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Or. II. r. Scudder Dead.

Cambridge Mass. (SpcciaD DR.. llor-
ace Elisha Scuder. the author and lit
cratcur and former editor OF the AT
lantic Monthly. died at his residence
here in his sixty fourth year. He had
been i'll for nearly year Heart ,rou-
BILE was the ultimate cause of his death.
4" fwidow and 4 daugh-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
For Murder OF I

Mount Clemens. y
Homer Bliss. 81 y
convicted several we
ing hi, father on Il
sentenced to i,rprison
imposing sentence judy
prisoner that ii was hai
a more revolving crime tia
OF ones father. and said
Bliss was Justly convicted
20 no mercy.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
For a Permanent Census Bureau.

The Senate Committee on Census
unanimously agreed to recommend the
passage OF the bill introduced by Scna
tor Hale to create permanent census
bureau The committee was addressed
by Director Merriam who said tina,
with permanent cStabli ,hment tho
york OF the bureau could he done bet
Ter and norc economically
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
$4,000 Salary for Ex.Presidcut.

Representative Lowering of Ma>sachu-
sets. introduced 4 bill providing sal
airy Tor cx-PrcsidentS OF the United
States at the rate of $4,000 ANNUALLY
from the date OF retirement from the
Presidency. The bill is TO apply to any
cx-Prcsdcai living at the time the law
i enacted
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
THEODORE ROO

The Hohenzollern has b.
drydock At Kiel to have
scraped and painted. She
ders to be fitted out 70
cruise and will sail for n
uary -. according to pre-
irving there about Febr,
Henry will sail early in
of the North German ]
He will be attended by
OF high rank. whose mans
been announ ed
The date OF the launching
peror'S yacht. it is understo
fixed for February 20.
The length OF Prince He
the United Sta-es is undct
will depend in part upon
President Roosevelt and the
his entertainment. Prince
10 America is regarded by
another evidence OF the z.
to wiu the good vii; o
people and government :
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
Is Miss Sicne Released !,

London, By Cable) The release OF
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone By the brigands
who have held her in captivity since Sep
tember 3, is believed to be only ques-
ton of hours. An official telegram re-
eeived in London, which was slisps+~i- :
from Constan> [nople affs- -: 'ess
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
EMPER
Prince Hem
WILL BRlf
Emperor William
the President.
welt TO Perform
His New Yacht
Welcome for Pf

Berlin. (By c;
liams yacht Ho'heI
New York to par;io
ing OF His Majesty'>
Henry OF Prussia v
al the ceremony as rel
pcror William.
Emperor William Il
lows in English to Pr,
! am mos, gratifcd |
mission for Miss Roose
the christening ccremor
1t gives me great plcasl
to you that ! have orc
Hohenzollcrn 10 cross oy
cnt at the ceremony. NJ
miral Prince Henry OF Pr
pear as my representative
able 10 express TO you@
sincere feelings and
United States and the
(Signed) W
President Roosevelt
in German:
Your Majesty's inten,io
your yacht Hohenzollcrn
christening by my daughte.
yacht is 4 source OF great !
satisfaction to rne. ! can a
hearty welcome for your |
mirai Prince Henry. 10 WI
personally express my sine
of esteem for your Majesty
my best wishes for the we
German people.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18

- is a new deal
Cuban Steel Or
nerS of the iron ore
m i'll Cuba, and that
ige hands.
I'd San Francisco di-
ing but routine bus
Ii is reportCi that
the month of No
inrreas Of over
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
cruise on
unc hend's knee

,eared, and Mrs. Web
.rately wounded. stag
iouse above, which is
:. B. Wood. She call
e vert and managed
boris door, where she
blood and fell TO the
lad been heard by
and help was summoned.
nd nurses soon being at
.scribes the negro as being
ht-colored as 4 white man.
height, with no mustache.
.ssed.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18
Threw Acid on Wrong

Aurora. H.. (Speci
Straussburgcr. OF Chicago
for the priesthood, was
victim OF an acid thrower a
Burlington and Quincy DEF
fund missed his eyes. but
and side of his nose were
thrower took 4 second lc
Tim. cried out; My Go
wrong man. and fed.
was able 10 return to hi
cage.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18

