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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

must busy himself studying the signals system Of air
oakes and the other things that he will be required to be
pronclent IN when his anal examination is to be held
me examnee must be absolutely as to physical
condition. his hearing must be good his eyes will be
given closer searching and testing than any
nation in the world will put him through
The technical examination even severer in propor.
uon than the physical The brakeman be familiar
with every Kind of signal to be found on the road
On the air brakes he is questioned closely He must
know how to trace air through different pipes and valves
must know the effect of different pressres on different
speeds and different tonnage In short must know the
will do. 90 - anu
me pay OF freight brakemen is cents mile Che
monthly pay will run from sos s15 per month accord
ing 10 the mileage made Eighty five dollars month will
perhaps DE general average for freight brakeman over
the country Passenger brakemen earn less
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
SPIRITUAL EAecTRIclTY.
Not for Years Has the Social Atmos-
phere Been So Charged with 1t.

Not for Years Has the Social Atmos-
phere Been So Charged with 1t.
Not for many years has the social
atmosphere been so charged with splr-
itual electricity. Wherever we turn,
in polite centers or the barbarous ex-
tremities OF the earth. among all peo-
pies and under every variety of creed
and condition, the same phenomena are
manifest. AS in confagration, the
fire leaps from point to point, bursting
out in dozen distant spots at once.
Now it is Australia and New Zealand
that are chiefly affected; then amazing
reports come from Korea; next, per-
haps, are extraordinary returns from
Los Angeles. Atlanta or Pittsburg.
Just at present the center of interest
Is In Wales. where scenes are witness
ed quite as thrilling as any in the his
tory Of REVEALS. All accounts agree
that the Welsh revival is unique for
spontaneity and fervor. Its leader. so
far as 1t has any, is young divinity
Of twenty-six, Evan Roberts by name,
simple-hearted, sensible, ablaze with
zeal. But the movement is far beyond
any personality. Religion is the one
topic Of conversation. Meetings are
constant and crowded. The converts
are numbered by the tens of thou
sands. and the ethic results are of so
pronounced sort as to make criticism
difficult. 1t Is the uniform testimony
that the morals of whole communities
have been transformed. A visitor de-
scrlbes a typical ride in colllery train
where he had been accustomed to meet
blasphemy and filth; but 1.-The men
were as respectable in their demeanor
and as clean in their talk as one could
desire. Some carriages resounded with
Christian song."-Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
JAPANESE NAPLES.
Interesting Facts About the Com nj on
Shade Tree of Our Cities.

Interesting Facts About the Com mon
Shade Tree of Our Cities.
The Japanese naples were, as their
name implies. imported from Japan,
and are noticeable on lawns and In the
city parks for their reddish-purple COL
oring and the deep-cut leaves. These
indentations extend almost to the stem
Of the leaf, cutting it into five or seven
distinct fingers. which in some cases
are so slender as to give it the ap-
pearance Of feather rather than a
leaf. Prospect Park. brooklyn, has a
particularly large and fine collection
of these tiny trees or shrubs The red
or swamp maple, the wild species of
our woods, has small leaf. very easy
to distinguish. 1t Is divided into three
main points, each of which is cut up
by small teeth along Its entire edge.
They are famous for their brilliant red
colors in the fall.
The highest pinnacle Of tree develop
ment. however, seems to have been
reached when the silver maple was
formed in natures crucible. Think of
all the good points in physically
perfect, high-strung, blooded horse,
apply these points to tree life, and we
have the silver maple. From the
ground up to the topmost leafet we
find expressed in every atom of the
tree strength, vitality. purity, beauty
and usefulness. The trunk of this tree
Is as sleek and clean-cut as any one
could imagine tree to be. The leaf
is beautiful in its shape and color, the
under side being slvery white
from which 1t takes Its name-and as
one stands under 1t and looks up he
sees silver dome: or II breeze Is
blowing the green-and-silver leaves
simmer and vibrate like an aspen,
giving the appearance of pale-green
fire. which is especially noticeable on
the approach of storm. The leaf is
five-pointed, and the entire edge is
again indented with well-defined teeth.
This is the common shade tree Of our
cities.-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

