The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-05
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

osse 0ss0 1sStte.
My pa says your pa hain't never
ben up against IT." Huh. / bet my
pas ben upper against it'n your pa
| Puck
He DOESN'T Know enough about the
law TO be- successful lawyer" "well.
let's make him a judge."--Chicago
Evening Post.
Mrs Muggins-"Our church choir Is
going to strike" Mrs. Bifins-"If they
would only strike the right Pitch
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Chugwater-"Josia. what is a
| 'fltering plant?'" Mr.. ter
Well, cotton is a pretty good n II
you can't get anything else."-Chica-
go Tribune
As a candidate OF the prohibition par
~. General Miles would at least enjoy
facilities for expressing his mint on va
rious topics OF public interest.-Wash-
ington Star.
Mrs. McCall-"How do you like your
new girl?" Mrs. Hiram Offen-"How
did you know L a a new one?" Mrs.
McCallE"Why, it's over a week since
1 saw you ast.'-Philadelphia Press.
festive just begun to read the
AcsSt you lOdAtu me- JSSS-Oh. nave
you? It's queer the way the first chap
ter opens isn't it?" TEST haven't
come to that yet."-Philadelphia Led
ger.
Your husband met an accidental
death did he not?" remarked the new
boarder. Yes" replied the landlady.
Poor John tried to cross the street
one day and was autocuted.--Chicago
| Daily News.
Mr.. ~Justhusband Gin the kitchen)-
Darling. darling, why are you throw
ing away the yolks of all those eggs?"
Mrs. JusthuSband- Because, goosie.
the recipe says to use only the whites"
Brooklyn Life.
Calvert. Jr.,-"I notice that ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland took a look at the fire
ruins. and was much impressed" Balty
Moore-"That's certainly a tribute TO
the impressiveness of our exhibition,
for Mr.. Cleveland has been observing
the democratic party long enough to
be an authority on picturesque ruins"
Baltimore American.
That's a fact, What has become of
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. which
made so much noise at Santiago, and
of which everybody, but the
enemy was afraid2 We might sell to
the Russians n shortly after they be-
sN ~ AioAAuAC hOl 5oiiIClIllliS interesting
would be likely to occur resulting in a
big hole in the war map OF the far East.
Charlotte Chronicle.
At a recent examination of young
men in England three of the answers to
the question, What is the Monroe doc
trine"" were: The religion of Amer
lea taught by Monroe on the transmit
grafton of souls" The dOctrone that
people may be married several times"
nno flo% "a
ton and smallpox; it vas brought out
by Professor MISUNDERSTANDING.
Eat ees n true-vat you call him
sentiment" said the French noblemau,
pointing to the sign Ladies' Entrance"
over the door of a cafe. What do you
mean. count?' asked his puzzled Amer
lean friend. Il mean Eat aides do
charm-zey do bewitch," replied the
Frenchman. 'or in ze language of ze
sign painter ladies entranse."-Chica-
go News
We see that at Salisbury "a grip was
taken from the Washington Pullman
car THAI is why We dc not ride in
Pullman's. Unless they are well funi-
gated, and the utmost precauticn used,
SO many things are taken in a Pullman.
Down this way people do not take their
grip from Pullman cars. 1t just comes
along and seizes you like an angry cop
and snakes you nightly nigh TO pieces.
You needed laugh. 1t is something to
be "sneezed at" whether in a Pullman
can or going about like ordinary folks
Durham SUM-,
Whether the people of Kentucky shall
return to the system of viva voce yot-
ing is to be decided by them at the
state election in 1905. During the dis
! cussion Of the matter in the. house OF
Representatives one member said that
an open ballot wou prevent voters
I from sailing under false colors, and
J, another member retorted that it would
result in the corporations getting con-
troll of the elections. Only two demo
cratic members of the. house voteC
a against the measure, and only one re-
= publican voted in it's favor.-Exchange
In The New York Herald we FIND
some political gossip to the. effect tina
there is a secret understanding be,
tween leader Murphy of Tammany an
L Hearst to support the latter's boom
and that Murphy's loudly-proclaimet
advocacy of Cleveland is a shrewi
blind which will be removed at tn
e critical moment. He went to Senate
Patrick McCarren, who has succeede
Hugh Mclaughlin as the democrati
boss in Brooklyn, and endeavored t
, get McCarren'S influence against the in
y. struction of the New York delegation
~ Mr.. Carren, according to this accoun
refused point-blank to consider thi
proposition, stating himself to be a
enthusiastic and determined supporte
- of Judge Parker and to be in favor {
- an instructed delegation to st. Loui
way in New York.-Norfolk Landmark
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