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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
TO AWAKEN THE DEAF.
Alarm Clock With Attachments In
sures Punctuality.

An alarm clock for deaf mutes is
the novel invention of Elisha CretZer.
a deaf mute in the employ of the
Washoe smelling plant. who resides at
10 Birch street. How to awaken
at certain hour has long been o
problem among these unfortunate PEG
pie, and in Mr.. Cretzer's invention
the solution has been found. says the
Anaconda Standard. OF course, the
Ordinary alarm clock has been useless
Mr.. CretZer, who is an ingenious fell
low, is water and flume tender at
the Washoe smelter. His work neces
states his rising at an early hour in
the morning, and as he has no means
of awakening he has lost many days
of work by being late. He accordingly
set about inventing an apparatus by
which he could always be on time.
The dropping of a pillow on the
sleeping person is the awakening
agent, and it is operated so that the
pillow falls at the desired time. An
ordinary alarm clock is placed in q
cigar box, which fits it closely. 1t Is
then nailed to the wall at the head of
the bed. A string connects the clap
per of the alarm clock with an ordi.
nary spring mouse trap fastened to
the top of the cigar box. By n sys.
tenn of small pulleys and screweyes a
pillow is fastened TO the end of a
string and pulled to the ceiling direct
ly above the bed. An ingenious ar
rangement connects the other end of
the string to the mouse trap. The
clock is set and when the alarm Coca
off the string attached to the bell
clapper springs the mouse trap and
releases the pillow, which drops on
the person sleeping in the bed be
meath.
When it does not hit me it hits my
wife," Mr.. Cretzer wrote on a piece
of paper, land so l never miss a day
any more"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
SYMPATHY OUT OF PLACE
The Only Way to Offer Help in Some
Instances Is to BUY a Fie.

instances is TO Buy File.
"Ont West, few years ago, while
journoying around with a friend of
mine, ! overheard conversation
which goes To show that sympathy is
oiten misplaced said the rowing
man, and the moral is rot by any
means bad one. The quick way in
which the man turned on his friend,
VINO had Offered him an abundance of
sympathy, so fal as sympathy can be
extended by mere words, was very
amusing and showed that Tie fellow
was qulck-witted and unusually bright.
despite the fact that he mad fallen
into rather rough road.
The young man had been out West
Tor some time. He had gone out thare
with the idea that he could win n for
tune, but instead of finding. the way
to success a smooth one. il was rather
rough and rocky, marred by thorns
to prick the feet pitfalls and all that
Kind of thing. Put in plain. unpoetic
language he was run down at the heel
ana Dagging at the knee In order
TO make 4 living he had been forced
to become pie merchant on a small
scale. He was in this business w.ea
we found him. and had a small NOV
able stand on the corner of two
streets in a well known mining town.
My friend recognized him at a glance
and rushed up 10 greet hIrl. The fell
low seemed 10 be just a little cmbar-
raised and my friend thought il would
be the proper thing To do TO offer /.
little sympathy.
Sorry to see you situated as you
are, old fellow, and in this business
said my friend feelingly
D your sympathy Blu, pic
was the quick rejoinder CO the vendor,
and in few moments we had left
him shrieking out his wares to men
who passed that way.
''At least he convinced my friend
that there are moments i'll mans
life when the mere sympathy OF the
mouth, no matter how earnest or how
fervent the words, can not meet the
requirements of the case, and that the
real and only way to offer help in
such instances Jig to buy q pie"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Painting battleship costs 5000.
Chroaomcters now record lie mil
iionth par; al = second oi time
An iccbo"t is TOW propelled By al
electric motor driven fan.
The University OF Cincinnati Gradu
,tcs this year It's first class OF clcctrica.
engineers.
Herr Krupp's income, the largest
ever known IL Germany, was $500,
300 year.
Colorado produced last year more
dollars worth OF silver than Alaska did
u gold.
We sell the Chinese about $5ooo.ooc
a year more than we buy from them.
The value OF the wheat crop is B..
per cent. less ;i.an that OF the cotton
crop.
The coca plant. Ery,hronxylon co
Goa, is being successfully cultivated ir
the Victoria Botanical Garden OF the
Cameroons.
\ telegraph instrument by which
slight electrical shocks arc conmuni
Gated to the finger tips has been invent;
cd Tor deaf mutcS
Chemical nnion is the result OF the
attraction of unsatisfcd electric
charges On different atoms Tor one an
other.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
Pretty Hard Task.

