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region in Northern India subject to earthquakes, which may lead on the one hand to the volcanic region in Tartary, or, on the other, through Asia Minor to the Greek archipelago, Sicily, and on to the Canaries and Cape de Verd. Ac- cording to the geological theory, the lines thus traced over the globe would represent rising lands, where the crust is less strong, and so less liable to repress the expansive powers below. There are number of isolated volcanoes also scattered over the surface of the earth. The most remarkable of these are Jan Maven, in latitude 70 degrees 49 minutes north, and those in Iceland, in the north, and Mount Erebus, in the south polar land, in latitude v degrees 32 minutes south.
 Volcanoes may break through any kind of geological formation. In Au- vergne, in the Miocene period, they burst through the granite and gneissose plateau of Central France; in the period of the lower old red sandstone they pierced silurian rocks in Scotland; in the late tertiary and post tertiary ages they found their way through the ma rine strata and formed such huge piles as Aetna and Nesuvius; on the banks of the Rhine they have penetrated some of the older alluvia of the river In many instances new volcanoes have appeared on the sites of old ones In Scotland the carboniferous volcanoes have risen on the sites of those of the red sand stone. Somma and Nesuvius, but yes terday so deadly active, have arisen from the great Neapoltan plain of marine tufa.
 It Is usual to class volcanoes as active, dormant and extinct The active vol cano can not be mistaken, but in many cases 1t is impossible to determine whether it is distinct or only dormant The volcanoes of the Siluran age in Wales, of the Carboniferous age in Ire land, of the Permian age in the Hartz, and of the Miocene age in the Hebrides, are certainly extinct. Somma, in the l first century of the Christian era, would have been regarded as an extinct vol cano; its fires had never have been known to have rekindled its vast crater was wilderness of vines and brush wood, the haunts of the wild boar and the wolf. Yet in the autumn of A. D. 70 half of the wall of the crater was blown out by series of terrific explo- sions, the present Nesuvius was formed, and the cities of Pompeii and Hercula- neum were buried. From that day to the present the volcano has been active Among the phenomena of volcanic action may be mentioned the abundant discharge of water. The volcanoes of South America often throw up great quantities of dead fish, which seems to | indicate connection with the ocean. ! There is volcano in Guatamela that throws out nothing but water In one of the volcanoes oi Java there is hot, steaming lake of acid water.
 ! Volcanic action may be either con staut or periodic. Stromboli, in the
 Mediterranean, has been uninterruptedly emitting hot stones, steam and lava from the dawn of history. Other con
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
LAND QUESTION IN RUSSIA
ficult one the Douma Has TO Handle
Going at il in Earnest.

From the first, the agrarian question
has been II OF the most formidable to
come before the Donna; and the cleo
ton yesterday of a grand commission
Of 90 memeberS to study and report
thereon, shows an intention TO grapple
with it. Land and Liberty has been
the steady cry of the peasant De-
puties. Amnesty was we'll in place;
the abrogation of class prerogatives.
with the emancipation and making
politically equal Of all citizens and
races, had the approval of the peasant
members Of the DOuma they were nat
urally, too, for universal suffrage:
Dut the 200 representatives of the
muJlks have been constantly asking is
how they could go home without car
rying back word that something had
been done to help settle the land cues
ton. About that, granting that the
Donna is not dissolved and that the
country is not plunged into the red
Iunry OF the Seine, the most compx-
tent observers agree that the greatest
Legislative battle will be fought.
Russia is still the most purely
agricultural country in the world. De-
spite the somewhat forced introduction
OF manufacturing industries, farming
remalns the chief occupation. and the
peasants constitute the enormous ma
Jorty OF the population. Rural dep
equation lie not yet a Russian problem.
There mas been no appeal, Back to
the land" 1t has been, rather. in the
peasants mouths, the land back to
US" Their extreme demand today is
that all the land be taken from the
great landlords, the mobiles, and appor-
toned among the mujiks.
On this proposal, Paul Leroy-Beau-
lieu writes with the authority in the
Journal des Debats. He shows. in the
first place, how backward is Russian
agriculture, as a whole. The peasants
in particular, whether as small pro-
prietors of tillers of lots assigned TO
them by the Mir, are not awake to
modern methods of farming; their sys-
tenn being routine and their produc-
ton far smaller than the capacity of
the land. This was precisely one of
the questions studied by NJ. Whites
commission, before the war with ia
pan. Its report was published in 1902,
and dwelt with especial emphasis upon
the agricultural evils growing out of
the communal holding of land. The
uncertainty of tenure, the separation
of fields, the lack of implements, the
failure to plant crops for the future
these and other causes inherent in the
system of the primitive Mir, were CIV
en- as the explanation OF the miserable
condition of the peasants. That COM
mission recommended the abolition of
the village-community holding OF
lands. NJ. Beaulieu adds his endorse
nent. Otherwise, he argues, there
can be no real improvement of Rus
sian agriculture: and he declares: I'm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
HIS ACTIONS SUSPICIOUS
Person Arrested on SuppOSition That
He Had Designs on the Lives of the
Spanish King and Queen.

