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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

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hamper you in your art. believed SO
In your future, and would not for
worlds have held you back from sue
cess"
The man rose from his seat, forcing
himself to be calm. II must leave you,
Elizabeth. You tempt me past endur-
ance." -
You are dreadfully unkind, Tom.
It's mean for you to tell ne that 1 am
unmaidenly. can't help ii. It's your
fault. What made you make me love
you so?" And stately Miss Hunt burst
into tears, regardless of hundred spec
tators.
Utterly aghast, Tom sat down and
endeavored to comfort. her. In ten
minutes time>he was her abject slave,
and they had pledged their troth.
AS they left the park Elizabeth de-
scended from the heights. 20, Tomp'
she cried suddenly, what must all
those people have thought of meT"
Darling" said her happy lover, "did
you never hear of being alone in a
crowd2 Each little group was busy
with its own tragedy or comedy" -Chi-
cago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

Mark Hanna is entirely frank as to
his proposed method of keeping the
trusts in control in the United States.
1t takes money to do it.-Kalamazoo
Gazette.
Spain is about the only country in the
world that is sitting back and taking
things easy these days. She is enjoy
ing that enviable position of having no
islands or special spheres of interest"
to be protected.-Des MONIES Leader.
About this time look out for the dis
covery of some hair-ralsing plots in the
Philippines. The exigencles of the cam
paigp demand them and the Republic
can literary bureau Is apt to be equal to
the occasion.-R Rochester IN. W Herald
Hanna processes to be confident of
President McKinley's reelection, but
he is provoked that the Republican
party should feel the same confidence,
because 1t interferes with the collection
of the campaign assessments.-Peo
Herald Transcript.
The Republican party is now calling
itself party of expansion, and there
fore claims to be following the policy
of Jefferson. Jefferson never believed
in crossing 5000 miles of salt water for
the purpose of annexing nest of hor-
nets.-Quincy Herald.
The charge has been made that poll
tics is behind the threatened strike of
| the anthracite coal miners. The body
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

their search has never revealed sim
gle bee.
Now comes the most peculiar part of
this most peculiar tale. The large post
oak tree standing at the north end Of
the grove is the curiosity Of the bunch,
for not long ago a young man hearing
of the bees went to the spot and pro-
ceeded to look carefully up each tree in
the grove until lie came to the north
oak. Hewas within two feet of this tree
looking up when he heard noise just
like a carpenter at work mailing on
boards and the noise seemed to come
from the tree. He went around it sew
eral times trying to locate the hammer
ing, but it still seemed to come from the
tree, the hammering continued until he
happened to touch the tree with his
hand, when it suddenly stopped. The
man then went away amazed. A day
or SO after this man had occasion to
again pass that way. He slipped up
to the tree and listened for the ham
mering, and sure enough, 1t was as
plain us ever. He touched the tree with
the end of his finger and MS before the
noise stopped at once. This man and
several others have tried touching the
tree several times since with the same
results.
They say that the humming Of bees
and the curious hammering can be
heard any day, but, no one thas been
able to explain the mysteries Of this en-
chanted grove.-G Galveston News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
THE DAYS GONE pY.

o the days gone by! o the days gone byl
The apples in the orchard and the path
way in the rye;
The chirrup Of the robin, and the whistle
of the quail.
AS he piped across the meadow sweet as
any nightingale;
When the bloom was on the clover, and
the blue was in the sky,
And my happy heart brimmed oyer-in
the days gone by.
In the days gone by, when my naked feet
were tripped
BY the honeysuckle tanglcs where the
/, water lilies dipped,
And the ripples of the river Tipped the
! NOES thong the brink,
Where the. placid-eyed and lazy footed
cattle came to drink.
And the fitting snipe stood fearless Of
the truant's Maynard cry,
And the splashing Of the swimmer, in
the days gone by.
o the days gone by! O the days gone BY!
The music of the laughing lip, the luster
Of the eye;
The childish faith in fairies and Alad-
din's magic ring
Inc simple, soul-reposing, glad belief In
everything.
For life was like a story, holding neither
sob nor sigh
In the golden, olden glory Of the days
gone by.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
THE BEES AND THE TREES.
A Territory Mystcry that Is Puzzlin
at Least One Man.

