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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
LUCK BROUGHT MILLIONS.


Accidental discovery In IRON Shop
Created Great Wealth.
The creation Of the fortune of Ben.
jamin Il. Jones, who died the other
day, estimated in his home city OF
Pittsburg at $5O.OOO,0O0. was one OF
those odd events that are wholly un.
available In support of the contention
that pure luck or chance plays no In
considerable part in human affairs,
says the New York World.
Jones owned small forging shop
thirty years ago and had no apparent
prospects Of entering Authorization.
One day an employe, careless fellow,
let pair of cold tongs slip from his
hands and they fell between the roll.
ers. Examination of the tongs when
they were recovered disclosed the fact
that the metal in them .:ad been acct
dcntally made into an exceptionally
high-grade quality of steel.
The patent secured on that purely
chance discovery was the passport of
Jones Of Pittsburg to one of the largest
fortunes in the country and incidental
~ to political Immortality as the chair.
man Of Blaine's presidential campaign
committee who fried the fat" out of
such manufacturers ms were sluggish
In their contributions.
The perverse moral of this story is
accentuated by the fact that the care
less workman who dropped the tongs
was rewarded for his carelcssnass with
gift Of $4,000. Young Americans
will nevertheless do well to believe
that as rule large fortunes are not
made by chance but by deep thinking
and hard working; and also that pains.
taking, not carelessncss, is the main
highway to success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Thousands of unnaturalized aliens
vote at every election. 1t is only teces-
sary that they should declare their In
tention to become citizens. Then II
they have been In this country from
six months to two years-the time var
les In the twelve States with alien
voters-they may go to the polls with
native-born Americans and cast their
ballots. The right to vote is a gift
from the State, on the comforting or
withholding Of which there is no lin
itation save that contained In the If
teenth amendment to the constitution.
That says that the suffrage may be
denied to no one on account Of race,
color. or Of any previous condition of
servitude. In the exercise of the dis.
erection allowed to the States, Con-
necticut, for instance, has required
that voters must not only be citizens Of
the United States. but that they must
also be able to read English. In
Mississippi voters must be citizens,
and must be able to read or to under
stand the constitution; whereas In
Nebraska an allen who need have been
in the United States only six months
and who, thirty days before election,
declared his intention Of becoming a
citizen, may vote, whether he can read
English or even speak 1t. In the great
majority of States voters must be clti-
zens. and in all the States the judges
l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

supplying the bulk Of flour shipped to
Japan from the ports OF Puget Sound.
During one month no less than OO,-
600 barrels were consigned to the prin-
cipal cities Of the Mlkado's country
from Seattle by the vessels OF the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha line alone. Proper
tionately as much went by the Tacoma
and Vancouver lines. to say nothing OF
the shipments from Portland and San
Francisco.
No specifcreason has been given for
wheat shortage In Japan and none real
ly may exist. Nevertheless, Japan Ii
buying an enormous amount Of -four,
which gives force to the murmurings
of war between the Gear and the Mi.
kado. 1t is known. too. that Japan ia
drawing upon China for American
-four.
Owing to the warm, damp climate Of
China in summer flour does not keep
well. It is unsafe to carry very lnrge
stocks. Hongkong, usually the grea,
depot for American flour shipped to
China, has her warehouses full, but
these she is emptying to Japan.
While Japan and China grow wheat
their production is ininitesimal as
compared with the demands for fiou1
from their millions of population.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

