The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-21
HERE AND THERE.

sFcSidA uispdtcn 10 the New 10Th
Herald from Morristown. n. J., says:
Miss Mary Crevelign. a school teacher
at Dunfield went up on the Kitatin
after school to pick wild
flowers. While pushing along through
n oushes n felt something coil
tightly around her ankle She knew
that il was a snake. Drawing I'D her
skirts until h could see the swaying
head Of the reptile she made a grab
just below its head and caught II in
a firm grasp. Then Miss Crevelign
called TO one of the boys and asked for
his knife. With IL she cut the snake
in two below her hand. and flung the
squirming thing from her. Then kick
ing the snakes coils from her ankle
she tainted. The reptile vas a black
snake. four feet seven inches long.
Charley. dear said Mrs. Torkins,
Il have made an investment"
Have your"
"Yes I hin it is d very good one.
too. I've bought a TICKET for a piano
that going to be ratified Off"
How many chances are there"
"A thousand. That's what decided
me. When there are so many chances
as that. n ought TO stand a real good
show, onughtn't one, Charley, dear?'-
Washington Star.
Emilio Aguinaldo. according to adj
vices received in Washington, Will
cave Manila next month for a trip to
the United States. He contemplates
visiting the st. Lou exposition, as well
as Washington, New York and other
large cities. 1t would doubtless be a
good thing to hav the leader of the
late PHILIPPINE instruction come to the
United States. What he would see
would impress him with the size, rich
ness and power of this country and
make him understand tho f,tilifv ~
his people struggling against their fate.
Aguinaldo would be we'll received in
this country, especially in Boston,
Savannah News.
The Thomas Jefferson Bible is 10
be printed by the government. The
real title Of the compilation which
Jefferson gave it is The Morals of Je-
sus Of Nazareth" Some people have
regarded this only unpublished work
of Jefferson as irreligious, but cofnpe-
tent critics have declared that it IS
just the opposite; that it shows a high
order OF reverence and brings out
strongly the perfect code Of morals
taught by precept an example by Jesus.
Exchange.
did he fali in owe at first sight?''
Yes first sight of her bank account"
Princeton Tiger.
lie lelIOW WHO plays the DdSS-QTuTIR
is not the only one who beats his way
through life.-Phiiadelphfa Record.
Does God SEND the summer, John7'
Yes, miss" "WelT, I do wish he'd
send it in the winter when we need it.
Brooklyn Life.
"One of the carpenters who is work
Eig on my new house drove 129 nalIs
fs2 one minute, yesterday afternoon"
s'HFiChf 6nn't 1af tha Clafix-i1n nnItcQ
hear about it. They'll arrest him for
fast drivfng.-Cleveland Eeader.
"E pity the man who carst; learn any
thing fSom his own mistakes. Now,
that's thing I a do" said Bragg.
"Ah! you're always learning something
then arn't you?" replied Ku6N-Phil-
adelpa:Al Ledger.
Fathee-"You're always xantfng
more money. Now, 1 was always sat
isfied Efth the very mail allowance
father gave me-" Son-"Deu he
would Save been foolish to have in
creased IL. Now, with me the case is
different-"Chicago Daily News.
Miss Helen Miller Gould probably re-
ceives more. requests for her photograph
than any 0tfIe- woman In America,
never responds favorably. Shs has
sat for heT-pictGre two or three times,
always with the StriL, understand ding
that no one gets one of the Photographs
without ~he,-conSent. AS an additional
precaution she buys the original plates.
Miss Gould is a brunette, with brown
hair and eyes. Her face is not pretty
but is Singufar1y sweet IN expression.
medium size and a good figure she
dresses in black wherr'in
public. Her Voice is low, pleasant to
hear. She talks slowly and slightly
her Eards Ou.. She is a tcu
blue American roman and the Ameri-
can flag flies. every day at Lyndhurst
from sunrise to sunset.-Exchange.
According ts q Russian dispatch the
Japanese are in despair. The Chinese
them that the Japs are Ere
quently seen shaking their fists in the
of the Russians. They are
also frequently seen running in thA
direction.b u General Kuropatkin
has not been sufficiently k~indhearted
to wait to hear their troubles.-ColHn-
bia State.