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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-07-23
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Attorney
Order Nisi.

7. Spence Smith. Collector of State and
County Taxes, for the Second Col
lection District of Worcester County,
Maryland, ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester Coun-
ty. No. Petitions. May term 1910,
TO wit June 1910.
Whereas a certain I. Spence. Smith,
Collector of State and County Taxes for
the Second Collection District of Wor-
cester County, for years 1906 and 1907,
has reported to the Circuit Court for
Worcester County sale made by him
of all that tract or parcel of land in the
Sixth Election District of Worcester
County, near Pine Grove, containing
fifty acres more or less, known as the
"Joshua Cottingham Land" assessed
to Joshua Cottingham' heirs. and sold
for payment of the State and County
taxes for the years 1906 and 1907 due in
arrears and unpaid, and whereas said
collector has reported all the proceed
ings had in relation thereto, and where
as, upon examination it appears to the
Court, that the said proceedings are
regular and that the provisions of law
in relation thereto have been complied
with, now therefore, it is ordered by
the Circuit Court for Worcester County
the day above named that notice be
given by the publication of this order
once q week for four successive weeks
before the 23rd day of July next in some
newspaper published in said county.
warning all persons interested in said
real estate to be and appear in this
Court on or before the Both day of July
next. to show cause If any they have
why said sale should not be ratified and
confirmed.
The report states the amount of sales
to be one hundred and twenty-six dollars.
ROBLEY d. JONES.
True Copy, Test
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk. :
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County Commissioners.
Health Officer.
Hospitals.

Md State Hospital, 5 patients $3.50 90
Springfield StateHos, 80 patients $500 90
Montevue Hospital, patients. 600 90
Pen Gen'l Hospital. appropriation l50 0O
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JOHN w. STATION, Attorney-at-Law
Collectors Sale
or VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
FOR TAXES.
FOR TAXES.

BY virtue of the authority vested in
me as Collector of State and County
taxes for the Second Collection District,
Of Worcester County, Maryland, for the
years 1906, 1907 and 1908 have. levied
upon, seized and taken in execution for
State and County taxes due and in ar
rears for the years 1906. 1907 and 1908.
All that tract or parcel of land situate
in the Fourth Election District of Wor-
cester County adjoining the land some
times called the Farrell Land" and
being the land which was conveyed to
the said Cyrus w. Davis by Jennie b.
Purnell by deed dated June 3. 1900, re-
corded in the land records Of Worcester
County in Liber f. H. p. No. IA, folio
4N.
And hereby give notice that on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-07-23
TUESDAY,
JULY Goth, A. D. 1910
at 2.30 o'clock p. NJ

hb @s0u " CApIn
at the Court House door in the town of
Snow Hill, Worcester County, Mary
land, | will sell at public auction for
cash the above described parcel of land
to satisfy and pay the said State and
County taxes, together with the interest
thereon and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
That the purchaser pay to the Col
lector on the day of sale the entire
amount of the purchase money, other
wise the Collector will resell at the
risk and cost of the first purchaser.
The right of redemption by the owner
prior to the sale extends twelve calen-
dar months from the day Of sale upon
terms provided by Article 81 of the
Code Of Public General Laws Of Mary
land, to which Article for fuller infor-
nation purchasers are referred.
7. SPENCE SMITH,
Collector of State and County Taxes
for the Second Collection District of
Worcester County, Maryland, for the
years 1906, 1907 and 1908.
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For Sale.
Celery Plants

Giant Pascal, HeartsSeH serfec-
fjon and Golden gf-BIancisiBu.
Nice Plants. 25c. yer 100: $500 per
1000; $500 per 10000.
CABBAGE PLANTS. Improved late
Flat Dutch, and Large Late Drum
Head. l5c. per 100; $l.00 per 1000;
$500 per 10000.
aSTER plAMTS.-Dreer's Superb
Late; separate colors or mixed. l0c.
dozen; 75c. per 100; $500 per 1000.
Mail orders promptly attended to.
D. w. BABCOCK,
Box 222. BERLIN, MD.
South Main Street.
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Jail Account.
Attorneys.

