The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-12
HERE AND THERE.

The p~ostoffice department has all the
fragrance of a ripe chrysanthemum.-
Savannah Press.
In vino veritas" means that the
truth is liable to leak out of even an ex-
ceedingly tight ~man.-Puck.
Was she happily married?" Very.
Why, her rousseau alone cost over six
thousand dollars."-Judge.
"Cholly says he has invented a new
style drink, and it is named after him.
remarked Stager. 1t must be a soft
drink" said Rounder.-Chicago Tribune.
Edith-"I dreamed last night that l
was going 10 be married" Kitty-"Fun-
ny, what absurd things come to Us in
dreams, isn't it, dear?"-Boston Tran
[ script.
a little bird sat on a telegraph wire,
And said to his mates. Il declare,
If wireless biography comes into vogue.
Well all have TO sit on the air
London Fishing Gazette.
Why haven't you been attending
church Of late?" asked the parson.
Doctor forbid it." replied the delin-
quent party. He said l must give up
sleeping in the daytime. Chicago
Daily News.
Defective.-The Patron-"Your picture
isn't bad, but the drawings a bit off.
isn't it," The Artist->How's that?''
The Patron-"Why, the clock says ten
past ten, and the right time now is a
quarter to four."-Pick-Me-Up.
Daughter (pleadingly)-~I am sure
your Will like George. He is the most
conscientious young man 1 ever knew"
Father Ga business man)-~Then don't
you dare to marry him. You'll starve
to death!"-New York Weekly.
Since so many of the American pro-
fessors continue to follow sensational
methods We can understand why bal
loon and parachute men ard snake
charmers should be referred To as pro-
fessors.-Montgomery Advertiser.
kutten-"You'n excuse me, Old hap,
for not introducing you to my wife.
The fact is, you know, ~she's-she's so
Internally PARTICULAR Dryde-''In
everything but her choice of a husband.
perhaps. 1 see."-Chicago Tribune.
My little three-year-old cousin. while
her mother was trying to put her to
sleep, became interested in a peculiar
noise, and asked" replied her mother.
Well" remarked the little girl, he
ought 70 get himself oiled."-LittIe
Chronicle
If the postoffice department wcuiL de-
vote as much os its time and wind to
hunting down rascals as it does to de-
~ n11po ~ IN-@
fy against the r~ascals, it would create
T. much beLter impression on the people.
Memphis Appeal.
Lipton's shareholders gave Shamrock
Ill hearty cheers when she sailed FOR
America the other day. Two years ago
the same shareholders were roasting
Sir Thomas for giving SO nue. time
20 yatcht racing. They thought he-was
neglecting his business. Now they see
that the sport is a first rate adver-
tisement for the tea trade.-Savannah
News.
II am 80 glad" said Mrs. Oldcastle,
I tia there seems to be a promise of a
! real Shakesperean revival" rs there?"
asked Mrs. buckingham. It'll surely
be a good thing for this town. Eevi-
OLA III lOlS il Soou, even Il .cIS
Of the people that go orwar do back
slide afterward. 1 never knew before
that Shakespeare was u Methodist
Chicago Eecord-Herald.
There mist be a good proportion of
bright and studious children in the
| Philippine. choolS F. w. Nash, writ
ing from Manila to the E~ducatioEal Re-
view, says that perhaps the best illus
tratlOn Of the advancement made in
English education within the last two
nr three years is the fact that thOuS-
anus of Filipino students who Lad new
er heard 4 word of that tongue three
years ago are today able to receive in
1t in the common school
branches and to employ it freely in
their conversation. Two wars ago
there we're less than 200 native teachers
who could give any instructiC q in Eng
liSh; today there are mOree than 2,0Ge
actually teaching in this Ian ,uage and
daily putting in practice methods and
ideas learned in the American taught
normal schools and from American
Notwithstanding Gazette.
Ladies and Children Invited.