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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
TWO DEFINITIONS.

A certain beautiful and gracious
woman is the admiration of all the
schoolgirls in her town. Even girls
of larger growth are ready to de-
clare there is nobody like her. "Why
do you take such pleasure in her?n
an older lady curiously asked of a
plain and rather awkward girl who
was especially given to the prevail
ing fascination. 49,
Why" said she, at a loss for a
moment. sit isn't because she's so
lovely or SO nice. It's because when
I'm talking with her she makes me
feel just as nice as she isl
The New York Times tells another
anecdote of the same complexion,
touching young lady who gave a
good deal of time to settlement"
work and was a particular favorite
with all the children.
why do you love Miss Mary SOP"
somebody asked devoted little boy.
Il like her. he said, because she
looks as though she didn't see the
holes in my Shoes -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
VA 1'agy Asa0s ~ nag hNas asaso

around Nome which are tied up in It'll
CATION and because of the many law
suits the production of gold is not as
large as 1t would be If all the claims
were free. The federal court is crowd
ed with work and is year behind.
During 1900 and 1901 there was n
great rush into Nome. People were
wild in their pursuits of wealth and
they had been led to believe that all of
the land near Nome for miles around
was good. So they staked out thou
sands of claims Eventually they
drifted back to the States and for the
most part left their claims in the hands
of others, to whom they gave the pow
er of attorney.
But little development work was
done on the claims and in later years
many of them have been relocated.
Rich deposits We're overlooked by the
first locaters. Learning that the old
claims were of value. many of the orig
sinal locaters or those who represent
them are now trying to renew posses
sion of them. This is the cause of the
constant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Orego-
MAN,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

In a big. warm house an havin' saus-
age every day for breakfast. 1t helps
a lot"
well, my dear little princess"
said the missionary, you and baby
are in truth children Of the heavenly
King, and He has sent me today to
see about you. There is nice, warm
house not very far from here, just
opened today, where you and the
prince can stay all the day while
your mother is at work. You'll get
bread and milk there every day, and
sausages,. too, sometimes"
rs it the palace?" asked the little
girl, her eyes shining.
They call it The Nursery" an
swered the gentleman, "but it belongs
to our heavenly Father, and He has
sent nue. to tell you about it."
Just try to think what it was to
those cold and hungry children to be
taken to this warm, comfortable place
every day, to be clothed aid fed anu
taken care Of! The baby got fat and
merry, and was always called "The
Prince" but the brave little sister
never forgot that the King had sent
them all these beautiful things.-Our
Young Folks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
FROM CHURCH FESTIVAL.
Curious Explanation in nm Old En-.
glish Sermon.

Curious Explanation I'm nm Old En-
glish sermon.
Men and manners change, but Gus
toms live on through succeeding gener-
atoms, until their origin is lost, and
only the antiquarian is able to unearth
their startlng-point and original mean
ing.
1t seems n far cry from church
festival to n wake, ms we think of 1t in
these days, yet there Is an association
between them. Its name came from
the same source, and the similarity in
the observance Of both Is very appar-
ent.
The festival of the day on which the
church of any parish was dedicated is
specially enjoined in the law Of Ed
ward the Confessor; and from this fes-
tival originated the wakes of more
modern times: name derived either
from the verb weiken. to consecrate,
or, as seems more probable, from the
Saxon word wacu, to watch, applied
to the vigil by which the festival was
preceded.
The institution Of these festivals is
to be traced to Gregory the Great, who
advised Mellito. whom he had sent as
abbot into Britain, to encourage the
people to hold festivals around the
churches on the days of their consecra-
ton, or of the commemoration OF the
martyrs whose relics were placed there,
that he might prevent them from at
tending their idol feasts.
An old English sermon states how.
the visils were changed from fsasts ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
FOR MOTHER.

