The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-08
HERE AND THERE.

"A telegrcn from Chicago says: AZ
o.d-time rivalry between the millionaire
Hover loyers-Hariow N. Higenbotham
or Chicago, and Thomas W. Lawson,
or Boston-wilI reach a climax at tn
Chicago flower show in a battle OF car
nations The Mrs. Thomas w. Law
on" the famous Lawson pink. for
which the author OF sTrenzied Ffaace.'
and determined foe of Standard OIL
paid $4,000 several years ago and nam
ed after his wife, will be opposed in
the race honors and, In the opinion OF
many experts. outstripped by .F-
nance" a new variety for which Mr..
Higenbotham, IL became known today.
paid $4,000 and named in honor OF his
daughter, who was then the fiancee
and is now the wife OF r T. Crane. Jr.
Fred Dorner. a veteran h~orticulturfst
OF Lafayette, Ind, grew the Higen-
botham carnation
Apropos OF the Headings of Provi-
dence," the story is told of a Texas
minister who gave out the following
notice: providence permitting, 1 will
preach at this church on mex Sunday.
| But two weeks from today / will prach
III VI Ill.,. II we unQST-
stand the animadversien of some OF our
good brethren as to h Headings of
providence" they intimate tina they
are against union il those leadings are
against 1t, but they are against union,
"whethed. or no."-Presbyterian Stand
ard.
The Philadelphia Record asks. with
some show. of impatience, way che price
OF cattle is declining while the price of
meat is advancing. 1t is, very likely,
because the prices are fixed by men
instead of by cattle.-Washington Post.
/ Mrs. a Garcia n. Viuda de Junco
has been put in possession of the prop
Eertg and money left by her husband.
S~aturnino Junco, says. The Mexican
Herald. The money amounts to s125, GOO
in bank notes. Junco, as stated when
ne Died, some five months ago owned
a t1enda at the corner of Rebeldes and
Cahejon de Santisimo, opposite the
Nueso Mexico drug store. He always
and at all times by day and by night
wore'a black hat which he a worn for
years. Everybody believed that he
was2 superstititious about his hat, be-
cause he never put it aside. Even when
he went to the barber shop he sat in
thee chair, having his hat in his hands.
When he died, it was found that the
crown of another hat was carefully
sewed in the interior of the hat, and
between the two there was SEE, COG
in bank notes.-Charleston Post.
prince Herbert Bismack, whose
death deprives the family dynasty of
its only grownup representative, took
after his famous father in bluntness
of speech When the great chancellor
was dismissed Count Herbert followed
his father into retirement n was at
once struck from the list of the en-
perors friends. AT the death of the
elder bismarck the son journeyed 20
berlin to return to his majesty the or
ders of the first chancellor. and the
emperor is said to have observed in
the rFrost friendly way: 'tAh, Herbert,
how long it is since 1 have had the
pleasure of seeing you.v Whose fault
IS that?' was Prince Herbert's grim
reply to this MISUNDERSTANDING
Senator tBeveridge says that under
republican administration the Amer
lean: workingn1an drinks three cups of
coffee to one that he drank under "a
democratic administration. We'll, Bhy
not?' He needs more stimulant to- en-
able him to stand, 1.-THE Commoner.
Secretary Shaw, who ought to know
all about the tariff, has said THAI as
an effect of the Dingley act the dfa-
mond cutters invited to his country
earn S12,000. 600 a year in wages. Where
upon an expert shows that in the ex-
IRENE case the diamond cutters in the
country do not earn more than 81. 000,-
900 a year--Philadelphia Record.