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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

The Messenger has said that a min
lister of the Gospel who is highly con-
scientious, OF a delicate sense OF honor
and endowed with right thinking will
not remain in a denomination of Chris
tians whose enets he has ceased to
believe in, and whose cornerstone
dogmas he spurns. He will be forced
ito get out" and he will not long
stand on the order Of his going. But
in these decadent times it is quite
common for preachers to hold on with
a sort Of death-grip to a particular
communion when they are ridden by
false opinions and at war with funda-
mental doctrines, not only of their
church, but Of Christianity. Church
discipline, rigily and wisely enforced.
is a necessity for the health of any
congregation of worshippers. 1t is as
necessary as it is for the faithful min
istrations of the enlightened physician
in the maladies of the body. It is the
solemn, imperative duty OF churches
to put on trial men who are guilty of
teaching false doctrine, and particu-
larly those who are diligently seeking
to pervert Christian truth and under
mine the very foundations of Chris
tianity itself. But the secular press
great questions that concern the
Christian religion, have had no little
to say about church trials as if they
were really so many church persecu-
lions. We have seen lately no little
genuine rot in the columns of the
large papers relative to ''heresy trials"
You would suppos that it was a vir-
tue for a minister to be unsound in
his dOgmas and a mark Of high intel
ligence and much learning to be in
antagnoism to the fundamental doc
trines to which he had solemnly sub
scribed in entering the ministry. Pro-
fessor and DR.. McGiffert, of Union
Theological Seminary, New York, pub
lished a book which was oppose in
some particulars to the Presbyterian
standards. His book is "a History of
Christianity in the Apostolic Age" It
is believed to be heterodox on funda-
mentals and is filled with unsound
views. The General Assembly of the
North has decided practically that
there must be a change of opinion on
the part of the professor, or he must
retire from n Presbyterian church.
HIS book was charged with being "a
1asrant and ominous scandal" DR..
McGiffert is another DR.. Briggs. The
latter, after long delay, has relieved
to the great Presbyterian church of his
unWelcOme presence. It is a most
happy ~riddance. Now let the other
sapper and miner depart n unite
with any branch that holds or tolerates
his theological vagaries or favors his
destructive attacks. There is no back
down or fear, as we see it, on the part
Of the Northern ~Presbyterians to deal
with fragrant and boastful heresy, as
some of the secular editors pretend to
discern.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
He Rose Again.

A story il told Of u colored preacher
who was holding a meeting In . large TO-
Daeco barn In Kentucky. AT empty to-
bacco hogshead va, pressed into sa-vfCa
as an elevation Cpon which TO stand
while delivering ats discourse. Warming
up with his suhSpct he soon became ex-
ctceE. Throwing his arms In the air above
his head. and elevating one foos. he s-I.
1ime- De righteous shall rise and la
wicked sh2.n fall!"
AT the word fall ne brought hyT foot
ao"n Fehemently upon the head Of the
hogsnead. and like a fash IL gave way
ana lie dropped out Of sight. being short
ms .atue. Amid the precipitaled uproar
the barrel, and drew himself into view.
shouting: "Bless God. .dey shall rise
again!"-Southera Tobacco Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
OMITTED AND HONORED NAMES.

In a hasty paragraph in The Mes
senger a week or two ago concerning
many editors who have tOlied in North
Car. within forty years, and about
Whol. sc had written more or less in
sincere praise, we omitted some in the
hurry of writing, which we should
have remembered. One overlooked is
one of the best friends we LAY had
in a decade or two among southern ed
itors. We should have referred to that
staunch, most useful democrat, who
wrought we'll in his day, our old
friend, Major w. J. Yates, who found
ed The Charlotte Democrat, a power
in it's best days. Then. there is the
truly gifted Edward Gillian, a writer
of marked power, and, as we believe.
the ablest journalist in his age in the
state. He is just now out of the craft,
out he must return to a profession he
honored by his fine e~ndOwments. Then
thirty-five years perhaps, 1--WE never
saw him and do not know his present
age), Walter Page, who edited with
exceeding dash and no little ability at
Raleigh for a year or two, and who is
now editor in charge of The
Boston Atlantic Monthly in the
to this ofice) in the
absence of the editor, who is
absent in Europe for his broken
health. He is scholarly, very bright
and interesting, with many sound and
unsound views, and altogether an in
tellectual force. We must not over
look our old friend, Hon. Josiah Tur-
ner, with whom we tOiled together so
very pleasantly for years in behalf Of
a re~suscitating democracy, and who
rendered the most important service
to the party in the time of the buzz
yards and the vultures-about 1869-73-
and at the risk of his life. He wrote
very pointed, humorous, brave articles
in exposure of rascalidom generally.
North Carolina democrats should new
er forget Josiah Turner, Of Orange,
who in the war sat in the Confederate
House of Representatives.. We can
IA ooS JAIN Il ~ SpoSO, VIC
remember to have warmly praised-a
gentleman who lived in Northampton
county, but whose name now escapes
us. He was an unusually good writer
doing effective work. He removed to
Philadelphia some twenty-three years
ago He then was a leading writer on
The State, we believe it was, the pa
per succeeded by The Record. He also
was a staff writer on the latter for
several years. There are perhaps a
half dozen other journalists in the
past whom We appreciated and praised
if we had time to call the roll. Most
of those We knew and admired have
passed away, some of them treasured
highly to this day in the memories of
personal friends and readers who de-
lighted in their Productions. We have
not referred to any we knew before we
became a journalist in 1857, nor have
we referred to some others who had
good points, but about whom we had
no occasion to write.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
The Irish Remembered.

