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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-09-02
Thirty.flye Years in Prison.
AN AGED KENTUCKY CONVICT PROPOSES
TO CHANGE HIS MODE OF LIFE.

The gates of the Jacksonville peni-
tentiary parted few days ago for an
old convict, who, if fanything, has walked
the matter OF prison experience. Hay-
ing completed his sixth term in the
Prison South, his confinement aggre-
gated thirty five years. He has turned
seventy-fiv and goes out into the world
without friend or relative. For thirty
two years he has seen his fellow prison
ers depart one by one, many to the
grave until to-day there isn't an officer
or convict in the prison who wes there
when he entered it, forty. five years ago.
He has been married four times, and
was divorced from all of his wives, liy-
ing. with each OF them but short time.
He has been pardoned from prison
twice, once by Gov. Willard and once
from Wayne County, Ind, TO serve
three years for larceny.
At that time the institution was stu
ated at the corner of Ohio avenue and
! Market street, and was leased by Col.
S. III. Patterson and Mr.. Henley. There
were but about one hundred convicts in
the prison, and they were employed
making brick and chopping wood foi
the farmers OF Clark County. They
also carried on blacksmithing and wagon
making to large extent. Hicks was 6
model blacksmith, and superintended
all the iron work of the building of the
Southern Prison for the contractors
Patterson & Pratt. Hicks was first SEN
from Wayne County for three years
the second time he came from Lawrence
County to serve ten years the third
time from Daviess County, ;or sever
years the fourth, from Montgomery
for four years the fifth, from
Marion, for three years. and the sixth
from Franklin County, for four years
He also served a term of two years il
the Juliet prison in Illinois.
During all bis imprisonment he ha:
never lost a moments ''good time" ant
has been in the best of health, and con.
tented with his lot. During the las
term of imprisonment he has been EN-
ployed as keeper of the big gate through
which wagons enter the institution. Whel
he first entered the prison the convicti
received corn bread and water, will
occasionally little meat, but no coffee
Barney Rosenthal, the tailor, has mad,
six suits of clothing for Hicks. Hick
says he has become tired Of prison life
and will in the future lead better life
He left for Hamilton, Ohio, to spen,
the ""aainder of his days.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-09-02
D
The Kiss of Peace.

An Englishman travelling in America
writes Let me describe some of the
experience of Pullman palace-c car. Ii
the cars are full it is embarrassing to a
shy man. What must it be to the fairer
sex? l had noticed that American
couples are rather demonstrative In
their erdearments both on the cars and
steamboats,, but this beats all. In the
sections of railroad car, as in the
wooden house, even whispered remarks
are very audible, especially at night,
when every thing is still. For example,
one evening when we had retired, low
voice was suddenly heard from the CEN
tire of the car
Fanny, Fanny, give me kiss, and
say you forgive me.
Then little louder
Fanny, Fanny, / can't sleep unless
you forgive me. Give me a kiss, and
say you forgive me-"
At last the voice of the penitent hus.
band, regardless of the tittering from
the surrounding partitions, spoke again;
Fanny, Fanny, just one kiss, and
say yOu forgive me.
At last q peppery old Indian officer,
down at the end of the car, popped his
head out and shouted:
"Oh, Fanny. for goodness sake do
give him O kiss, and let us get some
sleep"
Even then, amid the outburst OF
laughter from the other passengers, you
could hear the poor man catching q
curtain lecture.
"There told you so Now you see
what you have done knew every one
could hear you"
But at last peace reigned, and possi-
bly, Fanny gave him the narcotic kiss 81
reconciliation.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-09-02
THE DAISY.

