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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
go this time Alright. But search was

go this time Alright. But search was
unavailing.
Then came the breakdown, complete,
miserable. and the physician pre-
scribed the sanltarium where his wife
was learning the rudments OF nurs-
Ing. Sanborn was put In room In a
part of the building where only the
graduate nurses were usually allowed:
consequently It was some days before
Katherine knew the roof that sheltered
her housed Dwight.
The physician installed her In a
room adjoining Sanborn's and ex-
planned enough OF the situation to the
nurse In charge to secure her as ally
In what he hoped to accomplish.
Hang your medicines! ! want Kath-
crime. Do you hear? Get herr she
heard one morning in commanding
tones. She started, listened again to
his voice In delirium. then peekcd eau
tiously through half opened door.
He was hardly recognizable, this sal.
low faced patient with sunken cheeks
and bullying eyes. With n quick little
cry OF pity and love she ran to him.
Dwight, Dwight" she sobbed, there
is Katherine. Here, dear! Don't you
know meI"
Go away. You're not Katherine.
She left me. I've lost her, and l want
her. God. want her." And tears
came to his eyes. as they did to hers.
The wise old doctor permitted her to
assist In the nursing, but there were
times when she was rigidly excluded.
The exclusion hurt her, but the doctor
was memorable, and obedience is the
first requirement In a resort Of the
kind. so she had to obey.
1t was the morning of the LIST OF
June Katherine was In the room ad-
joining her husband when she heard
him call:
"Oh. Katherine" And there was a
naturalness in the tones that lndicat-
ed returned reason. She dropped the
book she had TO rush to him, and In
his eyes We're remembrance and clear
understanding.
Katherine, II was you, then. IL
thought dreamed It."
I'm sorry, Dwight. sorrier than I
can tell you. 1t was all wrong. my
going away. II want forgiveness"
she whispered.
forgiveness? You? Rather / should
ask It, 1t has been hard. 1t seemed
cruel. but perhaps 1t was for our good,
sweetheart. The boy you used to love
is coming back-coming back-coming
back, sweetheart"
For morent he lay silent, his eyes
closed. Then he started
The birds. dearest. the birds?" he
asked.
"It's the first day Of June" she whis-
pered.
"June. Katherine. June for us for al
ways" he murmured sleepily as he lift
ed the hand that lay in his to his lips
and kissed It, And like tired child
he slipped into sleep. sweet sleep. with
an awakening TO happiness and love.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
After Hours.

Some years ago on day set apart
for humiliation and prayer a manu-
facturer offered to pay his workmen
their wages on condition that they at
tended church. To this they readily
agreed.
Shortly before evening service one
of the employees called at his employ.
er's residence and told the servant he
wished ito see the MASTER"
"Now. Jack, what do you wantr
"Well. sor. me and ma myets hev
been taking the thing over, and we'd
like to knae II we gan to church the
meet do We get overtime for't?"-Lon'
don Spare Moments.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
A Rattlesnake Trap.

Rattlesnakes were the most danger
ous wild animals with which the early
settlers Of New Jersey had to contend.
bite. IL not treated properly at once.
was generally fatal. In Stories From
American History" t. X. Stockton
cites an incident which gives an idea
OF the abundance of the rattlers in
the new colony:
In n quarry from which the work
men were engaged in getting out stone
for the foundations OF Princeton col
lege wide crack in the rocks was dis.
covered which led downward to a
large cavity, and In this cave were
found about twenty bushels Of rattle.
snake bones.
There was no reason TO believe that
this was snake cemetery. TO which
the creatures retired when they sup
posed they were approaching the end
of their days, but It was without doubt
great rattlesnake trap.
The narrow. winding passage lead
ing 10 II must have been very attrac-
tive TO snake seeking retired quar-
tiers in which to take its long winter
nap. Although the cave at the bot
tom Of the great crack was easy
enough to get into, It was so ar
ranged that II was difficult IL not I'm
possible for a snake to get out, es.
pecially In the spring. when snakes are
very thin and weak. having been nour-
ished all winter by their own fat.
Thus year after year the rattlesnakes
must have gone down into that cavity
without knowing that they could never
get out again.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
His unIueky Day.

