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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
An Engl,shman's Tribute to tn,

-e~osADAAAAASSAAs
Beers.
A. G. Hales, the South African cor.
respondent of the London News, tells
in pathetic words of the heroism of the
Beers. Here is an extract from one of
his recent dispatches:
l saw some of these old graybesrds,
shattered by our shells, dying grimly,
with knitted brows and fiercely cfinched
jaws; saw some of their beardless boys
sObbing their souls out as the life blood
dyed the African heath.
Those things l have seen, and in the
ears of English men and women let me
say as one who knows and fain would
speak plain, ungilded truth concerning
friend and foe, that not alone beneath
the British flags are heroes found. Not
alone at the breasts of British matrons
are brave men sucked; for, as my soul
liveth, whether their cause be Just or
unjust, whether the right or the wrong
of this war be with them, whether the
blood of the hundreds that have faller
since the first rifle spoke defiance shall
speak for or sgains. them at the Day of
Judgment, they at least know how to
die; and when man has given his life
for the cause he believes in, he is proven
worthy even of his worst enemy's re-.
spect.
And it seems to me that the British
nation, with its long roll of heroic deeds,
wrought the world over, from Africa to
Iceland, can we'll afford to honor the
splendid bravery and self-sacrifice of
these rude, untutored toilers of the soil.
have seen them die.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

In March. 1915, the Paris Moniteur
announced the expected return Of EN-.
peror Napoleon from Elba. The first
announcement Of the Moniteur was
far from polite, but Us the little Cor
sican approached Paris gradual
change took place in its tone:
1.-THE cannibal has left his den."
.The Corsicnn wolf has landed In
the bay Of San Juan"
''The tiger has arrived at Gay"
"The wretch spent the night at
Grenoble."
1.-THE tyrant has arrived at Lyons"
'GThe usurper has been seen within
80 miles of Paris"
"Bonaparte is advancing with great
rapidity, but he Will not put his foot
inside the walls of Paris"
Tomorrow Napoleon will be at our
gates"
'The emperor has arrived at Fon,
tainebleau."
"His imperial majesty Napoleon en-
tered Paris yesterday surrounded by
his loyal subjects"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

In recent article in the New York
Journal Andrew, Carnegie, who enjoys
an income of over s6s,OOO per day, and
is actively engaged in trying to increase
it, said:
As 9 rule there is more happiness,
more genuine satisfaction and truer
life, and more obtained from life, In the
humble cottages of the poor than in
the palaces of the rich.
You know how people are all moan.
ing about poverty as being q great evil,
and it seems to be accepted that if peo.
pie only had money and were rich they
would be happy and more useful and
get more out of life. There was never
greater mistake.
There never has been comparatively
rich president since Washington, and, I
think, Madison, who had Virginia es.
tates. The choice of the people for
any high office, and especially for the
presidency, must have a record of hard
work, plain living and simple tastes and
honest poverty. The only rich vice.
president in our times was Mr.. Morton,
whose extraordinary personal charm
made him universal favorite and ex-
Cu6o0 MS fortune.
awake from dream that has car
ried me away back to the days of early
boyhOod-the day when the little white.
haired Scotch laddie, dressed in a blue
jacket, walked with his father into the
telegraph Office in Pittsburg to undergo
examination as applicant for position
as messenger boy at two dollars and
fifty cents 9 week.
think that we are all agreed as to
the advisability, nay, the duty, of laying
up competence, and hence to retain
our self-respect.
That the acquisition of money is the
business of the world arises from the
fortunate fact that, with few excep-
tions, young men are born to poverty,
and therefore under the salutary Oper-
ations of that remarkably wise law
which enacts for their good: "Thou
shalt earn thy bread by the sweat Of
thy brow"
1t is not from the sons of the million.
aires or the noble that the world re-
ceives its teachers, its martys, its
inventors, Its statesmen, its
poets, or even its men of affairs. 1t is
from the cottage Of the poor that all
these spring.
There is nothing so enervating, moth.
ing SO deadly in its effects upon the
qualities which lead to the highest
achievements, moral or intellectual, as
hereditary wealth.
1t is not the poor young man who
goes forth to his work in the morning
and labors until evening that we should
pity. 1t is the son of the rich man, to
whom Providence has not been so kind
as to trust with this honorable task. 1t
is not the busy man but the man OF
idleness who should arouse our sympa.
thy and cause us sorrow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

