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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

The man who says. 81 don't pretend
to be honest; no man is, and lawyer
cannot be"-as lawyer was recently
reported as saying-does injustice both
to himself and his fellows. He is doubt
less himself honest in his declaration
concerning himself, If in nothing else.
But to say that no lawyer can be hon
est is to malign noble profession
whose surest basis of success is hon
esty, and to say no man is honest is a
libel upon the human race. If men
the majority of men-were not honest,
the world would not and could not be
growing better, as 1t is to-day. There
is much hypocrisy, pretending to be
better than 1t is. There is probably
more eynicism, pretending that the
world is worse than 1t is. There is,
most Of all, simple truth and honesty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Consultations, laws, strikes, boycotts,
nothing mas any more effect on the
trusts than water on ducks back.
Now comes a new remedy: Ostracise
the trust magnates-can 1t be done!
The New York Journal says may" in
the following style: Even great men
OF weighty brains are sometimes pos
sessed VI strange vagaries. President
Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University
suggestr as remedy for trusts the So
cial ostE1cism of men engaged in trusts
or othei business enterprises lnimical
to publ. welfare. President Hadley
is a Wis, man, but in teaching the Yale
idea to shoot in this direction he is not
doing jvstice to his own wisdom. From
what particular things would President
Hadley ostracise the trust kings!
From cHarch? Look at the bald, bow
ed heafs in the Fifth avenue houses
of God IN Sunday. They are all worn
bare with trust schemes. Donations
from trlst magnates support the min
listers. From social enjoyments? Go
to the Assembly ball, the Patriarchs,
the Metriarchs, the high and bowling
functiaus at Delmonico's or Sherry's,
or the private palaces along the Appian
Way. Trust magnates bob, and skip,
and sra!ri, and beam in mutual regard.
How. then, would President Hadley
ostrac5se the trust rulers? VIII the
colleges cast the first stone by refusing
to accept donations from trust
sour!sa?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Mrs. Emile A. Matthien gives $4,000.
About $4,000 is distributed among New
York charities by the will of Mrs. Caro-
line E. Hollister.
Mrs. Felis r. Brunnot. of Allegheny
City, Pa, bequeathed by will, probated
in November, $123,OOO to missions. The
late Mrs. Harriet rockingham VOL
colt, stepmother of Gov. Roger Wolcott,
distributed by her will, probated in
April last, S32,5OO to various charities.
st. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, ben
etits to the value of $1,000 and a share
in the residuary estate of Mrs. Eliza
Wells, who also left $1,000 to the Socie-
ty for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Chill
dren.
BY the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson. in July, the poor seam
stresses of Rhinebeck-on-H Hudson find
themselves heirs to an estate of $500, 900
which is to be equally divided among
them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Honey nm Excellent Food,

Scientific men say flat honey Is q
much more beautiful sweet than sugar,
and has many valuable properties 1t
is nutritive, and when used freely with
bread makes an excellent food for chill
dren. 1t is laxative, and may be used
advantageously in place of medicine
by persons of sedentary lives. Being
also the daintiest and most delicious
of sweets-an extract of blossoms--it Is
hardly possible to eat 1t to an injurious
extent. 1t needs no digestion, as sugar
does, and even acts as digestive aid.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
RACE OF DwARFs
DwelIs Among the Mountains of On,

DwelIs Among the Mountains of Our
Uncorquercd Island of Luzon.
The island of Luzon in the Philip
pines con;ains one of the recognized
races of dwarf men, the Aetas, whose
average height is only four feet eight
inches or four feet nine inches. They
dwell among the mountains in the in
terror of the island, and are allied to
the AndaWanese. inhabiting islands in
the Bay o. Bengal. 1t is remarked by
a recent -rriter that all of the dwarf
races sury i've only in the most inacces-
sible parts of the continents or islands
to which they belong.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Cut the remains of cooked sweet
breads into neat little pieces, season
with lemon juice and white pepper, dip
them in frying batter and fry to q
golden brown. Arrange neatly and dust
them over with coralline pepper, Par
mesan cheese, and fried parsley timely
minced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

