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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
ASK mcht for Queen b Curry Comb.
Farm for Sale in Pembina County,
North Dakota.

Consisting of 500 acres at land on
the banks of the Red river about
one and half miles from four ele-
vators on the Northern Pacific.
There is $50 acres of pillow land, 20
acres of good meadow, 200 acres of
pasture, all fenced. Good dwelling
house 3OxSO, nine rooms, barn
56x46, loft posts. Granary room
for 5000 bushels Of grain. | will
sell this place for S33 per acre.
For further particulars apply to
Daniel Duffy. Pittsburg, Pembina
County N. d. l2-Sw
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
The Greatest Thing. Are the simple.

The Greatest Thing. Are the Simplest
The trouble with US is that we look
too high and too far away for our
chances. We forget that the greatest
things urc the simplest In hunting for
roses we trample the daisies under our
feet. We ure blind to the chances and
blessings near us because we are look
ing so far away for them. Everything
depends upon the power of the mind to
see opportunities. 1t is the eye that can
see the chance, the pluck and determi-
nation to lay hold of 1t and wiring from
1t every possibility that we lack rather
than the chance "to make good."-Ori-
son SWEET Marden In Success Maya
vtySo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
Enec. of Arsenic ON tn. Face

ASheSS VI AE5chAc oh inc Nuce.
The slow absorption Of many poisons
changes in some more or less modified
form the complexion. but arsenic and
ammonia show their effect about as
q' rkly us any. The popular belief
that arsenic clears the complexion has
led many silly women to kill them
selves with 1t in small. continued
doses. 1t produces waxy, ivorylike
appearance of the skin during GER
tain stage Of the poisoning. but its ter
rible after effects have become too we'll
known to make 1t Of common use as a
cosmetic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
Court Proceedings.

EQUITY
Cornelia Isbell vs.. Charles Isbell
Divorce granted as prayed.
H. +. Walker VS.. Dubuque Coum
ty, continued
Fred b. Blair VS.. Delaware Coun.
ty. Judgmentagainst defendant fol-
$42.S0
Guardianship Terrence Nj Calf.
ney. Report of distribution APP
proved.
Estate Sarah a Brownelt. Will
admitted to probate. E. M. Hamb-
lin appointed administrator. Bond
of $500.
Estate A. j. Rector. Final repor,
approved. Administrator discharg.
ed.
Guardianship George Ocker
Sarah Z. Ocker appointed guardian.
| DoHu YS,fUO.
Estate Jos. fleming. Z. G. Per.
kins appointed guardian, ad Item
Private sale ordered. John Reilly
John Dolphin and L. E. McCloud
appointed appraisers.
Estate j. G. French. Admins.
traitor authorized to sell personal
property at appraised value.
Guardianship Howard Stout
Gildner Bros. claim for $3.50 al,
lowed.
Estate VIM. Beattie. Admins
traitor authorized to expend 500 for
monument.
State of Iowa vs. Jerry Mahoney
Defendant pleads not guilty.
State of Iowa VS. VIM. Kearney
and j. E. Brundiege. Defendants
plead guilty and VIM. Kearney is
sentenced to Anamosa for 8 months
and j. E. Baundige to the same
place for Is months
State of Iowa vs. Frank Smith.
Defendant pleads not guilty.
State of Iowa vs. Fred Froelick
Defendant pleads not guilty.
State Of Iowa VS. Charles Pratt
Jasper Pratt, Cornelius Pratt, John
Verb and VIM. Verb. This indict-
ment charges defendants with steal
ing hogs of Alexander Born. De-
PENDANTS plead not guilty and were
discharged.
State of Iowa VS. Jasper Pratt
Charles Pratt, VIM. Verb, John
Verb and Cornelius Pratt. The in
dictment charged the defendants
with breaking and entering the
Jones wooden mill with intent to
commit larceny. John Verb pleud-
ed guilty and was sentanced to serve
term of one year at the peniten-
tiary at Anamosa. Jasper Pratt,
Charles Pratt. VIM. Verb and Cor.
nelius Pratt plead not guilty and
their cases were continued.
State of Iowa vs. Jasper Pratt,
Charles Pratt, Cornelius Pratt, John
Verb and VIM. Verb. Defendants
plead not guilty and were dis.
charged. The Indictment charged
defendants with breaking and en-
tering building of A. d. Work,
with attempt to commit larceny.
State of Iowa vs. Jasper Pratt,
Charles Pratt Cornelius Pratt, John
Verb and VIM Warh. The indict-
ment charged the defendants with
stealing domestic fowls from "A. D
Work. John Verb pleaded moi
guilty and his case was continued
Jasper Pratt, Charles Pratt, Cornell.
ius Pratt and VIM. Verb plead
guilty and were sentenced to the
following terms at Anamosa. VIM
Verb; one year; Jasper Pratt, Chas
Pratt and Cornelius Pratt, Is mos
each.
State of Iowa vs. Cornelius Pratt
and VIM. Verb. The defendants
were charged with receiving stoler
property. the goods of J. s. Jones
Defendants plead not guilty ant
were discharged.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

