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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

There is scarcely any doubt that the
present administration showed great
incapacity in dealing with the war. Il
is also altogether probable that the
men who held the ear Of Mckinley were
corrupt and unpatriotic and on the
make. IL the world could only Know
all of the rascalities that nave been
perpetrated since che Maine was de-
stroyed by the government and its
friends and favorites It would be
amazed at its width and depth. EYen
so conservative a republican newspa-
per as the Springfield (Mass) RepubA
lican is known to be. does not withhold
its hand in exposure. II says:
From the day when var with Spain
seemed inevitable certain powerful ma
terialistic forces around h administra-
ton. well represented by such men as
Hanna and Elkins. evidently determin-
ed to turn a war for humanity into
commercial profit The administration
has been their pliahle instrument. for
at no time has IL attempted to shape
things contrary TO the well known I'm
perialist programme"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Dur readers will recall the marvel
lous and huge iron or steel Wheel that
was built by Mr.. Ferris for the Chi
cage exhibition, that was seen by such
a vast multitude and upon which SO
many visitors rode. The builder died
not long after the exhibition was closed.
He had an ingenious mind We see it
mentioned that an immense wheel has
been constructed for the Paris exhibi-
ton. Its a monster. 1t will weigh
], 430, 900 pounds, and h diameter OF the
wheel is 305 feel. The highest point is
315 feet above the surface. The metal
used weighs 500 tons. The total weight
of this architectural is,
therefore, 1882. 900 pounds. Each car is
capable of accommodating 80 persons,
and the number Of cars is 20. Sup
posing the average weight of ach pas
senger to be 154 pounds. the total load
Upon the foundation will be 1.167 tons.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21
The faithful observance of the Lords

