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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-03

at SNOW I'M tu the state OF MarNia al the
close of business. September 2}d. l"-.
REsot RCES
Loans and Discounts Si2i02i62
Ovcrdrafts secured and unsecured l.256.l9
L. s. Bonds 10 secure circulation l2b0l.OO
Premiums On L. s Bonds 3lg.l1
Banking housc. furniture and fixtures sos II
Due from Natl banks tnot reserve ap-tl 27l3bt
Due from State Banks and Bankers 2i0i2i
Due from approved reserve agents. t2.sis.li
Notes of other National Banks 1000
Frac paper currency. nickcs. cents 50.ss
Lawful money reserve IA bank
5peee S..; ...,,..- .-, Si3'Ss0So S60o oo l757oOO
6 per cent Of cireuia,ioni $500
Total S529.e9i. So
Capital stock paid IN. 5 100000
Surplus fund 59W0.O0
Undivided profits less cNp and tax fd. l6.055.s5
National Rank notes outstanding l2,500O0
Due "a other National Ranks 3l.7e5.H
Due % State Bank and Bankers 2,s9a.2h
Diyidcnds unpaid 1000
Individual deposits subject to check SG6.s23 80
Certified checks GOO
Cashiers checks outstanding 2i.9s
Total S529s9iss
State ~ Maryland County of Worcester ss.
!. james T. Townsend. Cashier Of the above
named bank 10 -oIenuv swear that the above
statement j. true % the best nf my knowledge and
belief JAS T. TOWNSEND. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this 2sth. day
Of Sept, 1905, WILLIAM s. PARSONS y. +.
Correct Attest.
OLIVER y COLLINS
XADOk POWELL. Directors.
+. N. PuRNEI.L.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-03

Whereas, by a petition in writing to
the Board Of County Commissioners of
Worcester County John W. Bethards.
Benjamin r. Shockley, William T. Par
SONS. Frank NJ. West. w. S. Carmean
and others have set forth that they are
the owners of certain low or swamp
lands that are badly in need Of drainage,
and not being able TO agree as to the
manner Of doing the same asked for
the appointment Of q commission.
And Whereas. at a meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners Sept
cmber 22nd 1905 we. the undersigned.
were appointed commissioners TO lay
out sad tax ditch.
Therefore. notice is hereby given that
we. the undersigned commissioners.
will meet on the lands above mentioned
on Wednesday. October II. 1908. at
ten O'Clock a. M. for the purposes Of
determining the location and laying out
said ditch.
5. +. SHOCKLEY,
JOHN II. SHOCKLEY.
CHAS. +. TRUITT,
Commissioners.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-03
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
First National Bank of Snow Hill

at Snow Hill IN the State Of Maryland at the
close ~ business. Scpteuiher 23d. lgN-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-10-03

State Of Maryland County u Worcester. ss
!. W r.. Brattcn. Cashier u the above named
bank. do solcmny swear that the above statement
Is true 10 the best ~ my knowledge aud belief
W. u BRATTEN. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me this 29th day
of Sept. 1905 HORACE PAYNE. n. 7.
Correct Attest.
GEO. W. COVINGTON.
JOHN s. AYDEiOTrE Directors.
CHAS " FARROM.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
The Rain Was Hot.

Mrs. Goitt had been waiting for q
week or more to give her rear porch q
good scrubbing. but she was always
afraid Of mourning the keen displeas-
ure OF the people in the fat below,
who, 1t seemed, were never off their
porch and who would get all the drip.
pings Of her scrubbing operation.
When it rained, though. Mrs. Goitt
saw what she thought was her oppor-
tunity. The people down below surely
would not be out on the porch during
the rainstorm, and all the water that
dr1pped down would be attributed to
the rain. She filed a bucket with boil
ing hot water, threw in a sallow cake
Of soap and got busy.
But she had reckoned wrong, for the
people down below were on their porch
enjoying the shower. In a minute Mrs.
Goitt heard a woman's voice below
saying: why. Martha, the rains COM
ing through from the porch above. The
roof must leak"
And then Martha observed. with a
gasp: Eyes. And, oh. heavens, had you
noticed that the rain is hot? Did you
ever hear Of such a thing? Aren't ter.
rible things happening? All these aw-
full murders, and now hot rain! But it's
the Lords doipgs, and we must sub
NIT. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Early Lamps and Wicks,