They are telling a good one from the
Old Fort side. Two Trishnaent were dis
GUESSING the war situation in ali serious
ness. They had heard that Il big battle
ship was coming up the coast Of South
America.
Il tell you one Of them said 70 the
other. they couldn't get along at all in
this war without rhe irish
NO said the other. you're right.
they couldn't"
why. just think" said the first.
They're wen namin' their boats after
Irishmen."
Is that so?" calculated the second.
why sure. Mike. they've named one
of the biggest ships in tire navy after IN
Iriahman."
And which one is that"
why. don't you know It's the Gray
gon.' and as the two walked out they
wondered what the clerk heidnd the
counter was laughing a~t.-Sayannan
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07

the Son Of God. who was very God and
very Man He alone is mans refuge
and mans hope and help. He Is in
deed the bread Of life. and mans soul
can only thrive and be happy and well
nourished by feeding on Him in sin
cere faith. Being justified by faith.
We have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ"-Rom. vi. Know
ing that a man is not justified By the
works of the law. but by the faith Of
Jesus Christ'-Gal- ii:16." That. be-
ing justified by His grace. we should
be made heirs according to the hope
OF eternal life."-PauI's Letter TO Ii
tuS, iii:T.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07

Charlotte Observer: The board Of man
ayers OF the Thompson o~rphanage met
yesterday at noon al the orphanage, TO
take action in regard - the resignation
of Rev. Z. A. Osborne. superintendent o.
the institution, who has accepted the.
chaplaincy Of the Second regiment. Rev
Walter Smith, of Scotland Neck, a brot a.
er Of Colonel A Il Smith. OF this city.
was appointed to succeed Colonel Osoorne
until the latter's return. Colonel Osborne
has been superintendent OF the Orphan
age eleven Or Twelve years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
SNAPSHOT CRITICISn GENER-
ALLY.

Probably ninety out Of every one
hundred people are given to criticizing
without proper information as to things
criticized. This appears to be the con-
duct of newspapers, to management of
churches, to school teaching, to farm
ing, to government affairs, to carrying
on war, to all manner of things in
peace and in war, at home or abroad.
1t is the habit to- deliver opinions
whether sOund or unsOund, right or
wrong, ignorant or informed. People
will find fault. In the great war
when 600, 900 southern cOnfederates
fought for four years more han
200, 600 northern soldiers, exclusive of
army (see United States government
records published by act Of congress)
the home critics in both sections
abounded. General Lee and General
Grant were merest tyrOs in the art Of
war as compared with congressional
carpet knights and the local STRAIGHT
cal boards in all the villages and at all
cross roads. This is inevitable, for men
form and give opinion on the sheerest
notice whether they know any thing
about the matter judged or no. a
great many men have the opinion they
last hear or read, and chameleon Ike
take on a fresh hue every morning &C
cording to the very latest opinion they
chance to hear.
The Mckinley crowd has sharply
criticized for two months about the
war, and while much was doubtless
we'll based a great deal was inappropri-
ate and unjust. This kind of snap shot
criticism has not been confined to the
readers of newspapers, but all the edl-
tors have taken a hand doubtless, and
shown on~spicuously just how little they
know of matters and things in general,
and how very little they know of war at
the front and what is best to be done.
The cOck-sure strategfst in the news
paper offices are scarcely wiser than the
bar room soldiers who direct campaigns
as they expectorate tobacco juice, or
those wise able bodied citizens, to quote
the New York Tribune, who "spenh
their spare evenings porting over war
InUDS anu IldlllIl6 SoAiAp"AoH
capture Of Havana the reduction OF
San Juan the ~destruct.Jn of SPANS
power in the Philippines and the inva-
sion of Spain itself. To these incom-
parable strategists the whole thing is
easy. AL that we have to do Is to pat
fer down the various Morro Castles,
land the necessary troops and then send
word to Madrid that the job Is finish
ed. Tt is too bad that our govern
ment can't avail itself of the services
OF the cross roads generals and ad-
1nirals." We may we'll add that the
war department is a serious loser in not
being b to avail itself of the great
military geniuses hid in the offices of
the "big" newspapers. If their vast
war our could be only drawn
upon the campaign would soon end in
a series of magnificent victories eclip-
sing Napoleon On land and Nelson on
the sea. The mighty genius for war in
<his country is by no means confined,
as the Tribune appears to think, to the
s.cross road strategists' but they are
Sin much force in the editorial rooms Of
the New York dailies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
BuCkIen's Arnica SaIve