He was only mite of boy, dirty
and ragged, and he had stopped for d
little while in one of the city's free
Fairgrounds to watch game of ball
between boys of his own and rival
neighborhood. Tatters and CRIME were
painfully in evidence on every side,
but this fellow attracted the attention
of a group of visitors, and one of
them, reaching over the childs
shoulders as he sat on the ground,
gave him luscious golden pear. The
boys eyes sparkled, but the eyes were
his only thanks as he looked back
to see from whence the gift had
come, and then turned his face away
again, too shy or too much astonished
to speak. But from that time on his
attention was divided between the
game and his new treasure. He pat
ted the pear, he looked at it, and
at last, as If to assure himself that it
was as delicious as it appeared. he
lifted ii to his lips and cautiouly bit
tiny piece near the stem. Then,
with a long sigh of satisfaction and
assurance, he tucked the prize safe
ly inside his dirty, little blouse.
why don't you eat it, Tony?" de-
manded watchful acquaintance.
Eat it? All meself? Amt savin'
it for me mother?"
The tone. with its mingling Of re-
sentiment and loyalty, made further
speech unnecessary Whatever else
Tony lacked-and it seemed to be
nearly everything--he had learned
shumanity's Hottest lesson; be held
another dearer than SELF. and knew
the joy Of sacriflce.-Baptist Young
People.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
MINING in NOME is COSTLY.
Two Dollars Spent for Every One
Taken Out nH the Grnnnd

Two Dollars Spent for Every One
Taken Out of the Ground.
More than double the amount of
money taken out In gold In the Nome
district was expended during the last
season in the purchase Of supplies and
development work. In other words, two
dollars were expended for every dollar
that was taken out of the ground in
the form Of mineral wealth. The Nome
district produced about $6,000,O00 in
gold and $12,OOO,00O or even more was
expended In the district.
This is according to conservative
estimate made by John Rlgby, chief
engineer of the Nome Improvement
Company, who has returned to Port
land for the winter.
Last season was poor one" Mr..
Rigby said, because of the dry wealth
er, the consequent low water interfer-
ing with much of the placer mining.
With plenty of water the output would
have been much larger.
Much of the money expended in
Nome this year was In development
work. from which the investors Will
not realize, II at all, until later. The
men who took out the money are not
the ones who spent the most money.
Those who are after the gold are the
ones who spend the most. The history
of nearly all mining camps is that
more money is spent than is taken out
in gold.
Nome is still the camp of the small
miner. The big companies have not
grabbed up everything as yet and Will
not until the rich pay streaks are ex-
hausted. When the rich pockets have
all been found and only the low grade
ore and sands remain to be mined the
big companies will have to do 1t, as
that kind Of operating requires big
initial Investment. There are hun
dreds of individual miners near Nome
who are working small placer claims.
There are hundreds Of claims
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
The Great unMn.hed.

President Arthur Hadley of Yale has
a couple of sons who inherit good
deal of the genius and independent
thought of their father. One morning
Mrs. Hadley got up and went into the
bathroom and found her youngest, aged
about ., busy sailing tin swans and fish
in the bathtub, guiding them with a
magnet. She gathered up the toys and
told the youngster that he must defer
his amusement, as his papa wanted to
take his bath.
The child submitted with bad grace,
but went out in the street. Presently
he met lady. e
DO you want to know something's"
he remarked. 1.-THE President of Yale
College won't have any bath this morn
ing. Do You want to know why? Cause
have got the plug to the bath tub in
my pocket, and it's going to stay there,
see?,-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
our CLOTHES ARE MERclEul.

They Hide Our Ugliness and Phy.i-
cal shortcomings.
Now, what's the consequence of the
present universal lack of exercise? Mind
you, Lam not suggesting that somebody
get up an actual Un-beauty show, but
surely Mr.. Comstock will not object IL
In our minds eye we imagine all the
men we know standing on pedestals and
posing as the Apollo Belvldere, and all
the women we know as. the. Venus do
Medicl. think 1t would be right fur
ny. Such wiZened skinniness! Such
shapeless bagginess!
"Oh, but" you protest, Eve can't. all
be Apollos, and venuses."
We aren't, IL that's what you mean.
but I'm not SO sure that we couldn't bs
II we had been treated right.
Why aren't we all handsome, then?
The main reason is that not one moth.
err In 4 thousand knows her trade. An;
old lrlshwoman, who raised. five fine!
big. strapping, honest sons, said to me
one day:
'The Lord forgive me for speak.n'l
disrespectful, of Him, but 1 declare to
you donno what He's thinkin' Of
whln he gives some women chlldher.",
And that's about so. The doctors,
tell us that 90 per cent of our troubles
we may blame our mothers for. And
yet they're not SO much to blame, either.
The only way they had of getting 4;
living was catching husband. Once
caught they had him Tor life. The
catching was the main thing.
Ignorant they may be of their trade
as mothers, and some say they are ig-
norant of their trade US wives, but no.
body will accuse the women of being
ignorant of the art and craft of catcll-
ing husbands.
The start wise mother can give is,
a lot, but it isn't everything. We are
too busy to be good looking. 1t just
about takes our time scufiling around
for food and clothing and shelter
Woman's Home Communion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
Worked the Tirers.

