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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
cURAIiyEs WORK IN CIRCLES.


Don't believe this stuff will do me
a bit of good, DOCTOR" grumbled the pa
ticnt.
Then" retorted the man Of science
with some asperity, don't take it.
Medicine never does any good when
taken under protest; the digestive or
gans will reject its curative properties. :"
Which was one honest expert opin-
ion on the efficacy of even "yarb tea"
plus faith. 1t is odd to note the sta
tis.ics concerning the sale of the va
rlous curatives all over the world. They
go on III spots.
The amount of quinine sold annually
in this country is tremendous, running
up into hundredweights and tons. In
China ginseng is the almost universal
cure-all among high and low. They
take it as a springtime tdnic as we do
sarsapariRa. and in cases of emergency
the coolie classes will make tremen.
dous sacrifices to obtain the better
qualities of the drug, so says the
American consul at Tien- Tsin
There are various qualities of 1t at
various prices, but the most highly
valued is the native ginseng, which
grows wild in the vicinity of Kirim.
This sells from POO to 600 times its
own weight in silver. 1t of course
comes within the reach of only the
very wealthy, but cheaper qualities are
imported from Japan, Korea and Amer.
lea.
The finest American ginseng is in.
creasing in popularity, and may be pur.
chased at 81 an ounce. Much of that
from Korea is Struggled into China.
The Chinese ascIibe wonderful cura.
tive properties to this root-another IL.
lustration of the very humanity inter.
est!ng problem of healing. Medicine
seems to be little like the bright glass
ball OF the hypnOtist-of little value in
Itself, but tremendous means to an
end, in that it concentrates the mind
upon what Schopenhauer calls the Twill
to live" thus working a cure by round.
about meth0ds-a kind of autOhyp.
notism, rs 1t were. So what matters
the composition of the glass ball, pro.
vided 1t be harmless whether of flour
and water or ginseng or quinine?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

To the person who has little money,
who can save little more, and who
wishes to increase his hoard as fast
as safety will permit, these rules are
commended by the best financial ex-
perience: Don't spend it.; don't lend
1t. Don't trust 1t to strangers without
security. Don't invest 1t to earn more
than or 5 per cent. No amount of
financial genius can improve upon
these rules, or does improve upon
them. The Wall street normal return
from safe investment is 4 per cent.
Many "gIlt-edged" stocks and bonds
pay less, yet IRE eagerly sought by the
shrewdest investors. Real estate
mortgages in New York are placed at
AZ per cent in large sums and per
cent in small ones. There is plenty
of money offered at these figures. Yet
several "get-rich-quick" concerns,
counting their victims by the thou
sand. have been exposed in New York,
Chicago and st. Louis in few weeks.
The brokerage firm" which promises
300 per cent profits by blind pool in
vestments has only knaves for owners
and dupes for clients.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
BRAVE DEEDS OF CHILD HEROES


BOY of Five Earns the Award of En-.
giish Royal Humane Society.
Bravery does not belong alone to the
man or the woman. Children some
times reveal exceeding great courage
and daring, so much so that one Won
ders whether they realize what risks
they are taking. y splendid example
Of child courage was shown by little
Leonard Weber, aged 8, who has the
honor of being the youngest person who
ever received the award of the En-
glish Royal Humane Society's certifi-
cate. His baby brother fell into the
water, and the other boys present ran
away to get help. But little Leonard
jumped into the stream without hest
tation and managed to bring the drown
ing child to shore. The award was
made in an official manner, and the act
of this mere baby praised and held up
as a good example for older people to
follow.
Another boy in England, years old,
was in small boat with several other
people, one day last summer. when the
craft upset and all We're thrown into
the water. The lad, instead of losing
his presence of mind, remembered that
his swimming teacher had told him that
in case of emergency to lie flat on his
back and float. This he did, while two
little girls held to his legs and smaller
boy rested his head on the breast of
the plucky youngster. In this way all
four fioated until help arrived, whic,,
was fully five minutes. What makes
the GOODNESS Of this small boy the more
remarkable Is that a grown man and
two young women who We're In the boa,
failed to keep their heads, and conse
quently were drowned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

