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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11
Over The Phone.

Quillen-''H Hello Central"
Ccntral-'ls that you Mr.. CULLEN =
Quillen-"Ri you are honey Have
you seen anything of my friend Scott
who promised to attend to this end of
the county 2"
Central-"Nit -
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11
Democratic.

Democratic.
BALTIMORE COUNTY.
BALTIMORE CITY.
CAROLINE.
CARROLL.
CECIL.
DORCHESTER.
FREDERICK.
HARTFORD.
HOWARD.
MONTGOMERY.
QUEEN ANNE'S.
ST. MARY'S.
TALBOT.
WASHINGTON.
WICOMICO.
WORCESTER.
Republican.
ALLEGA ANY.
ANNE ARUNDEL.
CALVERT.
CHARLES.
GARRETT.
PRINCE GEORGES.
SOMERSET.
KENT.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11
BOX IRON.

Mrs. David Hayman, of Onancock.
Va, who has been spending the past
week with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II. Riley. returned to her home on
steamer Pocomolse Monday last.
Mrs. Samuel Jones Of Greenback was
in our town one day this week
We are glad to report little Wallace
Brimcr better at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs Stansbury White spent
SUNDAY last with Mrs Whites brother.
Mr. Curt Baker
Mrs. Dinzie, of Berlin. is spending a
while with her sister, Mrs. Edward
Brimcr.
We are glad Ia see Mr.. Oliver Rich
ar,lson, of Baltimore. with us again.
Mrs Samuel Williams spent Sunday
last with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. j.
H. Riley.
There must be some jealousy mani
Tested at this place over the widows or
there would not be SO much criticism.
The MESSENGER told YOU last
week the Democrats would win
When Col. Smith enters Il rae,
he does it to win. The Organ
PLAYS jovful music this week.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11

80 Notes Constitutional Amendment and 100 against
John T. Moores majority both tickets
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-11

Having rented my farm. decided to dis
continue farming and desiring to sell
all my Stock and Farming Implements,
| will sell at public auction,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

coctor twho has been called out of
bed at 2 o'clock in the morningl-Let
me feel your pulse tAfter 6 moment)
Have you made your will?
Patient (alarmed) No, but
Doctor-Who is your lawyer?
Patient-Mr Studds Why. doctor.
do yon think
Doctor-Then you had better send for
him Who is your minister
Patient tstiIl more alarmed)-Rev
Mr.. SANITY Am l.
Dootor-I think he had better be sent
for
Patient badly frigbtened)-Oh doc
tor. do you really think I'm going to
dieg
Doctor-Nu, | don't. There's moth
ing at all the matter with you, but ]
bate to be the cnly man who has been
made "a fool of tonight Mer
curry
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Not n Coward After All.

An army surgeon tells q story of an
officer many of you know 1t was before
Santiago. The surgeon. going to the
front, came upon the young officer, sit
ting beside tte road, trembling like
leaf aud whittier than the dead men
around him At sight Of the surgeon be
began to talk
"I'm coward I'm coward. I'm
q coward" -" he said Il knew I'd r1n.
and did Oh, I ord. | wish you'd kill
mei I'm disgraced forever | just got
scared / knew would | was going
along al right, not thinking of any
thing hut getting at the dashed Span
iards. yelling to my men to come on
end running ahead as fast as | could,
when all vt sudden | stubbed my toe
or something. and then | can't remen-
her being scared, but ] must have been,
Tor | care galloping hack here. sick as
a dog On, feel so awfully gonel I'm
thanked coward. and | wish was
dead oh, Lord, why don't somebody
shoot mei I've got such an awful gone
ness right here. And he put his hand
TO his stomach The surgeon gave him
quick look and caught him as he
plunged forward in 2 faint Where the
awful goneness was d Mauser bullet
had found its billet They carried the
wounded man to the field hospital. aud
be chacSled all the way
oh, my Oh. my ~ he said over and
over Il wasn't scaredl l wasn't scar
edr Aud then he would laugh delight
ally II wasn't scaredl was hit-l
was Just hiil | amt a coward after
all - Washington Post
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
A Pretty Eject.

An illuminated sign ON a store mp
town spells the name of the proprietor
in letters outlined by electric lights and
is lit up and then made dark again
When the sign begins
TO shine out, the electric bulbs at the
left are the first TO appear, and then the
illumination follows the course of an
immense pen writing the pame out. So
closely is the course cf the pen followed
that the ''i'' in the name is not dotted
with its especial electric light dot until
the last flourish at the extreme right of
the name is lit up. Then, with per
ceptible interval. as if the gigantic pen
was being carried back, the dot ON the
''i'' is made and shines out and the
whole name appears. New York Sun
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
a year later. however. She retnrn.
Lane ndnarks.

