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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

been amassed in this any other country by in
single life has been produced In the last forty years
the iron trade 1t has been the direct result Of law
Congress, enacted benefit labor Under this law,
Ing the yenrs in which this fortune
muating the has enforced the collection Of
tax from the other Industries Of the country ranging
from $25O down to $3.50 per ton his entire output
not one dollar Of which Intended did go into
the treasury Of the government every dollar of which
was paid to this ronmaster In dealing with wages he
stood firmly by the natural laws. paying penny
more than the law Of supply and demand compelled The
law enriched the employer instead of employee The
employer has built palaces and bought castles The
ployes live In the miserable shantles as before
This act of Congress is still in force enrchlng the
greatest organization of capital which the world has
ever known Ny judgment throws to the wind all the
theories Of equitable distribution by brotery by
legislation believe that in economic affairs the only
way to get fair share is to be prepared always fight
and when necessary to fight for It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
coNsvLs WORK up TRADE.
The Government Finds Foreign Mar.
kets for Manufacturers.

The Government Finds Foreign Mar
kets for Manufacturers.
There can be no doubt that the
published reports of our Consuls have
constituted an important factor in the
phenomenal development OF our for
eign commerce in the last twenty-five
years.
The monthly publication OF consul
ar reports was begun in 1880. In
that year the total exports of merch-
andise from the United States to the
world amounted to $S36,o0O,000, while
in the fiscal year 1906 they amounted
to $1.743,763.612.
But the growth of the export trade
In manufactured goods is even more
significant, says the Atlantic Month
ly. 1t rose in the period mentioned,
from $103.000,0oO to $6O3.000,0Oo. or
an increase Of 4s5 per cent.
The statement Is often made, and
freely conceded by leading European
economists, that in respect Of practi.
cal value the trade reports made by
American consular officers are unsur-
passed.
After the United States there can
be no doubt that the consular SER
vices of Germany and Great Britain
render the most effective assistance
to their national commerce.
Until very recently our Govern.
ment made no attempt to discrimi
nate in favor of American citizens in
the matter of disseminating any class
OF trade intelligence, all reports re-
ceived being either published in the
consular reports, or given to the
press. or filed in the archives for fut-
ure reference.
Less than year ago, however, the
Bureau of Manufactures adopted with
reference to limited class of trade
Intelligence policy somewhat SINH.
lar to the German practice. An occa-
sional department of the Daily Con-
sular and Trade Reports was insti-
tuted, entitled Foreign Trade Oppor-
tunities," in which notification Is
given of inquiries on file at the above
mentioned bureau. each bearing file
number, to which applicants for in
formation are requested to refer.
The majority Of these opportunities
relate to foreign calls for tenders and
give names and addresses, but an in
creasipg number are treated as con-
fidential, in order to enable the bureau
to promote exclusively American ex.
port trade.
In numerous instances American in
terests have testified to the import
ance of the assistance rendered them
by the consular reports, as well as
through correspondence and personal
efforts. Many important contracts In
foreign countries have been secured,
many valuable markets have been dis
covered, and acquired markets safe
guarded as a result of the vigilance
and prompt action of the Consuls.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Weeds Of Great Value.

New Zealand flax is one of a num-
Der Of wild weeds that yield their
gatherers great wealth. This fax,
the strongest known, grows wild in
marshes. When it is cultivated it
dwindles and its fibers become brittle
and valueless.
Indian hemp grows wild, and out
of it hasheesh, or keef. is made. Keet
looks like flakes of chopped straw.
It is smoked in pipe; it is eaten on
liver; 1t is drunk in water. 1t pro-
tduces an intense, delirious happi-
ness; and among Orientals 1t is al.
most as highly priced as beer and
whisky with us.
The best nutmegs are the wild ones.
They grow throughout the Malay
Archipelago.
But the most valuable weed of all
these wild growths is the seaweed.
The nitrate beds of South America,
which yield something like $65, 900, 900
a year, are nothing but beds of sea-
weed decomposed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Some suceessfuI Fools.

