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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
"GOETHE'S LAST LOVE-"
IFrom the London Chronicle. ]

From the London Chronicle
AS siXty-seVen years will have elapsed
next week since Goethe's death, very
few persons now living can have seen
him in the flesh. Baroness Ulrike Won
Levetzow, however, who has just kept
her 91st birthday at Triblitz, in Bo-
hernia, not merely knew the poet, but
was even privileged to stir the last
bers of the tender passion in his sus-
captible though aged breast. In 1923,
then lovely girl of 10, she accompanied
her mother to Marienbad where the
author of Faust was making his an
nual cure. Dazzled by her beauty, he
succeeded without difficulty in getting
an introduction, and there ensued on his
part a serious attachment. cordially re-
ciprocated, it is said, by the lady her
self. Fear of ridicule prevented Goethe
contracting marriage of the May and
December type. He tore himself away,
writing the well known 'Marienbad Ele-
gy'' in the post chaise that took him
to Weimar Ulrike,- having thus won
the title of 'Goethe'S last love-" re-
manned satisfied with this distinction for
the rest of her life, and is still 'Frei-
fraulein' Won Levetzow. although her
wealth and beauty attracted many
suitors She enjoys, we are told, per
feet health, and devoteS herself to the
welfare OF the poor on her large estates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
When Teakettles Were Luxuries.

The teakettle, now indispensable in
every kitchen. dates only from the lat
ter part of the seventeenth century
when it was called a Sukey. Until that
period a mild ale was the accepted bev-
erage at meals, and if milk was heated
or wine mulled, the utensil used was
silver saucepan. Silver teakettles, tea
and coffee pots were made and used in
the reign of George l., but were severe
ly plain, the chasing. huting and raised
ornamentation of silver belonging to
later date-Toble Talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

The Filipino junta In Europe is proba-
bly, dissatisfied with the financial situa-
ton and has therefore broken up. To see
the United States paying SO, 900, 900 to
the Spaniards and 5000, 900 to the Gu
bans is well calculated to have a weak
ening effect on oriental patriotism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Secretary Alger won't let the Kansas
boys come home from Manila by way
of the Suez canal and he won't let them
come in time for the fall festival 1t
will be remembered that he wouldn't let
them go to the Philippines until almost
everybody else had got away. Is he
still mad because Kansas voted for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

New York wants to establish a sys-
tenn of rapid transit for which $50, 900, 900
is needed. The Omaha Bee says that
subscriptions are being solicited in the
Nebraska metropolis. This is reversal
of the old order of things when the
east furnished money for her own en-
terprises and those of the west be-
cid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

day frequently on the saddle horse as
well, and taken to the nearest railroad
station for shipment.
When antelope were plenty the hunt
err only got as cents for pair of hind
quarters. Now they net him 81 pair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison GIobe1
You can't help liking people who re-
members the ordinary things you said a
month ago
The cheaper the man. the sooner he
begins on his grievances when you talk
TO him.
Most people treat their enemies so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Washington Post: A French physi-
clan declares that a microbe is respon-
sible for badness. but he fails to ex-
plain why it is that all the victims of
this particular micrObe insist on sitting
An the front rows at the vaudeville
oh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

TFrom the New York Press.1
The way of the transgressor is fast.
When one girl speaks of another as
so sensible you will notice her nose
always turns up.
Lots of mems phrases sound as II
thew kept them in labeled pigeon-holes
and had pulled out the wrong ones.
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Some of the most awful things you
read about in books seem quite natural
when they happen right an your own
family.
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After Won carefully observe the habits
of the average married man you can't
help feeling less disreSpect Tor the Wo-
men of the streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Expert testimony furnished by Phil
adelphia undertaken. before the beef in
vestigation board. indicates that a bad
job of embalming was done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Tt is estimated that there will be 5000
miles of railroad built in this country
this year. What will Topeka do toward
securing a part of it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Tt seems odd that there was no plum
colored book in connection with the Peo-
pies bank in which to record the shak-
dngs of the tree
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Illinois Republicans have decided t.
throw an investigation obstruction il
front of Carter Harrisons chariot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Reckoning on the basis of one kind
of Democracy for each Jeffersonian
dinner there will be an immense
amount of harmonizing to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

