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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
state News In Brief.

Waterloos school population is Also.
The Christian Church at Dewitt will
be remodeled.
Atlantic bsiness men will hold car
nival Oct. Is to Is.
LenoX will build a combination city hall
and library building.
The Burlington Liquor Dealers .lsso-
citation has Incorporated.
Dubuque has purchased new steam
roller. at cost of S3.550.
Norhuel's ice house at LeMars was de-
stroyed by fire; loss $l,2oo.
The Northern Grain Company has
erected an elevator at Belle plaine.
The Burlington Railroad has let the
contract for 100000 depot at Red Oak.
A rumor is current that the NJ. & st.
l.. will build a new freight house at
Fort Dodge
The first annual district meeting of
the Maccabecs, at Iowa Falls, was large
~ attended.
Thomas Gain of Clinton, n G. & y. w.
brakeman dropped dead on train No. 6
near Ames
y.
Creston was burglarized of $50 worth
of goods. No clue.
At the recent conference of the iowa
Methodist Church at Keokuk n class of
seven was confirmed for the ministry.
Abba is considering proposition from
w. A. Sewers. Oskaloosa, to install cleo
tric light and water plants, to cost $780,
600.
The Clarke County Breeders Assoeia-
ton is n new organization. stock OK
hibition will be held Mt Osceola Oct. Ii
and l6.
A hungry mule in too great a hurry 10
eat an ear of corn from the hand of its
owner, James Eaton of Muscatine, am
putated thumb for Mr.. Eaton.
1t is announced that work of grading
the Omaha division Of the Great West,
ern will be completed by Nov. i
c. Dressen's store at Rerlin vas hury.
larized of small amount Of merchan.
disc nresnm,hlv mo mo.,. 80 tramns "''''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

ern man, and both knew that this
would be an additional reason why Mrs.
Richie would never consent to their
| marriage.
Barbara told her lover of the contra ct
her mother had entered into In her he.
half abroad.
Benton urged her to marry him at
once without her mothers consent but
she dared not. Soon after, while Benton
and Barbara We're still In Richmond,
came the news of the firing on Fort
Sumter Benton fastened to find Bar
bara, told her that he must at once
make his way north and again urged
her to marry him.
She consented, clergyman was call.
ed, and the two were made man and
wife.
Benton reached Washington safely,
Barbara went home to her mother and
broke the news of her marriage.
The next summer those at the Richie
plantation listened every day for a
week to the distant boom of cannon in
the battles about Richmond.
Then sound, like storm that Ind
come, rOared from the top of Malvern
hill, but short distance away. Even.
ing had come and with 1t only the
cracking of rifles on the picket line
when a young officer rode up to the
plantation, announced himself as Liept.
Benton and. upon being told that the
family We're there, demanded to see his
wife.
Mrs. Richie came into the drawing.
room and received him with naughty
manner by no means softened by the
fact that he was an invader of her State
and her plantation. She told him that
Barbara was Ill and that she did not
wish to see him. When the war ended
she would apply for an annulment of
the marriage. BENTON fatty refused to
believe the statement. Since he was
with an army, Mrs. Richie could not
have him rejected. She therefore resort.
ed to strategy.
IF my daughter comes into this room
and confirms what have said, will you
believe herr"
81 will"
Half an hour later young girl stood
upon the threshold, pale apparently
with illness. Benton seeing what ap.
peared to be the shadowiof his wife
stepped forward. The girl motioned
him back.
Theodore" she said, Il did wrong III
marrying you without my mothers con
sent. Go away. wish never to sec
you again"
Benton staggered from the house
mounted his horse and rode away.
Two years later Grant laid pontoor
bridge across the James, advanced t.
Petersburg and besieged the place
During the passage of the Union troops
across the river an officer rode up t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
THE CLUMSY MAN.
'.iou CaaSever BE Sure of What Hi.
WIT Break Will BE,