Markley-I say, suppose you pay mo
back that 10 shillings you owe mo
now" Borroughs-Really. old man.
can't do that. Markley-But you've
got 1t to spare today. Borroughs -
know, but there's no telling when
may need it.-London Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
How the Trouble Began

How the Trouble Began.
n am going to compile book Of my
baby's smart sayings" declared proud
Mrs. Noowed. ''What do you think
would make an appropriate title?"
Borrowed Brightness" suggested
Miss Sulfuric.
This was why they stopped speaking.
louisville Courier-Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
limo is tho great comforter Of grief.
but the agency by which 1t works is
exhaustion.-Landon.
The Potato.

Tho circumnavigator Francis Drake
has the credit Of introducing the potato
to Europe. but the Spanlards had
brought 1t with the tomato from the
Andes some time before, and it was es-
tablished there and in Italy. where they
called 1t tartufoli, long before Sir Wal
ter Raleigh shipped his cargo. in 1926,
from Virginia to England. According
to Humboldt, 1t has been cultivated in
England since 1854, in Saxony since
1928 and since 1913 in Prussia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

OoueS " Dc ONeEEuleus
Up in Maine there is an old custom
Of opening the courts with prayer,
which custom in one instance, descrlb-
ed with considerable gusto by cx-Judge
Henry n. Rowland, led to a petition
with which the judge couldn't exactly
sympathize. The minister who was to
ofIiciate Mt this court was one Of the
good old fashioned, simple living, long
praying kind who flourish In country
churches. He prayed for tho welfare
of the nation and Its executive and his
cabinet; he prayed for the state officials
and for mankind in general Then; 20
Lord, give to this presiding judge the
wisdom he SO much needs" besought
the dominic with fervor. "Ovcrrule his
decisions to thine eternal honor and
glory" The presiding judge, appre-
ciating the spirit of the petition, while
hardly relishing his diction, had to live
down the reputation which his asso-
ciates tried to confer on him in accord
ance with the characterization of the
prayer.-New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
HUGO AND HIS WIFE.
Vehcmence OF the Author and His
Better Halfs PIncidity.

Detter Halfs Plncidity.
M. Paul Stapfer In the Mercure de
France quotes II fragment of Victor
Hugo's after dinner monologues. The
pose of the man accustomed to an ex.
pectation of big uttcrances, of meta
physical suggestions, is well conveyed
in the quotations. Victor Hugo, 1t is
hardly necessary to observe, was dis
tinctly n prophet in his own country
MS well as abroad. BY 8 in the evening.
says NJ. Stapfer. Victor Hugo had
warmed to his work. He burst forth:
How poor, how small, how absurd
atheism is! God exists. l am more
sure of his existence than l am of my
own. If God lends me sufficient length
Of life want to write book showing
how necessary to the soul prayer Is
how necessary and how efIlcacious.
Personally never pass four hours
without prayer. pray regularly ev-
cry morning and evening. If ! wake
in the night l pray. What do pray
for? Strength. know what is right
and what is wrong, but realize my
imperfections and that of myself
have not the strength to resist evil.
God surrounds and upholds US. We
are in him. From him we have life,
movement, being. All is created by
him. But it is not true to say that he
has created the world. He creates 1t
increasingly. He is the soul of the uni
verse. He is the infinite I. He is
you are asleep, Adele!'
The abrupt accusation was hurled at
Mrs. Hugo. Since dinner she had been
sitting silently in an armchair, rather
huddled and drawn up in attitude, her
chin resting on her chest, her hands
folded on her stomach and her eyelids
closed. Her regular breathing had been
pleasantly interrupted. Reused abrupt.
ly, injured innocence protested vigor-
ously in her manner. "You dear great
thing, how could you possibly imagine
l should go to sleep while you Were
talking"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
Opportunity.

