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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

Betss. Thorn DetsnctsoH.
There IRE worse things than et,p-
nsm," says the Manayunk philosopher.
ut Is better to talk yourself up than to
run other people down." Philadelphia
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
soly1ne. q Mysterz.

Ia Solving q Mystery. =
Little Tommy Papa. what is BIZ
pedf
Papa-An animal with two legs. For
instance, q man is q biped. my boy.
Little Tommy Well. what's Uncle
James He's only got one leg Column
bus Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15

Clown Talk tell about the new
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Magill, Mgr, Townsite Dept, Fort
Dodge, Ia. 25w4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-15
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$500 Round Trip
TO
st. Paul and Minneapolis.

The American Union of Swedish
Singers hold q Musical Festival at Min
neBpolis, Minnesota, July 21-24, and
the Illinois Central will sell excursion
tickets to the Twin Cities for q special
train which will leave Manchester at
1899 p. m. and arrive at Minneapolis
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An exceptional opportun-
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
Alias Summons.

In the District Court of the Fifth Ju
dicial District of the State of Idaho, in
and for the county of Bear Lake.
Edmond A. Stephens, plaintiff, VS..
Minnie Stephens, defendant.
State Of Idaho to Minnie Stephens
In the name of the people of the state
of Idahc:
You are hereby notified that there is
now on file in the Office Of the Clerk Of
the District court of the Fifth Judicial
District of the state of Idaho in and for
the county of Bear Lake the complaint
Of the said Edmond A. Stephens, which
action is brought against you to secure
a decree of this court, dissolving the
bonds of matrimony existing between
you and him.
The particulars more fully appearing
i'll plaintiffs complaint. certified copy
Of which is served herewith and made
part hereof, and you are hereby warned
that unless you appear and answer to
said complaint within ten days after the
service thereof, if served within Bear
Lake county. aud within twenty days if
served out Of said county, but within
said Judicial District, and within forty
DAYS il served out of said district (exclu-
siye of the day Of service) plaintiff will
apply for the relief demanded according
to the prayer of said complaint.
In testimony whereof, I, James E,
Hart Clerk of said District Court. have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at Paris, Idaho, this
24th day of August, A d., 1903
JAMES e. HART,
Il. 81 Clerk Of the District Court.
Glenn q Longfellow,
Attorneys for plaintiff
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
Notice Of Application for Pardon.
To v hom it may concern:

To whom it may concern:
Ee it known that the undersigned
who was charged with making an, as
suit with d deadly weapod upon the per-
son of Joseph Hebdon, at Georgetown,
Bear Lake County, Idaho. on he 9th
day of July, a. D, 1902 and was CON
victed thereof on the 28th day of April,
A. D. 1908, in the District Court in and
for Bear Lake County and state of Idaho
and sentenced by said court to serve q
term of one year III the State Peniten-
tiary of said Sta a, will ON the 7th day
of October A. D. 1903. apply to the
Board of Pardon of The State of Idaho
for said offence and that he he restored
to his liberty and citizenship. the said
18th day Of October being the first day
of the regular October meeting of said
Board. Ephram Latham
By Glenn & Longfellow,
Dated Aug, %, 1903. His Atty's
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.

In the District Court of the I'm ted
states for the southern division district
of Idaho, in bankruptcy.
In the matter OF John X Nelson,
bankrupt.
To the creditors of John K Nelson. of
Montpelier, in the county Of Bear Lake
and state Of Idaho, and district afore-
said, a bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the
22nd day of August, A. D., 1903, the
said John X. Nelson was duly adiudi-
icated bankrupt; and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at
the Office of Glenn and Longfellow in
Montpelier, Bear Lake county, on the
18th day of September, A. ID. 1903 at I
o'clock in the afternoon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
LORENZO T. SHEPHERD,
Referee in Bankruptcy
Dated August 22nd, 1903.
Glenn Sc Longfellow,
Attorneys for Bankrupt.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
Alias Summons.

