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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08
FRleHTENeDTo DEATH IN DREAM
Hallucination That She Was Being
Killed Brought On Heart Disease.

Columbus. o.. Sept G.-Seized with
frenzy of fright at a dream that a
negro was trying kill her, Miss An
ME Morgan. 81 was overcome with an
attack of heart trouble and died within
a few minutes. In her fright Miss
Morgan ran out of her room. shouting.
"A big colored man is standing over
my bed trying to kill me with knife. ="
Then she nix TO the floor unconscious
and died in few minutes after a phy
stefan was summoned.
Coroner Murphy said that death was
due 10 heart disease.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08

Lewiston. Me. Sept. Carl Smith
OF Rrockton Mass. a professional
aeronaut, fell a distance OF l25 feet
from a balloon at the Maine state fair
grounds and received injuries which
will probably result in his death.
Smith started TO make his descent on
a trapcze attached to parachute.
when one Of the trapeze ropes broke
and ne fell to the ground.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08
Two Men Run Down BY Train.

Lancaster Pa. Sept 5-The Key
stone express struck team driven
by John Reinhold at a grade crossing
in this city and fatally injured him At
Parkesburg the same train struck
Elias O. Reitzel. OF Columbia. Pa.
freight conductor. and killed him In
stantly. Reitzell was So years old and
leaves wife and two children
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08
President Attends Lodge Meeting.

Oyster Bay Sept i. - President
Roosevelt attended the meeting here
Wednesday night Of the Matinicock
lodge of Masons. of which he is a
member The meeting was the .irst
"a be held since last winter and the
president made a short address.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08
live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG tUnion Stock Yards
CATTLE slow; choice s5.15H6, prime,
540M 5.65. HOGS slow and lower
prime heavies. ST. i0d 645. mediums.
Workers and pigs S655H 6 go. rouehs,
$5M 500 SHEEP steady prime W"th-
ers. So 70M5.Sh cults and common
sheep, s. 50Q $50. lambs S5aSl5.
veal calves, y75O4S
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To Snow Hill Taxpayers.

desire to call the attention of all
persons in arrears for Corporation
Taxes for the year of 1908. As the
books must be closed at once | there
fore request that you make immediate
settlement of the same. Otherwise.
shall be compelled To advertise and sell
all property on which taxes are in
arrears.
THEODORE w. PRUITT,
Collector.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30

TOOr TO rUrru IyUr IICo, III
which the laborer spends his few hours
of ease.
inside these homes show varying de-
SreeS of culture: Some of them have
their walls covered with white cloth
much huted and adorned with rows
OF lace in lieu of wall paper. Stiu
others, however, and these are In the
majority. are forced to content them
selves with a coating OF whitewash
unsed with the blue that is so popular
IN Rumania- The humblest simply
nave the wattlings filled in with earth
TO keep out the winter winds. Here
the laborer sleeps and spends the win
ter
In other seasons at sunrise the men
Oh the family and all the women ex-
cept the one whose duty it is to, attend
TO the home take the ungainIy Cane
Dutalo and make their way to the
helds. there to pillow and sow and reap
IN most primitive fashion. To keen
the pillow down firmly in the furrow the
little ones sit upon the frame while
the father guides the team.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
RUMANIAN'S HARD LOT.
Poor Homes Of Laborers and Long
Hours of Work in the
Fields.

