The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-19
HERE AND THERE.

Daughter: me. mother. ne was
on the very verge OF IL. n l fooilsn-
troit Free Press
Governor Stone, OF Pennsylvania. has
baked on Matt Quay n refuses 10
help settle the strike After all TINS
may be the year when Uncle a Is
due TO hit the ceiling.-Atlanta Consu-
tuition
Mr.. Marryat-"I see old Boxiey has
left an estate worth 100000 at least
Wouldn't You like to be his widow
Mrs. Marryat tambiguousiy) No,
dear: I'd rather be yours
phia Press.
Il do believe. little Mrs. Higgsworthy
loves her brute OF a husband so Well
that she would cheerfully die fer him.
More than that She loves him -
well that she c~heerfuIiy lives VIII
him-'-Chicago Tribune.
Grand Duke Boris may not have Sc
cured much information about the
laws. malners and customs OF this
country. but he will have soma inter
esting "reminiscences for his Russian
friends. nevertheless. Washington
Any democrat who can control 100
votes can get boodle" TO run his
campaign If he will run as al inde-
ptlIuChl ny pPI lhS . ~
the Republican Headquarters It
Greensboro.-NeSs and Obserer.
She: Yes, I'll go, II you'll promise no.
TO get impatient while I'm dressing.
You always seem 10 think that my ap-
pearance is a matter OF no comment.
He: On the contrary. my dear, il is
usually a matter of a great many
Brooklyn Life.
Minister visiting PRISON.: How can
you say there nave been successes in
your life. Bunco Pete: Why, man in
my time I've flim-fiamed a phrenolo-
gist, a writer of detective stories, a
character reader and a C~riminologist.
Judge.
Il wonder what makes n mans hair
fall out so fast when One il starts?'
Worry" answered the man who al
ways has an explanation ready. Moth
ing ENDS to maxi a man bald SO much
as worry. and nothing worries a man
SO much as the idea that he is be-
coming bald."-Tir-Bits.
Lady Dixie is worried about child
labor in these southern states. Lady
Dixie ought to get worried nearer
home-in the London sweat shops
and then she VIII not need an ambu-
lance to take her home when she sue
cumbs to her feelings.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
James b. Duke, president of the
tobacco trust. has begun the erection
at Raritan, n. j., of what he expects TO
be the finest public drinking fountain
in America. 1t is to be located on his
extensive preserves, a few miles from
Plainfield, and will cost about $50. 900,
with a bronze statue which Mr.. Duke
purchased in Italy for s25, 000.-Balti-
more American.
Solomony Roscnthal;, a New York
Pill compounder, has invented an eff
fective cure for the suicide mania. A
young man called on him the other
Gay for a dose of poison. declaring
hat he wanted to shuttle off his mortal
coil. Solomon fixed him up a nice
dose OF disguised castor oil. and he
hasn't since had any hankering to do
n coil shuffling.-Exchange.
WANTED-A respectable man. here
tofore a democrat, connected with the
cotton milling interests. TO accept the
republican nomination for ongress in
the Fifth district. If defeated he will
be 'taken care Of" Address THE
Doodle Boss care the Rooster. stat
ing how many cotton mill votes the APP
plicant can control. Rhamkatte
Rooster.
Henry w. Grady s much improved
and will be brought back to Atlanta in
a few days. AS soon as his wife learn
ed that he had been found in New
York, Mrs. Grady left Atlanta and will
be with her husband this morning. If
his condition is such as to allow the
trip she and her brother, Edwin
Gould, Of st. Louis, who is now with
Mr.. Grady, will Tx the first train for
Atlanta--Atlant9 Constitution Sep
TENDER 18th.
Arthur Devlin, once captain of the
Georgetown university foo ball team,
and more lately a we'll known player
on the Wilmington and New Bern
base ball teams. is in Raleigh to TAX
charge of the training of the foot ball
team of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college. President Winston says
the new team will be a God one. 1t
has far more material than ever be-
fore from which to select players
Greensboro record.
Cotton is being rushed to market in
the south, the receipts Monday being
three times as large as on the same
date last year. This has caused some
reaction il the price, still it holds
up we'll under the pressure. Our farm
erS may rely upol it. that II, $50, 900
bales are required to meet the de-
mands this year. and only a ten-mil-
lion-bale crop in sight. This is the
situation. with no reasonable grounds
to justify an improvement.-Raleigh
Post.
In consequence of the scarceness of
negro labor in districts of Louisiana
and Mississippi, the planters of these
states have arranged for the importa-
ton of Mexican cotton pickers. The
first party of 300 has arrived at Alex
andria, and was distributed among
cotton planters IN the neighborhood of
Lecompte. The imported laborers
came from western Texas. along the
Rio Grande. and their importation is
therefore not In violation of the i'm
ported labor law-Raleigh Times.
The churches afforded two sensa-
tons on Sunday. In a Chicago sane
tuary a professional whistler held
forth to the great delight Of a large
congregation, and in New York a sup
posedly orthodox preacher who char
acterized baptism as a fake" and a
'barbarism'' was wildly applauded,
some of his hearers jumping to their