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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-09


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IRE being systematically inquired into.
temperature n moisture are controil-
ing FACTORS in all agricultural opera
The seasons OF the cyclones OF
Carlooean sea ana their pains are
being ~forecasted with increasing accu-'
racy- The cold winds hat come from
the north are anticipated and their
times ana intensity tofo TO m
.sdroeileTs' anu lrullererS III al Souln-
ern localities.
we sell TWO ana nlty hliliion
ooliars worth OF animals ana animal
10 foreign countries every
year, IN aqo1tlon 10 supplying our own
people more cneaply ana
.hfh any olheF hdUlon Is dDl3 10 plo-
wee LOT It's people. SucceSsIul manu-
dcturln oepenuS primarily on cheap
Wnlch ccoun 10 a onsloeraDle
extent for our growth In this direction.
The department OF Agriculture, by
careful Inspection OF meats, guards the
health Of our people and gives clean
bills of health to deserving exports;
1t as prepared to deal promptly with
imported diseases Oh anlmals n main
tain the excellence of our locks and
- III Nho ASSpON- ohOShO
an annual census of the live stock OF
the Nation.
we sell abroad about six hundred mil
lion lie worth of plants and tae1f
products every year. efforts
are beins maze 10 airport from loresh
such grams as are Suitable
10 our varying iocailties. seven years
ago we bought three-fourths OIL our
rice; by helpdng the rice " on the
coast 10 secure seeos IroLi inc
orient suited to their conoltlons' anu
by giving them protectloh,
they now supply home demand ana eA-
port to ISLANDS OF the Caripoeah
Sea n to other r~lce-groWlng countries.
and other grains nave peen I'M
ported from h~ght-ra1nIaA countries 10
our lands IN the west ana
that have not grown crops OIL
light precipitation, resulting In an eA-
addition t0 0Ir area
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tcontinued on Seventh Fage.l
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-09


Our consular system needs improve
ment. Salaries should be substituted
for fees, and the proper classification.
grading. and transfer of consular off,
GERS should be provided. I am net pre-
pared to say that a competitive system
of examinations for appointment would
work well; but By law it should be
provided that consuls should be famil-
lar. according to- places for which they
apply, with the French, German, or
Spanish languages. and should possess
acquaintance with h OF the
United states
National Gallery Of Art.
The collection OF objects Of art con-
templatad in section 5zSs OF the Revised
Statutes should be designated and es-
tablished as a National Gallery Of Art:
and the Smithsonian Institution should
be authorized to accept any additions
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-09

The progress Of the Indians toward
civilization. though not rapid, is per-
haps all that could be hoped for in
view of the circumstances. Within the
past year many tribes have shown, in
a degree greater h ever before, an
appreciation of the necessity of work.
This changed attitude is in part due to
the policy recently pursued of reducing
the amount of subsistence to the IN
dams, and thus forcing them. through
sheer necessity, to work for a livelihood.
The policy. though severe, is a useful
one, but it is to be exercised only with
judgment and with a full understand
ing of the conditions which exist In
each community for which it Is intend
ed. On or near the Indian reservations
there is usually very little demand for
labor, and IL the Indians are to earn
their living and when work can not be
furnished from outside (which is al
ways preferahleA. then 1t must be fur
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23

enough confidence In me and my judg-
ment to believe the timber to be what
represent itr'
IL see," commented Wallace, sudden
ly grave.
Harry" said he that evening. with
q crisp decision new to his voice, will
you take little walk with me down
by the dam? l want to talk with
YOU"
They strolled to the edge of the bank
and stood for a moment looking at the
swirling waters.
II want you TO tell me all about log
ging," began Wallace. start from the
beginning. Suppose, for instance-what
would be your tlrst move"
They sat side by side on q log. and
Thorpe explained. The excitement Of
war was In It. When he had finished,
Wallace drew a deep breath.
when 1 am home" said he simply,
"I live In p big house on tho Lake
Shore drive. 1t Is heated by steam and
lighted by electricity. I touch a but
ton or turn screw and at once I am
lighted and warmed. At certain hours
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23

