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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
Joe.s Dividends,

From the New York Press.
o ID known as the sshonestestn. ice.
man In town. He works for q big concern.
and the other day was surprised to re-
5ceive q Handsome sum of money from his
employer. Whit fort" he asked. .'Just a
little token OF appreciation for your long
and faithful services = was the reply. But
YOU always paid 5kle my regular
MaSss amt that enosfsh?, Hardly.
We like to be liberal. Joe. you have
worked for us fifteen years, and in that
period have sold on p average 1000
EsspoundsS of Ice sagday. Our bookkeeper fig
SuresSout that by giving light weight I'm
our iaterest Of courae). you rave saved
10 ms overseoos pounds . day, or In the If
stpensyeass Of POUR service the vast amount
0sSs1s8po.9e0spoands estimating your time al
80 i ayenr. Atsthirtys cents q hundred,
Zoe. this saving. OF 4. 40. The
sSponsys "a hand y $40 or lOsper cent.
i11Alnh w think - yours by right, Joe
s1cduleaeed.s8
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
Sorrows Of the Rich.

from the Chicago Record-Herald.
1T was too bad hat he had TO co. said
f Tie lady who had called to Offer. hcr sym
pathy to the widow, but such things
have to be. Sooner or later each OF us
must obey the call"
Yes replied the sorrowing one, ID
but Henry was such a good hand at get
ting around the taxes. Now that he's
Eone we'll have to file the will ev-
erybody'll know what he left: and think
sotsthe way the assessors'n soak 1t to US the
next chance they get
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24

and other kidney
ills, will find COM
fort in the words
of Mrs. Jane Far
rell, Of COG Ocean
Ave, Jersey City,
N. j., who says: II
%reiterate all ! have
said before IL
praise of Doun's
Kidney Pills. 1
had been having
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
School About to Reain.

From the Baltimore American.
Paw Figgjam-"Tommy. how many are
five and Skip
Tommy Figgjam-'Aw, wait till after
next Wednesday, paw, an maybe I'll
sgknow.',
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24

Elrs. Wlnslow,s SOOTHING s1nus ror Childrsn
testhinH; sOftons the gums, reduc0H inf1aiu ~.
lays pain. cures wind Gallo. Is cent o bottle
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
Idaho Joins.

Fraser, Idaho. Nov. 27.-special.,
Mrs. Martha ]. Lee has given for
publication the following statement
concerning Dodd's Kidney Pills:
Il was down with Rheumatism three
times she says. land each time
Dodd's Kidney Pills helped me. The
last time they cured me. and now |
am able to get around and do all nv
work, though I am tifty-eight, aud /
can walk to Sunday School every Sun
day. Before 1 took Dodd's Kidney Pills
l was so bad 1 could use neither hand
nor foot. | shall keep Dodd's Pills on
hand all the time"
Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid
crystallizing in the muscles. Healthy
kidneys remove all Uric Acid from the
blood. Diseased Kidneys cannot re-
move this acid. which collects in the
blood and poisons every Vein ana ar
terry. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure Rhcu-
matism by curing the Kidneys; by heal
ing and Strengthening them, so that
they can rid the blood of all impuri-
ties. 4,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
.TwicE.roLD

A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How To Find Relief.
The thousands Of mt who suffer
bRckache. lAnpllor. urinary disorders
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24

Kicker-Was he an enthusiastic golf
err?
Bocker-Yes, he simply had his tomb
stone inscribed: Made his last hole"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24
The Height of Waves.
From the London Post.

IJVHI 0EIC OTIU IUSt.
1t is usual in other places than novels
to hear of waves running mountains
high, but in reality the mountains of
the sea- are by no means steep,sand only
appear so when two systems of waves
meet, us in a choppy sea-, and add their
amplitudes. For example. as is shown
in a series of wave measurements late
ly undertaken by the French govern
ment. the highest normal waves en-
countered in the Southern Pacific are
not more than fifty-three feet high from
crest to base of trough. These are in
a sense the waves of greatest known
amplitude. The distance between their
crests is 1000 feet. Waves of the north
Atlantic are normally 5oS feet from
rraSt tn cract and % feat bipb
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-24

YVU are q m0st desperate, pertlna-
cious q Captain Ireton. Failing ali
else, you would ever storm HEAVIER
!tself to gain your end" she scofred;
then. at the very pitch-point Of the
her hands and fell a-sobbing as II her
heart would break.
I kn0w not what to say or do, and
Nnded manlike, by saying and doing
nothing. And 30, still crying softly
she let herself out 1t the wainscot
door, nnd this was our leave-taking.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
THE MUD DAuBER WASP.
She Entombs Living Spiders ms Foo.
For Her Young.