'aserr caauSever BE Sure of What His
49, Break Will Be-.
The great virtue an~lS1Sssl-really
clumsy man is that he ne sts
his capabilities. When you think that
the bedrock is reached, there is still
n lower depth. If detrimental rela-
tive should exist, the clumsy man asks
after his health with great particular
ity and will not be satisfied until he
receives a full and detailed reply.
Should there be any incident In your
past which everybody has generously
agreed to forget, it is the clumsy man
who seizes the one, the inevitable OPP
portunity, when the club is at Its full
est, and says loudly: Somebody was
talking the other day about that I'M
fortunate little affair of yours in '95.
Now tell met
When on meeting him you say cas-
ually and with no desire for informa-
ton, "How are you?" he insists upon
giving you a complete data, and he is
as full of small complaints as re-
fractory pauper. 1t is only fair to add
the colds of yesteryear, and his favor
ite locale for this is at the corner Of
a drafty street. He might be subsI.
died by influenza or he might get q
commission on sore Threats from his
eagerness to pin you into the most
dangerous position that can be discoy-
cred, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
One desires an adequate amount Of
sympathy in distress, but our man al
ways goes a little beyond this point.
You are growing thin, and he says
that you are wasting away to n shad-
ow. You are growing stout, and he
tells an amusing anecdote about
apopleXy. He can be more critical
than hairdresser If occasion gives
the least excuse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Riynl To The Dinner Pail.
Trust Masnates Not Alarmed,

Trust MaGnates Not Alarmed.
Yhe shrewd and resourceful men who
are mt the head of the great industrial
combinations entertain no apprehen-
isions as to the future of the trusts so
long as the American people can be de-
suded into the belief that an amend-
.lneat of the constitution is all that is
necessary to curb the power of the
trusts. OF course they will profess to
be alarmed and indignant Mt the Presi-
dents philosophical and not unfrlendly
discussion of the subject on the stump
and in his message to Congress. but
that is only a part OF the game. Such
tactics are as old as the hills.-Balti-
more Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
The PLowsoY OF The WEST

Across far-reaching, level fields
Meath early autumn's sun,
Changing stubble of gold to brown,
The plowboy's course is run
Chocolate ribbons of earth behind,
Long miles of toll before;
Whistling to rival the morn's clear call
OF larks that skyward soar;
Painting in noontide's fervid heat;
Facing the evening breeze
Every round of his shining share
Means more than the plowboy sees.
Beyond the greening days to come,
Beyond the ripping wheat,
Fair harvests of worlds delight
Wait on his sturdy feet.
Bread and rest and happiness,
Fond aspirations gained,
Comforts sweet and treasures dear
BY longing hands attained
All these, and more, are the wondrou.
gifts
That roll from the shining share
In ribbons brown where the plowboy toll
Over the reaching acres bare.
-Leslie's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
MAP OF THE REGION TRAINERS

cient funds to make the journey posi-
bility at all. Matt Henson, the black
body servant. was with him this time
and was his constant companion in all the
ardnous struggles that. followed. His
ship, the Falcon. returning after landing
him on the northern shores, was lost, and
dissensions arising among his followers
he was left with only Henson and an
other companion, Hugh j. Lee.
In 1895 he set out with his two compan-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Woman Passes had Money.

George L.. Eads, Council Bluffs dem
list, and his wife are under arrest on n
charge of counterfeiting. Mrs. Eads
made small purchases Mt number of
stores in South Omaha the other day, in
each instance rendering a countcrfeie of
n So gold piece. The spurious coin was
detected and she was arrested. She then
confessed, saying her husband made the
money and forced her to pass it. In her
purse were found three of the counter
feits. Ends was arrested. He made n
partial confession. A search of his home
and office revealed bushel or more of
plaster of paris molds, all of which had
been used. Eads came from Cedar Rap
ids, two years ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Mhere the Leap Came I'M.

They We're fresh from the city and
had enlisted the services of a yokel to
show them all the spots of interest.
Yokel-This here spot is known as
"Lovers' Leap"
The Fair Arrival (astounded)- Such
an unpicturesque old spot beneath a
nightmare of willow! How in the
world did you come to give it such a
romantic name?
Yokel-'Cause We can't sit here five
minutes before a caterplller drops down
yer neck!-Lopdon Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

Ions to cross the great ice cap. Lee fell
III and was left behind. Pcary and Hen
ron reached latitude of 81 degrees Al
minutes, ten miles farther north than the
explorer had gone before, and then, ac-
,ually starving, Were forced to turn back.
They picked up Lee and beat their way
back to where they had started from. 1t
was after all these disappointments and
privations that Lieut.. Peary decided on
this last expedition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNcIsELY
CONDENSED.
Over Nine Million Fruit Trees in the
statc-Good Lnck of Former Butler
County Boy-womnn Arrested While
Passing bad Money.

