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The Mena star., 1899-04-06

my $500, and began to wonder how far they would go.) "Are all los Americanos like that? Senor Capitan would he such thing do? We'll, you shall see that the Spanish people are as yourselves! Could you one of the dresses get from the box and to me bring without being observed?" What! I-I beg your pardon. suppose I might; but-but what do you-er-"
 "I wish 10 put it on, of course, estu- pido! How may I the size know un- less I do see it? Cunntos said you there were. in el caja?" "Three-of 'm-well-er- outside clothes. You see, there were quite lot of" My face must have teen as red as beet; it certainly felt so.
 "Santisima Mariai And you-you looked! Not at all of them?'' TT believe so. You see-er-the rest of the-er-things weren't quite so bad as the gowns. In fact, the lace-" By this time the senorita's Il K. hut. to my relief. she laughed until the tears came in aer eyes. Your Spanish girl, of any class, is possessed of con siderable sense; she doesn't believe, for instance. that modesty consists in thinking evil and blushing at her thoughts.
 And el Senor Capitan, also, no doubt? What of wretches a pair you are, to be sure! Let me you both give little warning. Never the senorita let know what you have just told me; if those things mine had been, you would never forgive. Now do you att tempt one of those dresses to bring down to my door. I will there wait for you"
 l hurried up to our quarters, where Halstead was deep in the North Pa cific Directory again, and somewhat out of humor.
 You're nice sort of a partner to have, must say" he growled; ''leave me to dig out dry facts for your bene- fit while you calmly appropriate the only available girl on the ship. But I'll have the cinch after you go ashore-provided you're not engaged to her before you leave. You wouldn't play a mean trick like that on me, would you?'
 No, wouldn't, Dick; honest In- jun. You shall have her all to your self for the rest of the voyage, and I'll make her believe you're the finest man on salt water. I've been cultivating the senorita with an object. I told her all about the box of clothes, and think she'll help us; she wants me to bring one of the dresses below, so that she can tell something about the size"
 "The devil she does! Between you, you'll get me into deuce of scrape before you're through. You'll tear the blamed things, or smut 'em with finger-marks, or get 'em mixed so's they won't go on regular, or some fool thing: see if you don't"
 Nonsense! She's a woman. ain't she? Don't you s'pose she's ever han dled 'em before? I'm trying to figure the matter out so's that pretty De Garma girl II get something nice next trip, if she don't this one. Besides. the senorita only wants to look at one of the dresses; she didn't ask for the rest of the things"
 You didn't tell her we'd been go- ing through them, did you? Oh, the good Lord! And she didn't go below? What did she say?"
 "She laughed until thought she'd choke. Then I believe she said some thing about your being wretch: yes that was the word she used. a wretch. You'll have to be mighty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
A NATURe-lovER's WEALTH.

Desire for Wealth. Fought Luxuries
IN Error of Mind.
The following extract from an inter-
view with John Burroughs, recently
published in Success, contains things
that are well thinking about.
II consider the desire which most
persons have for the luxuries that
money can buy an error of mind. 1t
means nothing except lack Of higher
tastes. Such wants are not necessary
wants. nor honorable wants. II you
cannot get wealth with noble pur-
pose, 1t is better to abandon 1t and get
something else.
Peace of mind is one of the best
things to seek-and finer tastes and
feelings. The man who gers these, and
maintains himself comfortably, Is
much more admirable and successful
than the man who gets money and neg
lects these. The realm of power has
no fascination for me. would rather
have my seclusion and peace Of mind.
This log hut, with its bare floors, Is
sufficient. am set down among the
beauties of nature, and in no danger
Of losing the riches that are scattered
all about. No one will take my walks
or my brook away from me. Flowers,
birds and animals are plentifully pro-
vided. have enough to eat and to
wear, and time to see how beautiful
the world is, and to enjoy 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

