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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

5000.
No Decision Yet in the Asyluns Cases.
Appropriation for Raleigh Insane Asy.
lum Too Small.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel.
Raleigh, y. G. April Is.
The curator of the state museum
greatly regrets not securing the skele-
ton of the whale which was washed
ashore at Wrightsville. 1t was a spurm
whale and not a right whale. The
whale fishery at Cape Lookout is of
the right whale, and it is said that
in forty years no specimen of the sperm
whale has been seen there. Sperm
whales are sometimes killed near
Wrightsville.
1t was remarked here today by prom
inent republicans that if Robinson is
appointed federal judge the odds are
that the governor will appoint Oscar
j. Spears superior court judge and thus
get him put Of the way of Charles A.
Cook who wants to be United States
district attorney again.
The prospect for a fine crop of wheat
and oats is excellent. Winter-sown
grain is in good shape.
AS to the fruit CROP the prospect is
also good. The damage by the frosts
was not great. Danger from frost now
is not feared.
Interest is increasing in the building
Of the Richmond-Ridgeway railway
line.
The news that the Seaboard Air Line
and the Baltimore and Ohio railways
are working together for a joint south
ern n northern through line is con-
firmed in several ways.
The declaration was made last night
that in the matter of the legal deci-
sion as to the right of the present SUI
perintendents of the hospitals for the
insane the odds were in their favor.
The decision of the superior court judge
in this very important and interesting
case has been expected two or three
days.
In the supreme court there was ergu-
ment in the appeal case involving the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20
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In THE SENATE.
THE DAY SPENT ON THE INDIAN
APPROPRIATION BILL.

Several Amendments Proposed and Dis
cussed Added to the Clause
Giving Tribal Rights tn Half
tain Grants of Oil Lands Stricken Out.
Senator Vests Protest Against Abolition
OF Sectariau Schools.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20
A GAY EASTER WEEK.
TWO WEDDINGS AND SEVERAL
DANCES ON THE PROGRAMME.

Curator of the state Museum Disappointed
at Not Sec nring Skeleton of the Wrights-
Vile W~haIe-The Scramble for the Judge.
shiP-Prospects for Good Fruit Crop.
No Decision Yet in the AsyluEns Cases.
Appropriation for Raleigh Insane Asy.
Ium Too Small.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20
THE GREEKS ADVANCING.
CONTINUING SUCCESSFUL OPERA.
TIONS AGAINST THE TURKS.

Making an Effort to Cut the Turkish Line
of Communication and Raising the Mace
domains to R~evolt-SeveraI Turkish Posts
Captured-The Italian Volunteers With
the Greek ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS las
Saws the Two Nations Must be Let Alon e.
The herald., 1897-01-25

itself In his consciousness as the law
and will of a righteous God, with inf
mite power at It's disposal. Thus right
makes might. Thus Lincoln saved the
republic. And / wish to say deliber-
ately, after reading many lives of Lin
coin, and trying to understand the his
tory of the civil war, that in my opinion
the union could not have been restored
without the unseen, but none the less
real, power which came to the nation
through Lincoln's belief in God and
confidence in his moral government of
the world
Whatever the attitude of this great
soul toward the mere accidents of re-
ltgion, Its forms and formulas; by what
ever process he came to his faith. some
where, sometime, God met him in the
way and touched him with a mighty
conviction that swayed his life and
through him shaped the destinies of
nation. The point does not lie in the
form of a great mans conviction. but
I'm the fact of 1t. 1t is evermore the
high thought that Is transformed into
the high action. 1t is because men
are all a-quiver with a holy faith that
they move up life's Calvarys and be-
come the saviours of humanity. No
man has ever wrought a great deed
who was not the agent Of great belief
1t may not have been a faith that would
III III Wltn the OellVeranCe OF our SeCtS
or mingle with the systems of our
school, 1t may not have been a belief
that could stand the test of either logic
or scripture, but there at the heart of it,
pouring the very might of Omnipotence
into the soul and through the soul into
the world, stood God. The life that
affects its age, the Life that works
righteousness into its time, must be
firm and f1brous with positive convic-
tions Of God and duty. The soul that
grapples with the social and political
problems of its day and solves them
is the God-conscious soul. The man who
lifts the world nearer to an ideal king
dom, where truth and justice and love
reign, is the man who has faith in God
Of truth and Justice and love, and in
the persistence of good. Whatever su-
perstitions may darken the truth we
mistakes may blur our vision of God,
better these with action and a definite
persuasion Of power in the world and
in humanity working for righteous
ness than a cold bare atheism or q pulpy
negation Of agnosticism. Men may or
may not have theology; they must
have God. Life ceases to be sacred,
duty has no foundation, right no stand
ard. and ethics no eternal imperative,
If there be no thought of God in the
mind. Like a fllmy spiders web, bro
ken from its moorings and floating on
the wanton winds, the soul of man is
without the anchorage Of an origin, the
glory of present worth or the hope of
O future.
The herald., 1897-01-25
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.
"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread u
Mans Spiritual Necessity.

