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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

the right of secession. but held that to
do so publicly would be extremely un-
wise as it would tend to stop enlist
ments."
The truth is the right is overwhei-
mingiy stated by many able writer's
President Jefferson Davis. Vice Presi-
dent Alexander II. Stephens. DR.. A. I.
Bledsoe, DR.. Curry. Hon. B. F. Grady,
and others. The great l~awyer-great-
est in the north. the late Charles
O'Connor, when asked relative to the
prosecution Of Jefferson Davis, and,
we believe General Robert E. Lee also,
for treason, replied TO officials, that
the United States would have no case
in court. We a fill a column any
day with evidence showing that the
north for some thirty ear after the
Union was formed talked secession
strongly.
In Sulliyan's Men Of the Revolu-
ton" a Massachusetts, work published
about 1925, the reader will find much
correspondence between prominent New
England men as to the right and ne
cessity of that section seeding from
The American Union. The letters, a:
we recall, were written about 1865
They are very Unreasonable" indeed O
the southern leaders later were trait
ors." The Yankees back there were
violent and determined to get out anC
set up for themselves. We have no
read Sullivan's book since about 1916
but We do not forget what was sale
and argued.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

There are innumerable cranks among
preachers and teachers-fellows who
are startling you with new opinions
and displaying vast irrepressible power
in dishing out nonsense and wild va
carries. One of these latter-day theor-
lists and manipulators of words is Pro-
lessor Triggs, of the great University
in Chicago. He is as destitute Of r
insight and taste as a Comanche. We
learn from the Atlanta Journal that he
sis not satisfied with the notoriety as
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30
OLLA-PODRIDA.

Some year or two since The Messen-
ger copied some lines that ppear every
day in the New York Tribune in the
"Woman's" department, but without
authorship stated. A little volume en-
titled Sunshine and College Girls" by
Elizabeth Upham, just published, has
a dedication which is a reproduction
of theaforesaid lines, and by the au-
thor of he volume. We reproduce
them:
Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on.
Twas not given for you alone-Pass
it on.
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears, Pass
il on"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

While there is a mania for novel
sands of writer's of various grades, it
is conceded by publisher and critic that
there is a considerable number of nov-
els issued yearly from the press that
are Of a higher average than formerly.
A Boston publisher now in London
talking of the big sales of certain
novels, says this. and while not news
is Of some significance:
THE foundations of this new boom
have been advertising, and the use OF
| department stores as distributing
ing. The books are usually put at
$50 each. (6s:) published price, and
the average price asked by the big
| gest dry goods stores is 9S cents, as,
Id. The prices paid by the wholesale
buyers vary, but may be put at about
(3s. 2d). Ten years ago the
manuscripts submitted to American
publishers were mostly "mushy," and
of little value. Now, though every
one seems to have aiken to writing
recently. the average Of merit is very
much higher in every way"
There are hundreds published that
are without any literary excellence.
The newspapers are responsible to a
great degree for big sales, and for the
success of many novels of the trash
lest value n as perishable as snow
in sunshine. A newspaper reviewer
writes to Saturday Review that mo
novel could reach a sale of 100000 copies
in this country if it was not for the
publicity given it in one way or an
other in the newspapers. 1t may be
an able review or a mere notice The
effect is pretty much the same. u
licity is the main thing" But so prom,
inent and successful an author as Mrs
Humphrey Ward does not escape the
lash of the indignant and disappointed
reviewer. A London critic signing
himself Candid Friend" has very
. severe centure for this writer who has
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30
Hanna a. siediator

Cleveland. July 2s.-Referring TO the
statement shat he would be asked 70
act as mediate. between the Arnalga-
mated Association and the United
states Steel Corporation with = view
TO reaching a settlement of the strike.
Senator Hanna said today:
Il know nothing about the matter
aside from what has been published in
the newspapers. Whether ! would be
willing to act as a mediator, | do not
care now TO say. The strike has been
most unfortunate, not only for those
directly affected. but for the country
at large. l sincerely trust that the
trouble will Dor be amicably adj
f1sted"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

