The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

by placing il in an atmosphere OF loo to
$50 degrees below zero. Fahrenheit.
When the meat was removed IL was
placed at once I'm air-tight cans II was
afterward eaten and found To be yerv
palatable.
Finland me-" shrieked the heroine
Of the medieval drama. For the hero.
in rendering bis escort. had seized her
elbow. after the modern State street
style. With a muttersd apology. he
drew back and respectfully offered his
arm.-Chicago Tribune.
DIR. John Stage. pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church. of Charlotte. ".
g. will publish 4 book soon. in when.
il Is understood. he viii attack the new
school of Presbyterian theology as
taught by Briggs and others OF hA
class. DR.. Stage has spent several
years IN Europe studying. and he de-
ciares taat he has discovered nothing
that would. Justify the belief that Calvin
believed in infant baptism. The book
will probably be printed by one OF the
publishing irrns OF this city.-RIch-
mon Dispatch.
To the value OF 81. ass. 5s3.ss5 was cc4ned
in England and silver to the value of
si99. 400. SIS. This is more than two and
a half times as much gold and nearly
twice as much silver as il now in cir
culation in the United Kingdom. As
about one-third OF all the gold of :hs
world was mined within the limits ~
the British empire. Great Britain mas
done a large part Of the coinage for the
world. Since the nexat OF the
Transyaal the British empire produces
more than half OF the worlds gold
Florida Times-Union.
A London correspondent tells OF an
interesting hanson cab that has re-
Gently made its appearance In the
streets of London, and the continuance
with which IL Is fitted up. These in
clude. besides the usual matchbox and
the two mirrors. a clothes brush. a vel
vet hat pad. two large boxes for par
GELS, an electric light In the roof. which
can be switched on by the passenger.
and an India rubber tube ending I'm an
India rubber ball that at once invites
a squeeze from the curious, and pro-
duces n whistle In the ear OF the cab
man above. The English are evidently
rying to Guido Americans In something
and II the would d a bath TO this
a il might make up for the defcien-
cies OF the London hotels.-Ashevillc
Gazette.
The state department is about To pro-
vide itself with a freshly cut great
seal of the United States To replace
TIC present otu one. which IL st NoIE
with excessive use as no longer To make
the proper impression pom the impor-
ant state papers To which IL must be
attached. Provision was made express
~ by congress for the recruiting, TO cost
S1,25G, on recommendation % Secretary
Hay, and the work is now in progress.
In the entire history OF the United
States only tnree great seals have hith-
herto been used in succession. a new
one OF the same general pattern as its
predecessor having been cut as each
existing one became worn out. These
three were cut, respectively, in the
years 1882: 1871. and 1885. The old
wornout seal now in use in the state
department was that cut in 1855 when
Frederick Frelinghuysen was secretary
of state under President Arthur
Washington Post.
Apropos of a case in the police court
yesterday, a contemporary tells the
story OF a cautious Orangeman OF Bel
fast. The magistrates there had an
nounced that they would infict a fine OF
20 shillings on any person expressing in
public too warm a regard for the future
state of any political antagonist A po-
liceman subsequently anne upon an
Orangeman lying in dignifed ease in
the gutter, and muttering T -"
ITO -" Apparently he could get no
further tina the name of the destina-
ton to which he desired to consign
somebody or something. so the consta-
BILE, with "a case in view, e~ndeavored
to help him out. T where with
whom" he inquired. bending over the
Orangeman. But the northern caution
asserted itself. Rising into a sitting
posture, the Orangeman gazed upon the
officer. Finish Ii yourself" he said:
1T is too expensive for me."-West-
minister Gazette.