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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28

Great store is made in the last
quarter Of a century on style. n
with most latter day writers is every
thing, and thought but secondary. Ii
IA tn clothe what little you have to say
I'm a fnely-wrought garb, woven OF
many colors and with exquisite finish.
We like the fine style-the noble style
the beautiful style-the dignified style
9TH. graceful, charming style. Liter
airy skill, pure taste. artistic elaoora-
lions of finish-these are merely attrac-
tive. beguiling. Professor Mahaffy, a
distinguished writer and professor OF
Greek. writing ON style" in November
for London Literature" made some
brief remarks as to the great Latin
poet, Virgil, eve do not write 1t yer
gill as in the fad of some now and SAID
that of all accounts he was the most
Tennysonian," and adds:
.sVirgiI is far the greatest of the Ro-
man poets, not by reason of his great
Sdeas-in that Lucretius is his rival
but by reason of the. combined purify
and dignity Of his style, which bears the
evidence. OF being deliberately n con-
sciously polished to the utmost degree
of ~propriety and refinement. Ilustra-
lions abound cn every page Oh MS
work" ...t,,#f
We are not enough of a Latdnist to
venture an opinion as to h relative
merits of Ovid, Vigil and Theocritus
We D critics differ as to them as
they do as to later poets or even the
great Greek masters. Professor Ma
haffy thinks it Irrelevant" to talk OF
n style Of Shakespeare, and yet how
marvellous his sweep and splendid he is
when at his best. What an eagle wing
he had and how high he scared into
fhe heaven of invention and expression.
No other man ever had his power OF
either. OF Tennyson the professor says
<sthat style is the essence of his great
ness" and in that he is something
misled, we may not doubt. OF Shakes
peare, the eminent French writer, F1au-
bert has said and it is as fine as felici-
!fous end true:
"What distinguishes great genius is
generalization and creation; it resumes
scattered personalities in a type. and
brings new characters to the conscious
ness of humanity. Shakespeare is
something tremendous in THIS respect;
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28

Having used three bottles IF P. P. P.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds in
weight in Jour weeks, I AXE great
pleasure in recommending it to all un-
fortunate like
Yours truly,
JOHN NORRIS.
Office of j. N. McElroy, Druggist.
Orlando, Fla, April 20 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles of P.
P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The P. P. P. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. 1t came
pack on her the past winter INC a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
1 sold a bottle Of P. P. P. to a friend
of mine, one of the turkies, a small one,
took sick and his wife gave it q tea
spoonful, that was in the evenil and
the little fellow turned over like h was
dead, but next morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
j. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ca, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time n did
not find q cure until found P. p. p.
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA JONES,
Is Orange ST.. Savannah. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28
ESULTORIA

The multiplication of authors, pub
Fishers and books is amazing indeed.
b year will see largely over 1000 new
books and new editions published in
England alone. AS to novels their
name is legion. But few of tine novels
wnl pass through more than one edi-
ton. Not ten Of 1000 that will be Pub
lished his year will probably be of
permanent interest. That is to say,
that will live beyond five years. Pro-
badly five will be read twenty years
hence. Possibly one n two will he read
in A. D. 1850. So selection is indeed a
very Important matter, and the news
paper and magazine critics, with very
few exceptions, will aid one but little
in the selection Of the best. The mania
for production is terrific and bewilder-
ing. In the United States today we
suppose there are $1,000 young people
of both sexes busy With their pens writ
ing love stories or something else. One
editor of a prominent English magazine
-says that most Of the matter sent to
him is very trashy and imperfect, with
out style or art or anything commenda-
Die. Mr.. John Burroughs, a well known
New England author Of merit, writes:
probably the country vas never be-
fore so full of young men and women
, who want to be writers, or who want to
get into literature. Be somebody first,
love something, think something, feel
something-that lis the ground to start
from" In the course of am essay on
Literary Veneering,' he incidently
refers to Poe, and not i'm the high ap-
preciative strain. And yet he makes
an admission. We copy what he says
for it is not without interest:
IA mar like Poe is of the true poet
type, undoubtedly, but his contribution
is unimportant, because there was not
enough of him; he does not cut deep.
There is a mastery in him not in Long
fellow, but Longfellow will outlive him
because he was a winning, GENIAL per-
.sonality, and his works are sweet and
wholesome. Poe's mastery is over the
element of verse, not over the elements
of life or spirit. Shelley
Possetti, and all of thai ilk, do not fail
as artists, but as men. They are more
like veneer han solid Stuff.'
And yet they were great in artistic
expression and in Shelley's case great
in inspiration and beauty. He would
make a half dozen Longfellows and
Holmses. MIR. Burroughs has a pro-
per understanding, We are glad to note,
of Scott. Writing of that very skillful
stylist, Stevenson, he says:
'aStevenson had a great talent, a finer
literary equipment than Scott, and yet
Scott is the mountain, Stevenson Is the
grassy dell. Scott was a great nature;
Stevenson, a fine nature. Are the men
of the large type all gone-the race OF
grants ended? All the new men are
eight weight" wonderful craftsmen,
but not great natures. The last of our
giants, such as they Were, died With
Holmes
Think of Holmes being a giant and
wonder. Put him by the side OF the
massive, granite men of England and
how he dwarfs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28

fish or American poet. There are pas
sages. and eve pages. in that noble
nineteenth century epic hat will live
with h centuries, and will be the envy
of coming generations
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-28

