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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-10

Mrs. Mclaughlin, who has been
elected president of the board of lady
managers of the Home for the Aged of
the Presbyterian Church Of the District
of Columbia. is the daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. ]. b. North, of Snow Hill.
A board of trustees has been incorpo-
rated, and Mr.. Brainard II. Warner is
the president. A board of lady mana
gers. consisting of II from each church,
has been chosen. and Mrs. Theodore
North Mclaughlin elected president.
The first meeting of the board. with
about 100 present, was held Thursday
Of last week in the New York Avenue
Church The president named the
standing committees, and announced
that negotiations for a commodious and
centrally located house had been entered
into, and that arrangements will be
completed in a few days for its pur-
chase. There are already 80 applicants
for admission 10 the home. A number
of churches have signified their willing
ness to furnish memorial rooms.
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Principally ut 4 O'Clock in the after
noon young Ferrars turned up at the
home of his sweetheart at Laburnum
Lodge, in a neat Norfolk suit and on q
We'll appointed bicycle. The maid
showed him into the drawing room,
telling him Miss Dalton Was not quite
ready, but would be down in a few
minutes. He took up a photograph
album and was 500 absorbed gazing
at different aspects of his little sweet
heart at various times of her babyhood
and childhood. A light step. the one
he knew so we'll and loved, IN him
turn, and Agnes stood before him with
a lovely blush crimsoning her cheeks,
and even Uniting the pallor of her brow.
Bertram started TO his feet.
Good gracious. Aggy. what do You
mean by this absurd masquerade"
Masquerade, indeed!H she indig-
nantly protested. Il had it specially
made for me in Paris by one of the
best tailors,,".
Il might have guessed the horrible
thlng was French: thank goodness they
are not Worn in England! / can't think
an unwomanly attire!"
Mean? Why. l mean to go for a
bicycle ride with you, of counsel" Her
voice was pitching itself in a danger
ously high key as her indignation
grew.
~ w iSoliS liOuSllt VI SolllS OUT Mlltl
NE in 'bloomers'?" he asked, in the
same tone he would have asked if she
We're going to walk on her head.
Yes; certainly; this is the rational
dress Worn by the real up to date TWEEN
tieth century girl
"Rational fiddlesticks!"
Il think it is a most becoming dress,
and it suits me beautifully"
Why, Aggy, you look positively ugly
in this vile get-up!"
Ugly! You dare call me ugly?'
shrieked outraged feminine vanity. The
scream of horror ended in a big sob,
and she went on %piteously:
Z hate you; 1 shall Eve speak to
you again."
Ferrars, absolutely bewildered by
the storm his unwary words had raised.
drew near, and tried to take her hand.
but she pushed him roughly away.
Go away, leave me. don't touch me.
I never want to see you again! Good
by forever, Mr.. Ferrars!,"
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mains for INC TO do but to sink my per-
sonality in that of a woman!"
"Bertie, do give up this nonsense: go
and change at once"
Impossible. my pet. Yon see leavs
you free TO dress as you think best suits
you: surely you might leave me the same
liberty, and allow me to attire myself as
my fancy prompts me to do"
But, BcrtIe. this is ii mad freak and
she stamped her tiny foot, I'm her sore
vacation at the now and unexpected turn
OF events.
why so, darling? If you Will wear the
-breechcs, nothtrg remains to me but the
distatT the spindle. Como, let us be start
ing"
What do you think ! should go cut
with YOU 500"
We'll, darling, to tell YOU the truth. I
must confess | really thing the pink OF
this blouse and the white veil suit my
complexion TO u 7. | never thought my
self good locking tn [ donncd all TINS
feminine gear. You ladies have the adj
vantage over us in way of tinefy,' and he
once moro turned to the mirror and cast
aimirinE chances at himself.
This vas TO much for her; she burst into
a merry peal of laughter.
"Oh, you eNcructating goose; why, Bert,
you are as ugly as one of the chimpanzeos
at the Zoo, and quite as comical!."
That's better, Aggy. love-: L like to SEQ
YOU lauSH, BECAUSE ~ 4 WV Spu w
! not gong TO VOW and protest You don't
mean TO marry me. Though l am sure
you really do"
We'll, shall certainly not so to the
altar with YOU in this rig-out."
n doubt for that %propitious day you
VIII yourself consent to don q skirt, so
that | can wear trousers as the badge of
my manhood! Otherwise you could not
possibly expect the poor parson to unite
in the bonds of holy matrimony two per-
| sons wearing mems attire. He would get
horribly mixed up in putting the right
question TO each of us; he might tell me
perchanoe TO obey you instead of only
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Never Too Late.

