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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-06
Invention Of the Telephone.

The germ OF the telephone may be
dated back ms far as 1897, when Page
of Boston found that II bar or needle
Of Iron would give out sound when
subjected 10 rapid cycles OF magneti-
zation and demagnetlzatlon. The first
electrical apparatus was described by
Philip ReIs Of Germany In 1861. lie
embodied the effect Of Pages dlscov-
cry. No advancement was made In
the working out of the problem after
Refs work until February II. 1876.
when Alexander Graham Bell Of BDs-
ton applied for patent rights on his
magnetic telephone. The patent was
granted March 7. the same year.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-06

that 1t meant she would have no
lunch tomorrow--and she hoped there
would be no delay with her pay en-.
velope.
She Struggled her precious bulb
under her arm and made the journey
back TO her room without further nd
venture.
at must have sun and II must have
water" she said aloud as she set II
In the open window ledge.
She let the water drip over her
bulb and heard an irrltated voice as
cend from the regions below: But
don't need any water, thank YOU"
Annie Laurie pecred down. and the
voice peered up until she found her
self looking into the very blue eyes
Of the man she had passed.
"Oh. IFS you" she gasped.
Then overcome at the betrayal of
her words. she pulled In her head
and In her embarrassment dlslodged
her precious bulb. She heard il 60
rattling down the areaway amid the
sharp clatter Of her pebbles. and as
she saw her little bowl shattered into
fragments she gave heart-broken
wall.
an see what can do" sympa-
thetic voice called up to her
"Remember, Annie Laurie, how you
were brought up" she warned her
self.
When. five minutes later. breath
less young man with laughing blue
eyes presented her with stubby brown
bulb. Annie Laurie. with dropped lids
that hid all the light OF her dancing
eyes. answered primly, Thank you
very much"
That was all.
That thank you very much" pre-
cluded all other conversation. You
couldn't talk about the weather sud.
denly or even about having seen GER
tain person before. so the young man
thought. when prIm little guardian
held the floor.
And Annie Laurie back IN her room
was loneller than ever.
II know he's nice" she walled. He
has eyes like little Bennle. and his
volce-and shall Just have 10 20
on The same rs ever dying Of lonell-
ross going down ~ the office In thu
morning and coming back In the eve
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-06
The City of
Dreams
By JESSIE DOUGLAS

q. 1874 BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
"What do people do to get acquaint-
ed?" Annie Laurie Ware thought des-
perately.
She was walking along one Of those
streets In Harlem where the buildings
seem To form canyon. where the ave-
nues are ugly crosscuts. where there
is no vista to rest the eye.
"Now, II l should just stop this
man coming and say. I'm so desper-
ately lonely that Id like to cry l
wonder what he'd do. Call police
man, / suppose.
Annie Laurie had come quite close
to him now. and she saw that he had
keen blue eyes and two pleasant
creascs in his cheeks. that he glanced
at her casually and that when he did
she felt the blood color her face.
Just as though he knew that / was
thinking" Annie Laurie went on dis
consolately, us she turned the corner.
"Now. if looked back and he looked
back and Why. Annie Laurie. I'm
SCuuuullLtu Ut YOU. size tolu iitiStll'
She stopped a moment before u
shop window; II was II very tiny shop
with just enough glass to show Boston
ferns. feathery spray of lllacs and
some narcissus blooming In II shallow
bowl.
He'd say. 'Woald you rather have
vlolets today. Annie Laurie, or just
roses ms usualT"
Anything can do for you, missT
Annie Laurie started. She realized
she had stopped longer than she need
before this window. and she blushed
and looked down mt her glove. which
was quite white at the finger tips
where it should have been gray, and
hesltated.
"YcS should like a bulb" she
said, boldly. and some pebbles and
very. very little bowl"
"Forty-iive. miss
Annie Laurie jus; had fifty cents
left ana she realized with pang
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-06
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Unprecedented Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. c. NJ. Stegall.
OF near here. recently related the fol.
lowing interesting account OF her re-
covery: 81 was In a weakened con.
dillon. I was sick three years In bed.
suffering a great deal OF pain. weak.
nervous. depressed. was SO weak.
I couldn't walk across the floor: just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. was almost dead. tried
every thing | heard OF. and number OF
doctors. Still ! didn't get any relief.
I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. l
believe IL hadn't heard of and taken
Cardui I would have died. bought
six bottles, after q neighbor told me
what 1t did for her.
II began to eat and sleep, began 10
gain my strength aud am now well
and strong. I haven't had any trou.
BILE since =. I sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me. l don't
think there is better tonic made
and I believe it saved my life."
For over 40 years, thousands of wo.
men have used Cardui successfully.
in the treatment Of many womanly
ailments.
II you suffer as these women did.
take Cardui. II may help you. too.
At all druggistA Z So
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-06
WHEN THEY WORE IRON DUDS
New York Girl Had Simple Expiana.
ton for Costumes Of Days Of
the Long Ago.

