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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
Hiram Proved He Had Sure sourc
of Wealth.

Hiram Proved He Had Sure Source
of Wealth.
"You talk very well, and you're not
bad looking" said Mr.. Fewscads, the
village banker, to Hiram Glover, IN
honest young farmer, but you ought
to know that ! cannot countenance your
attentions to my daughter"
But. sir" began Hiram.
II don't think that 1 care to argue the
matter. Mr.. Clover" the banker cut In.
II know you are about to say that
Mabel loves you and that you can make
a nice home for her and all that; but l
think you're mistaken. Any passing
fancy she may have for you will be
gone soon. All girls have to go through
three or four sieges of thar sort before
their affections are fixed on the man
they ought to marry"
..And yet, sir"
Don't trouble to say anything, Mr..
Glover. would spare you all unneces.
sary pain. But the fact is, my daughter
would not be satisfied with life on u
farm. And besides, pardon me for men,
tloning II, but you cannot support her in
the style to which she has been accus-
toned. Mabel has had every advantage.
l have reared her In the lap of luxury,
may say, and cannot think of her
entering upon life In which she might
miss the comforts with which have
always surrounded her."
The young man smiled peculiar and
masterful smile, says the Detroit Free
Press, as he broke in:
do you happen to know, sir, that
have a flock Of fifty hens, and that ev-
cry hen is laying one egg day, sir, ana
do you know what fresh eggs are fetch
Ing in the market at the present timer"
rs that true" asked the banker. pale
with emotion.
at is."
"Take Mabel and be happy"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
rote wages war on people who wear
clothes has been long away.


In the seat of the erstwhile teacher
trouncer sits now youth that even
this little lady from Lilliput may
rule. He will build the fire for her.
He will sweep the schoolroom for her.
He will wind the clock and operate the
windows, and there is no big or little
thing to serve her that he will not
count 1t his good pleasure to do.
Miss Arnold boards ut n farmhouse
near the school. There is a creek be-
tween and recently this creek was
swollen after rain. The little school,
ma'am could not cross at the usual
ford. So she called upon her boys. A
couple Of them lifted her between
them and splashed across with her,
setting her down high and dry, and Sir
Walter Raleigh did not spread his
cloak for the queens sake with n bet
ter grace than these young gentlemen
wet their feet that the little school
teacher might keep her own dry. Lit
tie men rule the world. Look out for
the little woman!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
How to Check the Beef Trust.

| NOW TO NneCk the beer Trust.
Hit the beef trust through the tariff.
Representative McDermott has made d
beginning by Introducing resolution
instrucing the Ways and Means Com
mittee Of the House to report bill to
remove the duty on beef. But the reso-
luton does not go far enough. The du-
ties should be taken off mutton and
pork and everything eatable in which
| the beef trust deals.
Inquiries instituted by Attorney Cen
eral Knox to ascertain whether or not
the beef trust has gone outside the law
In Its operations will amount to moth
| ing. The people can be robbed under
the forms of law quite as effectually as
when those forms are defied. Suppose
1t should be found that the beef trust
has been proceeding illegally in some
particulars, what will it do? Just fol-
low the example of the Standard Oil
and other trusts and reorganize in con-
formity with the statutes.
1t Is hard that monopolsts should be
able by any means to raise the prices
of food Mt will, as the beef trust does
But 1t is intolerable that the govern
ment should help these exploiters Of
the people by protecting them against
the one thing that is fatal to monopoly
competition. By levying duties on
foreign beef. mutton and pork the gov
eminent employs the power of federal
law In the interest of the beef trust
That is, the government becomes 4
partner of the beef trust-not partner
in its profits, but n partner who stands
around with tariff gun to keep off
anybody who wants to undersell the
trust.
Will the people of the United States,
NIL Of whom must eat, and all of whom,
therefore, are being robbed by the beef
trust, continue to endure this partner
ship between the government and their
despollers?
Off with the duties! The remedy for
the thieving prices to which the neces-
saries of life have been forced up by
the tariff shielded monopolists lies with
Congress.
The Republican party is in full con-
troll of House and Senate and has the
Presidency. Therefore the Republican
party has plenary and immediate power
over the tariff. to alter it as 1t chooses.
Monopoly which corners the neces-
sarles of life deserves no favor at the
hands of the government. Tariff ia
vors to the beef trust are favors to cold
blooded and systematic oppressors and
plunderers of the poor. Let the people
demand Of Congress that 1t strip the
beef trust of tariff protection, and do it
ut once-Chicago American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Secretary Root should Resign


