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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

While the world lasts fashion will
lead 1t by the nose.-Cowper.
Ludovico Sforza, who invented the
Iron Shroud, was the first to suffer
death by this horrible torture.
Laughing cheerfulness throws sun.
light on all the paths of life. Peevlsh.
ness covers with Its dark fog even the
most distant horizon.-Jean Paul Rich
ter.
The Duchess of Newcastle delights In
her gigantic wolf hounds; Lady Brassey
inclines to pugs. and Countess de Grey
dotes on bulldogs; Lady Marcus Beres.
ford has strong love for cats. Princess
Henry Of Battenberg has number of
Angora rabbits.
A Sevillan mother of the working
class keeps her baby with her whatever
her vocation. She takes 1t to the open
market place, for instance, In all sea-
sons Of the year, just as she would
take 1t to the cigar factory, If that was
her place of occupation.
There are thousands of pupils at.
tending free night schools maintained
by the authorities in Antwerp for teach
ing the English language. So much
shipping from Engllsh-speaklng coun-
tries uses the great Belgian port that
1t is becoming almost an English-speak-
Ing city.
In Amiens, France, city which is
known to Americans chiefly for Its
magnificent cathedral, there is large
tailoring Industry. Thousands of pairs
of trousers are made by women who
do the work in their own homes and
receive 4 cents pair. They furnish
their own sewing machines, needles and
thread II. *
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
The Panama Canal sauabb,e.

The tone of Secretary Taft's answer
to criticisms made upon his manage
ment of the Panama Canal work Is
characteristic of all the utterances Of
this administration In response to crlti-
cism. From beginning to end 1t Is a
piece of Incorporate scolding, recalling
the way in which the resignation Of
Engineer Wallace was received by Mr..
Taft and his superior, the President.
II the official documents which have
lately been emanating from the White
House-and anything which Mr.. Taft
writes may be accepted as having orici-
mated there-may be taken as an evil
dence of the temper of the president
any criticism of any appointlve official
Is looked upon there MS lese majestic,
punishable by instant official decapita-
tion, accompanied by as fierce scold-
Ing as the combined brains of the
President and the Secretary -of-Nearly-
Everything Taft can devise.
In this particular case 1t Is Poultney
B1gelow who is excorlated. Mr.. Blee-
low committed the sin of saying, in a
striking way, what is generally known
namely, that the work on the Pan
ANA Canal is tagging; that the details
are wretchedly mismanaged, and that
the President honest and well mean
ing as he Is, is being deceived by sub
ordtnates and betrayed by boodlers.
Vha Administrations response 10 q bit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
LITTLE BOYS AND LITTLE
SHEEp

Joe came home with his clothes,
and even his little curls, all wringing
wet. Just knew the ice wasn't strong
'nough," he grumbled.
Then why did you slide?" asked
auntie.
"'Cause all the other boys did,"
said Joe. $50 l had ter, or they'd
laugh"
His aunt gave him dry clothes, set
him down behind the stove, and made
him drink hot ginger tea. Then she
told him a story:
when l was a little girl, Joe, my
father had great flock of sheep. They
were queer things. Where one went.
all the rest followed. One day big
ram found gap in the fence, and he
thought it would be fun to see what
was in the other field. So in he
jumped, without looking where he was
going, and down he tumbled to the
bottom of an old dry well, where
father used to throw stones and rub
b!sh. The next sheep never stopped
to see what had become of him, but
jumped right after, and the next, and
the next, although father tried to
drive them back, and Watch, the old
sheep-dog, barked his very loudest.
But they just kept on jumping and
jumping, till the well was full. Then
father had to pull them out as best
he could, and the sheep at the bot
tom of the well were almost smother
ed to DEATH"
my. what silly fellows!" exclaimed
Joe. Then he looked up at his aunt,
and laughed.-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
Bind. wealth in a Pearl.

Undoubtedly the most valuable fresh
water pearl In the world today has
been found by clam fisher, William
Bates, in the Wisconsin channel oppo-
site Red Wing, Mimi, says the New
York Herald. 1t is large rs good
sized marble, perfectly round and with
out a flaw and with luster rarely
euualed even in small GER.
The pearl is translucent and almost
transparent, and when exposed to a
light glistens with marvellous coloring.
1t weighs eighty-five grains. diamond
weight.
a pearl smaller than this ana lesA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
Wonders.

