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Selling Guns and Ammunition -to Revolutionists Re-.
Luis Becke in Chambers' Journal.
My" first experience of gun running
was gained at an early age, when I
began life as a trader in Samoa, or as
the group was then more commonly
called, the Navigators' Islands. War
had broken out between -King Malie
toa and his adherents and the rebel
chief of Savail, the largest island of
the group. The people of the island of
Upolu on which the port of Apia is
eituated. and where his brown Majes
ty resided were for the most "part
loyal to him. But one district, which
had four thousand good fighting men,
r,Tiid the rebel cause: and. making a
sudden and treacherous attack whilst .
peace negotiations were ,remg camc
OB. drove the King and his party out
of the Apia district with much slaugh
ter, and strongly entrenched them
selves to the southeast and north of
the town and port of Apia. Then they
rested, waiting for re-enforcements
by sea from Savaii. This was a serious
blow to Malietoa, for he was cut off
fiom Apia, the place where he could
buy arms, ammunition and supplies.
He could not gain access to the port
by sea, for. a fleet of rebel canoes were
.on the watch; neither could he obtain
"arme by stealth from any of the Eu
ropean merchants there, for all ihe
trading stores were watched by the
rebels, then practically in possession
of the town. And although a number
of his warriods did enter Apia, singly
or in twos or threes, and bought rifles,
they never returned, being shot down
by ambushed rebels as soon as they
were out of the precincts of the town.
Malietoa, however entrenched him
self strongly at a place called ilele
(Leaping Water), seven miles north of
Apia, and played a waiting game. I
may mention that the English and
American residents were in favor of
Malietoa, whilst the Germans openly
supported the rebel party, and actu
ally provided them with arms, taking
land in payment not their own lands,
but those that were to be wrestel
from Malietoa and his chiefs. In fact,
the war was engineered by the Ger
man consul-general against instruct
ions from Berlin, however.
At this time my half-caste partner,
Alar Strickland, and I were engaged
in trading throughout the group m a
small cutter, and doing remarkably
well- We bartered colored printed
stuffs, calicoes, hardware, tobacco and
other trade goods for copra (dried
cocoa nut) and yams. On the latter we
made large profit, for food was scarce
in Apia, and both whites and natives
bought them eagerly.
Mv partner was a stalwart young
Manahiki half-caste of. great re
sources and daring, and soon after
war broke out he suggested that we
should make a voyage to Tonga
(Friendly Islands), where we could
buy arms "Cheaply, and then, "run"
them into Samoa at various points
along the coast of .Upolu. We called
on the King and laid our plans before
him, and he promised us every assist
ance, and a good price for every rifle
we landed, especially Snides and Win
chesters ; also, he marked off on my
chart certain spots where he would
have people awaiting us, provided
these places had not been captured
by the rebel party.
We made several voyages, (and did
remarkably well. Occasionally we
were overhauled by the rebel war ca
noes and searched; but they found
nothing, for we had built a false skin
all around the cutter's hold, in which
the arms were stowed, and then the
hold itself was usually full of copra or
other cargo. Once, indeed, we were
caught, and I should have been shot
out of hand but for the resourceful
ness of Alan's wife (a Samoan girl),
'who effected ransom; but, as . I am
writing now only on the humors of
gun-running, I need not tell the story
here.
On our return from our third trip
to Tonga we found that Malietoa had
driven the rebls out of Apia district,
and was occupying their entrench
ments, but in port were three war
ships -the German Carola, the Amer
ican iResaca, and the British corvette
Cameleon who searched every in
coming vessel to see If she had arms
on board. A neutral zone had been
defined around Apia, a municipal gov
ernment (backed up by the warships)
had been formed, and all Europeans
had been warned that the selling of
arms was illegal, and would be pun
ished by a heavy fine (even if it were
.but a single shot gun) of one "hundred
pounds.
We had already got rid of forty
rifles and five thousand rounds of am
munition, by landing them on the
south side of Upolu; but when we
sailed into Api harbor we still had on
beard ten Winchesters, sixteen shot
rifles, ten Winchester carbines, and a
tiester carDines, ana
thousand cartridges for each. These
rifles we wished to deliver .to King
Malietoa himself, for., he alone had
cash enough to pay for such expensive
weapons. The cartridges were stowed
iA boxes of fifty each between the true
and false skins, and the' latter we
had whitewashed, "to sweeten the
hold." The rifles we" had hidden in an
exceptionally safe place, and so 'elf
pretty confident of pulling through all
right when the time came.
Being under British colors, we were
tooarded by an officer from the Came
leoi: as soon as we. anchored. He
handed me the Arms Proclamation,
end then asked me what cargo .we
had.
