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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-08
USING SALT VITA FOOD.
Common Habit of Mankind Said to
lie without Gone; l.c..Aon.

Common habit of Mankind Said to
lie without Good l.c.sGn.
This l., no new TaCStion. but appar-
emily il is not settl";i :et In an eek.
haustivc discussions of il in The Revue
Scicntiiuuc NJ Rene Iaufcr concludes
that. while il is absolutely necessary
10 the 1Esaial organism. enough of 1t
FOG o.. ceeux = contained naturally in
our ordinary articles of food. SO that
the addition of IL as condiment i
supcriiuous. Tales of disease caused
by lack of salt he dismisses as I'M
trustworthy. Says Mr.. Iaufer:
The desire for salt is certainly uni
versal 1t seems To have been USED
everywhere ut all times and in Ill civ
iliZations The same salt seasons to-
day the miserable portion of the SUI
danese negro and the choice dishes %
not limited to man. Many animals
seek il with avidity. So general pre-
objection. so imperious desire, should
not be regarded as simple incident.
that is certain. But do they CORE
spond TO an unavoidable necessity?
lis ii not curious that the chloride Of
sodium should be the only salt that we
take from nature to add to those con
tanned in our food itself: Other min
eral substances play Il much more I'm
portant part in the constitution of the
tissues-the salts of lime and the phos-
hn Nf Ia, fay
use these by themselves ii Is as medi-
cines.
"The taste for salt is not innate or
instructive. 1t is acquired. The moth
er's milk contains very little salt. Cows
milk has ut least four times as much,
who should live on milk alone-say
three quarts day-would take more
chlorides than he needs"
NJ. Laufer discredits all tales of ILL.,
ness from the discontinuance OF salt
The French soldiers who were said 10
the siege of Metz did So, he says, simply
because they required II to hide the
taste of the spoiled meat that they
were forced to eat. The story of the
Russian scrfs. who are reported to
have fallen i'll whel deprived of salt
by their lords. bears on its face, NJ.
Laufer thinks. marks of its falsity.
Among the chief mcraid symptoms
said 10 follow from the lack of salt is
edema or swelling. but the writer
shows that nowadays a d ct without
salt is prescribed for this trouble ana
has been elective in curing it. In the
same way lie disposes TO his satisfac-
ton of all the different ills said to
arise when one Is deprived of salt.
Finally. he calculates the amount Of
salt necessary 10 carry on the proc
cssrs of organic animal life and the
amount lost by eXertion and comes to
the following conclusions:
'Our food. provided it constitutes a
proper regimen in the physioloeIc
sense of the word. contains within It.
self. and with no necessity of adding
to it from outside. Sufficient salt for
our needs. Literary Digest.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-08
He Secured One Armed students.

y plucky young telcgrapher In Bos-
ton lost his arm and faced the fact
that lie must find new means of live
lihood open TO one with his disabilities
Finally lie chose engineering and be-
gan correspondence course. Although
he had but one hand. he Offset this
lack by several ingenious mechanical
devices and made very satisfactory
progress in his studies. completing his
course in an unusually short tine and
securing II position of large RESPONSE
bility and good pay. Since That time
he has been con 'istent rccrutn.
officer for Tie school. and I'LL of tie
students hc his enlisted are men who
have suffered tie loss of an arm.-Su.
cess.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-08
OFFICIAL LETTERS.
The Way They Are secretly Opened
by All Governments.


