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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
When to Exercise.

When to exercise is an important
consideration. II the morning only is
available. the exercise should be light.
Particularly is this the case If one is
engaged in any work. The supply Of
energy must not be drawn from at the
beginning of the day. The afternoon
is perhaps the best time for exercise,
when one has gained strength from
the absorption of the morning and
noon meals. Those who exercise Wig.
orously at night should eat mid
day dinner. Exercise should always
precede bathing, and not, as rule, fol-
low 1t. In this respect the ancient
Greeks showed great wisdom. Exer-
else and bathing they called the two
pillars of strength Exercise was Her
cules and bathing Apollo. Both were
regarded with equal Importance, and
neither was complete without the
other.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
FLOWERS OF IHE OCEAN.
Anemones and Sea Cucumber. tha
Grow In Neptune's Garden.

Anemones and Sea Cucumbers that
Grow In Neptune's Garden.
The sea anemone is one of the COM
monest of Towering animals. 1t is
found clIngtng to rocks in sheltered
places along shore In practically every
part Of the world, for 1t Is not confined
to any special region. 1t grows only
In comparatively shallow water, that
is, in depths OF less than 500 fathoms,
although there is one species that lives
In the open sea, but wherever found
1t Is essentially the same In structure.
1t is tough, leathery tube, spread
out below into base" that fastens
1t to rock or other foundation, and ex-
panding above into the fowerlike
disk" with the mouth in the center.
All around the opening of the mouth
are curling tentacles. not unlike the
petals Of modern chrysanthemum.
Some varieties are almost or entirely
colorless, while in some others the
tentacles are gorgeously tinted, and
rival the flowers in the field; but in
all Turks death In certain and hor-
rible form. Watch some little creature
touch the curving arm, and they will
be seen to curl inward and wrap the
intruder in their folds as they push 1t
toward the mouth. The inner sides of
the tentacles are covered by poison
glands that sting the prey to insensi.
bility or death. and SO stop the strug.
giles that might prove disastrous to the
anemone. When the mouth is reached
the captive is pushed into the hollow
Interior, and the anemone shuts up
into reddish-brown ball until Its
meal is dlgested, when 1t spreads Its
fatal beauties for another victim.
Another great family of Towering
animals is that including the '.'sea GU
cumbers," very plentiful in the shallow
waters Of Pearl harbor. The animals
have long, fattened bodies of dark
color that ranges from brown to red
dish-purple and their most active move
ment is slow creeping along the bot
tom. At one end is the mouth. sur
BOUNDED BY the petal.llke tentaclesj that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
MONETARY BURDENS BORNE
BY the PEOPLE OF RUSSIA.
s3.5oo,oOO,ooo
SO,NU.OW

National debt .......... .$3.5OO.OOO.OOO
Annual interest on debt. SO,OOU.OO0
Expended on Siberian and
Manchurian roads ..... 100000 600
Taxes unpaid by peasants.
1900 ....... .......... 0o,OOOOOo
Loss by industrial depres-
sion III three years ..... 3OO.OOO.OO0
Loss by famines In FIVE
years preceding 1902 -. 5OO.OOOOOO
Eight famincs, five since
1902. loss ............. 2oO.oooOoo
Loss to toilers by $50 to
10 holidays each year. 10O.OOOOOO
War loss to date ........ 100000 600
Expenses of holy synod.
annually ....... ...... 1s,5oO,Ooo
In relation to these figures we'll
known writer says:
1.-THE simple truth is the Russian peas
ant, 1O0.OOO,0OO of him. is. under present
conditions, slowly starving to death. His
average earnings in the central provinces
are II and IS copecks e to 0 cents) per
day throughout the year: during the
busiest harvest time they rise to an aver.
age of q to SO copecks Q3 to 10 cents
day.; during the whole winter he and
his family enrn nothing His diet con-
sists of meal, -four and grits, cabbage and
potatoes: no meat, excepting three times
year. His diet is insufficient, aud less
than in any civilized country. The hovel
he lives In Is two and half yards long
and one and one-half yards high, harbor-
ing the whole family and whatever cattle
he possesses. These data are taken from
Official sources. Is 1t wonder that the
Russian peasant has morally aud physi-
cally degenerated?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
FOLLOW ONE llnE IN CRIME
Lawbreakers Seldom Brsnch Ont Int,
New Fields, Expert Sayp,

