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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02

There will be preaching at Nassa-
wango NJ. p. Church tomorrow (Sun-
day. mt 1890 A NJ, Trinity 8 90 P. M,
class meeting of Bates Memorial 10. 30
A. NJ Christian Endeavor at Gas and
Easter service at ! 30 p. NJ This be-
ing the last services before the meeting
of the annual conference. the pastor
would appreciate large attendance.
early last Saturday morning Messrs.
Will Davis and John Moore. Jr,
went ont fox hunting. About half past
six O'Clock their dogs started fox in
Devil Swamp. They chased him to
Watermelon Point, from which place
he doubled back to Devil Swamp
Once the fox passed not more than N
PAGES from the hunters The fox was
the same one that Mr. Davis captured "a
few weeks ago. and which escaped MIR.
Davis cut off one of his ears to establish
his identity. and as the fox p used so
close tn the gentlemen. they could plain
ly perceive that the ear was missing.
This fox is a large pied one. and is re-
markable for his cunning and shrewd
ness.
james Dickerson, the fifteen year
old son of j. + Dickerson, of Coulbourn,
met with painful accident last Tues
day night. He was driving his fathers
team. which was hitched to a wagon
healthy loaded with hay. The hay was
piledNhigh ON the wagon, and as it was
difficult to- climb on top of it. he at
tempted. to stride one of the mules. He
had Frequently ridden on the mule be-
fore. but this time the mule vigorously
objected. and began to rear and plunge.
The boy was thrown from the mules
back /and the wagon with its heavy
load PASSED over his ankle, crushing aud
bruising it very severely. The wagon
was loaded with thirty nine bales of
hay. representing IA weight of about two
and half tons.
MIR. Calvin II. Long moved his
family to Pocomoke City this week.
Mr.. Long and family have lived in
in Snow Hill for two years. during
which time they have made large
circle of friends who regret to lose
them from our town. Mr.. Long has a
charming wife. and two interesting
children. Owing to the death of his
mother in Pocomoke City few months
ago. Mr.. Long has found it necessary
to remove TO that town in order to as
sumo the active management of his
milling and other extensive interests
there Mr.. Long expresses great regret
at leaving Snow Hill. aud we assure
him that the people of our town
reciprocate his sentiment. He says that
Snow Hill people are among the most
hospitable aud sociable on the face of
the earth, that our public schools are
the best on the shore, that our churches
are the finest. and that our water is the
best in the United States Of America
In returning To their old home, we
wish Mr.. Long and family many long
years of happiness and prosperity.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
WORLD'S FAIR At ST. LOUIS
First Great Excursion via Penn
SXlyania Railroad MAY 10.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
will open at st Louis April 30. and will
be in perfect condition on that date The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
run the first low-rate coach excursion
from the East to the Worlds Fair on
May 10. affordiDg residents of the East
ern section an opportunity to see the
great exposition i'll all the glory of its
pristine freshness. Tickets will be sold
from all principal stations OIL the Penn
sylvania Railroad System. The fare
from New York will be $1,000; from
Philadelphia. $3.50; with proportionate
rates, approximating one cent per mile.
from other points. These tickets will
be good going only on special coach
trains tn be run on May 10, and return
ing in coaches of regular trains leaving
St Louis not later than May 10.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
GIRDLETREE.

