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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-20
kHlVA, THE FORGOTTEN.
Great City Wasting Away Among the
sands which surround IL.

Rokhara is fallen Sanarkand il the
seat Of a Russian provincial governor
and Merry Is manufacturing town
with east iron drinking fountain
Khiva too. WAS swallowed in lis turn.
hut diSgorscd again. Though the king
dom fell. Il WAS handed back to It's
owners. and uo Russian may now en-
ter except hy invitation
The khvnn mobiles still ride hawk
Ing aud caravans in the Kara Kun
sands sim fear the armed horsemen
who dash down from the north
Though euiupassed about on every
side IN Russian territory aud in sight
guns IN 1873 the l\hiva Khan still
screws his revenue from u trembling
people
Burnahy rode to the city from the
north aud underwent dreadful priva-
lions a. spend three days there. Ar
minus Nanhery. nearly the most cour-
ageous traveller OF modern times. reach
ed there Disguised rs a holy man The
American Mct;ahan entered with Gen
cral kaufimauu Ia lS-,; pr l.andSell
and. lastly. Robert l.. jefferson. as re-
corded IN his book called "A Second
Ride to khNa. made a long bicycle
ride across the Russian >tcppcs ana a
camel ride down To- khiya from Oren-
burg 10 the north But other than
these know only Of Russian officers
who have been within the gates.
Since the Russians themselves have
agreed {" keep ont, they have done all
IN their power To- prevent others from
going INTO tile city or even crossing the
boundaries of the little Kingdom What
they fear from visitors il Is not easy
to imagine Four nntiquated. muzzle
loading smouthhorc cannon and cor
rupt aud unintclllgeni court circle re-
yolyiug about stupid ruler would
not repay second thought even from
the spies Of the yiccroy OF India. But
the fact Is that foreigners are not al
lowed access 10 the state. and the
Eighteenth regiment of chaSseurs is
quarterrd at Pctro AleXandroVSk in
such a way as 10 control the khiyan
water supply along the canal from the
OXus.
IN old days caravans from Merry
and Bokhara were frequent Carpets
and >tuns were sent both west and
east from the city in exchange for
drugs aud tea. Today some cotton is
sent nj, the river To the railroad, and
occasionally a small party of mer-
chants comes from the south but more
and more khiva j. becoming forgotten
and isolated Modern improvements.
instead Of carrying her into The cur
rent with the world have lefl her in
slack water The deserts are a more
effective barrier today than they We're
two centuries ago. and a great city
is left 10 feed upon itself till il shall
waste away and become part Of the
sands that cotupnSS it I.ang'lou War
ner IN CenirT;
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-20
Bad Stomach Makes
Bad Blood.

You can not make sweet butter In "a
foul, unclcan churn. The stomach serves
as churn In which 10 agitate. work up
and disntcgrate our food as IL Is being
digested. II II be weak. sluggish and
foul the result will be- torpid, sluggish
liver and bad. impure blood.
Tho ingredients of Dr Picrce's Golden
Medical Discovery are Just such as best
serve to correct and cure all such de-
rangcments. IL is made up without q
drop Of alcohol in its composition: chem
ically pure. triplc-reiined glycerine being
used instead uf the commonly employed
alcohol. Now this glyccrinc Is OF itself Il
valuable medicine. Instead Of deleteri-
Gus agent like alcohol. especially in the
cure Of weak stomach. dyspepsia and the
various forms OF indigestion. Prof Finley
Ellingwood, VI. d.. OF Bennett Medical
College. Chicago, says Of IL
In dyspepsia II serves an excellent pur-
pose II Is one OF the best manufact-
urcd products OF the present time In its
action upon cnfcchlcd disurtlcrrd Stomachs;
especially " there j. liberation or catarrhal
gasiTitis catarrhal Inflammation Of stomach.
II is a most efficient preparation Glyccrine
will relieve many cases ~ pyross heartburn
and excessive gastric acidity. " Is useful IN
chronic Intestinal dyspepsia especially tho
iiatulcni variety. and ~ certain forms OF
chronic onstipation. stimulating the sccrc-
tory and excretory functions of the intestinal
glHSnSds ,,inaa :, ,arot, .
tons. with Golden Seal root. Stone root,
Black Cherry bark Quccu'S root. Blood
root and Mandrake root. or the extracts Of
these ~ in nr. picrcc's Golden Medical
Discovery there can be- ne doubt of lis
great efficacy IN the cure Of all stomach,
liver and intestinal disorders aud derange-
mentS. These several ingredients have
the strongest endorsement in all such
eases OF such eminent medical leaders as
Prof X Rartholow. VI D. Of jefferson Med
ical College. Chicago Prof Hobart \ Hare.
VI H.. OF Medical Department. University ~
Pa: Prof Laurence johnson. VI. p. Medical
Department. University 90 New York: Prof
Edwin VI Hale VI y. llahnrmann Medical
College Chicago: Prof John VI ~t'udder. VI. ~.
and Prof John King VI ~. Authors ~ the
American pispenSaioty and scores ~ others
among the leading medical men ~ our land.
Who can doubt the curative virtues of
a medicine the ingredients 81 which have
such professional endorsement
Constipation cured by Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets One or two dose
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l.. PAUL EWELL.

