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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

Ing calm weather will be 1900 miles
more than the distance from Spitz-
bergen Strait across the pole and the
whole Arctic Ocean to Alaska. Be
sides the $500 pounds of fuel mention
ed, the ship will carry FIVE men,
comfortable car to live in (Which Is
also boat In case of need), food and
supplies for seventy-five days, and
complete sledging outfit ready for use.
should 1t be necessary to abandon the
airship and take to the ice.
IF at the worst our ship Of air car
ries us only to the vicinity of the pole.
or two-thirds of the way to it, we have
an alternative method of travel by
which we may reasonably hope to COM
plete our success and make our return
to land in safety.
Eat no time will our airship be out
of touch with the surface of the earth.
Our guide rope, so called, but in our
case smooth, tapering line of steel, Is
to drag Its lower end over the ice to
keep the ship at fairly stable height
$50 to 200 feeD, the altitude most ia
vorable to wireless telegraphy, and to
maintain under ordinary conditions
the vertical stability of the craft.
"Wireless telegraph stations will he
established at Spitzbergen and Ham,
merfest. Norway, GOO miles distant.
Further than this, wireless equip
ment will be carried in our airship,
and it will be our effort to send fire.
quent-if possible, daily-dispatches to
the outside world throughout all the
time the expedition is in the Arctic re-
gions, even from the pole itself, should
we reach it."
The success of Mr.. Wellman's entire
campaign depends upon his ability to
procure really practicable airship.
He believes he has this in the aerial
machine which Santos Dumont has de-
signed. and which the young aeronaut
will himself guide.-Montreal Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
A CONSERVATIVE G1vER.


Squire Flanders was detailing the
characteristics of the late Amos Bow
den, one Of his fellow townsmen, to
Mr.. Partridge, new conner In Sey-
mouth.
"As leading citizen, we rather ex-
pected Amos d do something handsome
for the town." said the squire; ire
member it to the tune of few thou
sand for a libr'y, or something"
And he didn't?' asked Mr.. Par.
fridge, with easy interest.
"He didn't" repeated Squire Elan
ders, dryly. HE didn't make any pub.
lie bequests-at least, not any out-and.
out ones. Some years ago his wife per.
suaded him to put fountain In the
square, in front of the postoffice, and
the agreement was that he was to keer
1t in repair, the town to reimburse him
for half the expense
You don't know what our winters
are, but you will by spring. the squire
continued, prophetically, 80 you'll
AAs'S W s'AS NY WIN lol IL luut lllu
fountain cost the town pref near Is
much S the schools. Every year, regu-
lar, the pipes had to be dug up, and
new pieces put in where they'd froze
up and bust. and after a while we
owed Amos quite little sum. In his
will he cancelled that obligation, and
that was the extent Of his remember
Ing the village he was born and
brought up inland him close to the
millionaire line"
Mr.. Partridge smiled "He wasn't
what could be called royal glver." he
commented.
"Royal" gasped the squire. "You
couldn't have led him blindfolded UP
to the word. III tell you how I'd
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

his first intention was to leave the
stone where it was. but his better
nature prevailed and he removed it.
AS a result of this adventure" he
was cured of a desire to do mean
things just for fun, and he also form
ed a natural history club among his
boy friends for studying the lives and
habits of the creatures about them.-
Gertrude G. Valentine, in N. Y. Tri-
bune-Farmer.
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Thosc Rearalex. Angel..

The Right Rev. Richard II. Wilmer.
late Bishop Of Alabama. was remark
able at once for his piety and his hui
NOR. When some one asked him why
1t was that the pictures and figures of
men angels as well MS female angels
We're represented without boards the
bishop replied promptly that it seemed
to be easy enough to make angels out
of women. but that men could only get
into heaven by CLOSE shave.'-Rich-
mond Times Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

