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XACSC80N & BELL COMPANY. TERMS OF SUBSCBtPTIOM. Tb Dally Messenger, by mall, one r, I7.C0; six months, U.60; thrs itha, H.75; one month, 60 cents. . Btvp4L in the city at C9 cents a 43onth: one week ,1S cents; $1.75 for -tT-ree months or $7.0 a year. h Demi-Weekly Messenger (two 9 ' fg papers), by mall, one year, fLtO; tfz months, W tents. In advance. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1897. .eZMATOR HOAR ON CHARLES SUMMER Some time ago Senator Hoar, of 'Massachusetts, published a paper In The New York Forum on a celebrated character of his state, the late Sena- tor Charles Sumner. In some respects - the late senator was the most note worthy public man that New England bas had since Daniel Webster. He was an Intense abolitionist, but we believe . sv thoroughly honest man, and because be was fanatical. He has been dead for more than 20 years, and the finest, the .most eloquent, the most scholarly eulo- jgjr yet pronounced upon him was by t - . t . i - 1 1 xnsx vyry aisunguisueu, duumaoic, , Sumest, able and high-strung southron, the late United States senator and Jus tice of the supreme court, Lamar, in - Mhe senate on the occasion of the death iC the gifted senator from "Massachu setts. It is one of the most memora- bte. most superb addresses of its kind delivered in the senate within our rec- - otlection. A life of Sumner in four large vol mes has been published, but we have suit seen it. Senator Hoar's contribu- mc i .n.lVlii TTa 4a art on In fiat rf - an extreme type. For instance, he re- - sards Sumner as "the greatest Ameri can statesman since the revolutionary ' time." Which is all fudge, and no one else will echo such an extreme view aUlSlue oi xne coierie ul aumiiers Down East." We cannot follow the senator in his really interesting if quite extravagant review of a very distin guished, accomplished and able man. Bnraner's orations and addresses are capital reading, full of rhetorical pas- .aages and not without high eloquence. LHe was not a great orator in a south- -ern sense, and the same may be said of Edward Everett and even Daniel Webster. Everett was highly rhetori cal but artificial and without magnet- .fsm. Webster was ponderous, slow, mostly inanimate, but great intellectu ally and a builder of great orations. Choate came nearer filling the southern idea of oratory than any of the lead ers in New England, excepting per haps one or two rabid abolition speak ers. f.Mr. Hoar admits that Sumner was UllUUiai v i in iito W y ii Vrf v ii n j nivi ana ne was not popular in tne senate. He thinks him with some qualifications a great orator as well as a great man. He admits that the answer as to whether or no he was a great orator depends upon our conception of what really is oratory. In that he is cor rect. He takes a depreciatory view of published speeches of orators. We make a quotation: V-.-VJf the test of oratory be the fulfill ment of the highest conditions, not much of the production of the famous orators of any generation will stand 1 "the requirement. Indeed, it is all pretty hard reading. Nobody today reads Henry Clay or Charles James Fox or William Pitt or much of Sher idan. A very few pages will contain lall of Wendell Phillips that will re main long in men's memory. History lias thrown away the speeches of Bol Ingbroke, and they will never be re covered. The bulk even of Webster's test speeches is read now for the Hveight of its profound meaning, and not for its oratoric or literary grace." That is not true as a. whole, we think. Fox's speeches read capitally, it he was the greatest of English de baters. Some of Pitt's speeches are extremely, tine and most enjoyable. "Webster's speeches are read by all who admire admirable English clear, mas sive, sonorous, and filled with lofty sentiments, and noble eloquence Cul tured men everywhere must love to read Burke, Fox,, Pitt and Webster, and for their power and dexterity and even high eloquence. As to Boling- broke, much of whose four volumes of remains we have read, there 1s not A speech by him extant as he delivered it. We recall a remark of William Fitt's when asked "What is the great -desideratum in English letters?" The - answer was "An exact reproduction of speech by Bollngbroke." ' Senator Hoar writes well, even felic ftousljvin his description of a "per- feet orator" who may be such a rarity -as to be seen not once in a. century, if -J tn a thousand years. Demosthenese may have "filled the bill," but .who - else? Possibly Cicero or Aeschines. " While the truly great and grandly Sifted- Edmund Burke