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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

More than year must elapse before
actual work can begin on the Panama
Canal. Many important steps in prep
aration remain to be taken. In case
the Panama program should be imprac-
ticable. the President. by the terms Of
the act of Congress, would turn to the
Nicaraguan route, and this would oc-
casion a further delay. Secretary Hay
is already taking steps to negotiate a
treaty by which the Colombian gov
eminent will grant to the United States
perpetual right of way across the de-
partment Of Panama, with certain 9th
er concessions and privileges. The
memorandum submitted by the Colon.
bian minister before the adjournment
Of Congress was unsatisfactory in sew.
eral particulars, and it will be neces.
sary to pursuade Colombia to deal more
literally with us than it proposed to do
Then the treaty must be ratified by q
two-thirds vote of the Senate. The
Acknowledgement has sent an attorney
to Paris to look into the legal rights
of the Panama Canal Company to see
II 1t can give the United States q per-
feet title to Its unfinished waterway.
Corresponding studies will also be
made here. In case no legal difficult
ties arise and the Senate ratifies the
treaty, commission Of seven members
will be appointed to have charge of
the undertaking. They will first have
to prepare specifications, showing in
minute detail what the government
asks of the contractors who will bid
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
Power of the Beet Sugar Lobby.

Stony Massachusetts. which is near
ly covered over with mills and factories,
has 8 corn acreage which exceeds the
beet sugar acreage of every State ex-
cept two. Yet this comparatively small
beet sugar interest, conducted by the
clamoyous Oxnard lobby, has controlled
the policy of the Republican party in
the Sanate Of the United States.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

" ~ WHoVC HkccpS VI tHV IHXcBs
The Philippine waste may greatly aid
the hlch-tariff workers in keeping up
the present eXorbitant rates, as they
will try to show that the country needs
all the tariff taxes 1t can get. The
trusts will, of course, get the benefit Of
n continuance of the rates now collect.
ed.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

The duty of the Democratic party
seems clear enough. Its policy has been
marked out for it-by the logic of the sit
uatioa. Tariff revision" should be the
Democratic war cry until tariff reform
is achieved, whether that be soon or
late.-Sashyille American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Oficeholding, though it may cover a
long period of years and furnish excep-
tional remuneration in salaries, fees
and perquisites. is not profitable from
q financial point of view. The demands
upon the ofiiceholder who is regular
ly every two years an office-seeker alb
sorb the profits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

of Stony Point, on
the Hudson, t Ii c
l23d anniversary
of which was OBJ.
served by the dedi.
cation of tile bat
tlefield as u State
park and was
made noteworthy
by the attendance
of Governor Odcll
and many State Of
iicials. The park
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

"
FIVE years the CON
dition of the miners
in the anthracite
coal districts has
constantly gro Il
worse. In season
and out they have
suffered reduction
in wages. Their
necessaries of life,
including the pow.
der used in blasting
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Sears, Rocbuck & Co., Chicago, re-
ceive 10000 letters daily, the result Of
advertising.
/ The small boy who plants beans in
the back yard and digs them up the
next day because he finds they haven't
grown up yet is like many an adyer.
tiser we have all met-Current Adver.
! Using.
Timeliness Is sine qua non to sue.
cessful advertising. One should not
advertise overcoats in July or organ.
dies in December. The advertiser
should be just as careful in being ur
to date, offering the very latest designs
as the editor Is insistent upon giving
the very latest news.-Printers' Ink.
Mighty as are steam and electricity
in the domain of industry, they are but
shadows of the mlghtier power of con
centrated thought as expressed in type
and spread before the world. To lei
the world know through type who ant
what and where you are and what yor
have that this great world wants Is the
secret of success, and the printing
press is the mightiest machine to tina,
end.-Thomas A. Edison.
The clothing dealers of Pittsfield
Mass, have taken definite action in re
gard to advertising. In the past 1t has
been customary for the business mer
to advertise Oh programmes and Other
! papers of a similar nature for social
events and field days. This has be-
come such burden, with no resulting
benefit to the merchants, that it was
decided to discontinue it In the future.
All the dealers have signed a paper
to that effect. 1t is thought that mer.
chants dealing in other lines Of goods
will sign the paper.
It's easier to pick fuss with your
neighbor than 1t is to pick music out Of
q banjo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
outraees in the Philippines.