No one doubts the courage of Cen
eral Braddock, and no one questions his
singular indisposition to profit by the
common sense Of the Provincials In
fighting Indians. His name has been
more on human lips in the past few
weeks than in years before, and for a
reason not complimentary to the Brit
ish officers in the Boer war. Bravery
and brute force are not enough to de-
feat sagacious foe full of resources.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Casuistry worthy of the schoolmen
develops at Washington in Il recent in
vestigation. "A lie" declares one wit
ness, sis when you state n falsehood
to man who has right to know the
truth; IL he has no right to the truth it
is not lie." A distinction Indeed, and
one not unworthy Of Kaunitz, who, be-
ing asked to defend lying in diplomacy,
replied: There is no such thing as
lying In diplomacy. A lie undetected
is not a lie. The man caught in a false
hood Is not a diplomat" 1t will be OBJ
served that there is some resemblance
between the two ideas of diplomacy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

very hot iron should never be used
for flannels or woolens.
Clotheslines are made much. more
durable by boiling ten minutes before
they are used.
Table linen should be ironed when
quite damp, and ironed with very hot
and very heavy iron.
Irons should not be allowed to become
red-hot, as they will never retain the
heat properly afterward.
Embroiderles should lie ironed OH a
thin, smooth surface over thick flannel,
and only on the wrong side.
Linen may be made beautifully white
by the use of little refined borax in
the water instead of using a washing
fluid.
Silken fabrics, especially white silk
handkerchiefs, should not be dampen-
ed. but ironed with a moderately warm
Iron when taken from the line.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Baled hay for the Philippine Islands
and for South Africa is now being put
up In the United States in new way.
Extra pressure is applied and 16O cubic
feet of hay are compressed into fifty
cubic feet. An army mule that takes
an overdose of this hay will be more
dangerous than lyddite shell, and
runs great risks of blowing out his cyl
inder head.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
All Poor, Some Rich

l see that Congressman DE Almond
has been figuring on Uncle SAINTS
growing expense account, and discov-
ers that, while within sixty years our
population has increased 80 per cent,
our annual appropriations for 1900 Tex
Guiding army and navy appropriations
in both instances are more than 175
per cent greater than those for 1880.
These facts woult: not be particularly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Corn Meal Grlddle Cakes.
Chocolate pnddinp

Cook together two tablespoonfuls OF
butter and four of flour and pour on
them generous half pint of milk, STIR
ring constantly until smooth. Beat this
mixture slowly into the yolks of six
eggs whipped light, with five table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, and, last
of all, beat in hard nine tablespoonfuls
of grated chocolate. Beat for five min
utes, and set the mixture aside, closely
covered, until cool. Now add the stiff-
ened whites of the eggs, beat again for
five minutes, turn all into deep dish
and bake in quick oven for twenty
five minutes. Serve Immediately and
eat with whipped cream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
A Good ycrctoh,e San ),

Slice fine one large onion, two pota-
toes, two small carrots, one turnip, a
little parsley and celery. and fry all
these in a tablespoonful of butter, till
they are about half cooked. Then pour
In two quarts OF soup stock, half cup
of canned tomatoes Tor two ripe ones
sliced. boil il up. season, and serve hot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Russian Society,

Society exists in Russia for its own
sake. and is not merely q general clear
ing hou1e where social debts and du-
ties are civilly discharged. In fact, it
is an eorthly paradise, wherein you
can daily with your life. dreamily
watch it glide away through asphodel
meadows, and enjoy its pleasures heed
less of time and tide. And like para
disc, 1t is reserved for the very elect;
only those predestined from their birth
may enter on the joys of the place. The
uniform of an officer of the imperial
guards, for instance is an open sesame
to the bliss it bestows, and TO follow a
trade is to have committed the unpar-
dOnable sin. Ii is conceivable that a
prince or a count should he driven from
the precincts of this Eden, but heaven
and earth will pass away before n ner.
chant will be allowed to cross its
threshold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

w
York World, is
due the saving Of
the lives of her
b a b Y and its
nurse in a disas-
trous fire that
visited the Pu-
litter residence
OH E is t 55th
street recently.
Mrs. Pulitz re r
slept on the Sec
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