Rev. and Mrs. Horace Truitt. of
Leipsic, spent this werk very pleasantly
with relatives i'll town.
Mr.. George Soper. of Ocean City. was
welcome visitor at the home of her
father. Mr.. ID. +. Sooy. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Callahan, of Pc.
comoke City. spent Tuesday as the
welcome guests of their sister, Mrs. 4.
w. Webb.
Misses Ollie Onley and Kitty Rowley
made a business trip to Pocomoke City.
Friday.
Miss Nellie Redden left Tuesday for
her home i'll Salisbury. after spending
the past two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
j. II. Gordy.
Mrs G.. ii. Bennum and Miss Ollie
Jones visited friends in Snow Hill. Mon
day.
Misses Lena Scarborough and Hattie
Webb spent Saturday III Pocomoke City.
shopping.
Mr. Caleb Watson and daughter. Miss
Retta, made business trip to Snow Hill.
Friday.
MIR. W. 5. Townsend spent Saturday
and Sunday very pleasantly with his
parents, NJ. and Mrs. Sidney Town
send, near Pccomoke City.
Mr.. Thomas Scarborough has come
home, after spending the past few
weeks at Bogg's Wharf.
Miss Ella Pilchard spent Saturday
and Sunday very pleasantly with her
friend, Miss Jennie Paradce.
Mrs Maggie Rowley. of Box Iron.
was among. the visitors here Monday.
An entertainment will be given in
the Red Mems Hall Friday and Satur-
day evenings under the auspices of the
Ladies' Aid Society. for the benefit of
the NJ + Church. The entertainment
will consist of comedy entitled "A
Family Affair."" and short play en-
titled. The Train to Mauro." Music
will be rendered by Prof. Bauman and
Miss Katherine Rowley.
MIR. Marion Atkinson. of Pocomokc
City, was among the visitors in town
Thursday.
Miss Annie Price and Master Clayton
Onley left Thursday for Baltimore.
where they will spend the Easter
holidays with relatives.
Mrs. John Carter and Miss Myra
Blades made business trip to POGO.
moke City Thursday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
LIRERTYTOWN.

Miss Sadie Rayne. who has been Wis
iting her cousin. Miss Minnie Williams.
of near Ocean City. returned home Sat
urday last.
Miss Cora Hastings spent Saturday
Aydelotte, near Berlin.
Mr. Sewell Birmingham visited friends
in Powellsvill Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mamie Williams, of Synepuxent,
has come to spend few weeks with her
cousins, the Misses Sadie and Virgie
Rayne.
MIR. Philip Timmons. of Timmons-
town, spent Sunday with Mr.. Parker
Rayne.
Mrs Martha Rayne is very sick at
this time.
Mr. Isaac Williams spent Sunday with
Mr.. Minos Birmingham.
We are glad to report Mrs. Lemucl
Clarke better at this time.
Mrs. John Hadder. of Showells. came
Wednesday to visit relatives and friends
here.
Miss Coda Timmons spent "Wednesday
aud Thursday with her aunt. Mrs Vir-
gil Davis, near Wizards.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Townsend. of
near Newark. spent "Wednesday with
friends in our little town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Raync spent last
Thursday with her mo her, Mrs Re
becca Hadder, near Berlin.
Mr.. Henry McAllistcr, of Berlin. was
in our town Tuesday on business.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
NEWARK.

Mrs. Charles Mumford is visiting her
parents in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Joseph Davis. of near Friendship.
was in our town Saturday.
Mrs. Molly Coffin and son, Edward.
of Bishopville. visited relatives here
part of this weak.
Mr.. John II. Tilghman is sick at this
time. We hope he will soon be out
again.
Mrs. Henry Fassitt spent part of this
week with her sister, Mrs. WIN. Chap
man, at Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson West. of
Timmonstown. spent Saturday with his
brother, Mr. Manchester West. IF this
place.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02
llOw'S This:

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bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02

Governor Warficld has issued a
proclamation designating Friday, April
IL, as "Arbor and Highway Day" He
requests that the people of the State ap-
observe the occasion by the
planting of trees and shrubbery on
school house and other public grounds
and along the public highways.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-04-02

We are sorry to report Mrs. Gilbert
Westfall quite sick at this time
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
REARING A WREN FAMILY.
Father Eird Resorts to Strict Disci.
pline to Force His Youngsters
Into the World.

Hidden in the grass, I tried to solve
the secret of the fathers petulant ac-
tons. Each time the patient mother
returned he grew more restless and
violent in his language. Soon I saw
his wife whirl joyously by with an I'M
usually large white grub-surely a
prize for any bird. But alas! for all
her prowess, her spouse darted at her
as if in madness, while she, trembling
in terror, retreated down the limb and
through the bushes. For q few mo-
ments it seemed as if the wren house.
hold was to be wrecked. l was tempt
ed to take the mothers part against
such cruel treatment as she quivered
through the fern on fluttering wing to-
ward me, but at that moment, as If
thoroughly subdued, she yielded up the
bug to the father. This was the bone
of contention. A domestic battle had
been fought and he had won. The
scolding ceased. Both seemed salts
fed. Mounting to the tree top, the lit
tie mother poured forth such food
of sweet song as rarely strikes human
ear. From that moment she seemed
different wren, released from all care
and worry. Her entire time was spent
in search for bugs. Each return was
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
STORY TOLD OF ROOSTER.
BE Made Things Lively in Railroad
Car and Awakened the Sleepy
Passengers.

