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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
ANIMAL ANlhius.

Ways In Which Wild Drutcs show
Their Contempt For Mankind.
Wild animals lave great many
ways of showing their contempt for
humankind.' said an artist who has
made a speciality of modelling animals.
Every one has an idea that ele.
plants become tame and even fond Of
people, but this is altogether wrong.
Ihey are easily trained, but are never
famed. They are docile just so long as
the keeper has his goad in his hand or
tho memory of burning endures. l
mad proof of this one day while model
Ing one OF the elephants in Il big ami
mai show. l was sitting in his stall.
with my modelling stand, not knowing
that on certain days he was given all
extra allowance OF chain. Suddenly he
flung his trunk around with such force
that it smashed the stand to bits and
sent Inc dozen feet outside the stall.
"He never forgot his failure to finish
me, and soon afterward he expressed
his dislike In Il more vulgar If less dan
gcrous manner. AS l worked heard
INN make loud sucking noise, but
suspected nothing. At last when he
had his mouti, quite full of saliva he
blew 1t toward me.
lhis IS not only Il trick of elephants,
hut OF other animals as well, as have
learned Ia my sorrow. Camels have
the same habit, and while working
near camel one day was treated to
n sI..Ax, ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

The simple life does not need lentils
or cellular clothing. 1t needs those
rarer things, gratitude and humility
G. X. Chesterton.
She Wore far too much rouge last
night and not quite enough clothes.
That is always Il sign of despair in o
Sebastian Melmoth."
Keep your head on your shoulders.
It's bound to rest on some one else's
occasionally. stlll, keep it mostly or
your own.-"A Pagan's Love-" by Coz,
stance Clyde.
II You feel that you've really got to
tell secret, go somewhere where it's
dark an you'll be alone. Then keep
your mouth shut.-"The Middle Wall"
by Edward Marshall.
Not that marriage Is SO beautifui, hut
1t is necessary girl should find that
out for herself, SO that she can turn her
mind peacefully to other things.-"A
Pagan's Love-" by Constance Clyde.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
The Guest ana the Waitress.

A dainty stranger waited into the
dining room Of hotel in Smith Centre
the other day and as the chair was held
back for him pulled out his handker-
chief and busted the seat carefully.
Pulling up his trousers, he seated him.
self, wiped the knife, fork and spoon
with napkin, worried few crumbs
on the table and heaved sigh of re-
lief. Without hesitation the girl who
stepped forward to take his order deft-
'ly wiped the strangers mouth, which
had been drawn into pucker Of dis
satisfaction Mt the imaginary untidI-
ness abounding, and planted a kiss
thereon that was plainly heard in ali
parts of the room. The dainty strau-
ger when he recovered ordered meekly.
ate hurriedly and left quickly.-Kansas
City Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

The question of title is one of the
most delicate in Germany, fact Of
which the stranger is constantly re-
minded in Intercourse with the people,
particularly with tho women. Frau
Professor. Frau Director, Frau Doctor,
are most particular about their hus-
bands titles being attached to their
own names. But when 1t comes to mil
itary circles 1t is different, and both
men and women protest vigorously
against this sharing of titles. Lleuten-
ant Won B. objects to having his wife
addressed as Frau Lieutenant, which
title belongs as well to the wife Of
Lieutenant Schmidt or Haff of less
aristocratlc regiment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
The Editor nf tho An,,oo

The Editor of the Appeal to Rea-
son (Girard, Kan.), says that when
he hears a man talking about har-
mony between capital and labor he
is reminded of the story of the happy
family that P. u. Barnum, the great
Snowman, used to exhibit. 1t con-
sisted of a lion, a tiger, a bear, a
wolf and lamb. n visitor COM
mented on this remarkable combina-
ton. Barnum said it was wonder
full, as they had lived that way for
seven months and the lamb had to
be renewed only once in awhile.
The capitalist and tile laborer live
together all right. but the laborer
has to be renewed once in awhile.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
MAKING SILK FATS.