"Ten casks of molasses for Bailele
cotton plantation," I replied, "and
fifty-five hogs."
"Any arms?"
"We have these," I reeplied truth
fully, pointing to my own and Alan's
Winchester carbines and revolvers,
which were lying on the lockers.
"Ah, quite so. You are allowed to
carry these for the vessel's defense;
hut don't be tempted to sell them, or
you will repent it. But I must have a
look around all the same. Sorry to
(trouble vou. but these are my orders
After a somewhat perfunctory
Bearch of our small cabin had been
made we went on deck, the hatches
were taken off, and the lieutenant, his
coxswain, and I descended. He cast
his eyes around leisurely, then looked
fit the Msks of molasses, which, were
lvtne- nTnfrtshin. neatly dunaged with
preen banana tree stalks to keep them
" in position, and asked me to "oblige
. him" with a mallet and a straight bit
or trtiok AThnut four feet in lengtn
- Thv wr Tvrndiio.ed.
"Start the bungs of-some of these
Askn smith." said .the ofncer
The coxswain started the bungs of
tin Rofnrn the Bar,
-NT TT. Ttrnwn an attorney. Of Pitts
.fii v ir-it "Wr have used Dr
Avir,'a ww T.fto Pills for years and
ffind them such a good family medi-
cine w- wouldn't-be. without them.
- fTTor Thills. Constipation, Biliousness
r ftifir Headache thev work -: won
OF
FILIBUSTER
four of the casks, and then probed
each cask in turn, fore and "aft, and
along the bilges, drawing' out . each
time dripping black odorous molasses.
"That will do, Smith," said the of
ficer. Then turning to me, "Who on
earth can swallow such awful stuff as
.that?" he asked.
I explained that, with boiled rice,
it formed part of, the rations given to
the Kanaka laborers on sugar, planta
tions. When we returned to the deck the
officer told me that If . I wished .to sell
tsn or a dozen hogs, I should get a
good price for them from the corvette.
Now, Alan and I wanted the hogs
for a special purpose.-and I did not
like selling any of them to the Came
leon; but I thought it best to do so,
and although I asketi a fancy figure
for my .-piggies.?' I got It. Owing to
the war, fresh mVat of any kind was
at an extraordinary price. Food of all
other kinds was also very Scarce, no
vessels having arrived from the colo
nies with supplies for a long time,
and none were expected. Xo copra was
without losses, whereas the report is
.being made; and, although there was
plenty of money in Samoa, the trad
ing captains wanted copra, not cash.
That evening we killed a hog, and
sent it on shore as a present to a white
trader friend of mine. In the pig's
stomach were 250 loose Winchester
cartridges for Malietoa, who was hard
pressed for ammunition. I also wrote
the King a note telling him that I had
20 Winchesters and heaps of car
trides for him, if he sent some of his
chiefs to Vailele plantation for them
(with the money) he could have them
on the following day. -
We lifted anchor at daylight, beat
up to Vailele, and landed the casks of
molasses. The manager was a friend
of mine, and was "standing in" with
me over the business. Within an hour
the liquid contents of five of the bar
rels which had originally "held
American pork,vand were very suitable
for our purpose on account of their
length had been emptied into pth
er casks, and the rifles . were being
washed and cleaned.
The way Alan and I did it was this:
At Tonga we had bought ten empty
nork barrels, ' and placing a rifle or
carbine in position in' each, one onu
the stave next the bung hole on one
side, and one on the other, we secured
them by staples from the inside, filled
the casks with molasses, and .the mat
ter was done. It was Alan's Idea- He
was, as I have said, a man of resource.
Now, had that young lieutenant used
a piece of cane instead of a stiff stick,
and curved its point from the bung
hole down along the bilge, he would
have found something.
Malietoa was moat anxious that his
adherents on the island of Savii
should obtain 5,000 cartridges and 10
of the rifles, so we re-shipped five
casks of molasses and 5.000 cartrid
ges, and at once set sail for Matautu,
the principal port of Savii. Here we
were closely watched by tne reoeie,
who occupied the town, but who could J
. . . a i x .n;. l
mak no oMeetien to my selling a
couple of casks of molasses to the lo
cal trader; indeed, they were glad, for
all Samoans are fond of molasses. In
due course the trader sent the inter
nal fittings of the casks to the persons
for whom .they were intended, to
gether with 2,000 cartridges, which e
dropped in through the bung holes.
In the course of a month we re
turned to Apia, having got rid of the
last of the molasses and cartridges at
various places, on the coast of Savaii.