1t would be hazardous to conjecture
what the first wick consisted of, but
when we come to consider the iron
lamp, or "crusie," we know that the
wick commonly used was the pith of
the rush, which was gathered and
partially stripped of its outer green
covering, cut into proper lengths, dried
and tied up into bundles ready for use.
The iron lamp was hammered out of
one piece Of iron in a stone mold. This
was usually done by the blacksmith,
and the molds are still to be seen in
museums, in the hands of private col.
Iectors and no doubt at some of the
country blacksmiths' shops. They are
of one uniform shape. with some slight
varieties. The lamp consists Of two
cups, one suspended above and inside
the other. The suspender is so fixed
and notched as to enable the Upper
cup. which holds the oil and wick, to
be shifted to keep the oil constantly in
contact with the wick. The lower cup
catches the drip of the oil, which can
be easily replaced in the upper cup by
lifting it off until the oil is poured into
1t. The upper cup has sometimes a
movable lid.-Chambers' Journal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
THE LETTERS OF coRTEz

Every once in while someone
looms up on the horizon of public in
terest and we stop to wonder if we
have not heard of him before. Then
1t occurs to us that the man once lived
In Richmond. We venture to state
that in one way or other there have
been more remarkable people who
started out or who lived in Richmond
than any one little Indiana town. If
one were to examine the American
Who's Who" he would be surprised
at the collection OF 'immortals" who
are connected with Richmond.
Whether it be the climate or the
people who settled it, Richmond has
done WELL
Francis Augustus MacNutt, once of
Richmond, and now of all the world,
has at last issued his long expected
Letters of Cortez to Charles the W
1t is the first English translation of a
rare manuscript done in a scholarly
manner with a good Introduction and
modest preface. Those who have
followed the rise of this extraordi.
nary Richmond man from his boy
hood here, to the diplomatic corps, his
connection with Father Vaughan in
England, and many other notables,
and his relations with the Roman
church in which he arose to the posi-.
ton OF Chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII,
will be moved by curiosity at least, to
see the book. MacNutt's travels and
linguistic ability; as we'll as his &C.
quaintance with the late Able Fischer
(who was Maximillian's great friend
in his Ill fated Mexican expedition):
have given him singular capabilities
and resources for his present work for
which no other man was so we'll quail
ifled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14

1t was due to Thomas A. Scott that
Andrew Carnegie made his first invest
ment. ten shares of stock in the Adams
Express company. valued at $500 This
he did with considerable trepidation.
He had labored hard for the money he
had saved up while he had worked as
a telegrapher. 1t is part Of railroad
history how he later fell in with the
inventor of the sleeping car, saw the
enormous advantages which that nan
ner Of travel held out to passengers
and promoters and how he interested
others in the invention of Mr.. Wood
run. This occurred shortly after his
return from Washington. when the
problems Of transportation were still
uppermost in his mind. He was now
on the road to success and wealth as
he then pictured earthly possessions.
The Pennsylvania oil fields yielded
large returns when Carnegie and 9TH
ers turned their energies in the direc-
ton of the newly discovered territory.
In one year land purchased for SIC, 900
increased in value so that 1T paid a div
idend of 81 .oOo. o0O.-Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
FOUNDATION FOR NEW
GAS TANK IS DONE
Big Improvement Being Made
BY l., H. & P. Company.

The cement foundation for the new
gas tank that is being built by the
Light, Heat and Power company will
be finished by this evening. The foun-
dation is ninety feet in diameter The
work of putting in the tank will COM
mence next week and it is believed
that it will be finished and ready for
use by the first of November.
The new tank will be seventy feet
high and eighty feet in diameter. This
with the old tanks will give a press
ure never exceeded in Richmond. The
tank will have capacity of 300, 900
cubic feet, which is sufficient to give
the company all the gas it has needed
for some time
AS soon as possible men will be
placed at work Strengthening up the
trunk lines in the city and making the
system more complete. A new line
is being put in Spring Grove so that a
new tank was 4 necessity.
Heretofore it has been necessary to
pump at night to keep the pressure up
but with the installation of the new
tank this work will be stopped
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14

