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fToTcoiiii, ) (ithlisiiek,) r ElUloKs. Wm. II. WIIITK, ) SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 Entered at the Post Office at Ma rion, N. C, for transmission through the mails, as second class matter. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1897. WANAMAKKK ON Til K OI'TI.OOK. Owing to his prominence in business and in politics, when John Wanamaker speaks he is worth hearing, and he is a man who, we believe, is conscientious in his views. At Philadelphia recently he made a speech to a number of hard headed, successful business men, and the following, from the New York Journal, is the substance of what he said : "The country is not prosperous. The tide will soon set in strongly against the Republican party unless the depression of busi ness is altered. Idleness and want breed a bitter discontent which will never be overcome until there are ample employments. "The foes America has to fear are our own patient and heart-tired people, our own suffer ing, much-promised people, who, betrayed and disheartened, no longer have faith in their party, and will turn to any leadership that offers better times, believing that worse times can never come than those now existing. "The young men are growing up indifferent to Republican prin ciples, with no respect for parties of broken platforms, who use na tional and Slate patrunge in pay ment of election contracts. There are immeasurable depths of misfortune for this nation and State if the continued use of cor poration and public moneys and the dispensation of Federal and Stace patronage continue to be controlled in the interest of office holders to hold office for them selves and to benefit those who desire to keep Government con tracts or maintain particular pro tection through the money given by which elections are decided. "There will most assuredly come a day when there will be a mighty revolt and resistance resulting in a revolution that will give birth to a new political party." Mr. Wanamaker reiterates his views in a long interview. Some of his remarks follow : "I confess that five years of listening to a steady stream of people passing through this office, with their tales of woe, sorrow and starvation, have worn upon me." Mr. Wanamaker continued, "and I confess also that I am alarmed by the increase in the numbers of that procession the last few months, so many have used up their hard earned savings. My very soul cries out when I meet this daily procession here and then see the tariff bill practically aground in the Senate and no sign of any intention to take up the currency questions, which to the minds of many people are the largest half of the problems which the last administration, after four years of bungling, handed over to the Republican party for solution. "While I believe that the good times anticipated will grow but of the employment of the people through a return to a protective tariff, it must not be forgotten that there are thousands of busi ness men in this country who be lieve that there will be no perma nently settled prosperity until definite deliverances have been had from Congress upon monetary questions." I'Ol.KV. This is an overworked word. Its original, general meaning is method a way of action and pru dence. Hut from having been ap plied to devious and crooked ways of men, it has taken on a corre sponding shade of meaning. It no longer means ftuJence so much as wire-fulling. Some few men perhaps ate straightforward, gen erally, because they say it is the "best policy" to be such; that is, they will succeed better to wear the garb at least of unimpeachable conduct. Hut honesty is not "a policy." It is a principle of right by which men are guided in their moral con duct, regardless of reward. Men should be honest or do right sim ply because it is commanded of the great Lawgiver, and because it is right to do right. And still "wisdom is justified of her chil dren." That is, the good are prop erly rewarded here and hereafter too. Hut to see an individual guided in his life by what is termed policy not doing right for iis own sake, but doing right or wrong as it may advance his popularity, monev making, position seeking, or some selfish end this sort of conduct is worthy of condemnation. Ac from principle, not sell-seeking policy. Senator Farle, of South Caro lina, died at his home in Green ville, that S:ate, last Thursday, of liright's disease, aged 50 years, lie hud served his State in both branches o( the Legislature, as Attorney General and judge. He was elected Senator last winter, defeating Governor Evans, Till man's candidate. Senator Earle's death is a great loss to South Car olina and the nation and is very much regretted. He was a man of marked ability, and conserva tive. It is said that Governor Ellerbe