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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-24

To make vanilla Ice cream by arti-
fetal means the alchemist took some
triple refined cottonsecd oil and placed
II in II centrifugal machine which NOV
ed nj a velocity of 1900 revolutions a
minute. A beautiful emulsion was
thereby produced. which was then fro
zen chemically. Of course The flavor
was obtained by the addition OF vanil-
lin glucin and nitrobenzol They say
that ice cream composed as above is
sold IN many southern states. where
cottonseed oil Is more plentiful and
consequently cheaper than milk or
cream II is far from harmful. tastes
good aud does not melt as quickly as
the genuine ice Technical World.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-24
FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS.
Uncle SANS Big Organization For
the Protection Of Frees

the Protection of Trees.
The worst enemy Of the forests is
IRE. 10 combat il the United states
forest service maintains lire lighting
system.
only since Feb. !. 1905. have the
reserves been under the ndninistrn-
ton Of the forest service. tn. work
ing out OF n system of effective ,ntrol
Of fire on the reserves Is stll in its
infancy. Even with the best possible
system Of protection there are bound
10 be wide fluctuations between indi-
vidual years But II is believed that
under expert care the injury 10 the
national forests can he rapidly and
permanently cut down The direct
loss from forest fires in the United
States runs annually into many mil
lions Of dollars while the Indirect loss
Is beyond estimate
In developing lis system Of protec-
ton the forest service awaited itself OF
past experience. home aud foreign.
| The reserve officers forest guards. AS.
sistant forest rangers. deputy forest
RINGERS. forest rangers. deputy forest
| supervisors and forest supervisors
are under the direct supervision OF
the office Of the service at Washing
ton. guided 10y definite code Of in
struclions. but large authority. with
corresponding responsibility. * placed
| upon the local officers themselves All
except the forest guards are civl Serv-
Ice employees. and the salaries paid
range from $T20 10 s. 800 year. Each
supervisor is responsible for the patrol
Of his reserve ana Is expected 10 de.
wise systems best suited 10 his locality.
Already In the brief period since the
organization OF this system high
standard Of efficiency has been devel-
Oped. and II much higher is expected.
A constant lookout for fires IS kept
from ridge trails AMI commanding
points during the danger season and
the reserves are patrolled ms efficiently
as possible with the force available.
Roads. trails and fire lines are con
s;ructcd. affording means OF rapid
communication and points Of vantage
AT which 10 arrest the progress Of Il
fire, and telephone lines are being run
10 help give warning and summon as
siStancc
Every forest supervisor is authoriZ-
ed. IN person or through subordinate.
10 hire temporary men, purchase mate
rial ana supplies and pay FOR their
transportation from place TO place to
eXtilgulsh fire When the cost is
likely 10 exceed $500 the supervisor
| tclcgraphS the forester for authority 10
! incur the additional expense
During the calendar year Of 1903
thirty six Of the nincty-thrcr reserves
ESCAPED fires altogether ON the re
mining iifty-Sevcn. areas were burned
over ranging from ! 10 79.OS3 acres
northern division of the Sierra re-
serve, and amounting 10 2795a2 acres
! The largest amount # timber WAS de
Stroyed on the Lewis ana clark re
serve southern dviSioni ~ SJ3WO
board feet The total for all reserves
was -. .il1 600 board feet with a
value of Sl0l - Int the greatest lrss
| In money yaluc WaS f.1.320 Oh tho
Priest river Reserve The total cost Of
extra labor anu supplies for tir" fight
ing was Si2.57359 IIarper's Weekly
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

on the daughter. Of the White House.
There have been rumors of foreign
alliances. A great many people felt
that it was scarcely possible for her
to escape a titled hus oand. But she
has made d love match both she and
Mr.. Nicholas Longworth. II there
is any. one incontroyertible fact in
the whole affair, 1t is that. Did they
not travel around the world in the
same party? Old and eminent author
ity has declared that there is no
greater test Of love than this. Have
they not seen each other when the
sea was high. and the best Of US
grow embarrassing? Have they not
spent long. slow days on English rail-
roa1 trains? And borne up under
oriental hotels and jinrikishas and
strange and remote custom houses?
Has she not seen him when the bag
gage was lost? Has she not seen him
struggling with foreign waiter and
menu, one Of the most trying moments
that can overtake man? Has he not
seen her uncurled and perspiring be
meath an equatorial sun? The pub
lie must acknowledge and history will
record 1t. It is q love match.
One further proof Of her level head
has the presidents daughter shown.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

