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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
state of Cashmere falling still lower,
to 81 per square mile. England had in
the same year $40 people to the square
mile, and Scotland 134.
Japanese Imitation.

The japanese are almost universally
condemned by writer's for the imitation
practiced by them of late years of
Western literature, art, science and in
vention. And yet this Imitation seems
natural and right. Imagine, If possible,
the nation of Japan leaping across the
civilization of hundreds of years in half
a century. Think of her emerging from
the darkness of the middle ages and
standing suddenly forth in the light Of
the nineteenth century. Would 1t not
have been worse than madness for her
to have said, "rhis new civilization is
better than ours, yet we will not imi-
tate it. We will retain our originality,
and perhaps in ages to come we shall
reach the enlightened state now enjoy
ed by the rest of the world"
But fortunately the japanese did not
say this, but gave themselves up to the
acquisition of the wonderful stores of
knowledge opened to them.-Lippin-
cOtI'S
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
BOGUS PORTER AND BAD RING.


Lieutenant Perry Tells of New Confi-
dencc Worked in Chicago.
Several detectives were sitting
around the Central station, in the City
Hall, telling stories of smooth" con-
fidence games they had encountered
during their police experience.
"The old gags catch the farmers ev-
cry day or two, but I'll tell you about
new one, which caught young so
ciety fellow" Lieut.. George Perry
said, as he slid down in chair. and
lit nondescript cigar. "Just the 9TH
er night this young fellow, who was
dressed strictly up to date, came in
ana called me to one side. He produc-
ed ring with a stone setting and ask
ed me if 1t was diamond. l exam
ined the stone closely and saw right OFF
that 1t was CON told him this and
asked him where ne got 1t. He said be
didn't want to make any complaint and
was afraid his name might get into the
papers. OF course. told him there
was no danger of that, and then he
said:
Il bought that ring of Pullman car.
porter. was coming down Madison
street near the union depot when a
colored fellow wearing porter's suit
came up and said he wanted to speak
to me minute. We stepped into a
hallway and he produced this ring, Of.
fcrlng to sell 1t cheap. told ME
that he found 1t In one of the berths
while making 1t up at the end Of his
trip. He was afraid the owner would
miss 1t and the boss would search him.
looked at the stone, thought it was
good one. and bought 1t for $50, all
the money had with me. took the
ring up to friend of mine and told
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
HUGE FLOATING DRY DOCK.



There is now being constructed at
Sparrow Point. Md, what will be the
largest floating dry-dock In the world.
1t is being built for use by the Navy De-
partment, and when completed will be
towed to Algiers, La, voyage of 1000
miles. 1t will then be placed In posi-
ton at the naval station there for the
use of all vessels In service in the Carib-
bean and Mexican waters. The dock
is being built in conformity with plan
to strengthen all the Southern naval
stations, and to provide there facilities
for the handling of the largest vessels
in the United States navy.
While the contract capacity of the
new dry dock is $4,000 tons, the real ca
pacity is really considerably larger
than this. AS now estimated, vessel
displacing $4,000 tons Gun be success
fully fioated and supported by the dock,
though 1t is probable that no effort will
be made to place any ship of such d.
mansions within it. The work Is really
gigantic and outclasses that done on
the old Havana dry dock in use during
the Spanish war. The Havana dry
dock, by The way, has passed out of the
hands Of the United States Govern
ment, and now belongs to the Govern
ment Of Vera Cruz, to which 1t was
sold. The feat of travelling from New
York to Havana, which at the time was
thought to be very notable one, has
been duplicated by second trip from
Havana to Vera Cruz and the practl-
cability of the floating dry dock again
demonstrated.
The new dry dock is to be built at the
cost Of $4,000. and will be complete
in every detail. 1t will consist of five
pontoons, three of which compose the
bottom and the other two the sides Of
the dock. The extreme length of the
dock is $40 feet, while the extreme
width Is 128.
The dock is complete in itself. hav-
ing Its own engines, boilers and oper-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

