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TAXES.

WHICH Do YoU PREFER: To save dis
counts, interest. cost of notice, expense
of advertising property, or pay your 1898
taxes before September LIST, 1899. Taxes
can be paid now and save your discount.
J. G. HARRISON & SONS, Berlin. Md
Office opposite ID. NJ. & V. Depot.
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Observation-Disclosures.
BERLIN.


widow of the late Mr. .linkins Henry
Were brought here from Washington.
n. &. and Inferred in the Episcopal
churchyard She died AT her daughter :
Mrs. sally Whalcy. last Wednesday
morning. She leaves seven children Ia
mourn her loss MeSsrs Jas. Henry.
George w. Henry. Edward Henry,
Charles Henry. Frank Henry. Miss
Laura Henry and Mrs. Sally Whaley.
Mrs. Lawrence Pussy aud little
daughter came last Saturday to spend
the week with Mrs Saul Mumford.
Miss May Hubbell of Snow HILL spent
few days this week with Mrs Harry
Purncll
Mr. Charles Reed. of Philadelphia. Is
making his aunt Mrs Charlotte Coffin
a visit.
Mr.. Charles CULLEN is spending the
week AT Parsonsburg at the camp
Misses Meta and Zadie Henry left
last Thursday morning for Cambridge
To visit friends
The Y. =. NJ. tomorrow evening at
quarter to seven. Mr.. Horace Davis.
leader. Ii is conservation meeting and
we would like all to he out to answer to
the roll call.
Mrs William Wilson and daughter
Miss DaiScy, and Miss Martha Harper,
of Baltimore, are the welcome guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hammond.
Miss Sarah Murry of Philadelphia, is
the guest of her neicc Mrs. Henry Bell.
Mrs Fanny hurry. of Girdlctree.
came this week To visit her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Bell.
Miss Mabel Homer, of Philadelphia,
is visiting Miss Fanny Scott
Miss Kate Young of Easton. is the
guest of Miss Lulu Conaway
Miss Ncamiah Dill is still ON the sick
list also Mr. James f. Wise.
Miss Mary Tingle left last Wednesday
for Annapolis to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Al Howard
Mr. Charles Henderson, of Philadel
phia. is spending few days this week
with her friend Mr. Edward Williams
at the Atlantic hotel.
Mr.. Thomas Savage has been down to
Taslcy. Va this week attending the
races and visiting his old friends.
Mr. Denard Henderson left Thursday
for Wilmington 10 visit his son Mr..
James Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs Cyrus Warren and
children who have been in Virginia
visiting their relatives. returned home
last "Wednesday.
Miss Hattie Massey. who has been
spending week AT Ocean City, re-
turned home last Thursday.
Miss Hetty Smith is spending the
week at Ocean City.
Miss Eva Grey and Mr.. William
Pennewell were married last Thursday
at the home of the bride. by the Rev.
Mr. Hirons of Bishopville and Sine
puxent.
Mrs. Lindsey and children. who have
been spending the summerat her sisters.
Mrs. Levin Hearn. left Thursday morn
ing for her home in Baltimore.
Mrs Minos Timmons. of Philadel-
phia. is making her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson Grey, visit
Mrs. Rocna Abbott, of Texas. is visit
ing her aunt Mrs. Henry Jingle.
Mrs. Ann Bratten, of Philadelphia.
came last Thursday to visit Miss Addie
Bell
Miss Grace Pitts. who has been visit
ing Miss Ella McMullin at Wilmington,
returned home last week.
Miss Maggie Mitchell of Baltimore. is
the welcome guest of Mrs. William
Pitts.
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lie that any good would win
should bc provided with good health.
and everyone who would have good
health should remember that pure. rich
blood Is the first rcquiSi,c. Hood 5
Sarsaparilla, by giving good blood and
good health, has helped many a man Ia
success.
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Three Boys at a Birth.

