The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-12
HERE and THERE.

Pa" said the Socialists little son,
what is the meaning of The Great
DIvide?'" "Buncombe," exclaimed the
father. They never do."-Philadel-
phia Press.
4 wonder why non of those Nc
Gabbleton girls has married." Il sup
pose it's for the same reason that you
didn't attend the Vanderbilt wedding"
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Little Mae-"Is a man who hunts
rats called a ratter. MAJ" Il suppose
SO, my dear Little Mae-"Then q
woman who hunts moths must be a
mother, amt she. ma?'-ChIcago Daily
News.
Mother-"Why my child, that little
hurt couldn't possibly have made your
knee so stiff as that Little Lizzie
Yes it did, too. Just try to bend it
and see If l don't scream.'-Baltimore
American.
give the Philippines away. Call a halt
right here. Nothing must be lone to
disturb the entente cordIale now ex-
listing between this and other coun-
tries.-Washington Post.
Having been f~orewarned of their
coming, We oppose England weighted
down the other end to prevent the is
land from fitting when Morgan and
carnegie landed at Liverpool the 9TH
er day.-Winston Sentinel.
You are sure that the combination
you mentioned deserves to be classed
among the good trusts % Not a doubt
OF it answered Senator Sorghum.
One of the most liberal 1 ever work
ed for.'-Washington Star.
Has he a high opinion of his own
WOrE'' "PN com nn ri Cn nTolI-c' s1IIo--
is that?"' We'll, he comedies that he
is only moderately good. but he rather
that all others are not even
that."-Chicago Evening Post
Kitty's granmother, whom she now
saw for the first time, was deaf and
had to use an ear trumpet. you
ought to see my granma," said Kitty
to the girl next door. She carries a
telephone with her and makes you
ak into it."-Chicago Tribune.
The Labor situation in the northern
cities IS reported to be in a serious
condition and that an epidemic of
strikes seem to be threatened. About
1000 men have quit work in Pittsburg,
about 1000 in Baltimore, 1000 in PhIla-
delphia, with a possibility of 400, 900 and
5000 in Chicago and many other cities.
Exchange.
By the second marriages of her di-
vorced parents the Duchess of MARI
borough (CouSuelo NanderbIlt) has the
unusual distinction of possessing a
father and a mother and a Step-fath-
er and q ~Step-mother. This is one of
the luNurieS of SWelldom which the
populace would do we'll not to env-.-
Durham Herald.
The Greensboro Record says: "A
petrified cat was found the other day
IN the attic of an DID building beng
torn down and is being preserved TO
go along with the Charlotte Observers
petrifed n The house was built in
1920. How long the cat had been I'M
undergoing the process of petrification
is not known We are disappointed
in Greensboro. Reflect a moment
the petrlfed human discovered up in
the mountains is Il man. Our neigh
Dor should have produced a dog to
match with him properly. A cat goes
! with a feminine stone person.-Win-
stOn Sentinel.
Lieutenant Colonel Sprole committed
suicide in Manila Il few days ago by
shooting. He is the tenth case of sui
! eide among the officers of the United
States army since the occupation Of
! Manila. There have, in addition. been
] many cases of suicide among the en-
listed men. A dispatch says: I'm near
ly every case the suicide was directly
due to insanity. the result of exposure,
poor food and water, and disease caus-
ed by sleeping or the ground in a
tropical country" The vile and mad
dening Filipino drink 'bino" contrib
uted to the suicides among the en-
listed men, but it is sal the officers
never drink the stuff. Loneliness and
inconsistencies are also charged with
contributing to the mental weakness
Of those who have lost their minds
and taken their lives. The records
show that up to July 4. 1862. fifty
eight regular privates and fifteen vol
dnteers had committed suicide in the
Philippines.-Savannah News.