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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
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THlRTEEN-CENT STAMP.
The First Ever Issued Will soon

The First Ever Issuel Will soon BE
Placed on Sale.
AS soon us the die-proof of the first
of the new series of United States post
age stamps is approved by the Post
master General plates will be made
and the stamp issued to the public.
Its denomination is 10 cents; Benja-
min Harrison occupies the center of
the field.
This will be the first 13-cent stamp
ever issued by the United States; up
to 1870 n stamp of the value of cents
had been In use ten years, but was
discontinued when the rate of foreign
postage was reduced to cents. The
new Harrison stamp will be little used
in domestic mails. Its issuance is the
outgrowth of the increased foreign
registration service; 1t will cover the
postage and registration fee upon let
ter weighing one-half ounce anywhere
within the limits Of the Postal Union,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Wanted Anotser wife.

a traveller in Persia tells the follow
ing: MY hunthi walks into the veran-
da. He is an aged man, wrapped in
long black cloak and wearing a green
turban, denotlng him seyd, or a de-
scendant of the prophet. He is very
polished to-day; his beard is dyed the
brightest orange with henna and he
tells string of beads while he waits.
We plunge into stories of the Caliphat
and dictation written from left to right
with reed pen and presently the rea-
son of His smartness is told. He has a
favor to ask. Would 1t please me to
advance him three months pay in order
to buy wife? He is old and he is
poor, yet he has fallen n victim to the
moon face and stag eyes of damsel
of IA, but her dowry is large. 'Why
do you not support your old wife? /
inquired sternly. She Is crippled and
nearly blind; you do not give her sufti-
Gent sustenance and l send MANY
things to her. She is too DID, he re.
plies, with shrug. She is ugly as an
AFFECT; added thereto she has no money
nor children and of what good is an
old woman unless she is rich?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Petroleum as a Beveraec

The Medical Society of Paris has
expressed the opinion that 1t is neces-
sary to adopt some measures against
the alarming spread of petroleum
drinking AT first it was thought that
this habit had sprung up from the in
crensed taxation on alcohol imposed
by the French government, but an in
vestigation showed that this was not
the case; the habit had been prevalent
some time previously in certain dis.
tricts and had spread with great rapid
ity. The victim of the petroleum habit
does not become brutal, only morose.
Opinions differ among physicians MS
regards the effects of petroleum drink
ing on the human system. but all agree
on the harmfulness of this new vice
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
cANroN's ROTARY DOG.
Puzzles All Observers by the Natur
of His Morning Exercise,

Puzzles All Observers by the Nature
of His Morning Exercise.
A mysterious dog has appeared in
the vicinity of Baltimore with terribly
ing effects upon some of the persons
who are said to have seen it, The ne
gro stevedores employed in londing
and unloading the ships at the North
ern Central Railroads iron ore piers,
Lower Canton, are in fever of ex-
element about the existence and Pc
cular actions of this strange canine,
which each day goes through II most
remarkable proceedings in the woods
near the piers and In the rear of Pa
tapsco Park. The dog is known among
the stevedores as 'the spook dog of
Cooksie's woods" and that particular
patch of forest where the canine Is
said to have his stamping ground is
as carefully avoided by the negroes
as though family of rattlesnakes had
taken up quarters there.
Near the southern edge of the woods.
about $50 feet north of the Northern
Central's weighing station. is circu.
lar path, well marked by the patter
of feet. Around this path the dog is
said to run between the hours of G and
each morning. How the animal came
to perform this peculiar feat is not
known, but that it does SO is stoutly
affirmed by hundred or more men
who have witnessed the exhibition.
which has been repeated almost every
morning since June.
Several gentlemen, after witnessing
the dogs movements, have concluded
that the quadruped was at one time
connected with a show in which his
certain hour each day. They think
that the habit contracted there has
chung to the dog and cannot be shaken
off. The performance usually lasts
about an hour, and of late there is
frequently number of spectators on
hand. Attempts have been made to
capture the beast, but 1t eludes all eff
forts and persists in taking its morn
ing exercise unless frightened off by
an attempt to interfere.
The animal is said to be black, with
tan legs, somewhat resembling n col
lie, and is about MS large as a setter.
A few weeks ago the path was filed
up with dirt to determine If the dog
could find the place again. The next
day when the canine returned he be-
gan the usual race with himself in pre-
cisely the same spot, and few days
later the path was again clearly mark
ed. 1t is now worn about two inches
deep. Tree roots which cross 1t are
worn like secured planks. In the CEN
ter Of the circle are several trees
Baltimore Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
OUR SOIL is RICH in GEMS.
Where American Precious Stones Eav,
Been Found by Miners.

