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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

is the reason-in fact, 1t may be said
to be certainly the reason-that spi-
der can run backward as well as for
ward. The only spot where 1t does
not seem to see well is right in front.
You can capture one from that side
much easier than from any other This
spider is not fitted with the additional
eyes which other insects have. Usual
tly the compound eyes are supplemented
by simple eyes set in front and low
down on or near the proboscis which
enable 1t to see at short range in front.
But the spider lacks these supplement-
al eyes.
Here is the head of grasshopper
which shows the more ordinary style
of eye with which insects are fitted"
continued the doctor, placing another
slide under the glass. you will see
that this insect has huge eye on each
side of the head. They resemble the
eyes of horse in measure, but are
immensely larger in proportion. Now
they are fixed in the head Immovably
SO that the bug can not turn them in
the slightest degree. They have none
Of the delicate appliances Of the human
eye to reduce focus or change direc-
ton, so naure has compensated.
You will see that the eye is enclosed
in n transparent sack and that 1t has
the appearance of hundreds Of CLASSY
fish eggs. These enable the insect to
catch pictures in all directions But
just in front the lines are rather OBJ
scure, SO nature has bestowed some ex-
ira eyes ON the grasshopper. Look
closely to the base Of the antennae and
insects have lliam 10 the tips of their
noses. as W.; -, are for short
range seein IN ( W lie insect On
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

eye appear to present no inequality
When the mosquito struggles-as can
frequently be noticed-these hooks
have clasped something which is clasp
ed the tighter as the insect tries vainly
to fly away.
But 1t is in the visual apparatus that
nature shows the most marvellous
adaptabllity to the lives of the bugs.
Some Of the eyes DR.. Riese has placed
on microscopic slides are maryels of
intricacy. The fact that they are sta
tionary, without lateral or vertical
power-they can not alter the focus or
direction of gaze-makes 1t necessary
for the insect to be provided with lens
es SO cut up with facets that they will
capture and retain pictures in almost
every degree Of the lateral and vertical
planes. Insects can see as well be
tween what in man would be called
the shoulder blades as they can direct
ly in front. In many cases they see
to much better advantage behind than
before.
DIR. Riese adjusted his microscope at
this time and placed a slide in position
wherein was pasted the body of a
daddy long legs" or common garden
spider. This specimen is an excep-
tionally fine one and is so mounted as
to bring the eyes directly under the
searching power Of the instrument
The eyes are wonders In themselves,
but their position is even more Won
derful. They are perched on top of
a watch tower in the middle of the
back. They project into the air to-
what seems full inch under the glass;
seen by the naked eye this tower in
indistinguishable until the mind has
been attracted to its existence by the
microscope. The eyes are on each side
of the tower. very near the top. THAT
insect can see as well over Its shoulder
us it can In almost direct line in
front" said DR.. Riese. Possibly that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

and bedroom. Priceless tapestries, rare
old furniture, toilet trappings In solid
gold and silver, fine linens. dainty per
fumes-all these and thousand other
elegancies are as much part of ODER
lin NJ. Carter's life MS the air he
beathes.
At tie Fort Leavenworth peniten-
tiary he must manage to survive for
five long years without his wine sup
pers, his rapid friends, and his per-
fumed baths. Five changes of toilet a
day are not recognized as essential at
the Fort Leayenworth prison. One suit
Is quite sufficient according to the
prison code-a stout suit of coarse gray.
with big straw hat in summer and a
small blue denim cap in winter.
The man who has played the high
roller for years. who has been courted
by pleasureloving fashionables, ad-
mired by women. and envied by men,
will for the next five years be kept
under lock and key as a mere thing,
duly ticketed and numbered. His num-
Der will be marked in glaring red. stem.
ciled on his prison garments In four
places-right across the broad of his
back. over the right thigh, and on the
calf of each leg. A more degrading
thing this branding of the criminal
more prominently than the government
mule is marked-could not be devised.
Fort Leavenworth is not place
where the tastes of prisoners are con-
suited. Discipline of the handcuff-
shotgun variety is promptly applied as
the occasion demands. The prison is
collection of old buildings. entered
through a sallyport, guarded night and
day by heavily armed men. Inside the
sallyport Il gloomy archway leads I'M
der the offices of the warden and his
subordinates. the printing shop, and
photograph gallery. to the prison build
ings where the convicts are housed,
fed. and bathed.
At Fort Leayenworth hard labor
means just what the term implies. Car
ter, with hands unused to labor harder
than uncorking champagne bottles and
throwing away money. will find the
conditions far from enjoyable. He will
sleep in regulation prison cell behind
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
nuptial ceremony he had the privilege
of attending:

