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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Our Enormous Per Capita.

The amount of circulation in the
United States is estimated at $751;
349,4 38, gold, silver and paper; and it
is stated that the circulation per capt.
ia is about $32. Of the total stock of
money" gold coin supplies S675,979,-
GEL, gold certificates $529,313,379, sik-
yer dollars s77,115,655, silver certif-
Gates $40, 1872, 68S; these are full legal
tender and largely fiat" They ex-
list because it is the Will Of the Repub-
lican party that some "fat" shall be
retained in our "basic' money. In
addition, there is the sum of SILL
976,129 subsidiary silver coin limit
ed legal tender. There are 1885,
459, 1872 g~reenbacks and s54S ,497, 53S
national bank notes. The circulation
is increasing enormously year by
year. There is apprehension that
there is too much of the element Of
of imitation and it is known of all men
that there is too little of the element
of elasticity in it.
There are schools and schools of
finance. One school teaches that in
crease of circulation is the child of
prosperity, and the other believes that
pIOSp pei lIy COulcS lOlu 1HldL1Ou. JOul1
Sherman thought that our big pile OF
money was due to industrial revival;
William Jennings Bryan teaches that
industrial revival is due to increased
output of gold.
There is a school of fnanciers who
believe that 800 in bank does ten
jobs a day-that is, that is exchanged
by check ten times-is better than
5000 in that same bank that is eXchan-
ged but five times. Their logic is
that it is as wasteful to employ $20t
to do what 500 can do as it is to sci
two men to drive a pig that enc may
drive. And there is great force N it
There are England and France up tc
their necks in prosperity, with fal
smaller circulation than ours.
But this paper is lot authority or
finance; it leaves that to the schools
| Neither will it discuss the tariff; i
leaves that to the merchants in para
dox, to the traffickers in a~bsurdity.-
| Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Putting Friendship to
The Test and Result

HNC-- there was q man who want
>ed 10 test the friendship which
"-.9theT man protested to have
co.. hi
~ h said 10 himself. pretend
tL@t !. been financially ruined. I'll
put On clothes an r;=.p,e my hair
and g 81 two or three days without
.AaviA:. ami ten I'll hart him up and
tell hin Il hard luck story and see
whether he is worth having as q
friend
He at one proceeded to put his plan
into operation. He Informed several
people il confidence that he was in
financial straits, and he ceased to look
prosperous. Afte- he had fixed every
thing in accordance with the plans
which had been previously made he
started put in search of his friend. But
it happened that in the meantime the
people who had been apprised Of the
financial reverseS OF the friendship
tester had made a wild rush to get
their money out Of enterprises in
which he was interested. AS a result
the securities he held became worth
less right away; nobody would give
him credit; the banks called upon him
Tor immediate settlement, and within
a week he was ruined in spite Of all
that his friend could do for him.
Moral.-Never put friendship to the
test as long as you can avoid doing SO.
Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
NEW ENGINES FOR THE A. & n. C.
Proposition to Consolidate the Water
and Light Plants in GOldsbOro.
Especial to The MessengSr)

Especial to The Messengsr)
Goldsboro, n. c., October 1.-The
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway CON-
pany have just received two large, new
freight engines from the American
Locomotive works at Richmond. The
engines are by far the largest that that
road has ever had. They have six large
driving wheels, and are built for freight
service exclusively. Instead of bearing
the name of the company they are
marked "Norfolk and Southern"
The board Of public. works have SUBJ
mitted to the board of aldermen a pro-
position to consolidate the water and
light plans, both of which Ire owned
by the city. At present the pumping
of the water works is located on Little
River from where the city gets its
water supply. The electric light plant
is located here in the city and it is
proposed to move the dynamos and
machinery to the pumping station and
use one set of boinlers for both plants.
1t is contended that the cnange VII
save large quantities of fuel as we'll as
ueCCSdSo Iu6 IOICe Ol uSip. 1Ae pump
ing station on til river is about one
mile from the city limits.
The property on which the st. James
hotel is located has been sold by Mr..
J.. w. Edwards to Mr.. George Crab
tree for $4,000. It is a desirable piece
Of property and is located on East Cen.
ter street, right in the heart of the city,
1t is understood that Mr.. Crabtree will
rearrange and fit up the hotel in first
class shane
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
A Rack Tooth.