La Grange, Spain, June 23.-At the
moment King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria arrived here from the theatre
in their automobile last night, a we'll
dressed individual evaded the guards
and sought to intercept the royal cou-
pie. He was arrested and gave the
name of Jose Maria, of Madrid. When
the prisoner was searched, papers of
a suspicious nature and considerable
money were found upon him. An
Italian was was acting in a strange
name was also arrested. He claimed
that he vas on his way to Biboa,
looking for work, but he was unable
to account for his presence in this
unfrequented- place, where the king and
queen are spending their honeymoon.
The authorities have adopted extreme.
vigilance owing to reports that a mum
Der of dangerous anarchists are ON
their way to Spain and a rigid inspec-
ton has been established at the
frontier. Nevertheless the king and
queen frequently leave the palace
unaccompanid and take walks in the
park.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
SWIFT q COMPANY. ATLANTA, GA.

placing all the soil. or nearly all Of It.
under exclusive peasants proprietor
ship, Russia would be doing the most
retrogressive and a~nti-economic thing
imaginable. She would be fixing the
feebleness of her agricultural produc-
ton and of her rural population.
Theorizing about results aside. there
are immense practical difficulties in the
way Of any such repartition of the
land. The ST. Petersburg correspon-
dent of the Temps takes up the aues-
ton in a statistical way. If one were
to admit the asserted right to the
land" what would be the basis of
dlVlslon? Some say, vaguely, as
each peasant needs. Others. as much
as he can satisfactorily work. But in
either case we have to discover what
the ratio is between Russia's valuable
farm-lands and the figures of popula-
ton. Says the Temps correspondent:
Russian land is too prolific In men,
and Russian agriculture too far be-
mind the times, to permit the apparent
productivity of the soil TO equal the
demands of the peasants" He goes
on TO show that if all the land owned
by the government were divided
among the mujiks. each one would
have a holding smaller than the min
imum described as necessary at the
time OF the emancipation Of the serfs.
VI course, the agrarians propose to 20
much further and take over the lands
OF the mobiles, with or without remun-
Grafton.
One element in the Douman does. in
TACT, contend for foced appropriation.
Another party admits that IL the land
Is taken away from its present owners.
compensation should be made BY the
state Various sums are mentioned as
necessary. The estimate of DIR. Rap
poport in the F~ortnightly is 81. 500
100000. Where could Russia find any,
body to lend her any such sum? The
security proposed is a land tax. but II
would almost seem. ex hypcthesi. that
the land could not endure such a tar
And it would surely diminish other
revenues and sources of national
wealth. Russian agricultural exports
would pretty surely fall of Il the mu-
1iiks became owners of ali the soil.
They could not hope for years to come
10 equal the results obtained by the
great landlords, educated in modern
agricultural methods.
With such apparently insurmounta-
BILE obstacles in the way OF any So
luton or the agrarian question that
would be satisfactorily TO the peasants,
and yet with the latter, as Professor
Vinogradon admits, determined on ex-
preparation Of all Russian land now
privately owned. it is not strange that
pessimism reigns in regard I the out
come. Excellent and sober authoriAes
agree that it would take twenty years
TO settle the land question in Russia,
even IL the work were at once under
taken. But will the mujik have pa
thence?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

