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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-27
~ friend in need is "a friend
Indeed"

\ friend advised me Ia try Ely, Cream
Balm and after using il six weeks | believe
myself cured Of catarrh. II is II most val
nahlc remedy. Joseph Stewart. G24 Grand
Avenue. BROOKLYN. y.
Ny son was afflicted with catarrh. in
dnced him {" Try Ely's Cream Ralm and the
disagrecahlc catarrhal smell all left him.
lie appears as we'll aS any one i. G. Ohm.
stead. Arcola. III.
Price of Ely's Cream Balm Is fifty cents
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We Desire TO In
form our Patrons

and the public generally, that We
have just received from the south
fall stock of y. G. kiln.Dricd
Lumber. embracing Flooring.
Ceiling. Siding. shelving. aud
Dressed Boards all widths. also
Heart Flooring and Dressed
Hears Lumber suitable for Win.
dow and Door Frames. Corner
Boards, ETC., 10 fact anything YOU
need in the dressed lumber line.
We invite and request YOU 10 cx.
anime our stock before placing
your order, oar lumber sheds
are Just in the rear oi our Sash
and Door Warehouse.
We would also remind you that
We have more complete stock
Than ever before IT sash, Doors,
blinds. Momldings. ETC., and that
We have just received from the
West consignment of Turned
Poplar Porch Posts. that We sell
Manteln, Brackets. Hand Rails,
etc. and carry full line Of Bnild-
crs Hardware. and do Roofing
aud Spouting We sell llarri-
sons Town aud Country Paints,
settle drive wells anywhere ON
short notice and handle Pumps,
Points and Pipe. We like 10 for.
got that We are first hands for
Lime aud Hair. and always have
IN stock Cement. Calcincd Plas-
ter, Fire Clay Chimney Pipe.
Felt Roofing. Putty. Glass. Lin
seed oil and Turpintine.
The fact is,
We keep BUILDING MATERI-
AIS and don't keep anything
else.
". D. Corddry & Son,
SNOW HILL, MD
n. u. Don't forget our stock Of Mort
Carolina Lumber.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-27

Those who never read the advertise.
mcnts in their newspapers miss more than
they presume. Jonathan kcnison. of 30.
Ism. Worth Co, Iowa. who hal been tron-
hicd with rheumatism in his back, arms and
shoulders read AN item in his paper about
how prominent Gcrmnn citizen Of Fl.
Madison had been cured. lie procured the
same medicine, and Ia use his own words
'it cured me right up" lie also SAWS : "A
neghhor aud his wife were hoth sick ir he'd
with rheumatism. Their boy was over to
my house nnd said they were SO bad h. had
To 1t" the cooking. told him OF Chamber
lains Pain BALM and how il hal cured me.
he got bottle and il cured them up in -
week. So cent bottles for sale bv l.. -.
'ottinshn' 4 Co. Snow Hill, Md
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For Sale-A complete set Of
handsome cherry drug fixtures includ.
ing show cases. counters. shelving and
plate.glas. prescription case, can he
bought cheap on easy terms IN use
less than one year Address. q. y.
Collins. Snow Hill. Md.
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IL the Hnhy L. Cnfiinr Teeth

BE sure and use that old well-tricd remedy.
MRs. WISsIOw SooTHiNG SYRUP for child
rem tccihing II sooihcs the child. softcns
the gums. allays all pain. cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhma. Twenty-Five
cents n bottle.
IL L. Hest of all.
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The reputation Of the "Maltay
House" Baltimore for first class accom-
modalions and low rates is fully sustain
ed under the present management. This
fac; with its central location should rec
ommcnd q to ~ travellers.
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CTArEMENT SHOWING THE CON.
~ DfflON OF TIE MUTUAL XII.
SERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION,
or NEW YORK, n. Y. DEG. ~. 1894.


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Death clalms resisted. tNn. i6i... sl.i1p a.
Al other debts and claims againFt
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Z. r. WILLIAMS a SON,
Snow Hill, Md.

