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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29
Mckinney Invited to Richmond.

Washington, May pa delegation
from the south, including Senators
McComaS, Pritchard and Martin, and
John S. Williams and w. E. Christian,
of the Seaboard Air Line. called on the
president today and invited him to at
tend a banquet in Richmond, Va, on
June End, in celebration Of the opening
Of a new through railroad line from
Richmond to Tampa, Fla The presi-
dent said he would attend if he founl
he could do so.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29

The great disaster at the Cumnock
mines resulting in the immediate kill
ing of twenty-five men is no doubt the
greatest loss of life even known from
one accident or calamity in the his
tory of North Carolina. The sadness
of such communities is that there is no
way to prevent explosions in mines.
They frequently occur in mining dis
trictS around the world.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29

At Clinton, as elsewhere, Mr.. Claude
Kitchin, of Halifax, Younger son of
Captain Buck, ex-representative, has
made interesting and effective speeches
for the amendment. The Clinton Dem
ocrat gave some glimpses of his speech
at that place. We make an extract
from it.
ITO the fusionists of Sampson he
said in part: You have been more
considerable for your people in your
county, than you have been for the
people of my county, Halifax.) You
haven't negroized Sampson a. you
have the counties of Halifax. Craven
BERTHE, Edgecombe, Warren, Ind ouner
eastern counties owe could have told
him, however, that fusion gave us five
negro magistrates in Sampson, one ne
gro constable and a full quota of negro
school committeemen.-Ed.O
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29

We clipped not long since some lines
tina cannot be classed as elegant, but
the are no worse, no more personal
than other things said in campaigns.
To whose pen the public is indebted for
them we do not know. We clipped
from a newspaper:
when Butler leaves the senate,
He can spend his time betwiXt
Picking huckleberries on Six Runs,
And scratching Sampson ticks"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-29
HOME FOLKS.

Charlotte had a great time in cele-
brating the Mecklenburg Declaration
anniversary. 1t was a big display and
most creditable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12
Our Trade with Canada.

Two important bulletins have re-
Gently been published by the depart
ment of agriculture. One showing ag4
ricultural imports Of the United States
from 1895 to 1899, the other agricul-
tural exports during the same period.
Concerning importations from Canada,
the report says:
Numerous farm products were inn
ported from Canada. but mostly in
limited quantities the total value for
1895-1S99 averaging $10,149,24l year.
Live stock formed tie largest item,
amounting in average annual value to
S2,176,O00. There were imports OF
sheep worth S9S9,O0O. cattle worth
s749,000, and horses worth $4,000.
Next to live stock, wheat was the lead
ing import, having a value Of $780,
600. Then came hides and skins.
valued at $1,236,000. and hay, valued
at s1.O77,00O. Wool was imported to
the value Of $685., coo. Among various
others items were the following: To-
bacco, $495 900; fruits and nuts, SAIL
600; beans and peas. $4,000; barley
$3S0,00O; fax, s232.00O; and potatoes.
s154.0OO.
Our exports to Canada are set forth
as follows:
Next to our five leading European
customers-the United Kingdom, Ger
many, France, Netherlands, and Bel
gium-Canada furnished the largest
market for our agricultural exports
during lS95-1SS9, the average yearly
value of the produce sent to that coun- !
try amounting to S24,97O,999.
\ Breadstuffs formed nearly one-half
Of the trade, the value Of this item
averaging sl1,6S7, 900 a year. Exports
Of Indian corn worth S4,173,OOO, OF
wheat worth s4049O00, and Of wheat
-four worth s2,790,OOO were recorded.
Other breadstuffs were shipped much
less extensively.
After breadstuffs. the most import
art agricultural export to Canada was
cotton, the shipments OF his product
having an average yearly value OF 49,
293.Oe0
Our exports of meat products to
Canada were comparatively small, the
value amounting to only S2,372000
Bacon to the value Of $685., GOO, salted
or picked pork $4,000, hams $4,000,
and lard $4,000 formed the chief
items.
Among the numerous other agricul-
tural products sent to Canada the most
important, with their values, we're:
Tobacco. s1,231O00; cheese, $500 600:
hides and skins, s777, goo; horses, $685.
600; and cattle. s3S50O0.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12
THE BUBBLES oE LEE.


