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PAGE TEN Something New Every Woman Wants It Clean your silver like new silver, without rubbing it. A small electrified piece of metal does the work instantly. Just have a basin with water and to each quart of the water put a tablespoonful of salt. Dip your silverware into the solution and take it light out looking NEW—all done in stantly without ruhhinu. without work, with perfect satis faction. The piece of metal w ill last you for years and only costs ONE DOLLAR at this store. Your silver will last * lonuer. it will not be scratched, and it will be a pleasure to you. J. W. VINCENT Snow Hill, Md. \ Get l^eady! | IM/Zb For Gardening ! I ♦ We have the Imple- | ♦ ments and we have a ♦ X WSL Main Grown Early Rose X Seed Potatoes ♦ ♦ as fine as you ever saw ♦ ♦ and in fact everything ♦ ♦ * ar t^ie & arc^en except ♦ ♦ fertilizer. Prices are ♦ ♦ lower than for several ♦ i Vyears. Call and see. | j CNERRIX’S j ♦ •v X r# hardware Store ♦ t Snow liili. .Maryland X j The Best Investment \ X X X The best investment on earth $ ij is a Necessary Building ♦ 1! Its life is very great, as compared with the large ♦ j! majority of things which money buys nowadays. Its X I! depreciation is very small by the same comparison. ♦ o A good Building will last a lifetime, and during all ♦ o that period it offers to mankind and his possessions | 3! some or all of the attributes of shelter, protection, ♦ I! safety, comfort, convenience, satisfaction, health, | I! luxury and financial balance. ♦ ONLY GOOD MATERIALS \\ MAKE GOOD BUILDINGS ;; These are the kind we specialize in— the good $ ;; kinds. We have large stocks on hand and good 5 ;; facilities for making up special items. If you are $ ;; thinking of building, talk it over with us. $ THF /orS>DRY i ™ E ANY l SNOW HILL, MD. I II “SERVICE AND SATISFACTION’J For Results In Advertising USE THE BEST MEDIUM . The Democratic Messenger <~x~X“X~x*<-x~: *X"X“X~X“S"BX* I Sparing Bill’s Girl | LBv H. LOUIS RAYBOLD ¥ X-X-X-X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X-X> ifci. lS2i'. by McClure Ncwipnpcr Symllcslt Francesca pretty, scatter-brained, flirtatious Francesca —was honest-to goodness worried. So worried was she that her usually blithe step lugged us she walked homeward through the bracing, erisp autumn air. und lier fuir brow was puckered in three fret ful wrinkles. How under the sun was she going to got rid of poor old Bill? You see. Hill Thorpe was the very lirst one of Francesca's victims —and there had been many—to cause her so much as the tiniest twinge of regret. Perhaps this was heeouse she hud known him since kindergarten days, or perhaps it was because she hud. figura tively speaking, walked over his pros trate body with a more heartless, roughshod tread even than usual, pre suming on liis good nature. How ever that may be, the fact remains that Francesca was experiencing a very real desire to spare Hill the pain she felt she was going to occasion him when he came to see her that night. "May I run tip tills evening. Fran?" lie had telephoned her. "I have some thing that's well, something 1 want to tell you." And even over the coldly impersonal wire his voice hud rung strangely vibrant, it had come at last: Now. between you and me, deep down under her genuine concern for Bill. Francesca harbored a motive other than altruism in breaking de finitely with Hill. For how could she expect. as long as lie hung around tier like a faithful watch-dog, alert to fetch and carry, that Huger Benedict would propose? ltoger was not the sort of man to Interfere with a rival. And Quickened Her Step a Bit. meanwhile there was Hetty I.ane, the prettiest girl in the guy small-town crowd which included Francesca and Hill and Huger. Oh. she must he very firm with Hill, for Ids own good—und hers. Arrived at this decision, Francesca quickened her step a hit and hummed a gay little tune 1..