You think that an opportunity must
necessarily be something great and
unusual. but the fact is the stepping
stone to the place above you is In the
very thing you are doing in the way
you do 1t. 1t does not matter what it
is.-Success Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
ASK mcht 70, Queen B Curry Comb

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it local di-
sease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional di-
sease and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by T. J.
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t
acts directly on the blood and
n-ucous surfaces of tho system.
They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address: f. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

Jcss-I'm In quandary. Bess-
What? Jess-Tom promises to stop
gambling If l marry him, and Jack
threatens to begin II l don't-New
Yorker.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
Worst of ALL

Worst of All.
80 the specialist said you'd have to
give up smoking for awhile. eh?'
Yes, and he also said I'd have to
give up SIS for d."-Collier's Week
IL
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

A wonderful spring tonic. Drives
out all winter impurities, gives you
strength, health and happiness.
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
Tea will do. 80 cents, Tea or Tab
lets.-Denton & Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

Feel tired, no appetite, cannot
sleep, work or eat? That's spring
tiredness and will disappear at once
if you take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun.
tain Tea this month. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets.-Denton & Wards
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

WANTED-Lady, for special
work in her own city. Position will
pay $l2 per week. References re.
quired. Address
CHAs. l.. SEBERN,
Rooms 3 and 4, Parsons Block,
Vinton, low
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05
D. WILDER! sl.I|,sII'gt'.

The Regular and Reliable chi
cago Specialist, who has visited
Manchester, every month since
1901, will be at the Clarenc
House.
Monday, May 1,
Zone day only and return once
every % days. Office hours 0
m. to $50 p. m.
Independence, Gedney Hotel, Tuesday,
April4 4.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

State of Iowa vs. Cornelius Pratt
and VIM. Verb. The defendants
were charged with receiving stolen
property. the goods of j. s. Jones
Defendants plead not guilty and
were discharged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
DIDN'T BUY THE IDOL

CHE was an American, she was in Paris
- and she had all the money to spend
that feminine heart could desire. Naturally
she was having the time of her life
One morning she turned off the Rue de las
Paix. into inviting-looking art-shop. and
soon was inspecting Rodin bronzes. LaIique
Jewels, drawings by Daumier, and other all
but-priceless things. Yet was she not salts
fed. till suddenly she esped something in a
dim corner.
That Japanese idol over there" She
exclaimed. What is it WORTH"
About half million francs. madam &"
answered the bowling salesman. He is the
proprietor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
BRIGHT'S DISEASE, DIABETES
AND OTHER KIDNEY DISEASES

Irvine X Mott, NJ. D, of Cincinnati Ohio well and
favoraby known for number of years in that city as
a specialist for the treatment of kidney disorders
will be pleased correspond with persons suffering
from Brght,s Disease Diabetes any Kidney trouble
whatever either in the first, Intermediate or last
DR. Mott says, "my method arrests the disease even
though it has destroyed most of the kidneys, and
preserves intact that portion yet destroyed The
medicine | neutralizes the poison that forms a
toxine that destroys the cells in the tubes OF the
kidneys"
DIR. Mott will give his expert opinion free to those
who will send him a description of their symptoms
Correspondence for this purpose should be addressed
to Irvine k. Mott, NJ. D., SOL Mitchell Building, Gin
CiunatI, Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
SOME QUEER WILLS
BY George Bancroft Griffith

