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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

Ing of vessel above the niagara
cataract, and the establishing of for
tilted warehouse at the mouth of the
river.
He Immediately set to work to build
the vessel. All the tools, rope and 9th
er materials We're carried across the
neck of land between Lewiston, on the
lower river, and the point selected by
La Sale above the falls.
La Sale remained with the men I'M
til lie saw the keel laid, and then he
led the other men to the mouth of the
river to take advantage of the permit
of the Indians to erect n fortified ware
house. This was afterwards destroyed
by fire.
La Sale arrived in Niagara again in
August, 1919, only to find that his
creditors and enemies had well-nigh
ruined him. However, his boat, the
Griffin, was ready to sail, and in the
proceeds of n trading voyage he sought
financial aid. In order not to de-
lay this enterprise, lie abandoned
everything else, and it was under these
conditions, urged forward by his pre-
vious reverses, that La Sale set sail
up the Niagara to Lake Erie in the
Griffin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

chilly rains work steadily and uncom-
plainingly on, receiving at the end of
the week pittance tine white man
would scorn; and yet, most of these
laborers have comfortable bank ac-
count.
1t takes strong soil to raise good
celery year after year, and this is just
what the soil of the peat swamp is.
For hundreds, thousands and perhaps
millions of years the rains Of winter
have carried down to the tule swamp
the vegetation of the mountains mix
ed with the soil borne along with the
rushing torrents the rains send down
their steep sides. IN this natural sink
the vegetation has decayed and sank
beneath the next layer brought down
from the Everlasting hills Thus ma
ture has formed one OF the best soils
that could be found for the purpose
for which it is now being used At
ter the last of the crop has been taken
from the fields, the ground is plowed
and sown to barley. Just before plant
ing time, the barley, which has by this
time attained rank growth, is plow-
ed under and Its luXuriance goes to en-
rich the soil and minister to the de-
mands of the new celery crop.
Last seasons output of celery from
this erstwhle bog was fully 1900 cars.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

has accomplished the downfall of man
by the simple process of exposing to
woman his hollowness. The situation
bears particularly hard on the hus-
band, patient, long-suffcring creature.
After having spent years In preaching
to his wife about her extravaganza, es-
pecially In the matter of hats, the Pan
anna, with flattering tongue, has APP
preached him and he has fallen, paying
enough for one hat to get his wife
half-dozen, more or less. And then, to
complete his ruin, the perfidious Pan
anna mas since brought on Its poor re-
lations, and they are selling anywhere
from slips down to BIN cents. Even
the express wagon horses wear pana-
mas, and man returned from a vaca>
ton In New England solemnly tells Of
seeing farmers scare crow thus ar
rayed. Truly the Panama trampleth
upon pride, and sits OH the neck Of am
bition.' All of this would not much
matter had not the wives of the Pana-
maed men taken notice of the whole
thing and, as wives sometimes will,
spoken of It, What can husband say
for himself? So fur there Is no record
of husband having said anything. 1t
seems to be one of the times when
there is nothing to say. With S35 in
vested In Panama, with the grocery
boy wearing a close imitation which
cost IS cents, and now with bill for
his wife's hat staring him In the face,
the plight of the unhappy husband Is
something to stir .pity In every virtuous
bosom. Truly iii these days the mar
ried state Is not condition to be Ell
tered upon thoughtlessly."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
WALTERS AND EYEGLASSES.

Hotels and Restaurants Object to Help
Wearing Optical Aids.
Ever see a waiter wearing glasses?"
demanded the inquisitor.
No one could remember, although just
why waiter should not be seen with
glasses MS well as any other man was
not apparent.
It's just like the wearing of Boards"
went on the inqulsltor. 1.-THE proprie-
tors of our important hotels, restau-
rants and cafes will not permit either
boards or glasses to be worn by their
walters. 1t is possible that In some old
fashioned family or commercial hotel
the servltors may be found with their
noses straddled by optical helps, but
you won't find 'em along Broadway.
Now, this Is IL fact worthy of note,
because In every other calling in life
the number of persons wearing glasses
is OH the increase, and even In our
schools considerable percentage of
very small children will be found wear.
Ing glasses. And while, as say, hotel,
restaurant and cafe proprietors are OPP
posed to the glasses, still hive seldom
found a waiter whose eyes indicated
that he was in the slightest need of
them.
You may argue that restaurant wait
ers are generally young men. Grant
you that Instantly, but, all the same,
thousands of men of similar age have
to wear them in almost every. other oc-
cupation.
"The majority of these servitors COM
mence in boyhood, and the demand of
their vocation causes no strain on the
eyesight Consequently that may ac-
count in measure for the absence of
any necessity for the use of specs.
Moreover, the steam from hot yiands
would render them useless probably
| New York Evening Telegram.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

