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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
ELETON 81 FEET TALL.
Remarkable chronological Dis
coyery i'm II Gravel Pit.

Hagerstown, Ind, Nov. 30-One
If the most important chronological
discoveries OF recent years has been
made in a deep gravel pit few miles
northwest Of this place. A human
skeleton was found on hillside, thir-
" feet from the surface. While some
Of the bones are missing and most of
those found crumbled at the first
touch, enough were measured TO show
that they formed the frame of man
at least nine feet tall. The two ie-
muir homes, one tibia, one hnmerus
and the skull were in good condition,
and will be preserved. The torma-
nation oi the skull indicates that the
man was Of the Indian race. The
bones have attracted the attention OF
ethnologists, who consider them of
great value They will he placed in
the museum at Earlham College,
Richmond. Near the skeleton, i'm.
bedded in the gravel, were stone
knives, stone jars and numerous other
stone implements.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
SATURDAY,
December IL, 1896

all those tracts and parts of tracts OF
land in Worcester County, Maryland,
OF which certain Isaac :. Jones, late
of said County and State. died seized
and possessed, and described as follows:
LOTS No. and Are composed
of the land in Berlin lying between
the lot devised by Isaac ;. Jones to
Margaret Jones and the land of VIM.
ID. Pitts, and run back to line drawn
from the Northeast corner Of said
Margaret Jones Lot TO a point on said
Pitts line fifty feet from Pitts street,
the divisional line between said Lots
and > being drawn from the middle of
the front on said stIeet to the middle
of the said back line. Lot one in
cludes the land to the Eastward OF
said divisional line, and lot , that to
the Westward Of said divisional line.
LOT No ;. The lot in the town
Of Berlin, ON Pitts and Main streets,
where John I. Keas' store "shanty"
and Jesse W. fuckers dwelling house
now stand and where the late Mrs.
Margaret Jones resided before the
August fire Of 1895.
LOT No. THAT part of lot
known as the John T. II Marshall Lot,
situate and lying on the East side of
the county road leading from Berlin
10 Jones r. o., and which lies on the
South East side of large ditch run
ming through the same. containing /
acres of land. more or less.
LOT No. THAT part OF the said
John T.. H. Marshall lot situated and
living on the county road as aforesaid
and which lies on the North West SHE
Of large ditch running through the
same, containing acres Of land,
more or less.
LOT Ne. 6-rhat part OF the land
in the town Of Berlin purchased by
Isaac :. Jones of Kendall 7. Jarvis
which Is situate and lying ON the east
side Of the ID. NJ Il V. X. Il. and
along the west side OF West street and
adjoining the lot Of Huldah Nelson
colored, containing acres OF land,
more or less.
LOT No. THAT part OF said
land in the town Of Berlin purchased
by said Isaac 5 Jones of Kendall Z.
Jarvis which lies on the east side of
the said d. ~ IL V. X. X. and on the
southwest side OF lot &, containing two
~ aert "i Land NOR. 81 he
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

