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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-03
Wilson News Notes
Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Wilson N. c., September 80.

WV SopOAANOAAS> ~
Wilson N. c., September 80.
Today closes the second month of the
tobacco season on the Wilson market.
During this period there has been
handled over 1000, 900 pounds of leaf to-
bacco. The sales during last year
amounted to only II, 900, 900 pounds.
Conservative tobacco men put this
years amount in pounds at 16, 900. 900.
This tobacco is being rapidly handled
by the tobacco buyers. Large ship
ments for the export trade leave daily
on the Atlantic COaS Line. A large
portion goes to Richmond where it is
re%haHdled and put in shape for export.
The Wilson market has worked a larg-
er territory this year thar ever before.
All small towns on the Fayetteville
branch of the Coast Lin have given
Wilson the largest portion of their
trade South Carolina has also been
drawn on for large shipments. All
warehouse men pay special attention
in this way quite a large trade has
been worked UP.
The Atlanta Coast Line is putting
down plank driveways over all the
crossings in the town. During thu win
ter season these crossings have given
much trouble and to avoid this a space
wide enough for both walk and drive
ways is being covered.
The Coast Lin people have just
completed the spur track to the Wilson
Oil Company's plant. Everything is
being rapidly put into shape at the
mills in order to be ready to handle the
fall business. The work is in charge of
Mr.. R.. G.. Briggs, n of our most en-
terpriSing business men.
Farmers report the cotton crop as
very light. There is being handled but
very little cotton on our market at
present. Cotton dealers put the de-
crease from last years sales at 1900
bales.
Tuesday will be a holiday. The Wal
lace shows are billed to appear here on
that date. There will be no tobacco
sales and most of the other business
houses will close for a portion of the
day.
Rev. Mr.. Glenn of h Central Meth
odist church at Raleigh, is conducting
a series of meetings here this week.
A good deal Of interest has been
shown and several additions to the
Wilson Methodist church will be made
on Sunday.
Miss Bessie Worthington left on Fri
day for Asheville where she will, dur
ing the coming yea be employed by
the Episcopal church choir. Miss
Worthington, in addition to this work,
will nav a select class Of vocal pupils.
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xoRTH

There is a movemnet on foot 70 erect
a r7onu to the late Rev. r. L.
Abernethy. ID. d. He did q great wSrk
for education in North Caroiira AM
his name should be honored.
Go,dsboro Argus: Mr.. j. VIII Mash.
OF the firm OF Nash Bros. printers Of
this city. came near being killed his
He had climbed up 70 pUe
a belt or a wheel connected with n line
OF shafslng when his clothing was
caught in the machinery, and q sne
fact that he had on summer under
! clothing saved his life. All OF his cloth
ing above the waist was literally torn
from his body. His arm n shoulder
were brushed and ~laceratsd. and he n
| confined to his home. but we are gias
TO know that he expects soon to De ous
again
The Laurinbury Exchange says work
on the Scotland Neck Mills is going on
rapidly and Il viii be n OF the oesS
butt mills in thes tate. T~wenty-seven
tenement houses are also being erected.
Kinston Free Press: f. c. WlAia-ns
Is suing die town OF Greenvilie for
500 damages. A little son Of AR.
Williams died last week OF typhosd
! fever. His complaint. which is - be
filed al December term ~ PITT superior
court. viii al;ege that the sickness and
death OF the child was caused by an
| imperfect sewer near his residence.
Lenoir News: Minnie Dula, wife Of
! Alex Dula, a weal-to-oN colored man
| living a few miles southwest of Lenotr
is about 81 or 80 years old and is the
| mother OF Is children-13 Of them Nv
ing. The las addition TO he family
are three girls born at one time about
three weeks ago. They are doing
III - --~w-~ tH~. TN~zra - nF~g
one pair of twins in the family.
Raleigh News-Observer: Mr.. Octa-
vius Coke, son of the late Secretary OF
State Coke, has enlisted here for servic,
in the Philippines. He has chosen tbs
cavalry branch of the service and 1:
assigned to the Foruth cavalry. com
manded by Major +. NJ. Hayes. Mr.
Coke caves here next Tuesday for SaI
Francisco.-Rev. r. l.. Wharton Ia:
resigned as pastor of h Durham Pres
byterian church and will go as a mis-
sionary to Cardenas, Cuba This plac'
has a peculiar and mournful interes
for North Carolinfans as it was her
that Ensign Worth Bailey was killed
Mr.. Arthur White, of Mebane. is post
master at Cardenas, and is doing ex
cellent there.-Marion Purnen,
white boy about Is years old, living
near Yates mill, south of this city. &C
cidently shot himself while hunting
Tuesday. He was standing or a stumI
hen the gun slipped from his hand
striking the hammers on top OF tn
stump. The gun vas discharged ans
the loads in both barrels were emptie'
in his right side. He died in about a.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, y. c., Sept. q
The boiler of a saw mill near her
exploded with terrific violence. al o
today. fatally scalding two white me-
named Panther and Smith and a negr
named Webb. Another white mar
Pool by name, was seriously injured
being scalded by the steam, and havin
his jaw-bone broken. Huge pieces O
the boiler were blown with appa1lin
force to a distance of three hundre-
yards cutting of trees sixteen inche
in diameter.
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Enfield Notes

