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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
KEPT VIGIL ONE. HUNDRED
HOURS.

Took the Responsibility Of Passen-
gers Safety Into His Own Hands.
Captain George C. Apfeld, of the
Atlantic liner Friesland, enveloped
at sea by fog that defied the keenest
eyes to pierce stuck to the bridge of
his big ship bound from Liverpool
to Philadelphia, for, 1O7 hours-five
days and four nights-without wink
of sleep. Grateful passengers pre-
pared a memorial to him upon their
safe arrival.
Those aboard could see nothing
ahead or astern. The great vessel,
with 423 people aboard, was in the
beaten track. A collision might mean
death for all. 'I'll stay here till it's
over" said Apfeld to the executive
officer, mounting the bridge.
There was little to do for the first
few hours. At lunch time the cabin
boy brought up a sandwich and a
cup of coffee to the captain, who
paced the bridge tirelessly, his ears
eager to catCh the sound of every
whistle ahead or astern, to port or
starboard. Night came and with it
denser fog. Still the captain stay
ed. His supper was served there on
the bridge, while passengers and
crew enjoyed theirs in the warmth
and light below.
Midnight came; the fog was thick
err than ever. Morning dawned. When
the crew tumbled out at daybreak
thay found their captain still there.
And so the days and the nights
passed. The officers begged the cap
tain to snatch bit of sleep.
I'VE can keep watch" they insist
ed.
Il know you can said the captain
but these lives are in my care, and
l shall be responsible for them.
shall not leave the bridge until the
fog lifts. a.
And Captain Apfeld kept his word
On Thursday night came the almost
Irresistible desire to sleep.
Coffee; bring me some strong cot
fee" demanded the captain. q
must keep awake" 49,
On Friday morning the captain:
breakfast was served on the bridge
his fifth in succession. Dinner time
and still the fog; sandwiches fant
coffee again for the captain. .
And still he paced the bridge will
red-rimmed eyes and care.lined fea
lures. 1t was late afternoon. Sud
denly a cheer from the lookout.
THE sum" he cried. 1.-THE SUM"
Slowly the great curtain lifted. Ii
the heavens was the setting sun. B!
It's light the passengers could onc'
more zee the horizon and the dancing
waters of the ocean.
at is good" said Captain Apfeld
Slowly he let himself down tn
ladder to the deck. Just ahead wa
his room and the inviting little bun
curtained by his wife's own hand
in the whitest of lace. He flung him
self down as he was and slept-fo
1 Just two hours. Then he was o,
deck again, for it was night, and the
were nearing land.
Sleepy" said the captain when IL
terviewed. well it's pretty lon
! time from Monday morning to Frida
night to go without wink. If ha
sgone to my cabin couldn't hav
slept anyway, with the thought tina
my ship was in any danger"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
A Retort for English. Women.

Though it may still be a thorn in
the side of English women that their
American sisters continue to take the
lead in vivacity and to pluck from
their hands the blooms of the peer
age, yet England and France can
boast of their brilliant women writ
ers, their political queens, their great
artists; but So, far America can GER
tainly not prove to US that she can
do more than create chatteripg dolls
and business women, London World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
BANGKOK, FLOATING CITY.
"Made in Germany" Lesened Seen
ssa E.IAn. II ard

