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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
4 GREAT LEGAL BATTLE.
The American Fraternal Circle
Must Fight Seven Suits.

It's going TO be one of the hardest
fights the courts Of Baltimore city ever
saw.
All day long Wednesday the attorneys
of the American Fraternal Circle were
busy preparing their answer TO the seven
bills for receivers filed by certificate hold
ers for the money they have invested in
the concern. None but the best Of law
yers have been engaged by the officers of
the circle To fight the battle that com
menceS on March ~. Isadpr Rayner is
the supreme counselor of the concern,
and with him will be associated such men
as Bernard Carter aud his sons.
There was no repetition of the scenes
of Tuesday abou, The offices of the circle
Wednesday. Hardly half hundred peo-
pie called. aud they could find none of
the supreme officers. Two young lady
clerks aud big policeman We're the
only visible occupants of the place. They
referred all corners to the supreme Off
GERS, but they didn't say where these
gentlemen could he found so the anxious
certificate holders had 10 retire with this
unsatisfactory information.
Chancellor Fry is sanguinc that the
order will come out OF this trouble all
right. lie was the busiest man in town
all day assisting the attorneys in the pre-
paration Of the answer and could spare
only n few moments To say that the order
would come out of the courts victorious.
All certificates in the shori-term de-
partments maturing before Jan - a
World reporter was informed Wednesday
by one of the officers, would he paid. and
il is proposed to use a fund of $4,000 for
that purpose. 1t is said that there are
about $500 certificates out that will ma
ture in the next two or three months and
to pay these would require something
like 100000 II is estimated that 10 pay
its 2i,000 certificates maturing in the
next four years would require the sum
of s., 400, 900.
This enormous amount is claimed by
members is larger than would be raised
by any method of assessment that could
he devised.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13

MORNING.

The winter wind blew fierce and cold
0'er the lakes dark depths below,
Ard TO the heaving waters rolled
\ dirge of deepest woe.
An icy chill was in its wake,
With Arctic trumpets armed;
And, DER the bosom of the lake
\ CLASSY scale soon formed
Thicker and thicker the thin scale grew
Colder and colder the waves;
Wilder and fiercer the North wind blew
Whistlng DER rocks, and o'ci caves
Firmer and tirmcr the thin white scale
flushed the cold wavclcts' vain beating;
Damned the fair sunrise from DER the vale
just as the wind was retreating.
Freeze thou, O waters, the sun shines cold
II will not warm thee to-day.
Blow thou, o North wind, a tempest bold
Ansrily join the afrray!
EVENING
The weird North wind no longer raves
With fury from the deep.
Blu, sighcth DER the 'prisoned waves
Lying in peaceful sleep.
The tall pines stand along the shore
In regal state and line
And bend their listening hrancher DER
With innocent design.
The silver moon casts lImped beams
The lake and woodland DER;
But brighter are the glowing streams
or freight from the shore.
1t throws ITS warm, its cheering light
Far on the CLASSY lake;
And deep upon the listening night
Sweet strains of music break.
Swift rushing forms glide here and there
With eager, stately strides;
And gladstone voices fill the air.
A joy supreme abides
Flash now the skates as they poise in the
air,
Cut now the ice smooth and white:
Stroke after stroke with the same dexter
Gus care.
Beareth us far in the night.
See the far lassies with laddies so gay
Merrily skimming along,
Hands closely clasping they glide far
away,
Loverlike stunning the throng.
But some Of the skaters are turning about
Too quickly. to try a new notion;
And see. it has ended in sprawling them
out
While getting their bodies in motion,
And some with ungainly and wide reach
ins arms
Close by me now fantically pass;
\ moment most painful and also those
forms
All lie in Il smothcring mass.
There are stars on the ice they appear
all the while,
And we constantly new ones discover
Aud inhabited, too, (ye astronomer,
SMILEY
BY lass aud unfortunate lover.
Oh, the bumps and the bruises, the slips
and the falls.
But the heart is e'er joyous and light
And we skim DER the ice at our comrade.
calls,
With the rush Of the eagles flight.
watched the mass, the living throng,
On gliding hand and hand,
Each stroke they make sporting sone
Re echoed loud and grand,
C J.. White
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
BERLIN.

