The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-06
HERE AND THERE.


Mr.. Glenn should his ap-
poin.nents In time to give tnose GER
1emen vrno get left q chance to go afts-
the Jobs at the disposal Of the legisla-
ture-Durham Herald.
With the evidence accommodating that
the -ota1 yield - the cotton Of
Iso4-'s will exceed 100000 bales. il
would be Interesting TO know the fg-
Ii the boil weevli had not gotten In its
Eork-@~hariotte Chronicle.
It eeeEns that China Il not quite so
densely populated as la been general
~ supposed. Mr.. RockhTIl, who il 10
succeed Mr.. Conger as minister to Chi
ma estimates the population of that
country at not over u.s. o0, 900. and
probably betweec 25o, 000, 600 and a-5.-
Vo,ro. His $ q much smaller esti-
mate that hat 1h9ch las commonly
been accepted, that =. 400. COO. 600. Wong
kai Kai, h Chinese vice commission
e- at the ST. Louis Worlds Fair. re-
Gently said that the number 400, 600. o11
was liked as the Iumber Of people IL
China by the first Of the waestern peo-
pie who began to study his country and
that these figures had been adopted b.
the world at large. regardless OF al the
changes OF the Years. The vice commits
slonerS own opinion is that China's
population is about 800. 600, 0c0-Char-
lotte Chronicle.
1t is said thai some manufacturer has
been improving cigarettes with Paris
green. Now If some inventor will I'M
prove the Paris green of commerce with
cigarettes we may hope for the extlr-
minatiCn of the DOLL weevil.-Durham
Sun.
Governor Odell is careful to state that
his approval Of Senator Depew is due
to his regard for public opinion and not
to any personal persuasions.-Washjng-
ton Star.
We wonder If those Georgia farmers
who have been turning their cotton
during the jolly holidays hawke made
provision for their wives durinfg the
next year so that they will not have
to do all the cooking and the wash
ing for the family?-Columbia State.
A New York paper takes UP five col
umns to explain the inside history OF
the recent Democratic campaign. But
when you hin of it that isn't such a
lengthy post morfem examination con
sidering all Of the things that allied il.
Augusta Chronicle.
The authorities in various parts of
the country are playing hob with
milk dealers, whom they accuse of foist-
Ing AN impure article upon their GUS
toners. IT is noticeable that this cru
originated subsequent to the state
ment made by Professor Wiley that
very little Of the whiskey offered to the
public was manufactured az
cording to the rules which permitted a
gentleman to absorb a quart without
turning a hair. 1t would SEEM. there
fore, that adults nave escheWed Whis-
key in favor Of milk, or have attempted
to make a combination and been beaten
both ways,for such a commotion could
not have been made by the infant in
dustry of the cou~ntry.-Washington
Post.
The important changes in the habits
hen brought about by the Maine
breeding experiment is to induce them
to lay I'M the fall and winter. Three
quarters of the eggs GSz4Ezned in New
York during November and December
are storage eggs laid in the proceeding
spring. comparatively few New York
families know what q fresh laid egg is.
Even in the spring most Of the eggs
sold come from the west and were laid
several weeks before they are eaten.-
Exchange.
Balty Moore-'Oh. .pshaw, Old man I
wouldn't worry about BIowhard's opin-
ion Of me-, if I wore you" Calvert, Jr.
1T isn't his opinion I'm worrying
about. It's the grounds I happen to
know he has for that opinion-'-Batti-
American.
Mr.. Cityf1att (reading)-'The widow
of hat 'commutor' who was killed in
the railroad wreck has een awarded
sixty thousand dollars damages" Mrs.
I've een vainly
trying to induce you to move to the
suburbs for years-you mean thingi"-
Are you the Answers to correspon-
dents MANI" inquired the dyspeptic-
looking caller. Il am replied the gen.
tleman addressed. What can l do for
your" Firstly. what will dissolve Il
chunk Of lead in the urnan stomach
Secondly, won't you please refrain from
publishing recipes for plum pudding
hereafter "-Phfladefphia Press