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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
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freedom lies in refusal the part army at large to
continue Obedient.
Dscontent has been spreading in Russia long time
and mas resulted naturally. Russia anachronism
Is country founded originally agricultural basis
with the people whole settled country at large
ihen came the attempt of Russia to fit inventions
10 the old system. On the agricultural basis came rail-
ROADS, tactoes and the other agents of machinery
FINANCIAL Minister De Wte Russia has tried to become
an industrial state and while something accom-
pshed yet to make Russia produce to the whole
country under factory system the nation should have
flexible constitution. The constitution of Russia is not
flexible, and the right to about freely is denied
Its people Unrest has followed
Again. there is for the Russia in the
fact that there is system of education head
the department of enlightenment has duty see
ing that the people enlightened there are
some excellent universities the spirit university life
lacking for the students the right of free
thought and free speech. Only small fragment the
trained intellect of the country has find field
Tor itself The clergy the ignorant and it has
Deen said the most immoral of all clergy church
mas not proved attractive for keen ana trained
intelects The offers outlet it is muzzed
although few of the trained minds been absorbed
by the government Here they merely become part
of the governmental machine
Russia for them and they accordingly an eruption
and rebuilding of the structure Russia defined
as an autocracy modified by assassination 1t is the
Bureaucracy which has all attempts at granting
reforms
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

clan within the British empire, was
received with loud chee.s. He ad-
dressed his hearers as fellow country
men. and said it always gave him great
satisfaction to return to his old town,
where he had received his early educa-
ton and where he had so many friends.
Taking up the serious part of his sub
ject, DIR. Osler said as Canadians they
had three relations to considerable
country to the south, the motherland
and their own Canada. Fortunately or
unfortunately, the nation to the south
was one of the most powerful on earth.
a Briton should be proud of it, for no
other nation, ancient or modern, ever
had such child.
a very serious and important influ-
ence was that of gravitation, the at
traction of the larger body upon the
smaller, which caused an incessant
dribbling over the border of their
young men. A million Canadians We're
in the States, many in prominent posi-
tions In finance and In the professions,
particularly in medicine and theology.
There they had been successful by rea-
son of two special qualities, industry
and thoroughness, the only qualities
worth anything in the makeup of n
young man. If 1t We're only in the
matter of draining away the young
men, 1t would make no difference, as
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
pEARY,s NEW SHIP.
BY Which He Expects to Reach the

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North Pole.
Early in July Commander Peary will
sail from New York and make the at
tempt to cross the vast waste of sea
Ice necessary to reach the North Pole.
1t covers an area as large as the Unit
Ell States. He expects to succeed for
no Arctic explorer ever started out so
well equipped
Commander Peary has been very
busy supervising the completion of his
vessel in Maine. The vessel was
launched at Bucksport on March %;
and as she slipped down the ways
Mrs. Peary broke the conventional bot
tie and christencd her the Roosevelt
All that experience and the skill Of
the naval architect can suggest are
combined In the new ship. Armored
with strength MS was never Arctic
craft before, 1t is believed that she
may force her way through the inter
fering Ice to within striking distance
Of the topmost point of the globe.
The intention is to force her along
the frigid zone Of Grant Land as far
north as possible, and from this point,
this utmost land base, to sedge across
the great polar pack. The power of her
engines and her strength In all details
of construction are relied upon to en-
able her to cleave Il way where others
have failed. The new ship is not large.
but she is big enough for the work she
has to do, and everything about her is
handy and serviceable. Her principal
dimensions are: Length on load water
line, 161 feet: length over all. 1856 feet;
beam. maximum at load water line,
"a feet: beam. over all. 50 feet inches;
mean draft. 16 feet: full load displace-
ment. about 1,50O tons. To take the
worst of the rub Of passing ice, the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Tombstone Said So.