1896. Nearly 1900 deaths occurred from the
,..o epidemic Of cholera.
1000. Kansas aid meeting on the court
t doss e.. sau ae.e subscribed 700 for
trains were run, and the hrst IRON
bridge over the river was swung Il
husn street. First high school
1851. Chicago banks were In panic,
At the close Of the year CHICAGO was
aa,s ~. as the metropolis Of
d dne West with population Of ss.-
1858. The nrst street chr was run in State
street. Fire department was organ-
$50 LED on paid basis.
slsoo. Loss Of the steamer Lady Elsin with
xSs deaths was the catastrophe Of
- the year. Population, iC9, o0O
!s0a. Camp Douglas established
let2. First internal revenue collector was
appointed. - : -
1863. -Four hundred miles of streets Ind
been Improved In various ways, and
twenty-five miles had been graveled.
1855. Wotk was begun on the frst water
1865. The nrst water crib was opened. The
Union stockyards were opened for
business and the frst fire alarm tele.
,eoo graph service was established.
isoS. MASH washington it street tunnel the INST
park act was passed.
1870. Population. 2ss,877.
1871. The great IRE on Oct. Z, q. and O.
with loss Of $3.50. 900. 900. City rei
incorporated under the new general
law. La Sale street tunnel opened.
1873. Serious financial panic, which Affect
ed the whole country. -
1880. Population, 603,1S5
1882. Cable trains frst opened by the Chi.
cngo City Railway Company.
1888. Present City Hall and County Build.
Ing were completed.
1886. Anarchist riots broke out in Haymar-
ket square. q
1890. Population, 1,1o5,640. making Chicago
the second city in the United States.
1902. First elevated railroad put into ope.
ration. Ground broken for the great
sia drainage canal.
1893. Holding Of the Worlds Fair.
1904. Failure Of Moore Brothers Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit Compa.
mics, with liabilities Of 81, 0O0, 600. FL
naneinl hurry and temporary closing
at Pullman, ILL.,, by American Rail.
road Union, led by Its President, Eu-
gene V. Debs; many riots In Chicago
Quelled by police, State militia, and
United States troops sent by Presi.
dent Cleveland.
1906. Sound money parade Of 100000 men.
grentcst political parade that ever
took plnce on the continent.
1907. Joseph Letter forces q corner In
wheat, the price going to $l.s7 a
1889. Opening Of the drail ,gc canal
through the gates Mt Lockport. Cor.
nerstone Of the Federal building laid
by President Mckinley on Oct. o.
1900. Population, 1,698, 575. & ,S}is!.i 4
1908. The celebration OF the centennial an
niversnry. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
1t should not be forgotten that the

1t should not be forgotten that the
people Of Macedonia have been prepar.
ing for long time to give battle to
the sultan, and later it will be found
probable that much of the bloodshed
should not be laid to the door of the
Turk. While the condition is bad
enough, most OF the reports are prob
ably grossly exaggerated, because
many Of the so-called towns of Mace
donna. which are said to have been
destroyed. consist of only about half
q dozen farm buildings. Rivers which
are luridly reported to be damned
with the bodies Of murdered Christians
are In reality streams SO small and
sluggish that any small object would
stop their flow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

lake In the same weather. This pro-
cess is repeated till cakes of ice Of COM
mersial size are produced, and each
process is more expeditions than the
previous one from the fact that there
Is the initial foundation of Ice. When
the first set Of ice cakes are finished
another set Of paper tanks is set upon
supports which rest on the basic layer
and the process is repeated. This is
repeated in turn till as much ice as
1t Is possible to make on the location is
frozen. and then the walls are put into
the building and the ice is packed and
the place closed up till the ice is re-
quired.
Il. f., Cook. Chicago inventor, Is
the originator Of the process.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

There has never been any peculiar
punishment invented to fit the crime
Of the man who for the sake Of gain
will deliberately supply savages with
guns with which to carry on war
against his own countrymen, but
doubtless there ought to be. In con-
nect1on with this subject 1t is interest
ing to notice the recent removal by
Germany from her gunmakers Of the
prohibition against sending guns to
China-guns into the muzzles of
which German soldiers may have to
look in some future Pekin expedition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

exports 1874 packing industry
that
public institutions followed with the advent
Federal of
practically city
and fifteen the population doubled
The Worlds Fair the city encrclng
succeeding exposition
the improve
buildings erected
Beauty
of and substantial
that occupy nearly all the space the
of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

