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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Fifteen Years Ago.

wandered to the grogshop, Tom,
| stood before the bar, and drank a
bowl of lemonade and smoked a
rank cigar; the same old kegs and
Jugs were there. the ones we used to
know when we were on the road-up,
Tom, some fifteen years ago. The
barkeep is a new one, Tom, the one
who used to sell, corrosive tangle-
foot to us. is smoking now in
Halifax; the new one has a plate
glass front. his hair is combed quite
low, he looks just like the one we
knew, some fifteen years ago. Old
soaks came up and called for booze,.
and dudelets staggered in and burned
the Innings Of their throats, with good
old Holland gin; and women stood!
outside the door, their faces smeared'
with woe, and wept just as they used
to weep some fifteen years ago. 1
asked about the old time friends,
those cheerful sporty men, and some
were in the poor house and some
were in the pen; and one-the one.
we liked the BEST. the hangman laid.
him low; the world is much the
same, dear Tom, as fifteen years ago.
l asked about the stately chap whom;
pride marked for its own; he used to
say that he could drink, or let the
stuff alone; he eperished of the James.
81. Jams, out in the snow; ah, few
survive who used to bowl some
fifteen years ago. Now crowds line
up against the bar, and call for
crimsonink; new hands are trembling
as they pour the stuff they should
not drink; but still the same old
Watshwerd ring this round s OH
me, you know" the same old cry of
doom we heard some fifteen years
ago. | wandered to the churchyard,
Tom, and there l saw the graves, of
those who used to drown themselves
in red fermenti waves; and there
were women sleeping there, where
grass and daisies grow, who went
and died of broken hearts some
fifteen years ago. Therewere graves
where children sleep for many a
year, forgetful Of the woe that marked
their short sad journey here, meath
a fine tall monument, in peace there
liveth low, the man who used to sell
the booze, some fifteen years ago
Walt Mason.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
HOW TO REpEL A DOG.
Letter Carrier Had Remedy For
Vicious Ours.


mo one comes in contact with all
sorts of dogs more than the letter car
rler," said the man in gray as the In
terviewer trudged along beside him.
'Takc 1t outside the business districts
and every other family has dog;
Many of them I pay no attention to,
but about one out of five aches to get
his teeth into my legs at first sight
Ii is part of my duty to teach such
.curs a lifelong lesson"
!; .Do you kick them?" was asked.
'.That would be foolish. l carry here
in my side pocket about quarter of n
pound of dry fine cut tobacco. You see
It is almost MS fine as snuff. The dog
that means to bite you won't come
charging down with a roar. He sneaks
up behind and gives jump in. am
ready for it. Without seeming to be
watching. know where he Is, and at
the right moment he gets the tobacco
dust in his eyes. Then there is cir
Gus. That dog goes through such u
performance as you never witnessed,
.ands his owner, man or woman, In
sdulges in nll sorts of threats. deliver
4tsSs tssis l.asiia and say nothing ,and9 go on.
The dogs eyes are sore for fortnight,
and If he afterward meets me on the
street he will drop his tail and make
bolt for home. It's lesson he never
forgets, and l believe it also increases
his owners respect for Uncle Sans
uniform Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

France has stationary popula-
ton and stationary birth rate. But
the number of wine shops has been
Increased very largely since 1880
and the consumption of alcoholic
drinks has increased over 60 per
cent. Professor Barthelemy be-
lieves that this accounts for the
rapid increase in insanity, suicides
and murders and Professor Ian.
cereaux believes that the free use Of
alcoholic drinks has caused new
variety of tuberculosis. In this
country the statistics are not entire
ly conclusive, but there is probable
evidence of considerable increase in
insanity, suicide and murder, and
the statistical abstract shows an in
crease in the per capita consumption
of distilled liquors in ten years from
a proof gallon to six quarts.-Phila
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
He WON HIS CASE.
An Incident That illustrates Il
Shrewdness of Ben Butler,

