The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-18
HERE AND THEIRS.

The world honors the man who does
something we'll It's not the size nor
the kind OF job hat counts so much
as the way it's done. The boy VINO
big jobs later on-Monroe journal.
The modern young man Is not so much
handicapped by deficiency In education
as By having grown up without expert
ence IN patient work. - knowledge Of
what work is the keystone of
Industrial education. The country boy
succeeds because he has been brought
UP 10 work.@Charlotte Chronicle.
Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin was
lately accused in McClure's Magazine
OF buying his seat in the open market.
He clustered and threatened TO insti-
tute suit, but there is nothing doing"
1T is not safe for one Republican TO
make claims MS brethren cannot justi-
fy-they must tar together.-Times-
Union.
For Sale-House in good neighborhood
by an invalid lady three stories high
n heated with Observation-Disclosures
American.
Pardon me. but did You see 4 dachs-
hund near here?'' Yes" Where was
hep" Partly on Euclid Avenue and
partly on Erie Street.'-Cleveland
- 800 D1oA~
/, Wife (quoting)-"A mans works fin
ished with the setting sun; y woman's
work is never done" Husband (brute)
quite right. my dear I've often re-
marked the omission" Punch.
Wife (who has been a~way)-'You
must have liked that breakfast food.
James dear. There isn't a single box
left" James-"Yes, darling. 1t was
great (sotto voce) to start the fire with,
NOTWITHSTANDING.
Finnegan-'fFur a deafeated candi-
date, ye're lookin' purity happy. Oi'm
thinkin'." Flanagan-'Thrue fur we.
Dim happy to think d won't nov to
kape amy of the rash promises /
made before NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ledger.
Barber-'Did weaver give you any
security for the money he borrowed of
your Draper-'No; he said it would
be secure enough in his possession"
tBarber-FCome to think about it'll
guess it will be.'-Boston Transcript
The Little sister, wish I could do
that with my hair" The Big Sister
'-Oh, no, you don't, dearie! Your curls
are pretty, just as they are!" The Little
tSister-@They're horrid! 1 want a styl-
ish curfew, like mamma said you had"
PUCK.
Mrs. Gossipp-"Mrs. Jones nus he
very SuperstitiouS. She says she
wouldn't have thirteen people at her
table for anything" Mrs. Knifer-"Oh,
it isn't superstition. She has only an
even dozen silver spoons and china
dinner plates, you acknowledgements
CommercialJTribunte.
IA San franciscan named Frederick
Muller got a divorce from his wife sew
eral months ago on the ground Of de-
sertion and cruelty. Later she was
committed to an insane asylum. Now
he a had the decree of divorce set
aside on the ground that he believes
her mistreatment of him was due to the
condition of her mind and that he wish
es to- care. for her during the period
of her infirmity and afterward in the
event of her recovery.-Exchange..
The New York democratic state COM
mittee has made an analysis of recent
commercial reports of &c. Dun & Co.
and proposes to issue a statement,
based on these reports, which will re-
flute. it is declared, the republican
cladms of prosperity under their ad-
m~inistration. among other points
made upon this report, it IS stated tina
there have been 9,1S3 commercial fail
ures during 1904, more than a thousand
more a in the same period of 1903
News and Observer.
United States Consul Monaghan, a
Chemnitz, Germany, says that beoau
of the enlistment of large numbers OF
Japanese workingmen in the armies
operating in Manchuria, many womeT
are forced to sustain themselves, BY
means Of industrial work in theii
homes. This has created a large de
mand for the lighter kinds OF machine:
which produce saleable commoditie:
n can be manipulated by women
Sewing machines, knitting machines
and hand looms are reported to be il
great demand.-Charlotte Chronicle
Since so many deaths have resulte
from the brand OF whiskey sold in New
York we make bold TO recommend tn
Raleigh dispensary article. We ar
not informed that the managers o.
our thirst quenching establishment
, have opened a nail order department
but feel sure that the matter nigh
be arranged when it is a question o
| life and death.-Raleigh Post.