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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
The Fatal Rowsnrit.

Now, If you have never reefed n miz.
zen or jigger, us we generally call 1t,
ON a small boat running off under a
press of sail in a seaway, you have
never done an acrobatic stunt that
knocks out the most thrilling feats of
the arena. 1t is not so bad as laying
out on the headspar t. shift jib.
because the wet is left out, and there
fore 1t is a job not SO detested by
seamen. Working ON the bowsprit ia
most dreaded Of all sen jobs. More
men lose their lives off that spar than
from all other parts of the ship to-
getller. Driving along she takes a
plunge into 1t, at the same time the
heavy foot of the sail bangs across,
knocking Off your hold, and overheard
you go TO be swept under and trodden
upon by the swift rushing forefoot. A
dark night on n jib boom with n half
nuzzled sail storming about and the
spar end pitching. bucking and forking
the brine Mt every plunge-there may
be nastier places; If so, they have new.
or crossed my hawse-T. F. Day in
Outing Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
1hs Story of a Rifle Shot.

Perhaps no one knows, or ever will
know, how much in the Spanish Amer
lean war single rife ball accom-
plished toward bringing the conflict
TO an early close. 1t was a sergeant
OF the Ninth infantry who fired the
shot. at Il distance of more than 1900
yards. that nearly severed the left arm
Of General Linares from his body and
gave the supreme command Mt Santi-
ago to General TOral. Sergeant Nc
Inarney was the most advanced SOL
der Of the American forces, and took
position in tree. Beyond, within the
breastworks. he noticed an officer
upon a gray horse. apparently making
an inspection of the entire line.
Though the order had gone out that
day that no firing should be INDUCED
in, McInarney drew bead upon the
horseman and brought him down.
Later it was learned that the SER
geant's target was General Linares,
regarded as the best of Spain's fight
ers in Cuba. Toral, commander who
was anxious for speedy termination
Of hostilities. assumed command, and
few hours later Santiago capitulated
to the Americans.-New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Terrible Accident.

A horrible accident occurred at
Colesburg Tuesday morning result
ing in the death of Mrs. George
Hyde, nee Getsie Luther, daughter
of Calvin Luther, of Gutenberg.
The sad story is but repetition
of many that have preceded it. She
was kindling a fire with kerosene
when the can caught FIRE and ex
ploded, setting her clothing on fire.
She rushed from the house scream
ing and before help could arrive was
so badly burned that she died Tues
day afternoon at about two o'clock
The sympathy of everyone goes
out to the grief-stricken husband.
who is a drayman at Colesburg. He
had only been married little over
a year and this crushing blow falls
close upon the loss of an infant
child, blotting out entirely the light
and promise of their short. months
of happiness.
The funeral occurred at Colesburg
Wednesday afternoon. d r
Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
A Doc and His Name.

"There was dog case which ex-
cited much attention in Berlin some
years ago." said former resident of
that city. "a citizen complained to
the authorities against neighbor
who, he said. to annoy him, gave his
name to mongrel cur. He calls my
name he said, and when turn
around he laughs and says he was
calling his dog
".What's your name:' asked the
magistrate.
"'My name is Schulz
"And do you call the dog Schultz
he asked the other man.
Eyes, your honor, but spell5it with
T-Schultz.'
"'Call him without the t. COM
manded the magistrate, trying to look
serious. The man did SO, the dog came
to him and an order to change the
name or be fined followed"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
watehmaksr., Fine Eyes.


With magnifying glass fixed like
black spool in his eye, a matchmaker
bent over his table, tinkering with the
tiny wheels and springs of lady's
watch.
ut makes me nervous to look at
you," the lady said. "And how horrid-
ly hard such work as yours must be on
the eyes"
The man leaned back, Inflated his
cramped chest and smiled.
quite the contrary, ma'am," he said.
''My work is good for the eyes. have
never suffered from bad eyes myself,
and don't know any watchmakers
among my friends that have either.
Furthermore, when visited an oculist
the other day to get pair of spectacles
for my wife the man told me that my
work was beneficial to the eyes be-
cause 1t required the use of magnify
ing. glass. He said that nothing did
the eyes more good than the use of a
magnifying glass for two or three hours
every day.
"Notice watchmakers hereafter. You
will find their sight is always fine" :
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
III. DANGER of soap.

