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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

900 mile, though to get double that
depth would not cost twice as much.
The beginning of the work, which is
now well in hand, is directed toward
giving the current its proper direction,
especially at bends where the circular
sweeps of water pull in acres and acres
of land yearly.
The average man has very little con-
ception Of the amount of matter de-
posted in the river every year. The
floods bring down vast amount every
high-water, but there is bank wash
that is stupendous. From Cairo to Don.
aldsville 600 niles, yearly average
of nine and one-half acres of ground
sixty-six feet deep, falls in the river on
every mile of river front. The value of
the land that goes into the river would
pay for protecting the banks.
In protecting the banks from rush
ing floods, bikes are built for the pur-
pose of changing the wash. Mat
tresses" are placed about points where
there is n tendency to cat. These are
great flat areas of young trees SO wov-
Ell together that they form homoge.
neous mass which cannot be mined, es-
pecially when it has become thoroughly
imbedded in the mud. Hurdles" are
also placed at flats and reefs. An ac-
companying engraving shows their con.
struction. These are placed very solid.
ly in position. soon banking up with
mud and sand and thus throwing the
water to one side or toward the middle
to form n new and deeper channel AT
these places. SO swift is the water, lit
lie dredging has to he done. The diver,
sion of the water into one pointliterally
scours out the channel to the depth
desired.
The effect of the new order of things
is already seen, new steamboat lines
between st. Louis and New Orleans
being now organized, with others to
come in the near future.
One has but to pass through flood
on the lower Mississippi to realize what
adequate protection from the high wa
tiers of the river means to the jewellers
of the States along its borders. While
1t Is not expected that the overflow can
ever be entirely prevented, 1t is certain
that with the proper attention, much
the greater part of the damage can
be averted. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that the money loss which, from
first to last, has come from Mississippi
floods, will run up into hundreds of
millions.
1t need not be wondered that the peo-
pie of the lower Mississippi, with those
of the higher waters MS well, for that
matter are thankfully regarding the
work inaugurated by the government.
The Harvesting of the river means
their salvation
Methods of Work.
Snag boats are essential features of
channel making in the Mississippi.
Snags have done more damage to river
traffic than all other agencies com.
bined. Snags are water-soaked logs
and punches of roots which come down
in the foods and lie in the path of traf-
tic, constant menace to river boats.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Apathy in Illinni..

Republican leaders in Illinois are
greatly troubled over the apathy dis
played by the rank and file of their
party.
Meetings are held In the usual way
with all of the ordinary attractions, but
the attendance is small and lifeless.
What can be the explanation?
A disinterested outsider might sug-
sest the idea that when political par.
ty once adopts the prize-package theory
1t must not only continue the practice,
but 1t must constantly increase the
number and the value of the gifts
which 1t dispenses.
The Republican campaign was OPEN
ed with a sort of lottery and grabbing
vaudeville. The faithful are simply
awaiting the next largess.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
A View Of the World.

