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each sandal. was only 9 1-2 inches from
sole to toe. 5st.e. q a ~ sls.5sS4ti 81 X x
The clothing has been preserved as
completely as the body. The only thing
that has happened to it is that all the
seams have come apart. The stitches are
clearly visible, showing exceedingly fine
sewing. It is supposed that the thread
was fax, and this has been completely
destroyed by the action Of the water in
the, soil. But the material of the cloth
was unharmed, and the discovery shows
that though they were barbarians, the an
Gent Germanic races had an excellent
knowledge of weaving. The mantle is a
piece of cloth about five and one-half.
feet long. 1T is five feet wide at the top
and four feet at the bottom. The fabric
is of fine wool and its pattern Is beautiful
las fine as anything that Is produced to-
day. The action of the bog has colored
it dark brown. Probably it. was pure
white when it was worn in the warriors
last battle. S}t. E4 RI .sz&i
h The neither garment is peculiar It is
much like a modern pair Of trousers. It,
too, is Of fine wool, with a smaller. pat
tern, and is cut into tongues at the lower
extremities, evidently for the purpose Of
meeting under the foot and so holding the
apparel in position. a. (: ;s y
4 The sandals are cut out Of one piece of
skin. At the heel there is seam stitched
together with sinews, and a piece is 4
sewed on above the heel to fit around the
back of the ankle. The uppers are cut in
diamond shaped Sits and through these
were passed the ankle straps. There is a
remnant Of hair in the inside of the san
dals, showing that they must have been
cut from hides with the hair left on.
n The work that has been done on the Z
clothing is a silent witness to the industry
of the women OF the ancient Germans and
furnishes proof OF the truthfulness Of
the description of Tacitus, who declares
that Of all women of the known world
they took the best care Of their husbands
and their households. The women went
into battle with the men, not to share in
the fighting, but to share In the danger.
Close by them, 8 says Tacitus .are those
dearest to them, SO that they hear the
shrieks OF the women. the cries OF In
fants. They are to every man the most 4
sacred witnesses Of his bravery; they are
his most generous applauders. The SOL
der brings his wounds to mother and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

reached the place, the grave was un-
touched and guarded. Thanks to this
precaution, everything that was near tho
body has been saved intact, and now the
men of the twentieth century ca see, lying
In strage state in the University of Kiel.
the warrior of the first century. with
his garments and arms around him just
as they We're when heNdied. None OF his
white-bearded priests, prophesying In
their most exalted moments. can have
foreseen that this fierce barbarian, who
slew bears and wolves and wild oxen with
clubs and drank mead with the skulls Of
his slain enemies for drinking vessels.
would find such a final sepulchre as that
stately room in one Of Europe's noblest
buildings, crowded with the products OF
art and science from every latitude and
longitude. s4z.l q II 5@....r h.
The body bears out all that has been
told by the Roman writer's of the enor-
nous strength and fine appearance of
these 'blue-eyed, gigantic barbarians.''
The mans face is handsome STILL B. His
muscles are mighty. r55as - b. t%f1Se. = =
DR.. Grotrian. staff surgeon of the Ger
man army. who took the body in charge.
says of it: 1.-THE man was in his best
years. He was handsome. splendid1y
built, without a trace of unnecessary fat
or flesh. He would be considered an
athlete Of superior development to-day.
In muscular strength and power Of en-
durance and achievement he was far
ahead Of the best men in our naval ar
tillery, and they are picked men. selected
as being the strongest in the service re
4 The conditions under which he was
found are such that fairly accurate idea
can be formed as to how he died. His
end was brought on him by the thrust
OF one Of the short Roman swords. This
is shown by the wound which is defined
clearly. He did not die at once, for his
fellow warriors, or perhaps an ancient
sur geon-p priest or the women folk who al
ways accompanied their lords in battle,
had taken or his clothing in an attempt
to dress his wound. When he succumbed
they bore him to the grave. hastily dug
in the peat bog. He was lying on his LETT
side when found. His head rested on his
outstretched left arm. The right arm,
was bend forward. The knees, too, were
slightly bent. evidently in the position
assumed by him in his death throes. Over
his body loving hands had spread his
mantle. AT his feet. wrapped in his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