Lawbreakers Seldom Branch Out Into
New Fields, Expert Says.
Criminals seem to be the strongest
kind of fatalists," remarked judge
Ned, of Pittsburg, recently. Judge
Men is widely known as an authority
on criminology, and his long expert
ence as prosecutor, judge and lawyer
has given him unusual opportunity OF
studying scientifically the causes and
characteristics of crime.
Il have noticed that when GRIM
inal is arrested after finishing one
sentence, the second charge Is gen.
orally the result Of crime almost ex-
actly the same as the one which first
got him into trouble. 1t seems like
strange kind Of fatality. I've known
instances where one criminal has been
arrested and punished Ave or six times
on charges exactly the same.
What makes them do 1t? I'm not
sure can explain 1t satisfactorily. but
know 1t to be the case. 1t has &C.
CURED to ME, and possibly this is the
simplest explanation, that the reason
for criminal adhering strictly to one
line Of work Is the same as the fascina-
ton which holds gambler to table,
although luck Is against him.
Each failure or loss shows the VIC
tim point which he has hitherto been
ignorant of, and it is easy to convince
himself that next time he will escape
that mistake.
and so 1t goes. Ever the next time,
just one more chance. and then anoth-
er, ever confident that the luck must
change and that each turn Of the wheel
leaves him just that much better
equipped and that much more likely
to win. finally. Then there is the des-
peration, the unconscious and gritty de-
termination to make success of the
thing.
"If he fall. and is arrested, convicted
and punished, the process of the law
simply goes to show wherein his first
Job was bunglingly and poorly carried
out. The first feeling of resignation
that follows the bitterness Of punish
ment is when he tells himself that next
sAAAC NO Will uOt ICpchI Tue cIIOI ALCu
led to his detection on the present &C.
casion. No sooner is he out Of the
penitentiary than he assays again to
try his luck, this time carefully avoid
ing the mistake which first brought
him to grief.
ut is well-known fact that no
criminal, no matter how expert or how
daring, can cover up all his tracks.
The very best of them will leave at
least one loophole. will commit at least
one error which eventually fastens the
guilt on him. The poorer criminals
leave clews according to their skill
or experience. So our imaginary crook,
the second time he plans job. while
he carefully avoids repetition Of his
first error, is almost sure to make some
other one. And SO on, each succeed
ing crime and detection pointing out
to him the lines OF his weakness, so
that he is irresistibly led onward to
his destruction"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

tSaby Si'SS phOhi-
Use of perpetuating the mental and
physical traits Of his great ancestor.
Under the guidance of his handsome
and vivacious mother. who was Hun
garian, Countess Hoyos. when she mar
ried Prince Bismarck In 1871, Prince
Otto is growing into manly fellow,
and even at this early period of his
life has developed traces of the char
ncteristics which carved his family
name so indelibly in the worlds his
tory. He is big boy for his age and
passionately fond of vigorous sport,
especially horseback riding, Mt which
he is an adept. He speaks German,
English and French fiuently. His type
is more American in its aspect than
either German or Hungarian.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
following. The silence was oppressive,

following. The silence was oppressive,
yet neither of them seemed to care to
break 1t. AT the foot of the steps she
paused and held out her hand. Good
by, Mr.. Richard" she said softly. Hob
son caught her fingers again to his
lips and his breath came quickly.
Molly" he breathed, III were not
Richard Hobson, If were Just a sim
pie farmer f." But she tore her
hands from his. Don't" she gasped,
don't make 1t harder-for me. Good
by and the door closed upon her.
Hobson stood like one dazed. the
croaking of the frogs seeming In his
ears like the pounding of his own
heart. A merry crowd of farmer boys
passed down the road, their shrlll wills
tile echoing through the night air Hob
son looked after them with sigh.
And would give my millions"
he whispered, as he turned YEARLY
away. lust to be one of .tSm."
And Molly, stumbling up stairs in
the darkness. was crying softly and
pressing against her face the hand
which Hobson bad Observation-Disclosures
lis Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
HOW TO EAT.