nuptial ceremony he had the privilege
Of attending:
"At Quaker wedding last week,
where there were no display, decora-
tons, maids or groomsmen, the air
seemed charged with joy. After ST.
lence Of several minutes the guests
arose and the bridegroom taking the
hand Of the bride said: in the divine
presence and before this assembly Il
take Patience B. to be my wife,
promising to be to her b faithful and
affectionate husband until death shallr
separate u.s. The bride responded: Il
take thee. John j, to be my .hus-
band, promising to be faithful and
affectionate wife until death shall sep
arate u.s. A prayer was made. the
bridegroom kissed the bride and after
congratulations had been said all re-
paired to the dining-room, where the
breakfast was spread. The table was
set with the family silver and china,
which had come from England with
the great-grandfather of the bride, dnd
there was single rose at each corner.
After the breakfast the entire party &c.
companied the happy pair across the
meadow to their new home and were
shown the gifts of loving friends. One
of the guests was heard to say as she
started homeward: What is the use
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
can literature and art has been second

can literature and art has been second
to no man of his times.
Mr.. elders first volume of verse.
"The New Day" appeared in 1875, and
was followed by 1.-The Celestial Pas
sion," 1887; Lyrics" 1Ss5-and 1887:
1.-TWO Worlds and Other POEMS" 1891:
The Great Remembrance, and Other
Poems" 1893. The contents of these
five volumes were gathered into one
volume, under the title "Five Books of
Song" and published by the Century
Company in 1894. He has since pub.
lished '.For the Country" 1887, and "In
Palestine" last year. both by the Cen
tury Company.
Mr.. Glider holds distinct and hon.
orable position among American poets.
His first volume, written under the in
fuence of Italian studies. contained
lyrics Of much Imaginative beauty. Its
fine quality and verse since has been
warmly received. In later years his
work has shown wide range OF
themes-a broadening vision and
deepening purpose. AS has been well
said, however, "He remains neverths-
less essentially lyrist, a maker Of
songs; thorough artist, who has Sc
robustness, dignity and charm. His is
an earnest nature. sensitive alike 10
vital contemporaneous problems and to
the honey-sweet voice of the Ideal"
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legs at all, yet he handles each in sue
ceSsIon mt will" III

One of the wonders of nature was
shown on another slide. 1t was the
head, and particularly the proboscis,
of the common house fly. Projecting
out from between the feelers is broad
net hooked up to the head by extension
ropes. This net or web can be thrown
out to a distance several times as far
as the diameter Of the head. 1t Is used
to suck up fluids and convey them to
the greedy mouth. The net is mar
velous exemplification of natures art
istic power. The web is traced with
beautiful lace work, the cords are
twined in regular strands, as if they
really are ropes, and the tackle is as
intricate, yet simple in use, as anything
used on ship
Seen under the most powerful glass
some 800 diameters were used-the
tracery of the net is very clearly
worth the study of engineers, for
Dame Nature exceeds in skill any of
her imitators. The study Of this pecu.
liar proboscis, with the beady eyes
lying near to throw brilliant light
over ths-object assailed, is a work of
art unsurpassed. In it's mechanical
purposes it is another evidence of the
skill of the Creator in fashioning ap-
planes to fit all needs.
One thing noticed in all the speci-
mems displayed was that insects are
usually covered with feathery hairs
all over their parts. A glistening fly
which to the human vision seems TO be
superlatively smooth is shown to be
covered with full suit of hairy feath-
ers. The mosquito is literally ingulfed
in feathers. with here and there spl-
rails entwlned among them. The wing
of the mosquito shows the same
courses of feathers running along with
each strand of the structure, while the
web or sails are covered with delicate
hairs.
One Of the most interesting wings
seen was taken from a May fly, the
mothlike insect which lives but one
day. futters about an electric or gas
light and falls dead by the million.
The lace work of this wing would fur
nish pattern for the most delicate
and filmy laces produced in Belgium.
France or Austria. Under power-
full glass its intricacies are so clearly
revealed that an accurate copy could
be easily made.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
A Convent Robbed.

