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" 1 p -rri :1 1 , i ; ! ft . i f I. - , , ' r i - I: 1 : i t (- it ... J. H 'J i i ,: r r li ll - r 1 1 1 v.; ; sir' f C if! j ft . 1 s ' .' ' t " 5 i, 51 i -Ir.'-'-H't Is 'Iff. .-1 )' " V 5 ; I U : ft--; ' ; T M -r I- I : ; -: m . " v' f i": :!.!! ! " i t it ' ? 1 I i I':,. ' i: j i t ?. ; ! - 1 1:: XIEUT. T0TTE2I AND HIS BOOKS. A Clear Explanation by an Able North Carolinian. , 4,, !i From the Wilmington Messenger. Editor of The Messenger: It is evident' that you are labor ing under a great misapprehen sion in regard to what Lieut. Totten Has written, and the sources from which he deduces such opinions as he has ex pressed. You are also in error as to what those opinions are. The quotation from Esdras, an apocryphal book, (or rathf r from a pious lannotator of Esdras) which you seem to suppose was the basis of Lieut. Totten's ar- gument was used by mm in his Brooklyn lecture, as a re markable corroboration of all his previously published calcula tions, which were all based on canonical Scripture. Lieut. Tot ten has liot said that the world was coining to an end at any particular time, or at all. On the contrary, in the very lecture from which you quote, he ex pressly said that no man was: authorized, from anything he had written .to fix the day, the hour, or year for that event, .which is known only .to the Father. In. the series of books which he is publishing," entitled "Our Kabe.-Its Origin and Des tiny." three of which are on the market and the fourth to bej issued next month, his views j n - i ! i Til i are iui-iy set lortn, ana tney have unquestionably startled those whbhave read them. They are tne result oi years oi labo rious and conscientious study by an able, learned, zealous Christian, who is also a man of sceintilicj attainments. Of couriseheiscalleda "crank" that wtis to be expected but it is perfectly safe, to say that no man who reads his books will pronounce him an ignorant one, or lav them down with indiffer ence. They are not the utter auce of a f ana tie, possessed by one idea i ' on the contrary thev contain a wealth of information, historic, ! scientific, philological and statistical, nd manifest a knowledge of Scripture as rare as it is remarkable. Tlie first hook of this series is on a suhject which, although by no means a new one, is perhaps more fully and ably presented therein than ever before, and its purpose (as the purpose of all his work) is ;to establish the absolute truth of the Bible. This book is entitled "The Romance of .His tory," and its aim is to demon strate that the Anglo-Saxon Race are the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, j The introduction is written by Piazzi Smith, late Astronomer ' RoyaJ of Scotland, and author! of a book on the Great Pyramid, who pays a high tribute to Lieu- j tenant Totten, and reminds thei reader that those who have not j studied the matters involved cannot claim a right to pro nounce judgment upon them. In this book, among other things, Lieut. Totten clear up the con fusion in regard to the Hebrew race,, whereby all are classed as "Jews, and eives an interest ing sketch of the different tribes. He then sets forth in full, with the evidence, his reasons for believing that the Lost Tribes found their way to the British Islands, where Dan, the coloniz ing and shipping tribe, had established a colony previously at Tara, in Ireland ; and shows that all the identities named in prophecy as those which should charactereize ''Israel" when "found" in the latter days are realized in the Anglo-Saxon race, and nowhere else. He in sists that God's promises, as con tained in prophecy, can never fail, and yet they have failed in regard to "Israel" in many par ticticulars, unless "Israel" and Saxbndom are the same .The evidence on these matters is certainly very curious, to say the least, and very interesting but, of course, I cannot recapit ulate here. ' n The second book is entitled, "Joshua's Long Day, and the Dial of Ahaz," the aim of which is to vindicate bv science, and i science only, the two most doubted texfs of Scripture, an in the course of this elaborat essay (as elsewhere in his writ mgs) he sharply arraigns tho ministers of the gospel who. under j the influence of the! "Higher Criticism," attempt to explain away or apologise for difficult passages "of Scripture. He says that at the' battle of; Beth Horon which he describes! as a feature of a campaign re j fleeting the highest credit on Joshua's military genius there was an astronomical phenome non that