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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
Int,uenz. Cause / bx ozone.

On one occasion the present writer
walked to the edge of Lake Michigan
when strong wind was blowing right
from the lake. The bodily condition
was as near perfect as could be, and yet
in less than five minutes there was
every evidence of having caught an ex-
tremely hard cold. The severe influenza
continued until. on walking away, in
less than 500 feet it disappeared as II
by magic. 1t is very certain that the
temperature had nothing to do with
this, nor the wind, but the influenza
was directly due to the abundant ozone
in the air. By inquiry it was learned
that hundreds of residents who had
lived upon the immediate edge of the
lake had been obliged to move back
three or four miles III order to relieve
themselves from such experiences.
Physicians readily admit that 1t is not
always possible to say why one "catch-
es" cold; it certainly cannot always be
because of undue exposure or change in
temperature, but probably also to
changes in the electric condition of the
air. Facts of this kind should lead to
the EXTREMIST caution in studying any
supposed relation between the weather
and health.-POpular Science.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
Nobody claim d Che w.,ch.


Great Scott! but that's fine watch"
came from a chorus. "Where'd you
ever get It?'
"Stole it." answered its possessor,
calmly. 'You don't believe me, do
your" he went on. well, III tell you
how 1t happened. was on western
district which enjoyed the reputation
of being the toughest one covered by
the house. had some time to kill and
so went into one of the gambling joints.
1t isn't necessary to go into details as
to what happened. AS luck would have
1t there were half dozen others in the
place besides myself who might be con-
sidered as possible victims. When the
time came the lights were put out sud-
denly and then we had rough house
for about ten minutes. In the middle
Of it felt somebody grab my watch
and reached out after him. caugh,
someone and felt that he was just put.
ting a watch in his trousers pocket
gave his wrist hard wrench and got
the timepiecc. Then broke away.
When got to the light found the
watch was this one. And as never
heard from the owner have 1t to
compensate for the loss Of mIne."
After which the waiter hurried over
in response to six different Signals
Philadelphia Inquirer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
PET suPeRsTlrloNs.
some that influence Mostly All sorta
Of D>0,l>

Some that influence Mostly All eorta
of People.
DR.. Samuel Johnson would never
enter room left foot foremost; the
brave Marshal SAKE screamed in terror
at the sight Of a cat; Peter the Great
was not equal to crossing bridge
when he came to 1t, unless to do so was
absolutely necessary; Byron shared
with less famous people than he the
dislike to having the salt at table spill
ed between him and his neighbor. A
sneeze is with half the nations of the
world nothing to be sneezed at. 10 ex.
claim God bless you" when any one
sneezes in your presence is q relic of
what the Roman did before us, and be-
fore him the Greek. Mohammed gives
directions of the same kind to his fol-
lowers, and the Hindu of to-day utters
his pious ejaculation after the sneeze
by way Of prayer OF good wish ON be.
half of the victim.
Many people will avoid going under a
ladder IL they can get around 1t. The
belief that II you put on your stocking
the wrong side out it is lucky is very
general, or was until the schoolmaster
returned from abroad; and / myself
remember an old woman who was con-
WINGED that turning her stocking inside
out saved her from being lost when the
fairies, one pitch-dark night, had mis-
led her on trackless English moor.
What is to take the place of lucky
horseshoe when we all ride in automo-
biles? There is no room for the i'm
agination in them. Some new mascot
will have to be discovered. Charms of
one kind or another are carried by PEG.
pie that have a pious contempt for hea-
then superstitious; small potato, for
example, to avert rheumatism, or a
chestnut. The late journalist, George
Augustus Sala, never travelled without
carrying with him, as lucky card, an
ace of spades. Somehow 1t failed to
save him from his creditors. But
creditors are VIGOROUSLY deficient in
imagination. If Shylock had remem-
bered this when he drew up his bond
'cThe Merchant of Venice" would never
have been written Rochester Post
Express.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03