When man goes to some thermal
springs to boil out" all the old Satan
that is In him he quickly learns one of
the more important lessons of life and
civilization-that is, he acquires su-
preme contempt for soap. When he
takes his first tub, at 80 to 102 degrees,
twenty minutes in the water to soak,
the attendant gives him n terrible
scrubbing, using sharp soap and n
loofa. After that first bath no more
soap Is used. The man continues to
soak daily in water of the same tenn
perature for twenty minutes and is
rubbed with the loofa, but no soap.
Soap" the expert attendant will tell
you, "clogs up the pores Of the skin
Our object is to keep 'em open. We
cure all diseases by giving the pores
a chance to breathe and excrete."
Your hands chap? Wherefore? Be-
cause when you last washed them you
neglected to rinse them thoroughly
You left the pores clogged with soap
Your complexion is muddy. Where
fore? You forgot to wash the soap
of your cheeks. Hereafter rinse,
rinse, rinse. Keep on rInsing Con.
tinually rinse. = st. Louis Post-Dis.
patch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
The INSPIRING "RebeI y.l,.p

To know truly what the rebel yell"
was one must have heard it with the
din and the roar of the rifles and the
thunder of the artillery; with the
shrieks Of the wounded and the groans
of the dying; must have seen mother
earth being discolored with the rich
blood of valorous men. when Greek
joined Greeks, then was the tug Of
war;" when Americans met Ameri.
cans. 1t was then the "rebel yell" was
given BIRTH 1t was thing to inspire
brave men to action. to give resolution
strength; to the coward 1t was a con-
Stunning terror. The man who could
stand unbalanced in the face of the
real rebel yell' in the days of its
strength may justly lay claim to a
courage that knows no faltering.-
Knoxville Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Demise of Mrs: John Hildebrand.

After a long spell of suffering
from cancer. Mrs. John Hildebrand
of near Petersburg passed away
Saturday morning at $40 O'Clock.
Mrs. Hildebrand had been ill for
sometime and medical skill was un-
able to stay the ravishes of the
dreaded malady that caused her de-
mise.
The maiden name of the deceased
was francis Honkomp. She was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Honkomp of New Vienna and was
born at that place February 8, 1876,
being thirty-one years Of age at the
time Of her death. She grew to
womanhood on the old homestead
and attended the schools of the Vi
cinity.
In SIS. Peter and Paul's church at
Petersburg on April 90, 1901, she
was married to John Hildebrand by
Rev. Father Roller. They went to
housekeeping on a farm near there
where she resided to the time of her
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
How's Thi.2

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactionss and f.
nancially able to carry out any obi
CATION, made by his firm: s%S
WALDlNG, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
1. F. Steiner Passes Away.

Isaac +. Steiner was born in Sell
insgrove, Union county, Pa. Aug.
%, 1926, and died at Hopkinton,
Iowa, September ~, 1907. He re-
moved with his parents to Clarion
county, Pa, and when young man
returned to Selinsgrove and learned
the carpenters trade. He was mar
ried to Wilhelmina Cupp, August
l, 1850. He lived several years in
Corsica, Jefferson county, and NOV
ed to Brookville, Pa, about 1859,
where he lived continuously until
he came to Hopkinton in 1900, since
which time he made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. j. s. Mcconnell.
He joined the M. e. church in 1862
and has lived a consistent christian
since that time. Heleaves to mourn
his loss his aged wife, who lives in
Brookville with her daughter, Mrs.
Amy Craig, and who, on account of
ill health, was unable to be with her
husband in his last sickness; also
Wesley A Steiner, of Lancaster, o.,
Mrs. j. S. Mcconnell, of Hopkinton,
Iowa, A. w. Steiner, of Monticello,
Ia, and Mrs. Amy Craig, of Brook
vile Pa. The funeral services were
held from the home of j. S. McCon-
nell on Sunday afternoon, Rev.
j. F. Bindenberger of the NJ.
e. church officiating. The inter-
ment was made under Masonic rites
the deceased having been a long
time member of that society, the
members of the local lodge attend
ing in a body. Interment was
made in the Hopkinton cemetery
Hopkinton Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25

