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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
Christianity Spreading In Japan.

DR. William Elliot Grtlis. who was
formerly professor in the Imperial
university of Japan and is one of the
highest authorities IN all matters per
tanning 10 that country. expresses It us
his belief that the prospects for the
spread OF christianity IN Japan are
much better now than they were be-
fore the war The fact that so many OF
the prominent generals and Japanese
statesmen under the new regime are
profcsSed Christians has undenlably
given a great impetus TO this faith
among the common people This prom
Use is confirmed 10y the reports OF mis-
sionarics In Japan and also by the
American Tract society, which has
maintained an extensive work in that
country and In Korea. Among the cit
les from which III the last year have
come requests for the permanent es-
Establishment of administrative secreta-
ries is Tokyo In reference TO the pos
sible extension of the tract soclety's
work We are Informed that EnglaHd's
entrance To Tibet has left It's gates aJar
and that certain sacred cities OF
Arabia seem about TO pass out OF their
seclusion under the sultan's rule-Les-
lies Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

II Is difficult TO avoid talking shop"
\ story which illustrates this Is told Of
the late Colonel H. c. Toler, tie noted
horseman. who died in Wichita. \
Kentuckian was speaking of Colonel
Toler ana said: Colonel Toler raised
John Il Gentry and many other ia
nous horses The turf has suffered a
great loss in him. A better Judge Of
horsefesh and a pleasanier man you'd
never ind used to love 10 watch
him studying horses He was very
keen. He was at his best then. A rich
tailor once brought him To see a new
acquisition, a trotter Of doubtful quail
ity, for which. however. S4.5OO had
been paid. The tailor was full OF en-
thuslasm about his horse IIc little
knew he had been done Look az him.
he cried There's a horse FOR YOU
Look AT them legs Very pretty said
Colonel Toler grinning. Very nice
legs indeed. But don't you think they
bag little at the knees;'" Troy
Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
The I...,nurnnt Con.er.

People said Il Denver restaurant
Keeper the other day. are like lot
Of sheer, one viii Do a thing aud The
rest will follow suit When man
COMES in here sits ~ the counter and
orders, the next man in four chances
out of five viii order the same thing
the first took And 50 it Will 20 down
the line II the order happens 10 lie a
piece of pie and glass OF milk or
something equally rs cheap my days
receipts will be affected.
II tried a plan The other day" he
continued. which | think shall adopt
rs Il means Of Keeping my receipts
from Slumping. | got two hungry fell
lows up here nj the counter one noon
and served them roast beef and cof-
lee. The result was four ont Of every
ave men who ate at the counter that
noon ordered roast beef and coffee
Such mn order. You know Is worth
more than pie ANA milk so found
my receipts iu good shape that night
Yes. sir" he concluded. people are
like "a lot of sh"r, I'm going TO have
couple Of coaNcrs eating free here
every day II mraltImcs" Denver
Post
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
THE BILE OF THE REPTILE.
said 90 lie aa Almost Certain Cure
hOr snake bit~.

"fake IA hair of tir. dog that bit YOU"
II an old saw tliat. as Il suggested rem
edit has lcd many man out of the
frying pan int, the lire. anil II cannot
certainly he recommended ms q cure
suitable for modern times. when an
Hutidutr is more rccolnmcndahc Dogs
ARE not. however. the only animals
" hose bite Is Ia bc feared. aud those
people whose travels have led them to
far lands know that poisonous snakes
Hrc much more Ia he dreaded Though
by far the greater proportion Of those
persons thus bitten die. there is Ger
tain nunbcr who recover. thanks to
prompt measures and thanks also to
the administration OF tie exact remedy
which any particular snake bite re-
qurcS The poison elected by the
tooth Of asps ana serpcnts varies as
much rs does the poison from the
spoken words nf the wicked, and IL has
lately been discovered especially in
hraZil. which Srclns To hold the record
Tor its variety Of death giving snakes
that the serum with which those bitten
are treated should vary. according TO
the Kind OF snake But this. though ad-
Vantagcous Ia Nnow in theory. is OF
small practical use, since the Traveller
cannot be- sure of having exactly the
right serum with him at the moment
OF the fatal bite II has lately been re-
ported that. On the principle Of the old
adagc mentioned above which thus
serves "A turn an almost certain cure
for snake bite j. the injection of a
small portion of the bile OF the reptile
which has attacked any one and which
the snake being generally Killed on
the spot is naturally az hand The gall
bladder i extracted. lis contents filter
ed aud the huid injected under the
skin The method sounds somewhat
complicated. but no suHlle bitten per-
son will complain if by this means he
escapes a rapid death The expert
Incnts made have given the best re-
suits, those recovering from tile poison
Gus bite Of a South American snake
coming nff with nothing worse than an
abScrSs ~ The point pf penetration Of
the snakes tooth Chambers journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
The pnr,ornI NnYnioer.