A Territory Mystcry that Is Puzzling
at Least One Man.
Away buck in the sos there was a
Shawnee Indian village on the South
Canadian River about eighty-tive miles
west of South McAlester, but the old
village has long since disappeared. On
the spot where the young Shawnee
buck sung his kiowala TO his dusky
maiden and courted his best girl by the
light of the full moon, only an occa-
sional rock hearth and few graves
are left to indicate the former hunting
ground of the red man.
Near the old village site now lives a
white man. Just on the border of this
mans farm is a spot which seems to
have been the thickest settled part of
the Shawnee village, and here is a
grove of black oak trees. In this grove
are two very large post oak trees, one
in the south and one in the north end
Of the grove. Inthe grove can be heard
most any day the buzzing of a swarm
Of bees SO plainly that the noise has
fooled many old bee hunters, but all
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
eral immense sheets of plate glass SO

eral immense sheets of plate glass SO
arranged as to catch great number
Of suns rays and concentrate them at
a distance. The professor has found a
financial hacker In j. @. Sharp, of Salt
Lake City, who is said to be enthusias-
tic over the possibilities of the inyen-
ton.
The problem Of storing or controlling
solar heat has been worked on by scien-
lists for years and although prof"
Tantrove is the subject of much skepti-
cism and ridicule he may have solved
the first step in the intricate problem.
There must be something Individual
and novel about the device or the PRO
fessor" could not have secured patent
on 1t. Should 1t do one-half what the
professor" claims. the methods Of
modern warfare. transportation, manu-
featuring and heating would be revolu-
tionized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Observation-Disclosures
ON IA PARK BENCH.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. !;

Go ON CHAPMAN sat on a bench
In Lincoln Park, picture Of de-
! spondency. Only few days be-
fore he had been discharged from the
hospital after being invaded home
from the Philippines. His brief soldier
career was over, but he could not re-
turn to his beloved profession, for his
right sleeve hung empty at his side
Never more could he WELD brush OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

not produce an uncomfortable sensa-
ton when applied to or tend to heat the
body. AS will be seen, the ends of the
wire braces are attached to the legs
and shoulders, and are crossed low
down on the back, where belt support
n bridge on which the springs are full
crumed. When the person bends for
ward a bracing tension is applied to the
shoulders and also to that portion of
the back which usually becomes most
sensitive after a long, STOPPING posture.
The wire braces are resilient and will
assume normal position upon relaxa-
ton or when the wearer Of the brace
assumes an erect position.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
CONTROLLING THE SUMS RAYS.
Seattle Genius Has Patented Wonder.
full Device

Seattle Genius Has Patented a Wonder
full Device.
Julius Tantrove is a genius who lives
in Seattle, Wash. The people there call
him professor, because he has patented
device which he claims will do many
startling things. A few things that the
professor claims his machine is capable
Of achieving are the blowing up of war
ships at unheard-of distances, OF the
melting of them while they are fleeing
in desperation for safety, the destroy
ing of forts and powder magazines
without coming within rifle range of
the place, the burning of city at any
distance less than nine miles and the
storage of solar heat for domestic and
mechanical uses: The professor makes
no mystery of his methods. All he
uses is scientific application of the
old burning glass with which small
boys set fire to newspapers. The secret
Of his patent lies in the arrangement
of pieces of plate glass so as 10 coneen-
trate the SUMS rays in the most effect
i've manner. He does not use an ordl-
nary lens. His device consists OF sew
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

1t was not Mrs. Darlington who wrote
to the Listener the other day; Mrs.
Darlington is dead. 1t was another
lady; and inasmuch as she is now far
across the ocean, perhaps 1t is safe for
me to make note of the matter. The
lady wrote me from Nuremberg:
LAST week we We're in Luzerene-
the week before in Southern France,
the fortnight before that in Paris. Next
week we are going to Leipzig and Ber-
lin, and we hope to spend part of Au-
gust on the coast of Norway. You see
am getting to be a regular bog-trot-
ter,'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
A Natural ConcIusion.

The Philadelphia Record prints an
amusing story of the late President
William H. Allen of Girard College and
a lady Of more inquisitiveness than liz
telligence. On one occasion a business
matter called Mr.. Allen to small town
in the central part of Pennsylvania.
While sitting in the parlor of the coun-
try hotel in the evening, after transact
ing his business, he was taken in hand
by the wife of the proprietor, who
wanted to know all about his private
affairs.
Mr.. Allen took it all in good part, and
for time was rather amused. Finally
she asked:
"Have You much of a family?"
"Oh, yes" said he, and he smiled as
his mind reverted to his hundreds of
pupils.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Remarkable Calculator.

