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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20
Brave Daughter Of an Illinois Sheriff Prevents Third Jail
Delivery by Grabbing Prisoner.

Lightning dashed. thunder roared
and heavy rain pelted against the Jail
windows at Murphysboro. H.. with
such terrifying effect that the pretty
daughter OF Sheriff Sylvester Hanson
was awakened from her slumbers. In
the dash OF an electric bolt the girl
saw a man climbing down outside her
window. and the feet OF another came
into view from somewhere above. Ter
rihed as she was by the war of the
elements. the girl darted across her
room. flung up the window aud grab
bed the legs OF a man. II was a jail
delivery under cover Of the terrific
storm, and the girl realized IT, Cling
ing TO the prisoner. she screamed and
held on despite the desperate efforts OF
the fellow 70 kick her away from him
The sheriff rushed up 10 the prison and
with his revolver drove seven prisoners
back 70 their cells Four negroes and
two white men had escaped.
Fora Hanson. the sherlff's daughter.
is seventeen years old and is regarded
as the pluckIest girl IN the county. She
has prevented two previous Jail deliv-
cries by her quick wit and pluck, and
when she saw the forms climbing past
her window she knew what was tax
ing place The sudden awakening from
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20

slumber by the crashing OF thunder
and lightning shook her nerves badly.
but II was all forgotten when she re-
allied her fathers official competency
was at stake She threw OF the feel
ing OF terror in an instant and was
across the room with bound IL was
no simple feat even for girl in such
conditions TO seize desperate making
his escape from captivity. The girl
tried TO catch the hair OF the man dig
appearing down a ladder and. failing.
threw her arms about the legs OF the
man coming down from above. Then
she set up screaming that rose above
the din OF the storm.
sheriff Hanson and his jailers bound
ed from their beds. TALLER seized
the man Miss Hanson held and yanked
him into the room Hanson and two
keepers ran 10 the prison ward and
drove the seven men waiting their
turns to climb out 20 liberty back 10
their cells The men had been pro-
vIded with tiny saws. with which they
had cut the bars OF window. The
same saws were used TO cut the cell
locks New locks we're put on the
doors. and. Drawing the storm. the sher-
in and his men started out TO search
for the six fugitiyes.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20
"Tired Of Lies Gamble"
Rich Poughkeepse Lawyer Feeling HomcdaI Mania Creeping
Upon Him. Kills Himself Rather Than Stay
Somebody Ese

Rather than succumb TO a mnniacal
desire to Kill. Colonel William l.. DE
Lacey. one OF the best known lawyers
In eastern New York aud hero of many
civil war battles. committed suicide re-
Gently at Poughkeepsie
The aged warrior. who. when only
sixteen. became a soldier. died after
he had turned on the gas jets In his
room in local boarding house
For more than IA week the colonel
had been wandering around town say
Ing he would kill some one. Who his
Intended victim was he would not
state. He had grieved much since his
second wife died aud this is believed
to have aggravated his lettering men.
tai condition.
On a bureau In the soldier-lawycr' :
room the following note was found. adj
dressed Ito whom IL may concern"
What am about To do | do with II
full realization that II is my end
don't quite like the way of doing It.
would rather go by some other hand
For the past two years ! have moral
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20

figuration. am not an orthodox In
religion or III anything else.
II believe In creation and Crea.
tor but who he is. what he 10 or
where he is | know not. and ! don't
believe that anybody else does He Is
too great for my humble mind TO grasp
| humbly ask the forgiveness OF those
whom II may fall upon TO look after my
carcass aud put 1t out OF sight beneath
the ground
There is no need OF charging this 10
any one except myself alone am
responsible. ! owe no apology to Il
human being except, perhaps. TO those
that ! may owe dollar. and they |
think. will forgive me.
In the past few weeks ! have de.
veloped a homicidal mania. but rather
than commit homicide prefer suicide
So goodby"
When De Lacey was boy he worked
on the Lehigh canal. in his native state
of Pennsylvania Al sixteen he en-
tered the army He couldn't write his
name then Piqued. he determined TO
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20

tied. contemplated and fully deter
mined upon this course. | had thought
nature ere this would have become ex-
hausted. bat seem to have too much
Of the elements Of nature.
81 am Ike the old gambler who sim
ply tired u the game and quit Life Is
but game. and am tired OF II and
quit. so please spread the mantle Of
charity over me. do this in n per
fectly sane and sober moment. without
knowledge or thought OF where / aul
going.
Il had no thought Of this world he
fore came into It, and have no idea
OF the next Theories count naught
with me- / believe IN neither transmit
grafton. Observation-Disclosures nor trans
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study and IN six weeks could write
lie WINS attached TO the Fourth New
Jersey regiment under Major General
Phil kearny.
He was In the battles of West Point.
Va. White Landing, Mechanicsville.
Gaines Hill. Harrison Mountain. the
Second Bull Run. Antietam. Freder-
lcksburg. the Wilderness. Rappahan.
mock station and other furious en-
counters
He was so badly injured toward the
end Of the struggle that he was shipped
north and spent long time In n hos
pital at Newark He then became q
printer, studied hard. founded small
newspaper and wound up his career
by becoming an able lawyer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20
An Austrian View o. "pollarIand >