II tell you what It Is" said an old
cynic-"I am firmly convinced that ev-
cry man has his particular days for
good and bad luck. Monday Is my
unlucky day. / have been watching
1t for twenty years, and nothing can
shake me IN this belief. never be-
gin any enterprise, no matter how
trivial. or start on any journey on that
day. Therefore make Monday an Off
day and do nothing but potter round
the house. Even in these little affairs
everything goes wrong.
Take the record OF last Monday, n
fair average. and be convinced: Smash
ed finger while mailing board on fence.
Fell down cellar stairs with coal scut-
tie Fell over wheclbarrow while car
rying stepladder. Sat down on chair
where children had been sucking tof-
fee. Got swlndled by peddler. Got
thumb pluched In gate. Dropped
smoothing iron on foot. Baby got out
In yard and was butted by strange
goat. Tax man called. While eating
supper square yard OF ceiling fell on
dining table. Went TO bed to escape
further disaster. Had nightmare.
Thought was falling from top Of
EIffel tower. Fell out of bed and
broke arm. Looked at clock and saw
II lacked fifteen minutes OF midnight.
Lay still till clock struck u. Was
afraid II moved before Tuesday was
ushered In would have broken neck.
Yes. indeed" concluded the man.
Monday Is my unlucky day. and ]
approach II with feelings akin to ter
ror"-London Tit-Bits.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03

A small boy was fishing on Sunday
morning. lie had basket Of fish
alongside Of him. A clergyman hap
pened to see him and. going over t
where he was buslly watching the bob
said:
"You naughty, cruel boy! Don't you
know that 1t Is sin to fish on the
Sabbath? Besides the sin. think OF
the cruelty Of it-taking the poor little
worm out of the ground and sticking
that nasty sharp hook through III
body"
THAT amt no worm. That's an ar.
tlficial fiy.' answered the boy.
"Ah, / was Mistaken" said the
preacher"
so were these fish," said the boy,
picking up the basket and showing
them to the clergyman.-New York
Sun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03

In 1851 there was In Huntsville a
man who pulled teeth for % cents and
a photographer who made daguerro-
types at $3.50 each. The first was
called doctor" and the second "pro-
fessor" They moved in the highest
circles. as being the representatives of
the sciences and arts. With deer, birds
and all manner Of game in the woods
and fine fish In the streams SO cheap
that the poorest larders were stocked
with 1t, the grocers did big business
in mackerel. herring and sardines. The
latter were real dainties. because the
better food was so plentiful the pio-
neers got tired Of it.-Macon Repub-
lican
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
THE WORD "BANzAI."
n Has Been Used In Japan From the
Earliest Ages.

II Is not infrequent to find men spec
ulating as to the origin Of the now ia
mlllar "banzai" and we believe that O
general impression classes this excel
lent ejaculation among the inventions
OF modern Japan. Quite recently In
deed we heard learned japanese de-
clare that the late Professor Toyama
was the originator of the word as the
Japanese equivalent OF "hurrah." But
the truth Is that "banzai'' belongs TO
q very much remoter date. History
shows that It was used certainly as
long ago as the year 1S6 a. d., and
probably 1t was not an innovation
even then. In the chronicles OF ia
PAN" work published in the year
500 A. D., It is related that In the
spring OF 4S8 A. u. the Emperor
Woke. remembered by posterity as
"Kenzo Tenno," repaired to the park
Of the summer hall and there held
revel by "the winding streams" His
guests were a concourse OF ministers
and OF high officials known at that
epoch under the titles Of 0mi. Murati
and Miyakko. When the feast was at
its height the guests. we read. raised
repeated cries OF banzai." 1t may
fairly be assumed that this formula
Of graduation did not originate then,
but at any rate Its undoubted use in
Japan more than fourteen centuries
ago deprives any Meiji savant Of the
credit OF having invented it.-Japan
Mail
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
STRAIN TOO GREAT.
Hundreds of Snow Hill Readers Find
Il So.

