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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
Taft,s Victory.

In an editorial on the Ohio polit-
ical situation printed April l, The
World said: Nobody need be sur
prised if in the final lineup Taft
gets the Ohio delegation to the Ma
tional Convention and Foraker the
Endorsement for the Senatorship.
That Taft will have the delega-
ton to the National Convention is
already settled. That Foraker will
be reelected to the Senate is as
probable as anything is ever likely
to be in Ohio politics. 1t is incon-
ceivable that the Republican ma
chimes, which Foraker, Dick and
Cox control, has suddenly surrend-
cred to the Roosevelt-Taft forces
without definite assurances Of what
Mayor Mcclellan calls peace with
honor"
Yet the effect of the Ohio COM
promise on Mr.. Taft's Presidential
prospects is not to be minimized.
Under the leadership of Mr.. Roose-
velt the Secretary's friends have won
a decisive victory. The so.called
Taft boom could make little head
way in other States when it was
anything but sure that the Secre-
tary's own State would send friend
ly delegation to the National Con-
vention. With this doubt disposed
Of the exultation at the White House
is justified.
But the good fortune of the Taft
candidacy is not limited to the sur
render of the Ohio machine. The
American Economist, the official or
gan of the highly protected indus
tries, is out against the Secretary
Wakeman has formally excommuni-
Gated him. The American Protec.
tive Tariff League will issue state.
ment declaring that Taft is moi
sound in the faith. AS evidence oi
heresy to the gospel according tc
St. Dingley it cites his strenuous
advocacy of free trade in Philippine
products" his persistence in the
matter of purchasing in foreign
markets materials and supplies fol
the construction of the Panama Ca
nal' and his speech in Maine las
fall in which "ho pronounced fol
the immediate revision downward O
the Dingley tariff"
To have forced the Ohio machine
to abandon its opposition and t.
have incurred the hostility of tn
American Protective Tariff Leagu
are glory enough for one week
Secretary Taft. following the Gus
tom of the victorius Athenian, ough
to sacrifice his dearest possession t
the gods.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
Not Much Spring Fever.
I ain't had much spring fever

ain't had much spring fever
This year itseens to me.
An ain't been a-lookin' round
To find a shady tree
To lay In under, half asleep.
A snoozin' In the grass,
With nothing else to do but watch
The clouds and work,ime pass.
aln't felt much like loatin'
And layzin' Ground
A-dreamin' of the places
Where flshln' kin be found;
Where all day long the ripples
Makes music out of sight.
An sunflsh fight for chances
, To bite an bite an bite.
Art johnson he went fishin'
Last week down by to dam;
But Art is somethin' fonder
or fishin' than am.
He didn't come to supper.
And so they to k a dog
An hunted him en- found him
His clos frozs to a log.
l ain't had much spring fever
This spring an don't seem
To banker much fer loahn'
An settin' round to dream;
There's somethin' wrong this season.
An mighty wrong that's what,
With spring, because, by gravy.
I'd ruther work than not.
w. j. hampton in New York Sun.
, 1907-09-05
Jerome on colored Evidence.

District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, said one day of a piece of sus'
picious evidence:
TT is evidence that has been tam.
pered with, colored. 1t is like he
lady's report of her physicians pre-
scription.
"A lady ore day in July visited her
physician. The man examined her
and said:
Madam, you are only a little run
down. You need frequent baths and
plenty of fresh air, and I advise you to
dress in the coolest, most comfortable
clothes-nothing stiff or formal
when she got home her husband
asked her what the physician had said.
The lady replied:
He said | must go to the seashore,
do plenty of automobiling, and get
some new summer gowns"
, 1907-09-05
APPEAL THAT WAS Needed.
Judge Must Also Have Been Follower
of the Gentle Art.