A benevolent pawnshop society in
New York has just declared a dividend
of per cent. 1t is said that nearly all
the pledges are redeemed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

If Golden Rule" Jones of Toledo only
has the courage to keep out of the mag
azines, he may be governor yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

When Speaker Reed resigns, congress
may be expected to become as frisky
as a colt when first turned loose on a
spring pasture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21

Not a word has been heard from Mr..
German since Mrs. Lease took up his
senatorial boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
Cause of Kipling's Popularity.

neighbors. the volcanoes Maquilin and
Banajao, are extinct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
Perry Going to Kansas City.

w. c. Perry of Fort Scott will, May
1. leave that city and open a law office
in Kansas City. Mr. Perry was formerly
United States district attorney for Kan
SaS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-21
REF1Eor1oNs OF A BAG HELoR

TFrom the New York Press.1
The way of the transgressor is fast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
RREViTlES

General 10. Wheeler says it is false
that he was "snubbed" at Charleston.
He says the carriage intended for him
failed TO come-an accident.
Senator Lindsay, republican. says
Bryan cannot carry Kentucky? Blu:
how does he know? Can Ruckner &,
Co. prevent it?
General William Porcher Miles. a
distinguished son of South Carolina is
of the confederate house.
Princeton, Harvard and Yale UNI
versities have on their roll nearly
10000 alumni and has some 40, 900 liv-
ing sons.
Divorce is so common now hat The
Brooklyn On. " Eagle says that
there is almost another man or wo-
man in waiting with Who the appli-
cant expects 10 renew the covenants he
or she is now anxious to avoid. Most
persons do not seek divorce because
their marriage bonds are intolerable,
but because they think some other mar
riage will be more to their
taste" In the meantime, all legis7a-
tors forget God and His Bible.
Think Of the people-the south in
cluded-having to pay the great sum
of S145, OOO, 900 in pensions nearly forty
years after the war. 1t is only second
in infamy to the war upon the Fill
pinos.
Not more than 5 per cent. of the ne
groes in the south are engaged in the
villainies. Not more thar l per cent.
Of the southern whites are engaged in
the ~lynchings.
The new antitrust law, in Texas
is drastic and strong. 1t seeks
ITO prevent the sale in the state OF
coffee, sugar, and many other foed
by extra-state companies or corpora
TONS"
The northern newspapers are writing
against the enforced military service OF
the Mckinley usurpers. The Boston
Herald. the largest circulated paper ir
New England, says:
The president has no right, under
the constitution, to compel men t.
fight in putting down a distant insur.
rection unless they are soldiers of thu
United States in the regular army. OF
unless they nave volunteered to per.
form this duty"
Carnegie is to retire from business
h Philadelphia Record says tn.
Scotchman viii receive $3.50, 600, 900. Tha
will do for the profits in the iron ant
steel business for a few decades. Prob
| ably Carnegie came from SCOTLAND
| with not SO, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
"A BRIDE IN ~SUSPENDERS.
Disguised as a Man. She Married III
Man She Loved

~ SAC AOsCu
A dispatch from Texarkana, Ark. TO
the st. Louis Globe Democrat, under
date of May 5th, says:
A most unusual marriage took place
here today. Six prominent citizens of
T~exarkana went to spend Sunday with
a farmer named Yager, near Rondo.
While there they were informed that
somewhere in the neighborhood a young
girl was living as a man waring mems
clothing. On the way home the gen.
tlemen stopped at a farmhouse to see
if they could learn of the strange
woman.
At this house was a man and a
young lad, who was smoking a cigar
cite. The farmers name is E. D. Sims.
Thinking the men were officers he con-
fessed that the smoking lad was in real
ity a girl named Lulu Shaw. She is
very pretty and intelligent. To the
men she said she resided at Waco,
where her home had been burned. Sims
then took charge of her, and she had
learned to love him. She dressed as a
man to keep people from talking about
her. Among the party who made
the discovery were tow lawyers and an
alderman, who informed the couple
that they were violating the law. They
became scared at that and consented
to marry each other.
The couple were given seats in the
carriage, and the whole party entered
Texarkana, the woman dressed in
overalls, mans shirt, suspenders, etc.
County Clerk Sanderson was sent for
and issued a marriage license for the
couple. County Judge W. 1. Hamilton
Joined them while they stood upon the
court house steps, surrounded by the
men who had unearthed the mystery.
After the ceremony the groom kissed
the bride and departed for home on
foot, followed by good wishes from the
crowd. The feature of the occasion was
when Clerk Sanderson asked the wo-
man why she wore suspenders, her re-
ply was: ITO hold UP my pants, Of
course
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