is needed who is not only fearless in
the pursuit Of justice. but who is able
to detect the true justice of the mat
ter. There be many men who are hon.
est, and who would not knowingly in
jure the country by injustice, but let
us have a man who can distinguish
without passion what is law and what
is just, and then quietly bring things
to proper conclusion. The country
needs Taft, the unimpassioned and
fearless, more than the Eighty and
perhaps equally fearless Bryan. go
slow" says the adage. 1t also says,
BE sure
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
THE BIRD CLOWN.
A Queer Kind of Fellow Is the Yellow
Breasted Chat.

A Queer Kind of Fellow Is the Yellow
Breasted Chat.
The oddities of the yellow breasted
chat begin even with his classification.
To think of a warbler the size Of
Baltimore oriole, warbler with a
song like a mocking bird Indeed,
there Is little about the chat that is
not remarkable. He goes in for the
weird and the spectacular. If Nature
designed him to show what she could
do in the way of the unusual and the
eccentric. she had remarkable success.
This bird and not the catbird is the
real "clown of the woods" Clown of
the thicket would be more apt, for, like
the catbird, he prefers the shrub and
lower trees. A wild tangle Of briers
and vines Is q favorite haunt. 1t is
only the better to survey such a re-
treat that he mounts to the top Of a
tree. From his lofty perch he sings,
to the amaZement and bewiIderment
of the person that hears the song for
the first time. More likely than not
he will become invisible and silent
upon the first attempt to approach
him, remaining quiet and hidden till
you move on again; then he chuckles
loudly and scolds and spits and SCOTS
till you are out of sight and hearing.
No bird is SO fearful Of being seen
or such a master Of hide and seek. 1t
Is worse than useless to try to steal a
march on him. He manages to be al
ways on the wrong side Of the next
bush. If you should find his nest,
which is a pretty little basket Of straw WIS
and weed stalks lined with fine grasses
and strips of soft bark or leaves placed
a foot or more above the ground among
tall weeds or bushes. the sitting bird
steals away and Is at once lost to
sight. Take a peep at the white red
speckled eggs and then hide among
the bushes as far away from the nest
as you can while still keeping it in
sight. You may have to wait for an
hour and even make other trips to the
spot but this is the surest way to get
a good look at this shy one.-St. Mich
olas.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
DEATH OF MANSFIELD
PUZZLES CORONER
Cannot Determine Exact Way
Man Met Death.

Coroner A. L. Bramkamp states that
his verdict in the case of John Mans.
field who was killed in his barn north
of the city, Sunday in the electrical
storm will say that death was due to
the striking of lightning and which
resulted in the mans burning to death.
DR.. Bramkamp is unable to determine
as to whether the lightning struck Mr..
Mansfield and killed him outright, or
only stunned him and he came to his
death by being burned. His body was
found under the hay and was badly
charred.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14

There will be a demonstration or
tomorrow evening in Indianapolis
John Worth Kern "a plain citizen OF
Indianapolis" has been selected fol
the nomination as vice presidential
candidate for the democratic national
| ticket Indianapolis is both glad and
proud, Indiana is somewhat flattered
even republican Indiana 1t means tc
then that the country pays enough at
tention to it to honor it with a candi
date. Besides it is a pleasant thing to
see the mayor of Indianapolis and the
vice president of the United States
both republicans, lay aside party feel
ing and congratulate a fellow citizen
on his honor and fortune 1t is a par
allel case to what happened in Sher
mans case. Surely things are better
when the men of one party are able
to look sanely and with out malice on
the opposition.
There is also something extremely
democratic in the selection of a plain
citizen, one who has done no large
thing as yet. But here it is we'll to
stop. 1t is always wise to select a
man who has as yet not shown his
mettle to be vice president.
Looking back over our history there
have been some half dozen instances
in which the president has left the
affairs of the nation and his own pol.
icies to the vice president Take our
most recent example, Theodore Roose-
welt took up the affairs of the nation
and did wisely and we'll and all knew
that he was capable-from his record.
Police commissioner of New York: as
sistant secretary of the navy and gov
ernor of New York. Business went on
without a shock. Would it have done
so In so terrible crisis with a man
untried "a plain citizen, who had done
nothing) We all are plain citizens
and most of us are not built for nat
lonal politics. Let us consider-it is
always wise?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
BE SURE