L: was one of those dental parlOrs
where you pay in advance for having
your tooth pulled and await your turn.
Your sign says" grumbled the Gus
toner who had just got out Of the
chair. eve Extract Without Pain or
Cheerfully Refund"
did it hurt you?" asked the young
man with the forceps.
Hurt? 1t felt as if you were taking
the whole top of my head OFF,"
"Well, sir, you can have your tooth
back if YOU want it."-Chicago Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Inferno.

I want to wind Up w.th a tire on my COL
lar,
To face a repair bill that takes my last
dollar;
I want to go smash in the smashest OF
sc3asfleS-
To end in the worst Of all death daring
dasheS:
To fly in the air ard come down in the
stubbIe
Comr2:3gled with al of my automobuo-
BILE.
Mixed up and mixed in and securely en-
tangled.
With all the machinery hopelessly man
gled:
The Gabriel horn in a twist beyond toot-
ing,
The wheels past all chances Of skidding
or scooting!
Oh, let me go out in my a~utomobohble,
My
With ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
And sizzlety-f!zzlety-w aiz~zlety-whangi
My automobipper-
My autouozfpper-
er-smashi
st. Louis Republic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Merely One More.

"How will you manage 10 avoid be-
ing ruled by any of the regular bosses? %
asked the voter.
very easily" answered the candi-
date. "Ill be boss myself."-Washing
ton Star.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
The Wary HeiresS.

Count DedbroEe-I'm going 10 marry
a girl with az Independent fortune.
Lord ~Nocash-Look out old chap.
that it isn't Il fortune with an indie
pendent girl.-judge-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Simple.

Scott-There's only one way to be-
come famous as an author, and that Is
to write something worth while.
Mott-Bosh! That's an old fashioned
idea. Nowadays the only way IS to do
crazy things which can be worked. ZIP
into literary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tran
script.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Preferred Another Style.

It was a cinch that she vas new in
the business. You could tell it by the
manner in which she tried to lend the
impression that she knew all about it.
81 would like a pound Of steak,
please she said to a Farwell avenue
butcher.
Eyes, ma'am. Would you like the
round?"
"Oh, dear, no! My husband don't
like that style. He prefers the long,
narrow kind"
Whereat the assistant, who was
~scraping a meat block, stuck two inch
es of bologna in his mouth to keep
from Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-05
Not ADDreCiated.

Simkins - So Dame Fortune has
smiled on you at last. ell?
Tinl-ias-Yes.
S!mkins-Well. l wish l could per-
suade her daughter. Mss Fortune, to
quit flirting with me.-Chicago News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Indians Shoot

Luther Bearskin, full blooded Ban
mock Indian buck, yesterday shot and
instantly killed Carl Ramsey, another
Indian, and Mrs. Charley Ingataur, a
Bannock squaw The terrible double
tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon at
80 on Bannock creek, 20 miles west Of
this city. Bearskin was drunk at the
time. After firing the fatal shots he
mounted horse and struck south. The
entire Indian police force Of the Fort
Hall Indian reservation is on his trail
and his capture dead or alive is hourly
expected. The police have been warned
that Bearskin is desperate man and
they have been advised to take no
chances. If he offers the slightest
resistance he will be shot. Pocatello
Tribune Il ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14