Like the Romans OF old, American
multlmillionuires are wont to squan-
der hundreds Of thousands-nay. mil
lions IN the face 81 national financial
difficulties and while hundreds Of thou
sands OF American workmen tramp
the streets, not knowing where the
next meal is coming from
One successor Of the mad Caesars 10
Yankeeland can afford to spend half 4
million marks IA single nights enter
tainment. while the poor European
governments must feed and house as
many returning cmigrants fleeing from
'doilarland' because its promises were
not fulfilled
The mad Roman Caesars declared
themselves 10 be- gods. The bosses Of
the great democratic republic beyond
the Atlantic are still content 20 be
called Mister" but at the same time
these rulers by the grace Of money
employ experts IN heraldry, paid TO es-
tabllsh some sort of relationship be
tween them AMI the ancient royal or
noble families OF desplsed Europe
For themselves they buy ancestors;
for their daughters they procure by the
same method money-titled husbands
more or less respectable. usually less
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20

Jersey Corporations TO Pay s2,457, 600.
The New Jersey board Of assessors
filed with the state comptroller a pre-
llminary schedule OF the taxes levied
against corporations organized under
the laws OF New Jersey. The schedule
embraces G445 companies. who will pay
taxes aggregating s2.457. 900.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-20
Scranton Man Murdered.

The body Of John Warner thirty
Ave years old. OF Scranton. Pa. was
found floating in the Chesapeake &
Ohio canal at weverton. Md. Marks
on the left side of the face and temple
indicate that Warner probably was
murdered and his body thrown into
the canal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23
Heart toHeart
Talks.
BY EDWIN a. NYE.
MARTIAL hORTALS.
BY EDWIN a. NYE.
Copyright. 1898. by Edwin a. Nys

The human race is a brave race.
II is proved by the fact that II con
tinues to live. While It requires brav-
cry TO die. it requires more bravery TO
live. And humanity is so stout hearted
II fights the battle OF life SO long as It
can fight. Occasionally Il tired. sick
hearted one surrenders. but he is the
exception.
Humanity is brave
Men and women daily face conflicts
that might well daunt the intrepid
gods Think you because they go
about with smiling faces there are no
tasks that test all their fortltude. no
sorrows that must be couFageously
borne?
Humanity Is brave.
Here is one lighting TO keep In sub
lection his lower nature Think Of the
duels lie fights! Who knows the striv-
ings OF his defeats. the gallantry OF
his victories? He is a brave man. as
brave as ever couched n lance In rest
against a foe. And here is one who
tackles the wild beasts In the arena OF
business competition aud one who
struggles with great sorrow.
Humanity is brave,
This woman faces poverty and liml.
tations, or anxiety, or pain strain on
nerve or sympathy, An archangel
might well shudder 10 undertake the
whole gamut OF suffering that comes
with wi(ehood and motherhood And
there is no shrinking. Woman dies aud
gives no sign. Woman lives and smiles
In the front OF Fate,
Humanity is brave
In this strenuous life OF ours the real
men and women sleep each hight as
the soldier sleeps-on the battlefield
And reveille wakes each martial NOR
tai TO daily battle-some TO 6ght the
good fight with hands and some with
brains aud some with hearts. Look
about you. Is Ii not true? You may
even see some who are lighting with
broken sword
Yes, humanity is brave.
But IL needs TO repeat daily the
prayer OF Robert Louis Stevenson:
The day returns and brings us the
round Of Irritating concerns and du.
:=s Help us TO play the man; help
us 60 perform them with laughter and
kind faces. let cheerfulness abound
with industry. Give us 10 60 blithely
on our business all this day. bring us
TO our resting place weary and content
and undiscovered and grant US in tho
end the spirit OF sleep. Amen"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23

