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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
COURT GOES fOsJAIL.
A MISSOURI COUNTY REBELLION
DEFIES SUPPRESSION.
Judges Serve Terms in Prison for Com
tempt of United States Court Order
Strange Story that Has Been Making
History for Twenty Years.

Nowhere in history is there an exact
parallel to the story of the farmers of
st. Clair County, Missouri, who stead
lily refuse to obey rule of the law, and
who find in their midst men who are
willing to go to Jail, men who serve
their whole terms of office in jail-set
after set of them volunteering to suffer
for the common veal. For twenty-five
years the United States court has de-
clared st. Clair County indebted to GER
tain bondholders for principal and in
terest and interest upon the interest,
besides the court costs. in sum now
aSSregating $1,300,O00, and has order
ed that the money be paid. For TWEEN
ty-five years the people of st. Clair
County have answered the United
States court that they did not owe this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01


The commercial bodies of the South,
the merchants and business men who
are seeking for new fields, and the
manufacturers who are seeking for
wider markets, have chance to take
advantage of the results of the late
war with Spain, says the Atlanta Con-
stitution. Opportunity has come to
their doors and stands there hat in
hand. We cannot do better under the
circumstances than to show equal po-
likeness. We may also doff our hats
and shake hands with 1t and beg 1t to
make its home with us. But If we fail
to give it due recognition, or imagine
that it is tramp out of work, or some
thing of that kind, then opportunity
will go its way, not angry but wonder
ing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The great stubborn fact is the fall of
average prices, the ruinous rise of the
purchasing power of gold, with the con-
sequent wreckage Of enterprise and
practical confiscation Of property
through inability to sustain the magni-
flying burdens upon 1t.
There is n point of view not suffi-
clently attended to: That this fall Of
prices or rise of gold is equally calaml-
tous, however 1t has occurred. Our gold
standard friends try hard to persuade
themselves that the fall of prices has
been due to various non-monetary
causes; an impossible task, we believe,
but totally unsatisfying, even If accom-
plished. The fall Of general prices is
the rise of gold.-Charles A. Towne.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

More than nineteen centuries after
Julius Caesar was stabbed to death
in the hall of Pompeius his ashes have
been found In their resting place in
the Roman forum. beneath column
erected In his memory by Augustus.
Perhaps no one who was present when
the urn was placed beneath the marble
gave thought to the place that would
be accorded Julius In history twenty
centuries later. Most of them would
have accorded Augustus the higher
rank. This discovery, If authentic, is
more interesting than the recent I'M
earthing of the black stone said to
mark the tomb of Romulus, but which
Romulus failed to occupy. 1t is not
impossible that Augustus also caused
the Niger Lapis to be inscribed and
placed In the forum in honor of the
founder of Rome.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

money, either wholly or in part, and
that no power on earth could compel
them to pay it. The court has borne
upon them all its gigantic strength 1t
has punished and pleaded; delivered
upon them all its mandates, its dictums,
It's DEGREES and its wrath. And in TWEEN
ty years 1t has moved them not one
particle. To its every command, Its
every threat, its every application, the
people of st. Clair County have an
swered: Eve will not" and the history
of their nevcr-yielding response is the
story of fight without parallel in
Americana story of steadfastness, stub
bornness and unterrified, GRIM awed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
lust How 1t 1. Done.

Smith and Jones We're talking one
day about their business interests.
Smith was hotel man and Jones was
manufacturers agent.
II say" said Jones, chow ever do
you use such an enormous quantity of
pears and peaches"
WELL" replied Smith, 1--WE eat what
we can, and what we can't eat we
can"
"Indeedn said the other, 1--WE do
about the same in our business"
"How is thati"
I'VE sell an order when we can sell
1t, and when we can't sell 1t we cancel
it,"-San Francisco Argonaut.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural
Department had less to say on the Pres
ident's trip South than most of the 9TH
cr members Of the party. He did take
occasion, however, to advise some of
the colored people whom lie met to plant
clover and raise sheep and cattle. "The
trouble" he said, sis that you keep too
many dogs and too few sheep. The cost
of feeding one dog would raise two
sheep or one hog" Another economic
statement was that if all the salaries
received by the politicians We're com
pared with the value of the eggs laid
every year, it would be found that there
was more money In hens than in poll
tics,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
sPENceRs THICK AS BERRIES.

