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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-26

differ from mine." said Alec cooIIy. 81
have my instructions from the ne
gotiable haunt herself. and intend tc
carry them out You see he con.
tinued. turning TO the interested little
group. I've called frequently on the
old lady, and she has taken great
fancy tn me as the friend of her dear
Jack. Last night she gave me this
little box and asked me to give it to the
young lady of Jacks crfoice. with the
request that she make use of it in
furnishing n home"
He took from his vest pocket tiny
fiat box of tin, hardly more than an
inch square. and held it out on the
palm of his hand. 1t was sealed by
having II thin strip of paper pasted
over the joining of the box and its
cover.
Il suppose it never occurred TO the
old lady that great. big, hulking
leather head" lingering lovingly over
the words. like Jack had not dared
to tell the young lady
No one spoke. Hawarden sat in hor
rified silence Finally Kathleen Clyde
broke out earnestly. Its n will. of
course. leaving Mr.. Hawarden n fine
estate in England. and
Hawarden pulled himself together
and came TO Bruce's side. trying to
smile.
There's no one tn leave me an es-
tate. Miss Clyde. l really haven't a
relative in the world. and my parents
were poor people. think the old
lady is not i'm her right mind. fancy
that what Alec calls a box is really Il
sort of tin locket and probably con-
tains n portrait of her lost nephew"
lie paused as If to gather courage
to go on. and his face paled.
I'm sorry. you KNOW" he said slow
~. that Alec has told the story. but
there is only one truthful way for me
to finish it,
He took the box from Bruce's hand
and passed it to Miss Stuart. saying
only, "Will you open the box?"
Her beautiful eyes filed with tears
and. with trembling hands. she tried
to break the seal. Peace Gray handed
her palette knife. and as the cover
flew off they all crowded around.
Its nothing but postage stamp"
cried Kathleen Indignantly. THE hor-
rid old woman. I'd like to throw it
into the fire.
Miss Stuart dropped the box and
ran from the room. and If any one no.
ticed that Hawarden followed her no
one was silly enough to speak of it.
Give me that stamp. Kathleen.
quick" commanded Miss Fairlie. The
old lady's mind is all right" she add
ell after careful examination. "and
Mauritius of the issue of 1917 and is
worth ut least $1,000. The negotiable
aunt has made Jack an easily negoti-
ated gift"
Hawarden heard the joyous excla-
nations that followed Miss Fairlie's
announcement and came in, holding
Miss Stuart. blushing and embarrass-
ed. by the hand.
"Are you sure. Miss Fairlie?" he
asked anyiously.
Perfectly sure" she answered. with
the confidence born of knowledge.
zone was sold few weeks ago in
London for $3.50"
"Er-I thought he stammered. "It
is only right that our friends here
should he the first to know that Edith
and are engaged"
1.-TWO souls with but single
stamp" quoth Alec. with mock solem-
nifty. but the unfeeling remark was
lost In shower of good wishes and
CONGRATULATIONS
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-26
COunterfeiting The Genuine.

Foley & Co., Chicago. originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy. and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered for
the genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey
and Tar and refuse any substitute offer
ed as no other preparation will give the
same satisfaction. 1t is mildly laxative.
1t contains no opiates and is safest for
children and delicate persons. p. d
Cottingham & Co., Snow Hill, Lloyd &
Blaine. Pocomoke.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
An Enuine .IOke.

At o'clock one morning, when the
fog was so thick that you could not see
the name Of the streets printed on the
lamp posts, a telegram was received
at a San Francisco newspaper Office
from an interior town that prominent
official had been killed while hunting.
The news had to be broken to the fam
lily, and the man doing the late watch
was told to jump into a carriage and
get some dope on the deceased.
He grabbed the first four wheeler in
sight and did not notice that the driver
had been imbibing. He gave him the
address and settled back to get few
winks of sleep, but was awakened by
the carriage coming to a standstill. He
got out and as he glanced around he
was surprised to see headstones and
monuments on every side. He looked
up and found "cabby" fast asleep. In
an instant he appreciated the situation.
The driver had fallen asleep on the
box, and tie horses, believing they
were going to a funeral, had leisurely
trotted to the burying ground.-Ex-
change.
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THE GOOD OLD CLOCK.
cts Mellow, Friendly Tick an Anti
d0tc For Lonesomeness.

