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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15
WASPS AS PETS.
Tanning the Insects the Odd Fad of
WiscOmsin Woman.

Some people make pets OF birds. 9th
ers of dogs. cats and rats even. but
Miss Wilhelmina Enteman of Hart
land, Wis. has found her pets among
wasps. says the Chicago Tribune. She
has made pets of number of these
little animals, and she will hold n
fiery little midget OF the tip of her lit
tie finger as calmly as If 1t were II fly
and tell you all about his life history
from beginning to end While you
fidget, expecting her to be stung. she
only smiles and goes calmly on with
her story. AS you watch the little
wasp grows quiet and becomes so in
offensive that you next begin to won
der IL he won't soon look into her eye
and buzz her little song.
81 have kept them for scientific study,
Of course" she tells you. but then
everything alive has really Its human
element. and one can't study the little
midgets as l have and not find II out.
Ants, you know, are supposed to en-
brace all the wisdom of the world.
The wasps are really quite as indus
trious rs bees and certainly as wise as
ants. You can't fool wasps. They
have the sharpest eyes of any insect
in the world, and there are any mum
Der Of other good points about them
that l might mention and that have
apparently escaped the observation of
the maxim makers. They are intelli-
gent In such an ingenious way that
they are always amusing TO watch"
Among the facts which her observa-
tons have taught her about wasps Is
that n wasp does not sting unless 1t Is
angry, and 1t does not get angry unless
II is disturbed. The reputation which
wasps have acquired of being the most
violent tempered of animals is. she
says, entirely unwarranted.
While In charge of this number Of
wasps she fed and cared for them as
she would for other pets. and the
wasps seemed to grow into their new
manner of life and expectantly wait
for their food ut the regular feeding
time
Wasps do not make sound when
luGy WISH W COluiuuiliCttS Will each
other The long. flexible antennae
which all species Of the family possess
are organs of speech and hearing as
well as feeling.
The curiosity Of wasps is something
to marvel at. When they enter a room
they fly about 1t. buZzing over every
thing. with their feelers outstretched.
examining 1t as II they We're vitality in
terested In its construction. Their Gu
riosity may be said to begin at birth.
when they snip their way out of the
paper shells In which they are born
and begin to run their already long
antennae out and over everything that
Is within their reach. That they learn
to know individuals there is no doubt.
because Miss Enteman has frequently
handled wasps which upon being
touched by any one else promptly
showed their resentment at the strange
hand by singing IL
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15
DIR. Abbo,t's own Hour.

The Rev. Br. Lyman Abbott is II firm
believer in tie value of regular hours
of rest In the daytime. Recently in al
dressing n group of theological stu
dents lie said it has been his practice
the midday meal as exclusively his
own. when he is not to he disturbed
unless the house is on fire and the fire
has reached the second story" Then
he is free 10 dip into poetry or rest and
mediate with folded hands, as he may
choose
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15
PocOMoxE RIVER LINE.
Baltimore-Sn Hill Route.

BaltimOre-SnOw Hil Route
The Steamer Maryland leaves Snow Hill at 6
O'Clock a. m. every Monday and Thursday
weather permitting) stopping at Mataponi,
Pocomoke City p. m. P"wells. Rehoboth,
Cedar Hall. Pitts Wharf. Shelltowu, Saxis
Pier Onancock 2.90p. m. Finney's. Tangicr
Island 3 p. m. Crisficld p. m, arriving in
Baltimore o'clock next morning
Returnining the Steamer leaves Baltimore
from pier foot of South street at 500 p. m,
every Tuesday and Friday for points named,
arriving at Crisfield 90 p. m. Tangier Island
$50 a. m, Onancock 20 a. m Saxis Pier. She'll
town. Pitts Wharf, Cedar Hall. Rehoboth,
Powells, Pocomoke City 90 p. m. Snow Hill
$50 p IN.
ia. JOYNES. Superintendent,
MURDOCH Passenger Agent
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15
BALTIC. Chesa. & Atlantic Ry. Co.
RAILWAY DIVISION
Connection made with steamer lines Mt EaSton
Vienna and Salisbury.

