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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15

from Acts xviii, 30-31 verses, that the
apostle dwelt two whole years in
Rome lin his own hired house" and
was so full Of ~graciousness and love
that he received all that came In INTO
him." Paul was then some sixty-four
or five years old perhaps He was a
ripe Christian as well as an immense
ly able man and wise teacher, for he
was filled with all spiritual benedic-
ton and grace. So far as we know the
Christian Scriptures there is no record
Rome. and the weight of the argument
is strongly against the idea that he
ever saw the greatest city in all the
world then. But We do not go into
that here. We are told in the last
verse of the Book of Acts, that Paul
preached t. all who came to him
1.-The kingdom of God, and teaching
those things which concern the Lord
Jesus Christ, with all confidence"
What wonderful preaching it must
have been. The highest intellect of all
New Testament authors, the greatest
the chosen, appointed apostle to the
Gentle nations, the most consummate
master of dialectics and the profound
est thinker and recorder of Gods mes
sage to the world after the coming of
the Saviour, for two years he preach
ed in the vast Roman city with it's
million or more inhabitants, of those
things which concern the Lord Jesus
Christ" and having seen the Saviour
and having been inspired of God for
his great mission he preached of Christ
with all CONFERENCE.-THE no doubt
in his heart, no cloud over his splendid,
logical and metaphysical intellect, and
with a perfect understanding of all
that happened and a full comprehen-
sion of all God had revealed. With
this statement of the most important
historic record following the resurrec-
ton and ascension of Christ, the Acts
of the Apostles ends. We have just
seen how it does end. Perhaps at an
other day we will glance again at the
preaching of Paul Of Jesus Christ and
Him crucified in the Eternal City,
the seven-hilled city-the capital then
of the whole civilized world.
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1t is specially noticeable in Paul's
address to his countrymen he found
in the great city which Nero was to
burn not long after, and that is so
graphically, deliberately, powerfully
described in "Quo Vadis," that he gave
them a positive and clear warning as to
the geat danger lurking in unbelief. He
quoted tc them the most memorable
words recorded in Isaiah, vi, 6-10. 1t
is to be found as the Apostle gave in
Acts xviii, 1929. The words apply
ages of the world. Unbelief is a wide
spread form of sin, a direct rejection
of what God Almighty speaks unto
the children of men. The unbeliever
have the same opportunities OF hear
ing, of believing, Of practicing what
God commands as believers have;
theyh ave ears to hear, but will not
hear; they have eyes to see but they
will not see. Their hearts are away
from God and are gross and rebelli-
GUS. Unbelief blinds, deafens, OBJ
scures, corrupts. A man with capacity
to understand and will not take the
means of knowing the truth and is
blinded, he must have his failure laid
at his own door for he cannot tell God
that he. would understand but could
not. He has not tried to understand,
for he has shut out the light and in
vited darkness. A man who rejects
the revealed truth of God and turns
from the only source of light and life
brings on dimness of sight, and next
comes darkness of the soul. The af-
fections are cold and unquickened,
! the natural faculties are stunted and
perverted as to the truth, and he
gropes and stumbles and lives on in
carnality and unbelief, for it is impos-
| siDle that the carnal mind shall know
the truth and walk liz the light and
| comprehend the ways Of God. The
truth of God is spiritually discerned
and in no other way. God must move
upon our minds and hearts if we shall
ever know that truth-the very truth
I. which shall make us free, We learn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
Why Curse the Cornorat,opxo

II any OF them Cypress the people the
curse of God Will De on them.
Many are a blessing TO the
ties IN which their capital Is invested.
some cotton mills in North Carolina
spend hundreds of dollars ID educating
poor children. One in this section has
put up a nice school house and hires a
teacher by the yea to teach the chill
dreh connected with the mill.
Rocky Noun Argonaat.
The superintendent lated paid 500
for h support Of the two pastors
who preach there,-A. D. Belts. in
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~IrOniCal Ifs