Senator Perkins of California, wh,
spent years of his early life al sea
tells OF a stowaway being found i,
the hold of the vessel. The lad Wa:
made cabin boy to the captain, wht
took quite a fancy TO him. When tn.
ship made her first stop the capital,
gave the lad $50 and sent him ashor.
for some vegetables. The boy told ,
groceryman what he had come TO!
and the storekeeper, pointing to /,
barrel of dried peas. said: Them,
vegetables" Tho boy invested tn.
$50 and on rowing out tc the ship
which was anchored in the bay, wal
hailed by the captain: Have yo,
brought the vegetables" YES. sir
said the lad. not very confidently
Look alive. then, and hand them vi
one at q time"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
Congress GETS Curious Claim.

Representative Grosvenor has pre-
sented in congress a very curious
claim preferred by Jacob Rittersbach
who wants pay for kit of carpenters
tools lost or stolen in 1865. TIE claim
ant says he was stage carpenter al
Fcrd's theater. Washington. on the
night when Lincoln was shot. and
that he was arrested as witness
and held thirty days. during which
time his tools disappeared.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28

The nearest star, whose distances
astronomers think they know, is
Alpha Centaur. and it is distant from
us four light years-that is to say, its
light is four years in reaching us,
although travelling at $4,000 miles
a second. This estimate places II
$1,000 times as far away as the sun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28

Why is it that the firstborn child is so
often the healthiest of family of chill
dTen3 The reason seems to suggest it.
self. AS child follows child the mother
has less and less vitality often net
enough for herself and none, therefore,
for her child.
Expectant mothers who use Doctor
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
WEEDS

Consumption is a human
weed fourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young
when old, sometimes inn
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
SCOTS Emulsion. Salt pork
is good toe, but it is very hard
TO digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you wont.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption so
much the better; YOU will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if YOU will
begin in time AID will be
rlsidly regular in your treat
rcnt you Will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Spring clear. 81 l5a3 so; best
Patent. "a. 10; choice Family, So
Wheat-Ncw York No. 2. 7?5Sc;
Philadelphia No2, 71;.u7Sc; Baltimore
20. 2. &c.
Corn New York NJ. ?. SIC; Phila-
elphia No. ,. 4S@.u49c; BaltimoreNo :,
sc.
Oats--Ncw York "" ,. 4315c; Phila.
ielphia No. =, i3ai3i &c, Baltimor. No >,
l2I!c.
Hay-N". timothy $40 50a20. Oh;
80. , timothy, SIS 5onl9.0o; M ) tim
thv Sl60Oal7.50
Fruits and Vegetables. White Pota-
ocs in ample supply; marke. firm for
good 10 choice sto; k. Apples. The
eceipt> are ample; there is Il fair de.
nand for good To- choice fruit Onions
ire in liberal supply; markc, very weak
md ovcrstocked. Ca bba.e Receipts
ire light; the demand is confined tc
:hoicc stock; defective stock is hard tc
sell. Sweet Potaiocs.-Ihe Supply il
July equal 10 the dcmani. and prices
about steady on good to choice stock
We quote: Cathuge. Danish. large. pei,
nestle, per ton, 81 JOA6.Uo Potatoes =
Maryland and Pennsylvania. per bu
;;a'iSc; Eastern per hu GOA 6sc; Egg
plants $l.3Oa2.25 Onions-ycllow pc,
5u ;i0aiOc; do, red do. 3Oa25c Celery
per dozen, ooa75c. Apples, Eastern
good to choice, per barrel, $l.50a3 co;
10 Western. do do, 81 l)t2 60; do No. :
all kinds, 9lc,.Sl.l5; Sweet potatoes.
Potomac, yellow, per barrel. s. 0a2 - {:
do de-, North Carolina yellow. 81 00A2 - +:
ID do, Eastern shore. yellow. $2.u0a2. 10.
Vans. yrllow, $l.30al -. Tomatoes.
Florida, per carrier, Sl.30a2. -.
Butter, Separator, 29a3Oc; Gathered
cream, 2.a2Sc; prints, lib 29a3oc; Rolls,
lib, 2.'a;;0c; Dairy pts. Md, Pa, Va,
2Sa29c.
Eggs. Frcsh-laiG eggs. per dozen,
liali}&c.
Cheese, Large, 6o-lb, Il'4ali3ec; me.
iium, 36-lb. l4sal43S; picaics. 23.lb,
l4i@al4%4c.
Live Poultry, Hens. l3al3}!c; old
:oosters, each :ioa35c; Turkeys, l7alSc:
Ducks lialJc
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
salters, late kill, 60-lbs ind up. close Sc
cction, lOal0}sc; cows and light steer.
SaS;4c.
Provisions nni Hog Products. - Bull
,lear rib sides, Ike; bulk shoulders
Zoe; bulk bellies. ll@.c; bulk ham butts
Zoe; bacon clear rib sides, llAc; bacor
shoulders. i0'=c; susar-cured breasts
l2c; sugar. cared shoulders, l0:5c:
sugar cured California hams. l0}4c
lalns canvascd or uncanvascd. II lbs
and over, IL c;retned lard ticrce :, 5rl:
/ 30 lb c;uS, gross lu:gc.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28