Alice Brown. in January McClure's:
William stood gazing at her with a
new look on his face. 1t held some Bit
years.
Ellen" said he, anybody but you'd
laugh at ne. I amt had q thing 10
I've wanted It,"
That's the more a for hayin,
It now," said Ellen.
81 never took any notice Of you when
you was q girl CROWN up" he went on,
with the angry passion Of middle
age.
Well" said Ellen. .I took notice OF
you. William. You were the likeliest
man I Eel see." A flush was on her
cheek. Her eyes were wet.
An here I be, q man along In
years"
Ellen thought she heard the pantry
door.
William said she firmly. as a
mother recalls q grieving child, you
hear to me. There's a good many
years o n by. but there's a good many
left-three HUNDRED an sixty-f1ve DAYS
in YER one of 'em. You begin to null
tiply them days, an you'll begin to feel
more or less we'll Off. I guess We'll be-
gin to live by days now, William. We
won't reckon by years"
William was looking at her in a
Strange passion unknown to him.
mingled of hope and wonder.
ELLEN. should you be willin' to stay
here with meg"
Il should be pleased to, William"
said Ellen, as If she accepted an invi-
tation to singing school.
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Soap Box Sermon Won Cheer,

FROM the New YORK World
"Ihe y have holes, the birds OF,
hath not wherein to lay His head"
This was the text Sunday night of
the Rev. MIR. Niicodelnus, the worth
monument preacher,'' from his soap box
pulpit OF mercy in front OF the Hoff-
man house.
Abou MIN We're 100 OF the city's dere-
licts. None of them had homes, all
were without overcoats, many bereft of
hope. and budding close to their fell
lowmen like sheep in Il snowstorm. -
The preacher stuck to his text as the
crow about him grew into hundreds.
His voice above the song of the wind
that wllistled about him could every
minute OF SO be heard:
The foxes have holes
An automobile with men who were
full OF the spirit OF Christmas eve,
stopped. One. in q fur coat, got out.
He sided up to the soap box pulpit and;
handed the preacher q crisp, green bill.
The eyes of those on the firing line
of that pathetic, hungry, shivering
army grew bright. There was the price
wretched group in that bill, and they
saw that it was tucked down tight In,
the preachers raincoat pocket.
A party of women paused and lis
tened. The clank1ng of chains and the
chog-chog OF the motor cars of the rich
dimmed the preachers voice, but above
it all they heard:
But the Son of Man hath not where
to lay His head"
The man on the soar box never
stopped to thank. While one hand
raked i'm the golden flow of money the
other stretched dramatically into the
night wind to emphasize the words:
The foxes have holes and the birds
of the air their nests, but the sons of
man."
Picking up his pulpit he started for
the Bowery. Mary's lamb never fol-
lowed more devotedly his mistress than
did that stirring herd the preacher and
his Christmas collection.
When he reached the lodging house
near Blocker street q strange thing
happened The preacher "frfsked" him.
self. Out on the table cane the bills
and coins. He counted It before the
eyes of the derelicts. One hundred and
ffty-one dollars and forty cents.
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She rushed from the room, leaving
him, %speechless with pain. The words
she had just uttered in her wrath
seemed to enter his heart like a knife,
especially did 1t strike an ominous knell
to his hopes-the fact that she had
called him Mr.. Ferrars. After a few
moments he rang the bell and, when the
maid appeared, he bid her go to Miss
Dalton and tell her he awaited her
pleasure in the drawing room. Within a
very short space of time h servant re-
turned with a curt message from her
young MISTRESS:
would Mr.. Ferrars excuse her COM,
ing down, she felt too i'll to leave her
ROOM"
The young man mournfully left the
house. Good heavens, it could not be
that he had sinned past forgiveness.
never to speak to him again. and to
break off their engagement. He had
been rash, impetuous to denounce this
horrible rational dress so very candidly.
but then he had been expressly shock
ed and grieved to see his darling at
tired In this masculine garb. 1t seemed
to 90 against all his old fashioned mo-
tions on womanly modesty and femin-
ine dignity. His Agnes. the idol Of his
heart, his angel Of purity and paragon
of perfect womanhood, to have donned
coarse. vulgar boomers. the very
thought was m~addening. And now he
had offended her, she declared, past all
forgiveness.
|. He spent a sleepless night and came
round early next morning to call at
Laburnum Lodge. slipped past the
maid, who wanted to announce him and
went straight to his s~weetheart's
boudoir.
Agnes sat on a low couch, her eyes
red with recent weeping; o III a small
table at her elbow was was placed Il
cabinet photograph of young Ferrars
which he himself had given her; on
her knees and on the couch by her We're
all the letters and notes he had. on
various occasions written to her, also
the sundry presents and souvenirs he
had bestowed on her. such as books,
music, bouquet holders, und scent bot
ties, fans and bangles; all the mis-
cellaneous gifts a young fellow thinks
of to bestow5 on the lady of his choice.
A slight movement of his revealed
his presence, and she turned hastily.
When her eyes met his, a hot flush
suffused her cheeks, and she rose
tering to the ground.
you here, Mr.. Ferrars?"
Yes, Agnes. darling, I have come to
implore you to forgive me-"
81 really thought you were g~entlemanly
enough not to force your way into a lady's
presence, when she refuses to hold any
Fort of intercourse with you in future
she said sc6rnfully. po%intedly averting her
rae from him while she spoke.
Agnes"
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Tho Military Use. Of "ski.r
From Review Of Reviews.

