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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
Hone Springs Eternal.

The patience of fishermen who really
love the sport Is the theme of many
stories. One is told by man who.
travelling on foot through part of Eng
land, came upon solitary fisherman
who looked as If time and the world
might pass away without disturbing
his content
"Have You fshed long in this
streamw asked the traveller.
Eighteen year." was the calm re-
sponse.
'Get many bites" was the next
question.
The fisherman scarcely turned his
gaze from the rod in his hands.
give year ago in this very spot
had fine bite" he answered hope
fully.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
ROyal Bad Language.

The Pail Mall Gazette says it still
remains a mystery how the chief Eng
lish authorities in church and state
ever succeeded in crowning King
George l. Having come fresh from his
native Hanover, the first monarch of
the Brunswick dynasty was to his new
subjects little better than Melanesian
from the south seas. Not word o.
English could he muster, while thu
chief officials were almost equally ig-
norant of German. Latin, therefore,
had to be resorted to as being the one
possible medium of communication be-
tween them. A highly popular joke
originated from these singular pro
ceedings, which stated that an i'm
mense amount Of bad language had
passed between the king and his min
listers on the great day.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
His Life In Peril.

81 just seemed to have gone all to
pieces" writes Alfred Bee of Welfare,
Tex, "biliousness and lame back had
made life burden. I couldn't eat or
sleep, and felt almost too worn out to
work when began to use Electric Bit
ters, but they worked wonders. Now
sleep like top, can eat anything, have
gained in strength and enjoy hard work, u
They give vigorous health and new life to
weak, sickly, run down people. Try
them. Only SOC at A. G. Eaton's drug
store, Stafford Springs; w. P. Fuller's
store, Somers.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
3 Cents

Eight cents a pound is
what a young woman paid tor
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by TAX
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound is
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a little
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS.
400 Pearl Street, New York,
soc. and $1.oo; all druggists.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Forty YEARS ToRTuRE.-To be re-
lieved from a torturing disease after 40
years. torture might we'll cause the graft
tude of anyone. That is what DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve did for G. Haney,
Geneva, o. He says: "DeWitt's Witch
Salve cured me of piles after had
suffered 40 years." Cures cuts, burns,
wounds, skin diseases. Beware of coun-
terfeits w. d. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Stafford Springs, Conn.
Dear Sir: 1t takes 5000 gallons of paint
for two big hotels at Coney Island
Manhattan and Oriental. They are paint
ed once in three years with Devoe lead
and zinc.
Why SO often Three reasons: (1) sea
air cuts paint: (2) sand In the wind cuts
paint: (3) hotels, especially pleasure
hotels, want freshness and color as much
as protection. Once In three years is
often enough and not too often to paint a
hotel on windy sand beach.
How long do you think lead and oil
would last there One year. Is there
anything for you in this2
Yours truly,
80 T. w. DRvoR d Co.
P.S.-Chicago Grocery sells our paint.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
Your Tongue

If it's coated, your stomach
is bad, your liver is out OF
order. Ayers Pills will clean
your tongue, cure your dys-
pepsia, make your liver right.
Easy to take, easy to operate.
25c. All druggists.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
20 T. w. DRvOR q Go.
P.S.-Chicago Grocery sells our paint.

"YoU FEEL BETTER. Yes, knew
you would after taking a cup of that
strengthening beef tea, made from Swift
d Co.'S famous beef extract. Now be
good and tell your friends how 1t has
made you feel, and let them feel good to.
The Chicago Grocery" will sell 1t to 'em.
1t will be good idea even to tell your
enemies about it, and then you wouldn't
have any enemies.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Edward 1. was feet inches high,
and 1t is said that the tips of his mid
die fingers extended below his knees.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02

Total, $47,215.96 $40 ,497 81
The expenses this year as compared
with last year are as follows:
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-10-02
Letter to Henry BOlieau.

Eotal, $37,989 90 $37, 1862 O4
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
Weak
Heart From Attack
of LaGrippe.
Palpitation, Smother
ing, Short Breath.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Cured Ne.

