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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
Hope to Delude the Farmers.

The hope of the proicctionists Is that
the iraiir ON wool and the tariff on po,a'
toes may dclutic the farmers, especially of
New York and Ohio, and secure the sup
port of agricultural communities for the
Republican plans for increasing taxation
in order still further Ia protect our infan,
industries.
II is claimed by The New York Tribune
that free potatoes would bc the ruin of
the farmers everywhere. The reading
public is asked To believe that great
agricultural nation. u nation with millions
Of acres unoccupici, cannot raise even
potatoes without tariff.
lfihis is So. then. indeed, is the situn-
ton hopeless; Columbus made mistake
in opening new continent for the sur.
plus population of the old, and the sooner
America Is abundant the letter.
As long as the agricullurists raised po'
iatoes and wheat ut a profit, i, was possi'
blc To take from this class n portion oi
their profits Ia make good the deficit IN
the hank account nf the eastern manh-
iacturers.
But IL the men who raise roiaiOcs are
also losing money. II. instead ofconirilm'
ting some of his surplus to supply the loss
Of the iron master, the potato raiser ais"
makes n demand for iariiI io save linn
from destruction. We are in a dreadful
plight. The tariff rests on the hlca that
II is right aud wise Ia rob Peter Ia pay
Paul. hut II Il turns out that Peters rc-
sources are exhausted snd that he needs u
contribution himself. then the robbing
must G. asc.
The nation l. composed of men Who re-
criye pensions and the mcn who pay them.
hut suppose every man had a pension
claim. where would the money To pay
pensions eome fIom
The tariff system rsis ON the idea iha,
one class will pay houniics TO another;
when all classes make demand for
bouniics the end Is ncar.-I.ouisville
courieT.Journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

To any one who could bc satisfied with
an unvarying diet Of ii,h and black bread.
accompanied 10y the best cream and hut.
ter that can lr found anywhere. il would
IT, easy to satisfy his wants in any part Of
the country. How the cream and butter
come 10 lc 81 gool Is u mystery to me.
for assurc,lly the Finnish cows arc the
worst and most scantily fed II their kind.
What other cow that respected herself
would bc satisfied with hay soup in which
the water formed 50 unfair proportion
to the hay. The most mcagrc looking
hay, mixed with the drie,l branches Of
alder. SINNERS in huge iron pot. and
one SEES the poor beasts dipping their
n,'s,'s into Ill" unSavory broth and fishing
ont its soddcncd contents with the evil
dent relish of hunger Il was complained
Ia mo by resident in the country that
cows could not be induced TO look upon
saw'iust rs the staple of their food. How
far hc had seriously made the trial do
not know. Int should he ever succeed.
there will lra rich prospect for Finland
in dairy farming. Murray Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
Grants Luck.

Leonard SWEET told an interesting story
the other day illustrative of General
Grants traditional good luck. as well as
his lack Of what is called shrcwdncss in
commercial dealings. When Grant was
engaged in writing his memoirs the Cen
tury Company, which had been publish.
ing some nf his war articles in the C.ntu-
~ .Moga:i"e. offered him $i00Oo for the
manuscript of his hook. Webster. the
publisher. also had his eye on the alert
for the forthcoming work and one day
called an the General TO inquire about il.
Grant was seated nj his desk, about To
attach his signature 10 the Century Com
pany's cantrac,. which lay before him.
II Ind apparently never occurred To him
Webster iniimaic,l that he would like 10
make an offer.
III II would not h impcriincnt," he
said. Il would like TO inquire how much
the Century Company agrees To pay your"
Ten Thousand dollars" General Grant
said.
Then wouldn't sign that contract
just yet" said Webster.
why not:"
because will pay you $4,000"
General Grant opcEcd his eyes IN amaze
mcnt. II had not occurred TO him to sci
SO high n value on his work hc had not
thought of dickering beyond the first offer
But he did not sign the contract.
Afterwards Mark Twain. Websier's rel
aiivc and business partner, called and told
the General that none Of the publishers
had offered him what his manuscript was
worth. Il will give you 100000 and n
royalty" he said. So Webster 4 Co, be-
came Grants publishers. The firm has
grown rich out ofGrant's book and Grants
family has been over paid $jOO,0O0.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

