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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
SELECT YOUR TREE,

You have read the warning hund-
red times over not to seek the shelter
of tree during thunderstorm, but If
you have needed it and stood out in
the open and got wet, now is your
time to object to the warning.
Statistics have been gathered by an
official. connected with the State gov.
eminent of Wisconsin to prove that
lightning has struck more people in
the open than under the trees. It has
struck four houses and five barns
where it has struck one tree. In one
year in the United States slxty-four
persons we're killed in churches to
fourteen under trees.
The locust tree has been supposed
to attract lightning more than any
other. II is now shown by statistics
that no particular variety Of tree en-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
WORK AMONG MosLEMs.
Question Discussed Mt an America
Board Meeting,

Question Discussed Mt an American
Board Meeting.
Following closely upon the accept
ance of Mr.. Lehman as ambassador at
Constantlnople comes the announce
ment of the new attitude of the Amer
lean board toward mission work among
the Moslems In Turkey, says the New
York Tribune.
Hitherto 1t has been feared that
Moslem fanaticism might result in vio-
lence against the missionaries at the
front If 1t were plainly stated that this
board is endeayoring through Its mis-
sionaries to make Jesus Christ known
to the followers of Mohammed. For
nearly four score and ten years the
board has maintained silence that
has been misinterpreted both in the
east and in the west Widely has the
uncontradicted but erroneous statei
ment been circulated that mission
boards are not working for the Christ
ianlzation of Moslems," and that mo
Moslems become Christian"
There Is even a wide difference Of
opinion among the missionaries and
the friends of the board as to the wis
dom of discussing this question here.
Some fear 1t may result In open fanati-
cal violence against missionaries in
Turkey and elsewhere, while others be-
lleve that the time has come when the
board should speak boldly and frankly.
Last April witnessed long step In
advance in the conference in Cairo,
Egypt, where some seventy delegates
assembled from all over the world to
discuss this question. Since the con-
ference was In Moslem country, Sc
crecy was maintained at that time to
prevent the breaking up of the gather
ing. Two volumes are soon to be is
sued. giving to the world a full report
of proceedings of the first world con-
ference of Christians upon the subject
of Mohammedanism and Its relation to
Christianity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
If i WERE 4 BOY.

Z
If were boy again, and set
Back where l used to be,
would not gaze at the hills nor fret
For countries over the lea;
But I'd understand that the lea and vale
Hold much for the masters ken, II. f
And I'd make the most of my narrow
pale,
If were boy again.
II were boy again I'd not
Pine for adventures far,
But I'd strive to find in my own home
spot
What deeds to be done there are;
For many the humblest feats OF earth,
So small In the eyes of men,
Are the bravest quite, and I'd know their
III were boy again.
II were boy again. I'm sure
I'd envy no man-not 1,
Nor chafe that youth must 50 long endure.
Nor crave that the years slip by;
For boy has enough with never a cent,
And cares are but feathers then.
know 1t now, and I'd be content
If l were a boy again.
III were boy again, there's one
Who closest of chums should be-
Whatever might happen, secrets none
Should come 'twixt mother and me,
II were a boy-but the hour rings truce
And halts my hurrying pen.
Oh, many the lessons I'd put to use
II l were boy again.
Edwin Z. Sabin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
SOME GARDEN SECRETS.

