The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-07
HERE AAD THERE.

Pern-I notice that a great many
magazines have nonsense departments
on their back pages. Stubb-Oh. yes
they have stopped publishing the love
letters OF great men" now--GreenviIle
Reflector.
Young Mantle wife 1 am looking
for must be young and pretty Coy
Maiden-Do you think you viii have
to look far? Young Man-Coufound IT.
/ can't look at all. I'm dreadfully near
sighted. and I've left my glasses Al
home-Chelsea Gazette.
Foreigners reading Americans news
must be greatly amazed over the &C
lions of the president during. the last
few days He spent a night at Brandy,
shot a Bull Run and VIII cast his bal
lot in Oyster Bay.-Winston Sentinel
Women in this city have contracted
the cigarette habit and have been
causing trouble TO fhe station master
Of the new railroad station here by
sauntering into the depot and making
use of the handsome ladies' waiting
room as a smoking boudoir. they
would sem the maid TO the cigar stand
to purchase their cigarettes. and then.
lolling comfortably in the fashioned
chairs OF the waiting room. pun away
at them. The station master finally
determined that the practice must De
stopped. He put up placards
ing that no smoking would be allowed
and the maid was interdicted from
buying cigarettes for women--RIch-
mond Dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
The state of Alabama, according TO a
charge made by Judge Thomas To n
grand jury in Montgomery, recently, :
in a a class. He had made a collec-
ton of homicide statis tics and COM
menting on these. stated that Ala
bama's score for the year previous was
461, nearly one and a third for each
day in the year, including Sundays.
This is a bad record and was not help
ed much when Judge Thomas added.
by way of comfort, perhaps. that there
are nine states in which. in proportion
to population, more murders are COM
mitted than in Alabama. The ni7n are
Florida. Maryland, Texas, Calits-nia.
Nevada, Arizona, Colorado. Montana
and New Mexico. In lmost any sort
of a record that is called for Tex is
| pretty sure to be included. bat j.,
rather surprising to see Florida ta,--ng
a position of the kind.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
] Professor Giro Nispilandi has obtain
ed leave from the authorities 10 search
thoroughly the bed of the river TIber.
He is confident that the muG over
| which the sluggish stream flows on
/ ldl1lS ODJeSlS WEIGH OH 8COuIlI Vi IHtIi
artistic and intrinsic value are almost
priceless, because for -geS the Romans
cast their most valuable possessions into
the Tiber as Offering to the gods. Be
sides these the professor expects 10
find an extraordinary variety OF
curious things in the way of armor
| worn by many soldiers who at differ
ent times were killed in battles on the
banks and bridges Of the Tiber. The
professor also hopes to find valuables
! cast into the stream by early Chris
tians, who considered il good work to
destroy the symbols of heather dol
airy. The professors views are
ever bridges h9v been built ard the
banks of the Tiber strengthened ar
ticles often Of great value have been
| Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
Through passenger traffic from rdrfs
to Pekin viii begin early in the year
1904, and it is estimated that afte' ,ha:
time $4,000 first-class passengers Will
travel over the route every year. The
International Sleeping Car Company
estimates that the journey from Ion
don to Pekin will take at first about
twenty days and afterward a little
over fourteen. The average speed per
hour will be: From Paris to Berlin.
80 IL miles, from Berlin to Aiexan-
drove, 40; from Alexandrovo 10 Mos
cow. "a; Moscow to Irkutsk, %; irkutsk
to LAX Baikal, Il; Lake Baikal 10 In
kow, 90; and Inkow to Pekin IS l..
Through tickets will be issued at va
rious European centres. which will al
low the holder to take two months for
the journey. Return tickets an b
used for nine Months. Each assem-
ger may carry los pounds of baggage
free. Yearly tickets will be issued for
express trains and will include board.
| exclusive of vine. Children under j
years of age will be allowed to travel
free and between 5 and 10 Will pay half
fare.-London Gable TO New York Sun.