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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Why Prosperity is not Secure.

There is altogether too much rea-
son to believe that both organized
labor and organized capital have been
pushing prosperity to the limit, and
that both Of them have got to CO.
operate in bringing affairs to a
more substantial if less spectacular
basis. They have been the chief
sinners in bringing the country into
the condition Of apprehension
now only too manifest. For the
country ought not merely to be pros
porous, hut to feel secure in its pros
perity. Capital and labor-or,
more accurately, some capitalist and
some labor leaders-have been de
manding H. to get more
tbs, ID if, as re-
{ l8s -. .alnaces are shut down
and there is talk of curtailment
everywhere, that is a lesson that
moderation is essential to the sus-
tenance Of prosperity.-New Bed
ford Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
The DELIGHT. of Sna1tx

cling to that perhaps fanciful theo.
ry thnt no primitive instinct of man is
altogether lost. 1t is modified, ampli-
fled. refined; that is all. With all our
culture we are barbarians still. Man
is a clothed savage. And now and
again he delights. in dofling the cloth
Ing and returning heartily to savagery.
How delightful the feel of the briny
breeze and the boisterous wave on the
bare pelt! Mr.. Edward Carpenter
rails at the, I think, eleven layers of
clothing that intervene between cur
skins and the airs of heaven. Walt
Whitman reveled in his nude sun bath.
What treat, too, sometimes to get
AWAY from the multicoursed dinner
and to bite downright audibly into
simple food in the fresh air and to lap
water noisily from the brook! Well,
walking perhaps is the primal in
stinct, ancient as Eden, where the Lord
God walked in the garden in the cool
of the day. And If my theory is COR
rect walking will persist till in recov-
cred paradise man walks with his
Maker again. No mechanical contriv-
ance for locomotion will extirpate the
tribe Of tourists, of those who walk
from love of walking.-Arnold Haul
tain in Atlantic.
niini swisms;im1sSsTs .syFx1en,- -steer.nx.-
II is a standing puzzle that all blind
swimmers are able to hold an almost
perfectly straight course for very con-
siderable distances thOl1ph M mora
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
BIND Swimmers syFxYent.-sterr,
Moth. ana Butteraie..

Butterflies are active in the day and
fold their wings together when they
settle. Their antennn end in clubs.
The fore and hind wings never hook
together. The chrysalis is angular and
not inclosed in a cocoon or silken case
Moths, OH the other hand, are usually
active in the dusk or at night and do
not fold their wings together on set
tling. The feelers are very various in
shape, but rarely dubbed. The fore
and hind wings are generally fastened
together during flight by "hook and
eye" arrangement. The chrysalis is not
angular and is inclosed in some sort of
case or cocoon,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Bushes. Opportunities For AN.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best sgri-
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and busi.
ness men successful. We have q demand
for competent men, with the necessary
capital, for all branches of business. !.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers. CORES.
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
Maple Leaflets. w. T. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 6O4 Enticott Building, st. Paul,
MINI.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
A Personal Bin Of Fare.

A squire Of Andoyer once hired n
brother of Patrick, who was in his en-
ploy. The terms were made with Pat
before his brothers arrival, and the
following conversation ensued:
Squire-I'll pay your brother one fifty
a day, Patrick.
Patrick (bowing and smillng,-Yfs,
sor; yls, sor; and will he ate himself or
will ye ate him, sor?
The squire thought that Dennis had
better eat himself lf.-Lippincott's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

A very durable whitewash that will
stand nearly as well as paint is made
as follows: Slake a bushel of lime with
boiling water and thin sufficiently with
cold water to make good whitewash;
dissolve pint of white vitriol (sul-
phate of zinc) in boiling water. only
enough to thoroughly dissolve 1t: ALSO
"A quart Of fine salt. The bushel of lime
will weigh about seventy pounds, and
by keeping the above proportions n
greater; or less amount can be made.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
His Plaster.