One of the poorest ways of having n
little sport was resorted to last Monday
night when some one threw piece Of
coal through the window of George NJ.
Fowler's house. The breaking glass
frightened Mrs Fowler, while Miss
Mamie Fowler barely escaped blow
from the coal. Who stopped so low us to
pick up the coal for that purpose?
One of the meanest things in town is
for man 10 get drunk and then thrash
his wife, as one of the Berlin men
did last Saturday night. II is pity that
such men should have wives and families,
How must he have felt when he sobered
up To find that devoted wife had been
compelled 10 spend the nigh, IN a neigh
bnr's house 10 escape his brutality: If
any one ought To be visited by the white
caps. men who are guilty of such as this
should be.
Our enterprising merchant \. +. Pow
ell, will soon have his new store ready
for occupancy. lie has consented for the
Meihodists to hold their festival over his
store on Washington's birthday. Surely
he is generous, for he tells them there
will be no charge for the use of the room
No doubt his kindness will be much APP
preciated in after days.
The mother. wife and sister OF Rev. G..
r. Wyatt, pastor of Roxanna NJ. T..
Church, have been visiting friends in town
this week. They are always welcome
guests.
see by some of the peninsula papers
that Mr. Samuel G. Bcckwi,h. who at one
time occupied the position of clerk at the
Atlantic Hotel Ocean City, is now worth
100000, having made this immense pile
out of The newspaper advertising bust
ness. My readers will probably remem-
Der Mr. Beckwith better as little man
with very bald head. small mustachc and
very accommodating manners. He was
at one time a Peninsula editor, having
been connected al different times with the
crixtield kcoder and Salisbury .idcertiSer.
] am glad of his success.
Our people ought to get up petition
to the Legislature asking that a suitable
monument be erected here to the celebra-
ted Admiral Decatur who was fortunate
enough To have been born near Berlin.
He rendered valuable services TO his c0un-
try and his bravery won the plandus of
the world. Should not Maryland honor
his memory:
Mr. Henry T. Bell was in Snow Hill on
TUESDAY.
Rev. G. 4. Walker returned home on
Thursday from Snow Hill, where he has
been assisting the pastor Of the Presby-
terrain Church
Miss Rachel Riley who has been sick
for some time we are sorry to learn is
not any better.
Mr. Harry Taylor formerly of this
town now of New York, we learn has
taken unto himself wife and snug
fOrtdne at The same time
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
Racing With Wolves.

Many thrilling tale has been told by
travellers of race with wolves across the
frozen steppcs of Russia Sometimes only
the picked bones of the hapless traveller
are found TO tell the tale In our own
country thousands are engaged in life
and-deat race against the wolf Consump-
ton The best weapons with which To
fight the foe, is DR. Piercc's Golden Med
ical Discovery. This renowned remedy
has cured myriads of cases when all other
medicines and doctors had failed II is
the greatest blood-purifier and restorer
Of strength known TO the world. For all
forms of scrofulous affections land con
sumption is one of thcm), ii is unequaled
ms remedy.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
Died from IIiccouglis.

A hiccough epidemic is prevailing on
the Maryland and Delaware Peninsula
and in some eases il has proven fatal.
The case of Richard Cole, colored, who
resided near Middlelown, Del. baflled
the physicians, as have many others, and
he died after coughing violently for -four
weeks. His death has attracted consid
cradle attention from physicians. Edward
Parlee. farmer residing in Jones Neck
Cecil County was stricken sixteen weeks
ago with the same disease and has hic-
coughed necessarily since. AT times his
life was despaired OF, but the attacks
have become less violent and he rallies.
lie Is now in fair way to recover
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
Secretary of Vaudeville Allianc,
Oysters Cheap and Plentiful.

The catch of oysters for Baltimore mar
ket last week was too large 10 be profit
able. The .Ameyican of Thursday says
since Monday the oysters have been
coming up in great quantities, and the
supply has exceeded the demand. Yes
ier,lay some of the best that have been
seen this season brought only sixty cents
per bushel, while really good oysters
commanded as low as twenty and twenty
five cents per hushel. The packing hous-
es have all the business they can do, and
restaurants are also well supplied"
This would negative in some degree at
least the oft-repeated assertion that the
oysters are nearly all destroyed
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
llnM'S This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured 10y Halls Catarrh Cure
+ J. CHENEY Il co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last - years. and he
lievc him perfectly honorable in MI bust
ness transactions aud financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm
Yves, * Truax, Wholesale Druggists. To
ledo, Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Calarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the mucous surfaces
of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all druggists Testimonials free. 2-l3.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
Resolutions of Respect.

