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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
A Trade Worth Having.

The import trade of south and Cen
trail American, including the West In
dies, is $500, 600, 900 annually. This
trade is nearly all in manufactured
gods. OF this mou the United
Staes, the nearest n5ighbor of the
Latin-Amerfcan States, and bound to
them by the sentimental as we'll as
practical ties in similarity of form of
government, furnish about $50, 600. 900.
or a 10 per cent. The balance of
this enormous n profitable trade is
brought across the Atlantic from tire
manufactures Of England, Germany,
France, Belgium, italy and other Eu-
ropean countries.
Besides being the nearest neighbor of
these American republics, we are by
far the largest purchaser of their own
products. No other country begins to
consume as much Cuban sugar, Bra
lillian coffee, hides from Bolivia and
Argentina and rubber from the Anna
zon delta, as we, n if our people
were inspired with the shrewdness in
trade with which they are usually
credited, they would see to IT that the
steamers which brought these rawpro
ducts to our shores went back freight
ed with the products of American
mills, mines and factories.
Why do we. cut so Insignificant a
figure in the trade of the Latin-Amer-
lean States? Chiefly because we have
been repelfing trade, instead Of in
viting it, and expecting these people
to adapt themselves to our goods, fash
ions customs instead of studying their
wants and customs and making goods
to supply their needs. German and
English manufacturers have adapted
their goods to Spanish!Amerfcan
wants, and have secured their custom.
We have failed to do this, and have
lost 1t. That in a nutshell Is the ex-
PLANTATION of why less than 800. 600, 900
of Latfn-American annual purchases
are made in the United States. and
more thar $500, 900. 900 are made In
Europe.-Phi1adelphia Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
Clothing & Underwear.

Dur Clothing and Underwear are
special sellers. We have a big stock
OF suits for gents. at all prices and
can save o money on boys and
mems Clothing.
Come to this old Racket Store for
bargains n be convinced that we are
not all gas. We live up to what we
say. We buy all goods for the cash.
and like to sell them the same way,
as the mighty dollar makes us hustle.
You will find us at liz North Front
Street, opposite the Orion Hotel, near
the P~ostofflce. with the largest stock
OF goods Of n house in the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
THE TIME Of THE YEAR
Has come for me to Take Stock, which I shall
begin January 18th, and I nave
only one week to move

Remnants n short lengths in Dress
Goods OF all kinds. A big lot OF short
lengths in Worsteds and CashmeTeS.
that / viii sell less than cost now. from
, to 5z and 6 yards lengths. A big lot
Of ehavy ! want TO move at a cheap
price. Fine seamless ch1idren's long
leg Hose. in brown. blue and tan. at
SC a pair, regular 15c Hose. Also a big
line OF Ladies' Capes just received. 4
Il fur trimmed Cape, hong collar.
at 81. a special value. \ line OF fine
fur long Capes, worth $40, nice new
goods. to sell. a leader al $4.25. Astrican
Capes at at S1.15. Plush Capes. sass.
Cloaks at all prices from 75c TO s..
Come to see me and get sone Of the
goods YOU VIII see in this advertise
mentt, Is / am very anxious to sell and
make room for spring goods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
Carpets and MattinSs.

Have been moving or late. Cuis
stock in this line Is very large and we
are very anxious to make sales. In
grain Carpets from 70. -. -. IS. 80. A..
30 and so cents. Brussels Carpets from
Is, 80, So and 90 cents. Moquet a r
pets at 65 cents. worth 81 elsewhere.
Carpet Paper 3i5 ard 4 cents per yard.
Mating, new pattnrs, at lea. Is. Is.
and 90 cents. very cheap and good
value. Curtain Piles, brass trim
mings-oak. maple, walnut ami cherry
at IS cents eaSn. Complete window
Shades. 5 by 6 feet. at - cents, made
OF best OPAQUE linen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
HOME FOLKS.