Attorney .ai-Iaw, Pocomoke city, Md. VIII be
snow Hill every Tuesday At the office Of John
W. station.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-20

j. Il. Corton.
farmer and lun-
b e r m a II. @ {
Dcpla, y. G..
says Il suffer
cd for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that | could
not walk any
distance n or
even ride in
easy buggy. |
do moi ialieva
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BE YOUR OWN AGENT.
Buy your Monuments. TombS
and Iron Ratings Of
SEVILLE'S
Marble I'D Granite
Works
POCOMOkE CITY, MD.

They employ NO AGENTS and will
give the customer the benefit of the 10
or "a per cent, commission other con
Germs allow their agents
MONEY SAVED
Our Sculpture. Carving Fad Design.
ing Is not equaled by arr other marble
yard on the Peninsula, and We only ask
AN opportunity to demonstrate this to
your satisfaction II you are in need
of work of this character give Us an
opportunity 10 submit designs and
prices and you will not regret IT,
The proprietor has been doing thu
sculpturing and designing that has
gone ont from Pocomoke for the past 20
years
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will
help you.

If 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, ana wnen you realize that the
uoney you have been paying out every
year for rent would have bought aud
paid Cor a home for you, then you will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Call and see W. ID. Cordry. Jr.. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money to
build you house an aud easy way by
which you can repay the loan.
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION T. HARGIS,
President.
W ID. CORDDRY. Jr.
Secretary.
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CALVIN u. TAYLOR.

Attorney at law. Berlin. Nd. Promp, attention
given all business.
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WgH. r. JOHNSON,

v,toruey at Law. snow Hin Nd oHice opposite
he Court House
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
THE NE'ER-DO-WELL

He gentle and kind; he would plan half the day
For an unlookedfor act that would please you some
way;
He would sit up all night with friend who was i'll,
And to do you favor would work with will
But he never amounted to much.
There something about him that got your heart,
1t was plain that he never playing part,
But that all that he did he doing for YOU
And that he friend who lasting and true
But he never amounted to much
All the boys he grew up with went rising to fame;
There were some who made money, and all made
name;
Art and music and letters, the law finance,
Every one of the rest made the most of his chance
But he amounted to much.
Why, there WASH It child but would come to his arms
For of jingles and stories he knew all the charms
Yes and even the dogs in the street used to leap
At his hand with bark that laughingly deep
But he never amounted to much.
= And nobody could tell why he had such hold
On the rich and the poor and the young and old.
He was always on hand for some kind little deed
He instinctively knew when a friend in need
But he amounted to much.
They have folded his hands, they have laid him to
And the church couldn't hold all the friends he
possessed;
And fair memories mingled their smiles with the tears
Of the who recalled the good deeds of his years
But he amounted to much
CHICAGO Tribune
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Hale and Socialism,.

