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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
ODDS AND ENDS.

Aluminium does not rust or tarnish.
Sicilim sulphur deposits employ Is. :
900 men
The way Of the world is to make
laws. but follow customs Montague.
North Carolina is first in tar. second
in copper. third III peanuts. fourth III
rice.
II is estimated that altogether there
are 400. 900. 900 mumisies of human be-
ings in Egypt.
The horseshoeing smith first appeared
IN Germany. where iron shoes were first
used for horses.
The art of dressmaking, as distinct
from tailoring, originated with the
present century.
Woman leads the world. She used
smokeless powder for ages before man
ever thought of adopting it.
Pliny describes reaper in use in his
time. which gathered the heads of the
grain, leaving the straw still standing.
Bolata, new discovery i'll the forests
Of Surinam. is a substitute for the rap
idly disappearing india rubber and gut
ta percha
This is high handed outrage" as
the boy remarked when he found that
his mother had Lut the cookies on the
upper shelf.
German peasants make q paying win
ter industry of gathering pine cones,
drying them and extracting the seed.
which they sell.
A historical writer of recent date
says that in the year 1870 it was moth
ing uncommon to see teams Of trained
bisons III Illinois and Missouri
At least 500 years before the Chris
tian era the Egyptians had axes Of vari-
GUS styles, chisels. mallets. planes and
saws. together with levels. rules. roll
ers, wheels and pulleys.
Grains Of wheat found in Egyptian
mummy eases have been known to ger
inmate after lying dormant for 5000
years. The plant they produced is almost
identical with the wheat grown in
Egypt at the present time.
1t was custom among the Pharisees
Of the time of Christ TO have q trumpet
sounded in the market place when they
We're about to distribute aims. This was
done ostensibly to call together the OBJ
jects of charity. but really to herald the
munificence of the donor.
The banyan tree is "a grove Of itself.
Its branches send out stringy filaments
which finally reach the ground. take
root and become trunks. One such tree
III India has 400 main trunks and over
5000 smaller An English army Of
1000 men has been sheltered at ono
time under its branches.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
Bullock Team. Ar.,n., Railroads.

An instance of road versus rail com
petition occurred here om Saturday,
when three bullock teams laden with
general merchandise arrive in Casterton
from Portland for Messrs. II. l. Il. Har
ris. The goods had been brought by
steamer from Melbourne to Portland.
when they We're loaded up by the well
known te:inisters, Messrs. q. Humphries.
J. Taylor and A. McEachern, who drove
10 bullocks each. The drivers left Port
land ON Saturday week. where they had
gone with loads of wool They give the
roads generally good maine and state
that ON the route they We're frequently
spoken to as to- the competition against
the railway and IA return of the good old
DAYS when the bullocks held full sway
of the roads. t Casterton tAustralia)
N,.Xys
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
A JoL. ON Congressman Blair.

Some wicked persons played - joke
upon the Hon. Henry W. Blair of New
Hampshire the other day by inducing u
member If the "Old Homestead" com
pany Ia dress up in his stage clothes and
go to the capitol. He carried an old
fashioned genuine carpetsack i'll his
hand and gingham umbrella. The
doorkeepcr WAS much amused when he
took in his card. and Mr. Blair was as
tonisiIed when he saw the garments of
his visitor. The latter represented him
self To- be- from the town of Nashua, N.
H., and said that when Mr.. Blair was
there last he had invited him to come
down 10 Washington and make him u
visit. OF course Mr.. Blair had been in
Nashua many times and realized that
he might have invited some of his con
stituents III that place To pay him visit
at Washington, but he could not iden-
tify this particular constituent and be-
gan To ASK questions The actor endured
the ordeal perfectly well, as he was IA
miliar with the locality. and the CON
gressman. who did not suspect anything,
might have been entertaining AN actor
unawares but for the tittering of some
newspaper men who had been let into
the secret and were watching the inter
view. The good natured congressman
admitted that il was an excellent make
up and very good joke. chicago Rec
ord.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
Itaiy's UnproiitabIe Railways.