Young man:
Deliberately insult the man who
starts to tell smutty story in your
presence by turning on your heel.
Such corruptlonlst has no more
right to steal your pure thoughts than
he has 10 put his hand into your pocket
and take your money
These retailers OF filth are whited
sepulchers-clean on the outside. but
lnwardly filed with dead mems bones.
They are debauchers OF clean minds,
robbers Of purity.
You should never permit yourself 70
listen to an improper story-a story
you would not care 10 repeat TO your
mother or your sister, The filthy sug.
-gestlveness will soak Into your mem.
CRY as spilled Ink soaks into blotting
paper.
Allow no man 10 drag your mind
through a sewer.
DO you know there Is many a man
who would sacrifice much today TO be
able to wipe from his memory some OF
the things he listened to when boy?
The man who will deliberately repeat
risque story In the presence of y
youth deserves no respect He IS an
lncarnate devil OF mcanuess. He IS
daubing a coarse picture on clean
walls.
No gentleman will tell n story he
could not tell In the presence OF ladies'.
DO you remember what General
Grant said 10 the officer who began TO
tell Il story, remarklng. There are no
ladies' present" whereupon the silent
soldier quickly retorted. There are
gentlemen present.
Keep your mind unsullIed. A foul
suggestion may harden into a habit Of
thought that will lead you Jar astray.
Keep clean inside.
II is more matter o. importance
that you should keep the dir, OF your
soul than TO keep II of your clothes
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23
Heart toHea
Talks.
JUDGE NOT
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1905. by Edwin a. Nye

JODuk NOl
"Hc is an old tlghtwad"
That much the writer heard. and he
listened to this further arraignment OF
the absent subject:
Il tell you. he Is the stinglest man In
town. He insists on the last red cent
that is coming to him. He IS as close
as the bark on 4 tree. aud 1t Is well
known he gives nothing away In q
worthy cause"
Severe. but
As the writer happened TO know in
this case. It was only half the truth
True the man referred 10 Is close In
his dealings, but this Is also true: II he
insists upon what is due hIm lie IS also
ready 10 pay TO the last cent what he
owes Ills bills are promptly met He
Is recognized as an honest man His
credit Is good And this cannot al
ways be said OF some other men with
reputation for generosity. lie de-
mands no more than lie Is willing TO
concede. II he Is insistent upon full
payment, he is also ready with his
own check book
But
There is another side to his charac-
ter hidden from the public view
Let US turn the shield around
This individual who IS called stingy
and close listed has large family. He
is fairly prosperous. but he needs all
his money He slaves and saves not
for himself, but for his family lie
would perhaps like to be generous and
charitable In giving. but for the sake
Of the dear ones he must drive hard
bargains and insist upon full payment
Of his due. He even stints himself for
their sakes
More yet
one Of this mans children is a life
cripple Another is incapable Of max
ing Its way in the world And he is
educating an orphan niece. The person
who called him tightwad didn't know
that.
Stngy: No Hard hearted: No
lie lavishcs all his strength ana all
his money aud all his tenderness on
those who need his first and greatest
care He does this deliberately and
without regret and without self pity.
He Is not demonstratiye man. He
is not built that way Aud yet his in
innate friends know how his big heart
yearns over those helpless ones.
Stern and cold?
Maybe. He doesn't wear his heart on
his sleeve. And for many years he
has bufletcd the waves OF crushing
trouble and daily sorrow. He may
have a false view of things. but he no
doubt feels that he must fight world
that knows and cares little for him or
his So men call him hard and unfeel.
ing. whereas In reality he is as tender
as a child.
You see, exteriors are deceptive.
You do not know what a mans thorn
IN the flesh may he 10y looking at him
from the outside.
Therefore
Judge not lest sc lie judged"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23

Under what simllitude will you lillen
human iret
\ pleasure gardent
or prison house?
Some say This life is penhentiary
whore we are punished Life is thick
~ strewu with thorns," said one pess.
mist and know no way save to pass
quickly through them" These persons
are stoicS.
Others view life as garden Of gay
ETY.. They are eplcureans. Eat. drink
ana be merry" is the gonfalon Of these.
\ short life and merry one. say these
sybarltes.
The stole is wrong Life is not thick
~ strewn with thorns II is strewn
with roses The thorns are Incidental.
The cpieurcan is also wrong. lie that
seeks pleasure FOR pleasures sake viii
dnd only safety
What then. is Il?
HUMAN LIFE is 4 SCHOOL.
II begins In the mothers arms and
ends only Oh the great graduation day
II has its recesses. lntermisslons and
vacations but the school goes on. Its
teachers are named EXPERIENCE.
Sometimes the lessons are hard and
the tears tall on the page OF the text
book. Sometimes they are pleasant us
well as profitable.
But these lessons MUST BE
LEARNED.
Each must learn them for himself
4 man can belueath money or advice
10 his boy. but he cannot bequeath his
experience. The hoy must 90 to school
ms did the father before him and as all
the fathers before him did.
The student IN lfe's school never
gets TOO Old TO learn. When he quits
learning he begins TO die How puerlle
10 say ones education is finished" at
college.
The school Of life has Us shirkers.
II one becomes a TRUAN1' he must
expect a sharp rcprimand. II he de-
liheaiely disobcys the rules OF the
a'h''' "u may tNpctt punishment t'N'
the school would Ice anarchy Con
trarywise, the scholar who applies him
self will he rewarded.
Then hnrrah for OUR SCHOOL,
When recess comes let us laugh and
play. and, as Roosevelt says play
hard When il is time for study let
ia get down 20 our lessons
Aud on the great commencement day
when the GREAT TEACHER shall
hand TO all Of US our diplomas,
may there be written ON them, We'll
done"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23
Heart toHeart
Talks.
A BRIDE AND A WOODEN LEG.
BY EDWIN a. NYE.
Copyright. 1905. by Edwin a. Nys.