Turing first mass burglar entered the
apartments of the Sisters Of Chart, at
West Point and appropriated $95 in pa
per and silver. and gold watch which
he found in trunk. The trail Of the rob-
be- was found and he was traced to with
In four niles of Fort Madison. The go
lice Of the latter city found that he had
left turriedly for Burlington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

1t is source of never-ending won
der to the careful observer that nearly
every evil carries with it its own REM
edy. Some people, for want of some
thing better, have been worrying a
good deal over the possibility that the
earth is to become overpopulated in the
course of a certain number of centuries.
NJ. vauthier, the French sociologist, in
a recent analysis of statistics, finds
that the birth-rate is decreasing in
every country of Europe but four.
Italy, Spain, Servia and Norway are
the exceptions, and even here the mar
gin of difference is very small. 1t
should never be lost sight of that the
human race is primarily product of
wondering what we are to do when
conditions are changed, for this is all
taken care of. If anything we should
devote our energies to making the con-
ditions as healthy as may be, leaving
results to take care of themselves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

. T.. : T77- 81
Few people will find fault with Ad-
miral Dewey's aversion to promiscuous
Handwriting, and his frankness in OBJ
jecting to 1t and refusing to submit to
1t is the latest OF the many little in
dices of his candid nature which the
American people have come to admire
along with his professional ability and
his splendid. manly character. Most
public men, we believe, really object
to this sort of thing, but rarely does
one stand up and speak his mind on
the subject as the Admiral has. Most
of them suffer in silence. The man who
insists on shaking hands with the "man
of the hour" is about on par with
the persistent souvenir collector and
the camera "fiend."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22


become more necessary to the com
n,ercial transactions of the world than
at present. For centuries the French
language has been the exclusive Ian
guage of the courts. To-day there is
no court in Europe where an American
minister cannot transact business in
English. The English language is be-
ing almost entirely used In the yene-
zuelan arbitration court at Paris. The
American proposals at the peace con-
ference required no TRANSACTIONS eX-
cept for delegates from other than Eu-
ropean countries. English will replace
Spanish in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines and it is gradually sup
planting all others in South America.
Speech also follows the flag.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Many attempts have been made, with
some success, to draw into the coun-
try, for employment upon farms. some
of the labor which goes to waste in
cities. These enterprises have dealt
usually with men; but may not agri-
cultural settlements for women be So
luton for the perpleXities of some of
the women who have to earn their liv-
ing, but find the usual employments of
women overcrowded? In England an
association has been formed to pro-
mote such a movement. 1t publishes
newspaper, has established courses of
instruction, and is doing what it can
to induce women who cannot get work
in cities to .go back to the land" for
support. AT Reading College two
houses have been fitted up, which are
occupied by women students, who at
tend classes in horticulture, chemistry,
botany, entomology and dairy work.
This instruction aims to fit women for
three different kinds of work. The
first is the direction of the home, gar
den or farm. The second is the work
VI SSAcAdi SaIueueES, VI STOWcEb OI
grapes, mushrooms tomatoes and Gu
cumbers, the care of diaries and the
raising of poultry. The third is the
establishing of agricultural settle
ments, where groups of women In adj
joining cottages, with land attached,
can apply their knowledge to market
gardening. This experiment is very in
teresting. There is nothing unsuitable
in it. In fact, market-gardening bee
keeping, poultry raising and the grow
ing of flowers and small fruits, seem
to be industries for which women are
naturally adapted. Rightly directed,
they are among the most profitable
connected with the cultivation of the
soil. Surely. If women should enter
them, far healthier and happier lives
would result than follow the struggles
for self-support in our cities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
CARTER In JAIL LIFE
CONVICTED ARMY OFFICERS
FUTURE IN PRISON.
Five Year. of Hard work-Rixid Dis
cipline and Frugal Fare Will Be His
Portion-A Number Is Branded on
His Clothes The Daily Routine.


Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, the United
States army officer recently convicted
of immense frauds in connection with
the improvement of Savannah harbor,
Georgia, a work of which he had
charge as the Government engineer,
was sentenced to the Fort Leaven-
worth tKansas, penitentiary for five
years Imprisonment at hard labor,
deprivation of his rank in the army,
and dismissal, and 5000 fine.
The contrast between Carter's life
for the next five years and his life for
the preceding ones could not be more
dissimilar. Carter's rooms were al
ways models of luxury. No society
girl. nurtured in the lap of wealth, ever
excelled this luxury loving officer in
the costly, artistic elegance Of boudoir
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
SEEN UNDER A GLASS,
A MICROSCOPE REVEALS BEAU.
TIES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
Marvelou. Arrangement of a SPIDER.
Eyes-Daddy LonGlegs Can seein Any
Observation-Disclosures About Mos
quitoes, Flies and other Things.

DR.. B. L. Riese is Chicago scientist
who deyotes his leisure time to bug
hunting. His forte Is microscopy and
the use of this delicate instrument in
connection with insect anatomy has
resulted in some extremely interest
ing discoveries of late. He disposes
of one or two theories which have been
held for years. notably the one which
provides insects with cup-shaped feet,
the suction of which enables them to
walk on polished surfaces in seeming
defiance of all the laws of gravity. His
microscope shows that the insects al
ways have hooks of great relative pow
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
HISTORIC OLD BARN.

Here Qnnntrill Got His Death wound
in lsirmish with Home Gnard..
Here is a picture of the barn where
Quantrlll received his death wound. 1t
is situated on the farm of Mr.. w. T..
Heady, about mile west of Wakefield
Station. in Spencer County, Kentucky,
and is an old-fashioned building, com.
mon in Kentucky in ante-bellum days.
The interior contains but one apart
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steel-barred door. watched by guard
armed with a shotgun. 1t is needless
to say that the rare carpets and price
less tapestries which have heretofore
contributed to his comfort will not
figure in his Fort Leavenworth cell.
The bill of fare is not an appetizing
outlook for Carter, for this luxurious
officer has fattened for years upon the
choicest foods prepared by artist chefs.
Nothing in the eating and drinking line
has been quite good enough for the cpl
curean captain. Think what five years
of Fort Leayenworth prison fare will
mean to him-an eternity of CASTRO
nomic misery.
The work which falls to the share of
almost all new arrivals is with the pick
and blasting drill in the quarrles two
miles from the prison. The stone is for
use In the construction of the new peni-
Tertiary. Carter comes in for this back
breaking, hand-blistering experience.
Fort Leavenworth prison has a set Of
very severe rules. all rigidly enforced.
Should Carter grow dlsobedient his
prison allowance of tobacco will be
smut off. he Will be denied the prfyi-
lege of writing or receiving letters. his
diet may be restricted to bread and
water. and in the event of persistent
misconduct he would be handcuffed
day and night to the bars of his cell.
They stand no nonsense at Fort Leav-
enworth. Still they work no cruelties
and the prisoner who behaves well,
takes his medicine, as 1t were, untllnch-
ingly, is treated as we'll as he could
rightly expect. He can write to his
friends and receive their letters; he
may subscribe for any reputable news.
paper or magazine, and may have
books from the prison library.
Every Saturday afternoon Carter
will be compelled not only to give him
self cold-water bath with common
brown soap accompaniment. but he
will be forced to wash and scrub his
cell, depressing work for the man who
for years has been living in perfumed
baths. and relying upon the services of
a skilled valet for the simplest tasks
of the toilet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
RICHARD WATSON GLIDER.