The faithful observance of the Lords
Day is growing more and more into
desuletude. Even a large proportion of
the protesting Christians who are men,
bers of some branch of the hurch of
Christ do not keep holy the Sabbath
Day as commanded by Almighty GOD.
When the Lords Day is neglected as
to faithful observance it is very easy
to slide unconsciously into outright des-
ecration. The law of progression ahke
marks spiritual life and the life of
transgression. 1t is very easy to sin,
to forget, to deny God. The holy day
should be observed always with strict
fidelity to Gods law. If it is not
strictly kept it will be loosely kept. II
it is loosely kept it's ~sacredness Will
o be desecrated. Sin and neglect
stand on an incline plane and after the
start downwards is made and the
breaks are up the descent into a
lower deer is easily accomplished. The
world has been steadily encroaching for
a long time upon the Sabbath of the
Lord. 1t is not now reverently kept as
a holy day, but it has fallen with the
great majority to a simple, sinful hol-
iday. Its holy claims are ignored, and
the world and the church unite in MAX
ing Gods Day one of fun and frolic, of
dissipation of life and spirit. Christ
never abolished the Sabbath but sane
titled it. Some one has written:
y He only fulfilled it, made its mean
ing complete, stripped off the ceremo-
NAL o~bservances which chung round it,
swept away the traditional rules which
made it such a burden, and then gave
to it its true spiritual meaning. He was
lord of the Sabbath. In Marks gospel
we have the further words, The Sab
bath was made for man, and not man
for the Sabbath In these words we
have the design of this holy day-not
to be a burden, but a blessing. 1t was
made for mans good, comfort, and
blessing"
No secular work should be done on
the Lords Day. To keep it holy is not
to cook and visit. to go on excursions
and to drink. To keep it sacredly is
to keep 1t with a true spirit of obedi-
! ence seeking the welfare Of the soul
The body should rest and the mind
should rest from crushing cares and
politics and general gossip n all sin
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Greater New York with its more than
5000, 600 inhabitants is a big thing and
is American headquarters. If the south
is wise it will never go to it for
political wisdom and favors. Great
Great s~elfishness dominates there. Re-
cent statistics show that for some cause
the trade of the asst city is steadily
diminishing. 1t is known that for a
year or more there has been a great in
crease in our exports. Taking both i'm
ports and exports together the amount
for year ending 30th June, 1898, was
enormous, aggregating $2,069, 1868, 069-
an actual increase of $37, 7s2, S76. How
Jared it with New York? 1t decreased
$39. 255, $50, against a decline the year
before of but s3.153,O 4 as compared
with 1896. We do not pretend to know
the cause of this decline.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Sir William Harcourt, late leader OF
the Liberal party in Great Britain.
was born in 1897. He is the son of an
Established Church dignitary and
grandson Of an Archbishop OF York. He
is of distinguished lineage. He is a
descendant of Queen Anne's Lord Chan
cellor. The Yankees hav always hat
ed him, and all because Of his known
sympathies with the south in the war
for independence. A long sketch Of him
lately in the New York Tribune thus
speaks Of Harcourt as a speaker and
parliamentarian:
II is the last representative of the
old school of British statesmen, which
includes such names as Peel, Glad.
stone, John Bright, Palmerston n Sil
Stafford Northcote. After Gladstone he
has been the greatest debater of the
: present day. AS a parliamentarian he
stands only next after Peel, Disrael
n Gladstone. AS a speaker it was mo-
Gladstone whom ne followed as a model
but Disraeli, and with him he is more
r. often compared. Skilled ~parliamenta'
rian that he is, it is not his custom
to rely on parliamentary tactics, but
on clear statement, on energetic dictior
n OIL that familiarity with his oppo
nents" weak points and as we'll theil
strong points, which comes from long
study, pursued patiently with a def.
mite purpose. He INDUCES also in re-
partee, in which he is expert"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Mr.. Walter III. Page, a truly gifted
son OF North Carolina, is in Charleston
The News and Courier gives him a very
cordial greeting and pays him a very
graceful compliment in the following:
Walter n. Page, editor OF the At
lantic Monthly, and literary overseer
OF the great publishing house OF
Houghton, Miffin & Co., Boston. is in
b city.
Editor of The New York World. edi-
tor Of a North Carolina daily newspa-
per, which was just a little too good
for the people OF his native state, edi-
tor Of the Forum magazine and now
editor Of the Atlantic Monthly, he is
one OF the most distinguished of the
men OF letters OF the day.
AN accomplished scholar, a ready
writer, an instructive speaker. a
charming gentleman, he is a very well
come visitor 10 Charleston"
In this connection We will not be 50
~ungracious as TO comment on the re-
mark OF our able contemporary tina,
Mr.. Page edited a daily which was
just a little too good for the people
OF his native state" but somethins
to the point might be said. We suspec'
that Mr.. Page is a wiser man now thar
then. Men grow and Mr.. Page is pro
gressive as we'll as gifted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

In the reconstruction times when the
hands filled the halls of legislation
at Raleigh, and it was Hon" Jim
Crow, and Hon" Cuffee Mayo and so
on, We laughed at and jibed 1t the
northern, carpet-bag importation of
titles. But the disease spread with
swift and exceeding rapidity, and it
has grown so great now that not only
many men are treated to the prefix
Hon" who never held an office, nor
were SO much as a Squire" but it is
given with a free hand by the press to
all men who seek office or who are
nominated for office. whether elected
or no. We took pains to count in an
able Presbyterian paper all the preach
ers mentioned in one issue, and there
were thirty-eight plain "Reverends,'
. IND seventy-six D. DIS. If Presbyte-
rians will do that way who require
scholarship, what will be done where
that genuine article does not enter
into the count?
An editorial in The Charlotte OBJ
server has suggested the above. 1t says:
"The Observer, in the matter of the
prefix Hon" is something like a col
lege which is chary Of it's D. D. de-
grees. The Observers rule is to recog-
nize the title of Hon. as being in its
proper place before the name of a
United States senator of Representa-
tive, the president, vice president or
cabinet member, United States SUI
preme and federal court judge, state
supreme and superior court judge, and
the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house of a state legisla-
ture. We lever place the title before
a member of. the legislature or mayor
Of a city or criminal our Judge"
That is in accord with our recollec-
ton of the usage prior to the great
war. The title was limited as The OBJ
server indicates. 1t was worth some
thing then. 1t is of but little value
now. No self-respecting man can relish
a title he has without in any way de-
serving it, and no self-respecting man
will even seek a title. We cannot see
why a judge CT the criminal court is
not as much entitled to the Hon"
as the general run of judges now-a-
days. Before the war there were no
such judges, but if there had been such
we may not doubt that they would
have received the prefix with the other
wearers OF the ermine.
The title of Hon" now is as COM
mon as our late good friend DR.. Geo.
W. Blacknall's bestowments of titles
were common. He created many
Generals and "CoIonels'' without
limitation. So common was it hat it
became necessary to ask if one was a
Marlborough House General or Colo
nel?" With titles it has come to pass
because of the frequency of bestowing
them that it is with recipients very
like Byron wrote of books in his lay:
"'Tis pleasant, sure, to see ones name
in print;
A books a book, although there's
nothing in it,"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

