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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05

Freight train No. 5 on the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley now leaves Whining
ton at 4:45 p. M; arrives at Fayetteville
at 11:15 p. m. Passenger car on 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 Rail-
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, at Gulf with the Durham and Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
J. w. FRY, w. f. KYLE,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-05
EXCITING DEBATES
ON CUBAN SITUATION IN BOTH
HOUSES OF CONGRESS.

Senators Frye aud Chandler Have a
Spirited Tilt Over the Prssideuts Ac
tion-A Heated Discussion in the House.
Mr.. Johnson Pleadings for Peoce-Mr.
Bailey Pleads for Cuban Independence
and Outlines the Democratic Position
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
Hey Concealed in a Ring.

A Cincinnatian but lately returned from
England tells of rather novel innova
ton in the way of locks and keys, or, to
speak more correctly, key.
AT a country place he visited he was
surprised to see his host unlock the gate
way of the place with a small key that i'll
some mysterious way was produced from
a large seal ring he wore. Yet the ring
was not large enough to be conspicuous by
reason of its size or style. As he ex-
pressed some surprise in the matter his
host said:
This is master key. You see. it
slides under the set in the ring and oc-
cupies no space whatever. 1t will unlock
every lock about the place. even my
dressing-bag. my trunk, my handbook and
wine cellar"
He was asked as to the arrangement in
general, whether one key, say of the but
Ter, would unlock the front door,
Not at ALL he replied. ''The locks
arc all arranged in suites. The butler can
unlock all the doors in his department,
and the housekeeper can unlock the linen
closets and other doors under her super
vision, but she cannot get into the buffers
domain. And in every other department
about the place. from end to end. every
one has his or her key; but | have only
the master key. All of the doors open to
me. My valet can open my dressing-caSe
and closets. but he cannot get Il hottie of
wine. OF course, the arrangement in Il
seal ring is novel. but it is very handy for
me. In the first place, l cannot lose it.
and i'll the second place, everything opens
to me without asking a question.
cinnati ENQUIRER.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08

often covered with luxurant growth of
soft damp MOSES that love the shade.
while every creyice will bear aloft beau
tiful and graceful waving ferns.
The forest floor of the sunny side of
hills, ridges, clumps of trees bushes. big
rocks, etc, is more noisy under the foot
fall than ON the northern side of such
places, where the dead leaves and litter
are soft and damp, holding more mois-
ture than in places exposed to the light
of the sun.
In an open country nearly void of
timber clumps Of small bushes during
summer will furnish all the conditions
found to exist among the leaves Of the
trees, being equally sensitive to light and
shade as are the monarchs Of the wood.
The landscape, green with moving grass
es and beautiful to the eye. which feasts
on the countless numbers of wild flow ers.
representing every form and hue known
III the fowery kingdom, also furnishes Il
reliable guide for locating the cardinal
points, as most wild flowers. especially
the long-stemmed varieties. hide their
faces from the north and like the sun
flower, turn toward southern sky.
Large powders. clumps Of small bushes.
mounds and small hummocks-all testify,
too. for the ground around such places
exposed to the sun will be burned nearly
pare OF vegetation, Or parched up until a
dead grass color; while Oh the shady side,
1t vii! be found quite green, and often
mere there are growing mOsseS and ferns
OF rare beauty. which thrive only where.
tieF nave moisture and shade.-Forest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
A Parliamentary incident.

