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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
Great-Aunt Janet'S
CandlsStiCk,
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In her day-mind you, said in her
day-the old lady was something of
an oracle. Infallable, sir, rnat's the
word-absolutely infallable In fact,
to put it more plainly" said the col
onel, shutting up one eye, and regard
ing his fifth glass critically, "she was
always right"
Il have no doubt of it, SIR" said,
meekly. you see was In love with
the colonel's daughter, and under
those circumstances father is not
being to be con .radicted More than
that the colonel was speaking of a
matter of family history; and the
colonels family goes back to time
little before William the Norman
made up his mind to come over to
England.
Her particular powers, my dear.
boy" went on the colonel. LAY With
sus romantia.~4fi-s heard z said mat
all the lovers from all the country
round used to come to her in their
troubles and get good advice That's
what they say" added the colonel
with wink, but, between ourselves,
Aunt Janet was probably mischief
making, interfering old matchmaker.
That is shown by the fact that she
still troubles this earth when she
should be reposing respectfully some
where else. One has to put up with
this sort OF thing, you know"-the
colohel iroWned ana coughed and
settled mis- neck into his shirt collar
one must put up with IT when one
belongs 70 an ancient family. And,
a1ter al, the OLD lady is never really
trouDiesome PICTURESQUE, In sense,
ana Always Keeps to the upper
uoors.
ana TINS ! said, pointing to a
massive OLD silver candlestick on
sac taDle-tnls IS Great.Aunt ia
nets candlestlck, eh!
les, sald the colonel, froWnins
~ u ana shaking Ills head. Per
lectly ridiculous, OF course; but 1t
Is saia tnat whenever there is any
Aose aHalr on mana tie gfost OIL the
OH iady walks; that she carries the
canoleseick Win Whlch 1or some
cnreerquarters OF century sne light-
90 nerseii TO pea, and that If one
OIL inc lovers meets her at that crit
icaa ume, sne gives MIN such advice
as hIts MIN 30 TO speak'-the col
onel in ', movement with MS
hanas, as though danoilng large
elseu inIant aWkWardly-'l1ts him
inoo one nays aHections, or vice
versa But she IS always accompa7
MED by the candlestick."
~ might De worth trying, said,
nall 70 myseif; and just AT that mo-
ent tne uoor OIL the smoking room
opsneu anu one came IN.
MOI a pad notion, said the col
ohei' Win q cnucKfe. Here, Dora,
our trlend mere thinks OF trying to
get UP from Grea.-Aunt Janet to-
nlgnt, tnougn what he wants to
trouble her Tor cant for the life of
me imagine.
a 90 assure you, l suffered, as
sne gave me her hand IN saying
good nlgnt, Il dont see what Great
aunt janet could nave to tell me,
ana OF course 1 shouldn't think Of
aoang ahythlng
VI course not, she repiied, with
aelnure eyes looking INTO mine. But
~ u pretty 'aea
one Kissed ner tather-oh! ador'
.pie ups pressed LOT moment
against inc stern, white muStaChp-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
TRAINING OUR eunnERs.
Great Care i. Observed In tho seiee-
ton Of Gun Pointers.