See how it has grown in amount OF
cost, as we'll as in the magnitude Of
deficiency. In 1896, we think, we re-
peat, the deficit was not less than $12,-
600, 900. perhaps a million more. In Eu-
rope the governments obtain revenue
from their postal matters, and Yet
our owl. Why is it so? Is not some
thing rotten or wrong?
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20 r PAY

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES. TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
for Chills and Malaria. 1t is simply
Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form.
Children love it Adults prefer it to
bitter, ~nauseating tonics. Price, SOC.
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One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That's what You want. X. II. Bel
iamy.
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

sslr,S II very
Itis hardly perceptlbIe @ the outside OBJ
server. and they, weuld lind sreat dim !,
Guilty in defining II themselves Do they
grasp the full meaning OF Lord Castle
towns warning to the Tory statesman?
If the fractions leaders will not heed
the lesson inculcated by Lord Castle
town let the people choose new leaders
who will work for the country's good
rather than for their own. Let them
take Sexton, Castletown or somebody
else who has the sagacity to see nation
al opportunity in the present agitation,
and the courage to point the way to de-
cisive action. The report of the royal
commission which shows that Ireland
has been robbed of one billion dollars
since the union is a stepping stone to a
home-rule agitation in which all classes
can be brought into agreement. If men
like Lord Castletown can be made to see
that Ireland has been ruthlessly plumber
ed they can be readily convinced that she
has been outrageously misgoverned.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16
;sDivil a Wurrud. .

Well, Redmond, the broth of a boy, has
been here,
And set quite pace for the new lecture
year.
For he stuck to his text in way that
r. was clear
And divil word about Ireland!
He spoke of Disraeli and Gladstone ga
lore,
OF scenes in "tle house. and Of slnindigs
score,
And his discourse just nnadesus all long
for some more
But divil word about Ireland!
He glorifed Parnell as leader and man
And proved him the peer Of the O'Con-
nell Dan,
But the hopes OF the audience flashed in J.
the pan
For tlivil word about ireland!
No word Of Tim Healy, nor yet OF 'ray
Pay"
No mention Of Sexton or Dillon Tor
they b.
Ali come Under the baned head q con
troversay- 9 i &.
So divi! word about Ireland!
It seems quite a feat for an Irisi1rlan
too; Il. s#S S
It's likely the number Of NJ lis few, III
Who can talk Witl. a broaale for an hour
sSs or two, Il, fS ss
Md diiyiil 8; word about Ireland sS's 81
ON 81 Ra.sscll tlae tiinsle
loafflA s &.
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BiMETALLisn.

It looks as if congress might do some
thing in the way of an international con-
ference on silver or at least it will make
a showing in that direction, as will be
seen by the following dispatch from
Washington of last week: Senator
Chandler has practically made a can
yass OF the senate on the proposition for
an international conference on silver
and concludes that there will be no OPP
position worth the name. Still the bill
will not be introduced in the senate I'M
1t is accepted by the Republican caucus
The language Of the bill is substantially
as follows:
"That, whenever, the president of the
United States shall after March 4, 1897,
determine that the United States should
be represented at any international con-
ference called either by the United States
or the government of some other country
with view to secure internationally
fixity of relative value between gold and
silver as money, by means Of a common
ratio between those metals with free
mintage at such ratio, the United States
shall be represented at such conference
by five or more delegates to be selected
by the president. For the compensa-
ton of said delegates together with all
reasonable expenses herewith to be ap-
proved by the secretary Of state includ
ing the proportion to be paid by the
United States of the joint expenses of
such conference, the sum OF 100000 OR
so much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated"
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Burned Seven Nuns.