Notice. will sell ON reasonable
terms the vacant lot adjoining my resi-.
dence on Virginia Road II has
front Of sufficient width for two build.
ing lots with depth of 300 feet.
Clayton J. Purnell
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

tions against the walls, or swirled
and dashed upon the roof. like the
snarl of the ocean on gravelly beach,
while the hurting streams of snow
gave rise 70 strange multitudinous.
anomalous sounds. now dim and far,
now near and all surrounding, produc-
ing an effect of mystery and infinite
reach as though the house were a
helpless ship tossing on a limitless
angry sea.
Looking out there was nothing to
be seen save the flashing of the wind
and snow. When we attempted to
face it and go to the rescue of the
poor cattle, we found that the charac-
ter of the storm had completely
changed. 1t was no longer showing,
but the air was filled with an impene-
trable cloud of flying snow, fine as
powder and mixed with the dirt
caught up from the plowed fields by
the relentless blast which had now at
tanned the inconceivable velocity of
ninety miles an hour. It was impos-
sible to see twenty fee. save at long
intervals-indeed one could not see at
all facing the storm; the eyes would
have been destroyed. As we stepped
on. into the wind the face was coated
with ice and dirt as if by dash of
mud, a mask which blinded the ewes
and froze the cheek in a few seconds
Such was the force of the wind that
a strong man could not breathe with
his mouth unprotected. The mouth
being once open the breath seemed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
A REMARKABLE DAM.

How the Great City of Liverpool Is Sup
piled with Water.
One of the most remarkable dams in
the world for height and construction
is that by which the Vyrnwy river
northern Wales) is enabled to supply
water to the city of Liverpool, some
20 miles distant.
In building this dam a great trench
was at first excavated across the valley
for a length of LOO feet, width Of
100 and maximum depth of 60. The
masonry was started in this trench.
1t consists of immense irregular blocks
of slate wedged together and thor
oughly bedded in Portland cement NOR
tar, the faces being formed of cut
stone blocks fitted together with great
care, the greatest height of the dam
being 161 feet.
Its most remarkable feature is The
lack of any channel to carry off floods,
the surplus of the lake flowing down
the front of the dam, which is curved
to permit as free {, descent as possible
and prevent the formation of eddies at
the bottom. The lake formed by this
main dam covers an area four and
three-quarter miles long, from one
quarter to five-eighths of a mile wide
and holds millions of gallons.
The aqueduct leading from the in.
take tower to the distributing reser-
voir, about two miles from the city, is
sixty-eight miles long and consists
principally of a large cast-iron pipe
line from thirty-nine to forty-two
inches in diameter. There are a mum.
Der of reservoirs and tanks along the
line and at one place is a great filter
ing plant.-Chicago News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

rs the wind sported with it. Darkness
came on almost instantly and the wind
constantly increased in power. We
now felt its seriousness and hurried to
finish the chores.
When the men returned about five
o'clock, the familiar faces of the horses
were lost in their thick coating of ice
and snow Icicles of frozen foam hung
from their lips. their names and tails
were a clumsy mass of half-melted
snow. The load of wood was a noun
tain of stainless snow pillars, and IA
Their in his greatcoat looked like a
polar bear. We thought it could not
last, coming from that quarter.
As we were rubbing the ice from the
fetlocks of the tired horses, the men
predicted that we were in for an all
night storm. The hired man said he
never'd seen it snow SO fast but once
before. We youngsters enjoyed the
strangeness of it all, the impenetra-
bleness of the cloud of snow. the dane
ing light of the lanterns, the whirl of
the flakes in the red light which
screamed from the barn door, and the
brisk, excited talk of the men.
Teams went by with wood, the
shouting drivers sitting on the leeward
side of their load, leaving the horses
to find the road. Just as we were
about starting for the house a team
drove into the yard containing three
persons
lis this John Bartle's?" called q
voice through the darkness
'.No: it's Robert Graham's: but you're
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
The Lawyer and the Witness


