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The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-09
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The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-09

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The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-09

A true copy of the petition and order thereof
3wa5 Attest: HENRY B. FLINT, Clerk.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

Some time ago-a year or So-we
wrote Of a reaction favorable to a ne
elected poet and an underated poet in
the last thirty or forty years-Lord By
ron. Up to 1850, scarcely n poet
using the English language was read so
much and known SO we'll. Perhaps
Scott was the only poet who rivalled
him in popularity. They both had
very animated style and their poems
were highly romantic. Wordsworth
was read by the contemplative School.
Shelley nor Keats had reached their
full form, such as attend their James
now, although long dead-for two de-
cades or more-and Tennyson had just
begun to be weighed wisely by men Of
penetration and true taste like Poe and
a few other gifted men. Browning had
as yet made but little impression by his
rugged, obscure but dramatic verse.
For forty years perhaps a stead un-
LIBERALIZATION of Byron has been the
vogue, the plan. English critics. with
the rare exceptions Of some of the best,
ceased to give the splendid son Of song
his high need Of praise, and he fell into
neglect among the cultured. Having
learned to appreciate his great powers
in the forties and fifties we never
shared with the sneerers and detractors
of the Swinburne class. He is not only
a genius but a poet of magnificent elo-
uuence force and beauty. Very rare
gems can be selected from his large
poetic remains. Many varied and rich
specimens of poetic inspiration and
melody can be found scattered over his
manifold productions. The greatest poet
Of Germany, Goethe, as did the great
est novelist and creative genius of
Great Britain since Shakespeare, Scott,
vastly admired Byron. Genius is i'm
mortal. What attracted, pleased, en-
thralled those mastery men, and many
others, still lives, and it only needs to
have minds to discover and to appre-
ciate, as did the great men of the past,
TO appraiSe rightly once more the poetic
splendor and wealth of the Byronic
Muse. Shelley had acknowledged rich
ness and fullness of poetic endowment.
His fame has steadily grown since the
day he was so unfortunately drowned,
when only some thirty-one years of
age. Few modern poets today rank
with him in the judgment of the sanest
and most approved criticism. He had
the beautiful in high development. He
wrote much that was pantheistic and,
therefore, unchristian, but he wrote with
rarest inspiration and left the reading
world great treasures, to use Chaucer's
felicitous line, fulfilled of largesse and
Of all grace" We met with lately a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

pray fervently and trustingiy to God
to hear and t. bless. Let us try to
live for something. Let US pray for n
another. let us strive to help the
brethren, let us strengthen the weak
and above all pray for the salvation OF
the lost. God will near the prayers Of
His people. will fulfill His promises to
save the souls Of those prayed for.
and will bless those seeking and pray
ing for others. We should be very
humble. very trusting, very grateful
when in giving thank to our Heavenly
Father, we should give thanks to Him
that He has counted US worthy Of
helping any perishing soul in pointing
it to the Lamb Of God that taketh
away sin and leading it in the way Of
salvation. It is indeed a wondrous
work to be instrumental in saving a
soul from death" Any one SO blessed
should rejoice in the good work and be
profoundly thankful and humble for
the honor conferred and the blessing
vouchsafed. May God teach US how
to pray In faith, how to abound, how
to be useful to others, and may He
give us grace for ourselves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
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SALMAGUNDI.

The last poem of Rudyard Kipling
copied into The Messenger days g
and entitled "Recessional' has made a
great impression in England, and is
widely copied in this country. 1t ap-
peared about a fortnight or three
weeks ago, and has rapidly passed over
the English speaking world. 1t is a
leaf 70 his laurel rown. He is a poet
of mark much beyond what the world
expected when he published his re-
markable Barrack Room Ballads. 1t
did not anticipate in the singer Of songs
of soldier inspiration that it had a ge-
MUS who would rapidly rival Swim
burne and lead all other poets. His
''Seven Seas" and this last inspiration.
the "Recessional' of the recent splen-
did Victorian jubilee, have so drawn the
eyes Of men that even his marvellous
stories has failed to do. The London
Spectator writes in appreciation OF the
Jubilee poem and says that he has
touched the heart Of the nation deeply
and touched it to deep issues. His
poem has moved his fellow-country-
men, not by any subtle dose Of imperial
f1attery, or by any sugared draught OF
adulation, but by HI simplest, the
sternest, and the most direct appear
which men are capable of feeling. Mr..
Kipling's new verses speak almost SOLE
ly to the religious sentiment Of the ma
ton. If that sentiment lid not exist
and exist passionately-i. e., as a living,
moving thing-his poem would be
passed by as simply incomprehensible.
It Is here, indeed, that Mr.. Kipling's
genius is visible. He realized that if
the nations heart was to be moved to
the full, it could only be on the reli-
gious side-we keep at least this much
of the old Puritan spirit. But to know
that alone was not enough. The poet
might have the insight required to see
that the nation could only be adequate
1y touched by the religious appeal, and
yet be unable to make that appeal. Mr..
Kipling has not failed in this. Whether
the religious spirit belongs to him al
ways we do not know, and have, of
course, no right to inquire. His jubi-
lee POEMS, however, like several Of his
other poems, show that he can and
does often receive the religious element
in that aflatus which belongs to the
poet"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

