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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
CLEVER THIEVES.

Mexico Is Their Chief Stronghold.
Daring crimes do not appeal strongly
to the Mexican character. Swift muir
der is sometimes done to satisfy re-
venge, and the Mexican pushed in a
corner will fight as we'll as any one,
but he prefers swindling to burglary
and thieving in a small way to rob-
berries and their dangers. The City of
Mexico is a paradise for thieves, and
the police are at their wits ends to
catch them.
The tricks of the rateros or sneak
thieves are innumerable. A new
scheme for trapping the unwa.y was
revealed the other day. A woman
called in her coach at the house of a
gentleman who was i'll to make person
al inquiry after his health. She had
a costly cloak with her and took it up
stairs to the parlor for safe keeping.
for whatever is left in a coach is apt
to "eyaporate."
On leaving the house she forgot the
cloak, and next morning it was sent
to her in large bonnet box, carried
by young Indian servant girl of some
fifteen years. The girl was bright, but
unaccustomed to the ways of the city,
and on acr w:y had an interesting and
unpleasant adventure.
While passing through garden she
was accosted by well-dressed man,
who called her attention to all open
purse lying at her feet. He suggested
they should go to shop and exchange
the American gold coins for Mexican
silver, and he would give her half
While she was attending to the en-
change he held her package, but when
she turned around the thief had disap-
peared.
To add to her troubles the shopkeep-
er accused her of trying to pass count
erfeit coins, and the poor Indian girl is
now in prison, awaiting investigation
of her story, while ratero and cloak are
probably forever missing.-Philadel-
phia Fress.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14

hopes. In the darkness of despair he
fled from the eyes of men, and, alone
in his studio, gave himself up to the
misery that overwhelmed him.
Days passed, weeks grew into
months, and then one day. quite
by chance, he met her face to
face in the studio Of another artist.
Before he turned away from the sight
Of her, from the sound of her voice,
he had time to see how white she had
grown, and how altogether lovely she
was in her soft gray gown. He had
been close enough, too, to see that her
eyes were gray, gray as the sea is
when the clouds hang low above it,
Then as though Fate was resolved to
play her meanest pranks upon him. he
saw that she was standing before an
easel holding portrait of Hackett and
was discussing the picture with the
artist who was standing near.
Eyes; it certainly is striking" she
was saying, land l should imagine that
it was an excellent likeness. I've never
seen the man. I'm not fond of the
theatre, you know"
He staggered and grasped the por-
there's at his side? Why should she say
a thing like that? Why should she lie
in that shameless. unnecessary way?
The demon of jealousy that possessed
him sent him swaggeringly forward.
With curt nod in her direction, with
never a glance at the warm life blood
that flew to her cheeks, he exclaimed
addressing the artist:
lawfully good likeness, Howard!
Quite a masterpiece. Did you work al
together from life?" Then turning to
her, with raised eyebrows, he asked:
Its the same pose as your cherish
ed photograph, is it not?"
my photograph of Mr. Hackett?"
she asked in surprise. What do you
mean? l have no photograph of him"
"The one in your locket," he taunt-
ed, or perhaps it really was the little
jealous devil inside of him that spoke.
I'm my locket?" she asked again.
And then a light broke through the
clouds. Assuredly she had seen in
frames displayed for sale the faces Oh
popular favorites of the stage and I'M
doubtedly-posslbly-
WAS there photograph in the jade
locket?" she asked. Il had not looked,
l had never even thought to open it,"
No other public explanation was
necessary. Half an hour later. behind
the same portieres that had supported
his agony. he watched her eyes-he
was telling her that they were the
dearest, sweetest, truest eyes in the
world-turE from gray to green. For
the clouds had been waited quite away.
and, just as the sea takes its color
from the sky, SO hope, life and love
were rejecting their own hue in those
mirrors OF her neart.-kathryn Jarbos
in Household Ledger.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Gencral Trade Conditions.

