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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
frou-frou of her skirts; his ears had

frou-frou of her skirts; his ears had
not heard the sound for nges.
When lie raised his dark gray eyes
she was in front of him. He had been
so hidden by his coveted flowers that
she only caught sight of him then.
A little sound-it might have been of
fright, or surprise, or relief-broke
from her lips.
please" she said, ever SO gently,
would you let MY have few of your
sweet peas for aunty's birthday? They
are lovely, aren't they?" burying her
small nose in the blossoms. But
Walker hasn't any, and aunty is so
fond Of themv'
who is aunty?" The question es-
capped his lips involuntarily; he had not
the lease desire to be rude or inquisi-
tive, and the girl seemed to under
stand.
Il mean Aunt Helen," she answered,
with slight air of dignity, which sat
well upon her slender shoulders. 81
have lived with her ever since mother
died.
Miles Cathcart grpped the gir's
muslin-clad shoulder. There was that
In his handsome face which she hard
~ understood, but she did not shrink
from hiI'.
Helen who?" he almost command
cd. "Tell me. quickly"
"Templeton," the girl answered,
quietly, as her companion grew excIt-
ed. Aunt Helen Templeton, for she
has never married, you know. / think
once upon time there was man,
"There was n man, you are quite
right; but there were two"
THAT is not true" returned the girl,
firmly, her mouth quivering at the i'm
piled slur upon one SO beloved. "She
helped mother out of difficulty, for
mother told me just before she died,
and she said that must always look
after Aunt Helen, and mean to.
Come, Will you give me the flowers
those lovely sweet peas? If you do, l
will forgive you and all you have
shipped off today"
In haste the man shipped Off bloom
after bloom. The girl watched him
wonderlngly ms he despoiled the plants
of every flower.
Give them to you?" he asked, his
face TRANSPORTED with great joy, as
he turned and faced her, his work of
destruction done, and big bunch of
sweet peas in his hands, mo; but If
you will take ME, l will give them to
her myself"
At garden gate, little farther
down the road, lady was standing,
shading her eyes from the glare of
the sun and watching the white, dusty
roadway eagerly, as If in search of
some one.
There was no need for words-one
look was enough. Over her face the
color swept and then receded, leaving
it deathly pale. Miles laid the sweet
peas aside and stretched out his empty
arms, while Helen Templeton crcpt
into them at last-her hungerlng heart
satisfied.
Agatha turned away abruptly. She
understood.
at is all owing to bunch of sweet
peas" Cathcart said. when at length
he could speak But for that we
might still have been apart"
And Helen acquiesced joyfully.
From thenceforth sweet peas were
her favorite flower.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

ship, In this county, says La Sueur
(Alinn0 special to the st. Paul Globe
He never saw sign of rat or mouse
about the place; the hens seemed to
get up In the night to eat and drink
and, every night or SO, good, fat fowl
was missing from the flock. He locked
the door. but that did no good. He
tied watchdog nearby, but that help
ed not at all.
He hired a man to stay In the coop
overnight but IN the morning the fell
low was gone and was seen the next
morning on Frank Everett's farm in
Cleveland, ten miles away. muttering
to himself and talking about ghosts"
Yesterday the mystery was solved.
Sark climbed up into the loft of the
henhouse to open the ventllators furth
err, and there he saw, perched on box
in long, white row, six big white
horned owls, that had stolen in in the
fall and had been living off his sub.
stance all winter.
1t was just in the cleaning when
there was too much light for the owls
and not enough for him, but he seized
a club and went for them with the en-
tire winters concentrated wrath and
vengeance in his blood, and they re-
sponded to the battle with an energy
born of full feed and soft snap about
to be destroyed. He lost good deal of
blood, more hair and all his shirt and
broke up about 81 worth Of exhibition
coops with the wild blows he delivered
in the half light, and finally came out
victor and stretched his six unlimited
pensioners in fuzzy, white heaps on the
floor Of the loft.
Some people who hear the story
shrug their shoulders and smile and
think that 1t was bats in the garnet"
and not owls In the loft. that troubled
him, but they are entirely wrong.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
TRAMP GOT SILVER DOLLAR.
Story Told by an Indiana Legislator
Relating to School Days,

