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Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
Joseph J. Devereaux,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.

have opened an Agency in this town for
the sale of town and county real estate.
Persons who have good property for sale
will do well to consult me aud those who de-
sire to buy farms or town property are as
sured that will do the best in INV power to
serve them. I shall have no other than
open square dealings with everyone.
J, J. DEVEREAUX, Snow Hill. Md.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
For Sale Cheap.

Choice of four pair Of young mules,
as nice as can be found in the county.
all good workers and excellent pullers
double or single. Will be sold en-
reasonable terms. Apply to
Thomas \. HEARN.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
Your Health

should always be your
first consideration. If YOU feel dull.
depressed and lacking in energy
something is wrong; they are the
premonitory :ymptoms OF disease.
aad are generally due t ~ impure
state OF the blood. which must bv
corrected prn:ap,ly. or serious CON
sequence, wiil follow. 10 cleanss
the system thorough; and enrich
the blood, revive the spirits and in
fuse new lie into YOU being use
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
TALI.EST MAN ON EARTH.
HasSan Ali, an Arabian, is Eight
Feet i'm I.eight.

Hassin Ali, who has the honor of
being the tallest man on earth. has
just begun his tour of the world at
Castan's Panoptikum, in Berlin. \
spectator. who was present on the
opening night. described him by say
ing that he looked like walking tree
as he came forward on the platform
and extended a hand which measures
l3 inches from wrist to finger tips.
The feet of the giant are an inch
longer than his hands, and the head is
II inches long. Hass;n Ali. although
nothing more than a youth Of 10 years,
measures in height 8 feet. As he is
likely to grow up TO his 10Th year,
there is no telling where he will stop.
Hassan is an Arabian by birth, and
was discovered in Egypt. He has
course, but no unpleasant features, and
is very Misunderstanding subject.
The shape of his head is very peculiar.
Ii grows narrow toward the top. and
is unusually strongly developed at the
base The proportion Of the length Of
the legs to the upper part of the body
is quite irregular, AMI his neither
limbs are at least twice as long rs
those Of ordinary people.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06

Rambler Bicycles are much i'm
proved this year and greatly reduced
in price. They are undoubtedly the
cheapest wheel in the world They
will last for years and run easy all the
time. and cost little for repairs. The
past demonstrates these facts. Some
persons brv low grade wheels, but
don't YOU, it Is great mistake.
They are in the repair shop much of
the time. cost as much. or more i'm the
end, than high grade wheel. run
hard all the time and soon wear out.
You will make no mistake # you
buy No. 1 Rambler at sl05.00. 1t
is the cheapest wheel on earth.
Some makers put Il high grade price
on low grade wheels and give u big
discount TO make you think you are
getting great deal for your money.
Don't be deceived by this. Strictly
high grade wheels are not sold that
way. HANDLERS are not the only high
grade wheels on the market, but they
are THE BEST.
j. w. VINCENT,
The JEWELER,
SNOW HILL, MD.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
Senator Gibson and Col. Lloyd
Have had IL Public
Falling Out.

There was an interesting little scene
al the Talbot County Fair which WAS
not down in the official program. 1t
was visitors day. and Senator Gibson
was one oi the associations guests.
Col. Edward Lloyd is vice-presi.lent Of
the association and was member of
the reception committee, and this com
bination of circumstances caused the
scene referred To.
The Senator and Colonel Lloyd. as
is we'll known, have not been on cor
dial terms since the latter was de-
feated for the Port Collectorship ut
Baltimore. he making the claim that
Mr.. Gibson was responsible for the de-
feat in not urging the Coloners appoint
ment. although lending every aid to
Judge Hammond for the sub-Treasur-
ership.
80 that was why crowd of specta-
tors gathered TO witness the first public
meeting OF the two gentlemen, believ-
ing there would he some spicy devel-
opments. And they were not disap-
pointed. for when Senator Gibson ap.
preached Col. Lloyd with bland smile
and outstretched hand, the latter de
!iberately put his hand behind him
and refused to acknowledge the Sena
tors salutation.
"What do you mean by that? ?" ask
e.l the Senator Indignantly, and Col
Lloyd's answer was equally cheerless
"Iou may take it just as I've given
it.
Il have always treated YOU as q
gentleman, sir" said Senator Gibson
but your conduct to-day deprives yo,
of that privilege" sally &c which
Colonel Lloyd made Lo reply and the
episOde ended.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06
We Desire to in
form our Patrons