She Entombs Living Spiders ms Food
For Her Young.
When summer warmth has awakened
the maternal instincts of the insect
world the mud dauber wasp may be
seen gathering mortar at the margin Of
stream, pool or puddle. Filling her
mandibles, which serve as both spade
and hod, she bears the load of mud to
some rough surface, rock or wall or
board or beam. She spreads and shapes
her mortar until, after many visits to
the mud bed, she has built n tubular
cell about an inch long and three
eighths of an inch wide.
Then her huntress instinct awakens
and her raids upon the spider realm be-
gin, for within this cylinder the moth
err mason will put single egg. In
course Of time this will hatch into n
ravenous larva whose natural food Is
living spiders, and these the mother
proceeds to capture and entomb within
her mud daub nursery. On this GRAND
she may be seen hawking over and
near cobwebs of various sorts, ventur-
ing within the meshed and beaded
snares that prove fatal to most incom-
ers and sometimes even to herself. If
the occupant, cxpectant of prey, sallies
forth to seize the intruder, 1t finds itself
captive, not a captor. The wasp
shakes the silken filament from wings
and feet, turns upon the spider, selzes
and stings 1t, bears it to her cell and
thrusts it thercin.-H. C. McCook in
Harper's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
HUMAN QUALITIES.
According to This Writer, Women
Are More Civilized Than Men.

According to This Writer, Women
Are More Civilized Than Men.
Huvelock Ellis in his study of "the
most interesting beings in the world"
namely, men and women-formulate
the conclusions that there is hardly an
organ of the body or quality of any
kind that is not unlike In the sexes,
n man Is a man even to his thumbs,
and woman is Il woman down to her
little toes. Let man, with his vaunted
superiority in everything. cultivate a
proper feeling of his real standing in
view of Mr.. Ellis statement that wo-
men ARE unquestionably superior in
general tactile sensibility and probably
superior in the discrimination of
tastes" with Ito he perfectly impair
tad no advantage either way in the
other senses, but they have better men,
cries, read more rapidly. bear pain bet
ter, recover better from wounds and
serious illnesses. are less changed by
old age, live longer and have relatively
larger brains. especially in the frontal
regions. Women, to put 1t in few
words. are more civilized than men.
On the other hand, Mr.. Ellis finds
men are slower in mind, with greater
strength of body they are two, three
and four times as strong as women),
quicker in movement, with much
greater lung capacity, more blood cor
puscles and eXhale twice as much car
bon dioXide. but these last qualities are
rather drawbacks than otherwise, since
men are less able to endure confine-
ment and bad air.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
MAGIC IN TIBET.
Tents of the Wonder worker. of til,
Land Of Mystery,

Fents of the Wonder Workers of the
Land of Mystery.
India and neighboring countries are
the home of mystery and the black
arts. Even in the centers of civilian
ton there are fortune tellers and Won
der workers to whom supernatural
powers are attributed by those who
scorn superstitious belief. Says Il writ
er: ''ribetan peldlers have affirmed
over and over again that, living In the
mountains near the city of Lassa, there
are men possessing extraordinary pow
ers distinct from aud far higher than
the ordinary lamas.
"These men cure the sick by giving
them rice to eat which they crush out
of the paddy with their hands. They
perform many other remarkable feats.
We are told that Il young Bengali in
1882 testified before number of re-
spectacle witnesses that while travel
Ing in Tibet, In the neighborhood of
the lake of Manasarawara, he met one
of these men accompanied by a num-
Der of chelas, or pupils. The master
saluted him and, finding that he had
nothing to eat, gave him some ground
grain and tea
".As the Bengali had no means of OBJ
tanning fire the master called for some
fuel and liindled it by simply blowing
on it with his mouth. He also cured
shepherd who was brought to him
suffering from rheumatic fever. then
and there, by giving him few grains
of rice crushed out Of the paddy which
he had In his hand"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
THE TREApMlLL.
A Punishment sim In Vogue In Many
En1liah Priaona.

