The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-16
HERE AND THERE.

We miss cur old friend Thornton In
these election times. He IL was who
horoscoped Cleveland and Stevenson
In 81 on the day they were nomina-
& and said they would carry two west
ern states He was laughed at but he
made good. Wisconsin and Illinois
were the states. When Bryan was up
he said when asked to make a heros>
cope OF his chances--No use: I'm \
democrat" And he was-true blue.
! By the way, he said Corbett would
whip sullivan easily in the New Orleans
fight n he was laughed at, but he
made good.-Greensboro Record.
To correct the current but. it seems,
Ibellous statements about the meager-
ness Of the dress Of Moros n Igor
rotes, Data Freundo. the celebrated
| Moro chief, will visit Washington
| bringing a wardrobe that would make
Harry Uehr look utterly Insignificant:
| and What is more, he will wear IL all
when he visits the president--Asheville
Gazette-News.
Wilson is full of Solomons as TO the
| d OF a newspaper-but mind you,
| they are not subscribers, but those
who manage to read without paying
the price, We are not catering to that
class of readers. They know all about
how ii should be done but don come
to our assistance when we nave the
force to face on Saturdays. If it suits
them to talk il suits us to print in our
/ peculiar style. Subscribe, gentlemen;
keep up with our vaporings and youth
soon be wiser than ever.-Wilson News.
1t is a tradition among the craft that
when n ever learns the printing art,
he becomes stamped with a peculiar
mark that follows him for life, n Is
easily recognized by others of the frat
ernity. Yesterday upon the arrival or
one of the special military trains. the
writer noticed a lounging figure bracing
up a post On the platform which he rec
ognized as a ~superanuated type. and the
figure had nothing whatever about it to
attract any especial attention. A DASH
ing young lieutenant alighted, spied the
figure N in a moment the two were
together. A hearty hand shake was
passed, and a pleasant conversation en-
sued, and the parting was not milk
that Of life long friends, although 1t was
| ascertained that the men never saw
| each other before, n simply recognize
ed each by that mysterious mark that
a printer wears eternally.-New Bern
| Journal.
A cargo Of Egyptian cotton will soon
arrive. in Savannah, consigned to a
Quitman mill. The Savannah Press, in
commenting upon this fact, can find
nothing better to say h that the
only pity is that there is not a cotton
mill in Savannah to use it," We should
say tina it was a much greater pity
that our own long-staple cotton growers
should be subjected to any such ruinous
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Who cares if the beef famine does
come now? A British explorer says
grilled lion steaks are delicious and
much superior to the ordinary kim we
| are in the habit Of eating. Even the
humblest toiler among US can afford Z
| rib roast of lion or tiger now and then.
Atlanta Journal.
Deadly Lively Japs.-The successful
| Japanese military commanders are con-
stantly engaged in executing Happy
Dispatches Ito the papers) without
committing suicide.-Punch.
Agreed With Her.--You ought to
I! have more consideration" sobbed the
unhappy American countess. True
| exclaimed the representative of the eff
| fete aristocracy, 1.-The beggarly ten mil
lions your father passed over in ex-
| change for my espousaT of you were
| hardly sufficient consideration to make
| q valid contract."-New Orleans Times
| Democrat.
The Louisville Courier-Journa tells
of a new skin disease that has been
discovered in Vienna. A doctor de-
scribing it says: 1.-The symptoms ar.
originally a bright scarlet, forming
rings, connected with ZACH other un-
til they resemble a net. They spread
in serpentine lines. The spots, some-
| what elevated, are beautifully drawn.
and after a while the color alterates
between scarlet, pink, lila and gray
blue. Very rarely there are brown
ish tints. The skin takes on a silky
hue" The smart set at Newport ought
to take notice Of this beautiful way
of getting sick and take steps to adopt
it in society at once. Harry Lehr
would look too sweet for anything with
the pretty malady.-Savannah News.