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The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25
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The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25

Don't forget the election Tues day, November 6.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25
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 The actual average circulation for ST issues in 1904 was IOS0, the net gain for the year 1908 being 4OI, or 27A per cent.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-10-25
To the Land Owners of Faulkner County:

We have the following to submit for your consideration:
 You have invested, say Snooo. in a home You bought the land when it was very cheap or from some one who did get it that way and no particular attention was paid to the title-it wasn't customary to pay much att tentiOn to that. If anyone else had a claim on the land they didn't assert it because the land was not worth lawsuit Now it is. As it increases in value there will be greater inducement for those who might have claims to press their suit.
 1T you happen to want to borrow money on the property, no business man will make loan without knowing the title is good.
 If you want to sell no one wants to buv without an abstract
 If you are going to keep the place you should arrange so that you will never be dis turbed in your possession.
 You had mighty good attorney to draw the papers? Perhaps so; still there might be something wrong
 prominent attorney of Conway re- marked to us sometime ago, that e'the onlv thing that makes titles good in this county is that people don't know they are bad
 An abstract which can be made now more satisfactor fly than year from now will show you how the file ls while nothing else will The cost based on tbe number of transfers, is small Isn't it worth vorr A tention2 Wouldn't it be better to spend six or eiobt dollars making sure than to the risk of losing alI7
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
THEY ARE VERY UGLY.


The Korean Women Arc the IIOmelf-
est Ia the World.
think tile assertion may safely be
made that the women of Korea are
the most unattractivc in the world.
One of my chief occupations during my
stay in the little Hermit Kingdom has
been making diiigent search for II
passaby pretty face. have failed 70
find one. 1t is not that they haven't
pretty eyes. They have-eyes of soft
est brown tind gentlest expression. 1t
is not that their features are coarse or
irregular, for, while this may be true
of many, It is not by any means true
Of all, and l have caught glmpses of
as delicately nodded features at Seoul
as in any other part of the world.
But the Korean woman is just ugly.
She may have fine eyes. she may have
pretty little nose and mouth and 9th
CIR features that in themselves; are not
ut all unattractive, but rs she is put
together and us her mental life has
made her she is ugly.
One doesn't ordinarily see much of
the women of the better class in this
strange little land; but, being admitted,
as have been, to the imperial palaces
and several houses of high degree,
have been ut least able to receive i'm
pressions. The women who are to be
seen on the streets of the cities are
usually slaves or servants Of Il low or
der: but, whatever they are. they, each
and every one of them. look as IL they
had hurried out into the street without
taking time to dress themselves prop.
erly.-Ladies' Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

liayA.u!44 face settled into stern
lines. Jack, don't want to be mixed
UP in another mans fight. We are on
good terms with our hands-theyre a
lot of cantankerous American citizens
anyway and can't be coerced. l warn
you not to monkey with our plant"
Munro laughed. "I'll fight shy, old
man, SO far as I'm concerned, but these
dagocs and Poles are getting watch
eyed, and if they stampede they'll run
over somebody. You don't believe in
me and my cowboys, but the time may
come when you'll see that I'm about
the onS commander in this camp"
II see that now, Jack That's why
Pm talking to you. But you've start
ed on n line of action that means war
with organized society. You had no
call to join those jackasses who ran
Mackay out of camp. 1t was none O.
your funeral-had nothing to do with
the question Of wages"
Munro grinned. HE was such an
ape"
Eyes, but it started you wrong. Now,
/ don't know who blew up the shaft
house, but If you do your best plan is
to cut those outlaws out and turn them
back to the authorities"
II don't know thing. OF course the
union had nothing 10 do with it. It
was done by few hotheads full of
peaches. These mine owners have got
to give up their nine hour scheme.
We've got 'em dead to rights, for
can drive every nonunion man out of
camp If necessary, and my advice to
you Is, have your men march up and
sign our rolls double quick"
''They can do as they please about
that. will bring no pressure to bear
on them, but I'd like to ask you as n
friend not to make it any harder than
you can help for Kelly & Raymond.
We've got all we can stagger under
now, and the worst thing that can hap
pen to us is delay. We've opened our
vein, and We're going to buy in our
mine inside of six weeks If nothing
prevents"
Raymond walked on to his cabin
with a heavier heart than he had car
ried since he left Barnett's home. Part
of this was due to Munro's warning,
but the larger part Of it sprang from
his meeting with Peabody, who was
not at all the sort of citizen he had ex-
pected AIMS eastern lover to be. He
was man Of power, dignity and de-
cision, not an crratic idler like Barnett
and his air of quiet authority sprang
from a strong personality securely
placed in the world.
Louis came back to the cabin with a
sly smile on his face. What did you
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
DIVISIONS, OF TIME.



