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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
Real Estate Transfers.
For week ending November 6. 1885,

Amelia M Jones ct al to James P Ball.
Eas of Wa nek nwk sec % 81 A OF
VIZ neA nwA sec % twp 80 II 4........:..S $50
Hilarius Smith Il VT to Katharine Kelch-
en.~SwA SEX sec SO twp 50 R3 & nwA
neA sec twp 81 r 3...........:.."........:- 1850
NJ Sargent ct al to Lucretia Luil. Ain
WA swA nez sec 20 twp 90 Il 4.......:..... 25OO
Thos Ryan to VIM James Ryan. Nfrh
nwA sec 80 twp SS Il 6....... ..... .........
Elizabeth Cousins to John Ham. NwA
nwk sec twp IS r 4...................... l6O8
A In neH nwH SEQ 20 twp s. RS.:...... 1850
WI M ss rs rs 4 e GsS Ssss,n. loo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08
Death of Mrs. q. =. Clemans.

Mrs. L. Clemans died at her home
on Avenue q, this city, last Friday after
noon after an illness of but two weeks.
The announcement of the above facts
startled and deeply grieved large
circle of friends and acquaintance in
the city, for but few knew of her sick.
ness at all. She had been troubled for
some time with a severe cold, but did
not take to her bed until about two
weeks ago when typhoid fever set in
and she grew rapidly worse until Friday
afternoon death claimed her as his VIC
tim.
Alberta Merritt was born in Wood
land, California, Sept. %, 1871, and prac,
tically spent her whole life there. From
1892 to '96 she attended Stanford Uni
versity where she met her husband, and
from which institution she graduated
in 1895. In November 1896 she was
married to Carl Lane Clemans and i'm
mediately came to Snohomlsh to make
her home, where Mr.. Clemans in CON-
pany with G. w. German, was editing
the Tribune. Two sons were born tc
the happy couple. the youngest bu
eight months of age, both of whom sur.
vive her.
Mrs. Clemans was devoted wife ant
mother. Not given much to the pleas
ure of society she loved her home ant
her family, and to her it was the world
Yet she had host of warm friends il
the city to whom she was very dear, an
who will greatly miss her.
During her sickness she was tenderl
cared for by her sister-in law, Mrs
Hugh Clemane. of Manchester, Iowa
and the Monday before her death he
mother, Mrs. A. A. Merritt, arrive
from Woodland, Cal. Short funert
services were held at the home Satu
day afternoon, Revs. Winchester an
FaHs officiating, and the husband, wit
the children, her mother and Mrs. Hug
Clemsns left with the body for Woo,
land, CAL, where inter nent will /
made.
The bereaved husband has the syn
5 patty of the entire community, In b
0 sad bereavement and irrepsrsble loss.
o Snohomish county Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-08

LenOx.
Hiram Arnold and H. L. Ram
went to Iowa City last week where the
former underwent an operation for the
removal of a cataract from one of his
eyes. His friends will be pleased to
learn that the operation, which was
performed by DIR. Newberry, was sue
cessful and the patient is doing we'll at
this writing.
i The real estate in North Fork
ownship and in Earlville owned by
the late Thomas Kenny has been or
dered to be sold by the district court,
and the referees appointed for that pur.
pose will meet az the Bowley house in
Earlvllle on the 22nd inst. to receive
bids and make sale OF said real estate.
Further particulars can BIZ learned b,
reading the Referees notice of sale il
another column.
, The Manchester second foot bal
! team played with an Independence
, team at that place last Friday. Tit
l boys who composed our team wer
: mostly from the high school and wer
: obliged to play team of picked play
8 ers from Independence, SO that they di
l we'll in keeping the score down to Is t
3 o in favor of their opponents. Gu
7 team was made up of, Conklin, Gel
3 ter; F. Crosier, left guard; G. Glisser
!, dorf, right guard; W. Crosier, rigt
tackle; b. Smith, left tackle; l
il Matthews, left end; G. Heath, rigt
y end, Geo. Malvin, quarter back; {
Q Lusk, left half back; G. Thurber, rigt
q half back; H. Bronson, full back; 4
Briggs and D. Malvin, subs,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
A Streak of Good Luck,

