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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
STATE PRESS

III Dewey can manage to come out OF
this thing without being a much big
ger man in his own opinion that he was
before. he VIII deserve a YEA deal of
credft-Durham Herald.
But Bailey & Co. say Ii IL not the
evil OF cigarettes we object TO. but u
fight is against Trinity College and the
Dukes. Not SO. We are opposed ID
the manufacture and sale OF MS poison
and VIII SO vote II the opportunity
ever comes. yet We recognize the fact
hat At has a strong hold MT onIy in
this country blu in the vor.d at large.
IL men VIII take tobacco and ronyert
IT into a form that is poisonous. that
is evil enough without permitting them
10 organize TO rob the producers of tn.
raw material and crowd out tiie smaller
We adopt t~heRecorders
logic and say il is bad enough 10 make
cigarettes at all: IL is worse to make
them by the hundred millions: IL is
worse stlIi 10 sterve out the poorer
manufacturers, IN order to secure a
monopoly and Cypress all buyers. and
all oJher makers and seHers-ws,st--ss
tReidsvffIe) Weekly.
Certainty We must rid our state Of
the operations Of the American Tobac-
co Company by SONS way or other. II
is A trust IL We know what a trust f..
. 80 - "a D4JETS and ST.
lers Which has depressed the PRICE OF
tobacco by destroying competition.
Even II II were not a trust, some mans
Should be devised for preventing II
from selling cigarettes and lewd pic
lures to youths. 1t is a refea.fon or.
the present administration In this state
that a trust, which another .Attorn w
General recognizes as such. s hermit
ted 10 exist in defiance of our law
Trusts may be good things. a
professor Of posftical economy nas said
they employ labor. buy produce and
reduce prices. Also, they sometimes
become benevolent and END ovy co.,
leges with insurance policies bought
with their m-got gains: and there "a a
man IN u state who has a ,c'e "a tbas
U endowments are more enduring
tina Cassie ptles." These thing. nav
De true Perhaps our college boys
should be taught to admire the opera
ions OF trusts But they are unlaw.
ruI IN North Carolina AID A uch
should De destroyed, whether hey De
useful TO needy institutions orr instruc-
I'VE TO college students or not Ral-
eign Bioican Recorder. Baptist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

forever under negro rule. These n
faithful servants of the people and
greedy negrophilists know that without
the help of the 10000 negroes their
cake will be always dough henceforth
and forever. The Raleigh Post thus
comments upon the great legal attain
ments of tbs senator from Sampson,
by accident in the United States SEN
ate:
Having just been granted permits
sion by the supreme court to sell his
opinions as to what may or may no,
be law he doubtless feels equal TO all
occasions, and hence ventures to turn
loose the opinion that the amendment
is unconstitutional"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

There is a Patterson, y. j., Reader"
of the N. Y. Times that has made a
tremendous discovery-that Sampson
is a bigger man" than Dewey, be-
cause he let Schley win b battle OF
Santiago. Hear this simple fellow:
ITO my mind, while Dewey's victory
appeals the most to my impulses. and
he has won the first place in my affec-
tons, I cannot suppress h feeling
that the work performed by Sampson
was the greater, and that he merits
an equal share in our celebrations on
this occasion"
As Artemus Ward woul have said,
he is a most arnoosing cuss." He gives
the laurel to- elbow who was not in
the Aeht air. ldicules h man vhs
WON IL
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
THE MONTHLIES.

