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The daily sentinel., 1906-10-25
INSULT TO WORKINGnEN

most gratutous insult rendered working of
this city and last OF
Republican
The Sentinel Judge stevens had earned
splendid position he occupied through his Com
menting further this
and in blacksmith shop
education. =
Last night that commenting the humble ori
says: (meaning a
A PLACE A SUCCESSFUL.
PUGLIsT TO BEGIN HIS CAREER BUT IT is NOT CON
sIDERED A PROPER PLACE FROM A LEGAL STAND
sITIoNs"
Understand workIugmen of this city you must not aspire
to exalted position you have ever worked in any mental po
supposed your heads to aspire for any
position, better than the which fill.
the full you?
think a something called a
from position the exalted
the people that ban is to be put upon men and that man
Judge because he time worked In blacksmith
woRKINGMEN do you propose let such insult go
rebuked
You are all right to vote the Republican ticket but don't
presume o attempt to
Perhaps this individual who decres blacksmith.
thing himself because
what he has. all know him Do think
better good as Judge Stevens?
What do about and who
fathers brothers and husbands working black
shops?
Perhaps the editor of that that the Savior
he Nazareth. carpenter
he has history any extent.
would know that the greatest astronomer of this country was
,t, tha nzod tho ot ostrto acdern,cIans IN h Iand
that workngman the will of
that is placed BLACKsMITHs
Just mark his language might be good place for
o without any
would make such statement that in
every o
Every child n judicial
ric believes faith his country
of the ladder
the anvil
laid foundation Of his legal education, while
pounding that earned him a lvhood
insued by the statement that the
bench working
trade. in environment surrounding might be
place pugist but that
gentleman or judge might come from such environment
Such insult will be resented Every who
tolls for rally the of Judge
Stevens because OF insult hurled at him.
thane Judge Stevens toled the
anvil prouder yet when cruel
adly wiped polls. by the workngmen of
the Seventh jucial district.
Nor must the statement be
mr. men II was Republican duly
ered and the subject weighed little
nent such an Individual would be able give 1t.
Those know viii be greatly asonished
ot the deadly insult generally irresponsible has
vaeeI a bitter Judge stevens He is afraid to
have Judge stevens upon the bench He would perhaps
have such men as charge of the
Iy believe that every should make this personal
matter and spread throughout the district this
nsult to laborng directly Judge Stevens solely be
copse he worked at anvil and the forge
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24

mile distant from the shaft, but equip
ped in his diving dress he crept that
distance through narrow passage full
Of water and closed the door. This
plucky act enabled the pumps to over
come the volume of water which was
flooding the working and allowed the
completion of the tunnel to be carried
out,
A further Interesting case Of deep
diving is that of Angel Erostarbe, who
succeeded in recovering silver bars
valued at $4,000 from the steamer
Skyro, sunk off Cape Finisterre in
over thirty fathoms. In this case the
diver had to blow away portions of
the vessel with dynamite before he
could reach the treasure. chamber.
Three DIVES per diem were frequent
and as many as five descents were
made in one day. The maximum Pc
rlod under water was twenty minutes.
The effect of high pressures on the
constitution is not found injurious
when the work is carried out under
ordinary precautions. A French sci
enlist has gone SO far rs to claim that
breathing compressed air is remedy
for asthma and emphysema. 1t is also
said to excite digestion. owing to the
great quantity Of oxygen carried into
the blood. 1t has been found that
period Of two hours should elapse be-
tween meal and descent. In de-
scending the movement should be slow,
and If the pressure causes pains in the
head this can be rcmedied by rising
gently few feet. when the descent
can be recontlnued. In ascending div
ers are recommended not to exceed a
speed of two feet second.-Pall Mall
Gnzatto
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
Selecting Volunteers.

