The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-30
HERE AND THERE.

Toast Master (to chairman of public
dinner)-'Would you like 10 propose
you toast. my lord. or should We let
EN- enjoy themselves a bit longer7'--
Punch.
Stern Father-"So. sir! You want to
marry my daughter, do you?' Terri
any worse than she wants to MARI
me.'-Chicago Tribune.
Edyth-"Aunt Margaret used to say
she wouldn't marry the best man on
earth" Mayme-"And did she keep
her word?' Edyth-"Yes: but she got
married Just the same."-Chicago
Daily News.
First Sportsman-"Good guide, IS
he?" Second Sportsman-''Oh. yes,
If necessary, he'll do the shooting and
bring home the game and let You say
you did it and whip anybody that says
you didn't."-Puck. Il
Cholly-"Really, I've changed my
MIND since ( saw you yesterday"
Molly-"Well. it doesn't appear as
though you hat made much Of a bar
gain."-Yonkers Statesman.
Doesn't you son Josh use a great
deal of slang?" I'm afraid ne does
answered Farmer COrntossel, But
me an Mandy dasn't correct fLrn,
cause We can't le sure whether some
o them words IS slang Or expressions
he got out o the classics.!'-Washing-
ton Star.
Don't you hin a great manF reo-
pie regard you as having proltei pc
cuniarily by you posilon?' MY
friend" said "a Sorghum, J have
no doubt they do. And that suspicion
&c npn Of tho thincrc hat hon T0 make
my credit so good IN trans
! actions" -Washington Star.
Mr.. Joseph W. Folk of st. Louis on
whom the extremes. Nj: Watterson and
Mr.. Bryan, are meeting as a presidential
possibility. is a NortIy' CarOtlnlar oy
/ birth and a Methodist by grace. He
Early emigrated to Tennessee, but We
! trust that he will never fall from grace.
Presbyterian Standard.
The HOudon statue of Washington
III the capital at Richmond has agalG
been m1tilated by q supposed retIc hunt
er. This time a part of tie tass>f OF the
generals walking cane is broken and
tie piece carried away. truly, the relic
hunter Is Il Observation-Disclosures best. and
ms liberty should be ahridged.-Dur-
ham Sur
No one has thought to ask Mr.. An.
9 ~ lCIlt q SAp3tA $4,000
ir providing free libraries for rura
public schools. 1t is in line with his
deeds OF benevolence, though the cree
ton of fine buildings at every eros;
roads is not OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sentinel
IF there was an ice cold lenTonaG
spring in every village gdguen, II nreaS
grew On Sunflower stalks n ever.
blade, of grass was tipped with SO bills
a certain class of crankS would klcl
because there We're no sticks in tn
lemonade. no butter or preserves Of
the bread, and because the grass OIL
not produce $50 instead of $40 on tn
btadeS.-ESchange.
A negro and a Chinamar- Won tn
: highest honors in the Yale law schoc
this year and New England IS trying
n solve the problem whethee this is
compliment to the African and Mon
gofian races or a back-hdl>ded slap q
,ftezNew England representatives of tn
white race.-Charlotte News.
v Harlemite-"If you wrote yesterda
g morning; how is it 1 oriygsot yfrHr lei
Ter this EVENING" DowntoWner
Probably because L affixed a specl;
" delivery stamp, n wrote across III
e envelope. Rush! brooklyn Life.
% Young Man" said he wealthy NJ
n Pompus you ask for ny: daughter
n. hand. What expectations have you:
WHY reptile d the young man in
some what surprised tone t expect
get what Tn asking for."-Philttdelph
Press.