LOT No. S-rhat part of said
land in the town of Berlin, purchased
bv said Isaac 5. Jones of Kendall 7.
Jarvis which lies on the west side of
the ID. NJ. & V r. r. and along the
road leading from Buckingham Gene
terry to Poplar Ridge. containing y
acres of land, more or less.
LOT No 9.-rhe remainder of
said land in the town of Berlin, pur
chased hy said Isaac :. Jones from
Kendall =. Jarvis which lies on the
west side of said d. NJ. IL. V. II. II.
and adjoining the lands OF John War
rem on the west side and Harvey Jar
Wis on the northeast side. containing
81 acres of land, more or less.
LOT No. 10.-The lot and i'm
provements thereon in the town OF
Berlin called the "Jib Lot" purchased
by Isaac 5. Jones of Peter Fnrbush
and adjoining the Livery Stable lot
of II. +. Harmonson and where james
Fassett colored, now resides.
LOT No. 1.-THE lot of land in
town of Berlin which fronts on Main
street and runs through TO Broad
street, and between the lots Of ii. {.
Conway and II. ID. Jingle.
LOT No. l2.-The lot of land in
the town of Berlin called the Ebe
Quillin lot, purchased by Isaac 5.
Jones OF Jesse Workman and which
fronts on Commerce street and adjoins
the lands Of Mrs. Esther 7. Hammond
and James +. Wise. Esq.
LOT No. l3.-Part of the lot of
land and the Improvements thereon in
the town of Berlin called the Iacheus
Bowen lot and which fronts on Pitts
street and where Alex r. Wimbrough
now resides.
LOT No. 14.-Part of the Zacheus
Bowen lot and the Improvements
thereon, in the town of Berlin, on the
north side of lot Is and where Mrs.
Mary Gibbs now resides.
LOT No. 15.-The lot Of woodland
purchased by Isaac $. Jones of Chas.
Wells and wife, and Erexine Henry,
which lies on the southeast side of the
road leading from Berlin to j. G..
Harrison's farm, containing nine acres
OF land, more or less.
LOT No. l6.-The lot OF land and
Hotel at Ocean City, called the Syne-
puxent House.
LOT No. 1.-THE lot Of land and
Livery Stables at Ocean City which
formerly belonged to Isaac 5. Jones.
TERMS OF SALE.
Ten per cent of the purchase money
of each lot in cash on the day of sale,
the balance of the purchase money to
be paid in two equal annual install
ments from the day Of sale and the
payment thereof to be secured by the
interest bearing bonds Of the purchaser
or purchasers with surety 10 be APP
proved by the Trustee.
CALVIN b. TAYLOR,
nov. Hts. Trustee.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

lr isn't very modest in the editor
Of the .id0cdte 10 refer TO the row
here election day, when he is aware
that persons overheard him instruct
men to block the way to the poll.
after they had voted. But modesty
need not he looked for in those
who have the audacity To parade
themselves as political relormers one
year and the very next election day
have their office door blocked with
doubtful voters.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
Pennsylvania Railroad tn Issue
Clerical Orders.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany announces that for 1897 it will
issue clerical orders to regularly
ordained clergymen in charge OF
churches located on or near its lines
east OF Pittshurg and Erie. To secure
these orders clergymen should make
application to the nearest ticket agent
as soon as possible. as it is desired that
all applications reach the General
Office by December IL.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
Notice.

In order to close the estate OF Mr..
George 5. Richardson, deceased, ii
becomes necessary 10 collect without
delay all amounts due to the firm OF
Richardson, Smith, Moore d Co., of
which he was a member All persons
indebted to this firm are requested to
make prompt payment to the under
signed. surviving partners.
join WALTER SMITH,
john T. MOORE,
MARION +. HARGIs.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!

Mary NJ. Gibbs vs.. Isaac w. Burbage
and Hettie NJ Burbage, his wife,
ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. No. 1906 Chancery.
By VIRTUE 0! decree OF the
Circuit Court for Worcester County,
sitting in Equity, passed in the above
entitled cause, the undersigned as
Trustee, will offer at public sale TO the
highest bidder, in front OF the Atlantic
Hotel, in Berlin, Maryland, at go
o'clock Z. NJ, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

Some years ago the late DR. Wash
ington Finley, father OF Senator Wood
lin F. Finley. of Queen Anne's
bought farm in Virginia at an ex-
tremely low price Valuable de-
posts Of coal were recently found on
the place. which may make it very
valuable
Foot ball is played on Sundays at
the State line near Claymount, Del,
and the authorities have been request.
ell to prohibit the discretion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

pENNsYLVANIA is sure 10 elect a
Republican successor to L. s. Senator
Cameron. Hon. John Wanamaker
aspires 10 Mr.. Camerons seat and we
don't doubt but what he would fill it
more acceptably to the people of the
State than il is filled now. Mr..
wanamaker is man of great expert
ence and is well qualified for the posi-
ton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05
Notice To Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF
the First National Bank of Snow Hill,
Maryland, will be held in the bank
building on Tuesday the 18th day OF
January 1897, between the hours Of
10 o'clock a. m. and , o'clock p. m.
for the purpose Of electing eleven
Directors Of said bank for the ensuing
year. ]. 7. Matthews. Cashier.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

