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THAT will be about all. thank you
said the Judge
II don't see anything so remark
able about that" observed the board
OF trade man. "I'm willing to be-
lieve 1T. In fact, i do believe it. I
suppose that every gentle brother of
the angle in the course of his ex-
perience has had extraordinary
things happen to him if his natural
shyness and difidence did not keep
him from relating them"
II wish the gentle brothers were
shier," observed the judge.
Tt reminds me of a little circum-
stance that occurred last season up
at Crystalline, Minn.,' said the board
of trade man. There was a trout
stream there that a friend of mine
had reported to be wonder and 1
made up my mind that 1 would have
a lot of sport. hadn't been fishing
much Of late years and ] decided
that would do the thing up in
style; so went to a sporting goods
emporium and blew myself freely.
Rods, gaffs, landing nets, spoon
hooks, fies-a whole library of fly
books, bait cans, patent reels, silk
line, fish basket and everything you
can think of. Then 1 got a couple
of neat suits of grass cloth, a pair
of wading boots and an ingenious
kink full of little handy fishing i'm
plements. I wish I'd brought that
outfit here I think it was about the
completest that ever happened.
swell, I got down to Crystalline
and the next morning it was me up
bright aud early and down to the
babbling brook with the grass-col-
ored rags aud the high boots and
an edition de luxe of flies. found
a likely looking pool and sat down
to joint my rod and fix my line,
when I heard a rustic in the bushes
and there stood a small, red-headed
boy looking down at me.
He was about 10 years old, ]
guess, and his costume was a pair
of baggy knickerbockers, a suspend.
er and some indications of a shirt.
never saw a boy more trecl1led or
more contemptuous after he had
sized me up. He was fishing, OF
about to fish, himself and his outfit
consisted of a peeled willow pole
line OF grocery string, cork float
and a hook.
He turned away from me with
a blighting grin, impaled worm
on his hook and made q cast. ]
busked a purple gray and gold
haekle and made my cast moment
later and almost Immediately there
was a rush, a swirl and splash and
1 was kept busy passing out and
winding in line for the next eight
minutes, and at the end of that
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lot OF ancestors often makes up his
mind that, by the grace of God, hts life
shall be the turning point for better
things. Hard circum stances. which
crush one man, only prove an inspira-
tion to another man; not because he
IS better equipped TO ngnJ Jnem, out
from the personal determining ele-
ment In himself. Jesus could do no
mighty works in certain places be-
cause of the lack of faith on the part
of the people. Jesus said: According
TO your faith" The Mount of Trans
fguration always awaits. No man
ever can or ever will do anything that
amounts to much unless he believes he
can do It. But if he believes and be-
heves strongly enough there is prac-
tically no limit TO the possibilities of
his achievements. Nothing Is more
needed in our day than strong protest
against belief in a scientific fatalism.
There ought to be brought to the front
again the doctrine of the freedom Of
our choices--Chicago Advance.
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a Few Fish
Stories

A gle cannot wither nor custom
~ stale their infinite VARIETY /"
quoted the board OF trade man as he
famed himself with his hat and ex-
PEELED his breath with half whistle.
But it's true" protested the leather
merchant, drawing up a rocker and
sinking into it with a sigh. 'sHe
doesn't look like much of fisherman,
and liar doesn't usually show it-not
if he's much Of liar-so I was rather
inclined to disbelieve him myself when
he told me about catching any such
string as that. / haven't had 80
bites, let alone 80 fish, since I've been
here"
Fish bites, 1 suppose you mean, ("
suggested the Judge.
Certainly" assented the leather
merchant, "of course" he resumed,
eve might possibly have believed that
he caught 80 fish, with liberal dis
count for immediate credence II he
had had the fish tao show for it; but to
come back and say that the string had
broken loose from the boat and he had
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SATURDAY. -. DECEMBER 1909
LIGHT IN THE CEILING.

