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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
lrnxen Music.

The cool weather makes the lot OF
the average member of the gutter
brass band anything but happy
one The poor fellows who thus earn
Il precarious livelihood frequently
suffer extreme pain in their efforts
to extract music from the chilled in.
struments. 1t frequently happens
that the cold so Fuckers up their lips
that they cannot extract a note of
music. The other day band of six
of these unfortunates was playing
loudly in front of saloon. when n
boy six years of age deliberately he
gan to suck a lemon in front of the
trombone player. The little imp
made the most horrible grimaces ~
he gyrated i'll front of the poor mu
stefan. In a minute the entire band
had seen the little scamp and were
forced 10 turn their heads away or
stop playing. The young rascal
however, kept moving with the mu
sicians, all of whom worked us if on
pivots. Finally one of them had to
stop playing, and, to the relief of his
companions, chased the mischievou>
boy away = Brooklyn Standard
Union
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
Deceptive rocketbools.

a well dressed woman with IA five
dollar pocketbook prominently in her
hand is a gilded snare for the pocket
book snatcher. The chances that it
contains more than thirty seven
cents and car ticket have been
taken 10y highwaymcn now in dur
ance vile, but their bad luck and
worse Judgment have deferred others
from following that means of hveli-
hood. 1t is the quietly and often
poorly dressed old lady with ! greasy,
timeworn leather. " the country
visitor and the small shopkeepers
who are likely to have money on the
person. New York Herald
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

Fourteen years ago Professor Pic
tet, of Geneva, reduced hydrogen
for the first time to a liquid. 1t was
regarded as nothing more than a
freak of scientific luxury. But the
professor, established now with com
plete laboratories III Berlin. has not
only produced almost incredible cold
but has turned his powers to practical
purposes Mercury, for instance, has
been frozen hard enough to be cast
into the form of tuning fork. and
SO have its elasticity measured.
And if the commercial must come
in, to make a thing practical. glyc-
erin has been crystallized and brandy
frozen with the effect i'll the latter
case of imparting q mellowness"
only obtainable hitherto by long
keeping Most important of all, by
this means it is found that chloro-
form can he thoroughly purified "A
result almost impossible by other
means. Young Man.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
Improv.d M.,ho,,, of Foo,p,a.,

In former days the tool of high
wayman consisted of an ordinary
sandbag or billy" said Chief of De
tectives Desmond. Armed with this
weapon the footpad would lay in
wait in some dark alley, pick out a
belated traveller, and as he came by
step noiselessly up behind him. A
sharp blow ON the head settled mat
ters. and the robber would search
his victim ut his leisure. The sand
bag was too unhandy TO carry. and
it often led to the capture of danger
Gus criminals.
Nowadays tootpads travel by
threes They will walk up the street
together. and a victim is selected as
he comes along The garroters will
walk in front of him until a dark
corner is reached, and then purpose
~ make room for him to pass. The
pedestrian will in nine cases out of
ten take the bait and attempt to
hurry by. As he does so the tallest
of the three will throw his arm
around the victims throat and force
him backward A second man will
deliver quick blow in the stomach
which settles the traveller and the
third man does the searching. So
quickly is the work done that the
victim seldom gets time to get de
scription of his assailants. = St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
TALE OF A TWO TAILED CALF.
Likewise of "a Hand Organ. n Farmer. n
Partner and Tricks That Are Vain.

