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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
CHRISTMAS At WINDSOR e.
The BOer War Not to Prevent the Usual
Festivities of the Royal Family.

London, December 23.-The war Of
flee has issued a list of minor casual
ties, received ait PietmaritZburg, by he
liograph, Wednesday, December Goth,
showing that Ladysmith was still
holding out on Wednesday last.
In spite of the deep anxiety of the
queen regarding events in South At
rica, she has no intention to permit
Christmas ait Windsor to assume a
gloomy aspect The duke and duchess
of Connaught, the marquis OF Lx0rne
and Princess Louise, and a host of little
folks, other members of the royal FAM
lily and Canon Duckworth, the queens s
chapain arrived at Windsor this even
ing where they We're met by Princess
Henry, Of Battenberg, the duchess of
Albany and others, who will make UP
a cheerful party.
An official of the household said to a
representative of the Associated Press
this evening: ''I have seen merrier
times at the Castle, but Christmas can
not be gloomy where the queen resides
and this will be no exception to the
rule. There is plenty of good cheer
throughout the entire household, and
the queen lis most cheerful amid all her
little folk
The exceeding grave view taken in
some quarters Of the present crisis Is
evidenced by circular signed by At
torney General Webster, Solicitor
General Finlay and General Sir Evelyn
Wood, adjutant general to the forces,
to the effect that the present position
of public affairs is so critical that, as
a. greater part OF the regular forces
win be required abroad, it becomes i'm
perative, for the purpose OF home de-
fence, and the volunteers should be
augmented, and urging that every
member of the legal procession, not
debarred by age or paramount duty,
enroll himself as an active member of
the Inns OF Court, or other volunteer
COrDSI
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
SECRETARY GAGE TALKS.
He Sees No Signs of a Money Panic-No
y More Aid from the Government.

New York, December 23-Lyman j.
Gage, secretary Of the treasury, was in
conference ait the sub-treasury today
with ]. Pierpont Morgan and James
Stillman, president Of the National City
bank. The conference lasted an hour
Mr. Morgan taking leave of the sec
retary in advance Of Mr.. Stillman.
William Sherer, manager Of the clear
ing house association, was also at the
conference for a short time. In his
informal talk ito the reporters after
the conference. the secretary said:
Il was at East Orange last night,
and I thought / would come over here
today to see Treasurer Gordon and talk
with him about the situation. While
here 1 have been looking up the evil
dence CT this panic we hear SO much
about, as indicated by the operations
of the past year.
Last Christmas everybody was hap
pier Money was easier and freer. No
conditions of distress appeared any
where in sight. At the present time
l have been looking al the facts to see
what has occurred TO justify the
change.
II find that a year ago. this date,
the deposits of the associated banks
Of New York were $500, 200, 900; loans
were 5000, 600 and cash on hand S21S,-
100000. Today the deposits are $740,-
900. 900, a shrinkage Of s66, 900, 600. Loans
show a decrease of S32, ,000. 900; cash
shows a decrease Of $24, ,000, 900 and, per-
haps, at the lowest estimate it would
be safe to say that O.000, 900 in the
shfinkage in deposits is due to the fact
that New York charges for check col
lections
THE shrinkage in loans just Offsets
the shrinkage OF $4,000. coo IN deposits.
The clearing house statement today
shows an increase in reserve of s.. .500,-
600 for the week. bringing the surplus
reserves Of the banks in excess of le-
gal requirements to substantially $11,-
600, ,000.- cannot see. looking at it from
the outside, where the panic conditions
are jutified by the facts Of the case"
The secretary was asked whether his
talk with Messrs. Morgan and Still
man foreshadowed any further action
on the part Of the treasury, and Mr..
Gage answered: mo, not at ALL
do you propose to accept any more
United States bonds and extend the
time for doing so?"
mo, I do not. The option closes to-
day." he replied
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
Churches Today.