Great Care IL Observed In tho Seiec-
ton Of Gun Pointers.
1t is only half tae work to arm and
equip ships win the most improved
guns and sights; they must also have
a highly trained personnel capable of
manipulating guns, turreis and tor
pedoes. When China found herself
arrayed against Japan she offered
$500 Gosh per month for skilled gun
pointers, but in all great nayies gun
pointers are trained, not bought, and
when the fight is on it is too late for
instruction.
How does man become an eXper!
gunner? Diligent drill and constant
training are not enough without a
certain amount of natural aptitude.
One man after another is tried. A
few days drill Ia the turrets elimi-
mates all except the fairly promis-
ing. For the talent of eye and nerve
which marks the born gun-pointer
the government pays from 81 to $40
q nl9ltell - lnHa1asAhe regular
pay. This premium is not Comm to
Any race, creed or color. OnVo
vessel in the navy one Of the gun
pointers is negro.
Selecting gun-pointers is one of the
most important duties in the navy.
Having selected the men for gun
pointers, the next step is to train
them. Two methods are now in
vogue, both having the same prin-
ciple, but differing in detail. In the
old days Of sails and smooth bore
guns, the invariable rule-and the
only rule the gun-captains knew
was this: Fire at the top of the
Downward roll tjust as the ship be,
gins to roll toward the target),. and
aim at the enemy's water line" This
rule lasted far into the age of steam
and turret guns, and has only re-
! Gently been supplanted by "continu.
Gus aim firing or the art of keeping
gun trained on the target, regard
+ less of the oscillations of the vessel
during the whole or portion of the
roll.
The method for training men by
the new system-by the 2 of dot
ter"-was devised by Capt. Percy
Scott, of the British navy. The dot
ter is mechanical device which
causes small target TO move across
the face of gun, with combined
vertical and horizontal motion. The
| gun-pointer must make the gun fol
low the target, and whenever the
sights are on the bulls eye, he presses
a button. This causes pencil to dot
the target. That is his shot. The
other method of instruction is with
the Morris tube, which consists of a
| small gallery rife fitted on the gun,
to take the place of the "dotter's"
!. pencil.
So proficient have the bluejackets
become in handling the turret guns
that in actual target practice on
board the Alabama a thirteen-inch
gun is loaded and fired in thirty
eight seconds. Two kinds of target
| practice are employed now in all ma
vies: one in which the target is sta
tionary and the ship moving; the
other in which both ship and target
are moving.-Lieut. Commander Glea-
yer, in the Worlds Work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
Suicide strews Bed with Flowers.
A stranger who had taken lodgings
Lovely Woman.

Mrs. Catterson.-I don't think that
oil painting looks like me at ALL
Mrs. Hatterson-No. Did you have
to pay him extra for it?-Detrolt Free
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
Fishing for Sturgeon instead of shad.
Just about now the fishermen down

Fishing for Sturgeon instead Of shad.
Just about now the fishermen down
the bay are putting aside their shad
nets and starting to fish for sturgeon.
This, to the housekeeper, may seem
remarkable, inasmuch as shad are
still high priced and in big demand,
largely because the chilly condition
of the water has so far kept the shad
from running up stream in great num-
bers. The fishermen know what they
are about, however.
A good sized COW sturgeon is worth
anywhere from $50 to $50, and once
gilled is not particularly hard to
handle. 1t is the roe that counts,
for from this is made caviare, usual
ly termed Russian, but a lot Of it
comes from the fish caught in the
lower Delaware. The fishermen only
fill a standard sized key, layer on
layer of salt and roe, and buyers are
plentiful.
1t is said that the price will be
low this year, but just the same, the
shad nets are put aside as soon as
the sturgeon are found to be moving
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
Strength in Nu,nbers.

Singleton understand your wife
comes of very old family.
Wedderly-Well, it isn't so old, but
1t Is awfully numerous,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03

Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy
has lace handkerchief worth $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
OHIO "FIRELAhDs" DISTRICT.
Tract Set Apart for Connecticut suf-
ferers by Rsnedict ArnoId's
Warfare

Unnumbared native Ohioans, not to
speak of hundreds of thousands of
residents of the State who have come
from foreign lands and other states
of the American Union, must have
wondered why fertile and produc-
tive tract in northern Ohio, district
which in no way hints of the ravages
OF fire, should be called the Fire
lands" Among all the vicissitudes OF
Ohio's early history great confiagra-
tons were notable for their absence.
No such terrible forest fires swept
this Estate as ravaged large areas in
Michigan and Wisconsin seventy or
eighty years later.
The fires to which the name refers
ragged in Connecticut, not Ohio, and
they were the wor. of British or
Tory soldiers, instead of the result
of accidents or natural causes. In
1871, when the long struggle for in
dependence was nearly ended, Bene-
dict Arnold commanded an expedition
which rayaged the Connecticut coast
of Long Island Sound. He burned
New London and other towns, and left
behind misery and restitution, as
well as more bitter hatred than he
had earned before that outrage upon
his native State.
This and other cruel and senseless
attacks upon Connecticut towns left
SO strong feeling of sympathy and
injustice behind that in disposmg of
Connecticut's rights in lands now
forming part of Ohio ISL square miles
in the extreme western end of the
Western Reserve were set apart to
be donated to sufferers by the British
raids. Five ranges of townships run
ming north and south were included
in this tract.
Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie ex-
tend SO far southwark at this point
that the five ranges OF townships con-
tanned only about five hundred thou
sand acres of land. The tract meas
ured some twenty-seyen miles by thir-
ty. The Connecticut sufferers from
the torch of the enemy lived chiefly
in New London, Norwalk and Fair
field, and it was from those towns
that many of the settlers of the Fire
lands" came to build in the Ohio will
derness settlements bearing the same
names and having like civic ideals
and haracter.-Dayton Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03