Likewise of Hand Organ. n Farmer, n
Partner and Tricks That Are Vain.
Justice Joyce had n case between
warning and impecunious museum
managers the other morning. Sew
eral months ago John Smith, a Ger
man farmer forty-five years of age,
living near Fredonia, Kan. had a
calf born on his farm that was some
thing of curiosity. 1t had two
heads, four eyes, four ears, two tails
and seven legs This monstrosity
lived only a few minutes. and was OF
no great value as part of herd.
But John Smith had another idea.
He had always been content to be a
hard working farmer, but with the
birth of the phenomenon he saw Wis
ions of riches pouring in untoiled for.
So he got Il Fredonia man TO soak his
calf in alcohol for three weeks and
then he started out to show the
American people the most wonderful
animal ever born in Kansas. He
toured the fairs and made right
smart. he says, and finally got into
Kansas City and propped his dead
calf up i'll Main street fake" show.
There he met William Davis, who
is Snowman of the ten cent order.
but who was just then broke" and
made a living standing at the door of
the Main street show selling tickets
and calling out the attractions. Mr..
Davis could also do few tricks, and
the two men decided to take the calf
and the tricks and unite them into
one stupendous, magnificent mu-
scum. They opened on West Seven
teenth street. \ friend was sta
toned at the door to proclaim the
wonders within and accept silver of
ferings from those who entered while
Mr.. Davis performed his tricks and
Mr. Smith showed the calf.
The first day business was pros.
porous. The gate receipts We're 81. 95,
but the second day visitors were few.
Then the propr-ietors put their heads
together and decided that the lack of
music was what hindered their show
from rivaling Barnum's. So Mr..
Smith went uptown and bought a
hand organ. giving two dollars and
two watches for it. Contracts were
entered into with neighborhood small
boys to turn the crank and the show
proceeded But it did not flourish.
No one came. Then Mr.. Davis sent
Mr.. Smith off to get a colored quar-
tet of singers. which rumor said could
be had cheap, and while the Kansas
Snowman was gone Mr.. Davis closed
the show and made off with most of
the goods, including the hand organ.
Mr.. Smith had his partner arrested
for stealing. Justice Joyce thought
Mr. Davis showed an unseemly haste
III taking away the organ without
explaining matters to his partner, and
so fined him twenty five dollars and
costs. Mr.. Smith has shipped his
four eyed. four cared, two tailed,
double headed, seven legged calf
home and will quit the show bust
ness. Kansas City Star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

John Howard Payne, the author of
Sweet Home, !" was, when a young
man, deeply in love with Mary Har-
den, southern girl of grace and
beauty One morning, while Payne
was staying i'll the town where the
young lady lived, he entered her
house with a pale and dismal face
Miss Mary" he asked pathetically
do you know what Cruel isl"
Indeed do" she answered.
Why. what is the matterl"
''Oh. those horrid biscuits at the
tavern seem to be made of saleratus,
lard and half baked flour Could
you have dish of Cruel prepared for
mel"
Certainly" she answered, and
fastened from parlor to kitchen, to
lay the case before Aunt Minda.
''Oh. Miss Mary" exclaimed that
ebony priestess of pots and pans.
yer know yer ma not gwine ter like
that. | never knowed Cruel carried
inter her parlor to company. Yer
got no pride, chile. Go in ther house,
an give ther gentlemen fruit cake and
pineapple cheese"
But, Aunt Minda, Mr.. Payne has
dyspepsia and wants only Cruel"
So the Cruel was prepared, and
Rob Roy, the house boy, was sum
moned to serve it. He, however.
proved to be as greatly flustered as
Aunt Minda by such compromise Of
family dignity. He would have pre-
sented syllabub and cake proudly,
but cruel would smirch the family
escutcheon forever. Still, his wound
ed feelings were Modified when he
saw the steaming beverage quaffed
like nectar.
Bob" said Mr.. Payne, is there
any more Cruel where this came
from?"
Bless you, sir" replied Rob.
there's bushels"
Then bring me another bowl!"-
New England Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

Father ini" asked the landlord of
a fiat of the boy who opened the
door
Nav, he amt"
What band does he play WITH"
Mary band"
but the other tenants have com
planned to me that he plays the from
bone and say they can't sleep
nights"
"Pshaw, that's our burglar alarm.
It's n self acting patent and l guess
papll run itslong he wants to"
is it his own invention!"
You bet it is; he's a snorer, pap
is, and he don't care a continental
who knows it. !"
The landlord made n grab for the
boy, but the door banged to and
separated them without bloodshed. :
Detroit Free Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

There have been prominent people
who have been almost as fieshy as mu-
scum freaks William Writ, the ora
tor, who prosecuted Aaron Burr, was
SO fat that lie wore corsets. The late
David Davis, of the United States su-
preme bench, was remarkable for his
enormous size. Gibbon, the his
torian was n show Daniel Lambert,
who is often quoted as the fattest
man that ever lived. died weighing
739 pounds He drank only water.
which was not exactly Sir John Fal-
staff's theory, who attributed flesh To
sack. Pittsburg Leader.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

