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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19
THE SPIRIT OF SEcTIONALISM

In spite of the tone of modera-
ton newly breathed into some
of the Republican organs from
the White House there is an
evident revival of the menace
to reduce the South's represen-
tation in Congress and in the
electoral college in proportion
to it's white voters. This is in
accordance with the program
of ex-Speaker j Warren Keifer.
of Ohio, who made the cam
paign in his district chiefly on
this issue, and he now an
nounces his purpose to push
the question to final solution
i'm the next House. Ex-Speaker
keifer's is one only of the many
Congressional districts in
which most effective appeal
was made to the spirit of sec
tionalism in the late campaign.
Keifer's plan is already en-
bodied in what was known as
the Crumpacker resolution in
the late Congress. 1t is in
harmoney with the original
policy of the Republican party,
which had the double object of
using the ignorant negroes to
break the solid South and at
the same time winning the
colored voters in the North
Since this policy was launched
most of the Southern States
have found the means of avert
ing the danger of negro rule by
restrictions upon the suffrage.
These necessary restraints up
on ignorant exercise of the cleo
tive franchise have been met
by the Republicans with threats
to reduce Southern representa-
ton.
A familiar appeal to sectional
ism is in citing the small vote
for some Southern Democrats
in Congress-for example, that
of John Sharp Williams, whose
total vote in the five counties
of his Mississippi district was
only 1888. Now, every partisan
organ and every demagogue
using this means of exciting
sectional animosities knows
full well that in most of the
South the only contest is in the
nomination of candidates for
Congress. When the nominal
ton is made the contest is at
an end in the absence of Repub-
lican or other opposition, and
hence there is no inducement to
bring out vote at the general
election. OF course, all this is
conveniently ignored when it is
found expedient to fire the
hearts of Northern people in a
new campaign of sectional
strife.
If the race problem can be
solved at all it is by the very
method adopted by the Sonth-
ern States in the amendments
of their Constitutions. By
these amendments the ignorant
negroes are admitted to suffrage
as soon as they learn to read
their ballots and pay the small
assessments of poll-tax. Thus,
with time and patience, what
has presented the most grave
difficulties and dangers is in a
fair way of solution. Instead
of quarreling with the South
ern people for their wise re-
straints upon ignorant exer-
else of the ballot, it would be
well if the Northern States
should follow their example.
phiLddeiDhia Record.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19
Crown Jewel
PlOW

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ter than any other pillow on the market.
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two plows. just as desired. from No 10
to No 20 Oliver Chilled Flows. and is
guaranteed not to be choked out of the
ground like the majority of plows. Any
defect in the machine repaired at the
inventors expense. Terms made salts
factory to purchaser.
For sale by the inventor,
p. p. TOWNSEND, Newark, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19

Some of the finest homes in Berlin
are painted with Gibraltar Fire Resist
ing Paint, which may be obtained in
all colOrs. These paints are very serv-
iceable and beautiful for roofs and fac
tories. They are supplied by p. ID. Colt
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.

l hereby forewarn any person or
persons of trespassing on my land. with
gun or dogs. for the purpose either of
bagging game or of fox hunting.
CHARLES III. SPENCER
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-11-19

We are more than usually
we'll stocked with all of these
and household necessities gen
orally. Come in and look them
over. 1t will give us pleasure
to show you, and your time
will be we'll spent.
We have just put in stock
some
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-18

state of Sinaloa, Mexico. The story.
told us around camp fire on the
crests of the Sierra Madre Occidental
was so circumstantial that 10 might
possibly be true.
On a stormy night in August.
1865. a belated peon by the name of
Leon Rojas had the misfortune to
catch bis rosary on bush or rock.
scattering the beads on the ground.
Unwilling to lose the sacred beads.
aud being unable to see them on ac-
count Of darkness, the peou mac a
fire and stayed by the spot all night.
In the monring he found. to his
amazement, that where his fire had
been, was a solid plate of
silver that had been smelted from
other rock. or course he developed
the find and opened up a very famous
FL Tajo vein, which Is still working
on very large scale, and which has
turned out many millions of dollars
In gold and silver. Il Is we'll au
thenticated that the mine produced
million dollars per annum for u num-
ber of years.
Such stories as this are common
In all mining countries. II told to
pass an idle hour, they serve as an in
noouous amusement. Often. how
ever, the yarns are used to bait "a
prospectus trap or, In the case Of
legendary "lost" mines. they cause u
great loss Of valuable effort in ut.
tempts to rediscover them. We pre-.
sumo that hardly year goes by
without some party attempting to
Ind the fabulous Gunsight. Lost
Squaw or Lost Cabin mines. In
spite of circumstnntial evidence We
have always felt that the mines just
mentioned were only lost In the i'm
aginations of some cheerful descend
ant of the old time miner, Munchau-
sen. Mining Reporter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-18
DIAMONDS OF The WORLD
PRICE AGAIN ADVANCED