meals are served me. l don't know
how they are cooked or where the ma
terials come from. Since leaving COL
lege l have spent little time down
town every day, and then I've played
golf or tennis or ridden horse in the
park. We do little limitations of the
real thing with blue ribbons tied TO
them and think we are camping o.
roughing it. This life of yours Is glo-
rious, is vital; it means something In
the march of the world"
The young fellow spoke with unex-
pected swiftness and earnestness.
Thorpe looked at him In surprise.
81 know what you are thinking"
said the boy, flushing. "You are sur
prised that 1 can be in earnest about
anything"
Thorpe watched him with sympa-
thetic eyes, but with lips that obsti-
nately refused to say one word.
II left college at nineteen because
my father died." Wallace went on. II
am now just twenty-one. A large es-
tate descended to me, and I have had
to care for Its investment all alone. I
have one sister; that Is ALL"
80 have Iw cried Thorpe and stop
ped.
"The estates have not suffered" went
on the boy simply. II have done well
with them. But" he cried fiercely, 81
hate II! 1t is petty and mean and wor-
rying and nagging. Now. Harry, /
have proposal to make you. 1t is this:
You need $4,000 TO buy your land. Let
me supply it and come in as half part
ner."
An expression Of doubt crossed the
land lockers face
ooh, plcasev' cried the boy. Il do
want to get in something real. Il will
be the making of me-"
Nov. see here" interposed Thorpe
suddenly. you don't even know my
name"
81 know you," replied the boy.
'AIy maine Is Harry Thorpe" pursued
the other. my father was Henry
Thorpe, an embezzler."
Harry" replied Wallace soberly. ct
am sorry | made you say that. do not
care for your name, except. perhaps, to
put it in the articles of partnership,
and l have no concern with your an
cestry. ! tell you, it is favor to let
me in ON this deal | don't know any
thing about numbering, but I've got
eyes. can see that big timber stand
ing up thick and tall, and / know PEG
pie make profits in the business"
Thorpe considered few moments in
silence.
wallace" he said gravely ut last, IL
honestly do think that whoever goes
into this deal with me will make mon
ey. OF course there's always chances
against IL, but / am going to DO my
best"
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23
CHAPTER XI.

~AHE young fellow stayed three
weeks and was a constant Joy
to Thorpe. Thorpe liked the
how because he was omen heart
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23


The canoe was large and powerful,
but we'll filed. An Indian knelt In
tie stern. Amidships was well. laden
with dufile OF all descriptions. The
gplng fellow sat In the bow. He was
abright faced, eager eyed, curly haired
young fellow, all enthusiasm and fire.
His figure was trim and clean, but
rather slender, and his movements
were quick, but nervous. When he
stepped carefully out on the fiat rock
Co which his guide brought the canoe
with a swirl Of the paddle one initial
ID would have seen that his clothes,
while strong and serviceable, had been
bought from sporting catalogue.
'sThis is good place." he said to the
G1Iiie. ''We'll camp here" Then he
turned up the steep bank without look
ing back.
"Hellow he called in n cheerful, I'M
embarrassed fashion TO Thorpe and
Charley. How are you? Care If
camp here? What you makingf BY
love! 1 never saw canoe made be-
Gore I'm going to watch you. Keep
right at it,"
He sat on one of the outcropping
powders and took off his hat.
"Say, you've got a great place here!
You here all summer? Hello! You've
got a deer hanging up. Are there
many of 'em around here? I'd like to
Kill deer first rate. l never have. It's
sort of out of season now, isn't it?"
Thorpe.
81 like fishing too" went on the boy.
"Are there any here? In the pool?
john" he called to his guide, bring me
my fishing tackle"
In few moments he was whipping
the pool with long, graceful drops Of
the fly. lie proved 10 be adept. At
first the Indians stolld countenance
seemed trihe doubtful. After time
it cleared.
"Good!' he grunted.
The other Indian had now finished
the erection Of tent and had begun TO
cook supper over a little sheet iron
camp stove. Thorpe and Charley could
smell ham.
you've got quite pantry, remark
ed Thorpe.
"Wont you eat with me?" proGered
the boy Hospitality.
But Thcrp" declined.
In the course OF the evening the boy
approached the older mems camp and,
with charming diifidencc, asked per
mission to sit awhile at their fire.
at must be good to live in the
woods" he said with sigh, Ito do all
things for yourself. It's so free"
81 just do love thisr' he cried again
and again. "Oh, it's great, after all
that fuss down there And he cried 1t
so fervently that the other men present
smiled, but so genuinely that the smile
had in it nothing but kindness.
81 came out for month";" said he
suddenly, land guess I'll stay the rest
of it right here. You'll let me go with
You sometimes hunting, won't you?
I'd like first rate to kill deer"
".Sure." said Thorpe. "Glad to have
you"
my name is Wallace Carpenter"
said the boy, with sudden unmistak-
able air of good breeding.
"Well," laughed Thorpe, two old
woods ioafers like us haven't got much
use for names. Charley here Is called
Geezigut, and mines nearly as bad, but
I guess plain Charley and Harry will
DO"
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23