was a "dinner bell" in parliament .to empty seats when he arose to speak, he was a .con--.aummate statesman and rhetorician, and haleft the world its richest treas ury of noble oratory. We would have xather produced his greatest orations .than to be the author of any of the .greatest extant orations of the Greek. JDemosthenese. His. speech on the "Na 'toob of Arcot's Debts" is the most splendid effort In literature, so far as Tre have read. But Burke was a poor -speaker compared with the Athenian. "We copy what Mr. Hoar says, and it - cannot be applied to Senator Sumner c if he was really a creator of some no C ble speeches: - - '' -tl .... "To be a perfect and consummate -orator is to possess the highest facul--.Jjr given to man. Such an orator must be a great artist, and more must be a great poet, and , more must be a master of the great things that Inter est mankind. What he says must have as permanent a place in litera ture as the highest poetry. He must be able to play at will on that mighty organ his , audience of which human souls are the keys. He must have knowledge, wit, wisdom, fancy, im agination, courage, nobleness, grace, a heart of lire. He -must himself re spond to every emotion as an aeolian harp to the breeze. He must have 'An eye that tears can on a sudden fill. And lips that smile before the tears are gone -:. He must have a noble personal pres ence. He most have the eye and the voice which are the only and natural avenues by which one human soul can enter and subdue another. His speech must be filled with music, and possess its miraculous charm and spell, Which the posting winds recall And suspend the river's falL He must have the quality which Burke manifested when Warren Hastings said, 'I felt, as I listened to him, as if I were the most culpable- being on earth,' and which made Philip say of Demosthenes, 'Had I been there he would have-persuaded me to take up arms against myself.' " We have referred to Burke's most splendid, most Imaginative speech. He made others of rarest value and inter est, replete with high inspiration, 'most noble thoughts, most profound reflec tions. His speech on the celebrated Warren Hastings trial was of great perfection in art, force, eloquence. Of an British statesmen he. was the most philosophical. Webster, and we may suppose Sumner, studied Burke very closely. Of New England orators Wen dell Phillips, a greater fanatic if possi ble than Sumner, an abolitionist of the most fiery, consuming, vindictive type, was possibly the highest. His style would doubtless have been captivat ing in the south. We are rather sur prised to read this from Senator Hoar and yet it may be faithful limning: , "Wendell Phillips' beautiful diction and. graceful action were delightful to the- listener. But he made converts rarely, and seldom stirred in his audi tors a strong moral emotion which 'without him they would not feel. He was reckless and unscrupulous in his assertions. His statements of a fact, his estimate of the character of a con temporary, his expression of an opin ion as to public policies, "had no effect on the majority of his auditors who went to hear him out of curiosity, or to graify a taste for good -speaking ex cept to make them say to themselves, 'I wonder if there is any truth in that.' He seemed to delight in invective and in the use of his stinging weapon, as a gladiator might delight in his exhibi tion." Sumner had many excellencies and some superb parts doubtless to have made the impression he did on New Englanders and some English men of letters, and upon the senate in which he sat for many years. Mr. Hoar says he was persuasive and convincing in address. People heard and were de lighted and believed. That was the case, we supposehen he was riding his high abolition horse and was ex coriating the people in the" south. He was a distinguished man, a rarely gift ed man doubtless, and reflected as in a mirror much of the provincialism, nar rowness, prejudices, peculiar ideas, assumptions, omniscience as well as learning, culture and mental gifts of the higher circles in his rich state. "THOSE PASSES." Russell is being well roasted all around the state for his extraordinary porformance relative to the railroad pass question. It is the most extra ordinary of Ms many extraordinary acts since he took the oath of office. No man ever had a better opportunity in North Carolina to make a name to be held in honor than this latter-day product of the disreputable and vicious combine. If he had been of wiser head and belter heart he could have so "ruled in righteousness," and have so aided the state