r. G. Dun & Conlpany's Weekly
Review of Trade says: Unseasonably
mild weather is making it possible for
farmers to secure much late grain and
cotton that seemed doomed by early
frost, but, on the other hand, trade is
dull in heavy wearing apparel, iuel and
many lines that should now be vigor'
Gus. While in the long run this bust
ness may be made up and the nation
will be benefited by the increased
crops, the immediate effect is unfavor'
able. Manufacturing activity has IL
creased at cotton mills and several mi
nor industries, but i'll iron and steel
there are more idle furnaces and mills.
There were 246 failures this week III
the United States. against 253 last
week. 270 the preceding week and 2SS
the preceding week last year.
Bradstreet's says: Wheat, including
flour, exports for the week aggrce ate
4.34o,281 bushels. against 4.oo4.S73 last
week, 5.7I5,555 this week last year.
5,46o,645 in 1901 and 3,555.5o7 i'll 1900;
Corn exports for the week aggregated
1,45o.o35 bushels, against 1892. pa last
week, I3o.847 a year ago, 7o8,>S4 III
1901 and .3,287, 627 in 1000.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
It is how we live more than where
We liVe.-Fidellia FiSke.

It is how we live more than where
We live.-Fidellia Fiske.
Dragged crosses are very heavy,
but carried crosses are very light.
Great souls have wills, feeble ones
have only wishes-Chinese Proverb.
You will never find time for any
thing. If you want time, you must
make it,
The real want is of Gods men to
be multipiied-the fighting saints OF
the world.--R. j. Campbell.
There is no beautifier of complexion,
or form, or behavior, like the wish to
scatter joy and not pain around us
Emerson.
These are my resources-eternal
life, the help of man when he is at
mis- best, and the powers of nature on
my side.-Edward Everett Hale.
If you want to be miserable, think
about yourself, about what you want,
what you like, what respect people pay
you and what people think of you.
When you know timing, to hold
that you know it, and when you do
not know a thing to allow that you
do not know it-this is knowledge.
Life is burden imposed upon you
by God. What you make of it, that it
will be to you. Take it up bravely,
bear it on joyfully, lay it down trium-
phantly.-Gail Hamilton.
The aim of education should be to
teach us rather how to think than
what to tnink-ratner to improve our
minds so as to enable us to think for
ourselves, than to load the memory
with the thoughts of other men,
Beattie.
Guard within yourself that treasure,
kindness. Know how to give without
hesitation, how to lose without regret,
how to acquire without meanness.
Know how to replace in your heart,
by the happiness of those you love,
the happiness that may be wanting in
yourself.-F. w. Faber.
There is a natural wretched indie
tendency in us, that We would be the
authors of all our own works, and do
all without Him, without whom, in
deed, we can do nothing. Let lis
learn to go more out of ourselves, anu
we shall find more strength for our
duties. and against our temptations
Robert Leighton.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
Mems Strife For Speed.

Ever since the construction of the
first electric railway of the world at
Berlin, in 1879, German engineers
have been trying to get an increase of
speed, and their experiments have
been of great value to engineers and
constructors. Meanwhile, however,
the United States has gone forward
more rapidly in developing electric
railways in everyday use than Ger
many or any other country. The
highest speed ever made On an cleo
trio railway in active everyday use
was that made on the Aurora, Elgin &
Chicago road g. few months ago, in
which car was given speed of 70
miles an Our. and ran the full dis
tance between Chicago and Aurora,
81 miles, in 81 minutes and 50 seconds
and five miles in four minutes and five
seconds. The trip was made by an Or
binary motor car built for a maximum
speed of 80 miles an hour-Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Alaska now supplies half the salmon
ii the world.
Over 100000 people in London live
IN singlc-room tencmentS.
The amount paid in pensions since
The civil war is $3,134,27I,54S.
1t costs about $6,235,ooo to operate
the Government Printing Office.
About one tenth of the voters il:
Boston and Chicago are Socialists.
Mexico Produced last year $o,ooc,'
900 in gold and $72,ooo,ooo i'll silver.
The United States now produces
more hops than any other country. o.
the worlds crop OF 100000 hundred
weight. the United States furnishes
10000 hundredweight.
The total expenditure for the navy
for the next fiscal year is SIo2.Soo.
444.34.
Six million operatives i'll the United
States annually sign pay-rolis agsrc-
eating $3coo,ooo COO, 600.
1t cost $4,000 to print the last az.
nual report OF the Secretary o: .Ags.
culture, which makes it the most cost,
governmental publication i'll the world
The first railway built for steam car.
was the Charleston and New Hamburg
Line, in South Carolina.
London has accident insurance sio
machines. The device dcfies fraud, art
has the appearance OF clock.
In France trees are fellcd for lum
Der by means OF platinum wire heaie,
by electricity and used like saw.
Shoestrings are largely made from
the skin of the beluga Or white whale
which is known Is 'porpoise leather,
A new vocation for women is tina
Of X-rav nurses. Courses OF lecture!
on the subjects arc now given in Der
lin. = i
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
WATER HYAClNTHS.
They Clog Traffic in Some of the
Southern States.