There were many passengers in the
car, and nearly all were asleep. took
seat, leaned back, and had just fallen
into a doze when I was awakened
by the loud Growing of a rooster, writes
a contributor to the Chicago Tribune.
There he was, large rooster, strut
ting up the aisle, with head erect, and
every few seconds letting forth such a
loud chuckle that in a moment nearly
everyone in the car was awake and cram
ing his head in establishment.
The rooster strutted wonderingly up
the aisle until he came to large, portly
man, who was leaning back, with legs
crossed, one knee as high as his head.
and still asleep. The bird took only
one look and then flew up, alighting on
the conspicuous knee. At this juncture
everyone else in the car became intense
ly interested, and nearly all the passen-
gers were on their feet, anxious to see
It needed only one more sound from
the rooster before the stout man
opened his eyes. With sudden start
backward he threw up his hands in as
constituent, while roars of laughter came
from every part of the car.
This excitement was too much for the
rooster, and with one jump he flew up
to the bell-rope, which sagged under his
weight, and the train, laundering along
at so miles an hour, came to such sud-
den stop that many passengers were
thrown from their feet in a confused
muddle. The train had no more than
come to a stop when an irate conductor
came hurriedly into the car and de-
manded who had stopped the train. BY
that time the owner of the rooster had
awakened, and, taking in the situation,
reached up, gathered in the wandering
bird, and restored him to the bag from
which he had escaped.
There was no more sleep. Everybody
was too busy laughing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
HOW WILLARD FED THE HOGS.

Upon the farm of Wilkinson,
Among the Jersey boys.
The farmer said to Willard: "son.
Run out and feed the hogs"
Now, Willard was a likely lad,
With brain and spirit fine,
And higher, nobler dreams he had
Than those ancestral swine.
He pondered: THAT there money-quick
Is mighty powerful talk,
And Wall street must be mighty slick
I'm goin' to N Yawk!'
So Willard dropped the humble pail
He carried on his arm,
And briskly following the trail,
he left that Jersey farm.
A hundred dollars Willard had
In Wall street to invest,
wonder" thought the simple lad.
what kind o stocks the beSt"
So Willard on the curb delayed.
Until a voice he heard
Say: Easy millions to be made
In Mountain Air preferred"
That Willard put his hundred in
The broker did suggest
so Willard parted with the "tin,''
quite eager to invest.
A week passed by-oh, bitter cup
OF deep financial rue!
The broker said: Your stocks gone up
Your cash?-that's gone up. too"
Twas sunset on the Jersey farm,
When sick, and sore, and slack,
His tattered coat upon his arm,
The prodigal came back
''Where have you been?" his father cried.
Across the fertile boys
Don't lick me, pa" the boy replied,
I've been an fed the hogs!'
Wallace Irwin, in N Y. Globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
LIBEL SUIT A CENTURY OLD.
Action Brought Against the London
Times by the Government
Is Still Pending.

There is a libel case between the
post Office authorities and the London
Times standing unheard for nearly
100 years. 1t seems that in 1907 the
Times bitterly attacked the post Office
and the occasion of its attack was as
follows:
Ii these days the postal authorities
ACTED not merely as the carriers of let
tiers and the like, but there was news
agency in connection with the depart
ment, and this news agency charged
9100 to each newspaper in the king
dom for the supply of brief summary
of foreign news daily. In order to en-
courage this side OF their business
the heads of the post Office at that time
conceived the brilliant notion of de-
laying foreign newspapers in order
that their news service might not suf-
fer from competition.
This went on for Q time until the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07