and helped the people, that the present generation of North Carolinians would have called him bless J&. But he showed the evil side of his nature from his first step the inltiaflLCt of his official life. Self-willed, rude, profane, coarse, vindictive, bold, saucy, with much ability of a certain kind, he has offended the judgment, the sense of propriety and dignity, and the wishes of every honor able and patriotic citizen in North Car olina, He has gone on steadily from bad to worse. His steps have been steadily downward. His bitterness and deep malice against the democrats have caused him to strike like a blinded adder, utterly careless as to who was hurt, into whom the fangs were fastened. In this madness of re venge he has struck at political foes and personal foes," and the unprotected bosom of North Carolina has received to her great injury some of i the FROM FOOT TO KNEE Ohio Woman Suffered Great Agony From a Terrible Sore Her Story of , the Case, and Her Cure. " For many year3 1 was' afflicted with a milk leg, arid a few years ago it broke out in a sore and spread from my. foot to my knee. I suffered great agony. , It would burn and itch all the time and discharge a great deal. My health was good with the exception of this sore. I tried a great many kinds of ealve, but some would irritate the sore so that I could hardly stand the pain. I could not go near the fire without suffering intensely. Some one sent me papers containing testimonials of cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I told my husband I would like to try this med icine. He got me a bottle and I found it helped me, I kept on taking it until my limb was completely healed. I cannot praise Hood's Sarsaparilla enough for the great benefit it has been to me. It cleanses the blood of all impurities and leaves it rich and pure." Mas. Akna E. Eaxen, Whittlesey, Ohio. Yon can buy Hood's Sarsaparilla of all druggists. Be sore to get only Hood's. cathartic Price 25c veflom." Never have; "we known such absolute deliberation and pertinacity i In wreaking vengeance and perpetrat ing wrong. He has kept the old state In one seething turmoil and alarm ever since he entered upon his high :oC5ce. Already it appears as if "his hand, will be against every man and every man's hand against him." Russell's pride and 'huH-headedness and desire to strike down his foes will bring him yet into "great trouble. Prtde goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a. fall. The race is not to the awift, nor the battle to the strong." - All around the state the people are laughing over Russell's , vanity, folly and stupidity in. using the passes and then" boasting of the act. It subjects him to t just if severe censure. His course as to railroads has been such as to lay him open to the sharpest criti cism when he dared to ride on free passes and then boast of his most cen surable action. He says he "yielded" to the ""pressure" of railroads. It was his cupidity that won the victory over him. He could not withstand the chances of gain for himself. That was most shameful, but, it was white as compared with his stupid bravado af- ! terwards. People will condemn , his course. He has deliberately "puthim ' self in a hole" to use a vulgarism. He - has involved himself in a contradiction ' and his predicament is shameful end disgusting. His course is most cen surable and without excuse or justifi cation. He has been 'betrayed either by lustf or a. spirit of bullying or both. He has shown himself a demagogue of the first water, and a humbug of im mense proportions. Take this from the Richmond (Va.) Times, which, treats him (to a half column comment: -"But let Governor Russell take! either horn of the dilemma and his predica- ' mem is painrui. xr ne receavea cnese ' passes with even the suspicion Hhat , they were intended in some way to in ' fluence him, he has done an unpardon- able thing, and if he received them as j "courtesies," he has rewarded the I courtesy of the railroads by heaping ! abuse upon them and fighting them at But now that he has been found out, he tries to crawl out of the predicament i by saying that Judge Simonton, of the j United States court, rides on a pass. I "Simonton," he says "stands in with j the monopoly crowd, and so long as he I taWvrxi T'H ta.lfo Ti,fm Whon Yi-a quits, I'll quit." We know nothing about what Judge Simonton does. But, accepting Governor Russell's s'tate- . ment as true, it seems to us a great deal more decent to accept favors-from a corporation that one "stands in with" and is friendly to, than to ac cept favors from a corporation, which