IiefCe ; fdvOrite ire
scription find that it
keeps them in vigor-
ous health. They eat
well, sleep we'll and
are not nervous.
When baby comes its
advent is practically
painless, and the
mother is made hap
py by the birth of a
healthy child. If you
would be a healthy
mother of health v
children use "Favor-
lite Prescription"
II will be very glad to
say a few words for DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton" writes Mrs. r. s.
Douglas. of Hansonvilie.
Bronze Co. Quebec. oDur-
ing the first four months.
when l looked forward TO
becoming n mother. l suE
fered very much from nau-
sea and vomiting, and I
felt 30 terribly sick I could
scarcely cat or drink any,
thing. hated all kinds
of food. at this time I
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28

WIuIe % Df I'Ictcc. atld nc tod me 70 get his
FavoTite Prescription and bottle of Golden
Medical Discovery got 4 bottle of each. and
when had taken them few days felt i,iucA
better, and when had taken hardly three parts
OF each bottle felt well and could eat rs well az
any one, and could do my work without any
trouble q could not do anything BEFORE. feel
very thankful to DR. Pierce for his medicine,
and tell all who tell iue they sick. to get
these medicines, or write to DR.. Pierce"
Those who suffer from chronic dis
eases are invited to consult DR.. Pierce,
by letter, free. All correspondence
strictly private. Address DR.. R. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
iousness and sick headache.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
Live Stock.

Chicago. Cattle, Mostly l5a20c lower
good 10 prime steers s. loa5 20; medium
s. 50a4 10; stockcrs and feeders 81 :;
Al 50; cows. 81 50al 60; hcifcrs 81 Pa
1 -; Texas fed steers 81 115ai % Hogs,
Mixed and butchers 81 lja7 %; good IL
choice, heavy 81 I0a1 -; Sheep. sheep
and lambs slow t" lower; good 10 choice
xhcthers s. 4ua6 p; Western sheep
81 :l0a7 30.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
F. 15a5 20; prime 81 O0a5 30 Hogs,
prime heavy s. 6Oa7 -, mediums 81 60;
leavy Workers s. BOA. %. Sheep steady,
Best wcthcrs So G0I6 - culls and com
non 81 25ai %; choice lambs $. 50A7 10
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
N ELOQUENT SERMON
Dr.. Charles n. Parkhurst. Pastor OF
Madison Square Church.

owing in III. things Of III. kirg!om Of
dod The lea Lies Close 20 Ire Fouu.
daiicn o! Ills System of Administration.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28

a whitewashed reputation doesn't en-
Idure any longer than a whitewashed fence.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
A Retributive Sting.

A man who was engaged in writin:
anecdotes and such things for publ
cation read his latest effort to hi:
wife.
Don't you think that's pretty
good?" he asked.
1T is good. but it's rot new.
have heard it before" she answered.
Yes, know you have; but 20,
heard it from me. 1t has never beer
in print"
Il have heard 1t moro than once
and have told it several times myself,
she insisted.
"Oh. well. I am going to send il
along" he snarled; Il don't care Il
you have told it. That doesn't of alb
solute necessity spoil 1t. although i,
does. must confess, initiate against
it a good deal"
And that WAS the reason why he had
to subsist On cold victuals for a week
thereafter.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28


