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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

platform lately adopted at Raleigh
will show how little of candor and
truth there are in that statement II
been completely blocked how very
different would DR.. Thompson's letter
to his friends the chairman have read
The truth is that fidelity to principle
in the yes OF the innocent and yet
fateful reformers consists in demo-
Gratis trading with popuiists for spoils.
II they decline such a mongrel bust
ness then presto. the democrats have
abandoned principles and gone over
horse, foot, and dragons to the. enc
my. In one thing we are disposed to
agree with DR.. Thompson. 1t is when
he says that populists should not
accept nominations at the hands OF the
democratic party: if we are not good
enough to be ~co-operated with as a
party, upon principle, it would seem
that no populist, who regards his par
ty or respects himself, a afford to
lend a hand to the democratic party in
it's efforts to break down Our organiza-
tion." 1t is to be hoped thar the leIno-
| Gratis will nominate their own men
| tried, true faithful-men who have
borne true allegiance to the great fun
damentaf principles under every temp
| tation, vicissitude of fortune and
| stress of party. Let them be men of
| such high character that wen their
| political enemies must respect-men Of
probity, Of intelligence, Of experience.
Nominate democrats of unblemished
name and unsullied honor, and then
ask the true patriots of all parties and
white men who regard their race and
would preserve intact, or restore in
perfection, genuine Anglo-Saxon civili-
cation in North Carolina, to come up
to their help.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

The aged General" Booth, Of the
very useful Salvation Army, was late
ly preaching to 400 ministers in Phil
adelphia. 1t is said he quickly woke
them up, when he fired point-blank at
close range in this wise: You won't
let a man drown himself, why let him
damn HIMSELF" They were moved.
But he did not rest with this direct
shot. He went on:
Are you satisfied to amuse people
on their way to hell? You say you
believe that their souls are in danger,
and yet your service is to tickle them
with entertainments, to preach milk
and-water twaddle or way over their
heads. The fact is you don't believe
your belief! And the crowd Of min
listers laughed and ~applauded! "It is
safe to say," says the Universalist
Leader of Boston and Chicago. that in
all his long experience, in the worst
phases of slum life. General Booth
never met more incorrigible sinners
than these ministers OF the Gospel who
laughed at their conviction as /dtshor-
est and inhuman."
That is the way ;hH Cniversallst or
gan looks at it. T. il far off in what
it says? Is it not close shooting, both
that Of the preacher and The cditCr?
is General Icoth clean ouc Of it? Who
with OPEN eyes can believe it? The
editor says farther:
"Is it not a fact hat theoretically
they believe that the m~ultitudes with
which they laugh and joke upon the
street are lost? And yet they give
them no warning, and 'amuse them on
their way to hell When the general
gets all the rest of the world into the
Army, he has a fine field for service
among the orthodox minister's
There is verify serious food for
thought in that arraignment. Think of
"a lost SOUL" What it imports, and
what should be done to save a soul
from being lost.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

If Germany "messes'' with the Uni
ted States to aid Spain she may get
her toes smashed. 1t will be the OPP
portunity Of France to get back the
territory wrestled from her in the war
of 187O-Alsace and L~orraine-and to
pay off some old score. Great Britain
may feel interested enough in Ger
many's manoeuvres to send a great
fleet into the Pacific ocean to look af-
ter her own great interests and to see
to it that Germany does not concern
her. We are hardly prepared to be
Iieve that either Germany or Russia
are so spelling for a fight" as to seek
opportunity now to engage in a war
with our Republic. A war with either
OF those powers would arouse the
young giant of the nest and make him
stir himself and shake his invincible
locks"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

The Messenger asked recently how
many knew what the saying, Hob
sons Choice" means. Nc reply has
come but the answer is going the
rounds in the newspapers. 1t is very
old and one has been known TO us for
a long time. There is more thar one
account of the saying. The old account
is not the recent one we see given. The
late explanation is this:
During the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries, particularly in the Shakes
ear era, it was the custom for well
to do people to go to and from the the
aires on horseback, as they go now in
private carriages or public ack To-
bias HOIbsOn, a ~hard-headed keeper of
a stable at Cambridge, established the
custom Of placing his horses in line,
accompanied by the strict rule thai the
first patron must take the horse near
est the entrance to the theatre. The
enforcement of this rule caused much
dissatisfaction, as customers had no
selection whatever, h choice of an
animal being entirely in h hands Of
Hobson. The English gentry were very
wrathy over this imperious regula-
ton, and often berated old HObsOn,
to no purpose. as he vas a man
set in his ways.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21
POPULlST LEADERS SLANDERING
DEMOCRATS.