Once more the great hat question-nut
the matinee. but the ordinary silk hat of
commerce-has been before the House of
Commons, owing to a sad misli:enture
which befell the tile" of Sir Francis
Powell. member for Wigan. Our leg
islators are sadly hampered with their
hats. If they leave them in the vesti-
bule they may find themselves in the pre-
dicament of Mr. Gladstone who. on one
occasion. felt obliged. latter question
put to address the chair. In such a
contingency it is imperative that a men,
Der DESTROYS of speaking should be COW
cred. Mr.. Gladstone never brought his
hat into the House. and the consequence
was that he had to borrow the solicitor
generals (now Lord HerschelD for the
occasion, and, as it was much too small
for him, the then prime minister was
obliged to balance it on his head like
juggler while he explained his views to
the speaker. But if to avoid such
rredicament members carry their hats
with them to their seats. there is always
the danger that, i'll the excitement of
their speeches. they will telescope the ar
ticles by sitting on them. The late Mr..
Rcresford-Hope and Sir George Campbell
were good friends to the hatters in that
respect. fer nearly every alton they
made entailed the collapse of one hat and
the purchase of another.
Yesterday Sir Francis Powell was very
eloquent. but unfortunately. forgot that
he had left his brilliant .'chimney-pct'' on
the seat. So. after his peroration, he
sat down heavily. not on the seat, but on
his hat which gave a ''scrunch," and
then assumed the form of a MINDLESS con-
certina. The House cheered the hon
orab!e members accident. and Sir Fran
els consoled himself with the reflection
that his speech had placed the arguments
of his opponents in the same condition az
his hat.-LondOn Telegraph
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
Talks on Manners,

A woman of cultivation and recent So
cial opportunities once earned COnsidera
bic money in community where her
pretensions were celebrated. She first
cal press, setting forth what she intend
ed to do: She proposed giving Il course
of familiar drawing-room talks on man
ners; the etiquette of the street, of
church, Of letter-writing, of paying visits,
OF various social functions, and of every
day life at home and at school. These
were to be primarily for children and for
young people, simply because, although
this was not stated, she was sure that the
parents would be too proud to confess
their own need of them. This part was
mana ged by each ticket admitting not
only juvenile but one adult friend.
The lecturer knew that these elders
would be glad to receive instruction that
was not apparently. aimed at them. She
did not reckon without her host. Moth
crs were quite ready to send their little
ones and to accompany them. The
course OF procedure was according to the
following programme: A question box
was placed on the hall table, in which
slips. Of paper were thrust bearing in
quiries on any point of etiquette or fash
ion on which the anonymous guest de-
sired enlightenment These were read
and answered at the next weekly meet
ing. Then the elegant, though very quiz
city dressed and qneenly-looking speaker
began her simple dissertation on current
bunders and the proper performance Of
the subject in hand. She touched upon
trifies that even the best books on So
cial usages do not make clear, and gave
new IDEAS or any of the seasons caprices
in style. With these were what might
be called standards" of conduct, palms.
takingly outlined for both boys and girls,
SC. that each might clearly understand
what Mrs. Grundy would have right
to expect under most circumstances that
could occur. For example, some of the
heads touched upon under manners in
church were the position in the pew, un-
calmly attitudes, listening to the sermon,
kneeling, Whispering and laughing, at
tcntion to strangers, staring at late com
ers, turning the head, etc. Special to
boys: Assistance with wraps, carrying
prayer books, etc. These lectures were
rendered sprightly by the manner Of de-
livery, and were interspersed with illus
trations aud amusing stories.-Philadel-
phia Times. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
How Affections Educate.

1T does people lot of good to be chas-
tened,' said woman of the world. II
have seen any number of instances where
really disagreeable people have been
changed into charming individuals simply
by finding that either the world does not
take them at their own valuation or that
reverses of fortune render it impossible
for them to command the situation as
they have formerly been able to-
For instance, when | hear ayoung girl
discussing her approaching debut as if It
We're an all-important matter, with all the
arrogance Of her youth, inexperience and
home spelling, ! say to myself, Ny dear,
you will be: chastened by the time your
winter is over and l am pretty sure
twelvenlonth later to find the somewhat
aggressive and uppish young lady trans
formed into a modest, kindly young wom-
an whom it is a pleasure to meet Again
scornful belle fancies, because she has
plenty of attention thai she can afford. to
snub those who do not altogether suit her
fancy; but her freshness passes and her
tickle court turns to younger and newer
charmers. and she, too, becomes chas-
tened, and concludes it is the best policy
to make herself generally agreeable.
Another case l have in my mind is
that of woman whom l once ranked
among my intimates, but when fortune
and the worlds favor We're both bestowed
upon her she lost the simplicity and friend
liness that had rendered her charming,
and became snubbish and distant; but a
turn Of the wheel of the tickle goddess
set that all right. She is also chastened,
and has returned TO her old friends, who
like her too much to remember the short
period of estrangement. And SO it goes.
Il. we cannot have that which we desire
we learn to be satisfied with what we can
get and act accordingly. We must all be
jugged into shape somehow. If the patch
is square and the hole is round, it must
be made to fit, VOLTA tout!'-New York
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
David DAVIS and Voorhees,.