Don't bring worries to the table,
Don't bring anger, hate or scowls;
Danish everything unpleasant,
Talk and eat with smiling jowls.
1t will aid your own digestion,
If you wear smiling face;
1t will Jolly up the others,
II you only set the pace:
Knowing something funny. tell 1t;
Something sad. forget to knell it:
Something hateful, quick dispel it
At the table.
Cares domestic. business troubles,
Ills Of body. soul or brain;
Unkind thoughts and nagging tempers,
Speech that causes others pain,
Public woes and grim disasters.
Grimes and wrongs and rights DE-
feat
None of them are to be mentioned
When you sit down to ent.
Knowing something funny, tell it;
Something sad, forget to knell it:
Something hateful, quick dispel 1t
At the table.
What to Eat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
WONDERFUL alaska
How seward's Ice Boz IL Contributing
to the Nations Wealth.

How seward's Ice Box 10 Contributing
to the Nation's Wealth.
When the treaty for the purchase Of
Alaska was negotiated with Russia
in 1867 the act met with practically
general opposition from all sources in
the United States. A few far-seeing,
almost prophetic, officers Of state pre-
dicted great future Of wealth and
importance for the country, but Con-
gress frothed at the mouth when the
deed Of acquisition was laid before 1t
for ratification, and the fight was won
by the administration only after en-
countering the most strenuous opposi-
ton. The price, S7,2OO,0OO. was paid
out, so the general verdict had 1t, for
a huge expanse Of territory that would
always be burden to the govern
ment. The idea that 1t would ever
yield dollar to the citizens Of this
country was pooh-poohed.
1t is not necessary to dwell on the
history Of Alaska-to tell the story Of
the discovery of its gold and thou
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
shark a Commercial Product.

The shark, which Is SO abundant in
the waters of Central America, is to
be utilized In commercial products. A
company has been formed which con-
verts sharks fins into jelly and timed
soup, makes fine machinery oil from
their livers. handsome leather. equal
to alligators', from their skins, walk
ing sticks from their backbones. and
numerous articles from their jawbones
and teeth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Serious,

"rhe trouble with many actors" said
the man of ponderous wisdom, "is that
they do not take their work serionsIv y
You do us an injustice" said Mr.
Stormington Barnes. Hundreds n,
miles away from home, hotel bills and
railway fares to pay. salaries due and
weather uncertain-who could helm
taking everything seriously ?"-wash-
ington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

ern German his
tory. This is Otto
Won Bismarck, the
7-year-old heir Of
the late Prince
Herbert Bismarck
and grandson of
he Fatherland's
empire builder and
Iron Chancellor"
Born in Septem-
her, 1897, little
p rince Otto al
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

him, and soon afterward he founded n
publication of his own, which proved
successful. He is now the
owner of nine daily newspapers, four
weekly newspapers, nine weekly peri
odicals and six monthly publications.
Beside, he conducts large book pub
fishing business. -Four of his newspa-
pers are among the greatest dallies In
London, one of them having an earning
capacity of $75O,OOO yearly. Few men
have risen SO rapidly as this youn6
London publisher.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

eign states means
so much to her, the
position of ambas-
sador to the Mika-
dos empire is a
place of no little
Importance. 1t is
not fully known
how much Japan
and the world owe
to the friendly and
tactful course pur-
,Ila1 nv tho An,erj
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

speeches than any
other living Eng
lishman. 1t is GER
tain that he is the
M ost loquaclous
member of the
aristocracy. When
he was % years
old IL conservative
government ship
ped him Off to New
South Wales as
Governor Of that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

London. Mr.. Pear
son is now IS
years old, and be-
gan life without a
penny and with an
ordinary education.
His first position
paid him $40 a
week, and lie was
then 10 years old.
Soon he was the
manager OF t he
business, ut a sui
airy OF $3.50. This
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
BEGAN LIFE PeNNILEss,

Aud Now Owns and conducts % yalu.
able Publications.. ~; ~
One Of the greatest newspaper pub
fishers in the world-perhaps the
greatest-is Cyril Arthur Pearson. of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
The Dehts of Niillat

The father of NJ. Casimir-P erler call
ed on Corot one day and found him in
the act Of finishing picture. "A
masterpiece" exclaimed the visitor. II
must have it."
ut is yours" promptly replied
Corot, "if you will agree to pay the
butcher and baker bills of my illus
trlous but poor friend, Jean Francois
Millet."
Agreed" said the patron, well
pleased. The bills We're presented to
him, and they amounted to nearly
$4,000, neither butcher nor baker hav-
ing been paid for twelve years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
DUDE OF THE PEeRAaE.

