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

suit the other day, noticed, and
just thought when looked at him what
an improvement 1t made in his appear
ance. He was looking simply awful
before. OF course, dress means more
to him than 1t does to you with bis
figure and poor carriage, and then, you
know, he has to try to impress people.
Still -
81 don't believe I need a new suit,
Myrtle"
But you do need 1t. want my hus-
band to look his best always-his very
best, and clothes really do help. Thnps
why always love to see you in even
ing dress. You look so distinguished.
You look distinguished anyway, dear
est, but clothes really do help.
The man rubbed his chin sOf course
they do" he admitted. ~,
Certainly they do. Now, don't be
obstinate, dear. / know perfectly well
what You are thinking Of. You think
need new spring clothes and a new hat,
and you're willing to sacrifice yourself
L JuSS7 " 4AdhS yOui Ugly WilC pSonsAAuA'
don't want you to think of me at all.
want you to get yourself the things
you need SO badly and not always be
denying yourself on my account"
''Do you need spring clothes 4
thought ~ s. & : sls o. o.
Tim, tell you don't want you 70
think OF me. Why, Of course I need
clothes. 1 haven't a thing ct to wear.
But never mind that I'll get along
somehow. I'm going to have my poor,
abused husband have his clothes this
time. I'll wait till business improves"
well" said the man. maybe the
business might stand It II you don't
strike me too hard. don't know but
I will get new suit myself. How
much will fix you out?"
"You dear!" exclaimed the lady.
well, II you insist on 1t, I'll tell you.
But I want you to have your suit
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My dear" said the housewife, as she
nlled her husbands cup second time
from the coffee machine and passed 1t to
him, you can't possibly wear that old
suit again this spring"
"Why?" asked the man. whats the
matter with lit"
You ought to have new one.
"Shucks!" said the man. "All 1t
needs is a little pressing and 1t will
look well enough Its long way from
being worn OUT
Now, Isn't that just like you! Just
because 1t Isn't in rags you think you
have to keep on wearing 1t. Jim, want
you to so to your tailor tomorrow and
pick out nice piece of goods and have
q suit made of it. 1T really is shame
the way you go about"
"Nobody's mistaken me for tramp
SO far. Strangers seem to be decently
civil to me-"
"Oh, you.know l don't mean that. i
know you look we'll. You'd look well
~ oNeralis ana you would command re-
spect, as far as that goes. Nobody
Would ever mistake you for a tramp,
even II you did dress like one."
You won't ever lose anything by
that" said the man.
I'm not Joking. l want you to or
der that suit And don't go to any
cheap tailor. either. Go to a good one.
even If you do have to pay a little
more. It's worth 1t. And gel, gray.
! love to see you in gray. think it
becomes you more than anything else.
Won't you go tomorrow and see about
sit?, = d 80, 80
why, no, my dear said the man.
= think can get along very well with
the suit Tvs got IS
Yes, YOU can get along with it.n
We'll, then, what makes you want
me to get new one ~
You'd look so much better In new
one Mr.. Benton was wearing new
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

A view Of the Dreadnaught gives
Americans an idea of the appearance
Of new fighters to be added to the Unit
ted States navy. Congress has author
lied two battle ships of the Dread
naught type, and the plans indicate that
they will have points of superiority over
the British pioneer United States bat
tie ships OF the next smaller type are
the best In the world, and as great an
achievement is anticipated In the crea-
ton Of vessels Of this new class.
Other nations are also falling into
line. Japan has Dreadnaught in
commission and others building. Ger
many has two on the stocks and has
ordered two more.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
working Of Prohibition In Kansas.

