The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-26
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

Dr.. Henry B.. Lesher, OF Saiina
Jefferson county. Ia, claims to hayr
started Grover Cleveland on his politi.
cal career says the Chicago Chronicle.
He was In Buffalo when Mr.. CIeye-
land was nominated for sheriff. d..
Lesher says: When IL came nearly
time for a sheriff to be nominated j
said to my neighbor: When the nomi.
nations r open I'm going to shou:
Cleveland Well. pretty soon the
chairman announced that nomination.
for sheriff were open. and I shouted
al loud as I could. Grover Cleveland!
1t was taken up all over the house,
he was elected by a majority. and h.
kept going on till he lit in the White
house.
Albert E. Powell, in a special from
Havana. Cuba. to the Toledo Bee. says:
In the outskirts OF Havana is a white
building. with a recessed porch, over
which. in black letters. may be rea 4.
Real hospital De San Lazaro." II
is the leper hospital OF Havana, dedi-
Gated. according to an old custom. 20
Saint Lazarus. At present il has lis
inmates. of which thirty-three are o.
the female sex There are many chill
dren in the list Of un~fortunates. My
are olored. and twelve are Chinese.
In a speech in the British house or
comm DIS the i~rrepressible Laboucherc
came to the defence of the cigarette.
which he insisted often brought tran
guilty and calm to the perturbed aud
excited. frequently Modified angry, e1.
plosive and Quarrelsome persons, and
pacifed men who might be or the
point of exchanging violent words,
wen If they did not indulge in blows.
Mr.. Belmont and Mr.. Hill ought 20
nv Istr;ht4I o;~o ,,-.&f-t4l
ly in h st. Louis convention--NeN'
York Tribune.
Here Is a matrimonial advertisement
from THE Lahore Tribune: "Want.
ed-A suitable match for q high fam
girl. aged between eleven and twelve
years. educated UP to the fifth class,
and we'll up in Hindi and accounts,
very docile and respectful in de-
meanor. Communications with partl-
culars of educational n social quail
iications of the proposed match
should be addressed" etc.
At ar auction sale in a Scottish viii
lage the auctioneer was trying to sell
a number of domestic utensils, inc1ud-
ing a porridge pot AS usual, he was
keen eye caught a we'll known worthy,
the beadle. standing at the back Of
the crowd. and he shouted out: MATS
ter McTavish. make an offer for this
pot! Why, it would make a. splendid
kirk bel1!'' Aye" replied the beadle.
'if your tongue was / n tr!"-Exchange.
Don't gamble on the price Of meat
unless yoU are in a position to hol1
the Observation-Disclosures Record.
Patience -" rs her husband IN
trade?" Patr1ce-"No: he was sold out
by the sheriff last week."-Yonker,
Statesman.
Observation-Disclosures is the bess
business to which a young man can
give his attention." Jewett-"His
own."-Harper's Bazaar.
Higher Mafhematfcs.-"Yeu can't
take two from swO and leave one,- YOU
mo-" replied the South Da:-
kota judge, but I'v often taken one
one and left two."DChfcago
Record-Herald.
Can you gimme a bite, ma'am?"
said the ragged hobo. I'm hungry
enuf ter eat a fioSS." Il regret to
replied the Kind lady. that we
are just put of horses; but I'll cafi the
dog."-Chicago News.
Two Truths.-"One of the most i'm
portant things in life, my son." said
the 1atner,. '1S TO Know Wnen TO grasp
opportunity" And another" said
the wise son. "is to know when to let
of It.. I REPRESENTATIONS
Ledger.
Up n Away.-Hi Tragedy-"How
did You like Iowa %" Lowe Comedy
Well, there was enc town there Til
never forget. We were simply carried
away with it" Hi Tragedy-"You.
say" Lowe Comedy-"Yes, ~
arrived about an hour after
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
In a simple log cottage in the Adj
rondaeks lives a little old woman i'm
the seventies, whose daughters havs
given the family name worldwide
fame She is Mrs. Antonio Yznagr.
by several servants, h
a Ct u~neSentful summer with
only books and magazines for COM
paDions. Her daughters are scattered
the our orner of the earth. One
Of them, Lady Eister-Kaye, is i'm Pc
king; Ccnsuefo, Dowager Duchess Of
Manchester. is In poor health i'm Eng
land.-Exchange-