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land. being wholly of English origin.
contract fatal diseases Of such certainty
if kept in large bands that the farmers
Of Massachusetts and Maine are accus-
toned To assert in general terms that
sheep will not thrive if kept in fiocks of
more than 80 or 40 head.
For sheep raising npon u profitable
scale upon the abandoned farms of New
England. Mr. Bennett recommends the
Rambouillet ram crossed upon native
ewes A history of these sheep. of which
an illustration is presented herewith. is
as follows: In 1885 Louis XVI of
France. who two years before had
bought the domain Of Rambouillet and
established an experimental farm there
on. obtained permission from the king
of Spain to purchase and take from the
last named kingdom flock of pure
Merinos. The Spanish king gave orders
that the selection should I've made from
the finest flocks of his kingdom.
The RamboUillet flock was put under
the care of an agricultural commission
Mt the beginning of the French revolu-
tion. and through all the horrors of that
period it was preserved from danger.
and from the day If its foundation in
1886 to the present. "a period of over
century. this flock has been conducted
with the closest attention to feed, care
and selection. The common American
Merino ram today weighs about 100
pounds. but the best American Ram
bouillet ram weighs from 200 to 270
pounds.
The Rambouillets began To be i'm
ported into the United States some
years ago and are now largely domesti-
Gated in Ohio and Michigan. Mr.. Ben
nett has had considerable flock of
them at Freedom Me. The Rambouillet
ewes make excellent mothers and un-
der proper conditions will produce
lambs ut any season of the year
As to the theory that the difficulty
with sheep raising in New England lies
in the destructiy mss of dogs Mr.. Ben
nett writes to Il correspondent that this
is great mistake He has experiment
ed largely with sheep. both in Maine
and in Massachusetts. and has never
had any trouble with dogs because he
uses !. dogpronf barhed wire fence. the
wire for which cost SCI; 20 per mile,
built of seven strands. The first strand
is very close to the ground. 50 that
sheep and dogs cannot crawl under. and
they will not jump ever. because fence
of moderate height is never troubled by
dog unless he can put his paws upon it
when jumping over
As to the value of an investment in
sheep husbandry upon the abandoned
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EMBASSAUORS' SALARIES.
fhose at the Cni,cd states aud Great
Er!t.i:: s....nared.


Mr. Joseph II Oh site is not so well
known ON This side q. the Atlantic as some
If his predecessors who l,or- tie names Of
lowell, Lincoln. Bayard and Hay On tho
thcr hand. he las Crai lawyers pcord
~ his own country. ard heci.niim,~ polit-
i''tl integrity and personal distinction as
u ,aby n> any former cmh;,Ss;.Gur of the
rr NJ republic IL l.. acc,.; led doctrine in
the United States that the minister TO
Grat Britain shall h. "A man of some pri-
Naic means. since the remuneration Is but
$3.50 whereas our ambassador at Wash
ington h::s nearly double that amount, or
u. ijg year Even this sum is small in
comparison with posts Of infinitely less
importance sir II Drumm1nd Wolff gets
E5. 800 even NJ Madrid Rome is g7. 900
or lcsS hy 81 O0O for Sir Philip Curric than
his former - at Cunsiantinonlc, which
is worth fs00O That sum again is alb
Su;ylly enough. e20O year more than our
ambassador gets ~ - Petersburg Tho
ambassadors in Berlin and Vienna have
Es.O "a year. and The prize of the diplo-
matte profession is Paris. which is now
paid at s9.O00
IL must strike anybody that. consider
ing our American trade and. above all
the imperial responsibility specially at
taching to our representative nt Washing
ton the United States should not he rank
ed In the matter Of pay before Rome, 1t
Petersburg Berlin. Vienna and-Con-
stantinoplc IL would be an open sign
and seal of the virtual alliance of the An
glo- Saxon race it, when Sir Julian
pauncrfotc r,iir,s in April the embassy
at Washington should BE- raised To the
first rank and put on "a par with that of
Paris. OF at the very least of Berlin and
Vienna The compliment would be felt
frnm Maine Ia California and from Lake
superior To thc Mexican border And the
compliment would represent fact-a Sc
rious faci-thut In the future we must
look for the closest sympathy not in Eu-
rope. but in America. and that no one less
than our very bcst man tnot that sir .Iu
lian Paunccinte H. less than our beStl
should speak for us in the mighty state
which Washington founded and Lincoln
ruled London Chronicle
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lie Got the Ad.

