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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Suspended hy Air Pressure.

that the atmospheric pressure out
side is greater than 1t is inside the
glass and that pressure holds the
two objects together The object in
greasirs the surface of the plate is
to make a tight joint between that
and the glass, so that the outer air
cannot get inside the latter.
For the second experiment expend
a plate as shown in the picture and
adjust the strings so that it will
hang level Get bottle with hol-
lowed out bottom-all wine bottles
are made In that way--and having
rubbed grease around the rim of the
bottom hold the latter over the spout
Of boiling tea kettle for a moment.
The hot steam will take the place OF
the air in the hollow. and if you now
press the bottle firmly against the
under surface of the plate and hold
it there for moment or two you may
take your hand away and the bottle
will not fall off. This is merely an
other illustration OF atmospheric
pressure.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Cos. of Road improvements

Road building in Massachusetts ha1
reached point where large and Very
definite results may he pointed "ut
There are 40 miles of completed State
road out of total OF 1866 miles for
which petitions have been received
These petitions come from PSI towns
and twenty-five cities. showing that the
country districts are after their share.
The counties are Obliged 10 pay one
quarter the expense Of construction
AMI the amount assessed on the conn.
les during 1902 was s12j.01o. while
about fifty-Scven miles of road were
bHi-. These fifty-sevcn miles cost the
State about S.00.G0O and the counties
:;12G."o0. or tota! well over Si0.o0f
pc: mile. In considering The cnormou;
coS1. however. lit should ba rcmem.
be.ed thar difficult and costly sections
are usually selected. where expensive
grading or drainage are necessary.
The repair bills. which il was ut first
Supposed would he light. are fast be.
coming IN important item. The toUns
pay $50 per year toward repairing eaci.
mile OF State road and the State does
the rest. In 1902 the total cost OF re
pairs was about $60.O0o. of which the
towns paid about $1,000. Hence the
cost per mile is nearly $50 per year.
although sGlEe of the roads are new
and none have been made many years.
1t is already evident that in This eli
maze no road will take care of itself
however well built. and maintenance
as wei. rs first cost must be rcci:onad
in figuring OFT the burden OF 4 com.
piete system. No doubt tho road bald.
ing idea is immensely popular. cSpa,
c:aliy il the smalle? towns II j. felt
that the Improvements must come. an2
taxpayers 90 not find fault except. per
haps. in large cities. where not mucl,
is practically known of country road
problems. "; any nlan that makes
communication easy between country
and city is i help TO all classes. ana the
e2ct Is becoming more fully realized
yearly rs the plan Of the State roads
':G@ally approaches completion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11

ION WAS heid recently NJ De> MoineS
The att cdance. the enthusiasm and
he ability and prominence OF :he
sneakers Indicated the imnortanc" OF
h gathering. Among the speakers
we're President Moore and Secretary
richardson. OF the National Coed
Roads Association: NJ. ". O. Eidridge.
u the United STATES department OF
Agriculture: Hon. I.afc Young. of the
Daily Capital: Colonel J. =. Killebrow.
u Nashville. and Judge y. II. McNey.
u Iowa. The two last named speak.
arS devoted special attention to TIC
question oil National aid. which proved
TO he the most popular idea presented
10 the convention.
\ permanent organization was
formed and five delegates from each
Congressional district We're selected Il
attend the National Good Roads Con.
vention 1T ST. Louis. The resolutions
adopted favor National aid in cooper.
alton with States. counties AMI NUM-
cipaIitics in general scheme for road
Improvement. and Iowa'S Senators ant
Representatives in Congress are re-
qCeS;ed 10 work for such Il law.
One of the arguments advanced in
favor o. the National aid plan is that il
will tend to equaiiZe the distribution
o: the funds appropriated by Congress.
II is pointed out thar. while large
Fart of the revenues collected by the
Federal Government come directly o!
Indirectly from the fa:m;n" popula.
ton. only very small per cent. OF the
appropriations are spent - the rural
districts. Tie snending of Nationa:
funds 70? building ana improving high.
ways would relieve this injustice t.
some extent. and would tend to Stimu.
la:e the farmers interest in public III
fairs more than almost anything tho
Government could do.
An o3ject lesson road is now under
cons ,ruction at Russell Centre. in Gea.
uga County. Ohio. and 4 very success.
full road convention has Just been held
n that place addressed by Hon. Mar,
tin Dodge. Of the United States De,
partmenf of Agriculture. and other
speakers o. local prominence. There
is "A grea; interest in road improvement.
throughout Northern Ohio. The Cl"ve
land Leader in its report of this con.
vention says:
"A feature OF :.e meeting was the
fact that Il line of four telephones Were
so arranged in front of the speakers
that persons in Ill towns in Northern
Ohio. Cleveland ard Piitsburg. Pa.
Were enabled TO hear speaking"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
for him. and he got it away just in

