The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-24
STATE PRESS.

The average lawmaker Is powerfully
afraid OF the dog question when he gets
To Rsleigh--North Carolina BAPTIST
As time goes on. the wisdom Of the
Revenue and Machinery Act becomes
more apparent The kick against this
act his dwindled into almost nothing
A few slight notifications viii make
the last Revenue Act about as near the
right thing as we ever had. If not near
er.-Lexington Dispatch
But the wife Is left In the valley OF
the shadow. and to her the perfumes
of the flowers that cover his bier bring
only the remembrance of loss. and dis
consoIte loneliness. May that God who
knows and understands the suTerings
that enter into the most sacred cham
bers OF human hearts give her strength
and fortitude to bear her burden.-Char-
lotte News.
The News and Observer makes the
point that girls are more courteous than
boys, as their towards new
students at college very clearly proves
boys greet the freshmen. who come
trembling from country homes. with
h~arshness and brutality: girls treat
new tudents with gentle consideration
and kindness-Thomasville Charity and
Children.
There is n thing about Roosevelt
We venture to say. and that Is. he IS
no afraid OF the anarchistic gun. lie
says himself there is nothing needed
but q quick eye and he thinks he has
one. We will wager a new hat that he
toats a bull dog in each pocket and
he should be legally allowed To do so. IS
we'll as every member OF the cabinet
at this particular anarchisuc : or
period-Windsor Ledger.
We are opposed to fynching. We
shall always raise our voice for a great
er respect for law and government
This is the end all citizens should aim
at. But when the ~unspeakable crime
which usually provokes the people TO
bring out the rope and light the torch
has sent its thrill OF horror through
the community we can at least admit
that We shall use charity n forbear-
ance in discussing any means however
violent. which may be brought into
Observation-Disclosures Motor.
But the supreme court is Drawer. It
tackled the dog question this week and
came out with an opinion in which &c
holds that the u~ncorroborated evidence
OF even a bloodhound is insufficient to
convict u man in court Whatever the
dog may think OF this. the evil-doer will
hail the decision with exceeding great
joy. as he had begun to view with
alarm" the growing custom IN this state
OF keeping b~loodhounds TO track GRIM
inals.-Raleigh News and Observer.
Many suggestions have been made
looking to the united action OF the civ
ilized governments in acquiring some
island Of the sea, and each banishiug
its anarchists and socialists thereto,
and thus let them establish a little in
ferno to suit themselves. Uncle Sam
might tender the Sulu Islands as an ad-
V~antageous place in very many respects
for such a colony. The new colony
might relieve the venerable Sultan of
the embarrassment OF his present su-
perfluity of wives. and thus remove an
ugly blot from his royal escutcheon.-
Raleigh Post.
Boys smoke cigarettes right on. The
Law prohibiting the selling or giving OF
cigarettes to boys sound mighty nice,
but the boys don't care. The only
good the law does Is that IL prevents
some dealers from selling to boys. But
the boys get the cigarettes lust The
same. 1t is against the law TO give a
cigarette or cirgarette paper to a boy.
Nobody pays attention to that. There
Is no one particularly charged with the
enforcement Of the law and therefore
it is no unusual thing to see a knee
breeches boy walking boldly up and
down the streets putting away at q
deadly cigarette.-Dunn Banner.
The colleges owe it to themselves to
see that a student knows something
besides Greek and Latin and Philoso-
ply and so on before il turns him out
with a diploma. Why, we know Of a
college man who went to teach an
academy and had to pack his trunk and
cave because he had boys who know
more about working ordinary problems
in arithmetic than he did. That was a
reflection on the college that turned
him out. The college cannot excuse it
self on the ground that it did its part
well. We believe that in the regular
classical college an entrance examina-
ton ought to be held and a studenttcst-
ed as to his knowledge of grammar and
arithmetic. He may pile on all the ex.
tras he pleases, but these things arr
| essentials -Ea vaffouillo Rantint