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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
OLD JAPANESE ARMoRERs.
Strange Legends of the Temper and
Keenness of Their swords.

Strange Legends of the Temper and
Keenness of Their swords.
The era of the sword in Japan has
given place to the rifle, but long before
this period the exquisite art of the orr
entail armorer was lost. We are told Of
a blade composed Of 4,194,304 layers
Of steel and polished so that the finest
European polishing pastes only serve to
scratch 1t. Few people have any idea
of the art used in fashionins these
weapons. They doubtless appreciate
the beauty Of the sheath, handle and
guards, but to them n sword is piece
Of steel made to cut, and that is all.
When the Japanese armorer forged a
sword he did it US if it were Il sacred
thing, and indeed it was in his eyes.
He forged the metal tenderly, with spe-
cial tools for each operation. He tenn
pered 1t with processes as secret us the
condolences of the gods. He had his
methods Of securing in the metal most
marvellous color effects and of produc-
ing markings from an imitation Of
which the most expert armorers Of Eu-
rope would recoil in despair. Strange
legends are told Of these old japanese
armorers. Masa-Mune, gentle smith
Of the fourteenth century, could let fall
hair of the hard shelled adzuki bean
across the edge of one Of his swords,
and it would be split in two, or, like
Regin, he would stand the weapon up
right in u little stream Of water and
let the current carry along little scrap
of paper, which, as it touched the edge
Of the blade, would float away IN
halves.
OF different character was the
fierce old Mura- Masa, who forged
swords to the cry of "Tenka tairaw
CWar to menD and quenched each one
in the warm blood of fresh human
victim. This SO inspired the steel with
endless thirst that it would cleave iron
like bronze and bronze like melon in
the search of human life. If left too
long in its scabbard it possessed its
wearer with a fierce desire to kill, and
II drawn only for display it would hash
the fingers Of the one who welded it,
be he ever SO careful. So terrible was
the slaughter of these semihuman
blades that their use was prohibited by
one of the Tokugawa shoguns, and
| thereafter they were forced to languish
In the sword racks. Minor smiths were
content to pile up copper coins and
display an edge unruftied after cleav-
Ing the stack or to cut through half
inch copper bar, but the great masters
smiled at such tests. The same blade
which in their case could split hair
or divide n silk scarf which gentle
breeze waited against 1t could slice the
iron or bronze like cheese.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Eastern Iowa Buttermakers' and
Dairymen's Meeting.


The Eastern Iowa Buttermakers'
and Dairymen's Association will
meet at Arlington March lst, 1905.
Following is, the program:
Meeting called to order at 80 p m. by Presi-
dent O. d. Elder
Invocation by Rev Dwello.
Address of Welcome. :. Mayor c. II. Hughes
Response, f. NJ. Wentworth. State Center
Address on "Dairying". ..,......
........... II. K. Wright. Dairy Commissioner
Address on Food Value Of Feed Stufs -.
,,, ..:::.::.......... -, A. u. Anderson
Necessity Of taking Car: Of Si < s and
Cream"..... -. T. u. Klefier. Manchester
Buttermakers are invited to send
or bring sample of their butter
for scoring. Cash prizes will be
paid to the first, second and third
highest in scoring butter.
P. II. KIEFFER, Secretary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Clnniballsrn.


Polack relates an argument with a
Whangaroa chief on the subject of can
nibalism. "!f do not eat my enemy
when l catch him." argued the Maori,
lie will not show the same self denial
when he catches me. In short, what in
nature is there that is alive that will
not eat readily Of its kind? There"
continued the subtle dignitary, point
ing to Il hawk, "the kahu will eat other
birds, and the larger species will de-
YOUR him." A hog passing by closed
the argument. Would you eat that
pig?" nodded significantly in the af-
firmative. We'll" continued the apollo
gist for cannibalism, "bait him and see
If he will refuse piece Of yourself."-
Auckland News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Farm for Sale IN Tembina County,
North Dakota

Consisting of 500 acres of land on
the banks Of the Red river about
one and half miles from four ele-
vators on the Northern Pacific.
There is 535 acres of pillow
land, 70 acres of good mea-
dow, about 200 acres Of pasture,
all fenced. Good dwelling house
3Ox50, nine rooms, barn 56x46. 16-
# posts. Granary room for 5000
bushels of grain. | will sell this
place for $33 per acre. For fur
Their particulars apply to Daniel
lluifv, Pittsburg, Tembina County,
N. d. saw
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

