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We quoted a saying yesterday. It
came from a northern poet, name not
known to us. He struck his resound-
ing harp a few years g and sang
a strain worthy of attentive ears, and
particularly in these days of preten-
sion and small men n political cor
ruption and personal profigacy, and
the worship Of the almighty dollar"
that will damn more souls in perdi-
sion we believe han anything else but
drink. We cannot reproduce the whole,
out give a part. He said, and he had
the vision Of a prophet as we'll as the
convictions of a political philosopher
he saw the great desideratum Of the
age, of the boosted LAND of the free,
this vain, glorious republic-he saw
and SANG of the most needed thing
now:
God give us Mem! A time like this
demand
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith,
and ready hands
Men whom the lust Of office does not
kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions n a will;
Men who love honor; men who will not
lie;
Tall men, sun-crOwned, who live above
. the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing:
Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting
Justice sleeps"
These are noble sentiments and
worthy Of an American patriot and
friend of humanity, whoever he may
he Tennyson has also some noble, Wig
zen in the fifties, we think it was. We
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The higher critics ave unexpectedly
come to grief in one of their chief wit
nesses or authorities. They have quo-
ted from and relied upon Professor
Harnack, a very distinguished Biblical
authority. They know his great schol-
arship. and have boosted Of his opin-
ion as justifying their own advanced
views. The sappers and miners, how
ever, appear to have struck a snag as
they were sailing around in the Har-
mack waters. He is not so much of a dis
tructive as they had supposed. He
holds views as to the g%enuineness and
authenticity Of the New Testament
Scriptures that they had hardly counted
upon. He is clearly not in harmony
with the contention Of some, perhaps
all. of the miscalled higher critics. The
able New England organ of the Bap-
fists, The Waterman, says this, and
we see no reply hat is possible:
"Harnack may be right or wrong in
his conclusions; the ~indisputable thing
is that the scholar under whose name
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Monr1outh." the hero OF Agincourt.
The jewel in the hilt OF his sword on
that Held Of battle is now one of the
precious stones. in the present queens
crown.
Thus much for history. Connected
with 1t Is a little which
whether it be true or not. is pleasant
reading II is said that the Black
Prince, during his splendid service in
France, became enamored of a beauti-
full French m but, though he
could carry prisoners to his own coun-
try a monarch king john. he could
not lead captive his enslaver-for she
belonged TO another man.. So the Black
Prince vowed that he would take no
woman to wife. but was not proof
against the charms Of the fair Joan OF
Woodstock.
The case Of s. J. Guy VS.. the county
commissioners, to restrain them from
the establishment of a ~dispensary. and
from the appropriation Of money there
to, was heard in chambers before Judge
McIver at Carthage this week. The
general impression here seems TO be
that. should Judge McIver's decision
be such as to affect a bar to the estab-
lishment of the d~ispensary. we will
have prohibition for the time. at least,
for it is not believed that the commits
sioners will grant liquor licenses. Then
we may see the apparent reign of pro-
hibition and the actual reign OF the
blind tiger"-far worse than the IL
cense system.
Fayetteville now luxuriates in an
| abundant market:-fresh meats. with
fish in fair supply, and fruits and veg
etables in p~rOfusion. Twelve varieties
| of vegetables and five of fruits were
| noted at a green-grocer's stall this
morning. The people Of this section will
raise an abundance of stuff to keep
the wolf from the door" this year.
Next week there will be registration
for the election in July on the question
of issuing electric light bonds.
Mr.. Panitz, a travelling salesman. his
vehicle having broker down during
a ride to Eureka Springs last Thurs
day, was forced to walk to and
was overcome by the heat. falling to
the floor senseless soon after entering
the Hotel Lafayette. He recovered
with medical aid.
The funeral services of Mrs. Cain
wife of ex-Probate Judge CAIN, took
place from the Hay Street Methods
church this morning.
Mrs. Ronald Mcmillan returned las
night from the north, after a course OF
treatment for the ear.
