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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
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"The taste in cheese has grown more
delicate on the continent" said Paris
chef. "a cream cheese raw is now our
favorite, whereas in the past we de.
manded cooked cheeses of the greatest
harshness and strength. Why
The chef laughed.
why" he said, when l was at the
Petit Richie many years ago remark.
able thing happened, a thing that indi.
Gates the sort of cheeses that in tho
past were eaten. A patron seated at q
corner table in the Petit Richie called
suddenly to the waiter:
'Baptiste, take away this cheese!
"Baptiste approached.
Pardon me, sir he said in his DO.
lite way, but can fetch you some.
thing else?'
"The patron made gesture Of im
patience.
"'Take this away first, hang IT. he
exclaimed.
Eyes, sir; very good. SIR said Bap.
tiste. we have some fine Gorgonzola
or perhaps the Gruyere'-
"'Great Scottv the other Interrupted
If you don't take this stun away al
once I'll send for the police
az am vey sorry, SIR said Baptiste.
is there anything wrong with it?'
'Wrongv shouted the guest. why,
it's eating all my bread! "-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
A story From ,nd;..

An Indian merchant wished to dis
pose of an old elephant and took it to
fair. As soon as he had arrived he
noticed Il man who, without saying a
word, began to walk round the animal,
examining it attentively on all sides.
The merchant became very anxious,
for lie feared the man had found out
that his elephant was not worth much.
He took him aside and whispered in
his ear: II see customer coming.
Do not say a word until have sold
the beast, and will give you so
rupees" The man looked at the mer-
chant and wonderingly compiled with
his request. 1t happened that the
customer had more money than sense,
so he was easily taken in. When the
bargain was completed and the ele-
plant led away by Its new owner, the
merchant handed the 80 rupees to
the silent man, saying: Now I want
you to tell me how you discovered the
defect in his left leg. thought had
concealed 1t SO skillfully." II have dis
covered nothing" replied the stranger.
ut is the first elephant I have ever
seen, and wanted to know which
was the head and which was the TAIL"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Shop Worn Goods,

It was q hot afternoon, and Mrs
Perkins, who had taken the children.
keyen In number, to 1.-THE greatest show
on earth," felt the heat and was other
wise much dissatisfied. '.What's the
nationality of them?' she demanded OF
one Of the guards, pointing to the ele-
plants.
"Those are from Africa" replied thu
man, and Mrs. Perkins looked dubious
~ from the great animals to the guard
and back again to the elephants.
'They appear dreadful light colored
to have come from Africa, seems to
me-" she remarked. "and that giraffe
neck amt what expected for length,
either, and there's only one double
bumper among the camels, and the
hairs all rubbed off him iii spots
reckon this isn't the first show, he's
been in by good DEAL"
She detached the youngest Perkins
from the monkeys cage and turned
again to the attendant.
you tell the manager of this show
from me-" she commanded, "that l
shan't pay so cents for myself. and
$1.75 for. this mess of children another
year to see light colored elephants and
q giraffe and kangaroo with short
necks and legs and possy of single
bumpers, with only one double hump
er, and him secondhand!
"You tell him that from Mrs. Phi
lander Perkins, and tell him l. mem II
too!'-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
A Psrssxsrino rraxslsr.

A commercial traveller who Is noted
for his perseverance once called on q
merchant and sent in his card, re-
questing nm interview, says a western
paper. Happening to glance into the
office he saw the recipient tear up his
card and throw 1t into the waste paper
basket. The Office boy returned with
the old story that "Mr. B. was sorry,
but he could not see him."
The traveller, nothing daunted, re-
quested that Mr.. B. should return his
card, which of course he had seen de-
stroyed. In q minute the boy returned
and handed him twopence and re-
marked that Mr.. B. had destroyed the
card and thought that this sum would
cover the damage.
The traveller succeeded in, getting an
other card into Mr.. BIS sanctum, and
Mr.. B. read on 1t, "These cards are two
for threepence."
He got his interview, and Mr.. B. be-
came one of his best customers.-Lon-
don Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Professor rial Standing.