Been Found by Miners.
The report of the geological survey,
just compiled for 1901, shows that dur
ing that year there were mined in the
United States precious stones to the
value of about 100000. When talking
about rare and beautiful gems ones
thoughts naturally revert to South AZ
RIGA or the Orient or the mountains of
Asia and Europe, or perhaps to South
America, but one is not likely to think
Of our own land yielding them; but
the fact is that no insignificant value
in gems is taken from the soil right
here ut home. The report of the geo.
logical survey shows that during that
year we mined in the United States
100000.
Diamonds represent only 500 of this
amount, but the fact that they are
found at all gives encouragement to
the hope that paying fields of them
may some time be found. Last year
one diamond was found in Lee County,
Georgia, where diamonds were not be-
fore known to exist. New Mexico fur
nished $11S.00O In turquoises, and these
have been placed on the market. Mon
tana gave us $4,000 in sapphires,
which come next. They come from
Fergus County. Granite County is
now being explored for fancy colored
sapphires, that give evidences of
being there in paying quaint
ties. Fine and extensive rhodolite
garnet deposits are found in Macon
Count.r, North Carolina. Many dark
G:c-en. blue and yellow beryls, as well
as amethysts and emeralds. were
found in that State. There is hardly
State of the Union in which there is
not some trace of precious stones and
it appears not at all unlikely that be-
fore many years we may be competing
with the old world in furnishing gems.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

only distinctive, but indicative OF the
progress in the engravers art in which
the United States has become famous.
The Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing has entered into the spirit of the
occasion and will produce the best
work of which it is capable.
When the 13cent stamp is issued
there will be only three eligible ex-
Presidents who have not been honorcd
with place in the postal gallery of
the nation, during the last forty years
johnson, Hayes and Arthur. No liy.
ing eX-President is. of course, eligible.
President Mcl<inley's portrait now an
pears on the new postal cards. 1t is
understood that later change will be
made, and that his likeness will he
placed on one of the principal denomi-
nations of postage stamps.-Washing
ton correspondence. New York Even
ing Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

lected husband belonging to one of
the Oldest and most honored houses in
France. The count is fine specimen
of manhood and lives the greater part
of his time in London, where he is well
liked. He owns extensive estates in
France and has kept himself free from
sensations of any kind.
Countess Perigord is woman Of
many accomplishments. She is liter
airy, musical and hospitable. She is a
woman of little nonsense and is cos
mopolltan in her tastes. In New York
she OWNS mansion near Central Park.
She and the count will leisurely travel
over the country, us one of the objects
in coming here is that the count may
have an opportunity of seeing for him
self the extent and greatness of this
country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Countess Perigord Will Show Husband
the Greatness of Uncle Sam.

Countess Perigord Will Show Husband
the Greatness of Uncle Sam.
One of the prettiest of American girls
who have found foreign husband is
home on long vacation and society
In New York has made great plans for
her entertainment. She is the Countess
Bosom De Talleyrand Perigord and was
formerly Miss Helen Norton daughter
of Hon. Levi p. Morton, once Vice
President of the United States. The
countess is an acknowledged beauty.
Before her marriage she was rs we'll
known in the society of Paris and Lon
don as In New York. 1t is said that
Mr.. Morton told her and each of her
four sisters that they were to marry
for love-an object that is not often
realized in society weddings nowadays.
Two of the countess sisters are mar
ried and apparently needed their faith
er's advice. The countess herself Sc
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Ratified Republ;co ma.

