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mar occuiati0n Of fixed stars Finally.
he gave as three days and wound up
with the surprising declaration tLat
not only were we nowhere neaI New
Castle. out that we were not ever IN
tEc Delaware river
Kidd took the blow calmly enough;
indeed, in the discussion that followed
he showed. by the readiness with
which he met our arguments. that to
him at least the pilots announcement
was not entirely unexpected. His plan
OF action was already mapped out; he
would bury the spoil at once, having
long since reConsidered his determine
ton 20 turn L over 10 Lord BellOmOnt.
and set sail for New York. The crew
should be told that for divers reasons
Il had been deemed inexpedient 70
visit New Castle: GirOndin should put
IN all his time in endeavoring to TX
our exact geographical position; while
such repairs TO the Antonio as had
not already been made should be push
ed to completion with the utmost dis
patch.
Wen. 10 make a long story short,
we moved into the eastern branch of
the river and spent the next four days
I'm putting the treasure under ground.
selec,ng as the best place for the
cache a thici1ly wooded hill which lay
Just to the north Of Us, and which we
were abe TO reach by way OF small
creek barely deep enough for the
passage Of the skin. Il was exhaust
ing work Tor men softened by the con-
hnement CT life aboard ship. what
wilh lab0riously forcing our way to
and from the Antonio through the
thick growth OF rushes and lilies that
filled the little creek and Juggling the
heavy chests through the dense forest
TO the temporary camp on the hill X
was small wonder that the men muir
INJURED. and that one of the frailest OF
them suceumbed and gave up the
ghost
on tie morning OF the 18th the last
chest was lowered into the deep ex-
eavation which had been dug on tle
crest of the hill the captain having
previously dealt out 200 pieces OF gold
10 each o. the crew. The loose earth
was Chen hlieo in, and as an extra
prgC2ution against SpOHati0n the body
Of tie man who 1ad died the dav be-
fore was dug up and buried in this
ECi1-Same spot not Tar below the sur
face Of the ground. a huge fire was
then kinuied and its ashes spread
about 10 emace as much as possible
ali traces Of fresh earth. one hun
dred Yards que west of the SPOT we
erected q cairn, ard about he same
distance to the eastward fe,I ed 3hree
giant oaks Having thus ms rked the
locality, we returned 10 the sioop and
shortly before sunset hoist2d nncnOr
AZ I started on our return Journey to
toe sea, taking with us a quantity of
dried maize which some of the men
had discovered in deserted indian
settlement near the FORKS OF Re river.
20.
New Castle was precisely tea leagues
Mp the river from this moan settle
mant.
20 the captain and myself privately
result OF his observations for the past
Taslr daNS
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Enthuslastlci Wen!

When The game was called the grand
stand was packed at s. a throw and
Umpire Smith, in his natty iron over
coat. became the cynosure Of all eyes
We searched the players and after re-
heying them Of their guns. Of which
We got enough 10 stock an arsenal.
the festivities opened. Talk about en-
thusiasu-- Every time good play was
made the cultured and aristocratic au-
iience rose in body and Jared the
4 smosphere with a voiley Of shots Al
first Lige Saith was almost paTalyZed
with fright. bHf vpOn learning that he
was not the talget he reEaiEed his
comDOsure. TIE players lived uD %
their agreet1ent and didn't modest the
umpire. and as his decisions were fair.
The audience made no complaint. The
RIOTERS. however, persisted in paradlng
Their entnus aem by shooting iu the air
and the pyr0technical display natural
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A true history Of a voyage TO Amer
Tea in 1893, by Louis Andre Gre
Vile. Duke of PalissOt.