And one egg, well beaten. to good
sized cup of mashed potatoes. Use pep
per and celery salt as seasoning, and
moisten with little milk If necessary.
Drop the mixture by spoonfuls into
sifted flour on plate, roll them in the
flour and fry in hot drippings or butter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

of time? And are they less applicable
how to struggling people in the year
1900, even though they dwell in the dis.
lance and are weak beginners in the
contention for national life and the es-
Enlistment of government by their
own consent. so long denied them by
the tyranny of Spain. If it was true
then, it Is true now"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

The latest thing in healers announces
That he can raise the dead If they have
not been dead "too long" And once
more n skeptical public will inquire at
what point the line must be drawn that
refuses the spiritual power over the
material.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Denver News.

ance. Reputation of the public debt
would now meet with but little favor
among the American people,. but if the
crown of thorns is pressed down with
increasing persistence and vigor; If
through the manipulation of the public
debt the finances of the country are
put beyond control Of the people; if the
present Congress attempts to fix the
financial policy for thirty years TO
come, and deliver the country into the
hands Of the money changers. who
shall compel the people to submt!'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

1t has been said that much of the
modern Willingness to get rid of the
mortal coil is due not so much to tangl-
BILE woes as to that intangible state
called ennui. There is 10 apt English
equivalent for this French word, and
mat state of mind called the blues is
much too active condition to express
the apathetic torpor whose tone is a
prevailing gray. John Stuart Mill, in
his remarkable Autobiography" con-
fesses to having been subject to such
attacks when the fountains of vanity
and ambition were dried up and when
neither selfish nor unselfish pleasures
We're pleasures" Coleridge, says Mill,
best expressed this condition in the
lines in the code to Dejection:''
A grief without pang, void, dark and
dear,
A drowsy, stifled. unimpassioned grief,
Which finds no natural outlet or relief
In word, or sigh, or tear.
The philosopher believed that with
him such a mental state was due to a
premature habit of self-analysls, and
no doubt analysis does tend to destroy
feeling and capacity for enjoyment. A
modern poet, Stephen Phillips, utters
the same cry and protest:
My senses all like weapons rust
And lie disused in endless dust.
/ may not love, may not hate;
Slowly l feel my life abate.
Many people have confessed to hay-
ing endured these visitations of the en-
nui microbes OH Sunday afternoon
when, either because of unwonted
feasting or lack Of mental stimulus,
they become mere clods. After all
both the blue and the gray states are
but mother natures way of getting
even with the nerve-exhausted individ.
ual. who has taxed her too heavily. The
best remedy lies in physical activity
and effort, though effort at such times
is difficult to command. Yet, as Mat.
thew Arnold says:
Tasks in hours of insight WILD
Can be through hours of gloom fulill'd
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
To Clean Iron Rcistcads.

The following paste is excellent for
this purpose: Mix together one gill Of
paratfin, half a gill of naphtha and
enough tripoli powder to make rather
soft paste. Apply with Il bit Of felt, rub
till all dirt is removed, dust with dry
tripoli powder, and polish with II soft
cloth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Scalroncd Inn,atocs.

Fill CREASED pudding dish with al
ternate layers of stewed tomatoes and
bread crumbs sprlnkled with butter.
salt and pepper. Have the last layer Of
bread crumbs. Bake twenty minutes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Protection Did 1t.