The Shepherd Boy David" another
scriptural cantata, is in course or prep
aratiOn for exhibition at an early date
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away, look with rather envious eyes
upon their more fortunate brethren
who GO down to take in the fine ocean
breeze. The rate will last all summer.
however. and We will all go down
sooner or later. There has never been
such enthusiasm over the seashore as
is now manifested by the Charlotte peo-
pie. Two years ago 1t was the noun
tains altogether. and now it is nothing
but the coast. This change has been
brought about by the judicious adver-
Using which the coast resorts have
been putting out OF late years. n the
extra attractions which ave been add
ed for the pleasure OF the visitor have
also helped wonderfully in catching
and holding the crowds.
Charlotte. like Wilmington. is now in
the midst Of the excursion season.
Three excursions have been in this
week, two white and n colored. II
takes the colored population to thor
oughly enjoy the excursion season, and
if any people on earth get real enjoy
ment out Of an excursion IL is the col
ored folk The South Carolina darkey
holds Charlotte as his mecca. and thou
sands worship at her shrine every sum-
mer. They come some days in perfect
clouds. and at times the streets are al
most impossible. They are, however.
as a rule, a very inoffensive set. n
while a few nearly always stay over 10
board" a while. the great majority
come and go in perfect peace n good
feeling. Their advent is always a
blessing to the fruit and lemonade ven
der. and while they do not come 10
spend thousands with us, yet some one
is benefited. and be the amount that
they leave ever so small ii helps along
in the grand total of the season.
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have no cop of his works at hand or
we would reproduce a few of his STIR
ring. ringing lines. He has sung in a
high. impressive strain in two or three
OF his masterful poems on liberty and
patriotism. The fine poem Of Sir VIII
liam Jones, the celebrated English
Orientalist, who died in 1874, more thar
a century ago, is we'll known to most
intelligent readers in our country. His
theme was Patriotism" What he
wrote then as constituting a state is
true now, is eternally true. We give
some Of the opening lines and closing:
What constitutes a State?
Not high-raised battlement Or labour'd
mound.
Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud with spires IND tur-
rets crown'd;
Not bays and broad-arm'd ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich ma
vies ride;
Not starr'd and spangled courts,
Where iow-brow'd baseness watts per
fume to pride.
No:-Men. high-minded men
Men, who their duties know,
But know their rights, and knowing
dare maintain.
These constitute a State"
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SHALL WE HAVE CURFEW?
Young Hours for Young Folks-A Beauti.
full Message to the Queen The Dispen.
sary Question Heard in Chambers-Abun.
dant Markets-News Notes.

correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, June %.
The North Carolina Baptist, pub
lished in his city, advocates the estab-
lishment of curfew for the better
lation of the night hours of young peO-
pie. Certainly the most wide open and
inviting way to immortality and god
lessness in life lies through the streets
and questionable resorts Of a large
town at night. The gravest question
connected with it is as to whether 1t
is or is not an undue interference with
home rule" Fayetteville has had the
curfew bell at 9 o'clock at night for
certainly more thar half a century. 1t
now only remains to make it mean
something:-that, at it's ringing, youth
of both sexes white and black, under
a certain age, shall betake themselves
home from the streets, unless accom-
panied by parents or some other pro-
tector. The etymology of "curfeW'-
'cOuVre feu, to cover the hre'-lllus-
trates the hard measures adopted
against the Saxons after the Norman
conquest.
1t is to be regretted that the jubilee
meeting on Monday afternoon was so
i'll attended. The cOngratulatory mes
sage prepared by Colonel G. W. Broad
foot was a beautiful ribute to Queen
Nictoria-simple, chaste, elegant, schol-
arly. By the way, he is one of the most
forcible writers in the state. His obit-
uary notice Of the lamented DR.. Huske
is a classic.
1t is interesting to observe that a
Duke of Kent and a Countess of Kent
by their issue, preserved, unimpaired
the direct succession to the throne OF
England at intervals in history of more
than 500 years. The case Of Victoria
is of course familiar to all; and in the
fourteenth century, during the reign Of
Edward III, Joan of Woodstock, known
as the Fair laid Of Kent'-as be-
witching and arrant a coQuette as ever
turned the heads and stirred the hearts
Of men-after her contract of marriage
with Salisbury was annulled by the
Pope, welded Sir Thomas Holland, af-
forwards Earl of Kent, who invested
her with the title Of Countess of Kent.