T IFE, Senator Hale Of Maine AYERS, can be
IL breathed into industries by the fostering care
of the government This he says in support Of the
ship subsidy BILL He instances the river and harbor
bills which are indirectly bonus to domestic trade
by improving the waterways Irrigation is bonus
to agriculture. Every contribution which the gov
eminent makes to industry TO revive it is sub
sidy" S'The old fashioned democratic doctrine that
there should be no Intervention the part Of the
government to aid any industry has disappeared.
We in an age of subsidies when, from carrying
the mails to carrying commerce, the government is
the ''reviving SPIRIT ..---,.. = .. -.
This broad statement of the subsidy program
makes Senator Hale more than half socialist. The
senator believes that the government should foster
all industries that ask help and leave the profits to
the citizen. The socialist believes in extending aid
to the industries and the taking down the
profit and putting it in common bag ODE drawn
out by the citizens equally Senator Hale probably
belongs to the old school which would have them
draw out proportion to their grabbing capacity.
He would repudiate the idea that hesis a, socialist,
but the socialists could make good claim to him
were they disposedsto push it. r. :sr.>.,,,,.:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Editorial Secdoll.
Iese Maieste iii India.

- HAT the doctrine Of lese majestic, which finds
y no support in Great Britain proper, is APP
plcable to her dependencies is evidenced by the
recent conviction Of Indian editor for describing
in his paper what he called "a Durbar in hell. =
The devil seated, grown old and unable to rule,
candidates for the succession to his throne
AT last but one, remains, Notwithstanding old
gentleman whom ''none could imagine would prove
eminent in deeds Of cruelty This is John Bull,
who, according to the lampoon, harangues the devil
and boasts of the refined crueties he has practiced
to obtain the empire Of India He has spread his
power over the people by forgery, robbery and OPP
preston He has violated their religious feelings,
taken away their arms and reduced them to a state
where they are no longer able to defend themselves
when attacked by wild beasts He has laid oppres-
sive taxes upon them and removed their wealth to
his far-off island whence it will never return He
has deprived them Of their means Of livelihood and
made parade Of his munifcence in rescuing some
of them from starvation ct have, he says, "made
bonfire Of their homes their religion, their honor
their independence and everything else belonging to
thems Can there be any more refined cruelty than
that? I alone deserve your throne" The emperor
Of hell recognizes the force Of John Bull's appeal
and quickly descends from his gilded chair to make
way for the vigorous old man who had made pious
oppression his specially.
The English were unable to comprehend the
humor Of this performance to endure its treading
upon facts. The editor was prosecuted and SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment and to pay fine
Of a thousand rupees It is characteristic Of the
Englishman to believe that country which he has
invaded could have gotten along without his benevo
lent assimilation Of its government and his philan-
thropc conservation Of its wealth by absorbing it
into his own. But 1t is curious to see an Indian
government headed by John Morley failing an editor
for a little squirt Of brains and independence like
this - -. -. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
!. China as Bryan Sees It.

NslfR. BRYAN,Ss letter in today's Journal is
,.l "a interesting review Of the awakening Of
China. The American traveller finds many indica-
tons that China has out of that condition Of
affected superiority to "western barbarians' which
has characterized her craftsmanship The ideas Of
reform which the young emperor conceived and tried
to put in practice eight years ago have been taken
up by the dowager empress herself and she is press
ing forward the very plans for which she imprisoned
the tituar ruler and usurped supreme power. These
include revolution in the school system, softening
Of the penal laws abandonment of the old system Of
civil service examinations and the reform Of the
rency. The alphabet event undergoing simplify
ing process, which means that the Chinese who are
now. slowly learning to- read newspapers will soon
be reading books In woFprovinces more than four
thousand schools have been opened by the viceroys
and the stalls in which the examinations form
ery held are abandoned,$th the officials being taken
from among those who succeed in the schools
! The progress Of China, Mr. Bryan believes, will
not menace any other country, since the empire
not grow in power any faster than it grows in
knowledge and growth iii knowledge will soon teach
the Chinese that those nations help themselves best
who help one another. Il .,..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
The Romance of Poor Young Men.