Whenever the United States has
been at war with any other country 1t
has always been matter for serious
complaint on the other side that the
Americans take accurate aim before
tirlng-with extremely fatal results.
How excellent was the craftsmanship
Of the volunteers on Bunker ELL is n
matter Of record. There is an inter.
esting entry in the diary of John Har.
rover, an indentured schoolmaster of
Virginia.
"Colonel Washington, of this COL
ony," he wrote, being appointed gen.
eralissimo Of all the American forces
raised and to be raised, made a de-
mand of five hundred riflemen from
the frontiers of this colony. But those
that insisted ION going far exceeded
the number wanted. when. In order to
avoid giving offense, the Commanding
Officer chuse his company by the fol-
lowing method.
HE took board of foot square,
and with chalk drew the shape of
moderate nose in the centre and nailed
1t up to. tree at one hundred and
fifty yards distance and those who
came highest the mark with a. single
ball was to go. But by the first forty
or fifty that fired the nose was all
blown out of the board, and by the
time his Company was up the whole
board had shared the same fate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24

woman, was herself selecting and buy
Ing pictures, Oriental hanglngs, rugs
and tapestries for the second house.
1t thus happened that short time
after the mansion on 9th avenue was
finished. the key to the second man.
sion was turned over to the young
Cincinnati woman. The wife In time
had her eyes opened to the true situa-
ton and naturally Yerkes and his wife
became estranged. Since then Mrs.
Yerkes has been living in solitary
splendor in the 9Th avenue mansion.
From New York Yerkes turned his
attention to London and by develop
Ing railway property there added
largely to his millions. In London he
became power and got into society,
the great metropolis either not know.
ing or not caring thnt he had worn
prison stripes in Philadelphia, that he
stood charged Of bribery and corrup-
ton in Chicago and that through the
power of his millions he had erased
that part OF the decalogue which was
not to his taste.
A few weeks before his death
Yerkes returned to this country, and
as his wife was in possession Of the
9th avenue mansion he took up his
abode in hotel. There he was strick-
en- with his fatal sickness, his wife
refusing to see him until toward the
actual minute Of his death. The for
tune left by Yerkes is estimated Al
$3O,OCO,OOO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
Sunlight Kills Blond Races.

The book we spoke Of some time
ago on 1.-THE Effects Of Tropical Light
on White Men," by DR.. c. E. Woodruff
Of the U. s. Army. has attracted uni
versal attention. DR.. Woodruff takes
the position that the action OF tho
bright light even a temperate conn.
try such as our own is hound to be
harmful to the blon. races and tlrlt
in the long run these blond races will
h. driven ont of existence by thu dark.
er-skinned races on this account.
Light affects the nervous system,
producing nervous instability and ir-
ritability," he says. This is now a
well known fact, and 1t is accepted
that the purpose of the pigment In the
skin of the natural inhabitants Of
sunny countries is to act as q screen
to keep the a:tinic rays Of light es-
pecially from penetrating the body and
irritating the nerves.
1t took the climate Of Greece only
Z centuries to destroy the blond popu-
lation, according to DR.. Woodruff. It
is fact that all the surviving peo-
pies round the Mediterranean are
dark-skinned, in spite of large influxes
of people from more northern lati-
tudes, with their fair compilations.
In the great struggle for existence, DR..
Woodruff intimates, the races In this
country which have come from the
cool and shady climates Of northern
Europe are destined to burn out aid
degentrate while the better protected
dark-sknned inhabitants will thrive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
THE RED JACKET.

Margery was fond of color, and so
when Uncle Jack bought her nice
jacket it was natural that he should
select a pretty red. Margery thought
she had never seen anything so love-
ly, and on the very morning it came
she teased to wear 1t over to grand
mas.
But it is not pleasant day." urg-
ed mother, "and If 1t should rain you
would spoil all the freshness of your
pretty garment" But Margery could
not bear this disappointment, and for
once in her life she was, we are sor-
ry to say, almost as cross as a little
girl can be.
Mother was grieved, but as she
sometimes allowed Margery to have
her own way and suffer the conse-
quences, she left 1t entirely to Mar
gerry to decide, and made 1t quite
plain, too. that If any harm came to
the jacket she would have to bear the
misfortune without complaint.
Margery took an umbrella and
started down the street. She did not
feel exactly comfortable, for 1t was
a rare thing to disagree with mother.
AS she tripped gayly along she felt
drop Of rain, and, opening her UNI
bre'la, she went bobbing along up
the hill.
Now grandma owned a COW. She
was not a very friendly COW at best,
and she certainly was very curious.
When she saw the bit of bright red
coming across the field, and half-con-
cealsd by a huge black thing. she
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
IN THE NEXT ROOM.
rccvsys-&>eye.syC