A member of the bar of Baltimore
relates how witness in trial suit in
that city once got back" at the lsw-
yer who had been endeavoring to rat
tie the witness by severe cross-ex-
animation.
AT certain point in the proceed.
ings the witness suddenly interrupted
the cross-examining lawyer by ex-
claiming:
Look here! You needn't think you
kin rattle me by askin' all them ques-
TONS
MOI" was the sarcastic rejoinder.
"No, street" came in emphatic tone
from the refractory witness. Your
questions don't bother me at all. I've
raised three sons an two grandsons,
an I've been in training a good many
years. --Harper's Weekly.
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London is undoubtedly leading the
world in the matter of women's
clubs. Twenty-one years ago there
was not a single institution of the
kind; now there are thirty. There are
also several mixed clubs, of which
the women members number about a
thousand.
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&yQR YOUNG ~
1> FelkSsGN5

A GOOD FAIRY.
OF all the good fairies round the
house,
Good Nature Is the sweetest;
And where she fans her airy wings
The moments fly the fleetest.
And other fairies, making cheer,
With her are gayly present;
They shine like sunbeams in the place
And make mere living pleasant.
The smiles she gives are rosy light
Shed softly on the wearer;
They make a plain face sometimes
fair,
And make fair face fairer.
Before them dark Suspicion flies,
And Envy follows after,
And Jealousy forgets itself,
And Gloom is lost In laughter.
Were there great genius or great
power,
Great wealth. great beauty offered.
Let pass these fays, dear heart, but
keep
ALI the Good Nature proffered!
Harriet Prescott Spofford in st.
Nicholas.
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bears the weight
of his years light
ly, and is almost
as popular with
the people of Den
mark as was his
father. B y t Ii e
wish of his par
c II t S, h e w a $
brought up with
6 r "a t simplicity
and his e ar III e r
education was OBJ
tanned Mt the town
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

Hostess-This is very select party.
I've Invited only the very best people.
Host-But who are those two men
in the corner?
Hostess-Detectives. to see that
nothing is stolen.-Cleveland Leader.
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and summer may see some of them
start

The pole is to be attacked from
various sides and in different ways.
Captasl Jules e. Bernier, the Cana
dian, expects to follow the wreckage
of the Inflated Greedy expedition, en-
tering the frozen polar basin north of
Siberia and sledging to the pole. DR..
Varicle, Frenchman, expects to fol-
low course almost parallel to that
mapped by Peary, and will sledge
northward by the aid of mules, or bur-
ros and dogs. Einar Mikkelsen,
Danish explorer, hopes to enter the
Arctic Ocean from the Mackenzie Riv-
er, but his expedition promises to be
a survey of an unknown region north
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"Adam-Adam," repeated st. Peter,
meditatlvely; "the name seems IA
miliar, but"
a. explained the applicant, come
from Eden. l am the progenitor Of the
whole human race"
"And you," Numbered st. Peter.
you have the nerve to apply for ad-
mission here! Front! Show the gen.
tleman below.''-Puck,
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British lost over 900 in killed. wounded
and prisoners, and the confidence of the
country in Washington and in the war
was once more fully restored.
These two movements were declared by
Frederick the Great to be the most dar-
ing and brilliant military exploits of the
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The Remnant of "A Regiment.

On the opening day Of the Sha-Ho
battle there were many deeds of he
roism, writes the author of IAN Eve
Witness in Manchuria." One Incl
dent, he says, brought out clearly the
terrible nature of the encounter.
During the Russian retreat a gen.
eral commanding division noticed an
officer and some forty men returning
through the lines. 1t appeared as If
1t We're small party which had been
charged with some outpost duty and
had shown the white feather.
Incensed at their apparent coward
ice, the general rode up to the officer
and asked him what he meant by de-
sorting his post With n somewhat
grim smile the officer, salutlng, said:
"Sir, this is all that is left of my
regiment"
That regiment had gone into action
over two thousand strong.
The wise old hen chuckles to herself
when she sees q man trying to make a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

Vesey sized Amos up" he continued.
with happy recollection. "If Amos
| was an ostrich, Ed said, and was
goin' to lay an egg, he'd sure lay a
pewee's egg. AM he'd call It, says Ed,
| keeping on the safe side"
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L
That thou ART dead the sons of men yet
giieye;
A light vert thou upon a nations path,
rock unshaken mid the deep sea s
wrath.
Meath which the young hope of the world
might live.
Oh. warrior seer! Our conntry's need Is
dire,
Though meier an alien foe bcslese her
gate
Vain hope were ornaments or navles
great.
We bleed within aud burn with our own
fire.
All shadowy the evils that beset
The gift thou gavest us. so bravely won.
Thou shouldst live now; ah, with what
keen regret
wouldst thou then view thy handiwork
begun
In such abundant hopc-nor nearer vet
Thy great ideal, noble Washington!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin.
is one of the closest students of
Shakespeare in the Senate and the
only vegetarian in TINT BODY.
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do You believe honesty is the best
rolicyf"
well. it has the deferred DIVIDEND
feature."--Puck,
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NEW RULER OF DENMARK.

