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DAILY OHAIOXTrE OBSERVERS MAY 9, 1897 RELIGIOUS DEPABTMEHT. TION. "Death Abolished" was an nounced In the paper as the subject of the preacher's sermon for trie next day. I did not hear the discourse, but pre sume it was based on the ; resurrection of Christ. The Bible teaches that death is man's enemy, and over this foe there can be no victory until the resurrection. The last enemy to be destroyed is death and when this destruction has taken place, "then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written. Death is swallowed up in victory." , Christ broke Its bonds and ascended to His Father: we shall do likewise at the appointed time, the second coming; until that hour death will not be abolished. "For as in Adam all die, even 1 so in Christ shall all be made alive But every man in his own order; Christ the first fruits; afterwards they that are Christ's at His coming" 1 Cor. 15:22-23. This thing indulged by some of associating death and r'hrist -7 otitis irriulta rccusiy wifPuut do; they are directly antagonistic, the former i being man's remorseless, relentless enemy, while the latter comes as his best and truest friend. I know something! about death; he comes near me and fights me as the wild beasts of Kphesus engaged In con flict with the Apostle Paul; he lays his icy hand on my body, the pulse becomes weak, the step loses its lightness, the breath becomes short and quick, the ight goes out from my eye. andl I see pity and sympathy depicted on the faces of my friends, as they look on the enfeebled body once so strong and ac tive; but the spirit is stDl strong, and through it all the fighter, who knows the fight will soon be fought, has a hope and that the resurrection. This is the only hope for another existence. "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handi work" Ps. 19:1-2. But In ail this world there is not one thing that shows or teaches the doctrine of the resurrec tion. Only in the Word of God is it taught, and if the revelation is not fact then death is the ringing down of the curtain on the last act, and the drama 13 ended forever and ever. The old-time illustrations of the tadpole changing into the frog: the worm ii tj the butterfly, and the flowers blooming in the spring, do not illustrate and are in no sense types of a resurrection. A dead tadpole or worm would never evolve into a live frog or butterf! y, nei ther will you ever see beautiful roses b'n'oming on a dead bush. If you would study this transcendent doctrine, bo to I he Word, nowhere else is there to be found a scintilla of evidence in its fa vor, but in all animate Creation is seen, daily and hourly, the inevitable law that all "that is born must die." If there- h- another law that death is aboiishf-d, then it surely has not yet gone into effect, for the preponderance of testimony is all for the negative. If th- resurrection be as great a truth as fit-nth. th(in some some sweet day we will all tie at home in the Beuleh Land, where there be ho metre sorrow, pain nor death, and where God will wipe ail tears from our eyes. ' In studying the exceedingly interest ing question of the resurrection, by the lifjht of Scripture, we are convinced that this In my is nut: to live again, though it is often preached that the identic al body is to lie resurrected. The Bible positively asserts the impossibili ty of nVsh ami l.liM.d inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven. :anl equally as positively that "neither doth corruption inherit Incorruptlnn. " : The New Testa ment does pot imply a resurrection of this body. "jt js sfwri a natural body; it is raised a spiritual- body." For this corruptible must be jmt on incorruptlon, and thi mortal must put on immortal ity." There certainly must be a wide different e between a natural and a spiritual body; yet I am persuaded that we are not to lose our personality even in the "spiritual body." Were such a result possible, then it would not be a resurrection, for the meaning of the word is. to live again. There is a vivid account given of the resurrection of two bodies, Lazarus and the widow's son: but these had to go through the ordeal of a second dissolution, and it is not probable that they will be heard of again until the general resurrection, when they, as well as we, being cloth ed uprm with immortality, will pass from under the domfnion and power of death. In the matter of Lazarus it has always seemed to I- that his coining back to the scenes of life to undergo its trials and disappointments was not one to be envied. As said by the late Dr. Taylor, "there was no revelation of the future made by the resurrection of Laz arus, and that the silence of his lips was in perfect keeping with that fa.'f. He was brought back to the oi lit'- o his sisters, his neighbors J n s friends. and he had to die again." Poor fellow! There is a legend that the first question h" asked was whether he should be required to die the second time, and that on being answered in the affirmative, he never smiled again. We do not wish iur res uirection to be similar to that of L i.a rush. but like Christ's, who rose again and went to heaven. If we wish ours to be like His. let us purify our hotx- by trying t understand the meaning of the Apostle's words when he speaks of "the power of His resurrection." "both fur support through life and comfort in death." This resurrection is the only one that can light a smile on the lips of death. Without it the great struc ture of Christianity falls before us in abject ruin, and there is no such thing as getting further than the silent tomb. Tlmu blessed Son nf God. help us as Thy followers to not think it a thing in credible that God can raise the dead, but to believe without asking to put our fingers into'the print of the nails or to thrust our hands into Thy side. KKASONING TOGETHER. "Come now. and let us reason together," said the Lord: "though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" Is. 1:18. This beau tiful and inviting passage is not infre quently heard in the pulpit, and often with comment to the effect that it is in deed marvelous how God could ever bring himself to such a cemdescension as to reason with a poor, contempti ble worm like man. Well, that kind of preaching is entirely foreign to my idea of Gol. If he pursued any -'her line of action the conception of the "t-'ator would greatly suffer, eh- idol of jo 1 as a Father, and not as a Tyran. is trie proper one. and consequently iii.ikjs the text as one at which nor." should be surprised. The human soul in .1 place of eternal torment is a pxiir.e loss to God, and in reaching suh a destiny the soul goes as a trespasser, vi et ar mis. He fights Gold, and every restraint, both human and Divine, made for his betterment; breaking the chains of love that affection ha entwined, and. wind ing up at last in the place prepared for the devil and his angels." I wish the time was here for the chaining of his satanic majesty In that place where he belongs, so he rpay no longer be per mitted to prowl iaround seeking whom he may enlist for; his dominion. In con sequence of the :love that God has for