ever he would do by the powerful
mobiles who really constitute the gov
ernment. Russia is governed actually
10y an oligarchy, though technically hs
an individual with unlimited power.
Should the Gar undertake to go con-
trary to the wishes of the great mobiles
he would speedily find himself in diff
culties. There are plots and counter
plots among the various groups Into
which these mobiles are divided, and
II is hard for the Car to get at the
truth and harder still for him to instl-
tute reforms. He can only preserve
his individuality and maintain a SEM
blance of power by playing one clique
of mobiles and courtiers against another
and keeping each in doubt as to just
what the others are aiming at
The present Car, however, will SO
down in history as a man far in adj
vance of his surroundings and greatly
superior to the system OF government
which he has done SO much to better.
Hindered as he has been, he has inau-
gurated several REFORMS. lie succeeded
in abolishing the liarshest of former
punishments, such as castigation with
cudgels and cat-o'-nine-tails inflicted
on persons exilcd to penal settlements
or to the mines; in the rural districts
he has replaced military rule by local
police: he has declared religious free.
dom in the Russian domain: and now.
greater than any of these reforms, he
has abolished by imperial decree The
condemning of political prisoners by
.f,,inis+,,t;,. or,lo, " I
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03

Pens are polished with emery pow
der in large revolving drum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
ouR sIovEN FRIENps.

More aliens have come into the
United states during the year 1908
than during any other year since the
foundation OF the republic, In the ten
months ending October /. more than
5000 arrived, and by the time the
year 1904 gets here fun million viii
have come In The great prosperity
OF the year just passing has likely had
a great dsal to do with the remarkable
influx.
The largest number OF aliens. as
shown by the stats les Of the emigra-
tlon bureau. came from Italy That
country sent 100000 in ten months;
Ausiro-Hungary contributed 204.OOo
representatives Of her much mixed
pcpula ion "a the same period OF time,
while from seryia aud Bulgaria came
a quarter OF a million OF more
These people from Italy, from
Francis Joseph's empire. and from
seryia ana Bulgaria. are not. 10 say
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
HEALTHY WOMEN
Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure aud
Preventative Of Catarrhal
Disorders.

Miss Elizabeth Uber, No. 67 Bisssstt
street, Albany, n. Y, writes;
al have always dreaded fhc fan
ard winter because of my extreme
liability 10 csfcd cold, when catarrhal
trouble would quickly develop
through my entire system which II
would take weeks to drive away. I
am thankful TO say that since hsYe
taken Peruna, I do not have any reE~
son 10 dread this any more. Last
fan when I suffered with my old
trouble 1 took Peruna and IN nine
days was completely cured and since
that time, If have been st all exc
posed TO the damp, wet or cold
weather, Kfake a dose or two Of PEE
runa and II throws OUT any hinf Of
sickness from my system. gladly
indorSe II. Miss Elizabeth Uber.
Mrs. VIM. Dewey, saranac Lake, N.
Y, is second cousin of Admiral Dewey.
In a recent letter she says:
"Peru1a Is the most valuable Of
any remedy that hsVe ever used for
coughs, colds, etc. cLeerfuILy rec
ommend II as certain cure If used
according TO directions. Mrs. VIM.
Dewey.
Miss Rosa Gerbing, n popular
society woman of Crown Point, Ind,
writes:
"Lasf winter took a long drive
In f1e country, and being too flIi1gIy
cERd csup ht a bad cold which settled
on my lungs, and which / could not
seem 10 shake off I hsJ heard a
great deal of PerHna for colts and
cafarrh and bought bottle TO try.
lam pleased that I did for II brought
speedy relief Ii only took two bot
Hes and / consider fbfs money well
spent.
q" You have a firm friend IN me-,
and NOT only advise IFS use to my
friends, bur have purchased several
bottles TO give 10 those without fhe
means 10 buy, and have noticed
without exception that 1t has brought
about a speedy cure wherever IL has
been used "-Miss Rosa Gerbfng.
To neglect cold is to invite chronic
catarrh. AS soon as anyone discovers
the first symptoms of catching cold he
should at oj,s, Negin the use of Peruna
according 10 directions on the bottle,
and the cold is sure to pass away with
out leaving any bad effects.
Unless this is done the cold Is almost
sure to end In the second stage of ca
tarrh which is making so many lives
miserable. If Peruna was taken every
time one has a cold or cough chronic
ca.arrh would be practically an un-
known disease.
II you do.not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once TO DIR. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case and he viii
be pleased TO give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
SUPREME COURT.