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Enfield, N. c., September 80.
The names of the stockholders Of the
plowline and Irvine factory for Enfield,
which assures it success, are among
the best citizens of Warren and Halifax
counties.
The proprietor of the brick hotel in
course Of construction has decided to
add a third story, making twenty-five
room instead of sixteen, as reported.
There is to be an annex with kitchen
and dining room on first floor n
eight rooms above, making a total of
thirty-two rooms, just twice the floor
space of the original plan. This decis-
ion was arrived at after taking into
consideration h growth of the cotton
market, as we'll as large receipts Of
peanuts and tobacco. I am told there
are ten public wagons on the streets
and still it is hard to get a run haul
ed UP to your house. This only goes
to show something of the volume of
business.
Dur local buyers were not affected by
the bogus cotton kilograms, as each
was buying or order and all had a
place for their staple.
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THE INSURANCE CASE
Or the Mutual Reserve Fund Company,
Decided Against the state-The main
Question Not Passed Upon

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., September 29.-Na-
tional and State flags were displayed
The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth regiments are now full and to-
day Lieutenant Daniel Johnson, who
has been recruiting, was ordered to re-
join his regiment.
Judge Moore, in the important case
of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life AS
ISOLATION against the secretary Of state.
involving the question whether a COM
pany which has "domesticated" under
the Craig law by its general counsel.
against it's wishes, can withdraw, to-
day decided: That in order to bind the
company in incorporation under the
Craig act it is necessary that the COM
pany should authorize the filing of it's
charter and bylaws; that h COM
pany's general counsel did not AVE
power to file or direct the filing Of the
charter with the secretary of state;
that the filing was without the knowl-
edge and consent of the company's di-
rectors; that incorporation by or under
direction Of the general counsel under
the conditions in this case agreed was
not eficaciousin constituting the COM
pany a corporation in North Carolina.
1t is therefore adjudgedt that the filing
Of said charter n bylaws was nu-
gatory and the company is not a do
nestle corporations; hat the alleged in
corporation be vacated and annulled.
1t will be noticed that the judge does
not pass upon the other question
whether the insurance law repealed
the Craig law so far as insurance COM
NAMES are concerned.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
VESSELS IN PORT.


Marion (Br.) 1,21s tons. Martin. New
York, Alex. Sprunt a. Son.
Skuld tNor.) 913 tons, Olsen Ham
burg. Alex. Sprunt & Son.
Roxby. (Br.) 1864 tons, Shields. Bos-
ton, Mass. Alex. Sprunt & Son.
Baron Douglass. (Br.) 1.G0s tons.
Goudey, Newport News. j. III. Sloan.
Almora CBr.) 2,S35 tons, williams.
New York. Alex. Sprunt & Son.
Aquila, (Nor.) 1,407 tons, Andersen.
Huelva. Alex. Sprunt & Son.
BARKS.
Edith Sheraton CBr.) 3l4 tons. Mich
elson, New York, Geo. Harriss. Son &
Co.
Arcturns. (Nor.) 6s3 tons, Andrees-
sen, Hamburg. Heide & Co.
BRIGS.
Caroline Gray tAm.) 2S9 tons. Meader.
New York, Geo. Harriss, Son a. Co.
NJ. G. Haskell (Am.) $50 tons. wing
field. New York. Geo. Harriss. Son q
CO.
SCHOONERs.
J. Percy Batram. (Am.) s,3 tons.
Lord, Savannah. Geo. Harriss. Som q
Co.
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Salvation Army Regears