-netilll her breath. Bill was fuiihful and friendly and ever dependable, hut Roger oh. Roger wus young Locliinvar and Prime charm lug rolled Into one. If only Hetty— " Hetty !" Rounding a corner Fran ceseu pulled up short as she all but catapulted into the object of her not exactly charitable thoughts. "Betty Lane! Haven't seen you in a very i dog's age She was almost-—not quite Jealous of tills trim little Hetty. ■ so attractively gotten up in tier tail ored suit and smalt little neckpiece ; and cocky yellow felt turliuu. hut not ; for worlds would she have bet rayed a sign of so base an emotion. "Run over | and see me, dear.” Hetty nodded, her brown eyes mys j teriously radiant. "I will. Frankie. : uml when I do—oh, I can't tell you I yet. but I'm I'm going to have glorl ; ous news. You’ll see!" The words fairly bubbled forth and then Hetty, | all unconscious of the havoc she had wrought, swung guyly by. “Something to tell me —something glorious—that means, oh. no! Hetty and Roger! Why—why, 1 was worry ing u bout spun tig Rill uml now he's all I’ve got left!” The Hill that Francesca found that evening when she came downstairs was a Blit who acted precisely ns nervous lovers since time Immemorial have been supposed to act —walking Jerkily about the room and examining pic tures and hooks ami various objects with unseeing eyes. \ With a stnrt he gathered Ida wits together at her entrance. 1 "It's-—lt's a wonderful niglft, Frank. Just wonderful. Moon atny you know.” / “Year y THE DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER, SNOW HILL, MARYLAND. . so sweetly, seating herself remotely | in u corner. > “I—l Imni! it, Frank. I've Rot to [ Ret It over with." Kill helped himself • to a chair opposite ami, looking quite \ miserable, paused in wluit he was say ’ int;. Then lie braced himself and | plunged. "We’ve known each other for ’ years and years and years and —” “Yeurs,” completed Francesca. “Yes, ; Hill." After all, with Huger gone, It might he the sensible thing to hang on to Hill for a while. “Well, I've ulways thought. Frank, It would be you and I, lint—well, It isn't I I've gone and gotten etiguged to another girl and —and. doggone It, J love her!" Francesca rose slowly, not so much In dlsuiuy as in utter perplexity. Hill, her property, engaged to another girl? Uood heavens, and she had been wor rying about sparing his feelings! And was this the way It felt when some body turned you down —the way she supposed her victims of the past had felt yes. as she laid expected Hill himself would feel this very evening? Well, she was merely being paid lu her own coin, it was up to her to be sporting, as Huger, Betty's Huger, would say. “I ’ongrutulutions. Hill." she managed with a brave smile ami held out her hand. "Is It some one I know?” "Know? Why who should It be but Hetty I.ane?" Hill's tone was rap turous. "Hut —but—” the girl’s heart was pounding. "She told me a little while ago that she almost let the cat out of the bag this afternoon and would have only— well, she knew 1 was coming tonight to tell you myself!" "You're in luck and she’s a darling!” and there was no doubting the enthu siasm in Francesca’s voice. Hut several nights Inter, as, in the arms of Huger. Francesca told the whole story, she llnished with a vow that was solemn If brief. "Never again for me. Huger! I’m through with flirt ing." "Thank heaven." said Huger fervent ly. "It's a promise I'll see you keep!" REQUIRES TIME AND SKILL Working of Tortoise Shell Into Mar ketable Material Calls for Great Care and Attention. A tortoise shell is harder and more brittle than ordinary horn. Heat and pressure arc practically the only means which can he employed In working it. and it Is impossible to work tortoise shell at a great heat, since tlie coloring pigment easily liqueties and uhsorhs the shell, there by greatly lessening its value. Heavy pressure is also impossible, owing to its brittle character. The plates of carapace, or black shell, are first sep arated from the skeleton by the appli cation of gentle heat, and then flat tened by a similar process. The super ticial Irregularities are next rasped off, and the material is polished ready for molding into any desired shape. t .... ,1.0.1..... I I , .... .... - • - I’* „ *• by a process which requires great care and attention. Two surfaces are first rasped and