livery once in awhile some self-help author COM
IL piles statistics of how some successful got
their start in life. For example, Garfield rode
canal mule, Andrew Carnegie pushed in mine,
H. H. Rogers got so cents a week for doing odd
chores, John Wanamaker turned bricks under a.
broiling for cents day One successful man
sold lightning rods. Leslie NJ. Shaw peddled nursery
stock, which is nearly as bad. 49,.
All Of these great men passed thru periods Of
distress which interesting because they
mounted the obstacles. The rehearsal of their adj
ventures with fortune is intended to convey to the
young the idea that if they do not demand too high
wages the start and are willing to work overtime
for some skinfint Of employer they too may rise
to an emnenee whence they will look down upon
these early trials as good joke. H.
The future as well as the past holds store &c
these "reminiscences Undoubtedly when Marshall
Field III to old age it will be told that when
young man he was left a pittance Of $S0000,000
by his grandfather, that with this amount he went
into business for himself built flying express to
Mars and lived on bread and butter while he waited
for the stock to go up and that finally the turn came
and the shares mounted to forty, making him la two
Millionaire In a night. y.t> ~ &%%.cfSF
John D. Rockefeller III began life with more of
fortune than Mr. Field, but the fact is his grand
fathers wealth was greatly exaggerated Whereas
he led to believe that his Standard Oil stock
worth $600,000,00O when young Rockefeller took
possession he found the funds to have been 50 de
pleted by extraordinary litigation in Missouri and
Texas that he worth instead Of $6O0,00000O a
little under $2ooooo,00o. This proved great shock
to Mr.. Rockefeller who on the Of getting
married. Consulting his fancee who was a sensible
girl they decided to wait until Mr. Rockefeller could
make turn which would warrant their marrying
properly. About this time Mr.. Rockefellers atten-
ton called to the imperfect means Of communi-
cation with China: There way Of getting
there except by airshp around much of the surface
Of the earth whereas his early geography lessons had
taught Mr. Rockefeller that when he stamped his lit
tie foot China right under him and only 5000
miles away. He Immediately projected the Chinese
American tube which carries passengers today to the
Aowery kingdom in twenty-six minutes without
change Of cars There were many anxious moments
for young Rockefeller while the tube under con-
struction, Of the quaiest being when the Pacific
ocean broke In, The stock went down to cents and
ruin seemed to impend, but Mr.. Rockefeller devised
plan to pump it out again into the Atlantic ocean
using the water in transit for power to his cars
and the stock gave great rebound that enabled hin
to sell out for SIG 100000 and marry the girl Of
his heart 49, Il !: &f..$..,S
There is no reason to suppose that the romancs
Of poor, but honest, boys is busted commodity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
The Liberal Governments Troubles.

TT BEGINS to dawn upon the liberal party that it
has heavy task in attempting to govern the
British empire with majority whose hopes and am
billions are foreign the old standards of liberalism
Already the ministry Of Campbell-B zimmerman has
received some severe jots. Its cry against Chinese
slavery in South Africa has been shown up as
bit Of campaign bnncombe It's pledge to reduce the
army has been repudiated by its war secretary as
impossible. Its eyasive attitude upon Irish home
rule threatens to cause an explosion any time Tim
Healy chooses to light the match. The browning
woe Of the ministry is that it has been unable to
frame labor disputes bill which satisfies the trades
union element in the house in the country.
# There has been growing labor party in English
politics since the Taft Vale decision in the house Of
lords That decision followed very active work
on the part Of the unions which had succeeded in
passing legislation which completely legalized the
unions and at the same time kept their funds I'M
mune from legal attack The. lords in effect over
threw this legislation and thereby according to John
Mitchell's book, temporarily threw the movement
out of joint The union renewed their political
activity and in the new parliament have returned
nifty members besides supplying the votes Tor hun
dred liberals who are thus bligated to the labor
program.
The government has just brought in it's bill which
deals with labor disputes It re-enacts the laws
which made peaceful picketing legal and protects
labor funds from damage suits except where the acts
complained of clearly shown to- be the acts Of
the unions This is not satisfactory to the trades
unions which demanded complete immunity for the
funds which they have gathered FOR the support Of
strikers, sick and unemployed members. The gov
eminent bill is the result of a compromise among
the ministers who have put it forward in such half
hearted fashion that the house Of lords is quite
likely to attack it with amendments with resultant
great loss Of prestige to the ministry. ..S ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Love in Religion.