1t is a strange, half floating city.
this Bangkok, overrun by parish dogs
and crows; Oriental despite its i'm.
provements, and one of the most in
teresting cities in the far East. Yet
a sad city for the visitor with mind
apart from the margins and money
saving machinery. At every turning
are evidences of decay of native art
and in their stead the hideously COM
monplace things that bear the legend:
made in Germany"
One would scarcely believe today,
after visit to Bangkok, that at one
time the Siamese were distinguished,
even among the Asiatic artisans, in
silk weaving in ceramics, in ivory
carving and in silver smithing. Yet
the royal museum disc,oses treasures
not found elsewhere in the world,
which serve to remind how far Siam
has fallen from the place she once
occupied among the art.producing ma
itions of the world.
When, therefore, we behold peo-
pie discouraging and losing their
splendid ancient arts, and giving in
stead ready market to the cheap.
trash which comes out of the West,
We may hardly look for native indus
trial development. The day is prob
ably not, far off when Slams indus
tries will depend upon foreign guild
ance: and If England, not France,
supplies that impetus-the world will
be the gamer.
BY those people who delight in COM
parisons and read travellers folders,
especially compiled for tourist con-
umption-Bangkok has been vari-
ously called the Constantinople of
4 Asia and the Venice of, the East.
True, there is much pertinence in
both compAyisons. Certainly Bang
kok is the home of the gaunt and ugly
pariah dog, which spends its day for
aging to keep life in its NANCY car
cass; multiplying meanwhile with the
fecundity of cats in a tropical cline,
because the Buddha faith forbids its
1 killing.
Nor are outcast dogs the only pests
of Bangkok to grow numerous be-
cause of native religious prejudice;
more noisy crows perch on an early
morning on your window casing and
the tree Immediately beyond it than
in the space Of a day hover near the
Towers of Silence" at Bombay await
ing the pleasure of the vultures feed.
ing on the earthly remains of one that
has did in the faith Of the Parsee.
ls.=Some people fancy Bangkok city
of Islands; hence K suppose the com
pafisbn with Venice. Bangkok has
indeed, a very large floating popula
.tio1, and the city is intersected with
: many "klawngs'' (canals); at certain
times of the year, too, perhaps hall
Of the city and the surrounding
country is under a foot or more Of
tide-water. Yet the largest half o.
Bangkok's 100000 citizens lives OF
land, though the easiest means o.
travel throughout much Of the city i:
by boat, and, in fact, half Of it i:
reached in no other way.
The Siamese women of the lowe
class daily paddles her own canoe IL
the market; or, if of the better class
she goes in 'rua cang," the com
mon passenger boat which, togetne
with the jinrikisha, the land pas
sgenger carrier throughout tn
5 Orient, is included among the house
4 hold possessions of every siames
!, who can afford it.-Casper Whitne,
in Outing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
OPEN THE DOOR.

Open the door, let in the mir;
The winds are sweet, and the flowers are
fair,
Joy is abroad in the world to-day;
II our door is wide it may come this way.
Open the door!
Open the door. let in the sun;
He hath smile for every one;
He hath made of the raindrops golden
gems:
He may change our tears to diadems.
Open the door!
Open the door of the soul; let in
Strong, pure thoughts which shall banisl,
sin;
They shall grow and bloom with grace
divine
And their fruit shall be sweeter than that
of the vine.
Open the door!
Open the door of the heart; let In
Sympathy sweet for stranger and kin.
1t will make the halls of the heart so fair
That angels may enter unaware.
Open the door!
British Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
1rees plaxed tlpon blythe Wind.

i'SSS V'oySS nv" ~ >''S
"A species of acacia which grows
very abundantly in Nubia and the
Soudan is called the "whistling tree"
by the natives Its shoots are: fire.
quently distprted in shape by the
agency of larvae of insects and swol-
len into a globular bladder from one
to two inches in diameter. After
the insect has emerged from a cir
cular role in the side of this swell
ing the opening, played upon by the
wind, becomes musical instrument,
suggestive of a sweet toned flute.
The whistling tree is also found in
the West Indies.-Lcndon Daily Ex-
press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
Honelesn.

"Do You think that Brown il a. ab.
sent-minded as they say he is?''
mo doubt about 1t. He borrowed
my best umbrella three times within
u month. and neyes had 1t over four
teen hours. The poor chap is hope.
less, Detroit Free Prssk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
THE elLA MONSTER.
Trying to Discover Indian Antidote
for Poison.


Although rattlesnakes are consid-
cred dangerous from poisonous
standpoint, they are very insignificant
when compared with the dreaded ella
monster of the sandy deserts of the
southwestern United States. Prof.
William Wetherbee, who has been
studying these desert creatures, has
made number of very interesting
and important discoveries as to their
nature and general habits. This
lizard shaped animal when full grown
measures about eighteen inches in
length, and in girth is about the size
of an ordinary boys arm. Its tail
composes one-third the length of its
body, and its skin is of postular
nature and matley in color, giving
reddish yellow and brown effect.
Its legs are placed on its body sim
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
A. HISTORIC CHURCH.

York State Edifcc Where Settlers
Sought Refuge from Savngcs.
The trolley cars which fly between
the citieS and villages of the Mohawk
valley, New York, have made more
convenient Of, RECOMMENDATIONS sAa opened
up for more general inspection the
many historic places of interest in this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
Relations of stars 10 Each o,her.