PROBABLY no workman in the world
to-day is more to be pitied than he of
Rumania. the little Danubian princi-
patty in which agragrian conditions
are so acute that revolution parallel
TO that OF France. though on a smaller
scale, may be anticipated at any time,
says the Southern Workman.
Inc Rumanfan laborer is simple
hearted, kindly fellow. He is ratber
tall, with the sallow complexion of tbe
French and with an unmistakable SAD
ness Of countenance born of long CEN
turtles of misery. The homes of these
laoorers are grouped in villages and
these villages are like those of the
Dahomey people at the worlds fair
mere novels of earth. for the most
part consisting of a single room. with
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elm, MIN newman
cents the udder night and said II I'd
come and be his little boy ,ou'9 drive
his horse"
well, where's the five ,cents?"
On! he said. beginning to cry.
div -it-to-the-man-or-the
ded-nIm-l-wanted-to go to Dr.
Johnson's and = after-a-lons-time-h he
r-and-tolded-me-to wait-iu-
here-for- my-mamma."
look his little hand and then
picked up the carpet bag, which was as
heaHy as lead. In it he had put a
train OF cars, an old broken kite, a
lump OIL wet clay and a dead sparrow,
Ut. Johnson didn't know what he'd
missed.
l Rugged the boy all the way home,
and believe I'm getting as idiolfc
over him as William. When loves
been adrifting for nigh on to 20 years.
and is awakened by a little innocence
VINO rails pell-men right into Your
frozen, numbed, old heart, YOU begin
10 realize there's something in life
. besides yourself, your dog and your
hoardings.
Then came that awful day. II was
Friday. Black Friday. indeed.
1t appeared that one of the men
driving a sprinkling cart through the
park was sunstruck. Norman Gray
working near the spot, jumped upon
the seat to drive the impatient team
ana wagon back to the stable The
'enicie was an unusually high one.
and always kept in a shed built for
IL. This Norman did not know, SO,
while driving in the stable he was
caught between the low door frame
ana the high seat of the cart, which
stantly.
Inc poor, young wife recovered and
pore her great sorrow like the brave
little woman that she was. When IL
came time for her to take Nibsey, who
ciuns to me like a young tendril
around an old oak. concluded, and
so did William, that the best thing
TOT Nibsey and his mother (who mad
got position packing flower seeds)
was to make their homes with us.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
Contrary Old Man

Prof. Lombroso, the Italian scientist
IS now 40 years old, but extremely will
tul, and although he asks the advice
ot MS family IN everything always acts
contrary to it. When asked to put on
evening clothes he often instead dons
4 lounge suit. His Indifference 10
money is proverbial. When he goes
out he puts bank notes in the same
pocket with bis handkerchief, SO that
when he draws out the latter the bank
notes are lost. Now, however, after
frequently finding himself without
money while travelling the professor
hlls all his pockets with bank notes.
thus hoping never to be entirely with
put funds, even II the contents of one
pocket should be lost.
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JSffsTI MIN Tits to0 ss@5Jf ana / t5ia
her So Well, l know she says, .biIt
then he Is too stupid for anythinitlrii
didn't see anything more oGrnhe
fellow until the other night, though /
understood that .he had called. was
going into the library to loeltiiIfo
some papers I'd left on theI,tahla
when heard the young mans voice
and stopped short at the dbBtEJf
didn't mean to listen, exactiyJItjnir
there was tone in his Ypise, that
made me curious to know what he
was saying. Know what ftH&as?Lj Hle
was telling some girl that ihdp teeth
were just like pearls ,yheu she
laughed. Pearls! Pearly teeth. eh7
And then he got on toithe rsub1ect0of
her hair. That was like spun lsilt
with sunbeams caught in, its meshes.
What? BY George. stood there un-
I'll had crick in my khees Iand tif
ne didn't ring in about all. the nph
chestnuts you ever heard of-lilies
and roses and rubies and diamonds
the whole blamed vegetable and min
eral Kingdom as applied to feminine
charms. And all I could hear Julie
say was. Now, you know you don't
mean that and Don't be SO foolish
tiptoed away to my own particu-
lar cubby hole, trying to keep from
chuckling out loud. Thinks I to my
self. jules tolling him along beauti-
iully. Amt she stringing him thought
| had intended to go to bed about that
time. but l couldn't help waiting for
Julie to come and tell me all about It.
IL there's anything l like it's a good
laugh and jules impersonations al
ways amuse me.
In little less than an hour heard
the street door close and then there
came rap at my door and Julie stuck
her head in.
All right said, bring your
Slyphlike form in and tell me all about
1t. He's an eloquent boy, isn't hep
WEI
Jimmy and L. she says.
WHO in the nation IS Jimmyr
asked her
:Jimmy-Mr. Steever,' she saws
Dad, he's coming to see you to-mor-
row. He wants to ask you for some
thing. He
Then she sat down on my knee
and told me about It. No. sir, there
isn't any girl that has any sense.
don't care who she is."-Chicago
Daily News.
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Winners from Middle West.

