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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
"Yes-to learn how to dress,r she

: "Yes-to learn how to dress,r she
said.
Joe was silent for moment. Then
he rose and took the ragged overcoat
from the back of his chair. "Where's
that mufilerV he asked.
She brought it from where she had
placed it to dry, behind the stove.
Joe" she said huskily, "can't you
wait till"-
"Till the estate is settled and you
can coax your grandfather to-
mo, no! But you could go with u.s."
ITO PARISH
HE would take you as his secre-
tary."
"Ahaw Joe's voice rang out gayly
as he rose, refreshed by the coffee,
toast and warmth she had given him.
you've been story reading, Ariel, like
Eugene. 'Secretary!"
"Please. Joew
"Where's my tin dinner pail?" He
found it himself upon the table where
he had set it down. "I'm going to
earn dishonest living" he went on.
II have. an engagement to take q
freight at water tank that's friend
of mine, half mile south of the yards.
| Thank God, Pm going to get away
from Canaan!'
"Wait, Joe" She caught at his
sleeve. II want you to-
He disappeared In white whirl-
wind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20


If one were to say that thousands Of
people regularly and almost system
atically poison themselves with food,
1t would strike the average layman us
e1travagant. The opinion of the lay
man, however, cuts no figure when
compared with the scientific deductions
of one who has carefully observed the
facts. How many people are there
who select their food with care, eat 1t
at the right time and In the proper
way to secure good digestion and SUBJ
sequent absorption of just the physi-
ologically correct amount of nutriment
required to repair the waste incurred
by the duties of everyday life? There
are very few. Some starve themselves,
but the great majority go to the other
extreme and constantly overeat. One
eats too much at regular mealtimes,
while another eats less, but feeds more
frequently. In either case the dlges-
tive apparatus is overtaxed.-A Ply
sician in New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Shopping is Il form OF cruelty in
Obliged by married ladies toward their
husbands. 1t is incipient in young
girls, reaches an active condition in
brides and arrives at its most virulent
stage between the tenth and the twen-
| ty-tlfth year of married life. A small,
delicate, slight, nervous, sensitive wo-
man who would faint away at an
empty mouse trap will go through the
shopping district in from two to seven
hours and come out refreshed and sus-
tanned by an unfalterng trust If her
husbands credit is good, while that
gentleman ut the end of forty-five min
| utes has to be carried home on a
stretcher Some women are born shop
pers, others achieve it, but not one of
them has it thrust upon her. Shopping
is extensively practiced on week days,
beginning on Monday with rush and
ending Oh Saturday in time for the
opera. 1t promotes industry. Without
it married men would have time to
rest.-Delneator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
Iincoln's Rcbuke,

The saying that there are few hon
est lawyers did not hold true in the
case of Lincoln. A man once called
to retain him OH a suit.
estate your case" said honest Abe.
The man did, and then Lincoln said:
II cannot represent you. for you are
wrong. ana the other party is right"
"rhat is none of your business If I
employ YOU" said the client.
Pardon me-" said the man who aft
erward became president; my husi-
ness is never to defend wrong. new
cr take case that is manifestly
wrong"
well. but you can make trouble for
The other fellow"
YES" said Lincoln, Il can set a
whole community at loggerheads, l can
make trouble for this widow and he1
fatherlcss children and by so doing get
you 5000 that rightfully belongs to her
but won't do it,"
Not if pay you well?"
mot for all the money you are
WORTH" was the reply
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

One does not usually connect croco.
dies with a health resort-rather the
reverse-but the creatures are quite q
feature of the Indian battling place OF
Manghapir, about nine miles from IA.
rachi. This town is place of pilgrim
age for plous Hindoos, but it is chiefly
famous for the value of its waters in
the cure of the dread scourge Of lep.
rosy. The waters are hot. and more
than GO per cent of the sufferers who
battle there annually, it is said. are
cured. The crocodilcs are rather note.
worthy in that they live In the hot
water, apparently suffering no incon
venience from its temperature or me-
dicinal qualities.-W Wide World Maya
zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
Shooting "A Rabbit.