The Navaiors are a pastoral patri-
archal. seminomadic people Their
whole culture aud development center
in their hocks Their reservation Of
l2.OU square miles is desert. broken
with mountain and mesa On the mesa
and low mountains there are consider
able areas Of pinon and cedar and on
the higher mountains Il limited area OF
beautiful pine forests over this re-
glon the NavajocS drive their tlocks.
At the season when the slight rainfall
gives even a Scant paSiurage on the
desert plains the fnrks are pastured
there As The paSuruge on the lower
levels j. both burned with The hot,
scorchng sun and exhausted with pas
turing. the locks are taken up into the
higher mountains where there is more
moisture Again. a. the deep winter
SHOWS come on. the sheep must Toe tax
en- down out OF the mountains to es-
cape them During this time they are
kept ON the wooded mesa. where there
is less snow and Il plentiful supply of
wood of which there is none on the
plains below. Year Ia and year ont the
Navajo Aocks are driven back aud
forth from plain 10 mountain top, mesa
and foothills ScrIbner's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
PRECIOUS STONES.
Ghc Qualities which Give 10 Them
Their Chief value.


The qualities for which precious
stones are mostly priced are luSter
transparency. r"fractiun ana dispersion
Of light although. of course. scarcity
and demand are the principal factors
In determining the market prices For
Instance. the emerald today IS treble
the value it was only II few years ago
This Is partly caused 10y the greater de
mand. but more on account ~ the state
of war III which the country viz. 10
lombia from which cmrraldS principal
~ come Is NOW engaged. thereby rem
dpriug 1t most difficult for those en-
gagged in the industry To procure them
SAYS Mines AMI Minerals
The emerald mines of Colombia. at
MuzO and CoscuoZ. near BOG jta have
been worked almost continuously since
l5OS and have been the means of sup
plying the world with most + The
cmcraldS Ia modern times There were
mines In upper Egypt which yielded
this gem 10 the nations of antiquity,
but were lost sight Of from the time Of
the Mahpmmelan conquest until quite
recently. when some attempts ai work
ing them were made
The emerald mines In the Trails were
not known until the eighteenth century.
and though they yielded fairly good
material for a time their Importance
Is not great. aS the stones found are
not Of good enough quality 10 pay the
rate demanded 10y the government from
the lcsSccS but they We're reopcncl In
1870 hy syndicate. with little success.
as far as can Ice learned
There are many stones holding the
qualities first mentioned In Il high de-
gree. hut they are little known be-
cause. in the first place they are 10 be
obtained in larger quantities. and the
people engaged in the stone trade can
not therefore make the profits they
are able To with the Scarcer gems.
while because Of their abundance and
presumably lesser value they have
been given To- the native cutters. who
do not understand the laws of rcfl'ac-
ton and reflection. tn operate on. with
the result that they are put on the
market and eventually mounted in
jewelry looking like various colored
acid drops and entirely lacking bril-
liancy AMI those sharply defined facets
which give that reflection which is the
chief charm and makes evident the
great difference between the real stone
and its imitation
The last few years have witnessed
the great strides which the various
fancy gems have made In the public
favor. notably when used in neck
chains At present these are being
made NJ with all manner Of colored
stones. ana II the manufactures gives
as much attention To the cutting of the
stones as he docs 10 the making of the
settings he can produce a really de-
lightful ornament. 90 Chicago Record
Herald
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

