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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
Ito RULES KOREA
CRAFTY JAP HOLDS KOREAN DIES.
TINY IN HANDS
POWER BEHIND THE CABINET
Japanese Statesman Are Shaping
Future Of Korean Government
by Using the Native CabI-
net at Will.

The Korean cabinets report to
Marquis Ito of the former emperor's
new pledge of abdication, in form posi-
tive and final, was published July 30.
This reversed the widespread impress
sion that the first instance was not
one Of abdication but of Imperial
contortion." Ito's subservient cabinet,
in an all-night engagement with the
former emperor, wrung from him the
verbal admission of the validity of his
casual abdication and secured his sig
nature to classification proclamation
to. the people; also an acknowledge
ment Of the mikado's congratulations
to him as emperor de facto, which
acknowledgment had been resisted by
the deposed ruler during the day.
The working members of the cab.
met who enjoy Itos protection and
patronage are passing in and ~out OF
the palace with guard exclusively
Japanese. The work of the cabinet
will not be finished until the ex-em.
peror is exiled from Seoul This, or the
contamination of some similar tragedy
will be landmark in Korean his
tory.
Viscount Hayashi, the foreign min
lister of Japan, whose presence in
Korea at this time supports Ito in ar
interview In the administration
paper, is understood to suggest 6
council of state with power to act fol
the elimination of interference by the
throne.
The censorship proclaimed ovel
Japanese press correspondence Is de
scribed as precautionary on accoun
OF the bitterness displayed TOWARD
Ito's conservative course in reshapint
the destinies of Korea. The situation
in the capital is promising, especial.
in consideration of the fact that thu
stores Of ammunition possessed by dis
affected Korean troops are exeremel.
small. Marquis Ito expects valuable
achievements of bluejackets from
Japanese warships for emergency use
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26

ly,, Major Cornelius De Wilcox, Cap
tain Robert E. L. Niche and Captain
George H. Shelton, who are assigned
to attend the German maneuvers
next September, as his personal
guests. The American officers will
be entertained at the imperial head
quarters and supplied with horses
from the imperial stables. The maneu-
vers will be on less magnificent
scale than usual because the army
administration has determined to
economic.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26

to contemplate just what he will be
when he is thoroughly seasoned, when
he can do what he can now. Like
Niles, he is not yet an expert on the
bases.
Cobb's really remarkable speed IN
going down to first base and in going
s every time he got the opportunity
gave the fans the idea that 1t was his
speed that carried him through.
Where other men would get thrown
out Cobb gets there because of his
speed" they said.
They had this idea because of Ty's
method of batting. He handles his
stick like a toy. There is no exer-
ton seemingly when he swings. He
just seems to meet the ball as though
1t were nothing at all. But it goes.
When it's to be hit out, he is usually.
there with long drive. But he also
likes TO chop down on them, sending
the ball spinning in several different
directions at once, jarring the whole
infield.
Tyrus does not look like slugger.
There is not great weight in those
shoulders to lay against ball. Yet
he is fast being hailed as one of the
best natural hitters in baseball.
There are a great many good ball
players who figure out what to do and
then do it. Cobb seems to play purely
by instinct. He does things first and
then thinks afterward. He makes mis-
takes sometimes, but they are only
- -, 1Ap IN, nf
ing play.
Last year he could not field very
good This year he has been under
the constant care of big Sam Cfaw-
ford, and his work has shown great
improvement. b;
Bay. Niles, Hoffman, Dougherty and
other fast men have been seen here
beating out bunts and scratch hits.
Have any of them ever shown greater
speed or flasher work on the bases
than Cobb?
Just who is the fastest actual rum
ner in baseball it will never be set
tied probably, but when it comes to
Just making claims Detroit is there
resentative.
In the American association there
are number of men who get down
to FIRST in close to record time. Prob
ably the swiftest of the bunch is Tip
O'Neill, the former Milwaukee player,
who is with Minneapolis this year,
says the Milwaukee Sentinel. Tip
gets of like a shot, but his greatest
speed is made in the last 80 feet. An
other fast man to first is Williams, OF
Indianapolis. although he is not as
fast as O'Neill Josh Clarke and Arm
bruster, of Toledo, get down to first
in fast time, as does George Mcbride.
of Kansas City. The fastest man
ON the Milwaukee team is Danny
Green. Clark and Dougherty also get
to first in quick time.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
Mccarthy Is DISCHARGED.

