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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

Some cities of which the Sauntcrcr
knows lay claim To premiership in COS
mopoliiauism. But in proportion to
population they do not compare with a
vessel that steamed into Philadelphia
the other day.
included in the list are Turks Arabs.
PcruVians. ChiicanS. Chinamcn and
l'ilipinos Naturally. with such Il con
glomcration, any attempt III a Ian
Suagc is useless that is. Il spoken Ian
suagc IN officer of the vessel. which
is a tramp steamer. engaged in the Sug.
a" trade hy the way. told The Saun.
tercr about it,
We have only one language ON
board the boat in time of emergency
The boot language. II never fails.
When 4 storm arises or anythin. else
happens to cause speedy action on the
part of Tn" crew. the officers Of the
ship don't try To talk. They make II
few motions with their hands. and il
these don't suffice. they employ the
boot language. .AS YOU may readily
guess. this is simply Il SERIES of kicks.
one kick. we'll administered. beats a
whole encyclopedia with men who
don't understand the language in which
the encyclopedia is printed. and so We
manage 10 get through ;ut I've often
wondered what would happen 10 the
ship il paralysis of the lower limbs
should happen 10 SET in among the
officers Philadelphia Inquirer
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09
a CARD.
Attention of the public is called to the
Fire l9SN NYaDGG a AaePGy
represented by me.

The Scottish Union & National Co is
one of the strongest Fire Insurance
Companies in the world and | am
authorized. as its Agent. To sign and
deliver its policies. For the business,
in this line. that my friends throughout
the county have placed with me. wish
hereby to return my thanks and at the
same time. ask continuance of their
favors in the future I may he found
at the office of the Equitable Building &
Loan Association.
If. THoS. u. JOHNSON, Agent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09
Oeem'S Acme Hall.

in serving you, Ochm's Acme Hall
stands ready 10 make il.
Whatever Won need for man or boy in
wearing apparel can be found here. bet
ter and cheaper, without going all over
town, its complete under one roof.
Mems Serge Suits $3.50, $40, and
$3.50.
Mems Cashmere Cheviot and worstcd
in weights $50 1915. and
$15. They'er worth 50 30 To So
more.
Mems Straw Hats.
Jumbo Braid StrawS 9Sc.
Stylish Mackinaws 81 and Sl25.
Fine English Split Braids $l.50.
Mems Summer Underwear
Fine Ballbriggan 10 colors. soc.
Imported Ballbriggan cOlorS. 81
and 81 %
The thinest gauza Of high quality
81
silk Underwear, $500
Mems Negligee Shirts.
The Dollar Madras Shirts CSC
Fine Imported Madras 81.
Silk Front Shirts, silk from seam
to seam 81
silk bosom Shirts 5Oc. All in the
latest and most desirable color>
and patterns
Meet your friends in our waiting
rooms, check your bundles, free. Telc-
gram blanks. telephone, every accom-
modation is at your service.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

Of the newspaper men who secured in
tcrvicwS with Lord Charles Rrrcsfori
when he was in Chicago. one was a
Russian, another was n Frcnchman,
while third was unqucStinnahly from
England. They asked him to give his
idea of fair division Of the Chinese en-
pirc between the nations now controlling
spheres of influence
Il think said Lord Charles, Russia
should hc allowed to sell all the fans and
sunShadcS required by the Chinese north
of NladivoStok. that France should have
a monopoly of the fur trade nf Hong
kong and that England should furnish
the chinese with anything else they
needed"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

IN little side street in Philadelphia
live mn old couple VIII" make Il living by
'ol!"wing an odd occupation The build
ing occupied 10y them is small two story
affair that WAS one time used evidently
Tor grocery store. The lower floor is
packed fun "f cages. and in each one ~
these cages are two or NOR" parrots.
They are ~ all ColnrS. sizes and kinds.
Th.~,. birds are pupils, and They arc
taught to speak any phrase. "r a series OF
;hcla. that sound :" cute when uttered hy
Il well trained parrot Many of thcS"
birds are being trained To- order. onc of
them. an especially fine bird. i designed
for Tie daughter of wealthy person
whose nam" is Nellie The bird can now
say Good morning Nellie ''t;s.od night.
Nellie" 'Hc a .;""d girl. Nellie" and
several other sentences. Thr "d lady af
frciionntcIy refers to her place as the
school"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