will a--k:c:i.t Congressman MtLaurin to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by the death of Mr. Earle. FROOKKKss IN VICTORIA'S REIGN. "When Victoria was called to ths throne the United Kingdom contained 26,000,000 people," writes Wiliiam George Jordan of "What Victoria Has Seen," review ing, in the June Ladies Jome Jour nal, the world's progress during the sixty years of the English sovereign's rule. To day it has over 39,000,000. The 'A'ise men' of the time said the nation would go to pieces. They claimed it could never govern its home and colonial possessions. Under -Victoria the new territory acquired alone is one-sixth larger than all ''.urop?. To day Victoria rules over 402,514,000 people, or twenty seven per cent, of the population of the globe. Her Empire extends over 1 1,399.316 square miles, cov ering twenty one per cent, of the land of the world. The United States, at the time of Victoria's cornalion, had only 1 7,00 j,ooo peo ple ; to day it has 70,000,000. Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana were then Western frontier States. All our territory west of the Mis sisissippi contained less people than Philadelphia has to-day. Our present trans-Mississippi popula tion exceeds in number that of the whole country in 1837. Our ter ritorial area has increased seventy five per cent. ; our National wealth has increased about seventeen hundred per cent." A liij;rii-e to the .State. The following from the Newborn Chronicle tells its own story : Negro constable, negro lawyer, negro magistrate, negro loafers. The odors that are peculiar to the race thick and dense, and all this in a negro barber shop away up in Five Points. Over the floor iu knotted heaps were countless strands of wool. The room was small and stuffy one's flesh would creep with strange sensations. Everything essentially "uiggery." Courts may have a dignity that must be maintained, but the dig nity of this court could not be ad mitted except the mind struggled haul to realize that the white blooded old Tar Heel State spoke through the dark skinned barber magistrate, the negro lawyer and the negro constable. A pure minded Caucasian lady of relinenieiit and delicacy, charged by the negro lawyer and his negro clients with abducting and harbor ing a little negro girl, and only so charged because she had so re sented the officious impertinence in her own home of the negro law yer and negro clients this frail lady of refinement was summoned to appear before that negro court in rive Points yesterday alternoon at 1 o'clock. The husband of the lady was also warranted, lie ap pealed, but his wife did not. Thank God for that! "Law and order," and "lespect for the court" could not, under the peculiar con ditions and circumstances drag this white woman of refilled seusi bilities into this negro barbershop before the crowd of negro loafers and negio magistrate. "We could bring her if we chose to," flippantly observed the negro lawyer. "Suppose you make the effort," signiticrintly remarked one of the four white men in the barbershop. Hlood was pumping fast and hot through the veins of four Cauca sians. The negro lawyer made no reply. There is no need to enter into the grimy details of the case, or to elaborate the proportion that the defendants were entirely guiltless of the brazen, brutal charge. As a matter of spite the case was born of the spite and maliciousness of the African attorney a mark to the memory of Carolina's Supreme Court Hench! He had not re ceived the obeisance in a white man's home due a man "of the cloth" so he took his revenge. The African dispenser of im maculate justice could not read the warrant, so this was done by the black attorney. Still, one must respect "the court" even if it cannot read its own decree ! The defendants, through counsel, waived examination, and were each placed by the intelligent court under a one hundred dollar justified bond. The crowd of ne groes looked on in awe and silence. What dreams of splendid powers reposed in their race must have swept through their minds! What victories yet to be won! A white man and his wife ! bending low to a frizzle-headed magistrate! forced to hear the lashing froth of a frizzle-headed lawyer ! dragged into a frizzle-headed court by a frizzle-headed constable .'what splendid victories were theirs ! Hut there is retiibutiou every where. It's in heaven in the skies in earth in all things. The white men of North Caro lina must stop these things! Cite South Carolina ! and follow suit! Hurnsville Ea-le: Tuesday even ing as Will I). Hanks and his mother were returning home from Hurnsville, they were fired on by some one who stepped in the road in front of them. Mr. Hanks and his mother received the contents of a double-barreled shotgun which was loaded with birdshot. Mr. Hanks received nearly one entire load in his right leg from his hip down, while several shot took effect in Mrs. Hanks' face and breast. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mack Hanks. During the winter of 193, F. M. Mar tin, of Lon Reach. V. Va.. contracted a severe cold which left him with a couh. In speaking of how he cured it. he says: ' I used several kinds of cough syrup but found no relief until I bought a bottle of Chamberlain s Cough Keniedy, which relieved me almost in stantly, and iu a short time brought about a complete cure." When trou bled with a cough or cold use this rem edy and you will not find it necessary to try several kinds before you get re lief. It has been in the market for over twenty years and constautlv grown in favor and popularitv. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Morphew & White. If K A LKIt MILLhK AT AHKVILLK. The Man Who Created a Seiiaation Re cently in Georgia. Asheville Citizen, 24th. Now it is Asheville that must be included in the list of cities re ceiving visits from a "Divine Healer." This healer is Miller, the men who for some weeks has caused so much talk at Lithia Springs, Ga., and quite recently at Atlanta. His alleged wonderful work at the Springs created such a sensation that the Atlanta Look ing Glass printed a double page of iiiustrations showing scenes about Miller's headquarters. The Healer remained at Atlanta until Saturday, coming thence to Asheville, and he proposes to step here until such time as he desires to enter another field. He will presecute his work of healing here just as he has in other cities, and if one may judge by what he has done elsewhere the people here will be startled by the cures he will effect. - Healer Miller uses his power without remuneration, although he does not refuse free will offer ings, and this he is said to dis tribute among different charities in the towns where his lot may chance to tall. The Healer will begin his work to morrow morning at Lookout Park, conducting services, with prayer and speaking, from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m. The services are to be held in the pavilion, and it is likely that he will find an eager audience awaiting him including the halt, the lame and the blind. This account of one of Healer Miller's cures was given by the Atlanta Constitution : "Perhaps the most wonderful cure of yesterday was that of Mrs. Hall, who lives at the corner of Luckie and Baker streets. She was stricken with paralysis twelve years ago, and has been unable to use one of her arms, or to even raise it above her head, since. She went up for treatment yesterday afternoon and began to raise her afflicted arm until it was clear above her head, and now she is said to have perfect use of the member. "At this juncture an elderly gen tleman testified he had a son about eighteen years of age who had been an idiot all his life. He had taken the Doy to Miller at Lithia Springs, and now his mind was well and sound." THE TKI KGlUril Ol'TDOXK Transmission of 3,000 Words a Minut a Possibility. Washington Dispatch. Washington, D. C, May 23. A proposition is before the Senate in the shape of a bill introduced by Senator Pettigrew to expend a million dollars in experimenting with a new system of rapid teleg raphy, wires for the purpose to be constructed between New York and Washington. It is claimed that this system will sup plant the telephone, telegraph and mails as a method of communica tion between the great business centres and will make possible the transmission of 3,000 words a min ute. The new method is called the "syncronography," and employs the alternating current on copper wires. The plans have been per fected and experiments conducted by Albert Cushing Crehore, assist ant professor of physics at Dart mouth College, and George Owen Squire, first lieutenant of artillery in the United States army, and instructor of the department of electricity and mines in the United States Artillery School. Postmaster General Gary had a conference with Lieutenant Squire on Friday to ascertain the merits of his system in order that an in telligible report might be made on the bill. Lieutenant Squire claims that under his system two lines in con tinuous operation would handle all the mail business between New York and Chicago, which is now done by means of about 40,000 let ters a day. He believes the simultaneous publication of the same newspa per in different parts of the coun try is among the possibilities. In an edition of a daily paper having twelve pages there are less than 185,000 words. At the rate of 3,000 words a minute, it would only re quire about an hour to transmit the entire contents of the paper. The cost of maintainance of the proposed system, it is claimed, will be little more than that of the telegraph system now in use. IIANNA'S HKAKT