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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-08
RoBLEY d. JONES. Attorney-at-La Law
Order \iSi.
Jehu f. Lynch

VS..
Minnie c. Dryden and Frederick =.
Dryden.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity. No 2l1s Nov
ember term. 1906 towit November
9th 1906.
ORDERED that the sale of the prop
erty mentioned in these proceedings
made and reported by Robley d. Jones.
Trustee. be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the oath day of December
next provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed in
Worcester County once in each of three
successive weeks before the 18th day
Of December in the year nineteen hun
bred and six
The report states the amount of sales
to be S63I. 80
FRANCIS HENRY pURNELL. Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-08
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stockhold-
ers of the Peninsula Produce Exchange
of Maryland will be held at Snow Hill,
Md Monday. December the 10th. at | |
O'Clock a. NJ.
ORLANDO HARRISON.
President
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-08
De You Want to Know
What You Swallow ?

There is growing sentiment in this
country In favor OF MEDICINES OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION. IL is but natural that one
should have some interest In the compo.
sition OF that which he or she is expected
to swallow, whether 10 be food, drink or
medicine.
Recognizing this growing disposition
on tho part Of the public, and satisfied
that the fullest publicity can only add 70
the we'll Learned reputation OF his medi-
cines, DIR. r. V. Pierce, OF Buffalo, n. v,
has taken time by the forclock." as II
were. and is publishing broadcast list
OF all the ingredients entering into his
leading medicines. the Golden Medical
Discovery the popular liver invigorator.
stomach tonic. blood purifier and heart
regulator; also OF his "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" for weak, over worked. broken
down. nervous and invalid women.
This bold and out-spoken movement on
the part OF Dr. Pierce, has. by showing
exactly what his well-known medicines
are composed OF. completely disarmcd all
harping critics who have heretofore un-
has been compiled. from the standard
medical authorities OF all the several
schools OF practice showing the strongest
endorsements BY leading medical writers
OF the several ingredients which enter into
Or. Picrce's medicines. a copy OF this
little book Is mailed tFec 10 any one ue-
string 10 learn more concerning the valu-
able. native. medicinal plants which enter
into the composition OF Dr. Pierce's med
icincs. Address DR.. Pierce as above.
Dr Picrcc's Pleasant Pellets are tiny. sug-
ar-coated anti-bllicus grAnulcs. They reg
ulate and invigorate stomach. Liver and
Bowels DO not begct the pill habit hut
cure constipation one or two each dag for
laxative and regulator, three or four for an
active cathartic. once tried always In favor,
$50, 600 q Ts Po aw.G Common I'M sSp ssn Of
Medical Adviser. a book that sold 10 the eN-
tent " ag0.o00 copies n few
years ago. al si.iN per copy.
Last year we gave away 4 .s--Ts1
$4,000 worth of these nvalua- ylsa-.,sI
bile books This year We shall u,..~,Sf
give away sJOO1 worth ~ 4 taaa N N,st.
them VIII YOU share IN this A&% S.s,
benefit II ~. send only II 1 %a~r NV
one-ccnt stamps TO cover cost
OF mailing only for hook In N
stiff paper covers. or n stamps ~
for cioih-bound Address Dr. 10
K v. Pierce. Buffalo. n T.
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The Tax Rate Fraud.

Up goes the city budget by sls, 0O0, 900
or so, and out pops that hoary old fraud:
"The tax rate will not be increased. "
For many years this stupad dodge has
been worked in the effort to make tax
payers believe that their expenditures
may be increased without their expenses
being raised.
Perhaps some innocent persons are
fooled by the cry, but it seems impOs-
sible. The amount of his tax bill every
real estate owner knows. II it is greater
this year than last, that fact cannot be
hidden from him. II he pays more now
than ever before, he is not deceived by
the numerals denoting the rate. He
asks what he receives in return for the
sum he contributes to the cost of run
ming the city. II the goods delivered
are what he wants, if the results achieved
please him, he will be satisfied. II they
do not, he will consider himself unfairly
treated. No talk about the rate will
blind him to what it costs him TO live.
Yet for many years to come we may
expect to hear the tiresome and mean
ingless prattle about the tax rate with
which wasteful city officials try to make
the public believe they are economical
and skilful in the administration of it's
Affairs.
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REPRESENTATIONS VICTIMS.
Are There Believers Who KNOW They Are
F~OreOrdained FOR Hell:

To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Sir: Mr..
Frank p. Davis asks in THE SCN OF October IS
whether there was ever a believer In predes-
tination who believed himself to be fore
ordained for i,ell.
Certainly, there are many. Predestina-
ton is the decree OF God. by which He hath,
from eternity, MECHANICALLY appointed OF
determined whatever comes TO pass. God
knowing for all eternity what the destiny Of
man was to 30. made hell; therefore som
men we're foreordained for hell, This was
the old fashioned orthodoxy. and 1t is believed
by many to-day.
Why may not a believer in predestination
believe he is foreordained to be damned?
lie cannot think that all are predestined TO
be saved. and he may be as deeply conscious
OF his neiRhbOr's. He believes in he'll because
he believes in predeStination. Many n man
believes he will be damned because he knows
and he knows II. / think Brother Davis Will
find that OF the believers in predestinatiOn
the majority expect to 10 to hell,
What a comfort this doctrine should be 10
a believer. As he gives himself up to sleep
IT night. he is cOnsoled with the thought that
HE destiny ia fixed, II he ia to be saved.
there remains nothing for him 70 do but
TO be damned, it was 40 arranged before the
creation Of the world. and nothing he can do
will alter the decree. We Hs damned already,
and yet many have believed this monstTous
doctrine. Many a saint has gone 20 his rest
cOmforted by. his faith, and many another
Grated infants have been cast into he'll. and
that the torments Of the lost rose as sweet
incense TO the glory Of tiod and the edihcation
Of the saints, These things have been taught
in my day and generation, and are sound
RED BGNK, n. j.. October 80.
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Exploiting Central South Africa.


In an article entitled The White Mans
Zone in Africa" in the Worlds Work for
November some interesting questions
are raised by Mr.. SAMUEL p. WERNER, an
American long resident in Central South
Africa, the territory of which he treats.
It's owners are the Governments of
England. France, Germany, Belgium and
Portugal.
One question is perhaps superf1uous,
but moved by a strong ethical sense
Mr.. WERNER feels called upon to answer
it: that question is the right of white
men to be in Africa to exploit it. He
admits a color OF title in the aborigines,
but submits bat they need the help,
the restraint and the guidance of the
white man, and AYERS that ~the natural
await the grasp of his ener-
getic hand Perhaps il would be nearer
the mark to say that his grasp
is on them. The restraint Of the natives
is already assured.
Wonders have been performed in
opening up the country TO exploitation
not to settlement just yet, as Mr..
WERNER can testify. The Cape to Cairo
railroad has almost reached T~anganyika;
the Congo line is past Stanley Falls and
1900 miles up the river; and the Crystal
Mountains echo to the whistle of the
Angola railroad. The aborigines built
these roads, and locomotives are fred
and run by men who were naked savages
CFkaan rNaara anA GkoonnhnaNo nm kko
Congo are piloted by men OF the Bangala
tribe which tried to kill HENRY NJ.
STANLEY when he explored the country
for the King Of the Belgians. Moreover,
the stokers and deckhands OF English,
French and German steamships plying
to the coast and engaged in the coast
wise trade are black men.
The white man has put the black man
to work developing his own country for
the white a But at present white
men are not wanted as settlers either by
the new lords Of the soil or the old. So
Mr.. WERNER is obliged to give a rueful
answer 10 the question, Is there an OPEN
ing for the white settler in Central South
Africa? The soil is virgin, there is not
one farmer to SOO,O 900 square miles" the
forests are full Of fine timber and the
earth Of coal and minerals (Mr. WERNER
a the Congo-Zambezi coal field has
m area of 10000 square miles,, but ~any
ordinary citizen of a European Power
possessing territory III Central South
Africa who wishes to settle there may
as we'll bay the moon al address his
Government on the subject" Should a
white man squat, an armed force will be
sent to GUST him, cost what 1t may. Why
this dog in the --->aD- policy? Mr..
WERNER explains:
influential groups Of men In each Of the great
capitals Of Europe have been granted large tracts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
Clash in the British Parliament.