: j.
Near Perak, In the Malay peninsula,
is prosperous rubber factory run by
a long headed Scotchman. In order to
obtain the sap from which the rubber
is made 1t is necessary to puncture the
bark of the trees. Laborers are scarce
in that district, but there is an album
dance of tigers. There We're not enough
men to tap" the trees, but the Scotch
proprietor hit on a brilliant idea He
knew that tigers are ford of valeran,
so he gave orders that all the trees
should be rubbed with this stuff. The
tigers came up and caressingly scratch
ed the bark In the most approved her
ringbone fashion, after which all that
the coolies had to do was to walk
around once day and collect the rub.
hnr g
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
Watching His Coat.

An engineer from Sunderland was
spending a few days in London with
friend, and after a busy morning
sightseeing the Londoner chose a
large restaurant for luncheon, think
ing it would be novel experience
for the man from the north. The
visitor appeared to enjoy his lunch
con, but kept looking in the direc-
ton of the door. what are you
watching?' asked his friend, rather
annoyed.
"Well,' was the quiet reply CAS-
keepin' an eye on ma topcoat."
ooh. don't bother about that" said
the other, you don't see me watch.
ing NINE"
NO" observed the guileless engi.
fieer, "thee has no call to--it's ten
minutes sim thine went"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
HAwAII's STRATEGIC VALUE.

Likely to be Seized by Jnpnn In the
Event of War with That Country.
The possibility, however remote, of n
war with Japan brings up the question
of the strategic value of Hawaii. There
is little doubt that Japan in the event
of such conflict could and would Mt
once occupy these islands MS base of
operations against us. Long before we
could possibly send for their defense a
fleet which could be spared only after
proper protection had been given to our
Pacific coast cities Japan would have
her fleet and her troopships in the har-
Dor of Honolulu. With Japan once In
possession 1t would be almost impossi-
BILE to dislodge her. for the reason that
she would do Immediately what the
United States has not done and per
haps is little likely to do.
Because of the physical conditions
the principal Hawaiian islands may.
easily be made almost impregnabIe.
Outlying reefs make landing impossible
except through channels which could
be swept by shore batteries. In case
of need for such defense Japan as an.
occupant would have an unreasonable
advantage over us. There are in the
Islands to-day some 10000 men, many
and probably most of whom belong to
the japanese reserves. They are train
ed soldiers
A naval occupation followed by the
arrival of vessels bringing arms, am
nutrition and equipment would give
Japan tremendous advantage Mt the
very outset of hostilities. This quickly
available force would proceed Mt once
to the construction of earthworks and
Notifications and to their equipment
with heavy guns and light batteries.
Once in intrenched occupation and with
such a defensive force she could give
a highly Interesting time to all the
ships and men that we could possibly
spare from the defense of the Philip
pines and the Pacific coast.
Were Japan disposed to assume a
belligerent attitude the Hawaiian ISL
ands really invite attack. There is lit
tie doubt that an occupation could be
easily effected and Japan instead of
being $500 miles away is only 200.
Fortunately our relations with Japan
are on the whole most friendly and
likely to continue so. Enlightened self
Interest demands that they so continue,
but it is well to remember that in a
time of trouble our weakest spot
would be Japan's strongest hold.-New
York Sun
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
THE cH1LpREN OF A KING