Edgar Fawcett in Golfers Weekly.)
The Salvation Army will SOC hold
an exhibition" at the Royal Agricul-
tural hall, Islington. It promises ITO be
picturesque, and will certainly be the
atrical. We are told of 'Zu1us in their
kraals,'' Indians in their villages
"Lapps in their SNOW" and Saved
Savages, "-meaning those whom the
missionary movement has rescued
from heathendom. Admission one shil-
ling follows as naturally as if we
were reading about the South African
show ait Earlscourt. Some of the
army's finest adherents are, I under
stand, falling away from it. They ad-
init that General Booth has always
striven to do good, but they deplore
his having replaced voluntary service by
that of salaried workers. These young
men and women, it is argued, lose their
enthusiasm as they grow lder. More
over, they are pressed to the vail by
younger recruits. At all times their
awards are small, and often middle age
finds them relatively inefficient as ac-
tive employees, but with scant hope Of
obtaining a livelihood elsewhere. Then
too, the ubiquity of p~okebonnets, f1ashy
uniforms, public begging Of pennies of
ever passer by, and hysteric outbursts
Of exhOrtation, invest the whole null
tiform effort with far too spectacular a
cheapness. Admitting it's essential ex-
celQence Of purpose, how can one sane
ton the enormous ignorance and vul-
garity of it's officials? The country
farms 'doss houses" of Gen. Booth are
encouragements, it is declared, to pau
perism. The question is asked: Are
these proteges of the Salvation army in
any true n wage earners? And
again: Should Gen. Booth compete
with the aims giving spirit of the En-
glish workhouse, unless he can effect
some better practical result than that
Of deadening in both sexes their native
energies of self-support?
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AW ord TO Moth FRS.

Mothers Of children affected with
Group or a severe cold need not hest
tate to administer Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t contains no opiate nor
narcotic in any form and nay be given
as confidently to the babe as to an
adult. The great success that has at
tended it's use in the treatment of colds
and Group has won for it the approval
and praise it has received throughout
the United States and in many foreign
lands. Fol sale by R.. r. Bellamy.
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A Former Wilmingtonian.

The Messenger is glad to learn of the
success of a former Wilmington, Mr..
J. M. Mitchell, now doing business in
the city of Newbern. Mr.. Mitchell
has been in the dry goods business,
but recently associated himself with
Mr.. Gaskill in the hardware busienss,
succeeding Mr.. George Glover. Mr..
Mitchell is also in the grocery business
in a separate establishment. The Mes
senger wishes him much success.
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Chicago. September 30.-AII the grain
ana provision markets today were duh
10 the verge Of stagnation and no ma
terlaI change in the statues OF deferred
futures took place. September wbeaq
ana corn were in process OF liquidafi01
Dy n interests and declined sharply
me closing Of the New York exchanges
mad a narrowing effect on trading
September wheat closed Il TO 1c l0vnN
and December a shade lower; Septeha-2
Der corn declined 1Ac and Decembefi
&c. December oats closed unchanged
Provisions closed unchanged TO 81
shade lower.
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Try ALIENS FOOtEase

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Your feet feel swollen,
and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen,
sweating feet, .ingrowinS nails, Bills
tiers and callous spots. Relieves corns
and bunions Of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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MARKET By TELEGRAPH.
COTTON.

Liverpool. September 30. 1 o. M
Cotton: Spot, prices l-32d higher:
American middling fair 4 i3-3sd: good
middling 4 3-32d: middling 3Rd: low
middling 3 1l-16d; good ordinary 3nd:
ordinary 3 5-l6d. The sales OF the day
were 5000 bales. OF which 500 were for
speculation and export and included
$500 American; receipts 5000 bales, in
Guiding 400 American. Futures opened
and closed steady.
American middling. low middiing
clause: October 3 50-64d. sellers; DC
tober n November ; 49-64d, sellers:
November and December 3 4T-64Gf3 as
Cad, sellers; December and January,
January n February 3 46-64G3 4T sd,
%selles; February and March 3 46-e4a3
47-64d- buyers: March and Ar-a 3 az
Cad. buyers; April and May 2 sT-64d3
4S-64d, buyers; May and June 3 4S-64d.
buyers; June and July 3 4S-6t13 49-6fd.
buyers; July and August ; 4S-64d.
value.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
rhiDnna C.,za. On VI
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SAMPSON TO LOWER HIS FLAG
As Commander of the North Atlantic
Squadron October 18th

