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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

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box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you Of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
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Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
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the system. Regular sixe 25s. per box.
Sold by r. r. Bellamy. Druggist.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

n North Carolina Baptist Historical
Papers for October is before us. Rev.
DR.. Huffman continues his interesting
series of 1.-The Baptists in North Caro-
lima" Aside from their value az a de-
nominational contribution they are of
real historic Importance to a better I'M
~derstanding of North Carolina's de-
velopment in the past. DR.. Hufham is
remarkably fair and pa~instaking and
has the fine gift of historical mar
ration. From the notices Of books in
the current number we AXE this:
1.-THE greatest historical work ever
attempted in North Carolina was the
publication of the lonia Records of
the state, under the directions of Colo
mel William l.. Saunders. Their publ
cation has greatly stimulated re-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
" hat are Pants?

A boy in Kansas has been suspended
for reading the following essay on
PANTS" Pants are made for men
and not men for pants. Women are
made for men and not for pants. When
a man pants for a woman and a wo-
man pants for a man they are a pair
of pants. Sue pants don't last. Pants
are like molasses, they are thinner in
hot weather and thicker in cold. The
man in the moon changes his pants
during the eclipse. Don you go to the
pantry for pants, you might be mis-
taken. Men are often mistaken in
pants. Such mistakes cause breaches
of promise.
There has been much discussion as
to whether pants is singular or plural.
Seems to US when men wear pants they
are plural, when they don't wear In
pants tits singular. Men go on a tear
in their pants, and it is all right, but
when the pants go on a tear it is all
wrong.'-EXchange.
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Correspondence of The M-essengr.)

Correspondence OF The Mes=enrwr.)
Chapel Hill. ~. c.. November g.
As every one knows the varsity FOOT
bali eleven suffered defea, a, the hands
OF Virginia university players. The
score vas l. TO 0. Any one reading the
score may think IL a bad beat. but
when IL Is taken into consideration that
our players average about twenty-five
pounds less 10 the man han their op-
ronents viii be seen that old Caro-
lina's sons put up a gritty fight against
great odds. TO win fresh laurels for
alma mater. our men went there with
the grim determination to do their best
and II ever any team deserved praise
and encouragement IL is the ~ foot
ball eleven.
During the first half the bail was
mostly within our lines. yet la nearly
all Of the second half. except when
punts were made n when Virginia
came over for q touchdown. the bali
was in their part of the field. Our
team not only suffered from lack OF
weight. but some Of our players were
unfit to play. not having entirely got
ten over the western trip. Vance Nc
Rae our star half back could not get
into the game at all. But we offer
no excuses. The team did It's best We
are proud Of them.
The eleven returned from Richmond
yesterday. About 400 students In ar
riages, on horseback. bicycle and afcot.
Zach bedecked with white and blue
met them at the depot. AS the train
pulled in the various college yells were
given and then the team were driven
down to the hotel where calls were
heard for President Alderman. Dr.
Baskerville, Professor Butler and vari-
Gus players Of the team. Each n
spoke a few moments on the game and
complimented the grit which had been
displayed on the Virginia game.
Thursday night after the score was
announced Il to 0 the boys celebrated
our teams marvellous work by bon
fires. blowing horns. ringing bells etc.
For the team we a say, they have
put up a gritty fight against great
odds. They have shown themselves TO
be manly men and men OF undaunted
courage. We are proud OF their record.
We are proud of the team. For the
coach, he has done his duty faithfully
and well and to him is largely due our
great fight. Immediately after the
game the following telegram was sent
to Coach Reynolds:
Proud Of your team. God bless you.
We love you. Every man "A hero.
Congratulate every player.
STUDENTS L. N. c."
The students have shown great In
terest in foot ball this fall. They have
aided the team by their enthusiasm
and perfect confidence.
Each player has done his duty nobly
and manfully and the scrubs are To be
thanked for the way in which they
have helped the varsity eleven in prac-
tice. The record of the team is $50
points against their opponents 80.
This years foot ball eleven is said to
be the lightest team Of any note In the
United States. and by all they are con-
ceded to be the grittiest set of men that
ever doned foot ball clothes at this un-
iversity. May the IN OF 81 teams
great fight those who are to-
come after. Long live the 81 team and
long live foot ball.
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THE BREAD