This glorious midwinter Sabbath
morning summoned an unusually large
number to worship in the various
churches Of the CITY, Sunshine and flow
ers, excellent music and gladness of
hearts prepared all for the theme, "Our
Daily Bread" chosen by the pastor. Rev.
DR.. Day, and based upon these words
from the prayer taught by our Lord,
Give us this day our daily bread"
Said the speaker: This is not the
prayer of pauper for he that offers it
most truly sufferes least loss of self-re-
lance or manliness. Fitting those who
are in need of loaf, it takes in necessi-
ties, which neither baker nor weaver can
supply. 1t is a universal prayer in its
adaptation and widespread use; it's only
conditions being that the heart of the
worshiper yearns for what 1t pleads, and
that he offers it reverently.
This is a familiar prayer, neither too
large for the child nor too small for the
philosopher or statesman. 1t is meant
to be daily prayer. Life has daily i'm
pulses and wants We are i'm a world of
short supplies. By no fasting can the
poorest, by no feasting can the richest,
escape their daily need of food, though
one may live many days without it, This
universal and daily petition Is a
reminder ard expression of the per-
sonal relation which should exist be-
tween the devout and the Divine One.
Scepticism is ever drawing the soul into
solitude; faith into companionship. Man
is made for the closest companionship
with Cod but he is ever swinging away.
This prayer and the mighty necessity
which prompts 1t, are some of the Lord $
provisions for bringing back and keep
ing his human creatures in personal fell
lowship with him.
This is also a prayer of brotherhood
"Our'' and "us" bear the suggestion OF
The herald., 1897-01-25

changes from the past to what we would
call the present perfect. The meaning Is
brought into existence ard so exists at
present. The same personality, through
whom the universe was created, still
upholds IT. with this agrees Col f:16-17:
Through him were all things created
/. and by him all things consist
We have no reason to believe that apart
from the power of the divine Christ this
universe would exist for another mo-
ment. One day his power will be with
drawn (S) The fountain of life with
all It's attendant blessings. IN him was
life," etc. Existence is through him.
Life Is in him. In him is the source of Life
and all other life is from him. He
has not left the universe cold and dead.
but gives life to each thing according
to its nature and requirements. No
Pantheism Is taught here, for the Christ
Is still personal and active. But this life
is the light of men. Men have gone away
from the light and are in the darkness;
sin has entered into the world. Whence
came sin? We know not, but we do know
that SIN is present. In the darkness of
sin that life is light. Men have always
had, even before Christ came some of
the light of God. Paul declares, "That
which may be known of God is manifest
to them, for God showed it unto them
For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are
made; even his eternal power and Cod
head; so that they are without excuse"
But light Is referred to in even a nobler
sense in this passage: "The light shines
and the darkness comprehended it not"
Here is expressed the incarnation and
the cross. How sadly true is it that the
darkness did not comprehend the light.
Men even tried to destroy it; men are
trying to destroy It's power in their
hearts now; but the light shines on. The
same writer furnishes comfort in an
other passage 1.-THE darkness Is pass
ing away and the true light shines" Be
fore that light darkness is fleeing. On
every hand we hear of the victories of
the cross. In China, Japan, India, Afri
ca and the islands of the sea souls are
being lead into the light. In our own
country the work goes on.
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears"
Yea, 1t Is more than morning; it is the
MONDAY splendor of his glory.
My friends, there is your salvation and
mine. Christ our Savior, is the divine
Lord 1 close with the words of Glad
stone: "All write, all think, and all
hope is based on the divinity of our Lord,
the one central hope of our poor, way
ward race"
The herald., 1897-01-25

