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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
W. 8. Dickinson & son.
PoCoMoKE CITY, MD.
Coats Reduced

The pleasant
Fall days have been delight
full but not very productive to
large cloak sales. In order
to encourage our customers to
take advantage of the pleas
ant weather for shopping
rather than wait till the cold
wave strikes us we will offer
a special Discount of 10
Per Cent. on all cash sales of
Ladies', Misses'and Children's
Coats. This applies to every
garment i'll our store and we
have the smartest effects of
the season. Here's your
chance to get a fine coat for
Thanksgiving at a price that
will please you and give You
a long season of wear.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
Notice To Stoc khoIders.

Notice is hereby given that the annual
of the stockholders of the Ex-
change and Savings Bank of Berlin,
Maryland will be held in the bank build
ing on the first Monday of January, 1903,
at the hour of IL o'clock a. m. for the
purpose of electing a full Board of Di.
rectors as provided by its charter. to
manage the affairs of the Bank for the
ensuing year. JONI ID. HENRY. Cashier.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
Bilious Collie Prevented.

Take double dose of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
as soon as the first indication of the dis
ease appears and a threatened attack
may be warded off. Hundreds of peO-
pie who are subject to attacks of bilious
collie use the remedy in this way with
perfect success. For sale by p. ID. Cot
tingham & Co., druggists, Snow Hill.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
Notice To Stockholders.

Notice is hereby given that the an.
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
First National Bank of Snow Hill.
will be held in the bank
building, on Tuesday, the 18th day of
January 1903, between the hours of lO
o'clock a. m, and O'Clock p. m. for
the purpose of electing eleven Directors
of said bank for the ensuing year.
JAS. p. TOWNSEND, Cashier
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Thursday, January 9th, 1902,

commencing at 10 o'clock a. m.
This sale will take place at my resi-
dence on the Rowley Farm. about two
miles from Girdletree.
TERMS:-On all sums of ten dollars
and under the cash will be required.
On all sums over that amount a credit
of six months will be allowed, purchaser
giving approved security.
GILBERT WESTFALL.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
The State of Maryland
Office of the Secretary of State.

To all Whom II may Concern
Notice Is Hereby Given. That appli.
cation has been made to His Excellency
John Walter Smith. Governor of Mary.
land. for the pardon of
ELIJAH W. HOLLOWAY,
who was convicted on October 18th,
1902. before Justice Daniel A. Massey
of Worcester Count, of Assault, and
sentenced to be confined i'll the Mary
land House of Correction.
The Governor will take up the said
case for final decision, on or after Mon
day, the Goth day of December. 1902.
until which time protests against such
pardon will be heard. and the papers
filed open to inspection, at the discr
ton of the Governor.
By order of the Governor.
WILFRED BATEMs
Secretary O.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27

J. G.. Gluck. Superintendent. Prunty
town, w. Va. writes: after trying all
other advertised cough medicines we
have decided to use Foley's Honey and
Tar exclusively in the West Virginia
Reform School | find it the most
effective and absolutely harmless" F.
d. Cottingham & Co. druggists. Snow
Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
Notice To Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Snow Hill Electric Ligh,
and Power Company. of Snow Hill
Maryland will be held on Tuesday, Jan
nary 9th, 1903, between the hours of
and p. m. at the Office of tire Company
in Snow Hill.
T. NJ. PURNEI.L, Secretary
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
Coughs, Colds and Constipation

Few people realize when taking cough
medicines other than Folev's Honey
and Tarr. that they contain opiates
which are constituting besides being
unsafe. particularly for children. Fol
ey's Honey and Tar contains no opiates,
is safe and sure and will not constipate.
p. ID. Cottingham & Co., druggists.
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
PUCLlC SCHOOL NOTICE.