The Keeper Had Heard Tint Story
Many Times Before.
A half-yearly meeting of the direc
tors who manage the Northampton pri-
waite asylum had just broken up, and
Lord Spencer, a member of that body,
desiring to reach .Althorp Park some
what more quickly than customarily,
determined to return home by route
which intersects the grounds of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
pretttest Amertcan Hcires.,,

London society declares the two pref
tlest American heiresses to be Miss
Waldorf-Astor and Miss May Goelet.
The later is probably the handsomer,
and her fortune is between $1,000, 600
and $3,O0O,O00. She is slender, bru-
nette, and 10 years old. Her education
has been acquired in France, Germany
and England. Last year she was pre-
sented in London and Mt court. Miss
Aston Is sweet girl, who resembles
her mother. She presidcs with grace
beyond what one expects of her years
at her fathers table.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

81 wonder if Il satisfactory solution
of the Philippine question will be dis
covered" remarked the unbiased IA
triot.
at has been discovered" replied the
friend who is always arguing on poll
tics. But" he added, with sigh, ~
don't suppose I'll be any more success.
sui than usual in getting the govern.
ment to pay attention to my discoy-
y."-Washington Star
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The flag floating over the White
House in Washington indicates to all
who see it that the President is at home.
Whenever he is out of that city the flag
is carefully folded away. The same
custom prevails at the Capitol. When
ever either house of Congress is In SEES
sion the flag flies over the wing of the
building which that house occupies. If
there is an evening session bright
light in the dome tells the story. This
is, in Washington, what might be term
ed the language of the flag"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
BELOVED MR.. PlckwIck.
Andrew Lang Pays the Dear Soul ,
lust Tribute.


Just Tribute.
If Mr.. Pickwicl is not gentleman
(of course, not in the heraldic sense),
who is? asks Andrew Lang In the
Fortnightly Review. Who was ever
more courteous and considerable de
spite Mrs. Bardell and the lady in
yellow curl papers,, more blameless
in his relations with women? Who
more gaily put himself in peril to res
cue virtue in distress? Who was more
fiery on the point of honor, even IL his
attitude OF self-dcfense was unscien-
tific? In whom do we mark a hand
more open, a heart more tender or
more eager TO forgive?
Indeed, Mr.. plckwick seems Scarce
other thau my own ideal knight"
though "a knight sin amor" like the
good Eari Marischal. His foibles are
amiable; his scutcheon is white as the
pennon Of Brian Tunstal. He did not
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
pistantly Related to Wealth

At the wedding anniversary Of a
railway magnate, one of the guests,
noticing somewhat lonely looking
and rather shabby attired man In one
corner of the parlor. walked over and
sat down near him.
81 was introduced to you," he said,
"but did not catch your name"
"Aly name" replied the other, as
Swaddleford."
"oh, then You are a relative of our
host!'
"Yes," replied the "poor relation y
with a grin. ~ am his cousin $500, 600
cmoved."-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
CRAFTS AND TRADES
In the Thirteenth century-The Man
ufacture of Leather.

