The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-13
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

May-"Alice isn't at all nervous"
Ciara-"Not in the least I've known
her to keep cool in a b~argin-counter
rush.-Town and Country.
Two months ago he was worth a ma
Aon.' In rain checks or street-car
transfers." NO. in stocks" Same
thing."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Aabel-"How we'll Miss Elderley car
rles her age! doesn't she?" Daisy
But she must be so accustomed to it
oy NoW. -Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin.
Gabriel-''Doesn't tina New Yorker
IND it homelike here?" st. Peter-"No.
he says he can't get used. to the golden
streets not being torn up."-Brooklyn
Life.
Elm Peeler-"What's the biggest sight
you've seen at the centennial?" Haw
Eater-"Bgosh, 1 saw 'em crowd a hun-
dred ar sixty people in a street car
last night!"-Chicago Tribune.
from the evidence it appears that a
plenty Of people saw both Gonzales and
skinner killed, but as neither Of the
Killers deny it, such evidence seems
northumberland Reflector
Il have only two difficulties to over
come in connection with my hyi-.g ma
chine" said the inventor. What are
they? Getting it into the air and
making It stay w
Star.
Victim-"Yes, sir, I'm nigh onto eigh-
ty-four years old, by hen, an I've
smoked an drank all my life" Stran-
My poor fellow, il you'd
V used stimulants and tobacco you'd
be twice as old, sirI"-Chicago Daily
News.
He-"We had best elope about . a.
m. l will bring nay auto 20 thH~next
corner, and She-"Oh, couldn't you
make il a little earlier, dear-pa and
ma do so want to see us off, and l
don't like to keep them up so la.e!"-
Puck.
The News and Observer may not have
known where trouble was to break out
next, nor have had j man there, but it
was in luck in having the friendship
of Dewey sufficiently for him to Civ It
preference in his letter to the public
Monroe Journal.
If We may believe the director of he
Canadian Geological, survey, one-third
Of canada has not yet been explored.
The total area of the Dominion is 3,45O,-
600 square miles, and Of these. 1.25O. 900
are reported to be practically unknown.
Only about 300,0 900 square miles of the
UNEMPLOYED territory are within the Arc
tic regions. United States Consul Sey-
fort. at STAFFORD, declares that this I'm
developed portion of the British North
American domain contains some of the
finest mines and forests in the world
and is a magnificent. field for explora-
tion.-Norfolk Landmark.
An amusing incident which occurred
at Hickory, where the. Crusaders have
been holding nightly meetings, is told
by an exchange. A certain official from
an adjoining county was in attendance
at the meeting, when one of the CRU
Sader approached him and laying his
hand on the visitors shoulder. asked:
My friend are YOU a Christian2'
mo. sir came the prompt response
Il am the deputy sheriff of Caswel
county."-Exchange.
The marriage bureaus in operation IL
the ChoctaW nation are doing a big
business. There are many ChoctaW
women included in the land grants
soon to be made, and each of them viii
also get about 81, 500 in cash. This has
proved attractive to many white meI
and there is an active demand 10
ChOctaW brides, which gives the mar
riage brokers a chance. They charge
from $50. UP for a. bride, to be paid az
soon as the ceremoney is performed
the price depending entirely on The
groom's ambition for i squaw and Ght
amount of ready cash h brings him
The Indian department is we'll aware
of the traffic that Isl going IN, but doe:
not seem able to stop it or willing t.
interfere. Many of the squaWs are per.
fectly willing to take a white husoand
and it is eve said hat some of then
hunt up the marriage brokers with de
tails and a fat fee.-Denison (Texas.
Dispatch.