The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-22
HERE AND THERE.

Messenger boys OF the Western MO
ave been cut at" all along the line
of late. The great corporation ought to
be ashamed for taking a crust firm 4
poor and worthy messenger who IS 50
ready to run or ride Con his own wheel
with its messages.-Durham Sun.
An interesting turn has been given
to the suit OF Mrs. Andrew z. Garter.
(nee Pauline Gray, a Georgia woman
and daughter Of Mrs. w. W. Austell. a
wealthy widow formerly of Atlanta,
now Of New York;, against her forme"
husband, Andrew P. Carter, for tie pos
session Of their boy. The suit IS penG-
ing in a Chattanooga court, as the boy
is in Tennessee to which place he VIZ
abducted by his father from a New
York school where his mother placed
him, after she had been granted a Da-
kota divorce from Mr.. Carter.-Ashe-
vile Citizen.
Things are seldom what they Sc m;
SKINNED milk masquerades as cream"
may linger on as a successful G-lusi n
IN some of the u~nprOgressive cites of
the Union, but Atlanta has decreed
that the expucgated editions OF this
essential fluid ara 10 be bound II red
so there can be no further mistake.
SO far as we are aware, Atlanta Is
a pioneer in this as in so many other
movements. In less favo. ed commIni-
ties creamless MIX can go about with
impunity bottled IN the undistinguish-
able pride which belongs to it's elder
and stronger brother. Only experts
and old age are the final arbiters CO
its quality. If a man thrives and
flourishes to a green old age he VIII
know that he has been getting all the
tactical nutriment that was coming to
him, but the process is slow. The IN
genious device hit upon by Atlanta
places all doubt at rest. There IS d
warning in the color scheme. Wherever
the red bottles go they sen in a still
alarm as Enthusiastically as the little
= brown jug of the t~ime-hOnored ditty
carried with it an announcement Of is
contents. We will know that i. ISL
either diluted, dessicated or condensed,
but plain. milk, reduced to its simples;
terms. The possibilities Of this colo.
scheme are not exhausted with the
adoption of red jars, however. Why
should not pure cream, for instance
be bottled in imperial purple or gold.
This would lend it a dignity and dis.
t~inctiun thoroughly in keeping Wit
it's Quintessentia preciOusness. An
the burtermilk and the Clabber-WG!
should not they, in turn, be liVerled J.
burnt Ochre or pale saffron, with (
chrOmatic scale in the ratio OF age
It would not only be artistic, but "
would know at a glance just what w
were buying and consuming. n ide;
is excellent as far as it goes, buG wh.
not carry it to a logical oncluslon!
Atlanta News.
And was my present q, surprise I
, your sister, Johnny?" "Bet'cher life
She said she never suspected you'd Civ
her anything so cheap!'-Town an
INT
Badger-"Come, tell me, do you rid
an automobile because you like it2
Cadger-"Partly, but principally be
cause other folks r at like it.''-Bos'nl
Transcript.
But you must have noticed that Ii
likes YOU" Wei yes; I suspecte
something when all the girls began t
tell me how disagreeable he VS."
!, Brooklyn Life
Really" said Mrs. Oldcastle. you
!, little dinner last night was quit
recherche "Oh, dear" her hostes
groaned. L just knew that new COO
would make a botch of it some way
: Chicago Record-Herald.
Husband-"You are not economical.
Wife-"Well, if you don't call q wOma
economical who saves her weddin
dress for n possible second marriage
I'd like to know what o think ecoaC
my is like!'-Glasgow Evening Times.
Mrs. Newlyned-"Let me see, villa
else do 1 want to order? Oh, yes yo
might send me a peck Of those nice bi
cranberries." Grocer's Clerk gently
8 Those are not cranberries, madam
, they are apples."-Cincinnati Times
/ Star
Sir" said the angry poet, who ha
missed another opportunity to brea.
into print, Il will be remembered whe
:. you are forgotten" "Oh, very likely,
g rejoined the man behind the blue pencI
= Il always pay cash for my groceries !"
Chicago Daily News
e q think, sir" said Woody Rite
you will find this the most realistI
society novel you ave ever examined.
: HIM, yes" replied the editor. skin
o ming through the pages of manuscript
4 the dialogue appears about as dull :
. il could possibly be.'-Philadelph
q Press. l.e-
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: er been fashionable among mo1arca
e England, for example, has never had
- monarch baptized as Peter, and in 9th
> countries the Peters have been un.uck
Peter or Pedro l, Emperor o. Braz
abdicated after an uneasy reign, and n
son. Pedro II, was driven 20 Europe
a revolution and died in Paris n 18s
y Pedro the Cruel Of Castle and Leon "
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