bkiDk AND n WuODEN LIZ.
This is an Illad Of u woman's wooden
leg.
4 Pittsburg dentist has been sued by
a physician OF the same city for the re-
covery Of 500. the price OF a wooden
leg furnished some years ago for the
young woman who afterward became
the dentists wife.
Aud the questions ask themselves:
Is the wooden limb Of bride q part
Of the brides person or an accessory
after the fact?
Does the man who marrles a girl
with an artificial member take that leg
Ito have and to hold. TO love. cherish
and protect. for better or for worse.
till death do them part?"
Attorneys for the plaintiff. It Is IN
derstood. did not claim that the wooden
member was part and parcel OF the
person married They put their claim
he assumes all the Indebtedness Of the
wife
Which IN this case seems reasonable
Because In event Of the wlfe's death
the husband falls heir 10 her property.
Manlfestly. should the wife die her
husband would be seized OF the wooden
leg
On the other hand
Attorneys for the husband make the
natural defense that the doctor did not
marry the limb Of wood. that II did
not enter into the uuptiaI contract. that
the doctor assumed 10 unusual obliga-
ton respecting ii and that II was not
more Il part Of the woman he married
than her gown or her shoes.
From which ii would seem the dis
cuSSion at the trial did not leave either
side "A leg 10 stand upon.
The court. however. decided that the
husband must pay for the limb. where
upon he appealed.
Doubtless the court was right.
The husband may not have had ad-
vance knowledge respecting the wood
en- leg. or. having this knowledge
chivalry would dictate his claiming
that he did not know
The fact is. when the dentist courted
his wife he courted her wooden leg
and all, and when he married her he
married wooden leg and all
The family should stand smlingly
on it's three legs aud pay the physi-
clans bill.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23
Heart to Heart
Talks.
TO THE BOYS OF FORTY.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye.

A Greek philosopher has pictured
man MS being born In well built
house and living therein during child.
hood As he grows he pulls down the
walls. stone hy stone. until he stands
finally IN the undimmed sunlight
Is II not sof
How many stones have we had TO
pull down that we might see over?
Some of us still have stones IN the
way And some OF us--the wise old
boys have put all the stones they have
pulled down into great pile and got
Oh top OF them for n wider view.
For twenty years at least we have
been trying to widen the horizon. to
yet a comprehensive view of life.
But
Tho peril of the larger vision is this
As we see further and know more
disllusion comes TO rob us of our
youthful enthusiasms. Shall we. hav-
ing mans head still keep beneath II
the heart OF a boy? VIII disappoint.
mcnts destroy faith? Will the larger
knowledge lower idcalsi
II must not be!
Al twenty the stones are In the way.
The outlook is small. The young man
cannot see far know much or feel
deeply The near, the noisy aud the
sensuous attract him. His ideal OF a
picture is the stirring battle scene His
idea Of music is the noisy band lie
IS caught by movement and hilarity
Having learned the better way az
forty we must still keep our hearts
young Therefore We find our ideal
music In the laughter Of a child The
pictures We admire are those of peace
rul landscapes. The glitter and the
tuscl no longer catch our fancy. \
book by the fire. dear face across the
Table these are the things that appeal
To- the chastened enthusiasm of forty
You see. at twoscorc years man
puts the proper value on the real
things of life. lie has learned to dis
criuina,e The world has dawned ON
Linn lie has pulled down the stones
Boys of forty and over:
We have not lost our boyish visions
No, stree. As the master painted
'Ampllo' (widerl on the picture Of his
pupil 50 we have pulled down the
stones to get farther look
let us therefore stand In the un-
dimmed sunlight aud keep sweet.
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Bulletin.
REDUCED RATES TO WESTERN CITIES.

For the benefit of delegates attending the sessions
the bodies enumerated below and others desiring visit
the of the West the Penny Railroad Company
has arranged place sale to all excursion tickets
the various meeting places at considerable reduction
from the usual fares
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Tickets sold May good returning until June -
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Heart to Heart
Talks.
LIFE is A SCHOOL.
BY EDWIN a. NYE.

conyrIehl ie0l " Edwin A. Nye.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-23
Heart toHeart
Talks.
KEEP CLEAN INSIDE.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.

Copyright. 1895. by Edwin a. Nye.
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