day original settlement by trap
present. city
OF the world like
disaster triumph embraced
to great holding
Passing
again resumed the vicinity the
Black Hawk termination hoss
withdrawn permanently and the village Chicago
In 1887 charter the city Chicago
Assembly illinois,
Ogden years
apopuaton
these developed
In 1871 the first lM the the first
launched giant strides that
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cant property within the heart of the
city itself can be utilized for the work.
An inexpensive skeleton structure is
set up, open on all sides, but covered
by a roof. An ample supply of pure
water is provided for and the opera
tors wait for the first freezing weather.
AS this approaches paper tanks the
size of the blocks of ice 1t is proposed
to freeze are prepared on substantial
foundations, but allowing an air space
under and around them. When the
thermometer is right two or three
inches of water is run into each tank
and it will freeze into solid block in
a short time, much quicker than sim
liar cake of ice would form on an open
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

At Chicago. 19-year-old boy, won
the first prize for the best dress hat
at milliners' convention. This seems
to open new field. for the tasteful
Of the male sex. Man is a good Judge
Of the neatly dressed woman. 1t is
claimed that the average woman takes
more care with her dress In order to
please the men than to attract the
critical gaze Of her own sex. As man
knows what styles are the most attrac-
tive to his eye, he seems the proper
one to design them. 1t Is stated that
woman is rapidly crowding herself In
to occupations which We're formerly
exclusive with men. Now man has
the chance to get even, by designing
and constructing the head gear for
women.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
JACK FROST PROCESS
OF ICE MANUFACTURE

Paying due honor to the fact that
Frost is king in the ice business, a
natural process of manufacturing ice
at a nominal expense has recently
been perfected and patented. The the
DRY Of the process is in taking advan-
tage Of natural conditions and improv-
ing upon nature in minor details. The
patents that have been granted on the
process by the Washington authorities
are what are known as "basic," which
means that nothing of similar ma
ture has ever been passed upon by the
patent office. The Jack Frost process
can be carried out anywhere: all that
1t requires is freezing weather. The
conditions under which the ice is pro-
duced are simple and at the same time
novel. For instance, any piece Of va
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

called the Dearborn, was built, and
County Court was established.
1846. Recruiting for the Mexican war lent
to the excitement Of the year.
1S47. Celebration Of the victory Of Buena
Vista, In which citizen had an arm
blown of bJ cannon.
1913. The first telegram by the Morse code
was received In Chicago from MIL
waukee. The Illinois and Michigan
canal was opened. The nrst session
Of the new United States Court was
held. On Oct. 25 the first railway
locomotive %as coupled to two cars,
and the train was run out about i've
miles over the track of the Galena
road.
1870. Storm md flood damaged shipping to
the extent Of 100000 The old IRE
mont House WIS sgain burned, to-
gether with twenty other buildings.
There was another epidemic Of chol-
crn. A panic among the banks.
1850. The United State. census showed q
population OF 29,033. First gas was
turned on the mains.
1853. First labor strike.
1854. Illinois Central railroad, first railroad
completed into Chicago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Board Of Health. First courthouse
and the first schoolohuse built.
1896. Ground broken for the Illinois and
Michigan canal on July 4. Galenn
and Chicago Union railroad was char
tered.
1887. The city of Chicago was incorporated
and Its first city election held. The
first census of the city showed pop
ulation of 4,170 First theater was
opened. Financial panic.
1888. First steam fire engine was pur-
chased, and the first lake steamer
was built. The first expectation of
grain from the rost WINS IS bushels
Of wheat.
1899. Fire cost the city n loss of $4,000
1910. The public free schools were reorgan-
lied and made permanent. Popula-
tiop, ALTO.
1913. Lowest price Mt which corn and
wheat ever sold freely was reached in
s February, when corn sold for IS
cents, and white winter wheat at SO
cents bushci
1874. Tornado swt 1t over the city and into
the lake, doins-damage to city and to
shipping.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Our millionaifes' daughters may.
marry English dukes and earls and
thus with American money repair the
financial decay Of the English land
values. But the few such family al
liances that can be arranged will never
haze fne effect Of Installing In the
minds and hearts Of the American
masses the slightest reverence or
affection or respect for a titled aristo-
crncy as a social Institution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

