The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-08
MERE AND THERE.

Now Russia forward and says
that japan il guilty OF a breach OF in
t~ernattonaI honor. because she got IN
the first lick As a certain divine re-
Gently said. 1T il the hit dog which
'hollers.' ~"-Asheville Citizen
IL the president In TO select the vics
presidential candidate. he might also
be allowed TO write the platform and
hus ayold the worry and expense OF
holding a convention.-Exchange.
Barnweil has presented a sad. but
curious coincidence OF confidence mis-
placed in pubic officials. Some years
ago 4 shortage was discovered in the
accounts OF the treasurer. A. +. Free
IL was supposed and generally adm. tt
ed tnat a good man had been care.ess.
not intentionally criminal. but the hui
mutation killed him. His son was then
elected TO NIL his place. Now g. short
age is discovered in his o be-
fore he has hardly gotten his seat in
the office well warmed. Although
mighty good people. Barnwei county
had best avoid county officers Who are
quite SO free Florence Times.
A man in Philadelphia has Just fnish
ed a term of two year in the pen-ten-
tary and in addition to the stigma rest
ing upon him. is manned. broker in
health n a helpless dependent upon
others. All this he brought upon HIM
SELF by a conspiracy to get money out
OF a street car company. 1t seems that
he purposely fell in front OF a trolley
car IN SUCH a way as TO lose a leg. Two
friends who saw what happened, and
appeared as witnesses. failed to stand
the severe ordeal of the cross eXamina-
ton and revealed the plot. The result
is the pltiaDle wreck described above
Exchange.
1t is probably just as well to remem-
ber that Mr.. Machen thanked Justice
Pritchard for his impartiality before the
latter gave the postofiice CRATER the
limit Of the law.-Salisbury Sun.
1t is to be hoped that MI. Godfrey
will not be indicted for carelesSly put
ting his bonds in a safe where burg
lars could get into it with dynamite
News and Observer.
The question as to what is contra
band of war has been settled by the
state department on the basis adopted
by this country during the Transvaal
war. AS to rice and foodstuffs being
contraband. ii is decided that the des-
tination Of such goods must determine
their character. If they are intended
for either army, they are ~conIraband
and subject to seizure. II they are IN
ftended for the use OF civilians, except
in the case OF besieged towns. then they
must not be seized. or, il seized. they
must be paid for. Southern made cot
ton goods can go right on through t.
China on the old schedule.-Charlott
Chronicle.
The Hearst contingent. who seem t.
be in control Of the democratic stat,
central committee OF Massachusetts
whose executive committee met her,
Saturday and adjourned for a weel
without action, is credited with a plal
for representation in the state n v
ton that is criticised as being un-dem
ocratic. The plan is not to give tn
towns and cities representation baseC
on the vote cast for governor, but Il
limit the. number of delegates to fiv,
from. each of the 240 representative dis
tricts. AS there are only eighty-thre,
districts having democratic representa-
tives, it will be seen that the 157 dis
tricts which are represented in the leg
7 islature by republicans would control tn,
convention and have more voice in III,
selection Of delegates to st. Louis thar
districts, that are democratic. Thi!
plan would give a convention of 1,22
delegates, OF which 415 would come iron
democratic districts and sos from re
publican districts. Boston Dispatch.
Rev. DIR. Kaylor, Of Westminster
Long Island, not being able to other
wise get into prominence. recently stat
ed in a sermon that there will be no fe
male angels, in heaven as is cOmmoni!
believed. We. of course. do not pre-
sumo to know as to whether all tn,
angels will. be men. but one thing o
which We are quite certain is. that a.
men will not be angels.-Charlott'
Chronicle.
The people OF Corea are neither Jap
anese nor Chinese. They are Mongo
liam and ave a polysyllable language
with a phonetic alphabet. They have
recorded history. OF disputed authentc
ity, which claims for them a continuou
existence as a Corean people Of abou
5000 years, the earlier part of which
of course. is shrouded in the mists O
tradition and fable.-Exchange.