Secretary Wesley Greene has secured
statistics upon the fruit trees Of the State
during the past twenty-five years and
finds that in 1879 there were 2.44O.934
apple trees in the State and that in 1885.
ten years later, this number had increas-
ed to 4,SS3,606. This period of prosper
ity was followed by the memorable cold
season and in 1890 the number of trees
had fallen off to 3,6i0.5SS. In 1855 there
was another showing of decrease. the
number of trees being but 1881. 193. 1t
took some time for the trees To recover
from the destruction by cold. and il was
not until 1900 that there was n marked
increase shown. In THAT year the num-
Der of trees in the State were 6,S69. 5SS.
Statistics regarding cherries We're about
the same. In 1873 there were 40o.774
trees i'll the State. This number increas-
ed to IGi,0Oo in the year 1885. Then
came the same wintcr-killinG period that
destroyed the apple trees aud in 1890 the
cherry trees numbered but 199.067. Cher
fles recovered little sooner than apples,
however. for i'll 1895 the number of trees
in the State was 2T4.322. This number
increased to 1892 in the year 1900.
Secretary Greene also gives figures re-
sardine the peach. pear. and plum trees
of the State. as follows: Peaches, 1879.
ll0,I29; 1885, 64,722; 1890, 50, 23S; 1895,
9I,S9S: 1900, 5l6,l45. Pears, 1875, 3d.
bO1; 1850. 1882; 1890. 12,757: 1895. 49,
4lS; 1900, 104,0i6. Plums, 1878, 6,G4O;
1885, 240,165; 1890, 26O6o0; 1895, 7O7,-
5o6; 1900, 1,302,217. 1t will be seen that
In the plum trees there was remarkable
growth during the past ten years. The
number of apricot trees in the Stat. in
1880 was 2,663 which number had in
creased to G.S99 in 1900 According to
Secretary Greenc's figures the total num-
Der of fruit-bearing trees in the State in
1855 was 5,866, 40. which more than
doubled itself between that date and the
year 1900. the number reported during
the year 1900 being 9,590,132 The total
number of bushes in the State in the year
1900 was 3,129,S62.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

1t is instructive to note that PROMO
sition to reduce the tariff is spoken Of
MS tariff tinkerng,' but suggestion
to increase it-that is something like
this: "a new proposal to enlarge the
schedule in order to afford better pro-
lection to some phases of industry that
are not now sufficiently defended
against the assaults of the pauper labor
of Europe Indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Mason City Has sloo.oon Ere,

ii. P. Kinks Wholesale store and apart
nant house, with their contents. were de-
stroyed by fire at Mason City. The Ma
son City and Clear Lake Railway offices:
Stacy * Co., wholesale fruits; the Beau
mont Oil Company's offices and number
of tenants lost all their effects. The COM
bined loss will reach nearly 100000. The
insurance is about $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Alleged Murderer Acquitted.

z rH .;a.~ar increase vi John n. Mon
tcith, on trial in district court at Abba,
has returned verdict of not guilty. Mon
tnith was charged with murder in the
second degree. In May, 1901, John A.
Monteith, aged 81. shot his uncle. Phil
Gladson, aged 45. The men We're quar-
reling Mt Monteith's farm, seven miles
vast of Lovilla. The case was tried last
April, resulting in n hung ;nrr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

MILTON RArliBuN. own health. When
his experiments were successful In cur.
ing him of his own ills, he allowed the
matter to get publicity from a desire
that others, suffering as he :. HA.s-zs1'
be benefited. gears of age,
-Four years ago, when 54he was grow
Mr.. Rathbun found tha'des, he suffered
ing too heavy and, benble which made
from stomach tr4e tried many rem
. jim constantly ill., 49,. he evolved
4 jes but all failed, untHsN stomach
theory of his own that his led that
needed absolute rest. He decfc>p DAYS
'l5SHG,wouldGa nothing for fourteel noth
ing but piSteSIod he partaGssee,lc each day.
AT the end of the airJlafteen days Mr..
Rathbun declared that he was vastly
benefited Six months later he began
Il second fast and kept it up for twen-
ty-eight days. In February, 1900, he
made his most famous experiment On
this occasion he came well nigh equal
ing the fasts of DR.. Tanner and Succi,
each of whom claimed to have gone for
Rathbun tasted thirty-iiye days, when
he decided that lie had gone long
enough without food. His physicians
declared at the time that were notoriety
his aim he could easily have tasted ten
days longer. When he began this fast
he weighed 207 pounds, and at its ter
mination his weight was 164 pounds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
WEALTHY WOMAN MINER.
Miss Mollic o'Bryan HIS Made For,
tune Mt Crinnle C.oaix