S II Townsend, defending pris s 100 90
Melvin & Handy, defending pris 65 90
VIM G Kerbin, defending prisn's 10 90
A Barnes, defending prisoners 10 90
John w Station, counsel ...... 70 90
John w Station, lunacy cases J.. 80 90
John w Station. appearance fees 20 90
John w Station, defending suits
and special work rk......... 3l3 90
Upshur & Upshur r....4...... 1000
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Ordered by the Board Of County Com
missioners of Worcester County and
State of Maryland on this. the 10Th day
Of June, 1910, that the following ac-
counts be allowed and included in the
Levy of Nineteen Hundred and Ten.
And it is also further ordered that the
tax be and is hereby levied upon all
assessable property in Worcester Co. for
the year Nineteen Hundred and Ten of
Sixteen Cents on each one hundred
dollars of property subject to taxation
for State purposes and tax Of one dol
lar on each hundred dollars of prop
erty subject to taxation for county pur-
poses.
EDWIN II. TAYLOR,
JOHN l.. ROBINS,
ELIJAH J. SHOCKLEY.
SAMUEL NJ. ATKINSON,
JAMES Z. THOMAS,
Commissioners.
J. EDWARD WHITE.
Clerk and Treasurer.
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l400 bushels New Crop
Scarlet Clover. Choice
re-cIeaned imported Seed.
5000 per bushel, August
delivery. Get your orders
booked now. Layton &
Layton, Seeds not weeds"
Georgetown, Del.
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81-OO a Year
Miscellaneous Election Accounts.

Harry w Jarvis, work ON booths ( 100
King B johnson. rent and reg. Is 10
Burbage, Powell g. Co.. ...... 400
VIM Whaley. rent, reg, primary 25 90
Annie NJ Station. typewriting il. 1O4
The Corddry Co.. work. .... 321
Franklin Upshur, atty to Sup. So 90
Advertising. printing. g. supplies 445 30
Ledger Enterprise. ........ 167 90
II II Hillman. rent and work -. 42 90
$ ] Twilley. team hire. .... 10 90
John II Blades. salary. expenses l45 65
J w Hancock. salary, expenses. 1876 90
j 5 Price. salary. expenses. $50. ISL 90
A G Hill, clerk. postage, expenses 100 65
Calvin + Townsend, for elections 108 90
Jerry yCampbell, ,post'g del'g notics 10 90
J II Rayne, rent. .elec'n. primaries 81 90
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Total Assessed Value. s9.656. s64.OO
On which a tax of $1.00 on
the hundred amounts to-. 96, ,569.64
Deficit in Levy ......... H.H
Total amt. Levy as above 96.60i.3S
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-11
Men are Cured.
Iistenl

So many "specialists"- advertise to
cure diseases of men--and fail to do
so; SO many men spend large sums of
money in an effort to get relief-and
fail to get it, that it is not to be ex-
pected they will believe any advertise.
ment LISTEN TO Us. :,
IF YOU HAVE HAD THIS EXPERT
ENCE, YOU ARE JUST THE MAN
WE WANT TO TALK TO. WE DO
not expect you to believe all WE SAY,
but if you are sufficiently interested
in your case to come and let us show
you," you cannot help but believe your
own eyes and feelings.
You know that every Specialist
you have visited has filled you up
with medicine and promise Of the
great things they were GOING TO DO
if you would stick to it. Every little
while We read of the discovery" OF
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Little Bright Eyes," the spirit of
the Indian maid which the spiritualis-
tic medium Bishop" May S. Pepper
Vanderbilt, an aged business man OF
this city, and kin Of the wellknown
family. OF that same name, out OF
house and other property through her
alleged representation that she VISA
the reincarnation of an ancient spirit,
she has been in more or less eclipse.
On the testimony Of Vanderbilt, who
lost his heart as well as his purse
to the medium, and married her in
response to the suggestion OF Bright
Eyes," the spirit, the Indictment was
squashed some months ago. Minerva
Vanderbilt, the pretty daughter OF the
merchant by his first wife, at the time
Of the marriage sought to have her
father adjudged incompetent to man
age his property, which she feared
spiritualist. She succeeded in having
a commission appointed for him on
the first trial Of the case. but on
retrial the jury declared him At to
administer his own estate. Counsel
for Miss Vanderbilt are trying to
collect $1,000 fees from Vanderbilt
and his wife, but have been unable
to get hold Of the medium, who is said
to be alternating out OF town for the
winter with some Of the elfs and
talisman bearers of the spirit world
Vanderbilt, who is living a sort of
hermit's existence in the big house he
gave her, says he hears from her &C.
casionally and expects her home
shortly with good news.
The bronze tablets commemorative
the achievements Of those elected to
the Hall of Fame at, the recent con-
vocation of the one hundred electors
will be- ready for installation at the
end of this month. Considerable feel
ing exists among local scientific. men
over the apparent disposition on the
part of the electors to ignore famous
American inventors in their selection
Of men to adorn the gallery of not
abies. Elias Howe, inventor Of the
sewing machine, which emancipated
millions Of workers from the slavery
and drudgery Of the needle, got
paltry fourteen votes out of the hun
dred cast at the last election. Cyrus
Hall Mccormick, inventor Of the
reaper. without which the world to-
day would be unable to harvest enough
Si"Au " ou2AdtA 1tSSIAS anu Wu1Cu lids
made possible the operation of the
immense farms Of the west and of
Canada, received scant twenty-one
votes on the same occasion. Charles
Goodyear, who starved himself and
his family almost to death while
evolving his process for vulcanizing
rubber, through which millions Of
lives have been saved from the effects
OF exposure to wet weather, and which
laid the foundation for one of the
largest and most profitable Of the
worlds industries, was awarded seven
votes. Others whose names are as
ISOLATED with useful inventions got
even less recognition. The fact that
authors and statesmen, many Of whom
in the judgment of scientific men con-
tributed nothing to the general vel
fare of the human race in any way,
command the favor of the electors
to the disparagement Of men who
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-11