bought YOU Let this whole audi
ence surrender themselves to Jesus
Christ. If for ten, twenty, fifty
years you have not prayed. begin
now To pray. oh, you say, Il can t
pray. Can you not say, God, be
merciful to me, a sinnerf" No. "
you say, Il can't say that. Then
can you not look to the throne of
mercyi No" you say. Il can't
look up"
Can you not then give some signal
like that which was given by the lad
in the hospitall He was sick and
suffering and dying. and wanted
speedily togo away from all suffering
and pain, and he said to his comrades
in the hospital: 1T is strange to me
that Jesus doesn't see me when he
goes through here nights and takes
others to himself. He goes through
here, and he doesn't see me. must
be asleep, and he doesn't know
want to go
Now, / tell YOU how I'll arrange
it. I'll go to sleep with my hand up,
and then when Jesus comes through
the hospital by night he will see my
hand lifted. and he will know by that
| want to 90 with him." So it was
done For that night Jesus went
through the hospital and took the
suffering lad, and the next morning
the nurse passing through the wards
of the hospital saw dead hand lifted
braced on one side against the pillow,
and the left hand holding the elbow
of the right arm Jesus had seen
the signal and answered it. o sick
soul, wounded soul, dying soul, canst
thou not give some signal? Wilt thou
not lift one hand or one prayerl God
grant that this day there may be joy
i'll heaven among the angels of God
over your soul forgiven!
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

First Victim Of the eFranco-rrussian War.
The first man killed in the Franco
PIussian war of 1870 has had his
memory honored by monument
which has been erected near Worth.
Singularly enough. he proves to have
been neither a German nor a French
man, but an Englishman, who was
with the German army. Exchange.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

An artcsian well recently sunk toa
depth of ., 900 feet i'll Palo, Ills, yields
sufficient pressure to throw stream
of water 100 feet high. New York
journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27
A Practical Test

Put one quart OF lukewarm
water into a bowl. add one tea
spoonful of salt. one of water,
a half cup of yeast or a half
compressed cake dissolved in
half cup of warm water, and
one equart OF LEAFS Flour.
Beat thoroughly, cover and
stand in a warm place over
night. Early in the morning
add gradually another quart
of lea's Flour, stirring
all the while. When The dough
is sufficiently thick. take it
out on the board, and knead
thoroughly, adding gjust enough
flour to prevent sticking.
When soft and elastic put it
back in the bowl, cover. and
stand in a warm place, and,
when double its bulk, turn
out carefully. cut into four
pieces, mould each into a loaf
place in CREASED pans, cover,
stand in a warm place for
about three quarters of an
hour, or until very light then
bake in moderately quick
oven for forty-hvc minutes.
Apply this TO the flour you
are now using, and then to
Lea's Flour, then com
pare yield and quality.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-27

Heavenly Congratulations the Subject of
n sermon Preached from the seventh
Verse of the Fifteenth Chapter of the
Gospel According 10 st. Luke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

Return. From tn. Polling Places in MONT
geometry and Prince Gcorgc's Counties.
Cleveland obtains plurality OF p SIS In
Maryland. These figures NAV be changed some
what when the official returns are in. but the
difference, if any, will be slight
Az compared with the total vote cast IN lsss
that of this year is greater by about 600.
The democrats appear 20 have made great
gnins, while republicans have lost. The pro-
hibitionists have just abou, held their own.
polling about 5000 votes. The populists made
a very poor showing IN Maryland. They cast
about | 900 votes.
Mr.. Compton appears 10 have had little diff
Guilty In carrying the fifth this time though at
one time he was pretty badly scared and wartcd
to Withdraw. His big vote il, in a measure.
due TO the hArnonizing of the factions In Anne
Arundel county.
TIE great surprise Of the state election Was
the defeat Of Wellington in the sixth saws the
Baltimore American. Various reasons are
assigned for the slump. Washington county
being. In a measure. held Responsible; hut even
II Washington had cast the vote she did two
years ago the result would have been the same.
Alegary and Frederick we're almost equally
backward, while Garrett, which was expected 20
show republican gaius. failed to show up as
vel as she did two wears ago.
The Baltimore Am.r3cdn gives the following
table OF the votes cast in the counties Of Mary
land:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

