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The silver lance., 1899-02-03
RUSSIA.
IL Making Progress As Manufacturing
Country.

II Making Progress a Manufacturing
Country.
Many years may elapse before RUSSIA
can become a leading manufacturing
country, but her growth toward indus
trialism has recently been shown in
remarkable manner at the "All-Hus-
sian" exhibition in Niini-Novgorod,
says the New York Commercial Al
vertiser. Besides her extensive sui
phuric acid industry Russia is opening
up important manufactures OF cnro-
mate salts, vitriols, phosphates' ieao'
zinc, tin, strontium and copper salts
and mineral dyes, and platinum Is al
most Russian monopoly. In meolcih-
al-plant growing the progress in Rus
sia is very great. Six castor-oil fac-
tories, all working from native-grown
seed, were represented at the exnlpl-
ton. and oils of peppermint, worm
wood. caraway, fennel, anise ana pine
needles were also shown. The output
of Russian benZine has grown from 81
500 gallons in 1882 to nearly 1,57O,ooo
gallons in 1894. The petroleum indus
try is the second largest in the worio.
One firm alone owns 1873 miles OF pc
troleum pipe lines. 1t has an enor-
nous fleet and owns 1,157 tank wagons
for the conveyance of it's products by
rail. The industry of the dry distilla-
ton of wood in Russia is only just be-
ginning. In northern Russia, away
from the railways, there are still many
thousands of square miles under WOOD.
yet up to the present only oE>-half OF
per cent of all the rosin. but slightly
longer proportion of the tyr pentine
used in Russia has been of home man
ufacture. 1t has generally been as
sumed that the Russian fir could not be
made to yield turpentine and rosin OF
equality or abundance to the French
or American pines, but experiments
show that Russian turpentine, II col
lected by the French process, does not
differ chemically or physically from the
French, except that it is dextrogyre to
the same degree that the French is
laevogyre, moreover a balsam was
obtained from one variety that will sd
vantageously replace Canada balsam
for technical and microscopic ppr-
poses. The day 6f chemical exploita-
tion of the Russian forests is therefore
dawning, and within a few years the
country of the czar may export instead
OF buy from abroad acetic acid, wood
naphtha, acetone, wood vinegar and
acetate of lime. The importance of
the Russian licorice juice and licoIice
root industry is generally known.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
An Accomplished LInguist.

Some months ago the adjutant eH!l-
eral of the army asked the civil service
commissioners to send a translator for
the Office of military intelligence. Miss
Maud Stalnaker was recommended As
the fittest person for the place, as she
was an expert in all the modern Eu-
ropean languages. But the military
gentlemen of the war department were
horrif1ed. A petticoat in the army?
Nay, nay. So Miss Stalnaker had, for
the moment, to rest on her laurels as
the most accomplished linguist In
Washington. But she did not have to
wait long. A little while later the sta
tistical bureau of the state department
needed clerk with a knowledge of the
languages. Miss Stalnaker was again
recommended. This time she was re-
ceived with more hospitality, for Mr..
Sherman made no objections whatever
Does this prove that diplomacy cult
Yates more generous gallantry than
war? We should not be in the least
surprised, and we are not in favor of
woman suffrage either. The adjutant
general of the army, by the way, is a
man wondrously gentle of speech,
graceful of manner. and handsome
withal. 1t has been suggested in Wash
ington that in society hereafter he may
be looked upon as a lady's man by
brevet instead of the real thing, with
genuine right to the rank and all
its privileges. But Miss Maud Stall
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
Scott and ColerIdge.

Sir Walter Scott and Coleridge once
met at select literary dinner. The
latter recited some of his unpublished
verses. which were received with un-
bounded applause for the purpose of
showing Scott that in the opinion of
cultured people he was by no means
the first poet Of the age. After a while
somebody frigidly invited him to recite
something of his own. The great Scots
man replied good-humoredly that all
his poetry had already been published
but that he would willingly recite
some excellent verses he had recently
read in provincial paper. They were
the grand and terrible stanzas entitled
Fire, Famine and Slaughter" Faint
applause followed, and was succeeded
by lofty and bitter criticism, until
Coleridge exclaimed impatiently-"For
heavens sake let Mr.. Scott alone. 1
wrote those verses!"
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

