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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17

Immense damage is reported along the At.
lantc coast by the storms of Tuesday and
Wednesday. From to inches of rain fell,
and the wind was from Sc to 100 miles an
hour. Many vessels were wrecked and large
death list is reported. II is said TO have been
the worst storm on land and sea for over 20
years, aud the rain fall unprecedented.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17
Rase Bail.

The sandyy,le Base Ball Club VA defeated
last Saturday b. the l.. ). A. Ciab 81 HAmp
stead on the grounds u the latter. The game
was lost through error an the part OF Sandy
vile
The game @as called a, p. al. wuh the
f8liuNing iu- if.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17
DIED.

Al SimpSonyille, Howard county. Md. on Sep
TENDER 10, 1891. NJ Sophia Moore in the Esd year OF
her age
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17
THE MARKETS.
WESTMINSTER MARKETS.

BY \. |. Gorsuch Son Co.
Sanfamhar LIZ. 1904
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-09-17

Abdil Yis,gling died al the home 81 bis son
IN Manchester. September -. 81 the inhrni
Ties incideai lo advanced age. Tie Nas ~
years old Twa ons-uenry sud Edward
Yinelina survive him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

from Rome. The eXiled noble having
assumed the leadership of a Volscian
army, conquered the confederate cities
and threatened to destroy Rome it.
self. How the danger Of Rome was
avoided is told with much pathos by
Shakespeare.
1t is strange to think that Coriola-
nus should be legendary, and that
Tullus Autidius should be real. There
must be reality in the founder of a
family, for the name Auidius of An.
tlum endures for a period of no less
than seven centuries. Cicero in his
work, DE Oratore," warmly praises
the ability of Oneius Auidius in jur.
lsprudence; another Auidius fought
IN the Asiatic war under Sertorius,
and being condemned to death by
Pompey for conspiracy he sought ref
uge among the barbarians. In the in
scriptions On tombs discovered on the
Grabina Prenestina Way, there is men
ton of a certain Aufidia Torguata
Massima, and of an Aufidia Tuccia
Massima, both vestal virgins. The
latest mention of the name in his
tory is probably that of c. Vettius
Aufidius Atticus, who was consul in
the year A. d. 242.
All around Antium, between this
"goodly city" and Rome, the whole
country recalls to mind the story of
Coriolanus as made familiar to mod
ern readers by the great drama of the
English poet. Here the very stage di-
rections, or statement of scenery, as
sists the tale.
"a highway between Rome and
Antium" is the scene on which a Ro'
man and a Volscian meet to discuss
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
WOULD QUIT OFFICE FIRST.
Mayor of Monterey Has Bad Expert.
ence with Fourth of July Cannon.

Mayor of Monterey Has Bad Expert.
ence with Fourth of July Cannon.
Rear Admiral Henry Palliser of the
flagship Imperiense, commanded the
British squadron on the Pacific. The
English government had just made
Monterey, the old Mexican and Span
ish capital Of California, a supply sta
ton, and the admiral was going in
there for the first time. DESTROYS of
hunoring the little port, Admiral Pal
User sent an officer ashore to ask the
mayor if the warship fired a flag a
lutte could Monterey return it. The
mayor was greatly disturbed. To for
felt the salute to the American flag
was not to be thought of, but how
was the compliment to be returned?
Upon the hill overlooking the bay was
an ancient Mexican cannon, remnant
of Spanish rule. 1t was used every
Fourth of July, and the mayor con-
cluded it would do. But the main diff
ficulty to overcome vas to collect a
supply Of powder large enough to fire
twenty-one guns. However, by two
O'Clock all was ready, and the mayor
sent word TO the admiral that Mon
terey was prepared. The flagship be-
gan booming her salute at intervals
of five seconds, and in a couple Of
minutes the flag salute Of twenty-one
guns had been fired. A large crowd
had gathered on the hill to watch the
progress Of the seventeenth century
cannon BOOM" went the first re-
port, and a cheer went up. And then
something happened. The old can.
o got so hot and acted so queerly
that fully fifteen minutes elapsed be-
fore the second shot was attempted.
But the mayor was determined, so
just at sunset the twenty-first shot to
the British flag was fired. AS the
mayor left the hill he was heard to
say: If another foreign flagship
comes here to be saluted I'm going to
resign office"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
Men poina Momen,s wnrk.

