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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-25

The health bulletin recently issued
by the Census Bureau is the most In
teresting publication of the govern
ment in connection with the census of
1900. Its tables are useful study
and afford some surprising though sat
isfactory and promising results. The
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tions and scroll work on the class rings of the West Point cadets. It was not un- til he became a policeman that he con- ceived the idea of wood carving but on the first trial he found that he was even more successful on wood than he was on metal
 Three highly ornamented night clubs are the result of his seven years labor In moments of recreation when he was not patrolling the streets or doing station house duty, MT. Schellenberger could be found studiously at work on his night stick.
 The result of his labor is marvel. What once was a repulsive looking in- strument of torture is now an aesthetic piece of work. The jackknife has been the instrument of transformation and in the deft hand of Officer schellenberger has worked wonders. Every policeman has associations that cluster about his night stick, but there Is no club in the city speaks for itself as does this one. The triumphs and reverses of Officer Schelenberger's career are carefully noted on 1t.
 The top of the club has been transform ed into a skull and crossbones. On one side of the stick is carved Faithful Unto Death" and on the other side a cross can be found with l. H. s. carved along the limb. At the right of the cross is a
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smaller cross, the emblem of faith, and on the left is an anchor the emblem of hope. At the foot of the cross Is heart symbolic of charity. Under the inscrip- tion Faithful Unto Death" is carved Police Department" in the form of a parabola, and in the space surrounded by this figure is cut City of New York !" Beneath Is carved the figure of woman, and below is a grotesque mask.
 Under his name is figure of Columbus, and below is female figure. At the end of the stick is a map of the Western hem isphere, surmounted by an eagle with out-spread wings, and below Cape Horn is the slogan of the Spanish-American war. Remember the Maine."
 With all these figures and inscriptions mentioned there Is also a picture of police officer saluting his sergeant, and between pictures and inscriptions leaves. flowers and scrolls are carved as we'll as his monogram, "c. s. beautifully work ed.
 MT. Schellenberger is now at work carv- ing a stick for Officer Wagner and has already put upon it crucifix and fac smile of the meritorious medal which MT. Wagner has won. He has also done a stick for Roundsinan Bauer, of the West Thirtieth street station, on which he has carved skull and crossbones and policemans helmet.
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g The New York police force with its t. 900 men has many genuises in it's ranks. Former teachers, Arctic explorers and lawyers are on the force but recently a new genius has come to light in the per ssonality of Officer Conrad Schellenberger 'of the Twenty-eighth precinct, located '.on East Eighty-eighth street, between Avenue and First avenue
 Mir. Schellenberger boasts as his avoca- tion the skill of artistic wood carving and engraving, and he has several night sticks beautifully worked by his delft hand that testify to his artistic talents.
 He has carved three sticks but the most interesting one is his own, which he icarried on night duty from the date of his appointment in May 1885, until No vember, 1900. This stick has seen very trying times and all kinds of service. Officer Schellenberger was for many years located at police headquarters on Mulberry street, and for years did duty on the Bowery and throughout the red light district. He has served under Deputy Chief Devery when the latter was a captain; also under Deputy Chief Mo Laughlin of Brooklyn and under Captains Cross and A1laire.
 t MT. Schellenberger was an engraver be- fore he joined the police force in 1885. For ten years he worked on gold and sil- yer and for several years he put inscrip-
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NaNs and P\apers
BY RICHARD NEVILLE.