VAUDEVILLE. Mp, Feb 3, %
Ems MESSENGER The Whaleyville
Alliance instructed me TO forward the
within resolution with request that you
publish it in the MESSENGER:
Al a meeting of Wbaleyyille Alliance
February 9th, they passed the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, |, has pleased God in His
infinite wisdom To remove Bro Peter w.
Dale, an esteemed Bro of this Alliance
from our midst by death. We do extend
10 his beresved family, our heartfelt, sym
pathy and with them deeply mourn his
loss Yours Respectfully.
ALEXANDER BRrMER.
Secretary of Vaudeville Alliance.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
The Way They Come.

LAUREL, DEL, Feb. :. 90.
PURNELL Il NINCEST,-D Dear SirS =
Enclosed find 81 90 for which please send
me the DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER this
year, 1892. consider your paper the
best county paper have ever seen for the
money. Yours truly.
l. J. ID. BRITTINGHAM.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13
Official Paper of Worcester Co.

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missiOners tn do all the County
Printing for 1S92-93. Has the
largest bona fide circulation of
any newspaper published in Wor-
ccstcr County and can prove il.
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the largest residence insurance company
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13

The planets Jupiter aud Venus, the
TWO bright stars noticeable in the western
SKY shortly after dusk approached within
81 seconds of each other at ) n m. SAT
urday. Al that hour both planets were
below the horizon. hut in the evening
they presented beautiful spectacle The
superior briliancy Of Venus is due 10 he
ing nearer the earth. At present Venus
is over 10000, 600 miles from the earth.
The diameter of Venus is 800 miles. and
Jupiter 80 900 miles Jupiter rrvolvcs
around the sun in twelve years, while
Venus makes the circuit in seven months.
The latter planet will he nearest Ia the
earth about July II. II will reach its
greatest distance from the sun. as seen
from The earth, on May |. and will con-
time to increase ia brightness until June
, Astronomers have shown that the
planet is surrounded by dense atmos-
phprr and il is said 10 be inhabited
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
Was This Collateral NepotismY

President Harrison has vetoed the bill
for the relief of William McGarrahan.
Naturally. McGarrahan is poor and the
men who are operating the valuable
mines to which McGarrahan lays claim
are rich. And one of these, too, is
Pacific Railroad Magnate d. o. Mills,
father-in-law to Whitelaw Reid, who is
President Harrison's present running
mate. Mr.. Harrison will have a hard
job in explaining away this veto. The
bill to which he refused his signature
merely provided for referring McGar-
rahan's case to the court of claims,
where 1t could be acted upon judicially
and the right and the law and the equity
in the matter be determined. President
Harrison's veto means SIMPLY that Nc
Garrahan is deprived of the right to be
heard in the courts. But then McGar-
rahan is poor, and D. o. Mills is in the
habit Of contributing literally to the
Republican campaign fund.-Indianap-
oils Sentinel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
WHAT THE FORCE BILL MEANS
The Timely Warning of a Stanch Demo-
cratic journal.

The Timely Warning Of stanch Demo-
cratic journal.
The Lodge force bill passed by the Re-
publican house of representatives in the
Reed congress two years ago, and prac-
tically indorsed by the Republican party
in its national convention at Minneapo-
lis, is long and in places tedious doc
ument. 1t was carefully drawn with
the purpose of muddling the unprofes-
sional reader and Of beclouding In sea
of cuttlefish obscurity some of its most
dangerous and revolutionary provisions.
But casual reading reveals it as an
insidious attempt to subvert the consti-
tuition Of the United States and to sub
stitute government by federal returning
boards for free representative govern
ment of and by the people. Even If Its
other provisions We're honest-whicb
they are motifs openly avowed purpose
of taking control of congressional cleo
tions out of the hands of officers chosen
by the people of the several states and
vesting 1t in judges appointed by the
president would suffice to damn its au-
thors to everlasting infamy as traitors
to the American system Of government.
st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
There Are No Federal Elections.

