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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-06
His Life Was saved.

Mr.. j. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had a wonder
full deiiverance from a frightful death.
In telling of it he says: II was taken
with Typhoid Fever, hat ran into
Pneumonia. My lungs became hard
ened. l was so weak I couldn't even
sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. ]
expected to soon die of consumption,
when l heard of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. One bottle gave great relief.
l continued to use it, and now am well
and strong, l can't say too much in its
praise" This marvellous medicine Is
the surest and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung Trouble
Regular sizes so cents and $1.00. Trial
bottle free at r. r. Bellamy's Drug
Store: every bottle guaranteed.
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BOXED THE PRINCES EARS.

Another thing which caused a good
deal Of amusement, not to the queen
but to the people, as she was driving
through the streets on that occasion
was the manner in which she discip-
lined her son Prince Albert, now Sov-
ereign Duke of Coburg, in the presence
of all the populace. Prince Albert was
then, as he remains today, the least
gracious and the least genial of all the
queens ehildren. He was seated oppo-
site to her in the carriage with the
other children, and apparently did
not respond as courteously as she
wished to the salutations of the cheer
ing crowds. She made some remark
to him which had the effect of bring
ing a sulky frown to his handsome
features and to cause him to put his
cap on his head in a defiant manner,
as If he would decline to bow any
more. Quick as lightning, and with
u ceasing to bow herself to the right
ana n left in he mos gracious nam
ner, the queens hand few out, and
Doxed the young princes ears soundly,
at Ine same time knocking the cap OF
MS mead. 1t was done in a fash. But
the way in which it was done, and
especially the touch Of human nature
contained in the act, showing to the
people tina royal mothers have to pun
ish their children lust in the same way
as less exalted manimas, took the peO-
Pie by storm n increased the enthu-
slasm n the cheering hundredfold.
lighted.
u the prince consort appreciated
Inc hardships and sufferings of the
irish people is shown by the following
phrase, which I Gull from an address
"nich he delivered In his capacity as
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How's This /.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, 0
We, the undersigned, have o F.
j. Cheney for the asst Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRAUX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o
WALDING, KINNAN - MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the bes:.
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Science Wins.

By the numerous testimonials re-
ceived by DR.. o. F. Dingelhoef, opti-
clan, No. 123 Market street, proves
that the doctor is a thorough master
of III science and possessed of the skill
and ability to apply it. We give below
a letter from Mr.. G.. H. Bryant, Long
Creek, n. c.:
Dear Doctor:
Il felt it a duty to write you about
my daughter Bessie's eyes. They are
so much better. She sees perfectly
and has been able to attend school
and persue her studies constantly
without the least inconvenience. When
I brought her to you she could see
nothing perfectly and would stumble
over a chair or any piece Of furniture
in a room so bad was her sight. This
she has not done since she first wore
the glasses o gave her. You may
refer any one to me-"
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LACE and INSERTION from &c 10
S1.00 per dozen.
L ave a FINE LINE OF EMBROID-
cry, from sc up to ALL-OVER IN
SERTION at $3.50 per yard.
WHITE SATIN, applicable for Shirt
dres9 fronts, at SITS, worth $3.50.
WHITE TWILLED SILK, worth
S1.00, for 60c. CHINA SILK, extra
good color, at 39c, worth &C.,,
SPRING LAWNS, SHALLIES, DIM
TILES, PERCALS, DUCHESS CASH
MERES, PIQUES and anything in the
DRESS GOODS LINE.
Come to OUR BIG OPENING and
see the LARGEST AND FULLEST
STORE IN THE STATE, where goods
are plentiful and PRICES ARE LOW.
Send me your mail orders and I will
guarantee satisfaction or refund the
money.
Bring your card and get it punched
with every cash purchase n see the
GRANDEST DISPLAY OF FLOW
ERS you ever saw
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TUESDAY
|@4ND%
49,. WEDNESDAY
GRAND OPENING!