An Incident That illustrates tho
Shrewdness of Ben Butler.
y number of years ago General Ben
jamin Il. Butler was a guest of friends
in Brooklyn. During his visit he noted
the rule of the street railway COM
panies compelling conductors to regis
ter fares as soon as passengers entered
the cars and before the fares were ac-
tually collected. Two or three years
afterward he represented the plaintiff
in damage suit for $4,000 in which a
Brooklyn street railway company was
the defendant. The principal witness
for the company was the conductor of
the ear on which the accident occur
red, and his testimony was so strong
MS to make things look bad for Buffers
client. But Butler recalled the unusual
rule lie had remarked years before, and
ON cross examination he said:
Your company requires you to ring
up fares as soon as passengers enter
the car, doesn't it?"
Yes"
Suppose passenger boards your
car and then finds he Is on the wrong
line. Do you state that fact to your
superiors, and do they make allowance
on your returns for that fare?"
NO. lose the Nickel"
"Do You mean to say the company
won't take your word for cents?"
NO. they won't"
yet" said the shrewd veteran, turn
Ing to the jury, "the company asks you
to take this conductors word for $751;
0oo."
Buffers client received verdict.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
VOICES FROM THE SEA.
Common Phrases That Have Had Thei
Origin Aboard Ship.

Common Phrases That Have Had Their
Origin Aboard Ship.
1t is remarkable what number of
common expressions in use every day
come to us from the sea. You grumble
at a third party for showing in his
oar in IL conversation. \ friend in
qulres after your health. "Oh, first
rate, thanks!" you reply, using term
derived from the days Of old wooden
line Of battle ships. Probably each of
us knows of some one who is Sailing
under false colors."
Politicians are not infrequently
''thrown overheard" by their party
when they disappoint expectations. We
call tall buildings "skyscrapers," a
term originally purely nautical "Close
quarters" is very common express
sion, which. like first rate" dates
from the time of wooden fighting
ships. The quarters We're protec-
tions erected along the bulwarks be-
hind which sailors could lie low and
which were used to help to repel
boarders.
There are others, too-"half seas
over" for instance, and "high and
dry" Honest men are said to be
'aboveboard.'' We call good for
nothing man "derelict," and we urge
people to go "full speed ahead" on all
occasions when we mean there Is need
for haste.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
His Attsmnt Ma. uoia.

They had been having a discussion
concerning the necessity or otherwise
of purchasing new silk dress in order
to be on level with the De Moneys
next door. Banks had vetoed the pur-
chase on the ground Of extravaganza
and want Of funds, and shis wife was
much put out.
"Dinner ready, my dear?' he asked
In his most conciliatory manner. Her
face had been like stale thunder
storm ever since the disagreement, and
Banks wanted to change 1t.
"Yes," answered Mrs. B. shortly.
"Must try again." said Banks to him
self. Then aloud: "Ah, I'm glad of
that, my love. I have what the poets
would call IAN aching void,' Sarah"
"You often suffer from headache"
she returned in cutting tone.
Banks drew his chair up to the table
with unnecessary noise and refrained
from further attempts at conciliation
for the rest Of the day.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Here and there a minister goes
wrong or is accused Of having done
something indiscreet, to say the
least. His name gets into the papers
and he is talked about. But little
reference is made to the thousands
of ministers who do not go wrong
and who even avoid all appearance
of evil. The ministers, like the
lawyers, the doctors. the business
men, and the representatives of
every other class, have to beer cer-
tain amount of ignominy because of
the mistakes of their fellows. The
wrong doing of any one man, how
ever, is no reason for wholesale
criticism of the members of any pro-
fsssion or calling. Nearly all the
men and women on earth are human
most of them very much so-and
people who are themselves human
have no license to go to the limit in
Judging others not much, if any
more human Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
DEAD SEA BATHING.
It Must Be Horrible Torture, Accord
ing to This Account.