Suppose the earth should turn over,
dears,
Some night when we're all asleep,
Why, wouldn't the water all be spilled
From the ocean so dark and deep?
And suppose the stars rolled about in
the sky,
AS your marbles roll on the floor;
Suppose we could see for millions of
miles,
When we look out the window or
door!
Suppose we could travel thousands of
miles,
And never feel it, or know!
oh, it makes me quite dizzy to think,
dears.
If the world should a-spinning go!
What is it you say, my wise little
man?
That in kindergarten you learn
Tat the stars do roll about in the
sky,
And the earth does actually turn?
And you, my dear little nut-brown
maid,
With your satchel of books and
slate,
You tell me the earth is flying away
At a most inconceivable rate;
That we're always travelling, travel
ling on,
Some thousands of miles day,
Though we never feel it and may not
know,
We're SO busy with work and play.
We've many wonderful lessons to
learn,
Grown children as well as small,
For you know there were hundreds of
years, my pets,
When no one supposed at all
That the earth and stars ever moved
an inch,
Then they wouldn't believe twas
true;
But don't you think, dears. that all
the time
There was Somebody, somewhere.
who knew?
by Kate Lawrence, in Youths Com
panion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
perfect sold for $4,000. 1t is impossi.

perfect sold for $4,000. 1t is impossi-
Bile to estimate the true value of this
gem, perhaps $4,000, perhaps 100000,
depending upon the rivalry between
the wealthy gem collectors.
Bates and his wife, who are among
the few remaining clam fishers here,
had been working hard in scorching
sun with little reward and decided to
make one more drag. Mrs. Bates ex-
amlned the clans and discovered this
fortune hidden in one of them. She
was almost overcome with joy, knowing
they had stepped in one moment from
poverty to riches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
STRANGE BARoMETERs.

1t was to be great military parade,
and Harold had been promised to go.
Officers and soldiers galore, and one
real live general, were to be there;
and now, the very morning it was to
come off, the weather never looked
more threatening. Great clouds in the
west were hurrying ito catch hold
of hands" Toms way of ex'
pressing it-and, if it rained, 'twould
sroil all the fun.
Many times before breakfast, Har-
old went to the door and peeped out,
serious look on his troubled face
that almost amounted to what grand
ma often called "a having-given-it-up''
expression.
do you think, grandpa. twill rain?"
he asked, going to the shed where his
grandfather Nichols was grinding the
axe.
"Why-bless me! hardly think it.
Suppose we go to the barn, and see
what the barometers say!"
"The barometers!" exclaimed Har-
old, wonderingly. In the barn-no
barometers are there!"
NO? Suppose we sect" And his
grandfather, with a mysterious look,
laid down his partly ground axe and
started for the barn.
Are they new?" asked Harold,
doubtfully.
Not especially. Some have been
Matched over two years."
ed-barometers!"
Eyes, indeed-every one of them!
How else could we obtain our hens?"
'Hens?"
Certainly. Now let's see! Here
they are; and not one of them oiling
herself! No, no rain today. You'll see
the parade right enough: all the
barometers say sol"
81 don't see how you can tell from
the hens!" And Harold looked incred-
ulously at the flock before him.
They're not oiling themselves" ex-
planned grandpa. Haven't you seen
hens rub their bills over their feath-
ers sometimes? Each one has an oil
sack; and, when it IS about to rain,
they take oil on their bills from their
sacks, and rub it over the feathers, SO
they'll shed water. You see, that's
why call them my barometers."
But do their weather predictions
always come true, grandpa?"-for
Harold was still doubtful.
Not always; but I'd give more for
what my feathered barometes tell
me than for many new-fangled
weather indicator that you buy"
81 guess, grandpa, the hens are
weather prophets this morning. See,
the sun is coming out!"
"And SO will the parade-see if it
doesn't" laughed grandpa, gayly.
And it did And, strange as it may
seem, Harold's thoughts all that fore
noon were divided between the columns
of marching soldiers and the strange
hen-barometers at home.-A. F. Cald.
we'll in Sunday School Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

ut seems to me my wife is always
buying medicines"
well, mine doesn't go in much for
that sort of thing, but she did buy me
a cure for the tobacco habit to-day"
Rather nervy Of her to do that,
wasn't it?''
"Oh, she meant well. 1t was just a
box Of cigars she bought. "-Phlladel-
phia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
The Railroad. and the Law.