and Ycnrs.
A 'solar day" is measured by the ro-
tation of the earth upon its axis and is
of different lengths. owing TO the clip
ITCHY of the earth's orbit and other
causes, but a mean solar day" is
twenty -four hours long, us reckoncd by
the timepieces.
An astronomical day commences at
noon and is counted from the first to
the twenty-fourth hour. A '.civil day"
commences ut midnight and is count
ed from the first to the twelfth hour,
and then again commences with one
and finishes With twelve. A nautical
day" is reckoned the same rs the "civil
day." only that the reckoning is begun
ut noon instead of at midnight.
A calendar month" varies from
twenty-eiglit to thirty-one days. A
"mean lunar month" is twenty-nine
days, twelve hours, forty four minutes,
two and two-thirls seconds. A year
is divided into 365 days. A solar
year." which is the time occupied by
the sun in passing from one normal
equinox to the other. consists of 3G4-
24244 days, which is equal to 800 days,
s hours, 4S minutes, 4053G seconds.
A Julian year" is 3G5 days even. A
"Gregorian year" is 3G5.2425 days
The error i'll the Gregorian mode of
time reckoning amounts to but one day
In each 3,5T1 years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

to talk with you," he hurried on. 81
want you to go back with me, Ann, as
my wife. can't go back alone.
have missed you horribly. Dear girl,
answer me, are you ready to go?"
Ann remained silent, her mind run
ming over for the hundredth time the
advantages, the duties involved, while
his plea proceeded, earnest and manly,
but leaving her cold. 1t permitted her
to calculate, to criticise. He had much
to give her. He was mar of large
income, of unquestioned power, and his
home was spacious. She liked him,
she respected him very highly, she ad-
mircd him, but
The girls dream was not yet faded
out Of her soul. She hoped-faintly,
foolishly hoped-for n return Of the
glow, the mystery, the flooding, trans
forming power of love that was more
than respect, more than honor and ad-
miration.
She found herself saying: II know,
Wayne we seem suited to each other
all our friends would say so-but I'm
not SO sure OF 1t. 1t is silly in me, but
| am still wanting to be sure. don't
care for you as ought to do. Pm no
longer schoolgirl; know what mar
riage means, and unless l can feel diff
ferently from the way do now shall
not marry"
"Have you met any one else who
rouses this other-emotion?'
She flushed. II don't know. l am
not sure"
He sank back in his chair, heavy and
inert. The muscles of his cheeks droop-
cd, giving him the aspect of man of
fifty. Don't throw yourself away.
Ann, for Gods sake, assert your COM
mon sense! If you cannot come to my
home, don't waste your beauty, your
culture, on some savage. 1t hurts me
to see you out here living among these
sordid mem
She interrupted him. "There is an
other ineXplicable thing. This life has
interested me. 1t has developed in me
a capacity for physical effort that I
didn't know ! had. 1t will seem alb
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
A Good Eater