Time Table in Effect ion \ NJ. Tuesday.
September 18TH 1904
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15

No. connects at Berlin from d. NJ. 4
ut y. Y. +. Il y. JuncIi III with n Y. T. 4 y.
train No. ~. north, and N south when on time.
No. connects at \. Y. +. II y. Junction
with y T. 7. 4 \. train No. 81. south. and at
Rerlin with d. N. Il " train 49,. south. when on
time
M. connects at y. Y. +. II y Junction with
n: I. T. " \. train. M. 96, north. when on time
No. 9 gets connection at y Y. p t. y, June
ton from y. Y. L. N ~ train NJ. ~ North. when
on time.
WILLARD THOMSON. Gcn'lManngcr.
I MURDOCH, A. j BENJAMIN
Pass Agent. Supt. * Div. Pass Art
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-15
Berlin school Children.

This year. for the first time. all the
children in the schools Of Berlin were
examined as TO their health. There were
1900 children and thirty-siX eXamin
ers The results were astounding. Ten
per cent of the children were found in
sufficiently developed in body and min
and had to be excluded for half yea.
or longer. Sixteen per cent We're NJ;
strong enough to attend school. ow'-
Ing to the facilitating effect of scarlet
fever and other diseases. Fifteen per
cent suffered from anaemia or scrofula
Five per cent had tuberculosis trouble
etc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
GAS AS AN ILLUMINANT.
China, 1t Has Been Asserted, Used
1t Centuries Ago.

China, 1t Has Been Asserted, Used
1t Centuries Ago.
1t has been asserted, but never prov
ed conslusively, that China used gas
for lighting purposes centuries before
its use in the western world. If this
was so it was doubtless natural gas.
Clayton, at the end of the seven
tcenth century, stored gas in bladders
and played with it at times, and Lord
Dundonald in 1857, in working a patent
for coal tar, stored up the gas and oc-
casionally used it for lighting up the
hall Of Culross abbey.
1t is to the genius of a Scotsman, w.
Murdoch, that we owe our bright il
luminant. In 1892 he was living at
Redruth, Cornwall, and after expert
ments in gasmaking he lit up his own
house, much to the establishment of
his neighbors.
Called to Birmingham, he erected a
large plant for lighting up the Soho
works. This drew attention to the
whole matter, and in 1903 London be-
gan street lighting. The Royal so
ciety in 1903 gave Murdoch its Rum
ford gold medal for his invention
London Standard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
" an adequate army and navv. and

by an adequate army and navy. and
he told what has been done in that
line. After summarizing the work
done by the first Mckinley admins
tration and that done by the present
government, he said:
I'VE challenge judgment upon this
record OF effective performance in
legislation, in execution and in admin
istration. The work is not fully done:
policies are not completely wrought
out; domestic questions still press con-
tinually for solution; other trusts must
be regulated; the tariff may presently
receive revision, and if so, should re-
ceive it at the hands of the friends
and not the enemies of the protective
system"
He closed with an eloquent tribute
to the late President Mckinley. de-
claring that his successor followed his
policy; to Senator Hanna and to
President Roosevelt of whom he said:
Incapable of deception, he has put
aside concealment. 1t is no
campaign of sounding words and spe-
cious pretenses, for our President has
told the people with frankness what
he believed and what he intended.
No people can maintain free
government who do not in their hearts
value the qualities which have made
the present president of the United
States cOnSpicuOus among the mon Of
his time as type Of noble manhood
Come what may here-come what
may in November, God grant that
those qualities Of brave true manhood
shall have honor throughout America,
shall be held for an example in every
home, and that the youth Of genera
tons to come may grow up to feel
that it is better than wealth, or office.
or power, to have the honesty, the
purity, and the courage of Theodore
Roosevelt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
Of Interest To Nurserymen.

Nurserymen as well as the growers
of plants, are interested in all
efforts looking to preventing the
introduction of pernicious insects
and plant diseases. Chapter $50 of
the laws of 1899, makes it impera.
tive for our experiment station to
inspect all nurseries and ascertain
by personal study, whether or not
the plants they contain are infected
with insect and fungous pests.
This work is in charge of Prof. E..
P. Sandsten, horticulturist. Mr..
Sandsten has secured the services
of Christian Bues of New York,
an expert in these matters. All
nurserymen wishing their premises
inspected should send applications
at once to Prof. E. P. Sandsten,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Madison, Wis, in order that Mr..
Bues may visit their premises while
he is in the state.
w. A. HENRY, Director.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
RESURRECTION PLANTS.
rhe Curious Rose of Jericho and the
Mexican Fern Ball.