The Corriere della Sea has just pub
lisied an article on the Italian rail
ways which says that. ''out of the 62
lines worked by the Mediterranean com
pany. there are =: which are worked az
loss and some whose expenses amount
to more than twice as much as their re-
ceipts Many of these lines--the princi-
pal ones indeed-are now 10 or 20 years
old, and yet are always III this disas-
trous condition. The investment of cap
ital here is disastrous. because instead
of gaining interest the investor has to
make continual grave sacrifices IF money
without even any indirect benefit to the
regions We're the lines pass. And what
is said OF the Mediterranean company
may be said of all the companies of
Italy.
To this dark picture will only add
that the railway debt of Italy is nearly
milliar,is, and that the annual railway
deficit is not less than zoo, 900, 900 lire,
or more than the actual cost of the
army. which. when the expenses of pub
lie security are deducted. is only about
1870, 600, 900.
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f.urot,e's indebtedness.

The statistics relative To the expendi
ture of the chief European countries
upon their armies and navics become
more significant when it is remembered
that the money thus spent is borrowed
money OF all the European govern
mcnts that of England is tn. only one
which. 50 TO speak. is paying its way.
The remainder are living on loans As
a consequence they are all augmenting
their national debts Between 1870 and
1887 the national debt of France was
increased by 1000, 900 francs, that of
Russia by 1000. 900. that of Italy by
8, I32. 900, OOO, that of Austria Hungary
by 4,OI9. OOO, 900, that of Germany by
something like the same sum, that of
Spain by l, 300. 900, 900 and so on. Even
the smallest states are heavy borrowers
Belgium having added almost rs much
to her obligations as Spain, while the
Roumanian debt has b,- al augmented to
the extent of sOI. 900, 900, that of Ser
via to the extent of 244. 900. 900 and
that of Greece to the extent of 21U. 900.
900. st James Gazette.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
Milking lseln,ieeR.

The process of milking herd of rein
deer is singular. and We have often
watched ii with interest. especially when
after long tramp across the fields We
looked forward tn a share of il ourselves.
Attended by the sharp nosed Lapland
dogs, the herd appears. its members
packed closely together and forming u
compact mass. in which the horns are
a prominent feature As they approach
nearer, one hears u grunting exactly like
swine. and "a curious, cracking sound,
produced by the contact of innumerable
horns and limbs. They are then driven
into an inclosure. each animal is lassoed
in its turn over the horns and dragged
up to all erection in the middle, where
it is milked. The quantity afforded by
each is only about as much as would
fill claret glass, but the milk is ex-
tremely rich and nourishing. Black
woods Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05

The existing distress III Swedish Lap
land. caused by the heavy SHOWS of last
winter. is described as being exceeding
ly severe GENERALLY the reindeer easily
finds nourishment beneath the snow.
but this winter that has been impossi
BILE. The SHOW was :" deep ami hard
that the ANIMALS could not pierce it.
On the Finland side there was plenty
of food for them. and they went by
thousands across the frontier, where
they We're confiscated by Finland. These
creatures are the whole riches of the
I.aplanders. who arc stated to Dc now
quite b,ggarcd London News.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
IRVING ON INDIVIDUALITY.
Sui,,tan"" - tie Actor, Address Before the
Harvard students.