The hustle and worry of business men,
The hard work and STOPPING Of
workmen,
The woman's household cares,
Are too great strain on the kidneys.
Backache, headache, sideache,
Kidney troubles, urinary troubles
follow.
A Snow Hill citizen tells yon how to
cnre them all.
A. Fred Hartman, mail carrier.
Market St.. Snow Hill, Md, says:
-Four or five years ago my kidneys be-
came disordered, caused no doubt by
being out in all kinds of weather and
riding over rough country roads. If
contracted cold it invariably settled
on my kidneys and caused me much
discomfort. The complaint grew on me
until began TO suffer from intense.
darting pains acoss the small of my
back. The kidney secretions became
irregular in passage and my condition
became serious. About this time was
advised to use Doan's Kidney Pills and
procured box at p. d. Cottingham
& Co.'S drug store. / used this remedy
as directed and obtained almost i'm
mediate relief. / have been very
enthusiastic about Doan's Kidney Pills
ever since. When feel slight back
ache, caused by a cold, resort to
Doan's Kidney Pills and never fail to
get prompt relief"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for United States.
Remember the name-Doan's, and
take no other.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Widows, Caps.

The widows cap is a survival Of an
old Roman custom. Widows were
obliged to wear their weeds for ten
months. and the bereaved woman
shaved her head as token Of mourn
ing. Naturally the widow could not
very well appear In public with bald
head, so dainty caps were made in or
der to hide the Disagreement. The
cap still remains. though the imme.
diate necessity for its existence has
long passed away.-Pearson's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
An oversioht.

Look here" exclaimed the angry
man as he rushed into the real estate
agents Office. that plot bought from
you yesterday is thirty feet under wa.
terri
pardon my oversight" apologized
the gentlemanly agent. 1--WE give n
diving suit with each plot. viii send
yours 10 you today"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Advantageous prempti.uds,

Henry ~. OF France particularly
liked answers TO his questions given
quickly and without preparation. On
one occasion. meeting an ecclesiastic,
he said to him: where do you come
from? Where are you going? What
do you want?"
"From Bourges; to Paris; living"
replied the cleric promptly.
"You shall have fl" cried the prince.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Her Mind Easy.

~ hear you are going to Australia
with your husband. Kitty" said the
mistress. aren't you nervous about
the long voyages"
"well, ma'am," said Kitty calmly,
"that's his lookout. belong to him
now, and II anything happens to me
it'll be his loss, not mine."-London
Mail.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Oddly Expressed.

The following letter Of gratitude for
services rendered appears In a London
publication: "Mr. and Mrs. Blank wish
to express thanks to their friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted ut
the burning OF their residence last
night"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Quick WE.

Mrs. sharpe-so you told Mr.. Jones
you wished you were single once more,
did you? Sharp with quick witt
Only that l might have the happiness.
Of marrying you over again, darling
Boston Transcript.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03

The mean things done by those we
dislike never surprise us.-St. Louis
Republic.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a 9 TO RIA

Pension For General Lees Widow.
On motion OF Senator Daniel, OF Vir-
ginia. the omnibus pension bill passed
by the senate was amended to provide
a pension OF $50 a month to Ellen b.
Lee. widow OF the late Brigadier Gen.
eral Fitzhugh Lee. United States army.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-03

The fool wanders; the wise travel
French Proverb.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-29