In Sullivan county there is a man
who spent whole day hunting, and at
nightfall he WAS returning homeward
empty handed when lie found u rab-
bit in snare and still kicking. He
released it and was about to dispatch
It with the back OF his hand when it
occurred to him that he could not say
he shot it, as 10 shot marks would be
found to corroborate his story. So he
tied a string to one of the hind legs of
the rabbit, tied the other end to the
fence, backed away twenty yards and
fired. The shot cut the string and
bunny ran away. Such n good joke
on himself was too good to keep, and
he told it at the village grocery, little
thinking that it would be handed about,
until now IL you want to anger him
the mere mention of the yarn opens
the old sore.-Forest and Stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The first of November is the official
beginning Of winter in Paris. Then, no
matter what the temperature be, fires
are lit in the schools and public build
ings, and the janitor turns on the heat
for the sad race of fat jewellers. Then
all the smaller shows which cannot
pay for stand" in the streets or
squares go into winter quarters.
Where? l found n city of them out in
the waste lands by the great gate Of
Montrouge. In an empty lot were
scores of.caravans drawn up behind
the wooden palisades, ranged so as to
form veritable streets, named after
this Snowman or that. Dogs, chickens,
rabbits, children, swarmed everywhere.
Corkscrews of smoke rose from the
chimneys of the wagons. Gaudy rags
were drying on lines. Will you look in
one of the vans? 1t has two rooms. In
one are the beds. The other is for eat
ing On all sides the walls are lined
with closets and drawers. A little stove
CLOVIS near the door. Here they are
born, here they live and die, the enter.
nal dynasties of the voyagers.-Vance
Thompson In Outing Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

When Grover Cleveland was practic-
ing law at Buffalo among his associ-
ates was a young lawyer who, though
bright fellow, was rather inclined to
laZness. He was forever bOthering
Cleveland about points of law rather
than look them up himself. AT last
Cleveland became tired of 1t, and the
next time the young man sauntered in
Cleveland knew what he wanted and,
getting up. pointed to his bookcase and
said: "There are my books. You are
welcome to them. You can read up
your own case" The fellow was caught,
but he rose to the occasion. "See here,
Grover Cleveland" he said, 81 want
you to understand don't read law.
practice entirely by ear, and you and
your books can go to thunder!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

According to the results of expert.
ments by DR.. Jean Chalon, aromatic
plants charged with essential oils
which eXhale a perfume that spreads
like an atmosphere about them when
touched by the rays of the sun are to
n slight degree warmed by the pres.
ence of this agreeable atmosphere. 1t
acts in retaining the solar heat like
the glass covers of n dollhouse, al.
though of course far less effectively.
Professor Spring has shown that the
relatively high temperatures of large
cities is PROBABLY due, at least in part,
to the carbonlc anhydride in the air
above them acting us retaining
screen for heat rays.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
CHAPTER vi.

NhE uay broke Wltn scream OF
wind out of the prairies and
such cloudbursts of SHOW that
Joe could see neither bank OF
the river as he made his way down the
big bend OF ice The wind struck SO
bitterly that now and then he stopped
and, painting and gasping, leaned his
weight against it. The SHOW on the
ground was caught up and flew like
sea spulne in Il hurricane; it swirled
about him, joining the flakes in the
air, SO that ii seemed to be showing
from the sronu. upward as much as
from the sky downward Fierce as ii
WAS, hard as 1t WIS to fight through.
snow from the earth SNOW from the
sky, Joe was grateful for it, feeling
that it yelled him, making him safer.
though he trusted somewhat the
change of costume lie had effected at
Beaver Beach. y rough workman's
cap was pulled down over his ears and
eyebrows; knitted comforter was
wound about the lover part of his
face; under Il ragged overcoat he Wore
blue overalls and rubaer boots, and in
one of his red mittened hands he
swung Il tin dinner bucket
He bent his body against the wind
and went on, still keeping to the back
ways, until he came to the alley which
passed behind his own home, where,
however, he paused only for mo-
! ment to make Il quick survey of the
premises. A glance satisfied him; he
ran to the next fence, hoisted himself
YEARLY over it and dropped into Roger
Tabor's back yard.
The place seemed empty, and he was
on the point of going away when ne
heard the click of the front gate and
saw Ariel coming toward him. AT the
sound of the gate he had crouched
close against the side Of the house.
but she saw him at once.
She stopped abruptly and, throwing
the waterproof back from her head,
looked at him through the driven fog
| Of snow. One of her hands was
stretched toward him involuntarily,
and it was in that attitude that he
long remembered her-she looked an
| Undiue Of the snow.
Suddenly she ran TO him, still keep.
ing Ler hand Outstretched until it
touched his own.
How did you know me:" he said.
Know you!' WAS al the answer she
| made to tint question. Come into the
| house. I've got some coffee on the
stove for you. I've been up and down
the street waiting for you ever since 1t
began to get light There's no one
here"
She led him to the trent door, where
he stamped and shook himself. He
was snow from lead to foot.
She wasted no time in getting him
to the Kitchen. where. when she had
| removed his overcOat she placed lin
| In chair, unwouud the comforter and
as carefully rs Il nurse, lifted the cap
from his injured head. When the strip
of towel was disclosed. she stood quite
| still for moment, with the cap in her
(! hand. Then, with a broken little cry
| she stopped and kissed lock of his
| hair which escaped discolored, beneath
the bandage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
a Warrior Toe.