southern SIateS.
During the last year experiments
have been tried. under the supervision
of the government, with the idea Of
Kidding the southern waterways of the
hyacinth. AS is we'll known, the vari-
ETY. known as the water hyacinth
spreads so rapidly and has such a rank
growth in Florida and Louisiana that
it has seriously interfered with navi-
cation, and in some cases has COM
pletely blocked streams which had
light-draft steamers. The hyacinth
has been especially troublesome on the
st. Johns river. where various schemes
have been tried to destroy it. One of
the plans was to equip a steamboat
with a propeller provided with blades
having very sharp edges, with the
view of cutting away the growth below
the surface. 1t is believed, that, this
treatment would cause the plant to
die, but the benefit was only tempo
rary. While lanes of open water were
made by the action of the rapidly
moving propeller, they were soon filled
with the hyacinth, and this scheme was
abandoned. At some of the smaller
wharves on the st. Johns the growth
has been so thick that it has been
necessary to go out in boats and cut
away with sickle and knife a large
area in order to allow vessel to
moor at the dock, while some of the
smaller wharves have been abandoned,
as the plant grows so tnickly about
them that a boat driven by quite
powerful engines is in danger Of be-
coming blocked in the midst of bed,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
THE GREED.EiDDEN.

Beside the red Embarrassing. where
The wrecks. all spliniered. lie
A sinless child and maiden fair
In fearful tortures die!
And there beside lie wreck. strewn track,
A score of others bleed
And why, you ask? Because, alack
Men foster greed!
Forth from the reeking alleys throat
Death blows his fetid breath.
And on the stagna ant puddles float
The poisoned darts OF Death!
Where busy thousands daily pass
Disease Is left to breed
And why, you ask? Because. alas!
Men foster greed!
Above the city hangs q pail;
Gods sun may not shine through,
And there is daily gloom for all
And profit for few;
For simple rights that they have not
The thousands vainly plead,
And why, you ask? Because, God wot!
Men foster greed!
s. E. Kaiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
Live Stock.


Chicago.-Good to prime steers
S5.ocM5. 40; poor to medium, Ss.4on
40: stockers and feeders, S2.oo@4.25
COWS, $1.co03. 50; heifers, $2.oo@475
Gamers, $1.oo@2.25; bulls, $2oo04 10
calves. $4.4oM4.7o; Texas steers, $3.oe
1850; Western steers. $2.ooM4.25
Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $47oGn
5.25; good to choice heavy, $4,000 so
rough heavy, $4.4oG4 so: light. sac
15.25; bulk OF sales. $4.So@ sos. SHEEP
Sheep 1oc lower; lambs steady: good
20 choice wcthers, $4,000 500; fair te
choice mixed, S.. 5oGe.75; native lambs
IS. 5od5.5o.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Cattle steady; choice
s5.2c@5.3o; prime. $5.co@5.15;, fair
P3.IoM 800. Hogs active; prime heavy
S5.25@5. 27H; mediums. $5.I5M $50
1eavy Workers, S5.Io@5.I5; light York
srs, $5.o5@5.Io; pigs. $4.oo@5:o 90
'ougils, S.. 5oM4.75. Sheep slow: prime
xcthcrs, $4,000 $50; culls and com:
non, I.5oM ECO; choice lambs, S.. IoG
;.25; veal calves, $7.ooG7.75.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14

Within The last SO years Canada has
snent more than $6O,000,O0O in con-
structiMg and improving it's canals.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14