The supreme court convened this
morning at $3.50 and dealt with the
following cases:
Mosier VS.. Momsen; petition for re-
view overruled and opinion modified.
Ruemmelli vs.. Craveas; mo ion for
review overruled
Donahoe VS.. Mitchem; motion for
review overruled.
Closer ct al VS.. Closer ct al; mo
ton for rehearing oyerruled.
holland VS.. Owens; petition for re-
hearing overruled.
Swartzel VS.. LeBreton; judgment
vacated ond appeal dismissed for rea-
son that no record accompanies peti-
yion in error.
shivers vs.. Territory; petition for
rehearing overruled.
Reaves VS.. The Territory4 petition
for rehearing overruled.
Bailey VS.. Territory; dismissed.
The following cases are set for Jral
argument Monday:
Wade L. McClung ct al VS.. May NJ
Cullison ct al
George Foster VS.. the Cimarror
Valley bank Of Coyle
U G, Guss ct al VS.. ]. 7. Nelson.
George W Baumhoff vs.. oklahom;
City Electric Co. ct al.
The Enid and Anadarko Railway Co
vs.. Joseph W Wiley ct al
The following cases were oral ar
gument was waived and taken OF
brief:
F. H. Thwing VS. r. L. Winkler.
f. H. Thwing vs.. Grant Humphrey.
Nicholas and Shepard Co vs.. Johi
w. Trower ct al.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The quarterly statement made by
the officials of the Oklahoma sanitari-
um Co. Tor the quarter ending Decem-
Der 81, mas been filed in the office OF
the territorial auditor The report
shows that 4Sl patients have been
cared for by at the sanitarium during
the quarter. sixty-hye having been re-
ceived and sixty-four dismissed. Ac-
cording to the report the territory is
indebted to the sanitarium company
the sum of $2O,66972 for the care OF
The inmates during the quarter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The Country Card club met Thurs
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Longaker The hostess was assisted
by Miss Margaret Roberts of King
fisher. delightful luncheon was
served and the evening was spent at
cards. The first lady's prize was won
by Mrs. c. NJ Sarchet; the first gen
tleman's prize by F. S. Barde lady 5
consolation by Mrs J. S. Lyon; gentle
mans by Edgar N. Powers. Those
present We're; Messrs and Mesdames
F. S. Barde, Gus Nelson. j. S. Lyon,
wv. c. Barnhardt, CM. Sarchet, Will
lam Rejhal Edgar N Powers; Miss
Laia Miller and Miss Margaret Rob
ber s; J. f. Fitzpatrick.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
How,s ThIs7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
r. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known
IF ]. Cheney for the last Is years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fnan-
cially able 10 carry out any obliga-
tions made by his firm
Waldlng, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists. Toleso, o.
Halls catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally. acting directly upon the blood
ana muaons surfaces OF the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price rs
GEMS per bottle Sold by all drug.
gists.
Take Halls Family pills for consti.
patton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

