The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22
HERE AND THERE.

Young Dorothy-"Oh, mamma: Look
at my doll! Why it Is stuffed with
breakfast food."-Life.
What We reed in religion today is
more OF the faith that advertises for a
lost umbrella.-Atlanta Constitution.
There ought 20 be some good shoot
ing around here." Yes, an there's
some darned bad shootin'. I lost two
cows last week!-Puck.
If this talk of Mr. Cleveland for a
third term sidestracks the boCms OF
some other gentlemen it will hare ac-
complished somethiRg.-Durham Her
aid.
The singular fatality by which cotton
advances in the spring and declines in
the fall, continues to be one of those
things that no fellow Gan find out
Florida Times Union.
Have you decided on a name for tbs
baby Yet, Thanksley?" Yes: we've
named her FOR my new automobile
"What?' Fact. We call her GasOle-
na-"-Chicago Tribune.
Considering President Roosevelts con-
tempt for Weaklings it is singular that
he should have n respect for an in
FAINT industry that cannot stand alone
after several generations of protection.
Puck.
Mrs. Stubb-'Let US stop at this hotel
John" Mr.. Stubb-'The one down the
beach is just as large Mrs. Stubb-
Yes. but this one has a picture. of the
hotel on the stationery that covers hat
the enVelope."-Chieago Daily News.
Don't 0 realiz~. the danger IL muz-
zIng the press?" I'm not trying to
muzzle he press" answered the Penn
s~ylvania statesman. The newspapers
are at perfect liberty to say al the
fattering things abIut me that they
Observation-Disclosures Star.
What do you want with Seth Slim
Minis as postmaster Why, he ant
even read or write" That's jes' the
pint" said Farmer ",orntossel. We
want somebody that want keep on pes
Ierin us by openin' ou~' ewspapers IN
tellin' the neighbors what's on our 1os-
tai cards. "-WaShingtOas Star.
After having been in the public eye
FOR some time, Mr.. Wi'lGtrn b. Eeilis.
formerly a prominent 5obaccOniSt Of
this state, has been declared insane
III New York and ordereN committed 70
q private Sanitarium. HIS case is Il re-
cullar one n also a pathetic one. He
subject to systemati: decisions of
persecution and while hs mind vs.
Wrong he kept his frienIs Oh ten!er
hooks with anxiety as % what fcal
thing he would do NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Telegram
One more episode in ting Molineu&
drama came TO an end yesterday When
Mrs. Roland B.. Molineux completed her
six months enforced residence in Sioux
Falls preparatory to entering suit fer
divorce against her husband, recently
acquitted of the charge of murder. Her
plea for having the martial relations
5uudered will be mental cruelty"
which the Dakota courts recognize II
De as legal q for divorce as phys
cal cruelty.-Charlotte NeHs.
The WilkeSboro Cnronisle resenta
Judge Boyd's attack on its town and
hoStelry>. and the paper this week fair
- SiZEieS with not stuff. . says that
the Judge is bilious" and talks veI )
bad talk for L fellow Of HIS standing. =
Again: The hotel men htce say thSt
the Judge had better wait ill he ge-s
an invitation from them before he
talks o putting up with their fare.
TheSc foregoing quotations. are tie
nildts% Of a1e bunch.-WiEgtCn Sen.&-
lei.
Mr.. Cope 2~-hitehouse, 4 geOgrapler
and eXplorer Of some falge. declare
that the popular cOnceI SGn Of tie
ROGaE mountains is an err,a:- Inat thrre
IS. IN tact- no rontinuOu chain ot
r!0pl;tains extending from q uorth--;
20 t2a~ southern boundaries Of the | at
"a States. 70 great contiI entail di ne
suca as II generally Gep .ted on tL2s
n - of North America. He does cot
Mississippi mari5cd by general mn.n.
tai .rpus conditions. but h. refGtes the
suIcpositian that these conditions 5yrr
4 continuous mountain chain. The tu-
tura MACS OF rhe Westera bali o. thu
United States. he says, VIII be material
ly different from those nurw used n lht
| schools as the basis for tie ~lNhica
knowledge OF the childrclg-Washiag tor
StaT.