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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
The Dark Americans.

Nm one could have attended the
Class Day of Columbia College with.
out being struck by the prevalence Of
dark young men. Out of 100 or so
there were two with hair OF fiery red
and three with f1axen locks-flye
blends in all. The rest were either
decidedly dark, looking in their black
gowns like young priests in Rome, or
were darkish brown of hair and eyes
A study of names and faces reveal
ed French. Welsh. Flemish, Spanish
and Jewish derivation in many cases,
but perhaps majority were native
Americans by many generations and
of the native American tint, dark
brown.
The professors, older men, show a
much larger proportion of blends.
Gladstone used to say that during
his long life the average English COM
plexion visibly darkened. Is the
same process going on here even more
rapidly? By A. D. 1000 will the
sandy complicated" American be a
rarity.-New York?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
wANTED-A NEW CHICKEN.
Restaurant Man Looking for One Tina,
Shall BE All White Meat.

Restaurant Man Looking for One That
Shall Be All White Meat.
Luther Burbank Is doing great
things In the cultivation of flowers"
said the contemplative restaurant
man. He is making purple flowers
grew red, and red flowers blue, do
ing all manner of wonderful things
with plants, and all fine and beautl-
full, but what the country really needs
is chicken raiser who can make
chickens grow all white meat.
"As 1t stands to-day, in my business
we are always in quandary. 1t is
a familiar fact that the wing part of
n chicken yields white, the leg part
dark meat. We cut roast chicken
into four portions. of which two are
white meat and two are dark, and that
Is the best we can do.
1--WE can do things with some meats,
but you can't make the dark meat of
the leg and second joint of chicken
white meat And here comes the trou-
BILE.
Mine out of ten of restaurants
customers, when they order roast
chicken, call for white meat; and to
supply these demands with chickens
growing as they do Is of course, sim
ply impossible. We would like to do
1t, but we can't.
I'VE have to give some dark meat,
and that dlsturbs the people who get
it. They sec white meat served to
other folks and they wonder why they
can't have it. We explain to them
about how chickens are made, and
why we can't always serve everybody
with white meat. but that doesn't In
terest them much; they ordered white
meat, and that's what they want, and
really all that we can do Is to trust
that they will get white meat the
next time they order.
AS matter of fact we serve white
meat MS far as we can; but what we
want in our business Is a chicken that
is all white meat; and the man that
can produce 1t would not only confer
boundless benefit upon us, but for
himself he would become rich beyond
the dreams of avarice, wealthy be-
You'd the veriest nightmare of greed.
"That's what the country needs,
chicken raiser who can make chick
ems grow all white meat."-Kansas
City Journal,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

Theodore Thomas, in conducting an
orchestra, seemed impassive, imper.
turbable. A writer in the Outlook,
commenting upon this, says that he
was apparently without passion OF
feeling. Yet the appearance was not
reality, and at one Of Mr.. Thomas
rehearsals 1t was fully contradicted.
AT certain point in the symphony
the orchestra was playing in perfect
time and tune, but with certain
mechanical effect which no enc had
noticed until Mr.. Thomas suddenly
raped the music-stand before him
The orchestra stopped. Then with
his hand he initiated the action of an
organ-grinder.
With only word to indicate the
bar at which the orchestra Was to
take up the music, lie struck the rack
before him for attention, and with a
movement of his baton gave the
signal.
The orchestra repeated the passage
he had criticized by dumb show, and
this time they played with spirit and
fire
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
looks abroad for fortune thinks only
Of Africa, Australasia, Canada or
America; and usually 1t is in one or
other of these nlaroa that ha aloots =.