Cts Mellow, Friendly Tick an Anti
dOtc For Lonesomeness.
Give me the clock for company"
said the obseryant man, land you may
have all the balance of the inanimate
things under the sun, or over it, and
will throw few Of the animals in for
good measure. [ can conceive of moth
ing more friendly, more unspeakably
comforting, than the mellow tick of the
old family clock which towers high on
the old fashioned mantel, above the
good old open faced fireplace where the
embGrS are dying down and deepening
into a blush melancholy gray late Of
winter nights. One never feels quite
alone as long as one. may hear the mel
low tick tack of the old family clock,
the same sweet mellow cadences which
have rung in ones ear from earliest
infancy, through all the changes and
upheavals Of time, down to the present
Other sounds may fall and deepen into
the saddor silence of the nights heavy
mark the flight Of time and no second
may escape without hearing its passing
called out dreamily by the faithful
clock whose hands have measured al
ready so many days-some bright and
full of light and life and promise and
sweet bodings Of the future and others
echoing back sepulchrally from the
years already counted. All, the clock!
But give me the clock with its ticking
all through the night, and it's silvery
Ginning on the hour, and you may have
the other things, and the dog to boot.
I'll take the clock in mine every time
when it comes to keeping off that feel
ing of lonesomeness which creeps upon
us now and then" New Orleans
Times DemOcrat.
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Followed His Leader.

Michael had been in the country only
short time and was not entirely ia
miliar with the table d'hote dinner. In
his first evening out he hied himself
to a Sixth avenue restaurant and called
for table d'hote dinner. Opposite
him sat a sour visaged and voracious
person who had arrived only a few mo-
ments before. Michael, being in doubt
as to how to order, decided to watch
his neighbor and invariably said he
would take the same in response to the
walters query.
After finishing his dinner the heavy
eating man ordered the waiter to send
him in a bootblack.
Bring me the same,' exclaimed
Michael
"Whatr' said the waiter won't one
bootblack do two of you?"
well" cried Michael, pointing to-
ward his neighbour "if he eats his I'll
eat mine too!"-New York Times.
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If twelve persons were to agree to
dine together every day, but never sit
exactly in the same order around the
table, it would take them 13,O00,00
years at the rate of one dinner a day,
and they would have to eat more than
479,O00000 dinners before they could
get through all the possible arrange
ments in which they could place them
selves. A has only 1 change; A, B, 2;
A, B, G, 6; four letters, "a; five, 100;
six, 100; seven, 500; eight, 40,320;
nine, 49,, 800; ten, 3,628, 800; eleven,
B9,016,800; twelve, 479,001, 900.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
NUMBER ON PAPER MONEY!.
How to Tell without Seeing the Fig
ures if 1t Is Odd or Even.

How to Tell Without Seeing the Fig
ures if 1t Is Odd or Even.
eff any one comes up to you and
wants to bet you that he can tell
whether the number Of any of Uncle
Sans paper money is odd or even by
looking at that part of the bill on which
the number does not appear, shun him
as you would the plague" said a guest
at the Hotel Mckay the other night.
"Why? What is the joker asked
another guest.
"Only this" replied the first: 81 was
out this afternoon with a number Of
men with whom l have business deal
ings We ate lunch, and then one man
wanted to bet me that he could call
the even or odd on the number of any
bill I had, the loser to pay for the
lunch. l took a bill from my pocket
folded it so that the number did not
show, and after he had looked at it he
said, Even
"It was even. Soon afterward | got
stuck for the cigars the same way.
After l had been done four or five times
they explained to me that all of the
bills marked A and &C. were odd, while
those marked 'B' and ID were even.
1t cost about So to find it out, but I
guess it was a good investment at that.
It is the same on all bills. Be careful
when attempting to do the work not to
take the series letter in front Of the
number, but hunt for small letter on
the left hand side Of the bill."-Duluth
Herald
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
Poet Riley on His Native Heath.