In an elaborate discussion OF Lord
Rosebery in h F~ortnightly Review. a
tory organ Of thought. we meet with
some short pithy views condensed into
a sentence or so. that impressed us as
eminently correct and striking. Here
are a few: Their (the Liberals) honest
foible was to deprecate the over-empha-
sis Of patriotism at home" 1T is easy
for human nature TO be efectionate to
power" There was no place for iso-
lated idealism in international trans
actions" Democracy is as henigerent
III Its politics as in its pleasures. The
policy OF continuity was better than the
policy OF pendulum" OF Rosebery.
not OF his politics. it lays: But the
new epoch in foreign policy il his work,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21
BLIND WITH ECZEMA
Three ChiIdrea Afflicted 20 Months.
CURED BY CUTICuRA.

Ny second child got eczema when seven
months old. Three months later my first child
got it, and following him, the last one, two
years old. For twenty months they suffered
fearful agony. Their whole bodies, especially
their faces, were SO sore and raw that they
were blind half the time No words can
describe the suffering of my second hid.
whose whole body was one bloody mass. He
was constantly crying. could get no sleep, and
he actuallydid not look human. Itried doctor
after doctor without the slightest relief. The
first application Of CUTIcURA brought reIief
In each case, and after fourteen days treat
ment with CUTrcUKA SOAP and CUrIcuxA
(ointment), the worst case vas cured.
n ANNIE RING, SIS E. 18th ST., NY. City.
sUEP ros sxs-ToEruEEp B.ET-ssaa rest fur sr.d
mofAer In Q warm bath Wit CETneczs soar. sna .
single application Of CrrIcUEA IosaineutA grsss<ss Of
snoLiena and skin eureE
Sod throughout the xosid- Porrxn d Axp c. co.r-
6eie Props- Boston. ~ How % Cu-e EereWa : 60
RAQVS GYM SCALP and HAZE Besuuned BIZ
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