Now the campaign is opened. Taft
and Bryan face each other. The demo-
cratic contention is that the republic
an party as personified by Mr.. Roose-
welt, has stolen the democratic prin-
ciples and therefore, if the republicans
would see Mr.. Roosevelt's policy con-
tinued they must vote for Mr.. Bryan
who is their own true parent.
If the principles of truth, honor
and fair dealing have been copyrighted
and patented by the Great Commoner
We see little hope for the rest of the
world in the future. But several men
before Mr.. Bryan came into promi-
nence-even before the democratic par
ty and the United States were in exist
ence, had worked out a fair code of
morals by which public affairs and the
government of nations might be justly
administered. The truth is that it is
not only that the policies of Mr..
AsooSSfSit VI Sou Will nave II SOl
should be carried out. land who can
carry them out better than the man
whom he himself has selectedD But
one must look to the man. For Taft
is a man of performance-Bryan is a
man of promises.
And surely man who knows the
law, and Taft has been a member of
the United States judiciary and is re-
cognized as being of the Supreme
Court stamp: surely such man
should be eminently capable not only
of the enforcement of the law and the
sane recommendation of new laws.
Law is the safeguard of the common
wealth. Law is the protection of capt.
tai and labor. Upon the passage of
good laws and their enforcement de-
ponds the good health of the country.
Taft is of the judicial stamp and not
led by the yagaries which trouble the
Sage of Fairview.
The country needs to go slowly.
We are in historical age. A man
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
FAIRBANKS TO HOB
MOB WITH ROYALTY
Will Greet Prince of Wales at
Quebec.

Washington, July 14.-Vice-Presi
dent Fairbanks will call on the Prince
of Wales on the afternoon of July %
the day on which the prince arrives
at Quebec on the British battleshil
Indomitable.
Earl Grey, Governor General OF
Canada, will entertain the American
and French guests at dinner on the
same evening. The American repre-.
sentatives include Vice-President Fair.
banks and Major Mott, his aide, Rear
Admiral Cowles and Lieutenant Com.
mander Sellers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
BUSINESS LARGE
Pennsylvania Enjoying Unus-
.uaI Prosperity.

The ticket agent at the Pennsylva.
mia reports that the passenger traffic
at present is the heaviest that it has
ever been. The travel to the north
is exceptionally large and is mainly
due to the low fares that are being
charged by the railroads. Yesterday
there were IA tickets sold to Chicago
something that has not happened in
four or five years. The travel to Mich,
igan and other points on the G. R. & l.
is also heavy, more people travelling
this year than ever before.
Ed. Henshaw is at present working
in the ticket office on account of the
large amount of business which is too
heavy for two men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
GETS CONTRACT TO
BUILD OIL PLANT
Local Contractor to Build In
diana Refining Co.'S Plant.

Caldwell and Mobly we're awarded
the contract TO build the Indiana Re
filming company's plant which is to be
located in Beallview addition. The
company will have a ware house 72x4o
office buildings and several tanks oil
large size. The work will begin a,
once. The new plant will be of fair
size and will employ number OF
men.
Messrs. Caldwell and Mobly have
just about finished the work on their
own office building in this addition
and they expect to have their building
ready for occupancy the latter part OF
next month.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Triumph of Mind.

Victim Of Delusion-Doctor, I'm aw-
fully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever. Docsor-Pooh. pooh. my dear
friend! That is all an illusion of the
senses. There is no such thing as
fever. You have no fever; you have
no br-h'm-no material substance upon
which such a wholly imaginary and
supposititious thing as a fever could
find any base Of operation. Victim
Oh, doctor, what load you have tax.
en- from my-from MY have a mind,
haven't l. doctor?-Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
PRISONERS WANT
TO Be LIBERATED
Governor Post in Porto Rico
Receives Request.