There is always more ur less popIlar
suspicion attached Ia expert testimony
when IL begins to take refuge. in words
of more than three SyllahlcS Wash
ington Star
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

Don't worry. ScrihhS yuu'll awake
vet and iind Yourself famous"
If COULD hclirv" thai I'd go To
bed and stay rhcrr all The time"
Chicago Record
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

Take the DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER
and get the news
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

This house
is backed by
forty cd d
years of ner-
chan dising
with many of
yon and your
neighborS. 1t
is a proud re
cord, and
where an i'm
proNcnIcn [
can be made
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-09

Whereas ut session of the General
Assembly of Maryland begun and held
in the city of Annapolis on the fifth day
Of January. 1899. Bill was passed pro
posing an Amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the State by adding new sec
tion 10 Article Four thereof, to be- known
as Section 81 \. which said Bill and
Amendment are in the words following.
To wit:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

| foga and reach there for dinner.
Did you ever fish in the lake? A man
may make a solitary business of it M
by the aid of a good book, a few cigars
and a mysterious 1at bottle get through
the day and probably catch some fish.
But that man never looks as well as he
feels on these little excursions, but a
girl win fish and sit all day in a boat and
look as sweet as winter strained honey
and as pretty as the flowers that grow
along the banks. The men will tumble
over each other to bait her hook and to
take the gasping fish from it, if she does
succeed in getting one.
I never saw but n woman who ished
because She liked it, and that was a dear
little sister of mine. She always had a
string of rock cod or smelts longer than
herself at might. The fish seemed to en-
joy death for Her sake. 1t was said that
she carried her bait in her pocket and
sometimes forgot end put Al angleworm
in her mouth to hold it like a pin, but
that isn't so. But she did really and
truly love to fish.
The girls of Saratoga follow the ex-
ample of the disciples. / won't tell ex-
actly what that means. If any one wants
to know, that person may read about it
In the gospels. The dresses they wear
on the jaunty little steamboats, and other
craft should be washable, for it is almost
impossible even for the neatest woman
to fish all day or an hour and keep spiek
and span. This is where the dear little
null sunbonnets come in handy. They
protect face and neck from sunburn.
They are worn also for golf and tennis.
Nearly all hats, where the wearer is ex-
pected to be in active movement, are
large and shady. There is a wide d.
versity of shapes. The big poke and the
Shovel nose" shapes are among the pref
test.
A pale lilac taffeta silk costume for the
races has a straw hat TO match, with a
large ruche of violet Julie. The whole
costume carries out the scheme of color.
Pink organdie makes another pretty cos
tune for that leafy bower.
Mrs. General u. S. Grant is at the
Windsor hotel, and it is likely she will
remain quietly there all summer She
has always liked Sarxsoga. Mrs. Grant
nearly always has some young girl with
her. This season it is Miss Mamie COT
fee. Mrs. Grant dresses in very quiet
taste, wearing black lace over silk or
grenadine all summer.
1t is the matrons who supply the
splendor and magnifcence to the grand
balls In their superb toilets. The young
girls add the grace and beauty. The chill
dren are very much in evidence, and
there viii be at least two grand balls and
as many open air fetes for them. Some
of them are dressed most e-xtravagantly
at these functions in real lace, silks and
jewels, but as a general rule the children
are plainly and sensibly dressed, just as
they are at home, except that they need
lighter clothing.
A very dainty fancy is noticed in the
pinafore dresses for young ladies. These
have a guimpe and sleeves of lace or en-
broidery, and the dress is cut away in
regular pinafore style. 1t looks very
cool and dressy, while in reality no cooler
than the organdie itself would be. Black
lace and white lawns and other thin
stuffs continue in popularity
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

In the early history of our country,
about 1850, among those who were
known as a principal, skilled mechanic
and machinist, was Joseph jerks, a ma
tive of Hammersmith, near London, who
was held in high estimation for his ex-
~traordinary ingenuity as an artifcer, and
many of his descendants to the present
day have occupied prominent positions in
civil life and in relation to the industrial
arts of the country OF this early mech
a~nician, who was the Tubal Cain of New
England, Mr.. Lewis, in his history OF
Lynn, Mass, remarks: "Joseph jerks
deserves to be held in perpetual remem-
brance in American history as being the
first founder who worked in brass and
iron on the western continent" BY his
hands the first models were made and
the first castings taken of many domestic
implements and iron tools.
The first article said to have been cast
was a small iron pot capable of contain
ing about a euart.@Hardware.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
A Crushed Correspondent.

