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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
CAN STOP MINE ACCIDENTS.
Ventilation Of English Coal Workings
So Perfected That Gas Explosions
Are Now Almost Unknown


So Perfected That Gas Explosions
Are Now Almost Unknown.
English coal mine owners have
proved that 1t is possible TO do away
with the most dreaded cause OF mine
accidents gas explosions As the re.
suit Of efforts OF the past live or six
years 10 improve ventilation. explo
sions in English mines are now so rare
Us 10 make them the smallest factor
IN the list of fatality causes
This result has been brought about
IA spite OF the fact that larger
amount OF gas is generated In English
mines than here. The showing is espe
ciaiiy important In View OF the fright
fui accidents Of recent date Ia 'ennsyl
vauia mines and the governments re.
port OF Il greatly Increased mine death
list
That mine operators in the nited
States have not kept up with improve.
meuts III ventilation was recently us
serted by the Engineering aud Mining
journal Fans known to Ice faulty.
this paper says are Installed in prac.
tlca!ly the same way that has prevail
Ell for twenty years.
A. az example Of the advances made
abroad in the use of small but very
powerful fans the journal refers to
h. durham
England where one seventy i've inch
fan known as the Sirocco. was iu-
stalled 10 do the same work performed
by two fans OF the type still used In
the United States one OF the old
fans is ihirty-slx feet and the other
thirty feet IN diameter. but the newer
type of fan handles about 1000 cubic
feet Of air per minute more than the
two old fans together
In appearance the fans that have
practically done away with explosions
lu Eng ssh mines resemble drum with
large number Of narrow blades ar
ranged siantingly around the inner
circumference There are siXty-tour
blades each about one sixteenth Of
the diameter of the drum Ii looks
Ike anything but n fan but for one
with a diameter OF about thirty inches
the ouipu, rams rs high as 1890 cubic
feet OF air per minute.
owing to their small size. coupled
with great efficiency, these centrifugal
fans can be- placed underground IN
workings that are not adequately ven
tllatcd They have been installed ut
the Ellsworth and Viutoudale collieries
In Pennsylvania and Ia the copper
mines Of the United Verde company Of
Arizona. proving that adequate ventila-
tion can be had II mine owners Will
abandon systems that rs the engineer
Ing authority already quoted says, are
built simply because fans Of similar
pattern have been used before
This indicates one way IN which Il
large proportion Of the 700 deaths
ana injuries caused annually in coal
mine accidents can be prevented.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
A KING HARNESsED A HORSE
Meanwhile It's Owner Sat by. Watching
the Monarch Work.

Npt WSUAESl WVFNs
Much travelled people will testify
that the most stupid people 10 the
whol, o,id are foual In Mecalcnbnrg.
Gerenan%. Natives Of tai: district are
said 10 be even more drusr tIan the
Inhabitants Of the county OF Wiltshire.
England. and tina; il snglng good
deal The Inhabitants OF both OF these
places VIII admit the impeachment.
bat they do no; call I; stupidity They
have another name for II. They have
exalted II into virtue and call II
"impcrturbabilIty In the United
States II n country yokel didn't know
the way 10 town fifteen miles away
he wo,id be accounted a fool. But In
Mecklruburg the peasant one meets
on the highways doesn't know has
never been there and never wants to
go That Is imperturba5 iilty.
Ii is mistake. however to think
that the country dullard never
"scores." as the king OF Wurttemberg
has discovered Recently that royal
individual went to shoot with the
Grand Duke Adolphus Of Mecklenburg
Accompanied 10y the grand dukes eld.
est son they drove In Il luxurious mo
tor car 10 the famous deer park at
NeuStrclitZ ON the way they came
upun country TIT cart drawn at
snaii's pace along the narrow road by
a white horse rcrched on the seat
were peasant and his good wife.
The chauffeur blew his horn. and
much to the royal party's surprise the
horse began to prnnce brlskly
As the peasant made no attempt to
pull The horse and cart out Of the road
the chauffeur repeated the "honk.
honk" The horse reared aud jumped
about: but. strange TO say. the peasant
and his wife sat stolidly on the seat
without any signs Of excitement FL
ually the horse Topped over on Its
side and lay quite sti!l
Immediately out jumped the king
the grand duke and the son of the
grand duke and came running up 10
the fallen horse. The grand duke made
grabbed the bride. and the king mar
rowly escaped serious injury in unfas-
tening the traces while the horses hind
legs were working like falls. All this
while the peasant and his good wife
sat calmly on their seat and watched
the royal trio persplre at their self i'm
posed task Finally after Il great deal
OF pulling and coaxing the white horse
scrambled to IT'S feet aud patiently sub
mlttcd to being reharnessed by the
three pairs of hands which probably
never before had done such humble
work. When everything was in order
again. the grand duke handed the peas
ant a piece OF money.
There, there. my good man." he
said. Its all right this time anyhow.
Now You can tell Your cronies that the
grand duke and his son picked UP your
horse and the king ~ Wurttemberg
helped them" Kansas city Star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
TEN BILLION NEWSPAPERS.
That Was the Estimated Circulation
For the Year 1907.