In the United States district court
at Cheyenne, Wyo., Judge J. A. Riner
dismissed the case against E. T. Nc
Carthy, wealthy mining man of
Omaha, and Baxter City, Kansas, who
was indicted for alleged conspiracy
to defraud the government out of val
liable coal lands in Monarch, Wyo.
The evidence on which E. NJ .HoI-
brook, E. A. Lonabaugh and Robert
McPhilamy were convicted had dis
posed of his interest in the land in
question.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
MORE PAY Is REFUSED.
Superior, Wis.,, Ore Dock Men Given
No announcement,

The ore dock men at Superior, Wis,
are out because of the refusal of EN-.
ployers to grant an increase of wages
asked for. The miners on the Mesaba
range are quitting and the ore indus
try is completely tied up. The ore
dock workers have offered to arbitrate
Governor Johnson will go to the scene
to investigate. At Ohio docks men are
being laid off because of the strike in
Wisconsin.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
Germany Will Oppose.

Germany will oppose the wording
of the British proposition regarding
the limitation of ornaments. She
contends it is impossible to acknowl.
edge the urgency of disarmament
when no practical scheme yet has
been devised for the reduction of mil
itary burdens.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
WINS Gets Amendment.

William M. WINS, republican nomi-
nee in the last New York mayoralty
election, has been appointed counsel
for the utilities commission to inves.
tigate the Interborough, Metropolitan
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit railroad
systems
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
Emperor offers Courtesy.

The German foreign office has in
formed Ambassador Tower that EN-
peror William will be happy to have
BBrigadier General Winfield E. Edger-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-07-26
Two Million for the State

The New York state transfer tax
appraiser is to fix the tax on the es-
tates of the late James Henry Smith.
The state will get about 100000
from the estate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
ADAM AND EVE.
The Forbidden Fruit, the Fall and the
Three Mystic Gifts.

The Forbidden Fruit, the Fall and the
Three Mystic Gifts.
Many are the attempts to identify
the forbidden fruit. Some say 1t was
the fig. others the grape, others, again,
the pomegranate, but the most ARA
bian Nightish" description paints 1t as
an ear of wheat which looked like a
ruby and was as big as an ostrich egg
and grew on tree whose trunk was
like gold, its branches like silver and
Its leaves emerald.
Our first parents We're expelled about
3 O'clock of the afternoon Of Friday,
the 10th of May, having resided in
Eden seven years, two months, two
weeks and three days Adam was
banished to Ceylon and Eve to Mecca.
and they remained apart for 200 years.
Adam, according to some accounts.
spent half his time weeping, with his
face to the earth. Others less chart
table aver that his solitude was cheer.
ed by Lilith, who resumed her former
relations with him.
When he repented and rejOined Eve,
he begged that something might be
given him from the happy garden of
Innocence which he had forfeited, and,
10, in answer to his prayer three
mighty archangels were sent to him.
Michael bringing gold, Gabriel frank
incense and Raphael myrrh-mystic
gifts in after years associated with the
offering of the magi, whom early
Christian tradition identified with
Enoch, Melchisedek and Elias.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
mlsLED BY PARROTS.
How Columbus Missed the Honor Of
Discovering This Continent.

How Columbus Missed the Honor Of
Discovering This Continent.
A flight OF birds, coupled with n sail
or's superstition, robbed Columbus Of
the honor Of discovering the continent.
When Columbus sailed westward over
the unknown Atlantic, he expected to
reach Zipangu (Japan). After several
days. sail from Gomera, one of the
Canary islands. he became uneasy Mt
not discovering Zipangu, which, nc
cording to his reckonings, should have
been PIG nautical miles more to the
east.
After long discussion he yielded to
the opinion of Martin Alonzo Pinzon,
the commander of the Pinta, and steer
ed to the southwest Plnzon was guild
ed in his opinion solely by flight of
parrots which took wing in that direc-
ton. 1t was good luck to follow in
the wake Of q flock of birds when en-
gagged upon voyage Of discovery, nc
cording to widespread superstition
among Spanish seamen of that day.
If Columbus had kept to his course,
he would have entered the gulf stream,
have reached Florida and then proba-
bly, have been carried to Cape Hat
steras and Virginia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
CARE OF cHAMELEoNs.
How These Little Creatures Can q.
Kept Alive For Years.

