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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24
HOW TIME is MADE.
Uncle Sam Regulates His Clocks by
One of the Fixed Stars.

Strange as ii may seem Uncle Sam
does NOT make use of the sun for
reckoning time. but he turns his
attention TO some of the regular,
steadygoing stars, or fixed stars" as
they are called. Every clear night
ar astronomer with a big telescope
looks at certain OF these stars and
makes his calculation from which he
can tell just when the sun would
cross the 18th meridian. One of the
great clocks in the observatory is
called the transmitter. because ii
transmits or sends out the signal that
keeps standard time. This clock is
set and regulated by the star-time.
and then every day al three minutes
and fifteen seconds before twelve
switch is turned on and the beats of
the pendulum of this clock are sent
by electricity over the wires TO the
telegraph offices in Washington and
New York. When the telegraph OPP
orators hear this sound on their instru-
ments they know that the noon sig
nal is about to be sent out and they
2t once begin to connect the telegraph
wires with other towns and cities. un-
til in a minute or two the tick.
of the clock at Washington is heard
in hundreds of telegraph offices. The
beats stop at 10 seconds before IL as
a notice that the next tick" will be
the noon signal. and so as to give the
operators time to connect their wires
with the standard time balls and
clocks. There are time balls in great
many cities-usually on top of some
prominent building, where they can
easily be seen. The one at Washing
ton is on the roof of the state, war and
navy department building. at the top
of high pole. ready TO drop the in
slant the signal comes over the wire
In the government Offices at Washing
ton and in many places in other cities
there are large clocks connected with
the observatory by electricity. These
are so arranged that when the II
o'clock signal is flashed over the wires
the hands of each one of these clocks
spring TO -. no matter what time the
clock may show; in this way hundreds
of clocks are set to the correct time
each day.
Well the moment the sun is sup
posed to cross the 18th meridian. the
telegraph instruments give a single
tick, the time balls drop. the clocks
begin 10 strike, and everybody in the
district knows it is II o'clock.-Clif.
ford Howard in st. Nicholas.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24
Live Stock.

Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 15a20c lower,
good to prime steers So 00a6 50; medium
81 GOAL -; stockcrs AM feeders 81 %
Al 40; cows. 81 i0al 70; hcifers 81 25a
| 10; Texas-ted steers s. 50a4 rs Hogs,
Mixed and butchers Sc 30a6 20; good to
choice, heavy ST 10a6 80; Sheep, sheep
and lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whcthcrs s. 25al 90; Western sheep
81 2ja6 10.
las, Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
% 1:ja5 80; prime s. 40a5 SO. Hogs,
prime heavy Sc 70a6 so. mediums SIS %;
heavy orkers So 6oat 50. Sheep steady,
Best wethcrs 81 load % culls and COM
mon 81 0Ca3 50; choice lambs s. 15a6 10.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

That old copybook maxim finds its
most forceiul application i'll the waste of
vitality. which is called burning the
candle at both ends" a woman is
often tempted beyond her strength by
domestic or social demands Some day
she awakens from this waste of strength
to the woeful want of it. She has be-
come weak, nervous and miserable.
For weak, nervous, rundown women,
there is no better tonic and nerviuc than
Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
restores the appetite, quiets the nerves
and gives refreshing sleep. 1t cures
local diseases peculiarly wornanly which
undermine the general health. Il makes
weak women strong, sick women well.
rNo doubt Won have forgotten me. but after
Won read my letter YOU will remember me-
writes Mrs. Annie T. Morng of 2sS 9TH Avenue.
:. w. Roanoke. Va. "fn the year 1897, wrote
to YOU for advice. which Won gave me free OF
charge. When wrote to you was 4 wreck
could not walk straight for pains III my abdo
men. could not sit down. lie down. or get any
ease 1t all. had what was called the best doc
tor here but did not get any better until went
through 4 course of Your medicine. took eight
bottles each of Favorite Prescription and
Golden Medical Discovery. and ten bottles of
the Pleasant Pellets tell you the medicine
made a cure OF me"
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
Address DIR. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, y. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