We are only fifteen minutes from Odd
street, nearer in time than If we lived
In Harlem, and we have the cars and
trains all to ourselves. One elevator
runs to accommodate lis Mt night in
this big building. The other tenants
never bother us by day. The building
is really quieter than would be n large
apartment house. The rent is no more
than we would have to pay for similar
accommodation uptown in some local..
ty without individuality, and where
there would be no view, and few of
the advantages we now enjoy. The
only place in this neighborhood that
affords view in any way comparable
with that we enjoy is the Heights of
brooklyn. But then te live there YOU
would have to become Brooklynite.
and the houses there have none of the
accommodation of those In Manhat.
tan and the convenience to elevated
and street cars is not comparable"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Rcpublicon Tru,t.Bu,tinp

The Republican members of Con-
gress may be backward in enacting
laws that the people demand or de-
sire, but when they come to creating
new offices with fat salaries their in
dustry is unquestioned. Having estab-
lished the new Department of Com
merce and Labor, of course 1t had to
be provided with officials and clerks
and money to pay them, and other en-
penses. There are thirteen bureaus.
which are already provided for by APP
preparations already made. Mr.. Cor
telyou, the new Secretary, has fur
nished an estimate to Congress for the
other three bureaus, which are neces-
sary under the new law, and asks for
100000 for salaries and nearly mil
lion dollars for various expenses. No
doubt all that he asks Congress to pro-
vide is necessary if real trust bust
ing department is intended, but until
the Republican leaders are assured
that there will not be any too strenu-
GUS work in that direction. there will
be no such extravagant sum voted
as Mr.. Cortelyou asks for, The trusts
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Good Earnings Of Rio H,,,.,


The lessee of Il New York hotel who
thought he had earned enough 10 re-
tire from business and enjoy his for
tune in leisure recently had an offer
for his rights in the business that he
has built up. After Il consultation with
his attorneys lie settled OH $4,000, 600
as reasonable sum, says the New Yor.
Sun. There was 10 formal consent to
sell for that amount, but that was the
figure that seemed just after hurried
view of the situation. There came from
the intending purchasers an intimation
that they were willing to do business
Immediately OH that basis. Luckily
nothing definite was done until the law
yers set out to make Il more thorough
investigation as to the value of the prom
erty, based OH the income 1t Welded
annually. On that basis the hotel was
vastly more valuable than it had Mt first
been considered The proprietor's per.
sonal profit for the last eight years had
averaged $1,000,000. In view of these
profits the price placed on the hotel was
increased to Il figure which 1t was quite
impossible for the syndicate to pay. IN
view of the large amount he found him
self to be earning annually, the proprie-
tor was quite satisfied to remain in har
ness a few years longer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
LIVING IN SUBSCRIBERS.
Lofty aud Cozy Quarters of Young Ar
Students in the Enst

Lofty aud Cozy Quarters of Young Art
Students in the Enst.
Two young artists have taken to liv-
ing in the top floor of one of the high
Office buildings of New York near the
Battery. They predict that these top
floors, overlooking a magnificent pano-
rama, will become bachelor apart
ments, and that even families will
seek to live there rather than in Har-
lem.
1T will be great in SUMNER" said
one of the artists to n Detroit Tribune
reporter. Throw up the window and
in comes n never-failing breeze right
off the bay, straight from the ocean,
salty, fresh, invigorating. We can
take our morning plunge in the pure
salt water off the Battery. We are
lose to all the piers leading to the
seaside resorts. and when we alight
from a Coney Island or a Long Branch
steamer, we have only few steps to
go to reach our home. Groceries are
cheap in this part of the city and the
best markets are close at hand. Our
fresh fish, you might almost say,
comes right out of the river at our
doors. We can see our oysters being
taken out of the sloops, and within a
few minutes walk we can reach Full
ton market and Washington market
and get the pick of what they have
before the people from uptown arrive
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