II was Thursday afternoon In the
armor room of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art. Perhaps this explained
the presence there of two domestics.
Twenty-Five years ago they would
have been known as servant girls"
and their appearance would have suS-
gcsted their calling. But today they
are domestics and as for their looks,
the casual observer, particularly II he
were man. could not have told them
from their employers.
Their hats were just as stylish and
their .lk-clad ankles were-but why
20 into details?
Just why they were In the armor
room Is something of mystery, for
they wandered from case 10 case In an
almless sort OF way. thoroughly disin-
terested In everything they saw. FL
nally they paused before lifeslze iig'
ure clad In full suit Of armor. Their
interest was aroused, hut this interest
was of the entire practical sort.
The fine workmanship. its antiquity.
the beauty Of the silver traced de-
signs which covered each piece of the
steel suit. all these were lost upon
them.
1T must be terrible heavy thing
10 wear" observed one, whose speech,
Ike that of her friend. suggested the
Irish Free State.
AN the trouble Of kcepin' II clean
the rust an everythin'." suggested the
other.
'Do you suppose men liver wore such
thingsT" querIed the first with an air
Of lncredulity.
Sure" replied her friend, and then.
as II the explanation suddenly &C.
Cured 10 her. she added. "Why. when
you're fightin' mad We don't care what
We wear."-New York Sun.
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ming, and wishing In the meantime"
And she did.
The ache In her heart was get
ting harder TO bear all the Time and
II Il hadn't been for the five dollars
she could send each week to little
frame house In ST. Petersburg she
might have given up the struggle and
fled home.
Her letters were full Of the charm
Of New York. OF Fifth avenue In the
sunshine, of shop window that was
a glimpse into fairyland Of colorful
East side streets and the mystery OF
the river after dusk-all this and
more - Annie Laurie wrote about.
while her shoes showed stubbed toes.
and her little gloves had patched
fingers and her hat-well. she refused
even to consider II any longer.
One afternoon the temptation was
strong and she stopped before the
tiny shop and breathed In the scent
of trailing arbutus.
II must have sonnet" she told the
bent old woman.
The little. bushy, fragrant sprays
Of sweet blossoms were tied In white
tissue before she asked. "And how
much is 1t. please?"
"Seventy-five."
She searched In her pocket and she
felt I'm her purse. but all she could
find was fifty cents. Her cheeks
burned with embarrassment for there
was another customer In the shop
with his back turned.
II think you dropped thls!"
Annie Laurie looked up into pair
at first that she had dropped 1t. But
this time she was fOrestalled.
II believe you live on the floor
above me. and | believe l rescued
your bulb" he said quietly. 'and l
think If I'm not mistaken. you're
Annie Laurie Ware"
"Oh but how did you know?" she
asked In n shaken voice.
lie did not tell her that any one
could read Il name on the letter box.
81 know you've never done any
thing like It before, spoken TO man
who hasn't been introduced" he eX-
planned. and hope you won't do
anything like IL again. But I'm from
the South. and | know you are-and
I'm desperately lonely"
II was the one thing that could have
touched Annie Laurie Ware.
,l.-
THAT'S Just what think" he
finished iubilantly. They stood quite
still outside the tiny shop. and the
man pleaded: Il wonder IL you'd let
me get some violeis. handful or,
just II rose 10 celchrate|
"Roses." Annie Laurie smiled, and
then as he darted into the shop she
repeated the formula to herself. las
usual"
They walked up the street togeth-
or, and the man with blue eyes said:
Look! :"
Annie Laurie gazed down from the
heights al the street that seemed al
most like fairy street ut the other
side Of the little park
New York is an enchanting place,
isn't ~" the young man asked.
ITS almost like a city of Dreams"
Annie Laurie answered TREMENDOUSLY.
The young man gave one swift, I'M
Outstanding glance ut her face before
they turned back.
at is the city of my dreams-now"
he said.
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GOODNESS GRACIOUS,