President Roosevelt In all his
speeches never once referred to the Re
publican campaign text book, nor for
that matter does any other campaign
orator that has so far been heard from.
Was oil the time and labor of the COM
piler of that interesting production in
-ain? Are all the reputed facts and
figures to be buried in the junk shop?
The President openly rebuked the con
gressional committee that issued the
campaign book by discussing the very
matters that We're omitted from that
interesting production. such as Cuban
reciprocity and the reciprocity treaties.
He also took issue with the committee
on the tariff and trust questions.
With the President on the stump re.
futing the arguments put forth by the
Republican committee In its official
text hook and rebuking the mission of
matter that makes important issues,
that party certainly is in torn-up
state and 1t is no wonder that so many
Republicans don't know where they
nra Mt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

1t Is said that Americans IRE becom-
ing, like the French, childless race.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association says the number of Aiuer..
lean births has stea9ity deciined since
1880 and now near the statistical
level Of france. Among the laboring
classes 21.2 per cent of American born
are childless and among the so-called
higher classes 23.6 per cent. Meantime
among the foreign-horn married women
in America the portion that is chlldless
Is only 11.O2 per cent. Small families
are the rule among Americans. If.
however, the dictum of recent maya
zine writer Is correct, the important
fact, SO far as the progress of the race
is concerned is not the number of
births but the quality of the births.
This writer on THE New Republican
ism" in the Cosmopolitan, seeks to find
basis upon which we can account for
the reason of existence and the pur-
pose of living. He reduces the whole
matter to this: ITO get better births
and to get better results from the births
we get" That is what we are here for,
In his view. That view certainly sim
plifies the problem. The only way by
which the race can be improved is by
producing better specimens of the race
We are conservators of life for time.
1t is our duty to pass it on perfected,
to see that our children are stronger,
purer, nobler than we are. This new
way of looking at things is not dis
turbed by statistics concerning the
birth rate. Not how many births, but
how good. This new philosophy is
worth your attention.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
to sacks. which are sewed and removed
from the machine as soon as 10 are

TO sacks. which are sewed and removed
from the machine as soon as - are
filled.
This mighty product of American ma
chine making Is &C feet long, weighs
over 100 tons, and cuts and threshes
under favorable conditions as much as
100 acres day. -Four horses are in
constant use supplying it with fued
oil and boiler water 1t defies hills of
any reasonable grade. and travels at an
average rate of three and n half miles
an hour. The great wheels prominent
in our picture have tires four feet
wide. with ridges one and a half inches
high.
These harvcstcrs are made near Oak
land III California. Men that farm on
large scale came from neiglboring
States, and from as far east rs Kansas
to see the machine work. Three giants
of the same type were made in Califor-
MA and sent to Russia for use on the
great grain fields of the steppes, but
the train carrying them was seized by
the Boxers and sidetracked for two
wears
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

holes in the medical knowledge to-day There certainly
and serious which striving to
close What are they? attempt would
occupy more space than is placed at my disposal
First the great problems heredity Many obscure
nervous diseases of which Friedchs type show
by their in several same family
that they hereditary but why they hereditary utterly
unknown To what extent tuberculosis is subject to hered
tary influences is still in dispute Equally with his cniow
ment Of life by credy each bears same source
tendency to certain mode of DEATH Some things of this
nature known but enough Even satisfactory
6cation Of the tendencies themselves is not at hand
Next to heredty the problems nutrition are to be noted
and these comprised entirely and their dives
ton What becomes of the food after its digestion and all
sorpon! The liver takes It. but what does
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29


