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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-30
BIG STOCK

Our stock has been bought with care at
PRICES that WE'RE RIGHT and vessel our goods
at prices that ARE RIGHT We have splendid
stock Of FURNITURE, RUGS, CARPETS, MAT
dow shades of all coors and prices LACE CUR
TAINS PORTIERE CURTAINS, and many other
things that GO to make the HOME pretty, cozy
and bright.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-30
WE LEAD

in DRY GOODS and NOTIONS. We have beaut-
full things in White Goods and large stock of
pretty HAMBURGS, Embroideries and dainty
tACES
Our GROCERIES are CLEAN FRESH and
NICE and we have always on hand Frenchs Cele-
brated CROWN PAINT Use it once you will
want it again.
We are HOME BUILDERS. 1t is at our Big
Store you can find the things you want at prices
that are always reasonable.
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''fts'I = II . "
Democratic State Central COMMITTEE,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, April 40. 1905.
rs your child weakened by vampire?
Or bombarded by gat)ing gun?
Are you the vampire or the gun
u or grandma, or big sister?
Startling propositions put out by
French puericulturists. Their great chic.
IL that good man. eX-President Loubet-
horticulture is the cultivation of children
like race horses. bees or DeacheS-tO get
better ones and more OF them. Its fore
most women are Nine. Roger OF Paris
and Nine. Dufour of Lyons. It's prince
of science is Prof. Pinard. with his motto:
The milk and the heart of 4 mamma
cannot be replaced.
''Your kids should sleep alone" From
ex-President LOubet in another motto.
"Respect Child's Privacy"
Last summer i told you how the late
Casimir Perier found worthy occupation
for ex-presidents of the republic in cham
pioning the physique Of French children;
how his mantle fell on NJ Loubet. who,
ton of French Mutual Benefit Societies.
ready made. Puericulturists and mutual
lists are practically enc. They are ire
n1endously enthusiastic. Having tackled
many evils, from mal-prccreation to the
lack of visiting doctors in the schools.
they now attack child vampires. sleeping
and waking, or If you prefer. the rsadium-
like bombarder
Respect the child's privacy" continues
n. Loubet.
The two notices come to the same thing
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thenia, with fears of fainting, sudden
death. ears TO go out alone, fears of the
street. of automobiles, cabs and the Paris
ian throns.
They put her in "A water-cure establish
ment They gave her electricity and
douches change of scene change of com
panions and routine. Also. by mere rou-
tine. they put her in a separate bed-in
the same big room with her husband.
In three months she was cured. In
Sw SIS hotels. on a long trip, they found il
most convenient to stick To the separate
beds. But. home at last III Paris. their
big new-art bed so matched the furniture
that the young wife had nothing TO say
when the man of her choice sighed with
content at being back in our own things
Six months passed. When the lady
again went all off her health. one Parl9
doctor out of three-and her own mother
accused that magnificent big bed. The
husky husband still poo-hoos it, The Wi e
dare not peep. Instead. she seeks to hide
her worst neurasthenia from him-until
the day shall come when she goes TO
pieces.
If such may be the ills of adults bound
together by sacred affinities. what must
not be feared for tender children sleeping
side by side with adults. or with other
children, more intense than they?
Ny second case is that of three small
sisters.
They came to fashionable Paris pen
SION with their mamma and their auntie.
fresh rom the uncrewded. splendidly by
gienic life OF Seattle. 1 need not add that
act child had always had its bedroom
Here in Paris boarding houses, even OF
the best. space is more cramped. If
mamma is to have her private sitting
room and auntie practice her piano i'm a
spacious boudoir. you can't always get
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three other rooms en suite for three small
girls % seven, six and i've.
Behold therefore the ttsree kids sleeping
I'm one big bed and d folder set beside it
in really spacious chamber next TO
mammals.
Behold Justly little Edna waxing huskier
and sassy little Josephine the same: but
Lucy, Ina between chem. droops and wilts.
and when she combs her hair ID is begin
ming to come ont.
One day ] heard her talking Ia her
doll: Your poor mammals growing old
and feeble; one OF these days she'll be
bald
What do you think of Paris residence
for Lucy? IL matters little whether We
call. Ii bombardment by n-rays OF Ivy
emana.ions the cinging auro. or the
vampire temperament that Sops up the
vi;ali;ies IN contact with 1t. The inn
por:ant thing is to protect the child
Thanks to insistence. Lucy is pro.
teCted in these last days. She sleeps
alone. on the other side of mamma's par
lor. Now We shall see whether It shall
still sleeping In the room where they
were SO well off with Lucy-whO shall be-
gin to droop and wilt beneath the others
contact.
Respect the chi,ds privacy says M.
Loubet. zone OF the crying Ills OF
Paris, from working men up TO weli-to-dO
bourgeois is the crowd ng Of the family
into a relatively small apartment. Bet
ter run cots nightly into dining rooms and
sleep together. or-far worse-wfth
adults
Unlucky Par!sians.
Lucky Americans! The mass Of US
have houses of our own--not fats-to live
ia. STERLING HELLO.
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FLEEMeFoR REST FRor1 Hur1ANC oNrAc