TKOl'IILK. National Chairman a Virtitn of Overwork and He Must Kest. Washington Dispatch. Senator Mark Hanna is suffering from trouble with his heart. The ailment was directly caused by the great nervous strain and excite ment which the Senator has been subject to during the past year. Symptoms of the trouble made their appearance last January. Physicians at that time warned Mr. Hanna that he must cease his arduous lobors or they would not answer for the result. Despite this advice the Senator did not take the rest which was necessary. The incessant strain told at last, when climax was reached a fort nigh ago by Mr. Hanna having a fainting spell in his office, which caused him so much uneasiness that on the following day he left for a ten days' recuperative S"j urn in his country seat near Cleveland. He came back considerably re freshed and much better in spirits, but he has acknowledged that his heart was still giving him trouble. "Yes, I have trcuble with my heart," said the Senator. "It was brought on by severe nervous strain. While my condition is far from alarming, still precaution is necessary. Although I have made it a rule to see every one who calls, from now on I will be forced to curtail considerably the number of my callers. I will do this with regret, but care must be taken of my health." CSubscribe for The Messen ger. 1.00 a year. NKWS OF TIIK IAY. President M-Kii:ley 0:1 Monday signed the resolution appropriat ing ."0,000 for the relief oT the letiiute American citizens in Cuba. President McKmley Monday morning sent a cable message to Queen Victoria congratulating her on the celebration of l.er 7'.):h birthday. A dispatch from Greenwich, Conn., hays Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, has determh-ed to give 1,000,000 to charity, p uily as his thanks for recovery from his recent s'-rious illness. It was reported to the Jl.iptist co mm 1 t'ee on s steniatie christian beneficence, met ting at Pittsburg, that 205,000 had In en raised to ward the luntl ol l'.'(,000 needed to meet the V0,000 gift of John D. Rockefeller. The President has decided to go to the Nashville Exposition next month. He has fixed upon the 12th as the date, and will doubtless be accompanied by some members of the cabinet. He will travel over the Southern Hail way via Asheville, Chattanooga and Knoxville. It is now believed that there will be no further damage from floods by the Mississippi river overflow-. The losses in Louisiana are esti mated at 1,750,000: in Mississippi, $8,500,000, and in Arkansas, 4, 250,000; not 3 great a loss as in many previous years of overflow, when the river was not nearly as high as it is now. Governor Kllerbe, of South Caro lina, stated Tuesday that on Wednesday he would issue a com mission to Congiessman John L. McLaurin as Uuited States Senator from South Carolina, to succeed the late Senator Earle, until the assembling of the State Legisla ture, in January next. The Duke of Tetuan, Spanish minister of foreign a flairs, became involved in a dispute with Senator Comas in the Spanish Senate over the belligerency resolutions adopt ed by the Uuited States Senate. The duke boxed the Senator's ears and then the two selected seconds preliminary to a duel but the sec onds decided that no duel was necessary. E. C. Monow & llrother, of Clarksville, Tenn , Lave closed a contract by which they will furnUh the Italian goverment 15,000 hogs heads of fine dark tobacco, almost the entire crop in that section. The contract, it is believed by to bacco handler, is made direct with the Italian goverment ami without the intervention of the contractors. The sale amounts to about 2,000,000. June Ladies' Home Journal. The June Ladies' Home Journal presents an infinite variety of strikingly interesting, timely ami practical features. If. opens with an article by William George J01 d.iu ou "'What Victoi 1a Has Seen,", which graphically recounts the progress of the world 11 the past sixty 3 ears, since the cornatiou of the English Sovereign. Coming on the eve of the Queen's Jubilee it is especially timely. The establish ment of Methodism iu America is told in an interesting article, bv liev. W. J.Scott, D. D.,ouMVheii John Wesley Preached in Geor gia." It narrates Wesley's great work, his forceful preaching, tie scribes the first Methodist sermon in America, which was delivered by Wesley, and his Sunday school, which was the first in the world. "Uncle Sam's Confessional" de scribes how the money paid into the Conscience I'und of the United States Treasury is received, and how its guilty senders carefully avoid revealing their ideutity. Edward W. Pok makes an ap peal that the poor children of the cities be given an outing in the country during a part of the sum mer. He vigorously denounces "The Offense of the Colored Shirt"; also discusses the "Itch to