bank president called one day on
Governor John Mccullough, of Yer
mont.
Governor" he said, 81 want to rec
ommend to your notice Sebastian Su-
tro. This young man would ill place
of trust with discretion and integrity"
He is n good man, eh!" the Gov
ernor asked.
HE is one of the best OF men," said
the bank president, solemnly. Moral,
high-minded, generous to fault"
With laugh the Governor inter.
rupted the bank president.
This fervid praise" he said, ire
minds me of Il case wherein appeared
in San Francisco"
He laughed again. Then lie went en-:
ut was will case. We were trying
to break the will of an elderly gentle
man who, ignoring his relations, had
left the bulk of his property to a total
stranger. 1t was part of our case to
prove that the dead man had been
eccentric, irregular. cruel, dissipated.
and, after We had proved this point.
the defense summoned witness in the
rebuttal.
1.-THE first question put to the de-
fense's witness was: What do you
know about the character of the de.
ceased?' and the man answered, sir,
In words like these:
HE was n man without blame, be-
loved and respected of men, pure in
all his thoughts, and
But interrupted the witness.
Where said. did you learn all
thatY
81 got it, the man answered, from
the tombstone "-Boston Advertiser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

adopted. The result is that the Amer.
lean rice production has grown from
1l5,OOO,OOO pounds in 1898 to 800, OOO,-
oC9 pounds, estimated, for 1904, while
imports have declined from 154,OOO,OO0
pounds to fss~ hmm half this quantity.
Demonstration FARMS" operated I'M
der the direction of the department
and III charge of the most progressive
available farmers of different sections.
are to be established throughout the
country, these farms to be object les
sons In the most approved methods OF
fertilization, tillage, crop rotation, and
general farm management. Here the
teachings Of the department will be so
exemplitied that he who runs may
read.
All this means the coming of the
new farmer. Within the lifetime of
many who read this article he may
double or treble the average yield of
an acre of land and quadruple the pro-
hts of farming. 1t means, too, the
continued commercial supremacy of
America. Nowhere else is land so plen-
tiful and fertile and farmers SO intelli.
gent and enterprising. And the farm
er Is still the basis of our prosperity,
Three million more people are engaged
IN farming than In manufacturing and
mechanical pursuits, and the fixed cap
ital of American agriculture is four
times that Of American manufactures.
The area Of our corn fields in year
would cover England, Ireland, Scot
land. Wales. Holland, Belgium and
Denmark and leave room for half.
dozen little States on the edges; our
1904 wheat fields, If combined into one
great plot. would be larger than the
six New England commonwealth; and
our cotton patch is bigger than seven
of the smaller States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
.zIIHN
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portable homes and good time during their fathers life
and refuse suitable offers In their eens and thenwhen
Tue oo nome Is broken up-they find themselves left in
their hirtes fortes and unproyide for md ~
no further chance of changing their state
sometimes they make this mistake because they nreer
.he pleasure and independence of single fe and some
umes they do 1t in the hope that they wait little some
thg better VIII turn upsomething short which thew
consider more worthy of their choice Hundreds of girls
spoh their lives by expecting much And the absurd
lihg Is that while they demand much they offer ca
niue What are they, forsooth that they should expect
uea perfection of mind body and in husband?
would advise those fastdous young ladies to remember
'he story OF the Scotch beauty who being asked wbv
she had never married, replied: wadna look Mt the
walkers, and the riders a gaed by"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

thought 1t might possibly be due to an
exposed gas bill.
In the dining room 1t needed no
searchlight nose to detect 1t. and seem
ed to be rolling under the kitchen door
In large punches.
81 told you So" cried the triumphant
Ma.
but you didn't produce any direct
evidence to prove 1t, Mrs. Jones. re-
piled Pa, therefore the gas was enti-
tied to all reasonable doubt. Norah.
get me candle!'
what are you going to do with a
candle?" asked Ma, showing some
symptoms of agitation.
II am going to locate that leak"
was the assuring snswer; did you
think was going to use 1t to anoint
my corn?"
"You don't strike light In that
kitchen until get half-mile start"
said Ma.
"Shure, an It's Their same at this
Ind" announced Norah.
"Bow-wow" barked little Fido.
MADAME. Norah, dog" rejolned Pa,
majeshcally, II will have you one and
all understand that know what l am
doing. The only logical, the only sci
entific way to locate gas leak is to
look for it. and since there are neither
electric lights In the kitchen or owl
optics In my head. l presume you will
admit the necessity of recourse to n
CANDLE"
With this Pa opened the door and
struck the fatal match. But 1t went
out the next instant. and so did the
gentle Henry, for there was flash
like n twenty-five horse power dia-
mond, n rumble like Japs throwing
Russians over Tie Pass, and sundry
yelps from Ma. Norah and little Fido.
well, guess you are satisfied"
exclaimed Ma, glancing at the smoking
kitchen.
mot entirely Mrs. jones' was Pas
calm reply. ~ am little curious to
know how many feet Of gas 1t took to
kick an able-bodied man, two bowling
women and a dog across a dlnlng-room
table,"
The next day the gas man came and
some time later Pa Jones got all the
information he desired.-Philadelph
Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
FATHER HAS AN AWAKENING.
Finds the Ways of To-day Are Not
Those of Forty Years Ago.


