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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-22
AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITY

An opportunity very rare i'm
this state awaits thrifty immi-
grants to Worcester County
and the editors of the MEssEN-
GER have called the attention
of the proper State authorities
to some of the facts i'm connec-
ton Herewith. Worcester
County enjoys the unique dis
tinction of being the only sea-
coast county i'm Maryland. This
is not an empty distinction. The
proximity of the ocean with
the gulf stream running coast
ward at this point insures a
mild and equitable climate,
while the Sinepuxent bay, IA
beautiful sheet of water inter
locked between the outlying
narrow strip of sea coast and
the mainland, is a mine of
wealth in its production of fish
and oysters.
Alphabetically Worcester Co.
awaits future full development.
The soil varies from a light
sandy loan to clay, easy of cul-
tivation and highly susceptible
to improvement. The mildness
of the climate and the nature
of the soil render it possible to
produce such varieties of crops
as can be grown in the tenn
perate zone. To the farmer
seeking a healthful cline with
a kind soil at a small outlay of
cost for a farm this county Of
fers exceptional advantages.
ands of acres of good land
bought at about S. to $40
P,--.cre. That such a condi-
ton can continue is not to be
expected, for already indica-
tions show a growing advance
in prices with an increasing de-
mand as the advantages in ag-
ricultural resources are being
realized, and where the inten-
sive system of farming is being
practiced here the returns show
prosperity to those pursuing it.
: Railroads traverse the county
with water communication also
to the city markets. Three
great cities, New York, Phila-
delphia and Baltimore. are all
i'm easy access and another rail
road is almost a reality. We
have some of the best wheat
land in the State and all kinds
of fruits thrive here. Ii is well
known that the fruit belt is
!, moving nearer TO this county
all the time. We cannot un-
derstand why this is but il is a
fact nevertheless. Ten years
ago there We're more peaches
grown Is miles above Worces-
ter than anywhere on the Pen
insula. Ten years later it was
about forty miles and now It is
not more than thirty miles
North of us. around Milford
and homegrown, Del. Our peo-
Pile take life easy. too much so,
and thrifty hard working farm
ers reap the reward here of
their work to "A greater degree
than any other place we know
of. Around Snow Hill there
are some of the best farms in
the county and they can he had
at a modest figure.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-22
COLLINS & JONES. Solicitors
Order NiSi.

Oliver ID. Collins. Trurtee named in "A
mortgage from James Rownds and
Laura 5. Rownds. his wife,
VS..
Margaret ID. Collins. ex-partc
In the Circuit Court for Worcester Coun-
ty. In Equity No. 1911. March term
1902. to wit: March 18th. 1902
ORDERED that the sale made and
reported by Oliver ID. Collins. Trustee.
for the sale of the real estate in the
above cause described be ratified and
confirmed on the 18th day of April next
provided a copy of this order be inserted
in some newspaper printed in Worces-
ter County once in each of three sue
cessive weeks before the 10th day April,
in the year nineteen hundred aud two.
The report states the amount Of sales
10 be $3.50.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNElL., Clerk.
True Copy Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PrRNEI.I., Clerk
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-22
How to Cure the Grippe.

emain quietly at home and take
mberlain's Cough Remedy "a di
a and quick recovery is sure to
v. That remedy counteracts any
ucy of the grip TO result in pneu
which is really the only serious
Among the tens of thousands
ve used it for the gripp. not one
ever been reported that did mt
For sale by p. ID. Cottiugham
00ists, Snow Hill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