The terrible after effects of LaGrippe are
most dangerous when they attack the heart,
the engine of life. Weak hearts are as COM
mon rs weak stomachs and when an attack is
made upon the weak heart, that organ soon
becomes diseased heart and the patient will
unless promptly treated, suffer long and
eventually die of heart disease, the dread of
millions. lr. Miles Heart Cure strengthens
and regu the hearts action, enriches the
blood ano lproves the circulation.
"Some years ago had an attack of the
grip, and il left me with very weak heart.
Palpitation, shortness of breath and smother
ing spells that made me sit up in bed to
breathe, robbing me of sleep, made me most
miserable. | would become fatigued and
exhausted from the least exerton and was
in such a critical condition that could not
attend to my business. My physician seemed
unable 10 control my case, and instead OF
getting better | was gradually growing
weaker every day. Then began taking DIR.
Miles Heart Cure and after had used two
bottles | was greatly improved. ! continued
with the remedy until had taken in all six
bottles, when / was able to attend to bust
ness without inconvenience. | was COM
pletely and permanently cured of heart
trouble by DIR. Miles Heart Cure and cheer
FLU lv recommend il to all sufferers from that
terrible afiliction."-H. ii. EHLE, Glovers-
vile, \. Y.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DIR. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
Efforts by Many Persons to Cheat
Railroad Companies.

During the season when travel is the
heaviest the life of a passenger train
conference.-the captain" he is called by
the crew-is one of excitement and hard
work, and the desire TO ride free is the
cause of much Of his worry.
Men who are perfectly honest" said
a conductor who has charge of n sub
urban train, who stand high in church
and commercial circles, and who would
not think of allowing a bill to be pre-
scented twice. think It smart to beat q
railroad company and no crime TO keep
q ticket which il is our business to take
up. Regular commuters are rarely in
that class. and it is pretty safe to bet
on their offering their cards TO be punch
ed. But the 'trippcr' does all sorts of
things to beat the road. He is deaf.
dumb, blind or anything else that may
seem to answer his purpose. and. al
though we do our best to get his ticket,
he sometimes gets away with it,"
Men of this kind are sometimes
played" by the conductors, who allow
them to believe until the last minute that
they have been forgotten and that they
will be allowed to leave the train with
their tickets still in an inside pocket.
But to gunrd against the wiles of the
ticket thief the conductor usually takes
up the tickets and gives to the passenger
a check which is of no value except to
show that ticket has been given to the
conductor. These checks are sometimes
only pieces of colored cardboard with
little pieces punched out, and sometimes
they are printed with letters, designs or
marks which are Ineligible only to the
conductor.
A party consisting of two men. a wom-
an and n young girl occupied one of the
little staterooms in n drawing room car
In q Saratoga express train a few days
ago. When the conductor came TO the
party he took up the tickets, which were
all for New York. and then gave TO each
person an oblong green ticket the margin
of which was printed 20 that the month
and day could easily be punched out.
Under the legend please keep this check
in sight" running lengthwise on the
ticket. were the letters &c. Il. w. NJ. O..
Y" and on each check n different letter
had been punched out by the conductor.
people rarely look at checks. but the
young girl in this party did. and she
wanted to know what the letters stood
for. Nobody knew, and even the man
who goes over the road twice n week
and knows every inch of the way and all
about the road and its management had
to give up the conundrum. When the
conductor RETAINED, he was appealed to
and explained that the letters meant
girl, boy, woman. man. old and young.
Everybody thought il an excellent plan
until the elder woman in the party look
ed ut her check and found the letters w.
and o. punched out, and she told the
conductor that w. would have been ade
quate identification and wanted to know
where he drew the line between old and
young.
THAT was warning to me-" said the
conductor in speaking of the incident.
"and the next time have checks printed
I'll leave the % off, or if | keep it on
I'll not punch it."-New York Tribune.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08