Three causes are leading to the de-
struction of bird life in this country
the wanton killing of birds by so-called
sportsmen, the use of dead birds or
parts thereof as ornaments on women's
nests and eggs. The first indefensible,
the second is a reproach to womanhood,
and the third should be restricted to
collections for public information, like
the Smithsonian Institution. The hu-
man race would miss the birds il they
were gone.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

And my name, Capt. Henry Perci-
val" on the envelope
One ball more or less mattered little
but Dora was to be at this one, and you
understand now how happy l was.
/ had met her at Lucerne, where she
was spending the summer with her
mother and sister. Unfortunately my
leave of absence expired soon after
making her acquaintance, and l had to
come back to London. Then l met her
at rare intervals. Christmas at the
Woodville, in May in London. in July
at the Henley regattas, and in Novem-
Der at Brighton. But at all these meet
fngs my happiness at seeing her was
spoiled by the shadow of troublesome
guest, another man, rival, perhaps.
About the middle of December, at
one of the expositions in London
met her again. Her mother had just
recognized some travelling acquain-
tance, and they were discussing wa
ter color. Dora was alone, even the
other man" was absent / learned that
they were to spend the holidays at Cold
lIarbor. You know the Sartorises,'
she said; they will give ball on
Alas, l do not know Lady Sartoris,
! answered dolefully. But l will do
an In rax power to be at that ball"
Inc energy wt.h which l said this
seemed to move her. She bent lover
cred her cheek.
Don't miss it," she murmured. with
out raising her eyes She could say no
more. Mrs. Thornton, having left her
| friends, Joined us, and the unexpected
appearance of "the other man" COM
pleted my confusion. l had the morti-
fication of seeing him carry off Dora
from before my eyes.
The next day l began to hunt up
my friends. Surely" thought, some
Of them know Lady Sartoris." But
whenever 1 made the inquiry was an
swered in the negative.
At last my little friend Tomlinson,
whom ] met by chance on the top Of
an omnibus. answered differently.
IF / know them? Well, / rather
think SO. Just heard from them this
morning apropos of their ball"
"Tomlinson, thank you!" exclaimed
with agitation, pressing his arm vic
lently.
What is the matter with you, Per-
cy?"
You can do me great service. Tom
linson!"
"All right for the service, but do
stop squeezing my arm SO; you hurt
me-"
l loossned my grip. but still holding
hiu by the sleeve to prevent this pre-
cious friends escape.
will you, can you, get me invited to
this ball?'
Certainly he answered Lord
Sartoris and 1 are on the best of terms.
I'll get you the invitation at once"
Oh, that sprig Tomlinson! Yet I
had no thought Of his conceit as
poured my blessings upon his head,
calling him the best fellow in the world
and my most faithful friend.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

At Piccadilly circus l left him to 20
to my club, so elated that many no.
iced it. No WONDER for decided that
at that ball / should lay at the feet of
Dora Thornton my heart and fortune.
At the thought of the latter Offering
The image .of Dora's mother confronted
me. and my heart almost failed, but
before that day was over letter from
china arrived, announcing the death of
relative whose sole heir I was, and
felt that fortune was indeed smiling
on me and the way was now smooth.
was informed by my valet, who
had it from Miss Dora's maid, that she
would wear a pink gown-a peculiar
shade, as the sample proved, and
which l tried in vain to match with
aowers-so on the advice of an old
lady in Covent Garden I bought an
armful Of white roses which 1 sent to
Miss Thornton.
The longed-for night arrived. As in
dream l was driven from the sta
lion to the house. shown into my room
and left to prepare for the ball. The
rude awakening came when, while
looking complacently at myself in the
mirror l saw the distorted face of my
valet in the background.
In heavens name what is up!"
exclaimed.
Your dress coat. sir"
What of it?"
'yt isn't here, SIR"
What" 1 snatched the bag from
his hands and turned it out on the
noor- avervthinp fumblod out ,,u< No
eoat was there. l felt lost! What
could be done? My valet had slipped
put Of the room, and when could lift
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
MISS ADA WARD.

