The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-08-28
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

HILL hUO IHknk.
Doctor" said the sweet young thing.
i've been told that eating cucumbers
will remove freckles" so l. will un-
Ter one condition" replied Dr. Gruff
And what is that?" That the freckles
are on the cucumbers''- ''-Philadelph
Press.
The beauty Of this great and glori-
ous republic" said the native. proudly
rs that any boy born here may be-
come president" "Fawncy!" exclaim-
| ei the Britisher Il was under the i'm
PRESTON that the president had to be
at least forty years of age. don't y
krow.'-Philadelphi Press.
The loss in steel trust values of COM
| mon stock has been estimated al about
SS60OO,O0O, and in preferred at about
! SS1 100000. The entire loss IN Morgan
stocks of all kinds is placed at more
than S300,000,O0O. No doubt a good deal
OF water was pressed out, but then
somebody must pay the cost.-Exchange
The man who had made million
, rather suddenly was not altogether
happy. 1T seems TO me-" he unused,
uneasily, when man gets rich quick
there should be some kind of SANTA
rum where he could go until he ac-
, quired the taste of olives ard learned
how to pronounce chauffeur correctly"
Chicago Daily News.
The work of double tracking the
r chmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railway from this city to Wash
ington is being pushed with all pos
IL -,
10 Ashland have been completed and
are in active use daily and stretch
twenty miles this side of Ruther Glen
is about ready for rails, and the work
OF laying the rails will begin in a short
time. 1t will cost s4O0O.-Richmond
News.
= convict on the changing found a
leather purse three feet under the
ground, while digging in the Morgan
Mill road about six miles east of here
last Monday. A one cent piece was in
the purse but On ths rotten leather
were prints into which a five dollar
sold piece and a dime exactly fitted.
The convict did not see the purse until
he had thrown it on a wheelbarroW. He
has not quit thinking about that pos
sible five dollars and ten caLts.-Mun-
roe Enquirer.
\ certain cornchandIer of London
h&G just engaged an assistant who
ha:.ed from a little village near Leeds.
This youth was remarkably green"
and apparently it had been impressed
upon him by his friends in the village
thar the sharp London people would
Try and take rises out Of him. A GUS
toner entered the shop, and when the
youth appeared said L want some
bIrd seeds It's nOa use,
: lao, tha kno's," answered the verdant
one knowingly; that cannot hev me.
| RiEds groas from eggs, not seed!''-
Chicago Record-Herald.
The announcement comes, from Ger
many that a Frenchman, Edward MOI
lard, has reported to the state depart
ment the discovery of another metal
The new metal IS called selium and is
botf. lighter and stronger than alumni
mum. It's hardness is not quite eQua
70: iron, but is greater than zinc, anC
its power of resistance ranks between
iTGn and steel. The greatest advant-
age of the new metal is its cost Of pro-
duction, which is only about one-tWen'
t;eth that of aluminium. Selium doe:
hoe corrode and is capable OF a very
high polish. The former quality is al
important requisite in ship building
while the latter makes the new meta
exceptionally suited for cooking uten
sI!H.-BrooklEn Eagle.
There was a rumor here that Presi
dent Roosevelt is greatly incensed be
cause his daughter, Alice, danced tn
cotiilon at Mrs. Astor's ball with Nj
Harry Lehr. 1t was impossible t
verify the rumOr here, and several o
I those who were at the hall, whel
asked about the rumor, said that the.
did not believe that there was anything
III it Since Mr.. Lehr has been in so
: ciety he has danced With every debu
tantd and woman who ever entere
) tie exclusive set, and the majority o
! them have. counted it. an honor to dane
. w:th him. Miss Roosevelt. according t
a we'll known cottager who was pres
: enI at the ball, greatly enjoyed leadin
the cotillion with Mr.. Lehr, and though
he was & decidedly interesting partner
: butt nevertheless, there is the rumol
. and people are asking, rs it so?"-
Newport correspondent Philadelphi
Press.
Ability to quote scripture accuratel
IS the best armCr a public speaker ca
; put or. In the discussion an lynchin
at the Chataun1a Mr.. John Tempt
: Graves rather got the pest Of D
: Buckley. the roted Methodist editc
, and debater. The preacher was speak
: ing for giving equal treatoaent in eve-
way to the negro and, to enforce h
= position. quoted these words: Go
: hath made IF one blood all the 2E
tons OF the earth" That seemed
: | settler for Mr.. Graves, 1ho holds th.
: there is a world of difference betwet
- the white man and the negro. Whe
h. came TO reply he scored a point
! declaring that the preacher was guilt
:, Of "splicing the scripture to make
: point" and he told rhe people that I
i Buckley had left off these materi
- wCIds IL his quotation: and hath 5
-, the metes and bounds Of their habit
- ton" IndSmuch as Mr. Graves .