"A majority OF the engineers engaged
On the Panama canal have been taken
from the middle west. The president
d an easetrn technical school recently
called the attention of his students to
he choice OF westerners and told them
that Il was because westerners are not
90 much concerned as the fasteners
about their health and other matters
of personal convenience. The young
man who declines to undertake work
that offers because. perchance, it NAV
be little unpleasant, will always be
outstripped by the man who overlooks
in his eagerness to ac-
oomplish results.-Youth's Companion
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
JULES YOUNG
MAN

1T beats me about girls" said the
eiderly man. Il used to think that NV
daughter had 4 good deal of sense
you know her pretty well. What
would be your opinion of her. now"
Should say she was exceptionally
nrisht-mighty pretty girl, too" re-
Piled his friend.
up to date-no foolishness about
her. eh?"
Il shouldn't imagine So"
Neither should i. Although I'm
nor father. l thought she had cut her
eye teeth. Seemed to me she couId
size up anybody about as we'll as
would myself and-oh. pshaw, Why.
SIR that girl ought to be well in
formed. She's read enough i forget
"hat her average was in English lit.
erature when she was at high school.
put IL was high. She knew all about
me poets, from, Chaucer to the living
Tarpiers' and she'd read the Dolly
Dialogues and Bernard Shaw. Shed
go 10 matinee and come home and
initiate the hero in the love scene I'll
I'd laugh myself sick. Wrote Josh
novel herself once and swear I'd
nave 1t published II / hadn't thought
shed get to writing for a profession
ana OF course 1 didn't want that. She
seemed to be next to things-that's
the point"
Il understand"
I've had men come to the house
VINO thought they were pretty smart
ana they'd begin to talk to the Young
woman In kindergarten style and II
wouldn't be but a little while before
sne q nave them steaming themselves
70 keep up their end. She read Ibsen
Yes, SIR
Wen, you may. but I'm not SO sure
that 1 do. I'm all mixed up. About
three months ago Tom brought a
young chap named Steever to the
house. Well. l didn't take any partic.
uiar notice of him. He seemed about
tne average sort of a young chumn.
wore MS hair parted in the middle
and slicked down over his temples
something like the girls used to in
ol or whereabouts. 1 don't know that
IA nave noticed that particularly IL
June hadn't slicked down her hair the
same way after he left and given US
an imitation of him. She guyed him
to the queens taste, too"
"wen2"
He called two or three times but
there were half a dozen others call.
ins-always have been since Julie,s
dresses were let down and her hair
put up She went to her aunt,s at
Bibberly Heights soon after that to
stay until after Easter and only got
back last week Young Steever called
the same night she got in. He didn't
stay long, though. Julie seemed to con-
vey to his presumed Intelligence the
tact that he was slightly superfuous
and he departed. thought she as4s
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
The Awakening of
a Mother-Heart
By JESSIE WADE MANNING
Copyright, by Joseph B, Bowles