It was in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries that the lord was never
without the fool, the fool never with
out a lord. The statement ia ccrro-
brated by the evidence supplied by
history of the extraordinary affection
borne by Kings to their jesters-an
affection perhaps the result in part
of licensed familiarity permitted to
the fool alone. Traces Of 1t are every
where apparent. Here and there a
magnificent tomb, such as that erected
in the Church of st. Maurice de Sen.
lis to the memory of Thevenin de
Saint-Ligier, fool of the King our
Lord" testifies to the gratitude OF the
master toward the man who had made
him laugh. Or again the proof Of it
is to be found in gifts such as the
rich chapelle of ermine covered with
a rose bush, with stem of gold Of
cypress and leaves of wrought gold,
presented by John the Good. the pris-
oner of Poictiers, to his fool, Jehan
Arcemalla.
So dear was Caillette, his official
Jester, to Francis l. that when death
had removed him from his post the
King paid to his memory the unwel-
come compliment of insisting that his
son, made after quite another pat.
tern and regarding the calling with
adherence, should carry on the fam
lily tradition by assuming the cap and
bells. OF Charles v. of Fra0ce 1t is
recorded that he maintained at his
court number of the craft with
whom his morning devotions conclud-
ed, he was accustomed to exchange
paroles joyeuses ct honnestes" be-
fore proceeding to the more serious
occupations of the day. Poor mad
Charles vi. surrounded himself with
testers, hoping thus to find a means
of distraction from his melancholy;
and to come to prince of the Church
so close and intimate was the tie
uniting Pope Leo x. and his favorlte
buffoon that the latter assisted at his
death bed, and has been asserted
one would hope erroneously-to have
been the sole watcher there-From
the Nineteenth Century and After.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

A plant has been discovered in Mica.
ragua which appears to be charged
with electricity. If one Of its branches
is touched with the naked hand dis
tinct shock similar to that produced BY
a battery is felt Its Influence upon a
magnetic needle is noticeable at a dis
lance Of half dozen yards, and as
one gets nearer the plant this intlu-
encs Increases. II the instrument ia
placed in the center of the bush 1t will
assume circular movement. The In.
tensity Of the influence manifested
seems to depend upon the time of day.
-Kansas City Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
A Now Trade.

In New York school teacher was
asking the children what trades their
fathers followed; but one little girl at
first refused to tell. Come. Rosie, you
must TELL" said the teacher.
"Well. ma'am, he's a worm-eater."
said Rosie.
"a worm-eater7"
Eyes, ma'am. A worm-eater In an
antique"
The puzzled teacher made a Journey
to Rosis's home. and found 1t was all
true. Her fathers work was boring
lifs-like worm-holes In imitation an
tiqus furniture. to make It look genu.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
az THE ear Oh rHE SUN.

AT THE SET OF THE SUN.
~ the set Of the sun,
When our work is done
With all Its tangled web;
When the clouds drift low,
And the stream runs slow,
And life is at It's ebb.
As we near the goal,
When the golden bowl
Snail be broken at its fount;
With what sweetest thought
Shall the hour be fraught,
What precious most shall we count?
Not the flame of the sword.
Nor the wealth we have stored
In perishable things of earth
Not the way we have trod
With the intellect broad,
Though that were OF precious worth.
Nor the gain we achieved
Through the hearts we have grieved,
And left unhelped by the way.
Nor the laurel of fame,
When, for worldly acclaim,
We toiled in the heat and the fray.
All, no! it's not these
Will give our hearts ease.
When life sinks low in the west;
But the passing sweet thought
OF the good we have wrought,
The saddened lives we have blest.
And the love we have won,
And the love beckoning on
From His islands far and dim;
Love out Of the light.
Shining into the night,
The night which leadeth to Him.
From Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
OUR SOUND MORAL STANDARDS.
BY Gov. Charles B. Hughes.