The Appreciation of Men of Genius
Until comparatively recent period
say the last century-few men of great
genius were justly appreciated by their
contemporaries. The house of fame
received them not during their lives
and the winds Of human adulation
blew only over their graves. In their
own day they We're sought for such
personal qualities as were agreeable,
apart from their works, and there was,
happily for their peace of mind, little
public concern as to their domestic in
teriors or us to their manners, grave or
gay. This immunity was slight COM
pensation for the worlds apathy or its
stinted praise.
We have changed all that. The emf
nent authors of our time will have no
future glory greater than we have CIV
en- them. The response of the contem-
porary audience is quick and full, and a
beautiful sentiment of affection is de-
veloped toward the author, who crate
fully rejOices in both the laurels and
the love. This mutual feeling shows It
self more, at least more extensively, in
America than anywhere else.-Henry
NJ. Alden In Harper's Magazine
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

bons, while the Giles trousers are be
decked with trimmings of real lace and
ribbons to match those of the hat. Ev-
cry Gille wears n mask and q silk belt,
from which hang small bells.
The entire Giles outfit costs from
$40 to $50, a large sum for the peasant
youths, generally selected by the car
nival committee to fill the part of ac-
tors in the Mardi Gras festivities. The
honor of being Gille is SO great, how
ever. among the gay Lotharios of
Binche and carries such prestige with
the local damsels that the young men
chosen by the committee are only too
pleased to make the financial sacrifice
demanded Of them.
In the afternoon of Mardi Gras the
GILES, in full uniform, 200 strong, pre-
coded by the local brass bands and
musical clubs, appear in procession and
march toward the Grande place. The
sight thus offered is unique in the an
nails of carnival rejoicings. The GILES
proceed by dancing to the tune of the
band just mentioned. At every few
steps they stop, bend and unbend, to
heighten the effect of the ringing from
the bells worn Mt their belts. Their
streamers float to and fro and envelop
them in n rainbow of ribbon. At the
same time the simultaneous ringing of
bells and humping of wooden sabots
on the cobblestones sound like the echo
of cavalry charge.
The Giles have each q straw basket
hanging to one side from the belt and
filed with oranges. With these they
lombard the spectators as they dance
along. As soon as emptied the bas-
kets are filled again by men from be-
hind, appointed for this duty. A gen.
eral battle Of oranges then takes place
between the GILES and the carnival
merrymakers. Finally the procession
reaches the town hall, i'll front of
which, seated on platform, is the
mayor, surrounded by the municipal
officials. The Giles then terminate the
days festivities by general war
dance, giving prolonged exhibition of
their capabilities. The public likewise
joins in the fun, and soon some 5000
persons, men, women and children, may
be seen gayly Waiting around the
Grande place. The sight of az entire
population dressed in carnival costume
and masked dancing in the open air to
the music Of the GILES brass band is
one not easily forgotten. The dancing
continues until the late evening, when
the sport is brought to an end by the
mayor, who formally awards gold
medal to the Gille who has proved him
self the most expert dancer.-New York
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Farm for Rent

Beautiful eyes and handsome
face are eloquent concentrations.
Bright eyes are windows to
woman's heart. HOLSTERS Rocky
fountain Tea makes bright eyes.
30 cents, Tea or Tablets.-Denton
& Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Residence Property for Sale.

We are authorized to offer for
sale the DR.. Sherman residence pro-
perty on Butler street. For terms
apply to Bronson & CARR. If.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
< Per Cent Money.

1t makes no difference how many
medicines have failed to cure you, if
you are troubled with headache,
constipation, kidney or liver troubles,
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
will make you well.-Denton &
Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
D. WIt,,! sl.!I,.I,,g,,.

The Regular and Reliable Ghi
cago Specialist, who has visited
Manchester, every month since
1901, will be at the Clarence
House.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

The property of N. Wall of North
Manchester is for sale or rent. In
quire of @. L. Adams. INV
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Monday. March 6.