One day Greta found Alan lying
face down on the bank of the lily
pond. He was staring hard into the
water.
What are you looking for, Alan?"
she asked, coming up behind him and
staring down, too.
Trying to see a tadpole turn into
a frog" said Alan. You know they
drop their tails off and turn into regu-
lar frogs, but l don't see any spare
tails lying round, and I've watched
and watched and none of them seem
to be shedding their tails today"
That's something like watching a
bud blossom" said Greta. You know,
when bud looks as If 1t were going
to open surely in a minute, and you
watch and watch and watch till you
almost go to sleep, and it doesn't
move a mite, then if, after you've
watched hours and hours, you go off
and play for just tiny minute, when
you come back it's all blossomed out.
But l guess, if you watched forever,
you'd never see a tadpole's tail drop
OFF, for they don't drop Off"
They do, too" said Alan. "How
else do they get rid of them? When
they're taGpoles they have tails, and
when they're frogs they have none,
so they must drop EN-"
II used to think so," said Greta
But Aunt Peggy, she goes to college,
you know, and she learned there that
they don't lose their tails off-the tad.
poles. mean. They just grow short
er and shorter till they disappear in.
side of the frog. suppose it is some
thing the way turtle draws his
head in his shell, only the turtle does
1t often and quickly and the tadpole
does 1t once awfully slowly and never
pokes it out again. Aunt Peggy said
the tail changed inside of the frog,
but didn't understand very well all
aout it"
When grow up I'm going to col
leg to find out for myself" said Alan
deterninedly.
$50 am I" said Greta. "Aunt Peg
gy told me about a funny black
fish called the squid that manu-
features ikn inside Of himself,
and when his enemies are pur-
suing him in the water he just
spills lot Of the ink into the water
SO the water gets all cloudy and the
enemy can't see the squid at all and
he escapes"
Hes real smart fish, isn't he"
said Alan. Did your Aunt Peggy
ever see one?"
yes. and she saw the ink, too, and
she dipped a pen in it, and wrote her
name and the date and that it was
written In squid ink And it looks
most like any ink If you'll come in
the house she'll show it to YOU
AS the children were going to the
house Alan said:
There's one other thing I'd like to
see, and that's a snake crawling out
of his skin. You know that snakes
skin we found in the bushes last sum-
mer? Well, I'd just like to have seen
the snake crawl out of it,
Well have to keep our eyes open,"
said Greta.-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

Eleanor took the piece OF yellow pa
per and glanced at the signature. "I'll
be back in a moment, Mabel" she said
hurriedly. Dick has
The rest Of the sentence was lost.
When she returned to the kitchen
Mabel, was standing In the middle Of
the room, with white face, and wide,
frightened eyes. The dyestick, clutched
in one trembling hand, was slowly
making a little blue pool on the white
| floor.
"Dick?' she gasped. "What is It?"
Nothing, DEAR" said Eleanor sooth-
lngly; "he has tickets for the opera to.
night and wants us TO come In on the
Z o'clock car. Something's wrong with
Jour Telephone, so he wired. I'm going
to send an answer
"Oh" Mabel breathed. while the
warm color crept back into her white
i face.
"Of course we can't go In this pour
Ing RAIN" Eleanor said decidedly. II
don't know. what he was thinking Of
to get tickets!"
/ = .
She stepped into the library to write
her reply. while the messenger waited
patiently in the hall.
Il wish could write long letter."
she said to herself, "and make him
come home right away, and propose
to her. She loves MmI The telegram
decided that-I wish Dick had seen
her face when 1t came!'
She bit the end of her pencil In per-
plexity, then her eyes grew bright and
she laughed aloud while her fingers
fairly flew over the paper.
Cant come" she wrote. mabel is
dyelng. ELEANOR"
1t was the truth, and she laughed
again exultantly. THAT will bring him
down on the next car" she said, .and
II spelled 'dyelng' correctly, too! Dick
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

will never notice the addition of one
letter to that dreadful word-if he
does he will lay it all to my notori-
ously poor spelling
She gave her message to the boy,
and fastened to the kitchen. "Most
done, Mabel?" she asked cheerfully.
Yes, now she can set 1t away to
cool. The dress is too hot to be han
died Mt present Things do look blue
today" She held up her hands and
gazed ruefully at the floor.
poor dearp Eleanor cried. you've
been doing all the work, and know
you are tired! Come Into the sitting
room and lie down on the couch IN
pull down the shades and perhaps you
can sleep"
In vain Mabel protested Eleanor
seemed determined that she should
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
a VERY ODD DOLL.