The action taken by the board of
directors OF the chamber Of commerce
cH tuesday shows there is muc1 more
tilan a passing interest in the imm!-
grafton question. In, the resolutions
adopted 1t is proposed te have Savar-
nah made an immigration station as
soon as possible. It is also proposed to
have an immigration conference here
Of trade bodies of the southern states.
Both of these things are cOnlmendable.
It is doubtful, however. if much IS
to be expected from the creation Of
a bureau of immigration in New York
that is, so far as securing immigrants
who belong to the class that will aid
in the upbuilding Of the country is
concerned. If simply laborers are de-
sired no doubt a bureau Of labor in
New York would be helpful.
It seems to US that what United
States Commissioner Sergeant said in
his address at the Columbus, Ca. 0 n
ference contained more sound sense
than any other utterance on immigra-
ton to the south than has been heard
on the subject He said, in effect, that
the surest and best way for the south
to get good class OF immigrants, such
a class as has made the west the
prosperous country il Is, IS to send
agents to the European country from
which immigration is desired and let
him advertise the south thoroughly
and start families to the southern
states. Once the stream is started the
battle will be more than half won.
He stated it was practically impos-
sible TO get desirable immigrants at
Ellis Island to go south for the rea-
son that the great majority OF them
fix upon their destination before 1eav-
ing their native land. If attempts
We're made at Ellis Island 10 change
this destination il wouldn't meet with
success, for the reason the immigrants
are suspicious and would look upon
those who urged them to go south
when they had determined to go west
as sharpers trying TO get the better Of
them.
If the south gets European immi-
grafton Of the better kind she will have
to send agents to Europe and make
known there her advantages, and
she should nave immigration stat
tons Of her own. Savannah should
be the station for the south atlantic
section and New Orleans for the Gulf
section. The latter city already re-
ceives many immigrants direct, and
We believe it would be possible to ar
migrants from Europe at Savannah.
course it would take careful and in
telligent work to accomplish this, bat
there are those prepared to do that
sort of work.-Savannah News.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
LMINGTON, n. c.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1906.
THE REAL PARTY ISSUE.

Under the above heading the Indus
trial News, the republican paper pub
|lished six days in the week in Green's
boro and which filings a fit every time
any thing is said about it's being the
Marion Butler organ of the republican
party, although it has a peculiar way
Of falling in line with every suggestion
that gentleman of ~many-sided political
faith makes for the guidance of the
faithful at the pig-trough of the old
line party, has the following to say as
to the true issues which are causing
somewhat of a split among the mem
bers of that supposed party of the
people"
The fact will not be denied that at
presentthe principal fight in the ranks
of the republican party is for control
Of the coming state convention and the
selection Of the state chairman, who
will for the next two years be at the
head of the republican party in North
Carolina.
We are glad and at the same time
'" ANo ~ i1AI Jul Pt 4SSN
at the candid confession of that organ
of the republicans as to the true issue
which is dividing the members. of that
party-the fat in the frying pan. We
have known all alons that was the
basis Of the divergence of opinion of
the leaders of that party on the great
nQTitic9I Issues of tho Gav but We did
not expect to see one of the faithful
make SO candid an admission. So, as
we knew all >along, the control Of
the state committee is the great issue
with the republicans Of this state.
The control of the state convention
and of the state committeeman does
that mean? Nothing but the right tol
hold the piggin into which is squirted
the milk from the national PATRONAGE
teats of the administration cow. An
honest confession is good for the sOul'l
and we must commend The Industrial
News for being honest in its confession
that what it's faction Of the republic
can party is after is the milk in the
political c%OcOanut.' Few republicans
would make such an admission, but
then it has been made by the organ Of
n Of the factions and we do not sup-I
pose II mar on it's side will deny its
statement. So that is the fght-pa-
trOnage and graft. Well, it is nothingI
more than could be expected of such a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
BLACKBURN'S CONTENTION.

Maybe Congressman blackburn
bases his contention that he is not a
resident of Greensboro on the fact that
he has never listed for taxation or paid
a cent Of taxes on the residence he
bought in that city some two years ago
The property was advertised last
May for sale for taxes. The person
from whom Mr.. Blackburn bought on
credit paid the taxes and advertised
the property for sale under mortgage
given for the purchase money. The
property had never been listed by Mir.
Blackburn for taXes-so says a Green's.
boro dispatch. We suppose Mr.. Black.
burn thinks he has the right TO claim
that he is not a resident of Green's
.boro-except when trying TO set his
man appointed postmaster of that city,
he does not list for taxation
any real estate there, no matter how
much he may own-on paper.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
TOO SOON FOR PLEDGES

The Florida democrats have fallen
in line with the brethren in the vest
and northwest, and in state convention
declared for Bryan for president. Mr..
Bryan may be the best and the most
available man the democrats can put
up for 1908. but we still maintain thai
it is too soon for the southern dem
Ocrats of any state 10 pledge them
selves 10 any person; and furthermore
such pledge by a democratic conyen-
ton this year cannot and should not
have n binding effect ON a state On
ventiOn Of democrats held two years
hence 70 appoint delegates TO the ma
tional convention. 1t is not only alb
surd but useless to try I o bind a state
convention Of 1908 as TO it's choice for
d candidate for president by the eX-
preston of sentiment of a conyeE-
ton of the present year. What have
the delegates to a democratic state con-
vention Of the present year to do with
the action of a state convention II Of
the national convention to be held
two years hence? There would be as
much reason in the state conventions
Of the present year attempting to mark
out and define the platform of the
party and the issues on which it Will
fight the battle for election of presi-
dent two years in the future.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