The good ship Fair Wind was bowl
Ing along before the nor'west trade.
The captain was in the galley peelins
potatoes for the mems dinner; the
mate was swabbing down the poop;
the cook was shooting the sun and the
apprentices We're merrily shooting
holes in the skylight with chunks Of
plum duff.
There she blowsI'' cried the man In
the crows nest
Instantly all was excitement.
There what blows" yelled the skin.
per.
THE wind" answered the lookout,
with hoarse laugh.
The captain burst into tears.
"kidded aboard my own ship" he
wept, but his tears were interrupted
by wild yell from the forecastle.
Land ho.'
"Whereaway?" cried the skipper.
"At the bottom A sneering laugh
from the hands.
Fooled again." said the captain
tearfully And with n plunge over
the side he was gone.-New York
American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
A Magazine Trust.

is there magazine trust?" asks
the editor of the WoMAN's HONE
COMPANION, in the October number.
This is question frequently asked
in these days of trust making and
trust breaking; and there are be.
yond doubt several good grounds on
which to base the inquiry.
For instance, it is useless to de-
ny that the present and past system
of magazine publishing has serious
economic faults. If the twenty lead
ing magazines were published by
one parent company, with one set of
officers, one subscription manager,
and one advertising manager, if all
the printing were done in one great
print shop-and. most important Of
all, if all the thinking were done in
one editorial think shop-there
would be obvious savings and ad-
vantages. Not only would the op.
Grating expenses be reduced, and
the profits increased, or in some
cases created, but it is probable
that substantial saving might be
made in subscription price to the
public. At first blush, then, the
magazine trust seems both possible
and wise.
In reality, such a scheme, con-
Quoted on the most purely commu-
nistic principles, would be impossi-
ble-and for reasons that are COM
parativelv simple. In the first place
the mechanical side of magazine
publishing, the side where the chief
savings would be made, is much
less important factor than in almost
any commercial enterprise of the
trust type. The two really import
ant jobs of a magazine publisher are
the editing and the selling of the
publication; and in each of these
works he is acting as one man deal
ing with other men, or women, as
the case may be. He succeeds or
fails according to the charm and
power Of his own personality, coup
led with his ability to express that
personality in the magazine itself
and in his dealings with his readers.
The more free expression he gives
to this personality, the greater the
hold upon his constituency.
Personality is God.given, not
trust-made; and without personality
magazines would be vacant moth
ings." 2 wks
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Local and hs1ghborhood News

Those who have been saying a
county fair could not be made sue
cess without the racing feature have
another guess coming. Not an
other fair in the state this year
made a better showing than the
Wapsie Valley, either in displays,
interest or attendance. More than
that not person who was there
has been heard to say they we're dis
appointed or did not get their mon
ey's worth. The real value of the
Wapsie Valley Fair was not in the
amount of dollars and cents taken
in at the gate, or the entertainment
afforded the people. Besides these,
which were all that could be de-
sired, it was ar educational agricul-
tural affair, and no doubt many
farmers and farmers sons cleaned
therefrom new ideas which if put
into practice will be worth many
dollars to them and this part of the
county.-Central City News Letter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Frivolous Prayer.

In the memoirs of Comtesse de
Roigne, who lived over hundred
years ago, appears the following: II
had great speculative generation for
that youthful Louise de Condo, weep.
ing for the crimes of her country at
the foot Of affairs. l had formed n
romantic idea of her, but 1t was, neces-
sary to avoid seeing the heroine. Com.
mon. vulgar and Ignorant, she was
middle class In her thoughts, in her
sentiments. In her actions, words and
person. One was tempted to pity God
for being SO constantly importuned by
her. She called on him for help in
all the most futile circumstances of
her puerile existence. have seen her
offer up prayer to recover ball Of
wool which had fallen under her
chair"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
So Called In.sllioene. In Animal.