It Must Be Horrible Torture, Accord.
ing to This Account.
In an article on bathing In the Dead
sea clergyman who has made the ex-
pertinent says: mo sooner has one
plunged Into the water than one is
whipped off ones fee. and goes bob
bing helplessly about, like wretched
cork. In the effort to resain ones foot
ing and get back to shore ones feet
and shins are barked by the Jagged
stones and pebbles, and when ut length
one does emerge from its treacherous
bosom, with the lower limbs bleeding
and torn, one becomes aware of a hor-
rible tingling and burning sensation IN
eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth and almost
every pore of the skin from the brine
and bitumen which have penetrated
everyshere. Unless great care is tax
en- the bather in the Dead sea is liable
to an eruption, which breaks out all
over the body and which is commonly
know. as the Dead sea rash The
best antidote to this is to hurry across
as quickly as possible to the river Jor.
dan and to take second plunge there
In. The soft and muddy waters Of that
sacred but dirty stream will effectually
remove the salt that has incrusted the
body."-New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Strange as it may seem, corr ect
pronunciation of the president's
name is rarely heard. Only few
days ago Mr.. Roosevelt laboriously
explained to visitor the orthoepy
of his patronymic. He spelled il
out thus: "Ro.zie-velt." "It is
more nearly Ro-za-velt than it is Ro.
zie.velt," the president explained,
patiently, "but if l should syllable
1t that way for you and you should
follow my spelling in an effort to
convey to others the historically cor
rect pronunciation Of my name
somebody would be sure to give the
broad sound to thea and make il
'Ro. zah.velt,' SO that it is safer to
use the diphthong 'ie' in order tc
avoid worse confusion. So, remem.
Der that in my name the double o is
just o, the 8 is and the 9 following
the is short a.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
An Ancient PRAYER.

Old John Ward, who was pilloried
by Pope in the "Dunciad" and who
actually stood in the pillory in the
year 1927, when he was said to have
been worth 100000. was nevertheless
a pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex and did not omit
to pray for their welfare in the follow
ing manner: 20 Lord, beseech thee
TO preserve the two counties of Middle.
sex and Essex from fire and earth.
quake, and as have mortgage in
Hertfordshire beg Of thee likewise to
have an eye Of compassion ON that
county, and, for the rest of the coun-
ties, deal with them as thou pleaseth."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Indians With Blue Ewes.

One of the mysteries of Mexico is
presented by the Maya Indians. who
inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains in
the lower part of Sonora. They have
fair skins, blue eyes and light hair, and
students of ethnology have always
been puzzled to account for them.
There is n tradition, however, that
these Indians are the descendants Of
the crew and passengers of Swedish
vessel wrecked on the Mexican coast
centuries before Columbus discovered
the new world. but this tradition is
founded on nothing more substantial
than folklore tale current among
them that their ancestors came over
the big salt water hundreds of moons
oOo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

The really able and uppermost
fact in the public services Of Booker
Washington is that he recognized at
once the supreme importance OF
educating the negroes in industrial
arts rather than in literature, philo-
sophy and professional courses.
Leading negroes everywhere else are
demanding the so-called higher edu-
cation for their fellows, while Wash
ington, almost alone, realizes the
value of practical everyday indus
trialism for them. This is real wis
dom and he is the wisest man of his
race. But industrial education is
good not only for the negroes but
for people of every color and race
and as time goes on the fact will be
generally recognized.-N. o. Plea
yune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Appreciate tho Worth of sleer

The amount of sleep required by a
person can be determined better by
the effects obtained than by the num-
ber Of hours consumed, for it differs
greatly with age and the condition of
health. Few fallacies are more dam
gerous than that which is often adopt
ed by busy people, more especially by
those engaged in scientific or other
forms Of intellectual work, when they
assume that the duration of sleep is
largely matter of convenience. The
harmfulness of deficient sleep may not
reveal itself until the age of decline
has been reached, but it will surely
hasten the decline.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
The Vulgar One.

