The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-16
HERE AND L

w S4AoNAN AAC ~ 49,
News and observer found out that the
dark horse in thu senatorial race
wears d goatee.-ireensboro Tee
gram.
Mae-Cholly is awfully proud OF hs
family tre-. Ethel-I'm quite WI
ing % bel We that his ancestors ! we'd
n trees. but | don't Sc why h should
e proud of it.-Judge.
Clara-Whats the difference between
: pessimist and an OptImIst? Clarence
On. ii p-ssiIn.st thinks p5op.e who
owe him won I pay him: and an o.'t--
II ist believes they wilI.-Detroit Free
Press.
a newspaper man went all the way
% Raleigh to inform the legislature
that he would not ACCEPT a JOB to
which ne had been appointed. II must
not have been the one he was after
Durham Herald.
Your Majesty" remarked the Imp.
ealuting. Well. what is it, asked
his Satanic 3 sdness. The new con-
Signmcnt Of paving blocks has arrived
from earth. Where shall we put them"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
\ Chicago man reports that by run
ring a wire up 200 miles into space we
AN get a l.nitIess su ply of fuel and
% away with coal n wood. Don
brow away the old cook stove, how
YER. until we get further Details
Charlotte News.
DO you subscribe to the theory
hat peoples characters are made by
what they eat?" NO" answered the
chemist: but JUDGING from the al
-ertisements / should say that in many
-ases tn ir regulations are mad. by
he medicines they ake."-Washington
star
For the first time in its history The
Inited States government is issu ng a
.OStage stamp with Il woman's por-
raft. This - the new eigh. cent
lamp placed on sale at the postofiCas
1t has the likeness of Martha Wish
.ngton. Stamp collectors are enthusi-
astic over it.-Winston Sentlnel.
I am glad to note" said the friend.
that gambling i a vice that has no
rmptatiOn for you" None whatnv-
r" answered Senator SORGHUM. Il
Tn unable to find any excuse for a
mans risking his money when there
r. so many SURE thin%s lying around
r0gg.ng for Observation-Disclosures
star.
The court of appeals in st Louis has
Just rend red a decision holding that
he master plumbers association has
10 right to refuse to sell to a nom
Mon plumber the supplies necessary
or his business. and that the boycott
established against him is an ILLEGAL
Onspiracy in restraint of trade.-Sa-
yannah News.
\ great-grand-sOn Of the late Will
liam RadfOrd, who lives near Lynch
5urg. has. it is reported, several arti-
les Of furniture which belonged to
Thomas jefferson and wore IN his
Tome in Bedford county. They were
riven to Mr.. Radford by Mr.. Jaffar-
on himself when he r~elinculsned his
Bedford place. OF chief intrinsic val
lie are n solid mahogany bookcase and
4 candle-stick. These are said to be
Tor sale o Richmond Times.
\ setter doe in Richmond saved a
Jig cOnfiagration the other morning.
\ drum in an upper room became SC
lot from the stove underneath that
the floor was ignited. The dog had
~One in the room to get warm. When
me floor got afire the dog tried to put
4 out by rakinS it with her toes. Find
ng that ii WAS gaining on her she set
M a howl and bark that woke the ma
ives and when they entered the DON
he dog was still fighting the blaze
nd was badly burned. The fire was
ttl Iul Out. bul IIiu II Sol Al Sldll !
- said, il would have urned at least
4 block. All dogs have more sans'
than they are credited with.-Greans.
: IOro Record.
One of the most interesting report:
that has been submitted to the preseT
s-ssiOn of congress IS the report o
. Dr Mcdonald on the subject of suicide
insanity. illiteracy and other forms .
:, ~degeneracy. He is one of the official
l Of the board of education. and has tn
:erUtatiOn of high professional eff
; cheney. The report states that il
toasted enlightened New England
> where each child receives IN aVerag
of six years's schooling. the averag
IF illiteracy is 6 per cent, the rati
; # crime. insanity. nervous disorders
&c. is far greater than in the sout
f atlantic states. whore the aVera2
term Of schooling is less than thre
years. ard the average of illiteracy
+ nearly three times greater ~.
New England states But the mos
O significant of all is. New England ha
i t25 Juvenile criminals to every milliO
a If its inhabitants. While the sOuther
states have only 126.