Col Dick Bright has been serseant-at-
arms Of the Senate for many years and
he has known many famous men. II
think the funniest thing that ever han
penet in the Senate said he the other
was when David Davis was president
pro tenn. Davis was of enormous build
and weighed over 300 pounds, but he had
a remarkably small head. Now, the late
Senator Voorhees, of indiana had a very
large head. He had to get his hats made
to order. and wore "a size One day
Voorhees, entered the Senate in /, hurry to
write a letter. He. went to his: desk,
new silk hat on the floor by the desk. and
somenone passed. and, mistak king the hat
for cuspidor, used il as SUCH When
the senator discovered It he was enraged.
The story Went over the chamber and
every body but Voorhees, laughed about it
for long time. One morning Mr.. Davis
who was very irritable at times, entered
the Senate and everyone saw that he was
ruftied. up the. weather being very dis
agreeable. I was sitting at my place,
and he called me and said: There seems
to be 4 great amount of noise in here. I
wish you would restore quiet Hooked
at the galleries, and say that everything
was orderly up there, and told him that
the noise was made bv the senators them
selves. Mr.. Davis said: Yes, l guess
that is So Then looking down to where
were talking, he said: 1t does seem
queer that men who are elected to such
high Office have not enough manners to be
quiet Then he added: I wish you
would go down and tell Voorhees, that I
am glad that that fellow spit in his hat ,
| went down and told Voorhees, so that all
heard it. Voorhees, few into a rage. His
eyes looked like balls of fire. Did he
loudly. that even the galleries could hear.
We'll, you go up and tell Davis that 1
wish wet dog would make nest in
his hat, but, that it would take a mighty
small pup to get into it.'''' : ! : :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
New JERSEY Cod Fisheries.

The great fishing industry of the Massa-
chusctts coast--the catching of the valll-
able cod-seems to have gone to the New
Jersey. coast to bring new life and energy
to the small army of men who get their
livelihood from the ocean. The cod catch
is now an established fact on that coast,
particularly OH the banks and shallow
ridges of sand which occupy large areas
Of the ocean bed near the mouth of the
Delaware bay. Here food is found for
the cod, and, except in very cold weather,
they. win stay by it all winter, and may
be caught in large numbers, as the success
Of local fishermen fully verities. Little
mrssels,e sand crabs and small fish form
Their principal diet.
~ Fishermen say that the cod is good
weather prophet. Just before storm
they will swallow lot of sand, they say,
for ballast, and during it's prevalence will
leave. the coast for more searoom. g~ 49,
? Now that the fish are being caught in
such large quantities everybody is wonder.
ing that the industry had not beenEt thought
ofssbef0re. During very cold weather the
cod is fond of warming itself in the wa tiers
Of the gulf stream, which is not so very
far away from the Jersey shore feeding
grounds. Edgar Page Sites, an excep-
fionally good authority OH fishing, says
that two men can easily catch half-ton
of cod per day the way they are now bit
ing. Even at a low price their earnings
would be large. ~! ~ 5>s,y- <.'@< .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
KEEP AWAY FROM SEATTLE.
This is u ~Well-kaown Dulath Mans "A,
/ z @ vice to Those Seeking Work.