Each room In my house has windows
That look on the earth abroad;
But none has panes in its ceiling
Where sight can be had of God.
Each room In my house has windows
Where the earth looks in on me;
But none has panes in its ceiling
Through which the Heavens can see"
Nhat Is this thou sayeSt, sueighbor2
duch mistaken must thou be;
Never yet has God the Builder
Built such house for ther or me-
Each ceiling is all window
Through whose crystal sight may 60.
Upward to the highest Heaven,
, Downward on the soul below.
God Is gazing downward AWAY
On the soul that dwells within;
Ano that soul by gazing upward
Blessed sight of God may win.
sight Of God and Life Eternal
Through the crystal dome Of prayer,
Meets the smile OF God descending
On the praying everywhere.
windows toward the earth are many,
Oft may pleasing outlooks give;
But for grandest seek the crystal
In each ceiling-~Look and Live
KEY Z. F. Burr, D. D.. in N. Y. Observer
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time landed as pretty a four-and-
a-half-pound trout as ever you laid
eyes on.
TO make a long story short, 1
hshed there all that morning, hard
ly stirring from my tracks, and I
had the bank just Uttered with
trout, while that boy with his primi-
tive apparatus fished right alongside
of me and never got a bite. l felt
sorry for him, and he was so serious
and patient about it, too. I made
up my mind l would give him one
of my rods and few flies, and as
soon as l had gathered up my fish
wondering whether / could carry
the ALL asked him what luck he
was Having as preliminary to my
kind offer.
'Aw, come off, he saws. Saw.
you've got more fish than YOU want
and l cant - home without putting
up some kind of q bluff. S'posen
you sell me a quarters worth o.
them"
II think" said the Judge, dis
gustedly, that there should be linn
its to this sort of thiag."-Chicago
Daily News.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

You cannot worship the Father
while you are wounding the child
Rams Horn.
If you would be loved as compan-
ion, avoid unnecessary criticism upon
those with whom you live.-Arthur
Helps.
will charge my soul TO believe
and wait for Him, and will follow His
providence, and not go before il, nor
stay behind it.-Samuel Rutherford
Sometimes melancholy is greater
than it would otherwise be through
selfshness - through not rejoicing
with them that do rejoice. William
Mountford.
Our object in life should not be SO
much TO get through a great deal
of work, as. TO give perfect satisfac-
ton 90 Him for whom we are doing
the work.-William Hay NJ. II. Ait.
ken.
When you feel i'll and indisposed
and when in this condition your
prayer is cold, heavy, filed with de.
spondcncy, and even despair, do not
be disheartened or despairing, fo1
the Lord knows your sick and pain.
full condition. Struggle against your
infirmity, pray as much as you have
strength to, and the Lord will not
despise the infrmity of your flesh
and spirit.-Father John
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lost them all seemed a little too
strong"
ut did, indeed,~ agreed the Judge.
There is no precedt NJ for letting
more than one fish get way at a time.
Testimony introduced to that effect
should ab least be supported by the
affidavits Of witnesses. This man
offered no material evidence in cor
roboration of his story, I believe"
He showed the rod he caugL 'em
with, told the number. the kind nd
the probable weight and offered to Ii, <
any man who said il wasn't So" ex-
planned the leather merchant.
Il don't think l would have said any
thing about it myself" said the board
of trade man. "1'm sorry he told ii. -
I'm not, said the leather merchant,
decidedly. cit was injudicious, per-
haps, but as it happened it turned out
all right. He did catch the fish. I'll
tell you how I know it,
I'm nothing if I'm not persevering."
continued the leather merchant. "And
this afternoon thought I'd try again.
| took minnows and worms and flies,
all three. I thought I'd suit the appe-
tite of the most fastidious fish that
ever wiggled tail If there was a tail
wiggling in the lake-which I doubted.
got out into the middle of the lake,
mark you, put on a worm and dropped
in my line and almost Immediately
felt welI-defined tug at my hook
l gave the rod a jerk, and began to haul
In. OF all the splashing and jerking
every which way You ever sawi 1t ex-
tended three or four feet out
thought I'd got whale, but hadn't,
What do you think had got??'
"a can of salmon, maybe" ha7arled
the board of trade man.
cit was Simpsons string Of 80 fish -
said the leather merchant, impressive
ly. you see, he'd strung me on a
thin line that didn't interfere with
their breathing TO any extent and they
were as lively and fresh as If they'd
never taken a hook, let alone swim
ming about for three days tied togeth-
er by the gills. They were just as
Simpson had described them--17 rock
bass, four herring, seven sunfsh. two
perch, bullhead and a sinner Come
down to the boathouse, and I'll show
them to you"
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The HOME SEEKERS.

