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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
The Ho,house in Winter.

The dollhouse should always be
built on the sunny, sheltered side of
a hill or building or grove of trees.
A very slight protection sucn as these
makes a difference OF several de-
grees in cold weather. especially when
the wind is violent If there is no
such sheltered place. a windbreak
should be constructed on the north
and west side of the spot. This can
ground. leaving the tops five or six
feet above the surface. Any loose
boards, pickets or sticks from the
woods nailed crosswise on these
posts, and thick brush and twigs at
tached to them hold in position pack
ing material like straw. cornstalks or
even leaves will furnish n perfect
windbreak, and keep the dollhouse or
cold frames sheltered all winter.
The dollhouse itself SHOULD be built
with solid timber that will last. Posts
eight inches in diameter should be set
for the foun iation walls. They should
run up as high as the walls. Old lum-
outside and inside. leaving a space
between the two walls for packing ma
terial. This space should be packed
ute in autumn with good horse man.
e. The excavation for the floor of
dollhouse should be deep enough
permit plenty of packing material.
here should first be a foot of good
arm manure. and over this three or
)re inches of rich soil for seed bed.
roof of the dollhouse should be
II with the greatest care. Double
hes are better than single. for then
house is proof against all wealth
The edges ana sides should be
efully constructed of matched lum-
that water will be shed. In
addition to the glass sash 3oor there
schould be a covering of heavy I'M
bleached muslin. This should work
up and down on roller so that it
can be unrolled and rolled up accord
ng to the weather. On very cold
avs ami nights this covering will
realty add to the protection. In ad-
az, or an old sail cloth. throw over
he whole structure in times of
eavy storms will make tho dollhouse
-actically proof against the coolest
Gather. Without any further heat
ian what the manure supplies. the
ost delicate of seeds and plants will
.rive there in midwinter
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Governor Odell has just celebrated
his forty-eighth birthday.
Senator Depew and Cardinal Glib
bons are very near the same age.
North Dakota is unique in that it
boasts of only one millionaire. Colonel
Charles A. Morton, a stock anC wheat
farmer.
Representative Littlefield, of. Maine,
is the fastest talker in the House. He
is n terror TO the official steno-
graphers.
Andrew Carnegie has given away
more than $46,O00.000. and John ID.
Rockefeller has given away more than
$13.00O.O00.
Ernest Seton Thompson is gathering
recruits in his crusade to substitute
cameras for shotguns in the pursuit
of the country's lingering wild ami
mails.
Prince Henry of Prussia. on his re-
turn 10 Germany from the United
States, will be deputed 10 represent
Emperor William at the coronation of
King Edward.
Captain. Alfred T. Mahan. U. S. n.
Uetlred). Known Tor his publications
on naval and military problems. has
been elected president of .he Ameri-
can Historical Association.
Senator Nathan Bay Scott, of West
Virginia, is the only man in Washing
ton who wears a black frock coat with
4 velvet collar, and the style does not
seem to take with his colleagues.
Lord Wolseley is busily engaged on
his military history. He has nearly
completed the description of Napo-
Icons. campaign of 1906 After his
own memoirs he will again take up
the Life of Marlborough.
Jay Cooke has at his home at Ogontz
4 number of historical relies. includ-
ing fine painting of the celebrated
old Indian chief after whom the place
is named. and who many time car
led him. when he was boy. ON his
back in rambling along the shores of
Lake Erie
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
Value OF Ensiiage.

