The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-14
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Her Mother-"May. why do you treas
Jerrold so shabby. while he treats you
so good2" May-Why. the lea boy
co1ldn't treat me any better. no matter
how 1 treated him."-Judge.
JOHNNY wish my folks would agree
upon one thing. and not keep me all the
time in a worry" Tommy-"What
have they been doing now7" Johnny
Mother won'tlet me stand on my head.
and dad Is all The time fussing because
L wear my shoes out so fast"-Boston
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All" said the caller. Il notice that
You smoke good cigars" Yes. occa-
sionalIy," replied G%raphter. Then you
will be interested in what I have to
show you / am selling a line OF Ha-
vana Gig" Pardon me. Your first
observation was correct. / do smoke
good cigars, but 1 don't buy them
Philadelphia Press.
Yes" said the pilgrim in the elderly
overcoat with the bulging pockets. him
an me is in partnership. but we don;
Why, he goes around sellin' a stove
blackin' hat leave a stain IN the fin
gers. i go around next day TO the same
houses with the only soap that'n take Il
on.'-Chicago Tribune.
The fear of a hard winter without
coal forced action in the case OF the
coal mine strikers. The silversmiths
OF New York, profting by the expert
ence OF the miners possibly, ave gone
on strike just at the season when or
ders for holiday goods are piling in on
the manufacturers. There is threatened
a suspension of the manufacture of the
higher grades of silverwear for several
months unless the strike should be
speedily settled.-Savannah News.
The officials in Washington insist that
the civil service commission assign
them men instead of women as stenog-
raphers. The Star gives a column re-
view Of the fact. but the objection to
women seems to depend on the fact that
they insist on bossing the job-told how
to spell a word, they argue and then
consult a Electromagnetic to say a thing
in a certain way. they insist on know
ing more than their employer. Now.
why will the lear creatures be so OBJ
stinate?-Jacksonville Times-Union.
Ice is free under the schedules of the
Dingley tariff, but mineral waters are
dutiable. The wise men who framed
the law possibly never once imagined
that mineral waters might De frozen
into solid blocks, imported free as ice,
and then be melted, bottled and sold as
mineral waters. But some shrewd deal
ers in New York knew that process was
possible, and for a long time they have
been importing ice and selling mineral
water from it. The customs officials at
New York are now trying to get a rul-
ing hat will stop the practice.-Savan-
nah News.
An American who has been travelling
in Japan says the japanese have a word
of salutation which sounds like Ohio.
When he was in Yokohama a fellow
countryman was seeing the sights from
a rickshaw. The japanese are very po-
lite, and when ever the American met
them they gave him the usual word OF
greeting. At first he wasn't quite GER
tain, but as party after party bowed
profoundly and said Ohio he became
convinced that they were uttering the
name of his own state. n he was a
badly puzzled Occidental. Finally, on
passing a group of a dozen or more.
who were more than usually courteous.
and who vociferated the word of well
come. he couldn't repress his TOMS
ment any further. Yes" he said. Il
am from Ohio, and from Jefferson
county; but how did you fellows get on
to the fact?"-New York Tribune.
Tim, a well known and popular col
lecting dog of Paddington station, Lon
don, is dead. About eleven years g
he arrived, a waif, by an early morning
milk train, was adopted by an inspector
and soon made himself at home on the
passenger platform. He had a box at
tached to him in which travellers were
wont at their will to drop coins, and
Tim. though no parasite, had a happy
knack of looking after first-class pas
sengers, to many of whom he was in
troduced. With the late Queen Victoria
he was a great favorite. and she always
had a donation to give him, which was
for the most part of gold. King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra likewise
subscribed to the fund he collected.
which was for the benefit of the widows
and orphans of persons who had work
ed for the Great Western railway. The
dog collected thousands Of dollars.-EX-
change.