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Democratic messenger., 1906-12-29
LOCALS.

Mr.. II. y. SpurrleT N VlsltnB Teia-
tives in Baltimore.
Mr.. Walter Pusey is home from
Norfolk for few days.
The West End Club will exchange
books Saturday at the Manse.
Il pay cash for eggs ana chickens.
Selby T. Pruitt. Girdletree. Md.
Miss Nellie Price is spending the
week with relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Harvey Hastings spent several
days of this week at his home in Sails
bury.
Prof Levin j. Kelley spent several
days of this week with relatives in Iron
shire.
The County Commissioners and the
Orphans Court were in session on We'd
nesday.
Miss Eugena Hurlock. of East
Orange. n. Y, is spending the holidays
at home.
Prof. Virgil Ward is spending the
week with his mother in Wicomico
County.
Miss Margie Davis, of Baltimore,
is here on a visit to Mr. F. T.. F. Morris
and family.
William G. Kerbin. Esq, spent sew
eral days of this week with relatives in
Dover, Del.
Miss Bessie Johnson is visiting her
friend, Miss Florence Nichols. in Wash
ington, d. c.
The lads and lassies of Snow Hill
enjoyed skating on Mullet bay several
days this week.
The young people of the town en-
joyed an informal dance Thursday even
ing of this week.
H. S. Carmean and fsmily have
move moved hack, back to " Worcester fS%Vnty from
Miss Ursula Jones. of Philadelphia,
is here on visit to her sister. Mrs.
William T. Hearne
Miss Lula Price and Mr. Walter
Price visited friends at Westovcr sever
al days this week
-Messrs. Lewis and Harold Boehm.
of New York. spent Christmas here
with their parents.
Mrs. Edwin Nelson. of Frederica,
Del. is visiting her parents, DIR. and
Mrs. Charles p. Jones
Watch night services will be held
in both the NJ +. and NJ z. Churches of
Snow Hill Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Arthur Price spent
several days this week with Mrs. Prices
parents near Milford, Del
Mr.. Charles j. Brckhead, of Sails
bury, has donated $500 TO the Home
For The Aged at Salisbury.
Mr.. Charles Mumford. of New
Berne, North Carolina, came home this
week TO spend a Few days.
Mr.. b. J. Esham left Saturday for
Wilmington to spend the holidays with
his son, Mr.. Harry Esham.
Miss George Bonneville. who is at
tending the Normal school at Easton.
Pa. is home for the holidays.
ukt ,c
Chincoteague. are visiting his father,
DIR. and Mrs. Charles p. Jones.
-Messrs. II. T. Pilchard and j f.
Bird, of near Cross Roads. We're in
Snow Hill Thursday on business.
MIR. Eben Hearne returned Wednes-
day from Pocomoke City. where he
spent the holidays with his family.
Mr.. William Il. Bishop, of Balti-
more, was guest at the Hotel Puraell
from Saturday night to Monday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Tilghman and
children, of Cape Charles. are here on
visit to Mr. and Mrs. James Blades.
Il will sell my stocks of goods at
public auction this Saturday after
noon, at 3o'clock. X. Milton Townsend.
On account of the ice in the bay the
steamer Maryland did not make her
usual trip to Snow Hill on Wednesday,
Mr.. p. S. Shockley. of Salisbury,
spent several days this week with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. U. f. Shockley
MIR. X. Lee Purnell came Monday
from Ocean City. and remained until
Thursday with his brother. Mr.. T. NJ.
Purnell.
Miss Viola Smith. who has been
Democratic messenger., 1906-12-29

