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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

mas carried IL may prove TO be attenueu
with wholly unnecessary inconvenience to ourselves.
China, any rate China and Russia combined hold
position III Asia far commanding than that of the
United States in the three Americas III both the gov
absolutely committed to the despotic
the republican idea, and there is obvious proof
that the Overwhelming majority Of their people do not be-
leve in their system much the corresponding majority
of people believe In Suppose China, China
and Russia together had taken ground that the Asiac
tlnent-being entirely occupied by the existing govern
ments which mostly In form and principle like tlei
longer field for colonization conquest by
any American power and that ground the outbreak
the Spansh-Amerlcan had warned off Manila and
the Philippines!
II foreign interference arises suddenly to affect the
national Judgment it is least among the possibilities
may find two changes taking place in national
of the ideas grouped under the popular term of the Monroe
doctrine We may see considerable increase in the
stngency of their application where interest clearly
calls for them within the natural sphere of influence
We them slowly moderated to countries
which under changed modern conditions longer ex
clusiyely within that sphere.
Toward the rest of the American continent beyond the
Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, 1t may some day
prove convenient for to less responsibility
railroad through the three Americas will draw more
closely together The trade will change The
legitimate sphere of influence will thus widen through
out those nations with the years. and 1t might increased
rather than diminished by moderation of extreme
claim to interfere with any exercise of their
eregnty to territory government otherwise which
their calm Judgment their best interests may bring
them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
EXPLORING A NEW RIVER.
Another White spnce on conga Ma,
Being Filled with Detail.

More than twenty years ago SaSor-
gnan de Brazza carried little steam
launch overland letwcen The head
waters of the large Ogowe river and
the upper part of a river on the other
side of the divide, n few miles away.
The natives called this stream the ALI
ma. and De BraZza believed 1t was q
tributary to the Congo and that he
might steam down the Alma to the
upper Congo far above Stanley pool.
His experiment was a great success.
He descended the Alma about 400
miles and finally entered the Congo
where the great river Is several miles
in width. Then he foated down that
river to Stanley pool. says the New
York Sun.
Meanwhile, Stanley had been labor
iously ascending the Congo, dragging
his supplies around 235 miles of
rapids; and when he reached Stanley
pool he was much surprised to find
the French flag floating OH Its north
ern bank. De Brazza had arrived be-
fore him and was founding the station
of Brazzaville. Ever since that day
a large white space has existed on
the map between the Alma and the
Congo. Explorers were too busy else.
where to trace the rivers in the region.
AT last the Pama river, supposed to be
the largest tributary Of the Alma. has
been partly explored and portion of
the blank space an the mop has been
filled.
Captain Scheerlinck, agent of the
Commercial and Agricultural Society
of the Alma, has assembled its Pama
tributary for distance of about
eighty miles. The upper part of the
river has also been explored, but no
one has visited the middle portion
The river is about 200 miles In length
and Captain Scl,errlinck found thai
for n part of the way It flows through
a wooded region in which are numer.
GUS herds Of elephants and buffaloes
The country is not densely peopled
but there are number of large settle.
ments on its banks, where white trad
ing stations have been established.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
A Remedy for sna,Ic Bite.

There is n most remarkable account
of the exploring trip of an orchid hunt
err named Andre through an unknown
part of Venezuela. i'll Leslie's Monthly.
The party met with terrible hardship
and privation, and only about half of
them got back to civilization. They
We're in continual danger from snakes,
and the native remedies, the only ones
Mt hand, We're severe ones. One day,
Mateo Ramirez one of the men walk
ing through the Jungle was bitten Just
above the ankle by Il snake. Andre
suspected that the bite was not poison.
GUS. but Mateo was i'll mortal terror
and allowed his friends to subject him
TO n remedy worse than the disease.
Throwing him to the ground, they
wound strong crccper around his
thigh until it7cut into the flesh, and
then burned the wound with live
coal until the patient shrieked in
agony. Clewed tobacco and crushed
garlic We're aft-rward rubbed in. and
the wound bound up. . The snake bite
VIZ cured, hut the poor dcvilssufrered
for many days from the remedy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