One of the most famous mines in
Leadville was the Robert E. Lee. It's
promise was discovered when the vein
or deposit was first struck, but for
some reason or other people did not
take kindly to it, and the owners tried
in vain to sell an interest. A gentleman
who happened to have a few hundred
dollars was besought to take a third
of it for $500. He studied the matter
and, deeming the venture too risky,
declined. The Lee was pockety mine
and some of the pockets contained rich
ore. To effect a sale the owners wa
gered that they would take 81 900 worth
of ore out of the mine in "a hours. By
great good luck they discovered few
rich pockets and won the bet. After
this there was no difficulty in selling
the mine for 81, 100000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
Nutrition in COcoanuts.

There is nothing in the wide world
more nourishing or fattening, more
health-restoring and youth-preserving.
Emaciated invalids are recommended
to begin on the juice of half dozen
nuts a day, the dose to be increased ac-
cording to the patients inclination.
And the invalid is yet to be discovered
who does not develop a taste for it so
rapidly that in a weeks time half a
dozen nuts at a single sitting will hard
ly satisfy him. Each full-grown nut
contains nearly pint Of this true
fountain of youth"-the same, per-
haps, which the old Conquistadores
sought vainly far and wide, expecting
to find it gushing out of the earth in
some sequestered spot, instead of hang
ing, green and beautiful, everywhere
overhead.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
OF BULLET,

to his eye, about an inch above the
optic. 1t was surprising to the doc
tors performing the operation that the
eye had not been injured by the accu-
mutation of the pus with which the
bullet was surrounded. But for this
timely operation, the optic would sure
ly have suffered, and probably have
been entirely destroyed in due time.
The patient is 62 years old and lives
at s26 North Sixth street, St. Louis. He
shot himself in 1885 in fit of despond-
ency over a love affair. Physicians
would not probe for the bullet then,
because they believed that it had pene-
trated to the base of the brain, and
that such proceeding would prove
fatal. At first it was not believed that
the suicide would recover, and he
lay insensible for several days.
When he finally recovered, to the as
tonishment of the doctors, who watched
with interest the case of a man living
with bullet in his brain, Regner COM
planned of constant headache. The
doctors said it would pass away in time.
1t did, but it came back at short in
tervals, and In the last few months was
Regner's daily companion. When he
could stand it no longer, he applied to
DR.. Nietert for examination, with the
result here stated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
A SURGICAL TRIUMPH
Interesting Operation Performed in
Strong Body.
Man Who Had Carried n Bullet In
His Brain for Many Years Is
Neatly and Quickly Relieved
of the Burden.

George Regner, n man who lived for
IA years with bullet dangerously near
his brain, had that bullet taken out the
other morning by Drs. Bernays and
Nietert at the City hospital, st. Louis.
He not only survived the delicate OPP
GRAFTON, but will completely recover
and be rid forever of the excruciating
headaches from which he suffered ever
since he fired the bullet into his brain
in an attempt to kill himself for loves
sake
The operation by which the leaden
ball was removed is as rare as il is deli
cate, and without the X-rays would
probably have been impossible. The
exact location of the bullet was cstab-
lished by means of.a 2O-inch range
The bullet was found to be ~ inches
internal to and behind the external
angula process of the frontal bone. In
other words, it was imbedded almost
directly behind the right eye.
In order to reach it, says the st.
Louis Republic, hole had to be drilled
through the frontal bone by way of
which the bullet could be extracted.
DIR. Bernays drilled that hole in less
than 10 minutes, and a minute later
the doctors forceps held the ball. Or
dinary surgical instruments were used
for this operation.
The ball was found to have been en-
cased in an abscess of virulent matter.
This was washed out after the bullet
had been removed; then the wound
was antiscptically treated and sewed
up. Altogether the operation lasted
just 2j minutes.
Mr.. Regner ca1ne from under the in
fluence of the chloroform with clear
mind and minus the peculiarly dis
tressing headache which had evidently
been caused by the accumulation of the
abscess matter around the ball.
The doctors probe, in extracting the
bullet, had to pass in close proximity
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
now WORK TOGETHER
Farmers and Wheelmen Join in Good
Roads Agitation.
rhe state Aid Idea brought the Two
Elements into Close Harmony
Great Meeting to De Held
Next October.