cleaned, and are gently heated and pressed together. The heat liquefies them, muking an Invisible joint. Tortoise shell combs are cut by highly ingenious twinning machlue, so-called; two combs are cut from the same plate, so that the teeth of utie dovetail into the spaces of the other. Extracting a Cork. One of the most puzzling things in the world is to get a cork out of a bottle. Nevertheless, it can be done easily enough, if you know how. Im merse the bottle in cold water for u few minutes, without allowing any of the fluid to enter. Then take a hat pin and poke with it until you huve succeeding in Impaling the smaller end of the cork. Tills accomplished, you can pull the cork up Into the low er part of the bottle neck, though you cannot get It out. Now immerse the - bottle in hot water and presently the cork will fly out of Its own accord, forced out by the expansion of the aid inside. The way it works is quite surprising and affords an interesting lesson in physics. The performance may lie facilitated somewhat by greasing flic inside of the bottle neck. Word Blindness. Word blindness has been discovered by school clinics. Two cases have ; lately been noted in "tie district. A boy of nearly thirteen years of age, healthy of hotly anil normal of mint) in all ordinary respects, can only now, after nine years' regular attendance. Just rend words of two letters. "Of” In* comprehends instantly; "offer" floors him. oddly enough, though In mental arithmetic equal to any boy of Ills age. this "word blindness" ex tends to the reading of numbers. He will, for instance, read "!!" and Is dunifotinded at "UK!." The difficulty appears to be wholly in a failure to recognize written or printed words or numbers." Jews Did Not Invent Harp. Those in the habit of answering quickly will probably give the Jew* credit for having Invented the harp, for did not David play on it in 10ft.'! It. C.? Hut the birth of this musical instrument takes us much further back into antiquity, until we cross the path of the Homan .fuhnl, who actttally mnde the invention in the year 3875 H. <!. Tlie harp lias ever played a great part in legend and history. That of the Irish monarch. Kriun Horoime, is now in tin- College museum at Duh lin. where it was placed In 1785. Ten years later an instrument maker named KrHrd Improved and patented the harp much In tb m aa 'l* *- II * MAROONED NEAR SAFETY BY STORM 1 Policeman on Vacation is Held Prisoner on Island Close to Detroit, Mich. 1 Detroit, Mich. —Marooned six week* , on an Island within !tM miles of De troit. Mich.. In tin- Detroit river, with- I out food, fuel or adequate proltn-Uon | front the worst winter Michigan litis known in ktt years, was the experience : j of Isaac White, u former pollermuu of ! Detroit. White had two weeks' vuentlon and decided to visit Hears Island and llah I ! and hunt, lie took a little more tliun ! a week's supply of food and fuel, ex pecting that he could wulk across the Ice or hull u passing hunt. Seven daya A Blizzard Set In. after he reached the Island h blizzard, the worst In years, set In, and the heaving cakes of ice cuused alt naviga tion to half and shut White off from ; tin- outside world. After two weeks ids food and fuel ; gave out, and for four more weeks he wus obliged to live on fish he could spear through tlie ice and what game lie could shoot. He was without light <>f any kind, and most of the time he Imd no lire, us matches were scarce and he did not dare to "waste” any. At tlie end of six weeks a boat ven tured to tlie Island in answer to dis tress signals, found White more dead tliati alive and took him to Detroit, lie snvs In- intends to return to tlie Is lund for tin- rest of tlie winter, but will take enough provisions to lust un til spring. White asserts he can muke more money trapping and hunting than lie can in the city. Six years ago he lost ids left b-g when, us a policeman, lie attempted to stop a speeding mo torist and tlu- machine run over him. DOPE CHICKENS, STEAL ’EM Fowls Are Carried Off by Hundreds When Stifled by Sulphur Fumes. New York.