n measuring glass. The spoon is Of
sterling use in the making of gravies,
Of puddings, cakes, salads or any
dishes of a nature requiring exactness
in the seasoning.
The measuring spoon Is to be had
in grades to suit all purses. This is
the case, too, with the newly devised
'baby's spoon. which is very practical
Improvement OH the original.
The bowl of the baby's spoon is
shaped as usual, but the handle is
curved backward and welded to the
end of the bowl, forming loop like
the loop in the handle of ring. The
Topped handle is just big enough for
five small fingers to grasp, and a little
fellow making first attempts to feed
himself can get along much better
with spoon of this sort than one
of ordinary pattern.
Then there is "a new model mus.
tache spoon. n special ice-cream spoon
and an egg spoon for lifting poachel
or fried eggs from the dish. They fill
a manifest need, showing the POSSIBLE.
tiles for additions to the spoon fam.
lily, Notwithstanding the enormous var
iety of styles and shapes already in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

the world. He is OF humble extraction
and has worked himself up from the
very lowest rungs of the social and
official position. He began life as a
ticket clerk in a railway station in a
small town, and the fact that he Is
now to be made chancellor, position
something akin to that of Vice en-
peror-indica.es that the present Car
Is democratic enough and honest
enough to recognize and reward merit.
In Russia there Is no such thing as
cabinet in the European and Amer
lean sense. The ministers are entirely
Independent of one another, are APP
pointed by the Emperor, to whom they
report directly and to whom they are
alone responsible, and instead Of work.
ing in unison have been accustomed,
at any rate since the death of Prince
Gortschakoff, to work one against an
other, to tile detriment, of course, Of
the interests confided 10 their charge.
Indeed. most of the difficulties which
Count De Witte encountered since his
appointment to the post of minister Of
finance some twelve years ago have
originated with his colleagues, who,
Jealous of the confidence reposed in
him by Emperor Nicholas and by the
iate Car. have devoted energies that
should have been more usefully en-
ployed to the undermining Of his posi-
tlon at court, in the vain hope Of Sc
curing his dismissal and disgrace.
Now lie will stand on different
eo,4,, A. ,,,o,,,o,,o. ~ X,,,ii oniny
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Ry Another Name.

A few evenings ago Secretary Cor
telyou was enjoying stroll in Lin
coin Park. not far from his home on
Capitol Hill, says the Washington
Evening Post. In front of bronze
statue CT Lincoln, when adorns this
square, Mr.. Corse,you noticed two col
ored women, one of whom, as evi-
denced by her dress, was from the
country, and taking in the sights of
Washington with n, city relative.
"And you can't guess who dat is?''
the Washington woman was repeat
ing, pointing to the statue Of the
EmancipatOr.
~ don't guess cam" was the re-
spouse of the visitor. WHO is it,"
"Why, chile said the ebony guide,
proudly, dat am de instigator OBJ our
renowp."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

COL. NAscnIN. friendly. had nm
open quarrel, and after Draga became
Queen lie began to feel her displeas-
ure. He had been a man of much
prominence in the state and had been
in the diplomatic service Now through
her influence he was stripped of honor
after honor, and felt himself under
the Kings displeasrlre. He still re-
manned, however, the colonel of the
Sixth Regiment, and thus retained his
standing aud influence in military cir
cles. The plot being Matched by the
King and Queen for making Col.
Lunjeyics heir TO the throne gave him
the opportunity of organizing and di-
recting the conspiracy, which not only
gratified lis feeling for revenge but
changed the Servian dynasty. Col.
Maschln is the minister of public
works in the new government.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
A NEGRO AND A cHINAMsN
WON HIGHEST HONORS AT YALE

