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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18

The Messenger probably moderated
not make a mistake as to Depew, Of
New York, the millionaire, after-dinner
speech-maker. He is greatly gifted with
gab," master of certain fine phrases
and p~leasantries, but that ends him. In
the senate he has not been a force since
he entered. His republican brethren
gauge him correctly. They know he is
no statesman, 10 genuine descendant of
Solomon, but a rhetorical braggart M
felicitous word-slinger. We note this
because all along the Messenger has
given hints real appraisement of
the oratorical diner-out and relater
of old jokes and felicities. We are re-
minded Of past judgment by an edito-
rial in the Philadelphia Record which
is one of the ablest and best of Ameri-
can newspapers. We copy a part and
it is just appraisement rendered in good
style. It says of The Passing of De-
pew"
He never was an orator. but he was
a secondhand humoriSt. His taste in
funny stories naQ O6en SCuulOuSly Gull
tivated. his memory vas excellent, and
his nerve vas great. The fact thai a
story had come rolling down the corri-
doris of Time, serving successive gener-
ations of raconteurs. did not deter De-
pew from repeating 1t in any company
provided it a merit. He was a labori-
Gus collector of antiue humor, and once
his reputation as a dispenser of funny
tales was made he was in %frequest de-
mand. On q few occasions he was taken
seriouSly-aS when on a Washington
anniversary he was selected as the
chief orator. He proved a dismal dis
appointment. To newspaper reporters
he owed much Of his prominence"
At a recent feast given to Senator
| Platt he and others INDUCED particular
ly amusing n sparkling humor and
wit. But there was one ghost at the ban
quet, one unfortunate incident in the
feast Of reason and low of SOUL" De.
pew was there-cold, dull, vaped, fol
the Record says that the only solemn
~laughless and depressing speech was
that of Senator Depew. 1t was as cheer.
less as a volume OF trade statistics. De
pew seemed TO be embarrassed, but no
more than were his amazed and joyles:
hearers. There was no laugh when {
stranger said: That man looks like
the portrait of Depew.'"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18

his ability to arouse the attention and
hold it OF the great masses. He was
par excellence, the foremost preacher
in popularity on the continent.
Who can take his place as a sermon
izer for a half million readers every
Sunday? There is no nan today who
can for years-twenty or more produce
such delightful. fascinating, satisfying
rmo for the millions as did the
si;enced New Jersey preacher. He re-
ceived the degree Of D.. D., from the
University Of the City of New York,
and from the University OF Tennessee.
He edited several religious publications
at different times. In all he published
many volumes Of sermons, and dozens
of volumes in h newspapers await
that form. He accomplished no little
good and while sometimes censured,
criticised. perhaps m~a,igned, he never
lost his attractiveness, and to the last
sought to be a friend and benefactor
to mankind. He died In Washington on
the 18th of April, 1902.
After writing this out of a half dozen
North Carolina weeklies we glanced at
three published a sermon by Talmage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
NEWS As To PEACE TERMS.

News from Europe as to the making
of peace by Britain with the Beers con-
tinues uncertain. 1t as believed in Lon
don that the Beers are willing to make
terms if possible. But they will not
make absolute independence a condi-
dition provided they can have a salts
factory agreement as TO future internal
government. Other considerations men
toned are. the Punishment and con-
fscation of property proclamation must
be Cancelled and contiscated property
must be restored to its owners with re-
muneration for private stock and prop
erty destroyed or taken by the British,
Full recognition of state debts contract
ed before and after hostilities and up to
the date of the annexation proclama-
ton issued by Lord Roberts"
1t is said in London that at any hour
the announcement may be made hat
peace negotiations have been concluded,
but how? Amnesty is a great stumb-
ling block it is reported. There are
rumols in England Of a crisis in the
Tory cabinet, and there is friction be-
tween Chamberlain and HickS-Beach-
hlICleIeT was nedOr from On the lZtn
inst. The dispatch from London of that
day notes that even a declaration of
peace will not modify the crying need
of additional revenue, but it would take
off the sting from the additional taxa
ton, WHICH is bound TO raise a protest
from every claim or ind i affected.
In the national jubilation over the end
of the wal these individual protests
would be lost sight of 1t will be no
cY1rnriCa 80 - SC nnnnI,Nnn1 IN ATnn1nx "
that the budget presentation once more
has been postponed"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18