The rose of Jericho is perhaps one Of
the most familiar of the curiosities OF
plant life known as resurrection plants.
It is said to be imported from the val
ley of the river Jordan and is the resur-
rection plant mentioned in the Bible
The plant when received from it's ma
tive home is simply bunch Of leafless
and seemingly lifeless sticks or
branches clustered tightly together.
When placed in a glass of water, how
ever, the branches expand, seed buds
unfold. and soon the green foliage
starts out, and the plant grows.
The Mexican resurrection plant is
the fluffy, fernlike variety often no
ticed in saucers Of water in the florists
window. When it is dormant it is a
shrunken, rounded ball of tightly fold
ed leaflets, dry and dead.
1t is dropped in a bowl of tepid wa
ter, and soon one frondlike tip curls
slowly outward, then another and an
other, and in a short time there is float
ing in the dish a beautiful metallic
green plant, a great, loose, expanded
rosette Of fine fernlike leaves, odd and
beautiful.
This experiment can be repeated
many times, the plant curling together
tightly when dry and expanding into
new life when soaked in water
Young Peoples Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
TACKLES THE TRUST QUESTION
TelIs What Has Been Done Under Kepub.
lican Administrations.

Tells What Has Been Done Under Kepub-
lican Administrations.
Coming to the subject of trusts he
said: -Four years ago the regulation
by law Of the great corporate COM
binations called trusts stood sub
stantially where it was when the Sher
man antitrust act of 1890 was passed.
AT every election, the regu-
lation of trusts had been the foot
ball of campaign oratory and the sub
ject of many insincere declarations.
Our Republican administration has
taken up the subject in practical,
sensible way as business rather than
a political question, saying what it
really meant, and doing what lay st
it's hand to be done to accomplish ef-
fectiye regulation
utes passed by congress and said: In
separate suits fourteen of the great
railroads of the country have been re-
strained by injunction from giving il
legal rebates to the favored shippers.
The beef trust was put I'M
der injunction. The officers of the
railroads engaged in the cotton carry
ing pool, affecting all that great i'll
dustry of the south, were indicted aud
have abandoned their combination
The Northern Securities company,
which undertook by combining in one
ownership the capital stocks Of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads to end traffic competition in
the Northwest has been destroyed.
y
"The right of the interstate COM
merce commission to compel the pro-
duction of books and papers has been
established by the judgment Of the
Supreme court in a suit against the
coal carrying roads. Other suits have
been brought and other indictments
have been found and other trusts have
been driven back within legal bounds
He then referred to the war against
the cattle range land grabbers, against
land frauds, against denudation Of
forests, retaining of arid lands, the
improvement of the mail service, work
for the benefit of the farmer such as
crop information, the oleomargarine
act and protection against animal and
plant diseases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
MECHANICAL WONDERS.
The Toys Louis XIV. Played With II
His Childhood Days.

An extraordinary piece of mechanism
was constructed for the amusement CT
Louis XIV. when child. 1t consist.
ed of a small coach drawn by two
horses in which was the figure of q
lady, with footman and page be-
hind. According to the account Civ
en- by NJ. Camus, the constructor. this
coach being placed at the extremity
of a table of determinate size. the
coachman smacked his whip, and the
horses Immediately set out. moving
their legs in natural manner. When
the carriage reached the edge of the
table it turned on right angle and
proceeded along that edge till it arriv-
ed opposite to the place where the king
was seated. 1t then stopped, and the
page, getting down, opened the door,
upon which the lady alighted. having
in her hand petition, which she pre-
scented, with a courtesy. After waiting
some time she again courtesied and re-
entered the carriage. The page then
resumed his place, the coachman whip
ped up his horses, which began to
move, and the footman, running after
the carriage, jumped up behind it.
Louis XIV. had also an automaton
opera in five acts, with fresh scenes for
each. 1t measured sixteen and a half
inches in breadth, thirteen inches four
lines in height and one inch three lines
q, tliclnpCc for tho yUarlyirU of tho n, q :
chinery. Westminster Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES

How We Freed the Former and Our Work
in the Latter.
The speaker then took up Cuba and
the Philippines. He told how we had
freed the Pearl of the Antilles from
military occupation after establishing
government there, and declared the
Platt amendment 1.-THE sheet anchor Of
Cuban independence and credit, and
read President Palma's dispatch of
May 20, 1902, expressing the profound
gratitude of the Cuban people to the
United States for what the United
States had done for that people.
He said of the Philippines: "The
last vestige Of instruction has been
swept away With their work ac-
compIished, over $4,000 American
troops have been brought back across
the Pacific. Civil government has
been established throughout the
archipelago. Peace and order AMI
justice prevail" Then he enumerated
the different laws enacted, for the
archipelago, which he said challenge
comparison with the statutes of any
country"
AS to the future he said: "NOne can
foretell the future; but there seems no
reasonable cause to doubt, that under
the policy already effectively inaugur-
ated, the institutions already implant-
ed, and the processes already begun in
the Philippine islands, if these be not
depressed and interrupted, the Phil
ippine people will follow in the foot
steps of the people of Cuba: that more
slowly indeed, because they are not
as advanced, yet as surely, they will
grow in capacity for f-government,
and receiving power as they grow in
capacity, will come to bear substan-
TALLY such relations to the people Of
the United tSates as do now the peo-
pie of Cuba.''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
OUR STANDING AMONG NATIONS
Something To Be Proud of-Tributes tc
Mckinley, Hanna and Roosevelt.

After summarizing the foreign pol
icy of recent years-includes our ac-
ton in Panama, which was unreserved-
~ approved; our action as to China
protecting China from dismember-
ment; also at the opening Of the Rus
so-Japanese war limiting the field Of
action; the settlement of the Alaskan
boundary dispute; establishment of
The Hague tribunal; the recent arbi-
tration of questions between Vene-
zuela and several European govern
ments-he said:
"All Americans who desire safe and
conservative administration which shall
avoid cause of quarrel, all who abhor
war, all who long for the perfect sway
of the principles of that religion which
we all profess, should rejoice that I'M
der this Republican administration
their country has attained a potent
leadership among the nations in the
cause of peace and international JUS
tice."
This, however, required backing up
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
HOSPITAL CORPS IN CAMP
First One Ever Organized for the Michi
gan National Guard To Be at Work
This Summer.

This Summer.
Lansing, Mich, June 21.-Dr. Ralph
G. Apted, Of the medical staff of the
Second degiment Of the Michigan Ma
tional Guard, has been directed by
Brigadier General William T. Nc
Gurrin to recruit regimental hos
pital corps to go to camp with the
military companies this summer. This
hospital corps will be the first organ
lied in the Michigan National Guard.
General McGurrin suggests that Sc
lections be made from among medical
students and drug clerks.
IT has been the custom to detail pri-
Yates to this work, and sometimes the
work was distasteful to the men so
detailed, and they were not particular
~ suited to the work. Under the pres
emit plan the men will be picked and
recruited for this one purpose, and
when they enlist it will be in the hos
pital corps and not in the regular
ranks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
Careoes of Love.

The soul is proven every day; each hour
Life holds mete-wand up to me and
you,
To test the spirits depth and girth and
power
Whether the seasoned timbers hold yet
true.
OF ember fineness this divining-rod,
The cargo silken-rich, the ballast gold;
The ship-holds swell with freightage dear
to God,
Pure samite tinct of heaven in bale
and fold.
We are the ships (our insure voyage
Time);
They sail from Birth, and touch awhile
at Death.
Our Coan silk, e'er sought of every cline
To vesture mart and home, airy as
BREATH
Is given, not bought with aught beneath
the -un:
It's colsignor hath sure been God
above;
The loom is Christ wherein it may be
And an earth's isles be clothed with
cloth of Love-
Clifford Lanier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
A UNIQUE Collection.

Among the curious ways by which
some persons in England make living
is the sale of CASTOR garments belong
ing to distinguished personages, for
which the curiosity loving fashionable
world affords a sure and profitable
market. One English lady has a col
lection Of corsets, including articles
from the wardrobes of reigning i'm
perial and royal personages as well as
objects Of historical interest. Among
the latter are a leather corset belong
ing to Charlotte Corday, the heroine
Of the French revolution, and con-
struction Of whalebone and steel worn
by Marie Antoinette, with an eighteen
inch waist.-ToiletteS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
SPEECH OF ELIHU ROOT

