The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-14
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AHD THERE.

Like the speed OF a train there
seems to be no limit to an expert typc-
writer. In the pension office at wash
| ington i've thousand words In seven
hours was formerly q days work. but
| n day last spring two or three Ia
dies ran the number up to ten hous-
and Then last August one young lady
< established the wonderful record of -
| 900 words in the time limit II was
thought il would stand at this. but Oh
Monday last a lady from Ten
nessee went her one better and put the
| number at $4,000. The boss of the sho?
says he DOM want to kill any one and
| has asked that no more efforts 10
break h record be made.-Greensboro
Record.
a Kansas City court recently decided
that a woman who resorted to a bean
~ doctor" to ave the color OF her hair
transmitted from auburn to fine god,
assumed the risks incidental thereto,
could not compel the artist to res
| pond in damages when his justly eel
ebrated preparation removed not only
the original color, but likewise a large
part OF the hair. One OF the grounds
On which the court based IT'S denial of
relief was that the lady had previously
acquired an artificial shade for her
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so he decision would seem to leave
the question open so far as first Often
ders re'concerned.-Raleigh Times.
Officials of the labor bureau repor.
that there are very few idle men, which
is probably due TO the fact that the
politicians are all at work-Washing-
ton Post.
Il believe that little Chumley is
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Well. he needs n right away
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"a fool and his freedom are soor
parted" remarked the bachelor upon
hearing Of the marriage of another
friend.-Yonkers Statesman.
Gracie-"Maud made a hit as a beat
| ty while in London" Lucy Well, 1t
is so foggy there that they couldn't
| see what she really looked hke."-Chi-
| cage Daily News.
Mrs. Rash-'Children nowadays are
| SO mature" Mrs. Dash-"Yes, they
are; my two little-boys find fault with
| their food exactly like grown men,
Brooklyn Life.
Say, old fellow, I'm in a big rush
with this. Won't you take the girls
place at the typewriter while she goes
4 10 lunch buI J. uOu L hIOW tiC hSS
board" "Oh, thatlI be all right. This
is an illinois French dialect poem I'm
working on."-Judge.
Roxley (coldly)-'And what are your
prospects, may ask?' Jack Hanson
-.'Pardon me, sir. I merely love your
daughter. I have not been so merce-
nary as to look you up in BradstIeets
and, therefore. I cannot answer your
Press.
Eyes, his wife calls him dow9 |very
day" but she's such a frail, meek
looking little woman, and he's such a
big brute of a fellow Il know. She
calls him down to a breakfast, af.e;
she's got UP and prepared it, while he's
deciding whether he'll go to sleep again
or not. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Crocer-'See here, my lad, il
there are any mere mistakes made be-
hind this counter, you ak The boy
-"Yes SIR" The Grocer-"Eh, what's
this? low did this five dollar gold
piece get among these pennies?" The
Boy-"Took it in by mistake, sir The
Grocer-"Eh? Mistake? Wei, we wort
count this one."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
A German traveller claims to have
discovered in the forests Of Borneo a
people who still wear the tail Of our
prim alive ancestors. He does not write
from hearsay. He has seen the tail.
1t belong I'd tC q child about six ear
old, sprung from the tribe of Poenans
AS nobody could speak the Poenan
tongue the y%oungster could not b.
questioned, but there was his tail, sure
enough-1ot very long, but flexible
hairless and about the thickness OF
ones little finger. The Poenars arr
reported to be very simple, honest folk
with a child-like system OF barter. They
deposit in public places the goods they
wish to exchange. and a few days later
they find there the equivalents they
desire. Nobody dreams of stealing
This is almost as remarkable as the
vestige of the ancestral tail.-Londor
Chronicle.
The Earl Of Roslyn, the English &C.
tor-nobleman, received a cable the
other day that nearly took his breath
1t consisted Of two words. Engage
ment Off" and was signed by Mrs Cor.
nelia Baxter Tevis, the Denver beauty
(worth $4.0c0, O00) that Roslyn thought
he had persuaded to marry him. Hrs
Tevis was formerly Miss Baxter OF
Tennessee.-Savannah News
The waning season at Newport has
become frightfully dull. 1t remained
fer Harry Lehr, who is always fuI
of celebrating ideas, to revive the
spirits of h few cottagers who ais
left. Even the dogs Of the fashiona.
bles were yawning, full Of ennui. Sc
Mr.. Lehr hit on the beautiful plan OF
celebrating the third birthday Of Mrs
Lehr's small P0meranian dog, which
because of its size and Importance
is named Mighty Atom. Mighty Atom
invited to dinner seven dogs of eqUa'
breeding and good Ever
dog accepted the invitation, and, al
though rather jaded by the summers
designations, greatly enjoyed the dir
ner and the entertainment which fol-
lowed it. The cats which took part in
the entertainment did not enjoy i:
| much Oh rlaSfan POST