An extraordinary automobile escape
is told by the London papers. 1t IS
something beyond the usual when mo-
florists lind safety machine and all. in
II tree. \ French artist bad been stay
ing al Lake como and was driving an
automobile" with tire" friends near
Brunate when. descending steep hill.
the ear struck q large stone. Swerved
violently against the parapet protect
ing The mountain road from a precipice
and, breaking through the masonry.
went clear over the edge Luckily the
branches OF a tree growing from the
side Of the rock and reaching nearly TO
the road level caught the ear ~ It fell
thereby saving the four men from GER
tain death After being freed for
some hours the party We're rescued
from their unpleasant position.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

Paris Figaro notes that insulting ex.
presslons lose their edge with use and
new ones have constantly 10 he found.
The pariameuts Of some nations where
disorderly scenes abound should be a
fertile source OF new expressions OF
contempt Figaro instances as the lat
est example of successful achlever OF
this duty deputy In the Italian par
llameat who. addressing himself 10 4
Slgnor Santiui. cried. with a menacing
gesture, You are coleopterOn"' To
call man beetle possessed the three
essentials of absurdity, uncxpectedness
and injustice. aud therefore attained at
a bound the dignity Of first class In.
suit. whose Immediate outcome was a
scene Of wild disorder tbs splen-
did word OF contumely. as witty as DR.
Johnson's ''parallelopipedOn" and much
more insulting. for almost every one
knows that II pnrallelopipedOn is a very
respectable figure. but a coleOpteron.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

The smallest British possession is
Gibraltar. with AN AREA of two square
miles. The largest is the Northwest
Territories IN North America. with an
area of 2.GiI. $50 square miles. Its
most populous dependency Is India,
with its 29I. 3G0.35G people. while AS
eension, in Africa. with only 80 in
habitauls. is the least populous Brit
ish possessions in the grand divisions
other than Europe are rs follows: In
Asia. 1854. s3O square miles. 2aS SCI,
so people; Ia Africa. 3.'j01. 200 square
miles. 43,4Il,05I people; in America.
3.9l0.994 square miles. 1.la3125 people:
Ia Australasia. 3,l32.79T square miles.
5.09l so people London Telegraph.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
ISLES OF THE ACADlANS.
an Interesting spot Ia the Gulf of
-. Law renee.

Rarely does the world hear Of the
IcculA them, the dcsecndaut~<lf Long
fellows ArHdians. iminurlallzcd In
'ENangclinc. many of whom settled
here. writes l.. T. McGratl 10 the Chi
cago News from ~. Johns. y +. This
group of islcts is IN tie gulf of st.
Lawrence. i.O miles from the coast OF
Newfoundland This spring thcy have
bccu brought into prominence because
of the 5000 seals that have been
killed ou their shores The Magdalens
are an aggregation Of fourteen islcts.
some 81 small ~ To Ice unuhabited and
others sustaining about l.SuU souls.
Tie group is chiefly remarkable for its
shipwrrcks. for 1t lies right IN the track
Of shipping bound To- and from Mont
real The gulf of 81. Lawrence is filled
with Ice Hoes from December To May.
aud 40 ships but Tire Newfoundland
sealrrs can force their way through
these masses. 50 that the Magdalens
are cul oil from all communication
with the outer world save by the tele-
graph W Intercourse Is possible even
with The ncghboriug COASTS. Every
fall half years stock of provisions
has to be laid IN. aS there is no means
of rcplcniSliing the stores until spring
comes
The settlers are French of speech
and action. and their Industrial habits
are nodded on French patterns. and
their domestic life is virtually that Of
the Breton peasant. The AcadianS first
settled here in 1868 after France had
been deprived Of Canada and Acadia
had been ravaged. as Iongfcllow tells.
In 1850 the British monarch bestowed
the islands on Admiral Coffin for serv-
ices before Quebec. and To his descend
ants the group now belongs The sot-
tiers pay an annual rental on the ba-
sis of % cents an acre of the lands
they occupy and recent legislation
obligcs the landlords To sell whenever
a tenant protfers sum equal 10 III
teen years rental. but most Of the oc-
cupantS are too poor 10 purchase. In
addition To fishing agriculture In It's
elementary forms is followed
All too rarely are the Magdalens
visited by tourists and health seekers.
They form IN admirable summer re
sort The settlers are simple. frugal
and industrious. with old world habits.
unfamiliar speech aud dress and the
manners which so charm the visitor to
the lovely Norman dalcs and pleasant
Breton valleys The Islands are not all
mere rocks In many places sandstone
cliffs rise sheer from the sea 800 feet
and again they seem TO oyerhang
where the sea has frctted away their
base Al some points the hills slope
gradually upward from the water TO
the middle of the islands. rising 600
feet high. ana the interior presents an
interesting variety of scenery. In the
bays are to be found fine sea trout,
which Weld excellent fishing"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
nllna Momnn sor,. coIor..