Relating to School Days.
Representative Branch of the Indl-
ana Legislature tells this: While at
tending as a cadet at the military
school Branch was in the habit of tax
ing early strolls through the neighbor-
hoods, and on one of these he says: 81
was touched by an old fellow, whose
tale Of hard luck would have melted a
stone.
"'But my GOOD fellow said, 4
haven't cent with ME this morning.
spent my last penny last night and
my check from home won't reach me
until tomorrow
1.-The old man wasn't satisfied.
"Look through your pockets he
begged. maybe you'll find something
"'Well, If I've got any money in
these clothes you can nave every cent
of it, said to him, and began turn
ing my pockets inside out Just to show
him that was strapped
well, would you believe 1t, silver
dollar dropped out Of one of my pock-
cts and rolled on the sidewalk.
Delighted the old man quickly
grabbed 1t up and said Thanks
HE was much bigger than and I
said: Certainly; am glad 1 can help
you, but really l didn't know 1t was
there
"All the way back to school Won
dered how the dollar came to be in
my trousers"
and did you ever find out?" asked
another legislator.
"Oh, yes; when got back to my
room my roommate told me that was
wearing his pants. indianapolis Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
HOW AN ANIMAL REASONS.
Instances Show that They Often Under
Stand Spoken Words Perfectly.

@
e'""" spoken 7" oras rer1ec'iS'
we contemplate IN our own mlnos,
we nave an immediate cognlzance OF
certain no" OF thoughts ana Ieei-
lhss. but II we contemplate mlnu IN
otner persons II is not SO. we can
only lhfer the existence ana the ma
lure OF thoughts ana Feelings from the
actiVlties OF the persons which appear
10 eAhloit tiem. summary, Wherever
we liiu an amman abe 10 learn Dy us
own lndiViduai experience we nave
the same rlght to predicate nina as
e4lstlng IN such an animal that we
nave 10 predicate IL as exisuns IN any
human pelhg other than ourselves.
for instance, Jog mas always Deen
accustomeo 10 eat when hungry ana
iooo was at hand. Ihat may De que
u reheA acioh alone. But now sup.
pose that tue dos mas peen taught not
u cut untii ne receives certain Sig
.a', tneh we nave eAactiS Tue sans
hiliu Oh evidence mat the aog actiohs
are prompted ny mlhd as we nave tnat
'he ACTIONS OF a man are so prompteo'
rol instance, trofessor homunes
s"iu LIS iriehu' PROFESSOR Geraiu Leu
nau terrier whlch was tauent u
Keep ihorsei OF 1000 on lts snout
.iil u received the verbal slgnai faiu
ior' "hen IL Immediately tossed the
!ooo INTO us mouth. Romanes thought
!. worth "hiie 10 carry the case Iur-
.ner anu WINE tne dog was expecting
'he sisi'ai salu flnatore. Inc cog
gave START ana very nearly tnre"
.he 1000 OH MS nose Dut lmmeaiateiy
arrested the movement, evidently per
ce'Nihs MS mistaKe. Ihls experiment
WAS repeated many times ana always
WIN the same result.
nohahce teiis OF chlmpahzee u.
.he looiosicai gardehs IN Lohdon tliat
hau learheu from lts keeper the mean-
ihss OF SO many words ana phrases
.iia. tiie keeper was aDie 10 eApiaiil
u lne animal WHAT ne Wlsned her "
no. for example, she Wouid push
stra" throueh any particular meshes
~ the network OF her cage whlch ne
tnN'ie".eA ny suel pifases as Ane oiie
nearest your ioot' no" the one neAt
.he keyhoie' now the one ABOVE tne
psr' ana SO on. such proficiency is
not attalned py clvlilzed chlld fof
seVerai years, ana Cation teiis OF the
pailiiiaras that each sheep must pe
paiu ior separately. mus: suppose
TWO SUCKS Oh toDacco 10 DE the rate OF
exchange tor one sheep' II would sore
" puzzle Dammara 10 take TWO
sheep ana give nm two sticks.
mus 1t would appear that the mind
OF man III childhood or in savagery is
not by any means so superior to that
OF the higher animals as Is claimed by
some. Such animals are speeches. by
reason Of an anatomical accident, and
not from an absence Of ideas or ignOr-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