Squadron October 14th
Washington, September 30.-The
North Atlantic squadron will sail from
New York next Wednesday for Hamp-
ton Roads, arriving there ext day.
Admiral Sampson will haul down his
flag on the New York there and Ad-
miral Farquhar will assume the COM
mand Of the squadron on the 18th Of
October. The ships will stay in the
roads until that date and probably a
few Gays later, in order to allow the
new commander-in-chief time to draw
up HI plans for the winter maneuvers.
Some of the ships require more or less
extensive repairs n this will delay
the execution OF n large programme
until we'll along toward spring.
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Washington, September 30.-James P.
Willett, postmaster of Washington un-
der President Cleveland's last admins
tration and superintendent of the post
office department and city postoffce
building, was instantly killed today by
falling down an ~elevator shaft from
the fourth story to the basement Of the
new postoffice.
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bombay, September 29.-It is report
ed that a body of armed Bills have
ralded the country near Khergoum
and that the police and two companies
of native infantry from Baroda over
took the Bills with whom they had a
fierce encounter. The raiders are said
to have lost 200 in killed and wounded.
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kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a scientific
compound having the endorsement of
eminent physicians and the medical
press. 1t "digests what you eat" and
positively cures dyspepsia III. A. Ke-
tron, Bloomingdale. Tenn, says it cur
ed him OF indigestion Of ten years
standing. r r. Bel1amy.
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BEST OIL the market for coughs and
colds and all bronchial troubles; for
Group it has no equal" writes Henry
R. Whitford, South Canaan, Conn, Of
One Minute Cough Cure. r. r. Bel
lamy.
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The great success of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the treatment Of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of the civilized world. For sale
by r. R. BelIamy.
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Base Ball


the game was called, with the score a
tie 20 let Cincinnati catch a train 1t
was a pitchers contest with very little
choose between the two. Attendance
zoe
The score r II E
Pittasarg .01oe0oo2o@ Z 5
Cincinnati 0 0-3 9 4
Batteries: Hofer and Schriver; Hahn
and Wood. Umpires: O'Day and La
than. Time 200.
Baltimore 6. Brooklyn 4.
Baltimore. September 30.-Baltimore
won the third game of the series from
the Superbas today. Both teams bat
ted hard but the locals a a shade the
better of their opponents in opportune
drives. The weather was too cold for
rapid plays. The players of both teams
stole bases with impunity. Attendance
1000.
The score r II f
Baltimore O0220II0- s Is /
Brooklyn O0l0OO3o o. IA
Batteries: Kitson ms Smith: Ken
nedy and Farrell. Umpires: Emslie
and Dwyer. Time 2:1O.
s. Louis 10. Cleveland 3.
st. Louis September 30.-The Perfec-
tos slaughtered Humhey's shoots today
and finished first in a one-sided, unin-
z SdIllS. AllcfludHG6 0OU.
The score r H E
St. Louis .O1I5O30x-1O 20
Cleveland o l o o. 8 4
Batteries: Thomas and Buelew
Hughey md Sugden. Umpires: Bren-
a and Mcdonald. Time 200.
Boston 5, Washington 4.
Boston, September 30.-Duffy's great
base running in the tenth won the
pa me for R0Sfnn today Macao uvhr
started in to pitch for Washington was
put out of the game for kicking in the
first inning. Dineen, who succeeded
him, was very effective. Attendance
$50.
The score r H f
Boston 00OO1OOO1- Is 9
Washington 0 O011 0 o. 9
Batteries: Meekin n Sullivan; Ma.
Gee, Dineen and Powers. Umpires
Swartwood and Hunt. Time 2:15.
Chicago 6, Louisville Il.
Chicago, September 30.-The Colonies
won an easy game today, batting Gar
vim very hard from start to finish. TIL,
locals forced Cunningham off the rub
Der in the second, after he had beer
hit for five singles and a double am
had forced in a run. Game was Gale,
at the end of the eighth on account o
darkness. Attendance $50.
The score r H
Chicago 0 0 6 0 0 0 Go II
Louisville 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 LIP Is
Batteries: Garvin and Chance; Gun
bingham, Phillippi and thinner. Um
pire: Connolly. Time 2:10.
Philadelphia 8, New York 4.
Philadelphia, September 30.-Phila
delphia won the concluding game iron
New York this afternoon by hard an,
s~equential hitting. Ortiz was very eff
fective and surprisingly slick sendin;
not a man to first on balls.
The score r H
Philadelphia . 2 O 2 0 0x-S IS
New York 0 0 0 IA 5
Batteries: Ortiz and Douglass; Car
rick and Warner. Umpires: Manassa1
and Snyder. Time 1:55.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS,