After his death she married the famous
Black Prince, and their son, as Rich
ard II, inherited the throne, the Black
Prince dying in the lifetime of Edward
III. Richard II was deposed by Hen
~ Bo~bingbroke, son of John of Gaunt,
~time-honored Lancaster" who usurped
the crown as Henry w. and his son
was the great Henry v. Harry Of
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rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days.
It's action upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. 1t remove at
once the cause and the disease immedi-
ately disappears. The first dose great
ly benefits.
T.. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster or
Promise City, Iowa, says: Il bought
one bottle of Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism, and two doses of it did me
more good than any medicine 1 ever
took" Is cents and $1.00. Sold by J.
H. Hardin, Druggist, Wilmington,
N, G..
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1t is known that the Greeks set great
store by athletics. They knew nothing
of the latter-day foot ball
S,a,t they had foot races and other
sports. Reading lately some Greek
opinions about many things, we founo
one philosopher, XenOphanes, as quoted
IN Bergk. taking decided ground in "a
uor of the intellectual over the physi-
cal. He e~ndeavored to countervail the
~avoritism in behalf Of mere physical
-.owers. endurance and other
advantages, and to assert the pre-em1-
nence of the intellectual over physlcai
Read what his phlloSo-
uber said. who wrote some 500 years
before Christ came. He said: you
give all kinds of honors-precedence at
Festivals, pensions, and public malnte-
nance-to runners, boxers, pentath-
Eetes. wrestlers, p~ancratists, ana char-
aoteers, who bear away the prize at
Olympia; yet these men are not so
worthy Of reward as l am; for better
than the strength Of men or horses is
our wisdom. What is the use OF all
this muscular development? 1t will not
improve the constitution of the state,
or increase the ~reVenue?' This opln-
ion Of Xenophanes was by no means
singular. All through the most glo-
rIous portions of Greek literature you
will find something corresponding TO
the above in the cenSure of the phySl-
cal sports. It is stated by one thor
Gughly versed in Greek literature nat
<eP1ato Aristotle, and all political NOR
alists of Greece blamed Sparta and
Tbebes for training mere soldiers and
ma to the exclusion OF intel
Iectual culture; thus retarding the
growth of their constitutions and fore
ing them to depend in all emergencies
upon brute force" The Athenlans
themselves were censured, for 1t was
charged that they suffered from EFF
feminacy and ignobility of purpose"
But two remarks we make. 1t has not
been long since some of the very fore
most American seats of learning the
athletics were the heroes. The scholarly
man, ranking at the head, was not SO
much as heard from. 1t was the man
OF Drawn and staying physical force,
who could jump higher or out-klck his
adversary over whom poeanS were
sung and for whom g~arlands were
woven. The other remark is that
while the pagan Greek moralists were
united in condemning the excuses in
the athletic grounds, there have been
Sn the last three years many modern
and American "moralists'-some even
Christian "apologists'-who enjoyed
the great excuses Of the foot ball game
and Joined in all the shouts and
praises in behalf of the physical over
the intellectual. The Greek was a
much wiser man than the end of the
3D. century advocates of brutal games that
manned n killed and caused drum
. kenness and many disgraceful scenes.
Many a clergyman and professor in
educational institutions have shown
far less insight, wisdom and genuine
moral Judgment in the matter Of ath-
letics than the Greek philosophers who
never so much as heard of Christ, as
they all lived many d of e
before the epiphany Of Christ on the
earth.
We quoted a. aying yesterday. 1t
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SO many of the advanced critics have
sheltered themselves has admitted the
early date Of the first Christian docu-
We ave been told ad nauseam
that in these hig matters the decision
OF the experts is final. n We have
been taught that Harnack is a high
priest of the experts. Now that Har-
mack rejects only II. Peter as wrongly
attributed. and regards all the Pauline
epistles as genuine with a little hesi-
fancy as to Ephesians, and even roots
the pastoral Epistles in original real
letters, and places all the Gospels with
in the first century, why is 1t not per-
fectly fair, without going into the mer-
it's of the question at all, to point out
that the chief Of the experts has bro
ken with the higher critics."
