The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-29
HERE AND THERE.

AkN1 jill GAAlC AXG
ban From now. henceforth and for
ever. Chanticieer must keep to his
roost and not trespaEs on the highways
OF the municipality, sue Is the decree
OF New Bern's wise and prudent
solons- Surely it's a good order or
tie fathers you'd not a prcmul-
gated it Now. IL the pigeon could be
made to keep himself in mid-xir, the
Enghsh parrow be compelled to re-
turn 10 its European place OF origin,
the mosquito to its native swamp,
n the house-iy to eternal perdition.
II the fathers would do only that, un-
born generations would rise up and
shout blessings upon them.-New Bern
Journal.
Among the officers of the German
navy are five admiralS, seven vice
admfrals. seventeen rear admirals, six
ty-two captains of ship. twenty-five or
frigate and Ill OF corvette. The ships
OF navy consist OF nineteen battle
ships, eight coas defense ships,
twelve armored gunboats. ten armor-
ed cruisers. tw~enty-nfne protected
cruisers, seven ordinary ~gunboats. fiji
teen training ships. nine special ser
vice vessels and nine harbor ships. OF
these there are I'm commission hin
battle ships. four coast defense ships,
one armored gunboat, seven armcred
cruisers. nineteen protected cruisers,
six ordinary gunboats. eleven training
ships and eight special service vessels.
Exchange.
Booker T. Washington, of the Tus-
kegee institute, has been recently
elected an honorary member Of the
Harvard HAPPIER of the Phi Beta Kap-
pa He is the first of his race to have
been thus honored. The degree OF
master of arts was conferred upon him
by Harvard in 1S96.-New York Post.
1t is now proposed that there should
be a tax on cats. This seems a natur-
al corallery to the proposed tax on
bachelorS-Punch.
Mabel-"Mamma says our consci-
ences should tell us when we are
naughty" Kittie-"Yeth. but I don't
Iithen to gossip!"-Harper's Bazaar.
Her Retort-"My ancestors came
over in the Mayfower," said the young
woman who boasts. Yes" answered
Mrs. Packinham, of Chicago; Il I'M
derstand that travel a very cheap
on that boat.'-Washington Star.
Gilroy.-"Parsons is a liberal sort
of fellow. He offered me a cigar jus,
now" Butman-"You didn't tax
it?" Gilroy-"No." 'Butman-'"Thea
how do you know whether IT was lib
crafty. or merely malice Boston
Transcript.
A Compromise.-"But," said h
Rev. DR.. Broadley, you must remem-
Der the Bible tells us to love our
neighbors." TITS quite impossible"
replied Mrs. Upperten. II simply hate
mine" 'Well-er-then, hate then
In Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Difference.-Little Rodney
Papa, what is the difference between
climate and weather." Mr.. Wayout
COT Observation-Disclosures link)-"CIi-
mate, my son, is what a locality has
when you are buying a home there.
and weather is what It after
wards."-Puck.
An Impression OF Waste.-"Theres
mighty few people, said Farmer
Corntoesel, that knows what to do
with a farm after they get one" 81
ave noticed hat" the girl
with frizzles. They always insist on
filling the whole place up with corn
and oats and things, when they might
have such lovely tennis courts n golf
links.'-Washington Star.
"A Sad Case.-Ffrst Tramp-"We've
been pretty bad off at times. Ell Stun
py?". Second Tramp-"Sure we
have!" First Tramp-"Well, it amt
a circumstance ter how them swells.
some of EN-, has ter live! Yestiddy.
l heard one er them real sersiety
So obC Oil hOI CSfudlI Hdu
been Twin in their trunks for two
years!"-Life.
The General Slocum horror in New
York harbor some weeks ago devel-
Oped a number of heroes and hero
ines Easily first among the latter
was Miss Mary McCann, who, although
she had been only a few days out of
e hospital. saved six persons from
after they had jumped from
the burning steamer. In addition to
this. she devoted herself to aiding the
injured, never thinking of herself until
III was compelled by exhaustion to
take a res Naturally, and very de-
s~ervedly, Mics McCann received a Tot
OF praise from the newspapers and the
authorities. Her picture appeared in
the papers, along with detailed de-
scriptions of her splendid deeds. It
would seem that a person, especially
a woman, who had rendered such Sig
nal service to her fellow creatures
should be immune from annoyance.
But the notoriety that has come to the
young woman has almost made lit.
a burden to her. For week the mails
have been laden with letters to her
proposing marriage. She says she has
received not less than 1000 of them