All the public schools of Worcester
County will open Monday. January 9Th,
1903. BY order of the Board.
4. w. McMASTER,
Secretary and Examiner.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27

The SUSSEX Journal. of Georgetown.
bemoans the fact that green pork is IS
per hundred there. The .Jo"rndI says
the price is unreasonable and unfair.
as the price of corn does not Justify it,
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BE sure and use that old and well. trie,

DC suItdHU USt tIldI UI'I anu WtII-ITIt1l
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 diarrha9a Twenty-Five
cents bottle. 1T Is THE BEST OF
ALL.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27

cal notices in these columns are
ged for at the rate of 10 cents line
sUery insertion. IL matters not ,Chat
rs charge. We regulate our o'on
es according 10 The fair north Of this
mat as an advertising medium.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27
TO Cure a Cold i'm One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. +. w. Groves signature
is OH each box. 25c.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-12-27

The above described personal property
will be sold at public sale to the highest
bidder on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

Sible at first to believe that the sheer
face of old El Captain, the greatest
rock in the world, which is $500 feet
above the floor of the valley, is really
so grand and mighty. One thinks that
it is nearer and smaller than it really is.
''Inspiration point, where you catch n
view of the great valley. is 1000 feet
high and is six miles from old Ell Cap
itan. The Bridal Veil fall. which
plunges like Il white mist from Il height
of 900 feet, looks like q tiny brook fail
ing over little rock.
''Then as you go down the long, wind
ing road that we built so many years
ago. the craSs grow bigger and bigger,
and you get nearer and nearer to them.
They loom higher and higher, those lit
tie rocks that you saw so far away.
Since we built the first road into the
park in 1874 we have built many miles
of side roads around the valley
al have been closely connected with
the Mariposa Big Tree grove and built
the first road to the grove. Among the
many noted people that | have taken
into the valley We're General Grant.
President Hayes, President Mckinley,
General Sherman and many of the no.
bility of Europe. Hardly any distin-
guished foreigner comes to this country
without going to see the Yosemite val
ley.
The coming season we shall decrease
the time consumed by a trip into the
valley, staying only one day via Wa
wona and the Mariposa Big Tree grove.
have arranged to put on number OF
autos by April IL One of the autos to
be used in the park has been sent to
Raymond, near, the Yosemite valley,
and will be tried as soon as Mr.. Wash
burn gets back from New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

out of these people, abuse them and
then go to England. They are very
much disliked here. When n Spaniard
speaks Of los Ingleses,' it is with con-
tempt.
"Now let me tell you of our Spanish
beauties They have coffee or choco-
late in bed at o'clock and, having
nothing better to do, lie there until time
to dress for what they call IL o'clock
breakfast, but ii is really n dinner, for
they have soup, fish, meats, vegetables,
desserts, fruits, etc. Then they play
the piano or curl their hair until even
ing. when they dress and powder their
faces until they look whitewashed.
Then they sit by the window or balco-
ny, waiting to be admired or waiting
for their 'nobios' (sweethearts), who
must not come into the house until the
engagement, but who stand outside
night after night, as If holding up the
side of the house. They do not work
and never take any exercise. And
where is their beauty? The most home
ly American girl is as pretty as the
most beautiful Spaniard. There may
be n few pretty girls here, but they
are rare. Fancy girls who take no ex-
ercise and whose minds are not devel-
oped beyond music and dress and who,
although they are by nature deathly
pale, insist upon putting powder by the
pound on their faces, old and young
just the samel And, besides, they all
try to initiate the sanity look.
1.-The school system here is deplora-
bic, and l thought 1 could do some
good, but / am an American and must
only look on. 1 am trying to cultivate
the friendship of the civil governor and
induce him to do something and have
worked matters so far as to speak fear
lessiy to him and to tell him that 50
per cent of his people can neither write
nor read and make him understand
that in few countries besides Spain can
such conditions be found and how det-
rimentaI it is for the country. He is
intelligent and admitted that 1 was
right.
But he said, they know no better,
and it is perhaps better TO keep them
in ignorance and contentment than to
teach them a little and make them only
crave for more 1 told him if it came
TO that point and the people craved for
more, perhaps for higher education
in colleges which tire country could not
afford, then the people themselves
would soon find a way to support their
own schools as soon as they were made
to feel the Importance Of it. But the
trouble all lies with politics. The civil
governors know they may be here for
the length of time their party has con-
troll, but the parties often exchange
places For instance, the last governor
came with his entire family from Mad
rid and was here but six weeks when
the party of the present governor took
the lead, and he was recalled. So they
simply try to make all the money they
can while here and do not interest
themselves more than necessary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

