The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-20
CLIPPINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
HERE AND THERE.

That member who wants a law pass
cd requiring BARRIERS to furnish clean
towels to each customer must have
heen steered up against a nve-cent shop.
Durham Herald.
The Washington Post observes that
what the governor OF North Carolina
said to the governor OF South Carolina
is not a marker to what the governor
Of Colorado is saying to the governor
OF Colorado" 1t might have a good
efec if the Colorado performers would
adopt the suggestion made by the Tar
Heel governor TO the Palmetto govern
or. A little genuine sociability and
hospitality would smooth out some OF
the ugly wrinkles.-Raleigh POST
The American people are prone TO go
TO extremes. Having taken TO heart
the criticism that they eat too rapidly,
they are now. according 10 physicians.
~endangering their health by eating too
slowly. One man. so it is said. has
carried the fad of eating and drinking
slowly to such an extreme that he ON
sumes half an hour in drinking a glass
cf milk. Mr.. Gladstone probably never
dreamed of the mischief he made posi-
hle by establishing the practice OF chew
ing every morsel thirty six times.-Ex-
change.
Despite all the TRADES by Mr.. Law
son and others on Wall street, good
sized fortunes continue to be cleaned up
there at frequent intervals. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. fof instance. has latel:'
found himself nearly two million dollars
to the good by reason Of fortunate in
vestments. He was shrewd enough to
see something in the subway enter
prize and when, in the early stages of
that undertaking. holders of stock in II
became uneasy and wanted to get rid of
it at low prices Vanderbilt scooped in
huge blocks of it. Now the subway is
a fixture and it's stock is mounting.
Similarly fortunate deals in Illinois
Central and American Smelling helped
to swell the fabulous profits of the
young money king.-Greensboro TeIe-
gram.
The value of a comma was never
more strikingfy illustrated han it Is
at present in the state Of Vermont. At
Windsor in that state a woman is un-
DER sentence Of death. 1t is believed
that the governor would commute
her sentence, n even pardon her, II
he were sure of his constitutions!
right to do SO. But there is II
bothersome little comma in the con-
s%titutional clause under which he
would have to act. If the comma were
removed or it's position changed, there
would be 10 doubt of the governors
right to pardon. but as the punctuation
mark now stands the governor seems
to be denied the right to interfere with
the sentence of the court.-Savannah
News.
1t seems practically settled that
Prince Sviatopolsk-Mirsky will fail OF
carrying through his proposed reforms
for Russia. Notwithstanding the car
has not yet accepted his resignation.
Maybe if an Americans gentleman from
Ohio or Indiana, of the name of Hiram
*. Jones, OF John w. smith, were to
go over and take hold OF Sviatopolsk-
Mirsky's job he would be able to bring
order out of confusion. There is moth
ing in the world like the genius of the
Jones and Smith of Ohio and Indiana
for handling politics; especially other
peoples po1itics.-Exchange.
A Union soldier who lost a leg at the
battle of Spottsylvanfa was one Of the
Christmas contributors to the Confed-
crate Veterans Association of Wash
ington. That organizations charges itself
with the duty of aiding needy Confed-
crate soldiers and receives man. offer
ings at Christmas time. The Union
veteran accompanied his contribution
with this letter: The enclosed is IN
memory of the late John Reb,' who
knocked me out at Spottsyfvania Court
House, May 12,1S64. I'm the language
of Tiny Tim, God bless us, every one"
Charleston Post.
The Hikado's living expenses foot up
about $4,000, 900 annually, which sum
he draws from tie national treasury
His personal fortune is not called upon
to contribute for the purpose named.
so that the So, ZOO, 600 may be regarded
as his salary as manager of Japan.
Out of this he pays several thousand
employees. In private he lives quite
simply, except at dinner, which is al
ways served in elaborate fashion-gen-
orally about twenty courses. Official
entertainments given by his majesty
arc vastly observation-disclosures.