Wheelmen and farmers are TO CO.
operate in the movement for good
roads on practical, earnest basis. This
desired situation is shown in the recent
action of the farmers national con-
ress, the most influential agricultural
association in the United States, in re-
Iuesting Mr.. Otto DorEcr, chairman of
the highway improvement committee
If the League of American Wheelmen,
% take charge Of the programme for
the good roads day of the convention
10 be held by the farmers organization
N Boston next October. Added to this,
ss another indication of the friendli-
Bess of the congress for the league,
President keenan,, of the l.. A. w., has
been requested to preside at the meet
pg, and has accepted the invitation.
No longer than five years ago the two
clssses-farmers and wheelmen-were
most antagonistic to each other on this
very question of highway improvement.
The wheelmen contended that the COM
mon roads of the country should be
placed in proper condition for busi-
ness and pleasure traffic. The stand
generally assumed by the farmers was
that the wheelmen had only the selfish
motive, in starting the movement, of
wanting better roads upon which to
ride their bicycles.
While this was not generally true, or
Mt least was not admitted to be true,
there was more in it than the leading
wheelmen cared to say. But in work
ing up the agitation, the wheelmen
found that in the building and main
tenance of good roads was one of the
great principles of commercial econ
umy. Acting upon this theory they in
duced a sufficient number of localities
to take up the movement, and to put it
into practical shape by the building of
modern roadways in those sections.
Phe result was the showing to farmers
and others interested that good mod
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
Barbed Wire for Thieves

The use Of barbed wire is increasing
largely in southern Italy. 1t is used
for trailing vines, and is found of great
service in keeping thieves out of the
vineyards after dark. The vines being
in many cases only few feet apart, it
is matter of considerable difficulty to
avoid the barbs, even in the daytime,
and at night is practically impossible.
The wire need be only of the lightest
kind, as the lengths used are compara-
lively short, and no cattle have to be
contended with.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

Department.)
I'm roads is real saving of outlay, in
stead of an expense.
This was particularly shown in New
Jersey, Massachusetts, and parts of
Pennsylvania, where stone roads were
built in localities which before were
deep in mud. After their building it
was seen that the saving in expense
was due to the minimum of repairs nee
essary, the larger load that could be
hauled, the reduction in the number of
horses necessary, and the general con-
venience of having road which could
be used at all times and in all kinds of
weather. The saving of wagon and
harness repairs and the facility with
which farm products could be mar
keted were also considerable items in
the recapitulation.
When this was demonstrated the res
idents of other sections demanded the
building of similar roads, and in the
states named the good roads movement
has steadily progressed. The wheel
men, through their organization, the
League of American Wheelmen, start
ed this work, and when they had dem
onstrated its practicability they had no
trouble in inducing the various farm
ers' organizations in the several states
to assist them in the agitation.
For the past two years this spirit of
friendliness between the two classes
has ripened, and is now generally ad-
mitted, but it was not until last year
that the coalition assumed national
aspect Then the farmers national
congress, at its meeting in Fort Worth,
Tex, passed resolutions commencing
the League of American Wheelmen for
it's work in the good roads movement,
and promising support. Since then
several states have passed good roads
legislation, owing to the united de-
mands of the farmers and wheelmen,
and the friendship has become ce-
mented.
Both farmers and wheelmen are
united in supporting the "state aid"
system for good roads in preference to
all others. Under this system the state
pays portion of the cost, usually from
one-third to one-half, the county pays
portion, and the property owners the
balance. In this manner the burden of
building is shared by all classes of peo-
pie, even those residing in cities, and
who are indirectly benefited by having
good roads in the farming districts. II
Is upon this plan that work is now be.
ing done in New Jersey, New York, Mas
sachusetts and Minnesota, while other
states are agitating the subject.
At the meeting of the congress, High
way Commissioner Budd, of New Jer
sey, and several good roads advocate,
from New York and Massachusetts will
make addresses, and the Office of roat
inquiry of the United States depart
ment of agriculture will assist in max
ing the affair success. Gen. Ro,
stone, of the department, win be in at
tendance as one of the speakers, an,
the League of American Wheelmen will
lend it's most able advocates of goo
roads to the meeting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