one is always denouncing and figbting." lilTERAItY GOSSIP Professor Edward Dowden's "French Literature" is received with great fa vor and is pronounced by as high au thority as the London Athenaeum to be "the best history of French-literature in the English language." The au thor is the distinguished professor of English literature in the University of Dublin. The London Saturday Review gives it a warm indorsement and says it "is a history of literature, as histo ries should be written." Gilbert Murray's "Ancient Greek Lit erature" is well praised. We have seen but. one discordant opinion. It meets with indorsement of many scholars and critics. The London Times says it "fairly represents the best conclu sions of modern scholarship with re gard to the Greeks." Many years ago Professor Francis T. i Palgrave, of Cambridge university, England, published a volume entitled "A Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics." It has. been regarded through the years by critical culture and abili ty as the very best anthology that was ever published. It is regarded as well nigh perfect. He has quite recently added to it by publishing a second series made up of selections from more recent authors. It is not thought to be equal in excellence to the first series although full of. merit. The selections as a whole are not considered so unob jectionable or admirable. It contains, however, a great deal of beauty. It draws upon Tennyson, Browning, Mat thew Aarnold and a great many other less famous singers. Price $1.00. The biography of Lord Tennyson was issued on the 12th of October. The third edition is now in preparation. Everybody who reads praises it as j most excellent, displaying the most consummate tact, accurate arid, re strained judgment and exquisite taste. Oh, the price, $10.00. James Lane Allen's "The Choir In visible" still charms with its music. It has reached its 60,000. An inviting letter book, IS mo, price 90 cents, is "Selections from the: Prose of Matthew Arnold," one of the best stylists in England of the last half century. It gives twenty-two repre sentative selections from Essays in Criticism, Essays, On Translating Ho mer, On the Study of Celtic Literature, Discourses in America, Culture and Anarchy, Literatue and Dogma. With an introduction and notes. Many books of reminiscences have been issued from the press in the last year or two. Among them is Dean Farrar's "Men I have Known," and a book by Aubrey De Vere, the Irish poet, that is pleasantly received and indorsed. There is also much episto lary literature coming out. We tried some of the celebrated Dean Swift's unpublished letters in the Atlantic Monthly and were easily satisfied for most were dull. Tennyson's letters are to be found in his life by his son. Mrs. Browning's letters will be soon out. She was possibly the greatest of English female poets. The correspond ence of William Wilberforce is just out In England, Some letters of the great est modern historian, Edward Gibbon, appeared not long ago. - Blackmore's last novel, "Dariel: A Romance of Surrey, is" out with four teen full page illustrations. " All who have , read his great novel, "Lorna Doone. one of the masterpieces in English fiction, will be glad to read this last work of an entertaining nov elist. It Is phophesied that it will take rank next to the great novel among all his productions. Talk about Scott's novels dying out. They are more read today than they were ten years ago. Lately two splen did editions were published by two leading houses and now an American house announces two other editions, one at $1.25 and the other at SO cents a volume. William Morris, who died within a year, was a rare genius In verse and In prose. Those who never cultivated Morris (not Sir Edwin, not to be re motely compared with him) have lost much for in his own field he was both charming and incomparable. A post hummous romance by him has just been published. It is a prose fiction with all of his characteristics as a nov elist it is said. We have not read it. It is said by the Tribune critic, who in some respects damns it, "that It would he hard to surpass the romantic flavor of this long narrative. It has the gla mour of the wild wood. It is quaint, sun ny, old-worldlike; in brief, it is a branch off the legitimate tree. But the branch has fallen into the tangled thickets and has been ground underfoot until it has lost all the strength, all the free independent elasticity of the parent bough. But, we repeat, the substance of this volume is en chanting. Morris was always on speak ing terms with the wood folk, and when