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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
How Do You Know.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
There's boy in the house?
By the cap that is hanging downstairs in
the hall;
By the gun and the pistol, the bat and
the ball;
The Indian war dance, the toy lannon's
roar,
That are heard, now and then, through
the nursery door,
By the engines and drums and the tool
chest and nails;
The steam cars and tracks and the boats
with trim sails;
By the volumes Of Cooper which from
cover to cover
Have been read and reread by an Indian
lover.
But You must take care. If you value
your head,
When you go to the nursery" declares
Uncle Fred.
when open the door there's scramble
and shout;
I'm attacked by brigand, and Ill never
E, doubt
Who clutches me fast, as cat does a
mouse
Well, these are good signs there's boy
in the housed"
HOW DO YOU KNOW
There's girl in the house?
BY the beautiful doll with the movable
eyes
"A French doll that sleeps, and that talks
walks and cries;
BY the TOULOUSE and trunk, and the stove
and the chairs;
By the needle and thread, in the nursery
upstairs;
By the doll hats and furbelows made
every day
For Annie and Sallie and Bessie and
May;
By the soft little laugh and the sweet
little song,
Which never to grown folks or boys could
belong.
and il you run up to the nursery floor,
And go to the room and then open the
door,"
Aunt Dorothy says, "well, when 1 take a
peep,
And see a wee mother a-rocking to sleep
Her own little dolly, as still as mouse
Why, then l am sure there's girl in the
house!"
Trick with Handkerchief and Coin.
All that Is necessary to have in order
to perform the trick are handker
chief, a ten-cent piece and piece of
soap. With knife cut of piece of
soap about quarter of an inch in
diameter and stick this piece Of soap
on the hem of the handkerchief in one
corner: Place the dime in the center
Of the handkerchief, which must lie
fiat on the table. Take the corner which
has 1.-THE soap on 1t and fold 1t over,
placing it gently on the dime; now fold
the other corners over, placing each
corner on the dime. The corner that
has the soap on it Is the one to your
right. When the corners are folded
the handkerchief will be in the form
Of diamond, with one of the points
toward the performer. Place the thumb
and forefnger of each hand at the
point of the diamond nearest to Won.
Pick it up, letting the four corners fall
apart, at the same time sliding the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

paid visit to Paris, number of bed
rooms We're reserved, directly above
that In which the king was to. have
slept, for the dusky followers of the
royal visitor. The blunder caused great
CONSERVATION among the fearful cour-
tiers, until the matter was explained to
the management and duly rectified. All
the courtiers and servants were placed
in bedrooms on floors below that occu-
pied by the sovereign.
When the Emperor or Empress of
China appears in public no other per-
son is allowed to occupy higher place.
Therefore, on such occasions the shut
tiers of all buildings are drawn, and the
upper parts Of the houses past which
the royal procession is expected to move
are deserted, the inhabitants swarmlng
to the ground floors In order to show
due difference to their rulers. Z,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
POISON IVY.
Laws should De Passed for Extermi.
mating the Noxious Vine.

Laws Should be Passed for Extermi.
IF mating the Noxious Vine.
A correspondent at Greenwich, Conn,
who says that he speaks feelingly,"
writes that we would confer II lasting
benefit on his part of the country, at
least, by indicating sure and speedy
way of getting rid of-poison Ivy and at
the same time advocating a law making
1t misdemeanor to permit its growth,
says the New York Tribune. We have
no doubt that thousands of our readers
in many parts of the country share his
sentiments, for the evil is widespread.
There is no cham or spell for the In
slant humiliation of this noxious vine.
The work must be done with the knife,
the grubbing hoe and fire, and these
must be used theoretically and persist
emily. Nevertheless, the work is not
difficult one. The vines are easily cut,
broken and torn up, and this may be
done with impunity even by those who
are susceptible to the poison, provided
they take the precaution to wear leath-,
er, gloves and to do the work in the
sall, after the leaves Of the vine have
died. Rip 1t up by the roots, or, IL 1t
IS too big and stout for that, chop 1t of
at or below the surface of the ground
and let a dram or two of nitric acid
soak into the stump. Then make a!
bonfire of the vine and Its branches.
Next spring watch for it and If any
new shoots appear pull them up or cut
them off and apply the acid. BY the
third year the land should be free from
the pest.
As for legislation on the subject, 1t is
to be favored: Poison ivy should be un-
der the ban, of the law as much as Can
ada thistles or mad dogs or gypsy
moths, at least so far as public high
ways are concerned. II man Is fool
iah enough to tolerate 1t in his garden,
we suppose he may, though Fit spreads
thence to his neighbours ground or to
the public road, or If visitor on his
place gets poisoned, he ought to be held;
responsible. There are miles of public
roads in the suburbs of New York, es-
pecially in Westchester county and New
Jersey, which are practically lined with
thickets of poison Ivy or which have the
picket fences or stone walls overgrown
with 1t. The local authorities ought to
abate the nuisance forthwith. If. they.
do not the State should enact a law
compelling them to do so under con-
siderable penalty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
FRUIT SHOULD BE COOKED.

