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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
THE OYSTER PLANTING.
Practical Illustration of the I'm
pOrtance of Planting. The
Price OF Shells.

a correspondent OF the Baltimore San,
writing from Crisfield. says:
Nelson Bros, formerly OF Somerset
county. Maryland. bat now residing in
North river. Virginia, have taken up
1000 acres of oyster ground in POGO
moke sound. between Muddy Marsh
and the Ledges, on which they have al
ready planted 100000 bushels of shells.
These shells seeded only 100 acres,
and it is their intention to plant like
quantity every summer until all of their
ton. The last shells were planted only
two weeks ago, and they are already
covered with fine strike of young
growth, some of the young oysters
ranging in size from dime to quarter
One can imagine the value of this oys-
ter bed when covered with marketable
oysters and the large returns for small
amount of capital invested.
The shells cost in Baltimore = cents
per bushel, aud before they had been
moved the firm was offered four cents
per bushel for them just as they lay
This rapid increase in the price of shells
leads experienced oystermen to predict
that they will be worth 10 cents per
bushel i'll IA few years.
Until 1880 the shells had no CONNER
cial value and oyster packers were com
PEELED to pay to have them removed
from around their shucking houses. As
they made excellent ballast for the large
schooners and the pungies then engage d
in the oyster industry. it was the invari
able custom on discharging cargo of
oysters to have large number of shells
wheeled into the vessel hold in return
On reaching the oyster grounds these
shells were shoveled overheard general
ly on barren bottoms. and thus the
dredgers were busy all winter almost
unconsciously increasing the oyster sup
ply. BY this use of shells FOR ballast
the spat during the summer had sur
face on which to catch. and dredgers
were continually running on new Jumps
of oysters. as they were called. during
the succeeding fall and winter.
Then came time when shells began
TO have Il commercial value The rail
roads used them for ballast, the counties
for roads and the planters in Vir-
ginia and other States created an in.
creasIng demand, until now they have
reached price when they can be used
only for planting purposes. Shells at
10 cents per bushel or even less are too
costly for road material
Another firm from Somerset county
that has done well in Virginia is that of
Coulbourne Bros. They tried farming
for number of years and were moder-
into oyster planting OH the Rappahan-
mock river. At first they met with re-
verses, but persisted and have since
prospered. They now have, it is stated,
at least 100000 bushels of oysters on
their beds. They took up by actual
measure 10000 bushels of oysters this
summer and moved them near their
oyster house in Wheaton for next win
ter's shucking. Every winter they now
open about 10000 bushels and the shells
are reserved to be replaced on the beds
during the summer. They give employ
ment to about 300 people.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
Big WOman"M "MOOnShiner"

Kentucky is famous for big men. \
Kentucky woman too big to appear i'll
court has beef found, according to the
New York >cn. Jane Woolsey, of
Leitchfield. was arrested for "moon-
shining" She proved to be the big full
moon, sure enough. Marshal and dep
uties managed To get her up one flight of
stairs. but they couldn't have got her
any farther, even with the aid of der
rick. She stuck. The courthouse was
not built for such as she. Her majestic
bulk dwarfed it, She docsn't reach far,
only five, feet five, but she weighs I20
pounds. The United States commits
sioncr has asked for permission to hold
her trial outdoors. She has Il width
and weight that recommend her to
mercy. She is a large offender who has
offended little. "Wednesday merciful
magistrate of this town discharged
without fine Bermudan six feet nine
who had been drunk in proportion. His
inches saved him. \ monument of ma
turc bedewed with rum still has GER
tain dignity and stirs compassion Jane
Woolsey has Il name of queens and car
dinals. Let her go and grow up with
the country.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
Mild Winter Predicted.

Here's a prediction that will fall on
the ears of the man whose coal bin is
still empty. like the choicest music.
Prof. q. +. Myers, of the government
weather department, says the great
quantities of rain that have fallen in
this country are due solely to the erup-
tion of Mt. Pelee and other interior
volcanic disturbances He says that the
summer season in this section will be
prolonged until late i'll the fall He also
predicts Il mild winter. His theory is
that the volume of water which has
fallen during May, June and July can.
not be evaporated from the earth dur
ing the summer months aud that the
water being i'll the earth will hold the
summer heat far into the winter Truly
there is balm for every ill.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 10 know of the wonderful
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
A MUCH PATCHED Up NAN
Though Many Parts of His Anat-
Omy are Broken or Missing
He Still Lives.