One of the most interesting and gift
ed women OF the last century was the
wife Of that great genius Thomas Car
lyle, whose most unique, original and
striking book "Sartor Resartus" is now
under censure He once called 1t
foolish but the best minds of his
time thought it quite mastery and
full of poetry although not in metri-
cal arrangement. Mrs. Carlyle was
undoubtedly a woman of masculine en-
dowment, and of extraordinary wit and
accomplishments as a conversational
list. All in the books concerning her
is of marked interest and individuality.
We were pleased to read a description
recently of her written by Americas
creates actress, the late Charlotte
Cushman. 1t is found in a letter pub
lished in 1850. to one of her American
friends. She says:
"On Sunday, who hould come, self
invited to meet me but Mrs. Carlyle.
She came at 10 o'clock and staid until
s. And such a day I have not known.
Clever, witty, calm, cool, ever-smiling,
u~nsparing, a reconteur unparalleled, d
manner inimitable, a behavior Scrupu-
lous, and a power invincible. A COM
bination rare and strange exists in
that plain, keen. unattractive, yet un-
escapable woman Oh, I must WRIT
it. After she left of curse we talked
of her until the small hours Of the
morning"
She saw her often and thought her
a most remarkably brilliant talkel
and the stores of quaint wit and wis
dom which she poured forth n the
marvellous emo which she displayed
were in the minds of many quite Is re-
markable and even more entertaining
thar the majestic u~tterances of her
gifted husband. 1t was said that those
who came 10 sit at his feet remained al
hers" She said hat Carlyle, SO well
known for his powers as a brilliant
talker, was "even greater in converse.
ton than IN his books, for then man
ner was added to matter, n what
he said was even more characteristic
and Individual" While there are no
great conversationalists now like Cole
ridge, Macaulay and Carlyle, there are
perhaps no living critics who would dc
justice to their extraordinary qualities
if they were living. Manners change
and so does taste. We are very glad
we love the great old writers-Carlyle
Macaulay, RusKin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30
WILMINGTON, N. C.
III DAY OF REST.

Rest Sweet and gracious rest-tne
Holy Sabbath Day, a forerunnor, n
in some sense a symbol, a type Of the
Heavenly Rest-that .rest which re-
maineth unto the people Of Coo" the
everlasting rest. How fortunate it is
for the human family that the wise
and merciful Maker of men set apart
a day of rest. On h seventh Day the
tolls of a struggling, restless, busy lie
are to cease and man shall rest. 1t is
a most wise and humane arrangement
In a money seeking, all grasping land
like ours it is we'll for society at large
that God did appoint one day in every
seven for rest. The love of money is
a root Of evil is the correct rendering
of the Bible declaration. The love of
gain is consuming, and in no country
and in no age was the craze for non
getting ever so strained, so Unsuitable,
so dominating as in this present age.
I there were no law to restrain men
there are millions who would never
rest until the body gave way unto the
prolonged agony and death came.
Night and day, and every day in the
year, the hardly pressed hewers Of
wood and drawers of water like gall
ley slaves would tread the eternal
rounds in the mills of the greedy. The
gains got in this way will scorch and
in the end. Avarice is the
actual curse Of So-called civilization
1t is not money that blisters conscience
md curses man, but the love" of it.
The man who yields himself up fully
to the desire of money getting, and
makes it his one great aim in life,
is controlled by a master passion that
is more tyrannous than any human
despot, however cruel and remorseless.
He Is indeed in a bondage such as the
oppressed Israelites in Egypt never
knew. He is in a condition of slavery
more pitiable and exacting and con-
Stunning such as the world never saw
in ought else. Edmund Spenser with
his fine touch has given us a descrip-
ton in the Immortal Fairy Queen of
greedy Ayarice. who
For his wicked pelf his God he
made
And unto He'll himself for money
Sold"
A day of rest is indeed a great bless
ing to the human race. 1t comes in reg
ularly recurring short periods to give
to men rest from carking cares
and consuming work and give them
an opportunity to do some good, to
hin of the immortal part and the
hereafter, and to offer worship to the
king, immortal. eternal and invisible
and to recupperate the over-taxed and
wasted energies of the body and mind
The Sabbath Of the Lord! What a
precious boon to the tempest Tossed
anxious. feverish children of men? II
there is bread in the house all may
thank God for such a hallowed, gra.
cious day, when the busy wheels of in
dustry cease their untiring rounds
the places of business are closed, homt
life, if indeed home life. is enjoyed by
the men struggling with adversely anG
seeking fortune that fits away like
a dream or a vanishing cloud, anG
sweet rest comes to the wearied limb:
and the untaxed brain. May all whC
read this be able to say with the in.
spired Psalmist-'The lines are faller
unto us in pleasant places"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30
King Edwards Full Title