fellowship with the father, and Of
brotherhood with our fellow men in
wants and worship. In this prayer the
physical makes the first plea. By their
office and relation, these bodies hold a
high rank. Temples of the human soul
each should be a. temple of the Holy
Spirit. Physical degradation is INSOFAR
able from the degradation of the spir-
itual, and has brought many life that
might be sanity into a physical unfit
ness for it's manifest service. So, in their
higher relations the kitchen and dining
room are not far apart from the sanctu-
ary and the altar. Hand-in-h hand with
temperance will go high appreciation
and skill in furnishing fitting food for
these bodies.
This is also a prayer for that greater
but spiritual life which gives to the phys
ical it's significance and reason for be-
ing; otherwise the Lords prayer would
have had no place among the transac-
tions of this earth 1t is the first recog-
milton of the unfolding and perfecting
process which is now taking place within
us under a divine and master hand. For
this it is ordered that we shall, for sea-
son In this earth life, work and wrestIe
amid perils and trials inseparable from
the transformation through which the
,obedient trustful one is now passing.
w Z NO uOl IGdully TISe 10 It0dL bplI1l
of trust; it is an achievement, for
naturally we doubt the wisdom of what
ever hurts or is disagreeable. For our
perfecting the Father does not always
give us sweet bread or pleasant waters;
but let us not make the common mistake
that every process through which the
Lord desires to lead US is dark or pain
full that whatever fits us for higher use
fulness and the glory of the great future
is through the loss of whatever Is pleas
ant. For most part, the unfolding
perfecting and Transforming of a human
being is through the healthful. the long
full, the hopeful. Meanwhile, whoever
sincerely offers this prayer must rise to
a trustful acceptance Of whatever expe-
rience or condition may be essential for
the most complete realization of the
Heavenly Fathers glorious purpose
in us.
Blessed fact! Our sorrows are not
poured into one awful cup, to be drained
at once; nor are all our joys crowded into
one exultant day, then to vanish. No
it is this day our daily bread; this day
it's own pain or pleasure; this day, the
wisdom, the courage, the patience, the
faith, the Holy Spirit. This day only
such temptations or responsibilities as
our strength can meet or carry today
So step by step, the web of our life is tc
be woven; the temple of our life is to be
reared, the perfecting of our being at
tainad -
The herald., 1897-01-25
UNITY CHURCH.
The Hand the Receiver of Divine In
spiration.

The pastor, Rev. ]. s. Thomson,
preached a sermon on the question
Does God Inspire the Human Hand?
using the text, God teacheth my hands
to war."-Psalm xvili:34
The text dlscloses that God inspires
soldier to use the sword, the bow and
the spear in battle. Life is q series of
fights, and 1t is necessary to have trained
hands in order to overcome all our ene-
mics. People do not generally believe
that the hand is the receiver of divine
inspiration. They think that that inspi-
ration Is limited to religious thoughts
and exercises, but some allow that sing
ers, orators, writer's and many artists
may be inspired. The Bible gives a
larger conception of inspiration. Adam
was commanded and taught to dress the
trees in paradise and to till the ground.
The sons OF Lamech were inspired shep-
herds, musicians and artificers. Beza-
ieel and Aholiab were inspired crafts
men. Moses was inspired to smite the
rock with the rod in his hand. Hiram
was inspired to furnish the temple. God
inspired the feet of Elijah to run be-
fore Ahabs chariot. The apostles were
inspired healers and surgeons. The dea
cons were appointed to superintend the
work of distributing food and clothes
among the poor, because they were filled
with the Holy Ghost to do such work.
The earth contains everything that our
existence here demands, but the ma
terials for our earthly life are given to
us in the rough. We have to work with
our hands to make these materials use
full to our lives. We are to ''subdue the
earth" All the improvements on the
face Of the earth have been created by
the hand of man. Houses, furniture.
books, clothes, railroads, canals, ships,
carriages, are the fruits of the hand
The hand is q wonderful tool and it has
created al other tools that we have
The herald., 1897-01-25
IMMANUEL CHURCH.
Dr. Chichesters Bacalaureate Sermon to
Normal School Students.


