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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
A pea for Tor.

Mature is, after all, to be depended
upon pretty thoroughly" said Chi
cago physician who has made study
Of the effects of tea OIL the system. For
example, it is the exceptional person
who Graves tea at breakfast, time Of
the day at which 1t is least needed and
is frequently most injurious. Tea with
dinner too, is not to be recommended,
because even If perfectly made there Is
sure to be little fannie acid in its com.
position, and the stomach, In attempt
ing the digestion Of heavy meal, is
much better without this principle.
CATER o'clock, however, the hour
that fashion and custom agree in pro.
viding tea, is an hour that is also prop
err and favorable to the system. The
supply of energy with which the day
was begun is about exhausted, and n
cup of well-made tea is often refresh
ment and tonic that is both acceptable
and rable."--Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
81 QUARTER Of century ago

R QUARTER of a century ago
IN when citizen desired to vote he
go was beset with dif1iculties--at
least annoyances-from the time he
hove in sight of the army of 'heelers"
at the polling place until he reached
the ballot box handlers. He was
crowded out of line, jostled, yelled at,
delayed by challenges. Voting was
matter of strength, brute force and en-
durance. There was no privacy or Sc
crecy Of political inclination. The pro-
gram then in vogue disguised the re-
spectacle voter, and there was no rem
edy or improvement afforded until the
Australian system came into use.
This plan exceeded in purity and &C.
curacy anything that America had
been able to devise. Its salient benefits
were that the intending voter has
clear 200 feet in which to approach the
voting booth unattended, that no man
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

The discovery that the school girls
Of our Eastern cities are addicted to
cigarette smoking his been claimed by
the society engaged in the suppression
of the vice. Young women may think
that they add to their attractiveness
by the habit, but in satisfying an ex-
cessive desire for notice they are cul-
tivating an endless chain of evil. In
diligence in one degrading habit often
leads to another. There has been much
fun made of the cigarette habit, but
1t becomes necessary to lay aside levity
when the information is given that the
school girls are practicing without re-
straint forbidden habit. 1t is time
that public sentiment should be aroused
to combat that which impairs happi-
ness and causes suffering.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

are passed into store it is, of course,
important to examine the condition of
what is inclosed, and this, in fact, is the
way 1t is done. The trained ear of the
expert examiner can tell whether the
meat is in wholesome or a putrid con-
dition by the sound emitted when
raped with the stick, just as the exam
liner Of railway carriage wheels is sup
posed to be able to tell whether the
wheel he taps with his hammer is
cracked or not. The rapidity with
which the business is gone through and
the seeming inattention Of the perform
er with the sticks and his total indif-
ference to all sorts of noises about him
render the procedure very curious
one to watch. The test Is said to be
practically nfallible.-London News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

The scientific culture OF grass is a
matter which has not received the at
tention 1t deserves from Western farm
ers. The Kansas Board of Agriculture
Is endeavoring to interest the farmers
in this matter, and its last report con-
tains the result Of extensive investiga-
tons into forage and folders. kansas
is grass empire" says the Secretary of
the board, and it was John j. ingalls,
who delivered the most eloquent peror-
alton ever made concerning grass, in
which he said: Forests decay, har-
vests perish, flowers vanish. but grass
is immortal" and again, at bears no
blazonry of bloom to charm the senses
with fragrancy or splendor, but Its
homely hue is more enchanting than
the lily or the rose. 1t yields no fruit
in earth and air, and yet, should its
harvest fail for single year, famine
would depopulate the world" The
most popular grass is alfalfa, which
was carried from Chile to California
about 1858, and has since spread east
ward beyond the Mississippi. This is
still the main reliance of the trans.
missouri farmer. Its Introduction
shows what can be done. The boon
that 1t has been to the farmers of that
section is scarcely estimable. But the
timothy, clover. bluegrass. aud other
grasses have not been SO carefully nur-
tured a. they might be. The report Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
LEST AGE FOR MEN TO MARRY
Not Until They Have Passed Twenty.
five Should They Take n Wife

