The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-23
HERE AND THERE.

Of Mississippi. in a recent speech. de-
clared that the contention OF the repub-
| lcan party that IL was responsible FOR
the prosperity which has attended the
| labors OF American farmers I'm recent
ear reminded his OF a story told by
| braha incoln- Mr.. lincoln said there
| was a wood-pecker away up in the top
of a tree and after a while a wind
storm came along and blew down the
tree, and the woodpecker believed to
his dying day that ii had pecked the
| tree down.-Exchange.
Out of sos cases of suicide last year
3S7 were caused by the use of carbolic
| acid, being more than IL per cent. The
sanitary code of New York city mas
been amended that this acid shal not
be sold at retail. except On prescription.
in a stronger solution than 5 per cent
| Durham Sun.
Those who are receiving the a
of sin never strike for more pay.-Cin-
| cinnati Tribune.
rs you wife economical?" Very.
| She can fix over a ten dollar hat for
fifteen dollars SO that il will look just
as good as a new one.-Puck.
First Dear Girl: II have fully decid-
ed never to marry" Second Dear Girl
what is the trouble-has your faith
er lost all his money?"-Chicago Daily
News.
rs this a good place TO hunt reed
les? asked the amateur gunner.
Sure" replied the boy. You could
hunt there for a week and never ind
none."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Bo%rroughs-"I don't see why he
wouldn't lend me the five dollars l
wanted" Newitt-"No. he certainly
couldn't ask for a more permanent in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Lady calling in new wears wife,
Have you seen the library at tine
hall? Sir George is quite a ~bibliophile
you konw." Wears Wife (warmly)-
"Oh, I'm SO glad to hear that. So
many wealthy men have no religion!"
Punch.
One of the jewelers. of New York ex
plains why burglars fail to get all of
the jewels worn by the smart set-be-
they are not worth the trouble
of taking them away-being only paste
There are some very fine stones in the
circle of the. snobocracy, but they are
not concentrations look just as we'll,
and the originals are left in pawn or
deposited against a time Of need. while
the display is made with the paste.
Under these circumstances, why buy
the real things in the first instance
Surely the logic is convincing-ergo
the Reubens on the are
deceived, Or else are deceiving the
public, when they write up the smart
set functions or the horse shows, tta
monkey dinners n surf parties
Times Union.
Roosevelt n Corbin organized q
general staff after the German model
and one argument for the cahnge was
the mistakes" of the Cuban war
wherein the allure of the commissa.
riat" killed more than Spanish bullets
And now this m~uch-vaunted system
Z could not feed a small army engaged
/ for a week in maneuvers on our ow,
{ soil! 1t may be urged that the "sys
; tenn" is yet new-how much worsi
when it gets old enough to grow it,
l own grafto-Times Union,
Samuel Coleridge Taylor. the Eng
: lish composer, is coming to this countr,
next month. Ee is one of the most in
teresting figures in the world of mus;,
and his visit here would under orli
. nary circumstances bring him the so
[ cial recognition that such celebritie,
! usually receive. But while Mr.. Golfer.
ldge Taylor'S mother was English. hi.
! father wa sa full blooded negro. H
was born on the west coast of. Africa
3 The composer has been invited to TIL.
: country by a Washington society .
L negro singers, which is to perform sew
eral Of his works. He will spend som
| time in New York.-Exchange.
, What do statistics show on this sub.
: jectas" asked the campaign manager
That is for YOU to say, SIR answer
ed the trained mathematician. "Wha
do you want them to show?"-Wash
ington Star.
The members of a congregation il
W~ilkesbarre. Pa, in order to save mon
: ey for the mortgage fur of thei
: church have pledged themselves 70
!. one week not to eat meat, butter, pas
! tries, candy, fruit Except home groRn
{ delicacies or expensive foodstuffG
: They will not ride in street cars ar
I the women will do their own washing
> These things arec lassed as 'luxuries'
In the agreement. 1t is quite possibl,
{ that at the end of the week two-third.
4 or the members will have gained on;
~luxury-better health than they hav,
1 known for years. To cut both mea
and fruit out of mes dietary woul,
r not be wise but there is no doubt tina
. the average prosperous American eat
: too much meat, sweets and pastries an,
walks and uses his hands and arms TOT
little.-New York World.