The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-29

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: Japan at Portsmouth, England, is ready
for her trial trip. She is 1920 tons
burden, and is spoken OF by experts as
the finest fighting machine afoat.
Friendships Tribute.-The YOUTH
think Bessie Billus is as pretty as she
can be- Don't your The Maiden
"Oh. yes; Il h could think OF any way
TO make herself prettier you can bet
she'd try ft."-Chicago 1ribuiae.
Rights.-"Don't you think that any
body has rights except yourself?'
Certainly" answered the trust mag
nate. There are numerous rights
which We do not possess. But we are
gathering them in as rapidly as pos
sible."-Washington Star.
DO you think a literary woman ought
to marry?" Not if she is a novelist.
Her ideas OF manly perfection as de-
picted in her books would be enough to
make any conscientious husband give
up in despair and leave home to look
for work as a truck driver"
1t Was Hot.-Visitor Ito Nebraska
farmer)-"It has been pretty hot out
here this summer. has it Eot?| Farmer
Hot Well, rather. Why, we had
even had to put ice In the pond to keep
eggs."-Judge.
i minister in Syracuse, New York,
was forced to give W preaching be-
cause he could net discover how to
suppo his family Of four on $6.17 a
week. And probably some of the mem
bers of his congregation think he didn't
have faith enough New Haven Jour-
nal.
They say a young man of Bladen
county went to a factory TO work.
Among his other household and kitchen
furniture were Two hound dogs. Being
informed that keeping dogs there was
not allowed he left in disgust, saying
that he woul not give his dogs for the
factory-Clarkton Express.
The new census reports show that
S3S. 204. O54 was invested in the manu-
facture of ice in the United States in
1900. The total value of the products
of 7S7 Establishments in the census
year was $13.S74,512. The companies
paid in salaries that year S1,234,S03: in
wages, :, 424,3 05, in miscellaneous eX-
penses. S1,779,S90; for materials. etc,
1888. 724. And this business of profit
ing in competition with winter is ex-
panding every year.-New York World.
The Rev. J. F. Jordan. n rural Bap-
fist preacher, CT Pennsylvania county,
North Carolina, is doing his best to
deserve the nickname which has been
conferred upon him down there-that
of stormy Jordan" \ year ago he
led a raid against mOOnshiners and
helped destroy a still. This feat he has
just duplicated, leading a party of his
adherents into a wild portion of the
country, where they demolished three
Illicit Observation-Disclosures and Courier.
a few years ago Mr.. B~aIfour, who
has Just succeeded to the premiership
on the retirement of his uncle, Lord
CnTT-Irr~vr haI ~, re III --Ar.;1a-E
supporters from his Scotch constit-
uency as guests at a political banquet
in London DesiIOus that they shOul
enjoy themselves 20 the utmost he di-
rected that they be kept supplied with
the finest of champagne. In the course
of the evening ne visited them and
hoped that they were satisfactorily
served. "Weel." was the response, for
the food we ha' no call to complain,
but we maun say we're a bit feesed o
these meeneral waters."-New York
Times
A Massachusetts business firm prints
this paragraph at the top of its letter
head: "Errors--we make them; so does
every one. We will cheerfully correct
them if you will write to us: Try to
write good naturally if you "a but
write to us anyway. Do not complain
to some one elesC first or let the mat
ter pass. We want. first opportunity
TO make right Iny injustice we may
do The little sermon deserves a wide
audience. Few people that have not
had occasion at SOne time in their
lives to regret the sending of a harsh
or haSty note of complaint. 1t may be
necessary to assert one right in sub
seQuent letters, but there is 10 better
rule of correspondence than 20 make
the first one good natured.-YOuth's
Companion.
The trial of the pyX, a curious me-
diaeYal custom which survives as an
official institution in England, was
held recently, when the COINS minted
during the reign of King Edward were
for the first time tested. Ii is held
in Goldsmiths' Hall, and formerly the
sovereign in person presided, but since
1870 the Remembrance has been chief
of the court. He administered the spe-
Cial oath used on such occasions to the
jury, composed of members of the
Goldsmiths' Company. After that a
representative of the Royal Mint pro-
duced the pyx or casket, containing
samples of all DIN of gold and silver
minted annually The coins were
taken indiScrimindtely from each jour
ney weight sent to the Bank of En-
gland. The trial lasted two or three
days, for, in addition to the coinage OF
the United Kingdom, that of several of
the colonies was also submitted for
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES News.
A scientist of CoopwCod, Miss. has
calculate that the Mississippi river and
its numerous tributaries have for n vaSt
period of time been engaged in carrying
the material of the and from countries
far in the north to the gulf of Mexico
This process of transportation has re-
suited in shifting an enormous mass
and weight through nearjy so degrees OF
latitude from the north to the south
and this transfer of weight may so dis.
turb the center of gravity of our planet
that finally it will lose its poise n as
sumo a new position of adjustment tC
the new center of weight. If this
should happen there would be a CORE
spending vast flow Of water TO the side
turned down and a disappearance OF
water from regions now covered. More
owe the piling up of 80 vast a weight
on the floor OF the Gulf of Mexico may
break through it and let the water OF
the sea upon the vast interior fires sup