Mill Operatives as New CustOmers-Abun-
dance of Game-Item- of News
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., November q.
There is an appreciate and crafty
ing increase of F~ayetteville's retail
trade on Saturday afternoon and night
from the establishment of a new force
of both production and consumption in
u midst. The Holt-Morgan Mills
Company now settle weekly a pay roll
of several hundred dollars, to be largely
augmented in the course Of a few
weeks, and by far the greater part of
this money goes into the tiNs Of our
business houses almost Immediately,
representing the cost Of living of the
hands. After all, there are the great
factors of our national prosperity-the
Holt-Morgan, the Cumberland, the
Hope. the Fayetteville, the Bluff and
Beaver Creek mills, the railroad ma
chine shops, the Rankin wood works.
the furniture factories, the bucket COM
panles, ETC., employing labor. utilizing
capital, honoring industry, and building
up thrifty villages and hamlets.
The ~Holt-Morgan mills shipped two
full car loads Of their fabrics the other
udy, ana the business Is constantly en-
larg1ng. Their improved machinery
enables them to turn from the handling
of n grade OF goods to another. ac-
cording to the demands OF the MARKET
Game is almost as abundant as in the
lays OF the past, when this section
was the hunters paradise. A ride onIy
a little beyond the suburbs OF town will
reward one with a full bag OF quail.
while wild turkeys-especially down the
Cape Fear in Bladen-are TO be found
! IN large droves. 4 company Of north
ern sportsman have been making a
visit to Mr.. Pa0l Slocumb, and were
handsomely entertained at Cottonade
by Mr. Robt. Williams on Thanksgiy-
ing day.
I Cards OF invitation the
marriage in st. Johns church. on the
Sth prox-, OF Mr.. Lawrence Williamson
and Miss Laura Kyle. both socially
prominent and much esteemed and be-
loved in this community.
Rev. John NJ. Rose. an eloquent min
lister OF the North Carolina synod and
a native Of Fayetteville. will occupy
n pulpit Of b Presbyterian church
tomorrow.
Miss May Broadfoot entertained VERY
dehghtfully a party OF friends at heq
mothers residence on Dick street Tar
evening.
! A pleasant Thanksgiving recepttou
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was given by the boarding pupils Of the
Fayetteville Military Academy on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. A. II. Slocomb and daughter
left last night for Dothan- Ala. where
Mr.. VIII S,ocomb is seriously Ill OF
fever. He Is a very sterling. SUCCESSFUL
young business May his recover
Inc speedy.
The death OF pr. DAVID @. Worth
canse3 profound sorrow here. The ex-
ample and the influence OF sac. n man
so far beyond his own sociaE OF uA-
ness circle. and his passing away II n
loss felt wTherev r integrity aad spot
less Christian C~iaracser are he'd in
honor and eSt.c.l
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Writers upon the coming of Christ
lieve that it's is to be clearly
discerned. The Bible is full of the sec
ond coming, but we find nothing to lead
us to believe that it's precise time can
be fixed. For a long time-perhaps
even in the days of the Apostles-there
were signs and p%ortents that led be-
levers to conclude that the time was
near when the Son Of Gid would re-
turn to earth. Peter at the close of his
second letter dwells Upon the certainty
Of Christ's coming to judgment. Let us
quote: knowing this first, hat there
shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lusts, and say
ing, Where is the promise of His COM
ing?" He continues-"But, beloved, be
not ignorant of this one thing, that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one
day" Then in verse 10th, he says:
But the day of the Lord will come as
a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass AVA with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned
up" There can be no possible doubt
as to the coming of the Lord and
Saviour. But when, we may not say.
He will come and the world will be
judged in Righteousness. The Scrip
lures predict a great falling away
widespread religious apostacy before
the return of Christ. There are many
such signs ncw-more than have been
we suppose, in 1,500 years. Then there
is an immense amount of the soothing
predicted. Then there is the great in
crease of knowledge as predicted by
the prophet Daniel. Then the Jews, as
foretold, are returning to Palestine.
These are some of the signs mentioned
in the Scriptures of Inspiration as fore
~shadowing the second advent of the
Lord and Saviour.
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he Sunrise Of all