feet of sash lumber, 10000 doors, L.
100000 square feet of glass skylights,
100000 square feet of iron and felt
roofing, 100000 square feet Of burlap
for wall covering, 100000 incandescent
lights and copper wire which cost
$65O,O00. Among its assets are two
hospitals complete in all modern
equipments; three greenhouses ready
for utilization anywhere, each 300 feet
long, with many sorts of plants and
flowers; fire department big enough
for city of $4,000 inhabitants, COM
prising nine engines and 100000 feet Of
rubber hose; thousands Of chairs of all
sorts; miles Of iron picket and woven
wire fences; hundreds of desks; wag-
ons dump cars and steam rollers
enough to fit up n dozen good roads So
cieties and many other sorts Of para
phernalia.
Out of the structures, equipments
and furnishings of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition good-sized city could
be built. The debris would construct
half dozen fairs like that at Buffalo
in 1901. or that which is to open in
Portland, Ore, in June. 1908.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Puzzle for French War once.

A singularly rare case under the
law of universal military service is
now engaging the attention of the
French war office and of the public.
1t is that OF three triplet brothers.
among them the mainstay of very
poor family of eight otner children and
their mother, who are swept at one
stroke from the workshop to the bar
racks. One is a mason, one a painter
and one an agricultural laborer, An
other point arises as to which should
be exempt if legal excuse is extended
to any. Even their own mother is
ignorant which of the three saw day
light first and it Is quite impossible to
say which is the eldest and which is
the youngest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
THE CURVED BALL
It IL the Atmosphere Which Cause
Its Eccentric Shoots.

It IL the Atmosphere Which Causes
Its Eccentric Shoots.
Almost any ten-year-old youngster
can curve ball, even though he does
not know why lie can do SO except
that the leather must be held In GER
tain way. Possibly half dozen of
the major league twirlers know some
thing about the science Of the curve,
but comparatively few understand why
they can produce. their blenders" The
Scientific American gives the follow
Ing as the scientific explanation of the
matter:
1.-THE pitcher in the field tells us that
the ball curves because he gives it a
twist, but scientifically this will not
do. Why will the twist make the
curve? If ball were thrown In GER
tain direction and If the force of gravi-
tation We're not at work the ball would
continue OH in straight line forever.
Some force of resistance is then at
work when ball is made to devlate in
a curve from Its straight course. If a
feather is dropped In vacuum In an
exhausted receiver of I'm air pump ii
will drop like n shot, but II 1t is drop
ped out in the mir 1t will 60 down ir.
regularly and slowly, shifting from
side to side.
1T Is the atmosphere which causes
the ball to curve. Bearing in mind
that the atmosphere is n compresslble
elastic gas. we find that when the hall
leaves the hand Of the pitcher with a
rapid rotary motion 1t 'lmpinges upon
continuous elastic cushion and this
moderate resistance, or friction
changes Its course in the direction
which is given to the rotary motion
Take ali outshoot of right handed
pitcher, for instance. He impresset
upon the ball rapid centrifugal 70
tary motion to the left. and the bal
goes to the left becapse the atmog
phere, compresslble and elastic, /,
" %
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Only Misplaced,

Mr.. Bixby was on visit to Mr.. Roll
Inns, his cousin, who resided in another
part Of the country, where manners
and speech were different from those
to which the visitor had been accus-
toned. Both eye and ear, therefore,
were occupied with study and comparI-
sons.
There's one thing notice about
you people here" observed Mr.. Bixby.
You don't seem to have much use for
the letter r. Back where 1 came from
1t has sound, us other letters have,
but here 1t is practically silent letter.
Why Is that?"
81 haven't tho slightest idear," 70
piled Mr.. Rollins, innocently.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE GOOSE.
Man Lowered Down an Old Mine
Shaft 100 Feet Deep.

Man Lowered Down an Old Mine
Shaft 100 Feet Deep.
From Oxford, Warren county, N. j..
comes the story of Lewis Albert. an
engineer at the mines, says the New
York Herald, who, for the sake of a
goose's life, risked his own for fully
forty minutes on Friday in daring
and sensational manner.
The goose got over the fence of Its
coop, tapped Its wings, flew over the
opening Of the shaft, when is 100 feet
deep, fell into the black hole and dis
appeared.
On the following day persons pass
ing the shaft heard sepulchral cries
proceeding from some subterraneous
source. Kemple heard sounds and
learned Of the gooses plight.
The old hoisting apparatus was ex-
amined and found to be useless and
the problem arose us to how the bird
was to be rescued. One man lowered
n hook and line. to which was at
tached worm, but the goose would
not bite.
Then Albert took a long rope and.
selecting group of miners, he babe
them lower him into the mine.
Albert got down about 200 feet and
minute later there was fierce honk-
ing, followed by signal to pull up
quickly. Albert soon appeared with
the struggling bird in his arms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

