The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-29
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE N THERE,

Pa. what is a bigot?" "A bigot,
my son. is a person who doesn't think
as l do. and sticks to it.'-HarDer's
Bazaar.
4 notice that the Chicago News
says il might be a pleasure to be pres
ident. but Mark Hanna would rather
go about doing good" Yes. Who is
Good"'-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Street carnivals don't live up to
their posters" says a contemporary.
But the towns that had them general
ly live up to their promises to sin no
more.--Greenville Reflector.
The fact that Mr.. Schwab has been
reelected president of the Steel Trust.
with no dIminution of his m~illion-dol-
lar salary, is pretty satisfactory evil
dence that he is not much crazy
Durham Sun
Tammany Hall has invited Circuit
Attorney Folk, of St. Louis, to address
the society on the Fourth of July. The
Braves evidently regard as a curiosity
the man who refused to accept SIS. 900
when it was offered him.-Norfolk
Landmark.
Why don't YOU see a physic1an?"
NO, Stree" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. If 1 git cured, it's got to be
ny pdIltIll lleulclne. NODOuy SlES MS
picter in the paper fur bein' cured by
4 regular doctor. "-Washington Star.
According to the Boston Globe. il is
only tWenty-four years ago that two
South American tree shoots. set out IN
California by q Maine woman, bore
sixteen navel or seedless oranges. Yet
from the descendants of those two trees
California this year raised 5000, 600
boxes of fruit.
The Manila constabulary was rude
and oppressive toward T. Thomas For
tune. the AfrO-American colonization
iSt who is planning to make u Haiti of
the Philippines. 1t is said Fortune left
Manila with race riot expedition. An
other negro outrage. Let Secretary of
War Root lose no time in abolishing
the Philippine constabulary. Atlanta
Constitution.
Mosquitoes at Monclair, \. r., are
said to be bigger, fatter ana more
vicious this year than ever before with
In the knowledge Of the oldest inhabi-
tantS. Some of the wise mes are say
ing that the oil poured on the ponds
and stagnant pools is responsible for
the change for the worse: that the in
sects have actually thriven on it. in
stead of being killed.-Savannah News.
The town of White Pigeon, Mich,
III " ~ I'll "S Nll1opIS "S I'll
town in this country. Last yea it cost
the 800 inhabitants S 1,321 for expenses.
The health department spent $2.25s IN
addition to the health officers salary
of $50; the police department apprO-
priation was so cents; the fire depart
ment. $50. Two of the big items Of cY-
pense were s145 for ground mole b0LH-
ties and $126 for w~oodchuck scalps|-
Exchange.
South Tn pOliJ1n cto t0Sr7oop aCEni f
he would vote for an appropriation 81
$25, 900 for a state exhibit at ST. Louis.
said: ct am in favor Of such an eX-
hibit: think it very important. but :
believe 1t is of first Importance to save
our people from taxation" L believe.
in advertisement" says the merchant,
but my first rule is to refrain from
spending money." Result Of sUch
methods of business by state and mer-
chant: Dry rot and certain failure."-
Columbia State.
In the last issue of Harper's Weekly
is another article in which the editor
says that it was to be expected hat
the decision in the Alabama case
would be viewed with satisfaction in
the southern states, but that ''it is a
more significant and, to some extent.
a surprising fact, that the decision also
meets with a~rnrOVal at the north on
the part, not only of many non-parti-
san newspapers. but also of some re-
publican organs of undisputed author
ity and wide influence. '-RichmOnG
TimeS-DiSpatch.
The criminal folly Of many strikers
was shown yesterday in New York.
where Il, gang of Italian strikers gath
cred on the brink of the subway eX-
cavation in the heart of the city and
began throwing great rocks down upon
an exposed f~orty-eIght inch water
main in the hope of breaking it and
flooding the cuts. Trey were seen in
time and driven way before the pipe
had been injured, but it is fairly GER
tain that If they had not been no
Tested they would slon have maLa q
| breach IN the MAIN. No only would
this have seriously checked the sub
way, but it would have cut off a large
part Of lower New York from its water
supply, a most seri0Cs deprivation in
| deed at his time OF year.-Washing-
ton Star.