Working Of Prohibition In Kansas.
The fact that the druggists report
more liquor sales to the probate
judge during months when the lid is
on than when the town is wide open
is not a sign that the liquor selling
drug stores get the business that or
dinarily goes to the joints. The real
number OF sales made by drug stores
is not very materially increased by
the, closure of the joints. More sales
are reported merely because the drug
gists insist on their customers sign
ing up for what they get. Customers
are not allowed to drink their pur-
chases on the premises. If they buy
beer the druggist starts the corks and
they must take them outside to
drink.
In filling out the blanks It Is nee
essary for the signer to state for
what purpose he wants the liquor,
and if for medicinal purposes, for
what disease. In many drug stores
the purchasers merely sign their
names and the druggist fills in the
ailment blank spaces at their con-
venience. The result is startling.
Colds and stomach trouble seem to
constitute majority of the COM
plants written in. Following is a
summary of the ailments given in
one book of signed applications for
liquor:
Colds. 80; grip, 8; rubbing, 1; bath.
10; rheumatism, 8; stomach trouble.
II: preparing shellac i; tonic, L:
paralysis, 2; heart trouble, 8; weak.
ness, a; nervous prostration, L; sore
throat, /: liver trouble. Topeka
Capital.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
GOAT ANTELo J,

Although the long tailed coral
(Neorhadls caudatus), the goat an
telope of Northern China, was de-
scribed SO long ago as 1867, from
skins sent to the Paris Museum the
first living example of the species has
only just reached this country. 1t
was presented to the Geological So
ciety by F. G. Bilbrough, resident
in Corea. Like its better known al
lies, it Is goatlike in form and size,
with short recurved horns, destitute
of hook at the tip; the height of an
adult male at the shoulders is a little
over two feet. These small antelopes
are exceedingly active and frequent
high broken ground, difficult OF &C.
cess, where they form small bands.
led by an old male. They remain in
shelter during the heat Of the. day.
coming out in the morning and even
ing to feed. This Important acqufsi-
ton has been placed in the antelope
house.-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
learned entomologlsts. Darby

learned entomologists. Darby and
Spence. &. (.
Show us" said these. "a single case
In which under stress of circumstances
the bees have had the idea of substi-
tuting clay or mortar for wax and pro-
polls and we will admit their reasoning
faculties" :. W.
Hardly had they expressed this some
what arbitrary wish when another nat
urnlist, Andrew Knight having coated
the bark of certain trees with sort of
cement made Of wax md turpentine,
observed that Ills bees entirely ceased
to gather propolls and used only this
new and unknown substance which they
found prepared for them In abundance
in the neighborhood of their home.
Moreover. In the enractice OF agricul-
-ture when pollen is scarce the beekeep-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
ProiectiIes Now in the Lead.

A new type of projectile, which will
play an important part in future war
fare, and which, according to. Sir How
ard Vincent. will pierce any armor
yet made, has been introduced by the
Hadfield Steel Foundry. This an
nouncement was made by Mr.. r. A..
HadEeid at the annual meeting Of the
company recently at Sheffield. He
mentioned also that the firm had in.
troduced new steel called Era" an
entirely British product. for which.
the Admiralty had given them facili-
ties for testing. It had proved OF ex-
scepttonal quality. and was rapidly
coming into use for ship construction.
London Standard.
In 1901 not single passenger was
killed by train accidents in all the
railways 0f the Va!sea kingdom,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

are journeying in its direction at the
rate of millions of miles day, and at
some future time it may gobble us
all up. For, after all. humiliating
though the confession be, our sun is
only very small star-of the sixth
magnitude, or thereabout-and of an
Importance in the universe so slight
as to be scarcely within the pale of
responsibility"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
A HoMH LOWING Bird.

Direct evidence of the return of
the same individual bird Of migrat-
Ing species to a particular spot season
after season is not easily obtainable,
but N. G. Beers believes that he has
such evidence concerning a chipping
sparrow at Lakewood, N. J. A few
years ago he heard little bird con-
cealed in the tcp of maple utter
ing a peculiar song which he could
not recognize. The next season he
heard the same peculiar song in
tree but few yards from the original
point. This time he identified the
bird, which seemed to have learned
song of its own. The third year
he did not visit Lakewood at the
proper season to meet his little
friend, but the fourth year he heard
and saw it again near the same spot.
1t appeared always to make its sum-
mer home in the trees on an area
not more than two acres in extent
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
Republican corruption.