The damaging evidence of atrocities
in the Philippines has been in Secre-
tary Roots hands-in the report of Ma
jor Gardner, civil Governor of the
Tnyabas since early in February. This
report was not only held from publ
cation by the Secretary, but was con-
cealed from the committee of the Sem
ate investigating the very matter con-
cerned. Had not General. Miles forced
the hand of the Secretary the very eA-
istence of this testimony would not
have been suspected. Secretary Roots
usefulness is at an end. He has for
feited the confidence of the public.
Will he retire gracefully or will he re-
peat the painful experience of his pre-
decessor, Alger? -Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
"Ailss Llsle, by heavens Pshawl 1.n

p
miss Lisle, by heavensl Pshnwi I'm
fool to think there is anything
strange about this. What do care
about that blue umbrella, and its pc,
tent love charm7 But wish It had
not been Edith" unused Harry; and
tossing away his cigar he Went out
upon the yeranda Just in time to raise
his hat and say Good morning." to
Edith. who tripped by him.
The Colonel closed that quaint UNI
brella with click as of satisfaction
as he passed Harry with polite bow
and Good morning"
Two hours afterward Edith I.isle
blushed as Harry Lancaster asked her
a question. She recovered quickly and
said softly:
"Mr. Lancaster. the potency OF the
blue umbrella Is not a fiction. He ID
a charming gentleman. and-I always
did like soldiers. I-I-thank you, and
WE'LL simply said yes under the blue
umbrella; and hope we shall remain
friends. "-Waverly Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
eszTT
ERLlrrLE FELLOW YEr.

What fanny creatures mothers arel
I sonetimes laugh to see
For alfmy bigness and my age
How mine looks after me.
She wants to warm me when I'm cold,
To dry me when I'm wet;
I do belkve she thinks me just
A little fellow yet!
I'm mot schoolboy any more,
With satchel at my back;
Il won't be many years before
l don the haversack.
I'm going TO join the volunteers
MY father was .'vet."-
And surely then will not be
A little fellow yet!
All. well! the mothers good a. gold,
And kind as kind can be;
There's no one else in all the world
That'o half as kind to me.
30 let her think It II she will,
When I, too, am vet
1t may be will wish were
Her little fellow yet!
Christian Work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
MAMMOTH. PIGEON RANCH.
Eight Frame Sheds Used to Hou,
Ten Thousand Of Them.

Eight Frame Sheds Used to House
Ten Thousand Of Them.
Situated at the sharp angle where
the Arroyo Seco, or dry ditch Ia ra.
vine that extends from Los Angeles to
the Sierra Madre mountains, some four
teen miles away, and the Los Angeles
river lat this point eighteen miles
from the seal meet Is ono Of the most
curious exhibits Of pigeon life ever
presented to the eye.
Here ten thousand pigeons, mostly
light In color, are found perched upon
the roofs Of eight frame sheds. The
walls of these sheds are composed OF
hundreds of empty gasoline cans with
one of the ends taken out and wooden
boards with apertures large enough for
pigeons substituted, and thousands Of
wooden fruit boxes furnished With
square openings. The ground is gener-
ally covered with pigeons until stran-
ger arrives. when there is great whir-
ring noise. the air Is full OF wings and
thousands of pigeons return to their
brethren on the roofs of the sheds.
This institution belongs to one of
Los Angeles enterprisIng citizens, and
forms great attraction to visitors
from all the country round. as well as
to numerous colored thieves, who make
q continual practice Of robbing this
vast aggregation Of pigeon roosts. Two
large dogs properly qualified to bark
and bite are located at each end of
the grounds. about 200 feet from each
other. These are secured safely by
long chains to spikes In the ground.
But these, fierce us they are. do not
represent the entire force for the de.
tense from thieves of the 10000 pig
cons. two young dogs, trained to BARK
and not to bite. are on duty also all
the time; these are more sleepless and
It is the uproar they make upon which
the owner so much depends for the dis
covery of the colored thieves. Dis
ease and rats take away great many
of this multitudinous bird population;
daily some young pigeons will be found
on the ground dead. having gone too
far from the family nest.-Pearson's
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
FLAGS AT THE CAPITOL.
When and How the National Emblem

