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The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30
IN CONGRESS TO-DAY
Members Offer Cuban Independ-
ence Resolutions

Washington, March 30-The
Senate gave permission to the for
eign relations committee to sit day
by day during the session.
Senator Frye presented reso-
luton calling for the consular cor
respondencc on everything relat-
ing to Cuba. 1t was laid on the
table until tomorrow.
A resolution for the erection of
Notifications when they are ur-
gently needed, without the con-
sent of the owner or the State Leg
islature, went over on objection.
Senator Allen allowed his resolu-
ton recognizing the independence
of Cuba to be referred to com
mittee.
The sundry civil appropriation
bill was reported and placed on the
calendar. A bill providing civil
government for Alaska was then
taken up.
| When the House convened this
afternoon Representative Bailey
of Texas, the Democratic leader
offered bill recognizing Cuban
| Independence. 1t is as follows:
First-The heroic struggle o.
the Cuban people has shown tha
they are worthy to be free.
Second The United States
hereby recognizes the republic o
Cuba as free and Independent
state. On APPOINT of order, which
was sharply debated, the Speake
ruled it out of order. Mr.. Bale.
appealed but the chair was sus
tained.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

If you enjoy good dance take
your girl to the Foresters' ball on
April 5 at McCandless hall.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Mrs. l.. r. White will have her
millinery opening on March 81.
Corner Main and Santa Fe.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Smoked eels, 'not-a-choke" cod
fish at the Jones Grocery Co.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30
Good Job Printing.

The Tribune office is now pre-
pared to turn out the best job
printing in town at very moderate
rates. As we have the only power
press in Florence it stands to rea-
son that we can turn out better
work and more economically than
the owners of old country hand
presses. Bring your rush jobs to
our office. We can handle a 10000
run in the same time that anyone
else can print 1000. Opposite D.
& r. G. depot. Telephone No. 10.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Lots in Fairview addition, the
cheapest in the city. Decided
water rights, title perfect. See j..
j. Fitzgerrell.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

For mourning cards, note heads
or envelopes, for wedding or ami
versary stationery, come to the
Tribune Office, opposite the d. q
r. G. depot, or call up telephone
No. 10. All our card type is new.
You cannot tell our work from
Autographs. Power presses.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

ststson Spring Hats, in all colors and styles,
at P. T. McGuirc's.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

The finest acreage tracts ad-
joining the city in the Grand
View place. Title perfect with
decided water rights. See j. j.
Fitzgerrell.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

See the line of Fancy and White Shirts at
P. 7. McGuire's.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Daniels for blank books and sta
tionery.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

The Foresters will give a turkey
supper at the Silver Moon at mid
night in connection with the ball
on April 5.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Fresh sassafras bark at Daniels
drug store.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

New goods just received at Dan
iels' drug store.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

A full lire of Trunks and valisss at P. 7. Nc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

it still fingers in the minds OF
civilized people, and fmpresses them
Al q degraded act of unusual import
ance. Virtue to shine, charac-
ter is lost"
The mother did not consult with her
lawyers as to stopping the case She
was induced to this step without their
knowledge. Verify. the troubles OF
the Russellites gather momentum n
size with the rolling months This
last stencil from the camp is far worse
than the Kirby Smith odor In d pen
itentiary. Russell is having a nign
old time cursing out his unworthy
spoilsmen who trail his colors In the
dust of humiliation and disgrace. de
is fam to say-"Am / my brother s
keeper" Oh, Hancock, thou ar.
weighed in the balance and art Iouno
wanting"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

by tossing the wheat into the sea-"
This was necessary. for God works by
instrumentalities. He promised that
all should be saved from drowning.
and to this end 1t was necessary ito
tighten the ship" Two thoughts are
suggested here. We must bestow upon
others of our abundance. Use what is
enough fer our own comfort and
health and bestow upon others a part
that remains. Cast thy bread upon
the waters; for thou shalt find it after
many days" Benevolence and SYM
pathy are returned in multiplied bless
ings, even fourfold or tenfold or an
~hundredfold. Let us be free to give.
When those on board had satisfied
hunger, they thought Of duty. There
was something to be done at once,
and they did it. 1t was enforced pune
tuality. In your Christian exercises
and duties as in your ~benevolences, do
not postpone, but perform. Give lib
orally, willingly, for God loves a
cheerful giver" says the Scriptures.
Death comes, and then remember, We
can neither consume nor give. If we
hoard and deny we cannot take it with
us. Amassing wealth is a poor bus
mess, for the end comes to it, and the
rich as well as the poor must leave
it all and go hence. "To cast it out
first would both tighten our own load,
and be of benefit to them who dwell
around u.s." The soldiers on board
wished to kill the prisoners, lest any
should escape. This was cruel and
selfish and stupid. They might perish
themselves and they wanted to kill all
lest some might safely reach the
shores. Let us avoid evil, temptation
to doing wrong, cultivate the merciful
and kindly principles of our being,
and never seek to get out of difficult
ties by injuring, or %wounding others.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
WILMINGTON. N. C.
MARGINALIA.

