The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-30

HERE AND THERs.

The gate receipts for the Brstt-Neison
prize fight In San Francisco the other
night amounted TO nearly 81 600 That
Is abou as macl as some u our
southern colleges receive for a years
support%Savannah News.
The Russians still hold Port Arthur
and the situation In the interior OF
Aanchuria is practically the same tn
IL has been for several weeks past--e-
endorsements steadily coming up, but
no determined hostile movements at
tempted. This, in che main. covers
h general situation in the far east So
far as can be determined from the
news received during the week just
past.-Charlotte Observer.
Our townsman. T. A. Person, who
claims also to be a professional" on
hog raising had his killing this week.
He had three about one year old, The
total weight OF which was 166 pounds
II is said that a friend who had gone
out rabbit hunting with Tom tia
morning came along by Toms yard and
saw the three porkers hanging up. Tom.
IL seems, had gotten los from his
friend and came home ahead OF him.
When his friend saw the hogs he oil
Tered to Tom and said. Hello. Tom, you
got ahead of me. / killed only one
rabbit and 1 see that you killed three
and have already had them cleaned"
-Louisburg Times. y
There is no. law for it, but many a
stocking will be executed tonight. They
may be black, Or blue, or red; but God
bless the little foot that lies in the bed.
Durham sum.
One of the men who was engaged re-
Gently in getting UP ginners' statistics
for the government, remarked to his
writer that the government would new
er get up another report on h cotton
crOp because the men would refuse to
get UP the statistics, that wen il they
did not refuse, the ginners would not
give them n information. Some OF
the papers are advising the ginners 20
keep their business to themselves. Blu.
a they do it? Director North, of the
nsu buerau was asked whether any
federal law applied to ginners making
reports OF cotton ginned and whether
Or not the ginners could be punished by
the government for false information or
o Withholding information from the
nSu bureau. Director North replied
that the bureau was acting under a fed
eral law and that ginners were certain
ly amenable to it If they failed to COM
ply with it's provisions. Section % OF
the act of March, 1899, creating he CEN
sus bureau" said he, clothes the
government with authority to demand
these reports, and makes It a misde-
meanor for the ginners to either refuse
to furnish them or to give false infoc-
NATION. The penalty is a fine of $1,000
or confinement in a federal prison for
one year.'"-CharIotte Chronicle.
That man has a perfect right to die
tate to his wife" How so?" "Oh. he
married a Observation-Disclosures
Tiger.
Mistress-"You ruined the terrapin
last night, Ellen I can't have things
wasted So" Sure, num-, wasn't vast
ed. We ate it in h kitchen-'-Life.
Blibson-tAre you going to hang UP
your stockings this year?" Gibson
mo, indeed; too old" Blibson-"Non-
sense, you're not DID, Gibson-"No,
but my stockings are."-Puck.
Goshall-"As far as I can see, Mrs.
Chadwick's whole trouble results from
one mistake" Hemlock-"What is
that?" Goshall-"She neglected to get
incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey."-Clevland Leader.
Does your wife buy you IN Christ
mas cigars?'' She did one rear. But
i tell her every November that 1 have
made up my mind to quit the debasing
habit but isn't that too much OF
a sa~crifice?' you wouldn't think 50
if you had smoked one Of her Cigars
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
do you keep silkoline?" asked Mrs.
.Youngwife of the dry goods clerk. =
am sorry, madam. but we are all out
Of it today" "Oh, what a PITY ] die
want it, awfudly. But if o haven't
It I will have to make something else
answer Please give me two yards of
cottolene. '-Washington Life.
The Rev. Dr.. Fourthly-'I hope.
Brother HardestY, YOU are not rfnctur-
ed with anthropomorphism." Deacon
Hardesty Wondering where he has
heard that word before)-"Well, some
times l think I am, and then, again L
don't know. When you've had the
grip, good and lard it leaves a lot of
aches and unpleasant feelings you don
get " for a long timeI know that"
Chicago Tribune.
'Mebby youse won't believe it,
ma'am,'' said the hungry hobo, but
I've been a lookin' fer work fer more'n
ten years" We'll, you needn't look no
farther" said the stern-faced kind lady
Il have plenty of it right here, and
-" ."Scuse me, ma'am," interrupted
h patient locker. "As I said, I've been
lookin' fer work, but now that I've
found it me curiosity is satisfied. Orry
voor, ma'am.".Chicago Daily News.
Mr.. Carnegie's endowments proceed
in a that indicates h a the
Chadwick operations have not sourad
his faith IN humanity.-washinston
lis he really a great financter?"
''WelI. he's piled up a billion or so OF
dollars. But he has never written any
thing for a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Star.