clement, together with officers from the naval vessels. started for the des- tination of our expedition at about half past nine in the morning. The sleds accommodated comfortably six per- sons, provided they brought their own chairs. The propelling force was fur nished by a native who stood at the rear end with a foot on each runner and a spike-end pole between his feet. When fairly under way these -sleds easily attain a speed of from eighteen to twenty miles an hour. Upon arr irving at the appointed picnic ground there was not human being in sight, but no sooner had we lighted our fires than g. bevy of Chinese children came rushing into camp. Their curiosity to see and handle things was so an moving that one of the naval officers suggested starting them on a foot round the hat and collecting about eighty cash (eight cents) the boys were told the conditions of the con- test. They were all to start together from the other side of the river and the first one to reach our side was to receive fifteen cash, the second, ten cash, and the third, five cash. The first race was run and the prizes awarded. But one little fellow fell l1tO dH OpenluS OI lIie lCt ana Decoill- ing thoroughly wet, he was given ten cash. At the second race four other boys managed to fall into the same opening and then came to the stake holder for their reward. But they had to wait, and after the third race, when the prizes had all been paid, the bal ance of the cash was equally distri- buted amongst the boys on condition they would all go to their homes immediarely-and they went. In the meantime the feast had been prepar- ed and never have the banks of the Pei-ho witnessed a more delightful gathering than the genial, happy par ty which partook it. The whole out ing was one grand success, from start to finish, and it was decided that from picnic on the Pei-ho should have a name and occupy place amongst the winter entertainments of the foreign settlement of Tien-tsin. In the pie ture we had taken on the ice are shown the tingchais, the piodza cool ies, the house-boys and the picnick- CTS. Among them were MT. Stevens and MT. Bostwick. officers of the Palos; MT. McLish. professor in the Chinese military school; George Forbes, MT. Hatch, MT. Spooner and W. H. Forbes. all of the firm of Hatch, Forbes 6 Co.,; MT. Bennett and Mir. Fulford of the British consulate, MT. Mordhunt of the house of Cordes & Co.,; MT. Walker and Mir. Heason, prD- fessorS in the Chinese naval school {; MT Leith, MT Ballaup. Mrs. FIeason, Miss Michie, whose father edited The Chinese Times; Elva Leith and Mrs. Leith, Mrs. Brenan, Jockey" Bois and Mrs. W. H. Forbes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-29

The English sparrows in Tien-tsin had become so numerous as to have driven away all the song birds, and only the magpies had survived the siege. One bitter cold day, when the ground was covered with snow, hun dreds of the sparrows had hocked to the trees in the compound, and I never saw such woe-begone looking birds as was that hungry flock. I am not over and above fond of English sparrows, but I took pity on them and scattered a large quantity of crumbs on the porch, and no sooner had I left the veranda than they all came sweeping down from the trees and eagerly de-
 voured every crumb in sight. I was so well pelased with my effort in re- lieving the hunger of those little birds
 that three times every day during the balance of the winter I would scatter crumbs on the porch and blow a whistle, when the birds would come from all parts of the settlement, know ing that their food was waiting for them. But when their food came on the trees and moist ground. they came
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-29
CHAPTER XII.

English Sparrows-Chinese Fishers The Monooacy and PaIos-A Weep ing Chinawoman-Mr. Leith's Fam ous Tea-GeneraI Grants Death The Moving Day of the Goddess of Heaven-I See a Wonderful Sight on New Years Morn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-29
TIE LONG AGO AND THE LATER 0N.
An Experience of Eighty Years of Life.
tRY GEORGE rIsDALE BRoMLE4)
CHAPTER xI.

Arrival at Tien- n-tsin-Winter Amuse- nents Amongst Foreign Residents Ii Hung chans-visit to the Sew enth Prince = The American Flag staff-The Feast of Lanterns-- Racing-Picnic on the Pei-ho.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-21
LEPER SMUGGLED OUT
FROM ISLAND COLONY
United States Officers Participate in Work of Getting
infected Man From Hospital on Board Ship
Bound for Greece

undesirable passenger at a high figure,
and a bargain was struck.
Freisa was taken on board the
schooner lying off the island last
Friday night, and lowered to a room
especially prepared for him in the
hold. The ship was without cargo.
There was a cot in the hold, and the
food for the stricken man was lowered
to him in pail. A strong westerly
gale sprang up, and Captain Smt tn
put back TO New Bedford for a haTbOr
with the man, Or. Hardy, of the
United states Marine Hospital Corps.
and an immi grafton officer from Bos-
ton.
When it was noised that there was a
schooner in the haTbOr with a leper
on board there was a small panic in the
old-time whaling city. and for a time
II was thought necessary TO call on the
Acushnet, a revenue cutter to tow the
schooner out of the harbOr. It was
found that the S. Thomas Brown, a
tug belonging to the Staples Coal Com
pany was to steam for New York, and
the schooner was taken in tow.
On arrival here the schooner was TAX
en- to the Bush docks, South Brooklyn,
where the Argentina was berthed. Fries
ca was hoisted up over the stern in a
sling and placed in the ships hospital
aft. and the schooner went on to GTaS-
SELF, n. J.. where a cargo Of chemicals
is now being loaded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-21