Mr.. James Jones, Of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, in speaking
of DIR. Kings New Discovery, says that
last winter his wife was attacked with
ia Grippe, and her Isl grew so seri-
Gus that physicians at Cowden and
Pana could do nothing for her. 1t SEEM
ed to develop into Hasty Consumption.
Having DR.. Kings New Discovery in
store, and selling lots OF it, he took q
bottle home, and to the surprise of all
she began to get better from first dose,
and half dozen dollar bottles cured her
sound and we'll. DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds is guaranteed to do this good
work. Try it.. Free trial bottles at r.
r. BellaIny's Drug Store.
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Last Sunday we briefly considered
Pauls remark to the men threatened
with shipwreck as recorded in the 9th
chapter of Acts. We continue the
study of the 21st to the 32nd verse in
elusive. After telling them hat they
he gave them the warning he did, he
turns to consolation and hope, and says
to them-"And now I eXhort you to be
of good cheer" If the sinners continue
in sin and heed not the warnings and
invitations of God their sins be on their
own heads and their condemnation and
rejection are assured. But those who
repent and sorrow for transgressiOn,
they can take hope and be cheerful for
God is long suffering and willing that
all should repent n come unto Him
and live. Notwithstanding the Offend
ing past, so dark, so full of sin and fol-
ly, so charged with ~disobedience, in
gratitude and perversity, they need
with fear and disnay. God is ~placable
and full of mercy and He longs to save
the contrite, broken heart. All who
truly believe in Christ Jesus shall be
saved. God Will pardon and bless. So
"now I exhort you to be Of good cheer"
Let all believe God and accept the di-
vine offering in Christ Jesus and live.
Let us take God fully and unreservedly
at His word, believing all He has prom
ised, n hen base our cheer and hope
Upon the solemn declarations of the
Lord Almighty. 1t is all folly and mad
ness to trust in ourselves or in any
churchly rites or in any membership.
1t is wise to believe God and in His
power alone. Let us not depend on
forms and ceremonies which are broken
reeds, but in the blood Of Jesus Christ,
and in the Transforming, regenerating
Of the Holy Spirit as a result of true
faith in the Son of God. Let us feel and
rejoice that we are accepted of God
and adopted in His family, made sons
Of God and heirs Of God through the
sacrificial death Of the Son and the
cleansing, sanctifying power Of the
Holy Ghost. Let us feel secure no,
that we liz saved for our own sakes
for that is indeed a sandy foundation
but simply, purely for the sake of Hin
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attemps to write verse are as barren
and unskilled as those Of Carlyle. AS to
science there Is an ideal kind as well
as a real kind. But We cannot grasp
the ideal in science as we can the ideal
in poetry. The same Scotch writer
wrote: art looks; her guide, from
star to star, is the cherub contempla-
ton: Science investigates. Art de-
picts; Science records" Their spheres
are different, their end sought is differ
ent. Art-poetry If you ~please-has to
do with the sublime. the beautiful. the
ideal, the visible. 1t looks, it gazes 1t
c~ontemplates. it throbs. it aspires, IL
seeks after splendor and loneliness
wherever it may be found It's clear
manifestation, it's genuine function is
ever to ,fnd, to enforce the beautiful
loneliness and sublimity are always
combined in the colors OF the poetic
pallet. In its highest expression, in its
most exquisite form, in it's most superb
manifestation it is nearest unto God
Of all mundane gifts, and is the Ian
guage, it might be believed, that I'M
fallen angels nearest to the throne Of
God might use. Truth however, be-
longs to science as to poetry. Science
seeks to find, to interpret. 1t may deal
with algerbraic formula, but it is not
able like poetry ito give you truth in
the dance of the stars" Newton was
great in the exposition Of law, as 1t has
been said, but SHAKESPEARE was mighty
in dealing with mar fold a in con-
sidering the facts of physical nature
and human nature as they came under
the tense of his imperial mind, ar the
revealing idealization of his magma
tive genius" The man of philosophic
mind and scientific bent, looks at the
world not altogether as the great poet
looks at it with his grasp Of profound
est truths. An eloquent essayist has
given us this: IAN Aristotle applies
a powerful analysis to h law OF
morals; a Milton exhibits those grand
revolutions, in human and angelic ex-
istence, in which the might and gran
deur of moral law have been display
ID" Art makes truth visible, science
investigates and fulfills law. A great
poet like Coleridge, however rich and
powerful in mind, could never be a pure
man of science, although he might mas
ter the laws Of philosophy and give to
the world p~rofoundest excogitations
thereon. He had princely endowment,
but was too full of the poetic frenzy
and the high imaginings to have be-
come the packhorse of science in its
search after law. But enough of this.
While there is not really or necessarily
an invincible a~ntagonism between
poetry and science, but they are some
thing allied, it is almost too rare for
an exception that any truly great poet
was ever a genuine man Of science Or
any masterful man of science was ever
a true poet. Few men in either field of
mental eXertion in the ages are richly
endowed with the highest scientific or
poetical gifts. A. Huxley may be an
| exception, and we know that Homer
and Dante and Shakespeare and Milton
and Wordsworth and Keats and Ten
nyson are exceptions and marvellous
exceptions.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30