cincts in Oregon give Harrison 22,i27; cievs-
land. SOS; Weaver. is.36s.
Colorado.
Returns from about two-thirds OF the coun-
ties In Colorado give Weaver p. SIS, Harrison,
l1,l7S. weavers majority I.s62
Minnesota.
Three hundred and thirteen precincts IN
Minnesota give Harrison S2,Si9; Cleveland,
0.42s.
Returns from i9i out of 242 towns In Yer
mont give Harrison 50. 792: cleveland. Is. 500
harriSon's majority will be about q 900.
Cleveland's plurality in New York state 10
E,i6. His plurality in the city l. Is. 6S4. and
II is moro thAn = 600 in Kings county. The
resul; in Kings county = surprise. the
democratic managers there had claimed only
5000 70 10000 plurality. There were heavy
democratic gains in some Of the strongest re-
publican counties in the interior Of the state.
The democrats have elected n good majority
OF the assemblymen in New York state. which
ENSURES the election Of a democrat 60 the United
states Senate Ia succeed Hiscock
In the next assembly there will be scventy-ons
democrats and ffty-soven republicans which
wih give the democrats u majority Of sixteen
join; ballot.
The entire democratic city and county ticket
Is elected In New York CITY Mavor-elect Gilroy
having plurality Of 1851 over Einstein, re-
publican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10
SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

Or FARE To
CTNTER MARKET AND 9Th ST DEPOT
IN Hashtngtoa ant ArIin o'On E',c'r,c Railsav
10 nov IN operation from en %: Aqusduct bridgs 20
Fort Meyer and Arlington. with transfer line from
end of o.b,e road in GsorsetowL-
The hritsre aeru-- tine PotomAc will soon be under
eons;ructin md the entire route completed TO 9TH St
depot IN twelve Ingntss' time. which Will give resi-
drntsOf
FORT NrYEg HEIGHTS
One eoutinu and Que fare To center OF city
Can .ry other ssiburo Of WASHINGTON offer you the
ssms or eIu.i ragi1 transit fact iti--s
Lots arr selling RAPIDLY In this property
The prizes are low aud ~ithiu reach u all
san rHresfs'eaf. IL needs only Investigation to
oOnvine~ you there will BE- biz adv.ns In Price.
before -prins
AZ hsDs sis. there is prett;er spo; within 500
miles Of wasainxtoa- In. view is grand. taking In
TIE entire city and Potomac river. A number Of
wA-hinxton's leA.iinz people and government en-
r!oyes purchased property in Fort Meyer Height.
AMI all spe.i Of II in the hi<hest terms
lyon are looking for a good speculation We invite
you % inspect the property
Al streets 1>tnS gTdreisf
Chap Building ston> pr0psrts
SsrsraI cottages tsiag bxi.t
"a ali-Esar-rouna subUSb.
Hsatsr rtIi NOT stop sBspy0remen,s.
Tan particulars and nsaIs asofices Of the managers
ROBINSON LODGE.
IS snd9o Atlantic building.
Min ss.nd $50 Fan~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10
THE MONETARY COMMISSION.
Three Of the MEMBER Have q Confereno
with the Secretary Of State.

Three Of the Members Have q Confercnco
with the Secretary Of State.
Three Of the persons who viii represent the
United States at the approaching international
monetary conference reported at the Depart
ment Of State this morning to receive their in
structions and talk informally with Secretary
Foster upon the subject. Gen. Jones, Director
Leech and Mr.. Cannon, with stenogrsphes
Eugene Davis sailed from New York yesterday
for Brussels via England without waiting 10 re-
ceive their formal instructions. But they bad
already thoroughly discussed the subject Of the
conference with the Secretary Of State and with
Secretary Foster Of the Treasury and copies Of
the written instructions will be brought TO them
by their colleagues SO that they Will b
fully equipped for the abstruse discussion %
the silver question, which is expected ct the
conference. The remaining members Of tbs
United States delegation who reported at the
department this morning were Senator Allison,
who will act president Of the delegation,
Representative McCreary Of Kentucky and
Prof E. BENZ. Andrews. II il improbable
that O definite statement Of the nature Of their
instructions will be made public by any Of
the delegation. inasmuch as publicity might
result In the embarrassment OF the gov
eminent in the conference. So nothing
more can be learned than the general
scope Of the instructions, which il 10 use
every effort 70 secure some agreement with .
majority ct least Of the great financial powers
which will result in the extension OF the inter-
national use Of silver - a money metal and
will not sacrifice the important interests Of any
large part Of the people Of the United States.
Secretary Charles Foster Of the Treasury
Department wss present at the State Depart
ment during the conference between Secretary
John W. Foster and the delegates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10
The Virginia Policy Cases.