So Called Intelligence In Animals.
Now the SO called intelligence Of
the lower animals is largely like that
OF the rills that find their way to the
sea, or Of the seeds of the plants
that find their way to their proper
habitat. Marsh plants find their way
to the marshes. hill plants find their
way TO the hills The spores of the
black knot seem to hunt out every
plum tree in the land. The rats and
the mice find their way to your new
house or new barn because they are
constantly on the search for new
fields. The squirrels find the acorn
grove and the birds the cherry trees
Tor the same reason. Their necessities
for food send them in all directions
till they hit the right spots. cleared
of swamp in the woods and put a
ditch through 1t; in two or three years
the cattail flag was growing in my
ditch. These winged seeds from dis
tant swamps traversed the air in all
directions. and when the wind dropped
them on the proper soil they took root
and throve; all others-vastly the
greater number-came to naught.-
John Burroughs in Atlantic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
A Nutmea Revelation,

"Brush that white powder off the
nutmegs before you begin to crate
EN-" said the chef to the young ap-
prentice.
but that's the bloom. amt it," re-
monstrated the lad.
"Bloom!" sneered the chef. mo.
sir; 1t is oyster shell powder. The M
tives. as soon as they gather the nut.
meg. roll 1t in powder Of ground
oyster shells, and that protects 1t on
its long voyage TO market from the
weevils The weevils otherwise would
eat 1t up. But the powder has served
Its turn now. SO brush 1t ofr"-EI-
change.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
carIyIe's eumptiousne...

Joachim, the great violinist, was
introduced to Carlyle by mutual
friend. The sage was about to take
his morning walk, and he asked Joa-
chin to accompany him. During a
very long walk in Hyde park Carlyle
kept the conversation running on Ger
many and its great men-the Freder-
icks, Moltke and Bismarck-until at
last Joachim thought 1t was his turn
to take lead, and he started with the
inquiry, do you know Sterndale Ben
nett?"
NO" was the reply, and, after a
pause. 81 don't care generally for mu-
sicians; they are an empty, wind bag
gy sort Of people,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
SPECIAL.

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day, from now to January |, 1908,
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The state wide popularity of the
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The best time to accept this offer
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
The Claw of the Devil.

In the middle ages people recognized
witches and possessed persons by seek
ing on their bodies for what was called
the claws of the devil. 1t was a more
or less extensive part Of the skin in
which the subject was insensible to
any touch or prick. The expert intrust-
ed with this work would close the eyes
of the subject and, armed with sharp
needle, prick here and there the differ
ent parts of the body. The sufferer
was to answer with cry to each
prick, and the claw of the devil on a
certain spot was recognized from the
fact that he did not cry when this spot
was examined. = From 1.-THE Major
Symptoms of Hyste1a," by Pierre
Janet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Naturally.

The youngest member of the family
had taken enthusiastically to ,pyrogra-
ply. ~
She had just executed design repre-,
senting little girl playing with the
cat in front of an old fashioned fire.
place.
at is well done. Bertha" said her
mother, inspecting 1t, "but you have
managed somehow to make the little
girl look scared"
THAT'S all right. mamma" answered
Bertha. "a burnt child breads the
flre."-Chicago Tribune. rs9w
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25


There are a great many people
who have slight attacks of indiges-
ton and dyspepsia nearly all the
time. Their food may satisfy the
appetite but it fails to nourish the
body simply because the stomach is
not in fit condition to do the work it
is supposed to do. 1t can't digest
the food you eat. The stomach
should be given help. You ought
tc take something that will do the
work your stomach can't do. Kodol
For Indigestion and Dyspepsia, a
combination of natural digestants
and vegetable acids, digests the food
itself and gives strength and health
to the stomach. Pleasant to take.
Sold by all druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Anton Krogmann.