and the public generally. that we
have Just received from the South
tuil stock of y. &. kiln-Dried
Lumber, embracing Flooring,
& ling, Siding. Shelving. and
Dressed Boards all widths: also
Heart Floorin. and Dressed
Heart Lumber suitable for Win
dow and door Frames. Corner
Boards. etc. in fact anythin. Won
nccl in the dressed lumber line.
We invite and request YOU to ex-
anime our stock before placing
YOUR order. Oar lumber sheds
are just III the rear of our Sash
ami Door Warehouse
We wouli alsu remind Won that
we have II more complete stock
than ever before of Sash, Doors.
blinds. Moul,iings. etc. and that
We have inst received from the
West consignment "f Turned
Poplar Porch Posts, that we sell
Mantcls, Brackets. Hand Rails.
etc.. and carry full line of Build
crs' Hardware. and do Roofing
and Spoutin.. We sell lIarri-
sons Town and Country Paints.
settle drive wells anywhere ON
short notice and handle Pumps.
Points and Pipe. We like to for.
rot that W. are first hands for
Lime and Hair, and always have
in stock Cement. Calcinci Plas-
ter, Fire Clay Chimney Pipe.
Felt Roofing. Putty. Glass. Lin
seed oil and Turpintinc.
The fact is,
we keep BUILDING MATERI-
AIS and don't Keep ANYTHING
else.
". D. Corddry & Son,
SNOW HILL. VI
y. u. Don't forget our stock Of Non
Carolina Lumber.
Democratic messenger., 1894-10-06

Hoods Pills are purely vegetable, Pc
ectlv harmless. always reliable and benehci~
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THE NORTHWEST.
Important Happenings In Various
Sections, as Cleaned from
Our Exchanges.
THE DlSLOYAL AMERICAN,
The Men Who Write for the Organ
Of Bigotry Are Either Fools
or Knaves.
MINNESOTA.

Mr.. Walter Cavanaugh, of Faribault,
has invented and patented furnace that
is said to be far superior to anything of
the kind yet put before the public
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SLICED APPLE PIE.

Peel the spples-let them be green
ings, pippins or Spitzenburgs; slice
them thin into an earthen dish.
1t takes six good sized apples to make
a large pie. Lay the slices in the pie
plate on the under crust, with which
it is lined. Have it well heaped up
with apples, springle with sugar,
favor with allspice, cinnamon or
caraway seed, just which you like
best. springle few drops of water
over the top, few tiny pats of butter,
dredge over the whole little -four.
Put on the upper crust, press tightly
round the edge of the pan to keep the
juice in, put in the. oven and bake
forty minutes with a moderate fire.
When done take out of the oven.
make little incision in top of crust
and pour in two tablespoonful of
water, hold the pie in both hands after
you have done this and give it two
or three rotary movements to equally
distribute the water. Then put the
pie in a cool, dry place till ready to
eat-if your desire don't get the better
of you and tempt you to eat it while
hot.-New York Advertiser.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fe7ers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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Royal Buckwheats.