some even declare r1lat the East has
outstrlpped the West during the past
ten years in the matter of increase of
population, and that the center will
not move as far west as sos miles.
Government officials who are informed
concerning matters relative to pcpylla-
ton believe that the center will remain
in Indiana, and that Its location will
be somewhere in the vicinity of Terre
Haute.
In 1850 the center of population Of
the United States was at point al
most due south from Parkersburg. w.
Va. Ten years later it moved over to
the southeastern border of 10, and
for thirty years remained in that State.
In 1870 1t was near Chillicothe. In
1880 1t dropped down almost to the
center of Cincinnati. Ten years later
it had crossed into Indiana. and will
probably remain there until Illinois
shall claim 1t in the twentieth century.
1t Is noticeable that this center has al
ways followed closely the thirN-ninth
parallel of latitude. 1t Is a further
fact, curious enough. that the majority
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

Mark Hanna, having had such gre.
success in his campaign of money in
1896, is now engaged in selling out his
business enterprises preparatory to de-
voting all Of his time to politics. Per-
haps Mark Hanna thinks that ca
pacity for spending money in a politi-
cal contest is all that is necessary for
success, and that in 1904, he, the great
briber of the country, may be able to
purchase for himself the Presidential
chair.
But the people of this country make
a distinction between bargain hunt
ing political hack and man who has
won popular esteem through long and
able public service. That Mckinley
owes his present position to the ex-
penditure of vast sums of money is adj
mitted even by the Republicans them
selves, who are now boasting of the
wealth which is to be poured out in
an attempt to re-elect him. But Nc
Kinley had been prominent factor
in politics for many years, was an =. a.
tor of such plausible address that he
had caused multitudes to regard him
as a statesman.
Mark Hanna possesses none of these
popular characteristics. He is crude,
boorish, offensive creature who econ
ciliates with an AK" and whose tiaunt-
Ing of money in the faces of the people
is an insult and a challenge for defeat.
Chicago Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

of the large cities Of the United States,
as well as of Northern Europe, are
either on or reasonably close to the
thirty-ninth parallel.
In determining the center Of popu-
lation of any country, tine population is
first distributed by Square Degrees
as the area included between consecu-
tive parallels and meridians has been
designated. A rolnt is then assumed
tentatively as the center. and correc-
tons in latitude and longitude to this
tentative position are computed. g In
1890 the center was assumed to be the
intersection Of the thirty-ninth paral-
lei with the cighty-sixth meridian
west of Greenwich. The population of
each square degree was assumed to lie
located at the center of that square de-
gree, except in cases where it was
manifest that this assumption would
be untrue, as, for example, where "a
part Of the square degree was Occur
pied by the sea or other large body of
water, or where 1t contained a city of
considerable magnitude which was To-
Gated away from the center. In these
cases the position of the center of the
population of the square degree was es-
timated as nearly as possible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
THEY NEED NOT WORRY.

Republican newspapers are devoting
good deal of time and space these
days in trying to show that the Demo-
cratic party is splitting UP into a dozen
factions. The wish is father to the
thought. says the Kansas City Times.
There is some back talk in the Dem
ocratic ranks, just as there always has
been and always will be. That is be-
cause they are free and Independent
men, and that is why they always will
be. BIZ when it comes to doing politi-
cal business with the Republican par
ty they get right into line under Il
common banner and fight for COM
mon cause. The idea of the RepubIi-
can press is, of course, to make their
rank and file believe that the party will
have a walkover next year and thus
encourage them to stand fast-not run.
Now, there is pleasure in admitting
that all Democrats do not think alike
on all questions. Thinking people do
their own thinking. That Is the rea-
son why loud talking is occasionally
heard in the Democratic camp, but
there is just one voice when the bugle
sounds. OF course the Republicans are
mystified when they see how self-as-
sertive and independent Democrats
are, but that is because they have a
man to do their thinking for them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
New orleans,s water ballast

