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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN THE TURKS
 AND MONTENEGRINS

Vienna, Aug. 16-Though King Mich olas agreed to settlement of Montene- gro's frontier troubles with Turkey by a joint commission, messages from Cettinje today say His Majesty shows every indication of a determination te fight. He is making war prepara. tions as fast as possible and he re. mains entirely indifferent to the fac that there is skirmishing every day between his own and the Turkish frontier guards. It is considered cer. tain here that Nicholas thinks the time ripe for annexing northern Al. bania. The peace commission can. not materialize while fighting con. tinues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
1 Harry stelnfaldt.

ddfEy StelnfeIdt, William h1IIlfer,
 Arthur Griggs, Bill Badley, Efldie Kar-
 ger, Ote Johnson and George Jackson.
 The estamlishment of training camps
 for big league teams in Texas has ad- dedy to the interest in the game in that State
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
TEXAS LEAGUE HOLDS
 THE RECORD FOR
 CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES

r. will be a year tomorrow since khe Austin club of the Texas League eet mp a record for the 1911 season by taking its twenty-second straight game. It was a noteworthy feat, a1- though it did not come up ito the
 ~orlFs record for consecutive victor les. established in 1902 by the Cor eicaFa team, then in the Texas Lea Eue, by winning twenty-seven games En d row. That same year the Char totte club of the Carolina Association, kvon twenty-five contests straight, minor leagues have done much better than the majors in the matter of con secutive victories, since the National League record of twenty straight was Eet up back in 1884 by Providence. when the metropolis of Little Rhody''
 was travelling in fast baseball com panN The American League record For Straight wins is nineteen, made by Ehieago in 1906. When the Austin keazil started it's winning streak on Duly 90 last, following a. thirteen-in- eing tie game the day before. 1t was fn fourth place in the league stand fng-i On the seventeenth of August, E'hen it rounded out it's twenty-second etrahght victory, the club stood first endt had a lead over the other teams kliat enabled it to capture the pennant Rith ease. Waco was the first victim Mn the winning streak of the Texan Eapitalsy giving the Austins two games, while Fort Worth contributed Three, Galveston ten. Houston six games and Oklahoma City one contest. Eix different pitchers took part in the kwenty-two victories for Austin. The Hexas League, although subject to f- nancial ills and frequent changes in Ets circuit, has a record for hanging up records. fathering baseball innova- kions.s and digging up big league tal- Rnf that Is equalled by no other minor Organization. Dozens of stars who have won fame in the major leagues and the big minors have commenced
 their professional careers in the Lone star State. Among them might be
 ssenkiRRsd Iris sQeaker. Bob Harmon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
Jam Started as Medicine.

Jam in it's early days seems to have been regarded as possessing medicinal properties. Gait in Annals of the Parish notes "a new luxury that got in among the commonalty about 1760. By our young men that were sailors going to Jamaica and the West Indies heaps of sugar and coffee beans were brought home, while many, among the cabbages in their yards, had planted berry bushes, which two things hap pening together the fashions of mak- ing jam and jelly came to be introduc- ed into the village. It was found that jelly was an excellent medicine for a sore throat and jam remedy as good as London candy for a cough or cold or a shorness of breath" Did 1t ever occur to you that jam" was abbre- viated from Jamaica ?-London Specta- tor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
Acute Sense of Hsarinu.

"Yes,' said the prosperous lawyer fin speaking to a friend, "I had long wait before I got any practice. but l am certainly satisfied now with my profession and it's emoluments. The ear. y days, the waiting for clients, were hard, though. Why, do you know that I got so after awhile that when heard footstep on the stairs I could tell n1nety-nine times out of a hundred whether or not the person was coming to my officer"
 Well that is strange" replied his friend. Your sense of hearing must have been very acute"
 Not so much that" replied the law. yer. You see, made up my mind that they were not coming to my office, and ninety-nine times out of hundred I was right"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
When Death ceols His stina.