UN HAout lbCNkGM OI reviews.
Norway and Sweden, being pre-emf-
nently Lands of the Shows" 1t was
but natural HAT the military authort-
ties should turn their troops into k 4
ers. For nearly two centuries the mod
ern armies of Norway and Sweden. as
distinguished from medieval forces,
nave maintained permanent regiments
OF troops mounted upon ski, inc sta
toned for service in regions where
their presence would be most useful.
Certainly. the Norwegian ski-troops
had every advantage against the
Swedes In the fighting that marked the
carly part of las century.
The wonderful dex'crity. the swift
marches. n the holding of snowy po-
sltions thought to be impossible SO I'M
pressed the powers of Europe in those
days that. first, Germany, and then in
turn Austria, italy, II France. like
WISE mounted some of their Alpine
troops on ski, though, of course. not
en- the same scale as is the case in
sweden and Norway. Tho armies OF
II these nations carry out extended
maneuvers on ski during their long and
very snowy winter.
Perhaps the most Interesting occa-
SON is the so-called three days ma
'iauyers," wnic', takes place %nua
m the ns~ighbarhood of Cllristiania. The
troops proceed to n given rendezvous
ON ski, and encamp in some suitable
spot. From here scouting parties are
often sent out on a ten days march.
across he widest and least frequented
Parts Of the country, where the only
wolves. This cross country march.
would be absolutely impossible to or
binary iEfantry-much less cavalry.
no matter how light their equipment.
thus. It will be seen that an enemy not.
carefully equipped and trained in the.
this country. and quite Il the mercy,
"s tho native ski mountsf troops.
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silk Made From MOOD.

silk from wood. erected near Sydowsaue.
Germany. ia at present turning out fifty
pounds of skein silk a day. which prod
uct can be increased In quantity to 1000
pounds. The silk Is soft In texture and
creamy In color. Each thread il made m
OF eighteen single strands. A single
strand Is hardly perccpt.ble to the naked
eye. In strength 1t ie but one-third thst
Ct the real silk. When woven into pieces
the new substitute is said to. have the an
pearance OF real silk. TIL. pulp under..
goes q chemical protsss And 10 pressea
through very nns tubes by hydaulic nrss.
sure. forming thsS single STRANDS which ~
% make M the thread.
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"Can me Miss Dalton. please"
tie bent his head in asquiescence to her
naughty
BE it as YOU viii, but, Miss Dalton,
may l inquire il you wish to dismiss me
so entirely from your thoughts. why i
find you seated with all the little gifts
L ever gave Nou?"
Il was preparing to pack them and
send them back TO YOU" came the chilling
answer.
Indeed, And these letters?"
II was going TO burn them"
And this photo?"
Was meant to share the fate of the
letters"
Quite coolly and deliberately Bertram
walked back towards the heavy velvet
hanging, waved it back with one hand,
then turned and bowed coldly to Agnes.
II see my best and wisest course, Miss
Dalton Is TO bid you goodbye. and the
sooner I put your name and personality
out of my thoughts the better for my
peace of mind"
So saying he strobe rapidly out CT the
room, and Agnes thought he had forever
passed out of her life. She was aghast,
she never expected him to take his dis
missal so calmly; she thought he you'd
beg and implore her forgiveness, instead
of which he was content to go at her
bidding, and his sudden departure over
Whelmed her with despair.
She flung herself on the couch. burying
her face on the softlS-tinted Liberty silk
cushion.
o BERTHE, Berthe, my darling. you
never loved me-" she moaned pitcously.
AS she uttered this agonized vail, two
strong arms lifted her in a close and ten
der embrace.
"Aggy, Aggy. my own darling, why your
BERTHE loves you so, that your cruelty
drove him to the brink of despair"
She gave a little gasp and made a feeble
pretense at freeing herself from his in
circling arms, but she soon gave up the
attempt, and, nesting her head on his
shoulder, mummured:
"Oh! BERTHE, 1 thought you were gone
forever-that 1 shoul never see you
again." !.
We'll. little one, and was it not what
you desired me to do?'
She looked foguishly into his face, SO
dangerously close to hers.
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in WHICH TIE GOOD CAUSE
GAINS A% CONVERT

