The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
HERE AND THERE.

We fear Mr.. Richard Mansield's
Brutus is going to return from the
southern circuit with it's feelings badly
hurt.-Washington Post.
MI. Fuller Booze (out sightseeing)-
Do you see that red spot over there?
Mrs. Fuller Booze-You evidently cam
see n farther than your nose.-Den-
yer Republican.
Terrence-''Them dagoes do be ter
rible steady ~wurrukers." Larry
They do be that. Faith, if ut wuzn't
for Casey, the foreman, the job'd not
last a week."-Brooklyn Life.
Jane is so sentimental. When her dog
died she wrote a couplet about it,
"Doggerel. 1 suppose" Il suppose so.
Anyway, she wrote on a piece of bark
and had it framed in dogwood."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Henchman-"Wot makes yer so sure
de lection wasn't square, ole man?"
Ex-Candidate-'Well. It's like dis; !
didn't even git as many votes as I paid
fer. OATS all. e?"-Chicago Daily
News.
Have you got anything laid up for a
rainy day." Indeed I have" ans
sWered the new congressman. 81 have
a trunk full of undelivered speeches to
fall back on in case I ever want to fill
buster."-Washington Star.
Major Blublud-'Well, sub, 1 s'pose
wine flowed like watch at the kun'Fs
weddin', suh?'' Major Pepper-"Like
watah, sub? By CAD, sub, it flowed like
oil in a Texas oil company's ADVERTISE
ment, suh."-Judge.
Mother-The whipping you had yester-
day does not seem to have improved
you Your behaviour has been even
worse today. Willie-That's what !
wanted to prove. You said 1 was as
bad as I possibly could be yesterday.
L knew you were Wrong.-Tit-Bits.
The system of Identification by finger
prints is rapidly gaining supporters
among police officials in various coun-
tries. 1t is said by it's advocates to ac>
complish more satisfactory results thar
the celebrated Bertillon measurements.
Itching palms are put permanently on
record.-New York Tribune.
| FIIly years ueHce- wen connected
Well, 1 should hin so. Why, his faith
er was one of the fifty arrested on sus-
| picion by the Buffalo police and his
uncle testified at the inquest and had
his picture taken for the rogues' gal
lery. Why, he comes from one of the
most exclusive families in Buffalo,
| Detroit Journal.
Ex-senator Tom Carter, who tli'-ed
a bill to death at the close of u f1>-ne1
| congress-; enator Tillman, who brought
"Uncle joe Cannon to terms by de-
] plCying his oratOrica1 battery, and Sen
ator Morgan, with whom an arrange
ment mad to be made with reference tc
the Panama Canal treaty, should hold
a ~filibusters' northumberland En-.
quirer.
1.-TWO boys ran away from Baltimore
years ago One of them. Stuart Rob.
son, celebrated his 9th birthday March
4th. The following day the other, A
P. German, was sworn in again as
United States senator."-New YorE
World. Been thinking a long time try.
ing to discover whether it is better t.
run away from Baltimore or not
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
A little girl tells what she knows
about King Solomon in the following
essay: king Solomon was a man whC
lived ever SO many years ago. and ir
the country in which he governed ht
was the whcle push. King Solomon
built Solomon's temple and was thu
father of all the Masons. He had 70(
wives and 200 lady friends, and that i:
why there are so man Masons in tn,
world. "-SaXby's Magazine.
Miss Halle Erminie Rivers, who
writes novels in vari-colored inks, saw
and admired Boss" Weeks, Of tn
University Of Michigan foot ball team
the other day, and at one issued hin
an invitation to lunch with her at hel
hotel, although she had never met him
He CALAMITY accepted, and the appoint
ment was kept. This may not be lea
year. out it is the twentieth century,
Charlotte Observer.
The whole country will sincerely re
great the great misfortune that ha
overtaken Ira D. Sankey, the singin;
evangelist. Recently the sight of hi
left eye was impaired. Now the an
nouncement comes that he is who'll,
blind, and that there is no reason TO
hoping that he will ever regain hi
sight. Mr.. Sankey is known all owe
the United States through his tour
with the late Dwight L. Moody.-Sa
vannah News.
The Stomach is the Man.