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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

rails and masts were manned by cheer.
ing sailors. The Pandora saluted the
ex president. who was on the bridge
watching with interest the coming
into port.
The special train which will carry
Mr.. Roosevelt and his party to Sir
Alfred Pease's ranch on the Athi
river left here Thursday afternoon.
The people of Mombasa we're In a
great state of expectancy throughout
the day. and the first word Of the
sighting of the ship brought them in
crowds to vantage points. where they
might catch a glimpse of the distin-
guished visitor. The Admiral. however.
came slowly up to the harbor. and It
was dark when the ex-president, &C.
companied by his son Kermit and the
captain. made landing. The gov
ernor's aide boarded the Admiral and
extended a welcome to Mr.. Roosevelt,
who received another cordial greeting
on shore from the provincial commits
sioner. who conducted him to the CIV
eminent house. r. r. Cuninghame, the
hunter and field naturalist. who is to
have charge of the expedition, also
was on hand at the pier.
The former president seemed high.
ly pleased when he observed the mill
tary guard drown up. He replied to
the guards salute by doffing his hat
and smiling broadly The crowds on
shore pressed eagerly forward to see
the noted American, They were COM
posed OF Europeans. Indians and ma.
tives and presented picturesque APP
pearance. While genuinely hearty In
their welcome to the former president
of the United States. the people we're
not In any way demonstrative.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
THE LAND or BIG GAME.
British East Africa 40 u Appears q
the Hunter.

British East Africa ~ u Appears 20
the Hunter.
A brown village Of matched huts
squatting in a trampled clearing Of
the forest and backed by thickset trees
90 closely laced with living tapestry
Of woven green that the aching tropic
sunlight can scarcely penetrate: slim.
naked blacks slipping like shadows
among the broad leaved bananas and
rubber trees. staring furtively as your
bearers file slowly past them: lone
~ station far up or down river, where
haggard white man sits to receive
tribute In the name Of his trading
company, marks an outpost Of civiliza-
ton In this jungle land. And through
and under It all are the fevered glare
Of sunlight. the ceaseiess drowsy whis-
per Of the woods, the hot, dry scents
Of the parched earth, or, IL the rains
have come, all the land about will lie
cloaked in steaming vapor, the sultry
air rs thick and humid as the air Of
greenhouse ut home. There you have
the Kongo as the white man knows 1t
the Kongo or the jungle Of Uganda.
But all Of this IL only a part Of what
we have chosen to call and to picture
as the dark continent
For there. too. is the desert, widely
different in all its aspects from Kongo-
land. On the slope Of the rising ground
that lifts from sea level at Mombasa
and climbs to nearly 5000 feet before
It drops again to the lesser level Of
Victoria Nyanza is another vast waste
as typical OF Africa as this jungle
Countrywide desert. az It Is called, the
plains Of bush and grass. Six months
Of the year-from October to April
It lies half drowned under tropic rains.
From April to September only occa-
sional showers fall, and the wide pla-
teau grills under the staring sunlight.
all following In the glare. Here upon
these uplands Is found the great vari.
ETY. Of big game. the vast herds Of
wild things that have made and still
make Africa the greatest shooting
country In the world. This Is British
East Africa ms the hunter knows it,
@. B. Taylor in Everybody's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

The Way . Mexican indian Gathers In
the Ugly Beasts.