As the result Of last months al
vance Of 5 per cent, diamonds are
now dearer by 90 per cent than at any
time since the consolidation of the
De Beers mines In South Africa.
The United States last year imported
diamonds to the valne Of 81, i03. 222.
The output of the DE Beers COM
panies, which control 93 per cent of
the worlds supply. was for the year
ending In Novebmer. 1903, s26, 2O5,-
900. on which WAS realized a profit
of 100000. 1t IL estimated
that the South African mines have
added s4O0, 600, 200 worth of dia
monds to the worlds stock. Sur
prise will be excited by the statement
that not s per cent Of the diamonds
In the wOrl have been lost In a
hundred years.
Amsterdam Is still the center of the
diamond industry. There $500
persons are engaged IN splitting,
polishing and cutting these precious
stones, In sixty .four factories. "
Considering the expertncss de-
manded for this work their weekly
wages OF from $1,000 to $50. 10 sp-
pear disproportionate to the skill
required.
The United States has become the
chief importer of diamonds. with
Russia next aud France aid England
In the order named. No doubt their
increased popularity with us il In
part due to the recognition of their
desirability as an invest ment not
liable to great financial fiuctuation
In value.- New York World.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-18
To Increase force.

Manager Balm. of the Overland. has
arranged to increase his working
force at the property. Additional
men will be sent out tomorrow, and
development prosecuted still more
vigorously than in the past.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-18
NINE DISCOVERY,
ROMANTIC SIDE
PrOSpeCtOrS. Like Soldiers.
Have The Courage Born
of Fata|iSm.

Miners. as a class, are gifted
with a vein of romanticism in their
mental makeup. It is we'll that 1t
IL SO. for without the hardihood, the
adventurous spirit that goes to make
mp a romantic disposition, most Of
the mineral wealth of the world
would be still hidden IL savage fast.
nesses.
We do not think that the fortitude
displayed by the Alaska or Matabele.
land pioneers was entirely due to the
thirst for gold. The spirit of the
pioneer an prospector Is ismilar to
that evinced by the soldier or
the sailor, who surely do not take
up their promfessions because Of
moentary considerations. As one
who has foregathered with all NJ
these classes of men. we recognize a
similarity Of instinct aud character
istics In their natures. They all have
the reckless courage. born Of fatal.
ism: they are all more or less super
stitious. and. lastly, they have the
imaginations that cause them to do
great deeds.
Today II Is recognized generally
that to do great work Imagination IL
essential. Scientific men even
write learned works. showing that
Imagination is essential to the scien-
fists mentality. We have been told
lately that a "fnancisr IL only
pawnbroker with an imsRinatoin. L."
That miners have this gift OF i'm.
agination needs no demonstration to
those who have camped with them
and have listened to their free. un-
trammeled flow of ideas. Then, too,
can we not proudly claim the i'm.
mortal Baron nchaussn as an
honoied member of our craft?
This gift of imagination IL not
necessarily concentrated into the
purpose of work. 1t has a lighter
aud more fanciful side. Half, or
more than half, the traditions of
lost mines or of the discovery of
famous mines are pure imagininRs,
invented to pass an idle hour. For
instance. some of our readers may
have heard of a certain "Dead Dog"
mine in Arizona. There may be
such mine, hut the one we allude
to il mythical. The value of the ore
In this mine approached the fabu-
lous aud its alleged doings obtained
wide publicity. The whole story
was envolved from the fertile I'm
aginations Of two invalid mining uien
recuperating at Phoenix. Arizona.
hotel. We knew them we'll aud
knew that the whole story oriRi-
mated in a joke Oh a callow newspaper
reporter. The fine, jovial fellows
have crossed the range. but the story
still survives aud 1t would not sur.
prise us il an active search should be
Instituted for the Lost Dead Dog"
mine.
The romantic side of mining has a
perennial interest for the general, as
we'll as the mining reader. Possibly
no more widely copied item ever ap-
peared in Mining Reporter than
column article on the traditions re-
lating 10 tie adventitious discoveries
of some famous mines. To these
stories may be added the legendary
discovery of the FL Tajo niue In the
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
so VERY THOUGHTFUL.
She Bought Something That Would
Last Only Long ns lie
Would Live.