Germs of Disease introduced Into
System by Raw Product.
In the course of his recent lectures
in England on the Hygiene of the ALI
mentary Canal" Prof Ellie Metschni-
koff expressed the opinion that the
germs of many diseases are Introduced
into the circulation through wounds
made in the intestines by Intestinal
worms and other entazoa introduced
by eating uncooked fruit, says the Bal
timore Sun.
SIN appendicitis" he said, there is
no doubt Of the Geological role of in
testlnal worms, which injure the wall
Of the bowels and there inoculate MI
crobes, causing an infiammatory reac-
ton; and the success that frequently
results from vermifugal treatment in
persons suffering from that disease has
proved the Importance of entozoa in
connection with it,
The germs of other diseases, as ty-
phoid, tuberculosis, etc., are believed to
be often introduced thus through rents
of the lining membrane of the stomach
and intestines. The preventive urged
by Prof. Metschnikoff is boiling of all
water and fruits consumed.
.The boiling" 1t is declared, should
be extended to Notwithstanding
even with boiled water is insufficient
and 1t is necessary at least to scald
them with boiling water, or better still,
to boil them. Among fruits, 1t is prin-
clpally Strawberries that Introduce ova
and infectious germs and it is therefore
necessary to boil them. Even cherries.
though growing on trees and far away
from the soil, should be carefully scald-
ed or boiled. 1t is wiser as rule to
eat fruits, so far as possible, in the
form of compotes or Jams. Nobody
could deny that system based on such
principles would insure the body
against all sorts of diseases of the d.
gestive apparatus; it might even assist
us ut the same time to avoid certain
maladies against which science to-day is
almost entirely helpless"
Another precaution suggested by the
learned expert in hygiene is to modify
the fora of the allmentary canal by
acclimatizing useful microbes, such
as the Tactic bacIrli, which produce lac.
tic acid and prevent the development
of butyric and putrefactive ferments
Carefully selected Tactic ferments, Oh
tactic microbes, are coming into use ir
treating many intestinal troubles.
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could have good time this afternoo,

could have good time this afternoon
an this eyenin'"
I'VE cam agreed the cook;
"That's fine an dandy" said the gro
ceryman, happily. IS
Sure" said the cook. You can 90
an have a good time all you want to,
an I'll have a good time, too. Pm 60
in sloppin' this afternoon. an then I'm
goin' to see my sister In Austin"
"You ain't-honest are your,
81 am"
There's a picnic at Bunderbaughs
Park"
THAT amt uncommon"
Say, won't you come? You amt go
lin to turn me down that way?"
sits too bad" said the cook, "but
when you make an appointment with
me you've got TO make 1t little ahead
of time. If you want to ask me for this
day next year, mn feel more like 1t
than do now, which amt likely, I'll 60
with you with pleasure"
The groceryman put his order book
in his pocket. Il don't care whether
you eat any Of them onions or not
he said. Chicago Daily News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