A committee of the Ohio Legislature
declared that Hanna secured his cleo
tion as senator by corrupt means. That
charge has repeatedly been made by re-
sponsible men. But the virtuous SEN
ate which refused to seat Quay on a
technicality still bows to the dictates of
q man who is charged with having
made his elevation to the senatorship a
matter of barter and sale. When the
senate takes up the charges against
Hanna, investigates them thoroughly
and honestly and acts in accordance
with the findings, the people will have
some faith in the republican claim that
the G. Q. p. is entitled to credit for being
the party of purity.-World- Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
The British Lion and African soer.

lHe DTltlsI LIOH Huu a1EICau bO6rs
Roar brave old lion, boast and roar.
Hungering for all earth and more;
Your paws laud on some heathen shore,
And spray their fields with heath en- gore.
Then whiten them with Christian lore,
And claw up all their precious ore.
But look out for that heather Boer,
Wltlrllons he has played before.
He twists their tails and makes them sore.
Roar Christian lion, boast and roar.
Roar on against the mauser's sting,
Clutch the wild Boer, he's just the thing
Give him royal christening,
But all his gold be sure to bring,
To great Brit aims money ring.
And look out for that heathen Boer.
For bibles he has thumbed before,
For days and years full many score,
Roar on and boast, the welkln fill;
Boast Waterloo with fearles yell
Boast India with remorseless chill;
Boast Crimea with trembling thrill;
Boast Egypt. Soudan. slow and still,
But boast not yet Najuba hill
Andnow you're warned just three times o'sf
Tolook out for that heather Boer
For many a cat he's trapped before.
Manchester May 2, 1900. DO. Potter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Does Coffee Agree With You.

If not, drink Grain. .o-Made from
pure grams. A lady writes: "The first
time ! made Grain-o l did not like it
put after using itfor one week nothing
would induce me to goback to coffee"
II nourlshes and feeds the system. The
chlldren can drink it freely with great
Deneft. 1t is the strengthening sub
stance OF pure grains. Get a package
today from your grocer, follow the di-
rectlons in making it and you will have
9 delicious and healthful table beverage
for old and young. 15c. and 25c.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets,

6omeseekers EXCURSION Tlcke0.
TO nearly allpoints in the United Sta tes
on sale at all ticket offices of the Chi
csgo Great Western Railway on the
first and third Tuesdays of May and
June at the very low homeseekers' rate
of one fare plus $500 for the round trip.
Tickets good for return within 81 days
from date of sale. Persons contem-
plating trip will save money by calling
Western ai isy and I obtaining I Is detail Of in.
formation regarding the homeseekers'
rates OF addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. &
T. A., 113 Adams st. Chicago. 17w8
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Marketing Butter.