Mrs :. NJ Kirk OF Forest Valley,
Okla. who has been blind for many
years. has acquired sense of feeling
that Is remarkable She prepares the
meals for the family with little as
sIs,ance and in pairing potatoes can
pick out the lmperfectionS with as
much skill AS II she could see She
makes all the dresses for her two little
girls and can put all the different
pieces together without getting one Of
them wrong One of the most remark
able things is Ia sewing carpet rags.
She can pick out all those of the same
color and tack them together without
a miss. and IN threading needle she
does Il as well and quickly ns II her
eyeslght were perfect. Mrs. Kirk has
never spent day in II school for ths
blind. hut has learned to do all thing
In her own home and altogether by ap-
pIlcation ST Louis Republic
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

In an address TO young Scotchmen
delivered NJ the opening Of gym
naslum builin at Dundee. IN his ca
pacity as rector of 81 Andrews uni
verslty. Andrew Carnegie spoke of the
use Of alcohol and tobacco as twin
evils. drunkenness he snld. "is the
great risk ahead in the career Of every
young man. II is far more Important
that he insure himself against il than
against death \ drink policy" said
he, lis worth ten life policies These
are words OF wisdom. hardly less ap-
plicable to conditions In the United
States than In Scotland. Death will
come when II win come Drunkenness
is a prevcntable evil. Every young
man can insure himself against the
drink habit and save money credit and
character by the abstcntios.- Phlladel-
phia Record
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They Stand Alone.

Standing out in bold relief all alone,
and as a conspicuous example of open,
frank and honest dealing with the sick
and afflicted, are DR. Piorcc's FaVoTita
Prescription for weak. Over-w orked. dc
biitatetI, nervous, rundown" pain
racked women. and Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. the famous remedy
for weak stomach, indigestion. or dys-
pcpsia. torpid liver or biliOusness, all
catarrhal affections whether Of tho
stomach. bowels kidneys. bladder, nasal
passages. throat, bronchla. or other mu-
cou~ passages, also AS an effective remedy
for all diseases arising from thin, watery
or impure blood. as scrofulous and skin
affections.
Each bottle OF the above medicines
bears upon It's wrapper a badge Of hon
csty In the full list Of ingredients com
posing IL printed In plain English
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines IN Il class al bB them
Sclres. aud is the best guaranty OF their
merits. They cannot be- clasSed as patent
nor secret medicines for they are neither
being of h1lO,cn composition.
DR.. Pierce feels that he can afford to
take the afflicted into his full confidence
and lay all the ingredients OF his mcdi-
cinps freely before them because these
ingredients are such aS are endorsed and
most strongly praised by scores OF the
UlusA tllllllfHt Hlfuitdi Willis Ao NNAFH
for the diseases for which these medi-
ciues are recommended Therefore. the
afflicted do not have 10 rely alone upon
DR. Pierce's recommendation a. 10 the
curative value Of his medicines for GER
tain easily recognized diseases.
glance at the printed formula on
each bottle will show that no alcohol and
no harmful or habit forming drugs enter
into Dr plerccs medicines. they being
wholly compounded Of glyceric extracts
Of the roots Of native. American forest
plants. These are best and safest for
the cure Of most lingering. chronic dis
eases. DIR. K. v Pierce can I've consulted
FREE. by addressing him al Buffalo.
~ y. and all communications are re-
pnrded as sacrcdly confidential.
II j. rs easy To hr we'll ~ i'll and
much more comfortable. Constipation Is
the cause Of many forms OF illness. Or.
Pirrcc'S Pleasant Pellets cure conStipa-
ton. They are tiny. Sugar-coated gran
ulcs One little Pellet Is gentle laXa-
tive. two mild cathartIc. All dealers in
medicines sell them.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
wealth Of Au-.rin-uunxary.