Mr.. Wright is vice president Of thes
company. Henry Mittnacht of
Baltimore, Nd, is president. There
is q steam hoist on the property and
q sawmill has lately been built.
Geo @. Hunt and wife returned.
from Hot Springs Tuesday.
Mrs. A. ]. Simmons of Deadwood.
spent part Of the week in town.
Charles Ambrose and Clay Oliver
were in from Viewield Tuesday.
Mrs. W. Z. Gardnerreturnedfrom
her Deadwood visit WEDNESDAY even
Frank Stewart and daughter Belle,
represented Buffalo Gap in the city
Mrs. Chas. Ingersol and her moth
err, Mrs Fred Rotzler, were Tuesday.
passenger for Deadwood.
Better look up the ad.: Of tie big
removal sale now on at the store Of
the Lathrop-Reeves Mercantile Co.
Mary, the little daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. 2. w. Speed, died at her
home IN Omaha on Thursday Of last
week.
Mrs. Gottfeib Schnasses and two
children Were Wednesday arrivals.
from Indiana for visit with e..
andwife,
Charles Thomssa, 9 young man
living near Redfern, was struck BY
and intantlykilled during
a storm which overlook him. s3
Heres something good Two
dollars gets you TIKI Union, The
twicesa-:week ST. Louis Republic
and the Farm Visitor, the whole
for one year. In these three
YOU get yonrlocal, countyanGstafe
news, the neWs Of the entire werld
twice each week, market REPORTS
and all, and one of the best farm
stoekWeekklliies on arstth.ss3 wo3
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

the best in tue world.-G. S. Cong
don Hardware Co.
G. L. Wood returned from Dead
wood Friday evening.
A5nice rain freshened things up in
this section Friday night.
Howard Worth and E. Wallace
spent Friday in DeadWood.
Eugene Parrish returned to Mys-
tic Friday to resume his work at the
Fairview mine.
j. G.. Dickover Of Siotx City, was
a Friday arrival for a visit with his
brother, j. B. Dickover.
Arthur Morris went up to Belle
Fourche Friday, where he took the
abovine express to Chicago.
q Miss Josephine Dickover was a
Friday evening arrival from Lead
for a short visit with her parents.
Matt Jopson was an arrival Friday
from Battle Greek, Michigan, where
he has been undergoing treatment.
He returns very much improved.
Makes the fires of life burn brightly
with q steady glow! Renews the gold
en-, happy days of yonth!-that's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does; 35c at Van
.Buskirk's drug store.
The famous "Armor Plate brand
Of ladies and children's hosiery are
the best made. You can buy them.
only Of Ella M. Hanson. Prices the
same as that charged for inferior
goods.
Inez Jones entertained a number
Of her friends Saturday afternoon
in honoro Of hercousin Austie MCGEE,
who was visiting here from Memo.
Refreshments we're serveda and a roy
alggood time vas had,
There's . pretty girl in an alpine hat,
AsWeetet girlin u sailor brim,
the handsomest girl you'll oversee
Is the sensibie girl who uses Rocky
Mountain Tea.-Dr. VanBuskirk
Mrs. Ghauncey Swarthout pre-
sented her husband with abrannew
nine.pound democrat last Sunday.
Mother and child doing nicely and
sChaunceyy feeling like he owned the
SHomestake mines.
II twas popular, il II wasn't loved
by the people, why do dealers say,
I'VE have something just as good as
the Madison Medicine Co.'S. Rocky
Mountain Tea! Think it overt Soc ut
1vanBuskirk's drug store.
The WV outfit began shipments
from Belle Fouche last Friday send
ing two or three tfainloads to- Chi.
5cago. Most range cattle are i little
soft for shipmentsyet, she frequent
rains preventing She grasscuring
The tops ii an bunch sof range
cattle shipped to Chicago last week
by Keeiine Bros. from, their W.yom-
ing ranch brought$ IS 80 per hundred
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

Greater il leavening strength a spoon
Gil raises more dough, Or goes further.
Working uniformly and perfectly, it
makes the brad and cake always ligh.
and beautiful, and there is never a waste
Of good flour, sugar, butter and eggs.
While It actually costs less to make a
batch Of biscuit with the Price Baking
Powder than with the so-called cheap
powders, there is the additional advan-
tage Of better and more healthfu1 food.
NoTE.-Alum powders should not be
PRICE BAKING PoWoERCo, used, no matter how cheap they are.
CHICAGO. They induce dyspepsia, liver complaint
and kidney trouble
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01
CITY AND COUNTRY.
PRICE BAKING PoWDERC Co.,
CHICAGO.

