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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
HAD NERVE DISORDERS.
Nearly All Famous Characters suf-
fered From Incurabie Diseases.


OF supreme captains of the world
there are but six or seven and scarce
ly one among them exhibits genius
in its healthiest colors. In ambush
for nearly all of them some form of
nerve disorder turks. Grotesque as
the statement seems, epilepsy, mani
fest In greater or less degree, revolves
upon their destinies. Charlemagne the
great and wise captain of the Franks,
who stands for feudal civilization. who
"snatched from darkness all the lands
he conquered" and who reared an en-
pire that no hand but his was able
to control, is almost the sole excep-
ton. What says the bead-roll?
AT 80 Alexander the Great, who had
reckoned himself a god, died during
or just after one of his frenetic
orgies. Caesar, the foremost man Of
the ancient world, had strange con-
vulsions in his later years, and it
may be that the dagger of Brutus
saved him from declining into mad
ness. Marlborough, who was married to
violent woman and whose only son
died in boyhood, was epileptic during
his ten last years of life.
The adventurous and daring Give,
world famous and conqueror of India,
at 40 was decidedly a neuropath. In
his memorable duel with brother Of
ficer he missed his aim, flung away
the weapon, and cried: "Shoot and
be damned! said you cheated and
l say so STILL" Give was passionate,
morbid, equity and an opium eater.
At 40, rich and of unstinted reputa.
ton, he committed suicide.
Wellington was distinctly epileptic.
His fainting fits after Waterloo were
frequent, and it was an attack of
epilepsy that carried him off. The
Romanoffs have been homeopathic for
nearly three centuries, and one OF
the eplleptic fits of Peter the Great
is said to have lasted three days"
Charles v, whose mother was insane,
had fits in his youth, and was equity,
bald and scrofulous. Frederick the
Great (from the face of whose father,
when he took walk, says Macaulay,
every human being fed, reared in
perfect hell of palace had Ger.
tain general unsoundness of mind, TO
which mercy was altogether foreign.
The stock Of Oliver Cromwell was
not overhealthy, and of the neuro-
pathic tendencies of the Protector
himself there is sufficient evidence.
Mohammed-bu let Mohammed rest.
Joan of Arc, the divine girl-woman.
seer and soldier, who came from her
sheepfolds of Lorraine to make vic
torious the oriflamme of France, Joan
heard voices and saw visions and was
kissed, she said, by the celestlals.-
London Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
WHAT A ROY DID.

Jamie Pettigrew was the smartest
boy in our class. Willie Hunter was
real good fellow too, and Willie and
Jamie used to run neck and neck for
the prizes. Either the one or the 9TH
err was always at the top of the class.
Examination day came round, and
we were asked such a lot of pazzling
questions that one by one, we all
dropped off till, Just as we expected,
the first prize lay between Jamie and
Willie.
shall never forget how astonished
We were when question after question
was answered by Willie, while Jamie
was silent; and Willie took the prize.
went home with Jamie that after
noon, for our roads lay together; but,
instead of being cast down at losing
the prize, he seemed rather to be
mighty glad. couldn't understand it.
why JAMIE" said, you could
have answered some of those qIes-
tons; know you could"
''Of course, l could" he said with
light laugh.
Then why didn't you?" asked.
He wouldn't answer for a while, but
| kept pressing and pressing him till
at last he turned round with such a
strange, kind look in his bonnie
brown eyes.
Look here" he said, chow could I
help it? There's poor Willie. His
mother died last week; and, if it had
MT been examination day he wouldn't
have been at school. Do you think l
was going to be so mean as to take
prize from a fellow who had just lost
his mother?"-Sunday School Advo-
cate,
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the nations in the light of strivngs for economical advan
age, rather than for power and glory The time
coming when asute neurologst is going to teach
the historian that only and desnies of
nations have depended rulers and statesmen whose
nerves too hopeessy deraDged to permit either
their feelings or thoughts normal expression.
One consolation surely remains from such study As
understand the nervous limitations of others we come
into sympathy with them certainly when their troubles
were In no way of their seeking or making Some
of the AFFECT of characters like Louis XII of France
for example neurocs deserving pity quite as much
blame
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