Facts relating to newspapers aud
newspaper growth are presented In
Appleton's Magazine IN an article on
"The Newspaper as II Is written 10y
General Charles II Taylor OF the Bos-
ton Globe.
statistics of American newspapers.
giving the number in each state. says
General Taylor were nrst complied In
1910, when there was total nt 366
papers of all kinds IN the country. or
these only - were daiies. 80 We're
semlwecklles. II triwrc6llcs ana 30
Were weeklles. or the - dallieS six
were published In New York. only one
Of which. the Evening Post. sur,h rs
under It's original title The latest
available figures show that there were
IN the United States In 1906 total Of
2l.J3j newspapers reviews and such,
OF which lib were dallics. 1G2SS
weekles. 1888 MONTH IS ana IN quar-
terlies"
Other striking figures are those OF
total newspaper circulation Ia 1900
this was S.lGS. l4S.7I9 These figures
showed an Increase over 1890 of 745
per cent. while the Increase between
1850 and 1890 was l2G per cent. Bias
Ing his conclusions upon These figures.
General Taylor estimates that the To-
tai circulation OF the new Spapers OF
the country in 1907 was not less than
100O0,O0O.OOO copies. While he places
the income from sales and advertising
at S3U0,000O00.
or the advance Of the newspaper a.
news conveying agent. General Tay-
Tor says that there never was time
when newspaper reader cot So much
for his money as now. aud he Illus
trates the point by recalling that In
1851 when America won the cup that
has since become SO famous the New
York and Boston papers printed only
from $50 10 300 words about tie event.
and this Il fortnight after il occurred.
while AT the present tune the papers
IN these cities devote two or three
pages TO cup race
Similarly In 1861 one telegraph op-
orator sent out all the press matter
from the convention that nominated
Lincoln. while al the present time
single company will have over 100 op-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
Rheumatie Pain. Relieved.

Mr. Thos Stenton. postmaster Of
Pontypool, Ont. writes For the past
eight years / suffered from rheumatic
pains. and during that time used many
different linlments and remedies for the
cure of rheumatism. Last summer |
procured bottle of Chamberlain s Pain
Balm and got more relief from it than
anything have ever used. and cheer
fully recommend this liniment TO all
sufferers from rheumatic pains 81
and 80 cent bottles for sale by r. ID.
Cottingham q Co.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

The Peninsular Horticultural Society
has appointed a committee on transpor-
tation to confer with railroad officials
when occasions arise.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
The Minee Pie Peril.

The lawyer for the defense Il ask
the sympathy Of the court FOR my most
unfortunate client when be commit
ted this homicide he was the victim Of
circumstances over which he bad no
possible control. For six years he ate
his meals at a boarding house where
the only dessert was mince pie. | am
backed by humanity when | ask this
mans acquittal on the ground OF pieo-
manial"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
PHILADELPHIA
Sore Nipples and Chapped Hands

Are quickly cured hy applying chambcrlnins
Halve. Try H. i 8 9 success. Price a scents.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

MIR Fred. G. Hanrahan. a prominent
druggist Of Portsmouth, Va, says
For the past six years have sold and
recommended Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t is
a great remedy and one Of the best
patent medicines ON the market.
handle some others for the same pur-
poses that pay me larger profit. but
this remedy IS So sure 10 effect cure.
and my customer So certain to appre-
clate my recommending il to him. that
! give il the preference For sale by
r. d Cottingham & Co
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