IN the Illustration shown the battle ship Commonwealth
ADDITION British which,
men Will
tons displacement proposed increased
comes official
lessons the ussopanee conflict
uesghs OF all projected ships
pe punt at once and that it will be the
seen Daily
battesr
guns for moro
nifty full
that the alleged defects attributable used than
the
less powder and modified corte While velocity IA
increased length
exists Tho
urge pressure OF the latest
this
= " " "A'ee"u'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

CATION DR.. John B. Murphy announced
that he would donate 5000 for Chi
cago monument to DR. Guthrie if the
Investigating committee of medical
men should find that to the American
chemist, rather than to either Profess
sor Llebig or Professor Soubeiran, be-
longed the honor Of being the discov-
erer Of the greatest Of all anaesthetics.
The picture shows the proposed monu-
ment, huge bowlder of granite found
near Worth, ILL.,. and which biologists
say was brought to the Desplaines val
ley from the Washara regions of Wis
consin in the great deluge of the ice
age. Beside the bowlder to the left is
shown Ossian Guthrie and to the right
Wardell uGthrie, distinguished citizens
Of Chicago and grandsons of the dis
coverer of the drug which revolution
lied medical science.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
YANKEE DOODLE HesslAN TUNE.
Old March Song of Germans Similar
in Form and RHYTHM

Consul Schumann, stationed at
Mainz, Germany, contributes IN inter-
esting item to the stock of knowledge
after which the great American heart
yearns with consuming yearn, says
the Cincinnati Commercial-T Tribune.
The knowledge concerns the origin Of
Yankee Doodle"-so far as the In
spiriting music is concerned-and Con-
sui Schumann sends to the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor the fol-
lowing translation Of an article from
the Frankfurter Zeitung:
1t Is well known that the tune Of
yankee Doodle" was derived from a
military march played by the Hessian
troops in the War of the Revolution
in America. In studying the dances
of the Schwalm. Johann Lewalter was
struck by the similarity in form and
rhythm Of Yankee Doodle" to the
music Of these dances Last year. at
the kirmess Of the village Of Wasen-
berg, when Yankee Doodle" was
played, the young men and girls
swung into true Schwalmer dance,
as though the music had been COM
posed for 1t. 1t therefore
seems probable that the Hessian re-
Fruits from the Schwalm. who served
in the pay of Great Britain during the
Revolutionary War. and whose mill
tary band instruments consisted OF
tugles, flies and drums only, carried
over with them the tune known to
them from childhood and played 1t as
a march.
@. E. D.: The logic of the argument
OF the Frankfurter Ieltung is abso.
lutely impregnable. All other theories
of the origin of Yankee Doodle"
must give way to the Hessian origin
OF the tune to which, lncontestab!y.
the Hessians danced at Trenton, and
the fact is not mitigated by the other
fact that the dancing was in an effort
to get out of the way of gentleman
named G. Washington. who had
crossed the Delaware for the express
purpose Of treating the Hessians to a
waltz.
Learned men there have been who
have assigned the origin of the music
of Yankee Doodle" to the mountain
GERS Of the Pyrenees; the Seminole In
dams In Florida have been credited
with originating 1t, while others have
assigned Its origin to the fens of Lin
colnshire in merry England. But it's
all over now! 1t was brought to the
United States by the Hessians as a
dancing tune, and history records the
fact that the Hessians danced to it at
Trenton in one time and two or three
Of the quickest motions possible.
Ergo-as they would say at Chicago
universlty-it is a Hessian tuna.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
Payaaye lntime.