Although all the governments deny
Ii. there is not Il government under
which AZ cabinet noir does not exist
and has not existed since letters were
written. At Washington. AZ nj Der
lin and London. no correspondence of
Importance escape; this administrative
inquisition. In spite of all dcnials.
every govern maintains Il dark
chamber in which letters are opened
and read before ing sent oil 10 their
destinations. In The turmoil prciimi-
nary to the Spanish. war Il
secretary of the Spanish legation at
Washington discovered this TO his
fcost Without the cabinet noir the
secret police could hardly exist.
Through il the chiefs are enabled to
spy upon their agents. who are re-
cruitcd in all ranks of society and
paid in proportion to their standing
and services Ii is. however. in poll
tics and diplomacy that the cabinet
noir works most actively. Often il is
of supreme Importance for Il nation to
know the instructions sent To this am
bassadOr or that and the contents Of
his dispatches. OF course these com
municationS are in cipher. bit for the
cabinet NOR there are no cryptograph-
&c mysteries. Even cipher can he read.
Documents of very great Importance
are sent by diplomatic couriers and
kings me ;sen GERS but this is eX-
ceptional. In the papers which have
thus been stolen. read. copied and pre-
served in the secret archives of the
various states lies the real history that
will some day he written. Bunau-
varillas letters. f.ed away in the
cabinets noirs of Paris and Washing
ton. will some day shed mocking
light on the recent occurrences ut
Panama. and many another historic
event will take on an unexpected
color.
Never. perhaps. did the cabinet noir
work more diligently than few years
ago. when all the great powers inter
vened i'm the affairs of Crete Many and
divers interests were ut stake. Eng
land. France and Italy. though ostensi-
bly, working together to redeem Crete
from Ottoman misrule. were suspi-
cious and distrustful allies. Russia as
usual was in doubt and ignorance Ger
many was for the sultan. and 80 while
the ships of all nations lay off the Gre
tan shore the real battle was fought
by innumerable agents and spies in the
dark underworld of politics. Insurgents
were bribed first on one side and then
on the other. Spies were outplayed by
subtler spies, ally betrayed by ally.
That out of this coil freedom came TO
Crete was due to the doggedncss of
one man. that stout French sailorman.
Admiral Pottier--to him and ain eff
cient cabinet noir. Against him were
the two most autocratic rulers in the
world of today. the theatrical German
kaiser and the dark and bilious little
man who from the heights of Yildiz
glooms over the Ottoman world. Will
liam III. and Abdul Hamid Khan H..
the strangest pair of friends that one
can magine. Nor could any one have
foreseen their defeat.-Vance Thomp-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-08
DIR. COllNer'a Little .Inke.

At Il meeting of the Eighty eight club
in Liverpool. the Rev. Robert Collyer
altogether dsavowed the electorate of
divinity which has been so generally
attributed to him. He was not accus-
toned TO the ID. ID. after his name he
said. and did not know why his friends
put ii there. 1t was quite true that
early in his career. when lie left the
Methodist body. similar letters had
been used in connection with his name:
but then they were in Il different
character. before instead of after. and
something came Observation-Disclosures.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-10-08
PocoMOKE RIVER LINE.
Baltimore Snow Hill Route.

Baltimore Snow Hill Route
The Steamer Maryland leaves Snow Hill at 6
o'clock a. m. every Monday and Thursday
weather pcrmitting) stopping at Mataponi,
Pocomoke City p. m. Powell's, Rehoboth,
Cedar Hall. Pitts Wharf. Shelltowti, Saxis
Pier. onancock 2.30p. III. Finncy'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 Crsficld 4 90 p m. Tangier Island
80 a. m. 0nancOck : ;Na. m. Saxis Pier. She'll
town, Pitts Wharf. Cedar Hall. Rehohoth,
Powells, Pocomoke City 90 D. m, Snow Hill
$50 p. III,
T. A. JoYNES. Superintendent.
T. MURDOCH Passenger Agent
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No. connects AT Berlin from d. NJ. X
V. train NJ. 59s. north. AMI connects at Salisbury
nj n. Y. l.. " y. Juncti III with y Y. T. X y
train No. ~. north. and II south. when On time
No. connects at y. Y. l.. " y. Junction
with y. y. 7. 4 \. train No. 81, south. and ut
Berlin with ID. NJ. " Y. train 80, south when on
time.
NJ. connects at y. Y. L. " y Junction with
y. \. + " y. train, M nj. north. when on time
M. . gets connection at y Y T. a. ~ June
ton from y. Y. r. " " train, No. NJ North, when
on time.
WILLARD THOMSON. Gen Manager
I MURDOCH, A. j BENJAMIN
Pass Agent. Supt x Div Pass Agt
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BALTIC. Chesa. & Atlantic Ry. Co.
RAILWAY DIVISION
Connection made With steamer lines nj Eastun
Vienna and Salisbury.