I believe that the moral standards of
the American people were never more
sound than they are to-day. Consid-
ering the tremendous increase in the
opportunities for wrongdoing, the Sc
ductive and refined temptation and
the materialistlc appeals that are in
cident to our mode Of life and the
material comforts which invention and
commerce have made possible, 1 be-
lieve that the manner in which the
ethical development of the people has
kept pace with their progress In 9th
err directions may fairly be called ex-
traordinary. We have disclosure of
shocking infldelity to trust and to pub
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
REED BIRDS AND RAILS,

The only objection to reed bird
shooting, after it's ease in killing the
game, is the exposure to mosquitoes,
which are more abundant than the
birds themselves. There is also diff
Guilty in retrieving all the game kill
ed. The best trained dogs fetch in
only part of it, and it is impossible
to thoroughly search the marshes
where the birds fall.
Workmanship is hardly required to
bring them down in dozens. All one
needs to do is to shoot quickly in
their direction before they get out of
range.
If hard pressed or wounded 1T takes
to the weter, diving readily, even for
q short time clinging to the roofs be.
low the surface, and, when forced to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
jt3'.:'l,f'z''':;

Would you wear your straw hat
down to the Office to-day7" asked the
mans wife.
by no MEANS" replied the man
THAT is different altogether. II wore
my straw hat I'd have a crowd follow
Ing me. I'm wearing the same hat that
I wore last winter. though"
Because 1t Isn't conspicuous II II
made you conspicuous you wouldn't
You know perfectly we'll that you
wouldn't. You'd go straight to hat.
ter's and get something that was in
style. But you want me to be conspic.
nous, and am"
do you mean to say that sweet lit
tie hat you bought spick and span new
only last fall would make you consplc.
uous?" demanded the man.
when every woman is wearing a
totally different style7 Certainly l do
his wife replied. In nowlse mollifed BY
the implied iattery.
Every woman?"
"Eyery woman"
Every woman wearing those invert.
ed. saucer-shaped abominations7"
Yes, If you want to call them that
"Then, I think l should want to be
conspicuous" said the man, decidedly
"You can wear your straw hat, them
retorted his wife. "pf course If you
feel that you can't afford to have me
dress as other women do have moth
Ing more to say. I'll wear shaw
over my head IL you think 1t is abso
lutely necessary. But l think-"
Now, don't get excited, my. dear,
said the man. "You know perfectly
well that 1t isn't question Of money
I don't care anything at all about that
/ was Just arguing that 1t was absurd
to 50 to the expense when 1t seemed
to be entirely superhuous When you
get the worst of an argument that,
the way you always are"
Il don't see that / have got the wors,
of It," said his wife.
You never will see IT." said the
man. "I'll show you that you are quite
Illogical. You say that you don't want
to be conspicuous and yet you say tina,
the trimming is going to cost S15."
"If I get the plumes, but then I car
use them on some other hat. You said
just now that you weren't TALKING
about the expense
won't - you - please-wait-unti
I've done talking?" begged the man
II was going to say that If you didn,,
want to make yourself consplcuou,
what do you want to stick plumes II
your hat fori Tell me that"
"Oh, I'm not going to argue about
It." said his wife. "I'll wear my old
hat. suppose that ought to be good
enough for me-"
Don't you think 1 am right7"
"oh, of course. you are Away,
right"
"And that~styls will go out befor,
the winter is over" said the man. "All
these very marked fashions do. They
get initiated in the very, cheapest kind
Of materials until the best people-th.
really fashionable people -throw then
away. You know that IL 20. I've hear
you say that myself"
Yes, that is So" sighed his wifa
swell, Isn't lit And that last fall'l
hat Is really as tasteful and becoming
~ 1t can be and 1t wouldn't be at al
noftcaahloO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
sQuEALs.