A Punishment still In Vogue In Many
English Prisons.
The treadwheel is still in vogue at
many English prisons. Within the walls
is little building, built of blue gray
stone, standing somewhat apart from
the main structure In corner of the
exercise ground and prison garden. On
the chocolate colored door are painted
in white letters the two words, wheel
House." AS the door opens the dull,
grinding sound that we heard outside
grows a little louder and clearer. The
door closes behind lis with the inevita-
bic clash and click of the returning
bolt. The house is an apartment some
thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide.
On the left hand side are the wheels,
four of them, in two tiers, divided by
gallery running the whole length of the
house and communicating with the
floor by u staircase at the opposite end.
On the right hand side there is another
lower and shorter gallery, on which
stands the warder in charge. The
wheels are separated by section of
brick wall.
Each wheel is divided into compart-
ments, cutting off each prisoner from
the others. The object Of this is to pre-
vent the prisoners from seeing and
hearing one another, although CONVEX
sation In a low voice pitched in diff
ferent key from that of "the music of
the wheel" is perfectly easy and intel
liCble
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
THE SWELLING TOAD.
Curious Points About This Oddly
Among Animnla

Among Animals.
The wonder of the genus batrachia
and the greatest natural history oddity
to be found along the Atlantic coast
of the United States is the swelling
toad. n semiaquatic creature known to
naturalists as bufomachalatus. 1t is
occasionally met with from New York
city to Jacksonville. Fla, but is most
common along the coasts of Virginia,
Maryland and North Capolina. When
In its natural state the swell toad"
Is about the size of a large bullfrog.
but looks more like fish than it does
like either n fiog or a toad. 1t Is
about six inches in length and has the
curious faculty of being able to swell
TO the size of a football In which state
It's legs, tail and head are ss,rcely
visible.
Irritation appears TO be the chief
factor in causing these curious crea-
lures to inhale air until they swell al
most to bursting. The bellies of both
the males and females are nearly pure
white and are covered with spines
which give that portion of their anato-
my the appearance of we'll rip
ened iimson bur. Persons who under
stand the ''swell toad" and know what
an irritable little rascal 1t is catch 1t
and rub the spines on Its belly, when
1t swells up until it is utterly helpless.
Another curious point about the crea-
7ture is that as long as it is kept on
Its back 1t is unable to expel the air SO
as to reduce the swelling.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
THE CAMEL IN ARABIA.
1t IL Necexsary to the Prosperity {
the Country

1t IN Necessary to the Prosperity OF
the Country.
1t would be hard for person living
in any other city in the world to con-
ceive just what an Indispensable ami
NAL the camel Is to the prosperity and
welfare Of Alden and the adjacent part
of Arabia. Even in the ordinary work
done by a horse In any other place or
country the camel is always used here
lin fact, except for drawing car
riage, it completely takes the place of
the horse. The camel is used for haul
ing produce In carts, for carrying
freight and other articles and for draw
ing the sprinliling and water carts. 1t
makes n comfortable riding animal,
and at a feast its flesh, of all meats,
is considered the best. But it Is as a
means of transportation and as beast
of burden in passing to and from the
interior Of Arabia to Alden that it be-
comes Indispensable, and 1t Is alto
gether probable that without it Alden
would have never become the great dis
tributing point 1t now Is. Articles
shipped from here to points across the
gulf Of Alden are also transported by
camels into the interior of the African
continent.
The amount of the burden varies ac-
cording to the distance to be carried
and to the size Of the animal. In car
rying goods to and from the wharfs to
the different warehouses few miles
Il camel will carry load of from GOO
to 900 pounds. but for long journey
from one-third to sne-half Of this
amount is considered camel load
United States Consular Report.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
ola MAN Of the Mountain.