The feeding value of good ensilage
was never better appreciated than
this winter, when corn is soaring so
high that few feel that they can afford
to feed il TO cattle or hogs. Indeed. tho
ensilage is his year one of the crops
that will prove nutritious to the cat
tie. profitable 10 the farmer and sat
isfactory to all. My own slices have
seadiiy increased in the last five
years. So that today | can contemplate
with satisfaction the outlook for the
winter feeding. There is good clover
and good corn ensilage which will keep
the animals in thriving condition all
through the winter. There are many
who still look upon the silr through
prejudiced eyes. and believe the en-
silage is no more fit to feed animals
than so much sour molasses and in
tCxicating rum. The pity of it all is
that their ignorance is merely mani
tested in their statements. The very
fact that they compare their ensilage
with either sour molasses or rum con-
dennis them. Ii shows that they do
not understand the art of preserving
the food. Ensilage that is soft. sticky
ana molasses-like is not fit to feed to
cattle. II has been ruined in the max
ing. But there is no reason why one
should not try again next year and
see If better success cannot be at
tanned.
The ensilage that is put away green
or in a wet condition will always form
too much moisture. and this becomes
in time thick, Shiny mass that is
nauseating. External moisture in
particular put in the silo will cause
trouble. Moreover. we cannot put
away either corn or clover when it is
so green that its natural moisture will
form half the bulk of the mass. 1t is
better to let the plants get ripper and
drier. and then less fermentation will
start up and the whole mass will be
sweeter and clearer for feeding. The
fact. is about half the ensilage | have
seen is spoiled. fermented stuff, that
must have been unwholesome food.
Few. indeed. seem to be able to make
good ensilage. The stuff spoils in the
packing or curing. and this is held up
as a proper food for the animals. l
think any farmer who sees well-pre-
served ensilage of corn or clover will
agree with the writer that it is most
wholesome winter feed. There is no
subject on the farm which is so little
understood as preserving good ensil-
age. and meanwhile We have farmers
feeding spoilt. rotten stuff to rebel
lious animals. or refusing to attempt
to make any at all. If they cannot
make good. sweet. wholesome ensil-
age, 1t is better that they belong to
the latter class.-Charles Loring. in
American Cultivator
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01

Broad tires on wagons do not cut
up the roads. but serve to asst in
packing them. There is some objec-
ton to low-down wagons. the diane
ter of the wheels being smaller than
tho ordinary. but there is certain
work that can best be performed with
low-down wagons. Marrow tires
should be avoided whenever possible
on roads that have not been improved
In a manner to prevent cutting up
by wagon wheels.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01

The labor of cutting the food for
stock by using a feed cutter is an
item to be considered in the expense.
but as machines now do such work
very rapidly the cost is but little. As
a result of 10 days experiment it was
found that steers fed on cut clover
nay made more gain than those fed
on uncut clover hay. the gain being
as much as 80 percent. IL was found.
also. that some slight exercise was
beneficial compared with close con-
inement. II the cutting of the hay
gave such large gain it is apparent
that the labor so bestowed afforded
a profit.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
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Your IN Plainly.

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cases. 1t cures when all else fails.
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Ridge, Ill. says Your trial bottle of
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Rabbi of the Cong. Bnai Israel
NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 1901.
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Fever. and its composition alleviates all
troubles which combine with asthma.
Its success is astonishing and wonderful.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01

II 4. cannot be denied that in those sec
lions where improved methods have
been inaugurated the yields are larger
than before. There is also a wider
field for a more extensive use of fer.
tilizers. but the future will witness
the application of fertilizers on all
farms as necessity. in order to re.
tain the fertility of the soils. as well
as to increase the production of crops.
Philadelphia Record.
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P0C0M0kE PACKET LINE.
Steamer Vivian.

Capt. James Wilson.
Leaves Snow Hill at 4.30 p. m, daily.
arriving at Pocomoke City at $50 p. m.
Returning, leaves Pocomoke City at 700.
Q. M. arriving at Snow Hill ct 600
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
THE
EQUITABLE
Building And Loan Association,
of Snow Hill. Maryland. begins The
Century with assets of over


md is prepared at all times to make loans
ON mortgages, upon most liberal terms.
The four and half years plan pro-
vides for the payment of so cents weekly
on each 800.
The nine years plan provides for the
payment of only rs cents weekly on
each $4,000.
The choice of plans is with the bor-
rover, interest 6 per cent.
Money received on deposit bears 8
per cent interest.
All fiduciary officers are under ample
corporate bonds, thus protecting those
who deal with the association.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-01
bor-saving Appliances on tho Farm.