than to Intellectual sentimental arrangements however
much they distress the mind
10 be In good health we should feel good If we do
not feel good something has wrong The study of
diseases in modern times has brought curious
pathological interpretations of character.
An oculst of repute in Philadelphia has written book
In which he shows how many Of the miseres authors
were due to troubles which the medical science of
their day had not recognized diseases at all. One
begins to understand the of Milton for example who
not in bis home the would like believe him
to be from reading his majestic
Only nowadays when the pace of twentieth century
Is bringing and of us Into neurasthenia or
nervous prostraton we are coming to understand how
real and how terrible the obscure troubles which may
leave man in seemingly robust health almost hope
less invalid With every vital organ In the best con
dton something happens to the tiny faments which
connect these with the brain and with another,
not only is state of acute misery induced but char
acter and disposition changes absolutely and always
the worse.
Karl Marx taught the historians to read thu
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
PICTURE OF JAPAN.

The Youths Companion gives Prof.
Morse as the authority for this touch
ing sketch of japanese treatment Of
other forms of life:
Birds build their nests in the city
houses; wild fowl, geese, and ducks
alight in the public parks; wild deer
trot about the streets. He had actu-
ally been followed by wild deer in the
streets nibbling melon-rind out of his
hand as tame as calves and lambs on
our farms. A dog goes to sleep in the
busiest streets: men turn aside so as
not to disturb him. One day a beauti-
full huron alighted on limb of 4
tree, and the busy, jostling throng
stopped. No one attempted to injure
the bird, but several began sketchlng
I,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
The Little sister.

& = I -
When days are dreariest,
When the nights are long,
Sudden on the creakfng stair
Sounds her careless song;
Sudden on the darkened sill
Z Falls a footstep free,
And the little sister comes
Back again to me.
Blithe and gay and jubilant,
All her words jest,
Laughter on her merry lips,
You upon her breast,
Happy dreams within her eyes.
Daring days to be-
30 the little sister comes
Back again to me.
And she hath the eyes l lid
When the world was new,
And she hath the heart had
When the world was true.
And my very name she bears
All, 30 close our tie!
Just the little sister now
Who one day was l.
Strange that she who knew no tears
So my tears should wake;
Strange her very happiness
My own heart should bTeak.
Oh, so other than myself,
Two. yet one, are we
Little sister of my age
Comes she back to me.
Not wistful ghost she comes
Better so. perchance-
But with lips too fain to sing,
Feet too fain to dance.
And l turn my eyes from her
eyes she must not see)-
When the little sister comes
Back again to me.
IL, Theodore Garrison.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
GRANTS ROY ADMIRERs,

An intimate friend of President
Grant said to him one day, General,
my little boy has heard that all great
men write poor hands; but he says he
believes you are a great man in spite
of the fact that you write your sigma
ture so plainly that anybody can read
it,"
The President took card from his
pocket, wrote his name on it. and
handed it to him.
"Give that to your boy" he said,
"and tell him it is the signature of a
man who is not at all great, bat that
the fact must be kept secret be-
tween him and me. Christian Regis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
How He Remembered II.


When they met on Chestnut street
after some months in which they hadn't
seen each other the one chap told the
other he had taken a little house in
Germantown and was there with his
lares, penates and coal bill. "Come up
and see me some evening-any even
Ing. We're rarely out, you know, and,
then, we have telephone, so you can
let us know when you're coming"
~ suppose your name is In the tele.
phone directory?" queried the other.
well, no, not yet, as we've just got
the telephone, but our number isis
really it's funny, but just this minute
l can't-it's something like Ding
1t all, It's strange forget that num-
Der, for just on purpose multiplied it
by two and divided the result by four,
SO as to enable me to remember 1t, and
l can't recall the first thing about it.
Ever know the like? I'll write YOU the
number. Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

After reaching the opposite bank.
the horse had to locate the town, and
when he got to it, make his way the
whole length of city of twenty
thousand inhabitants to his home.
Probably the old horse had never
swan stroke before in his life. How
did he know he could get home by
water, when he had always crossed
the river by bridge before?-Alice NJ.
harrington, in the Christian Endeavor
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
BENeAL's PREMIER PRINCE.
Ruler over 100000 People l. onl:

Ku1er Over 2,OOO,OOO People Is Only
81 Years Old.
Mahtab Ill. Maharajah Admiral of
Rurdwan has come into public notice
because of his recent elevation to the
throne of Burdwan, thus becoming the
premier noble of Bengal and the ruler
of 100000 people at the age of %.
This youth, whose official title is Ma
harajah Adhiraj Bijay Chund Mahtab
Bahadur, succeeded the late ruler of
Burdwan III 1887. He was the adopted
son of his predecessor on the throne.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A man who deserted his wife in the
town of Wigton, Scotland, gave the
court as one of his reasons for the
desertion that his wife had punctured
the tire of his bicycle forty-two times
With 2 hatgig,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

No merchant can succeed without advertising In one
another Patronze your town papers, build them
up and they will build the town and build you up In
creased trade and greater opportunities. Do not be
afraid that business is going be hurt by the recent
exposures of wrongdong in the commercial world No
who is doing honest business can be injured bv
the light All business will be better for the cleansing
1t is going through and the stamping out of
evil.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

md a free sanskrit college and girls
school at Burdwan.
The prince also maintains at a great
cost annually many temples Mt Burd-
wan ana kalna. AT these the poor are
fed daily. He also supports aims
houses where rice and flour are dis
tributed daily to all who apply.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A twenty-year-old number of Spur
geon's magazine, Sword and Trowel,
says: "In Cromwell's day the royal
lists first called the liberals wings,
taking the first letter of each word in
their motto. We hope in God and
forming them Int this weFdl"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

The town council of southend, Eng
land, has denied license to an ON.
nibus company because the town owns
the street car system, the business of
which might be interfered with by the
buses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

10
organizing imperial army 1t is that there are at
present ten divisions or 10000 men, properly equipped
and trained by foreigners 1t hoped that within the
next ten years the numbers will mount up to half mil.
on Enlistment is voluntary and for three years with
the coiors after which the soldier passes into the first
and second Recruits carefully chosen after
period of probation They must be between 20 and %
years of age five feet five inches tall able to lift
weight of $50 pounds. No opium smoker is accepted
any who cannot get recommended by the head
CT the village.
If Chinese soldiers have many occasions fought so
badly that the army to be considered negligible
quantity this simply because they badly fed and
badly led But 1t is not true that they have always
fought badly At Tentsn six years ago they were not
more in numbers than Its defenders and they nearly
took the city. And the admirable way in which Chinese
then worked their guns surprised every one
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
A HAPPY DAY

Two little girls, in gowns of blue;
Two little boys, with blouses new;
Foar little spades, to dig the sand;
One little pail for each right hand.
Now, if we put all these together,
And add blue skies and sunny wealth
er.
The yellow sand and the ripping sea,
What do they make? Pray tell to me.
All! you need not count. That's not
the way
To find out the sum of a happy day.
e. M. Morris.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

conscience held court with memory prosecutor Had
this that been done the dear life might been
spared We recall in minute detail treatment those
who are gonethe sins of commission in hasty, unthnk
Ing, unmeaning words sins of omission in endless
opportunities of kindness lost The worst Of all regrets
remain and it makes purgatory for mans thoughts
and secret life
1t is right to condemn sin and right to condemn the
sinner; 1t is right also that he should for the
thing he did and also suffer. What is not necessary by
any standard of morality is that long afterwards
he should still be hanging his head In disgrace and juds
Ing himself to be eper out of society. man
not turn his back upon his past and begin self
respect and the respect of his fellow menu Society by
sound instinct requires to prove his repentance
by his works. society also by sound Instinct If he is
repentan refuses rake up the past and fling in his
face. Why should not humbly but boldly forgive
himself If his fellows have forgiven him, may one
not add without preaching II the Eternal has promised to
forgive the repentant why should that sinner be
more righteous than God?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
stale Brnin.

OF course there is no future for stale
brains or for a man who stands still
and ceases to grow. He is old who
thinks he is old and useless who thinks
he is useless. When man has ceased
to grow he begins to die, and many
people are half dead at so. not because
of their nge. but because of their men.
tai attitude, because of the way they
face life:-Success Magazine.
Every bore thinks be Is pestered by
q l0t ct bgEss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Miss Lizzie Johnson, the "shut-in,"
who lives in Casey. H., is reported to
have earned over $4,000 for missions
by the sale of bookmarks which she
has made.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
PATRoN1zE YOUR HOME STORES.
BY Gov. Joseph w. Folk

We are proud of our splendid cities,
and wewant them to increase inwealth
and population, but we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. l do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If place is good
enough for man to live in and to
make his money In, it is good enough
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
Ill FEELING AND ILL HEALTH.
BY Wallace Rice.

