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Brissie. Were Not Included.

One of the ablest lawyers and advo-
Gates New England ever produced was
Roger Minott Sherman. who was also
famous for the quickness OF his wit.
A story which fully illustrates Sher-
mans powers of repartee is quoted by
the late Senator HOar In his book en-
titled IAN Autobiography of Seventy
Years."
On one occasion Sherman was nrgu-
ing case against Nathan Smith, a
very able but rather coarse lawyer.
Mr. Smith had discussed the question
of law with the subtlety for which he
was distinguished. Mr.. Sherman said
to the court that he thought Brother
Smiths metaphysics were out of place
In that discussion: that he was not
averse to such refinement at a proper
time and would be willing on a at
occasion to chop logic and split hairs
with him.
Smith immediately pulled hair out
Of his own head and. holding 1t up.
said:
"Split that"
Sherman replied quick as lightning:
MAY 1t please your honor. l didn't
say bristles."
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PocoMoKE RIVER LINE.
Baltimore Snow Hill Route

Baltimore Snow Hill Route.
The Steamer Maryland leaves Snow Hill at
O'Clock "a. m, every Monday and Thursday
weather permittingl stopping at Mataponi,
rocomokc City,S p. fm.. Powe!l's. Rehoboth,
Cedar Hall. Pitts Wharf. Shelltowu, Saxi
Pier, Onancock 1901 Finney's. Tangier
Island 40 p. m. .Crisficld p. m. arriving i'm
baltimore 5 o'clock next morning.
Returninng the Steamer Leaves baltimore
from pier foot of South street at 500 p. m,
every Tuesday and Friday for points named
arriving at. Crisfield On p. m. Tangier Island
80 a. m. Onancock 81 Ca, m. Saxis Pier. She'll
town, Pitts Wharf, Cedar Hall. Rehoboth
Powels,l PocomOke City 90 p. m, Snow Hill
$50 p. IN,
T. A. JOYNES. Superintendent.
T.MURD0CH Passenger Agent
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-29

In his familiar character as q time
saver Mr.. Gladstone adorns an incl
dent recorded In the new Life Of Sir
Charles Wyndham," the English actor
and manager. One blazing July day
Sir Charles invited him and other
notables to his theater to hear a reciter
deliver Tennyson's Elaine" Mr..
Gladstone occupied box below the
one In which the actor-manager kept
watch lest his guests should flee from
the sitting theater. When the recital
ended Sir Charles FASTENED to Join
the statesman.
afraid you've had a trying time
with all this heat, Mr.. Gladstone" the
host suggested.
mot at ALL" was the reply. 81 have
had a charming afternoon. thank
you for asking me, and now. quite re-
freshed. / can run back to the house"
Sir Charles was elated. Elaine"
was a success after ALL He rushed to
the stage and found his other guests
waiting for him.
"What have we done to you," they
cried. that you should give us Elaine
on a day like this? Surely there was
something lighter to choose"
Lighter retorted the host That's
the trouble with you society people.
you're all so frivolous. I gave you a
classic treat. Why. Mr.. Gladstone
has just told me he had a delightful
afternoon"
''Of course he had" was the rejoin-
der. "He was asleep all the time"
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BIG FAMILIES.
They Were Common In the North Of
England In OIden Days.