observe that you repeat the charge
so often made against modern women
that they are invading many callings
once sacred to the male SEX" May /
call your attention to the fact, very
seldom recognized, that the case is
rather the reverse? If a few women
have become doctors, scientists, an.
thors, ETC., and have taken a small
amount OF work from men in those
professions, think of the thousands
OF women who have lost their occupa.
ton by being ousted by men from
callings once sacred" to the female
sex. Not so many years ago the or.
binary home work of women included
the brewing of beer, distilling es.
sences, bread-making, preserving
spinning, weaving, making clothes and
other things too innumerable to G
ton. Now all these things are made
away from home, in factories owned
and managed by men, and worked
largely by men. Our cakes. Jams.
pickles, and-most sacred of aTl-our
Christmas buildings and mincemeat
are made in wholesale quantities
cheaper than We can make them at
nome. You have left us nothing but
to order the dinner and darn the
socks and stockings.-Letter in Lon.
don Telegraph.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

tie coast is as gentle as the bend of
? scimitar; the sea is as peaceful as a
placid lake; the distant hills are ex.
quisitely varied in outline and in color
and the evening light reveals the
white pearl-like cities on their
heights; while away in the distance
the lonely tower of Astura, n the
farther p%romontory of Monte Greco
complete the features of a view that
IN picturesqueness as well as in leg
end and story may well be deemed
unique.
However small and mean Anzio
may look now. it is a city that has a
past, going back ever into the legen.
dairy age. 1t is now a fishing village.
and in the summer a bathing station.
Modern villas, with the pretty attrac-
lions Of the present day, line the
curved shore that ends at Nettuno. a
couple of miles away. AS you walk
along the lick bordered road between
the two towns the sound of the piano
is heard of an evening, and youthful
voices are raised in song. Crowds
flood the place on holidays
Such is Anzio to-day; what it was
in the past is suggested by it's history,
and by the remains of once noble man
sions lining the shore and ever in
vading the sea itself. On the other
eide of the little town is what has
been described as a more interesting
curve, the cliffs whereof are Roman
masonry. from which sometimes
shapeless masses have rolled like
powders into the waters: but which
sometimes present symmetrical re-
cesses and deep arcades, kept clean
washed by the waves when high; and
occasionally rising lofty above their
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

When the summer reaches its height
and the days are hot and the air is
heavy, the dweller in Rome seeks for
temporary GOODNESS on the shores of
the mediterranean. Along the west
ern coast, from north to south, there
are numerous seaside resorts, most
of them occupying sites already rem
dered celebrated in ancient history as
having been chosen by the wealthy
patricians of imperial Rome.
Notable as all the places on this
coast are, there is perhaps none so
beautiful by nature and so interest
ing in it's memories as the shore that
lies on either side of the little town
OF Porto d'Anzio, which has usurped
the name and the site of the once eel
ebrated Antlum. Here the curve of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

there long when they heard a horse
man coming. 1t was Jonas Holstein.
Thank God that you are safe!" he
cried. q feared that you would be
burned to death.
And SO we feared" Kate answered.
1T is dreadfully wicked to set out
fire in a time like this, or at any time
when there is danger; a man on the
prairie unused to fire would lose his
life before it. How did it start, any
way"
~ can tell you how it started" said
a voice at the door, and John Kirkman
stood before them. Jonas Holstein
started the fire, intending to destroy
me; let him deny 1t If he dare"
"Did you see me do it? Can you
prove that | did it?" sneered Holstein.
No, l did not see you, nor can
prove that you did it, but circum-
stances are against you, and l will
give you just three days to get out of
the settlement. Go, your sin has
availed you nothing"
With a muttered curse he strobe.
from the cabin. and left it's occupants
to congratulate themselves on their
fortunate escape from a horrible
death.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
THE LONE CABIN ON THE PRAIRIE
~ III IHNNI FIANLUFE
copyrighted, 1908, By The 4uthors Publishing Companv.

