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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

Mr.. Frank L, Stanton, h gifted
Georgian poet, who writes so much
pleasant and sometimes most touching
verse, a few years 6 produced a pa
thetic poem on the death of a little boy
he called How he went. The whole
poem of five stanzas is tender and
appealing. We copy the last two:
How did the little fellow go?
His mother would not say, or know,
But though she felt his lips, grow still,
She claSped him to her bosom still,
And paced the lonely and said:
(Kissing his brow-his curly head
He is my own, from his first breath
My own in life, my own in DEATH"
That was the way Gods word was sent
The way the little fellow wenti
And when from our garden dim
We laid the last white rose On him,
His mother kneeling or the sod,
Sent her las kiss with it to God.
She knew that he had passed away,
And yet-the words she would not say!
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

Economy without stinginess. That is
a good rule for legislators. Do not
waste. Do not add unnecessarily to
not be sentimental, but just. Vote such
moneys as may be positively necessary
for benevolence and efficient govern
ment. But do not vote away d cent
that can be saved and not positively
necessary for the public good. We
think there are o~utcroppings of a dis
position to forget democratic economy
and good government. Mind you corks
gentlemen of the legislature.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

The late Rev. DR.. James H. Brookes,
a very useful and admirably furnished
Presbyterian divine, who lived. we
think, in st. Louis, and who edited with
so much Of influence and zeal his reli-
gious monthly, a very spiritual and
Sc%riptural organ of thought, he so well
called Truth" knew the Bible as few
men ever learn it. He was a very close
student as we'll as believer in the Bible
as inspired and of God, His sole reve-
lation to man. He stood by the Bible
against all corners and doubters and
the whole tribe of theological sappers
and miners. He has been in glory land
for a year or two, yet while dead he
yet speaketh." Not long before his de-
parture he said in a
In the Old Testament Thus saith the
Lord appears $500 times. In the books
of the Prophets Thus saith the Lord
is used by them 1906 times. In the
shortest book, obadiah use Thus saith
n Lord 4 times; in Hosea Thus saith
the Lord appears % times; in Joel.
times; in Amos, 81 times; in Jonah, s
times; n so on to the book Malachi,
where Thus saith the Lord is found 2S
times"
Thus saith the Lord should be
the watchword of the church in it's con-
dict with immortality and infidelity."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

FIszsfmmons and Jefrfie. Sign for .
Fight
New York, February 10.-Bob Fitz-
simmons and Jim Jeffries signed ar
ticles today for a fight some time be-
tween April gath and May 26th, be-
fore the club Offering the largest purse.
The fight is to be for 25 rounds. or for
a finish il that can be arranged. Mar
Quis Of Queensbury rules are to gov
ern. with the exception hat there Ii
to be hitting in the clinches or the
break-awayA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

alone of living men car compass, the
softer passages and the songs made
the tears course down his cheeks" He
also thought William Morris "a fine
reader" and that Swinburne and Pro-
lessor Browning both read and talk
ed we'll" OF the marvellous John
Ruskfn, Of whom we purpose to write
at some length, not long hence, Ros-
setti gave an account of a speech he
heard him deliver. 1t was before the
Workingmens' College. He went with
him and said !:
HE made no sort OF preparation for
the occasion; I know he did not; we
were together at his fathers house
on the whole Of the day in question.
At night we drove down to the col
lege, and then he made the finest
speech / ever heard. / doubted at
the time if any written words Of his
were equal to it, Such flaming die
ton! Such emphasisi Such appeal!
Yet he had written his first and sec
ond volumes of Modern Painters by
that time"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

One of the northern Methodist Advo-
revival methods Of it's own church, in
Guiding the class meeting and the
'mourner's bench" 1t propose instead
"a spirit of consecrated ingenuity, of
jealous inquiry, of holy zeal, which will
devise fresh methods of securing on
versions; modern revival helps and ap-
planes adapted to the spirit and life
of today" If the old methods were in
use as formerly the things sought in
this paragraph would be realized. 1t
is like talking of the higher Christian
graces and sanctified power without
the work of the Holy Spirit in the soul
in regeneration and sanctification. 1t
is astonishing to see in a paper of the
kind a pooh-poohing of the means that
have proved so wonderful in the last
hundred and fifty years in building up
the Church of God and in leading so
many immortal souls in the way of
life. But the new doctors propose new
ouackery and scott at the long tried old
remedies that cured hundreds of thou
SdnQS OIL sufferers. SOIIIe new lllHS
is sought after, and the "olo-time ma
chinery,' hat is repudiated by that
particular northern Advocate is sent
into the lumber room and new fads and
new plans are resorted to. AS the old
sons runs, "old time religion is good
enough for me-" That writer says
the old revival methods are Obsolete"
| and out of touch and are not 'the right
| means to be used" Perhaps it a a
| patented article-a new device the re-
| suit of destructive criticism-an in
| genious religious nostrum, by which
nan lost may be brought to a saving
knowledge of the truth 1t may be il
| will suggest Christian Science" as the
| proper substitute for old Methodist
theology, or ''Theosophy" as a sure al
tidote to sin and prompt relief for the
ills to which flesh is heir. Religious
empiricism is not dead yet. Eye must
be born again." So said the Master
Perhaps a new system altogether may
be discovered that will work on the fall
| len in their souls as wonderful change:
and results as hypnotism-the old mes
merism of a hundred years ago
works on the physical man. There i:
no telling what ingenious empiricisn
may mot discover for the sinners tina
they may. be waited Heavenward "oI
f1owery beds of ease"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