They were common In the NOrtn OF
England In Olden Days.
The north of England seems to be n
fertile soil for large families. for in
1897 we read of Cumberland man
and his wife. accompanied by thirty of
their children. all attending the chris
tening of the thirtytirst child, and in
earlier years another north country
man. Thomas Greenhill. applied to the
then Duke of Norfolk. earl marshal. for
an augmentation to his coat of arms
OH the singular ground that lie was
1.-THE seventh son and the thirty ninth
child of one father and other"
In Conway churchyard there was to
be SCENT can scarcely be there today
IA tombstone bearing the following
remarkable epitaph: Here lyeth the
body of Nicholas Hooker of Conway,
gentleman. who was the forty first
child OF his father. William Hooker.
by Alice. his wife. and the father of
twcnty-seven children. 1857"
If mans family be considered as
including all his descendants. that of
Peter Smith. who fourished In New
Jersey i'm the seventeenth century, Is
entitled to high place of honor. for mt
recent annual gathering of Peters
progeny no fewer than 1000 met and
dined together under the apple trees
I'm the orchard attached to the ancestral
homestead.
In families it is not an unknown
thing for one child To he old enough to
have sister or brother young enough
to be his or her great grandchild. Thus
the eldest son of Thomas Beatty of
Drumcondra had passed his seventy
third birthday when his youngest
brother qualified for the cradle. When
William Frost Of Galphay. near Ripon.
died I'm 1889 his eldest child was a
sturdy boy of eighty eight summers
and his youngest was barely sixteen.
; and the Lady Powerscourt of today is
half century older than her latest
brother.
There are cases on record where a
century or more has divided the we'd
ding days of father and son. The first
Earl of Leicester was first married in
17T5. and his son led his second wife
to the altar I'm August 1915. while Cap
tain Francis Maude. who was married
on June %. 1919. was following the
example his father. Lord Hawarden.
had set him nincty-three years earlier.
in 1856. But both these cases are quite
eclipsed by that of General G. Steven
son OF Bristol. who was united to his
third wife in 1884 at the age of eighty
two and whose father was first wed
In 1904. the year OF Blenheim. This
seeming impossibility is accounted for
by the fact that the father. who was
born In 1850. was married for the third
time at the age of seventy. and the gen
eral was the son of this late union.
Thus we get the remarkable result of a
man whose father was born in Charles
lis reign wooing and wedding within
the memory of many people still living.
London Tit-Bits
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No. connects AT Berlin from d. d. &
V. train No. 592. north and connects at Salisbury
at n. y. Z. & y. Junction with n y T. K n
train No. ~. morrill, and 81 south when on time
No. connects at \. Y. L. 4 y. Junction
Berlin with ID. NJ. X " train III. south, when ON
time.
No. > connects at y. Y. i. Il n Junction with
n. y. 4 Il \. train, M. &c. north when on time.
No . gels connection at n y. r. 4. n. June
iion from y. Y. =. ~ y. train No. 81 North when
on time.
WILLARD THOMSON. Gen'INanagcr
I MURDOCH, A. J. BENJAMIN
Pass Agent. Supt. 4 Div Pass Agt
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ment but the sweet familiarity which
had come so naturally those first three
days upon the rock Seemed, viewed In
the light of the present situation. as
a thing | must have dreamed about,
but never could have been.
And still the Englishman persisted.
had come down from the rock and
was wandering aimlessly among the
live oaks on the opposite side OF the
canyon when. happening to glance
across. l saw the fiutter of skirt on
the trail leading up to the rock. drew
out my field glasses and trained them
ON the figure ascending the familiar
trail. 1t was she! l watched her climb
ing with furtive downward glances.
The mystery was solved at last. Reg
ularly. all these unhappy days l had
been missing her. She must have been
going up there all these days. waiting
always for me to come down.
Blind rage filed my heart. l would
go up there and face her with her
guilt. would reproach her and make
her see the enormity of her offense!
All this time I was plunging across
the canyon and up the trail. would
show her just how far she could go In
breaking a loving heart. l would
Then as / found ! was nearly half
way up the trail l lost my nerve and
decided to wait and meet her casually
as she came down. l was tired any
way. / sat down In the shadow of a
great rock which projected from the
hillside. l lit my pipe and wondered
why minutes didn't pass more swiftly.
Certainly she had been there ages. l
put my pipe away. And then
There she stood In the trail. looking
at me with a CLEAN In her eyes which
confused me, for l didn't know what
II meant. l had caught II from time
to time all along the way Of trlbulation
/ had travelled for over a month.
why didn't you come up. Mr..
BlakeT she inquired. 1.-The view was
excellent today"
Was she hooking me? I started to
say something when from above came
terrific roar. and glancing up l saw
a huge stone. loosened by some care
less climber no doubt. plunging down
the slope. Miss Winston saw II COM
ing and gave a stified cry, which was
smothered against my breast. for had
caught her from the trail and flung
her behind the ledge. jamming her
fiercely against the ground as the fly
ing monster roared over our heads and
down the canyon side. crashing trees
and stones as 1t went, till few Sec
onds later II struck the bottom Of the
abyss with a long. thunderous crash
that echoed up and down the river like
a mighty explosion. Then all was STILL
i turned to the figure In my arms.
She was occupying exactly the same
position as when flung her behind the
ledge. with her head In the hollow Of
my arm.
Are you hurtT I asked anxiously.
She shook her head ever so slightly and
kept her face hidden against my coat.
My heart began to beat with a tumult
Of hope. Look at mew commanded.
She raised her face, but her eyes
were averted. She peered over my
shoulder at the depths below. isis 1t
coming back. wonder she began,
and the words were stified, for my soul
was suddenly illumined with the sure
ty of my blessed fortune. and I kissed
the red lips. wondering nightly how
ever / had done without them for SO
long.
And that was the fourth day.
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Send for free sample

SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists
4o9-4f5 Pearl Street, New YORK;
500. and S1.oo. All druggists
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-29
We will
beIP you.