labor Saving Appliances on tho Farm.
Labor saving implements are do
lg their share in revolutionizing
arming. The advent OF the harvester
)r cutting and binding wheat opened
ew fields for farming in tails country,
tut within the past few years tae
orn binder which cuts down the corn
nd bundles it, has found its way to
undreds of farms. One of the most
machines. however, is the
der and husker. which not only
the corn but also reduces the
stalk to such a condition that
y be baled like hay. The time
Don arrive, therefore. when the
will no longer leave his corn
= field to be husked by hand. the
ocks remaining TO be destroyed by
nds, frCsts and rains. for should
persist in such practice his compel
r with the shredder will be able TO
II produce cheaper and better than
who refuses to progress. In every
apartment on the farm the farmer is
CAA III tdOOl-SdNluS
ements. for even some of the i'm
owed grinding mills in use on farms
e capable of grinding more corn in
day than the old mill with its water
heel performed in a week.
Farming is rapidly becoming easier.
ready the automobile mower cuts
ass and saves the horse from that
,or. Heavy hauling is done by trac-
N engines and automobiles. Farm
oduce Is being compressed so as
avoid as much bulk as possible.
sery farmer is interested in these
alters. willingly or unwillingly. as
cry farmer will be compelled to
p up in the line of progress or
out as a competitor The only
of backwardness is the fact that
average yields of staple crops are
much larger than in the past This
robably due to the large area of
uncultivated in this country, the
roductive portions reducing the
raj averages for the whole. but
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delay addressing MEDICINE
CO., l30th ST.. York
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PocoMoKE RIVER LINE.
Baltimore-Snow Hill Route.

Baltimore-Snow Hill Route.
The Steamer Pocomoke leaves Snow
Hill at 6 O'Clock n. m, OH every Monday
and Thursday stopping at Mataponi,
Pocomoke City q. IN Powells, Reho
both. Cedar Hall, Pitts Wharf. Shell.
town Onanoock $50 p. m, Finney's,
Tangier Island 4.s0 p. m, Crisfield
p. M. arriving in Baltimore O'Clock
next morning.
Returning the Steamer leaves Balti.
more from pier foot of South street al
500 p. M. every Tuesday and Friday
for points named, arriving ut Crisfesd
q. n, Tangier Island 6.e0a. m, Oman
cock 7S0 q. M, Pooomoke City l.ol
p. m. Snow Hill $50 p. m.
IT. A. JOYNES, Gen. superintendent
T. MURDOCH. Passenger Agent.
J. SAWYER WILSON, II. Freight
Art, Baltimore Nd.
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Great pains should be taken to give
the cheese the best possible appear
ance. Uniformity in size should be
cultivated. To secure this. perhaps the
best way is to weigh the curd before
putting it into the press. Much care
should be taken in baniaging the
cheese. The baniages should be
placed neatly and straight. and seams
and pleats avoided. The cheese should
be turned in the morning in the press
to assure yourself that they are prop
crly bandaged. always using hot wa
ter. Care should be exercised at all
times to avoid specks, spots and fin
ger marks upon the cheese. They
should be taken from the press AMI
put on clean she!"es. in a well ven
tilated curing room. Adopt uniform
AMI handy marking system. noting
date of make, and distinguishing the
make of each vat where more than
one vat is used. Always leave the
date on the outside as you turn your
cheese in the morning to avoid I'M
necessary boring and 4 waste of time
for the buyer.
When boxing your cheese give good
weight. If the Wisconsin cheesemak-
ers would adopt the method which
they have in Canada. where in all
cases the factory selling green cheese
or cheese only 10 to Is days old is
Obliged to give full half pound over
the exact weight. great deal of
trouble would be prevented in these
days of sharp competition among the
buyers. Buyers will not lose on the
weight. and cheese weighed when
only 10 or Is days old will easily
shrink a half pound before arriving
at their destination. Cheese should
not be boxed over 20 hours before
shipping.
Care should be exercised also in de-
livering the cheese 10 the station.
Patrons will often complain of cut.
when il was occasioned ny nothing
else than their own negligence in
hauling. The wagons shodid be bed
led well with clean dry straw. The
Doxes should be- loaded so as to set
fat and not on the edge. At all sea
sons they should be covered with a
canvas to protect them from the heat.
rain. mud. and dust.
The manner of paying for cheese is
a question attracting considerable at
tention just now. In my mind it is a
question deserving much thought and
discussion Il does not seem to be
very well decided as Yet, among
cheese men. as to which r. the best
mode Of payment Three modes pre-
sent themselves: the bill of laiing,
cash payment at the depot. and re-
mittance. Each of these las advan-
tages and disadvantages. The qnes-
ton is which is the best? ! find a
great objection to paying at the depot
is this: That the purchasers would be
put to a great deal more expense
and this expense would ultimately
come out of the seller They could
not afford to pay as much if they
were thus put TO extra expense in
handling. This argument is not sen.
timent. but appeals to the pocket-book
and is. therefore. good. Furthermore
il is subject to the same inconveni.
ence of shortages in weight as is ex.
perienced by the bill of lading meth.
Cd BY all odds, the remittance meth.
cd is the most satisfactory.-C. f.
Knickerbocker, in American Agricul
turist.
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DIRECTORS.

