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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
A TRAIN WRECK
Twelve-Year-OId Lad Sees Bridge
Fall and Notifies Telegraph
Operator.

The presence of mind of John Gregg
the l2-year. old son of Mrs. III. A. Gregg
station agent at Principle. on the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
last Friday morning saved the passen.
gers on train No. 42, the Colonial north
bound express. from being killed or
MANNED for life.
Young Gregg was walking along the
Principle creek looking for his small
boat when he saw the abutment of the
railroad bridge that crosses the creek
fall a distance of about forty feet. The
boy quickly ran to the passenger station
and notified the telegraph operator at
Woodburn signal tower. who quickly
had the train stopped.
Bridge Foreman Alexander Peoples,
of Perryville, was at once sent to the
scene ON an engine and reported that
quick sand had caused the abutment to
fall. leaving an open space in the track
for nearly 200 feet. All traffic was at
once suspended between Wilmington
and Perryville. Trains were at once
sent over the Baltimore and Ohio road
Superintendent w. N. Barnard, with a
large force of men, was soon upon the
scene, but could not make much pro.
gress. owing to the continuous down
pour of rain. Two wrecking trains
were also sent to the scene of the trouble,
aud from present reports it will take at
least forty hours before the break can
be repaired.
The storm today has done great dam
age throughout Cecil county. AT North.
east several families residing along the
Northeast river had to move to the sec.
ond story, owing to the river rising SO
high. The Diamond State Telephone
Company also suffered great damage,
its line in the upper part of the county
being down. A canning house at
Liberty Grove was also wrecked by the
rush of water. including the building
and thousand cases of tomatoes.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
Hints To Girls.

Iiarpcrs Bazar.
The next time you have boquet of
flowers to keep. add very little cam
phor to the water in the vase. and see
how much longer its freshness will be
retained.
Do you know that few drops of
good perfumed extract on bit of pum-
ice-stone. the bits slipped in bureau
drawers or among gowns in wardrob,,
will perfume belongings delightfully."-:
For the young woman who sings and
who occasionally finds herself hoarse
at critical moment the remedy used
by famous prima donna is suggested
the white of an egg beaten to stiff
froth. This is much better than the
oft.prescribed lemon juice, whose effect
is but temporary.
Here is a sandwich filling that may
prove available with cup of hot choco-
late at "a divan gossip. Use one part
chopped almonds and two parts shredded
or grated celery. with little salt. The
mixture is moistened with mayonnaise
and spread between thin round slices of
sandwich bread or oblongs of brown
bread from which the crust has been
cut.
A fairly sizable piece velveteen. per.
haps a quarter of yard. makes the
most satisfactory brush for silk that
can be had. 1t removes the dust per-
fectly, and yet does not injure the
fabric.
Four rather small fern-dishes filed
with growing ferns sometimes occupy
the central square of dinner or lunch
con table. in which case the actual cen.
tire is prettiest filled with few flowers
arranged in a rather tall vase
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04

1t is not possible for the proprietors to
publish more than very few of the
numerous letters received in praise of
Chamberlain Collie. Cholera aud Diar-
rhoea Remedy and telling of it's re-
markable cures. They come from peo-
pie i'll every walk in life and from every
state in the Union. The following from
Mr.. I. w. Greathouse. of Prattsburg.
Ga, speaks for itself: II would have
been dead now but for the use of Cham
berlains Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t cured me of chronic diar-
rhoea after seven years of suffering.
can never say too much in praise of that
remedy" For sale by p. ID. Cotting-
ham & Co., Snow Hill. Md. I
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04

NANrED.-RcSponsible person 10 act as agent
w i'll every county in the state for article in big
demand by farmers and truck growers Good
sale all during the year Profitable employmentE
Prompt reply necessary. Permanent The Protec
tc Company, Monmouth, Illinois.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
Rev. J. b. North's Appointments.

