The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-01
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

You say Grinder worked asst sum-
mer just for fun?' "roh. no: just FOR
funds."-Harvard Lampoon-
When Mr.. TiIlman dons his clerical
robes his first duty should be TO o n
vert the jury that acquitted him.
Durham Herald
so Jack has beer specializing II
Wall street? Was he a bear opera
tori" Well, he was very nearly bare
before they got through with him..
Judge.
Why has Mr.. F1ipkins disappeared
| from society?" Lost his money"
| answered Miss Cayenne. 1T Is impos-
sible TO be a lion in society and a lamb
in Wall street both at once-"-wash-
| ingJon Star.
Jones.-"Do you think a mans fu-
ture can be predicted from his hand
writing2'' Brown-"To a certain sx-
tent especially IL it appears at the bot
tom OF a promissory ~note-"-Town and
| Country
Don't git discouraged cause you
can't tell a funny story good said
| Uncle Eben. "Mebbe de absence OF
dat 'compIishment'l be de means Of
| yoh stickin' to work til you gifts sum-
| pin done.'-Washington Star.
From the Mountains of old Virginia
| there comes a wall. The long drouth
has dried up the spring branches, the
moonshine distilleries are idle, and
there is a consequent scarcity OF noun
tain observation-disclosures.
"Gracious!" exclaimed Mr.. Swellman,
Il sfho he hu hos aofnn n Inf nr fhnt loo
biscuit" Never mind, dear replied
| Mrs. Swellman. dear little Fido has
| often eaten the baby's food, SO ii serves
him NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger.
Old Ledy-FWhy do you go around
| begging instead Of working?" Tremc
I'll tell yoJse de truth, ma'am.
begs ter git money fur whiskey." OLD
Lady-"But why do You drink whis-
key? Tramp-"SC'S ter git up M
courage to 60 round and beg, ma'am.
Chicago Daily News
Skirner-"Well, are you ready to on,
that setter dog if mine?" Markley-
mo. Wisenan ave me a good poin'
ter" Skinner-"You're joking! Wise,
man couldn't have given you q pointeI
because" Markley-"Oh, yes, h
did. It was: Don't buy that dog o
Skinner's.''-Philadelphia Press.
DO you believe in second sight?'
asked the coed with a taste for psy
chology. Indeed / do" replied tn
handsome senior. when I met Ms
Passee the other evening / thought shr
was beautiful, but / got a second loo
at her the next morning and was say
ed any further anxiety on her account
Cincinnati Tribune.
President Roosevelt caused Chair
man Cortelyou to weep bitter tear
when he decided the tobacco label cas-
against n tobacco. trust Now tn
tobacco trust wont contribute a cen
to the republican campaign SO incon
siderate of Mr.. Roosevelt.-Tarbor
Southerner.
A scientist is quoted as saying tina
some time we will be able to do with
out sleep. 1t is announcements of thi
sort. hat have reduced science" t
about the level of the side show bus
ness. Still it is to be expected tina
the gas and electric light companie
will look forward hopefully TO the da!
Durham sui
Count Leo Tolstoi, Ella Wheele
Wilcox. Dorothy Dix, Beatrice Fai
fax, Opie Read, James Creelman, an
several other topical writer's of nor
or less note have not yet favored II
people of this state with their view
as to the Wisconsin situation. INT
thcy DO so it will be at least safe I
suspend judgement as to the truth {
the Steffens and Wellman contribu
tions.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
1t is said cartridges are plentif,
this year. This is especially true upo
the uplands, where the young birC
were not drowned by the heavy raj.
in June. The habits of birds hay
changed in the past twenty year
Then wher a. covey of birds were f1usl
ed they flew what was termed by hur
ters, bird lengths" q distance
about n hundred yards. Now the
often go half a mile, and then ligl
in Eees. a thing hardly ever know
twenty years age. While other thing
have been educated the birds have III
been idle.-Raleigh Times.
Just after a Kansas woman secure
q verdict of one cent from a man tn;
kissed here against her will, an OH
woman enters suit against a man fl
a similar act and asks an award
$4,000. It would be interesting to kno'
just what makes a kiss just SO muc
more valuable in Ohio than in Kansa
for it would be cruel to sugges ths
$ the Kanses jury, after having Or
good look ct the prosecutrix decide
that their fellow citizen had alrea,l
been punished er rough. At any IA
the poor man with ~osculatory tender
> cieS wants to move owards Kansa
and steer clear of Ohio.-Savanna
= News.