of Africa, Australasia, Canada or
America; and usually 1t is in one or
other of these places that he elects to
settle; though 1t is doubtful whether
the Islands do not offer him chances of
prizes greater than any to be found in
the other colonies. 1t can be said Of no
country in the world that 1t is more
beautiful than jamaica; 1t can be said
of few, II any, that they are richer
True, there Is no gold, no great min
eral wealth; but there are the soil and
climate, the rich forests and richer
valleys. There IRE the sugar planta.
tons, the fruit gardens, the tobacco
fields and the cattle pens. There are
the cities also which, even to-day, are
not too well stocked with merchants.
Alert men make money quickly In
these Islands; not SO quickly as those
lucky adventures who find potato
sized diamonds and rich gold "pock-
cts" perhaps, but quickly enough; and
hunger is thing almost unknown
even to the poorest West Indian ne
gro. The fields aud the hedges pro-
vide rich fruits-the banana, the or
ange and the mango, and In the towns
fruit enough to last a man a whole
day can be purchased for copper coln.
In Jamaica the life of the white man
is almost ideal. II he is planter. be
lives In substantial house, built In
the center Of a lovely garden which is
always afiame with the most brilliant
flowers in the world. He has a saddle
horse and buggy, and he will find a
club In the nearest town (Which can.
not be many miles distanb) and all
the English sports at hand. Though
he may not be rich man, though he
may never make money enough out
of his plantation to return to the old
country or purchase landed. estate.
he will never want for comforts or
ordinary luxuries.
+ l have heard 1t said, and believe 1t
to be true, that in these islands man
with capital Of five thousand dollars
can, when he has gained thorough
knowledge of practical planting, make
an income of from $500 to $1,000 a
year.
Indeed, Jamaica is happy little
place. The sun is always there, and
the thousand rivers which dance along
the mountain slopes and flow swiftly
through the valleys toward the sea,
always suggest pleasant music and
healthfulness. The negro workers are
merry people; they laugh at their
work and on their way to work; they
laugh when they go home to bed and
when they rise in the morning. The
men laugh and the women laugh, and
the children are as merry as birds in
summer time. 1t Is almost impossible
to be unhappy in the place.
Smiling Nature.
AS you walk along the country
roads. each bunch of natives stops and
smiles at you and returns your friend
ly greeting. You see the market wom-
ell swinging along under the weight
Of their heavy head-burdens. They are
the most graceful walkers In the
world.
The colored men pass you, too; but
they are idlers compared with the
women folk Alas! 1t must be admit
Hi
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

and prospered. The first church of the
new settlement was erected in 1903,
the second and third church in 1920
and 1852, respectively, and the new
memorial church in 1903. The pastor
of this church today Is the Rev.. w. II.
Rice, a great-grandson of the Rev. Mr..
Heckewelder.
st. Matthews church In Madison
township, Muskingum county, Ohio. is
Of some national interest because of
its size, especially ii it is the smallest
Protestant Episcopal church building
In the United States, us it is believed
to be. This church is but 4Sx24 feet
In dimensions, the nave is 3Ox24 feet
and the chancel is 1Sxl6 feet. The
style Of the church is also unique, 1t
being claimed that there is none
like 1t in the Bnited States, unless pos
sibly 1t be one In Virginia. The walls
are of rubble work, built from glacial
granite boulders brought from the
farms in the surrounding territory, and
the buttresses are capped with dressed
oA0NhS VI ASSA oahaohOAC Tie
locality. The windows are Of stained
glass; The tirnbers used in the con-
struction were of giant proportions and
the entire structure Is built to stand
the test of ages-n memorial to the lit
tie congregation of some % earnest
farmers who worship there. The en-
tire cost Of the church was $500.
Another rural church building of ma
tional reputation in the Buckeye State
is the temple at Kirkland. Ohio, the
first Mormon temple in the United
States, and to-day used by the Reor-
ganlzed Church Of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter-day Saints. 1t was in 1881 that
the early Mormons came to this spot
from Manchester.sN. Y.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

tween this country and others, but in
matters between other countries when
questions arose which only indirectly
affected the interests of the United
States. In short. John Hay has made
the United States factor in the poll
tics of the world to be reckoned with
on every occasion in which, by Its in
terests. the United States can be re-
garded as participant. John Hay
was regarded as not only the leading
diplomat of the day, but the greatest
diplomat that ever occupied the office
of secretary of state.
: John Hay was born In Salem, Ind,
Oct. 8, 1888. He was the son of DIR.
Charles Hay. He was educated at
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
The Reforner.

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Before the monstrous wrong he sets
him down
One man against a stone walled city
Of sin.
For centuries those walls have been
building;
Smooth porphyry, they slope and
coldly glass
Tho flying storm. the wheeling sun.
No chink,
No crevice lets the thinnest arrow in.
He lights alone, and from the cloudy
ramparts
A thousand evil faces gibe and teer
him.
Let HIM lie down and die! What is
the right,
And where is justice in a world like
this?
But. by and by. earth shakes herself,
inpatient:
And down, in one great roar of ruin.
crash
Watch tower and citadel and battle.
ments.
When the red dust has cleared, the
lonely soldier
Stands with strange thoughts be.
meath the friendly stars.
e. r. Still.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
improving Old Phrase.

An English instructor in a rather
comprehensive talk to the wise young
women referred to the period that ex.
tends from the Grade to the grave"
Then he stopped abruptly. NO" he
went on, shat is an obsolete phrase.
There are no more cradles and soon
there will be no more graves. The
modern form should be from the has.
sinet to the crematory.' New York
Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
From Appears noes.

