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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
THE BUGLER'S CHEST

Is well expanded. He uses his lungs to
their fullest capacity. People in ordir-
airy do not use much over half their lung
power. The unused lung surface be-
comes inert, and offers a prepared ground
tor the attack of the germs of consurnp-
ton. There IS no need to warn people
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
Trunk Came Over in MayfIower.

FUNK Game OVer III WdyNoVVcF'
BY the will of Spencer G. Doty OF
Yonkers, N. Y, the descendants of the
Mayflower pioneers of his state are
to come into possession of a small
wooden trunk which came over IN the
famous ship.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
Immense Apartment House.

One of the largest apartment
houses in Connecticut has just been
completed at Hartford. 1t consists of
seventy-five apartments, varying from
one room and bath to eight rooms
and a bath a public dining room, pub.
lie reception room, ten servants
rooms and a liberal supply Of private
storage rooms.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
Cause and Effect.

Cause and Effect.
Mrs. NeXtdoor-I saw the doctor
stop at your house this morning. Is
any one sick?
Mrs. Homer-Yes; my husband.
Mrs. Nextdoor-Indeed! What
seems to be the trouble?"
Mrs. Homer-Dyspepsia He ate too
much health food.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
Our Friend.

+, We have friend who knows lis better
Than we know ourselves, loves us better
than we love ourselves, helps us when we
cannot help ourselves, and in the midst of
our deepest despair breathes into our
heart the breath of new and divine hope.
james Freeman Clarke. - :.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
TAX COLLECTORS
NOTICE OF SITTING.

In compliance with the Acts of AS.
sembly of 1902, Chapter 353, Section SB.
which requires that the Collectors shall
sit for the purpose of collecting the
State and County taxes the last ten
days of the months of August, Septem.
Der, October and November respective
ly, hereby give notice that the time
and place of such sittings will be as
follows:
WILLIAM WHALEY, Collec'
tor for the Third, Fifth and Ninth Elec-
ton Districts. will sit at Ocean City
the 2lst day of August; At Berlin the
22d and goth days August; at Berlin the
goth day of September; at Berlin the
oath day of October; at Berlin the gath
day of November; at his store in Bishop
vile the remaining days not above
mentioned of the last ten days of each
of these months.
CHAS. M. PETERS, Collector
Tor the Second Fourth, Sixth and Eighth
Election Districts. will sit at Snow Hill
the 25th day of August; at Stockton the
goth day of August; Newark the 22d day
OF August; at Snow Hill the 22d and Goth
days of September; at Snow Hill the
Goth day of October; at Snow Hill the
@4Gu UIy OF IN november; at his nome HodI
Wesley the remaining days not above
mentioned of the last ten days of each
of these months.
WILLIAM e. LAMKFORD,
Collector for the First and Seventh Elec.
ton Districts, will sit at Pocomoke City
the last ten days Of each of tho months
of August, September, October, and
November.
By order of the Board of County Com
missioners.
J. EDWARD WHITE,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-10-10
PocoMoKE RIVER LINE.
Raltimore-SuoW Hill Route.

VOOUvuS No B1o EN- - ~ "a
Balhmore-Snow Hill Route.
The Steamer Pocomoke leaves Saov
Hill ct O'Clock q. M, on every Monday
and Thursday stopping at Mataponi,
2ocomoke City 9 a. m, Powells, Eeho-
both, Cedar Hall, Pitts Wharf, Shell.
town Onanoock $50 p. M, Finzey.s.
Tangier Island 4.S0 p. m, Crisheld &
p. M, arriving In Baltimore orleck
next morning.
Returning the Steamer leaves Balti.
more from pier foot Of South strest aa
500 p. m. every Tuesday and Friday
for points named, arriving at Csisdeld
4 q. M, Tangier Island 5.80a. m, oaaH-
cock 7.80 a. M, Pocomoke City l.oe
p. m. Snow Hill $50 p. m. =
T. A. jJOYNES, Gen. Superin.-
T. MURDOCH, Passenger
J. SAWYER WILSOF
Att, Baltimore ,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
"The Jerks.'