7#k0& .I'ooz years, a warrior Of Ar
fLAAGHj minus has been found near
@N the Teutoberger forest in Ger
- IL - B m my, where Varus and his
khfee slegtons aWere4 Surrounded and de-
stroyed. almost to the last man. In the
ninth year after the birth Of Christ, Z
he was discovered by laborers digging
a trench In the ancient moor. Suddenly
tney came upon a face looking I'D at
Inem awfully from the dark, half-huid
grave. One glance at the partly omen
mouth and the features set in lines Of
Torment was enough for them. They fed
una refused to return until they were ac-
companled by their employers. "a -,
"nen these arrived at the spot thew
touno strange thing. That face, SO per-
1ectty preserved that it might have been
ahe lace or a man only recently dead.
was Silhouette Theipeat LIQUID that had
kept ITS every lineament for almost two
Thousand years had sucked all the Juice.
from It, had softened all the bones and
tanned 1t until 1t was not more than one
thlrd or an inch thick. The same curfous
Iact was true of the rest of the body. It
was only plane surface, less than one
ana half inches thick in it's thickest
part, and almost as thin as a fiat piece of
leather In others. ~,a'.-..& BIZ
That was the only change that had oc-
Cured in the ages that had elansed since
the man had fallen In that great fight IN
the dim forests, when the history of the
world was changed. This man. who NAV
have seen Varus throw himself on his
sword, was dead and hidden in the bog
long before Rome heard the news of the
W 1nFa +I,~@ = ~, & Z
Augustus cry in despair, 'Varus, Varus.
give me back my legsons!' Through all
the generations that followed. when the
battles of the Cheruskans and the ALLIE
manni RACED around his grave: when Ger
mantcus brought new legions from Rome
and exacted bloody vengeance: when he,
in turn. was driven back to his war gal
leys on the Ems, this unknown warrior
lay hidden in his tomb, and nature.
worked to save his form for world that
was then undreamed Of. Christ preached
his gospel and was crucified. Rome grew
and waned. The stern priests Of Wodan
sacrificed the Germanic converts to. tho
new faith on the bloody affairs Of their
forest temple, and, In turn. were driven
northward, while the cross forced It's wavs
toward the Elbe The Germans crossed
the Alps and threatened Rome itself. The
Frankfsh empire grew out Of the wreck
Of world. Treves, the most splendid
city Of Europe. was built. Every vestige
Of Arminius and his hosts. vara,s and his
legions vanished utterly. except this one
warrior. whose grave has held him safe
Tor us to Rse S8 u va
:Tsenr 1t ~.ss found no time was lost ii
vDtify rAAs s1aatifc authorities. Until they
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

ana pencuy Give It up. pen has to 20
driven, but pencil has to be lead. See?n
The automatic bell buoy beats EN- both. =,
murmpred quiet little chap who had got on
ct Cleveland. 1T rights itself, Philadelphia
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
The KIND he Bournf

The Kind He BouSht. s.
City Boarder-Tel1 me- did you ever buy
a gold brick Uncle Josh $50 {
Uncle Geehaw atof Hay Corners, dis
gustedly) Nav. But hev bought lots
Of bricks thought was gold Broolslyn.
Eagle. ss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
Hot Weather Econom 3.

i alru t,urnp asylum. rake you right to the
] door Tor g quarter = VIII S. Gidley in
Woman's Home Companion. $3.50 - =
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I intarrogated concernin, it, an. she SAID
sometime. about Billy Doc know
bether. It wor Bill Doole = = Il
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
NOT COOL.

one o. the rural poets doesn't taks . cd
RisY7 Of the hereafter. He singsi 3a Isl
.Gs} Life and love 81 il IS
Hg An joy amaztn'; 49,, IL s9Ef
f5isss This world hot, &i22
rs;-: An the next one blazinsl fIE
6 5ta 5t Atlanta Constitution.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
What Struck Him s ,I I J,