London. July AIN the OF
lords today Lord Salisbury. the pre-
mier introduced a bill authorizing
King Edward TO assume by proclama-
ton within six months OF the adoption
of the bill, such title az he may think
fifty recognizes his dominion beyond
the seas. The premier added this title
would probably be as follows:
Edward VII, by the grace OF God, of
the United Kingdom Of Great Britain
and Ireland, and of British dominions
beyond the sea: king. defender OF the
faith and pee o. Of India.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

Review suggests hat there should be
"a Hood revival oor". A timely sug-
gestion. Thomas Hood is one of the
nineteenth century writers, prose and
poetry, who should be imperishable.
The writer in the Saturday Review
well says of him hat 'he vas never
stingy with his fun; his jokes went off
like a pack of firecrackers. yet his ex-
quisite lyrics will last as long as our
alphabet holds together" His lyrics
are indeed of a high grade of excellence
His longer poems have decided merit,
but his chief lyical productions are
better, and Of perennial beauty and
freshness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

an illustrious toady which he achieved
recently by comparing Mr.. John d.
Rockefeller to Shakespeare. He has
attained additional a~ssinine distinction
by declaring that orthodox Christian
ity and indulgence in literature are in
compatible" What fools we mortals
be-" for verify many rush in where
angels dare not tread"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

much merit. but Is too dul sometimes
for dnilying- We make an extract to
show how a writer Of perhaps literary
gifts has the bcldness to slash the one
woman writer who ranks first in the
estimation of the British public among
females. Her las. novel Eleanor
had a sale Of 100000 copies before the
first volume was published-ordered in
advance by book sellers. This partic-
uiar Candid Friend says: NO
writer has ever maintained such an un-
broken level OF dizziness. and on that
thistle her admirers can forever
browse" Speaking of the characters
in Mrs. Wards novels the writer re-
| marks: After $500 pages OF their
wooden antics. their resinous emotions.
| and their platitudinous creaking, 1
| could go n roll on the Sahara" And
then, after e~numerating the intolerable
| virtues Of n of Mrs. Wards heroines,
| The Candid Friend cries, ''Oh. take her
away and wiring her willowy neck
Mrs. Ward. if she shall read this de-
lfverance, may be reminded of the eel
| ebrated English statesman and wit,
George Canning. In New Morality
in the once very famous production
known as Poetry Of the Antijacobin,'
Canning got this off:
"Give me tn avow'd, tn erect. the
manly foe,
Bold 1 can meet-perhaps may turn his
blow:
But Of all plaques, good Heaven, thy
wrath can send.
Save, save, oh. save me from the Can
did Friend"
Mrs. Ward has written some things
that are .nlschievous, and others tina;
are far from entertaining, but she ha.
superior intellectual power, and has
written scenes of dramatic force, pi-
quancy and much interest. She neve
wrote a book 60 great as Hamilton
Mable once so g%ushingly assured the
public. We AVE known better critics
a Mabie. fine essayist as he is. His
critical judgments may be taken with
grains of allowance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-30