Frederick VIII. is now king of Den
mark. The new ruler, who ascends
the throne in his sixty-second year,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

The deepest gold mine in the world
10 at Rendigo. In Australia.
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The wise old hen chuckles to herself
when she sees man trying to make a
fortune with an incubator.
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THE YOUNG MANS ADVOCATE,
HE POOR MANS FRIEND.

TERMS FOR TRANSIENT ADVERTISING
One square, one Insertion. .........&l. 90
Bsch subsequent Insertion ........... .25
lines or less constitute a square.
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The Z. L. S. will hold its meeting
Friday, the 10th inst. The debate is,
Resolved, That the Panama Canal
should be water level canal Affir-
matives--Leola Spalding, Harrison Gray
Negatives-Laurenoe Murphy, Mary A.
Marbury.
The Med. I, baseball committee held
a meeting last Monday. They elected a
new officer, Secretary Hugh r. Thomas.
The object Of this meeting was to adopt
rules and regulations,
The Med. l. Baseball Team having
organized, will be pleased to hear from
any team in Charles County desiring to
cross bats with us. The players are;
K. Mudd, NJ. Dorset, II. W. Wilmer
Roy T. Guyton, Alex whyte, Hugh R.
Thomas, L. Gardiner, Chas. Richmond
and Sidney Wheatly All challenges
must be sent to George Hamilton, Man
ager Of Med. l. Baseball Team, La Plata,
Md.
The Med. l. Team will give a dance
and minstrel some time after Easter.
The funds are to go toward getting suits
for the first team.
A rustic bridge has been constructed
across the run in Sycamore Glen"
The R, L. S. L. S. held its regular
meeting Wednesday at o'clock. The
new officers were installed, regular BUSH
ness transacted and the following pro-
gram rendered Song Maryland, My
Maryland, by Glass; Reading, Mildred
Padgett; Recitation, E. Lightner; Story,
L. Matthews; Essay, G. Owen; Reading,
j. Berry; Recitation, S. Owen; Debate
"Resolved, That the girls and boys
should be better when there is no teach
err in the room than when there is one
Aft, Elsie, Roger; Neg, Lucille, Jack ;
Song, Elsie Dement,; Reading, Louis
Padgett Critic report, Roger Owen.
HUGH R. THOMAS, Contributor.
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COMMUNICATED
MARCH Is, 1906.

MARCH 10, l906.
To THE EDITOR OF THE MARYLAND
INDEPENDENT,
DEAR SRI rarely take notice Of
communications in newspapers, especial
ly if they be anonymous; but | beg
leave to state, as some evidence Of the
unreliability of what purports to be an
account by "a Witness published in
the last issue of your paper, of some of
the arguments used" by me in opposi
tion to the Prohibition Bill, that it was
not Mr.. Graham who challenged any
liquor dealer present in his powerful
appeal, but this dramatic climax to the
four powerful appeals made by the
prohibition delegation and by Mr. Lam
caster who we had supposed was to
sit as a sort Of judge in the case, was
produced by the speaker who filed the
entire stage in the last scene, thus re-
lieving us all of the sensation of listen
ing to the diSquisition of "a Witness
upon goyernment,-an other things.
And by the way, Mr. Editor, in this con-
nection, or apropos of nothing, can any
of the Apostles of virtue who alone, il
they may be believed, have at heart the
good morals, the good order and the
prosperity of the old County which they
have been, and still are, slandering at
Annapolis, how some of them reconcile
1t with their-shall | say conScienees,
or convictions, or professions, or WHAT
to seriously consider, much less advo-
cate, the proposition Of the politicians in
behalf of one of their henchmen, to ex-
empt La Plata from the provisions Of
their Prohibition Bill; thus preserving
the principle of license which they pro-
fess to condemn, and making the saloons
here even more crowded denS of cor
rnption and wiekedness, . as they put it,
where the denizens Of Cobb Neck and
other places, where they say vice is pc
culiarly rampant and the citizenship
particularly degraded, may come and
have their drunken orgies and saturnalia,
which have been so graphically describ-
ed, to the great profit of the saloon
keepers in La Plata and the possible
profit of some of the law officers in the
town, and return with empty pockets to
''debauch their homes as effectively as
if their revels had been held in dives"
in their own neighborhoods
Very truly,
L. A. WILMER.
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COMMUNICATED