You don't mean young onions, Eve
linaY said the groceryman reproachful-
" to the pretty cook, as he turned over
leaf In his order book.
We'll, maybe don't" said the cook.
Probably mean cocoanuts or bath
sponges, but you'd better put it down
young onions on the chance that
know what I'm talkin' about"
It's for the boss, tllen?" pleaded the
groceryman. You wouldn't think of
orderin' 'em because you liked 'em?
Don't tell me that
II won't tell you nothin', one way or
another" said the cook. IF it's going
to hurt your feelin's won't explain
about what I'm goin' to do with the
groceries ] order. Peck o. new pota-
toes, an see that they are bigger than
marbles this time, because I'm goin' to
peel EN-
"Suthin' atweenta golf ball an base
ball, commented the groceryman. "All
fright. know the kind yon mean. Not
that l mind onions Specially he OBJ
served. "An onion is all right in Its
place. Sos some other things / could
mention. I'd just as soon you'd eat
onions as not on the days don't call
Don't you mind what say"
IF you say onion to me again I'll
show You tile door, and I'll see to 1t
that you don't come back" said tile
cook.
The groceryman whistled. what
you been cookin', Evellna?' he asked.
| None o your business. Put me
down five bars of laundry soap"
Laundry soap 1t Isl said the gro
ceryman. Wouldn't you, like some
cheese to go with them vegetables we
was talkln' about? You might as we'll
have the cheese with 1t while you're
about 1t. | knew IT girl once that was
awful fond of these little green things
that you eat when yon don't care n
continental anyway. She. used to eat
'em green or sliced up in vinegar, with
cucumber. till you couldn't rest, but she
shut right Off on EN- one day an didn't
eat one for six months Then she went
for 'em harder than ever to make up
for lost time. l seen her In restau-
rant with. her husband few days after
they was married an she had big
dish of 'em before her an about a
dozen ends on the table. l knew anoth.
er girl"
There's somethln' want" said the
cook, muslngly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
Lazy Man.

Josh Drone is the LATEST man in
seven States" drawled the storekeeper
at Bacon Ridge.
whats he been doing now?" asked
the cheese-counter loafers.
"Wa-al, you know he was always SO
lazy he waited for the lightning to split
his kindllng wood?"
yep"
"And the flood to wash his win.
dows?"
yep" a
"Wa-al. now he's read somewhere
that in the East the hailstones thrash.
ed farmers wheat and ever since he
has been sitting in an easy chair pray.
ing for hailstorm." Columbus Dis.
patch.
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adrif Life Insurance great thing because 1t enables
the widow to have ready money She sustain herself
until she gets her bearings and becomes confident of her
ability TO make a living. But IL dies leaving
his widow thousand dollars, 1t is likely that five
hundred dollars of that money will go for the funeral
coffin that costs S25 make Is sold for S125 and the
embamng process enaling of 81 81 is charged
up at SIS 500 Tile expenses for hear and carriages
are also doubled People sensitive about the dead
and they feel that protest to the undertaken show
lack of respect for tile piece of clay that is about to
put back In the ground.
1t should not cost any In good circumstances
500 to be buried poor should be buried for $50
Now YOU who too sensitive and poor will Immediately
your people entitled to good funeral your
fich neighbor. That is true But because your rich
neighbours people are foolish is why you should
be foolish There is for the dead that one
does not have for the living 1t is cry beautiful, but
sometimes causes great hardshps. Chicago Examiner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

ago the Mississippi steamboats, used to race not
because anybody was in legitimate hurry, and never
up until the bursting boiler hurled passengers
to drownSin the river, il they did not perish
scalds on the way This particular form OF folly died
when seamboatng ceased to be method of transporta
ton for anything but freight
English ralroad-old, conservative safeguarded
"a train essays to beat the record of rlyal--mere
speed madness. The train Is dashed fragments and
in the wreckage than of lives go out miser
ably There isnyesgaton of course but the of
the competitor still stands and that will never do.
Now ocean lines are racing To the average man with
leisure to cross the Atlantic few hours difference can be
of no moment When is this perllous contest to end?
There is limit to the endurance even of machinery The
pressure be made too great for any integrity of
equipment The ship with hundreds aboard would seem
to be excellent thing to protect against this nsdous
mania, which already must be charged with countless
lives and property value beyond all estimate-Phadel-
pha Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
The FIRST HUSBAND. Ventures.

Let me see" said the man who af.
fected knowledge of literature,
wasn't it Shakespeare who said the
evil that men do lives after them, the
good is oft inferred with their bones 2, y
~ don't know" replied the. weary.
looking man, but I'll bet the man who
wrote that was never married to a
widow Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
Good Morning.
DAY dawns, and bids the blushing sky

Sooo morning.
= 1919 slo Dlas .ne plusnhing SKY
=, ~. oa 4. morning
= -! -
ouod morning morn
-, nv nealer nome, peneath the caves
~, NY ena,ied oid maple 8 tenaer ietlves
1 -. salvered IN the midnight rain,
Wv Whisper az my WinaoW-pahe:
-, 5000 morning.!
me genial sun peeps DER the hill
x nv. isasns across my WINDOW Sill.
ny MS qu.yer under sleepy mas.
1ls y the King himself who bids
: rise ana ope the window wide.
NO suh-kissea preezes charge ana
rue
0eralsnt through tne preach IN mer'
Ana s,a .a ~. ..,.p ..,.,. .h,,,..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
Sli,allness,.