The expected has happened, and the
threatened collision between the Houses
of the British Parliament has occurred.
In the House Of Lords a UniOnist mem
Der moved, and by a majority Of 200
carried, an amendment of the Education
bill by which religious instruction is
made compulsory during a part Of the
daily school hours in all public elemen-
tary schools. AS the primary purpose
Of the measure is thus thwarted, the
question arises, What will the Banner
man Government do?
The prohibition Of religious ~instruc-
ton during school hours in the national
or board schools, Which are supported
partly by rates, or local taxes, and partly
by Parliamentary grants, represents, Of
course, the fulflment Of the promise
made by Sir HENRY CONTEMPORARIES
MAN and his Ministerial colleagues to
the NoncOnformists Of England and
Wales during the campaign which pre-
ceded the last general election. It was
evident from the returns that with the
exception Of a fraction in Birmingham
and the neighbOrhood, which chung to
Mr.. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, the Nonc6n-
formists had voted for Liberal candi-
dates almost to a man. There IL reason
TO think that they contributed quite as
much as the Free Traders to the over
wheIming triumph Of the Liberal party.
It is certain that their spokesmen con-
stitute ali out one-half Of those Liberal
members of the House OF Commons who
hold English and Welsh seats. Under
the circumstances, the Bannerman Gov
eminent cannot submit to the treatment
which the new Education bill has re-
ceived in the House Of Lords. When
the measure comes back the obnoxious
amendment will be stricken out, and the
House Of Commons will a second time
pass the bill in substantially it's original
form. Il will then be laid once more
before the upper chamber and, we prt-
sumo, will be again amended.
II IL the subsequent stages OF the con-
troversy that will become deeply inter-
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Weapons Of Two Candidates.

Mr.. HEARST's principal weapons in his
fight for the Governorship are half truths,
misrepresentation, false accusations, the
magnifying Of t~Tivialities into matters
of vast importance, and reckless prom
Uses. His method Of argument approaches
that Of the man who defied his opponent
to answer @Yes" or NO" to the question.
Have you left off beating your mother?"
An ingeniously worded query, impossible
OF direct answer, serves him as accusa-
tion, evidence, argument and conclusion.
Apparently he believes that his auditors
are incapable Of detecting fraud and cam
not reason for themselves.
Nothing could be more unlike the
Hearst system than that adopted by Mr..
HUGHES. Mr.. HUGHES is careful of his
facts. He puts forth in detail the
grounds from which he intends to de-
velop his argument. He reasons closely.
He knits his evidence together with great
care. He examines the contentious Of
the opposition respectfully, and allows
such weight to them as they deserve.
He promises nothing that, if elected, he
cannot perform. He does n treat
failure to accept his opinions as proof
OF moral turpitude. The instruments he
uses allow less violence of language, less
picturesque literary compositions, than
those in the hand Of Mr.. HEARST. but
they do not put Mr.. HUGHES to the neces-
sity of assuming that the electors are
half witted and animated solely by envy
and malice, as do Mr.. HEARsT's.
OF the probable conduct Of either man
IN public office, his behavior and habit
in the campaign are a fair index. Mr..
HEARST promises an unfair, erratic and
incautiOus administration. Mr.. HUGHES
may be depended On for honest, Impair
tial and intelligent management II the
public affairs. Which do the people of
the State want?
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Of land. for which they pAy . aOmlnal sOnsIdsra.
ton. but which they hold AZ . high price o. simply