THE CHILDREN OF A KING. !.
One cold, wet day our. city mission
airy climbed the steps of a house he
had not visited before. He had heard
of some little ones up in the gafret,
room and his visit was for thelf. The
steps We're very steep and very dark,
and the missionary had to tumble
about for the handle of thetdoor. He
knocked, but there was no answer,
SO he opened the creaking door and
walked in.
"Oh. please don't make such a
noise. SIR said a sweet little voice,
you'll wake the prince.''
You, may imagine how astonished
the visitor was to hear of prince
in that half-lighted, bare room. Pres
emily he saw through the dim light a
little wooden cradle, with poor
skin and-bones baby in 1t, and at the
foot of 1t girl about six years old
anxiously rocking it to and fro.
you see. the prince is very hun
gry," she said, IAN eff he wakes up
he'll holler orful.''
d
Are you hungry, too, my child?"s
asked the missionary.
"Yes, of course; but I'm big, you
see, an kin wait. The prince dom,
know bout NANNY comm home fore
dark an bringin' loaf"
The gentleman brought out of ia
oyercoat pocket couple of sand.
wiches intended for his own lunch,
and gave them to the brave little sis.
ter; and while she devoured one he
asked her why she called the baby
by such strange name.
"oh, that's a little play mamma
taught me-" said the child, with a
smile, ito keep me from thinking
Of being cold and hungry. She tells
me stories, at night bout kings and
queens, and then / play the queena
out driyin', an me an baby are Twin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
CUMBERLAND CUMBERLAND Nd TO ST. LOUIS MO-

fasts; how, "in the beginning of holy
Church men and women comyng to
church over nyghte, wit candelus and
other lyghte, and woken III the church
allie nyghte her devocynes;" but, by
processe of tyne" they turned the
good holy devocyn into synne; where
fore holy faders ordeyned the people to
leye that waking. and taste the evon !;
and so turned the wakyng into fast
yng; but yeti holdith the oide name,
and is called in Latin vigilia, that is
wakyng in Englysch."
Watching by dead body all night
is properly a lyke-wake or liche-wake,
from Anglo Saxon lie, a corpse. The
custom arose from superstitious
dread lest evil spirits should interfere
with the dead during the night.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

greatest grade at five degrees. The
average cost per mile from the Poto-
mac to the. Ohio was $4,000, far ex-
ceeding the estimate of the commits
sioners, but through the comparatively
level region beyond the latter river 1t
was less than half as much. The road
was not fully constructed beyond Van
dalia, Ill. The last appropriation was
made for 1t by Congress in 1888. The
railways had rapidly encroached upon
Its traffic until, two years before that,
Congress had seriously debated wheth-
er 1t would not be wiser to substitute
railway for 1t between Columbus,
Ohio, and the Mississippi. 1t was the
original policy Of Congress to turn the,
road over to the States in which it
my, on the condition that they repair
and maintain 1t, and this was carried
out. There was at the same time,
however, Federal commission
charged with the supervision OF the re-
pairs. The States took very great
pride in the highway and established
toll houses for the collection of reve-
nue. to be used toward its maintenance.
These toll stations were at a greater
distance apart in Pennsylvania than
they were In the three Western States.
In the early days in Ohio the gate
keepers were considered of such i'm
portance that the Governor appointed
them.
Immense Benefit to the Country.
The material benefit which the coun-
try derived from this great national
highway, however, was quite unmeas-,
urable. A writer who is an authority
on the subject says that the construc-
ton of the Cumberland road twas one
sof the, smqst Important steps in that
movement OF national expansion which
followed the conquest of the West. 1t,
is probably Impossible for US to realize
fully what 1t meant to the West when
that vanguard of surveyors came down
the slopes Of the Alleghenies, hewing q
thoroughfare which should in one gen
Grafton bind distant and half-acquaint-
ed States together in bonds of common
interest, sympathy and ambition. Tn
til that day travellers spoke Of going
into and coming out Of the West as
though it were u Mammoth Cave. The
growth and prosperity of the West
was impossible until the dawning Of.
such convictions as those which made
the Cumberland road reality"
The national highway was con-
ception of the youthful Washington,
about the time when he was with
Braddock's Inflated expedition against
the savages. He adhered to that dream
throughout his life; but 1t was not I'M
til seven years after his death, in the
administration of Jefferson, that any
practical step was taken toward Its
realization.
Bridges and Milestones.
The old Cumberland road bears on
Its face its own character and indiyid-
uallty and the evidence of It's age.
There is nothing like It," says Hull
bert, Sin the United States. Leaping
the Ohio at Wheeling, 1t throws itself
across the Ohio and Indiana straight
as an arrow, chopping hills in twain
at a blow, traverslng the lowlands on
high grades like railroad bed, vault
Ing river and stream on massive
bridges of unparalleled size. The tray
eler will notice still the mlleposts
which mark the great roads successive
steps,
Full Of romance Is the old highway
n u.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