We have no spite against Hall Game
considerable power with strong scenes
and vigorous character drawing. But
an "The Christian" he has prostituted
ms gifts and made a most serious
blunder in the morbid, false, scandal
Dus picture he has limned upon his
Aurid canvas. He has aspired to be a
dramatist in novel form, but proved a
most ignorant failure. An excellent,
discriminating paper in the Atlantic
for January say of him, that 'ignor-
ant of real melodrama, he has grasped
at tragedy like a baby reaching for the
moon, and has tumbled head over heels
anto the slough of false melodrama."
The best, soundest critics who have re-
gard for the morals of novels have
scored Game and no doubt justly. His
'Christian" is a huge fraud and de-
ceptiOn-a broad burlesque-upon Inc
very name. The creature he presents
as a typical expression of high and
genuine discipleship of Christ, is in
deed a compound of intemperance, ir-
reverence and acquaintance with
vice" His heroine is another decep-
xion. The whole thing seems to be
theatrical and flamboyant and lurid
with phantasmagoria effects and
cheap stage fireworks. 1t is undigni-
fled, uninspired, inartistic. Says the
writer in The Atlantic: "but when
Mr.. Hall Game takes advantage of
the sacred name christian in order
to attract decent people, and in the
same pages describes vice in frequent
repetition of similar scenes, we think
he must be held to be lining his twig
TO catch at the same time a different
class of readers, and we feel that any
question as to Jurisdiction of morality
with regard to this book cannot fairly
be raised" The best critical and
moral judgment of the literary
world condemns this abortion of mis-
directed gifts as bad and bad contin-
-ually.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

We recently referred to the excuses
Of criticism in our time, in using the
adjectives without stint, and writing
of second and third rate, and even
fourth rate authors, as a judicious and
sober critic could only write of the
masters. There is need of a reform
here. 1t is healthful to see leading
literary journals in England pleading
for some modification in the scale
and language of criticism" The long
established London Spectator and the
newly begun London Literature, pub
lished by the London Times, are dis
cussing the defects of present time
criticism. In old times it was the
caustic severity, the bitter personality
and even brutal ridicule, like that of
Clifford and John Wilson and John G.
LOckhart and Lord Jeffrey, to some
extent, that was so complained of and
so wounding. Byron, Keats, Words
worth, Tennyson, Browning and others
have all drunk of this fountain of bit
terness. But all this is changed. Lit
erature says:
ut vas commonly supposed that po-
litical enm1t1es, artistic differences of
opinion, opposing historical schools
and the like were allowed to enter
into the region of literary criticism,
and to defect it sorely from the path
Of pure and impartial judgment.
There may be something of this still
left among us, but by far the most
startling feature of modern reviewing
is not it's harshness, it's scorn, it's i'm
placability, but rather it's universal
indulgence and it's indiscriminate and
excessive language of eulogy."
An "all embracing benevolence en-
velops authorship now. During 1897,
there were scores of great novels
published. 1t would be very hard to
find me-.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

1t has been several weeks since we
discussed Paul's shipwreck and the
lessons suggested thereby. We pro-
posed following what was said by
some remarks upon what followed and
how Paul and the others in the ship
arrived safely at the land. Paul exhort-
ed all to "abide in the ship" 1t was
a very long abstinence they all had
fourteen days. They were too anx-
ious and engaged to eat. Paul set
the exmaple of eating, giving thanks
to God in their presence. The lesson
is simple here-gratitude to God for
all blessing in times of calamity or
of peace, in sickness or in health.
There - a duty and a comfort in re-
Numbering God, the Giver, with
praises and offerings of gratitude.
Whatever betides us let us not fail to
render unto God u grateful ac-
acknowledgements. Though we have to
eat the bread Of affection, let us eat
with thankfulness unto God" It is
well to sedulously cultivate the spirit
and habit of devotion. Stated hours
are helpful in many ways. We not
only thereby learn to approach God
with confession and duplication, but
we are trained in right doing, and
made better by spiritual exercises.
The morning and evening sacrifices
are not enough. The midday feast of
good things bring peace and happi-
ness to the soul. Three times a day
are surely nothing toe much to with
draw from the world to hold sweet
and gracious communion with our
Heavenly Father. There are those
who have found 1T beneficial and i'm
proving to pray in private oftener.
God delights to have His children
come before Him in ~fervent, believing
prayer. 1t enriches the soul, filling it
with peace. Oh, for a praying frame
of mind, a love for the still hours Of
prayer. When we pray in faith,
nothing doubling" we do honor to
the glorious and exalted name of God,
we seek his gracious and all sufficient
help, and we forget the world and all
that concerns it, while We enjoy the
hallowed and benignant blessings of
devotion. ALI this grows out Of Paul's
remembering God in thanksgiving in
the midst of the raging tempest, and
in this act remembered others. He
"besought them all to take meat" and
setting them an example, they all par
tooK of Gods bounty. Two hundred
and seventy-six people all began to
eat" and they enjoyed it, for so soon
as they were strengthened and salts
; fed, they at once frightened the ship"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOB
SUNDAY.