The title "Old Man of the Mountain"
was first applied to Hassan Ben Sab
bal, who founded formidable dynas-
'ty in Syria y. d. 1890. He was the
prince or chief of the sect of the Mo-
hammedans. Having been punished
from his country, he took up his abode
in Mount Lebanon, gathered around
him band Of followers, who soon be-
came the terror alike Of Christians,
Jews and Turks. They paid the most
implicit obedience to his commands
and believed that IL they sacrificed
their lives for his sake they would be
rewarded with the highest joys of
paradise. For 200 years these ''Assas-
SINS" as they called themselves, con.
tinued to be the terror of the country.
Whenever their chief, the "Old Man
Of the Mountain" considered himself
injured he dispatched some of his as
sassins secretly to murder the agrees
sor. This is the origin Of our use of the
word assassin for n secret murderer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
INSURANCE SYSTEMS.
They Date Away Back to the Time o
Claudius Caeaar

They Date Away Back to the Time of
Claudius Caesar.
The principle of combination for pro-
tective purposes has been traced to the
time of King Alfred, and according to
Francis annals Of Life Insurance,
assurance OH its broadcast basis was
practiced in the Saxon guilds.
Marine insurance dates back to the
Emperor Claudius Caesar, who during
corn famine encouraged merchants
to send ships for supplies by engaging
to make good the value Of any vessel
lost in the public service. The Greeks
had somewhat similar practice, and
30 had the Jews, for when banished
from France in the twelfth century
they took out policies of insurance up
on all their effects in transit.
The earliest English statute relating
to insurance is dated 1901 and says,
ut hattie bene tyne out of mynde IN
usage amongste merchantes both Of
this realm and of lorraine nacyons,
when they make any great adventure,
to give some consideration of money
to other persons, to have assurance
made of all their goodies, which is CON-
monte termed policie of assurance"
-Pearson's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
They Are Shy of Travellers or Hun
cra Tn tho Enrosts

They Are Shy of Travellers or Hunt
crs In the Forests.
Elephants are but rarely seen in the
forests of Africa, however numerous
they may be-" writes an old hunter
Of big game in the dark continent.
This is due to many causes. In the
first place, they are naturally extreme.
ly shy animals and detest the neighbor-
hood of man. In the second place, they
are largely nocturnal feeders and rare
ly drink or battle except at night. They
often travel immense distances to and
from the water and retire during the
day to the remotest portions of the for
est, where they doze away the long, hot
hours under the shadiest trees that they
can find. Lastly, their scent is extreme
ly keen.
This sense is SO largely developed
that they can recognize danger Mt a
very long distance, and MS soon as the
alarm is given they move quickly but
noiselessly away. AS an elephant dis
turbed or frightened will frequently
travel twenty or thirty miles without q
stop, and as his pace under such cir
cumstances is n good five miles an
hour, it is easy to understand that
travellers in the forest, although fire.
qucntly coming upon absolutely fresh
tracks, but seldom see the herd that
has caused them"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
$500
ToCHICAGO
June II. 1905.

The Illinois Central will sell excur.
sion tickets from Manchester to Chica-
go and return, Saturday, June II, 1905
al the exceptionally low rate of only
IS. 90 for the round trip. These tick
cts will be good for return until June
2G-an unusually long limit for pop
ular rate excursion. Rate and limit
considered. this is positively the most
liberal rate ever made to Chicago. The
tickets will not be good in standard
sleepers. They will not be good fol
stop-overs at any point, and they will
not be extended under any circum
stances. They must be executed by
Joint Agent at l72 Madison Avenue,
before they will be good for return pas.
sage. They will be sold for trains leav-
ing Manchester as follows:
Special train leaving Manchester at
II 80 .. M, arrive Chicago $50 p. m.
No. 4 leaving Manchester 1916 p. M,
arrive Chicago 9:25 a. m.
No. 6 leaving Manchester at $40 p,
M, arrive Chicago 700 a. m.
These tickets will be good in tourist
sleepers leaving Manchester at $40 p
m. June II, arriving at Chicago at ZOO
q. m. June Is. The rate per double
berth in these tourist sieepers from
Manche ster TO Chicago will be only
$l.00. For reservation in these Sleep
ers apply at once to Fl. G. Pierce, Tick.
ct Agent, Manchester.
J.F. MERRY,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. l. G. II. r.
23w2 Dubuque, iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
Thrice-a-week New York World.