We think the record shows that Sec
rotary Root kept matters good deal to
himself. 1t should be remembered that
- esuages which have been proved
nil took place year or :-:sre before a
whisper was heard of them in this coun-
try. And 1t is true that at the time Mr..
Root said that the war had been hui
namely conducted there We're papers'ih
Mr.. Roots possession that proved that
there were Observation-Disclosures
News ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
Chicago Chronicle.

tariff. 1t may be that-.since he is u
student Of public opinion the interven-
Ing months have been working n
more popular thing than to come out
for tariff reform.
The reasons for the rapidly growing
strength of the demand for tariff re-
vision, even within the Republican par
ty, are obvious enough. William Nc
Kinley in his last speech expressed one
Of them when he said that the coun-
try had outgrown narrow business con-
ditions and that the tariff should be
used to obtain extension of our foreign
trade through reciprocity. There is n
feeling abroad among the more intelli-
gent protectionists that there can be
such a thing us too much protection for
| giants that were once infants.
But, above all, the conviction is
spreading that the tariff is the mother
| Of the trusts. 1t is the tariff that en-
ables the Industrial monopolies to per
petrate the swindle of selling goods
cheaper to foreigners than to Arleri.
cans, 1t is the tariff which shields the
food trust from competition, and thus
enables it to charge what 1t pleases for
meat. 1t is the tariff which enables the
| shoddy trust to make counterfeit cloth
and so defraud the poor whenever they
buy Cheap" garment, carpet or blan
ket.
Tariff revision must come. The
American people will not submit to be
ing permanently governed and robbed
by the trusts.-Chicago American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

positions can be justified by other ar
gument than the Presidents indorse.
ment, but a ready answer to Republic
an criticism is: "Your President and
chief leader, by saying exactly what the
Democrats have been saying, has ad-
mitted that the Democrats are in the
right."-Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

For Its solo on recent Sunday a
church in New York had a lady whistle
"Traumerel.' She also whistled dur
Ing the extraction of the contribution.
1t might be a taking feature to have the
sexton do trapeze stunt in the dome
Of the church,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
The Males in the Majority.

In I'LL but eleven of the fifty.two
States and Territories the male out
numbers the female population. These
eleven States are along the Atlantic
seaboard. California contains the
greatest excess Of men, the recorded
number being 10000; Minnesota
comes second, with 1855; Texas
third, with 100000. and Pennsylvania
fourth, with 10G,O07.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
Neither Has Cured an Evil.

In passing 1t may be as well to recall
the fact that the Sherman law against
the trusts and the interstate commerce
law against discriminating rates are
both Republican measures Plttsburg
Gazette,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

one to answer, es-
pecially to the taste
of the controversial
individual who asks
it. At first consid-
Grafton the odds
would seem to be
in favor Of the self
III a d e M a N, by
whom l mean the
ordinary product Of
/. h c gra n, M c r
school, the child of
poor or compare
lively Door parents,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
A SECRET OF YOUTH.

Careful Attention to Personal Appear.
once Will Work Wonders.
A scientific contemporary has been
discussing why women, as they ad-
vance in years, grow palmer than men,
and why marriage so frequently de-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Modern Italians seem to be fully
awake to the significance of the exam
pie set them by Columbus, their fellow
countryman. More than quarter Of
Q million Of them came to America
last year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
Fact. and rheorie. In Conflict.