It was In the year Of our Lord. 1893,
during the reign of his gracious
majesty, Louis. fourteenth OF the
name. King of France and Navarro.
that I at length obtained as reward
for my services under Luxembourg
and ViIlery that modest grant of land
In the New World for which 1 had so
lcue. pettJiOned the crown. There had
been duh times since the peace OF
Ryswick; in Paris a younger set held
sway; and the leeches VINO had rat
tened during the war now baszed IN
chose positions of favor that rightly
belonged to Us who mad grown richer
in nothing but wounds
We sailed from Rrcst on the 9th Of
March, in the saint Nazaire, "a brigaT-
tine Of 800 tons, LOADED with supplies
for Ouebec. Besides linens, drugSets.
brandies. and wines we carried IN tire
hold eight guns and five small NOR
tars for the forts The saint Nazaire
herself mounted but one small swivel
and Travelled without convoy
After voyage Of six weeks
we arrived at Port Royal ltort De
France, as it is now knoNvn-td-l
only 10 find that d'AIdDlimOnt was
absent on his annual tour = the ISL
anUs. Ia Brief uDLe / CNrfCssed ny
4isar,r,ofutrnent at not meeting aim,
and ut the same time ordeFtu the SIX
dozen of Chabils which Z hud orou8hl
80 a present conveyed "a Che palace
H. await his return iReH. aitcL
-, snent fn delivering QUO uf9patehes
- faI<ing on water aad other fresh
,rO,-iSion. we weighed anci or ana
Lsflc5 on the 2lst of April Tor que
lee oar passenger list increased az
mis- point by the presence OF eile
Eti-,r,er a Swiss horse breeder with
two Normandy stations
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Steer Saves Day.

Just then something did happen. A
genial wag drove a steer that mad es-
capped from a neighboring ranch onto
the bail field and Murphy Immediate
BY got busy. He grabbed the animal
by the tail and the real performance
began The beast realized pretty sud
denly that II was connected with
something and with a snort prancCd
wildly about the field with the dog
hanging sTimly 10 its tail Murphy
was soaring through the air and en-
JOying his ride.
The frightened and enraged steer
took he first basemsn unawares ard
sent him skyWard while the rest OF the
players seemed 10 be sort OF sougling
over the left field fence. II was here
that Llge Smith experienced. a suo-
radio ray Of intelligence and. calling
the game. faded away 10 q place OF
SAFETY. In the meantime the frantic
steer dashed madly from the grounds.
while several fans pried the first base
man out OF the roof Of the grand
stand The AIutuals had tWenty-folr
runs. and IL was tWenry-three for Inc
Athletics. The dogs timely action GER
lalnly saved- lne from an unpleasant
interview with Panhandle Steve
MurPhy's fToIc with the steer Eas
the talk Of the town and no one ever
thought Of finding fault with the UNI
pre- LlBe smith however seemed TO
be little apprehensive for when /
lett M9rshaH that night he was stiu
wearing his portable armor.
by the way, Marshall wasn't the
name o. the town. The members OF
The Muluals and Athletics nave since
DEVELOPED into peace-lOving PLAYERS.
and as They don't want II genersIlIr
Known that they once had an uml.lre
Who were an egg stove for a pad faT
1e i from ne 10 knock their "a nin
Besides, took q p0rtiy roll of IN g.
backs oct Of thar village and q lruc
ticket
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In River Delaware.

The morning Of the 18th dawned fair
calm and found Us floating aimlessiy
on the bosom Of broad sheet of
water which Girondin said was the
River Delaware. adding that we we're
no great distance from the English
settlement of New Castle. Here one
OF the men stepped forward. and. hav-
ing secured the captains permission
to speak, declared that he had been
az New Castle some years bsfore with
the Dutch Admiral Eversten. and.
therefore. had personal knowledge of
these waters; that this was. indeed.
the River Delaware, but that the set
Element Of New Castle was distant
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gun play, we may persuade some one
&c umpire the game.
I agree with you. Dude; few OF US
care to play our final engagement here
ahead OF schedule time. The man OF
wealth does not like 70 even think that
some day he viii occupy the costly
tomb Of a millionaire In regard to
this little enterprise Of ours. II. ad-
NIT that asking man to umpire a
game in this beautiful hamlet looks
Ike an invitation to a murder. but
really believe that. with a little diplo-
macy, We can pull of a conf est with
out bloOdshed"
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Dude Wright, to Fatten His
Wad, Promotes a Ball Game
Where Bullets Are Thicker
Than Blades of Grass.

suit was a regular Wagnerian SYM
phony. He could soak the spark
lerS in his frilled shirt any time for
the price of a six months orgie at
Monte Carlo. With this regalia and
a silk tile tipped on the side Of his
head he was every inch the West
eTn sport you read about away back
in the 7OS.
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Meet strange Ship.