The Iowa and Idaho Republicans are
not the only ones who want lower
tariff on trust products.--New York
World.
1t Is not true that the Presidents in
jury to>his leg came from an attempt
to straddle the tariff question.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
"Oom" Shelby thinks the tariff prob
lem will be satisfactorily settled. Has
anybody ever thought 1t would be final
~ settled In any other way?-Chicago
Record-H Herald.
I II monopoly is not sheltered In the
tariff. why this mighty protest from
monopoly and Its organs against re-
moving the tariff on monopolized CONF
modities?- Sioux City Tribune.
The Presidents notion of letting the
tariff alone while pretending to fight
the monopolizing trusts is as idle as
1t would be to.treat a patient for ague
and neglect his fever.-New York
World.
Chairman Hanna of the strike set
tiers association is developing enough
white feathers to fill q bedtick. On
one side are the votes On the other
side is the money. That's Just what's
the matter with Hanna.-Dallas News.
president Roosevelt's speeches on
trusts and public sentiment generally
caused the abandonment of the propos-
ed meat merger" says n contemporary.
There ought to be closer division.
How much of the work did the Presi-
dents speeches do?-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
An Organization of Pullman porters
has been formed to stop the tipping
practice. If the members use the pro-
per amount of violence they will proba-
bly, be able to prevent people from
yielding too much to the habit that has
become so obnoxious to the porters.-
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
AN AUTOMOBILE HARVESTER.
A California Machine that Cuts and
Threshcs 100 Acres a Day,

AhresHes AOO Acres Day.
Among the products of California,
says the American Monthly. is COM
bined automobile harvester and thresh.
er, which has been at work on the
Pacific slope, doing its part toward
garnering the great crops Of 1902.
This harvester includes and is pro-
PEELED by an automobile having 30
horse power engine. The reaper cuts
a swath sc feet wide; the barley heads
are caught on n moving belt 4S inches
wide, and carried to the threshing de-
partment of the machine. A half min
ute after the boss sings "all right" and
the juggernaut begins to move, grain
comes pouring into the thresher's bin.
not only shelled but carefully cleaned.
The grain is transferred Immediately
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
LEAplNG SALMON "sNApsHOT.'

Photographlcally speaking, nothing
can be more difficult to
snapshot" than leaping salmon.
Nobody can tell when, or just where.
he is going to jump, and accurate focus
is out of the question. Probably the
accompanying picture is the most sue
cessful photo of leaping salmon ever
taken. 1t was made by an officer of
the United States fish commission on
the island of Afognak, off the coast of
Alaska, and the big fish is jumping up
n fall to get to the spawning grounds
In the headwaters of the stream,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Danger in Our Prosperity.

The chances for making good lly-
ing are greater in the United States
than in Great Britain, and rs long as
that Is SO labor will be drawn here.
thereby increasing both our number
and our strength. While we thus have
an advantage, 1t should not be over
looked that we may lose much OF 1t If
we hamper ourselves with restrictive
laws which make 1t difficult for our
merchants to compete with those of
other countries for the markets of the
world.-Boston Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

The report of the Census Bureau,
which declares that since 1910 the
median of American longevity has in
creased IA years, points to many vital
conclusions. Among these. 1t proves
that with the introduction and enor-
nous patronage of the railroads, steam
boats, electric cars. and all other means
of rapid transit, we have reached and
safely passed that stage in mechanical
development when the attendant loss
of human life is at the maximum. 1t
also speaks eloquently of the progress
In the science Of medicine and surgery,
the Improvement and increase in the
number of hospitals and public places
OF refuge. 1t shows the triumph of
law and order, the approximate perfec-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Alrer,. yindication.

The friends of General Alger are In
sisting on his election as United States
Senator to "yindicate" him. Among
those against whom he must be vindi-
Gated are President Mckinley, who
compelled him to resign from the cabi-
net. and Colonel Roosevelt, who signed
the round robin that brought matters
against him to an issue.-Waterbury
Comm American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Old. but Always sickly.