John Quincy Adams, of Massachu'
sets, third of hat name, who died
about ten years ago, was very fond
of fishing, and not especially fond of
his legal profession.
One day, the story runs, a case in
which he was counsel was down for
trial in a Massachusetts court. Mr.
Adams did not make his appearance,
but sent a letter to the judge. That
worthy gentleman read it, and then
postponed the case with the announce
ment:
Mr.. Adams is detained on i'm
portant business"
1t was afterward learned by a col
league of Adams that the letter read
as follows:
Dear Judge: For the sake of old
Isaak Walton, please continue my
case till Friday. The smelts are
biting, and l can't leave"
, 1907-09-05

Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
Boy Tortured by Poison Oak
Both Cured by Cuticura.

Last year, after having my little
girl treated by a very prominent ply
stefan for an obstinate case of eczema,
l resorted to the Cuticura Remedies,
and was so well pleased with the al
most instantaneous relief afforded that
we discarded the physicians prescrip.
ton and relied entirely on the Cuti-
cur Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Gu,
ticura Pills. When we commenced
with the Cuticura Remedies her feet
and limbs were covered with running
sores. In about six weeks we had her
completely well. and there has been
no recurrence of the trouble.
In July of this year a little boy in
IL family poisoned his hands and
arms with poison oak, and in twenty.
four hours his hands and arms were a
of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, and in
about three weeks his hands and arms
healed up. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas.
Fairmont, Walden's Ridge Tenn, Oct.
10, 1906"
, 1907-09-05
John Knox, Prophet.

John Knox. the reformer, would
seem to have possessed in no ordinary
degree the spirit of prediction and to
have foretold with accuracy not only
certain remarkable event of public
Importance, but also the ultimate fate
of certain individuals. Thus when con-
demned to the gallcys at Mochelle he
took his sentence with the greatest
composure, merely remarking that in
spite of it he would within two or
three years, preach the Gospel in st.
Giles, Edinburgh" This prediction,
most improbable of accomplishment
at the time IL was uttered, was after
wards literally fulfilled. Knox predict
ed with accuracy the deaths of
Thomas Maitland and Kirkcaldy of
Grange. and solemnly warned the re
gent, Murray, not to go on to Linlith-
gov, as if he did SO he would there
meet his death, The regent disregard
ed the warning and did meet with the
fate of which Knox had forewarned
him.-Eschange.
, 1907-09-05
IDENTIFYING ~. s." ANIMALS.
System of Branding Authorized by
the Army Regulations.

Whenever you see the letters "U.
s." branded on the left fore shoulder
Of an animal make up your mind at
once that that beast is or wa at one
time the property of our rich old
Uncle Sam" says the Washington
Post.
Then, again, if you know the key
to the system of branding utilized
by the quartermaster's department,
U. IS. A, you would in a moment be
able to tell the organization of the
army to which that animal was as
signed Immediately after purchase by
the government.
Last October, when the army of
Cuban p~acifcation was being en-
harked from Newport News, Va, many
of the army horses and mules await
ing shipment became mixed with
those of other organizations, but it
only needed the knowledge Of Sergt.
Casey to decipher the hoof brands and
dispatch the animals to their proper
organizations. In other words, these
brands serve as Identification tags"
Branding public animals is not a
matter of choice, but is provided for
by the army regulations, which directs
that public animals shall, upon the
day received, be branded with the let
ters u. s. on the left fore shoulder.
Horses assigned to organizations will
also be branded on the hoof of one
forefoot, n and one-half inches be-
low the cronet, with the designation
OF the company. Branding irons of
uniform size and design will be sup
piled by the quartermaster's depart
ment. Letters u. s. to be two inches
in height. Letters and numbers of
hoof brands on the same line to be
three-fourths of al incl high, the let
ter to precede the number, and blocked
so as to penetrate the hoof one-siX-
teenth of an inch. For example, the
hoof brands on horses assigned to
band, Ninth cavalry, would be CB9;
to troop A, Fifth cavalry, would be
A5; to Company A, battalion of en-
gineers, would be BEA."
, 1907-09-05
Hydraulic Lifeboats.

