The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-03
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

"Brain-worker. is he?' oh. no. He
writes words for popular songs
Judge.
The son of the self-made man gem
orally begins at the top and works
downward.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Some of the main squeezes at the
postoffce department are looking for
soft places to light. Teddy is liable TO
blow up the magazine at any time
Williamson Enterprise.
Reporter Gin the Mastadonastoria)-
is 1t true, Mr.. Goldwaller, that you
nave bought this hotel?" Innumera-
bllllOnaire-"No. sir! 1t is not necesSa-
ry; l can afford to be a guest ."-Puck.
The secretary Of agriculture declares
he has discovered a combination of
nutritious grasses which will grow in
the ard region. Meanwhile the secreta-
ry OF the interior is busy trying to
obllterate the arid regiOn-by irriga-
tion.-Durham Sun.
Mrs. Nagguss-"What an odd. inter-
estlng piece of furniture, 1t looks like
an antique. Is il a chiffonier or a book
case?' Mrs BOrus wife of struggling
author)-'Neither. It's my husbands
writing desk. He calls it his bureau of
publicity. '-ChicagG Tribune.
We have heard a quotation from a
sermon by the earnest cOlored preacher
about like this: My Bredren, dis thing
you call conscience am a curious thing.
You may trample it ander your feet,
you may eben kill 1t, but .lemnIe tell
you, it's sho gwine to holler. 'Murder!.' "
Exchange.
May-"He's awfully nervy. H tried
his best to find out how old 1 am" Fay
Yes, he admitted that to me-" Nay
And lust for fun I told him I was
t%hirty-four. Did he tell you that?" Fay
NO. but he did say YOU We're the
most truthful girl he had ever met
Philadelphia Press.
The New Generation.-He-"Yes. I
suppose it was awfully good Of the
Governor to leave me this place. but
j don't care for it. He was too practi-
cal a man to have really good taste"
She-"StlI YOU ought to be glad to have
q place like this to rest in after your
father's labors."-Brooklyn Life.
An amusing story is told of an Did
farmer OF SpOtSylvanla couyty, Va,
says a WaWshington newspaper writ
er, when he saw that General Lee was
arranging his troops near the farm
house preparatory to a battle. The good
planter, whose Wife's nervous system
was upset by the exciting news, waited
upon General Lee and respectfully but
firmly remarked: You must move
your battle off the tarm-Betsy IS narv-
oLs.-Durflarn Sun.
To the Editor of The Chronicles:
The Presbyterian, Methodlsts
BaptiSrS of Charlotte have what they
want. If they want a mayor, they NOM
mate and elect him: if they want a
church. they build it: if they want a
graded school, they build it; il they
| want water-works. they nave them; if
they want electric lights. they have
them; IL they want to disfranchise the
negro, they do it; if they want saloons,
they elect aldermen whom they know
will grant license. The have just what
they want. They prove it by their
works; and if they continue in the fu-
ture as they have IN the past, they will
get hell. L care not how many churches
they build.-R. H. Morse in Charlotte
! Chronicle
Miss Dion Mrs. Snobson, l was
just coming ovef to tell you we are get
ting I'D a lass for learning wood carv
send your daughter" Mrs. Snobsor
(who is rather deaf)-"Good carving
| thing not. Such an accomplishment
would be quite s%uperfluous for my
! daughter. Our butler ALWAYS does thai
kind of thing, don't you LtoW!"-
Punch.
The Norfolk Landmark says: Ser
Was national song begins Significantly
with these bur lines:
"Servia. peaceful land of lowers,
Home of vines and leafy bowers.
Thou. the Danube's gentle daughter,
Rise. prepare for slaughter"