The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-11
HERE AND THERE.

The British announce that they in
tend to leave Tibet II they leave liz.
IL Will be because they can't lift it,
Durham sun.
-Well. nearly everybody in this town
seems to be trustin' him, as fur as I
can find out."1Chicago Racord-Hera
Dyer-~whars your hurry. Mackg"
Mack--Got to meet my wife at 1:3o-"
Dyer-Oh- you've plenty OF time. It's
only two O'Clock now."-Brooklyn Life
Money put that man into politics.
said the patient. You have IL mixed
answered Senator Sorghum. That man
is expected to put money into politics-"
Washington Star.
Il want some live beets.'' said the
young housewife. Live beets." echoed
the groceryman. /sYes,'' she replied.
My husband says he has no use for
dead ones.'@Chicago Daily News.
Binks-"Jones hasn't an ounce OF
brains, yet he seems prosperous What
does he dc for a living?" Jinks-"He
writes musical comedy librettos for the
Theatrical Trust."-Cinc;nnati CONNER
c~ialITribune.
Bacon-Here's a statement that the
war in the east costs Russia three times
as much a month as ii does Japan.
Egbert-FWell. Russia is certainly get
ting a run for her money."-Yonkers
Statesman.
"Oh, yes; I enjoyed my vacation. Had
a fine, airy ROOM, good bed, nice grub,
perfect attendance, and lots of rest"
For heavens sake, where were your
I'm h hospital, with a broken leg
Judge.
Ponce de Leon a discovered the
fountain of youth. "Ain't it simple" he
exclaimed, as he dipped in his finger
and tasted the mixture Why, it's
nothing but rouge and burnt matches
and a little pink powder!"-Cleveland
Leader.
Perhaps the most remarkable old man
in the world is stationed at Fort st
George, Calcutta, India. His name is
/ Imamudda, regimental chaplain
TO the 18th Native Bengal infantry. He
is $50 years old, and still reads without
spectBcleS.-Exchange.
Chief Engineer wallace, Of the Pana.
ma commission, announces that George
Ehle, a youth just out of college, hai
solved the great Panama canal problem
~ A0 SAoN Nv SlldSlO q
can be twisted round and sent dowr
into the Pacific, at a saving Of $4,000,
0O0.-Exchange.
The Portland and Asiatic steamship
Arabioi will carry 500 boxes of Oregon
apples to the Orient on it's next trip
This is. the first consignment of apples
to &c to- the Far East this year, and il
one of the largest that has ever gon,
forth from here to that destination
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
TravelerH used to know a man O
Scamboge who came out here severa
a 6 and set up for a doctor, bu
he didn't stay long. 1 presume he foun,
the town too healthy. Comanche jim
COT frontier town)-No. it warn't thai
adZacklys pard. He tried to introduc
a new remedy for snake bite, an tn,
town got too unhealthy fer 'im.-Chica
go Tribune
Many English Queens have cnosel
q trees in Windsor forest WHEREOF
their names. with the dates of thei
choice, have been commemorated b.
means of plates. In differen
parts of, the forest, with seats aroun,
them, are. oaks bearing the names o
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Caroline
Queen Charlotte and Queen Victoria
Exchange
Tn "a h~eart-to-heart talk with the cir
freshmen of Radcliffe college the othe
day Dean Irwin gave them this ad
vice: Stand up straight; don. lool
at the boys; keep your shoes tied
don't let, your skirts drag" There ma.
be a bundle of wisdom in that; blu
why should a girl have to go to col
lege to learn something hat her mothe
ought to be able to tell her?-Savannal
News,
The news from Nebraska is that /
Is by no means certain that the repub
leans will carry that state. The demo
Gratis are. now reported to have bette
than a. fighting chance" Mr.. Bryal
and his followers have come around
and there is a reunited democracy
largely the work of the ex-preSidentia
nominee. Mr.. Bryan will begin a speed
making, tour of Nebraska next week.
winston Sentinel.
New York druggists are saying un
kind things about a local magistrat
who decided that a Third avenue phar
maciEt had no right to charge 81 70
his trouble, in arising from his bed il
the middle of the night and supplyinI
a customer with " cents worth o
mustard and the use Of the telephon
Il R1y Nioi L. Phy
sicians charge a higher rate for after
bedtime service druggists should hav
the same right--Exchange.
Information from Smithfield, Va, to
day. is to the effect that Mrs. Maggi
Pope, a society Of that tow
has remarked in washington, D. c
Robert E. Pope, from whom she was di
vorced some years ago. Smithfield pee
PIE received the Information from a lei
ter written by the ibrids to a RELATIVE
old. was convicted of a felony ten year
old, was convicted of a sellony ten year
ago. and served a term in prison, br
since his liberation he. has lived an e1
emplary life. The divorce was secure
during Pope's Imprisonment. The brid'
formerly Miss Chalmers, moved in I'll
highest social circles there. They hav
three living childrer-all girls.-Szffol
(Ya.) Dispatch.
One day when all the animals were 9
peace the Wolf challenged the Eangs
roo to a jumping match. The Wolf VIZ
told on every hand that he would /
defeated, but he was confident of vic
DRY and insisted on going ahead. VIII
the match came of the Kangaroo CO,