There are few ii amy countries In
Europe that surpass Austria Hungary
la mineral wealth Mining has been IA
fayorite pursuit for centuries Coal
leads In production and value. There
are more than 221.O00 persons employed
IN mines. The annual output OF rock
salt is large there being no less than
10000 persons engaged in this indus
try. or the other minerals, gold. silver
aud iron are produced in large quanti-
ties. the exports running into millions
Of dollars annually. Mineral springs
are a abundance the waters from
which are sold 10 nearly every country
ia the world.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07
We will
belP you.

IL you are living in rented house,
you. no doubt, have long desired to own
your own home and have made plans to
that end. There is no need to delay the
matter, when the Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready to help
YOU, and when You realize that the
money you have been paying cut every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for "a home for you. then you will
no longer continue To pay rent.
Call and see W d. Cordry. Jr.. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money To
build you Il house an and easy way 10y
which you can repay the loan
Snow Hill Building and Dan
Association.
MARION r. HARGIS.
President.
" u. COKDDKI. .r.
Secretary.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-07

For thirtyiiFe years Camille Flam
marion has Kept record Of the dates
Of appearance Of leaves and il0wers on
the chestnut trees near the Paris oh
seryatory. Comparing these dates
with the sun spot cycle, he finds re-
markable coincidence, leaves and flow
ers being earliest at sun spot rsaxiiea.
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NOTICE

Any one desiring to purchase Monuricnt or
Tomhs 81 any kind either Marble or Granite
or fencing 81 any kind viii hc pleased To have
you write us or call on our local agents, and
Will call 10 see you with first class designs of
some OF the incest, ncatucst and cheapest
work done ON this peninsula. All materiaiand
work guaranteed IN every respect. We have
heen doing business FOR twelve years. No
strangers write us for irn
our local agents ac: Il. j. McAllcn 4 Bro.
Snow Hill. w.O Payne Stockton. ! e. Wise.
Jr Berlin.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-30
FUNERAL OF HENRY j. WINDSOR
Immediate Relatives ana Near
Friends Follow Him to
the Grave.

The funeral of Henry ]. Windsor tooA
place yesterday afternoon at his residence
In the Hamilton apartment house at 2:3O
o clock. Dean Beecher OF Trinity cathedral
officiating assisted by Canon Doherty OF
Christ church, Yankton, S. d. The funeral
auspices were private, only the relatives
and near friends of the departed being
present The interment was at Prospect
Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were: John
c. Coble, James Ware, J. A. Haines, A.
c. wakeley, Charles w. Rainey and j. q.
Haines.
Henry J. Windsor was born at Catootin.
Md, August l. 1853, and was educated at
private school at Ellicott Md lie came
west in 1875 and entered the ranch bust
ness as a cowboy on the North Platte
river in Nebraska In 1877 he entered into
partnership with John c. Coble in ranch
ing on the South Loup, where he helped
organize Custer county, Nebraska being
one OF the first county commissioners. He
afterward located at the head of Powder
river in Wyoming at the foot OF the Big
Horn mountains, where I'm 1888 Messrs.
Windsor & Cobe interested Sir Horace
c. Plunkett I'm cattle, and tse three con-
solidated several ranches and IOriir,,S the
large Frontier Land and Cattle company
In 1890, with Sir Horace Plunkett and
Frank A. Kemp, the Omaha real estate
firm OF Windsor, Kemp & Co. was organ
ICED and since the dissolution of this firm
in 1896 Mr. Windsor has been the western
representative of Sir Horace Plunlkott's
estate. At the time of his death Mr.. Wind
sor was general manager and part owner
OF the Diamond Cattle company, Rock
River, Wyo., of which company Mr. Frank
c. Bosler OF Carlisle, Pa, is president.
TEv,Ao 90
Gus nature, with a keen sense of duty and
a most high sense Of honor. He was we'll
known and respected in the west and will
be greatly missed in the cattle range coun-
try as well as in Omaha He married Miss
Jacobsen OF Baltimore in 1884 and his wife
and two children. Rosale and Mildred,
survive him.