When we have been deliberately guilty of
excuses in food or drink and awake the next
day with feeling that everything has gone
wrong, few of us are self-deceirng or iypocrit-
zeal enough to lay the blame for III feelings over
to anything but self-induced i'll health. But we
have not progressed so far that most of us real
lie that almost all blueness, moroseness, lam
|guor and ndisposition are rather due to bodily
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
REORGANIZATION OF THE CHINESE ARMY.

ny NV. II y. 1IdFUys
Thinking of the 4oo0ooooo Inhabitants of
China and of the wonderful resources of the
country, Napoleon said at ST. Helena when
China is moved 1t will change the face of the
globe" Well. China is moved with vengeance
for past bad treatment, and some will have
cause to regret that sleeping dogs were not al
lowed to lie
China has recently started an army connnil 70.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A citizen isn't necessarily worthless
just because bis wife is worth more
than he Is,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

The sea monster pictured here sighted
N"ha IN longitude
e eighteen 10 twenty inches from the water 1t had large
in
water The Nalhala which
the monster sighted The
naturalist to Lord Cawofs
hala Daedan ,eba
Aug g. 1S4S, off the Of " -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
sELF-REspEcT CAN BE RECLAIMED.

Some people are bag ridden by the future
the things that are going to happen-other peo-
pie are hag ridden by the past-the things
which have happened. 1t Is common to remon-
strate with people about vain anxiety, but little
is said about vain regret. Yet the darkest mis-
cry of life is remorse for the things which have
been and which cannot be changed.
No one has ever list q nersnn he loves hut his
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-27
la GreaGiOn de Otra Cote de DistritO.
PaFsce que sera in heehO.

Parece un hecho la creaci6n de otra
Corte en- este Distrito de San Juan. Bien.
Haee falta. Sobre la que hay pesa mucho
trabajo.
Como ha de dividirse el existente 81
que Sc ofrezca?
Green unos que un juez debe conocer de
10 civil yzotro de 10 criminal, (felonies,
delitos mas graves y las apelaciones en- los
naisdenaeanors, delitos menos graves, de que
conocen los jueces municipales y de paz
del distrito)
Otros entienden que 10 criminal, por 81,
es POGO trabajo y debe aumentarse con los
asuntos er-parte 8 de jurisdiction volunta-
ria (que no son pocos Otros son de pa
reeer que el juez que conozca de las eau
sas puede conocer tambien de los pleitos
en- que sea parte ell Pueblo de Puerto Rico
(que no son muchos.
Otros opinan que deben repartirse, uno
por uno, entire los jueces tanto las causas
criminales como los pleitos, de suerte que
sea equitativo ell trabaio Nos hacemos
eco de esos rumores, q titulo de informa-
ci6n. Entendemos que va que Sc va q
crear otra Corte, debe distribuirse el ira
bajo de modo que la justicia pueda admi-
nistrarse rapidamerte.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-27
H AR
Ola
Antes desnIes De "a ReV0Iucian.
Pafsse gus ahafa les II maloI


No deia de ser curiosa III observation de
I'M colega frances sobre 81 desarrolIo de Ia
aristocracia en aquella Rep1blica despues
De 4 Revoluci6n, que principalmente se
diTigfa contra IA nobleza. Antes de Ia no.
che del famoso 4 de agosto habfa en- Franz
cia, 23s prfncipes y duques, en- Ia actua-
idad existen 460
All final del siglo XVIII, estimaba La
voisier que el nlimero dc mobiles no exec.
dia de $4,000 personas, de las cuales, ana
dfa solamente 1898 estahan en- condicio-
mes de tomar les armas. Segtin los anua-
rios especiales exisfen en- la actualidad mas
de 100000 con tftulos nobiliarios
Respecto de Ia fortunaide Isl aristocracia
es tambien notable que en- la epoca en- que
era omnipotente era diez Yeces menos rica
que ahora. Ia mayor fortuna del siglo
XVIII era Ia de Ia sGrande Mademoise.
lie hiia del dnque de Orleans y de Mad.
MontpensieT, que aacendfan & 2.500, 600
frances de renta, seg1n el Yalor actual de
la moneda. Hoy Sc euentan veinte fortu-
nas que pasan de aquella cifra entire In
aristocracia. 5Qui6n dira, por ejempIo, ia
fortuna de los dos duques pontifcios de re-
ciente fecha, de Loubet y de Ia Sale de
Rochermure?
Isl Ia CanciIlerfa francesa, dice el cita-
do colega, ha dejado secar sus tinteros y
rehusa los pergaminop, las Cancillerfas ex-
tranjeras Y la pontifcia Sc muestTan mas
espl6ndidas. Ciento ounce amos despues
de Ia Revolution que aboli6 los tftulos y
los privilegios, q aristocracia Sc encuentra
dos veces mas numerosa y diez veces mas
rica.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-27