A professor of English literature in
one OF our universities once brought to
me to publish in this magazine n learn
ed piece of writing. 1t seemed to me
pretty dull thing and not important,
according to my Judgment, to anybody
and not possibly interesting to more
than mere handful of special stu
dents. told him this as politely us
could. He soon came to me again and
smilingly took me into his confidence.
Il hardly expected" he said, that you
would publish that study that Of
fered you-in fact, care little about
1t myself. l wrote it because my pro-
fessional standing demands that shall
produce something at certain Intervals,
but now have piece of writing that
l do take great pride in, and want
you to publish It without betraying the
authorship to any living being. 1t
would hurt my professional standing II
1t became known that wrote this"
1t was u novel:-Walter II. Page in
Atlantic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
London Notes and queries.


Here in Muscat saw the pure bred
Arab man, sinewy. but not tall, n
domineering, staggering nobleness in
his glance and brace of daggers In
his waist. When L recognized a beau
tiful haft or noticed slender inlaid
native gun or singular shield, offered
to buy, but nothing would induce them
to sell. "Sahib," said one man, 81
killed my deadliest foe with this blade,
right through his black heart. You
see this dent In my shield? All, that
dent was caused by spear! The
shield saved my life. Shall /, then; sell
1t for money? My gun? No, sahib. I
am an Arab, and my gun is my other
self. How could be an Arab If had
no gun? This sword-it belonged to
my grandfather-it has killed forty
men. By Mohammed, it is true! These
marks, sahlb; you see these marks?
Only one OF these marks is put there
when man is killed" offered three
times the value. The answer always
was: mo, sahib, l will not. can
not."-C Chambers Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
She Believed In Presents.

An old woman in Orkney was noted
for selling whisky on the sly. Her
house was few miles from the town,
and the excise officers had often tried,
but In vain, to get her convicted. A
young officer was appointed to the
place, who said, on being told about
her, that he would soon secure her
conviction. Early one morning he left
home and arrived Mt the old woman's
house at o'clock. Walking In, he saw
no one. Noticing bell on the table,
he rang 1t. The old woman appeared,
and he asked for glass of milk. After
little he rang again, and the old wo-
man appeared. He asked If she had
any whisky. AYE. SIR" she said, 1--WE
aye have some In the bottle" setting
1t down before him. Then, thanking
her, he laid down a sovereign, which
she took and walked out. After help
ing himself he rang and asked for the
change. "Change, STRIP said the old
woman. There's nae change. We
hae nae license Fat we gle we gle in
presents; fat we tax we tax in pres
ents, so good day. SIR The excise
man left the house sadder but wiser
personage.-Strand Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
rerribl. Situation.

There can be few more terrible dis
coveries than that the man in your
company has suddenly gone mad and
that you cannot escape him. That was
the position of an old lady and her fe-
male companion when, just as their
train was gliding out of a London ter
minus, man popped into the cnrriage
and banged the door after him. The
first stop was eighty miles away, and
1t seemed as far as eternity when the
man produced from his pocket n num-
Der of razors and began to cut up an
orange. The old lady gave her fur boa
an extra twist about her throat DO
you like granger. said the maniac as
he stuck a piece on the end of n razor
and popped 1t into her mouth. She ac-
cepted the gift with thanks, and he
was anxious to feed her with more
She assured him that she liked to eat
her orange slowly and made it last.
She had to make each portion given to
her on the razor last her SO long that
there was still a piece or two left when
the first stoppage and rescue came.-
st. James Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

Forty years ago young map
from Daniel Webstor's state said
that the people of Massachusetts
build school houses and raise men"
"winked the other eye" and smiled.
Recently another bean state youth, a
graduate of this years class at
Dartmouth College, as no describes
himself, found his application for a
Consulship rejected because the
quote Of Massachusetts men in
Consular positions was already
great enough. He continues: at
seems absurd to place certain West
ern States-not to mention any
names Intellectually on a par with
the New England States, especially
Massachusetts; and l could not help
but express my sentiments against
such an injustice" Too bad. Pass
the bean plate again. Marion Regis
ter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
500 Reward s1oo.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and tina. is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being consti-
tutional disease, requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the d.
sease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co /,
Toledo, o. Sold by all druggists,
75c. Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Eat More Candy.