he wields a constant power by the side
OF which that of other labor leaders Is
nothing.
The lad did not like the shoemaker's
trade, and, his release being secured,
he learned to make cigars, becoming
proficient by the time he was 10. Then,
with his fathers family, he came to
America. Down to the time he began
to work in the shoe shops, he attended
dav school regularly. After that he
continued his studies at night school,
where he applied himself so eagerly as
to excite the especial attention Of his
teachers.
Upon his arrival In America he Joined
New York cigarmakers' union, and
his gift of common sense and his power
to express his thoughts logically and
clearly quickly made him a prominent
member. Later he was repeatedly sent
as delegate to the International union.
When David B. Hill was Governor,
he wished to make Mr. Gompers mem
Der of the State Board of Arbitration at
a salary of $1,000. The tender was
cOurteously declined.
III should accept political ap.
pointment," said Mr.. Gompers, my
usefulness in labor organizations would
be entirely and permanently destroyed"
In 1882 Mr.. Gompers was made presi-
dent of the American Federation of La
Dor. and now holds that Office. His sal
airy Is but $1,000 year, less than he
could earn at his trade in good times,
and far smaller sum than could be
commanded by man of his unusual
natural abilities and self-won acquire.
ments In the business world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
a Matrimonial Lottery

Every three months in the province
of smolensk, Russia, husbands and
wives are chosen by the chance. draw
ing of lottery ticket. The tickets cost
I ruble go cents) each. There is only
one prize to be drawn, and 1t consists
of the entire sum yielded by the sale
of the tickets, amounting to 5000 ru-
bles $4,000, together with woman
described MS being of noble blood. The
tickets are sold only to men, and the
lucky winner of the prize will have to
marry the damsel If he takes the 5000
rubles. If, however, he be already
married he is at liberty to turn over
the money and the woman to any friend
whom he may wish TO put 10 for such
good thing. If the winner should he
willing to marry, but is not found tc
be to the damsel's taste. then they are
to be excused from matrlmony and per-
mitted to divide the rubles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
ssMutl. c,t,MpERA
Some Characteristics. OF the Famoua
American Labor Leader.

Some Characteristics of the Famoua
American Labor Leader.
Samuel Gompers, the American labor
leader, is as conservative as the English
leader, Burns, is radical. Where the
latter says strike, Gompers says arbi-
rate. 81 cannot" he once said, "much
as hate oppression. endure the sight
of hunger
The nation owesa bigger debt of graf
itude to Somuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation Of Labor. thai
most people Imagine. Had it not been
for the rock-llke firmness with which,
for nearly a fortnight, this man stood
against conference.-the strike of SYM
pathy with the Pullman men, there
might have been an uprising of organ
lied labor, compared with which the
strikes and riots that really did occur
would have been mere child's play.
Mr.. Gompers' diplomacy was not less
striking than his wisdom. He at no
time said that he would not advise a
strike. He simply, by delaying action,
gave his followers time to think. When
they had thought, they saw the master
fulness of his course. Mr.. Gompers
proved himself to be a general worthy
of leading so great an organization as
the Federation.
Samuel Gompers is an American by
adoption. He is of German descent, as
his name indicates, though Of English
birth. Thirty-eight years ago he was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
POTTER PALMER, OF CHICAGO.
He Is Much More than the Husband
of Famous Woman.

of Famous Woman.
The newspaper reading world knows
much about Mrs. Potter Palmer, of
Chicago. She sprang before the public
eye as the president of the Woman's
Board of Managers of the Worlds Fair.
More recently, her successful manage
ment of the love affairs of Count Can
tacuzene and Miss Julia Grant, her
niece, has kept alive the public interest
IN this forceful and attractive woman.
Like Mary Ellen Lease, she eclipsed
her husband. of whom little ever ap-
pears In print. And yet Potter Palmer
Is great business man, one of the real
makers of Chicago and power In the
financial world-one of those silent
forces, which contribute SO much to
the worlds progress.
Potter Palmer was young man
when he located in Chicago fifty years
ago. He invested few thousand dol.
lars in a dry goods store and soon had
the cream of the city trade. His sur
plus cash went into real estate and the
soil was fertile. He was wealthy
man when, at the close of the war, he
took into partnership with him Mar
shall Field and Levi Letter. State
street, now Chlcago's leading thor
oughfare, was then a narrow. dirty
lane. Lake street was the commercial
center. Potter Palmer proposed to
make State street the commercial CEN
ter. Men ridiculed him, but he went
over to the despised street, bought
mile of frontage and commenced build.
Ing commercial palaces. His firm oc-
cupled the first and other firms quick.
~ took others. When the fire Of 1871
came, Potter Palmer owned thirty-two
buildings on State street. All were de-
stroyed. He borrowed $3,OOO,OOO and
rebuilt them, better and stronger than
before. Then he looked about for
spot where he might build home.
What is now the magnificent boulevard
known as the North Shore drive was
then a heap of sand. Here he built and
sold adjoining property to the best
class Of people. The boulevard is the
result. Then he built the Palmer
House, Chicago's finest hostelry in his
day, which 1t is now said he will tear
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03

