The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-04-08
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

"ssS bebSss6s
Some Christians insist upon pad
dirfA their shoulders before taking up
the A:ross.-Greenviile Reflector
Is action deteriorating? asks a
writer In the National Review. Ger
tainly not since the war began
Punch
What's the l-ow over on the mex;
street?'' only a wooden wedding"
Wooden wedding: Yes. q couple
OF Poles getting man led. Princeton
Tiger.
Mr.. Jones (readingp-" Another
fierce engagement in the Philippines"
Mrs. Jones is it?" Mr..
Jones-'-School teacher and amy Of
ficer.''-Judge.
Affects ii so very interestins-?'
Bianche-"Yes, indeed. Why 1 DID
not even take time to read the last
chapter TO see how il ends,"-Town
and Country.
Mrs. Brubrack-"Yas assum, Missus
Bones, she just idolizes huh husban','
Mrs. Johnsing-"Yesi All notice he is
idle most OBJ de time while she do
mos OBJ de worki"-Chicago Daily
News
The Cow-"Gee, I'm thirsty.
wish l belonged to a Wall street syn
dicate." The Rooster-"Why do you
wish that?" The Cow-"Cause they
never forget to water their stock
Puck.
''Heah you is-in trouble ag'in,"
said the colored deacon. Didn't L
tell You ter fight yo' way only wild de
sword er de sperritt?" Yes suh,"
replied the penitent, But de razor
was SO handN"-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Mrs. Byrs-"Mrs. Oneill next door
was talking today about he Irish
blood and the struggle OF 49,
wonder what she means by that?"
Mrs. ByerS-"Sounds like a fight at
a bargain ale."-Philadelphia Press.
The Fiancee-"Oh, 1 have such a
lovely Easter hat. Shall l show it
to you?" The Fiance-"I wish you
would, and -er-now that we are
engaged, think it would be only fair
to let me see the bill."-Brooklyn
Life.
The American missionary board,
which was organized at Bradford,
Mass. June 20, 1910, did not re-
ceive it's charter until 1912, the year
in which it's first missionaries sailed
for India Since that time it has
commissioned 2,3S4 persons@949
men and LASS women. The total
amount of money received for the
board from it's beginning until now
is $34, ,255, 5,51.-Exchange
Sexto Lopez wants to go to his
home in the Philippine Islands but
declines to take the oath of allie
glance to the United States. A bond
of 100000 for his good behavior and
oh 70 tha 1ax I,a-
by General Palmer Of Colorado, but
the president declines to accept it.
What is compulsory oath of allegiance
for or?-Durham Sun.
Prof. DeLoire of the University of
Paris is posing as a benefactor of
mankind through his discovery of
process by which the germ Of intoX-
ication is captured, annihilated ard
knocked into innocuous dSsuetude.
The Cncinatti Commercial-Tribun
execrateS DR.. DeLoire for his discov-
cry and says as far as it is concerned
it will none of the jagless booze. This
reminds us of the caStgation which
the New York Sun administered q
year or so ago to the scientist who
kindly offered the world his invention
in the shape of gurgless jug.-Ashe-
vile Gazette-News-
Not only in New York city, says
the correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, but throughout the state
there was a fearful mortality during
the month of February. The bulli-
tin of the state department Of health
shows that there were 1919 deaths
in this state during that month, an
average of about 44O deaths per day.
This record exceeds by almost 1000
the average for the month during
the past five years. Pneumonia was
q Of
being 1920 deaths from that cause,
or 14.3 per cent of the total num-
Der. Smallpox exists in Al munich
palities, but the disease is generally
less active than month ago
HERE AND THERE
Three persons have plunged 230
feet to death over the Shchone falls
of the Snake river, says a Boise. Ida
no, dispatch. They were Miss Marie
whose name is not known. Miss
Willis sometimes runs a ferryboat at
this point. Miss Willis took the boat
across in response to a call. On the
return she found the guide rope was
not working properly and put it
back. Graham and the other man
seeing from the opposite side that
there was trouble, took their skiff
and crossed to the ferryboat- They
took Miss Willis off and started back
to the south bank. AS the boat near
ed the sore it filled and went down,
all being lost. No trace of the bod
les has been found.
There is a vein of originality among
the old time darkies which is refresh
ing and amusing. One of these was
declaring this morning that the fruit
was all killed; he knew it for he had
seen the frost and the ice and he was
prepared to tell why in these later
years fruit was so often killed. Leav-
ing out his words in exposing it the
gist of it was that in years ago We
never made any great to do over
Easter, but for the past ten years all
the churches, the schools and every
body had been observing it until it
had come to pass that we had no
fruit. 'We'se layin' too much stress