Horseshoe falls every second. This
flume is SO large that 1t was necessary
to establish temporary shop on the
grounds for its construction. 1t runs
through Victoria Park and is laid in n
trench. In order that 1t may not mar
the beauty Of the park lands. the great
pipe is covered with earth, but before
being so concealed was given Jacket
of concrete, SO that there would be no
unequal pressure Of the earth. The
fume Is protected against electrolysis.
From the water that will flow through
this pipe 1t is expected to develop co.
600 electrical horsepower. Three such
fumes will be constructed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

rp before he arrived independent conclusion The dis
tnguishng characteristic of Americans their ability
assimate IDEAS Whatever American sees done
abroad he feels equal to attempting home whether 1t is
raising ostriches olives or family trees AS
catches on that thing is profitable excellent he at
tempts to master and possess it.
1t is the sign of the successful that he is willing
to take suggestions not necessarily them but to
consider them to digest them extract from them any
kernel of good there be In them of our busiest
men make point of seeing If only for moment every
one who wishes an Interview Such appreciate the
fact that human brain has tiny sprout of an
idea about something And that bit of worked out expert
ende of humble person MS a washerwomap NAV
exactly complete half-born and struggling idea Of
their Such men willing listen to much trash
In order to gain one little half Of idea as the
book lover musy shops hour after hour In tbe
hope Of lighting on some one rare volume
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
WORLDS BIGGEST FLuME.

1t Is Mt niagara Falls and Will De-
velop 10000 Horse Power.
The largest steel tume ever built is
at Niagara Falls, on the Canadian
side of the river, where the Ontario
Power Company has secured rights for
the development Of 10000 horse
power. The fume has length of
OSLO feet. Its inside diameter is IS
feet, and it will divert $500 cubic feet
of water from the river above the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
M.rxelous steel Bridee,

The steel bridge over the Pecos
River, Texas, is marvel of mechani-
cal skill and extreme simplicity Of con.
struction. 1t is considerably more
than 300 feet in Aeight and is 2,1s0
feet long, yet 1t is supported by stone
pillars so small that 1t seems incredi-
BILE to beholder that they can sus-
tain the enormous weight of passing
trains, which Invariably stop on the
bridge to allow passengers to view the
structure and the bleak. desolats SUE.
roundtngs,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Violence of Tropical storms.

The violence of tropical transforms
is proverbial, yet never before has one
been scientifically registered in which
SO much water fell in so short q time
as at Santiago de Cuba recently. An
English engineer who gagged the rain
fall found that 1t was at the rate of
over four inches an hour and that be-
tween and 10 o'clock in the evening
more than a foot of water reached
the ground. The storm covered near
ly 300 square miles and in places was
heavier than at Santiago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
THE ENGINES SONG.

Through city and forest and field and
glen
rush with the roaring train;
My strength is the strength of thou.
sand men,
My brain is my masters brain.
borrow the senses of him within
Who watches the cleaning line;
His pulses feel through my frame OF
steel,
His courage and will are mine.
hear. as I swerve on the upland curve
The echoing hills rejoice
To answer the knell Of my brazen bell
The laugh of my giant voice.
And. white in the glare of the golden
ray
Or red in the furnace light,
My smoke is pillar of cloud by day,
A pillar of flame by night.
-Four-Track News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Wanted to Com promise.

Judge Lueders-lou are charged
with lettering. What have you got to
say for yourself?
The Hobo-Nawthin', Jedge, only l
don't want youse ter be too bad on me.
OATS all.
Judge Lueders-Well, how will thlr-
ty days and bath strike you?
The Hobo--Say, Jedge; can't youse
make it sixty days an cut out de
wash?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

NO" said the guest at the slovenly
hotel II didn't sleep well last night"
That's too bad" replied the pro-
prletor.
"Oh, well, l made some interesting
observations. ! am an entomologlst,
You know" =. Philadelphia Puzzle
Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
Red shamrocks.