Miss Mollic O'Bryan HIS Made For.
tune mt Cripple Creek.
Miss Mollie O'Bryan, of Cripple
Greek, Col, is one of the few success.
fui mining women of the West. Her
recent election to the presidency of a
gold mining company has placed her
IN the foremost ranks of those whose
profession represents the pick and
shovel, the patient toll and the un-
quenchable hope and bitter disappoint-
ment of the miner.
Miss o'Bryan reached Cripple Creek
In the early SOS, when the place was a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08


tlon a few years ago
through his experi-
ments in fasting.
Mr.. Rathbun, who
w a $ a W ealt h Y
hay and grain mer-
chant in New York,
was actuated by no
desire for notoriety
in making his long
fasts, but did SO in
the interests of his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Another Inner Circle May As

<fHotHer IHIcr SircIc May -act.
The inner circle of the United States
Senate, which is the real governing
power at Washington, has decided that
there is to be no revision of the tariff.
That settles it-at least, until the peo-
pie have a chance to make revision
of the inner circle of the United States
Senate.-Denver News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Could Not Teacb Him More.

COuIu NOT TeNCh Hin NIOfe.
Binks-You're putting the boy, Din
ny, early to work.
Jinks-Yes. he's u clever lad. for he's
learnt everything the teacher knows.
'.He has?"
"He has that. The teacher said, 81
can't hammer anything more into that
head of his "-Detroit News-Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

The revised constitution of the swcd-
ish Baptist Church in Iowa forbids
all its members from belonging to se-
cret societies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
492aaaaaaaE8HHE4SH4
b POLITICS aaa n
~ =@OF THE DAY 81
E1aaaaaaaaRE4HH

Anglia, Britannia and other giants of
the British cable-laying fleet will con-
time the task over soundless deeps of
the southern Pacific until Sydney har-
Dor shall be reached. In the mean
time, the American Congress will have
met and talked, talked, talked about
direct ocean communication with Ma
Mia, blowing and roaring and obstruct-
Ing private enterprise, while John Bull
says nothing and lays cable.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Why Coal Costs You So Much This Fall.
When the coal cart backs up before
your house to discharge its load the in
innate bearing that politics has upon
the expenses of the household is
brought home to you. For this Is the
time of year when you usually lay in
your winters supply of fuel. il you are
so lucky as to be of the class that can
buy things in quantity. And you find
the price of coal about twice what it
was last fall. If you are poor and
buy coal by the bucket the price has
trebled at least. Why? Because there
is n Coal Trust.
That trust refuses to arbitrate its
differences with its striking employees
or to grant their demand for small
advance In wages. Hence the mines
are closed, and what coal there is In
the market commands famine prices.
What has politics to do with this stu
alton? Everything
The President could have broken the
strike months ago by smashing the
Coal Trust. He could have smashed 1t
by instructing his Attorney General to
proceed against 1t under the Sherman
act, with the provisions of which it is
in open defiance That would have
brought the Coal Trust to its senses at
once.
A President who looks to the trusts
for denomination and the chance of re-
election need not be expected to use his
power to hurt the Coal Trust or any
other trust. Thus you see how thor
oughly politics is mixed up with your
winters supply of coal, or your pitiful
pailful if you live from hand to mouth.
New York American.
Expense Accounts" as Bribery.
1t goes without saying that the office
of United States Senator can be
bought. The people of Michigan once
submitted to the sale of the Governor
ship and ut times in the past they have
shut their eyes to many extraordinary
transactions in relation to the election
of United States Senators. We are
aware, too that the methods of pur-
chase have been refined until an easy
conscience could be brought to regard
them as legitimate. A member of the
Legislature is not bribed openly. His
Expenses are paid by the candidates
for whom he is expected to vote. These
expenses" may be great or small The
closer the contest for Senator the great.
err the expense.-Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