never occurred before and can never occur again, arid at the time (forty-seven and a third hours "about the space of a day" during which the sun continued to shine, - added to the forty minutes (10 degrees) during which it went back on the dial of Ahaz, exactly maJte up the 48 hours which are ad mitted to be intercalated in our chronology. ' The third book entitled "Tea T'enhi " which he calls the "Ro- mance within the Romance," is a sketch of the history of "Israel,"' culminating in the story of Tea Tephi, who was the daughter of Zedekiah, the last King of Judah, and who went with her guardian, Jeremiah the Prophet, into Egypt where the Old Testament account ends, but where he takes up the story and traces her history, with the acnomnanvinar evidence, to a startling conclusion. o : ' The purpose of Lieut, lotten in these publications is to show that the prophecies in regard to the events which should accom nanv the discovery of the lost people are about to be fulfilled, and that the most sfupenduous of all miracles has been m pro cess of completion in the history of a people who have been the blind agents of Almighty power that "the times of the Gen tiles" are nearly ended, and that a new order of things is near at hand. I will only say this : "If he is right the subject is of transcend ent! interest to us all ; and if he i ii .i . i i 1 is mistaken ne nas ne.vermeiess rendered immense service to the cause of Christianity in awak ening an interest in Bible study among thousands who have heretofore been careless or in different i to it. He is deeply I impressed with the truth of his jit is a crime to-day -for the corn conclusions, which are the resul;mon people of A.merica not to of earnest an 1 anxious investi- j send their children to the pub gations, and with the solemnity j lie schools. Some say we have which surrounds ihe subject, ; no right, to interfere witii jhe and he earnestly appeals to his i privileges of a parent. God readers to verify all of his quo-never gave anyone the right to tations, and to read again the j do wrong, and it is wrong to prophecies ;for themselves in the I let the children grow up in icr iight of his interpretation oflnorance. If a man is so dull jthem. The great publishing I 'houses have refused to publish I his works with polite (and politic) excuses, and the learned pic i'mri tlii viif I are very cautious about express ing opinions upon them. Meantime, Lieut. Totten say, the whole world is in a state of expectancy about something, and the times are pregnant wi h great events. ''....;! A- M WADDELL. "Stonewall" Jackson as a Poet. The announcement that the widow of '"Stonewall" Jackson will soon: publish the memoirs of her distinguished husband, recalls to knind the fact that the stern soldier was as gentle as a child in his every day life and most devoted to home and fam ily. The following poem was published in the papers in 18G2, and contained in the Richmond Examiner of Nov. 8th of that year with: this introduction : Doubtless it will surprise many to learn that the inobtrusive and 'hardy warrior, Stonewall Jack son, wasla poet of no little abil ity, and jthat among the busy scenes and arduous duties of camp life he found time to grat ify his tajste for the beautiful in litterature. The following lines were written wnile Jackson was an artillery officer in Mex ico, during the war between the United States and that country. my wife akd child. The tattoo beats the lights are gone, The camp around in slumber lies, The night with solemn peace moves on, , The shadows darkens o'er the skies; But sleep my weary eyes have flown, Aud sad, uneasy thoughts arise. I think of Ithee, oh! dearest one. Whose love my early life hath blest Of thee and him our baby son 'Who slumbers on thy gentle breast. God of the: tender, frail and lone, Oh ! guard the tender sleeper's rest ! And hqvef, gently hover near, To her whose watchful eye is wet To motheif,: wife the doubly dear, In whosje young heart have freshly met Two streams of love, so deep and clear, And cher iier drooping spirits yet. i Now, while she kneels before Thy throne, Oh! teach her 'Ruler of the skies. That, while by Thy behest alone Earth'sjmightiest Powers fall or rise, No tear is wept to Thee unknown, No hair is lost, no sparrow dies ! That T bob canst stay the ruthless. hands, Of darli disease, and soothe the pain; That only by Thy stern command The.bat;tle's lost, the soldier's slain That from the distant sea or land Thou bring'st the wanderer home again. And whet upon her pillow lone Her tear-wet cheek