"a mystery. 1t is overwhelmingly in cvi
dence among the very young in French
boarding schools for boys-that receive
even at the age of seven,
they enter plump. rosy. hearty: they
quit pale. overturned and lacking the
vitality OF youth that bubbles over.
They are growing used 10 be the eX-
have shown it to be d boarding school
pnenomenon: and the puericult,rists have
found It's cause In never-ceas sing human
contact.
THE little fellows are never an hour
alone. says NJ. Loubet. posted by Prof
P1nard. Their play and leisure are pro-
grammed and supervised. No lonely
strclls. no dreaming: all is done in groups
CT boys accompanied by an under teacher
Studying must be In common: no boy
can go off and read alone Their privacy
is not respected. The boys sleep in dor
mitorles: even their repose must be amid
j tornado of human yibrations!
Relief From Human Contact.
Is it vibrations? This is the gatllng-
gun theory. Or do stronger boys absorb
the vitality of the weak? This is the
vampire theory. The important fact is
that The child instinctively attempts to
escape from it.
Watch Your little boys or girls If they
are really free You will discover they
take daily rests from firing. weakening
Or discriminating human contact.
This we know: Uninterrupted human
contact is the bad condition. Certain
children need longer daily rest from it
than others
Here we grope in the dark says
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Naive Lying:
COMMISSIONER BINGHAM of Ne

COMMISSIONERS BINGHAM of New
~ York. discussing the case of Il police
man found guilty of protecting gambling
houses. said:
The man lied too naively in defense
Of his innocence. He was Ike a carpen-
ter employed last month by a newspaper
friend of mine.
My newspaper friend writes good
deal at hcme. and his study being next to
the nursery the children's noise disturbed
him. and he employed "a carpenter to
make the wall sound proof between the
two rooms
IN fix 1t all right. said the carpenter.
confidently. The best thing TO do will be
to line Ii with shavings.'
He completed the job, then he called
the literary man in.
She's sound-pro all right now he
said.
We'll test her.. said the literary man.
You stay here
And going into the nursery he called to
the carp n;er in the study:
Can YOU hear me-?
% No. sir. ] can't was the prompt re-
civ''
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thread? Yes. that'll, be one-ten. Thanks
lady.
After snoring awhile he'd ranlble on
again:
No. miss. them amt the same as
ourn. Ourn's a lOvelier shade. and you
can see for yourself that the cuts smart
er. Very we'll miss Suit yourself, of
COURSE. But L must SAY
He snored again Then he said
brisky:
Yes. lady. it's the ver~ best quality,
this here white muslin. Six yards. lady?'
Again he rolled over. his arms swung
vigorously. and heard Il tearing, ripping
sound.
II couldn't help chuckiing He was
tearing up the sheets in his dream. How
annoyed he'd be when the landlady made
him pay for his work.
But in the morning. to my surprise I
found both sheets unframed CHANGING
down. however at my nightshi volumi-
nous folds. l Saw that the young sales
man had ripped the tail clean OFF,
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A Paiama Talk.

