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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02

most lucky she had recalled the coup
let about change Of name though not
Of letter being change for worse and
not for better and had said No"
though her heart cried Yes.
Just now she was too busy examin-
ing the contents, "f the p"cketboUk to
give heed 10 his fiinYs. There were
two five-tiollnr bits two and two
ones. The rest Of the bulk was made
up Of papers covered with strange char
scterx that neither could make out
There was not sserap Of pspsr TO
show the name of the owner
Maybe they are charms" said Avice
IN an awed voice.
Its not Hebrew" said the more
practical Haetinxs. 1T may be Ara
bic. xAw ss,ns< writing once that look
ed like that
ed 1T belongs I" some mystic. aud
there IL no telling what may happen"
He should he clever ~nouHk 10 find
1t himaelf II he 10 4 wonder worker"
scolEed Hastinxs IN bet he sells rugs
from house to hos,Se or nouyat fr0n u
stand"
Avice frOwneti NJ bis levity. and until
they reached bs.ne she could talk Of
nothing but the pocketbook snd it's
mysterious owner. Az they parted at
tlle foot Of the steps Hastings caught
Ter hand.
You won't forget that we are going
to the boat club reception tonight! he
begged. Don't get So completely
wrapped up In your mayi that you for
get me-
''I'li be ready" she assured him. with
sudden penitence. Il will he ready at
s. Will that be time enorgh:'
.Jnst right he agreed. III he here
on the moment"
He turned away and went off mp the
street. This was the first reception
given by his boat club in its new house.
and it was the event of the year to its
members. For three months they had
been preparing for it, and Hastings
was all excitement.
He was at the house five minutes be-
fore 8 with huge bouquet, but his
face fell when Avice came into the
room in the same cloth dress she had
worn that afternoon
Il didn't forget she cried ~ she
Noted the disappointment in hi facN
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
MASTERY OF THE NILE.
The Method by Which the Flow o
Water Is Controlled.

Every morning from little room OF
a great. white house on the eastern
shore Of the Nile at ASsouan is clicked
by telegraph 10 Cairo the question.
How much water:' The answer
comes so many thousand gallons more
or 50 many thousand gallons less. A
button is pressed the water which
flows under the iron bridge at. Cairo is
increased or diminished some ten days
later i'll accordance with the telegraph
fc answer and the intervening valley
between ASSouan and Cairo has lit
tie more or Il little less water on its
surface. The man at the button may
bring Joy or sorrow to thousands Of
little farrns-it is all according to the
message he receives.
From tie great white house there
extends across the river Il granite wall
or dam 40 feet high. Halfway up
this wall and stretching its entire
length a line of shutters opens or
closes by pressure of the button.
In the winter months a huge lake ex-
pands to the southwark. which has ev-
cry appearance Of being food. for
in certain places the tops of palm trees
are discernible above its surface, and
thr SUBMITS of inundated ruins appar-
emily mark the sites of Sunkcn cities.
As the days go 10y and Cairo demands
lto-c :.,.d more water the palm trees
;.i:,. the rains seem 10 rise from their
Natcry beds until IN June and early
July he river tcws freely with all its
historic indolcncc-New York Times.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
Bed. hut Still Coed.

A judge FROM one 81 the African
crown colonies. now home on leave. is
telling this story: 1t IL the custom III
the local courts to administer to the
natives the form Ut oath which they
consider most hiQdinx. One day
Christian c"lored gentleman. Of whose
good faith the judge entertsiNfd some
his own request he WAS allowed to take
the oath Uf Christian. Then the
Judge intimsted that he must also b<
sworn in the native fashion. The man
WIS visibly disconnected. ''Oh. NO
massa." he pleaded. Not dat. Ne
very bad native. hut me very good
Christian. Manchester Guardian.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02

fhiwankum-I.ake Wcnatchee stage.
Runs daily, rain or shine and on
Sundays. Meets both day trains.
Fare $50 each way. Oliver Bates,
the Stage Man.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
8oeina the Peint.