WELCOME TO ALL. Come and see
our display OF NEW PATTERN
HATS. Eight Thousand punches
FLOWERS. Store full Of Hats. Plen-
ty of Hats for everybody. Three large
Silk Roses for 10c a bunch. Fine Pat
tern Hats of any style. Beautiful line
OF CHILDREN HATS, TAM O'SHAN-
ia and POLKES, flats and shapes. We
can show you the GREATEST STOCK
OF MILLINERY EVER SHOWN IN
THIS TOWN, and I ask yeu, one and
all, to come TUESDAY AND WE'D
NESDAY, between 8 a. m, n Z p. m.
The aides will be here then to enter
tain you.
L have just received a big lot of
FINE SILK WAISTS, that 1 can sell
at less than cost of manufacture. They
are beautiful, good, we'll made and
tylish and cheap, from $500 to 1915
each. A lot Of NEW PERCAL WAISTS
at 33c and up to 75c.
We have a big lot of NARROW VAL
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THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Richmond, Va. March 30.-The SUI
preme court of appeals of Virginia in
an unanimous opinion today, declared
unconstitutional, null and void, the ex-
commissioner of valuation act, passed
by the general assembly at its last
session
The act created $50 new officers and
gave them inquisitorial powers in the
matter of reaching personal property
subject to taxation. The opinion is
brief and the ground taken by the
court is that the bill did not receive
the constitutional vote necessary to
pass a measure hat makes an appro-
priation.
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Open to Columbia.

The Seaboard Air ill gives notice
that the new line from Cheraw to Co
lumbia will be open for business on
April 9Th. The following is a lis of
stations South of Cheraw: Kimberley,
Patrick. Middendorf. McBee, Bethu lie.
Cassatt, Spalding. Camden, Lugof,
Pierson, Blaney, Weddell, c. c. & A.
Crossing. 1t is BOT miles to Columbia
by this new line.
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Strength of the Porto Rico Bill in the
Senate.

Washington, April members of
the senate committee on Porto Rico
today made a poll of the senate IN the
Porto Rican bill. They estimate a ina
jority of seven for the bill, believing
that it will receive forty-SeveD votes.
The republicans lose seven votes and
gain three. The three concessions are:
McEnery, democrat; Jones of Nevada
silver republican, and Kyle, independ.
ent.
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For India.
r. De Fluent. editor of The Jour

A r. De Fluent, editor Of The Journ-
al, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered Tor q
number of years from rheumatism In
his right shoulder and side. He says:
my right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant companion
of mine ever since and 1t never fails.'
For sale by r R. Bellamy.
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BURNED WITH THE JAIL.

Richland, Ga, April John Goly, a
negro who was under arrest for at
tempted murder, set fire to the Jail
here last night and was burned with Ii.
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GOOD SAMARITAN IN JAIL
Temporarily" Confined in q
French Prison,

One of the most interesting persons
ever confined on the debtors side of
Sainte-Pelagie was an American, Col.
Swan, whose story is told in ''The Dun
geons of Old Paris" A friend of Wash
ington, Col. Swan had fought in the
war of independence with Lafayette,
and the French republican often visited
him in Jail. The nature of the coloners
debt is not known, but he had made
it a matter of conscience not to pay it.
The French law had ordered his tenn
porary arrest, and 20 years after his
incarceration he was still tempo
rarily" in confinement.
The old colonel had won the respect
and love of the whole prison; not a
day of his long confinement there but
was marked by some service of kind
ness, for the most part mysterious and
anonymous. No hungry debtor went
in vain to the door of the colonel's little
cell; and often the man who came seek
ing only supper went away with the
full price of his liberty.
There were two classes in the debtors
wing; those with certain resources of
their own to supplement the miserable
allowance of their creditors, and those
who were dependent for their daily ra-
tons on the few confines allowed them
by law.
Men of the latter class used to let
their services to others for gratuity,
and were among the regular suitors for
Col. Swans inexhaustible bounty. They
were known in the prison as cotton
caps" One of these, hearing that the
American had lost his cotton cap, went
to beg the place. The colonel knew all
about the man, poor wretch, with a
large family, stranded there for lack
of a few hundred francs. He asked a
salary of six francs a month.
s'That will suit me very WE'LL" said
the colonel; and opening little chest,
he added: Here is five years pay in adj
vance," It was the precise amount of
the mans debt, and fair instance Of
the colonel's benefactions.
In the year 1929 prisoners taking
their airing in the garden used to see
an old man strolling for an hour or
two on the high terrace or gallery at the
top of the prison. 1t was Col. Swan,
for whom, in failing health, the doctor
had demanded that privilege. He had
accepted it gratefully; but, as if ad-
monished from within, he said to the
doctor: ''My proper air is the air Of
the prison; this breath of liberty will
kill me-
A few months later the cannon of the
9th of July were belching in the streets
of Paris. On the 2sth the doors of the
commercial BastiIIe' were throwr
open, and the prisoners went out.
Col. Swan, who went out with them
died on the 29th.-Youth's Ccmpanior
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HORSES IN THE WAR.
4 Good Idea of the characteristics
Of the Different Types In
South Africa.