Do you know that over 200 years
ago a big ship went out to America
with passenger on board whose
acquaintance you could still make II
you were in that country?
And what do you think that passen-
ger was? A doll.
The ship on which 1t sailed was one
in which an Englishman, William
Penn, went to America. He had been
there before, and while he was back
at home he told his little girl that
the children in the country he had
been visiting had no toys at all.
She was so very sorry for them
that she asked her father to take at
least one doll out and give it to some
little girl there says Home Chat.
/ It was very grand doll, with a
dress of velvet and brocade, and after
all this time it is kept carefully to be
shown now and then to American
children.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

Z :
Marvels of invention In these times
are looked upon as matters of fact. The
announcement of the discovery Of the
A-ray ten years ago was indeed Mt first
Viewed with some i1creduiity; but
when the proof was quickly produced,
the world was ready to believe any
thing. Wireless telegraphy was accept
ed as d matter Of course; wireless tel
ephony is now expected speedily to be
made available. There Is, almost moth
Ing too extravagant to be impossible
FOR science, SO far as the average man
ls concerned. Yet while these views
are held Of science, the ordinary person
attending an exhibition of conjuring
cannot escape secret thrill In the
presence of the possibly uncanny.
What he sees there are Illusions, and
receptions. He knows that Kellar, for
instance, has to get along without su-
pernatural help. Everything the stnge
magician accomplishes is a trick, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

joys that distinction. A small tree is
as apt to be struck as tall one. A
bush is as apt to be struck as tree.
There is nothing about farmers
barn to attract lightning any more
than about his house.
A steamboat in motion is as safe from
lightning as a canoe tied to stake.
A man sitting beside an open window
is as safe as one lying on bed.
Lightning will not strike on hill any
quicker than down in valley. There
is no rule to go by in lodging the
danger. You simply have to take your
chances, and you are in more danger
of swallowing a. fish bone than you
are of being struck by lightning.-New
York News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
A Blue Day

y = Z. ~
Y n T was dismal day; the rain had
fallen all the morning falling
still--and the streets of the little
suburban town were of the consistency
of pancake batter. az
Eleanor Willard drummed listlessly
on the window pane. what shall we
do with ourselves, Mabel7p she asked.
II should have had an agreement with
the weather man before Invited you
down here. Poor childl Things look
! blue to-dayl"
.'The very thing!" her guest exclalm-
ed joyfully. "The very thing! We still
makeft things look 'bluei' You said yes
terday that you intended to color that
cream dress of yours a navy blue-that
you had the dyestuf in the house !;
bring 1t down lmmediately-I'm an ex-
pert at colorlng.''
y Eleanor smiled. "Well,. she said
reluctantly, II will, If you think we
can do 1t before cook has to prepare
dinner. She objects to my 'fussln
round In the kitchen afternoons"
20, 1t cannot take long" Mabel said
.reassuringly, and in short time the
two girls, enveloped In big gingham
aprons, were bending over boiler
full of water that WIS deeply, darkly,
beautifully blue"
4 Now, you wet the dress thorough
ly,n Mabel said. splashing the cream
goods up and down In tub of clear
water until her cheeks were rosy with
iexertion.
i Eleanor looked on admlringly.
4 II WISH" she said to herself, that
brother Dick could see her this minute!
Poor old Richardl He loves the ground
Mabel walks on, but nell never let her
know 1t, because be thinks she's much
too good for him. It would take an
Earthquake to make him speak!"
..Then," her guests voice went on,
i''you put the wet goods in the dye, and
stir 1t constantly; If You don't the
tcolor will" *
| She did not finish the sentence, for
the doorbell rang furlously, and maid
came to the kitchen, door with tele.
gram. 1.-THE boys waiting for you to
!sisas Mies Eleanor she said.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
UnappreoIated Virtues Of pogflsh.