Many rejoice that they ever
heard Of "Goldey's." that well-known
Wilmington Dell Commercial and
Shorthand College. Its short, practi-
cal courses soon fitted these young
people for good positions. H.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

For Sale-Singer Sewing Machine
in first-class order. Price So. Nav
he seen at this office.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

Major j. III Flanagan of Lincoln,
Neb, and Major J. H. Flanagan OF
Carthage. Mo, stopped at the same
hotel in Kansas City. The other day
each was called away suddenly, and
when the Major of Lincoln got back
first the clerk gave him two bills. He
spoke his mind pretty freely to the
clerk, and then wrote TO the Major of
Carthage, enclosing one of the bills
aud requesting him to pay up at
once
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

CALVIN II. TAYLOR. Attorney-a,-Law.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-05

LOT No. S.-That part of said
land in the town of Berlin, purchased
bv said Isaac 5. Jones of Kendall p.
Jarvis which lies on the west side of
the ID. NJ. q V. X. r. and along the
road leading from Buckingham Gene
terry to Poplar Ridge. containing b
acres of land more or less.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22

of the election of Mckinley, as to the eff
feet of the free coinage of silver ut LII
TO l upon their personal pecuniary inter-
ests On the one hand, it is claimed that
while free coinage will result in an in
crease in the prices demanded for COM
modities. wages viii rise in proportion,
so that workingman for his daily or
weekly stipend can purchase as much
comfort as he is able to purchase now.
This is the claim of the Bryan men. The
Mckinley men deny it, and .:ssert on the
contrary, that while wages may rise
slightly. they will not double as it is sup
posed that the prices of commodities Will;
therefore the wOrkingman, while he may
receive a larger sum of money in re-
turn for his labor the money will have
less purchasing power and he will there
by receive less of comfort. His condition.
instead of being improved, will be worse
than it now is. The experience of Japan
since 1873 goes to show that the Mckin-
ley men have the best of the argument,
and this experience is confirmed by the
experience of all other countries on sill
yer basis. in which wages and prices have
risen in consequence of the depreciation
of silver. Wages never rise in proportion
to prices For this reason the free coin
age of silver at 1G to l would be an in
jury and not benefit to the working
men of the United States.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
BRYAN IS PREACHING TREASON.

Attorney General Harmon turns the
hank or Organism neatly when
he quotes Senator Daniel of
Virginia against Chairman Dan
lei of the Popocratic convention
in relation TO the subject of Federal in
reference" co-called, with the assumed
rights of mobs to violate the laws of the
United States.
Senator Daniel introduced in the SEN
ate that ringing resolution which upheld
MI. Cleveland in his suppression by mil
ltary force OF the interference of lawless
men with the transportation of the mails
OF the United States and with commerce
among the states" 1t was Senator Dan
lei who presided over that maniac con-
ventlon that propounded the assurance
that the president had no constitutional
right to do that very thing which Sena-
tor Daniel formally and vigorously an
proved his doing.
IT requires some little patience on the
part of men familiar with the organic
law of the Union to gravely meet and
refute the wild assertion of ignoramases
and blatherskites. but Mr.. Harmon has
simply to submit sections 5,297 and 5.29S
of the revised statutes to prove the obi
CATION on the president to employ force
against unlawful Instructions lin what
ever state or territory thereof the laws
of the United States may be forcibly
opposed or the execution thereof oh
structed.' The doctrine laid down nv
Altgeld. adopted by the Popocracy and
proclaimed from the stump by Bryan the
attorney general rightly declares to he
more dangerous that the doctrine of spcps-
sion. The only plea for Bryan and his
earnest followers is that of shameful TO-
norance of the law. Ignorance of the
law. however. is not valid defense.
This man is preaching treason and fools
are applauding him because they know
no better-New York Commercial Adver-
tiSer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
BRYAN AND THE TARIFF.

