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MESSENGER PUBLISHING CO., I'lnl-ISHKIiS. J. XT. COl'NT. XVM. H. WHITE, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $1.00 Entered at the Post Office at Ma rion, N. C, for transmission through the mails, as second class matter. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1897. lKMO KATI: OI'POKTl NITY. It is not an unknown experience for the Democracy of this country that its trusted leaders should prove faithless, its prophets dumb, or that it should languish in defeat. Any party that really seeks the public good must be content at times to battle in the face of appar ently hopeless" conditions. Such has been the condition of the Democracy during the past three years in a majority of the States of the Union. Hut Democ racy is a cause more than it is a party. It represents the eternal struggle of humanity towaid a greater equality of conditions. Hence the party is always strength ened rather than weakened by defeat. It is brought nearer the toiling, suffering masses. It gains strength from contact with them. It learns wisdom in adversity. A revival of Democratic rule through out the country seems to be at hand. It is presaged by many signs. Chictly it will be brought about by a reunion of Democratic tactions owing to new conditions, and through a failure of the com bined forces of wealth and monop oly to carry out their promises to the deluded voters. The Repub lican party is relying upon a season of good crops, and the failure of European harvests, to float an impracticable monopoly tariff, a tvrnniral financial noIlCV. and 1 rw,v. ir, increasingly onerous taxes both in I the Federal Government and every State and local community where it holds power. It is not probable that the bounty of Providence, which has checked a disastrous panic and afforded the people a temporary relief, will avail to rescue Repub lican policy from the failure it has merited. The "cribbed, cabined, and confined" energies of Amer ican labor are becoming explosive forces. They will not down at the behest of the moneyed classes. The currency must be reformed; the tariff must be reduced to an honest revenue basis; outrageous extrava gance and unequal and burden some taxation must be corrected. The Democracy will devote itself to these great reforms, and it will succeed. The people demand more money and its proper distribution in the channels of trade. They demand more profitable work and plenty of it. They demand reduced taxes and the proper assessment of accumulated wealth in the distri bution of the burden of taxation. It is a demand that will not be stilled. The really preponderate Democratic sentiment of the coun try is now uniting to oust the Republican party in many States as a step toward its overthrow in the national campaign of 1900. I'ltOSrKKlTY. The American voter has always, been fed more or less by cunning politicians on delusive hopes of "prosperity." The Republican party, indeed, has made this slogan the stock in-trade since the wear ing out of the sectional and war issues. To promise prosperity through the results of high tariff taxation is its unfailing resource when all other means of deluding the people fail. The truth is, that the Govern ment can only affect the prosperity of the people through the power of taxation or by manipulating the currency. Beyond these resources of craft or statesmanship, the pros perity of the people depends solely on their own industry and the bounty of Providence. Every stu dent of political economy knows this, and the common people, who have not time for abstruse studies, have begun to learn it through sad experience. The policy of equitable taxation and low tariff has nut had a trial in this country since the ante-war period. We have had a continuous regime of high tariff and high taxa tion since 1S61. That the country has progressed under it has been due entirely to the opening of vast new fields of fertile soil and min eral wealth. But this cllset to honest government and just taxa tion has reached its climax, and the American people must now develop commerce and put an end to the manipulation and control o their money by monopolists and sneculators. or continue to suffe hard times. The duty of the Democracy i now to take up the. cause of com mercial progress and currency reform, and push it to an issue The next two or three years will show the utter failure of the Ding lev moooDolv tariff. A year of agricultural overproduction can not save it. In spite of strenuous efforts to promote gold mining, the selfish policy