C"l. Silas Moorr. Of Southington. sold
II pair Of clam shells last week for 500.
The pair were two feet and ten inches in
length and about one foot and ten inches
wide. and weighed 80i pounds. Col.
Moorc is the owner Of pair weighing
800 pounds. which he would not sell for
300. These large clam shells came from
the Mediterranean SEA, and there are
some in Italy which weigh 200 pounds.
M,st of these shells have blemish. but
in "a public museum, where they are not
handled. tle blcmish may not be seen.
In private collectioa 1t is desirable to
have perfect shells. Col. Moore's 800
shells are perfect and the finest in the
United States. There are parts Of the
iacat of these big CLAIMS which are good
forl. Col. Moorc has seen n clam steak
six inches wide and n foot long. In his
collection are clam shells so small that
ten pairs wnuid not weigh nm ounce. To
outweigh the big pair would require
more than 10000 Of the small ones.-
Hartford Post.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

Experiments at Cape Town In signal
ing with electric light reflected from the
clouds were complete SUCCESS. Ex.
periments were also made with q vessel
ut sen, with the result of flashing n signal
fifty miles away.
Bismarck received 10i plovers' eggs
on his recent birthday. Flowers eggs
arc favoritc delicacy with the cliancel.
lor. and every year OH his birthday q
large number are sent to him from the
country.
Georgia. according to The Athens (Ga.)
Banner Watchnian, furnished three
regiments of soldiers to the Federal army
during the civil war. The soldiers came
from the mountain counties Of the state.
The uncertainty concerning titles is
thought TO bc cause Of dullness In New
York real estate. Many OF the old family
properties were settled In careless man
ner, and IN some instances heirs have re-
appeared. causing perplexity and con-
fusion.
The inhabitants Of Rodriguez, an island
Of the Indian ocean belonging to Great
Britain. were recently threatened with
starvation. owing TO their isolated posi-.
tion and the failure Of crops. a relief
expedition from the Mnuritius, 400 miles
away, finally reached them with 1900
bags Of rice.
\ convention Of parrots will soon he
held in Turin. and great many learned
old fellows are expected TO bc present.
Prizes will I've given to the best singer,
tt.. bri,,l,t.,sf s.,,,rars, ;ox at;et ,r.l ,l,.
finest orator. a great many queer stories
have been told about parrots. but thc
coming show will give the world u chance,
TO know precisely what they have TO say.
The New Jersey court Of charcery has
rendered n decision which ,lcprives Henry
George. the land agitator, Of bequcst of
property agsrcgating in value about $l0,-
900. II had b.en bcIucathcd by William
Hutchings. an eccentric a,lmirer Of Henry
George. who recently died in Camden
county. Its object was TO aid George in
the dissemination Of his peculiar land
doctrines.
An interesting report Of the death of
native was recently made BY coroner's
jury in India. The native iIad Ind the
misfortune to meet 81 tiger. and the re-
port says: ''panlu died Of the tiger eat.
ing him. There was no other cause of
death. Nothing was left Of Pandu save
some fingers. which probably belonged
either 10 the right or left hand"
London royalty is abou, To organize
charitable fetc in imitation Of that car.
ricd to success hy the Princess Msiternicl,
ia Vienna. The three little Princesscs Of
Wales are TO appear asylum Yum. Pitt
Sing and Peep Bo in The Mika,lo" trio.
\ Scotch ballet will bc danced by titled
ladies. and il will wind up with panto-
mime in which all the players will take
,nrt.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
Mustard, ria,,ers for ruan,s.

The Ladics' Protection and Relief 20.
cir,y has just issued its report for 1887.
The la.ly president was seen the other
day, and said that 1T present there are
200 boys and girls in the institution,
while 3G? children have lccn cared for
during the past year. Considerable diil-
Guilty has been experienced of late with
the young l'oys who play ,ruant from the
institution. climbing fences and going
bathing ut North Beach. or running
around the ncig.iborhood. Various
remedies have been tried. among them
the dressing of the boys in girls clothes,
but the latest device las proved effective.
Half dozen youn.ster' played triant
not long ago. and on returning received a
warm welcome. The ma,ron quietly
ordered the boys TO take or their jackets,
and then she applied y mustard plaster TO
each If the boys backs. AMI now they
stop ut home. San Francisco Chronicle.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
A Celebrated chimnnx.