The nail of his right fnrclimger was
long. yellow, horny. and the tiogcr liz
had so thickcned and harle,fc.l that 1t
seemed to he covered with pale leather.
He was silk hat maker, aud 1t was
from curling hat brims that lis finger
had changed so strangely. Describing
the processes of sill, hats mauufac-
ture, he said:
"The belief that cardboard forms Il
silk hats foundation is an error The
hat is first built up of variors thick
ncsscs OF linen-layers of l.aru. soaked
in shcllac, that by means ,i' wooden
molds and hot irons weighing twenty
pounds apiece are welded one on the
other till a perfect shape, hrm AMI ali
complete. is obtained.
"rhe silk is next put on. This silk
costs from $40 to SIS yard. It-lnoks
like plush in the piece. The l,atmnker
cuts 1t off on the bias ara luolds it
round the stiff linen foundation. The
strips must be very accurately cut, and
great care Is used in their ironing and
cementing, so as to give perfect dag
onal joint. Look at your silk hats
seam the next time you wear it. Tie
joints perfection will, perhaps, amaze
you.
"The brim, up to this point, is fiat.
Now its curling commences. That is
where my queer forefingcr comes In.
The shaping of Il hat brim is purely
a matter of hand and eye and taste.
The brim while being shaped is highly
heated so as to give 1t pliability.
And Of course working on this hot
material, patting and proddins it, the
foretinger thickens and the nail gets
horny.
Nevertheless hat curling is pleasant.
artistic work. Hat curriers' have rcpu
tations the same as artists. Their work
Is distinctive. An expert can tell it u,
glance."-Ncw York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
THE UPPER LIP.
A Theory About the rurrow whlea

a Theory About the Eurrow Whic;,
Runs below the Sosc.
Below the nose runs furrow part
Ing the upper lip. In the faces Of
babies and children this furrow is very
noticeable. From the cyolutionista
point of view it is one of tile most
remarkable characters of the face. 1t
tends to become obsolete in old age.
and 1t is not seen among the catar,hi.,c
monkeys. Among the platyrhines it
Is but feebly developed, but in lemurs
1t Is in more pronounced state. There
is depressed septum, TO which the
two side pieces are Joined. The upper
lip. In fact, is nearly split In two, but
held together in n depressed piece OF
flesh. In the marsuplalia and rotlcn.
tia the lip is practically in two pieces.
and each piece is capable of bcin..
moved separately. This is the hare
lip" and Its method Of use may wei.
be noticed in hare or rabbit wbcr
eating.
The furrow, therefore, In the child':,
lip points to this-that our ancestors
possessed not a single uppersl as w.
do now, but two upper lips, one be-
meath each nostril, both capable ne
Independent movement. In the course
OF time these two lips have, owing t:.
the nonrequirement of independents
movement, grown together to form the
single, lip we now possess, but tliE
line OF junction Is not perfect, and
so the furrow results, and sometimes
there Is distinct scar dawn the mid.
die Of the furrow.
The possession of the furrowcd ny.
per lip by children is one OF the strong.
est pieces of evidence against the de-
scent Of man from any catarrhine ana
in favor of his descent from platy.
rhines OF from lemurs through the
intervention Of platyrhine-lilic ances..
tors. Of which there are no exact liv-
ing representatives.-Ni Cen.
tury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

Says writer in the London Chroni-
Gle: "A vulgarism-one which, like 'ag.
gravate' for 'irritate,' has come into
use by way of the kitchen stairs-is
demean.' with sense of derogation
or abasement. 1t is to be seen in many
a paper and even many book and
heard in many speech. 1t is the Sec
ond syllable that has misled the popu-
lar understanding, but the noun de-
meanor' should have saved the edu-
Gated from their blunder with the verb.
When the cook refuses to demean her.
self She is eXcusablc, because de.
meanor' Is not in her vocabulary"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

1.-The Feast of Nature was a grand
French revolutionary holiday, held
Aug. 10. 1893. A plaster image of ma
ture was erected in the Place de Ia
Bastille, and the chief members of the
convention, the public committees and
all public functionaries knelt in adora-
ton, after which came the firing of
salutes. dancing and general public re-
Joicings. The holiday celebrated the
finished constitution of the republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
Try to B1ibe Candidates.

