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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-25
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON, Attorney.
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND.
IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND.

The undersigned as owner will offer
at public sale to the highest bidder at
Ocean City. Md, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-25

WILLIAM F. JOHNSON. Attorney
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

may be storm behind that bank of clouds. God
sends his burdens and his gifts he chooses, and
we must take them as they come. l have had my
share of each in the years behind me- l had
thought the way was plain ahead-that l was ap-
preaching the summit of the hill, and in a few
years would begin to go down on the other side,
a new a sudden, blessed light has shone into
my heart and l bless the road that led me here.
| love you Janet. Will you be my wife?"
1t came with the lightning stroke OF an abso-
lutte, binding surprise.
Though, in looking once, she might have seen it
in his eyes, she might have heard it in his voice
and felt it in his presence, she had been bllnd
and deaf, and had not understood
| will not chronicle the answer she gave him.
There are some things so simple in their honesty,
and vet so sacred that they cannot be written
She opened her heart to him and laid 1t bare IN
his presence; and as he heard the tale OF sweet
and lonely life, he felt as though the white Mary
of an altar shrine had made confession to him.
ter man and a nobler in that hour than he
had been in all his life before.
She made one condition. 1t was simple, but
from it no eloquence and no entreaty could move
her
"You must leave me for three months. In that
time do not see me- Do not write to me. II you
find that you have misread your heart | shall
know it and hold you in no blame, and you will
not come back to me- If l see you here when the
day of Punishment has ended, you will have my
answer"
When the clerk the schoolmaster and the super
intendent of tanners came to breakfast on the fol-
lowing morning, chair was vacant, and all
the answer Miss Denny could give had no consola-
ton in it-for they had come to like the fellow,
and to defend him stoutly against the insinuations
of bafhed curiosity. HE babe me goodbye last
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

night" she said "and left the up coach at
dawn. He did not tell me where he was going,
and he may never come back" And then wave
of speculation swept the village for nine days,
and was still.
There never was scapel sharp enough for the
dissection of true woman's SOUL This Dlunt pen
dare not then attempt it. 1t is sufficient to know
which some vision some question that touched
upon him was not in her mind. At times she
looked at the circumstances that by chance mad
thrown them together, and said to herself: IL
was the passing fancy of a moment. He Will not
return!" But again she saw the light that shone
in his eyes when he turned that night toward
the western sky, and heard the tremor in his
voice and her soul asserted itself as 1t never mad
in the old days of loveless peace, and she WINS
pered so that even the air could not hear it, He
loves me- and he will return" But not for mo-
ment did she question the judgment tnat put nlnl
to the test
The shock-headed boy was at the postoffice when
the night coach dashed up, and when the man
from Nod alighted it was the boy who took his
smallest satche with the unconscious commandry
of old acquaintance; and it the boys sturdy
legs that of their volition, started the brief
procession toward Miss Dennys house But as
the man and the larger satchel meekly followed 1t
is to be presumed that on this occasion the juven-
lie instinct was not in fault At the gate the
guide was feed handsomely and dismissed.
The man from Nod was certainly not asleep
this time Dropping his satchel on the grass, he
passed through the empty and unghted parlor,
went into the diningroom only to find 1t deserted,
and passed from thence into the kitchen, where
he heard a well-beloved voice singing softly TO
itself.
IT, as he afterwards told her, his heart had
grown hungry for her." it must have been toasted
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
A QUAINT OLD
MINING TOWN
Bv Sadie cAnna Harris

fastened to each side of pack-saddle. The milk
is thus carried from door to door Milk is sold at
the rate of two quarts for twenty-five cents. CHINA
men carry all garden produce from house TO house
in two great Chinese baskets fastened to pole
swung across their shoulders. The bakers also de-
liver bread cakes, pies and all other delicacies in
baskets carried by men on horseback.
Mining timbers are brought to the mines on bur-
ros and should the timbers be too long for one
burro they are carried by from to Mexicans
sometimes more, according to the length and
weight of the timber. 1t is not unusual sight to
see a Mexican coming down a trail with
bundle Of wood strapped to his back and head that
a white man could scarcely lift. One old Mexican
moves household goods by placing a pad on the
back of his head and shoulders.
The Tunnel" which is the unique name for the
city JAIL is cut in the solid rock and contains
three rooms AS there is only one door leading
into it there is no chance whatever for prisoner
to make his escape without help from some one
outside.
Each mining company owns company store
where their employees trade and each company also
has its own hospital and employs its owl doctors
Every married man employee Is assessed S.
month and single man 1915 for the services of
a physician, hospital fees drugs and water rent.
No other charges made for the doctor and
drugs for the entire family.
The mining companies have, progressively, pro-
vded very excellent library for the use of the
working people Each who pays $l.35 per
month being entitled to the use of the reading
room and also books for the family.
There paths (called "trails') made
all over the town for the people to either walk
ride on, and when funeral occurs the pall.bear-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
An American City with Foreign Customs