The hogs came in very usefully. Some
times we would call at villages inhab
ited solely by rebals, but the native
pastor of which would be friendly to
Malietoa. To him we would make a
present of a freshly killed hog, stuffed
with from 200 to 300 cartridges, like a
"lamb stuffed with pistachio nuts"
of the olden time, and so we did well,
and earned honest money.
During the time we were away Ma
lietoa had driven all the rebels to the
little island at Manono, which he could
not attack, as it was too well fortified
by stockades, and the rebels also had
seeveral cannon. However, peace
was restored a few months after.
Four years later I was again in Sa
moa, supercargo of a -Sydney trading
brig, and again found that a civil, war
was going on under almost similar
conditions to the previous one. Pro
visions were scarce and arms dear.
Now, we had on board a number of
cases of converted Snider rifles des
tined for the Caroline Islands, and I
determined to get them on shore at
Apia in some way or another. First of
all I had a secret interview with Ma
lietoa, and then His Majesty and I
"fixed things up."
t called unon the consuls and ln-
, ... Viat T ,ad number of
nn nrrt. intended for
the Caroline Islands, but since leav-
ing Sydney had learned that the ia
tives of those islands had attacked
and wiped out one of the Spanish gar
risons, that severe fighting was still
going on, and that if the Spanish au
thorities ascertained that 1 1 had arms
on board the ship would wouKi oe
seized and confiscated.' The consuls
greed that that was a certainty.
"Well, eentlemen," I said, "I don't
want to lose the ship and see the in
side of a Manila prison for tne saice oi
a few cases of rifles. Now, if you will
allow me to land them here, to remain
under your "care until I return irom
ths Carolines three months hence, I
am willing to pay $150 for tne stor
age.' - J -
This They Wouia Jot Agree xo.
"Very well, . then, if you will not
oblige me in this matter l snan not
sell a' single ounce of any kind of pro
visions to any white man In Samoa."
This was a staggerer, our vessel
had a great quantity of provisions for
sale, and none were to De naa in
Aria: so after consultation they agreed
to store the arms, ana l paw iou m
advance. Then the consular police
boat came off, and the cases of, rifles
were sealed with the joint consular
seal&, taken on shore and deposited in
the care of the chief oi tne municipal
police (the government of the neu
tral zone of the Apia district Demg
administered by the consuls.)
We sailed shortly after, with sever
al heavy bags. of American dollars in
the ship s safe, and two night after
we had left, during a'heavy downpour
of rain the police barracks were burg
led and the cases of rifles carried off
holus-bolus. With the rifles also dis
appeared flvenative policemen. I can
imagine tne great rejoicing in Kine
Malietoa's lines that night when the
cases were brought Irxr
-An American friend of mine, a fellow-supercargo,
succeeded in gettinp- a
number of rifles on shoTe in Samoa by
concealing' them in cases of corrugat
ed Iron that were to form the roof of
a new native church two in every
case!-The cases wereacked 4n Auok.
I knew well hit upon the excellent de
vice for getting cartridges on shore.
The Samoans. are., passionately fond of
tinned Salmon and sardines. He open
ed some hundreds of cases of salmon,
took out each tin and. partly opened
it,1 stuck in a cartridge or two, sold
ered the tin again, and gave it .a dab
of brown 'paint. For this -particular
brand of salmon the -natives were al
way ready to pay half a dollar instead
of the ;usual quarter., and he was soon
sold out. v ' .
WRAP MILK AND
B00ZE IN PAPER
Xew Industry at St. Louis Makes Milk
. iPunctuss a Cinch New Water
r proof! Paper Bottles and Recepta
cles Designed to Hold Any Kind of
Fluid Except Essential Oils. -
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
: Before the -end .of Lent the St;
Louis housewife will find her daily
supply of milk on the' back steps' neat
ly done up in paper Instead of in a
glass bottle. V .
The latest local industry, and the
only one of the, kind in the world,
is the manufacture of "paper bottles
designed to hold liquids of nearly
all kinds milk, whiskey, bluing, vin
egar or anything else tJhat has hereto
fore required an inoasement in glass,
metal or wood. The-principal purpose
of the factory, aside- from that of
making money for the company that
owns and operates it, is to furnish a
single service package that-will do
away with the danger of infection
from contagious diseases, and elimi
nate the cost of breakage attached to
the use of . glass bottles. By single
service package is meant a receptacle
ilhat is used one time only, then de
stroyed. The first problem confronting the
inventors, H. S. Wilson and H. C.