whipping OF federal convicts in the PEN
itentiary here. The government has
no case. No contract o to whip con-
yicts was followed, but the Revised
Statutes were the guide. Lf the de
partment of justice does not like this
1t can withdraw the convicts. There
win be- no regrets. h United States
officials examined only convicts. ana
not any prison officials.
Vaccination OF all persons in a dis
lance Of n mile from Raleigh is IN
progress. four doctors being engaged
in this work. In the city the last vac
cination was done today. Mayor
Powell says.
The Baptists in this state are said
to be well pleased at the final settle
ment OF the Whitsett matter.
General Il. s. Register. past grand
master of d Fellows and deputy
grand master of Masons. left today for
Wilmington 10 be present at the lay
ing of the cornerstone OF the Masonic
temple. p
John Morgan, the negro ex-convict
who shot and MORALLY wounded Lee
Banks, colored. has been captured and
Jailed here.
Last night at the academy OF music
Major Charles s. Davis. United States
Army, presented to Bandmaster Chas.
Coe, of the band OF the First North
Carolina volunteer infantry. a very
handsome badge.
All the matters are settled in regard
to the location here of the Methodist
~orphanage and home for aged minis
tiers. F~orty-six acres of land, Which
cost 500 an acre, are given by Raleigh
as to the site. Work begins in June.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Julian Ralph, the famous traveller
and writer for Harper's Monthly, is one
of the most wide-aw, Ike observers and
most judiciously balanced writer's now
in the field. He has. been in many
parts of the world and his account of
his goings and doings is always enter
tanning. AT present he is living in
London. Lately he wrote in Harper's
Weekly of his trip to China, Of which
he wrote at large years ago. We copy
this because it concerns a most worthy
gentleman, a true North Carolinian, an
ex-journalist f merit and a foreign
official of real ability. Mr.. Ralph
writes.
when I was in China we had for
Consul-General at Shanghai. a MI. Jer-
nigan, the ablest, proudest, most thor
ough American / have ever met in our
consular service. ANY other country
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
WILL THE N. a. w. COME IN.
Speculation Regarding the Few Deal
4 aMade by the southern Hallway

Greensboro Record, May 16th.)
Some parties prominent in business
were talking this morning about the
effect on this section of the country and
Greensboro in particular of the recent
purchase by the Southern. One Of them
remarked-"I think the Southern will
probably do us right. as Colonel An
drews says, but Greensboro is q place
of too much commercial Importance to
allow one road to monopolize all the
business and it will only be a short
time before the Norfolk and Western
will be in here. 1t is only twenty-six
miles from us now-Madison-and n
is a small matter to reach us. The
Pennsylvania road has a large interest
in the matter and has long wanted to
get in here, but saw no opening. for
two competing lines are enough. Then
the Seaboard is not SO very far off. 1t
a be reached at Pittsboro, perhaps
thirty miles away, so that 1t a be
safely predicted that some other road
viii come in and that time Is not far
distant. 1t is simply a matter OF bus-
mess, that's all. To allow one road 10
monopoliZe all the business In a city
when we car be reached at such little
expense"
OF course there is a great deal of
sense in all this, for, as the gentleman
said, 1t Is business.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Let the election Of United States SEN
ators by the people be pressed all along
the line. The constitution of the Unit
ed States is not to be tinkered as was
the case after the war without danger
TO the people. But it may be wisely
amended in behalf Of the people. The
sovereigns are all interested in hon.
est elections and in putting in po-
sitions of public trust capable, honest
and faithful servants, and not mas
tiers. Mckinley today exercises twice
the power hat Victoria, Queen of Great
Britain and Empress Of India exercises.
The Atlanta Constitution believes in
the primaries for electing senator's, as
Virginia believes. 1t says:
THE Georgia plan enables voters to
select their senators by means of the
ballot box and in a way tina no legis-
nature will dare to dispute; but it lis
not every state that has discovered the
efficacy of primaries where the polls
are opened and each voter is permitted
to cast a ballot for the candidates of
MS choice. In some states, nominations
are made by mass meetings and con-
Ventions. This is an effective and a
clumsy way Of getting at the Will Of
the people,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
(Fayettevil1e Observer.l