''In the great Yosemite National parl;
in California, where horses and mules
have been supreme for sixty years
there will soon be line OF stagecoach
automobiles carrying sightseers along
the cliffs, over the mountain trails and
down into the wonderful valley ITSELF
said Mr.. n. II. Washburn, part owner
and superintendent of the Yosemite
Stage and Turnpike company, which
for years has carried the public through
the wonderful Edenlike garden of the
Yosemite.
Mr.. Washburn came to New York TO
investigate for himself the question of
the usefulness of the automobile, and
he will study for himself the machine
in action upon the giddy roads that
lead into the valley, says the New York
World.
Mr. Washburn was born in Randolph.
Vt, and went to California in 1858
with the intention of making his for
tune in any way he could. The next
year he conceived the idea of establish
ing Il roadway into the valley and be-
gan TO build it, He has made his life
business since the carrying of tourists
into the valley and around the wonder
full interior.
The roads leading down the sides Of
the mountain skirt awful chasms. VIVID
around the sides of dizzy heights and
crawl with hardly the width of a N-ag-
on along shelves where the horses
could precipitate the carriages thou
sands of feet down to the floor of the
valley.
"When I drove General Grant and
his wife into the park" said Mr.. Wash
burn, Mrs. Grant became frightened
as we were entering the valley and
were driving around Glazier. point and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

tity with the old man was only known
to Il few.
ut was different with the partner.
He had wife and two daughters with
social aspirations. and after q whole
lot of pushing ana hauling and show
ing they landed in society. The ex-
pense was TOO much OF n drain on the
husbands purse, and he specialized,
with the inevitable outcome. He lost
his entire fortune and then shot HIM
self. Then it was that the true gen
tleness of the old man showed itself.
The widow and her daughters had no
one to turn to but him, and he didn't
diSappoint them. lie saved their home
for them when everything else went
under the hammer, and lie maintained
them in it in all the regal style 10
which they were accustomed. although
he still lived in his old lodgings. He
lived long enough to see both OF the
girls well married and the mother com
fOrtably settled for life. Then he died
in charity hospital in San Francisco.
He had spent every penny he owned
on the family of his partners family.
That is what u gentleman is. 4
college education necessary? It's all
rubbish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
THE CAR EER OF
JUDGE j. p. ALTGELD

1--WE need a change of policy. In
stead OF being owned the people must
be the owners; instead of being lambs
TO be shorn they must be masters of
the fold. Our industries and our great
public utilities were built with the
money and the industry and the genius
of the American people, but they have
passed out of the hands of the people
who made them and are now controlled
by manipulators, controlled by bank
ers, by brokers, by spectators.
'These men do not build railroads;
they do not build factories; they do not
build cities; they do not create any
thing; they simply grab what other
people have created. As a rule, they
are mere birds of prey. tearing the
flesh Of the men and the women who
work with their hands, eating the vi
tails of the men and women who do the
work of the land and who make civili-
cation possible on this earth.
NO republic can endure that remains
in the clutches of these birds of prey.
They use government as a convenience
in the process of exploitation, extortion
and robbery. 1t is among the newly
made and corrupt rich that we find the
spirit of snobbery and fiunkyism that
apologies for republican institutions.
1t is the monOpolists who demand the
restriction of free speech and of a free
press. They not only plumber the peo-
pie, but they would rob them of their
liberties. Wipe out private monopoly,
and you will wipe out the corrupt lob
bies at the seats of government, you
will restore the people to power, and
the government will again become an
engine of justice and a shield for the
protection of the weak"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