was filed in the office of the register of wills for
Luzerne County, in the city of Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania, and is follows
Emily R Miner is my heir. SARAH K.
MINER"
1t was written on ha1f-sheet of note-paper
with a lead-pencil, and bears no date The
testator was the daughter of Charles Miner,
who was celebrated in the literary annals of
Pennsylvania seventy-five years ago. He was
a friend and coIlaborer with Colonel William
Stone, the New York historian. His daughter
died in 1874. aged eighty years. She was
blind, and in her younger days writer
of poetry that was widely read. She was
known as The Blind Poetess,' and is prouli-
nently mentioned in Pecks History of
Wyoming"
The will was found among her papers some
months after her death. 1t was in an envelop,
inscribed: " Read this when l am dead" 1t
was held to be a good and valid will (although
it transferred considerable property, and was
admitted to probate. The 1egatee was a favor
tie niece of the deceased wonan's-
A farmers will was presented for probate
Git was in old days. to an archdeacon. He
found a name scratched out. The widow
stepped forward and explained: tells you
how he be- sir. When we comes to look into
hewill, we see fifty pounds left to John Wheeler
What's he got to do with masters money!
says l. SO gets knife and us scratches him
out, and that's just how he be. sir
The following is the copy of a will left by a
man who chose to be his own lawyer: " This
the last will and testament of me, John
Thomas give all my things to my relations
to be divided among them the best way they
can. NIB. If anybody kicks up a row. or
makes any fuss about it, he isn't to have any
thing"
1t IS not generally known that among the
legacies which the corporation Of Trinity
Episcopal Church, New-York city, long has
had in charge. is one made years ago by John
Leahe. He left one thousand pounds with
the following instructions:
Il give and bequeath unto the rector and
inhabitants of the city of New-Yorll, in COM
munion of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
in the State of Newly ork, and their successors.
one thousand pounds lawful money of said
State to be by them put out at lawful interest
and the annual income thereof to be laid out
in two-penny wheaton 1oaves of bread. and
distributed on every Sabbath day. in some
part of said church. after divine service. in the
morning, to such poor as to them shall appear
the most deserving"
The distribution is made at St Johns
Chapel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

The cumbrous vcrbiage of the law has its
uses. no doubt; but it requires good deal of
labor and spending of time, and with all it's
repetitions it does not always succeed in making
the meaning manifest, or preventing dispute.
Here is a specimen of last will and tesla
men" which is perfectly ineligible, and shows
in how few words dying persons wishes can
be expressed-and expressed legally tom
glaring contrast with the will of p. T. Barnum,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
STREET SHOWS BUSY
LARGEST CROWDS YESTERDAY OF
 THE WEEK.
Cheap Railroad Tickets Effective To- day and Many Visitors Expected. Managers Are Satisfied
 With the Business.

Patronage of the exhibits of the two carnival companies which are giving yesterday and when the electric lights went out shortly before midnight last night the managers expressed satis- faetion with rn the day 6uglasfs nasts nue. Commerce street. Bibb street and Monroe street. throughout the after noon and until late hour last night. seems to be the best patrons of the sideshows. more white people were down town yesterday and dense
 At police headquarters 1t was said msrkabiy orderly and few arrests. as direct result of the Street Fairs.
 The Ladies Memorial Association un- der whose auspices the Dan Robinson well satisfied with the business of the
 Perhaps the exhibition that eclipses all attractions in the Robinson espla- show is drawing the. masses of the Fair patrons who admire the grandeur of production.
 This entertainment, located at the intersection of Commerce and Bibb streets, is the most novel one of the two carnivals, as no electrical display of it's nature has been seen Tn Mont La Rose and his troupe.
 The clements of the Electric Foun- tain are an artistic arrangement of center refracting many-colored electric through a series of poses on a rotating The show is varied with fire works which explode in the midst of the wa
 conimittees of the Red Men and Beavers who are standing sponsor foF1 the exhibitions of the Cosmopo.itaa was satisfied last night.
 One of the very best attractions of the Cosmopolitan Company Is the Wild West show. that Is playing on the va.
 This attraction has been playing to every performance and the thereof sas is that hs the pi1 feature Is a sideline. Of course yon have the red -shirted individuals with fuzzy trousers and long spurs. who pick handkerchiefs of the ground rid real Indians stoically seated in their tepees, who do war dance and who are the prey of the cowboys. You have the emigrant and the frontiersman; horse thief hanged and all the other things, so dear to the heart of tho American small boy, and the American big boy But in addition you have a pair of trapeze performers who have few equals. You have rope walker and juggler who is a star, you have two or three good clowns and lots of revoIvers. What more do you want for . The he Wild West show also gives street parade during which the readers of Three Fingered Pete, the Boy Hero | of Bloody .Culch. look at the aoorig- ines with fear and amazement and you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
Interest fn tl,e f.ame.