During the siege Of Paris DIR. W. R.
c"Bsll RUM Russell was acting as war
correspondent for the London Times and
was very much in Bismarck's society.
One evening. when Bismarck had been
~denouncing the other English papers
with his usual violence and punGency of
phrase, DR.. Russell took occasion to OBJ
serve in a self complacent way:
well. You must admit, Count Bis
marck, that / at least have been entirely
discreet in everything that | have writ
ten to The Times. You have always con-
versed before me with the utmost frank
ness upon all sorts Of Subjects, and /
have been most careful never to repeat a
word Of anything that you have said"
Bismarck turned upon him with a look
of mingled anger and contempt. sThe
more fool your he roared. .Do you sup
pose that | ever said a word before you
that | didn't want to have you print?"-
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
WORST OF GANNIBALS!
Australian Mothers Who Eat
Their Own Children
CAUCASIAN MEAT NOT WANTED

Full Grown Men Permitted to Eat
EeIs and Observation-Disclosures Dexour
the eyes Of Then mem Killed
In Battle.
Professor Carl Lumholtz quite recently
spent several years in the w:lds Of Aus
tralia. partly for the purpose Of studying
the natives. He says that air Of fhea
are cannibals and that they ARD excess
lively ~treacherous. He himself VOID GER
tainly have been killed and eaten Nd 4
not been that the savages dreaded e rc-
yolver, imagined that he never siept5
credited him with supernatural poS
A correspondent of the Detroit News
Tribune says that the Australians son1e<
times construct primitive hufs By tgine =
few boughs together but they have no
settled habitafiens, their lives being
spent in wandering about in search "a
food and water. On the march the me1
walk in front. carrying their weapons;
and the women and children follow with
the baggage. Every woman carries 4
flat stone for crushing edible roots; also
stones for spear heads. knives and axesf
sinews for thread, needles OF kangaroo
bone, finder to make fire and such rootz
and fruit as are gathered on the road.
The women do all the work, D which
account they are valuable property, knd
a man is rich in proportion to the num{
Der of wives he has. 1t is exceptional
however, for q Ablack fellow to have
more thar one wife, owing to poverty
Girls are costly to bring up, and as wives
are obtainable only BIZ purchase they arc
slaves pure and simple. Professor Lum+
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

DdUIy Scared with natchef blows Gdmiu{
istered in the way of discipline BY their
husbands When a girl becomes a bride
before reaching maturity, her husband
rubs her with fat to make her grow.
The doctrines of Nautilus are praeticed
by these savages in a very effective WAN
namely, by killing a large proportion Of
the infants born Sometimes a blow Of
the club does the business, but the usual
mode is to thrust a stick through the
ears into the skull of the newborn child
Immediately after birth. If however, D
child is permitted to survive, the utmost
care and affection are lavished upon it
Water being so scarce, it is never bathed.
but is rubbed with dry sand to keep II
clean.
There are no more confirmed cannibals
thar these Australians. 1t is quite cus<
tomary for mothers to eat their ~
children. The Head are devoured to avoid
the necessity of prolonged mourning, and
the heart and kidney fat OF a slain ene-
my are eaten in order to acquire his
courage. In the north a warrior takes
the head of his foe and eats the eyes, aft
er which the skull is tossed about in Z
frenzied dance. There is a priesthood Of
mystery men or magicians, who pretend
that they require q diet OF human flesh
Black mems flesh is always preferred, thu
natives declaring that the meat OF white
people is salt and nauseating.
When a boy arrives at manhood, he il
permitted to eat eels md lizards. Also.
he may then be ornamented with d series
Of attractive scars across his breast and
stomach. The cuts are made with a sharp
stone or with the edge Of a shell, and
these are prevented from healing proper.
" by putting ashes in them or by allew&
ing ants to walk around in them. Conse<
quently, they heal at length in beautiful
ridges. The body is further adorned with
red, white and black paints, and on fes-
tive occasions the hair twisted up with 4
string and painted red. the couture being
further helped out with cockatoo feathers
n the tail of a dog. White, with some
tribes is the war coior, while with others
it is for mourning. but red is always the
hue Of gayety.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