be Seen." Lovers of fiction will read with delight Ella Iligginson's short story, "One o' Them Still Stubborn Kinds," and Alice S. Vol f's ro m a n ce, " 1 1 er A ft e r-l'a me." Charles Dana Gibson' drawing "The People of Dicken's" most interestingly pictures Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, David Copperlield and Traddles, and a page of Mr. Wool f's waifs gives a most touch ing insight into what summer means to the children of the poor in cities. A song, "Wake up! Cupid," by Willard Spencer, au thor of "Princess Donne," "The Little Tycoon," etc., will be wel comed by every lover of music. Dwight L. Moody's contribution to his series of liiole Class articles discusses "Hope" in the Evange list's characteristic, lucid manner, aud "Droch" chats of ''Humor and the Humorists." Along the more practical lines are Mrs. S. T. Korer's "Cooking Lesson" on vegetables and their preparation ; "A simple. Way to Swim"; "The Hack Yard as a Sum mer Uetreat"; "Lain Shades for Sumuier Cottages"; "The City Wo man's Garden"; "For Wear iu Summer Travel"; "What to Ex pect from a Young Man," by ltuih Ash more, articles 0:1 dress, needle woik, etc. The Juue Journal is attractive, interesting and instruc tive from cover to cover. liv The Curtis Publishing Company. Phila delplua. Ten cents per cop;. ; one dollar per year. T!i .ranl-st K-niv. Mr R. Ti. Oreeve merchant, of Chil howie. Va.. certifies that he had con sumption, was given up to die. sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all couph remedies he could hear of. but got no relief: epent many nights sitting up in a chair: was induced to try Dr. King's New Discov ery, and was cured by use of tw-o bot tles. For past three years has been at tending to business, and says Dr. King's New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Dr. King's New Discoverv is guaranteed for coughs, colds and con sumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at Morphew & White's Drugstore. QPThe Me???ncer Office for Job Work of all kinds, and Legal Blanks. A I'KK ACUKK KOIiBEU WHILE DRINK liev. It. 1. Smith, of Cut aw ha County. r' Full in Charlotte ami in Kobhed of Sl'-Sl. Charlotte Observer, 21!iid. Strother French, a negro whose reputation is bad and who was onlv recently discharged from the penitential y, tvas arrested in this city yesterday bv Sergeant Baker, for stealing $121, and thereby hangs a tale involving the good name of Rev. B. I). Smith, of Ca tawba county. The preacher, while drunk, was robtied of the rr oncy bv I'i e:ich. The robbery occurred in Char letie 0:1 ' ay 20th. Mr. Smith ar rived tit-rc 0:1 the iStb, and after ie,;is!erii-.g at a ho:eI, Degan mak ing the rounds of the bars. He Wi s very soon tinder the influence of a! iski-y i.n did not sober up ui iil tfie day alter the robb-ry. Then he left for home. Friday morning Mr. Smith appeared at police headquarters and reported the robbery. He could not give a very clear account of his wander ings in Charlotte, but was certain that while he was drunk, some time during the previous day, a roll of money amounting to $121, vas taken from his pockets. He remembered a negro staying pretty close to him, and from his description of the man, the police soon got a clew. Following it up, they arrested French yesterday. When arrested French had $7.25 in change. The police secured also, a pair of shoes, several shirts and a quantity of goods that French had bought. They further found out where he had spent several sums of the stolen money, one place being in the office of the chief of police, where he tendered a $10 bill in payment of a 5 fine imposed upon one of his friends, and pocketed $5 in change. The officers say that they have a dead case against French. Rev. B. D. Smith, as he regis tered himself at the hotel, was much mortified as reason began to return to him, and after reporting the case to the police, he realized that an exposure was imminent, and left town. There is some mystery as to his identity. At the police station one man who saw him said that he was from Union county. Mr. Smith himself said that he is located in Catawba county, and is paid for his services as a preacher by a Northern church. French is being held until the attendance upon the court here of Mr. Smith can be secured, when he will be arraigned for trial. French served three years in the State penitentiary for playing the Buffalo Bill game in Statesville. Previous to that time he lived in Charlotte. A summons has been ser.t to Mr. Smith to appear as State's witness against French. STATK NKWS. The wife of Col. I. A. Sugg, of Greenville, died very suddenly last Saturday alternoon. Up to the present $4,000,000 worth of fertilizer has been sold in hij State this season. Nathan G. Burns, of Wake county, who died recently, left $500 to