Rev. Joseph B. North's appointments
for the months of September and Octo.
Der are as follows:
October 5th, Snow Hill. morning and
evening. Stockton in the afternoon
October 18th, Snow Hill morning and
evening.
October 18th. Stockt ton. morning and
evening.
October 26th, Snow Hill, morning and
evening.
Prayer meeting, every Wednesday
evening in Mackenzie Memorial Church
at 7.30.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
A Story Worth Telling.

From the Congregationaist
Here is little story which Is surely
as well worth the telling as the histories
of wars and crimes and sharp tricks in
the money market.
shrewd Hebrew merchant, whom
we shall call Lejee, built huge depart
ment store in one of our large cities 1t
was planned to occupy whole block.
But the corner lot, 10 feet square, was
owned by an old German matchmaker
named Weber, who refused to sell it.
mo. | will not give up nv house,"
he said. II bought it when property
was cheap. and | have lived here for
fifty-two years.
But" Lejee reasoned, "you gave
up business years ago. You make or
sell no watches now Your sons have
other pursuits. You don't 1--we in the
house, only sit in this office all day.
looking out of the window
The Office was small room i'm the
second story, with an open fireplace. A
battered walnut desk was fitted into the
wall. and before it stood an old chair
with sheepskin cover
The old mans face grew red. ''You
are right" he said. 81 don't work here
| have enough to live ON without work.
But am an old man. and this room is
home to me. When my wife and first
came here we were poor. / worked in
the shop below. Greta fried the cakes
and wurst over that fire; the cradle
stood in that corner. Little Jan was
born here; his coffin was carried out of
that door. Greta is dead for many
long year. But when I sit here and
look out of the window, think she is
with me. For thirty years she and |
looked out of that window and talked
of the changes in the street below
Lejee was silenced for the time, but
began his arguments again the next
day. doubling his offer.
1.-The lot is worth that to me" he
said. ''as | own the block. but to nobody
else. You are throwing away large
your sons that you may indulge bit of
sentiment Have you the right to do
that?
Weber was hard pushed. His boys
were struggling on with small means;
this money would set them on their
feet. What right had he to spoil their
lives that he might sit and dream of old
times: The next day he gave his con-
sent. and the sale was made. The old
man lived III the suburbs; he never
came to that part of the town while the
building was in progress. When it was
finished and the huge department store
was thrown open to the public, Lejee
asked him to come in. He led him
through the crowded salesrooms, piled
one on top of another for nine stories.
and then drew him into narrow pas
sage and flung open door.
There is your little office, just as
you left it, he said. 1--WE have built
around it. and over it, but not brick
in it has been touched. There is your
fire with the old tiles and your desk,
and your chair was brought back to-day.
1t is your office. Mr.. Weber. and if you
will sit here as long as you live aud
think of them that are gone. and watch
the changes i'll the street below, l shall
feel there is blessing on the big house.
because | have Il friend i'll it,"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
ELY Explains Workings of Department. :
It's Scope and Aim.

realm of brute. unintelligent labor, to
positions requiring and rewarding cul-
tivatlon and skill; s. The solution of
the labor problems.
This letter is designed for the infor-
nation of the patrons of the school. I
Will take delight in giving any further
information that may seem necessary
Director of Manual Training Dept
of Snow Hill High School.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK +?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04
JUDGES OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that Stephen
III. Wilson. Republican. Snow Hill. has
been appointed Judge pf Election for
the Second Election District in the place
of Eugene Mumford. excused Any OBJ.
lection to his being commissioned must
be filed with the Supervisors ON or be.
fore October 9th, 1902.
URIAH i. SHoCKLEY,
JOSIAH A. BoSToN,
EDWARD s. FURBUsH,
Supervisors of Election for Worcester
JOHN L. Mock, Clerk. Ut.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04