is sadly prest, May happier visions beam upon The.brijghtening courrent of her breast. No frowning look or angry tone Disturb the Sabbath of her rest. Whatever fate those forms may show, Jjovedwith a passion almost wild By day by night in joy or woe - By fears oppressed, or hopes beguiled. From evejy danger, every foe, Oh I God! protect my wife and child EDUCATIONAL COLUMN All communication for this department should be addressed to Waiter Hurst, Bar- nardsvt'Re, JV. C.J 1 " The Right of the State. The State can j establish the common school and pay for it, because its own existence de pends upon the intelligence of all the people. If the State has a right to make laws to protect itself from criminals, then it has a right to protect itself from ignorance. The American pub lic school is a common school in more than one sense of the term. Once in every generation the whole population come down to a level and get a tresh start- The common schools once in every generation brings all the children to one level, and. they individually start up as tar as thev can go, and their children come on right after them, and once in every oreneration all is level. There sit the children of every class ; the poor man's son nd the rich man's son, all on a level ; the school doesn't know any one by its parents, but by what each one is- The school is common to all, bond and free, high and low. It is not only common, but is comnulsorv. or ouarht to be. In Egypt nobody could go to the scnoois except tne ruyui.iamii ; : for the common people to break j into knowledge was treason and j a punishable "offence. Knowl ! edge was then a prerogative ot a class. Now the wheels have turned completely around, and and so senseless, so vicious, so i ignorant, that he has no. appre-, ciation of what the child gets by ' fiHnont.ion t.hp St.nte is limuifl to i education, the State is bound to stand between that -brutal par- j ent and th t iarnoraht child and; 'hear the protest, of the child i against its defilement and the I i.z ir ."i... j. .1 I uesu uuuun oi ils Luuuaiiieii uu right. The State must take care of that right. Education is the grand prepa tion of the individual for recip rocal union with society ; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow men and in return receive their help. In order to recognize merit you must first have it yourself. Fruit Culture. The successful fruit grower, j in the opinion of D. B. AVeir, is the man who goes into the busi ness with the full intention to leave nothing to - chance. He plants with the expectation that he is to meet all the enemies of fruit culture, and is prepared to fight and rout them. There are no if s in his philosophy or ? ction. If bugs or disease invade his or chard and are gnawing away the roots of his trees he does not sit on the fence j and whine at them, but starts in and kills them. In the beginning he had posted himself and planted such of the commercial fruits as were adapted to his soil and climate. A pretty woman and a philos opher are both apt to be enam ored of their own5 reflections When the devil can't do any thing else with some people, he makes them want to "run things" in the church. j TL it -COt 1 JirOat ctllCl iUIlg'S I .have been ill for Hemorrhage about five years, 4 have had the best "medical advice. Five Years. ' ' and I took the first dose in some doubt. This result ed in a few hours easy sleep. There it f i was no further hemorrhage till next ti day, when I had a slight attack which stopped almost immediate it ii ly. By the third day all trace of blood had disappeared and I had icluvcicu iuuu birengin. inc "fourth day I sat up in bed and ate " my dinner, the first solid food for "two months. Since that time I "have gradually gotten better and am now able to move about the "house. My death was daily ex- "pected and my recovery has been a great surprise to my friends and 4 1 the doctor. There can be no doubt "about the effect of German Syrup, " as I had an attack just previous to "its use. The only relief was after the first dose." J.R. Loughheatj, Adelaide, Australia. ' O "German Svfud" -FALK'S- MUSIC HOUSE 35 'ortk 3?nfu IXSTRUMEiXTS: PIANOS, ORGANS, GUITARS, BANJOS, VIOLINS. nit frmn in.mM'v- !iU'-k KjV ll8VC it shipped direc t from fictory lo you. I am aireni for in- I lwy or cash whatever is 'a-.h iu i. market. I represent rfte'r.w t- . A. B. Chase, BVarPtt Kimi alL I". - rir:ti:. the Unest J " ------- , " in the land. I sell on your own tevxii. at lo -vest prices. bee iue hfiore you :uy. C. LK. r v As'-evilK N. C. CO Camp