] Copyright, 1901 cosmographic Go. a New York, May 1.-The regular theatri-
 cal season is fast drawing to a close. E Managers and players are turning their
 thoughts and movements towards Eng
 land. l don't mean that all American
 managers and players believe that 1t is
 necessary for the good of their health
 and the bad of their pocket to make this
 annual trip, but when such prominent
 people as the two Frohmans (Daniel and ? rCharies) and George Lederer brave the dangers of the deep in purustt of health, theatrical novelties, or to secure London theaters to sexploit American plays or
 players, 1t becomes the duty of the
 chronicler to exercise. his pen so that
 these distinguished fellow citizens may
 not be lost sight of to the public eye.
 Daniel Frohman. before he went
 abroad, was frank enough to say that
 he will probably open Daly's theater in
 the autumn with an American play; that
 is provided. however, he does not find
 something better abroad, in which event, Of course, the American work can go to the demnition> >bow-wows for the time be-
 Ing or until the foreign work gets show.
 That's all right, 'tis business and Mir
 F'rohman is a business man. I don't mo-
 tice many French. English or German
 managers coming oyer here to seek what they can introduce in their theaters to amuse or entertain their audiences, But Jet 1t go at that
 There cannot be much money abroad Tor these enterprsng American play producers when we find that Sir Henry .lrivng counts on his American tour here with "Coriolanus," and other plays of his ,Lyceum repertory to put money in his purse. The other day. in London, at meeting of the men who have the money ed end of the management of the Lyceum 5theater In hand, the future conduct of the house was discussed. Sir Henry was not present. Possibly he had an inkling sof what was to take place and stayed away. Perhaps it was just as well, for it would not have been pleasant for the dis tinguished actor and manager. who has done so much for the English stage to near that the great Irving productions were too extravagantly put on the stage; that Shakespeare, Tennyson, Sardou. etc, .oid not yield enough profit, and that the Lyceum would be more profitable if given over to variety, leg shows and vaudeville. Never mind, Sir Henry. your visits to this country have always proved re- .munerative, and will continue to do so as long as you keep your dramatic repre- ,sentations up to your own high standard. . By the way, in writing about London theaters for the information of American
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readers it may not be out of place here to refer to the difficulty Mrs. Langtry has had to get an opening for her new play,
 "A Royal Necklace" To use her own
 words, according to the New York Her aid, Tn London the theater proprietors are impossible to deal with. They just sit down and ask you exactly twice what their houses are worth and then you have to take 1t or leave it. If you don't take 1t some one else does. "> Mrs. Lang try is right. Some American with "an angel' comes to the front The fair Lily. not at all disheartened, starts out like Oscar Hammerstein, and builds her own
 theater to exploit Marie Antoinette, and 1t only cost her S0,000 A similar theater here would be up In the hundreds of thousands of dollars before the doors were put on hinges, not to say anything about the cost of the production of the play, 1t Is said the new theater is full of new ideas. And as an evidence of the catholicity of thought and taste of the fair manageress. Mrs, Langtry has mod efed the private boxes after those of a theater she once played in in Toledo, O., and adopted her system of invisible light ing after the manner employed in the English House of Commons.
 A new departure has been made at the American theater. The management has piouuCtu d new AmeTlCdn pay, anu dL popular prices Winchester is it's title and 1t has made lucky hit with the pub lie. This is the entering wedge possibly for the introduction of more new plays fn the so-called popular-priced theaters. For the past few years there has been noticeable falling off in the paying at tendance in the higher priced houses And justly so Two dollars a seat Is not too extravagant a price to pay for such productions as Irving, Bernhardt. Coque- lin and Mansfield give, but to demand the same far for meretricious representa- tions acted by the mushroom stars and Inexperienced performers that flood the stage at the present day is paying alto gether too high for the whistle Many and many a time has a worthless play been forced upon the public in the metro polls for a run, for the sole purpose of introducing it to other cities with a hun dred-night record, with souvenors to match, in New York The thing is all wrong. When one considers that the in- telligence of the theater-goers in other cities outside here is Of quite as high a standard as that to be found here 1t is poor compliment to that intelligence to attempt to mislead them by such Cheap John methods
 That good, old-fashioned entertainment the circus, with It's menagerie, has made its appearance for the season. It's per- ennial coming with the flowers that bloom in the spring has reached here in advance of the posies. The crocuses, daffodils, | hyaeinths, tulips, etc, have been tardy |
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this year It is not, however, their fault. We must blame the weather; but let us not talk about it, for the sunshine Of spring has returned, and the buds and bees have come with welcomes. Yesi Adam Forepaugh and the Sells Brothers Twentieth Century Colossus-thats what they call circus now-a-days-has come and will leave us in a day or so, to en- certain young end old throughout the length and breadth Of this great country of ours The big circus-I don't like to call 1t coiossus-has all of the familiar features which old folks as we'll as young delight in, with variety of distinctive novelties. In little while the merry crack of the ring masters whip will be tinglng the ears of your readers. Hoop iai
 Ada Rehan has brought her tour to close and will take herself away to her bungalow on the English hillside she loves so we'll. Miss Rehan is one of the best, most conscientious and clever of American players. The theater-goers in the cities she failed to visit have missed a great treat by her inability to introduce them to Mistress Nell
 