If a man is overbold he seldom gets
bowled over.
IL a man is happily married he is
transported for life.
If a girl has a blind beau she must
have a spark of feeling.
If a man has a bee in his bonnet he
is reasonably sure of a lively hood.
If a lover of books is a bookworm a
lover of silks must be a silk worm.
If you would know what kind a
temper a woman has tai a wet dog
into her parlor.
If a pair of shoes are too small they
may fit a woman, but If they are too
large h has a fit.
If you would know what your friends
say OF you when absent listen to what
is said OF others in your presence.
If a married man dreams he's a
bachelor it's a sure sign that he will
meet with a disappointment when Ire
wakes up.-Chicago News.
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TEENS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
WILMINGTON. n. c.
POT-POURRI

WE are not extensively read in Mrs.
Amelia E. Bars novels, but what we
have read impressed us highly. To
our liking she has no superior among
living fiction writer's in this country
IN so far as intellectual power and eX-
cellent style are concerned. She
writes with a clear head and in a
style of marked clarity and vigor. At
a time of Astounding excess in novel
production her productions should not
BE overlooked. She is a pure, earnest,
gifted author who will not put you to
sleep or faint your moral nature. Her
East novel is called THE Kings High
way" We call attention to it without
having so much as seen it. She has
the praise for her books among the
very best of English and American
publications. Noticing the novel
named the New York "Bookman" be-
gins in this wise:
-fNrs. Bars admirable work is so well
known that it has long since ceased to
be necessary to speak of it's quality. All
Snat her large audience need know IS
that she has written a new novel, and all
chat it cares to be told is the subject OF
the story. The Kings Highway differs
from the mass of the authors work in
4rat it deals with modern American So
ciety. 1t touches indeed upon the burn-
ing question of international marriages
esonrjally as regards the American esti-
mate of the commercial Value OIL Z
title"
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One of the curious revivals Of opin-
Ton of an authors rank in the last de-
x-ade or two is that which has befallen
che late Sir Edward BulWer, the first
Lord Lytton. 1t is his fate to be I'M
s-91er-estimated now, by the large pro-
portion of living critics, as it is the
Fate of Hazlitt, Macaulay, Scott, By
ron, Landor, and some others of the
most superior writer's Of their time and
chosen fields. We are satisfied that
Gross injustice is done to Bulwer. We
are not of those who in the past placed
him in the front rank. He never be-
fonged there. We would never read
his novels that were regarded as vlcl-
GUS We read his four very interest
ing historical novels, his excellent
ErilOgy beginning with THE Cations"
and also two or three others not to be
classified, and we made our estimate
of the author after reading more than
once his plays, and some other pro-
rgiuctions. He wrote valuable history.
See his Athens" His plays of their
kind, were clever and popular. His
uoetry was not much, but he produced
good speeches, and he wrote four kinds
of novels. When he exhausted one
kind, he entered pastures new" and
gave the world fresh delectation. His
earlier novels we do not know how to
describe, as we never read them, but
one we recall, Falkland" which was
very bad as to morality. Eugene
Aram'' was founded upon a fact, and
Hoods extraordinary poem on the
same unfortunate school teacher will
long perpetuate his darkened memory.
We believe that Bulwer's novel was
considered a success by the critics and
cultivated readers of his day. His his
xorical novels are now praised as sue
cesses' in that sort of writing, but
"Rienzi," The Last of the Barons,'
The Last Days of Pompeii," and
Harold" an unusually pleasant read
eng however much their defects arts
aically or realistically, as the case may
Ut. His trilogy already referred to is
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EFFECTED AN ENTIRE CURE.
Why