Editor of Century Magazine One Of the
Best Known Americar Poets.
Mr.. Richard Watson Glider, one OF
the best known Of American poets, was
born on Feb. 8. 1874, in Bordentown.
N. ]. He began his literary career as
a journalist, became editor of "Hours
at Home" in 1869. shortly after AZ
sumed the associate editorship OF
"scrlbner's Magazine" and upon the.
death of DR.. ]. g. Holland, 1881. sue
ceeded him as editor-in-chief, the name
of the magazine having been. In the
meantime. changed to The Century. In
this position his influence upon Ameri-
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ment, ordinarily known as "the cutting
room" from the fact that all the feed
for the stock was chopped and pre-
pared there. The room is about 60
feet square. with loft above it. The
barn was, in the palmy days. surround
ed on all sides by sheds 16 feet in
width. These sheds, at this time most
ly fallen away, were used for various
purposes. Quantrill and his men were
occupying this barn when Terrilrs
band of home guards surprised and at
tackled them. In the sharp skirmish
which followed Quantrill received
wound in the lungs, which Frustrated
hin,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Aids Railroad Mems Home.

President T.. s. Coffin Of the RaiIrOad
Mems Home at Highland Park, ILL.,, who
lives in Fort Dodge, arrived there from
Chicago. where he contributed $4,000 of
personal funds to raise the debt hanging
over the home. President Coffin favors
locating the home in Iowa, possibly in
Fort Dodge, and offers to donate fine
farm there for the location. The home is
supported by various brotherhoods of
railroad men over the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
Car Inspector killed.

Herman Peppmeier, a car inspector on
the B., O. R. & N, was killed b. the
cars in the O., B. g. @. yards at Bur-
lington. Both legs and the right arm
were cut off and the skull crushed. The
exact details of the accident are 1ays-
terry. Peppmeier had worked for the soad
twenty-five years. He leaves wife and
family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22
The latest report Of the Pension office

The latest report of the Pension Office
has lately been given to the public. The
rolls now contain $4,000 names, Of
which one-fourth represent widows and
other dependents. The amount paid on
this account during the last fiscal year
was $13s, 100000. The total outlay for
pensions up to date has been $2,400.-
100000, sum which, as the Outlook
intimates. would have paid for all the
real estate in the seeding States. Econ
omically considered, the afterclap Of
war strikes quite as hard as the orig
inal blow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

Long Island, N. Y,
has Invented a life
saving buoy, which
b e c In ! m s W Ill.
make 1t possible
for shipwrecked
mariners to float on
the surface of the
W a t er for more
than two W e e K s
without danger to
life. 1t consists of
an aluminium case,
Sndpeu IKE u udr-
rel. seven feet In
length and weigh
ing but t W Ell v e
pc u n DIS. 1t is
weighted at the
bottom to keep 1t in
an upright position,
and is built in two
halves, which open
nm ruhhor hipons
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advantage not possessed by spiders.
This is an excellent type Of the COM
pound eye.'
The slide was moved slightly that the
leg Of the insect might be examined
under the powerful lens. The joint
work of the limb is like a ruby rush,
the delicate blood vessels imparting a
brilliant hue thereto. The structure
is extremely powerful. the joints 1T
ting into each other SO as to impart the
greatest elasticity and power, On the
end Of the leg are strong hooks which
can close on any object with great
force. They also give the insect the
power to grasp any inequality forci-
bly,, to use the enormous muscular pow
er which results in leap of hundreds
of times the length Of the insect.
"The theory" said DR.. Riese, that
insects have cup-shaped Examinations
to their legs, which enable them to
travel up wall or up glass is not
correct They have nothing of the kind
at least none examined has. Sue
ton, the supposed force which keeps
them in their seemingly unsclentific DO
sition, is not used at all. Those hooks
are used as monkey uses the long
fingers and as bird uses its claws, to
grasp any roughness on the surface.
If the smoothest piece of glass known
were examined under a powerful mt
croscope 1t would be seen to be mass
of inequalities. Now, the hook or
hooks some have several on one leg
are SO small that they can be inserted
in these inequalities. Thus what seems
to be a violation of natural laws is seen
to be merely an accommodation there
to.
Look at this set of hooks on the end
of the leg Of the mosquito. A close
glance will reveal the fact that this
insect has powerful double hooks
working from opposite sides of the leg.
These can close up on anything too
small to be seen and hold on with great
power. The spider you will also see
has set of hooks which he uses with
| legs several times as long as the diam
eter of his body. He must have ire
mendous muscular power to use those