Miss Julia Foraker,
Ter OF Senator and NJ
married at her o.
IN - C-a~
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-01-18

re wore kap-
1rth.
Err A FACTOR.
Durirg the Past De-
Ase in the Percentage
alton in the West and
in the East. the South
rease.
,. c. (Special).-Th
Census announced the
Increase of population in
OF the country. showing
cade a rapid decrease from
OF growth of population
a less marked. bu; de-
the North aud 4 slight
South. For the first
of this country the
'outh has increased
" than that OF the
graphically. is IN
-th. The rate OF
til. West and
the same than
icial announce
Y as follows:
10 the eastern
Wyoming. Colo
20: North and
sides of a line
.ac and Ohio riv-
boundaries of Mis-
The percentage OF
TO 1880 was 6I.o in
the South. and 1880
n the last 20 years.
in the North. ass
/; West.
Var the Northern
population with
the Southern
)ulation was
reat.
with in both
much less,
growth in the
ably. that in the
years from 1860 to
atty less. During the
4e has been no substan-
in the rates OF growth of
lions. The per cent. OF in
.rowth of these regions dur
the last two Io-year periods
5000. North. AS; South.
7I.3; ISoo-I9oo. North. 10:
F: West. $40.
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70 NEARLY KILLS WOMAN.
Crime Committed ia LyGch5urs,
Virginia.

fhktnsCs
re-. Va, (SpeciaN The most
rhine ever pe:pe,rated in this
I'd when Mrs. Ralph WsTbcr.
srried lady living on/NIonroe
outraged and desperately
. an unknowX negro man.
re, after having accomplished
Sc. dragged her to the floor and
r. rcd his knee on her
or throat al
Webber.
9TH
ut
the
az. In
cruise on
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years
Ig into
< The ton
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Represeutntfye Wn.hfnrton.

Discussing the differences between
Washington and other American cities
in an article on 1.-The Capital of Our
Democracy" in The Century, Henry
Loomis Nelson says:
"If Washington is not like the typ
ical American city, how. then, can it
be the city of America, the one city
above all others in the land where the
stranger can most satisfactorily study
national traits? If its people are not
bubbling over with boiling energy; If
it is not shaken with the national fever
and ague, one day burning with the
heat of a boom and another day shak-
ing with the chill of a panic; If most
of its men are not struggling for mon
ey all day and rushing home to slip
pers and rest at evening; if the wives
and daughters of many of the more
successful of these hunters for wealth
are not vain seekers after social dis
tinction; if the idle American nobility
is not dominating in its society, as it
is in our other American cities, why is
life in Washington Enthusiastically
American? Because it is all America
on an even footing and all America in
repose, with time to be idle. 1t is
America not engaged in making its liv-
ing or its fortune"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
MAN BEFORE BREAKFAST.
More Ill Natured Than Woman, Says
an Observant Restauruteur.

an Observant Restaurateur.
"Of course" said an avenue restau-
rant keeper, 81 think my business gives
me the best opportunities in the world
for judging human nature. My obser-
vations have led me to the conclusion
that women, as nervous as they are
supposed to be, are more good natured
than men. The test for this trait comes
at breakfast time. Now, | suppose
that my customers are about as CHEEKY
lot as frequent any restaurant in the
city. A good many Of them are news
paper men, who, as usual thing, take
life as it comes without much COM
plant. If you take them in the even
ing or late at night, you will find them
the most companionable lot imaginable.
But let me tell you there is difference
in the morning.
"As friendly as am with most of the
men who come in here there is not
one whom | would care to provoke be-
fore he gets his breakfast. Most of the
kicks are made concerning the first
meal of the day. The waiter is too
slow; the steak is too rare; the steak is
too well done; the eggs are not fried
properly or are boiled too little or too
much. But by the time the average
man has had good meal and cup
of hot coffee Richard is himself again.
"Now, with women it is different. !
don't know whether it is because they
wake up less hungry than men or
whether an empty stomach affects their
nerves to less degree, but those who
get their breakfast here seldom annoy
us with complaints" s."-WashingtonP Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Don'ts For Literary Beginners.

