The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-26

taken from the people. The temptation
on the part Of officials. and especially
the congress, to launch out into in
creasing expenditures While English
people are groaning over the prospect
of a greater cost of the war fearing Ii
win be a billion dollar affair. the con-
gress is used to IL and viii not hesitate
to spend that great sum and hundreds
OF thousands more. 1t Is stated that
already the agents of the treasury raid
ers are In Washington In high hopes Of
robbing the people still farther. 1t Is
reported that Hanna and his allies. the
great steamship companies. are enjoy
ing a reviva, o. hope that at last their
scheme Of subsidy raiding viii be sue
cessfuL
Wonders will never cease. An old
saw and doubtless true. From time i'm
memorial wonders have come to as
tonish ignorance and arouse fears Now
wonders in the Heavens above us have
been recently discovered. The nebular
theories have been confirmed by recent
observations al h Yerkes O~bservator..'
&: Williams Bay. Wisconsin. There are
stars that burst into ruins. and new
solar systems with trains OF attendant
planets appear or come into existence
in the asst CULTS of nature. Professor
G.. ". Ritchey, studying of Nova Perse-
finds marvellous products O. order
and symmetry from the deads of ages
A special from Chicago to the Philadei-
phia Record, of the 18th says:
Professor G. w. Rtchey has made
a discovery of startling significance and
tremendous Importance in the histor,
of the evolution of the universe. In
effect, the brilliant astronomer has fin
ished observations which prove the
truth of the nebulary theory Of crea-
ton and of the widely-entertained be.
lief that the solar system, and eser
star clusters. have been formed by mil,
lions Of years of slow evolution from
great bodies of gaseous matter setting
on the abysses Of space. They
show the truth Of the theory of Her
bert Spencer that the entire universe /:
passing through a flux of evolution and
dissolution, that nebular gas itself i:
developed by mighty changes in the
stars themselves, that stars are sud
denly expanded by explosion, or other
wise. into masses OF their ga:
infinitely more tenuous than atmos
pheric air, and that this gas again con
tracts and is converted into suns Xix,
our own. with probably trains OF at
tendant planets"
=. - -.
Rev. S. Taylor Martin, a Presbyterian
minister in Virginia, died very suddenl.
in Nelson county. He was stricken
while out walking and died in a shor
while. He was a very gallant confed
crate soldier and was 81 years of age
He was a brother of the late dis
tinguished Rev. DR.. Martin. of Danville
Va, M had a son now professor IL
Davidson College. North Carolina, Ven
able Martin. This writer knew him wei
and he was an admirable Christian
gentleman. He married Isabella, tn
youngest daughter of the late Hon
Abram Venable. of Granville county, n
c. The Richmond Dispatch, says:
when the war broke ort Rev. MI
| Martin was a student of the ministry
but he formed a battery at once. an | ]
| became noted as n of the bi a"est i
the confederate service.
REV Mr.. Martin was for years gov
ernor Taylor's pastor, n vas a recon
visitor to the executive mansion. TIL
governor and his family expressed dte
sorrow when informed last night OF tn
death Of Rev. Mr.. Martini