seeing a man take his own life. yust
how Cogsdell will commit the deed is
not stated. but IL is understood that he
will shoot himself at the table after
the repast has been concluded CogE-
dell and his aged wife drove TO Ruth
erfordton Wednesday carrying Cogs-
dell's old army pistol to a gunsmith'r
i~nstructing the smith to have IL in arst
class order by June 9TH"
Mad as a March hare" What next
A patriotic. a~ppreciative farmer bs
the name Of ]. Gid Morris. OF Cobb
county. Ga. has caused a monument 70
be erected in honor of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Leonidas Polk. who was killed In
battle. on the spot of his death. He
was born at Raleigh, educated at the
University of North Carolina. entered
West Point where he was graduated.
and resigning from the army entered
the Episcopal ministry. He was bishop
of Louisiana when the great war besas.
A lady giving a brief sketch of him 4.
The Raleigh News and Observer y
AT the beginning of the civil wa he
was urged by President Davis to accept
a command in the Confederate army.
received a commission as Major-Genrf-
al. was promoted in 1862 TO Lieutenant
General. He was eminently fitted for
these positions. by distinguished ability
and by his military training; but his
headlong courage lost a valuable life TO
he confederacy when he was killeI in
the battle Of Pine Mountain, Ga, Juae
II. 1864"
He was born in 1906. and was sfty-
eight at his death.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
AT TIE PUBiLC BAR

1t is about certain that the United
States government is on trial before the
people. The trial of Major Waller Las
contributed 10 emphasizing the c0nvic-
ton that all is not sweet and fair and
human in the distant philippines
General Smith has been Dut in a dis
NAL hole by his b~loodthirs-y orders is
sued by him. Major Gardener adds to
the gloom and disgrace OF conditions.
and the testimony OF others go 10 make
probable all that is said in the way OF
Disagreement and decay and disgrace.
The government is responsible and mus:
undergo a close scrutiny. II cannot
shirk responsibility or avoid the conss-
uuences OF its own action. As the aba
INDEPENDENT New York Evening Post
put it:
Because Of its own methods il stands
today a defendant at the bar OF pubic
opinion. 1t is known beyond doubt that
IL has censored press dispatches to the
perversion of the truth, that il has con-
cealed the facts concerning an outrage
Gus mismanagement OF n iaances
the transport service. and lastly. that
its policy with regard to the stories o.
Weylerism in the Philippines has been
one Of persistent deceit. What wonder
then that people are inclined to brush
aside all ifs and butts and 10 arraign ii
TOR the horrors described"
Say what you will there is something
very rotten in Denmark" There is q
cry against the administration that is
not blindly partisan. but is the express
sion of sincere conviction n educated
intelligence. The shame is great the
iniquity vast. the outrages detestable
and vile. The Evening Post puts the
case thus:
But even if that is going too far the
situation as we 10Y it today brings
shame upon US all. District after dis
trict burned. natives tortured, a popu-
lation mercilessly cut down, n TO
crown all, editors imprisoned arbitrarl-
iy. not for sedition, but for printing
stories of corrupts practices in Ameri-
can administration. The liberty Of The
press. with accountability for it's abuse.
is ruthlessly violated by the military
authorities in the Philippines in van
ton defiance of the first principle of
American law"
When the people Of this country be-
come fully informed as to the doings
OAS - III oiN cal -
extreme. how brutal the government
has been in some particulars they will
be shocked and ashamed. To put
shackles on editors, to suppress the
truth. to permit crimes, to hoodwink
the congress and the country are not to
be easily condemned. The high hand
ed measure should be exposed and de-
nounced. and the American congress
should take a hand and with firm pur-
pose to check and to condemn. The
Evening Post says to the secretary Of
war:
Mr.. Root is greatly mistaken if ne
thinks that the airs of a Russian bu-
reaucrat are in place. or will be %tolerat-
ed. in the conduct of his department.
1t is not for him to decide what infor-
nation it is advisable for the American
people to be allowed to have, in making
up their minds on this whole question.
They say to him.. in the language which
Burke addressed to an arrogant minis
ter Of his day. Information is an adj
vantage to US: We have a right to de-
man it,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
Cold Steel or Death.

There Is DO: one small CHANCE IA
save your life aid that is through an
operation" was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. /. q. Hunt, Df Lime Ridge.
Wis. by her doctor after vainly trying
&c cure her OF Il frightfui Ease of slo1n-
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
didn't count On the marvellous power
or Electric Filters TO IRE Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard OF IL.
took seven bottles. was wholly cured.
avoided surgeons knife, low weighs
more and :eels better than ever. It's
positively guaranteed to cure Stomach.
Liver and ki6rey troubles and never
disappcints. Price soc at X. r. Bel
laTny's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
THOMAS Dewitt TALMAGE.