The north has never been able to
understand the old relationship that
existed between master and slave In
the south. They read Mrs. Stoves
romance that was a portrayal of one
aspect of slavery, with nearly all of
the good of it left out. That SANDER
Gus traversty has been accepted in
the north as but little less than divine
and its author as a real seer. The
real facts involved-the paternal char
acter Of it, and the kindness and
trust and good will that existed are
not known to the average man in
the north. We were reminded of this
not long since in reading an account
of a burial of a venerable Christian
b died in Virginia near Bedford
City. where he had long lived. His
name was George Cabell Mosely, a
gentleman of the grand old school. a
devout, earnest Presbyterian, who
lived to be SO, and who rode regularly
on Sundays eighteen miles to attend
church. But it was his burial that
touched us. Others like it have oc-
CURED. But remember this burial was
more than thirty five years after his
slaves had been freed by bayonets
Rev. H.. H. Halves, D. D., writes to the
Richmond Presbyterian of this most
touching burial. We copy:
six old negro men-his former
slaves-(some of them bent and grey
headed with age) were his devoted and
reverent ~pall-bearers. Slowly, with
bare and bowed heads, they walked be-
fore the vehicle, in which the casket
was borne, until the grave was reach
ed. 1nere they gathered about "Old
Marster's" still form; lifting it care
fully bearing it tenderly to it's prepar-
ed place. AS they, midst stiffness that
might almost be heard, lowered him
into the grave, it was heart-melting
to see the big tears trickle down their
dark cheeks. It was, to them, a COW
eted honor; a sacred privilege to per-
form 1.-The last sad rites" No white
hand was allowed to aid or interfere.
Even when the ladies present, came
forward at last to lay floral wreaths
upon the mound, the black hands that
had worked many years under "ole
Marster's' guidance and orders, reach
ed out and took the flower tributes
and adjusted them as with love-in-
spired taste and propriety upon ode
cole, cole grave" Not only had the
old Master taught them how to work
for this world, but also, how to clay
hold on eternal life" They followed
him, with unvarying devotion, to the
end of his mortal life; and when the
minister made a short, special address
and appeal to them to forget neither
"ole Master" nor his Saviour, of whom
he had often told them, the response,
which every "Old Southerner' would
understand, answered.: 1--WE will fol-
low him into the life which never
dies!" We sang the Long Meter Dox-
ology, because the soldier of Christ had
triumphed, and one more saint was
glorified."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
Death of . Prominent Harnett Countv
Lady.
IF Tho Aoegor---N

Dunn, n. c., January Is.
Mrs. Caroline Turner, of Ellington.
N. c., died yesterday at her home.
She was about 80 years old. She had
been in very feeble health for some
time and her death was not unexpect-
ed. She was prominent in The social
circles of the upper Cape Fear-a sis
ter of the late Colonel Archie Mcneil.
of Harnett county, and closely CON-
nected with those prominent families
Of this section who have long formed
the upper circles of the upper Cape
Fear sections. Closely connected with
those old Scotch families who answer
to the name of Mcneil, Murchison, Nc
Lean, Mckay. McDougald, and other
no less prominent names OF this re-
gion. she had always held one of the
chiefest seats in her clan of Scots"
She has filled a prominent place in
life, she will be missed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
LEADS
The Counties of the State ON Amount Of
sxes-Crimina Docket OF Superior
Court lexred-Notfce to w.stern Union
A Jury kebuksd for an Acquittal.
Especial to the Messenger.)