fathers roof in Albany to become CASH
ier in the barber shop of the Delavan
house, in that city. Soon he was pro-
NOTED and made barkeeper and mixed
drinks for politicians of high and low
degree in old York state. He was made
manager of the bar, and in that ca
pacity became the friend of eminent
and rich men of the state who went to
the capital on business. About this
time granite was everywhere coming
into vogue as paving material, and
Brady studied up" the subject thor
oughly. Then, with the assistance of
friends, he became contractor in street
paving.
Quite by accident Brady became in
terested in gas and new processes of
making that fluid. He studied chemis-
try and mastered the subject. He was
assisted in this scheme by Roswell p.
Flower and Edward Murphy, and
Brady began his career in gas, out of
which he has since made millions. He
was the first to light Albany with cleo
trio lamps, and he acquired the street
car lines of the town as side play.
But these enterprises were the mod
est beginnings of the giant schemes he
was to develop later. He and his
friends, among them Baron Jerzman-
owsli, r. p. Flower and other wealthy
men, acquired gas plants and traction
properties in many cities and made
millions out of them all. It was Brady's
idea to consolidate the various electric
concerns in New York city into one vast
property, and now he and his friends
own them all. Among the ventures
that this Napoleon has handled with
success are the New York Gas & Elec-
trio Light, Heat and Power, Metropol-
itan street railway, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, Peoples Gas Light and Coke
of Chicago, American Tobacco COM
pany, Union Traction and Electric of
Providence, Huckleberry Union Rail-
way company, Albany and Troy roads
and Albany and Troy Gas and Electric
Light.
Brady was born at Lille, in France,
of Irish parents. He is therefore called
"The French Irishman." His wealth is
estimated at s15,OOo,OOo to $50, 100000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

subject. The sermon, which suits such
a desultory mind, is one of 20 para
graphs. each paragraph an anecdote or
an illustration or a startling idea. SO
that wherever the hearer joins in he
can be instantly at home. Sensible
people ought, however, to remember
that series of amusing lantern-slides
and work of severe art are not the
same, and If anyone is TO expound the
Gospel of Christ worthily he must rea-
son as he goes, and ask his hearers to
think. The chain may be of gold, but
there ought to be links securely fas-
tened together, and hearer should try
them as they pass through his hands.
If one does not brace himself for the ef-
fort of hearing sermon he will almost
certainly finish up by complaining
either that the preacher was dull or
that the discourse was disconnected.
No sermon is worth hearing into which
the preacher has not put his whole
strength, and no sermon can be heard
Alright unless the hearer gives his whole
strength also"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
ART OF LISTENING.
less the Henrer Gives His Whole
Ear to the Preacher.

"1f it be difficult for some people to
listen, it is ten times harder for other
people to follow, for it is evident per-
son may listen and not follow" writes
Ian Maclaren, of "The Art of Listening
nal. Very few are accustomed to think
about the same thing, or indeed to think
about anything, for 80 minutes; after
brief space their interest flags and
they fall behind; they have long ago
lost the thread of the preachers argu-
ment, and have almost forgotten his
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, ap.
petizing, nounshing food drink to take
the place of coffee. Sold by all gro-
GERS and liked by all who have used it
because when properly prepared it
tastes like the finest coffee but is free
from all its injurious properties,
Grain, o aids digestion and strengthens
the nerves. 1t is not a stimulant but
health builder, and children, as well
as adults, can drink it with great bene-
fit. Costs about as much as coffee.
IS and csc. 3 4td
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
A CURIOUS CUSTOM.
scribed Has Been Practiced in
Ireland for Many Centuries.

In the southern part of County Wex-
ford, in the district known as the
barony of Forth, is to be found race of
Industrious, Woodworking peasants,
living in matched cottages, with clean,
whitewashed walls, which, by their per-
feet whiteness, at once arrest the atten-
ton of the visitor. These people differ
in many respects from the inhabitants
of other parts of the same county, and
have habits and customs peculiar to
themselves. The picture illustrates one
of the peculiar customs, and represents
a huge pile of wooden crosses to be seen
by the side of the road at Brandy Cross,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
WONDERFUL CAREER.
J Few Years Ago Tony brady WINS .
Barlseeper, Now lie Is the King
of wall street.

