The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-08
BREvITIEs.

Governor odei1. OF New York. begins
office with q sound view-to tax the
wealth and no the poverty OF the
state.
A southern imperia;ist newpspaper
discusses I endless chain OF pater-
but 1t says wisely:
I'm its last analysis this ~paternalism
Is but the despotism Of the monarch
who declares I am the state and then
assumes the responsibility of playing
providence to his subjects"
Is that sort OF thing needed or desir-
ed I'm shis country? We trow not
A letter from Berlin IN the New York
Evening Post makes On attack upon
German morals" as revealed In the
"Sternberg trial." Social depravfty is
intense IND immense according to the
showing. Sternberg. rich and o IS
proved Ito be lower than the beasts OF
the field" Police corruption asounds.
Chairman and Senator Jones talks OF
Bryan and says elf there Is any men,
Der of the committee who believes that
Mr.. Bryan is actuated by selfish mo-
tives, I do not know. who 1t could be.
One of the principle reasons for my ad-
miration OF Mr.. Bryan is that he Is ali
soiutely sincere and earnest In the
cause. and has been willing at any time
to withdraw his candidacy for any
Office
1t is contended that army n bar
rack room life are corrupting. II is
said by the New York Evening Post
tina 1t is proved that If there is any
one thing above others which has con-
tributed to the lowering Of he moral
tone throughout Germany. il Is the
great standing army of nearly half Il
million young men kept in barracks at
a time when home influences are Of
greatest value" A good lesson and
warning for our own country.
Lord Roberts is to receiver a grander
welcome when he reaches London that
was ever accorded to Marlborough or
Wellington. h succeeded with 10000
men keeping a small force from
as vet obtaining independence.
The south is pushing on The man
~ufacture Of steel rails is found TO he
quite profitable.
The Tsar thanked his troops. What
for, their successful looting and bar
barities in China?
Quay is a favorite IN Pennsylvania.
He Is the unanimous choice Of 12S mem
bers. Four democrats helped him to
organize the legislature. Is 1t true that
like senator like people? II so Penn
sylvania and North Carolina would be
deep in the mud.
Georgia is trying its prentice hand
in creameries and Is succeeding. They
are spreading around the state.
Ex-Mayor Abram s. Hewett Is old
and feeble. He is given new energy by
injections of salt. 1t is asked IL that is
the elixir of life?
The bank clearings for Savannah,
Ga, in 1900. showed an increase of
$1O7, 1928, 752. So, compared with 1899. For
1899 the clearings were $136. SIS. f14.2l, =
while for 1900 they were s24s. 344. 1868
Physicians fifteen years ago caution
ed against drinking water while eating.
Now they say drink and much more
water during the day. They say it is
the quantity and not the minerals at
the spring that do the work. We are
inclined to say-Fudge.
Hon. Hok Smith. OF Atlanta but
originally of North Carolina. has ben
reelected president of the Georgia
Board of Education. The Daily News
says:
that position, and his efforts for the in
PRODUCTION OF manual training and ma
ture study have been productive Of
good, not only here. but throughout the
state. He is a man Of force"
The Atlantis Journal fills nearly one
half Of its issue on LIST Inst with a long
screed from Sam Jones. He is q pack
number.
Suh-Hai Pail, the assassin of Baron
Won Ketleler has been beheaded in
Peking. 1t is never too late to mend.
Ignatius Donnelly rs dead. He was
an intellectual crank. He wrote one
novel a forecast what was to happen
in this country. and no one knows
whether he was wise Or otherwise in
1t. He was aged 10. and lived at Min
neapoiis. He served In the u. 8. house.
At youngstown, Ohio. notices are post
ed that 1000 men Will be cut in their
wages as miners from $50 to S1.e5 a
day. Next
Chamberlain will have his hands full
in dealing with the situation In New
Race and political trouble
are the cause.
The Washington Post praises the
Harmsworth manner Of editing the
New York World for one day. 1T is
English you know" The paper was "A
by IL inches. It says:
"As Z the makeup OF the Harms
worth paper, there can be no two opin-
ions He has given US a clean, com
pact, and most attractive age His
news Is excellently and
classified He does not sacrifice liter