This game is something like Blind
mans bluff, and if the day is a rainy
one and the room a large one and
the players merry and many, so much
the better. The catcher is blindfolded
and occupies the center of circle,
formed by the rest of the company,
who clasp hands and dance around
while the catcher recites these lines:
II must catch my pigs and put EN-
in the pen,
I must catch my pigs and put 'em
in the pen,
I must catch my pigs and put 'em
in the pen,
For tbs market day in the morn.
ing"
As the last word is spoken the NOV.
ing ring stops short and the catcher
puts out his hand and selects his pig.
This one clutch is all that is allowed,
then the catcher. says:
Hold! Before l make my choice
j would hear my captive's voice."
The person caught gives a squeal,
and if the catcher cannot guess to
whom the squeal belongs the captive
is set free, joins hands with the 9TH
ers and the fun begins again. If the
catcher fails three times running to
make the right guess he is out OF
the game entirely, but he is allowed
to name his successor, who steps at
once to the center, is carefully blind.
folded and the game goes on.-Wash.
ington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Charles Wilson, First Lord Nunburn-
holme, who died recently at Hull, Eng
land, was the senior partner In the
largest private shipping company in
the world. A native of Kingston-upon-
Hull, he was born in 1888. His father,
Thomas. started with one ship at the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

DR.. Evans, a witty member of the
Parliament at Melbourne, was an old
man, and the other members jokingly
spoke Of him as belonging to the era
Of Queen Anne.
Once, while making speech. he re.
ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted
with cries of odd you know herr"
what was she like7"
Eyes, SIR" retorted the doctor, ri
did know her. The scholar il contem-
porary with all time"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
DEcALoeUE OF HYGIENE.
Rules Which, If Followed, insure
Good Health,

. as
DR.. Decornet, Of Fierte sur Aube,
France, was announced as the win.
ner of prize offered by a well-known
publishing house for the ten best
maxims for preserving the health.
which were to be published in the
Annual Almanac" issued by the
firm. These are the prize maxims:
~ General hygiene.-R Rise early;
go to bed early, and in the meantime
keep yourself occupied.
(2) Respiratory hygiene.-Wat
and bread sustain life, but pure air
and sunlight are indispensable for
health.
(3) Gastro-intestinal hygiene
Frugality and sobriety are the best
elixir vital for long life.
(4) Bpidermal hygiene. Cleanli-
ness preserves from rust; the best
kept machines last longest
I (5) Hygiene of sleep.-A suficien-
cy OF rest repairs and strengthens;
too much rest weakens and makes
soft.
(6) Hygiene Of clothing. He Is
we'll clothed who keeps his body suf-
ficiently warm, safeguarding 1t from
all abrupt changes of temperature,
while at the same time maintaining
perfect freedom of motion.
"a Dwelling hygiene.-A house
that is clean and cheerful makes a
happy home.
(s) Moral hygiene.-Th mind re.
poses and resumes its edge by means
of relaxation and amusement, but ex-
cess opens the door to the passions,
and these attract the vices.
(9) Intellectual hygiene.-Gayety
iconduces to love of life, and love o.
life is the half of health; on the
other hand, sadness and gloom help
on old age.
(10) Professional hygiene.-If 1t is
your brain that feeds you, don't al
low your arms and legs to become
anchylosed. Do you dig for liveli.
hood. don't omit to FURNISH your In.
tellect and elevate your thoughts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Natural Tooth Brushes.

Natives of Somaliland have the
whitest and best teeth of any people
in the world, and the reason is not
far to seek. Whenever they are idle
they may be found rubbing their teeth
with small pieces of wood, little twigs
which are covered with soft bark.
and which ravels out into bristles.
This practice prevents the teeth de.
caying, and, Of course, keeps them In
excellent condition. Just rs one might
pick wild flower in the country, so
the Somali native picks his tooth
brush. They are never without their
small twigs. Tooth brushes as We
know them are unknown in somali-
land. Their own methods are un-
doubtedly the healthiest, and certain
ly the cheapest, and it is matter
for wonder that we do not take leaf
out Of their book In this respect
Dundek Advertiser.
Buda. Pesth and st. Louie have the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Miss Yerner-I do wish tho yanGilts
would invite me to share their boz at
the opera just once.
Z Miss Wise-Nonsensel You can't ex.
pect them to. They know you're not a
loud talker or dresser.-Philadelphia
PreM.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Liternry Exerci.es.

wife (scornfully) oh, I've no doubt
you were at the literary club recitins
poetry till this hour Of the night And.
pray, what were you recitlng?
Husband (reminiscently)-I think
wash something bout "Chlps That
Pash In the Night"-Baltimors Amerl.
can
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Pretty Hot.