Notwithstanding its change in name
to flake" the dogfish does not appear
to have become a popular article of
diet, and the Devonshire fishermen,
who sustain great damage to their
nets through its depredations, are
still in a difficulty as to It's destruc-
ton. An appeal to the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries has ELECTED a
report on the fish from DIR. Thorpe.
one of the officials of the board, who
refers to 1t as wholesome and high
ly nutritious article of food, and as
having besides a commercial value,
portions being utilized for certain
manufacturing processes, such as
leather dressing. The fish itself might
also, he says, be converted into guano
and oil, for both of which there is q
demand.-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
MS FIRsT TEsT

Come. son, need your help" said
the father one evening after his own
days work was done. 81 want this
dirt carried up to our fiat"
The boy opened his mouth wide.
His father wanted him to carry bas-
kets of earth up three flights of steps.
There was queer feeling of resent
ment all about inside of him.
Il can't carry dirt" he said.
Never too late to learn" said
father, good-naturedly. Here, you take
the lighter basket
I Up the stairs went the boy. The air
was close and he got hot and breath.
less.
Down he came again. The dirt had
to be dug and shovelled into the has.
kets. He grew hotter and the SWEET
began to trickle down his back.
THE boys are playing ball. I'm go
ing over" he said at last with i'm
patience. 81 can't shovel dirt"
Cali right, my boy" said father,
"but I'm disappointed in you. I had
expected to find you able to stick to
thing. I'd counted on your help, too
But it's all right, go ahead and play
ball"
The boy washed his hands and
went over into the next yard. 1t was
the first time he ever remembered
feeling uncomfortable when playing
Dall. Tonight it wasn't much fun.
Pretty soon he left the boys and
went upstairs to his mother. BY and
by he came down, rolled up. his
sleeves and went at the shovelling
His father had planned a little gar
den for the fire.escape corner. 1t tool
a lot of dirt.
The boy sweated and pulled. He
blistered his hands. But he stuck.
At last the work was done. Father
and son washed themselves and got
ready for supper.
After supper when the father had
stretched himself out for a pleasant
hour with his newspaper the boy came
to him.
II guess, father" he said with an
air half-ashamed, and yet of new
manliness. Il guess it was a good
thing for me to do something that ]
didn't want to do"
Father held out his hand. The boy
grasped it with strong grip.
I'm mighty glad stuck, father
said the boy.
Good for you," said father.-Nev
| York News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

various known or yet unknown technical expedients see
ing to make visible the shadow of the escaping soul
ganisli, If such there be.
This soul organism which we hope to find by the new
method Of research will be material organism although
of different kind Of matter than the atoms composing
our present visible bodiesa NATTER for instance con-
ssng of solids liquids and gases composed Of particles
much smaller than chemical atoms, smaller even than
ions which are thousand times smaller than atoms Per-
haps the soul Is composed of tile particles out which
ions are built up still smaller particles And IL
we find physical evidences of such organism then by
e4permentaly studying that organism we may hope to
arrive at a few facts about the future life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
And Nobody Told Herl

Hicks-What do you suppose my
wife has been doing now?
Wicks-I don't know.
Hicks-Why, she told me last night
that she went all over town the week
before my birthday, trying to buy me
some postprandial cigars. She said
that she had read about them in the
newspapers.-Somerville Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
A poet. curiou. Compliment.

1t was the habit of Richard Henry
Stoddard, the poet, to always speak
we'll of everyone. No matter how bad
the character of person, the good
gray poet invariably found some trait
to praise. One day In his office on
Park row some friend entered and
asked him whether he knew So-and-So,
and, if so, what was the mans reputa-
ton. 1t happened that the man had a
shady reputation and was well known
as a gold brick" operator. The aged
poet lighted his pipe and answered:
"Yes, know him. He is the most
energetic, progressive, lrrepressible
good-natured, artistic kind Of an un.
mitigated rascal that ever met
Leslie's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

Emily soldene. who was the queen
of opera bouffe in the early 70's in
the United States as well as In Eu.
rope, will have benefit at the Palace
Theatre, London, on November 10.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
YOUNG MAN OFTEN TOO SELF coNF1DENr.
BY e. T. Minnick.