a boy and girl upon the yellow beach
Blew shining bubbles in the Summer
air.
And as they aoated on they named them.
Choosing % what seemed TO him or her
most fair.
Il name mine wealth. exclaimed the
so may l never have to count the
But ships and houses own. as now a
But Wealth was driven far out to sea
and lost
I name mine Beauty" said the pretty
so women all shall envy my fair face.
And men shall kneel and beg me Tor
But Beauty vanished quickly into
space.
Il name this Fame" essayed the boy
so NAV 1 hear my praises every hour
As orator or soldier sung by men.
But Fame was wrecked against the
beacon tower.
This is Long Life " returned the little
so may I happy be for many a year.
Nor be till late Of ugly death AFRAID.
But Long Life broke within grave
yard near
At last twin globules they together blew,
And named them Love" as SLOW they
rose on high.
The sun shone through them with prls-
TIN Love was lost within the glowing
IRVING BROWNE.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

Carrot Croquettes-F large car
rots will make a dozen. Boil until
tender, peel, rub through sieve. Add
one cupful of thick white sauce (using
two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour)
mix, season highly and when cold and
firm shape and fry by dropping into
boiling lard,
To Preserve Eggs-A valuable new
recipe which keeps eggs in good con-
dition for months and does not taint
them. Take a charred box or cask,
cover the bottom with thick layer
of old, shelled corn-corn from last
years crop. Stand in this the eggs
on the little end. allowing slight
separation between them. Continue
the layer of corn and eggs until the
top is reached; let the last one OF corn
be several inches deep Cover tightly
and set in a cool, dry place. The SUI
periority Of the corn lies in its being
thoroughly dry, and it is free from all
heat and moisture-usually the de-
stroying elements.
Chopped Pickle-Six large cucum-
bers, one peck of green tomotoes, one
head of cabbage, four large onions,
three large punches Of celery, four
small peppers, cents worth Of mixed
white mustard and celery seed. one
gallon of vinegar and one-half teacup-
full Of grated horseradish. Sprinkle
one-half teaspoonful of salt through
the above vegetables after they are
chopped; let remain twenty-four hours.
Heat up in a weak vinegar at first,
drain, then boil twenty minutes in the
clear, strong cider vinegar. VIII keep
well in crooks unsealed.
Spieed grapes make a delicious relish
to serve with meats. The grapes are
picked from the stem and the pulp
and the skins separated Put in the
pulp in kettle and cook until the
seeds begin to separate. The skins
are put in another kettle with enough
water to keep them from burning.
Strain the pulp through a sieve to re-
move the seeds then add to the skins
with the sugar, vinegar and spice.
For pounds of fruit use pounds OF
sugar, three-fourths pint of vinegar,
/ teaspoon each of cloves, allspice and
cinnamon. Boil until it is thick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

Slate pencils were formerly all cut
from solid slate, just as it is dug from
the earth, but pencils SO made we're
objected to on account OF the grit
which they contain, and which would
scratch the slate. To overcome this
difficulty an ingenious process has
been devised by which the slate is
ground to a very fine powder, all grit
and foreign substances removed. and
the powder bolted through silk cloth
in much the same manner in which
-four is bolted. The powder Is
then made into a dough, and this
dough is subjected to a very heavy
hydraulic pressure, which presses the
pencil out the required shape and
diameter, but in lengths OF about
three feet. While yet soft the PEN
ellis are cut into the desired lengtns
and set out to dry IN the open air.
After they are thoroughly dry the pen
ellis are placed in steam baking kllns.
where they receive the proper temper.
Pencils made in this manner are not
only free from al grit and Of uniform
hardness, but are stronger than those
cut out Of splid slate. For these
reasons they have superseded the old
kind. Over twenty-five millions OF
these pencils were made and sold in
1899 by one American concern in Chat
tanooga.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