There are tens of thousands of peo-
ple all over this land who will really be
sorrowfuI over the death of the emf
nent Rev. DR.. Dewitt Talmage, whose
departure was announced in The Mes
senger of Sunday. He was d a
very gifted and distinguished preacher,
the most popular in these United States.
He was born at Bound Brook, New Jer-
sey, on the 7th of January 1882, and was
therefore in his list year Of his age. He
first belonged to the Dutch Reform
Church, but afterwards united with the
Presbyterians. He was educated at the
University of New York and New
Brunswick Theological Seminary. 1t
was in 1863. when he became pastor Oh
the Central Presbyterian church,
Brooklyn, n. Y, known better as the
Tabernacle and which he made very
memorable. His mt twenty years
ago or so, were published in boo religious
and secular papers and probably In
later years in immense numbers. The
Messenger has published his sermons
for Sunday for many years, and they
have been the most popular. acceptable
feature of the paper. All sorts and
conditions of men read them with great
pleasure. The reason of their peculiar
attractiveness lies in their brightness
their ciearness, their rich descriptions,
their magnetism. their Astounding illus
trative citations, their practical hits.
their applications and
appeals, and the easy, graceful. engag-
ing style. ANY plain mind could under
stand him, while men OF thought and
cultivation could read with ~freshened
admiration and unrepressed delight.
There were far greater intellects among
the clergy of this country. He would
not compare in high powers of thought
and expression with ministers like DR..
Richard S. Storrs. Bishop Wilson. DR..
Palmer, and others TO be easily cited,
l.t he led them all at a great pace in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
4 Night of Terror.

Awful anxie-N was felt for the wild
ow of the ORA se General Burnham OF
Machias, Me-, when the doctors ala
h could not Eve till morning" writes
Mrs. s. Fl. GineSln. who attended her
that fearful c.ght- "All thought she
must soon Gle rim Pneumonia, but she
begged for Dr Kings New Discovery,
saying 1t had lrcre than once saved her
life. and had cured her of Consump-
ton. After three small doses she slept
easily all hight and its further use
completely cured her." This marvels-
a medicine Is guaranteed TO cure ali
Throat. Chsst and Lung Diseases.
Only soc and $1.0o. Trial bottles free
ut r. T. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
NORTH

Tarboro Southerner: Sc much oS0-
plant Is heard OF the scarcity Of farm
b that IL Is believed h the time
Is no far off when organized efforts TO
induce labor to to come to the county
will be mad
Durham Heriad: J. NJ. Maynard. IN
employe Of the Bull factory, was SER
ously hurt yesterday morning. In
fall his skull was fractured ard he va
otherwise injured--tf thirteen origf-
nal states, North Carolina Ia the only
one Without a statue OF ole of It's dis
tinguished sons in the national capital
Raleigh News and Observer: Yestey-
day we referred to the generous gift q
$1,000 each by Mr.. j. Van LindIey and
Mr. G. d. Wharton to a fund OF "a. 60
to build good school houses I'm the rural
districts The general educationaa
board VIII add an equal sum-. making
sS.O0o TO be used in building good
schools In the country districts OF Gun-
ford county.
kinston Free Press: 1t Ia said tha
there is enough rock within a half mile
OF kinston 20 macadamize all the
streets In town--It IL purpcsed at an
early date to incorporate The Kinstoa
Publishing Company to do a printing
n publishing business, with principal
Offices in Kinston. II viii be capital
ICED at s~l0.000-s5,oo0 common stock an
5000 perferred stock
Concord Standard. The Nonasate
mill in South Shelby IL quite a curioo-
ity. MonaZite resembles brown SAM
and might easily be mistaken for ~ bx
a novice. II In brought to the mill mix
ed with iron pyrites n garnet crystal
The milling consists In separating the
from these adulterants By
passing II under two powerful magneta.
the pyrites and garnet being attracted
up. strikes a little belt which throws
them or into a receiving box. thus SEN
arating them from the monazife whIck
flows out In another direction. The min
We are told has a capacity OF s.ooo
pounds per day. The monazite Is bought
IN Its crude state at 3 to 5 cents per
pound n sells after being separates
! Tor & cents
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
HOME FOLKS

Returned visitors to Charleston have
very high praise for Governor Aycock's
speech. A Washington special 10 The
Raleigh Post says:
North Carolinians ave no idea what
an impression Governor Aycock made
with President Roosevelt at Charleston.
Several times he referred to the govern
or On his return trip and Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke in the highest terms of him. At
torney General Knox. Secretary Cor
telyou. Murat Halstead and all the
newspaper men were carried away with
North Cardinals governor, and they
voice the sentiments Of the president.
One OF the newspaper correspondents
who accompanied the president SAID:
III Aycock was Of the presidents poll
tics he would be invited 70 enter the
cabinet. Mr. Roosevelt considers him
a second Henry w. Grady"
In Rutherford county lives Allen
cogsdelL He is an old farmer Of good
means. He wants to die, and has pre-
pared for his suicide. He believes la
the spectacular and on a novel scale.
He has issued printed invitations to
friends and relatives to be at his homa
on b 10th of June at a dinner. A dis
patch to The Washington Post has
this: The dinner yvt1l be served at II
o'clock Promptly at IL o'clock Cogsaeu
WIZ gre his guests an opportunity II
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
mar 17-su. we. fri and ~