Sui,.tan.. - t!.e Actor. Address Iiefor. the
Harvard students.
Th,re l. usually. If not always. Il gen.
eral ;is we'll "a u special truth or excel
lcncc in every great and spontaneous cf-
fort, and the result which sprang from
the power and genius Of Daniel Web
ster or Patrick Henry or Abraham Lin
coin is to bc Won ~ others III greater
or less degree by similar means. But it
must always In borne in mind that
merely 10 initiate Is not to apply u sim
liar method Ii any one of YOU have
great thoughts or burning passion. you
will need to copy no style or to limit
yourself to no method. Your thoughts
will find their way To the hearts of 9th
ers as surely as the upland waters burst
their way To the SEA. In fine. the grav
est of all the lessons that art can teach
Is this: That truth Is supreme and eter
nal. No phase of art can achieve much
Oh a false basis. Sincerity, which Is the
very touchstone of art. is instinctively
recognized by all There were never
truer ami wiser words spoken than those
VI old Polonius:
To thine own self be true,
And IL must follow "a the night the day
Thou cansi not then be falls. To any man.
But how can u man liz true to him
self If hc does not know himself: Know
thys.lf' Was il wisdom of the ancients.
But how can man know himself If he
mistrusts his own identity and if he
puts aside his special gifts i'll order to
render himself an imperfect similitude
of some one else:
DO not try To wrcSt from the future
the birthright of some other by the trick
of Esau's hairy hands. The blindness
of Isaac WAS type as we'll as reality,
for the world may be blind to one sense,
rs that father was. but to it, as to him,
there remain other senses which blind
ness cannot mar The voice will betray,
though the touch may deceive. There
fore ask YOU To weigh we'll the advan-
tages which may present themselves to
You before you try Ia part with, to min
imiZc or to furego III any way your own
individuality. Study il without being
egotistic. and understanding the weak
places sHuu tHeiI temptations anu Try
TO protect yourself 10y added strength.
Knowing yourself. you may learn to
know Others. and 50 in process Of time
you will both consciously and uncon-
sciously learn those abiding principles
of human nature and of human charac
ter which add To the knowledge and the
progress of the world. New York Ad
yerflser
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
why People 90 tO Church.

Some 20 10 church to weep,
While Others 20 To sleep
Some 20 their wives TO please
Their conscience others try to ease.
Some 20 TO tell about their woes
Others 20 To- show their clothes.
Some 20 To hear the preacher
Others like the solo scrccchcr.
Bows go to recOnDoitre--
Girls 20 because they ough-tcr
Many go for sage reflections
But precious few 10 help collections
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
Gss,lit,g Water.

IL is not generally known that water
may be cooled almost to ice water tenn
perature by putting it into an unglazed
earthen jar and hanging it in a current
Of air. The water permeates the porous
vessel and evaporates rapidly, thus cool
ing the water in very short time
New York Ledger
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For Over Fifty Years

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used by mothers for their children while
iccthing. Ii soothes the child, sofiens the
gums. allays all pain cures wind collie. regu-
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remedy Tor Diarhna. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. Sold by all druggist throughout the
world Re sure AMI ask for Mas. wISsLow's
SOOTHING SYRrP.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05

A rather gayly dressed young lady
asked her Sunday class. What is meant
by the pomps and vanities of the world:"
The answer was honest. but rather
unexpected, Them flowers i'll your
hat London Tit Bits.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
Two Questions.

Old Mc';rumpus-Do You suppose
that am so.ng To allow my daughter
TO marry i";.n aS poor rs you are:
Young Mot;all-Do you suppose that
any rich man would marry girl as
homely as sh. is:-New York Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
A Consistent Method.

"When Samkins makes a speech. he
always goes into his subject i'll u most
exhaustive manner "
Yes. and he treats his audience in
the same way American Industries.
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Marks of the Combat.