spiritual world are things that cannot be
confidently, gotten at. Just as certainly
was II an easy and very natural thing for
the denizens OF the o,den centuries to say.
or at any rate 10 think. that the great
lights that shone in the heavens could not
)e gotten at, or that a man could not hold
lstant and ineligible intercourse with
5 distant nelShbor 5000 miles across the
!. hit such intercourse Is now matter OF
tory, and as TO the heavenly bodies that
G once but an impossible and uninter-
able viz the human mind up to a
in po.tC contemplates them to-day
as assured and as steady a thought as
with which lit marks the flight of
r tho iiatter OF a leaf
he realm OF the spiritual, on the con-
not great deal has been achieved
the spirit oil man can encourage
18th or that 1t can found great ex-
ms upon and profound anticipa-
so tar as such matters are con-
sc are not much farther along in
ties OF the world spiritual than
was along geographically in the
n Columbus was wondering il
not more Deyund the shores OF
n the fifteenth century vet knew
ch farther than the world was
'onomically when David shep-
nocks and musingy watched
vering above the Judean hills.
hould be stimulated in the di.
ming into closer quarters with
facts OF the spiritual world
all the eternals. il we would
ompany with those impulses
spiritual appetites. that in
and extend themselves in
IF that suspected but un.
There is not an impulse yet
nature, whether physical
I has not been found in
be correlated with some
nat precisely matches it.
there is water, and the
aitinG. - -s.= go Ez-@ns
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19

The executive committee for the en-
tertainment ol President Roosevelt
and party held a meeting last night
and discussed matters in connection
with tae presidential reception. Mem
bers Of other committees We're to have
met with the executive committee.
but owing to the inelement weather.
few OF the other committeeman were
present The arrangements for the
reception We're discussed Ii was do
ciaed to erect a speakers platform
20X3o feet in front of the north en-
trance to the depot from which the
president viii speak This will give
an opportunity for all to hear him.
Old soldiers of the civil war, union
and confederate viii be invited to a
scat ON The platform. from which the
president speaks. The veterans of the
Spanish war viii have a place directly
In front Of the platform.
A committee of five will be named
on reception, with Mayor Register as
chairman Mayor Register viii name
G 3 Little and l. P. Baker as mem
bers Of this committee. The other
members have not been named
f Il Walker was appointed a com
mittee of one to meet the presidential
train at jamestown and learn just
what in the way Of carriage drive
would best suit the president and
members Of the party and win wire
the local committee from there
Members Of the decoration commit
tee have a general scheme outlined
for decorations Of the depot square
where he principal efforts of the com
mjt'ee Will be made
The executive committee will meet
agan Friday night Of this week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19
IN FAVOR OF THE COW.
Hon. Tom EIiltotts Opinion of Stock
Raising as Money-making Enter.


prise.
Hon. Tom Elliott formerly Of Elliott
\. d. now Of Brewster. Wash. gives
the following to the press regarding
the stock raising industry both here
and in Washington There is a GOOD
demand for good stock in Washington
and my shipment is for starting a
breeding ranch for myself. farmed
it for twenty years in Ransom county
and have come TO the conclusion that
there is nothing that will beat an old
COW for making money unless it is two
Ever since the days Of Cain and
Abel. stock has been a steady source
of wealth to mankind and Il is me
same now Cain killed his brother be.
cause the latter was a stock ranchor
and had done well There are cream
cries in Washington, all making money
for the farmer The feed we have
there Is bunch grass for summer and
alfalfa and grain hay for the winter.
The same success in stock can be had
in this state, for there is no more nu-
tritious grass in the world than here
If | had taken all the money spent
in farming from the time first came
20 North Dakota and put it into stock
l could show $1,000 for every ia
cents have TODAY
When look back over twenty
years spent in this state wheat farm
ing, ! think that when get settled
west with a LOT OF stocl, daily con
verting bunch grass into money. | viii
write that book during some of my
leisure hours that have promised
my friends for SO long, entitled
Twenty Years a Dam Fool VIII
give some Of my experience Of losing
money wheat farming. while all those
years was running over a fortune
stored away in the nutritious butfal,
grass Of this state. and allowing it tr
20 TO waste or be burned up hy h'
prairie fires
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19

The primary class ia Sund school
was listening to lesson on patience.
This. according 10 the Boston Herald.
was What came of it, at least in lle
minds of the more literal minded chil-
drcn
The topic mad been carefully eN-
piained. ami as an aid % underestimate
ing the her had given each punil .
card bearing the picture Of a boy lisL-
ing.
Even pleasure" SAID She. requires
the exercise Of .atience- See the boy
fishing. He must sit and wait and
wait He must be patient
Having treated the subject very Illly,
she began with the simplest most
practical question:
And noW can any little boy tell M
what We need most when we 20 fish
ing" The answer was shouted With
one voice;
Bait"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