An attempt TO calculate the probable
actual distances between stars OF
known parallax llas been made by y.
Il. Gore. Eta and Mu Cassiopeiae, for
example, appear TO be separated by.
about ona-fifteenth of their apparent
brllliancics 225 times: While tile com.
ponents of the double stlr 81 Cybni
are so near together-about fifty.fiye
times the distance OF the sun from the
earth-that they are ss.OcO,OCO times
as bright to each other as to us.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
The UNCERTAIN World.

"This is the most uncertain worl'
that ever wuz inH' said the deacon.
.You think so?"
81 know it, Only the other day the
parson sighted n harricane fur off an
run ter a storm pit an pulled the lid
on an'-what do you reckon hap
pened?'
"1he Lord knows
"Harricane changed its mind
turned into airthquake an come
mighty nigh swallering him whole!w
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17

Gunner-Now. there is DIR. CUTLER.
Is he good appendicitis physician:
Guyer--Good? Why, say, l wouldn't
let him remove the appendix from my
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
OF THE DAY

Canada would affect very little, II any,
the great Chicago markets and those
like Kansas City and Omaha not ut
all.
But the tariff on meat does allow
the packers trust to obtain higher
prices for its products from the con-,
suners, although 1t does not add to
the price paid to the farmers and stock
growers for their stock. American
beef is sold cheaper in England than
In New York, because the tariff pre-
vents competition here, while In Eng
land all the producing countries have
to sell on the same basis.
Yet the protectionists pretend that
the tariff on meat is to protect the
farmers, when In fact 1t protects the
beef barons.
PoIitieo Brevities.
II everyone will reduce the quantity
Of beef they eat for month or two
the beef trust will soon reduce prices
and be anxious to sell at n reasonable
price.
The Republican platform says the
readjustment of the tariff cannot
safely be committed to any other
hands than those Of the Republican
party President Roosevelt ind6rses
that position, and that is all the tarift-
fed trusts ever asked for-that their
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17

Occasionally little meek man
amuses every one by making a
stand"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17

.Szss>4 iiaait Wink We needed
chaperon tonight, Jack"
why not to-night!'
Because, we'll"
"'Lfe is too short to quarrel,
Life is too short to sigh
"I'll tell you by and by, Jack-after
the fish, perhaps
81, too, have something to tell you,
Kathleen
For the space of ten minutes, while
the garcon placed the soup before
Them Jack felt uncomfortable. Every
body hates to attack disagreeable
duty. When the duty involves pretty
woman. it is doubly distasteful. How
ever, he took surreptitious peep at
the photograph in his breast pocket,
and 1t nerved him to his task. Never
theless, there was no hurry about 1t.
isn't it absurd, Jack, to say that
love makes the world 80 round?" asked
Kathleen. ~
In her diplomatic, feminine way she
had wished to leadNup to the subject
she had come to discuss.
"Of course it Is" lie answered,
"when champagne-if one has enough
of twill do the same thing"
"Salmon-oh, Jack, do you remem-
her how we trolled for salmon Mt Del
Monte last summer"
Did heereu,ember? He had to pat
the photograph in his pocket to for
get.
81 read the other day" Kathleen was
saying, that girl who couldn't make
M her mind between two lovers hasn't
a mind worth making up
She looked at him from the corners
OF her eyes.
Jacks face lighted up. She knew,
then, and that was the meaning of her
desire for farewell dinner. How
easy it would be now to explain.
But Kathleen was not waiting for
an answer.
"They say there's no skill in winning
game where one holds all the trumps.
But in the game of hearts, Jack, sup
pose one held just two. Don't you
think it would be hard to know which
to discard?"
Bravo! thought Jack. What clever
little diplomat Kathleen is!
But she veered to the other side.
Isn't it NICE Jack, just we two sit
ting here like this:" oh, so tenderly.
Isn't 1t like old times?"
He really couldn't help it-one little
kiss was nothing.
There was pause OF some minutes,
and then Kathleen sprang to her feet.
Don't, Jack. or ! won't be able to
brace myself to the ordeal. Don't look
like that
He put his hand in his coat pocket
Yes. the photograph was there. Had
he been untrue to Her?
I'm engaged-engaged, Jack" said
Kathleen. excitedly. I'm going to
marry Lawrence Smith, the million.
aire. Oh, Jack, never really thought
you cared-why didn't you ask me
years ago-when l was bud. It's toe
late now-too late. It's going to be a
grand church wedding. He wanted il
to be quiet affair. but l."
Thought it would be the last quiet
day he'd have, no doubt"
why, Jack, l never knew you tc
make such a wretched joke before
High noon-at st. Luke's-June 8
You'll be there?''
I'm afraid not, Kathleen-I-"
"Oh, we can still be friends. This
is the twentieth century, you know
and jealousy is out of date"
I know. but"
"oh, soy we can be friends still
Jack. never could bear these stuff,
little apartments, the modern love in 9
cottage. It's much better this way
dear"
y know, Kathleen. But"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-17
Breaking 1t Gently