In the District Court of the Fifth ia
dicial District of the State of Idaho, in
and for tn county of Bear Lake.
Bank of h ontpelier, a corporation,
plaintiff, KS. Almon S. Root and Helen
A. Root, defendants. a.
State of Idaho to Almon S. Root and
Helen A. Root in the name OF the people
of the state of Idaho:
You are hereby notified that there IS
now on file in the Office of the Clerk OF
the district court of the fifth judicial
district of the state of Idaho. in and for
the county of Bear Lake the complaint
of the Bank of Montpelier, corporation;
said action is rought to recover from
you the sum OF $617. 90 balance found
dueon the Gath day of July. 1901 on
certain note executed and delivered by
you to Mary Selstrom and assigned by
herto this plaintiff. prior to filing the
| complaint herein; also for interest on
i said balance from said date; also for
$50. "a taxes paid by said plaintiff on
your land; 800 attorneys fees, and that
cecree of foreclosure be entered as to
the premises mortgaged by you to Sc
cure payment of said Indebtedness,
The particulars more fully appearing
in plaintiffs complaint, a copy of which
| is served herewith and made a part
hereof, and you are hereby warned that
unless YOU appear and answer to said
compl int within ten days after the
service thereof, il served within Bear
Lake county. and within twenty days if
served out of said counoy, but within
said judicial district, and within forty
days if served ont of said district Tex
elusive of the day of servicel, Judgment
will be ken against you by default,
according to the prayer of said COM
plaint, for the sum Of $797. 81 besides
interest and costs of suit; and that de-
cree of foreclosure be entered as to
premises mortgaged to secure poyment
Of said Indebtedness.
In testimony whereof, I, James E.
Hart, clerk of said district court. have
hereunto Sc my hand and affixed the
seal OF said Court at Paris, Idaho, the
23rd day of July, A. d. 1908.
JAMES e. HART,
Il. s. Clerk of the District Court.
Glenn e Longfellow,
Attorneys for plaintiff
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
Notice Of Application for Pardon.

Notice is hereby given that at the
regular October, 1903, meeting of the
Board of Pardons of the state of Idaho,
that will apply to said Board for a
pardon from the sentence of 10 years
imprisonment imposed upon NE in the
District Court of the Fifth Judicial Dis
trict of idaho, setting in and for Bear
Lake County, OH the 18th day of August.
1902. upon a verdict of involuntary
manslaughter, rendered August 10th,
1902. GEORGE HOLLAND.
Dated August 18th, 1908. pd
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land once at Blaclxfoot. Idaho, July 0, 10

Land Once at Baclsfoot. Idaho, July 0, 1903
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before DeMeade
Austin, q. s. Commissioner. ut Montpelier. Ida
on September Goth, 1908, viz:
NEPHI HAYES,
for the VIZ NV Sec. g. SW1 SW4 Sec A.
SEA SEA Sec. 3, TIP. IL. s. r. A e. b. M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
Alma H. Hayes. William SiZemore, N. N,
Hayes and L. 3. Leverich. all of GEORGETOWN.
Idaho LORENZO r. THOMAS.
Register.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09

which are discharged into space we should
nnd that they proceed outward from the
sun above tho region Of sun spots with q
speed that increased up to finite limit at
certain distance from the sun.
When they encounter another body, the
earth, for instance, they charge its outer
atmosphere negatively until this charge BE-
comes strong enough to repel them.
Then the oncoming rush win be detected
ana stream past the earth on each side IN
parabolic orbits. The space behind the earth
Will be screened by her. and 10 be void Of
corpusclea"
Before proceeding further with Professor
Cox's description. It should DO borns In
mind that tho corpuscles which pervaded all
space. the corpuscles which are emitted
from raditun. become luminous when
brought into contact with solid bodies un-
der certain conditions He says:
Gould We take our stand on the moon,
We should thus see the earth attended by a
faint double tail. with a dark dividing line
Immediately behind 1t, pointing from the
gun. and similar though fain.er tail
pointing toward him.
In other words. the contact Of the rap
IDLY moving stream Of corpuscles with the
earth should make them luminous 1t the
sdss. Of the sphere past which they shoot
into spaca
1urthefmo1U. q Prufsssor Cox points
eut. the earfh herself helps 70 increase the
volume of ths fuminescence, becauge ~ the
neeA4tye charge Of the sphere becomes
stTone enough. Il fspels many Of The eor-
pueete4 ahoot1ng them back toward the On.
ANeu ~ tevaEd NAjeA 4hW ere xNsa1gAt
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AreWi71roa.

