The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-15

HERE AND THERE.

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Church, see q New York man has
discovered a new object in the sky"
Observation-Disclosures Can IL sc
lid?"-Yonkers Statesman
Doctor Carver-"Is Jones all right f.
nancially?" Doctor Pilisber-"Oh. yes
indeed; why I should diagnose most
anything as appendicitis that Jones
had."-Puck
The Hatterie Comment.-''Hoyy grace
fully young Skivett raises his hat" II
wish he could raise the price OF the hat
half as gracefully."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Thank heaven. 1t cannot longer be
said that the United States Senate is a
body without conviction. Senator Bur-
ton has redeemed il from that reproach.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
IL you fellows actually believe that
it was our friends who pursuaded
you to run. some OF you are going to
receive a shock when the votes are
counted.-Durham Herald.
Uncle Pete Jimlet-"This is what I
call a willin' team. Old Bill Ketchum
=" IT'S. eh?" Uncle Pete JimIet-"Yes;
the near boss is willin' to pull an the
off boss is willin' to let him."-Judge.
Consider the porus plaster. INV son."
remarked the philosopher, land don't
get discouraged. Everybody turns his
pack on 1t. yet it hangs or and eventul-
ly achieves success by close applica-
tion."DChicaso Dali News.
Those people who invested 10 cents
per share in Mr.. Flies gold mine, with
the expectation OF getting 81 for it
In 81 days, are not yet letting the pub
lie know how fast they are getting
rich.-Greenville Reflector.
DO your constituents think a great
deal Of you?" Il don't know whether
they think a great deal of me-" answer
ed Senator Sorghum. But the news
papers are seeing to it that they think
a great deal o me."-Washington
Star
Whats the matter. little boy?' asked
ing for?" Boo. hooI" sobbed the boy.
boo, hooI" Come, come, Don't
mind! Don't mind!" boo. hoo! l didn't
an that's what 1 was licked fur."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Th1ng One Would Rather Have Said
to Someone Else.-Little Bounderby Ito
complete stranger, after tasting cham
l. pagne)-"Don't think much of this
stuff. old man. Eth. what?" Complete
Stranger (who happens to be a son of
the house)-"The mater will be sorry
to hear that. I'm sure."-Punch.
II had rather not have the nomi-
nation for congress or any other office
thar to have it said I was no gentle
man." These words were spoken by a
Wilkes county republican today. He
referred to the compliment Captain
Charles Price paid to Spencer Black
burn in Fridays Charlotte Observer
Winston Sentinel.
"A step from the sublime to the ride
ulous is the fact that Colombia cannot
take an appeal from the decision
against her OF the French courts, be-
cause she has not paid her previous
law bill" Now let some of our hair
splitting caSuistS in congress-, whose
hearts were wrung over our treatment
OF Colombia. propose that we pay it
NeWS-Leader.
The average house in England is de-
pendent for its heat upon CRATE fires IN
parlor. dining room and bed rooms. The
halls and bath rooms are cold and un-
comfortable. 1t is true the teInpeTa-
ture rarely falls below 80 degrees in the
middle and southern portions Of the
Kingdom, yet the houses are the re-
verse of comfortable Many OF the
large office buildings have no system OF
heating installed, and the occupants
must rely on a small CRATE fire and
gas stove.-Exchange.
Mr.. Houseal. an engraver in Balti-
more. has accomplished the feat of en-
craving the alphabet on, the head Of a
pin. Mr.. Houseal. who rarely uses a
glass in his work. can read the letters
with the naked eye, and, although
there are few persons whose eyesight
ia SO strong, a common magnifying
glass serves to make them easily dis
tinguishable. The letters range from
left to right. and are ali capitals. In
the first circle around the edge OF the
head of the pin are the letters from A
to M. inclusive. Within this is a second
circle beginning at N and ending at Z,
and directly in the centre is the &c.
mark. The diameter of the pin head Is
barely the sixteenth of an inch, n it
can be understood how small the letters
must be. They are about one-fourth
he size Of the letters in the Lords
Prayer engraved on a gold dollar. The
work occupied about an hour and a
half.-The Classmate.