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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10
Evolutionary shopping.

Mrs. Compton looked AT her patient
but bewildered husband with an ex-
preston Of good natured superiority
Dear me, George. she said cheerfully,
Il don't see the use Of my trying TO ex.
plain TO you. but I'm perfectly willing
To do H. of course.
II did Intend. as YOU say 10 buy a
kitchen table and came home with a
hall mirror But IL was an absolutely
natural change.
First | looked AT Kitchen tables.
Then the clerk called my attention "a
the kitchen cabinets. with drawers and
everything. Then | said how much
they looked like bureaus, except that
they had no glass. Then he showed me
one with a glass. AMI then he said be
had such n pretty bureau II cared "a
look M II
$50 looked nj that. and IL was pref
~. hut the glass was rather small So
then he showed me dressing case
with good sized mirror. and | said
what nice glass II was. And then he
said. ~ you want 10 see n fine piece Of
glass. let me show you one 81 our new
hall mirrors
"And ~ course. George. you can un-
derstnnd that when saw that beautl-
ful mirror | had 10 have II: and you
know you don't like me 10 run up bills
In new places. aud | hadn't enough TO
buy kitchen table, too. so-now isn't
II clear" Youths Companion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10
NOTICE

Any one desiring Ia purchase Monument or
Tombs Of any kind, either Marble or Granite
or fencing of any kind will hc pleased 10 have
you write MS or call on our local agents. and
will call To see you with first class designs Of
some Of the incest, ncatncst and cheapest
work done ON this peninsula. All material aud
work guaranteed III every respect. We have
hecn doing business for twelve years. No
strangers write us for trial.
our local agents are: Il. j. McAllcn & nro.,
Snow hin. W. q. Payne. stockton. J T. Wise,
Jr. Berlin.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10

Judge Wilbur. who retired from the
Rhode lslnd bench last June. when
the new court and practice act went
into effect. had for many years pre-
vlously handled the criminal business
of the state. He was perfectly familiar
with the wllcs aud excuses Of men who
sought To evadc Jury duty and showed
them little consideration.
\ venircmnn gave rs his reason for
desiring 20 got ont II grand jury serv-
ice physical disability.
what Is the nature of your iniirml.
tyf" asked the judge.
II am deaf IN one ear. your honor. -
replied The man.
"You'll 40" said the Judge Don't
you know YOU have 10 hear only ono
side of q ease IN the grand jury room y
Boston Herald
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10

found IL In the road, and what 20 do
with II beats me plumb and clean"
WHAT Who is it," Mary .Cindy
whispered as Billy half dragged her
toward u seated figure In the deserted
big room. You ask" BILLY whispered
back IAN know is it's somebody
huntn' up Frank Ellcrton somebody
that had got stuck in the mud down
this side the creek The buggy axle
broke aud we had time splicn' it,
You said we should find my hus-
band Where IS he" the figure de-
manded. rising up and turning to face
the pair. MIR Ellerton. mean. Tell
him To come at once"
"Call him, Mary mdy said, wheel
ing upon Billy She was white and
trembling. but her voice rang clear.
The stranger girl looked nj her curl
ously with eyes full OF dancing lights
lights that matched well the wavery
color In her cheeks hut she said moth
ing until Billy came back with young
Ellcrton. who started AT sight of her.
yet evidently not In dismay. He caught
both her hands aud looked down at
her with a working face. his eyes ask
ing questions his lips could not frame.
Frank oh Frank It's all right
we're friends again aud free" the
stranger cried joyously. tlinging her
arms about his neck and hugging him
tight And I'm So glad almost love
you" she went on They wanted to
send for you said ought to wait until
YOU camc. hut you know | hate wait
ing | simply had IN come and tell you
the gOod news
You darling Edith" Frank said af-
fectionatrly pntting her cheek. Then
he turned 10 the wondering pair beside
him and explained Still keeping hold of
Edith'S hand We've had fearful trou-
bic. al FOR nothing You see. we got
married In Il joke not in the least
meaning 10 do II two years back
When we found out we were tied hard
and fast our people. who were delight
ed to have Us tied. tried hard 10 per
Suadc Us into accepting the situation.
All we would agree To- was To wait
awhile. year or such matter before
undertaking Ia set ourselves free. But
the longer we thought Of the tie the
less we liked being bound. although we
Kept On being the best possible friends.
And then there citpr Il time when we
both found ont things things about
ourselves aud other people. We didn't
want divorce Indeed. we couldn't
we'll get IT, Annulncnt was hardly
practicable. So we were at our wits
end And then blessed lawyer dug
out the chance Of iactitation Of mar
riagc. and somehow he has carried it
through. and we're consequently ready
10 dance nj each others wedding"
Yes" Edith said. modelling and blush
ng. then lol ling out her hand to Mary
Cindy Mine Is next week. You must
be sure TO come VIII you do IT."
"Ccrtainly Shr will" Elcrton an
>wcrcd before Maly-Cindy could speak
Shell come and be your matron OF
honor You know I'm going 10 be Joe
Rents best man
I'm glad Won have 1t all settled"
Mary Cindy said. running away but
with blush that promised all the most
eager lover could ask.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10