A terrific electric storm passed over
the Miami, Fla, region Friday morning.
II is feared considerable damage has
beeen done The wires are down in
every direction.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

to blow open tie safe in the store Of
George R. Lane, on Wabasha street,
near Seventh, several years ago. The
night n1arauders were frightened away
before they succeeded In finishing their
job, and in their hurry left their drilling
apparatus behiId.
Figure Is called a powder blower,
and was used to blow the powder into
! the hols after it had been bored. There
are several kinds of powder blowers used
by burglars, but this is the most COM
monty used, and is also at the same time
i a rare specimen.
Figure is a reproduction of two black
candles, which were found in the room
of Shelly, Smith, O'AIara and Hubert,
noted safe blowers when it was searched
after their arrest Black. candles are
used most by burglars and safe blowers,
and those shown In the above illustration
had been used by the quartette of above
mentioned criminals, in their work.
Figures and are reproductions Of
chisels, which were used as 'jimmies.'.
Besides the above there are a number
of other burglars instruments in the
curio museum, including several kinds OF
skeleton keys, dark lanterns, "billfes' Of
all descriptions, and revolvers of differ
ent makes and caliber.
Ih1S ''cuf10 museum Oh which SO nCtl6
is known to the outside world, also con-
tains a number of other relics, some of
which tell stories of the most blood curd-
ling crimes.
The murder of Frank Greible at his
home on the West side by his brother-in-
law, Henry Mingers, on the evening Of
May 26 last, is still fresh in the minds
of readers of T h G ] o b e. Mingers, it
will be. remembered, went to- the house
Of his sister, and on a pretext that he
wanted a drink of water. succeeded in
inducing her to leave the room. While
she was gone, he deliberately shot her
husband and escaped. On Sunday even
ing, May 10, Mfnger's dead body was
found in Duncan lake, near Mendoza, by
Lieut.. MeyeTding. Mingers had commit
ted suicide after his horrible crime, by
tying a stone around his body, after |
which he waded out into the lake and
shot himself, so as to insure death. The |
stone and the wire by which it was tied |
to his body are in the museum.
Tho brutal assault en- Mrs. Mozarra :
with large canes belonging to her sen, |
by some unknown person, will also be i
remembered. She was assaulted by some |
one who entered her apartments on Wa /
pasn9 street, between Third and Fourth |
streets, and who used her sons cane to |
commit the assault. She was rendered /
unconscious for several days. This cane |
Is in the collection
Two other relics, which are perhaps the |
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17
RELICS OF NOTED BURGLARS


Few of the citizens Of st. Paul are
aware of the fact that amens the set
eral departments at the central police
station is one called the ,"Curio Mu-
scum which contains a rare collection
of old relics, every one of which has
some story connected with 1t. Joseph
N. Mounts, present secretary to Chief
O'Connor. has charge of the museum,
and is familiar with the associations
connected with every article in the col
lection. The museum is situated in "a
conspicuous part of the Bertillion room
up stairs.
In the large collection is a number of
burglar tools, some of which have been
found on the persons of notorious burg
lars when arrested, while others were
left by noted safe blowers. when forced
to make hasty exits by being discovered.
What makes the collection all the more
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

= .
ty until after the war of 1872 had begun.
The first load of anthracite mined in
Schuylkill county was shipped to Phila-
delphia just nine years after Ginter
stumbled upon the black stones. George
Shoemaker, who owned small tract of
land where Pottsville now stands, in 1890
dug up a peculiar looking black stone.
Digging farther. out of curiosity, he
came upon a bed of the stuff, which
seemed to lie in thick stratum under all
his Land. Neighboring farmers told him
1t was only a new sort of rock. . Shoe
maker. however. loaded wagon with
the black stuff and started for Philadel-
phia. He took 1t to the Pennsylvania
bank on Second street and showed 1t to
the bank people. you've got a big load
OF nothing there, Shoemaker" said the
president with SMILE, as he examined
the specimens. Shoemaker, disappointed,
dumped his load in a vacant lot next to
the bank and drove home.
About year afterward Patrick Lyon,
blacksmith, carried some Of the black
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN IN
IERt5IlAG COLLECTION Of CURTIS


rare, is the fact that the burglar and
safe blower of today does not use as
many tools in his work as the burglar
of the past. Years ago a burglar would
use fuse and powder to blow open
safe, and the hole in which the powder
was placed was made in the door of the
safe. Nowadays it is the usual course
for burglar to bore a hole in the top
OF the safe and use dynamite for. the de-
structive work.
The Illustration shows a group of burg
lars tools, used principally In crack
ing safes, and at one time belonged to
different operators of note. Figure 4, as
shown in the Illustration, is drill with
clamp, which was attached to the
knob on the door of the safe This
clamp is also called feeder attach
ment." The instrument is a rare one.
and was left by burglars who attempted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17
Russia's Press Censorship.