1t was the home of Mrs. Wilbur and
her daughter. On every side the
prairie with its dead grass stretched
the year before and left his wife and
Kate to get along as best they could.
The girl was eighteen years old and a
true daughter of the west. The past
season she had cultivated the few
ceres of land that her father had bEok-
IN up the year before.
I'VE must live" she said, and the
air and sunshine are so healthful, 1
think | shall make quite a farmer"
Jonas Holstein and John Kirkman
both were her suitors.
The formers horse was even now
at the hitching post and he was learn
ing his fate.
Mr.. Holstein," she said, 81 have
given you my answer, and you must
be satisfied with it,"
But l am not satisfied. 1t was not
what l was led to expect"
81 have led you to expect nothing,
| have treated you as a friend, not
as a lover"
you have permitted my visits and
seemed glad to see me-"
II have been civil to you. and am
glad to see almost anyone in this lone
ly place"
But I would take you away from
here. know it is lonely"
81 have given you my answer" she
said, decisively, land l shall not
change it."
John Kirkman stands in my way"
he returned, angrily, but he shall
have you. You need not build
your hopes upon him. He had better
look out for himself"
Il think he can do that" she re-
piled, coolly, "but it is best not to
make threats; they are ugly things,
and sometimes confront us when we
least expect them"
well, l shall take care of mine, and
we shall see how it comes out"
Without another word he hastily
left her, and the next moment had
mounted and was on a full gallop for
the settlement, some ten miles dis
tant.
He had gone about six miles when
he met John Kirkman, who called out
pleasantly:
Hello, Jonas; been to see Miss Will
bur?"
ITS none of your business where
I've BEEN" was the surly reply, and
lashing his horse into a run he was
500 out Of hearing distance.
He had gone but a short distance
when he stopped and dismounted.
Curse him." he said. "I1l fix him;
the wind is just right" Then lighting
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
With the utmost care he bent down
and Lii the match

oiiA ~ NiAC uldNCIs
He dismounted and examined his
match box. my Cod" he cried, 1--WE
only n match left; if it should fail,
l am lost"
With the utmost care he bent down
and lit the match; a little blaze sprang
up, wavered a moment or two, then
rushed forward with the wind through
the dead grass, leaving a blackened
and smoking space behind it.
He easily stamped out a few feet
of the back fire" and led his horse
upon the burned ground, following up
the fire that was widening all around
him, until he was comparatively safe
unless he should be suffocated with
the heat and smoke, which were in
tense.
The fire behind came surging on in
great pillows, but, when it struck the
back-ire, it fell back in a s~moldering
mass.
y
Mother" said Kate Wilbur, there
is a fire coming down or us from the
north. | can hear it roaring and see
the smoke and flames. You get some
matches and the steel rake, while I get
some water and a wet sack. We must
'back-fre' at once, and the wind is
against us, but we can do it if we are
careful. 1t is lucky we have a fire.
break plowed, if it isn't a very wide
one" In a few minutes they were
ready for their work.
The bowed field was on the south
side of the cabin, and the fir e-6reak"
vas to the north of the plowed ground,
circling around the buildings from side
to side, so they had to follow the cir
Gle, a distance of about two hundred
yards; but with the wind which was
blowing, this was a difficult thing to
do. Several times fire was blown
across the break" but each time Mrs.
Wilbur, with the assistance of her
daughter, put it out.
AS Kate fired the grass it burned
away against the wind, but ever when
fifty yards away, sometimes a swirl
OF wind would bring the fire across
the break"
1T is all right, now, mother; see how
the flames are being drawn to the
other fire. which will soon meat them.
We were nom too soon-but, mother,
what ails your"
Il don't know, Kate; but l think I'm
getting blind and she sank to the
ground unconscious.
Kate placed her upon her back and
hurried to bring some water from the
well, with which she bathed her
nother's face. After a few minutes
she opened her eyes and looked won
deringly around.
Il feel better, now she said; 81
must have been overcome with the
heat. What a dreadful fire it was"
But it is past, and we are now
safe. Sit here awhile and rest your
self.'
In a short time she was able to walk
to the house. They had not been
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
Ambassador Saved His n0.A