The populiStS were anxious to make
terms and divide spoils with the demo-
Gratis. A dicker was respectfully de-
clined by the white mans party-the
grand old constitutional party of the
American Union-the democracy, who
every where and always stand forth
as the only true champions Of a free,
enlightened, constitutional govern
ment based on the intelligence and vir-
tue Of the electors-a government of
the people, and by the people and for
h people, to use the striking lords
of Abraham Lincoln taken from an old
New England School Reader of the
'30s. The democracy in their state
convention declined to enter into any
ing with open doors all white men who
were truly patriotic, and sincerely de-
sirous of a return to an honest, pure,
faithful, economical state government
to come in and unite with them in a
common. cause, appealing to a COM
mon sympathy and interest, and seek
ing a COMMON restoration Of justice,
right. and public confidence.
This was disappointing to the lead
ers n traders of h populist party.
They have sought since the declina-
ture on the part Of the old democracy
to misrepresent, pervert and misapply
what were the declarations of the
said party, and by such an humanity,
false and d~isingenuous course to keep
UP the old game of deception, and to
retain their ~paralyzing power over
their nee very confiding and easily
| misled followers. 1t is not surprising
to any nan Of ordinary intelligence
when a fellow like Butler resorts to
such tricks, but it is a cause for sur
prise when better men engage in it.
1t will be regretted by many democrats
who respect DR.. Cy. Thompson's abili-
ty and would esteem him personally,
to find him in bad company, and writ
ing a letter to the populist county
| chairman. in which he says:
hould spare neither time nor
effo :, impress upon the people the
| fact ,hat the democratic party, not
withstanding it's platform professions,
a substantially, by it's action, declar-
ed against financial reform, against
| Bryan and silver, and has betrayed.
at the dictation of the goldbugs and
monopolies, h true democrats inside
the democratic party; the folly of
whose further attempts to fight it out
inside the party should be apparent
to all. The peoples party is evidently
their only refuge"
I A careful reading Of the democratic
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21
A SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE
Between British and Spanish Repre-
sentaiIves-Citizens OF spafp Demand
Ing PEACE.

Madrid. Jcne 18.-There IS considerable
here today over a long confer
enoe which has just taken place between
the. British ambassador to Spain. Sir
Henry pummond-w Wolf. and. the Span
ish minister for war. Genera Correa.
Tho newspapers OF this city publish the
taxt Of a manifesto from the inhabitants.
of CataIonia, of which Barcelona Is the I,
capital. N favor OF peace tstween Spain
and the United States. Inn manifesto la
signed by tnrty-nve associations and
eighissn local newspapers. It says the,
present evils are due to- the existing.
regime. which IL nothing hut a governs
calling the fact than tits Spanish mop-.
archs have lost possession after possess
sion. ~ says.
THE United Stat~as government Ia gall
ty or unjustiiabie aggression. but IL the
wsr Is prolonged Ssyxin will completely be
rSs1sed. A painfuF afnputation 10 a hun
1red-fold pre.eras pS to a terrible and dts
Sstrous war. and any transaction ~ snta-
ally made will not be more honorable
after the country I'm ruined. the blood OF
her valued Eok3fers shed and starvation;
ravaged a majority OF the woskrnsn'x
has home<.
Spain asks immediate peace. despite
the oppo ition OF those who desire the
utter destruction OF the country, TN order
TO tmp oee their domination apon its
ruins The sooner peace IL concluded the
more advantageous IL will BE- II In the
duty OF everybody TO endea sor TO force
the government to obtain Peace.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