EDDIE FOY. the noted comedian. gave
IL one of his "PaJama Talks" at re-
cent theatrical supper in New York He
said In part:
Zone last illustration of the paJaina
superiority over the old-fashioned and I'M
slightly nightshirt. Had been at the time
"a pyjamist what ! am about to describe
could never have happened to me.
I'm my early youth l went to the sea-
shore for the Easter holidays. The hotel
was crowded and I was obliged to share
bed with tall. thin. pale young
stranger.
The stranger talked in his sleep. I'M
consciously revealing to me his position in
life.
What's that, lady? Two pairs Isle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02

THE action of President Roosevelt
In setting aside as a national park
. that part of White River canyon.
San Juan county. Utah. containing three
great natural bridges, is in accordance
with the governments policy of protect
ing all It's natural wonders in the west.
The natural bridges that have been set
aside are the largest In the world. Be
side them even the famous Natural Bridge
OF Virginia Is dwarfed into insignficance.
These bridges remained undiscovered I'M
FL 1895. and even today few white men
have visited them. They are in the south
eastern part of Utah. In the rocky. sterile
country known as the Colorado River
plateau. In many respects the surround
ing country is like that adjoining the
Grand canyon in Arizona 1t is proposed
to send government surveyors to the new
park. establish trails and wagon rbads.
and in time build railroad to this great
scenic attraction.
Scorup's Filical Condition.
IT seems almost incredible that SUCH
natural wonders should have remained
unknown to white men SO long after the
continent had been traversed by railways.
But southeastern Utah has been of the
main lines of travel. and only prospectors
and other daring spirits have entered
this wild country. Stories about the
bridges were told by Indians years ago.
but were set down fairy tales by the
white settlers. even Jim Bridger's first
stories of the wonders of Yellowstone Ma
tional Park were laughed AT by those
who. heard. In 1896 Emery Knowles PEN
etrated White River canyon and found
that the bridges were reality. He WAS
estounded at the ma gnitude of the
bridges. but owing to scarcity of pro-
visions he could not remain long enough
20 make any estimates as TO their height
and was compelled to go back 70 civiliza-
ton with his curiosity but half satisfied.
Knowles interested d cattieman named
Scorup in his discovery and induced him
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Bcsides thes, bridges the new national
pack VII contain other natural wonders.
Thc cliff dwelling near the Caroline is a
marvalously perfect specimen OF this form
OF architecture. Thera are other cliff ru-
in, in tne canyon. some of which have
nav=r hcen Explored and whose treasures
will be saved from yanda!s bE the fcrn-
thought of those instrumental in creating
this new park. There are some ue-nen-
dous caves near the bridges. the largest
cave being 1.GW feet above the bottom of
the canyon and 600 feet wide and so feet
deep.
At present il is somewhat difficult 10
enter the natural bridge country. and the
best time t. go is in the spring, when the,
water courses are full and there is some
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The canyon proved to be a deep cleft in
the. rocks and there was little water run
ming late in the summer. though evidently
large floods descended in the spring. Tne
explorers picked their way along until
thay came 10 the first b-idgr. which lay
below the ruins Of a larg, cliff dwelling.
Here the canyon was soma four hundred
feet Nigh. so steep that III som" places the
rim OF wall oyerllung its base. The
first bridge was named the Caroline In
accordance with the promise made to SEQ
rup. This bridge is of pinkish sandstone
covered with green moss. making 1t ex-
tremey beautiful in appearance. It's span
is estimated to be 30 fee: and its total
height I'D feet 1t is 20 feet from In :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-02
The Old Salt.

MFRS. MINNIE MADDERN FISKE
IVA the famous actress. said of vivi-
sectionists at recent luncheon In New
York:
They try to advance plausible argu-
ments, these vivisectionists, but they
are defending an impossible subject. and
their statements are like---like-''
She smiled.
They are like an old salt 1 once met
a sunny beach.
There was a ship I'm the offing and
the salt took from his pocket a collap-
sible telescope. He extended 1t till it
was over a yard long. Then he babe me
have "a look at the ship.
What n fine telescope L said, after
/ had looked duly.
by tar. yer right there said the
old salt, heartily. There amt no finer
spyglass In the world. That glass, lady,
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vegetation for horse feed The easiest
method OF reaching tbs bridges is from
the Denver and RIO GraDde railroad ac
Dolores. Col. From here there is a stag
route To Bluff. ttan, some sixty miles o!
d delightful And interesting travel. and
from Buff one WIZ have 10 travel iiorse-
back and pack his supplies OH pack
horses or burros. When the new national
park j. made easy OF access no doubt *
will attract Il many visitors as the Grand
canyon and other natural wonders OF Ii"
southwest. MeZa Verde National Park In
southwestern Colorado. which contains
the finest cliff dwellings in the world. is on
the route to the natural bridges of Utah.
and q trip through both OF these ne
parks can be combined In one vacation.
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to accompany him OH return trip TO thu
bridges. ScOrup, however would go only
on condition that one of the bridges b,
named for his mother. to which Knowles
gave his consent. The bridge known as
the Caroline was the one selected by the
cattleman to bear MS mothers name
The explorers took pack horses and went
into the country prepared TO- :in extended
stay. They penetrated q wild ana desc
late region where horse feed was scarce
and other difficulties almost insurrnount-
able presented themselves. There were
10 trails and the men We're compeIlad 10
climb through deep canyons and around
great powders and were nearly exhaust
ed when a last they reached White River
canyon.
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Good in Spots.