1t is true that the gentle old soul who
stands out In soft relief below lived in
the seventeenth century, but the charm
Of simplicity and enthusiasm cannot
be outworn by time.
She lived in the Peak country of Dey.
onshlre, England, and had never been
out of her native village till somebody
took her to the summit Of one of the
hills which rise above Edale. There
she could view stretch of country
reaching away for many miles. Her
heart and mind sprang up with rapture.
II tell thee what" she cried, II niv-
yer, nivyer thought the world were big
as thisw
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Not long ago 1O-year-old Hartford,
Conn, boy, visiting in New York, saw
a street car drawn by horses, and asked
MIS- father what 1t was. He had been
born since the introduction Of the troll.
ley car, and the horse car was as
strange to him as Connecticut road
filled with drove of cattle on their
way to the New York market would
be to his father. II the adult can
get the point of view of the child he
will appreciate somewhat the extent
Of the revolution in transportation
methods that has taken place within
twenty years or less. The horse car
has disappeared from the cities. save
on one or two short lines in New York.
and street cars have been introduced
In small cities and large villages where
they were unknown. Then too, subur
ban villages have been connected with
cities by electric car lines, and the
rural districts which had no railway
conyeniences are traversed by the troll
ley cars. Consequently, the stage coach,
which carried the mail and freight
anu q Lew HAS lOuuu lJS
occupation fast disappearing. At the
same time the business of the rural
merchant has been injured because his
old customers go to town to do their
trading. All this has changed the con-
dltlons of rural life, and 1t has been
followed by shifting of population
from the country to the town and from
the town to the country. The perfec-
ton of the automobile, which is now
approaching, will produce still great
er transformation. The automobile is
bound to be more than toy for mil
lionaires, although many people will be
Injured or killed by 1t before 1t comes
into general Use. Then, with the good
roads now building in various parts of
the country, there will come still
wider scattering of population, for the
conveniences Of the town will be taken
to the door of the dweller In the coun-
try, and rural isolation will be thing
OF the past.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
The Cycling "scorcher !.

Whence does the "Scorchcr" derive
his dishonored name? asks writer in
the Chronicle. A recently published
Platonic Dialogue on bicycling suggests
a resemblance to the squirrel with its
rapid motion and the clutch Of its fore
ipaws-and the Greek squirrel called
himself "skiouros." Hence "squiour-
chers" or 'scorchers." This need not
be taken very seriously, for neither the
average scorcher nor the policeman
who tries to arrest him is familiar with
Greek. Webster notices the word, but
shirks the origin. To "scorch," he says,
is to ride very rapidly, especially on a
bicycle" After all it is probably only
an extension of the common phrase
.tte pace was hot"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

where older methods have perpetually
failed.
The first series will consist of illus.
trations to lecture entitled Soldiers
of the Cross" and will deal with the
very early days when services were
held underground in the catacombs,
while kings and emperors united in a
futile effort to stay the spread of the
new doctrine.
Later other subjects will be taken,
but always the idea will be the same,
history, religion and art united under
one roof and with one exponent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

head Of the army training school in
England, he was later commander Of
the army in Canada and then In Aus
tralia. 1t was once intended that he
would succeed Ballington Booth in the
command of the forces in America.
Now both he and the latter are sece-
ders from the army, while Herbert has
in view the founding of movement
which may possibly supplant the army
altogether.
He proposes to combine in new
form religion and art and to continue
the old army practice of carrying re-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Yesterday my boy was 10 years Of
age. What can say to him, and the
boys like him, through this printed
page? First, l can urge him to be
boy as long rs he can be. And he can
be boy long time. In many things
l would like to have him be boy
always. In some respects want al
ways to be boy myself. Never get
too old to kiss your mother, my boy,
nor to salute your dad with affection.
DO not take care to have your clothes
correct and your heart impure. Many
men do that way. Do not put n dam
per on your hearty laugh because some
one says 1t Is bad breeding. An ounce
of laugh is worth pound of dignity.
God Almighty's way is better than SO.
ciety's way. Smile and laugh your
way through life, II you can. 1t is east
est. 1t doesn't harm, but helps the
other fellow. l want to be patient
with you, my son, for am dealing
with soul-stuff. cannot tell you how
much l respect what is good in you
the God in you. cannot tell you how
much love you at all. No father can.
l don't know what you may be. take
of my hat to what you may become.
Abraham Lincoln, Mt your age, was
freckled, barefooted, lank and lean.
The Corsican boy who stopped the
growl of Europe with lash ut &C. was
not SO tall rs you at 16. The band did
not play all the time for these men,
remember. my son. Destiny waits for
you around the corner. l wish could
rule Destiny, then l could guide you
correctly. But l cannot do that. 1
cannot even bequeath my experience
to you. You and Destiny must fight
the thing out. But bear this in mind:
Whoever you become, whatever YOU
may be, you will always be, you must
needs always be. to me-my boy!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Baron Bunsen, son of farmer, was
proud to belong to that kernel of the
nation, the cultivated and cultivating
class of society,"" Doubtless many per-
sons Of pretensions, learning that the
farmers of the United States will prob
ably realize two billion dollars cash
from the current cereal-crop, would
themselves like to belong to the "culti-
waiting" class.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Prince Victor Duleep Singh has gone
into bankruptcy, ascribing his difficult
ties to the niggardliness Of the British
government, which allows him only
$35, 200 year for being prince. Poor
chap. His case shows that Americans
who must bow to the dictates of the
coal trust are not the only ones who are
shamefully treated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Linguistology is the latest craze in
Paris. If one prefers to call 1t glossom-
ancy, well and good. Under either
name 1t means tongue reading, and 1t
threatens to compete with palmistry.
A big tongue, 1t seems, indicates frank
ness; short tongue Discrimination; a
long and broad tongue, garrulity and
generosity; a narrow tongue, concentra-
ton and talent; short, broad tongue,
garrulity and untruth. The man with
very short and narrow tongue is liar
of true artistic merit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Conductor Was WITTY.