Several of these craft are now In
service in the United States. The
propelling agents are jets of water
driven out by a powerful steam pump
through MOBILES under water.
The nozzles a be made to drive
the boat forward or backward, or turn
it, the boat. of course, being driven
by the reaction in the direction ODD
site to that of the escaping water.
A speed of 100 miles an hour was re.
Gently maintained in New York har.
Dor in a trial trip.
Hydraulic lifeboats are not ono
ical; their strong point is the alb.
of any external paddle wheels or
p%ropellers, which are so liable to be.
come fouled by wreckage. The boat
has projecting guards. which protect
the nozzles from striking against slips
or docks.
, 1907-09-05
Jewel for Child Heroine,

Ethel Johnson, a child heroine OF
the Columbia disaster, has received a
magnificent butterfly of gold and dia.
monds from an unknown admirer, ac-
cord to a Portland correspondent of
the Seattle Times.
1t was taken to the home of r. r.
Dingle, where the little girl is stop
ping, on Saturday by a jewelry store
employe. There was no note of ex-
PLANTATION, no signature, telling who
was the sender of so magnificent a
gift. merely the words, From a Port
land admirer."
Little Ethel Johnson saved two lives
in the Columbia disaster, She rescued
her child companion, Efie Gordon, and
held her above water until taken
aboard a life boat.
While struggling with her compan-
ion a man who could scarcely swim
was also saved by her. He seized hold
upon her and was also held above the
water by her childish efforts. Perhaps
this man sent the present.
, 1907-09-05
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.

When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, 1t is time
hat coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous con-
ditions that coffee will produce. 1t
shows in one way in one person and in
another way in another. In this case
the lady lived in S. Oak. She says:
Il have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out Of
the bed on the coolest nights, and felt
afraid to sleep for fear of catching
cold. l had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
/ have been unable to go to church or to
lectures because of that awful feeling
that | must keep on the move.
when 1t was brought to my atten-
ton that coffee caused so many ner-
vous diseases, / concluded to drop
coffee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see If my trouble vas caused by coffee
drinking.
Il only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast but that was enough to do
the business for me. When / quit 1t
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way. Now i have no more
of the Jerking and twitching and can
sleep with any amount of bedding over
me and sleep all night, in sound, peace
full rest.
Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth its weight in gold to me-
There's a Reason" Read the little
health classic, The Road to Well
Vile" In pkgs.
, 1907-09-05

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
, 1907-09-05

The trust magnate leaped up from
the banquet table and made a dive
for his 100-mile-an-hour automobile.
Hold on" cried the astonished
POSTMASTER. Wont you wait for us
to serve the dessert?"
mo" replied the nervous magnate;
81 just saw a suspicious face loom up
at the window. The next thing served
will be a process"
And telling his chauffeur to put on
full speed the wealthy fugitive headed
for the next state.
, 1907-09-05

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est dlscovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and s~moothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
, 1907-09-05
Evil of Tipping system.

Although there is a great effort made
To keep secret the thefts in hotels and
restaurants in New York, 1t is quite
evident they are on a rapid increase.
The manager of a large restaurant
say the system of having servants
depend almost entirely upon patrons
for their pay lowers their moral stan
dard and causes them to look on those
they are supposed TO serve as their
legitimate prey.
, 1907-09-05
A Knock.

Jimmy" said the father, there's a
rip in your bathing suit. Go and sew
it up"
But papa" growled the boy, moth
er will sew it for me-"
"Never mind. l want you to learn
to sew yourself. For said the father,
some day you will get married, and
then you won't have any mother-you
will only have a wife"
, 1907-09-05
A Delicate Distinction.