Birds never eat fre6cs ana really.
seem 10 shun their vicinity
Noril American reiai usually so~
lect an old doe for their aad"r
The Temperature of ~wiiIow body
is raordlar.iy hiet. % less than
112 degrees 7
Cats ard beasts OF prey reject ffty
times rs much light from their eyes as
human beings.
Tie average lake trout lays 6.ooo
eggs each season. ana the whitelish
greater number.
The female English viper does nos
lay eg@s. She matches them internally
and brings forth her young alive.
Parrots are usually vegetarians.
though the hea parrots Of New Zea-
land have developed fondness for
sheep
Garfsh sunfsh, basking sharks ana
dophins all have the habit of swim
ming With their eyes above the surface
of the water.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19

A little boy While playing near The
Serpentine fell into The water. An
Irish laborer who Was passing at the
time courageously jumped into the wa
ter. clothes and AL, ard rescued the
boy. says Spare Moments
\ lady who had observed the br'Y'
deed went up to Pat and. shaking his
hand, said:
Il feel ii an honor, my brave mau,
to shake hands with you. Many Il
worse man than you las heeu present
ed at court"
Faith, you're roight, num-" replied
Pat rs he proceeded 10 wiring the wa
ter ont of his coat TIL last tonne Oi
was presinted at court Oi only got one
month, whole ihe mate got two, begor
ra"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19

Train No T. lost nights west hound
limited Of the Northern Pacific. dashed
head on into an east bound freight
train No "a at Medina, last night.
No / was p double header and F1ng-
ineer Cole. of the forward ereine had
both ankles broken in the wreck No
other injuries except slight. ones are
reported
No "a had a time order to Medina
against No / and was preparing to
get into the clear when the collision
occurred Whether No was ahead
of her time or whether No. 54 was be-
mind is not known. At any rate the
Two trains came together head on, and
both engines forward were badly
smashed up and derailed.
All traffic in both directions has
been delayed since last night Wreck
ing crews have been at work during
the night and this morning getting the
track into shape for the resumption OF
traffic
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19

VerJ few remember tie existence of
II certain remarkable statute which
was passed iii the carly days of George
III. ii indeed they ever heard of it. It
runs 10 the effect that if any woman
"entices any OF his majesty's male sub
jects into marriage by the use of any
powders or paints or false hair or wool
on the cheeks she shall be prosecuted
for sorcery.' What cause celebre 1t
would be II amy of his present maj
esty's male subjects were to endeavol
to put the law into action. What a
rush there would he of fashionable la
dies to secure front seats in court fol
the hearing London Tatler.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19
w. Ak IN TIE ALPHABET.
Some setters Tfsa! zen Can Never
Learn 80 Make.


"N'hy is it that with some men some
letters of The alphabe, are harder TO
make than others AID. in fact. that
there are some letters t!.at soHe men
never learned how 70 makc% asked a
young man who talk considerable in
terast IN the matter g. handwriting in
tue Nel, orleans Times-Demoerat IT
! a rather singular fact tlat nearly
i ~ man outside Of the experts is
weak on one or more OF the letters in
the English alphabet Sometimes the
letter involved is 4 capital icttel: some
times it is Of the smaller Aiad: some
times ii is one letter and sometimes
another IN any event you viii iiud
few mca who arc exempt lwn the faii
ing referred TO-
81 know % one man wio in spite Of
the fact that he does a lerant deal of
writing has never lcarued hor TO make
capital +. He simply makes a stag
ger at it, and rs rule. tie result of
his efforts VIII look moro line small
than ike the captal =. know an
other man who cant make Il small
to save bis life. iie can uHvcr get tie
lower part Of the letrg below he line.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-19
one voice
"Bait.'

Five or six men were recently chat
ting in 4 village i'm when one Of them
said:
4 say. bees ye dinners All rland Sc
can't tell me the answer 10 q puzzle /
knows Of
Done, they said = bet We can.
What is IT."
Well" said Pat, why is Journal
ist the funniest creature in the world
After yainly trying for about two
hours they sadly said they mast give il
up.
"Why." said the delighted TAT, be
cause bis tale comes out of his head.
don't it," Spare Moments.