In q bulletin on dsirying in Califor.
mia the agricultural depa rtment says,
that practically all the best creamery
butter sold on the Pacific coast is in
squares of about two pounds each.
This method of handling butter is ex.
cellent in some respects, but it is SUBJ
ject to criticism in two important fea-
lures: First, there is now no uniformity
in the weights of the squares. One
creamery sends cases of 60, IA pound
squares, or los pounds, to Sacramento,
and to the same market another cream.
cry sends cases holding 60 squares, sg-
gregating 1O1 pounds. This latter
creamery also sends to San Frsncisco
cases holding 60 squares of 90 pounds.
Itmust be both confusing and annoy.
ing to handle squares of such varying
weights, and no really good reason for
the practice was found. Doubtless
many people who purchase butter do
not notice the difference In weights,
but consider all squares alike, and the
seller who can shave off the most
without being suspected is the gamer.
Such competition is not only discredit.
able, but dishonest. The second criti.
cism of the method of marketing but
ter relates to the packages. Eastern
dealers have learned that 1t is more
economical and satisfactory in many
ways to use cheap but neat boxes for
shipping, which do not have to be re-
turned, than to use the heavy and ex-
pensive trunksor chests that were so
common only few years ago. These
latter arc continually being lost and
broken, cause annoyance at both ends
of the line and require much labor for
proper cleaning land this is too often
neglected., while the cheaper packages
have not these objections.
A correspondent of The National
Stockman and Farmer says that If all
butter put on the market were brand.
ed tho quality in very short time
would be improved, as each brand
would then stand on the merits of the
product it represents. So long as good
butter must be sold at an average
price, SO as to pay the grocerymsn to
handle inferior grades, making the
profits on the best grades bear him
out there is no incentive for the but
ter maker to improve her quality of
butter. use the pronoun advisedly,
for the great bulk of butter is yet made
by the farmers wives. oThe person
who makes really good article need
not fear detriment to his trade to Offer
his product for sale un,er a private
brand.
One butter maker who packed good
quality of butter in firkins was allow.
ed by her marketman cent extra on
the pound for simply writing the tamt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

Rev. DR.. Silas c. Swallow, prohibi-
tion candidate for governor of Pennsyl.
vania in 1893, has invited ex-senator
Quay to join the prohibition party, as
suring him of appreciation in its ranks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

Anaesthetics were known in the days
Of Homer, and the Chinese 1900 years
ago had preparation Of hemp known
~ tuna yos to dssden pain-something
slpi|es = euy meassn eoselnA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Farm for Sale.

The Clark farm. consisting of 200 acres of cul.
II Is located about miles south east of
Manchester on the Delhi road. For particulars
address or call on Bronson 4 Carr, Manchester
Iowa,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Our Business Directory.
GEO. 8. LISTER.

HARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC.
- Keeps Q tirstclass timer and does all
kinds Of repairing with neatness and dispatch.
Store opposite First National Bank. Main st.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Horses Wanted

eSd hoss for sanaen
place on Union street In Manchester.
syd T. w. ROBINSON
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Chimneys Cleaned.

Chimneys Cleaned.
I have got patent devise for cleaning chin
1foys. If you want yours cleaned leave orders
foT me at Seth Browns or Graham & Sons. I
2asO do all kinds Of mason work and white wash
Ing, build chimneys and cisterns and do repairs.
Al work warranted to give satisfaction.
8H JOHN TOWSLEE,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

Mason Work.
lam prepared to furnish estimates and guar
&ntee satisfaction on all kinds of Mason work.
G. p. MILLER,
Hf Manchester, lows.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

JIM. PEARsE.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
- OR. All business entrusted to him given
prompt attention. Office In City Hall block,
second floor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

GREGG q WARD.
druggists and dealers In Paints, Oils. Wall
" Paper. Stationery SC. Atwaters block,
Franklin street.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

HARRY STEWART.
nEALER In Groceries, Provisions, Fruits, etc,
~ Franklin Street, Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

c.. E. PRATT.
DAINTING AND PAPER HANGING, lam
Il prepared to do paper hanging and painting
on short notice, In town or country, VIII give
estimates on all work In my line.' Leave orders
'st H. @. Smiths drug store
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

MANCHEsTER LUMBER co.
T UMBER aud Builders Materials, Posts and
u Coal West sids near depot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

HOLLISTER LUMBER co,
II UMBER and all kinds of building materials,
u Posts and Coal. Corner Of Delaware and
Madison streets
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

INSURE YOUR PROPERTY against cyclones
i and tornadoes In the old reliable Phoenix
Insurance Co.. BRONSON & CARR. Agents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

H. n. LAWRENCE.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special at.
tentton given diseases of children. Have
also made special study Of Gyneooology,
Obstetrics. and Rectal Diseases. All chronic
diseases successfully treated with the aid Of
various Thermal and Massage treatment. All
ohrontcs solicited. Consultation free. Once
over Works market. All calls promptly at
tended. Residence on Main street, the old DR..
Kelsey property.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
WIN. DENNIS.