ice. The calculation is fair one,' how
ever. for sooner or later the members
OF the community benefit thereby.
The ice upon Which Montreal de-
ponds is drawn from several sources;
for instance, the Back River furnishes
some. the st. Lawrence below st.
Mary's current furnishes more, while
the river opposite Nuns Island con
tributes by far the larger share. The
Ice in this latter locality is beautifully
clear and is now being harvested as
fast as men can cut and teams can
draw.
The process proper of procuring ice
begins with the removal of the snow,
this being accomplished with horses
hitched to scrapers. Next comes ma.
chine termed a marker, which is
series of teeth set Mt given intervals.
The teeth are so adjusted that they cut
at intervals of forty inches and again
at twenty inches, the width and length
OF an ordinary cake. A cutter, consist.
ing Of series of big teeth, set one in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Origin of the Military salute,

OF military salutes, raising the right
hand to the head 1t generally believed
to have originated from the days of
the tournament. when the knights filed
past the throne Of the queen of beauty
and, by way of compliment, raised
their hands TO their brows to imply
that her beauty was too dazzling for
unsladcd eyes to gaze OIL. The off,
GERS salute with the sword has n dou
bic meaning. The first position with
the hilt opposite the lips. is repeti-
ton of the crusaders action in kissing
the cross hilt of his sword in token Of
faith and fealty, while lowering the
point afterward implies either submis.
sion or friendship, meaning in either
case that it is no longer necessary to
stand OH guard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Mhatrrus,s Are Doing.

They substitute one plant for many.
They reduce their clerical force by
thousands. They have taken an army
of commercial men from the road.
They have the best of labor-saving ma
chinery, and yet, with all these ndvant-
ages, to say nothing of the special ia
vors they receive in the matter Of
transportation, they are charging the
cxorbltant prices In coal. meats, oils
and other monopolized commodities.
The cutting or expenses and arbitrary
increase in prices readily explain the
fabulous profits that pay 1.-THE in con-
science money to churches. universities
and libraries.-Dctroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Extrovo.o,ce ofcor,r.s..

The people of the United States have
become so used to hearing about mil
lions that but few really appreciate
what large sum a million dollars is,
and yet to even count 1t, ut the rate
of one for each second of time, would
require over 277 hours. or nearly %
days Of 10 hours each of continuous
mental work. The Congress of the
United States, which has Just Sad-
journed. voted 81 ,554, 10S,514 during its
two years work. This sum would re-
quire 1914 days to count. or 9S years
of 10 hours n day, with no time for
eating or even speaking. 1t is esti-
sum, which is beyond the computing
of any man during his life, is either
wasted or used for purposes for which
the taxpayers do not receive any ben
eft.
1t is only four years ago, during war
time, that billion dollar Congress
was denounced, by even Republican
newspapers, as profligate of the peo-
pies money, and we We're told that
new taxes would have TO be imposed
II the extravaganza was continued. For
the year. ending June Both, 1897, the
appropriations for all purposes were
1896, SGD, 627, but that was the last
year appropriations We're made by a
Democratic Congress. Now more than
double that large amount is to be
spent. The Republican administration
has increased the expense of running
the government more than four hun
drcd millions of dollars in seven years.
If this extravaganza continues 1t will
require in the year 1910 that the Six
ty-tirst Congress must appropriate over
three billions of dollars to keep up the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Attorney General Knox-You have
made n mistake. Judge; we did not ex-
pect such u decision.
Custom Houses for Each state.


If 1t We're not that the Federal Con-
stitution prohibited the States from
levying customs duties. the protection
lists would have the borders of the sew
eral Suites dotted with custom houses.
The same arguments that are brought
forward in behalf of prohibiting or
restricting trade with the outside world
would be advanced In behalf of tariffs
between the States. The labor of the
North would need protection from tho
mdcrpaid labor of the South. The in
FAINT industries of the West would de
mand protection from the establish
ed industries of the East. Trade
and commerce would be hampercd on
every hand.-Milwaukee Daily News,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Free conl and Wages.