Well, the hot weather is with US.
Myron Willsie spent Saturday in
Deadwood.
Mike o'Neill spent Monday in
Belle Fourche.
3. y. Griffin was up from Fair
burn Saturday.
Mrs. "a. C.LaMear returned from
Deadwood Sunday evening.
Chauncey =. Wood spent Monday
IN stuarrggis on legal business.
IA High Grade, Lady or Gents
Bicycle for $17.7b at McNamara's.
VA. Clark and wife Of Keystone
spent Saturday andSundayi ia town.
AK. Gardner was a Saturday
evening arrival home from Dead
wood.
Subscriptions received for any.
papersor magazine published, at Nc.
Namara's
James Garvey went up to Sturgis.
Monday DO q job Of surveying for.
Meade county.
Mrs. Joseph Maxwell and Miss.
Mary Maxwell were Monday pass,
engers for lead.
John D. Deutsch and wife were
numbered among the sick the early
part Of the.week. S.5
Miss Jessie Arbiuclkslle of Black
Hawk il the guest Of Mrs. Il. E.
Parrish this week.
Miss Ida Hall gave d enjoyable
lawn party inslonor of the Misses
Reed Tuesday eyening.
Mrs Fred Evans, ST., 81 Hot
SpringsSspent Sunday and Monday
withgM r. and Mrs. Edwin Loyeland.
Farmer Hill 81 the government
Indian school left for Green Bay,
Wisconsin Saturday: evening o. d
visit, $500
For Sale-Fiive Shepherd pups,
well bred from good stock; price
each. E. Bryce Reed d Rapid
City, ?.
seYentysive years McCoripick
11aehines have won decisive victor
iessiisthe harvestlields ofthe world,
Conggdon HardWareC.
NelsonEFis ana his father, Peter
lett Tor Omaha Monday even
ngAJelsonswi III 90 from there 10
Idaho while his father goes Oh Is
Chicago ss,S'
Mrs. N. Warner royalty enter
tanned her friends Saturday after
Progressive games were
played and delicate refreshments
were served.
EdwardgI Lynch Was among
hearrivals home Monday. heshas
penthepa three naonths With
rIendsatd relativegaa Iowa, Mis-.
sxSSss@S III $3.50 nv,l $1,000. ss s$s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