Southern Farm Magazine for October
is to hand well filled. Price 81 a year
CT 10 cents a number. Published in
Baltimore by Manufacturers Record
Company.
The Art Amateur for October is in
deed a gem in it's beautiful cover, and
with the exquisite picture in colors of
the little child. If possible this superb
art monthly grows better with time.
Price 81 a year or 35 cents a number.
Large and elegant. Published at %
Union Square, New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

Hoar the white souled.' What was
the color Of his soul when with great
herculence and extreme bitterness he
vili5ied the south? The correspondent
OF the Houston Post from Washington
wrote some months ago that enator 10
Blackburn. 81 Kentucky. saved Hoars
life nee in the senate. when he was
heaping reproach and invective upon
h south. He says Hoar probably
never heard OF II. but 1t is true. II
was when the devilish force bill was
before the senate. The correspondent
wrote this:
"Hoar started in to deliver one Of his
bitterly partisan philippics and hurl
handouts OF intellectual bombshells at
the south His invective fairly sizzled.
It was terrific. Finally he made an at
a OF the womanhood OF the south.
/ haven't got his exact words, but the
substance was that while he hoped and
prayed that there were honest and vir-
tuouS women in the south, he himself
was inclined To doubt IT, Probably no
more outrageous and ~inexcusable SIAN
der vas ever uttered on the door Of
h senate"
This is the late hero OF much praise
and gush. Then it was that he reused
a lion in Senator walthall. Said the
correspondent OF him that he was one
OF the bravest and tenderest men who
ever sat in the senate. When he was
aroused, however, he was an unchain-
ed cyclone. Blackburn turned to speak
to Walthall just as Hoar uttered III
SANDER on southern womanhood."
What followed is 50 graphic. and
concerns two such amous s%outhrons OF
heroic mould, hat we give it. Ccntin-
ued the writer for the Post:
An expression on Walthall's face
stopped him, and, grabbing the Missis-
sippi senator by the arm, he said.
Come with me to my committee room.
/ want to see you"
No" said Walthall quietly. Il have
business here"
II know you have" aid Blackburn,
but that can wait. / want you 10 go
with me now" 1t was with difficulty
he got Walthall out OF the senate
chamber and into his committee room.
When he got him there he locked the
door and put the key in his pocket.
"What did you do that for?" aid
Walthan. II must go back to the sem
ate"
mo, you will stay here
II will not. Did you hear what that
- creature said?" Kissed WalthalI.
Yes" aid Blackburn, Il heard
every word of it, and no fouler lie was
ever uttered by mortal man. but we
must not disgrace ourselves here in the
senate OF the United States" Walthall
got cool after half an hours reasoning.
He smiled family and sank into a
chair"
Senator Walthall-noble, chivalric.
gracious, gentle, gifted, eloquent
sleeps. in his grave, respected of all
men who knew him. The rhetorical
maligner Of southern womanhood, who
threw inVectives at the white men with
a free hand and an invenomed tongue
lives to be lauded by southern men.
Has ne ever a~qologized for his cruel
mendacity?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

Here is vast Expansion" in commerce
with peace and good will, which are so
much better every way than podwer
rep, thinks the first figures might
prove the benefit from annexation"
If it were true that the United States
had no other foreign trade, although
gent question whether it is a profit
able transaction to spend $50, 600, 600 per
rear to secure an increase of S12, 500, 600
per year in trade"
The trade of the United States has
been widening through the decades n
when 1t peace with all the world and
the rest Of mankind" as old General
Taylor, we think it was, said in his in
has it's victories no less great than
war to misquote a we'll known say
ing. It is better 'to make haste slow
ly' than for greed to turf loose
This churlish knot of a~ll-abhorred
war"
fake a palpable fraud, a contempti-
bic deception that in order to expand
hate you must enter upon costly and
inhuman foreign conquests. Wipe out
the republican high tariff tax for pro-
lection and have free trade with the
world and American commerce will
grow fast enough.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

ters, even little children, s. long Is the
villains are unpublished. At every cost
possible they will throw safe guards
around the inmates OF their homes 1t
IL great pity that the worthy, indus
trious, deserving portion Of the negro
race can not see this in the clear light
of day, and realize the dangers to
peace, the good order Of society, the
very safety of their race the prosperity
of all that Turk in the great crimes
committed against the whites.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

posing attendance than ever before.
This success Is limited to no state. Ev-
cry notice of an opening we have seen
in n part Of the south tells the same
story. and the increase is ten, twenty.
thirty or fifty per cent. above former
years This is really a good indication
for the advance OF education Al well as
a clear sign that the south has less
debts and mo spending money.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