SOEEupuEOns
That was a shrewd move of President
Roosevelt to have the "officlal'' declara-
tion made that the Anti-Administratio
Republicans are in league with the rail-
roads and have raised fund of S.
100000 to defeat my policies" or "a
man of my type" 1t was evidently in
tended to turn the public from paying
too much attention to the confessions
of Mr.. Hartman that tile President
asked him to raise an addition to the
corruption fund of 1904 to save the
State of New York to the Republicans.
1t also has the effect of putting those
Republicans who are not favorable to
Taft, or whoever else the President
may eventually decide upon as his
successor, on the defensive and the
weaklings hasten to declare their al
leglance to the dictator. The situation
is very similar to that in the Turkish
Empire, where all who will not declare
for the successor whom the Sultan has
elected to succeed him, are In danger
of Punishment or worse.
The President does not favor the
endorsement of favorite sons by their
States and demands that his friends
see that delegation Is arranged for,
that will either vote for him for a
third term or follow his Instructions
as to whom to vote for. There prob
ably is no truth in the statement that
81 000 000 mr. anv ntl,nr cup, ho, h,o,,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
THE TERRIBLE DnEApnAuaHr.
Type of Fighting Monster Which
the United States VIII Build.

OHiteH Sthtes VIII HufId.
England is aglow with pride over the
showing made by the great Dread
naught on her recent test cruise to the
West Indies. Her turbine engines were
found to be great success, and the
seagolng and maneuyerlng powers of
the boat all that could be desired. 1t
justlfies to the fullest extent the judg-
ment OF British naval experts as to
the effectiveness of the all-big-gun ship
In modern warfare. While the. Dread
naught is the most powerful. thing
afloat. 1t is also one of the fastest. hay
Ing shown speed in excess of 81 knots.
an hour. She is 400 feet long. and her,
main battery comprises 10 12-inch guns,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
ROW AND ARROW YARNS.

The EXPRESSION drawing long
bow" does not of necessity mean the
telling of falsehood. 1t sometimes
refers to a wonderful story, which
may be true enough, but which is so
marvellous. as to require firm trust
in the 2eracity of the narrator to
enable the hearer to believe 1T. Some
of the longest bows of this sort have
been drawn about bows and arrows.
These stories began long ago. Virgil
in the Eneid tells OF four arciers
who were shooting for a prize, the
mark being pigeon tied by a cord
to the mast of ship. The first man
hit the mast, the second cut the cord,
and the third, shot the pigeon as it
flew away. The fourth archer, hav-
ing nothing left to shoot, drew his
bow and sent his arrow flying toward
the sky with such speed that the fric-
ton of the air set the feathers on
fire, and it swept on, like a meteor,
to disappear in the clouds.
The stories told by Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by his wonderful
performance as Locksley IN SCOTS
"Ivanhoe," are also decided strain
upon a sensible persons credulfty.
The famous story of William Tell,
doubted by many persons, is believed
by others to have a foundation of
fact. There was a Dane named Foke
of whom the same story is told, and
William of Cloudesley, an English.
an, is said to have shot an apple
from his sons head merely to show
his expertness.
Most stories of bows and arrows re-
late the accurate aim of the archers,
but a Frenchman, Blaise de vigenere,
tells one that shows the tremendous
force with which an arrow may be
propelled if the bow be strong and
long enough. According to his own
account of the matter, he saw Bar.
barossa, a Turk, admiral of ship
called the Grand Solyman, send an
arrow from his bow right through a
cannon bail.-Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
A SQUIRREL STORY.