Don't tell the editor what your fam
lily or friends or literary acquaintances
say of your manuscript.
Don't urge the editor to buy your
manuscript because you need the mon
ey to help you in contributing to the
support of your family or in making
your way through college.
Don't assume jaunty, sarcastic or
insistent tone with the editor. Don't
coyly ask him to permit this literary
dove to nest in your olive tree or else
return it to the ark at the above ad-
dress"
Don't try to temper the severity of
his judgment by sending him pressed
flowers with your manuscript or to
impress him with your literary power
and experience by telling him that you
write on the spur Of the moment and
never correct"
Bear in mind, in short, that the best
way to submit manuscript is simply
to submit it and let it speak for ITSELF
Franklin B. Wiley in Ladies' Home
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Big Fish Eat Little Fish.

1t is not an uncommon thing for
trees to be torn up by the great storms
that break over tropical countries and
swept out to sea. One time while
vessel was lying in the bay of Bengal
waiting for breeze to fill it's sails the
sailors spent their time in studying the
wonders of the deep. An object float
ing at some distance from the ship was
thought to be n turtle. When they
rowed up to it, however, it turned out
to be a tree upside down in the water.
Swimming in and about the leafiess
branches We're fishes of every descrip-
ton from three to nine inches long,
many beautifully colored. Outside the
branches ring of dolphins were keep
ing watch in the hope of gobbling up
any fishes foolish enough to leave their
harbor Of refuge, while wider circle
was composed Of sharks waiting for
their chances.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
An Old Idea.

Macaulay was not the first man to
frame the famous image of the man Of
new civilization standing amid the
ruins of that which we know today.
Long before he wrote Of his traveller
from New Zealand meditating upon
London bridge Mrs. Barbauld had used
the same image, with the difference
that she applied it to Blackfriars
bridge. An earlier reviewer had used
1t in an article published in 1867, we
are told by an English commentator,
and Horace Walpole says in one of his
letters, "At last some curious traveller
from Lima will visit England and give
q description Of the ruins CT st. Paul's."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Snow In Venice.

81 saw Venice once under unusual
circumstances" said traveller. "At
the time of which speak that sunny,
smiling land was wrapped in snow.
Our folks We're bit surprised, but the
natives were amazed To the real We
netians snow is a thing they do not
know how to deal with. Many persons
remain all day in bed indulging in hot
drinks and pass their time in doing
nothing. The children, to their extreme
satisfaction, are not sent to school. as
the streets and squares are covered
with snow. Those courageous persons
who venture abroad only walk at the
slowest pace. To cross bridge is con-
sidcred hazardous, if not foolhardy. ST.
Marks square is entirely deserted.
Even the pigeons are invisible"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16

There are many anecdotes and rem
iniscences of the author of Home,
Sweet Home" but perhaps nothing
better than the following, says the
Philadelphia Times. In 1885 Payne
spent some time in the south and form
ed the acquaintance Of daughter of
Judge Samuel Goode of Montgomery.
The woman, like others of her sex
about that time, kept an album" to
which her friends were. of course, ask
ed to contribute. Payne was applied
to, and this is what he wrote:
Lady, your name. If understood,
Explains your nature to letter;
And may you never change from Goode
Unless If possible to better.
The man who was asked to fill the
opposite page happened to be Mira
beau of Lamar, afterward president Of
the Lone Star Republic of Texas. And
this was his response:
am content with being Goode.
To aim at better would be vain;
But II | do it's understood,
Whateer the cause. 1t is not Payne.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Strong Even In Death.

A yew tree almost destitute of branch
es or bark grows abundantly in the
Caucasus to height of from fifty to
sixty feet and a diameter of little
over two feet. 1t grows slowly, but its
timber is almost indestructible except
by fire. 1t is considered superior in
durability, appearance and toughness
to mahogany, which it otherwise some
what resembles. In some large forests
of this tree it is very difficult to distin-
guish the live trees from the dead ones,
the latter being very numerous and
said to stand for 100 years after death
without exhibiting decay.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
The One who Was Afraid.

II like the dark" the bat exclaimed.
afraid of it? Not /
l spread my wings and fit around
Beneath starless sky"
"And so do l." remarked the moth.
The owlet hooted: "Who-o-o-
Who fears the dark? At any rate,
They cannot say l do!'
81 wish you did, observed the mouse.
"Now, I am very small
And I'm afraid of many things,
But darkness? Not at allv'
The watchdog gave a mighty yawn
And then a CHEEKY bark;
"While l am here to guard the house
Why should folks dread the dark?"
The cat upon the roof cried: New!
I'm sure l feel all right
Give me the darkness, If you please;
One sings so well at nightl
And all this while little boy
Lay trembling in bed,
With blankets, sheet and coverlet
Pulled high shove his head.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Kidney Disease Kills.
Its Victims Numbered by the
Hundreds of Thousands.