THE GAMBLER CAME FORWARD WITH
NooaED ROPE IN Ills HAND.
You want to know how it was:'
said the settlers wife as a crowd gath
cred. Well. all can tell you IS that
he reached us two hours before the
Apachcs did. and we had n bit of time
to get ready in. For two days he stood
off thirty warriors single handed and
was wounded dozen times. He had
fired his last bullet when the soldiers
came up. lie was Il man, he was"
"And Redhorn will give him burial
and turn out to the last man." ex-
claimed I.cbdcll. the gambler. revcrent-
~ touching his Winchester, which had
seen such valiant service.
Excuse me. gentlemen" replied the
captain in command of the soldiers.
I'VE shall take him down to the valley
and give him soldiers burial. He'd
turn over in his grave here among 50
many cowards."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
"A STRONG, VIGOROUS MAN
Is Liable to Break DoWn-Pe-ru-na is
Sure to Restore.

ri TONIC is q medicine that gives tone
to some part of the system. There
are different kinds Of tonics, but
the tonic most needed in this country,
where catarrh is SO prevalent, is q
tonic that operates on the mucous men,
branes.
Peruna Is tonic to the mucous men,
branes Of the whole body. 1t gives tone
to the capillary circulation which con-
stitutes these delicate membranes.
Peruna is a specific in its operation
upon the mucous membrane. 1t Is q
tonic that strikes at the root of all ca
tarrhal affections. It gives tone to the
minute blood vessels and the terminal
nerve fibres. Catarrh cannot exist long
where Peruna is used intelligently.
Peruna seeks out catarrh in all the hid
den parts of the body.
Paul Landrum writing from Atlanta,
Ca, says:
ain January last I began the use OF
your Peruna and Manalin for what was
termed organic heart trouble. AT that
time could scarcely walk to my place
Of business without stopping to rest and
on arrival felt completely exhausted.
Had severe pains In my heart and general
dizziness. After using the first bottle OF
Peruna began to improve and today I
feel that am sound man and / work
fourteen hours q day without any bad
feeling."-Paul Landrum.
A. NJ. Ikerd, an employee Of the C. B.
& Q. r. r., West Burlington, Ia, writes:
at had catarrh of the stomach and
small intestines for a number of years.
I went to a number of doctors and got
no relief. Finally one of my doctors
sent me to Chicago and I met the same
fate. They said they could do nothing
for me, that 1 had cancer of the stomach
and there was no cure. almost thought
the same, for my breath was something
awful. I could hardly stand it, 1t was
so offensive. I could not eat anything
without great misery, and 1 gradually
grew worse.
"Finally got one Of your books, and
concluded would try Peruna, and thank
God, I found a relief and cure for that
dreadful disease. took five bottles Of
Peruna and two of Manalin, and now
feel like new man. There is nothing
better than Peruna, and keep bottle
in my house oil the time."-A. NJ. Ikerd.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
NOTICE..

BERLIN, MD, October 18th. 1902.
This is to give notice that have sold
my drug business in the town of Berlin
to DIR. Cyrus w. Dirickson, who will
conduct the business at the same stand
l take this opportunity to thank the
public far the'liberal patronage extend
ed me durfqg the years have served it
and I ask for my successor the same
cordial support, believing he will give
You perfect Satisfaction and will appre-
ciate " ur favors.
Very truly,
l.. L. DIRICKsoN, JR.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Attorney.
Order NiSi.

In the Orphans Court of Worcester
County, October Term 1902, to wit:
October 2Sth, 1902.
In the matter of the sale of the real
estate of Priscilla III. III. Milbourne, de-
ceased; Ordered that the sale made and
reported by Oliver d. Collins, Executor,
for the sale of the real estate of Priscilla
II. H. Milbourne, deceased, be ratified
and confirmed. unless cause to the con :.
trary thereof be shown, on or before the
Goth day of November next. provided a
copy of this order be inserted once in
each of three successive weeks in some
newspaper printed and published in
Worcester County before the 22d day of
November 1902
The report states the amount of sales
to be $3.50.
True Copy. ZADoK p. HENRY.
Test: ARA p. EowEN,
EwD. p. DAVIS, ALFRED CHILD.
Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
RoBLEY D. JONES. ATTORNEY.
Order of Publication.
lien B. Warren apd Gaylord L. War,
rem. her husband.