of cheap products and dear money will add increas ing burdens on the shoulders of the toilers of the country. The people must have honest govern ment, economical and equitable taxation, and an abundant distri bution of money, and they can then trust God and their own strong arm and willing hands for all the prosperity that can be vouchsafed to them. We learn from a private letter sent to some mutual friends that the yellow fever may become a very serious epidemic in New Orleans. The writer of the letter, now living in New Orleans, was a dear friend to this writer when he lived in Alabama. He is pastor of a Baptist church in that city, and says that all the cases are not reported. Most of the members of his congregation have fled the city, and, after sending their chil dren away, he and his heroic wife remain behind to nurse the sick of his flock. Neither have had yel low fever. This is heroism. How favored are we in this land of many resources, and so free from con tagious diseases and epidemics. Let us fully appreciate our resources and all pull together as one to develop them as we can, and join in bringing among us capital and skill to help us develop the gifts of nature. It is too late for Spain to want to grant autonomy to Cuba. The Cubans are too near the goal of all their hopes, reached through blood and treasure, to accept anything less than absolute independence of Spain. They will likely accept nothing less. For spain to desire a part in governing them, after such oppiession, is impudence; and to ask them to pay the cost of the war against themselves, brought on by Spanish cruelty, is R . . nsult added to injury. Straight Democracy with traight Democrats should be the slogan of the next State campaign no fusion. The State should be reclaimed. If the Democrats can not succeed next time, with the record of those in power as it is, when will they, or can they, suc ceed? Bring the Old North State back to her political moorings. We trust that Jack Frost may come on gradually this fall so that the leaves may turn brown, yellow, auburn and red gradually and hold the colors longer. Under such cir cumstances the pictures, being held up to view in frames of the mountain sides, are of such beauty as to vie with the glories of spring. Henry George is looming upas a good and strong candidate for the mayoralty of Greater New York. (1KSEKAI. NKVfS. Tammany has put in nomination Judge W. O. Van Wvck as its amlidatc for mayor of Greater New Yoik. The North Atlantic Squadron will participate on the Hist of Octo ber, in Boston harbor, iu the cele bration of the centenary of the launching of the United States ship Constitution. George Fred. Williams, of Ded ham, was nominated for Governor of Massachusetts by the Demo era-tic State Convention on a plaf- form that squarely eudorses that adopted by the national conven tion at Chicago last summer. Admiral Beardslee, who has for three years been in command of the Pacific station, reached Wash ington and reported to the Presi dent his views on the situation in Hawaii. He says the business interests, with few exceptions, favor annexation. Norfolk is holding an Interstate I air, which opened on October 5th and will continue to the 14th Much interest is had in it both in Virginia and North Carolina. The raciug will be a big feature, 300 horses being entered and the purses aggregating ?1S,000. Fire broke oat iu the central power station of the Capital Trac tion Company, at ashmgton, D C, and in 30 minutes the mag niticent tux-story structure was doomed. The building occupied the entire block from Pennsylvania avenue to C street, and from Thir teen and One-half to Fourteenth streets. The blaze started on the southwest corner, and despite the etlorts of the entire fire depart uient swept like wind through the enormous buildiug. The heat was so intense that the men were driven, from the adjoiuiug street lhtt loss is estimated at $1,000,000. Kdurate Your liowels With duw-arrts. Cand v cathartic cure constipation forever. 