Il have hunted and shot squirrels
off and on for forty years, but the
most peculiar. adventure ever had
with them was right here upon this
place." said Dick Compton OF the
Compton farm in Clay County. ut
was in the early part of the summer
when new potatoes and green peas
had just come in. There is nothing
on earth quite so good as green peas.
new potatoes, and young squirrel cook
ed into stew in an old-fashioned
Iron pot over a hickory fire in an old
fashioned fireplace. We had the
vegetable part of the stew and start
ed out to get the young squirrels
Going UP draw heard chat.
tering above my head, and looking up
/ saw a young squirrel sitting on a
hollow knot. 1t was the stump of a
limb that had rotted off long time
ago, and the bark had grown partly
over the edges of the knot Inside
that hollow a squirrel had built its
nest and brought forth its young.
This was one of the little. fellows
scolding at me from that knot. My
mouth watered when saw him. for
l knew how delicious he would be in
that stew. 1 had an old muzzle-load-
ing rife, / was a good shot, and from
where stood Itook careful aim and
fired. l was using the old-fashioned
black powder which makes cloud
OF smoke 1 stood still until the
smoke cleared away and then looked
up at the knot could hardly be-
lieve my eyes. There sat the squirrel
untouched and it was chatering and
flirting its bushy tail as if in defiance
of me.
81 loaded up again and took more
careful aim and fired. When the
smoke had blown away so that could
see, there was the squirrel exactly in
the same place.
"Well, sir, I was the most aston
ished man you ever saw. l was not
in the habit of missing. / couldn't
understand it.
"1'll get you this time said to
myself, and I loaded more carefully
shan ever, aimed with the greatest
elaboration, fired, and rested the
stock of the gun upon the ground to
wait for the smoke to clear up. And
when it did there was that squirrel
as clipper and saucy as ever you saw
any squirrel. 1t was the most as
tonishing thing l had ever seen. l
looked at my gun, at the powder, at
my bullets, and then UP at that SPUR
rel. 1t was with feeling akin TO
superstition that / loaded up again.
/ thought may be that squirrel was
bewitched.
with the fourth shot 1 got him.
After the smoke had blown away l
saw that the knot was vacant.
.;.";..Well, I got you that time.' I said
to myself and I walked up to the
foot of the tree to get him.
Imagine my surprise when I found
four young squirrels dead in heap
there. Then l knew what had hap
pened. Each time 1 had fired / had
shot a squirrel, and with the smoke
SO thick about me could not see
him fall There was only room upon
the knot for one squirrel at time
to sit, and IS soon as one had tumbled
off another had popped out of the hole
to take his place and be sitting there
when the smoke cleared, and |
thought all the time that it was the
same squirrel" kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
KILLED THE TAME CROW.

A tame crow escaped from cage
at Poole. England, and tried to join
colony of crows in neighboring
grove. But the wild crows resented
the intrusion and killed 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

THAT NICKEL SAVED HIS LIFE.
When DR.. Briggs arrived at the
Meachem house he found his patient
in comatose condition, which made
necessary several hours Of restora.
tive labor.
Now, how did this happen?" he de-
manded of Mrs. Meachem when the
trouble was over. did you give him
the powder left?" f'sit -tet
yes, sir"
"As much as would go on a dime
and no more?"
Eyes sir-that is, we couldn't find
a dime, so shook a nickel and five
pennies out Of Willie's bank and gave
him just what they would carry"
Its lucky the nickel was there.
SO that you didn't have to use five
more coppers,' remarked the doctor,
dryly.-The Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

In the Satenhai district Of interior
Africa the natives make use Of foot.
stools
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

Professor Charles w. Brown, OF
Brown University, has gone to Jamaica
to study the geological phenomena con.
paeted With the recent earthquake,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

Lesser EVIL.
Messenger Your wife has eloped
with your chauffeur.
Husband-Thank fortune! Now I
won't have to break 1t to her that the
cook has left.-Harrar's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15
ANIMALS IN A FOG

at
Nothing has such a bewildering eff
feet as fog. Only animals which find
their way by scent can get about in
it with any certainty.
Birds are entirely confused by 1t.
Tame pigeons remain all day motion
less and half asleep, huddled up, eth
err in or just outside their pigeon
houses. 3ist.. 8s-,fs5ye -; ~ 70
~ Chickens reniaitt- Inueien1eon-s 500
hours during heavy fogs. No bird
sings or Ttters call, perhaps, be-
cause 1t fears to betray its where.
abouts to an unseen foe.
During one very thick fog a blind
man was found wandering about a
certain district of London.
This man was in the habit of COM
ing up every day from suburb,
carrying notes and parcels. and had
scarcely ever lost his way before.
Asked why he had gone astray (for
he was quite blind, and it was sup
posed that weather would have made
no difference), he said that in a fog
the ground sounded quite different
y."-Chums.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

Republicans Criticize President.
Senator Perkins, of California, de.
clares that some people talk too much
and this is the fault of our President
Andrew Carnegie thinks that President
Roosevelt draws wrong conclusions in
talking about ethology. The members
of the Ananias Club have not yet is
sued an official opinion, but they are
doing lot of thinking and so 1t goes
and the President keeps on talking.
This is free country. Let him talk.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-15