At Elkton James Caswell was CON
victed and sentenced TO five years IN
the penitentiary for robbing the resi-
dence of Mrs. X. Z. McClenahan. at
Port Deposit.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

MARION q llARCilS.
President
" y CORDDRN, in.
Secretary
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04
One Touch Of Nature Make. the
Whole World Kin"

When rooster finds a blR fat worm
he calls all the hens in the farm yard To
come and share IT, a similar trait Of
human nature is 10 be- observed when a
man discovers something exceptionally
good he wants all his friends ana
neighbors to share the benefit of his
discovery This is the touch of nature
that makes the whole world KIN. This
explains why people who have been
cured by Chamberlain 5 Cough Remedy
write letters 10 The manufacturers for
publication. that others similarly ailing
may also use 10 and obtain relief Be
hind every one of these letters is a
warm hearted wish u the writer to be
Of use to someone else This remedy
is for sale by f. D. Cottingham q Co
Died from an accidental falling in
to the river was the verdict Of the
Coroner's jury which Investigated the
death Of Charles Morgan, Of Seaford
whose remains We're found in the Nanti-
coke River Thursday, after he had been
missing since November I.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-04

While repairing buildings on his prop
erty at Frankford. William A. Gum per
mitted his insurance to lapse, A fire
destroyed them. causing a loss Of $500.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
OR NEW JERSEY NEfGHBORS.

Some eXultant comment was made Il few days
ago upon the fact that foreign ocean steamer
Of considerable size had for the first time come
up 10 the docks Of Newark y. J.. without
lighterage. just as it would have come TO the
docks Of New York, thus making that city an
actual seaport. The prosecution of the great
works Of haTbor Improvement which are now in
progress there will doubtless lead in the near
future 10 repetidons of this incident until they
become daily commonplace.
1t has been authoritativey announced that
two Of the great industrial and commercial
corporations in America presently to estab-
lish themselves at Newark on an imposing
scale. one OF them making that place its ship
ping point for its great export trade and the
other organizing there its most extensive manu-
featuring plant Already Newark ranks among
the chief industrial centres of the United
States. and with the development OF its ocean
shipping facilities its commercial rank will
doubtless be cOTespondngly advanced while
its manufacturing interests will be enormously
inrreaSe
. Meantime the city Of Paterson also asptres to
become a seaport through the ambitious ex-
pedent Of cutting q ship canal from the Pas
sale River straight across TO the Hudson through
the Palisades. As an engineering undertaking
this plan is doubtless possible Whether it will
he profitable or profitable as IT would be to
cleanse and deepen the Passaic from Paterson
down 10 Newark. is open 10 question. At any
rate. it is 10 be hoped that Paterson will not
decide 90 make this canal drainage ditch
through which TO send the city's sewage into
the Hudson at the upper end of Manhattan
Island. Perhaps New York State could not
logically complain Of such n practice for it
would he only IN imitation of lis own Der
fOrmance of sending the sewage Of the Bronx
Valley across country 10 the Hudson But it
would be n vile performance all the same
Beyond doubt our western suburbs are he
coming very important part of the meropoli-
tan region in manufactures and commerce, as
well as in population. In their relation 10 many
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
THE F4RMER's PROSPERITY.