When the six-year-old son was
taken in to see the new baby, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, he ex-
claimed:
10 mamma, it hasn't any teeth! O
mamma, 1t hasn't any hair!"
Then clasping his nands In distress.
he cried, Somebody has cheated usl
It's an old baby"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
JOHN HAY.

Late Secretary of State Regarded a,
Greatest Diplomat of the Day.
BY the death OF John Hay the life Of
the leading diplomat of the day has
ended. Not only had he established
himself in such exalted position, but
he had formulated, developed and
completed what has of late been
nown as American diplomacy, the
rect method of pursuing negotiations
.sarding matters in controversy be-
tween nations. So successful had be-
come this method that he had en-
ployed 1t not only in controversies be-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
HAVE MOTOR FIRE ENGINES.
Several English citie. Supplied with
This Up. to- Date Apparatus.

steam-propelled fire engines are in
use In Liverpool, Brighton, Plymouth,
Portsmouth and other English cities,
says Consul Walter c. Hamm in a
report. London has now, 1t claims,
the largest and most powerful motor
fire engine yet built. 1t is Of fifty
horse power and capable Of throw
ing 500 gallons of water a minute to
height Of $50 feet. 1t is propelled
by steam water tube boiler situated
between the rear wheels. 1t is heat
ed by a. petroleum burner Of new de-
sign, in which the fuel is sprayed into
the furnace. This gives hot fire
which can be regulated with nicely.
In front Of the boiler is the engine
with pair Of Inverted cylinders drlv.
ing two direct and double-acting
pumps.
The pumps can be disconnected
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
Geehaw and Giddap.

Farmer Geehaw-Sim Walton has
got forty gals comm to board with
him this summer.
Farmer Giddap-Dew tell! How did
he manage to git so many?
Farmer Geehaw He advertised
that nuthin' but college students wuz
employed on the farm.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

people came to this altar just as they
now come to the church at Carey to
be healed. The people who came to
Carey, o.. from Luxembourg at once
laid plans for building the church
shown In the accompanying photo
graph. 1t was begun in 1868, but not
completed for seven years thereafter.
IL this church was placed facsimile
OF the statue Mt Luxembourg.
Beside the Blanchard river In Put.
nam County, o., is situated the little
German village Of Glandorf, place
OF less than 700 inhabitants, where
both the customs and the language of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
worth of country was measured by
the wealth of Its people.


the wealth of its people.
In Jamaica and Trinidad and Bar
bados and the rest, people will find
a climate and beauty indescribable.
They will see all the glories and Won
ders Of the tropics without the incon-
venience Of travelling In countries
where life is cheap and laws upheld
only at the revolver mouth. In any Of
these British West Indian colonies life
Is as safe and peaceful as 1t is in a
little village in the Surrey hills. Yet
all the places are tropical, and all are
filled with that wild luxurlance Of
blossom and foliage which is only
found In lands that are near the line
which marks the center of the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

Within this church there are wax fig
ures brought from Germany and upon
the walls there are llfe-size paintings
Among the churches Of great historic
interest in the United. States is the
Moravian Church at Gnadenhutten,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

result of erosion or glacial action:
What are your Views
"Ay views" said the stranger,
quickly, opening bag containing
photographs. ARE only two dollars u
dozen. and dirt-cheap. Let me show
YOU some"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

As all girls expect to marry million
aires, they naturally think it waste
of time to learn the art Of cooking.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
Freedom for one Evening,

well. Emily, did you have a good
time at the masked ball?
"oh! had the time Of my life, I
had got my husband to dress up az
knight in heavy armor, and he
wasn't able to bulge from one spot
all night."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

Tall. slender-yes: brown eyes
and hair; calls himself an English.
man. No doubt 1t is the same,' he
muttered, looking at the young man.
Monsieur" he then said. I'VE are
members of the secret police of st.
Petersburg and would like to see
your passport"
Il have had 1t looked over, and it
is perfectly correct" answered the
young man.
l have my orders; also search
warrant in case of resistance"
Rallston Stainer, shrugged his
shoulders, as II thinking that Russia
was a queer place. and took from his
pocket the official document signed
by the different consuls and officials
of the two countries.
The man looked the paper over,
then he calmly folded 1t and put it
in his pocket.
What do you mean by doing that"
said Rallston, agrily.
That this paper is forged" an.
swered the Russ,an eve orra.. ,o,,
In tho nomo ~ tha c.on -.
spiracv against hi. 1mrar,ai Mates
w.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

and ornamented with white sandstone.
Its dimensions are l75x7O feet, while
the splre reaches 225 feet above the
ground. The pulpit alone, which is
hand carved. cost $1,000, or us much
as some churches in small towns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

q OA
the Fatherland are
adhered to. In this
quaint little village
stands a church
which cost more
than $4,000, and
which equals in
masnificence many
of the finest church,
es Of the largest
cities In America.
1t is built of brick
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
The Plot
That Failed
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(By Neal MARTINI

