The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-22
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

Il never saw you II such a becoming
hat. my dear. Did you get It ready
made?" 4 was just thinking how UNI
usually pretty Yours looks. Did YOU
make it yourself Life.
She cat the bail game)-'What are
they ~applauding that MAJ for?" He
(~clappIng vigorously)-'.A great catch"
he supposed to be? "-Pailadelphia
Ledger.
Doesn't he Imbfbe too freeIy?'
THAT depends upon what you consider
too freely. According to his standard
he doesht."-Chicago Evening Post.
Il hear that Brown was requested to
stay away from church. Is that true
Yes. He snored so lot he woke up
the whole congregation -Chicago
Record-HreaId.
Chimmy-"How much Ter dat sia-
nond ring in dere-de big ons?'
Jeweller-"FOur hundred dollars"
thimmy-"Say. Mag. would yer SCORER
Rev dat er plade uv ice crearoy'-Judge
"Bre'r Williams does you, think de
dsvu is a white, man or a black man,
Il dunno. All i Toe know is-de big
geS race prOblefn g how ter keep ten
yards ahead err Mn9t"-Atlanta3 Consti-
tuti5n.
Out in Kansas sorne Of the Csunties
have kept up the'old custom Of paying
a dollar each for every wolf scalp
brought in, the purpose being 20 de-
stroy all the wolves. 1t has come out
that seme fellows have been running a
wolf ranch, breeding them jusc like
cattle, and turning IN the scalps at a
} dollars each. This beats the practice
of insLring lead t6lks and collecting
the money on their pC4icies, a thing
tried sometime ago" at New Bern, n.
/ C.-MorI0e Journal
J A Virginia editor has been arrested
and jailed charged with arson-yet it
was not MS office Which vas buried,
but two stores. Perhaps the owners
wouldn't advertise and ne concluded
TO put them out Of busiresS.-Greens-
borO Record If the editor is guilty
as charged he shows d sadly defective
reasoning apparatus The merchaf f
. who would o adv rtise would haze
been put cut of bushes without tire
but as surrey. and the editor wOulc
nave been Il free ma-:-Greenville Re-
fiearor.
"Prophet' Doves OF Chicago, who !.
to move on Few York for the purpose
of establishirg his SPECIALIZED religion
there. holds out the promise to thOSt
: who will permit themselves to becomt
: converted to his creed that he viii
show them how to make investment
that will pay 1000 per cent. 4 yea
profit That IS the sort of talk t
/ catch the New Workers? Thousands o
= them are ready to swallow and de
ligion" that VIII put them in the wa,
of getting .rlch quickly. New York /
the best ma rket in the world for gol
bricEs:-SaNannah News.
There is a colony of Syrian mer
J chants in K ngston, the capital Of ia
= naicl, who Csuld g1vR cards an
- spades even to the bland Chinama
for ways til at are dark and trick
that a-e vail" They taiSer one. mate
out sf. every box they sell until the
have enough matches to- fill anothe
; box 50 make IN extra cent. The
!, = Doll, them down to make other cake
| They put a thin layer of molasses o
} the Bottom OF tae' scoop with whIc
: they serve ric e 80 that a. few grain
J., will: stick to Ghe bottom. These al
5ionly a few of their thousand tricks
: turn a dishO nest penny Withol
? 3oufEe they are the canes traders
! !'the world--ExChaage.
An American traveller. just BAG
!, from northern tia 81, declares that
: found gold in the mountains about tt
headWaters of the river T-eIno, and
going Jack to work the mines if /
) can obtain certain CONCESSIONS. Tho
ff poor people ought % be rieh; they al
, in Distress" he says. Il had not bee
D in Noyara a week before -hs appea
J ance of the teeth r3f,:certsarr half-wi
(, ! goats attracted me- They looked e.
q actiy as # they haG been Rugged wit
, goId!. [ asked if there was a go;
dentist IN the country. A negatl'
answer induced me to buy {
e aged Billy, and make eSaminatio
What sd you suppose I found? Re
s g0ld!. Honest! Yes, sir. those goa
c browsed among the m@untainsld
= where the grass was so short they n;
= to- bit up the ground to get 1t. In
doing they had uncovered gold partic1
and gotten them between their teet
= 7 followed them for several weeks al
= tOun& the mines."-Ne York Press.