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THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER: TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1880. IlIITItmtTIVK Jl STICK. Unless the true condition of affairs fn, Spain Is grossly misunderstood and .misrepresented In London In the dis patches sent out a revolution is very Immlnen-t and the overthrow of the present dynasty is probably close at hand. Variooi3 Uispatche3 seem to give this assurance. IA.U the indica tions seem to point in that direction, and the rumor that there is talk in Madrid of the resignation of the Queen Utesent, another of the young heir Al fonso, certainly gives creklence to the report of a speedy collapse of the Spanish regency hy revolution. The army i3 known to 'be partially disloyal, nd it is the one, sole prop of the dy nasty, which is ba3ed in its rights to ??overn by a descent from the "Aus trian Woman" of (history. The Car lists (followers of Don Carlos,) are .showing much activity. They are the ""outs" now, and their only hope of promotion and provender is based on n successful revolt by which the long eeking Don will come into power and dispense the gifts of the crown to needy and hungry adherents. It is the (belief both at Vienna and Ilrussels, where the pretended Carlos is staying, that a revolution is ju3t ahead nd that Alfonso will never become Icing of Spain. A military dictator ship was strongly -talked In the Span ish cortes, and 'Marshal Campos, who was head -man in Cuba until Weyler oame, will !be the leader. Troop3 are under arms ready for use. Great des pondency exists at Vienna. Austria laa ibeen united all along with Spain In olse ties of sympathy and inter ests, and in the past emperor3 ruled both Austria and Spain. Bpain is. putting on the best showing ft can, but it is an effort mainly to f?ave herself from overwhelming defeat by seeking to arouse the sympathy and tit-lp of foreign powers. The Washing ton Post says: "It is obvious that the Madrid authorities are suspicious of England, and seeking to convince 'Prus sia, Germany, France, and Austria that the proposed seizure of the Phil ippines means virtually a conquest in which Great Britain is primarily inter ested. The policy of the United States will foe to hold the islands, once they are occupied by our forces, until the war tends, and then makj whatever disposition of the possessions that may Ibe most advantageous to us in recoup ing the losses involved in the conflict. In any event, however, a coaling sta tion will a riKacvrvArl fhv tha TTnitorl States." The Spanish press is very wrathy and roundly curse out the government as also the cortes is "engaged in. It is declared that Spain is not yet ready for war. It is said that the ministry studiously conceals important facts. One editor in the cortes was so worked jip he declared it was ibetter to aban don Cuba than to fight the United P4tatfa whpn mnnrpivirel. Tlhe censor - -. ship of the press is very strict. That a tierce civil war 'threatens Spain is very plainly in sight. Only European in tervention for peace or a splendid Spanish victory at sea can save the throne from rum'bling to pieces. It . looks really now as if the Avenging 2Temesis of the ancients, was now on the trail of the Spanish 'brutes and coundrels who assassinated 266 Am erican sailors in the harbor of Havana in a time of profound peace. If that city should ibe bombarded it will add to the signal character of the punish ment for 'basest treacheiry and coward See. "Remember the Maine!" The iialtimore Herald in pointing to the providential retribution of justice says with something approaching eloquence of indignation: "No fouler offence was ever com imitted by one nation against another. The punishment will be inexorable. The first count of the sentence has al ready been executed by the annihila tion of a fleet and the capture of an important possession. Cuba must fol low, and so will Porto (Rico, and the Spanish (fleets will 'be swept from the .fieas. The Spaniards, witu theif boasted "pride" and their vaunted honor." will 'be humbled to the earth. 'There will be an eye for a:; eye and a ooth for a tooth, and the tMaine will fce avenged. There, is an all-wise providence- which orders these things. Spain is answering at the 'bar for her erultles. her oppressions, her "bloody '.crimes. tNemesis is upon her trail!" The old famous lines in the Greek 'Oracula Sibyllina are true now as when first written. These lines appear 4a Herbert's "Jacula iPrudentum." The German poet Baron Von Logau em Sxalmed or embodied them in immortal 'verse. "New England's Longfellow has 'translated them, many thinking them original. His version is well known: Though the mills of God grind slow ly, yet they grind exceeding small; 'Huugh with patience He stands wait ing, with exactness He grinds