for him. and he got it away just in
time.
Miss PinkcrIy, in the meantime. be.
tween the baby's frantic cries. mani
aged to convey the information that
the bottle was lot enough.
But You must hold hi.!." sao sail
while prepare IT,
Once more CaStieton took the shriC,;-
ing infant in his arms. This time h"
was mad He walked that baby IN
and down rs if he had been a sac!. OF
meal or 4 musket.
An then as Miss Pini;erly came in
and took him and applied that bottle
to his lips and put him in his eth there
was silence. blissful. we'll earned 81
lence.
CaStieton wasted no time.
He took her hand in his and I'd Eci
gently TO the alcove.
Dorothy. dear" he said. ~! you
say rs? I love you
She smiled.
IF you had asked me that question
this morning" she repl!ed. Il would
have kept you waiting. because yOu
III ight have been mistaken in YOU: :eP!-
!ngs. But after all you have been
through with I'm going to say YES
right away. because | know ROW that
you must love me. New Yo:,; Times
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
"SIeepX Grass"

There is a species OF grass, "Stipa
vaseyi." growing in the mountains OF
New Mexico and in some OF the neigh.
boring regions. that has the marked
effect OF putting to sleep every horse
that eats it. Until recently there have
been Only vague and urauthentic &C.
counts CO il. But at a recent meeting
OF the Washington Biological Society
Mr.. Vernon Bailey. an official of tho
United States Biological Survey. de.
scribei the effects OF this grass on tho
horses Of the exploring party of which
he Rad charge last wear
They had camped il the Sacramento
Mountains in New Mexico. at an alti.
tude of about eight thousand feet
Their horses had just been turned
loose to Craze on grass that had an
abundance OF green blades and tall
heads full OF ripe seeds. VIXEN a pass.
ing rancl man warned them that il
was sleepy grass" and added. Ii
they get a good feed CT that grass you
will not get out of here fer a week"
After the horses had grazed about half
an hour the warning was needed. and
the horses were picke:ei TO another
spot.
The rext morning ell the horses
were drowsy. ard one was sound
asleep. standing with legs braced and
ears and lower lip dropping in a most
unusual and grotesque fashion. He
had almost to be dragged to camp. and
would not eat his oats or drink water
He preferred TO sleep. All the horses
were sleepy for a5ou: three days but
10 Ill effects followed except profuse
sweating while travelling. and little
less Of FISH from preferring to sleep
Instead CT eating full! rations.
Tn" rage horses are said never to
eat Sleepy grass. and these that arc
brought into the re.'Cn where it grows
and turned loose eat &C it only once
Horses thar wee thought to have
strayed and Wee lost for Gays hay0
been finally fcund asleep in the bushes
nca- camp. Cattle arc SAIL either no.
10 30 ef:>ctei By exiting this grass OF
- refuse TO e:t 1t. The exact facts
arr ret krowr 1t is probable that
whom mere is known about this sleepy
grass an e"t,act may be made from
:; wI!Ca will be cf use as sei2tiye
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Tho AnsMrr wa. En,v

