but it
answers as we'll as any day would ans
wer, for the precise day is not known.
1t is intended to be a Christian festival
and not a pagan ~saturnalia. Remem-
Der that. The devout, sincere Chris
tians in many lands and representing
many branches of the one Church of
God will assemble for worship. In that
they viii give token of their earnest
convictions and express to the world
their devotion and their love of the
pure, holy, sinless Son, the founder of
Christianity. Let charity abound. Let
love go out in manifold expression.
Let the Fatherhood of God teach us
the Brotherhood of man. Let the lives
of the people be brought into o n
formity with the requirements of God,
and in complete subordination to His
Will. May the day be wisely, humane
ly, pleasantly spent. A Merry Christ
mas to one and all!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
HIDDEN HISTORY REVEALD
The Knives Found with Which Cen.
eral Morgan and His Companions
Worked Their Way Out of the Ohio
Peniteutiary

Columbus, Ohio, December 24.-Ofi-
Gals of the penitentiary today succeed
ed in finding a knife that was probably
secreted by Thomas w. Bullet. of
Louisville, Ky, who was one Of the
Morgan raiders, who was imprisoned
with the famous confederate prisoner
during the civil war. and who was one
of the number to escape from the pris-
on. Mr.. Bullet recently told how and
where he had secreted the knife and
expressed the belief that it was still
in the place where he put it years ago.
1t was said that the knife was one OF
fourteen which the prisoners of war
a made, which was hidden when the
tact OF their possession was exposed.
Ihe place of concealment was said to
nave been in an airshaft used as a VEN
tllatOr, and after persistent Search il
was found at the bottom, where it~had
dropped some time since the raiders
left the prison. 1t was rust-eaten and
the handle of wood had nearly rottei
away. A second knife was also found
in the tunnel.
The discovery is OF special interest
since Ii settled a much mooted point
the means of escape of the prisoners.
The most of the prison officials be-
lleve that the first knife is the one de-
scrlbed by Mr.. Bullet, and if that be
lrue il proves beyond question that he
Morgan raiders made their escape. as
has always been claimed. by the tun-
mel route and not by the aid or con-
~nivance of any of the prison officials.
This point is given emphasis, too. by
the fact as stated by Mr.. Bullet. thai
the raiders took no stock in warder
Marion. in fact. disliked him. but he
was anxious that the truth should be
known for the truth of history and
IN order to relieve the warden's mem
Org Of n Odium that might have at
| tached TO II by reason Of the escape or
General Morgan and his six compan-
/ ions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
THE HIGH TARIFFS FAILURE TO
REDUCE EXPORTS.

Read lg republican high tariff tax
organs you would conclude, If not in
formed, hat the present protection
dragnet was a great success in pro-
ducing revenue n in developing COM
merce. Quoth these organs of oppres-
sive "robbery"-the name a republican
supreme court of the United States
it was said that a high tariff would
shut out foreign importations n shut
in American productions. But, they
urge, the present tariff (highest ever
known has not acted in that way for
while importations are large the ex-
ports have been incomparably greater
than ever before. But they do not stop
to consider that the observation-disclosures
robber tax caused a deficit of $50, OOO, 900
the first year of his operation, and that
the defects for the next year will be
it is estimated, basing it upon treasury
statements, at 800, 900, 900.
AS to the great export trade, it will
be remembered that the specious. ster-
eotyped plea of manufacturers and
their political agents and tools, has
been that unless American goods We're
protected by a bounty-a high tax lev
led for their benefit-that it wOuld be
impossible for such goods to compete
"at home" with foreign manufactures,
that would come in and command the
home market But this was not all.
The advocates of "robber" taxation in
sisted that unless congress would give
them the great bounty that they could
not compete in other and foreign mar
kets with the productions of rival
| countries. And they made political
simpletons and men of lax moral views
| believe or say that this high protection
tax was ~right-that it was honest, fair
and moral for 100 Peters TO be robbed
10 pay one Paul.
The high tariff experiences latterly
have been a great surprise to these fell
| lows and their superanuated barney.
h exports have enormously increas-
| ed including manufactured goods in
vast quantities. While im~portations
| fell off, the Chinese Wall arrangement
shutting out foreign competition
the exports of produce n manufac-
tured goods increased immensely. The
old rule has failed. The Dingley tariff
has failed to put up goods to the ole
artificial level of former years. The
New York Evening Post explains how
the present very high tariff failed tc
work out results anticipated. We copy
this:
For many years the tariff-makers
and the protected manufacturers &C.
complished their purpose. the result be
ing that we could not compete in thu
export market with European export,
ers. Dingley, too,s would have STRUCK
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

