The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-05-10
HERE \ THERE.

OeShNi Hndy not know what he
Is taking about, yet he is making
charges that the committee shouIS
look into.-Durham Herald.
Mistress-"Did the fisherman who
stopped here this morning nave frogs
Iegs?' Nora-"Sure. mum. I d,nnaI
He wore pants"-Cornell Widow.
Well" he muttered. butting his
head on a landing as he fell down the
elevate shaft las Mr.. kipling would
say, That is another story.'"-Har-
ward Lampoon.
Heavy Tragedian-"There's a the
atrical manager in New York Just
crazy to nave me join his company"
Soubrette-"I should say he is."-
Chicago Daily News.
When your father comes home I
shall tell him to give you a whipping"
Hold on. ma" Let pa remain neu-
tral-dont drag him into this affair"
Judge.
Il had an awful time p~ersuading
the landlord TO paper our house."
Are you pleased with the RESULT"
Hardly. 1 think it was put on for
revenge.'-Detroit Free Press.
According to the dictum of the i'm
mortal General Forrest. Japan seems
to have gotten there first with the
most men," That is a mighty good
way to win victories.-Charlotte
News.
Clara-"Our club bars out gum
chewing and slang" . Bertha-"It
does?" Clara-'Yes; women who
chew gum and ak slang oughtn't to
cut any ice in a literary club."-Cin-
cinnati Commercial-Tribune.
What is that automobiles COM
planning about?" He says the laws
to wear numbers and secure permits
before being allowed to cross the
streets."-Washington Star.
VIVA makes Brown sc naughty
these days?" Why. his secret be-
nevoIent association has elected him
to an office that has a title seven feet
longer than any title there is in
Smiths secret Society."-Chicago
Evening Post.
Distinguished Artfst-"Perhaps il
you came here you will get a better
light on the picture. This studio is
not nearly large enough" Fair WISH
tor (desirous to understand)-"Yes,
yes; L know. One can't get far
enough away from YOUR picturesi"-
Punch.
I'm afraid I'll disagree with you
remarked Jonah as the Whale swal-
lowed him. Perhaps" replied the
sagacious whale. but 1t won't be a
circumstance to the way the theclo-
gians will disagree when they come to
discuss this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Press.
"The strangest sigfrt that the Fill
pinos now at st. Louis exposition ever
-au- yroc fIra cnnu Thnf foil nm the
grounds the other day" says Mr.. Dud-
ley, of the above named city. 1t the
Ebbitt. The little people from the
Orient had never seen the beautiful
and they rushed out to collect it in
wholesale quantity, thinking 1T was
sugar that had fallen from the heav-
ems"
1t is now disclosed that 1T was j. 2.
Morgan who bought the manuscript
of Millions Paradise Lost" for S25,-
600. At the time of the writing OF
this epic poem Milton was blind, SO
that the chirography IS not that or the
great poet, but of his amanuensis, per-
haps his daughter: Little did the
Puritan poet, born in the year when
the English planted their first colony
at jamestown, va. dream tnat 5oo
wears later his precious composltlon
should repose in a fand OF then un-
touched wilderness.-Raleigh ZINES
1t Is singular how places and things
sometimes get their names. While in
lower Duplin last week we saw some
of the beautiful Prince Albert
strawberries which have recently ON
into existence. While several farmers
were talking about them n related
the story of how they got their name.
The gentleman who first discovered
them was seer one morning working
some recently found plants in his
field. He wore 4 long Prince Albert
coat at the time and his
observing that fact gave his berries
hat name. The Prince AIberts are
all right too.-Duplin Journal.
individually 1 favor his selection.
I favor him because he comes from
the right section and the right state.
He is the logical candidate. geograpI-
ically and politically. l favor him be-
cause he seems to be an eminently
conservative, careful n healthy
minded man. / favor him because
although he has differed with a mayor
itv of the party upon some great ques-
tons, notably one great question, he
was still a democrat, in spite of his
difference. and thought democracy,
even with one or two planks wrong
infinitely better to h count tnan
repubIicanism l think Parker Is a
fundamental democrat-an antl-1eder-
list nv nature. He is a democrat by
temperament as we'll as by study and
association. That goes very far with
me."-John Sharp Williams on Judge
Parker.
Mr.. 7. K. p. Neathery, who ormer
w lived here, but who has been a res
ident of Columbia, S. c., for a numper
of years past. mad his first appear
|! ance in the political arena at the DEM
ocratic convention there a day or two
ago. Mr.. Neathery offered a resolu-
ton to the effect that from and after
| the adoption of this resolution, every
citizen of this county, who offers him
| self as a candidate for any office, shall
be required to pledge himself not 10
| rive or spend money, or use ntoxicat
no liouors for the purpose of obtain
| ing or influencing votes, and shaIl, a.
| the conclusion of each campaign aho 10
| hafore the primary election. render 10
80 chairman of the democratic party
| of this county under oath an itemizeo