In the days of King George III NJ
England the Persian ambassador to
his court demanded but was denied
precedence over all other foreign rem
resentatiyes, He refused to GO ia
court, causing it to be reported abroad
that he was i'll. He met the prince re-
gent at the house of the LADY Sails,
bury of the time. Il am very sorry
to offend your royal highness by moi
going to court" he said. Now sir
my sovereign, he tell me | go first.
your people say must go last. Now
this very bad for me when | go bach
to Persia So saying he made a signi.
hcant pass towards his head express.
ing decapitation. The prince tried to
appease him. But sir, you still angry
with me; you have not invited me n
your party tomorrow night" Tbs
prince explained that it was only q
children's party, but the ambassado,
might come if he chose. He did
choose; for he went and. being the
only ambassador there, led all the
guests, thus scoring heavily for Per.
STA, which made him comfortahIs
about the neck again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

the fretting sea-"
The historian of Antium, Caledonia
Soffredini, notes that the AuGdius
FAMILY was of Antium, and this is
proved by many episodes of Roman
history and by the inscription on
stone regarding Q. Aufdius Frontone
found amidst the ruins of the Temple
OF Esculapius, in which this god is
described as presiding over Antium
and as being the tutelary deity of the
Aufidius family.
The first of the race, according to
he same local historian, is said to
have been that Atius Aullus, as Dion.
ysius and Levy call him, or Tullus
Autidius, as Plutarch names him, and
who received in his house al Antium
the banished Coriolanus when exiled
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

The sight was so appalling that for
a moment his heart almost ceased its
beating: Great heaven" he cried, 81
car never reach the cabin ahead of it;
and if l could, | might not be able
co save its inmates. Oh, what will
become of them
His horse was now at full speed; the
flames were roaring and cracking be-
hind him like a thousand engines. The
smoke was sweeping ahead and blind
ing his way-it was hot and sitting.
Still he urged on his faithful horse
until he could go no further-he was
STAGGERING under his great exertion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

- nave gwen you my answer"
a match he set fire to the dry grass.
A little, red blaze Raced out with its
hot tongue. then leaped ahead and
spread until it became a roaring sea of
flame.
Great God!" he exclaimed, what
have done? did not think of such
a fire; but he is doomed; the wind will
take it right onto him-he can never
escape! And the Wilbur cabin l had
not thought of that" His face had
grown white as death.
For u homer only he hesitated,
then wheeling his horse he followed
the fire at full speed.
Kirkman was riding slowly along.
apparently unconscious Of his danger,
when suddenly he heard a roaring
sound. and turning, saw a wall of
flame leaning along like a great mon
ster with a thousand red tongues of
IRE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12
Poetry.

To me the worlds an open book
OF sweet and pleasant poetry:
] read IN the running brook
That Sings its way towards The
It whispers in the leaves OF trees
Tho swelh.hs grain. the waving grass
And in the cool. fresh evening brae1e
That crisps the wavelets as thew nass
The flowers below, the stars above.
Are, Ike the attributes of love. e''e"'
IN poetry Of earth and heaven
Thus Natures volume, read Alright
Attunes the soul To minstrelsv
Tfnging life's clouds with ROSY iIph+
And all the world with poetry.
George p. Morris.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A Frenchman on Long Island has
discovered an "infallible opposite" TO
the mosquito, which he promises, will
exterminate that pest. After it has
eaten up all the mosquitoes, what will
it do next?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Thirty thousand orders for automo.
biles have been placed with Ameri.
a manufacturers for this year. The
horseless age may not be in sight, but
the good roads age is.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