Street, IsTETW OPIT.Tn ATSr; DAILY: 8 Pages, $12 Per Ye2r. SUNDAY : 16to20Psges C2 Per Year. 12 Pages, $1 PsrYesr. THE LEADING SQUTHERI1 DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER ! TEE Sl'KMY Ttf.?ES-Eu.;CCr.A7 Is a 16 to SO-page paper containing the news of the world, cohering every topic oi current interest and eparkling: with literary gems. THE WEEKLY TSKES-OEKOCRAT contains all the good things of the Daily and Sunday editions and an exceUent Agricultural Department. AS AH ADVERTISING MEDIUM THE TIHES DEMOCRAT is THE BEST IN THE SOUTH, THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT is the only paper in Louisiana owning both the As sociated and United Press services. Send for sample copies or advertising rates. G. . . I. J . - . "' !.. a 'r, AuMin, Y.I - 'JpfV fu'. tlrtiifvl W hr a '"'.'. I'll tmii!" ik an) Hv pSy g;nnT oro pn.-ninir fnmftto ' HtV. A 'I H i .hw rutl bow ifp mn r ?"'". t un -.r.k In jwr Ihna Vv' ir all tli limp. ti .nrr fur work- -- er. Kal!tir unliitnwii aniiM thtn 2, 'Ju '-' ?' u? Sum eri "rr t SM.IM ft U.liMiU-'.ttV 'o.,i:ox t4lurtluut!tMMin N V'.W n.i'l wmitlerftil. i'arirulfr frr. B. H. COSBY, .Successor to C. Cowan. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, of all Descriptions. EVERY ARTICLE G DAURANTEED AS REPRESENTED. Ilinps. Combination Glasses, unsuruassod the bj-e-eitfht. All repairing in rar line will receive caretul attention. Respectfully B. H. COSBY, 27 Patton Avenue, Asheville, N. 0. JAMES 5 inau HI few otmrntr air WHIT 58 SOUTH MAIN STREET, Opposite the Reliable Firm of Bearden, Rankin & SMUHERS : SPRING? HOTEL I A BESOET TOE PLEABTOI! AHD HEALTH SEEKEBS. Turnpike, JM. 0. SPLENDID : CHAli"A AND FREE STONE WATERS. I DetViMful Home in Vie Heart the Ailsahanus. icftfl Ihallh Come Back to te Weary Rest is Svett. and This beautiful summer re.ituatM lm- tetS AshevtUe and vnwviiuv flftii miles from each Place. Is open for the recep- U2f72fSrndfe,& nh run mwuiKij --,7-5, half nr 1711 lOIVU tot mountains, and tenccdd Lt nfth most ariiKniiui uu uian e -wi! 1 Western North .Carolina. A cool breeze is continuallr passing tbrouKh the voi 1 .. tr.T., i4f a arA fr.-ab.ness to all thirurs, and rnmunce of which no fof or vapor is to be found in the valley at any time. . rri, hniiHinir u new and well furnished. Larpe and well ventilated. . Tclcgrai-h and I'wtoffice in the house. . hae ah altitude of 2,400 lect above wa level. Now comes tbo most attractive foaf of all-the excellent and delicimis fan-U al-, waj-8 found on the table, which at all tin.- Is supplied with all the comnuwmc i iu In tfiis section, served in the very Ut htyle. Fresh mutton, milk and butter supplied trom the tremi.cs. . . . Ibis place is especially recommended by phTPicians for nil kinds or luiu? troubles. n account, of the dry and bracin atmosphere; which is free Irom du?t and j-nsonous ci-rm. r riiit in abundance on the place. fcfecial attention iscalJl to the flnc ari xy of Kraj-ca. JOHN C. ."MATllEil.. Prop'r. fPartioa wlshint? wcll-rootel Niasira and other (irajH Vines can In .sunlied at the Turnpike Hotel farm. etl.-ly G-. A. Mears Main St i Has just oiened one. of the hir gest and most attractive stocks j of I)rest Flannels; Serges. 'Hen riettas, Worsteds, Ginghams, Calicoes, and all latest designs of Ladies Dress Goods he ever offered upon this' market. Lin ings and Trimmings to match. Is also showing a most attrac tive line of Millinerv, Fancv m a Goods, etc. ' Our Fall Stock is just in and ready for examina tion. As usual our stock of Gents Clothing and Furnishing Goods, Shoes and Hats is verv com plete. Give me a call. G. A. Mears, 33 South Main street. fi A X I! A I ! X ut.d-k j bd7 4 C ? 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J111666 Remedies Co.-Gentlemen : For thirty years I have lieen a great sufferer from liemorrholds, both internal and external. I tried all known remedies, as well a the best physicians, with only temporary relief, until I tried your Japanese Remedy, and after uslnir foVf6 ,m entirely cured of this most painful trouble. Yours respectfully, F. Albeck, 721 Hudson Avenue, Foreman Crippen Trunk Factory. Milwaukee. Wis Jan. 30 Japanese Remedies Co. The one dollarbox SLSuppitoies'Trhicl, 1 revived in Jul? Ust has cured me of Piles, a case of twentriiirht years' standing I had been tiTed in New lorkand Philadlphia, and had tried nea?lT rS3kEwn rcmS,y. wlt onr ternary cf-our remedio are certainly won-lcrful ?PdJLVecommenda11 ho are troubled with mhLJ-l7 . 714 Minhiil 5t 30 H. 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