Gone day only) and return once
every % days. Office hours 0 a.
m. to $50 p. m.
Independence, Gedney Hotel, Tuesday,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Killing time Is sure way of spoil
ing character.
Reverence is the foundation of last
ing love.
Hatred often comes from only know
ing half of man.
The sense of duty is sign Of the
divine in man.
THE only sure thing about lie is that
it will never die.
1t is hard for the leek to see why
people prefer the lily.
Many mistake their dreams about
heaven for deeds to lots up there.
After robbing Peter to pay Paul a
man usually forgets to settle with
Paul.
There is nothing prouder than igno-
rance or more ignorance than pride.
There are some so called unpublished
gems that are not susceptible of being
polished Louis Republic.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
Printers, Errors.

A reader forwards me pleasant ad-
dition to my collection of printers en-
rors, says Il. P.'s London Weekly. 1t
was told him by the late c. Farquhar-
son Eindlay, for some years editor of
the Dover Chronicle, as having hap
pened to him personally. He had oc-
casion to write of the blind guides
who strain at gnat and swallow a
camel,' which appeared in print as
"who strain at quart and swallow a
canal"
Did any of my readers notice, l Won
der, delightful error of this kind in
one of the reviews, in which Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman was described as
''brandishing a mailed fish," 1t rather
reminds one of the famous Spoonerism
about feeling half warmed fish in
your BOSOM"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
Doings in Pope.

Well, Mr.. Editor, we have de-
cided that "Pope's Boys" are not
going to write again, so "Pope's
Girls" will send you few items.
General Green has been cap
tured down this way.
Mr.. J. F. Barnes is over on the
Allapaha surveying.
Postmaster Pope left Sunday
for Touraine and that bashful
boy of his is acting postmaster
in his absence.
That wedding that Popes Boys
spoke of we believe will be flat
failure, although the unexpected
sometimes occurs.
Mr.. James Whitley, of Toura-
inc, is visiting in Pope this week.
Pores GIRLS.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
City Council Proceedings.
Continued from First Page.

sion on part of Monitor Drive
to be used for side tracks to the
Compress. Referred to the
street committee.
A petition to suppress the fir.
ing of cannon and fireworks for
the season Of July 4th, or to con.
fine the fire works to the Blue
and Gray park, was read. The
council referred the matter OF
firing cannon to the Blue and Gray
Association, but decided to lei
the fireworks go on.
Ben Laundrie urged the coun'
Gil to be relieved of paying city
taxes, but the council decided
not to grant him the favor.
Martin Myers was allowed
$500 for painting the roof of the
city hall, reserving $500 till the
test of the roof for leaks.
The committee appointed at
recent meeting of the council te
report on the taxable value OF
the stable of r. V. Handley re-
ported favorable to a reduction
to $1,000, but the report was
tabled.
Ordinance No. POI, placing a
license of $40 on itinerant sign
painters, was reconsidered and,
on roll call, passed by vote OF
seven yeas and one nay.
Ordinance No. 202 to repeal
ordinance No. 200 was read for
the first time.
The bell in the city hall tower
was the next subject taken up by
the council and the purchasing
com mittee was authorized to buy
a new one.
The Mayor was authorized to
run a notice of local legislation to
create the office of street COM
missioner.
The superintendent of the
water and light plant was autho-
rized to employ help, if neces-
sary,. and clean out the reservoir.
The purchasing committee
was authorized to purchase car
of coal for the water and light
plant.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
FLOUR IN CHINA.
There 1t Is Made of Almost Every.
thing Except Wheat.