Kidney diseases should be attended to
at once, for almost 80 per cent of our
unexpected deaths OF today are from
that cause. DR.. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy is the only sure cure
known for diseases of the kidneys, liver,
bladder and blood, rheumatism, dyspep-
sia and chronic constipation 1t is
marvellous how it stops that pain in the
back, relieves the necessity of urinating
so often at night, drives away that
scalding pain in passing water, corrects
the bad effects of whiskey and beer and
shows its beneficial effects on the sys-
TEN in an incredibly short time.
George l.. Smith, foreman of the Hol-
ley Manufacturing Company's Works.
Lockport, N. Y, says in recent let
ter:
II have used DIR. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy with the
most beneficial results. was trou-
bled with gravel and kidney com
plaint very severely, it brothered
me a great deal, and have found
great relief from its use, and cheer
fully recommend it.
1t is for sale by all druggists, at 81 90 a
bottle, or bottles for So. OO-less than
one cent dose.
Sample bottle-enough for trial, free by mail
Dr.D.Kennedy Corporation, n, ,Rondout,N Y.
DIR. David Kennedy's Golden Plasters
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
NIizpnh.

How many people know that the
monument that Laban and Jacob set
up near the borders of Canaan and
called "Mizpah." or lookout, was
The literal meaning was this: "The
Lord watch between thee and me
when we are absent one from the 9th
er, and see that you are not up to some
new trick as soon as my back is turn
ed"
So when it is inscribed in an engage
ment ring it might mean, "The Lord
watch and see that you do not flirt
when we are absent one from the 9th
err
Those who use the text are some
times wiser than they know.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
A Child's Natural Question.

Roland was five years old when he
fell i'll with scarlet fever and was quar-
antined in the nursery with mamma as
nurse. During his convalescence the
doctor cautioned mamma not to let
anything come into the siclroom ex-
cept such articles as could either be
grave when he heard this repeated sew
eral times and. looking up from the tin
and wooden soldiers which he was
marshaling on the sewing board, said
Mamma, these can be scalded or
burned, but what are you going to do
with me?"-EXchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
LOOK LIKE FlATIRONS.
Curious Stone Implements of Our
Aborigines Puzzle Scientists.


Among thousands of curious objects
of utility, weapons, etc, of the races
that peopled North America in prehis-
toric times that one sees in the cases
and cabinets in the Smithsonian insti-
tuition are some five or more curiously
wrought stone objects from mounds in
Tennessee bearing such close re-
,,emblance to modern fatrons that
many people have thought that such
might have been their use among their
prehistoric makers, although it would
be hard to imagine what the primitive
aborigines of this continent had to
iron.
The shape and appearance of these
objects in every way correspond with
u modern fla'se)n, handle and all, and
thus far scientific men have been un-
able to discover what they were used
for. 1t is, however, just n little singu
lar that wrought stones, similar to the
ones from the Tennessee mounds, have
been found in Peru among the tombs of
the Incas and at the metropolis of An
con. The old Spanish writer's, men
who accompanied Pizzaro in the con-
quest of that country, state that the
ancient Peruvians, who were great
builders, used these wrought stones, or
so called fatirons, as. trowels in plas
tering walls with mCbar.
The objects found in one of the Ten
nessee mounds are the only ones that
were ever found in the United States
and the only way to account for their
presence in that locality is to suppose
that in pre-Columbian times a great
deal of Peruvian material reached
countries far to the north of the 18TH
mus by means of intertribal trade
Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16

One morning a lady noticed a hornet
on the window of her parlor. She
started to drive out the unwelcome
visitor, but was called away for few
minutes, and the hornet was forgotten.
Soon little Elmer ran into the room
to look at a passing parade. He did
not see the hornet and leaned his fore
head directly upon it, whereupon it re-
taliated in the usual way.
With shrieks anG rapidly swelling
forehead he ran to his mother, crying:
"Oh, mamma, / hurt myself on a
bugT
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
FOR THE CHILDREN
The PossibiIitie,I In n Roy.