Watts. the English painter, was a
delicate, sickly boy, does not know
what vigorous health is like, but has
lived to see his eighty-sixth year. He
never blew cloud of tobacco smoke,
he is teetotaler, he goes to bed and
gets up with the chickens II am a
very negative sort Of person." he
says, II cannot say that the JOY of
life has ever been mine. enjoy nv
work; am immensely interested in It
and am continually endeavorng to i'm.
prove"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Charging Women Less ,blp uor

At the old-fashloned Inns and res
taurants in Sweden ii is customary to
charge less for women than for men on
the theory that they q not eat so
much. at some hotels in Sweden /.
man and wife are charged as one
and one-half persons if they occupy the
same room. A husband ana wife NAV
travel as one and one-half persons b,
railway, and also by the post routes
furnishing their own carriage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

chuse she was young and beautiful she
allowed to scot free" woman told me that she
would have rendered an entirely different verdict
think that when woman is placed an trial IL not the
judge at least the jury should be wholly composed of
Let each try and convict the members SEX
would like to warn who profession against the
evil of becoming unscNed Retain your charms your
geneness and remember that although you have profess
sion, you still a woman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

OPINION WE.
ought not to b, be divided, although it
Of the young &eoncerning the wisdom
position in the g6,an who gave up her
ice In washinggvernment printing Of
the style of don rather than change
liked it "luff,ressing her hair. She
the press.rooI,' but the foreman of
ed insisted IN where she was employ
mo No f,tEhat it be brushed smooth,
as tnea Alffiness interfercd with the
proper fced'as- of the press, and led to
the spelling of paper. Girls may find
the incident suggestive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

M Si'N'ioN. dition; with the day which New Eng
land mystic friendly Christianity, made bold
call the backbone of civilization turned by
sent from holy day toin holiday with marriage the
stone of the family ifcwhich in its Is the
OF the satewth holy wcdlock generating into and
loose contract and with love of pleasure omnprcscn and
omnpotent to have obiteated the very landmarks Of de-
cency who shall that the call revival the spirit
discipline is ltmed? You speaking of the
90.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29

CIIy, IH',HHU WHO
boy in short trousers hired out MS n
messenger in Pittsburg. He and An
drew Carnegie ran brands together
for several years and as messenger
boys formed the partnership which has
always existed between them. They
schemed together as youths and while
very young men embarked in the bust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
Beef Trust,a Arrogance

The beef trust practically acknowl-
edges the commission of all the iniqui-
ties charged against 1t by Attorney
General Knox, but it denies that the
law inhibits or restraints such rascali-
ties. 1t Is plea of guilt as to fact,
but denial of legal responsibility.
TIE trust hopes to escape through the
open meshes of loose interstate COM
merce and antitrust legislation. II
this result shall be accomplished 1t
will be sore defeat for the admins
tration and new demonstration of the
inability of the Republican party to
cope with the monster combinations
which it has nourished into maleficent
existence.-Philadelp Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
LEADING SINS OF SOCIETY.
BY Rev. Or. VIM. R. Huntington, ofNew York.

What are these stories we hear about
the spread of an uncomfortable passion
for gambling? Is it possible that there
are leaders OF society in all the chief cities
of the country who lend their countenance
to forms of amusemcnts that are against
the very law of the land? What avails
crusades in our leading cities against pool
rooms and policy shops, IL behind doors
which no detective ventures to pass such
things as these go on? In our modern
society there is need of the spirit of dis
cipline. II not, what is to become of
society?
With Sunday LANSING into n moro fra.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-29
which now includes practically all the
organized nations of the world.


organized nations of the world
Stamp experts who have examined
the drawing for the new stamp say
1t will be one Of the finest specimens
of postage stamp ever produced. not
excepting the famous Columbian Sc
ries and the Pan-American set In adj
dition to the usual United States Of
America" and Postage Thirteen
Cents" the inscription Series of
1902" together with Harrison" and
figures giving the date of his birth
and death, appears upon the design.
The portrait was selected by Mrs.
Harrison and is said to have been the
late Presidents favorite. When the
Postoffice Department ordered this
new series 1t asked the Treasury De-
partment that special efforts be made
to provide stamps that should be not