Every town has liar or two, smar,
Aleck, some pretty girls. more loafers
than it needs, "a woman or two that
tattles, an old fogy' that che town
would be better off without, men who
remarks about the women, man who
laughs an idiotic laugh every time he
says anything, scores of men with the
caboose of their trousers worn smooth
as glass and men who can tell you
about the weather and how to run other
peoples business, but who have made
dismal failure of their own. North
wort Naws
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
CnmrictInn.. Indeedi

What whip likes, says Mr.. La.
bouchere in London Truth, sis sheep
that never opens its mouth and which
suhmissively goes into the pen to which
the whips finger points. Years ago /
remember once voting ON some very
tritling issue against Liberal official
dom The next time | met the chief
whip he glared at me as though | were
II monster of iniquity and asked me
whether | could give any explanation
of my conduct.
IL modostly replied that | had thought
,that the other side was right. He al
most had u fit and gobbled at me like
an irate turkey | asked him whether
was 20 vote against my own oonvio-
tiCns. 'D--n your convictionsp he said
A pretty pass thi~gs are coming To
when one OF our lot talks about convic.
tionsl
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
A DIsnuIed Herr.

81 suppos. that Whittem is a grea.
hero in your community" said De
troiter to friend from one of the in
terror towns
"Oh | don knowr
"Don L know? Why. man, his bravery
was remarkable / read all about il in
tho pHpers. When his store was on fire,
he rushed 10 the SCENE, disregarded the
warnings shouted to him. pushed his
way through the binding smoke and
seethiug flames and dropping irehrand-
TO his Office dropped ON his knees in
the live Goals before the safe, worked
the hot knob until the combination
caused the glowing doors to open, seized
valuable paper, rammed II beneath
his vest TO protect il from the raging
element aud staggered forth again from
the consuming caldron. It was one of
the most thrilling aJ;s q bravery ! ever
heard Of. -
DO you happen to know what that
paper was for which Whittem risked
his lifeg''
mo, but it must have been very
important document No man would
incur such dnnger without his very for
tune was at stake
"You'd think so, wouldn't you:
Well, sir, that paper was the pedigree
of Whittem trottin boss that never
beat 2;2S and never will. "-Detrnit
Free Press
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
.JuggIer~ of tndin.

Two men-one old and emacinted,
carrying a native drum the other young
and well fed. fantastically gowned with
au uverskiTt of oolored handkerohiefs,
aud multitude of bells which jangle
nnsily AZ his slightest movement; long,
ragged hair. altogether a hideous figure.
The drummer begins weird tomtom-
ing aud the other man an inCantation.
Then he extends supra "a bamboo
tiay used by all natives-on which any
one who pleases places large handful
of rice and the same quantity of grain
The two ingredients are thoroughly
amalgamated, SO that il would in the
ordinary way take hours to separate
them
Now the fantastic man with his tray
begins He turns round slowly, gradu-
ally quickt ming ms pace tthe drummer
also keeping timel, faster and faster in
a giddy vortex, the tray at times almost
out Of his hands, yet so cleverly handled
that not grain falls out 1t is very
trying to watch. but in couple of
minutes both stop simultaneously, and
the man shows to the wondering spec
tutors two little heaps-one of rice and
tho other grain-at different ends of the
tray, which in his sickening gyrations
he has been able to separate by some
extraordinary Manipulation. Pearson s
Weekly
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
,1Innnt.u I,nn.r.

1.-THE haunted house in this case,
said the old college man was occupied
by very estimable and Intelligent
gentleman He did not believe in
ghosts but two nights had mude him
look old and careworn. and there were
certainly loud, strange aud startling
noises in hisuttic They would continue
right mp to the time that some one en-
tered the haunted room. but the open.
ing of the door was the signal for a
most oppressive silence
Half a dozen of us college fellows
asked permission to investigate, and it
was gladly granted We waited till we
heard the noise and assure you that
there was plenty of it 1t continued un
til we had crcpt up stairs. but ceased
when we entered the attic We waited
there without result till big Hicks Of
the football team, carried out plan
We closed the slide TO the dark lantern,
slammed the door noisily, rs though
leaving. and then settled down to wait
Presently the noise began We flashed
the light in its direction. and there was
a jug rolling back and forth rapidly,
the handle striking the floor with a
loud thud
- Must be spirits in that Jug.
laughed big Hicks, but his laugh was n
tremolo Wen see and he let 40 with
one of his famous kicks that shattered
the uncanny vessel Then every fellow
let out yell and jumped as though
trying TO knock Il hole in the roof A
rat had crawled into the jug and had
heen frantically trying to get out -
Detroit Free Press
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
rhc rlntrnr,n wnmnn.