The teacher was explaining 10 ner
pupils the use o. the words senior and
Junior.
Now if Jo;a Smith had son John
Smith. tEey would call the son John
Smith. Junior. The father would he
Iohn Smith. Senior. Now, surprising
John Smith. Senior. had Il grandson
john Smith. can any one tell me what
tnc CRANE son would he called"
Promptly went un he hand OF hoy
On jhc front scat
We'll Eddie" said Tie Teacher.
He'd be called John Smith. >opho.
more, ma'am. New York Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Verv Ancient.

Archim edes of Syracuse. when he
was in Egypt. invented the earliest
machine for pumping bilge water ou'
of the holds of ships. The instrument
was also used in the Delta for the pur
poses of irrigation. Diodorus Siculns
twice refers to it in his writings. a
curious model OK such an instrument.
probably Of the late Ptoiemaic period.
las been found in Lower Egypt. 1t
consists of a terra Gotta cylinder With
= screw inside it. ten inches long and
four and a half inches in diameter
Near the center of the outside IS
band with cross-pieces. These may
represent fcotholds and suggest that
the machine was worked after tho
manner Of the treadmill. Such screws
We're probably made Of wood.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
A Grand Old Cherry Tree.

is worth more than two or three acres
of wheat. There is tree in Northern
Delaware. seventy to eighty years OH.
that has produced an average OF $50
worth of fruit annually for nearly
twenty years. One year the cherries
sold for $50. Six years ago this old pa
triarch bore fifty-four peach baskets OF
delicious fruit. or about 100 pounds.
And ali of this fruit has been free
gift from nature. as the old tree has
stood in n dooryard all these years un-
attended and uncared for except in
cherry time.-Country Life in America.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11

Baltimore-Snow Hill Route.

The Steamer Pocomoke leaves Snow
Hill ct 8 o'clock q. M, on every Monday
and Thursday stopping at Mataponi,
Pocomoke City q. M Powells, Reho-
both. Cedar Hall, Pitts Wharf, Shell.
town Onancock $50 p m, Finney's,
Tangier Island 4.3O p m, Crisfieid !
p. m, arriving In Baltimore O'Clock
next morning.
Returning the Steamer leaves Bali
more from pier foot of South street a,
800 p. m. every Tuesday and Friday
for points named, arriving ut CrisfieId
4 a. m, Tangier Island $50 a. m, Oman.
cock 7.9o a. m, Pocomoke City l.U
p. IN. Snow Hill $50 p. m
T. A. JOYNES, Gen. Superintendent,
T. MURDOCH. Passenger Agent.
J. SAWYER WILSON, JR., Fre,rh,
Agt.. Baltimore Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Narrow Tires Displaced.

The wide tires seem TO lie gradually
G.sp,acing the narrow. especially for
farm work. They should take the place
of the narrow tire on the highways. as
the roads can he kept in condition with
much less expense where heavy loads
are drawn upon broad tires than when
narrow tires are used. 1t is not only
for the sake OF the highway but there
is q saving in draft upon almost all
kinds OF roads
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
rainy St~c, Road Workers.

II is reporicl from Wilkes County.
Georgia. That on accom-; OF the shrink
age in the rumber OF convicts avail.
able fo: read wor!, the commissioners
have purchased some $500 worth of
steel road workers. which are said to
do the work of twenty-five men. With
these machines ana sufficient mule
power to manipulate them. the com.
miSsi0ners hope 10 make un the deficit
onvict labor
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Size of a Cuckoo Egg.

The common cuckoo lays the rala-
lively smallest egg. For instance. tie
iackdaw and the cuckoo are about
equal in size. YET the jackdaw's e@:.
is some five or six times larger Alan
the cuckco's. The fact that the cuckoo
is wont 70 deposit us eggs in the nests
of birds very much smaller than itself
doubtless in measure explains this.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
ID BIRDS.