Unlike the man who shirks all re-
sponsibility in shaping his sons career,
there is occasionally one who causes
just rs much trouble by an overdose of
parental interest. A case In point is of
a successful business man, who made Il
large fortune In well-established bust
ness, which he hoped his son would
take up at the proper age.
In the meantime the son was sent to
college, where he became much attach
ed to the profession he had elected to
study. But after his graduation the
son, much against his inclination, was
persuaded to enter his fathers bust
ness. The elder man had worked UP
from poor boy and believed that
young married people should exercise
something like the rigid economy that
had started his fortunes forty years
ago.
The son married young woman
who knew nothing of work and didn't
want to learn and they set up a mod
est home with one servant. This was
too much for the father, who remon-
strated with them for their eXtraya-
gance. He said that they were begin
ming wrong and by way of teaching
them to get along on n small amount
Of money he reduced his sons salary
to a sum that would not allow the
luxury of servant.
The son said nothing, but not long
after that the father found note on
his desk in which he said that he had
accepted a position in his profession
that would enable him to live the way
he wished to and that he had moved
bag and baggage to city in the East.
The elder man realized that the meth
DDS of forty years ago are not those OF
to-day. But it was too late.-Detroit
Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
PA FINDS A GAS LEAK
Mas Sensitive olfactory Nerve Send,
Henry on a Nocturnal Hunt,

Henry on Nocturnal Hunt,
Henry" cried Ma Jones. arousins
the sleepful Pa some time between
the dead of night and early the next
morning, 81 smell gas"
"Well, don't do it, Mary; it is n fool.
fish habit" replied Pa, as he turned
over and started to snore again.
"Henry Jones, do you hear met"
shouted the alarmed Ma, "there is gas
escaping in this house, and 1 want YOU
to get up and see what is the matter!"
"Madam," returned Pa, irrltably.
"your fancy is taking another flight!
Your Imagination is working on
wheels! What you smell Is the soft
coal smoke from locomotive running
twenty miles out on the Main Line!
Forget 1t and go to Sleep"
Henry, l tell you 1t Is gas" said
Ma, earnestly, "and If you don't get IN
this instant will go downstairs my
self, even If l am asphyxiated on tho
spot!''
Mrs. JONES'" returned poor Pm. as
he climbed out of bed and started for
his shoes, vest and suspenders. you
mike me weary Of this terrestrial lifei
You make me yearn for some hallowed
place where the angels know enough
to fold their wings and sleep instead of
smelling around for the fumes of gas!'
"What in the world are you doing? 2"
demanded Ma, looking at the slow
moving Henry. Are you going 10 put
full oh
and comb your hair just to so down
stairs and look for leaking gas pipe -
Madam" returned Pa Jones, 81 may
have to so all the way to the ,servolr
before find that leak, and l certain
ly do not care to be mistaken for n
scmnambulist, not to speak Of the dis
comforts that l would experience from
an unkindly temperature"
A few minutes later the procession
started in quest of gas, Pa marshall
Ing the assembled forces, which by
that time included Norah and dear lit
tie Fido Ma was sure that 1t was es-
Gaping from Mother-in-Law Smiths
room, and thlther they went
4 Mother, are you dead?" asked Pa,
in hopeful sort of voice. as he pound
ed ON the old lady's door.
Not dead, my son, or even sleeping"
returned Mother Smith, but think 1
smell gas"
Next they went to Willie's room and
Johnny's room. No gas. Then to Sis
boudoir and Edythe's boudoir. No gas!
Are you satisfied now, Mrs JONES'"
said Pa. ''or do you wish to keep up
the Mummer's parade until we have
gone over the entire route, and passed
the grand Stand In the cellar?'
"No, l am not satisfied" was the
emphatic reply. II smell gas. and 1
am not going to give up the search un-
til l find out where 1t comes from"
The procession then countermarched
to the head Of the stair, passed down
single file, and reconnoitered in the
parlor. No leak was found in the
chandelier. but Pa admitted that the
etmosphere was little frowsy, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
THE BORROWED BABY