During the couple OF months that
elapsed between the announcement OF
the visit and the visit itself, Miss
Roosevelt was tusily visiting here and
there = always the center OF every
gayety-and ever the self-possessed,
gracious and lovable girl, in spite Of
attentions which might well turn the
head Of an older and wiser person.
When the momentous first of June
arrived there also appeared upon the
scene in Cincinnati the long-expected
daughter Of the White House. She
travelled alone, with the exception OF
her maid, and when she tripped lightly
of the Pennsylvania train at Terrence
road she was quickly helped into =
smart little runabout by Mr.. Long
worth and whisked OF to 'Rookwood," "
the famous old Longworth home in the
Grandin road, where, SO the fates de-
creed, she was next to enter az the
bride of the house.
Mrs. Longworth, Congressman Long
worth's mother was at the time visit
ing her daughter Clara, Countess
De Champrun, in Paris, but the honors
were most successfully carried OF by
his sister and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Buckner Wallingford. The visit
of one weeks duration was the pro-
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
VVIC UOE
LoNoMoA1H
e world were in

choice. the eyes of the world were In
dee.l focused upon her. :.
There has never been SO interesting
4 bride since then. Beautiful Alexan-
dra. heralded by Tennyson, invoked
thas love and ad miration which have
rever since failed her Ia England,
5wher she stepped ashore to be Eng
sians,s future queen. But her great po-
ssitior came to her by marriage. Queen
aWilhelmina, the only queen In her own
r;pht to be married since Victoria, was
A interesting bride, but, Holland mas
not the prestige Of q great power.
y Nellie Grant, the daughter OF .
1 father famous and beloved, was the
cynosure Of al eyes in the north when
she married. But the United states,
torn by as recent war, comparatively
unrecogni1ed is ! world power, had no
I such prestige then as nov
Known ~ Crowned Heads.
put when Alice Roosevelt marries
afhere will not be ! crowned head On
e.rth unaware OF the fact; not civil.
1 1zed government that win not be rep
\ re.ented ! among tho congratulatory
+ .nessases. It win be comparable only
|, e the marriage Of the crown princess
81 4 great reigning house. Already the
Aood Of letters, kilograms and cable
| grams Of congratulation which has
noured into the White House since the
announcement Of the engagement has
bAen remarkable.
Il is not only that since the last
Whits Ho1se wedding the United
states has become : real world power;
L 4 is not only the prestige Of Cuba and
L Manila and Portsmouth, It is not only
the name Of father famed at homs
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

Washington.-At high noon Of Sat
urday, February II, in the great East
room of the White House, will end the
distinguished social career OF Miss
Alice Roosevelt. and at the same mo-
mellr there will begin the social career
of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
For four years Miss Roosevelt has
been the leader Of the young social set
called as a rule the dancing set-of
Washington, and in fact of the nation.
During those four years she has been
constantly before the American people.
petted % and feted by them, and ac-
claimed by princes and rulers and ma
tions the World over. Few, Il any,
girls the world has ever known have
had 40 distinguished career as this
simple, unassuming daughter Of an
American president No girl was ever
wooed more ardently than she has
been. The man who on February II
will become her husband has been an
almost constant attendant upon. her
for at least two OF the four years she
has been before the public.
Now ends the picturesque career Of
Alice Lee Roosevelt. Whatever she
may do as Mrs. Longworth, Of Cincin-
natl, she will always be remembered
by the people who have elected her
father their president just as Alice
Roosevelt. What she did and what she
was as girl will always hold the first
place, no matter what the future has
In store for her as matron.
Not since Queen Victoria was mar
ried to Prince Albert IS years ago has
there been q wedding in which the
bride has been the center Of such
worldwide interest as will be the case
on february II. When that slim girl
Victoria, monarch in her own right
of the greatest Of the powers, walked
up the aisle of the royal chapel on al
mosIpthe same day OF the same month
In 1e4O to meet the man OF her own
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