When Gustavus of Sweden was be-
sieging Prague, II boor of extraordi-
nary aspect gained admittance to his
tent and offered, by way of amusing
his majesty, to devour Il large hog i'll
his presence. Old General Konigs-
marck, who, was in attendance, at once
suggested that the man with the Car
gantuan appetite should he burned as
n witch, whereupon the Door, whose
feelings were hurt Us this observation
exclaimed, IF your majesty will bu;
make that old gentleman take OFF his
sword and spurs. will eat him before
l begin the pig" This was accom-
panied by such "hideous expansion
of the jaws and mouth" that the gen
eral, though he had given his proofs
on many IL field, turned pale and fed
incontinently to his tent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

surd to you, but have grown to love
sweet, little, patient Mrs. Kelly. like
grand old Matt. l like the rude walls
and the handmade stoves as Matt
calls the fireplaces''-
"And the tall young miner?" Peabody
suddenly interrupted to ask, and, lean
ing toward her, 4 flash of insight in
his eyes, "Or is it the handsome. dare
devil Munro?"
A swift flush rose to her face, she
lost speech, her eyes fell. "Yes-Il
like them, too" she said. "They inter
est me, They are vital. unconvention-
al, real.'
III this swift interchange of highly
emotionaliZed thought they had forgot
|'ten where they sat and all knowl-
edge of time had failed them Ann
glanced at the c!oc!; ans! rose. but Pea
body said: please don't go! We will
never have IL mere important subject
to discuss" She sank back into her
chair and he went on quite calmly, his
eyes very grave AMI sweet. Ann, l
want you TO be happy. l am not the
kind of lover who would make his
bride captive to hef own sorrow"
She shook her head sadly, but de-
.isively. You do not understand me,
out no matter. This you must under
stand. l admire you, and like you,
but as feel now / can never marry
you. I'm sorry, but you must 90 back
Alone"
He took his dismissal quietly, but he
suffered. His voice was tremulous
With passionate regret rs he bowed
over her hand. 81 accept your verdict,
Ann, and can only hope that your
new light may not lead you into
slough of despond."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
THE OYSTER.
1t Was Eaten by Riparian Man Thou
snntls of Yeurn Arc.

II Was Eaten by Riparian Man Thou
sands of Years Ago.
1t was Dean Swift who remarked
that ''he was bold man that first ate
an oyster" but neither Dean Swift nor
any other lover of good eating has been
able to find records of any time, how
ever ancient. when oysters were not
eaten, while there Is ample proof that
thousands of years ago riparian man
not only consumed these bivalves, but
was very fond Of them. Thus the
"kjoekkenmoedtin-e or Kitchen ref
use" along the Scandinavian coasts
exhibits huge hills Of oyster shells from
which prehistoric men ate this succu-
lent mollusk at their feasts in the days
Of Thor and Odin. There is, of course,
an interesting tradition which relates
how, in those prehistoric days man
clad in the skins of wild BEASTS ran
barefooted along the shore of the sea.
Suddenly he caught his foot in an oys-
ter shell, which, as 1t instantly closed
upon him, caused him SO much pain
that he seized stone to dislodge the
strange foe that chung to him so tena-
ciously. After accomplishing his pur-
pose he raised his hand, moist with the
juice of the oyster, to his lips. with re-
suits that were SO pleasing to his palate
that he promptly proceeded to eat the
entire bivalvc. Thus, it is said, did
man first discover the gustatory de-
lights contained within an oyster shell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
HEDGEhOGS.
Venom of the Most Poisonous Snakes
Does Not Affect Them,