{ Despite the disgraceful postal scan.
dial, the American officials in Cuba
have not altogether failed to demon
strate that our ways are preferable to
those which have so long prevailed
there. If our presence on the island
has resultedsin nothing more than in
Producing better sanitary system into
the Cuban metropolis, the Cubans owe
US a debt Of gratitude. For genera
lions Havana has been recognized as
the breeding place of yellow fever. To-
day that dread scourge is practically
wiped out. The death rate for recent
month was the smallest for any month,
except one, during several years, and
there was not one death from yellow
fever. The latter statement is one of
great interest. OF only two other
months In over ten years can this be
said, the two other exceptions being
February and May, 1899. Typhoid fe-
yer and pernicious malaria are almost
unknown, though formerly very COM
mon. American sanitary measures will
In few years transform Cuba from
the graveyard Of foreigners into YER
liable health resort.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
need, each farmer in our association
walks his own way"

need, each farmer in our association
walks his own way"
Rockwell has population of 1000
A farming community of several thou
sands surrounds it. The village was
once Lynn Grove. The soil is fat and
rich; corn is produced in abundance;
also wheat. rye, oats and timothy Hogs
thrive in the region, as do beef cattle,
and many fine horses are bred. The
community is made up of Germans,
1rish,. some Americans, some Scotch,
no Scandlnavians. There is school
house every two miles in the country,
and weekly and daily newspapers are
literally taken. Works on communism,
socialism. community life or social de-
mocracy are not found in the homes or
the store places. Rockwell is practical,
and common sense has made 1t so.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

MISS MILTON. personSW were injured,
and the storm that lad carried her to
safety brought destruction to men and
women throughout the town.
After the tornado had passed Miss
Milton was picked up by some neigh-
bors in an apparently lifeless condi-
ton. Her body was limp and haccid.
her respiration was labored, her pulse
was slow. Medical assistance was i'm
mediately procured, and, although re-
storatives We're applied, they awaited
nothing. Three days after her expert
ence she began to regain her senses.
Miss Milton says that her sensations
While sailing through the air were
pleasurable rather than otherwise.
When Miss Milton was first found an
examination made by physician fall
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

ed to show a bruise or scratch on the
entire body. She showed all the symp-
toms, he states, of a. nervous shock, and
ills believed by many that this condi-
ton was superinduced by the electrical
currents in the air, which sent their
surplus of electromotive force into and
through her body. This theory seems
In line with the generally accepted idea
that tornadoes owe their setrength and
being to electrical currents. and iss
borne out apparently by the length of
her unconsciousness, and the fact of
her being without n bruise or scratch
seems to be still further proof.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

This country pays SO much attentic.
to education that anything bearing on
the subject naturally becomes of gener
al interest. Questions of suitable
studies, proper hours, textbooks and
similar matters have frequently been
discussed in the past, as they no doubt
will be in the future. So, TOO, the sub
ject of punishment for refractory
scholars has often been theme of
thoughtful consideration. And yet, not
withstanding the time and attention
bestowed uponsthis latter feature of our
public school system, it does not in
places appear to have got beyond the
stage of experiment. What gives sub
stance to this assumption Is the fact
that n short time since a teacher in
Connecticut school, feeling herself es-
pecially annoyed by her pupils con-
stantly Whispering determined to take
heroic measures to break up the prac-
tice. AS step to this end she an
nounced that any boy caught in the act
would be compelled to kiss II girl pupil
named by the teacher in the sight of
the whole school. Strange and unnatu-
raj as 1t may appear, this order pro-
duced the desired effect. The boys kept
mum and the girls took on a look Of
mingled regret and Indignation until n
CLEAN of hope day or two ago irradi-
ated their gloom by handsome little
fellow being captured with his lips
close to the ears of a neighbor. AS he
claimed, however, he was deaf and had
not heard the notwithstanding order
when first given out, he got off, while
the feminine portion Of the school
dropped back into it's previous depres-
| sion. The main fact, however, is that
the deaf boys uncle is school COM
mitteeman, and has brought charge
against the teacher of cruelty in school
punishment, thing not tolerated by
the laws of the Nutmeg State. While
it's true that section of our great coun-
try once aided and allotted the blue
laws in their conspiracy against human
happiness, it remains to be seen
whether the influence of that period so
far fingers in the community as to
make kissing, even in its most inno-
cent, amateurish, immature and v,aly
form, crime of serious magnitude.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