Admiral's Words Carry Weight.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn is one of the
statements ysss n concerning Peruna wllhave
much weight as they 20 ont in the
world world. What he says is echoed BY
many other officers Of high standing.
What the Admiral Says.
Philip Hichborn. Rear-Admiral Of the
o.. s. Navy, Washington, D. c.,
writes:
ssAfterfhe use Of Psruna for shor1
period, I can n0w1cheerfuny recOn7-
mend your valuable remedy to any
one who is In need Of m inYig0raff1S
tonic. ''...PhiIlp Hichb0rM.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

side1ed as extravagant or unusual In
fact or fancy when the doings OF q
presidents daughter are in discussion,
and the marvels which will anticipate
each detail Of the preparations will
only stop when mental ingenuity is ex-
hausted. The pros and cons Of the
wedding dress have already gone
through wonderful ups and downs, one
authority saying it is to be Of Chinese
silk. the gift OF the dowager empress,
and another that Miss Roosevelt's
grardmother's bridal finery Is to see
the light again. The chances. how
ever, are excellent that an American
product from the humble little worm
to the grand somebody who will fash
ion the satin will adorn the presidents
daughter the day she becomes .
wife.
Bishop satterlee, Of the Protestant
Episcopal church. Of which church the
young people are both members. will
perform the ceremony. assisted by
ether dignitaries Of that church.
Many suitors.
II has been frequently remarked that
Miss Roosevelt can and does work as
hard q her father. Americans like her
for that: for her energy, vitality and
that abounding Joy in living which
makes her enjoy everything 90 much.
They like her. too. for the level head
which has carried her around the
world and through enough adulation
and hattery to utterly spoil less we'll
poised woman, aAd made her choose Z
plaln American for i husband.
There Is not an unmarried titled
member Of any legation IN Washington
WIN has not been accused Of designs
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

liberal donor to musical interests. He
is a great club man, belonging nat
urally to all Of the important Cincin-
natl clubs and to eastern clubs. espe-
ciall in New York city.
Everyone expected Nicholas Long
worth to do something brilliant, Just
because he has been doing these things
all his life. He has been man about
whom women have always speculated.
especially because he has been 20
seemingly Indifferent to them. In all
Of. the Is years since he left college,
Mr.. Longworth has been the particu-
lar object OF matchmaking mAmmas.
His social position, his wealth, his
standing as man Of brains-all these
have been added to q fascinating per-
sonality, and the combination has been
irresistible to the match-makers.
But If he has cared at any time. he
has certainly worn his heart elsewhere
than upon his sleeve. It was generally
reckoned, as time few by, that he had
no heart, but the daughter OF the
Roosevelts has proven this conclusion
to be false.
Mr.. Longworth has two sisters.
the countess Of Chambrun and Mrs.
Buckner Wallingford.
The Longworth Home.
The Longworth home, in Grandin
road, Cincinnati, is one Of the first
of the old residences which graced
that now famous part Of Cincinnati.
It is barely possible to see the house
from the road, for it stands In great
grove Of trees, and Is approached by
a road which goes over hill and vale
before it makes its bow at the front
veranda.
The house is . brick one. and not
particularly imposing, but 1t has Z
substantial and home-like look. A
broad piazza crosses the front and the
rooms are rather small. but cozy, hav-
| ing tlrat undeniable ARA home where
time has mellowed the combination OF
good things with rare taste. There
are orchards and arbors and gardens
to the rear, and flower gardens galore
The trees are old and guard the house
on all sides. In fact, there is nothing
| new about the place. Everything has
been well seasoned with the passing
OF the years, and there is an old.
fashioned grace about the place which
bespeaks of generations In the plural
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
calls Fireman to Aid stork.

Richmond, Ind.-When the stork
was sbout to visit the home Of George
oblinger one midnight recently he
rushed to the telephone and excitedly
asked for mo. q" A male voice
asked what was wanted, and Mr.
Oblinger replied, Come quick to 535
North Fourteenth street. A few mo-
ments later Mr.. Oblinger was sur
prised to see the fremen rush up 70
his house and demand to know where
the fire was. He protested that there
was no fire, but the chief insisted that
he had called the department over the
telephone, and 1t then dawned upon
him that he had called mo. ~" In
stead Of 1907" which is the physi-
clans telephone. The next day the
happy father sent the fife boys boz
Of cigars and asked that they sas
nothing about their run.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
Timber Famine.