Facts and Theories In Conflict.
All over the land housekeepers and
heads of families are complaining of tho
increased cost Of living The weekly
allowance" which formerly met all the
demands of the household and satisfied
the claims of the butcher, the baker,
the grocer and vendors of fruit and veg
etables, is now painfully inadequate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Pamphlets concerning the househy
are now being distributed by the De-
partment Of Agriculture, probably be-
cause the housefy constitutes one of
the country's principal products.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

No one would have supposed that
corned-beef hash had magnetic attrac-
tons, but tails hitherto unheard-of quail
ity is possessed by the hash which Sen
ator Hanna's cook made in Washington
during the last few weeks of the ses-
sion Of Congress. That hash drew Pres
ident Roosevelt members of his Cabi-
net and the leaders In the House and
the Senate to Mr.. Hanna's house for
breakfast on the mornings when the
cook made 1t. Inasmuch as hash we'll
made is a dish fit for king, 1t is good
enough for the public officials of n
democracy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

They have found some bones out in
Kansas which show that man has iiSed
on the earth for at least $1,000 years.
What long time 1t took to work up to
the sugar trust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

There are three times as many John
sullivans in the Boston city directory
as there are John Smiths, but there is
only one great John l..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

After oil, leaders are Dorn-not made.
You can develope them. Accident, dis
aster, circumstances may pick out the
one man In crowd who looks like 9TH
er men and yet who Is rs different as
noon is to midnight. He alone pos
sesses the divine spark that makes him
brave and cool and strong when other
men are crazed. Down in the bowels
OF the earth at Johnstown, Pa, men
We're working together when the dead
ly fire damp came. Some fell like logs
and died. Others mumbled their pray
ers and gave up. Still others fed from
the unseen enemy, fed like the drunk.
en- men. stumbling, falling, frightened,
desperate, unthinking- Anthony
NJ. Kchlman, an Austrian, but little
more than boy; was there. He didn't
run. What are brains for If they will
not help at such time? AS quick as
thought he blew out the lights, and
prevented an explosion. His brother
Victor was beside him, choking and
gasping. .'Stay here!' shouted An
thony to the men who were fleeing.
They did not heed him. He seized n
lump Of COAL then felt over the tun-
nell till he found the air pipe. With
a few mighty blows he broke 1t. He
dragged Victor to the opening, where
the sweet air was gushing out. He got
Rudolph Hoval and Mike Carak and
Ed Yamuitsky to the same place. He
went after others, but they had gone
to their tombs. All night in the inky
darkness that little party lay about the
broken pipe. They breathed both air
and gas. 1t made them sick and dizzy,
but Anthony Kohlman was not afraid.
In the morning the air was better, and
he had the nerve to light his lamp and
test It, There was no explosion, and
the little party CROPPED Its way along
the tunnel, stumbling over bodies. till
they sighted a resculng party. Mod.
esty Is trait of real heroes. The
young Austrian filled his lungs with
Gods good air and said: at is lucky
l thought Of that air pipe. If the 9th
ers had minded me twenty-four me1
who are dead would have been saved. ,
Lucky? There was no luck about 1t
A man of Kohlman's stamp does thinl
about the air pipe, because Nature in
tended him for leader. His drawer,
was as natural as fear Is to others ii
the face of great danger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

The fact that France is shipping
beef to England is "a horse on" the
latter country, and decidedly tough, too.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

When n doctor sues a dentist the
long-sufering public, though it come
not by its own, can afford to chuckle
in its sleeve.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

The Gar of Russia is going to listen
to the people. Listeners never hear any
good of themselves
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

II all the world were really stage
the theatrical trust would come pretty
near owning the earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
HISTORIC STONY Po.N1.

Mad Anthony Wayne Captured the
Fort from the British.
One of the most brilliant engage
ments of the revolutionary war was
the capture by Mad Anthony Wayne
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Many a mans reputation for wit is
due to having been interviewed by a
bright reporter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

An old bachelor says the worship of
the fair sex requires great many hui
man sacrifices.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
CAUSE OF THE MINERS STRIKE.

