The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-06
HERE AND THERE.

When Rockefeller bought Popocata-
! petl he probably got a discount on ac-
; of the hole in the top of t.-Bal-
timore American.
] Mrs. kidder-And then 1 thought
there is no use quarreling with a milk
man. Mr.. Kidder-That's right. He'll
make you take water every time.-BaI-
timore World.
How are you going to tote on that
question:" Don't know yet" answered
Senator Sorghum; In waiting for a
Observation-Disclosures Star.
There seems to be room for sharp po-
itics even in the organization of the
Daughters of the Revolution. With such
practice the daughters will soon be
qualified for the ballot box.-Florida
, Times-Union
Secretary Root is already making pre-
When this is completed and the drill
regulations are revised the American
militia will be the most effective in the
World.-Durham Sun.
The Washington Post says: Post
master Wick loses his official head not
because he is a negro, but because he
has given aid and comfort to the dem
ocrats. When an administration goes
reason-hunting it is apt to pick up
some odds and ends.
Has not that canal received sufficient
discussion and examination? We have
waited long years and still the digging
is not in sight. The congressman who
has not exhausted his views by this
time should hear something drop among
his constituents.-Florida Times-Union.
If all United States senators who, like
Mr.. Quay, own stock in corpora tons
that might be classed as trusts are to
be excused from voting on questions
relating to such corporations. Repub-
llcan antitrust legislation may be re-
garded as impossible.-Norfolk Land
mark.
People used to laugh at the Joke Of
the merchant who supplied his best,
medium and ordinary grades of tea
from the same chest. But When for
allegedly separate gas companies sup
ply their gas from the same main the
situation is anything but humorous
to the constumer.-New York World.
The Washington Posts editor may
be brave but he is not rash. The
Daughters of the American Revolution
have been in high pressue session in
washington during the present week
and The Post says: I'VE shall reserve
our mments on the proceedings of
the D. A. r. for next Notwithstanding
Citizen.
In this era of volcanic disturbances
the purchase for IS, 0 900 of Popocata-
petl mountain in Mexico by an Ameri-
can syndicate is somewhat risky. The
sulphur in the crater of the famous
but long silent volanO constitutes it's
value. but if Popocatapetl sho nc take
Il notion to resume business it, amer-
lean owners would feel like cole brick
buyers.-Norfolk Landmark.
A Buncombe county woman is suing
George w. Vanderbilt because of the
drowning Of her husband in the French
Broad river, alleging that the boat he
was. using while working for the mil
lionaire was defective. 1t may be that
she has ground for a suit. but it will
be remarkable if that boat is proven
to have been defective. In spick and
span Biltmore a defective thing is a
curiosity.-Charlotte Observer.
According to the New York CONNER
cial, the British Cotton and Woo
Dyers' Association. Limited. Of Brad
ford, Eng, which has a capital Of $15,-
0O0, O00, has begun. in Holmesburg, near
Philadelphia. the erection of a plant,
which, it is claimed by the projectors,
will revolutioniZe the world. Strange
ly enough, the machine which is to be
employed in this new process is the
work OF an American inventor. Henry
c. Forest, of Philadelphia, is the man
who conceived of this wonderful APP
paratus, which is designed to "mer-
c~erize," or finish, n grade Of yarn.
from the highest to the lowest, at a
very reasonable cost, giving to low
grade yarns the same silky luster SO
much admired in "silkoline," near
silk" and similar fabrics. The plant at
Holmesburg will be operated under a
Pennsylvania charter, and the company
purposes establishing similar plants in
the south and east. This process. if it's
results measure up to what is claimed,
will. instead Of injuring the trade in
our part Of the country, greatly widen
the market for our southern made
yarns, most of which have hitherto
been too coarse for merceriZing. The
| outcome of the experiment. is awaited
! with Observation-Disclosures journal.