—t'liicken thievery has ; advanced as a line art along witli i other modes of robbery. Thousands of i chickens have been stolen in Atlantic, - Burlington and Cape May counties of i New Jersey in recent weeks, after first i having liecti "doped” into silence with j sulphur fumes. Hichard Hilton and Utalii Wheeler, two draymen of Atlantic City, were 1 held for tlie grand Jury there when 1 they were found In possession of aev oral hundred fowls loaded on a motor j truck in hags. Tlie chickens were all stupefied and smelled of sulphur. In the draymen’s homes were found several small lamps, alleged to have I been used for burning sulphur. These, the police say, were lighted in pleked henhouses until all me chickens were ; ton senseless to make a noise. WIFE, 15. JAILS HUSBAND, 16 Accused of Nonsupport, Kansas City Man Declares He Can’t Find Work. Kansas City, Mo. —Teddy Butter field, sixteen, sat in a cell at tlie police station and contemplated tlie woes of married life. He was arrested on com plaint of Ids fifteen-year-old wife, who charged lie had failed to support tier. "1 haven't been able to get a Job since we were married, two months ago," the hoy told tlie police j All-Day Trombone Player 1 Freed When Court Hears I’ittsliiirgh.—l.conard Herdine ! i J began playing "Home Sweet | \ Home" on tin- trombone at 0 < | ? o'clock in the morning in his | $ home, in ‘JIIIS Hank street. At J dusk lie was still playing "Home, 1 Sweet Home," and tlie nelgli z hors had him urrested. He z didn't know how to play, said 2 tlie neighbors, .hut Herdine 2 played "Home Sweet Home” ] 2 for Magistrate Sullivan, and the i 2 magistrate was so affected he 2 discharged him. z 1 ' I' ' ~~~l “Strength” It is with a great deal of pride that !, we regularly call your attention to ;; our membership in the Federal Re serve System of Hanking. < t < > This seal * > < t 33 assures you that I'ncle Sam has an o !; ever watchful eye upon your money 3 | ;; deposited here and guarantees its 3 3 security. 1. ;; In other words, it insures our J| being able to meet all proper de -3 3 inands of HOT!! depositors and hor- 3 3 J; rowers. 31 i: ... the ... i: | First National Bank < ► 3 3 snow mu. 33 <> it it i t it <t it a it a * t u O it MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMi * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ mtocwiW' - j Have . s ;; i| ltdur Car Overhauled f it w 33 An overhauling during the winter months—new piston < > 33 rings—valves ground—ignition tuned—carbon romoved o O „|1 §• r\rm nlAnnor) .%*wl WCll,wl fotlflof i I’OUpH Ollt O ' C4ll Viil CWOV.O VtVUIIVU *• • 33 —and when Spring breaks, the old engine will he hum -33 ming as of yore and you’ll be all ready lor another summer 3 3 3 3 of pleasure. 3 3 o <► ;; We have workmen who are MACHINISTS —and we give o ;; you a strict accounting of time consumed. The charge for <► 3; time has been reduced to 70 cents an hour, also the pieces < ► ] [ of material has been greatly reduced. ;; a it < Mr. Walter Williams lately in business for himself with 33 31 many friends and customers, is now with us in charge of J; J 3 our Repair Department, and we will be pleased to have all ][ "3 of his old customers become our customers. All of our <> <3 workmen understand their business, and we will give you 33 3! a good job. 33 < o <> it ~ n I .i -.1.- - ~ 110. W. Wilson Sales Co. II tt it 33 WASHINGTON ST. SNOW HILL. MD. j; . j > siuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiig; Want to Buy a Farm? See Me. [ ARE YOU SURE | | That you have enough fire insurance on dwelling and household effects ? | It has often been demonstrated how easy it is to put 5 § of taking out that additional insurance, —the conse- 3 i quence beipg that when the fire comes, you are no " where near being protected. It is much cheaper to 1 | let the insurance companies carry the risk. | Consult with me about your insurance requirements. I represent only good standard companies. 1 JAS. B. WHALEY | SNOW HILL Ml). jjj ___________________________________________________ = | V Want to Sell a Farm ? See,Me. liiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiimiiia = Try a “Want” Ad. in The Messnngr \ ’ 0-' MARCH 25, 1922.