There are many different kinds of
horses employed in the present cam
paign and the following gives a very
good idea of the characteristics of the
various types, says the South African
Press. The heavy horses of the royal
horse artillery are magnificent animals,
towers of strength every one. They
are splendidly trained and combine
immense power with great activity.
It is grand sight to see them in
action. The dragons and hussars are
mounted on great heavy chargers,
which thunder over the plain, but they
are lighter than the artillery horses.
The Australians have fine, serviceable
steeds, outstanding and by no means
light, and kept in excellent order. The
New Zealanders brought their mounts
with them direct from the Britain of
the south and an exceptionally shape
ly lot they are, showing breed in every
line. They have done great deal of
trying work since their arrival, really
more than their share, in fact, and
have shown themselves thoroughly re-
liable nags. They average about 1879
hands and are perhaps little lighter
than the Australian mounts.
A number of South American horses
have arrived from the Argentine and
they are in remarkably good condition,
as sleek as 1noles. They are thick-set,
strongly built little horses, too large
to call ponies, but nothing like the
height of the chargers above men-
toned, and it is likely that in the field
these 'big little" South American cobs
should prove as serviceable as any.
Last, and least in stature, are the
horses of the mounted infantry, South
African horses, light, active, strong.
Small though they are, compared to
the majority of the mounts, they are
by no means to be despised, for they
do their work we'll and keep up re-
markedly. They are nimble over the
strong ridges, and fleet of foot across
the native fats, and if well cared for
will get through the campaign in as
good order as any.
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CHAPTER X.

If the meeting had been the work
ing out of his own plans, Stanton would
have carried his message on his tongue.
AS it was, he held it more in Difference,
waiting for an opportunity that was
slow to come.
"Your trip has changed you till I
believe your friends at home will hard
ly know that it is really you," Miss
Braddon said, in response to a passing
compliment. .'You wouldn't have said
that year ago. You'd just have looked
me over solemnly, and remarked: HIM.
You must have been out of doors. You
have freckles on your nose"
81 certainly had vast collection of
disagreeable traits" Stanton replied,
seeing his first opportunity. give dis
covered some of them and been making
a struggle to dislodge them. I'm glad
if you see change, for you knew me
at my worst, and I'm heartily ashamed
of it. Any change at all must be for
the better"
ooh, Mr.. Stanton, what an ideal" she
exclaimed. "Of course 1 knew you at
your worst, but, truly, that worst was
s. much better than the best I ever
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NElcHRoRs.


I. in garnet, and she-well-a-day!-
Looking through curtains of lace,
Dreaming the beautiful moments away,
While I sing song of her face.
But never q glance from her beautiful
eyes;
She knows not my songs. and she hears
rot my signs.
Here is her picture. And is it not fair?
See-the red lips and the fall
OF her sunshiny tresses! the gold of her
hair
And the bright eyes that dream over
all!
This is her picture-too glad for saint;
The picture that Love led the Unknown to
paint! a#t,g ISIS
I have passed the lowered window that
looks DER the lawn,
And carried the light of that fact
DAWN
Up to this desolate place.
And here I have fashioned it. (What is
her name?
And where shall gather the gold for
frameD
have fashioned it here, where my heart
t, hopes have died
Toiling unloved and alone.
(The carriage is tAere. She is going to
And nd she speaks a 81 IN silvery tone
To the footrnan Away! from this
desolate place;
But she leaves me-thank Heaven-the
light of her faceD
IT. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
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lar OF smoke, and down the long garden
10000 lamps flashed out, enhancing its