obTNA -"
Orders were received here this morn
ing, appointing Mr.. j. G. Murchison,
acting master of trains of m Yad-
kin division of the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad" This means that
what Is left to the Atlantic Coast Line
Oh the old Cape Fear and Yadkin VAL
ley, 4. e., from Sanford to Wilmington
and the Bennettsville branch will be
known as the Yadkin division. 1t is
probable that one or two train dis
patchers who have been at Greensboro
will also be stationed here.
Since the sale to the Southern. Il has
been a matter OF discussion what the
Atlantic Coast Line got in return for
ats roa from Sanford to Mt. Airy. To-
day IL Is said that the Southern in re-
turn let the Atlantic Coast Line have
It's branch road from Charleston to
Augusta, known as the South Carolina
and Georgia railroad.
1t is further said that, in consequence
OF securing this rUad To Augusta, or
ders have been issued for work on the
Atlantic Coast Line ranch from Den
mark TO Augusta TO be abandoned.
Thls road has been graded and five
miles OF track laid.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Over in England they are always in
a stew over some foreign war. In some
two years there have been some half
dozen war alarms and some one or two
wars. AT home there is a division in
the Liberal party. Leaders are pulling
each others ears and the organs of the
party are disposed to stand by Rose
berry as against Harcourt, the leaders
of the two wings. The London CORE
spondent Of The New York Tribune Of
the date of the 18th of May gives this:
Lord Robebery's speech before the
London Liberal Club on May 5th, in the
course of which he expressed a wish
for the revival of the old Liberal spirit,
has proved an oratorica1 apple of dis
cord of the first order. 1t has ELECTED
a virulent reply from Sir William Yer
non Harcourt i'm a speech before the
Devonshire Club, which has been the
political sensation of the week. : =
In the course of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt's speech he declared that
Lord R~osebery's words were tanta-
mount to the advice. Take a sponge
which Mr.. Gladstone left to the party
before his ashes are cold"
The organs say that Harcourt's at
tack is absurd, malicious, unjust and
slanderous. Rosebery is accused of
DESERVING the dc flag and he may get
a cabinet appointment from the Tories
if they carry the next election.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19
THE SEMI-WEEKLi MESSEN1EK: FRIDAY. NAY 70 ;sqY

The Messenger heretofore gave cor
dial Endorsement of President Jas. B.
Dudley, of the A. & NJ college of
Greensboro. We are persuaded that he
Is an efficient, faithful officer and un-
der his prudent, judicious manage
ment the college has advanced and its
influence is widened. We can see no
wisdom in changing a good, up-to-date
head of an educational institution mere
ly to experiment as to what might come
of it. All we have been able to learn
OF President Dudley's curse is favor
able as to his c~apability and usefulness
and character. He is a conservative man
of his race and is in sympathy with the
progressive and wise views concerning
the colored race of that leader, Presi-
dent Booker T. Washington. Lately
President Dudley, as we learn. deliver
ed an address before Bennett college,
and read a long extract from the Mes
senger's comment upon the wise and
moderate views of President Washing
ton in which he urged that "the good
and ~law-abiding negroes must separate
themselves from the lawless and Grim
inal element" What was said was we'll
received. The Greensboro Telegram
reporter has been visiting the A. & M.
college and was very much pleased as
well as surprised. He visited every
department and writes of it at length.
His conclusion is this:
THE A & NJ. college is doing a great
work for the colored race. President
Dudley, a colored man of ability and
scholraly attainments, has the institu-
ticn we'll in hand and takes pride in his
work. He is surrounded by a corps OF
efficient instructors, and the colored
| youth is taught higher modes of living,
industrial pursuits being the keynote
| and watchWord."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