the least ust the kind Of people that
the United states should be particu-
larly anxious to welcome They do
not make good showing mentally.
morally or physically We get our
anarchists from among them. They
nll the sIums of our large northern
cities. ana many Of them eventually
help swell the populations Of our aims
houses, jails and asylums Of all kinds
They ard others Of their ilk, are
already here in such numbers tha.
they form colonies by themselves
and into these segregatloas, where
Ignorance obtains and vice and crime
are too often bred, the light of Amer
lean Ideals has but little chance to
penetrate. Many Of them remain
aliens in habits Of thought ana in man
ners ana customs to the end Of their
days. There are so many of them, and
they are so clannish, that the real
meaning of American Institutions
never gets to them. They constitute
one of the chief dangers to American
ism today; and 1t is a dangcr which Is
ever increasing.
More rigorous legislation is needed
TO keep this class of people out; and
an unrelenting enforcement of it..
There is always a great hue and cry
raised when legislation Of this kind is
agilated, and many Of its opponents
are people who do not realize the
dangerous conditions of affairs and
are aeinated by desire to exhibit
iiberality in their views. Among the
other eneleies Of effective and well
enforced restrictive laws are the great
transportation companies. who bring
the immigrants.
Immigrants Of the right kind In not
too large numbers. would still be wei
coined by the American people. But
the people who herd in squalid dis
tress in the foreign quarters of our
large cities mould not be admitted
The people that come from the parts
Of Europe we have mentioned are not
given to agricultural pursuits. Indeed.
they assist in no material way in the
development of the country. but may
rather be lilSened to scayengersl l1Eho
come hoping to pick up living from
the surplus. America has lent herself
too much to this class of aliens. She
has got into a careless habit; she
is 100 willing, in the abundance of her
prosperit-. to allow chance to be
taken away from her own people that
are theirs by right
Rudyard Kipling, in brief and
pithy commentary upon the attitude
of the national mind upon this mat
ter. says of the American:
"His easy, unswept hearth he lends,
From Labrador to Guadalupe
TIL, elbowed out by sloven friends
He camps at sufference on the
stoop."
It is one Of the most important
questions of the day, this immigration
matter AnI IL must be confessed
that the present hopes for any changes
are not particularly bright
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
setting a Prisoner Free.

A man with rheumatism is a pris.
onor His feiters are none the less
CALLING because they are invisible. To
him Perry Davis Painkiller comes as
a liberator. Rubbed well into the
swollen. suffened o.nts it not merely
drives away the pain, Il makes the
muscles pliable so that the prisoner
becomes a free man. There Is but one
Painkiller. Perry Davis 20 and 50
e 8.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Senator Newlands Of Nevada, de.
clares the G. o. p. is just recovering
from its imperial debauch For the
good fame OF the republic We would
this were so. but what signs are there
that the ias IS abating?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

OI5WIIU . N
cussta Rsy & companys Clear Ha
wanna goods,
stlokney's chaneeIlors.
Rice's Mercantile, and
Agent Cigars.
Niles & Moser's Tom Moore and
Henry George cigars.
Fritz Bros. la Josephine and
orls cigars.
capaduras, Tom Keenes, Porta Rlco~
sawloa stcalss.
Start the New Year right buy q
box.
{ oLsMITHs, ii5 South Division St.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The prof. sharing" employees OF
the steel trust may extract grain Of
comfort from the knowledge that the
officials OF the corporation have had
their salaries cut
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Fatal kidney and bladder troubles
can always be prevented by the use
Of Foley's Kidney Cure Sold by J,
n. Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

An eminent scientist declares that
the sun is slowly but snrely losing its
heat Cawn't see how he reconciles
this alleged fact with the increasing
area OF sheolic sun spots.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Eugene v Dehs Is hauling the Demo
cratic party over the forensic Goals.
The Democratic party is not disposed
70 side-step any amount Of socialistic
dcnunciation this year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The average Russian peasants vo-
cabulary Is said TO consist of about 10
words. Yes. but every word uses
about all the Observation-Disclosures
oyitschslSyoff.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The MongoIians are not preparing
to withstand Tartar invasion with
Chinese walls this time. but with
Krupps and Krags.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Hear hte greater New York ere
Hear the greater New York "re-
police commissioners Tammany true
blue appointments
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09
Guthrie Towel supply.

Towels and aprons OF all kinds fur
nished at very reasonable rates. See
me before you buy. Walter Hammock
with Guthrie Laundry Co
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

wentz, and now that $s,ooo,OOO Mis-.
sIssippi heiress. Really these avarac-
ious lsidnappers fill us with a sense OF
personal insecurity
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

The occupation Of Thibet by John
Bull right when the Far Eastern
crisis is most acute. may or may not
be donbly significant.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Japan evidently knows Russia
Peace palaver by the bear simply
means begging time for better pre-
paredness.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-01-09

Uncle Sans blue Jackets VIII be
1ohnnies-on-the-spot in Korea, if not
sooner.