In the old proverb fall work and no
play was bad for Jack. Two force
full men, one In America and one in
Africa, have put the case differently.
The man in Africa said he decided ito
stop working and begin to think" He
thought to such purpose that when he
died the world was divided between
calling him great statesman or an
unscrupulous buccaneer. The Ameri.
can has said in a recent book, 1T is n
great mistake to think that the man
who works all the time wins in the
race" 1t seems to be agreed that
work and play and thought constitute
the trinity which leads to success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

:
King Albert Of Saxony, who died re-
Gently, held much the same relation to
the German Empire that the Governor
of each State holds to the United States.
The German Empire is a federation of
-Four Kingdoms, six grand duchies, five
duchies, seven principalities, three
free towns" and the Reichsland, or ma
tional territory, of Alsace- Lorraine.
Each state enjoys a certain independ-
ence in local matters, as the American
States do; and each is represented in
the two chambers of the imperial par
lament as the American States are rep
resented in Congress. No election is re-
CURED csslect successor to the late
Governor" Albert. His brother sue
ceeds as King; the dead ruler was child
less.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
painful Means of suicide.

"Have you ever noticed how many
suicides use carbolic acd:" asked n
druggist the other day. without hay-
ing any actual data on the subject, 1
should say that fully one-third, perhaps
half, use that means of exit. 1t is
something could never understand, be-
cause there are SO many more comfort
able ways of doing it There could not
possibly be more agonizing death than
earbolic acid poisoning produces. The
corrosive fluid burns We mouth, tongue
and throat, then passes into the stom-
iach. and must feel like SO much hot
lead"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

cred stalks by the tops and lift them
from the earth, and with rapid and
skillful motions shake the dirt there
from, trim the roots and tops with
knives made for the purpose, and lay
the stalks to one side of the row where
the packers find them and tie them into
bundles and put them in crates ready
for shipment. The harvest begins in
October and lasts I'LL well toward the
spring. AS the rainy season begins
about November 1, it will be seen that
the most of this work takes place at
the most disagreeable season of the
year. Day after day the yellow men
drag their mud-laden feet up and down
the long rows, and amid the pelting,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

as the two-share piows are called, are
put into the field and the soil Is
thrown up against the plants, burying
NIL but the tops. AS the stalks push
upward the banking is repeated and
the stalks are thus kept bleached and
tender till 1T is time for the cutting.
This is also done with horse power.
A four-wheeled vehicle fitted with
sharp knives which pass under the
rows Of celery is drawn through the
fields, clipping the stalks from the
roots and leaving them still standing
in the rows. So rapidly do these ma
chimes do the work but five teams and
machines are required to harvest the
crop from the entire 5000 acres.
Following the cutters come small
army of Celestials who take the sew
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

Study the life of any successful man
and you will see that bravery is one
of his strongest points. The most of
us are arrant towards. We are afraid
to live and afraid to die. We are afraid
of the light and afraid of the dark.
We are cautious. We are ..conserya
tive" While we linger shivering on
the brink and fear to launch AWAY
some brave soul steps into his boat,
takes Up the oars and pulls to his Des-
tiny. Many men stick to salary be-
cause they haven't nerve enough to go
into business for themselves. They
have all the qualities for success save
courage. Caesar hesitated to cross the
Rubicon. But not long. Shouting "The
die is cast" he plunged in. The ele.
ment of risk enters into every success,
full enterprise. The general risks his
reputation in giving battle the author
in writing his book, the business man
in making his ventures. Thousands
who have the necessary courage fall
Hundreds succeed. But of those who
succeed none are towards. Every one
of them had the courage to fry. There
was time when man was afraid of
Nature, but that day is past. Most
men nowadays are afraid of them
selves God Almighty made men brave.
1t is the devil who makes them cow
ards. Courage is strength. Coward
Ice is weakness. To make up your
mind to fight is half the battle of life.
Hold up your chin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