10c. 11 c. c. c. mil, druggists rcfunu money A Sew lief Market. From October 1st a beef market will be conducted by Mr. V. B Welsh in the room in the Craig building lately occupied by Dr. v P. Jones. Beef, Mutton, Fish and Oysters will be kept on sale. Th highest cash market price will I paid for beef cattle and mutton. At Asheville, on Friday nigh last, Engene Davis, colored, shot and killed Jimniie Moore, also col ored, the inspiration for tho fonl deed being jealousy over the affec tions of a young woman, Berth Bridgett. Davis left after the shooting and bis whereabouts are unknown. LET "WIFEY" SHOP FOR YOU e Always Bmm m Sharper Now For Ural Hartal n. The Bigu which caught Mm Dawson's sye read: "Suits 20. Positively tne Last- Week. Regular Price 30. " Mrs. Dawson had the womanly lore for a bargain. She had often spent 10 cents' car fare to secure some lovely treasure that was marked down from 1 to 96 cents just for that day. She was more than provoked that Dawson, who was with her, did not grow enthu siastic. You know you need a suit, said Mrs. Dawson. "Why not order it now and save f 10. " Dawson was certain the suits would be as cheap next week, but his wife re fused to move on and dragged the help loss man into the store. The polite lerk assured them that it was the bar gain of the century and that this week was positively the last. With mental protests, but with out ward calm, Dawson, like clay in the bands of the potter, allowed himself to be measured. Then ho left a deposit. He called in four days and took the bult away. "There," exclaimed Mrs. Dawson, in triumph, when her husband appeared arrayed in his new suit, "you nevfr had a better fit nor a more becoming pattern. Jubt think how much money your wife saved for you by being on the lookout for a bargain! Mr. Dawson preserved a dignified si lence and waited patiently for his bet ter half to get her hat on straight pre paratory to accompanying him to the city. Mrs. Dawson awaited with impa tience the parsing of tho store where she had saved money for her husband. She wanted to call his attention to the fact again that he ruitfht remain prop erly thankful. With all the faith of a woman Mrs. Dawson was convinced that the sales man was telling the truth when he as sured her it was tho last week of the $20 sale. She looked for the window, and hex faith waa rewarded. It had been the last week. Tho sign now read, "Any Suit In This Window $ 15. " Chicago Record. OLD BARBERS ARE SCARCE. After Reaching 40 They Tonally Retire or Enter Another Occupation. "Did you everuotioe," said a veteran tonsorial artist, who had 6havod New Haveners since 1878, to a New Haven Register man, "that you only see a few old barbers?" "Why is it?" "There are a good many reasons, " answered tho veteran knight of the blade "I suppose the chief one is that a barber's hand becomes unsteady after he gets to be about 40 years old aud he haa to give up. A good many barbers drink hard, and that makes their nerves and hands unfit for service, and they retire before they cut their customers throats. Still, I will say that in all my experience of 87 years I never saw a man badly cut by a barber, not even by an accident for which the barber was not responsible. " 1 What becomes of the barbers after they retire?" "Oh, some of them go to the poor- house, " he replied, with a twinkle in his eye, "and some of them, who have saved their wages, buy little places and live on them, perhaps running a farm. Some of them, of course, go into other business, perhaps bookselling or else be come insurance agents. I have heard of barbers who gave up the business and became butchers. This isn't such a wide difference from their former business (what are you laughing at?) as it might seem. No, I don't mean that they learn to carve people or even to skin them in the barber business, but they learn how to handle a blade skillfully and they make first class meat cutters. " Pipe Made of a Seal's Task. A pipo niado out of a 6eal's tusk was seen at the Wearo office recontly. The stem is nearly a foot long and ie quaintly illustrated with represents tions of life under the arctic circle. The artist was an Indian, and the little sketches in India ink show up very well against the ivory background.. There is a reindeer about to fall un der the arrow of an archer. There is a sledge drawn by dogs. Fir trees, tepees, a fishing scene, where the captives are being brought to shore in a net, are all true to Ufa Another ornament of the same char acter is a pair of walrus tusks, with de lineations of other Alaskan scone, with the fox and tho white polar bear in eri dence; also an Eskimo leveling a gua at the latter. It is said that to add to the terrors of overland travel in the long winter months the larger wild animals are of ten driven by hunger to attack the trails men, and packs of ferocious wolves will besiege a camp for days, attacking the horses and reindeer as well as the dogs. More than one caravan has been done to death in this manner, as tho whitened bones strewn along the tracks show. Chicago Inter Ocean. Vsually Meeds a Breadwinner. The young fellow who worries