The Messenger two or three weeks
ago in an editorial set forth the great
change recently wrought by the Tory
government in Great Britain for the
benefit Of h Irish. The change
wrought was great and fundamental.
1t gives to h Irish rights and privi-
leges long desired. They will have
practically home rule, and without re-
ilglous test of any kind. Protestant
and Catholics can alike participate in
local self-government and hold places
OF responsibility and trust. There are
two parties-Nationalist and Unionist.
Ireland now has a new government
and an election recently held after
great activity ends in a great National
ist victory in all four of the provinces.
The result is 544 Nationalists and 10
Unionists elected. The New York
Tribune says:
Leading Unionist papers IN Ireland
frankly admit that the new councils
VIII be led and dominated by men Of
and business capacity. No
one mas suggested says the Irish
Times, n of the strongest Unionisf
papers, that there will be anything like
d corrupt misuse Of powers. /.
mere IS no reason for believing that
tnelr proceedings will not be as honor
AMY conducted as those of siTniIar
bodies on the other side of the water,
In other words, Irish local sayf-pov
nn viii be as well conducted aS
English" a.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

The high tariff robber tax will not
make the peop1e-the farmers especial
ly-richer, but h trusts will give
them a few fresh twists in the way Of
higher prices. The Messenger lately
gave many articles made higher by the
great grinding trusts. The Cleveland
(Ohio) Leader has this to say:
with no signs of raising prices for
grain and no possibility of any combi-
nation among producers of the cereals
to control the markets, farmers are to
be asked to pay about Is per cent. more
for plows than they, have had to give
in recent years. The reason rs the in
creased cost to the pillow manufacturers
of the iron and steel which they use.
At least, hat is the published.
and it is a good one. Every pound Of
metal in q pl0w costs more than it did
last year, or at any recen rate"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Washington, May 17.-Secretary Al
ger has received the following tele-
gram from General Merriam, in expla-
nation Of the situation in the Occur
d'Alene:
"WardneT, Idaho, MAY ls.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
The governor of Idaho has carefullv
reviewed the situation here and deems
II necessary 10 place troops at Burke
and Mullan. to avoid further disorder
1 request two troops Of cavalry. Re-
ferring to the press criticisms, I have
made no order. My action is limited
strictly TO the support Of the state an
thorities. There are 3g5 Prisoners sfiIl
In custody under investigation.
MERRIAM,
"Brigadier General"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

Mr.. J.. B. Hunter, an old journalist
of Granville county, has become editor
of the Durham Recorder, MI. e. C..
Hackney owner. Mr.. Hunter is a man
Of intelligence and experience and will
make the Recorder an interesting week
ly. Success to him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

would have retained him in the service,
promoting him to be consular-general
in Calcutta or Bangkok or Yokohama,
then minister to China or Japan. Thus
he would master the ~peculiarities of the
people and the government of the ORR
ent and their commercial needs, and
his great knowledge would be at our
command. But he went out with Pres
ident Cleyelan -"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-19

so much is written now about -ax-
tiles and cotton milling and mining and
SO on that it is rather tame with many
readers. But there is a certain inter-
est IN the growth OF all industries for
all men are more OIL less affected by
tnem- There is a decided growth in
Southern textiles. Here is an "expan-
sion idea and fact that oppresses no
people and brings calamity to no nation.
1t is not carried forward by shotted
cannon and revolving rifles and iron
clad cruisers. It is peaceable expansion