IFoteCtiOH Dlu Its
A high protective tariff, currency
system which makes the few masters
of many, and the Republican party,
these are the cause and the perpetual
ton of trusts. Says the Kansas City
Times: ''rheir cardinal economic pol
icy, protection. has, through years of
highstariff robbery, forced tribute out
of the pockets of the toiling many for
Sthe enrichment of the favored few.
Enormous wealth, legislated by sue
cessivc Republican Congresses into the
hands of a class, has naturally result
ed in the formation of the monster
monopolies which have assumed con-
trolover nearly every industry in the
country, have seized the channels of
trade and are throttling competition in
all the leading lines of business.
"Their active agent in the govern
ment is Mark Hanna, the President
maker, the boss of the Republican par
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
a standard Measurement,

"l'here's no doubt about it." said the
man with large diamond in his neck
tie: that man is a genuine patriot"
"How do you know"
"Why, he can get up as much enthu-
siasm over an election as he does over
prize Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
got his seat in the Senate of

ty, who got his seat in the Senate of
the United States by open and notori.
Gus bribery. and who, aided by mill
ions of dollars contributed by the trust
element, utilized similar methods to Sc
cure tho election of the present incum-
bent of the White House"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

1t would have been indeed the sar-
casm of destiny if Gen. Greedy, after
surviving all the perils of his Arctic
explorations. had, died as the result of
the brutal assault on him by an express
man on spree.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
MRS. PHOEBE A. HEARST.
them. The new college Of pedagoc

them. The new college of pedagogy,
built and endowed by Mrs. Blaine, will
represent an outlay of $4,000
AT the commencement at Vassar Col.
lege in June 1t was announced that
Miss Katharine Tuttle had given S1O,.
o0O scholarship in memory of her Sis
ter, and Mrs. Caroline Swift Atwater,
of Poughkeepsie. to build new infirm.
airy, had donated $4,000.
From Mrs. William Beldon Noble, of
Washington, Harvard University has
received gift Of $4,000 to endow lee
tureship In memory of her husband, a
graduate Of the class of 1885. Another
gift of $4,000 was received by the uni
versity from the family of John Simp-
kins for the Lawrence Scientific School.
and still another 5000 from Mrs. Fred
erlck L. Philips, of Lawrence, r. I. The
money is to establish fund, the income
of which Is to be expended annually in
the purchase Of books for the college
library in the department of English
literature. The gift is in memory of the
| donors brother
Other Benefactions,
A new d0rmitory to be erected at
Wellesley College, at n cost of $50, 900,
Is the gift of Mrs. Martha S. Pomeroy
of Washington. Mrs. Irene B. Lewis,
of Hamilton, n. Y, has recently made
gift of $4,000 to Colgate University, to
found three scholarships for the pur.
pose of aiding young men studying for
the Baptist ministry in that institution
Miss Marie Hopper, of Philadelphia
has given $4,000 to Bryn Mawr College
for scholarship foundation fund.
Mrs. Joseph Moffatt, of Los Angeles,
Cal, has given property to the value of
$4,000 to the endowment fund of the
National Florence Crittenton Mission
a charity which was founded sixteen
years ago by Charles Crittenton, of New
York, in memory of his daughter.
For the maintenance of a home fol-
convalescents and nvalids at Santa
Barbara, $4,000 has been left by Miss
Anna S. G. Blake, her will being pro.
bated In April. She also left to the Cot.
tage Hospital, $4,000; to the Orthope.
die Hospital, Philadelphia, $4,000, and
to Boston hospital like sum.
A charity has been founded during
the past few months by Mrs. Alfred
Corning Clark. in memory of her hus
band. II is the Alfred Corning CLARK
Neighborhood House. which stands In
the hesrt Of the crowded lower East
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
The Point ofv ew.

He--Hasn't Miss Hauton Roman
nose?
Shell think retrousse is better
term for it-she turns it up on the
slightest ITeyocation.- New York Even.
ing World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Prison statistics show that thirteen
out Of every thousand people in the
United States are in Jail; which certain
ly shows that thirteen is an unlucky
number.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

A French court has declared man to
be mad because he wrote poetry. Pos
sibly the judge has himself tired TO
make living that way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Some philosophers claim character Is
shown by taste In color. This is no
doubt true of the dark-brown taste in
the mouth the following morning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

A Michigan doctor has fallen heir to
title and S5,O00,OOO. 1t will probably
be useless now to try to get him out on
night call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

The new light weight champion pugil-
ist doesn't drink, chew nor swear. Now
If he would quit fighting he might turn
out to be quite man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Russell Sage says young men should
not hesitate to marry rich girls. They
don't. 1t is the maidens with money
who are coy
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

If n woman looks contented and hap
py, 1t is usually a sign that she is a
widow. and that her late husband had
lot of life insurance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Men who have committed no crimes
sometimes lie awake nights and can't
sleep. but the women don't believe II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

1t is fortunate that in the dispute
about when the twentieth century be-
gins there can be only two opinions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
The Cost of Living.