Russian press censorship is a serious
and solemn thing. The new number of
the Finland Bulletin contains some strik-
ing proof of this. AT the beginning of
1899 about ninety political newspapers
were published in Finland. Twenty-one
have been suppressed, and twice that num-
Der suspended for various periods. That
Gen. Bobrikoff, who, by the way, does
not understand the language of the peo-
pie he governs. The Russian censorship
extends even TO Punch, and from copy
picked up in q ST. Petersburg cafe a
large portion of Mr.. Owen Seaman's lines
on The ezar's French visit was BACKED
out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

most valued in the collection. are 2 po-
liceman's belt and club that were the
property of AMI were worn by the chief
of police Of JohnstoWn, Pa, at the time
he was drowned in the flood in that city.
This belt and club were presented to the
s.. Paul police department as memento
of the terrible catastrophe, and in recog-
milton of the generosity shown by the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17
DIscoVERER OF ANTHRACITE.
Coal Men Are Preparing to Erect d
Monument nj Coal.

Philadelphia coal men are back of
movement to build at Summit Hill, Car
bon county, monument of coal to Philip
Glnter, who discovered anthracite within
short distance sof that place. Ginter
made his great discovery 100 years ago.
He lived In a cabin in the forest on the
Mauch Chunk mountain. While in quest;
Of game he came on what he supposed,
was black stone. lie built a fire of wood
and threw pieces Of the supposed stone
about it. SO that the timbers might last
longer while he was roasting a bird. In
a short time he WAS surprised to see
that the stones were burning. They We're
pieces of anthracite.
Ginter carried some of the coal home
and burned it. Els few neighbors soon
learned OF the discovery, but there was
no mining to any extent in Carbon coun-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

Safety worth
American Pins full
Pins worth dozenper
Kid
Fine Cotton Tape all widths
Collar Foundations,
Tape Measures eoinch worth To- for
Ready worth
Shoe Laces worth oc dozen,per 49,.
Curling Irons, .......,....
Fancy coors all silk ied Garter Lengths worth SOC for
Fancy Cclored Hose Supporters. silk fed worth
Hair Pin Cabinets worth
make pair for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

members of the st. Paul police depart
ment. 49,,
sea rene aSo,s sc6ry an Is s haI
long. that was used by Billy Connors,
the noted, safe blower and burglar in
saving his way through the Ramsey
his attempt, and made a successful es-
cape.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-17

Jumps. to his smithy and demonstrated
that WAT Shoemaker had thrown away
was the best fuel Of which. the country
at that time had knowledge. 1t was not
long before Shoemaker received big offers
for. his land and his farm became the.
scene of the first mining operationS.
Arizona republican., 1901-05-03
PLACE FOR HIS SON.

Senator Hale of Maine has insisted
 upon the appointment of his son, Chan dler Hale. as secretary of legation at Vienna, which makes necessary the re- moval of Charles V. Herdliska. the present incumbent. Mir. Herdliska Is represented to be an intelligent and ca
 pablo officer, and has given full satis- faction to all concerned since his orig inal appointment in 1897. There is very little for the secretary Of legation at Vienna to do. but he has done that lit- tie well. and Americans who have had
 bua!ness with him speak of his zeal, efficiency and courtesy in the most cor dial manner. On the books of the de- pertinent Mir Herdlska is credited to the District of Columbia, and at the time of his appointment in 1897 was employed as a clerk in a drug store in this city. He came originally from Dayton, where his father was and still is, attached to the Soldiers Home. Sen ator Foraker was the influence, but he was personally known to Judge Day, who was at that time assistant secrc- tary of state, and the apointlng power. Hence there is no excuse for Senator Hale's claiming the office as belonging to hia state as the senators from Con- necticut claimed the consulate at Glau- chau when they demander the removal of Consul Sawter. He simply wishes to , find an agreeable place for his son and hes selected Vienna as suitable to his taste and abillty.-Washingto Letter