An exchange tells of an Irishman who
after honorable service in India returned
to England and found a place as a butler
lin 9 country family, was telling his ex-
periencR in a battle the advance. the gall
Top, the charge. and how, as one rider
fell dead from his saddle. the death grip
of his fngners on his pistol discharged it
and killed his own horse s
w hat struck you most forcibIy when
all was over and you looked back to it ~
asked friend. 81
u h. e said the old servant refiectively.
IT think, sir. that what struck me mos.
forcible. sir, was the bullets that missed
me II n.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

Il 8{ .s& slim Clnnc es z5ff3zS
Let me congratulate you I hear you have
become the only heir of your millionaire broth
ss 5755i
Yes, ut he's twenty years younger than
p am. st. Louis Globe-Uenu cra:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
Amply Co:nlDpod1ous.

Wife-There's burglar down cellar, Henry
HHsband-WelL my dear, we ought to be
thankful that we are upstairs FL
@ Wtfe-But he'll come up here
E5g Husband-Then we'll 90 down cellar ,,1r
big enough to hold three people without crowd
Inc. Detroit Free Press IS s. s 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

Wanted to He sure OF Her.
81. 81 s. 81 want to buy a monument for Mar.a.s
crave said the Billyille citizen
IA large one 2, s5s#sa
Well = reckon bout ten ton viii do rt,ll
]. take jest bout that much to bold her down.,
At,antsaS Constitution. sSs5s
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Many More Tim 1, T.y., Z

9#s' You see. he explained, there were two
horns to the dilemma. z,
Il s4.Two!' she exclaimed scornfully Huh II
couldn't have taken less than twenty 81, p,:t
you in the dilemma you fos.nd yourself when.
you came home from the club last night & i
guess you lost count. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
4 Ren.onnbIe Com I,1aInt.

IL A Reasonable Complaint.
i t.Adamma. + don't think the people VINO
make dolls are very pious people ss alo =
little girl to- her mother ,ne day. III zSST
why not my child r. ~ III !. s,f3
X stBecause you can never make them kneei.3
i have always to lay my doll down on her
stomach to say her prayers. ilassoW ny
Ang Times. b 81 jf8S55 AL sf aeSSj
Footing.
e At thought was riding into ONCE on
wave of popular enthusiasm +! Ss4
81 Eyes ~ l5ss3S 5s g5 IS .ss ]. s.
ii ..But liter I'd paid the bills felt as s.
I'd footed it In, so to speak !''--De troit Jour
mil. S A5ya 49,
81 His First Impression.
a Harry. aged three, fndulged In his first Glass
D OF soda water last week. After taking SWAT.
low or two he looked thoughtful for g moment
and then exclaimed zss DC sts
3. 'i.say. pa. that tastes Just like when your
foot asleeD. Is ts "a
Il, ssS III the Smoking Car.
a ssHere's good one, said the man from
!asnYer. Whats the difference between pen
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
9tattstics Necessary.

q want suit brought against him right
away. said the litigous neighbor. ..Tm ro-
hE. 70 ret even With that man Il it costs me
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28

1 small Boy-,Leven
Teacher Eleven? What Is the eleventh
Small Boy-Keep OF the grass-Boston Jour
1aI. ezss55S G5l. u Il
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The Eleventh.

Teacher How many son nandmsnts
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-28
Alert and Capable.