Buck. Miss Della Haft and Mrs. A.
E. Fitch.
John Remington was up from Her
mosa Friday.
Miss Cornelia Beach spent Tues
day at Piedmont.
Miss Laura Platt returned from
Hot Springs Tuesday.
Hotel Harvey is to have a new
floor for the first story.
Sheriff Cash Leedy returned from
Sturgis Tuesday evening.
Geo. Olson and Patrick Gilmartin
ofPiedmont spent Tuesday in town.
Den Ferguson went to Deadwood
Tuesday to take it the Elks' carni-
val.
Mrs. James HALEY and sons are
enjoying camp life out into the Hills
this week.
Alex Duhamel returned Tuesday
from several weeks stay at points
east and south.
Miss May Worth was a Tuesday
passenger for Spearfish for a visit
with her grandparents.
Mrs. Osa Chase and son, Plato,
left Saturday for Spokane, Washing
ton, where Plato will remain with
Mr.. Chase. Mrs. Chase will visit at
Grand Forks, N. D., before return
ing.
Mrs. Edwin Loveland, who has
been quite i'll for scme time, was
taken suddenly worse Saturday and
for a time it was feared that she
could not recover. She rallied later,
however, and is now gradually i'm
proving.
Mrs. William Clemens, accompan-
led by Misses Beatrice and Mildred,
returned Tuesday evening from a
five weeks sojourn in Colorado.
They report a most enjoyable time
and Mrs. Clemens health was ma
terially improved.
a small party Of railway survey
ors passed through Aberdeen Mon
day enroute to st. Paul, and it is
supposed thence to Montana for
work on the line Of the Milwaukee
extension from Evarts towards the
Pacific coast.-Aberdeen Ruarlist.
Keystone held a baseball carnival
last week. Rapid City took a hand
in it BY playing a game with the Hill
City aggregation on Friday. The
game resulted in favor Of the Hill
town boys, the score standing Z to8,
eleven innings being played to decide
it.
John Ferguson Jr., came up a few
days ago from several days stay
near Smithville. While down there
he Was1'the whole orchestra at a
dance given at Frank Cottle's place.
" is needless to say the that the
music was good and the dance a sue
cess.
Miss Bertha Phillips, who had
been here visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Isaac Platt, and family, left for her
home in Boulder, Colo, Saturday
evening. She vas accompanied as
far as Hot Springs by Miss Laura
Platt, who is visiting there with her
uncle, Henry Could.
Howell Clevenger was a Saturday
evening arrival from his extensive
travels. While away he has been
pretty much all over the western
states, down into old Mexico and
north as far as Skaguay, Alaska.
The Alaskan country, he thinks, Of
fers the best chances, so he will re-
tulrn.tthere in#the early spring.
The Elks' Carnival is on at Dead.
wood this week and the attendance is
big from allsquarters. The EVENTS
one Of the biggest and best ever
pulled off in the Black Hills. There
is the usual number Of grafters,
fakirs and thieves, however, and
they are said to be getting IN their
work on8the unwary.
About Z, 100 head Of western range
cattle were received at Chicago last
week, which was really the opening
week Of the season. The cattle were
exceptionally good in quality and
ESnld nm IN Hi record nY,tnh ManYy
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01


The Ak-sar-ben excusionists from.
Omaha arrived $50 strong at O'clock
Thursday morning and stayed until
$50 when their special moved onto
the Elks carnival at Deadwood.5
Rapid City gave them no welcome
or demonstration 81 any kind and
the visitors were left to- wander
round town singlly or in groups. In
words Of the Il OF Springs5 Herald Ne
ought to thaW out. just to letthel
Iexacurrsionists know that Rapid City
and Peeannrninggtonco county was on earth
Observation-Disclosures 15Ocopies Oh
its its magazine edition among them
and they were gladto getit.
At 1t Again.
A special from Landers, Wyorn-
ing, says: is learned thatin
addition to killlnga Mexican sheep
Sll,ert1er named Sam Galaxeo. ana
3ssllaalutlgglhlt1ering several thousand sheep bee
9 band OF some $50 masked men sur.
founded ROUNDED the sheep camps and forced
the sheepmen 10 abandon thefrS
tt1ocks. After killing az herd num-
oeringg some 2,ooo sheep, Twenty-Five
other herds aggggreggatingg6 5 900 head
were driven into the mountains ma
left to SHIFT for themselves. The
sheepmen have been threatened
sW9ith8desath # they go after their
fo tsll Tthe sheep are now lie preus
afWild animals and il thev1escai,e
thu death, the loss WILDE vary heas
8yy, s they ar mostly ewes and
lambs, Tfhe scene5of laIwllessness Il
I'D miles west q Lander e:.s
mont county Tie sherifsia pouer.
less and the state militia NAV
called outSao protect@ the sheepmen.
The old7tine dispute oxer ths
IS thecansesof the trouble.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

