The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-05-30

Iterests OF his country.-PhiiadSlpEia
Record.
1t was President Arthur who, enter
itaining w former New York chums
was shocked to near one say TO the 9TH
er: Hello, Jim, l hear you were drunk
last night" Assuming his most depre-
Icating look, Our Chef" said, r%eproving
ly: "A gentleman never hears that his
friend was drunk" The rebuke went
home. A day or two g a plebe, after
listening to a most excellent story cap
Italy told, remarked: "Oh, that's Cd
heard that fifteen years ago." A quiet
member OF the party gently protested.
"Impossible; a gentleman never heard
IA story."-New York Press.
The announcement in The Sun the
lother day that Colonel Seymour Man
ldelbaum's white Plymouth Rock hen
had laid an egg with a picture on ii is
Encouraging to lovers of art. 1t justi-
fes the theory that a breed Of hens may
be produced which will systematically
lay pictures of great artistic merit. 1t
can be Ion by selection in strict ac-
lcord with the ordinary methods of ma
lture. Let this picture egg be Matched
and If the result be a hen that hen may
lay a number Of pictures even better
than her own parent ggs Take the
best of these and hatch them ard so on
for a few generations until finally a
breed of Plymouth Rock artists will
surprise and delight the world.-Balti-
more Sun.
North Carolina unveiled at Charlotte
yesterday a to one of the
heroes of the brief war with Spain
Lieutenant William E. Shipp. who fell
at San Juan, and who was none the
less a hero because he was a modes,
one. He was on special duty for which
he had volunteered, and was crossing
ia fire-swept field to carry an order, or
rally a body Of men, when he gave up
his young life in the cause his country
had espoused. He was a splendid spec
linen of manhood, physically, mentally.
and morally, and was of brilliant prom
Use. We are glad, therefore, TO see that
our Carolina cousins have paid him the
tribute of the memorial at Charlotte
Richmond Dispatch. 21st.
Twelve hundred private pension bills
have been passed by congress in four
months. A great many Of The appli-I
lcants in these cases had been turned
down by the pension bureau. From time
to time some congressman arises toI
warn congress that this private pensionI
business. as it is carried on now. IS al
disgrace to the country. Congress list
ems, but goes right on grinding u the
lprivate pensions. The members think
jmuch more of the votes the privateI
pensions will secure Tor them than theyI
lido of the enormous pension burden of
the country or Of any possible scandal
or disgrace involved In the footing of
1.-THE treasury.-Savannah News.
1t IS a vast mistake to assume. As Isl
lntten done. that the Roman republicI
was destroyed by the invasion Of Huns,I
lGoths and other barbar,ans. Rome fell
Iby its own c~orruptions. The parbarianl
.-A~ &I y.Il lc torrfnry>'
founded on 1t a far better and purerl
civilization. There can be no dangerl
from the influences OF European immi-|
Igrants so long as the natlve-born in-l
habitants shall maintsin the principles
Iof political freedom and morality.l
Among all the italians and Huns who
migrate to this country there is hardly
Iadepts in the arts of political and
corruption are of nativel
birth.-PhiladeIphia Record.
ut is rumored," says the Dorchester
Eagle, that Governor McSweeney isl
steps to stop the fish trap null
in this section and punish the
guilty persons if caught" 1t Is to be-
hoped that the rumor IS true and that
the steps will be taken along every 9TH
er river in the state, as well as thel
E,disto. The United States government
sAG&S SSSii AhSAA ~ 49,
recently in some OF the rivers The good
work will go for naught, however. UNI
less the state some effective meaS-I
ures for their protection, and keeps on
taking them so long as they ale needed.
charleston News and Courier.
The funniest thing of the sort (theI
"we') which ever appeared In
print was the editorial report which a
North Carolina editor gave
Df - xrl;o 10 hoII
with an old enemy on the train. 1t RAM
like this: when we enter-
the car We saw Mr.. - sitting sew
eral seats away. Soon after we werel
he approached us and sat down.
our side. We then entered into conf
v"rsation. He made mention of the
difficulty between us and we gave ou.j
OF the affair. He then GALE
IS a liar, and we struck him.. He struck
at us and we clinched. In thel
scramble which followed We got out
into the aisle and we got him down anf
were giving him hat he deserved
the conductor and some Of the
passengers came up and interferred
we were Observation-Disclosures
While Senator Hoar votes for his par
TVS candidates and occasionally takes
he stump in their behalf, he indicts hfsl
party in his great addresses IN the SEN
ate more convincingly than the mosti
and able man on the other sideI
IF the chamber is capable of DOING
Coming from a venerable republican, q
profound scholar, an honored leader, a
oast master in rhetorical ~eloQuence, his
'corching arraignments of his party's
policy affect Thoughtful citizens With
ncalcuiably greater force than the mos,I
'ervid denunciations from the lips on
Of democrats. They are ~assai.n>
Official foes, while he is lashing thei
members of his own POLITICAL household
The fact that, in spite Of his terrific
,~astigations, he still votes with the rnenl
whom he scourges does not Offset tn
of his indictments. Such anl
orator as Senator Hoar, upbraiding- hill
as he does, n bringing to that
ask sucn a peculiar power as he posi-
;esses, can sen republicans across thel
party line. even though he refuse to 81
them. Indeed, were ne to cross
hat line his influence would be greatly
as has been repeatedly dem-
)nstrated by disaffected republican,
Post.