silly. Far be 1t from me, however.
to deprive another person Of his hap
p1ness If the thought of hell makes
him happy. What does the person
who believes In hell believe in it for?
Not for himself-always for another
person. How could such an ugly
thought benefit any one? On the con-
trary, to let the mind dwell on ugli-
ness harms one physically as well rs
mentally. That is not new idea.
The old Observation-Disclosures Azure
Illus and others expressed 1t in diff
erent form. But more and more
people are coming to accepe 1t. I
never read about ugly things that I
tcannot help. I never think about
them.
al did not have a New England
childhood, but an English childhood.
One was taken to church regularly
tby ones nurse or governess, and one
accepted the ideas Of heaven. hell
and the deyil matter-of-fattly, as one
did spring, summer,autumn aad win
| ter. It would have been SO disrespec-
table, not to believe In them. And
fyet stepped believing in hell very
teaf1y." I: can remember the first time
! ! ever said, There is no such place.
still. half-thinking that there might
BEL said it to console some one
else, and + was rather terrified. AS I
grew older l loowed upon hell as a
supefs1 tien. that had outlived it's use
fulness: People do not now need such
bogies Ito: restrain them in the exer-
else of abnormal passions, so that the
thought of a hereafter of fire and
birthstone is altogether passe."
Abass with the American cocktail.
which, says, Olive Fremstad, the grand
opera prima, donna, is the bane of
hundrers of ambitious young Ameri-
can girls who aspirt to eminence in
music and the arts i
"The reason the girl who starts out
early in life to. be an artist fails-fer
in most cases she does fall" says
Nine. Frensted, "is that she doesn't
study intelligently and does not live
sensibIy." She continued: THE rules
of the game are simple. Common
sense is the keynote. But the penalty
paid by. those who ignore the rules
| is terrible Mere artistic failure is
| only part of it. Lost health and
hope and regulations and, In the end,
the fate Of those poor girls whom we
! read of as: having thrown themselves
into the river or taken poison in some
garnet or shot themselves in some
cordid safe.
THE trouble is not lack of artistic
recognition. The American girls can
win that if they try hard enough and
work hard enough for the American
voices are the most beautiful in the
world. The trouble is that they don't
lead simple, regular life and eat
simple and regular meals.
ITS the wretched way the Ameri.
can girl is brought up, with her lunch
of ice cream, soda and ice water and
cellars, and her afternoon cocktail,
that is the curse of the country. She
hasn't been taught that her health
snd success depend largely upon VIVA.
she eat, and she doesn't seem to
realize that cocktails will degrade her
mind and soul, as we'll as her diges
| ton"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-11
BY FRANCIS PHILLIPS.
Copyright 1910. BY the natIeasl ~nsvs Service.
smart looking young Griton, Every