Poet Riley on His Native Heath.
Several years ago James Whitcomb
Riley returned to his native town.
Greenfield, Ind, for the purpose Of Civ
ing a reading, the proceeds of which
were for some charitable purpose. It
had been many years since he had Wis
tied the old town, and as the affair had
been we'll advertised people poured in
from all sections of the county. Riley
arrived on an evening train. The 'old
band was at the station to meet him.
The poet was put in low necked car
riage with a reception committee, and,
headed by the band, procession was
formed of citizens, and they paraded
the business streets. A very old man
leaned up against the Gymond House,
a hotel Of Riley's day, and as the car
riage passed he squinted one eye and
out Of the opposite corner of his mouth
said, give seen the time in this here
burg when they would have got a
brass hand to git Jimmie Riley out Of
Wn."-Cleveland Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28

IIIIdIUEu, IIdVC IIScH 20
the very highest pin
liacle Of success in their
chosen calling %Here
we have the striking
example Of the presi-
dent of the largest
manufacturing corpora
ton IN the world, rising
to this position from one
Of the lowest places in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
The Wisconsin Central Ry.

Reaches The principal points in
Wisconsin, offering Pullman Sleepers
Free Reclining Chair Car, modern
coaches and dining and Cafe service
between Chicago, Milwaukee, Mani
towoc, and St, Paul. Minneapolis,
Ashland and Duluth. Connection
are made with diverging lines at all
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serservation and further informa-
ton apply to agents of this company
or write Jas. c. Pond, Gen L. Pass.
A Ct, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Accurate Painters.

The famous Tintoretto, in a painting
Of the Israelites gathering mama.
showed them armed with guns, and a
latter day Neapolitan artist has depict
ed the holy family crossing the Nile, in
their fight into Egypt, in magnif-
Gently ornamented barge.
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the Company's service. Again, the
young man who came to this country
over thirty years ago, penniless and
fr1endless, and who, during the first two
years, earned only 5000, working beside
a tank foul with the smell of oil but
to-day, there is scarcely drop of oil
consumed iii this country which has not
been purchased from his stupendous
organization, the Standard Oil Company.
In another walk of life, we see at the
head of a great college, a man who
chopped wood to pay his way through
school,
The great captains of industry OF TO-
day were the poor boys of thirty years
ago. 1t was not a wealthy parent nor an
influential friend who started these men
en- the road TO fortune; they made their
own opportunities they fought their own
battles; they have won.
What is the secret of their success?
What is that irresistible force which has
enabled them to overcome all obstacles,
to surpass their fellow-men? Every am
bilious young man is searching for this
secret. He believes that honesty, So
briefly, perseverance, and determination
are essentials IN the foundation on which
to build a successful career, and vet he
realizes that he must possess something
more than these mere prerequisites if he
would achieve conspicuous success 3
5Those who have studied the lives of
successful men will tell you that they all
possessed a certain force of character
the power to mould the opinions and
direct the actions of others John D.
Rockefeller has often said that he at
tributes his success largely to his ability
to influence and control the minds of
men. How to acquire that power is told
by Mr.. Edward Box in his Lecture, "Keys
to Success, y the most inspiring address to
young men ever heard from an American
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theory he gives good, sound -.r~ioal
advice. He tells young men
they can develop those quail
pensable to success, and win boil. -
and power. Every word is suggestive
and inspiring.
The Publishers of this Lecture, John
D. Morris and Company, 1903 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, are DESTROYS
that every ambitious young man should
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and they will send, com p+;mentary,
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eral offer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
The Doctors Expectation.

Friend-I'm glad to see you so much
better, old man. Does the doctor ex-
pect you to be out soon?
Invalid-Well, think he expects me
soon to be out the amount of his bill
He sent it in today.-Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28
A Mean Dig.