The wooden boards that had marked
the graves in certain rural cemetery
rotted off and were raked up in the
spring cleaning. Consequently on
Memorial day when the delegation
from the G. A. r. arrived with flags
and appropriate floral decorations for
their departed comrades the decorat-
ing committee found itself somewhat
in doubt as to which grave belonged
to Captain Rlodgctt and which to
Hannah Ericsson The mistaken dele
gates heaped their offerings upon Han
nahs last resting place and departed.
That afternoon Ericsson. the widower,
drifted, With the rest of his world, to
the cemetery. When he saw the flag
and the flowers above Hannah the
astonished Swede fell to chuckllne
joyously.
"Vell," he exclaimed deHghtedly,
dose faller bane pooty smart too! Ay
tank dat vor all right and som guide
yoke ON Hannah-he vor pooty guide
fighter herselluf."-Youth's Companion
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

good cider vinegar TO Keep OF the fes
term. 1t may seem trife scratchy
fer the moment, but it assassinates the
blood p'ison. There We go! It's the fine
thing fer We, Joe. What are We squirm
in about?"
"I'm only enjoying it." the boy an.
swered, writing as the vinegar work
ed into the cash. Don't you mind my
laughing to myself"
''Ye're a good one, Joew said the
other, continuing his illustrations. II
wisht, after all, We felt like maxim me
known 10 what's the trouble. There's
some of us would be glad to take it up
fer We, and"-
mo. no; it's all right. l was some
where l had no business to be, and
got caught"
"Who caught ye?"
"First some nice white people"-Joe
smiled his distorted smile-"and then n
low down black man helped me to get
away as soon as he saw who it was.
He's a friend of mine, and he fell down
and tripped up the pursuit"
II always knew ye'd git into large
trouble some day" The red bearded
man tore strip from an old towel and
began to bandage the boys head with
an accustomed hand. Eyer taste fer
excitement has been CROWN on We ev-
cry minute of the four years I've
known ye."
"I've got ST." Joe said, without reply.
ing to Mike, "and III leave the clothes
I've got on. Can you fix me up with
something different?"
"l'll have the things fer ye, and I'll
let We know | have no use fer ST." re.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

OXalic acid in weak solutions is the
best thing to use when removing spots
from leather. Two or three crystals
of oxallc dissolved in warm water,
then applied with a bit of cloth to the
spots, will do the work. Watch close
ly, and when the spots begin TO disap,
pear apply clear water to overcome the
acid, WHICH is a powerful bleach. Dry
the leather with CLEAN cloth. For
bright leather make the solution weak
er.-Philadelphla North American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

"You are SO popular" signs the
swain. you have so many suitors"
"rhe idea!'' smiles the fair young
thing. "Whr. can count them all on
the fingers of my left hand. See. The
index finger is Mr.. Smugforth. the sec
ond finger is Mr.. Bladder, and the third
finger the third finger Of my left hand
the third finger is YOU"
Next day he got the ring for it,
Chicago Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
Women Rule as Babies Do.

The ordinary man would still much
rather glorfy women and set them on
mock throne, whence he can depose
them at will, than have to aclnowl-
edge in them real title to regard.
1t is difficult for a man to overcome
his essential self Importance. Most Of
us perhaps prefer to have interiors
round us-an abject trait Of character.
but natural And only very slowly
have we men been getting to prefer
our womankind as friends and equals
rather than as queens and pets. ruling
us as baby or spoiled dog does
London Saturday Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Dickens was twenty-seven years old
when, in 1880, he moved from Doughty
street to Devonshire terrace. George
du Maurier lived for some years in 1
Devonshire terrace. In this celebrated
house Dickens wrote no fewer than
ten Of his books-"The Old Curiosity
Shop" "Barnaby Ridge" "The Christ
mas Carol" american Notes." MAR
tin Chuzzlewit," "rhe Haunted Man,"
1.-The Battle of Life" "Dombey and
Son." "The Cricket on the Hearth" and
David Copperfeld." Devonshire ter
race was situated at the corner Of the
Marylebone road and used to be called
the smallest terrace in London.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