SMYRNA, DEL, August l9.-Mrs. Will
moved here from Philadelphia recently
to-day gave birth to three boys, The
mother weighs only 81 pounds. while
the father tips the scales at liz. The
three children weigh twenty. five pounds
and are well.developed.
All are doing well. and it is under
stood the boys will be named after Will
liam Jennings Bryan. Governor Ebe w.
Tunnel and Congressman l.. |. Han
1v
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

This is to give notice there are five
vacant scholarships due Worcester Coun-
~ for the ensuing year. ut the State
Normal School. Baltimore. Md. These
scholarships are open to both male and
female. All applicants for said scholar
ships will please apply to the Board of
County School Commissioners for Wor-
cester County or the Secretary of said
Board as early rs possible. In the
event of there being more applicants
than vacancies competitive examina-
ton will be required.
BY order of the Board
L. w. MCMASTER,
LABAN L. CULLEN.
NJ ID STR AIrGHN SECRETARY
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

Snow Hill. Md. Aug. 81, 1899. Teach
of the Public Schools of Worcester
County are hereby notified that the
schools will open for the ensuing year
on Monday September the 25th, 1899
By order of the Board.
a. G. RILEY,
HARRY DALE.
w. ID. STRAUGHN, Secretary
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

Snow Hill. Md, Aug. "a, 1899 Teach
ers of the Public Schools of Worcester
County are hereby notified that the
schools will open for the ensuing wear
ON Monday September the 18th. 1899.
By order of the Board
+. w. MCMASTER.
LABAN T. CULLEN.
w. ID. STRAUGHN, Secretary.
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DR. : X Marshall is meeting with
great success in his dental and optical
practice. also his drug business The
people appreciate him very much and
he seems to be- proud of their apprecia
ton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-08-26
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

This is to give notice there are five
vacant scholarships due Worcester Coun-
ty for the ensuing year. ut the State
Normal School. Baltimore, Md. These
scholarship are open to both male and
female. All applicants for SAID scholar
ship will please apply to the Board of
County School Commissioners for Wor-
cester County or the Secretary of said
Board as early rs possible In the event
of there being more applicants than
vacancies competitive examination will
be required.
BY order of the Board.
A. G.. RILEY.
HARRY DALE.
w. ID. STRAUGHN, Secretary.
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The house now occupied by John ).
Hill ON New Lane, Snow Hill. is for
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be had Oct. LIST 1899 if desired Apply
to W. ID Corddry, Snow Hill. Md
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Lumber. Wood and Feed Business:
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ut Chincoteague. Va, near water. Good
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PROPRIETOR.
Berlin, rid.

Honest. now. Did you ever SEE l,
better local paper than the MESSENGER
We think not
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news: We get everything worth print
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, 1899-04-14
BOROUGH OF
Public Notice

Is hereby given, that pursuant to the Prov.
sions OF chapter 1913 OF The General Laws oi
New Jersey, session oil 1875, entitled AN AcI
concerning the settlement anu cOllectlOh Vi
arrearages OF unpaid taxes, assessments anu
water rates or water rents III Towns, JOWn-
SHIPS, borougns ana other municipalities eA-
cepJ clJles of this state, ana imposing anu
len wing a TAX, assessment ana lien IN lieu anu
lnsJelu of sucn arrearages anu 10 enforce the
payment thereof, anu 10 proVlue Ior TIE s'iie
vi ianus SUBJECT 10 future tiAuIion anu ASSESS
menJ,7 approved May 18th, lo0S, application
VIII be llaue on behalf OF Inc Borough vi An
glesea, W the Circuit Court, TO DC holueh III
ana Tor Lne County OF caps May AT The oourt
House, III Cape May Court House, On Tues
uay, y prIl 2oIII, a. -. 1919, AT lhe nour oi teh
o'clock IN Inc forenoon Oh tnab Jay, or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be nearu, iof INT
appointment Oh tnree 1reehoiuers anu resi-
uenIs OF Jnls state zone al least ol Mnolh shall
ue Il resident OF The borough OF AnSleseaD AS
COMMISSION Fits or ADJUSIMEN 1, Ill
ana Tor saIu Borough, Tor the purpose Oh per
forming the uubles ana executing Inc pow ers
conferred by saIu act above reclteu.
by oruer vi Council
Il. NJ. SHINERS,
bated March 22d, lS.W. Borough Clerk.
, 1899-04-14