I5Se93Sc1SeaEaE 5e5t5eSESeSES1SO
(By Neal Martin.)
Ivan entered the library and pre-
scented card to Giles Dawson.
Under the printed name. Prince
Nicholas Barnakoff." few words
were Denciled requesting an inter.
view.
IVAN" said Mr.. Dawson to his Rus
sian servant, show the prince In at
once
A moment later tall, handsome
man. wearing the uniform of an on.
Ger in the Cars army. entered the
room.
He took the preferred chair, and
began at once to speak in English,
with the perfect facility of the edu-
Gated Russian.
Mr.. Dawson, have called to ask
from you In marriage the hand of
your beautiful ward, Miss Elinor
Bayle. You must have noticed my
admiration for mademoiselle. You
know that can give her an exalted
social position here in st. Petersburg,
and trust that you will have no OBJ
lection to my paying her my ad-
dresses"
"Ah. you have not spoken to her
yeti" asked Mr.. Dawson.
Speak to her before I saw you!
could not commit such breach of
Russian etiquette!"
Il am glad you have not spoken to
her. In fact. Prince, l shall be most
happy to consent to your marriage to
my ward. but there are difficulties.
You doubtless know that she is i'm
mensely wealthy. but she cannot
have control of her fortune until she
10 twenty-one years old. at which
time cease to have any authority
over her." Mr.. Dawson continued
slowly. "she will be twenty-one in
less than a month, and then"
Yes. and then?" asked the Rus
sian. looking intenty at the mer.
chant.
Mr.. Dawson did not answer the
question. but Continued after short
interval:
Il would not give my consent to
her marriage with q young English
man. was SO afraid that she would
do something rash. so brought her
- far away from him as could; but
Just when l was beginning to feel az.
cure, he arrives on the scene"
Who. the lover?" asked Barnakoff,
with an ugly expression.
Yes. Rallston stainer-curse
him!"
DO not distress yourself about Mr..
Rallston Stainer," smiled the Prince:
There are various means In Russia.
to dispose of an undesirable nerson ).
Then the details of the transaction
were gone into. Mr.. Dawson would
receive forty thousand pounds ont Of
Elinor's fortune If he succeeded in
making her marry Barnakof.
When the Infamous comn.ct NO,
completed Mr.. Dawson rang the hell
and requested that If Miss Bayle had
returned from her drive she should
come to the library.
A moment later she entered. tall
beautiful. and exquisitely dressed.
bringing with her a breath Of the
keen winter air in her bright gray
eyes, her wind-blown hair. and her
checks like many roses.
She bowed coldly to the Prince.
who stood erect and soldierly before
her, and, addressing Mr.. Dawson.
said. with distant courtesy:
You wished to see me?"
''Yes: this gentleman has requested
tho honor of your hand in marriage,
and It is my wish that you accent 1t.
would have desired"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

An automobile is like woman: Ii.
able to sulk at any time about moth.
ing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

The people down in their hearts adj.
mire the father who refuses tn sit on
the back porch for any daughters
beau.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26
Antillean Islands show every sign Of

Antillean Islands show every sign OF
a commercial revival.
1t Is curious that these beautiful
West Indian countries, possessing as
they do perfect climate and a most
abundant wealth, should have so long
remained commercially stagnant. Eng
lish emigrants have not considered the
indies in their calculations as to the
advantages offered by the various col
onies. The young Englishman who
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

When a young man asks for the
hand of an heiress he means the one
in which she carries her purse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

1t doesn't require as much patience
to put baby to sleep as 1t does to
fish. but the men can't see 1t that war.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

On the day when Mr.. Dawson de-
priyed Elinor Of her liberty. a hand
some young fellow was sitting before
his midday breakfast.
q Rallston Stainer had taken lodg-
inss In fashionable quarter of st.
Petersburg. and according to the
country's custom, his landlady provid-
Cd him with the lighter meals of the
day.
All at once there was a sharp
knock at the door of his sitting room;
then. without waiting for an answer.
the door was thrown open and three
men in civilian clothes came into the
room.
stainer arose from his chair.
What means this intrusion?" he
asked.
The tallest of the men, who seemed
to the one In command. looked rapid.
" over a sheet Of paper that he held
q bis hand =