man. and the many dangers He sees surrounding His1 creatures, it is in per fect keeping with the fatherhood that everything possible be done for man's salvation. Here is a father reasoning with a wayward son. begging, pleading for an amendment in his life and con duct: that is the God idea, and God practice. If the father is recreant in the discharge of this consideration for his son, he deserves not the relation; so. if God had no yearning for His crea tures' safety, the term Father would be a misnomer. The relation b tween fath er and child imposes an obligation not to be ignored by either; likewise the re lation of Creator and creature places duty on the Creator to care for the crea ture in every possible way for his good, and the obligation rests on the creature to appreciate tiiis fatherly care by re sponding to it iwith a life of consecra tion and loving- obedience. The rela tion existing between God and me forces the conclusion that God. therefore, does not make any undue condescension when He saysj "Come now, let us rea reason together." He love me, there fore He cares for me and that is ex actly right; it could be no other way. AnaJagous tb the foregoing. I copy a selection from. "The Outlook, a period ica full of instruction and beneficial reading. The writer says: "Is It "marvelous condescension' that God should eater into life, or do any ether conceivable thins for the welfare of men 7 Consider that through un known ages countless myriads of hu man beings have stood in His presence, their animal nature dominant, the in tellectual and moral facilities slowly developing. Generation altar generation cams into being- by no choice ef their own. They are all the offspring of the Eternal Energy in whom they live, move and have tnelr being.' "Now, if the "essential In God and the essential in man are one,' does not our reason, developed by the highest moral illumination the race has attain ed, tell us that the Infinite Energy is under mora obligation to do 'anything and everything possible for the highest good of mankind? "It has been and is, to some extent, the traditional fashion to 'honor God and 'exalt' the Christ by setting forth this theory of marvelous condescension. Is it not a higher conception that any Son. of God would have sprung to a work of love with irrepressible enthu siasm? Seeing mortals groping in darkness, the great majority of them living lives of weakness ending In earthly failure, would not any reason able Son of God, having power and op portunity, have sprung to the work with a bound?" Fayetteviile, N. C. HORTS CAROLINA AND TIBOIMA. The Less expensive Court System at the Tax Heel state Doe Mot Account far the Discrepancy in the Cost ef Government of the Two States. Richmond Dispatch. Comparison Is frequently made (and unfavorably to us) between the cost Of the government of North Carolina and that of Virginia, and usually the infer ence is left to be drawn that the reason of this is that North Carolina has a much less expensive court system than we have. Now, let us see about that: In 1890 the population of Virginia was 1.655.9S0; area, 42,450 square miles val ue of real estate assessed for taxation in 1896. J3,200,638. In 1890 the population of North Caro Una was 1,617.947; area 250 square miles; value of real estate assessed for taxation in 1S96, $153,S3o,5K4. It is a fact that North Carolina has a more economical court system than ours, but it is not a fact that this item accounts for the greater part of the difference in the expenses of the two States. For instance, we find that North Car olina pays annually as interest upon her public debt $297,662, while Virginia pays $600,000. Here is a saving or over $300.00fi a year. The State of North Carolina pays for purposes of education $1,04S.52S per an num, while Virginia pays $1,250,000. Here is a saving of over $200,100 a year. In the $1,250,000 we include over $100,000 paid to colleges, etc., in "excess of in terest." In the jl.04S.528 raised for edu cation purposes by North Carolina is included all of the funds realized from the tax of IS cents on the $100. This is levied under the State law, but is left to the counties where it is c-oliected. and may le added to by county or township levies. The $1,048,528 a.so in cludes $91,130 appropriated for the edu cation and maintenance of pupils in schools for deaf mutes and the blind, orphanage, etc. North Carolina pays to Confederate soldiers and soldiers widows, etc.. $113,- 311 per annum, while Virginia pays for like purposes (including appropriations to Soldiers' Home) $143,000. North Carolina pays for the tare of her insane $198,000 per annum, while Virginia pays em like account $31:;. 000 a saving of $113,000. Whv this Is so, we doubt net that some of our friends who are more fa miliar than we are with the necessities and systems of the two States can ex plain be-tter than we can. There are four asylums (ca)ie.I hospitals-, njw-.) in Virginia, and three in North Carolina. From the foregoing items it will tie een at om-e that North Carolina does not so much de; end upon h -1 court sys. n as upon her legislative aipropri- ations for her satisfactory and econom ical administration of government. We do not know- that it v.ould b- at all practicable to tiring the fn-vemng expenses of huts clown to the level of North Carolina s. but if so that work could as wed be deine by a Leir.slature elected for that purpose as by a con stitutional convention. But. of course, neither a convention nor a Legislature could reduce our interest account, and neither would reduce the expenses of education or the appropriation to vet erans. We do not exactly know hn'.i :o com pare the criminal expenses or .Norm Carolina with those of irtrmia for the reason that the two Sta.te systems are so very different. That North Caro lina. s is the cheapest, we do not dis pute. We have to say. also, that it seems to give satisfaction there. But some expenses that we pay out of our State Treasury, are in North Carolina paid by the counties or cities, or by fees. There at once arises an obstacle to proper comparison of costs. It is to tie observed, too. that he urban pop ulation of North Carolina is much smaller than that of Virginia, and it is a well-known fact that crime is more frequent, and its detection and punish ment much more costly in cities ana towns than in agricultural communities. But, from the information before us. ".t appears that the criminal charges that North Carolina pav- -- -f her state Treasury are $,:'. n. whiie ours are $360.000 a we may- deduct forty or fotV thousand dollars a year from the hirinsr out of our convh ts to contractors. It may be. possibly, that the disnaritv of these two sums could be accounted for by showing that North Carolina throws upon counties and cit ies some criminal charges that in ir glnia are borne by the State'. Here In lrginia the cost or tne ad ministration of criminal Justice in some of the counties is Greater than the sum total of taxes paid the State y those counties: while many counties draw out the State Treasury for criminal costs anil for education more than they pay in for State taxes. We doubt if our sa gacious and economical