 MT. Proctor has withdrawn from the Vaudeville Managers Association, and proposes to conduct his business hereaf- tci Oi all biltiCly iIutpenuonL DaS1Sa lie found that the alliance was of no benefit, one way or the other, to him. and conse- quently he will hereafter ge 1t alone. I don't, know that his withdrawal will have any effect on the prosperity of the Vau- deville Managers Association. The or ganization Is made up of enterprising men who know their business and what the amusement-seeking public want.
 There will be a number of naxu UttIa stars twinkling in the theatrical firma- ment next season. How long they will continue to twinkle the Lord only knows, With the establishment of stock compa- nies, not remote probability, by the way, the chances are that some of these stars starlets, and starlings, wilt fit their brief hour on the stage and subse- 9uently turn up as leading men, juven- lies, ingenues, leading women, old wo- consummation deveutly to be wished. Au revolr.
 men, low comediansl etc, in the stock. a
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The erisfh of some Fanoas Hymn

The eElHih of Some Fan1cas Hymns: William, George Jordan in May Ledger
 Monthly.
 The circumstances that inspired some of odf great devotional hymns must deepen the interest in both the song and the singer and reveal that mighty kin ship of human souls, that divine syrnpa- thy, that cenfers deathless fame on a.few simple verses, seui biographies livifig in song.
 Rock of Ages, Cleft Fer Me-" Fhis greatest of hymns was written in 1775 by Rev. Augustus Teplady, a very learned English divine, who died at the early age of thirty-eight. The hymn was the rare wendreus spiritual eestaey he revealed in his daily life In his last illness he said II cannot tell the comforts that feel in my seul they are past expressien. It will not be long before Ged takes me for no mortal man can live after the g1e- ries which God has manifested to my seul'' The marble tablet over his grave saysi He wrete Rock of Ages, Cleft For Me-
 Mrs. vanalstyne. better known as Fan nie Crosby, the blind poet, wrote the hymn, "Safe in the Arms of Jesus, ''F for ihuSlC III twenty mlnuLeSt Uut intO IL WAS put the essence of her whole life of faith. Miss Crosby, after a days jestling through the city streets. guided by some loving hand, returns to her little room and pours forth her soul in song.
 Of the many hymns written by Mrs.Sa- rah Flower Adams. the only one that has survived Is the hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee" based on the bible story of Jacobs vision at Bethel, the imagery of which narrative 1t follows most faith fully. &
 One day Charles Wesley was sitting by an open window looking over the beauti- full fields, when he saw little bird pur- sued by hawk. The poor thing, weak and frightened, In seeking to escape from its enemy, flew into the room and found refuge In Wesley's bosom. AS the poet was then In great trouble and needed the safety of refuge, the consolation of help from a higher power than his own, the incident seemed to him a divine rnes- sage, and thus inspired he wrote the fa- nous hymn. Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
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Huge Land Crabs In the Trop,os.