This is u Well-kaown Dulath Mans Adj
vice to Those Seeking Work. -
Thomas Devine, well-known charac.t
ter about Duluth, who a few years ago
was president of the Bank of Kent, at
Kent, state of Washington, is now in that
city. In letter to a friend in Duluth,
Tom: gives the result of his observations
made since his arrival at the coast.
Among other things he says: ! 81 =,
II arrived here a week ago. was in
Seattle three days and found everything
booming as a result of the rush to the
ktondlke. Aside from that l cannot see
that the town is in any better shape than
Dnluth. One hears nothing but klon-
dixie in the hotels, stores, sales stables, etc.
In regard to wages and to the conditions
for common labor here in this valley, the
wages are 81 per day without board.
laps are hired for 60 cents day and
the village of Kent pays its street EN-
ployes only 81. In Seattle men are
paid from 81 to Pa a day for city work.
You see, it does not compare with Du-
luth in any respect in regard to wages.
1T there is any person in Duluth intend
ing to come to Seattle or this vicinity
with view to being benefited by higher
wages, he is certain to be disappointed.
"A man recently shipped eighty horses
to Seattle from Montana, but could not
sell them. He then offered the lot at So
head with no takers. l was in Seattle
the other day and saw notices stuck I'D
by the Northern Pacific railroad adver-
Using an auction sale of dogs. whose
owners could not pay the freight So it
will be seen that dogs and horses are a
drug on the market. as we'll as men.
cannot say whether l will go farther
north or not. l have had an offer, but
want to hear more definitely from them
before lea yinp''
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
existence when 1t seemed almost mir

existence when 1t seemed almost a mir
acle that any should survive.
And thus 1t comes about that after these
five crucial and devastating years Of bank
rupfcy and monetary stringency, we are
about to enter upon 4 new era Of prosperi-
~ IN building construction. The times are
ripe for tand nothing less than u Span
ISL War--Which is altogether unlikeIy-can
prevent it. -.
The states of the Atlantic seaboard and
the Middle states will increase their ex-
Ependitllres@ this veal, as, COMPARED with
last, in building constructions but the
states Of the Central West, and especially
of the Central Northwest, will do much
more than that. They will show to the
country this year that their present and
future are rock-ribbed with permanent
prosperity and that if orr capitalists would
profit therefrom in the line Of investments.
they must step forward lively with their
money.
The few may chase golden ranbows in
the Klondike this summer in the crazy
scamper after wealth, and others may
journey to other equally out-of-the-way
spots and endure untold hardships in the
vain effort to add to their worldly store,
but the sober sagacity and sound business
Judgment of the man Of means will point
to the incompatible Central Northwest "a
the, most promising and safe place for his
capital. The states clustering about the
great lakes will be the tlleater Of the
greatest Industrial and commercial deye,-
0pment on the continent during the eI,su-
ing ten years.-American Contractor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
A Prehistoric Oak Unearthed.

An extraordinary discovery, and one
which is just now exciting considerable
interest in antiquarian circles in Lanca
shire and Cheshire. has been made at
Stockport. During the exca rations in the,
construction Of sewage works for the
town the workmen came across what has
since proved to be massive oak tree,
with two immense branches. Prof Boyd
Dawkins, the well-knou;n antiquafy, is
Of opinion that the tree is q one of the
giants Of prehistoric times, and says that
it is certainly 10000 years. old. p The.
corporation of Stockport is at loss what
to do with the gigantic fossil, which is
supposed TO weigh about forty tons, and,
as it is necessary that it should be re-
moved. proposal has been made. to-
blow it up: with dynamite This has
aroused the Indignation Of large section
of the public, and efforts are being made
to bring pressure to bear upon the council
to preserve the tree for the benefit of
the town and the country.-St. James
L..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
Industrial Conditions Reversed.

