The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-30
HERE AND THERE.

II Mr.. Roosevelt has promised Mr.
Butler a place IN his cabinet he mus
have IL in for the south sure enough
Durham Herald.
We would lie to know what III.
road Is doing for the east-outside Of
free passes and the like-that an,
other company would not have to do
Durham Herald.
Overheard in tBoston-wilhe.--M,
father is a Chicago man" Waldo
| How distressing il must be To nav.
a parent who is unable TO answer you,
questions."-Puck.
HE I~ivedinhope," is the way an obit.
uary notice reads, and when he reach
ed the Valley of Despair, he wouldn't
believe ne was in II. an kept on whist.
lin't'-Attanta Constitution.
The Pity of It-Elder-"why, Jock
/ heard that " were drowned" Jack
Ma, hat wasna me. it was ma BIRTH
er.' Elder-iEh, mon, what a pity.
What a most awful pity.'-St. James
Gazette.
At the Club-First Member-.Fve
been up with the sun every day this
summer" Second Member-'-So have
/, but after I've walked the floor with
him for awhile l usually go back to
sleep again.'-Detroit Free Press.
little Irene Pierce, the ~.S-year-old
daughter of Mr.. r. /. Pierce, met death
this morning at Z O'Clock at the home on
Colquhoun street by drowning in a tub
while she was taking q bath. The death
is thought to have come while she vas
having an attack of an epileptic con-
vulsion.-Danville Bee.
Charley had a dreadful time last
night" said young Mrs. Torkins. He
say the was a victim of the Black
Hand" You don't say sol" exclaim-
ed the called. Yes. He came home
stand the particulars as he explained
them. But they pulled a deadly weapon
on him that is known as a club flush"
II cam feel that a man who looks
after his pecuniary interests as closely
as o do really loves his country
You are Mistaken" answered Mr..
Grafton Grabb. Il regard my country
with feelings of affection and profound
gratitude. If it weren't for my coun-
try where would all these salaries and
perquiSites come om?'-Washington
Star.
A Bridgeport (Pa.) man killed a rat
t,esnake the other day and this is the
way he describes what followed: In
stantly the air was full of Kissing and
rafting sounds and snakes seemed
crawling from every crevice. On one
side a ball composed of ten or mors
0 fthe reptiles rolled toward us. Arm.
ing ourselves with clubs, I n my
brother-in-law fought the reptiles foi
more than an hour The Shanghai
liar and the Che Foo war correspond
ent should come home at once and sur
render their posts to the Pennsylvania
man or else telegraph for a shipment
of the. same brand of whiskey.-Savan-
a News.
The mothers of Japan are singing
their babes to sleep with stirring Ava!
chants and signing over their boy chill
dren because they are not big enough
to fight the Russians. Hurry and
grow up" they say, these brown-eyec
little brown women, that you may
fight for the mikado." When the long
casualty list of a battle comes FROM
the front. leaving the emblem of deatf
at many a wisteriashaded doorway, the
neighbors of the bereaved do not offer
coincidence. and solemn sympathy. They
offer congratulations n manifesto
tons Of joy. The funeral procession IS
a triumphal procession. 1t is the stcry
of the Spartan mother intensified. The
son slain in Manchuria is beut a poor
offering on the altar of patriotism. The
Japanese mother regrets that she mas
rot more Sons to be slain for the mix
ado.-Atlanta Constitution.