A man who has investigated the
present condition of the linseed oil
market says that the recent advances
in the price of linseed are rather un
usual, and states that the feeling eX-
listed among traders that quotations
were to be boosted gradually. 1t is not
denied that present conditions warrant
prevailing quotations, though there
appears to be a wide difference in
opinion as to the extent of the crop of
seed, the estimates ranging all the way
from 15,000000 to 25,000,000 bushels,
and apparently the crushers, whose
interests are most vitally affected and
who are probably best informed as to
its probable extent, incline to the. low
er figures. That very large proper
tion Of the seed is in a more or less
damaged condition is conceded by all,
but to what extent this may affect the
production of oil, or how much of the
seed is damaged to make it practically
useless, cannot be determined. The
crops of seed in Argentina and India
can, under the conditions existing
here, have little influence, as the high
prices ruling here preclude exports,
and should the lower estimates Of the
domestic crop prove correct there will
be no surplus. IT, indeed. it will prove
adequate. These, however, are prob
lens to be solved later. The effect OF
the higher prices viii be to restrict
consumption, though to what extent
it is, of course, difficult to conjecture.
That corn oil and other substitutes
will be used more largely goes without
question, and it is more than probable
that manufacturers Of compound oils,
called paint oils, will take advantage
OF the situation to push the sale OF
their cheaper products. If the high
price of oil continues these may have
an important influence on the con-
sumption Of linseed oil, and may re-
suit in causing changes not now fore
seen or anticipated. 1t is as yet too
early to determine just what the sup
plies of faXseed are or to what extent
prices are being manipulated by the
spectators in flaxseed and its prod
uct.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12
THE LITTLE To-BE's.

Who are these little folk crowding about
And clambering all over our kneesT
They are a family of which VIII tell
The ia ally of Little To-Be's.
These are our soldiers and sailors to
come
Our generals and presidents. too.
Our lawyers and doctors and merchants
and priests
And our patriots, all good and true
Some little fellow that is bubbling Ger,
Full of mischief and rollicking fun.
VIII some of these days be a dignihed
judge,
And we trust an equitable one.
This little rogue with the tangle e carss,
And the slyest of all The CAV lSs
Win possibly grow a general 10 be,
Or a president, likely as not
Thus all of our business. affairs OF state
And our commerce on land and the
seas,
In very few years will be carried on
BY this family of Little To-Be's.
Arthur ]. Burdick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

clared Mr.. Holman. with feeling Of
pride, as be stood near the boys, who
were waiting for the signal to start.
Bangl They were off, led by Guy
Wilson and Ted Stone. When they
reached the halfway line Guy was
ahead, closely followed by Carl. Shout
upon shout arose respectively from
their little groups Of anxious and in
terested friends.
"Carl's going to get it, Harold was
waving his handkerchief excitedIy.
He's"
But no-something had happened
Guy was under the line and Ted was
next behind.
Il am happy to award honorable
mention to Carl Andrews" added Mr..
Holman, after bestowing the two prizes
upon Guy and Ted. He undoubtedly
would have won the first prize but for
a very unfortunate puncture."
Tits a dishonorable mention !
Deserve" faltered Carl, honestly, as he
pointed out to his Uncle Frank, on the
way home, where he had run over the
glass that had done all the mischief.
Wonder it hadn't cut clear through
at the time" replied his uncle, exam
lining the tire.
81 guess it wanted to teach me
lesson-and it has. one l shall never
forget" said Carl, soberly. .--Adel-
bert F. Caldwell, in Portland Trans
cript
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