Clayton ]. Purnell, President; Ed.
ward p. Davis. Vice President; William
+. Bratten, Treasurer: William i. john
son. Counsel, Thomas NJ. Purnell, John
II. Burbage, Alfred Child, Oscar NJ. Pur.
nell, w. Elton Boston, John W. Station.
Horace F. Harmonson. Chas. NJ. Peters.
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carefully analysed
n opium trul
MORRIS
SPRING, l.,
DIR TAFT
Gentlemen u write this testimonial from duty having tested
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After bottle her Asthma disappeared and she
all
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D.. PHELPS D.
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GensmenI troubled with AS for tried
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Home address, 1886 Rivington s. RAPHAEL.
East
Do delay addressing MEDICINE
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
FUNERAL OF ALFRED PERRIN.
Body of New York Wreck Victim
Buried at Alton.

The funeral Of Alfred N. Perrin, the sec
ond vice president and secretary of the
Union Bag Company. who was killed in the
New York Central wreck on "Wednesday,
took place yesterday afternoon at Alton
III.
The body arrived in Alton carly yeste:-
Gqv morning over the Big Four. accomp&-
MED by his three daughters, Misses juliet,
Eleanor and Pauline Perrin, MI. and Mrs.
r.. T.. Bousiield. Of Bay City. Mich: Mr..
and Mrs. Z. Il. FELTON,. Mr.. and Mrs. +. c..
Felton, and Mr.. and Mrs. + y. THlotSon. all
Of cleveland. O.. and w. /. Sparks. a bust
ness associate. of New York. The 5oIy
was taken 10 the First Presbyterian church.
where it lay in state during the morning
hours.
The funeral services We're held in the aft
ernoon at > O'clock. and Were largely at
tended by the business men OF Alton. y
delegation of St. Louis also came To Alton
on the noon Burlington train to attend the
funeral. The party consisted of Mrs. Homer
:. Pierce, +. T.. Alexander. VI. Il. Wallace.
Harold Maxwell. James Hewitt, w. +. dc
Cam and Henry Meier.
The services at the church were conducted
by the Reverend II. X. Sanborne. The pail
bearers were +. T.. Alexander. E 5. PIERCE
ana NJ. II. Wallace. of St. Louis: Robert
Hanna. +. NJ. Brown. H. Il. Sparks and
Carl Wuerker, of Alton, and W. l.. Sparks,
of New York.
The body was laid to rest beside that of
Mrs. Perrin. whose death occurred in Chi
cage two years ago. Employees of the
Samuel c. Cupples WoodenWare Company.
of St. Louis, sent a floral cross. and "'any
of his former business associates ana per
sonal friends contributed special designs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12