A game Of gossip" played in some
sections of the East with much favor
seems to have in 1t some elements Of
danger. The game is played with pho
tographs which are shufied and dealt
out like cards. Every one in the party
receives photo. 1t is then the play
to go around the circle each party in
turn telling every mean thing that can
be thought Of about the party photo
graphed. The Grafton. N. D., Record
says 1t knows Of localities where the
game has been played for years with
out photographs. Too true!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

The trappings Of woe are expensive
and It is quite worth the while of
leaders in thought to deprecate the
custom Of elaborate funerals. II a.
duke can get along comfortably with
a $S5 funeral there Is no reason why
the late John Smith should be buried
at an expense involving the mortgag-
ing of the family home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
"As WEAK AS A CAT"
Another Familiar Adaxe Founded ON
tho Mistake of Fact.

Another Familiar Adaxe Founded on
tho Mistake Of Fact.
OF all the animal adages founded
on the mistakes of fact, "as weak as
a cat" is the most absurd. Really, the
cat is most muscular animal. The
lion, the tiger and other so-called ."big
CATS" MS you already know, are Of the
same family with our common house
pussy; we shall not speak of them
further. "As weak as cat" is applied
to the house pussy; but to say "as
weak as kitten" is truer. One may
then mean the newborn kitten which
comes into the world blind, softer and
more helpless-looking than even the
blind puppy; but which, however, is
not 50 hopelessly weak as the puppy,
the kitten having sharp claws which
the puppy has net. Yca know SO
pie?
The cats muscles are extraordinarily
large and powerful In proportion to the
animals size. Then again those mus
cles are attached to bones, fitted to-
gether at such angles as to make 1.-The
finest system of springs and levers"
says DIR. Huidekopcr, known in the
whole group; the claws are sharper
and are curved into stronger hooks
than in any other mammal. and by
the action Of special muscles are with
drawn under the protection of sheath
like pads, that they may escape wear
and injury when not in USE" The
slender, supple form of the cat makes
it capable Of the highest activity. The
heavy boy, you may have noticed, is
not always the strongest; the thin. &c.
tive boy is the fastest runner and the
quicker at games which need both
strong and timber. muscles.
The shoulder-blade, the arm and the
forearm. the thigh, the leg and the
foot of the cut lie at what the veteri.
nary surgeons call CLOSED angles"
That peculiar conformation shows that
the enormous jumps which the cat
can take to the envy of any athletic
boy are due to the great power and
the closed angles of the joints; but the
conformation of the legs make the
cats stride at n walk, a trot or n run
remarkably limited. The cat moves,
therefore, with wonderful guickncss,
and with no great speed. The boys
who shy he feels "as weak as n cat
II he is. at all like the ,mt-should be
splcndidly muscular. The truth fs
that, in proportion to the size Of his
body, he can never hope to be us strong
as cat.-Our Animal Friends.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

1t is useless to quarrel with daugh-
tiers Of American multimillionaires
who enter upon international alliances.
Isolated as they are by their great
fortunes, they are necessarily restrict
ed in their acquaintance with men,
and in their choice of husbaEds in
this country to the narrow circles of
the Idle rich. Within those limits
money is the principal and often the
only standard Of social virtue. In that
environment q simple marriage Of af-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

lection must be comparatively rare.
Not upon the daughters, but upon the
sons Of the American rich, must rest
whatever Of blame there may be for
the surrender of the American woman
to the titled fortune hunter. It Is not
her fault IL she can get more for her
money in London than in New York.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

This revived discussion respecting
the advisability Of cutting the word
"obey" out Of the marriage service is
useless. In the future as in the past
women will cheerfuuy promise obedi-
ence, but will make things interesting
for the man who undertakes to en-
force it
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNolsELY
CONDENSED.
Richards Gets Eighteen Years-Man
Drowned in Mississippi by Biz Cat
flsh-Discouraged Farm .r Kills Him-

Judge Applegate at Indianola over
ruled the motion for new trial In the
Richards case, and sentenced the former
Deputy United States Marshal. convict
ed of participation In the Sullivan rob
berry, to eighteen years in the peniten.
tiary. Richards attorneys will at once
appeal to tile State Supreme Court, in
the hope Of getting a reversal Of the YER
dict He will probably be released on
bond pending action on that appeal.
Richards is so years old, and his sem
tence means that ne must spend probably
the remainder Of his life iii prison unless
the verdict is reversed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
Conversational Gambits.