For generations it has been the Gus
tom to mix the batter for buckwheat
cakes with yeast or emptyings, retain
ING a portion of the batter left over
from one morning to raise the cakes
for the following day.
! If kept too warm, or not used
promptly, this batter becomes e1ces-
sively sour and Objectionable. Buck
wheat cakes raised by this means are
more often sour OF heavy than light
and sweet. If eaten daily they dis
tress the stomach and cause skin erup'
tions and itching.
Instead of the old-fashioned way we
have been making buckwheat cakes
this winter with Royal Baking Pow.
der, mixing the batter fresh daily, and
find the result wonderfully satisfac.
tory. They are uniformly light and
sweet, more palatable and wholesome,
and can be eaten continuously without
the slightest digestive inconvenience.
Besides they are mixed and baked in a
moment, requiring no time to rise.
Following is the receipt used:
Two cups of pure buckwheat Hour
lnot ssprepared" or mixed), one cup
of wheat -four, two tablespoons OF Royal
Baking Powder and one-half teaspoon
ful of salt, all sifted we'll together. Mix
with milk into thin batter and bake
at once on hot griddle. Once prop
erly tested from this receipt, no other
buckwheat will find its way to your
table.-Domestic Cookery.
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also stack them in huge piles, convey
them 10 the. mills, saw them, and
afterward pile the lumber. Of course
each elephant performs only certain
parts of the work for which he has
been trained, and the entire herd is
divided into companies, of from two
to eight. One division of the pachy-
derms does the work in the water, an
other company carries the logs to the
drying or seasoning stacks, others
pile them, another class conveys the
dry logs to the mill, where some of
the elephants do the work of saving,
still others pile the sawed lumber, and
another herd carries hay and prepares
the food for the great industrial
combination of brute strength and in
telligence.
But the most wonderful, interesting,
novel and most incredible feature Of
the entire combination is the sight of
two monstrously large male elephants
that actually act as bosses or over
seers of the work. These move from
place to place among the working ele-
plants, spurring them on, pushing,
driving and frequently chastising a
lazy or recalcitrant member of the
force.
Very few men are needed to direct
the elephants in their work. From
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Australia's Prolific Gold Fields.

Australian advices show that the
gold hunger continues to tempt men
to face the terrors of thirst and heat
in the attempt to Cross the trackless
and waterless waste guarding the
treasures of the Coolgsrdie region.
Though several thousandpersons have
gathered about Coolgardie, 80 i'm
mense is the auriferous area that only
the most cursory search has yet been
made. At points al over the terri
tory of $4,000 square miles gold has
been found, both alluvial and in reefs,
and it is only the fatal absence of
water which has prevented the estab.
lishment of the greatest mining camp
Of the world.
Reports of finds by some explorers
read like fairy tales. Almost the only
means of separating the gold in the
drifts has been by blowing, yet Bay.
ley, the discoverer of Coolgardie, tells
how, in about a month. his party col
lected nearly 200 ounces, and that at
last coming on the reef they collected
fifty ounces OF gold in one evening. In
another two days they took 800 ounces
from the cap of reef, and in still an
other forty hours they gathered 52s
ounces, the only means for extracting
the gold being "to knock the stuff out
and dolly it with pestle and mortar"
The want of water, however, sur
rounds the gold fields like wall of fire,
and efforts are being made by the
government of the colony to find sub
terranean reservoirs. ---San Francisco
Examiner.
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Ferns 100 Feet High.

Ferns ever have and ever viii come
in for full share of homage from the
worshipers at natures shrine. Their
delicate and graceful outlines, together
with the almost certainty that some
members of the family may be found
in their prime, whether sought in May
or December, if not buried in the
snow, assures for them prominent
place near the head of the list of desir-
able floral decorations.
They are found in all climes and
vary almost as much as do their sur
roundings. They revel in warm,
moist and equable climate, and are
now found in the highest state of lux
uriance in the tropical islands of the
Pacific and on the low banks of the
Amazon. where they rival palms in
shape and often attain to the height OF
100 feet. More than 5000 species are
now known, of which the Philippine
Islands alone furnish 300, Java and
southeastern Africa 400.
Collectors on the United States
steamer Albatross brought thirteen
species from the sterile shores of
southeastern Patagonia. These have
been named by Professor D. G. Eaton,
of Yale College, and include represen-
tatives of seven genera, one of which,
aspidium aculeatum, is native of the
North Atlantic States. Four of the
eight suborders of living species, rep
resented by twenty-five genera and
upward of sixty species and varieties,
are indigenous to our Northern States.
Typographical Magazine.
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six to eight Of the animals usually
work in the water. These wade or
swim, according to the depth of the
water, to the log boom, and loosening
several logs at time tow them to the
shore at a certain point. Each Of the
company OF elephants that convey the
logs from this point to the drying
place has chain attached to his neck
and reaching to the ground. At the
bottom OF this chain is a loop, through
which the log is run. A man directs
the movements of the elephants in
placing the log within the coil Of the
chain. The elephant picks up another
log by his trunk, and in this manner
drags two at time to the seasoning
stacks. About eight elephants are
employed in this capacity. The work
of piling the logs to dry is done by two
female elephants. Each winds her
trunk about the log near the end, and
together they raise it in horizontal
position and place it on the stack.
After the logs are dried sufficiently
they are ready for the mill. Two fe-
male elephants take the dry logs from
the piles and deliver them to a herd
similar in training to those working
between the water and the seasoning
stacks. These take the logs to track
over which Il small car runs to the
mill. Only one log at time is placed
upon this car. As soon as log is in
position on the car an elephant,
trained for this particular part of the
work, pushes the Car to the mill. Ar
rived at the mill, the log is pushed
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Philadelphia's Colossal Structure.