without running any risk of being excom-
municated. When this is not the case it
viii be a sad day for the Democratic
party.
And hat "is the head and front of the
offending"
With an attempt at sarcasm which must
have PANIED his friends and delighted his
enemies, he compares me to Napoleon at
Elba; but nobody ever accused me of using
the methods Of the inkflsh to darken the
waters to conceal my whereabouts on any
question. l am not skilled in Juggling
words. i say What l mean and 1 mean
what l say; and. Notwithstanding Governor
Stones two columns, there is not Il man
living who can tell from his last epistle
whether he really fayors q general primary
or not: but the fact remains that he fought
il with all his might for three months.
Finally. | am in favor of giving every
Democrat in the State, rich ar poor. old ar
young. great and small. in Republican
counties as well rs in Democratic conn
tics. a chance 10 vote on the senatorial
question.
II a majority vote AGAINST me. all we'll
and good. l VIII not complain. ! am too
old Il soldier not to accept the fortunes of
war ~philosophically. l will still remain
faithful 10 the party and principles for
which l have fought all my life and will
lose nc sleep in worrying over the result.
If ! win, l will serve the state and party
with whatever ability | possess. Whatever
may come. l am not afraid to trust the
people.
tSiguCdD CHAMP LARK.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
British War Office Confronted
With Il Most Serious COndi-
tiGn of Affairs.
NEW RULES ARE UNPOPULAR.
Apparent Necessity for Matcri-
ally Modifying Them or
Adopting Conscrip-
ton Policy.

London, Jam. 1.-THE British War oitir'
is confronted with Il most serious condition
of affairs. Its call for volunteers to re-
lieve the regiments at the front has, 81
far, met with absolutely no response, and
has served to intensity the widespread in
dignation existing among all the volunteer
regiments.
In the first place. volunteers answering
the call would only receive a shilling a Day
while the yeomanry, in which many N'llh-
teers have already enlisted, receive i've
Shillings a day.
The only solution for the deadlock APP
pears to he for the War Office to introduce
CONSUMPTION or withdraw the new reSula-
tons.
These nave stirred up strife to an extent
which has not existed for many a year no
tween the government officials and the vol
untary arm of the service, and. according
to many high officers. will bankrupt Il ma
jority of the regiments.
According to the new rules. every reSl-
ment must 30 into camp for one Week
each year. and the government grant VIII
be reduced in proportion to the number OF
abSenteeS from the camp.
ImUOssibie Conditions.
The volunteers commanders say it is i'm
possible 10 get more than 70 per cent Of
the men in the same week, so different are
the occupations OF the volunteers.
In addition. the War Office refuses TO rec
oguiZe drills which are not attended by a
percentage of mel which it has hitherto
been found quite impossible to attain, ana
imposes battalion parades of such strength
that there is no drill hall or drill ground
in London large enough To enable the bat
talions 10 m~aneuyer.
Among those who condemn the new reg
~ulations is Colonel BalfOur. a brother of
the cabinet minister \. J. Balfour. who
commands the London Scottish.
The matter will be brought TO the atten-
ton of Parliament. and if the order of the
war secretary. Mr.. BrodeTick. is not
amended. the volunteer force. so the colonel
of one of the strongest London regiments
says. will dwindle to nothing.
In the meanwhile, the War Office is still
waiting anNiously for an answer TO its call
for additional troops for service in South
Africa.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
MIR. NINON'S PREDECESSORS
IN TAMMANY LEADERSHIP.

Mr.. Lewis NiXon's predecessors in the
leadership of Tammany Hall number only
three-Richard Croker. John Kelly and
William Marcy Tweed.
Or these Croker's tenure of office has
been the longest. The first recognized Lead
cr of Tammany Hall. or the entire Tam
many Society. was William NJ. Tweed.
lie was born in Cherry street April 8. 1877.
ana became a chairmaker. and later a
~brushmaker. Early in life he took an in
terest in politics.: in fact. a greater inter
est IN politics than he took in the making
OF chairs and brushes. and in 1851 ran for
Alderman in his district on the Tammany
ticket and was elected. Promotion came
speedily after that. and two years later ne
went TO Congress as Il representative of
Tammany Hall.
On his next attempt he met with defeat.
his first as a candidate for office. but in 1852
was elected as the chairman of the Cen
eral of Tamnany Hall. which
at that time carried with it the leadership
of the organization. which was then in the
zenith of its success. Practically all Of the
city'S Offices were filled with members of
the organization. and the leaders-Twced
more particularly-had grown careless with
the assumption Of power such as was never
possessed before by a political organiza-
ton.