the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville. Watauga Democrat: The fight for the position of deputy marshal for Watauga has at last come to a close, and Mr. David Ragan, of Meat Camp, is the successful man. Capt. W. 1 1. Ram seu r has arranged to run hisseventh annual excursion from Rutherfordton to Wilming ton on July 20th. His Baltimore merchants excursion will be run in August. Near Greenville Saturday Mrs. Herbert Gannon committed sui cide by jumping down a well in the yard at her home. She was in poor health and it is thought her mind had become unbalanced. The Raleigh daily Tribune, re publican, has been seized by the sheriff for debt and will appear no more. It is stated that its debts aggregate 2,500 and that there are practically no assets. The stock holders had put in $10,000. Henderson Gold Leaf: This is Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson's first court in Vance county. He has made a fine impression upon the members of the bar, court officers and spectators, and shows him self to be a just, humane judge in every respect. A Baltimore telegram Gays that Samuel Boyd, a travelling man from Greensboro, N. C, dressed in undershirt and drawers, prom enaded Baltimore street Sunday to the astonishment of hundreds. The officials were not long in send ing him to the City Hospital. Asheville Gazette: Little Rushie Lee, who met with a serious acci dent at Round Knob a few days since, is convalescent, and it is ex pected that she will soon be able to go out. She has received every attention, both from physician and friends. Since her arrival home her bed has almost been on roses, sent in by friends. Governor Russell and his staff and Mrs. Russell and a number of other ladies will leave Raleigh next Sundav for Nashville, to at tend the Tennessee Exposition. The party will remain two days. Governor Russell will be present June 1st, "Governor's Day." The partv will go over the Seaboard Air Line via Clinton, S. C. v. Asheville dispatch of the 25th to the Charlotte Observer says: Judge Simontor. has ap pointed John C. Haskell receiver of the Southern Improvement Company, a corporation which owns nearly two hundred acres of land near the Southern depot, and several hundred acres at Hot Springs. The property at the lat ter place includes the Mountain Park Hotel, .vhich has been closed for several weeks. The hotel will probably be reopened. Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhuta Ketiieily . This is the best medicine in the world for bowel complaints. It acts quickly and can always be depended upon. When reduced with water it is pleasant to lake. Try it, and like many others you will recommend it to your frieDds. For sale at 25 and 50 cents jer bottle by Morphew & White. COWARDLY RFPRKSENTATIVES. Would Like to Vote f..r t h- Mortn Reno lution ISuc Are Afraid I Im Farce of Calling the Hnur s I.i"siltlve Dody C.oen on. Like the Iliilclierlen in Cuba Th- TarifT Ib:ite in the Senate--The Hold of fm I'ollt ic-ians l'on Boas Hanna A Clinnjce in Sentiment Since Last Nov. inher. From Our Ketular Corns jiondint Washington, May 24 h, 1897 The Hon e of liep-eseniatives presents an objM 1i-sm?i to tie world s'.mwiug how easily a sup posedl.v free braneh of a supposed popular government can be muz zled. Tim e font t lis of the mem bers of the House wmil I like to vote for the Morgan resolution, adopted by the Senate Sat week, for the rei-ognif 1011 of ihe belliger ency of 1 he Cubans, bi.t they are not allowed to do so. Mr McKin ley s;,ys ihe su- ptou e.f that reso lution' bv I he IIoiim' would ilitei fere with the iu. di lion Cuban policy that Leiseugu-ed iu hatch ing out, by compelling hiiu to show his hand, as it is a joint reso lution which would have to be either signed or vetoed, and not a concurrent resolution, like the one adopted by the last Congress and pigeon-holed by Mr. Cleveland; the sugar trust says the resoiutiou must not be adopted, and Czar Heed says it shall not be, and there you are. The democrats kicked to the full extent of their power, but the republican members of the House swallow their con victions and vote against the will of their constituents because they are afraid to offend Mr. MeKinley aud Mr. Heed, lest they should fail to laud an office or two or to get the committee assignments they want, and the farce of calling the House a legislative body goes on. like the butcheries iu Cuba. There will be no tax ou the breakfast of the poor, nor any ad ditional tax upon beer, the poor man's beverage, or tobacco, if the democrats can prevent it, as a caucus of democratic Senators unanimously decided to move that the entire internal revenue section of the ameuded tariff bill, now be ing debated iu the Senate, be struck out. Whether that motion is carried will depend upon the vote of the populist Senators. It was also decided