North Carolina friends allow anything of that sort to be done. Nor i? it probable that if a new constitution were framed for this State our present system would be re tained. However, the Dispatch does not favor, and has always argueo against putting all of the criminal costs upon the city and counties, lest the cause of justice oe tnereoy impeueu or Imperilled. In some cases it might be that the people of a small cjia poor community would refuse to burden themselves with any such cost, but would rather resort to the inexpensice process of Judge Lynch's court. The subject which we have here dis cussed is one of growiBg imoortance. and we think it may be -safely commit ted to the Leeislature, which is to be elected in November next. TBt MYSTIC SHKINK. It is to Meet at Wllmlufttou ext Friday NewbcrD'i Delegation Newbem Journal. The Ancient and Noble Mystic Shrine meets in Wilmington in grand ceremo nial session on the 14th. There will be a grand parade of Moslems and cam els representing a pilgrimage of noble Shriners across the bumintr sands cf the desert to the tomb of Amroo, Ibnoo'l A'asea, conqueror of Egypt under Kha leijah Omar, who took no nourishment except camel's milk. Numberless vic tims will be sacrificed in honor of the Feast of Edool Azra, presided over by the Caliph 'Squire Maxwell, in the midst of simoon upon burning sands. The grand parade will consist of over 300 noble Shriners dressed in regulation suits and traditional fes. traveling over the deserts of Carolina to Wilmington Oasis, led by Potentate Lidded and No ble Sheik Hackburn, riding the sacred white camel, reputed to be over 400 years old. The other four camels, composing Newbem Oasis, led by Selim Lovicti. Pashas Bryan. Street and Bradham. will bear four nobles each, in charge of Nobles Enim Neal. Abdulla Hyman, Ishmael Dewey. Caliph Clark and Amar Linen, ftobles Sheeks Redmond and Greer, mounted upon two beautiful Arab steeds, a gift of the noble Sultan Bey. Abdul Hamid II. will be In charge of novices from Newbem Oasis. Pilgrims from Mecca, Naomi. Area, Syria, De Malay and Lu Lu temples will travel the sands to Oasis at Wil mington, accompanied by music and mounted on Arab steeds. This will probably be the most impos ing and interesting session of the Shrine ever held in the South and every one attending will return home well paid for the trip and possessed of a knowledge which will afford material for conversation for years to come. Katnral Enemies. Wiggins What's the reason Sprocket and Spokely don't speak any more? I tneugnt tney were bosom friends. Higgins Tea. they used to be; but you know they are riding wheels of dif ferent make now. NEW YORK'S POLITICAL FIElDlCHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR COLUMN OFTEK8 A CHAKMtHO FBO&rKCTHOW. Many Bitter Fights Likely Over tne Menrn laatloas for the Control of the Mighty City The Citizens Talon to Be Tint in the Field The KepohUean Men of the Present Senate Xny Mot a Gooe Month for New York Visitor What Will Mayor Strong Do With His Bricks t Correspondence of the Observer. New York, May 7. New York politics are always rather badly mixed. This year they will be worse mixed than ever. In the five counties consolidated by the Greater New York charter into one mighty city are innumerable politi cal factions. There will be many bitter fights over the nominations, and when the armies are drawn up in battle array there will probably be some strange al lies. It may be that in that day the mugwump will be found fighting by the side of the Tammany brave; for both Tammany and the mugwumps are opposed to the Greater New York char ter, though from quite different mo tives. The mugwumps do not like be cause they think it will perpetuate par tis&nship in politics. Tammany does not like It, because Tammany thinks a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Its bold has not been entirely shaken off of Manhattan Island, and very likely if the charter had failed of executive approval and there had been no consolidation of these communities, Tammany would have regained com plete control of the city government. But can Tammany win in Brooklyn and on Staten Island and in Long is land City? That is a doubtful question. Can Tammany nominate Democrats af ter its own heart and carry Kings coun ty? Hardly. It will have to compro mise, and deal, and concede. This is going to be a mighty interesting cam paign. AN OLD THING. AFTER ALL The Citizens' Uniem is a goodly com pany of estimable gentlemen. If dig nity of bearing, courtesy of demeanor, affability and cultured discourse were strong political forces, the Citizen's Union would be a formidable body. But, aias, the possessors of these traits are few. The majority of the inhabitants of this town are people of a quite different sort. Again, if the Citizens' Union were something quite new, something New York had never had before, an en tirely new departure in politics, it would be formidable. But it is the same sort of movement that we have had here over and over again. It is the same old gathering together of "the good" for the purpose of overcoming the bad," the same old aiming after a "non-partisan" city government. There fore the people regard it with indiffer ence. "We have seen it before," they say, with a tired smile. How to over come this indifference is the hardest work before the Citizens' Union. It is trying to do it by taking an unusual course. Instead of waiting, as usual, until the regular political parties have named candidates and announced their policies, the Citizens' Union is prepar ing to be the first in the field. It says it intends to go it alone; that it will name non-partisans for candidates; and it hopes all good citizens will sup port them. Its success or failure lies entirely with Tammany Hall. Tamma ny has a solid body of 100,000 voters which can be trusted to vote the Tam many ticket as the ox can be trusted to bear the yoke. If Tammany names no Bryan men for high oruce enough vot ers will probably be added to the 100, 000 to win the election. PALMER AND HUCKNER PEOPLE STIRRING. However the National Democrats, the Palmer and Buckner people, have be gun to stir, too. They held primaries night before last, and while the attend ance was not very large, it was large enough to notice. They have not yet announced what they are going to do, but it is likely that they will wait and see what Tammany and the Citizen's I'nion w ill do. I believe that the rank and file are more ine-lined to vote with Tammany than with the Citizens' Un ion. It is real funny to read what the Republican big editors have to say about the United States Senate nowa days. When that unrepresentative body was pursuing a "policy of infa my," from a Democratic standpoint, by changing the Wilson bill into the Gor man bill, these Republican editors were (luite satisfied. But now their own ox is gored. The Senate is now pursuing a peilicy of infamy, from a Republican standpoint. It is. dreadful to say, turn ing its back on protection and reci procity. Just as the Democratic Sen ate treated Mr. Cleveland, so the Re pulHican Senate is now treating Mr. McKinley. Wrapped in the thick cloak fif its own conceit, it