Yesterday morning large congrega-
ton gathered in Emmanuel church to
hear DIR. Chichester's bacalaureate SER
mon to the graduating class Of the State
Normal school. The floral decorations
of the pulpit platform were very beauti-
full, the class colors of pink and gray
predominating. A block of seats in front
of the pulpit was reserved for the grad
yates and their teachers. DR.. Chiches-
ter's text was from Gal. H., 20: "I-yet
not l." The subject was Personality
which is, without exception, the most
wonderful thing in the universe. Not
every one realizes his personality. Not
every one has spoken to his inner con-
sciousness, saying: II am II myself,
and not another" Too many. indeed,
do not seem to have discovered whether
they are themselves or some one else
having never gotten themselves de-
tached from the rest of humanity.
Paul, however, thoroughly realized
his personality-his favorite pronoun be-
ing 81" He knew himself intimately
and had a clear and definite conception
of the qualities of character and the pc
culiarites of intellect by which he was
distinguished from every one else. Per-
sonality has been defined as what one is
that which gives one conscious, sep
arate existence as an Intelligent and
voluntary being. Nothing should be per-
, mitted to obscure its infinite worth For
toward this God has been working
through all ages-to make men indi-
viduals.
In treating of the development of per-
sonality such facts were dwelt upon
as heredity, necessity, training, contact
with others and moral principles. This
latter fact, of course, is paramount, and
Righteousness was recommended, not be-
cause 1t pays, but for it's own sake and
for its own influence in creating great
and worthy character. The most marked
personality of this generation, perhaps,
is Gladstone, and what made him so was
not eloquence nor learning nor states
manship, but Righteousness. In speak
ing of the best use we can make of our
personality the doctor referred to Ten
nyson's lines:
Self knowledge self-reverence, self-con-
These three alone lead life to sovereign
power.
But is this, indeed, so-that these
three uses of our personality-the know
ing of 1t, the reverencing Of it and the
controlling of it-are all that we need for
life's highest development? BY no
means. 1t is not enough that our life be
self-controlled; it must also be Christ
controlled. Il live" says Paul, "yet not
!, but Christ, liveth in me-" This was
the great thought pressed home upon
the members of tie graduating class
the necessity of a strong, Christ inspired
personality. Policy. expediency, cum
ning-these were to be stunned and the
class was to live by it's motto: by cour-
age and not by craft" Most of the
worlds great positions are now occu-
pied-but very few of them are filled
andswhenever trained brain force is rec
ognized it is always in demand. Posi-
tion, however, is not to be the one end of
your endeavor, but manhood, woman
hood, usefulness, the building up of char
acter and the development of PERSONAL
ffxy
The herald., 1897-01-25
EAST EIGHTH STREET
David Walk On the Wonderful Love
of God
on was present at

