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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

almost time for us TO go out TO meet our
terminated dcadr Can YOU not hear the
Hitting of the rGsted latch
oh. the glorious thought. the glorious
consolation Of this subject wher | lind
Christ coming up without any Of ths
lacerattons-for you must rencme-r he
was lacersted and wounded fearfu:y in
the cruciixion-comiug up without one.
the grave viii get nC{hing OF Us except
our wounds and i'm prrfectsons. Christ
went into the grave exhausted and blood
less. All the currents OF his life had
poured out from hts wounds. He had
lived n life OF trouble. sorrow and pr,va-
ton. and then he died n lingering death.
His entire body hung on four spikes. No
invald or twenty years suffering ever
and broken down as Christ. AND yet here
he comes up so rubicund and robust she
supposed him 10 be the gardener.
An. all the side aches. and tn. head
aches. and the back aches. and the lex
aches. and the heart aches We viii leave
where Christ left hts. The ear wgl com.
up without its heayincss. the Eye will
come up without its dimncss. the lungs
viii come up without oppressed r-spIra-
ton: on. what races we Will run when
We become immortal athletes, oh. what
circuits We VIII take when. all earthly
imperfections Suhtractcd and All celestial
veloCities added. w SHAH set IN our resi-
dence in that city which. though vaster
than all the cities % This world. shall
never have one obsequyt
Standing this morning round ne shat
tered masonry OF our Lords tomb | point
you TO a world without hvarsc. without
mEffied drum. without tumu.us. without
Catafalque and without a tear Amid an
the cathcdralS OF the blessed no longer
the Dead March In Saul" hut whoa.
libretti OF "ETallcluiah Chorus" oh. put
trumpet to lip and finger 10 key ami luN-
ing forehead against the bosom Of a risen
Christ! Halleluiah. amen. iialle!uiah
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

At Somersworth. n. H, robbers en-
tered the Great Falls bank and killed
the cashier, Joseph H. Stickney. They
got 5000. The robbers, after knock
ing Stickney down with a blackjack.
cut his throat. One hundred thousand
dollars in United States bonds, which
were kept in one of the drawers of the
big vault and which the robbers evil
IDENTIFY examined hastily, were not
taken
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23
An Expensive Legislature Elunder.
(SDeCia! to The eSSpnga

0TCCT'V' no NTtSStTIStT.J
Raleigh, n. c., April 20.-Owing to a
hitch about the new law. ~convicts in
M~ecklenburg are not sentenced to the
roads, but to the penitentiary. Twelve
arrived today, and it cost the state
S135 for expenses.
The directors of the penitentiary
meet tomorrow. They have divided
nearly all the pie
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

Bimetallism at present appears to be
on the wane in Europe and England.
If not, there is but little promise of an
international convention. This country
will wait a long time for it if it is to
come by consent or movement of the
foreign powers. The last democratic
convention favored Independent action.
The republicans favored action by in
ternatiOnal agreement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

We do not know what will happen po-
litically in A. D., 1900, but Bryan CON
tinues to draw well. He is enthusiast
tically received everywhere. Some of the
Kentucky legislators chartered a car
and went from Frankfort to near him
speak in Louisville a few nights since.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

The Washington Post has a good, ex-
pressive cartoon. The "unspeakable
Turk" a giant is out with a huge scim-
etar, and a shield on it written THE
Powers" In front is a little Greek "a
lad), with sling, a la David. Behind
the Turk in line, all around, stands
John Bull, Russia, France, Germany
and two others at arms port backing
the Goliath" against the little David
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

At Findlay, Ohio, on 18th, the famous
Blakesley family, living three miles
from that city, were robbed AND tor
tured at 8 o'clock in the morning by
twelve masked robbers. The family
consists of Mrs. Rebecca Blakesley,
Eliza Blakesley, a daughter, and John
and Smith Blakesley, sons. Crime
every where and growing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23
Truckers Anxious About the Weather.