Their tents rose on the prair,es wide,
A street OF tents on either side,
In Kiowa:
BY night the harvest moon looked down
Upon sheeted, ghoStly town
In strange array.
Like pilgrims journeyed as OF old
Ihey sought new homes upon the void
in Kiowa--
To plant the seed and reap the grain
On Oklahoma's sunny plain
Some future day.
Now IN El Reno's busy street
The passing group of settlers meet,
With smile and Jest,
For 5000 st. GATHERINGS mystic wheel
1nat brought so much OF luck and weal
In swift behest,
a merry scene, a motley throng,
With here frowr and there a song,
They come and go;
What hopes and fears I'm every heart
Within this strange home-seeking mart
None e'er may know.
They follow one alluring word
The dearest that has e'er been heard
In any cline:
It's that OF home, where toIlers see
tTuition Of fair Industry.
At vintage time.
The wilderness shall blossom sweet
With fields and gardens fair to greet,
On every side
Mid orchards and the waving grain
May these homesteaders of the plain
In peace abide.
-lsacore Baker, in Overland Monthly.
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Knowing when TO stop.

Knowing when to stop and stop
ping are very different things A
man in a runaway motor car knows
very clearly that it is time to stop,
but that doesn't stop him. Many a
man or woman has carelessly or will
fully gotten into bad habit, say
ing: "Oh! ] am one who knows
when TO stop" That is probably
true. The day viii come when they
will know very clearly that it is time
to stop, but will not be able to do
so. 1t Is like taking hold Of the
handles of a strong electrical gen
erator-very easy to take hold but
very hard to. let go. The fingers of
habit are bent and barbed like fish
hooks; once in, they are hard to get
out The really wise man considers
not only when to stop, but also when
it Is possible to stop; and he often
finds, in so considering, that the best
time of all to stop is before one has
begun to Cos. S. Times.
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Yonth,s UnrentrnInt.

Don't you sometimes long for your
childhood's happy days2" said the
sentimental person.
YES" answered Miss Cayenne,
there are times when I would enjoy
hanging on the fence and making
faces at people L don't like, instead
of having to say, How do you do,
dear? So glad TO see youl"-Wash-
ington Star.
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A snfeRunrh

Women are certainly queer crea-
lures remarked the old physician.
What is 10 now?" asked the drug
gist.
why" answered the old pill dis
penser, u just received a postal card
from woman patient marked Per
sonal' Chicago Daily News.
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Genuine Philosopher

Craps all burnt TO fiinders?"
Eyes"
mo rain in sight2"
Not a drap."
Totally ruint, amt your"
"Tetotallyi"
We'll, what air you a-smilin' over?'
I'm smilin' at the prospect of the
sheriff comm TO levy ON nothinT"-
Atlanta Constitution.
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Doris Does nor rlore mo

There is one good thing about the
Russian grand duke who is now visit
ing in this country, says the Chicago
Record-Herald. He doesn't hang
around in one place long enough 20
bore US.
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Now Order for wnmen

King Edward VII. is to establish
q new order, it is said, which will
confer honor on distinguished wom-
en-. Since Baroness Burdett Coutts
received her title, no woman has
been elevated to the peerage be-
cause of her philanthropic benefac-
tions.-I.ondon News.
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Family History.

She has such taking way, don't
you think?7
Yes. She inherited 1t, think Her
mother was a kieptomaniac."-Ch
Icago Record Herald.
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| the little details are up
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send us the order, and 10
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pay for this sheet music Is only thirty-five
Of ten pieces, not one; that Il is sent 60 any
o the standard, including colored titles that
at the instrumental pieces give the bass as
any published. Also don't forget to make
ell your friends about this Sheet Music Offer.
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The New Society Nod.