Brannigan-The doctor told me to get
porous plasther for me stomach. !.
Druggist-Yes, sir. What sort do you
want?
Brannigan-'Tis little care what
sort it is SO long as tits aisily digested.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

The jewels of an Indian idol must be
worth stealing If many Of those re-
markably hideous images possess such
valuable head ornaments as one made
for the Idol Parthasathy, in the Tripli
cane temple at Madras. The ornament
is worth some 10000 rupees and is
made of sovereign gold studded with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies, the lar
gest emerald being valued ut 1000 ru-
pees and the biggest ruby and dia-
mond at 300 rupees apiece.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

A gentleman who had gravo doubts
rs to a servants sobriety one day nc
cused him Of intemperanc- and as a
test chalked line across the floor and
commanded him to walk along 1t.
The fellow looked at the line for a
bit. then Mt his employer. and said
mo jokes, now. sir. Which line dc
you want me to walk on?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

First Young Wife-The photographer
said my baby was the prettiest baby
he'd ever seen.
Second Young Wife-That's strange!
He said the same thing about mine.
First Young Wife-Well. suppose
he saw your baby before he saw mine.
-Roseleaf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

Papa" said little Tommy Taddells,
what is the game Of authors:''
"The game of authors. Tommy" re-
piled Mr.. Taddells, "is 10 sell their
books. ."--Smart Set
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Not Complaininr Of Thnt.

"some people say you have more
money than brains," said the blunt
person.
II hope so," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. "Alost everybody run across
is trying to trade of brains for mon
ey."-Washington Star. HIS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Poultry Notes.

Lice are generally found where
there are unclean quarters.
Give the birds plenty of room and
occasionally fumigate their house
with sulphur.
The hen has always been held up
as an example in quietness, yet she
often gets into stew.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
ALEX. sEesTRoM.
N. 6 o. ExcursIou Rates

For the Christmas and New Year
holidays the Manchester and Oneida
I iRy. will sell excursion tickets to stations
WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 200
MILES, at a fare and one:third for the
round trip.
+ Tickets will be sold December "a, %
and 3D.. 1903, and January 1st, 1904,
good to return up to and Including
January 4, 1904. 47.w6
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Phil,
The doctor was snno,,;

The doctor was sanguine.
We're going to pull you through!'
quoth he.
by the leg| querulously demanded
the patient sordid man, whose soul,
even in that extreme moment, brooded
on the matter of e1pense.-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

In the United States the rate Of
mortality to railway employees during
a year is l for every 306 employed.
In Germany it is l for every $50 and
in Austria l for every l,0G7. Human
life is held twice as cheap here by
the railways as in Germany and
three times as cheap as in Austria.
In injuries not fatal the comparison
is still more humiliating to this
country. In the United States l in
33 is injured, in Germany in 1859
and in Austria l in 292.-Minne-
.anolis Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

Are you blind by natureY asked
the charitably inclined citizen.
No. sir" candidly replied the beg
gar "Tm blind by profession"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
q, g. cATEe.

" work In my line, Moving household goods
and pianos specially. All work will receive
prompt attention. A share Of your patronage
to man who has come to stay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

j. M.PEAasE.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
u OR. All business entrusted to him given
prompt attention. Office In City Han block,
second hoor'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

The farmer who is out of debt
and has his corn crop in the crib,
his stock well housed and his larder
supplied with buckwheat flour and
fresh sausage is in position of
greater Independence than Pierpont
Morgan. Chauncey Depew, John d.
Rockefeller or any other feller, There
may be times when the lot of the
farmer is full Of care and anxiety,
but most of them are content and
very independent these cool days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

The first steamer on the Thames was
the Marjory in 1914. The Richmond
followed her a year later.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Farm For Sale.