lar OF smoke, and down the long garden
10000 lamps flashed out, enhancing it's
marvellous beauty.
EIen the walters seemed happy as
they dispensed the delicious creams
and fragrant coffee to those sitting at
the tables. From the grand pavilion
one of the finest of Italian orchestras
rendered such music as might almost
have thrilled the frozen souls of the
marble gods and goddesses.
In the extravaganza of dreams Rob-
ert Stanton dreamed, not of the home
that would be, but of the home that
might be. He dreamed of Esther
Thorndike there, his wife-his real
wife.
Suddenly the bankers daughter
usurped the place, and the home
changed to his office. He heard her
voice. He saw her eyes.
''She is here" he muttered, and turn
ing as though some one had spoken, he
looked, as he knew that he should look,
directly into her eyes. And yet it
caught his breath, and for moment
he could not move.
Her father was beside her, at one of
the little tables. He was listening to
the music.
She seemed unconscious, almost as
though asleep and dreaming, dream
ing some delightful dream from which
it would be cruelty to rouse her.
For a moment Stanton's very life
seemed to stand still-as boat at the
vortex of the Norwegian pool stops
for an instant, shudders, draws back
a handbreadth, then plunges and is en-
quilted. And the whirling pool was
those flashing eyes. {
1t would have been easy 0malze the
plunge. It required a superhuman
struggle to drag himself back from the
spell.
''This is not asking her to help me
win my wife," he muttered. Grinding
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his teeth, he deliberately lifted his hat.
Then she woke with start. For
moment she looked at him irresolutely.
Her head inclined just perceptibly, and
she looked away.
That alone would not have caused
Stanton to hesitate, but his heart was
throbbing. His muscles were CULVER
ing. He did not dare to trust them.
"Not here. 1t is too public" he said.
''But to-night-to-night, before I sleep,
I must see her"
1t was impossible to sit there, yet he
would not have her think that she drove
him too easily. Slowly he settled his
bill, and very slowly made the usual
preparations for departure; but when,
her again, the face was still turned
away from him. She was talking with
her father.
With troubled sigh he walked slow
ly away. It was not encouraging.
A hand was laid upon his shoulder,
and voice said:
"Beg pardon, sir; my names Brad
don-Thaddeus Braddon, of Braddon
& Burridge, bankers, New York.
You know the firm. You won
case against us a year ago. We
were right, and you knew it, but you
twisted our witnesses about till every
one of 'em was ready to swear that he
had never spoken the truth in all his
life. Never mind. 1t was business, and
it was worth all it cost to see you do
it; only want you on the other side
next time.
"Your names Stanton-Robert Stan
ton. You're my old friend John
Olmstead's nephew. Your mother
was an Olmstead-Mary Olmstead.
I used to know her. Used to
think she was an angel. Think so still,
even if she did refuse to marry me. 1t
almost killed me at the time, and it's
almost killed me ever since. You look
just like your mother, and, if you don't
mind I'd like to shake hands with you.
"Good gracious, man, it takes me
back again to- Confound it, I'm pref
ty old for tears. I say, my daughters
here with me. She's my sisters child.
I took her when her father and mother
died. Oh, I never married. No, indeed.
Seems you and she have met before.
She caught sight of you here and sent
me after you to ask if you wouldn't
come round and dine with us tonight.
Dinners in one hour. Private lodgings.
All alone. No form. Here's the card.
And, I say, you'll excuse me now, won't
you? I must be getting back to her,
or she'll say I'm growing old and take
too long at doing errands. One hour.
Don't forget. Glad to have met you,
sir. Hope to see more of YOU. And he
was gone.
Stanton watched as he disappeared in
the crowd, and, with half-sigh, half
smile, remarked:
IF she thinks he is growing old she's
Mistaken.
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A MOTHERS STORY.
Tells About Her Daughters Illness
and How She was Relieved
Two Letters to Mrs. Piukham.