10 Cure A Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qmnine
Tablets. Druggists refund money If il
fails 20 cure. X. w GROVES sigma
ture is ON each box. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It viii probably be some time before
any marked effects Of the railroad rate
regulation law viii be noticeable. any
radical changes which 1t might bring
about VIII doubtless be resisted by
some railroad company and then the
courts will be called upon to pass upon
the constitutionality OF the law.
Mr.. Charles A. PYouty OF the inter
state commerce commission, writing in
the Review Of Reviews, believes that
the benefit of the act VIII consist more
IN what It prevents than IN what it
.eorrects. Assuming that the courts
sustain its main provisions. and that
its enforcement is reasonably effective,
Mr.. Prouty thinks three things may be
expected:
First-For the last few years rail-
way rates have been advancing: from
now on the tendency will be the other
way. This will be due. not to any ex-
tensive or sweeping reductions ordered
by the commission, but rather to the
fact that the railways themselves. hav-
ing knowledge that the reasonabIeness
OF their action may be challenged, will
hesitate to make the advances which
they otherwise would. and will grant
tdS 0StHaH0S OF Shippers 1CI IC0hN-
lions. which they otherwise would not.
Second-The payment of rebates
and the granting of similar concessions
from the published tariff will. in the
main. cease. Rebates will never en-
tirely stop so long as competition con-
tinues, but they will become rapidly
less. and in ten years from now that
sort of discrimination can be altogeth-
er avoided, unless our waterways are
to be shut up and the benefit Of geo.
graphical position entirely ignored.
This BILL" says Mr.. Prouty. sis
more significant in its passage than in
its provisions. While President Roose-
welt deserves the entire credit for
initiating the movement, he would
have been powerless but for the peo-
pies support. The enactment of the
rate bill is the peoples declaration that
railways must submit to governmental
control. and that certain abuses must
stop. If the railways recognize this, If
they cooperate. as there is every rea-
son to believe they will, to obtain q
compliance with the spirit Of this law,
conditions will be fairly satisfactory;
otherwise, there will be renewed agita-
ton, followed by more drastic legisla-
f4or,
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HER. METHOD AND ms.

watched my good wife pack her trunk.
Since them must confess
ve grown a very great respect
For Won1anss eleverness
The trunk was tall but twice as high
Beside it on the floor
Rose piles Of fluffy lingerie
And feminine toys galore.
About 8 dozen shirt waist suits
OF nodfsh cut and hue,
Complete with all accessories
From picture hat to shoe.
Embroidered linens, muslins dne,
She folded with dispatch,
Gowns for all times and functions meet,
With 2arasols to match
Shoes, driving coat and bathing suit.
Ktmona, negligees-
Each found q niche; belts, gloves and
stocks
Filled W the various trays
An hour rolled by. Her work was done
And everything in place,
While had net quite made an end
To filing one suitcase.
There's method in my iaggard ways
I'm lazy through design:
For, now Matfida's trunk is packed,
She'll set to work on mine.
Maize Virginia Caruthers in New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
QUAKER REE1.ECrroNs.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.
All things are possible. even irnpos-
sibIlities.
Many a man Is never on the winning
side till he joins the great majority.
No man is such a skeptic az not to
believe al the nice things he hears
about himself.
When a fellow Is head over heels in
love he occasionally manages to light
on his feet
The worst feature Of q changeable
climate Is that we can't change It for
some other.
No matter how hot your bedroom Is
you can generally see the paper frieze
on the wall.
A gold-bandled umbrella doesn't
keep OF the rain any better and merely
tends to promote crime.
The rich people to whom we are
d1stantly related see to It that we are
kept as distant as possible.
Wigg-'He seems rather refined for
a blacksmith Wagg-.'F Refined is no
name for It. Why, his sign reads
sBlack-smythe .' Is
Jill-sIf you try to kiss me I shall
scream for mamma" Jsck-But
your mother isn't home" JilI-ssYou
mean thingi How did you find that
out?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

eoolly. but deliberately avoiding hil
gaze. Max had such a way Of loekfnl
at one. But what for p
Why, to take my friend Julius
Caesar TO the circus
Willie looked anxiously from ons to
the other IN an ecstacy OF hope and
suspense
II told Willie
Yes I know he interrupted. ssbut
II you come, too, II will be all right.
"oh, yes, auntfeFs cried willie.
jumping with joyful anticipation
Marjorie tried hard to look cold ana
digniffed
Would you spoil that child,s day9''
asked the Commodore, coming closer.
Marjorie, pleased" His eyes urged her
as well as his voice.
She looked at him. ssAIl right, I'll
go; but it's just on Willie's account =
Any reason will do responded
Max as he helped her into the car.
But maybe you can find a better one
before we get home. I'm going to
ride back here with you, and VIII
lia.m." he lifted the delighted child.
gave him q. hug, and put him In the
front seat with the chauffeur. Evil
liam the Conquerer Is going to have
the time of his life" Copyright, 1906,
by c. H. Sutclife.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
HVMOR OF TIE Day