The street car conductor with talent
for repartee of the neat and polished
order Is rare, and note should be made
Of him when found. A dissatisfied pas
senger found one out in the neighbor-
hood of Bronx park last week, when
two women who had been trying to get
to the geological show complained of
the difficulty they had had In eliciting
any information about its whereabouts.
"Yes, madam" the dissatisfied man
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

We are apt to lay great stress upon
our foreign commerce, but the com
bined registered tonnage in the foreign
trade at New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, New Orleans, San
Francisco and Puget Sound for the en-
tire year 1901 was 1s,S6s,sOS tons en-
tered and 1s,4s7,246 tons cleared, or
-someyhat more than half the total ton
mage reported for the great lakes DUR
ing the seven months Of 1902. Eventu-
ally, when this great chain Of lakes is
connected with the Atlantic by fitting
canals only the Imagination can con-
ceive the vast commerce they will bear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

The Mississippi River, Father of
Waters" from its source to Its mouth
trayerses 13 degrees latitude, is along
the lowest line and through the most
fertile belt of the United States. There
Is the vast alluvial strip from the
mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf, several
times the area of that great valley OF
the Nile which has played such an i'm
portant part in the worlds history.
Back OF this strip, to the west, in
Southern Missouri, Arkansas and North
ern Louisiana, is great resourceful
land In almost virgin condition, and
having climate MS favorable as that of
Northern Italy. To the east are the par
TALLY developed areas of Illinois. Ken
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Not the Same Thing.

Sir Henry Irving's dresser at the Ly-
ceum Theater is. a young man who
was recommended for the position by
Clarkson, the wig-maker for the the
atrical world of London.
Soon after his engagement, says the
London News, Clarkson noticed that
he did not get as many orders for wigs
from Sir Henry as he formerly did,
and suspected that the young man
sent from his establishment had some
thing to do with it. One day, seeing
him going by his shop with bandbox,
he called him in.
$50 you are making Sir Henry's
wigs, are you?" he asked sharply.
Yes, sir, sometimes"
81 suppose you have one In there
now" pointing to the box. ~ Jet me
see it."
The wig was produced.
$50 you call that wig, do you?"
sneered the irritated wig-maker. "Do
you mean to tell me that you believe
that thing looks like wigy"
No, sir, don't!" retorted the nettled
servant II mean to say 1t looks like
the air Of the 'uman cad"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

The construction of Mississippi boats
Is such that it is comparatively easy
for snag to pierce their bottoms.
Snags are removed with vessels con-
structed for the purpose. They are
hoisted out of the water and cut up
with steam saws. An accompanying
picture shows how 1t Is done.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