The farmer evidently knew of the panic last
year only from the newspapers He alone o1
all the producing class had no experience OF
contracted demand and lessened profits, but on
the contrary enjoyed the most prosperous year
in his history. making S290,o00000 more than
in 1907 his most prosperous previous year. and
reaching the enormous grand total Of SITS 000,
coo for all his products.
The prosperity of the farms has been steady,
the value of farm products rising without in
te~ruption from year to year. Secretary WI
sons report shows that. taking the value Of the
farm products in 1899 as 1O0 the advance has
proceeded thus: 1903, 125: 1904, ISL; 1903.
1874: 1906. 1913: 1907. 159: 1908 165, gain
of 60 per cent in nine years. 1t has not been
affected by general business conditions. but has
expanded steadily without regard to the slight
business contraction of 19O3-'O4, the severe
business disturbance Of 190I-0S.
Farming of course is subject to the unceT
taintles Of the weather. but in every other re-
spect ii is an extraordinarily stable industry.
Prices of farm products are steadily advancing
the increase in the total value of cereal crops
in FIVE years. for example. which increased in
that time only per cent in quantity. has been
81 per cent-and they are more likely to con-
tinue to do so than to Fe2ede. Farming has
apparently reached 4 condition of stability
which it did not have in the days when the
gradual opening of the West constantly brought
the products of newer and more fertile areas
into competition with those of older and less
fertile areas-to use the economists phrase
constantly reducing what had been rent lands"
to the position Of no rent lands That process
is over and the tendency is in the opposite di-
rection. which is doubtless the explanation of
the present movement back to the land" Such
figures rs those in Secretary Wilson's report
immensely stimulate mature love"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14

existed in New York for many years But WIN % nc
exception Of or two in the Wnolesai7 .
district they were confined to the Russian qua -
of the Fast Side and Harlem kosher no'ei n.'S
,- beap onened in the residence district Tor the
accommodation of families and tourists VINO opSer'e
these laws This class" says The JeWisn Ne"s.
has grown steadily in New York, ana the he
ra~tTre il only the outcome of a demand OF toiis
pa IT, ,,,ord kosher means clean, and where
should we look for cleanliness more ""N
kitchens?"
,,o.,1a,-No sir: don't believe in paying fansy
rires 10 nave clothes made to order ToT' bnpId
li su You paid SIS for it. wouldn't yoH 9ele9e
KNOX, might. If you told old me over Inv
Catholic Standard and 'llh'eS'
%, ,+,o 5rinker to the end says in a letter IN
..o .r[oIogno Gazette: "The consumption OF VINE
49,. ,,,do,,b+odIv decreased in Germany ana AUS
+rIa ubere Gambrinus has steadily encroscheu on
the territory of Bacchus. But the men WIN =
main true 10 wine. who take their rest anu 80
their game OF chess behind the mock elaSs' '
themselves superior their beer drinking ieAeh
80 ed there will always he enough OF these u
s,1nnort the vein stube and make wine cu''ui0
profitable" Referring to the various VINES.
saws. I'VE have nicknarres for the vintases "hieH
fovy neopIe except the wine drinkers kno" mus
- ttaaa ~ tho present year We call zeppelin
!, t,oror ~ the air navigator's achievement anu
because it is so high. Records show that lheso
nictnames were bestowed on vintages as IaI pa 90
as 1929 when the bad. watered wine was eai
.rontis+ The sour wine Of 1860 was called 1aII-
baIdi' and in memory OF the Chinese war tne 4o'f
u,ina is still known as 'We-hai-wei Inc VIh'ase
of 1896 promised much and gave httle' ahA-" ss1L
nicknamed Ii Hung Chang, and another nl ~
name for the same years wine Moses was go, So
because the wine taken from the water prlh-
cipally-
Did your ancestors have family tree MI
Family tree is It. maam? One o 9f t6e me caTden
Eden. n.''-Tit-F}its
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
GATHER FOR CONVENTION
Yearly Meeting of National CiUic
Federation Begins To-day.

The annual meeting Of the National CIVIC Federa-
ton wills begin to-day at the Hotel Astor. Mem
bers of the federation and speakers at the various
meetings we're gathering at the hotels yesterday
while to-day and tomorrow others Will come
for the big dinner tomorrow night OrdSrs lot
places at the dinner came from all over the cOuh-
try The limit of the hotels capacfty-nlhe nun
dred-was reached Saturday.
First will come the business session or the
vomen's department this morning at 10:31 o'clock
arranged to give the members time TO attend tn9
conferences and discussions live topics. when
make up the rest of the programme AT the a1ter-
noon session there will be a discussion or uade
agreements, in which John Mitchell VIII Iead-
August Belmont, Melville Z. ingalls,. OF the Big
Four and John Hays Hammond Will take part
P H Morrissey, president OF the American KAN
road EMPLOYERS Employees and Investors Asso-
citation: Louis B. Schramm, chairman OF the con
ciliation committee for the National Brewers As
sociation: Herman Ridder, president OF the Amerl-
can Newspaper Publishers Association, and James
NJ Lynch president or the International Typo
graphical Union, are others who will speak this
afternoon.
The discussion on Tuesday. under the direction or
the welfare department. will be devoted TO wage
earners' sick accident and death Insurance.; pen
sions employers liability and the salary loan evil
Some OF those who will take part are DR.. Lee X
FrankeL of the Sage Foundation Fund; Louis D.
Brandeis of Boston; James O'Connel and Major
A z. Porkowski, representing the Friedrich AFupp
Company. of Essen, Germany
Judge and Mrs. Taft will be the guests. Of honor
at the dinner tomorrow night, at which Judge
Taft will be the principal speaker. Seth Low will
preside.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
DISCRIMINATION OF CHAUFFEURs.

