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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-20
Anti-PoOl Room Bill.

ElStin, Texas, March 1S.-The house
tcEsy finally passed the anti-pool room
bill, --iich carries with il a section for
bic betting on horse races. even
al r. track.
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Wilmington MARKETS.

Tuesday, March il.
Receipts OF cotton today-100 bales.
Receipts same day last year-271
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-32O,0 23
bales.
The quotations posted at Z o'clock to-
day at the exchange
OOTTON-Ffrm.
Ordinary So
Good Ordinary So
Low Middling 9h
Middling 81
Good Middling 9 1915
Same day asst year-7kc.
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1000: middling gulf 1925; sales 800 bales
Futures opened quiet and closed
steady; March 9.S1; April 9.15; May 9.15:
June go: July go; August 9.37; Sep
TENDER $50; October S.55; November
S.4S; December S.45.
GRAIN AMI PROvISIONs.
Chicago. March 1S.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
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coarse 79c; $50 Tbs coarse nc; 100 TBS
G F 40c; 200 TBS G F SOC; 200 TBS F F
Table 9Oc to Sis; 200 Tbs Rock Cattle
$3.50.
BUTTER-zs to 81.
DRY SALTED SIDES-1Ohc.
COFFEE+7 to 10c.
FLOUR-Staights $3.H to $3.50; pat
ents $3.50 to $500; full $40 to s4.75.
MoLASSESS. House 14c: New Or
lean Brishts 2o025c. Porto Rico 3ec:
Cuba 2sc.
sUGAR-Gaaulated $3.50; ". c. x.
y No; s. s 3 $50; No. T. $40; No. 9. $3.50; No
-LARD-T1erce Ba-is> Pure nAc:
Compound S@8Ac
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS-North Carolina 65 to .2h.
Virginia 50 to 60. Spanish Is to 70.
BEESWAx-25 cents.
EGGS-12 to 12Hs.
CORN MEALS to 80.
CORN-65 to 81.
TURKEYS-16 to 16kc per pound.
CHCKENS-Hens so to 35; ROSTERS
80 to So; spring Is to 25.
PORks to &c per pound.
N. G. BACON-Hams (old) Is to 1oc;
hams (new) 12h to 1Sc; shoulders 10 to
lac; sides 12kc.
sHINGLEs-Per Loco; s-inch saps
500; b-inch hearts, $50: s-inch saps
1900: 6-inch hearts 500.
T4MBNR:-
Per M feet-Extra milling ..s7.5o@s.5o
MMl prime 90
Niii LAIR
CoUltAoff HILL
ln1erioR to ordinary
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Hives are a terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some older ones
Easily cured. Doan's Ointment nev
fails. Instant relief. permanent cure
At n drug store. so cents.
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NAVAL r.