ex ceedingly in fear that he cannot find a wife, or rather a girl whom he wants to make his wife, who is a good cook, is usually the one who after the mar riage fails to provide the wife in the case with anything to cook. Scranton Republican. A Frenchman was convicted of kill ing his mother-in-law. When asked if he had anything to say for himself be fore taking sentence, he said, "Noth ing, excepting I lived with her 2 1 years and never did it before, " The temperature of the oucumber is a degree below that of the surround ing atmosphere. It is, therefore, appar ent that the expression "cool as a cu cumber" is scientifically correct. STATU NEWS. North Carolina will icceive from the Peabody fuud this year 2,100 in scholarships at Nashville and 35,400 in cash. L. M. Marshall and Charles Rich, arrested in Montana, are wanted at Marshall for burglary, a capital offense if committed after mid night. In Concord, according to the New York Press, there is being erected a cotton mill which is to be owned, controlled aud operated by negroes. The Pell Telephone Company will connect the cities of "orth Carolina with each other and with Northern cities by long distance telephone lines. TO CVRE A COLI IN OSE DAY Take Laxative Rromo Quinine Tablets. All i "runouts return! the money if it fails to Cure -5 ccuts. DP All kinds of Legal Blanks, such as Deeds, Mortgage Deeds Chattel Mortgages, etc., kept on saie at mis omce. STORY OF A WAR SONG. The Man Who Composed the Music for "We Are Coming, Father Abraham.' The man who composed the musio for Whittier's song, "We Are Coming, Father Abraham, Three Hundred Thou sand Strong," is an old and somewhat decrepit piano tuner, who carries on his business near Windom, Minn. His name ii A. B. Irving. One day soon after Lincoln's call for 800,000 more men, Irving, then a young man, was on his way to Defiance, O., from Fort Wayne for the purpose of singing at a political and loyal meeting. He had considerable reputation as a composer and singer and the Republic ans had asked him to come and help them. On the way he read the poem, which had just been published. Irving studied it, formulated a tune, hummed it and got the rhythm, and that even ing at the Defiance meeting he sang the song for the first time. When he had finished, and the last echoes had died away, men mounted their chairg with wild enthusiasm, swung theit hats aud broke loose in cheers that rang with feeling. He sang it again and again, and they would scarcely let him rest. Tho next night he sang the song at Fort Wayne, and again aroused the same enthusiasm. He wrote out the muni" and sent it to the publisher who had handled what he had composed, with instructions to publish it on his usual terms of royalty. It was publish ed, and inside of a month more than 40, 000 copies had been sold. In a few days the publisher failed and Irving never received a dollar for the znusio. Xew Yerk Sna. CLOEO THE ROOM. Does flia Ghost of TTaaMagtoa BtiU Stalk Through the Old Mansion? It was cuftomary in the family of George Washington to shut up unused for two years a room in which death had occurred, says an exchange. So, after tho death of the first president in tho stately chamber with tho groat four poster bed whic h is still shown to visit ors, Martha Washington, with her lone ly heart, nightly climbed the attic stairs to lie in a low ceiled, slojiiug roofed room with one window a room intol erably hot in summer, with little or no moans of secrrring a draft except by a triangular opening where the lower cor ner of the door had been cut off to make room for tho passage of the cat. Martha Washington died before the two year period had ended. If she had occupied the death cham ber, would she have seen the ghost of her dead husband? They say that the stalwart, stately figure of the brave general 6talks through the passage with martial tread and clank of astral sword in spectral scabbard. Again and again it has happened that people detained at Mount Vernon on the business of the Mount Vernon associa tion -have declared, on "waking from a sleepless night, " that they had heard tho ghost's sword and stride and seen its tall, commanding figure, dressed in the old uniform that in life it wore. No lights are permitted in the old house, for fear of fire, except during the meeting of the regents, aud then only candles. Ghosts are said to love dark or ill lighted houses. Most Wonderful Cave In the World. The most wonderful cave in the world is in the island of Tonga, in the south Pacific Byron called it "a chapel of the seas. " It is formed