There 1t rs Made of Almost Every
thing Except Wheat.
The Chinese cook stuck the end of an
ivory chopstick into small brown bis
cult.
"Taste, SIR" he said.
The biscuit was warm, crisp, rich; it
was light, well sailed, nutritious-a
biscuit, in word, of peculiar excel
lence.
'This biscuit, sir, is made of flour Of
lentils," said the Chinaman. "YOu
know lentils? Little green pellets
slightly flattened like split peas. Len
ills are considered the most nutritious
of all the foods of the earth. This one
lentil biscuit, sir, is equal in nourish-
ing power to pound and half of
roast beef"
He took from tin little cake.
again TASTE" he said.
The little cake was. rich and good.
ut is made, sir, of the -four of aim
onds," said the cook-"fresh, sweet
almonds ground into a white powder
between two millStones. Such a -four
is a finer thing than your -four of
wheat, eh?"
Then he lifted great lid and re-
vealed some thirty or forty compart-
ments, one filled with pink flour, an
other with yellow one, third with a
brown one, fourth with white, a
fifth with pale green, a sixth with a
blue, and so on.
"All these are Chinese fiours," he
said. 'In China, sir, we make over
fifty kinds of -four We make -four out
Of potatoes, out of sweet potatoes, out
of peas, out of cocoanuts, out of millet,
out of pulse, out of oats, out of ba-
nanas-the fact is, sir, we make -four in
China out of everything but wheat, for
in China, sir, we eat no bread, and
therefore the coarse, dry tasteless -four
of wheat is useless to ."-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
LONDON IN A FOG.
y Weird Day of Dense Gloom I'm the
English Metropolis.


He knew his London we'll. We went
forth into fog that was of the pea
soup variety 1t seemed useless to
wait any longer fcs it to clear off. The
days were all alike and were darker
than twilight ever dared to be. Iclung
to Prentice Mulford's coat sleeve, for
/ knew if he were once to get beyond
my reach J could never hope to find
him again. We CROPPED blindly among
| the streets, where the atmosphere was
only less palpable than the houses that
| walled us in. At intervals we inquired
where we were, for otherwise we could
never have known at all. We had to
| feel our way carefully and take sound
| ings at intervals. Here" said Prem
tice as we paused in space; here 1s
Temple Bar" l thought saw some
thing that might have been the ghost
of an arch hewn out of the solid fog.
The top Of it, though it was not lofty,
was lost to view. Temple Bar, now
| gone forever from the place where its
gates once swung in the wall of the
old city-it was here her gracious
| majesty Queen Victoria of England
| was wont to receive the keys Of the
city from the hands of the lord mayors
when she drove in state to ST. Paul's
cathedral. We threaded Fleet street.
but could not see to the farther shore.
"Here is her majesty's tower" said
Prentice, but nothing of it was visible,
not one stone upon another. We cross
ed London bridge almost without
knowing it. The waters of the Thames,
which are but condensed fog, were in
visible from the parapet, and the steam
ferries were picking their way eau
tiously and looking very like marine
monsters in muddy aquarium We.
crawled through the tunnel for foot
traffic under the Thames, which was
like hole in tie fog, and for hours
carried the sky about on our shoulders.
1t was woolly, greasy and ill smelling
sky. Our nOstrils were clOgged with
cinders, like chimney fiues, and there
were smudges oil over our faces.
Sometimes for a moment or two we
saw spot overhead that was like a
pale red wafer and we knew 1t for
the sun, now lost to us. The lamps
that burned all day were like glow
worms for dimness, and so we eXplor-
cd the wonders Of the town and saw
as much of it as blind man sees, but
no more Charles Warren StOddard in
National Magazine.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
Throwing the handkerchief.

Statement copied from an old manu-
script: in the Founding Hospital the
Boys are bound apprentices, the Wo-
men when manageable are conducted
in procession thro ye streets, and any
Young Man who sees one He wd wish
for Wife is at liberty to mark Her by
throwing his handkerchief" The fur
Their formalities required previous to
matrimony are not stated. Perhaps
this peculiar custom is the origin of
the expression throwing the handker-
ef."-Nineteenth Century.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06

Fine toilet articles are desired
by every discriminating person.
1t isn't so much the fancy looks
as it is dependability which is
desirable. When you buy shaw
ing brush, or a hair brush, or
tooth brush, or fountain syringe,
or sponge, or any drug store ar
ticle, you want it to wear so long
that you will actually become at
tached to it. Then it is satisfac-
tory. You like to trade at the
drug store whose goods are of
that dependable quality. We in.
vite you to trade with US. You
will earn that you can rely upon
anything bought here.
10-11tf GOODMAN DRuG Store.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
sERMANY's BLACK LETTER.
Comparison Of Texts Used In Print
fng I'm the Fatherland.