rMy
Which u OF YOU. my dears. faring
Sacrcss the frontier OF the shadow land
ri dreams n h no less mysterious
Scountrv OF the real. cannot recall the
struggle Of the waking senses 10 knot
up the gossamer flament of the nights
with h e coarse web of
reality!
or al time. longer or shorter as the
dream thread holds. the Nagaries Of
sthaSnight are ,shuttled into the warp Of
S9tfe. But presently comes the master
weaver Reason to point Out this or that
fantastic pattern; to bid the ear listen
sto9the measured clacking Of the day
Ind the eye to mark that the
Wsbscf reality has grown never an inch
ss3efsagall the shuttlinKs OF the sleeping
Time. whsreupon, %full-blood con-
jNG4Aa!ness reSnins her sway. and you
4 ss6ladly or eorrowfully. and say,
a1e1rs. ged. twas hut . dream !
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'l5t6 NY bE1r AND
Wl1E1T COURSE. hI55 DAlroA.
Is 10 BID y0v { ooDBYE

You dear old goose. don't you know
yet that a woman always expects a man
to do the opposite of what she bids him do?
But now prove that you love me by going
out for a ride with me this afternoon, in
my rational suit"
She said this, half fearing this bold and
ina test of hers to see if his repentance
were indeed sincere.
Certainly darling. you are absolutely
free to wear whatever attire you think
best"
This newborn blind Difference to her
wishes delighted Agnes. 1t was worth all
the agony OF quarrelling with Bertie, If
only to come out SO ~triumphant!y from
the debate.
Punctually at 2 o'clock that same after
noon. Jessie came up to her young mis-
tress's bedroom. She seemed to be con-
her handkerchief over her mouth, as IL
she feared her unseemly mirth might
break form.
PLEASE, miss. Mr.. Ferrars is in the
drawing room and wants to know IL you
are ready?"
Aggy was putting the finishing touches
on her rational dress.
YES, in a few minutes. Jessie, how,
do 1 look? Don't you think these bloom
erS are the sweetest thing In the world %
Yes, miss, you're all right-but Mr..
Ferrars, he does look funny" and she
giggied audibly.
Don't be an idiot. Jessie. What's the
matter with you laughing in that silly
way, and what in the world do you mean
talking like that OF Mr.. Ferrars?"
So saying, as she had just put the finish
ing touches to her masculine dress, she
hurried down to the d~rawing-room. But
she stopped aghast on the threshold,
thinking her eyes must be playing her
false, or else that she was the Victim of
an extraordinary optical Gclusicn. Ber-
tram stood before the glass over the man
t%elpiece, complacently adniriny the gro
:esque figure cast back a. her py the mir
-or. Indeed. his ges-up was ludiclous in
the extreme. His athletic figure was
robcd in the complete outfit of a lady BIZ
cylist. His dainty pale pink blouse was
tucked in ct the waist with A belt and
buckle, the dark Llue serge skirt fel! in
graceful foids just above the ankles. wti!e
on his head was set the jaunt.cst Of whise
sailor hats; a white spotted veil slladcd
his bronacd face. and fell over his h.rsute
nlustache which protruded in the most as-
,srcssive way.
"Eertic!" Aggie exclaimed, her voice
brist.ing with indignation. "yyhat on
earth do you mean by this absurd get
ul.?"
Mean. MY angel. why 1 mean to take
you out for a ride on your new bicycle"
What! Attired thus?,
why not? II you Insist on usurpinr
the garh OF . man. well then nothing re-
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Call me Miss Dalton. please"
He bent his head in asquiescence to her
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VI OIOtA VI 6OIle Olner klCk0naW from
the kitchen. Now and again I awoke
to ind Scipio or old Anthony standing
watch at my bedside: and once-but
that was after I was up and in my
clothes and able to sit and browse In.
the great chair-I opened my eyes to
find that my company was the master
OF the house.
He was sitting as I had seen him sit
once before. behind a lighted candle at
out under his bony hands. He was
mumbing over the written words of 1t
when ] looked. but at my stirring he
gave over n sal back :n his chair to
cross his thin legs and match his long
fingers by the ends, and wink and blink
at rae SIS though he had but now discov-
cred that he was not alone.
he said, finally. rasping the greeting
out at me as it had been a curse. II
hope you've slept we'll
I said 1 had. and thanked him, once
for the wish, n again for his coming
to see me. i know not how 1t al but
II there had b~eenSrancor in my former
of Kim twas something abated
now.
we've had a nearhend escape this
time, sir" he said, after q long pause.
One more or less of q good many
since we were last met together in this
ROOM. Mr.. Stair" I would say.
He muttered something to himself
about the devil taking precious good
care of his own; and I laughed.
That az It may be: but my being
here this second time q pensioner on
your bounty Is by no good win of mine,
1 do assure you. sir"
He rat modelling at me 90 II / had said
9 thing ia b most heartily agreed 70.
his spoken Wost+belis6 the uo6a.
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DFsrRET EVENING NEWS MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1906.

