The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-04
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE and THERE.

Grandpa, what is 3 morganatic mar
rage" "A m~organatic marriage? HIM,
That must be a marriage for money
Liz. 49,, s,sl.
Casey-"kelly hasn't tn price av a
drink" Costigan-"How do yez know
thot?" Casey-"He amt dhrinkin'."-
Judge.
Bad Man-'Have you killed your
man." Cholly Gotrox-"Aw, no. Me
chauffeur attends to all that, ye know
Judge.
If the wife of a certain western
statesman does lot present him with
twins al this juncture it will be a
splendid opportunity neglected.-Green-
vile Reflector.
Farmer Hayfield-"It must be darned
expensive living in New York" Farm
er Oatbinn Gust backl-"It is. But not
SO expensive ez living II Moodus and
visiting New York."-Puck.
Yes" said the native of the Ken
need a runner for the bank. Have you
had any experienced" We'll. sir" re-
piled the applicant, I've lived at Lone
somehurst for years, and I've caught
the 7:39 train to the city regularly each
day."-Philadelphia Press.
Vest" sal the native of the Ken
lucky mountains, them Birdseye boys
are pretty bitter, but they had some
heart in dealin' with my boy Hank"
Spare his life" queTied the tourist.
No. but they passed HIM the demijohn
before the shootin' Chicago Daily
News.
Yes, it's a pleasure to see her eat
corn off the cob. Her teeth are SO
white and even and her lips are so full
Of red, and she has the curningest pose.
But there was n thing l don't like
about it." What was tnat?" 1T took
five ears to satisfy her."-Cleveland
Plaindealer.
DR.. Richardson and his assistant,
Mr.. Franks, have proven publicly their
ability to transmit messages by mental
telepathy. The messages were sent
from Nottingham to London, a distance
Of 125 miles. W. T.. Stead, the well
known writer, and the noted DR.. Wal
lace and a committee Of other distin-
| guished. men, had the experiments in
charge.-Asheville Citizen.
An exchange says: Here's a'puzzle
that puzzles everybody. Take the num-
Der of your living brothers, double the
amount, add to it three, multiply by
five, add to it the number of Living sis
ters, multiply the result by ten, ado
the number of deaths Of brothers anC
sisters and subtract $50 from the re.
suit. The right hand figure will be tbs
number of deaths, the middle will b.
the number of living sisters, and tn
left will show the number of living
brothers.-Try it and see.-Exchange
If you too your little tooter apc
then lay aside your horn, there's no
a soul in ten short days will know
that o were born. The man wh<
gathers pumpkins is the a wht
plows all day, and the man who keep:
it humping is the one who makes i
pay. The man who idvertiSeS with {
short, and sudden jerk, is the one wh'
/ blames the editor because it doesn'
work. They who get the business TAX,
a long and steady pull and keep tn
local paper from year to year quit
full. He plans his advertisements il
a careful, thoughtful way and keep
forever at it until he makes it pay
He has faith in all the future, ca
Withstand a sudden shock, and like tn
man of Scripture, has his business o.
a rock.-Laredo Times.
Much comment has been created i
the newspaper world by the remark
able success of the papers of the south
In the past few years the newspaper
Of the entire country have made grea
progress, but in no section is it s
evident as in the south, where the pa
pers have experienced eXceptiona
growth. The leading Gailies of tn
south are excellent examples Of Wha
newspapers should be, and of the com
petent corps of worker who make then
many receive 1attering offers from 9th
er fields. On the metropolitan journal
of today are many men who receive,
their schooling in the southern field 0
newspaper making. The c~irculations o
the dailies of the south ave ~increaset
enormously in three years and the cir
culations of these dailies compare yer.
favorably with the circulatioons of tn
largest papers in the cas- or ives
The south has progressed rapidly, bu
it's newspapers have set the pace
Newspaperdom.
1t is said that there are in the hand
Of District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, between fifty and sixty aft
davits charging walking delegates will
eXtorting from builders and contrac
tors $500, 900 during the last three years
Absolute faith can noto be reposed il
afhdavits, but it is reasonably certain
that the powers vested in walking dele
gates or business agents and in Othel
officers of some labor unions have beer
used for purposes of biackmail. None!
has been paid to head off threatened
strikes and to settle strikes which haC
been ordered. 1t may seem strange tina
employers SHOULD allow themselves t
be bled, but they have usually reason
ed that it was cheaper to pay blackmai
than to nave work inteIfered with b.
a strike. The revelations of the meth