There is curious superstition in Ja- ma1ca that if death occurs in the house all the water in it is poisoned at once and must be thrown away, the reason given being that Death cools his "sting" after destroying life in the first water he finds, and as no one can tell-death being invisible-what jar he may choose it is safest to throw it all away. Careful people to save trouble even carry all water out of the house immediately before death is expected.
 FsarPaaas. ,May,N Ads Tent q VUnr,f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-16
EXPRESS MESSENGER
 BOUND IN CHEST

Asheville, N C., Aug. 16-When the Southern railway train No. 13 reached here early today trainmen found E. F Carr, the express messenger, bound hand and foot and confined in a chest. He said that at Baltimore. three miles away, a lone bandit boarded the ex- press car, covered him with a revolver and. after tying him made off with 8 package containing $3O00.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
Where a eath Comes nlnh.

There are some things about a trip
through Holland that you recall when
stopping at one OF our modern hotels. -
says an American recently returned
from trip abroad. "ln many places
In that interesting country the hotels
are run as they have been for ages
and candles stu are the vogue.
Rooms with bath are unknown. In.
stead they charge you about 40 cents
IN American money for bath. You
ask for the privilege OF using the tub
and they send up a maid who brings
with her towels and soap II you have
none, for you are supposed 10 carry
both with you. She fills the tub. has
II about the right degree OF heat. and
the faucets are locked. so that II you
want any more water you don't get
II: also there is no chance for your
travelling pal sneaking in and enjoying
bath without coming through with
another 40 cents
You are provided with one candle
a day and charged for IT, The lights
go out early In the night. and II you
happen TO get up or want to read you
have TO use a candle This does not
apply TO Amsterdam. which Is a met.
ropolitan city"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
BEASTS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Rhlnoceros. Elephant, Elk, Reindeer
and Most Other Animals Better
Than Man In Water.

Nearly all animals are better swim.
mers than man and take to the wa
ter naturally, while he has to learn
TO propel himself The rhinoceros
and hippopotamus are wonderful
swimmers and divers. while the In
dian elephant crosses great rivers
with heavy loads. The elk and rein
deer are first class swimmers. The
elk keeps his head above water and
crosses directly from bank to bank
u avoid turning. The reindeer. on
the other hand, turns as often as he
likes. keeping his head only little
above the surface. But OF all swim
mers OF all ciimes the best. though
not the swiftest, Is the polar bear.
who passes hal, his time In the wa
ter swimming and diving. HIS swim.
ming lower is nothing short OF mi.
raculous II II be remembered that
the water in the regions he frequents
is invariably cold and that cold is
normally prohibitive to good swim
ming. There are bears that can swim
from 80 10 so kilometers without
great enOrt,
One OF the swiftest swimming ami
mails Is the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion. having at hand a SPUR.
rel born in captivity. which had never
seen water. wanted to see II 1t could
swim. and TOOK II with .l.u In row
boat 10 the center OF lase. The
squirrel turned toward the bank. head
ald paws above the water. back and
underneath II. and began to swim
so rapidly that 1t was with the great
est difficulty that the man recovered
It when II naared the rhallow water
near the land II Is said that even
many non.aquatIc birds will swim
like ducks ii an attempt be made TO
drown them. --Harper's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
HOME A CENTER OF SERVICE
Old Time Ideals Of Hospitality Should
Be Maintained so Far as
Possible.

The ideal home is not self-centered.
II is a center OF service. So lar as
circumstances will permit, the old.
time ideals of hospitality should be
maintained In wise and uplifting
ways the home should be shared Il
Is a good practice TO invite young
people who are away from home. Il
relieves loneliness. discouragement
ard temptation. Remember it is
Not what We give. but what wo share
The gift without the giver IS bare.
The home is the bulwark OF civil.
ization. within the extreme limits OF
wealth and poverty n home may be
goood or bad. irrespective OF social
position or property
Our homes are what we choose 10
make them. II is n question OF what
~ admit and what we kept out OF
them. Our best selves and the best
We have 20 give should so into the
home life, and 10 a large degree de-
terElines the character OF children
The home tends to make US better
sr vo'se. l'Ih rs Tie home becomes the
cnief factor determining the char
acter OF the community and the ma
ton. The trend of our times is away
from the home into the countless
amusements and interests OF modern
life.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
MRS. SMITH HAD A SURPLUS
undenlable Fact That Made Her Ad.
nit Stranger Might Be Right
in Her Claim.

woman who may be called Mrs.
Smith placed her umbrella against the
counter at which she was making
some purchases in a department store
the other day. and when she finished
picked II up and started away. At
least that was the way 1t ran through
her mind
Pardon me" said a strange wo-
man. but you have my umbrella"
"oh. no." said Mrs. Smith. that is
my umbrella"
Pardon me again." insisted the
strange woman. but it Is mine"
Il guess know my umbrella" said
Mrs. Smith. beginning to show figA
III you have lost your umbra,A-
sorry. but cant eaya, yyop
Did you carry twn ~ ~
you left homer" ask, ~ sIpsall,t,In,,.1gsH
Then Mrs. Smith dis .ata-.1d that
she had an umbrella in each hand and
she NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
On safe Ground.