If you are living in a rented house,
you. no doubt. have long desired to own
your own home and have made plans to
that end. There is no need to delay the
matter. when the. Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready to help
YOU, and when You realize that the
money You have been paying out every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for home for you. then You will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Call and see w. ID. Cordry, Jr.. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money to
build you house an and easy way by
which you can repay the loan.
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION L. HARGIS,
President.
W. ID. CORDDRY, Jr.
Secretary.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-29
prrrsnuno. Kas.. March Is. 1904.

PrTTsBuRo, kAs., March 70, 1904.
Ihave been using your Black Draught I
stock for some time. have used all
kinds Of stock food but have found
that yours 10 the best for my purpose.
j. @. HAGSON.
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) A month had passed. The season
was drawing to a close. had made
no progress. Miss Winston met me on
the ground OF easy comradeship which
obtained at the Springs. where every
body was dependent upon everybody
else for companionship and entertain
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-29
Get
SCOTT'S
Emulsion

When you 60 to a drug store
and ask for SCOTS Emulsion
you know what you want; the
man knows you ought to have
It. Don't be surprised. though,
it you are offered something
else. " ines, cordiaIs, extracts,
etc., of cod liver oil are plenti.
full but don't imagine you are
getting cod liver oil when you
take them. Every year for thirty
years we've been increasing
the sales of SCOTS EmuIsione
Why2 Because It has always
been better than any substitute
for II.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
R0OliganS fun show.

This makes the tenth year out on the
road for "Hooligans Troubles and mil
lions of people have laughed at this
matchloss idcsplitter This splendid
company of funmakcrs is well Rocco
mende@ wherever they appear. stand
ing room only is the warning in all
towns, packed to the doors, beyond
doubt the funniest comedy on the road
three long acts Of constant laughter.
Bring the whole family and enjoy the
evening Of pure fun Get your seats
early, else you'll have to 60 way back
and stand up. At Opera House Tues
day Sept 26. Seats ready.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
For Sale

One fine short horn Durham Male.
Gentle as q dog, Weight about 1900,
Well worth $50.00-lIe is bargain
at $1,000. For particulars address
Ochman Bros or call Bell Phone 47-3.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
F. Nj. CANNON,

ATTORNEY & NOTARY PUBLIC
Mapping, Abstraeting and Investigating
Land Titles a Speciality
Office over Lawrence Bank & Trust Co.
Lawrencebug, Tennessee.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
\ Town And County ;
) S2233 s933sa9s33sas3ssss S

Tuesday October 3, 1905,
Subscribe for the Democrat,
Bass Shield. orlIcnyyiJIcwasin town
Wednesday,
Mrs J,B. Todd, left Thursday to visit
in the South,
Mis-. Mary Tom Quarcs went to Shelf
field Thursday,
Beautiful Watch chains and Fobs at
Gibbs a Bellows,
J. A, Black come down from Column
bia, Wednesday,
Juo, Schadc, Jr. was in Nashville the
first of the week
L. II, Lister the L. q n, Fruit-man
was here Thursday.
J.. Il, White made a business trip to
Iron City Thursday.
If Won b,vo IN interesting now. item
notify the Democrat.
w p Conner wos circulation ,nonr
friends here Thursday.
Miss Rovio Eino arrived yhrr,,lo,,
for q yisi, ,o roI,,i,o.
col ,roo, or r,o soo.o,
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,r. c,. g;
l,.'7 -,
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lie sure to see "liappy HooIgan AT
~ . ''' ''''.' sway "'7''''
Newell Sanders Disc PIoW III $500
cash, kRArs BIOS.
,JTonnv yTo,iuan" Al Crockett Orcrq
House, next Tuesday night September
26.
W g NcGoo Of Homo Ar,,n.o,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22