Candidate Bryan shows klna IS
s,,iftr Shrawdness i'm his avoidance OF 0G'
issue which his party has MADE the IosS
,,,ost ono IN every campaign for many
many wears. until now. He says: "Wnal-
over NAV be the individual views or GU
zens as to the relative merits OF pi0lec-
ton and tarif reform. all must recoS
nizp that until the money question Is iuiiy
and finally settled. the American peopie
will not consent to the CONSIDERATION vi
any other important question. III ne mao
said that the American people, having
trind tariff reform. and declared them
spvns very. very sick of it. and were de-
termiued TO return to the principles or
protection and stay there, he would nave
come much nearer the truth. but then ne
would have found the truth embarraSs-
inc. as usual. Therefore. he acted
shrewdIy, according to his standard or
practical prudence in saying as little
as possible on the subject. ana making
that little take the form of Il claim that
the DeODle are not interested III the SUD
ject.
Nevertheless, the Democratic party
stands pledged by many pllnks III many
national platforms to oppose the protec-
tive principle, and remains conllnltteu
by its action of scarcely more than Tour
wears ago to the doctrine that protection
is unconstitutional and must be eXtirpat-
ed root and branch. A party cannot
change its principles is Il man can change
his shirt every time Il change seems to be
temporarily convenient a party is re-
sponsible for its history and its declara-
tons in the past as well as in the pres
emit 1t may indeed undergo develop
ment. growth and gradual change. but
only as an individual. by rational pro-
cesses and in accordance with relations OF
cause and effect. 4 party cannot. mere
ly by ignoring a subject or saying some
thing non-committal about it. relieve IL
self of all responsibility for what it has
said and done in relation TO that matter
through all its previous existence.
The tariff question is one regarding
which American voters are deeply inter-
ested in this campaign and millions OF
them are impatiently looking forward
to November ), next. as the time when
they will have Il chance to ex-
press themselves ON the subject at the
ballot box. No matter how much this
years candidate for the presidency on
the Democratic ticket may try to run
away and hide from tile tariff question.
the voters will not forget that he is the
candidate of party which stands
pledged by unrepealed platform decTar-
atiOnS to turn over the markets of this
country to the unrestrained competition
of foreign capital and labor. and that the
long continued industrial stagnaton in
this country has followed an attempt
of the Democratic party to carry out its
schemes in that respect: an attempt
which the party leaders have declared
to be only the first step in the way that
they intend the country to trlveL-Bos.
ton Advertiser
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
WAGES AND COST OF LIVING IN
JAPAN.

