The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23

lSdt-lcI- COlllIIy, yOu VIC DcSI iSLt-
ing. Johnny-1eS m; Jimmie Brown
said his teacher was prettier han you,
an l licked him till he took It back.-
Pick Me-Up.
In 1902 We raised more than a billion
dollars worth of corn, nearly one half
of a billion dollars worth of wheat.
and S1o5, 00J, 600 worth OF potatoes. In
fact, all our crops were good, but we
did not raise enough Coal.-DurhaIn
Sun.
ROurke Cochran sailed for Europe a
little while ago With $500, 600, which he
got from the American Tobacco Com
pany in his suit. 1t is said that Rich
ard Croker is jealous of the amazing
financial success Of Cockran.-New
York Press.
Il have broken the record wrote
home the student from college. j
don't care a hang il o did," scrawled
back the father, but if the record you
broke is very expensive you'll hev to
work an pay fer the n4cl: lin O. il
yourself!"-Baltimore Herald.
Mrs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., we must re-
ally make some move to get into high
society! Now, how are We going to do
it? Mr.. observation-disclosures if l
know, Jane-but I'm going TO put tina
question to the butler just as soon as
L can catch him with a confidential jag
on,-Puck.
When is an actor not an actor"
asked the fluffy haired typewriter
boarder. who a been extracting in
formation from an alleged comic al
manac. About mir times out of
ten," growled the bald-headed man at
the foot Of the table, who has a mania
for attending cheap shows.-Chicago
News.
How do your people here stand on
the question Of internal improve.
ments?" asked the congressman who
was around feeling the pulse Of his
constituents. "Well,'' replied the in
tiuential grocer OF the village, scratch
ing his chin, L guess they're in favor
of EN-. Pm sellin' more of these new
kinds Cf breakfas' food this year thar
| ever did before -Chicdgo Tribune
Here is the evidence submitted by
an Illinois woma claiming q pension:
AS l married three soldiers, [ don't
see how you car git u of holding that
l am the widow of at least one of
them. l done my duty to one and all
OF them, and l laid them out side by
side, as you a see by visiting the
cemetery at Oak Hill, where they lay
at rest under their names and dates"
Exchange.
The angry father kicks the young
man from the front steps. Sir" says
the young man, picking himself up,
Il would like to call your attention to
the goods handled by my t,n,-a. We
make the best line of soft-ru ncr soles
and heels that you can inc any
where" Father goes bac': into the
L hOIuC ~ hf,,~ I;- @l;~
whether. after all. he has not made a
mistake in refusing to welcome so
great a business genius into his fami-
lv.-Judge.
The Right Rev. Randall Thomas Da-
wilson, bishop of Winchester, has been
appointed archbishop of Canterbury to
succeed the late Archbishop Frederick
Temple. He was born in Scotland in
lS4S, but took his degree at Oxford,
and has been for years clerk of closet
to the queen. He was instrumental in
securing the Lambeth conference and
was secretary of the conference. The
new archbishop is a man of force, and
has taken a prominent part in the ad-
~vancenent of the church in all direc-
tions.-Columbia State.
There lived in Kansas City a woman
who had four children; two sons AND
tWo daughters. Her daughters staid
with her, and o care of her, and
comforted her when one Of her sons
Bud Taylor, was convicted of KILLING
his sweetheart in the street. and sen.
fenced to be hung. But the mother
died, and her will leaves all of her
property to her two sons Zone under
sentence of death) and cuts off the two
daughters How dea to a. mother are
her sons, and how far out in the colo
she sometimes pushes her girls, AM
why?-Atchison Globe.