ers carry the casket to- the church and graveyard
and the followers walk behind, two by two. When
an Italian or Mexican dies they have music, some
times a whole brass band but oftentimes only a
cornet violin and guitar used 1t is hard to tell
occasionally whether it is funeral or dance the
Mexicans are having, they often play the same
pieces for both events They sometimes carry
guns and fire them at intervals on The way to the
cemetery to scare evil spirits away from the de-
parted and one person carries the entire cover
of the casket from the house to the grave when
child or young person is being buried The pail
bearers are young girls when possible.
There are many other quaint customs observed
in Morenci, so that it is hard for an American to
realize that it is a United States town. The
climate is delightful and MANY persons are at
tracted to this picturesque little mining city on
account of its healthfulness.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

and fed on the mamma of heaven then. Her white
arms were bare to the elbows, huge apron hung
as a shield between the dishpan and the spotless
lawn about her. there was blue ribbon at her
throat flush her cheek-and into her eyes
there flashed sudden light, that the dulest lag
gard in love-" of all the land could have trans
lated
The China teacup in her hand in danger,
when he closed in upon her If he had not kissed
her then, or had felt that his duty was done IN
kissing her once, all the dark insinuatons OF the
woman the way ought to have been true
against him. for the very credit of mankind
Il have done your bidding" he said an hour
later as they stood together under the honey
suckle vines 81 have not written to you. The
road has been hard one, but it has been good for
my SOUL and it has brought me back to you IL
has shown that there is doubt and no shadow
of turning in my love for you"
"You missed me, them"
"In every moment of the time"
"YOu love me, them"
ION my SOUL love you. l knew it when you
sent me away l know it better now And your"
All the answer that she gave, and all the
answer that he sought was this: She laid her
hands in his and with her head upon his breast
she whispered 81 have given my life into your
keeping My faith goes with it. Lead me where
you will"
But of me-my home, my life, my past
81 ask you nothing Let the future tell. Where
The minister who had baptized her when
babe stood before them in the mornings dawn,
and pronounced the sacred words that welded
two lives together as one The early coach that
brought three passengers into town carried hve
away; and the dear places that had known Miss
Denny for these many years, knew her no more
forever.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Morenci Arizona is of the most pctur
esque places in all the United States great
many of it's 5000 inhabitants being Mexicans and
Italians. 1t is quaint little mining camp nesting
snugly against the mountain side and is interest
ing alike to tourist and inhabitant
The distinguishing feature of this Anglo-Mexi-
locality is its wonderful railroad, there being
four loops in distance of one mile, in which the
track doubles completely the lower one. 1t is
considered of the most marvellous pieces of
engineering in the world, the bridges being built
from one side of the canyon to the other This
railroad runs between Morenci and Guthrie, where
it makes connection with another extremely inter-
esting line which tunnels through the mountains
in many places on its way to Clifton a mining
town of some Importance.
Morenci is built on the side of the mountains,
places being excavated out of the rock for nearly
every house or barn (of which there are very few
and every store. The mountains ere almost barren
of vegetation except for small bushes and cact1
and once in while one may find small flower,
but these are very scarce, and there are no trees
and very little grass.
The wood used for fuel is nearly all carried to
Morenci from distance of IS miles or more on
burro pack trains. The Mexicans drive them and
sell from eight to ten 5urro-loads per cord and
charge from to 10 dollars for it, A wagon is
almost as great curiosity in Morenci as burro
is in the east and they can be but little used as
the mountains so steep and badly cut up with
mines.
There are "hacks" for conveying people and their
luggage to the neighboring town of Clifton, dis
lance of miles, but all moving of household
goods lumber and such things is done on pack
horses-mules or burros, as the may be. One
can often pack horse being led along with
dresser one side and wash stand, stove or
perhaps trunk the other, tied to the saddle
with ropes Should side be heavier than the
other and article of household goods found to
balance it, rock or two is fastened to the lighter
side as not to draw the burden all to one side
All groceries, meats, and other goods delivered
in the same way.
Instead of the milk being delivered in wagons
two large milk cans are used which are supplied
with faucets for drawing the milk and one can Is
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
CRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY.
BY JOSEPH H. DAWES.