smart looking young Griton. Every
body thought it was a sure case of
love and that an early announcement
OF their engagement was inevitable.
But when he sailed for home the other
day the aviator had as a fellow pass
enger across the Atlantic Pauline
Chase, the pink Pajama Girl" who,
by all accounts. has succeeded in de-
throning Miss Sears in his esteem.
When he came here first, the press
agent OF the theatrical company in
which the "Pajama Girl' was show
Ing, gave out a story that they were
to be married, but the aviator who
was then very attentive to Miss Sears,
denied it. As the ship was prepar-
ing to leave her pier the other day
he tacitly admitted that he was now
gagged to her but declined to furnish
any information concerning the date
or place of the wedding. He pdeferred
to discuss the future Of the airship,
he said. and predicted that in a short
time aerial craft would be developed
to make $50 miles an hour. With
the evolution Of a ship of this capacity
he declared war between nations
would be made impossible.
Gotham's smartly gowned women
who leave their babies at home in
the care Of trained nurses and dis
port themselves abroad ministering to
the needs Of curly headed dogs re-
ceived jolt In q rather sensitive
spot this week from the Rev. DR..
Christian F. Reisner, one OF the city's
popular dominees. Out in Denver
from which he moved to New York a
year ago, they used to call him "the
billboard pastor" His observation of
Gotham's women since he took up his
work here convinces him that they
are sadly in need of reforming.
Human beings rise or fall to the
level of their love-" declares DR.. Refs
ner. ANY woman who lavishes her
whole affection upon a dog sinks to
the level Of an animal.
DO you know there was actually a
wedding in this city a few deys ago.
where the bride had dogs as atten-
dants?" DR.. Reisner asked In shovked
tones.
do not misunderstood" said DR..
Reisner. Il do not mean to say 1t
Is sin to be fond of animals-to
own dogs. But to lavish affection
upon them; to have q maid to care
for them, to speak Of them as your
while all about in this city are little
starving children, starving for both
love and bread-that, I say, is un-
notural and anhuman. If each woman
in this city who cuddles and cares for
a little lap dog would take one child
and give 1t the same care and love.
thing how many little lives would be
made happy. As have said, there is
no harm in having q pet Of any kind.
Where the real harm comes in is
when the entire affection becomes
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some new medicine that Is GOING
TO CURE these diseases in week
or two, BUT YOU KNOW BETTER.
You have already drugged yourself
sick. You have already burnt your
skin off with electro peIts, etc, and
all the time growing worse. Yet you
keep on buying these things in the
forlorn hope that some day you will
find something that will restore that
greatest Of all blessings, perfect
health.
1t is time to stop all that. It is a
long lane that has no turning" and
your opportunity to regain your health
has come NOW if you will only take
advantage Of it,
Our treatment will cure you. 1t is
new; it is absolutely different from
anything used heretofore; it is pleas
ant and its beneficial action is imme.
date. You notice WE said IMMEDI.
ATE. You don't have to wait year
on medicines and promises, you feel
the good of it at once.
But" you say, "how can l believe
you more than any one else?" Our re-
ply is, DON'T BELIEVE US; come
and prove it for yourself Be your
own Judge. 1t will cost you nothing
W V1SlL us, anu IL YOU are nut COLI
WINGED of the absolute truth of what
we have said there is no harm done.
Is not this better than medicines and
promises?
We have a treatment that is not
only new and different, but is better
and surer and quicker, and more
pleasant and more remarkable in its
effects than anything heretofore used
No matter how bad the case or of
how long standing, or what treatment
you have had before, We can give you
Immediate relief from the very first
treatment. BY the aid of our treat
ment we produce cures which every
other doctor would say was impossi-
Bile, and which We ourselves would
have said was impossible before we
had this treatment to aid us.
WHY WE SUCCEED.
We invite the closest scrutiny and
seek the widest publicity. Our prac-
tice = founded on nature and based
on common sense, being strictly scien-
tic in character. Some of the advan-
tages we possess over others are the
following: We keep UP with the
times, treat more cases, cure more
patients, have better facilities and
govern our practice by practical re-
suits, regardless of schools or pathies,
adopt the latest methods of treatment
employed in the leading hospitals and
institutions throughout the world, and
keep fully abreast of the medical and
surgical progress as developed by all
countries, sparing neither time nor
money to obtain the best of every
thing for our patients.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-11
GOTHAM GOSSIP
table laden with