The Way q Mexican indian Gathers In
the Ugly Beasts.
A Pinto Indian Of eastern Tabasco
adopted q novel method Of catching
alligators. The Indians weapons were
a harpoon, stout club and coil Of
tarred lariats. For bait he used a
sucking pig, box of something which
smellcd extensively and several chunks
Of half roasted meat.
Selecting an overhanging bough
about six yards from the waters edge,
the Indian stripped of its leaves and
suspended from the fork the squealing
pig. That was the bait for the eyes
and ears of the alligator.
Opening the box. he used its offen-
sive contents to grease string, one
end Of which he tied TO bush. and,
weighing the other with piece Of
wood, threw It into the river. That
was the nose bait.
Between the thicket and the waters
edge was long sand dam, capped
with a row Of gnarled logs. Taking
the Chunks Of meat, he placed them
at equal intervals between the beach
and the ridge Of the dam. This Is
my grub bait," said the Indian. "It
will make him mount the barreea"
(barricade).
Stimulating the pig with kick that
caused 1t to squeal for the next ten
minutes. the Indian waited In ambush,
harpoon In hand. One end Of long
lariat was fastened to 1t and the other
to tough elastic sapling The sun
had set and It was growing dark when
a dark object was seen to rise slowly
from the water and sprawl up the dam.
The first chunk Of roast bait was gob-
bled.
"He's smacking his chopsw chuckled
the Indian. Its the same one eyed
old sinner that owes me two pigs. but
he's going to pay his debts"
Gobbling the second chunk, the ALL
gator crawled on, swallowing the third,
and at the sight Of the hanging pig
stopped and glared. Suddenly he
pushed forward and fell into sandy
hollow behind the dam.
Instantly he turned and headed for
the dam. Up sprang the Pinto and
hurled the harpoon through his scaly
hide. II got you this timer he shout
ed.
Jerked back by the tension Of the
lariat, the alligator made the leaves fiy
with his switching tail and would have
snapped the rope If the elasticity Of
the sapling had not broken the force
OF his spring as he plunged forward
again and again.
Selling the club and jumping around
the fioundering prisoner, the Indian
dealt him whack across the head that
laid him sprawling on his back. Three
more blows. and the alligator had paid
his debt.-New York World.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
A Queer Dish.

A great dish at Egyptian harem
feasts Is that OF a lamb roasted whole.
After the manner Of nest Of Chinese
boxes. each smaller than the other. the
lamb is stuffed with q whole turkey.
the turkey with chicken. the chicken
with pigeon. the pigeon with quail
and the quail with becafico. the
smallest bird known. except a hum.
ming bird. The lamb IS roasted over
slow fire until It Is almost ready to
fall to pieces.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

The milkman stood before her nerv.
ously twirling his hat in his hands.
49," she said sternly. you have
come at last"
Eyes. madam. You sent for me, !
believe" he replied.
II wished to tell you that found q
minnow In the milk yesterday morn.
ing"
II am sorry. madam. but If the cows
will drink from the brook instead OF
from the trough l cannot help it,
Harper's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
1000 Massacred BY rrIbesmen.

Advices to the Russ in st. Peters
burg from Teheran report a mas.
sacre OF 1000 persons. including women
and children. by Turcoman tribesmen
at Astrabad. There is no confirma.
tion here OF the massacre. but the Rus
sian government is sending a detach.
ment of troops to that place.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

"That boy" said the Billville farm
er. "beats my time! Jest now when ]
quoted Scripter to him he come back
at me hardr'
"You don't say"
ashore! told him to git hoe an
foller the furrow. Thar's gold In the
land,' l said. An what do you reckon
he made answer"
"You tell Il"
"'Father,' he says, I don't keer fer
the gold o. this here world. I've laid
up treasure in heavenr ATLANTA Con-
stitution.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
LIalIstones Welohed HaIf Bound.

A terrific hail and wind storm struck
Des Mones and central Iowa. doing
heavy damage to budding fruit trees.
At Stuart hailstones weighing half
pound fell. The stables OF Harvey
Jewell, OF Cedar Falls. were struck by
lightning. killing twenty-four horses
and thIrty-four cows.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
saw only Graves; KllIa HsrssIf.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hummell. eighty.two
years of age. swallowed carbolic acid
in glass of egg nogg. from which
she died. From her window she looked
constantly over the Allegheny. Pa,
cemetery. seeing nothing but graves,
tombstoncs and funerals. Brooding
over this and her advanced age. she
ended II all.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
Fair Warning.

Year after year an old farmer had
listened in grim silence to the trains
laundering by his land. Finally one
day. his patience at an end. he drop
ped his plow and shook his fist at the
passing express.
I'VE can pun an blow all ye like. gol
durn ye." he cried. "but I'm goin' to
ride We Saturdayr'-Everybody's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
husband Kills wlfe,a Friend.