A fine Stock and Dairy farm Of 200 acres &
station and creamery Comfortable house,
good horse and cow barn, hog house corn cribs
and other out buildings, fine we'll Of water
with wind mill attached. 10 acres Of splendid
timber miles east OF farm will be SOLD with
came II desired. For terms inquire of
ABNER DUNHAM OR
GA. DUNHAM,
s6tf Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

$500 More Than Half Fare Via o. q.
W. Railway.
To points in Arkansas, Colorado,
Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Tick
cts on sale Dec. lat and 18th, 1903; and
Jan. 9Th and 10th, 1904. For further
information apply to any G. w. Agent,
or j. z. Elmer, G. 2. A., Chicago, Ill. \
47-w6.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

CARPENTER. CONTRACTOR Il BUILDER
~ am now prepared to do all work In my
line In good and workmanlike manner Salts
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished. Work taken in town or country, shop
near the stand tower on West Side Of river.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

LAWRENCE & GREMs.
nRUGS. Wall Paper. Stationery, Paints, Oils,
~ etc. City Hall block. ;.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
rHoe. q. cARkEEk.

A RCHITECT AND BUILDING sUPERIN.
A. TENDENT.S 8. E.. Corner. 8th and Main st.
Dubuque, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

A. A.E.PETERsoN.
nEADER IN Groceries. Provisions, Cfotk
~ cry, Fruits. etc. Main Street,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
Our Business Directory.
HoLLlsreR LuMeEa co.

r UMBER and all kinds of building materials
~ Posts and Coal. Corner Of Delaware and
Madison streets.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
DIR. ). w. SCOTT.
Surgeon. and Dentist. sol &
Main Street. Telephon 23s.

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
Is prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
4 Monuments and Head Stones Of various de-
etgns. Have the county right for Sipes Pat
snf Grave Cover; also dealer in Iron Fences.
Will Inject all competition. 81 q.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

scHAaLEs. THE TAILOR.
MERCHANT TAILOR and Gents Furnishing
Nl Goods. Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

( 9. YoRAH. h. F. ARNOLD. MI. YoRAN-
yORAN. ARNOLD q YORAN
A ATTORNEYS AT Law, and Real Estate
q Agents. Once over Delaware County State
Bank. Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
ATTORNEYS.

Cav DUNBAR. r. n. STILES w. Il. NORRIS
~ DUNHAM. NORRIS q STILES.
"A TTORNEYS AT Law AND NOTARIES
a Public. Special attention given to Collec.
tons Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agts.
Once In City Hall Block. Manchester, Ia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30
4. r. MOONEY.

(Successor to Lee Bowman.)
DLACKSMITH and Wagonmaker. Delhi,
ID Iowa. Work done promptly and In Q work
mAnlike manner. Charges REASONABLE. Your
eatronsse solicited. ieu
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-30

o.E. BRONSON. 4 M. CARR.
BRONSON q CARR.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Special attention
given To- collections. Onice In Denocrat
ButlAns. Franklin Street. Manchester. Iowa.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

America. Many a man who has been
in the employ of the six companies
that make up the corporation has first
been warned and then fined, and not
a few have been sent away for re-
fusing to adhere to the rules. But
the directors have persevered, and now
whenever a fisherman hires out to
work in Galilee he comes prepared to
live an exemplary life while on the
property. If he hasn't already heard
who haven't-he is first told of them
them. His getting work depends on
his answer.
AS rule, the three hundred odd
men and boys employed by the TWEEN
ty-siX native Jerseymen, who form the
various companies, abide by the rules
to the letter. They say they can't
very we'll help it when their en-
ployers set such good examples; and
to back up their statement they tell
how Steward Johnson and his partner,
when they were spilled out on the
beach while trying to launch a sea
skiff in the surf, didn't even say
darn" and how Albert Koplin, when
telling of his adventure in laying off
shore all night in an open boat, never
even thought of punctuating his tale
with by gum!" or 'Dumned if it
wasn't"
Be that as it may, it is true that
when two brawny members of the
corporation let a barrel of fish fall on
their toes the other day, while they
were loading it in a freight car, neither
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