Not Until They Have Passed Twenty
five Should They Take Wife.
Edward Box, writing in the Ladies'
Home Journal, on "A Boy for a Hus-
band" contends that mo young man
under % years of age is in any sense
competent to take unto himself wife.
Before that age he is simply a boy who
has absolutely nothing which lie can
offer to girl as a safe foundation for
life-happiness. He is uniformed in his
character, unsettled in his ideas, abso-
lutely ignorant of the first essentials
of what consideration or love for a
woman means. He doesn't know him.
self, let alone knowing woman. He
is full of fancies, and it is his boyish
nature to fit from one fancy to an.
other. He is incapable of the affection
upon which love is based, because he
has not lived long enough to know
what the feeling or even the word
means. He is full of theories, each one
of which, when he comes to put it into
practice, will fail. He is boy, pure
and simple, passing through that try.
ing period through which every boy
must pass before he becomes man.
But that period is not the marrying
time. For as his opinions of life are to
change, SO are his fnncies of the girl he
esteems as the only girl in the world
to make him happy. The man of 80
rarely weds the girl whom he fancied
when lie was 90"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

The lot Of the discharged prisoner is
still anything but happy one. Here is
Samuel Seely, released from the Brook
Ign penitentiary after having served a
i've years sentence for embezzlement,
coming forth free man with Just IS
in his pocket given to him by the peni-
Tertiary authorities, and finding his
former wife divorced and remarked
and his son with another name, which
the courts have permitted him to take
to hide his shame. This leaves the dis
charged prisoner all alone in the worli
and with the fates against him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

That people can imagine themselves
into sick beds has long been an &C.
cepted fact by men who practice medi-
cine, and the belief that the bread pill
is one of the most potent remedies in
the physicians case was never more
general than 1t is to-day. Since the be-
ginning of the appendicitis fad the
spread of imaginary ills has been much
worse than ever before. Pains in their
sides now are sure to throw about
three out of every five people into n
terrible state Of alarm. They used to
disregard these things. but appendicitis
has wrought change, and it seems
that everybody or nearly everybody
now arises in the morning fully ex-
pecting to be spread upon the dissect-
ing table before night. A New Or
leans physician, in recent interview
on this subject, related an experience
that is worth repeating:
A nervous man recently called ON me
this is the doctors story and asked: "In
what part of the abdomen are the pre-
monitory pains of appendicitis felt?" ''On
the left side, exactly here" replied, in
dicating spot little above the point of
the hip bone. He went out, and next af-
ternoon 1 was summoned in hot haste to
the st. Charles Hotel found the plant
er writhing on his bed, his forehead bead
ed with sweat and his whole appearance
indicating intense suffering. II have an
attack of appendicitis" he groaned, land
l am dead man. Ill never survive an
operation" "Where do you feel pain?"
I asked. ooh. right here" he replied
putting his finger on the spot had To-
Gated at the Office. 81 feel as is some
body had knife in me there and was
turning it aroundr' "Well, then, it isn't
appendicitis, at any rate" l said cheer
fully; because that is the wrong side"
THE wrong side!" he exclaimed, glaring
at me Indignantly why, you told me
yourself it was on the left" "Then l
must have been distracted" replied
calmly. II should have said the right"
prescribed something that would not
hurt him and learned afterward that he
ate his dinner in the dining room the
same evening. Oh, yes; he was no doubt
in real pain when l called, but you can
make your finger ache merely by concen-
trating your attention on ii for few mo-
ments.
AT first this medical gentleman would
seem to have rendered n service to hui
mainly in showing the absurdity of the
habit Of jumping at the conclusion that
every pain in the side is sure sign of
the presence of appendicitis, but when
we stop to consider the matter we find
that he has perhaps done more harm
than good. He has so definitely located
the spot at which the appendicitis pang
may be expected to make itself felt
thar the encouraging doubts which peo-
pie with pains in their sides have chung
to in the past must hereafter vanish
from the minds of many of those who
happen to feel twinges at the fatal
point. After people generally have
found out just how and where the
trouble with the vermiform appendix
usually begins 1t is to be feared that
we may expect new outbreak of ap-
pendicitis which will be worse than any
of the previous epfdemics of this PERM
cious malady that have swept over our
glorious and enlightened country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