as Julia in THE Hunchback." The
elder Sothern soon afterward engaged
her as his leading lady, to take the
place of Mrs Kendall, who was then
Madge Robertson. Miss Ward also
played with Blackstone in many import
ant pieces, and became known to the
people OF the United States, when she
toured this country in East Lynne"
She was leading lady for Nine. Mod
jeska when Forbes Robertson and Will
son Barrett were with the company.
She is a widow.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
In 1880 the South had s257, ,244,5s1

In 1880 the South had $257,244,561
invested in manufacturing; by 1880
this had increased to $659. .O0S. .S17. a
gain of 1856 per cent, while the gain in
the entire country was 120.76 per cent
The value Of the manufactured pro-
ducts of the South rose from $457 ,4s4.-
TT in 1880 to $917 $50 .O45, in 1890 a
gain Of 100 per cent, against an In
crease Of only 69.27 per cent in the
whole country. The factory hands OF
the South received 75,917 All in wages
in 1880 and in 1890 1922, lis sos. Since
1880 the gain has been very large, and
the South is now turning out $780,
year.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

ed her company donheu NC.
sey costume of the Salvationists
and proposes to devote the rest
of her life to the saving OF souls.
Miss Ward was converted in Ports
mouth not very long ago. She nao
attended several meetings OF the sal
vation army in that seaport town. Dut
was not much impressed until one day
when, according to her own story, sne
felt a touch On her arm and, tnlnk-
ing 1t was one of the soldiers, turned
around and beheld the Savior in snln-
ing light. At the same time she un-
derwent marvellous change OF feel-
ing. She was overcome with a great
joy that found an outlet in sobs and
tears. She went straight to the front
and was at once converted. The next
day she disbanded her company, can
celed all her engagements and that
night addressed large meeting in the
Salvationists' hall at Portsmouth. Her
conversion and sudden change OF ca
reer astonished the people of the city.
She will nevermore set foot in the
ater. Miss Ward is a pretty woman.
She made her debut in the Haymarket
Theater in London twenty years ago
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
A Minute Lamp.

Physicians occasionally use, for the
purpose Of Illuminating parts of the in
terror Of the body, a delicate electric
lamp, called the pea lamp" because
its little glass bulb resembles a small
pea in size. being only one-quarter of
an inch in diameter. 1t is, neverthe-
less, q complete incandescent lamp.
having g. carbon film one-eighth of an
inch long. and about one-two-thous-
andth of an inch in diameter,
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
Attractive Home Furniture.

A window may be made that the
lid Will lift. Then IL wished for
dresses wraps. Plain pine lumber Is
quite good enough Make the box to suit
the size of the window. A sofa, to stand In
another part of the room. may also be made
like Il box. Divide it into compartments so
that you can put papers and other things IN
the different spaces Both should have cas-
tors. The window may be at least six
inches higher than the sofa. The top may
be upholstered. padded with excelsior, hair
or cotton. and then covered with DARK
mixed material Any of the Turkish cotton
goods or the new clicking will answer the
purpose. At the ends of the sofa have two
rolls. These rolls may be fastened, giving
the appearance of an old-fashioned rolled
arm sofa. Five feet long and two and
half wide would be a very good size--May
Ladies' Home Journal.
my cousin Josephine suffers from weak
heart action" Weak heart actionf Dldn
understand you TO say she had been mar
ried four times?''
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

=. latter upon the Eastern crisis,
Gladstone mas pnro.s-a- The Emperor
William of Germany. The OIu Az.n
Eloquent disposes of the Young Man
Inconsequent and Recalcitrant by de-
scribing him as having only such
knowledge and experience, in truth linn
tied enough, as have excited much as
tonishment and some CONSERVATION
when an inkling of them has been CIV
en- to the world
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

TIL, news that women are to be ad-
mitted to serve in Colorado's militia
army will surprise all the other states
and startle the despots of Europe. Any
governor of Colorado may now ride
bride deep in blood. How the now
women soldiers are to be uniformed
does not appear. The bloomer cos
tune, or the short skirt, of the Greek
army, will doubtless be adopted.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

Durant, the San Francisco student,
who brutally murdered the two girls
in the church belfry, has about reached
the end of his rope. The delay is pain
full.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

The Chicago police force has been
photographed for London magazine,
and not camera was cracked. Neither
was q joke.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
THE HATED RIVAL.