The most patched-up man in history
has been discoved 10y the CicreInnd Plum
Dtdicr. The name of this man is
George Burns and the Plain Deaier
says that 1.-THE catalogue of Burns af-
fiictions and physical disabilities reads
like list of casualties in mine
disaster or a subway explosion. Ac-
cording to this story, the entire top of
this mans skull is gone. being replaced
by silver plate which is attached to
his right jaw; five ribs on the left side
have been removed, forcing his heart to
the right side of his anatomy; portion
of his right hip is missing. one of his
legs has been fractured in three places,
the other in two, his elbow joints are a
thing of memory, he is blind in one eye,
one of his kneecaps is situated midway
down his shin, and i'll all thirtyseven
pieces of bone have been removed from
his body. Burns says that at one time
he was thought to have passed to the
great beyond. The shroud had been
the supposed dead man rose to protest
against the funeral rites The much
disabled man was born in Troy, N Y,
seventy-three years ago He claims to
be "A veteran of the Mexican, and sur
vivor of the civil wars He joined the
navy schoolship Hartford shortly before
the outbreak of the latter conflict. He
served under Farragut and while on the
expedition along the Mississippi river he
was struck by shell and the entire up
per portion of his skull was shot off. For
weeks he lowered between life and
death after having submitted to an op-
Grafton involving the ins9rtion of a
large silver plate in his skull. After
the civil war Burns says he served on
the Jeanette during the Greely expedi-
ton. On his return he was caught in
machinery while serving aSan engineer
III a plant at Charleston, S. q. Ac-
cording to Burns statement he was
hurled around the factory for some min
utes. He was crushed beyond rscogni-
ton and when rescued was pronounced
dead. He was borne tenderly to the
morgue and laid away on Ice. He there
regaind consciousness and informed the
attendants that he was still to be num-
bered amond the living.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
"A Sweetheart Trust"

"A Sweetheart Trust" has been or
ganiZed by the young women of Ere.
mont, Nebraska, and as result there is
CONSERVATION among the young men.
The new trust is known as the Young
Women's Reform Union, and Miss
Elizabeth Mackenzie is at its head.
Hereafter if Il man who is known to
them is seen entering saloon or is
caught doing anything against the moral
code of the trust he will be blacklisted
by his fair associates. This blacklist
ing means that his best girl will refuse
to have anything to do with him unless
he Immediately mends his ways. He
will also be barred from parties, and
will be snubbed if he meets any of the
members of the union ON the s.-eess.
Thus far the trust has been getting
along with remarkable success 1t has
been i'll existence only a week or so, yet
in that time dozen men classed as
moral delinquents have been outdoing
themselves i'll their efforts to have the
blacklist against them removed. The
trust was formed as the result of a re.
vival meeting held there recently. Rev.
Mr.. Williams, who conducted the re-
vival, hurled his entire vocabulary at
saloons and drinking men. The young
women voted unanimously to enter up-
on the work. They drew up set of by
laws. among which was the following.
Men with the following habits are to
be bOycotted: Smoking to the extent of
being cigarette, cigar or pipe fiends.
gambling, drinking. swearing, chewing
tobacco. stealing, keeping late hours or
lying. Every man who is reported to
this union as having any bad habits
shall be watched by committee ap-
pointed by the union. If this commit.
tee finds that he is guilty of the things
charged against him the girl with whom
he associates shall be instructed to warn
him that he must reform If ha fail
to reform he shall then be blacklisted
a blacklist shall mean that man con
victed of having bad habits shall not
invited to any entertainments; that tf
members of this union shall in no =
associate with him, and that he sha.
snubbed if met upon the street
man who has been blackliste1
his ways. and committee from.
union is satisfied that he no longer
any habits upon which the organiza
has placed "A ban. said blacklist
be eligible to attend any of the ena
tainments given by the girls belongin
to the union OF to pay attention to an
of said girls
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
TLCAMAN 5 PATENT WHEEL
New Steamboat Paddle-WheeI
Invented by Mr.. Noah j.
Tilghman.

Mr.. Noah J. Tilghman, resident of
Palatka. Florida, but who is native of
Wicomico County, is the inventor of a
steamboat paddle-whcel that is valu-
able improvement over the type now in
ase. a steamer running on the St.
Johns River in Florida Ga stern -wheelerD
has been equipped with one of the
wheels and it has proven very success
full.
The paddles of wheels now in use
strike the water side to: in fact are pract-
ically rigid. being set square to the
water. Mr.. Tilghman's plan is to place
the paddles on bars which are moved to
and by cams or guides, this movement
turning the paddles SO that they enter
the water on an angle edge foremost,
without the slap.slap occasioned by
other paddles. and the jar which is
straiuing to the boat and machinery and
a discomfort To the passengers. Again,
when the boat lists badly by heavy
winds and puts one wheel under water.
or when the boat is loaded deep the
wheel does not smother, the non pulling
paddles being edge foremost as the pad
dies come out of the water as in the rigid
board paddles. These paddles also move
through the air in the wheel-house edge
foremost, not meeting the ordinary re-
sistance. Each part is separate and in
terchangeable, making repairs very easy
and multiplying the disablement of the
wheel by an accident to one or more
of the paddles.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
A Unique Baptism.