piled the census of 1890 remained He
had as apparatus bales of musty rec
ords, the chaff from which the wheat
of fact had been winnowed. a lot of
desks and II dozen or SO wornout type
writing machines.
So there must be created out of the
dead ashes of the past and from the ira
ditions left by former census takers a
new bureau. But there is this advan-
tage about this census army-it is not
necessary to have it all in line before
the advance can be made. One division
does its work before another is created.
The census bureau of ten years ago be-
gan its work in 1889, but the last re-
port was not issued until 1897, eight
years later.
When the day of its usefulness has
passed, congressional appropriations for
the census bureau commence to dwin-
die, and after the facts have been col
lected a much smaller and much more
skilled clerical force is needed for COM
piling them. The first people to go are
those farther from the heart of the
census in Washington. The enumer-
ators, having finished their house to
house canvass, report to the main Office,
send in their results, which are certi-
fed, and, having received their modest
remuneration, are struck from the pay
rolls.
When their labors have been digested
and generalized, the clerks who have
been employed in corresponding with
the enumerators are also dropped from
the pay rolls. Their labors are taken up
by men higher in authority and digest
ed again and generalized. Reports are
made to the chief of the census, who
approves them, and the final step nav
ing been taken they are sent to the
government printing office, where they
are printed and distributed throughout
the world.
AS the refining process goes on and
the apparently disconnected mass of re-
ports asked by the census enumeration
of the great American citizen Is
thrown into the vast caldron which a
thousand census employees keep stirring
and simmering the pure metal Of solid
and significant fact finally sinks, the
reports grow smaller and more compact,
and fewer men are required to handle
them.
Finally, as report after report is COM
pleted and issued, the bureau dwindles
to a mere shadow of it's former self. In
June, 1897, the census bureau employed
about one nan to every hundred that
it employed at the height of its great
ness. At last only m man was left.
From now on the revival of the CEN
sus bureau will be rapid, and by June
, 1899-04-14
The Madrid Museum.

After the social side of life in the
Spanish capital has lost some of its nov
city there are always the collections to
see and admire. And. after all, the
browning glory of the place is the Museo
del Prado, which, if not the finest in
Europe, at least ranks with the Louvre
and the galleries of Dresden and Flor
ence, says a correspondent in the Chi
cago Record. The gallery is especially
rich in portraits of the great kings of
Spain, and its chief treasures are the
works of Diego Valasquez, some go in
number. The light of the gallery itself
is perhaps poor, but the charm of being
able to walk nndisturbed and never
crowded amid this marvellous collection
of works by the masters is enough of it
self to repay a visit to Spain. The royal
collection of armor at the palace is as
interesting as the Prado pictures, in a
way, and after these collections come
others less notable, but worthy of a
greav capital.
, 1899-04-14
Nest Curious Clock.

One of the most curious clocks in the
world is that which Amos Lane OF
Amidee, New, constructed some time
ago. The machinery, which is nothing
but a face, hands and lever, is connect
I'D with a geyser, which shoots out an
Immense column of hot wafer every 3e
seconds This squirting never varies to
1.-THE tenth of a second, and therefore a
clock properly attached tot cannot fail
to keep correct time. Every time the
water spouts up it strikes the lever and
moves the hands forward 39 seconds.
, 1899-04-14