How These Little Creatures Can 30
Kept Alive For Years.
Chameleons can be kept alive for
years by making a frame to fit over n
plant in fowerpot and covering it
with mosquito netting, which must be
long enough to tie with n string about
the pot. Keep the pot in the sunniest
window and water the plant every
day through the netting. You will be
surprised to see how eagerly the little
creatures will drink the running wal
ter after they get over their fear.
Set Wire fly trap for flies. which you
can llberate under tile netting. The
chameleons will not be backward
about helping themselves.
In winter they do not require much
food, but will relish meal worm oc-
casionally on sunny days. Meal worms
can sometimes be got at the grain
stores for the asking or can be pur-
chased at the bird stores, or small
spiders can be found in cracks and
crannies asleep for the winter. They
may be frozen stiff il found out of
doors, but they revive in warm room.
Chameleons enjoy place to sleep in
nights and winters. Take n piece of
red flannel four inches wide and eight
inches long. roll 1t over stick as
large round rs your finger and sew It
while on the stick so that it will not
come unwound; then slip off and run
wire through 1t long enough to sus-
pend 1t from one of the branches on
the plant. The chameleon will crawl
into this cozy bed and go to sleep.-St
| Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
FLY FISHING RODS.
Il Is the Weight Cupboard From the
Hand That Tells.

Il Is the Weight Cupboard From the
Hand That Tells.
Much pleasure will lie found in buy.
Ing rods and tackle If inexperienced,
any old angler will rather enjoy help
ing you out, or you can go to first
class shop, ask for a salesman who Is
an angler and tell him where you pro-
pose to fish. If economy is an object to
you, very fair working tools can be
had for little money. 1t is surprising
to handle some of the rods that are
priced at SIS to $40. do not consider
weight In the scales of great impor-
lance, as i like good sized, comfort
able handle. 1t is the weight cupboard
from the handle that tells. One of the
lightcst rods ever saw weighed eight
ounces on the scales. 1t had big, fat
wooden handle and substantial fittings,
but the rod proper was very light. My
Individual preference is for rod of
ten feet, but lots Of men prefer some
thing shorter. have seen good work
done with an eight foot rod, but there
is great difference in the power Of
rods Of the same length. A tall, strong
man can handle rod of great power
and with suitable line bring out all
there is In 1t. He may be able to do
this all day long without great fatigue,
iwhile weaker person would be heav-
I'M Handicapped and tired to DEATH.
Forest and Stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
REAL COUNTRY LIFE.
Why the American Farmer Grows Old
Early In Life.

Why the American Farmer Grows Old
Early In Life.
Any one who has lived on farm
does not need to be told the reason
farmers grow old early. for he knows
Of the strain under which the Ameri-
can farmer lives during the five
months of spring and summer. His
workday Is from or s in the morning
until or 8 at night, including chores
fifteen to seventeen hours of the hard
est kind of physical labor, and every
minute Of 1t at high tension, especially
during harvest. Then comes period
of relaxation in the fall. the one time
In the year when he has just enough
muscular exercise TO keep him in
health; later, the winter season, APP
preaching stagnatlon, in which lie
takes on flesh, gets ''logy," and then
furious debauch of hard labor through
the spring and summer again. No
wonder that by forty-five he has had
sunstroke and cant stand the heat"
or has "a weak back" or his 'heart
gives out" or chill "makes him rheu-
matte" and when you add to this fu-
rious muscular strain the fact that the
farmer sees his income put in peril
every season and his very home every
bad year, so that each unfavorable
change in the weather sets his nerves
on edge, 1t can be readily imagined
that the real quiet, peaceful country
life" is something sadly different from
the ideal.-Woods Hutchinson, NJ. D.,
in Harpers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
A Frost pesolated Land.

learned from an eyewitness some
thing about SDitzbergen, that desert
arctic island 800 miles north of the
North cape of Norway and within 100
miles of the north pole; a frost desolat.
cd land, where the grass grows longer
than the trees and huge glaciers In the
Ice bridgcl valleys amid the jagged
mountains; move majcs;iea!ly down in.
to the sea until mighty iccbcrgs. Il
monstrous birth. break off and rise
to the surface amid thupderous reports
once the Only sound that broke the
profound silence of those awful soil
tudes. Spitzbergen is the only spot of
earth that is positively known as No
Mans land. 1t is the possession OF
no country and has nothing even re-
sembling n specified government. The
island seems likely to remain No
Mans Land, though It is said that an
effort has been made by Norway to
establish some sort of protectorate over
it.-National Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Deed of a Gallant Nobody.