&c ERVILITY will disappear. said
- Frederick Van Eeden. the Dutch
poet and economist: with the disappear
ance of our present unjust social system.
He paused and smiled.
Sarvlity-what IA despicable thing it is.
"A young Dutch bookkeaper lunched
one day in Amsterdam with his employer.
d millionaire tulip dea ier.
Suddenly the millionaire shifted
But. my dear Hans, he said to the
bookkeeper L am afraid your egg rs
bad.
oh sir, murmured the servile clerk.
flushing deeply. 'really-er-soHe parts OF
il are very good, indeed.
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Hummel's German Student.

ct AwYER HCMMEL entertained us
IL with his brilliant conversation on
the Lusitania." said a tourist.
"Hummei had one night in the smoking
room an argument with a terribly SCARED
German about education.
There's nothing ike our German uni
versities, there's nothing like our German
students. You cant get away from that
the German boas.ed. and his face, all
slashed from corps duels. beamed with
pride.
No. you're right said Hummel L
once visited GSrman student in Heidel-
berg. AS We conversed on dueling in the
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Box Parties Manners.

OSCAR HAMNERSTETN praised at a
~ musical given III New York the per-
feet order that box parties now MAIN
tain at the opera.
1T wasn't always So said the great
manager. Il remember. in the sos.
meeting an actor at supper on the iirss
night OF his production Of Hamlet.
We'll said L, how did your Ham,
let co.
oh. spiendidiy.' he cried. The
most sumptuous and artistic production
seen on Broadway for years. And how
il held the audience! Spellbound. every
mothers son Of them. from first to lasr.
Why, sir. in the clmaxes not a sound
could be heard but the deep Breathing
of PoloniuS, the suppressed sobs %
Ophelia and the laughter and CONVERSE
ton in the boxes
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the surrounding country is not SO rugged:
The Augusta bridge is the highest and
grapde st OF the trio and il is in the Wild
EST and most forbidding part OF the can
yon. This bridge has tremendous Adult
msnts OF sandstone. and the strata OF col
ored rocks resemble the formations in tn
Grand canyon. These s.buima.ts extend
for hundreds Of feet ard then comes tna
m ghty arch, which rises to an estimated
h; light OF 10 feet and is nearly perfect in
It's proportions. The total span Of the
bridge is Sd feet and the total height IS
34S feet. Brooklyn bridge would not
reach the under side of the arch. while the
Natural Bridge OF Virginia is less than
one-third the size of this enormous Utah
bridge
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Bill en- Freedom.

tETHESE Paterson anarchists said H.
*. Adair. the western detective,
"have about the same ideas of freedom
and the privileges OF free country as my
little boy Bill has
The United States is Il free land. amt
1t, pa? said Bill the other day. and he
looked up from a circus poster full Of cuts
Of somersaulting automobiles, of balloon
races and OF elephants revolving two by
two In the Merry Widow waltz.
Yes. Biuy-boy this is a free country
said /.
Then said Bill why don't they let
Teller into the circus without PAYNE P"
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bottom of the canyon To the center OF rile
great arcn. No attempt was made to
reach the top on account % the natural
difficulties presented.
Four miles below tie rirst bridge the ex-
plorers found the largest bridge OF the
trio. which they named tn, Augusta, aud
five mil below tn. Augusta they found
the smallest bridge, which they called the
Edwin, after a member OF Knowles fam
lily.
The Edwin has a span Of ove,s2D feet
and Il total height OF about 125 feet The
rock rim above the center Of the arch is
only 30 feet thick, whereas the rim of the
CAROLYN. from the extreme top to the top
of the arch is 1S5 feet. The Edwin
bridge is comparatively easy to scale as
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As in Jonah's Day.