It is prosperity that kills and trouble
that saves. While the lsraelites were
on the march. amid great privations
and hardships. they behaved well. After
awhile they prayed for meat. and the
sky darkened with great flock of
quails, and these quails fell in large
multitudes all about them. and the Is
raelites ate and ate and stuffed them
selves until they died. oh, my friends.
that Injuries the soul. but abundant sup
ply Ii is not the yulture of trouble
that eats up the Christians life; it is
the quails, it is the quailsl You will
yet find out that your midnight wrestle
by the brook Jabbok is with an angel
of God, come down To bless and save.
Learn again that while our wrestling
with trouble may be triumphant We
must expect that il will leave its mark
upon us. Jacob prevailed. but the angel
touched him. and his thigh bone sprang
from its socket, and the good man went
limping on his way. We must carry
through this world th. mark of th.
combat. What plow,sl thuse premature
wrinkles in your face: What whitened
your hair ls.fore IL Was time for frust:
What silenccd forever 81 much of the
hilarity If your household: All. it is be
caus. the angel Of trouble hath touched
you that you 90 limping un your way.
You need not be surprised that those
who have passed through the fire do
not feel a. gay a. once they did.
Do not be out If patience with thos.
who come not out of their dependency.
They may triumph over their loss, and
yet their gait shall tell you that they
have been trouble touched. Are We
stoics that we can. unmoved. see our
cradle rificd Of the bright eyes and the
sweet lipsg Can we stand unmovei and
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rI.a.ant rro.p.., For Johnny.

ut pains me very much to spank you.
Johnny" said his mother. with deep feel
ing, land shall have to turn you over
to your father. His hands are harder. :"
Chicago Tribune.
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Miss Snlallheart. don't you think
you could learn to love me:'
Miss Sm;.llheart-Mr. Slimcash,
wish you had spoken yesterday before
bought Fido. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The reputation OF the Malt. ;
House" Baltimore, for frst-class accom-
modaiions and low rates is fully sustain
ed under the present management This
fact with its central location should rec
ommcnd Il To al travellers.
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Wanted purchaser for lot on
Washington Street at $500, also one
for four acres Of ground on New Lane
extendcdat sl73. Both good property
! and cheap. q. II. Purnell.
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Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Iaes u. S Govt Report
%E!A!!!!! g! Rsti9s BS%dssz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
AN AWFUL STRUGGLE
REV. Or. TAlmAGE breaches UPON
IiFE'S SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS.

III. Tl-rce con.hai with AN Uakno~n yis-
Itsr That Ia.t- ntn Daybreak When
Nave. al Trouble Almost Ossrs helm.
Ibs Cry "a s.ei ~ Dying soaI.
BgooKLY... April - The tabernacle
was crowded this morning with the usu-
al throng If eager listeners. DIR Tai
magy preached GA the spiritual conflicts
uf life. taking for his text Genesis xxAii.
"a sd: And jacob Vas left alone. and
than wnstlesi a man with him until
the lFsaking II the day. And when he
saw that hs prevailed not against him
hc touched the hollOw of his thigh. and
the hollow II Jacobs thigh was cut of
joint ~ he wr->tlssi with him. Aud he
said. Lat me ~. for the day breaketh.
And b. said. ! will not let thee go eX-
csp, thou bless mt -
The dust ar,ssc from travelling herd
u cattle and sheep and goats and cam
els. They are the present that Jacob
ssiIds tO gain ths. good will of his Of
Tended brother. That night Jacob halts
by the brook Jabtok But there Is no
r,st for the weary man. no shining lad
der to let the angels down into his
dream. but a fierce combat. that lasts
until the morning. with an unknown
visitor. They each try Ia throw the other
The unknownyisitor. Ia reveal his superi-
ar power. by a touch wrenches Jacobs
thigh bone from its socket. perhaps
manning him for life. As on the morning
sky the clusters Of purple cloud begin to
ripen Jacob sees il Is an angel with
whom he has been contcnding, and not
one Of his brothers coadjutors. Let me
CO." cries the angel. lifting himself up
into increasing light. The day break
.fhf"
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From a wrestle with habit | have
seen men fall back defeated. Calling for
no help, but relying ON their own reso-
lntions, they have come into the strug-
gle. and for time il seemed as il they
We're getting the upper hand II their
habit, hut that habit rallied again its
internal power and lifted soul from
its standing. and with force borrowed
from the pit hurled il into utter dark
ness. First SAW the auctionser's NAL
let fall on the pictures and musical in
struinents and the rich upholstery of
his family parlor After awhile saw
him fall into the ditch Then. ia the
midnight, when the children were dream
ing their sweetest dreams and Christian
households are silent with slumbcr, an
gel watched. heard him give the sharp
shrek that followed the stab Of his own
poniard. He fell from an honored social
position: he fell from family circle of
which once he was the eTandest attrac-
tiOn; he fell from the house Of God, at
whose affairs he had been consecrated;
he fcll-forevcrl But. thank God, l
have often seen better termination
than that.
have seen men prepare themselves
for such n wrestling. They laid hold of
Gods help as they went into combat
The giant habit, rcgaled by the cup of
many temptations, came out strong and
defiant They clinched. There were the
writings and distortions of a fearful
struggle But the old giant began to
wavcr, and at last, III the midnight
alono, with none but God to witness,
by the brook Jabbok. the giant fell. and
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-05-05
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WM. TINGLE DICKERSoN,
Attorney Law,
Office-On Court House Square,
SNOW HILL, MD
ADIAL L. BARNES,
Attorney at Law,
Office, Opposite the Court House,
Snow HILL, Mp.
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Christian Struggles.