"Just think! | am going to party!
It's Grandpas birthday you see
And my uncles and aunts will all be there,
And mama and papa and me.
He'll be so surprised to see us
For We'll keep just as still as mouse,
Till we get to the door, then rush right in,
All over Grandpa's house.
I wanted to get him a cake,
But mama said it would take two cakes
I think that's very queer,
For they only had one at my birthday,
With six candles tall and straight,
One for each year l was old.
Ma said Grandpa'd need sixtyeight.
And I guess he's had lots of birthdays,
For his hair is as white as the snow,
But | hope he'll have a hundred more
He's the loveliest Grandpa know,
With candles-one for each year."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

MAGAZINE SECTION PAGE 4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Origin Of the Cravat.

While every man wears a cravat
there Is probably not one in thou
sand who could. in an offhand way
tell You how it came about that men
first placed such an ornament about
their collar. The word cravat came
into our language about 1886. Prior
20 that year feature OF the uniform
of the Austrian cavalry was wide
band OF coarse linen worn In folds
around the neck under their short
hussar jackets. This cavalry organi-
cation was called the "cravate," it's
members being styled the "Crayates."
Later in the seventeenth century
France recruited a regiment OF cav
airy, adopting for 1t the uniform of
the Austrian regiment recruited In
Crotia, calling 1t the royal cravattes.
Later in England the word "crabat."
was applied to neckerchief. After
the battle of Seamkirk In Flanders, in
1892. an English officer brought home
the "steamkirk," long flowing neck
scarf edged with fine Flemish lace,
the ends of which were drawn through
a buttonhole OF enormous size. The
neckwear today is clearly traceable to
the steamkirk and the modification 1t
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Art Journal
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
$1,000 For a Birds Eas.

Most OF masculine America ut some
time or other in It's career has hunt
ed birds eggs" but few OF all those
who have tramped hill and dale,
climbed towering trees and peered
into hedgerows III search of the fra.
glle shells, realize that In far corners
of tho world, there are men who are
spending their lives in the pursuit OF
those very eggs or others more rare,
So writes Harry II. Dunn In the Tech
meal World Magazine for February.
The tangled jungies OF equatorial
Africa know these men; the snowy
steppes OF northern Asia have felt the
pressure of their tireless feet: they
trace new trails across the Saharas
of the globe and on the spreading
Pampas OF the New Worlds southern
continent. while the distant islands of
tho sea are secured for new speci.
mems In bird skins and birds eggs
Swinging on slender threads of rope
from dizzy cliffs that lean above the
flashing waters of the rough North AT.
lantic. they CLEAN rare sea birds eggs
from ninches in the rocky wall which
these winged wanderers call home +;
from the tops OF sky-searching pines
they take eagles eggs while the brave
parent birds hurl themselves in vain
| fury against their daring enemies
From caves far up In the face OF steep
cliffs In the western Sierra they gath.
er the solitary egg of the California
vulture, the largest bird that flies
and in the jungles OF the tropics they
risk their lives amid fevers and pois.
onous reptiles and vindictive natives
In search of rare hummingbirds. and
other gorgeous-feathered jewellers in
the warmer lands.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Republicans in Dixie Land 10 be
Driven into Tho Tail Fold.
NOT 70 USE CONTIGUOUS FRIENDS
Idea of Using cortelyou's Boom
Abandoned and Taft Men viii
shoder the Task Themselves-New
Manager for Secretary Of War.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jan. 20
Friends of the administration. aban-
donlng all idea of using the friends
OF Secretary Cortelyou, such as AS
sistant Postmaster Hitchcock and In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Capers,
to get the South into line for Secre-
tary Taft, have taken hand ut it
themselves. with what Is said by them
to have been satisfactory results.
Until very recently the entire South
was hostile country to Secretary
Taft. He had no chance of getting
n Southern delegate, except in Mis-.
souri,, which Is not counted as South.
ern state All leaders had been
pledged to President Roosevelt for n
third term, and all resented the crit
icisms of Secretary Cortelyou and OF
Mr. Hitchcock for having thus made
the Taft cause hopeless there. and all
refused to give encouraging smiles to
a. |. Vorys, the Taft manager.
But another manager has taken
hold of the South. His name is not
disclosed, but 1t was said that In con.
sequence of his efforts Florida. Ala
bamn and North Carolina We're count
ed soldity for Taft, while Texas and
Louislant were rapidly getting into n
position where wagers could be made
that their entire delegations would be
for the Secretary of War.
Virginia Is also n state which rath.
er encourages the Taft managers, and
West Virginia is being counted for
Taft. Tennessee stin continues to be
welded TO the idea OF forcing Mr..
Roosevelt TO take n third term. be
cause tho Republicans there say they
can carry that state for Roosevelt.
This leaves Mississippi. Kentucky
South Carolina, Georgia. Arkansas and
Oklahoma to be cared for. The same
person who has done such good work
for Taft in Florida. Alabama and
North Carolina will try his hand on
all these states. and 1t Ia said ty the
Taft men that thus they will get much
more than half of the South.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Running a state.