deficiencies in the matter of style by
the surprising human interest of his
characters and incidents, their relations
to the major currents Of human life.
His scenes fill the stage Of history, his
personages seem adequate to great
events, and the whole story has a GER !
tain historic grandeur and impressive
ness. There is no installing a great
force, a great body, in literature any
mor than there is in the physical
world; in Scott we have come upon a
great river, a great lake, a great noun
tain, and we are more impressed by it
thar by the lesses bodies, though they
have many more graces and pretti-
nesses-"
1t iE a pity that in this age of album
dant product In prose and verse, and
the most of the verse written with
death and decay at birth, of which there
is so little that is memorable in spite
Of eccentricities Of language express
ing curious or dainty conceits, that the
healthful, breezy, robust, animated
poetry of Scott is not more generally
read. There has not been a poem OF
any length written in five years that
in human interest, in spirited descrip-
ton, in int mes and passionate move
ment, in real poetic Tilt and harmonious
Homeric fire that approaches SCOTS
three best poems, naming them in Or
der Of merit as we value them-"The
Lay of the Last Minstrel" 'The Lady
of the Lake." (Scott thought it his
best) and 'Marmion." II they lack the
high ornamentation or perfection OF
technique, or the exquisite melody of
best poems of this century, they are
still poetical and virile and full OF
dash, and very real and with Astounding
interest There are some writer's OF
great art and perfection OF style like
T:nnyson who are simply delightful
and even enhancing, but it is not mere
verbal jingling and mere words ruiz
to seed, but it is beauty blended with
great mastery and sense welded to i'm
mortal music. If you would be de-
lighted and love good literary discus
sion and would have a fine example of
style read the essay WE have quoted
from so often. We have our own no
; ton of the great writers-of the style
of Macaulay, (not so grand as Glib
bons's, but more easy and ~natural) OF
Carlyle, of Ruskin, (immense) Of Car
dinal J. H. Newman, of Matthew Ar
mold, of Pater, of Thackeray, Of Fred
erick Harrison, one of the best of liv-
ing authors. But it is unnecessary to
particularize. We took pencil to say
f, a rapid word or two for Scott, of whom
+, we have often said, and years but con-
firm the dictum, that he is the great
, est creative mind since Shakespeare,
; and to copy a passage or SO from the
admirable New England man of letters.
, We met a working young man a few
days ago. He said to us, knowing we
, were interested in his reading, Il am
} now reading for the first time a novel
by Scott-Kenilworth." We cheered
him on telling him what we thought OF
| that delightful historical novel, and
said to him, try next "Ivanhoe.' BY
the way Scott introduces Shakespeare
in "Kenilworth," but great as he was
he did not put any words in Shakes
peare's mouth.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS EOk
SUNDAY

And only the Master shall praise us,
and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and
no one shall work for fame;
But each for the joy of the working,
and each, in his separate star, ,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees it, for
the God Of Things as They Are!
-Rudyard Kipling.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21
HOME FOLKS

North Carolinians credit under the
new democratic rule is good. In 1869,
Governor Vance said it was so low it
could not buy on Wall street, New
York, a mint julip on credit. Now many
inquiries from northern cities are
made as to the issue of the new bonds
and firm offers 6 per cent. pre-
MUM. Honest government imparts
confidence you see.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

full pleasures. II the body is hungry
it is no sin TO prepare food IL it were
impossible to prepare it the day before.
The same unknown writer to us has
this and it is to the point and instruc-
tive: :
1T is right to honor the Sabbath,
doing no secular work on this holy
day: but there are works secular In
form, which are really right and holy
in spirit. We AVE two examples In
this lesson. Pluckng and rubbing out
h grain was forbidden work, the
Pharisees said, but when men were
hungry it was right for them on the
Sabbath to prepare food. The Phari-
sees said healing the sick was not Sab
bath duty, but relief of suffering is al
ways a holy act.
The Sabbath was made for mans
good and not to be a burden. We need
the Sabbath. 1t is necessary " &c
physical health. We must rest to keer
strong. We need it yet more for our
spiritual good"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Mr.. Walter III. Page said in his lee
ture a. Greensboro a few days ago that
Joel Chandler Harris is b only writer
of the south who is immortal.-Ral-
-eigh News and Observer.
Edgar Poe is not only the greatest
southern author and genius, but he is
probably the greatest ever born on
these shores. In France and in Eng
land he is placed first. Mr.. Harris is
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

and in that decisive idea he has rem
dered q service TO his country win
which few achievements in office VIII
compare"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

The present law Of libel is unjust, un-
fair, and should have been changed.
Grant said hat the best way to kill
a bad law was to enforce it. Let some
editor be a victim Of the present bad
libel law and he would give the legis-
lature particular fits" for not MAX
ing a better law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

Commissioner Hamrick is a wise
man. He quietly yields to the inevita-
BILE. He made, we think, an efficient
officer. AT least this is the impression.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

a writer OF merit and Uncle Remus'
will live long. As to whom shall be
granted Immortality is beyond our ken.
There are tens Of thousands OF for
gotten authors. The Limbo of the for
gotten is OF larger space than the VAL
halla OF the smmortals.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21

xorid- Porrx1 d Axp G. CON-
How % Cu-s Eesema,- fFss.
SCALP and HATa Besuuaed By
CuTIcunA Soar.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
STORY OF AIN ARREST
A Man Who Wanted Foundation for
 aDamage Suif Laid.