A colossal statue of William Penn,
standing 537 feet in the air. is to over.
look from the tower of the Philadel-
phia City Hall, that city's great area
of red brick.
The enormous structure that the
founders statue is to cap and complete
is the largest and by far the costliest
City Hall in the United States. The
first official steps looking to the cree.
ton of a new municipal building for
Philadelphia were taken by the City
Councils nearly quarter of century
ago. John Macarthur, Jr., was ap.
pointed architect year later, and tho
first contracts for the work were award.
ed in January, 1870.
The first intent to erect the build.
ing in Independence Square aroused
80 much opposition that the question
of site was submitted to popular vote,
and Penn Square, at Broad and Market
streets, was chosen by large major.
ity. Ground was formally broken by
the President of the Building Com
mission August 16, 1871, and the first
stone WAS laid almost exactly one year
later. The cornerstone, at the north.
east angle of the tower, WAS formally
laid July 4, 1874, and the last block Of
marble on the tower was put in place
at height of nearly $40 feet thirteen
years later.
The appropriations for the still un.
completed building had reached, at the
opening of the present fiscal year, less
$50, 900 short of $15, 900, 900. Archi.
tect Macarthur died in 1890, when about
$13, 900, 900 had been spent upon the
building, and when part of the struc.
ture had been several years in use.
The Philadelphia municipal build.
ing is classified as nearly as may be as
of the Renaissance style, and its de.
sign is essentially in the spirit OF
French architecture. Its ugliest fea.
ture is it's series of black slated man.
sard roofs Gaping structure of white
marble, its most beautiful the slender
white tower, the highest in the world
save the obelisk that forms the Wash.
ington Monument. The structure is
built about a central court, 200 feet
square. The north and south fronts
1861 feet each, and the building, ex.
elusive of the courtyard, covers an
area of A. acres. The floor space is 14t
acres, and there are in the building
$50 rooms. The clock dial, 361 feet
above the pavement, is twenty feet in
diameter. The crowning statue of
William Penn is thirty feet high
Detroit Free Press.
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Runaway Colt in Strange Company.

Three years ago, as related by an
exchange, a colt strayed from the
place of John Hunter, on the Upper
St. John, below the Seven Salmon,
New Brunswick. Several days were
spent in a fruitless search for the colt,
and he was given up as probable
prey to the bears. Last summer two
moose hunters, while at Round Lake,
on the Allegash, Maine, came upon the
strayed animal, accompanied by two
bull moose. They captured it, built
a raft and RATED it to its owner. 1t
had become wild, and no doubt fra
ternized with the moose from the first,
living with them in their yards in the
severe Aroostook winter. When found
it WAS sleek, we'll developed and IN
good condition, and had grown a coat
of hair of unusual thickness. Lewis
ton Journal.
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A Medieval Strong Nan.