Well. what DO YOU think Of it," asked
the wife. according TO the New York
Times
1t seems TO lie a very pretty scarf
pin. replied the aged multmillionaire,
and | thank you. my dear, for thus re-
Numbering me on my birthday. While
| am OF an age that cares little for dia-
monds." he added beaming uTon the
fair young creature al his side. yet |
must confess that l am greatly touched
by your thoughtfulness You have ex-
hibited much taste my dear"
4 am gratified that you should like
it. observed the youthful spouse. in a
cool. even tone 1t was quite cheap.
too A mere matter of $50 or 500
You amaze me-" exclaimed the null
timillionaire. This beautiful pin cost
only $500"
Just that. and no more. responded
the beautiful girl of course. II may be
that the stones are not precisely what
one would term gems of the first water.
Yet to me the pin SEE ms a genuine Tar
gain
The Croesus smiled refiectiyely.
Would you mind telling me. my dear
the reason for this sudden economy on
your part? 1t would appear that my
little wife is grown wonderfully prudent
in her expenditures.
Il am afraid you give me too much
credit on that score" said the youn.
wife. The fact is. the pin is guaran-
teed for five years. and
"And?"
Well. to speak plainly. " returned the
young woman. AS it struck me that
is likely to wear quite as long as you
are likely TO live il would be the height
Of extraS agance TO purchase q more ex.
pensiye pin"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
JACK LONDON IMPRISONED.
The WcIl-I<novs Writer Arrested
at >hiInono~rii. Jnaan. fur
Using His Camera.

New York Feb. Jack London. a
writer who went recently TO Japan for
the purpose Of reporting events in con
nection with the threatened hostilities
betweea that country and Russia. has
been arrested and imprisoned a hi
moncseki, according 70 an American
dispatch from Toxic He is charged
with photographing japanese fortified
tions shortly after his arrival at Shi-
monoseki, an important stratesical
point commanding he entrance to the
Corean strait
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

turer in carload or large lots 70 whole
sale dealer. and from him in smaller
lots 10 the retail dealer.
Another and very strong argument
against the passage of this bill is that
il would bankrupt and drive out Of
business thousands of village mer-
chants who could not compete with
the dealers who would enjoy the spe-
cial privilege of having the people.
through congress. pay 80 per cent OF
the expense OF conducting their bust
ness
The rural press. as observed by GER
tain provisions of the bill. will also
be a sufferer, but more directly
through the loss of patronage of those
enterprises in the community that
would be forced out of business under
the system Of postal delivery CT mer-
chandise.
Must the present system of com.
mercial distribution. under which our
people have prospered and developed
the country from vast wilderness.
be changed for the benefit of a few?
And Will the rural merchant stand
idly by and see his business monop-
olized by the powerful corporate de
partment stores? Will the farmer per-
nit the destruction of the local mar
/ Ret for his products. and place him
self at the mercy of the foreign buyer
who would force him to accept what
/ they should choose to offer?
These are questions pertinent to the
matter under discussion and the
writer believes should be dispassion-
ately considered
Our representative in congress can
! be depended upon to voice the senti-
ments of their constituents. and when
legislation of a general character is
proposed. it is the duty of the voters
to pursue the proper course for their
protection.
The question. therefore is. if this
proposed legislation Is good. il should
! become a law; if it is vicious and
against the best interests OF the mass
| es Of the people, and comes under the
head of class legislation in the inter
est of a favored few, it should be de-
feated
Members Of congress should know
i where their constituents stand. and
the only way they can become pos
sessed of this information is for the
! people to impart il TO them.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
The Star Witness In the Butler Bri.
berry Trial at Fulton, Mo-,
On the Stand.
MAN WHO CAME BACK FROM MEXICO
GIVES STORY OF LIGHTING BILL.
He Was the Agent of the House of
Delegates Combine. aud Testified
That the Defendant Made the
First Overture For Payment Fog
Lighting Bili's Passage.