The highest prize and the greatest
honor in the gift OF the Yale law
school for the year went TO d negro
and Chinaman.
The Townsend prize Of 500, award
ed to the member of the senior class
Of the law school who shall write and
pronounce the best Grafton ut the pub
lie anniversary exercises Mt gradual
tion, was awarded to George Williams
Crawford, negro, of Birmingham,
Ala, and graduate of sTalladcga COL
lege.
The greatest honor given by the law
school, the degree of NJ. L., Sum ma
cum Laude, was. won by Chung Hui
Wang, Of Canton, China. He is grad
uate of Tien-Tsin University. in his
native land, and spent year at the
University of California before coming
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

feared arrest, asking her to go away
and remain in secluslon while he gave
himself up and served his time, then
he would rejoin her and they could
live happily without recurrence Of
the fear that was then oyershadow-
ing him. She refused and, 1t was
stated, told him she would commit
suicide if he was arrested.
Fischer said he had figured from the
Bible that not only is the soul of every
suicide lost, but eternal damnation
awaits those who cause others to kill
themselves, hence, to save both their
souls, he killed her and asked for and
received forgiveness for himself. Ex-
perts found he was entirely sane
even exceedingly bright, ard that he
was mainly a man of humane tenden.
cles-the kind of thief who returns
plumber when he finds lie has stolen
from the poor.
Fischer was 81 years old. III the in.
yestigation of his case it was found
that his parents, while also church
people, encouraged him to steal as n
child, and that his grandfather was a
4hiaf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
The Rare American sailor

The American sailor is getting to be
a very rare bird in these days, says
a writer in Leslie's Monthly. Perhaps
it is not well known fact, though
any man familiar with shipping mat
tiers knows it. The recruiting officers
for the navy have the very greatest
difficulty in getting Americans, even
for our men-of-war. If we have not
sailors trained in the merchant ma
rine. where will we get crews in time
Of war? have been with crowd of
navy men who We're OH shore leave in
Vera Cruz. when there were not ten
words spoken in English.
Even on the big lines which fly the
American flag in the foreign trade, the
crews are in reality foreigners, though
many of them have taken out first pa
pers in order to get berths in the line.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Mr.. Carnegie would dis; lose all that is Z
back of has assertions he would shy
suhstantially: Ass q. :. X y

Mr. Carnegie would dis; lose all that is
back of has assertions he would shy
substantially:
Il am n proteetionist in America be-
cause my steel mills are there; that 4s,
the steel mills which built, and
which. though sold, may return to me
any year because OF the mortgage 1
hold en- them. Protection in America
adds about $75,0Oo,O00 year to the.
profits of these steel mills, because It
enables them to sell Mt much higher;
prices in America than in foreign
countries. am free trader in other
countries because ! want to keep as
many foreign markets as possible
open to the products of my steel mills.
OF course 1t would never do for me to
state my real reasons, so must try
10 fool the people of 10th countries by
talking about the 'English.speaking
race the dominant wor.d-power' and
such rot, 1t is remarkable how easy II
is to catch suckers"
Mr.. Carnegie is like the late Jay
Gould in politics. He said: I'm Re-
publican in a Republ. can State, a Dem
ocrat In Democratic State, and an
Erie Railroad man everywhere and al
ways"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

To the impoverished observer of this
era of unparalleled prosperity for the
prosperous, the fact will be interesting
that the net earnings of the steel trust
for the six months ending June 80,
1908, were SOL, 5863, 2S5. This is about
AZ per cent lat the rate of 8 per cent
per annum) on the total capitalization
of the trust, water and all. That is
truly prosperous figure. But 1t is at
the rate CT about 30 per cent per
annum on that part of the capital.za-
ton which isn't water, which is pros
psrity indeed, The farmers who have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