That the Northwestern National
Life Insurance Company of Mime
apolis sought to dictate the appoint
ment of insurance commissioner in
Minnesota by the payment Of cam
paign contributions to both the DEM
ocratic and republican state commit
tees has just come out and has Gre
ated q profound sensation. Payment
of money for corrupt purposes, it is
said, has been discovered to have
taken place in St. Paul, and for this
reason, which may necessitate action
by the local courts in order to secure
a conviction, the scene of the inves-
tigation Of the Hennepin grand jury
of the old officers of the Northwest
ern Life company may be transferred
to this city.
Testimony already placed before
the grand jury involves two former
state officials, the alleged payment
in a room at the Ryan hotel of a
$4,000 check for the suppression Of
a report exposing the condition of
the company and a voluntary con-
tribution of $1,000 each to the two
democratic and republican state cen-
trail committees.
Another state official is credited
with receiving $500 in insfallments
of $3.50 each for Sunday work done
in clerical capacity. He figured
as an expert accountant.
AS to the campaign contributions,
they are said to be vouched for in a
confession made by one of the old
officers, but their receipt is denied
in the case Of the democrats on the
authority Of Labor Commissioner
Williams. who saws he was the one
to whom the tender practically was
made.
There was string to the dona-
ton, however, and Governor John
son and F. G. Winston turned it
down when told them of it," said
MIR. Williams today. "We certainly
needed the money, but former Gov
ernor johnson in case of his election
would not agree TO name the man
for insurance commissioner that the
old officers wanted. That was the
reason we did not get the check. l
know that the other side did"
The Northwestern Life Insurance
Company as reorganized is not con-
cerned in this investigation.-St.
Paul Special to Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

The farmers are proving them
selves wiser than their city fellows.
The city fellows permit corporations
to put in telephone systems and
skin them to queens taste. The
farmers are putting in their own
telephone systems and having the
service at cost. Here in Kansas tens
OF thousands of farmers ars install.
ing rural lines. About fifteen phones
are on single wire that runs to one
central. There they connect with
other rural lines besides the town
system. By this means they are in
constant connection with the outside
world, can call a physician, sell
their products before leaving home,
get prices, or employ help in the
neiShborhood. 1t costs about $50
t, each farmer to have the phone up
and ready for use. 1t costs fifteen
cents month to pay the central to
make connections with the entire
system. | notice that corporations
are trying to get possession OF these
rural phones in various parts of the
country, but if the farmer sells he
will be at their mercy and in time
will be- charged fancy price for
watered stock. Every city should
own its own telephone plant, but
you will always find man or cor
poration who will tell the people
that they cannot own and operate
one of these systems! 1t is to their
interest to tell this lie. 1t paws them.
La the cities it costs from 500 to
5000 year to get service that the
farmers get for $3.50 year, by
reason of their owning their own
phones. Appeal to Reason.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
When the Woods Turn Brown.

How vi it be when the rO es fade
Ont OF the gard y and out Of ti,s < ade?
When th1 fresh pink boom Ut ti- sweetbriar
That lea. from the d.li like the cheek of
ohild.
4, II ohsnee' for dry lips on thorny bush"
ihen scafl and ,rmine tue gruras Will flush.
Haw vii It he ~hc the aut INN fl,wers
Mlthef away from 'rir |. atless bower.;
When Bhe STU. flower ant sta ru Ser and golden.
rod. %
Glimmer no more fro n the frosted sod.
nuo the htitlds moo. Are empty aud cold?
Ihen the forest tops will bs gay ' ith gold,
How will II bs when the woods turn brown.
ih,it gold sud til. ir crinsOn ali ropped down
A And ctumDled 10 dust? Oh. thrn. ae lay
IN the darI AM seeking new gems fer my
We will dream of green leaves when the woods
thrn Drown. Lucy lArcom.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
THE MOSLEM BIBLE.
How the Koran, According to Tradi.
tiOn, Was Given to Man,