around a festive table laden with
stems of beer.
II have been married twenty years"
said the old man. my wife makes
me scrub floors and wash dishes.
dare not call my soul my own.
dare net smile over the happy men,
cries of the days before she got hold
Of me. Out Of those days this pic
ture is all I have left. This I have
kept only by hiding it in my tool
chest. Now want you to have it.
It is my most precious possession,
but you reserve it. Marriage is a
football game, and for more than
twenty years I have been the pig
skin"
In discussing marriage Justice AS
pinwall, who is a bachelor, said.
I'VE are always hearing of the
mother and her troubles, but Of the
father nothing, except when he
crosses the hill to the poor house.
Poor old father, feel sorry for him
at times. am glad to be able to
decide in the fathers favor once In
while"
"You see mother may have all the
hard knocks, but she gets all the
eulogy, too. Did you ever go to the
theatre and see a play written around
poor, dear, long suffering father? Did
you ever hear one OF these heart
breaking songs sung about the dear
old man? Not bit OF 1t. Mother
gets 1t all"
Asked If he believed in love, the
jurist pleaded not guilty.
"Not l." declared Judge Aspinwall
stoutly. Love is nothing but mat.
ter Of pink lamp shades, and cara
mels, and ice cream sodas, anyway.
Not the sort Of a basis two sensible
people want to build their lives on.
No, sir, if man and a woman wish
to get married, they should go about
1T in a common sense way. Choose
the man or woman best suited to
and all that sort of thing, and then
go ahead and marry if they care to-
Claude Graham-White, the English
aviator who won the international
trophy at Belmont Park In October
and carried off most of the prize
money offered at the local aviation
meets, apparently is not going to
marry Miss Eleanor Sears, the ath'
letic Boston society girl, with whom
he appeared to be much enamOred
For a long time it looked to those
familiar with the movements of the
young couple that the infatuation was
not all. one sided. Miss Sears, who
Is an heiress, was his frequent com.
panion in flights at Belmont Park.
and later followed him to Philadelphia
where she also scared aloft with him.
During the recent Horse show she
had him as her especial guest in her
box ON a number CT occasions and
seemed to be quite taken with the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-11
We Have a Private
Reception Room
For Ladies.

Diseases 0f"w0men Is q very impor.
tant subject: in q great many in
stances such diseases demand the
most ski!lful treatment: the most
conservative judgment, and the appli-
cation Of knowledge. Outlines the
sQccessful treatment means the saw
ing Of homes, the retaining of the
family circle, by saving the life or re-
storing health to the mother. In this
age, the tendency among surgeons,
in the treatment Of diseases peculiar
to women, 10 TO remove the Offending
organs. Many unfortunate women
give up part Of their life to the sur
geon's knife. Too often the knife lops
Oh IN important organ without a trial
having been given to the possibility
Of q cure, by a more conservative
t0rm Of treatment. You should not
have an operation performed without
the most careful consideration.
Do not ny to the surgeon for relief
St the hrst sign Of trouble. Remem-
ber that which the surgeon removes
can never be replaced.
OUR MOTTO IS: That "the good
surgeon 10 the one who does his ut
1872 " C0vO S8C I4uU UcIOT0 he cuts
Il on" so also, is It the good surgeon
VINO does all he can to save an oyary
before he removes 1t.
This 10 the secret Of the success of
cur observation-disclosures methods
of 6IOODLESS SURGERY.
We do not claim that our treatment
u every case makes an operation
oeed1esa But II properly used, will
cure ninety-dve Of every one hundred
casss. regardless Of how severe. Ii
cures Menstrual Irregularity and
Ovarian Diseases, rectifies Womb Dis
Placement cures Leucorrheal Dis
shafges, relieves Monthly Pains and
@ehos sick women we'll.
We might dwell at length on the
evu Influences diseases peculiar tc
the female sex have ON the general
health, but We feel It unnecessary
since every woman knows that the
neglect Of such diseases gradually
but surely, wrecks the nervous sys
tenn, and In time reduces her to &
coalition Of chronic invalidism, &C
companied with constant melan
choay, irritability and mental depres
Sion. A condition that in many in
stances produces insanity. Therefore
the earlier treatment is begun the
better. Our once is thoroughly
equipped for tho scientific treatmen
on these diseases. Our American