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, 1902-10-04

1t is said of John Wesley that he once
said to Mistress Wesley: "Why do you
tell that child the same thing over and
over again p John Wesley, because
once telling is not enough" Ii is for
this same reason that You are told again
and again that Chamberlain Cough
Remedy cures colds and grip; that it
counteracts any tendency of these dis
eases to result i'll pneumonia. and that
it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by p. ID. Cottingham & Co., druggists,
Snow Hill, Md
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04

cures made by DR..
kilmer's S Swamp-R Root.
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
1t 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-
der Snecial;St and &c
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-04

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back. kidney. bladder. uric acid ,rou-
bles and Bng.'s Disease. which is the worst
form of kidue. -.ouble.
nr. Y:imcs' -vamp-Root is no, rec
ommenoecio: -erything but If you have kid
ney. liver or bladder trouble /, will be found
just 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 that a 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 il you have kidney or bladder trouble
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Ek
send your address to sE4ilsYk3 ut A::..4.:=kk
Dr.. Klmer & Co.. Bing
hamton. N. Y. The FL E5...sssttRlEo EU
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
CHANGES AT MANILA.
Interesting Statistics as to the Public
Administration.

The Democracia of Manila of January q
1902 commenting on the changes in the sit
uation in the islands in so far az public adj
mihistration is concerned, gives the follow
ing statistics:
1. The legislative commission published 400
laws from September 1, 1900, up to the pres
ent time; that is to say, one law for every
day and a half.
2 There are throughout the entire archi-
pelago 1,230 American teachers of both
sexes, charged with the duty of diffusing
the English language in every town and
village. There are 400 Filipino teachers of
primary instruction. About 100000 chill
dren attend the 1000 schools established
Besides, the general superintendent of
schools is giving his entire attention to the
establishment of high schools.
g. The civil service consists at the pres
ent time of 5000 employees, of which 1900
including the l $50 teachers, are Americans
and the remaining 5000 Filipinos. The civil
service board has held 81 examinations
since it's creation in May, $780, which were
attended by 5000 adults
We may deduce herefrom that while the
department of public instruction is occupy
ing itself with the instruction of the young
the civil service Is encouraging study by
means Of the competitive examinations to
fill public offices.
4. The department Of health in less than
six months has organized the entire sani-
tary service In the capital and in almost
the entire archipelago. The street cleaning
service in this town removes daily 200 tons
or dirt. AS result Of the vigorous campaign
of hygiene and cleanliness undertaken by
the board of health, the bubonic plague and
smalipox which were SO virulent in 1898.
have disappeared in 1901.
.. The insular treasury has surplus of
several million dollars. In almost every
provincial treasury the revenues exceed the
expenditures. The economic condition of
| the municipalities, IL we take into consider
alton that we are crossing period of diff
| hcult and laborious reconstruction, is quite
| satisfactory, as the budgets are well bal
anced even In towns of lesser Importance
With regard to the degree of culture,
| morality and education of the Filipino en-
| ployes of the state, We could say very much
| In their favor. Compare the number of
| employees in all branches of the service and
| ranks who have been removed up to the
present time and 1t will be seen that there is
no reason whatsoever to consider the in
capable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Singing Through Your Forehead.

Il rom harper 5 BaZar.
At first I did a good deal of grinding In
breaking myself of old habits and learning
to conform to the maestro's method. Some
times I would amuse him greatly by telling
of the facial and chest contortions, which
formerly 1 had thought necessary as a
means of placing the voice. Even 1 had
learned as most secret and valuable trick
the art of casting my eyes up to the ceiling,
drawing up my nostrils, and at the same
time raising the breath until it seemed as
though it lodged just behind the nose. In
deed, one celebrated master in London re-
CARDS this act very important, and when
safe within the privacy of ones own room
there are many, | think, who would find il
helpful. To get perhaps the same results
the maestro uses curious phrase. Think
ii outn' he reiterates. Think ii outi' By
this | have found he wishes one to sing as
though the tone were forced out through
the forehead and just between the eye
brows To have the throat kept open and
the floating quality of the voice sustained,
he makes also vigilant struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Patriotism of japanese Women.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
In commenting on the patriotism Of the
women Of Japan, Mortimer Menpes says:
Many women destroyed themselves dur
ing the China-Japanese war, because their
husbands had been killed in battle.' There
was one Japanese woman in Toxic who felt
so deeply the disgrace placed upon her
country by the attempt on the life of the
pr esent Emperor of Russia, some years
ago, by a common coolie, that she commit
ted suicide. She felt that this great Euro
pean prince had visited her country as a
guest, and that before Japan could raise its
head once more the nation must make
some great sacrifice. Day after day she
visited the legation, and begged to be al
lowed admission to some high officials-in
vain; they were too busy to see her. At
last after some weeks of fruitless effort, a
pathetic little letter came to the minister,
stating that she hoped that the sacrifice
of her life might in some way help to cleanse
ner country from its disgrace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Useless Invention.
rrom the Chicago News.