at the caucus that the democratic Senators would only antagonize the tariff bill to extent of exposing its enormous aud unnecessary in crease iu taxatiou, and would in terpose no objection to taking a final vote iu a reasonable time. The republican Senators aie hav ing a regular monkey and pariot time among themselves over some of the amendments to the bill. The explauatiou of Senator Ald nch was not at all satisfactory, and there was lots of the plainest sort of talk at the republican cau cus held to day, aud although t bey are makiug a strong effort to set tle their differences in some way off the floor of the Senate, there is little prospect of their succeeding, and opeu fight among them is ex pected to be an early and inter esting feature of the tariff debate. They are going to pass the bill, of cSurse, but not until it has been mueh changed. The agents of the sugar trust realize that the present sugar schedule has no show at all, and are scheming for another that will bamboozle the public long euough for it to become a law. There have been numerous things showing the hold of the negro politicians of the South upon Boss Hanna, as a natural result of 1 1 anna's method of securing Mc-Kinh-y delegates in the South prior to the St. Louis convention. The latest example was the withdrawal from the Senate of the nomination of S. S. Matthews, to be register of the html office at Jackson, Miss. Matthews is a white republican who was strongly backed by such men as Senator Foraker, Pension Commissioner Evans, and Geu. Powell Clayton, but the negro in ember of the republican national committeee from Mississippi, Jim Hill, didn't like the nomination, so he went to Boss Hanna and told hi in it must be withdrawn, and Mr. Hanna lost no time in gutting Mr. MeKinley to withdraw it from the Senate. From all directions come authen tic news of a change in sentiment since last November. For instance, Mr S. W. M. Peters, of West Vir ginia, said: "West Virginia cast its electoral vote last year for Me Kinley, but if the electiou were to be held over again right now, ttie verdict would be reversed. I am satisfied that free silver would win if the light were to be made over again. Of all my democratic frieuds who voted the republican ticket last year or for Palmer aud IJuckner, I doubt if there is oue who would fail to cast his ballot for Bryan, if the opportunity were again presented. The next Leg islature will be strongly demo cratic, ami a democrat will be chosen to succeed Senator Faulk ner." The interest in the successor to Seuator Karle, of South Carolina, who died last week, is by no means confiued to South Carolina demo crats. As the Legislature will not meet until next January, the Gov ernor will appoint a Senator to serve until an election is held. S uth Carolinians iu Washington think that Representative Vc Laurin's chances for becoming Senator are excellent. Something to Know. It may b worth something to know that the very best medicine for restor ing the nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the liver and kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off impurities in the blood. Electric Bit ters improve the appetite, aids diges tion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood puri fier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50 cents or 1.00 per bottle at Morphew & White. lliicklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt llheuin, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is fruaranteed to trive npifWr satisfaction, or money refunded. rrice 'Za cents per box. r or sale by Morphew & White. UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. The Nashville Reunion, Jane 22, 23 and 24. 1897. To the Editor of The Messenger: Deak Sik : Gen J. B. Gordon, Commanding United Confederate Veterans, lespectfnlly requests the press, both daily and weekly, of the whole country to aid the pa triotic ami benevolent objects of the United Confederate Veterans by publishing date lteunion is to take place at Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Weduesda.v nnd Thurs day, June 22nd, 23rd and 24fh, 1S07, by publication of this letter. It will be the largest and most important U. C. V. reunion evtr held. The personnel of the Nasi -vill Keunlon Committee uuder the leadership of its chairman, Col J. I. O'Bryan, is a guarantee that everything will be done for the comfort and convenience of the old veterans and all visitors which is in the power of man; it is a splendid body of very able and distinguised comrades, who are fully alive to the magnitude of the work entrusted to them in enter taming aud caring for their old comrades,'and it will be their pride to make it the most memorable reunion upon record; aud the ci tizens of Nashville are aglow with enthusiasm, at the prospect of dis pensing. their