In Russia no man may enter Gov
eminent public house without remov-
ing his hat, rule which has caused
some trouble, 1t appears, since the es-
tablishment of the Government spirit
shops There have been disputes be-
tween the officials behind the bars and
the customers as to the removal Of
the leadgear, with the result that the
question was submitted to the Min
lister of Finance. That official has
caused notices to be issued warning
the public against any direspectful de
meanor while in the State public
houses, freQuenters of which must in
the future remove their hats.
The first newspapers, the Venetian
gazettes. We're for many years circu-
lated only in manuscript because the
Government would not allow their pub
lication in print Becoming scurrilous,
they were prohibited in every part Of
Italy by special bull issued by Gre
CORY NIlI.
Lord de Grey has great reputation
as n sportsman. Once. in Ireland. when
Shooting he brought down sixteen wild
geese with double-barreled gun, and
in one year has shot rs many as To-
900 birds.
AIillett and maize constitute the sta
pie dietary Of the South African ma
tive Uhon bo boc plowo1 hS land
sown his seed and scotiled he rests I'M
til the harvest.
1t would not be surprising if Adam
regarded woman as side issue. He
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
HE DEFIED HUNGER.
Milton Rathbun, Who Went 80 Dav
W;tbout Fed

Without Food.
Milton Rathbun, who died at River
head, l.. l., recently from an attack of
malaria, attracted considerable otten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

1t would not be surprising If Adam
regarded woman as side issue. He
knew where his ribs vera
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
Uses of Turpentine.

From the woman's Home Companion.
Turpentine either in resinous form or III
spirits has a household value. A child
suffering with the Group or any throat or
lung difficulty will be quickly relieved by
inhaling the vapor and having the chess
rubbed until the skin is red. and then being
wrapped about with flannel moistened with
fiery spirits. Afterward sweet oil will save
the skin from irritation. In the case OF
burns and scalds turpentine has no equal
1t is the best dressing for patent leather;
it will remove paint from artists clothes
and workmens garments: 1t will drive away
moths if a few drops are put into closets
and chests; it will persuade mice to find
other quarters il little is poured into the
mouse holes. one tablespoonful added To the
water in which linens are boiled will make
the goods wonderfully white; few drops
will prevent starch from sticking; nike
with beeswaX 1t makes the best floor polish,
and mixed with sweet oil it is unriyaled as
polish for fine furniture-the latter mix
ture should be two parts of sweet oil TO one
part of turpentine. Some physicians recon-
mend spirits of turpentine. applied eKter-
nally. for lumbago and rheumatism. 1t IS
also prescribed for neuralgia of the face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13
The Foot and Mouth Disease.

From the New York Herald.
The appearance of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle In the New England
states has made strict quarantine regula-
tions a prime necessity. The great inter-
ests at stake in home and foreign markets
argue In favor of promptness and efficiency
of method. The contagiousness of the dis
ease is we'll recognized by all veterinary
authorities and is apt to extend its baneful
influences over large territories whenever
the slightest communication with infected
herds is possible.
The malady Is an eruptive fever attended
with the appearance of small blisters on
the tongue, in the nostrils and mouth and
on those parts of the body least covered
with hair. preferably around the feet and
udder.
The sources of Infection are the saliva
and the contents OF the vesicies. which find
their way into the food and drink of the
animals and even contaminate the road
ways over which the diseased beasts may
travel.
and In others comparatively small
The most serious features are the large
number Of victims, the rapidity of the
spread of the disease and the long time re-
quired for quarantine. Not only cows, but
sheep and pigs are susceptible to the con-
tagion.
The first symptoms are loss OF appetite,
with pain and weakness of the limbs and
fever The secretion of milk Is early re-
duced and there is loss Of flesh and spirit.
Soon the eruptions appear, when the dag
nosis of the general trouble is easily made.
In times of epidemic 1t goes without the
saying that herdsmen should be on the look
out for the slightest manifestation Of dis
ease, and should promptly notify the cattle
bureaus Everything now depends upon the
ability to stamp out the disease at its very
beginning.