dos Unidos y Sc espera el informe del inge-
micro de Ia ciudad para pedirlas.
Mafana hay jarana en- el Casino, la
que resultara muy animada.
-Continua enferma de cuidado la nina
Aurora saldafia CTosas.
En- un tren especial de ferrocarril fue-
ron aver 4 la Carolina un buen numero de
los ''touristas" Hegados agar esta capital.
Les acompa16 el senior gobernador
La gran falta de maderas que Sc nota
en- el mercado de esta ciudad ha retardado
un POGO las obras del teatro; pero los pi-
SOS del salon y galerfas del primero y Sc
gundo piso han quedado teTminadas va, y
en- el plazo fiado sera entregado el edif-
clio. El ingeniero senior Rodriguez ha ira
bajado con verdadero empeno para reali-
zar en- el mas breve plazo las reparaciones
acordadas que equivalen reformar Ia
parte interior del Teatro casi completa-
mente
Sc asegura que una companfa, por
acciones y con capital puertorriqu tra-
ia de construir un gran hotel en- las ceEca-
MAS del edifcio que ocupa la escuela in-
dustrial, en- Puerta de TERRA.
LA marina de guerra de los Estados
Unidos usa las bombillas 'Sterling Spe-
cial. Representa- una gran economic
por su buena luz y larga duraci6n. Uni
CO dep6sito para Il venta en- Puerto Rico,
Sociedad An6nima de Luz Electrica, San
JuQn Puerto Rico.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-27
OBSERVATION NES
aCerCa del artiCuIO EI azuCal,
carbon del musCuIO',, repTOdu-
CidO pOr Ia Correspondence, :
del periOdicO ''EI Mes Te-
TapeutiCO.

Nuestros campesinos trabajadores en- la
cafia de azdcar, toman como desayuno una
taxa de cafe cualquier otra infusion, por
10 com6n muy edulcorada con azticar, y
parten para su cuotidiana labor, de cuya
faena Sc retiran la tarde, la mayor parte
de elIos sin tomar otro alimento en- la 6po-
pa del corte que chupGr durante 50 tarea
trozos de cana, seguramente de los mas
dulces Sus fuerzas musculares y su con-
tfnua movilidad por el ejercieio que est6n
sometidos lejos de decaer Sc sostienen, de-
bido este sin duda alguna, en- vista 10
que manifesto Ell doctor Bonnette los
experimentos obserYaciones del captain
Steinitzer Ia sacarina que ingieren, cHit-
pandO trozos de CANA DE AZUCAR.
Las hormigas comunes, insectos hime-
n6pteros heteroginos, que como todos sabe-
mos son tan golOsas al sazicar, siendo fac
tible suponer que sea su alimentaci6n mas
frecuente no es sorprendente en- animal
tan pequeno y raquftico, su relativa fuerza
muscular para cargar y trasportar gran
des distancias, con movilidad asombrosa,
los acopios que hacen para determinados
sitios?
Tambi6n un estudioso m6dico de este
pueblo, amigo milo muy estimado, me ha
lefdo en- "El Monitor Terapeutico, afio
1904, un artfculo en- que Sc refere que CO.
madronas notables de Parfs-las que Sc
citan-solfan aplicar las parturientas
para activar las contracciones uterinas y
facilitar Ell parto la expulsion de las Sc
co,adinas, terrones de azdcar; pracedimien-
to que les daba resultados satisfactorios y
10 que fu6 comprobado por un c6lebre me
dico de dicha capital fIancesa; esta es otra
prueba de Ia virtud del aztcar como ener-
g6tico muscular.
Phi CIR.
Rio Grande. Enero 20. 1905.