u 49,.
James 6rof per and Kate Chopper. his
wife. Joseph G. Chopper and Eliza
beth Chopper. his wife, George S.
Uropper and Mary Chopper. his wife,
Gilbert B. Chopper and Annie Crop.
per, his wife. Sallie NJ. Perry and
George f. Perry. her husband.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity No. 1910.
The object of this suit is to procure a
decree for the sale of certain real estate
in Worcester County in this State of
which a certain Elizabeth A. Chopper
died seized and possessed.
The bill states that about the month
of June, in the year nineteen hundred
and two, certain Elizabeth A. Crop
per, late of Worcester County died
seized and possessed of certain tract
of land situate in the Third Election
District of said county which was de-
vised to her by George s. Chopper by
his last will and testament dated April
30th, 1889, and duly recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Wills of Worces-
ter County in Liber G.. T. B. No. 8,
folio 366. a certified copy of which is
herewith filed as part of this bill of
complaint and marked Exhibit A."
That the said Elizabeth A. Chopper
left as her children and heirs at law, to
whom said estate has descended in
equal shares. your oratrix, Ellen B.
Warren. who intermarried with your
orator. Gaylord l.. Warren; James
Chopper, who intermarried with Ger.
tain Kate Chopper; Joseph G. Chopper,
who intermarried with a certain Eliza.
beth Chopper; George S. Chopper, who
intermarried with certain Mary Crop.
per; Gilbert B. Chopper, who intermar-
ried with certain ANNE Chopper, all
of whom reside in Worcester County
and Sallie NJ. Perry. who intermarried
with certain George +. Perry. who
reside in the State of Massachusetts;
and all of said children and heirs at
law are adults of the full age of twenty
one years.
That the said real estate is not sus-
ceptible of partition without material
loss and injury to the parties entitled
to interest therein as above stated, and
that in order to make division of said
interest it will be necessary that said
real estate be sold and the proceeds
thereof divided amongst the parties ac-
cording to their several interests.
1t is thereupon this 2lst day of Oeto.
Der. nineteen hundred and two, ordered
by the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. in Equity, that the complain.
ants by causing a copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper published
in said Worcester County once in each
Of four successive weeks before the IL
day of November nineteen hundred and
two. give notice to the said absent de-
PENDANTS of the object and substance of
this bill, warning them to appear in
this Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the s day of December next to
show canse, if any they have, why a
decree ought not to be passed as prayed.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk.
True Copy. Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL. Clerk
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
ANY CHURCH


stitution supported by voluntary contri-
button will be given liberal quantity
of the Longman & Martinez Paints
whenever they paint.
NoTE:-This has been our custom for
twenty seven years; any building not
satisfactorily painted will be repainted
at our expense; about one gallon of
Linseed Oil to be added to every gallon
of the paint to make ready for use; it s
mixed in two minutes, and cost of the
paint thereby made less in price than
any other: Yearly product over one
million gallons.
LoNGMAN & MARTINEZ,
Sole Agents. Selby & Bishop. Snow Hill;
Scarborough Onley & Co., Girdletree;
James w. Pruitt, Stockton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
STIEFFF
pa MOI

Celebrated their Goth birthday short while ago.
and during these three score years their good
qualities have brought them fame There are no
better Pianos. but there are good many not near
ly so good. Why not inspect them before you
purchase an instrument?
Besides them, we hove many other instruments
at prices to suit the most economical. Accom-
modatiug terms. Catalogue and book of sugges-
lions cheerfully mailed upon application.
CHARLES Nj. STIEFF,
Warerooms o n. Liberty Street. Facto-
ries, Block of E. Lafayette Ave,
Aiken and Lanvale SITS.
BALTIMORE. MD.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
Notice to Trespassers.

