The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-21
HERE AND THERE.

We soe a statement DO the effect sha.
q london paper has traced the carer
OF iVs Doys who Se-e lazy abo1t get
Esng cut or bed IN The morning. .4na
Of the bunch was the AZ =
large business at the age Of ihtr.y. an
oIner at went . seen was a successful
physician. the third at lwsnty-fhr y
was at the head OF his class in college.
he fourth had passed every examin.,-
ton IN a medical s.hool at twenty. an,
the fifth was head 10y in school al IL
teen years of 9 There is a z I'D 5saI
OF rumDuggery as1ut this mar c<
early rising. unless mes business calls
one out earsy.-Charaouse Observer.
A number of years ago Major J. w.
wilson said that he would never die
SATISFIED without hearing OF a LAWYER
ioeihS hanged. HIS wish was gIatifiad
Wnen Ar. Thomas jefferson C1uyerius
met his fate IN Richmond some fifteen
or eighteen Yeas ago, and he is prob
ap1y doubiy satisfied now since another
virginia gentk mar. OF the same pro-
IasSIon came to tile same end 1t Char
iottasv1Ha last week-Charioute Obser-
Yer.
S. Heller. aged so. his wife, Josephine.
aged IS. their laughter, Mrs. Mary
NolGa1, aged 20. ana the latter's hus-
Dand, George Nolan. We're found dad
IN Heiiars home on Central avenue
here this morning. 1t is supposed they
were asphyxiated by natural gas,
uaoug1 the police suspect poison ns
and are investigating Coroner Seigsc-
stem sad he believed the deaths were
due to poisoning. It was understood
there had BEEN domestic trouble in the
fam1ly.-Claveland (Ohio) Dispatch.
Kansas is assisting the salvation ar
my TO feed the Ioor of Kansas City.
Colonel Addie has received communi-
cations from two Kansas towns inform
ing him OF gifts i'm the shape of hun
dreds of rabbits. One came by long
telephone from Gardner. with
the information that 1000 Dummies h,a
been shipped The other commun ca
ton ,v.:s from o. E Winston, of Tar.
ganoxie, h stated that he was or
ganlzing a big roundup hunt and
would ship the rabbits of the hunt the
FOLLOWING day.-Karsas City Dispatch.
The Richmond Times-Dispatcn re-
calls h fact that the tate Samuel Nc
Cue. only a few days before his exam
inaticn, swore. with his hand upon his
Bible, that if he hung an inno-
cent man would go to the galloTs-a
IL "SIl " W ONdt
In mind when they are taking co,;n.
OF testimony when a mans neck is in
danger-columbia STATE.
Curious attitude Of mind. that of SEN
ator Mitchell, who, in d letter suggest
ing a line of perjury to his partner
takes OCCASION to des. lib his 7.osecu-
TORS as 'scoundreis.' News Leader.
A profit is mot without honor, e.:n
Inn r .0xrn1 r.
ord.
Little Wllie-"Say, pa, what is meant
by counting danger?'" Pa-"Why. err
amy kind OF counting, my son.'-Chi.
Gago Daily News.
Dyer--"I took a ride in an automobile
Last week. Duela-''Where did YOU
go?" Dyer-"To the hospital."-Town
n Country
Van Bibber (wh, has brought up
against the same tree for the ten:h
time)-"Losht! Losht! in am unpen ira
bic Notwithstanding Life.
Hicks-"Charley wired me last night
Weber What an absurd expression.
Wired AS it Q we're a champagne
bottle IT q cheap Observation-Disclosures
pilia T. anscript.
PA, whats a preferred CREDITOR"
The FiTd I prefer Isl the ONE who is
Wiling to take 1T for granted that I'll
pay him just ais SOON as I cam conve-
nfently srare ahe money."-Chicago
EeA-crd-H Herald.
City FTiend-"Do YOU keep a wv?
Mr.. Cu.iotz (of Drearyhurst)-''I have
Z stron, suspicion hat / do. What !
have to pay my milkman every week
certainly ought to be enough to keep
TIVE hr three cows.".Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Hiram Ofen-"How long were
you in your last placer" New Servant
"Jist "a month, maiam." Mrs Hill am
OffeTs-"Indeed? What was the trou-
hle?" New Servant-"The trouble was
that I got sick am couldn't Rave no
sooner. '-PhaSadelphia Press.
Don't you want to do something to
which YOU can point with pride when
you get out of ~congress?" No" ans
wered Senator Sorghum. This ambi-
ton to point with pride has been the
means of getting too many people GU.
OF Congress. "-Washington Star.
Don't wait until your blood is I'M