,GD ED pulled his cap down over his
4 ears and drew OH his mittens.
He hoped he would not have
very far to go. He was out to borrow
q baby, and although he was rather
particular as to what kind he wanted
he did not anticipate any difficulty In
finding one.
J He did rather wish 1t was summer,
for he remembered that he had seen
a lot of babies in the park in the warm
weather. and 1t would have been easy
work to borrow one of these. Now. he
thought. he would have to go to some
house and ask for one.
He had heard the nurse say that II
the baby had lived his pretty step
mother might have rallied. but as 1t
was they had very little hope Of saw
ing her life.
Ted had not cared particularly for
the baby. but he loved his new sweet
mother very much; he had been with
out one long time and to be. little
boy without a mother Is very sad.
So he reasoned that II 1t was on ac-
: count Of the loss Of the baby his moth
er might die-he would go out and
borrow one for her. SO that she could
get well
Luck surely with him, for he
had not bone very far when he saw a
woman come out of house with a
baby In her arms. She stood as II I'M
certain which way to go. She was not
a very nice woman. Ted thought, but
the baby looked nice, so he stepped up
to her and said: please, ma am, could
borrow your baby for while?"
lord love 1t. what's this?" said the
woman, and sat down on the steps.
Eyer want to borrow the baby, do
. yer7'
Yes, please, ma'am, need baby
very much"
no. no. ha, ha! If that don't beat
the Dutch! Yer need baby-well, 1
don't was Just wondering what
place I'd better take this one to-the
'sylum or the station house. Its moth
er lodged In my house, and she went
to the hospital and died." "Well, she
said. half to herself, "if 1t wouldn't
be an easy thing to get rid Of this
kid to give 1t to that other one. Here"
she said suddenly to Ted. take the
baby and run along with It," And she
hurried into the house and shut the
door.
Here, nurse, I've brought baby for
her 80 she won't die" said Ted when
he marched home, very tired, but very
heppy at his success.
When the nurse heard his whole
story she took Ted in her arms, to-
gether with the borrowed baby" and,
4 with q. mingling of smiles and tears,
said, "I'll try it,
She dressed the baby in the pretty
clothes of the little one that was gone
and took 1t upstairs to the sick wom-
an. With sigh of content the invalid
clasped it to her and went to sleep-a
quiet. deep sleep which spoke OF re-
covery.
II 'spose, father" said Ted one day,
when his mother was pronounced out
of danger, II 'spose it's time to return
the baby" He looked troubled as he
said it, for the baby had Won large
place in his heart.
"No." said his father. 81 think, Ted
II think we'll keep your borrowed
baby'-forever!"- Sun.
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or feats of great difficulty in the wav

or feats Of great difficulty in the way.
1T Is merely question of good roadbed
construction for most of the way and
careful trestling for the rest. The KEYS
are high enough above the water line
to be amply protected in case of
storms or winds. There Is an outer
line of coral reefs for the whole dis
lance which acts rs sort of break
water, SO that when the storms lieap
the Atlantic up against the shore the
keys are protected at all times. Trees
along the whole way afford another
protection on the keys. Most Of the
channels are only five or ten feet deep
and the bottoms are of good clay or
soft limestone, which make ideal hold
ing ground for the piles where perma.
nent trestles are needed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
FOR CROSS KEY RAILROAD.
Millionaire Flagler's Plan to Connect
Key West with the Main Land.