have profound respect for boys.
Grimy. ragged, tousled boys in the
street often attract me strangely. A
boy is man in the cocoon. You do
not know what it is going to become.
His life is big with possibilities. He
may make or unmake kings, change
boundary lines between states, write
books that will mold characters or in
vent machines that will rcvolutioniZe
the commerce of the world. Every
man was IL boy. 1t seems strange, but
it is really so. Wouldn't you like to
turn time backward and see Abraham
Lincoln at twelve, when he had never
worn pair Of boots, the lank. lean.
yellow, hungry boy-hungry for love,
hungry for learning -tramping off
through the woods for twenty miles to
borrow book and spelling it out
crouching before the glare Of the burn
ing logs?
Then there was that Corsican boy,
one of a goodly brood, who weighed
only fifty pounds when ten years old,
who was thin and pale and perverse
and had tantrums and had to be sel>t
supperless to bed or locked in dark
closet because he wouldn't mind"
Who would have thought that he would
have mastered every phase of warfare
at twenty-siy and when the exchequer
of France was in dire confusion would
say: "The finances? l will arrange
them"
Distinctly and wildly remember a
squat, freckled boy who was born in
the Patch" and used to pick up coal
along railroad tracks in Buffalo. A few
months ago l had motion to make
before the court of appeals at Roches-
ter. That boy from the Patch" was
the judge who wrote the opinion grant
ing my petition.
Be patient with the boys. You are
dealing with soul stuff. Destiny waits
just around the corner.
Be patient with the boys!-Philistine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16
Cleaning and Pressing ns a Business.

There are hundreds of towns and
small cities where boy or young man
can do n good business in cleaning and
pressing clothes. In Morristown, n.
j., Kelsey B. Gould began by circulat-
ing attractive printed matter and ar
ranging to serve his customers on
yearly contracts. After awhile he pro-
vided dress suit cases for his custom
ers, and clothes were collected and de-
livered by uniformed messenger boys.
Calls were made regularly every week.
The business requires very little capi-
tai, and any bright boy with push can
make success of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-05-16

The Princess Susette was shrieking
with delight over her first mud pie.
The nurse grabbed the lines from the
groom and urged the pony forward by
jerking the lines backward after the
manner Of women. The sentry's horse
moved majestically out from the gate
post and blocked the way.
"Get out of the way!'' ordered the
nurse furiously.
''You cannot passw said the sentry
coldly.
81 want the Princess Susettew cried
the nurse wildly.
She jerked the pony's head and tried
to turn by the sentry, but a great
gauntlet caught the pony's bride and
held it in wise. The pony, bewildered
by the whip behind, began to plunge,
and the groom had to run to his head
The distracted nurse scrambled from
the cart and ran with flying skirts to-
ward the gate, but the gray troop
horse felt the dig of sharp spurs and
plunged desperately out to head her
off. Crowded into a corner by the pal
ace gate, the nurse ca..ed to the groom
to drive ON and get the Princess Su
sette.
The troop horse wheeled, and the
sentry whipped out a cleaning pistol
from his saddle holster.
"Haltr' he thundered, and the order
rang in the ears of the groom like a
pistol shot. The pistol looked big and
black, and the gaunt soldier by the gate
with his bearskin huzzar cap and the
scarlet dolman over his shoulder was
terrible to look upon.
The groom skunk back, and the nurse
wept in despair.
1t was the best time the Princess
Susette ever had in her whole life.
When she came back, the hair hGd
struggled down into ner highness' face
and there was a smudge of blue black
mud across the tip Of her highness'
little snub nose. Her highness' stock
ings, wet as dishrag, were slung
around her highness neck in lovely
way that the lodgekeeper's children
had shown her. The princess carried
one shoe in her hand; the other had
IlOuleu Oll uOWu lue SlTeulu ulleT IL
tempestuous career as an ocean liner,
plying across the creek and carrying
pebbles. The princess snifIled with
cold in her head. but the heart of the
princess was glad.
The nurse, on the verge of Mysteries,
waited on the other side of the sentry
line like football player ready to
tackle.
But the Princess Susette turned back
to the sentry.
"Alr. Soldier" she said.
The sentry was staring fixedly at the
gatepost
"Mr. Soldier" she said, tugging at
his boot, "AIr. Soldier, fink | would
like to kiss you"
The sentry looked down out of the
corner of his eye at the sweet little
flushed face. The sentry sheathed his
drawn saber with clang. The sentry
reached down his two big gauntlets to
the Princess Susette.
The nurse and the groom were horri-
fed at the spectacle.