The woodmen spared not the trees
whose ghosts now return to threaten
us with timber famine. Whereas ten
years ago only the soundest ties were
used by the railroads, seconds ana
thirds are now accepted by the pur-
chasing agents. Red oak, black OAK.
beech, gums, pines and other soft
woods which once were considered
worthless are now treated with creo-
sote and other preservatives for ties.
crossarms and poles. This treatment
quadruples the life OF q soft wood tie
and will meet the demand for some
years. But shortage is in sight and
must be met by plantations. Maude
Adams is said to have planted upon
her Long Island property 100000 To-
Gust trees which will make the best
and most lasting telegraph poles and
railroad ties. A catalpa plantation IN
Kansas owned by a railroad shows an
annual net profit Of $12.65 per acre.
The annual tie consumption Of single
railroad is about 3,S50.000 ties. the
Weld OF 1890 acres. The total annual
consumption Of railroad ties Is 12O.-
000. 900, or fully one-sixth Of the total
cut Of timber. Besides this are the
vast drains upon the forest for tele-
graph and telephone poles, crossarms,
and other uses. At the present rate
Of consumption the United States Will
be bare Of marketable timber IN 4O
years. The government forest serv-
ice offers substantial help to planters.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
FETED AND PETTED, But NEVER SPOILED
Congressman Longworth Has Proven
an Ardent Wooer and Has Won a
Great Prize--Purely Love-Match
That Is Typical Of This Typ
ical American Girl.

and abroad. It is also that fact that
the presidents daughter has just done
what no other unmarried daughter OF
a president or king ever did before
completed 4 trip around the world
which called forth attention from some
Of the greatest personages on the
gloDe.
The Chinese Empress.
The Chinese empress but lately
tapped her on the cheek. Oriental
courts feted her, while their enterpris-
ing artists pictured her on their postal
cards as "the American princess" !"
Royalty and aristocracy dined and
wined her in Europe. No American
girl ever lived before who was so
widely known, both personally and
officially. They will discuss her mar
riage in China and Japan and the
isles of the sea between now and Feb
ruary II, and in South African cities,
and wherever the white or the yellow
man rovei almost as much as they
will at home
There have been five weddings at the
White House. The most recent was
tha. Of Miss Frances Folsom to Presi-
dent Cleveland. That was celebrated
in the presence OF only four or i've
persons in the blue room. The most
famous was that Of Nellie Grant to
Sartoris, which was splendid and
elaborate affair, in which the wedding
party stood on a raised dais under an
enormous wedding bell in the huge
East room.
Wedding in the East Room.
When Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas
Longworth are married the ceremony
will take place In the East room. It
is to be brilliant faretion, surprising
am event OF a similar nature In the
annals Of the White House so far as
social festivities are concerned.
A White House wedding opens a
world 0f conjecture nothing being con-
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
4r1HE'' 4cOURKCHIP

verbal round of dances, teas, lunch
cons, drives, motor rides, dinner par
ties and horseback rides-in fact. all
of the delightful attentions that an
honored guest is heir to.
Journey to the Orient.
Bat these visits about the country
all faded into insignificance beside the
journey to the Orient which Miss
Roosevelt took with the party Of Sec
retary of War Taft. The main object
was visit to the Philippine islands,
but the party was so elaborately re-
ceived at all points along the way
thai one could scarcely describe the
most interesting scenes of festivities,
SO varied were they in every particu-
lar.
But in all ports and by all nations
Miss Roosevelt received the especial
homage. The official representatives
lost in Importance by the side Of this
bewisching little maiden, who was
scarcely out of her teens, and yet
whose pathway through the world had
already been marked with countless
attentions, homage Of young and old
and notable courtesies from the heads
of ell nations. It was Miss Alice here
and Miss Alice there. and the news
papers and magazines from all parts
Of the world We'd with one another in
relating just what Miss Alice did at
every hour of the day.
In all Of the pictures Mr.. Longworth
was seen playing the devoted. In all
of the dispatches he was discovered as
the hero in escapades and on every oc-
casion where the presidents daughter
took part. In all Of the letters which
correspondents sent home it was Con-
gresham Longworth and Miss Roose-
welt who received the bulk Of atten-
ton. while the staid old diplomats and
statesmen received attention equiva-
lent to Others present were"
When the party returned to the
United States 1t was generally sup
posed that the engagement surely
would be announced. But Miss Roose.
velt visited In New York and Mr.
Longworth visited in New York, and
still it seemed accidental
When President Roosevelt gave
forth the news from the White House
that 1t was really SO the queries as to
an engagement developed in the
twinkling of an eye into marvellous
wondering as to plans for the wedding
The Bridegroom.
And who, prithee, might be this
young Lochinvar who came out Of Gin.
cinnati and stole the heart and hand
OF the most important young woman
in the United States?
He is Nicholas Lon&worth and q de.
scendant Of one Of the pioneer citi-
zens of Cincinnati, says the CONNER
cial Tribune, Of that city. His people
have always been prominent, not only
In the lines which 50 to make up 4
long fortune, but in the gentler arts
His forbears have been patrons OF art
Of literature and Of music. The WON
en- Of his family have all made bril-
liant marriages, and 1t seemed but Z
matter Of tradition that the only sor
and heir should do likewise.
But It is not alone on account o1
his ancestors that the present Mich.
olas is known, for he II quite an i'm.
portant man as IN individual. HI
was graduated from Harvard In 81
ana is . man about 36 years old. While
| . thorough man Of the world, he IS ye1
devoted, a all true Longworths shoult
l - ~. YYA SA ~
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17

