The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-08
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

n President Roosevelt's administra-
ton Is not distinguished by the start
ing OF the work on the isthmian canal
he will at least enjoy the pleasure Of
knowing hat he is the first United
States ruler to receive a present OF a
brace OF live lions from his ~brother-in-
black, King Meneik the ruler Of
Abyssinia. No other president has
been thus honored--Raleigh Post
Peanuts-the luxury OF the the
delicacy OF the impccunious-have at
last felt the grip OF the trust octo-
pus." and dealers begin to tell OF q
shortage in the crop and consequent
inevitable raise In price. Since the
been steadily advancing. and the SUP
ply which the small boy (and the large
boy. too for hat matter) receives for
his nickel has been growing beautifully
less. No longer can he put dow the
coin and receive in exchange a gener-
Gus measure that makes his pockets
bulge. The wholesaler has raised the
rates on the vendor and the vendo re-
t~aliates upon the consumer by lessen
ing the size Of the Observation-Disclosures
Sun
ton business man, M 7. w. Darrows,
returning from an extended business
trip through the south as making this
sweeping reflection upon the SOUTHERN
| people: IF the south is not as COM
pleteiy dominated nowadays by the
unitarian and commercial spirit as the
| north. / am greatly in error. My
| reason for saying this is because dur
ing a late trip throughout the south
| ern states I found that representa-
tive men seemed far more intent on
the construction OF an istnmian canal
than upon securing the right Of such
construction in a way that would be
free OF all suspicion OF unfair dealing.
The ethical side Of the matter was
scarcely heard either in Atlanta. Mo-
bile. Galveston or New Orleans, but In
all those places men waxed eloquent
when discussing the advantages that
would accrue to their communities
upon the completion OF the enterprise.
| There was here and there some slight
manifestation Of sympathy for Colon
bia- but few carried it to the point OF
saying that an undertaking consum-
mated by despoiling the weak was un-
worthy a great nation"
A hero of three wars-Mexican. In
! dian and ~civl-pasSed away with thH
death of General James Longstreet at
his home at Gainesville, Ga, last even
ing. Had he lived until the 21st Of this
month he would have been SO years
Old. He was a native OF Edgefei1
county, S. c.. a graduate Of WeSt
Point, and IN the war between the
states was successfully brigadier gen
eral major general and general COM
manding the First Corps Army o!
Northern Virginia. After the wa.
General Longstreet became a reepubli-
can and has held n position and an
other almost continuously ever since
when that party was in power. The
/ highest OF these was that Of minister
| to Turkey, and since 1897 he has been
commissioner of the Pacific railroads
"a sinecure. In the year last mention
ed. when about n years old, the ole
gentleman was married. The southetf
people never quite forgave him for his
! politics. but it is to be passed TO his
credit that he was a brave soldier
whether Oh not always a skiIful COM
mander the historians diher.-Chariott.
Observer. January Sra.
The New York World says that i;
! cannot be doubted thai the Great
| Commoner will return to Lincoln a
! more charitable man toward the AN
tiles Of rank than he left It. The aus
terfty of no champion OF the people
; Is fnvuanerable to the insidious inf1u-
ence of association The Hon Jerry
Simpson blew into Washington. sock
less and unabashed, on the wings OF
a Kansas cyclone, and within a month
the feet he propped on his desk tn the
house were clad in hosiery. rIvaling the
hues OF the Magic Flower Garden In
"Parsifal." How can Mr.. Bryan eyer
- again twist the British lions tail after
having shaken the. f~ospitabIe paw OF
the beast?-Charlotte Chronicle
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