sistant in st. Bartholomew Mission,
and before that worked for several years
in the WhitechapeI district in London,
living the life of the people themselves
and giving them practical Lessons in the
d~ecencies Of life by scrubbhng floors,
tidying gowns. washing children and
even preparing the dead for burial.
Miss Wray is at present directing the
work OF the tea missionaries who are
urging the value of tea as a substitute
for beer among the women Of the tene-
mc1ts,
Probably the best known feature of the
Church Army's work is the Open Door
division, at 76 Allen street, situated in a
house which was one Of the vilest dens
Of New Works east side. The place was
suppressed BY Police Captain Chapman
IN one Of his crusades against vice. and
the mission was started primarily to az
ford d refuge for the women rendered
homeless by this crusade. 1t has grown,
however. to a center Of temperance apG
Ereformatory work for the whole neig''
borhood
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
A WOMAN KEFORMER.

She Is Directress of Tea Saloons For
the Church Army.
One Of the most unique reform move
ments in the country is that conducted
by the Church Army, Of which Colonel
Henry H. Hadley is at the head. The
Church Army has recently opened in
New York what is known as a tea sa-
loon, which has been attracting attention
from physicians and reformers all over
the world.
Associated with Colonel Hadley in his
work Is Miss Sara Wray, who is direc-
tress of the women's work of the Church
Army. She was for Four years his as
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
q
: Richest Woman In
! Cuba q
. Beautiful Widow.


one of the biggest coffee plantations on
the island, and her estate is estimated to
be worth more than 100000. More
thar this, she is highly refined, rather in
tellectual, accomplished, witty and is
called very attractive. OF course the
most confident of the young Cuban swells
have tried to induce her to renounce her
widowhood without success; but then
who knows what luck the next sutton
may have?
Sonora Rosa Abreu is the name of this
Cuban Hetty Green. She is Cuban born
and bred. Her husband was a Cuban,
and all her interests and ~sympathies are
entirely n~on-Spanish. Aside from the
Countess Fernandino. she is the most
talked of woman in Havana, principally
for her social charm, her great generosi-
ty in charitable matters, her taste in
dress and her hospitality.
She lives in the Cerro, a fashionable
suburb Of Havana, or, more precisely, at
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
WCToRIA,5 CHAPLAIN.


Queen Victoria haasa psYs chaplain.
HeHsfhe Rev CeemeSG pSdQ1gL apgss son
or q distinguished 1iSnezof the Church
81 Scotland. Hess avery young man to
act as spiritual adviser to the ruler Of
Great Brftain and9ttte empress Of India,
but as d matter OF fact be probably acts
IN no such capacity, although his Office,
that of chaplain in ordinary, was orig
inally intended to be filed BY the person
al pastor Of the roynl incumbent.
Queen Victoria has a half dozen chap
lains besides. one In each of her palaces,
and the q aplain in ordinary win occupy
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

Palatino, on the edge of the Cerro. On
Sunday afternoon and evening she holds
a salon, which has actually become ia
nous in the West Indies. Everybody
goes. It is the meeting place of the rep
resentatives of the best Cuban and Amer
lean society in Havana. Officers of the
army and navy in uniform line up in
battalions around the walls Of her din
ing rooms. The literary, artfsec and dra-
matte world of the Cuban capital come to
meet this clever woman, with a clear,
bright, quick mind like a northern wom-
an. All society pays homage to her, and
she accepts it all with simple democratic
grace and dignity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

The business faculty can be enhanced
bv education up to a certain point. but no
amount az education can generate i. SAYS
necessari1F mean q high type Of fnInd. but
3 common~Sense sort of debit and credit
way e. looking e t{Inss slleklps s.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

his time in conducting services for the
members of the royal household and dis
pensing the charity of her highness.
The Rev. Mr.. Lang is a graduate Of
Magdalen college, Of which he was fellow
and dean. He has been a fellow of All
Souls and vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford.
He took deacon's orders in 1890 and was
ordained priest in 1891 at Ripon. From
1890 to 1898 be was curate of Leeds and
from 1898 to 1896 was examining chap
lain to the bishop of Lichfeld. Since
1895 he has been examining chaplain to
the bishop Of Oxford.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
cuBA's HETTY GREEN.