There are reported in the chatta-
nooga Tradesman for January 147 cot
ton mills, with 852, 221 spindles, manu-
featuring 267,615. If there are errors in
this our state statistical department
should o after it and force the
Tradesman to correct.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
New oRfma6f

Washington, January 13.-The president
today appointed N. Clifford Nichols post.
master at Leesburg. Va, and JOS. j. Mar
tin postmaster at Tarboro, N. G.
The following fourth-cIass postmasters
have been appointed for North Carolina.
Baldwin, Silar G. Blackburn; Colington
Sarah A. Burgess; Pactolus. John T
Mobley; Powellsville, W. E. Bennett:
Wentworth. John G. Mitchell: Wichard
Henry G.. Wichard: York collegiate insti.
tute. Mrs. E. P. Cherry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

Tulane University, of Louisiana, has
honored itself by comforting the degree
of LII. d. upon Hon. Hannis Taylor,
late minister to Spai~ He has written
a volume that has received higher
praise from scholarly and critical
sources than any other work ever pre-
pared by a southern born a We
refer to his work on the constitutional
history of England. He is at work
upon the second volume, and we sup
pose it is far advanced towards COM
pletion, as it is some five years ago
since the first volume was ISSUED from
the press. When completed it will no
doubt rank with the greatest produc-
tions of the kind. He is a superior
man, a lawyer, a man of unDlemished
character a native North Carolinian,
born at Newbern, the once famou
town between the Trent and the Neuse.
North Carolina notices with much i'm
terest the growing fame of her most
distinguished living son and trusts that
additional honors await him. The Mes
senger has announced, the first paper
to do so, that he had been invited to
address the literary socities at the
next commencement of the university
of North Carolina. He has accepted
the invitation, and a very cordial greet
ing awaits him. Doubtless many of
the prominent men of the state will be
present to near him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
ONLY A GAMR OF BLUFF.
But COLONEL ALEX. ANDREWS
COULD NOT BE BLUFFED.

Railway Commissioner Back Down
From the Contempt rrcceedings-They
Want to Know How Many Free Passes
Ohio Wilson Has and why the Southern
Express Company Dead Heads Russ~li's
Garden Truck-Anairs In n Bad Way ut
the State Farms-PopuIists Chuckllng
Over Misfortunes OF Republican Once
Holders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

young sportinsS men are $500 shoes
elsewhere. and 1ny Racket price Is only
$500. We Children's Shoes OF
every class. fronh baby shoes al lee a
pair to school shtes for IS. 80. 6. "a
cents up to Sl@ AID si.25. We are
now doing far more sho~ business than
ever before. and W. only ask a look at
n line before purchasing Seisewnere.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
Millinery Department.

We have done the best years work
in our Millinery department and can
not say enough In praise OF the ladies.
We still lead in low prices. We sell
good Felt Hats at 25c; mic French
Felt Hats for soc. Ribbons, Laces and
Yelling at all prices. Visit us for bar
gains on the beginning OF the new
year, a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

And now the reputation scheme in
some Of the counties is said to be
strictly Of republican origin. If that is
true it need surprise no one, for they
long ago repudiated the prosperity and
glory and peace of their own state, and
many of them repudiated the race and
allied themselves fully with the negroes
the inferior race. They chose their
own political companions, and friends
and so leave them i'm full enjoyment!
"Ephraim is welded to his idols; let
him alone" But Ephraim has no
right to go iatO the reputation of
honest obligations and debts nv try
to drive democrats into the bad busi-
ness and thus smirch the good name of
all and bring dishonor upon the state.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
Ancient Hiudoo Guilds.

Till tho time of Vishnu's lawbook,
third century A. D., no ono of these guilds
appears as pre-eminent, but in this work
ssmetal workers and smiths of silver and
gold' arc mentioned particularly, though
this pre-eminence may be due to accident.
But tho circumstance is interesting, be-
cause exactly these guilds became tho
chief guilds of ordinary towns and be-
cause they were very likely the first to
band together in self defense all tho guilds
originating in this way, but the gold.
smiths perhaps first of all, since tho old
law in regard to smiths was SO extremely
severe as to call for some union on their
part.
The old law in regard to a goldsmith
found guilty Of defrauding was based on
tho principle that a goldsmith can most
easily deceive, and that when he does SO he
is ''the vilest of sinners" The king is
therefore directed to see to it that a gold
smith found guilty of cheating shall be
chopped up into very small pieces with
sharp knives, whereas ordinary thieves or
cheats are, merely beheaded. By uniting
together and ostracizing a guilty member
the guild could indict a punishment
which, if it was not SO severe, probably
had q. still more deterrent effect.-Yale
Review.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
Ready to Instruct.