"a NGAGED to be married"' slow
Sa ly uttered Theresa Middleton,
and to think that Blanche Fol-
lett should have been the first of the
graduating class to wear an engage
mont ring.
How soon are you to be. married,
Blancew asked Sophie Dean.
II don't know. AS soon as Guys
father returns from Europe, guess"
What a funny old man, all in snuff
color, that sat next to us that after
noon at dinner!" laughed Sophie. And
how he stared at us. shouldn't Won
der If he wasn't some rich old wild
over"
"Horrid old fogie! said Theresa.
do you know, girls, he has taken the
room next to ours?"
what do you think?" exclaimed
Sophie, coming in the next morning
dripping and radiant from her bath,
"Old Snuff Color is sick! The doctor
was there half an hour ago. and just
saw the walters carrying in Ice for his
head"
"Some horrible fever"' cried There
ga, turning pale. II mean to change
to some other hotel at once. Blanche
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
Anxiou. to Help.

The struggles of horse which slip.
ped and fell at Madison street and
Fifth avenue yesterday attracted the
usual crowd Of curious onlpokers anx.
ious to aid the driver in getting the
animal on its feet again. Some prof
fered advice and some rendered active
assistance in unbuckling the harness.
you don't see anything like this in
London" said man not long from
England, who stood near the outskirts
of the crowd; mo one takes any in,
terest in n fallen horse there. People
go on their way with scarcely a pass.
ing glance at the unlucky cab or bus
horse, leaving the driver to extricate
himself from his difficulties as best he
may. Here in America, in all the
cities l have visited at least, great ex.
element prevails when a horse falls
and every one seems anxious to help."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
BIG TRACTION KING.
YERkEs' ACTIVITIES EXTENDED
TO TWO CONTINENTS.
Death of Charles Tyson Yerkes Re-
moved Great Power from the
Financial World - Once Wore
Prison Stripes.

Few men have had more remark
able careers than Charles Tyson
Yerkes, who died recently in New
York hotel. Amassing great fortune
before he was 80 he became bankrupt
in single day. He was indicted and
convicted for embezzlement and lar
ceny and served term in prison.
This was in Philadelphia. Notwith-
standing this, he became still great
er power in the financial world, his
activities extending from the far west
to Chicago. New York and London.
And yet outside his financial successes
his life was failure. Divorced from
his first wife, who had chung to him
in the days of his adversely, he mar
ried second, from whom, too, he was
estranged for year before his death.
His solicitude for third woman had
killed his love for his second wife, just
rs his affection for the second had
caused him to discard his first. And
when he died it was in hotel, only
stones throw from the palatial
uOAiC Ac uuu eFeCleu Ill new 1OTk,
and in which his second wife at the
time was living. Financially, the
world may regard the career of Yerkes
as success, but no man who knows
the spirit of Christianity and believes
in it could hold 1t up to his child as
an example to be followed.
Failure Leads to Prison.
Mr.. Yerkes was born in Philadel-
phia, in 1887, of Quaker parentage,
and began his business career rs a
clerk in a grain merchants office and
without any salary. In 1850 he began
business on his own account. An I'M
Gle had left him some money and
backed by the influence of his father,
who was bank president, he started
in to do banking and stock broking.
He was on the high road to success
when the blow fell which blotted his
entire career. Through failure caused
by panicky markets after the Chicago
fire, Mr.. Yerkes had to make an as
signment. He had millions of Phila-
delphia municipal securities to ac-
count for, was unable SO to do, was
indicted, tried on charges of embez-
Element and larceny, convicted, SEN
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
His Happy Return.

It was Old Home Week, and the re.
turned sons and grandsons had been
telling with more or less pride of the
changes time had wrought for them.
At last Edward Jameson spoke:
81 went away from here twenty
years ago poor young man, with only
one solitary dollar in my pocket. I
walked the four miles from my faith.
er's farm to the station, and there I
begged ride to Boston on freight
car. Last night I drove into town
behind a spirited pair Of horses, and
my purse-guess how much my purse
holds in money today. besides large
cleck," and Mr.. Jameson looked about
him with brilliant smile.
Fifty dollars!"
"Seventy-five!"
"a hundred" shouted the boys, fill.
ed with admiration.
mo-" said Mr.. Jameson, drawing a
large fiat purse from his pocket when
the clamor had subsidized, none of
you have guessed right. When had
paid the twenty-five cents to Ozzy
Boggs for my refreshing drive in the
coach I had, besides my trunk check
(Which retained for financial rea-
sons), exactly four cents. have
come back, my friends to stay. Any
little jobs of saving and splitting will
be gratefully received"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
weight of Farm Horses.