employed the language that is Gus
tomarily used to illuminate such occa-
sions, and they even refrained from
demonstration of any sort when the
provocation was materially increased
by the "jollying" given them by their
fellow workers.
Naturally, when the owners of Gal
lice are themselves so exemplary in
their conduct, their employees cannot
very well help breaking away from
the time-honored customs of fisher
folk. But old habits will crop out
once in a while despite good example,
and when atavistic tendencies are
noted in Galilee they are straightway
repressed.
What do I think of Galilee?" re-
peated a youth who was carrying two
fish baskets. well, stranger, here's
what think. 1 think them there by
! laws has made Galilee the most God
| forsaken-"
Easy there, Bob" admonished
! Bobs employer, who was Industrious
! ly working on a net short distance
away and had caught the last few
words, vehemently expressed.
THE most pokey place." corrected
Bob, with a chastened air, II ever
/ hope to get in"
The men-especially the Swedes
who make up large part of the EN-.
| ployes-sometimes chafe at the rules
and not infrequently make complaint
They are always answered in thi:
| fashion:
That's the bylaws. You knew
! that when you came. If you are tiret
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

If they didn't a half dozen husky Ash
ernen would lead their horses out of
the corporate limits, despite vigorous
protest. The fishermen have the right
to do this, and they are not slow about
exercising it when the occasion re-
quires, for the simple reason that their
village is nothing more nor less than
close corporation formed under the
state laws of New Jersey and protect
ed from outside interference by them.
In other words, the fishing hamlet of
Galilee is a business proposition pure
and simple, and no one can live or
work therein without the consent of
the board of directors of the Galilee
corporation.
This unusual situation is the result
of an attempt on the part of the cot
tagers along the strip of beach to drive
the fishermen off. Galilee owns a
choice piece of land, stretching back
from the beach to the Shrewsbury riv-
err, a fourth of a mile away, right in
the heart of the fashionable cottage
section. The cottagers thought the
fishermen's shanties were a blot on
the landscape, and tried to buy UP the
property. The tishing-both pound and
| hook and 1ine-is excellent, and the men
of Galilee refused to sell. Then the cot
| tagers began a war upon them. But
lot, and before the enemy had fairly
started the campaign Galilee was in
corporated, and the papers flashed in
the astonished faces of the cottagers.
| That ended all attempts to GUST the
| last distinctive fishing colony on the
Atlantic between Sandy Hook and
North Long Branch.
The incorporation OF the hamlet led
up to it's two curious bylaws. From
| its founding by William Monahan, a
noted fisherman and character along
the North Jersey coast in his day. I'M
til it's incorporation, no lives had been
lost at sea. That. according to the
men OF Galilee, was due more to a
| kind Providence than to good seaman
ship, for rum flowed in those days.
| to quote one of the teetotaler fishers.
But the incorporates did not believe
in letting well enough alone, especially
as the majority were pillars of the lit
| tie Methodist Church down in North
Long Branch. So they decided to help
| Providence in it's task of looking after
| the colony, and the two bylaws were
| framed. Drinking" they argued.
| leads to recl<lessness, and recklessness
browns fishermen. Swearing awakens
passion, and cool head is needed to
wrest without danger our daily bread
| from the sea-"
The directors had a hard time at
| FIRST enforcing these bylaws, which
hey hold to be largely responsible
| lor the record of no lives lost-one
| that can scarcely be duplicated by
] any other deep-sea fishing colony in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