fal7 y
A county superintendent of schools in
Illinois lately organized and conducted
an excursion for farmers and their fam
lilies to the Agricultural College of the
State. A party of nearly three hundred
persons was gathered, nearly one-half
of them boys. The visitors We're en-
abled to see for themselves the fine
specimens of stock, and how they are
kept, the experiments in fertilization,
cultivation, and the hundred and one
other things which make the agricul-
tural colleges SO valuable to the coun-
try; and in the department Of domes-
tic economy the farmers wives had op-
portunity to see the best methods of
the work which most interests them.
The plan is feasible in any county Of
any State, and deserves to be copied.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

As each car holds 100 crates and each
crate contains six dozen stalks, it will
he seen that the product of the swamp
reached nearly 100000 stalks. This
brought In the markets more than
100000, fully one-half Of which found
its way into the pockets Of the grow
efs. Truly handsome sum to pull
from the coy mud of peat bog.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

The recently issued census report Oil
agriculture shows state Of change in
the average size OF farms that will sur
prise the average citizen. He has been
reading of the breaking up of bonanza
farms and the tearing down of fences
on the great cattle ranges of the West,
and, having in mind the great increase
In population, has assumed that the
average size of farms has been getting
smaller On the contrary, it is increas-
Ing. From 1850 to 1880 the size of farms
gradually decreased, with a marked
change In the decade between 1860 and
1870. In 1850 the average farm con.
tained trltie over 200 acres; in 1860
trifie less; in 1870 a little over $50, and
In 1850 considerably less than $50. In
1880 it was little larger, and In 1900
it reached almost to $50 acres again.
But at the same time the number Of
farms was vastly increasing, having
reached total of 5,T39,G57 In 1000.
There are actually more farms III the
United States to-day in proportion to
population than there were In 1850,
| NAASAA wv WHY u Ul-
ton. Notwithstanding the unpreccdent-
ed growth in urban population between
1850 and 1900, the number Of farms
grew faster. In 1850 there was one
farm for every 1876 persons. Now there
is one for every 1873. And this In
crease is an increase In real farms
not mere garden patches. The Ameri-
can countryside Is holding Its own and
more, too, In the rapid general advance
of the country. This state Of affairs is
distinctly good for the nation. While
in the cities the tendency is toward
the loss of individualism and for the
masses to become employees and depend
ents of great corporations and firms, the
tendency in the country is for the heads
of families to be more and more indie
pendent of others and more and more
dependent upon themselves. 1t is the
realization of the independence of the
farmer, Of the landowner that is caus-
ing farmers to buy more land and is
arousing in city people an intense long
ing for piece of mother earth that can
be called their own. He who has some
land has little sovereignty Of his own
There he can establish himself, and, If
his wants are simple and his habits
good, may live without worry for the
morrow while the trusts and monopo-
lies and the growing concentrations of
capital enmesh his fellow man In the
city. The present great land movement
in the West is due In no small degree
to an almost universal longing for land,
based OH the idea Of independence that
goes with land holding, and feeling
that the opportunity to get c..eap lands
will soon be gone forever.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
Demand for Tariff reduction.

1t is evident that public sentiment, MS
manifested through the press and the
platforms of State conventions, Is rap
idly crystallizing into demand upon
Congress to make a general reduction
in the tariff schedule, more particularly
on protected goods that are being sold
abroad for less than Is Z exacted at
home. The action of the Democratic
congressional committee In making tar
If reduction. especially us applied to
the trusts, the paramount issue Of the
coming canvass is very significant. 1t
forces upon the Republicans the politi-
cal expediency as well as the economic
necessity of giving attention to the
gross injustice of high protection us
generally applied.--Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