stubb-Do you see that colored youth
in unifor1n2 Well his father was preach-
er and IMPRESSED on his that man was
Penn-you don't sayl what business is
stubb-oh. he's a Pullman car porter
chicago News.
T see they've discharged that clerk who
saved SO much money out OF his Emau
s ssIaF y; Didn't they know he was graft
Yes. but they suspect nov thai he got
some Of the graft that rightfully belonged
t. the bigger officers of the company. =
nsIa 4. said the vice president Of the bank
.i 5as q IKE 70 get away he says for about
Good, replied the president. .srhat re-
moves a weight from my mind I was be
ginning to be afraid his accounts might be
away. Chicago Record Herald.
.. Are e, you the editors"
asshed. and I Thought I'd give you the frst
I'VE never take any
Never take any poetry
u, NeVsr take any chances. '-C1eveian1
plain Dealer.
Mary, Mrs. Housekeep called from the
1901 1901 OF the stairs how about break
"oh," replied the new servant, who had
oversight herself, s%ye naden't trouble 10
bring me amy I amt very hungry this
nnoTnln Philadelphia Ledger
nxs Lon y take any notice Of the cook.
But; John. she's just given it.p-Batti-
20 y9u regard that mans arguments
Yes. answered Senator Sorghum. ..1rbat
ana nothing else. ashington Star.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom HE Atc5ison c.,o1s !

1t EJA4 Inc ALC0lSOn Globe
When a man. has tolerably gay VIII,
anu doesn't mind what she does ueopI
say: There is the blindest mani who
IS the olindest man in town?
Giving parties is like washing dishes.
~ the time q woman thinks she has ev-
cry one paid I'D she is invited again and
mas II all to do over again
When a woman undresses before an
other woman she apologies for the looks
OF her corset. and II the truth must be
told' there is always room for an apology
Two EparroWE fought the other day nm
I'll they were 30 exhausted a dog came
along and ate them both. What was there
N their little world to have caused such
bitter ennnity2 What is there in fF3e world
that makes men fight to death2
t must be q source OF great satisfac-
ton 10 boy to be known as a good bow
leads an easier life than the bov who is
always being snaried at and yyfaipped and
pointed out as an example TO avoid.
Inc day e coming when reception will
not be considered swell until there Is q
different girl IN tbs receiving line TO hand
OUT every sandwich that is served and p
least Two girls to every dish OF ice cream .
| spoon IN.
Why al this fuss about the peek-a-boo
WssStz II LOOKS cool, Is cool, and is GER
wrong ws<h It? Do the modelf rss n v1,
ara fighting the peek-a-beo want a sYsrI IL
wear furs in summer The men you'd
not for their ugly hairy skin shosyins
through. -''o = Els
The women are anxious 20 hreak ynto
thee reform movement ana Mrs. Llygander
the Independent Federation OF Afofhera'
cubs. proposes to investigate Kansas
kaschens- n company with two other wo-
pour after breakfast, and publish results,
MIS- Appleton says the packing houses
are not the only dirty things IN America.
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GOOD NEW S.

AS the harvest draws to a close and
the threshing season begins, # Is evil
dent that the Kansas wheat crop is pet
ter than it was expected a month ago.
It is true that there is a considerable
territory in which the crop was short,
but elsewhere there are many reports
of exceptionally good wheat Stories of
grain that is yielding better than so
bushels per acre are fully as numer-
Gus as they have ever been, and the
quality Of the berry appears - be ex-
ceptionaIly high.
Corn, too. Is in excellent condition
over q great portion of the state. There
was something of a scare because of
the prolonged drouth during May and
a great part Of June. and the condi-
ton Of the corn was reported low;
but the drouth came at a time when
the corn was not at a critical period.
The dry weather gave the farmers q
chance to Thoroughly cultivate their
fields, and If is doubtful If Kansas corn
fields were ever before so free from
weeds at tits time of year as they are
now. Since the rains have come the
stalks have shot upward and now give
promise Of an excellent yield.
It is true that the oats crop is rather
short. but this does not affect many
counties. Barley. alfalfa and most
other secondary crops are yielding well
In fact. the agricultural outlook IN
Kansas on July 4, 1906, is much i'm
proved over what it was on June 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
.LAYHA WKER JOZy