the reader plunges with him Into the forest of Evilshaw, on the borders of the town hight Utterhay, he . feels the cool breath of the deep mysterious aisles across his face and discerns ro mantic forms amid the underbrush and low-hanging boughs. In this dim, far away land Morris lets his imagination run riot." ' We have always found Morris en chanting when we have taken to him for pleasure. He abounds in orginality and beauties. Mr. W. W. Newell has just published "King Arthur and the Table Round." Those who love Tennyson's immortal and unapproachable "Idylls of the King" and have not Sir Thomas Mal lory's book, will do well to get this new book. It is in two volumes. The Tribune critic gives this amusing bit of information: ' "When Tennyson himself was deep in such historical studies, in prepara tion for his Idylls, Carlyle said of him despairingly, when i asked what the poet was about: 'Alfred is sitting on a dung heap amid innumerable dead dogs.' " Carlyle was an early and great ad mirer of the poet and held him to be the handsimest man in all England as well as one of the greatest. Oid Dr. Sam Johnson said he had read but one book twice the Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagut. That explains why he was some times such a poor critic of Shakespeare. SHARPS 4.ND FLATS. All the trade journals represent busi ness as flourishing. The condition is accepted as satisfactory, although bus iness is less active at present, and quite naturally they say, as it always slacks at this season. There are dailies that do not take so favorable a view and they are not of one party, but of all parties. The failures are less than they were for last year. For the last quarter the report is 2,881, against 3,757 for the corresponding months of 1896. The liabilities are but little over a third, which is certainly a healthful exhibit. The amount is $25,601,188, against $73,285,349; for the same period in 1896. In 1894 there were just seven more failures, while in 1893, the num ber ran up to 4,015 and the liabilities were $82,469,821. There is a growing opinion that Sec retary Sherman will not continue in the cabinet much longer. His official days are believed to me numbered. This idea prevails and is often express ed in the public prints. When there is so much smoke there must be fire. There ought to be a basis of fact in so much speculation and rumors. It is given out as a new reason for fresh rumor of retirement, that General Fitz Lee held his interviews with the presi dent and the assistant secretary of state instead of with Secretary Sher man. It is also said that in Washing ton there is a general opinion that the venerable Ohioan will have to retire. Whether really he is suffering from mental decay or no we may not say confidently, but that assertion has been made again and again in northern prints. He is probably not the man he was ten years ago. While in the sen ate some of his associates became sat isfied of failing powers. ' . . Typhoid fever in this country is more destructive "than yellow fever here. And yet we hear of no typhoid panics and quarantines. Neither is there any thing like such an effort made to stamp out typhiod. We "all seem to me more or less "fever fools." Louisville Courier Journal.' That may be true as to mortality and still be misleading as to danger. Typhoid fever prevails in place's at any time of the year, but yellow fever is killed out by cold. Typhoid is native to the country, but yellow jack has to be Imported, is an exotic Typhoid fever is a dreadful disease and often proves very fatal in families. It can be stamp ed out or its rapid communication can be avoided. Yellow fever comes Into favorable communities and' spreads like wild fire, killing some times more in a month than would die of typhoid In the same communities in five years. In Wilmington in a few weeks 1,100 people died of yellow fever In 1552. That is a much greater nam- ber than have died here of typhoid in the last quarter of a century. So the above Is about "fever fools' by an Ignoramus. S5IAPS. Haxxna is scared, but he will pro baby pull through. He may fare badly if the 41,000 negro voters should actually re volt against his bossism. General Washington's diary in 17S9. fixes the location of the first cotton mill In this country at Beverly, Mass. He visited It that year. The old national song of England is "Britanla Rules the Waves." The im proved reading now is "England rules the World." See as to bimetallism. Lit it borne in mind that "dollar wheat" does not mean a dollar a bushel for the farmer. He gets but little over 80 cents. The remainder