srs: Stretch outr and the muscle obeys
thus vibrating all the time.
Now The stronger a muscle becomes,
which means the bigger and thicker 1t he-
sones the more powerfully does It strive
to contract. just as a rubber hand Is harder
to stretch out the thicker and wider It Is
Therefore. the stronger a boy or q man
gets to be, the more important It Is for
him to preserve the elasticity Of his muscles
If he expects them to do the full work for
which their size empowers them.
1t is this great fact that makes the ex-
paading and limberlng exercises 50 valuable.
II you go TO big football. bazeball, Ia
crosse. hockey. polo or other games. you
will find that the men always indulge in
E.tle frolicking or horseplay Just before
the game Is called. They do 1t to Timber
up." All athletes know how necessary this
is. although many of them don't know just
why.
Savage races all lay stress on being
timber. They have been taught by years of
experience that quickness and activity are
tho best forces Of muscular strength. In
deed. In an open-air life they are vital.
The ancient Aztecs and Toltecs and the
still more ancient Maya Indians Of Central
America used to play wonderful game of
ball, which shows to what pitch they hal
developed agility. The ball was put and
kept in play without being touched by the
hands once during the game. It was struck
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09

M1xT1Rs ron z17D SUNDAY RNPuB1N.
The value Of q muscle consists only in its
Dower to move. It must be able to move a
seetain weight certain distance II { GER
tAln dime.
Strength II motion. Byery machine ever
Aoe BY man b valuable only for what
SDtiou t can produce in the objects which
= sst to handle.
1vsn when your body Is in what you
11At think perfectly motionless condi-
-. Il u moving all the time Hold your
ox1 ont gtraight either with weight In
a. hand Or with all the muscles strain.n;,
- q you were holding q weight. You will
eAosrve that. no matter how steady your
H0fvee are. there Is q constant tremor and
09mbling Of the whole limb.
Do you know what IL hsppeningf
The nerves that telegraph the order to
- muscles to do tho warls are sending
. raptd snccess:on Of sha.ks to each sinew
cd muscle faster than any man-made teie-
uEaph instrument could click. These shocks
onAde the muscles, contract and expand 50
M that they vibrate. So. even when q
0nn = doing the very thing that he thinks
- overcoming motion, no Is only doing Il
~ the means Of motion.
Tho reasons the muscles vibrate inces-
uantly when they are held tense Is that the
muscle b naturally q contractor Like a
powerful rubber band. each muscle strives
% pail together every time It Is stretched
out The nerves keep ordering: Stretch
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09

WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
. Does the discovery Of radium prove that
the earth Il comet with three tailsf
In France woman, Nine Curie by name,
found time from her household duties re-
Gently to 90 searching for some new facts Of
science.
The result OF her search was radiunn. that
wonderful substance which has set tho
scientific world by the ears.
The peculiar proprieties Of radium made
necessary a complete reconstruction Of sew
eeal well-known theories Of life or matter
~ It exists on and on this planet of ours,
and the most startling results are promised
~ the scientific dreamers.
Radium. they say. Is the evidence Of
atomic subdivision. q new source Of en-
Wgy. light without heat, the key to the
efansmutation Of substances the evidence
- the disintegratdon of matter, the ans
Ner 20 the problem. what II. electricity"
And now II Is asserted on high authority
nat radium not only explains many here
toecro mysufying astronomical phenomena,
qech ~ the aurora borealis. hut proves that
- earth y really . comet with at least
4hfee tails.
Doch statement would be highly absurd
sW1fe It not for the credence given Il in high
Nn1fteg1 and Tor the highly probable Sc
11enee of facts that support the theory.
~ e my doubt remains IN the mind ef
- noe4R - or she = rsferrsd to that last
1eEt8 tho lncrDdulonA. ocular proof. for
r. ~ ~ thAt yUa nay - thsss nery
leeee WHICH shooe ont from the earth
12a - u1eeo - box IT. a..
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by the rush earthward and dr,fted again
into the tail.
The effect" says Professor Cox. will
be as II q sheaf Of light projected from the
earth toward the sum-"
We can see this sheaf of liRht. At least
II has been given as an opinion that the 20
diacal light. that mysterious effulRence Of
the hortxon which has never been explained,
Is nothing more than this sheaf of light
The zodiacaI light" says Newcomb's
Popular Astronomy" Consists of a soft,
faint column Of light which may be seen rfs-
ing from tho western horizon after twilight
on any clear winter or spring evening.
1t may also be seen rising from the east
srn horizon just before daybreak in the
summer or autumn
Is tho sodiacal light merely the sartl,'s
nery tail made visible to the Inhabitants
thereof
It might wen be. for the Iuminiscence
would be visible only at night and tho
peculiar position OF the sheaf would per-
init 1t to be viewed by the people on earth
only Just after shutdown or Just before sun
rise. II at all. But this Is not ALL Pro-
lessor Newcomb says In his book. on as
tronomy:
Another mysterious phenomenon asso-
ciated with the xodiacal light il the Gegen-
schein.
1T IL said that IN that point Of the heav-
sns directly opposite the sun there i an
sllfptical patch Of Hight . few degrees in
extent Of such extreme faintness that It
can - ssen only ~ the most sensitive eyes,
under the best conditicns through The
0aaxoR oknoDAogA -
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at by the hips and shoulders Of the players.
and 1t was disgrace for any one Of them
to touch 1t otherwise. So perfect did these
ball players become that some of them
could strike the ball with their hips and
shoot It through a stone ring that WIS
fastened high above the field. This rms
was Just large enough to permit the ball
to pass through 1t. You can imagine what
dexteri.y was required to perform this won
dereul feat: yet the old Indian legends tell
CT many men who did it.
The Fflipinos also have a game in which
the ball is never touched by the hand. It
Is kept in play altogether by being struck
with the side Of the leg
Now. what Is this agility that Is brought
into play by such games? 1t IS nothing
more or less than quick strength. The
muscles have been trained to do their max
imunn CT work in n minimum of time, and
that is the final object Of every form Of
athletics.
To produce this perfect action of tho mus
Giles. 1t Is necessary that they be stretched
as much al possible.
Maknihcent stretching exercises are those
that can be taken on the trapeze and the
flying rings. But It Is extremely dificult
for most boys to ind a place where such
apparatus can be erected out Of doors, and
the gymnasium Is too combining place for
vacation time. when the sun and wind must
be utilised as much AZ possible.
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This phenomenon seems 30 dffncult to
account for that its existence Il sometimes
doubted. yet the testimony in its favor II
dimcult to set aside"
In short. there il in the heavens Q match
OF light which can be accounted for in no
other way unless by the fact that It Is the
visible evidence Of the streamers which Give
the earth the semblance of comet.
1t Is In the exact position toward which
those streamers would point, 1. e. out in
the darkness away from the sun. A Pro-
lessor Cox points out, even at night when
the sun Is below the horizon, faint refiec-
tons should reach US from the streamers
behind the earth. and by an effect of per-
spective these should have maximum In
the point opposite to the sun. where they
will appear the most Dense"
What would affect the earth would natu-
rally effect all planets with dense atmos-
pheres
1t does not affect the moon a. Il does
the earth for this reason. -
The moon has no atmosphere. The dis