Why are the servant girls seldom
Uh-servant@
Why does the last mach invariably
fail to igrate?
Why should the 1~aun5resa always he
in need ri washing?
J Why isn't a man arnief when rs
Ehooks his wife's Dress
/ Why does the tallest man In the.
crowd always get In front?
Why does . boil come TO a head ps1-gh
il is located elesewherer
Why isn's the reffct of a man who
dies Of hay fever a grass widow?
Why doesn't a passion for fancy
drinks denote a love for the besutif,tir
WHY does the average rnaa neye.
realize that silence is golden until his
! law b-gins to syeu Nj News
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Professor Edward Dowden, an Eng
sish critic of ample in natur-
al ability and wide literary study, in
his recent work, already referred to
by US, "a History of French Litera-
ture," that is widely praised, gives it
AS his opinion that of all French lyric
poets Victor Hugo "was the greatest
and he is much inclined to put him
first in all literature in all the ages.
This is very exalted praise. We can
venture no opinion, for we are not
sufficiently read in the worlds lyric
verse to form or express an opinion as
TO the best. There is a great deal Of
exquisite lyrical poetry in the world,
and a good anthology (the W. vol
umes by the late Professor Palgrave
for ~instance) will furnish you with
much of the very best, the greatest
charm in English. Hugo was a great
genius. We never read his plays ex-
cept in passages, but have read his
lyrics in translation. 70 judge any
poet we'll you must read him in the
original, especially a lyrical poet.
Professor Dowden says of him that
~the power and magnitude Of his song
result from the fact that in what is
personal and what is impersonal are
fused in one"
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HOME FOLK,

We wish to say not in the spirit of
f1attery, but in behalf of truth and pro-
per appreciation that the recent speech
of Colonel Julian S. Carr, Of Durham,
at Winston, on the laying of the orner
stone of the new cotton factory MAIN
ly owned by colored stockholders, was
o it's sort very good. 1t was excel
lently conceived, admirably adapted
to time and place, thoroughly broad
and patriotic, and worthy of the warm
sympathies and wide benevolence and
kind heart of the speaker. We believe
he is of the stockholders.
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RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY.

we nave Tcdu uucu Oh AlrS.
Wards writings and admire her fine
gifts no little. She has impressed us
as one of the very foremost of Amer
lean female authors. She published
lot long since a Life of Christ" but
hat is not the exact title. 1t has
been very generally praised, so far as
We have noticed, with two or three
exceptions. The adverse notices are
of a character to arrest judgment until
you have read carefully the book.
The excellent New York Times Sat
urday Review of Books and Art has
criticised it sharply e~ditorially, and
the number for January 25th contains
two communications and in sympathy
with the editorial. One writer, evil
IDENTIFY intelligent and educated, wrote:
Books like Mrs. Wards Story of
Christ" cater to superficial emotional
ism, and are chiefly read by those would
be up-to-date Americans whose sense Of
reverence is blurred by their desire to be
independent and free thinking. A book
of this kind appeals to those women and
few men who, for lack of something TO
think about, combined with the desire
to use their rather wandering minds, en-
brace the new ismS of the day, in OppO-
sition to St. Paul., Shakespeare, and the
great thinker of the past"
The New YORK Saturday Review"
holds that such a book is an "Impossi-
BILE life of Christ" Readers can not be
too careful in avoiding the sensational,
! the highly emotional, the extreme pic
| turesque and rhetorical lives of the
Saviour. A great many lives of the
| Son of God have been written, and
among them you will possibly find the
| best in the following: A life by Bish-
| op Jeremy Taylor, Rev. DR.. Hanna,
A~rchdeacon Farrar, Bishop E%llicott,
Rev. Mr.. Vallings, Rev. DR.. Cunning
ham Giekie and Rev. DR.. Charles F.
Deems. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
began a life, but we do not know that
he concluded it. Of the above we have
read the third, fourth, sixth and
! seventh. Farrar's is the more highly
rhetorical and is really very intertain-
ing. We prefer DR.. Geikie's. 1t is
most excellent, and appears to us to
meet the demand precisely. A good
edition can be got in large volume Of
large type for 81, and it contains near
ly 1000 pages. Of American lives, so
| far as we know, DR.. Deems's leads
easily. We know that an old Ameri-
can missionary long abroad, held that
it was the most serviceable to him of
any he had ever consulted. 1t is I'M
like all we have read. If limited to
n we would unq~uestionably prefer
Geikie. A third writer we notice, in
the same number of the Saturday
Review" who writes from Montreal,
Canada, says:
Thanks. thanks, thanks for your edi-
torial in re Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's
Story of Jesus Christ as we'll as the
article by a leading New York theolo-
glglan on the same subject. 1t is diSap-
pointing to have such a book come from
the author of Gates Affair." whose saint
ly father wrote The Still Hour and
most useful and helpful books.
The father alluded to was one of the
greatest of the Andover professors
the late Rev. DR.. Phelps. 1t is a
great Presbyterian school of the
prophets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15