There is no such thing as a federal
election. Some of our Republican
friends will look upon this statement as
audacious. After they have had time
to recover from the swoon into which 1t
has undoubtedly thrown them we may
give elucidation to the proposition in
detail. For the present 1t is sufficient
to say that the people Of state choose
presidential electors and representatives
in congress in their capacity as citizens
Of the state. They are not creatures of
federal authority. They create and
limit the federal power.-Cincinnati En-
ouirer
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15

IT is certainly time to call halt in
the management of corporation that
insists in following such coerciye meth
ods as are now being used by the Read
ing toward its employees. Leaving aside
all sentiment and the question whether
or not the combine is legal, it is hard to
understand how any person who loves
fair play can support Mcleod in the
present difficulty with the railroaders
1t is un-American to compel men to join
the company's relief association and to
give up their own unions. None but
law-defers like the Reading officials
would demand it, and although COM
promise has been reached, the men will
haye to watch every move of their su-
periors. Tuesdays conference was no
guarantee that the prospects of trouble
have been ayerted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15

lAir-"Uncle Sans Farm."l
OF all the nominations in the east or In the
west
These glorious nominations Of our candidates
are best
With the name of Grover Cleveland, the leader
Of reform,
And General Adlai Stevenson Well mako this
campaign warm.
CHORUS
Then come along, come along; make de-
lay;
Come from every quarter. come from every
way,
For our cause Is strong enough, and we will
shout for Joy!
Hurrah for Grover Cleveland and the man
from nlinoisl
The nations friend, our hero, stands ready for
the fight,
With truth and Justice as his swords to battle
for the right.
Then rouse ye, old Democracy! and lend a
helping hand
To crush this robber tariff, this curse upon our
land.
A word to all the farmers that 80 long have
felt the weight
OF this robbery tatation-take warning ere too
late;
And henceforth from monopolies the people
shall be free,
With Cleveland as their leader, to strike for
liberty.
We have no need of any fears about our coun-
try's fate
With Grover Cleveland at the helm to steer
our ship of State"
And with our cause before we can never
know defeat.
Then onward with the battle cry, our enemies
TO meet.
From the northern states to Florida, and from
the east to the west,
We will unfurl our banners for the men we
love the best.
So with Grover Cleveland at the head, Ms
leader of reform,
And General Adlai Stevenson wen make this
campaign warm.
ST. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
Bleeding the People.

Where is there one industry in Iowa
that is protected if we except our linseed
oil mill, and this pays a dividend upon
a capital just three times as large as
every plant in the United States cost
Yet Iowa pays out $20,000,0O0 per an
mum, or nearly twenty dollars per an
mum for every man, woman and child
in the state, to protect" a lot of monop.
olies and trusts whose owners are be-
coming multimillionaires by bleeding
the people under process that was dis
covered and is fostered by the Repub-
lican party.-Burlington Qa.) Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
COCHRAN ON CLEVELAND.
The Tammany Orator Says New York
State Is Solid.

The Tammany Orator Says New York
State Is Solid.
The subjoined letter from the Hon.
w. Bourke Cochran voices the senti-
ment of New York Democrats so admi-
rably that it is given for publication by
Mr.. Howry as an encouragement to the
cause everywhere. 1t was written in
response to an inquiry as to how the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland was re-
ceived in New York, accompanied with
the statement that while the writer, as
an adherent of Cleveland's nomination,
had heard Mr.. Cockran's plea at Chicago
without being convinced, nevertheless
we were all interested in the stand the
Tammany and other organizations in
that state would take now that the
nomination had been made, and that no
one was so well qualified to tell the
friends of Cleveland in the south as the
Tammany orator. The letter of Bourke
Cochran is characteristic of the Tam
many leader, and shows that the New
York Democrats are united in fact:
New YORK, July "a.
My DEAR SIR-I have received your letter
of the 10th inst, and beg to assure you that
the delay in acknowledging 1t was caused by
my absence from home.
have no hesitation in expressing my firm
conviction that the nomination of Mr.. Cleve-
land has been received throughout the state in
a spirit of entire loyalty. The whole party,
without single dissent, has indorsed the
nomination. and we who opposed it in the con-
vention are determined to labor with especial
vigor to achieve success at the polls. feel
absolutely confident that the state Of New
York will show better results on election day
than any other of the doubtful states.
1t will afford me great pleasure to renew ouI
acquaintance, and am very truly yours,
w. BoURKE COCHRAN.
To Charles B. Howry, Esq. Oxford, Miss.
jackson (Miss.) Ledger
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
PROTECTION IN PRACTICE.
An Incontrovertib1e Statement Made by
Technical Magazine.