went GOWN ana down, IN spite OIL al
his efforts to save them, till they dis
appeared beneath the rich, black, oozy
soil, never to reappear, he was still
more regretful. lie had, nevertheless,
good thing, but lie did not know it.
The bog was opportunity, but 1t took
another to discover 1t.
Eight or nine years ago man from
the East wandered down to Santa Ana
and there saw MeXicans and Chinese
hauling wagon loads Of dried peat,
fuel. Peat burns very nicely when
properly prepared, and coal and wood
being extremely scnrce iii Southern
California, n number of persons man
aged to get n fair living out Of the
big tule swamp. The stranger had
never heard of the great peat bog, but
he asked some questions and learned
all about it. Then he went down TO
Shelter and saw it for himself. Next
he began purchasing all the swamp
land he could buy.
Strangers Level Head.
Public opinion was divided regarding
+he stranger. He must he either ;di.
otto or insane, the people thought, and
the vote was about tie as to which
was the case. Nevertheless tbe own.
orc of the Swami lands made haste IN
nroft nv his sunnosad mantal infrmi.
tv. md thev eopcrlv unlo,dod moot of
the bor mon him Some of them uar.
var o,nona tho number ret,inod q ,or+
of +ho hog land inst ~ 500 If tho stran
oor reallv had !, p. fiona, motive IN W.
onirino tba wo,l.niol wortl,nss vol &c
toto Thov nro now ooncr,tn,at;n.
themselves +hnt +bey aid "a
some Of this SWAMP land bron,h+ tho
o,vners nc much ne $40 mn ,cro ,rho
most of a howavar wont for loco than
bo,r +bo+ snm To-day flo 1.nd is
worth s4o0 nm aero md arr tho 5000
ooros ,.hio,, o,.o ho;na rti,;vaa ~
on,nors will ohtoin this voor /, roro,mo
ne 'saoo ooo.
pnston No, ynr,, pt,;,a1sl;,,J, t,,ie
fo1o pi++sluro. f,b;ooro Cir.inn,., G.
Ton;s and , hundrnd other. cittos In
tho mast oro oot;ng colorv roisna l.,
+,,o rroo+ +u,o swop,n ne or,nro 80,
Nv More finn % cors n DIV aro sh,n
ned from the fields and the most Of II
eoes eost of The Mississinn, river n
hoe token somo wor, and oynarso ~
nut the swamn In condition tn hr,no
This income but nothing comn,reI
with tbe ret,rn II Yields
The first work was to droin fin
swamp sufficiently to permit of tbo
land beinp worked In order to do +lis
n huue drainage canal. ID feet wide
and u feet deep. was run from tbe
swarm, To the ocean fo,ir mllss ,iwat
The lateral drains empty info tbis
Chinese labor was EMPLOYED in diqpinp
the ditchcs aid LAYING tbs tile throupl1
the soft earth ana the same labor WIS
used in clearing the swamp of the t,,le
md other growth and nuftins file
ground in condition to be plowed Then
came the problem. how to plow tbe
land. Notwithstanding the drainage
| the lands were still soft and spoucy
and the danger of begging the horses
| was not slight. The stranger from the
East was again equal to the emergency
He had, III the course of his travels
had experience in navigating ul,on
snowshoes, and lie proceeded to rig
shoes for the horses on modified
snowshoe plan. Now the horses pillow
the land, bank the celery, pull tile cut
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

Four persons were shot in Louisville,
Ky, over dime. AT that rate, mas
sacres would come to S1.5O and neat
little holocaust could be turned out for
1915. These, of course, are Kentucky
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
Oncers, Dimculties.

An inexperienced military officer is
sure to encounter grave difficulties In
the practical management of soldiers
in the field. A reporter represents a
scene at a general inspection of vol
unteer battalion, in which Lieutenant
TOmpkins-an excellent fellow, but a
poor soldiers called out to show the
general and the British public what he
knows. Says the General:
Now, sir, you have the battalion in
quarter-column, facing south. How
would you get it into line, in the quick
est possible way, facing northwest?'
well, SIR" says Lieutenant Tomp-
kins, after fruitless consideration, do
you know, that's what I've always won
dcredw
This officers ingenuity was not equal
to that of Abraham Lincoln, when he
was Il captain Of Illinois volunteers In
the Blackhawk war. 1t is related that
during this campaign Lincoln once had
his company marching in column
twenty men wide when he was sudden
ly confronted with a high fence with
an open gate through which only one
man could pass at time. He had no
idea Of the proper way to get his men
into single file, SO he halted tie COM
pany and said:
This company is dismissed. But It
will come together Immediately after
getting through that gatew
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cats estimate
that nine-tenths of the criminals in the
United States are men will not be Sc
riously objected to unless she supple
ments 1t with the statement that nine
tenths of the men are criminals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
As 1nsolent ms Boss Tweed.