The Thrice-a-week World has
made special arrangements for the
year 1905. Its already great news
service has been extended and, as
heretofore, it will report all impor-
:ant events promptly, accurately and
impartially.
An original and striking feature
of the Thrice-a-Week World in 1905
will be its serial publication of the
strongest and best fiction that has
ever appeared in the columns of any
newspaper The novels already ar
ranged for, and which are by writers
known throughout the world are:
Cardigan" by Robert w. Cham
bers; Before The Dawn" by JOS
eph A. Altsheler. "The Reds OF
the Midi" by Felix Gras. 1.-THE
Cardinals Rose" by Van Tassel
Sutphen. "The Blazed Trail" by
Stewart Edward White.
The Thrice-a Week Worlds regu-
lar subscription price is only $l.OO
per year, and this pays for l5G
papers. We offer this unequaled
newspaper and the Democrat to-
gether one year for $2.15. The
regular subscription price Of the
wo papers is $3.50. If
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
Out of His Element.

81 don't believe I'll be able to find
the room alone" frankly admitted the
guest as he took his key from the
clerk. He was accordingly intrusted
to the care of the bell boy and for the
tenth time since his arrival escorted to
one Of only twenty rooms on the fifth
floor. "That man," said the clerk, sis
perfectly sober, and If lie We're in
Wyoming he could lose me on the
plains in daylight, and do 1t easily.
while he would find his own way
through Stygian darkness, but he has
been in the house for. three days and
is still unable to find his room alone.
1t only suggests the perplexity Of the
cat in a strange garret." New York
Tribune
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
Dartmouth University,

In copy of the Portland Gazette
published in 1917 there is an allusion to
Dartmouth university" Dartmouth
college was founded by n charter grant
ed before the Revolution, and the state
Of New Hampshire sought to take
away the charter rights and use the
property US part Of the new uni
versity, which was chartered by the
legislature. The point was raised that
the legislature had no right to do this,
and 1t was so decided by the United
State supreme court after memo
rable exposition Of the case by Daniel
Webster. The Gazette pokes fun at
the university, which, 1t states, "has
one student" who may serve as q
nest egg"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
TOURING IN RUSSIA.
I've Difficulties OF One Who Cannot
Speak the LnnpuaUe

speak the Language.
I Mini Novgorod, where the great Rus
sian fair is held, far on toward the
frontier of Asia. found the most diff
cult proposition in all Europe from the
standpoint of the traveller seeking rest
and rcfreshment. knew only one
word in Russian, vodka and one can
pronounce that too often. Nobody
seemed to speak anything but Russian.
l could not get Il cabman to take me to
n hotel. One isvoschic after another
would pick me up, seem to understand
and then take me to Il shop, steam
ship pier, a private residence. was
reduced to the numiliating necessity of
making pictures of hotels, beds and
food of all sorts-and quite without
avail. AT last, betlinking myself that
the trade of Russia was in German
hands, l started out afoot in search Of
any mercantile looking person with
close cropped blond beard and spec
tacles. Such man l found, and he
directed me in German to traktir,
where had breakfast with the aid Of
more crude cartooning. Coffee" is
good Volapuk, and the waiter under
stood me ut once. but had to sketch
n number of elliptical figures in my
notebook and finally make spirited
drawing Of the common or garden hen
before he knew wanted eggs"
For dinner that night went to res
taurant overhanging the yolga. 1t is
one of my most battling memories Of
travel that when in my thirst made
the sign of drinking and pointed to
the river the waiter lowered bucket
out of the window into the stream and
brought it to me filed with rich brown
water.-Ncw York Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-14
Seventeenth century customs.

In the seventeenth century English
men thought it injurious to sleep in
rooms facing the sun, SO most of the
rooms faced north and east, opening
of passage or else out of each other
AT the head Of the stairs slept the mas
ter and his wife, and oil the rooms
tenanted by the rest Of the household
were accessible only through that The
daughters Of the house and maidserv-
ants lay In rooms on one side, say the
right, with the maids in those most
distant; those of the men lay on the
left, the SONS Of the house nearest the
chamber Of the master and the serving
men farthest away.