The attorney thought the witness
was plumb born idiot and proceeded
accordingly.
did you say your name was John
Smith?" he asked.
Eyes, SIR" replied the witness po-
litely.
'"That's an odd name, isn't it?'
ST don't know as to that, guess it's
about as even as most of them"
''Um-how old are your"
''Twenty-six, goin' on twenty
severn
s'You are going on twenty-seven, are
your
ST guess SO. Leastways, 1 amt 60
ing away from it."
''Where do you live?"
'At home"
This nettled the lawyer.
s'Well," he asked, edo you know
what would do if were you?"
Eyes, SIR" replied the witness SO
promptly that the lawyer almost lost
his balance.
''What would do?"
81 guess you'd make about as big a
fool on the witness stand as you think
1 am" and the court quelled the con-
sequent sturbance.-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
A NEW ILL.
A Discovery OF a New York Doctor Rela
tive to Gowns.

A Discovery of a New York Doctor Rela-
tive to Gowns.
There is a new complaint that has
recently developed among women, said
a physician recently. 1t begins with
tired, dragged feeling and general
lassitude. The patient feels disin-
clined for exercise and gradually loses
her appetite and spirits, while, as
natural sequence, really serious trou-
bles are apt to develop under such ia
vorable conditions. A patient of mine,
who is a prominent woman of the
world, came to me a few days ago
nearly in tears. Doctor" she said,
81 am either growing old or l am go
ing to be ill. l feel tired and ex-
hausted all the time and have no
spirits for anything, and yet there
does not seem to be anything really
the matter with me-"
asked her lot of questions about
herself and could not see any cause for
the symptoms she described, and as ]
have had several similar complaints
within a week 1 felt quite puzzled.
Suddenly an idea struck me. Twill
you step on my weighing machine?" /
asked. Il would like to know your
weight" .'Oh, DOCTOR" she remon-
strated, 81 really have lost a good
deal, but with this skirt you could not
tell anything, it weighs at least ten or
twelve pounds. "Ah, that is exactly
what 1 wanted to get at" 1 answered
$50 home, my dear madam, take off
that heavy skirt and heavy mantle,
put on light sensible garments, Ind
walk several miles day-and l viii
guarantee a cure"-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
You're Arson Bond.

lust as welcome. You're Arson Bond,
l take it?"
Yes What do you think of this?
Can we ever cross Wind prairie?''
Il should say not You just get out
and stay all night They amt man
livin' can find his way across that
stretch O. prairie such night as this
Drive your sleigh to the door and put
your woman in the house and then
come back and put up your team"
They were neighbors who had set
tied farther on to the north and across
a stretch of prairie to cross which in
such a storm would be almost certain
death. They wisely took fathers adj
vice and soon we closed the barn and
went to the house to eat hot supper,
over which the men told stories of
storms 1.-THE word ''blizzard" was not
common them, to which we boys lis
tened with consuming interest. Dur
ing the remainder of the evening we
joked and sang and played games, our
merriment intensified by the commo-
ton outside.
Bnt when we went to bed at ten
o'clock, for one trembled with awe.
I had a premonltlon that this was to
be something unparalleled. 1t ap-
peared to me as one of those frightful
disturbances in the orderliness of ma
ture which makes man to feel himself
the insect he really is. 1t did not
shape itself into these words, but an
awed silence came upon me. The cold
began to make itself felt, and the
winds voice began to send thrill of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
A QUIET WEDDING.