The executive officials and attorneys
of some of the railroads west of CHI
cago have held a meeting to find out
where they are at" They all have a
different idea Of just what the new
railroad rate bill requires. They agreed,
however, that the railroads must stick
together and declared it was the pur-
pose Of every road to obey the law both
in letter and spirit. They need not
waste any time on the latter PROPOSE.
ton, for the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission will see the law is carried out
in spite Of railroad opposition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

The palace of the King of Siam is
surrounded by high white walls which
are mile in circumference. Within
them are contained temples, public of.
fees, seraglios, stables for the sacred
elephants. accommodation for 1000
troops, cavalry, artillery, war ele-
plants. an arsenal and theatre.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

The result of the powwow on Saga
more Hill is that President Roosevelt
is to be the Big Indian of the Repub-
lican congressional campaign.
Though the Constitution gives the
President no control, except the veto
power, over the action of Congress, and
though he was not brilliantly success
full IN his efforts to control the recent
session, he is to be the main issue in
the election of the Slxtieth Congress.
Standing pat on the Dingley act, the
spellbinders will talk of nothing but
Roosevelt and his record. Ask Re
publican candidate for Congress what
he means to do about Western river i'm
provement, and he will answer that he
is going to support President Roose-
Welt.
Ask him what he would do to curb
the great industrial trusts, and he will
say that his only mission is to support
the President, who, by the way, has
never lifte a finger against those mo-
nopolies.
And so 1t will run all the way
through. The Republican campaign Is
planned on the theory that the Presi.
dent is as absolute over the Congress
as the Gar is over the Duma. That, at
least, is the way they have planned II
at Sycamore Hill.
1t would be an easy way to avoid
troublesome pledges and leave the Con.
gressmen elected free to follow their
own sweet Wills and the will of the
President and Speaker. But 1t is by
no means certain that Chairman Sher.
man can hold the campaign within the
narrow lines marked out for 1t.
Here in the West voters are not 70.
Ing to be satisfied with the bald asser.
ton that the Dingley act is the perfec.
ton of I legislation. Nor are they
in the 4 admit that Congress.
man hay ior~ his full duty who has
voted s tne will of the President
and ri oses to go on doing 50 If re,
| elected rs - 5
1t is n simple plan of campaign
which the President and Chairman
Sherman have prepared. 1t will be
strongly backed by the monopoly tariff
interests, but 1t Is based too much on
the theory that there is only one man
in the United States to give 1t good
promise of success.-St. Louis Re-
| public.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
omcial Regulates.


Most business men feel very fortu-
nate II they can take two or three
weeks holiday in year, and farmers
and wage-earners usually have to be
content with days holiday now and
then. But government officials from
the President down take months of VA.
cations, and even the clerks and gov.
eminent laborers are entitled to thirty
days vacation with full pay. At the
same time their hours OF service are
much less than in other occupations
and their salaries are greater than
could be earned elsewhere with the
same capabilities Our officials-the
servants of the people-are growing to
be class by themselves, with special
privileges, under Republican admins
trations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
A PInin Deduction

The Cheerful Loser Coming from the
races)-By George! The racing game
is the greatest ever!
The Near inner-Hump! How do
you make that out?
The Cheerful Loser-Why, you can't
beat It !-Puck,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

"Liqueur and cigar tables" says
the London Mail. with the glasses
and bottles cunningly concealed and
fitted with a little refrigerator, are
very popular Just now as wedding
presents"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
SILVER TIP

