The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-06-09
HERE AND THERE.

] Miss Splash-"Oh, isn't he a dear
l Mr.. Dash-"Well he always struck ma
as more or less of a goat. t.''-Harvard
| Lampoon.
| 'Smithers always buys his cigars by
l the box, he says" ''Humph. l thought
! he bought them by the bale "-C.ncin-
natl Commercial-Tribune.
| Jones-''This talk about Friday be
| ing unlucky is all nonsense My wife
| accepted me on a Friday Smith
But how about your wife ?"-Judge.
If the Charlotte Observer keeps on
| throwing off on the saloon we snail
take pleasure in nominating It for
membership in the state ant;-saiOon
| Ieague.-Charlotte News.
Tess-"I don't know why she should
be So proud just because she's got an
automobile Jess-t'O it's natural
enough. Pride always goes before a
fall, you know. ow.'-Philadelphia Press.
London Whitechapel is over
that way, sir, but it's a dangerous
neighbOrhOod." Personally Conducted
Tourist-"Oh, I amt Altered. Why
bless your soul, I've been through CHI
cagO.'-Puck.
ICIIiNS ll4t pllDiIC IlllSl NAV = Ille iltJi-cS
Of persons responsible for the utter
ances of newspapers, why should it not
have also the names of persons respon-
Sible for the actions of governOrS-SIch
as. for instance the appointing of a
judge or the signing of a bill?-Phil-
adelphia North American.
You say you are going to the city
for rest and quiet?'' Yes" answered
the rural Kentucky belle. "FatherS
just got four gallons of moonshinc
liquoc and is publishing his Winchester.
and mother and l have decided that We
want TO go to some lonesome far away
place like Chicago or New York
Washington Star.
Times amt what they used to be-.
said Farmer Corntossel. In the days
gone by it used to be a disgrace to
be arrested" Isn't it now?" Il dun
no. Pears to me like it's the only way
to get your name in the paper along
with the millionaires that own fast
nosses and big automobiles. .'-Wash-
.ngtOn Star.
Your financial rating is satiSfac-
tory. said Mrs. DeSwim TO the appli-
can for her daughters hand in matr-
m5ny. but I'm not So sure as tc your
lineage" On. I've got a lineage from
WY back" rejOined the young man.
I've had father and mother, two
sets of grandparents four sets ot great
grandparents, eight sets Of -'-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Assessing and listing property for
I taxation is now on; and prOperty-real
and personals worth less TO day in
North Carolina than it has been in
year 1t always shrinkS nightly dur
ing the month of June. People who
~, III l.:
worlds goods are found to By very
poor when the tax books are examine ed.
-StatesVille Landmark.
Senator CulbersOn, of Texas, with MS
customary shyness about committing
himself on any political question, re-
fuses to express any preference or any
opinion about presidential candidates.
| but the Houston Post says he is known
| to strongly favor the nomination of
Mr.. German. The Texas senator thinks
| democrats ought to profit by republican
| dissensions in New York, and carry the
| state.-Washington Post.
'Exquislte! Delicious What fra
! granCer The perfumer had put a few
drops Of a new perfume on nadame's
kerchief, and she was expressing her
| delight. From Arabia, I am sure,
she murmured, drinking in the sweet
| ness. Not at all he answered
| Made right here in my shop In
! deed. What flowers did you make such
| an extract frOm?' None. We mod
| ern chemists do not know one flower
from another. We only know chani-
Gals and Odors. If the source from
which this extraordinary perfur!e IS
produced We're placed or your kerchie
it would be so offensive as 70 sicker
you. The most fragrant perfumes o.
the day are derived from very fOu
substances and odOrs. Similar smell:
| are produced from very dissimilar sub
| stances. We can make altar OF rose
| from gas tar as we'll as from roses
| New York Press.
| \ few years ago a citizen OF this com
| munity whose ambition had been *
| cited by the fact that in his capacit.
as Il petty officer, he had arrested sev
| eral malefactors, announced his Dur
| pose tU become a detective: upon hear
ing which one of his admlrfng fellow
citizens gave out the opinion shat h
| couldn't find the clown in a circus
| The Observer has for some years heit
| an opinion that a bloodhound couldr'
| find anybody at all: but if a publca
ton in The ASheHille Evening New
: is to be credited we owe that noble ami
, NAL an apology. AS the story runs
| deputy marshal a few days ago cam
into ASheville with moOnshincr from
| Madison county, who, as he neare'
| "Buncombes bastile." took to his Eeel
| and made for the mountain, the office
after him. The escape, coupled wit
| the cries of the officer, created COnsid
| cradle commotion in the vicinity al: tn
, Jail and with a view to effecting e
| capture of the prisoner. Sheriff Read
blOOdhOunds We're brought into requi
| ton. To make long story short. the
/ chased the deputy marshal up q tie
and held him there until Sheriff Rea
: | arrived and called them off. In tn
! | meantime the ''prisoner was Ournin
: | the wind and when last heard from wa
| still making tracks toward Madison
| Score another one for the noble blood
! thOunds.-Charlotte Observer.
Kodol Gives Strength.