+, Ieaped from the stage. Gbneral Grant
tried to stop her. but she eyaded him.
We were so high UP that she covered
upon the ground, trembling, and utter
ly refused TO go any farther.
"a great deal OF the distance the
road is built through the solid rock,
where we had to blast to make n way
for ourselves. 1t was in 1861 that 1
first began to take people into the val
ley over the trail, and the need of a
road grew in proportion to the number
who visited the place. Necessarily the
roads are very rough.
whether the New York machine
carriages will prove to be successful
or not is n thing yet to be established.
1 am in hopes that they will. I have
made careful study of them. They
will not become unruly at the smell of
grizzly bears, as our mules do. They
will not run away and smash up the
coaches when they are scared.
THE only question at present is
whether the roads are smooth enough.
Take that zigzag climb where we pho
tOgraphed the New York Arion society
at Nevada falls. 1t would necessitate
a good deal of nerve to steer party Of
six up that crooked incline. but 1 am
assured by the manufacturers that
they will do it.
Raymond is 200 miles from San
Francisco by train. There we make
our headquarters. We shall run autos
from there into the valley, a distance
of sixty miles, over very good roads.
We own the roads. We would sell
them to the government If they wanted
them. but are not anxious to sell.
'As the valley is entered and the
great length and breadth of the garden
break upon the view it is impossible
to believe what you see. 1t is impos-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
PlCKINGs FROM FICTION.

Counting the cost" of sins and fol-
lies is always hard sum in arithmetic.
Trinity Bells.'
Good cooks are more in demand than
saints these days.-"The- Tempting of
Father Anthony"
One has often to draw upon the mag
ination even in serious realism. -
Confessions of Il CaricGturist."
There's nothing so good to brush
away the cobwebs of scruples as the
pleasures of life.-"Doris Kingsley"
Wherever man strays aside from
the beaten path there he finds the devil
waiting for him.-"The God Seeker"
There is no advantage in being poor
if you can't be common. 1t would be
like being well Off without Il taste for
music or artichokes.-"TheL Last OF the
Knickerbockers."
Ard 1 ut least am fair to confess that
the sensation of having once again
clean. smart clothes upon my person
gave a wonderful impetus to my self
esteem.-'Love's Itinerary"
Seems TO me the Almighty just wants
Teller TO 90 the right thing by his
neighbor and not be too Independent,
but go long kind o humble like and
keep clean.-'The Man From Glengar-
ry."
Never be awasting your time a-think-
ing where woman is concerned. When
her heart steps up and lays hold the
reins, the steed gallops to the goal:
she's always time to think after she's
acted--"My Lady Peggy Goes to
Town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
M BENIeHTEo TeNERiFE.
Consul BerIfner's Wife Says Natives
Are Away Behind the Times

Consul BerIiner's Wife Says Natives
Are Away behind the Times
The wife of Sol Berliner of New York
city, now consul at Tenerife. Canary
islands, has written a letter to a friend
in Washington in which she vigorously
''roasts" the people among whom her
husbands lot is cast, English as well
as Spanish. says the New York Times.
Her letter is in part as follows:
Think of it, have been away from
home over two months and have had
only one letter, You can't imagine
how it feels to get mail here. You see,
it brings you in touch with people Of
your own race on an equality with you
in short. with civilization itself. Not
that these people are sayages. but that
they are living two centuries behind the
times, and as for the English people
here. well, would rather be with the
natives than with them. They come
here the most untidy people ever saw,
make their living and pile uD little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
THE POINT OF THE JOKE.
1t Was Difficult Tor the EnEIishman,
but He Finally Saw 1t.