Some wonderful things are said 10
have been performed recently by the
tashi lama of ShigatSe. the most holy Of
the holy men of Tibet. The proceed
ings connected with his visit to the
tower of Bcnares. where Buddha is
supposed To have first preached to his
five Rrahman disciples. Is thus describ-
ed in the Statesman of Calcutta
Around this tower the tashi lama
burned three mnnnds $50 poundsl OF
clarified butter, lighted nearly 300
lamps. scattered flowers ana cakes in
abundance and uttered prayers In
alteration of Ruddha for more than an
hour After circumambulating the tow
or scve al times the tashi lama him
self assumed the form Of Buddha,
while other lamas and laymen wor-
SHIPPED him instead of the tower"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10

There are some literal minded per
sons who are never satisfied with the
spirit Of the law. but who consider Il
necessary to enter into compromises
with the letter OF such was an old
citizen OF Hopkinton, y H.. good
many years ago and his Juggling with
his conscience Is recorded by Mr..
Lord IN the records Of the town.
The old man used To boast that he
never went back on his exact word.
but had no compunctions in going
round H. Once lac wished 10 buy GER
tain tract of land. and when the owner
named the price he exclaimed:
81 won't give it. tell you will
never give it,
The owner did not yield nevertheless
A few days afterward the old man
called again He said nothing about
the land but stepped into the owners
barn ANA picked up fail
whats that" he asked
That; oh that's fail
so YOU call that hail. do you?
Well. what would YOU take for it,
The owner named very small sum.
"Now. I'll tell YOU what III do" con
tinucd the old man "l'll give you the
price you mentioned for your land and
this fail And You mustn't forget the
fail II must be included In the deed"
So the legal instrument was duly
made out. signed ana delivered. record
ing the purchase OF "A certain tract Of
land situated thus and SO and bounded
rs follows. and also "A certain fail"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-10
We will
help you.

II you are living in rented house.
you. no doubt. have long desired To own
your own home aud have mnde 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. d. 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 .oan
Association.
MARION T. HARGIS,
President.
w ID. CORDDRY. Jr.
Secretary.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
MERCURY MUSINGS.

The men who operate large farms
and depend on hired help to do the
work are now finding it hard to get
men who will stand for the long hours
and low wages that farm hands must
receive to make such farming pay.
Now, of all times, the officers OF
Local aud County Unions should be
active and alert. Everything depends
on vigorous action by Union men now
Our enemies are exerting themselves
to the utmost to diShearten and dis
concert us.
Do you assent to the doctrine that
the producers is entitled to the full
value of what he produces? If you dc
not, then the Farmers Union doesn't
need you.
1t seems probable that the Co-opera
tive Congress called to meet at To
peka, October %, will be we'll attend
ed, and that men will be present from
almost every State in the West, the
North and the South.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

A livelier interest should be taknI.
in the management and provision for
public schools than the Unions have
heretofore taken. There is great need
OF reform in many districts; some are
entitled to better teachers, while al
are entitled to better attendance. 1t
is true that it takes a mighty slight
proyocation to induce a holiday, but
it is deuced sight easier to make pu-
pill holidays than teacher holidays, Ev-
cry parent and guardian should have
a personal acquaintance with the per.
son who is to teach their children or
wards; and, sorry to have to say it,
some parents and guardians should
get on better terms. of acquaintance
with their children and wards them
selves. Here is where the law of
cooperation comes in good and strong.
The years of time and the hundreds
of dollars spent in school effort should
generally show better results, and /;
is dead easy to get better results. A
cooperation between teacher, pupil
and parent will do the work.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Fugitive Kills Himself.