New York. March 1S.-Turpentine
quiet at 67h to 67Ac. Rosin steady.
Savannah. Ga, March 1S.-Turpen-
tine firm at Csc: receipts "a casks; sales
Ecne: exports 80 ask Rosix firm;
receipts 1.O64 barrels; sales 1887 barrels
exports 695 barrels. Quote A B G D E
s2.05: F. S2.1O: C 1920; H s2.40; 1 s2.45:
K $500: NJ $40: n $3.50; W G. 1885; W
W s4.25.
Charleston. S. c., March 1S.-Turpen-
tine firm at 64c; sales none. Rosin
firm, A B c D $1.S5: F $500; G. s2.10; II
$3.50: I $2.75: K $40; NJ $3.50; n $3.50;
W @ Sc -. " W S415
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SdSn QUOldIlO1lS were DIS 1ollO"S.
Flour dull and steady; No. 2 spring.
wheat IS to a; No. 8 SO to &c; No. q
red 1925 to 727s; No. , corn AZ; No. 2
yellow AZ; No. ? oats 1875; No. 3 white
1872 to So; mess pork per barrel s17.75 To-
sl7.S1k; lard per 100 pounds 1915 to
s9.S5; short ribs sides Qoose) 1886 to
ST. dry sailed shoulders Cboxed)
SIS. S7h to 900: short clear sides (boxed)
s10.37h to $1,000; whiskey, basis Of
high wines S1.30.
New York, March 1S.-FLOUR-
Steady. Rye fiour dull.
WHEAT-Spot steady; No. ?, 1885.
Options declined after the opening but
soon rallied and for the rest of the day
were fairly we'll sustained on a little
foreign buying, export talk. cold wealth
er predictions and covering. The close
was steady at unchanged. March S2&
May 1914; July 1854; September 754.
CORN-Easy; No. ?, 50. Option mar
ket opened steady but at ice weaken
ed under liquidation and ruled easy
until the close when export business.
the wheat steadiness and covering
caused a rally. Last prices We're &c
pet lower. March So; May 50A; July
49k.
OATS-Quiet; No. ,, 1872. Options
dull but fairly steady. May 1894.
LARD-Steady; western steamed
5000; refined quiet.
PORK-Firm.
! RICE-Firm.
! MOLASSES-Firm.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining 3A;
centrifugal So test 3 23-32d; molasses
sugar 8. Refined steady.
BUTTER-Steady; extra creamery
%; state dairy 26 to q.
| CHEESE-Firm; state full creamery
fancy small colored fall Is; white 14A.
EGGS-Easy; state and Pennsylvania
average best 17k; southern 1872
POTATOES-Steady; southern s1.25
to $500; state and western per $50
pounds $3.50 to $500; Long Island $500
to s2.25; South Jersey sweets $3.50
| t. 1915.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy handpick-
| ed AZ to AZ: other domestic 3 to Az.
| CABBAGES-Quiet; domestic per
| barrel white IS to 90c; red 81 90.
! COTTON SEED OIL-On spot was
steady and unchanged with business
of moderate volume. Prime crude here
nominal; prime crude fOb mills 3415 to
So; prime summer yellow Al to 40; off
summer yellow 3Sk to 80; prime white
| As; prime winter yellow As; prime meal
| $3.50 to $500 nominal.
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Saturday, March IA.

Saturday, Marc II.
Receipts of cotton today-222 bales.
Receipts same day last year-307
bales.
Receipts of the season to date-319,7 21
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
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NAVAL STORES.

NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Firm CSC.
ROSIN-Firm s1.95 to $500.
TAR-Firm SLIGO.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
$40; virgin $4.00.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
tupentine nothing doing; rosin CSC and
800; tar, s1.20; crude ~turpentine s1.00
and 81 100.
Receipts today-12 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 292 barrels rosin. $50 barrels
tar % barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last year721 bar
rels rosin, 80 barrels tar.
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NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-F

SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Firn CSC.
ROSIN-Firm S1.95 to $500.
TAR-Firm at s1.65.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
$40; virgin $500.
Prices same day last ~year-Spirits
turpentine nothing doing; rosin Csc
and S1.OO, tar S1.20; crude turpentine
81 and $500.
Receipts today-21 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 6SS barrels rosin, Isl barrels
tar, 20 barrels u turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-21 casks
spirits t~urpentine, so barrels rosin, 40S
barrels tar. % barrels crude t%urpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
sALT-Priees car load lots-2o0s Liv-
erpool TIC; F F Table So to S1.15; iS0's
Liverpool zoe; 100 F F c fine &c; 2UO's
American 75c; 100 c extra 40c; $50
American CSC; 200 Rock Cattle s1.4o.
DRY SALTED SIDES-10c.
BUTTER-29 to 81.
COFFEE| to 10c.
FLOUR-Straights 1915 t o IS. 80; End
.satents $3.50 to $500; full $40 to $3.50.
MOLASSES-S. House IA; New Or
leans Brights % to %: Porto Rico 80;
Cuba Is.
SUGAR-Granulated $3.50; w. C. x.
No. 5, $3.50; No. I $40: No. 9 $3.50; No.
II, s4.20.
LARD-CTierce Basis) Pure HE.
Compound s to SIC.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina 65 to 72A;
Virginia 80 to so; Spanish 65 to 20.
BEESWAX-25c-
CORN-65 to 81.
CORN MEAL~5SQ60.
EGGS-1z to 12hc.
1H-DI-U~vC &c - &c . o.
CHICKENS-Hens 80 to So; roOste1s
80 to 35; spring Is to %.
PORK to &c per pound.
n. G. BACON-Hams (old) Is to 16c;
hams new 12k to 13c; shoulders II to
Izc; sides 12hc.
SHNGLES-Per 1000. 5-inch saps
200; 5zinch hearts. $3.50; 6-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts $500.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Extra milling. .s7.50GS.5 so
Mill prime 00T6 50
Mill fair "a 0G5.50
Common
inferior to ordinary...........s3.58G 100
Wednesday, March IS.
Receipts of cotton today-S9 bales.
Receipts same day last year-1S9
saIes.
Receipts of the season &c date-32o,1 12
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'Clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Firm.
Ordinary 81
Good Ordinary ................. So
| Low MlQQllnS SS
Middling 9h
Good Middling ................. 9 15-16
Same day asst year-1H.
AVA STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTTNE-Firm CSC.
ROSIN-Firm s1.S5 to $500.
TAR-Firm It S1.65.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
$40; virgin $500
Prices same day last ~year-Spirits
turpentine nothing doing; rosin 95c and
800; tar S1.20; crude turpentine 800
and $2.oe.
pentine, 16S barrels rosin. $50 barrels
tar, So barrels crude turpentine.
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1dlSh III o-1O, <1plll LII
May SIC; May and June SIS; June and
July SIS; July and August 5.17@5.1S;
August and September 5.10@5.11; Ser
TENDER and October asa; October and
November 4.64; November and Deem
Der 4.59.
FORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston quiet at 9 15-1Sc; net re-
ceipts 4,671 bales.
Norfolk quiet at csc; net receipts
4S5 bales.
Baltimore nominal 10kc.
Boston quiet at 10c; net receipts 1908
bales.
Wilmington firm at 91ac; net receipts
So bales.
Philadelphia quiet at 1925; net re-
ceipts IS bales.
Savannah quiet at csc; net receipts
1850 bales.
New Orleans Easy at Csc; net re-
ceipts 4.913 bales.
Mobile quiet at 9 9-l6c; net receipts
$50 bales.
Memphis quiet at 94c; net receipts
Augusta easy at Toe; net receipts
4S1 bales.
Charleston firm at 91Ac; net receipts
II bales.
Cincinnati steady at 1oAc: net re-
ceipts So bales.
Louisville firm at csc.
st. Louis quiet at 8 13-16c; net re-
ceipts $50 bales.
Houston steady at csc; net receipts
1 I59 bales.
New York. March 1S.-Cotton quiet
at Zoe; net receipts so bales; gross re-
ceipts 5.651 bales; sales 800 bales; stock
1916 bales.
Total today at all seaports-Net re-
ccipts 41,O26 bales; exports to Great
Britain 11,49O bales; to France 5000
bales: to the continent 1857 bales:
stock $50, 9S4 bales.
Consolidated at all seaports-Net re
ceipts 64,14S bales; exports to Great
Britain 53,129 bales; to France 9,4S2
bales: to the continent 1896 bales.
Total since September 1st at all sea.
| pcrts-Net receipts $500, 004 bales; e.
ports to Great Britain 2,340, 100 bales:
to France $50, $50 bales; to the continent
2.437,5 39 bales.
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands
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COTTON.