Southern flower lovers use the pea
nut vine as an ornamental plant for
the parlor or sitting room window.
Kept in warm room or by the dtch-
en- stove a peanut kernel planted in
a pot OF loose, mellow loan, kept only
moderately moist, will soon germi-
nate and grow into a beautiful plant,
extending its branches over the side
of the pot in a pendant manner. An
interesting habit of plant life is the
curious way its compound leaves have
Of closing together at nightfall or
during a shower. It's tiny yellow how-
ers on peduncles on which the nuts
grow impart a unique charm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

strange to say, when the last man had
fulfilled his duty. no asinine voice had
been raised in betrayal of the culprit.
Il began to think the Arab posses
sed Of but little more reason than his
four-footed assistant, and was about
to hint SO to him. when l saw him
range the men into line again. and
telling them to hold out their hands,
wander down the line. smelling these
twenty or more palms.
Twice he walked up and down the
line, dipping his wizened old face into
each extended hand in turn, and on
each journey hesitating suspieiously
at particular individual whose fea-
lures were warrant for the idea which
occurred to my mind that If the theft
could be brought home to any one.
it was probably to this member of our
caraYan-a thought finding conirma-
tion when the Arab drew him from
the row, saying:
This is the man that stole the Ho-
waga's money
Thus accused at the moment when
he believed all danger by donkey-craft
or otherwise had passed. the thief,
thrown off his guard, confessed how
he had noticed the way l clung to the
fatal pouch at the outset of the ex-
pedition, and concluded it of value, and
how he had seen me hide it in the
saddle-bag, and, watching his oppor-
tunity, had stolen it that night; how
he had buried it, meaning in after
days to recover it. but would restore
1t If the Howaga would not hand him
over to the governor OF Damascus.
TOO glad to get the money back
again. promised to forgive him if he
returned untouched the stolen prop
erty, and allowed him under charge
Of two of his fellows. to fetch it from
its hiding place.
I'm few minutes it was brought
back to me. 1t had not been opened,
for the original sewing was intact, the
thief having doubtless hurried over his
task of secreting it, fearing interrupt
ton.
"Mystifed by the complete success
of the detection, I called the Arab
aside, and asked him to explain how
it was that he had found the thief. in
the face Of such difficulties.
"At first he seemed reluctant to be-
tray his secret; but, yielding to the
promise Of an additional present, he
said:
1.-The Howaga knows it is said the
guilty think always of their guilt,
while the blameless walk fearlessly.
Knowing this, hoped to find the thief,
and by the truth of it found him. l
did not speak to the donkey, nor ask
him to bray, but simply tied him in
that dark hut. and rubbed his tail
with scented oil. believing that the in
nocent and therefore bold men would
do as I told them, and pull the
donkey's tail, but that the true thief
would, when he found himself alone
in the hut and unmatched, say to him
self: why should / do as this simple
ton has ordered, and by pulling the
tail of this donkey make him bray and
SO betray myself, when have but
to wait a moment in this dark hovel,
and then slip out again free and un-3
suspected?" And, as surmised, the
facts bore out my reasoning. When
afterward | ranged the men in order
and smelt their hands. one man only
had hands unscented by the oil. This
man therefore / knew must be the
thief. What followed after, the
Howaga saw and knows. This was the
only art / used. -. B. Taylor in
Golden Days. !.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

1t is believed that American fruit
will ultimately find market in ST.
IBERIA, and negotiations are now pro-
ceeding between the governments Of
the United States and Russia relative
thereto. The United States consul at
Vladivostock says that American can
ned fruits are In great favor there.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-12

A distinguished agricultural writer
says: While potash is cheap, there
can be no question of using soda in
any form for preparing composts. Pot
ash is a manure In itself. necessary
form Of plant food. Soda has no such
claim upon the farmers attention.
Plants can succeed perfectly well with
cut soda, and as an alkali 1t has no
advantage over potash.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-05
THE Beers FOREIGN HELPERS.