is as indifferent to the wishes of the people's representa tive and of the people now as it was before. But while, from a Republican editor's standpoint, it was, under Cleve land, a "conservative body," it is now, under McKinley, a bunch of puppets," eir a rrwd eif "turbulent mobsters." However, it still pleases the New York Sun. it AY NOT A GOOD MONTH. I'eo le w ho come to New York for pleasure shouid not come in May. It is New York's dullest month. The regular season at the best theatres has closed. There is no oiera. It is too chilly to sit in a roof garden, and not warm enough to go to Coney Island. There are no big dinners or balls. "Society" is pack ing up to leave town for the summer, and packing is always dreary. There is really nothing to do but go a-cycling, which the visitor isn't prepared to do, and even that is apt to be interfered with by the disagreeable weather which always comes in May. In the country May is a charming month; in the me troivolis it is deadly dull. The dullness this year is emphasized by contrast with the bustle and stir of the last week of April, with its Easter flowers, feath ers and furbelows, and the great mili tary display of Grant Day, with its mighty inpouring of visitors. Nothing is to happen in May but Decoration Day. and that doesn't amount to much nowadays, as most of the militia have stopped taking part in the parade. Who wants to see the tiresome old Grand Army post march? MAYOR STRONG AND HIS BRICKS. Our thrifty mayor has earned com mendation by seizing in the city's name the bricks of which the temporary tomb of Grant was built. Everybody is asking what he will do with them. His intention was at first. It seems, to dis tribute them among the Grand Army posts as souvenirs; but there is now some talk of selling them to relic fiends and further embellishing Grant's monu ment with the money so obtained. No doubt an enterprising person could make a good deal of money out of these bricks. There are two or three thou sand of them. Perhaps if Tiffany had them he would cut each brick in half. encase the half-bricks in Bilver, and sell them for paper-weights. The founda tion of his immense fortune was laid by an expedient somewhat similar. Tiffany had not been in business long when the first Atlantic cable was laid. He kept a small Jewelry shop at that time. When that first cable was taken up he bought it for a small sum of money and cut it into short lengths. He made pretty, sliver-mounted ornaments of these and sold them at a huge profit. DAVID T. DUNCAN. SOMETHING TO DEPEND ON. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of Jones & Son, Cowden, 111-, in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with la grippe, and her case grew so serious that physicians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develope into hasty consumption. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in store and selling lots of It, he took a bottle home and to the surprise of all she began to get better from the first dose, and a half-dosen dollar bottles cured her sound and welL Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption Coughs and Colds la guaranteed to do this good work. Try it . Free trial bot tles at the drug store of the Burwell & Dunn Co, OLD PEOPLE. Old people who require mediceine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other in toxicant, but acts aa a tonic and altera tive. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone 10 me organs, tnereoy aiding na ture In the pel foi inance of its func tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetiser and aids digestion. Old peo ple find It just exactly what thev need. Price BOc and SI per bottle at the drag ior v iue ourwta or iann vo. WHI DO WI LOT K THJS LORD JEST'S T The Topic for Te-lay's Christian Endear. or Frayer Meetings "We Love Him Be cansw Ho First Loved Us" There Are M altitudes of Beasona If This Love Is Net In the- Christian, Ho Should Not Host Until Ho Has It "WHY I LOVE JESU8." Topic for Sunday, May 9th, 1 John 4:1$; John 3:14-17. I love him because he loves me. "In his love and in his pity, he redeemed me." For me, he left his home in heaven. "Though he were rich, yet for my sake he became poor. Tne foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hatfl not where to lay his head." Is this not a touching pathos in these words? Every man went into his own house. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." He was homeless, that he might pur chase for me a house In "his r athers house of many mansions." I love him for what he did for the poor, the helpless and the afflicted. His blessed life of service might be summed up in these words: "He went about do ing good." The uiscouraged and des pairing ones heard his words, and a new and divine life awoke within them. He was despiBed and rejected, reviled and spit upon, but he only prayed: "Father forgive them, for they know not' what they do." I love him be cause He saves me now. Not only from the penalty, but from the power and pollution of sin. I love him for what He is, for every attribute of his matchless character. For His strength and tenderness. His justice anu mercy. His love and com passion. His infinite patience and his stainless purity. I worship and praise Him for his perfect holiness. other friends disappoint and grieve us, but he cannot fail us. I love Him because he alone can sat isfy the longing of my immortal soul. Art, music, literature; the pursuits of knowledge or pleasure, may absorb us for a time, but the restless aching of the soul, that will not be stilled, is ior Jesus and His love. With him alone is peace. "Naught, naught I count as treasure Compared. O Christ, with thee. Thy sorrow without measure Earned peace and Joy for me. I love to own. Lord Jesus, Thy claims o'er me and mine. Bought with xhy blood most precious. Whose can I be but Thine?" I love Him for His glorious death. The climax of love and sacrifice was reached when he cried. "It is finished." and His great heart broke. He was great in His words, greater in his deeds, but greatest in the things that he suffered. "I love Thee, because Thou hast first loved me. And purchased my pardon on Cal vary's tree; I love Thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now." j We shall nevef love Him perfectly here. for. "we see through a glass darkly," but there, "face to face. We shall love him in perfection when we "see him as he is." To reveal to others the love of Christ, is the meaning and mission of every Christian's life. We can do this only by implicit con secration. By being filled with his Holy- Spirit. "As the Father hath sent Me into the world, even so have 1 sent you into the world." and. "so I am with you always'' Oh disciple of Jerus. 