The platform woman never has been
a credit to. hut ever blot upon. Amer
lean womanhood | make this emphatic
statement from personal knowledge
of the homes which these women leave
behind when they 20 to their meet
ings, writes Edward Box in The La
dies Home journal
IL have seen the rooms of their
homes left il wild disorder; have seen
their servants sitting in idleness with
work ON every hand to do; | have seen
the children neglected and left to their
own devices | have heard husbands
speak in derision of the motives of their
wives No woman in II happy American
home can ever afford to listen to these
parasites of her sex
Fortunately the platform woman :
influence is steadily ON the wane She
was never a power She was never even
picturesque Her worst injury was
wrought upon certain weak women who
for the time she deluded But even
with them she was soon regarded with
wonder rather than with interest with
suspicion rather than with confidence
The disappearance of the platform wo-
man is n case Of "a blot being blotted
out
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Hanson Cabs on the Stage.

Clement Scott used to think the first
hansom cab driven on the stage was in
Andrew Halliday's Great City," at
Drury Lane, in April, 1867. But an old
playgoer writes to him; 1.-The first han
som cab that was ever driven on the
stage in my recollection was at the
Olympic, under the management of
George Wild, in the early part of 1871
1t was in drama by Laman Blanchard
called The Road of Life; or. A Cab
man S Career =
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Cons,unt soueenInu.

Now, Algernon. said Miss Fussan
feather, as she was tightly held in toe
embrace of her fiance, they tell me
that men get tired of squeezing after
they are married Will you promise me
not to give it up after we are man and
wife?''
'Oh, 1 assure you 1t is not necessary
TO make any such promises, replied
the young man II guarantee you II
have all the squeezing you want to do
TO get along ON 81 a week. "-Exchange
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

Il AM unable to understand the
large percentage of crime among
the boys of this enlightened city,
For the last three weeks, while |
have been on the bench in this
court, fully seventy-hve per cent
of the prisoners brought before me
have been boys under sixteen. !
repeat, | cannot understand il.
There must be something radically
wrong with their home training
Here are two boys before me, nei-
ther of them fourteen years old,
and both for the second time
charged with burglary, and five
others under sixteen charged with
the same crime. Unless there is
some restraining force brought to
bear on these young boys | do not
know what will become of them. y
Judge Aspinwall, Brooklyn, NY.
The same condition exists over
the entire country. Crime, espec-
tally among the rising boys and
girls, is alarmingly increasing and
it seems that the execution of the
law has very little tendency to
check the spread of crime, "Edu-
cate the child" is one of the cardi-
nal principles of a powerful organ
ization. Teach the child that the
wish of its father and mother must
be obeyed; careless home training
is responsible for much of the
crime and shiftlessness which pre-
walls today.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
He Never Complained.

Il never complained. once said
Sa'di, the poet, 'of my condition but
ON single occasion, when my feet
were bare and | had not money to buy
shoes, but | saw a man without feet and
became instantly contented with my
lot,
Being asked from whom he learned
his philosol ny. Sa'di replied, From
the blind, because they never advance a
step until they have tried the ground. "
They asked me, " Sa'di writes in
the Gulistan. "'Of whom didst thou
learn manners2' | replied: From the
unmannerly Whatever l saw them do
which | disapproved Of that abstain
ed from DONG,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Not So bad.

Brown lived between Gray and Green
Green was as quiet II neighbor as you
could wish TO have. and so was Gray.
for that matter, but he had barking
dog that was the torment of Brown $
life. One day in his desperation he told
Gray that if be would get rid of the
dog he would give him SO.
"All right, " said Gray. ''I'll do it. -
Meeting Gray down town that after.
noon Brown asked, "Have you done
what you agreed to do and got rid of
that dog?'
Gray-Yes, I've got rii of him.
Brown-Ihank goodness Now |
shall sleep nights, By the way, what
did you do with him?
Gray-I sold him to Green. He gave
me SO for him. Not SO bad. ehi-Bos
ton Transcript
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Hope of Disturbance.