The Indian girls of the Chickasaw
Nation seem to be "up-to-date." The
evils arising from the marriages of
white men with Indian girls have be-
come notorious. Usually, the unions
We're sought by whites of worthless
character, merely in order that thew
might get possession of the valuable
lands allotted to the brides. In view
of this a law was enacted by the In
dian Legislature establishing the mar.
riage fee in such cases at one thousand
dollars. AS remedial measure, much
was expected of the law. 1t has re-
Gently come into effect, and at Ard
more, Indian Territory, recently, some
thousand or more Indian girls. in
meeting assembled, Indignantly "re-
solved" that, the law and the instiga-
tors thereof were intolerable interfer-
ers with w0man's inalienable right to
marry whom she would. And the end
is not yet!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
this: The middleman is always an in

this: The middleman is always an in
strument of injustice toward the buyer
and the seller. The character of the
competition of the association with the
private stores in Rockwell has been
such that the population of the town
has doubled since 1855, and the bust
ness last year aggregated nearly $780,
600. The association now controls two
grain elevators. lumber yard and a
supply house of paint, oils, salt, fish
and other commodities. How all this
prosperity has Been brought about is
an interesting story. A strong senti-
ment that has been enunciated by an
active member well covers the theme:
"The only tie that binds us together Is
that of financial need. We have nothing
else in common. Aside from financial
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
Church Census Com pleted. -

The work of taking the church census
in Des Moines is completed. and the final
returns will be prepared the last of the
week. The church census of the entire.
State has been completed, being taken
on May % in most places, and the re,
turns are now being sent to B. +. Mitch
ell of Eldora, State superintendent. The
returns will be tabled and prepared for
the report to be submitted at the annual
convention of Sunday school workers to
be held in Creston in July.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

The Associated Jewish Charities of
Chicago have taken a laudable step in
abolishing henceforth all balls, fairs
and charity bazaars as methods of
swelling their fund. They have resoly-
ed to give of their means according
to their ability, and promise that their
already magnificent, philanthropists
shall not suffer by the change. Gentiles
may we'll ask themselves If their own
Entertainments" are not sometimes
repulsiye rather than attractive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

An article in the Buffalo Times, de-
scribing the advertising situation in a
city of 10000 population, which is some
thing of paradise for the program
and timetable fakir, really tells the
story of numerous other places. From
the article. which is long, we take this
extract:
"One good Illustration of the readi-
ness of the merchants to support any
kind Of advertising to be found outside
the newspapers is afforded by recent
scheme. The scheme consists simply of
a large placard. on which is printed in
small type the timetables of the local
railroads, and surrounding this placard
are 112 advertising cards of various
size and style. The profit of the thing
can be readily seen when it is known
that the smallest ad. on the placard
brought exactly 50. and the larger ones
We're rated in proportion. AS an adver-
Using medium 1t is of little value, sim
ply because it consists solely of mass
of names piled one above the other in
miscellaneous confusion. without the
slightest effort at classification. Mill
liners, merchants, manufacturers, mill
ers. mahinists, meat men, sanitariums,
concert halls. colleges, opticians, en-
balmers. livery stables. hotels, hard
ware stores. photographers, plumbers,
tailors, dentists-In fact every kind of
a business to be found in city Of
30,0OO-is jumbled together in n con-
fused mass on this card. In this list of
112 advertisers there are but few who
ever expend single dollar in legiti-
mate newspaper advertising, and of
this few 1t is safe to predict they had
n bill or claim Of some kind against the
enterprising originator Of the scheme,
and adopted this method of squaring
accounts.
.This particular scheme is only one
of many. Programs always have a
substantial support. Billboards catch
the multitude, and any kind of direc-
tory or other publication that has an
ostensible purpose can get unlimited
advertising at good rates"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNclsELY
CONDENSED.
Smallpox seems to Be Holding Its Own
Crops Reported to Be Doing Well
League to Promote Marriage Is
Formed-Iowa's Church Census.