HE bit OF paste
board which caused
my heart to beat SO
unanimously bore
these words, very
simple in appear
ance.
Lady Sartoris,
at home, Cold Har-
Dor, 31st December.
Dance, 9: 80. r. S.
". p"
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
Gen. Harrison Honored.

Ex-President Harrison has been
made an honorary member of the Delta
Chi fraternity by the chapter at Ann
Arbor University.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

Greece hopes to receive at least e.
900 horses from America right away"
Canned?
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
ISIS ADA WARD.

ISS ADA WARD,
a prominent En-
glish actress. has
forever abandoned
the stage to become
a soldier in the
ranks of the Saliva
tion army. She is
in dead earnest and
has given away her
b e a u tiful stage
wardrobe, disband-
donned her jer-
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

''The last great blot on our civiliza-
tion"-a true word, by Governor Full
Ter Of Vermont, on our bad roads.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

All sorts of arguments are being
advanced in Kansas City and Omaha
to show that one city is of more conse-
quence than the other. Why not arbi-
trate?
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

cessity. With
the left hand
m a C h / ne the
heads Of the
; grain are at the
left hand of the
man doing the
binding, so in
taking out the
bundle with the
band around it.
whether the man
turned to the
front table or to
the back table he
kept his position
toward the bun
die itself-that
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
BINDING OF GRAIN.
Why Mccormick Changed from
to a Right Hand Binder.

When binding was done by hand
the left hand cut harvester was a N.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

Easter is Joyous season." Yes; our
choir never feels quarrelsome when they All
have new clothes"
The silver lance., 1899-02-03
SHE JOINS THE ARMY.
AN ACTRESS BECOMES AN Ac-
TIVE SALvATIONIST.

Miss Ada Ward, . Prominent English
Artiste, Dons the Poke Bonnet and
the Jersey Costume and Has Quilt the
stage Forever.
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

There are reports Of the discovery of
. process Of liquifying air. II this bs
true it will revolutionize the entire mp-
chanical development of the country.
A telegram from New York says: The
mysterious whitish compound which
was supposed to be new and powerful
freezing mixture is liQuified air, and
is the basis of Mr.. Tripler's power.
which. he contends, will take the place
Of steam and produce energy at a min
imum of cost. How he liquifies air he
will not tell. 1t has been done before.
but in small quantities in scientific
laboratories, but never commercially
When liquified the air is at a tenn
perature of 450 degrees below zero on
the Fahrenheit scale. 1t boils or va
porizes again at 80 degrees below
zero, and 1t is from the expansion con-
seQuent upon this vaperization that
Mr.. Tripler obtains his power, which
10 transmitted through the engine ex-
actly as the power generated by steam
from boiling water is transmitted. 1t
IL possible, however, he declares, to
obtain a pressure of 1000 pounds to
the square inch at temperature of
200 degrees below zero, and at prac-
tically no cost. while to obtain $50
pounds of steam at a temperature of
$50 degrees above zero is required the
The silver lance., 1899-02-03

Sugar Is our largest article of i'm
port. Last year the total reached near
ly $90,000.000. Coffee comes next, with
1000, 900; wool. $50. 1000, 900; raw silk
$27. 100000; woods, $21,000.000; hides,
$2O.00O.0O0; india rubber, 81, ,0O0, 900;
soatskin. $14,OO0.0O0; tea, $13, ,O0O, 900;
vegetable fibres. I'll. .OOO,O 900; chemicals,
$4,000. 900; gums. 100000; soda, ST.
100000, and other raw materials
amounting to a total of 1870 .OOO, 900 last
year. upon which no duty was paid,
being ~ per cent OF our entire i'm
ports. In 1896 40 per cent was free.
In 1894 s. per cent,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
Senator COckren for President