ne crowdin' round him. nor
their hands and say:
riends, old man. We love You;
% same blood. anyway -
No, indeed
itch TO give the boot to you when
Is are what you need.
lgs have got to comm rs a fellow
nts EN- to,
is pockets are all bulgin' and his
o's are fine and new.
le steps out proud and lordlv and
amt got a thing to fear,
IS a sudden change comes over folks
that used to wink and sneer.
" come runnin' then to tell you that
they're all your friends. and say
at they've always been dead anxious for
TO help you cut some way
Yes. indeed
Friends are always mighty plentiful when
friends Amt what you need.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24
Braver.

do you think that women are as
brave as men?"
Drawer" answered Miss Cayenne.
'You will observe that the socialists
who keep talking with terror about the
bacilli in kiss are all males. Wash
ington Star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

On the south coast of England there
is q hotel in which a tropical tempera
ture is constantly maintained by
means of steam pipes. The guests are
mostly pensioned officials ana officers
who srent so many years in India that
they cannot endure the climate OF
England.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

Water is so scarce in the Japanese
island OF Oshima that it is the custom
for bride to take a large tub of
drinking water with her to her new
home as kind of dowry.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Specimens of four. five. six. seven.
eight and nine-leaved clovers have
been preseted to Queen Alexandra by
a Welsh lady
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

What the professor said in reply.
history does not record. Black and
White.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

An albatross has been known III.
a ship for two months W 4
~irg seen t~ light.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

The most crooked railway in the
world is one from Boswell TO Friedens,
Pc. the air line distance beng five
miles. The read doubles on itself
four times. and at one point. after
making loop OF about five miles, the
road comes back to within 300 feet of
itself on grade so feet lower.
\ peasant in the Swiss canton or
Zurich. on a recent morning. found in
his Stable a stork that had apparently
been left behind by bis companions on
their way To Africa. The bird. which
seems to feel quite at home with the
other animals. goes out for a walk
VIXEN the sun shines, returning to the
stable In the evening.
Chinese doctors are very particular
about the distinction between physi-
clans and surgeons. A Chinese gentle.
man was struck by an arrow which
remained fast in his body. A surgeon
was sent for, and broke off the pro.
trlsling bit of the arrow, leaving the
point embedded. He refused to OK.
tract it. because the case was clearly
one for a physician, the arrow being
inside the body.
A Vicnnese engineer has construct.
ed small sailing yacht made entirely
of sheets of an Austrian daily paper
The yacht is Is feet long and three
feet wide. is decked all over and is
provided with centreboard The
hull, deck. masts. sails and rudder are
all of paper. The inventor has made
many trips or the Woerth See. in Ca.
rinthia, and has proved that his paper
boat can sail rapidly and safely even
when the water is rough and the wind
nigh.
Williams news., 1903-02-28

In his annual report Governor Brodie says: There is scarcely a mountain range in Arizona of any importance that is not mineralized. Mining camps are now found from one end of the territory to the other, md new districts are being devel- optd and mines opened up with as- tonishing rapidity. So great is this development in Arizona at the present time that one soon loses track of the growth unless constant attention is applied. Where there was a prospector's camp year ago, today there exits a prosperous camp with extensive equipment and populated by mining operators and miners"
Williams news., 1903-02-28
Articles of Incorporation Malachite Copper Comply.