Manager thought you wrote me
you had a full house at Bad Dog in
Arizona.
Business Manager-So we did.
Manager-Why, our star tells me
there were only about 25 people in he
place and every man Jack was drunk.
Business Manager (gently)-Well?
l didn't say we had the house full; l
said we had a full house.
, 1907-09-05
Beware of Ointments for catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury win surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering I. through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de
rive from them. Halls Catnrrh Cure, manufactured
by Ed. Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure he sure you get the
genuine. IL f. taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by Ed Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
, 1907-09-05
Pointed Conversation.

Jack, ! an going away"
"Going away, Madge?"
Yes, going away. But before l go
I have something to say to you."
Something to say to me, little
wife,"
Yes, something to say to you. Don't
send me any poker stories in lieu of
the weekly remittance. Thatll be
about all"
, 1907-09-05
Would Make Rich Crop,

1t is estimated that 81, 900, 900 acres
are available for rice growing in
Louisiana and Texas, and the value
of such crop would be $500, 600, 900.
This would make the rice crop fifth
in point of value among the cereals of
this country.
, 1907-09-05

A burglar arrested in London the
other night remarked regretfully: ~
knew the time when l could do 20
houses in two hours. But | am get
ting old"
, 1907-09-05

Caustic Critic-Why did you put
that joker at the very end of the num-
bers in your entertainment program?
Member of Committee-Wasn't that
all right? l thought a wag ought
naturally to come at the tail end.
, 1907-09-05
Nearo's Valuable Head.

A Kentucky negro earns double
wages as a ~hodcarrier, because he is
able to do the work of two men. He
carries from 40 to so bricks at a time.
He places the bricks upon a board
which he balances upon his head as
he climbs to the tops of high build
iDyS
, 1907-09-05
Habits of Sperm Whale.

The sperm whale can remain below
the surface for about 20 minutes at a
time. Then it comes to the surface
and breathes 30 or 60 times, taking
about ten minutes to do so.
, 1907-09-05
Reasonable Explanation.

81 wonder why a dog chases his
tail?"
"A sense of economy"
Economy"
Yes; can't you see he is trying to
make both ends meet?"
, 1907-09-05

ton. My wife and many of my friends
have used Doan's Kidney Pills with
good results and / a earnestly rec
ommend them"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
, 1907-09-05

Great riches are eve accompanied
by great anxieties, and an increase
of our possessions is but an inlet to
new Observation-Disclosures.
, 1907-09-05
The Authors New Homa.

Like your new house,"
Its fine"
There are six houses in the row
believer"
Yes, mine is the last one"
Good cellar?"
"one of the six best cellars"
, 1907-09-05
The extraordinary popularity of fine

The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only IL which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener
makes half the usual quantity Of Starch
necessary, with the result of perfect
finish, equal to that when the goods
were new.
, 1907-09-05

with my back and
kidneys. 1 doctored
and used many rene
dies without getting
relief. Beginning with
Doan's Kidney Pills,
l found relief rom
the first box, and two
boxes restored me to
good, sound condi-
, 1907-09-05
A Theory.

why do men swear?" asked one
woman.
answered Miss Cayenne. "They want
to be noticed even when they can't
think of anything of real Importance
to say"
, 1907-09-05
Ladies' Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. a certain cure for swollen, sweating,
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE
Address A.. s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
, 1907-09-05

II hear the Neweds have had n
dreadful quarrel and that the bride
is talking Of going home to her moth
er. What's the matter?"
81 believe one evening she got the
supper from her cooking school
recipes, and when the boys in the
neighborhood lost their ball in a hole
under the fence, Mr.. Viewed gave
them one of her biscuits to finish the
game"
, 1907-09-05

1t is not those who read simply, but
those who think. who become enlight-
ened.-Secker.
, 1907-09-05
Physicians Recommend Castoria

