The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
HERE AND THERE.

past winter Uncle Sam has concluded
that he doesn't wish to move any
further north
Japan is said to have no drug stores.
1t would be interesting to know where
the Japs get their booze Sunday morn
ing-acksonville Times-Union-
King Menelik is sending the president
a hyena which howls all the time.
Some Of the congressman viii want
him placed under General Bristow's
window.-Washington Post
One OF the most wonderful railroads
in the world is that in Peru. which run
from Callao to the Cerro de Pasco gold
fields. 1t is seventy-eight miles In
length and rises in that distance to
an altitude of 15.s45 feet There is not
an inch Of down grade on the trip up.
Between seven and eight thousand per-
sons died or were killed during the
construction of the road.-Exchange.
We printed a story from Fort Worth,
Texas the other day. in which it was
stated that Marshal Geo. &. Pritchard
had issued a peremptory order that
none OF his deputies in the territory
were to drink liquor. The order was
| received with as great CONSERVATION as
if it had been issued in Kentucky. But
George Pritchard will see it carried
out. He is built that way AshevilIe
| GaZette-NewS.
An unfailing sign OF Spring is the
Book beer signs. When the saloons
were put u OF commission it was
| feared that there would be no
such harbingers of the season when
the robins nest again. But we have
| it upon reliable authority hat all such
fears are groundless. The dispensary
will sell Book beer and the regulation
billy goat sign will be displayed in
due season.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
The Cameron correspondent Of The
Fayetteville Observer in speaking Of
the emancipation of woman from serf-
dom in all civilized countries, says:
w saw a woman a few days ago
splitting rails. She was swinging the
maui in genuine Abe Lincoln style"
The woman who vas engaged in this
work Is hardly ready to admit that she
has been emancipated from serfdom.-
Sanford Exprss.
The Tufts College "co-eds' proclaim
ed their independence. Tuesday night,
by giving a big dance in Metcalf Hall,
at college Hill, n shutting the men
out completely. Nearly one hundred
young women gathered on this occa-
sion. and fully one-half Of them were
clad in masculine attire, for, while they
could dispense with the men. they had
" hSSp w dppCdl oiiSCS- II ia LII
p~ersonators appeared as athletes, stu
dents or sports, and some of them es-
corted their partners home.-Exchange.
And the governor! That man puz-
zles me. / found him here in his exec
utive office, dressed in q fine frock coat
above perfect liner and as he walked
here INT there or lolled on a sofa he
smoked a short, common looking Sally
Michael pipe with a fig stem. He and
/ n.nto Cipanonnc nn6 iQI1fonan Mt Cow
ernor Turner n others of the state
luminaries sat around there and talk
ed drawlingly to each other and discuss
ed the issues of the day with the same
eagerness that they would have inject
ed into comparative views on the pea
nut crop.-Avery in Charlotte Obser-
ver-
Cardinal Gibbons recently wrote q
letter to the emigration society ir
Dublin, in which he urged that the
Irish be discouraged from ~enigratinl
to America, and his has aroused g
good deal Of discussion. Among tn
Irish in this country who sustain tn
cardinal is Chief O'Neill, of Chicago
y no makes the statement that emigra-
ton is depopulating the island In 1874
Ireland had a population of 5000, GOO
Forty years ago. he says. when
went to school, I a to memorize tn;
censu report of the population a:
| elng 5,5l5, 1874. 1t is now around 4,OVU,
OO0."-There are more Irishmen in tnt
United States than in Ireland--Char
lotte Chronicle.
The trouble of Cuba on Wheels
still hold it on the side track at Green
wood. S. c., and unless $1,000 is forth
coming the brakes will remain on
Judge George A. Shuford returned las
, night from Union.s S. c.. where he ha'
been to represent the plaintiffs wnt
caused the car to be attached on &C
count of a note given bv w. H. Ram
seur and ]. F. Woodbury.. The at
taching creditors represented by Judg
Shuford are the Blue Bridge Nationa
bank and Miss Helen Reed. Th'
amount claimed is $4,000. Mr.. Wool
: bury says he is ready to pay his par
of the note but Mr.. Ramseur was net
, hence the attachment. There was
hearing before Judge TOWNSEND T.
, Union at which Mr.. Ramseur's attor
= neys moved to dismiss the attachment
/, but the motion was denied.-Asheviil'
Citizen.