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

long enough to think that condemned
murderers should be given ND to
science for the purpose OF experiment
ing on them with disease germs" Such
scientists could experiment ON each
other Tor a while with good desa;ts
no doubt. The country would WEI
come the trial at lea|t-Raleigh Post.
man h had a greater variety Of de-
signations h the only living e1-
president He Is ~variously known rs
o Grover Cleveland. Mr.. Stephen
G.. Cleveland, DR.. Cleveland. The
Sheriff, The Old Sheriff ard The Stuffed
Prophet. Senator Hanna has charac-
lied him as the most distinguished
private citizen IN the. world. Tue
S~partanburg Herald as the greatest
private duck hunter in The world, and
now comes The New York u and,
c~onservatively but positively. lays
down the proposition in the first SEN
tence OF an editorial paragraph that
"the Hon. Grover Cleveland is tn.
most conspicuous citizen OF Prince
ton."oCharlotte Observer.
"A young North Carolina girl gave
me a centre Mot the other day as d
token OF the pride Of locality which
elsewhere" said Mr.. Henry o. Con-
nors. Of Baltimore, at The Ebbitt.
1T was quite a small place, but 1t
boasted one very fine hotel. at which I
stopped all night. After a good break
fact I paid my bill to the grown
daughter of the lady who ran the
tavern and who was quite up in the
duties of a cashier. You have a nice
| little town here miss said I, trying
to make friends with h good looking
clerk, but 7 must say that I never
knew there was such a town on tn.
map till the southern Railway landed
me here yesterday Eyeing me cooIly
and looking me square in the eye, the
Tar Heel maiden said: Where are you
from mister?' I owned up to Balti-
more. and this is what she handed me:
Well. I reckon there's lots of folks
in Baltimore that are just as ignorant
as you "-Washington Post.
There are two Kitchins in congress
from North Carolina. William Walton
and claude. They are brothers. Will
liam Walton Kitchin received a letter
the other day addressed William *.
Kitchin. The h>use postmaster
thought it might be for the younS"r
Kitchin. When me letter was handel
to him William Walton K:tchin called
over to his brother: Good Lord,
EClaude. has another Of the family
broken into congress owe night?"--
Washington Post.
Mississippi made a big haul. That
state bropght suit against the Illinois
Central railroad for back taxes n
collected over two and a half millions
6ollars.-Exchange.
The devil can AXE a good nap the
next few days without troubling him
self over what is going On. There will
be plenty of people doing just what he
wants done.-Greenville Reflector.
Secretary Moody has issued orders
to our naval officers not to shoot at
the Colombians until they shoot first.
This is certainly considerate.-Durharn
i Sun.
Were your remarks extemporan-
eous?" and the constituent. "They
was worse" answered the local states.
man. "They was almost ~profane."-
Washington Star.
land his last end is worse thar
his first" quoted the Sunday school
children?" "A hornet promptly an
swered the freckled boy, who had just
joined the class.-Judge.
The Other Senator-'We can't get
around our plain duty to Cuba. my
dear sir. It is just as plain now as
when" Beet Sugar Senator
plain? It's worse than that, sir! It's
TCpulSlVc! "IIItCdSO II1Duuc
Hamphat-"My poor. Die Uncle Rich
ley is dying. Years g he told me If
I became an actor, he would disOwn
me-" Crittfck-"Lucky dog! You'll
come in for a nice fortune, wont
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger.
The second half was nearly played
and nobdy killed yet. The crowd was
impatient and ugly. Perhaps a
~grandstand viii collapse" faltered the
management, looking a~nxously out
over the sea Of sullen faces, and hop
ing against hope.-Puck.
"Your husband seems to have an ex-
brides aunt. III says o are his
right hand" YES" rejoined the
young wife with a sigh long drawn
out. but he's n of those men who
never let their right hand know what
their left land does.'-Chicago Daily
News.
Mr.. Subbubs-"I sent a girl to- sea
you from h employment agency this
morning. Did she call?" Mrs. Sub
Subbubs-'And will she taks the
placer" Mrs. Subbubs-"I hope 80.
She was pleased to say she thought I
would be respectful to her."-Phila-
delphia Press.
But the love you profess to have
for me-is it an unSelfish love@a love
50 strong that 1t could even mak you
humiliate yourself for my sake?" Syl-
vester Carbunkle was hurt. Had this
girl. Leonora Carryhammer, so SCOT
forgotten that he had, for one whole
day, worn the necktie she had given
him for Christmas.-Brooklyn Life.
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