ly been captured by the protectionist
wing, and that should the party become
predominantly proteotionist there viii
either be real danger to free trade or
the prospect OF the exclusion OF the
Unionist party for an indefinite period
from either power or influence.
The duke declares in conclusion that
II IL the duty OF Unonlst free traders to
take such action as VIII prove that
the Unionlst party AS whole. whether
In power or In opposition. Is still UNI
committed to n retrograde fiscal policy,
by whomsoever IT may be proposed,
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deals the strongest blow yet delivered
against Mr.. Balfour's election tactics.
The duke asserts that there is no In
dication that the opinion OF the coun-
try has changed since the rejection of
the last home rule bill. and that It is In
the highest degree improbable that the
government OF Sir Henry Campbell
Bannernan will incur the risk OF intro
ducing another such measure In the
next parliament. Therefore. he says,
the question Of free trade versus pro-
lection must be the paramount feature
In the coming elections, and he de-
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clares there must be no deviation from
attachment to free trade.
The duke confesses that he knows no
more now than when he left the late
government OF what Is implies by the
Balfourian fiscal scheme. which its au-
thors declare 10 be acceptable TO free
traders and protectionists alike. On the
other hand, he says there is no am
bigulty about the Chamberlain propa-
ganda, which is avowedly projections
list.
The manifesto contends that the
Unionist party organization has large
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MURDERERS CONFESS.
Two Youths Tell How They Held up
And Shot u Man.

Colorado Springs, Dec 3l--I.cse
Francisco, ~ years Of age, and Charles
Esslck Is. made sworn confessions to Pc.
lice chief Adams today ~ which they ad
nit the shooting OF trank J.. scott a
prominent bu mess man, on Dee. % They
are now confined In the county Jail and
In view OF frequent threats 70 lynch tho
prisocrs, Sheriff Grimes has placed a largo
force Of armed deputies In the jail ana
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Of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus Sing
ers' union today, and Director Heinrtcl
Will be visited by committee tomorrow
which will present the unions demand fol
an Increase OF wages from SIS 10 so
week. and II that demand IL not complete
with II is declared a strike VIII be I'm
mediately ordered. Efforts made today Il
secure cooperation from the members y
the orchestra and stage mechanics failed
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announced his determination TO protect
the prisoners at all hazards,
Esslck said they intended TO hold the
first man they saw going 10 the depot and
rob him, When they saw Scott with q
gripp IN ench hand they told him 20 halt,
Essick held the revolver and In so doing
gripped the gun 80 hard that i went on.
the bullet striking Scott In the back. Scott
died several days afterward.
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SINGERS DEMANDS rNpoRsED.

New York, Dee. 2i.-Tho Central Fed.
Grated union, composed OF delegates OF all
the labor unions indorsed the demands
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Baby's Face All Sores

Cuticura cured her humor In month";
Mrs. Mary Sanders, Camden, N. j.