Diamandi, Il native of Pylaros, one
of the Greek Islands, seems to be re-
markable calculator. According to the
London Times, after a mere glance at
blackboard on which thirty groups Of
figures are written, he can repeat them
in any arithmetical process. 1t is said
that he never makes an error in calcu-
lations involving billions. and he can
extract square or cube roots with mar.
yelous rapidity and accuracy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Rare Birds EGGS.

To one not conversant with ornithol-
ogy the statement that the eggs and
nests of some well-known birds remain
vet to be discovered must appear sur
prising. The eggs of the curlew-sand-
piper, bird familiar in Great Britain,
We're first discovered last July on an
island at the mouth of the Siberian
River Yenisei. There are few other
birds which make their nests In re.
mote regions. although living part of
their lives among civilized men, whose
eggs have not yet been found.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
COTTON plckeRs, BACK BRACE.
Device Intended to Aid Those who A,

Device Intended to Aid Those Who Are
Obliged to Stoop.
When small boy complains that his
back aches his elders are apt to re-
mark that little boys do not have backs,
but Edgar G. Mendenhall, of Menden-
hall, Ark, seems to have come to the
conclusion that even grown people have
backs to ache when compelled to main
tain n STOPPING position for several
hours at time. In the illustration we
show his new back-brace for the use
of cotton-pickers, berry pickers, etc.
The entire device is light in construc-
ton and responds quickly to the differ
ent movements of the body, and does
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

For fifty years the city of Grenoble,
in France, has maintained municipal
restaurant and kitchen, where meals
nre cooked and supplied at cost. The
food is of the best quality, the cooks
are skillful and the service is excellent.
One may dine there on bread and soup
for cents and have his hunger thor
onghly appeased. or may pay II cents
and enjoy course dinner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
To Sec Under ware.

An instrument for seeing objects un.
der water has been invented by a n.y.
Geographic engineer of Russia. BY its
aid the bottom of rivers, to depth of
from forty-tive to sixty feet. can be dis.
tinctly viewed. In the examination of
wrecks this submarine telescope will
be of great service.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

1t is the essence of hypocrisy for the
Republican party, in view of its pres
ept record, to condemn negro disfran-
chisement in the South as long as 1t is
riding roughshod over the political
rights of the inhabitants of the islands
acquired from Spain. 1t overthrow the
government of the Hawaiians and re-
duced the natives to condition of po-
litical servitude. 1t is waging war upon
the Filipinos for the purpose of extin-
gushing their liberties and preventing
them from realizing their political as
pirations. Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Newspapers in the british NIuse,,,

Newspapers In the British Museum.
In the British Museum there are
10000 volumes of London newspapers.
There are $4,000 volumes of provincial
newspapers from England and Wales,
and about 5000 volumes Of Scotch
newspapers, with something slightly
less for Ireland. Last years accesslons
were 600 volumes Of London newspa-
pers, 800 volumes of provincial papers
from England and Wales, 127 volumes
from Scotland, and something less
from Ireland.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Imperialisu, Past and present.

Imperialism first destroyed the Ro-
man republic and then ruined Rome.
Imperialism killed two republics in
France and is waiting its opportunity
to assassinate third. Imperialism is
menace to the American republic as
it was the destroyer of the great re-
publics of ancient and modern Europe.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
The WOMEN oE CHINA.

A Contrast in the Costumes of the Rich
and the Poor.
The Chinese have no domestic life as
we understand the term; their social
customs are entirely opposed to ours;
truth is law from which they are d.
vorced; and the only argument they I'M
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

"How many children?" she persisted
WELL" said Mr.. Allen. with great
earnestness, II have five hundred, and
all boys!"
The good lady was speechless for a
moment. Then she arose, and hurrying
to the door, called softly to her hus-
band:
20, John, come IN here! We've got
Brigham Young stoppin' with us!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

rsS h'SSftaf .ssV1t NO N thSHUCUs
I'VE hold these truths to be self-eyi-
dent, that all men are created equal,
except the Filipinos and Porto Ricans."
Declaration of independence as
amended by McKiuley.-Grand Rapids
Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Must Be a Labor of Love.

The Democratic party has not the
millions of dollars with which the
trusts have filed the slush fund in Mr..
Hanna's hands to pay for distributing
literature and sending hired spellbind-
ers to every county and city in the
Union. Its orators and writer's will
labor for the love of the cause and the
triumph Of it will be their reward
Kansas City Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

The price Of sugar has been raised
almost cent pound since May %,
in eight different advances. The only
thing that can be said in favor of the
trust is that 1T has apparently tried to
break the bad news gently.--Boston
Globe,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

sovereign, and is very much law unto
himself. These pictures present the
contrast as it shows itself in the wo-
men-the one lady of high rank, splen-
didly alfred, the other couple of
wretched peasant women, working al
most naked, In the fields.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Evolution of Our Caesar.