Il Is related in the history Of the early
settlement of Virginia that Capt. John
Smith sent certain Dutchmen from
Jamestown 10 Wcrowocomoco. the eapi-
tai Of the Indian emperor or king. Pow.
hatan. to build chimney TO the palace
Of the Indian potcntate. Il was built Of
sandstone. near the confluence OF Timber
neck (ancient werowocomoco) creek with
York river. In Gloucester county. on an
elevation commanding n magnificent
view Of the river and surrounding coun-
try. II was a massive structure, which
until the past few days deiied storm and
time. Intelligence has been received
that this noted landmark has fallen 10 the
ground in the recent storm.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
MuLTuM IN PARvo.
Berlin Is to have new cathedral.


Silver Inns turned up In South Africa
Ia degree b. produce new mining
fever.
There are laws against using profane
language by telephone in all states except
Connecticut.
The receipts Of the london Zoological
Gardens have decreased $4,000 In the
past year and the managers blame Buff
falO Bills show for the loss
Kansas has genuine philanihropist.
Stephen Richardson. Of Harvey county.
has planted three miles of peach trees la
the public highway for the benefit of
travellers.
The Turkish government will not allow
the writings of Dante. Byron. Voltaire
and Paley To enter its domains, for these
authors speak disrespectfully Of Moham.
mechanism.
Europe has new coin. II Is the coin
of the present German emperor and bears
his profile. The die was actually pre-
pared In the lifetime Of the last emperor.
A Paris journal asserts that an Eng
lish ex-hangman has been hired by an
American manager for lecture tour In
the United States. ana Il to receive ti0.-
900 over his expenses.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
inrrntri ina Dream.

An ice slel which is TO n propelled by
n traction wheel is the invention Of a
well known lawyer. II was the out
growth of dream. Ilu imagined TINT
lc was skating. but instead Of applying
III" motive power to his feet was pro-
lclling himself by rotary motion "f his
hands and arms. lie nj once set alOut
applying the idea thus gained. an,l. with
an arrangement Of trcadl,~ and crnnks.
attained the result. lie claims that n
speed Of twenty.seven feet per second can
be attained by this model. and by vary
ing the size of the various wheels il could
be greatly increased. His arrangement
for guiding his sled and for checking or
stopping il when In motion Is also appar-
emily perfect. -Pittsburg Commercial.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
THE COUNTRY EDITORS WIFE.

tHt Cusl
You have heard of the country editors life,
With its care and worry and doubt.
or the shabby. .genteel Of bis seedy clothcs.
or his diamond pins, and his calm repOse.
Ills happiness, money and goui.
Blu, say, have you heard Of the editors
wife
or that silent co-pariner, who,
With blending Of sentiment. beauty and
skin,
With temperate knowledge, with tact and
will,
The whole Of his labor can do:
II is she who tmbr roidcrs the garment worn
By the editors hard old chair,
Now dressed with cushions sofi and neat,
And trimmed up with tides and ribbons
sweet,
Which was once so poor and so bare.
Ifihc editors sick, or away, or behind.
In need Of more hands or more haste,
She directs his wrappers SO they tan bc
read.
And writes his leaders right out Other head
And willingly makes the paste.
She reads the magazines. papers and books,
AS tho cradle she softly rocks:
While the editor sits in bis easy chair,
With lis fingers thrust In his tangled hair,
She quietly mcnds his socks.
Then she reads the ads. with the editor,
just 10 find what each has paid.
"But the column nd. Of the jewcller there"
So lie says, "and the harness, and human
hair,
Must be taken out In trade"
She wears the cOrscts he gets for ads,
And rnttlcs his sewing machine:
She uses the butter. and eggs. and things,
The country subscriber faithfully brings,
With ciccrfulncss seldom seen.
But her life so full of merry delight,
Has one dark cloud, alas.
Though she shares his ticket 10 circus and
play,
To lecture anl negro minstrel gay,
She can't use his railroad pass.
When time hangs heavy ON his hands,
She bcguilcs his hours away,
With joke and laughter, music and song.
And pleasant talk, and thus ripplcs along
The whole Of each leisure day.
Oh, who would exchange this sweet con-
tent,
Thi. simple aud trusting life,
For that of n queen of royal birth
For the happiest woman on all this earth,
Is the country editors wife.
Margaret .iHdTsws OiihGm.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

For mulching gooscherrics and currents
no material Is better than The short clip
pings from the lawn They lie closely. keep
down weeds. and promote needed cool.
ness 10 the soil
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