SILVER TIP.
While we We're travelling overland
to one of the mining-camps of Colo
RADIO, one of the party captured
young bear. When brought to camp
he fought deserately, until we gave
him some sugar. In few minutes
he was eating it from our hands. He
then cuddled down in my lap and went
to sleep.
haved badly, all we had to do was to
give him little cuff on the ears, and
he would become as obedient as dog.
We let him run loose, having only
a small chain around his neck, with
small piece of iron on the other
end.
There were many large boulders
around camp. l would run and hide
behind one until he came on the top
of it. then l would jump at him and
away he would scamper, and would
hide behind another. One day did
not appear to notice him, and he
reached over and boxed my ears.
Once we found him sitting erect,
holding the syrup can up and letting
the contents dribble into his mouth.
Another time he was found with the
condensed milk held tightly in one
arm, while he used the other paw to
put in the can. When it was well
covered with milk, he would lick it
off.
In the fall we moved, and had to
leave him. He was now so large that
his new owner kept him chained. One
day he saw girl about my size pass
ing. He pulled frantically at the
chain, broke it, and started after her.
He thought he had found his old play
mate. A man, thinking he meant to
harm her, fired, and our pet fell dead.
Poor little Silver Tip! His affection
was his misunderstanding Endeavor
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

gay in colors, it saw that the branches
of the tree had no colors in them;
and SO the leaf said, 20 branch, why
are you lead-colored, and we golden?"
I'VE must keep on our work.
clothes" said the tree, for our work
is not yet done; but your clothes are
for holiday, because your task is
over"
Just then little puff of wind came,
and the leaf let go without thinking
of it, and the wind took 1t UP and
turned 1t over, and then let it fall
gently down under the edge of
fence. among hundreds of leaves; and
it never walked UP to tell what it
dreamed about
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

Gerald-I'd like to be here always.
Geraldlne--But we haven't any ken.
nel,-Pueblo Chiettain
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15
SOME M,IsEIrs.


You must not think that turkeys
first came from Turkey, for they are
natives of America. And the Turkish
bath originated in Russia. Nor must
you think camels-hair brushes are
made from the hair of the hump
backed quadruped. They are mostly
of the bushy hair from squirrels tails.
German silver not only is not silver
ut all, but it was invented in China
centuries ago, and it is an alloy Of
some of the inferior metals. Porpoise
hide is not made from porpoises at
all. People get it from the white whale.
Jerusalem artichokes are not ma res
of Jerusalem, but are kind of SUI.
flower. The French call them gira-
sole ("flower turned to the SUM-, and
girasole became corrupted into Jeru-
salem.
Cork legs are not made of cork, and
they didn't come from Cork. The
willow-tree usually furnishes mater
ial for them. Cleopatra's needle, that
wonderful obelisk of Egypt, was made
one thousand years before Cleopatra
was born, and really has nothing to
do with her. Irish stew is an English
dish, and turtle soup seldom has any
real turtle in it. Prussian blue, the
beautiful color, is not special prod
uct of Prussia, but of England. And
SO you see We frequently find that our
language has names for things that
are "misfits."
WOODCHUCK AS A FAMILY PET.
An odd pet is owned by a Bruins
wick family. It is two-year-old
woodchuck, which has become very
tame.
He lives in hole near the cellar
of the house, and always comes out
when the skimming of the milk is 60
ing on, in which he appears to be very
much interested. Sept. 25, 1905, he
seemed to be very sleepy and disap-
peared and nothing further was seen
of him until Fast Day, when he re-
appeared.
| He had been in state of hiberna-
ton for seven months and one day.
He was very glad to See the family
and was in very good flesh despite his
long winters sleep.-Kenebec Jour.
nal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-15