Edward Russell. aged twenty.six
years. was shot by ]. T.. Craig. who
surprised Russell and Mrs. Craig to-.
gether in the latter's home In Altoona.
Pa. Russell died in the Altoona hos
pital. The coroner's jury rendered a
verdict that Craig fired in selfdefense,
and he was released on $4,000 bail for
trial.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
Bulldog Killed by Swallowing Cork,

Bulldog Killed by Swallowing corks.
Chicago. April 1.-The noted French
bulldog Marshal Ney H., owned by
Lincoln Bartlett. and valued at SO,
600. is dead. Mr.. Bartlett says that the
animal had been playing with chill
dren. who had thrown corks for 1t to
scamper after. The dog swallowed
several of the corks and died OF acute
peritonitis.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
BIZ Baby to Torture wife.

James Strube has been sentenced
to confinement In the Atlanta. Ca.
workhouse for two weeks on charge
OF biting and pinching his ten-months-
old baby. The child was brought into
court by the mother with its left
cheek badly bruised. Strube admitted
that he bit the baby. and said he did
II to torture his wife. who. he said.
had become Indifferent to repeated
bsatings at his hands.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
His Genius.

"why do people think he's genius
Nobody can understand what he's talk
ing about"
"No. but he can make people believe
that he oes."-Exchange.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
Try This.

Tasten a key to string and suspend
It by your thumb and finger. and II
win oscillate like a pendulum. Let
some one place his hand under tho
key. and 1t win change to a circular
motion. Then let third person place
nis hand upon your shoulder. and the
key becomes stationary.-London Ell.
press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

Teacher How many zones are there
Small Boy-Six. Teacher-No; there
are but ave. However, you may name
six II you can. Small Boy-Torrid.
north temperate. south temperate.
north frigid. south frigid and ozone
Chicago News.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
Sons Of zuIu chiefs oraduate.

Livingston Mzimba and Simon Tam
ba Mantagna. sons OF Zulu chiefs.
were among the thirteen members Of
the graduating class In the theological
department OF Lincoln university at
Oxford. Pa. Simon William Njikelana.
another South African. also graduated.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
SCOTS
EMULSION

Half a teaspoonful three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. It
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
fifty-cent bottle will prove the
truth of our statements.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

The man who would rather be right
than be president generally has his
preference gratiHed.-Phiiadelphia Rec
ord.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
oL Maanate Drowned.

John Chansler. an oil magnate. Of
Los Angeles. CAL. was drowned while
bathing in the surf at Waikiki Beach.
Hawaiian Islands.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

Send this advertisement tc1ether with name
Of paper In which u appears your address and
four cents 20 cover postage. and We win send
you ''Compisie Handy Atlas Of the Worid-'
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
BETTER NOT KISS A BLONDE
" Her Hair Is 5Ieached She May Make
Your Gums Sore.

Birmingham. Ala. April 1.-Speak.
ers before the National Dentists asso-
citation declared that pyorrhea, a dis
ease of the gums. was communicable
by kissing. The assertion was also
made that nearly every woman whose
hair Is artifcially colored or bleached
is victim of pyorrhea.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01
The Admiral Entered the HdrbOr
Flying American Flag.
RECEIVED CORDIAL GREETING
OFFICIALS Heartily Welcomed Mr..
Roosevelt and Party and British
Sailors chscred - Military Guard
Pleased Him.

Nombasa. British East Africa. April
a. -Ex- President Theodore Roosevelt
arrived here on board the steamer Ad-
miral. Mr.. Roosevelt was In the best
of health. as were all the members Of
his party. The Admiral entered KILN.
DIM harbor. flying the American flag
at her fore and main masts She dip
ped the German ensign while passing
the British cruiser Pandora, whose
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-01

Carmen adjustable. signet,
chased and plain styles in Ladies'
Misses and children's sizes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18

his commitment to the sanitarium was
illegal.
Mr.. Bell clearly has right of ac-
ton against the ordinary, and if he
presses his suit, he will make it very
interesting for that official.
Although Mr.. Bell had to suffer for
three years in mad house, his in
generation may do good. It will
bring sharply to the attention of the
people what the officials of the state
are doing, and will stop so many high
handed actions.
There are men in office who think
themselves above the law. They de-
eide matters purely from political
or mercenary standpoint. 1t is moth
ing to them that innocent people suf-
fer. From their point of view, no.
body has any rights except themselves
and their friends.
The people are tired Of this sort Of
thing, and if Mr.. Bell in his suit
against the ordinary Of Emanuel coun-
ty and the investigation Of the sani-
tarium officials, which is sure to come,
brings about better state of affairs,
good will result from this innocent
mans confinement in the asylum
Dublin Courier-Dispatch.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
PRESIDENT TAFT'S SALARY.

