The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-04
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

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Of course no man IS IN politics 70:
what he gets out OF IL. vet az II was
not for the offices ii would take fewer
men to run the business-Durham
Herald
That Russian admiral who com.
| man6s the Baltic feet-wflat did Won
say his name IS? We are indebted -
the Norfolk Landmark for resurrect-
inga Few lines from Southey's March
TO Moscow" which fits the case exact
ly3
And last OF all an admiral came.
A terrible man with a terrible name
A name which you all know by sight
one a SPELL"
But which no one can speak and M
IL Is Just o as easy TO recite 81:
TINS as II TO sort out ali the Letters
and Mt them together to form Roiesr-
Fenskys name, or as much thereof -
We nave been made acquainted win
Charleston Chronicle.
flows You gettin' ON wild
r1thmetlc, Lou?' Il done learned -
q up the oughts, but de fggers noI i.
der me''-Coliiers Weekly.
The japanese minister to France ;s
something of an episrammatist a. -
shown by the following: When W.
MAD 70 credit only great artists
they ueated us as barbariafls: nox
that we are killing people they saw We
are civadzed."-Roston Transcript.
The voters here saw VOL, have
absolutely nothing during your pre.aat
lcIIh- IO0Q.' anGvraro3 -
Sorghum, that is much better than
TO nave them discussing what / reaur
did. "-Washington Star.
The Standard Oil Company denies,
any activity in politics. So long as r.
can control the finances of the Count
IL cares not who shall make or admin
lister the laws-Washington Star.
A P~hiladelphia fighter who has
knocked out A men is worth ss0. OG0
John u Rockefeller is worth $500. Ooo.-
w. ano mas gotten it by knocking our
a correspondingly larger number -.
men. TIE only difference 10 that ~,
fellows the Philadelpaaan hit were Wei
come to get up again.-AtFanta .Jo,rna,
The sluggard will tel you hat a soft
answer fsn'a in it with 4 soft aunt, sir.
Philadelphia Record.
She-"WhGt is the Use of Greek .,
The acknowledgement know.
they use it irE the m of the Greek
letter societesL"-Puck.
Bank President-"I hear that our
Cashier has turned Christian Scientis-."
Director by love. 1 hope he wont
give Us any absent treatms1Iy-L fe.
"BligSins says he is an Independent
voter" We'll" answered Senator
Sol ghuIn. 4 suppose that means that
he fa-sn't been able to persuade any
body III either party to promise him ali.
off 'ce. '-Washingt0n Star.
"YarKs,' said Sapleigh, 'I-aw-had
typhoid fevah when I was a boy and
t;iry were aw-afwIil I would lose my
unir.d. doncher now And did YOU
Lose it them" asked Miss Caus7liue.
innocefrtly."-Chicasu Daily News.
are you a free trader uncle Jasenc'
Inquired some ne. Yes, sab, "a is
! was ontil de merchant what WIS a
s'plyin' ne said nv crop wasn't what.
it C"shter be and tup me ter slack Up
or d't account at de sto'!"-New Or
leans TilrleS-Demo1rat-
Erjggs-"What a fellow you arer 7
lint believe you t.I:neht of your wife
iAA~ fou 49, o"o
On the contrary 1 couldn't get her
out OF mT mind for a minute. / was
afraid she would get on to the raclae,.
don't you know.'-Boston Transcript.
: Miss Plane-"Yes. Tom proposed last
Eight. and accepted him. See this
ring Miss Wise-'Indeed? By tire
way, dear don't attempt. to cut glass
with that diamond as l did, or you~l
make another nick I'm the Stone
Philadelphia Press.
George" said Mrs. Dovekins II
wish you'd tell me something" ..Whyt-
IS it, love-" IF it's always such, a.
serious thing when one eFny turns am
other fank-and it seems that they are
always bound 10 try to do it-why do
thev have tanks ?"-Chicago Record,
Herald.
we always suspected that remark
OF Andrew Carnegie, that men were
to work after they passed.
Inc tnlrty-ffve year mark would get,
tne poor man in trouble. Now. "MotnAI
En- one a union labor leader. has
advised all the wives OF the mining
regions to Kill off hubby after h.
reaches h thiry-five year limit. If
this suggestion is generally adopted M
man VIII dare get married before m,
passed that danger line and evE-,
then he will fave tc put his p~rospeo.I
tive bride under a peace bond--Sayasl.
nah News