When a writer like Harnack accepts
the substantial trustworthiness of the
Christian Scriptures. and their early
date. which is the chief matter in dis
pute, then the men who have been
quoting from and relying upon Har-
mack will have to get support else
where. They would better come in out
of the rain.
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Rocky Points Boom.
Rocky Point, y. c., June 26.

ROCKY tOlnl, ~. ~, JUNE 30
Editors Messenger:
The ringing of the hammer is heard
on every side-a building boom has
struck our place. Mr.. Jas. Westbrook
has completed a Queen Anne cottage
and furnished ii in a recherche style.
Mr.. David Gurganus is putting on the
finishing touches to his new residence
on the corner of Durham avenue and
Centre street. Mr.. Dallas Futch has
completed a commodious cottage.
tors. have plans and specifications for
other buildings to be erected. Nor Is
the loom confined to building alone.
Several transfers of real estate have
been made and inquiries from north
ern capitalists for strawberry and
truck lands come in.
The condition Of growing crops is ia
vorable. While more rain is needed,
"a dry June never begs it's bread and
there is no excuse for grassy crops
| with the great abundance of sunshine
for the past two weeks.
Miss Ivan Iv%annovitch, of Peters
| burg, is visiting DR.. Porter.
Mr.. B. Woopinkoff, from Florida, is
I visiting the family of Mr.. O.. ID.
Pharez and is so we'll pleased he
thinks he will remain for the summer
The young gentlemen here have or
| ganized a Bike Club" Mr.. koOt Har-
| ris is president and Joe. Murdoch sec
rotary. Mr.. ThOs. BroWnWood has the
| contract to level and grade the drive
from here to Lanes ferry. Mr.. David
| Sparkberry eXcels thus far in grace
and agility as a rider.
We are glad to note great improve
| ment in the condition of DIR. Loftin.
| He has just taken a much needed rest
| and is thereby benefited.
CIVIS.
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Senator Pettigrew Rallied.

Washington, June Ex-senator Petit
grew rallied and this evening chatted
pleasantly with his family and a few
friends who called at his home. He was
still a little weak from the effect Of the
attack but was greatly improved and
said he felt quite we'll. There was no
fever nor any unpleasant symptoms
growing out of the attack and he want
ed his friends assured thai he was not
in a dangerous condition. His physi-
clan anticipates no serious results.
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The tendency for some years has been
with many preachers and writers to lg-
more the miraculous element in the
Christian Scriptures. Hume tried in
his way to destroy the credibility OF
miracles. But those who have read the
little book of Archbishop Whately, so
maryellously acute and conclusive, on
Historic Doubts will not be longer
puzzled or annoyed with Hume's plaus-
bile sophisms. Doubtless men of GER
tain schools, men who are sceptical by
nature or from study, would like to get
rid of the miraculous in the Bible. as
some would like so much to get rid Of
the Bible altogether, but, like Banquo's
ghost. lit will not down." This gener-
alton may bubble, may speculate, may
deny, may pervert, may try to drop out
of sight the supernatural in the Scrip
lures but it cannot be done. The eter-
| nal ~yerities will remain, for without
the miraculous and the supernatural
the very foundations Of the Christian
| religion cannot stand. A distinct, clear,
unfaltering recognition Of the superna-
tural element underlies the whole
Christian structure. Wipe out all Of
the supernatural, of the miraculous
and you sap the foundations by open
ing up the way for all of fool
ish "isms"-agnosticism, theosophy and
all the other balseless ~humbugs-and
naturalism in religion will come in abol-
ishing God altogether and all that he
longs to him.. The New York Exam
iner, another very able Baptist ape
strongly, impressively says of the ten
dency in later years to which we refer:
1T is, without doubt, true that less
stress is laid upon miracles as eviden-
tial witnesses of Christianity than a
century ago. More stress S placed upon
the moral character of Christ ana
Christianity, the uplifting power Of
Christianity, it's adaptation to the
wants of human nature, than formerly.