in a rock that is almost surrounded by the ocean. This rock is about 60 feet high and broad proportionately. Many years ago a boy, the son of a native chief, was chasing a huge turtle, when his game seemed to sink into the rock. The lad watched and waited until tho tide fell, disclosing a small opening in the rock about six feet under low water mark. Diving boldly, the young hunter en tered the aperture, and, to his surprise, came to the surface inside the rock. The rock was hollow, and its interior was found afterward, when tho natives ex plored it with torches, t contain many beautiful stalactites. When attacked and followed by ene mies, the natives, who know tho secret, leave their canoes, plunge into the water and disappear. Their foes linger, aston ished at their disappearance, for no per. 6on not acquainted with it would sus poet that the rock was hollow. London Telegraph. The Grandest Remedy. Mr. 11. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chilbowie, V a., certihes that he hau consumption, was given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of, but got no relief: spent many nights sitting op in a chair: was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured by use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says Dr. King's New Discovery is tLt grandest remedy ever made, as it ha done so much lor him and also for others in his community. Dr King's New Discovery is guaran teed for Coughs, Colds and con sumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at G. I. White's Drug Store. The third annual report of the Southern ll-vilway Company shows an increase of 313,!MJ9 in total net earnings. Buckleii's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt liheum, Fever Sores,Tetter, Chap ped llauils, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Lruptions, and positively cures rues, or uo pay required It is guaranteed to give peifect satislaction, or money refunded Price 25 cents per box. For sale by G. I. White, Druggist. The Dingley deficit still goes thundenug down the calendar. For September it is over 83,400,000. Beauty I Blood? Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No beaut v without it. Cascarets candv cathartic your blood and keep it clean by nirrintf up nu unmix an impur.tits Irom the body. Beifin to-daT to banish oimnlr boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sicklv bilious complexion by taking cascarets neauty tor 10 cents. All druggists, satisfac tion guaranteed, ioc, -ac. sue. The Asheville Daily Gazette offers as a premium lor yearly or six months snbscription Gov. Bob Taylor's Tales "The Fiddle and the Bow," "The Tarad 86 of Fools" and "Visions aud Dreams," in a handsome volume of 201 pages and fifty illustrations. The Gazette is ?4 00 a year, $2.25 for six mouths Two Millions a Tear. When people buv. trv. and buv aeain i mean they're satisfied. The people of the t'nited States are now buvinji Cascarets candy cathartic at the rate of two million boxes a year and it will be three million be fore New Year's. It means merit proved, that Cascarets are the most delightful bowel regulator for everybody the year round. All drt. agists, lOc, 23c, 50c a box, cure guaranteed. MY MAMMA'S HANDS. 1 wish you'd see my mamma's hands And the things that they can do. Bhe say they're "very ugly ones." But I don't believe that' true. They're pretty, all the aame, to me And mighty clever too. Bhe says she can't do anything. But I see her work all day. Bhe write long things on paper. Which dhe says are "not much pay." Bhe sews, knits and cooks sometimes (And she spanked me yesterday). Bhe makes nice cake and candy. And stockings she can darn. Why, the other day I found her Whitewashing our barn. And often I do have to sit And hold great hanks of yarn I 1 wonder If my mamma's hnndd Ever stop to go to sleep. Why, they're busy when they hear me say "Pray God, my soul to keep." Borne night when she's not looking I'll Just run in and peep. L. Bpeyers in New York Journal. ABE LINCOLN'S CHIVALRY. Helped a Lawyer, Now Famous, to Win His First Case. His first case at the bar will never he forgotten by ex-Senator John C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky, for Abraham Lincoln played a conspicuous part in helping the young Kentuckian to win his suit Lincoln waa merely an attor ney, waiting for one of his cases to be called, when the incident occurred. Ex-Senator Blackburn was only 20 years old when he began the practice of law, having graduated at Centre col lege, Danville, Ky. Hia first case was in the United Statos court in