Prices in the stock market may fall
until 1t seems as If "the bottom had
dropped out" of the speculative stocks;
but the bills for groceries and proyis-
ions and other household necessities
show no signs Of dwindling. Outside
of one or two articles where the price
is pretty steadily maintained by COM
petition between trusts, the cost of Nv
ing continues to advance. Taking the
average Of household expenditures a
year ago and comparing 1t with similar
items today, the cost of living seems
to have advanced about 10 per cent. IT
Is hard to state any figure exactly, be-
cause some families use more of one
class of food products than their neigh
bors, and also because rent had adj
vanced very greatly In some sections,
while 1t has been almost at a standstill
in some other places. The estimate OF
10 per cent, however, Will probably be
found quite close to the average in
crease in the cost of living in this Sec
ton. This fact should be borne In
mind as at least partial explanation
VI tHe nCCCSSltN lOl SSilhih NAuScpASAN
increases in wages in the past two
months.
Corn Meal Griddle Cakes.
Mix two cups of corn meal, one tea
spoon of sugar and one-fourth teaspoon
Of salt. Wet 1t with boiling milk, us
ing enough to merely scald and swell
the meal, then stir in one level table
spoon Of butter. Let the mixture cool
and then add the yolks of two eggs,
well beaten and cold milk sufficient to
make a very thin batter. Add the
stitily beaten whites last. and bake on
a hot, well-greased griddlc. These are
made light by the eggs, and are SO thin
that there is not much beside the crust,
which, when made of the white meal,
is very sweet and delicate. Be careful
not to add the eggs until the mixture
is cool, otherwise they will be cooked
before they have chance to raise the
batter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

1t is well to keep out of business
when there are millions in it-too much
competition, don't you see?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
Responsible for Gag

PRECEDENT Mckinley is quite right
when he says that lie is responsible for
Secretary Gage. and that the criticisms
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14
BRAVE MRS. PULITZER.

Saved at Least Two Lives in a Fire in
Her Residence.
To the courage and admirable cool
ness of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, wife of
the editor and proprietor of the New
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

Why not make every mlcrobe wear a
fender and carry headlight?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

The law schools of This country con
taiped 10 1893 1911 students,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-15

veterans are still on the pension
roll, although the revolutionary war
ended 100 years ago. They range
in age from 8 to o.. Seven daugh-
ters Of revolutionary soldiers are
still drawing pensions. OF the $685.
100000 which has been p ali in rev.
dictionary pensions y 100000
was drawn by willows. One pen
stoned survivor of the war of 1912
remains, Hiram Cronk, % years old,
and his home is in north western
New York. The la It pensio ed sol
dier of the re, olution did not die
until 1869. He was 10 years, 6
months and 8 days Old. He lived in
Freed, IN, New York. More widows
than soldiers of tn war of 81 were
pensioned. In tn It war .296,916
soldiers served ST ty days or more.
The pensioned were 30, 0 soldiers
and $4,000 widows. To the soc
survivor of the war OF 1912 the gov
ernment is now pay ng Sl93 a year,
and to widows OF that war, $293,-
097. To Mexican war veterans the
payments are 81, lG7,594, and to
widows OF that war $31S,067. On
The Union side the enistm eats for
the civil war 2,77S,39t. OF these
here died in service $40 ,93t The
pensions paid on actount of the civil
war amount to 81, 300. 0.00D, 900, and
there now on the pension rolls S91,-
SO veterans and widows. The pen
sioners who di last ear n umbered
IA, ,066. At the rate the veterans
are dying, it is estimated. there will
be reduction OF the pensi ms to
1900, 900 in the next fifteen years.
--Huronite.