IT suppose" remarked the person who
is inclined to be funny at long intervals.
that the time will come when a man can
drop nickel in slot and get a wife
Don't you ever think it, rejoined the
man who has a mania for arguing matters
blow In the price of beer for bride when
they are to be had for the asking?,'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
None Left.

"Well. 1t wouldn't have made any differ
ence even If the middle-of-the-road popu-
lists hadn't already become extinct"
How SOP
why, by this time they would all have
been run over by automobiles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Circumstantial Evidence,

From Pick-Me-Up.
Dobber "a house painter: We'll, don't
know much about Mr.. Johnival but don't
think much of a man who gets home at
night in the state he does"
Listener: How do you know how he
gets home? Are you counting his slavey?''
Dobber: mo: but painted his front door
last week, and the wood round the latch
key hole was jabbed in three deep holes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
A Delay.

What luck! Penelope expects to be en-.
gagged to a lord
why, isn't she sure?"
He's waiting to see her father"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Orders Issued to Cover Pay of
Troops.
MEET OF THE ATHLETES
HISTORY OF BRIGADE'S PHYSI-
CAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
Military Motors Coming-Care of the
New Rifles-Recent Revolver
Competitions.

Always of interest to the National
Guardsmen of the District of Columbia Is
the matter of pay of troops" general
order has just been issued from militia
headquarters embracing Instructions for
the information and guidance of all con-
cerned in connection with the preparation
of pay rolls for the six months ending the
goth of June next. The order is substan-
TALLY the same as the last one issued on
the subject. The rate of pay has not been
changed. The payment will be made, it is
understood. while the brigade is in camp,
probably the latter part of July, near Lees
hllrcy Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12

ing to broaden their narrow sphere of ac-
ton, are going to build ocean steamers.
The width of these steamers cannot ex-
coed 3O.10 meters on account of the size of
the locks on the new Canadian canals, but
plans have been prepared for lengths of 600
feet. These long vessels will be divided in
two when passing through the locks, and
the builders on the great lakes expect to
furnish steamers to the shipper of Eu-
rope.
American Competition Increasing.
The Hanna bill will hasten the result
hoped for by all builders of American
steamers. 1t will hasten the increase of
the merchant marine. of the United States
and will place the latter in position to
compete successfully with Europe for all
ocean transportation, as they have long
done in agriculture, and in the metal in
dustries for the past ten years. American
competition is steadily increasing and be-
comes more and more threatening to the
old world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
Military Motors Coming.