Hutchinson has a new. street sweep
er, and now there Is trouble because
those IN charge persist in using it when
the streets are thronged with people
Fran l1fort has figured that it burns
S1z,00O worth Of gasoline a year, ana it
proposes to beat the Standard out of
that much business by making dena-
tured alcohol for itself.
The Bloomer Girls baseball team
that has been touring the state recent
ly played at SaIina the other day, and
the Journal very cautiously referred
girls"
Henry Calnan recently told in the
Troy Chief about having fried chicken
and a lot of garden truck, ali of his
own raising. for dinner, and the HoIton
Recorder demands that Henry give his
recipe for raising fried chickens and
beans and peas all IN the same, garden.
Recipe by "CFoaker'': The eminent
weather prophet who has been able TO
foretell the weather by cutting I'D an
onion and applying salt reminded me
or boyhoOd experience. I had warts
on my hands and at the advice of an
old lady cut an onion in nine pieces
and rubbed each wart three times with
each piece, then planted them under
| the drip of the roof. The experiment
was entirely successful. I haven't a
wart on my hands and have not had
for several years
There IS & young boy in this town,
says the Minneapolis Better Way, who
deserves "honora Bile mention" and this
paper Is going to see that he gets it.
His lot in life is not one Of ease. his
/ environment not of the best. and vet he
managed to stay in school until he
graduated from the eighth grade. But
the boy was poor and his graduating
suit was furnished him by some be-
neyolent people who thought he ought
to be encouraged. AS the time for
graduating came near the boy dIscov-
cred that he needed a pair of cuff but
tons. The ordinary reader may turn
up his nose and say huh" but that
boy was a boy. He saw the other
boys outfits and he felt that he wanted
the cuff buttons so he went to one Of
our jewelers. and negotiated for a pair.
Said he: I want to graduate, and I
want some cuff buttons. I have no
money, but l will pay you for them il
| you will let me have them-I will pay
/ you next Saturday. The 5eWeier let
| him have q pair suitable to go with
| the rest Of his wardrobe on faith. He
Odd not doubt the boys honesty. but he
said he would and SO the sale passed
from his mind. But the purchaser did
not forget and on the day he said he
would. he appeared with the money to
pay the bill. Said he: II had to sell
the buttons to get the money, but I
got It, and here 1t Is" The dealer told
/ him that he would give him a pair as
a mark Of appreciation for his honesty.
20, but I want to pay for them, said
the boy. All right" said the jeweler.
take them along. and pay me when
you get the money" and forgot ali
! about the matter until just a few days
ago the lad walked in and paid for the
buttons Now. this may be a little
thing. but It shows pluck IN tbs boy
and a spirit Of honest Independence III
one who has to struggle AGAINST adj
/ verse circumstances, and surely such 8
case deserves encourag euzSnt VIZ
hope to hear Of that boy doing good
| work IN the high school next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
THE BATTLE IN wyANDoTrE,.

The impossible has been accom-
plished. It appears to be a fact that
the prohibitory law is enforced IN
Kansas City, Kas., where a great
many good people have insisted that
it never could be enforced. TO be
sure about a third Of the law breakers
opened their joints for a brief time on
Sunday, with the idea in mind that no
courts were in session and they could
not be enjoined before Monday. but
Assistant Attorney General Trickett
Ind his force of deputy sheriffs speed
EsAly disabused their minds of that idea.
Governor Hoch and his administers
ton are entitled to due credit for
bringing about this supposedly fnpos-
sibIe condition in Wyandotte county.
It has been a desperate fight, and It
will doubtless require eternal vigilance
to keep the saloons closed. but Gov
ernor Hoch and his assistants have
demonstrated that they can be closed.
Having succeeded in this demon
stration in Wyandotte county. the
hardest place in Kansas to enforce
prohibition. the state Will now expect
Governor Hoch to proceed against
Leavenworth. wichita, Junction City
and other towns where the law is
openly and lnotoriously violated. At
the time Of the Republican state con-
vention it was asserted that the mayor
of wichita lined up for Governor
Hoch and Quoted any disturbance that
may have threatened in the sedgwick
county delegation in order to keep the
governor from proceeding against the
wichita joints. Governor Hooh now
owes 1t to himself to convince the state
that he was not a party to any agree
ment. implied or otherwise. There is
one way in which he can do t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
EROH OTHER PENS
KANsAs AND co...