Time Table in Effect 100 \ NJ. Tuesday.
Scptcmb'r 18th. 1904.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
the Congressional Convention,
Ashland. Wisconsin.

Lllc tOllSICSSlOiidl SCufSiillOli.
Ashland, Wisconsin.
GENTLEMEN:-I sSume that for
the third time the Congressional
convention called for the 26th instant
will nominate me as candidate for
Congress practically without opposi-
tioD, and If this assumption based
upon the almost unanimous opinion
and expression from every part Of the
district is ratified by this convention,
then it is with deep sense Of pride
that accept the nomination and by
this means CT communication express
to you my appreciation Of the loyalty
and confidence thus accorded me: and
if I am elected as member of the
fifty-ninth Congress, it shall be my
intention to give my time and my
best efforts as heretofore to the
interests Of the whole people of the
Tenth Congressional district.
l appreciate this continued con-
fidence the more for the reason that
it rarely occurs as in my case that a
person is selected from the private
walks of life to be the candidate for
Congress Of any party for three sue
cessiye times practically without
opposition.
| have always endeavored to repre-
sent The district TO the best of my
ability and in all cases to represent
the whole people in accordance with
my understanding Of their needs and
desires. The district is large and
unwieldy, and many parts of it
sparsely settled, and for this reason
the efforts of a Congressman in behalf
Of his constituency are not as evident
to the mass of the people of the
district as they would be were the
district more compact. A person
representing city's constituency can
concentrate his efforts where the
results are obvious to all interested,
and what he does for the benefit and
advancement of his people is better
known and appreciated than under
the circumstances existing IN the
Tenth Congressional district. What
ever success have made in represent
ing your interests have been made
effective by the loyal support Of my
efforts by my friends throughout the
district. The people are the judges
of the efforts Of their representative
in Congress, and their past endorse
ment is evidence to me that they
have appreciated my endeayors, and
although l have not accomplished all
that I set out to accomplish in many
instances, have spared nc pains or
efforts to do SO.
/ sincerely think ali of you for your
continued confidence, in me, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29

hundreds OF thousands when duty
calls. what have we TO fear?
With 5000. 600 factories. 1000, 600
factory workers and home market of
S2.000.000 people, free from the
competition of cheap foreign labor,
what have we to fear?
With farms worth $40. OOo, 200, 600.
and a yearly product worth nearly
81, coo. Coo, 900, what have we to fear?
With our diplomacy successful at
every turn. with our dollar good in
every market of the world. with no
entangling foreign alliance, with our
national conscience "void of ofiense
toward God and man." with a people
strong in parpoSe and ambition, with
the energy borne of short but heroic
past, and with our flag honored what
ever it waves, what have we to fear?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
Worth Reading.

In all the Baking "WarS" that have
been internationally waged in the last
twenty years. there is one point that
has been overlooked by the belligerent
makers of these goods Rival
manufacturers have cOntented them
selves With accusing their competitors
of making an unwholesome product.
The question of keeping quality, and,
therefore, efficiency in raising bread,
the only purpose for which baking
powder is used. appears to have been
generally ignored There are many
powders which, when fresh, and the
can is first uncovered. will do fairly
good work, but after standing for
some time on the pantry shelf, the
powder becomes so weak as to be
almost worthless as far as raising
bread is concerned. This is especially
true in the case of the so-called
"Phosphate' powders, which. were it
not for this fatal defect, would be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29

