The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-22
HERE AND THERE.

Even the deaf mute can raise a racket
when he plays tennis.-Phiiadeipaia
Record.
DE worst nuisance on EARTH said
Uncle Eben. rs de man DAT keeps
huntin' around 10 see how many nut
sances he kin find TO kick about
Washington Star.
Two Kinds of Pumps.-He-"Thcse
pumps my brother bought a few
months ago are worn out already"
She-''He mus: be a great dancer?"
Dancer nothing, He's a milkman.'-
Yonkers Statesman.
.Biinken, you ought to take a vaca-
ton. never saw you look so complete
ly used up before. Working too hard.
aren't you?" mo. 1 just got back
| from my vacation this morning.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
You know Jones, who was reputed
so rich? Well, he died the other day
and the only thing he left was an old
Dutch clock well, there's one good
thing about it; il won't be much trou-
BILE to wind up his estate."-New Or
leans Tmes-Democrat.
1t cost the people OF England the pref
ty penny Of two million dollars to put
their present king and queen on the
throne. when there was no opposition.
Exactly what il costs to elect a pres
ident of the United States no fellow
knows.-Durham Sun.
There is a dreadful rumor that the
same man who neglected to inspect the
General Slocum also professed to in
spect the Norge. which was wrecked
on the northwest coast of Scotland, and
did not possess proper life boats or life
preservers. Altogether some 1000 lives
have been lost in a fortnight as re-
suit Of a neglect Of duty. Yet no one
is being punished.-Exchange.
The End Seat Question.-Pat.-
'Phwat's all this talk 1 rade about
consarnin' the ind seat question, in
me newspaper" Mike-'-Sure, t is the
contintion Of havin' ter Civ up yer end
seat to some wan ilse.'' Pat.-"Shure,
that's goin to make trouble fer a lot
, Of us. Why don't they make the car
; binches without inny ind seats in
thin ?"-Puck.
. Rough on the Hotel.-'Look here
demanded the irate hotel proprietor,
what did you say to that last guest?"
Why" replied the waiter, she didn't
! pass over tip, SO said: L think you
; have forgotten something, sir -
That's just it. After you said that he
. returned to the table and took three
News.
The Blood Was There.-'fSwell? Well.
l should say so,'' remarked the Chica-
| goan, speaking of a prominent fellow
citizen. 'Why, his family's got money
| to burn '1But their blood" suggested
| the Boston girl, what of that?'' They
make extract o beef bIood-pudding
and things of that. Nothing ever goes
to waste in their slaughter house,
Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. II. T. Baucom of Olive Branch
/ was here last Monday, and in speaking
! of high prices for farm products, said
that every thing he sold seemed to be
1. at low price since he and his brothers
! went to Cheraw, S. c.. with two loads
J Of flour early in the year 1866 and sold
it for s421 per hundred, wrapped the
money in newspapers and threw it in
wagon. carried it home and invested
! $500 Of it in a horse.-MOnroe En-
! quirer.
f; The formal transfer of the volcano
] Popocatepetl to New York capitalists
will be completed next week. The sale
! is practically effected, and the delay in
I the formal transfer has been due to the
| work of copying the ancient deeds.
! Captain Holt. of New York, who has
| engineered the deal, is now working
ITO be established at Vera Cruz, to save
! wharfage charges. The inter-oceanic
! railroad will take the sulphur from the
, volcano to Vera Cruz 1t is believed
| that sulphur can be landed at New
! York for $4S per ton (gold). which
. would make Pcpocatepetl sulphur an
! effective competitor OF the Italian ar
| ticle.-Mexico City Dispatch.
| A train was running away down L
; steep grade on Saluda mountain in
| North Carolina. The speed increased
| with every foot Travelled. The air
| brakes would not work. Trainmen were
, helpless. passengers in a state OF hope
! less fear. Just at the moment when the
| worst was expected the train ran up
a short incline and stopped. Yesterday
! morning in the New York papers, in
| place of the lists of dead and injured
| that might have been. there was the
| story Of how a safety-switch had work
| ed and had saved many lives This
| was q story of preparation. The rail-
| road company in North carolina knew
| of certain dread possibilities on its
route. 1t provided against them and
! has reaped in the happy conclusion Of
a terribly threatening incident the re-
| ward for its forethought. When the
| Slocum took fire in the East river the
| first fact revealed about the boat was
| lack Of preparation against the horror
! then impending. Yet the possibility of
| what was happening had been demon
! strated many times-with what should
| have been everlasting force in the case
| of the Seawanhaka. What is the differ
/ ence in the education of passenger
carrying corporations which brings it
I bout that in North Carolina they take
care while in New York they take
chances?-New York World.
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