VIM, DENNIS.
CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR BUILDER.
~ am now prepared to do all work in my
linein good and workmnnlike manner. Salts
faction guaranteed! Plans and estimates fur
nished, WorS tax q in town or country. Shop
near the stand tower on West Side Of river.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

w. N. Boy NroN. JF. McEwlN.
BOYNT ON q MoEWEN.
vK7ATCHMAKERS, Jewellers and Engravers
w dealers In Watches, Clocks, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, epectacles, Cutlery,
Musical Instruments, etc., Main street.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

E.s. cowLRs.
NITY DRAYNAN. Am prepared to do all
~ v III in my line. Moving household goods
and pianos speciality. All work will receive
prompt attention. share Of your patronAgeis
solicited. Charges right. Give your draying
to man who has come to stay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
DENTISTS.

o. A. DUNHAM. p.D,s,
nENTISTS. Onice over Carhnrt 4 Adams'
~ hardware store, Franklin st. Manchester,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
VETERINARIAN.
MANUFACTURING.

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
TS prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
Monuments and Head Stones Of various de-
Bigns. Have the county right for Sipe's Pat
ent Grave Cover; also dealer In Iron Fences.
wiz meet all competition. 2tf ~.
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
PROTECTING
the Birds

had such law thirty years .ago the
English sparrow might not be here.
The bill prohibits any common carrier
from transporting the dead birds or
animals, or parts of them, killed in
violation of the law. The package
containing them must be plainly and
clearly marked both as to the address
and as to the nature of the contents.
Another section regulates the traffic
in foreign game, which is designed to
prevent inscriptions game dealers or
hotel men from maintaining a fence"
as President Shields says, for the
handling and selling of American
game. All game, animals or birds, on
arrival in any state or territory for
sale or storage, shall be subject to the
operation and effect of the laws of the
locality, and shall not be exempt by
reason of being introduced in original
packages. President Shields thinks
the passage of this bill with the en-
forcement that he believes will go with
1t means a gain of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars to the agricultural in
terests of the country in the next
twenty years. Coincident with work
of this kind is that which our Audu-
bon society and which this paper are
doing in endeavoring to arouse inter
est in birds 1t is all part of one great
movement 1t should be pushed in the
schools. The pulpit has given it at
tention. Unquestionably We are com
ing on a better time, time when we
shall use not abuse our opportunities
with reference to helpless animals and
when we shall treat them all. domestic
and wild, with greater mercy.
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Prohibition, at Chicago. June 81. 2s,
1900. Tickets on sale June 26, ~.
Democratic. at Kansas City, July :,
1900. Tickets on sale July 2, 4.
The road to take to attend these
conventions is the Chicago Great
Western railway, the popular Maple
Leaf Route, with its vestibuled trains.
free chair cars. satisfactory dining car
service. and its unsurpassed sleeping
car accommodations.
Only one fare for the round trip.
For further particulars apply to any
agent of the Chicago Great Western,
or address F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A.,
113 Adams street, Chicago.
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
QUIT Farm. to Hunt Pearls.

One-third of the people living in the
vicinity of st. Francois river, Missouri,
have abandoned their farm pursuits
and engaged in pearl hunting. Last
Sunday j. A. Jones of Black Rock,
while fishing, opened n clamshell and
found n beautiful and valuable pearl.
The next day he found pearls which
he sold for $500. The news leaked out
and the pearl-hunting fever seized the
people. Some beautiful pearls have
been taken out of the river.
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
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The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06