Cornhill Magazine tells of an Eng,
lIshwoman of high station who bewail-
ed to a friend the loss by death of a
somewhat III bred but extremely
wealthy neighbor who had been very
liberal in his help to her country chari-
ties. "A1r. X. is Dead" said she. "He
was so good and kind and helpful to
me in all sorts of ways. He was 30
vulgar, poor, dear fellow, we could
not know him in London, but we shall
meet In heaven"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Because he whipped his - year
old son for playing base ball on
Sunday, J. Fl. Arnold of Athens,
Georgia. travelling revivalist, was
sentenced to six months on the rock
pile. Physicians testified the boy
was lashed until his flesh was pulp
and that he might not recover. Ar
mold said he believed it was dead
ly sin to play baseball on Sunday
and he had ordered his son not to
play, but the latter disobeyed and
was even captain of the team.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

The will of John James, of the
town of Goshen N. Y, made one
hundred years ago; was presented in
probate court recently. 1t stipulated
that at the end of one hundred
years 800 with its accumulated in
terest should be paid to the town Of
Goshen and the parish of the Con-
gregational church of that town.
The 800 with it's accumulation
amounts to $l9,431.72. The court
ordered a division of the fund ac-
cording to the terms of the will.
One portion of the money
-$lO,556,72-was ordered to be
paid the town for the benefit
of the schools and the support OF
the poor of the town, and $S:S0C
applied to the support of gospel
minister in the town, and for re.
pairs for the house of worship, which
has the same organization and the
same Westinghouse that existed in
the lifetime of the testator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Prophecy Fulfilled.

Patient-I have come to tell you, doc
tor, that that young stock broker whom
my daughter met at the sea four
months ago has now proposed to her,
and they are engaged.
Doctor-Now, didn't tell you that
you would benefit later by your
change?-Meggendorfer Blatter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
"The Reason Why"

There's many a man who works with wrench
il he had but a spark of amblticn,
Would bid farewell to his tools and the bench
And rise to better position.
Aud many there are who work night and day,
And little they get for their labor.
Whose talents II used in different way.
Would mako them the peer of their neighbor
It's lack Of ambition that keeps man down,
And makes him u servant forever,
While.others will smile he only can frown
That some Of his fellows are clever.
While seldom success will come 70 the man
Who Is lacking in honest ambition, ~
He who of his life has a definite plan,
Is bound to improve his condition.
For plenty of push with good common sense.
VIII crown with success an endeavor.
But lack of ambition brings only expense
To It's victims. forever a0d ever.
Then straigbten your back that is bent to, III,
toll,
Take stock of the brains you are given.
And stoutly resolve you will push to the front
IT'S better to drive than he driven.
Anonymous
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Long Leoaed Birds.

Long legged birds have tails so short
that they seem to be out of proportion
to their bodies. But there is reason
for the short tails. Birds, while flying,
and often while walking, use their
tails for steerage purposes. When
birds with long legs take to flight, they
throw their legs behind in manner
that causes them to serve the same
purpose as tail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Ausefull object lesson in the prop
er treatment of "graftersn is furn-
ished by London. At West Ham
one of the poorer districts of the
English capital, nine out of ten Of
the members of the board of guard
ians have been convicted of receiv-
ing bribes from contractors and en-
ployes. The sums were not large
$500 accepted from a doctor to in
sure his getting a certain medical
appointment represents the lar
gest amount. But justice has followed
with as much swiftness and severe
ity as though thousandss of dollars
had been stolen. The chief offend.
ers have been sentenced to hard Ia
Dor, the most drastic form of Grim.
inal punishment, for two years.
But perhaps the most significant
feature of the incident is that these
dishonest officials were pronounced
socialists. Boston Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Odd Coincidence.

Not many years since pastor in
New York state read in his pulpit this
portion of hymn:
Well, the delightful day will come
When my dear Lord shall take me home,
And 1 shall see his face
Just then he was stricken with paral-
ysis and died in few moments. Thir-
ty-three years before In the same pull
pit another pastor was reading the
very same stanza when he, too, was
stricken and died.-Scrap Book.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
This One Especially.

