The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-22
HERE AND THERE.

A Texas pony gave an exhibition yes
|tertay on Queen street, Of expert kick
ing. He gave n fiirt. went Up In the
atmosphere, and when he hit the eartn
he was minus rider. saddle, bride. and
three h~orseshoes- That's kincklng
some.-Kinston Free Pres.
It is estimated that the side priyfl-
eyes IN the subway, such as advertise
ing. news stands and slot machines,
VIII bring IN a revenue OF a million dol
lars a year to the Interborough Com
pany, which would be enough to pay
h interest on over s2s,Oo0,000 Of the
$35. 100000 Of bonds issued to cover the
cost Of the underground road.-Ney
World
some say that Mr. Roosevelt will
modify his n~egrophile policy so as to
reassure the south hat he means fair
~ by this section: others insist that he
will not change his attitude upon this
matter a all and the south had better
understand that once for all. Predic-
ItionS are quite useless The president
may do h one thing or the other,
and he may do both. We shall just
have to wait and see n whatever he
he does We shall "a to pear with
tie best philosophy we can CON-
mand. and we shou,d be able 20
command a very fair fashion of PHI
osophy as long as we are making su>h
magnificent crops as we have been the
Past few years. Put money in the
purse is the best advice to the south
just now. In these days the rich are
all right, especially under republican
Observation-Disclosures Post.
A new disease has been iscovered by
army surgeons The call it "Philippi-
Ditic - II iC dnrriha1 n Q n nhnnua that
takes place gradually in the Americans
who go to the islands and is alleged TO
be due in a great measure to the ell
mate. The first SYMPTOM is a loss Of
memory, necessitating the use OF a
notebook for ever the most trifing de-
tails. Later comes an almost over
whelming desire to put off action as FAR
i'm the uture as possible. and this Gull
inmates in the excessive use of alcohol
and tobacco. There are a good many
people that have never seen the Philip
pines that show SYMPTOMS of the attic
ton noted.-Savannah News
At the Stadium.-Sickem-"I say, hut
this is a fine game!" Paxton-'Yes,
but ont You think it could be better
settled by Observation-Disclosures Daily
News.
Yes. he did have a political job, but
he resigned" I'm surprised at thai.
The last time I saw him he told me his
job was a regular little s~inecure." Yes.
but it came a little Insecure recently"
l-Philadelphia Press.
Merchant-"I begin to think it was a
mistake after all, to put those plate
| glass mirrors in our show windows.
Floorwalker-"Why so?" Merchant
"WIhy the women spend too much time
Ioutside in front of them."-Somervilie
Journal.
Unpublished History.-The infant
Romulus surveyed the worf with a2crit-
ical eye: she amt much to brag OF
as an angel mother" he said, but she
is better than the patented baby foods"
Happy in the thought that he was SO
far ahead of the times. he sat up and
took nouriSment.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
War is now being waged in wester'
rivers against the German carp, intro
duced into this country a couple of dec
AIDES ago as the life saver of the popu-
lace. The carp fails to tickle the Amer
lean palate, but IL h egg;
of game fish with an Unsuitable appe
tite. Under the supervision of the fish
warden of Illinois, the Fox river was
recently seined for wv days and e
tons of carp were removed-News anG
Courier.