Raleigh, N. c.. April 2O.-Weather
Observer Won Hermann has received
scores of kilograms regarding frost.
One man said he had eight acres in
Strawberries, and asked what he should
do. The temperature this morning was
AZ degrees. There was frost. 1t is now
turning colder rapidly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

There is a joke on Butcher Weyler.
He is a great blower and braggadocio.
He sent a message to Spain that the
Juraco-Moron trocha was impregnable.
the Cuban army, led a column of 1900
men safely across it, after destroying
two forts and battering the defenses
down. Bombasles Furioso to the frout.
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Elizabeth, n. j., Oct. 10, 1896.

n. j., oct ~, 1896.
Ely Bros, Dear SirS:-PleaSe accept
my thanks for your favor in the gift of
q bottle of Cream Balm. Let me say I
have used it for years and can thor
oughly recommend it for what it
claims, if directions are followed.
Yours truly,
(Rev.) w. H. HATHAWAY.
No clergyman should be without il.
Cream Balm is kept by az druggists.
Full size soc. Trial size 10 cents. We
mail it.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., N. 7. City.
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SNAPS.

Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has re
Gently passed his 87th birthday. He
is another Gladstone in physical health
longevity and mental preservation. He
is highly esteemed by the senator's.
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Savannah, Ca. April IS. 1896.

Savannah, Ga. April 26. 1896.
Having used three bottles OF Il. l.. +.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IL pounds in
weight in four weeks. / take great
pleasure in recommending it TO all un-
fortunate like
Yours truly.
JOHN MORRIS.
Office of ]. n. McElroy. Druggist.
Orlando, Fla, April 20. 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. Savannah. Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles OF L.
=. z. large size yesterday. and one bot
tie small size today.
The z. p. p. cured my wife OF rheu-
matism winter before last. IL came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle, $1.00 size, relieved her again. and
she has not had a symptom since.
1 sold a bottle of +. =. =. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies. a small
one. took sick and his wife gave 1t a
t~easpoonful, that was in the evening,
and the little fellow turned Owe like
he was dead. but next morning was
up following and well.
Yours respectfully,
j. N. McELROY.
Savannah. ia, March l., 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah. Ga:
Dear Sirs-I have suffered from rheu-
matism for a long tine and did no.
find a cure until l found Il. l.. L. which
completely cured me.
Yours truly.
ELIZA +. JONEs,
Is Orange St. Savannah, Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23
Bitten by a Spider
Blood Poisoned and Body
Covered by Sores
Other Remedies Failed but hood's
Sarsaparilia Cured.

Whatever the nature of the poison
or humor in the blood, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, rs the one true blood purifier,
effects = cure. Read this letter:
Eight years ago my little adopted
daughter, then two years old, was bitten
on the back by q spider. We felt almost
agony, and we doctored her by every
means we could think of without q cure.
She was covered with sores from head to
foot. Then her ears discharged, and
blindness was the next thing. We were
not able to continue paying doctors bills.
One day a lady asked me why I did not
try Hoods Sarsaparilla. She said,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23
HOPE FOR GREAT SINNERS

Another thing which the church and the
world have not noticed in regard TO the
resurrection of Christ is that he made his
first post mOrtem appearance to one who
had been the seven Geviled Mary Magda-
lene. One would have supposed he would
have made his first posthumous appear
ance to a woman who had always been
illustrious for goodness. There are saint
" women who have always been sanity.
sanity in girihood, sanity in infancy. al
ways sanity. In nearly all our families
there have been sanity auntS. In my
family circle it was sanity Unit Phebe.
In yours sanity Aunt Martha or sanity
Aunt Ruth. One always sanity But not
SO was the one spoken of in the text.
While you are not TO confound her with
the repentant courtesan who had made her
long locks do the work of towel at
Christ's foot washing. you are not to for
get that she was exercised Of seven devils.
What a capital of demonology she must
have been. What a chorus of all dia-
bolism. Seven devils-two for the eyes
and two for the hands, and two for the
feet, and one for the tongue Seven devils.
Yet all these are e~xtirpated, and now she
is as good as once she was bad, and
Christ honors her with the first postum
nous appearance. What does that mean?
Why, il means for worst sinner greatest
grace. 1t means those lowest down shall
come perhaps highest up. 1t means that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
A Puzzled Author.