Il Is generally the best cows that are
most liable 10 gargel aud. of course, these
are the cows To- which one can beat afionl
10 give care and attention ai the time Of
coming In.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16
Talk is Cheap

Talk is Cheap
but it costs an effort and
an experience of years to
get up such an assort-
ment Of Good Clothing
as you will find at Null
lin & Sons 9th and
Market. Wilmington.
You may read about
leaders, big stock, low
prices, etc, but to find
just such Clothing as you
may want yoursclt'or boys
is what will interest you.
II you want a good suit
you can get it of us and
thcnyou run no risk about
it as you know us.
We have the best as
sortmcnt and more of it
than we ever had. You
can find almost any kind
of a Suit with us, for eth.
er Man or Boy for dress,
business or working. We
employ our tailoring for
ccs in the dull seasons in
making for the Ready
made Department.
In our TAILORING
DEPARTMENT you will
find the finest goods in
the piece to be had Of
both Imported and Do
mestic make for making
to order. Our Cutters
and Tailors are the best.
We guarantee satisfac-
ton.
J. 7. Mullin B Son,
Tail0rs 9th T. Market street,
and Wilmington. Del.
Cloihicrs.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

Religion Is 3anafivc. Curative. Hygienic.
II siay N"t sivc Antesiliuvian Longevity
to the nui,iian Race. hut viii Greatly
Ienrtheu Our Ilves.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

There Is ma labor ihaI will pay better
Than working over green manure ill Il l.
fine. and mixing something with il To pre-.
vent !, becoming lumpy again.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-16

l,RooKLyS, June 10.-At the Tabcr-
nacIc this morning. after expounding
some passages Of Scripture In regard to
the diet Of Daniel and his abstemious
habits. the Rev. 7. DE Witt Talmage, d.
D., gave out the hymn beginning:
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-03
ma. PoWpEaLY SPEAKS.
The Miners Can Not Strike without ABB
solute Breach of Faith.

HI Miners Can Not Strike without Alb
soIute Breach of Faith.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. I'm reply to a
question concerning the rumored prob
ability of a strike of the Reading Coal
and Iron company's miners in the Schuyl-
kill region, General Master Workman
Powderly said he believed it the duty of
the miners to Keep %inviolabie their con-
tract made with the company last Sep
TENDER, when the wages were increased
and the Lehigh strike was inaugurated.
IL was an agreement executed in good
faith, the breaking of which by the com
pany would have been considered In out
rage and a breach of trust. He could
not believe that the miners would do
anything contrary to that agreement.
1t was not possible, he thought, for The
miners OF the entire anthracite region to.
become involved in this trouble, and he
could not see wherein any benefit could
be derived by them from such action at
present. The Lehigh troubles had brought
new life and vigor to the Wyoming
and Lackawanna miners, and he thought
That so long as they were not directly in
Yolved, they would be exceedingly 10th
to give up their present prosperous work.
Mr.. Powderly, though much better, is
not yet in such condition as would war
rant him giving n Recalling strike
more than passing attention, but it is
certain that he deplores the causes
which have produced it, and brought
about the arrangement between the rail-
road and lbs employees. The strike, SO
far as he is informed, has not been given
IN charge of the executive board OF the
knights of Labor, hut is under the con
troll of the executive committee of the
assemblies composed of the Reading en-
pioyes. No demand has yet been made
upon him 80 make a general assessment
to help carry on the strike, and if this
We're 10 be done, he could not, in his pres
ent condition, undertake SO extensive an
effort;
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-03

disastrous Losses, In poiItSof life and
property, thaS the road has ever suffered.
Both trains were going a full speed, and
both engines were shattered almost Int
fragments. The baggage car, smoker
and mail car .of No. l were thrown on
top Of the locomotive. They o took
fire, and all the express and
mail were burned. The baggage
and express cars of train No, 2 were
thrown down IN embankment thirty feet
high and torn to pieces. Four men were
killed and several seriously injured. The
killed and wounded so. far as known are
as follows: Lee Withrow, baggage mas
ter, of Cincinnati; Powell, express mes
senger; James Severance, postal clerk, Of
Saasord,YIays; w. Michaels, engineer, seri-
sously hurt; Pat Taylor, cash in face and
one eye knocked ont; Tom Roberts, of
Knoxville, head postal clerk, arm broken;
Pat Murphy, fireman, leg broken, and
otherwise, injured. One fireman has not
yet been found, and it is thought he
perished in the flames. Lawrence
Callan, of Ludlow, KY, killed. Pat
Taylor was left at Greenwood under the
charge of the company's physician. The
balance OF The wounded were taken to his
place on q special train, and are being
cared Tor. One passenger WAC had gone
into the gentleman's toilet was burned to
death. His home or destination is not
known a special train was made up at
this place to forward the passengers on
their journey. 1t is thought the CON
sductor mistook the orders, which read
to meet and pass at Somerset. The
font cars on train No. / caught fire, and
had it not been for the heroic efforts of
some OF the passengers the loss of life
would have been appalling. They pried
open the brakes and cut the cars apart
and succeeded in pushing Thorn down the
grade out OF danger.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-03