Liverpool, March 1S.-4 p. Injections:
Spot, moderate business done; prices ?
to 4 points higher. American middling
fair $50; good middling $50; middling
$50; low middling 5.22; good ordinary
80; ordinary 4.9S. The sales of the
day were 1000 bales, of which 500 were
for speculation and export and inclui-
I'd 500 American. Receipts $4,000
bales, including $500 American.
Futures opened firm and closed easy;
American middling G. 0. c.: March
SIS; March and April SIS; April and
May SIC; May and Jun SIS; jun and
July SIS; July and August 5.17@5.1S:
August and September 5.10@5.11; Ser
TENDER and October asa; October and
November 4.64; November and Deem
her 80
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- car load lOtS-SO IDS
coarse 79c; $50 TBS coarse re; 100 TBS
C F 4Oc; 200 TBS G F soc; 200 TBS F F
Table soc to s1.15; 200 TBS Rock Cattle
$3.50.
DRY SALTED SIDES-10c.
BUTTER-29 to 81.
COFFEE+7 to 10.
FLOUR-Straights 1915 to $3.50; End
paeents $3.50 to $500; full $40 to $3.50
MODASSESR. House 14c; New Or
leans Brights % to 25c; Porto Rice aec;
Cuba &c.
SUGAR-Granulated $3.50: w. X. c.
No. 5, $3.50; No. Z, $40; No. 9, $3.50;
No. II, $40.
LARDoTierce Basis) Pure 111ac
compound s to SIC.
COUNTRY PR0OUGE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina IS to 72h;
Virginia so to Coo; Spanish S. to zoe.
BEESWAX-25 cents.
CORN-65 to 81.
CORN MEAL-5S to 60.
NC. BACON-Hams (old) 15 to 16c;
hams (new) 12ksto 1Sc; shoulders 10 to
lie; sides 12kc.
EGGS-l4 dull.
TURKHYS-1S to 16hc per pound.
CHICKHNS-Hens 80 to 35c; ROSTERS
50 to 35c; spring Is to 25c.
PORK'S to &c per pound.
SHTNGLES-Per 1000; 5-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts, $3.50; 9-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts $500.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
ENGLISH DISDAIN PEANUTS.
II Fit Only to BE Fed
to Swine.

Over in England they call the pea
nut "ground-nut" and "ground-bean,'
says the New York Press. In British
eyes it is fit only for pigs. It is met
with occasionally in fruiterers' shops,
but never in push carts, as in this
country. A British encyclopedias
says: "In the southern states Of
North America the seeds, or nuts, as
they are called, are roasted and used
as chocolate. They are favorite
article of food with the negroes"
Georgians are called "goober grab
bers" throughout the south. Many q
farmer has grown rich on the humble
peanut, the annual. product being
worth $40, 900, 900. Some persons try to
belittle the goober. A lawyer, exam
lining witness in an important case,
one whose testimony was conclusive,
undertook to ridicule him. "You are
a business man, I believer" yes"
"What is your business % Il deal in
peanuts" The lawyer smiled know
ingly at the jury. "a peanut vender,
Ell? How many pints did you sell last
month";" II hardly know. A million,
possibly" .sWhat! A million?" 81
handle about half million bushels
ayear. am a wholesale dealer" The
lawyer sat down with the laugh turned
on him.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
A SAFE RULE.

1t is not bad plan to 40 all that you can
In your chosen particular line,
And II progress is slow. and there's little
to show
For your work. not to whimper and
1t II better to creep than fall short in q
leap, q
You will come out all right II you stay;
You are bound to succeed If this warning
you heed
Keep pegging away!
Perhaps once in awhile you will see man
pile
Up fortune In no time-that's true;
You'll observe that he's struck in rich
streak of luck
And you'll think that might happen to
you.
but II you would advance you must not
trust to chance;
You viii find as a rule It won't pay;
Just slow, steady pace is the best in LIES
Keep pegging away!
II you're willing to climb just a step at a
time 5
You are more apt to get to the top.
There Is many stroke to the fan of an oak
And the stone Is worn through drop by
drop.
Its proverb that haste is conducive to
And that Rome was not built in day.
II you don't go too fast you will get there
at last.
Keep pegging away!
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
FAMOUS LARGE FAMILIES.
Berlin Mother, Who Mt As, Has -
olive Branches Surrounding
Her Table.