In the New Haven police court on Saturday
the driver of the automobile which killed the
Rev DR. Morgan n few weeks ago was bound
over to the Superior Court for trial In the
course of the proceedings Judge Tyner expressed
certain views on the obligations OF chauTeurS
and the rights OF other persons which. if not
absolutely novel are stated IN such way as 20
produce the effect Of originality. Having re
marked that automobiIists too often seemed TO
think that their responsibility ended when they
footed a horn" and that there was no reason
why a traveller OH a public highway should lie
obliged to run for safety the approach of an
automobile the magistrate went on to say:
We rarely see or hear of a heavily loaded
coal or stone cart hurrying TO get out or the
way Of automobile, or even a trolley car or
any other object larger or stronger than the
automobile itself The automobile driver seems
able TO avoid these things because collision win
any of them would injure him or ms n2chne
more than them A human life is more valuable
than any number of automobiles. and II an
automobile driver is able TO drive his autorfl"-
bile along the highway in such manner as 20
avoid a collision with vehicles larger anu
stronger than his own ii seems that in most
cases he should be able 10 drive his automonlIe
along the streets so as 10 avoid the taxing OF
human lives
Though an automobile does occasionally run
into streetcar the general rule undoubtedly is
that chsuffeurs are careful TO avoid Il collision
under circumstances which suggest the proba-
biIity that otherwise they and their machines
would suffer more harm than they inflicted
That fact illustrates the deestable state Of mind
which possesses the reckless and knavish MI
noritv of drivers They feel constant and
keen desire To make the use OF the streets safe
and comfortable for persons on foot. On the
contrary their mood is one of contempt and OF
insolent evaporation that anybody who is not
in 4 position TO harm them should presume TO
get in their way. As the judge said, they act
on the principle that they have done all that
they are called upon to do when they have
footed horn" and those of them who do not
actually feel sense of qualification when they
have run into or over a pedestrian enjoy The
agitation and alarm which they create.
The Tribune has had much to say on this
subject for years and distorted view Of its
clear meaning and purpose has sometimes led 10
ignorant or vicious criticism Of its utteranceS.
II is encouraging to witness the rapid growth OF
a determined public sentiment on the side of the
case which we have done our best to represent,
and especially TO see that sentiment reflected IN
the findings Of courts and jurieS. The automobile
possesses inestimabe utility. and the sooner the
devils who abuse II learn if need be by painful
processes. what their obligations to others are
the better il Will he for them, for the general
public and for the future of the vehicle which in
their present temper they are not fit to touch.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-14

practically out of the question, ii would be In
tereSting TO ascertain how long they are to he
considered in any way a menace 10 healthy
animals IL the vitality Of the bacillus could
be learned helpful ciew 10 further quarantine
measures would be afforded Hence the ofer
of \ prize to the man who should unmistakably
reveal the existence of such a microbe ought
to nrove y valuable investment Considering
the importance of the interests at stake he
offer ought TO be n liberal one.
In the mean time Congress should respond
promptly 10 Secretary Wilson's request. What
ever be the avenues by which the cattle disease
has gained even temporary footing I'D the
country. its presence is n disquieting reallty-
The national government has undertaken to pay
two-thirdS of the loss resulting from tile IIlh@
OF those animals which are affected. and so
commendabe is the sacrifice made for the pro
lection of healthy cattle that compensation
should not be delayed.