Colonel Bryan has a very strong
mold upon the southern and western
democrats. 1t is probably true that
seventy per cent. prefer him above all
men as their candidate in 1900. He re-
Gently made fun of the inconsistency of
the Nebraska republicans in their fl
nancial plank. He described it as lone
of the most unique and delightfully."-
original planks ever written" We copy
the following from one of the ablest
and most cantankerous of gold only
newspapers. The N. Y. Evening Post
says Of the resolutions:
Among other things, this resolution
says that the people of the UnitedStates
by a majoriy of more thar SOC, 900, de-
cided in favor the gold standard, after
more than twenty years of harmful
agitation Bryan pointed out that du-
ring this period of what the %republi-
cans now call harmful agitation Mr..
Mckinley himself voted for independ-
ent himetallism at the ratio of 16 to l.;
that republican platforms endorsed it,
and condemned Grove Cleveland for
opposing it; that, even in 1896 the
whole republican party declared
against the gold standard, and pledged
itself to beg Europe to help his coun-
try to let go Of it,; and that an expen-
sive commission was sent by Mr.. Nc
Kinley to Europe, to try to get rid of
the gold standard"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

Butler has Topped. He has been
he has gone over to the negro party,
horse, foot and dragons" But If
there is n politician in North Carolina
who does not command the respect and
confidence of the real white men Il
is this little accidental United States
senator. If he lives a thousand years
he can never more get into office
save by negro votes. and "~connoodling"
with the Pritchard-Russell-Loge Har-
ris gang of traders and ~eat-suckers
This great lawyer, just licensed to the
office Of pettifogger, and four dollar
fees, now ~pronounces with the DELHI
Grafton of a Marshall or a fancy that
the proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition lis unconstitutional" Buffers
ignorant twaddle reminds us of q line
in Walter Scott-the fellow who would
stem a stream with sand" An Eng
lish poet has said that every man has
just as much vanity as he wants under
standing" Butler knows but little
common law-such as he picked I'D in
three months reading and drilling
and he knows no constitutional law, for
that he never studied. So he is not
entitled to ar opinion on law. But if
he really knew law, constitutional or
other, We know what Gay says in his
famous Fables
7 know you lawyers can. with ease.
Twist words and meanings as you
please"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
HOME FOLKS

1t is believed that Marion Butler af-
ter a painful exercise of his mighty
mind has resolved to help the Tennes-
see adventurer, Jeter Pritchard, and
the aristrocratic lord of Buncombe.
Rich Pearson, to keep North Carolina
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
A EXPOSED.

Here are some edifying figures IS 10
foreign commerce. They show that
trade expands without h aid OF ar
mics and blood-letting. But let US
copy first the figures the war party
prints I o show how beneficial is war TO
SreIl M
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

Now look at another able where
Uncle Sans cruisers ave not been
doing any shooting and his armies have
not done any slaughtering. Take the
same years and compare with the
above, and behold the great increase:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

1t is very noticeable that the south
ern colleges and universities, Of both
sexes, have begun business this fall un-
der great promise and with a more i'm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06

To are LaGrippe la "Nyo stays
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if ii
fails to cure. z. W. Groves signature
s on each box. Csc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-06
HOME.FOLKS.