tSpeciai To rne ME3Senger.)
Raleigh, N. c., January A-Meck-
lenburg now leads the state in state
taxes The report TO auditor Aver
shows it leads Wake by $4.z7a- Meek
lenburg's total Is $28. $50. which Is an
increase Of $685. over 1896 taxes.
The superior court virtually adjourn
ed tonight as the criminal docket Is
cleared. The cAse against the South
ern and the Seaboard Air Line go over
to the March term. So doss the case
against Booker, alias Chavis, for muir
der, because OF sickness Of Loge Har-
ris. his counsel
Notice Is served on the Western I'm
ion Telegraph Company by Governor
fusseFs attorneys in rate reduction
matter that on January gath at Char
lesion before Judge Sinxynton they will
move that his order of December 10Th.
charging the time for filing a repN-
cation be recsnded. or modified by
Shortening the time
Judge Undertake rebuked Jury. ror,
acquitting Graves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
lately wrote with his accustomed

lately wrote with his accustomed
frankness and independence-"We
have M longer a Macaulay, a Froude
or even a Green, whom the public can
read with pleasure, while the learned,
with no less pleasure, can pick holes
in their performances" There was a
great number Of books published and
by writer's without almost end. But
nothing permanent or great was add
ed to the worlds treasures. To
quote Lang again, "theere is a dense
underground, but there are no mon
archs of the forest" There is abound
ing m~ediocrity. "The Marian" was
very disappointing, and Gaines
Christian" is disgusting and no
doubt richly merits the castigation it
receives. Lang says he has already
spilled his enc upon it, quoting P.
B. Shelley. He thinks Mr.. Mason the
most promising of the younger novel
lists, and writes like a man. of letters"
having ''wit, reading and magma
ton" In this country the critics are
making the most of Hugh Wynne,"
one of the best of American historical
romances no doubt, but not a great
novel as it is called in the publishers
advertisements. 1t is a choice piece
of work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

The Oxford Public Ledger has COM
pleted ten years of an useful, industri-
Gus life. It is a very neat newspaper,
and is the best local news gatherer in
North Carolina among the weekly
newspapers, and their name now is
legion. The Ledger is a staunchly,
unwaveringly, all the year round
democrat. Continued success to it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

The new edition of Quo Vadis" for
twenty five cents is selling like "hot
cakes" If we live we mean to have
our say about this much read and
much praised novel, the greatest sue
cess since "Trilby." In England a
cheap edition of Lorna Doone," is a
really great novel, has been issued, is
to be sold at ten cents and it con-
tains 10000 copies. Rev. DR.. George
Dana Boardman, an able and eloquent
Baptist .uthor of Philadelphia, has
recently published "The Problem of
Jesus" We have read two of his
works but not this one. He is a writ
er of force and thoughtful as well as
rhetorical. The PROBLEM" he handles
is this: What think we of Christ"
and What will you do with him."
If you are in search of a work that
meets the de%structives and knocks the
props from under them, get "The Old
Testament Under Fire, by the Rev. J.
F. Behrends, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
We have not seen this work. We
have another work by him that is re-
markably acute, vigorous, and even
learned and of great value, and we ex-
pect the new book is as able. The dis
tinguished Rev. DR.. Theodore L. Guy
Ter says cit will route the radicals
in theology, the sappers and miners.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

Salisbury World: The World has IT
from the best of authority hat IN the
event the lease suit IS decided in favor
of the Southern IL Will double the Ca
pacity of its shops here. The employ
ment OF double the force which the
Sout hern now has would mean a payroll
TO Salisbury railroad men OF nearly $780,
GO per month.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
HOME FOLKS.

We see four persons named as hav-
ing been in editorial harness in North
Carolina for over thirty years. This
editor began over forty years ago.
He has had about thirty-six years SER
vice-November 1857. No one else has
had so much in the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

Well, well! We have all seen the
Falstaffian in many roles but never be-
fore in the character of the tempter.
He has played the orator, the buster
er, the crime-pardoner, the wincker at
house breaking, the judge, the tsar,
the pass-taker, and so on, with marv-
olous fertility in invention and many
sided displays of talents, but he had
omitted one character in the long cast
that of the tempter. And what in
nocent did the cunning deceiver be-
guile to his ruin? Was it some callow
youth, b~eardless and trusting? Was
it some mild, needless confiding man
of middle years who would listen to
the charmer as he sang to him of bliss
full times and hopes beyond these halt
ing days? It was nothing of the kind,
but the news from Raleigh is, hat it
was Ohio Wilson who was so led
astray by the gay charmer Of the gov
errors chair and induced to take free
passes as he did upon the railways.
What a shock 20 the country that
must be when it is learned that Rus
sells syren-like song lured Ohio into
sleep and caught him in the trap.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18

In England in the year 1897, there
was no great literature produced.
Swinburne, first of living English
poets, was silent. Kipling struck a
nigh note in Professional" the BIZ
~ography of Tennyson was a most in
4eresting production of, singular tact
and discretion, wisely reserved, and
. yet ample and communicative enough
10 meet all just requirements and
within the limits the great poet de-
sired. There was no great history
-8ritten in any land. AS Andrew Lang
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-18
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