Anton Krogmapn a residena of
Bremen township for nearly forty
years, died at the family home Mon
day at 1870 p. M, after a brief ill
ne So.
Deceased was a native of Olden-
berg, Germany, where he was born
March, 8 1874. The family came to
America when he was two years of
age and coming west took up their
residence on the prairies near Coles
burg. Colesburg was at that time a
small trading post and stopping
place of the stage lines. In 1868 on
April IL, deceased was married in
Dyersville to Theresa Schmitting.
They resided on farm near Pet
ersburg for sometime and later pur-
chased the farm near CARROTS Lake
where he resided to the time Of his
demise. Eight children were born
to them who with their aged mother
survive him. They are Anton, Con-
rad and John at homo, Mrs. Joseph
Westemeyer and Mrs. Frank Weste-
meyer of Bremen township. jose
phine, Kate and Anna at home. He
is also survived by one sister, Mrs.
Josephine Loesche of Bremen town
ship. Mr.. Krogmann was a man of
sterling integrity. His life occupa-
ton was farming and he was ever
popular among his neighbors. His
home was hospitable one for his
friends and he was ever kind to his
family. The funeral was held
Thursday morning at ten o'clock at
IS. Peter and Paul's church at Pet
ersburg. Interment was had in the
Catholic cemetery.-Dyersville Com
mercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims OF appendicitis are
Chose who are habitually constipated.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
chronic constipation by stimulating
the liver and bowels, and restores
the natural action of the bowels.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does
not nauseate or grippe and is mild
and pleasant to take. Refuse SUBJ
stitutes. Anders 4 Philip.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Tho Water Bottle. shane.

Three useful purposes-and probably
many more than three-are served by
making the familiar water bottle Of
such distinctive pattern. In the first
place the narrowness of the neck pre-
vents the entry Of much dust that
would inevitably settle on the water
were the entire surface exposed; in the
next place the same narrowness pre-
vents excessive and rapid evaporation
Of the water, and in the third place the
shape Of the neck makes it a capital
handle, thus doing away with the ne
cessity for separate handle fastened
to the body Of the bottle, a course that
would render 1t much less convenient
and more liable to be broken.-Pear-
sons,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
A siIkworm of the Sea.

Silk is obtained from the shellfish
known as the pima (mytilidae), which
is found in the Mediterranean. This
shellfish has the power of spinning u
viscId silk which in Sicily is made into
n regular and very handsome fabric.
The silk is spun by the shelltish, in
the first instance, for the purpose Of
attaching itself to the rocks. 1t is
able to guide the delicate filaments to
the proper place and there glue them
fast, and II they are cut away it can
reproduce them. The material when
gathered (Which is done at low tide
Is washed In soap and water, dried,
Strengthened and carded, one pound
Of the coarse filament yielding about
three ounces of fine thread, which
when spun, is Of lovely FURNISHED
golden brown color.-London Graphic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
First Run on a Bank.

The first run" on banking institu-
lions in London was in 1867. Many
Lombard street goldsmiths and bank.
ers had lent out the money intrusted
to them and, being called upon for
payment, were unable to meet the de-
mand. A crowd of creditors and 9TH
ers assembled, and riot followed, In
which four bankers were hanged at
their own doors before order could be
restored and the angry creditors per.
suaded that they were not being
swindled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-25
Tho Last Cigar In the Box.


'"The last cigar in the box is the
hardest TO SELL" was the remark of
Front street dealer. Not because it
is not as good as any other cigar. but
because of the superstition of the
average man against taking the last
Of anything. AS result. we often
take one cigar, orseven two cigars, Of
the last cigars in n box and put them
on top of the cigars in full or almost
full box. On the other hand, ought
to mention that there are men who
prefer the last cigars and who ask us
to save the last cigars in the boxes for
them every day. sometimes to the
number of six or seven daily, for
which they call every evening. We
have thus no trouble III disposing of
these last cigars. but the contrast in
the conduct of the two styles Of Gus.
toners is curious" Rec.
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