1! Is only tnrougn you that Jesus can reach the sinful. the suffering, the lost. Shall His bless ed sacrifice be fif no effect because of your unfaithfulness." Wonderful, solemn thought: That Jesus has sur- reneiered His work into the hands of His Church, has made himself depend ent upon them, through whom alone His work can be done. Dear Kndeav orers. let us be faithful! "Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they an- white already to tne narvest. Ana he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal." HOW TO KNOW THAT WE LOVE HIM. Do I love Him? Do you love nim? Let us ask ourselves that very solemn question. Do we love Him above all things else? Is lie to us the One al together lovely, the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley? Do we have in our hearts love for any earthly be ingno matter how strong, how manly, how true; no matter how surpassingly beautiful. htw tenderly affectionate, how sweetly sympathetic that towers above our love for our Master? Then we do not love Him as we should and as we must before He will come to us to make our heart His temple, his continual abiding place. "One thing thou lackest." Perhaps it is not lands nor "much possessions" that keep us from following Him; but if there is anything in our lives love of father or mother or brother or sister or rnena. or any other thing that we will not give up willingly for Him. we do not love Him fully and completely, and perhaps this may explain why we are not filled with the joy of His salvation and the peace that passes a., under standing, as are other followers of His whose happiness wo wonder at. Let us tear dow n the idols we have set up in our lives and worship and love Him only. Then we will be truly consecrat ed to His service. Let us learn tf love Him for sending sorrow in our lives, in order to work out "a far greater weight of glory'' for us in the home to which we are journeying. A visitor to a school of deaf and dumb children wrote on the blackboard the question: "Why am I allowed to hear and speak, w hile you children cannot." The ques tion was puzzling, but after some time a little boy picked up the chalk, and wrote in a rambling, childish hand upon the board: Even so. Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight." If we can make this answer, too, then we may know that we have learned to love Him. Dr. J. M. Worth's Philanthropy in Wo- man's Behalf. Wilmington Messenger. Dr. J. M. Worth, venerable for years and a man of excellent sense, has inter ested himself in behalf of a class of women who have to earn their living. He has established at his home, Ashe- boro. an enterprise that promises well for the aid of the particular class sought to be benefitted. It Is to train girls and women for bread-winning at better wages. He has started a movement worthy of attention, commendation and co-operation. Under his inspiration and direction a charter to the Asheboro Millinery, Mercantile and Manufactur ing Company has been obtained. This is to be a women's affair strictly they are to own and manage and derive from it the entire profits. The Asheboro Courier says of Dr. Worth and the en terprise: "Although more than 85 years old, he is still looked up to as the leader in the development of our town, and his name coupled with any enterprise is a guarantee of its success. "For some time Dr. Worth has been thinking of doing something to give the young ladies of this community an op portunity to learn how to make a living for themselves. "It is a new enterprise for this sec tion, and the idea originated with Dr. Worth, who, while having no stock in it himself, is much interested in its suc cess, and while having many business enterprises of more magnitude, yet gives this the benefit of much of his wisdom, energy and experience." We hope great success will attend this practical scheme .for the better ment of North Carolina women. If it shall "pan out" satisfactorily, either that or other plans may be organized and worked successfully elsewhere in our State. Give the women a chance. The Valne of Silence. Riggs What makes young Addle pate act bo strangely of late? Be sits around like a clam and never Bays a Biggs-Why. it's this way: Tou some one started the report that he was very smart, and he's afraid to talk for fear he'll lose his reputation. The Wonder of the Age. Browne (at the museumV What makes everybody crowd around that er there? I don't see anything about him. Smvffce Ton don't? Wh-we that a the man who applied for a poetofBee and never claimed to be Use original Mc Kinley fnfMli j BLOCKADING DURING THE WAR THI . FINAHCIAI. ASPECTS OW XT. Horth Carolina Was Extensively Engaged In Salt Manufacture Cntil the Halt Works on the Coast Were Destroyed By a fed eral Kale The Keport of 1. . Worth, State Salt Commissioner Korth Carolina 8 pent Over SO.OOO.OOO for Military Pur poses The Last Tear of the War She Ap propriated 1,000,000 for the ramilies of Tar Heel Soldiers. Correspondence of the Observer. Raleigh, May 8. A great deal has been printed In more recent years about blockade running and yet but four peo pie know anything of the State's inter. est in the matter; that is its pecuniary interest. A statement made to the Legislature of 1864 by Governor Vance, gives some interesting figures. There are two statements, one showing the State's blockading business, under the Jfead "Blockade operations outside of the Confederate States." In this the figures are English currency There was raised on "cotton bonds" 119,700, while persons in England ad vanced 98.969 to pay freights on In ward cargoes and disbursements at Nassau, West Indies. Then there was 47,500 in "rosin bonds," and 250 due in Wilmington. This was the amount of liabilities. In the way of assets there were: One. half the steamer Advance (really the A. D. Vance), on hand, original cost 35, 000 (10 per cent off for wear and tear one year, leaving la,750; one-fourth interest in those steamess 15.000 ; 3, 7X8.066 pounds cotton at 5 pence, 78. 918; sales of 4.08O bales cotton at 50 each. 204,000; total 313,668. Balance in State's favor 47,248. Assistant Quartermaster John Devereux, who prepared the statement, makes a foot note as follows: "Orders have been sent out by Governor Vance for scythe blades, railroad findings and .other ar ticles, which are not charged in the above account, no bill of them having been received. Mr. John White's salary as special commissioner to England has not been settled and is not charged. Owing to the difficulties of communica tion Col. McRae has not settled his ac count for the transaction for which the rosin lionds were issued. It is believed that 6.000 would be the utmost ex tent of any further charge to be made." The other statement is "of blockade operations in the Confederate States." The Confederate gevernment had forced the State out of the blockade business to a great extent, and this made Gov ernor V ance very angry. At the ad journed session of the Legislature May 1., 1864. his message starts o, on this very matter, and he says the recent act of Congress giving the President power to impose regulations and restrictions on commerce had given rise to such a system on the part of the Confederate authorities as would effectually exclude this State from importing any further supplies for the army or people. Such are his own words, and he further de clared "the port of Wilmington is now more effectually blockaded from within than without, the terms being such that a heavy loss is incurred by every voyage." The government had forced the State to sell it a half interest In the