The editor Of the Pocatello Ad.
vance, who was last evening ar.
raigned before a local justice Of
the peace, on the charge Of crimi.
nal libel, preferred by the county
attorney on complaint Of the
chairman ofthe Republican county
central committee, and bound over
to the district court for trial under
$500 bonds, begins to feel the
iron entering his soul, Judging
from the tone Of an editorial in
his paper yesterday. He says:
"Youth may not be responsible
for zealousness but experience
teaches, and we're glad we have
learning capacity enough to pro-
tect us against the critter who
back and 'sics' the editor on with
the comforting phrase, \ stand
back Of you.''
Again be says:
"The politician is always "a
S : + 4 - . 6
jealous supporter Of the party
paper as long as he hopes to be
Identified by it's utterances, and
the county chairman sits up
nights to write roasts which be
valiantly urges the editor to father,
even at a loss to the latter. But
when the battle is over he foozles.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Pretty Deep

A Yankee just returning to the
States was dining with an Eng
|lishman, and the latter com
plained Of the mud in America.
Eyes, = said the American,
"but its nothing to the mud over
here.' =
"Nonsense!" said the English
man.
"Fact," the American replied.
why, this afternoon 1 had q
remarkable adventure-came near
getting into trouble with an old
gentleman-al through your con
bfounded mudt'
"Some of the streets are a little
greasy at this season, | admit, Z
said the Englishman. "What
was your adventure, thought"
"Well," said the American
las ! was walking along noticed
that the mud was very thick, and
presently i saw high hat afoat
on on large puddle Of very rich
ooze. Thinking to do someone
q Kindness, | gave the hat a poke
with my stick, when an old gentle;
man looked up from beneath,
surprised and frowning. sHalloa!'
4 said, you're in pretty deep!'
Deeper than you think, be said.
I'm on the top Of an omnibus!''
Old scrap book.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Coming Event

Coming Events
The State Teachers Association meets
at Boises December 1929
Western Stock Show Association at
Denver, Col, Jan. "a 30, 1907.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14

Lone Of the big scenes in aThe Mid
night Flyer is the Mammoth Ship
scene, showing the deck Of the Steamer
Winchester, the Storm at Sea and the
Realistic Ship Wreck. Over $1,000 feet
of scenery is used for this one scene
alone, and Is said to be q marvel Of the
scene painters brush. This powerful
play will be presented at The Armory on
Monday evening, Dec. ~. 4
Mrs. Jack Williams is circulating a
petition praying for the pardon Of her
husband who is serving a term in the
penitentiary.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14

Into it in unexpected places and piling
up fortune. About all the experts can
say is that the gold is there.
The discussion of.the Smoot case was
taken up on Tuesday, and they hope to
dispose Of it before the Holidays.
From all directions come reports Of
suffering on account Of the coal famine.
Arrests have been made in a number Of
places where men have taken coal from
the cars, and at Shoshone q man was
shot by the sheriff because he attempt
ed to run away to avoid being arrested.
The Norwegian parliament conferred
the Noble peace prize on President
Roosevelt, in recognition Of his services
in ending the Russo-Japanese war The
amount Of the Noble prize is forty thou
sand dollars. Minister Pierce, in par
lament in the presidents name, stated
that the amount would be used by the
President in establishing atSWashington
q permanent committee to adjust in
dustrial differences between capital and
labor.
The Academy Of Idaho has Just issued
its annual bulletin number two and rec
ommends the new Roosevelt spelling.
incidentally they spell suicide sioux
eyesighed.s
B. B. Adams Of Boise has issued the
report Of the Boise meeting Of the Irri-
CATION Congress in book form. Copies
can be had from him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Commercial Hotel Opens

The Blackfoot Hotel has been remod-
,eled, re-furnished and provided with
steam heat thruout and will be- open
for business Saturday. It will here
after be known as the Commercial.
We understand the first public dinner
will be seived on Sunday, from 1890
until 2.
The whole building is warm and cozy
and the travelling public is assured Of
every comfort.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
GENERAL NEWS