is a system OF aTcadeS Wnlcn run mere anu
there through them from street to street.
These are beautiful structures, rooted
with iron and glass, forming large pass
ageways containing stores as good as you
will find in England The interior walls
are of tiles and the fronts of the stores
are plate glass
These arcades are filled with shoppers
at the busiest times OF the day. and they
form a promenade and visiting place for
the people They are extremely light. In
deed. | took some snapshot photographs
within them which have come out very
well.
In my strolls about the arcades l saw
many evidences of the American invasion.
One shop was filled with American candy.
another had tomato ketchup from Phil
adelphia, sweet pickles and baked beans
from Baltimore, and a third jars of APP
pie butter from FIttsburg and canned
coups from Chicago.
The most important sign that met my
eye as I came up from the new station
to the junction of Corporation Street and
New Street was that of the New York
Life Insurance Company. and the next
thing l saw was the American flag wav-
ing from the third story story of big
pink building further down the way, with
the words UNITED States Consulate" on
the window behind It, A little later on
I walked into the consulate and spent an
hour or so there with Mr.. Marshall Hal
stead, who is Uncle Sans Consul and
business representative in this industrial
section He was free enough in express
ing his opinions about American trade.
but said that he could not allow him
-4lf Ia hA Quoted. as the Birmingham nAo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

hello girls are city clerks. Glasgow owns
it's telephones and charges cents call
or gives you an unlimited number of calls
for s26 a year. Liverpool, Nottingham.
Hull, Leicester and a half dozen other
cities are now thinking of buying up the
telephones or of establishing telephone
systems run by the city.
spent some time in the Sheffield mar
kets during my stay here. These recent
ly belonged to the Duke Of Norfolk, who
still owns a large part of the city. but
the Government bought them at big
price and is now running them at a
profit. London has control over part of
its markets, although the big vegetable
and fruit markets of Covent Garden still
belong to the Duke of Bedford. Bolton
owns its markets and also the street cars.
gas works, electric lights and tramways.
There are five towns in England which
turned into their tax fur is $250,000 last
year as the profit of their municipal un-
dertakings. and the extent of such I'M
dertakings Is steadily increasing. 1 have
told you how the Manchester corporation
borrowed $25.000.0o0 to loan to the Man
chester Ship Canal Company. and how
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

She grew toward womanhood. fond o!
outdoor athletics, including hunting ana
dancing as we'll Thus she made nerset
strong. and active physically. Her NE
ought to be entirely happy, her parents
thought, with everything at her COM
mand that a girl usually cares for, GER
tainly everything that properly MINDED
English girl ought to care for.
Yet always was the ceaseless under
surge driving her onward, onward, 70
other fields. Finally she burst through
the conventionalities that are the prop
and stav of the commonplace mind and
actually went for a years musical STUDY
to Leipsic.
After a year she'll get tired of it and
come home and marry like well regu-
lated girl said the commonplace mind.
But she did not. To this day she has
never done what the commonplace MIND
expected of her. and that most respect
able authority does not yet know what to
make of her and. will not till she scores
a few more victories like that at Covent
Garden. Then it will fall at her feet:
Miss Smyth was four years at Leipsic,
studying faithfully and enthusiastically.
Even then she began musical composition.
A strinp quartet and violin sonata OF her
composing were performed at concerts
at Leipsic by some of the best musicians
IN the city After aer four vs years ssa .neps
at Munich, Dresden and Florence. study
ing and dreaming. Now she goes every
winter to Rome, still studying and Dream
ing.
Twelve years ago August Manns. Eng
lands greatest and most beloved orches-
trail leader, performed one OF her pieces
at a Crystal Palace concert, and shortly
afterward a grand mass by her was given
at Albert Hall. Then Herman Levi. a
great musical authority who has scarcely
anything but a sneer and gibe for wo-
mans work in musical composition, said
to her:
You must write an opera"
Which she did, Der wald" is her sec
ond one. The first was Fantasia" 1t
was accepted for the operate stage in
Munich and was given, also at Weimar
and at Carlsruhe under distinguished
auspices and with success. But the aver
age EnglIshman has as high respect for
woman morally and as little for her intel
lectually as any civilized man, and Eng
lishmen could not get IL through their
brains that a feminine creature could
write an opera So. though Miss Smyth
had played a selection from her mass
for Queen Victoria, an admirable must
clan and critic. and though Her Majesty
had declared herself greatly pleased, yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31
ETHEL N. sMYTH,
OPERATE COMPOSER.