When and How tho National Emblems
| Are Put at Ha1f-Mast.
The flying of flags over the capitol
at half-mast is regulated by the strict
est rules. Whenever these flags are
seen floating down the staff Is sure
| indication that Vice President, Sena-
tor or Representative Is lying dead, or
that the action is taken in response to
a presidential proclamation ordering
flags on public buildings at half-mast
in respect to the memory of some
prominent official of the government
who has passed away.
When the sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate or House of Representatives
learns Of the death of member of
either of those bodies they at once or
der that the flags over the Senate
chamber and Hall Of Representatives
be half-masted. This is often done be-
for the houses of Congress themselves
are officially notified of the death. A
good deal of discretion is exercised In
the manner of placing the news of
death of this kind officially before the
Senate or the House. Upon such an
announcement 1t is customary for the
houses to adjourn in respect to the de-
ceased Senator or Representative, and
in order that current business may not
be stopped early in the day the an
nouncement Is generally made just be-
fore the houses are ready to conclude
their days work.
Officers of the Senate and House,
when they fly the flags at half-mast in
response to proclamation by the
President, regard their action us one
of courtesy, as they do not recognize
the power Of the President to order
Congress to do anything except to as
semble in extraordinary session. They
have always responded to the requests
of such proclamations. 1t would be a
nice question If one could imagine that
it could ever be raised to know to
what extent the Presidents authority
would allow him to order flags ut half
mast on the capitol. While his author
ity would not extend over the employ
es of the Senate and House, yet the
capitol for many years was in fact
controlled exclusively by him so far
as the care of the building is con-
cerned, and the superintendent of the
building is to-day appointed by him
without confirmatory action OH the
part of the Senate.
AS matter of fact, the capitol has
for years been under the direct con-
troll of the committees on appropria-
lions of the two houses of Congress,
but that control has been accorded
them by the failure of the President
to give any orders to the architect or
more lately to the superintendent of
the capitol. If he should order that
official to fly flags over the capitol at
half-mast and the order should be dis
obeyed he would have power to dis
miss him and appoint some one else In
his place without the concurrence Of
either branch Of Congress, except SO
far as the appropriation for the Off
calls salary would be involved.
These are practically moot questions,
says tile Washington Star, but they
occasionally form interesting subjects
for tireside talks when flags are half
masted in response to presidential
prOclama tions
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14

A heavy gate that is opened a num-
Der of times daily is apt to sag in short
time II not well Draced. An excellent
way of overcoming this fault is shown
In the Illustration. The posts are
longer than those ordiuarily used, and
are set foot deeper in the ground than
fence posts generally. Heavy fiat
stones are placed about the bottom Of
the post, to which the gate is hung, and
these stones are braced on either side
by stout oak stakes. These stakes are
driven so that the tops are just below
the surface of the ground. Three
strong hinges are used to hang the gate
and strong rod of iron is fastened to
the upright Of the gate and to the top
bar. This helps greatly in keeping the
gate from warping or "racking' out Mt
the joints. The latch fastening, though
simple, Is effective. A slot is cut
through the front upright of the gate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Trouble in Roosevelt,s School.