The San Francisco Argonaut tells an
amusing story about Alphonse Daudet.
When he brought out "Ssppho, an Amer
loan publishing house that issues religious
books, not knowing its character, offered
NJ Daudet large sum for advance sheets
of the work. He accepted the offer, and
the advance sheets were sent. When the
publishers received them, they decided that
they could not issue the book, and they
cabled TO the author, "'Sappho' will not
do This dispatch puzzled Daudet. He
consulted with numbers Of friends, and
this was the conclusion at which they
eventually arrived: "Sappho" in French
Is spelled with one "p'-"Sapho," after
the Greek fashion. In English it Is spelled
with two. An unusually acute friend
pointed this out to Daudet, which much
relieved the novelist, and he oabled back
to the publishers, "Spell it with two ps."
It is needless to state that the publishers
were more astonished at Daudet's reply
than he had been at their cable dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20

The Bible is book full of light and
wisdom. 1t will make you wise to
eternal life, and furnish you wish direc'
tions and principles to guide and Or
der your life safely and prudently.
There is no book like the Bible for eX-
cellent learning, wisdom and use.
A holly life is an example in more
sense than one. We usually think OF
O good man as an example to follow;
hut he is more than that; he is an ex-
ample of what the grace of God does
for O man. The life of Jesus our per-
feet pattern to 60 by, but the lives or
those who have followed his steps are
the assurances Of God that we, too,
may be like him.
No difficulties in your case can battle
Him. No dwarfing of your growth in
years that are past, no apparent dry
ness of your inward springs of life, no
crookedness or deformity in any of
YOUR past development, can in the
least mar the perfect work that he
will accomplish if you will only put
yourselves absolutely into his hands,
and let him have his own way with
you.
Our greatest need, in order to greater
success, is to put more heart Into our
work.
Philip Sidney said: II am no herald
to inquire of mems pedigree; it Is
enough for me to know their virtues"
John Neal says some persons read
mankind as they do a proof sheet,
merely to find the errors and omls
siOnS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Japanese Journalism.

Japanese journalism" says mission
ary's wife, sis a singular profession in
many of its features. There Is practically
no such thing as freedom of the press In
Japan. Whenever a newspaper publishes
something unfriendly to the government
1t is suppressed and the editor is sent to
prison. The real editor is never impris-
oned, though. Every newspaper has what
the japanese call q dummy editor, and Il
is his sole duty to go to Jail every time the
paper is suppressed for offending the
mikado. Then the real editor changes the
name of the paper and keeps on publishing
it. Dummy editors spend most Of their
time in prison"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
RenOvating Old Trees.

1t is often the case that trees are neg
lected so much that they become un'
thrifty and Improbable, if they do not
cease entirely to bear fruit. With q
very old tree very little in the way OF
renovating can be done with anything
like permanent benefit. But with
Young trees that have simply been
neglected very decided benefit can be
secured. Of cour.e, if this is done it is
necessary to do thorough work. Cen
erally the longer tree has been neg
lected the longer time will be required
to restore it.
One of the first things to do is to
prune thoroughly, cutting out all dis
eased dead wood at least, aud as much
of the other growth as may seem neces'
sary. No set rules can be given, as to
the extent of pruning that should be
given. as to the soil in which the tree
is growing, as we'll as the growth OF
thrift of the tree, must be considered.
The pruning should be done reason
ably early in the winter, at least before
the wood freezes hard. The wood
should all be gathered up and burned,
as in this way disease germs and inJur-
ious insects may be destroyed.
The ground should be thoroughly
plowed, taking care to plow shallow
near the trees 50 as not to lnJure the
roots.
1t is often the case that one of the
principal reasons, if not the sole cause,
of the trees failing to make thrifty
growth and bear good crops of fruit is
lack of available plant food. The trees
are starving, and, of course, cannot
grow or yield fruit The best plan of
manuring is to apply broadcast after
blowing and then work it into the
soil with harrow or cultivator. AL
most any kind Of manure can be used
with benefit, but the advantage in u.s.
ing well-rotted manure is that the
effect will be realized sooner, or at least
good portion of it. With trees, rs
other plants, the fertilizer, to be ava'la-
BILE, must he soluble, and larger pro-
portion of well-rotted manure Is IN this
condition better than if applied fresh.
The principal advantage in using salt is
that it helps to make plant food that Is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Importanse of Regular Living.