Mr.. Babcock, chairman of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee. an
swcrs the charge that the American
manufacturers are selling goods in Eu-
rope cheaper than in the United States
by saying, well, what If they are?"
In 1870, when William NJ. Tweed and
his associates were accused of plumber
ing the city treasury of New York. that
worthy replied with the ieer, What
are they going to do about it?" Mr..
Babcock's insolent taunt is in the spirit
of Tweed's.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
MIR. Roosevelt's Trust Remedy.
Mr.. Roosevelt's idea of regulating
trusts amounts to nothing SO long as
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

The late Dean Hoffman, of the Gen
ernl Theological Seminary of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, had large
fortune and was proportionately great
giver. The aggregate of his benefac-
tions no one knew but himself, and he
would not betray the secret. The es-
timated total, according to press dis
patch, Is more than a million dollars.
Publicity is n wholesome stimulus to
giving. A liberal example bears fruit
In more generosity. But there IRE cases
Of such nature that the chief aim
would almost be defeated were the
names of the recipients known or the
objects openly designated. The dean
ssesans 80 nave appreciated the fact that
In Some circumstances 1t is best that
only three should be cognizant Of ben
efaction, namely, the bestower, the per-
son helped and the Lord, who loveth n
cheerful giver.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
Nearly a Million Pensioners.

a
Congress has been running a race
with death and Congress has won. The
Civil War pensioners are now dying
at rapid rate and yet the pension
list is increasing. Thirty-seven years
after the close Of the war there are
more pensioners than ever before. The
number lacks only G74 of being round
million. This was an increase of 1927
since 1893. The experts say 1t Is the
high-water mark and that from now on
the Increasing death rate will decrease
the pension list. This has been predict
ed each year for the past twenty years,
but each time Congress has rallied to
the rescue of the list and added more
names than death could take ff.-Bal.
timore SIM.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

An editorial writer on the staff of
one of the leading Eastern weeklies,
analyses in telling and effective way
the undoing of man brought about
through the insidiousness of the festive
Panama hat, and more terribly than
when he first fell In the Garden of
Eden he says: "The Panama hat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03

There is many fortune lost by not
being able to recognize good thing
when one sees it. Some one, great
many years ago, said that opportunity
calls but once upon the same person.
He is supposed to rap at the door and
IL he gets no answer he passes on never
to return that way. This sounded so
nice and fanciful that 1t became
proverb, but like many other accepted
sayings, has not a grain of truth in it.
AS matter of fact, opportunity is
hanging about each mans door fairly
aching for an invitation to come in, but
most men are so obtuse they do not
recognize him.
When the old man, Hervey found. a
few years ago, that a goodly portion
of his lands at Shelter, Orange coun-
ty, in Southern California, lay in the
big tule swamp, he was sorry he had
bought them. A little later, when a
valuable team with which he was en-.
deavoring to. break up a portion Of
the peat lands became begged and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-09-03
Trusts Helping the socialists.

Trusts Helping the Socialists.
One of the bad habits into which
some Ct the managers Of trusts have
fallen in is that of speaking contemptu-
ously Of the public. An anthracite coal
road president recently said: at is none
of the public's business" when asked
why tile coal operators would not con-
sent to arbitrate. But 1t is the public's
business, nevertheless, and in the end
the public will have its rights. Yet that
speech of seven words will do more for
the Advancement Of socialism than
could be accomplished by a thousand
lectures delivered by the ablest advo.
Gates of that doctrine. The masses are
beginning to suspect there is something
wrong with d prosperity that increases
the cost of living four times as much us
1t raises wages.-Washington Post.