All nrighteousness is SIM" says the
New Testament. Sin is the trans
gression of law" is another Scripture.
For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God" $50
then every one of us shall give &C
count of himself to God" "The soul
that sinneth, it shall die" If these
declarations of God amount to any
thing, sin is very deceitful and very
~grievOus, and it is no easy thing to be
a genuine Christian, a true disciple Of
the Crucified and Risen Lord. h
results of sin are seen in this life and
in death, in time and in eternity.
Know yet not that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the Kingdom of God?'
If these and a great many other Scrip
lures bearing upon sin and it's conse-
quences are true then it is a very diff
ficult thing indeed to live for God and
walk worthy of the vocation where
with we are called. The way is mar
row indeed that leads to eternal life
in glory. The chief end of man is to
glorify God, and his chief aim should
be to get home to Heaven. 1t requires
great circumspectiOn, exceeding pray
er, constant effort, unyielding stead
fastness ito make the trip" and reach
the goal and win the crown. The con-
ditiOn of eternal salvation is perse-
Verance unto the end. Those who
weary in we'll doing and cease to strive
to enter in shall never enter in. That
is Gods teaching and is in the bless
ed Word of Life, plain, clear, unmis-
taxable. Nc man with ordinary sense
can mistake the way or fail to under
stand the truth. God is willing to
save, but it is conditioned upon sincere
repentance, true faith and a cody,
consecrated, faithful life. No perse-
crane no crOWn.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

OF all the tributes paid to the great,
the most illustrious Gladstone, we
have seen none SO touching, so i'm
paid him by an English mar of letters
who said he was a great religious force
in his country, and a great power for
Christianity in the world. He was all
through his political life a sincere,
deeply earnest Christian statesman, of
most sincere and pure convictions and
principles underlying that made him
truly great. He made the Bible his
guiding star, and upon its impregnabie
truths he stood as a rock. His lie
was pure, his devotion great, his piety
sincere and constant, his conduct ever
| shaped and controlled by Gods i'm
| mutable laws. He was in character a
| marvel among statesmen, h greatest
of England's public men and the most
thoroughly Christian. The London
Westminster Gazette, reviewing him
as a "Churchman" at the close said
this of him:
Politics were no consideration. and
| LII. beLSOn was SdIO L nave louIlO d
letter offering him promotion IN his
return from voting for the Tory candi-
date for Cambridge. The good Of the
church was his one and only cOnsid-
GRAFTON. He was not to be found at
| church congresses or at public meet
ings, except those of rare Importance;
but his silent influence, his knowledge
Of detail. and his unsparing work in
behalf of any cause which he espous-
ed, have had much to do with not
only church legislation-the less OF
which, in his opinion, the better-but
in developing the component parts of
church life so as to weld into an homo
geneous whole complicated interests
| and diverse opinions. That SO devout
and enthusiastic a churchman should
at once have retained the affection of
members of his own communion, and
| yet been equally held in reverence by
NOnconformists of all classes, is one
of the most striking phenomena Of the
day, n a testimony to his many sided
character and transparent sincerity"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

: The sincere, evangelical, consecrat-
ed, earnest Bishop of Liverpool, Rev.
DIR. Ryle, author Of some very useful
tracts that forty years ago were wide
Iy circulated and improvingly read,
still lives loved, esteemed. v~enerated.
He is now in his S3rd year.. and the
Oldest of all English bishops. He is
vigorous for his years and diligent
with pen and speech. He is a church
dignitary to confide in, to admire, to
dove, for he is good and faithful and
lovable.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

1t will be recalled 10y some that two
or three years the wife Of Rev.
Mr.. Poteat, a North Carolina Baptist
minister living at New Haven, Conn,
shocked Yale university 10y her criti-
cisms upon its immoralities. How far
Yale had passed from a decent moral
tty into the dreadful sloughs Of sin and
vice generally We do not recall. That
Mrs. Poteat has good reasons for her
severe criticism of the venerable uni
versity is quite probable. Other high
Institutions have been overhauled. 1t
will De recalled that Princeton uni
versity caught it sharply from Presby-
terianS and secular as we'll as religious
newspapers because OF it's whiskey
Inn for the accommodation of stu
dents. It seems hat Cornell university
is now being raked by New York state
MethodistS. Resolutions distrustful of
Cornell have been adopted complain
ing of its lax morals, and that its dis
cipline is SO defective as to ~''endanger
the temperance, social purity and
moral honesty Of youth who go to
them from homes that have been
~scrupulously guarded against these
evils"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