the Kansas board shows that it pays to
use some care in the cultivation of these
grasses and that the attention results
In a finer crop that makes the efforts
well worth while. The suggestion is
made that much ground that is now
left uncared for, the hay being cut with
no attention TO the sowing or prepar-
ing of the soil, might be made to yield
more abundant harvest. The increas-
ing price of hay should commend this
advice to farmers, for, in spite of an
annual crop of nearly 100000 tons,
there is no danger of overproduction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
HOW sAeY TOOK 70 WATER.
Clever Device of Grandmother Over
cnmea Fear In Learninu tn Bafl,e

Clever Device of grandmother Over
comes Fear in Learning to Battle.
Baby is a dimpled darling of some 6
months of age. She is q gentle little
thing, full of life and as much curiosity
as should belong to her sex. But one
day when her mother attempted to
battle her in the altogether in a big
bowl baby set up howl. The water
was possibly bit too cold and the ten
der flesh revolted. SO the infant became
afraid of water.
Her grandmother, having brought up
a flock of boys and girls, is up to many
tricks to gain baby's confidence. She
decided the little one must be taught
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A South Carolina man sat and played
the fiddle while his wife was dying. and
no doubt saw her pass away in the con-
seriousness that he had done all he
could to lend enjoyment to her last mo-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
From "Pequenos Ninos.o

The etymology of the word "picka-
ninny" is discussed by writer in the
American Anthropologist, who says
that its possible derivation was pointed
out by Sir Hans Sloane in 1907 in his
History Of Jamaica" "Piganinnes."
said Sir Hans. sis corruption of
pequenos nlnos, applied to the black
or slave babies Of jamaica"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A Brooklyn man committed suicide
because his employers wanted to pro-
mote him. The employers probably
understand now that he was right in
thinking he was not the man for the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

How Canned Meats Are Tested.
Among the most incomprehensibl
proceedings to be observed within the
vast area of Woolwich depot are the
doings Of small party of officials, one
of whom appears to do nothing all day
long but sit at table and tap on the
top of tin canisters with couple of
bits of stick something after the man.
ner of a child beating on the upturned
end of his drum. The tins are passed
before him about as fast as he can tap
them and absolutely nothing seems to
come Of the game. To the unenlight-
ened onlooker it is quite unintelligible.
The tins contain meat and before they
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A burglar became frightened at a
skeleton In doctors house the other
night and hastily fed before securing
the rlch Booty he VIC ga f fer A. As a safe-
guard in these burglarious days. it
might be well for all families to leave
their closet doors open ut night.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A Western man has sued a doctor for
100000 damages for falling to cure
him. The disgruntled sufferer is in big
luck that he didn't fall into the hands
Of a practitioner Of the "kill or cure
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

spars down to the deck with his own
weight. Royal Louise" is the name
of this kingly toy; she was christened
after Prussian Queen Louise. The lit
tie frigate was built on the Thames
River, at Woolwich, England, in 1882,
and was towed down the river and
across the North Sea by a steamer to
Hamburg; from this place fiat barge
foated her up the Elbe and ipta the
Havel at Potsdam. where she still re-
mains.-Woman's Home Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

1t is everywhere recognized that n
soldier is best paid for doing his duty
by strip of ribbon or pecuniarily
valueless medal. On the other hand,
badge in itself often spurs on its
owner to deeds of valor and honor,
Harry Won Trott, young graduate of
the Agricultural College of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, was among the pas
sengers on a vessel recently wrecked
OF the coast Of Mexico. The little
Christian Endeayor pin was on his
coat He threw off his outer garments,
and fastening the pin in his under
clothes, swan through the shark-in-
tested water and over surf-beaten
rocks to bring relief to the imperiled
passengers. A great crisis calls for en-
ergy, skill and elf-sacrifice, and FORUM
ately for the credit of this age, II does
not often call in vain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

manship. He was
Secretary of War
in Cleveland's first
cabinet and b u t
fe W members of
that strong body
now survive. At an
early age Mr.. Endi-
colt entered public
life as a member of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
Iowa Wins State Track Meet.