Let the tiger once taste human blood
and 1t will hunt no game but man. I'M
perialists obey the same law of deyel-
opment. Caesar did not set out with
the design of subverting the Roman re-
public. Napoleon did not think of a
consulship for life until he had made
away with the directory He did not
think of crown until he had become
first CONSUL Mckinley did not reach
out for his Chinese province until he
had his Porto Rico and his Philippines.
Give him China and he will cast eyes
on Africa.-New York Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Mckinley AMI the Hamilton idea.

AS he is Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, whatever Mr.. Henderson
says of American politics may as well
be noted. Mr.. Henderson wants to
elect to the Presidency man who mot
only breaches the doctrines of Alexan-
der Hamilton, but, like Mckinley, acts
them" AS Hamilton declared the Brit
ish government the best model the
world has ever produced, the Ameri-
can voter may easily judge for himself
as to what is the paramount issue now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

The Alabama is the fastest ship of Its
class in the United States navy. Dur
Ing Its trial trip of the harbor Of Bos-
ton 1t maintained speed of seventeen
knots an hour for four continuous
hours.
Length at water line, 1863 feet; beam.
% feet inches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

derstand is force. There is no compan-
ionship of the sexes as in this country,
and marriage is an arrangement made
at an early age. While, however, the
lower classes live in state of perjury
which 1t is hardly possible to imagine,
the luxury of the rich almost passes
conception. Each noble surrounds
himself with court as if he were a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

The great gold mine located under
the town of Ballarat, Australia, reputed
to be the richest in the world. has
yielded f3o,100,00o worth of gold since
1t was opened irty years ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

In Abyssinia, not so very long ago,
salt was the principal medium of ex-
change, being practically used as
money.
A bill collector should have excellent
taste; everyone hates a bill collector.
anyway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

You can never tell how little dude
knows by the height Of his collar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26

Gas bills are light atliictions that are
usually otherwise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Bryan Not So Easily Trapped.

Bryan Not SO Easily trapped.
/ The correspondent of a leading New
York paper bounded in upon Mr.. Bryan
Z in Lincoln the other evening and
pumped ten questions at him, most of
which were direct inquiries as to what
he would do concerning the finances of
the government in case he We're chosen
President. To each question Mr.. Bry-
an suavely replied: II will discuss pub
lie questions in my own way and in my
own time" And that was all the salts
faction the visitor extracted from Mr..
Bryan. The purpose of such tactics is
apparent. By entrapping Mr.. Bryan
into detailed discussion of financial
questions the hope was to push the
silver issue to the front again. The in
cident shows how desperate the Repub-
llcans are in their efforts to ignore the
issue of imperialism and keep the at
tention of the country upon an old issue
in which the people have lost their ill.,
terest.-Springield (NIass.) Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26


Every partisan of the British in Brit
aims warfare against the Beers is a
supporter of the administration.
Why?
Every man who makes excuse for the
treaty recognizing slavery in the Sulu
Islands is supporter of the admins
tration.
Why?
Every man who declares that this re-
public should not extend its sympathles
to other republics struggling for life
and to other people struggling for lib
erty is supporting the administration.
Why?
Every man who advocates the policy
of allowing the national banks to con-
troll the currency of the country is sup
porting the administration.
Why?
Every trust magnate is supporting
the administration.
Why?
Every man who denies that people
living under the American flag are en-
titled to all the rights, privileges and
Immunities guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton is supporting the administration.
Why?
An hundred hands fling up reply
An hundred voices answer. "Pie"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
Imperialienn.


The American people have at last
been aroused to a sense of their duty
the great question whether we are to
establish an empire or are we going to
protect this great country of ours as
advocated. by Thomas Jefferson. We
are Americans and believe in an Amer
lean form of government-no kings or
queens for us. The policy Of this adj
ministration has been to crush out
weaker and struggling governments;
the principles as advocated by Monroe
have been grossly violated in every
particular; the colored races in Cuba
and the Philippines should have lib
erty, the right to govern themselves;
we promised 1t to them, and If that
grand American statesman, William
Jennings Bryan, is elected, King Will
lam Mckinley and his empire of the
East will be thing of the past. Our
republic must be maintained, our insti-
tutions protected and our homes sur
rounded with pure American influ-
ences.-Colored Citizen.