Why are $4,000 anthracite miners on
strike in Pennsylvania? The question is
easily answered. For more than twenty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Fortunate is the actress who doesn't
depend on her wardrobe for success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

A curious thing about the Trusts is
that every man is willing to 60 in, or
falling in this, is willing to denouncs
them US thieves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

on the work. The commission WIN then
draw the contracts and see that they
are properly carried out. When the
work is at Its height not fewer than
twenty thousand men, mostly West In.
dian laborers under American superin.
tendents, will be employed on the 18th.
mus. The Secretary of the Treasury
VIII also have part to perform. He
VIII pay forty million dollars out of the
current surplus funds to the French
company If its property is finally ac-
copied, and then will arrange bond
Issue to cover most of the rest of the
cost of the canal. The first boat will
probably pass from ocean to ocean
about the year 1910.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
ANARCHY MUST Be STAMPED OUT.
by Non. ,. n. Cromwell n. 6

a The doctrine OF anarchy Is like
- foul plague which, being bred
I in unclean and impure surround
ings. is liable to spread and eni.
R brace the good and pure as well
. as the filthy and unclean.
porp ;N couptrtav which p1yp
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
wbnt the iowa PIatform Means


The tariff revision paragraph in the
Iowa Republican platform is variously
considered. The Republican organs us
rule undertake to minimize it. The
Democratic organs. on the other hard,
attach great Importance TO the deliver
ance. The significance of declaration
of any kind often depends upon the
time and circumstances surrounding 1t.
and 1t cannot be denied that at this
particular time the declaration made in
Iowa means for mare than the same
declaration made year ago. 1t is true
that the platform of 1901 did contain
the substance of the tariff plank Of this
year. But that was exclusively local
election and had nothing to do with Ma.
tional policy. This year the case is diff
ferent. The question is IL live and a
practical one and the intention of the
convention was that the eleven Repub.
lican Congressman who will be elected
in Iowa this fall will so to Washington
pledged to vote for tariff reform upon
the lines laid down in this PLATFORM
Baltimore Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

An alarm clock and mans con.
science soon cease TO trouble him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
"sfLf.MADE" vs.. .coLLtGE-BRED."

BY John N. Smyfh.
Which has the better opportunity to
succeed in lifc-the self-made man or the
college man? The question is knotty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27
Justified by IN Enc ny y.

Both as to their position with regard
to the trusts and with regard to the
Philippine atrocities the Democrats
have been justified out of the mouth of
rs President himself. The Democratic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

This is an era of great industrial ac-
tivity. Our optimists are fond of as
serting and reasscrtlng that the coun-
try was never more prosperous than at
present. Perhaps that is true. But the
average housekeeper will not agree
with the optimists that high prices are
an unmiXed blessing. When she counts
up her balance at the end Of each week
she is inclined to think she has a griev-
ance 1t seems to be impossible to rec
oncile her facts with the optimists'
theories and conclusions. -BaltImore
Sun.
What Gates Thinks of Unions,
Workingmen will hardly be persua-
ded that unions are detrimental to
their interests by the arguments of
such corny-handed toilers as John w.
Gates. Mr.. Gates is not yet recog-
nized leader of labor, and it is Doubt.
full that his views of the relations be.
tween workmen and their employers
will commend themselves equally to
both parties. He may be correct in
his statement that labor unions are
as a rule, obnoxious to employers" but
that is not likely to be accepted by
workmen as good and sufficient reason
for abolishing the unions. Neither are
laborers to be convinced by the testi
mony of gambler in the grain market
that their leaders are moved by pure
lyselbsh motives. '-Philadelphi North
I American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