Senator German, of Maryland, is at
tracing attention by his recent speech
in the United States senate on the
menac of a big army. He showed
what would be the effect OF expansion
on the army-that 1T would have to be
a large standing army, instead of the
one of moderate size that this country
had a year ago. He has nothing but
apprehension for a permanent stand
ing army and says it is TO him simply
abhorrent. If the reader will turn ID
Macaulay and read of the struggle OF
the bloody tyrant James II to secure
a standing army of 20. 900 or 80, 900, and
how he was opposed in this movement
n how it was dreaded, and how il
burdened the people, and how the ty-
ant abused his opportunities, a lesson
for people now living farther down the
stream of time nay be learned. The
policy of a great standing army in a
supposed, theoretical, republic, is OF
very questionable safety, and gives
promise Of great burdens upon the peo-
pie in the future. Military men are
united in demanding a great army
The people are the masters as yet, an(
they should be wary of innovation, ant
be careful not to make buttons theil
masters. Senator German said tina
such an army as was asked for wa:
unnecessary" He aid
Il oppose that movement, believing
as 1 lave always believed and as nov
believe, that a well-regulated militia
with a small standing army and perfec
faith in the good common sense and pa
be required to maintain order within
our borders. That a small increase ha
become necessary in view of recent oc
currences, I admit.
He clearly sees, as all observant me-
see, that our country needs and mus
have coaling stations in other parts O
the world. He glories in the prospec
of wider m and hence wide
opportunities and appliances. He sal
impressively and patriotically:
4 have not, I do not now, I will no
at any time, take the position upon thi
floor that the American people will nc
take advantage-prOper, conservative
advantage-Of the outcome of the wa
with Spain; that the Anglo-Saxon wi
permit himself here, or wherever h
may be, simply to stand still and mar
time, without having an objective poir
for advancement in all that goes t
make a nation great, including il
commerce"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

sacrificing mission that was which
brought the Eternal Son from the
courts of glory! He "emptied Him.
SELF that in the form of man He
should redeem from the burdens. the
thraldom, the thought, the curse
of sin all who wouid come unto Him
and live. We are His people and the
sheep of His pasture. 1t is US He would
save from sin and death. and bring to
us life and immortality. He came 20 be
born here a child that we too might
be born again" through His sacriiciai
death, and by the power Of the Holy
Ghost. But mark, His birth was not
like our birth, unto sin and sorrow,
"but like His birth, u and without
spot" He came from Heaven, laying
aside all of the p~re-extent glory, in
which He had dwelt from everlasting,
and taking upon Himself the form Of
a servant. He became a Savior. He
was made flesh, that we might walk in
the Spirit" He dwe1t among us on
! earth that we might dwell with Him in
Heaven. Let us lay to heart this great
mystery VI guinness 1cd was IHdli-
| fest in the flesh" And yet there are
beguided, mistaught people who reject
Jesus as Divine. An English author
says well and simply: I'VE were lost;
and He was born to save us. We were
fallen; and He came to lift us up. We
were weak; and He gives us strength;
! dead, and He raises us to life" In al
the ages this is the profoundest mys'
terry and the deepest, widest, most po'
tential -truth-God manifest in tn
flesh. Holiness in this life, AM
Heaven in the next, these are the new
faculties, this the new inheritance, o
our true Christian nativity" Well ma.
the world sing loud Hosannas unto tn
Christ, King of Kings and Lord 0
Lords, the Messias of the race. B
thanks be to God, who giveth US tn
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
l Cor. xv:57.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
wilsin. y. G. December 81.
This morning at l O'Clock the fire
alarm was sounded. The fire company
quickly responded and found the brick
building on West Tarboro street envol-
oped in a cloud OF smoke. The fire was
soon located in the store occupied by
Farmer & Co, grocers, and, though
the flames had burst through the top
and front OF the store the white and
colored companies, n in front ana
the other in the rear ~ the building.
by the most energetic and well direct
ed efforts, confined the fire To one
building and ~extinguished II before 1t
could spread further. This store was
about the centre of "A brick block in
the very heart of the business portion
Of the town and the successful work
Of our firemen in staying the spread OF
the flames and thus saving thousands
OF dollars worth OF most valuable
property, While a matter for general
congratulation. shows the value of our
volunteer fire company and the excel
lence of our system OF water works.
The fire appears TO have been the
well planned work OF an incendiary
and will doubtless be thoroughly in
vestigated. Farmer 81 Co. lost their en-
tire stock, which was insured for $4,000.
J. J. Privett, jeweler, neyt door,
lac his stock badly damaged by re-
novel and water: insurance $500. The
buildings owned by Mr.. +. n. Mercer
were badly damaged, his store being
occupied by Farmer & Co. almost n
complete loss.
Mr.. w. D.. Ruffin sustained a slight
loss by removal Of a portion OF his
stock and from water.
Kinsey seminary closed for the hol-
idays Wednesday night with a concert
which was highly enjoyed by the Wis
itors. This school has a full attend
ance of pupils and has been doing fine
work this year.
Several marriages are predicted as
soon as the holidays are over.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
A ADDRESS.