Advance. Governor Vance said, "The States are compelled to submit to the same terms as are imposed on private persons, and clearances are refused and the guns of the fortifications brought to bear upon our own vessels to compel a compliance. Private persons import ing supplies for the government, by contract, for enormous profits, are not taxed by those regulations. yet the Stale of North Carolina, importing al most solely the same articles for the same purpose, is compelled to submit to them." He then recommends that the Legislature demand a refusal or modi fication of the act. In the message Governor Vance, after complimenting Mr. White, special commissioner to Kurope and Col. uncan K. McRae, the other commissioner, says: "No appro priation by the Legislature is needed to pay the current expenses of the ves sels engaged in running the blockade and none will be necessary, fejr these expenses can be met by selling hills, drawn on our agent in Wilmington, as fifing incurred in Wilmington chiefly for the expenses connected with the loading and unloading of vessels com pressing cotton, etc., and can be paid in currency. The Treasurer should be authorized to purchase these lulls out of any money in the Treasury and thus keep the sterling exchange in theTreas ury. which otherwise would have to be put on the market and be lost to the State." The Governor urges the Leg- islature to appoint a commission to conduct the future operations of the State in importing supplies, whether for the purpose of continuing the ope rations or winding up the business. The statement of blockade operations in the Confederate States, above al luded to. is as follows: The amount of appropriation, J2.324.- 000: disbursements in Wilmington, $112,- 600: cash to balance $1,554,589; total. $3, 991. 1S9. On the other side of the ac count are these items: Sales of cloth ing to Confederate government. $1,561. 648; value of stock on hand, estimated at the prices the Confederate govern ment is now paying. $1,326,144; sales of various articles of quartermaster's, medical and other stores and sundry freights, $973. 250; sale of one-half the steamer Advance in bonds. $130,147. The purchase money of the Advance was paid partly in bonds as entered above and partly in cotton. All this blockade tiusiness was done through Wilming ton and in State vessels. It is quite interesting tb know that from the commencement of the war to May 17. 1S64. the expenditures of the State for military purposes were $20, 467.016. The amount reimbursed by the Confederate government was $7,402,658. 'eav-ing the excess of expenditures i2,. 964.357. This excess was added to the State debt. The Legislature at the regular ses sion of 1S63-4 appropriated $1,000,000 for the relief of wives and families of soldiers in the war. Treasurer Jona than Worth reports that by May 1, 1864, so urgent were the wants, he had dis bursed all of this. One of the interesting departments of the State's war business was the man ufacture of salt. Mr. D. G. Worth was State Salt Commissioner. He made a report for the operations for the year ending April 30. 1864, which gives con siderable insight into the business. He reports cash on hand, $18,823. in hands of agents. $22,000. due from ceiunty agents, 39,260.400 bushels of salt, at $13 per bushel, $53,400: corn and forage on hand. 7,000; bacon, 5,000 pounds on hand at $2.50 per pound. $12,500; 2,000 cords wood cut, $12,000 ; 52 mules and horses, $350 each. $18,200: 4-5 of steamer J. R. Grist and 3 flats, cost 18 months before $6,800: tools. $1,000: total. $190,883. He reports that he drew from the State Treasury $100,000. The works produced during the year before named. 62,000 bushels of salt, which was sold at an average of $7.75 per bushel of 50 pounds. Mr. Worth says this was a saving to the people of $697,500 for the market price (average) at Wilmington during the time was $19 per bushel. At these works, which were along the cost of Wilmington, were 160 salt pans which cost $30,000 ; 2 pumps and engines, $5.-0; 3 wood flats and materials for 4 more, $7,500: tools and brick, $4,000. It seems that in May the price of salt rose to $25 per bushel at Wilmington and the State price to $13. Mr. Worth says he expected to be able to reduce the State price to $10. He found it extremely hard to get corn and forage for his teams and quite out of the question to make an equal distribution of the salt, for lack of transportation. The Federal troops made a raid the night of April 22. 1864, and did $15,000 damage to the works. Mr. Worth says: "Ai least of the private salt works on this coast have suspended on account of scarcity and difficulty in obtaining supplies and labor. These difficulties increase daily and the present market price ($25 per bushel) will not induce them to resume their work." There were employed at the State Salt Works as many as 460 men, but in May. 1864, there were only 270, the others having died, been dis- I l I , , T V.1- e-HI'T SjLSZSrT? " "V the Federal raid on -ne of the salt works, on Masonboro sound. Mr. Worth says 150 landed, made 47 prisoners, sent 5 to the works, threw shells into the salt pans and tore the pump and engine to pieces. General Whiting, on in vading Fort Fisher, notified Mr. Worth that he must move the State works to the Cape Fear river. Mr. Worth says It will not do to make salt on a large scale on the Cape Fear river and that rather than wove the works to it. it would be better to entirely discontinue them. . r. a, owe, MAGAZINE VARIETY FOR MAY. FHOTOOBA PHY A PLEA5IHG FEATURE n.. riv r w. - o. ... w .. w.s-b.n...iw... ... r, Howell Shows I ad ion t ions of glowing Dews-Whstii Learned. From the Re view of Reviews A Bright rMseonree By ', Scrthaera Editor. The May magaaines offer articles In great variety, and valuable both for in struction and entertainment. The pa per by President Gilman; of Johns Hopkins, On modern education, in the Cosmopolitan, can be profitably reed by those who propose to go to a university or to send some one thither. If such pregnant suggestions as he makes had been available forty or fifty years ago, our Congress might have been a body of earnest thinkers, bent on the good of their masters, the people, rather than a collection of dabblers in thought, each one intent on his own immature plan, jealous of his colleagues, and be lieving himself wise enough to wield the measureless power of the nation. Mr. Wells, in his War of the Worlds, has begun to marshal the invaders from Mars, reinforcements arrive night ly, and the next number will probably describe a battle between the myste rious artillery of the sky and the earth tcr at an intense heat, non-luminous, ly troops of England. Singularly enough, the invisible heat rays employ ed by the attacking party resemble greatly the X rays now in vogue fqr photographing through opaque sub stances. In a recent successful attempt to pflotograph the pelvic bones, the pa uent aeveiopea, after some weeks, a sore, which proved to be caused by a mass of completely burned and charred flesh deep under the skin. The cinder, for such it was, had to be cut out be fore the person recovered. The elec trical expert who handled