Alert and Capnb BILE s. 80
What Kind Of woman is Mrs Nibbs q, "a
she.s The Kind that always gets the best
rocking chair On the piazza Chicago Record
Herald. 81 ~.
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II DlslNTERRla6 THE BODY ID

o ihllED in a peat bog, that has
preserved reese Y him wonderfully for
l.sS2 years, a warrior Of Ar
minus minus has been found near
the Teutoberger forest in Ger I:
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with my coat. 4, s. rs
She It's bother. III a pleasure roHsl
Topics. 2st w .fs.*
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

This is insolence!" shouted Nathan,
flushed with wine and furious Mt tho
detention, with the consequent humilia-
ton. $50 ON, driver! Out of the way.
you"
The coachman whipped up, knowing
no better. The major spared His
powerful horse sprang forward, but in
IN second the 1.-THE wcsterner had
seized him by the bit and, bearing him
back, yelled Justify for the corporal of
the guard. Mad with rage, Nathan
dashed with his hunting crop at the
young soldiers head, but in another in
slant two men, one in the uniform of
lieutenant of infantry, the other in
CIVILIAN dress. sprang to the aid of the
sentry. One of them seized Nathan's
left foot In both hands and by an old
and well known trick, suddenly heav-
ing, tumbled the raging. red faced Off
Ger Reinforcement out of his saddle. He
landed heavily, but laborcd presently
to his feet, choking with fury and
well nigh bercft of his senses. The
corporal had come with rush.
Arrest these men" roared Nathan.
They've attacked mean officer on
duty -escorting governor! Put that
sentry In the guard tent!''
The sentry was only doing his duty,
SIR" began the corporal. '"rhose were
his orders
"Orders from that safe robbing
scoundrel of militia colonel out yon-
der"
Whack! That was Nathan's last hit
for many a day. The young man in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04
A Pompous Ceremony.

An interesting ceremony takes place
daily at Gibraltar. The town and
fortress lie at the end of peninsula,
about mile and half long, the main
land being Spanish territory. The gate
leading to Spain is, every evening, lock-
ed ut sunset and every morning I'M
locked at sunrise. Each day COM
pany from one of the regiments per-
forms one of these functions. In the
morning the company. fully differed,
with colors flying and accompanied by
n band, marches to the commandant's
house. The company comes to atten-
ton, and the commandant hands out
the keys on velvet cushion. These
are received by the captains orderly,
the band strikes up, and the procession
marches to the gate, which is unlocked
with great ceremony. In the evening
the same ceremony, in the reverse or
der, Is gone through. All suspicious
characters are put out of the town be-
fore the gates are locked in the even
iuu
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

In the days when logging was in
vogue as a punishment in the British
navy Scotchman and an Irishman, on
the arrival of their ship in harbor, OBJ
tanned leave to go ashore for Il couple
days, and they overstaid the period Of
leave granted them When they did
put in an appearance, they We're order
ed 90 lashes each. On the day of the
punishment n parade was ordered to
witness the infiction of the fogging.
When all was ready, the Scotchman
asked as favor to be allowed "A piece
of canvas on his back while he receiv-
ed his tlogging. The captain granted
his request and, turning to the Irish
man, asked him if he required any
thing on his back while he was being
logged. to which he replied. IF We
PLACE, yer honor, I'd loike to have the
Scotchman on my back, If We wouldn't
mind"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04
soapsuds Dessert.

The tribes on the coast of British CO.
lumbia hold festival in the autumn,
the crowning item of which is the par
taking of few spoonfuls of a bowl of
soapsuds.
They gather in the dingy huts, which
are hung with the staple food-dried
salmon For light they stick into the
ground, head downward. Il silvery fish
about five inches long, set fire to the
tail, and they have torch. for the fish
burns steadily.
After eating of various unsavory
foods there comes the great treat. This
Is a bowl of frothy, soapy mixture,
obtained by crushing In not overclean
manner the sapoliti. or soap berries,
and squeezing out the juice. This is as
much like soapsuds as 1t is possible to
conceive. The natives sip it from
spoons of black wood, neatly carved,
of which they think great deal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

The large and increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is matter for congratulation to the
publishers and TO good farming, for, of
all the pepers of its class in the coun-
try, 1t is easily the best and most help
full Its Special Farmers Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi-
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers. they are full of actual experience,
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance journal,
four of the most valuable farm publ.
cations in the country, that enable us to
offer the four in connection with our
own paper for Sl.90 for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically good
thing, and no farmer in this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals it. A
county paper,a farm paper, q poultry
paper, d farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, all for $1.9O
Come in and order them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