~ SoSSPa D. 6O"leSl
We have lived for 20 years in a fiat
over the stables provided by the su-
perintendent OF the Brixton park. My
husband, William Newman, is now
one Of the head gardeners. was
brought up to work, and as good, hon
est, hard work keeps one out of mis-
chief, I'm none the worse for doing the
washing. ironing and housework all
these years for my little family OF
two.
Well. I started out to tell about the
tenants, and especially the boy, in the
adjoining fiat-the new undergardener.
Norman Gray, and his wife and small
son. They've been there now going on
three weeks, and, as never cousin
strangers, haven't spoken to any of
them, only twice I've shook my finger
at the child, and motioned him to
Keep on his own side of the yard.
Unfortunately, we are Obliged to
dry our pieces" in the same ward.
SO 1t is tug-of-war each Monday
morning to see which will get ahead.
l must admit she has no new-fangled
Ideas about hanging up clothes-wool-
ems and stockings are always the first
on the line.
The boy Norman is called by the
FOOLISH name of "Nibsey," and If a
childless :fe of 20 clean, neat, mo-
notonous years hadn't put crust on
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De tempted TO nouce, the handsome
child, although he's frightful forward
and mischievous.
Only yesterday looked up from cut
ting my old pieces of carpet into
strips for rug, 70 see Nibsey punch.
ing boy, head and shoulders taller
IMAM himself. The blood was tricklinp
down the big fellows face. Calling
up to the window, he said, proudly.
Say, NTH Newman, did you see he
do him? 1 9Th him a buggy nose
like everything"
L suppose 1 would have lived right
along, finding fault with all the moth
er and child did, if Mrs. Gray hadn't
been taken suddenly ill.
Norman Gray called me at midnight
The doctor was already there, and it
did not take him long to order her
removal to the hospital, where he said
an operation for appendicitis would
be necessary. disagreed with the
doctor, and told him that disease was
only fad OF the profession, and a few
old-fashioned remedies for infiamma-
ton of the bowels would soon put her
on her feet, and not to be Sc fast Tor
a knife and reputation.
AS the husband and doctor tenderIy
lifted the young thing into the am
bulance, she looked up at me, through
all her pain. her big, brown eyes Dust
like Nibsey's, L noticed) full of tears,
and whispered:
please be kind to my little boy"
Sure" 1 replied. all kind of choked
up; II guess my bark's worse than my
bite, child"
l began by carrying Nibsey home
with me. It's awful for strangers to
upset you so, yet that boy looked like
cherub sleeping.
The operation was successful" said
Norman Gray the next morning, as he
drank the coffee l offered him. But
you can't make me believe anyone is
quite the same after losing a portion of
their anatomy.
In the week that followed, lived 20
times 20 years. Such a racket in
the house. The bird sang for the first
time in years. and such a whirl as
NibSey led mel
Bless his little heart, there's really
some good in that boy, after ali,
Strange, he took to me like duck
ling to water.
Late in the afternoon of the third
day Nibsey was missing. I got hot
and cold at the same time. William
said l tore round as though the boy
belonged to me. But it was sheer
nervousness. nothing else. By a happy
chance l telephoned police headquar-
tiers and found him at Station No 2,
sitting on a bench with his little heac
on my old carpet bag, fast asleep.
I'd brought that bag down from the
attic IT. the morning to cut up for the
rug How he got II and carried 1t
such distance was mystery.
Nibsey," I called, softly.
oh! NTH Newman he cried, jump
ing up and throwing himself into my
arms, Il toudent find Dr. Johnson
Find DR.. Johnson!" I exclaimed.
knowing his mothers doctor lived G.
the ether side OF the ciU
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The Club Widow

McJigger-I understood you to call
Mrs. Rownder widow, but her hus-
band Is living
Thinsumbob-o. yes, she's what
you might call a club widow" she's
Z woman who has late" husband
Philadelphia Press.
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Solicitor Wantedt

we want a good, live. wide
awake union man to solicit sub
scrlptions in the coal fields for The
Labor Argus One who is thor
ouShly acquainted in that territory.
Write at once.
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Peculiarities Of Great Lakes

The deepest places in the great
lakes are less than twice as far be-
low their surface as the highest hills
of northern Ohio, such as Little noun
tain, Tor instance. are above the lake
level. The average depth of all the
hve lakes, taken together. Is about
equal to the average altitude of Ohio
above the surface of Lake Erie.
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@@S SOo4 AhO"1eORG-
There is no true knowledge of sin
without divine and redeeming
knowledge of righteousness-Nar
garet DeIand.
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above him He bore long lance with red square
banner at the end, charged with black boars head,
and the same symbol engraved upon his
shield. Slowly he rode through the forest, pom
derous menacing with dull thuddng of his chargers
hoofs and constant clank of metal, while always in
front of him came the distant peal of the silver
trumpet calling all men to admit his majesty and
to clear his path ere they be cleared from it.
Never in his dreams had SO perfect vision come
to cheer Nige1s heart and he struggled with his
clothes, glancing up continually at this wondrous
traveller, he battered forth prayers of thanksgiving
to the good Saint Paul who had shown such loving
kindness to his unworthy servant and thrown him
in the path of SO excellent and debonair gentle
But alas! how often at the last instant the cup
is dashed from the lpsi This joyful chance was
destined to change suddenly to unexpected and
grotesque disaster-dsaster strange and so COM
plete that through all his life Nigel flushed crimson
when he thought of it. He was busiy stripping his
hunting costume, and with feverish haste he had
DOTTED boots, hat, hose, doublet and cloak so that
nothing remained pink jupon and pair of
silken drawers At the same time Awkward was
hastily unbuckling the load with the intention of
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handing his master his armor piece by piece, ~
when the Squire gave last challenging
peal from his silver trumpet into the very 4
ear of the spare horse. =
In an instant it had taken to its heels, >
the precious armor upon it's back and Numbered
away down the road which they had traversed. Ayl-
ward jumped upon his mare, drove his prick spurs
into her sides and galoped after the runaway hard
he could ride. Thus it came about that in an
instant Nigel shorn of all his little dignity had
lost his two horses, his attendant and his outfit
and found himself lonely and unarmed man
standing in his shirt and drawers upon the path
way down which the bur1y figure of the Lord of
Pons was slowly advancing
The knight Grant, whose mind had been filled
by the thought of the maiden whom he had left
behind at Saint Jean-the whose glove dangled
from his hemet--had observed nothing that had
occurred. Hence, all that met his eyes was noble
yellow horse, which tethered by the track and
small young man, who appeared to be lunatic
since he had undressed hastily in the heart of the
forest and stood now with an eager anxious
face clad in his underlinen amid the scattered
debris of his garments. Of such a person the
high Lord of Pons could take no notice, and
SO he pursued his memorable way, his arrogant
eyes looking out into the distance and his
thoughts set intently upon the maiden of Saint
Jean. He was dimly that the little crazy
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illustrated by
Joseph Clement
Coll