The party of protection has always
claimed that If the duty was taken off
coal the wages of the miners would be
reduced to the pauper scale of Europe.
But late events prove the fallacy of
this argument. for since the duty has
been removed an enormous tonnage
being imported 100000 tons being on
board ships lying in Boston harbor, on
one day week or two ago-the coal
operators have agreed to pay higher
wages to the miners. The Republicans
will have to invent some other fallacy
or the people will be demanding that
beef and clothes and other necessities
of life be also put on the free list.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

NO AaFiU NclOrms
When it Is considered that the rates
OF the present tariff law were made
higher than was necessary, the fact
that the Republicans are unwilling to
revise this extraordinary protection to
the trusts and combines shows that
the corporations control legislation.
The Dingley law has been in opera
tion since 1897. and in consequence
of the extreme protection it affords
Its benefieiaries, they have increased
and multiplied to an enormous OK
tent.
Mr.. Littlefeld. of Maine, is authority
for n list of trusts which was lately
published in the Congressional Rec
ord, which gives nearly 300 trusts and
combines, with total capitalization of
$14 ,O00.0o0,O00. This good Republican
authority is a complete answer to the
charge that the Democrats had padded
the list published in the Democratic
campaign book for political effect, as
the last-named list contained but 2S7
corporations. with total capitalize
ton of $6,072 ,443351. This list was
compiled in the summer of 1902, and IL
the list given by Mr.. I.ittlefleld is a
correct one, there has been an increase
since then of more than double the
number of corporations and capltaliza-
ton. With such facts staring the Re
publicans of Congress in the face, it
would be naturally expected that some
loUic10 In IN =;
lodge the most obnoxious trusts that
are protected by the tariff padded in
their interests. Two or three Republi-
can members of Congress did attempt
to lower the Dingley rates and intro
duced bills for that end, but the Ways
and Means Committee, which is con-
trolled by the protection interests,
would not report such bills to the
House, SO that discussion and vote
might be had thereon.
great majority of the voters are
favorable to reform, but under the rule
of King Caucus are unable to obtain 1t.
How long will those Republicans, who
plainly see that trusts are robbing
them, submit to this corporation dom
nation? A few Independent voters
added to the Democrats in the close
Congressional districts and States
could defeat the ring that now controls
Congress. Will they do it?
For the past six years many Re-
publican candidates for Congress have
promised to vote for reform, but when
elected have quietly succumbed to the
trust and combine influences when
they reached Washington. Will the in
dependent Republican voters be will
ing to accept the same promise in
1904? These voters must remember
that the Republican party is pledged
TO protection. and the Democrats. by
inheritance and tradition and by party
platforms. have always been commit
ted to n tariff for revenue, and are
therefore the party through whom
reform must come.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

feet, cutting through only the short
way. This raft. sixteen cakes long
and four wide. is then broken off the
main body by means of bars and with
sharp ice hooks, set in long handles,
the men conduct it down toward the
skid, one end of which is in the water
and the other ending in a long plat
form, set at n convenient height to load
the sleighs without any lifting to speak
of. AT the foot of the skid the men
tackle the ice raft with bars again.
breaking Off the cakes which go flying
up the skid propelled by a team of
horses. hitchcd to long rope. The
rest is all easy, for the sleighs stand
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

Never to prophesy unless one is sure
of his facts is good rule to follow. If
the late Major d. II. Ninton had follow
ed this rule when he was sent to the
Pacific coast in 1S49 the people of San
Francisco would not now be laughing
at him. He said then in n report to his
superiors that there We're natural OBJ
stacles to the growth and permanency
of San Francisco as commercial CEN
ter, and declared that no military depot
ought to be erected there. He thought
Benicia, which now has about three
thousand population, would make Il
good port of entry, doubtless prefcrring
1t to San Francisco. 1t is only fair to
the memory Of Major Ninton to say
that his colleagues in the army agreed
with him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
l:choinx Hanna, Allegation.