1t is not always the information car
ried by the recognized aids-de-camp to
and from the commanding officer in
battle which is of highest value. There
was supreme moment during the bat
tie of Waterloo when the Duke of
Wellington N-as left absolutely alone,
and that not when he was running the
risk of capture by sailing through tho
encmy's lines. II simply meant that
every galloper had gone bis way. each
with his message. All this moment q
stranger rode up to the duke and quiet
ly asked, Can l be of any use. sir?'
The duke took one glance at him and
unhesitatingly answered, Yes. take
this pencil note to the commanding of
ficer," pointing to a regiment In the
heat of the battle. The stranger took
the note and galloped away with it
through the thick of the fight. He de-
livered 1t. but what happened to him
no man knows. The duke always de-
clared that to be one of the most gall
liant deeds that had ever come under
his notice. 1t was done without pros
pect of acknowledgment or reward.
and neither attended Its successful ac-
cOmplishment-Lon Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
THE COTTAGE.
IL Should Be Without Sham Elegance
and Elaboration.

te Shoulo 30 WITHOUT onam elegance
and Elaboration.
There are cottages and cottages. Any
modest, unpretentious house designed
on strictly economical lines may be
fifty called cottage, and it is more
satisfactory to regard ones own sim
pie little abode MS we'll built, commo-
dious cottage than Us a small house Of
comparatively cheap construction and
cramped dimensions. 1t is when given
to the big staggering seaside houses of
the rich that, the term cottage be-
comes misnomer and an affectation.
To the man of moderate means the
very idea of building cottage rather
than house carries with it sense of
making home within his means free
from vain striving for sham elegance
and elaboration. The cottage when
apes the mansion is as absurd as the
affected and exaggerated dignity of the
pompous and understood Individual
who seeks to create an Impression out
of all proportion to his real Importance.
Since simplicity is one of the main at
tributes of well designed cottage, its
charm and effectiveness must depend
upon the quiet excellence of its proper
ton and the harmonious and unobtru-
sIve quality of its coloring In relation
to Its urroundings.-Robert c. Spencer
in House Beautiful
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
BURNING MARTYRS.
Cost of the Funeral Pyrss Told In a
Curious Old Bill,

Cost Of the Funeral Pyres Told In q
Curious Old Bill.
A bill for the materials with which
to burn Cranmer and his fellow mar
tyrs is probably the most curious and
suggestive document ever presented
for payment The execution of Lati-
mer and Ridley took place on Oct. 1C.
1866, while Cranmer did not suffer
until March 81 of the following year.
The memorandum of the bill is In.
Guided in the book which was found
by Strype when he wrote his Memoirs
of Archbishop Cranmer" in 1893, in
which the expenses of the martyrs
We're entered during their imprison.
ment. This book is probably some
where among the manuscripts Of Ok
ford university, nov grim, matter Of
fact witness to TIA fanatical haired Of
the day.
The following are exact t-anscripts
from the bills by the person who had
charge of the funeral pyres:
paid for the burning Of Archbishop
Cranmer and his two fellow sufferers,
Ridley and Iatimer: For one hundred
of wood fagots, Gs.; for one hundred
and n half of furze fagots, 3s. 4d.: to
the carriage Of them, Sd; to two labor
ers, Is. Id; to three loads of wood
fagots to burn Ridley and Latimer.
u.s.: item, one load of furze fagots.
IS. Id; for carriage of these four loads,
2s.; item, a post, Is. i'd; item, for
chains, IS. 4d.; item, for staples, 3d.;
item, for laborers, 4d."-Scrap Book.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
AERIAL rELEeRApHY.