Know All Men by These Presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 I.
 The names of the corporators are A. H. Sain, J. Rounseville and J. F. Durlin, and the name of the corporation shall be the Malachite Cop per Company. The principal place of which the business of the corporation shall be trans acted will be Williams Coconino county, Ari- zona Territory, and Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, state of California.
 The corporation may have such other branch
Williams news., 1903-02-28
A MOTHER OF THE OCCIDENT
[Concluded From Page One.l

granite, cotton, melons and sugar cane.
 "When the Colorado is under stood and utilized as successfully as it's greater and better known parallel, it will be recognized as the American Nile. The creator of a new country for the irrigator and Mother of an Occidental Egypt And the homes that are gained from this great river will be not for the :fellahs' of Egypt or the low caste natives of India, but for the American citizen The Colorado is over 1000 miles long, with a water shed of 225,OOO square miles; it's lowest stage is in the winter when it is about 5000 cubic second feet, and its highest stage of 5O.OOO cubic second-feet is in May, June and July, when it's waters are used for irrigation. And it carries during the year sufficient water to irrigate nearly four million acres of land"
 The investigations now in pro- gress are dealing with the river as a whole and for all time. A hy- drographic survey is in progress, including the gauging of the river, the location of dam sites and reser- voirs, soil analysis, the determina- tion of evaporation and of amount of silt carried. Also topographic map is now complete from Cotton- wood island, near the Quartette mill, as far south as forty miles be- low Needles in the neighborhood of the Parker Indian reservation. There is also topographic survey in progress about Yuma, and finally topographic map will be devel- oped of the entire area under dis cussion. Under this map the fea- lures of the country are clearly and accurately shown, giving compre- hensive knowledge of the river as a whole and enabling the distribu- tion system of canals and lands under them to be studied in the office. It is not anticipated that there will be any opposition to the utilization of this stream for irri- gation purposes, as all navigation projects up to this time have been failures, and all reports of the United States army engineers have condemned the navigability of the stream.
 From the general data now being collected it will be determined where dams shall be built, where reservoirs established, where canals shall be located and how the silt shall be handled. For the success full handling of the silt is one of the main questions to be decided, but fortune so wills it that if the reservoirs and canals are not choked with silt, sufficient silt reaching the fields will render the aid of other fertilizers unnecessary.
 And though these. investigations are but just begun, and settlers are warned away, the prospects are bright, and the engineers in charge believe that in a few years homes will be provided for thousands of families, hundreds of thousands of families, in regions which the gods have forsaken and in which only the coyotes exist.
Williams news., 1903-02-28

ticles of Incorporation of the Malchite or Nal achite Copper Company, as the same appear of record in my said office in Book One of Ar ticles of Incorporation, pages 471477, inclusive,
 Witness my hand and official seal this, the 5th day of February ID. 1903. H. c. HIBBEN, County Recorder. First publication Feb. 2, 1903.
Williams news., 1903-02-28
BRIEF NEWS
 OF ARIZONA
Interesting Items PurIoined From Numerous Exchanges
 of ApachsIand.

It is estimated that 1OO-ton concentrating plant requires 1OO,- GOO gallons of water per day. but this amount may be readily re- duced where care is used with water, and there are cases where less than $5O,OOO gallons per day has proven sufficient.
 At his preliminary examination Ranger Webb was held to answer to the grand jury on a charge of murder for killing Lon Bass at Douglas. His bond was fixed at $1,O00. Testimony was introduced to show that Bass was unarmed at the time of the killing.
 Col. J. F. Wilson, who has ac- quired the reputation of being the manipulator of the legislature, came up from Ph9nix on this mornings train. The legislature has taken an adjournment until next Tuesday, to permit the colonel to take brief rest. Prescott Jour- nal-Miner Feb. 21.
 The farmers of Yuma valley ap- pear to have sown more wheat this winter than ever before. In every direction one may see fields of this necessary cereal growing. Har- vesting and threshing machinery and a Touring mill will be planned later, and the $75,OOO now sent out of the county annually for flour will be retained at home to add to the comforts of life.-Yuma Senti- mel.
 An Arizona man has invented a new way of preventing such acci- dents as the recent Southern Pa- cific collision at Vail's station. An agent who finds he has given wrong orders pushes button in his office and lights incandescent electric bulbs, which are to be hung along the track on every second or third telegraph pole. By this means the operator could signal a train at any point of the line. ~
 The Gold Road Mining and Ex- ploration company has received four carloads of machinery this week for its big mill. A large con- signment of machinery for the mill and cyanide plant is to arrive regu- larly from now on. Among the shipment received this week are six sets of rolls, each set weighing 10000 pounds or more. The com pany is putting up the finest and heaviest mining machinery that has ever been brought into the county. Mineral Wealth.
 It is reported that the Santa Fe railroad company is now trying to get white men for the track depart ment, the peons and Indians being incompetent and expensive. The company recently tried Japanese on track work and found them to be practically useless, while at the present time it is insisted that one white man will do more actual work than three peons, and at the same time the white man is an intelligent being, which cannot be said of the class of peons that are shipped in here from Mexico. The difficulty heretofore in securing white labor has been the low rate of wages paid. and this will have to be remedied before any good ser vice can be obtained.--Mohave County Miner.
Williams news., 1903-02-28
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, {,