In London recently, at Covent Garden.
was performed for the first time In Eng
lish musical history an opera from the
brain OF q woman. The woman Is MISS
Ethel M. Smyth, an English girl. though
she looks like an American with her re-
fined, piquant. delicate face.
Miss Smyth has had to combat DIM
culties every step of the way from the
time when, II years old. she announced
her intention OF making music her pro-
fession till the browning triumph came
Wald, (The Forest) was performed at
Covent Garden. She was born and bred
In the fashionable military social circle
of Great Britain. Her father was an ar
tfllery officer. When Ethel was IL years
old, she informed her family that she
was going to Leipsic to study music:
But, no, no; you shall not, and thars
nIy. She urged and continued to urge,
but for seven years the answer to her
demand was like Carlyle's everlasting mo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

miles. Belfast charges cents for FIVE
miles, Liverpool cent a mile and Man
chester cents per mile. There are many
of our American cities in which you can
ride ten miles for a nickel, which Is
equal to half a cent mile, but as the
most Of our street car rides are short, the
British on the average pay much less than
we do in the United States.
The cars are mostly double deckers,
with seats below and also on the roof
high above which are the wires of the
trolley. You ride as high up in the air
as though you were on the top of an ele-
plant. but it is delightful, although the
cars do not go half as fast as our own.
The tramways are rapidly increasing in
Great Britain and the tendency Is en-
tirely toward city ownership. score of
different municipalities are now negotiat-
ing for the purchase of street cars or are
laying down new lines. Many cities own
the tramways and lease them out to COM
panies who manage them. In nearly ev-
cry case the municipal tramways pay a
profit thus reducing the tax rate.
Cities Which Do Their Own Business.
have already written something as to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

ings for them. London now has special
housing department connected with the
city government, which has charge OF
such matters. 1t has $4,000 people In It's
tenements in the city, and is erecting cot
taxe settlements on the outskirts, Six
thousand people are to be housed in such
cottages at Norbury. and 42oOo at Tot
tenham. When the Tottenham improve
ments are completed there will be good
sized town there made up entirely OF mu-
nicipal cottages.
Homes at Fifty Cents Week and
Upwards.
The tenements which have been put
within these cities have large number
in one building They are, as 1t were,
flats of two or more rooms. rented at diff
ferent prices, according to the number
of rooms. The cheapest two-roomed fats
are to be found In Dublin, where they
rent for so cents a week: similar quarters
In Glasgow cost 80 cents week; In Ltv-
erpool. IS cents. and in London. little
more than 81 per week The rents are
supposed to be on a basis that Will pay
the running expenses and furnish sink
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-31

no British impresario would look at the
young lady's work.
Next Miss Smyth. undaunted, wrote
.Der waId.'' She evolved from her own
Imagination the stories on which ootn
operas are based, finding none In either
history or fiction exactly to her liking.
For several years the girl compose
opera. The lfbretto part of the work was
as much to her as the musical con-
and the music. The keynote Of der
wald' IL ''the stately march Of NATURE
eternal forces" which stop not for, heod
not, the human tragedy. Most compo9-
ers' operas deal with human passienn
hers with nature forces and spir1ta
After the words of Der waId" were
written. Miss Smyth applied herself to
the musical composition. and this re-
ouired ten weeks. She wrote IL through
from start to finish consecutively. which
ID unusual. Then came the most dimculc
part of ALTO get managers to stage her
opera. It was tried in Berlin and prcyed
acceptable for third performance, which
Is the test 1t was then put on the rep
ertory for the regular season In opera -