Give children plenty of pure sug-
ar, talfy and butterscotch and they'll
Gave little use for cod-liver oil, says
DIR. Woods Hutchinson in the
Woman's Home Companion.
Sugar is, after meat, bread and
butter, easily our most important
food. You can put the matter to
the test very easily. just leave off
the pie, pudding and other deserts
at your lunch or midday dinner.
You'll be astonished to find how
quickly you'll feel empty again and
how unfinished the meal will seem.
The only thing that can take the
place of sugar here is beer or wine.
The more sugar and sweets man
takes at a meal the less alcohol he
wants. Conversely nearly every
drinking man will tell you he has
lost his taste of sweets. The more
candy nation consumes the less al.
cohol.
The United States government
buys pure candy by the ton and
shipsit to the Philippines to be
sold at cost to the soldiers in the
canteens. All men crave it in the
tropics and the more they get of il
the less vino and whiskey they
| want.
In fine the prejudice against
sugar is born of puritanism and
stinginess, equal parts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

One of the most curious "hauntings''
occurs in northern castle of great
antiquity where Mary, queen of Scots,
rested when she was being conveyed a
prisoner through England. 1t is mani
tested In the library and takes the
form that the books cannot be kept in
order. They move about or are moved
about from shelf to shelf. II you ar
range the works of Shakespeare in
correct order on one shelf, by next
morning the volumes are scattered any.
how on different shelves This has
gone on for years. At different times
the library has been searched and lock-
ed, watches have been set all night,
servants have come and gone, but the
mysterious occurrence goes on and is
vouched for not only by the family,
but by the guests who have stayed In
the house. There is no legend to ac-
count for it.-London Modern Society.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Hard to Please.

George. dear" said the newly made
wife. 'if you became Il Mormon or n
sultan and Were allowed six wives,
whom would you choose for the other
five?'
George was diplomatic.
I'D select he replied. "iive dupli-
Gates of your own pretty self"
"Oh, you nasty thing she sobbed.
when we We're engaged you often
said there wasn't another girl In the
world like mew
"But, my dear Gertrude" he replied,
ut was you who suggested the prob
lem, and, anyhow, should never be-
come Mormon or n sultan"
"Oh, you wretch! she shrleked.
"You mean that If you found any 9TH
ers like me you wouldn't marry them!
III pack my trunk now and go home
to motherv'
1t was the first tiff.-London An.
eWerS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

Duriog the year ending June 30,
1907. 5000 persons were killed and
1882 were injured in accidents on
American railways. This is an in
crease over the previous year of 775
killed and 9,577 injured. Railroad
operation is costing US in the life
and strength of our citizenship more
than the last war in which the ma
ton engaged. There are more per-
sons killed or manned every year in
industrial pursuits than were killed
in battle or died from wounds dur
ing the civil war. Many Of the &C
cidents are unavoidable, but the
vastly greater number are attribut-
able to failure to provide proper
safeguards because of their cost
-Ex.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
orisin Of Right h.nd.dn....