ufacture of Leather.
The manufacture of leather seems tn
have been important, showing that
leather jenkins and breeches were COM
monty worn, says Notes and Queries
We have nineteen skynners, forty bark
ars, six saddlers, three cordeweners
1G7 souters (shoemakers) and eight
glovers. The surname feuster is n trade
name denoting maker of pack saddles.
The commonest trades are tylour and
smyth, since one lived in almost every
village. The tnylours number 4O7, Of
whom 14O are called by the Latin name
of cissor. In addition to POI smyths,
several are specialized. There are two
arusmyths, three lokesmyths, three
goldsmyths, five f'erours (shoeing
smiths) and six marshalls (farrIers).
The wright wrought both in wood
and metal. The number catalogued is
1876, of whom eighty-one are called by
the Latin name faber (Frcnch fayre):
one of the few cases in which the Latin
translation Of trade name has be-
come common surname. The wryghts
trade, like that of the smyths, was spe-
cialized. The arkwryght made the
great arks or chests in which the
clothes or meal were stored, and we
find ploughwryght, wheelwryght,
two shippewryghts, eleven cartwryghts
and two glasenwryghts (glaziers), who
We're probably concerned with the WIN
dows of churches. Glass windows In
houses were rare, as is still the case In
Sicily or Egypt.
The bakestcrs are few ulfteen). sug-
costing that families baked their own
bread. There are twenty-slx butchers
uleshewer, bocher or carnifex), whence
I.abouchere, while the surname potter
shows that this trade was In existence.
The fysshers (forty-three) We're opu-
lent, being taxed twelve times as much
MS laborers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
BIG LOG oF WALNUT.

Tree Seven Feet in Diameter Tween.
ty-three Feet in Circumference.
The picture shows section of one
of the black walnut trees recently pur-
chased by a Mishawaka, Ind, lumber
company. There We're fifty-one trees
in the clump, located In Cass County,
Michigan, and the price paid was $1O,-
900 in cash. The section shown In the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
Marriage in Nielbourne.

A man can be married in Melbourne
cheaper than in any other part of the
world. Ministers advertise in the pa
pers against each other One offers to
bind together loving couples for los
Cd, another for rs Cd, and so on down
to IS Cd. In some cases wedding break
fasts and rings are thrown in.-Tit-
Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

A New England woman has had a
monument raised over the grave of n
dead monkey, but, of course, she is act
Ing we'll within her rights. Anyone
who is wiling to take chances with
the fool-killer is privileged to do so in
this country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The rumor that Uncle Sam does not
pay as large salaries as he should does
not seem to discourage the thousands
and thousands of persons who tumble
over themselves year after year in
their burning desire to serve their coun-
try in public office.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The Car has resolved to reform the
entire penal system of Russa-which
probably can stand great deal of i'm
provement. Perhaps 1t will be just as
well for the Gar to get things fixed up
in his own country before attempting
to reform the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
Scientific Forecastiny.

The first attempt ut scientific fore.
casting of the weather was the result
of n stosal which during the Crimean
war, No. IA, 1854, almost destroyed
the fleets of France and England. AS a
storm had RACED several days earlier in
France, investigations We're made,
which showed that the two were In
reality one storm, and that its path
could have been ascertained and the
fleet forcwarned in ample time to reach
safety.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Hobson kissed steen hundred girls
and is still open for engagements. A
New Jersey man who started out to
break the lieutenant's record kissed 80
girls and got run in. And yet they say
the common citizen gets fair shake.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

"Are the Indians near your ranch
troublesome"
NAV; they amt got nothin' we
want.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Keely made thousands out Of that
compressed air brought up from under
the floor to run his motor, and this Illus
trates that 1t Is an Ill wind that blows
nobody any good.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

People who thought they might break
up the chewing gum trust by masticat-
Ing rubber are now confronted by a
rubber Octopus" The only resource
left is to stop chewing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Owing to the fexibilty of our jury
system and of the English language, it
is possible for jury TO hang a man
and also for one man to chang" jury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Queen Wilhclmina of the Netherlands
has become Jealous student of eco
Monies. 1t beats the Dutch how sc.
many women are taking to such things
of late.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The regularity with which the late
Mr.. Keely kept his victims signing
checks was perhaps the nearest APP
proach to perpetual motion on record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

picture is 100 feet long. 22.99 feet In
circumference and feet in diameter.
Five men with arms extended can en-
compass the tree, and there are n num-
Der of others In tdive ouyvbc, ETAOE
Der of others of the same size in the
clump. The trees are being felled, cut
up and Skinned to England.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

In England they give naval hero
medal. In this country the girls kiss
him to standstill. Neither of these
rewards is very filling diet fora hungry
idol of the nation when he loses his job.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The fresh air ordinance recently
passed by the city board of health of
New Orleans suggests two observa-
tons: That it is peculiar of large part
q tue American people to be negligent
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

In achieving results through courts
martial, however powerful pen and
sword may be, the tongue can become
formidable competitor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

Great Britain has 119 war vessels in
course of construction. and will have a
representative at the Cars peace con-
ference
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01
From Bad to Worse.