But the Christ presented to men as the
one great nine-teenth-century witness
for Christianity will not be effective If
he be not regarded as something far
different from the highest of men. Only
a supernatural Christ can be a conVlnc-
ing witness for our faith"
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Energetic Attitude Toward the United
States Demand

Madrid, June 26.-Don Francisco Sill
vela, the leader of the dissident on
servatives, has published a manifesto
demanding the adoption by the Span
ish government of an energetic attitude
toward the United States in regard to
Cuba. H e equally condemns the
scheme Of reforms for Cuba drawn up
by Senior Canovas del Castillo, the pre-
mier, and the autonomy scheme advo-
Gated by the liberals.
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The President's History
New York Times !

GNt" aAAbfSf
IT IL a little curious that President
Mckinley. IN searching for heroes OF
distinguished deeds" to use as itlustra-
lions of the greatness to which sons OF
Tennessee have risen. should fix upon
JaCkon. Polk. and Johnson. every one
OF whom was born in North Carolina.
Possibly other grounds for surprise
might be found in the little list. IL a
person looked long enough.
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A year or two ago Edmund c. Sted-
man, poet and critic, and Professor
Woodbury., of Harvard, author also,
published an edition of Edgar Allan
Poe's works in ten volumes. Both the
editors are of New England, and such
an undertaking by them and the pup
fishers showed that there was still un-
common, perhaps even a growing, in
terest in the unfortunate, unhappy
poet, and that they believed a large,
elegant edition woul prove accepta-
bic to the public and profitable to them.
We have never seen this edition. Mod
ern Books are 50 high that few per-
sons in the south who love the best
literature can hardly ever get a
glimpse of the fine editions and never
hope to read them. New books are to-
day three or four times higher than
they were between 1S4O-6O. Our own
. library can make that statement good.
That the edition is desirable is no
doubt true. Professor WOOdberry pub
lished before this a life Of Poe that was
cruel in it's harsh revelations, as we'll
as most painful. The work is divided
in this wise: Five volumes are given
to his tales, altogether the most orig
inaI, marvellous, and ingenious in lit
{ erature. In fact Poe invented the
short modern story as it is now writ
ten-the wierd, the canny, the mystic
, riOus, the inventive, the curiously and
] deliberately wrought. Four vOlumes
are given to his essays, and one to his
| poems. The information concerning
all is said to be most minute and equal
to all demands. We preserved the fol-
; lowing that appeared last year in a
northern criticism of the edition.:
with the notes on the poems a COM
plete variorum is printed for the first
time, the editors having thought this
desirable, partly because there is no
such Illustration in literature Of the
elaboration Of poetry through long
continued and minute verbal processes,
and partly because so large a portion Of
the verse written by Poe persisted in
those processes Mr.. Stedman's intro
, auctions to these two divisions Of the
works are as interesting, thoughtful,
and discriminating as is that ID the
Tales"
1t must not be omitted that the
! northern critics and poets have neve
done justice to Poe, and perhaps the
reason is nat he was so very severe
in his criticisms of Longfellow and
! other New Englanders contemporary
with him. Poe is much more highly
appraised in France and in England
than he is in New England. In fact,
by many critical writer's he is consid-
Mr.. Stedlnan is a good critic, but of
| New England. He said of the nature
and quality of Poe's lyrical genius that
"a distinctive melody is the element in
Poe's verse that first and last has told
| on every class of readers-a rhythmic
cal effect which, be it of much or little
worth, was it's authors own; and to
add even one constituent to the re-
sources of an art is what few succeed
in doing" We do not know whether
to class Poe with writers of the south.
He was connected on his fathers side
with a good Maryland family, his
mother was an actress. and not ma
tive to the south and he was born in
Boston. He is in no respect a New
England product. He neither thought
with them nor wrote like their poets.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

Every day is a fresh beginning;
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain.
And, spite of old sorrow and older sin
ming,
And puzzles f~orecasted and possible
pain,
Take heart with the day and begin
again.
Susan Coolidge.
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SALMAGUNDI.

TUESDAY, JUNE 90, 1897.
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These constitute a State"