The most remarkable manifestation
Of the great religious movement which
swept over this country just before the
war Of 1912 was the physical and nerv-
Gus disorder known as 1.-The jerks" The
Jerks took their name from the fact
that the arms and legs would be thrown
about apparently by a force beyond
control c. the individual The disorder
was epidel.c in Tennessee. A slave
owner, a mai of great wealth and
prominence and i,religious, called his
slaves together orc Sunday morning,
when a camp meeting was in progress
near by, and announced his deliberate
intention of horsewhipping any one of
their number who took the jerks. ut
is all Imagination" he said, land I'll
whip any one of you that taxes it with
in an inch of his life" He went to
camp meeting, and while conversing
with d friend in the outskirts of the
ground was told. that one of his ne
groes had the jerks. Selling his horse
whip, he fastened toward the spot and
when half way was himself seized by
the Jerks
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
What Buddhism Aimed to Do.

The Greeks were capable of much
poetical pessimism. They saw the van
ity of things as plainly as Gotama did,
but they also saw the pleasure of pro-
claiming this vanity in sonOrous hex
ametcrS OF musical elegiacs. To give
everything VI because you cannot en-
joy everytl ing forever would not have
entered into their very sound brains
and healthy nervous systems. Buddha
knew this, knew that mankind was
light minded. a child pursuing 4 bird.
But in the slack and demoraliZing eli
mate of India he found countless dis
ciples Most of them perhaps cling to
the Brahamic survivals in Buddhism.
the gods. the fairy tales, more closely
than to the doctrine of remuneration.
1t is a hospitable religion and has
many mansions. But it cid aim at do
ing away with the sacredness of caste.
at proving all men to be equally hu-
man, equally capable, as far as social
distinctions go, Of moral excellence. In
this view, where Buddhism most d.
rectly reacts against Brahninism. it
has not been success. The caste sys-
TEN in all its Indian minutenesS has
survived the Buddhist doctrine. Bud
dha for the soul and the gods for the
world" an old Cingalese saying. still
exists in that popular superstition. HUI
man nature cannot be boxed up in a
system.-London News
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
SAYINGS OF THE WISE.

The eyes of other people are the eyes
that ruin us.-Franklin.
If you would know and not be
known, live in city.-COltOn.
The way of the world is to make
laws, but follow customs.-MOntaign
We carry happiness into our condi-
ton, but cannot hope to find it there
Holmes.
Prosperity is no just scale. Adver-
sity is the only balance to weigh
friends.-Plutarch.
Children are unconscious philOSO-
pliers. They refuse to pull to pieces
their enjoyments to see what they are
made of-Henry Ward Beecher.
Energy will do anything that can be
done in this world, and no talents, no
circumstances. no opportunities, will
make two legged animal man with
out it.-GOethe.
Great. ever fruitful. profitable for re-
proof, for encouragement, for building
up in manful purposes and works, are
the words of those that in their day
were men.-Carlyle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
How q Glass Eye Acts.

A glass eye has never so free range
of movement as the real one, and when
the owner turns his eyes strongly in
any direction the glass eye lags behind
the other. so producing a squint- Then
the pupil of the glass eye is of course
of a fixed size, while the natural pupa
dilates and contracts not only with
varying amounts of light. but with
varying emotions. Then again the
white of the eye varies in tint greatly
from day to day, being Slightly blood
shot during headaches and yellow dur
ing bilious attacks. The differences in
color between the two eyes caused by
these changes are even more easily no
ticed than the differences in the pupils
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
Old Maids and Climate.

The unenlightened frequently make
the mistake Of thinking that lack OF op-
portunity is responsible for the exist
ence of single women, but | lay most
of it to climate The New England eli
mate is not conducive to matrimOny
or even lovemaking. And even afte1
the crucial moment has passed and the
single woman has drifted from girl
hood to spinsterhoOd, cold climate,
raw winds, chill rains and SHOW tend
to increase the loneliness of it. There
may be old maids in the south. but
never heard Of them being called by
that name. | have known some single
women, schoolteachers. anywhere from
seventeen to fifty. and some Of their
grown boy pupils were eternally and
pcrcnnially in love with them. \ sin
gle woman who has made up her mind
not to marry las Il hard time to keep
her resolution in the south. for she is
always assaulted to break it. The very
climate breathes love. All, there it is!
AS | said. old maids are surely Il mat.
ter of ciilnate.-lIarper's BaZar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
Pedigrecs of Arabian Horses.