During the coming summer Washington
will be visited by an aggregation of more
imam ordinary interest. Major r. p Da-
wilson of the Northwestern Military Acad-
envy OF Chicago has organized a queer
corps which has become a part of the Ma
honal Guard of Illinois. 1t consists of two
rapid-hre guns mounted on motor car
riages, and a detachment of bicycle in
fantry.
The organization is the product of expert
ments which Major Davidson has made
through several years, both with the BIZ
cycle and automobile as aids In military
operations. About year ago he made an
attempt to go from Chicago to Washington
with gun carriage, hauling squad of a
sergeant and three men, besides supplies
of ammunition and the weapon itself The
expedition came to grief in the Indiana
sandhills. where the depth of the sand was
such as nearly to bury the apparatus, and
the trip was given up. --
The major Is now preparing for another
cross-country run, with two guns and their
squads. They are OF the Colt pattern, dis
charging 40 shots minute automatically
and having an effective range OF 1000
yards. The motors are equipped with ten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12

Mr.. L. Amateis is making in marble
bust of the late Calderon Carlisle, which is
an excellent likeness and satisfactory &C.
complishment. He is also at work upon his
model for the Mcclellan statue, the COM
petition for which is to follow closely upon
that of the Grant memorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12

horsepower engines burning gasoline, each
carrying enough fuel for about two days.
The motors have attained speed of TWEEN
ty-fve miles an hour when tested on an
ordinary highway, carrying the gun and
crew. Each weighs, with it's equipme MT
2,300 pounds, not including the men. A
gun squad consists of sergeant and three
men, armed with revolyers
Amador ledger., 1902-03-21
Two Wrongs.

A clergyman, lecturing on Capital
Punishment" took strong grounds
against the death penalty, arguing that
while 1t was wrong for a man to COM
NIT murder it was but another wrong
ito kill the murderer and that two
wrongs never made right.
"At least" said he, II never heard Of
but one case where they did" And he
proceeded to relate the following story.
presumably in support of his argu-
ment:
"a man entered q country grocery,
where a number of the villagers sat
around on barrels and boxes, and ask
ed If two wrongs ever made q right.
The response was Never So I
thought till recently" continued he,
when met stranger who asked me
to change FIVE dollar bill for him.
did so and after his departure found
the bill was a counterfeit. So I kept
it till the other day and showed 1t on
fellow greener than l." The listeners
exclaimed that those were two wrongs
certainly, but they didn't make a right.
"Well," replied the man, they made
me all right"
Amador ledger., 1902-03-21
English jewelers., Tricks,

Many working jewellers with whom
articles are left to repair are very
tricky individuals indeed, and women
are their chief victims. A great device
of the working jeweler, 80 far as gold
chains go, is to take off the hallmarked
fastening loops and to substitute for
these an exact imitation in metal, so
that these should always be most care
fully examined. In ladies' lockets the
jeweler fraud usually takes out the
gold inside rim which fastens the
glass, and Of course he puts in a sham
substitute. Where an article sent to
him contains a great number of toler-
ably small stones he will take one or
two Of these out and put in imitation
articles specially made to deceive, says
Woman's Life. A working jeweler has
been known to make pounds a week
by taking away the hallmarked cross
bars of gold alberts and replacing them
with brass. These remarks only, Of
course, apply to the small number Of
black sheep to be found in this as in
every trade.
Amador ledger., 1902-03-21
TIE BAMBOO HAIR.
Slow but Sure Poison That Is Used
by the JnYanese.


The young shoots of the bamboo are
covered with a number of very fine
hairs that are seen under the micro
scope to be hollow and spiked like bay
onets. These hairs are commonly called
bamboo poison by the white men resi-
dent in Java for the reason that mur-
der is frequently committed through
their agency.
When a Javanese woman takes q
fancy to European, according to an
official Dutch report, she will either
have him or poison him If she gets the
chance. She seeks any and every op-
portunity of mixing these infinitesimal
hairs among his food, and they serve
the purpose of irritating the whole
length of the alimentary canal and set
ting up malignant dysentery. 1t may
take long time and many doses Of
this so called poison to effect the pur-
pose, but the native woman does not
tire, and death will surely result. The
male native will also try this method
Of revenge for an affront.
The planters know all this and dread
the bamboo hair, but it is always diff
cult to determine whether the dysen-
terry is caused by the poison or comes
about naturally. When a planter finds
himself a prey to attacks of that COM
plaint, his best course is to take a voy-
age to Europe.-Pearson's.