Editor Marykand hdebeAdent.
DEAR SIR Enclosed find one do't.t
for which please send me ynur llpr'
one year, beginning with this week $ IS
sue.
want your paper 50 that car reld
( the strong arguments used by the local
option people Of this County, also be-
cause you used more common sense in
one Of your editorials on this nj ut iu
portant subject than the Editor Of our
other County paper did in one Of his
few weeks ago.
He expressed himself as being in favor
Of local-option, but is opposed to the
Lancaster Local-option Bill. Why is he
opposing this bill? Because 1t was ill.,
troduced by a republican. This was my
first conclusion, and | have heard a
large number OF people express them
selves as being of the same opinion.
He ought to know that we cannot get
local option by submitting it to the vote
of the people.
No candidate for office will canvass
the County preaching local option and
expect to be elected. Mr.. Mitchell did
not do it, and would not if he should
run for office again.
| have been a subscriber to Mr..
Mitohelrs paper for a number Of years,
and have always had the greatest co1ti-
denee in him, and did not believe he
would ever head the petition OF liquor
men whose business has been the ruin
of our County, simply because there has
been local option bill introduced by a
republican.
As for our States Attorney, he ought
to be ashamed of himself for the foolish
and clustering arguments he has used in
behalf of the liquor men. Mr., Dement,,
in his letter of last week, gave him just
what he deserved.
Yours truly,
c. G. WILCOX.
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Spring.

Spring, the sweet Spring, is the years
pleasant king;
Then blossoms each thing, then maids
dance in ring,
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do
sing,
Cuckoo, jug-iug, pu-wee, to-witta-woo.
The palm and May make country houses
gay,
Lambs trisk and play, the shepherds
pipe all day,
And we hear aye birds tune this merry
lay,
Cuckoo, iug-iug, pu-we, to-witta-woe.
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies
kiss our feet,
Young lovers meet, old wives assuming
sit,
In every street these tunes our ears do
greet
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-wee, to-witta-woo,
Spring the sweet Spring -Ex.
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NOTICE.

La Plata, March Z, 1906.
1t is ordered by the Board of County
School Commissioners Of Charles Coun-
ty that the Public Schools of Charles
County for Colored Children be closed
March Is, 1906, and until further notice.
1t is also ordered that the Teachers of
said schools make out their Term Re
ports Immediately after the 10th inst,
and send them in not later than Tues
day, March 20, 1906, upon which day the
School BOARD will meet to pass upon
said Term Reports.
NJ. R. STONE. Sec,
Board Of Co, School Com, Of chas, Co.
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Cutting ARRAY.

A serious cutting ARRAY occurred on
Saturday last at Newport between two
brothers, George 7. Boarman and
Kostka Boarman. George T. Boarman,
it is said, was making an effort to induce
another party who was under the in
fiuence of liquor to leave the village and
60 home when Kostka interfered, a
quarrel ensuing, the latter whipping out
a knife, severely cutting his brothers.
throat and making many ugly gashes on
his side.
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Religious Notices.

reaching Sunday at Bethel II a. M,
ntsville $50 p. m. and La Plata 1880
", by Rev. D. NJ. Brown.
aching Sunday at La Plata II a m.
hiloh $3.50 p. m, by Rev. H, P.
.st.A
H. P. BAKER, Assistant.
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fCoMMUNICATED.I