"1HE young fellow stayed three
weeks and was a constant Joy
to Thorpe. Thorpe liked the
- boy because he was open heart
ell, free from affectatlon, assumptive
of no superiority-in short. because he
was direct and sincere. Wallace, on
his part adored in Thorpe the free,
open air life. the adventurous quality,
the quiet, hidden power, the resource
fitness and the self suficigncy of the
pioneer To Id anything at all. lie
accepted ! uorne for what he thought
him TO be rather than for what he
might think him to be.
Little by little the eager questions
OF the youth extracted n full statement
of the situation. He learned of the
timber thieves up the river of their
present operations ana their probable
plans. Of tho valuable pine lying still
unclaimed. Of Thorpe's stealthy raid
into the enemy's country.
"Why, it's great! It's better than any
book l ever readr'
lie wanted 70 know what he could do
TO help.
Nothing except keep quiet" replied
Thorp. "IOa ula-.n't try to act any
different II The men from up river
come by, be Just az cordial to them as
you can and don't act mysterious and
imDortaD;
"All right. agreed Wallace, bubbling
with excitement. And then what do
you do-after you get the timber estl-
matedT'
vii go south and try, quietly, to
raise some money That will be diff
cult because, you see, people don't know
me-, and am not in a position to let
them look over the timber. OF course
1t will be merely a question of my
judgment. They can go themselves TO
che land office and pay their money.
There won't be any chance of my max
ing way with that. The investors VIII
become possessed OF certain 'dcscrip-
tons lying in this country, oil right
enough. The rub is. Will they have
IIa - a4aa@s
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23
(To BE CONTINUED
Report from the Reform Soho,

Report from the Reform School
j. q. GIuck, superintendent, Prunty-
town, w. Va, writes: "After trying all
other advertised cough medicines we
have decided to use Foley's Honey and
Tar exclusively in the West Virginia
reform school. find it the most eff
fective and absolutely harmless" For
sale by all druggists of Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1904-12-23
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for "; Clair. Marine City, Algonac, Mt. Clemens
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Direct connections are made In Port Huron
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Round trip tickets can be purchased &C Waiting
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
HOW 1T STANDS TO DATE.

Up to this date eight States have ..lccr-
ed delegates to the Democratic Nationai
Convention. Two of these States New
York and Pennsylvania-have The largest
delegations in the convention. Not enough
States have yet acted. to indicate What
will be the action Of the majority Of tie
States, but present indications point Il: a
convention in which the majority ci the
delegates will be uninstructed
OF the States and Territories that have
acted only three with total of 80 votes
have instructed their delega tcs-- New
York, with IS votes for Parker; New
Mexico, with 4 votes, and South Dakova
with votes, both for Hearst.
Pennsylvania, with 6S votes, and New
jersey, with 20 votes, both against Hearst
and inclined to Parker; Kansas, in which
the vote is in doubt, each OF the Hears,
and anti-Hearst factions claiming ma
jority with 20 votes; Oregon, with
votes. the preference of the delegates
not being known; and Rhode Island, with
votes, of which are for Hearst ano
all for him if the unit rule is adopted
a total. of 120 votes, are not instructed.
In fact, up 70 date, no State, not hay
Ing a candidate, has instructed it's dele
gates except South Dakota and tha-tcS
ritory of New Mexico.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
COMING OUT IN THE OPEN.