The horse show in New York brought
put a new society nod, n IL Is said
hat those Whe were really lin it"
ould easily be distinguished on the
Promenade by the nod they gave their
,assing friends. OF course 1t will not
o long before the rebels will take up
III. mod" and it will become com
men," but as yet it is the exclusive
possession Of swelldom.
From a New York correspondent We
rather the following information touch
ing this latest "Sassiety" accomplish
nent:
The nod is peculiarly fetching and is
fashioned after the ~Forodora" nod.
| Mss Alice Roosevelt (the presidents
laughter) has it down to perfection,
and to watch Miss Kathleen Nelson.
Irs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs Al
lered Vanderbilt and other society raw
,rites give this new recognition to pass
ng frienos on the promenade is an en-
,ertainment in itself. The o~ld-fashion-
ID bowling and hand shaking are almost
abooed and everybody is doing the
Iaod." To do it in a fascina ting way you
must raise the chin slightly, then give
The head a quick, short nod. At thc
| same time you smile. but give ne salu-
~itation with the lips
| These plans and specifications, while
lot as full as one might wish, are n:
doubt sufficiently explicit to enable
bur local Four Hundred to get tn = .
| Town pat, and thai is why we print
Them. AS the S~tatesville Landmark
suggests, 1--WE want our home folks &
oe right up to date and in order to q.
$50 they should begin practicing IN thu
lew NOD at once."-Asheville Citizen.
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lSmoot Is one Of the younger men OF
conference n tie oaAcok for his fu-
tture Is most promising. he was trans
Iferred to this from the Western North
carolina conference tw; years ago. n
during this time has ceen s.:4tfoned at
HAY street church in Fayetteville.
PERSONA.
There is no more faIthfu. nan in the
conference than Rev. -. II. futile. for
merly pastor Of Fifth Street church
Wilmington. I'M nov lastor OF the
First church in Elizabeth City. He is
Ia man Of the deepest convection and
The knows not the nearing OF coInpro-
mise. but and for the right unc, n
lditionally. He IS % q mac Of many
words. bu when he apeaks his words
lcarry conviction and Influence. and
everywhere he is recognized and re-
Ispected for his unwayerinl principle
which will suffer. but never bend to-
ward the wrong.
Rev. John II. Hall. who has just
closed a faithful -four years pastorate
Iat Fifth Street church. will leave Will
Inington much 10 the regret Of the mem
Ibership OF this churtn and a host of
other friends as well. He il a strong
preacher and excellent pastor. His sue
cess in freeing Fifth Street church from
Ic utbl WHICH mas Sd lOllS .suIlS over
I has been wonderful
All Wilmington will be glad tina Rev.
y. n. Cole has been returned to Grace
church for another year. No people
yer had a more lovdDle VI faithful
He is a man who draws men
TO him by his gentlenesS n sympathy
md in addition 10 the membership If
us church he counts his friend in this
city by the score.
Rev II G Raaman upo baS baap
appointed to Trinity church. DurhaI
N the place of the lamented w. c.
Norman is recognized as one of the
strongest preachers in the conference.
He is thought by many 10 b. the fines
looking member OF the body. and his
genial manne added to his other char
acteristics render him III every way
fitted for this large charge to which he
IH0s just been appointed
II is a significant fact that ali of the
presiding elders OF last year were re-
appointed to districts. The only
changes made were hat Rev. J. T.
Gibbs and Rev. w. II. Moore were ex-
changed. DR.. Gibbs had served his four
wears On the Raleigh district and thus
his change was necessary by the time
limit.
Rev. F. A. Bishop has been returned
20 the WASHINGTON distinct AZ presidin~
'der for the fourth year. He is one Of
The most widely loved lnen in the con
Ference. During the past year he wac
n feeble health part of the time. but his
many friends are rnjoicnd lhat he ie
ully restored. He has accomplished a
large work for the churcl. and is a
recognized loader OF strong intellect
nd large heart.
Bishop A. Coke Smith delighted the
difference with his presidency. He is
man of most genial m1nnrr. a thor
>ugh scholar, and a Christian gentle
nan of the highest type.
To the influence of MS gentle Chris
ian spirit, no doubt, is du- much Of
he harmony which pIava'.ed through
ut the conference session.
Quite a number of tile ~rItachers and
delegates left the city ye5teI day after
noon and last night. and the others will
ii probably leave today.
All express themselves delighted with
Wilmington and the cordial. entertain
nent given them.
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district: the last in regular order.
One of tie landmarks here is being
torn down II Is the residence known
as h Kenneth Register place. Il was
built by William Polk. a revolutionary
soldier OF note. in iSo5. and was the the
grandest house in this part of the state.
Most OF the material is TO be taken
TO the Pilot cotton mills and used Ia
BUILDING an assembly room.
II is said by an ex-oficial here that
there is a colorsd Postmaster at Win
ston. HEREFORD county. II so IL makes
only four now in this state: the thr~~
others being at Wilson. James City ana
Method.
Among ioday's arrivals are President
James A Bryan. of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railway and G G. Can
non. OF Webster.
Miss Rhetta Daniel. daughter OF Rev.
Dr. Eugene Daniel Is to be married in
January to Mr.. John Dodge. OF JACK
sonville, Florida. Her father was for
Il years pastor Ct the First Presbyterian
church here. but is now In charge OF a
church at Louisbarg. w. Virginia.
Mention has been made OF a rumoT
that the cotton mill owners are organic.
ing TO fight the bill TO be introduced -
the legislature TO regulate the labor -.
children in cotton mills. James II. Pou
who Is a ~stockholder in half a dozen
mills. says he has heard the umOr bur
Is sure IL is ~unfounded, as otherwise h
would have been Informed.
Next Wednesday there will be anotn-
or hearing OF testimony in the South
Dakota bond suit case here before thu
sDecial commissioner. Then there VIII
be a hearing at Washington, D. C. next
saturday, at which the testimony
Senator Marion Butler and the con-
gressmen from South Dakota will -
taken.
Work is in progress on a monument ~
very handsome design to replace the
small one now over the grave OF En-
terry here.
Great regret is felt here at the sudden
and untimely death Of Rev. Dr.. w. c..
Norman at Wilmington. illusions u
him were made yesterday in several
churches and Sunday schools.
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Messenger Bureau.