Our Raleigh correspondent informs
us that the law firm of MacRae
& Day is dissolved. One goes to
the University to teach the young
legal idea how to shoot; the 9TH
er hangs on to the ~penitentiary.
that is, manages the hands on the
farm. The one is invited to go and he
goes. The other is asked to step down
and out, but he refuses, and hangs on
with a mighty grip, when he knows his
presence is not desired.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22

Tarbox now stepped forward and
made his partner acquainted with the
other members OF the party. Then he
said:
Its too dark to try to get up to the
camp tonight. We shall have to stay
here I'LL morning, Dick. There's a long
story to tell. and 1 wish we were safe
out of sight now. Have you seen any
smoke before %
Smoke? What do you mean? Who
would be doing that? All the people
who know our signal are here now
Not by long sight. they aim :" was
the reply. as Tarbox tried TO pierce the
darkness, about them, which was in.
tense by this time.
What do you mean?'
''Well, it's long story, Dick. In the
first place. we might as well get bite
of supper. and then Scott here will tell
you all about his trip on the vessel and
what happened to him. I'll finish the
yarn. and then you'll understand just
how the thing stands"
This was sound advice, and his part
ner made no objection, but he was burn
ing with Impotence, and could hardly
wait till the. frugal repast was swal-
lowed. Then he exclaimed:
'Now, let's have the story. There's
good deal depending on it. Come, Scott,
fire away"
Tom at once began detailed account
of his acquaintance with the old miner,
and when he had concluded the story
TarboX added his meeting with the two
men who had showed him the papers,
adding:
eff I'd ever suspected the truth, Dick,
I'd put spoke in their wheel somehow
One of them is that tall scamp we saw
hustled out of Ladue's. I didn't recog-
nize him at first. but when 1 saw him
tipping the wink to the sailor on the
sly, began to smell a rat
But where are they?" burst out ay-
lor, excitedly. t'You say they were
ahead of us. Where are they now?''
That's what makes me uneasy" re-
piled his partner. Eve saw their tracks
back by the white cliff and they turned
off all right. We were too busy hurry
ing to look for them any more. sup
pose they have got off the track some
how, but if they should see our fire
there might be trouble. We must stand
watch tonight. If we can get every
thing out of sight before they get here
they'll never be the wiser. They can't
find US in hundred years"
His partner evidently shared his IN
easiness, for he responded quickly:
Perhaps they won't, but we mustn't
take any chances. I'll take the first
watch and you the second. We are
riore used to this sort of thing, you
know. Well keep the fire down low.
It isn't very cold"
ITO BE Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22

"Push the horses along" said TarboX.
1--WE shan't want all of them after to-
day. Mebbe we shan't want them al all.
We can't keep them where we are 60
ing"
But there's plenty of meat on their
bones," said Tom.
''We won't need it,
Tarbox was apparently determined
not to explain himself and the subject
was dropped. Mile after mile was rap
idly traversed, for the country was
comparatively. open. and even the pack
horses could trot at times. Still the
guide showed no sign of pausing. and
at last the sun was dipping behind the
horizon. Then he suddenly turned to
the left around a huge bowlder toward
which they had been travelling for some
time, and the rest saw directly in front
of them the SUBMITS of two lofty hills,
the gorge between them being densely
wooded about half way up on either
side.
The tops were still crowned with
snow, upon which the setting sun shone
its crimson rays until they seemed
bathed in blood.
For some distance on the left of the
travellers extended perpendicular cliff
fully hundred feet high and accessible
only to the birds. On the right the
ascent was more gradual, but the trees
were very dense until the snow line was
reached.
Tarbox led the way among the bowl
ders at the foot of the cliff until he
came to an open spot. Then he dis
mounted and said:
eve are here. Now for fire"
Tom was about to go for fuel, when
he saw TarboX reach behind a rock and
bring out a handful of dry twigs and
moss, which he soon ignited. When the
blaze shot up he covered it with damp
moss, and the result was dense column
of smoke which went curling up the
face of the cliff until it showed distinct
ly against the sky above.
The other men busted themselves with
the usual routine work of camping, but
TarboX stood by the fire in silence for
fully ten minutes. An anxious look be-
gan to appear on his face, but suddenly
he gave a little exclamation of relief as
pebble struck him on the shoulder and
rebounded to the ground.
"Tll be back in a minute" he called
to Avery's daughter, who was nearest
to him. Then he disappeared behind
one of the rocks.
Like a shadow he glided along in the
gathering darkness, twisting and turn
ing without hesitation until he stopped
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
Justice In Berlin.