Roberva1, Lake St. John, Que, Jan. 6.
The lives of seven ursuline sisters
were lost today in fire that destroyed
the: convent Of Our Lady OF Lake St.
John, at this place. The establishment
was controlled by the Ursulines of Que
bee, clustered order and the Oldest
religious sisterhood in Canada. The
names of the dead in religion are as fol-
lows:
Sisters Providence, Ursu1e, Anne,
Louise, Antoine de Padua, Dominique
and Paul
The family and Christian names Of the
dead are: Miss Eliza Gosselin and Miss
Rose Gosselin, St. Jean Chrysostom,
Miss: Emma Lestourneau, Quebec; Miss
c. .Garneau, St. Foye; Miss Laura HUI
ron, Hebertville; Miss Bouille, St.
Chambault; Miss Louise Gerard, b.
vesle.
There are usually 100 young women at
the convent, but most of them were
home on vacation.
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WAS REWARDED.
A Fond Father Casts His Bread Upon

A Fond Father Casts His Bread Upon
the Waters.
James Burns is the name OF Il farm
laborer who lives in the township of
Albion, one concession east OF Palgrave
He is 40 years of age and good Grit,
says the Orangeville (Canada) Adver-
tiser.
Burns is a an of family, but none too
rich in this worlds goods Each Sue
ceeding baby with which his good wife
presented him as the months rolled by
was an additional tax upon Burns linz
tied resources, and when the eighth
child came early in June last the individ-
ual share at the dinner table was already
small enough. But Baby No. 8 was none
the less welcome, and the father went
forth to his daily labor with increased
pride and energy For Baby Burns was
bouncing boyand what dad does not
welcome the image of himself?
Soon there, was talk OF christen-
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Burns are devout Ro-
man Catholics, and, in accordance with
the teachings OF their church, believe in
early baptism. So the good priest was
called in one day about the 23rd Of June,
when Baby Burns was but a few days
old, and the rite 81 tiss,, was per-
iora.ed A1d Daddy Burns ll,eiisg NJ GOOD
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16
St. Thomas S0dality.

The boys of the St. Thomas Sodality
of Ascension parish held their regular
meeting Wednesday evening of last
week, at which it was decided to hold the
election of officers for the coming year
at their next meeting, January. Being
the first meeting of the year. The attend
ance was large, and from the interest
manifested the society promises to be
one OF the largest. and best in its parish.
At the last meeting in December it was
decided to add literary feature to the
society, and the program as carried out
last Wednesday reflects great credit OH
its members taking part. First came an
address by the president, Joseph Dona-
hue, on the advantages to. be derived
from membership in the Sodality. The
address, which was we'll prepared, con-
tanned many bright suggestions and was
listened to with great interest. Harvey
Kennedy delivered comic dialect reci-
tation in an admirable manner. Willie
Moonan spoke on "The Necessity of
Cultivating Good Habits" and his re-
marks would have done credit to one
far more advanced in years. After: dwell
ing at length on the necessity of forming
good habits in youth, he went on to
show why boys should avoid bad habits,
especially smoking, chewing and swear
ing. Lawrence Walsh entertained the
society with song, after which the fol-
lowing program was arranged for the
next meeting. Address by Joseph Dona-
hue; song, Harry Kennedy; recitation,
Willie Moonan; song, Willie Harold; adj
dress, Lawrence Walsh; violin solo, Rob-
ert Boardman; song, John Kennedy;
recitation, Pete O'Brien; song, John Nc
Elligott. The officers of the society are
Joseph Donahue, president; Willie Moo.
nan, secretary, and John Kennedy, treas
l,rer
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

The Boston Pilot says that people who
sneer Civil tervtce reform, and call it
swivel servttet'stmust sympathize with
the candidates wAo recently applied for
a place on tie kew York police force,
and was re1aeted because he was not
sufficiently familiar. with American his
tory. To the question,
''Who was Abraham Lincoln? "He
replied: Kind gentlemen, in reference
to the life of Abrahem Lincoln would say
that am not personally acquainted with
him, he was Glurk in a grocery store and
could lick any of the village boys. He
at one time had a very bad friend who
at the end killed him." Even this aspir-
ant was outdone by another, whose effu-
sion the Critic pronounces the perfec-
ton of condensed ignorance. He said
''He was the President that freed, the
South and let the Donkey go fred and he
was shot by Garfield this is all that I
renber of prestended Lincoln so close
hoping that /. will pass"
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Waited from Superior.