The portrait of a landscape may re-
produce the sentiment which attracts
to the country slde-the love of the
painter for it, the attachment of those
who live in 1t, what 1t is to them as
Fart of their lives. Such landscape
IL in measure IDEAL The modern
French have coined phrase for it
paysage intime-for which can find
no better translation than 1.-THE we'll
known, well-loved country side" They
coined 1t to describe the kind of land
scape that was painted by Rousseau,
Dupre, Corot, and some other French
artists. who made their headquarters
at the little village of Barbizon on the
borders of the forest of Fontainebleau;
and these men were followers of Hob.
bema and the other Dutch artists who
had lived two hundred years before
How to Study Pictures" in St Mich
olaA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
WRIGHT WOULD NOT CONFESS.
Says He Was Hanged Fonr Times to
Make Him Admit Murder

MAKE him ADMIT Murder.
A. A. Wright, federal prisoner
charged with murder, brought to pris-
on there from Hobart recently, ac-
cording to Guthrie 20. IT, special to
the Kansas City Journal, says he has
been hanged four times for the crime
Of which he is accused His story Of
the methods used to make him confess
and of the narrow escapes he has had
since his arrest are interesting.
He was arrested on Nov. 1S. The
terrible death of Slaterley, the man he
Is accused of numbering, caused such
feeling in Hobart that mob gath
cred that evening and prepared to
take him from the county Jail and
lynch him. The officers, in the mean
time, had learned of the intended
lynching and spirited Wright to Ana
darko, where he was kept for three
days. He was then taken back to
Hobart for his preliminary hearing.
Efforts were made to make him con-
TESS to the murder by the deputy sher-
If and Jail officials The evidence
against him was purely circumstantial
and Wright declared his innocence.
The preliminary hearing lasted three
days and one night Wright says he
was taken from jail by the officers, a
moose placed about his neck, the rope
thrown over telephone pole and he
was told he was about to be hanged
and that the only thing that would
save him would be confession.
When he refused to confess he says
he was swung into the air and that
this was repeated four times. When
he was lowered the last time, Wright
says he was unconscious and the off,
GERS became frightened and took him
back into the jail.
Wright had been picking cotton near
Hobart. and, according to his state
ment, bought team OF horses and a
wagon from Slaterley at his farm
house six miles from Hobart on Nov. o.
On Sunday. Nov. 10. he said, the bill
Of sale was made out Slaterley's
body was discovered in the mountains
Nov. 49, He had been shot, his head
was crushed and the body was buried
under pile of stones. Slaterley and
Wright had been seen driving together
toward the Indian reservation about
the time Slaterley was killed. Slater
ley was bachelor.
1t has been decided the murder must
have been committed on the govern
ment reservation, and. therefore. the
case must be tried In the federal
court. Wright is a typical Arkansan.
He is tall raw-boned and sandy whis-
kered. He says he bought the team
from Slaterley for SITS, and after the
bill of sale was made out never saw
him again. He denies all of the cir
cumstances by which the officers are
trying to prove his guilt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

JohN PEAhCE. HIS lutner dleu,
leaving the mother to carry on the
struggle for family of hungry chill.
dren. One room was all she could af.
ford in which to rear them, and their
poverty was acute. AT the age of 8
years John hired out to picture max.
er at 62 cents week. At the age of
IS he was working for builder at
the princely wage of 70 cents week.
One day he got drunk-the only time
he ever touched liquor in his life-and
lost his job. Then he worked for a
pastry cook for two years.
In his long tramps to and from
work Pearce observed how great was
the need among casual and other la
borers of good and cheap food. 1t sug-
gested an opportunity for him to be-
come his own master. He hired cos
termonger's barrow at 25 cents a
week, bought humble urn and few
crooks and set out to earn his fortune
as cheap and perambulating caterer.
He did not even dream then that he
was laying the foundation of colos-
sal business. 1t developed slowly at
first.
At the end OF six months he was
able to turn his shilling barrow
into what he called "a gutter hotel"
With the knowledge of carpentry and
painting that he had learned at the
builders and of cooking that he had
mastered at the pastry cooks, he made
the stall so attractive that his receipts
grew until they sometimes reached $50
a day. For thirteen years he stood by
his gutter hotel" at the end of which
time he had saved $4,000. With that
lie bought the lease of his first coffee
shop. 1t was success from the start
and his business kept on increasing
until to-day he conducts eighty one
restaurants, in not one of which is a
drop of liquor sold. Before he branch
ed out into business for himself he
"got religion" and regularly devoted
one-tenth of his income to charity.
The giving away of 1.-THE OF his in
come he has always since regarded as
a sacred obligation.
Some idea of the extent of his bust
ness may be gained from these fig
ures: In his eighty-one houses the an
nual consumption of fresh meat
amounts to 100000 pounds; of bacon.
225 900 pounds; of -four. 1000 tons; of
potatoes, 1900 tons; of milk, 265, 600
gallons. and 4,250OOO eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
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A,,in1,lI<1e' IN