The policy men across the river are well
aware of the action taken against them by the
Washington authorities which resulted in in
dictments against the firms of Beveridge Il
Gardner and Nelson Il Forster. The delay in
arresting these people. as heretofore published
i'll THE STAR. is because there is no marshal in
the state of Virginia who has power to make an
arrest. 1t was stated that the newly appointed
marshal would qualify Tuesday. but the officers
here have not yet been notified Of such an
event.
1t is now said that the district attorney will
consent to the imposition of a fine in the cases
if the persons indicted will come into court and
avoid the necessity of proceedings in the vir-
ginia courts. The policy men have not vet de-
termined whether or not they will take advan-
tage of the offer. The amount of fines sug-
gested in the cases is $50 in one and $3.50 in
the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

During the forty-eight hours ending at noon
today burial permits were issued from the
health Office for the following: white-Jacob
Gibson, 63 years; Celia Ann Richards, 80 years
Benson A. Kidwell, months: Thomas McWil-
iiams. Sc years; Ann NJ. Johnson, 6S years;
Elizabeth F. Duvall, n years; Mary NJ Mum
dell, year; Henrietta Jackson, IL years; Eu-
gene p. Brown, 80 years; Chas. e. Fraser, AS
years; Cecelia j. Nailor, 7e years; Dora Sher-
man, days.
Colored-Emily NJ. Williams, 81 years; Jno.
i: Lewis, 50 years; Kate L. Wallace, 26 years;
Flora Taylor, 2months; Irene Watson. months
Martha Wood, 81 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

Larceny Cases in the Criminal Court.
In the Criminal Court, Justice Cox, this
morning the case of Isaac Brown and ]. Lewis,
indicted for the larceny Of a pocket book con-
tanning 60 cents, &C., of Kate E. Mudd at the X
street market on September 2,was called Lewis
failed to answer and his recognizance was for
feited. and the trial proceeded. las to Brown. for
whom Messrs. ]. W. Walker and Chas Bend
helm appeared. verdict of guilty was found.
Thomas Williams for larceny from the per-
son, Bessie Howard. alias Sadie Gibson, same
oifense. and Mary Jackson for larceny, each
plead notguilty.
James III. Keely, a young white man, plead
guilty to the larceny of lace curtains. &C..
valued at 500, from Lansburgh & Brothers on
August Is last. and Thomas Z. Shelly. charged
with receiving the goods knowing them to be
stolen. also plead guilty. and Justice Cox gave
each the same sentence-two years in the Albany
penitentary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

Detectives Carter and Quinlan today arrested
Nathaniel Paige, seventeen years old, son Of
Nathaniel Paige. the lawyer. and locked him
up on a charge of false pretenses. He went to NJ.
W. Beveridges china store on street and, it is
charged, procured s95wo Of knives and forks,
by presenting an order purporting to contain
his mothers signature. When arrested the
young man said this was his first offense, and
that he got the cutlery and pawned it because
he had figured in poker game and was little
behind in his accounts
The young mans father ia out of the city.
As no one appeared to give bail for the prisoner
he was taken 60 No. police station and held
until the case can be further investigated.
The officers recovered the articles from a
pawnshop where they had been put up for .
loan Of &20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.

ARRIVED.
Schooner Maybe. Tappahannock. Capt Joseph
Jenkins from Saint Mary's river wth3OO bushels Of
oysters. Steamer Occoquan. Georgetown. d. c..
Capt. +. Roberts, from OccCquan with deck:load and
of piles city post office. Thirteen barges coal
from Cumberland at Littleheld 4 Alvo-d's. Bugeye
Mayfair, from Coan. with about 200 bushels of
oysters.
SAILED.
Schooner Maybe. Tappahannock. Capt. Jenkins to
1appahaEnock. Bugeye Mayfair to Annapolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

A little colored boy giving his name as Ernest
Balisler, was found wandering around in the
rain last night at late hour He was taken be-
fore Judge kimball. when the little fellow said
he was working for man who did not pay him
as much as he promised, and when he spoke to
him about it he called him names and cursed at
him and told him to leave. The Judge, after
hearing his tale, turned him over to Agent
Sweeny, who will look after him until he can
furnish him with good home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-10

He was stout republican
And wouldn't change for any man.
Said he, Il need another tile.
This old chnpeau makes people smile;
And yet | cannot go and buy
Another. though my funds are high;
They'd think when they observed that hat
/ won it as a democrat"