.ngs a song
| song er cheer,
crow he croaks eriong
ne all de year;
amer he
de time away
in de tree wifi he
r all de day,
indianapolis Sun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-11
Wants Better Roads.

DIVA is rapidly coming tG
the front in tine campaign
of education ard organi2a.
ton for road Improvement
\ State good roads cOnven.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
How the Indian Knows Coward.

An Oklahoma man once told an In
dian that a desperate white man was
after his scalp. He smiled and shook
his head. "A few days later" con
tinues the narrator. we were talking
TO the white man when the Indian
came ND to join the group. He had
spotted the stranger and knew him
by sight. Without saying word to
him he walked up within arms reach
and struck TIE white man in the face
with a rough heavy glove. He paused
for a few seconds and hit him again
Ugh" he exclaimed as he wheeled
around and walked away. The white
man looked at the Indian in amaze
ment. but made no show of resent
ment. Later in the day when we
asked the Indian why he didn't follow
IN the insult with blows he told us
the white man was a coward. In eX
plaining how he knew il he said tho
mans Jaw dropped" when he struck
him in the face the second time with
the glove. and that this, with the In
dian was an unfailing sign of cow
-ldice. kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
Skeleton Of Prehistoric Reptile.

An interesting new exhibit has beer
added 10 the geological department o
the Natural History Museum. Crom
we'll road, South Kensington, England
II consists of the tail and other bone:
Of gigantic reptile. the remains c
which We're discovered in the OxforC
Clay at Peterborough. by Mr. Alfred
n. Leeds. The tail is incomplete a
both ends. but still measures 20 fee
in length. and biologists compute tha
the whole length of the creature cou
not have been less than 60 feet.
clue to its height is also afforded
a left hind limb measuring IA fe
and the right fore limb is also p
served. Tail and these two lin
however. make up all of the rept
that Mr.. Leeds has been able 10
cover. The creature is. in technit
phrase. a Sauropodous dinosaur.
this particular species has he.
termed Cetiosaurus Leedsi in honSi
Of its discoverer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Happiness will never be found so
long as your back is turned on duty.
Grief is the craving tool that cuts
the lines of grace in the character.
What would make model for one
might only make muddle in another
The fall of the conceit of knowledge
is worse than one CT the densest ig-
norance.
Ambition becomes sin when it turns
from the blessing of service to the
boosting of self
There is no way you can do greater
works than by the greatness OF your
ordinary works.
Better throw stream on the smoke
OF your imaginations than wait for the
flame OF sinful deed.
When man buys a healthy peace
at the price of sickly pride he has
made coed bargain.
Some men fight so anxiously fer
truths cast-off garments that truth
herself is almost slain.
Many men have their money at the
faucet of duty while they leave the
bung-hole of desire wide open.
No man ever yet succeeded in TAX
ing the gilt of the worlds pills with
out bsolbing their poison.-Ram's
Horn.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
RUSHING MAIL IN THE EARLY
WEST.
Locomotive Tender Loaded with WOOD
in Fifteen Seconds.