FOLKS
Don't YOU know that you have
the best bakery on the whole
Peninsula right here in Snow
Hill.
All kinds of Rolls. Breads.
Pies. Cakes. and dainties fresh
every day. and something new
always turning up.
IT'S A SHAME
to eat inferior bread from other
towns and stale bread from the
city when you can get first
class superior article right fresh
at home. We VIII deliver your
order. We are busy F. Keep us
busy Let's go.
Evening star., 1922-12-24

40 the editor: AS most people
probably realizes We are
again at the xmas holidays
i which is called the yuletide
season in some parts of Maine ana
Georgia but any way it occurred 10
me that maybe some Of my readers
and a specially my child admirers
would like to learn something in re-
| CARDS to how xmas is celebrated IN
other parts of the world as the Gus
toms differs in different climbs and
localtys the same as the manner OF
celebrating other holidays.
Like for inst the way we celebrate
the 4 of July in this country IS en-
tirely different from how they do 1t
| in Central Asia vile Columbus Day
is allowed to pass almost without no
celebration in certain parts of Ice
| land.
Probably the country where the
/ xmas customs differs most widely
| from those in our continent is Sar-
dinia. In this little land the chief in
dustry is the raising of sardines FOR
hire and the country is ran on such
CAREFUL basis that the natives Is
only allowed one day in which to eat
sardines themselfs instead of ship
ping them in crowded cans to foreign
markets.
! The result of this custom is that
the natives eat thousands and thou
sands of the little bivalves and not
being use to them, why pretty near
everybody gets a sardine jag and the
day genally always winds up In
free for all fight with sardines as
the missiles. In this country of
course sardines always forms dain-
ty part of the xmas dinner but the
people haveing been eating them all
the Vt. around, why they are not
affected and the day winds up as
quietly as it begun.
y y x x
| BOUT the only marked difference
n between our xmas and xmas in
Upper Silesia is in regards to stock
ings. In this country We take them
on and hang them up vile in Upper
Sileasia they just take them or and
send them to the Chinese laundry
which stays open all day.
| In Bay nlnetIos AlAOALuo5 SaeS Ao Z
what they call xmas trees but instead
Of being like our xmas trees which
we bring in tho house they tie there
presents way up high in the tallest
trees outdoors and make the children
climb the trees to get them.
A great many kiddies has fell out
| Of the trees and been hurt as result
Of this custom and there is now talk
Of either abolishing 1t entirely or
confineing it to squirrels and kiddies
that has took a course in climbing
high trees
In Portugal the difference Is again
in regards to stockings the same as
in Upper Silesia only that In the
former country the boys hangs up
ash cans instead of stockings as they
=, don't expect to get nothing worth
while.
But the place where our customs
differs the most than in other lands
IL Lower Russia. In that vicinity
the xmas spirit seems to be just the
ODD. like for inst. where as here In
America we try to make our children
happy by ,giveing them toys. games
ana candy. why. In Lower Russia the
Evening star., 1922-12-24
Dream Ship Hnta Treasurer Islands Called Worlds Ash He