Chicago, presided over by Justice John McLean, then on the circuit The opposing coun sel was Isaac N. Arnold, then at the head of the Chicago baa, and subse quently a member of congress and an- thor ot tkp first biography of Lincoln. Young Blacbara had filed a demurrer to Mr. Arnold's pleadings in the cause, and when the case was reached on the calendar tho young Kentuckian was quite nervous at having suoh a formida ble and experienced antagonist, while the dignity of the tribunal and the pres ence of a large number of eminent law yers in court served to increase his ti midity and embarrassment. In truth the stripling barrister was willing to have any disposition made of the cause in ordor to get rid of the burden of em barrassment and ' ' stage fright ' ' lie was ready to adopt any suggestion the op posing counsel should make. Arnold made an argument in which he criticised the demurrer in a manner that increased the young lawyer's con fusion. However, Blackburn knew he had to make some kind of an effort He proceeded with a few remarks, weak and bewildering, and was about to sit down when a tall, homely, loose joint ed man sitting in the bar arose and ad dressed the court in behalf of the posi tion the young Kentuckian had assumed in a feeble and tangled argument, mak ing the points so clear that the court sustained the demurrer. Blackburn did not know who his vol unteer friend was, and Mr. Arnold got up and sought to rebuke the latter for attempting to interfere in the case, which he had nothing to do with. This volunteer was none other than Abraham Lincoln, and this was tho first and last timo the Kentuckian ever saw the rail splitting president In replying to Mr. Arnold's strictures Mr. Lincoln said he claimed the privilege of giving a young lawyer a helping hand when struggling with his first case, especially when he was pitted against an experienced prac titioner. Chicago Times-Herald. Electricity and Balky Horses. One of the recent extensions of the use of electricity is in conquering a balky or lazy horse. A western Penn sylvania gentleman owned a horse which he said was worth f 1,000, pro vided he could cure him of balking. It was suggested that he try electricity. He purchased a three volt storage bat tery and connected it by wires with the bit and the crupper. The battery was placed in the road cart to which the horse was attached. At first the horso refused to move, but stood with all four feet braced. Then the owner touched the button connected with the battery. When the horse felt tho shock, he snort ed, jumped and bogun to move off at a lively pace. Every day for a week he was given the same lesson. His owner, who does not care to sell him, declares that now he never balks, bites or kicks. The West Pennsylvania Humane so ciety, which investigated the method. came to the conclusion that a small amount of electricity used upon a horse was more humane than a whip. Ex change. Enftaad'a Snartast Railway. Tae shorteflt railway line in Great Britain is the Brighton Dyke Steep Grade railway, which was opened re cently, adding a new feature to the at tractions of Devil's Dyke. The Dyke, which is a favorite resort of the Brigh toniana, is a great bat remarkably reg ular chasm on the South downs, sit uated about six miles to the northwest of Brighton. The view from the table land, nearly 700 feet above the sea lev el, which surrounds it is one of tho finest panoramic, views obtainable in the country. The new line, which de scends direet from the top of the hill to a point about a quarter of a mile dis tant from the village of Poynings in the plain below, is only 840 feet in length. Open to the Public "One thing surprised me out in Yel lowstone park. " "What was that?" "I didn't see any aims around 'Keen off the geysers. ' " Chicago Record. Kverybody Says So. Cascarets candy cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age. pleasant ana reircsning to tne taste, act gentlvand positively on kidneys, liver and bowels. cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fevei , habitual constipation and oiuousness. t'lcase tiuy ana try a box of c. c. c. to-day; 10. 25. SO cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure bv all druggists. ONE OF TWO WAYS. The bladder was created for one pur pose, namely, a receptacle for tne urine, and as such it is not liable to any form of disease except by one of two wavs The first way is from imperfect action of the kidneys. The second way is from careless local treatment of other dis eases. CHIEF CAUSE. Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid neys is the chief cause of bladder trou bles. So the womb, like the bladder. was created for one purpose, and if not doctored too much is not liable to weak ness or disease, except in rare cases. It is situated back of and very close to the bladder, therefore any pain, disease or inconvenience manifested in tne kid neys. back, bladder or urinary passage is often, by mistake, attributed to fe male weakness or womb trouble of some sort. The error is easily made and may be as easily avoided. To find out correctly, set your urine aside for twenty four hours: a sediment or set tling indicates kidney or bladder trou ble. The mild and extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. If you need a medicine, you should have the bet. At druggists fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet. both sent free by mail. Mention The Marion Messenger and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham ton. N. Y. The proprietor of this paper guarantees the genuineness of this offer. THE CHILI QUEENS! THEIR THRONES WERE IN SAN AN TONIO'S HISTORIC ALAMO. Tbetr Reign Is Ended, but They Ruled "Royally For a Long- Time They Were Especially Gracious to the Tourist From the North and Made It Fay. When the northern tourist used to 6tike the town, tho first things tho pa triotic citizen who was doing the hon ors would proudly steer him up against would be the Alamo plaza chili stand, with its attendant divinity, the far famed chili queen. "Now, sir, you've seen tho historic Alamo, the old cathedral and the mis sions and got a whiff of our ozone," the citizen would remark with righteous pride, "and tonight you must come and eat a Mexican supper and see the chili queens. The chili queens are one of our most noted attractions tho beautiful, dark eyed senoritas, you know." The tourist generally knew. This was in the late eighties, the palmy days of tho chili queens, when their fame had spread to the larger northern cities. Some very musical verso about them had appeared in the magazines, and in the newspaper sketches they were ideal ized as stunning creatures, with the rich, brown skins of the tropics and the languorous grace and bewitching black eyes of Spanish donnas. When the citizen and the tourist stroll up to the gay looking chili stand with its big red, green and yellow lan terns and its scintillating pyramids of cheap but gorgeous glassware, she promptly shuts up tho sporty young man who bandying slang with her or quits haggling with the chili gorged bootblack over change. She hastily rearranges tho flowers in her hair and the big bouquet at her bos om and beams on tho new arrivals with sparkling eyes. The citizen addresses her with an easy familiarity. "Hello, Chiquita! How's tricks?" "Hello, seuor. Tricks are bueno. How is my amigo, tho seuor?" They all used the Spanish dialect when thoy had special customers, de spite the fact that other tongues came easier to sume of them by nature. There were six reigning queens on tho plaza in 1888, and one of them was of Ger man descent and another was born in the island where the sod is highly green and there are no snakes. The other four, however, were senoritas of the genuine Mexican variety. Chiquita's eyes Fparkle with their most brilliant luster, and, with a quick succession of flushing smiles, she uses her red lips and white teeth to good ad vantage on the tourist while she en gages in badinage with the citizen. "You're looking prettier than ever tonight, Chiquita. I'm glad of it, be cause wo want to mako a good impres sion on my friend here. He's from away up north, you know, and he's heard of you before. " Then Chiquita uses her tinkling laugh and slaps the citizen gently on the check. "So sorry, but I have not a single nickel to give you, But take this flower Instead. " She transfers a big rose from her cor sage to the citizen's buttonhole. The touribt is beginning to want his share of the fun. "Yes, I heard of you up there, and that's one reason I came down here to see you, you know. " "Oh, my! You must have a flower too. " Her hands linger lightly on his coat as eho carefully pins a ppray of honey suckle on, and the tourist begins to be lieve that he must have come down hero for this. He is enjoying himself very much. "Well, let's begin on our chili pep pers," suggests the citizen. "You say you never ate one before? We had bettor take a littlo of everything, then, so you can say you 'did' San Antonio right Bring ua the whole bill of fare, Chiqui ta." The queen turns sharply to the slimy looking old Mexican who has charge of the 6teaming