retain for speculsssca.'
Mr. VxnNRR ca-taLoO,,au thu -raaonrcea
~ The co,yr1-u. . ooo nno .c,,oro ro;lo. ~
productive land awaiting the plough;
1000, 900 u miles OF the finest timber
the sun shines ion a coal field 1000
miles long; 10000 miles OF naviGable
rivers, and cataracts that would furnish
electricity for the manufactures and
motor power of a continent; not TO forget
a salubrious climSte in the highlands;
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The Case OF Josephine Proves Nothing
Against the EccleslastIcal Authorities.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Doctor
OF Philosophy" asks whether the divorce OF
Empress Josephine, the lawful wife OF Napo-
leon Bonaparte. was sanctioned by the
Church or not"
1t was not sanctioned by the Church. In
fact, Napoleon never even asked the Church
10 sanction Il. lie did not dare put the aues-
tion "a to the validity OF his marriage 10 Jose
phine before Pope Plus VII. then his prisoner,
who was the only competent authority TO
give a decision. The Onlciality of Paris, a
servile church court OF NapOleon's own max
ing, which passed sentence, had no power
whatever to decide the matter. II. then.
Josephine really was Napoleon'S lawful wife,
which is doubted by some. she remained his
wife despite the divorces granted by the SEN
ate and the Ohiciality Of Paris, or a sanction
by competent ecclesiastical authorities there
was not a trace.
Let VS. suppose. however, as your CORE
spondent assumed, that Josephine was Napo-
leon's wful wife, and that in this case the
Pope him self attempted TO annul a validity
contracted and consummated marriage.
Will Doctor of Philosophy" consider one
such instance sufficient proof for his assertion
that in relaxing the marriag &c tie the Roman
Church has been a. delinquent AS the Profess
ant Churches" whose authorities. ms Is well
known. Connive at divorce by the wholesale?
lie does, indeed, seem. to think such logic
convincing. when he declares that though
he could give many such instances. this"
case OF Napoleon aud Josephine will SUI
fee"
But to a reasoning mind it will not by any
means suffice. Not even u doctor of Dhilos-
ophv can make a summer OF one swallow.
To make good his sweeping charge OF equal
delinQuenCv, your correspondent must prove:
~ That every wear thousands Of Catholic
husbands and wives seek a civil divorce in
imitation .of their non-Catholic friends: t2l
that the Catholic Church aCQuiesCes in such
practice. IA Protestant Churches do: (3l that
the Church allows such divorced Catholics
to remarry though the divorced husband
or wife be still living. which Indulgence no
Protestant community seems to have the
courage 10 deny its members. A. j..
NFw YORK, October 30.
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To THE EDITOR OF The UN-Sn In your
edition of to day you give some account Of old 81.
PauTs Church in New York. ] will add TO that
account by saying that the designs for old st. PauIs
were drawn by Sir Christopher Wren and were
originally intended for the rebuilding OF Trinity
Church, after its FIRST destruction by nre.
The plans were. however. not used ss intended,
but were laid away among the parish archives.
tWl In l764 It was determined TO build ST. Pauls.
MI. Comfort Sands, then a vestrymAn OF Trinity,
was chosen by that body TO make contracts with
builders and do all things necessary to bring the
work 10 completion. This he did. and he. ashe states
In his diary. took the communion on the consecra-
tion OF the church, with the Governor and many Of
the nrst gentlemen OF the city.
7 have not my copy OF Comfort Sands's diary
by me. and thus am not certain as 10 whether he
parish Of 81. Paul's. but I think he was or had been
a vestryman Of Trinity. ARTHUR SANDYs.
BETHLEHEM. Pa, October 20.
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RI.tori's Too Grateful Soldier.
From London Truth.