The necessity for some change in
football rules may be seen when 1t is
noted that in proportion to men en-,
gagged in action there We're more casu-
aities reported last fall from the cam
paign on the gridlron than from the
war being waged in the Philippine
Islands. Twenty-Five men engage In
a football game and the contest wages
for an hour and half. The casual
ties in killed. wounded and disabled
will average 20 per cent, which; we
believe. is very much greater than have
marked the fierce and bloody battles
of the worlds history. True, man is
not killed In every game, but the death
list, nevertheless, Is far too heavy.
As for broken limbs and noses and
RIBS and collarbones, these are but in
cidents to the sport.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
AN cort,.


Tight clothes and Indigestion cause
red noses.
The Germany army contains 10000
musicians.
Good Friday was called Long Friday
by the Saxons.
Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than
the compliments of civtlity.-Ce rvantes.
If you have learned to ''know thy
self" then you are not apt to give thy
self away.
Maurice, the son Of the first prince
of Orange showed himself born SOL
der at 10.
at 10, and later in life declared them TO
be his best.
When horse thief's fate hinges on
the decision of a self-appointed jury
he Is pretty sure to swing
If we fasten our attention on what
we have, rather than on What we lack,
very little wealth is sufficient II.
johnson.
The business portion Of st. Peters
burg was seriously damaged by IRE In
1862, the property lost exceeding $751;
100000.
Russian battle songs are written in
minor keys, and instead of being bril-
liantly martial are sad, telling of the
soldiers fate.
In 1865 Carlsbad, in Sweden. was
destroyed by fire, and it was noted as
singular circumstance that all the build
ings in the Town We're consumed except
the aishop,s palace. lbe Clty HospAal
sua tho jalls
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03

er, and thinly DISCUSSES the force that
awaits only the opportunity.
Gen. Cronje is greatly admired by
the Beers. They think Joubert is q
wonderful tactlclan and organizer. but
they love Cronje, the silent man, of sud
den and violent action. He is no mans
friend. His steel-gray eyes peer out
from under huge, bushy brows. He
never speaks unless necessary, and
then in the fewest words. He never
asks favor. When time for action
comes he acts, and that with the force
of fate. and with no consideration for
himself or his men.
Cronje is soldier and nothing else.
He hates form. He hates politics,
though born leader of men. He was
strongly urged to oppose Kruger for the
Presidency in 1898, but he would not.
He will have none of any rule but that
of the rifle. He despises cities. He Is a
man Of the welt.
1t was Cronje who rounded up the
Jameson raiders and. says writer,
''his maneuvering on that occasion was
that of Cromwell. So far as my men,
DRY carries, Cronje was not even specif-
ically thanked by the volksraad for his
great service to the state. He was a
burgher: ii was his duty-to repel the
invader: he repealed him-and there the
matter rested.
"They would have censured him had
he failed; they refrained from comment
when he succeeded.
"Cronje, riding back to Pretoria. had
no guard of honor to receive him, no
great civic function to fete him, no
sword of honor TO adorn him. He was
plain Peasant Cronje. returning, heavy.
hearted, from his wounded sons pallet
In Krugersdorp Hospital. somewhat
weary in the bones from those long
hours In the steamlng saddle. nowise
Ielated. nowise altered from his every.
DAP demeanor
ssSipco then Cropje has recelyed \ snat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
CRIMINAL AGGRESSION.