GO HE messenger boy waited while
Jack Powers wrote his answer
to Her note She might have
telephoned, but 1t was Her way to
send messengers with her missives.
VERY we'll, Kathleen wrote Jack.
"I'll be there. You say for the last
time. I wonder why:"
He sent boy with this note and
an order on a florist for box of VIC
lets, as the messages accompaniment,
and then he turned to his work ngain.
But his eyes failed to do more than
stare at the figures before him. His
brain could not grasp their meaning.
Kataleen's face persisted in dancing
about the inkwell. in a two-step that
played havoc with Business.
Pm beastly cad" cogitated Jack,
land that's what. But it must be
done. For the last time, she said.
Perhaps she's heard 1t would help
things lot If she had"
He looked meditatively Mt a photo
graph which he fished from dark
pigeonhole in his desk.
shes mighty nice little thing"
he said to himself, Out
And then he took another photo
graph from an inner pocket Of his coat
and kissed 1t tenderly.
! "violets@ Kathleen buried her neg
retrousse in the purple fragrance and
cnfffpd with co fia I'm nfiou
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04
Outlook DIscOuragina.

People in this section of Arizona have experienced what they called droughts before, but conditions have never been so serious since the first settlement in this county as at pres- ent. The editor of the Journal-Miner visited the Bradshaw mountain sec tion on Monduy, and found the oak trees dying on account of the con tinued dry weather. The brush on the mountain sides which, during this season of the year, should be fresh and green in appearance, are as brown and parched as after heavy freeze in the middle of winter In Crazy Basin and around Cordes station even the cactus is whitening and dying. As to grass, the plains and mountain sides are as devoid of it as we'll travelled road. The outlook is cer- tainly anything but encouraging. Not only is vegetation suffering from the protracted drought, but the water sup ply all over the country is reported to be falling, and in some places it is beginning to affect mining quite ser iously ly.-Journal-Mine
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04
Worlds FaIr Rates.

To. St. Louis and return direct, S53.S5.
 To St. Louis and return via. Chi cago, one way via. Kansas City and St. Louis, s56. 45.
 To Chicago and return direct, $59. .05
 Dates of sale May II, F and l3, June l, ?, l5, Is, P, g, July l, 2, ', 8, B, IA, August 8, 9, 10, IS, l9, Sept. 5, 6, :, 8, October 3, I. ,, 6.
 Limits Going trip limited to 10 days from date of sale, return trip 90 days, but not later than December 3l.
 Stopovers will be permitted at any point both going and returning within limit of ticket.
 From May to November l5 round trip tickets will be sold to St. Louis daily at rate of SS2. 60, continuous pas sage in both directions, final return limit December l5.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04
Sensible and Timely.

A sensible suggestion is made by the Philadelphia Ledger that the ex- penses of graduation in schools and colleges should be reduced. As it is now, commencement dresses for girls are so costly that the families of many pupils are unable to afford the ex- pense. There should be some means taken to revive the custom of years ago, when simple costumes were the rule for school and college gradua- tions and when the parties given dur ing commencement week were also marked by simplicity and lack of ex- pense. The school and the college should be free from caste and fashion and the only aristocracy should be that of scholarship.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04
Sued by His Doctor.

"A doctor here has sued me for Sl250, which I claimed was excessive for a case of cholera morbus," says R. White, of Coachella, Cal. "At the trial he praised his medical skill and medicine. I asked him if it was not Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he used as I had good reason to believe it was, and he would not say under oath that it was not" No doctor could use better remedy than this in case of cholera morbus, it never fails. Sold by all druggists.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

The following pupils of the fourth and sixth grades of the Flagstaff pub lie school were neither tardy nor ab- sent during the last school month: Fourth-Ruby Bayless, Flora Jensen, and Fannie Mitchell. Sixth-Marion Anbineau, Josie Bassett, Laura Book CT, Allin Greenlaw, August Dietzman, Ruth Haskins, Mary McIlmoyle, Glenn Haffiy, Alice Taylor, Gussie Treat, and Emma Newman.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

There are nearly 300 cases, civil and criminal, to be passed upon in the United States and district courts of Tombstone next month. It is thought court will last over two months.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04
ARIZONA HAPPENINGS.