Marta ran cautiously toward the
corral. She reached the gate of pine
poles and looked in. The Big Bear
stood just inside. He had climbed
the gate and descended Unexpectedly
upon the sleeping flock. Near him
lay bleeding, quiyering carcass, rip
ped wide open by one slash of his
razor-sharped claws.
Marta arrived at the gate Just in
time to see David go down under tho
stampeding flock. Bat the bear was
between her and David, and mus,
be disposed of before she could al,
tempt the rescue of her brother.
She rested her rifle on the gate
took good aim. She fired twice.
The bear paused in his slaughter
and wheeled clumsily toward the girl
He was hard hit, but Marta saw there
was yet enough vitality and fury II
that big, shaggy body to carry him
over the gate. He came toward her
squealing horribly = almost human
cries OF agony ana anger.
Marta was frightened enough, but
she did not lose control of herself
or of her weapon. She waited, her
rifle-barrel still resting ON the top
pole Of the gate.
The bear flung himself against the
barrier, and the strong panel OF
poles creaked and swayed with his
weight. He upreared his great head
so that his foaming, gaping mouth
was not six inches from the. muzzs,
of Marta's rifle. Then Marta fired a
fatal shot. The bear shook the gate
in last spasm of rage. Blood gush-
ed from his mouth and nostrils as he
fell back heavily. After a few con.
vulsiye quivers the big, dark bulk lay
quite still beside the gate.
Even then Marta was not certain
enough of his death to risk opening
the gate and entering the corral over
his body. She ran along the fence
a few rods, and after climbing over
sped across the corral to her brothers
assistance. The flock had parted in
two streams that flowed in opposite
directions round the fence
With frantic haste Marta pushed
and rolled the sheep off David s,body.
She had arrived just in time. A few
minutes more under the sheep Would
have put an end forever to David Han.
Ions bear-hunting.
Then sweet waters sang in his
ears as he floated slowly back to con-
seriousness, to find Marta shaking the
breath into him and wiping muck and
blood from his face.
AS David hobbled back across the
corral, Marta explained how she had
despatched the Big Bear.
Bless you!" said David, admiring-
ly. But you're sister worth hay
ing!"-Youth's Companion.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-04-17
CIGARETTE SMOKING
Brownsville Road Wages War on Practice
and Prints Notices.

On the new time cards OF the St.
Lonis, Brownsville and Mexico ap-
pears the statement that cigarette
smoking is positively prohibited
among the employees of the me-
chanical department. The rule is
found among those governing the
trainmen of every department, and
additional emphasis is given it by
having the paragraph printed IN
italics. BY high officials of the line
it is declared that repeated infrac-
tons of the rule will render the
breaker subject to dismissal. This
is in line with the stand taken by
some of the larger roads. of the
North and East, which have wag-
ed incessant warfare against cigar
cite smoking.
1t Is said by BROWNSVILLE oHlCiaIS
that the rule will be made apple
able in all departments of the road.
During Office hours no cigarette
smoking will be tolerated, and even
out of Office hours the continual
use of cigarettes will be met with
discharge. This is the first decided
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-04-17

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OBSCURE VAULT
In Churchyard in New York Contains
Remains of Vice-President.

New York, N Yin an obscure
vault in the the churchvard of ST.
Marks, with a small weather
beaten slab of stone to indicate his
last resting place, lie the remains
of man who was most conspicu-
Gus in the state in the early years
of the last century, and who,
although at one time a national
figure, died at last in poverty and
under the blight of accusations
which wrecked his life.
The shadow is now lifted from
his name, but it is almost forgotten
except to students of history and
the members of an organization by
which it is cherished. This man,
Daniel D. Tompkins, was FIVE
times governor of the state of New
York and twice vice president of
the United States. Through his
endeavors slavery was abolished in
this state. He was one of the
most active figures in the war of
1912.
1t remained for one man, Judge
Frank Hurd Robinson, of Hor-
nellsville, the present grandmother
of the Masonic order in the state
of New York, to start the move
ment which will result in erecting
a memorial to Gov. Tompkins in
City Hall park.
Gov. Tompkins was secretary of
the grand lodge of the state from
1902 to 1904 and later grandmother
of the organization.
The model of the memorial has
been completed. 1t represents
Gov. Tompkins seated in a chair.
The figure will be of bronze rest
ing OH a white marble pedestal,
with figures in relief on the Sides.
1t will be 20 feet high. Governor
Tompkins was the son of Jonathan
G. >Tompkins, a revolutionary
soldier, and was born at Fox
Meadows (now Scardale) in West
chester county, June 21, 1774.
Tompkins was first elected gov
ernor in 1907. In April, 1916,
Gov. Tompkins was nominated for
vice president and elected. He
was reelected vice president in
1920. He was again proposed for
governor i'll the same year. His
popularity had waned in. the state,
however, and enemies, unable to
understand his accounts during
the war of 1912, made charges of
dishonesty against him. The
shock of these accusations was so
great that the patriot S mind gave
way and he became the victim of
a settled melancholy which he was
unable to shake off. In despera-
ton he sought refuge in dissipa-
lions, which fastened his end. He
retired to Staten island and died
there almost in want on June II,
1925. Tardy justice was done in
the matter of the war funds and |
the state paid a considerable
amount to his family.