Does Not Affect Them.
An interesting fact about hedgehogs
that perhaps not many persons know
is that the bites of even the most poi
sonous serpents have no effect on them
whatever. Mr.. LEM, Il naturalist. once
watched fight between a hedgehog
and a viper and gives most interest
ing description of it. He says that
when the hedgehog came near the
snake she began to smell it, for the
sight of these animals Is SO poor that
they depend almost entirely OIL the
sense of smell, and then she seized Its
head with her teeth.
In a moment the snake had freed it
self and, darting ut the hedgehog, bit
1t several times, but the little animal
did not seem to mind tie bites Mt all,
and when the snake was tired out with
Its efforts she again seized its head,
which she ground beneath her teeth,
poisonous fangs and all Then she de-
voured almost the whole of its body.
NJ. LEM also tells of Il pet hedgehog
that lie kept In his house in n large
box. Several times he put some adj
ders into the box. which the hedgehog
did not seem to fear ut all. but ut
tackled them iiercely and, as in the case
Of the other. was never in the least af-
fected by their poisonous bites.
\ man who had Il pet hedgehog
in his possession for long time Says
that he had often seen 1t throw itself
OF the top OF n wall fourteen feet In
height. Without pausing n moment II
would contract itself into n soft, fluffy
ball and fall to the ground so lightly
that almost Immediately it would un-
fold itself and run off.-Chicago Chron.
in1a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

A certain sultan one morning COM
manded his prime minister to take Il
census Of all the stupid people in his
empire and let him have the correct
list. The vizier set to work, and ut the
head of the list, which was II very long
one. he placed the name of his sover-
eign. The latter happened to be in a
good humor and merely inquired how
he came to merit that distinction.
Sire" the minister replied. ~ have
entered you Oh III, list because only
two days ago you intrustcd large suns
of money. for the alleged purpose of
buying horses abroad. to II couple OF
men who are entire strangers and who
will never come back a"ain."
rs that your opinion? But suppose
they do!"
''Then l will erase your name and
place theirs ut dle head OF the LIST"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

think of Mr.. Peabody? Darn him, he's
here to get Ann to go back to New
York. l don't go, tell you thaty"
Maybe she won't goY'
I'm afraid she WILL" the boy gloom
lily replied. lies got some kind of
drag on her. He's been trying to get
her, oh. a long time"
Itaymond's voice was calm as he ask
ed, what is his businessY
Lawyer. He's rich too. Ann wants
us both to come over to the Kellys' to
dinner. don't want to go. Do your?
She's the captain" answered Ray
mond. Il reckon we'd better spruce
up BIT"
ut makes me tired" the boy went on
Il wanted her to marry you, and then
we could all live out here"
A half hour later Ann knocked. "Is
any one ut home"
Raymond flung open the door. ave
are all ut home"
Ann introduced Peabody, who stood
by her side, and the two men shook
hands rather coldly while she said to
Raymond: Can you take care Of Mr..
Peabody for the night, and will you
come over to dinner? You need have
no more scruples, now that Woo is
with u.s."
AT the dinner table Ann studied the
two men with highly amused interest.
Peabody, easy, assured and calmly toll
Grant, did the talking. while Raymond
listened, little sullcnly it seemed to
Ann. The New Yorker was most I'D
mirable In his consideration for Mrs.
Kelly and his interest in everything
about him, and yet he did not stir the
one he hoped to please. He had always
been commonplace to her and was con-
spicuously SO here on the mountain top.
Peabody did not attempt to conceal
his intimate relationship with Ann, and
every tone Of his voice when addressing
her was torture to Raymond, who be-
gan to talk at last In self defense, i'd
dressing himself to Mrs. Kelly as his
hostess, leaving Ann free to listen NJ
reservedly to her eastern sutton. The
girl understood this mood in Rob, and
it touched her.
AS they all rc-entcred the bungalow
Peabody rubbed his hands together in
delight. ''By Jovu. this is something
like! This chimney carries me back
to my hunting lodge in the Maine
woods" He was ip the midst of
story when Il knock at the door an
nounced visitor.
Come I'M" shouted Raymond, and
Munro entered, entirely at his ease,
graceful. jocose, making no account Of
the looks of surprise on the faces of
Raymond and his guests.
"Remain where you are!" he called.
"The house is entirely surrounded and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