The Bisbee board of school trustees has rendered the principalship of the Bisbee public school to Professor c. s. Philbrook of Williams, to succeed Professor Kraemer.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

John H. Bauman, receiver of the U. s. land office at Tucson, has returned from vacation spent at Indio and Pasadena. MT. Bauman, who is in poor health, did not get the benefit from his California trip which he hoped to receive.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

from a vacation spent at Indio ant Pasadena. MT. Bauman, who is il poor health, did not get the benefi from his California trip which h. hoped to receive.
 In the district court in Tucson oI Wednesday of last week an order wa made, giving bill of sale to Alber Steinfeld of all of the interests of tn, firm of l.. Zeckendorf and company Mir. Steinfeld gets lease on tn, premises now occupied by the com pany for one year free.
 Six miles of steel have already beer laid out of Red Rock on the Arizona Eastern. Grading has progressed tc point within seven miles of Silver Bell where new camp is being estab lished and new buildings are being erected at the townsite laid out at the proposed terminal of the railroad.
 Horse whipping seems to be getting popular in this section. On Saturday night young woman of East Tempe, chastised her recreant lover and a young woman to whom he appeared to be paying some attention, and on Sun day man out at the Creamery came in for castigation at the hands of a female who claims that the man had been making derogatory remarks about her. Tempe News.
 Prescott Typographical Union No. 475, at its regular meeting on last Saturday night, installed its newly elected officers for the ensuing term as follows: President, T. l.. Harris; vice president, Geo. Ward; secretary, G. P. Campbell, treasurer, Wm. O'Grady; executive committee, Ward Harrington, Wm. Tinker, and Fred Madrid. Wm. Darrow was also elect ed as delegate to the next international meeting of the I. T. U.
 w. T. Armstrong, who has been de- nominated by rangers and other terri torial officers as the king of Arizona cattle thieves, was convicted at Flor ence on Friday of COW stealing. In this particular case Armstrong was charged with stealing COW belonging to Johh Zelleweger. Other lndict- meats are hanging over his head and he will be tried on these charges. The conviction is considered a great triumph for the Live Stock Sanitary Board and the Arizona Rangers. Armstrong will undoubtedly get se- were sentence. ce.-Tucson Post.
 John Jungerman, of Tempe, has suc- cessfully raised small lot of AL gerian wheat, being the first ever raised in the United States. He plant ed about an acre of this wheat on al- kali land and though he has not yet thrashed it, the yield indicated is very pleasing. It is very hard and of a dark color. The peculiarity of the grain is that the heads are almost black or very dark slate color, though the tip ends of the boards are yellow. The straw is of the ordinary color of wheat straw. It is said that the field looks very much like barely field that was badly smutted. It may be we'll adapted to alkali lands.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

In the district court in Tucson on Wednesday of last week an order was made, giving bill of sale to Albert Steinfeld of all of the interests of the firm of L. Zeckendorf and company. Mir. Steinfeld gets a lease on the premises now occupied by the com pany for one year free.
The Coconino sun., 1904-06-04

Six miles of steel have already been laid out of Red Rock on the Arizona Eastern. Grading has progressed to point within seven miles of Silver Bell where new camp is being estab- lished and new buildings are being erected at the townsite laid out at the proposed terminal of the railroad.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-20
u 7aaa
Falfa.
written for last week.)

For the last week or SO partial
rains have been falling around
Falfa, but it seems as if this is the
y unfortunate spot. We can see the
raina and they seem go near but
yet they are 30 far ss rot to do us
any good, Though the crops around
this part of tho county look very
prosperous.
1T is surprising to pass along
the road and see little Eddie Wal
sksr manfully handling the plow
sfor. he is only fourteen years old
and has been q successful farmer
for four years. Eddie was offered
g position'as clerk, and his reply
was. q don't-want to:grow up and
always belook,ng for a lob, but
wish TO Ae q farmer, where there is |
or SO waiting for me"
Where are tile other boyslike him?
Mrs. G.. w. Dorm has been very
siek for the last ten days and it is
WITH anxious and loving hearts