is fastened to a stick of wood about
eight inches long, fastened to a stand,
as shown in the picture. The gun con-
sists of paper tube, which is made by
winding cardboard. well covered with
glue, around the stem Of a lead pencil.
When IL is dry a piece about five inches
long is cut of. At one and three
fourths inches from one end we make
an incision about two inches long, cut
ting down to about half of the thick
ness Of the tubes (See Fig. 81
Figure 2 shows how piece of whale
bone ABOUT six inches long is inserted,
acting as the propelling power of the
gun. You shoot with a wooden peg
about one and one-half inches long,
fitting loosely into the barrel of the
gun. To give it more weight and
strength we insert carpet tack as
shown in Figure 3.
To shoot, hold the gun with the
right hand, pulling the whalebone back
with the index finger and inserting the
peg. As soon as the index finger re-
leases the whalebone 1t springs for
ward and forces the peg out. To aim
we'll hold the tube In such q way that
the whalebone spring points down
ward.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
WONDERS.

suppose the earth should turn over, dears,
Some night. when we're all asleep;
Why! Wouldn't the water all be spilled
From the ocean SO dark and deep?
And suppose the stars rolled about in the
sky,
AS your marbles roll on the floor;
Suppose We could see for millions of miles,
When we look out the window or door!
Suppose we could travel thousands of
miles,
And never feel 1t. or know!
oh. 1t makes me quite dizzy to think, dears,
If the world should a-spinning go!
What is it you say, my wise little man?
That in kindergarten you learn
That the stars do roll about In the sky,
And the earth does actually turn?
And YOU, my dear little nut-brown maid,
With your satchel of books and slate.
You tell me the earth Is flying away
At a most inconceivable rate;
That we're always travelling, travelling on,
Some thousands of miles day,
Though we never feel it, and may not
know,
We're so busy with work and play.
We've many wonderful lessons to learn,
Grown children as we'll as small,
For you know there were hundreds OF
years, my pets,
When no one supposed at all
That the earth and stars ever moved an
inch,
Then they wouldn't believe twas true;
But don't YOU think, dears, that all the
time
There was Somebody, somewhere, who
knew?
Kate Lawrence. in Youths Companion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07

Catching in the Branches Below Where
the Father Perched.)
heralded by the high-sounding trill
from the tree top, and her husband
whirled out of the tangled vines to
take the morsal she carried.
But what of his actions? He had
either gone crazy or he was a most
selfish little tyrant, for he flew about
the alder stump, calling now in soft
er tone to his children within, and
finally swallowed the grub himself.
Two or three times he did this, until
I was SO disguised could hardly en-
dure him. If he were hungry, why
could he not skirmish for his own
bugs?
While l was Gliding him for his in
famous action, the mother appeared
with large moth, which he readily
took. Among the alder limbs the
father flew. and finally up to the nest
hole, out OF which was issuing such a
series of hungry screams as no parent
with the least bit of devotion could
resist. Hardly could I believe my
eyes, for the little knave just went to
the door, where each hungry nesting
could get good view of the morsel,
then, as if scolding the little ones for
being so noisy and hungry, he hoped
back down the tree into the bushes.
This was indeed cause for a family
revolt. The brown Nesting nearest
the door grew so bold with hunger
that he forgot his fear and plunged
headlong down, catching in the
branches below where the father
perched. And the precocious young
ster got the large moth as a reward
for his bravery.
Not till then did it dawn upon me
that there was a reason for the faith
er's queer actions. The wrenlets were
old enough to leave the nest. Outside
in the warm sunshine they could be
fed more easily and would grow more
rapidly, and they could be taught the
ways of woodcraft. In half an hour,
one after another, the little wrens had
been persuaded, even compelled, to
leave the narrow confines of the nest
and launch out into the big world
VIM. Lowell Finley, in st. Nicholas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
CAT ADOPTS MOUSE FAMILY
Big Maltese Has Pity for Four Little
Rodent Orphans and Takes
Care Of Them.