far tamed hospitality to the surviving heroes of the Lost Cause. Also to urge Ex Confederate soldiers and sailors everywhere to form local associations, and send applications to these headquarters for papers to orgauize camps im mediately, so as to be iu time to participate in the great reuuion at Nashville, and thus unite with comrades iu carrying out the laudable and philauthropic objects of the organization; as only veter ans who belong to orgauized U. C. V. camps can participate in the business meetiug at Nashville. Business of the greatest im portance to the survivors of the Southern army will demand care ful consideration during the ses sion of the seventh annual conven tion at Nashville, Tennesse, such as the best methods of securing impartial history, and to enlist each State in the compilation and preservation of the history of her citizen soldiery ; the benevoleut care through State aid or other wise of disabled, destitute or aged veterans aud widows aud orphans of our fallen brothers in arms; to cousnlt as to the feasibility of the formation of a U. C. V. Benevolent Aid Association ; the care of the graves of our known and unknowu dead buried at Gettysburg, Fort Warren, Camps Morton, Chase, Douglas, Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago, Johnson's Island, Cairo and at other points, to see that they are annually decorated, the headstones preserved aud pro tected, aud complete lists of the names of our dead heroes with the location of theii last resting places furnished to their friends and rel atives through the medium of our camps, thus rescuing their names from oblivion and handing them down in history; the considera tion of the different movements, plans and means to erect a monu ment to the memory of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confeder ate States of America, also to aid iu building monuments to other great leaders, soldiers aud Railors of the South; also to assist in the promotion and completion of the proposed "Battle Abbey"; to vote upon the proposed change of the name of the association from U. C. V., to C. S. A.; and to change the present badge or button which is not patentable for the new oue proposed which is; and to make such changes in the constitution and by-laws as experience may suggest, and other matters of geu eral interest. Total number of camps now ad mitted U00, with applications in for about one hundred and fifty more. Following is number of camps by States : Northeast Texas Division 81 ; West Texas Division 5.j; South west Texas Division 33; Southeast Texas Division 31; Northwest Texas Division 17; total Texas 217; Alabama 89; South Carolina 81; Missouri 71; Mississippi 03; Geor gia 58; Louisiana 51; Kentucky 39; Tennessee 34; Virginia 31; Florida 30; North Carolina 29; Indian Territory 12; West Vir ginia 11; Oklahoma G; Maryland 0; New Mexico 3; Illinois 2; Mon tana 2; Indiana 1; District of Columbia 1 ; California 1. Very respectfully, Geo. Moorman, Adjutant Geu. and Chief of Staff. Numerical Strength of the I'reBbjrteriann. Charlotte Observer. The numerical strength of the Presbyterians in the world is sur prisingly large. The denomination is certainly one of the largest of all the Protestant Churches and some claims are made that it is the largest as the following figures prove : Iu the United States there are 1,785,334 communicants, di vided as follows: Northern Pres byterian, 922,901; Southern Pres byterian, 203,999; United Presby terian, 117,700; Cumberland Pres byterian, 193,393; Dutch Reformed, 103,348; German Reformed, 212, 830; Associate Reformed, 7,282; Reformed, 11,272; Welsh Calvinis tic, 12,600. In Canada there are 195,80-J, in England 05,841, in Wales 150,000, in Irelaud 102,735, iu Scotland 1,017,071, iu Australia, etc. (estimatek), 150,000, making the total iu the British Empire, 1,682,150. Besides these 3,407,490 communicants among the English speaking people, statistics place the Presbyterian population as be ing 3,000.000 in Germany, 2,500,000 in Hollaud, 2,000,000 in Hungarj-, 1,700,000 iu Switzerland, 800,000 iu France and smaller numbers iu other countries, indicating that there are over 9,000,000 Presbyte rian communicants in the world. Those who are troubled with rheuma tism should try a few applications of Chamberlain s Pain Balm, rubbing the parts vigorously at each application. If that does not bring relief dampen a piece of flannel with Pain Balm and bind it over the seat of pain and prompt relief will surely follow. For sale by Morphew & White. tdSnliseri'-e for THE MESSEN GER. $1.00 a year. G orn Is a vigorous feeder and re. sponds well to liberal fertill2a. tion. On corn lands the yielrj increases and the soil improves if properly treated with fer. tilizers containing not under 7 actual Potash. 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