"Did you ever notice." said tho man
with q piece of cotton cord for a shoe
string, ''that whatever happens to people
there is always one resource left them? No
matter how far down on his luck q person
gets there's always ono thing he can do"
whats that?" inquired the man who
was killing time.
"He can go to teaching. A man can al
ways find some one who knows less about
something than he does. It may be
French, Spanish, Italian, mathematics or
playing the fiddle. If he happens to have
no more than an ordinary education, he
can get along by picking out some branch
that he was especially good in and adver-
Using to give private instruction to people
who lacked early advantages such as
would fit them for their present social
station"
"What do you teach, languages, music
or GRAMMAR"
"None of them,'' was the answer with
a sigh. II have a special line, one that
fills q long felt want and with which I
expect to do wonders. But I haven't as
yet been able to get up q class of these
men you read about who arc so rich they
don't know what to do with their money!
Detroit Free Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
A Dinner.

He found the great room up stairs half
full of people, who wcro seated in a somi-
circle ut one end, writes Mrs. Mimoli G.
Fraser in The Pail Mall Magazine. Char
teris was a little late, and the rest had be-
gun tho indcscribable meal which is called
Japanese dinner. All tho %strangest prod
ucts of. earth, regardless of precedence,
hustle each other on tho small square to
bio before the guest and little by little
overflow it's bounds and are placed on tho
floor around hin-a growing nebula of
tiny plates, many of which he will not
touch il he be wise.
What strikes him first perhaps is the
uncanny familiarity of some of them. If
this is really his first visit to little Japan,
where could he possibly have seen three
pink shells lying on golden straw in 4:
scarlet plate or u largo white fish, with be-
secching collntcnancc, comfortably put to
bed among sprouting rushes, all apparent
ly growing out of the meshes of that fairy
basket wors? Where, in tho name Of san
ity, has he Lad sugar peonies and ~chrysan-
thcmu1ns done to tho life double their nat
ural size or octopi and red crabs artistical-
~ chasing each other on plates of CORFU
gated glass? Is this tho stuff that dreams
arc made Of?
Then he remembers. Of course they
have all come out of the e~mbroiderics and
off tho lacquered tables of his childhood.
The dinner is an object lesson in exquisite
arrangements Of form and color and
should be regarded as such. Viewed rs
food it is distinctly unsatisfactory and
far, far too satisfying. Tho impression
on rising stiff and dizzy from the floor is
that of having watched a kaleidoscope and
swallowed Mont Blanc.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
FOREIGN MUSICIANS.
The English Style Of Proaouncing Thei,
Names Is In Greatest Vogue.

The English Style Of Pro%aouncing Their
Names Is In Greatest Vogue.
The pronunciation of the names of for
eign musicians is a subject with regard to
which the average Briton is disposed to
claim and exercise the most unrestricted
freedom. The result is not usually such
as would lead to self identification by the
unhappy owners of the names themselves.
Several organs Of the musical press nave
begun discussing the matter with tho
view of protecting tho foreign musician
from nominal mutilation ut the hands of
his admirers and of bringing something
like harmony out of the present state Of
chaos. One writer states that ut a recent
conference of musicians no heard the name
of a foreign musical celebrity pronounced
in four different ways by as many speak,
ers. Tschaikowsky was alluded to by ono
speaker us "Shy-cow-sky" instead of
"Chy-koff-ski," rs tho composers name
ought approximately to be pronounced.
Although sufficiently serious, this is less
disconcerting than tho American rcproach
against English name photography in
general that we write u word "Bcau-
champ" and pronounce it "Beecham."
Still, q moro rational method Of translat-
ing proper names from languages which,
like Russian, have an al ,.habet entirely
different from our own is much to be de-
sired. There is really no .cason why we
should retain the German wv" in such
names as Tschaikowsky, Padercwski and
T~urgcniev. Tho Russian letter is ''v,"
although it has tho power Of 'f'' before
hard consonants and at tho end of most
words. The general substitution of ''v''
would at least give tho death blow to such
mispronunciations as "Paderoosky." The
adoption of the suggestion that Sir George
Grove or some other authority should
complete q pronouncing vocabulary of
foreign musicians names might prove
useful to tho student, but tho %infrcquent
concert goer would probably remain un-
influenced. The too dcfcrcntial Baboo,
when asked how his somewhat formidable
name was to be pronounced, politely an
swcred, Gas you d-n please" This, it
is to be feared, will continue to be tho rule
with the majority Of foreign musicians
London News.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
CURIOUS WEAPONS.
Primitive Articles of 0Gense and Defense
Used by the Philippine Islanders.