The wind fell during tie night, and
davbreak Of The I'D touLa us De
Gained on Nevis When 1he fog
which obscIred the sea had been scat
tered by the rising sun, We aiade out
q large merchant ship OF the East IN
diarnan type lying scant league on
our starboard quarter. her rt6S1ng. to
the smallest spar, reflected In The
rlacid waters of the moEnias. Pres
emily. ont of the stiffness OF the calm.
we heard Tie shouts Of her crew as
thsy lowered couple of beats and
came noisily rowing towara as.
After all these years ] recall the
scene as If it was bun yesterday I
lad oeen standing ait C..a-dng with
Father Joncasre and Charter. The
latter, with the ships gas. was ex-
emining the occupants OF The fore
most cutter who are tney colonel?''
quietly asked the able AT this in
stant a shot from the cutter tore
through the tapping mainSau above
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Polite as Nationals.

These ball tossers must be des-
perate crowd" remarked. but II
we could manage TO relieve them OF
their portable arsenals before they en-
ter the diamond the little pleasantries
Of assassination would not appear in
the menu, and we might pull OF
game as polite and recherche as
National League contest"
1T might be done, and-if We can
give assurance that there viii be no
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except that when he once got the
attention Of the crowd he was liable 20
be rather careless with his converse
ton. His mlsplay. however, got US
ia bad hole. and for a time we
thought we were about cue to come
10 a sensational finish.
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Love for TITLES.

mat Il was RISKY venture was
som aprareut divers circumstances
existing that should properly have
orera tel against orr ever-reachsn<
tort In the first place the "Antonia..
was in need Of new sDars and sails.
although otherwise as solid as a new
Louis dor; secondly. the pilot.
yrung man by the name Of Girondln.
was better verscd in the theory than
in the PRACTICE Of sailing. being a
scholar and a poet rather than a mas
ter mariner as for the. crew. they
had beer pieRca for their manners.
70 be show before Lord BeHofaont
ana scarce counted An able seaman
among them.
al went wen until the afternoon OF
the 18th, when somewhere OF the
Carolina coast there came upon rs =
sudden drop IN temperature. with =
rising, naarrow-chilling wind. and TT
fvi gusts OF rain and singing hail.
RACING before the blast we shortened
canvas, fearful lest we had beer. over
taken by one OF those terrible SOUTH
east storms so common in these lafi-
tuoes Nor were we mistaken. far
witc the coming of s7igbt fba oa,o ~
creased, shutting cut the stars and
ping up the waves until in the dark
ness Jheir black crests seemed IN
touch the scudding clouds. Th.
i ttlls spray dfenched. stygian chaos
&c ANTONIO flew on. comet like. an
with a comets tail of DhosDhoros Tre
behind her Us iiae
We dashed a man to the wheel ear,,,
10 the evening, but at no time d1r3ns,
I hAaL iong night did We dare to re-
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In Smaller Craft.

If he was slow 10 arrive at a conclu-
sion it could not be said that he was
a laggard once he mad made uB his
mind TO act a dozen orders were is
sued at once; there was an abrupt
end Of drinking; and the songs Of ca
rousaI were gradually succeeded in all
quarters OF the ship by the busy
Sounds CT industry. His plan. in brief.
was TO hide away the Merchant IN
some creek in Hispaniola IHaiti-Ed.l
and continue mis- journey to New York
IN a smaller craft. with picked crew
and only the more valuable and less
bulky portion OF the spoil Thus If
matters went III he could arouse the
cupldily Of Bellomont and his clique
by Offering 10 disclose the hiding place
of a second treaSure-a Tuse on which
he counted 70 save his neck IN the last
extremity. \ breeze favoriag us on
TIE oath we set our course somewhat
north Of west, and, passing between
the islands of Porto Rico and Santo
Domingo. came TO anchor on the 4th
OF May III a narrow, lonely strait be-
tween Cayo T0rCuga and the mainland
Of HiSpaniOla. On the way died
Colonel Chartier-according to the
v4ted BY congestion Of the lungs It
Vss Kids belief the trouble was
tropic fever. As for me, ! think he
died simply of chagrin, and that's the
fact
The captain spent the last two days
OF this run IN taking an inventory Of
the spell, figuring IL out roughly as
follows:
SEQ
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achieved his object more effectually
had he employed Ssnskrit-
Wrapping the precious manuscript 10
its weather-proof castings the captain
here replaced il In the desk and brought
forth the translation which he has
taken the pains TO prepare Tor me
Times, and which we now present
for the first time
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from faro and baseball 10 bull
fights in Mexico, SO when ]
dropped a hint that 1 had
Travelled with the ponies and frittered
away many an idle hour with other
diversions of chance, he warmed up
to me at once. To tell the truth 1
was beginning TO yeaTn for little
innocuous excitement. and 4 inter
rogated him as to feasibility of get
ting up a game Of baseball whereby
we could accumulate a consignment
OF negotiable coin.
well" replied Dude, I'VE haze tried
TO make the game a permanent ins'i-
ton here. but as long as the players
continue to forget the rudimeuts Of
good breeding and try 10 shoot the
umpire, the prospects are lar from
alIuring This thing OF starting an
epidemic in cripples does not appeal
TO the refined patrons of the sport
At the last game village cup-up
drove a hearse on the field and on the
side Of the conveyance hung the sign:
For the Umpire A big slump in
baseball followed. as we couldn't ind
an umpire with a soaring ambition TO
soak himself into "A premature
crave
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I T WAS in Marshall that | first
met Dude Wright. He came
into my life logged in equa-
l. toria1 rairnant and looked