Mrs. Bragg gave quite a nice little
luncheon the other day. Didn't Mrs.
Jenkins tell you?
Mrs. Sly-No.
Mrs. Bragg Strange! Why, she was
one of my guests.
Mrs. Sly-Yes, she told me that.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-01-28

When a clumsy man has stepped on
a ladys trailing skirt, before he begins
to apologize he should always get off
the skirt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29

train came upon him he gave loud,
piteous moan, and crouched right in
the permanent way.
The train was stopped and the off,
cial examined the case. The dog was
found dead, and under his body lit
tie child, dead also. 1t was the child
Of the dogs master. The little fellow
had been playing on the track, and
had afterwards lain there to sleep.
The dog had done his utmost to
stop the train. His last loud howl
of grief was when he found his ef-
forts unavailing, and stretched himself
over the little ones sleeping form to
die
Many other instances might be CIV
en- of the dogs faithfulness unto death,
but these will suffice to remind those
who have never had personal expert
ence of canine devotion in this degree,
and, perhaps, are accustomed to value
dog life cheaply.
How can one best immortalize such
noble qualities as those of that Scar
borough terrier? Could those devot-
ed animals who have died Of grief
themselves say, 1t seems as though they
would have US be faithful to all their
kith aud kin, as they themselves were
faithful to US.
One more steadfast friend is dead.
No costly sculpture with gilt inscrip-
tion is expedient to perpetrate his
memory. Rather let the money go to
some good dogs shelter and let us all
remember the supreme affection Of this
Scarborough terrier by exercising a
more thoughtful regard for all the can
inc race.-London Express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29
NO WOMAN.

There is a lawyer with an office in
the city who is famous among his
friends as a man who never loses his
temper or allows his language to stray
from the path Of propriety.
He was desperately busy the other
day, when a female book canvasser
entered his private office, and, as she
advanced from the door, announced
her mission:
81 should like to show you very
valuable work." she began.
Madam" said the other, as he rose
from his chair, "you must excuse me.
l am very sorry, bnt at present l am
engaged"
Evidently tue agent had heald some
thing of the kind before, for she did
not pause in her progress towards the
lawyers desk.
Madam" he repeated, II am en-
gagged at present"
Still the agent came on.
"Madam!" cried the lawyer in desper
ation," 81 am engaged--and if you don
60 away you will force me to be what
[ have never been before-guilty o1
rudeness to a woman"
That settled the agent. Probably
the very vagueness of the threat help
ed to set her to retreating.
But like true woman she had the
last word-and several of thcm-just
as she vanished through the door.
~ amt woman" she said, "I'm q
lady"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29
gelect Misrellany.
Lost and Found.

The following manuscript came into
my hands about so years ago. My
friend John Williams, the writer Of it,
was at my house on visit. l should
rather call him friend of my father,
as he belonged to generation previ-
Gus to my own. He took a great fan
cy to me when l was boy and often
told ME his story. One day, when he
was in a peculiarly communicative
mood, l persuaded him to write it out,
which he did, on condition that it was
not to be published during bis lifetime.
AS he has been dead now 40 years
and all the members of bis immediate
family have passed away, there can be
no impropriety in offering it to the
public. 1t is scarcely necessary for
me to say that, after lapse OF 80
years, it was necessary to make copy
of it, as the original ink had faded
very much.
I,John Williams, had just complet-
ed my college career, which had been
neither better nor worse than that Of
thousands of others. A slow, plod.
ding mind was all that nature had
given me within, and red hair, freck-
led face and rather ungainly figure
were what she had bestowed upon me
without. "John will never set the
river afire," was what my father had
once said to me. Dear, kind old man,
be did not know that | Was within
hearing distance or he never would
have said it. But, although the re-
mark was gall and wormwood to me
at tha. time, it spurred me on to ex-
ertion, and | made much better use Of
my time at college than l would other
wise have done.
Mary Mercer, daughter OF a near
neigh hbor and intimate friend Of my
father, had been my life long compan-
ion and friend. We have opposites in
ever, particular. She was beautiful,
and | was as has been described. She
was graceful, and was not; but ow-
ing to our secluded lives, we had been
thrown mnch together, and her chari-
table disposition had been accustomed
to overlook many Of my imperfections.
An admiration amounting almost to
worship bad arisen in my mind when
| saw her after my four years absence
at college had left her a sweet, at
tractive child, and [ found her on my
return a woman such as my fancy had
never pictured.
Ofcourse there could be but one re-
suit. If had never been in love be-
fore, certainly was now, and was
not long in making known to Mtry
my feelings. Mary's conduct on the
occasion afforded the first instance in
which | had known her to swerve in
the least from what was the obvious
truth. She was confused, blushed
slightly and declared that / had taken
her so much by surprise that she did
not know what to say; she had never
thought Of me in that light, and ]
must really give her little time to
think the matter over. l knew at the
! tine that Mary was fibbing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29
REM EMBER.