Full many stories has the daisy told
To happy maidens and their lovers gay;
For nodding in the grass in winsome way
Its snow-white petals set in heart of gold
They read among its leaves the tale of old
And 'loves me now," or cloves me then,
they say,
Or twill love come some other brighter day !?
Youths sunlight making all the heart grow
bold.
But I. so far from youth that vesper bell
Sounds in my ear 10 tell OF evening gray,
Have read thy heart and know allmust be well
So in shade or sun. where'er the way
need no daisy leaves the truth 10 tell
OF how my darling loves me every day.
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An Oyster Yarn.
a CALIFORNIA LADY S EXPERIENCE OF THE
NEW YORK BIvALvES.

never found any thing but once here
in excess of my expectations, or even
approaching them, and that was the
New York oysters. / had just then
come from California, where oysters are
very small and unimportant, not to say
insignificant, and ! had often eaten O
hundred there at time, and had always
felt that could eat more if had them.
So when arrived at the Metropolitan
Hotel ordered my dinner to be served
in my room, and told the waiter to bring
with my dinner strong cup of coffee
and one hundred raw oysters. He
looked at me a moment and then said:
"Did I understand you to say one
hundred oysters ?"
Eyes" / answered; ''raw, on the half
shell, with vinegar; no lemons and as
soon as you can, for am very hungry
"Ahem Miss, do you want one hun
dred ?"
Eyes, do. What are you waiting
for? Must pay for them in advance
want nice large ones"
"No. no, Miss. All right you shall
have them," aud he went out.
/ continued my writing, and forgot
all about my dinner till he knocked and
came in with my dinner on tray, but
no oysters.
"How is this ?" said 1. "There are
no oysters"
"Dey's comm, miss, dey's comm, -
and the door opened and in filed three
more sons of Afric's burning sands,
each with big tray of oysters on the
half shell. l was staggered, but only
for moment, for saw the walters were
grinning, so 1 calmly directed them to
place one tray on 8 chair, one on the
washstand and one on the bed, and said:
"They are very small, aren't they 2"
ooh, no, miss, de berry largest we've
got"
very we'll, said /, "you can go. If
| want any more I'll ring"
When they got out into the hall, one
said to the other:
"Fore God. 10, il she eats all them
oysters she's dead woman"
did not fell hungry any longer. |
drank my coffee and looked at the oys-
ters, every one of them as big as my
hand, and they all seemed looking at me
with their horrible white faces, and out
of their one diabolical eye, until could
not have eaten one any more than L
could have carved up live baby. They
leered at me, and seemed to dare me 10
attack them. Our California oysters are
small, and with no more individual
character about them than grains OF
rice, but these detestable creatures were
instinct with evil intentions, and L
dared not swallow one for fear of the
disturbance he might raise in my in
terror, so / set about getting rid OF
them, for I was never going to give up
beaten before those walters. l hung a
dress over the key-hole after | locked
the door, and just outside my window
found tin water-spout that had hole
in il. carefully enlarged it. aud then
slid every one of those beastly creatures
down one by one-one hundred and two
of them-they all the time eyeing me
with that cold, pasty look of malignity.
When the last one was out of sight /
stopped trembling, and finished my din.
ner in peace, and then rang for the
walters. You should have seen their
faces One of the walters asked if
would have some more. May he never
know the internal paug he inflicted upon
me, but l replied, calmly:
"Not now. think too many at once
might be hurtful."
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FLoeeINa. English army officers
hold that it is absolutely necessary to
re-establish fogging for crimes when on
active service. Imprisonment is i'm
possible, and death becomes the only
alternative.
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LAUGHING GAs.-Nitrous oxide gas is
said to be the safest of all anesthetics.
1t has been given in Philadelphia over
1873, 600 times without causing single
death, and the records of certain in
stitution show that 1t has been given
1OO,O00 times without causing any se-
rious symptoms. Even patients with
disease of the lungs may take it, as a
rule, without injury.
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DEPREcrATED.-In Buenos Ayres it
takes ten dollars in paper money to buy
one dollar in gold. The paper currency
there is deprecated.
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A MooLEY COW has no horns; it is diff
ferent from man in this respect; the
more ''horns" he has the muller he be-
comes,
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At sHow HILL, WORCESTER co., MD.
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Work of Volcanoes.
THE ASTONISHING Flow CT LAVA