The ruin OF state or the destruc-
ton OF a world industry on account
OF their very MAGNITUDE seem remote.
So writes George C. Calhoun in the
Technical World Magazine for FU5ru-
airy. The average person can hardly
conceive of either as possible in this
age of scientific and commercial ad-
vance. But today, in the United
States of America, both are not only
possible but even imminent Unless
the forests of Florida can be pre-
served from the destruction which
threatens them few years will see
the state an arid waste and the great
naval stores industry thing of the
past.
Comparatively short time ago the
great bulk of Florida's natural re-
sources was absolutely untouched. and
among these, one of the most import
ant was her virgin forests of pine.
which covered the entire peninsula
aud constituted the repository of un-
counted millions. Side by side two
great Industries developed in Flori-
da-lumbcr and naval stores. Today
they rank with the greatest branches
of trade, but today hardly an acre
OF timber land in Florida remains I'M
touched by the axe.
1t Is not, however, the lumDerman
who menaces the forests with destruc-
ton. While his ravages take away
much of the picturesqueness and gran
deur OF the woods they are not fatal,
for only the largest trees are taken.
The smaller ones are LETT until they
have attained a size which makes
them valuable for lumber the land is
only cut over at intervals of several
years, and in the meanwhile the pro-
cess of propagation continues and the
forests are preserved
/ Unfortunately the naval stores oper.
ator is not constrained by the same
necessity. No tree is too small TO yield
It's quota of stores; large and small
alike feel the stroke of the tappcr's
axe, and millions of pines are de-
stroyed every year. At the present
rate of consumption no very great
time will elapsa l'efore the peninsula
Will be denuded of timber.
| An account OF the destruction which
the work OF the naval stores com.
panies has caused. follows. well H.
lustrated by photographs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21

II, Is in no sense a bargain or denl
between individuals for it Is not in
any sense an individual or personal
matter; but, ON the contrary, some.
thing the party does on party respon-
Blbility and for tho good OF the party.
1T WAS for this reason that l an
nounced publicly. when harmony
proposition was proposed, that, IL ouch
Ohio, no one would support Secretary
Taft for the presidency more cordial
Is than l. The secretary answered
that he would not accept the support
OF the Republicans OF Ohio for the
presidency IL coupled with an indorse-
ment OF me for the senatorship. At
the same time, 1t was given out by
the secretary's managers and friends
that | must be eliminated.
Why He Must be Eliminated.
Just why. has never peen speclii-
cally stated; but in u general way we
have been told that the reason for
elimination Is that have differed
with the President on some questions
that | have been called upon to con-
slider as n senator. | won't stop to
speak OF them, except 10 say that
all did was within my conceded
rights as a senator and In accord
ance with my sense of Official duty.
If II senator be not allowed to speak,
and vote rs his judgment ana sense
else dictates. then the Office is with
out honor. and one agent may rs well
hold II M another.
1.-THE overturcs FOR peace were made
by mutual friends for the sake of har-
mony, without any request or even
suggestion from me. Nevertheless, |
gave prompt and cordial acQuiesccnce,
not for any selfish reasons-for | hnu
no desire again to become n candidate
for the Senate, and long before these
troubles commenced had made that
announcement to my friends-but be-
cause felt II duty to agree to what
seemed to be the desire of the party
and calculated to strengthen 1t.
When Taft Rejected Peace Offerings.
when Secretary Taft rejected all
these peace offrings, had either to
run away like poltroon or to resume
the contest. The resulting situation
IL disagreeable, but | do not regard
myself rs responsible for II. More.
over. I'm view Of the facts | have given
| could not. If ! so desired, take the
initiative as to any new peace negotia-
lions. or even consider or talk abont
anything Of the kind on my own mo-
ton until Secretary Taft or some one
speaking for him should lend the way
And, from all / hear nothing OF that
kind Is likely to occur. II may. there
fore, be regarded no settled that the
contest will lie fought out to the end
Beyond this you must excuse me
from making any comments"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
Rank Foollshneas.

when attacked by cough or q
cold. or when your throat Is sore, 1t ID
rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than DIR. Kings New Dfs-
covery.' says c. o. Eldridge. OF En-
pire. Ga. 81 have used New Discovery
seven years and know 1t is the best
remedy on earth for coughs and colds.
Group, and all throat and lung
troubles, My children are subject to
Group. but New Discovery quickly
cures every attack Known the world
over MS the King of throat and lung
remedies. Sold under guarantee at
all druggist. 50c. and s1.00. Trial bot.
tie tree.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-21
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