Lord Roseberry, who succeeds to the
Great Britain upon the retirement of
Harcourt, who is out Of touch with his
party, is one of the most gifted of the
nobility and one of the most highly
cultured. He did not make a particu-
larly successful leader when he sue
ceeded Mr.. Gladstone. He delivered at
Edinburgh an address on Literary
Statesmen" that was replete with lit
erary interest and markedly happy in
places. 1t was delivered on the occa-
sion of his becoming the seventh pres
ident of the Edinburgh Philosophical
Institute. Among the presidents before
him were such extraordinary men as
John Wilson (the Kit North of
"Blackwood's Magazine'); Lord
Brougham, Thomas Carlyle, Lord
Macaulay and w. E. Gladstone. He
devoted no little Of his time to a SYM
pathetic, appreciative discussion of the
great statesman with whom he was as
ISOLATED in government. He knew the
grand old man" as few public men
knew him, and he a a high view of
him, as he so richly merited, but not
men have had. In the very opening
of his address he referred to him in
this fine literary strain, in which he
showed discrimination and observation.
while telling of what his predecessor in
office could ave done if standing IN
his own place to speak to them:
He could have proffered at once as
the great attraction a course of lee
lures on Homer, and, with scarcely less
OF zeSt, a course of lectures on Dante.
But after these were exhausted, if, in
deed, his love and enthusiasm with re-
Spect to these subjects could ever have
been exhausted, he could have given
the entire course OF subject after sub
ject for winter after winter with ever
fresh knowledge and fire. And the au-
diences would have packed the hall
night after night, almost indifferent to
the topic, SO long as they could watch
the inexhaustible play of his features
n listen to the matchless melody of
his voice. (Cheers.) You viii gather
from these words that I regard Mr..
Gladstone as the ideal president of this
institution, that, had he been able to
devote himself as a country neighbor
10 your business. That may seem
small praise for one who held SO COM
handing a place in the British Empire
and the world at large. But l am only
speaking OF one Mr.. Gladstone. There
were a hundred G1adstones."
He pointed to Gladstone's great cul-
tiyation, his ability in statecraft. his
many-sidedness, his extraordinary
combination of manifold gifts. In 4
superb passage he a Y of the great
man gone forever and ever by" as
some poet said of some one else, we
| forget whom:
MI. Gladstone was a great deal more
than a remarkable man. He was a
number of remarkable men, and, as
soon as he heard the clash of a con1ict
in which he saw, or thought he saw
the righteous fighting the unrighteous
the fighting Gladstone could not re.
strain himself and left his tent for thu
battle. taking the bookish Gladstone
somewhat reluctantly with him"
Lord Roseberry also dwells admirins
ly on Lord Aacaulay and hia rare en-
dowments.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
NAVAL STORES.

iiSeS SdAic ody last year, JtSc.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine firm; machine bar
rels 42c; country barrels 411zc.
Rosin nominal at 97hc and $1.02r.
Tar-F!rm at $1.10.
Crude turpentine firm at $3.50 and
$3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
;urpentine 30A and 30hc; rosln Sl15
and s1.20; tar s1.o5; crude t%urpentine
s1.40 and $40.
Receipts today-44 casks spirits tur-
pentine, PAT barrels rosin, 295 barrels
tar, 8 barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts to same day last years.
casks spirits ~turpentlne. al barrels
rosin, LAG barrels tar. Z barrels crude
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-45 to soc.
Rice-Lowlands. SOC TO $1.i0; upis.a2.
CSC to SOC. on basis Of IS pounda To
bushel.
Corn-47 TO tsc.
Corn meaH45c. +
Cow PeaS-50 to Coo.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10 to
lie; shoulders, 6h to 7c; sides to
SIC.
Ch~ickens-Ffrm: spring 10 10 i2rc:
hence. IA to lsc; ROSTERS, IL 20 Ice.
Eggs-Steady at l5c.
Shingles-Per 1000 Ave inch, hearts
and saps. $1-s0G2.lo; six inch. s2.50fn
$50.
Timber at $500 to s5.co Der 1.eoo feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