One of the commonest and the largest of the Christmas islandfland crabs Is the well-known robber crab, which is found in most of the tropical islands of the h. dian and Pacific oceans. 1t sometimes reaches length of two feet and may measure seven inches across the hacks It's colors are of a very gaudy descrip4 tion. the ground color being a bright red upon which there are stripes of yellow but so snune cases a purpllsh blue Is the prev tint The eyes are fixed on stalks which can be moved independently of one another, and there are two pairs of feelers, one long, the other short, the latter pair are continually jerked up and town. There is a pair of powerful claws, t Nu several walking legs. In general ap- pe ance these animals are much more like rather stout Holsters than crabs, and one's first encounter with one of these creatures in the middle of a forest far from the sea Is productive of much as- tonishment op both sides.
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il, ,js today.
 The use of nickel steel has been extend ed from the making of irresistibie arinor plates to seel commodities 1h commercial use such as tools; etc It has been 6sed in the axies of the big steel cars; in tail road rails on curves and switches. The Pennsylvania-, Railroad having found 1t peculiarly valuable on the Horseshoe Curve. It Is claimed td possess advantl ages over the Bessemer process. 5grhe new cup challenger, Shamrock H., is built of nickel steel:
 The American Nickel Steel Company Is capitalized at $i,5eeIe9O. Its stockholders are largely English and French capital fists, although few Americans < are heavily interested: Among the latter are several Philadelphi4ns whose Identity Is not yet disclosed Colonel B. K. Janiison Is understood to represent Europeah in- terests in the transaction, and has been made president of the company, with Jehn w: woodside treasurer. <
 W: r: MANNING:
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As vaccination prevents smallpox, and quinine chill5 and fever, so TEETH1NA prevents and counteracts the effects of the summers heat, much dreaded by mothers with small children. TBETHiNA relieves the many troubles incident to teething and the hot summers, and no mother is excusable for not giving it., for 1t costs only % cents at druggists; or mail 95 cents to c. J. Moffett M. D.. St.
 Louis, Mo. N
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For beautifully illustrated deck of playing cards. write B. W. Wrenn, Pas senger Traffic Manager, Plant System, Savannah Ga., sending 25 cents in post age, or cash. 4-27-tf :
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CAPoN SPRINGS AND BATHS
 ALKALINE LITHIA WATER

This noted mountain resort will open June ]. Large and psasant company ev- cry season. For booklet, information, rates, etc., address
 Chas. F. Nelson, F. .o.Capen Springs, ,W,ya,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-28
Pictures By Akron
Men Are Hung Beside
Those of Noted Artists.

is always composed of men who are
high authority on art subjects. This
is what gives the artists who send
their pictures there an incentive to
do their best to gain admission and
1t is considered high honor to get a
picture hung in the salon.
There is at present an exhibition in
progress at Philadelphia, which opened
Nov. 18th, and will continue until
Dec. 1S. 1t Is being held by the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts and
the Photographic Society Of Philadel-
phia, and is the fourth one held in
that city. Two Akron men have sue
ceeded in getting pictures hung there.
They are Geo. II. Kunz, of 116 Bit
man St, who has two, entitled, Eve
ming" and Under the Naples" and
]. Dwight Palmer, of COZ East Buch-
tel ave, who has three entitled,
Roses "a Quiet Evening" and "a
Wayside Brook" These gentlemen
are members of the Akron Camera
club, and are amateur photographers
of unusual ability. Both have had
the honor Of admission to the Chicago
salon and those who have seen their
work consider 1t exceptionally fine.
Alongside their pictures is hung those
of some Of the best artists in America
and several from England, France
Germany, New South Wales, British
Columbia, Sicily and Canada.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-28