Long did not include Speaker Cannon
or Governor Folk, of Mississippi. as
presidential possibilities.
When asked how she had happened
to overlook them, she replied that she
did not know, but that she did not
see them as candidates before the Ia
tiOnal conventions.
The seance was brought to a close
by Countess De Long predicting that
a great national calamity would occur
in the first week of December. The na-
ture OF the catastrophe she said was
not exactly apparent to her. but 1lat
it would come. she could plainly ee.-
Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

1t is thought now that the congress
sional convention may meet at
Wrightsville Beach. A plenty of water
will be needed to keep that convention
cool, and the beach would be the very
pIace.-Clarkton Express.
A capital idea that. Whenever
things cot too hot in the convention it
could take an adjournment TO the surf
for Il few minutes and get a delicious
cooling off, and then, again, the dele
gates might strain a point as to COS
tunes and because of the location ap-
pear in the convention in bathing suits,
to comfort than the conventional ap-
parel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

If people won't learn by experience
they must expect to continue t suffer
from interfering in matters that do
not concern them. The experience of
the Lunnberton lawyers with Judge
it is dangerous to put their names to
Or lend their influence to all kinds of
schemes gotten up by other people for
the latters' own beneft-W for pur-
ros s of spite.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

With forty-seven thousand dollars
additional annual appropriation from
the national government the North
Carolina state guard ought to be able
to get on pretty we'll.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail,
one rear, 5000; six months, $500;
three months, $50; one month, so
cents.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSEN-
GER two eight page papers,, by mail,
one year S1.O0: six months, 80 cents
IN advance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

The sincerest tribute that can be
paid to superiority is imitation. The
many limitations of DeWitt's Witch Ha-
Eel Salve that are now before the public
prove it the best. Ask for DeWitt's.
Good for burns, scalds, chaffed skin,
eczema, letter, cuts, bruises, boils and
piles. Highly recommended and relia-
BILE. Sold bv r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

We wonder why The News and OBJ
server does not publish a directory
of the leading lawyers, physicians,
preachers and other professional and
prominent men of the state who, ac-
cording to its editorials, are so con-
stantIy writing it letters of commen-
dation Of its EDITORS course. Is 1t be-
cause it has not ON it's staff a man CT
sufficient powers of imagination? We
would make the kindly suggestion that
it institute a search for some descand~
ant of Baron Munchausen to whom 10
offer the position, as the only person
who could possibly perform such Ser
vices satisfactorily.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

If congress would pass the Appalach-
ian park bill that would, in the opinion
of Tar Heels, cover a multitude Of sins
of that body.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

Mr.. Emmett Crow went TO Lake.
Waccamaw yesterday to visit friends.
A party Of Wilmington young ladies'
and young gentlemen are at the lake
attending a house party.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26


President Roosevelt is quite right in
pointing out to the appealing Hebrews
the difficulty of making any official
representations to Russia in the mat
ter of the massacre of Jews. 1t is a
process scarcely known to diplomacy.
New York Post.
weaker pOWer-One that the United
States knew she could whip-began the
massacre and starving of her subjects
this government called a halt in the
barbarous proceedings, made war on
that nation and wrested from her val
liable possessions in both hemispheres.
If Russia We're az weak as was Spain
in 1898 our government would not see
so many difficulties in the way of
seeking amelioration of the conditions
Of the Hebrew subjects of the MuscO-
vite autOcrat.
Wal has broke out between Have
meyer and Arbuckle, the coffee people,
the former having cut the price of its
leading brand one and a half cents a
pound. me publ1c, however, need not
be ~ever-iOyful at the news. These
houses have been at war before and
have always made up what they lost
by raising prices after the waI-Char-
lotte Chronicle.
The people could get their INNINGS
if they would drink coffee while the
fight is on and give it up as soon as a
peace was patched up between the TWO
big houses.
The conviction on the charge of
m~anslaughter Of SWitchman Walker in
GuilfOrd sperior court for being re-
sponsible for the railway wreck near
Pomona last February. in which FIVE
persons We're killed is, we believe, the
first of the kind in this state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-26

Last Summer had a severe attack of lnhamua-
tory Rheumatism IN the knees. from which l was
unable TO leave my room for several months. L
was treated by two doctors and also tried oider-
emit kinds Of iniment and medicines whlch
seemed to relieve me from pain for awhile. bat at
the same time ! was not any nearer getting Wen.
One day while reading a paper / saw an aover-
tisement Of S. s. s. for eumati decided
to give il a trial, which l did at once. After ] had
taken three bottles / felt a great deal better. and
I continued to take il regularly until / was en-
tirely cured. I now feel better than / have for
years. CHAS. <.
6l3 32nd Street, Newport News, Va.