J.P. Cummings, formerly practicing
law in Pocatello, has applied for ad-
mission to the bar at Seattle. and was
confronted by charges Of unprofesslonal
conduct. His trial by committee rep
resenting the bar association has moi
been concluded.
Senator Beveridge will introduce q
bill in Congress prohibiting railroads
from carrying any goods made wholly
or in part by children under the age OF
fourteen years. This is intended to
strike blow at the evil Of child labor.
William a. Boyce, editor Of the San
Francisco Call, died last Friday at the
age of Ga.
Messrs Parkinson and Israelson who
were tried at Logan for taking official
ballots from the election books before
election, were discharged by the com
mitting magistrate, because while they
admitted taking the ballots, they stated
that they did it without criminal in
tent. Bingham County sent man to
the penitentiary last week for eating
steaks off Of yeaIling heifer he did not
own, but he didn't tell the court he ate
it without criminal intent. Guess the
Logan Judge was easy, and the defend
ants very thotful, but lacking in pur-
pose at times.
The Treadwell Mine in Alaska is clos
ed on account Of lack of coal. This is
the first time in twenty years that it
has suspended operations.
The American Party was beaten in
the fight to secure control Of the schools
Of Salt Lake at the recent school cleo
ton.
VIM. Brinkley and Chas. Purdy have
been arrested at Los Angeles, CAL for
shipping carload Of elk heads, hides,
horns, teeth, ETC., from st. Anthony,
Idaho, which they secured in violation
of the game laws, and it is believed they
got much Of the game in the Yellow
stone Park. The shipment was valued
at about $4,000.
The mines Of Nevada are turning out
riches every day. Goldield has mine
that yields $4,000 an hour and the pro-
duct has to be corded up in sacks and
guarded because the banks have no
room for it. While experts have been
trying to find out how the gold came
there, miners have simply been digging
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Broke Out Again

The Colorado River has again broke
the lsyee and is flowing into the Salton
Sea IN Southern California. The South.
ern Pacific Railroad has built two new
lines thru tie Imperial Valley to get
away from the water, and will now
build another for a hundred miles OF
mores The.r river is very high, and it il
aduestion whether the com bincd efforts
Of the Southern Pacific, and fhe United
States and Mexican Governments can
again gain control. ~, 4
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Made a Piece Of Money

The railroads Of the country find that
they have made over five hundred mil
lion dollars carrying agricultural pro-
ducts this year. If we had government
ownership q Chicago man would step
in and offer to improve the service, cut
the rates in two in the middle and pay
the government q good rental on their
investment. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
School News

Mrs. Kathryn Lacy Of Ogden came
up Wednesday to teach in the new
school building at Thomas, but may not
accept the position.
Miss Marie Dexter Of Nashua, Iowa,
came upfrom Ogden, Sunday to accept
a place as teacher in this county. but on
learning that she would have to go into
an isolated place she returned to Ogden.
A new school district near Leorin,
Idaho, wants teacher, and another in
Swan Valley at Irwin post Office.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Against Reforms IN Spelling

WASHINGTON, Dec:l2. BY a vote Of
142 to 25 the house today adopted the
following amendmentsto the Legislative
appropriation bill: ''No money approp-
rated in this act shall be used in con-
nection with printing documents author
lied by law ordered by congress, or
either branch thereof, unless the same
shall conform to the photography rec
ognized and used by generally accepted
dictionaries Of the English language
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Jes' Fore Christmas
Eugene Field in Ladies Home JoumaD