The President has ordered General
Fred Funston to hold his tongue. What
is the matter with the administration
school? The boys are all out of Or
der. The head master finds it neces-
sary to box somebody's ears every day
or two, but discipline doesn't seem to
improve. The boys simply would not
keep still. Unless the head master
succeeds better in keeping order n
change will become necessary. No
school can be run without some kind
of discipline. The author of the San
tiago round robin will have to sup
press the spirit of mutlny and restore
the old-fashioned respect for authority.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14

Hitherto workmen and others who
had to bear very strong white light in
their work or profession have been In
the habit of wearing blue glasses to
relieve their eyes from the possibility
Of being blinded. This is the case with
sailors who operate the powerful
searchlights that are now so necessary
an adjunct to the war vessels and COM
mercial craft, especially If their eyes
happen to be blue or gray. But re.
Gently 1t has been demonstrated that
yellow-co lored glasses will serve Their
purpose better, and it is expected that
they will be used hereafter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
The pcop,. win Re Arou.ed.

So long as the trusts confined their
operations to such commodities as steel
and iron, glass, oil, manufactured ar
ticles Of various kinds and other pro-
ducts that affected but limited num-
Der of people or the majority but sight
ly. the people have been patient, but
let these combines continue their en-
croachments on staples of food required
by all the people, debating the supply
and arbitrarily fixing prices, and the
government will find itself face to face
with n situation that has not been
paralleled in gravity In the history Of
the republic.-Rochester Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
British and American Food Taxes.

The Deer trust and the dairy trust
could not keep the retail prices of meat
and butter at their present extortionatc
height If 1t We're not for the fencing In
of the home market for them by the
import duties. So that in fact the daily
food of the American people is taxed
much more heavily than that of the
British. The chief difference is that the
British food taxes will yield revenue
that is needed to the government; our
food taxes yield next to nothing to the
government and simply bleed the peo-
pie to fatten the trusts.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
one.third of Thcm in Reyo,t.

/ The Republican party has been so
anxious to have an effective opposition
that 1t has developed one within its own
ranks. With more than one-third of the
Republican membership of the House
deliberately voting to defeat the wishes
of the organization and Of the President
himself what is left of the famed
.'Republican discipline?" After four
months of unremitting effort to devise
measure of Cuban legislation consistent
with party harmony, we see the party
torn in two and the legislation further
off from cnnctmcnt than evcr.-New
York Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Wrong Once, Wrong a, All Times.


1t is announced that at conference
of the Republican leaders of both
houses at Washington 1t was decided
to shelve the ship subsidy bill passed
by the Senate. 1t Is not doubted that
the bill could be put through If made a
party measure, but it is said to be the
majority opinion that sit would be bet
ter to allow 1t to go over until after the
Congressional elections" This is prob
ably a prudent decision, but it raises
the question: If the subsidy bill is
right and just why not pass 1t now?
If 1t is wrong and unjust why plan to
pass 1t after getting new lease of
power?-New York World
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Day of Reckoning will Come

Times, are good and the Americans
are long-sufferlng. For the time being
the politicians may find 1t safe to fool
the people by Juggling with the trust
question. But should there come a
general business depression the party
in power would have to give strict
account of its stewardship. Neither
the party that had permitted them to
usurp unlimited power nor the trusts
themselves could expect to escape un-
scathed from the ordeal.-Philadelphia
North American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
New omcia1 Is Handicapped

The auspices under which the young
Kansas poet enters upon the duties of
pension commissioner are all unfavor-
able. He is selected to fill the place of
capable and honest official, who is ne.
moved because he was honest and capa-
BILE enough to make his honesty Of some
value in the service Of the people. He
is backed by an element whose very
antagonism has been n decoration of
honor to the objects of their enmity, and
he comes from State in which that
element has obtained an ascendancy In
the affairs of his party.-Rochester Her
MD
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
The beginning of n Reform

Tariff revision is declared to be in the
air in Congressional circles at Wash
ington and undoubtedly got great
send-off in the vote of the House on the
Cuban bill, on which sixty-two Repub-
licans put themselves on record In ia
vor of removing the Dingley tariff on
refined sugar. 1t is believed to be the
beginning Of an effort within the Re-
publican party to make general re-
vision of the Dingley schedules.-Pitts-
burg Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Urging the Wrong Remedy.