We are persuaded that about the
worst habit that one can form, next to
reading the yellow newspapers" and
the lower class Of pictorials is novel
reading. We mean a habit so formed
as to disqualify for serious reading.
When a person has got to that pass
that his taste rises no higher than the
trash, he is probably worse off than if
he did not read any thing. Reading
nothing he would not imbibe the pois-
Ons. PrOmiscuous novel reading de-
praves the taste, vitiates the mind, de-
bauches the appetite. To read now
and then a really superior novel, a
work of art and of genius. a story of
life, but without the impurities, the
filth, the garbage, the cesspool deliv-
erance, is pleasant, refreshing, stimu-
lating. But no one should read many
novels in a year, and no one reading
novels should fail to read ais the high
est poetry, biography and history, and
also the best essays in u language.
Devouring the novels Of the day with
out discrimination and judgment is a
p~erilous waste of time inc is sure to
leave stains upon the mind that time
will not remove. A vicious appetite
once formed will be quite apt to stay
with you to the last of life. Make it a
point to read every day some master
poet. The more you read and under
stand of Shakespeare the greater will
b. your intellectual enjoyment and
wonder. He is very easily, transpar-
emily the greatest Of all poets. He is
really greater in himself than any half
dozen of the greatest poets. his will
| not be admitted save by those who have
studied the immortal dramatist very
constantly, very closely, very under
standingly. Read a paper in the last
Atlantic Monthly in criminal study
(title not remembered) and you will see
how much better Shakespeare under
stood that class, as he did everything
else, than other poets who have writ
ten of insanity. He was simply mar
%vellous, the worlds prodigy, oceanic
the as COlef1OSe CALL
ed him. Our advise is to read the best
books, of all kinds, novels included. Do
not read a novel because it is new, the
fashion for a day or week, the book
talked Of among people who do not love
and cultivate good literature. Do not
waste p~rescious hours over third-rate
books while the shelves are loaded
with the worlds masterpieces from the
intellects of
1.-THE dead but sceptered sovereigns
whO still rule
Our spirits from their urnS."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
rOxINE ron L.OCKJAw.



The usual operation Of injecting tox-
inc into a patient for the cure OF tetan-
US, or iockjaw. was tried at the Emer-
gency hospital yesterday. and the indi-
cations arelthat the operation will be
successful. Several days & William
Curtis, q colored driver. who ives with
his family at ZOOS H. street northwest.
stepped on a nail. which penetrated
his Foe between the heel and the in
step. The wound was extremely pain
full. but no attentin was paid to IL at
the time beyond putting lime healing
lotion on IL. Recently. however. SYM
tons OF tetanus appeared. and grew
more marked up to yesterday. when
the muscles Of his face. neck n chest
became rigid.
He was taken to the Emergency
hospital and the operation decided up
on. He was placed on the operation
table and a portion OF the toxine in
jected into his left side. The operation
was not painful. and after IL was over
hew as removed to a ward. He was
unable 10 swallow any but liquid food
and talked through his teeth with the
greatest difficulty. The case will be
watched with the greatest interest by
medical men, as IL is so unusal. The
toxine has proven OF great alu in
d~iptheria cases. and il is thought that
it will prove eflicacious in the present
case.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