You re- not on that horrid paper.
are you. cried the girl who speaks her
mind, Though | did once meet IA re-
porter from il who was rather nice
He came 10 see about getting an adver-
tisemcnt What Not reporter I
Why. Thought he was. Well. anyway
had lost dog. and he said he had
heard of it and wanted 10 know if
didn want 10 advertise in his paper
for il. It'd him | didn't believe i
liked his Old paper. and he said he
didn thinK much Of il himself. but he
Thought it was pretty apt To reach the
class of pcopi,. who stole dogs. And SO
since he WAS 50 polite about it !
Thought | mi hit as we'll advertise in it.
But iidn I get the doS. New York
Commercial Advertiser
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FcnrfuILinn Adventure.

Mr. Richard Whitehead. an officer of H.
b. VI. : East Africa Protcctoratc, near
MombaSa, has recently had IA narrow cs-
cape from man eating lion which had
killed and dcvourcd many coolies employ
cd in making the railway from Mombasa
Hearing that this notorious lion had been
seen at Tsavo, through which place the
railway is being made, Mr. Whitehead
proceeded there to cndcavor to shoot il,
and, passing 10y night through the unfin-
ishcd cutting for the railway, followed by
his cody sergeant, hc saw the lion on
projection above him He fired, but miss
cd ON account of the darkness and the ami
nal sprang upon him and tore his clothes
into ribbons, bruising and clawing his
legs and making deep claw marks upon
his back. Fortunately the ground was
uneven and sloping. and in the desperate
struggle the lion rolled over. allowing Mr.
Whitehead To get away and have second
shot. which was also Intellectual Tho
lion then made for the cody sergeant and
carried him of His half eaten body was
found in the morning at some distance
from the encounter African Cor Lon
don Ti,,n>
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CALLING A MAN A LlRH.
States In which 10 Is an Onense
Against the Law.

The introduction Of bill in the Texas
legislature making the proof that a man
has been called "A liar justiiiahlc defense
in cases of assault and battery has led The
Post Dispatch to gather from its CORE
spOndcnts the laws that control the Use OF
the offensive epithet in other southern
states
The Texas senator who introduced the
bill declared that he had based II on
Kentucky law He wanted the Texas
man he said. To have the same rights a. "a
Kentucky colonel
The Kentucky law makes the offensive
use of the word misdemeanor, punisha-
BILE by "A SEQ fine
About "a year ago r II Thompson. po-
lice Judge of Louisville declared from his
bench that the lie in Kentucky meant
blow. and honorably discharged the man
before him who had knocked down anoth-
er who had called him a liar
Calling a man liar Is "A crime in
Virginia The legislature of 1896 passed
this law II any person shall IN the pres
encc or hearing of another curse or abuse
such person or Use any violently abusive
language tn such person concerning him.
self or any of his female relatives under
circumstances reasonably calculated tn
provoke n breach OF peace hc stalI bc
deemed guilty of mi>s!Umcinur. and ON
conviction shall bc fired not less than 81
nor more than $50
To call man liar in Georgia Is Sian
der. for which one may hc gwen Sl.uol
fine or year in the pcnitcntiarY or both
He has the right. however, To prove his
charge and 90 clear On the criminal side
Of the courts the law holds that the lie
constitutes the first blow and lustifics vio-
lent response
In Arkansas the use of the cpithct IS
mistlcmcanor punishable lay fine In
Mississippi law IL Is not specifically men
toned but all insulting words are made
civilly actionable In south Carolina it
is not crime. but may be used as a basis
of civil action Tor defamation of character
The West Virginia statute declares
that all worI,s which, from their usual
construction and common acccptntion. are
construed rs insults and tend to violence
and breach of the peace shall bc action
able =
In North Carulina the user oi the epithct
and the man To- whom II was applied are
held equally guilty in caScs ut assault and
battery st Louis Post Dispatch
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The Hindoos have no word for
"fricnd :
The Italians have no equivalent for
"humiliiy.
The Russian dictionary gives word
the definition of which is mot to have
enough buttons on your footman :
coat second means Ito kill over
again. third ''carn hy dancing. -
while the word ''knout. which We have
all learned to consider rs of exclusively
Russian meaning and application.
proves upon investigation 10 he their
word 'knut. and to mean only a
whip of any kind
The Germans call thimble finger
hat. which il certainly is. and grass
hopper Il hay horse y glove with
them is hand shoe. showing evi-
IDENTITY that they Wore shoes before
gloves. Poultry is feather cattle. )"
while the names for the well known
substances "oxygcn and "hydro@en"
are in their language sour stuff and
water stuff
The French. strange Il say, have no
verb Ito stand nor can Frcnchman
speak of licking any one. The near
est approach i'll his politeness he makes
To it is ITO threaten to give blow
with his foot. the same thing probably
10 the recipient in either case. but it
seems To want the directness and the
energy If our kick Neither has he
any word for home nor comfort ="
The terms up stairs" and down
stairs are also unknown in French.
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IN GREEN CATHEDRAL AlSLES.
Within the green cathedral aisles
The winds ar,. whisperinD 'mong N

