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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-30

destroyed by the first application OF
the poison.
Trapping Pocket Cophers.
Trapping is a successful method
when followed intelligently and persist
emily. 1t is especially adapted to small
fields, orchards, and gardens, where
only a few of the animals are present;
but in the case of large areas that are
badly infested, the method involves
too much labor.
For trapping. an ordinary No. o steel
trap may be employed but there are a
number of special gopher traps on the
market that are better adapted for
general use.
In using the ordinary steel trap, the
first step is TO make an opening into
the main tunnel. The trap should then
be sunken so that the jaws are level
with the bottom of the runway and
lightly covered with green clover or
alfalfa or grass, or even loose soil. care
being taken that these do not clog
under the pan, or trigger. No bait is
required. The holes should be Just
large enough to receive the trap and
should be covered so as almost to ex'
clude the light.
Carbon Bisulphid.
Carbon bisulphid has been employed
for killing pocket gophers, and under
favorable conditions its use is recon-
mended. If the burrows are extensive
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-30
NemS Of Interest.

"A man, to be perfectly proportioned,
should weigh. stripped, 80 lbs. for
every foot of his height.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-03-30
DESTROYING GOPHERS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

are active, all the animals should be
destroyed by the first application OF
the poison.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Order NiSi.

J. Edward White and Mary w. White,
his wife, and William II. White,
VS..
Mary c. White, ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity. No. 2lll July
Term, 1906 to wit /: August 22nd.
1906.
ORDERED that the sale made and
reported by VIM. Henry White and j.
Edward White Trustees for the sale of
the real estate in the above cause des-
cribed be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the nth day of September
next, provided n copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed IN
Worcester County once in each of three
successive weeks before the 10th day
of September in the year nineteen hun
dred and six.
The report states the amount of sales
to be sos, ,9SS.35
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI., Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PuRNELL, Clerk.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Worcester County, Maryland.
letters of administration cum testamento
annexo on the personal estate of
ISAAC j. JONES, (colored.)
late of Worcester County. deceased
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof,
to the subscriber. on or before the 2Sth
day of February, 1907. They may other
wise by law be excluced from all bene-
fits of the said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given un-
der my hand this 2Sth day of August,
1906.
WILLIAM WHALEY.
Administrator C. I. a..
Test: EDWARD p. DAVIS,
Sept. lst, 81. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
TUESDAY,
September 4th, 1906.

at 2.30 o'clock, p. NJ,
all that tract of land situate about
three miles from Snow Hill, near Nassa-
wango Creek, in part conveyed to the
said John NJ. Bromley by said George
II. Clarke by deed dated, January 26th.
1906. recorded among said land records
in Liber F. II. r., No. "a folio 260, and
such as was conveyed to the said Geo. II.
Clarke by Robert +. Clarke and Charles
A. Clarke by deed dated March 18th,
1902. recorded in said records in Liber
+. II. r., No l6. folio 1896. and to the
said George II. Clarke, Robert F..
Clarke and Charles A. Clarke by Charles
+. Truitt and wife by deed dated Febru-
AIRY 26. 1898 recorded in said records in
Liber +. II. p, No. 10, folio 456.
Also one fourth interest of the said
George II. Clarke in and to Steam
Saw Mill now located near Box Iron, in
said County.
Terms of sale CASH.
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON,
Assignee.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Atty-at Law
ASSICNEE'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL
AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Atty-at Law

BY virtue of power of sale contained
in mortgage from George II. Clarke
and John NJ. Bromley to Cleophus c.
Hearne, and duly assigned to the un-
dersigned for the purpose of foreclosure,
said mortgage being dated the twenty
seventh day of March, 1906, and re-
corded among the land records of Wor-
cester County in Liber F. H. p. No.
"a, folio 504, default having occurred in
the payment thereof, as therein pro-
vided, the undersigned Assignee will
offer at public sale at the Court House
door in Snow Hill, in said Worcester
County, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
$4,000 Government Clerks
In Washington.

