The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-03-15
AsRE AND THERE.


strange representations. Last Friday
night two OF the physicians OF the
town were called to see q coIored wo-
man OF this class who was having fits
One OF the physicians happened IL
notice q piece of hemp string tiel
moderately tight around the woman.s
neck and. on asking the reason IL was
there was told. after some hesitation
on the part OF woman's people. that
a string from a rope that had been
used TO hang person. tied around the
neck. was sure cure for fits. The
string in question was a piece of the
rope used at VIII Boggan's execution.
The physicians were also told that n
woman in the same neigh borhood had
been cured OF fits several years ago
by tying around her neck a piece OF
the rope with which John Evans the
raplst. was hanged at Rockingham
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen
Go back to nature. and take a short
cut 1t Is found that cure for appen-
dicitis is to walk on all fours for 20
minutes four times a day. II is claim
ed that certain muscles around the
vermiform appendix are brought into
play and strengthened by this attitude.
This is also a new cure for dyspe osia
1t has also been found that going
naked in all sorts of climates is good
for lung trouble. 1t seems to be only
a question of time when we will abaE-
don houses and clothes, and bark good
morning to each other from holes in
the ground.-Atchison Globe.
An awful acciden. occurred in New
Orleans a few days ago in which two
Kinston young men. Messrs. Albert
Parrott and G. Z. Kornegay, Jr., figur-
ed. They, with a party OF young ladies
and gentlemen had been surf bathing
x~if m In <afrr inc
city the accident occurred. All had
gone into the street car except Mr.. Al
bert Parrott and the young lady with
him and she, in getting on in some
manner fell under the wheels of the
car and 1T starting just at that mo-
ment passed over her body. severing
both limbs above the knees Mr.. Par
rott- who is studying medicine there,
did all possible to stop the flow of blood
and succeeded In getting the young
lady to the hospital, where she is in
very critical condition, though
hopes are entertained of her life being
saved.-Kinston Free Press.
Several great concerns in New York
have decided to no longer employ mar
ried women. Are the husbands to be
pensioned? Or are they to be allowed
to starve, or how will they live now
poor things ?-Durham Sun.
A black dog whose owner is un :
! known has been howling for two
weeks around Elm street. Saco He
sits In front of a house with his head
turned skyward and keeps UP contin-
ual howl which can be heard within q
radius OF quarter of a mile There
have been an unusual number of
deaths In this neighborhood recently
and it is claimed that this dog has
hoWled in advance in front of every
house in which a death has occurred
The superstitution has held good in SIX
instances, and Saturday the dog was
+; dividing his time between two houses
! in which there is sickness. howling fer
a while before one of them and then
taking his station before the other.
f! Some people of the. neighborhood are
good deal worked up about it. No
body has been able to get near enough
I to the dog to get a shot at him, and
| when driven off he soon returns. The
| superstition is as old as the hills. II
Is claimed that within a radius Of 200
| yards from a central point in that
| nelghborhood twelve deaths have oc-
| CURED within less than that number
OF months.-Bangor News.
Some fellows have lots of push, but
! expend most of it on saloon DOORS
| Philadelphia Record.
| Mr.. Sipp-"Young man, how d,re
you swear before my wife? Boy
How did I know your wife wanted to
swear first?"-Chicago Daily News.
| THE cooks must have great times al
| Mem" Yes; they send the potatoes
up the clock-tower and have them
peeled by the bell."-Harvard LAM
| poon.
| do you admire Beethoven's works..
| Il never visited en- answered Mr.
| Cumrox. absent mindedly. What
does he manufacture ure?"-Washington
Star.
At the Dinner-Charlie (who Is carv-
ing)-''By jove. if there is anything I
do love, it's roast goose Robert
| well Charlie. there's nothing to my
mind SO beautiful and touching as >
proper anection among members Of a
family. y.'-Pfck-Me-Pp.
The Professor-"Permit me to pre-
sent my friend. Mr.. skinner, one of
the most promising young taxider-
mists." Hostess (who prides herself
on always saying the right thing)-
But how interesting! And are you
for or against Mr.. Chamberlain's pro-
psals Punch.
-He"You say there are no flowers
Tor the dinner table. Where are the
chrysanthemums I sent homer" She
"Oh. George. don't speak SO loud.
You might hurt Bridget's feelings. She
| didn't understand what they were, and
has cooked them in milk."-Glasgow
| Evening Times
| Tommy" said the economical moth
| er to the boy with the oose tooth,
| ''Tll give yu ten cents IL you'll let me
| pull that tooth" The boy thought it
I over and then went to his bank The
fun Of doin' that is worth more'n 10
| cents" he said. ''I'Il give you fifteen
If you'll let me pull one of yours