WIS puIu, atue lOdu u run uutll next
March. The Union Pacific has also!
Just borrowed $10,OO0OOO on short
time notes. What possible nsel can.
there be for railroads to borrow mon.
ey and pay big Interest when they
have, according to their own reports,
n vast surplus. There must be so;ae-
thing rotten in the state of Denmark.
Are all these railroad reports OF vast
earnings and their large surplus tricks
of bookkeeping to induce the lambs to
buy their stock in Wall street?
There is no Doubt the railroads are
doing more business than ever before
and are charging the public exorbitant
rates for carrying freight and passen-
gers. So they have undoubtedly earned
the increased money, and their ex-
penses have not kept pace with their
earnings.
What have they done with the mon
ey? Have the managers invested it
in Wall street or loaned 1t to the
banks-those with which they are con.
nected? Wall street is in bad way
and the New York banks are inextrica-
bly, mixed up with speculation; they
are loaded down with vast amounts Of
undigested securities the water. d
stocks of the trusts AMI corporations
The ephemeral prosperity of Wall
street and the New York banks has
turned to tight times that forbodes
disaster.
Those of us who are not interested
in Wall street could view the d.scom-
future of the Spectators and the ex-
tremity of the banks with composure
IL 1t did not affect business else
where, but unfortunately 1t does. Wall
street and the New York banks and
the railroad magnates are also the
trust managers; they control directly
or Indirectly about all the products
that compose tile necessaries of HE
Their ten:acles extend TO the uttermost
ends of the United States. Disaster in
Wall street stops the wheels of COM
merce; the banks all over the country
draw in their horns and decline to
make loans. Even the farmer feels
the impending disaster, for he cannot
borrow few dollars to pay the hired
man. The country merchant stops
buying goods and the wholesale
houses reduce stocks and the manu-
facturer and the importer do restrict
ed business. Hard times come on.
Real estate is unstable and mortgages
and interest are impaired.
The Republican policy of letting we'll
enough alone when the impending
panic materializes will be viewed by
the people as letting bad enough alone
and the cry for reform will be sharp
and urgent. The protection to the
trusts and the millions they have piled
up cannot stem the tide of disaster, for
in hard times high trust prices fall
more heavily on the consumer. That
such a revulsion is coming no one with
his eyes open can doubt; the wise few
will prepare for 1t, the many will suf-
fer for their lack of observation. The
trust and railroad magnnteS are at the
bottom of the impending evil; they
have controlled the policy of the dom
inant party and have supplied the
funds to keep ii In power for, their own
selfish ends. The Republican leaders
are responsible; they have had full
| swing and must abide by the result of
their own work.-Exchaage
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
to Yale, where he has spent year.
For general high standing he led the

entire school.
Mr.. Chung modestly declines to dis
cuss his honor, saying: 81 have SIM
ply studied hard and do not pretend
to be an authority on any subject. l
am deeply interested in international
law and think that the development
of China depends largely on the prof.
cheney of her scholars in that subject.
Mr.. Crawford, the negro orator, won
his prize with an address ON Trades
Unionism and Patriotism" He said
in substance that labor organization is
indispensable to modern Industrial
life. The corporation and not the ill.,
dividual must be the unit in our new
development. We would plant the
new unionism on the basis of broth
hood. which is only another word for
democracy.
The purpose of the new unionism, as
stated by him. should be, first, to
maintain amicable relations between
employer and employc; second, to as
sist the members in earning the high
est wage consistent With the good of
all concerned; third, to defend the in
alienable right Of all mankind to work;
and fourth, to oppose strikes, lockouts,
boycotts and blacklists."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Statistics Of immigration alone do

j >
Statistics of immigrations alone do
not fully show the growth of the Ca
nadian Northwest. One must Include
such figures as those which Toronto
Globe correspondent sends from Ros-
thern and Hague, two little towns iii
the Saskatchewan country, nearly six
hundred miles from Winnipeg. -Four
years ago three carloads of grain
were shipped from these stations. Last
year they shipped more than million
bushels, and this year, Judging from
the acreage under cultivation. the ship
ment will be one-fourth larger than
that. The more workers, the more
wheat. What wonder the Old World
peoples flock to the continent that Of
fers them food and home!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Now that the farmers Of the North

Now that the farmers of the North
west have begun to raise macaroni
wheat the popularity of macaroni
among Americans ought to increase.
The Italians have long understood its
value as cheap and nourishing food,
but its use in the United States has
been confined chiefly to the large
towns. With hundred and fifty
thousand acres of macaroni wheat iii
South Dakota alone last year, and
macaroni mills in Minnesota and North
Rakota, the foed ought soon to be as
common as potatoes on the country
tables.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Useless Expeditions.