An official register, commonly known
as the Blue Book shows 25, 4Sl people as
employed in various capacities in the
departments in Washington. The ag-
gregate compensation of this army Of
clerks is little in excess of SIS, 900, 900
a year. The Treasury Department
heads the list with 6. 300 employees, and
the State Department appears at the
foot with a little bunch Of only l20.
The figures vary slightly from year to
year, but the round total of 25, 900 may
be said to represent Washington $ army
of department clerks.
There has been considerable discus
sion during the recent session about the
matter of clerks of more than 65 years
of age. II has been alleged that some
of the departments were unduly loaded
up with patriarchs whose days of use
fulness lay in their paat.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

A. J. Nusbaum. Batesville, Indiana,
writes Last year suffered for
three months with a summer cold so
distressing that it interfered with my
business. had many of the symptoms
of hay fever. and DOCTOR prescription
did not reach my case. took several
medicines which seemed to only aggra-
vate my case. Fortunately | insisted
upon having Foley's Honey and Tar in
the yellow package. and it quickly
cured me. My wife has since used
Foley's Honey and Tar with the same
success. p. d. Cottingham & Co.
Snow Hill, Lloyd & Blaine. Pocomoke
City. Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

It's sound sense that we tell you.
Your work costs less dollars and is
best every time you use the l.. & NJ.
Paint.
You do more painting with one gal
Ion of l.. 4 M. than with two gallons of
other paints and the l.. 4 NJ. Zinc har-
dens the l.. 4 NJ. White Lead and
makes the l.. & NJ. paint wear like
iron.
gallons l.. 4 NJ. mixed with gal
Ions Linseed Oil will paint moderate
sized house.
l.. & NJ. costs only 81. 20 per gallon.
A. T. Terrell, Riverhead. N. Y.
Writes. ''l6 years ago painted with
l.. 4 NJ. Only now requires repainting.
Sold by Scarborough. Onley & Co.,
Girdletree. Md. Bowen Bros. & Son.
Newark, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Order NiSi.

In the Orphans Court Of Worcester
County, June term, 1906. to wit: August
7th, 1906.
Ordered that the sale of the property
mentioned in these proceedings. made
and reported by Isaac 7. Hearn. G.
Ernest Hearn and William +. Johnson.
Executors of the last Will and Testa-
ment of Isaac N. Hearn. deceased, be
ratified and confirmed. unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown on or be-
fore the eleventh day of September.
1906. Provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed in
Worcester County. once in each Of
three successive weeks before the fifth
day of September next.
The report states the amount of sales
To be $2:iS2. 50.
ARA =. BOWEN,
WILLIAM r.. Boston,
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR.
True Copy. Test:
EDWARD L. DAVIS,
Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Fewer Routes In Maryland.

The monthly report issued by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General De Graw
shows that on July 3lst there were in
operation in the United States 35, 973
rural mail routes, an increase of 205
over the number in operation at the
close of business the previous month.
In Maryland during July there were
eight routes discontinued, or rather,
there was adecrease of eight routes on
account of the arrangement of the ser
vice in Carroll county. There are now
in operation in Maryland 377 routes. di-
vided among the Congressional districts
as follows: First, 1874: Second, lit;
Third, 0; Fourth, |; Fifth, l3: Sixth, 12.
Fifteen petitions for routes in the State
are pending.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

Most victims of appendicitis are those
who are habitually constipated. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic con-
stipation by stimulating the liver and
bowels, and restores the natural action
of the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is
substitutes. p. d. Cottingham & Co.
Snow Hill. Lloyd & Blaine, Pocomoke
City, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

Ask any JAP" that you may see,
why the Car, with Bcor behind"
had to climb tree.
The Yanks. God bless the Yanks, says
he,
They gave us Rocky Mountain Tea. =.
ID. Cottingham 4 Co.,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Seed Wheat For Sale.

have 1000 bushels of Seed Wheat
which | will sell for 75c. per bushel, in
lots to suit; recleaned wheat at soc.
A. G. HOLLOWAY. Newark, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Acts on
Natures Plain.