goes to the speculator. It does mean higher flour for the working man. There is, a threatened disruption in the British tory cabinet. If Lord Salis bury retires there will te a scramble for his place as premier. There are three aspirants Balfour, nephew of Salisbury. Duke of Devonshire and Joseph Chamberlain. Balfour is proba bly the ablest man. v - A northe'rn newspaper says it is only the inexperienced players who are either seriously injured or killed. It says: "The teams which hold the highest standard ' in the game do not kill or cripple themselves or their op ponents." That is not sustained by the English or American records in the past. ' : - ' A panic in a church proves more de structive to life than a skirmish in bat tle. Think of the great horror of fifty four people being tramped to death and eigthy others badly injured." It is a fact that most people lose their heads when a big scare starts. The awful calamnity referred to was reported in yesterday's Messenger and occurred In Russia. One of the most absurd things in newspapers that favor the gold stand ard is the pretended confidence that the 6,288,866 voters in 1896, for silver had for gotten their record and were not for it. So far from this, we have no doubt where one has fallen away two who op posed have come in. Lying and mis representing bring no victory nec essarily. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The girl who tries to imitate a man is idiotic, but the imitation if often very flattering just the same. With Weyler's return to Spain the scenes of bloodshed will be transferred to gory gridirons of our eastern col leges. Louisville Post. American office-rseekers must be los ing their energy. They have not yet beseiged the president for the appoint ment of governor of the territory of Hawaii. St. Louis Globe Democrat. The British editor is beginning to suspect that poor old John Sherman is merely a scarecrow. In this matter, the British editor is eminently correct. Atlanta Constitution. An Ohio paper pronounces Mark Hanna a political coward. This is a new one on Mark. Heretofore he has been accused of being altogether too forward. Washington Post. The law of the United States makes standard silver dollars a legal tender for unlimited amounts in payment of all debts, public and private. A green back is a public debt, and therefore payable by law in silver. The same is true of United States bonds and inter est coupons. Cincinnati Enquirer. We believe that there is force In the people' to carry out their will through legislation, and to impress their wishes on the men who make and execute and Interpret the laws. While the people have this power there will never be a civil war on class lines. San Francis co Examiner. . A Violent Storm In the Northwest Denver, Cola, October 26. Denver was today and last night the center of a big wind and snow storm, doing damage to property estimated to exceed In the aggregate $100,000. The greatest damage is sustained by the electric light and tele phone companies. One company has 4,000. miles of wires down. Most of the rail roads are completely blocked. The storm was most severe between Denver and Pueblo, but it extended to southern Wyoming, northeastern Utah and west ern Kansas and Nebraska, Considerable damage occurred in Cripple Creek, where mining operations were interfered with to an extent. The storm came so suddenly that ranchmen did not have an oppor tunity to shelter their stock, tout the fall in temperature Is not considered by ex perts great enough to endanger the. lives of cattle. The city is in darkness tonight as the mayor compelled the electric light company to cut oft circuits on account of their dangerous condition. Special Term of DopUn Court (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, October 26. The gov ernor orders a special civil term of Du plin superior court for December. The judge to hold it i3 not yet named. THE WISE 51 -: IT AuH . lO.CAEBET 6THEET. Thm Gcorcaltes to laitUr Bryarn ! y- .. Vmw Trk SJew York. October 2$. The cam paign committee of the Henry George forces i. decided tonight after a long meeting not to formally invite William J. Bryan to come to New York. It was stated that the Henry George forces believe they now hate Tammany at a disadvantage In this respect. They , claim that Mr. Bryan has declined to come in response to in Invitation from Tammany, and this they claim Is prac tically a triumph for Henry George. If Bryan were asked to come in the Inter ests of Henry George and should re fuse. ' the Georgettes argue that It would reduce them to the level of Tam many