1T is said that j. B. Duke will en:el
into politics and that he will begin his
political career by going as a delegate
| to the National Republican Convention
says the Southern Tobacco Journal.
This is funny. As the head OF the
trust, he has been in politics ever since
the trust was organized. Personally he
has been behind the scenes and pulled
the strings. Always a Republican, he
has had Democratic associates to try 10
control Democratic legislators and Off.
Gals.
So far, more trust magnates have been
elected to the Republican National Con
vention than ever before. Hartman has
Already been chosen from New York. And
yet some toadies like Jacob Riis, and 9th
ers not so sincerely and nauseatingly
worshipful of Teddy, keep on telling US
that the trusts are against Roosevelt.
That is for popular consumption only,
but Rooseyelt's agents-Root and Aldrich
have organized all the trusts to march
behind Roosevelt. Carnegie is not the
only trust magnate made rich by tariff
bounties and freedom from criminal
prosecution who is ready to give a mil
lion dollars TO the Republican campaigns
fund. These trust magnates viii do this
and then have their own hired men TO
write articles praising Roosevelt as "Thc
Greatest Trust-Buster Alive And there
are some folks, not paid, gullible enough
to swallow sucn stuff.
1t is gratifying anyway to see the trust
magnates comc out into tho open where
tn people can see them as thew plan:
to keep co~trol of the government they
bought in 1896
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
JUDGE PARKER'S TASTES.

A correspondent of the New York
World says that while the convention was
in session at Albany. "a friend called on
him at his home in Esopus and Judge
Parker read to him from the life and times
of Thomas Jefferson a description of the
battle between North Carlina patriots
and Governor Tryon's troops four years
before the Yankee minute-men faced Pit
cairns muskets at Lexington" He will
go into the White House. therefore, with
Tom Watson's splendid pen-portrait of
the courage and early devotion to freedom
shown by the North Carolina patriots.
Its a fine stor- and true one, if some
North Carolinians have failed to give full
credit to tn, noble pioneers in the strug-
gle for liberty. and Tom Watson has told
the story with the touch of genius. We do
not doubt that it thrilled Judge Parker, as
it must thrill any genuine men who reads
it. Judge Parker's tastes are Jeffersonian
the best sign in the future President.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
THE NEW YORK RESOLUTIONS.

| Some people are jumping at the conclu
sion that the resolutions adopted by the
New York State Convention embodies the
platform which Judge Parker VIII seek
| to force upon the National Convention
! AS a matter of fact, New York refralned
| from doing more than pass brief resolu
| lions because Judge Parker did not WISH
the country to think that he had any
wish to dictate the national platform. The
course pursued by New York this year
has a precedent in 1876, when the State
presented Tilden for the Presidency. Then
resolutions were adopted suggesting New
York's view upon some of the leading Is
sues. without indicating the remedies, o,
trying to anticipate the action OF the
platform committee. 1t was Judge Far
kers idea to do the same thing this
year.
The National Democracy will write the
platform. They will do well TO study the
resolutions and platforms adopted IN all
the States. They will get valuable ideas
from the New York resolutions, the adj
mirable New JERSEY platform, the strong
Pennsylvania platform, and views that
will be voiced by other State Conven-
tions. The Committee on Platforms will
then write a platform that will rims
clear upon the living issues OF today
platform upon which the party can
confidently appeal for the suffrage OF the
American people. Mr.. Hill will not be
given the right to compose the platform,
though he is Parker's New York leader
but it will be the joint production of the
wisest and ablest Democrat of each State
and Territory. Everybody remembers
how in 1892, Mr.. Cleveland sent a type
written platform to the Chicago Conven-
ton, embracing a straddie tariff declare
ton, and all remember how the conven
ton threw the straddle into the lake anG
adopted tariff plank that rung as clear
as a bell against special privilege. III
some respects the New York declarations
are all that could be desired, but in the
tariff and trust resolutions Mr.. Hill is
lame, hating and impotent. The conveu
ton at St. Louis will not even consoles
them. but will repeat the 1892 act al
Chicago, throw tnem in the river AND
write resolutions that will summon the
American people to a war against all
special privilege and against 1.-The out
laws of commerce. commonly called
trusts.
Hon. Allen l.. McDermott. member OF
CONGRESS. stated the truth as to the Ma
tional platform when he said yesterday:
state platforms have no influence or
National Conventions. When the Demo
Gratis OF the Union meet to adopt a plat
form they don't take State Convention :,
declaration, but choose one for them.
selves
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21