British shipping leads the world. is
simply immense. The time was before
the republican party gave the death
blow to American shipping that ii
stood next to the British. Last year
Great Britain did big things in build
ing and adding to its S fleet OF
shipbuilders turned out last year 80;
vessels with 1,5s1, 99S tons displacement
This is what private yards did. The
number in 1897 was also large, blu,
less than las year Then there were
nine warships launched by h govern
ment Of 5000 n displacement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

Some one has written against two
win sins that Invade homes and break
the peace and happiness and cause dis
cord. He said those ill-favored twins
" are drink n scolding." Either one
is well calculated to turn a paradise
into a hell.-A fellow loaded with
mean whiskey can SOC become a fam
lily disturber. and he can growl and
scold equal to the Irish lawyer Cur
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

Captain Bill Day resolves to swing
to that big penitentiary teat in spite
of the legislature, provided a republi-
evan supreme court will sustain him in
his hold-over performance. Well, we
viii see what we will see.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

The bill reported on the railroad sep
arate car matter will probably fail of
satisfaction to most democrats who
demand separate cars. The bill starts
out all right, but Is badly crippled 1 n
b provisions that follow. It is very
astonishing that the committee has
failed to $ up to expectation, as
We think is the case. The democratic
fight Of LS9S-a white mans government,
has failed to impress duly some OF
h legislators. The bill is a sad disap-
pointment in its details. 1t does not do
what the democratic convention de-
manded and what the people confirmed
with such nightly demonstration at
h polls. The legislature owes it Ia
itself and to the people who sent them
to Raleigh to ass a simple. direct, pos
tive law dividing the races on all
rains and every where. Nothing short
of this is in good faith and will sat
isfy h people. A failure to do this
will retire man a. member who votes
for it
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

All doctors told Renick Hamilton. or
West Jefferson, O.. after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with i've
boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. b
surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best
Safve in the World. Is cents a box
Sold by r. R. Beilamy. Druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

It looks as if it was hard to get any
important measure so fixed as not to
be opposed. The antitrust bill is being
fought. 1t has been amended in some
particulars. If trusts are nice and good
things for the people and for the state
by ali means let them be fostered and
coddled we'll. But if not, what?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

1t is to be hoped that North Caro-
linians will be interested in the
movement in South Carolina to honor
the memory of Harry Timrod, GER
tainly one of the best and truest poets
&of all southland, and the most inspired
of the sons of our neighbor that has
been fortunate in producing another
poet of genuine inspiration, Paul Ham
ilton Hayne. Timrod lives in the mem
ory and affection of his people.
"He is not dead, whose glorious mind
Lifts thine on high;
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die"
A new and complete edition of his
poems is to be published by Hough-
ton, Mif1in & Co., the we'll known
publishing house in Boston. 1t will
be a complete edition, re-edited and
re-arranged, with a beautifully exc
,cuted portrait of the poet. The price
will be $3.50 a year. "The TimroC
-MGLuOTldl ASSOCldIlOh Ado OOSA l
ed to carry put this memorial pur'
pose,. and the sale of the volume Is
necessary to make the undertaking
successful. Mr.. William A. Courtnay
of Newry P. o., Oconee county, S. G.
is the president. He wishes to obtain
an agent in Wilmington who will can
vass the city. For twenty years il
has been impossible to obtain a cop!
of the poems of this typical singer Of
such true note. The following from
the circular letter sent out will ex
plain the cause of this:
The association has a double pur'
pose in their voluntary and very
agreeable work: Cd They aim to re
store to general circulation, in ant
out of the state, these charming poems
ca They have undertaken, and will
apply the entire net profits to, TIT
erection of a worthy public memorial
A entire generation has passed
away; another has grown up since
our gifted poets death-October 6
1867. An edition Of his poems was pub
lished in 1873, and sold out in a few
weeks; a second edition was issued the
same year and passed readily into cir
culation. The bankruptcy OF the pub
fishers followed soon after these sue
cessful issues, and the copyright be
came ~entangled in the publishers fail
ure. This explains the reason why TO
more than twenty years bookseller
have not been supplied with copies o
Timrod's Poems. During this perio'
only secondhand copies have beel
p~urchasable at high prices"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