Within the green cathedral aisles
The winds are whispering 'mong Oh
leaves,
And natures face j. wreathed in smiles.
The sunlight in mosaic weaves
gorgeous pattern meath our feet,
And summer days are fair and sweet.
No pride or pomp in Mammon's piles
Can match THESE old cathedral aislcs
The birds are chanting songs If praise,
And mi ic murmurS in the trees.
For in III, quiet woodland ways
The cho isters are birds and bees
The flowers with incens, fill the air,
And natures priests her vcstments wear.
In forest. free from human guilcs,
Are rear'd these grand cathedral aisles.
The city teens with restless life,
And tapering stccplcs bear the cross
A symbol Of the Christians strife
Through all the years Of gain and loss.
So ever upward point the trees
And wave their plumcs in every breeze.
To lure the wanjcTcr miles and miles
Within the green cathedral aisles.
c. S. kingsland i'll New York Home Journal
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THE MAN AND THE WIND.

THE MAN.
Wind ON the hill,opi
Wind in the treel
Is there aught in earth or heaven
That bindeth thee and me2
I through the long hours
Fc.bly creep and crawl
Ger the gr. en smooth shoulders
OF the huge mountain wall.
Whilst thou in a moment
With roaring skirts outsprcad
Leapest from the valley
To the black mountain head.
THE WIND.
Little puny brother.
Why question thus Of mef
There il need Of me; doubt not
There Is need Of thee.
Iwould smitc thee were hidden
Without pity. without wrath.
As snite the gauzy May fly
On the rain swept pathl
envy not. nor question,
As play my eager part.
But think that thou art nearer
To the Fathers hearth
"A. @. Benson in Spectator
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

In the servants hall of a Staffor ishire
baronet : houS.. a groom. who appar-
emily had not noticed that he was the
only one who ate with his knife. one
day. while NJ dinner chancrd to cut
the corner Of his uouth He first felt
his mouth. then looked III thv knife. felt
his mouth again. then i'll an aggricved
tone calculated
why. the back Of this knife is as
sharp as the front. wonder if they d
eat with knives lik" this in the dining
room. London Chronicle
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

Senator Ross OF Vermont l. u man of
punctual habits When The appointment
to succeed Senator Morrill, Wa offered to
him. he said he would allow himself half
an hour To think II over lie shut himself
up in his library tor 30 minutes at the
close of which time he madc his decision
In 36 hours he was on his way To Wash
ington He lives III handsome house
about mile and half from II Johns
bury His residence ovcrlooks The bcauti-
full Passumpsic valley The senator takes
great delight IN his farm tn thv cultiVa-
tion of which he gives much personal at.
tpnfion
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

In New Rr-iu,eni - ihrr- Ii.ii the
other day nn "li rti-r.'d woulip who
might havs contributed iirvth e. the
great men t1v, SHOWN liri-i;unr -hc
was Aur; MHgO iian'Yn aud ,hc w;iS
II wears 81 ~. she wa triiu IA ih,. -
tate oi The l:antlnph> m Nu.inIa she
was brought np near Mount N,rnnn she
saw the funeral ui Washington 81, moved
Ia Kentucky and wa- married To tin. body
servant al t'rnrrsll ;irrT CiaN - lsl2
war fame .tifcrwarti >hr a. riuancIps.t
ed with her husband and h.-aiii,' = doincs
tic III the lan.iiy ui ti,'rc..ii iirani father
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

Rev. Charles Edward Locke bright
and shining ornament of Methodism.
was being shown through Grace church
by an Episcopalian admircr Gazing
interestedly at the stars painted on the
ceiling. the visitor inquired if they had
any special significance.
"Oh. was the reply, ''yon know
what the Bible says, He made the starr
also.
All commented the Methodist
parson. DO you know the difference
between Your church and uurst"
"Oh. | don't know" said the Epis-
copal adhcrent doubtfully. What is
itr''
''You put yorr stars in the ceiling.
We pnt ours in the pulpit. was the
answer san Francisco News Letter.
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PEOPLE WHO GAMBLE.
Chinese and Italians Especially Ad-
dictcd to Games of Chance.