1t pays to tend to business; it pays to
be courteous. These facts are demon
strated every hour in the work-a-day
world. A news item tells Of the pro-
motion of II. ]. Titus, from the position
of steward of dining car to thc. of
experimenting commissary FOR the Mo-
bile s. Ohio railroad. The story relates
that passenger travelling on the AL
ton was impressed with the manner of
MT. Titus toward the patrons of the
car and upon arriving in Chicago he
went to the general offices of the COM
pany and inquired the standing of their
employe. The officials recognized In
their visitor one of the leading men in
the Mobile & Ohio directorate and will
ingly gave him the desired information
It showed Titus to be efficient in ali
lines. At once an offer was made the
dining-car superintendent and he has
entered upon his new duties. Thus
careful attention to his business for the
two hours when passengers We're in his
car brought reward in the shape Of
promotion and increase of salary
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

AmeFICHH fuIHC CUHSumptlOn.
About thirty million gallons Of mixed
paint were sold In the United States
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

There are more ways of deserving
punishment than there are of escaping
~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

It's easier to pick u fuss with your
neighbor than 1t is to pick music out Of
q banjo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-27

Sears, Rocbuck s. Co., Chicago, re.
ceive 10000 letters daily, the result OF
advertising.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

stolep sweets are often fndigestL
Bile.
The weather man is mixed in his
dates.
The dog catcher's labors should be
curtailed.
The sculptor is obliged to carve out
his own figure.
It's too bad that some things seem
too good to be true.
The fool who rocks the boat gener-
ally lives to regret it.
The coal miner kicks because he is
kept down in the world.
1t doen't take conscience to make
towards of some people.
No, Maud, dear, you can't fill a
poker hand with an ash tray.
The fellow who hides his light un-
der bushel never blows it out.
Talk is cheap, even to those who
indulge in extravagant remarks.
The girl with the most cheek isn't
the one who is addicted to bushes.
When the clergyman goes into poll
tics does he become a divine healer?
People may always look on the
bright side of life without being daz-
xled.
It's all very well to strike out for
yourself, unless you happen to be a
ball player
Some men screw up their courage
with strong drink until they are posi-
lively tight.
Some men never break themselves
OF bad habits until they find them
selves broke.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
sEAsoNABLE PHILOSOPHY.

Wit is a sunbeam, sarcasm an
icicle.
The forward person is frequently
set back.
A bank account is the greatest
labor saver
Revenge is not sweet to one of
exalted mind.
Some of the rough riders are very
smooth men.
There is some excuse for poverty.
but none for filth.
In the spring the liars fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of fish.
The subtle mind is only submissive
when submission suhserves it's in
terest
Vain imaginings" bring some peo-
pie more misery than does hard
reality.
When one gets too drunk to hit the
ground with his bat he must be all
at sea.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
New Cure for pxsnensia.

A new cure for dyspepsia is now
out. Let the patient" says one of
the faculty. drink from one to three
pints of water one hour before each
meal, and then comfortably seat him
self in an easy rocking-chair and work
backwards and forwards one half
hour The rocking will agitate the
water in the stomach, and wash the
walls completely"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
Monkey in Bed With Child.

On going to her room the other
evening a Bristol woman was aston
ished to find a monkey in bed with
her sleeping child. The animal, which
had been brcIght home from South
Africa by soldier, had escaped from
neighboring public house, and, en-
tering the room by the window, had
got into the child's bed for the sake
of warmth.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
Idle Reorers.

The Duchess of Marlborough be-
walls the stiff dignity and the conse-
quent loss of really good times in the
position of an English duchess COM
pared with that of an American girl
But there need be no sympathy wasted
on such cases as hers. American girls
are under no compulsion to give up
their good times and their liberty for
diadems, dignity and dullness.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-08
Work for Women.

In the packing and canning factories
women have largely taken the places
of men, and if trade increases as it
has done in the last two or three years
thousands more will find employment
there. Their labor is light, being
what is termed Kitchen work." which
consists of cutting dried beef, stufing
sausages, packing tins, etc.