The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-22
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A&Hc ibdn VIII ocaDGTdAtty walks Oh
e grass OF lawns and parkngs. mere
ly for h sake o. the saving OF a few
inches in his course. deserves to be
treated to particularly exquisite torture
in h final reckoning OF human sins.
An appropriate torment would be his
perpetual exile in a land OF no grass.
no shade. no relief from the arid heat
n drought of the observation-disclosures
Star.
The country life with its attendant
blessings of fresh air. exercise and free
dom from worry, conduces TO soundness
of intellect. If not to accuteneSs. What
a pity 1t is that the country is not ap-
preciated, and how d~eplorable 1t is that
each ear the farms are drained OF the
boys and girls. who throw themselves
into the nerve destroying, mind racking
struggle for existence carried on in our
great cities.-Birmingham. Ala. News.
The caucus of the Kings county DEM
Ocrats does not make more certain eth
er h presentation of Judge Parker
as a candidate by the democratic state
convention or his nomination at St.
Louis. for 10Th these events were AL
ready assured beyond the shadow OF
doubt. Yet Mr.. McCarren's sweeping
victory does illustrate, does confirm,
does emphasize and enforce the
strength and the breadth and the ire
sistible impetus OF the Parker move
ment.-New York World
Congressman Bankhead is the rank
ing democratic member of the house
committee on public buildings and
grounds-which means that should the
democrats have a majority in the next
congress he would be the chairman Of
that committee and have large inf1u-
ence in the distribution of public
buildings. Manifestly the people of the
Sixth Alabama district consider pub
lie buildings o essential to inland
happiness than a large navy.-Colum-
bia State.
Mr.. Bryan shows himself a very OBJ
fuse person when he intimates a Mr..
Hill would be satisfied with any little
measly place in Mr.. Parker'S cabinet.
What he wants is to redeem New York.
What he wants is his old place in the
senate and one nor whack at the
White house! Poor mani He is a bach
elor. He has nothing else to think
about. He is a sober. interchangeable, in
dustrious a born with a ballot in
n hand and q Dallot-box in the other,
and he Ia very tenacious. He has long
bad h bee in his bonnet. Like Bu-
chanan, whom in some ways he re-
sembles. he may get there. Anyhow,
here's hoping that he may.-Courier
Journal.
The New Jersey legislature, in spe-
cial session. recently passed a bill which
prohibits slaughter of tame pigeons
from traps. The passage of this bill
shows the power of public opinion. At
the regular session of h legislature
the committee refused to report this
bill. and there was a storm of protest
from the public, so that at the special
session the bill was passed without any
diculty. The people demanded it, and
the people always ave their way. II
they do not get such legislation as they
desire, it is because they do not assert
themselves. The members of the Gen
eral Assembly are the servants Of the
people,. n they are quite sur to re-
spond promptly when their masters give
an OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Here it is again! The Rev. DR.. E..
Benjamin Andrews. chancellor OF the
Nebraska state university at Lincoln,
delivered a lecture t. the students of
the Medical college some days ago.. in
which he o issue with President
Roosevelt on the race suicide question.
In the opinion of DR.. Andrews ten chill
dren are too many for a person OF or-
binary means. but it is the duty of the
well-to-do to raise large families OF
children. We are not so sure abO
that. 1t might be we'll for the presi-
lent ito recommend in a special message
ing large bounty to families having
more han ten children in
them. If a business is to be made OF
it, it deserves encouragement from the
government on the ground that for
the last hundred years the government
has stretched it's powers in aid OF in
FAINT industries.-News and Courier.