There are more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamt OF in our
everyday philosophy, and. one OF the
most curious among them IS the mys-
terious way in which the birth rate
of country goes up and down IN
accordance with political or even So
cial requirements, says the London
Telegraph. This strange phenome-
non greatly exercised the ingenuity
OF Roman statisticians recently when
his holiness the pope, desiring to COM
memorate the celebration of his jubi-
lee, gave orders that every child born
in the Eternal City on that memora-
BILE day-or night-sfoId receive
gift of baby linen and small sum OF
money. The head of the papal treas
ury duly made his preparations ac-
cordingly and based his ca EQUATIONS OF
the cost on the averages as reckoned
by the statistical tables. According to
these documents, the average number
of children who come ito the world
daily in the Italian capital is 35, and
for so many innocents did the treas
ury of the vatican make provision.
But the Roma n mothers, having heard
,of the windfall in store for their
darIings upset these prosaic calcula-
tons by giving birth to exactly SO
olive branches, the number of the
pope's years in this vale of tears.
''Wordly wisdom is justified of her
fchildren," murmured one puzzled
papal official.
Fools and children cannot lie" re-
piled one of the happy parents. and as
the certificates were all in order, the
/ pope's officials thought they had bet
ter belieye thar mist upon further
sproof, although 6osne of the newborn
babes looked like children Of a larger
growth" Among them were triplets,
consisting of two boys and one girl.
To the former were given the names
of Romulum and Remus, while their
UNCONSCIOUS sister was honored by the
appeIla tion Roma. The baptism took
place In the Churchsof st. Peters. E
= 1t would be dangerous to try in Ber-
lin benevolent experiments like that
of the sovereign pontiff of Rome. For
in the German capital record has
been established in every detail. Thus
one healthy, active hausfrau has been
filing her CULVER SO rapidly that, al
though still but As years old, she has
already 20 olive branches round her
table. : Another, who is four years her
Juniors ushered % into the world, while
4hree other women, between the ages
of 40 and 43, presented their Husbands
with 81 descendants each. Two hum
dred and forty Berlin women are the
mothers# IF from 10 to 20 children
apiece.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
p1rH AND POINT.

"A healthy old fellow, who is not a
fool is the happiest creature living
Steele.
Hollis-"Is he easily rattled?'
Hall-"Don't know. I've never been
able to shake him."4Harvard Lam
poon.
"Train UP a child in the way he
should co." remarked the Observer OF
Events and Things, land when he is
old he may get there "-Yonkers
Statesman.
.'This is my birthday" "And sup
pose you feel as young as you ever
did," "No; I don't believe I'm quite
old enough yet to feel as young as
ever did ."-Town and Country.
Real Unkind.-softleigh-"A fellow
cawn't-aw-ive without bwains,
doncher know. Miss Cutting-"Am /
to infer from that assertion that you
are dead one?"- Chicago Daily News.
Eyes, l. explained the whole theory
of the new discovery to my wife. "
sAnd what did she say "She said,
George, can you remember who the
Sourfield girl married? I've been try
ing all day to think Of his name. =
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
That young squeedink has made a
splendid start in literature" well
equipped for success, Ell 2" Il should
say so. He's bought beautiful gold
fountain pen that is, warranted for
ten years and he has had two quires
of manuscript paper embossed with his
monogram."-Baltimore Herald.
Nothing to Do.-Towne-" The last
time 1 saw jenkins he was looking
pretty blue; said he had nothing to
do" Browne-"He told me the same
thing to-day when / met him, but he
was quite cheerful" Towne-"Re-
signed to it, I suppose. Browne Re-
signed to 1t? No, just appointed to it.
He's got political job. "-Philadelphia
Press.
Astrology Hits One Thing Right
Prof. Longhair-"A strology teaches
that girl born in January will be pru-
dent, good -tempered and fond Of dress;
If born in February, affectionate, kind
hearted and fond OF dress; in March,
somewhat frivolous and fond of dress;
in April, inconstant and fond Of"
Hostess-"In what months are girls
born who are not fond of dress?" Prof.
Longhair-'In none, madam.'-N. =.
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
sULTANA BECAME LAUNDRESs.
English Girl Ruled a Persian Prin-
cfpalfty-Aftervnrd Engaged
I'm Business in London. w