First Baptist church, Rev. Calvin S.
Blackwell, d. D., pastor: II a. M,
CLEANS from the Star of Bethlehem !;
7:3O D. m, "Discord in the Angel Choir
War on Earth instead of Peace y
Special Christmas music by quartette.
ST. Matthews Lutheran church,
North Fourth street, above Bladen
street, Rev. G.. d. Bernheim, pastor.
Morning service at IL o'clock; no ser
vice at night; Sunday school at $3.50
a. M; Christmas day service at IL a.
m. All seats free and every person well
come.
ST. Thomas church: First Mass at
a. M; High Mass at 10:30 a. m. No eve
ming service.
Services in ST. Johns church today
Fourth Sunday in Advent, by the rec
tor, Rev. Or. Carmichael. Holy Com
munion at 7:45 a. m; morning prayer
and sermon at II o'clock; evening
prayer at 4:30 o'clock. Christmas Day
First celebration at 7:45 a. m; morn
ing prayer and second celebration at
IL o'clock.
st. Pouls church, Rev. M. A. Bar
ber rector. Sunday services-Holy
Communion at 7:45 a. M; morning
prayer and sermon at II o'clock; eve
ming prayer and sermon at 1880 o'clock.
Christmas Day-Morning prayer and
sermon and Holy Communion at II
O'Clock Special and appropriate
Christmas music.
ST. PauIs Lutheran Church, Sixth
and Market streets, Rev. A. G. Voigt,
pastor. Today German services, with
Holy Communion, at II a. M; prepara-
tory service at 10:30 a. m; English ser
vice at 1880 %. m. Tomorrow Christ
mas service in English at II a. m.
First Presbyterian Church. Divine
service at II a. m. and 4:30 p. M, con-
Quoted by Rev. Hay Watson Smith
Sunday school at $3.50 p. M; prayer
meeting on Thursdays at 8 p. m. The
public cordially invited.
Services at South Side Baptist church
today at II a. m. and 7:30 p. M; Sun
day school at p. m. Public cordially
invited.
Services at Grace church today by
the pastor, Rev. j. N. Cole, at II a. m
and 1880 p. m; experience meeting al
10 a. M; Epworth League devotional
meeting at GAS p. m; Sunday school
at $3.50 p. m; weekly prayer meeting
Wednesday at o m. Seats free and
all welcome.
ST. James Church. Fourth Sunday
i'm Advent: II a. m, Morning Prayer
Ante-Communion, Sermon; 3:45 p. m.
Teachers meeting in the Parish House;
'4:15 p. M, Sunday school; p. m.
Childrens' Christmas service. Monday
Christmas Day: IL a. m, Morning
Prayer, Sermon, Holy Communion
Public cordially invited.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
TELEGRAPHls SUMMARY.

The Lawton fund has reached $4,000.
held next Tuesday.
Burglars blow open and rob a safe
at Peaks Station, s. G.
The American hospital ship Maine
sails from London for Cape Town.
\ Near Brownville, Pa, coal mine
explosion occurs with fearful results.
A new and short line TO the north
from Florida has just been opened.
Aguinaldo goes southeast from Bay
ombong in a litter. His wife dies on the
way.
No news of any consequence is re-
ceived from the seat Of war in Soutn
Africa
The royal family Of England assem-
bles ait Windsor for the Christmas fes-
tivities.
General Otis sends cablegram an
nouncing the pursuit Of our troops of
Aguinaldo.
Admiral Dewey will be 62 years old
Christmas day, but there is no law f)r
his retirement before death,
The report OF the court of inquiry as
to the wreck of the cruiser Charleston
is favorable to the officers in COM
mand.
Willis Clark. a variety actor, at
Temps to kill his wife and little daugh-
ter in New York, then takes his own
life.
General Lord Roberts starts for
South Africa. He is given a hearty
"send-off'' by royalty and the popu-
lace.
The German press claim that Eng
lands total collapse as a military pow
er has been proven by the South Af-
rican war.
AT Charleston, S. c., an Englishman
and an Irishman get into a quarrel
over the Boer war which results in a
homicide.
The Norwegian bark Autocrat,
Brunswick for Kingslynn, is wrecked
in a storm and the crew saved by a
British steamer.
The Duke of Westminster, who has
Just died, had an income of $50, 900.
He owned 600 acres of land in the fash
ionable residence part of London.
The Russian government circles are
discussing the advisability of an ad-
vance on India in view of England S
powerlessness, as shown by the Boer
war.
Secretary Gage has just had a con-
ference on money matters with j.
Pierpont Morgan ard James Stillman.
He does not see any signs of a money
panic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
DEwEY's STATUS IN THE NAVY