President Harper, who says that
the bright student is almost always
lazy" probably feels that he could
point out a number of students who
are %cultivating a reputation for bright.
ness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Out at Miller. S. D., a woman des.
perado has awed the town and kid
mapped Wilbur Quirk, a drug clerk. We
extend our sympathy to Wilbur and
emphatically protest that the Miller
woman is carrying the leap year bust
ness too far.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

The New York judge who has refus.
ed to declare that a marriage is illegal
because It is loveless will of course,
be condemned, regardless of contempt
of court, by all romantic people.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Mr.. Howells thinks that authors
ought to form a union. When they do,
every member will doubtless have to
pledge himself not to work more than
twenty-four hours a day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

spray, retain such traces of ancient
grandeur as time and man have
spared.
And the traveller who so accurately
and eloquently describes these re-
mains adds that ito conjecture further
he magnifcence of this Neronian
port, it is sufficient to say hat the
apollo Belvedere of the Vatican was
found among its ruins. And even
the single on which we walk Is com
posed of broken and crumhled mar
bles of every precious quality, ground.
rounded and polished into pehbles, by
that most Industrious of l~apidaries.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Louisville, KY claims first rank
among the cities of the world as a
tobacco manufacturing center. Pc.
oria comedies this, but insists that
tobacco is only one of the necessaries
of life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

When a woman gets so she doesn't
care about the size Of her feet and
turns her attention entirely to her
soul, you a set it down that old age
is creeping on.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A farmers wife at Drifield has
given seventeen shillings to the church
missionary society, proceeds Of eggs
laid on Sundays London Daily
Mail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

What war costs nowadays is shown
by a Toxic dispatch which says that
the Japanese government has on hand
$500, 000, 00~0--"enough to sustain a
short. sharp contest"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A New York mar committed suicide
rather than undergo an operation for
appendicitis. He must have been
afraid the doctors could do something
worse than kill him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

There is a young man in Pennsylva-
mia who has attended Sunday school
1900 times without missing a Sun.
day. He ought to be eligible for a
good job in the Standard Oil Office.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Hall Game has nervous prostration.
Now perhaps he knows how most of
the people who have seen his plays
suffered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

So many automobiles seem to be
determined to soar among the stars
that some of them might. perhaps, be
usefully converted into airships.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A Chicago woman's club has in
some mysterious way discovered that
modern poetry is all down at the heel.
Poets are, of course, seldom we'll
heeled,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Now it is announced that the Span.
ish sailors, and not Dewey, sunk
SPANS ships at Manila. Presumably
the Spaniards saw that one of the
fleets must be sunk and with true
Castilian courtesy decidedl that it
should not be that of the visitors.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Gen. Uribe-Uribe threatens to
march against us, but we shall prob
ably be able to make a stand against
both of him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A bear is running at large in New
Jersey. The citizens are in hot pur.
suit of the animal and if caught it will
be Incorporated.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

The mar who wears the corset est
must not be offended if real men call
him sister.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Probably it would be rude to in
quire how much Alfred Austin has to
pay to get those things of his printed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

David ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
has been appointed a postmaster in
Hawaii. Let us hope that Dawes
administration will be o. X.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

College songs, it seems, are not as
popular as college football. The Yale
glee club lost $1,000 on its Christmas
trip out west.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

What is the use of a vacation that
only means harder work afterward to
catch up with your work?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

The Chicago COW who had sixteen
ounces of pins concealed about her
person was plainly a perfect lady.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

A West Virginia marksman has
been fined $25 for killing his rival in
love. Which seems a reasonably cheap
price when you com to think of it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-04-12

Look out for the pneumonia germ,
which is hiding around the corner
ready to pounce upon you.