Whenever. on one OF his rare holl-
days. Captain Colby went TO the city,
he took some young relative with him
as special treat On one such oeca-
sion he told his seventeen-year-old
grandson. whom he had with him. that
they would dine at real RESTRAINT.
and get a taste OF fancy cooking"
When they were at last seated in
the great dining room. the grandson
waited impatiently while the captain
read the bill of fare completely through
without emitting single article,
whether domestic or foreign in title.
At last lie sighed and handed the
card across the table TO the boy.
You choose what you like. sonny"
be said with a sigh AS for me,
reckon rs I've already eat more herrin'
than any other man Twin. might as
well stow away a little more. It's
alIays agreed with me. SO far
Youths Companion
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

.ricity or other motive power other
than steam, 10 steam. shall become
subject TO all the provisions of the
laws OF this State relating to the taxa
tiun Of railroad companies whose roads
are worked by steam power, and pro-
vided. however. that the provisions OF
this section shall not authorize any
railroad company to operate It's cars
or trains by steam or other powers
along the streets OF any city or town,
or along any public road. without the
consent OF the proper municipal or
county authorities
Sec. 2. And he It further enacted.
That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage
Approved April II. 1912
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDsBoRoUGH.
Governor.
JESSE ID. PRICE.
President OF Senate.
JAMES Nice. Triple.
Speaker OF House OF Delegates.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
Cardinals. Red Hats.

To the Countess OF Flanders. 40
tradition has It. the cardinals owe
their red hats She complained TO
Pope Innocent ~. that in an assem-.
blage she could not distinguish car
dinals from abbols ana other great
personages OF the church, SO the poo
pie. Mt the council OF Lyons IN 1915.
prescribed the red hat 10 replace the
inter. and red hat II has been ever
since. In the constitution of Boni-
face VIII. II was enacted that car
dinals should wear robes OF royal pur-
pie. but since 1864 red robes have
been worn. and the purple usually APP
pears only at Lent and advent. when
cardinals can be distinguished from
bishops by the red skull cap. birctta
and stockings.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
Another rrIumnh Of surnerx.

Two visiting surgeons at the Mas
sachusetts General hospital. a few
days ago tied off, the entire right
lung OF patient at the institution.
Although the operation was an ad-
vanced one. the surgeons said that the
anesthetic was administered accord
ing 10 a new method and II was their
belief that the patient would recover.
The difficulty heretofore. when ether
had been given in the normal way,
had been that the patient regained
consciousness beiere the operation
was concluded. In this instance the
Inclsion was made In the patients
back. The surgeons said that the
method was so new that II was yet
impossible to say whether tubercu-
lous lung could be taken out in the
same way.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
IcfIApTER 6s2. ]

AN ACT TO repeal and re-enact with
amendments section IS OF Article Z
OF the Code OF Public General Laws
OF Maryland OF 1904. title Appeals
and Errors" subtitle Appeals from
Justices OF the Peace"
Section /. Be il enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland. That
section SIS OF Article . vi the Code OF
Public General Laws OF Maryland OF
1904, title Appeals and Errors" sub
title Appeals from Justices OF the
Peace" be- and the same Is hereby re
peal.d and re-enacted with amend
ments so as 10 read Us follows:
Section So. On the party signifylng
his intention 10 appeal, II shall be the
duty OF the justice OF the peace 10
enter the appeal. with the date there
OF. upon his docket. within five days
after the party shall have signified his
intention to appeal. and TO transmit
the papers in the cause TO the clerk Of
the Circuit Court. or the clerk Of the
Baltimore City Court within thirty
days after such party shall have sig
nified his intention To appeal
Sec. 2. And be Il further enacted
That this act shall take effect from the
date OF its passage.
Approved April II. 1912
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDSBOROUGH.
Governor
JESSE D. PRICE.
President OF Senate
JAMES Nee. Triple.
Speaker OF House Of Delegates
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[cuApTER s171