HSlOn TO the homes
of the people. For
this end he and his
wife will shortly
commence a tour
Of the entire coun-
try, when, armed
with a lantern and
slides illustrating
the struggles and
trials Of early
Christians, t he y
hope to a C h ! e V G
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Mr.. Bleasby was curate for TWEEN
ty-three years, and then lost his place.
He made 40 applications in vain, and
then hied himself to convenient poor
house, and took up his abode there as
a pauper. That is the English way.
Over here, after about two weeks of
searching for n suitable position, an
American Mr.. Bleasby would have
been found doing somethlng-anything
Ito make living. We have doctors
and dentists taking fares on the troll
ley cars. working on farms or sweep.
ing out offices; men of all professions
doing drudgery, because it is neces.
sary, and 1T is the spirit that makes
successful men. One wonders if 1t
ever occurred to Mr.. Bleasby to 60 to
work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Shaw and subtrcasuries.

Secretary Shaw, in an authorized in
terview, denies that he is making an
attempt to abolish subtreasurics. This
is unquestionably true. The Secretary
of the Treasury cannot abolish them
that is the work of Congress. But the
action Of the Secretary virtually rem
ders the subtreasury system nullity.
He is conducting the public finances
in manner that reduces the subtreas-
uries to minimum Of Importance. All
public funds paid into the subtreasur-
les are checked out for current govern
ment expenses as rapidly as possible
a large share, IL not ALL of the public
funds not paid to the government
through subtreasuries are deposited in
the national banks and left there. Only
the smallest amount of money possible
would seem to be placed in the SUBJ
treasures, and in this manner the Sec.
rotary is enabled to ignore them and
favor the banks. 1t is compliance
with the letter Of the law and an eva
sion of its spirit.
While Secretary Shaw does not seem
to have openly expressed himself as
to the ACCESSIBILITY of abolishing the
subtreasury system, his predecessors
in the Treasury Department have, and
bankers all over the country favor the
scheme. That an attempt to pass a
bill to this effect at the coming session
will be made admits scarcely of any
Doubt The SubtreaS,lrieS are nhout alI
that is left of the system that Jackson
and Van Buren, favored after the de-
struction of the old United States bank.
II the banking trust can accomplish
their destruction they will have made
another forward step in securing abso-
lutte control of the national finances
Denver News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

about starting a
new religious cru
SADIE In the United
States. During his
association W 1T b
his f a t Ii er in the
conduct of the Sal
walton Army he
has been to every
country in the CIV
ilized world and
h e Id responsible
posts in many of
- a..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Princess Takes to Fishine.

Princess Victoria Louise, the Ger
man Emperor's only daughter, who is
in her tenth year, has taken to fishing
during her holidays at Codinen. Her
brother, Prince Joachim, who is eleven
anda half, was allowed to go out duck
shooting, and managed to secure u
very fair bag from boat among the
reeds that fringe the banks of the So
called duck pond" on the estate.
A mans wealth isn't known by the
taxes he pays.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

The Princess dI San Faustino, for
merly Of New York, who beat her maid
SO severely in Rome the other day that
they had to take her to the hospital,
must come from some of our good old
fighting stock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

1t has often been stated that sixty
miles an hour was the utmost rate at
which swallow could fly. Recent ex-
periments between Compeigne and
Antwerp prove that swallow in a
hurry can cover 1857 miles In an hour
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

The French government has decided
to keep Waterman on Mount Pelee to
feel the volcanoes pulse. Some day the
volcanoes foot will slip again and they
Will get new watchman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

After glance over many of the cur
rent magazines the opinion of the read
er is that the author who gets his work
next to advertising matter is in great
luck
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Que Of Brigham Young's grandsons Is
being held ON a charge of murder. 1t
was hardly to have been expected that
they would all turn out well.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

We violate no confidence in saying
that the announcement that Mr., Peary
did not quite reach the pole has occa-
stoned no great surprise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Willing TO Pay the Cost.