Bayou, Chicot, La PTeferring death
to constant dread Of being captured,
Lemuel Johnson, who escaped frOsn the
Louisiana Penitentiary five months
ago, suicided at the home Of his IN
Gle, William Johnson, eight mfies west
OF here. Johnson part two pistol tails
through his body, near the heart He
dropped in his tracks Death was in
Simultaneous. Johnson, just before fir
ing the fatal shots, said that he was
tired of leading the lie of the lasa few
months.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

Take hike around the place righI
now and see how many more fruit
trees you need than YOU have already
ordered. Don't be a fool and try to
get some Of those new sorts Of
fruits that grow both pancakes and
molasses, but buy some of the Old
standards that you can depend on for
a crop. Dewberries never fail in this
section and they will grow in any sort
of soil, from the black waXy to a sand
bank, and with half a chance they
will bear big crops. Get busy in the
fruit department.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
LEARN LESSONS IN AMERICA.
British Manufacturers Copy Methods
in Use Here.

The many visits of British manufac-
turerS 10 American factories are bear.
Ing fruit, one iron and steel manufac.
turer stating that he had been
through some of the shops in Amer,
lea where the same kind of work was
done and believed their new shops
were ahead of those of the Amer.
leans"
An English manufacturer is hardly
regarded as up to date to-day unless
he has seen American factories. Nc
one who has lived in England during
the last seven or eight years can real.
iZe how great the awakening has been
there, nor how changed the British
mental attitude is regarding new ways
of doing things. There has been much
wise and clever adaptation to Brit.
iSh cheaper labor needs of American
machinery ideas.
1t has been held and seems to me
and so many other Americans here
who know England as well as they
do America to be correct, that in the
making of certain classes of articles
this simplificatiOn and division and
the employment of girls as opera
tors, who are paid from eight shil-
lings ($19D to 10 shillings $3.50 a
week, enables manufacturers here to
produce at figures competitive with
much of the work of the most mod
ern and highly developed automatic
machines. Americans could have sold
a great many of these simplified ma
chimes, which still, ! should remark,
retain the essential principles, but
American machinery manufacturers
would not, ! am told bother with
the trade.
One machine merchant here, after
trying in vain to get certain American
machinery manufacturers to make a
kind of machine he knew could be
sold here-and he told the American
machinery merchants there were a
great many minor business people
here who could not afford the cost
lier type of American machinery-ul-
imately had designs for these ma
chimes prepared and had them made
here-LOndon Cor. n. Y. Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Louisiana
VeWS Items
Cypress Mil SHUTS Down.

Nanolenn Ia The Nanolem Nv
press Comnanv,s s.,w nim will shut
down for che newt ,oontb to renal, and
overhaul .be machinery uohich has
been taxed 70 -he limit Tae mill has
been rIpning night and nav for the
last vear I. ie ov,o,.od tbot navt v.a.r
the night and day work will hc 70.
suneJ.
The special ray pu.rositjon tor = new
school building 4. Att3kapas (s,naa has
been abandoned bv S,,rzeriuteudepd Al.
leman, owing "a the ste,,n. ,rrprsitaan
shown bv the reoqsn nr t.,at eeciinn
1t now remains for the School Board
to do what it can for the cons0lida,
ton of the Canal schools The plan
is to establish a ,,u1nlnear g1Fide school,
SO that the pupils who coangIete the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
FARMERS UNION AT STATE FAIR
OF TEXAS.