County of Coconino. ss
 I, H. c. Hibben, county recorder in and for the county of Coconino, territory of Arizona, and custodian of the records of said office, do hereby certify that the copy of Articles of In- corporation set forth on this and the next pre- ceding pages numbered from l to G. inclusive, is a true, correct and complete copy of the Ar
Williams news., 1903-02-28

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming Il corporation under Title XIII. Chap ter Two, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901. and to that end make the following statement:
Williams news., 1903-02-28
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, @,

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, -
 County of Coconino.
 Before me. Joseph Johnston, a notary public in and for the county of Coconino Territory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared A. Bonneville and M. j. Rounseviile, Known to me to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument, and who each acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 4th day of February, A. D. 1903
 (Seal1 JOSEPH JOHNSTON,
 Notary Public. My commission expires May 2S 1906
Williams news., 1903-02-28
My commissi(
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

My commission expires May 2s, 19O6
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, l
 County of Los Angeles. ss :. On this 27th day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, Helen Napier, notary public in and for said sonaliy appeared N. K. Young and A. H. sain, are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
 hand and affixed my official seal the day and year y1ssi5, in this certificate above written;
 Notary Public in and for Los Angeles county,
 State of California.
 My commission expires March 3l, 1908.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss
 County of Los Angeles ss
 On this 31st day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three before me, Helen Napier, notary public in and for said sonally appeared A. H. Sain, known to me to be the person named in and who subscribed to of David T. sain, and the said A. H. sain ac- knowledged to me that he subscribed the name of David T. Sain to the said instrument as principal. and his own as attorney in fact, and that he is, and was, acting for and on behalf of the said David I. Sain and by his authority in In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year year in this certificate first above written:
 Notary Public in and for Los Angeles county,
 State of California.
 My commission expires March S1. 1903.
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 County of Ventura. ss
 On this 3lst day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, Edgar sharp, q notary public in and for said sonally appeared J. F. Durlin, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written. [Seal] EDGAR SHARP, Notary Public in and for Ventura county,
 State of California.
 My commission expires September IS, 1906.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
As to Anaconda.

The case Of Anaconda illustrates the
fact that the lot of the outclassed horse
is a pretty hard one, even If he be out
classed by but the least trifie, as Ana.
conda is. The snake boss" can still
pace several heats in a row around 2:02
and 2:03 But unless he catches him
off he can't beat Prince Alert, and he
must meet him every time he starts
next season.
A great many people do not expect to
see him beat Audubon Boy next sum.
mer and perhaps two or three others
that might be named. If he races on
the grand circuit, he will probably
have to be content with second or third
money as a general thing, which is not
particularly glorious nor especially
profitable
But there is practically nowhere else
for him to race. for he can beat all the
second class PAGERS so easily that they
would not enter nor race against him
In the free for alls OH the minor tracks.
Just where to place him becomes, there.
fore, problem.
The general impression is that he is
difficult horse TO drive and not an
ideal roadster But for that he would
probably find his way into some speed
way stable He has won nearly 100
heats in standard time and probably
twenty in 2:05 or better, his earn
ings reaching close to $4,000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
The R,ttle.nake,, Rattle.

