The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-02
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

An Old Story Retcld--First Meenis.
ter a. J.. B.)-"we Aust gle IL up
What gle up gown" First Meenis-
ter-"Nae, nae. mon! gle up the meen-
istry-"-Punch.
They had just moved into the new
house. and they stood surveying the
situation. II WISH. she said. That
this carpet was velvet" II DON'T re-
sponded the husband, ~anfeeiins.y. II
wish 1t was down."-Exthange.
An Indiana Judge entered a protes,
he was called upon to decide
forty-seveHt divorce cases Al n sit
ting. Suhcch things a. this, suggests
the Florida Times-Union. are likely To
make the stcrnest jurist believe In po-
lygamy.
Putting Them on the Scent.-Bride
George, dear, when we reach our
destination let rs try to avoid giving
the impression that We are newly mar
RED" George-~All right. Maud:
you carry this portmenteau."-Picf-
Me-Up.
What Hapened.-'Do you know
what happened to Lots wife when she
turned her face and looked behind %
asked the Sunday schooi teacher.
We'll, If she was gsttin' off a street
car know" said observing Tommy
Yonkers Stateman.
"H.thelinda's sutton represents one
OF the best families in: Europe" said
Mrs .Cumrox. mo, he doesn't" an
swered her husband. I've heard
about, that family an It's a purity good
one. He misrepresents9 ft."-wash-
ington Star.
In these days of automobiles and
flying machines" said the president of
the life insurance company lit is we'll
for US to 'add another restriction to our
policy" What would YOU suggest"
we must bar out every one who is
proven to- be habitual pedestrian
Philadelphia Press.
Peridy.-She-"Jack played an aw-
fully hearsiess trick on Flossfe." He
"How's that?" She-Why, they
wer engaged, you know, arrd last
night at he bal masque Jack made up
so that Flossie didn't know him. He
proposed ard was accepted asaiu!'--
Puck.
A Waste Of Time-"I see the Rus
slams have decided to win by firing the
Japs out" Yes, I once knew a man
VIII othoughr he'd do that withsa bull
dog that haG secured a grip on his leg.
But he finally decided tha. it would
only be wasting e."-Chicagu, Re-
cord-Herald..
The largest watch in the world has
just been made at the Waltham:watch
factory and shipped to England, The
case is aluminium, finished with gold.
and is five feet in diameter. The>etwo
dials, one on either side of the watch.
are aech four feet in diameter. The
numerals on one of the dials arsf Ro-
man and on Gffe other ArabicA-Ex-
change.
The volume of statistics Just issued
by the n d County Council con-
ain some interesting figures bearing
on the conditfDn of london. The most
remarkable fact brought under notice
is the steady decline in the birth rate.
In 1867 it reached a little over SIC: f-7
per 1000, while in 1902 it fell 90 a lit
lite over IS per 1000. The death. rate
in 1902 was the lowest ever recorded
except that Of 19O1.-Exchange=.
Mrs. Mary E. Fetzer appIiea fo. "a
divorce in Chicago at 10 o'clock a. m.
Thursday; at 10:4O the case was called
n at 1859 Mrs. Fetzer, with S35 900
alimony and the decree asked fol-,
walked out of court. This Es some
what rapid. but it is still a good way
behind The record made in a. westeri.
North Carolina court a few weeks ago.
when three divorces were granted in
v minuces.-Charlotte Observer.
AS Sinking a case CT ~partfsanship
consisting Of layalty to So name is
cited ny Golfers Weekly. 'rhe demo-
cratic, platform of Michigan was the
same as the republican platform of
Indiana, while the republican platform
of Michigan was practically the dem
ocratic platform of In6,ana; yet the
partisans in each state were enthusi-
astic for their respective party. The
average man never voted for principle
i'm his life.--Exchangee
Signor Des Planches the italian en-
passador. is strongly in favor of the
emigration of his eotHatrymen to the
south, where he sees and we realize
hat they are needed n welcome
In speaking along this line. the italian
embaccador says: Let the Italians
spread to the agricultural regions OF
the sout hand west instead of crowdine
into h great cities, and it viii! be
found that they will become the mos
valuable of Americas citizens. Pras
tically all the Italians who come her.
are agriculturists by training and in.
stinct.-Exchange.
Since the war in the far east ha.
drawn the attention of Americans t,
the fighting qualities of the Japanese
v~egetarians have een studying tn
nutritive qualities of rice, the mos
important article in the Japanese die
tary. Professor S. A. Knapp, who ha
been conducting Investigations on be
half of the Philadelphia Vegetarian
society, says that the rice which i
eaten in America will never max
muscles for Americans as it make
muscles for the japanese, for the rea
son that the American mills remoY
the protein, the most nutritious par
from the rice. In Japan the QUITE
coating, which contains the protein, |
retained. Hence the great strength
r Of muscle developed in the small PEG
l pie of the Mikado's kingdom.-Fay