Millionaire Flagler's Plan to Connect
Key West with the Main Land.
Key West is to be hooked to the
the island city will soon become the
most important port in the Southern
States, says the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. Such is the program announced
by Henry NJ. Flagler, whose engineers
are at work pushing the double line.
of rails southwark from Miami. across
the keys that stretch to the southwark
from the homestead country. Along
100 miles of keys and forty miles of
water the road will be run and In
three years Key West will be the
southern terminus of the Florida East
Coast Railroad.
These keys are all rich, low lying
hummOck land. They are black with
richness and fruits and vegetables
thrive. Cocoanuts. pineapples and all
kinds of tropical fruits grow Justify in
the soil, and as the land is absolutely
safe from the effects of hurricanes ana
cyclones. they are highly desirable
farm lands. Already extensive farms
and plantations are laid out and being
worked on Key Largo, the first key OF
the Florida coast. The key Is forty
miles long and is separated from the
continent only by a shallow channel of
some miles in width. Then the keys
extend on in chain farther and
farther south and all of the same de-
scription. They are rich and fertile.
They are well covered with foliage and
trees, and they form IL perfect set of
links for the railroad that Flagler will
build.
Key West is 1914 miles from Miami
and 1873 miles from Homestead. which
is the largest town In the southern end
of the peninsula. The road, which has
already been built as far as Cape
Sable, forms the first of the links of
the chain.
will go by trestle to Key Largo, where
solil rock roadbed Will be filled In
for nearly forty miles. From Key
Largo the track will go by trestle from
key to key until 1t reaches the Bahia
Honda, which is just north Of Key
West. Here n long trestle with draw
bridges will be built and the last link
Of the line will be complete. Alto
gether 100 miles of solid rock roadbed
OIL the keys and forty miles Of trestle
and bridge work will be needed for the
completion of the line.
The tremendous advantage that this
remarkable plan has is that 1t demands
no special or laborious engineering
work. There arc no intricate problems
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Better Blood.

In the home of a New England farm
er there are two small heirs, bright
little fellows, six and seven years old.
named VIII and Eugene. Like most
other lads, both of them dislike work.
especially Chores" and when these
small services are required, each fire.
quently evinces desire to have the
other take the laboring oar.
A short time ago it CHANGED that tho
family physician was calling Mt the
house, in attendance on the mother
whose health was not good. AS he
was putting on his gloves TO go AWAY
he ran II professional glance over tho
two youngsters.
Mrs. Fuller" he remarked. che
younger of your two boys, Eugene ia
more robust than WILL He has .rea tor
vitality. His blood is better"
This remark was not lost on tho
lads.
About an hour later, as the dusk wo,
falling, the mother said "Will. Won
must fill the woodboX for mornin,,
Fetch in four armfuls."
Il don't want to- whined WIN
make Gene so. His blood's bettor,r
mine"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

We want hospitals, convaescent homes institutions for
me pnd ana crippled Our MANNED are the Increase
put rch men persist In making provision the strong
and most intelligent If half the money sunk in libraries
in recent devoted the proper housing and e.
cahon OF fortunes footballs should probably see how
nature compensates the seemingly unfortunate
Learning is the brightest jewel in the casket of man
kind but it is ALL diseased bodies and bril-
aht minds stud the pages of history yet to be-
ieVe that they together We neglect the BODY and de-
sroy the brain by commencing operations on the mental
instead Of the physical faculties.
Know way to revive dying interest among char
table 1t Is to wander foot through the Sums fast
ing, and be given library seat instead dinner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

From burglars point of view, prob
ably the most remarkable house in
the world is the Morosini mansion at
Riverdale, N. y, says the New York
Herald. Many of the handsome places
in that neighborhood have been ell.
tered successfully by the light-fingered
gentry, Mr.. Morosini's among the num-
Der. Determining to make himself i'm
mune from such attacks, he called a
well-known electrician into his service
and the result is house which is abb
solutely burglar-proof.
The same electric light plant which
heats and lights the house is used to
operate the electric currents which
guard the house, so the cost, independ-
ent of the first outlay. is tritling. Elec-
trio wires connect every door and win
dow in the house, and when the cur
rent is turned OH no entrance can be
made without both houses and grounds
becoming instantly Illuminated by 500
electric bulbs.
When these lights blaze out set Of
deep-tOned bells in the north tower
send out babel Of sounds which can
be heard n distance of several miles.
Gongs also clang in the servants quar-
tiers and In Mr.. Morosinis sleeping
apartment. None of the doors or Win
dows is locked. Should burglar,
knowing these safeguards, try to avoid
them by cutting through n pane Of
glass, the result would be the same.
The windows are formed of loaded
panes and i'll these leads the wires are
hidden. A test of the system is made
once week to make sure that it is
In working order.
About the worst nightmare that
Il