9--Daily except Saturday and Sunday.
ll-Saturday only.
l,6and 2-Daiy except Sunday.
No. 6 gets connection at Berlin from .. NJ. d
train No. 692. north and connects at Salisbury
ut Wy P. & N. junction with n. Y. p. & N.
train No. 90. north.
unction with n. i. P, & n. train No. IS, south.
nrd at Berlin with ID. NJ. & V. train No. 6SS.
south.
No. 2gets connection at y. Y. P. & n. Junction
from n Y. F. & n. train No. 96 north.
No 9connects at N. Y. p. & ". Junction with
n, V P. g. N. train No. so north.
Connection made with steamer lines at Easton
Vienna and Salisbury. 49, I
!, ,, WI! ,dAED liam x. Jon1s,
Pass. Agent MS HARMON.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Spring clear, $385@4o5; best
Patent $5.25; choice Family $4.35..
Wheat-New York No. 2, SIC: Phil
adelphia No. 2, S3A@S3zc; Baltimore
No. 2, 85c.
CornNNew York, No. ?, SAC; Phila.
delphia No. 2, 5oA@5oH; Baltimore
No. 2, SAC.
Oats~New York No. 2, Az; Phla-
delphia No. 2, 42H@43; Baltimore No
2, 1910.
Green Fruits and Vegetables.-Ap-
pies Maryland and Virginia. per brl.
fancy $1.co@I.25: do. fair to good. 75e
M$1. Beets-Native. per bunch,
MI1ac. Cabbage-Native. per 100 $2.oc
M2.5o; do, New York State, per ton
$I2.ooMI3.oo. Cault1ower-New York.
per brl or crate $I.5oM2.25. Crafber-
ries-Cape Cod, per brl $7.5oMS.5o: do,
per box $I.75M2.oo. Celery-New York
State, per dozen 25M4oc! do. native.
per bunch 3aM4c. Carrots-Nativc,
per bunch 1917. Grapes-Concords,
per 5-lb basket 12(II4c; do. Niagara.
do, 1S(Gaoc; do, Catawba. do. 13@ I5c.
Kalc-Native, per bushel box I2Ia(n'
15c. Lima beans-Native. per bushcl
box oocM$1.co Onions-Maryland and
Pennsylvania, yellow. per BIT 5oG0 6oc.
Quinccs-New York State, per brl
$4,000 500. String beans-4Anne Arun-
del. per bu, green. SoM9oc. Spinach
Native, per bushel box 2od 25c. Tur-
nips-Native. per bushel box a zoe.
-White-Native, per bush
eI box 5506oc; do. Maryland and Penn
sylvania. per bu 6oM62c; do. do sec
onds. per bu 5oM S; do. New York.
prime, per bH ood62. Sweets-Yel-
lows. Maryland and Virginia. per brl
75cM$I,oo; do, per -four barrel oocQl
$I.oo; do. Anne Arundel, per brl $I.Io
oils. lams-Virginia, per brl $50
Soc
Provisions and Hog Products,-We
quote: Bulk clear rib sides, &c; bulk
clear sides, oH; bulk shoulders, s; bulk
backs. IS lbs and under. o.; bellies.
10; bulk ham butts, N; sugar-cured
shoulders. narrow, So; sugar cured
shoulders. extra broad. 10; sugar-cured
California hams, s; canvased and TN
canvased hams, I2 lbs and over, AZ;
hams. carvased and uncanvased, 10
lbs and over, 10; refined lard, llalf-b bar
rels and new tubs, oM; tierces, lard, g.
Live neutrality-suspicious.
lbs and over, --MI3c; old. 7 lbs and
over, GA. Chickens-Hcns, heavy
to medium. a IOI2c; hens, small ano
Door, -@Io; old roosters, each 25M
80; young, large, -MI2; do small, I2N
1I3; do, poor and STACEY. OH
Ducks-Youn 3 lbs and over, -@I2:
fancy, large. old white, I1M12;
do, small, -@1o; Muscovy and mon
grels. 11M12 Gcese-Wcstern and
Southern, each, 35@5o. Guinea fowl
each, 5000.
Eggs. - Western Maryland and
Pennsylvania. loss off, per dozen, q
&c; Eastern Shore (Maryland and Vir'
Virginia. loss off, per dozen, -@27;
West Virginia. loss off. per dozen.
-@26; Western, loss off, per dozen:
-@27: Southern, 24@25.
Hides-Hcavy steers, association
and salters. late kill, 50 lbs and up,
close selections, 8M@oM; COWS and
light steers 1881.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
John Cbsyed Instructions.

