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

|She-"Shall we go 10 church in tie
auto, dear?" He-"By all means.
It's bound to break before we get
there."-Life.
Cut Down the Loss.-"Were you
out at the races every day, Sputter?"
NO, the day it rained l stayed at
home and wasn't u a cent."-De-
Iroit Free Press.
DE trouble bout de mar dat Dor
rows trouble said Uncle Eben. lis
dat he wants to pay some of it to
everybody he meets, whether it's ow-1
in to 'em or not.''-Washington Star.
She Doesn't See Things.-Cassidy-
"Oi can niver git my wolfe to see
things as OF see thim." Casey
'"Thrue for We. olive heard she's
niver touched a drop in her loife.'-
Philadelphia Press.
An Expert Opinion.-Ikey (who has
been reading)-"Fader, can anybody
get rich beyond der dreams of affair."
ice?'" His Father-"I t'ink not,
Ikey. Afarice vos a pretty good
dreamer."-Puck.
Il object to being called a gay
Lothario,'" said Mr.. Bragg. 'Of
course, I'm not engaged to any parti-
cular girl, but "Of course.
you're not" interrupted Miss Snappe;
"if she were particular, you couldn't
be."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Wrong Remedy.-'Is it true" ask
ed the caller, that your husband or
dered DR.. Smoother cut of the
house 2" Yes Poor Jack had been
carrying the baby all night and ev-
owl NIGHT for n u-oa1 a~ -,a- -,-
down to a thread. I called the doc
tor, and he told Jack that he must
take exercise."-Detroit Free Press.
A contract vas signed yesterday
morning by Mr. w. 1. Young, presi-
dent, and other officers of the Etowah
Cotton Mills, recently chartered by
the state with one million dollars cap
ital, and the J. F. Kallivan Building
and Construction Company, of Green
vile, S. c., and Palmer, Mass, for the
erection of the buildings for the new
mill which is to be located about one
mile beyond Pomona. The company
will manufacture medium grade and
fine cotton fabrics.-Greensboro Tel
egram.
'"Townley wearies me-" said Young-
man.; hes forever boasting about his
grandfather Well replied the old
codger, that's no more than just. I
remember his grandfather used to
brag abou him a great "a when he
was a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Press.
Some of your opponents, colonel,
are accusing you of putting money
into politics. said the plain citizen.
well. some of the others have been
accusing me of taking money out IF
it," replied the colonel, $50 things are
about even up."-Philadelphia Press.
How did they discover that it was
not a woman, but a man in woman's
clotheS?" The lieutenant brought q
young baby into the room, and the
party in female attire didn't exclaim,
Look out for its back!'"-Boston
Transcript.
Grumpy can see how folks
can go wild over a game Of baseball.
and / must say it was dull enough
Lightwood-"1 see; you should have
bet on the other side."-Boston Tran
script.
Another good piece of hot-weather
advice is to be cheerful. Fix your
mind on pleasant subjects and keep
away from comic opera performances.
Chicago News.
French experts have found a way
to make silkworms spin silk fbers
that are already colored, thus obsiating
The process of dying the. silk. That
sort of thing would not be permitted
in Chicago, where a strike would be
speedily called against the innova-
vation.-Savannah News.
We have lodged a protest against
the action Of Venezuela in -dispossess-
ing Americans of asphalt lakes. The
protests hitherto lodged with vene-
zuela have come from other nations.
and our business has been to protect
this especially unruly ward. AS we
construe the Monroe doctrine. we can
alone eprimand and spank our wards
for their dishonesty and disorderly
conduct. Some of these times we NAV
have to show that we really mean
what We say.-Galveston News.
Swedish restaurant keepers OF the
old-fashioned sort charge less for a
woman's e than a mans on The
theory that she is physically unable
TO eat SO much. A married couple
travelling together are debited at many
hotels as n person and a half-Ex-
change.