The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-24
HERE And THERE.

Belle-"How did Percy come to lose
his money!" Helen-"Oh, he simply
had it."-Judge.
Picture Dealer-'The artist died be-
fore he was thirty" Mrs. G~reenback--
Why. I thought you said he was on
old master.'-Chiago Daily News.
Mr.. Bryan is reported to have said
that in his coming trip TO Europe he
Will travel incognito. Wouldn't il be
advisable TO do the same in this coun-
try?-Charleston Post.
Mr.. Reed-"Which do you prefer,
Dickens or Thackeray?" Miss Green
L really couldn't say; l never met
| either of the Observation-Disclosures
| Evening Bulletin.
| SteNa-'So she married him TO reform
him? How did she Begin" Beila-''By
| spending a lot of n You know
how hard il is for a rich man to enter
the kingdom of heaven.'-Harper's
| Bazaar.
Some men, said Uncle Eben, dat
wouldn' dare nail a single on a roof,
| cause dey ain learnt to be carpenters.
magines dey kin step in an run de hull
| guvment without a days experienced"
Washington Star.
Mrs. Gabbie-"Mrs. Upton has two
| servants in her house now, 1 under
stand Mrs. Hiram Offen-"Thats
nothing We invariably have two IN
house; one going n the other
| comine Philadelphia Press.
Have they changed much since they
| inherited all that money!" Yes, in
| deed. Why. they have three names
hy~phenated now, and they've changed
the spelling of their daughters name
from Mamie to Mayme."-Chicago
Evening Post.
1t is rather remarkable that the hero
of a recent o dies in the middle Of
the book. But it is an indication that
authors are becoming more considerate
of the feelings of their readers in
ending the agony early in the game
| Atlanta Constitution.
Il belief thai policeman is leading an
| upright life It's encouraging 20
think there are such men on the force"
Yes. He sleeps so much on his feet
that it doesn't seem as if he could posi-
bly, want TO ever lie down to rest
| Chicago Record-Herald.
And how asked the Jersey Skeeter,
lis the drill team getting along with
that artesian Well?" 90. X" said the
superintendent of mosquito operations
The boys have been drilling into that
dudes skull for half an hour and al
most struck water ."-Baltimore New
Mr.. Robert Alexander, of Jersey City
Who is visiting Mr.. 7. F. Mccarthy,
says that Devlin, third baseman for
Newark in Eastern League, is n o.
the stars of the league. Mr.. Alaxande-
says hat Dew goes after everything
that comes his way. and his batting is
, faotrra -Nou- Porn Journal
S o bought your husband a stop
watch?" Yes" answered young Mrs.
Torkins. How did it work?" Pc
fectly lovely" was the answer. Char
ley took it to the races with him. and
he says that every horse he was inter-
ested in stopped before it got into the
home NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
At the end of a trial this morning be-
fore a justice the prosecutor also
threatened the defendant with u peace
warrant and the other not being famil.
lar with legal terms and failing tc
comprehend told the prosecutor that
he need not get q piece of warrant
out against him, that he could get the
whole blank thing if he wanted to, he
didn't care.-kinSton Free Press.
Those little postage stamp books
which Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden devised three years
ago have so far Melted the government
a clear profit of nearly 5000. 900. The
department only gets a cent for the
books, aside from the twelve stamps Ii
it, and the cost is One-third of a cent
1t takes a lot of them to make a profit
of 100000, and that sum proves the
popularity of the Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The editor of the Reidsville Review
is taking himself very seriously in the
fight which his paper is making against
the dispensary in Reidsville. Yester.
day he got so wrought up over an edi.
torial which DR.. Mckelway Of the
Charlotte News wrote about him tina,
he wired the News to MAXI a cOrrec.
ton. An editorial pointed enough t.
make a man send kilograms about il
is something new in the newspaper
World.-Greensboro Telegram.
Cardinol Gibbons is daily expected tc
arrive in Rome. This will be the first
time when an American Cardinal has
participated in the election of a pope
1t is stated that Cardinal Gibbons viii
demand that the United States shall
no longer be regarded as a province o.
the Catholic church, with a single Car
dinal, but will insist upon a proportion
ate number of cardinals with Spain
If this demand should be successful
it is said this country would have
twelve instead of one. 1t would be for
tunate if Cardinal Gibbons could sue
coed the pope, but this Will hardly hap
pen. Cardinal Gibbons is highly re-
spected by the American people gener-
ally. INC he would have no trouble ir
perpetuating the wise policy inaugu.
rated by Pope Leo toward the United
States.-Raleigh Times.