Thousands suffer from Catarrh or
cold in the head and have never tried
the popular remedy. There is no longer
any excuse, as a 10 cent size of Ely's
Cream Balm can be had of your drug
gist or we mail it for 10 cents. Full
size so cents.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., N. Y. City.
A friend advised me to Try Ely's
Cream Balm and after using it six
weeks I believe myself cured of ca
tarrh. 1t is a most valuable remedy
Joseph Stewart, ga Grand Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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searches in North Carolina history,
which u be further Quickened by
the additional volumes OF state rec
ords, now in course Of publication. un-
der the edftorship Of Justice Walter
Clark, of the supreme court. It Is not
too much TO say of Judge Cark's work
that it exhibits both interest and
industry fully equal to that shown by
Colonel Saunders"
This is correct. To have written a
history of the state without the aid of
these invaluable ponderous volumes
would have been to blunder from first
to last. There was never so much
cause before to have a history OF North
Carolina prepared with extreme care.
DR.. Huffman could do Il excellently.
Even Hawks is full of errors in the
time of which he treats. Other histo-
ries are filled with blunders. This North
Carolina quarterly rightly complains
that no history of this state appears in
the wv or three schemes of histories of
the states in course of preparation in
the north. We have often said that of
all the states the history Of North Car
DINA was one of the most romantic
and, therefore. one of the most fasci-
mating. The Quarterly says: Her his
tory is full of incident, both romantic
and adventurous, with o a little trag-
edy worked in"
A one volume history Of seven or
eight hundred pages from the first set
Element to the beginning Of the great
war Of S61-65, is very greatly needed.
One planned on Green's great one-vol-
ume History of the English People"
would fill the bill we'll, if properly exc
cuted. The unwritten history Of the
state is full Of pleasing incident and
novelty.
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No Collision tetw~~n English ard french
Lagos, West Coast Of Africa. Novem-
Der 27.-The report OF a coll sion be-
tween British and French troops near
Nikki. is unfounded The French ex-
petition from Porto Novo haa. reached
NTkki without any trouble
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EArthQuake in Virginia

Richmond, Va. November, 27.-Ash-
land, seventeen miles north Of here. re-
ports having experienced an earth
quake shock at 1856 O'CLOCK This after
noon. The vibration was very dis
tinct, ana lasted about fza seconds.
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Those Dreadful Sores
They Continued to Spread in Spite
Of Treatment but Now They arc
Healed-A Wonderful Work.

"For many years / have been a great
sufferer with varicose veins on one Of my
limbs. My foot and limb became dread
fully swollen. When I stood up could
feel the blood rushing down the veins OF
this limb. One day I accidentally hit nay
foot against some object and a sore broke
out which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painful. I concluded l
needed a blood purifier and / began taking
Hoods S%arsaparilla. In a short time
those dreadful sores which had caused
me so much suffering, began to heal. 1
kept on faithfully with Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, ana in a short time my limb was
completely healed and the sores gave me
no more pain. I cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, has done for me-" MRS. A. e.
gibson, Hartland, Vermont.
Hoods si ps;;;is
L. the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
..>>> n,la> ,,r ou ,;ver an. OK conts
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Fun for Foot BalIrvs

NUN Il IAChIIEIkS.
Over n cocoanut brown they tough
A dozen big monkeys or more.
And the near-sighted college boy asked.
in surprise,
I'm Africa, 90? What's the score?"
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
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IRISH

A William goat, with low-bowed head,
Rushed wildly forth to butt
A moment later he lay dead
With a shattered cocoanutt
The fellow that he'd sought to crush
The victor in the fray
Turned out to be "A center rush,
Who met the goat half way.
Chicago News.
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Pecans are grown in North Carolina
from Elizabeth City in the northeast to
the mountains in the west.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-19
1.-THE GREEN HOUR"
when Al Paris sits Down Tor it, Sip Of
Abginth.

Your American tourist, nitting through
Paris In his summer jog to the Riviera or
TO Rome, with his palate accustomed to
the fayoritc tipplcs Of New York. Ends
food for curious reflection in the Parisian's
absinth. The FrCuChman's green hour
is to him an unknown quality. The alb
smith outfit in Paris Is tall carafc of iced
water, a full sized goblet, u fiat spoon with
pierced bowl and cake of beet sugar
From bottle of thick, oily, green absinth
the gHrCOn rOUrS into the goblet u layer
whose thickness grows slowly until your
upliitCd finger warns him you have
enough. Two fingers Is good beginning
After that you are likely to take more.
VIXEN the garCOn has departed, you lay the
silver spoon across the top of the goblet
place the fiat cake of sugar In its bowl
which Is made exactly to hold IL, and pour
n tiny stream of iced water from the carafc
slowly upon Il. The water tricklCs down
through the bowl, dissolving the sugar as
IL comes, and by the time the goblet is
full the water has turned from the deep
green of the pure absinth to the mIrk-
ish y,llowish green which one forever
aftcrward associates with the drink.
Now sip ii slowly as you would an egg
nng and feel your temperature rise bring
ing with IL u mid thirst ana Pnawing
appetite. This is the green hour, from
to in the evening, and you are now
part of it. As you grow dCliciously warmer
and your thoughts come quicker and tho
atmosphere grows roster look at the COB
let, and, watching its changing dolphin
colOrs. think how like this drink is to the
Frcnchman himself, who has made it his
own. 1t is soft and milky, like his man
gnnn1 shu IN lie
taste, pcrfumcd and fragrant like his fop-
perry, cxquisitcly swcctcnCd like his polite
ness, bitter like his philosophy, green like
his jealousy, yellow like his morality and
inilaming like his passions. York
Press