In Bryan's estimation. Of course, said a prominent member of the com mittee, if Mr. Bryan deckles to come here and make a speech for Mr. George we will be too glad to welcome him. We will meet him at the train with a band and a procession and make his stay real pleasant; , but we shall not invite him. If he wants to come let him be the judge. ' Henry George spoke In the ice palace on upper Lexington avenue tonight to a large and noisy; audience. After the cheering had subsided. Mr. George, among other thtnzs, said: "Yes. I re member 18S6. I remember the courage and devotion which elected me then. I remember how by a juncture of corrupt combinations I was counted out then. No. I shall not be counted out now. This time the laws are much better than then. We shall be more careful as to the watchers at the polls. This time every vote will be counted." Kagllsh-Froseli CotapItoatloM In Africa Paris, October 26. The Journal says j news has reached Lagos from the Dahomey Hinterland to the effect that complications are Iminent atNikkland elsewhere in Borgu, of which territory Nikkl Is the capital and which, it Is claimed in England, belongs to Great Britain by virtue of a treaty conclud ed with the king of Borgu prior to the treaties made with that monarch by representatives of France. It is added that on receipt of the news referred to, If. Lebon, the minis ter for the colonies, who is now in Senegambla looking after French in terests, immediately dispatched rein forcements to Dahomey. Lagos, West Coast of Africa, Octo ber 26. A detachment of the West In dian regiment stationed here has start ed for the frontier of the Hinterland. A semi-official statement regarding the reported trouble In West Africa was issued this evening. It says: "The news from West Africa foreshadows great difficulties in Nikkt and In Borgu. The Niger Company (British) is send ing officers there to incite rebellion and distribute arms to the natives. In view of this situation French troops have been dispatched to that district from Senegal, as a preventive measure. Moreover, the British negotiators for a settlement of the Niger question have been in Paris for over a week and everything points to Great Britain seeking to let matters drag. Seemingly she does not intend to discuss tin" question; but means will undoubtedly be found to foil these tactics. London, October 6. Replying ti th semi-official statement concerning th dangerous state of affairs in West Af rica issued in Paris this evening, th British colonial officials tonight de clared that there does not seem to be any reasonable fear of complications -at Nikki, "provided the French govern ment behaves reasonably." But, it wa added at the colonial office. Great Bri tain has taken the determination to more effectually police her territory and if the French persist in trespass- ing complications will naturally ensue. The Fifth Infantry Ordered to Xnhvill Washington, October ?6 The war de partment has at last communicated with the Fifth infantry, which an At lanta dispatch reported to be wander ing around in the Georgia mountains beyond reach of communication. Late yesterday "afternoon word came to the department that the troop were on their way from Chattanooga,, where they had been camped, to their home station at Fort McPherson, near At lanta. At the time of report they were marching somewhere between Calhoun and Kingston, Tenn. A telegraph or der was at once sent to the latter point to await, the arrival there of the troops, to take the train immediately for Nashville, where they are set down as one of the attractions during the closing hours of the exposition. General Wilson, chief of the engin eers of the army, wants to prepare for war in these piping times of peace to the extent of an expenditure of $5,810, 000 upon coatswise fortifications. HOT REE To enj Addrecs Our Vew Illustrated Cetslogueand Prfoe-Llstof nilRIC ATHLETIC and UUriij, SPORTiriQ GOODS. Host Complete Line In America, At rery IatAretUng Price. E. C MEACHAM ARMS CO., se 21 I3t THE JAUES SPRUIIT INSTITUTE, XEIJANSVILLE, IT. C The annuoncements tor.th next Eton of this School are now ready to sent out. Who wan'i- to see one? Any man with a girl to educate can get Mm Interesting reading by addresIng t pos tal card to Rev. R. V. Lancaster, Kenans ville. N. C. For the motto of the Trus tees In: The best possible school for the least poRsible cost. SESSION OlEN8 SEPTEMBER 8th. 18S7. - -. -. R. V. LANCASTER. Ju 3ro , - : FreMnt 0W8 HIS FATHER WILL SEE THAT tIE IS SUITABLY AND BECOMINGLY DRESSED FOR THE. 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