Thomas Mcclure, a prominent busi-
ness man of Grand Rapids, Mich, is in
this city on business.
L. J. Kline, of the register of deeds
office, went to Shell Lake on Tuesday
evening last, in response to a telegram
announcing the serious illness Of his
mother.
Joseph Bourke, the popular ex-raif-
road man. has taken the contract of re-
building two locomotives for the Elem
ing Lumber Company, at Partridge,
Mimi. The work he has in hand will
take up his time until the first day of
July.
Miss Essie Carberry and A. c. DER
ick's were united in marriage on Tues
day evening. Miss Carberry is niece
of Nj. H. Lynch, of the Riclelieu Hotel,
and Mr.. Diericx is head draughts1nan at
the American Steam Barge Works. The
bridegroom is we'll known and very pop
ular in the city. The happy couple will
make their home in the city.
Superior gave about 1000 majority for
Mckinley. This was a sufficient answer
TO those who doubted the efficacy OF a
restoration of confidence to make good
times. When election was over the anar-
chists subsidized and gold standard Su-
perior awaits the prosperity so profusely
promised. Time passed but prosperity
did not return. For a while the counte-
nances of the average Superiorite was
aglow, with confidence. He read with
avidity the reports of the opening OF
mills and factories in distant cities and
his smile grew brighter as he thought
Surely the awakening of business activ-
ity will strike us soon. Morning and
evening he watched his own daiies for
reports of new institutions or even of old
ones employing labor, but his vigilance
was not rewarded by single encourag-
ing item. Gradually the beams disap-
peared from his joyous eountenance, I'M
til at last it beamed no longer. Then a
couple of bank failures, not i'll distant
city, but right in Superior, completely
chilled his stout gold standard heart, and
when a grinning devotee OF the white
metal stopped him to inquire what he
thought about confidence as an econom-
ical factor in restoring prosperity, his
cup Of anguish was flied to the brin.
He collapsed. He Mearetl, now sfllle sack
,,eiofh and ashes of stailce. slls
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

The Western Waterman says: 1--WE
have not seen it charged anywhere a.
gainst the Archbishop of St. Paul that
he has been smashing the banks of that
town lately. No doubt he is the guilty
party, and it is only question of time
until the ponderous intellects find it out
and blazon his roguery through the land.
o, we'll, Archbishop Ireland is getting
SO used to chaFfYas 81 various kinds,
which have no foundation in fact, that he
turns a deaf eaEoto them all. The ac-
cusation of bank-smashing would not
surprise him: an. any 1md more than many other
foolish things that have been said.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

numb Among !. the IT. g \
class slf,e: ian MacI 4aren'' ly Hon.
IiflniIan; The Press the Conse rYator of
the Peoples Rights, by David B. John
son; The Bible in the Schools" by Aug
usts soares; 'The Moral Need Of the
Negro and the Best Day to Help Him by
Eugene Harris; knowledge and Lear
ming Defined by E. T. Abbott. and a
number of critical editorial articles by
the editor and others, among the latter
being Father Cleary. The magazine is
rapidly increasing in influence and the
February number may be looked for as
an except ionally bright one.
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Pharaoh's Daughter and Hoses.
Whin Pharaoh's daughter
Wiut down To- the water

Wllin Pharaoh's daughter
Wint down to- the water
Shure there was young Moses a-swirp-
min around,
Wild his basket all handy,
And a stick of swate candy,
To kapc him from cryin' until he WI
found.
SEE she to maiden:
Bring here the young haytl1en.
Your trotters be shakin' We lazy colleen.
If the water once vets him,
Or hte alligators gets him. y
It's no crocodile tears You'll be sfeddin'
I ween."
So whin from his swin11nin'
He was brought to the winmen,
Faith, it shows how the blarney's fe.
males chief joy.
A nate bow he was maxim,
Just as shure as I'm spakin';
"Begorra," SEE she, hes the broth OF q
bow"
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Esd
GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS.
The Old Employees are Largely in
Evidence 5aaa5rthe Pay Roll.

The governed fse turned out his sec
ond daily grist ofsappointn,ents at the
statehouse. The appointments were, as
a rule, reappointments OF gentlemen who
already have served the administration
one or more TERMS The appointment of
Elmer Dearth, Of St. Paul, son-in-law Of
the famed democratic chieftain, Mike
Doran, as insurance commissioner, was
an exception to the rule. Mr.. Dearth IS
republican, however, and has served i'll
the Office before. Condo Han1li1, man
aging editor Of the Pioneer Press, as
member Of the board of corrections and
charities. is a second new app ointment. 4
he result Of pat roilage distribution 10
date the lowing list
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

Mr.. Doo1ey tpf, tie Chicago Post face
tiously says that's Gen. Maceo was an
1rishman, " whY{ rs proper name was Nc
Cue.-MilwaukeesG itiZen.
If unhappy i Ir f7E} had a few mig
gers like Maae0o she would have been
free long ag9.3:4ascatho1ic Union and
Times s.vEa eii*." ,st.ss go a
: The trouble swftH ireland is it has too
many black sheep as pretended leaders
and the condition OF, the old land would
be vastly improved should they suddenly
turn into Senegambians.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-16

Says the Boston Republic: General
Dan Sickles and Colonel John r. Eel
lows were two: suspicious Democrats
who left their party to help elect Major
Mckinley. Colonel Fellows was an out
aud-out Gold" man. Gen. Sickles swat
lowed the Mckinley bait whole. Both
worked hard from the opening to the
close of the campaign: Fellows died a
few weeks ago from overwork, and Sick
les has nervous prostration from the
same cause. The country seems in no
better condition for their efforts, and the
Republican party leaders are too busy
dividing the spoils of Office to recollect
their services. 'Tis ever thus.