The most successful medicines are
those that aid nature. Chamberlain $
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. Take
it when you have cold and it will allav
the cough, relieve the lungs. aid expec-
toration, open the secretions and aid
nature in restoring the system to "a
healthy condition. Thousands have
testified TO its superior excellence. II
counteracts any tendency of cold to
result in pneumonia. Price, 25 cents.
Large size, so cents. For sale by p.
d. Cottingham & Co.
Oysters are looking fine and Chin
colleague and Sinepuxent bay planters
expect to have some good stock for
market when the season opems.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
A Guaranteed Cure For piles

Itching. Blind. Bleeding. Protruding
Piles, Druggists are authorized 10 re-.
fund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
To cure in 6 to Il days. soc.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
JOHN w. STATION, Attorney.
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scribers have obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County.
Maryland. letters testamentary on the
personal estate of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
JOHN M. DALE.

JOHN NJ. DALE,
late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof, to
the subscribers, on or before the llth
day of February, 1907. They may other
wise by law be excluded from all bene-
fits of the said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given un-
der my hand this 18th day Of August.
1906. MARY l.. DALE,
Executrix
Test: EDWARD p. DAVIS,
Aug. lS-3t. Register of Wills.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
ROBLEY d. JONES, Attorney-at-Law
Mortgagee's Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of power contained in a
mortgage from William Fl. Jones, Sr..
William II. Jones. Jr.. David Jones.
Annie Jones. Milky Bailey. Georgianna
Wilson and Chance Wilson to John S.
Aydelotte. the Undersigned, assignee
of said mortgage. will sell at public
auction in front of the Court House
door. in the town of Snow Hill. Mary
land, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
l.. PAUL EWELL,

Attorney at-law. Pocomoke city. Md will be
Ia snow Hlll every Tuesday at the oiilce of John
W. station.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
TUESDAY.
September 4th, 1906,

NJ Z-ou q CLOCK l.. vi.
all that house and lot situated on FEEDER
al Street in the town of Snow Hill,
Worcester County. Maryland. whereon
the said William II. Jones, Sr., now
resides. and which was conveyed TO
Esther Jones, the wife of William II.
Jones. Sr.. by George w. Bishop and
wife by deed dated the lst day of April,
in the year 1874. and recorded among
the land records of Worcester County
aforesaid in Liber |. r. NJ. No. 3. folio
All. which said real estate. upon the
death of the said Esther Jones. de-
scended to the mortgagors.
Terms of sale, CASH
ROBLEY ID. JONES.
Assignee of Mortgagee.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. Il. W. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

ROBLEY d. JONES, Solicitor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-01

OLIVER d. COLLINS. Attorney.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
Nothing Unusual.

Two neighborS were confdlng
their troubles to each other over the
back yard fence that separated their
premises.
"You know" said Mrs. Higgins,
"that my husband is carpenter"
eyes"
"Well, l give you my word that
all our upstairs rooms are unfin-
ished, and the roof leaks whenever
it rains, and l can't get Henry to
do thing to emp
you're not any worse off than
I am" said Mrs. bingham. "You
know my husband used to be a fire
man on a locomotiveP"
eyes"
"Well, just as true as | stand
here, always have to get up IN the
morning and make the fire~-
Youths Companion
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
rheumatism.

"There is nothing so good for
rheumatism as cotton batting" a
lady declared the other day to a
friend who was.a victim of it. 81
have tried every otht. -nmedy un-
der the sun and cotton batting has
helped me when everything else has
failed. For sciatica it hasn't an
equal. I had suffered from it for
weeks, could not turn myself in bed
and had about concluded that l had
either got to wait and let it wear
off or wear me out. | sent for sew
eral sheets of cotton batting and
swathed my leg in it from hip to
toes, leaving not a loophole through
which particle of air could enter.
In less than a week | was up and
about the house. The pain had left
me entirely, and never have felt a
twinge of It SINCE" Care should be
taken, however, especially in the
winter, not to leave off the wrap
pings too suddenly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
Apology Unnecessary.

