The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE and THERE.

Mother-"1 hope that young nan new
er kisses you by surprise?" Daughter
No. mamma; he only thinks he does"
Judge.
the same cook.' Mrs. Urbanite-"YeS.
indeed. We have been with her nearly
six months now."-Chicago Daily News.
Didn't you have a pleasant voyage?'
he asked. "Oh, yes" replied Miss
Greatblood, except for the vulgar trade
winds We Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish avs that Mrs.
Roosevelt dresses on three hundre
dollars a year and looks it But h
Mr.. ~Stuyvesant Fish could never have
been president of the United States.-
Charlotte News.
You can't exactly git ter heaven in
a automobile" said Brother Dickey.
but. jedgin' by de way dey pitchin'
felix's over de hilltops, dew kin give you
a good start on de upward road!"-At-
lanta Constitution.
Jack proposed to me this morning.
Did o accept him." Yes" Then
your prophecy has come true?' What
prophecy ny last hight you SdlC
Jack was foolish enough to do any
thing!"-Brooklyn Life.
why do you call this a farewell con-
cert? You know the chances are that
this singer will return as usual Yes
but It gives the purchaser of a seat
such an admirable opportunity to say
farewell to his Observation-Disclosures
Star.
You haven't held public office very
long, have yOu?" asked the stranger
What makes you think SOP" returned
the new incumbent. L see you're
working just as though o expected
your salary to be cut off if you didn't
earn it."-Chicago Record-Hera1d.
They are trying to tease the cir
with the outrageous p~ofnpadour con,
corning her newest Young man
whats his politics?" they asked her
sort Of fusionist. isn't he?" No
h said NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pop
We We're taking a buggy ride when he
propOsed."-Chicago Tribune.
Now. my sister-in-law.' said the
stranger, has led more wOmen to be
come regular attendants at churcf
than You don't tell me-" ex
claimed the Rev. Mr.. Priestly. 81
she is an evangelist" NO but she.
the most fashionable milliner in own
philadelphia Press.
Lord Salisbury's funeral expense:
amounted TO seventy dollars. And We
the noble Lord was the finest type 0
the aristocrat. 1t would be well TO
those who would emulate his position
to cultivate the simplicity that wa:
his in life and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Standard.
a German professor has invented
process of silver plating dead bodie:
SO as to OnVer them into metali,
images of h individuals as they wer
when in life. Gold plate can be useC
if the relatives can afford it. But "a:
the expense of silver plating a body i
$4,000, there are probably few rela
tiveS who WOu deem themselves jus
titled in squandering the deceased!
estate on such a memorial. Photo
graphs are cheaper ana serve the pur
pose very well.-Exchange.
a demijohn Of whiskey and anothe
of gin, both of the best brands, hav'
been put in his tomb at Putnam, Conn.
by Phineas Ct. Wright, a wealthy ant
eccentric citizen. who is himself set
ing to all of his mortuary arrange
ments in advance of the ~sorrowfu
event. He has the liquor handy TO
those who may put him away. 1t will
be a Isl Of Have one on me, boys.
Beneath Il bust OF himself that Wrigh
has had erected is inscribed: Going
but can't tell where" With UGH al
admission. he would seem to be
rocky field for evangelical sowing
Savannah News.
According to the Quarterly industrial
Review of the TradeSman, for the thirt
quarter of this year. just closed. Norti
Carolina leads all the other southern
states in new industries started up. II
the thirteen southern states, incluGin;
West Virginia, the total of new indus
tries for the quarter is 1916. Of thes,
North Carolina is credited with 136
This includes 40 woodworking plants
- cotton and wooden mills, 10 telephon,
companies. I congresses and gins, Z de
VelOpment and improvement companies
o electric light and w plans. , mine
and QuarrieS. 4 tobacco factories. + iC
and cold storage plants. 4 iron workin,
plants, ) w~aterWorks. 1 oil and refinery
and Il miscellaneous enterprises-Ashe
vile Citizen.
The impression is quite common tina
minister's children turn out worse thai
Other peoples children. Were the mat
ter submitted to the average citizen h
would be apt thoughtlessly to say tina
ministers children were EXCEPTIONAL
bad. # is one of the instances wher
a fallacy secures vogue because of
repeated. while no serious effort /
made to contravert it. Several relig
ious papers are now e~ndeavOring t
show that it is an error. and a grea
one. While there will be little diff
Guilty in doing this. it is doubtful
popular faith will be shaken. Peopl
will continue to judge by what the
believe TO be their own eyesight. an
the preachers will still be the innOcen
victims. AS a rule ministers childre
| and the children of other people are o
Il par. Some are % and some ar
bad because it IS their nature so to b
If there is any difference it is in fave
of the ministers children. becaus