The following story is told of 4 Phil
ade'phia millionaire who has been
dead some years: A young msR came
to him one day and asked pecuniary
aid to start him ia business.
do You drink?' asked the million
aire.
Once In awhile"
Stop II. Stop 1t for 4 year and
then come and see me-
The young man broke Of the habit
at once aud ut the end Of the year
Ca me 10 zee tne millionaire again.
DO you smoke" asked the success
eui man.
Now and then
Stop it. Stop 1t for year and then
come and see me again.
The young man went home and
broke away from this habit. 1t took
him some time. but finally he worried
through the year and presented him.
self again.
DO you chew asked the philan-
thropist
Yes. l do WAS the desperate reply.
stop it. Stop it for a year and
then come and see me again.
The young man stopped chewing, but
he never went back again. When ask
ed by his anxious friends why he never
called on the millionaire again. he re-
piled that he knew exactly what the
man was driving at. He'd have told
me that now that / have stopped
drinking ana smoking and chewing |
must have saved enough. To sta- my
Tcls n business aud ..cv>"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02

Ask for special folders regarding
Okanogan irrigation project ana
Lake Chelan district.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
An ObIiaina Cyclone.

People who want ss.ineillin. bright
and original may be referred to the
story of a Texas cyclone that picked
up letter and delivered it - the pSr
ton Ia whom ii was asEdFess.i. twenty
Liiles away.To.eelo Rl:s..
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02

Yes. sir. the major went in swim
min, an I'm blest IF Teller didn t
come along an steal all his clothes.
An what did he do them:
Broke the record ny goiu home in a
barrel. instead q the barrel :srin home
in him."-AtlaDta Constitution.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
Shocks to the Ear,

A succession Of noises me:Ic Il sue
ceSSion of shocks. says Country Life.
The ear. unlike the eye. has no lid
under which it may go TO sleep. and
indeed it has been proved that the
sense of hearing is at work just after
sleep comes on.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02

Steamer leaves Wenatchee for
Bridgeport Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings. Returning leaves
Bridgeport same night.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-09-02
Columbia ind oklasGaa
S,oonboat s..
0CHE0ULEp
hABective ON and After Nov. 4. 1893.
CP RIVER

" RIVER
Leave Wenatchee daily 500 I'm.
Orondo daily. 500 =. m.
Entiat daily. -. $3.50 a. m.
Chelan Falls daily 1890 m.
Pateros daily. ...S; 100 p. m.
Arrive Brewster daily ;. $500 p. m.
DOWN RIVER
Leave Brewster daily 400 a. m.
Pateros daily. ago a. m.
Chelan Falls daily S:38a. m.
Entiat daily $40 a. m.
Orondo daily. 1900 a. m.
Arrive Wenatchee daily. 1900 m.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Prizes For Corn Growers.

Nearly $4,000 in cash prizes
will be awarded at the National
Corn exposition which will be held
in Chicago between October $ and
l9. The sum is to. be divided so
that every corn growing section will
receive a large reward for participa-
ton, this being necessary, the Even
ing Post frankly admits, to keep
Iowa from carrying off the bulk Of
the awards
Separate cash prizes are to be Of
fered for fourteen different states,
each state to receive total Of $685..
The amount to be thus distributed
will aggregate $500. The sum
for which any corn grower in the
United States can compete will a.
mount slightly over $4,000. By di-
viding the prizes among the differ
ent states, Michigan corn growers,
for instance, will be on par with
Iowa. Consequently every corn
growing section will have an in
centive to compete. The scheme is
good SO far as it will awaken inter-
est in the exposition all through the
corn belt but it is unfair so far as
it diverts prizes to geographical
sections rather than to the growers
of the best corn.-Register and
Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Says Conditions For Corn Ideal.

Editor Atkinson of the Iowa
Homestead is authority for the state
ment that not within two decades
have conditions been more favorable.
"The ground has been dry and
therefore it is pulverised and not
cloddy and solid. Nothing better
for corn could be asked. If we have
warm weather now the crop should
be enormous.
with regard to small grains," he
adds, "they are delayed about fifteen
days. Oats generally begin to ap-
pear about the 18th of April. 1t is
coming up just now. do not
think the small grains are harmed
at all by the cold or frost-only de-
layed.
"This snow will distribute moisture
evenly over the ground and just at
the right time.
ITO sum up, corn conditions are
ideal and smaller grains only de-
layed."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
CHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1907.