In the days when it was common
for the younger son to go into the
church one of these young gentle
men had charge of an outlying chap
ell. A Sunday or two after his ordi-
nation he found himself there in
the afternoon with only the sermon
in his pocket that he had preached
there in the morning, and SO the
unfortunate curate had to give it
over again. He began after service
to make profuse apologies to the
clerk, when that functionary polite
ly stopped him by saying:
'Lor' bless ee, Master Charles,
don't ee take on SOL We never lis
tens to eep-London Tit-Bits.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
Warning Of the Green Light.

An old sea captain was talking
about the colored signal lights OF
ships. '1n the past" he said, "all
lights we're white. The colored light
Is comparatively recent invention.
/ once knew young Scottish sailor
to whom the new colored lights were
an unknown thing. AS he stood at
the wheel of his sloop one night a
big steamer hove in sight, and the
boy saw the great red and green
lights for the first time.
'He rammed down the helm with
loud yell.
"Presarve us p he shouted. Were
goin' RIGHT into the 'pothecary shop
at PEBBLES p"-Detroit News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
THE NEWLY RICH.
Efforts Of the War made MiIIlonalres
OF 1870 at Grandeur.

Of 1870 at Grandeur.
From 1865 to 1875 the most strik-
ing figure in American life was that
of the nouveau richie. He was to
instructed minds a most pathetic
sight-so grossly conscious Of his
wealth, so anxious to spend it in an
impressive way, to do something
princely, something really dig"
and yet being so hopelessly ignorant
Of how to do it.
He purchased urban dwcll'r =. y
with 'brownstone fronts" and plate
glass windows. He procured horses
and carriages and stocked his eel
lars with champagne. In the coun-
try he built for himself enormous
wooden mansions painted in many
colors, strmounted by wooden cupo-
las and towers and battlements and
adorned with a maze of wooden pill
lars representing what some one
cleverly styled "the jig saw renais-
sance," while his lawn was dotted
with cast iron statuary painted to
resemble bronze.
Many sf these war made million
aires ultimately lost their money as
quickly as they made it. Some OF
them left It to be squandered by
their sons. The wealth of those
days was seldom perpetuated, and
this fact was crystallized in popu-
lar proverb to the effect that "there
are only ithree generations from
shirt sleevsSs to shirt sleeves"
The representatives, Of the still
newer wealth bore slight resem-
blance to Sthe, shoddy ruiAiopaire,
They lived in the age that had dis
covered Europe, where they had
travelled aad observed and learned,
for at this time Europe became a
mighty educator of the American
people. It led to the appreciation
and encouragement of art and archi-
lecture and landscape gardening
and to knowledge of the true re-
fnement of civilized existence.
There began to be laid in the
United States the basis for some
thing which resembled an aristoc-
racy, founded in the first instance
upon wealth, but in its higher phases
deserving a better name than that
of mere plutocracy. An aristoeracy
must always ultimately rest upon
either power or service and more
often upon a combination of these
two.-H. T. Peck in Bookman.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
Ono Better.

An Englishman who was enter
tanning his American cousin was
continually annoyed by being re-
minded of the superiority of things
American. A number of attempts
to show young Jonathan something
that distanced American progress
all resulted unsatisfactory, and
the Englishman in desperation es-
corted the cousin to Mount Vesu-
vius.
"Well," exultingly exclaimed the
Englishman, "you haven't anything
like that in America"
"Well, no." replied the American
as he watched the outpouring Of
smoke, '7but we have little Niagara
falls over there that ould put the
whole thing out in minute. LA
dies Home Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
SOME CHINESE JOKES.
Having Fun With the Barber, Portrait
Painter and Doctor.

