The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-26
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

IL that had been a different kind OF
riot those Georgia soldiers would per-
haps have bee furnished with a diff
ferent sort of ammunition.-Durham
Herald
II might possibly be so arranged az
to make 1t worse for the people OF the
east but il could hardly be worse for
thes state at large.-Durham Herald
After all. IT seems that those Geo.
gia negroes only imbibed the spirit
that pervades the communicative
ham Herald.
Editor Bryan throws out the sugges
ton that Mr. Cleveland has insulted
the democratic party by talking about
its return to sanity But the party
has no right TO complain. for that Is
h very thing upon which IL has been
congratulating itself eve since the
St. Louis convention.-Raleigh Times.
The American Bar Association Is to
meet in st. LOU on September o6th,
and the programme is for Judge Park
er to be in attendance and deliver an
address. 1t is quite probable that on
his return, he will make the first
speech Of the campaign at Chicago.
Indianapolis also hopes to intercept
him and get a speech from him.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The determination of ex-Secretary
of War Root not to accept the republi-
can nomination for governor OF New
York will doubtless be a blow to the
g. o. p. in the country at large, IS vel.
as in the Empire state. for the ex-
secretary is one of the very best men
in his party and New York is evidently
pretty tired of the republican parry as
represented by Governor Odell-Chal,
lotte Observer.
The new son of the car of Russia
has been named Alexis Nikolaievitch,
not in ono of any Romanoff, for the
last who bore the name was slain by
his father, Peter the Great, but for the
curious reason that the imperial in
itials borne on every government
wagon, horses saddle, and soldiers
blanket and branded on every mule,
happens 10 be "A. N."-for Alexander.
durham Sun.
| A Philadelphia has just Sc
cured a divorce because her husband
insisted on roughly treating her and a
New Jersey wife is asking for separa-
ton from a husband whose disposition
will not permit peace to reign in the
household. Experts in sociological
matters should now devise some
method Of bringing these divorced
| huSDanQS TO the western wives VINO
sought divorces from husbands that
were too peacefully inclined. The
way seems open for the solving of a
| great social problem.-Exchange.
Were you ever tempted to think tina,
the editor was indulging in personal
digs" when you saw something in the
| paper which seemed to fit your caseo
Discard hat thought. Remember the
old saying that many a shaft at ran-
dom sent n d mark the archer little
meant" Why, only the other day we
read of a Texas editor who published
the ten commandments in his paper
by request, with the result that he lost
half of his subscribers before he cQulQ
/ have time to explain in the next issue
meant.-Durham Sun.
A te~lautograph. instrument, says
| The New York Times, a new device
1 for the transmission of messages, has
I been installed in the office of the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company for the
purposes of communication between
the cashiers office and the policy o
department. The messages are writ
ten with an ordinary pencil to which
are attached by a sort of toggle joint
two wires of about the thickness Of
| darning needles, and are simultaneous
" reproduced in ink on a roll of pa
| per attached to q receiver, the repro
duced message being a facsimile of the
handwriting of the sender-Exchange.
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