Since the month of June opened there
have been reports of smallpox to the
State Board of Health every day. The
cases represent seven different localities,
there being more than one case in many
OF these places. During the month Of
May these We're reports from thirty-five
different localities, the reports represent
ing perhaps sevcnty-fve or hundred
cases altogether. Yesterday reports of
the disease at Nevada were received. The
conclusion from the existing state of af-
fairs is that the disease is not dying out
at as rapid rate as had been hoped.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
An Exciting Run

The following incident in Lord
Wolseley's military career is recorded
as having taken place when he was In
his twenties, AID had been in the Brit
ish army three years. He speaks of it
himself us the most exciting expert
ence of his life.
1t was in Burma, and wolseley was
in charge of small detachment. Dur.
Ing the advance he had the bad luck
to fall into deep hole, and when he
crawled out found himself ON the en-
emy's side. AS he emerged, he was
met with such a shower of bullets that
he slid back in short order. After n
few minutes he came out again. and
amid vigorous yolley, ran for his life.
He was nearly two hundred Yards
from the British line, and was hit three
times before he reached place of
safety.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
State Items of Interest.

Il a
~ ias'ne, ne', Wv mas p'"n'eu i've
"s.s' " 'ooo.
~. ne ~ ~ ~ w. VII pu' ~ "n 'i'e4
'oeAi's s"''en AZ 1A'iee.
Chihtz pugs are ravaging truck gar
WIS "'o"Au
flfe III Des MONIES damaged the Nurtz
block to the extent OF $o,OU.
Inc Congregatlonailsts at Clarion have
decided to erect Sio,ooo church.
The farm house of Frank Lord near
iowa CITY was DESTROYED by hfe.
Tramps entered the store of Cookery
at Wadena and stole 800 in cash.
The Catholic Church at Vincent, de-
stroyed by lightning, will be rebuilt.
The Nutwood Driving Club has filed
articles of incorporation at Dubuque.
Boone County's expenses for the small
box cases will foot ,lp to about $1,000.
Attorney III. B. Smith, DUBUQUE. broke
the State bowling record with a score of
2eS.
me- r,,r o,,,, 81. u,oto,,, ,;,, ho,a =
two DAYS tournament the last of this
month.
Tromns oro be,rn;nc :, orr;vo At p,,r.
,;nuton TO ottand tho ANNA, cnnran,;nr
of their order,
Tho srrvorors for tho nronosoa ro;,.
rood frnm nmbrnra 70 Cl;nto,, hova aan,
m nom worl. y -sN'' ''A'N W..
Tbo Assossor,s rotrrrs IN Norsho,,
Count, show nm ;noroosa IN ro,,,at;o, -
oyar holf a million = - - 80 =
-
warren Aho"iton' iorIleriy OIL Du-
continant nm wheels '>
-,
Whoop'hs cough anu inulnps are cpl
oeiillc anone cnloreh III ainerent points
Oh van pureh county.
The State board of control will ask
for bids for years supply of canned
goods for the State institutions.
The Council at West Union has passed
an ordinance prohibiting ball plhying on
the streets or public grounds of the city.
The tenth annual meeting of the Iowa
State Log Rolling Association of the
Doodmen of the World was held in Den;-
son.
Charles Anderson has sued the town of
Fort Dodge for damages. claiming be
was wrongly md Illegally confined in n
nest house.
Now yor,, oor,r,n,. 60 n,..;n .,
n,oca = hool stool. in t,,o NOV, p Sta.a "a ~
tor;noi bm;iI;na ~ nas srnaas So ~. . Nm
accommodate * nOn hooLs Aa' !" ~
Tho sunerv;sors 90 wosh;nn+on 1oeau
con ond IIanr,, oorn.;os In,,a H., -
occont tho hr;Soa an.'r tha S,,u,' ,.;u'a ~ ~
ConnocL olo;n.;na that /. ~ ~ ~ ~
cnntract % nv up ~
AN explosion Oh gas machine IN the
basement 2, genera mefchandise store
~ ~. stan I. seriously injured Charies
l,t.an ,o oon 80 . NJ I'M =,
Hill stnt;onad IN +,,a ph;i;.y;,, aoNn :.
.hat Cav ~ nan;d.aa ~ ,a,'s sass
mamInr 40 az Eiaran.,, ..'a1.' ,
haan savara,, :, ;n;,,rod "'s' nus
EA-s.herin w: w. sinclair OF Hamilton
u ny, a:pa osn, p sna anu ihrni-
Goss +ewnsh ap en,, thar .oir ms noie ~
1 .aash, anu I; 70 NJ crew 10 MS
$500. s' s t.enus are mueh
wesley Myers, near Luther, is planting
one OF the greatest orchards in the State.
| IL VIII contain hve Thousand cherry and
two thousand apple trees.
a company win a capital OF $4,000
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