u went away from home when was young,
with only little money in my pocket" writes
correspondent. If had not been careful to
avoid the pitfalls set in my path-well, GER
tainly should not have been In the good posi-.
ton am in now"
wonder how many there are beginning
somewhere where he began in the world and
with that "onlY oneself to rely nnn sansn4Ia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

tally nothing of the kind tdke place again
As general proposition the exacons grooved
discipline show weakness Of management The man
ager of any business who needs to take seriously
der supervision the machinery by which his results are
reached Is in the position of the machlnist working at
the machine which he suspects Will fail him at any mo-
ment. He is giving too much attention to the machine
Its products dropping awdy from 1t perhaps without
Inspection.
In thousand in community life the over.disci.
plined takes his of discipline that is tyran
ny The business management of the great house. which
confidently looks for loyalty in the great Of its en-
ployes The great businesses which, on the other
hand, feel that they suffering from dsoyalty might
be counted in hundreds Why does this dsloyalty exist?
The answer is easy More disoyalty comes of the en-
ployers tyranncal ruling of employees than from any
other cause in all the field of the worlds work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

In France the transport trades have
the largest number Of unions, but the
engineering, metal, mining and textile
trades have the largest membership.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

creeping Them 1t is not pleasant always-especaly
II one has had some experience that relying oneself
is not always satisfactory.
From the two stages of what Lord Palmerston de.
scrbed as cocksureness of ones wisdom and dead
ainty of ones folly the who relies on him or
her self emerges into the third Fashioned as Lonefe
low expressed it, ION failure and success" great ian
anese philosopher when stranger asked him how he
had been employed during the last twenty years. replied
that he had spent ten of them learning what he coud
not do. and ten in learning what he could
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

main the nation Of great industrial and COMMERCIAL
terprlses.
Art s by no means absent from commercial America,
only Its manifestations must be sought elsewhere than
France To demand French in America Is ridicu-
ous as If required Laplander to dress like In
habant Of the tropics or recprocay denizen of the
equator to don white furs for the chase Superfcalte
Of this sort Enthusiastically committed constanty the
German philosophers reproach the Americans for
Ing metaphysicians and vice versa the American psy
biologists wax hot the German speculations the
French artist despses the uttarianism of the American
while the latter shrugs his shoulders viewing the
sculptures Of Notre Dame, whose practical utility" es
5capes him.
As the sky with innumerable consultations Inspires In
us the idea of the dependence of world Infinite
supernatural the thousands OF eyes of sky
scraers in revealing the world 1t Is governed
by human Intelligence And If in ruth the power of ma
ire and Of the sperterrestral force ncomparably IS
grander than that Of Intelligence this idea is we'll coun
terbaanced by the sentiment of pride experienced the
thought that this intellect Is ours and this imposing
spectacle the result of the creative faculties of the
to which we belong.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
DISCIPLINE MAY BE CARRIED TO EXTREME.

A. by JOHN AZ NOWIAnd.
There is d Puritanlcai type Of man in the
business world who stands always f6f the
Puritanical strict observance OF discipline.
His word and method are the law. If either
is challenged by SO little as an employe doing
something to the lasting benefit Of tile bust
ness, that employe is called to some form of
account He has acted without authority Of
either law or nrecedent BY some sort Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
more than an Iny,t.,,on

Ascum- Hello! old man, you seem Is
be enjoying vacation.
Loeffer-Yes; the boss told me I'll
better travel.
Ascum-Did he, really?"
/ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES thing. He
said: Get out Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

Il made that match" Eleanor al.
ways declares proudly, when her
friends commented on the perfect hap
plness of her brother and his wife,
"and," she would say, twas / who
suggested the color scheme of the we'd
ding-navy blue and Whitewater
odd, but SO appropriate !"-Indianap.
oils Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

1t is bad enough for a popular man
to attempt to get votes but 1t is the
limit when an unpopular man tries to.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05

Our Idea of the right kind OF a lot.
ter is one In which there Is nothing
to answer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-05
AMERICA NATION OF GREAT ENTERPRISES
By AIbert Schinz,

Despite the cosmopolitan spirit which more
and more nyades modern society, every nation
nevertheless continues, IL not to confine itself
absolutely, certainly to specialize In a particu-
lar domain OF human activity. If Germany
4 by preference places its grand men Iii the
domain Of thought, France in that OF art in It's
diverse phases, America places hers in bust
ness 1t more and more seems destined to re-
milan Of grant ndustriai md Ho1fird q /. an