The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-24
HERE N THERE.

"Oh, come, Carl! You know we
must make these calls" Il cam do
it, Clara. Have to work" Heavens!
Don't you call that work?"-Life.
If Theodore can keep out of print
for n day he will deserve the thanks
Of the entire country. He makes US
as tired as the reports make him.
Greenville Reflector.
The price of cotton is sky high but
the cotton is out of sight. The specu-
lators only are making the profits and
the growers have no other fun in the
matter than to read the market re-
ports-Charleston Post.
CONSOLIDATION is a pretty good
example of what a business man ought
to be- Brown-'In some ways, yes;
but then he's so terribly deliberate.
Why. I've known him spend ten min
utes over his monday lunch."-Boston
Transcript.
patronizingly. I'm selling my can
vases now at my own prices" You
don't say?" replied Sharpley, whose
works had not yet caught or. yes,
indeed. I suppose you'd give a good
deal to be a great artist" No, in
deed. I'd rattle be you."-Philaael-
phia Press.
Papers that print a sermon on the
editorial page garnish the news pages
with indecencies that would shame a
courtesan. Only a few days ago a
leading morning daily at Raleigh pub
lished an account of a heinous crime in
language that is a disgrace to type
and a reproach to decent Journalism.
The article was reproduced in whole
and in part, by other papers.-Green-
Vile Reflector.
Rev. George X. Mcdonald, the New
York preacher who some months ago
resigned his pulpit to go into the sa-
loon business, saying he believed he
could do more real good behind a bar
counter than he could in the pulpit,
has discovered his error and quit the
saloon. He says his experience as a
saloon keeper was unhappy and very
disappointing. After some months lie
will again enter the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a News.
The Staesville Landmark, noting the
fact that Rev. w. P. Fife. a well
known evangelist. has quit preaching
on account of throat trouble and has
| gone into business in Texas, quotes
DR.. J.. c.. Rowe as saying that when
ever a preacher gets to making money
or thinking more about making none
that he does about his calling forth
"ilii u SulISlS al loN vi III "a
trouble and has to quit preaching
! Monroe ENQUIRER.
Men have various ways of carrying
money: Bakers, grOcerS. butchers and
= millers carry it in a wad. Bankers, in
clean bills, laid full length in a pocket
book. Brokers always fold the bills
once, doubling the money as it were
! The young business man carries it in
i his vest pocket, while the sport has il
in his trousers pocket. Farmers ans
drovers carry their in their inside
pockets whether it be $50 or 10 cents
Printers usually carry theirs in othel
peoples pOckets.-EXchange.
There was to have been a marriage
last night between Grocery Barnes ant
Bertha Rountree. Quite a crowd haC
assembled at the home of the bride
All was in readiness to launch tn
matrimonial ship. but the Captain o
! the bark. Grocery. sent a note to tn,
fair" bride saying it would be i'm
possible to have the launching, as hi
mainsai1 (pants) was out of order hav
ing torn a hole in them just befor
starting on the cruise. His friends sa,
he will soon have the necessary repair
made and then the splicing will tax
place, when he and his bride will glid
down life's ocean like a streak Q
creased Neutrality-suspicious. News.
An incident that happened durin
the visit to this city of Presiden
Roosevelt indicates that any anarchis
who contemplates mixing up with tn
chief magistrate will find himself in
game at which two can play. Afte
speaking at Minneapolis there was
rush for wraps and by mistake Gov
ernor Van SAINT put on the president
coat. 1t didn't seem to fit very we
!, and the governor put his hands in til
, pockets to adjust the garment. II
. was somewhat surprised to find in tt
right-hand pocket a revolver of lars
caFbre n was then certain he ha
chosen the wrong coat. Meanwhile tt
"rn~ident was struggling with a mist
= coat and an exchange was quick
effected. When the governor r
= marked the presence of the "cannor
- President Roosevelt only smiled al
! intimated that he expected to
= some hunting in Yellowstone Park. T
- did not, however, explain how he e.
: pected to shoot mountain lions with
. navy revolver.-Chicago Dispatch.