noted man OF letters, who is, we be-
lieve. professor Of English literature in
Dublin university. At any rate he is
q noted critic. We wish we had more
Of what he said Of Byron and Shelley
In contrast. He evidently had a high
opinion Of Byron or he would never
have put him in connection with such
an imperial poet al Shelley to empha-
size differences in their gifts. Here is
the little passage from him:
. TN Byron We find an expression Of
b revolution on its negative side,
. Sin Shelley an expression Of
. its positive side. AS the
OF revolution rolls onward, driven
forth from the vast volcanic upheaval
in France, and as it becomes a portion
Of b literary movement Of Great Bri-
tain, its dark and Kissing crest may be
the poetry Of Byron; but owe the tu-
muftuOus ave hangs ar iris of beauty
and promise, and ever r~eappearing as
the wave sweeps on, is the poetry Of
Shelley"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
The of New England Civilization

There is a lesson for our New England
communities in the career Of Jack O'Neil,
the Shelburne Falls hoodlum and ne'er-do-
we'll. O'Niel was what the specialists
woudld describe as a true degenerate. He
was an idle, worthless, drunken penni-
less fellow, hanging around the entran-
ces to the village dramshops (of which
Shelburne Falls plainly has too many.
sponging his food and lodging out of his
mother, a hardworking washerwoman.
and as sure to develop into a criminal
as darkness is to succeed daylight. Be
cause he had never committed a burglary
or a murder his presence was tolerated
by the good people of the town, yet, as the
event proved, they might as we'll have
permitted a ravenous wild beast to be at
large in Shelburne Falls as to have al
lowed Jack O'Neil to remain there. :.
The moral laxity and failure of the COM
munity in which such a criminal was pro-
duced should draw attention. The evil
dence at the trial in Greenfield showed
that O'Neil was only one of a gang of
youthful buns and hoodlums who are
tolerated in Shelburne Falls, and whose
ill-gott IL gains furnish considerable sup
port for a lot of cheap and nasty dram
shops which disgrace the place. How
many other New England villages present
the same conditions? A good many, to
our certain knowledge. Thus close to the
church and the schoOl-house are all the
conditions which produce thieves, ravish-
ers, and murderers. The time for the
state to seize hold of such creatures as
ONeil is before they commit their crimes,
not afterward. The problem of New
England civilization today is to find out
how to suppress and abolish the youth
full drunkar and hoodlum before he has
committed actual crime.-Hartford Comm
Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

Almost n degree Of eccentricity is
taken as a matter Of course when dis
played by a resident Of Jersey City and
long ag) most Of them lost the power
Of causing surprise in other people.
James A. Gordon, however, has man.
aged to do something so g~rotesquely
abnormal that even New York gasps
with establishment at him. Having in
his capacity as a lawyer settled up a
little $1,000 estate, the court awarded
him 5000 as fair compensation for his
services. Mr.. Gordon protested that
the allowance was too great, and said
he would be content with half of it.
Our advices do not state whether the
judge has taken steps oward having
Mr.. Gordon canonized, or whether he
committed him to the insane asylum,
but it is evident that one or the other
of these measures must be carried out.
Even in Jersey the legal profession
cannot continue to include among it's
representatives a man SO utterly re-
gardless Of it's fundamental principles.
New York Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

praying if we pray in faith, nothing
doubling" We may be very useful in
helping others on to salvation and by
u prayers. Says the divine writer
Let him know, that he which vonvert-
eth a sinner from the error of his way
shall save a soul from death" What a
promise! In that precious promise is
wrapt UP h salvation of many an
immortal soul By edifying words from
a warm, sympathetic, humble believing
heart Heavens throne may be reached
in behalf of a sinner on the way to
eternal death and shall thus "hide a
multitude Of sins" By prayer we win
Heavens favor and greatly influence
the life and destiny Of the souls of men
around us. See what the tongue right
ly, wisely, religiously, prayerfully
used can accomplish under the benig-
nant smiles of u gracious, placable,
loving Heavenly Father. Prayer shall
convert a sinner from the error Of
his way and shall save a soul from
DEATH" That is the promise given. Do
you Relieve it? Then pray with all your
heart. pray with all faith and heart
and fervor that the promise may be
verified, that Gods glory may come
down in exceeding power, thai He may
make known His ways upon earth, His
saving health unto all nations. If we
would "save q soul from DEATH let us
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
Unique Sign