Washington, December 23.-Admiral
George Dewey will be 81 years of age
Christmas day, and under the ordi-
nary process of law would be placed
on the retired list on that account. The
special law under which he was ad-
vanced to the head Of the navy makes
no provision for his retirement and,
therefore, he will continue on the ex-
ecutive list of the navy until his
death. AS a matter Of fact his retire
ment would make no material change
in his existing status. Fits pay would
be the same on the retired as on the
active list and he would be entitled to
the same emoluments and privileges,
including a private secretary with the
rank Of lieutenant, ani the usual num-
ber of aids. The recent deat tn Of Lieu
tenant Brumby leaves q vacancy on his
staff, for which there Is considerable
friendly competition among the young
officers Of the navy.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey spent some
time at the navy department today,
visiting friends in the various bu-
reauS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
Free of Charge.

And adult suffering from a cold set
tad on the breast, bronchitis, throat
or hang troubles Of any nature, who
Win call at r. r. BellamJ's, will be
presented with a sample bottle OF
Bueshee's German Syrup, free OF
charge. Only one bottle given to one
ppsrson, and none to children without
O01er from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
seaeh q sale as Boschee's German
Syrup in all parts Of the civilized
world. Twenty years. ago millions OF
bottles were given away, and your
druggists will tell you it's success was
marvellous. 1t is really the only Throat
and Lung remedy generally endorsed
bv physicians. One rs cent bottle will
cure or prove it's value Sold by deal
ers IN all civilized countries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
More Railroad Building.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh, N. c., December 13.-The su-
preme court files the following opin-
ions: State VS.. Gentry, no error; State
VS.. Shires, no error; Barker VS.. Rail-
way, new trial.
The convict force has finished grad
ing the Atlantic Coast Lines branch
from Boardman to Ashepole. 1t is
learned that the Coast Line will build
Al road to Lumberton from Rennerts
Station on its main line. The length
will approximate twelve miles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
NO NEWS FROM THE rRANsvA.L


London, December "A, 4:45 a. r.
Beyond the statement that a he'll
graphic message from Ladysmlth re-
ports 'all we'll TO Friday afternoon.
with no fighting except outpost skfr-
mishes, absolutely no news has been
received from the seat Of war during
the night.
The war officials at midnight said
they had not received any war dls-
patches.
From a continental Dutch source.
however, comes the incredible rumor
that British army corps has disem-
barked at Lourenzo Marques and N
marching toward the Transvaal from
tier.
Chieveley, December 1.-THE British
army Is occupying It's original camp
ing grounds The naval brigade this
morning fired a few shells at the Boev
positions. The result In not known, bot
the firing In taken to show that the
naval guns are able to command .he
Tugela river bridge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
SAFE BURGLARS AT WORK.

Columbia, S. c., December 23.-Last
night at o'clock the safe in the store
of w. H. Suber, at Peaks station, on
the Columbia and Greenville railroad,
was blown open and $1,000 in cash TAX
en-. Neighbors who heard the noise
thought it Christmas fire works. There
is no clue, and bIoodhounds failed by
to find the track OF the burglars by
reason Of the rain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, II you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your health.
Money back IL not cured. Sold by R.
r, BeTlamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

It take. but a minute to overcome
tickling In the Throat and to stop
eoueh by the w Of = e Minute Cough
Cure This remedy uickly cures all
forms &C throat end lung troubles.
Harmless and pleasant TO taxa 1t
prevents consumption. A Amous spe-
osne for grippe and il s1eE sfsssan,
q 4. HsgAMns
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
Zone Minute Cought Cure is the be,

Zone Minute Cought Cure In the best
remedy I ever used for coughs and
colds. It In uneQualled for whooping
cough. Children all like it." writes H.
n. Williams. Gentryville, Ind. Never
fails. It u the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results. Cures
coughs. colds. hoa<sensss. Group. p0eu-
mDaaA, bronchitis and all throat aAd
AR0 troubles. It's early use prevents
e0~~uNuttnn. q r Bsaouy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

II Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure, which II sold FOR the small price
Of z5 cts. 50 cts. and 81 90 does not cure
take the bottle back and we viii refuod
your money. Sold for o-er fifty years
on this guarantee Drice z5 cts. and
80 cts For sale by R r. Beslamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

II was nearly dead with dys- epsia.
tried doctors, visited mineral s',-ings
and grew worse. used Kodol Dyspep-
STA Cure. That cured me" II digests
what you eat. Cures indigestion. sour
stomach. heartburn and all forms of
dyspepse- z. r Bstlamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

Mrs. r. Churchill, Berlin. VT. sax.e
Our baby was covered with runninr
sores DsWitt's Witch Haxel aalve
cured her" A specific for piles and
SKIN dissasss. Beware of worth1er.
countsrS6os2 r. r. Bs1Amy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26

DeWitt's Little Early Risers purity
the blood, clean the liver, invigorate
the system Tanous little pills for con-
stipation and liver troubles. r. r.
B~lkMnv
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

Stetson. near DeLand Orange grow
ers in the vicinity of the factory, being
guaranteed six dollars per ton for the
roots, planted several hundred acres
The season was a bad one, seed was
difficult to get, and as result the
growers were discouraged, and failed
to plant the following season. Messrs.
Mcbride and Stetson, however, plant
ed several hundred acres, and as the
crop promises well the yield will be
larger than last year. The success of
these gentlemen may encourage the
growers to plant again next season.
A factory is being erected at Lake
Helen ard a considerable acreage is
under cultivation there. The owners
of the Stetson factory have purchased
large tract of land near Spring Gar
den, and will plant several hundred
acres this winter and build another
factory. We also hear of other fac
tories projected in other sections of
the State.
We think there is no general crop
that promises so we'll as cassava. By
general crop we mean a crop that can
be grown in every section Of the State,
and that can be used not only as
money bringer," when sold to the
starch factories, but also for home use
as stock feed. We are pleased to note
the interest that is being revived in it's
cultivation.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Advantages of Monopolies.

In these days Of fierce competition
monopolies and specialties are the
things that returns the profits. If we
deal III articles that are offered to the
public by thousands of dealers, we
must, of course, meet their prices Or
go out of business. If we produce
what thousands of others produce we
must contend not only with a we'll
supplied market, but must face compe-
tition.
Those who do business in Florida
along certain lines have at least one
advantage-they monopolize to GER
tain extent the products they grow or
handle. For instance, away down in
South Florida at Ft. Myers, on the
banks Of the Coloosahatchie, is the
Seminole Canning Company, that
makes a speciality of guava products,
and we opine that this company is in
a position to establish and maintain it's
own prices, as it has practically no
competition. This company has just
filled an order of f. III. Leggett & Co.,
N Y, for 5000 pint glasses of guava
jelly. The company also furnishes the
Tampa Bay Hotel, the Ponce Dc Leon
Hotel, the steamer La '1rande
Duchesse, and two other ocean liners
with guava jelly and preserves put up
in fancy glasses and jas. During the
past season over 10000 pounds Of
guavas have been put up by the COM
pany.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Revival of Cassava.

We are pleased to note the continued
and increasing interest manifested in
cassava by Floridians-bOth the pro-
ducers of the roots and those who
manufacture the roots into starch or
other commercial products. Arrange
ments are being perfected for the hold
ing of a "Cassava Convention" at
Sanford sometime during December,
when it is expected that the growers
and manufacturers will get together
and discuss matters of mutual interest.
This meeting and the discussions will
doubtless result in much good to all
participants.
Cassava is a product that has been
known and talked of in Florida for
nearly a quarter of a century, but it
has never been given a fair trial
Eighteen or twenty years ago Gov
ernor Sinclaire, of Orlando, established
a cassava starch factory at little sta
ton on the (then) South Florida rail-
road. Operations were continued but
a short time. The people Of that sec
ton were too busy making orange
groves to grow cassava or anything
else.
The next step in this direction was
the establishment Of the factory at
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
WEDNESDAY,, OCT. %, 1899.
The Protection Question.