mer a rotund little gentleman with
very long thumbnails tthe insignia
Of the brainworker). which he clicked
together with gusto when excited or
amused: the latter a tall. handsome
youth and something of an exquisite.
II one may judge by biscuit -colored
silk socks and an esthetic tie.
1t was a cheerful occasion, followed
by the best coffee I have ever tasted
and songs to a guitar accompaniment.
Out in the compound. under the
stars. the poems also INDUCED in a
New Year fiesta; 80 that by midnight
the place was a blur of tobacco smoke.
oil flares. drumming guitars; gy-
rating. brightly hued ponchos. with
their owners somewhere inside them /;
dogs. chickens and children.
Every one seemed thoroughly happy
and contented. And, after all, what
else matters? That is the Ecuadorean
point Of view, and who shall say it
Is a bad one?
A starlit ride to the beach, a few
strokes OF the oars that carve deep
caverns of phosphorescent light in
the inky waters, and We are again
aboard. And herein lies one of the
manifold joys OF ones own ship. One
may travel at will over the highway
Of the earth, carrying his home and
his banal but treasured belongings
with him. Like the hermit crab, he
may emerge where and when he will.
take q. glimpse at life thereabouts
and return to the comfort of ac-
customed surroundings pipe ack
ready to hand. q favorite book or pic
ture placed just SO.
4 r
CHELTERED by a coral reef that
- broke the force Of the Pacific roll
ers, and with holding ground OF firni
white sand. We made UP arrears OF
sleep that night and scattered after
breakfast to explore the beach.
Mechanically gravitating toward
dads split bamboo abode. I came
upon him seated ON a log, staring
meditatively at the crumbling skele-
ton of what had been. or was a one
time going to be. a ship.
"why didn't you finish her."
shouted into his best" ear.
He stared at ME in a daze. then
burst forth in Spanish. until 1 sue
ceeded in convincing him that ne
might as well talk double Dutch.
"Of course-of course" he mutter-
ed. Il forgot-Lord. how / forget.
It's queer to me that I can speak
English at all after all these years.
but I can. That's something. isn't it,
Sure thing" / yelled: keep it up.
Tell me why you didn't finish your
ship"
He pondered the matter: then spoke
slowly:
II told you of the other 1 built
and why. Well. I ran her on q reef
-splinters in five minutes. Took the
heart out of me for a bit. that did.
Then I began to think of that loot
again. I do still, for that matter:
can't help it. You see. think know
where it is. So I started on this
one" He nodded toward the hulk.
silhouetted against the crimsoning
sky.
I'D got to the planking when it oc-
CURED to me I'd want a partner for
the job. at my age; and who could
trust: They'd SLIT your throat for ten
dollars in those days. They murdered
Evening star., 1922-12-24

ing on the lip Of a long-extinct crater;
that in reality Cristobal is q series OF
these, dour and uninviting to q de-
gree, viewed from outside, but veri-
table gardens within. And there are
four other islands In the Galapagos
group. some smaller. some larger.
than Cristobal, uninhabited and exact
ly similar in character. Nominally.
they belong to Ecuador, which ac-
counts for their tardy development;
but here. surely, is a new field for
enterprise.
In the midst of the valley. situated
on q hillock and surrounded BY the
peons' grass houses. is the owners
hacienda Here We met. 1T dinner
OF strange but apDetising dishes. the
|Accountant and comisario. the fcE.
Evening star., 1922-12-24

There is no other way of describing
our antics than to say that we clawed
our way along that rocky wall until
jib.; the foresail. the mainsail. and we
stood s"-ay without SO much as a
scratch =.
Sunrise that morning was the
weirdest 1 have ever seen. There are
over two. thousand volcano cones in
the Galapagos Islands, and apparently
we were in the midst of them. On all
hands and at all distances were rug
ged peaks one hundred to two thou
sand feet high, rising sheer from a
rose-pink sea into a crimson sky.
Sleek headed seals broke water
alongside. peered at us for a space
with their fawn-like eyes, barked
softly. and were. gone. Pelicans
scared above our track, and fell like
a stone on their prey. Tiny birds.
yellow and red. fitted about the deck
or flew through. the skylights, and
settled on the cabin fittings with the
utmost unconcern. And down under,
in the crystal-clear depths. vague
shapes hoyered constantly: sharks,
dolphin. turtle and ghastly devil fish.
x X, * <
a LII life seemed confined to water
"A and air: never was dry land so
desolate and sinister as those myriads
Of volcanic cones. Yet one of them
was peopled with human beings.
Which: We were lost, If ever a ship
was lost, in the labyrinths of an ash
heap. -. >.
All we knew was that Cristobal was
the easternmost of the group. We
sailed east, only to be becalmed in
side of an hour and to lose by cur
rent what vie had gained by wind.
Close to this same group sailing
vessel has been known to have her
insurance paid before she reached
port. The calms run in belts of vary
ing widths, and unless a ship can be
towed or. kedged to >one side or the
other. there is nothing to prevent her
remaining in the same spot for six
months Our water would not last
that. time. and there is none on any
of the islands except cristobal. We
began to think. We continued to
think. for four mortal days until the
ftful southeast. trade revived as by
miracle, and we were bowling along
at a sevep-knot clip. What "a relief
was the blessed motion of air. We
hardly. dared breathe lest it should
&
1t held, and We made what we took
to be Cristob&1. The dinghy was
lowered. the ship cleaned up for port,
and we, began:to discuss the possibili-
ties of fresh milk; eggs and bread.
But it was noe Cfistobal Island.
Neither were three others that we
visited. al, as alike as peas-a chain
Of ash heaps. an iron-bound coast Of
volcanic rocks broken here and there
by a dazzling. coral beach
I admit that to professional sea-
farers our inability to find cristobal
must appear. ridiculous. For their
beneht l would point out that we
were not professional sesfarers. but
q party Of ,tpconaeauent and no doubt
oxeroptimistIc ,landlubbers engaged in
the materialization Of a dream-to
cruise through. the South Sea Islsnds
Evening star., 1922-12-24