Earl of Beauchamp the Most Talk
alive Man In Britain's Aristocracy.
Though he is only 80 years old, the
Earl of Beauchamp is said to possess
the distinction Of having made more
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Grasped the opportunity.

Tess-Mr. saphead gave you cam
era for your birthday, didn't he?
Jess-Yes. and we took it with us
on our stroll through the country yes
terday. Oh, what do you think? He
proposed to me-actually Topped down
on his knees and--
Tess-What did you say?
Jess-Why. said, Look pleasant.
please" and do hope the picture will
turn out well.-Stray Stories.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Was His own Dentist,

An old resident of Parkhurst, Me-, of
the Spartan type, recently had some
teeth that panied him. He does not
believe in doctors or dentists, so he
made hook out of an old pail bail
and extracted the two teeth himself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

Russians marching toward the Cars palace st
ing the Grand Moskaa the palace where stands tho
however Nevsky
Petersburg
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Tenement Cookine Glasses.

IeHcHeTS OF CUUhIHS cIHSSVS III IeHe-
ment house kitchens say that about
90 per cent of their pupils are Ger
mans, and that Swedes and Irish fol-
low next, with only now and then
an American. Possibly this may rep
resent about the proper percentage as
to the nationalities in the tenement
houses; but 1t is at least significant
that Germans lead. The Germans are
great homemakers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

The average woman is as touchy
about the unreliability of the family
clock as she is absvA ~ sickety family
plano.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Thibetians a. Te. n.,nk..

The champion tea drinkers Of the
world are the Thibetans. They buy
it In bricks" and drink it in pints.
Ten bricks are used as currency.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

We feel sorry for any home whose
daughter has no higher ambition in life
than to paint stork standing on one
leg,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

Homogeneous are often eclipsed by
financial stringency.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
OUR MINISTER TO JAPAN.

Our Interests There Well Guarded nv
Comparatively Young Man.
While Japan is going through her
great international struggle for exist
ence. and when the friendship of for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

What do you use most during the
day? Do you use the little white lie
almost as much as your shoes2
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

\ ALL THAT is LEFT OF THE CARS VIII
The accompanying Illustration is of especial interest
IN view Of the fact that the laps have themselves
task OF repairing and raising of the
that may be turned into serviceabe craft The was
made for the London Sphere by Charles Wye the marine
artist after careful examination Of maps and charts of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
HEIR OF IRON CHANCELLOR.
Boy Who Bears Ger
many's Proudest Name.

Americans, and German-Amerlcans
especially, are interested in the boy
who bears the proudest name in mod
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

One isn't necessarily wealthy be-
cause he has more money than brGtaAL
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

much happier than she did a moment pre-
viOus.
Bert sat at the window She could see his
face dlmly, pressed against the glass; and she
waved her handkerchief once, but he did not
return the salute.
He was thinking of the gold beads, and
when the sun, shining down, struck something
bright on AIarian's neck he frowned and felt
disappointed that his pleasant little cousin
could be so mean. With all his love for mis-.
chief, he would not have taken anything OF
Aunt Pamela's without her knowledge and
permission.
When Marian returned from the tea party,
Aunt Pamela met her with a grave face. Aunt
Laura and Bert were there, too, and both
looked at her strangely.
Marian" said Aunt Pamela. slowly, what
did you do with my necklaceg"
Marian looked bewildered, and then flush
crept over her face, and she hung her head
guiltily.
IL don't know" stammered the child. Il
didn't wear them"
"You didn't wear them? Bert, didn't you
say you saw them on her neck in the gar
den?"
"Yes, ma am. There was something shin
ing, and l am sure it was the necklace" an.
swered Bert, really against his will; for
he was sorry for his cousin, despite her
fault.
'Marrian, have you lost them?"
"No, ma'am," with a sob.
"Then where are they"
Il don't know. put them back. l didn't
wear them.
Aunt Pamela held out the empty wooden
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