the preliminary work of organization
will be we'll advanced, although it will
be another year before the men with
big question books start out on their
rounds.
There is already much speculation
among the population experts-anumer-
Gus species of crank-as to what the new
count will show. This virile and pro-
gressive nation has generally been pro-
life of surprises to people interested in
such statistics in each of its decennial
balance sheets. Those who lcok for SEN
sations in the growth of states and cit
les in all quarters of the country have
seldom been disappointed since the cen
sus of 1880. by which time the settle
ment of the great west was under full
Roadway.
But it seems probable that the high
tide in these particulars was reached in
1890, and an impression now prevails
that there may be some Disappointment
in store for them when the returns for
the ten years ending in 1900 are scan
ned.
Beyond mere aggregates, in them
selves interesting, the compiled census
returns will reveal many noteworthy
facts. For instance it is absolutely GER
tain that the center of population has
changed. Just 100 years ago it was
located as 1S miles west of Baltimore.
In 1890 it was 90 miles east of Column
bus, Ind. Since then it has probably
moved west another peg.
From the tables which will be pre-.
pared the American citizen may learn
the number of dwellings in each state
and the average number of families in
each. the nationality of the inhabitants
of the largest cities. the number of peo-
pie engaged in each Of the various &C.
equations and n whole lot more of Gu
rious information.
OF course Director Merriam knows no
more about collecting statistics of this
kind than many other men, for his life
has been devoted chiefly to banking and
politics. But it is not necessary that he
should be Il figure expert. He can hire
any number of statisticians to do the
work Assistant Director Frederick H.
Wines is one himself. Director Mef-
riam will do the organizing and allot
the offices This in itself is taskwhich
calls for special qualiication1of no or
binary nature. He willsaarecaf e a salary
e.: q: ]: j: =, !, j, , ' : II | ! !: ): !: :: : : :: !: :. !:
of SO, 0G0 a year. ri "a will last
for several yansez & not a large
salary for Ito have the
, 1899-04-14
TO CURE il
Row TO Treat These Dangerous and
Painfui Sores.

How to Treat Thes Dangerous ana
Painfui Sores.
A felon is q severe and usually a most
painful inflammation of the end of the
finger, more commonly either the thumb
or tndex finger of the right hand, for
the reason that these are most exposed
to the little wounds from which the
trouble starts; but any of the fingers,
or ever one of the toes, may be the seat
of a felon. ].
The inflammation starts generally
from the prick of a pin or needle or
from a scratch or cut, but often the
wound is SO slight that no notice is
taken of it until the finger begins to
grow sore. The soreness o passes in
to actual pain, and this rapidly becomes
most intense and throbbing, and some
times is felt all the way up the arm.
1t is worse when the hand is allowed
to hang down. The ball of the finger is
hot, red and swollen. At the same time
the patient feels more or less i'll, is fe-
verish, and has a headache and rapid
pulse.
When the Inflammation is deep seat
ed, pus collects beneath the periosteum,
or membrane covering the bone, and
this greatly increases the distress as
we'll as the danger. If allowed to go on
unrelieved, the Inflammation may creep
up the finger into the palm of the hand,
and then the condition becomes a most
serious one. In almost any case when
once pus has formed beneath the perios-
teum more or less Of the bone will die,
leaving the end of the finger crippled or
disfgured by a deep scar.
When the treatment is begun very
early, it is sometimes possible to cut
short the Inflammation by cold cloths
applied continuously to the infiamed
part. These must be frequently renew
ed, for if allowed to get warm they will
act as poultices and rather hasten sup
puration than arrest it. At the same
time the arm should be kept in a sling,
with the hand raised and resting on
the chest.
If the Inflammation does not rapidly
subside under this treatment, we must
reverse it and try to bring matters to a
head by means of poultices or wet
cloths applied as hot as they a be
borne and changed very often.
The only thing to be done when pus
has formed is TO cut the finger and let
it out. This is painful enough for the
instant, but it will prevent many days
of acute suffering and all danger of
severe inflammation of the hand and
arm, with subsequent blood poisoning.
Youths Companion.
, 1899-04-14