President E. A. Calvin will be mas.
ter of ceremonies.
A number of distinguished speakers
have been invited to make addresses
on this occasion, as follows:
Thos. NJ. Campbell, of PALESTINE
"The needs of the State Board Of Agri.
culture"
n. A. Shaw of Texarkana.-"The
Growth of the Cotton Industry"
Green B. Patterson of Oklahoma
"The Necessity of Organization and
Cooperation.
N. c. Murray, Ex-President Farmers
Union-"The Progress of the Farm
ers' Union"
An immense crowd Is expected. Be
on hand. The famous singer, Madame
Sembrich, will also give a selected
concert in the Auditorium, and orches-
tras and bands will discourse popular
airs.
A olored roof is much prettier than
one permitted to grow brown. Shin.
giles dipped in paint or coal tar or
stained before putting on, will last
much longer.
If seed are saved from the best
specimens on the best vines or stalks
they will not run out, but will grow
better all the time. It pays much
better to save seed than 1t does to
buy them. New and desirable varie.
ties are frequently found among the
ordinary plants. These should be
saved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
SUGAR District DRAINAGE

Franklin, La Considerable interest
is felt among the planters in this sec
ton in the proposed constitutional
amendment relative TO drainage and
sewerage districts. More than half al
st. Mary parish, with like amount
of Iberia parish, is inrlu,ed within
drainage districts organized under the
laws permitting the levy OF a tax of s
mills on the assessed valuation Of land
1t will meet with no OppGcition hero
We are TO have new Ftnyt National
Bank building, a concrete and steel
market building, and it rs rumOed
Frere, O'Neill 4 Achee will erect q
large brick store building.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Police Raids Hall.

Crowley, La: Chief of Police Mitt
G. wilkins and two of his officers
raided an alleged gambling hall over
the Welcome Saloon and made several
arrests OF men said TO have been gam
bling. Inasmuch as the local press and
ministers have been waging "A crusade
against gambling the authorities have
determined to prosecute all parties de-
tected violating the laws on TINS rub.
ject.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

Now is the time in the year to get
busy enlarging the Union in your
neighborhoOd. The evenings are get
ting long enough now to revive that
debating club. There is nothing like
debating club to make fellows dig
after facts in the case. Get a good
debating club started and make these
long winter evenings a regular school
time for all the young men of the com.
munity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Fine New Motor Boat DESTROYED.

Houma, La: A fine new nDtorbOa&
belonging to the Pelican Lake Oyster
and Packing Company, was nearly TO
tally destroyed 10y fire last night neal
Daigle's wharf James SGhearsby OF
Biloxi, Miss, the engineer, was pain
fully but not seriously burned in at
tempting to stay the flames. The boat
had just been completed at Biloxi
Miss, and was lowed to the. wGsLrT
yesterday afternoon Several tanks OF
gasoline were stored aboard
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Dean Swift No lconocIast,

President Roosevelt would have re-
ceived short shrift at the hands of
Dean Swift. The latter roundly de-
nounced the poets who had introduced
the "barbarous custom of abbreviat-
ing words to fit them to the measure
Of their verses" Swift instances
"drug'd" and 'disturb'd" as mortal Of
lenses. The custom so introduced had
begun to dominate prose. Another
cause-borrowed, Swift suggested,
from the clipping process-which he
held had contributed to the manning
Of the language, sis a foolish opinion
advanced of late years that we ought
to spell exactly as We speak; which,
besides the obvious inconvenience of
utterly destroying our etymology,
would be a thing we should never see
The end Of"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
THE STORY.

EARLY 20 years had passed since
~ tnat Hateful day when Israel had
su.neo away from the Lord and had
=, to go and possess the land.
auoSe mad been years of wandering
ssa weary struggle in the wilderness,
sItner God had driven them as pun.
s. unent ior their sin, but up to the
aug ue Oh our story there had been no
s ~.sct or well-defned opposition
ssanst Moses and Aaron in their
~ sustsaip and their ministry before
~. sue nrst intimation which had come
mat mat taere was trouble brewing was
b.s sI one OF Moses faithful servants
- brought the tidings that Korah
~ ~ ceased his allotted ministry in
.o,s. 'enpie service and was leading
nn,.I la'o a similar neglect of duty,
NM suSAiy 1t became noised through.
bss e camp of Israel what Korah
ss,.' uOae' that he refused longer to
s,s. ss IN the place Moses had as.
N.Y. eseS MN, and that he declared that
tsss es = mad no more authority than
how which was vested in every first
Of ~ sOa. Many an ominous shake
ana ~ : mead and sympathetic utter.
"A INDICATED that this move of Ko.
VIA, I y a popular approval. and
b M ! was told Moses that the peo.
.es,' ns'e being drawn into the ipsur.
d ~ ne arose and in haste went
ioIlov.lpDl pace whittier Koran and his
10y had gone. '"' "''
dos wv NV We will see what Moses will
sas ts sal,spered the people, as they
I'd ts sls leader lea, hurrying on his way,
saltsa ss sa,i followed at distance and
sSs,ss while sAlle Moses entered the place lace
and those concerned
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