After long contention between the
two houses Of Congress the salary Of
the President has been made SIS, 900
and he is to pay his own travelling ex-
penses. These expenses averaged &c.,
900 a year during Mr.. Roosevelt's
term, SO that the Presidents salary
has been increased to about 100000,
after standing many years at $4,000.
The increase is but $1,000, and it is
not such an increase as great coun-
try should provide for it's chief officer.
The Senate stood for a higher sal
airy. It first inserted in the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial bill an item
giving the President salary of $780,,
900 year. The House reduced the
amount to $4,000, and the contention
Of the House was sustained in the
conference committee. The Senate
then put in the sundry civil bill an
item providing $4,000 for the pay
ment Of the Presidents travelling ex-
penses, but it was compelled to recede
from this amendment in order to pass
the big supply bill.
The President will therefore receive
a fiat salary Of $4,000 during the next
four years. There is nothing, howev-
err, to prevent the new Congress from
footing his travelling expenses.-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
LEARNING IN THE SCHOOL OF
EXPERIENCE.

From Ottumwa, Iowa, the story
comes Of a great mob gathering around
the Jail, intent on lynching a negro.
Only the want of leader, so the re-
port runs, prevented the mob from
storming the Jail, and the sheriff in
the meantime spirited away the ne
gro prisoner, who was wanted by the
mob.
The people Of that quiet little Iowa
town have been greatly wrought up
by number Of crimes against white
women committed by negroes in quick
succession. No less than six crimes
of this nature are mentioned, in one
case the victim having been murdered
after the assault. In two cases the
criminals were convicted and sent to
the penitentiary; in two other cases
they were tried and acquitted. Now
again a white woman was assaulted
by negro, who entered her home
while she was alone with a small child,
and was confined to her bed by illness.
With such crimes coming in rapid sue
cession it is no wonder that the white
men Of that town should rise and try
to take the law into their own hands.
In Pittsburg, Pa, the experience
has been much the same. That city,
according to reports, is absolutely be-
ing terrorized by vicious negroes. AS
saults on white women have become
so numerous that in certain sections
Of the city they do not dare to leave
their homes, and in their homes they
consider it necessary to be armed for
self-protection. Young white men pa
troll the streets at night, for the safe
ty Of their homes and the protection
Of women, and a race riot has more
than once been only narrowly averted.
1t is thus that by sad experience the
people of the North are learning that
there is one phase Of the negro prob
lem which until now they have utterly
failed to understand.
It has been customary at the North,
when a negro was lynched in the
South, to denounce the Southern peo-
pie. Some of these Northern critics,
like the editor Of Golfers Weekly,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
INVESTIGATE INSTITUTION.

The newspapers of the state are
having a good deal to say concerning
the state sanitarium. The proceed
ings brought by George Bell to secure
his release has brought the sanitari-
UNI into the limelight.
The following is a part of an edi-
torial from the Swainsboro Forest
Blade:
"These authorities have been pro-
eeeding for many years with the very
erroneous impression that they were
a set Of monarchs, and that their rul-
ings and decisions were final
"The editor very forcibly realizes
this fact, for he attempted to secure
the immediate release Of a patient, or
occupant, who, like Mr.. Bell, was ca
pable Of attending to his own affairs
and wanted to do so. We were very
promptly told that it was a question
alone for the authorities to decide.
We had a strong notion to begin right
then and there to attempt teaching
them the lesson that Mr.. Bell has
taught them, viz, that there are pow
ers that are little higher than they. F."
Some mighty good men are trustees
Of the sanitarium, but it is probable
that they know little or nothing con-
corning the interior workings Of that
institution. They naturally have to
leave much Of the inside in the hands
of the staff Of physicians and the SUI
perintendent.
This should not exempt the institu-
ton, however, from very thorough
investigation-one that can not be con-
strued into whitewash.
It is not known just what Mr.. Bell
will do as regards the sanitarium, but
it is stated that he will enter suit for
damages against the ordinary Of
Emanuel county who illegally adjudg-
ed him insane.
AS Mr.. Bell was at g. private SAM
tarium in Milledgeville when tried in
Swainsboro, Judge Lewis held that
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
JTeronta
Public Opinion Throughout the Union
5be Jefferson,an