all." .In the Greefc it is "the mills of the Cods, &c, Spain must answer for her long persisted in oppressions and cruelties, for her ibartoaric wars, for her cruel massacred in the past, for her Senseless, remorseless revenges, for her baseness and unmitigated devil tries iNemesis ia in close pursuit. iA nation that is so false it -cannot !be trusted; tet, race so treacherous that it may not tje received even as friends and allies, is far gone surely from any modern standard of worthiness and confidence, tlfaneo (Danaos et ferentes dona "I fear the Greeks even while bearing .Sifts." Children like It, it saves their lives lOTe mean One Minute Oough Cure, the SnfaiUHlbW remedy for coughs, colds, noup, fbronchibis. grippe, and all throat fcn& lung troubles. (R. R, Bellamy. SPAMSII PATRIOTISM. It Is never wise to under-rate your enemy. It is wise to first count the cost and then fight. Tou will then be prepared to measure resources and prepare for any and all events. The Spaniard Is very brave as a fighter, but he has been often licked badly. The English have done much of this. They showed splendid pluck in resist ing Napoleon, but the English -were with them. The Europeans bank high on the Spaniards In fighting Americans. We have not underrated their pluck, pertinacity, pride, patriotism. But they have prodigiously failed in their war upon the handful of Cubans. Af ter sending more than 200,000 Spanish soldiers to Cuba, the insurgents are still active, still unsubdued. How is that for such a brave people? Three generals have lent their strength and skill in the last three years and have neither won laurels nor put down the little rebellion. The Philadelphia Re cord notes one fact that does not speak well of the devotion and pluck of many Spaniards. It says: "It has exhausted itself in making a waste of that island and in starving Its non-combatant inhabitants. The quality of Spanish patriotism may be estimated from the fact that in the months of January to August, 1896, in clusive, the sum realized by the Span ish government from purchases of ex emptions from military duty amounted to 42,000,000 pesetas; in the year pre ceding the outbreak of revolt in Cuba only i, 000,000 pesetas were raised from this source. Spanish patriotism seems to grow in an increase ratio to the needs of the country." Talking about Spanish patriotism leads one to turn to Spain now in its direful stress of war. How do the peo pcr bear themselves? There are tu mults, threats, conspiracies, all around, and even in the very citadel, in its ancient capital city, there is mob law threatening and martial law proclaim ed. Destroy their fleets and peace can come. UOtfE FOLKS Our esteemed and excellent weekly contemporary, The Smithfield Herald, has just completed its sixteenth year. Under its present editor, Mr. S. S. Holt, it has been effective and influential for good. It is a square-out democrat and pursues no devious ways. Long may it flourish as an ally and exponent of the democracy. We got the date wrong as to Lieuten ant W. P. Wooten. He has been re cently graduated from West Point. We were misinformed by a friend as to the date. He is from LaGrange and has been ordered to Willett's Point, New York. He stood number three in his class. There were more than twenty southern boys, and The New York Sun says most of them stood well. So Representative Richmond Pearson is in North Carolina busily at work upon his fences. He is violently in love with the accommodating part of the populists who in politics are of "easy virtue." Richmond cannot continue to suck the congressional sugar-bag any longer unless he can induce by promise and bargain the superserviceable pops in the Asheville "deestrict" to stand by his banner and keep it waving in the mountain breezes in his behalf. It would be a happy circumstance if this political trickster could be severely "turned-down." A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anyibody can try it who has Lame Back and Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles.. We mean he can cure himself" right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to the iLiver and Kidneys, is a 'blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures Constipation, Head ache, Fainting Spells, Sleeplessness and Melancholy. It is purely vegetable a mild laxative, and restores the sys tem to its natural vigor. Ty Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every hottle guar anteed. Only 50c a bottle at R. R. Bel lamy's drug store. THE TWO NAV5E&." According to a-' careful English esti mate cf the two navies, American and Spanish, this country has the advan tage. The sum of it is this the Am ericans ha-.e the most guns, but the Spaniards can run away faster than our ships can. The Englishman take3 twenty-five vessels sixteen Spanish and nine American