y curious spectacle was witnessed in
Newport News recently. 4 white man
was baptized by q negro preacher.
There were many ether candidates for
baptism that day. but, as is TO be sup
posed the man received all the attention.
After his immersion he went to the ne
gro church. assisted in taking up the
collection and made speech
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30

BE sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy, Mrs. WINSLow'S SOOTHING
SYRUP for children teething 1t soothes
the child. softens the gums, allays all
pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhaGa Twenty five
cents bottle. IT Is THE BEST OF
ALL.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30

4. ]. Cottingham went To Wash
ton County, Ark. toSee- his sis7>-
while there was taken with ffu.
entary) and was very bad off.
cided to try Chamberlain's Collie,
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and
much pleased with the prom
which it effected, that he W
manufacturers a letter in prais
medicine. Mr.. Cottingham
Lockland, Ark. This ren>'
by p. ID. Cottingham a. &c!
Snow Hill, Nd.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back. kidney. bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Beigtts Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidiie. -.ouble.
pr H:lmea. -yamp-ROOt is not rec
ouimenocc;o. --cry,hing but if you have kid
ney. liver or bladder trouble it will be found
jus, the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in SO many ways. in hospital work. in private
practice. among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved SO successful in
every case tha, special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it. may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
lind out ifyou have kidney or bladder trouble
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Ef
send your address to fgs'a-s,ys i if "a "a.
Dr. Kilmer & Co., ,Bing E.t:: I: Y:
hamion. N. Y. The ~. Ne: :sg lE.sssu Essn
regular fifty cent and Home Of swamp Root.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30

cures made by DR..
kilmer's S Swamp Root,
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and blad-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
Crime. and Criminals.

William A. Mills, ex-city solicitor of
Toledo, Ohio, has been arrested on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses while in Office. He gave bond
and was not locked up.
The charges against Mrs. Margaret
Shepherd, the alleged ex-nun, for SELL
ing obscene literature, were dismissed
in the police court at Columbus, Ohio.
on request of the public prosecutor.
Three men killed, four probably fatal
ly and two seriously injured, are the re-
suits of an accident on the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad near Altoona, Pa. The dead
are: A. s. Grove, conductor; U. Il.
Westner. brakeman; T. w. Cooney.
brakeman. J.
Peter Baschw all, a pioneer real estate
dealer Of Chicago, was found dead re-
Gently. He was sitting upright in a
chair, with his feet resting on a desk.
When the door was opened, eight gas
Jets were found to be open, and the po-
ice claim that he committed suicide.
Laurie Marks, the American book
maker, who was charged with being linz
plicated in the Liverpool bank frauds
several monthg ago. and who was sup
posed to have committed suicide by
Jumping from a channel steamer, has.
according to q New York Herald spe-
clal from Springfield. Mass, been seen
In that city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

the whole. she did well: but I agree
with the unanimous finding Of the three
admirals who composed the q
inquiry, as to the loop It seriously
marred the Brooklyn's otherwise ex-
cellent record, being, in fact, the one
grave mistake made by any American
ship on that day. But after the loop
had once been taken Admiral scniey
handled the Brooklyn manfully ana
well. There was nothing lone In tne
battle that warranted any unusual re-
ward for either Sampson or schley.
In short, as regards Admirals samp-
son and schley. I find that Presideh.
Mckinley did substantial justice, ana
that there would tie nc warrant Tor re-
versing his action.
Both Admiral Sampson and Admiral
Schley are now on the retired list. IN
concluding their report the members OF
the court Of inquiry, Admirals Dewey,
Benham and Ramsay, unite in stating
that they recommend that no furtner
action be had in the matter> With TINS
recommendation I most heartily con
cur. There is no excuse whatever from
either side for any further agitation OF
this unhappy controversy. To keep II
alive would merely do damage TO tne
navy and to the country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
ACTOR JETS FIVE YEARS.