The adjutant general says he will have
all the rifles returned by the volunteers
sent back to the towns from which the
state guard companies brought them.
Winston Sentinel: In Guilford court
yesterday Sarah Owens, an old negro
woman got a verdict for $500 against the
Southern railway. She sued for s., 900
damages for injuries claimed to have
been received by falling from a train in
Il Point.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

One of the most deceptive of all false
sayings is hat man may do evil that
good may come of it. 1t is as ALA
ciOus as any of the devils cunning
coinages, and is stamped with the in
sigma of hell. 1t beguiles and disap-
points. It destroys all morality and
truth. The end does not justify the
means. A religion based on such vain
philosophy as that-tO pursue evil
ways and commit all manner of sin
that out of it may come some good is
not one whit better or purer~Or wiser
than any of the exploded religions of
the past. 1t is really no better than
Mohammedanism or latter-day Nor
monism. The religion of Jesus Christ
is one of purest morality, purest life.
It is to live indeed the Christ-life, to
emulate the perfect pattern of the
Master, the Divine Son. Any one who
will read thee Sermon on the Mount
will see what is required to be a disciple
of the Saviour as He expounds it.
Read the various letters Of Paul, Peter
and John and you will see how exalt-
Gu Tic blNilc SldIludIu 10, LII no"
all manner of sin is shut out from the
Kingdom of Heaven. eff we then be
risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above" Again, God saith,
"a new heart also will I give you,"
and again, Therefore, if any man be
holy life admits of no sin, and no do
tng Of evil that possibly somebody in
some way may. be blessed by your
fransgression! That is not Gods way
and no good mans way.
A very able Baptist paper, The Chi
cago Standard, says h a it accepts
ssthe supreme Importance of the ap-
peal to conscience, the 'keener sense
of God and hotter hate Of sin and
more strenuous fight for holiness that
marks the preaching Of those who are
most successful in winning the allegi.
ance Of men to Christ" The pulpit
must preach a higher Christian life
ut must preach holiness as the Bible
now teaches it-as Paul, the inspired
taught it. The bars are far too low
now. If a man is indeed a Christian
a real disciple Of the blessed Redeem.
er, he will be taught of the Holy Spirit
and be led by the Holy Spirit. Their
This must follow as a sure, fundamen.
tai principle-the Holy Spirit will new
er lead man into open sin or to adop'
questionable, much less sinful and i'm
moral practices-will never so long a!
The world al guide a man con
krary to the true, revealed Word o.
God. He will never be taught Or in
huenced by the Holy Spirit to do evil
of any kind that good may perchance
come.~ God is eve inconsistent and
never makes mistakes, INT God can
not teach you incorrectly or influence
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21
OEer. 90 Take sIOO.OOessoO or she .
bonds.

Washington. June IA well known
banking house today mace a PROPOSE
ton TO the secretary of the treasury
bonds at $I0i. Under tie law the bonds
must be sold at Par. and allotted to
the subscribers for the smalIer
amounts. Heace the offer could not
be entertained. Subscriptions for $50
bonds or anuitiCies OF tina. amount up
20 $5eo viii be awarded a. fass as re-
esived.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

All the newspapers speak OF the gal
lantry of Lieutenant Blue, North Caro-
lina's brave son.. If captured he would
have been executed at once as a spy.
The insurgents have advanced on
Manila. and Spain is reported TO be
anxious for the United States to at
once occupy the city instead Of allow
surgents.
"Mutilated barbarously' are the
descriptive words of Admiral Samp-
son as applied TO h savage conduct
Of Spanish soldiers in their treatment
OF American dead soldiers. But they
deny the accusation. Four hundred
years of war history would authorize
that the first report be credited.
1t is announced by Pension Com
missioner Evans hat in one pension
case alone the United States govern
ment-that is, the tax payers-have
been robbed Of $40. 900 in the course of
ten or twelve years. There nay be
many such, and tens Of thousands of
smaller swindles. It hould be probed
TO the bottom.
There is a Worth Bagley the second
at Columbus, Ga He is named after
the North Carolina young hero and is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fell. Bagley.
They are Of no kinship to the North
Carolina brave ensign.
a brother of the brave Lieutenant
Hobson. James VI. Hobson. Jr. named
after his father, the Judge, has pass
ed the examination for entrance to
West Point Military Academy. He will
do his share of fighting, no doubt,
when he gets a chance in the army.
II Kentucky a black brute met his
fate for the same old Internal crime,
only greatly intensified, as his help
less victim was but 4 years old. Hang
ing was far too good for the villain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21