Again a great crop in Kansas, and
again a loud cry for harvesters. Eight
thousand men are needed from the out
side this year to garner what the soil
has so bountifuly produced. What a
country we havei Kansas is only one
Of many states all blessed in this way.
It is a far cry to the time when drought
and grasshoppers wrought such havoc
in the middle west that the people in
their despair held the government re-
sponsible, and organized new party
to legislate relief Eloquence without
limit was put on tap. and songs were
sung to hearten the depressed. But ma
ture did what politics failed to do, and
when the turn in the long lane came the
prospect presented was of the brightest.
The farmer has forgotten his mortgages
long ago lifted, and is now a plutocrat
on a bucoitc scale His bank account is
growing, and the money lender is a
stranger to him. And yet there are peo-
pie who say that the country Is headed
for the devil, and making rapid speed
on the way washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Strange as it may seem, the holes
IN the Kansas avenue pavement
make the automobile scorchers hot.
although they keep them from scorch-
The fireworks turned loose In the
Populist convention today are not the
KIND prohibited by the new ordinance.
This is the day that old Pa Time
dlseards his scythe and uses the dyna-
mite cracker and the toy pistol as a
substitute.
y
The Atchison Globe hands down the
opinion that a colicky baby is more
desirable in a neighborhood than a
graphophone, for the reason that the
baby may grow up into a useful cftf-
ZEN while the graphophone will al
ways be the same. But the Globe
suppresses the argument that you can
smash a graphophone.
X Y
The national convention Of doctors
at Boston decided that there are eirhf
different kinds of headache. some
men who become overly enthusiastic
IN celebrating with liquid refreshment
today will think they have all eigbf
kinds punched tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Here are some observations which the
Chicago News makes on the subject:
Kansas Democrats have nominated a
state ticket. We do not know why they
did It. Probably they themselves would
be hard pressed If they were required
to explain But they were clearly with
IN their rights. Do not understand US
to insinuate that it Is an indictable Of
Tense which they have committed. We
were just thinking OF the tremendous
amount Of lost energy there is In the
world and Of the Kansas wheat crop,
which is pleading in such pathetic &C
cents to be saved. IS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

MY old black auntie." said Repre-
sentative Robertson of Louisiana. the
old black shepherdess who raised me
and who still looks on me as a lamb
Of her rearing, grows at times very
congra tulatory.
Deed T is proud o. 20. Marse Sam. ,
she said on the occasion OF our last
meeting I takes de vas'est pride IN
yo', honey, an de way yo' does hor
once. Yo' is des lax yo' oil father,
Marse Sam. He was alters holm Of
fee same as yo'. honey-hor office
all de time, yo paw did, an yo' minds
me O. him SO much. Deed Use proud O
why, what office did my father
hoId?' I asked I was a bit agtonished
for. while I had 6. dim recollection of
the old gentleman running several
times. I never knew OF any office he
. ssho'. Marse Sam! Is yo' done
gone an forget de- office yo' father
nor, the old auntie replied reprOach-
fully. Use 'shamed To- yo'. He was
q candidate. Marse Sam. De whole
nefghborhood remember It well. All
his life he hol' dat office, 20 paw
did: never I know him when he warn t
q candidate. Yessir, yo' an 20 father
des de same dat away-bofe alters hol'n
Office .
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the chicago News.l


Never judge man by the opinion he
has Of himself.
women use calling cards in playing thu
social game
TAX isn't necessarily cheap when money
doeds the talking
A woman doesn.4 thoroughly enjoy any
thing she cant cry over
Every man who knows himself knows
how selfish other men are.
When q man borroWs trouble he puts up
his peace OF mind as collateral
There are a good many noughts IN the
sum total of the worlds inhabitants
Unless a mans sense OF hun1or is on 8
vacation he never takes 8 woman seri-
ousIy-
Food for thought Is often applied By
ones inability to obtain enough Of the
other kind.
IT'S 80 hard for some men TO save money
when single that they don't thlnh Il wcTta
while trying after they marry.
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Is just as dishonest 81 getting Into debt
TO a trust and then refusing to pay
the obligation-if It Is an honest debt
las he would be IN refusing to pay
any ether Just indebtedness II q
trust should attempt to enforce an
unjust debt. the alleged debtor would
be entitled to set up the defense that
the trust could not collect It, but GER
fainly no honest man would reruse to
pay an honest debt, even to a trust.
just because he might be able to
do SO.