After an experiment in fattenlng
horses the Illinois Experiment Station
says in effect about timothy hay for
horses that will be surprising to many
horsemen:
A feature of the experiment was the
demonstration Of the worthlessness Of
timothy hay, something that horse flesh
ers will do well to keep in mind. Tim
othy Is good to haul to town and sell
to the other fellow. Glover beats it all
around. In the experiment horses fed
on corn, cats and clover gained 277
pounds each in ninety-two days. The.
lot fed on the same ration except tim
othy was substituted for clover, the
gain was 142 pounds and the timothy
ration cost more than clover.
From this it is plain that timothy ls
an Improbable rawtmaterial for farm
feeding operations. If you must grow
it, sell to the man in town. Corn, oats
and clover hay, with little bran and
oil meal, constitute an ideal ration for
fattening horses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

When the fire department makes 4
run past a church, 1t has been known
to break up the services, but if 1t
stopped at the house and began to turn
on the water 1t couldn't break up
woman's card game.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
Making Paint with skim Milk.

Stir into gallon of milk about three
pounds of Portland cement and add
sufficient Venetian red paint powder
to impart good color. Any other col
ored paint powder may as well re
used. The skim milk will hold the
paint, in suspension, but the cement,
being heavy, will sink to the bottom, so
that it becomes necessary to keep the
mixture well stirred with n paddle.
Mix only enough at time for one
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
Aids Against A.paraeu. Pest.

Kindly insects help in the destruc-
ton of the asparagus pest. The lady
bug, some snake-feeders, or dragon
flies and wasps and the spined and
bordered soldierbug- these eat the
larvae of this beetle. Ducks and chick
ems are fond of them; aIr-slacked lime
busted on the dew-wet leaves destroys
the pest; or the ends Of the branches
where they congregate may be cut and
burned. The same remedies hold good
for the spotted beetle, but his favorite
place of hiding is in the berry, so these
should be cut and burned as fast as
they form,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

It certainly looks like wasteful
practice to buck away the straw at
thrashing time and burn it. There are
80 many uses to which straw can be
put that 1t does not look right to see
1t burned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

It is always an indication of dry
spell or the neglect of somebody when
the pump handle sticks up, pointing
obliquely at the sky. 1t makes one
weary to look at a pump in this predic-
ament
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

The lima bean has been an Impor-
tant article of food with us for many
years. At the present time thousands
Of acres are devoted to its culture,
especially in regions of California,
where rainfall is scanty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

Even small dairy often means in
creased fertility on the farm. With
most cows the profit comes out of the
first six months of the milking period.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

A Western man has discovered that
his poultry does much better when pro-
yided bed spring on which to roost.
He says they rest better and thus are
made more profitable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26
A FUNNY FJDDI,ER

n FUNNY FIDDLER. -
What smart little fellow a cricket
must be!
For if what they tell us is true,
When he seems to be singing he's
fiddling instead,
Which must be much harder to do.
But then if cricket should happen
to feel
Like dancing, how fine it would be!
For with two of his legs he could
fiddle the tune
And dance with the others, you
see!
Henrietta R. Eliot in ST. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

There are days when every time
man turns his head around, his ne4..
gets the az
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-26

While dairying has its dIsadvan-
tages, it has this great advantage, that
1t enables the farmer to utilize to an
unusual extent the cheaper labor ON
the farm, and to make the most pos
sible out of small tract of land.