Gives a History of the Achievements o.
the Republican Party.
The temporary chairman, Hon. Elihu
Root, OF New York, was then intro
duced, and was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. AS soon as quiet was re-
stored he proceeded with his opening
speech. He began by saying: THE
responsibility of government rests
upon the Republican party" He de-
clared that difficult problems press
upon the government, and said that,
when the course of the next admin
istration is but half done the Repub-
lican party will have completed the
first half century of it's national life.
OF the eleven administrations since
the first election of Abraham Lincoln,
nine-covering period OF thirty six
years-have been under Republican
presidents. For the greater part of
that time, the majority in each house
OF congress has been Republican.
History affords no parallel in any
age OF country for the growth in ma
tional greatness and powe: and honor,
the wide diffusion of the comforts Of
life, the uplifting OF the great .nass
of the people above the hard conditions
Of poverty, the common opportunity
for education and Individual advance
ment. the universal possession Of civil
and religious liberty, the protection OF
property and security for the rewards,
of industry and enterprise, the cult
walton of national morality, respect for
religion, sympathy with humanity and
love of liberty and justice, which have
marked the life of the American pGo-
pie during this long period o. Repub-
lican control.
Enumerating the reasons why the
Republican party will ask renewed
expression Of confidence from the peo-
pie he said they were because it's
principles were right; because the
party has been faithful to It's prom
Uses; because the party character gives
assurance of good government; be-
cause it's candidates are of approved
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
rr1Hu ROOT.

q strenuous time After that II was
easier. The interior and exterior of
the building were bright with the ma
tional colors, the interior being very
profusely decorated. Portraits Of
party leaders aided in the decoration,
prominent among them being that Of
the late Marcus Al. Hanna.
Then the Hand Began to Play.
AS the people began tc arrive a
band played patriotic airs and was
applauded for it's efforts to make the
time pass pleasantly. As the time OF
calling to order drew near the prom
inent men came in, and as they were
recognized cheers broke out, delega-
ton banners and handkerchiefs were
waved, an dthe recipients Of the hon
orS bowed their thanks for the well
come given them. A tumultuous cheer
broke out as Chairman Payne, of the
national committee, stepped forward
ct II o'clock, noon, to call the conyen-
ton to order. M
Prayer Opens the Proceedings.
AS his gavel fell on the desk a hush
came over the vast assemblage, and
Rev. L. F.. Frost, at the request Of
the chairman, stepped to the front and
delivered an eloquent invocation. Sec
rotary Elmer Dover then read the call
for the convention, and the gathering
settled itself to listen to the Keynote .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22

Chicago, June 20.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
$1,000; sales were made at S4.46@4.95 for
pigs. $4.90@5.20 for light, $4.96Q15.1O for
rough packing, $4950b.277b for mixed,
and $5.16@5.so for heavy packing and
ing at $5.1O@6.20 for fair to good aver
Catttle-Estimated receipts for the
day, 26,000: quotations ranged at $4,000
SEQ for good to choice do, s4.3565.o0 for
fair to good do. $3.5oQ4.35 coanon to
medium. do $4.ooQ5.e0 fed western
steers, $2.4O@4.6o stockers and feeders,
sr25@4.5o cows. $2.60@4:75 heifers. 1925
$S.5004.75 Texas steers and $3.0o@5. Is
veal calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day. 10000; quotations. ranged
at $3.0o95:50 Westerns; $2.75@5.eO ma
western lambs. ss.6OQ7OO native lambs BIS
and s5.00@7.70 spring lambs.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y, June 90
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, n. Y.
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts. $50
cars; dry-fed kind steady; grassers dull
and nd lower; best export sI steers, $4,000
cows. $4.00@4.25; best heifers. $4.256
Ats: extra. $500: bulls. $3.2504.25. HOGS
Receipts, 100 cars; market firm: pigs.
$3.50; Workers $5.30@5.40; mediums $40
@5.45: heavy. $5.45@5.50. Sheep and
Lambs-Receiuts, 80 cars; market slow.
best spring lambs. $700@725; fair to
good, $6.25@6:75; culls and common.
$4.25@5.25; winter lambs, s6O0@612;
best sheep. $5.25@5;50; fair to good
$4.25@5.O0. Calves-Steady; best, S5.25:
heavy. $4.00@4.50.
st. Louis GRAIN
st. Louis une 20
Wheat-Higher on rains: No. red
cash elevator nominal; track. s1.05:
July. SIC; September, S0xc; No. hard
5000. Corn--Higher: No. 2 cash, 47c:
track, Sk@4sc; July, 46A @46asc; Sep
41c; track 42Q421Ac: July. SIC; Septem,
Der, Bic: No. white. 45c.