EJuS W1l4 IdhC AVA WOu0AA5 - AS~~
months after, next June. No honey
will she wear of her honeymoon In
stu:fy Pullmans or drafty ocean liners.
They will go to Oyster Bay or to Mr..
Lougworth's country seat until June.
Later they will live in Washington,
where the future Mrs. Longworth will
be &C. much a leader among the young
matrons of society as she has been
hitherto in the dancing set.
The Old, Old Story.
The story Of the courtship is the same
old story of love the world over.
At first the fact that mick" had be-
come member of the inner circle of
Washington society was given small
credence, for that same circle is not
easy of approach, and, although the
ever-victorious Nick has q habit of get
ting wherever he wants it was not
thought that he had so readily been
the conquering hero in this instance.
But gradually filtered out the news
that not only was he the accepted
member OF the debutantes' set, but the
especial devotee of the presidents
daughter - that wherever she was
there might he be found. In review
ing the events of the past two years
It will be remembered that no other
MATS name has even been mentioned
in connection with serious attentions
to Miss Roosevelt.
They rode together, they dined to-
gether, they danced together. Miss
Roosevelt and Countess Cassini, in
separable companions, were always at
tended by one Nicholas Longworth,
For the shortest little time it was
whispered that the fascinating little
Russian countess was the attraction
but when she disappeared from Wash
ington onlcial life there were no tears
shed by Hon. Nicholas, and the pass
ing Of Countess Cassini did not cause
even q tiny wave of dismay.
When Miss Roosevelt went to St
Louis to spend a fortnight at the
worlds fair, the ever-devoted and
honorable Nicholas was there, too
Whittier thou goest I will co.
seemed to be his motto, ana ne was
entertained every place where MISS
Roosevelt was to be found. At the
Country club, on the Pike, IN 1asclnat,
ing little cafes. on the canals during
gondola parties, the president oausn'
ter was shadowed by the representa-
tive from Cincinnati.
All OF last winter the counting pros
pered under the very noses OF all dlp-
lomatic and social Washington.
Told by the Hossips.
Bus still there wan no engagement
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
Personal Power.

That q straight body has much to
do with worldly success is the opin-
ion of writer in the Outing Magazine,
who says: Il shall try, in the briefest
manner possible to make clear two
things of which am firmly convinced.
First. that there are possibilities OF
physical development far beyond the
present achievements; and secondly,
that there are certain very simple
methods by which these possibilities
may in every case be attained. The
first object Of physical methods should
be to straighten and expand the body.
The world may, in broad, general
way. be divided into two great classes
the erect and the inerect, the strong
and the weak. The epoch makers, the
Cromwells, Luthers, Napoleons, Well
ingtons. Washingtons and Websters,
have been men marked BY s q
straight spine and broad, high, deep
chest. The mastered millions, the de-
feated ones, have been the inerect.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
Currants for Fuel.

A company has been formed In
Greece for buying up unsold currants
and converting them into alcohol for
fuel.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-17
Here II Il ARai,

Church. zee they call It the Fifty
ninth congress.
Gotham-Y Yes, but that won't prevent
ii from acting like so! Yonkers States
man.