A question has lately arisen as to the in
crease or the reverse in nervous diseases,
some arguing that the cause Of the sup
posed increase in such nervous diseases lies
Ia the increased demand made by the con-
ditions Of modern life upon the brain. 1t
is quite true that tho conditions OF life are
very different nowadays from what they
were a few years ago. We now live in high
pressure age, and in one Of keen competi-
tion, when greater effort is needed In every
branch Of life to attain successful posi-
ton, when the brain is always working
and there Is constant tension. Such con-
ditions, it will be perfectly obvious to all,
are not favorable to diminution OF nerv-
ous diseases, but rather the reverse. At
the same time, it cannot bo denied that
the comforts Of life have increased. We
have better sanitation, cleaner houses and
fresher air.
There can be no question that men of
regular habits are healthier, happier, live
longer and do more than those who obey
caprice and impulse. The adoption OF
hygienic habits saves the nervous system
an enormous amount of friction and waste.
1t preserves vitality. Regularity econo-
mizes not only physical stamina, but time
as well. The man who knows no system
In the details of his life, who exhausts ma
ture at the instance of passing whim,
who drinks and smokes to excess, who
wastes the talents bestowed upon him, ia
the one who must sooner or later fall a VIC
tim to disease. Regularity and modera-
ton in all things should be the motto OF
life, and it should be remembered that
regularity does not necessarily preclude the
enjoyment of variety. A certain amount
of variety prevents man from becoming a
mere machine, but variety should not in
terfere with those regular habits of life
which are necessary to the maintenance OF
health.-New York Ledger.
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HIS SECOND ASSIGNMENT.
A. Leaf Out of a Newspaper Reporterr
Early EHpuric,.Cc.

A. Leaf Out of a Newspaper Rcporterr
Early Expcrici.cc.
"My first assignment" said an old re-
porter, "was to find out whether some
body was in town, or something OF that
sort I know there was nothing to be
written about it. got tho information
and reported to the city editor. That was
all had to do that day. For the rest Of
the day sat around the office and looked
on with an infatuation that has never de-
Creased The next day got my second
assignment In this there was something
to write about.
"Thc city editor handed me narrow
little strip of white tissue paper cut from a
sheet of ship news and containing, in two
lines of writing, information that two Ia
borers had been washed overheard from
the barge So-andsc, laden with ore COM
ing up the bay in tow of the tug So-and-
50. What was to do was to get the facts
about the occurrence and write them.
"Thc city editor said that if would
find the consignees of the barge or the
owner of the tug would get on the trace
of the story. The names Of the eonsigneeS
were in the two lines of ship news, and
simply by looking in the directory found
their office Without the slightest trouble.
There learned where tho cargo was tied
up. 1t was at wharf in Hoboken or
Weehawkep, don't remember which, and
I made for that. When turned from the
street down the wharf, there she was, tied
up alongside, her name on the wheelhouse
She was about half unloaded, and men
were strll at work carrying off the ore.
81 was not altogether without expert
epce in life, but had never done anything
that gave me quite the satisfaction that it
did to find that ore barge in my first ac-
tual experience as reporter. The captain
was aboard, and so were the surviving
members of the littlo party of laborers
who had started up the bay in her, and so
the whole story was right there. sat on
the stringpiece Of the wharf and talked
with the captain Of the boat. He told the
story with entire willingness. Of course
there was no reason why he shouldn't, and
then went back to the office and wrote
1t up. 1t was not great story. l knew
that. 1t was like thousands Of stories that
the newspapers are sending after all the
time, of the manifold daily occurrence Of
life, but I must put it together In good
shape, get in all the facts and put the
story in the smallest space.
"In the morning went out and got q
paper before breakfast. I wanted to read
my story of the loss of the men from the
ore barge 1 looked the paper over, and,
my gracious, I couldn't find it all! 1
thought they must have left 1t out alto
gether, but when 1 came to look the paper
over again I found it-a scant stiokful,
with single line head.
"But when came to read it over
found that the facts were all there. They
had simply been brought closer together
By method of condemnation far moro acute
than mine and had then been set in agate
type. New York Sun.
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in the soil available. 1t contains little
fertilizing value in itself.
Wood ashes can nearly always be ap-
piled with benefit when it can be had.
with little care in this way an ORCH
ard that has beea neglected or starved
down may be renovated and made pro-
fita' lie if the trees are not too old.
With an orchard in which the trunks
of the trees are more or less decayed
the better plan is to cut it down and
make new start.
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r. is better TO be defeated than to