The new bureau of labor and print
ing may be necessary. 1t is proper as
the committees report requires, thai
the public printer should be elected
and the prices fixed. Possibly if given
to the lowest bidder the terms might
be more favorable to the state.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

ans fsh-woman. As to the tongue ii
is indeed what the Holy Scriptures say
OF 1t, IAN unruly member" It can set
a whole house On fire in its effects It
Is a fact that a drunken man is a nui-
anc and it is equally true that many
a scold at home has driven the nus-
band to his cups to find surcease and
oblivion. It is doubtless true that more
men have been driven to drink by hot
tempers and u~nsanctifed tongues than
have been saved through the good ad-
vice n tears OF suffering women.
Shakespeare knew more Of human ma
ture than n other dozen men, and
had more genius to boot han any dog
en- modern poets. but he probably mis-
judged woman, as Andrew Lang. the
Scotch critic has c~ontended, when he
had a shrewish wife cured by the meas
ures he made the husband in Tam
ing of the Shrew'' resort to. The Chi
cago Interior says this:
I'VE are very much afraid that wo-
mems temper has driven more men to
drink h women's tears have redeem
ed; n that not many a Xantippe is
married to a Socrates who can seek
solace for home comfort in the conso-
lations Of philosophy. More will follow
Rip Van Wrinkle to the woods with his
pint bottle in his pocket. English liter
allure is a literature of chivalry and is
apt to condone every failing in a wo-
man but one. But it is doubtful. wheth-
er the immunity thus given to woman
to do her worst has been a benefit 70
her. Everybody knows what few care
to say. hat the wife's temper is re-
sponsible for as many rocked house
holds as the husbands vices"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14
RELIGIOUS EDITORIALS FOR
SUNDAY

Many are the aflct,ons of The right
eous; but the Lord delivereth him ou
Of them all. Psalm 34:19.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

So the prospect is the criminal
courts will be set aside and two new
superior court districts. We suppose
all observant people of this city and
Charlotte will bear witness to the ex-
cellent results secured by the criminal
court when Judge Meares was presid-
ing. A just, faithful execution Of GRIM
inal law, and with due speed, a a
subduing effect upon the criminally
disposed, and brought many a rascal to
the place of confinement. A manifest
change was wrougt by the criminal
courts that were not observable when
the superior courts were alone. We
think the Charlotte Observer will bear
witness to the good results of the Grim
inal court in that city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14

Hall Game has written a very en-
stertaining account of his intimacy with
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who was an
unique and decided genius. Mr..
Game says that the poet-painter told
him that Tennyson's reading of his
own poems was exceedingly impress
sive-that passages were delivered
with a voice and vehemence which he
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-14
The,Gr1p cure that Does Cure

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets re-
moves the cause that produces La
Grippe. The genuine has L. B. @. on
each Tablet. 25c.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16
TO REDEDICATE CHURCH.
Eminent Divines of the Episcopal
Church Will Be Present

| Eminent Divines of the Episcopal
Church Will Be Present.
| Archbishop Doane of Albany, Bishop
Brewster of this diocese, and other
noted clergyman the Episcopal church.
will participate in the rededication SER
vices at st. Johns church, Bridgeport,
Thursday morning, September 2S. It's
rector, Rev. W. r. Lewis, is now bust
ly engaged in arranging the details of
the ceremony. The clergy of New Ha-
ven and Fairfield conversations will as
sist.
Since the disastrous fire at this
church the latter part of May, a large
force of men have been at work beau
tifying its interior. When the carpen-
ters finished force of decorators COM
menced work. The result of their labors
was described in these columns sew
eral days ago. They are still at work
applying the finishing touches to the
decorations which are equal to any edi-
flee in the state and superior to great
many
Since the fire, services have been held
in the chapel. This is far from being
adequate to accommodate the congre-
CATION. Sunday, October 1, the regular
Sunday services will be resumed. The
rededication ceremony will take place
at II in the morning. A special must
cal programme is being arranged by
Professor F. e. Howard. The additional
soloists have not yet been selected.
Holy communion will be held,
after which Bishop Brewster will de-
liver sermon. Archbishop Doane may
also preach.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16
AT THE GRAND ANNEX.