Technical Magazine.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
gives an exceedingly valuable illustra-
ton of the manner in which q protect
i've tariff raises its beneficiaries above
the operations of the natural law of
trade.
The illustration concerns steel rails,
which are now 81 ton higher than they
were in 1885, although the cost of pro-
| duction and the tariff tax are less and
the demand is slight The command of
the market by reason of the tariff on
rails and the ownership of the Bessemer
patents has enabled the rail makers to
fix arbitrarily the price of their psbducts.
The American manufacturers make
much of the fact that improved ma
chinery has greatly increased their out
put, and The journal estimates that the
cost of producing steel rails, when the
manufacturer makes his own pig, can
not exceed SEQ ton. In 1885 steel rails
sold at $28 ton, and the cost of Besse-
mer pig alone was $40. AT $50 ton
the profits on the annual output of steel
rails is necessarily between $4,000, 900
and 100000.
That the protective tariff gives this
enormous dividend to the makers, who
instead Of increasing wages are trying
to cut them down, is shown by an ex-
animation of English prices. In May,
1899, English rails sold for 1914.
The duty on this-$18.44 make
their price $S2.SS, not counting freight
and insurance. 1t is clear therefore that
$50 is the price at which the English
rails can be kept out. While the Eng
lish price has fallen since 1888 from
$23.17 ton to $19.44, the price of Eng
lish pig has risen from $1,000 ton to
$12s15.
In other words, the English maker
pays $1.43 more for his pig and gets
1918 less for his rails. At the same
time, while the price of American rails
advanced from $26 to $50 ton, the
price of American pig fell from SIT to
$14 a ton, so that the American maker
paid So less for his pig and got 81 more
for his product.
This gain he keeps for himself.-New
York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
A Memorable Meeting.

The moro the Democrats of New York
become acquainted with their vice pres
idential candidate the better they like
him. He deserves their earnest and un-
deviating support, and he is certain to
receive it. The meeting between Gen
eral Stevenson and Mr.. Cleveland was
an occasion of real Democratic felicity.
The welcome Of both by the Democracy
of New York was an event memorable
in the annals of politics.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-09-15
READING
RAILROAD SYSTEM.
LEH1GH VALLEY
DIVISION.
ARRANGEMENT OF
PASSENGER TRAINS.
MAY IL. 1899
LEAVE FREELAND.

LEA II II hEELAN MI.
G15, s45, $40, 1875 A. M 1925, l,5o. e.43, $50,
Lumber Yard, Stockton and Hazeton.
6.l5, $40 A. NJ, l.IO, $50 p. NJ, for Mauch
Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Phila., Easton
and New York. (S.45 has no connection for
New York;
s.45 A. Nj. for bethlehem, Easton and Phla-
7.26, 1856 A. NJ, IL 49, 4.39 P. NJ. (via Highland
Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit,
Wilkes Barre, Pittston and l.. and B. Junction.
o.lo A NJ. for Black Ridge and Tomhicken.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
1l.40 A. NJ. and 3.45 p. NJ. for Drifton, Jeddo,
Lumber Yard and Hazleton.
3.45 T. M. for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shen-
andoah, New York and Philadelphia. ..
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
55o 90, 128, 9.l5, 1856 A. NJ l2.lG, 1l5 2. 81,
4.3A, G.56 and S.37 p. NJ. from Hazleton, Stock
ton, 81 Lumber r. sG Y Yard Jeddo and Drifton;
from Delano, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah
via New Boston Branch).
I.i5 and s3 L. M. from New York, Easton,
philadelphia; bethlehem, Allentown and
9.l5 and 1856 A. NJ from Easton. Philodel-
pha, Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk.
9.l5, Job A. NJ, FAB, 635 =. NJ from White
Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes Barre, Pittston
and Ii. and B. Junction (via Highland Branch),
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11.3l A. NJ. and 3.3l p. NJ. from Hazleton.
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11.3l A. NJ from Delano, HaZleton, Philadel-
pha and Easton.
1881 P. NJ. from Pottsville and Delano.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
I. A. SwEIGARD, Gen. Mgr
c. g. HANCOCK, Gen Pass. Agt.
", >-o,,> Philadelphia Pa.
South Bethlehem Pa.