1t is better to be defeated than to
conquer by unfair means. D;shonora-
BILE practices are, in the long run and
in the noblest interests, a losing busi-
ness. Characters is won where "points'
are lost, and defeat is an honor when
it.comes through being honorable.
The happiness of life may be greatly
increased by small courtesies in which
there is no parade, whose voice is too
still to tease, and which manifest
themselves by tender and affectionate
looks and little kind acts of atten'
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20
Big Eggs.

In the British museum, London, the
museum of the Academy Of Science at
Paris, the National museum at Vienna and
In the several institutions for the advance
ment of science there may be seen speci-
mems of birds eggs which are almost as
large as two gallon jug. These eggs
were laid by the epiornis, an extinct and
gigantic bird Of Madagascar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-10-20

Family Aeai The Mals Bicycle and Skat ng Experts
Statauay Artists The Sanson Sisters Female Sam
Female Equerians The Pts Aerial Bars
Dupre Trained Elephants owena the Head
Grand Ballet Spectacular Coryphees ed by Sisters
Maccar, Premier, Dansueses.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-12
BETRAYED BUT NOT BEATEN.
British Pluck Stands or Hostile North
India Tribesmen.

Bombay,J June ia dispatch received
here from Smla, the residence Of the
Indian government officials during the
heated periods Of the year, announces
serious trouble on the northern from
tier and the massacre of number OF
British officers and native soldiers. TWO
guns belonging to a Bombay mounted
battery, escorted by 900 men belonging
to the First regiment of Sikhas and the
First Punjab infantry were treacher-
ously attacked in the Tochi valley by a
large force Of hostile natives.
Colonel Bunny, two officers and twen-
ty-five privates were killed and three
officers and twenty-five men were
wounded A political officer. Mr.. Nc
Gee, was visiting Shirani with an es-
cort Of troops when he was attacked
at Maiza by vastly superior forces. The
British troops were compelled to re-
treat and were followed for several
miles by overwhelming numbers of the
enemy The fighting was desperate.
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REMARKABLE RECORD.
HOming Pigeons Travel 400 Miles I'm q
Little over Nine Hours.

t%iAtie OffI Niht
Milwaukee, June 12.-Henry ]. Baum
gaertner. president Of the common coun-
ell, is the happiest man in Milwaukee.
Thirteen Of his flock Of homing pigeons
made a distance Of 400 miles in nine
hours and twenty minutes. and carried
off the first and second prizes for him.
The 400 mile race, closed Thursday.
breaks all records in local homing pig
con races. The race was arranged by
the Milwaukee district Of the National
Federation Of American Homing Pig
con Fanciers. Forty-six birds were
shipped last week TO w. p Wemp,
agent Of the Missouri Pacific railroad at
Ironton, Mo-, the distance from that city
TO Milwaukee being 400 miles. The birds
were shipped Friday evening. June 4.
and were to be liberated Immediately
upon their arrival at Ironton, but owing
to bad weather they were held over un-
til Thursday morning, after being con-
fined los hours in their baskets.
Agent Wemp liberated the birds at
5:25 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, report
ing the weather clear and south wind"
IN and about Milwaukee the wind was
from the east, and the sky at times
cloudy, The first arrivals were at 2:45
o'clock p M, being thirteen birds from
the loft of Henry l.. Baumgaertner.
Others followed in quick succession, and
great excitement prevailed among the
members of the federation. The return
of thirteen birds in a flock from such
distance is regarded as phenomenal, and
never before was any race in the west
marked with such success. In fact, 1t is
the first time that record Of 400 miles
on the day Of liberation has been made