1.-THE report that the cruiser New
Orleans is dangerously topheavy,"
said an old sea captain now in the
government short service, seems to
have grown out of the fact that her
water ballast was trifie light. The
remedy is simply letting in more wa
ter, and the Incident is chiefly valua-
BILE as showing the immense superb
GRITTY Of American-built ships. Water
ballast on a modern war vessel is a
good joke. Ballasting is corrective
measure intended to overcome too
much buoyancy. If ship is properly
constructed it oughtn't to be over
buoyant and oughtn't to need ballast
of any kind. The presence of such a
thing ia. conclusive evidence that the
designer made mistake In his calcu..
lations. Every inch of an armed
cruiser should be occupied by some
thing useful, and the space taken up
by the water tanks is dead waste. The
New Orleans, as you will remember,
was built by the Armstrong; for the
Brazilian service, and while she is a
fine craft, she is distinctly inferior
technically to those constructed in this
country. None Of the American-madc
ships carries a pint Of water-ballast."
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
AIl.s WELL wrrH THE s,up.

AIl:s WELL WITH THE sup.
A. TIE ship speeds beneath the silent
sky,
Ger the vast expnnse of the moon
lit sea,
And one lies quiet listening dream
ily
How sweet it is to hear the watch
mans cry:
"All's well-the lights are burning
bright"
And then to sleep in safety tfro, the
night.
~.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
A detrimental.


Spelling is not the only difficulty to
be encountered by the beginner on a
typewriter. Any one who is learning
to use the machine will appreciate the
following, from Pearson's Weekly:
"How do you like your new type
writer~ inquired the agent.
Its grand" was the immediate re-
ply. 81 wonder how ever got along
without it"
: well, would you mind giving me a
little testimonial to that effect?"
Certainly not. Do it gladly" So he
rolled up his sleeves, and In an incredi-
bly, short time pounded out this:
after Using the amtomatig Back.
action q type writ, er for tire emonthan
d Over. I unhessttattlngly pronounce
it promo ce 1t to be al even more than
tn e Manufacture Claim? for 1t. Dur.
ing the time been In our possession e, /,
tn rec monthzi i'd has more than paid
for itself in the saving Of time
an dlabor. John s Gibbs"
There you are, sir"
Thanks" said the agent, and moved
quickly away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
.Ju.tioe in the wear.

Heard couple of good ones on this
trip" announced one of Detroit's trav-
cling men. Eat a little town in Okla
homa court was in session, and drop
ped in while waiting for the train. The
prosecution had taken the testimony
of stationary engineer, and the at
torney for the defense took hold.
Where were you the day this thing
happenedF he inquired.
Runnin' a injun.'
What tribe did he belong tor
THE day before case had been
tried in which a man had climbed to
the top of a freight car laid up on a
siding. He had no business there, but
loosened the brake. The car started
down grade, gained speed rapidly for
five miles, and then turned somer-
sault over an embankment. His col
lar bone was broken and he got YER
dict for $500 because smart lawyer
convinced the jury that the railroad
was guilty of contributory negligence"
Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
NEW CENTER Of POPULATION.
cen.u. of 1900 viii Find It Near East.

census of19OO Will Find It Near East
ern Illinois Line.
What will be the center of popula-
ton Of the United States in 1900, as re-
vealed by the coming census. In 1880
It was rural spot few miles south
Of Greensburg, Ind, within the retail
commercial radius of Cincinnati. What
point will mark the center Of popula-
ton next year?
The entire distance which it has
travelled In 100 years. since the taking
Of the first census, is sos miles. The
average rate of Its western movement
has been sos miles each ten years. At
that rate the center of population in
1900 will be at the intersection of the
seth parallel Of latitude and the STth
degree of longitude, at point about
three miles southwest of Bloomfield,
Greene County. Indiana, twenty-five
or thirty miles east Of the Illinois State
line.
The exact location of this point can
not be determined until after the CEN
sus Of 1900 has been taken. Many are
of the opinion that the western move
ment will be less than heretofore, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Tense Of security.