The Arabs have no written pedi-
grees 1t is all an affair of memory
and of notoriety in the tribe. Certain
alleged pedigrees of Arabian horses,
couched in romantic language and rep
resented as carried in small bag and
hung by cord around the animals
neck, have been published, but these
are forgeries got up probably by horse
dealers, Egyptian, Syrian or Persian.
The breeding of every horse is a mat
ter of common knowledge, and it
would be impossible for his owner to
fabricate pedigree so as to deceive the
natives, even if he were SO inclined.
The Bcdouins, it seems necessary to
admit, are in general great liars. and
they will lie Ito stranger about the
age, the qualities or the ownership of
a horse, but they will not lie about his
pedigree, even when they can do so
with IMMUNITY. TO be truthful on this
subject is almost matter of religion,
certainly point of honor in the dcs
ert-Atlantic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
London's HIGHEST Level,

The highest part Of the city of Lon
don is the middle of PanAier alley. run
ming between Newgate street and
paternoster row. Ben Jonson tells us
that in his day this was stand for
tripe sellers and earlier still for ba kers.
The exact spot is indicated on the east
wall by a stone monument consisting
of boy sitting upon pannier,s or
bakers basket, holding in his hand a
bunch Of grapes On the pedestal is the
following inscriptions:
When We have sought the city round,
Yet still this is the highest ground.
Aug. q, 1888.
We're we to include Greater London
then Hampstead heath would be the
spot. for it is 424 feet above sea level,
or "a feet above the cross of ST. Paul
London Standard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
WHEN STARCH WAS NEW.
1t Used TO BE Made In Colors So az ts
Tint the ia I3ric.

"A package of starch?" asked the In.
telligent az! learned grocer, and as he
wrapped tie pHringe up he talked.
Starch originated" he said, Gin
Flanders. T. wee introduced into Eng
land, with the big ruiz. in the time OF
Queen Elizabeth. 1t was like our starch
of today, except that it was made in
coiors-rcd, yellow, green, blue. The
effect OF this was to tint delicately the
white linen TO which tie starch might
be applied.
Before Queen Elizubeth's time ruff
1es and rlltis were made of fine hoi-
lard, which required NO stiffening
Then tic 'uGs of cambria came, and
these must of necessity be Starchcd.''
The grocer, consulting his .1emoran-
DUN book, resumed:
1T is recorded that when the queen
had ruffS made of lawn and cambria
for her own princely wearing there was
nOIe il England could tell how to
starch them; but the queen made spe-
cial means for some women that could
starch. and Mrs. Gullham, wife of the
royal cOacEman, was the first starch
en-
in 1864 Flanders woman. Frau
VaH der Plasse, came to London and
established there school for the
teaching Of starching. The school sue
ceCGCtt. The Flanders frau got rich
SHE charged Is lesson ;.ld an extra
20 shillings for recipe for tie making
Of starch out of wheat flour, bran ana
roots.
"Ycllow was the most fashionable
color in starch among the nobility. The
Pulit2nS used blue starch. though at
first they had been against the stuff al
together. clubbing it "A certajne kinde o5
liquidc matter which they call starch,
wherein tic devil hath willed them to
wash and dive their ruffes, which,
when they be dry, will then stand stiffe
and intieXiblc about their neckS.'
"Starch is made from wheat, corn
and potatoes, and starving men have
often subssted ON it. finding it nour-
ishin=, though not sty."-London
Graphic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09