Murphy, was to make the paper bot
tles waterproof. This -was, accomplish
ed. Then it was necessary to form the
paper toto packages that could be
sealed without the use of paste or glue
or other soluble " adhesive. Tlhls was
done. Next machinery was perfected
that can turn out more than 300,000
bottles or packages a day, more than
200 a minute. '
The paper used is made of straw,
so there is ho danger of the new indus
try becoming a menace to the forests
of the country. It. is waterproof with
paraffin, as It passes from an immense
roll of paper into the automatic ma
chinery. When it comes out it is a
perfectly formed bottle or package,
impervious .to moisture and sterilized
by the application of '220 degrees of
heat. It is capable of holding any li
quid except an essential oil.
Why not an essential oil? Because
paraffin is soluble in essential oils; and
in nothing else. Wlhat is paraffin? par
affin is a .by-product of petroleum,
and one of the most wonderful of the
hydrocarbons. It contains only two el
ements, hydrogen and carbon, 1-600-000,000
hydrogen and the -remainder
carbon. If the atom of (hydrogen were
removed paraffin would become pure
carbon and turn black.
So much for the waterproof cover
ing of the paper bottle. Its uses are
manifold. It is intended to supplant
the glass and tin receptacles for most
liquids and semi- liquids, sudh as pre-
served fruits and vegetables. The prin-
cipel demand for the packages at pres-
Atit VfTBVp'r- is nr milk.
In 1903 the Department of Agricul
ture discussed fi matter of deliver
ing milk as follows:
"The small glass Jar or bottle as a
complete and sealed vessel, to pass
unopened from the producer to the
consumer, Is a great advance in equity,
purity and security of delivery. It has
been rapidly improved from the clum
sy form in "which it was introduced,
25 years ago, and has almost reached
perfection as a glass vessel for this
purpose. It is yet too tveavy.. short
lived and expensive, however. The
ideal package for milk carriage and
delivery, clean, safe and so cheap as
to be used only once, has yet to be 1
found."
Under (the head of "Epidemics" the
Farmers Bulletin No. 42 took up the
question of delivering milk In glass
bottles, and showed the danger of in
fection from Improperly cleaned ves
sels of this character.
These statements wwre made .before
the paper bottle -was Invented.
The St. Lou-is company's represen
tatives assert that the paper bottle ful
fills all the requirements of cheapness,
safety and UghtnesB, indicated as de
sirable. The liquid, package has been indors
ed by the government pure food com
mission in a etatement that ther mem
bers "can see nothing injurious in the'
use of paraffin as used in the manufac
ture of this package." ' x
.Mr. Wilson declares that imilk and
other products keep better in the pa
per bottles than in the most thorough
ly sterilized glass receptacles.
"We have made numerous experi
metFts," said he, "and find that milk
stays sweet from 20 to 200 per cent
loneer in our 'packages than in , the
cleanest glass jar. This is due to the
germ-resisting qualities of paraffin.
which, for some reason not actually
known, will not maintain a germ cul
ture. The uses of these packages have
been estimated from- a careful compar
ison with government statistics to
reach the , enormous amount of 60,-
000,000 a day for food products alone.
They cover almost every field where a
tin or glass receptacle is now, employed.-
' . ;
The nresent plant has a capacity of
about 300,000 packages a day, 100,000
of iwhich are to be used for milk
alone. Among some of the other ar
ticles for wtoich the packages are used
are cheese, sausage, butter, pickles,
beans, greases, sirup and glue.-
"The cost of the package Is about
one-third that of tin and one-sixth
that of glass. A package can be used
but once, and when it Is used tttie con
sumer is assured that the contents are
thoroughly sterilized.'
One of the uses to which the paper
package will be put will appeal to the
residents of the- arid regions of the
country where the lid is a perpetuity
under the law. The smallest package
made holds two ounces of liquid, and
on it Is prmted in red this legend: -
"One Full Drink
of
Blended Whiskey,
Bottled in Bond Under Government
Supervision."
After these paper "drams" are bot
tled they are sealed "by a government
official.
It is designed to carry out this Idea
with larger packages for whiskey and
other liquids for which there is a de
mand for a nonrefillable bottle. '
CASTOR I A
For Iafants and Children.
The Kind Yea Have Always B::gM
Signature of ULsX?VyCZLZ
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MDW2ES IFOR
6-Room Cottage, North" Graham street extension, city water,' nice .
garden and fruit, Good size lot. Price, for qjuick. sale , . .. . -
il-Room Cottage, EastOak street, electric .lights and city - water
on rear porch, house beautifully papered throughout, splendid lo
cality. Price. ... . . ...... ...... . .$2,250
J. E. MURPHY & COMPANY
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YOUR SPRING SUITS TO" MEASURE
l'S
We do not BRAG about our Suits,
pur customers do.