The Republican yesterday contained
 an account of the arrest of a stranger
 for acting in a suspicious manner
 construed to reflect upon the arresting
 officer. The facts are that the arrest
 was made a week ago by Officer MOlloy
 who saw the stranger after night with
 a shoe in each pocket. This circum
 stance, together with his aimless wan
 dering about the street, sizing up
 shop windows, led the officer to believe
 that the shoes might have been stolen
 and that the possessor might belong to
 the army of tramps which has invaded
 Phoenix. The arrest was not made
 on this suspicion. The officer first
 asked the stranger where he got the shoes and was told that it was none Of
 his business. The officer pointed out his duty. unless the stranger could give 9 satisfactory account of himself The stranger refused to give his name and
 invited arrest, but said it would have to be accomplished by force. Since there was nothing else to be done. this was done. On his way to the jail. the stranger threatened the officer with the bridge gang, of which he said he was a member and which had given the peace officers here serious trouble once be- fore. At the station he said his name was Stewart Banks and made an eX- planatiOn regarding the shoes, which was satisfactory. He also had an s. F., P. & P. switch key, which showed that he was not a hobo" and letters were found on him addressed to the name he had given. The officer was naturally to release him on this show ing, ut Banks said he would not leave the jail. The officer said he would kick l him out if necessary. Finally Banks | consented to go on his own recogni- | zance, to appear March 13, if a charge | of stealing was placed against him. He | was charged with refusing to give Q account of himself, but he | wanted something more damaging on | which to base an action against the city. The officer accommOdatingly en- tered on the register, Accused of staaling," and Banks went away. He neglected to return on the date set for his hearing nor has he been seen about the police court at any other time. All the facts connected with the ar rest and release of Banks are set forth 7n the register and the city is impa- -iently awaiting the impending action for damages,
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
ARMOR PLATE PROBLEM.
Trying to Find Out When the Sheath ing Will Be Needed for
 the New Ships

Washington, March 19.-The navy department is going ahead with the armor problem for the ships now under
 construction and to be laid down, as though there were no doubt of it's abil- ity to get all the armor it wanted at the reduced price named in the naval appropriation bill. It was stated at the department today that a general inquiry was being conducted as to the time armOr would be needed in the construction of the various vessels. This will be a rather long work, but Whesn it is concluded the department will advertise for a large amount, probably about 23.O00 tons at the $500 limit fixed by law. Until the de2art- meEl5 sees what response this adver- tisement meets with it is impossible to say what the next step will be- It is thought, however, that owing to the large amount required, the offer may find some takers among the firms which are able to fiji the contract.
Arizona republican., 1899-03-20

brought from Cuba by the invading army m which every state in the union and almost every county was represent
 ed. It was therefore, more prevalent in Florida and other sections near the ports at which the larger bodies of the returning troops disembarked. After it's introduction into the country tramps materially assisted in it's dis
 seminatiOn. This theory is corrobo- rated by a bulletin lately issued by the United States hospital marine corps, in which it is stated that the disease was no doubt brought back from Cuba. '" 2 |
 It first became a serious question in the southern states during the fall months. It spread and from January 1st to March 1st when there were 300 cases in Georgia, 125 eases in Colorado, more than 300 in Nebraska, ST n Ohio, over 100 in Virginia and other states, New Mexico, Texas, Mis- sOuri, the CarOlinas. and other states show large number of cases. Atsthe present time there are fifteen cases of small pox in Washington, D. C., fifteen cases in St. Louis, Mo, twelve cases in Columbus, O., twenty-One cases in Denver, a number in Omaha. not def- nitely stated and so on throughout many of the cities of the country.