Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-09-06

Notwithstanding its size and MI.
merous congested districts, London
must be regarded as one of the
healthiest cities in the world, declares
American Medicine.
It's a safe bet that if Liz Pr?
finds the North Pole he will find it
in state OF insurrection against the
car, AYERS the Charleston Is. c.
News and Courier.
1t is vain to talk of new remedies
for public lis urtil we have thor
oughly tried the old remedies-the
laws we have, asserts the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Hehave vsursslf, admonishes the
Atchison Globe. The State peniten
tiary is so crowded that convicts have
to sleep in the corridors on cots.
Eight women hurt in Pittsburp
bargain sale rush for mems overalls
10 cents, mems shirts. 10 cents" If
these are the kind of things wives
buy for them. comments the New
York Telegram. husbands will hunt
their own bargains hereafter.
The Shah of Persia wants TO see
America. but dare not face the ocean,
which makes his stomach sad. Here's
a great chance for some of the air,
ship boosters.
George Bernard Shaw says: "All
autob!ographies are lies. No man is
bad enough TO tell the truth about
himself during his lifetime, and no
man is good enough to tell the truth
to posterity in a document which he
suppresses until there is nobody left
alive to contradict him"
More girls are enrolled every term
on the registers of the women col
leges, says the New York Sun. They
are sure to increase more and more
in numbers. and it is inconceivable
that their influence on our society
should not be stronger and more bene.
fetal every year. II will not be Their
least advantage that they are abso
lutely national product, to be found
in no other soeiety in the world than
our own.
An Increase of s57 600 600 over the
preceding year is gratifying exhibit
in our export trade statistics, says
the. New York Sun. Taken by itself
the sum calls for an imposing row OF
ciphers, even in these days when
millions are counted as thousands
we're few years ago. 1t is particu
lary gratifying to note that the In
crease is represented. practically in
Its entirety. by the export of wares
classed as manufactures.
Most geographers believe that the
Arctic Ocean extends without break
in all directions from 400 to 500 miles
says the New York Tribune. Unit
there is positive evidence to the con
trary this doctrine must be accepted
yet there are already few who are
inclined to dissent from it. More
than year ago Mr.. r. A. Harris. at
tached to the United States Geolog
ical Survey, gave some reasons for
doing so in The National Geographic
Magazine. These are afforded by pc
culiarities of the tides and currents
at various points along the northern
coast of the American continent
Such phenomena are susceptible OF
more than one explanation. and 1t is
not unlikely that Mr.. Harris inter
prets the facts wrongly. On the 9th
er hand it may turn out some day
that he is right.
Forestry is one of the coming pro
fessions, according to all accounts
says tie American Cultivator. Man,
of the States are just beginning tc
get fairly awake to the need OF skilled
care of their forest resources. and are
hiring foresters and assistants al
from 81 200 to $4,000 year. During
the past year about seven members
of the force employed by the Govern
ment Bureau of Forestry have lief
their positions to take up work Will
private timber owners and four 9th
ers have accepted public positions al
foresters for States and Canadian
provinces. The demand seems to ex
coed the supply, as only a limited
number can be trained in the Burea,
of Forestry and through college
courses in forestry.