HOW the Koran, According to Tradi.
tion, Was Given to Man.
IN Arabic the word Koran means
that which ought to he read" The
Koran is divided into 144 chapters call
ed suras, a word meaning really row."
Order" SERIES In manuscripts
these chapters are not numbered, but
bear titles, sometimes derived from
the subject matter, but usually from
the first important work. Some chap
tiers have two or more names because
OF differences in the manuscript, fol-
lowed. Each chapter is divided into
smaller portions, called verses by nom.
Moslems, but in Arabic known as
"ayat,' signs or wonders. The entire
book again is divided into sixty equal
portions, called "ahZab." each suhai.
vided into four. equal parts. or into
thirty parts called "ajza," each consist
ing of two ''nhzab," and again divided
into four. All the chapters except the
ninth begin with the bismillnh. "ln
the name of the most mcrciful God"
Twenty-ninc begin With certain letters
Of the alphabet, which are believed to
be the peculiar marks OF the Koran
and to conceal several profound mys-
teries, the understanding of which. the
more intelligent confess. has not been
communicated to any moptal, their
prophet only eycepted.
According to Moslcm tradition, the
.Archangel Gabriel paid 24,00o visits
to earth while revealing to Mohammed
the wishes of the Creator. Some few
chapters We're delivered entire, but the
greater part was revealed piecemeal
and written down ut the prophets die
tation by Iaid, his secretary. The first
revelation, it is. generally agreed. con-
tanned the first five verses of the nine
ty-sixth sura. After the passages had
been written down they We're published
to the prophets followers, several of
whom took copies, while most learned
them by heart, and the originals We're
then placed in Il chest In no particular
order. For this reason it Is uncertain
when many of the passages were re-
vcaled.
Abu Bekr, M0hammed's first success
sor, collected the originals. which were
on palm leaves and skins, and had
copies made by Zail from the dictation
of those who had committed the pas
sages to memory. He further placed
the suras in the order still followed,
putting the longest at the head of the
list without regard to historical Sc
Quence. Some time later Osman had
the Koran copied in the Quraish dla-
lect and suppressed the versions made
by Abu Bekr.-Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
Dumas, scheme.

Alexandra Dumas, sr., was once Wis.,
iting bis son, who at that time lived In
a villa near Paris. They sat in n tiny
scrap Of garden behind the house
under the one small tree 1t contained.
1t was broillng hot day, and Dumas,
who was very stout. said to his son:
Il am suffocatlng with the Intense
heat"
what shall do. father?"
Suppose You open your chamber
window and let n little air Ito the
garden" replied old Alexandra. with
gravity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

1.-TWO things make my wife awful
mad"
What are they?
TO get ready for company that don't
come and to have company come when
she isn't ready."-Philadelphia Inqulr-.
er.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
What shall I do, fathcrY'


NO" declared Mr.. Nagget. there
never was u woman on earth who
could refrain from turning around to
rubber at some other woman's clothes"
"No? replied his wife swectly.
Didn't you ever hear of Eve?"-Phila-
delphla Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

"what authority have you for the
statement that Shakespeare is inmor-
tal?"
"The fact that he still survives after
having been murdered by bum actors
for 300 years."-Cleveland Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

Adolphus Hunt-Don't you think 1t
would be noble thing for you to do
with your wealth to establish a home
for the feeble minded? Miss Richie
Oh, Mr.. Hunt, this Is so sudden!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

Never hold any one by the button or
the hand In order to be heard out, for
II people are unwilling to hear you YOU
had better hold your tongue than them.
Chesterfield,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

Many lady smuggles who would no
more tip her ball into the better posi-
tion at croquet than she would cut
throet or scuttle shlp.-Andrew Lang.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01

"Yes, quarreled with my wife about
nothing"
"Why didn't you make up?"
"I'm going to. All I'm worried about
now Is the Observation-Disclosures Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
SODOrf6c,

The Author-Are you unfamiliar with
my book? The Friend-I have II nod.
ding acquaintance with it.-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-01
A Collection of Idiots.