A Miss Ache and Mr.. Payne were
married the other day. 1t looks like a
frying-pan-tirc jump on the part of the
0dy. as far as names are concerned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

1t is sometimes more difficult to win
the fathers ear than the daughters
hand.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

1t isn't what man possesses that
makes him happy, but what he doesn't
want.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

With the coming of the autotruck the
horse may publish his autobiography
and retire.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The wages of sin defies alike the hard
times and monopolies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-01

The dead letter probably died =. its
post,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-09-29
Michigan Central Stock Yards, Detroit.

Stock Market, Thursday, Sept. 28th, quality
com; prime steers and heifers, $500 100;
handy butchers, e4.00 a 460; common, $3.50 Qo
1926; Gamers cows, 81 80 @2.b0; stockers and
feeders. dull, at %, 90 a 400.
Mich cows quiet at $500 a $500; calves
steady at $500 a $50.
Sheep and lambs, lower; quality com
prime lambs A.00 "a 500, mixed, 1926 "a 4.2b;
J culls, 81. 80 90 $3.50.
Hogs, higher; quality fair; prime mediums,
e470 % 40; Workers, "a. go "a 40; pigs, "a. 40 %
~ roughs, $500 90 $50; stays one.third on;
cripples, o.. 90 per cwt OF
Receipts-Cattle, 700; calves $50; sheep 1900;
hogs. 1000
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-09-29

For sale Three thoroughbred Lincoln
buck lambs; one thoroughbred buck lamb
one year old.
A. b. Cook.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-09-29
Attention Farmers!

Attention Farmers!
We will pay the highest market price for
cider apples, dryer and barrel stock.
Hall Bros.
For sale, several yearling Shropshire rams,
also several ram lambs.
p. A. GREEN, Bancroft.
Sheep for Sale.
A fine lot of thoroughbred Shropshire
rams, from to years old.
A. X. HARTsHoRN.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1899-09-29
OSBURN e SONS.
WARM UNDERWEAR

O0DOI\Iv oOgvos
WARM UNDERWEAR
Ladies' extra heavy eeced Balbggan Underwear garments
weigh ~ eao in all sizes up to and including size
at 25c per garment
Mems Tan heavy Wool Feeced Underwear, all sizes
Boys Silver Fleeced Heavy Cotton Underwear sizes "a
to "a inches, at 25c
Boys and Girls Silver Jersey Knit Feeced Underwear
10c to 35c according to age.
OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT ROBES
Ladies' good quality Outing Flannel Night Robes, 81
to Sc inches long full, roomy garment at $50
FLANNEL SKIRTS
Ladies' all Wool Flannel Skirt Patterns assorted coors,
Ladies' all Wool Flannel Skirt Patterns, solid ooors ~
Blue, Cardinal Brown, Green and Black with
BOurette borders, at
TABLE LINENS and TOWELS
pieces 72inch Cream Linen Table Damask
at the very low price of 800 yd.
pieces 68 to 70 inches Bleached Table Damask
worth $125, at CSC yd.
White, also Red, Blue and Green border at 19c each
or 81. 80 per dozen.
SOFA PILLOWS and COVERS
We have just received beautiful line of Embroidered
Silk and Satin Sofa Pillows, Prices $780, so and So. 75
Embroidered Silk and Satin Cushion Covers
at 200, 2.25, 2. 80 and So. 90
Tapestry Cushion designs Soc 59 soc and 75c
DOMESTICS and BATS
sss s3ss SSs1 ln,s sys
5 Ss s so ssIss snn e & &C. and
BE SSs 5 FdsssS %si1
BED BLANKETS
ss Gsssa fS'iS"
Blankets White Paids
$3.50
WE SELL STANDARD PATTERNS
of
complete ationsh
at
OSBURN & SONS.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
The Economy of Art.