In the line Of novelties of advertis-
ing there is n Chicago druggist whose
departure would be hard to discount.
This gentleman, whose place Of bust
ness is in Hyde Park district, %announ-
ces that he has q choice line Of blue
blooded Angora cats. His business
cards bear Q picture Of an artistocratic-
looking tabby IN M corner, and after
the address are the words, Drug store
and cattery."-American Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Let me be strong in word and deeds
Just for today;
Lord! for tomorrow and it's needs
I must not pray.
Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

The great English poet, Tennyson,
sang perhaps forty years ago Of
Strong Son of God, immortal Love-
He also like a true and wise Christian
lyrist in exaltation of spirit said
wills are ours to make them
thine.'
Their is a great deal Of theology in
those most memorable lines.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

A very valuable work by Professor
Hommell, of the University Of Munich,
upon primitive Biblical history and
pre-Mosaic times, has been published
by the Society Of Promoting Christian
knowledge, in London. He has charge
of semitic languages in the university
and is reputed both learned and able
ard, so much higher than the one pre-
vailing in this land of easy learning
and cheap regulations, where a mere
smattering passes for marked acquisi-
ton and ready speech passes for ora
tory. DR.. HommelTs book must be re-
garded as important or it would hardly
be selected from SO nan learned
works to be published by the famous
London society. He controverts Wig
orously the modern distinctive school
of Old Testament criticism. Their is a
manifest reaction going on among pro-
found scholars and thinkers against
the school Of sappers and miners.
We have been long impressed with
the excellency and value of the Epistle
of the Apostle James. There is so
much good advice and warning in it.
1t is because of his that from time
to time we have tried to briefly dis
course upon several verses at a time,
drawing from them those encourage
ments and perils hat are so conspicu-
GUS and SO largely enforced. We pro-
pose to conclude what we have to say
OF the General Epistle by dwelling for
a short while upon the way to use the
tongue proftably, not deceitfully or
bitterly. with cursing and reproaches,
and to exhibit h effect to mutual
prayers. Open you Bibles at this wise
Epistle, at the fifth chapter, beginning
at the 18th verse, and closing with the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10

In Georgia, at least. the niger has
left the woodpile' and taken to the Of
fices.-Atlanta Journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-30
Accidentally shot Ais vito.

The Eureka Sentinel says that s.
Rogantini, ranchsr Of that county
accidentally shot his wife last week.
Mr.. Rogantini noticed some wild
ducks alighting near his home on
the ranch, and, getting his revolver,
started out to take shot at them.
The ducks rose and flew toward the
house, and Mr.. Rogantini IN his OK
citepent forgot the direction in which
he was shooting and turned tho re-
volver loose. A bullet went crashing
through one OF the windows and
struck his wife on the upper lip a
little below and just to the left Of
the nose, knocking out four of her
front teeth and making very painful
wound. ,si.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-30

There ia more Catarrh In this Sec
ton OF the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the las.s
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease, and pre.
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven c8tarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
10 the only constitutional cure on the
market. It 10 taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to Jeaspoonful.
IL acts direct ON the blood and mu.
cous surfaces of tho system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-30
A Tax Levy Complication.

A complication has arisen in Storey
county over the tax rate for this year.
A stature limits the tax for all pur-
poses to IS per 800 valuation. 1t
Ii also provided by law that the tax
rate shall be fixed on the first Non
day In March. The Chronicle says
that before the new law, raising the
tax for state needs to 90 cents, was
passed, the commissioners of Storey
county. acting under tho latter two
laws and the old law fixing the state
tax at 80 cents, made the levy OF taxes
for 1897. The levy fixed the state tax
at 80 cents and the total taxat So. the
limit for. all purposes. Now comes
the hitch that is creating the discus.
sion.
The raise in tile state tax made by
the new law lifts the total tax in that
county to So OF, two cents in excess
OF the limit. The questions pre-.
esented are: Can the IS o.: be col.
lected? Have the com missioners
power to change the levy and bring
it within the SIS limit? Does the new
law supercede the law limiting the
total tax, and how are all parties in.
tercsted = assessors, taxpayers and
collectors-to proceed? An opinion
from the attorney general will prob
ably be secured by the the county of.
ficials.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-30
A Hsuseholo Naosa.ily.

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the taste, act gently and positively
on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans
ing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual con-
stipation ard biiousness. Please
buy and try box OF O. o. today;
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school Of Pen m.n.hIp.

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