The Judge-Herr Doctor, how do you
blead by der Indictment?
The Accused-Mit vat vas it vas
charged?
''Do you not know? So? You are
charged nit lese majestic"
Impossible! 1 am always a loyal
soobject. Ven vas it vas guilty of dot
offense?''
I'm your plupit last Sontag. How do
you blead?'
Ivy, ton't-''
''You viii stand reprimandet by der
court, und pay a fine of five hoondred
thalers.''
'Himmel, Vat vas it 1 said?'
''In your sermon last Sontag you
spoke in sighting derms of Adam und
Eve, in connection nit vat you vas
pleased to recklessly call der original
sin. You see wee hat all der notes right
here
But tcn't oonderstand how dot vas
CONSTRUCTED into lese majestic"
you ton't, Ell? Haf you forgotten
dot Adam und Eve vas der emperor's
first parents?' - Cleveland Plaip
Dealer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
CHAPTER X.
JOINING FORCES.

Tom and his party camped the first
night about SO miles from Dyea. The
next morning they were early astir and
continued their journey. The young
girl was too full of life and spirits to
ride quietly at her fathers side, and
Tom had several long chats with her
as they wound their way along the
faintly-marked trail
She confided to him that she did not
remember her mother, who died when
she was very young. She had always
lived in Wisconsin with her father, and
was an only child. She refused TO be
left behind on the present occasion, she
said, and it was very apparent she
ruled her father in most things.
In return Tom described his life at
home, and the young girl listened with
breathless interest to the story Of the
voyage and his adventure at San Fran
cisco.
She was riding by his side late in the
afternoon when suddenly she pointed
to the summit of hill not far ahead,
and exclaimed:
See! There's man coming this
wayi"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22

at a spot where the base of the cliff
was covered with scrub and moss. With
a hasty glance about him. as if to be
certain no one was watching him, he
stopped and pulled aside a mass of
clinging creepers from the rock, reveal
ing a narrow opening some three feet
wide and extending upwards to an I'M
known height.
"All right, Dick, he whispered, softly,
and then came a rustling noise as a
man appeared from the dark cavity
and grasped his hand warmly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
CHAPTER Y.
RUN DOWN AT LAST.

"What brought you back so quick %
said the newcomer, in a low tone. Il
wasn't looking for any signal, and was
just going to turn in when happened
to see the smoke. Who have you
brought with you?"
"One of the Averys is with me" was
the reply. Its long story. Dick. L
met him on the way. Come and take a
peep at him, and make sure. I haven't
told him anything thatn hurt US, but
there is no doubt he is the right party.
Come on, but keep out of sight till you
are sure"
As he spoke he retraced his steps to
the fire, the other following close be-
hind him, until he was able to peer eau
tiously around a rock and obtain good
look at the party. Then, with a shout.
he sprang forward and seized Avery 5
hand, eXclaiming:
bill, old man! Shake! Where's
John?''
Avery clasped his hand warmly, but
did not reply for moment, and the two
old friends silently noted the changes
which the years had madein each other.
Many had passed since they met. and as
they stood there, looking into each
others eyes, with the light from the
fire Pickering upon their rugged
features, to each it seemed that they
were back in the old days, when their
blood was hotter than now, and their
hair innocent of the gray with which
both heads were literally sprinkled.
Taylor was first TO recover himself,
and he repeated:
where is John? Didn't he"
"Poor John is Dead" interrupted the
other, sadly. "He died on the ship he
was coming on from Boston and was
buried at sea. This young man saved
him from drowning. but he was hurt
internally when he fell overheard and
never got over it.
"John deadi'
That was all, but the hands Of the two
men gripped harder for moment, and
both understood. No words of sympa-
Thy could have conveyed more mean
ing.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-22
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