C - ' 205 N. Tryon St.
Police Asleep on
Duty
That's no worse than gou
are doing, if you don't take
advantage of cash prices that
Save You $2.50 to $5.
on pour Easter Suits at
Hello, 901, sencLme your
teach the oiilldkex y
THE ART OP SETTING.
Every reasonable and . wise mother
knows hat it is -never too early to
teach her little daughter to sew. Of
course, if, in her efforts at being a
seamstress, she is likely to rjlin her
own clothes then let her begip on the
tiny garments of her doll. She will
easily form the habit of mending torn
places indolly's clothes and replac
ing absent buttons.
Wit hthis experience it will not be
lon before she will begin to take an
interest in her own clothes, and so will
not need to be warned that a button
is coming off or that the hem of her
skirt is coming out. B-ut, of course.
she could not begin to sew by patching
her own clothes, nor by mending intricate-tears.
First see that she sews
on buttons correctly, and' then let . her
do some basting.
In time she will learn to hem, and
very soon the wise mother1 will have
at hand a helpful little seamstress who
will take many cares from the over
burdened shoulders.
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Words to Freeze -the Soul.
"Your son has Consumption. - His
case is hopeless." These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. E. Blev
ens, a leading merchant,; of Spring
field,, N. C, by two expert doctors
one a lung specialist. Then was
shown the wonderful power of Dr.
King's New Discovery.! "After thre
weeks. use," writes Mr.: Blevens, "he
was as well as ever. . I would not
take all the money in the world for
what it did 5 f orv. my Wby.'v. Infallible
for Coughs and Colds,- its the safest,
surest cure of desperate Lung dis
eases on earths 50c. and 1.00. W.
Li. Hand & Co. guarantee satisfaction.
Trial bottle free. ' ,
IN WARM WEATHER
'Phone 19 or 72.
Standard loo & JFiset &o.
M. A. Bland, Vice President and Sales Agent
00
best Dollar Umbrella.
Easter Goods
Post Cards etc.
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Just received a
big shipment of
Easter Go o ds
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which are now
on display.
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12 NORTH TRl'ON STREET.
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It Insures Comfort
If You Want
y Good Results
Buy. Standard
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;--.:vWe offer at a bargain a beautiful lot in Elizabeth on car line with
water and sewerage in front of property, near Elizabeth College.
Price only.. .. ......... .. .. ...... $1,150'
CHARLOTTE TRUST & x REALTY CO.
Phnno 177 A. G. CRAIG, Sccreiary
'1111111" Ji W. J. CHAMBERS, Treasurer
Office Basement Realty Building.
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'As well as large ones are welcome here you need
not wait until your busines has assumed great pro
portions before opening an account. " Do sol to-day.
Our patrons, regardless of the amount of business
rdone, receive every courtesy in all matters entrust
ed to us.
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
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35 East Trade Street.
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The warm days are coming and you will want to
lie down during teh day and rest for a few minutes
and you will need a comfortable Couch or Daven
port.
We want to figure with you on either of these
pieces of furniture. Couches as low as $10.00, Dav
enports from $35.00 up.
. I. McCoy Co.
CASH OR EASY TERMS.
EASTER
"There's nothing so , good as a
Book."
A few of the particularly appropri
ate books are: .
The Easter Story, by Humah Warner.
price.. .... ....... . . ... .50c
.The Story of the Other Wise Man, by
Zr. Henry Van Dyke, price .... 50c
The Bible as Good-TReading, by Sena
tor Beveridge, ' cloth, 60c; liinp
leather . . , . . . . . .' . . . . . . .. . '.$1.00
Counsels by the Way, by Dr. Van
Dyke, price, v .. .... $1.00
The Fruit Tree Gentleman, price 50
Story of Great-Hymns'- each attract
ively illustrated, price'.;. '. . . . . .50c
We have many of the latest book!
on religious thotght -and an artistic
line of booklets and Easter cards,' In
eluding Post, Cards.'
Stone & Barrjnger Co.
Booksellers and Stationers. -
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Colonial j
Height
Only four more Crescent
Avenue Lots and two mors
Vail Avenue Lots, fire.
Providence Itaad Lots at,
first sale prices. Careful re
strictions as to buildup
lines and cost of hon3
which will make Colonial ?;
most attractive- location
modern homes.
Easy terms, or liberal
Mil
count tor casn. ;
F. C. Abbott & Col
Everything in Eeal Estat;
r Jders, 25c - W, I Hand & Co.
I lancUN. Then another; man whom