The daily papers are full of specula-
ton and comment. The London News
opposes liberal terms. The Telegraph
believes peace rumors a hoax. The
Morning Post says: 1T seems fairly
saf e to infer that the Boer leaders Of
Doth colonies have submitted to Kitch-
ener proposals for submission on terms
which Kitchener thinks worth reporting
to the government"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
Homicide on the Cruiser Cincinnati

Washington, April LIT has just
developed hat a murder was commit
ted on the United States steamship
Cincinnati last week.. while the shit
was lying at Charleston. James A.
Paine, a blacksmith. struck with a
pair of iron tongs and killed Agnes
Williams. a water tender. The row &C
CURED in the fireroom last Tuesday.
Paine will be tried by laval court
martial
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
A ErighffuI Hinder

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Boils, Felons, Corns. all Skin Erup-
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by R. r. Rtiiamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18

Loose joints, bow legs, big
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SCOTS Emulsion provides the
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SCOTS Emulsion corrects
the effects of imperfect nour-
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rickety children.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim. is a type of
Constipation. The power of this muir
derous maiaCy is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There's
no health ill it's overcome. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Fest in the world for
Stomach, Liver. Kidneys and Bowels.
Only % cents DIT r. r. BellamY's drug
store.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

the proceeds from that source will be
somewhat less, owing to the fall in the
market for stock cattle. Much OF the
range stock has come from the grass
finished, and has commanded the top price
in Chicago. There has been a fair in
crease in the herds in all lines.
The high price of coarse grains has
initiated against feeding on the farms
to certain extent, and the advantage
has been with the range men where "A
dollar year will keep: a steer" At the
best the value of the live stock converted
into money, and the increase in the value
Of the herds from growth and the natural
increase can be only appropriated. From
all the evidence I could procure I con-
cluded a year ago that the live stock
added $27, 900, 900 to the wealth of the state
in 1900. I have made diligent inquiry upon
this topic this year, and from all the evil
dence and in view of the fall in the price
of stocker cattle, conclude that the re-
turns this year will not be materially diff
ferent from one year ago, and approxi-
mate the total at 25,50O,O 900.
Dairy and Creamery.
The making Of butter and cheese has at
tracted increased interest and Intelligent
GO operation among tho people during the
year now closing, and is now firmly estab-
lished among the states great and perma-.
nent industries. There are $50 cream
cries and cheese factories in South Da-
kota, but they represent only fraction
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-11

ing November 15th) much remains I'M
husked. However, enough is in the crib
to Justify the statement that the yield
In the state at large is twenty-five bush
els, while the southern counties will turn
out thirty-five bushels. The yield is there,
fore 80, 725, 900 bushels, and, at an average
Of forlyfive cents, has brought to the pro-
ducers S14, At, 250. The corn crop for the
entire United States is reported at 1853.
The crop of oats IS Of far greater i'm
portance and magnitude than is usually
couprehended. This year South Dakota
has devoted $4,000 acres to this cereal,
and has produced 17,670,00 bushels, hay
ing cash value of $5,8311OO.
Barley has been the most perfect crop
of the year. Every condition seemed
right for it, and the product is large and
OF fine quality, especially adapted for
mailing. Yields as high as ffty-three
bushels per acre have come under the
personal observation of the writer, and
In placing the average as low as thirty
three bushels per acre appears unduly
conservative. The yield from the TO-, 900
acres on that basis is 3,432, 900 bushels
worth $1.544, 400 in the local market
By reason of the excellent market, flax
has proved profitable to the producer
though the yield has fallen below the av-
erage. The acreage, too, has fallen off
from previous years. Four hundred thou
SAND acres have been given over to it's
culture, yielding 2,S6O,0OO bushels, worth
$S,S61 100.
Potatoes which in other years have
Weathered every hardship, have this year
appropriated failure, although some
sections, particularly the upper James
valley, have had a fair crop. The 5000
acres, however, devoted to potato grow
ing have produced 100000 bushels, worth
at home $1,650,000
The hay and fodder crop is first class
in quality and yield, and the unusual de-
mand has induced exceptional quantities
to be harvested and preserved. OF all the
productions of the state no ether one is
so hard to estimate as the fodder crop,
and in the judgment of this writer it has
always been undervalued. In my review
of the states productions one year ago
relied upon approximates made by the
department of agriculture and placed the
value at $S,000,00O. I felt then, and still
feel that this was much too little. I
have made extensive inquiry since then
among farmers, stock growers and others
having special knowledge upon the sub
ject, and conclude that the whole state
considered the fodder crop as not less
valuable than the corn crop, but in view
of the inability to exactly determine it,
place it this year at $12, 800, 900, which
certainly is within safe bounds.
Live Stock.
The live stock industry has continued
to flourish throughout the year, although