Cotopaxi in 1888 threw its fiery rock
cts 5000 feet above its crater, while in
1854 the blazing mass, struggling for an
outlet, roared so that its awful voice
was heard for more than 600 miles. In
1897 the crater of Tuugurangua, one of
the great peaks of the Andez, flung out
torrents of mud which damned up the
rivers, opened new lakes, and in valleys
l 600 feet wide made deposits 600 feet
deep. The streams from Vesuvius,
which in 1887 passed through Tore del
Greco. contained 80, 600 cubic feet OF
solid matter, and IN 1703, when Tore
del Greco was destroyed second time,
the mass of lava amounted to 45, 600, 900
cubic feet.
In 176O, H,sna poured forth flood
which covered eighty-four miles OF sur
face. end measured nearly 1000. .OOO, 600
cubic feet. On this occasion the sand
and scoria formed the Monte Rosini,
near Nicholosa, a cone of two miles In
circumference, and 1000 feet high.
Tue stream thrown out by Etna in 1916
was in motion, at the rate of q yard a
day, for nine months after the eruption;
and it is on record that the lava OF the
same mountain, after terrible erup-
ton. was not thoroughly cool and con-
solidated for ten years after the event,
In the eruption of Vesuvlus, A. ID.
70. the scoria and ashes vomited forth
far exceeds the entire bulk of the noun
tain. while in 1860 Ena disgorged
twenty times its own mass. Vesuvius
has sent its ashes as far as Constantine
pie, Syria and Egypt it hurled stones
eight pounds in weight to Pompeil, a
distance OF six miles. while similar
masses were tossed mp 2. 900 it. above the
summit. Cotopaxi has projected block
of 100 cubic yards IN volume distance
of niue miles aud Sumwaba, IN 1919,
during the most terrible eruption on
record, sent its ashes as far as Java,
three hundred miles away.
Loves TO EAT.-There Is negro in
Brunswick, Ga., whose sole claim to
distinction lies in his capacity to eat
more at time than any man In the
State. The other evening he agreed to
eat twenty loaves of bread and a dollars
worth of bacon provided the spectators
would pay for the meal. In case OF fail
ure he was to pay for what he ate him.
self. In few minutes he had disposed
of nine loaves and half the bacon, al
which point the bystanders interfered
not wishing to be implicated in a homi
eide The negro was much iucensed al
this interruption, declaring that he had
thereby lost the only chance of getting
a square meal which he had had in
thirty years.
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ATLANTIC HOTEL.
(LATE ENGLrsH's,)
CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, VA.
WI. MATTHEW'S 4 CO.. ProprietOrs.

The undersigned beg leave 10 inform theii
friends and the general public that they have
leased aud refuTnished the above elegant and
commodious house, and are now prepared to
accommodate permanent and transient guests
In hrst-class style.
Large airy rooms. Home comforts.
Fine Sea and Bay Fishing, Cunning and
Bathing, etc. The table is provided with Wild
Fowl, Terrapin, Fish, Oysters Grabs, and all
the luxuries of the season.
Pleasure boats of all kinds. guides, fishing
lines, decoys, ponies, ETC., always ready for
the use OF guests.
First-class Bar attached. Choice wines,
liquors, ales, beers and cigars.
rns. Passengers for CHincoteague connect with
,amer for the Island at Franklin City, the
We're sinus of the Worcester Railroad, morning
'eniDg. Connection may also be made
Nashville. ALI who visit the Atlantic
'ssured that they will receive eour-
- aent and excellent fare.
page is respectfully solicited.
w J. MATTHEW'S q 90.
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The MEANS to
necessary a. the
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ny end are as
promoted.
The news., 1882-05-04

ELEGANT TOILET PREpARATIoNs.- -
Hair dressing, and restorative is found in
London Hair Color Restorer." 1t seldom
fails to restore gray or faded hair to its
original youthful color and beauty. FALL
ing hair is checked by It's use, and it pro-
dnces a growth Of beautiful young hal
soft, glossy. and Iuxuriant 1t certainlr
is the most cleanly and effective hair re-
storer now before the American people.
A.. A. Gibson, Barrytown, Duchess
county, n. Y, writes: DR.. Swayne & Som
Philadelphia: GENTs-I enclose post
Office order for eight dollars: please
send me one dozen bottles of the Lon
don Fair Color Restorcr." II has
stopped my hair from falling, and restored
it to its natural color 1t has proven
satisfactory in every respect. The "Lon-
don Hair Color Restorer" can be obtain
At all the leading druggists ats cents a
bottle.
The news., 1882-05-04
JERSEY GIRLS COME FIRST.
OF all the girls in this broad land.