From a Paris paper we take the fol
lowing conversation in n police court
Tho President-lt appears from your
record that you have been thirty-sever
times previously convicted. The Pris
oner (sententiously)-NIan Is not per
fect.-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

"Why do you allow yourself to be
posted at your club?"
Well" answered the easy going
youth, "it's large club and swell
one, and no one would know l was a
member of it unless got posted now
and then."-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Mrs. Cakebread was entertaining
some ladies at select little o'clock
tea, and Bobby, who had been excep.
tionally well behaved, was in high
feather.
"Ma," he said as cake was being
handed around, may have some
tongue, please"
"There isn't any tongue, Bobby"
'That's funny" commented Bobby.
II heard pa say there would be lots of
it"-Strand Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
A Bio Meal.

He-What do you think? over
heard Mr.. Spoonem talking to Miss
Phatter in the conservatory, and he
told her she was sweet enough to eat.
She-The glutton! That Phatter girl
weighs fully 200 pounds.-Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Man is greater than world, than
systems of worlds. There is more mys.
terry in the union of soul with body
than in the creation of a universe
Henry Giles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Philosophy,

All philosophers are poor men, but 1t
would be better for all poor men to he
philosophers. AS to the rich, they do
not need philosophy.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Fidelity purchased with money, mon
ey can destroy.-Seneca.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

A niggardly rich man does not own
nis estate; bis estate owns him.-Bion.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-11
How a Tree Grows.

Both earth and air are required for
the growth Of a plant or tree. The
roots absorb moisture from the soil,
which, In the form of watery fluid
called common sap, rises through the
Hbers Of the last deposited annuIar
ring, traversing all the branches and
leaf stalks until 1t reaches the leaves;
there 1t undergoes change by the
absorption of carbonic acid from the
air. 1t then travels downward again
in the form Of proper sap, just under
meath the bark. which is expanded by
the accession Of moisture and in the
cavity so formed new layer of ma
terial Is 'deposted which gradually
hardens and forms q new annular
ring, And so, from absorbing the
moisture and minerals of the soil and
the carbonlc acid of the air the tree
goes on until It finishes its cycle and
dies,New York American.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-11
: No asbop Talkv There.

There Is one noticeable difference
between lot Of divinity students and
a group Of college men interested In
heather culture" said the gray headed
man. The divinity students seldom
talk shop If you meet three or four
men all Of whom happen to be studying
engineering or law or medicine, the
conversation Is likely to smack 50
strongly Of the lecture hall that a lay
man can scarcely follow the drift Of
the talk. But with divinity students II
Is different. Very frequently am
brought into contact with small groups
of young fellows who are preparing for
the ministry, and / find that only on
rare occasions do they bore outsiders
by Juggling in class room topics. This
cannot mean that they are not inter
ested In their profession or that they
are ashamed to uphold their faith at
all times; neither does 1t necessarily
imply greater consideration for the I'M
initiated public. In fact, / am unable
to explain their professional reserve
ON any grounds; but whatever the
cause, 1t is a most refreshing reti.
cence. New York Press.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-10-11
Too Good to Miss.

"Theater audiences have improved
In recent years" said manager.
"why, with provincial touring compa-
MES In the past m0ltreatment was reg
ularly expected. In fact, the compa-
MES profited by II in more ways than
one.
II know Of company that was
playing The Broken Vow In Paint
Rock. one night stand. The audience
didn't like The Broken Vow and
eggs, cabbages and potatoes rained up
on the stage.
"Still the play went on. The hero
raved through his endless speeches,
lodging an onionSor baseball every
other minute and pretty sore from
those missiles that he hadn't been able
TO dodge.
"But finally gallery auditor In a
parOxysm Of rage and scorn hurled a
heavy boot, and the actor. thoroughly
alarmed, started to retreat.
Keep on playing, you fool Kissed
the manager from the wings as he
hooked In the boot with an umbrella.
Keep, on till we get the other one"