Wilmington. N. c.. Septemher D.
Receipts OF cotton today-l.SzI oAesU
Receipts same day last years.
bales.
This seasons receipts to ~date-sS.o4s
bales.
Receipts to same date iaS year
43.sg7 bales
The quotations posted at q o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
ordinary LIZ
Good ordinary......-.........- I-1S
Low mfddling LILO
Mluaiing "a
Good middisng.. SIS
Same day last year ave.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine firm; machine
barrels CSC: country barrels tSLrc-
Rosin nrm at 30 and sc.
Tar firm at $50.
Crude turpentlne firm; hard nse:
soft s2s0: virgin s2S0.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
turpentlne :shc and CSC: rosin s1.eo
and N.o5: tar $40: crude turpenuns
si.10 and sl.60.
p~entine. $50 barrels rosin. isa ha.res
tar. 33 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-S1
casks spirits turpeutine. GO barrels
|! rosin. 1sO barrels tar, rs barrels wuI
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina si.es 20 si-lo.
Virginia SIS 10 7Sc.
Rice-Nothing doing.
| Corn-52 TO Sc.
! Corn meal-<sc.
ow peas-S5c to 7oc.
Moth Carolina Bacon-Hams. Sc o
loc: shoulders &c TO TIC: sides SC -
sac.
Chickens W; spring i0c to lsef
hens. &c to ROSTERS. i5c to eoc. =
Eggs Firm at Is TO Ice.
Shingles-Per Loo Ave inch. hoo1S
and saps. sl.5e@s.i1: * inch. &.so4
S.G.
| TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping. s9eodi0.ee
Mill, Prime. $500 SITS
Mill, $500 TOE
Common Mill .............. 5.00G 500
Inferior to ordinary ....... $500 500
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Cas- quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet and steady: winter patents
S.35m3.Go; straights s3.15m3.35; spring
specials $500; spring patents $4,000
$40: straights s2.9O@3.2 20: bakers g.. o06
ESQ; No. 2 yellow corn 35k G35Ac: No.
3 spring wheat 7OG71c: No. 2 red 71EG
re; No. 2 corn 31hG34c; No. 2 oats s2h
G23c; No. 3 white 24ha25hc: mess
pork. per barrel. s7.609S.15: lard. per
100 pounds s5.50d5.52h; short ribs sides
0oose) $4.95G5.30; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed) s6.00M6.12h. short clear slde-,
(boxed) s5.45G5.50. whiskey $i.2s.
NAVAL STORES.
Savannah. Ga. September 30-Spirits
turpentine firm at 49c: receipts 800
casks; sales $40; exports I43. Rosin
nrm n unchanged; receipts 3,4SS bar
rels; sales 400: Exports LIB.
Charleston, s. c., September 30-spir-
its turpentihe firm at 4sc: sales none.
Rosin firm and unchanged: sales nonN
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GRAIN AND PROVISION.

Chicago. September 30.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
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A GIGANTIC FRAUD

Alleged to be Perpetrated on the feo-
pie OF the west-Dr. w. $. Lacy lm-
provfng-The Methodist Orphanage.
An Ex-Convict as a Public Schooi
G
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-30
Patriotic Short Line Railway.

The Oregon Short Line railway com.
hany can pot TO shame those who stand
on the street corners and proclaim: "Ali
corporations are soulless.'
The company is not only patriotic but
{. has been liberal with all men In the
military and marine service OF the
country who have had occasion 10 trav'
81 over iis lines.
Idaho has nothing bu, praise for the
company treatment to her volunteers
aud to the relatives and friends OF the
volunteers, and while many towns OF
the state are to be congratulated for
the patriotic and enthusiastic recep'
lions given the returning soldier boys
the railroad company is TO be praised
for making 1, possible TO crown the re-
ecptions with genuine success.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-30
Farm Loans s,,7 ,,s ,s1! ,'l
Apply, JOHN LINDSAY,
IDAHO FALLS,
eg; sse F. ". BEANE,
plaekfoot, = 1d.ho.
Mo Big Eat'm, No Go.

Pars Jones, one OF Blackfoot's best
story tellers, tells this Of missionary
TO the Fort Hall Indians many years
ago:
He said: "rhis missionary was a
very earnest, deyout man. He came to
the Indians as IL stranger but soon
made friends OF them all. They gath
cred around him and were pleased to
hear him talk. He told them OF the
house OF many mansions; OF the saints
home in glory and Of the Fathers king
dom above. He pictured TO them as
they never saw it before the misery,
poverty and sufferings in their wickey-
ups and of the comforts. joys and bless
ings In the great mansion above. They
were at the point OF believing and OF
accepting his teachings. 1t was
their custom to go To their tents in
the evening and study the lessons
of the sermon and return for more
new things in the morning. The
missionary was delighted at the pros
poets OF making christians ofthe whole
tribe. But one morning they returned
in a serious mood and asked hin
about the big eat'm up youder. HI
told them there was no big eat'm NJ
there, that once there they woult
hunger and thirst no more, and wher
he said that they shook their heads ant
groaned and then said they would hea
him no more, they did not want to go Il
a place where there were no big eat'ms
and the poor missionary saw their face
at his meetings no more forever"