You see, in the first place, that God
allows good people sometimes to get
into u terrible struggle. Jacob was u
good man, but here he is left alone in
the midnight To wrestlc with tremen-
dous influence by the brook Jabbok. For
Joseph. "a pit: for Daniel, II wild beast
den; for David. dcthronelnent and ex-
lie; for John the Baptist, a wilderness
diet and the executioner's AK; for Peter.
prison; for Paul. shipwreck; for John,
desolate Patmos: for Vashti, most in
sulting cruelty; for Josephine. banish-
ment; for Mrs. Sigourney, the agony Of
a drunkard's wife; for John Wesley,
stones hurled by AN infuriated mob; for
Catherine. the Scotch girl. the drown
ing surges Of the sea; for Mr.. Burns.
the butfeting of the Montreal populace;
for John Brown Of Edinburgh, the pis-
tol shot of Lord Claverhouse; for Hugh
Mckail, the scaffold; for Latimer, the
stake; for Christ. the cross For whom
the rocks, the gibbets. the guillotines.
the thumbscrews! For the sons and
daughters of the Lord God Almighty.
Some one said to Christian reformer,
The world Is against you. l." Then.
he replied, Il am against the world "
l will GO further and say that every
Christian has his struggle. This man
had his combat in Wall street; this one
on Broad street. this ole On Fulton
street; this one ON Chestnut street; this
one on Stat. street; this one on LON
bard street,: this one un the bourse
With financial misfort une you have
had the midnight wrestle Redhot dis
asters have dropped into your store from
loft TO cellar What You bought you
could not sell Whom you trusted fled.
The help you expected would not come.
Some giant panic. with long arms and
grip like death, took hold of You in an
awful wrestle from which you have not
yet escaped. and il is uncertain whether
IL will throw You or You will throw il.
Here is another soul in struggle with
some bad appetite He knew not how
stealthily il was growing upon him.
One hour he woke up. He said. For
the sake of my soul. of my family, and
Of my children, and of my God. must
stop thisr' And. behold, he found him
self alone by the brook Jabbok, and it
was midnight. That evil appetite seiZ-
ed upon him. and he seized upon it, and.
OH, the horror of the conflict! When
once Il bad habit has aroused itself up
10 destroy u man and the man has sworn
that. by the help of the eternal God, he
will destroy il, all heaven draws itself
out in long line of light to look from
above, and hell stretches itself in myr-
midons of spite to look up from beneath.
have seen men rally themselves for
such struggle. and they have bitten
their lip and clinched their fists and
cried, with blood red earnestness aud u
! rain of scalding tears. God help mel"
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