A large congregation was present at
day. David Walk, the evangelist, read
a portion of the third chapetr of the
First Epistle of ST. John, and announced
God" He said in part.
This is one of the sweetest passages
in the Bible. 1t is the spontaneous out
burst of a deeply meditative mind and
loving heart Behold, what manner
of love the Father hath bestowed upon
us, that we should be called the children
of God" He speaks Of this new and
blessed relation into which we are
brought through the atonement of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as some
thing that should startle heaven and
earth And should it not? Should a
poor little orphaned and neglected waif
of the street be adopted by a millionaire
and educated, and trained to life of
usefulness and happiness, would not all
unite in saying that the child was most
fortunate? Well, we are but poor waits,
and many of us are but homeless wan
derers. We have no possessions here,
and but little prospect of acquiring any;
but God promises to adopt us. He sent
His son as a servant to gather the or
phaned race into a home expressly pre-
pared for them, and declares that all
such shall be His heirs, heirs to an in
heritance which is incorruptible, unde-
filed, and that fadeth not away. Fluctu-
ations Of values are not predicabie of the
true and eternal riches. This is the
present status of the children of God,
but there is something in reserve for
them even more precious.
''It doth not yet appear what we shall
be- Glorious hope. This is the gospel
for the poor. the heavy laden, and the
oppressed of earth. This is the gospel
that makes men contented and happy,
even amid all the sorrows and cares of
this life. I'VE shall see Him as He is. !"
This is the one bright hope which illumes
the future. The Psalmist sang, II shall
be satisfied, when 1 awake, with thy
likeness" This is the one event in
which we look forward, the glorious ap-
pearing of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ.
At the close Of the sermon one was re-
ceived into the fellowship of the church.
The services will be continued each
evening during the week, except Satur-
day. The interest is steadily increas-
ing.
The herald., 1897-01-25

II we had no hands we could not exist
In this world We might exist II we
had no feet. The intellect, without the
hand, could not till the soil, ~--ave cloth,
bake bread, build houses, write books
We are indebted to the hand for all our
possessions. No investment is so safe
as the training of the hand to some
useful work. No one can steal this train
ing, no one can cheat us out Of It,
The trained hand Is q fortune. It Is an
evil Of our civilization that many peo-
pie look upon hand labor as a degrada-
tion. God works in all things-clean
and dirty things, in mud and ocean
slime, and from things that disgust our
conventional dignity, he causes to come
beautiful and useful things. To work
with God Is surely dignified employ
ment. The farmer. the streetsweeper, the
cook, the weaver, the tailor, the carpen-
ter, the miner, are inspired when they
do their work well, and their callings
are just as noble, dfgnified and divine
as the calling OF clergymen, statesmen,
authors, physicians, teachers.
Idleness Is a disgrace, because It Is
unnatural and 1t is dishonesty because
the idler lives upon civilization and
makes no returns. Paul was a tent
maker although he had the best univer-
sity education. The father of Christ,
like all Jewish boys, learned a trade.
1t was regarded as wisdom to have
trade, whether one would need it or
not, and Joseph learned to be carpen-
ter. There is no proof that he ever
followed that calling. A mans trade
was sometimes used as his surname.
Joseph the Carpenter, Joseph the Smith,
John the Baptist, Elijah the Prophet.
Jesus learned a trade, too, but there is
no proof that he ever followed 1t. He
was a physician by profession.
Rapid accumulations of wealth for the
purpose of being able to live in idle
ness and luxury are evils of our time.
All persons should work at some useful
business The answer which the Psalm
ist gives to the question, who shall
ascend to the hill of God?" is THE man
who has clean hands. If heaven shuts
out all people with dirty hands many
people will have to stay out a long time
washing their dirty hands. No mans
blood, nor creed, nor church, nor priest,
nor pastor, can wash the dirty hands
of anybOdy
The herald., 1897-01-25
"A SAVORY HASH

Chop equal parts Of cold, lean corned
beef and boiled potatoes together until
very fine. Put one large tablespoonful
of butter in the chafing dish over the hot
water, add one saltspoonful of paprika
and few drops Of onion juice. Turn
in the minced mixture and stir it well
as it heats. Moisten it with water or
stock. When nearly ready stir in an
other tablespoonful of butter, cover and
let it simmer few minutes longer, then
dish ii as needed
The herald., 1897-01-25
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200 South Spring street. Los Angeles, Cal
The herald., 1897-01-25
HOME CULTURE
d her husband ar

''Mrs. Riffraff had her husband ar
rested for cruelty"
What had he been doing?"
"Tried to make her stop buying nov
els and read the encyclopedia" Chicago
Record.
The herald., 1897-01-25
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c.