The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-25
HERE AND THERE.

Mother.-How do yoa like your new
teacher?
oh. she's n splendid teacher. She
don't care whether We nov our les
sons or nct."-Tit-Bits.
In addition to his dukcdom. his grace
OF Atholl has w earldoms. two mar
quisates, three ~viscounties and eight
Observation-Disclosures D in all. He
must look like an old hat peddler.-Au-
gusta Chronicle.
While 100 ons is a loai for an English
freight train, an average a on one OF
our railroads last year was 450 tons. On
two British roads IL costs o 4Sk
cents 20 10Y a ton Of freight one mile
while the cost Of a leading New York
road is 2S12 cents a mile.
The London Globe saws: The inspec-
tors under the factory acts for the
Bristol district calculate. according to
q recently issued blue book. that 5,156
miles OF machine-made cigarettes are
turned out weekly in the area under
their Jurisdiction. This is h output
Of 100 machines.
He Knew.-"There l. a good deal OF
illiteracy around helC. isn't there7'
asked the man from the north. who
was ~journeying through the wilds of
Arkansas. That used 10 be. 3tranger,''
replied the native to whom the inquiry
was addressed. but them COMPOUNDED
revenue officers have lone busted the
business plumb up."-Judge.
A remarkable case of resuscitation is
reported from Anglesea, y. j. A small
child was under water between twenty
five and thirty minutes, and was be-
lieved to be dead. However, the life
saving crew worked oil the small body
Fnr fha,> ~ E1,,r --l --z A. ~.
rewarded by the return os consciousness
to the child. who is now well and happy.
Savannah News.
The London Standards Vienna cor
respondent writes: There is an old ira
dition hat the so-called treasure dome
Of the Jami ell Kebir mosque an Damas-
Gus contained 4 number OF valuable
manuscripts relating chiefly to early
Christian times. After years of per-
suasion the sultan was induced to al
low the opening Of the dome, and it
was found they included a number of
of the Old and New Tesla
ments. in the ancient Syrian language
and character, together with fragments
or a translation of the Old and New
Testaments into the dialect of Syro-
Palestine. Among the latter was found
the first evidence OF the existence of a
translation Of st PauI's Epistles into
NHiS oiCA hli1H way SpOhel at the
time of Christ. The manuscripts have
been handed over by the Turkish for
eign minister to Baron Marschall. the
German ambassador. fer a more thor
ough scrutiny in Berlin.
Robert Barr writes IN the Saturday
Evening Post of Philadelphia, of his
early experience in England, and tells
this story regarding the tipping sys-
tenn: When / say I never gave a tip.
/ ought perhaps to adj that once upon
a time / offered one. Which to my sur
prise. was not accepted. L engaged to
write for an American paper some ar
ticles on the London parks, and I asked
a friend how l could get in
formation regarding them. 4" Nothing
simpler, said the Englishman. Drop
a line to the Ranger of Hyde Park, and
he will set you right I wrote a u
teous note to the Ranger, and told him
I did not mind parting with a dollar or
two IL he could put me in the way of
writing an interesting article. My COM
munication was ignored, SO fearing /
had not offered enough I again consult
ed my English friend, and told him the
amount pro.Iered. That was very
generous Of you he said sarcastically,
and / am amazed your muniicence
has not met a reader response, for the
Ranger Of Hyde Park is His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, uncle
to h Queen. and 1 an sure his ex-
penses must be large. /"