NEW YORK. oct. 21.-Brought here
with The utmost secrecy from the leDer
colony on Penikese Island. of the Mass
achusetts coast, Tuesday night. Antoni-
US Freisa, a Greek, was placed on the
Argentina, of the AUstro-An,erican line,
and is now ON bis way to his home in
Greece.
Only the United States authorities,
the agents Of the steamship and the
master of the liner knew that Freisa
was on the way, the secrecy being
necessary for fear Of stampede of
passengers from the ship should the
news of a leper on board become
known.
Not until the Argentina was well out
to sea yesterday was the fact betrayed,
and then those concerned We're loath
to make the facts public. For more
than a year, the United States officers
have sought for means to transport the
leper from the island colony TO New
York, and have tried again and again
to get a vessel that would carry him
here.
Capt. Jesse Smith, the master of the
Andrew G. Pierce. a three magted
schooner hailing from New Bedford,
Mass. at last offered TO take on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-21
TWO SPECTATORS
ENRAGE AVIATOR
Wilbur Wright Makes Stop
and Delivers Lecture TO
Pair of Watchers.

Wilbur Wright this morning showed
that not only is he about the best BIZ
plane operator in this country, but that
he is one Of our leading sprinters as
well. when after a long trip with Lieuten-
ant Lahm as passenger he brought the
machine to the ground. jumped from
the seat, and ran in pursuit of two spec
tators, who crossed the field in front of
The biplane just as he was about to
land. Just what Mr.. Wright said TO
these two unindicted visitors isn't
known. because he was several hundred
feet away from the aeronautic critics at
the time. but If the gestures of his
gaunUeted hand bear any significance.
no stoves would he needed at College
lark this winter.
It was evident to other spectators that
the two visitors whom Mr.. Wright
chased were much closer to injury than
they imagined, and IL was quite Ger
tain that the professor himself was
quite excited. He had made a score or
more rounds Of the field before ne de-
cided to land, and had turned from his
usual course. parallel 10 the railroad
tracks, toward the south and the shed
At the time he was not more than four
or five feet in the air, and the biplane
forty miles an hour. Within few hun
dred feet of the starting derrick the two
visitors were crossing the field.
Mr. Wright saw them, and made
some violent motions with his hands,
trying TO warn them out of the path.
They didn't warn very well. so Mr..
Wright gra bbed the levers from the
hands OF Lieutenant Lahm. and with
quick swerve turned the machine to
the left, clearing the two men by
few feet. AS soon as he had landed he
ran back and talked and EesticuIated
TO these two particular spectators for
about a minute.
Mr.. Wright equaled the best prev
ious record fOr longtime flying In this
country at College Park today with
Lieutenant Lahm as passenger he
went up at S.H and remained I'm the
air until 9:14, or thirty-three minutes
When he few from Governors Island, in
New York HarbOr. up the Hudson to
Grants Tomb, and back. at the time
Of the IudsOn-FuIt celebration, he
was IN the air he said, about thirty
three minutes. Lieutenant Lahm had
fun charge Of the biplane and made
most Of the turns. He would have made
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-21
SET FIRE TO A BOY,
BRUTES ARE SOUGHT
Citizens of North Dakota
Town Enraged Over
HeinOuS Crime.

ANETA, n. D. Oct. A.-Citizens OF
Aneta today organized to hunt down
two men who last night attempted 10
burn to death Kenneth Mckenzie,
twelve years old. son of Simon Nc
Kenzie. leader Of the Reform Associa-
ton here.
The boy is believed TO be fatally
turn>c- While delivering meat for his
father. no was met in the park by two
men. who hurled him to the ground
poured oil from his own lantern over
him and ignited it. The men fed.
The youth leaped to his feet and
rushed to the street. Spectators seized
him. extinguished the blaze and hur-
ried him to St. Johns Hospital al
Fargo
Simon Mckenzie has been prominent
recently in a fight being waRed against
the liquor element, and the deed has
been ascribed TO the hatred against him
The father is crazed over the condition
OF his son.