.'Eudora," said Mr. Cumrox, II have
been several times annoyed by the way
you see fit to worry about my gram
mar
Its awful" said his wife. "You use
commas where they don't belong and
you forget all about your periods.
You'll lose all your friends
'.Eudora, let me remind you that I
have money enough to float any
scheme take fancy to. A man may
lose on his punctuation, but when he
enjoys my facilities for capitalization
lie is bound to have friends that he
couldn't lose II he tried" Washington
Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Denver News.
Mark Hanna is their thinker just now,

Mark Hanna is their thinker just now,
and they are the doors. When he
smiles they all smile. and when he
groans they all groan, and when
he cries "copperhead," traitor"
and the like they set up the same
kind of yell. Democrats have
strings to them which tie them
to the principles of the party, while
the strings which are seen on Repub-
licans have Boss Hanna at the other
end of them, and when he pulls they
jump. To Hanna the Republican party
is an aggregation Of wheels and cogs,
with himself as the chief crank manip-
ulator. So also may he be said to be
the Republican press censor, and he
obliges the party's organs to run
things in the matter of telling the truth
just about as Otis runs things in the
Philippines. Meanwhile they need not
worry about the Democratic party. 1t
will be in evidence at the right time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Couldn,s Fool Her.

She was evidently new at house
keeping and marketing, but carried
herself with an air intended to Inn
press people with the opinion that she
knew all about 1t and wasn't going
to be imposed upon. It was at the
Bonsecours market before q fish stall.
Lobster, madam oh, yes!" said
the dealer, with Difference. Every nice
ones this morning. Here is first.
class one, madam" he said, exhibiting
one in its shell of glistening emerald.
The alert customer tossed her head
and exclaimed:
"Oh, no! You can't fool me with
any of your green, unripe lobsters! /
want a red onep'-Montreal Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Gold Standard.

1t is becoming very evident that the
Republican currency thinkers are not
going to make strong fight for Con-
gressional action favorable to the sim
gle gold standard.
With their usual duplicity the Repub-
lican politicians will palter in double
sense. Their masters-the money
kings-dtmand gold as the standard,
but there are other masters to be con-
sidered and the 100000 voters who
cast their ballots for bimetallism in
1898 give the money tinkers pause.
William j. Bryan, in his speech de-
livered recently at the Auditorium,
treated with keen sarcasm the double
dealing Of the hypocritical Republi-
cans. Among other things, he said:
The fight in 1896 was won on the
money question. 1t was the money
question expressed in specific manner
that afforded us the means Of distinguish
ing the believer In bimetallism from the
believer in the gold standard. And IL
they tell you to-day that events have vim
dicated the gold standard, you can an
swer them, first, that when Mr.. McILin-
ley sent commission all the way to
Europe to get rid of the gold standard
he admitted that we were right In 1895
when we said the gold standard was not
satisfactory.
Some of you may be SO prejudiced that
you cannot do justice to Mr.. Mckinley.
but am SO fair-minded that can give
him credit for sincerity when he appoint
ed three distinguished men and sent them
all the Way to Europe to CRY ont In ev.
cry market place: Help. help the Amer
lean people out of the hole that the gold
standard put them into"
Not only can you point 10 the fact that
the commission went to Europe as an
evidence that the gold standard was not
then satisfactory, but you can point to
the failure of the commission as an evil
dence that independent action is abso-
lutely necessary to secure success.
But 1t is just the sort of thing SO
ably satirized by Mr.. Bryan that the
Republicans are again contemplating.
Chicago Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

The Republican newspapers profess
to be greatly worried that Bryan ac-
cepts pay from those who invite him
to travel about the country and make
speeches. The Republicans have so
long been in the habit of having the
trusts and monopolies pay the expenses
of their statesmen that they have come
to regard that rs the only proper thing
to Cleveland Recorder.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