from school at the public expense.
In some of these schools the attempt
to introduce instruction in agricul-
ture and home economics is being
successfully made. 1t is found that
while the little rural schools cannot
afford teachers trained to instruct in
agriculture and home economics, the
consolidated school can afford to pay
a principal and an assistant prin-
ciple wko are trained to teach these
subjects and to give inspiration in
country life generally to the rural
pupils. 1t has been demonstrated
also that the consolidated rural
school can afford to build up simple
laboratory, support a small farm.
develop library, and secure other
necessary equipment to use in sue
cessfully teaching agriculture and
home economies. Further, it is
found that teachers with specific
training for country;life educational
work can cooperate with the parents
SO that much Of the home duties of
the. rural youth may be made far
more educational as well as more in
teresting, than heretofore. There is
evident ground for the claim that
consolidated rural schools and the
work of the home life on the farm
Gamble SO developed under cooper
alton between teacher and parent as
TO provide far better education for
our rural youth than can possibly be
devised for youth while living in
city homes. In the city primary
schools also there is being intro
duced much instruction in manual
training.-From "Ptblic Industrial
Education" by Willet NJ. Hays, in
the American Monthly Review of
Reviews for May.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08

The German emporer has hand
some income, but every penny of it
comes to him as king Of Prussia and
none as emperor. The exact amount
is one of the state secrets. The fact
of his being at the head of the Ger
man empire does not better the king
to the extent Of a dollar, though
there is q certain amount given him
to be used, only, however, for charit-
able purposes. All Of his many
castles and estates were his inheri.
tance as king Of Prussia and would
have been his anyway if the consoli-
dation Of the empire had never been
effected. He is an enormously rich
man and manages his geat interests
with good business ability.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08

French soldier at the battle of Borny,
near Metz, but he revived in the
mortuary, thanks to the delay of the
burial party in arriving.
Not long ago Russian Pole COM
mitted suicide in a Spitalfelds syn
agogue. Some time previously he
had been placed in his coffin as
dead, but he revived when being
screwed down. The horror of that
awful event SO preyed on his mind
that he went mad and eventually
took his own life. Eight years back
the police found a child, apparently
dead, in Regents park. The body
was removed to Marylebone mortu-
ary and place in a coffin to await an
inquest. When the coroner and
jury arrived the child was alive and
well in its grim surroundings.
A similar thing occurred at Cam
bridge where the deputy coroner
was called upon to inquire into the
death of Charles Lawrence, Great
Eastern railway fireman. The COR
oner, however, was SO we'll satisfied
with the evidence of the doctor that
death was due to valcular disease of
the heart that he declined to hold an
inquest. 1t was well that he did.
Five days afterwards Charles Law.
renee stalked out of his coffin and
went to work.
1t is always hard to prove case
of a person having been buried a
live. There are obvious difficulties
in the way, and so distressing a sub
iect is naturally avoided by relatives.
Still, there is indubitable evidence
as to its having occurred in many
instances. Doctors say that, could
the battlefelds speak, the world
would be shocked by the frightful
stories of men who have been cast
into their graves alive to awake in
the tomb and be stiaed by the sup.
erincumbent earth.
Unimpeachable authority exists
for the story of a girl having been
prematurely inferred in New York
and other having afterwards revived.
When the coffin was opened it was
found that her shroud had been torn
to shreds and the fingers of both
hands eaten off.
The effect of a tragedy of this sort
in another family was to make it a
solemn rite for the head of the house
to plunge a knife into the heart Of
any member of the family who died.
1t was done once to often. The
weapon pierced the breast of beau
tiful girl who was in reality not:
dead. but in trance. She gave one
terrible groan and expired, and her
father, who had.innocently struck
the blow. died soon afterWards,
rasing. Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Spring Waking.