It Was Not However Altogether . Quaker
Party.
Ibid you attend the Bircher-Jack-
long wedding out at Billybee Dam last
night, Ike?' asked the able editor of the
Hawville Clarion.
law, yes!" answered Alkali Ike.
YEARLY; 81 was thar"
''Of course there was q lively time,
and all that?"
''Accordin' to how you looked at it.
Icalled it mighty slow. Outside of the
regular routine and the eatin', nuthin'
happened worth mentionin'. To be
sure, the preacher and the groom got
into row because the divine wanted
his pay in advance; but that is a COM
mon occurrence. Rev. Mr.. Harps il
too old bird to take any chances.
Of course Jack Howcome, the fiddler,
had had too much, as usual, and this
time he. fell off from the table
and broke his bow arm; Jack
always was more trouble than
he was worth. The brides moth
er, who didn't like the groom anyhow,
jumped on to the poor feller's neck jest
before the ceremony with q rollin'-pin,
and it took half q dozen of US ten min
utes' hard work to tie the old lady fast
in ROCKINGHAM and carry her q few
hundred yards out on the prairie. Dur
in the rumpus somebody stole the feed.
and we never saw hide nor hair of it
all the rest of the evenin'. They &C.
cused me of it, but was as inherent
as lamb. hain't that kind of a man;
and besides. had q private snack of
my own. That was every blamed thing
that happened, except that a deputy
sheriff slid in and arrested Coyote Pete
for horse-stealin' or q little suthin'
that away, and some Teller had a At.
Shucks! Weddin's hain't noways what
they used to be few years ago. Lord!
Them was the times! But now every
thing is gittin'to be too much like it is
in the east."-Harper's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
IN A TIGHT PLACE.

An Explorer in Arabia Who just Had to
Talk the Language.
During the progress of the search ex-
petition in the Sinaitic desert for Prof.
E. H. Palmer who, with his two En-
glish companions, was basely murdered
by native tribes, strict watch was
kept about the camp at night to avoid
a surprise from the treacherous Arabs.
The search party consisted of three
Englishmen and their escort, composed
mainly of Bedouins. The author of
Maintaining in the Desert" relates
an incident connected with the night
guard.
One of our number, being little in
clined to sleep, strayed somewhat away
from the camp into the moonlight,
when he was suddenly approached by
one of the Bedouin sentries, who,
bringing his Remington rife to his
shoulder, presented the muzzle at our
friend, and shouted some challenge in
Arabic.
The victim of this display of vigi-
lance grasped the situation, and at
once realized his danger. Not word
of Arabic could he recall, and the fel.
low was liable to shoot the next in
slant.
''Here, you fellow! Don't be fool!
Don't shoot!" the Englishman shouted.
The Bedouin understood not a word
of this, but remained motionless, fin
ger to trigger, the moon plainly re-
vealing the precision of his aim.
The situation was awkward: our
friend felt anything but comfortab BILE
as he stood facing that ugly-looking
muzzle, not daring to retreat or ad-
vance. Racking his brain for an Arabic
word, he at last succeeded in producing
the sentence.
ANA Inglize"-in pigeon Arabic.
''Me English man."
To his infinite relief the guard low
cred his rifle with the ejaculation,
''Wahad Kawadja," which our friend
construed as permit to pass on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
AFTER MANY YEARS.
The Modest Bachelor and the Maiden OF
Long Standing.

The Modest Bachelor and the Maiden OF
Long Standing.
He was too modest to be a success
full lover. and he had let forty years of
his life go without ever coming to an
emotional point.
He was in love with fair being of
suitable age, but he would not tell her
SO. and though she knew it she could
not very we'll give him tip on the
situation.
She vas willing, because she had ar
rived at that time of life when wom-
an is not nearly SO hard to please as
she might have been at some other
time. but he was stupid and went
away without 4 word.
He was gone a long, long time. and
when he came back he found her still
ready.
Il have come back after many years, !"
he said to her as he took her hand in
greeting.
She had learned something in the
years since she had seen aim last.
We'll, for goodness sake. Henry.
sES exclaimed 1ervidly; why don't
Won take Item? I'm thirty-tive now;
how many more years do you want?
Then a great light shone upon him.
and he did not wait for any more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17
swept away and the power of the
lungs to inhaIe lost

