The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-28
HERE AND THERE.

wrong TO strike q conductor in the
stomach. Passengers will please take
notice ard herafter strike him in the
mug Or somewhere in the upper parts.
Durham Sun.
There is only one living ex-president
OF The United States. The question now
is whether Mr.. Cleveland Will be IN the
singular number after the 4th %
March or not-Exchange.
In The Youths Companion for Octo-
Der 2cth Frank Lille Pollock tells how
a tornado. bert on wiping out villages
and other obstacles in its path ran
afoul Of a wagon filled with nitro-siy-
cerine. used to torpedo oil wells The
tornado was blown to atoms and the
wagon load CT n~itro-glycer'ne shared
its fate. II is a good story.-Ralesh
Post
Chairman Cortelyou recently re-
ceived an urgent call TO h telephone.
This IS the Engineering News" said
a voice. What can / do for your"
replied the Chairman with visions OF a
new recruit of the republican cam
paign. I'VE want to print a picture
o fthe republican mechine." was the
reply.-Durham Herald.
Nobody ought to vote for a %repubri-
can candidate for the legislature on
November Sth in the belief hat he
is therbv voting to send Mr.. Chauncey
n. Depew to the United States senate
| for another term. Nobody ought to
vote against a republican legislature
| because OF the fear that Senator De-
| pew will be reelected if the legislature
| should be republican. We do not be-
lieve there is the least danger Of such
a thing. Times have changed. The
railroads have had a representative IL
the United States senate Ion enough.
The state of New York will be repre-
sented by the senator who will be elect
ed at Albany next winter.-New YORK
Press (Rep.).
The manufacturer Of obesity rem--
| dies lives on the fat CT the land.-Phii-
| adelphia Record.
Il don't see why you call him stupid.
He says a clever thing qIite often"
Exactly. He doesn't seem to realize
that it should be said only once
Philadelphia Press
Money doesn't make the man. said
the high proved and naughty youth
NO answered senator Sorghum, Il;
doesn't make the man, but sometimes
it makes the candidate
Star.
School Teacher Showing off her pesi
boy before visitors).-"NOw Perkins
can YOU name some Of the importan;
by-prodrcts Of the steel Industry
Perkins-"ves'm Ce1nfgie libraries:
Puck.
Mrs. Lowerton-"Is Mrs. hyperion a
homer" Servart(snappishly)-"She':
out" Mrs. Icwerton QUIETLY
happen to know that h is in, but he.
directions to you are quite eXcusable
She probably th.nks that / am a bill
collector."-Ncw York Weekly.
THAT advertisement of yours was
fake complained the Disguised guest
why so?" demanded the proprietor
Of the mountain hotel Why, you
advertisement said: 'Quails are Away!
to be shot hare and / haven't foun'
q single person who has, shot one yet
well. then. they are still to be shot
amt they ?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Man Who Owns It-"What d.
say about nv rev hall?" Neighbor-
why, they all say it is fitted up il
fine shape, only lis acoustics are no
good" The Man Who Owns It.
don't see how that could be. / pait
for the best of everything. However
If the acoustics. as you call 'em, ain
what they ought to be we will talk
'em out and put in some other ones
Boston Transcript.
Buxton is suing Johnson for the va;
lie OF a horse h a the former sold nix
last summr.'' Whats the matte
with the horse?' He died befor
johnson could get him home .EWha
does Buxton say?" H says he toll
Johnson he would find him a goo
horse when he got him home. He say
he ain to blame for anything tina
happened before the horse got there.
Cleveland Plair Dealer.
When Roentgen proclaimed his dis
covery of the u of the hlg
vibrations which had previously Dee
vaguely identified as the "X-rays.
and others perfected appliances for tn
use of the rays in surgery and othe
scientific branches, there was a genera
rush to experiment with the novelty
Physicists and physicians used tn
rays freely without dreaming that the
were running a risk Of injuries. Late
ly, however. certain incidents hav
!. clearly indicated how dangerou
this prOmiScuOuS use of the ray
may be. A Rochester physician ma
just lost n land and three finger
Of the other in consequence of malig
nant conditions which have resulte
from the persistent exposure Of thes
members to the rays. An employe in III
Edison establishment developed lance
|. recently in circumstances that left Il
!, doubt of the cause. Other similar case
have been authenticated and there
now no doubt whatever that in som
, mysterious manner the Roentgen ray
which so wonderfully penetrate othel
, wise Opaque substances to render the
: transparent, cause disintesIation of ii
sues which are constantly exposed
: them.-Washington Star.
3 "It was almost a miracle. Rurdoc
: Blood Bitters cured me CT a terrio
2 hraa King out ali oyer the hndv n