TaiVtcF anu DoSec's
If there is any truth in what ex-
pert testers tell us, the worlds stock
of good, original jokes is ludicrously
small-a dozen or two at the very
outside. An early Investigator into
this momentous question, certain
Hierocles, who lived some 1900
years ago, put the number in his
day at exactly twenty-one. The re-
searches of Hierocles probably did
not extend so far eastward as China,
10 there is no improperly in asking
now whether some of the jokes
which abound in the literature Of
the Celestial empire are entitled to
the honor of originality or not.
Here are three specimens:
A careless barber, trimming q
customers ears-Chinese BARRIERS
pay particular attention to this part
of the human anatomy-put his pa
tient to great pain and uneasiness.
care you doing my left ear nowY"
asked the victim. mo, sir; I've not
quite finished the right ear yet"
"Ah, l fancied you were trying to
pass through to the left without go
ing aroundp
A portrait painter without eli
ents was advised by friend to paint
a likersyS VI himself and MS wife
and hang it in some conspicuous
place, SO that would be customers
might judge Of his skill. He did
SO, and his father-in-law the next
time he called Immediately saw the
picture. "Pray," asked the visitor,
'"what woman have you represented
there" "Why, sir, do you not rec
ognize your own daughter" "My
daughterw was the indignant an
swer. "1f you intend that to rep
resent my daughter, how dare you
paint her sitting thus intimately
with a man whom l have never seen
before and who must be an entire
stranger to herr" The painters
feelings need not be described.
The gibes at doctors are innumer-
able. The following is typical ex-
ample:
One of the judges in the neither
regions dispatched an imp to this
world of ours to seek out and bring
back a good doctor, "When," the
imp was instructed, "you come to
the house of doctor before which
YOU, .descry no complaining ghosts
you win know you have found man
Of the lind Rhnted." The messen-
eor set out, but in front of every
doctors door he came to there was
an immense throng Of angry spirits
proclaiming the wrongs they had
suffered when in the flesh at the
hands of the medicine man. Final
ly, however, he reached a house
where there was but one solitary
ghost fitting backward and forward.
SThis is my man." he said to him
self. 'He must surely be clever
fellow" When the imp came to
make inquiries, however, he learned
that the practitioner had barely
been in practice for a day.-Grand
MAGAZINE.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
HOW THE SEXES DIFFER.
Contrary Ways Of Men and Women In
Doing the Same Thing.

Contrary Ways Of Men and Women In
Doing the Same Thing.
Ever watched a man as he takes
q chair? He'll move it-eyeH time,
even if it's only an inch. He would
not sit in it just where it was for
the world. Watch him next time
and see if he doesn't move it. A
woman will seat herself without
touching the chair. A woman is
more philosophical anyhow.
Men are queer creatures, as every
one knows. A man will always stir
his coffee before drinking it. This
is very foolish. He should taste it
first to see if it needs stirring.
Few men open their personal cor
respondence without looking at the
postmarks to see the time of post
ing. Women, on the other hand,
tear open the envelope at once.
They are in too much of hurry to
waste any time.
When a man puts on his hat he
almost always looks inside it first.
What he expects to see remains a
mystery, but he looks for it, all the
same.
He subjects the point Of his pen
to the same careful scrutiny before
commencing to write a letter. A
woman starts right off, iabS her pen
in the ink pot and straightway be-
gins to scribble as if her life de-
pended on it.
1t is the man who reads with his
back to the light, holding his book
in one hand. Herein lies wisdom.
A woman rests her book on the ia
bic and leans both elbows thereon.
But the foolishness of the mans
act lies in the fact that he is seek
ing comfort and seldom takes this
position because 1t is the most sci
entihc one. OF course he finds il
isn't comfortable. His arm aches
after the first ten minutes, where
upon he puts his book down and re-
marks he is going out.
1t is the man who lets out Sc
crets-not by telling them, but by
ill timed silence; He does worse ;
by refusing to crafty the curiosity
Of his questioners he invariably
causes them to jump to conclusions
much more damaging than the truth
of the matter.-New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-08
Strenuous Hint.

She had been trying to discourage
his attentions for ten long weeks,
and still he persisted in calling.
Don't you know"-she yawned
when the cuckoo clock announced
the hour of LII sometimes wish
that l was an earthquake"
"An earthquake ?" gasped the star
tied chappy. "Why should you wish
to be anything so extraordinary
Because perhaps then could
shake you"
And the next minute he called
for his hat and cane. - Chicago