The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

They say he's a trife close"
"Close? Why, he won't run his auto
on a road where the fines are over five
dollars!'-Puck.
After the Wedding.-Ethel-"How did
you think the bride looked? Grace
"Oh. remarkably well-sroomed.'-H
ward Lampoon.
Some day somebody is going to find
the north pole or the south pole. And
then what are we going to do with it?
indianapolis Sentinel
Blu don't believe" he said, that
a man profits by his Mistakes You
don't?" mo, 1 don't. Why, w made
enough mistakes to be rich, if 1 could
profit by them."-Chicago Evening
Post.
Mrs. Weaver. a ~75-year-old widow at
Easton, Pa, is very industrious, not
w~ithstanding her age. h is now en-
gagged in cutting her third set of teeth
and so far is making a success of it.
If this thing keeps on and becomes con-
tagious. what are the dentists to do for
a living?-Durham Sun.
In Japan when delicate fabrics are
woven by hand the v article is val
ued by the mount Of time and the
number of people employed to make it.
In America when weaving is done by
machinery a fabric is estimated by its
beauty and the amount OF sevice it will
misunderstanding News.
At last the stern parent came up with
the clipping couple. DO not take her
back" pleaded the young man, trem-
bling almost as much as the motor in
his automobile. take her back?"
echoed the stern parent. why, I AVE
come to bring her perfume and chew
ing gum so she would never have an
excuse for coming back."-Chicago
Daily News.
There is a little postoffice in Wales
that rejoices in the shor name of Liam
acknowledgements. AS a rule, natives
~abbreviate this all-day-and-night name
to Observation-Disclosures, although it is
considered great fun by occasional tour
lists to send kilograms and letters to
their friends in which the whole name is
written. However, the British post
office department, which controls tele-
sioSA AiAACo, z IL StHlS duOlllO1dl
on kilograms bearing the complete
name.-New York Tribune
Tom Rankin, a negro who passed the
required civil service examination, was
recently appointed clerk in the post
office at Alexandria, Louisiana. The
postoffice authorities ordered the post
master to appoint the negro at one
and to discharge the white man who
was filling the position temporarily, and
refused to audit the postmaster's ac-
counts until he carried out his instruc-
tons. Rankin, the negro, resigned the
clerkship, however, on the ground a
he did not care to cause racial antago-
nism. Rankin has a great deal more
common sense and race sense than at
least one other negro h might be
named.-News and Courier.
Although my life politically and per-
sonally has been a life Of almost con-
slant strife with the leaders of the
southern people, yet as 1 grow older I
nav learned not only to respect and
esteem but to love the great qualities
which belong to my fellow-citizens Of
the southern states. They are a no
bic race. We ma well take pattern
from them in some of the great virtues
which make up the strength as hey
make the glories of the free state.
Their love of home: their chivalrous
respect for women; their courage; their
delicate sense of honor their constancy.
which can abide by an opinion or a
purpose or an interest for their states
through adversely and through prosper
ity, through years and through the gen
erations. are things by which the Deo-
| pie of the more mercurial north may
take a lesson. And there is another
thing-covetousness. corruption. the low
temptation of money has not yet found
! my place in our southern politics.
From a Speech by Senator Hoar.