Messenger buTtdU-
Raleigh, n. G.. December g.
Last night the remains Of Mr.. I. Nor
timer Fleming arrived here from Balti-
more, where he died in a hispital after
an operation. For many years he was
D., engineer on the Seaboard Air Line
out for quite a While had been in charge
If the Louisburg branch of that road.
funeral was held this morning from
the First Baptist church here, the Ma
sons attending
Judge Purnel has issued an order
Augustus Mellier and I. 4.
McNeely. the receivers Of the Carolina
railway. to Issue receivers
certificates, to meet operating expenses
and TO preserve the property.
A telegram message last night to Ser
rotary Of State Grimes from Washing
ton, n. c.. said an oyster cannery n
other property there was burned n
that one man had lost his life.
Among today's arrivals was E T.
Webb. OF Shelby. the chairman OF the
joint committee which viii
this week begin the examination Of the
of the state treasurer and ora-
tor.
The supreme court will this week call
the appeal docket from the Sixteenth
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-12
Cubn and Annexation.

IN is costing the republic OF Cuba
nearly $40, o9O. 900 a year 20 be sndepend-
ent Of the United States. and the Sooner
1t L. annexed the better IL will be for
all interests in the islands. said Mr.
Francisco Reyes Guzmau. an Havaa
capitalist, who is at the Arlington. L
am a native OF Cuba. understand the
conditions there perfectly, and am thor
oughly in touch with the people Of the
island. / kno that there are only about
1000 white men on the island, who 10
not favor annexation.
AT present 100 pounds Of sugar In
worth S3-56 IN Porto Rico. In Cuba ii Is
worth only $IS7. The tariff imposed By
this country accounts for the difference
in Its value. On sugar alone Cuban
~'a7ters lost SIS. 75o.0 Oe. which they
would have saved IL the island we're an
neHed and products OF the island adj
mitted TO this country free. The duty
paid on tobacco amounted TO about &c.
100000 during the past year. Business
conditions in the SLAM are going from
bad 10 worse. / have not been I'm Cuba
since July. but / hear regularly from
home. and n that the situation Is
distressing. The Plat amendment
amounted to annexation, and why
there be any delay in making the
Island a part Of tn1 country?"-wash-
tngton Post.
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,tbs &c kEa Ya I.sR sxzs BEeT
8 i &WzIM

Hon Abram Hewitt = Low engaged
in informing an admitting Pull SIC that he
has permanently ~iscoEtf.stasd democ-
racy. Mr.. Bryan will doubtless takesup
the s~lack--F1orida Tiules-uEion.
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SESSIONS END
The Ministers Conclude
Their Business and
Adjourn
PPOINTMENTS

There In Genera Regret at the
Death of Rev. DE-. Norman-Seyeral
Committee Report. Were Adopted.
Dr. AAiiSO Speaks for Trfnity-Fine
Sermon by Bishop Smith on sun
day-List of the Appointments by
the Bishop.
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CASTORIA
For intants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
ss sIasz eae Of EAH2N1Z@>
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.

Fire IA Washington. y. CDR Nor
mans Death Causes Great sorrow
south Dakota Suit