Anthony n. Brady, who is booked
to take the place of the late Roswell p.
Flower at the head of the big trust
stocks in Wall street, has been for
long time one of the most important
managers of great industries in Amer
lea. Not. long ago friend of Mr..
Brady made little calculation. in
which he showed how this wonderful
man of business controlled property
the value of which was judged, at a
fair estimate, to be upward of $257 ,o0o,-
600.
1t was only few years ago when
stony" Brady, a lad of IA, left his
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
Force of q Cyclone.

A froce fully equal to 473, 900, 900 horse
power was estimated as developed in a
West Indian cyclone. This is about IS
times the power that is creatable by all
the means within the range of mans
capabilities during the same time.
Were steam, water, windmills and the
strength of all men and all animals
combined, they could not all ap-
proach the tremendous force exerted
by this terrible storm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
OLD IRISH CUSTOM.

Kilmore. The people are devout Roman
Catholics and strong believers in the
efficacy of prayers for the dead. When,
therefore, a funeral takes place two
wooden crosses are provided; on the
way to the cemetery halt is made at
the spot shown in the photo and
prayers are said for the deceased, after
which one cross is deposited in the
hawthorn bush or under it; the pro-
cession then goes on its way, and after
the interment the other cross is fixed at
the head of the grave. 1t is hard to ac-
count for this strange proceeding,
which has been a custom from time i'm
memorial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
READY FOR A RIDE.

When the warm weather started in he
appeared on his bicycle with his little
fair-haired son strapped in front of the
handle bar. During the past week he
has been proudly wheeling on his BIZ
cycle, besides himself, two of the pets
of his home, his boy and the latter's pug
dog. The canine weighs about Is
pounds, and when out for an airing on
the wheel rests comfortably in ham,
mock-like arrangement that is hung
from the top bar of the frame, between
the legs of the bicyclist. The dog is
strapped In so that it can neither jump
nor fall out of its berth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

Child Communicated er-And
then Alexander sat down and wept
because there were no more worlds
for him to conquer.
Jinmy-It's a good ting fer i'm he
didn't run up agin Dewey!-Indian-
apolis /OnynaL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
REAL ENTHUSIAST.
Philadelphia Bicycle Crank Takes
His Baby Boy and Pug Dog Out
for n Daily Spin.

Not only has the practice of riding
baby on the front of their bicycles not
been stopped by doting papas, but one
enthusiast on the wheel who is often
seen speeding along the asphalt has
seen the daring ones and gone them one
better, says the Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

Soap has been in use for 5000
years and is twice mentioned in the
Bible. A few years ago soap boil
er's shop was discovered in Pompeii.
The soap found in the shop had not
lost all Of its efficacy, although it had
been buried 1900 years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

"Hail Columbia" was written in
1898 by Joseph Hopkins OTTO IS4e)
vice president of the American Phil
osophical Society and President of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
New Granada,s Ink Plant.

The ink plant of New Granada is a
curiosity. The juice of it can be used
as ink without any preparation. At
first the writing is red, but after few
hours IT changes TO black.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01
When you want to look on the
bright side of things, use
SAPOl- 10

Philosophers teach us that there Is
nothing without a cause. We are
afraid that certain fellows OF our ac-
qualntance are an exception.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

81 don't want to go to school any
more on raing days." said little Tons
my.
"Why?" asked his mother.
Because | was the only boy there
to-day, and"-
"You were lonesome?" broke in his
mother
"No but l had to answer all the
questions of every lesson. ."-Ha,pey'f
BaSar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
10c, 25c, II c. c. c fail druggists refund money.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-01

GRAIN-O BRINGS RELIEF-To the
coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is
habit that is universally INDUCED in
and almost as universally injurious
Have you tried Grain-O? 1t is al
most like coffee but the effects are
just the opposite. Coffee upsets the
stomach. ruins the digestion, effects
the heart and dsturbs the whole nerv-
Gus system. Graln-O tones up the
stomach, aids DIGESTION and strength
ems the nerves. IS and a5c. per pack
age. S IS 4td