Of all the girls in this broad land,
With sunny eyes and cheeks like cher
ries
With forms like willowy stems in spring
And brows as warm as autumn berries
With voices full of dulcet tones,
That fill the ear with thoughts Of glad
ness,
And hands whose magic touches thrill
And Danish every thought of sadness:
The Jersey girl comes first.
There's Emma with her ceaseless mirth,
And Lizzie full of feeling,
And Mary clad in sun and shade
And Mamie's eyes appealing
There's Katie garnished with the truth
Like maids with bridal roses,
And all these traits when fully weighed
Most Faithfully discloses.
The Jersey girls come first.
They make the daylight full of Joy,
They fill the nights with dreaming,
They tighten up each humble home
With loves pure, holy cleaning,
They plant beside each dusty path,
The flowers of love and duty,
And Matin hour and Vesper time
Are sanctifed by beauty.
The jersey girls come first.
They shed glory on each scene,
That gilds life's fitful treasures
They soften all the blows Of fate,
And deepen all life's pleasures,
They cluster round mans staggering bark,
When tempests howl and below,
And calm the angry, hungry waves
With voices sweet and mellow.
The Jersey girlsscome first. ~.
Among the jewels of the State,
From river bank to sea,
The brightness far in all their parts,
In strength and purity
Are Jersey girls I; they make the sun
That decks the world in smiles,
And with thousand radiant charms.
The path of life .beguile
The jersey girls come first.
The news., 1882-05-04
Fashion NOTES.

FASHION NOTES. w
Panier scarfs made Of silver and
chenille are imported. ? g
Mother-of-pearl satin is the novelty
for wedding dresses.
Dark blue and red cashmere suits
are fashionable and pretty.
Chene patterns are revived. The
colors are more pronounced than for
merly.
Short waists, with sleeves in the
"gigot" form, are termed "Empire''
style of dress.
Tabliers embroidered with jet come
quite large at the lower portion, grad
uating to half the width toward the
belt. NHa Fs
Bishops sleeves are finished off with
pretty rufiies. The tops are shirred,
and some Of the patterns are shirred
=
at the wrist. a7 IS W
In Paris immense quantities Of rib
boa are employed for loops, ronnd
bodices and on epaulets. This is the
Mszarine style. g sfst
The Greek oyerskirt for misses il
much lked--A fashion that is clsssi.
cal in tone, showing soft, delicate
draping, quite appropriate to youth.
The sunfower and lily are seen ia
printed dress fabrics and ia millinery
ornaments, lace-pins, bangles and
fancy buttons Of enameled under
crystal.
The balayeuse Of black or white
lace will again sdorp summer cos
itapss, Those, however, made of bright
eolored ailk or satin are utterly ont
Of fashion, aA iaasi4 sRea saass -
Irish batists ID soft pale shades Of
color, as sky blue, lilac, shrimp pink,
cream, ivory, fawn and corn color.
viii be among the list Of popular
summer fabrics,
White foulArd pight-dre.aes appear
with shirriug over the shoulders and
upon the sleeves, and are tsimmed
with Medici lace and bows Of white
satin ribbon. ~ - ~ 3
The news., 1882-05-04
s1.OO A YEAR.

7
like the light of phosphOrous-seen
plainest when ell around is dark
ness M
Many persons entertain false views
of real life, who yet have the jusiest
perceptions Of human nature.
AS sad dreams betoken d glad Z
future, 50 may ii be with the so often
tormentiDg dream of life when it is
over.
Good breeding is benevoIence in
triAes, or the preference of others to Z
ourselves 10 the little daily occarreo-
css of life. a
A writer who attempts to Two on
the manufacture Of his imagination il
continuously coquetting with siarvs-
tiop. + ai 7& iaa
knowledge is said to be sorrow.
If this be true there are some men 10
the community who must be supreme
ly happy.
It is curious fact that no man in
this world wants to be rich; he only
asks for enough. and surely that is a
reasonable request
The news., 1882-05-04
YEI0H pxUoM gW m