Mr.. Bryan has declared for the
Initiative and referendum, which is the
right of the people to Initiate legisla-
ton and the power to veto or approve
laws when demanded by ten per cent
of the voters. After all we have suf-
fered by the sins of commission and
omission of the Republican politicians,
who will be bold enough to say the
people shall not have this power to
initiate laws or to veto or approve
theyn2
Evening journal., 1907-01-11
MINING News
FROM MANY CAMPS
Rich Strikes of Ore Reported
in Many Western
Mines

CHICAGO. H.. Jan. 1i.--An immense
mining merger has been commenced by
Chicago capitalists known as the Ne
,vada- Greenwater Mining, Milling and
Smelling Company to control and
operate many claims ana leases in
Goldheld, Tonopah and Ida. New, and
Greenwater. Cal The syndicate is
headed by Maj. L. II. French Of New
York
Evening journal., 1907-01-11
LOVE AFFAIR LED TO
M'CORMICK'S RETURN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-There are
many stories afloat as to the reasons
why Robert S. Mccormick. Of Illinois,
the American Ambassador to France,
is quitting the diplomatic service One
Of these is to the effect that Mrs. Nc
Cormick had been guilty of an excess
of ofliciousness such as was manifested
by the wife Of Bellamy Storer and
which resulted in his sudden removal
from Office.
This story. however, finds no corrob-
Grafton. From a source close TO the
State Department 1t is learned that the
real reason for the return home of the
McCormicks is based on a family row.
Mr. Mccormick was original given a
place in the diplomatic service through
the influence of r. w. Patterson, of
Chicago. the influential newspaper pro-
prietor Mr. Patterson and Mr. Nc
Cormick are related. having both mar
ried daughters of the late Joseph Me-
dim
About a year ago, when Mr. McCor-
mick was Ambassador to Russia, the
i19-year-old daughter OF r. w. Patter-
son visited at St Petersburg. While
there she fell in love with a Russian
nobleman, and. without the consent OF
her parents. married him. The mar
iriage resulted unhappily 1t was af-
forwards alleged that he treated her
brutally, practically making her a
Evening journal., 1907-01-11
WOMEN PEEP AND
SEE---OH, SHOCKING

NEW YORK. Jan. 1t-Fifty young
women were shocked into flight when
they secretly Witnessed a performance
given by dancing girls at a dinner ana
entertainments Of the Cloth spongers
Union. I'm Reisenweber's restaurant, on
Eighth avenue.
Besides this dinner. two others were
given at the restaurant One was a
beefsteak dinner to Miss Florence Du-
veen. of London, and the other a dim
ner given in honor OF Miss Florence
Bear. OF the Hotel Netherlands.
The women guests at this last din
ner-all we'll known upper east and
west side social circles-were first TO
arrive. They threw off their wraps In
the cloakroom and waited for other
guests in the lobby
When the cloth spongers arrived a
few minutes later. they notified the
management that they had arranged a
vaudeville program. and asked if there
was not some other way than by the
lobby IN which the performers coul6
enter. When told there was not, they
said they would not be responsible fo'
what miciht happen.
formers arrived. She was Babe Briei
Oriental Dancer" She paraded into
the lobby from the dressing room
adorned in spangles ana a milse. Next
came a Spanish dancer, miss L.
Blanche" described on the program a.
"the real thing" then followed several
others. The dancers apparently had a
dislike for clothing or else their ward
robes were at the spongers.
In less time than It takes to tell the
dancers had the lobby to themselves.
The society women had decided it was
time for them to retire to their dining
halls But they were curious. and
through cracks in the doors they
watched the dancers enter the hall in
which the spongers were.
Soon the weird music that accom-
| panies the cocchee-coochee was waited
| from the srongers' room. Only a screen
barred the door from the lobby and the
/ Harlem society women could hear
shouts Of Great" She's the real
thingl' and Bring back the same girli'
1t was too much. The spirit Of Eve
took possession Of the women and a
dozen OF them tip-toed across the lobby
and peered through the screen. Soon
they were Joined by others. until the
Lobby was filed. only those in front
could see Babe" Briel was in full mo-
ton.
The Oriental dancer suddenly ceased
to dance and told a story which caused
the spongers to roar with laughter but
Harlem society fed. II did not agar
attempt TO see the show.