The smallest man in the world went
counting. To show how very small he
was. let it be known that he laid neither
$ls-a-dozen roses nor $s-a-pound candy
at the feet of his intended, but only a
quantity of 5-cents-a-paper popcorn.
. OF course he fooled.
IAN impossible fellow" declared
Love, disgustedly, in speaking of the
affair later. There positively wasn't
enough of him to make any kind of a
fool of, so what was to do?"-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

military supervisor at the Western Mil
,itary Academy. has decided that he Will
cast no more votes for president for
fear the fate Of the three he did vote
for might soyertake the fourth. He
voted for Lincoln, Garfield and Nc.
Kinley, his duties In the army pre-
venting him voting for other presl-
dents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
A Dissu.ted Mule.

A Dis9usted Mule.
1t Is said that many animals like the
smell of tobacco smoke horses, partlcu.
larry. A man who had heard this
thought, one day, that he would try
the effect on mule of his, but he
found that 1t is not a safe thing to ex-
pertinent with a mules taste He was
smoking pipe, and 1T occurred to him
that the mule might like to have
sniff of 1t, so he blew cloud of the
smoke into Its nostrils. Evidently that
mule was an exception to the tobacco.
loving animals, for 1t changed ends as
quick as lightning, and let fly with Its
heels, which the rash experimental
missed only by falling fiat on the
ground.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
Up to Date.

"rhese whistllng buoys are very
much out of date" said the girl to her
companion on the steamer sailing in
New York bay.
II don't see anything the matter with
them" replied the young man.
why don't they fix 'em SO they'll
whistle Waiting at the Church. won.
der?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
EQUATORIAL Football.

The football mania is still upon us
to the exclusion of almost all other
games, with the exception of golf and
tennis. In the football league con-
test there are nine teams playing
Penang correspondence of the Straits
Budget.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
"He,. a Brlck.o

Strange to say, the expression, Hes
a brick" which is now used merely az
a bit Of slang, was first used by so dis.
tingufshed writer as Plutarch. He
says that an ambassador from Epirus
came to Sparta, and when Lycurgus
had shown him the city he saw much
to praise and admire, but expressed his
wonder that Sparta had no walls.
Early the next morning he was con-
Quoted out to the field of exercise, near
the city, where the Spartan army was
drawn up. There" said Lycurgus to
the ambassador, 'are the walls Of
Sparta, and every man is brick"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
1t Certainly Is.

ITS certainly great pity" said the
man who occasionally lets out an audi
BILE thought.
whats a great PITY" querled the
party With the rubber habit
"1'hat amateur actors can't see shsnr,
NiySs u sthsfs sss thsaP u
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
TEXTS FOR TELEPHONE USERS.
Passages from Scripture that May
He Held In Annie