The Printers Union is winning out
in its fight against the strongest anti
union organization ever eected in this
country; and it is all because print.
ers have trustworthy officials, and the
printers trust them, and the fight goes
on from day TO day, much Of the time
showing no progress at all on the
surface. Keeping everlastingly at It
with one method and one final object
is the secret of the printers success.
Is there lesson in this for the farm.
er? There ought to be-CO.OPERA.
TION. CONFIDENCE, PATIENCE
and PERSISTENCE.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

In the writer's family the fruit bill
IS considerably larger than the meat
bill, and there is no doctors bill. That
looks like a good text for those who
have a spot on which they could plant
some trees or berries. With a family
of five, we have put up as many as
25O half-gallon jars of peaches and
berries year after year, and then buy
apples all winter besides. The fruit
eaten is about evenly divided between
raw and cooked Or course the doctor
needs business, but the man that gives
the doctor the largest business is the
worst off.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

In all the walks of life there are
frauds and hypOcrites, and if some
happen to get into the Union, and at
times get into prominent places, it is
only a natural occurrence. This fact
is not to be held up against the Union.
1t is a thing to be remedied by cast
ing out the unworthy Kill the nox.
louS weeds in this field just the same
as yoI do in your cotton patch.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
The Farmers Union doesn't shift

The Farmers Union doesn't shift
and vary its position to suit the plans
and schemes of spectators. It does
not declare for eleven cents minimum
at one time only to threaten to demon.
alize the market by retreating to ten
cents shortly thereafter, and then a
little later make another somersault
in the air and declare for fifteen cents.
1t believes that the farmer is entitled
to at least eleven cents for his COT
ton. Isn't that right.-Mercury Pass.
word.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19

Now, that the fall is fully upon us,
We again ask if the tools, implements
and vehicles of the place are all under
protecting shed. A ten-dollar shed
will make a seventy-fve-dollar wagon
last three times as long as it would if
left out Of doors. There is hardy 4
farmer in all the South that could
fairly wear out good wagon from
usual use on the farm, but. the fact
that many farmers have to buy new
wagons every three or four years
shows that they go somewhere, and
that somewhere is to the tooth of
the destroying elements. 1t is an
honest fact that no man has a right
to let valuable tools and vehicles
stand out in the weather till they are
ruined.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
II Won't Be Gardner.

Clerk Gardner, of the Coates house
In Kansas City, is about five feet four
inches tall and weighs about 100
pounds. This, by way of prelude.
when | was in Denver last week."
said Gardner to Journal man, y
went into laundry to get some shirts
had left there a couple of days be
fore, and a girl came to wait on me
She couldn't find my bundle at first.
81 need it badly l said, because
these shirts are the only ones
brought from Kansas City with me-
THE girl was Interested at once.
Are you from Kansas City, she
asked.
Yes l replied.
"Do you know all the bartenders
there?" she asked.
THAT sort of stunned me, but
pulled myself together and managed
to stutter: We'll, no-no-not ALL
Know one named Smith? she de.
manded.
II replied that | did not.
Well, she said, drawing herself
up to her full height, look him up for
me when you get there. He's a great
big Teller, six feet tall and weighs 22O
pounds. He's got pug face. When
you find him tell him he's low down,
dirty scoundrel, and smash him a
couple of times. That feller's my
husband. He deserted me. Just quit
me cold. Soak him a couple of good
ones for me. Paste him hard and
often when you do it,"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-19
Society's Conversation.

The subject of talk sanctioned by
the smart world of London to-day are
as follows: Racing, stocks and shares.
politics lin small quantities), chiffons,
bridge, motOring-and now ballooning
with current gossip on the mar,
riages, deaths, debts and divorces of
our dearest friends and acquaintance.
M. A. p.