Charles Keene's lines are as few
as can be. He is most economical in
this respect and loves to leave as
much white paper as he can, but one
feels in his best work that one line
more or one line less would impair
the perfection of the whole; that of
all the many directions, curves and
thicknesses they might have taken
he has inevitably hit upon just the
right one. He has beaten all pre-
vious records in this respect-in this
country at least. I heard cele-
brated French painter say, He is a
great man, your Charles Keene; he
take a pen and ink and a bit of pa
per, and wiz half do IN strokes he
know ow to frame gust of wind r.
l think myself that Leech could
frame gust of wind as effectually
as Keene, by the sheer force of his
untaught natural instinct, of hi
genius, but not with the deftness
this economy of material, this Gel
tainty of execution, this consum-
mate knowledge of effect. George
Du Maurier in Harper's Magazine.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17
English Hostility to Popular Education.

English Hostility to Popular Education.
An American visitor to England
who spends some little time in the
country, says j. N. Larned in The
Atlantic, can hardly fail to become
conscious of three serious facts: ~
That there is strong class feeling
against much education for those
who are looked on as underlings and
servants, a feeling more prevalent
and more pronounced than the
shamefaced sentiment of like mean
ness that is whispered in some snob-
bish American circles. ca That
the school rate" seems to be the
most begrudged of English taxes,
the most sharply criticised, the
most grumbled at, and this to de-
gree for which there seems nothing
comparable in America. (s) That
the opposition to secular schools,
fostered by the church and ostensi-
bly, actuated by desire for reli-
gious instruction in the schools, is
largely supported in reality by the
two sentiments indicated above.
- = Looking. therefore, to the in
oreasingly democratic conditions
that are inevitable in England, the
reluctance and factiousness of dis
position that appear among its citi-
zens touching the vital matter of
popular education are ominous of
evil to the nation, and gravely lessen
its chance of holding, under the
reign of democracy, the high place
to which il rose under an aristo-
cratic regime.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17

The oftener one gives exercise to
any faculty-uses, not abuses, it
the stronger and more flexible it be-
comes. A Frenchman said once on
time that whenever he wanted a
book on certain subject and could
not find it he wrote one.
There is a tremendous lesson in
that; it means that each one Of us
can find out as much about any
thing we wish to be informed upon
as any other human being in the
world If we will only determine TO
do so. Wu can achieve and conquer
anything another can if we make up
our minds to the performance Of it
and make the determination the
law Of our life. Success has its
laws, the basic principle ii which
is Give your best 70 get thebest. 4
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17

Here you've been telling me all
along" said the bright faced young
wife, what a wonderful cook your
mother was. And now your Aunt
Jane has just told me that your ia
ther was chronic dyspeptio. 7
We'll, you see, the young hus-
band murmured, with a deep sigh,
mother learned by practicing on
father. w. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-17

Ny wife and arc tsy.nS hagaa
To live ON heallhil.l diet.
We read the food chart by The yrrd
And run our kitchen by III.
We've banishod from our BILLS OF fare
All that such guides condemn.
True hygiene IL all our care
As planned and taught by them.
For breakfast coffee ia taboood,
Hot cakes and eggs forbidden ~
And milk, since 1t Ii oft imbued
With germs profuse, though hidden.
Bread Is unwholesome so is steak.
Submissive to our lot,
Oatmeal and graham gems we tako,
And drink boiled water hot.
For dinner soup will never do,
And oysters typhoid nourish.
Salads, entrees and ices too,
Are mere dyspeptic flourish.
Potatoes tby the last advicel
Are poisonous we're told,
We eat rare meat, chopped fine, with rics
And drink boiled water cold
For supper-some professors teach
'Tis best to go without it,
But since discretion's left to each,
We take our choice about it.
On chicken, watfies, tea and cake
We are forbid to feed.
But gluten waters, cocoa (weak)
And prunes are all we need.
1t grieves us much cur friends to view
So reckless in their diet.
Our wholesome menu we pursue
And beg OF them to try it.
But appetite's ungodly sway
Their nature SO enthralls,
We cannot get guest to stay
Within our healthful wallsl
-Munsey' s Magazine.