The utility of the rattle to the rattle
snake is a problem still awaiting solu-
ton. 1t has been supposed to be useful
as paralyzing its prey through terror
excited by the sound thus induced.
But this is very doubtful explana'
ton. 1t is akin to the notion formerly
entertained that serpents had power
Of fascinating other creatures. Others
have thought that II seems to excite
the curiosity Of animals and so brings
them within the rattlesnake's reach.
1t has also been supposed that 1t serves,
as it may do, to enable snakes of diff
ferent sexes to find each other and also
TO guard the animal from attack when
1t is helpless from its power OF offense
having been temporarily exhausted.
No sufficient evidence has, however,
been collected to show that any OF
these ingenious speculations affords us
a real clew to the true cause Of such a
curious and elaborate mechanism
Quarterly Review.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Scientific observation justiles the es-
innate that a daily average Of 6,50O.OOO
tons of water is received into the Dead
sea from the Jordan and other sources
during the year. During the rainy sea
son, says the Chicago Record Herald.
the amount Is very much greater; dur
ing the dry sea son it is Of course very
much less, but this average will be
maintained year after year. There is
no outlet, and the level is kept down by
evaporation only, which is very rapid
because OF the intense heat, the dry at.
mosphere and the dry winds which are
constantly blowing down the gorges be
tween the mountains. This evaporation
causes a haze or mist to hang over the
lake at all times, and when it Is more
rapid than usual heavy clouds form
and thunderstorms sometimes rage with
great violence in the pocket between
the cliffs even I'm the dry season. A
food OF rain often falls upon the sur
face OF the sea when the sun is shin.
ing, and the atmosphere is as dry as a
bone half a mile from the shore. The
mountains around the Dead sea are
rarely seen with distinctness because
OF this haze.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Britt's record was interesting. After
trimming all the men In his own class
he went afield for bigger game and
even TO taking on 100 FOUNDER.
Britt got tired of winning medals,
and in the professional ranks he
thought he could make considerable
money His first professional mill was
with Toby Irwin before the Acme Ath-
letic club Of Oakland, Cal. 1t lasted
fifteen rounds, and it was evident that
Irwin had met his master.
The next fight was with Tim Heg
arty, the Australian boxer, who came
to this country to lose the big reputa-
ton that he had won on his own heath.
Timothy was knocked out cold in the
eighth round by one Of Jimmy's lefts
and has not done much since.
The third contest was with the IA.
nous Kid Lavigne, the Saginaw won
der. Britt beat him TO a standstill IN
eight rounds. and the Michigan boys
brother threw up the sponge to save
him from a knockout and serious in
jury.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05
international Chess Dates.

The Brooklyn Chess club has re-
ceived from the City of London Chess
club notice that April and would he
dates agreeable TO the City OF London
Chess club on which to play the next
international match for the Sir George
Newnes Anglo American chess trophy.
now in possession of the Brooklyn
Chess club.
The dates will probably be accepted
by the American committee, as that is
the time when il is expected that Har
ry n. Pillsbury and +. J. Marshall will
be in London. after the conclusion of
the Monte Carlo masters congress.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-05

Conkey's Home Journal (Chicago)
for February shows very plainly what
the publisher meant when they said
that after the first of the year their
magazine would be edited ON thor
oughly practical lines for the home.
Its lessons in Lace and Embroidery
making" and Home Millinery" and its
fashion departments are especially
strong. Ethel NJ. Colson contributes
two good articles on "How to Conduct
Valentine Social' and "Toy Arti-
cles that may be used for light house
keeping" A spicy editorial on "For-
tune Often near Us" is by Ella Wheel
er Wilcox, and Eben Il Rexford and
+. Carl Litsey are among the contri-
butors to the short story department.
IA Maiden's Dream is the title of a
charming walz for the piano.