Interest in the Auburn Alabama game, which will be played at West End Park Saturday afternoon, Is great In fact, 1t is doubtful if ever before has as much enthusiasm and interest been displayed. This Is all true and the largest crowd that ever attended a football ahme in Birmingham. is ex- pected to be present when the ref- eree's whistle sounds calling the glad iators into action.
 The cause of all this enthusiasm is glue to the belief entertained by the lovers of the college sport. that an suit always in doubt will be witnessed. There is no doubt of the uncertainty of the winner in the coming contest. and for that reason ever effort should be made by the managers of the game to arrange things for the benefit of the spectators view. Heretofore peo- pie have crowded on the lines and those behind the wire Fence and else- where have been unable to secure a good view of the plays Such prac- tice of letting people in on the lines, those who obstruct the view of the spectators, should be prohibited, or the game will lose friends in Birmingham. People who, pay to see a game of foot view of being able to witness every detail play They do not do so with the expectation of seeing the side lines crowded with people One thing is certain, if repetition of scenes wit messed at the Auburn Davidson and Alabanla- Georgia games in the way of crowded side-lines oc-urs in Saturdays game, someone is going to be severely criticised, and justly so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
MARRIAGE LAST EVENING OF
 MISS TEAGUE AND MIR. sCRIBl

MISS TEAGUE AHO Mk&s SNAsAS~s
 Atsthe fine old Colonial home Of Mayer and Mrs. W. M. Teague last evening their daughter. Miss Eugenia Teague. and MT. George Dundas scri- ba were married at 7:3o o'clock. The ceremony was witnessed only by the relatives. and was followed by an in- formal reception to which a number or close friends had been verbally invited
 The hall and four spacious apart ments that open into it were devoted to the entertainment of the guests. were adorned in many stately palms and graceful ferns. and among them in silver and crystal candelabra white ta- pers burned. In one the marriage was soIemnized, in a second from two ta- bles the first course of the buffet re- treatments were served. in a third a table in white and green had as center piece a splendid mass of brides roses and smilax was artistically traced on 8 white Mexican cover over green sat- in and in a third was placed the beau tifully appointed wine and cake table. The stairway was with charming effect entwtned with autumn leaves and smi- lax and in the hall on the second floor to which it led were displayed the we'd ding gifts which attested the loving es- teem in which the bride and groom are held by hosts of friends.
 At the home set for the ceremony the bridal party entered. the herald. Mas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16

broidered mousselin over blue silk; Miss Anna 3iebs wore toilette of red silk and Miss Paula Siebs's attire was of brown silk.
 The Club prize. a string of corals, was won by Miss Emily Mapes and Miss Elizabeth Baldwin and on cutting 1t fell to Miss Mapes. The guests prize was won by Miss Mary Kirkpatrick. and was a gold hat pin.
 Miss Siebs's guests were: Miss Re- becca Pollard, Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, Miss May Tyson, Miss Josie Norwood, Miss Mary Arlington. Miss Anna Pel- ger. Miss Jennie Sistrunk, Miss, Anna Fillmore, Miss Anita Perkins, Miss An- nie Lowe, Miss Minna Dent, Miss CIem- entina Marks. Miss Susie May. Miss Mildred Jones, Miss Bessie Milner of Birmingham, Mis- Emily Mapes. Miss Ballenger of Birmingham, Miss Mary Mapes. Miss Jean Lahey, Miss Ethel Pelzer, Miss Margaret Browne. Miss