-Four thousand people watched the
State University win two-thirds of the
Iowa intercollegiate field meet events at
Des Aioines. The points won by ench
follow: State University. 81; Grinnell,
%; Ames. 22la; Drake, ply; Penn, Il;
Cornell. L; Upper Iowa, o; State Nor
NAL, o; Chapman Of Drake broke the
pole-vaulting record of 10 feet 2 inches,
making 10 feet 9 inches, but no sensa-
tional records were made
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
Verdict of Manslnughter.

AT Iowa City the jury in the case of
Lewis Newkirk returned verdict of
guilty Of manslaughter. On May 10,
1890, Newkirk by reckless driving colldi-
ed with buggy containing three children
and caused the horse to run away. The
accident resulted in the death of Emily
Cnnk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Syndicate Miller may notice that the
whole country is grieving as sincerely
over that ten-year Sentence as he is, the
only difference being that every one
else laments 1t isn't longer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Henry Eckhart and Sam schrader, two
prominent young men of Ackley, were
drowned while bathing in the iowa river
about two miles south of there. 1t is
thought that one of them was taken with
cramps and the other went to his rescue,
md both persisted
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

How the Young Elbow tho Old.
1.-THE part of wisdom is not to drop
ones tasks too early, not to be in haste
to retire from posts Of influence and
duty" writes Margaret e. Sangster in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Mark Twain is still pitching into the
vivisectionists, though we do not re-
call that tine critics have ever under
taken to skin him alive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

The burglar who was caught by a
woman when returning for his shoes
was badly equipped for the business
from any standpoint.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Mark Twain, in writing his Presiden-
tial platform "favoring everything and
anything" was determined to let no
guilty issue escape.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A moral for humanity in an eclipse
OF the sun Is that it's when we are
under kind of cloud that people are
most apt to notice the spots on us.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

William f. Miller, the 500 per cent.
swintller, made the mistake Of not COM
putting his "swag" on ten years time
at hard labor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Some of til, yanderbilts make fully
as much fuss getting engaged as most
other people create when they get di-
yOrceil.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A Missouri mule has Increased in
value from $50 TO $40. AS running
mate the Missouri mule is no longer
to be sneered at.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06
WILLIAM c, ENplcorr.

Was secretary of War in clevcland's
First Cabinet.
In the death of William G. Endicott,
Massachusetts, has lost another son
who had brought her renown in states
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A man in the Southwest tried to eat
three dozen eggs and died. Some peo-
pie can't stand prosperity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Funeral Directors Choose Officers.
The twentieth annual convention of
the Iowa Funeral Directors Association
WAS held at Waterloo. Boone was Sc
lected as the next place of meeting. The
officers elected are: President, A. H.
Duncan, Humboldt; vicc-president, F. NJ.
Stowell, Boone; secretary, Fred b. Neff,
Cedar Rapids; delegates to the national
convention, S. ID. Hersman, Red Oak; j.
H. Hadlcy, Eldora: NJ. II. Miller, Tip
ton; j. NJ. Drummer, Mt. Pleasant, and
Il. T. Bennett. Dubuque.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

With $36,OOOOOO and prospective
wife worth s1O,ooo,OOo. young Wander
bilt will still be able to keep the wolf
from the door.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

There is veg little difference between
borrowing lawn mower and borrow
ing trouble
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

The celluloid collar has justified it's
right to stay in the field by detecting
a bullet and saving the life Of a con-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

Things Made OF Paper in Japan.
In Japan handkerchiefs are made of
paper, cords are twisted from 1t and
limitations Of cordova leather are skill
fully contrlyed from It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

IT is easy TO do right when sip ceases
n be q pleasure,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-06

A .pstnal fire and lightning insurance
association has been organized at Mt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-19
WAITED FOUR YEARS
To Become Old Enough to Pay OF His
Grudge.