but He Finally Saw 1t.
a party OF Englishmen were in. Chi
cago sightseeing some time ago. They
We're entertained at dinner by some
Chicago Englishusn who have lived in
America long enough TO have a keen
appreciation of the American idea of Il
joke. During the evening all the men,
bers of the party told stories or sung
songs and entertained according to
their several abilities.
One of the English visitors could see
nothing funny in the stories told by the
Chicago Englishmen. Every time one
of them would tell 4 good American
story at which most of the party would
laugh uprOariously this particular Eng
lishman would adjust his monocle TO
his eye and, looking wonderingly
around the table, would remark, But,
I say, 1 don't see anything in that to
laugh at. v knaw."
One of the Chicago men finally re-
cited an original poem. The poem told
of an Englishman who had come to
America and after being in this coun-
try only Il short time had died and gone
TO another and much warmer country.
Ten years passed, and one day an imp
passing that way heard the English
man laughing uprOariously.
''Why, what are you laughing atI" in
quired the imp.
ooh, oh, oh, such 4 funny story as
heard in America. Oh, it was so fun
nyr'' laughed the victim, and he held his
hands to his side and almost doubled
up with merriment.
"a story you heard, Why, you've
heard no story" said the imp. you've
been dead ten years.
''Yes. YES, I know, I know" cried the
man. But I've just seen the joke"
This poem set the table in Il roar.
Amid all the laughing and shouting
the obtuse visitor adjusted his monOcle
and drawled out, But, 1 say, 1 don't
see anything funny in that. v knaw."
NO" replied the man who had read
the poem as quick as a flash. "Of
course you don't. You haven't been
dead ten years" And even the Obtuse
Englishman saw the point.-Chicago
Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
NELLIE GRANTS ODD IDEA.
She Places an Engagement Notice In
Chocolate Cannon Balls.

She Places an Engagement Notice I'm
Chocolate Cannon Balls.
Miss Nellie Grant, granddaughter Of
the late General Grant, gave an after
noon luncheon recently in San Diego,
Cal, in honor of Miss Mabel Gassan.
When dessert was served, hollow
cannon balls of chocolate containing
the announcement of the engagement
of Miss Gassan to Captain Adrian S.
FIemming of the One Hundred and
Fifteenth company of coast artillery,
stationed at Los Angeles, were present
ed to the guests.
At the same hour in his home in Lau-
rel street. Los Angeles, Captain Elem
ming gave u military dinner, the Off
GERS of the barracks being his guests.
At this time his enga gement also was
formally announced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
why Big Fish Get Away.

1t is perfectly plain that large fish
are more apt to escape than small ones.
Their weight and activity, combined
with the increased thickness and re-
sourcefulness of age and experience, of
course greatly increase their ability to
tear out the hook and enhance the dam
ger that their antics Will expose n fatal
Weakness in hook. leader. line or rod.
Another presumption which must be
regretfully mentioned arises from the
fact that in many cases it is the en-
counter with Il large fish which causes
such excitement and such distraction
or perversion of judgment as leads the
fisherman to do the wrong thing or fail
to do the right thing ut the critical in
stant.-Grover Cleveland in Saturday
Evening Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15
The Latest Inrurnnce.

1t is now possible to insure at Lloyds
against the risk OF smallpox breaking
out in the house on either side of you,
the idea being. of course. to protect the
assured against expense incurred by
temporary repoval. says the London
Financial Times. The rate IS a mini
mum OF 10 shillings per cent for the
year, the risk Of course extending over
an indefinite number of people. One
broker. who was in this business from
the start, has been doing hardly any
thing else for the past few days. and
many who at first laughed at the whole
thing are now coming, into the market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-15

Jenny Lind. after years of steady
practice. believed that the much covct-
ed trill was for her an impossibility.
She practiced hours day. but was I'M
able to accomplish the feat. One day,
thoroughly discouraged, she was sit
ting in her garden when all at once she
looked up into n tree. Above her bird
was trilling. She ut once went to her
piano and through some magic or pow
or of imitation began the trill and from
that day never had any further diff
ct1Itv