Fulton. Mo, Feb. "A dense
crowd. intent on hearing the most i'm
portant testimony in the Butler bri-
berry trial. was present when Judge
Graves opened court at $50 this morn
ing.
]. X Murrell, agent of the house Of
delegates combine in 1879. was the star
witness of the morning session.
At S. 10 Circuit Attorney Folk asked
the sheriff 10 call Murrell
There was intense silence as this re-
pentant legislator wended his way,
without glance right OF left. to the
witness chair
Murrell betrayed no evidence of
nervousness, speaking in clear de
liberate tone. In matte .-of-fact way
he told of the formation of the house
OF delegates combine: how. when and
where they held their meetings: the
number present: the various PROPOSE
tions regarding the lighting bill SS~l
the attitude of the boys" toward thai
legislation.
Coming down to the specific boedi 9
arrangement he recited that the com
bine met and decided on So. 000 as the
price for which they would pass the
lighting bill. Subsequently, he said. he
had a conversation with Butler. which
he summarized as follows: Butler
asked me what We wanted TO pass the
bill. told him the boys expected
$4,000.
Well, he answered. You fellows
can have 81 500 not a cent more
Butler came to Fly Office volun;ari-
ly | didn't send Tor him =
Murren then went on to tell how he
reported Buffers ultimalum back 10
the combine.
He said he met Butler for the second
time regarding the lighting bill nego-
tiations November %. 1899 The bill
was .assed on the night OF Tat day
Butler repeated his proposition on
this occasion" said Murrell
John Helms followed MurreI. and
related TO the jury how he anu Kid"
Sheridan, a house colleague. trailad
Charles F Kelly md Edmund Bersch
froc tho cit. hall to Buffers Office and
thence to Julius LehmaaE's home, to
make sure that no part q: the S47.50o
Doodle fund. alleged tc have been paid
by Butler to the two men for The votes
of themselves AM their L associate
on the city lighting bill. should fail to
reach the place appointed for the dix
tribut!Cn
Helms testimony was startling
supplement TO that of J. X Murrall
who told Of the organization and meth
DDS OF the house combine ana of pre-
liminary dealings with Hutler. result
ing in the $47 800 agreement
Helms repeated ihe story of the com
bine's effort 70 get moneE fer passing
The lighting bill. how the demand va
ried from $4,000 to slo0Hoo. but the
combine finally agreed mon $1,000.
and then accepted 81 DOE
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
WILLIAM ARTHUR HAMIlL
Death Of the RECOGNIZED Leader
for Many Years. OF the Hepub-
IicRns ii Colorado

Denver Col. Fob William ar
thnr Hamill for many y=ars tie re-
cenized leader Of he republican par
ty in Colorado having sefved a. state
Chairman. national committeeman
and delegate to ths national conven-
tion. died. Wednesday Al s.. Joseph
hospital OF blood poisoning. agel ~
years. He was business partner OF
The late Senator Jerome Chafee and
was one f the foremost mains en-
gineers OF tie west.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
THE EDUCATION OF THE FARM.