The time may come IN that far-tabled land,
Which are taught Death opens to our view,
When I. with fearful eyes, shall vainly sue
For the dear touch of a familiar hand,
The look of eyes that ever understand,
The kiss from lips whose kiss and word are trut
o grant me this-when shall call to you.
In loneliness, from that so distant strand;
If you should hear me in the hush of eve.
Breathe something tender for me to the night.
Fen if your heart has now forgot me quite;
For I, so far away, must needs believe,
Then, in my darkness. Il shall see a light.
Your love for me-and shall cease to grieve.
e. H. SOthern.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-04-29

1AGuCl NOuN ~ lV' |uo HAS''
his resources were not abundant, and
so | hurried Oh into Germany, devot-
ing year to that country, Switzerland
and Italy. was en- the point OF
winding up my trip with few months
in Spain, when slight incident caus-
ed me to turn my face toward home
With as much haste as if a legion Of
devils was behind me.
Preparatory to going into Spain, l
had taken Spanish grammar out OF
my trunk with the intention of brush
ing up my knowledge of Spanish, which
had become quite rusty from long dis
use. As I opened the book small
letter addressed to me in Mary's we'll
known handwriting fell out. 1t was
without postmark and was sealed.
1 tore it open, with a beating heart
for her image was as fresh in my men,
ory as on the day I parted with her
at her door. 1t was very short, and |
observed that the date was on the
next day after had last seen her.
This was the whole letter:
May, IS.
DEAR JoHN-yes. MARY.
Only four words besides the date.
then remembered that l had been
looking over my Spanish grammar on
the very day this letter was written,
had dozed off into nap of a few min
utes' duration and had left the book
open on the table beside me. l had
been reused up su'ld' My hy some one
calling me, and, as it was nearly dark
when l awoke, l must have shut-uE
the letter in the book without seeing
it.
Everything was now clear, ano
Mary had done all that l could have
wished. l took the first steamer for
New York, and never did man cross
the Atlantic ocean with greater ankle
ty. Well might Mary have remained
silent after such note. Ireproached
myself hundred times for never max
ing any inquiries as to the causes o1
her silence and cursed my FOOLS b
pride along with my reproacbes.
AS soon as got to the end Of my
journey l went directly to Mary's
house, even before going to my own
home. She was decidedly cool to-
ward me, though it had been years
since we had seen each other. But
when l explained the matter she seem
ed fully satisfied, and we were married
in a few weeks.
afterward learned that the letter
had been duly sent by trustworthy
messenger, who had come into my
room, and, finding me asleep, had lef,
it at my elbow, supposing, of course,
that l would see it when l woke up.
Many years have passed away since
these events took place, and there is
little Mary now running in and out as
l write, who bids fare to equal hel
mother in beauty. And nothing pleas
es her so much as when | tell her the
story of my finding mammals letter in
my Spanish book on the borders OF
Spain. Said letter is framed and glaz
ed and hangs above me. 1t has often
been taken down and hidden by my
wife, and many threats have been made
to burn it up, but always manage to
find it and bring it back.-New York.
Eoening Post.