and makes a com parison. He shows that Spanish ves sels are faster, the average is 23.7. knots per hour, and American "but 19.63. The examination as a whole is unfavorable to the American navy. We quote at some length: "It will be observed that the dis placement cf the United (States ves sels rather exceeds that of the ships of Spain; also that the guns are more in number. Here, however, any fancied superiority in the average qualities of the vessels composing the two groups ends. We have carefully analyzed the conditions as regards efficiency of fire and separated the various types of quick-firing guns fror.i those of ordi nary character which happen to have the same calibre. The result of inves tigation, however, proves that, tnough the number of separate pieces of ord nance carried in the Spanish ships is less than that contained in the Ameri can squadron, the weight of metal thrown and the fire energy developed is far greater; the weight of projectiles fired usefully in one minute being 40.S11 pounds, or practically "0 tons, against only 37.S0S pounds, while the fire energy is 1.529,516 foot tons, against only 1,120,323 foot-tons as capable of being delivered by the ships of the -United States. These are significant facts. The main factor in the product of gun-powder on the Spanish vessels is the output of energy created by the 47 quick-firing guns of 5.5-inch calibre. It is a fact that out of 30 6-inch guns carried in the United States ships now under consideration, only six are quick firing." And yet the recent naval battle was disastrous to Spain. It is a well known fact that American gunners are "better marksmen and (American seamen are fetter than the Spanish. The English estimate is correct probably, hut the results may show very different results from what i3 anticipated. In the late great sea fight the 'Americans had the Olympia, .Baltimore, Raleigh and Bos ton, protected cruisers. Concord and Petrel, gunboats, and Monocacy, wood en corvette. The Spaniards had seven vessels of war, faut we have not at hand a description of xheir kind, and how many were armored cruisers and the relative strength in guns of the two fleets. In the Spanish squadron, whose movements in the Atlantic are being watched with extreme interest, there are eight war vessels and several torpedo boats. BREVITIES.. he Union Theological Seminary of Virginia, In which .North Carolina Presbyterians are partlculary interest ed, has sixty-eight students enrolled for the session of 1897-98. . The last talk i3 that Russia does not like Engl-nd's friendship for the Unit ed States, sid that Germany is not un friendly to our country as recently re ported. The 'New York Tribune says there is no proof that Emperor William is hostile, hut the attitude of Germany is kindly. It 13 said that Mr. W. J. Bryan tried to get an ppointment of a brigadier general's commission 'but it met with no favor. Talk now is that the outcome of the war will be a Spanish republic. They had that over there, with the greatest orator, Castellar, as president, and it failed quickly. Spaniards are not capable of living under a republic. A strong army only suits them. There is a great rush for war in Spain. Captain Jones, Britisher, has just arrived at St. John's from Cadiz. He says there is tremendous activity, that dock yards were crowded with artisans, cruisers and torpedo boats were under repairs and regiments were assembling at the garrison. It was evident, the captain says, that the Spaniards were deeply in earnest. The enthusiam was immense. NORTH CAROLIN A The Lutheran Synod will meet in Sal isbury next year. The annual meeting of cotton manufac turers will be held at Charlotte on the 12dh instant. Winston Sentinel: The colored voters of Winston form about twelve-fifteenths of the republican party and yet they are given only three-fifteenths of the nomi nations for aldermen. Dunn Union: We learn that the dwell ing of Mr. H. F. Warren, who lives about four miles east of town in Sampson county, was destroyed by fire last "Wed nesday night. The fire was discovered about 9:30 o'clock and its origin Is un known. Mr. Warren saved a part of his household effects. Wilson Times: Last Saturday Mr. Dempsey Watson was in Kenly and was drinking-. About 10 o'clock he left there to go to hLs home, near Kirby's Crossing, in this county. Sunday morning- about S o'clock 'he was found about one mile this side of Kenly dead. He was near the railroad, a bruise on his head, and lying in a small pool of water. Salisbury "Sun: If reliable reports be true, that mammoth water power at the famous falls- of the Yadkin in Stanly county is to be harnessed and, Albemarle, Salisbury, New London, Norwood, Con Cord, Lexington and other tributary towns are to feel the thrill of the elec trical current. The syndicate, we learn, is composed of Scranton, Pa., capitalists and manufacturers. 