He had been tossed about uucomfurt
ably for 80 years He had gentle, con
templative. book reading disposition.
was fond of pretty things, good man
nors and repuse. But he had had to
work hard at things which rufiied his
spirit "Intolerabie" was the word most
frequently on his lips. But now be has
an easy, salaried position, oongonial
work, and tor the time is comfortable
The other evening he sat in his cheer
ful apartment, with warm dressing
gown about him, and talked to friend
about how the troubles of life had fallen
away from him, how at last he had ar.
rived in the haven His friend told him
that he was Just in the condition to ex
perience a new disturbance, deeper than
all the others; that this rest was only a
lull in the storm.
what do you meang' he asked
The reply was connter question.
Are you as much resolved as ever
TO live aloneg" this friend asked
There was pause. Then the contem-
plative man said slowly, AS an alb
stract proposition marriage doesn't seem
as disagreeable to me as it did. "
His friend smiled. lyon will find
that you will be deeply disturbed again
before very long. he said.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

The Salidn Record exempIified
Il case of the pot calling the kettle
black last Friday. The editor call
cd the Florence Tribune down for
printing an obsolete official direc-
Iory while in his own lodge direc-
tory he has several names ofoficers
who have not been in office for
three years. SaIida Mail.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

DAVID H. MoFFAT, of Denver.
makes the following statement re-
gardiug the proposed smelter deal
and against which the Denver
press is kicking so hard. Mr..
Moifat says:
Il think it would be a good
thius for the miner and mine own
ers, 1t would, in all probability,
raise silver to so cents an ounce in
the near future. The producers
of copper have such an agreement,
and look at the result upon copper
mining. Colorado silver producers
should be allowed to adopt all le-
gitimate methods for controlling
and raising the price of their pro-
duct. 1t seems to me that is what
Colorado mine owners need and
have wanted, The smelters agree
to reduction of charges for ore
treatment to continue for ten years.
although present charges are low
er than ever before, / am as much
Interested in Colorado mines as
most Coloradoans, and, would like
to see the smelters make the agree
ment. 1t would help Colorado. -
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
True ifriendship.

Author-Wnen you come to my new
book, | hope you will not be too severe
on me.
Critic-l read 1t last week, and my
criticism was certainly not detrimental
Author-Why. | didn't see any no
uce of it III your column
Critic-Of course not We have al
ways been friends, and for that reason
refrained from printing my candid
opinion of it.-Chicago News.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

The man who doesn't advertise
because he wants to cut down ex-
penses, is wise. He can always
have plenty of time to think and
no money TO count.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

The public generally and any
sensible man likes the earnest
hustler. the man who advertises
and interests the people in what he
says Time is too precious to fool
with stiff,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

The mathematicians who fig
ure ton of 1000 troy pounds for
get that there are only two kinds
of tons, the advoirdupois ton of
2,2i0 pounds in England. and 3
600 pounds in the United States,
and the metric ton of 2,204.6
po ,nds; therefore there can be no
such thing as ton of 24.ooo troy
ounces, the United States ton being
$4,000 advoirdupois ounces of 1874
grains each. Two thousand
pounds troy contain 29,l66 2-3 troy
ounces. With the mint valuation
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

of s2067lS3l for an ounce of gold
be value of a ton, United States
measure, usually called short ton,
i S602 92S.49.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Aristocracy of polIdem.

My doll can shut her eyes and go to
sleep just lovely"
HUH My doll never goes to sleep
at all: she's got insomnier. "-Chicago
Record
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
WEDDING
INVITATIONS

or Announcements. Correct styles. Ice
elegantly printed, including two envel-
opes with each, for s4.oo. 80 for S2.75
Also calling cards, latest style and beau
tiful type effects. Address,
THE TRIBUNE Florence.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
wniinr to share the Honor.

Patient-No. doctor, there isn't any
particular pain. but somehow ] feel as
if | were gong to die.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

Navigation in the Suez canal is often
interrupted by sand storms
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Successive steps In Success.