The aim of education is to teach
prompt and efficient thinking He
who is prepared for every emergency
in his work may be considered edu
Gated, so far as his own business goes
He who is ready in many lines and
under various environments. is well
or broadly educated, says Ida T. Til
son in Wisconsin Agriculturist If a
boy has not a disposition to be taught
no college. nor even university, can
educate him. But if he has that re-
sponsiye disposition, no institution
presents more varied opportunities
than does a farm, where a boy gets
very near the basic principles of ey.
erything. Let us illustrate.
One of his first tasks will he to
catch the horses in their pasture
They have been caught before. They
have experience Our boy will need
exercise considerable ingenuity to pen
them in a corner. If he yanks them
about. or takes oats one time and not
another, he will soon learn they have
memory. The thoughts and habits of
animals thus become familiar to a
farm boy.
If he is set at churning he will find
the butter coming more readily some
days than others. and he learns there
is such thing as temperature and
its influences.
The right kind of food and the ca
pacity to use It are discussed. One
way to keep children on a farm is to
make them proud of stock and results
there. The children viii be found
old must have been sprouts from IN
killed roots. His attention thus drawn
TO forestry, he finally became in great
demand at assemblies treating OF ar.
Horticulture
The Smithsonian Institution has is
sued a bulletin on the language OF tur-
keys. l am glad they did not antici-
pate my studies Of the common hens
vocabulary. Such minute observation
is as good general practice for my
brain as are the musicians scales for
her fingers. While learning biddys
language, my knowledge about her
constitution and needs has increased
Once, in early farm institute ex
perience a man who delighted to
floor speakers" arose and solemnly
asked me why his hens cackled in
certain way | was able to give
scientific and satisfying answer The
story was widely published and farm
ers said: The woman who has OBJ
served fowls as closely as that is all
right for an instructor"
But none of these students thus
helped in education by farm life felt
labor a degradation. nor did they con
slider any circumstances of life trivial.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
Secretary Wilson of the bureau of

Secretary Wilson of the bureau of
agriculture. in his annual report,
speaks of the prosperous condition of
Southern farmers as follows: They
are beginning to diversity their work.
The department of agriculture has
been Of material assistance 10 them
in their production of rice This year
they have produced all the rice the
American people require, and are seek
ing foreign markets. We are also
helping them TO produce better grades
of cotton by creating new varieties.
The department is also extending a
helping hand to the South along fruit
lines, and in this industry is creating
new varieties Of oranges that will be
able TO withstand cold weather far
better than those now cultivated"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
OIL strik. at Mu.co.cc

Museogee, l. z. Feb AZ a depth
of loo feet oil was struck n a we'll
that is being drilled on the Muscosee
townsite, and within an hour the oil
had risen 300 feet in the we'll.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05
Railroad shop DAMAGED

Canton, o.. Feb. 4-The shops Of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad in this
city, were Quilted by fire Tuesday even
ing. The flames were famed by bliz-
card Loss, $4,000 to $4,000
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

Cairo. H., Feb. Nearly the entire
business section OF Grand Chain. Ill.
has been destroyed b. fire. Grand
Chain is located north OF Cairo ana
has 500 population.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-02-05

The Rural Mail Carriers Associa.
tion of Arkansas will hold their semi.
annual meeting at Dardanene. Feb
ruary %. The organization war eff.
fected year ago
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-23

Few Spencer, famous in the min
strel world for the last 20 years. drop
he'd dead in Chicago from heart dis
ease.
senator Proctor presented to the SEN
ate a memorial adopted by the YER
mont legislature, protesting against
reciprocity with Canada.
Townsend Cox, of Bordentown' n
l. an ex-member of the New jersey
legislature, died of injuries sustaine'
N falling dowE stairs in his hor1e-
Milford chronicle., 1904-12-23
The Books For Laymen.

Limit my reading to books written
for spiritual edification?" says some
one. That is unreasonable. You would
not turn the home sitting room at night
into the class room of a theological pro
fessor. You would not tell the whole
human race to study theology as if
they were young men studying for the
ministry. Why should a layman read
such books as Cotton Mathers Essay
on Doing Good, or Laws Serious Call
to a Devout and Holy Life or Bun
yan's Pilgrims Progress or Thomas
a Kempis' Meditatlons,' or Richard
Bakers Saints Everlasting RestT
The only rest could get from reading
such books as those would be to go
sound asleep over them. might, per-
haps, stay awake for a little while in
reading some Of the light religious
books, like Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Gates AjaT or Elizabeth Paysons
Stepping Heavenwood,' but it would
not be for long. No, l never did like
religious books. When / read, l read
for fun and for mental improvement.
You must not expect laymen, and es-
DeciallY young people. to read the same