the earth to avoid those things which
most Of US deem so desirable. He
had q split-bamboo house on the
beach, a wife who could cook. free
dom, and Gods sunlight. What moro
did man desire? He had run away to
sea at the age of seventeen. run away
from sea two years later at the Gala
pagos Islands. and remained there
ever since. This was the second time
he had spoken English in fifty years.
so we must excuse his hating dictfon.
but the tales he could tell-the tales!
He was here when. a. have said.
the pirates OF the coast pursued the
trade Of murder for money. and hid
the loot in the islands. He had built
. cutter with his own AanAs. ana
sailed In search ef this same Loot
Evening star., 1922-12-24

superhuman struggle. I did. By our
respective observations and subse-
auent calculations the ships position
proved identical. According to instru-
ments we were at that moment plumb
in the middle Of Tower Island. 1t
, was thoughtless of it to have evap-
Grated at the very moment when We
so sorely needed it as a landmark.
We said so in strong terms. We were
still saying something of the sort
when a small. high-pitched voice
came from aloft:
Land Or
Peter, in striped white-and- green
pajamas. was astride the jaws of the
gaf. Steve and I exchanged glances.
and. with a lashed tiller. we all went
below for a 'swizzle." the now in
evitable accompaniment to a landfall.
We had reached the Galapagos Is
lands.
THE southeast trade" was blowing
i as steadily as a trade" knows
how. and there was nothing between
us and Cristobal, the only inhabited
island of the group: consequently.
slept the sleep Of a mind at peace
until awakened by a we'll known
pressure on the arm.
Come and take look at this.
whispered Steve, SO as not to wake
Peter in the opposite bunk.
This" proved to be solid wall Of
mist towering over the ship like a
precipice. The trade wind had fallen
to stark calm. and the Dream Ship
lay wallowing on an oily swell. A
young moon rode clear overhead and
myriads of monstrous stars glared
down at US: yet still this omipous
gray wall lay fair in our path.
"It ought not ,to".be land" said
Steve. but don't like the'look Of it."
Neither did I. We stood side by side,
straining our eyes into the murk. A
soft barking. for all the world like
that Of very old dog, sounded some-
where to port. Splashes. as Of giant
bodies striking the water, accom-
panied by flashes of phosphorescent
light. came at intervals from all sides.
and presently the faint lap of water
reached our ears.
Mother Of Mike"' breathed Steve.
"We're alongside something"
At that moment. and as though i'm
PEELED by somc'silent mechanism. the
pail of mist lifted. revealing an inky
black wall of rock not fifty yards dis
tant. 80
Ny frenzied efforts at the fiywhee1
Of the motor auxiliary were futile. as
had more than half expected. Who
has ever heard Of these atrocities an
'swering in an emergency? We fiad no
I sweeps. To anchor. was a physical
impossibiiity: that lead daine vanished
as probably twenty other leadalines
would have vanished after it in those
fathomless waters. So we stood,
watching the Dream Ship drift to her
doom.
What happened during the next
hour is as hard to describe as I have
no doubt It will be- to believe. The
Galapagos Islands are threaded with
uncertain currents. and one was set
ting us now on to tho rocky face Of an
isiet cut as clean and sheer to the sea
A. slice of cheese. We should :have
touched but for our Tending on.