All persons are hereby warned not to
trespass on my land with either dog,
gun or horse and cart. under penalty of
the law. MRS. IRVING SPENCE,
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
CO-Partnership Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on Octo.
Der LIST, 1902, Mr. Charles b. Timmons
was admitted as partner with an equal
interest in the Godfrey Manufacturing
Company of Snow Hill, Md. The COM
pany is composed of the undersigned,
who will continue the business under
the same name. WIN. S. GODFREY,
r. @. LEWIS,
l.. HASTINGS,
CHAs. b. TIMMoNs.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08

The Japanese believe in more myth
ical creatures than any other people on
the globe. civilized or savage. Among
these are mythical animals without
any remarkable pccuiiarities of con-
formation. but gifted with supernatu-
raj attributes such as the tiger which
is said To turn as white as Il polar bear
on the date of his one thousandth
birthday. They also believe in spe-
cies of fox which if he lives to be fifty
years old without having been chased
by a dog transforms itself into beau
tiful woman. This same fox. if he can
manage TO live for century. gains adj
ditional powers, such as becoming Il
wonderful wizard, etc. When he lives
to he 1000 years old, he becomes u
celestial fox" with nine golden tails,
and has the power of going to heaven
and returning whenever he chooses.
These laps also believe in ii multi
tude of animals distinguished by their
monstrous size or by the multiplication
of their numbers. Among these are
serpents 500 feet long and large
enough To swallow an elephant. boxes
with eight legs. monkeys with four
ears and seven tails; fishes with ten
heads attached TO one body, the flesh
of this last monster being Il sure cure
for boils. bites of poisonous serpcnts,
hydrophohia etc.
Man Go sarge employer oi labor
Want amy hands this morning. sir:
What have you been used to-
Making myself generally useful i'll
Il larg" factory"
''Who f"r?''
For ia" government. sir"
Have YOU Il good refcrence?"
Il was seven years ut the last place"
Take Il seat; think I'll give YOU a
trial"
''N". thanks The Hast time | had Il
vial | got seven Years Good morn
Ing. London Til Bits
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08

WANTED. Responsible person Ia act as agent
w IN every county in the state for article in hid
demand by farmers and truck growers Good
sale all during the year Profitable employment
Prompt reply necessary. Permanent. The frotec-
TO Company. Monmouth, Illinois.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08
PIANOS AND ORGANS.

ITNLESS EVERY MAN WHO HELPS MAKE 4
~ Piano is a skilled workman the instrumen
viii not Withstand the test of time. for il is serv
ice that counts i'll the long run.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-03-27
Husband is Arrested

Racine, March "a. Pretty Carrie
Cernecki, 17-year-old bride of less
than two months, caused the arrest
of her husbund, Frank Cernecki, to-
day It was against her will that
she married, she says. Two or three
weeks. ago she left her husband and
said she wanted a divorce. She
said he threatend to kill her rather
than see her become the wife Of
another Yesterday she went to
the home of her parents by invita-
fbSn. When she arrived her husband
and half a dozen relatives were pres
eat All proceeded to upbraid her,
skss said. When she tried to leave.
the house, she alleges, her husband
stopped her and struck her. Fin
ally she got away and to-day had the
warrant issued. The husbund was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-03-27
Pop Bottle Explodes

MariIette, March 24.-Charles
Francionio of Crystal Falls, Mich,
had a very narrow escape from death
yesterday morning as the result OF
an explosion Of pop bottle which
he was holding in his hand. Franci-
ohio picked up the bottle to pour out
a glass Of pop. Finding it partly
frozen he held the bottle cut at arms
length in front of him and began to
shake it vigorously. The bottle ex-
ploded with terrific force, one piece
of glass striking Francionio on the
right side of the jaw and neck, cut
ting an ugly cash six inches long.
A muff1er which Francionio had about
his throat at the tine was undoubt-
edly the means of saving his life, as
several pieces of the flying glass
struck the muffier and cut it consid-
erabIy. He was taken to the Gener-
al hospital, where ten stitches were
necessary to close up the cash in his
face and neck. IS,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-03-27

Wausau, March "A. Frank
O'Hare, wanted for burglary, and
who escaped from the officers in
this city a week ago by jumping
Through the courthouse window,
also escaped from the officers at
Tomahawk Saturday, but was
recaptured at Tomahawk juno
&ion and was brought to Wausau.
When the turnkey went to feed
him Sunday morning he over
powered him aud escaped. In
the struggle he was severely
beaten over the head with a re-
volver. He ran into the woods,
without coat or hat.