Kansas City, Mo-, January 1s.-In an
editorial tomorrow, The Kansas City
Times, which has been a staunch sup
porter of William Jennings Bryan, will
urge the candidacy of United States
Senator Francis Marion Cockren for
the democratic presidential nomination
in 1900. Senator Cockrell, whom the
people Of Missouri have just elected
to his sixth term in the United States
senate, will be put forward as IAN old
fashioned democrat, who stood for
what the Chicago platform contains
long before that platform was promul-
gated, democrat of experience in ma
tlonal affairs whose record has stood
the test Of times, who knows the plain
people and against whom the charge
of demagOgy has never been brought; /;
who comes from the west and the
south, but whose services for twenty
four years have been given to the
whole people of the United States"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
La Grippe successfully Treated

ond attack of la grippe this year." says
Mr.. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter
case used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and think with considerable sue
cess, only being in bed little over two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack I am salts
fed would have been equally as bad as
the first but for the use of this remedy
as I had to go to bed in about six
hours after being struck with it,
while in the first case I was able to
attend to business about two days be-
fore getting down." For sale by r.
r. BelIamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
TROOPS FOR CUBA


Savannah, Ga, January 1s.-The
transport Minnewaska sailed at IL
o'clock tonight for Matanzas with the
Third Kentucky regiment. The Mich
igan will sail Friday for Havana with
four batteries of the Second United
States artillery, including Grimes bat
terry, which will reach here tomorrow
from Huntsville The battery will
leave it's San Juan guns in Savannah,
taking the new smokeless powder guns
which are waiting for it.
Information has been received by
the quartermaster's office here that the
Panama, which sailed for Matanzas
last Sunday, will not return TO Savan-
nah, but will go from Matanzas to Ma
Mia and will lay the Philippine cable.
After that she will be used as O
despatch boat by General Otis.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20

Washington, January 1s.-The fol-
lowoing United States senaors were
formally declared elected today at
joint sessions OF the legislatures Of their
respective states: Connecticut, Joseph
r. Hawley; Indiana, Albert j. Bever-
idge; Maine. Eugene Hale; Massachu-
setts, Henry Cabot Lodge: Michigan,
Julius G. Burrows; Minnesota, Cush-
man K. Davis: Missouri, Frances NJ.
Cockrell; New York, Chauncey NJ. De-
pew - A.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
A Big Fire in New York

New York, January 1S.-The great
six story store of A. J. Cammeyer, at
'31O to BIS, Sixth avenue, occupying the
greater part of the block between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, was
almost burned out tonight. Mr.. Cam
meyer said the loss to the building and
contents would be about s750,0OO. He is
fully insured and believed that the
other tenants were also.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
Close Vote I'm West Virginia Legislature

Charleston, w. Va, January 1S.-The
democratic members of the legislature
met tonight in secret caucus and nom
mated John T. McGraw, of Grafton, for
the United States senate Only one bal
lot was taken. The caucus was har-
monious. The democrats have forty
eight votes Oh joint ballot al1d the re-
publicans forty-nine..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-20
Especial to The Messenger.)

The smallest things may exert the
freatest influence. DeWitts Little Ear
ly Risers are uneQualled for overcom-
ing constipation and liver troubles
Small pill, best pill. safe pill. r. p.
Bel:amy-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-09-22

The Elko INDEPENDENT wisely nb.
serves that a little Legitimate adyer.
Using would be a good thing for the
State, and with an equally wise ub
%servation continues, saying that the
press OF Nevada has done its duty
faithfully and patiently, yet the State
has not r population that its re.
sources justify.
The people OF the State OF Ncredo
should create those conditions which
would be productive OF forcetul facts
to advertise. Tho fact that Storey
county has a four and n half dollar
tax ratio and Lander about n three
dollar rate ia not o very good adver.
Using card. An effort 10 equaliz,
the tax matters in Nevada. where the
valuation could be double and the
tax rate cut in half, would bo q fin,
advertisement.
Tho people OF the country LOOK oy,
er a county's tax roll and discover q
high rate rate, oil immense TERRITORY
and Immediately conclude that IL il n
good county to stay away from. How
much moro conducive TO capital and
immigration wonld be tLc conditions
for instance, in Humboldt county
whero we could say TO tho world ",
havo property twenty-five miilionl
In valuation, taxed for ten milliont
with a rate Of 81 % pOr hundred
That would be an attractive show
ing.