The only inference to be drawn from
the attitude Of the coal operators is that
they weighed the cost of defeating the
miners and We're willing to pay 1t. Will
ing to pay 1t because the cost doesn't
come out of their pockets, for the cost
will be in blood, in health, in human
misery, in life itself. And the response
BILE authors won't have to compensate
for all that in this world even If they
do in the next.-Toledo Bee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
GREAT WATERWAY.
Undertaking Which Will Trans
form the Mississippi.
FOR DEEP-SEA BOATS.
Ultimate Result Of the s.upendous Work
the Government Has in Hand.

Many Millions to BE Expended In Max
ing the Mississippi the Grandest Wa
ter Passage in the world-Obstruc-
tione to BE Removed and Channels to
Be Changed-Bank Protection and
Establishment of Adequate Levec
systcms-Effect on Trade.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

A contemporary has column article
on How to Live Seventy Years." The
best rule is to think about something
else
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
Place of Real Res.

Brlggs-What's your idea of heaven?
Griggs-Well, it's the way a man
feels the first three days after he is
home from summer vacation..-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Creating Wrong Impression.
A violent rise in stocks showed that
Wall street spectators and profession
al syndicates appreciated Secretary
Shaw's unprecedented measures for a
tlAthsr expansion of credits. Sober.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

There are many things for some Of
us to do, and there are some for many
Of us to do. But there is one thing for
every one Of US to do, aid that Is to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

Evidently Lord Dundonald learned
something in the Transvaal. He has
abolished the sword in Canadian mill
tia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

A Mississippi man found a jug of gold
while demolishing an old building.
Queer savings bank, but evidently safe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

"A rather curious phrase In Mr.. Roose-
velts speech at Logansport was the
following. Our tariff policy is de-
signed to favor the interests of the
nation as whole. and not those of
any particular set Of individuals save
as an incident to their building up of
national well-being."
Theoretically that may have been
the purpose Of the tariff. but in prac-
teal working 1t has been designed
to favor the interests of n particular
set of individuals, and not those of the
nation as a whole except as an incl
dent to the building up of individual
fortunes"
One of the sections of the tariff
which promises to build up the for
tunes of great! mass of farmers, and
thus of the nation us ii whole, Is that
which protects the sugar growers from
the competition Of the great trust-own-
ed plantations Of Cuba and the Philip
pines, which are operated by few
individuals. Yet that Identical section
of the tariff lie the one which Mr.,
Roosevelt has singled out as the sub
ject Of an urgent message to Congress
urging its emasculation. AS Mr.. Roose-
welt said OH another occasion, and as
many others said before him, ACTIONS
speak louder than words" The part
of the tariff which helps the farmer
and which the sugar trust would like
to have removed, is made the object Of
attack. while the parts of 1t which
fatten trust profits at the expense Of
the people are to be guarded, 80 that
business interests shall not be disturb
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

In addition to tempting Eve, satan
probably introduced money into the
garden of Eden.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
NEW RELIGIOUS CRUSADE.

Herbert H. Booth Organizing Another
Evangelical Movement.
Herbert Il Booth, who recently came
to this country from England, having
left the ranks of the Salvation Army, is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

1t is almost as easy to forgive as 1t is
hard to forget.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22
She Was the Party.

Chumpley-Hello! You must be max.
ing money.
Stuckuppe-Sir?
Chumpley-My friend Kidder told me
you had quite u large party at your
house on Sunday for dinner.
Stuckuppe dcilyl-My 6ancee, Miss
Plumpley, did us the honor to dine with
us that day.-Phlladelphia Press,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-22

"a stranger to them-chlmed in, 81 can
quite sympathize with you. The fact is,
i don't believe these conductors know
the difference between botanical gar
dens and geological. doubt If any of
them could even tell monkey from
a man."
Fares, please" said the conductor,
interrupting the conversation just at
that point, according to the New York
Times. Fare, please. None of our
business what YOU are so long as you
pay your fare. Two, ma'am!"