Busy Body, a big Maltese cat which
makes her home at the Indianapolis
Union railway shops, in Indianapolis,
and is the pet of every one, from the
president down to the humble employe
of the road, after establishing record
of killing more than 10000 rats and
mice, has, with charming feline incon-
sistency, adopted four tiny mice, says
the Indianapolis Sun.
Three weeks ago Busy Body gave birth
to four kittens, and with them seemed in
an ecstasy of happiness. But the little
fellows required such large amount of
nourishment that she began to look
was suggested for her.
One afternoon workmen about the
shops discovered a nest of six mice in a
sawdust pile, and, thinking Of the faith
full "tabby," caught them for her. They
were alive when thrown into her box,
and the men expected to see an imme-
date slaughter.
Imagine their surprise when Busy
Body merely looked up rather sleepily,
took look at the mice, carefully licked
them over and then, as they nestled be-
meath her. went back to sleep. Since
then she has looked after them tenderly,
as much as she has her kittens, and the
kittens and mice take their nourish-
ment side by side.
One Of the mice died and another lost
its life through an experiment. The
men thought that If cat would act so
remarkably with a Louse a dog
would surely do likewise. One of them
was carried to Fanny, a dog which is
nursing litter of pups, for inspection.
The inspection was brief one, and be-
fore the men could prevent her Fanny
had swallowed the mouse whole.
Busy Body is six years old. She was
taken to the Union railway shops three
years ago after she had lost an eye,
which disfgured her countenance. The
shops were formerly overrun with rats
and mice, but she has gained a remark
able record for killing them, and 1t IL
asserted that no less than 10000 Is the
number of her victims.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07
WHEN MEN ARE GROWING OLD
Traces of Age on Wives Faces Are
Never Discernible to Some
Married Men.

"How old is Tompkins?" was the
question, according to a recent writer.
"Oh,'' said the scion of the house,
"Mr. Tompkins is a pretty old man.
He must be at least 49,"
"Tompkins,' said the father, who
had not heard his sons reply, "Tomp-
kins? Oh, he's just a youngster yet
about 40, l should say. He'll settle
down and be something when he
reaches the age of discretion
at all depends on how you look at
it," said a visitor, commenting later
on the difference of opinion as to a
mans ''youngness" or "oldness' as ex-
pressed by the father and son. 81 re-
member when l was a boy 1 thought
that a man of 30 was pretty far along
in years and counted on doing all my
great work in the world long before
that time. AS l reached 25 l did not
seem to see 80 in the same light. 1t
didn't look quite so old. When
passed the thirtieth milestone l felt
myself more of kid than ever, and
looked on 40 as the time when l should
begin to consider myself at mans es-
tate. At IS l decided that man of 40
was, after all, nothing but boy de-
veloping his powers, and when l got
there myself looked forward to so as
the very earliest age at which l should
begin to feel at all old.
1--WE passed so, and if it wasn't for
a thousand little hints that come up
now and then to remind me of 1t
should feel myself just as young AS
used to be.
GAS for imagining that my wife has
grown any older than the day we were
married, such an idea has never en-
tered my head until recently. I al
ways made her dress like a young
woman, and I suppose 1 have caused
her to be laughed at on this account,
for nobody except those who don't no
tice the passing of time likes to see
a middle-aged woman rugged up like
girl. Well, l was shocked the other
day when she met me downtown. She
had on a bonnet tied with strings-a
regular old lady's hat! l nearly cried,
I can tell you.
But that wasn't the worst Imag-
inc finding that you are so old that
your children are passing the age of
youth themselves! Just imagine, if you
can, realizing, all of sudden, that the
little baby girl you handled on your
knee only yesterday is becoming an
old maid! This was brought to me
yesterday, and by my own son!
"He is a boy of Is, big, strapping
chap, who plays on his high school
polo team. He went with it to neigh
boring city, the other night, to play.
Next day at breakfast he got to talk
ing about the girls in the town he had
visited.
4 never saw such flirtatious girls
he said, and not only the girls, but
the women. Why, got lots of smiles
in the rink during the polo game from
old hays of rs or 26 years.
you could have knocked me down
with feather. 1 glanced at my
daughter-my baby girl. She is q
and still unmarried. An old bag! My
stars!
81 put on my hat and coat and went
down town quick. l couldn't think of
it any more.
But when got home last night ev-
erything seemed different. I began to
wonder why my girl wasn't married.
81 saw signs of age in my wife's
face and 1 felt old myself. And my
boy had done it."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-07

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