kTHE late Bishop Fowler said Il Buff
falo Methodist, had the happiest
knack of illustrating. with one luminous
sentence traits of character, faults. Va
lainies.
Once, / remember. while talking of
gambling houses and the little mercy
shown to ruined players Bishop Fowler.
with grim smile, said:
THE men who took JOnahs money
were the same, remember. who threw
him overheard. Things like that still
happen :"
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The Rock Veddahs OF ceylon. who ara
considered the lowest people of lie eart'l
i'm point OF c;.iture. are to be Investigate,
DR.. George A. Dorsey, curator Of yai-
thropology of the Field Museum of Ma
ural History. has started on "A long trip
in the interest. OF the museum. He will
first visit the principal mus ,ums of Esu-
rope and then proceed To Cey.on by way
of Egypt After long stay with tn.
Rock NeGdahs he crosses to souInerh
India and on To am, Sumat-a and Java
From Java he proc eds TO Australia an
then 10 New a.and. where ne will study
the Maoris. His next objec i've will lac
various islands of the Melanesian group.
On his way home ne viii stop at the
Philippine Islands To explore some of ths
lite known parts OF Mindanao and Min.
doro.
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Millionaire Winners.

CENATOR LA TOILETTE. at re
y cent dinner in Washington said Of the
millionaires who complain about the
harm that they and their affairs nave
suffered from governmental attacks:
These winners, with only themselves
to blame. remind ME of bad little
Primrose boz. -
He ran bowling to his mother:
Oh. ma, Johnny has hurt mel
And how did bad Johnny hurt moth
er's little darling?'
Why, I was a-goin' to punch him
in the face. and he ducked his head, and
l hit my knuckles against the WALL u"
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Remarkable Eve Action.

MFRS. HUMPHREY WARD, at ladies'
AVA luncheon In New York. said of the
literary style of a popular novelist:
1T is an insane style. 1t makes me
think Of the schoolgirl novelist who
wrote:
He sprang ardently forward. but d
look of soft entreaty from one Of Pearls
eyes. and a glance of warming darted
from the other in the direction of her
aunt. forced him regretfully back into
his chair"
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az

the past simply an advance to rhe foot
Lights and an exhibition of trills. rou-
ladies' and all the other vocal fireworks.
The servant maid went home from the
cld-fa sliioned opera, and when her mis-
Piled:
- Gee. she sung lovely-just as il sine
WIZ garelin -
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was give me by the great seafighter Paul
Jones'
Paul Jones' said l. why he has
been dead over a hundred years.
a hundred years. he muttered.
An it seems like yesterday. SILVER my
timbers how time does fly"
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students sitting room waiter knocked,
entered and said politely:
THE landlord OF the Keg presents
his compliments and wishes TO know If
you are thinking of stepping across this
evening. sir?''
'''What does he want to know that
for?' the student inquired
because. sir II you DON'T said the
walter. ut will scarcely he worth while to
tap fresh barrel today"
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observation-disclosures
HU5KIER ANDJASSIER

If the aura Of the absent can cling to
q room, what shall we think of the vibra-
tons of the present? Lucky children,
who have each their own exclusive bed
room. Lying in 1t eight and nine hours
d day, the child recuperates from the
mysterious ills of overcontact in our
crowded. intense modern city life.
There are two kinds of sleep" says
Prof. Vaschide. and he goes on to show
that solitary sleep is alone truly restor-
ing and reposing The child who sleeps
in room with grown people. the child
who must sleep with other children. has
g sleep that is more superficial, less con-
tinuouS
IAN the functions OF the organism.
heart beats. blood pressure, respiratory
movements. production Of heat, auto
,natically slaclkened during solitary sleep
undergo notable perturbatiOns az to
rhythm and constancy in sleep under hui
man contact afflrlns the professor
"Ccntact-sleep attains the depth of SOL
itary sleep only in cases of exhaustion
The pupil of the eye, contracted in nor
NAL. solitary sleep. does not contract in
contact sleep. however deep-as If the
poor kid slept with one eye open'-while
maximum depth is attained much more
slowly
Even husband and Hife do Ill to sleep
together In the whirl Of present-day
civilization.