The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-05

HERE AND THERE.

s3u6 NM tU6OEs
The Breese trial just concluded in
the federal court In this city. has been
a most remarkable legal contest Great
ability has been shown by the lawyers
both for the defense and prosecution
but what We really wanted to say In
connection wit hthe T.. Is that the
reports OF IL In The Chronicle were a
feature. The completeness Of the work
done by The Chronicle has been a mat
ter Of much favorable comment-Char-
lotte Chronicle. So complete In fact
that the speech OF Mr.. Price was print
ed the day before il was delivered,
with appropriate comments upon the
way his voice filed the requirements
Of the occasion-Chariotte News
Ex-senator Davis made a talk at
Cumberland. Nd, in which he gave his
opinion OF Judge Parke He said: 81
consider 1t a great honor to be on the
same ticket with such a thoroughly
great man as Judge Parker. I had
high opinions OF his ability before I
met him at his home, but this meeting
increased my admiration for the man
the citizen and h standard bearer OF
the democratic party" Wonder IL
Fairbanks would not be s1ad from the
bottom OF his heart to be able to say
h same Of his chief?-Chariotte
Chronicle.
It is claimed that there are in New
York state two hundred thousand geld
democrats wo have voted against the
partyis nominees heretofore but will
vote for Parker this year. If that -
r New York's th~irty-nine electora,
votes will surely go to the democratic
nominees.-Waynesville Courier.
Norfolk. Va. is sending a cargo of
bituminous coal to San Francisco by
steamship. The Minnesota, built at New
London. Conn.,, viii carry 10000 o at
nearly 81 per ton freight. This will
yield a handsome profit. Coal brings
q high price on the Pacific coast be-
cause Of its scarcity.-Exchange.
De Wyckhoff, the Chicago lawyer
who has paid IS, 900 for the u Of the
battleship Maine. says it will cOst sew
eral hundred thousand dollars to raise
1t. He will build around it a gigantic
tub of piles, then pump u all the waz
ter. leaving the ship in his dry dock.
The ship originally cost 5000 900, and
he expects to find the machinery, which
cost $735 900: the Harveyized steel ar
NOR, $50 feet long and IL inches thick,
with a value Of $500 a ton; steel bulk
heads, six nche thick, steel turrets
equipped with ten-inch uns, and two
other batteries.-Durham Sun
A crusade has been started at some
places against women attending church
without headgear. The rector Of 4
church at Asbury Park, N. j., announc-
ed from his pulpit the other day that
in the church and their Presence would
not be permitted.-Exchange.
Solved.-'Why do ailor get tat
tooed?" well, it's just like you wear
in hem yachtin' ~togs-ain't no par
ticklar reason except that other fools
is dom Ply
Mrs. Gadabout-"Mrs- Palmer says
she would not keep a girl that was
better looking than herself" Mrs.
Taikabout-"Well, that explains why
she is always without one."-Judse.
Entirely Out Of Place.-"So you lost
tant?" Yes. You see. 1 used TO be a
tant?" Yes. You. see. I ued to be a
conductor on a street car, and j couldn {
get out of the way of telling people to |
step lively, Observation-Disclosures Star. !
The Only Trouble.-"Mtss Passay |
hasn't any beau at all, has she?" mo
her past discourages ~SuitoEs." why, |
there's nothing the matter with her
past, is there?" No thothing except that |
IFS too OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger
"Oh, George" she exclaimed bitterly,
Il heard you tell your friend that you
didn't love me any more. Boo o
"DOf I cry, dear, he teIiuci-
y- 81 mean 1t as a compliment %
course 1 couldn't low y0l any moro
han I do now.'-Chicago Daily News. |
Get out of here or I'll set the dog
on YOU" hOuted the proprietor Of
country place to the tramp. Il only
wanted to tell you that your man down
here IN the field is not a truthful mar,
said the ~itinerant, with his hat in his
hand. What do you mean?" Why
he told me he was working for a gent
leman. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES States
mar.
An Experienced Worker.-Quickpen
Ia bookkeeper)-"He5lo, Thompson,
where are you off to-" Thompson "a
typist)-"I am going into the country
been sacked by Cesefist to make room
for a lady typist at a smaller screw;
but I'll De Jack at the office in a
month" Quickpen-"Think go"
Thompson-"Sure Of it. She'll marry
him by that time and after that she'll
make him employ a nan."-Pfck-Me-
Up.
One of the keenest railroads for ac-
quiring new mes is the Coass
Line. 1t is not at al an unusual thing
to find that it has made an important
addition to it's Mileage. A late acqui-
sition is the Jacksonville Southwestern,
with valuable river terminal property
at Observation-Disclosures Telegram.
A little life may be sacrificed to an
hours delay. Cholera infantum, dys-
entery, diarrhoea come suddenly. Only |
safe plan is to have DR.. Fowler's Elk
+raof "a WILD Ctra uharrv o1wavS on L