the Crookes tube explains that the 'Jra.ya" are to a great extent composed of atoms of mat- terat an intense heat, non-luminous, but destructive of animal tissue far be neath the surface. So work the Martians in the tale, so wrought that fascinating horror of Haggard's African romance. She. How often has Fiction prophesied marvels which Science has hastened to present as accomplished facts. The Glory of War" is but a series of engravings of photographs taken after battles on or near the line of the Po tomac. There is no discussion of them no comment, merely the title. Eivine suhjeet, place and date. The eyes take in far more than words co.uld say, and no more impressive plea for peace can be imagined than is made by these ghastly reproductions. In one the corp ses lie scattered along the lines, in an other is a sharp-shooter Just as he met death, alone. Some of the men rest as if at ease: others, especially a sitting figure, with an expression as if a message had Just been received from home. Cosmopolitan. Irvington-on-t he-Hud son, N. Y. In McClure's also photography has a very prominent place. The paper on G. C. Cox. illustrated by specimens of his-4 work, surpasses in perfection of wood engraving anything, so far exhibited in periodical literature. The artist is de scribed as a master of posing. When about to take a picture he does not tor ture his client with clamps at the head, nor by whispered directions as to his gaze, his expression, nor his position. He engages the unconscious subject in such conversation as serves to put h4m at ease and bring out the humanity generally hidden behind the mask of the face. His vast experience, his fund of anecdote and knowledge of how to make his interlocutor forget what he is there for. enables him to catch the best time, or rather times, for taking the picture. He usually takes from six to a dozen negatives, choosing the best. His fin ished portraits, even the rude transla tion of a wood cut, as Eleanora Duse said, have the soul of the man in them. Kipling's sea story is finished, and Stevenson's novel of St. Ives becomes of absorbing interest. McClure's Company, 141-155 East Twenty-third street. New York. 1 "Review" of Reviews," in its leading paper, by Stephen Bonsai, claims to give the real condition of Cuba to-day. and the article shows that the writer has made the best use of the oppor tunities given hini. Unlike many crit ics of Spanish imbecility in putting down the rebellion, he asserts that the managing spirits of the Spanish forces do not propose to end the war until they are compelled to do so. His rea sons seem convincing. An officer "or even a soldier who has been under fire and escape with his life invariably expects and usually receives a decora tion, the order of San Fernando Lau rado or some other military order of merit, with a moderate pension attach ed. If he is not proposed by his supe riors, he at once makes his own appli cation, but his bare word is sufficient evidence of his heroism, and the cross is granted. As to the commissioned of ficers, promotion is more rapid than at home, the regular pay is supplemented by extra colonial allowance and a sec ond extra called war pay; besides, one year's service counts for two, and, the length of service is a potent factor in promotion. So it is no wonder that a lieutenant who gets three times home pay, double promotion, a decoration and a pension, does not care to exert him self to close a war so fruitful of good to him. The object of the rank and file has grown, under such a system, to be to prolong the struggle as long as the mother country can borrow money. According to Mr.Bonsal.the far-famed Bulgarian. Macedonian and Armenian atrocities "pale before the acts which are committed in Cuba, at our very diwrs. not in secret, but publicly, and in obedience to a proclamation of the captain general." One hundred and twenty magazines and reviews in the English language, and more than twenty in foreign ton gues are noticed, a table of contents of their articles given, and when of unus ual interest, extracts printed, in the May number of this enterprising peri odical. Reviews of Reviews. 13 Astor Place, New York. A pleasant feature in "Book News" is "The Author's Purpose, by the Author," that is, a brief note, signed by the wri ter, explaining the motive for publish ing the work in question. Some, of course, have a mission, some wish to instruct: others to put on rec ord facts that ought not to be forgotten, while a few frankly ad mit that their only purpose is to amuse the reader. . A portrait of Capt. T. Mahan. with a sketch of the famods naval historian's life, comes Just in time to satisfy public curiosity about this remarkable writer, w hose books on sea power. Nelson and Farragut have made him even more of a personage in Europe than at home. Book Notes, John Wanamaker, Phil adelphia. Scribner"s is a brighter number than usual. It is possiDle this may be be cause the last serial with which that omnipresent oppressor of mankind, Mr. W.D.Howells. has afflicted mankind, is "slowing down" as if to stop. His pro ductions they are not novels, for there is nothing new in them seem to be sent out as great railroads send out heavy trains, in sections, all on the same pat tern, carrying the same class of pas sengers, and run on the same dismal schedule. The two papers on life at Harvard are full of interest to a college man; the "Working of a Bank" describes and illustrates the intricate machinery of these dispensaries of our vital element of money, and a variety of good stories make up a very readable number. In the Point of View the editor discourses so brightly on a matter we have all thought about that no apology is offer ed for quoting him at some length: Hawthorne's Wakefield. leavTng his home on a moment's whim, and keep ing away, though near at hand, for 20 years, watching the lapse of time deal with his quiet bourgeois, surroundings and his tranquilly aging wife, is a fig ure drawn with only a few strokes of suggestion, but unforgettable and haunting the imagination with Its pos sibilities. Revisitars of the Monte Cris- to order (though far from their great prototype) and Enoch Ardens we have had in plenty; but I have often won dered why more attention has not been given to the man who comes back after disappearance, not to carry out some vengeance or to die to slow music tn the possession of a dramatic secret, but only to live unrecognized in his world and look on at its changes for the pure psychological interest of his position and its advantages. There is no doubflhat this is one of the commonest forms of infancy, in which even tne unimaginative man In dulges; either In thinking bow he him self, free in some uninvented way of the actual cares of participation, should ' like to look on at his family and friends. land even his enemies, carrying on the life' he knows without him and without thought of him; or how It would be if someone near to him and long gone could see how he and the rest are doing the thing What prophecies have gone wrong, or how the man is up who was expected to be down and down who was expected to be up, how important are the trifles of the