Il want to ask for the hand of your
daughter in marriage" said the young
man.
You're an idiot" said the irate fa-
ther.
II know 1t. But 1 didn't suppose
you'd object to another one in the fam
ily"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
EPISCOPAL WOMEN
MAY BALLOT FOR
THEIR VESTRYMEN


the of o
Yin
Andrews which
by the
Highton,
Bishop Monday
and elected
John Osborne
years. R.
H.
of
especial Episcopal
to be
in
elected
Smith JamesW H. o
vast hen close
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
FEDERAL RENTS HERE
TERRY OPPOSES US
SECY. TAFT'S PLANS

the Secretary, thanking him for his
/ that he must not let US swarm down
upon the city like a flock of locusts
and eat up everything they have.
shall be much pleased to see Honolu-
lu again. 1t is a beautiful spot and
it affords very pleasant respite there
from the ocean voyage across the Pa
ciffc. We shall stay, however, only
the ordinary stop of the steamer at
that port. L have no program to fol-
low during our visit there. There
will be between fifty and sixty in our
party, the names having already been
published"
The Secretary is much overworked
in the absence of President Roosevelt
as a vast deal of business centers
wearied and will be glad when a part
of the burden is taken off his shoul-
ders.
A magnificent photograph of Dfa-
mond Head and Waikiki beach has
been received at the Interior Depart
ment. 1t will be hung in the office of
the Miscellaneous and Patent division
of the Department.
Admiral and Mrs. Silas Terry, the
former commandant of the Honolulu
Navy Yard till his retirement last Feb
ruary, have arrived here and are guests
at the New Willard Hotel. They ex-
pect to make this city their home and
are looking around for a place to locate.
They own a residence at Annapolis,
which they have had some idea of oc-
cupying, but as it is rented they are
inclined to favor settling down in
Washington, where many of their
friends are.
Continued on page -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04

The in
imatum by HenryO
night II here evangelist
will be
win.'
The opening a The
well
and the full illustrations telling
and the
leading
a OF the services
listeners
week Tonight
while in
the meetings This
(Continued on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04

(Mail Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 22.-At-
torney General Moody is making a
game fight against allowing the Ter
ritory of Hawaii any compensa ton for
the use Of rooms for the federal courts
in Honolulu He has delivered a sec
ond opinion. holding that the Terri
tory can not reasonably be paid any
thing for rental on that account. Sec
4 retary Shaw has acceded, as far as
1.-THE use OF offices for his Department is
concerned. His attitude is very salts
factory TO the Interior Department,
whose officials approved Governor Car
ter's recommendations in that regard.
1t was stated at the Interior De-
partment today that it had exhausted
its efforts towards carrying out the
Governors recommendations. The De-
partment Of justice is a coordinate
division of the executive branch and
the Interior officials have no power to
enforce their recommendations over the
head of the Attorney General. There
has been some discussion here as to
whether it might not be a wise move
TO institute proceedings for collection
OF the rental whatever may be es-
timated to be due, before the United
States court. 1t is thought the mat
ter could, at least, be impressed upon
the attention of the Department of
Justice by some such proceeding
SECRETARY TAFT'S PLANS.
Secretary Taft stated to me today
that he intended to land at Honolulu
both going to and coming from the
Philippines. Il have written to Gov.
Carter whom I knew at Yale said
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
ZEMSTVOS TO ASSEMBLE
DESPITE POLICE ORDER

MOSCOW, May 4-Represenatves of the Provincial Zen
gathering for the congress
police prohibition
STRIKE RIOTS CONTINUE.
LODI May 3There general rotng the strikers
during the night The military fired killing
wounding Others police killed while attempting
make
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Continued on Page ID
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
HOSTILE FLEETS ARE
ENSHROUDEO N FOGS
Filibuster Leaves Saigon Loaded With Provi-
sions for Roiestvensky--V --VIad;vostok
Fleet is Active.
ASSOCIATED PRESS cAsLEaaAMs.,


LONDON May 4Dense fogs reported the Japaa
China Seas The Russian fleet
Bay sailed from Saigon Monday provisions
supply Roestvensky
FLEET LEAVES VLADIVOSTOK.
PARIS, May 3.t reported
left Vladvostok
PATCHING UP PRIZES
TOXIC May At believed that
eships repaired
wage operations in progress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-04
CHICAGO EMPLOYERS WANT
TROOPS CALLED OUT

CHICAGO, May 4-The employers urging Governor De-
call the militia the strikers The
lobby opposing this Many non-unonists ap
pearing the me rifles
SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS.
CHICAGO, May 3The strike here spreading rioting
continues. Several persons have been wounded