San Juan, Porto Rico, July IA
Governor Regis H. Post has received
a petition from twenty Porto Ricians
who are confined in the penitentiary
at Ceuta, a seaport town of Africa,
belonging to Spain, asking that the
government take steps to have them
liberated. These men were incarcer-
ated in the time of Spanish rule in
Porto Rico for political reasons and
the matter has already come before
the Porto Rican legislature.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
PULLING That Hair,

"What makes me really mad" said
the woman, sis to spend minutes, may
be hours, trying to get hold of a white
hair which shows up on my head like a
dazzling light. yet which Is tantalizing-
~ elusive when 1 try to catch 1t, and
then when do finally separate it from
the brown hair and give it a vigor-
Gus pull to find that 1 have snatched
out good brown hair. after all, and
left the white one still shining."-New
York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Reading a Horses Face.

Every horse carries an index to his
temper and intelligence in his face
The teachable, tractable animal is
broad and fat between the eyes; the
hony ridge of his face dishes slightly
from the point where the face narrows
toward the nostrils. His ears are well
set, sensitive and far apart, with q
we'll defined ridge of bone extending
across the top Of the head between
them. Always feel for this ridge in
Judging a horse. The eye should be
large, clear and bright, with a prom
tnent ridge of bone along the inner and
upper edge of the socket.-London An.
sMerS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Where Swallows Go.

The swallows all spend the winter ir
Central America and the south part OF
Mexico. They appear in the southern
states as early as the middle of Feb
ruary. but seldom get as far north as
New England until the month of Nay
The robins winter in the southern
states and in northern Mexico. They
are to be seen in focks the winter
through in the gulf states.-Exchange
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
PAINT AND POWDER PROHIBI
TON.

The Georgia Representative who ad-
vocates & bill for the determination
of lingerie, paint and powder, is
about to run counter to the Presi-
dents pet policy of anti race suicide.
What will the suffragettes have to say
to that man?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14

Air-cooled, 2-cylinder, so miles or
one gallon gasoline. 80 miles per
hour. Saves time. saves money. al
ways ready, never tires, never gets
restless. Good S65 days in the year.
Built for comfort, protection and strv-
ice. Won first place in Chicago Motor
Clubs Hill-climbing Contest fsee Chi
cago Tribune. May Is, l90Sl. We
build s other models. Ask for cata.
logue 800. w. II. kiblinger Co, Au-
burn, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
War Against Consumption.

All nations are endeavoring to
check the ravages of consumption, the
white plague" that claims so many
victims each year. Foley's Honey and
Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly
and you are in no danger of consump.
ton. Do not risk your health by tax.
ing some unknown preparation when
Foley's Honey and Tar is safe and
certain in results. A. G. Luken & Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Plausible.

THE trouble with this TOOTH" said
the dentist, probing it with a long,
slender instrument, lis that the nerve
Is dying"
ut seems to me. doctor" groaned the
victim, you ought to treat the dying
with little more respect"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
GOOD WHEAT YIELD.

New Paris, O., July 1.-THE farm
ers who have threshed their wheat
find that it averages near twenty
bushels per acre. One farmer, ]. A.
Purviance, had one field that averaged
twenty-eight bushels per acre.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
ELEVEN RAILROADS
GUILTY OF VIOLATIONS
Needed Not the Federal Safe
ty Appliance Law.

Washington, July 1.-THE attorney
general yesterday transmitted to the
United States attorneys information
against eleven railroads for violations
of the federal ssfety appliance law.
There were seventeen violations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14
Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction Co.
Eastern Division

(Time Table Effective Oct 81, 1907
Trains leave Richmond for Indian.
600 a. m. "7:25, 500, 1926. 1000.
HOO. 1900. 100. '2:25. 800. 400.
'5:25. 600. 1880. $40. 900, 1000.
11:10.
Limited trains
Last car TO Indianapolis. $40 p. m,
Last car TO New Castle. 10: 90 D. m
Trains connect at Indianapolis for
Lafayette, Frankfort. Charlottesville,
Terre Haute, Clinton. Sullivan. Paris
Ulls.) Tickets sold through.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-14

Richmond took on a metropolitan
air when the moving picture shows
and theatoriums arrived, but it has
had a shameful relapse with a merry.
go-round on Main street. Pin Hook
papers please copy.