Republican papers all over the coun.
try have been advising the people to
curtail their consumption of food as a
method of fighting the trusts, but what
Republican paper has urged the Repub-
llcan Congress to remove the tariff on
trust products? What Republican pa.
per has urged the administration to en-
force the federal antitrust law in every
district throughout the United States
wherever that law was being violated?
Omaha World Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14

Firmly imbedded In tree, section
Of which has been sent to the Smith.
sonian Institution, are both horns Of n
moutfion or Rocky Mountain sheep.
The horns must have gotten there SO
long ago that the tree has grown
around them. The section was taken
at some distance from the ground, and
the conjecture that someone placed the
horns in the crotch of the tree does not
seem at all likely. 1t seems more prob
able that the animal was caught by
the horns in this position In one of its
prodigious leaps from the cliff above.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
The Issues for 1901.

Unless weread the signs of the times
altogether Incorrectly all efforts to
make anti-imperialism the paramount
Issue will fail, although 1t will be an
important issue. On the tariff reform
proposition all Democrats can get to-
gether, no matter how widely they
split in 1896. And when they get to-
gether on sane platform they Will be
REINFORCED by thousands Of Republic
cans who now see the error of their
protection ways.--Toledo Bee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
The Stock Ticker Again WORKING

The Stock Ticker Again Working.
1t looks as il the sugar trust would
again become Congressional football.
There was time when the wide fiuctu-
ations in the quotations for the stock
on account of Congressional action with
regard to sugar enabled the statesmen
in Washington to speculate advantage
ously in sugar and this cutting off the
differential gives them another chance.
There's still stock ticker in the cap
itol.-Boston Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
SMALL BUT GOOD TEACHER.
Young Illinois schoo,mn'am Only .
Little Over Four Feet Tall,

AOuhR lHluOhs SCnoOs ntn'nm only O
Little Over Four Feet Tall.
Teaching In one of the largest coun-
ty schools in Illinois is Miss Lena Ar
mold, petite and pretty young woman
whose stature is just above four feet.
She enjoys the distinction of being the
smallest schoolma'am in the country
and has the reputation also Of being
one of the best. She presides over the
scholars at the Rhodes school, FIVE
miles east of Alta Pass, in Union coun-
ty. Many of her pupils are much
larger than she, yet she rules with a
firm hand and directs the young mind
In the way 1t should grow with a skill
fully satisfying the school directors.
md there is no recollection of time
when she did not.
The fact of the matter is that the
country school of this day is not the
country school of another. The trucu-
lent gladiators of the countryside who
waged war on the teacher as an Igor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Better Crops, More Profit.

The Indications are that farmers will
do more reading and thinking this wear
than ever before. The results viii he
that they will raise better crons and
make more profit. The tendency also
will be to have better sustained nrIces
the result of the agitation and ednca'
ton that are going on from several ii.
rections.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
A Sheep Record.

A Missouri sheep grower has made
record which he thinks stands near
the top, If 1t is not ahead of all others.
Last spring his forty-three Shropshire
ewes dropped elghty-fiye lambs, among
which were seven sets of triplets, TWEEN
ty-eight sets of twins and eight single
lambs. He lost six by death, and killed
two for his personal use. The remain.
Ing seventy-seven lambs were let to run
on wheat and other pasture last fall,
and later were given about twenty
bushels of corn to put them In market.
able condition. When sold they aver
aged 1O3 pounds each, and were report
ed fat as butter" selling at $685., the
highest price In year or more at Kan.
sas City. An income of about $500 be.
side the wool from forty three ewes
makes 1t look as If well-bred Shrop.
shire We're good kind of sheep to In.
vest in.-American Cultiyator
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-14
Keep Pigs In Ro,,,

AT the Kansas station nigs kept in .
warm barn during cold weather ote
more shelled corn and gained more
that is, pigs In the open ward oto . 90,
pounds of shelled corn and gained Ans
pounds; pigs kept in the barn ate . 4s7
pounds of shelled corn and gained 4ss
pounds. This is in line with number
of experiments. ~