Il cost Napoleon Provost SO in the
an old Grudgc. According to the story
that is told by the people living on
GushnOc Heights several boys were in
swimming four years ago, and Charles
Lapuiuty's brother was in the crowd.
Provost at that time was not strong
enough to take care of himself and
the Other boys were having no end Of
sport They held the boy under the
water ana kept duckinS him until OBJ
jcctions We're made.
The hoy laid the thing UP in his
mind ana the more he thought Of it
HE more Indignant he became. Final
ly, he made the solemn promise that
hr would be square with Lapointe as
soon as he was old enough. He APP
rHrcntly attain, d that age. Sunday, for
Provost was asked into a house there.
him. Lap9intc was severely punished
for what ne is said to have done four
years ago. ana 50 severely that he
tool. the matter to the police. \ war
rant was sworn out. Tho trial was
hcl1, last evening. The court could
See no reason why Provost should take
the law into his own hands ana scn-
tened him to pay fine of $40.
John Dearborn has been playing
truant for day or two. and. yestcr-
day, the matter was placed in the
hands Of the police. Johnny was
found ana was taken back to school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-19
Daily Kennebec 3ournaI.
AUGUSTA LOCALS.
The Girl in the Khaki Dress,

There she goes in the shopping square,
The men look back. the women stare
The critic remarks are passing aloud
AS she wends her way through the gap
ing crowd;
But she hears them not and she cares
much less,
She's one of the first in a khaki dress.
She passes the cop on the shopping beat;
lie smiles and points out into the street;
The coiors the same" he says with Il
grin,
The same as the mud she's walking In"
But she hears them not and she cares
much less,
She's one of the first in a khaki dress.
The ncwsboy grins: Get onto her nibs,
Now. wudn't dat tickle yer under de ribs;
It's awning stuff wild a mustard smear
Take it way! 1t don't go herc!'
But she hears them not and she cares
much less.
She's one Of the first in Khaki dress.
lis n gauntlet run for thousand eyes,
But she braves the "Whcws!' and the
rude 'Oh, mys!"
And the girls who cape and love to say:
She looks like a road on a rainy day.
But she hears them not and she cares
much less,
She's one of the first in a khaki dress.
Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-19

A most contemplate act was report
cd to the journal recently, the perpc-
traitors of which ought 70 Ic made 4
severe example Of to prevent any dep
relations OF Il similar nature One of
our Augusta citizens has, in che Mt.
Pleasant cemetery, q handsome monu-
mcnt OF marble. surrounded at the top
by a large highly polished bail. Dur
inc. recent visit to the cemetery hc
noticed that this ball was fun Of little
lamentations that will necessitate its
being repolished. A closer cxamina-
ton proved that the damage was
caused by somebody firing Il shot gun
at the monument. The gentleman is
righteously angry that anyone should
be Of so depravcd nature as to mutt
late anything erected to commemorate
his loved ones who have passed away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-19
jeremiah lams0n.

Jeremiah LamsOn died at his home in
South Nassalboro, Wednesday morn
Ing. aged s. years and Is days. after
sickness of one and one half weeks
Mr.. Llmson was born and always
lived in the same house, was good
rciShbor and a friend in time Of
Trouble and held the respect of all with
whom he came in contact one son,
Geo. @. Lamson Of Whiteficld. Ne.
three daughters. Mrs. Hadlcy ..
iIowcs Of HalloweH. Mrs. Lizzie Moody
If South Vassalboro. Mrs. Hannah +.
Cram Of California. survive him. The
funeral will be at the residence at IL
A. NJ, Friday.