The Grand Annex has now become a
favorite resort for women and children
and they heartily enjoy the many com
ical pictures shown by Miss Myrtle
Kingsland on the latest improved Edi-
son life motion projecting picture ma
chine and the lecture delivered after
the exhibition on the different working
parts of the same machine. Among
those who have already applied for
space are the owners of the famous fun
making machine, showing every stage
of manufacture from the wire on the
coil until there are twenty-five of them
stuck in card, which are then given
away to visitors as souvenirs. Doors
will open at lis and 7:15 p. m.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16
BOY KICKED BY A HORSE

East Hampton Sept. 15.-Rudophe
Spellman, the five-year-old son of John
A. Spellman of New York city, was
badly injured by a vicious horse at the
country place of his father some miles
from here The child was playing in
a pasture and approached the horse.
The animal, which had never been
considered a vicious one, kicked the
boy in the face The upper jaw was
broken; four teeth We're knocked out,
and several others loosened both upper
and lower lips and the chin were cut so
that seven stitches We're required. The
child was unconscious for some time
He will recover.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16
FOOD ECONOMY
Bulk
Concentration.
Grape-Nuts.
Discussed Below.

The question of obtaining high
grade food at a moderate price, is of
interest to every housekeeper and pro-
WIDER.
Some food is so bulky that even at
very low price per pound the actual
food value is so little that it is really
expensive; on the other hand, there are
concentrated foods, like, for instance
the famous breakfast food known as
"Grape-nuts," that sell at Is cents per
pound, but yield in food units 50 much
value that little of the food should
be used at time, and in reality, when
properly used the expense is about
one cent per meal.
It is a common mistake to use too
much of the food Grape-nuts. It's taste
is crisp, with the delicate sweet flavor
or grape sugar. and one is inclined to
eat double the proper quantity. A lady
writes from Indianapolis Mrs. A. l..
Wilson: eve have been using your
Ora pc Nuts now for two or three weeks
I cannot tell you how much | find It
has benefited me. My husband is a
physician and he not only uses it at
each meal, but likes it at bedtime"
Using the food in this way some
families might be impressed with the
cost, but after all, good food, which
keeps the family in prime condition of
health, at a moderate cost, is very
much more profitable. 60 far az dol
lars and cents, are concerned, than 10
make use Of ow-grade bulky foods and
from time to time call in a physician
to help out.
The use of ''Grape-Nuts" In reason
able quantity costs one cent per meal
and the food stands without an equal
in point of nutrition and value in build
ing up the nerve centers and tissue of
the body. The crisp, delicate, sweet taste
comes from the grape sugar which is
produced by transformation of the |
starch of the cereals, and this grape |
sugar is presented to the system, ready |
for immediate assimilation. Grape
Nuts are sold by all first-class grocers |
and made by the Postum Co. at their |
factories in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES AND
BANQUET

The anniversary exercises of the
Daughters of Erin, Auxiliary No. 10,
We're held in Music hall. Court street,
last evening. There We're addresses a
musical and literary programme and
dancing, Miss May Jennings of
Bridgeport delighted all present by her
vocal powers and received hearty and
well merited applause. After conclud-
ing the exercises at the hall the COM
pany marched over in a body to M. f.
Dunns restaurant, 469 State street,
where a banquet awaited them, Mr..
Dunn's reputation as first-class cater
er has always been excellent and on
this occasion he surely maintained it,
as the feast was good enough for a
king" An the women, who We're all
queens, did ample justice to it. Among
the good things were included turkey
with cranberry sauce, lobster salad,
scalloped oysters, maccaroni and cheese.
etc. The committee. of arrangements
We're Mrs, M F. Dunn, chairlady; Mrs.
Grant Miss C. Walsh, Miss <ittie Her
bert, Mrs. N. Nottingham, Miss Mar
garet McCabe and Miss Mary G. Hardi-
man.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-16

Henry Fisher, a student in this city,
addressed the congregation of reformed
Jews at their Yom Kippur services in
Waterbury Thursday. His subject was
Right and Conscience About one
hundred were present Although max
ing no mention Of Dreyfus name, the
speaker said that it was owing to
lack of the love of right that the re-
cent blemisil had fallen on the third
greatest republic.
Rev. DR.. Smyth of Center church ar
rived home yesterday.
The Sunday school of the United
church picnics at Mansfield's Grove to-
daN.