AN ACT 10 repeal section 300A-i Of
Article 90 of the Code OF Public Gen
erai Laws OF Maryland, title Cor
porations." subtitle Railroad Com.
panies," as the said section was re.
enacted with amendments by the
Act OF 1908, Chapter l54, and 10 re-
enact said section WITH amendments,
said section 10 be designated as see
ton 322 OF the said article, and re-
latlng 10 the change or use Of motive
powers IN the operation OF railroads
Section /. BE II enacted BY the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That sec
ton 3O0A.l OF Article % Of tine Code
Of Public General Laws Of Maryland.
title Corporations" subtitle Rail
road Companies" as the said section
was re-enacted with amendments by
tho act OF 1908. Chapter 1874. be and
the same Is hereby repealed and re
enacted with amendments the said
section as re-enacted 10 be designated
as section 1922 OF said article. and TO
read as follows:
Section 1922. Every railroad com.
pany OF this State, heretofore or here
after incorporated may IN It's dSscre-
tion and from time to time. make use
Of any motive power or motive powers.
on the whole or any part or parts OF
It's road Tor the purpose OF operating
lts road or any part or parts thereof.
or for the movement Of all or any OF
its cars or trains; provided, however.
that every railroad company changing
It's motive power, In whole or IN part.
from steam 10 electricity, or other mo.
two power. shall continue 20 DO sub.
Ject 10 all the provisions of the laws
OF this State relating 70 the taxation
OF railroad companies whose roads are
worked BY steam power. TO all lntents
as n no such change OF motive power
had been made. and that every rail-.
road company changing It's motive
power. In whole or In part. from elec.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
OF What Use Are we7

We sometimes wonder OF what use
We are. and why we are put ON earth
One day Is added 20 another and we
seem to be no farther advanced on
the pathway OF our lives. AS Mark
Twain would have put II. We do not
appear TO be gaining on the scenery
Yet there is room In the world. and
need In the world. for each and every
one OF us. and therefore. we must keep
on going 10 the end. Emerson has
poem In which the squirrel talks 10
the mountain says: III cannot carry
forests on my back neither can you
crack nut" You can do something
nobody else can do: namely. live your
life. You have your chance II you
will only take Il. and ! have mine. II
We can do nothing else We can at least
be some ones friend. and there is
nothing that the world more keenly
wants and more sadly needs.-Ladies'
Home Journal
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
SOME OLD TIME PREACHERS
In Pioneer Days In Missouri Every oL
vine Carried Gun With Him
to Church.

Nearly every pioneer preacher in
the rifle as any OF the laymen. says a
writer in the Globe.Democrat. Serv.
ices were usually held in neigh
boris cabin. Notice OF a meeting"
was promptly and generally circu-
lated. and the settlers attended. uni
formly bringing their rifles to guard
against possible surprises or TO OBJ.
tain game on the way TO or from the
service
The practice of carrying firearms
was not abandoned or suspended even
on the Sabbath. An old pioneer states
that on one occasion religious serv-
Ices we're held in Saline county when
the preacher proclaimed the gospel of
peace with his hand and his clothing
covered with blood from deer that
he had killed and butchered on his
way TO the meeting that morning.
The pioneer preachers labored with.
out money and without price. They
gained their subsistence as did their
neighbors. by the rifle and by their
~e@t's ACAA IA Nue NItiiiHSs anu lut
corn fields
Rev. Justinlan Williams. Methodist.
and Rev Peyton Nowlin and Rev.
Thomas Kinney. Bapiists. we're the
first preachers in Saline county. They
preached on Edmonson's Creek. and
In the Big Bottom. "Old Man Now
lin." as he was called. was sedate
gentleman. dry as to manners and SER
mons, but with kind heart and good
intention.
His colleague Kinney, however. was
OF joyial disposition and very pop
ular He was without literary at
tainments. but invariably provoked his
congregation TO laughter NowlIn
took him 10 task upon one occasion
for his levity. Kinney answered:
We'll, Id rather preach TO laughing
devils than to sleepy ones. as you do.
You make them sleep and make
them laugh. My congregation will
pass yours on the road to heaven /
bet you a coonskin they Will"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11
fCIIAPTER 5s4.l