We notice that in many school dis
tricts the actual attendance is not more
than one half of the school population.
So states the North Carolina Journal
of Education. 1t is lamentable. In
Iredell county there was an average at
tendance in one district that had 102
children Of school age of ten. Ignorance
f1ourishes in this goodly state. The
schools may not be what they should
be, but they are good enough to be at
tended by all pupils. Whose fault it
is, we may not know, but we doubt not
that parents are much to blame.
Competent teachers are needed. The
Educational Journal says:
Investing a million dollars or more in
public education; it is wasteful econo-
my and mere lack of business method, if
the state does not add to this a suffi-
cient amount to insure itself against the
loss of its investment. This can only be
done by providing for the training of all
teachers needed, and then consistently
refusing to let the children's money. and
its own, be ~squandered by incompetent
teachers teaching out The time and
IiroIeS III eHlpty SSloo houSSS-
That is very sensible. In districts
me the children do not attend let
schools be dropped. Let parents I'M
derstand that if they would educate
their children they must be sent to
school, or the public schools will be
closed. The negroes are getting ahead
of the whites.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
FROM FOOT TO KNEE
Ohio Woman Suffered Great AGONY
From a Terrible Sore-Her Story O,
the Case, and Her Cure.

SS e'A tSa VIC
"Fos many years 1 was afflicted with a
milk leg, and q few years ago it broke out
IN a sore and spread from my foot to INV
knee. / suffered great agony. 1t would
burn and itch all the time and discharge
. great deal. My heath was good with
the exception of this sore. / tried a great
many kinds Of salve, but some would
~irritate the sore so that / could hardly
stand the pain. / could go near the
fire without suffering intensely. Someone
sent me papers containing testimonials of
cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla. and I told
my husband I would like to ty-this med
icine. He got me bottle and found it
helped me. / kept on taking it until my
Limb was completely healed. I cannot
praise Hoods Sarsaparilia enough for the
great benefit it has been to me. 1t
cleanses the blood Of all impurities and
leaves it rich and pre-" MRS. ANNA E.
EAKEN, Whittlesey, Ohio.
You can buy Hood's ~Sarsaparilla of all
druggists Be sure to get only Hoods.
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Some one wrote to New York Sat
Scott, Thackeray and Dickens which
should be read by all who are able to
do So" Of Scott the ealtor names
1.-The Antiquary," Guy Mannering."
"Kenilworth," and "Ivanhoe." Of
Dickens, "a Tale of Two Cities"
David Copperfield," "Oliver Twist"
and Martin Chuzzlewit." Of Thack-
cray, Henry Esmond," Vanity Fair"
"~Pendennis," and Barry Lyndon"
The selections are capital. While it
is a pity to have to omit with the
limitation to FOUR n of Scott's ten
or twelve greatest novels-"Waverly,"
Heart of Midlothian" THE Bride of
Lammermoore," Quentin Durward,"
"Old Mortality ''The Pirate 1.-The
Fortunes of Nigel,"-the four selected
cannot be objected to for they are all
of common genius and Astounding
entertainment. We would make a
change or two in Dickens, but those
named are exceedingly good. Those
named for Thackeray are works of ex-
t~raordinary genius. The only possible
change woufd be to substitute THE
Newcomes' for "~Pendennis," but we
would hesitate long before doing it.
There is no man now living who can
approach either of the five, except
Blackmore in Lorna Doone." Mere
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to sufferers from ~catarr.a Will not be
amiss IL a cure can be offered. Ely's
Cream Balm has become a favorite in
all sections Of the Cr-rted States Your
old in the head ill be quickly re-
heved by Ii, and tne severest attack of
catarrh will yield to. and be perfcetly
cured by a thorough treatment Ca
tarrh is not a blood disease, but an in
Illumination II the passages Of the noss
and throa;., due 70 climatic changes,
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dith, nor ~salacious Hardy, nor over
rated Mrs. Ward, of England, has
equalled either of Thackeray's best in
genius.
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Cures to Stay Cured

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EFFECTED AN ENTIRE CURE.
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FARM STATISTICS.