Such Mistake.-Physcian
ailment lies in the larynx. thorax and
epiglottis. Hooligan-Indade! An
me afther thinkin' Til trouble was in
me throat.
Long Distance Apprecaton.-Mrs.
Jordan-Did you ever hear my daugh-
ter sing, Mr.. johnson: Mr.. Johnson
oh, yes; | only live five blocks from
your house, you know.
Baby, the Biggest.-Mr. Bigger,
Mrs. Bigger, and Baby Bigger, which
of this interesting family is the big
gest, and why the biggest? Answer
Baby Bigger, because he is little
Bigger.
Excused say. If you are so aw-
fully smart at problems, tell me how
far of thunder is when you hear the
first roll. Calculator can't do that,
sir. Crawfoot-You can't? Calculat-
or-No; I'm the lightning calculator.
A PUMA man driving in the coun-
try lost nut off his wagon wheel.
Meeting an Italian. he asked if he
had monkey wrench. The indignant
Italian wrathfully replied, ME no
keep monkey ranch; me keep sheep
ranch"
Notwithstanding, l am sure
It's counterfeit note" said the re-
ceiving teller 1T has one very notice.
able flaw: it's in the paper" But,
my dear man. protested the depositor,
"in these days you can't believe every
thing you see in the paper"
A Hint.-Mr. Highlive docking up
from the paper)-Well, well! Won
ders will never cease! They've got so
now that they can photograph in col
ors. Mrs. Might've (glancing at his
nose)-I think, my DEAR you'd better
get your picture taken before the old
process is abandoned.
Exemplary Punishment-A mother
brought her little son for his first time
to school, and said to the teacher:
This boy o mine is very delicate, as
he is afther a fit of harmonic on the
loongs; but if he does anything bould,
an know he will, bate the wan next
to him, an twill brighten him."
Il
He Won Easily.-Mr. Subbubs-
You know you're only talking nom
sense. What do you want couple of
new gowns for? Mrs. Subbubs-Why,
Mrs. Playne has got dozen gowns,
all Of them much handsomer than the
two or three that I've got. Mr.. Sub
bubs-Yes. know. But homely
woman like that needs rich attire in
order to attract attention.
Selling the Opportunity. Always"
advises the pompous person who has
accumulated several millions, always
say, I will Never allow yourself to
be dismayed by the outlook! Over
come the outlook! That's the way to
succeed" zone. then" comments the
poor person to whom he addresses this
homily. should always say. L wilr3"
Yes, SIR" And you always say it?"
II do" "Will you lend me half
million to get my airship in running
order2"
Proved His Teacher Wrong.-Little
Willie's father found his youthful son
holding up one of his rabbits by the
ears and saying to him: How much
ls seven times seven, now? Ball. the
father heard the boy say, II knew you
couldn't. Here's another one: Six
times six Is how much?" "Why, Will
lie, what in the world are you doing
with your rabbit?" asked the father.
Willie threw the rabbit down with
disgust. II knew our teacher was
wrong" was all he said. "Why, howl"
asked his father. why, she told us
this morning that rabbits were the
greatest multipliers in the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

able that he has exceeded this by
many thousands of miles. for in his
fifty years on the Atlantic the steam
ers on which he sailed We're not con-.
fined to any particular route. The
greater part of the time he sailed be-
tween New York and Liverpool, and
the routes between these points vary
from 1900 to 5000 miles or more The
distance between Boston and Liverpool
is not as great. but there are times
when these steamers take routes long
err than those sailing from New York.
So that in the case of Il man who has
called the Atlantic for more than Atty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

stop in town, and then You wouldn't
leave the theater. Can't you see.
Moira." he said passionately. "that j
want You for myself am jealous OF
even the public's love for you. want
you always by my side. Say you won't
sc back!" ati ~
II don't think ! want to now" said
MORA, Nesting closely to him. Love is
best. after all"
And London was left to wonder why
the Folly Theater lost its favorfte
again so suddenly .-Indianapolis Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
GOT GOOD THING IN DALnex

