The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-25
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE N THERE.

Her Sympathy-"Whats the mat.
ter she asked. Nothing" replied
the departing caller. severely, except
that Your dog has bitten me-" OH
she exclaimed. Poor Ffdo."-Chica.
go Evening Post.
Colombia has offered nine amend.
ments to the Panama canal treaty. II
uncle Sam offers one, it will probably
De to move the ditch over to Nicaragua
n allow Colombia to stew in her own
| juice.-Wilson Times.
Peckem-''so young Wilkins IS to b.
married next week, is he?" Enpeck-
Yes, I'm sorry to say he is" Peckem
why are you sorry?' Enpeck-"Be-
he's a good fellow Woo never
harmed any ene."-Chicago Daily
News.
The relations OF 4 lady who had died,
leaving a legacy 80 a favorite donkey
in order to secure its comfort, recent
ly came into court and asked for a de-
cislon as to who vas to enjoy the
legacy after the don!Sey's decease. The
next of kim" was the judges verdict"
Punch.
suing for a divorce on the ground that
her husband cOmpels her to manufac-
ture her underclothing from -four
sacks And this is being done in the
nigh tide of prosperity, as the repub-
leans tell US. 1t is too bad We can
hardly believe it.-EXcaange.
Say" whispered the stranger in
church, what's this collection for?''
This Offering" replied the ran with
the collection plate, is for foreign
missions." That's all right then"
said the stranger, producing d dollar.
L was soin to say if it's fur the choir
it amt worth it.'-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Sdbbubs-"Henry, Bridget broke
three of our very best plates today"
Mr.. Subbubs-"Heavens. Could any
thing possibly be worse!" Mrs Sub
bubs-'Sh! it isn't as bad as il might
be. She Immediately hid the pieces,
and if We can only look pleasant and
pretend We know nothing about it, I
think she'll stay.'-Philadeiphia Press.
The hospitals for naval vessels: are
pretty we'll filled already. and still the
cripples come limping in. However,
the president says a little paint
scratched off now and then doesn't
make any difference; and If incident
ally a few plates are stove in 2at
doesn't make any difference, either
Savannah News
Ordinarily, it rs said, the Honorable
Marcus Aurelius Hanna. would have
found it a diffi2ult thing to get into
Newport society. But this year times
were too shaky IN Wall street Cor there
TO be any snuJoing of a man of e
many millions n as much Influence
as the junior senator from Chic. go
Senator Hanna suddenly reached the
Harry Leh class without even max
ing a monkey OF himself.-CharlOtte
News
Our airShipS having attained an I'M
usual altitude, VIZ are 10Th Interested
and entertained Gy the strange sound
floating to US from the circumambient
ether. Il SAYS one of the
passengers, who has all along bored
us by his attempt at being witty, Il
presume that faint d~ing-donging we
hear is from the gongs of the milk
wagons hurrying down TIE milky
way" mo" says the captain rather
gruf11y. That's Saturn's rings
Judge.
Will President Roosevelt please OBJ
serve that his GAmagogic p~Cstufate-
that the mob seems to lay most
weight, not on the crime, but on. the
color of the criminal" does not. hold
good in the south, as witness the lynch
ing together of two assault fiends, one
White, the other black, in CoIquitt
county, Georgia. Thursday, last. But
doubtless, the president had h many
recent northern mons in mind when ne
wrote thus to Governor Durbin, of
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
Rafferty," said MI. Dolan, ARE. yez
payin' attintion till the Trusts?" Il
am that" D yeZ think they're goin'
to swallow UP the country?" Il a
me suspicious. But I've been l0okin'
at the map. There's w~atarmelons in
Georgia. an peacEsss in New Jersey,
an California pears on the Pacific
Coast, not to mintion the mineral pro-
ducts, such as coal. iron, copper; Leaf
an prairie dogs. An I've concluded
that any wan Trust that tries to swal-
low the intire Outnt is in line fur wan
o the biggest attacks iv indigestion
on record.''-Washington Star.