pledge to you my every effort for tht
success of the whole ticket from
president to coroner.
Sincerely regret that the closing
days of the session of Congress being
at hand and the necessity of my
remaining here during these last days
bars me from meeting with you or
this occasion.
Wishing you all prosperity, anG
hoping and believing that the success:
of the entire Republican ticket j:
assured, l remain,
Very sincerely,
tSlgnedl w. e. BROWN. NJ. c.,
Tenth District Wisconsin
On motion of d. w. McIntire, OF
Eagle River. Daniel Z. Riordon was
recommended to the state convention
as one of the presidential electors fol
said state.
On motion of T. j. Salter, the fol-
lowing named persons were elected as
a Congressional Central committee fol
the Tenth Congressional convention
for the ensuing two years as follows:
Z. NJ. Smart. chairman-Merrill.
w. B. LaSalle-Oneida county
Rhinelander.
John Gudegast-Vilas comfy, Eagle
River.
M. G. Porter-Lincoln county, Mer
ril.
Edward Cleary-Langdale county
Amigo
M. j. Conners-lron county, Hurley
Henry McCrossew--M Marathon
county, Wausau
A. j. Latton-Taylor county, Med
ford
Egbert Wyman- Forest county
Crandon.
B. r. Evans-Price county, Phillips
w. FL. Cantweil-Shawan county
Shawano.
G. Fl. Florence county
Commonwealth, Wis.
l.. K. Baker Ashland county, Ash
land.
Geo. 81. Reynolds Wood county
Marshfeld.
Upon motion duly made ano
seconded the convention was then
declared adjourned.
Attest: A. L. FONTAINE.
Secretary
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
Letter to Mr.. F. x. erode,
NEKOOSA, WIS.

Dear Sir: You'd strike it rich if
you could find a way to shave your
customers in less time, for less cost,
and make the shave last twice or
three times as long.
You wouldn't shave the same person
so many times, or get so much of his
money, but the whole town would be
talking about you, and everybody
would come to you for a shave.
Devoe lead-and-zinc is exactly that
in paints. 1t takes fewer gallons and
it wears longer. Costs less for the job,
and you don't have to do it again for
years and yearS-six years at least.
"Fewer gallons: wears longer"
Takes fewer gallons to paint a house
with Devoe lead-and-zinc than with
mixed paints: and it wears longer
than mixed paints or lead and oil.
Yours truly
f. W. DEvoE 6 Co.
81 New York and Chicago
P. S. A. III. Kleburg sells our paint.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
German Library Received.

A new German Library has been
received and is now ready for circul-
alton.
Marv Johnston's new book ''Sir
Mortimer. just issued in book form,
"a romance of Elizabethan days,
When England grappled with Spain
for the wealth Of the New World"
Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen by
Jacob Riis. Mr.. Riis dedicates his work
''to the young men of America. offer
ing them in its subject on ideal, he
believes well worthy of imitation. His
book is succession of familiars, anec-
dotal chapters each presenting some
one of the presidents traits or char
acteriSticS.
These books may be found on the
shelves of y our Public Library.
EDITH l. RABLIN.
Librarian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29

assunder the party of freedom and
progress.
But 1 am no prophet Of evil. /
bring you message of hope today.
Let US be of good cheer. Let US be
just and fear not. The Republican
party is very much in the habit of
winning victories, and it never was in
better fighting condition than now.
We have leader in the White House
who is equal to all emergencies. Fear
less, incorruptible. clear sighted.
prompt in action, with the faculty of
going straight to the heart of his
subject, Theodore Roosevelt possesses
the full confidence of the people,
Next November he will be elected
president. but bis election will be in
vain unless he shall have a congress,
which, like the present one, will
stand manfully by him. Wisconsin
will do her duty. She will reward
her faithful servants. And, unless all
signs should fail, the Badger state
will, next November, come up to the
help of Roosevelt and Republican
policies with solid delegation, and
among them will be the true, the
faithful, the broad minded represent
ative from the tenth district, Webster
E. Brown"
His nomination was seconded by the
Honorable G. F. Merrill, of Ashland,
Wisconsin. Thereafter, the conven-
ton, by rising vote, unanimously
nominated and the chairman of said
convention declared Webster E.
Brown, the unanimous nominee OF
said convention.
The nomination of delegates to
attend the Republican National con-
vention in Chicago was then declared
in an order.
G. f. Merrill placed in nomination
as one Of said delegates, Judge j. w.
Cochran, of Ashland, Wisconsin. His
nomination was seconded by T. j.
Salter, Of Price county and the con-
vention thereupon unanimously
declared said Judge J. W. Cochran
elected as such delegate.
E. NJ. Smart, of Merrill presented
the name of L. N. Arson, of Lincoln
county as the other delegate which
was also seconded by F. j. Salter, and
thereupon the convention unanim-
ously declared said L. N. Arson
elected as such delegate. M. J. Wal
rick, of Shawano county, was elected
as alternate for J. w. Cochran and J.
w. Malloy, of Florence county, was
elected alternate for L. N. Arson.
The Honorable Sam S. Fifeld read
the following letter from the Honor
able Webster e. Brown, as follows:
'To the Chairman and Delegates to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29