The following from Minnesota
man is sound: have been Of the
opinion for long time that we are
OVERRIDING the heavy horse business
for farm use, or for real hard work
anywhere. If breeders will begin to
look for bone, muscle, constitutional
vigor, etc., more carefully and care
less about size and weight we will
begin to make more improvement in
the real utility and soundness of ou1
horses. We want men for what they
can do, and not for what they weigh
Why shouldn't we Judge horses the
same way. l saw a beautiful team
Of six horses Mt the State fair this
fall. They were beauties in form,
color and style, and weigh, l guess,
near ton each. But I've got q
wagon load of wheat to bet that a
pair of 1,2OO-pound mares on my farm
would bush any two horses in that
show team in half a day, at blowing
or any other hard farm work on or
binary farm fields.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
THE eRumeLER.

The grumbler growls at Natures plan;
He's sorry that he's human.
He doesn't want to be man,
Nor yet to be woman.
He'd hate to be beast or such
As share the fsh's lot;
In fact, 'twould not annoy him much
If he were not.
He takes you by the buttonhole
And grumbles in your ear.
BE tells you that his very soul
Is shriveled up and sere.
He wishes he were dead and gone,
But whew! you'd make him hot
To hint the world would still jog on
II he were not.
Catholic Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
DIVING INTO VAST DEPTHS.
Extraordinary Feats Have Been Per.
formed by Famous Experts.

Extraordinary Feats Have Been Per-
formed by Famous Experts.
At what depth can a diver carry
out his functions3 How long can he
remain under the surface? What is
the effect of high air pressures on the
human system? One well-known firm
Of submarine engineers limits the
depth of descent to twenty-five faith
oms, or, say, 100 feet. But operations
have been carried out at greater
depths than this, and perhaps the
greatest distance below the surface at
which diver has succeeded in work.
Ing is thirty-four fathoms, or 2O4 feet.
This was accomplished by James
Hooper, who descended to the shin
Cape Horn, sunk of Pichidanque,
South America. and sustained pres.
sure Of Ss1d pounds on every square
Inch Of his body.
Another remarkable feat was that
of Alexander Lambert, who recovered
$3.50, 600 in gold coin from the steam
ship Alphonso XII, sunk off Point
Gando, Grand Canary, In nearly thirty
fathoms of water, the actual depth Of
the treasure room being twenty-sl1
hnd two-thirds fathoms, or 100 feet.
This man also performed the daring
feat Of stopping the flooding of the
Severn tunnel when door in the
drainage tunnel had been left open.
The door was situated a quarter OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
Water for the sheep.

AS a rule, clear running water Is
the best for sheep, as it likewise is for
all other animals, says New York
farmer in American Cultivator. 1t un-
dergoes complete exposure to the air,
and that tends to the decomposition
and neutralizing of the organic mat
ter in it. Water from sandstone or
slate rock also is generally pure.
Water from limestone, however, es-
pecially If magnesia is mixed with 1t,
may be very injurious. 1t is liable to
produce various troublesome diseases,
and one of these, known as goiter, Is
exceedingly common. 1t causes a
swelling Of the glands of the throat,
the enlargement of which is soft and
baggy. 1t is true that this ailment
may be due to other causes, but water
containing too much lime and magne-
STA is capable, nevertheless, Of pro.
ducing 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
OLD FLAME OF HOSTESS.
But He Didn't Know 1t Until a bad
Break brought 1t Out,