Cost of Production and Average Price Of
Staple Creps-Otho Wilson's Missionary
Tour-KuseeIute's Opposition To n Col.
ored Assistant District Attorney-The
BrownInx-Strickland Homicide State
Swamp Lands
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Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, n. c., February IL.

Raleigh, n. c., February IL.
Some interesting facts as to the
yield. cost of production and profit OF
the principle crops are obtained from
advance sheets of the report OF the
state labor commissioner.
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The only tales that dead men tell
are ghost stories.
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Aood,c O:sl. are the favorIte family
ssVON SB1o cathartc, Price &c.
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The father alluded to was one of the
greatest of the Andover professors
the late Rev. DR.. Phelps. 1t is a
great Presbyterian school of the
prophets.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-23
BRIGADE OF CANADIANS.
One Is Being Organized In Chicago &c
Fight For Uncle Sam.

y brigade of Canadians is being raised
IN Chicago, one regiment of infantry,
one of artillery and one of cavalry. ready
To fight for Uncle Sam. Recruiting has
been III progress about week, and :. 600
men have already enlisted. One thou
sand of them live in Chicago. The idea
of raising a Canadian legion for the
present war originated III small din
ncr party of Canadian Americans at the
Grand Pacific hotel III Chicago a few
weeks ago. 1t was mentioned at that
time that there are -, 600 Canadians or
others of British birth or parentage in
Chicago When active recruiting began.
stations We're established in Chicago.
Minneapolis, ST. Paul, Detroit, Duluth.
Cleveland, Denver, Cincinnati and Buff
falo.
Lieutenant Colonel George A Baynes
IS III temporary command. but his idea
Is 10 tender the command of the infantry
regiment, known as the Canadian
American Rifles, to some prominent
American of Canadian birth The posi-
tlon has been offered to Representative
William Lorimer The war department
viii be asked to unite the three regi
ments III one brigade and TO appoint a
brigadier general of British descent from
the regular army 10 command it.-New
York World
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-23

The ambulance ship Solace has been
beautifully supplied by the women of
the United States with many comforts
that. as a rule, are lacking at sea This
ship has been fitted out in such com
pIete manner that she resembles a mod
ern hospital. Around her white sides
runs dark stripe. and her Red Cross
nag marks her TO friend and foe as being
on mission of peaee.-New York
Tribune
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-23
THE PHILIPPINE NATIVES.
kH Consul Elliott Says They AUST Be Rule
With Great

kI Consul Elliott Says They AUST Be Rule.
With Great Tact.
Isaac II. Elliott, who was our consul
at Manila year or two ago, has beer
in New York for several months watch
ing the reports of the course of events
at his old post with great interest
The natives of the Phi lippines have
been wretchedly gov, rned by Spain, >
said Mr.. Elliott recently, land their
character has been misrepresented BY
nature they are an affectionate people
but they must be ruled with great tact
When l was in Manila, my servants
were natives. and | gave them more lib
erty than many other employers would
have given them
''One day one of my children stepped
on the foot of servant WHO was stand
ing III the hall. l heard of the inciden.
and punished the boy for it. | discover
ed, however. that by doing so | has
cheapened my authority o-er the serv
ants They thought that they could d.
about as they chose, and several day.
later one of them struck the bow witt
the fiat of MS hand. knocking hin
down There was only one way TO dea
with this native, and that was with
good heavy cane. Otherwise | woul,
have been completely at the mercy
my servants. | gave him a good Gaming
and after 1t he ran away. Two day
later he returned penitent and asked {.
be forgiven promising to do better il
the future. haven Z the slightest doTb
that the United States can govern III,
Philippines without trouble as soon a
the n-tives understand Just what they
may expect. New York sun.