A Snowdrop lay In the sweet dark ground.
"Come out" said the Sun. "Come OUT!
But she lay quite still and she heard no sound
Asleep" said the Sun. mo doubt!'
The snowdrop heard. for she raised her head.
"Look spry." said the Sun. "look spry.''
ITS warm." said the Snowdrop. "here in bed
Oh, tie!" said the Sun. "Oh. fie!''
"You call too soon. Mr. Sun, you dol"
"No, no." said the Sun. "Oh. MOI"
There's something above and can't see
through"
Its snow" said the Sun, ''just snow
But say. Mr.. Sun. are the robins here?"
Maybe" said the Sun. "maybe;"
There wasn'ta bird when you called last year. y
Come out " SAID the Sun. "and see.''
The Snowdrop sighed, for she liked her nap.
And there wasn't bird in sight,
But she popped oot Of bed In her white night-cap
That's right" said the Sun, that's right"
And. soon as that small nght-cap was seen.
A robin began to sing.
The air grew warm. and the grass turned green.
"'Tis spring." laughed the Sun. "tis spring.
St Nicholns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
cultlvating Corn.

In the. cultivation of corn early at
tention will count for great deal.
As farmers become educated to the
best way Of cultivating corn they
gradually get away from deep cult
walton. Especially in later cult
vations. If deep cultivation is to be
pursued at all it should be early in
the life of the corn plant.
Usually the first cultivation de-
termines largely the yield, for if
corn is not we'll weeded at that time
it is safe to say that subsequent
Civilizations will not accomplish the
desired result If cultivation is
done properly, without injjuring the
roots of the plants, there will be few
weeds and the roots will be able to
reach out into the surface layer of
soil in search Of plant food necessary
for the development and accomplish
ment Of the plants purpose. If not
properly accomplished early in the
life Of the plant, the chances are that
the weeds will come and largely take
possession Of the crop and a failure
must result in proportion to the ex-
tent that the weeds are allowed to
grow and cumber the soil. There
are those engaged in corn production
who believe that a few weeds are
not much detriment to the crop, and
especially do they believe SO if their
own crops happen to be weedy. We
frequently find farmers who reverse
the order. They plow shallow at
first and increase the depths each
subsequent plowing and thus ac-
complish something that is damaging
to the plants. Root pruning must
result, and the plant will be robbed
of the ability to produce its best
mission.
If plants get four-ffths of Their
food from the top six inches of soil
why kill the roots there?-Registel
and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
President Intercedes for Postoffice
Robber.

President Roosevelt in note tc
the department of justice expressed
the opinion that John William Jan.
uary of Missouri should have his
sentence committed at once or be
pardoned outright.
January was convicted some years
ago of robbing postoffice in Okla
homa and served the. greater por-
tion of a five years sentence at
Leavenworth. He then escaped and
after nine years liberty was rearrest-
ed in Kansas City and returned to
prison. Many petitions have reach
ed the president asking for his par
don.
Shortly after his escape in Janu-
ary, under the assumed name of
Anderson secured employment and
eventually established himself in
business, which he was successfully
conducting at the time of his rear
rest. He is married and has d child.
Roosevelt's action followed visit
from Senator Warner of Missouri to
the White House, who presented to
the president typewritten state
ment containing synopsis of petit
tions signed by $500 persons repre-
resenting bankers, business men,
doctors, lawyers and judges of his
state. He also told the president
there was petition circulating in
Missouri already signed by 1920
persons asking for January's par
don. After the matter had been ex-
planned to him, the president made
the following Endorsement on the
statement:
Department of Justice: In view
of statements of judges, bank presi.
dents, and others who know him.
Think Anderson's nine years life
as an honest citizen, hard work
ing, and good repute, warrant. ussin
committing his sentence at once or.
in pardoning him outright, Which
do you think ought to be done? Are
there sufficient reasons for not doing
either?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Goldbrick swindler.