a great injury to the persons he wishes
to help:
Andrew Carnegie. the many time mil
Honalre, who IS trying to carry out his
expressed determination to die a poor
man, mas notified the trustees of Berea
College. Kentucky, one of the best known
colored institutions of learning in the
South. that he will give them fifty thous-
and dollars for the PURPOSE q. testing the
constltutionality of the law on the statute
books of Kentucky and other States, for.
bidding the education vi white and negro
children IN the same schools.
The reason for the sudden desire man
ltested by Mr.. Carnegie to have white and
colored children sit on the same school
benches is not stated
"Of course the offer will be accepted.
and the fight for mixed schools will be in
augurated."
Recently the Boston Advertiser an
nounced that Mr.. Carnegie was so anxious
to secure Poosevelt's reelection that he
had stated his willingness to give one
million dollars to the campaign fund f
necessary.
What grudge has this Scotchman
against the South that he wishes to re
elect Roosevelt and infiict mixed schools :
OF course. there will be no mixed schools
except in such Il benighted and grotesuue
region as Berea, but why PERMIT such
abortions even in that LnI r,h4sd CON.
munity?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
BAR ASSOCIATION SHOULD INVEST
GATE.
Lumberton Argus.

Lumberton Argus. y
We have just been glancing over
number of State papers issued during and
Immediately after the Haywood trial
They make interesting reading, in the
light of recent events And. again we
would say that Judge PEBBLES was a most
grievously slandered man. else he is not
fit for the bench. If slandered the Judge
should have recourse; if unfit for the
bench, he should resign or be impeached
The News and Observer has suggested an
investigation by the Bar Association. Let
it come. If the Judge was really not for
the defendant as charged by lending
State paper. and did not prove himself
partisan, either lacking the judicial tenn
permanent or worse-a wilful partisan. JUS
tice demands that His Honor's reputation
be redeemed. On the contrary. if he did
prove himself all or either. he should be
advised to resign, fer the Judge has really
only begun his term, and it's not pleasant
to think of justice being melted out for
six years by man who is either naturally
or willfully partisan.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
MADE THEM ALL SICK.

A special from Philadelphia says:
Shortly after he heard the case of the
A. and N. c.. r. R., Judge Simonton S
health failed him and he will remain al
alpha until May" Other folks
cen sick from that hearing. Judge
has not been so well as formerly,
has needed more hot air, McBee
en- years older, some of the con,
attorneys have had to send fol
ans to tone them up, and the
Conspiracy organs have needed
lie supply of liquid air, ETC., to
1 the zig-zag track. If they arc
W, what VIII be their condition
he people thunder their indigna-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-21
PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Rocky Mount Record.

Rocky Mount Record.
The Governor has done the right thing
in the much agitated matter Of the A.
& n. G. r. r. He has appointed a con-
mittee, composed of men of high charac-
ter and experience in tho particular lines
along which their inquiries will be direct
ed, to look into and thoroughly investigate
the charges CT mismanagement, corrup-
ton, etc. This action on the part OF the
administration indicates a desire on its
part TO learn the full truth and let the
public know just what i. is. 1t is a great
pity that 1t was not done long ago, and
that its being done now, whatever and
how pure and righteous the motive may
be, will be attributed to the alleged ex-
posures brought out by the application Of
McBee Tor receivership. 1t is now III order
Tor all those who have anything concern
ing the encouragement of the road and
its FINANCES IS make the same known by
communicating with the committee who
pledge themselves to look into it and
proDe the matter to the bottom To re-
train from SO doing will not only be un-
just TO the committee. but in the future
Ii the charges are repeated they will de-
serve nothing OF those who love fair play.