Chinese and Italians Especially Ad-
dictcd to Games of Chance.
OF all the nations Of the earth who
gamble and they all do il more or less
the Chinese come in an easy first
Superstition and the gambling mania
90 in double harness, and while the
mandarins fly kites to decide what
should he done about Wei-Hai- Wei and
TalienWan the humber Celestials gam
bic for dear life to pass the time away.
THE Chinese play night and day.
says traveller. "till they have lost all
they are worth. and then they usually
go and hang themselves. from which
it would appear that the yellow danger
is not SO formidable after all.
The Chinese laborers in the United
States squander their earnings in a
game called white pigeons ticket.
White. by the way. is the unlucky color
for the gamer and the lucky one for
the keeper of the gaming house. These
gentry keep orange peel in box, be-
lieving that it will bring them luck.
The Italians are no less superstitious,
tht. lNrpA
people especially. in the government
lotteries. Everything has number; a
cat. dog. gondola, and the "Libro
del Sogno" the lotto players oracle
will tell you what the number is and
the rules for interpreting the appear
ances in dreams. Visitors to Venice,
which has always been a stronghold of
gambling. may have seen the declara-
tion of the winning figures from the
Campanile of st. Mark 's-the silent.
eager crowd gathered in the square and
the group of officials gathered round
the boy with the bandaged eyes who
draws rhe numbers from the cage.
There is story told in Venice of
madman who hailed a gondolier from
the window of the madhouse on the is
land to tell him the numbers he had
dreamed. The man put his money on
them and won. and from that day to
this the gondoliers go near the window
as they pass in the hope that the mad
man will call again. The story is true
London Chronicle.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

Captain Slocum the hero ui the ~. 900
mile voyage IN his little vcSS,I the spray.
got his idea for the Journey irln m ad-
vcrturous trip oi 1.dUU miles hr was com
pc!led to- take 1n a previous ,srft~Iun lilo
was wrecked oil Paraguay IN the Nquid
neck bark ot which hr was skipper
Out nf the cedar prrupd from ncIghbor-
ing forests he built u 81 foot bat using
Paraguay pennies with holes punched IN
their ccntcrs rs burs ior the bolts
which held the boat together His wife
and liaby We're with him. and Mrs SlOcum
made sails while he prepared the masts
out of trees which he had TO cut down
himself New York journal
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Honesty does not require us to hang
our oil paintings faced 10 the wall in
order that our friends may see that
they are meade ON coarse canvas 1t is
right to appear always ut our best
Give the world Your brightest thoughts.
your Lost courteous speech. the out
come of Your kindest impulses and
purcst motives. no matter if You are
conscious that these things are above
your ordinary level God made the
flowers show their colors, not their
duh. iibrous matter; Ia load the air
with their odors. not with the rank
hess uf their sap. Homiletic Review
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SNOW HILL MARYLAND SATURDAY. MARCH t. 1899

didly done Charley : nervousness seem
ed to disappear after he had taken a
glance at the box where Miss Emerson
sat In truth as he told me afterward.
he was moved and steadied by despera-
tion.
Just before the climax | saw him turn
suddenly toward Miss Emerson's box.
and saw her smile encouragingly upon
him. happened also to glance at
Schrciner. who was saving away de-
corously, looking ont of the corners of
his eyes at his fellow performers. There
was smile ON Schreiner's face, too.
hut | thought nothing of it till
1t changed To an expression Of amaze
ment and unmistakahle chagrin. Char
lcy's lips We're parted wide. his face was
ovcrspread with rosy color. his eyes
were fixed on the chandelier, all just as
il should be- for Il tenor climax. and the
top note of the song was sounding
beautifully clear and sweet. without
suspicion of that forced quality that
sometimes Injuries such effect.
thought | had never heard Charley
give such pure tone. and | was de
lighted. but following Schreiner's
glance, for his keen ear had detected
the frand instantly ! was just in time
To see Mollcnhauer taking his clarinet
from his lips. Then understood.
The clarinctist was but five OF six
feet behind the singer and there was
not one person in the audience who
failed to believe that the top note came
from Charley's throat \ couple of
chords from the strings Ia close the
piece We're inaudible on aco1nt of the
tu;nultuous applause. Charley went ont
to bow again and again. but nothing
could induce him to give an "cncorc.
He knew that the trick would not sue
ceed twice The ugly Schreiner would
have done something to spoil it IA second
time
And up in the box Miss Mary sat
smiling. enjoying her lover 5 triumph.
and when, months after they We're mar
ried and she taxed him for the reason
why he never could he persuaded tc
sing the charity concert song even in
private. hc told her il was because he
never could produce again that silver
top note Then he confessed how it was
done. and. ike the true woman that
she was, she kissed him and told him
il wouldn't { have made the least differ
encc to her if his voice had broken in
thousand pieces.
Il know that now. said Charley,
''hut it would have tickled Schrcircr
The trick was worth the fun for his
discontinue. Frederick r. Burton in
Chicngn News
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Their. one thing -;Iiu Tho iutSIn.
thrupiSt wife tha; | must ~1N alnut
that man Won dislike "a ni.i-h h, tlwIvs
gets nj early IN thu nnrnIrr ana leans
the SHOW oil ~ u pniiIl- >Ihritri wnv
Nc> was the answer II, r..llln 1
miss thu satisfaction ui anIryIug ttuule
Sy the noiSs. the shovel uaksa> Wash
ngtun star
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GOOD STALLIONS.
Quality and Action Wanted ns Well
as Bulk.