French and German Leaders of the
Burghers are Well Paid-British OPP
ponents Criticised.
The French and German soldiers of
fortune who have entered the ranks of
the Beers are apparently reaping a rich
harvest for the services they render.
There is an interesting letter in To-
day, written by German officer who
was lately major of the Twenty-sec-
ond infantry of the Kaiser's army, and
is now colonel on the general staff of
ahe Beers outside Lady smith.
OF our generals he has but a poor
opinion. "I have" he writes, now
been for ten weeks employed in the ope-
rations against the English Generals Sy-
mons, White and Butler, and so unsys-
tenatic are the proceedings. so unprac-
tical so illogical. and, in consequence.
80 unprolific the proceedings of these
generals as equally are those of the
Baron Methuen, that I cannot refrain
from regarding them with ceaseless
wonder. In this extraordinary war the
enemy's generals have behaved in
manner which must seem Incredible to
those who have not been here to see for
themselves"
He tells of the ease with which he and
Colonel Kohner, late of the Fourteenth
Field artillery, were able to get infor-
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-05

Assets, Jan. I, 1900. .......$ 62,s5O, 900
Standard, and ali claims. 45,7e4,os4
to i per cent. Reserve. 80. 1,e44,ooo.
Jan. /, 1900. .......... 5,442,215.
IN 1880 =. 80. 5ose,9b5.
Premium receipts in 1884,. 7,123, 1851.
Interest receipts in 1890..... 2,395, O73.
Total receipts in 1899. ....... 9.51S,724.
Life, Endowment, and Term
Policies issued and revived
In 1899, 1922, insuring.... "a, 494, 545.
Life, Endowment, and Term
1000 80. 49,. 1870. 1es,44s, 79o.
Jan. |, 1865. - 1s5, so7, 40.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-05

nation In Natal as to the sending of
British reinforcements, They remained
| until week after the issue of the ulti-
matum, and although we lived nearly
| three months in Ladysmith, Pieterma-
| ritzburg, and Durham, we, strange as 1t
| does now scent, We're never recognized,
or the least suspicion raised as to the
real nature of our business. Major c.,
formerly Of the French foreign legion,
was sent upon a similar mission to
Cape Town. Being an Irishman, he es-
capped attracting the slightest inconyen-
lent notice. Truly, the English are the
most unsuspicious of people under the
sun.
1--WE are continues the writer, "a
cosmopolitan band of good brothers-in
arms here around Ladysfhith. There is
first in rank General Count Georges
villebois de Maureul. who was lately
colonel commanding the First regiment
of the far-famed Foreign Legion of the
French African army. He treats us
Germans with marked courtesy, as, in
deed, do all Of his confreres, numbering
thirty seven.
"Of retired officers of the French ac-
tive army there are at present on the
pay rolls fourteen; eight are with old
Mr.. Joubert, three with our friend AL
brecht who is keeping the Baron Me-
thuen amused, and the others are in
charge of the ammunition supplies--a
duty which cannot be intrusted to Boer
officers in consequence of their utter
want of method. Won Rosenfeldt and
Friedrich Muller came by the last
steamer The former has been sent to
join Albrecht, and the other has been
made colonel of the siege train"
AS to the pay they receive, he says:
1.-THE colonies In the siege batteries are
paid one hundred and fifty Transvaal
sovereigns a month. l am RENTING
home one hundred and twenty every
month, and, as we expect this war to
last for six months yet / may look for
ward to having something considerable
awaiting me at Hanover We under
stand that the French general receives
two hundred and fifty pounds per
month.
"Our friend Albrecht had the ground
in front of each successive position oc-
cupied by the Boer Commander Cronje
SSuioteiy lHeelSulNa, anu Lily va Y"'
distances were marked by whitewashed
figures upon the boulders that are eve
rywhere scattered about in South Afri-
ca. Then, through his field glasses, he
was able to determine with precision the,
distance that Baron Methuen's troops
were from his batteries Mr. Cronje
has now with him quite twelve thou
sand men, and twenty-five field and
machine guns London Mail