been appointed. In some respects the
census Of 1900 will be a bigger affair
than hat of 1890, and in other features
it will not be so big. In addition to TAX
Ing the census of the United States and
Alaska, the newly made Americans in
Hawaii will have to stand up and be
counted. Whether or not the census
will be extended to Porto Rico or the
Philippines remains to be determined.
The census act is operative wherever
the civil law Of the United States is in
force. Porto Rico Is still under mill
tary rule, as are the Philippines and
Cuba.
On the other hand, the census of 1900
will not be 80 complex as the preceding
one, for the enumeration Of statistics
will be limited to those facts which re-
late to population. mortality, agricul-
ture and manufactures. Facts for other
statistics will be gathered from other
sources.
Thus the general enumerator will
have only four schedules to master
and carry on his rounds as against the
10 of the last census. and in cities and
agricultural districts where special
agents will be appointed for agricul-
tural and mortality statistics he will
have only n subject to attend to-that
of population.
The work. thus simpliied, will be
quickly finished and the census reports
may be looked for within a comparative
ly short time after the actual enumera-
ton has been finished. They will also
be puch less bulky and will be contain
ed in about six or seven volumes.
The special reports, which will be in
one way the new feature of this census,
will. it is expected, occupy the time of
the skilled collectors of statistics be-
tween the taking of the twelfth and
thirteenth census, and a permanent
census bureau will thus be practically
established.
These reports will cover the ground
covered by the eleventh census, with the
exception of such subjects as have been
found practically impossible for census
enumeration from past experience or
as are already covered by some other
department of the government. The
subject of transportation, for example,
on which the eleventh census had an ex-
haustive and valuable report, will be
omitted in the twelfth censu because
the work is now covered by the inter
state commission.
The cost of taking the last ensus was
$11, 800, 900. 1t is expected that the
coming census will cost much less, pos
sibly 80, 900, 900. but there are those
who have their doubts about this.
A force of 60, 900 employees, a body
almost as big as u enlarged standing
army. will be required to do the work.
Besides the chief. his assistants. expert
statisticians and hundreds of clerks,
there will be 800 supervisors, n to
each congressional district, and about
80. 900 enumerators, men with book and
pencil who will do the real hard work
of census taking.
There is in Washington a dingy look
ing building on E street which bears
, 1899-04-14
Friday, April "A, 1900.
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OF course this involves enormous ex-
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Upon investigation 1t was found that
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1t matters not how sick you are or
how many physicians have failed to
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SHOES.
Extensive Repairs May BE Made For
Very Little Money.

Extensive Repairs May BE Made For
Very Little Money.
A sign hanging in front of a shoe,
makers shop where secondhand shoes
were sold had upon it these words:
s'Secondhand Shoes With New Uppers. .
1t seemed almost as though a pair OF
secondhand shoes with new uppers
would be practically new shoes, but in
quiry showed that this impression was
not warranted by the facts. There is a
-goed-dealef fresh atte%ia aair0t
shoes thus repaired, but there is also
left a good deal of the old.
The new upper thus put in is a new
vamp, the front part of the upper. The
old counter, or back part of the shoe,
still remains. 1t is a familiar fact that
while the counter may break down or
wear out or get a hole n it somehow it
is much more likely to stay sound and
good. 1t is the front that cracks and
breaks. And SO in putting secondhand
shoes in order new vamps are ONE
times put in. But while such a shoe,
which had also been soled and heeled,
might easily be described as having I'M
dergone extensive repairs it would still
be far from wholly new. There would
remain, besides the old counter, the
shank and the inner sole and the gen
eral shape and framework of the shoe,
and upon these the repairs could be
made.
Secondhand shoes bring various
prices. depending on their original
quality and their condition. A pair of
secondhand shoes, resoled and reheeled
and with new uppers, can be bought
for as little as a dollar. New York Sun.
, 1899-04-14

the brave label of Census Bureau. .
But Just at present it is a hollow shell.
When Census Director Merriam went
TO scok at it the other day, he found
that the ioyce with which he had to be-
gin his work consisted of one solitary
man. This was Chief Cissk William A.
King He alone of all the great srIny
Of egurers and qusstioners that COM