March Is, 1906.
To THE EDITORS OF "MARYLAND INDIE
PENDENT AND 'THE TIMEs-CREs-
CENT,
DEAR SIRs My attention was called
some days ago to publications in your
respective newspapers of last week
headed ''An Open Letter to General l..
A. Wilmer and signed wi. Dement,. -
The publication in each paper was
practically identical, except that the
matter in the .'INDEPENDENr'' was
coarser and in poorer taste, to put it
mildly.
/ have found it difficult to exercise the
patience, forbearanee and moderation in
which believe and which / am seeking
to practice; but as you have permitted
your columns to be the media for the
venting of personal spite, l must ask
you to allow me to say, in the same pub
lie manner, although / dislike this
method, to "W. L. Dement, and to
whomsoeyer may have aided, advised or
encouraged that alleged person, combi-
nation or thing in the preparation Of the
matter of those publications, that the
insinuations and intimations therein
that l, as the States Attorney for
Charles County, have been favoring, am
fayoring OF propose to favor the liquor
dealers Of Charles County, or any OF
them, are false; and especially false,
malicious and yindictive is the insinua-
tion or suggestion that the Bill for the
regulation of the liquor traffic in Charles
County which / have been seriously
considering for long time, about which
talked to the Rev. Mr.. Yingling last
Spring and to my son shortly after the
Election, and which I have prepared
with great care, has, or was ever intend
ed to have, any provision to make it
next thing to an imposSibility to get
evidence against the (liqnorl dealer =
doubly false, malicious and Yindietive is
this insinuation or suggestion, because
the Bill, in an important provision, if
enacted into law, will make it much less
difficult than heretofore to secure evil
denee, not only against the dealer but
against any other person violating that
provision.
In fact, without going further into de-
tail, those publications are eowardly and
mean and contain false or exaggerated
statement or insinuation in every para
graph; and the entire matter thereof
constitutes, either in direct statement
or by innuendo, tissue of falsehood
and misrepresentation
Those publications furnish further
evidence of the scheme, likely to prove
futile, to which / made allusion in my
remarks at Annapolis upon information
given me by one Of our most reputable
citizens.
Very respectfully,
L. A. WILMER.
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Commissioners Notice.

THE UNDERSIGNED, commission
ers appointed by the Circuit Court for
Charles County, Maryland, to value and
divide the real estate of Edward T..
Y oung, late of said Charles County,
Maryland, deceased, according to the
provisions of the Acts of Assembly in
such case made and provided, do hereby
give notice that we shall meet at Gal
liant Green on
FRIDAY, the 18th day Of April next,
at eleven o'clock in the morning, to pro-
coed in the business for which we are
appointed.
WILLIAM QUEEN,
B. HAMILTON CARRICO,
WIN. W. KEECH,
RICHARD A. BOONE,
EDWARD A. TURNER.
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FOR SALE.

PEKIN DUCK EGGS. Price rs cents
per sitting.
LILLIAN BARBER,
Mch.13. La Plata, Md.
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O "A . TT q II ia.
Bear. Ii. The Kind You Have Always Bought
'''; 7 G1zzZzzs<
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FRrpAy, March Is, 1906
T-OCAT. AND Personal


... ohans' Court will meet on
County Court convenes on
,ow, a small sized affair
ture has Is more days Of
Id has secured position
& City.
Barnes is spending the
ILL.,"
mmissioners held meet
night.
Mr.. F. B. Matthews are
divert County.
.opped at Posey's Hotel 2
for drummers
Sanders has returned from
altimore and Washington.
.thel L. Barnes has returned
.ec a pleasant trip to Mechanics
Tor German is having lot Of to-
seed sent to the farmers in the
Emily Hamilton is visiting her
Misses Kate and Lizzie Hamilton,
respect Hill.
Mr.. j. D. Robertson has been appoint
ed Clerk and Treasurer to the Town
Commissioners.
Mss Eleanore Jenifer Of Loeb Raven
Baltimore County, is the guest of Mrs
w. J. Mitchell.
Mrs. Jennie Stone and Mrs. John B.
Matthews paid short visit to Baltimore
City during the week.
The freight train on Wednesday night
was delayed by an accident in some of
the cars jumping the track at White
Plains.
Another delegation of Prohibition and
Temperance advocates, tno whiskey
annapolis on Tues
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Neck Broken

Frank Mingerton, colored, in return
ing home from Lothian at late hour on
Saturday night last accidentally fell
from a fence over which he was trying
to climb, and broke his neck.