1t is instructive MS to the opera
tions of the human mind to observe
that In the House debate on the anti
trust bill jenkins of Wisconsin re-
turned to the cry-which evokes the
recollection of 10oO-"There are no
trusts" In this plea Mr.. Jenkins In
fringes on the copyright of NJ. A.
Hanna. The latter statesman worked
this assertion to the limit in that
year Yet, since then President and
legislators have found out that there
are trusts enough to necessltate doing
something. even If 1t he no more than
going through the motions of the FL
kins bill or the Nelson amendment
Richmond Na) Despatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

90 HE harvesting of ice for city
such as Montreal is no mean
proposition. even in the abstract.
but for moment we will enter into
figures and see just what it means.
There have been harvested in the
city during the present winter some
thing like 100000 tons of ice. Multiply
this by 1000 and we arrive at total
of 32O.OOO,ooo pounds Divide this
Into the population of the city and
outlying districts, allow for the neces-
sary waste, and 1t is found that every
man, woman and child consumes in the
neighborhood of 800 pounds during the
year. However, a great deal of this
consumption is Indirect, as it We're, for
In these figures come the restaurants,
butchers and other large consumers of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
Who Pays Thrift Taxesr

There is superstition to the effect
that the foreign producer pays the I'M
port duty. This is the prime protection
argument. But If II be true, why is the
duty refunded to the trusts? If the
foreign producer of tinplate pays the
duty when>the Standard Oil Company
imports it, then it would seem that the
rebate should go to the foreign producer
and not to the trust.-Johnstown Dem.
ocrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

front of the other, is then run over
these marks by means of horses, max
ing the cuts some five inches deep.
Next the saw comes into play. In
the old days each cake was sawn, but
experience has proven that Ice, IL prop
erly handled, can be broken very read
lily with sharp iron bar. thus saving
great portion of the necessarily slower
method of saving.
The City Ice Company's men in place
of saving the ice into comparatively
small cakes content themselves with
going through 1t with the toothed in
strument at intervals OF sixty-four
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25
The cooperative wedding nresent ,s

The cooperative wedding present is a
new idea in Great Britain, where the
fact that servants and tenants on es.
tates club together and send one hand
some gift seems to have suggested to
somebody that friends might do the
same. Thus one of the January brides
was presented with diamond orna-
ment, and friends Of bridegroom uni
ted to buy him an automobile. The
American bride sometimes exchanges
her duplicates; but that is not always
convenient, and 1t tends to provoke mis-
understandings. She, too, will rejoice
II the new fashion spreads, SO that, in
stead Of pickle-dishes and the like, she
may look forward to something sub
stantial, such as n house and lot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

The farmer who reads of the great
corporations that bear SO important
part in the commercial and Industrial
world of to-day is very apt to think Of
himself as outside the pale of those who
exert controlling influence on the
community at large. And get in this as
sumption he is far from the fact. The
time never was in the history of this
country when the farmer occupied the
prominent and important position as
concerns his relations to the city that
he occupies to-day. The city was never
more absolutely dependent upon the
country than now, and the degree of
that dependence is steadily increasing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-03-25

and corporations have too many
friends in Congress TO allow n prece-
dent for large appropriations to be
made that might be used to annoX
them when some administration WIZ
be in power that really would be IN
tent on trust-busting. If Mr.. Gortel-
you, after years trial. ls found TO
be conservative and eui does just
enough trust-busting TO fool the people
into believing that something is be-
ing done, the next Congress will be
found quite willing to fill his requisi-
tions, even to the extravagant amount
that he now asks for.
Republican trust-busting is an ac-
complement that requires education
to make perfect, and the most neces-
sary part of it is to make good show
ing and yet accomplish nothing.