For genuine stomach ache-that is,
pain in the true stomach-you must
blame tile digestion. If the pain often
occurs one may be sure that serious
state of chronic Indigestion obtains.
Then of course it is very necessary to
take advice directed to that one case.
But for solitary attack there is moth
Ing better than getting rid of the stom-
.ach contents. They cannot possibly do
good and may greatly upset the sys-
TEN. Warm salt and water is simple
domestic emetic. When there are acid
risings and burnings in the throat q
teaspoonful of bicaroonate Of sodium
in water, taken in divided doses, may
be tried.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
MOMENTS SENSES.
They Are, 1t Ii Said. Less Acute Than
ThOKe of Men.

rney Are, IL In said, Less Acute Than
Thoxe of Men.
The man, when his tooth was pulled,
yelled hoarsely The next patient, IL
woman, bore tine pain of three eXtrac
tons with silent fortitude.
Yes" said the dentist, women en-
dure the pargs of tooth pulling better
than men, but they deserve no praise
ON this account. They feel the pain
less. Experiments have frequently
been made to test the acuteness of the
masculine and feminine senses. A
series of experiments We're made in
New York city, and they Were interest
ing and conclusive.
FIRST, taste was tried. The male
subjects could detect In water the
presence of the sixtieth part OF II grain
of gall. The women couldn't distin-
guish the gall In smaller quantity
than the twentieth of n grain. The
mems taste was three times keener
than the women's.
Next, smell. The men smelled the
presence of the hundredth part of Il
grain of prussic acid The women
We're unconscious OF the acid till Il
quantity five times greater was set be-
fore them. In smell the men We're
five times the women's superiors.
"AIen heard n watch ticking Mt dis
lance of ten yards; women could only
hear 1t ut II distance of two yards. The
males again. YOU see, were five times
the better 1t was the same thing with
sight and with touch. The men saw
| five times better They felt five times
more keenly and delicately.
"These experiments explain in WI,
the apparent anomaly of woman's won
drous fortitude to pain. Woman's
senses being less acute, she is less af-
fected by pain than man."-EXchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
Two Handles.

Everything has two handles-the one
soft and manageable, the other such as
will not endure 10 be touched. If, then.
your brother do you an injury, do not
take it by the hot hard handle, by rep
resenting to yourself all the aggravat-
ing circumstances of the fact, but look
rather on the soft side and extenuatc
1t as much as is possible by consider
ing the nearness OF the relation and the
long friendship and familiarity be-
tween you-obligations to Kindness
which single provocation ought not
to dissolve. And thus you will take the
accident by its manageable handle
Epictetus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
fro BE Continued
A GOOD IDEA OF SPACE.
1t Is Given by Contemplation of tn.
Star Sigma DrncOnin.

1t In Given by II Contemplation of the
Star Sigma DracOnin.
Stars or planets are said to be Elk
ed" when they are separated from us
by distance SO great that Il change
in their orbits makes no perceptible
difference in their positions, even
though such fixed" bodies may travel
an orbit 100,000,000 miles in circum-
ference in the course of Il year. These
fixed" stars may be only Il few paltry
millions Of miles away or they may be
billions or even trillions of miles from
the pygmy planet upon which we have
our being. The most distant Of all the
orbs, as far as astronomers know, is
the fixed star Sigma Draconis, which Is
separated from us by a distance so
great that millions and billions of
miles are only as inches and feet COM
pared to the miles which intervene be-
tween our earth and the sun. Astron-
omers are noted for their propcnsities
for indicating stellar distances with
robust and well developed strings Of
figures, but in the case Of Sigma ORA
conis the distance Is SO great that fig
ures fail to give any conception what
ever
Light travels ut the rate of 1S6,330
miles per second, and, reckoning the
day ut twenty-tllrce hours fifty-six
minutes and four seconds in length
and the year at 3G5H days, an astro-
nomical light year will equal 1861, OGG.-
1890 miles. The above figures, which
represent the distance which light will
travel III a year. when multiplied by
120 give us the distance to Sigma Ora
conis, or, in other words and figures,
that star is 100 light years, or 75GO00,-
COO, Geo OO0,02O,0oO miles, from us! If
Sigmn had been blotted out Of existence
before our Revolutionary war began,
its light would still be shining as
though the star were yet in place!