Distinguished Lady Novelist (very
earnestly oh, yes. and you're an Ok
ford man? Well. now. what do you
Oxford men think-will Kipling liver
Brown of Brasenose (who knows lit
tie of literature and cares less)- Good
heavens! I'm very sorry. hut l never
knew the poor bcggar was Ill (Col.
lapse Of distinguished lady noyellst.)-
John Bull.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

We cannot understand why Emperor
William, enjoying all the protection
which goes with his divine right,
should consider 1t necessary to sleep
in tent Of asbestos. He can't be
.lflred.D
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

The shipbuilders Of Great Britain
believe that IL they would all combine
they could produce yacht that would
carry of the Americas cup. They
might, provided they hired Yankee
crew to sail It.
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big catfl,h Kan, = Mnn.

After a desperate struggle with an I'M
mense catfish in the Mississippi River at
Muscatine, William Mccain lost his life.
McClain was in skiff enjoying days
sport. Suddenly he felt a tug at his line
and he prepared to land the FISH. At the
first pang caused by the hook In his
mouth the huge catish shot forward,
dragging McClain out of his boat and
Into the swift current. The line became
entangled about the unfortunate mans
body and, despite his efforts to release
himself or reach the shore, he was
drowned. AZ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

A New York woman exhibited all the
symptoms Of hydrophobia when her
daughter came home and announced
she had just been married to a man
named Terrier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
JAPAN AFTER OUR FLOUR.
Shipments to the Orient Exceed All
prev1oua Recnrdo

Previous Records.
The more or less strained relations
between Japan and Russia, with the
prospective shortage of the wheat crop
of the island kingdom, is resulting in
commercial benefit to the United
States, in that Japan is buying an I'M
usual amount of American -four at this
time, says the Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger. Never before at this season of the
year have the -four shipments been so
heavy. The State Of Washington Is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Inasmuch as man cannot have two
wives at the same time, he ought to
be protected from duplication Of
breach Of promise suits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Every time Lieutenant Hobson sees
a new girl or calls on family where
there Is manageable daughter, the
society reporters cannot sleep nights.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

John Hill, Jr.. has written book to
tell people how they drop their money
ON the stock market. Most Of them
know.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

suspenders are going into a trust.
That's one thing this world needs.
How often do we see suspenders that
cannot be trusted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

What's this7 The Kaiser rebuking
the Uhlans for riding down the crowd
at Berlinl Has the army lost caste,
and Its concomitant privileges?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

Optimism is only another word for
beauty. In the worlds great market
of friendship there is no call for the
Whitney cat mortal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

J Agents Of the Interior Department
hold high. Jack and the game, leaving
the Indians with but Lo. Is 1t any
wonder that the Indian took none Of
the tricks? ~,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14
False Preacher ecntcnced.

F. u. Meyers, claiming to represent a
large Chicago firm, also posing as a
preacher and Singing evangelist," but
really much-wanted ex-convict, who
was arrested in Muscatine n month ago,
was sentenced to FIVE years in the peni-
Tertiary. He has Heeced Iowans in many
cities out Of thousands of dollars.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

-Four crops of corr are produced
nearly In Cuba. The first crop is
planted in December, and the fourth
crop Is harvested In December.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-10-14

William T. Henry, aged 30 years, COM
mitted suicide Mt his farm southeast of
Oskaloosa by hanging himself In barn.
Temporary alteration was the cause. He
was man of considerable wealth. He
had sold some farms md felt he had been
worsted In the bargain and had worried
over the matter. Henry was in poor
health and feared poverty.