President Mckinley has undoubtedly
been guilty of criminal aggression in
his assumption of war making power
in the Philippines. In December, 1898,
the President instructed Gen. Otis to
enter upon war of conquest and sub
jugation. This was before the peace
treaty with Spain was signed.
Referring to this fact, Francis A.
Brooks, well-known Boston lawyer,
says:
"But the browning offense of Presi-
dent Mckinley in this matter is the use
made by him of the treaty-making
power as the means of acquiring from
Spain dominion and control by the
United States over the political condi-
ton of remote people agains. their
will, and by employing the army and
pose that the treaty-making power was
conferred on the President by the con-
stitution in the interest of peace, and
that 1t is a gross abuse and perversion
of that power to employ or avail of 1t
as an excuse for subjecting an unwill-
ing people to the dominion of the Unit
ed States, as is now being done by the
President
President Mckinley has taken upon
himself fearful responsibility. A re-
sponsibility ungranted by the constitu-
ton and unapproyed by the people,
There would have been no war in the
Philippines if Mckinley had offered the
same terms there which We're granted
to the Cubans. Upon McFinley's con-
science must rest the burden Of caus-
ing the death of thousands of Ameri-
can soldiers and the expenditure of
hundreds of millions Of the peoples
money.
1t is vain for the President to claim
in his message to Congress that he has
simply been engaged In maintaining the
authority of our government. He has
made war without authority, and Con-
gress, with which body the war-mak-
ing power rests, should recognize this
fact and demand an accounting. But
should Congress fail to do this, owing
to the fact that 1t Is now creature of
the Republican administration, the peo-
pie will not fail to make such de-
mand and the result of the Presidential
election of 1900 will be to deprive Nc
Kinley of any further power to usurp
authority and to court criminal agrees
sion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03

sIHl (
There are other Bill Anthonys. Brave
men who have faced dangers in flood
and field, but find the everyday strug-
gle of life more menacing, more trying
than facing shot and shell. And there
are many men and women who have
me nothing more heroic than to keep
h1dh the procession" until now, but
Who feel discouraged and are not sure
of the future. 10 all such it may be
said that. however safe and easy our
sposterity may find the path of life, in
days to come when perhaps justice
and order reign, the conditions to-day
give splendid opportunity for charac-
performing. For this cause we Should
deem ourselves fortunate that we live
IN an age Of stress and strife. For this
reason we should Set ourselves stead.
tasty to our daily tasks, however
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
When II nry Irving Was Hisseu.


II was Kissed every night for week
when l was playing the provinces about
thirty-dve yearsago, said Henry Irving
to writer in Ainslee's, 81 was given an
engagement as leading man In very
small theater, and before made my
bow to the audience learned that the
man whose place l had taken was very
popular in the vicinity, and that the
people strongly disapproyed of the way
in which the management had forced
him to retire, SO that when made nv
appearance the audience showed their
disapproval of the manager by strongly
kissing the successor to their favorlte,
and they kept 1t up for week 1t was
very unhappy week for me-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
ADVICE from tbn Ga,,er,.

OF the Dublin gallery boys a famous
baritone, in his "reminiscences, tells
some facetious tales-one of Faust"
in which he played Valentine.
After the duel. Martha, who rushed
in at the head of the crowd, raised his
head and held him in her arms, during
the first part Of the scene, and cried out,
in evident alarm:
"Oh, what shall l do?"
There was n deathlike stiffness in the
house. which was interrupted by a
voice from the gallery calling out:
"Unbutton his t"-London
Spare Moments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03
WEAPONS OF ANIMALS.
Claws, Teeth, Horns and Hoofs All Com