A canon of the Anglican church re-
lated that on one occasion it fell to
his lot to marry his footman to his
cook. The footman would persist
through the service in putting his
finger to his forehead every time his
master addressed him, in accordance
with custom. The clergyman remon-
strated in an undertOne: Don't
touch your forehead, John, but say the
words after me-" Then aloud, witt
thou take this woman" etc. John,
bearing in mind the wears hint, re-
piled, After you. SIR" and the assem-
bled guests burst into laughter.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
Consumption

Salt pork is a famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. "Eat plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
consumptive 50 and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
behind it is that fat is the
food the consumptive needs
most.
Scott sEmulsionis themod-
ern method of feeding fat to
the consumptive. Pork is too
rough for sensitive stomachs.
SCOTS Emulsion is the most
refined Of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
SCOTS Emulsion docs more
than that. There is some
thing about the combination
Of cod liver oil and hypophos-
phitcs in SCOTS Emulsion
that puts new life into the
weak parts and has a special
ac4ion IN the diseased limos
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
Mice CAUGHT en- Fly PAPER,

A woman in South Deerfield, Mass,
has discovered new use for the
sticky fly paper. She found that if a
mouse put his foot on the paper he
would put the other foot on and it
would bold him fast.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-14
TAX COLLECTORS
NOTICE OF SITTING.

In compliance with the Acts Of AS.
sembly of 1902, Chapter 1853, Section 8B.
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, Oollec.
tor for the Third, Fifth and Ninth Elec-
ton Districts. will sit at Ocean City
the 21st 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 Oath
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
for 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
24th day of November; at his home near
Wesley the remaining days not above
mentioned of the last ten days of each
of these months.
WILLIAM e. LANNFORD,
Collector for the First and Seventh Elec.
ton Districts, will sit at Pocomoke City
the last ten days of each of the months
of August, September, October, and
November.
By order of the Board of County Com
missioners.
J. EDWARD WHITE,
Treasurer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
s25 SCHOLARSHIP,

Special summer rates rs follows: To those who
We wiil sell the bookkeeping course. or the
shorthand and typewriting course. for S.. or all
courses combined for only $50. Penmanship, bust
ness. spelling. business Mathematics. etc. free
For catalogue write. call or phone Draughon's COL
lege. Tenth and Olive, st. Louis. This college Is
indorsed by business men. Incorporated. capital
stock. $500. 0oo. 90. Fourteen cashiers OF banks
on our Board of Directors. Our diploma means
sonething. Positions secured.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
POSITIONS FILLED.

Last week the following employed students OF
southwestern business College. $40 Olive st. as
bookkeepers and stenographers: Milne wholesale
Telegraph Co.. Fourth and Pine: Ely-Walker Dry
Goods Co.. 800 Washington; Peoples Loan and
Investment Co.. De Soto building. This school
prepares persons for the best office employment
and makes a specially Ct assisting graduates to
good positions. School through summer.
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RusIcAM SHORTHAND. COLLEGE,

Exclusively for young ladies. now occupies. the
entire third floor Of the new Vanol building.
Olive and Handkerchief: the best-equipped college
In the West, individual instruction: new pupils
ways welcome. Lindeli s126: Kinloch C soe7.
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$4,000 REWARD

For the recovery Of the body of G. a. Moeneh.
who was drowned at North st. Louis SUNDAY
white shirt and tie: ) feet 6 inches tall: weight
$50 pounds. dark hair and rnusiache. Please COM
municate with Charles +. Moench. care Charles
Hegerding. 1000 5. Seventh st. Cairo papers
please copy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-12-29
MANY BURRS IN
HAWAIIAN WOOL
A BOSTON BROKER THINKS THE
ISLANDS SHOULD TRY FOR I'M
PROVEMENTS.

Governor Carter has received a letter
from Joseph Brewer, of Charles Brew
er & Company, Boston commission
merchants, sugges ting that he call at
tention to the chances for wool in the
islands According to Brewer Hawaii
an wool has a bad reputation for buTrs.
His letter says
LAS you may be able to do someth ng
to bring to the notice of the wool grow
ers the necessity of giving closer atten-
tion to the quality and condition of the
island wool, / take the liberty of calling
it to your attention"
The writer proceeds to quote from an
expert report which Is decidedly un-
favorable to the wool of Hawaii, and
adds: This report is not of as salts
flying tenor as one would like to make,
and probably is not entirely new to the
wool raisers, but capitalists and pro-
ducers generally are so prOgressiva in
Hawaii that one feels that they Will be
pleased to receive any information that
will help them to better results. OF
course it is an easy matter to import
well-bred stock, but not so simple a
matter to eliminate the burr. Science
accomplishes or points the way to such
wonderful results that one is led to feel
that some way will be found to eXter-
inmate the shrubs that produce the
bnrrS -