mrs. P1NKHAM II write to tell you
about my daughter. She is nineteen
years old and is flowing all the time,
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Spring
Annually Says Take
Hoods
Sarsaparilla

In the spring those Pimples,
Boils, Eruptions and General
Bad Feelings indicate that there
are cobwebs in the system. It
needs thorough brushing, and ,
the best brush is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which sweeps all humors
before it. This great medicine
eradicates Scrofula, subdues Salt
Rheum, neutralizes the acidity
which causes rheumatism in
short, purifies the blood and
thoroughly renovates the whole
physical system.
"Wehave used Hoods Sarsapa-
riila and it has given the best
of satisfaction. especially as a
spring medicine. 1t builds up
the general system and gives
new life" DWIGHT C. PARK,
Whiteland, Indiana.
-
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"DEAR Mrs. PINK
affords me
pleasure to tell

daughter has received from the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. After beginning the use of
your medicine she began to mend
rapidly and is now able to be At her
work. Her menses are regular and
almost painless. 1 fee. very thankful
to you and expect to always keep your
Vegetable Compound in my house. It
is the best medicine ever knew. You
have my permission to publish this
letter if you wish, it may be the means
of doing others good. "-MRs. MATILDA
A. CAMP, Manchester Mill, Macon, Ga,
September Is, 1899.
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to tearfully beg for mercy, there was
shown him only freezing contempt and
GOODNESS, with at last the announce
ment that his next call would be
watched by the gendarme at the cor
ner, for which reason he had best keep
away for good and all from the shop of
Dona Antonio.
Being as it were off with the old love,
the hapless torero bethought himself
of a new. Was there not pretty Pan
chita, for whom he had always enter
tanned fondness? Doubtless even vet
she was fretting her heart out for him
and his neglect. He would go to her
and console her.
How Panchita received him deponent
sayeth not; of how she sped him on his
departure admiring neighbors in the
tenement still speak, though of the Or
der of his going Carlos remembers lit
tie more than vision of multitudinous
bright stars, and a bump, bump that
seemingly lasted for centuries, mean
while his surprised and helpless body
hit the steep stairs at the rate of sixty
times minute, with Panchita and the
neighbors cheering from above.
The charm was complete. Never
more was the torero, Carlos Garcia,
seen in the Street of the Little White
Fish, and never were better friends than
Dona Antonio and the girl Panchita.
who, strangeto say, have never realized
just how the thing really occurred. and
have, in fact, forgotten all about Mad
re Maria and the black and white
chickens.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Not a HOrscless Joke.
Horseless wagons are increasing in
number, says the Chicago Tribune, in
beleaguered Mafeking every day.
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It is said that care will kill cat; but
if man doesn't care very much he will
probably find bootjack or a gun just as
effective.-Chicago Daily News.
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The veracity of figures often depends upon
the. honesty Of the statistician.- Chicago
Daily News.
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tnOugnL 1 would
. try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
u Compound, but I
want your advice
before beginning its
use. I have become
very much alarmed
about her, as she is
getting SO weak. y
MRS. MATILDA A.
CAMP, Manchester
Mill, Macon, Ga,
May 21, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-09
THE EAST HELENA SHELTER.

Work has been begun on the improve
ments at the East Helena smelter that
will greatly increase its capacity and add
to the number of employees, says the
Helena Independent. The excavation for
the rooster building is well under way
and will be completed as fast as men and
teams can do the work. The building
will be 63x220 feet, absolutely fireproof,
INK have a capacity Of 200 tons per day.
The capacity of the plant will be doubled
and when 1t is completed the force OF
men at the smelter will be increased from
$50 to more than 1000. The amount of
money disbursed for wages and supplies
will be a welcome addition to the grow
ing trade of Helena. The additions to the
plant are as complete as skill and expert
ence can maxi them. All Of the latest
labor saving devices have been adopted.
The increased capacity will enable the
smelter to treat ores promptly and nan
mines which have been compelled to
suspend temporarily because the smelter
had IN over-supply of their class of ore,
can run regularly. The management has
in the past done as much as possible to
keep the mines going, as is evidenced by
the tremendous stock of ore onl hand.