C;AsTORIA has met with pronounced favor on the part Of physicians, pharma
ceudcal societies and medical authorities. It is used by physicians with
results most gratifying The extended use Of Castoria is unquesdonably the
result Of three facts: fast-The indiputabe evidence that it is harmless
S'e't,That it not only anays stomach pains and qiets the nerves, but assimi
laes the food: Hd-It is an agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil
1t is absolutely safe. It does not contain any Opium, Morphine, or other narcotic
and does not stupey. 1t is unlike Soothing syrups, Bahmans Drops Godfey'
Cordial etc. This is a good deal for a Medical Journal to say. Our duty, how
ever, is to expose danger and record the means of advancing health. The day
TOR poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. T
our knowledge, Castmia is a remedy which produces composure and health, BY
regulating the sysem-not by supplying it-and our readers are entitled
the infmmahon-HaWs Journal of Health.
, 1907-09-05
DOES YOUR BACK C
Profit by the Experience Of One Who
Has Found Relief.

James R. Keller, retired farmer,
of Fenner St, Cazenovia, N. Y, says:
About fifteen years ago / suffered
, 1907-09-05

But the blonde lawyer is not always
a legal light.
, 1907-09-05

Mrs. WlnsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children %teethinr, softens the gurus, reduces To-
nsmmation, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc a bottle.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-26

Outside information mas reached
railroads in the East and the Burling-
ton in the West are getting mixed up
in the teIegraphers' strike, which up
to this time has spared the railroads
the loss AID trouble that would result
should the '1ay-off'' order spread to
their line of work. According to the
operators side of the case, it is the
railroads themselves that are bring
ing on the trouble. The railroads will
probably have their side of the story
as well.
The trouble began when the rail
roads ordered some of their operators
to handle messages for the Western
When the railroad operators refused
to send the messages for the Western
Union and Postal people some of them
were discharged. 1t is now charged
by the operators that the railroads
did this as ''spite" measure, and that
they discharged only men who had
been active in union work in the past,
and that the roads took this means
of disposing of some of the unions
most enthusiastic workers. The union
leaders are comforting. and if a strike
of the railroad operators is declared
the tie-up to the railroads will be con-
siderably worse in its effects than the
present difficulty.
The local situation remains ulchang
ed Agent DeArcy is still at his post,
sending only local messages The sup
position of some tnat death" mes
sages can be sent is a mistake. No
telegram of any nature whatever can
be sent farther than to local points.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-26

The tenth session of the New Mexi-
co Military Institute will open next
Monday with a full quota of cadets.
Although the new rule of admitting
none under the age of fourteen years
goes into effect this year, the manage
ment has already received applica-
tioIs for every bit of room accessible
in the Institution, and the enrolment
OF last year, between 40 and $50. will
be reached the first week of the ses-
zion. More cadets could easily be Sc
cured if there was room to accommo-
date them.
The faculty this year will have
three new members. They are capt.
F. o. Wynne, of ChriStia1 Brothers
College, st. Louis, VINO will have
charge of athletics and history; Capt.
j. B. Webster, of Tennessee, mathe-
matics, and Capt. r. l.. McClung. of
Ohio, Latin Capt. Mcclure, English
and chemistry Major Pearson, math-
ematics AID commandant; Col Bar
low. military tactics; Capt. Lohman.
military tactics, Spanish and assistant
of the old faculty, will retain their
old positions, and Col ]. w. Wilson
and Major l., Martini, superintendent
and assistant, will remain at the head
of the institution.
Col. Barlow and Captains Pearson
a1d Mcclure will be mere the last of
the week. Major Martini will not re
turn from his European trip until af-
ter the opening of school Col. Wilson
and Captain Lohman, who have been
holding the fort practically all sum-
mer, are the only members of the
faculty now in Roswell All the 9th
ers. except Major Martini, will be in
their places at the opening.
The Institute ball team will start
practice at once Six members of the
old team will be in the lineup. in
Guiding Lohman. Crowell, McMurray,
O'Rourke, Montoyo and Houghton.
Capt. Wynne, the new teacher of ata-
letics will be the seventh man. and
the others will have to be drawn from
the ranks.