T>HE religious discussions Of the present day are
a characterized by the absence of dogmas and
the presence of ideals The fierce theologic disputes
Of a very few decades since almost eliminated
and religion has come down to the application Of
a few concrete ideas Religion, whether orthodox
or heterodox and it is sometimes difficult to tell
which is which, consists largely Of sense Of the
presence and providence of God, reliance upon
God and yielding of entire loyalty to God. These
ideas characterized religion before the Christian
era and are not contradictory Of the teachings Of
Christianity.
Yat it is not true that the ideals Of Christianity
grew out Of the older ideas Of religion The old
world put its trust in form The Christian expert
ence puts the emphasis on love. Between love and
duty there is no contradiction, but love is not a
part of duty while duty always is to be found in
love. .:'.'> .'''
Love cannot exercise itself upon the abstract
while duty may follow an abstraction to a bitter
conclusion Hence we find that the system based
. on love has elevated man, made him brother of
all his fellows and amplifed the notion Of good.
Love accounts for the presence in Christian countries
Of a higher, sweeter exercise Of justice than is
found in any of the so-called pagan lands It POUNDS
representative governments and abates harsh stat
utes; it endows' colleges and builds hospitals; it
Organizes charity, moderates national passions and
preiudices. It is the we'll spring Of the supremest
self-sacriice in the world
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Cooper's Indians.

- literary critics for half century have RECALLED
IL themselves on the Indians Of James Fenimore
Cooper They have built up common impression
that Cooper is responsible for the noble red man
in fiction, an impossible character who talks like
Stole philosopher and loves his white brother like
Damon did Pythias It is interesting to find de-
fender Of Cooper, W. c. Brownell, who contributes
an appreciation of the great American STORY teller to
Scribners. He insists that the Indians Of Cooper,
il he is read Alright, not ideal characters at all,
but real actors in the plot and with characteristic
Indian traits. Some of them are ''good Indians
and hence disagree with the cowboy dictum that the
only good Indian is the dead one; but Mr.. BrowneK
submits that Cooper is nearer right than the cowboy
There are real Indians known to history whose men
tai and moral stature surpassed those of Cooper's
creations Some of the tribes Cooper knew, includ-
ING all those of the Six Nations, higher grade
Of aborigine than the type now best known. On the
other hand, the novelist paints some bad Indians,
s. and his Mmgoes are as reptan as the most famous
bad ones of recent times
Any one who has read Cooper will recognize the
trrth.in this defense Of the famous old yarn-spi-
ner, who, as Mr.. Brownell points out, did vast
service to his country by the fame his stories won
abroad Tho Europe took Cooper's America as a
truthful sketch of the country and has not recovered
3 from that conception yet Europe recognized his
greatness as writer of narrative, and led thus
to give first real recognition to the literature Of
the new world. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
NOT THE SAME; NOT THE SAME
Kansas City Times.

Kansas City Times
Senator Rebates, what do you think Of the policy
Of the railroads confscate all the coal billed
their 1inesq'' @@st.& =
cts a case of necessity" replied the senator;
'they have to have it,
ttBut suppose the country at large, which also has
to have the COAL should confscate the railroads
ttThat,' replied the senator, holding up his hands
in holy horror f'would be confscation, something
which the Of fairmndedness in the people Of the
country will never stand for Z.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

At Matanzas, Cuba, alcohol for industrial
costs ten cents gallon. An alcohol motor of 45
horsepower pumps a million gallons Of water day at
a fuel cost of 81. An alcohol motor to pump water
for the city of Havana is being installed to pump
million gallons an hour at a fuel cost Of $6o While
industrial alcohol might not be quite cheap in the
United States, why should people who want a cheap
power fuel be heavily fined by the governments