down this trade. IL his scheme for rails
ing domestic prices had succeeded. but
the development of domestic capital
and American common sense was
stronger even than Dingley. The pro-
tective tariff now resembles the old
blue laws OF New England: Ii may.
like them, be made a petty annoyance
to our citizepS, but sensible people
laugh at Ii"
Five years ago in South American cit
les American hardware competed easily
with English, French and German
manufacturers and 1000 miles from
New York. There was no bounty ID
help them then.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

Richmond. Va, December 24.-In the
Henrico county court today the second
trial OF James Penrose Carter for kill
ing Charles +. Moore, was brought to
a close by the jury failing to agree.
and being discharged. . The ease has
excited unusual interest. The jury
stood: For acquittal G. for hanging r.
for Imprisonment l.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
Critical Condition Of a WOULD be
Suicide

Norfolk. Va, December 2i.-The con
dition Of Captain Frederick Cotton.
who e~ndeavored to commit suicide at
the Gladstone hotel yesterday morning
by shooting himself in the right ear.
too an unfayorable urn late this af-
ternoon. The physicians at St. Vim
cents hospital, to which Cotton vas re
moved shortly after his rash act think
he VII hardly survive the night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
WILMINGTON. n. G.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1898
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
CHRISTMAS

I cannot always know and understand
The Masters rule;
I cannot always do the tasks He gives
In life's hard school:
But l am learning with His help to
solve
Them one by one,
And when I cannot understand to say,
''Thy will be done"
Gertrude Benedict Curtis, in The Ad-
vance
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

This is the good time of the year for
Christians to examine themselves
closely, to scrutiniZe within, and to see
what is wrong and unholy and offensive
to Cod. The Christian is a disciple Of
Christ. he tries to resemble Christ so
far as he can in all things. He essays
day by day to be faithful and conse-
scrated and spiritual minded-to be
like Christ, the Great Exemplar. To
be like Him is to be pure and just and
meek and loWly and long-suffering and
sympathetic and gracious in character
and full Of love to God and our neigh
Dor. A northern religious paper, The
Presbyterian, not long ago wrote of the
name christian and what it implies
and demands:
'It is the lovliest and best of appela-
tions-one in which the hottest, great
est, nobleSt and freest of spirits lave
gloried and who now shine as stars
with increasing brilliance and beauty
in Heavens irmanen throughout al
eternity. 1t is the name whose glory
is deathless, whose fame shall live
when earthly titles and distinctions
shall have been buried in oblivion. II
is q name of nobility, of purity, of love
and of exaltatiOn.
"To truly bear the name-to be al
that it really imports-is worthy of thu
highest ambition and of the greatest
effort of man. He who is a Christian
is intimately and indissolubly united &c
Christ and linked to the Godhead. HI
is connected with all the good in heav-
en- and on earth. God owns him as 6
son; angels minister unto him; anC
heaven awaits his coming. All things
are his-life, death, things present ant
things to cOme. Blessed attainment
Honored all who have made it!'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
NAVAL STORES

V STORES.
.Savannah-Spirits turpentine at s41c
bid: sales So; receipts SGT. Rosin Arm:
sales LIT; receipts 4,72s. Quote: A Y
c d E S1.00. r 31.05. G s1.15. H SI.s0. I
$1.40. X S1.55. n 31.65, N SITS. w q
32.05, w w $3.50.
Observation-Disclosures market 6c.n
at SIC; sales none. Rosin irm and ua,
changed; sales none.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

The Spanish Transatlantic Line
steamer Colon from Havana December
18th, arrives at CadiZ. She has on
board $500 repatriated Spanish troops.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27

For unto us a child is born, unto us
a Son is given; and the government
shall be upon His shoulder; and His
name shall be Wonderful, Counsellor.
the Mighty God, the Everlasting Faith
er. the Prince Of Peace.-Isiah ix:6.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-27
g -
ynTAhsnSs

Are cheap gecause sold direct TO fam
lilies at factory prices,
There is nothing cheap in their con-
struction az Thousands of well salts.
ned ustor.iers can testify
Aoor.ess our factory representative
R. L. HUFFNES.
Wilmington, y. c.