R
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,
Mother calls me Willie but the felers call me Bill
Mighty glad amt gir-ruther be boy
Without them sashes cus an things that's by Faunteroy
Love to champ green apples an 60 sWmmn in the lake.
Hate to take the castor lie they give # belyache
Most all the time the hull year roun there amt flies me-
But jes fore Christmas I'm as good a kin be-
Got a yaler dog named Spot---sick i'm on the cat
First thing she knows she doesn't know where she's at
Got clipper sed an when US boys goes out to slide,
Long comes the grocery cart an we all hook nde!
But, sometimes when the grocery man womted an cross
He reaches at with his whip an larups up his hoss
And then laf and holer oh you erteched me-"
But jes' fore Christmas I'm as good as kin be-
Granma says she hopes that when | git to be man,
I'll be missonere, like her oldes brother, Dan,
AS wuz ct up by the cannbes that lives in Ceyons isle
Where every prospeck pleases, an only man is vile!
But granma she had never been to see wild west show
Or read the life ov Daniel Boone Of else guess she know
That Buffalo Bill an cowboys is good enough Fl me---
Excep' es fore Chnsmas when I'm good as kin be.
Then or Sport he hangs arom 50 solum-Ike an still
His eyes they seem o-sayn Whats e matter little Bill"
The she sneaks down off perch awondern what's become
Wv them two enemies Nv hem that make things hum
But am SO perLie an stick SO eamestGke to BIZ,
That mother says father, "How improved our Willie isl
But father, havin' been a boy hssef, suspicious me
When jes fore Christmas, I'm as good as kin be-
For Christmas, with its lots an lots candies cakes an toys
W made they say r proper kids an Fl naughty boys
So wash yer face an besh yer hair an mind yer ps an as
An don't bust yer panaoon an don't yer shoes
Say yessum to the ladies, an yessi to the men.
An when theys company don't pass yer plate Fl pie agn
But thnkn w the things you'd like upon that tree
Jes fore Christmas be as good as you kin be-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
The Reformed Spelling

IlS NClOIlAlCO Ok'SAiAAlS
There is a farmer who is Y Y
Enough to take his p E,
And study nature with his
And think Of what he G @;
He hears the chatter Of the ] J
As they each other 7 4,
And sees that when q tree D X X
1t makes q home for B B.
A yoke Of oxen he will Y y
With many haws and g 9
And their mistakes he will x @ @
When blowing for his P P;
He little buys, but much he sells,
And therefore little O O,
And when he hoes his soil by spells
He also soils his hoes.
Belmont N. ~ Dispatch
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14
Arthur Thompson Called

Little Arthur Thompson. the SON Of:
Aurelius Thompson, died Monday morn
ing after short illness with pneumonis.
The funeral was conducted from the
Methodist Church on Thursday after
noon. 5s
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-12-14

Mr.. Ed Bentley made business trip
to Idaho Falls, Tuesday.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-01
Wilton \
(From the News

Butler, the photographer, will be in.
Wilton every Saturday to take pic
lures. Gallery over the News Office
Remember the date. 5. .s
Mrs. Archie Hubbel who has been.
i'll the past week or two, is about
well again under the able treatment
of Dr. Thompson.
Fred Tyler. the joyial employee of
| the Mercantile company returned
Monday from two weeks outing with
friends and relatives at Detroit, Min
nesota. 3 <S "A /. 5s!3
Miss Agnes Peterson of Grass Lake,
returned yesterday morning from an
extended visit with friends and rela-
tives in Fillmore county, MINI.
| The editor has joined the North
Dakota editorial excursion to the Vel
lowstone National Park and is ex-
pected to be gone ten days. If the
News is not up to its usual standard
| kindly blame its assistants.
In moving threshing separator
Wednesday, Oscar Backman got bad
" bruised on his right leg by the
tongue of the machine striking him
above the knee with such fearful
force that he will be unable to work
for some time. He is now hobbling
around on crutches.
! The sad intelligence was received
here yesterday of the death Of J. c.
/ Wade of Pleasant View township.
. Last Monday deceased fell through a
! straw roof while fixing it, a distance
/ Of twelve feet, and hurt himself in
\ ternally. 1t was at first thought not
! to be of a serious nature until Wednes.
day night when Implications set in
/ Thursday doctors Thelen of Wilton
and Ramstad of Bismarck were sum.
moned, but all of no avail as he was
/ beyond medical aid, and passed away
quietly at 2::30 o'clock, Deceased
came from Iowa about five years age
land was one Of the most prominent
land respected farmers sof his com
. munity. He leaves a family of grown
! up children who have the heartfelt
sympathy Of the community in this
/ their sad affection.
Mr.. Wade lived in Bismarck all
winter three years ago in the house
4 on Third street, formerly owned BY
/, Geo. Gussner. 81 II s. q