from LohJOH rum.
During k,>torl'S FIRST engagement at Madrid an
elderly woman OS- night gained access to her dress
ing room and ~tearfuiS begged her Intervention
on behalf Of her son. a young soldier condemned
10 death for a serious breach Of discipline. Al the
close OF the performance RiStOri was presented to
Queen Isabella. made the required appeal, and OBJ
talned the young mans free p~ardOn-perhaps be-
cause II gave TO the Queen the opportunity Of a
mot. that she was certain the actress had never
before played In a tragedy with such a happy end.
ing. Some years later Ristori again visited Mad
rid. During the nrst performance a soldier among
the audience made n disturbance. was elected only
after severely damaging = number OF policemen.
and was subsequently sentenced 70 a long term OF
Imprisonment. He proved TO be RistOn's former
proteEe. who. hearing OF her return, had come TO
the theatre In order 70 renew his expression OF
gratitude. Unfortunately. he had drunk her
health TOO enthusiastically befOrehand-with the
result that he fnAlly owed her. not onIy his life.
but free board and lodging for several years into
the bargain.
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p DIVORCES. a.
BROAD Powers OF the POntIn over the Mar.
riaKe Relation.

To THE EDIroR or THE sUN-Sir: q. A.
Forbes corrects the theology OF New YORK
as expounde6 by IF. \. s." His own In not
quite up to date. According TO him an in
dispensahle condition for the granting OF a
divorce from n marriag &c lawfully contracted
by two non-bapttzed persons, one OF whom
has subsequently, become 4 Catholic. Ia that
the other is unwilling to live in peace with
the convert. or leads the convert into mortal
sin or some great spiritual loss. Divorces
have been granted In cases where these con-
ditlons were not present. During the six
teenth century, in the Indies. In several cases
two lawfully married unbapttzed natives
separated. One subsequently, became a Cath
ollie, and without troubling about the exist
ence Of the other party married again.
Doubt arose concerning the validity OF such
subsequent marriages. h PODe declared
the first marriages dissolved and the subse-
Quent marriages valid.
ma L9srs S. ,ns fa TSs SI EtOE became case a cS q
and left her husband because he refused TO
follow her example, He afterward marrtsd
Catholic faith. Then the man also proposed
70 embrace tt himself, provided he would pc
permitted to retain the second woman As his
wife. As this could not be granted until the
first marriage was dissolved, there was Moth
ING. to be done unless, as Father Lemkuhl,
wife's consent, dissolve the original marriage;
Lambertini.. aiteryard Benedict KY. was
that the Pope had not the owe TO do so.
Finally. in opposition to the vote OF the sec
Benedict discusses the case In his GUESS
tones Canonice,- No. DXLVI,, A. ID. 1921.
Lemkuhl's reference incorrectly gives l12e.
II may be added that the weight Of theo-
logical authority Is now in favor Of the optn-
d IN eSst pa N s sI%piT sx tas tsmS SIs ap pss !
authority; and that consequently there lie no
reason why, for other causes than the one
which influenced Paul, but equally grave the
Pope. in the plenitude Of his apostolic power.
may not do as much as Paul could do. This
In. the view OF Father Lemkuhls, school.
whose principle is to see TO 1t that the larg-
est possible Interpretation be given to the
rights and powers Of the supreme Pontih
and there is little doubt but y will prevail.
NEo-EBoRACIs.
NEW YORK, October 80.
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Inquiry About an Eriled Religion. Body.

To THI EDITOR OF TEE SUN-Sr: In Shake
speare's Henry "" the King says:
Il have built
Two chsntries. where the sad and solemn priests
Sing still for Richards soul
One Of them was a convent OF nuns called Sion
House. upon the Thames near London. On the
suppression OF tho monasteT.es by Henry VIII.
IL shared the fate OF every ecclesiastical house
whose possessions were OF any value and was
connscated. the religieuses being driven out. !
have read that they went In a body to Lisbon.
Portugal. and there founded a convent In which
membership was restricted 70 English women.
some forty years ago the English nObleman
who now owns the ancient heritage Of the sister
hood visited their convent In Lisbon and was shown
the keys Of the mother house which they had taken
with them into their exile and stil. after hundreds
OF years. preeervcd with extreme care in the faith
that in Gods good time they would be restored TO
their own and md use for the keys again.
VIII one OF your learned readers tell me more Of
this religious body-especially n Il still exists and
to what particular order the nuns beIongr
NEW YoRK. october %. TENTH new JERSEY.
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The Looted Cuban Treasury.

Major ADD's report on Cuba's finances
brings no surprise TO those who have
watched the fierce raids made on the
Cuban Treasury during the last eighteen
months. No up TO date statement il
available II may be said, however, that
Cuba's total national revenues from May
20. 1902, until the close of the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1905. probably
amounted TO not far from 500, 900, 900.
The Government carried on by the United
states during the first Intervention was
Ny no means rigidly economical, yet
it's expenditures averaged no more than
about 81 200, 900 a G Allowing Cuba
the larger sum Of 500 900 a year for
the conduct Of an even more eXtrava-
giant government, she should have had
on hand on the first of last July a clear
balance of some $40, 900 900. II il quite
within bounds o a that within the last
two years the Cuban treasury has been
raided to the extent Of that sum. II is
even safe to place the sum squandered
and miSused at S25.OOO,OOO
The most outrageous onslaught APP
pears IN connection with the paymeot'
Of the army. The matter docs not in
volve the SIS, 100000 loan effected for
that purpose. That was executed in a
STRAIGHTFORWARD and lawful manner,
while the payment itself may be re-
garded rs both necessary and justifable.
The crookedness appears in connection
with what il known as the second pay
ment,- made partly in cash and partly
in what they saw fit to call interior
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
whip Dog Day.
From the LondOn Chronfol

From the London Chronicle.
ST. Lukes day Is also called Whip Dog dav In
the Almanacs, whch refers US 70 the quaint oFncs.
Of dog whipper and sluggard walker, that used IN
he held generally by one person attached 20 every
church. As late IS 1857 there 10 a record Of ons ~
these oficials at Dunehurch. Who. armed with a
wand that had a fork at the end Of Il. used 70 20
round the church during sermon time and wake
the Aeepera BY c~rooking II around their uecN.
Sometimes the wand had . foG's brush a, the other
end. with which 70 arouse lady sloepers more cour.
teouEy. In some places the whip for driving dogs
out Of church 10 SAN preserved: and an quite re-
Gently tho schooloOys had a custom Of whipping
tho dogs out Of the streets on 81. Luke'n day In
q similar way. A curious entry IN the WakessId
church accounts runs thus: "lT0s: For hatts. khoes
and hoses. for sexton ana dog whippeT, iss. 3D.