The ambitious amateur went to see
the experienced theatrical manager
II want to be IA star actress. she
said What do you advise me to dog'
"H m-have you ever had an affair
of the heart z he asked
'Wen. she simpered, two or three
young fellows are breaking their hearts
about me.
That won't quite do Go and get
your own heart broken he said, and
then come again,
She had heard something like this
before and she went away with her
chin in the air
a year later, however. she returned
"Well she said. choking down a
sob Il have come back to you-hoaIt
broken. | married one of those Young
men He treated me shamefully and
has deserted me
"Ah. that is something like. said
the manager, rubbing his hands togeth
er I'VE are getting on. Only one thing
more is necessary, my dear young wo-
man-get your divorce. and then we
shall want you Chicago Tribune
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

In Malta fowls are pluoked alive in
the open market
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24

Entered at the postofiice at Florence Colora-
do, for transmission through the mails as matter
OF the second class.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
TILE FREE LIST.

Office, opposite D. 4 r. q. depot
Telephone, No. 10.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-24
Florence Daily Cribuae

Mako all remittanees payable to the Florence
Daily Tribune.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

After The Herald went TO press
last week the following cases were
disposed of in the District Court;
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
John Mckinney, bigamy dis
missed by the State.
John Cunningham, murder adj
mitted to bail in tive sum Of ST. 900.
John Cunningham, ST., Dan Cum
ningham and Andy Cunningham
furnishing the bond.
j. W. Mitchell, burglary ad-
mitted to bail in the sum Of $3.50,
with e. A. Evans and q. w Debord
as surities.
Tom Bosworth, burglary adj
mitted to bail in the sum of 800,
with Charles HUMPHREYS, j. H.
Adams-and John McElroy as sur
cites.
j. Cherwenker, theft of cattle I;
admitted to bail in thesum of $500,
J. F. Houchins and Joe Stanzel
surcties.
John Evans, assaultwith intent
to murder admitted to bail in the
sum of $500, with c. f. Kaiserand
Vim. Watson as sureties.
John Brown, theft of a horse !;
continued by the State, on account
of absence of material witnesses.
Brown is the ouly prisoner now in
Jail charged with felony.-IIallets-
vile Herald.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

there is any of the fleecy staple in
the fields.
Mr., Hermann Dreyer's new dwell
ling, in the vicinity of Dreyer, is
nearly finished. He will move into
it the latter part of this month.
Happy Hermann.
Mrs. Ii. r. Ereckler will depart
from here ina few days, for a short
time only. She will visit her rela-
tives at High Hill, Fayette Co.
TX ~
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
Moulton News.

Moulton, Texas; Nov. 8, 1S99j.
Editor GAZETTE:
Mrs. Gus Arnim returned fromi
Burnett last Friday, where she hadi
been for some time. visiting her
parents. She was accompanied on
her return by her sister Miss Allie
Leach. Miss. Allie has a large
number Of friends here who are >
glad to see her come back
r. s. Burke, the popular station
agent for the Sap, has bought the
Kotzebue cottage near the depot.
Luecke & Rothbauor have dis
solved partnership in tile saloon
business, Mr.. Luecke buying out 3
Mr.. Rothbauer's interest and isnow
going it alone.
A. W, Hinrichs went.to SanAn-.
tonic Friday on business.
Mrs. Kubitz, of Flatoniu, has
bought the Woodley' property in
West End and win move some time
in the nearsfdEarero i4uuitv-ss
her home.
Fritz Helweg has accepted a pos
itien with Fritz Luecke, as bar
keeper:
Fred Jackson and Ed. O.. Arnim,
went to sanAntonio Sunday to see
the sights.
!, Lorenz R6thbauer is now driving /,
the Lone Star beer wagon for Henry
Etlinger.
What is Moulton. going to do
about fire protection for the winter
months2' It isneeded, we all know:
we also know that it cannot be
secured without an effort.
Kneisler' has moved his restau-
rantto Bucek g. Michulka's saloon.
The Lone Star brass band left for
SanAntonio Sunday morning to
take part in the band contest.
Married, Tuesday evening, Nov
ember :, at the home of the brides
parents. MI. Frank Knestcr and
Miss Lcda Niebuhr, Rev. Rapp Of
Baursvillo performing the cere-
mony'
Henry Krause went to Flatonin
Monday'on business.
Success to- The GAZETTE.
REAYER.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08

LOST--0n Thursday September
18th, u light roam pony, no brand,
about 5 years old, about IA hands
high. A reward of $3.50 will be
paid for his return to me at Sinner,
Texas. r. f. WELHAUsEN.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-08
NEWS FROM DREYER,-

AMPS well at Dreyera School
opened here Mt last with very
small attendance, yet better late
than never. No mercy for the
farmer boys and girls as long. as