covery Of radium and the corpuscular the
DRY seem to prove the origin Of the aurora
borealts. according to the ideas Of Arrhe-
MUS. This is. that the aurora Is nothing
more than Roentgen rays on a huge scale.
induced by the rain Of corpuscles ON the
earth.
The earth Is surrounded by lines of mar.
netic force.
If you lay bar magnet on q sheet Of
paper, on which quantity Of iron filings
has been placed. and then tap the paper.
the filings will soon arrange themselves
into lines having specified direction. Lines
will start from one pole Of the magnet, and,
after extending out over the paper in a
semicircle, will turn In toward the other
pole on both sides Of the magnet.
Magnetic lines Of force are thought By
scientists to start out from the north pole
Of the earth. and after reaching high above
the earth to circle around and come down
again to the south pole.
Where these lines cross the equator they
are 50 high above the earth tina. the mir
In their neishborhood is very rare
When the corpuscles which flow to a. 4
from the sun reach these lines Of force
above the equator. they would. II the air
were less rare, become luminescent. But
the air II too rare for this. The lines Of
force defect the corpuscles, eome north, 4
some south. toward the poles
The corpuscles follow the lines Of force,
winding around them a. they 60 Ike spir-
ali. until they reach the polar regions,
uhHs the hnss dxsD dswn . earth. Hsro
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the ecrpuscies. being now IN denssr -.
shine out with that phosprorescence whlcS
we know a. the aurora. =
rms theory 10 further borne out ~ III
Lact that the corpuscles ara projected ont
from sun spots which are turned toward
the earth most during March and Septeua.
Der. the periods Of greatest auroraa ma
which are turned slightly away from the
earth during June and December. the pe-
RODS OF least auroras
Even the nebulae. those clouds Of fght
IN the heavens, are now explained accord.
ing 10 the corpuscular theory. Instead OF
icing clouds OF hot gases, as was hereto
lore supposed. the nebula IL AZ cold a.
empty space.
Inc light Is now thought to come from Q
ram OF negatively charged particles which
give rise to electric discharges and mako
the gases chine like vacuum tube,
Even the meteors are attributed to this
UNIVERSAL cause. Those particles which miss
tne earth on the way from the sun shoot
OUT Into empty space. where in time they
collide with other particles.
These again collide with particles from
otner suns. and 50 the accretion goes on
untd the particles have passed the Size
Snicn mere light can repel when they are
overcome by the attraction of the suns
gravitation and drift back to that Iuufnary-
some OF these. on the way. get so near the
eartn that they are detected by the eravf.
tation of this planet and fall toward II.
By this time they are fairly large nas,sa
OF matter which remain intact a. lone -
they are travelling above the atmosphere Of
the earth. But once mass falls into that
atmosphere friction with the air heats II
until 1t Is red hot. when 1t appears to u
as shooting star
II 1t Is very large when II enters the
atmosphere there may be enough Of It stu
left after 1t has reached the ground to put
1t In museum and label meteorite
But none Of tho various effects Of the
discovery of radium compares with what
seems almost certain proof that We are
living on a comet
OF course. the earth Is not a comet in
The sense that many other heavenly bodies
are comets. for comets Of actual fire most
certainly exist. and with their tails are Of
such q nature that no human being could
live on or near them.
The sheaf Of nre which projects above The
earth and the tails that stream away from
1t would. on the other hand, peepouf 3
gorgeous display could they b visNsa from
some extra mundane polnt e eaeVn41en.
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he tries to swim. The result usually is
that he wastes his time and has to learn
all over again In the end before he can
swim alone This Is because, when SUD
ported by other boys or by a life preserver,
he learns to strike out and to kick before
he learns TO support himself in the water,
whereas the only right way to learn to
swim Is to learn how to float in the water
before bothering about strokes or leg mo-
lions.
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r. NoU cANDO IT'S WEA zLY WITH
DDZ QUDE7ZVG LLHE dELL H0U AANs
"A G0o1 SET 2F HvzE7 N0HHZlvG
.~L.ccLE&

The best exercises to do without the aid
OF apparatus are the 'tumbling'' exercises.
which cannot be done better than on grass
or earth. When you go in for them. you
must expect few falls at first. and II you
TALL on grass 1t won't hurt half as much
as It would on gymnasium floor.
walking on the hands. which generally
10 considered more a trick than an exer-
else. Is one of the finest ''limberers'' that
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.~LGcLES

there is. You will md It hard to get your
self upside down. and you VII, be tempted
to let some other boy help you by lifting
your heels till you are perpendicular.
But don't let him do it. In most forms
OF athletics. such help does more harm
than good. because often 1t enables a boy
to do a thing without really having caught
the knack Of IT. For instance. many a boy
lets others support him in the water while