Claws, Teeth, Horns and Hoofs All Come
Handy at Times.
Many animals, including both those
that kill and those that are killed, are
endowed with special means of Offensive
and defensive combat. The latter are
often furnished with weapons of effec-
tive! value, such as the horns of cattle
and goats and the hoofs of horses, seys
the Philadelphia Times.
Even some of the largest animals,
which are not carnivorous and may be
said to have no enemies. possess special
organs that they can use for inflicting
wounds Such are the tusks of the
elephant, the horn of the rhinoceros
and the antlers of the moose. Their
primary purpose, however, Is to aid in
procuring food and in cleaving a way
through forest and jungle.
With beasts and birds of prey weap.
ons Of attack are Indispensable.
Among the most highly developed are
the retractile claws OF the cat family,
ithecutting and tearing teeth of the wolf
family and the talons of eagles and
hawks. Even in lower forms of life we
find highly specialized weapons, chief
among Which are the fangs of venom
Gus serpents and the stings of bees,
wasps and hornets, rendered far more
effective by the presence of powerful
and sometimes deadly poison.
While noting the liberal endowment
of creatures that prey upon animals,
we must not lose sight of the fact that
certain vegctarians are also well equip
ped with weapons of combat. The
males of the bovine and the goat tribes
in the wild state use these weapons
largely in their combats with rivals of
their own species, while the females
employ them chiefly in defense of their
young.
The bull fights with the head down,
often with the eyes closed; aud the
horns, being usually short and nearly
straight. can be used only one at a time,
aided by the-toss of the powerful neck.
The horns of the COW in all the COM
moner BREEDS are turned somewhat for
ward SO MS to be of the utmost service,
and the faithful mother fights for her
calf against dog or wild beast with her
head raised and eyes wide open.
A stag brought to bay sometimes
presents his antlers to the hunter. With
some species these branching horns are
shed at certain seasons, and during
their renewed growth are for time
soft and useless as weapons. They gain
strength and tougliness at tine season
when rivalry and battles between the
males are in order, and it is, therefore,
natural to infer that the antlers are
intended chiefly for this purpose.
Against many foes however. man In
cluded, the deer family find their best
weapons III their hoofs, with which
they strike and cut as with knives,
sometimes killing dogs, wounding hunt
ers and at other times cutting coiled
rattlesnakes into pieces.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-03

Our new Department of Agriculture,
which, when first authorized by Con-
gress, was regarded by many as likely
to prove more costly and ornamental
than useful or profitable, is gradually
justifying its creation. While the ex-
periments in agriculture carried on I'M
der Its supervision may not have been
of great practical value to the average
American farmer, the Information 1t
collects and furnishes to the public in
its monthly bulletins and annual re-
ports is worth many times the cost of
collection and publication. 1t Is well
known that we raise cotton, wheat,
corn, oats, various fruits and meat
products to supply the deficiencies of
the rest of the world, but it is not SO
well-known that we import $4,000 900
worth annually of the agricultural and
forest products of other countries. The
annual report of the Department of
Agriculture for the present year pre-
sents this fact in clear and unmlstaka-
BILE figures, and the mere statement in
dicates that there Is still vast profit
able and unoccupied field waiting for
the American farmer The bulk of
these Imported products, which include
coffee, sugar, india rubber and dozen
varieties of fruit are chiefly grown in
tropical countries. With our recent &C.
QUESTIONS in the West Indies, Philip
pines and the Sandwich Islands we are
prepared to engage in the production
of all these articles and the 5000 OOO,-
600 prize Is certainly worth striving
for. AS a prerequisite to success in
this line the American people should
cultivate a little more pride and faith
In American products. We are i'm
porting and using very inferior Amer
lean wine, which is exported first to be
furnished with a foreign label when
we could get much better article at
home If we were willing to be known
as consumers Of homemade wines.
There Is little doubt that we can pro-
duce figs, dates, prunes and other
fruits which we now largely import.
Oranges of the best we already grow
in Florida and California, and with
our new West India acquisitions all
our tropical fruits can easily be of the
home grown varieties. And why
should we not be able to supply our
own wants in the shape of coffee and
tea and the sugar to sweeten both
within very few years? The fault
of the American farmer to date has
been his inclination to conflne himself
to the cultivation Of few staple crops,
with which he often overstocks the
markets. There should be greater di-.
versity in his farming, and the reports
of the Department of Agriculture point
out very definitely the field in which
this diversity can be profitably exer-
cised. American farmers cannot study
these reports too carefully for their
own prosperity.