have gone so far as to make the most
unworthy and damnably false insinu-
ations in regard to these crimes which
provoke the lynching spirit. Now
that this evil is coming home to the
North it may be expected that the
Northern people will gain better
and more correct understanding of this
race problem, and with more correct
understanding Of it the right solution
will be sooner reached.
As yet there are comparatively few
negroes in the North. When even
with this there are Springfield riots
and Ottumwa horrors, surely the
thinking people Of the North can ap-
preciate conditions in the South where
in many sections the negroes outnum-
Der the whites
It is not all negroes who are bad.
The vicious element among them con-
stitutes only minority, but it is
growing. The old ante-bellum negroes
as rule do not belong to this class,
which is composed of younger negroes
and principally Of such as loaf around
the towns, and this class is continually
growing. It is where this class con-
gregate that they constitute the great
est menace, and one that must be pro-
vided against effectively, for unless
this is done conditions will grow from
bad to worse.
1t now appears what sad mistake
was made when as reconstruction
measure it was determined to give full
citizenship to race just liberated
from bondage. It was this which led
to the deterioration Of the negroes
morally. Before the war such crimes
were never committed Immediately
after the war they were unknown. 1t
was not until the negroes were sub
jected to the debauching influence of
politicians, in the effort to corral their
votes, that such crimes began, and
that this evil has grown. 1t was
fearful blunder that was committed
when full citizenship was thrust upon
a race which was entirely unfit by pre-
vious training to exercise it.
To undo what has been done is never
pleasant, but sometimes it may be alb
solutely necessary. 1t is so in this
case. It was mistake to confer full
citizenship on a race unframed to ex-
ercise or properly to appreciate it, the
bitter fruits Of which are now begin
ming to be gathered in the North where
there are but few negroes. This points
the way to the root of the evil, which
should be cut off in the North as it is
being done in the South.-Augusta
Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
THE FIRST P. r. ELECTION IN
CUBA.

OODE4.
The following is condensed from
recent letter of my Havana CORES
pendent:
"Our election took place in August.
I apprehended that the first applica-
ton Of the new electoral law might
be attended. with some difficulties. On
the contrary, the law worked smooth
ly in it's Proportional Representation
features; but we are confronted with
this result:
Something more than 100000
votes were cast, distributed among
the parties as follows:
Conservatives. :. ;. :. .l07,OOO
Historic Liberals. :. :. :. $1,000
Liberals -. ;. ;. :. ;. $4,000
"The figures are approximate. In
consequence, we have provincial and
municipal councils, In several instan
es, in which no party has an absolute
majority; and the opponents of Pro
portional Representation are giving
some attention to this feature. The
councils met on October to organize
under the new law, and In three or
four instances they are deadlocked in
the matter of perfecting an organiza
ton The argument is that in coun-
try like Cuba the election Law should
tend to secure legislative bodies in ac-
cord with the executive branch, and
that the old, limited vote system was
a better arrangement; because the
party casting the larger vote secured
two-thirds Of the group to be elected,
and the minority party next in
strength the remaining one third -. to
the exclusion Of the other minority
parties
"The foregoing considerations have
led to a suggestion from one Of the
political parties that the electoral law
be so modified as to give the party
with the largest plurality two-thirds
of the elected members, arbitrarily,
and that Proportional Representation
be limited to distributing the remain
ing one-third amongst the minority
parties. I object to this modification,
and believe that the new electoral law,
with its P. R. provisions, will give
better results than the old and thoroly
discredited limited vote system, under
which so many frauds were practised..
Minority representation in some form
is essential, because the constitution
requires it. proportional Represen-
tation Review.