man in the undershirt ran long way
beside him in his stockings, begging, i'm
ploring and arguing.
Just one hour, most fair sir, just one
hour at the longest, and a poor Squire of
England shall ever hold himself your debtori
Do but condescend to rein your horse until
my harness comes back to mel Will you
not stoop to show me some small deed of
arms? implore you, fair sir, to spare me
little of your time and handstroke or
two ere you go upon your way!"
Lord de Pons motioned impatiently with
his gauntleted hand, as one might brush
away an importunate fly, but when at last
Nigel became desperate in his clamor he
thrust his spurs into his great war-horse
and clashing like a pair of cymbals he
Numbered off through the forest. So he
rode upon his majestic way, until two
days later he was slain by Lord Regi-
maid Gotham in field near Weybridge.
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knight Raoul de Tubiers, de Pestels, de Grim
sard, de Mersac, de Leoy, de Bastanac who
b also writes himself Lord of Pons. 1t is his
order that l ride always a mile in front of
II him to prepare all to receive him, and he
desires to blow upon trumpet not out
of vainglory but out of greatness of spirit,
that none may be ignorant OF his coming
should they desire to encounter him
Nigel sprang from his horse with cry of
joy, and began to unbutton his doublet.
Quick, Awkward, quicki' he said. " He comes,
a knight Grant comes Was there ever such
a chance of worshipfully winning worship?
j: ! !" ! !" !"
Untruss the harness whilst loose my
M clothes! Good sir, beg you to warn
your noble and valiant master that a
Hi poor Squire of England would implore
n JW him to take notice of him and to do
I'M some small deed upon him as he passes
AD But already the Lord of Pons had
MN come in sight. He huge upon
w enormous horse, that together
~ they seemed to fill up the whole long
" ONl dark archway under the oaks He was
! ~ clad in full armor of brazen hue with
only his face exposed. and of this face
there was little visible save a pair
of arrogant eyes and great black beard, which
flowed through the open vizor and down
his breastpate. To the crest of his helmet
tied small brown glove, nodding and swinging
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CHAPTER XIII. (Co,
Copyright 1905, by A. Conan Doyle

CHAPTER XIII. (Continued)
How the Comrades Journeyed Down
the Old, Old Road
ALONG the narrow winding path between
IL the great oak-trees there rode a dark
sa1low man in a scarlet tabard who
blew so loudly upon silver trumpet that
they heard the changing call long before they
set eyes on him. Slowly he rode pulling up
every fifty PAGES to make the forest ring with
another warlike blast. The comrades rode
forward to meet him.
Il pray you," said Nigel, to tell me who
you are and why you blow upon this trumpet >"
The fellow shook his head, so Nigel re-
peated the question in French, the common
language of chivalry, spoken at that age by
every gentleman in Western Europe
The man put his lips to the trumpet and
blew another long note before he answered.
Il am CASTOR de Castrier," said he, the
humble Squire of the most worthy and valiant
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tiers at End of
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