1t is curious to note the reversal of con-
ditions that has taken place. as between
the North and South industrially. OBJ
serves the Boston Globe
Fifty years ago the New England cot
ton mills were operated by people gathered
chiefly from the neighboring farms. They
had skill, faithfulness and endless pa
tience under long hours and small pay.
Now few native Americans work in the
mills. Fall River. for instance. has a
population of about 100000 people, and of
these 10000 are English. $4,000 are
Franch Canadian and $4,000 are Portu-
guese The remainder are of American
birth, but very few of them work in the
mills, the majority of this class preferring
to engage in business for themselves
On the other hand the New England
situation of fifty years ago is now almost
exactly repeated in the South. The oper-
atives are gathered from the neighboring
country and have sufficient skill to man
age the delicate machines used in cotton
manufacture, though much is still left to
be desired, and they possess much less
native energy than is found i'll the North.
But though wages in the Southern mills
are perhaps 25 per cent. less than in New
England the cost of living is less by about
the same figure, so that there is perhaps
not much difference in the material condi-
ton of the operatives of the two sections
Those who think that all the advantages
Of the situation are with the South make
a great mistake. New England attention
to minor details results in far less waste
of material and energy, and besides. we
have by far the better market facilities,
finer grades of goods and better ma
chinery
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
WHISKY FOR THE KLoNDIKE.
Eighty Thousand Barrels of American
Stuff Held in Europe.

Eighty Thousand Barrels of American
Stuff Held in Europe.
More than $4,000 barrels of American
whisky are stored in the warehouses of
Europe. Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Cir
cular, in its table showing the expectation
and importation of whisky between Janu-
airy l, 1888, and February l, 1898, gives
the number of barrels left abroad as ILL.,
266.
These figures are disputed by w. G..
Coideway, president of the Louisville
Public Warehouse company. who claims
that the total number still abroad is a
little more than $4,000.
OF this number about 10000 barrels
are owned by one firm in Louisville, and
the remainder by firms in Cincinnati and
New York.
1.-The larger part of the whisky now
abroad is Eastern rye, made in Pennsyl-
wanna and Maryland, which does not in
any Way compete with Kentucky whis-
kies, said President Coldeway. Il think
the bulk of our goods in Bremen and
Germany will be reimported to San Fran
cisco. as the demand on the Pacific coast
growing.
This is due to the great Ixlondike
movement. There ere regular vessels
from Bremen and Hamburg for Los An
geles, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle. 1t only costs $3.50 per bar
rel to bring this liquor from these two
points in Germany to America, while
from Louisville to Portland, Or, the rate
is rs per barrel. st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-04-08
NEW YORK'S LATEST Fad.
Tea farloFs OF tho "sidorf-Astori
Crowded Every Afternoon

W
Crowded Every Afternoon.
The latest fad in New York is to drink
tea at the Waldorf Astoria. says q urcss
dispatch, and every afternoon between, 4
and clock the tea parlors of that ho-
tel are crowded with women, who make
1t rendezvous to meet their friends and
a place of rest and refreshment after
their shopping. The average attendance
is about 800, but on Wednesday W and
Saturdays you will find from 1850 to
700 women drinking tea. eating ices
and sWeetmeats and taking cocktails.
which are made weak and served III dam
ty little Japanese, CUPS as thin as egg
shells and about as large as al after
dinner coffee cup OF course no woman
of refinement would call for a cocktail
at hotel. or anywhere else. for that
matter, but that's what they get When
they ask for Astoria punch" There is
always band of music, an orchestra or
mandolin club playing, and generally a
programme of vocal and Instrumental 50
los through the two hours. and the very
best class of music is furnished
Il don't go visiting any more" said
one OF the fashionable women of upt,er
New York. Il come down to these, teas
two or three times week and meet
everybody that l. want to see 1t saves
lot of trouble and time YOU can s,e,
dozen of your friends here in the same.
time it would take you to drive to and
from the residence Of any one of Them