OMAHA,S PROGRESS.
Remarkabe Advancement of a Thriving
City.

III AtAE
City.
OMAHA, Jan. 2.-The Omaha Bee. in
its annual review for 1887, presents the
following statistics OF Omaha's growth
and business during the past year. The
city's population is now oyersone hun
dred thousand.
Omaha has. expended for public i'm
:prpyements, packing houses, factories.
banking and business houses, school
buildings, churches, dwellings, q grand
total OF $$12, Alb, $40 as agains6 ST, 23G, 786
during 1886. OF this amount SO, 943S, $40
represent public improvements. There
were constructed In Omaha during the
year 2;548 buildings of every description.
of which z, ff9 were dwell ings and resi-
dence blocks; 273 bank buildings, hotels
and stores; 13 public corporation build
ings; 80 factories, mills, packing houses
and manifactory enlargements; as
churches and parsonage buildings, and
s1S school buildings.
During 1887 the Wholesale traffic OF
Omaha, exclusive of coal commissions
and implement sales, aggregates $37,-
800, 5U0, and including commission, coal
and implement sales, $$44, 218, 900, a gain
OF Id per cent. over sales OF 1886. The
Omaha bank esearings for the year ag-
gregate $I47.414, 1871 as against $685.
'793. $50 during 1886. The aggregate prod
lct. OF industrial establishments during
past year, exclusive of the product Of
packing houses is computed at SEC, 7225.-
O00. Number of workInen employed in
Omaha manufacturing establishm ants, n
249jVhfS does NOT melinda g n00 yvork.
men employedldurIng tho nasts s,,1nna.
on prlcK yards. 1S.sulaha now ranks
as third largest yW ket IL America,
Number of caftle.s nogs and sheep
handled in tbs Etockyards during the
year, l 323, 443, which is in increase of
more than 200 per cent. over preceding
year. There were slaughtered and con-
verified Into meat products, 871 ,693 hogs,
baeyes, and 81, 500 sheep, an In
crease of.a0o per cent. over packing ex-
6yhibitgOf 1881 &, $500
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-03

his victim int The street, Mrs. Conroy
upbraided her SON for his m%urderous as
sault, when he turned upon her and
struck her OF the head tslree times
with the ax, eleaving her skull
and laying bare the brain. She died In
stantly. A few minutes later a cousin
Of 0sDonnell passed down the alley aud
found the bleeding and Unconscious
O'Donnell in the spot where Conroy had
thrown him. An officer was notified.
O'Donnell was taken to the hospital. IL
is still living. When the officer entered
the house of the Conroys he found the
dead body of the aged mother lying upon
the floor in a pool of blood, and the
matricide in bed. He was hauled out,
but refused to say anything, and was
hurried off to the police station.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-03
THEY WILL TRY III AGAIN.
h German Actor. Marries HI
Divorced Wife.

Possart, the German Actor, Marries HIS
Divorced wife.
New YORK, Jan. ERNST Pussart,
the German tragedian, now at tbs Thalia
theatre, was married Saturday in Brook
lyn, to hia divorced wife. They were
first married about 1865. and have three
children, nineteen, seventeen and twelve
years, respectively. For sixteen years
harmony reigned in the family, hut then
the father and the mother concluded that
they would be more happy apart, ami SO the
law promptly divided them. The exact
reasons for the divorce have not been di-
vulged. Mrs, Possart devoted herself to
her children, while her ex%-husband won
fresh glories on the stage, and so the
mouths and the years passed. Finally,
they both came to regret the step, and
agreed to live together as in the days of
old. When he made his contract to come
20 the United States, he concluded t
bring his divorced wife with him. They
went to Brooklyn together and were
married by the mayor