hotter than TeXarkana on the
Fourth of July. Dude affected
red necktie that put an aureola in
somber mourning and his checkered
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Of certain things they were gong to
40 10 Ne While ] was wondering 4
surviving friends would erect a uoau-
soieum 70 my memory, Dude, pale az
sheet. muttered something about
trying TO escape. but said he knew
ne could never get used TO getting
shot IN the back He would have as
little joke. II the game continued q
Few minutes longer the Mutuals
Couldn't help but lose. as # was too
dark to field the ball Even Murphy.
NY bull terrier. seemed to think some
thing was wrong. He first looked at
me and then at DuCe. as II trying 10
ask, We'll. why don't you tell me 10
start s0methlng?"
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any chance OF going home with his
anatomy all mussed up.
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IN the Antonio" a sloop he had cap
tured for the purpose OF st. Kits:
Pearls and other Jewels On NUM-
Der more than S00. ......-...-. 200
Watches Rings and Brooches
GewelledJ .....-.....-........... 10 60
Carved and embossed Ornaments 500
Unset Bracelets and Buckles ana
Gold n Ingots ESTIMATED BY
weighO .-...................... p 600
Coin current (gold only). .......... l3S e0o
...,................... 1000
In all ...-.-........e2 eos. 600
had 50 far ingratiated myself in
this strange mans favor Gndeed. he
looked upon ali titles with kind Of
aWe) that there was never any cues
tor as 20 my acconDanyin him IN
the Antonio" We prOvisioned the
sloop for a month's voyage. transfer
red 70 her hold the treasure con-
Teniently packed IN small chests. and
with crew Of forty men left Cayo
Iortuga on the 9Th day OF May for
New York.
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ara 81 degrees 50 minutes e seconds
north latitude
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UDE had promoted everything
from faro and baseball 10 bull
fights in Mexico, SO when
dropped a hint that I had
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17

were interested III one another. and
you were as welcome at the neigh bors
board as at your own"
Judge Boyd referred to the war in
. these words:
I'VE finally drifted into a war, one
, in which the south gave some of the
best blood that was ever offered in
war, but l am not one Of those Who
viii admit that there were not on
the other side men equally brave, and
who believed with equal strength that
they were for the right 1t was no
disgrace to the south that she was
overcome. No people ever put forth
a greater army. but do not mean to
say that the south did not fight with
men equally courageous"
His honor dealt at length upon the
distinctions and similarities of state
ana federal court, emphasizing the
fact that the latter was no foreign
institution.
One is forced to doubt" he said
III there has really been any friction
between the state and federal courts
I have not heard Of any state or fed
eral judge carrying a weapon to pro-
tect himself from a Judge on the
other bench. l have not heard any
thing to prove that these judges do
not treat one another in a cordial
and amicable manner. The so-called
hitch between the courts has been
more on the bill boards and less un-
der the canvas. AS long as each
branch maintains itself within it's own
boundaries, there is no cause for fric-
tiOn-there can be none.
| Il heard not long ago of some man
who is trying to talk about our courts,
as distinguished from the federal
courts. l would like to know how any
man can undertake Ito prove to a
! people that the federal court is a
| foreign institution. 7 am not used
| to being called foreigner. The
| phrase was rather amusing as [ hap
/ pen to belong to the other court. I
was born and reared in this state, and
| have been citizen of it from child
/ hood. and | gave three Years of my
young life to the cOnfederacy. This
| other court had a North Carolina
judge, marshal, district attorney.
grand jury and petit jury, and what
more could it be than tC be a court OF
| this people, IT is strange this
WAS contradistinguished from our
court Charlotte Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17
A Real Wonderland.