The animal par excellence which the
hunter. the amateur arctic traveller and
the young explorer hopes and dreams
Of killing is the polar bear. The reason
for this is the magnificent trophy
which the great white skin makes
This feeling was no less strong centu-
ries ago than it is now, for we read
that one of the early Icelandic sea row
ers to Greenland quarreled with and
killed his bosom companion because he
had slain large bear instead of leav-
ing that honor to his chief. With the
modern repeating rifle the bear stands
no chance against the hunter no mat
ter under what conditions they may
meet. and if he is hunted in the native
way, with the assistance of dogs. there
is hardly mere excitement than in kill
ing musk oxen. except for the wild,
heller SHELTER dash over the ice to over
take the animal after the dogs strike
the hot scent-Leslie's Monthly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09

do nawthin' of the kind! It's all yer
aut's fault that them trees is there,
ain there they kin stay fer me-"
Preoccupied himself, Jonas never de-
tected the purpose throbbing in Her
bert's whole being nor even observed
the guilty glance that his nephew stole
at him when the boy asked with as
sumed calm if he might go fishing in
stead of accompanying Jonas to mill.
"Jest as We like" said his uncle
somewhat surprised. Amt no good
fshin' round here, but l s'pose throw.
in the line in the water'fl satisfy ye."
Herbert waited until his uncle had
been gone a full half hour; then he
few round to the wood pile and seized
the ak, his heart throbbing to suffoca-
ton. He hurried back to the front
yard glancing right and left There
was no one in sight. He looked at
Miranda Sour, the representative of
the ungodly." Yes, it was no fancy.
Her leaves rustled an insolent chal-
lenge. He sprars to her side and sunk
his Ak deeply in her new smooth bark.
furiousy. In less than fifteen min
utes she lay quivering and signing at
the feet Of Miranda Sweet.
With desperate strength he dragged
the fallen one round to the back yard
sometimes in cold terror over his deed
sometimes with the same exultation
that Achilles felt in driving round the
walls of Troy. The funeral pyre Of
Miranda Sour was no easy work, TO!
the day was hot and the limbs full Of
sap, but at last nothing was left o.
her save a few blackened pieces not to
be distinguished MS parts of an apple
tree. Then a tired but determiEru
gy and drove up the road at rate tat
threatened an immediate smashur
1t was 6 o'clock when Jonas re-
turned He was dusty, tired anG !. IN
CRY. Then rs he opened the gate he
rubbed his eyes--it could only be
vision.
But certainly the vision had warm
arms. They clasped him round tn.
neck. and Il face still good to look or
was upturned to his own, and the old
beloved voice cried out:
kiss me. Jonas-right here. right
now"'
"Miranda"' he gasped. and Their
brokenly. Thank God. oh. thank
God"
Yes. thank him." faltered Miranda
tears falling now "And his instru,
ment was that blessed boy! Oh. Jonas,
he told me how you missed me an
how you kept that beautiful apple
tree in front the door to remember me
by"
Hot shame and fear flooded Jonas
He glanced at the house and felt like
rubbing his eyes again, for of Miranda
Sour not even stump was left, while
~ sweet Aria placid humility, comfort
ed with many apples and tremrlous
with hints Of years Of happiness. Mi
randa Sweet shaded the doorway low
ingly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
DRESDEN CHINA.
First offered For Sale ut the Fair
of Leipsic In 1921.

First offered For Sale at the Fair
of Leipsic In 1921.
Dresden china began it's reign at the
fair of Leipsic, 1921, where it was Of
fered for public sale for the first time,
It has had three periods Kings, Mar
coline and modern-and for all around
use it continues to be the most popular
ware of this day.
The factory marks traced on the bot
tom of each piece vary according to the
period-the Oldest (King's) being the
monogram A. r. and the wand of l4cs-
culapius. The familiar crossed swords
with the dot or circle between the han
dies, were first used in 1921, and the
star took the place of the dot in the
Marcoline period. The modern mark is
the simple crossed swords, sometimes
accompanied by letters and numbers.
Although the methods of work are
still jealousy guarded in all factories
the essentials are an open secret, and
the following rough outline may salts
fy the lazily curious: The ingredients
of porcelain are kaolin feldspar, sand
and selenite. These are ground fine and
mixed in limewater. The paste is then
nodded into forms and fired in an oven
of moderate heat. When taken out, it
/ Is in an opaque state and is then dipped
in the glaze, which is feldspar ground
fine, with little alkali. 1t is now sub
jected to firing of great heat, which
results in the beautiful polished SUP
face so familiar the world ever
This second firing is attended with
risk, for If the piece is allowed to re-
main beyond the exact proper moment
the whole melts together and is ruined
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
A STRANGE LEGEND.
Origin of q Curious Custom Observed
by Bulgarian Masons