But He Didn't Know II Until a had
Break Brought 1t Out.
The sect of the Schwenkfelders, at
their annual reunion in Allentown,
Pa, We're eating their famous feast Of
bread and apple butter, says the Wash
ington Post. The long table was COW
cred with great plates of fine white
bread, great dishes of golden butter,
and great bowls of rich brown apple
butter.
NO, you are mistaken" said the
Rev. A. r. Schorman, of Pandora, O.,
to a reporter, ''if you think this is our
idea of n fine banquet. This meal eel
cbrates a historical event-the landing
of the Schwenkfelders, and their first
meal in the new world. 1t was meal
composed only Of bread and apple but
ter, for the good reason that there was
nothing else to have just then"
Mr.. Schorman, as he helped himself
to the excellent apple butter, smiled.
when you accuse us Schwenkfelders
of regarding this us a great banquet"
he said, you mistake us and humili-
ate us. You are like the stranger who
visited the home of his boyhood friend.
He and his boyhood friend had not
seen one another for more than thirty
years. Then they met by accident in
New York, and tie resident took the
stranger home to dinner. In the hosts
handsome house, as they sat in the par.
lor, the guest said:
so you are married, JohnY
"Dear, dear, yes John answered.
I am married and have three children.
They will be down to welcome you in
a few minutes
"Well, WE'LL said the guest. IT
seems strange to think of you as ia.
ther.' And he sighed.
"'By the way the host began,
didn't you live in Cambridge after
you left ChicagoT
"'Oh, yes said the guest. 4 lived
there for some years
"'Then perhaps you met Miss Nc.
Wade?
1.-THE guest gave loud laugh.
"'Met her?' he cried. Man alive
that's good one. Met her? i was
engaged to her. But so were all the
other fellows ut one time or another
College boys and clerks. But whit,
the matter, John?' he broke off, anx
iously.
"'Miss McWade is my wife, said tn,
host, in strange, dead voice."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
A HAPPY FAMILY.

On the farm of Amos M. Collins.
near cambridge. Ohio, dwells in un-
disturbed bliss most curiously as
sorted family, presided over by de-
mure house cat. Several weeks ago
Tabby gave birth to pair OF healthy
kittens; which in the course Of events.
grew apace. When old enough to get
about, they went on a foraging expe-
dition In wood near by, accompani-
ed by the mother. In their peregrina-
ton they discovered gray squirrels
nest in which two young squirrels lay
sleeping. The curiosity Of the kittens.
was aroused, and they soon made
friends with the squirrels. Their
overtures were received in the same
spirit, and, while the mother-cat sat
contentedly on log, kittens and
squirrels enjoyed frolic. When II
finally became dusk, the cat quickly
took one of the squirrels in her
mouth and carried it to the farm.
returning for the other one in few
minutes. The squirrels are now safe
ly housed with the kittens, and the
cat watches over the children of her
adoption as carefully as over her own
offspring.-Cincinnati Inquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-24
THE NEWS IN 1775.
How Old Berkshire Got the News of
the War In the Olden Days.

How Old Berkshire Got the News of
the War In the Olden Days.
Below is an exact copy of ven
cradle document now in possession Of
Ralph l. Taylor, to whom it came from
his father, the late Charles ]. Taylor,
says the Berkshire (Mass.) Courier.
1t reads: For the Purpose of get
ting speedy and certain Intelligence
from the Army at Boston. We the
Subscribers hereby promise and agree
to Ride from this Town to Tyrlngham
or Sheffield by Turns SO as to bring
Intelligence from thence each Day (the
Sabbath excepted) and to Report the
same at the House of Mr.. Josiah
Smith-And in case no regular meth.
cd is come into for bringing the News
to said birmingham we promise to bear
our proportionable part of the Expense
in procuring Intelligence from Spring
field twice in each Week-Witness our
hands this Sd day of May 1875"
The document tells in an Interesting
but brief way the story of how, be.
fore the day of daily newspapers or
telegraph service, and, SO far as the
country generally was concerned, be-.
fore the day even of weekly papers
the news from the fields of battle was
obtained.
Following the agreement on the doc.
ument is list of days when the names
beside each of some citizen who was
to be the rider for that day. Jacob
Van Deusen, who agreed to be the first
man to ride to birmingham or Shelf.
field, was to go for it on Monday, Nav
8, and Mark Hopkins was to follow
on Wednesday, the 10th day of May.
the service from that on alternating.
except as to the Sabbath, which com.
PEELED a no-news interval Of two DAVIS
in each week. The full list of sub.
scribers is as follows:
Jacob Van Deusen, Mark Hopkins,
Truman Wheeler, Daniel Nash, Josiah
Smith, Joseph Root, Jr., Phineas Nash.
Benedict Dewey, Josiah Mansfield, Da.
yid Church, Nathaniel Lee, Josiah
Phelps, Isaac Plxley. David Ker, Israel
Root, Titus Younglove, Silas Sprague.
David Willard, Hewitt Root, G. Whit.
ing, George King and Elijah Dwight.