swept away and the power of the
lungs to inhale lost.
That day we mainly spent in keep
ing warm and feeding the stock in the
barn, which we reached by desperate
dashes during some momentary re-
lenting in the tempest. We attempted
to water the horses and cows, but the
wind blew the water from the pail
and froze it instantly on everything it
touched. In the house it became more
and more difficult to put a cheerful
construction on the outlook, notwith-
standing we had fuel in abundance.
Oh. that terrible day! Hour after
hour we listened to that prodigious,
appalling, ferocious wind All day we
moved restlesslv to and fro asking
each other: will it ever end?' We had
the same sensations which the sailor
has when the reused ocean seems too
vast and too ungovernab1e to ever
again be spoken into quiet even by the
Creator Himself It aid not seem to
me that God could control that storm,
for my imagination could not conceive
of a power greater than this war of
wind and snow.
On the third day we rose with weari-
ness and looked into each others faces
with sort Of Mortified surprise. Not
the invincible heart of father nor the
CHEEKY good nature of our guests could
keep a gloomy silence from settling
down upon us. Conversation was
scanty, and 1 do not remember that
anyone laughed during the whole of
that day, as we listened anxiously to
the wind tearing at the shingles. beat
ing at the door and shrieking around
the caves.
The frost upon the windows thick
ened and the room was dusk at mid
day. 1t grew dark at three o'clock
and the lamps were lighted. The
women sat with awed faces and wide
open musing eyes. full of unshed tears,
their sympathy going out to the poor
travellers on the wild prairie or foun-
dering in the deepdrifts of the gullies.
That night, so disturbed had we be-
come, we lay awake till nearly mid
night listening, praying that the
storm might cease. waiting for some
sign to tell that the wind had reached
its height.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

terror to the listeners heart, striking
as it did through our little house,
freezing our food within a few feet of
the stove.
thought the wind at that hour had
attained its utmost fury, but when
awoke in the feeble light of the next
morning 1 realized how mistaken /
had been. No words of mine can de-
scribe the steady. solemn. implacable
roar of that storm. Imagine all the
roarings of the lions of Africa. the
kissing OF a wilderness of serpents,
the lashings of great trees and the
walls Of hundred women. all com
mingled in one ceaseless, unfaltering.
rushing, diffusive, all-surrounding roar,
and you may rise half way to the real
ity of that voice. 1t benumbed the brain.
it appalled, the heart as no other force
/ have ever met could have done. The
sea itself in its mightiest moments
could not be more absolutely horrify-
ing.
The house shook and snapped; the
snow beat in muffied rhythmic pulsa-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

A Belgian living in Virginia COM
plains that his friends at home can
not be induced to cook the oysters he
sends over because they have always
been accustomed to eat oysters raw.
The Belgians exhibit a like conserva-
tism touching Indian corn meal. IL
this, however, they have many imita-
tors in the United States. Nothing
surprises the southerner more than
the distaste of northerner for corn
bread of all sorts. The northern palate
demands that cornmeal shall he adul-
terated with wheat flour, a mixture
that the real southerner, brought up
on cornbread, despises. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

Shortly after midnight l noticed
that the roar was no longer SO relent-
less, steady and high-keyed. There
were moments of lull. distinct easing
away, and though it returned to it's
attack almost Immediately, it's fury
was plainly becoming spasmodic. I
heard an exultant voice from below
cry out: THE storm is over!' and then
everybody sank into deep sleep from
sheer relief.
1t is impossible to express the joy
with which we melted the ice from the
windows the next morning and looked
out on the familiar landscape, peace
full, dazzling under the brilliant sun
and sky. We greeted it with a sort of
frenzy as if we had given it up for lost
The wide plain ridged with drifts and
the far blue line of tim Der looked IA
miliar but desolate. The neighboring
cottages sent up cheerful column OF
smoke as if to tell US the people were
alive, but the sound of the wind
seemed with US still, so long and so
continuously had it howled in our
ears, that even in a perfect calm the
imagination was constrained to sup
ply its loss with fainter fancied roar
ing.
As long as live shall never forget
those days, and the sound of that wind
| will never leave me. What it must
been on the open plain was awful to
| think of. Those prairies so bright
and beautiful in the summer that you
seem adrift on a fowery sea, under
| skies of perpetual blue-those wide
wastes when the norther was abroad
| in his wrath, were as pitiless and de-
structiye as the Northern ocean. Moth
ing lived there unhoused-all was at
| the mercy of the north wind. whom
only the great Lord Sun could tame