The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-10
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

This. declared the eminent orator.
lis the very key to the who's Qles ion. !
But" interrupted a small man N 4
rear seat, where is the keyno.e?"-l
Judge.
Mrs. Joy-"If I do say it, my h
band is worth millions Of money to
me-" Mrs. Blunt-"How lucky OF you
to snap him up when he IA going
cheap!"-Boston Transcript.
do you know Mr.. Fresco-Mr. Al
bert Fresco?" inquired Mrs. Nuritch.
No" said her husband. WHY I've
got an invite to Mrs. Blugore's garden
party, and she says they're gong to
dine AL Fresco.'-Philadelphia Press.
Stranger-"Can you direct me to the
bank?" Village Urchin-Can for a
quarter" Stranger That's pretty
steep" Village Urchin-"Nell, y u
can't expect a fellow to be n bank di-
rector for nothing."-New York World.
The Boston Evening Transcript says
when one concern can draw its check
for SO, 500, 900, as j. P. Morgan & Co,
have done, it indicates that there's
something doing" Rather, il inzicates
that something has already been did.'"
Atlanta Constitution.
What do you think is the most ex-
t~raordinary invention Of the age?"
THE monograph" answered MI.
Meekton, promptly, 1.-The way tai ma
chine stands and talks back to Henri
eta positively takes my breath away"
Washington Star.
Not much has been heard lately from
/ A Admiral Dar-a- ~ Ii- foaf Of NO y
ships in the Caribbean sea. but the at
tention of Berlin is directed to the fact
that he is still there, ready for business
and that he does not like the Hohen-
zollerns very well, ei~ther.-Kansas City
! Ctar.
S~hopkeeper twhose patience is COM
pletely exhausted)-"Snippers, call the
porter to kick this fellow out" I'M
Fortunate Commercial Traveller Gun
daunted)-"Now, while we're waiting
for the porter, I'll show you an entirely
new line-best thing you ever laid eyes
on.'-Glasgow Evening Times.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
twenty-slx democratic senators will OPP
pose the Cuban treaty, and the Louis
vile Curier Journal in the frankness
Of its disgust. Observes: 1T really
seems too good an opportunity to be
overlooked for the democrats to make
another misunderstanding Gazette.
A very polite man from Hawarden
Went out to plant flowers in his
gaUarden.
If he trod on a slug,
A worm, or a bug,
He said: MY lear friend, I beg
pawarden."
Carolyn Wells in the Century.
A new word was coined during the
course Of a lynching cas- in Jackson,
Miss. the other day. The word is
"alibier," and Judge Niles explained
that it meant "one who is always will
ing to swear to an alibi for a friend,
through good n evil report" And
the judge remarked that he found the
section in which the lynching occurr-
ed to be full Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News.
NJ. Jusserand, the new ambassador OF
France, is the third Of the EurOp al
ENJOYS recently accredited to Washing
ton who is blessed with an American
wife. It may be d mere coincidence
but the fact that the governments o.
the three foremost nations of the world
iidNS olllloSI SllllultdlcOQSly SSlSCtSN
for their diplomatic representatives il
this country the husbands of cleve,
n beautiful American women is Ger.
{. tainly remarkable. 1t shows, at least
that the powers in question regard tn
: practice of social amenities as a mos
important branch Of diplomacy.-Phil
adelphia Record.
l An experiment in high speed electric
traction Is to be tried between Chicago
and Aurora, III. Several steel ~electri,
vestibuled cars for the service are be
ing built at EliZbeth, N. ]. The cars
+ are about the size of the average Pull
man sleeper, and each is fitted will
four motors of 125 horsepower, ag
Z gregating 500 horsepower to the car
1t is claimed that these cars will be ca
pable OF making the speed Of $50 mile
an hour. though it is not expected tina
that speed will be made in actual OPP
Grafton. 1t is asserted, however, tina
an average speed Of eighty-fve mile
an hour, including stops, will be adopt
ed as a regular schedule. 1t is predict
!. ed. as a result OF these new cars AM
motors, that the time oetWeen New
:, York and Chicago will be reduced with
? in a few years to ten hours.-Savannal
News.