There are no more painstaking. method
ical. accurate statistEianS in the world
than those of the new Japanese empire.
Japan has published report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate its none
tary system. which shows in various
parts of the empire the average prices
paid for all sorts of commodities for a
long series of years past. A correspond
emf of the Cleveland World in Toxic has
taken the trouble to examine this report
with care. and has furnished to that jour-
nal table in detail showing the general
rise in the cost of living in Toxic and
Osaka since 1873. Taking the prices
paid in 1873 as a unit and calling it 100,
his table shows that in 1894 the price of
rice must be stated at 165. of misc. 159:
of table salt, 81; of soy, 15S: of firewood.
al: of charcoal, 100; of cotton. us; of
rent DDS: of bath charges. 221. These
are the principal items in the cost of liv-
ing in Japan. and it is said that in 1894
the total cost of living is expressed by
the figure 162 as compared with 100 in
1873 This is equivalent to saying that
the cost of living has increased during
twenty-one years by 90 per cent. on the
average. The rise in prices is due to the
decline in the purchasing power of sill
yer which is turn is due to its deprecia-
| ton in comparison with gold. or more
properly speaking. to the greatly in
creased output of silver compared with
| the output of gold. The effect of this rise
in prices upon persons with fixed income
| is stated as follows: sit will be seen
| that a petty official who could subsist in
| 1873 on ten yen month required at the
| beginning of 1894, yen 1920 to live in
| propOrtiOnate style, while a person who
| lived on 14.4O yen a month in 1886 re-
quired 1920 yen eight years later. 1t is
| therefore, easy to see that people living
on petty fixed income such as clerks in
government service, whose income is
practically stationary. must now be ex.
periencing considerable difficulty in max
ing ends meet. especially since house
rent, which constitutes the largest item in
the cost of living, is steadily going I'D.
ward
The same correspondent prints a table
of wages of mechanics upon the same
plan. which shows that if the ayera &c
wage paid in 1873 was 100, the average
wage paid in 1894 was 133. that is te
say. wages had increased by one-third
or little more than one-half as much as
the cost of living. This statement is in
teresting and important in its relation tc
the fierce discussion now in progress be
tween American workingmen in favor OF
the election of Bryan and those in favor
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
M'KINLEY ExCELS HIMSELF

The steel and iron industry has been
quoted as the barometer of trade. and
1T is true that when the steel rail mills.
the FORCES, the great foundries. the
nail mills, the huge establishments in
which structural iron and the thous-
and household articles and implements
of agriculture or of mechanics are busy
the whole community is prosperous.
There may be exceptional causes lead
ing to exceptional activity i'm one or
two of the many branches of the great
iron and steel industry while the gen
eral commerce of the nation Ian
guishes, but it universally is true that
when all the branches of the iron trade
are vigorous the whole country is pros
porous. and when all of them are life
less the whole country is Frustrated.
This condition gives peculiar signif,-
canoe to the visit made to Major Nc
kinley by 1000 wage-earners from the
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-10-22
ard of this country one moment longer
than l can help to get rid of it"

/ ard of this country one moment longer
than l can help to get rid of it.
3
AT Toledo he said: "A Republican sue
cess would simply mean that while the
people are nominally free they Will be
! hewel.s of wood and drawers of water
for those who control the money supply
of the world" And again: 'The people
who intend to strike down one-half of all
the standard money of the world simply
mean to do with you and your property
what the fleets of the world and the
armies Of the world would do if they
came to destroy one-half of all your pos
sessions"
At Milwaukee he described the present
political campaign as a struggle over the
question whether the people will "alloW
the host of the. gold standard to enslave
7O,O00000 Of people, white and black. i'll
this country He said further: They
say that we are arraying one class of so
ciety against another. | deny it. But,
my friends. if a burglar comes to my
home | have a right to call all my fami-
~ to keep him out, and it does not make
me mad if. when he starts away, he
turns around and shouts to me that | am
trying to array my family against MN.
When men array themselves against so
ciety. society has Il right to array itself
against them The success of
the Chicago ticket is dangerous only 10
the man who wants to eat the bread
that somebody else earns
In his speech at Lincoln. Nebraska, ac-
cepting the nomination of the silver Re
DuBlicanS. he said: Il believe that the
gold standard is Il conspiracy against the
human race | would no sooner join the
ranks of those whose purpose it is to
fasten it upon the people than enlist in an
army that was marching to attack my
home and destroy my family
r
These extracts from Mr.. Bryan'S har-
rangueS give Il fair idea of him as an
agitator and fOmenter of popular discord
and cOmmOtiOn-a man who would risk
the horrors of an armed conflict between
citizens of the republic rather than fail
of his election to the chair which he as
pires to occupy. Ii is difficult to know
whether he is 10 be taken seriously. He
is either dangerous or absurd; dangerous
if he succeeds in reaching the height of
his ambition but absurd if he fails of an
election.