According to one good authority, DIR.
Cunningham of London. right handed
ness is of great antiquity and was at
tanned in the ordinary evolution Of man
by natural selection. But the condition
does not reside in the right arm itself,
for all the evidence goes to show that
1t is due to functional pre-eminence on
the left side of the brain. This su-
periority of the left brain rests upon
some structural foundation, the origin
Of which is not explained, but which
Is transmitted from parent to offspring.
Left handedness is due to the trans
ference of this structural peculiarly
from the left to the right side Of the
brain or, more probably, to transpo-
sition of the cerebral hemispheres, like
that which sometimes occurs in the
thoracic and abdominal viscera.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Some odd Pocket.,

"a music pocket?" said the tailor.
"Oh, yes,t for professional singers of
ten make music pockets. They run
across the back of the coat, as rule,
above the waist, and they hold, with
out crushing, half dozen songs. !
have three or four detectives among
my patrons, and in their business suits
l always put handcuff pockets. These
pockets are In the sleeves. Their ad-
vantage is that the handouts can be
drawn forth without the prisoners see
ing the action. When a rambmctious
prisoner sees a detectives hand go to-
ward an ordinary pocket he knows
what is coming and prepares accord
ingly, but with my special pocket the
handcuff is OH him before he knows
where he is at One of my patrons has
his trousers lined from the knee down
with leather. Do you know why? Be.
cause n dog once bit large chunk out
Of the calf of his leg. and he doesn't
want to incur such a loss again.
+ Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
English In switzeriissna

At certain hotel in u lovely Alpine
resort to which many EngfsASisitors
were attracted n new proprietor, de-
string to cater for such, hati this no.
tice, Of his own composition, exhibited
In the reception room: ~
Gentlemen who come in this hotel
not say anything about their meals
they will be charged for, and If they
should say beforehand that they are
going to breakfast or dinner are If
they say that they not have anything
to eat they will be charged, and IL not
SO. they will DO charged, or unless they
bring it; to the notice of the manager,
and should they want not to say any
thing, they must order the manager
for, and not any one else, and unless
they not bring 1t to the notice of the
manager they will be charged for the
least things not, according to hotel
rate. And no fuss will be allowed aft
erward about 1t, and nothing Will be
allowed to deduct anything out OF it,
-Pearson's. 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
An Object Lesson In Cleanliness,


To impress upon his youthful mind
the Importance of guarding against In
fections the medical student ut the
laboratory is given this object lesson:
Two test tubes nearly filled with a
clear meat broth and then closed at
the top with cotton plug are given to
him, with directions to wash his hands
with soap and water and clean his
nails with n brush as thoroughly as
he can for some ten minutes. After
he thinks that his hands have become
altogether clean he removes the plug
from one of the test tubes and barely
touches with finger tip Its contained
broth, after which he restores the cot.
ton plug and puts both tubes away on
shelf for twenty-four hours. What
he Will see then is that the broth in
the test tube which received his sup
posedly pure touch is turbid from tho
presence of millions of microbes, while
the other tube remains perfectly clear.
-Everybody's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Ice and Glass.

Ice has the property peculiar to
bodies which expand on freezing-of
liquefying under pressure and solidify-
Ing again when the pressure has been
removed. Consequently the weight of
any body moving upon {, sheet of ice
causes the formation of d thin layer of
water which separates 1t from the ice
and thus, by reducing the friction to q
minimum, enables 1t to move smoothly
over the surface-i. e., makes the ice
more slippery" On glass, on the con-
trary, this liquid medium is wanting,
so That the two solid and unyiel,ling
bodies come into actual physical con
tact, causing friction which, in spite
of the smoothness of the glass, consid-
erably retards the motion of the body.
If two smooth sheets of glass be taken
and n few drops of water sprinkled
over the one and the other pluced
above 1t, a thin layer of water will be
formed, and until this layer has been
pressed oat the upper glass will move
on the other rs smoothly MS If on ice.
This peculiar property of ice is due tn
the effect of pressure in lowering this
freezing point of water, SO that when
ever ice is subjected to great pressure
1t partially melts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Blackinq.