Here is a hint
to fortune hunt
ers, domestic or
foreign. The
richest woman
in Cuba is a
young and
! handsome wild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-21
ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT.
Suit Brought to Effect Adjustment of
Partnership Affairs.

D. Clarence r. Dix, through Attorneys
Wolf & Rosenberg, has entered suit against
Lewis Earle, asking for a settlement of
partnership accounts. The complainant
states that he and the defendant We're CO.
partners for long time, trading under
the firm name of Earle Brothers & Co,
and were engaged in the real estate. loan
and insurance business at go 14th street.
The petition states that the business re-
lations continued amicable until July 81
1899, when, differences having arisen, it
was mutually agreed that the partnership
should be dissolved. To Mr.. Dix was in
trusted the winding up of the firms affairs.
He states that the final statement shows
certain amounts due the firm by the de-
PENDANT which If paid would liquidate its
indebte dness. Mr.. Earle refuses, so the
petition avows. to pay the various items
and also to submit them to arbitration.
The prayers in the bill are that the
cause be referred to an auditor of the court
and that upon the final confirmation of the
report from this source decree for any
amount that may be found due be award
ed the complainant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-21
of the fight, and it looks as if the conven-

of the fight, and it looks as if the conven-
ton may assemble without a slate. The
primaries occur Saturday. There will be
warm contests in Cumberland among
pirants for the legislative nominations
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Com
pany, against which. for alleged pollution of
the Potomac river, the city of Cumberland
has filed a petition for an injunction. start
ed out on a new tack yesterday by filing
motion for removal to the United States
court at Baltimore, claiming that the de-
PENDANTS residents of West Virginia and
the properly involved is of more than $1,000
in value. The court had issued an order for
the defendants to show cause on or before
September 90 why an injunction should not
issue stopping them from polluting the
river. The court here, of course, will have
the say regarding the removal of the ca e.
The plant of the defendants is in Maryland.
The new move, a lawyer said last night,
was for delay. He doubts. however, the
wisdom of the course of the pulp mill
people, as it gave an opportunity to carry
the case to the Supreme Court. and Wash
ingtOn, which draws its water supply from
the Potomac, would then become inter-
eSted. a prominent lawyer of this section
recently in Washington says he detected in
the water there a taste similar to that
found in the polluted water here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-21
GREAT INTEREST DISPLAYED.
County Convention in Maryland At
tracing the Politicians.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND Md. Il September 2l.-1n-
terest in the approaching republican county
convention here Is equal to that d;sp aged
during a presidential champaign There are
scores of candidates, many of whom. to-
gether win anxious friends, have quit their
regular employments and are Gevoting their
whole time to politics.
The sharpest contest is for the states
attorneyship John G. Wilson, local coun
sci for the Baltimore and Chic railroad, and
lanes F.. Macbeth, who was defeated for
the nomination four years ago by Col. Geo.
A. Pearre, now representative In Congress.
nv the vote of a district and half, seem to
be in the lead d. Lndley Sloan, son of
Subtreasurer James Nj. Sloan, at Baltimore,
will become a formidable competitor ii h
carries the two Lonaconlng districts, where
there is a bitter fight between the Sloan
and the Martin-Dick factions. State Sena-
tor Dick is backing James Ma tin fer
sheriff Both sides are confident. 1t is said
that In the neighborhood of Sl,000 has been
bet on the result of the primaries in Lon
coming alone. A. A. Doub and Robert w.
McMichaeI are also in the fight for the
states attorney nomination.
The fight for the sherlnalty is next to the
states attorneyship in interest. The prin-
cipal contestants are John w. George of
Cumberland, Ulysses Hanna of Frcsf hul &
and James Martin of Homecoming, with the
chances in favor of George.
The leaders are keeping their hands out