pots and kettles in the rear and rattles off this with a celerity which seems to astonish tho tourist: "Jesus, andarlel Dos platas do chili con carue, y dos tamales con chili gra vy, do enchllades tortillas, y dos tazaa de cafe. " The fiercely burning chili con carno egonizoe the tourist and he chokes on the enchllades, but he manages to strug gle through the tamales by drinking a great deal of water. Meanwhile, the chili queen sits opposite him in a lan guishing attitude and keeps up her tin kling laugh. When it comes time to go, he insists on paying the bill, despite tho protests of the citizen, and tenders a $S bilL Chiquita seems to havo trou ble in counting out the change and a thought strikes the tourist "Say, Chiquita," he says tentative ly, "you needn't mind that if" "You mean you want to make me a present?" As that is what he means, 6he tucks the bill in her bosom, and gives the tourist a fond look. She takes another rose from her hair and pins it on his coat and squeezes his hand in bidding him goodby. Then, when her customers are gone, she goes and sits down in front of one of the 6teaming kettles, with a lap full of tortillas, which she uses to scoop up large mouthf uls of chili. Chiquita was a fair typo of all the chili queena They were not tho idyllic creatures of popular conception that they appeared to be when on dress pa r&da, bat most of them were really come ly and they had the charm at least of novelty. The glory of the chili queens waned and nickered away with great sudden ness, and they themselves drifted away from the high tide of fame and fortune In a like manner. San Antonio Express. Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired ont nervous system to a healthy vigor is Elec tric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimnlates the Liver and Kidneys, and aids tbee organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters improves the appetite, aids diges tion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tome Try it. Sold for 5(k or ?1.00 per bottle at G. I White's Drug Store. Ex-President Harrison, who is on a visit to ew York, sjs the result of the approaching election in that city will have its effect on national politics. A hare Thing for Tou. A transaction in which vou cannot lose is a sure thinjs. Biliousness, sick headache, fur red tocRTie. fever, piles and a thousand othrr ills are caused by constipation and slurs:ih liver. Cascarets candy cathartic, the won derful new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic are by all drujori'-ts guarantiee! to cure or money refunded, t. c. c. are a sure thing. Try a box to-day; 10c, 23c, 50c. Sample and booklet tree at all druggists. MARION, OCT Ifc manhay. v a i AO, A I A S M m mr M. m. m i i..im;?.l!c,jtv,)!'. i-tvi :i ,i Lit K3s, rJr BIG fffiS Omnipotent iu Stiength, Ideal in Character, Splendid in Organization, Magnificent in Pn'xontation. The Purest, Cleanest, Mightiest and Most Mag nificent Amusement Institution of the 1'Jth ( ntuiv. rzmf wfri lift A Three Rings, Half-Mile Race Track, 1,000 Features, mo Phenomenal Acts, 25 Clowns, 20 Hurricane Races, 4 Trains, :o Acres Canvas, 10,000 Scats, 1,500 Employes, 6 Bands, 50 Cages, a Drove of Camels, 15 Open Dms a Herd of Elephants, $4,000 Daily Expenses. The IJ'st SM'ii 1 1 1' re in si Decade Via. Vi,m rri,J Cazrll,-. Hiuli-toncd in livery Way in .Magnitude of First IC.cil.. v Louts Jiepublic. De illcrs the Senses, Dazzles t lie Kycs. D accr Tinas. The leanest, Most Satisfactory Circus jet seen here V. Orlean I'icayiniv. Gives ."Wore Than It Promises. Han Francisco Ku-nmiwr. The Greatest Performers in the Known World are with the Great Wallace Shows this Season, Including the -A r s'kh ! The Wertitz Family Aeralists. The 4 Martells, liiejclc and Skating KxprtK. The 10 DellameaiLs, Statuary Artists. The San so ni Sisters, Female Samsons. 10 Principal Male and Female Kqtu-Htrian?. The Petits Anial Iiar-Extraor.linary. llowena, the Head Balancer, and Grand Spectacular Ballet, 11) Coryphees, (Led by Sisters Maccari, Premier Ia!iu - Our Street Parade puL,etsl!hefinestever A Sunburst of Splendor, a Triumph of Art, Money and Gocd Taste, with Lavish Luxury of Spectacular Effect, with Greatest Processional Features Conceivable. EXCURSIONS RUN ON EVERY LINE OF TRAVEL. No Cambling Devices Tolerated. .NEVER DIVIDES! irva i m 1 1 :;to : 3 Ring Circus Minmutinr fV!LNACEPM;'5:UMra PALLr , FRESEtiTATlOrJ Greatest, Grah DESi'1 and BEST OF AMERiGsS SHOW; SEVER DISAPPOINTS
Marion Messenger (Marion, N.C.)
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