'States ville Mascot: Thomas Harris, of Hickory, who -was visiting at the home of his uncle, John 'Moore, in the Stony Point neighborhood, accidentally shot himself while hunting last Saturday af ternoon. He was standing on top o a fence with his gun between his knees when the gun slipped from its reslin? place and fell, striking the hammer on the rail. The gun was discharged and the load went into his thigh about half way between the knee and groin, rang ing upward" and: backward. He is seri ously, but not necessarily fatally hurt. Raleigh Post: A republican said to us yesterday that he had been Informed that the populists of Brunswick held a county convention Monday ami appoint ed delegates to the state convention to be held on the 17th instant, and instructed said delegates to support a proposition for fusion with the democrats. The aforesaid republican added: "I am not surprised at this action, but what gets away with me is, Governor Russell was in Brunswick on Monday, and I am told engineered this movement for democratic fusion with the democrats. The Retail merchant of 1900. What changes may we look for with in the next few years? This is a query which all retailers with small capital may well ponder. Already the thought ful merchant has recognized the neces sity for the adoption of safeguards to prevent the loss of capital. It may be said that hard times have made peo ple the more careful of their dimes, or that the great department stores in the cities, with the peculiar methods, have made a hole in the small mer chant's profit, or that it is the ever extending trolly line or the frequent cheap excursions to the large centres. It may be said that it is the mail or der houses supplying the consumer. But, say what you will, there is no de nying the fact that changes have come and that changes are still going on. Let every merchant, therefore, fortify his business by adopting the soundest rules. Let him collect his accounts promptly; let him meet competition rationally; let him push profitable goods energetically and restrict his buying to what he can sell, and seU quickly. The necessity of the hour is to make the business pay, whatever It it, or else the retailer muct prepare to join the wage workers of the world with whatever grace he can command. asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to flood's Pills. Small In size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one man said: ' You never know you ww you hare taken a pill Mil ' urer. zdc. v;, i. uooa & uo., I f 11 II 1 1 Proprietor. Lowell. Mass. u UUUg Tae only pub to' take with Hood's Ssaija, ADDITIONS TO STATE GIADD Companies Being Formed la the Dif ferent Town 'ote From Camp Grime The Cae Agralntt the Ex State Printer monument I'nreUlns Rebuked for Slurrinc at ExConfeil rate Soldier. "Messenger Bureau. Raleigh, N. C. May S. There is a general satisfaction at the decision of the United States circuit- court of appeals that the Cape Fear BJid Y ad l-in Valey railway must be old as a whole. It is the belief here that the Seaboard Air Line will speedily purchase it. It was expected that Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Davis, V. S. A. will be lieutenant colonel of one of the two regiments of North Carolina volun teers, but it can now be said on author ity that he will e one of the majors. Dr. John J. Mott, a3 the head of the free silver republicans in this state, today issues a call on them to organize for the coming campaign. The survey of the railway from Apex this county, to some point near Lil Iington, Harnett county, has begun. It is said the road will be fifty miles in leng-tH. Last night a company of the state guards was organized at Concord in thirty minutes, with 60 men. This week one will be organized at States ville. The arms now in possession of the companies from those towns will be sent the respective places. The adjutant general says the pay of the volunteers in camp here dates f rom April 27th. Clustering Officer John C. Gresham. U. S. A., -will complete his work next week, it is understood, and will then ask to be given active service. L. O'B. Branch, camp C. V., here en dorse W. II. S. Burgwyu for colonel of the SeconVl regiment of volunteers. There is satisfaction her at the news that the practice with the great guns mounted at Fort Caswell was so good. Wilmington people who come here say they regard that place as safe from at tack. It will be remembered that the su preme court at this term affirmed the judgment in favor State Treasurer Worth against the ex-public printers, Stewart Bros., of Winston. The 6tate claims that they received something like $20,000 of money not due. The Judge of th superior court here ap points Samuel Modecai refers .to settle the matter. At Camp Bryan Grimes today com panies