San Francisco, Ca, April 90
From goldbricks to tatfy candy is a
far cry, but this, in brief, tells the
story of the reformation of "Rebel
George" Knowlton, father of the
time-worn, but ever. new gold brick
swindle," inventor of three card
monte" and certainly one of the
greatest swindlers of his day, that
America ever produced.
Knowlton has seen the inside of
nearly every penitentiary in the
land, and the man whose criminal
record is as well known in police
circles on the Atlantic seaboard as
it is on this coast, is today selling
taffy candy on the streets of the new
San Francisco. He says he owes his
reclamation to a just God and loyal
wife, and while the skeptical police
are inclined to believe that "Rebel
George" reformed because old age
was coming on, certain it is that he
was really reformed.
Under his true name Knowlton
enlisted from Ohio with the army of
the eonfederacy during the civil war.
He was then but IA years old. De-
sertion soon followed enlistment, but
he was in the army long enough 10
learn that life by loot was easier +
than working. He was an originator
of unique brands of swindling, and
soon gathered about him gang of
desperate men.
At the close Of the civil war he
found that there were three men in his
party who were cleverer than the
rest. They were Jim Siemeson,
Sammy Banet and Arkansas" Red
lay. To them he unfolded his plan
for the launching of the gold brick
swindle, and, in telling his life story,
"Rebel George" points with pride to
the fact that the game has been
working successfully, without a
single change, ever since.
None of the members Of this gang
ever came to grief in working gold
brick victims, but later, when "Rebel
George" launched his 3-card monte
game on the immigrant trains COM
ing to California in the days of gold,
all Of the swindlers came to grief,
Knowlton with the rest.
"Under my true name of George
Knowlton, with aliases of Knowles,
Robert Ray, Howard and Morgan .
said "Rebel George" while crying
his wares along Fillmore street, q
have done my share of time in states
prisons throughout the country.
might add, however, had they cap.
tured me every time I did crooked
trick it would have taken a thousand
years to serve. the sentences coming
to me. During my life as crimina.
gathered over $l,OOO,OOO, but all
of it did not do me half the good as
the wee bits am able to gather sell
ing candy on the city streets.
IT am an old man now, nearly K
years of age, and / have lived tn,
past five in a paradise on earth. Ny
devoted wife, who stood by me dur
ing all my crooked career. showed
me the way to the great light, ant
when death claims me, evsgAsif i
comes today, I can face my Make
an honest man."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Manifold Virtues of Salt.

Common ordinary table salt
Sodium chlorideN has many virtues.
it ia one of the best cleansers for
the teeth and gums. 1t is good
for dyspepsia 1t is excellent for the
skin, and disinfects wounds and
sores. 1t relieves pain caused by bee
stings and spider bites. Salt used
when cleaning carpets freshens
them and keeps out moths. 1t will
put out fire in a chimney as we'll
as revive coal fire. Salt put on
ink spots freshley made will
remove them. Salt in water will
refreshen cut flowers, and in q
head wash will prevent the hair
from falling.-Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
The editor of the Hometown (ps

The editor of the Hometown (Pa.)
Banner referring to a slanderous
statement regarding him refutes it
by the explanation that: "The edi-
tor Of the Banner was not knocked
down on the street on Thursday last
by Henry Knowlton, the grocer, as
has been asserted by an envious
clique. We sent our editorial can
to the grocery to be filled and Mr..
Knowlton sent back a very impu-
dent message. We called on him
and told him what we thought Of a
man who was afraid to trust a coun-
try editor for Ia cents and then
walked off. No assault of any kind
took place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Consolidated Rural Schools.

There have been organized in two
OR three hundred townships, or pre-
ferably in districts containing only
twenty-five square miles, two or
three hundred consolidated rural
schools, six to ten isolated rural
schools being consolidated into one,
and the pupils are carried to and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Secretary Of State Root is prepa,

Secretary of State Root is prepar-
ing to leave the cabinet I'M "huff, :"
it is said, angry because of Presi-
dent Roosevelt booming Taft as his
successor. Just when hc will retire
is not known. Probably he has not
even set the exact date himself, but
that the end of his term of office is a
question of only few months is re-
garded as practically certain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Frank James, Missouri's Famous

Frank James, Missouri's Famous
ex-bandit, has been a law abiding
citizen ever since that day more
then twenty years ago, when he
voluntarily surrendered to Govern
or Crittenden at Jefferson City
after he had baffled for years the
efforts of the best detective agencies
in the country to capture him.
At present James is living in
Kansas and meets daily men whom
he used to fight in the bloody
days of the border warfare be-
tween Kansas and Missouri.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-05-08
Ye Tiller of the Soil.

Blush not, We tiller Of the soil,
For noble is thy round of toll.
Bend not in servile state the knee
No other one can be so free.
Erect ye stand. the lordliest far,
In all the aeons of peace and war.
For springing from thy loins uprIse
The grandest men beneath the skies.
Exalted is thy task and name,
Ye makers Of the nations fame.
George Matallee.