threw it upon a pile of dead men,
Then IN obedience to motion of the
othcer's sword, the four soldiers who
held him, lifted the writhiug body
Of the mutiIated, bleeding, tortured
invalid from bis cot and pitched him
alive upon the funeral pile.
At that moment the match was
thrown upon the pile The combusti-
bic fluid instantly sent up fame to
an amazing height. The sudden gen.
Grafton of a great heat drove all the
soldiers back to the wall. The two
officers, pale as corpses, stood gazing
at the immense column of FIRE, and
trembling from head to foot, as if
they would break asunder at every
joint. The lieutenant said 10 a fall
terlng aud broken articulation: 1T
takes him-up- to God"
1t is believed that the officer allu-
ded to the ascension, upon the wings
OF that fame, of Bowie's soul to that
God, who would surely award due
vengeance to his fieudish murderers
Not being able to fully comprehend
the great combustibiity of the cam
phene, it is also believed that the
sudden elevation of that great pillar
of fire was an indication of Gods hot
dispieasure toward those .orturing
murderers. It is further believed
that the two officers were of the same
opinion, and this accounted for their
great agitation. And the narrator
thought that the same idea pervaded
the whole' detail, as every man ap-
peared to be greatly frightened.
For a time the murderers stood
amszed; expecting every moment that
the earth would open chasm through
which every man in the fort would
drop into perdition. Terrified BY this
conviction, they left the fort as speedy
as possible.
on'a sabsequsut day, Cassiano en-.
tered the fort again. II was chen
clsanssd, and IL seemed to be q com.
Portable place, Bat in a conspicuous
place, in the main area, he saw ths
ope relic Of the great yictOry---a pile
OF eharred fragments of human bones.
- Texas Pdper. 10
The news., 1882-05-04

iss chair, with the point sticking out.
Did not sit down on it. Had dinner
6 P. NJ, and made Baron Laischouu-
owOcski taste every dish. He died
before the soup was cleared away.
Consumed some Baltimore oysters and
some London stout that I have had
locked up for five years. Went to
the theatre, and was shot at three
times in the first act. Had entire
audience hanged. Went home to
bed, and slept all night on the roof of
the palace"
The news., 1882-05-04

Jumbo is twenty-one and takes his
whisky straight. As he has all the quail
ifcations Of an American citizen we move
he be naturalized.
The news., 1882-05-04

Never despise man who wears a
paper shirt front; he may have MOI
mother to support him. asa "a 8
The news., 1882-05-04
MOUNT HOLLY BURLINGTON co, N J, THURSDAY MAY 1882

A fowl in the hencoop is worth two in
a base ball field.
The news., 1882-05-04

! BREAKING THE NEws.-A coIored
man living on Wilkins street and
working on Hastings street feil from q
. scAffold q few days ago and Broke
his leg. While waiting for convey ss
ance to take him home ii was thought
best to send somebody ahead to notify
his wife, and the keeper Of corner
grocery was accordingly aelected to
proceed to the house and let her
down easy. he found her at the
washtub, and after the usual salute
he started of with: eersgfs' r'ss
MADAM, have painful duty to
PERFORM a sf 1saaqs.
| "ShOo isyou doan' say 80 !" she re-
Piled as she prepared to give rinsed
shirt the grapevine. as7a lsss "a
|. Eyes, madam, / ani sent here to aa
inform you that your Easband-zs, z
I"Am be on anoddsr bustY" shSask. e
cd as be paused. 9'sos'e sit ass s
"WOfss than that.,' pics yis
@Got inter jsilss Icons % eeea ss8
sWorss than that ms q Il 2sas1a8 ~
"Shodl Has de ole man stumbled
into de ribbsr r" aaT aen gr
"No, na'am, Bat he has tumblsd
from scaFoId and--and=- a
stAn' broke his neck2'' e8s
/ 'No--only his leg. Yes madam,
BY has broken his leg, and the men
are bringing him home on a door,
| eBseks his leg, chr Well9 tell
Eenasc tote him right 'losg in asn' be
kssrful dat nufRh drsps out Oh his
spookets. 0alys broken legl You "a
might hss told me ell dat ober de-
gate, instead oh somin' ia hesh an Al
skeerin' my heart sl'sr up TO- my 4
chinnR'haa aanea aA a.3A i