Louis de Boufflers, who lived in the
sixteenth century, could break bar
of iron with his hands. The strongest
man could not take from him ball
which he held between his thumb and
first finger While standing up. with
no support whatevor, four strong SOL
liers could rot move him. He re-
mained rs firm as rock. Sometimes
he amused himself by taking on his
shoulders his own horse, tully
harnesseG. and with that heavy load
he promenaded the public square. to
the great delight Of the inhabitants.
At about the same time there lived
Spaniard named Pedro who conld
break the strongest handouts that
could be put around his wrists. lie
folded his arms on his chest and ten
men pulling in different directions
with ropes could not unfold them.
Augustus H.. elector OF Saxony, was a
man Of great strength. He could carry
r. man i'll his open hand. One night
he quietly threw ont OF window
mons who parade1 his palace, pretend.
ing TO rs . ghost. Chicago Herald ;
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A Means Out OF the DinicuIty,

Any strain or bending Of the back for any
length Of time leaves it in weakened con-
dition. A means out of the difficulty is al
ways handy and cheap. Do as was done by
Mr.. Herman schwaygel, Aberdeen, s. D.,
who says that for several years he suffered
with q chronic stitch in the back, and was
given up by doctors. Two bottles OF st.
Jacobs Oil completely cured him. Also Mr..
John Lucas, Elnora, Ind, says that for sew
eral years he suffered with pains in the back,
and one bottle Of st. Jacobs Oil cured him.
There are manifold instances OF how TO do
the right thing in the right way and not
break your back.
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IInHise Economy.

Do not buy anything that is not
needed because it is cheap. Nothing
is cheap to purchaser that does not
meet an immediate want. Goods laid
away rot, grow oid-fashioned, yellow,
and lose in value monthly. Bargain
counters are dangerous foes to true
economy, unless awoman has the clear.
beaded wisdom to decide exactly what
she needs to purchase in advance, and
the firmness of character to resist the
willy assaults of the salesman who
makes unnecessary purchases seem at.
tractive at the moment. If you need
articles displayed on the bargain
counters, look for them there; If not,
avoid these fascinating displays asyou
would moral pestilence, lest they
prove too much for resistance. l
know the force of the bargain counter,
for I have, alas mourned the waste OF
good dollars when too late, and bit.
terly repented me of articles for which
I could find no rational use except the
missionary box; and even thus dis
posed, my conscience has reproached
me for questionable charities.-Jen-
ness Miller's Monthly.
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ELEPHANT LABOR.
HALF A HUNDRED MAMMOTHS
AT WORK IN SAWMILLS.
Wonderful Intelligence Displayed by
the Bulky Animals-Two OF
Them Act as Bosses
of the Herd.

~ 1SPLAYS of trained animals,
broken for show purposes,
! cannot offer the slightest COM
parison in interest in the
trained elephant exhibition one sees in
the city ofMoulmein, British Burmah.
The more absorbingly entertaining
feature of the novel sight is the para
doxically industrial character which
the work of these huge Indian pachy-
derms assumes. 1t hardly seems posi-
BILE that the work of sawmill, usually
done by human hands. could be ac-
complished through the medium OF
the elephants trunk and the elephants
ssgacity; nevertheless, it is a fact
that the Irawadi Steamship Company
uses some forty or fifty elephants in
the operation of its sawmills at Moul-
mein, and the teakwook so largely en-
tering upon the construction Of ships
is here made ready for the hands of
the artisan.
A gentleman lately returned from q
tour of the East, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, gives an interesting
account of the manner in which the
mills are operated. The, logs are
chopped in the interior and fioated
several hundred miles down the Salwin
River to the mill, which is situated on
the banks of the stream at Moulmein.
Here the logs are formed into boom,
and henceforth the work of transport
ing is done by the elephants.
The boom is very similar to those
we see in the numbering districts OF
Wisconsin and Michigan, but instead
of the sight of men brightly garbed in
red and blue running from log to log
and moving them with long, steel
pointed poles, we see great, ponder
GUS elephants wading and swimming
among the teak logs and pushing them
toward the shore.
The logs are not sawed directly
from the water, but are first seasoned,
and the elephants not only bring the
logs from the water to the land, but