the most common cause of loss Of hear
ing is catarrh Of the head and throat.
A prominent specialist on ear trou-
bles gives as his opinion that nine
out of ten cases of deafness is traced
to throat trouble: this is probably
over-stated, but 1t is certainly true
that more than half of all cases of poor
hearing were caused by catarrh.
The catarrhal secretion in the nose
and throat finds its way into the Eus-
tachian tube and by clogging it up
very soon affects the hearing, and
the hardening of the secretion makes
the loss of hearing permanent, unless
the catarrh which caused the trouble
Is cured.
Those who are hard Of hearing may
think this is little far fetched, but
any one at all observant must have
noticed how n hard cold in the head
will affect the hearing and that ca
tarrh If long neglected will certainly
impair the sense of hearing and ulti-
mately cause deafness.
If the nose and throat are kept clear
and free from the unhealthy secretions
of catarrh, the hearing will at once
greatly improve and any one suffering
from deafness and catarrh can satisfy
themselves on this point by using a
fifty cent box of Stuarts Catarrh
Tablets, a new catarrh cure, which
in the past year has won the approval
of thousands of catarrh sufferers, as
well as phycicians, because 1t is in
convenient form to use, contains no
cocaine or opiate and Is ms safe and
pleasant for children as for their eld-
ers.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets IL whole
some combination of Blood Root Qua
iacol, Eucalyptol and similar antlsep-
tics and they cure catarrh and catarrh-
al deafness by action upon the blood
and mucous mebrane of the nose and
throat
AS one physician aptly expresses 1t:
you do not have to draw upon the
imagination to discover whether you
are getting benefit from Stuarts Ca
tarrh Tablets; improvement and re-
lief are apparent from the first tablet
taken"
All druggists sell and recommend
them, They cost but iifty cents for
full sized package and any catarrh
sufferer who has wasted time and
money on sprays, salves and powders.
Will appreciate to the full the merit
OF Stuart's Catarrh Tablets.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-28

Amateur photography in America
has risen above the fad for making
snapshot pictures with a hand cam
era. True, there are thousands of
people who still find delight in press
ing the button and swapping almost
anything that comes along, from the
ragged street urchin to u circus par
ade, and contrary to expectation, the
street urchin usually makes the best
picture.
There Is another class of amateurs,
however, who have passed the snap
shot stage and Lave put thought and
study into their work with the cam
era, which has resulted in the lifting
Of photography into place among
the fine arts. Its right to a high
position in that domain is now recog
nized by the highest authorities.
Art salons or exhibitions. are being
held annually in Chicago, Philadel-
phia and other large cities for the
purpose of bringing together the best
that caii be produced by painters and
photographers the world over.
At these exhibitions the standard of
excellence is placed very high and
the photograph or painting must be
fine indeed, to pass the sharp criti-
cism of the jury Of selection before
it can be hung upon the walls Of the
salon. 1t is needless to state this Jury
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-28
CHARITY
.WillCet the Palmer
Fortune,
Because of a Second
Marriage.
Favorite Grand Niece Offended
the Banker.

New York, Nov. 2I.-(SplD D-Francis
A. Palmer, multimillionaire, philan-
thropist and president of the Broad
way Savings Bank, has publicly de-
cared that he will disinherit his grand
niece, who would have received the
bulk of his millions, had she not dis
obeyed. Mr.. Palmer is 80 years old,
and his eccentricities are well known
to his acquaintances.
One of the old gentleman's most de-
cided opinions was that second mar
riages were criminal. Recently he was
Informed that his widowed grand
niece. Mrs. Susan Lewis Champion,
had married again, and that this we'd
ding had been kept secret from him
for three years. The grand niece, up
OH whom the old man had showered
every blessing that wealth could pro-
cure. and whom he regarded as the
apple of his eye, admitted the truth,
and, it is said, was thereupon inform
ed that her name would be cut from
the old mans will.
Saml d. Rockwell, who Is associat-
ed with his father in coal business,
married Mrs Champion ut Gayuga
Lake House. at Johannesburg, n. Y.
in August three years ago. 1t Is said
the old banker will give his fortune to
charity.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-28
.l.)ropsy

starting in the feet or ankles
comes from weak or diseased
heart-a heart that cannot keep
up the circulation. The blood
then settles in the lower limbs
where the watery portions ooze
out into surrounding tissues
causing bloat and swelling.
The heart must be strengthened
and built up before the dropsy
can be cured to stay; and the
best of all heart medicines is
DR.. Miles Heart Cure.
"Heart disease made my feet
swell so that they had to be
lanced in several places One
bottle of DR.. Miles Heart Cure
helped me and twelve bottles
worked complete cure"
JAMES TRvSrY, Barnard, Mo.