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Eruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands.
Cnilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per bow. For sale
by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
MOI Surprising.

The North Carolina democratic con-
rejected every proposition for fu-
son with thS popuiists. This is not sur
srising. The experiment did not WORK
well in North Carolina. Hereafter the
democrats of hat state will go II alone.
and they ought 70 be able ID hold their
own against all opponents-Lynchsnrg
News.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07
Practical Parliamentary Law for
Women.

BY ELLA BOYCE KIRK,
Chairman or Educational Department OF
Federation %: Clubs for the State
OF Pennsylvania
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07

EIGHTH LDssoN-coMMTTTEEs
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-07

HooA,c D;llc are the best afterdmner
aAOV0 itaS pills, aid digestion. &C.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-17
RAINIER .

The Ladies' Favorite, the Mems
Preference. It's absolute purity-ma-
ture age-and delicious flavor have
made Rainier Beer a welcome visitor.
It's the queen of all fine beers.
On tap or in bottles at the Criterion
Saloon. Phone 1888.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-17

| The people gazed at the ladies of our
party and showed their pOIiteness by
profound bows.
At a grocery store we bought lot
| of chocolate and had a crowd OF town
| people watching us l ate three large
| mangoes and found them good. At a
/ cafe we had delicious native coffee with
! real brown sugar.
The British Consul sent US a bag of
| lines which were fine. The bananas
were small but delicious.
On Monday p. m, Aug. LIST. Charlton
and / went ashore for dinner at the
Cafe Francois, where our French came
into good play. We got on board our
steamer which started off immediate
ly. and were glad to go. on account of
our sick men as some had been on
board for a week
Wednesday, Aug. 3rd. at a. m. a man
died of typhoid after making a sandy
fight for life. We carried him forward.
and l tied heavy pieces of iron about
his waist. and TO his kness and ankles
and sewed him up in his sheet. The
bright moon light streamed down up
on the dead man. The ship was going
along at good rate. gently rolling,
and the soft tropical breeze blowing,
at s a. m. we had the burial service.
The body, covered with the flag. was
laid on a grazing. and balanced on the
rail. The ship stopped aud a small
knot OF nurses. soldiers. and sailors
gathered around, while Dr. Miller read
the burial service. At the words I'VE
consign Ito the deep" the grating
was tipped up, the body slid off slow
~, and fell with a loud splash into the
sea. The signal bell rang again-the
crowd disappeared, the ship slowly
gathered Roadway and we devoted our
energies to the next man who dies"
l will never forget these impressure
scenes. Three more deaths occur be-
fore we reach Fortress Monroe one
only half a day from land. Thursday
and Friday all repetitions of the pre-
ceding days. Lots of hard work but
done cheerfully and our reward is in
the returning health of many and the
satisfaction of having saved many
lives. The weather continued beautiful.
If the expected storm, off Cape Hat
teras had come, the sick, unprotected
as they were. would have suffered ter
ribly
Saturday a. m we ran into Hamp-
ton Roads, and dropped anchor about
board, and we are not to be quarantin-
ed. l went on shore, bought a file of
New York papers, took a trolley car
for the school, where | telephoned to
Mrs Armstrong who sent boat across
for me. About 10 p. m. l returned to
the ship Next day the ship was moved
to the wharf, and we landed the sick.
Those who could not walk were car
ried out on filters, and all taken, in
electric cars, to the hospital at Fortress
Monroe Our duty was thus ended,
much to my relief The Armstrong
boys sailed over for me. l had a glor-
ious bath then supper on the veranda,
style. How l laid into the
brOiled chicken, salad, peaches and
cream, chocolate cake and other good
things. [ was contemplating a deli
cious sleep on shore in comfortable
bed. when I was summoned to the ship
by telephone. We had a smooth trip
to New York, and l will not probably
engage in another expedition as the
war is over.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-18
NO. 40. q
An Announcement.