The superintendent of a department
store in Brooklyn tells the story of a
woman who came to the store the 9th
err day and admired large basket of
shamrocks which We're on sale. She
stared at them for long time, and
finally asked the saleswoman what
they were.
"shamrocks," replied the sales.
woman.
"They are very pretty" replied the
woman. "but haven't you got them in
red?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

cAVAS cAi0tAto
becomes an impor-
tant figure. He is
to receive a salary
of s35, 900 per year,
and his relation to
the enterprise will
be like that Of a
railroad president
to his road. The
general manager
will be Chief En-
ineer Wallace. He
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
SELLING A WORLDS FAIR.
What Becomes of All the Material
When All Ia Over.

On bid of $4,000 Chicago COM
pany has bought and is removing
buildings, the material and construc-
ton of which cost S14,O00,OOO, says
the Worlds Work. This includes all
the physical property of the exposition
company except the lntrammural cars
and street railway equipment, which
were sold to the st. Louis Car Com
pany for $4,000; the palace of liberal
arts. which is to be permanent and a
few minor structures.
Thus the company has come into
possession Of 1OO.OOO.OOO square feet Of
good building lumber, 100000 square
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

higs are dlsasreeabe in order that your life may contain
no dlsasreeabe duties Bend before the wind that you
not broken
able duties Bend before the wind that be broken
Every position i'll the world has its drawbacks, every
me OF work has Its disagrcebe side and failure
times he traced this Sinking attending thu
isagreeable. seemingly unmportant, difficult task
mother breads to punish her child She can't bear the
scene it Will cause and she lets the small so
rected until it grows great.
An employer thinks it and small to speak to his
help about being on time: and the few
each day other leaks stopped his business is
ruined.
If you have met with the success you think your
efforts merit just about for the isageeabe portions
Of your work from which you have shrunk You will find
them and you not attach any Importance them;
he assured they just that important that they kept
you from the success might otherwise have achieved
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
HANDWRITING Is PASSING.


M, by Elmer E. Rogers
The unsophisticated professor of penmon.
snip Who up TO within few years made his
perennial winter pilgrimage throughout the rurol
ulstrlcts' clad In long tailed coat and wearing
a coachmans plug hat, has passed away.
lie gave lessons in ornamental penworl, u,s
dexferty in the doing of fancy pen skatlne that
resulted in fanciful Birds chickens. and other
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

Women complain because they have
to ''pick up" after their husbands, but
otherwins how would they learn how
to pick up after themselves? They
ton't DO IT - girls at home,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

>,enography? After century such device would
re sulanted by higher IDEAL y overcoming objections
Urged by selfcentered people, universal system of
ecofdins thought by pen might continue in vogue till the
genius of invention should have discovered more accept
ble way
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

A husband should come home on Gay
day. be there nights to keep burglars
away, and take all his meals out,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03
SEARCH FOR IDEAS TO REACH SUCCESS.
BY John A. Honlanf

One great secret of success is to be always
on the lookout for new ideas. Who Is the sue
cessful farmer to-day? The man who is using
all his own IDEAS plus those of his ancestors plus
those of his rivals, plus those of the scientists
and experimenters Take the commonplace idea
of rotation Of crops. If man waited to prove
that he couldn't raise wheat year in and year out
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-03

H...tture ought to be what 1t can lie. We buy
singing bird. and it does not sing We feel that are
being cheated horse that is destined for the
we say, ought to be able to A dray horse may
simply strong and well trained. pointer dog point
a setter dog must set. We claim that
be what is called and is capable of being man ought
TO come up and live in the spiritual ranges being
II he does not he Is not is not to the highest
ana hobest conception of his being You and
sFnpa!ze and he tender helpful all by yourself and
Win nobody to love. with whom to sympatlzr toward
whom You are to be helpful The very cultvatinr
ese things which constitute you in the highest tiest
sense of the word of necessity puts YOU in vital and
helpfnl relation to your fellow men,
=" nat then! The church is the only organization on
.he lace of the earth that has this cultivation of man.
mood this development of the highest and most essential
characteristics of men and women its one essential o
me chrch exists for this. 1t is place where these fac
ues ana powers are appealed where they are called
out ana developed where they are directed and brout
mo pay This is what the church is for and there s
no o'er organization in all the wide world the one MIN
ana END and object of which is to make manhood and
woinaniood anu