Nine master masons who were en-
gagged in building a citadel in the time
of the Voivoid Neagoe found OH re-
turning to their work each morning
that the portion, of the wall which they
had completed the day before had fall
lying in heap of ruins in the ditch.
Manol of Curtea, the head mason, in
formed his comrades one morning that
voice from heaven had warned him
in his sleep the night before that their
labors would continue to come to
naught unless they all swore on that
very morning to immune in the struc-
ture the first woman, be it wife. moth
err, daughter or sister, who should ar
rive with the morning meal OF one
or either of them. They all took the
oath, and the last man hal hardly been
sworn when ManOl's OWL wife appear
ed, carrying her husbands breakfast.
The oath was kept. and the woman.
known in the legend as Flora of the
Fields was murdered and her blood
and flesh incorporated with the wall Of
masonry.
A curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons the above scene is laid in Dul-
garia), which survives to this day. tes-
tifies to the vitality of the legend. To
insure the soldity of the houses they
build they measure with Il reed the
shadow of the first p> rson who passes
after the digging Of the foundation
has been completed. When the foun-
cation is commenced. this reed is buried
under the first rock, usually the corner
stone
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
The Camel's Bite.

The camel alone of all runinants has
incisor teeth in the upper jaw, which,
with the peculiar structure of his other
teeth. make his bite. the animals first
and main defense, most formidable.
The skeleton of the camel is full of
proofs of design. Notice, for example,
the arched backbone, constructed in
such way as to sustain the greatest
weight in proportion to the span. of the
supports. A strong camel can bear
thousand pounds weight, although the
usual load in Yemen is not more than
600 mounds
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09

"Once at a party said Scotch G. p
gyman, there was crusty old SO;
seated at wrist table playing :::,s-
sionately, and his partner was Il Young
woman, the daughter of a neighGoriIl"
laird. You are to imagine this yolDg
woman's surprise in the heart of til"
game when the old fellow threw Gown
his cards and bawled at her:
"'What kind of game are We play
in, We darned AUDI
"And then, recollecting himself. he
bowed and said humbly to the aston
ished girl:
eyer pardon's begged, madam. !
took We in the excitement for ny ain
wife,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-04-09
CHARLOTTE l.JSHMAN.
Hitter Ending CT the Ono Love Affair
+ of the Famous Actress.

Hitter Ending CT the Ono Love Affair
of the Famous Actress.
Charlotte Cushman, the actress, was
In love but once in her life. She met in
Cincinnati, where she was playing, al,
actor named Clark, with whom she fell
in love. Through her efforts Clark was
advanced to leading man in the COM
pany, and the course of true love ran
smoothly.
One night the actress met a strange
'voman behind the scenes between the
Lcts.
The woman came up to her and ad-
dressed her thus:
you are Charlotte Cushman. the
great actress. Haven't you got enough
men to admire you without coming be-
tween man and wife and robbing me
of my 'husband?'
Your husbandv' cried Miss Cush-
man, getting excited.
Yes, and you have taken or you are
trying to take him from me-" contin-
ued the ragged woman, looking Miss
Cushman full in the face.
"Who is your husband"
Conrad Clark" replied the woman,
1.-The father of this child" pointing to a
half starved, thin little child in he1
arms.
Miss Cushman started as if she had
been shot.
She went through her part that night
as usual-acted it splendidly-brough
down the house; then, after the per-
Torrance, she sent for Clark to come to
her dressing room. Clark Knocked and
then opened the door. She brought for
ward to him his wife and baby, who
had been waiting in the dressing, room
to receive him.
Such Il reception! Charlotte Cushman
never looked or acted so grandly on the
stage in all her life as she did that
night in her dressing room. She waved
Clark away with Il greater majesty
than ever as Queen Catherine she
waved away Cardinal WOlsey, and then
going to her hotel probably she had a
good crying spell.
But she never loved again.