in Fifteen Seconds.
The war between the AtchisCn and
Burlington for the mail haul between
Chicago and Kansas City recalls an
event about the middle of the las:
century that excited interest from
oceal. TO ocean. The line now usea
by the Burlington from St. Joseph 10
Hannibal was completed in 1859, and
was known as the Hannibal and St
Joseph railroad. Before the track
had time 10 get solid" the managers
were asked if they could transport the
mail from the Mississippi, TO the Mis-
souri, river. and there connect with the
Pony Express" in a certain fixed
time. They said they didn't know.
but that they'd die trying.
l.. L. Coleman was yard master at
Macon. What he saw of the great
run against time ne describes thus
in the Kansas City Times:
in these days all engines were
wood burners. On that day | was a;
Macon City with my wood saving out.
fit. There were about 1000 cords OF
wood piled four ranks deep and eigh:
feet high on the railroad bank oppo-
site the main street OF the town. The
late Z. +. Bennett, station agent.
handed me telegram from the fuel
agent to wood the tender Of the fast
mail engine in less than no time. !
got the exact measurement Of loco
motive tender and erected a plat
form to that height. then put every
possible man that could find standing
room on the platform. each one with
an arm full of selected wood. y large
crowd congregated TO witness the load
ing of the tender Way down the
line we saw the smoke rolling out o.
the big balloonlilie stack, and great
cheer went up from thousand
threats.
"'Yonder she comes. Amt she a
cuttin' it?'
The engine came in, steam Kissing
from q dozen places and safety valve
snorting grandly The woodmeD
stepped over, emptied their arms, the
engineer whistled and the train was
OFF with a road and clatter. The stop
was just 10 seconds by my watch.
had just had time to look into the car
and see the occupants clutching their
seats with beth hands to prevent be-
ing spilled all over the 1Cor.
THE engine was the Missouri Adj
Olson Clark. engineer. The coach was
then the finest one Gu the road. Men
hunting q smoking car would now
turn up their noses at il. The officials
on board were President Joshua Cen
try. who was elegantly attired in
homemade suit of blue jeans, and on
his coat were velvet cups: Snpt. J. t.
X. Hayward. Assistant Superintendent
o. y. Cutler and Jack Harris, holding
the proud position of conductor.
Il thought the train would most
certainly be ditched before reaching
st. Joseph. if it continued at that
reckless rate CT speed. but by some
miracle il kept the track. and the pre-
cious mail pouches Were delivered
within four minutes after arriving at
st. Joseph on the west bank OF the
river 10 William Cody buffalo Bid,
who carried them by ten-mile relays
Of ponies. under whip and spur, across
the plains and mountains TO San Fran
CISCO"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
A woman is never so lonely as when she
knows i secret and has no one to tell it to.
SEi.cNlic Acid-

The effect CT salicyl!c ccid as q
food preventative has been exhaus.
lively studied by Drs. MacAllister
and Bradshaw Of Liverpool. Their
conclusio@s are positive ;aat salicylic
acid. in the WAYS ii which it is used
in the preparation of food products.
is rot only not harmful but is pres.
ervation to health. !rasmuch as the
process CT decomposition which il
prevents would be "A: more danger
Gus. They show By their experiments
that digestion is scarcely perceptibly
hindered by saturated solutions OF
salicylic acid. ard that tae effects OF
small quantities on the living sub.
iects are practically negligible.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
Evils Of Preeent.Cay Printlnn.

George NJ. Gould. an eminent ecu.
list CT Philadelphia, in Biographical
Clinics. proves. 20 his own satisfac-
ton, apparently, that De Qu:ncy's
opium habit. Cariyle's poignant com
plant and Browning's vertigo were
due to eye strain from slight squirt.
The doctor advises that printing on
black paper with white ink and the
doing away with gilt picture frames.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-06-13
Eninration E.om Ireland.

In 1902 no fewer than 40.4ol persons
enigrated from Ireland. all of whom
except 211 w.rc natives. Since 1851
nearly 100000 have left their Irish
homes for the colonies or United
States
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-04-03
Marble Specimens.

w. e. Lindsay, the Carcon City
marble man, is exhibiting some slabs
of marble from his quarries near
Luning One is creole marble,
being in notified grays and blacks,
and the other is exactly the same as
Tennessee red.
One quarry is located within mile
Of the railroad and the other within
five miles.
About $1,000 worth of machinery
is now at the Hawthorne depot ready
to be taken to the mines.
This marble is equal to the best
produced anywhere in the world and
in the matter of varieties Nevada
already leads the quarries Of the
world.
This marble has been selected for
the interior work in the new post
office in San Francisco. Carson
News.