you to go into evil courses. Do not
sin and say God did it or God allows
It. Do not lie.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-21
"JETHRO COFFIN End.

The Will was never presented in
court for probate. Before Captain Card
ner died the course OF events made =,
unnecessary. "Belindy's" husband
was drowned by the upsettinx of his
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-14

Money! Money! at a low rate Of
interest on real estate security Call
before making a loan elsewhere.
Canton, s. D, JOHN ALL1BoNE.
15-tf Office in old court house
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-14
Money. to Loan

1 have money on hand to loan in
sums and on time to suit the borrower.
Rates lower than the lowest. Don't
fail to see me.
26-2 CHAs. E. JUDD.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-16
The Mail Carrier Service.

The question of the mail carriers delivering
mail matter within the doors of residents,
which matter has previously been discussed in
public print, is again commanding attention
1t is pretty well understood by the department
at Washington that with the present force of
carriers, the matter of meeting what may be
made demand, is impracticable unless some
of the routes in the outlying districts of the
city are cut off from the carrier service.
Should residents in blocks or tenement
to place box at the entrance door, from the
sidewalk, they may do so. If not they may
demand the delivery of mail at the doors of
their residences To meet such demand and
cover the present territory would be an impos-
tor Bulman of the New England division of
the department when he was here last sum-
mer Montpelier should have another mail
carrier. Ex-postmaster Sibley asked for one
and Postmaster Shedd says that another man
is needed. The revenues from the local office
warrant it, the territory of the city is such as
TO require it. The orly reason that may pre-
vent it is the fact as Inspector Bulman stated
that the department feels too poor to grant
what seems reasonable request The carriers
are obliged. whether they have ample time
to deliver all of the mail matter taken out
on a trip, to return to the Office and ring the
Bundy clock at specified times. Residents in
the outskirts of the city who expect their
mail by carrier are often delayed and incon-
yenienced and it seems reasonable that Mon
pelier should use legitimate effort in trying
to b ing about "A betterment in the delivery OF
mail matter from the post-ot1ice.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-16
Street Cars Stalled.

Superintendent Smith OF the street road
had a sorry time Thursday night because of
the giving out of the power on the line be-
tween this city and the j. 8. Viles power
plant at Middlesex.
At about seven o'clock in the evening the
power suddenly vanished from the trolley
line, leaving a car on State street in this
city, one At the car barn switch and one in
Barre, nea; the terminus of the line.
At the car barn 1t was soon discovered
what the matter was.-a "leak' in either
the fead or trolley wires, and gang OF men
with Mr.. Smith started out to find it. 1t
could OF be- located on the trolley line.
At 1928 o'clock there was u slight revival
of power and the Seminary hill car run
down to State street. There was not suffi-
Gent power to run it hack, however, and it
was stalled on Barre street.
The situation, with four cars stalled, the
power gone and the tracks covered with
snow and slush and so passengers in this
city waiting for car to take them to their
homes in Barre, became seriously perplex-
ing.
| superintendent Smith and j. S. Viles
| with corps OF men, started down the line
towards Middlesex, determined to locate
| the place and cause of the trouble. A
| brilliant light was seen on the line Mt ar the
| junction between six and seven O'Clock
| in the evening and it IL thought there may
have been "burn out' there.
About twenty Barre people waited in the
| State street car until past midnight, when
they went to the Pavilion, where they re
NAMED al night.
A single feed line from Middlesex is not
regarded as being wholly reliable and it is
more than probable that another line will
| b. put in to guard against a repetition of
this occurrence which annoyed the travel
| ing public not little.