"Under the equator, gentlemen" re-
marked an extensive traveller, ut il 10
hot that the natives have to put hens
In Ice chests to prevent their laying
hard boiled egg" Mail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

The south outranks New England
in steam horsepower. but New Eng
land is far ahead in water horse
power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
no BRoTHERLY LOVE IN BUSINESS.

~ SHs - otiSA"Sys
I have never seen much of an exhibition
Of the effects of brotherly love In commercial
affairs and my opinion Is that II the pres-
dent Of a railway should attempt to run it
on brotherly love, the road would be scalped
bareheaded in thirty minutes, and at the end
of the month there would be no money in
the treasury with which to pay wages.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

time when steam wns coming into
vogue. Today the Wilson feet mum.
bers eighty hIne steamers with ton
mage Of 19o,439. and capital Of
f2.500,00O. He sat IL Parliament for
thirty years, and was raised to the
peerage In 1905. He il succeeded by
his only son, the Hon. Charles Henry
Wellesley Wilson. HIS daughters In
.clude Lady Cowley and Lady Chester
field.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

An American arm from Chicago Is
opening the largest 5, 10 and Is ceSs
store ever started in Canada
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Great Things.

It's easy Tor the average man
To do great things, you'll tind /,
That 10, It's easy quite for him
: ~ d. tAsm-in biz mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Railway engines which were built
in England over SO years ago are
still In USE on the Swedish, lines.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
PIGEONS Ar rHE w1Npow.

While We lived in New York we
made pets of the gray squirrels in
the park. 1t is impossible to describe
how we missed these companions of
our idle hours when we came to make
our home in London. And, what is
really astonishing, We have already
found some beautiful creatures to
succeed to those affections we lavish
ed on the gentle and exquisite SPUR
rels. Besides, we do not have to go
abroad to find them. They seek us
out in our home, and from earliest
morning until, at this season of the
year, the lamps are lighted In the
street, they remain on our balconies,
or, within sight of sthe windows, on
the neighboring roofs. 1t may be that
you who read this are lovers of ami
mails and understand well what Joy
there is in this presence of wild life
here in the very heart of the great
city. Is it not something to be awak-
ened in the morning by the soft COO.
ing of our pigeons; and when we go
to our window, to hear the air beaten
by their hurrying wings and to see
these pretty creatures flying from all
directions to greet us? They were not
always SO tame. How much mistrust
and timidity we have had to over
come! But the squirrels had long ago
taught us patience and those gentle
movements which cause no alarm and
awaken no suspiclon,-London Specta.
tor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
,woaLp's GREATEST sH1powHnn

man, wisely, you certainly will have
to have IT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Buda-Pesth and st. Louis have the
deepest wells in the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

CHIPMUNKS THE MOST THRIFTY.
Long before autumn the chipmunks
began their winter work. As early
as August the hives were dug and
storing commenced. Last summer
they began with the oats in August.
should like to know Just the meas
ure that went into the gamers of
little chipmunk in one of my stone
piles. Nearly half bushel Of chest.
nuts have been taken from a single
den, and the way this chipmunk piled
in the oats half-bushel measure
would not hold them. Then came the
pignuts, acorns and chestnuts. AS
long as the harvest lasted they car.
ried them In and when the cold came
and softly closed their doors they had
no fears. Nor had I. They would
need no more of my oats.
But the gray squirrels had need.
They made little preparation, and long
before spring they came to me for
corn. Three of them lived in the
barn a large part of the winter. Chick.
aree. the red squirrel, makes believe
to provide against the winters need,
but when winter comes he has either
forgotten where his scattered boards
are or else has eaten them as fast as
they were stored. So all winter long
he lives from hand to mouth, picking
up whatever frozen apples and seeds
he finds.
have seen him eat bark and climb
in wild, windy weather out of the
frozen tips of the pine trees to eat
off the terminal buds. But along in
August If you will hunt up big yell
low birch you will find Chickaree
there shipping off and biding the half
ripe cones as If he expected seven
years famine or the immediate ap.
proach of second glacial period
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