Hold.Up Man Wanted Money to Start
Company on the Road.
Kansas City, Feb. q. = G. E. Mort
edge, an actor found guilty on his Sec
ond trial Of grand larceny, has been
sentenced, to the penitentiary for five
years. Mortedge, at the point Of a re-
volver, held up the cashier Of a res
taurant and the bartender in q saloon
in the downtown district. He pleaded
guilty and said he wanted the money
to start a company Of players on the
road. He was given a sentence OF
twenty-five years. but the supreme
court reversed the verdict on the
ground that he committed grand
larceny, not highway robbery.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
CONGRESS-.

Raised by MIR. Wheeler.
Washington, Feb. 20.-Again yester-
day the general debate on the lnolan
appropriation bill was devoted entirety
to extraneous topics. AS on TUESDAY
the issue raised by Mr.. Wheeler OF
Kentucky a few days ago came IN TOT
considerable attention and was tne
feature Of the session. Mr.. Bromweli'
an Ohio Republican, Mr.. Kern, an LII
ipois Democrat and Mr.. Fleming, q
Georgia Democrat, added their views
to the literature on the subject, out II
was MI. Boutell, an Illinois Repupilcan'
who entertained the house most. ne
was we'll fortified with material anu
with exceeding good temper ana d
trenchant display of wit he traced .he
history Of what Mr.. Wheeler calleo
"truculent sycophancy," as he SAID
from the day when the first Democratic
president purchased a bogus coat Oh
arms to the entertainment Of queen
Lilioukalani by the last Democratic
president. He finally dismissed the
whole subject by saying 1t should ne
accepted abroad as n Of the "erratic
and sporadic phases Of American nu-
NOR"
Mr.. Hamilton, a Michigan Republic
an, enlivened the proceedings with an
entertaining speech on trusts.
In the Senate.
The senate continued the c~onsidera-
ton of the Philippine tariff bill yester-
day, the main speeches being made py
Mr.. Burrows Of Michigan for the bin.
and Mr.. Money Of Mississippi. against
it. although Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon,
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio, Mr.. Mallory OF
Florida and Mr. Tillman of South Car
DINA, all took more or less part in the
general debate on the subject.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

A Chicago gentleman who 10 alleged
to have made two attsnapts within
a year to burn his wife alive has been
subjected to q ane Of 500 and costs
for his latest effort In this. direction.
This gentleman does not realize. Per.
hans. what he has missed by living in
4 great, big, selfish town, which has
no time to bother much with such
cases % his.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

It may be noticed that none of the
great powers is striving to prove that
It was friendly to Spain in the recent:
unpleasantness. The reason for this
ought to be obvious to the most casual
observer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
KILLED By ELECTRICITY.

One dan Receives Full Current Ut
of 5000 Volts.
Salt Lake, Utah. Feb. 21.-A special
to the Desert News from Provo, Utah.
says that August Bluementhal, a cor
nicemaker, was instantly killed and
six workmen were severely shocked
yesterday while placing a cornice on q
new building. The men all had hold
of the heavy cornice when Blumenthal
came in contact with an electric light
wire stretching over the building. he
received the full current of 5000 volts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

"Gentlcmen Burelars' Identined.
New York, Feb. 81. The Croughan
brothers. the gentlemen burglars"
who are under arrest in Jersey City
charged with q number Of burglaries.
were taken to Bayonne, N. J., yester-
day and Identified by MI. Hocke as the
men who had robbed his home some
dsys ago. The prisoners were visited
yesterday by their father, who came
from Newport, R. l., to see them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

Increased influence is being mani
tested for the proposed federal law
requiring all shoddy cloth to be 80
stamped and designated. Adulterated
food must be marked. and why not
wearing apparel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01
COSTLY DIRT.

seventy.Four Dollars Per Square
Foot for Property I'm New York.
New York, Feb. 81. Record high
prices for real estate on Fifth avenue
have Just been, broken by a sale OF
1900 a feet at the rate Of $74 per
square foot. The property is located
near Thirty-fourth street.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

Sir Thomas has ordered another
million-dollari racer, and Sir Thomas
continues to sweat his employees. But
Sir Thomas is such q jolly good fellow.
you know, that nobody will be able to
sec the sweated through the beautiful
white wings ON the shapely spara.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

The Indiana mar who holds the rec.
ord for marriages has been welded IL
times and is the father of 80 children.
Strange as 1t. may seem to some, he 10
talking now Of acquiring a thirteenth
wife. ID.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

That German army oficer who haa
sued an American heirees for damages
because she broke her engagement
with him evidently wanted the money
tar more than he wanted the girl. "
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

There won't be much left Of Most IL
he ventures to flourish his beer can In
the face of one of those giants who
are coming over with the German
Qrince.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-03-01

I There's no chance for a sporting de-
partment in the Congressional Record.
All the senate fights are expurged
from the proceedings before they reach
the printer.