Primitive Articles of OHense and Defense
Used by the Philippine Islanders.
In the University of Pennsylvania arc
curios which are closely allied with tho
earlier periods of the Philippine islands.
They consist of q number of specimens Of
primitive weapons and are the only exam
pies OF tho kind III the country. Tho COL
lection, meager as 1t is, has already ut
tracted considerable attention, and tho
Esany visitors attest to the deep interest
the people feel in all that pertains to tho
new territory.
TIL curios arc five in number and were
obtained at the rastrow (rag fairy at Mad
rid and deposited in the university.
From tho saw of the swordash single
and two edged swords were constructed.
In the case of tho former tho teeth were
carefully sharpcned on one side and the
larger end cut down for a handle. 1t pre-
sents a formidable appearing implement
of carnage. With tho other tho two edged
sides were preserved. In the hands of a
muscular native these crude swords would
make most frightful wounds.
A third weapon of later date is a short
cutlass shaped affair of iron. Tho Philip.
pine islanders became expert as iron work.
ers, and the ancient weapon shows how
we'll the natives of old patterned their
death dealing appliances. Tho handle Of
this iron sword is ornamented with tufts
of hair and fanciful raised designs, in
token perhaps Of tho valuable qualities as
a hair raising tool.
A fourth weapon resembles an exagger-
ated meat %cleavcr Of uninyiting appear
ance, with q sharpened edge on one side
and q long point on tho other, in solid
iron, with u long handle.
A Malay crccso is the fifth weapon in
tho collection. These weapons wcro made
by tho Visayas, q Malay tribe who inhabit
tho islands to tho south of Luzon. The
creescs are short swords of tho dagger spo-
1ies, with cxquisitcly carved handles and
graceful blades.
In tho Colonial museum at Madrid
many other odd relics are preserved, in
Guiding idols of tho natives. Tho princi-
pal idol was of tho malo persuasion, the
female being II lesser deity. Cast iron can
non and small swivel guns of the carly
natives, with their military uniforms, arc
also displayed there.-Ncw York Mail and
Express.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
THE A OF DOLLS.
One Of the Many Odd Customs of Odd
Tiftlo .To,>cr :

One of the Many d Customs of d
Little Japan.
In that land of fcnsts and festivals
Japan-tho most popular II with the
children is the feast of dolls, which takes
place in the month Of February. 1t per-
haps answers to our St. Valentine festivals.
TIL fun lasts for three days. and, if lit
tic Miss Japan's father and mother and
grandfather and grandmother nave laid
up in store for this occasion, dolls by tho
hundreds are brought forth to celebrate
the fcast, and many of the dolls arc years
and years old, hundreds of years even, for
every old doll that enters Japanese home
is treasured and kept for this great day.
The best room in the house is chosen.
Here shelves covered with rich silkcn
hangings, gay in color, are arranged, per-
haps five or six shelves, extending tho
length Of ono side of the room.
Tho principal dolls arc tho emperor and
empress Of Japan, or two dolls dressed to
represent these august pcrsonages in their
court attire. Everything centcrs about
them. Dolls to represent maids of honor,
courtiers and statesmen, each in appropri-
ate dress, are ranged next in order.
Everything which their imperial maj
estes can possibly need in the way of
household furniture is represented in min
iaturc. Silver cups bowls Inc rico buck
cts on lacquercd trays arc placed before
the emperor and empress, and each day
the little child for whom this festival is
prepared fills the dishes with tho different
kinds of food used ina Japanese household
rice, fruits, nuts and cake or sweet
wine.
Besides tho table service, everything
which an imperial doll can be expected to
need is scen-lacquercd palanquins, funny,
hood shaped bullock carts, fire boxes, char.
coal baskets and tongs. Nor is the toilet
table and it's accessories forgotten. There
arc combs, brushes, mirrors, utensils fol
blackcning tho teeth, for reddening the
lips and whitening the face.
At the eud of tho feast tho dolls arc
packed away for another year, except two
or three, which are left out for daily use.-
st. Louis Republic.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
THE MAN OF THE CENTURY.
British Press Generous in Eulogy Of
Prince Bismarck.