South Dakota, with it's rich silver
mines,, bonanza farms, wide ranges
and strange natural formations, is
a veritable wonderland. At Mound
City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clap.
wonderful case of healing has
lately occurred. Her son seemed
near death with lung and throat
trouble. 'EXhausting coughing
spells occurred every five minutes, y
writes Mrs. Clapp, when l began
giving Dr. Kings New Discovery
the great medicine, that saved his
life and completely cured him. .
Guaranteed for coughs an0 colds
throat and lung troubles, by r. r
Bellamy, druggist. soc and s1-00
Trial bottle free.
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Judge J. E. Body figuratively flung
aside his new robe yesterday morning
when he opened the December term
of federal court. and instead of delv-
ing deep into the mysteries of the
law and acquainting the grand jurors
anew with its many phases. he fell
into a reminiscent mood and talked
to them about the "Old fashioned
way" The charge, if it might be
termed n charge. was especially en-
joyable for the simple fact that it
contained this unique element. About
the times when men lived the simple
life, with its praiseworthy deficiency
of Conventionalities, Judge Boyd prov
ed himself to be we'll acquainted, and
the fervor he threw into his remarks
Showed that there fingers in his mind
vivid memories of the years long
gone. His first remarks Of this kind
were directed along the line of the
difference between old Whiskey and
that which is consumed today.
One OF the strongest points OF su-
periOrity named which old Whiskey
holds over the new is that it didn't
run near as many folks crazy as the
stuff that is used today. Commenting
on the internal revenue laws and the
subject of whiskey. Judge Boyd said.
"The revenue laws came upon us
just after the war somewhat as a sur
prise. The internal revenue laws were
regarded as oppressive by many peo-
pie. The diStillatiOn of liquor was
common, and it was frequently eX-
changed for meat cloth. and OtheG
goods which the people wanted. They
made good old fashioned liquor then
and even if it did make a man drums
he didn't want to go home and lIl
HIS wife and children, as this new
sort "f doctored stuff makes man
do. It didn't make a man crazy
either. The people had not learned tC
poison liCUOr then. 1t came u pass
that tha revenue officer was looked
upon as an enemy, and it was natura
that this should he. Today we have
become mere enlightened and things
have changed. There have been two
reasons for this-the moral reason
and the people see the necessity of 6
tax on. liquor for revenue to run the
government.
'"Then again everybody reads thu
newspapers and keeps posted on Wha
is happening, so that everybody is en-
lightened on matters of public in
tere.st, SO that there have been grea
chafiees transpiring since those ole
times.
"You may remember that in th'
old times the people depended OF
their orators on the hustings for thei
information. anu II was iIoIiI lIlSS'
men that they got their opinions
Today every man is able to get his
Information and have his own opinion
from different source.
Il am still talking about thing:
that you would not expect in the us
ua! charge to a jury declared Judge
Body, and to continue, about the ole
times, some Of you will remember
when many of the best people went
to chruch barefooted, and put on tI1eil
shoes and stockings only after they
had gotten in sight of the church
Everybody in those days had a vel
cor1e for his neighbor. and one an
others rights were regarded. People
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Say, yer honor" said the tough
looking prisoner, dis copper pinched
me fer vag. OATS no way to treat
a gentleman Of leisure when banks
are asking thirty days notice"
You have my sympathy, replied the
judge. Better give your banl,
notice right now. You will not need
any cash for the next thirty days.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17

You grow strong, blood pure. nerves
STEADY, cheeks red and rosy, VI are
we'll and happy again after taking
HOLSTERS Rocky Morpta1n Tea. Give
r. r. Bellamy
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Public speakers are frequently in
terrupted by people coughing. This
would not happen if Foley's Honey
and Tar were taken, as it cures
coughs and colds and prevents pneu-
monia and consumption. The genu-
inc contains no opiates and is in a
yellow package. J. Hicks Bunting
Drug Co., .os. G. Shepard.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-17

Oriono Laxative Fruit Syrup, the
new Laxative, stimulates, but does
not irritate 1t is the best Laxative.
Guaranteed Or your money back.
j.. Hicks Bunting Drug Co., JOS. T..
Shepard