Liquid backing such as Is now used,
century. Previously various mixtures
were used. There are many illusions
In eighteenth century literature to shoe
blacks and backing In the London
World of Jan. 81, 1854, Edward Moore,
describing the miseries of an author,
says that he would rather have started
In life us a shoeblack had he but had
the money to buy or credit to procure
80 stool, brushes and blackball" An
old kind of blacking consisted Of ivory
black, very coarse moist sugar and wa
ter, with little vinegar. A mixture
Of whale oil and SCOT was used in
Gays time. The author Of Trivia
has several illusions to the "black
youth" who stood ut street corners
then, rs now:
Hark! The boy calls thee to his destin'd
stand.
And the shoe shines beneath his oily hand.
De Foe makes his Colonel Jack de-
scribe himself when boy as dirty
yagabOnd, "like a Black your shoes,
your honor?' n beggar boy, black
guard boy or what you please, des
picable and miserable to the last de.
gree"
Here is another quotation from "Trl-
yin" Q715D:
His treble voice resounds aleng the news.
And Whitehall echoes "Clean your hon
ors shoes!"
London Notes and Cherries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Tuesday, Jan. 7

Tuesday, Jan. 7
Zone day only and return once
every % days. Office hours 9 a
N. to $50 p. m.
Independence, Gedney Hotel, Wednes-
day, Jan. 8
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Local and Nelghborhood News


A neat game of graft was perpet.
rated on the Blackhawk county Of
fcials recently. A glib tongued in
dividual hailed into town and said
his intention was to start a news.
paper for the labor interests Of that
city and before installing the ma
chinery it would be necessary to
have a certain number of paid sub.
scriptions. The county officials,
the sherifffrst, bit readily. The con
man disappeared with a goodly sum
although the amount buncoed from
each individual was not enough to
cause a furry in the money
market. -Earlville Phoenix.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
The Iowa Homestead.

Good farming, based on sound
principles Of science and practice,
was never more important or prof.
table than now. The Homestead,
an agricultural and live stock paper
published every Thursday at Des.
Moiues, Iowa. is the best exponent
of good farming. The Homestead
is edited by farmers who live upon
and operate their own farms right
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Too Much Sound.

In Dean Ramsay's book Of anecdotes
there Is one which refers to CONVEX
sation between Scotch minister and
sexton. The minister was n stranger
to the gravemaker and discussed with
him the doctrines Of the neighboring
clergy. AS one after another was men
toned the sexton wagged his head
gloomily and said, Hes no sound"
At last the minister, who was, by the
bye, a long winded and rather empty
preacher, mentioned his own name and
inquired, "Air. now, isn't he
sound?'
100, aye" said the sexton, with q
twinkle in his eye. Hes aw sound"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

1t is now scientifically proved fact
that music exercises n great influence
on the growth of the hair. 1t Is with
good reason that great musicians, such
as Paganini, List and Paderewski.
are represented with n growth OF hair
which Absalom might have envied.
Science has proved that strlnged In
struments have favorable influence
on the growth of the hair, while brass
instruments act in the opposite direc-
ton. Every one has probably observed
that bald violinist is as rare as a
bald horn player is common. Wood In
struments, such rs the flute, seem to
have no pronounced influence either
way.-Paris Menestrel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

The so called blue laws Of Connect.
cut were the invention of one Samuel
Peters, Tory, who, driven from this
country on account of his disloyalty
during the Revolution, published in
London in 1881 book entitled "Gen.
eral History Of Connecticut" in which
the laws in question were set forth.
The code of laws which this book con.
tains has been proved to be fabrication
There were no such laws In Connect.
cut or in any other part Of New Eng.
land.-New York American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

Breakfast is an excellent meal to
which to invite ones enemies. There
would be certain wild joy in drag
ging ones best hated friends out Of
their comfortable beds at unearthly
hours Of the morning and then provid-
ing them with good, honest. whole
some. hungry breakfast" which they
probably could not eat.-London Gen
tlewoman.