The former sultana of province
on the Persian gulf is now a laun-
dress in the west end Of London, and
she is much better satisfied with her
present than with her former posi-
ton. While still a girl in her teens
this woman was married to- a man
of an adventurous turn, who went
out to the eastern seas and became q
Grader" among obscure islands, and
along the seldo1n-visited shores of the
Indian ocean and the Gulf of Persia.
A trader in the gulf parlance of
those days meant q smuggler OF
arms, ammunition and rum. It was
a strange life, in which days of great
activity alternated with periods of
dangerous ease; life in which it was
always either fast or feast, and
the woman liked it and partook with
her husband of all its dangers and
rewards, relates q London paper.
Among the customers i of the
trader" was the shereef of Tai
March. Taj-Mareb is a walled town
and q state Of about dozen square
miles, situated in the Beni-Harjar
country on the western shore OF the
Persian gulf. The shereef. or sui
tan, being progressive, determined to
reorganize his army and supply it
with modern arms in order to in
crease it's efficiency as a looting and
devastating force. He therefore
made contract with the trader for
a supply of muskets, and the same
were promptly delivered, being con-
demned ones which the sea rover had
picked up at some government bar
gain sale. But they were built to go
off by the use of percussion caps, and
were modern compared with the an
tique fintlock affairs with which the
shereef's army had been supplied be-
fore. In due course of time the
trader sailed into the harbor of Tai
March and presented his little bill.
''Go tot" said the sultan. "By the
beard of the prophet! Shall a dog
of a Giaour handle the hard-looted
simolians OF the shereef Of Tai
March? Bismilla Akbar!" which is
the Arabic for 'go chase yourself"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
Leaf-Cutting bees.

The 1eaf-cutting bees are near rela-
tiyes of the honey and bumble-bees,
which they closely resemble. They de-
rive their name from the habit you
have observed of cutting out, bits Of
leaves for their cells. The circular
pieces are for the ends Of the cells, and
the oblong pieces for the sides. These
cells are usually in burrows cut into
wood, for some Of the leaf-cutting bees,
like the carpenter bees, have the talent
Of cutting holes into wood. st. Niche
laa.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-07-25
FOUNDER OF GREAT MUSEUM.
Romance In the Life OF James Smith
son which Will Prove of Inter.
national Interest.

II tho project to exhume the remains
of James Smithson at Genoa, where q
marble quarry has encroached upon
the old Protestant cemetery whe:e
they were inferred in 1920, to transport
them to Washington and to give them
honorable sculpture on the grounds OF
the Smithsonian institution, is carried
out very interesting international
romance will be provided with its
proper climax, says the New York
Mail and Express of recent date. Not
long before he died Smithson wrote
altogether mysteriously at that time,
for he was an obscure scientist: My
name shall live in the memory of man
when the titles of the Northumber-
lands and Percys are extinct and for
gotten" He spoke the truth when he
said that. The titles of the Northum-
berlands and Percys are not yet ex-
tinct, but they are Of exceedingly lit
tie consequence now to either Britain
or the world and have not the slight
est ground to hope for such immortal
ity as the founder of the great scien-
tifc institution connected with the
United States government at Washing
ton has already bestowed on the first
duke of Northumberland illegitimate
son.
James Smithson-or, as he was at
first and properly called, James Macie
had no right to the name or. title of
the first duke of Northumberland,
which descended to the dukes lawful
son. Nevertheless, James Macie was
Of the best blood of England on both
sides. His character was excellent, his
aspect noble. He was singularly proud
though it came to him by no lawful in
heritance, and his position became to
him one of such bitterness that he re-
solved to establish his name, in man
ner as useful as it was brilliant, in the
free land beyond the seas. The fact
that he had never seen America and
had NO tie whatever with this country
did not deter him from sending
hfther all his wealth-though in the
main it had come from the British no.
bility to whom by blood he was allied.
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His bequest Of his fortune after the
death of nephew, who died without
an heir, to establish at Washington an
institution for the increase and diff
fusion of knowledge among men was
an astonishment to the world, and par
ticularly to the Americans, who took
several years to accustom themselves
to the notion and provide for the
foundation Of the institution he had
decreed. There was nothing, how
ever, really astonishing IN the bequest.
Smithson cared more for science than
he did for anything else. He was .
passionate investigator and a really
great collector. He knew that the
terms Of his bequest, which had in
visw nothing less than universal en-