from GoldsTxwo, Reidsville and Waynesville were mustered into the United States service, all 'being in the First regiment and completing it. The tJ Idsbora officers and men were "before the surgeons this morning. This after noon, on the spacious drill ground the First regiment, now complete, was paraded for inspection ana verification. It is very dry here, In fact there is almost a drought, but crops appear to be florishing. Three convicts were brought to the penitentiary today from Cleveland county. At Guilford Battle Ground, near Greensboro, tomorrow the students of Oak Ridge institute will unveil a mon ument to the memory of "Light Horse Harry," Lee's boy bugler, who was murdered by Tarleton's dragoons near Oak Ridge during the war of the revo lution. The literary societies of the institute made the gift of the moun ment. There will be addresses by John R. Webster, C. D. Mclver, Dread Pea cock and others. The students of sev eral colleges and of the Greensboro public schools will participate. An ex-confederate soldier of Winston Salem today wrote the adjutant gener al a confidential letter saying that in Salem a man named Eugene Foucht had displayed in front of his office a United States recruiting poster and on a blackboard near by the words "No one who ever fought against Uncle Sam need apply." By direction of Gov ernor Russell the adjutant general tel egraphed to Foucht, directing him to remove the placard and the inscrip tion. The adjutant general rebuked Foucht in plain terms for his act, say ing neither the president nor the gov ernor would permit such an insult. An effort is being made to have M. L. McCorkle, of Catawba county, son of ex-Judge McCorkle, made adjutant of the First regiment. The weather report shows for April 3.03 inches of rain here, a little under the average. The mean temperature was 50 degrees, 3 under the average. . The Greatest Discovery Vet. W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, 111., "Chief," says: "We won't keep house without Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex perimented with many others, hut never got the true remedy until we used Dr. King's New Discovery. No other remedy can take its place in our home, as in it we have a certain and sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Whoop ing Cough, etc." It is idle to experi ment with other remedies, even if they are urged on you as just as good as Dr. King's New Discovery. They are not 'as good, 'because this remedy has a record of cures and besides is guaran teed. It never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles free at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. What Is Advertising ? Advertising may be done in a thou sand ways. Any method which tells anybody about anything is advertis ing. Advertising may be done by word of mouth, dr by word of type. Ad vertising is anything which conveys a message about a business or a product. If a man opens a store and tells his friends about it, he is advertising the store. If he prints his announcement on cards and hands them to the passerby, he is advertising the store. If he puts his sign above the door, or goods into his window, he is adver tising the store. If he makes a hundred duplicates ot this sign and nails them on fences or , dead walls where people can see them, he is advertising. If he joins a church or club, or a se cret society, his name and his busi ness will become known, and he will still be advertising . If he causes his sign or his card to be reproduced and printed in a newspa per, he is doing the same thing that he did when h tacked the sign on the fences or handed the card to the passers-by. He is putting his sign into the house of every reader of that paper. This hypothetical man is a retail dealer. He is in direct contact with the people to whom he seeks to convey the news of his enterprise. The prin ciple is exactly the same with the mak er or handler of goods that are to I Viave a more than local sale. Of all the ways of advertising, tne best, most certain and cheapest is that of using the columns of a good news paper. Intelligent people with mnty to spend always read tae papers (o)Ld) TIHll BEWT GENUINE BARBADOS MOLASSES Imported by Ourselves Now on Hand and More NEW CROP TO ARRIVE I We carry alwas a complete stock of all grades, styles and prices. The Worth PENNYROYAL rJO' DR. MOTION For by W H. Green & Co. Just received at the Racket Store. Nev Goods just received. 4,000 yards or new Calicoes from 4c to 2.&00 yanJs of Gaines 4-4 Percale at &c, lovely styles. 500 yards Shallies atCt. 600 yards of colored Lawn, all Kradea and colors, from 4c to 20c per yard. 1,000 yards of white India Linen, from 4c to 25c. 300 yardd of White Swiss, from 12' ic to 33 cents. 400 yards of very wide curtain. 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