AN ACT to add n new section to Ar
ticle SO of the Code OF Public Gen
eral Laws OF Maryland. title Land.
lord and Tenant" subtitle Tenants
Holding Over" regulating the time
for the trial of ejectment cases ap'
pealed under section OF Article %
of the Code OF Public General Laws
OF Maryland. said section to be
known as section "A.
Section /. De II enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland. That
a new section BE- added TO Article %
OF the Code OF Public General Laws OF
Maryland. title Landlord and Ten
ant subtitle Tenants Holding over.
TO be known as section IA and to read
as follows:
"A. That the Appellate Court. be.
ing then in session. shall. upon the
application OF either party. set day
for the hearing OF said appeal, not less
than five days nor more than fifteen
days after such application; and no.
tice OF such order for hearing shall
be served on the opposite party or his
counsel at least i've days before such
hearing
Sec. ,. And be It enacted. That this
act shall take effect from the date OF
its passage
Approved April S. 1912.
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDSBOROUGH.
Governor.
JESSE D. PRICE.
President OF Senate.
JAMES Nee. Triple.
Speaker OF House o. Delegates.
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TcuAPTER ISL


AN ACT to- repeal section 22i of Ar
ticla 10 OF the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws OF Maryland OF the year
1894. title "Chancery.' subtitle
Trustee" and re.enact tho same
with amendments.
Section L. Be Il enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland. That
section POI OF Article IL OF the Code
OF Public General Laws of Maryland
Of the year 1904. title "Chancery." sub
title Trustee" be and the same Is
hereby repealed and re-enacted as fol
lows:
22l. Every trustee to whom any es
tate. real. personal or mixed. shall be
limited CIR conveyed for the benefit OF
creditors, or TO be sold for any other
purpose. except upon q contingency
shall file with the clerk OF the court
in which the deed or instrument ere
ating the trusts may be recorded, q
bond in such penalty as the clerk may
prescribe. being as nearly as can be
ascertained double the amount OF the
whole trust estate. and with sureties
10 be approved by the clerk. conditioned
for the faithful performance OF the
trusts repossd in such trustee, which
bond shall be retained and recorded
in the Office vi said clerk; and no title
shall pass 20 any trustee as aforesaid
until such bond shall be fled and ap
proved as aforesaid. and no sale made
by any such trustee without such
bond shall be valid or pass any title to
such property or estate. II the trust
af..f. t-s 81 4s
real and personal property. situated
partly In the county or city in which
the grantor reside. and partly In one
or more other counties. II shall be
sufficient that 4 bond has been accepted
and filed Ia the county OF the grantors
residence; If the trust estate consists
entirely Of real estate in county or
counties other than of the residence OF
the grantor. X shall be sufficient tina,
bond has been accepted and filed In
the county in which the deed has been
first recorded, provided, nevertheless
that this Section shall neither apply 10
nor include any deed Of trust by which
land Is conveyed 10 trustee or trus.
tees to sell In whole or in part or
parts. for the benefit either OF the
-taHtoi VI sIahtoFs III tHc saiu ueeu OF
trust or of the person or persons who
have contributed and paid the consid.
Grafton, other than love ana affection,
81 the said decd OF trust and is or are
entitled hereunder TO the proceeds OF
sale or sales made Hereunder.
Sec. ?. And be IL enacted. That this
act shall take effect from the date OF
It's passage.
Approved April II. 1912.
PHILLIPS LEE GoLDsBoRoUGH.
Governor.
JESSE p. PRICE.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11

While one OF the gardeners in
Droomhall gardens was digging a
trench recently. says the London
Globe. he came upon an ancient sand
bed. on further excavations being
made for the purpose OF securing sand
for gardening purposes. huge bone
was discovered. The bone Is believed
TO be one OF the yertcbrae OF a whale
or other great sen monster. II that
be so, the waters Of the Firth oil Forth
must have extended at least a quarter
Of a mile farther inland al some very
remote period. The osseous find was
deposited In Lord Elgin's museum at
Broomhall.