The League of American Sportsmen
rejoices greatly at the passage OF the
Lacey bird bill, and well 1t may, for
with its 5000 members it has done
yeoman service in the cause. 1t has
written and caused to be written
thousands of letters to members of
congress in favor of the bill. The
president of the league estimates that
more than 10000 letters have been re-
ceived by members of congress in the
last four months. In opposition were
the millinery interests and the game
trade interests But as the president,
Mr.. Shields, says, there will be no
more shipping of prairie chickens, la
beled poultry; or of venison labeled
veal; or of quails labeled eggs; or of
bird skins labeled anything else than
they are; no more contracting for the
slaughter of 10000 birds in Maryland;
no more slaughtering of sea gulls, in
violation of the laws, and shipping
them. to use President Shields Ian
guage, ito millinery bird hogs in New
York, no matter how labeled" The
provisions of the bill authorize the
secretary of agriculture to buy game
birds and eggs for propagation in de-
pleted areas. 1t is believed, for ex-
ample, that prairie chickens imported
from Nebraska and liberated in the
Shenandoah valley in Virginia, will
prosper. 1t prohibits the importation
of foreign wild animals or birds, ex-
cept under permit, there being spe-
cial prohlDition of the mongoose and
flying foxes, and of starlings and other
birds, known to be injurious to agri-
culture and horticulture. II we had
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
Concernlng Dutch Annexation.

Sir John Henry de Villiers. CHIEF
Justice of the Cape of Good Hope, who
is now in London, says that all Dutch
South Africa would bitterly resent the
annexation of the republics. He adds:
This war was forced on President
Kruger. What Mr.. Chamberlain asked
him to give up was the equivalent of
Dutch independence. The story that
Presidents Kruger and Steyn aspired
to drive the British into the sea is
fable All the Dutch leaders wanted
was to preserve the Dutch nationality.
When the British field marshal, brill
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06

campaign ColhHlilteeS are sstHtIdlls
extensive patrons of what might by
stretch be termed the arts and also of
what it's writer's fondly believe to be
poetry.
Under the head of the arts may be
included the millions of candidates
portraits which are put out under com
mittee auspices, also the cartoons, ,dia-
grams, maps. badges (pins and but
tons), and the like. Opinions differ as
to the value Of such things in the get
ting of votes, but committees always
spend thousands, sometimes hun
dreds of thousands in this direction.
Most committees buy campaign
songs pretty freely. and 1t is agreed
on all hands that taking composition
set to stirring music is mighty good
investment whether the poetry is very
good or not. The poetry sent to the
committeeman it arrives at head
quarters In wholesale quantities daily
is generally in the form of songs. 1t
need hardly be stated that most OF II
is written by persons who have never
learned to scan their lines and have
little idea Of rhyme.
Leaving out the chairman and pos
sibly the treasurer the functionary in
charge of the speakers bureau sees
more grief probably than any other
committee official, and his department
is one of the heavier committee en-
penses. There are always hundreds OF
real and alleged orators in touch with
the committee. The more effective
speakers generally give their services
to the party from sense of loyalty
and because they know that political
promotion lies that way; but nearly
all draw expense money and the ma
jority, pretty poor speakers as rule.
draw salaries; not large individually,
but sometimes almost treasury break
ing in the aggregate.
All these departments employ type
writer's and stenographers, and clerks
and messengers in numbers. Many OF
the clerks are employed because OF po-
litical pull, but the stenographers and
typewriters get their jobs on their
merits Women typewriters are sell
dom in evidence at committee head
quarters.
and bags is needed to keep the com
mittee departments mentioned and
others, of which there is no room to
speak. in operation, and the real storm
center of every national campaign
committee is the treasurer's Office.
How he gets his cash nobody but him
self ever knows in full, and there is
no doubt at all that he and his col
lectors-more often than not political
stars of the first water-are driven to
their wits ends to gather the needful.
Presidential candidates themselves
have rarely made heavy contributions,
for the reason, among Others, that they
have rarely been able to do So 1t may
be mentioned in passing that while
presidential candidates seldom visit
headquarters, ce-presidential candi-
dates often do.
The Springfield herald., 1900-07-06
Lan,e. Can W.nr Shoes.

One size smaller "a fter using Aliens Foot
Ease, "A powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot, t,sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
Dunlons. All druggists and shoe stores,
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy. NY.