City but Little Damaged, and Japs
Have Found 1t of Much Use.
The streets Of Dalny are much bet
ter paved than those Of Washington
were before the war, and most of them
not only have good sidewalks. but are
bordered by rows of recently planted
shade trees, which, IL properly cared
for, will ultimately add very much to
the attractiveness of the city and the
comfort of its inhabitants.
The railway station, the Administra-
ton Building, and third or more Of
the dwelling-houses have been wholly
or partly destroyed by fire; but enough
remains to show that, in this part OF
the city alone, the Russians must have
spent millions of rubles legitimately,
besides wasting hundreds Of thousands
more III snowy and unnecessary orna.
mentation. The streets. cutters and
sidewalks were admirably planned and
honestly made; but the houses. with
their endlessly varied and often &C.
centric architecture. look as IL they
had been erected for the purpose OF
making the utmost possible show.
In the course of our long afternoons
walk was surprised to find that so
much Of the city remained intact. The
splendid piers were uninjured: the big
electric light plant and the machine
shops We're In working order; the dry
dock needed nothing but new gates:
and In the commercial quarter Of the
city l could see no traces whatever of
destruction or damage. Perhaps the
Russians left the place so hurrledly
after the battle of Nanshan that they
had no time to destroy their improve.
ments: or perhaps they hoped that
General Kuropatkin would drive the
enemy back and reoccupy the city; but
in either event they erred. The piers,
the dry dock. the machine-shops and
the electric light plant have been of
inestimable use to the Japanese.-Out
look.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
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pected that beautiful writing can be
accomplished with the hand rigidly
bound and hampered as 1t would be
with the wireform illustrated, but 1t
is hoped that the automatic disposal
of the fingers as they should be will
do much to tighten the teachers labor
and eventually result In an easy and
correct style of writing. The device
comprises loop for the thumb and q
shank at the inner end Of the loop for
the end of that digit. There is socket
for the second or middle finger, and
arches to extend over the first and
third fingers and rest projecting be-
yond the little finger, all formed Of a
single piece of wire. After the proper
position Of the hand has been acquired
the device, of course, is discarded and
only used occasionally to prevent the
student from drifting too far from the
academic instruction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07

States started in without dollar 1t is the faculty Of
selling opportunities they present themselves and max
Ing capital of them that race for wealth In
the States mentioned the opportunities are plentiful and
~ hes with the first comers to pick them up and profit
thereby.
Enterprsng young with new ideas concerning the
operation OF stores carrying large stocks of rsclass
goods well displayed and know how to keen trade
ney nave won IT. are bound to succeed The chances
ior DONG business on the side 1t were trading for
stock poultry, selling farming implements where the man.
ufactnrers have established agencies buying and SELL
ing of grain, etc, numerous
oiuinarS laoor. ~hle not so well paid in the smaller
towns enjoys the advantage cheaper cost of living The
workman, If he is enterprsng will soon have COW about
MS place Then he will get separator add three
OF o more cows to his herd of one and presently he will
ne seiihg MS cream for $50 month, amply sua-
cent to meet family should regular epploy
men fail him. One thing brings another In village life
put generally they have golden living competently
handled by the man who knocks at fortunes door
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
A Biographical Dictionary.

One Of the most helpful books to
keep upon your table. ready to be con-
suited as you read other books. is n
biographical dictionary. Then, when
you come to some historical character
about whom your knowledge is a little
faded, 1t will require but moment to
refresh your memory and make your
reading more intelligent. Yon have a
right to the acquaintance of these dis
tinguished men and women and should
keep up at least friendly relations
with them, If for no other reason than
in gratitude for what they have done
to make your life pleasant-St. Mich
olas.