Little Miss Jennie l." Johnson 'h,
grand daughter of W D, EcDtou esq of /
Dist, 3 aItcra long sPclrof fever is con
vacscoN..
Mr., and Mrs Lee Eippy aud family |
of Oklahoma, arrived Thursday for AL
yisitto Mr. Rjppy~ brother J l., Rippy
ON Waterloo Street,
n Manager j. ?. Rippy has booked
some exceptionally strong attractions
for the Crockett Opera House, during
the coming season.
Mamie Sultan who was arrested and |
tried for Kidnapping at Mocloson was
acquitted and the costs adjudgcd agaidSt
Eph Wilbom TIE prosecutor
Insure with us Medley a McNeal. |
Insure your property in the German
Fire Insurance Company.
NEEId'Ef " McNEAI7 Agents
4 vehic,a Of d,rht : . trorhIo
Thoro i no r,oo,toi,,noI ,,,,. ,lo ..on,.
yo soil
E,,rs Pros
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WA '' ''''' ~, go :" "''''
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! Insure your barn or dwelling. 1t is
better to have insurance and not need
! il than need insurance and not have it,
''''''''''' y WV ~ '"'' NS''''N'
| We write Insurance ON vour honso
and harm in fine country.
Nrr,Iry & NIcNrA1
| Real Estate and Insurance
come 10 our once at ''IhbS ana beIew
Nlll"'ag rooms ~ ana IlSI your Iand
NeS'II Iand ana lots promptly
NEEIlEf " M'NEhh Heal Estate
Agents
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
Lost.

a pug dog-A liberal reward will be
given to the party returning him. See
Democrat man for reward.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-22
j. T. EuSEY, Clerk

J. u BURCH Attorney.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
CHARM OF UNEXPECTED.
Tale Of a Lovers Quarrel Which Both
Repented at Their
Leisure.

Once there VAS a man who %quarreled
with his fiancee. II was a hasty quarrel,
which he heartily repented at leisure.
The more he thought 1t over, the more
heartbrokcn he became, relates Town
Topics.
lie tormented himself with the mem.
DRY OF her beauty, her charm. her gem
tie, contiding ways, and made himself
as miserable as possible in contemplate
ing what he had lost.
Alas. it was my " fault" hs la
mented. Il alone am TO blame. Curse
me for a fool that | was. might have
known that Isabel was not the sort 10
stand any triiiing like a weaker woman
o., | never loved her half so dearly as
now that | have lost her. would grovel
at her feet, but Of what avail all my
pleadings and excuses! If only | dared
to write. o, lsabel-my loye-my only
love."
Overcome by emorse and despair. he
sank dGSn at his desk and mechanically
took up his pen.
At that moment q loud knock at tn,
iOOI dlllONll' 'i Ni' looNiIluiI, VI IL W.
ter fell before his astonished gaze.
o, joy, to think that she had written
him a line, a word! With trembling
fingers the man broke the seal and read:
20. Reginald, | can bear it no longer
| this estrangemcnt, this silence! Come
to me, dearest, or at least send mt o
lire, a word! | beg II OF you, for my
heart is breaking. Forgive my hasty
words, my foolish, Jealous pride, for
have bitterly repentod. Blame me, re.
proach me if you will can bear any
thing but your GOODNESS, your neglect.
Only come, beloved, come to your low.
ing, longing Isabel"
And 10! The suffering man leaned
back in his chair, smiled, yawncd and
complacently lighted a fresh Havana
His pallor had disappeared and his hand
no longer trcmblcd. His eyes were dry
Reaching for pen and ink. he scribblet
a hasty note:
my Dear Isabel: Yours received
Kindly remember thai you have onl,
yourself to thank for the late unpleas
antness. ! will overlook this one occa
sion, but trust that in the future you vii
exercise a little more common sense /
you still wish me TO sign myself YOU
friend, Reginald"
After which he went for a stroll in tn,
park.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
Enthusiastically upon the c~ountsnaaos q
does the actual doing OF the evil doed.