TEXTS FOR TELEPHONE USERS.
Passages from Scripture that May
He Held to Apply.
The Company.-Their line is gone out
to all the earth and their words to
the end of the world. Ps. xix a.
Trunk Wires.-Thy land shall be d.
vided by line. Amos vii:17.
The Service-Prepared for an hour,
and day, aud a month, and a
year. Rev. 10.
They were employed in that work
day and night. I. Chron. ix:33.
Monopoly.-We have no might against
this great company. III. Chron. Xxx:
IL.
[ Now, shall this company lick up all
that are round about us? Mum.
xxi "A.
Threatened Competition.-See! There
come people down by the middle
of the land, another company come
along! Judges ix:27.
Information. there any number?
Job xxv:3.
know not the numbers thereof.
Ps. Xxi 10.
Search may be made in the book Of
the records. Ezra iv:16.
He telleth the number. Ps. cxlvil a.
His number is 666. Rev. xiii :18.
understood the number. Dan.
ix:2.
The Call.-When call, answer me
speedily. Ps. cii:2.
called him, but he gave me no an
swer. Cant. We.
Then they waited according to their
order. l. Chron. vi:32.
Call now, if there be any that will
answer thee! Job vi.
Where is the receiver? lisa. xxxiv:
IS.
Let every man be swift to hear and
slow to speak. James i:19.
Thou didst call me. 1. Sam. iii :6.
The Conyersation.-Ca thou and 1, will
answer, or let me speak, md an
swer thou me. Job xiii %.
They could not take hold of his
words. Luke x:26.
Ye have heard my conversation in
time past. Gal. i: %.
Except We utter words easy to be
understood, how shall it be known
what is spoken? for We shall speak.
into the air. 1. Cor. xiv:9.
We use great plainness of speech. II.
Cor. Iii 10.
Except they give distinction in the
sounds, how shall it be known?
l.. Cor. XVII
had rather speak FIVE words with
my understanding than ten thous.
and in an unknown tongue. 1. Cor.
Xiv:19.
The Interruption.-I said in my haste,
II am cut off," Ps. xxi 20.
There is no speech nor language. Ps.
xix:3.
His name should not have been cut
off. lisa. xlviii:19.
If he cut off, and shut up, who can
hinder him? Job. xi 10.
There are so many kinds of voices
In the world. 1. Cor. xiv:10.
Thou nearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence 1T cometh.
John iii:s
Put off the former conversation.
Eph. w %.
will cut him off. Lev. xxvli;1O.
A dreadful sound is in his ears. Job
xy;2l.
The sound of the grinding is low.
Eccles. xii:4.
Who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job xxxyii IS.
Cut off his branches. Dan. ix:4
| Rebuke the company! Ps. xviii 80.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

1t is estimated by the Premier Of
Manitoba that 100000 bushels OF
wheat will be available for expofta,
tion from the Northwestern Provinces
Of ekns4s NJ he close ef ths harvest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

whats you goln' ter be when you
grow up?'
"a soldier"
.srhe enemy'll kill you."
"G'wan I'm gonter be TIL enemy
Cleveland Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
Yours very truly and so fort


The Heavy Father (violentlyl-Now,
see here, Molly, don't let me aArh YOU
and young Dovecot flirting together In
the conservatory again.
Guileless Daughter (demureiy NO.
father; you slaii't.- Bystander.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
WOMEN AS EMPLOYEES.

/NNE Philadelphia corporation recently an
lN nounced its purpose to dismiss all the WON.
IAyv en- in its employ and engage no one of the
49, gentler in the future. Some employers
H34QJUAY interviewed declare that they understand
WH7f&43I and sympathize with the motives of this
action and one Eastern paper remarks that
something of a reaction against the employment of
women In Industry is undoubtedly observable
We are told that not ambitious; that they
think more of marriage as "way OUT Industry than
Of hard work and emulation means Of promotion
and that employers want employees who expect to grow
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
IA. ratal pre.ideutlal vo,,

Owing to the fact that the only pres.
idents he ever had an opportunity of
voting for met With tragic deaths, sfa.
tVr j. n, Morgan, d retired officer OF
ths gnlsa statss sYtayt aud 1t pYsssnt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03

TIES Hnu The FFench people, Tie Court
Cessation does not merely declare the innocence the
unfortunate officer and direct that amends be made; 1t
declares that the crime of which he accused never
existed conclusion that reached long ago by most
disinterested foreign observers of the case
That the decision cuts off the opportunity for another
spectacular trial. with Its recrminatons dgressions
irrelevant matters and general hysteria is something
be thankful for France has queted down. and likely
to accept the decision without disturbance though the
believers In the guilt of Dreyfus will be unconynced
that matter of faith and not of evidence reasoning
Like the Salem witchcraft the Popish plot the ORGY
fus case passes the aienists future as curiosity
in popular decisions.
1t has taken courage the part of the French
ment to bring the to final settlement, and courage
in the Judges render the decision they have For this
they deserve all honor--New York Sun
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-03
About steel Needles.

1t Is said that steel needles were
Invented by the Spanish Moors. Before
their Introduction thorns and fish
bones, the latter with hole pierced
for an eye, were in use. The first nee
dies used in London were made by
Moor in the reign of Henry VIII, and
in Queen Mary's day steel needles were
sold in Cheapside, says Home Chat.
After this time the manufacture in
creased rapidly, many Germans going
to England and establishing needle
works in various places.