The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-13
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HERE AND THERE.

According to Russia's explanation the
Baltic feet was merely shooting at each
other for gun practice. and fishing boats
had no business getting in the way
Durham Sun.
Good for the German Emperor. WI
liam. az all the world Knows, Is fond OF
all sport and as ~passionately fond OF
catching. An exclusive Watching club
sent him an invitation to visit some
yacht racing OF Sunday. and the EN-
peror replied that, las IL was TO take
place during the our OF divine SER
vice, he must decline being present. as
he never allowed anything 10 interfere
with his church attendance" The COM
mittee tried again by suggesting that
the hour OF the race could be postponed
and then they got what they deserved
in the rebuke that racing of any kind
on Sunday was quite against his prin-
ciDles."+Presbyterian~ Standard.
A gentleman who came in on the y.
and w. train this afternoon from
Roanoke related a rather peculiar story
which he said was being told at the
station in Roanoke this morning. Ac-
cording TO the story a well-to-do mer-
chant OF that city reported TO the police
that parties were breaking in his store
at night. The officers were requested
to watch his place of business. Last
night an officer was on guard when the
merchant was discovered breaking the
glass in mis- store door. When the po-
liceman called to the man 10 stop, the
merchant turned around and fired upon
the officer, the ball striking a rib near
the heart. The wound is said to be a
serious one. but the attending physician
believes that the man will recover.
The merchant. whose name was not
learned, was arrested. He is unable TO
give a satisfactory explanation Of his
action. Some of his friends believe that
he is insane.-Winston Sentinel.
He-'iDid you succeed in having your
prize cat insured?" She-"Why, no;
they wanted to charge me nine times
the regular rate!"-Detroit Free Press.
Singleton-"What was your notion for
calling your baby 'BilT?" ,WedGerly-
Because he arrived on the first of the
month; that's the answer."-Chicago
Daily News
Grandma-"Little folks must be rea-
sonabie." Elsie-"Yes, but grandma, as
sure as o van something, the grown
folks want o to want something else"
Brooklyn Life.
rs your husbands condition criti-
cal?" NO" answered the patient-look-
ing That's what makes me
think he must be sick. He doesn't find
any fault at all."-Washington Star.
Somebody tells Capitalist H. P.
Whitney that he could hire ten good
college professors for what his new
jockey costs him." Yes, but an the
college professors I've eve seen would
be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Piain-Deal-
er.
do you know, I've heard that all
these street pianos that you see and
hear round town are owns by one
company. which merely leases them by
the day" THE idea! That's a grind
ing monopoly, sure enough. isn't it?"-
Philadelphia Press.
Employer-'fWhere is that bit of pa
per with the combination Of the safe
on it? I told vol to put it away
carefully, you know. and 1 can't open
the safe without it." New Secretary
4 locked it in the safe. sir.''-Judge.
Young Professor (who has taken her
down to dinner)-"By the way, Miss
Gaswe1l, have you ever seen the nebula
of Andromeda?" Miss Gaswell-"No; I
was abroad with pap and mamma
When that was played. But I've heard
that it drew crowded houses.'-Chicago
Tribune.
Friend-"What. You alive? Why, all
your friends had ben mourning you as
dead" Gadboutsky-fWhy, that's pc
culiar. Whatever got that into your
heads?" W read in a London dis
patch that you had ended your life at
the Carlton HOTEL" well. that was
all right. Don't You know that the best
way of ending your life at any partic-
ular hotel is to nov to another hos
telery?"-Baltimore American