Articles of incorporation of the Endow-
ment League of Sigourney were filed with
the Secretary of State Friday. 1t is an
organization of unmarried men of more
than IL years and unmarried women of
more than Is years. Its capital stock is
$4,000 and it is organized for the pur-
pose of providing an endowment of $500
for each member, to be paid when mar
ried. 1t is the first organization of the
kind in Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

y +
When the recent tor
mad passed over
Denison, Texas, it
picked up the girl
an carried her a
quarter of a mile and
gently set her down
in an orchard, in the
midst of storm deb
ris. She was with
out n scratch. Many
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

Itrict of its own. Patent leather shoes
with extremely pointed toes belong to-
the South; while people from the North
and West wear square toes and heavy,
shoes. These fashions. however, are
due more to climatic conditions than to
local astes.-Harpcr's Bazaar. si
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

Only few days ago distinguished
iconoclast asserted and proved that,
while there was Barbara Fritchie,
she did not flaunt the Stars and Stripes
from her window in the face of the
Confederate troops as they passed
through Fredericksburg, Maryland.
She did not say: "Shoot If you must
this old gray head" nor did Jackson
threaten dogs death on any one who
accepted the old lady's challenge.
None Of these things happened for two
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27


In 1866, Gen. Garfield, then in Con-
gress, made a strong speech in support
Of the measure which finally took form
in national bureau of education. 1.-The
children Of to-day" said he, twill be
the architects OF our country's destiny
In 1900" The prophecy was easy to
make, because certain to be fulfilled.
Yet there is something impressive in
the fact that the affairs of church and
state, and all the complex interests OF
civilization, are now largely in the
hands Of those who thirty-four years
ago We're passing through the public
schools. To them, too, is committed
the custody of those who, in turn, will
make the history Of the swift-coming
future,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
Invention of the Boomerang.

OF all mems inventions, the boone
rang seems the strangest and least
likely kind Of weapon for the natural
man, with no knowledge of mechanics,
to have hit upon; and yet 1t becomes
ineligible enough when we hear that
in Australia, where the boomerang was
discovered, there grows a tree that
sheds seedpod Of such shape that it
whirs away In the air and returns
again as 1t falls. But how many "black
fellows had watched these seedpods
whir and gyrate-our own ash throws
down things that try to emulate the gy-
ration-before one of them thought of
initiating the shape of the pod on Il
large scale, and SO make the first boom.
erang? We do not know the fate Of the
first boomerang. but we know when
Newton discovered gravitatlon, and 1t
is likely that the seedpods had been fall.
ing about as long as apples.-Black-
woods Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

Joaquin Miller, the poet, is classified
in the San Francisco city directory as
fruit farmer" If Richard lie Gal
lienne lived In San Francisco the direc-
tory people would probably list. him
among those people WHO are in the hair
huotuocS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

That Boston man who has exposed
the true inwardness Of Sheridan's ia
nous ride at Cedar Greek springs his
story little too late in the day. He
can't shake loose the impression made
by that gallant gallop any more than
he could destroy the romance of Tells
apple or Washington's Ratchet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

A pretty New York girl of 10 tried to
commit suicide because she was spank
I'd. Perhaps another administration Of
this early and highly approved form
OF parental Justice would set her right.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27
Iowa ,Phone Combine,
iowa 'fnOne NOmOlues
The Central Telephone and Telegraph

The Central Telephone and Telegraph
Company, composed of Cedar Rapids and
Mason City capitalists, have completed n
deal for the purchase of the Greene and
Western, Northwestern, Fitzgerald and
Mortified telephone systems. This gives
it about a thousand miles of toll lines in
northern Iowa and Minnesota.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-27

John L. Sullivan refused to pay for a
portrait of himself painted by a New
York artist because it is not true to
life. II John L. were possessed of the
spirit Of philosophy that which now ap-
pears to him defect in the picture
would greatly enhance its value.