ut is remarkable that so practical a
people as the Germans should continue
to use their blind black letter." says
Jerome Hart. ''The German text is
1gly, and when printed from small
type on dingy paper with high speed
presses, as is the case with most daily
newspapers, it is difficult to decipher.
Ever since the days Of Cadmus alpha
bets have been designed to convey ideas,
and those alphabets which transfer
thought with the most quickness, clear
ness and precision are the best Con-
sidered from these standpoints the Ger
man alphabet is one of the worst. That
It is q failure is shown unconsciously
n many ways. Advertisers, for exam
pie, have no sentiment about them.
They want to reach the reader and
reach him quickly. Therefore nearly
I'LL the display advertisements in Ger
man newspapers are printed in Latin
,aracters.
so, too, with the commercial and
financial pages. Stockholders and mer-
chants have no time to waste in de-
ciphering badly printed German text.
Therefore the commercial page in the
German dailies is now nearly always
set up in Roman type. Circus adver-
tisements, theater placards and adver-
Using posters generally, the names of
streets on the corner signs, the letter
ing ON cars and omnibuses, even tenn
porary signs, such as No Thorough
fare or Street Closed you nearly al
ways see in Latin characters.
"Another proof Of the inferiority of
the German text is the fact that nearly
all German scientific works are printed
in Roman. This has been the case for
years, but it has had little effect on
the printing of books of general ma
ture. Bismarck did much to retard this
needed improvement, for he chung stub
bornly to the German text and fire.
quently sent back books which were
printed in Roman, refusing to read
them. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
David Brainard and Yale.

In the course of talk on the life of
David Brainard at Longmeadow the
story of his expulsion from Yale col
lege came out. Brainard lived in the
time Of the evangelist Jonathan Ed
wards and "the great awakening"
with which both men were identified
Brainard entered Yale in 1879 and was
expelled in his junior year after being
found guilty on the charge OF having
given currency to the statement that a
certain tutor had no more religion than
a chair.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
The GIANTS staircase.

One of the most widely known geo
logical curiosities in the vicinity of
Cork is a series Of knobs or knots pro-
jecting from the face of a cliff. There
are sixteen of these huge projections
all together, all regularly set in the
face of the cliff. one above the other,
forming a series Of such uniformity as
to give it the general appearance Of a
stairway. Since time out of memory
this queer ascent and its projecting
''steps" have been known as the Gil
ants Staircase.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
For Exchange.

cres situated in James
Tenn, 3 miles from Dol
County seat. Two miles
Rilway station.
horse farm in good state
Ion, two orchards, two
four room house with
shimneys and three rooms
and hall. Spring water
f0ne) with cable system
makes round trip of $40
70 seconds. All land not
iVation is woodland contain
IL, Hickory and Pine 200
thousand feet saw timber.
he neighorhood (white).
j your time if you want a
Penn. farm,
y write to
limo d. Il. BRAND.
Ooltewah, Tenn.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
ICELAND Mail.

When the wind blows from the south
and one of the islanders of south Ice
land wishes to communicate with the
mainland he puts his letters into well
corked bottle, and to insure their de-
livery he incloses at the same time a
plug of twist tobacco or a cigar The
wind speedily impels the bottle to the
shore of the mother island. where peo-
pie are generally on the lookout.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
Dissolution Notice.

Ezgerald, Ga, June 20, 1905.
{ firm of Martin & Hendley
spsed of D. L. Martin and
Hendley was on the 18th
N mutual consent dissolved,
Hendley retiring. D. L.
Ia assumes all liabilities CT
zirm, and all notes and &C
IS due said firm, are payable
r.. Martin.
e business of said firm will
sntinued at the same place
i r.. Martin, under the firm
! of Martin Supply & nipple
/ Co.
D. L. MARTIN.
T. J. HENDLEY.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06
GOOD ESTABLISHED BUSINESS
FOR SALE.
GOOD

desire to close out business
in Douglas and to any one desir-
ing a good business, already
built up, good stock of goods,
and splendid stand ! will sell en-.
tire outfit at Is cents on the dol
lar. If you mean business see
or address me at once.
H. LEADER,
6-29-tf Douglas, Ga.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-07-06

Mrs. Jenkins-Thc moment he kissed
me knew he had been drinking. Mrs.
Supple = You mean you smelled his
breath? Mrs. Jenkins-I mean that
Mr.. Jenkins never kisses me except
when he has been drinking.