The new firm of G. R. T:.ggart
and Co., Druggists, was formed
Jan. 5th by Mr.. Taggart selling to
Mr.. w. P. Carr half of his inter-
est in his stock.
They will continue to do bust
ness at the old stand and if the
lowest prices, strict attention to
business, and the best qualities of
all the goods they handle are what
are needed we can assure you that
you can find no better place to
trade.
C. A. Love, who has been with
Mr.. Taggart part of the past two
years, will continue to act as
clerk for the new firm. His faith
full service has endeared him alike
to employer and to the public.
He has made a name for him
self in The years he has spent in
River Falls, and is fast approach
ing the goal which all pharma-
3ceutical aspirants hope, though
so many fail, to attain.
Prescription filling has always
been Mr.. Taggart's "forte." He
became licentiate in pharmacy
in 1884 and in his fourteen years
experience has made no mistakes
; in filing the prescriptions of the
5 best physicians of the two
counties. He has,. and the new
firm will continue to insist on
having in stock only the very best
drugs obtainable. Their prices
will always be the lowest, and
their accuracy unquestioned.
The wall paper business was
new venture with Mr.. Taggart.
For many years and up to the
time Of his taking up this line, it
was practically impossible for any
but rich people to use this ma
terial for frightening their homes.
The old houses in the business had
kept the prices at the highest
notch. Taggart cut these prices
5 in two, and wall paper has been
found to be cheaper even than the
old fashioned SCATTERING white
wash, and SO much easier to apply.
5 Last year he sold $4,000 rolls, and
notwithstanding the competition
which is bound to be early this
season, Taggart and CO. expect to
do nearly twice their last years
business.
Call and see them and you will
receive hearty welcome.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-18

The G.. A. r. Boys have made
some improvements in their Hall
which will be appreciated by all
the orders which use it. They
have put canvas over the carpet
in main hall so they can have
suppers without danger of damage
to the carpet. They also built a
common kitchen on the platform
in rear of the hall with tables,
cook stove, oyster cooker and
other conveniences. City water.
pipes for waste water, wood box
and every convenl ence for doing
work without going up and down
stairs or out doors. This is step
in the right direction as all other
orders are now giving more atten-
ton to sociability and enjoyment
than formerly and should have
the work of preparing for such
things, made as light AS possible.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-18

tipped the scales at IS ounces.
Fishes BRAIN outweighed Web
ster's by five ounces and yet
Webster was a ton the heavier in
tellectuallv.
The statement, VIA large
body and a large mind INSOFAR
able" is not necessarily true.
There are many physical giants
5 whose intellectual calibre is ex-
tremely small. While on the side
of the large body and mind may
be mentioned Demosthenes, Bis
marck, Gladstone and Lincoln,
}yet upon the other hand look at
types who were under ordinary
size Philip of Macedon, Julius
Caesar, Shakespeare, Napoleon
Bonaparte, John Milton, Raphael,
Angelo, Wesley, and Pope Only 4
feet 8 inches tall.
The speaker said the size of a
mans mind was determined by
his deeds. Shakespeare's mind
was large enough to contain
worlds, Napoleon's head was so
5 large that all Europe was not
broad enough to serve as pillow
$50 the Nations pushed it out into
the sea where the throbb1ngs OF
Sits pulse would not disturb them.
5 Abraham Lincoln's head was as
}large as the Emancipation Pro.
Exclamation. Michael Angelo s
head was large enough to fill the
dome of St. Peters of Rome.
5 Reference was made to Gray s
Elegy, one of the finest poems in
finish and diction in the language.
5 It was here that the iconoclast
}entered. He recited the line,
''The short and simple annals OF
the poor" and pronounced it not
}only unpoetic but unphilosophic
}anl untrue. To show what the
}poor have contributed he reviewed
the long line of heroes whose work
}adorn the pages of history. Here
are few of the ''poor: Moses,
Homer, Euripides, st. Paul, Mar.
glove, John Keats, Luther, Burns,
Shakespeare, Grant and Lincoln,
; "Marry brains young men,
}said he ga brain. lined head is
better than gold Lined pocket
book or silver-lined pedigree.
His exposition Of the power of the
intellectual woman for humanity
}and God was carried to the
}sublime. In the competition OF
human affairs art and science are
entering into everything. In
farming, medicine, law, teaching
and every other activity and in
this competition brains win.
The closing of the address was
devoted to the Public Shoots and
their noble mission. He referred
; to the old Grecian schools which
were the best in the world but
they provided only for the educa-
ton of one class. The masses
were left in ignorance and kept in
slavery. cit is in the school
room" said the speaker "that the
great social problems are to be
solved, not by anarchistic methods
but by an enlightened manhood
and womanhood of free America. !"
Throughout the lecture the OPP
timistic side was illuminated.
DR.. Bristol is the enemy of pessi-
mism. His lecture was lofty IN
thoughts and sentiments and ap-
plicable to the best interests of
human life.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-01-18
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