1t Is very well known that the In
tluenza is not an exclusively modern
complaint. but l am not sure whether
curious reference to it by Bower, the
continuator of Fordun's chronicle, has
been noted. Writing of the year 1920
he says that among those who died in
Scotland that year We're Sir Henry St.
Clair, earl of Orkney; Sir James Doug
las of Dalkeith, Sir William de Aber-
nethy, Sir William de st. Clair, Sir Will
liam Cockburn and many others, all by
that infirmity whereby not only great
men, but innumerablc quantity Of the
commonalty, persisted, which was vul-
carly termed lie Quhcw lie Quhew u
vurgaribus dicebaturl" Blower, XIV,
S2) Now, 'quh" in Scottish texts usu-
ally represents the sound Of ''wh''
properly aspiratcd) Therefore it
seems that in the fifteenth century the
Influenza was known as 1.-The whew,"
just as it is known in the twentieth
century as 1.-The fue.'
1 have rcfrained from quoting at
length Bowers explanation of the
cause Of the epidemic, but there seems
little doubt that the disease was iden-
teal with that with which we are so
grievously familiar. = Notes and Que.
! ries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

Times have changed indeed from the
time when sydney Smith complacently
observed that the United States had
SO much wilderness clearing to do that
1t might well take its literature, learn
ing and luxury in the bulk from Eng.
fish factories.
why" he had asked, should the
Americans write books when six
weeks passage brings them, in their
own tongue, our sense, science and gen
ius in bales and hogsheads? Prairies,
steamboats,, gristmills, are their nat
ural objects for centuries to Gomez
We might almost reverse this and
ask, ''Why should the English feel i'll
at ease when six days passage brings
them our sense, science and genius?"
For the time at least the Rev. Sgd
ney Smiths chief notoriety seems to
be that he was the author of certain
observations whose truthfulness has
proved as brief as it was bitter.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

The gate was wide open, and the
courtyard was full of prisoners, and the
surrounding buildings We're old and
tottering. | asked the chief, whom one
of the two or three listless attendants
called for us, why the prisoners did
not run away. oh" he replied. they
would be caught and beaten again and
kept longer. Now they will get out
soon."
But us l looked at them l saw they
did not run because they could not.
The life was beaten out of them. The
keepers brought the heavy red cord
with brass hook at the end and
trussed up a man with it to show how
the beating was done and then brought
us the stiff rods with which victims
Were pounded over the shins aud
thighs until the beaten spots were sim
ply masses Of fostering rottenness.
There was Il room, black, foul, leprous,
in which the men were fastened in the
stocks. The Black Hole of Calcutta was
scarcely less merciful than this
Ladies' Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04

Whoever observes these interesting
insects finds it easy enough TO furetell
exact! the kind of weather to be ex-
pected. At least this is the opinion of
many raiscrs of bees.
Generally the bee stays at home
when rain is in the air. When the Sky
is simply dark and cloudy, these busy
workers do not leave their dwelling all
at once. \ few go out first, as though
the queen had sent out messengers 10
study the state of the atmosphere. The
greater number remain on observation
until the clouds begin to dissipatp. and
IL Is only then that the battalionS en-
tire rush out iii search of their nectar
~ bee never goes out in a fog. because
1t is well aware that dampncss and
cold are two fearsome rcdoubtahlc
enemies. We do not mean. however.
that the bee is a meteorologlst in the
absolute sense of the word. Its clever
ness consists in never being taken I'M
awares, for II possesses untiring vigil
lance. Often one may observe the sud
den entrance of bees Into the hive
when dense cloud hides the sun and
even though the rain is not in evidence.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-04
Much Reading for Little Money.

The New York World has got the
cost of printing down to a minimum.
Its latest offer of its monthly newspa-
per magazine is interesting if from no
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