peace and prosperity. In the present
feyerish attitude of some of our states
men with respect to territorial ag-
grandizement and the partition of
weak and helpless people among the
strong of the earth, 1t is well that in
telligent and conservative citizens
should point out the increasing neces-
sity of holding to the essential prin-
ciples under which the republic has
developed. Philadelphia Ledger.
As n Republican Sees 1t.
All is not harmony and rose-wreathed
peace in the Republican camp. I'm
perialism is not accepted joyously and
unanimously by either the rank or file
of the grand old party. Former Sec
rotary Boutwell,. long trusted leader
in the Republican party, has the
temerity to institute a comparison be-
tween Mckinley and jefferson Davis
favorable, strange to say, to the latter.
In a recent letter which has been given
to the press, Boutwell, says:
There has been no such departure from
American fdens and principles in all our
history, not even by Jefferson Davis, as
is now in progress under the lead of the
President. Jefferson Davis did not con
template the destruction of the republic;
he only contemplated its division. Pres
ident Mckinley is Transforming this re-
public into an empire, and the permanent
establishment of our authority in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

While the prices of agricultural prod
ucts have gone down from the figures
of u year or two ago, the prices for
trust products, the necessities of farm
life, have largely increased. This cuts
the farmer both ways. He pays more
for what he requires and gets less for
what he produces.-Pittsburg Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Cause of Phiiinnine TrouhI.

The plain truth is that the deplora-
bic situation in the Philippines is Who'll
ly due to Mr.. McKinley's unauthorized,
un-American and unfortunate procla-
nation of sovereignty and demand for
submission, and to the weakness, the
wobbling and the perverse fatnity
which have characterized his conduct
of the war. Any attempt to place the
blame elsewhere will be as futile as it
is foolish.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
t;IIJocr n wor S.cr.t,-v

Mr.. Root is just as unfit for the place
as Alger was, though his untitness is
different in kind. The man wanted at
this critical juncture at the head Of
the war department is a great admin
istrator or a man familiar with mill
tary affairs and requirements, or, bet
ter still. u man who combines both
these qualifications.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23

In recent lecture on electricity Pro-
lessor Elihu Thomson related how Bos-
ton physicians had been able, with an
X-ray tube, to detect the presence Of
the microbes Of pneumonia in the lungs
before any symptoms Of that disease
were felt by the patient, or were even
perceptible by ordinary pathological
examinations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
To Make Glassware shine.

Tumblers and wine glasses should
be washed in hot water and rinsed In
cold, and should be dried with q clean
cloth as soon as possible. and when
perfectly dry rubbed with tissue pa
per. For cruets, decanters, ETC., tear
up some clean newspapers into pieces
about as big as 1O-cent pieces, put in
to bottles, half filled with warm water;
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Evidence of Leader.hin.

The essence of strong and successful
leadership is displayed in such results
as followed Mr.. Bryan's visit to Chi
cago. He once more shows himself to
be chieftain who confronts and van
pushes what others would avoid or
temporize with. 1t is such men who
compel, rather than court, success
The vexing problems which personal
ambition is always raising to jeopar-
die party ascendancy, are minimized
when such leader lays his strong, de-
cisive hand upon them. Chattanooga
News. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
FOR, TIE PARIS FAIR
UNCLE SANS HEADQUARTERS
AT THE BIG SHOW.
Architectural style Resembles That
Of the National Capitol Washing
ton and McKinleystatues Repose Side
by side-Description of the Building.

The United States national pavilion
ut the Paris exposition will be one of
the most ornamental buildings on the
grounds. The accompanying picture
is the first accurate representation of
1t, for the faxed" pictures which have
appeared in some Of the papers gave
no adequate idea of anything save it's
general contour, which has long been
known. 1t is on the Quay d'Orsay on
the left bank Of the Seine among the
buildings Of the great powers, and is
one of the best locations at the EXPOSE
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-23
Pauper Wages in America

Comes now George K. Holmes Of the
Agricultural Department and submits
statistics showing that the average
per capita wages of farm laborers in
the United States are 1925 per annum,
or about 60 cents per day, without
board This official admission Of pnn-
per wages in the United States is liable
to make trouble for Mr.. Holmes. I'm
der the new civil service system the
Secretary of Agriculture will probably
discover that some man with more
political discretion can do his work
better.-Indianapolis Sentinel.