- O0AOEVVo D CLUsOBy VI
Prince Bismarck.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The space the
morning papers devote to Prince Bis.
marck alone is ample testimony that
the man Of the century has disap.
peared.
"He was greater than Napoleon"
says The Daily Graphic, 'for his work
endures. He was the greatest person.
ality of his country, the pivot on which
everything of importance in the his
tory Of Europe has turned"
The obituary in The Times occupies
IL columns. ellis DEATH" says the
paper. ':removes the greatest person.
atty in Europe. His career was alto.
gether q romance. With all his faults
he has remained in the eyes Of his
countrymen as a demi.god rather than
In ordinary mortal"
The Daily Telegraph, The Daily
News. The Daily Mail and the other
morning papers publish eulogistio
editorials.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
Saving of Steps.

A very little story with a very big moral
has just coTe to my notice. It was told
at a gathering of housekeepers who were
considering the Saving Of steps, and I
hasten to pass it on while there is still
time for it. to bring comfort for warm
weather housekeeping.
The story was of q wise Chinese woman
who raised her family to rank and wealth
by her wisdom. One of her rules wal that
they should never go to or from work in
the fields empty handed. Going they took
from the house garbage, ashes and some
thing else, which, q nuisance neal the
dwelling, served as fertilizers farther
afeld. Coming back they brought sticks
for fuel or stones for walls, and thus
cleared the + elds while they provided for
the house. The principle is a wise one,
and many a trip up and down stairs might
be saved by its adoption in the home
Philadelphia Press.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05

Vandervyver, a Belgian, states that the
lengtho of exposure for photographs through
limbs Of different dimensions varies as the
cubes of their thickness. NJ. Bondeard
states that Roentgen rays q diagnose
pleurisy and similar complaints.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
ARMY is D~lsAFFEcTEp.

Numerous Changes Among the Omoers OF
Spanish Reximenta.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-A dispatch to The
Daily Telegraph from Madrid says:
"a regiment stationed here showed
such aggressive signs Of d%isafRection
that prompt measures had to be taken.
Three Of the ~ringleaders were ar.
rested. On the strength Of similar
suspicious numerous changes have
been made among the officers Of other
regiment" -.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
Dignity and Trousers,

Husband-My dear, these trousers are
frayed at the bottom.
Wife-They are the best you've got,
John, except your dress trousers.
Husband-Well, give those to me. !
have an important interview today in
which I expect to be at different times
proud, naughty, Indifferent, dignifed and
perhaps a tri1e disdainful. A man can't
be all that successfully with fringe on the
bottoms Of his trousers.-London An.
SWers.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
Guard Against Diphtheria.

cent years Of civilization whose cause is
to be found in defective drainage, damp
collars and dark closets. With the cause
plainly outlined, the responsibility Of see-
ing ahat these entrances to tho household
fortress are rendered impregnable to the
entrance Of the enemy rests with the chate.
laiue.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05
"DRlNK HAEl.."
She pledged the Roman in a costly draft,
That fierce Egyptian queen, and yet sh

She pledged the Roman in a costly draft,
h fierce Egyptian queen, and yet she
threw
Only n pearlinto the cup she quaffed-
"A pale, cold. t~asteless pearl. When I pledge
you,
I'll cast the love I bear you in the wine.
sDrink hael," I'll say. sin this poor cup Of
mine!
Drink hazel, dear love, Would that I could
pour
My soul into the cup for you to drink
And with that wine your fainting heart re.
stcre!
Drank hazel, dear love-drink haell The cup,
I think
Though all too poor, holds something else
than wine,
30 drink, dear love, from this poor cup Of
mine!'
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-08-05

The Mexican government sent a COM
mission Of arch@ologists to investigate
certain alleged Chinese characters recently
discovered on a monument near Hermo-
sillo, and they have announced that there
can be no question that the characters are
Chinese and that they must have been
there many centuries.