Sir Clements Markham, president of
the Royal Geographical Society,
strongly deprecatcs the costly cspcdi-
tons which the various nations sent
out in rivalry without any system of
cooperation. He considers future
north pole expeditions ms worthless;
useless for geographical purposes;
useless from the naturalist's point of
y;arv ig-ff-s. l+f -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

Statistics show that the average
amount of public schooling per capita
in this country is 99S days. That is,
there would he 00S days for each in
habitant II 1t were distributed around
Fifty years ago the average was 42O
days and at the beginning of the nine
teenth century 1t was but eighty-two
days, The nation gives the school
children Of today twelve times as
much schooling as the youngsters re-
ceiyed 100 years ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Tho Cnddis and the Brook,

Then, what wonderful collection
of interesting things the brook con-
tains! One OF the queerest is that
little bullying net of the caddys fly
among the pebbles. The caddis is
truly an insect fisherman. and Its net
catches large variety of microscopic
animals. Every one likes to watch
them. Later our caddis leaves the
brook, and we know it as four-wing-
ed moth-like insect crawling up some
grass or sedge or flying over the wa
ter-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

One of our countrymen, returning
after years of residence abroad, thus
expresses the Impression of rush" in
our living: Europeans do the thing
they are doing; Americans do the
thing they are doing and also the
next thing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
Garden nomenclature may be made a

Garden nomenclature may be made a
fascinating study for the summer
months. Not only do botanical names
mean something" as dictionary
search for their derivatives will show,
but the common English names are
full Of story. A visitor to n tropical
garden recently asked why the mon
key-puzzler" was SO named. "See these
spines which cover the trunk of the
tree thickly," explained native.
sweeping the path. 1.-The puzzle is
how the monkey ever gets down."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
NEW IN SPOONS.
Several Kinds for Special Purposes
Displayed in the Shops.

Several Kinds for Special Purposes
Displayed in the Shops.
Despite the many styles of individ-
ual spoons now In use, inventors are
continually on the alert to supply some
particular need or convenience.
A novel housewives assistant is the
measuring spoon, like the ordinary
teaspoon In size, but marked in the bot
tom of the bowl with lines and tigA,es
TO guide her in proportloning ingredi-
ents ia. cooking mixtures. The warn
ing labejs, one-half, one-quarter, one
eighth spoonful, are affixed just as on
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

The water OF the future city will be
pure. the temperature will be equal
lied. food will be scientifically pre-
served and prepared, and men will
more and more obey the common sense
laws of health, avoiding extremes and
stimulation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

Alexander and his
consort, Draga, per.
islied. Col. Maschill
was the Queens
brotller-in-law, his
brother, a Bohem,
ian engineer, who
died nysteriously
in Belgrade, having
been Draga's first
husband.
Col. Maschin and
Drnpn Onyar Very
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

to have the letters S. s. burned on
the palm Of his right hand.
r Walker paid the fine, stood in the
pillory, the branding part of the SEN
tence was carried out. and the suffer-
ing man confined in jail. There he re.
manned for nearly a year until re-
leased. He Immediately came North
and took to the lecture platform,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19

the death Of Prince
Gortschakoff, a n d
confer 1t upon
Count De White.
the minister Of
finance, is hailed
with satisfaction
by the friends of
r us STA ev cry
where. Count De
White is the ablest
official in Russia,
and one Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-08-19
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
By whiferaw REID,

The things that made the Monroe
doctrine have disappeared. Under such
circumstances 1t may be easy after
awhile for us to look over the Monroe
doctrine again in the light of the pres
ent situation of the American continent
and OF our present necessities. We will
certainly not abandon it; but we may
find, if nobody is opposing us, that per-
hnps its extension quite SO far beyond
the original purpose of Mr.. Monroe and
Mr.. Adams as tile fervor of our patriots