Protection of orange groves
against cold is the one great question
now before the orange growers Of
Florida; it is the problem that must be
solved before the orange growing in
dustry will assume anything like it's
former proportion and importance. We
do not say that it will hereafter be
necessary to erect tents over and
around orange trees, or to build sheds
and lighthouses over the groves, in or
der to produce oranges in Florida.
The climatic conditions during the next
quarter of a century may be favorable
to the growing of oranges in the open,
without covering Of any kind and
without artificial heat; we may never
again have a repetition of the severe
winters, that of recent years have done
SO much to crush out the industry,
PROSTATE the business of the State,
and retard it's development. But the
uncertainty, the risk, the danger, not
only of losing the crop of fruit, but Of
trees as WE'LL will deter people from
engaging in the business. Hence, we
say the problem of protection must
first be solved before we can expect
any material development Of the indus
try.
When the solution comes, when a
plan is discovered that will protect the
fruit and the trees against damaging
cold, and if the cost of the plan does
not make it prohibitory and beyond
the reach of those who would engage
i'll the industry-in other words, if the
plan is effective and the cost is such
as to leave the grower a fair margin
of profit, the business of orange grow
ing in Florida will again claim the at,
tention of capitalists, and will not be
forsaken by those in Florida who for
many years have devoted almost their
undivided attention to the business.
The future prosperity of Florida, es-
pecally that portion of the State EN-,
braced in what is known as the orange
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Tree Wound Dressing.

Some weeks ago we published an ar
ticle from N. S. Plat, concerning a
dressing for tree wounds. MIR. J. H.
Lee, of Oviedo, writes us as follows:
on this subject:
eff Mr.. Plat will try gum taken
from pine trees he will discard all min
eral paints and tar"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
Florida Oyster Culture.

Mr.. J. Y. Detwiler, Of New Smyrna,
Fish Commissioner of Florida, writing
in the Times Union and Citizen, gives
the following about oyster culture:
The diversified conditions that exist
ir the State of Florida, by reason of To-
cation, as well as those of natural en-
vironment, render the production and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25
A Change Needed.

The farmer Of the South is given to
the very bad habit of estimating the
profit Cor loss) of his years work on
the basis of the returns from single
crop. If the season is propitious for
cotton, for instance, and the market
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-10-25

ranges high (Which it rarely does) he
is generally pretty certain to figure that
he has made a success of his years
work. He forgets, or neglects, to count
the corn he has bought for stock feed,
which he might have grown at a profit
at one half the price he paid. He fails
to figure out the difference in the cost
of the meat he has bought, over the
cost to him of the article had he
grown it at home.
Cotton at six or seven cents a pound
would, perhaps, be all right and profit
able, if it did not have to pay for
|seventy-fve cent corn and eleven cent
bacon. If the farmer had SO laid his
plans as ''to live as he went along y
and could pocket or bank the proceeds
of his cotton sales, instead of using it
in the settlement of corn bills, meat
bills, and bills for various and sundry
other things that were purchased Of
the grocer instead of being grown on
the farm, the cotton grown at great
labor and sold at six cents might be
figured as profit.
Many of our farmers, especially
those who now constitute that large
class who emigrated from other agri-
cultural sections of the country, where
the soil was more fertile and produc>
tive, and where the climatic conditions
were more favorable to the produc-
ton of certain crops, are prone to look
VIII. cortempt upon the smaller Yield
farms. Because their Florida corn
''patch'' produces only fifteen or TWEEN
ty bushels to the acre, against perhaps,
forty or fifty, grown formerly on his
farm in the North or West, he con-
cludes that corn culture in Florida is
not profitable. He forgets that the
fifteen bushels of corn in Florida is
worth as much in dollars and cents as
the forty or fifty bushels in Iowa or
Illinois. Because he formerly raised
4OO-pound pigs he looks with disdain
on the humble razor-back or cross
breed that can only bear down the 100
pound weight on the steelyard. This
$50 pounds could be made with cas-
sava roots, and perhaps cost less per
pound than the 4OO-pound corn fed
porker of the West, but the farmer
will not look at it in that light, and
continues to pay for Western pork
with six cent cotton that perhaps cost
him ten cents.