The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-14
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

A. TAG late coc~Tecatioa OF the reagents
Of the University AZ New York an ad-
| dress was delivered by III. Charles A
Gardner. 4 recognized legal master Of
constitutional law. One OF the most
interesting points made n his address
It is hard 70 think ina. RGtalo mus
bear the evil reputation. but it seems
- have produced the neanesc thing II.
tle world the fellow who stole the!
Grape from the front door of a house OF
mourning. That seems u be t5e limit.
Buffalo Herald
The latest thirg in prieStIy circles IS
the hearing IT confession and the grant
ing. absoIuticn over the telephone by a
priest to the wife OF a MaSo1 who would
not let the priest come irside ST his
house. The world do move.-Presby-
terion STANDARD.
We may be very unforturate in our
tastes but we have never taken uuch
stock in evangcfistS and preachers. who
have lust era wlad olLt of a bar-rOom, a
ball room, etc. AS, a rule they are the
most i2tempera+e e., abusive and vintlic-
tive Of all men Salisbury Truthful
6eX.
He think soa1e one should prevail
on the pastor to get up a lecture On
personal Observations in the Holy
Land" She-Why.- he's never been
there. 9e-That's just it. He might
be induced to go there for data. ard
give Us r rest for six months o. CO.
PHILADELPHIA Press
Il have decided . study dentictry,"
said the Young man 1t is a fine pro-
f~ession; but do you think it would suit
. our tastes?' I'm sue Of it. You
see, I'm naturally a great practical
joker. | don't BELIZE l would enjoy
anything more than TO fill a nl1n's
mouth with rubber, mortar. zinc filings
, carDOlic acid and Tu~ke' tOWeling. md
after getti lg a firm gTp on his jaw ell
him he must be sure 70 let ME knO - f
l am hurting him."-N2shington Pest
On the threshold Of i wheat harvest
larger thar the entire wheat harves- of
Great Britain and Ireland, kans Is
calls for men to gather the grain.
Sometimes Russia mobilizes its soldiers
and turns them into the wheat fields of
its south west. II. Will take more
outside aid than an army corps filled
up to a wal basis to get in the gram
Oh Tie SuIlllONt staff we're OuE en-
: tire regular army ordered into the field
Kansas could find employment for near
ly the whole of it: it is estimated that
perhaps 42, 900 more hands will be need
. ed there than are nov. IN the market
, For the next three weeks we shall hear
| Of tramps abducted from car bunker
land pressed into the service, and col
leges closing early in order to add thei
+ young men, and even their young wo
men to the regiments, of reapers.-
= Greensboro Record.
. was mad upon the proposal to redue
the representation of southern states il
the house of congress because of tn,
. acknowledgements of voters. S~trangel
enough, he says the reduction cannO
be constitutiOnally made so long as I'll
fifteenth amendment remains a par
O of the constitution. That amendnlen
. supersedes the fourteenth. If the form
d er had been adopted making any Ia
g void that deprived the negro Of sufrag
on account of race, color or previoU
q condition of Servitude the states cOul
> have disfranchised voters on thos
y, grounds and congress could also haN
penalized them by reducing their rel
resentation in the house Of represa nt5
lie tives. But the fifteenth amendmel
lie made all such Determinations void fro
n the beginning and a statute establishir
> them is no more a Law than if II Ia
a never been passed, quoting for tn
a view the decision of the supremes cour
~ Hence a state cannot be penalizsd COZ
le stitutionally for passing a tatut
e. adopting a suffrage system thai is u
constitutional and therefore not law.
GoIdsboro Headlight
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