The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-18
HERE AND THERE.

The jurors in the federal court have
up to this time been paid 81 a day. but
hereafter will be paid So. There will
now be an even greater desire to get
on the jury.'-Fayetteville Observer.
Effect of Discipline.-Miss de Gable
II like to talk to Mr.. Jordie. He's
always such an interested listener. Do
you know him." Her Dearest Friend
Yes; he used to be a c~opy-holder in
the printing Office of the Congressional
observation-disclosures Tribune.
Philosophic.-Poorman-"It's SO hard
to be economical. Many a time l get
wishing l was a Russell Sage or some
thing" CummaZy-"Huh, he's orse off.
If it's hard to be economical when you
nave to, just think how much harder
it must be when o don't have to-
Philadelphia Press.
Benevolent Did Gentleman (pointi.1
a moral to village schooI-children)-
Now, why do l take all the trouble To
leave my house and come over here
and speak to you thus? Can any boy
tell me-" Bright Child Qnnocently-
Please, sir, it's because ye like to lea
yersel' talk."-Tit-Bits.
ndian may not be in it with Kan
sas for gold, says the St. Louis Star,
but she can go her one better in the
matter OIL UldIlOIQS- III Moran COun-
ty only the other day, a farm laborer
picked up a fawless blue diamond,
which the state geologiSt said was
brought to that county by the first
glacier that made it's way as far south
as that state. 1t was a stingy old gla-
cier, indeed, that would only drop one
diamond while passing over SO rich a
state, and therefore a general
hunt is being OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Observer.
To the man is given the
pleasure of commencing the social
prowess of a Charlotte lady, Miss Co
leste Wilder, who is now in London.
Although she has been in London but
a short time Miss Wilder has met and
has been entertained by a number of
very prominent people At a reception
| given recently by Ambassador Choate
Miss Wilder met the Duches of Marl-
borough and Lady Churchill. 1t is in
teresting to note by the way that Lady
Churchill was enthusiastic in her praise
of Miss Wilder's hat, which was Gre
| ated' by Miss Sallie Houston, of this
| city.-Charlotte Observer.
A Sunday school superintendent, say
Harper's Magazine, in talking to the
children about cruelty to animals, aid
only a coward YOU abuse a creature
that I'D no way of protecting itself.
Why, children said she Il once knew
a little boy who cut off q calf's tail.
Think of it, c~hildren-took a knife and
cut the tail right off. Can any one tell
me a verse in the Bible that would
have taught this cruel boy that he
hould not have cut the calf's tail?"
| After a moments silence, a small boy,
with a happy thought expression,
held up his n What is it, my
boy?" asked the superintendent, hope
| fully. What God hath joined together,
| lat no man nnr aGGIlndQr r~RSnOndan
the small boy. The superintendent was
so impressed that he never brought his
own verse to light.
General Joseph Wheeler. of the nit
| ed States army, commenting upon the
demonstration in honor of Lord kitch-
ener, aid Military men give high
rank to Lord Kitchener'S achievements
in South Africa He accomplished re-
suits, and that is what is wanted in
warfare. Critics have no right to judge
his campaigning by ordinary standards.
because he had to face unprecedented
conditions, and was compelled to origi-
nate methods Of meeting them. 1 .hi-...
he did so brilliantly and effectively.
Farm burning and concentration camps
were necessary Accomplishments of the
peculiarly bitter and tenacious resis-
tance with which Lord Kitchener was
confronted. His feat of building four
good miles of block houses, dividing his
| army into mobile and immObile forces
and then sweeping the enemy before
his cavalry into the arms Of his infan-
try is entitled to a conspicuous place
in modern strategy.'-London Globe
At what point does life begin? So far
as regards space OF time, the question
is unanswerable, says the london Tel
egraph. Only a few years age 1t would
have been said that in regard TO that
| seemingly essential condition of life
| temperature we did know pretty near
ly a superior and inferior init. Little
| of life is there below the freezing point
| or above the boiling point Of water, and
| far above or below these critical points
| We should expect eve germ life to be
destroyed. When our greatest physi-
cist in ISL suggested that seeds OF
plants might have been borne to this
| world in a far distant age, the hypothe-
| sis seemed incredible, because the tenn
perature Of space. being at least as low
| as minus lao degrees C~entigrade. would
be fatal to life in any form. This is not
so. Recently at the Jenner Institute
bacteria a been frozen in liquid air
| had even in liquid hydrogen. and on the
| application OF hea and placed in proper
media have terminated, The processes
Of life were arrested, but the nascent
Life energy was not destroyed at 20
degrees Centigrade. say, 800 degrees
Fahrenheit Of frost Experiments are
now being made to IND whether long
continuance for months or years In such
cold takes awav the vitalism or these
lowest forms OF life.