The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-28
HERE AND THERE.

Il have something to tell you before
story" she hastily asked. NO. it is
a very short one Then l think you
will just have time" she sweetly said.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gushing Young Woman (to famous
actor)-Oh, do you know. Mr.. STAR
leigh, I'm simply mad to go on the
stage. Famous Actor-Yes. l should
think you would be. my lear young
lady.-Punch.
Manager-I think, Mr.. Grooves.
that there is q future for you if you
will only live up to your own good
judgment. Mr.Grooves-I hope to DO
better than that I am going to try to
live up to my press notices.-Boston
Transcript.
Society" said the maker Of pallid
epigramS, SIS a polite board of trade.
where people meet for the exchange of
ideas" 1--WE been unfortunate an
swered Miss CAYENNE. 81 never yet
got into N of those deals that l didn't
come away feelin- that 10 been cheat
ed. "-Washington Star.
They are still working on the mos
quito. Some scientists say that the
high G note will kill them. and the
thing is actually illustrated in the pa
PSiS- Oo''lt Il SlioIt ~ lllCll SletID
SHOULD rejoice yer the fact that they
will be immune; n those who are
kept awake by the bass sound car have
the satisfaction of knowing that the
Snorer is keeping 0ff MOSQUITOES or kill
ing them. At last the snore has found
its useS.-Durham Sun.
Mrs. Owen Jones Wister. the great
grandmother Of Pierce Butler, signer
of the constitution of the United States
~ r,o @~o C~,+L .~~-@
lima" says the News and Courier. has
made application to the vestry Of st.
Michaels church to place a tablet to
his memory in that church." Isn't
there some mistake about the relation
ship as cited? Mrs. Wister is too
youthful looking a woman to have been
the great grandmother of Pierce But
Ter, who died eighty-one years ago
Charleston Post.
The statistics show that the number
Of automobiles in use in the United
States is about 81, 900 and is increasing
at the rate of 1900 to 1900 per month.
A new machine, designed for agricul-
tura1 service. is q car with a strong
single cylinder engine of about 12-horSe
power. which can be used efficiently for
many OF h purposes of the farm.
where power and tractive forces are
required. 1t will haul a double fur
row plough twice as fast as -four horses
and does not give out from fatigue
at the end Of five or six hours. 1t ear
be used for hauling heavy loads along
the highway or to drive q treshing
machine. and is, in short, a very COM
plete combination of portable and trac
ton engine.-NewS and Courier.
John B. Behee, who died at Wilkes
barre, Pa, a few days go had the dis
tinction of being the only absolutely
hairless mar IN the state. On neither
head o body was there a single
strand. In his youth Behee was adorn-
ed with az thick thatch Of hair, like
most other barefoot bo~e out follow
ing a sever illness every hair fell out
and none ever came back. His case
out why ne was bald. A few years
ago a single hair appeared - Behee's
head. He was very proud of it. and
nursed it with greatest care. In a spir-
1T of fun one day some friends robbed
him of his one hair. and it was thought
that he would lie OF grief, so badly
did he feel over it. In the absence
of hair Behee's scalp became very
hard, and he could go OF bareheaded
on the coolest days without contracting
cold.-Savannah News.
Adult mosquitoes, according to L. O.
Howard, of the department of agricul-
ture. says the American inventor, live
Indefinitely n they may bite an in
definite number of times. While their
ing and egg layin~ they break up the
monotony Of life bv humming and
singing. A mosquito has been known
| to drink water but never when she
can get blood. When female mosqui-
toes cannot taste the blood Of a warm
bodied amin hey insert their beaks
into juicy plants or ripe fruits. Bana-
has are a favorite article of diet with
mosquitoes. They also attack other in
| sects and bite birds. The male mosqui-
to has not mouth parts adapted to
| blood sucking. It sips water. molasses
and beer or ~~". Only the female
mosquito bites animals and sucks
| blood. 1t sometimes injects a poison
| that causeS irritation.
An old colored man in Rocky Mount
has rendered his resignation as a driV-
er. He has had warning. he said, that
he deemed sufficient for any man to
quit. He was driving a pair of mules
Sunday morning, the wagon loaded
with ice. He lost his balance and fell
out of the wagon. striking on his
shoulders. He said if he hadn't thrown
out his arms his neck would have been
broken. He ESCAPED with a few bruises.
n says he will work no more for n
man on Sunday. He was telling of his
narrow escape to a crowd of listeners
In front OF a saloon Monday, ana ne
became SO excited over his story that
he looked whitening contempt upon
one of his friends who interrupted him
with the invitation to take a drink. He
didn't even ren'-- but turned to the
crowd and continued his story. The
man who gave the invitation looked at
hin in amazement, and then said to a
spectator: DE old man sho' done lost
his senses. Dat is de fust time 1 eb-
Der see him fuse a drink."-Rocky
Mount Motor.