satisfactory baking powders. The
unsuccessful attempts to overcome
this fault OF the ssPhosphate.'
powders has enlisted the service be of
more chemists and cost more money
than the solution of any other problem
connected with the raising Of bread.
The makers OF these 'sPhosphate''
powders raise great Cry about the
wonderful healthfulnesS of their
product, but what matters all this
if the powder will not fulfill the onlv
objebt for which 1t is purchased? The
housewife to whom economy is an
object will avoid these phosphate
powders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
NekooSa and Vicinity

Elah Lapham, spent Tuesday in
Grand Rapids.
Geo, Brazeau visited oyer Sunday in
Grand Rapids.
Frank Kuter is very low with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Geo. Meyer is i'll with an attact
of pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Boles were Grand
Rapids visitors Monday.
Mrs. Edward Brazeau was a Grand
Rapins visitor Tuesday.
Will G Schroedel spent Sunday in
the village among friends.
John and Frank Mathie, of Wdusau
were in Nekoosa Friday on business.
Miss Marguerite Smith was in Grand
Rapids Saturday the guest of her sister
Kate.
j. NJ. Balkin, is now as busy as can
be renovating feathers for NekooSa
patrons.
Fl. Kleberg was in Grand Rapids and
Kellner the first of the week on
business.
John Durkin, Of Big Flats hauled
forty bushels Of potatoes to Nekoosa
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Marcoux are rejoic-
ing over the arrival of a baby girl at
their home.
Cards are out announcing the mar
iage Of Carl Polanski to Miss Julia
Withers on May IL.
A. F. Boles is having the interior of
his home repapered this week, Carl
Rhode is doing the work.
The second child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theo. Roehmer was taken down with
scarlet fever Wednesday.
Mrs. Prue was called Tuesday to
WiShawaka Ind. on account of the
serious illness of her mother.
Will Necker who is with Andrew
Zurlluh went to Grand Rapids Wednes-
day to visit friends that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ullrich of Chic
ago are spending the week in Nekoosa
concluding business with pleasure.
Mrs. j. E. Batty and two children
left for Wautoma to join her husband,
after pleasant visit with her moth er
and sister.
August Ditburner, of Quincy drove
to Nekoosa Wednesday, with load of
hogs which he delivered to Otto
Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bell and Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Zorn of Milwaukee. were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs,
Richard Scheibe this week.
Mrs. Gutheils delivery horse ran a
way Wednesday morning and slightly
injured Geo. Arthurs little girl, who
happened to get in the path of the
frightened animal.
Mesdames G. G. Hanover, A. E.
Gurdy of Port Edwards, Edith Stinch-
field, A. q. Marvin and Miss Rea went
up to Grand Rapids Wednesday after
noon to attend the meeting of the
Eastern Star,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
Town Boards Meets.

The town boards of Seneca, Port
Edwards and Cranmoor met in
Nekoosa Tuesday afternoon in VIM.
Hooper's store and settled all their
differences relative to the new town OF
Cranmoor. On Saturday previous the
town boards of Cranmoor and Port
Edward met in Port Edwards, and
appointed VIM. Hooper. who was
present, as a committee of one tc
assist the board in a settlement OF
their affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-29
Is The 0dor

that comes from lanyard sweet per-
fume, compared with your breath? If
so you have got catarrh: and the best
thing for you to do is to get rid of it
by using H. w. Barker'S cough,
catarrh and consumption remedy, the
medicine that will knock the very
elements out of it. It's the only
medicine. Nothing like it at John e.
DAILY. Manufactured at Sparta, Wis.