dOeS the actuat dolnS OF inc 0Vtt 0o00.
There are few who are capable Of orig.
inal thought. Most of us have to gain
our thoughts from others. The vast
majority of Americans get their
thoughts from the newspapers, and yet
1t Is the universal testimony OF foreign.
crs hat there is no country in the world
where public opinion Is 10 powerful as
here. Men are learning, no doubt, to
form their own opinions. and, amid all
the %corruptions of our institutions, tho
public opinion of this country Is, as a
rule. sound.
1t Is true that our girls may no have
much power OF thought. Yet one can al
most always tell a college girl by a
single glance into her face. What is IL
which marks her OFF from other girls OF
her age? 1t is simply the Intelligent or
the bright and animated, often slightly
humorous look. which comes from
thinking. Say what you will, the girl
who thinks is going to have a higher tx.
preston, provided she thinks nObly,
h a the girl who does not think.
WELL" the scolfer may say, what Of
it? Is she any more likely to be mar
ried on account of this fine expression?'
That is according to the sort of men
she meets. Pearls are often cast, alas!
where they are not appreciated.
Then" you may retort, why not
provide wax beads. II they satisfy tho
demand as well?"
The wax bead goes to pieces under tho
acids and the shocks which the real
gem will never feel, and the good judge
knows a pearl from n wax bead in an
instant, and prefers the pearl. But
every one to his taste.
In any case, let our girls, even our vain
est ones, remember this: that far more
may depend upon her thoughts than shs
may dream OF, and let her watch them
quite as closely as she watches her CONF
p%leXion, for they may affect her looks
quite as much
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
A GOOD CORSET COVER.
Notice How the String Is Fastened
Low Down Avoiding the Unruly
Hump at Waist Line.

Corset covers have entirely changed in
appearance since the innovation Of a few
years ago of the straight-front corset.
In these days "A perfectly plain tight-iit-
ting corset cover is an unknown gar.
mcnt, even for the stoutest figures there
Is "A discreet amount Of fullness in some
part of the corset cover.
On this paS" are two patterns, easy to
make, which stand ont as the best. This
has been proved by their general adop.
ton by the well dressed woman aud
of a few fine plaits in the back. The front
is cut with a little blouse, the amount
OF the blouse being regulated by the full
ness OF the figure. This corset cover Is
made with a straight. snugly fitting
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
STORM IN THE ANTARCTIC
Sensations Created by Unaccustomed
Weather Conditions in the
Month Of July.

On the Fourth of July | wore q heavy
watch coat and boots; the snow fell on
an average over one DOT in depth; the
air was filled with slcct and snow; the
atmosphere was gray, the horizon
close, the wind blowing "A gale, but steady
for days, relates Franz J. Mather, in At
lantic. We carried only the three
COURSES and three tOpsails, the main
topgallant sail, spankcr and inner jiD.
Our speed was terrific, BY patent log
and reckoning both. We made over 1G
knots-20 statute miIes-an hour-a
mile in three minutes. under short
sail.
The weird atmosphere Of srch a situ-
alton Is difficult to be- imagined or do
scribed, especially at night. In July to
be clad as in the cold Of midwinter; TO
look out on the steel-eray air, thick with
sleet or binding snow; to look up to a
starless sky to feel shut In by a closely
circumscribed dome and the horizon;
to watch the huge racing waves furious
ly shaking out their foam and spray; tc
feel the steady on-bearing impact Of the
swift rushing current. hurrying unoL-
structedly like a reSlstless fate, wide
round the globe; to be dinned by the III
cessant roar of the sustained gale; ( sc @
but not hear, the n~ipht-watch, muhled
against the rigor Of the cold and storm
moving like ghosts; 10 hear the grinding
roar OF the cordage and the report like
artillery of the bellying sail as 1t occa-
slonally tapped; 10 feel the fierce, bode-
full, almost human leap Of the ship, as she
answered to the shifting wheel: TO rt-
alize that you are in unknown waters
on untried routes; lat, In cas- of din
aster. there Is not the slightest chance
for r~cscue-these are sensations, one.
experienced, never to be forgotten.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
The COMPLEXION.

For the average person all that 10
necessary in order to keep the skin in
good condition is q good massage
cream or skin food, n whitening cream.
mild soap and a good powder. OF
course, warm water and the map srs
used each night 70" cleansing ;ae fave,
~hiie the cream IL rubbed on after
ward. In the morning wash with cold
water and again apply a little of the
cream before busting on the powder.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-05-05
the responsibility and added cares which

the responsibility and added cares which
have come TO me from the acceptance
of my office, I am glad that I came to
these decisions because | am confident
that what | have done ant shall here
after do officially will tend to q better
understanding between employer ard
cmploye. and to tho growth Of their mu-
tual respect and regard.
| trust that through my course and
conduct the wage-worker will not be
regarded as necessarily an anarchist or
destroyer Of social, economic or indus
trial peace and prosperity, but that he
may hereafter be looked upon as a sane,
rational. sensible and conservative col
laborator in the work OF national de-
velopment.
Copyright. 1908. BY Joseph b. Bowles.)