box, with deprecatlng gesture.
Let her alone tonight" said Aunt Laura.
Perhaps she will tell you on the morrow, al
ter we have gone"
So Marian was not questioned again until
the yellow stage, with Aunt Laura and Bert
and Tesse, was out of sight
Then Aunt Pamela drew her aside, and
piled question after question, without sue
cess.
Sadly, yet sternly, Aunt Pamela said:
"Well, Marian, such a naughty girl cannot
stay with me. shall write to your papa to-
morrow, and send you home on the evening
train
1t was in November that letter came to
Aunt Pamela, and this is what it contained:
Dear Sister:-I must let you know that
we have misjudged Marian cruelty. After re-
placing the beads she evidently forgot to
clasp the lid, and Tessie, wandering in must
have found the box and opened it. Cutting
up her old garnet dress to-day, to make her
doll suit, found your beads in her pocket.
"She is so young she could not tell me much
about it, but remembered putting them there
'one day at Aunt 'Mela's.' Do make it all right
with Marian, poor child.
yours affectionately, LAURA"
And will you believe it, Aunt Pamela actu-
ally cried.
And Marian cried, too, when she received a
long letter from her aunt explaining the whole
affair, and asking her to come down and spend
Thanksgiving.
Two years later, on her twelfth birthday,
a little box came, inelosing a card with "A
gift from Aunt Pamela" written on it. 1t was
the string Of gold beads.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
c0PKRICAT 81 LAME5 ELNe45oN

may 1 wear your gold beads, just tonight!
Then she jumped up before that lady could
speak and flung both arms around her neck
''0h, please, do say yes You can put them
on me yourself and I'll not touch them
once, not even with one finger. On, do let
me-"
She had been so good that day, and sewed
four squares of patchwork, and borne Bert |
teasing with more than usual meekness, that
Aunt Pamelas heart softened.
Well, child, If you'll be very careful;
"Oh. yes ma ann" cried Marian, and then
stood in rapt silence, while Aunt Pamela rails.
ed the glittering necklace from It's bed ot
cotton, and fastened it round her throat, with
another injunction of special care.
Then she went down stairs with stately
air that excited TeSsie's admiration and arOus
ed Bert wonderfully. He burst into laugh
ter, and pointed his finger at her mock
ingly.
s-0h, no! see the little peacock in borrowed
tfneTy Don't we feel gT1andD g1ai Then, Then. IN ~,
ell, take off your Aunt Pamela's jewelry this
instant! Do you hearE'
aunt Pamela lent it to me herself, and you
are a very rude boy" said Marian, with dig
1 nifty.
/ 1t was several days later that little, folded
/ paper came to the house addressed to Miss
/ Marian Lowell and Master Holly"
1t was an invitation TO tea party at four
! o'clock, in the adjacent garden.
I Poor Bert was suffering with a sore throat
! and could not leave the house; but he was
promised seat at the window, where he
could overlook the scene of festivities, and
/ Marian agreed to save him an orange and a
handful of notices.
I Aunt Pamela was out, but Aunt Laura gave
! the little girl permission to wear her white
dress and blue sash, and she dressed in high
I glee.
wanting. 1t didn't look quite right, she
I thought. as she stood before the mirror; and
then the little evil tempter that stands at
ones elbow and argues with conscience, whis-
pered:
! Its the necklace, don't you see? Why
don't you wear it? Aunt Pamela lent it to you
once. and she won't care Anyway, no one
, need know. Aunt Laura Is in her room, and
you can slip out and back again without even
being seen
So the silent dispute went on, and the end
Of It was that Marian stood before Aunt Pa
mela's bureau, clasping the coveted beads
round her neck, and 80 engrOssed that she
aid not see the curly head thrust in at the
door. nor the mischieyous, dark eyes watching
! But he never spoke, and crept away silently
when Marian turned and walked down the
long room to the door.
On the very threshold she paused and flush
ed guilty at the sound of footstep with
.'Why, what a wicked girl ami" she
thought suddenly.
And then conscience won the day.
1 She unclasped the necklace, and laid it
back in the wooden box, closing the lid with
Ia click that semed TO take a weight from
. her heart, and she skipped away. feeling