There has been an active inquiry for
good draft and coach stations all win
ter. saws The Breeders Gazette. and
with the approach of the regular breed
ing season many sales are being CON
summated Since the ''boom' days in
horse breeding stallion buyers have
learned many useful lessons. They
know now that draft stallion must
have some breeding quality and action
as well as bulk They know that high
class coach horses cannot he successfully
bred by the use of cold blooded sires
and dams. They know that trotting
bred stallion to be of any real service
as sire must POSSESS size and good
looks as well as a fair degree of speed.
The market calls for size Joined to
quality and good action, whether ii be
in "drafter' or "driver The time is
now here when every farmer can well
afford to own a few choice brood mares
to be- mated To first class sircs. The
scrub is dear property at any price.
Beware of breeding to grade stations
or to those purely bred ones that are
unsound or of faulty conformation. Do
not patr0niZe an inferior horse simply
because he stands at low service fee.
Pay fair price for the service of the
best horse within reach Ii is difficult
enough To attain the superlative in
horse breeding even where the best ma
terials are in usc Low bred. under
sized. cheap stations are "a curse To any
community. and We trust that no Ga
zettc reader will this spring be guilty
of giving such any encouragement. If
there is no first class horse available. it
is easy to form little syndicate for
the purchase of n stallion likely To pro-
duCe the sort of stock buyers are now
so eagerly seeking Big, fine draft geld
ings are scarce First class harness and
saddle horses ar" not easily found. OF
common horses there are millions.
Escape their competition by breeding
for something better.
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The farmer can make money out of
any kind of cattle if he breeds them
right Do not cross Your Shorthorns
with Jerseys You cannot expect to
raise beef cattl, if you cross with the
dairy breeds If Won are breeding Short
horns. breed Shlrthorns Do not cross.
Ii you are breeding Jerseys. breed Jer-
s.-ys | hear good many farmers say
that they would not have "a Jersey on
the place. would not have the kind of
Jerseys that they had either. A few
wears ago the farmers all wanted .Jer
.:cys. and they all bought any kind of a
cow Just so She was yellow and then
they bred her To Shorthorn bull and
they Erpt on breeding until they did
not have il beef cow nor dairy COW.
and still they say the Jerseys are no
good TIL" .Icr..ryS are to-day the best
milk and butter cows the world has
ever produced. Ii farmer is beef
breeder. he can afford to keep n few good
Jersey cows for his milk and butter.
Do not expect 10 get Il good Jersey cow
by crossing with your Shorthorns Buy
good one frcm some good Jersey
breeder Emmett Mcdonald i'll Breed
er : Gazette
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breeding Animals.

In selecting breeding animals get
ewes aud bucks If the kind that produce
early maturity mutton. sO as to get into
market ,arly with lambs and matured
sheep. \ noted authority says: 1.-The
sheep industry Of this country has not
vet arrived at point where it becomes
necessary to breed principally for wool.
hut producers should first get the best
mutton producing qualities thoroughly
bred into their fiocks or bands, bringing
the standard up to half or three-quar-
ter grade. after which it will he safe tn
breed for wool without materially dis
.urhiug the banu a. mutton producing
animals -
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Hoods Pills liver Ills; the non Irritating and
only cathartic TO take with Hoods sarsapari'Ia