First Attempted by Amentons In tho
Fifteenth Century.
One of the first systems OF aerial
telegraphy was attempted in tho If
teenth century. The originator was
Amontons, at that time considered one
of the cleverest scientists, of the world.
Yet you never hear the name nova
days in connection withlthat of Morse
or Bell. However. Amontons develop
ed system of signal telegraphy so
that a message could be sent from
Paris to Rome In three hours. Those
who assisted in the transmission of the
message along the line were unable to
tell the nature Of the message.
Posts were placed from Paris across
the Alps at consecutive points, where
men were stationed with telescopes.
Different signals, representing COM
binations of letters. were run up at
each post The man at the other end,
seeing the signal, placed a similar one
before his post, and 80 the message
was carried to Its destination.
The key to the signal was known
only to those who sent the messages
in Paris and to the recipients thou.
sand miles away. Amontons was not
encouraged in his work by the puffy,
equity functionaries of the time and
discontinued his efforts. - Philadelphia
North American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Only sIiaht Mistakes.

Mrs. Lombard is Jealous and loyal
friend, and she means withal to avoid
exaggeration. ITS perfectly wonder
full to see the way Cousin Henry
counts bills at the bank" she said to
a patient friend. why, l think they
are so lucky to have him! He'll take
a great pile of five and ten and twenty
dollar bills and make his fingers fly
just like lightning and never make a
mlstake!
"Never?" said the friend, who knew
Mrs. Lombard's weakness and could
not forbear the question.
"Why-no-at least--why, perhaps he
might get or 10 cents out of the way,
but not any more, ever" And Mrs.
Lombard spoke with the air of one
who has taken n stand and refuses all
chances to retreat.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
An Optical Illusion.

An interesting optical experiment
may be made with the ordinary mean
descent light. Gaze steadily at the
light for few seconds, then suddenly
extinguish it. The experiment is. best
performed in n very dark room. In
about half n minute you will see the
perfect image of the light, with the
fine strands of wire plainly visible. 1t
will be red ut first. In few minutes
1t will turn purple and then bright
blue. Laterit will apparently move to
the right. AS you turn your gaze it
Will continue moving to the right. If
yon keep your gaze fixed. 1t will come
back. 1t is surprising how long the
illusion will last. 1t will be seen for
fully five minutes, perhaps longer, and
If you turn on the light and look away
from 1t you will see the old image for
several minutes, though more family
than in the darkness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08


In the Days of Scott" there are two
anecdotes about Sir Walter SCOTS
children in connection with his poem,
"The Lady of the Lake"
One day his daughter was met by
James Ballantyne, the publisher, in
her fathers library and asked what
she thought of the poem. She replied
that she had not read 1t and added:
Papa says there is nothing so bad
for young people as reading bad
poetry"
SCOTS son Walter returned from
school one day with evidences of hay
ing been engaged in !: fight His IA
Their asked him what he had been fight
ing about He replied that he had been
called a "lassie" and had resented it.
A little questioning showed that
young Walters schooolfellows had
nicknalned hiE "The Lady of the
Lake" which name the boy did not
understand except as reproach to
his manliness
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
GRATING FISH TAILS.
An Interesting Art In Which the Jap
anese Are Experts.

An Interesting Art In Which the Jap
ancse Are Experts.
Among the many interesting arts in
which tile Japanese excel is that of tile
making of fish tails. Almost every one
has seen the bush tailed goldfish, with
its four, five and sometimes more long,
wavy tails, but it is not generally
known that most of them are not its
own.
When the little goldfish are very,
very young their flesh is as clear us
glass, so that one can see every bone in
their tiny bodies. AT this time the few
that are born with two or more tails
are put by themselves, and then u
queer looking old Jap, with great
mngnifying glass fastened in front of
his eye and wee sharp tools handy.
reaches down under the water and
cuts off the tails of the plain little fish,
and then three or four of these tails
are Joined on to the backbone where
the one was cut off and fastened there
with tiny bandages until they grow
fast.
The japanese, who are very skillful
!, in queer things of this kind, grow the
finest goldfish in the world, and it is q
very good business, for very fine fish
Of this kind often bring as much as
5000 to $500, and one sold not long ago
for $1,000.