luton the government was put to
desperate straits to raise troops to
keep up the fight on the IsthmuS
where the Liberal insurgents made
their longest and most desperate
stand. Week after week, month after
month, year after year, soldiers were
poured into the Isthmus from all parts
of the country by hundreds and thou
Sands-only to melt away in an in
credibly short time. Some were killed
in battle or died of disease, but three
| fourths deserted to the enemy.
ITO pour troops into the Isthmus,"
! said the late General Alban, who was
killed in naval engagement while he
was Governor of Panama, "is worse
than pouring water into the sand. It
simply means reinforcing the revo-
lutionists!"
Frequently, whole companies and
| regiments would go over to the Lib
erals, officers and all. This seems
less remarkable when the manner OF
| their enlistment is considered.
1t was a common thing to see a
score of Indians dragged into Pam
anna by band of soldiers. Each In
dian had a rawhide lariat round his
! neck, which was held by soldier as
a man would hold a mule. and his
! arms were bound to his side by raw
! hide ropes.
|
. can visitor once asked the captain Of
{ the escort. Are they criminals whom
/ you have captured?"
mo, senor," the captain replied.
'"They are volunteers for the army"
In the remoter districts government
| troops would surround the churches
! during mass, enroll all the male MEM
bers of the congregation in the army,
and march away with them. They
would catch the Indians peacefully
tilling their fields, and make them
exchange the ploughshare for the
machete.
Even in Panama, when the need for
recruits was keenest, a company Of
! soldiers would be suddenly marched
! out of the Quartet" lined up across
| both ends of a street, and ordered to
arrest every boy and man caught be-
| tween the lines. Any well-known
Liberals in the batch were flung into
| Jail; the rest were given rusty Maui
sers, taught the "goose-step" and sent
out to fight. Most of them took the
first opportunity of deserving to the
Liberals. Their forcible enlistment
naturally made them dislike the gov
eminent, even if they had not disliked
| it before.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29
BY GUY T. VISKNISKKI.
Copyright, 1908. by Guy T viskniskki.

The ancient fishers of Galilee were
made famous for all time by furnishing
four of the Apostles-Peter, Andrew,
James and John. The modern fishers,
Of Galilee are equally famous in their
way-they neither drink nor swear,
and. still more remarkable for a fish
ing hamlet, not a soul of them has
been lost at sea in the forty years
of the villages existence.
A citizen of the world who hap
pened into modern Galilee, situated on
the New Jersey coast among numer-
Gus summer resorts, some two miles
south of fashionable Seabright, found
all this out, and more, too in the
short time he stayed in the village,
the part of big, bluff Herbert Johnson
to show him the Methodist Church
down the road a piece at North Long
Branch" Mr.. johnson is a steward
of the church.
Said the stranger, as he started con-
versation with the half dozen hardy
men Of the sea engaged in freighting
the days catch. some 1900 pounds
of weak fish, at the little platform
erected by the railroad siding:
Warm day for November. Damn
near like
"Whoa-up!" admonished Steward
johnson gently but firmly. "No
swearing allowed in Galilee."
What" gasped the man of the
world.
That's right" was the response
There's a fine against it."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-29

if they had to pay the market price
for ice the difference between II anu
IA cents would practically eat up t"'
profit made on the fish.
1t may be inferred from all TINS tLla'
Galilee has no troubles of its OWL
That would be a mistake. 1t mas ot4e
which is by no means small. While ti it
sea has taken no life in Galilee, ~
has tried hard to wipe out the vlilase.
1t nearly succeeded last spring durins
a violent three days storm. 1t PROVE "a
bly, would have done so had not tIp
inhabitants literally picked up ln tLs
village and moved it back from ~
beach to the banks of the ShrewSpui y
behind the sand dune. The hahll sst,ar
practically safe now, but the hS 80
folk are constantly battling with ~
ocean in the effort to keep their pe' Nv
property from being washed away ~
treacherouS currents. .av
And don't you fisher FOLK 81,
things" asked a visitors, when nd
see the sea eating your property, 20 n
didn't you say things when you h"O
move the village back?" .,or-
Herbert Johnson, the aforenlent NJ
ed steward in the Methodist en- i.Sook
North Long Branch, smiled ano us"
his head. TITS against the ps-'~
he said.