past and how trifling the things which seemed vital. Nobody devotes anytime to Imagin ing what his father. If he could step quietly Into the world again, would think of the progress of electricity, or the fall of an Empire; it is of the chil dren we have raised up, the place we have taken, the case we have won, the book we have written, or the failure we have made of it all, that I suspect we most of us unconsciously picture an imagined re-visitor as thinking, and on these things that we should like to know his opinions. So if we ourselves were the re-visitors does the fancy owe its attraction and persistency to any thing but the notion of seeing our own small world working without us? A man may think in large moments that the advantage of the position would lie in seeing The vision of the world. And all the wonder that would be. The interest of it would really lie in seeing unseen what Mrs. Wakefield and the middle-aged Wakefields whom he had left young, were doing; whether Robinson, whose success we had resent, ed because we knew it was undeserved had been found out yet; and so on. We should get some momentary thrills out of the great signs of progress, no doubt but I am afraid only a few of us would use a philosophical opportunity. Are we to spend our personal immortality In this way, I wonder? Charles Scribner's Sons, New York- Worse Than Smallpox. ' Restful Rugins (as his companion rush es from the farmhouse) Great hevings, Harry, did you see a smallpox sign? Harry Hayrick No; worse than that. I seen a sign Bayin' work here for all who call. THE CHARLOTTE NATIONAL BANK, CAPITAL $125,000. We are now ready for business at onr new banking room No. 9 East Trade Street. We solicit your account and will promise the most courteous treat ment and every facility consistent with sound banking. DIREOVOBS: C! w TIIl.ITTT T W VTTTIIffT VINTON LlDDELL, ' B. D. HEATH, JNO. M. 8COTT. C. F. WADS WORTH, 1. V. ROBERTSON. O. VALAER, R. J. BREVARD. 8. D. HEATH. W. H. TWITTT, Cashier. Presidents Only One v v '. From Each County. The first person In each county in this or any of the bordering States who make application will receive a six- months scholarship In either course for one-half the regular rate. CHARLOTTE Gommereial liollege, Y. M. C. Building, Charlotte. N. C. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE . hoeCos. Own Make- toss vv For Sale. By A. H PORTER & SON. Leaders in Shoes, Hats and Gents' Fur nishings. 6 WEST TRADE STREET. FOR EENT. 5-room house on Llddell street, tight new, mighty nice place; 10. 5-room cottage, 3 OS East Fifth street. J15.00. 6-room house. North Pine, between Eighth and Ninth. $6.00. 5-room dwelling. South McDowell right new never occupied. Owners of property may feel perfect ly assured that property left In my care will receive constant and careful at tention. R. E. COCHRANE, SOS North Tryon street. Charlotte. N. C. DRINK Bavarian Hops, Canadian Malt. R. PORTNER BREWING COMPANY, Charlotte Branch, C. Valaer, Agt. 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C, and Dr. have testified to its harmlessness and power in aggravated cases of falling hair, dandruff, and Itching of scalp. Send for Interesting history of R- H. R-. to MRS. MART GILMER GRIER. Harrisburg, N. C. Your Prescriptions Are given our careful attention in every respect, and the best of drugs only are used in their preparation. S. L ALEXANDER & CO Center Church and Trade streets 1 I j YOUR BOND. 3 ..THE.. 3 AMERICAN BONDING 4 THDST CO. q OP BALTIMORE. 1 ' ' Resources Cvef f ' liilioi Dollars. BsssKi C3i3oeft siraty Boifls. AGISTS WAS7ID TfifiPOJEbUT TEE STATE.' Reasonable Rates. AM'tY TO R. B. RANEY, GENX AGENT, RALEIGH. N. C NOTICE. This Is to give notice to all whom it may concern that the Charlotte Sash, Door and Blind Manufacturing Com pany has leased Its property on the corner of Ninth and Alexander streets to Messrs. R. W. Smith and William Tidily, who will continue the business under the name of Smith Sc. Tiddy. Mr. William Tiddy is authorised to collect all indebtedness due the Charlotte Sash, Door and Blind Manufacturing Com pany. We thank the public for the liberal patronage given the company, and hope the same will continue to Messrs. Smith & Tiddy. CHARLOTTE SASH, DOOR AND BLIND MANUFACTURING CO. By R. E. Cochrane, March 1, 1897. Referring to the above notice, we de sire to say to the former patrons of the factory that we hope by strict at tention to business, filling orders promptly, and at as low prices as con sistent with good work, to merit a con tinuation of your business. SMITH TTDDT. NOTICE. You can get a good set of upper or lower teeth for $7.50. The best made $10. Gold fillings $1.50 up; Amalgum 75c.; Cement 50c. Extracting teeth 25c. ; painless extracting- 40c. Crown and bridge work done in the most opproved etyle. DR. J.H. NEWELL, Room 4, Davidson Building, ' Charlotte, ,N C. AGENTS nWED For one of the best Beneficiary and Insurance organizations in the coun try. iood contracts t good people. Mention ex perience. Ad iress 1'. O. K ; 7:'' Rik- v..r . AETNAS at $75 Are as fine as can be bnilt strictly high grade. We couldn't sell you a better Wheel at any price and will allow you more for your old mount than anyone in town. Best equipped repair shop and finest workmen in the State, Full line of sundries and supplies. J. MARSH HEIZER, 41 South College St. At Bennett's, In front of tbe City Hall, Pretb, JuIot steaks are krpt for all -who sail; A "insl order" from every one. Is certain to prove a customer won. r If you desire a nice, sweet tenaer-ioin, Beod yoor orders to numtwr Ihiriy-One, And on the west tide of North Tryon street. Where all patrons get the eholeest of meats. Iyoa went s choloe piece of young spring' lamb. Go, or send ev'ry day to Bennett's standi He will send your orders without delay, for bi east ast, dinner, or at eloae of day. Tel, another reason why yon should (end. All your meat orders to Bennett's, desr friend, Because h treats yon with dne reesees. A nd ynnr dlrneuos. h will not target. Philadelphia Underwriters' Financial Standing, January 1, 1897: Cash Assets, $15,609,93132. Assets available to policy holders in United States, $4,-. 000,000. Larger than that of any fire companies American or foreign. ; E. NYE HUTCHISON, Agent May 1, 1897. CHABLOTTE, N. C. Trustee's Sale of Hardware. I offer for sale S3.000 worth of staple hardware, the entire stock of Jno. R. Pender, consisting of farm Implements of every kind, cook stoves, belting, cast materials, cutlery, paints, oils, etc, In fact a well assorted and complete stock of 'staple hardware for cash. This is a fine opportunity1 for any one who may wish to engage in this line of business in the finest' agricultural section of North Carolina. -Come at once and examine the- stock. F. S. ROY ST EH, Trustee. Tarboro. N. C, May 6th, 1887. Exposition Visitors Should bring their packages of nnlannderedgaiments sad deposit them with the CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRY. We only require a short time "to launder your garments in an ele gant manner and return them to your stopping place. IF. D. LETHCO, Manager.
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