It has been repeatedly affirmed that
Queen Marie Antoinettes auburn hair
turned white in the days of the reign
Of terror, says the Caledonian, and an
English surgeon named parry states
TINT just after the Indian mutiny lie
actually saw the jet black hair of n
rebel Sepoy, who wns under examina-
ton and feared dreadful death, turn
white in the course of half an hour.
In the time of the commune in Paris
the dark hair Of Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild was blanched in few
hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

1.-THE head Of the firm" said the su-
perintendent, "insists upon our employ
ing his son In this department, and It's
rs much MS we can do to keep him
Idle"
idle! You mean busy, don't your
mo, don't. If we kept him busy 1t
would keep three or four other men
busy correcting his mistakes."-P
delphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
why Some countrie. Are uninA.bited

Why Some Countries Are Uninhabited
A mere glance at our maps impresses
a few general facts upon us. We see
that the largest areas Of the unknown
are now in lands that are too dry, as in
the Sahara, the desert of Arabia, and
the steppes Of Mongolia; lands that are
too wet and hot, stimulating almost Inn
penetrable forest growths, as in parts
of the Amazon and Kongo basins;
lands that are too cold and bleak, US
portions of the northern areas Of Amer
lea and Asia. Even the characteristics
of the inhabitants influence the extent
of the unexplored. In proportion to to.
tai area there is more unknown surface
in Liberia than In any other political
subdivision of the world, because the
Liberians, content to live along the
coast, have scarcely entered their vast
forest maze, though they teen with
rubber and other resources.-Cyrus G.
Adams in Harper's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Astronomers long since came to the
conclusion that the moons surface Is
very hot during the height of the lunar
day, which, as will be remembered.
lasts two weeks. and very cold during
the lunar night, which is equally long.
These extremes of temperature reach
their height at the lunar noon and
midnight and are greater than any
natural temperatures on the earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Plaisantin offered in payment Of a
bill gold piece which had suspi-
cious ring. Here, you've given me
one of those false coins that the coun-
terfeiters have just been arrested for
making" said the merchant. "Impos.
sible," answered Plaisantin. ut is dat
ed 1863. If 1t were false, surely 1t
would have been found out before
this"-Gnulois.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

turned the red bearded man GROSSLY.
"Wllat are We sniffin' fer?"
"Im thinking of the poor fellow that
got the mate to this" said Joe. touch
ing the bandage. 81 can't help crying
when l think they may have used vine
gar on his head too"
"Git to sleep If We CAMP exclaimed
the Samaritan as hideous burst of
noise came from the dance room, where
some one seemed to be breaking
chair upon an acquaintance. ''Ill go
out and regulate the boys Il bit" He
turned down the lamp. fumbled in his
hip pocket and went to the door.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Iratc Tather-I'm getting tired of this
nonsense. You've been engaged to that
young man for six months. Does he
ever intend to marry you? Daughter
You must have patience, papa. Re-
member, he's an actor. Irate Father
What has that to do with it? Daugh-
ter-He's fond Of long engagements.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The late Judge Saunders of North
Carolina was noted as an angler, but
he had poor memory rs to the weight
Of the fish he had taken. On one oc-
casion friend, trying to entrap him,
said, "Say, judge. what was the weight
of that big catfish you caught the other
day?"
The judge turned to his waiter and
said, Bob, what did say that catfish
weighed"
what time yesterday, boss-in dc
mawnin', at dinner or after suppah?'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
(coNTINuED.l
Irritating Americanism.,

One Of the most irritating of Amer.
icanlsms is the use of limb" for
branch" Limb" for "leg" has al
ways been accepted as an American
prudery, but what Is the matter with
"branch?' Careful Anglophile writer's
are beginning now to reintroduce this
latter word, but climb" has hitherto
been the transatlantic word with all
authors If 1t is also old English we
shall not mind SO much. but is 1t? The
joke of the verse is ut least 1900 years
old, but how old is the English YER
slon?-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

"The beauty of this great and glorl-
Gus republic" said the American
proudly. SIS that any boy born here
may become president"
"Fawncyw exclaimed the British
tourist. 81 was under the impression
that the president had to be at least
forty years of age."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
He Made Them READ II.

Daughter-Have you found out yet
what 1t was that papa cut out of the
paper? Mother-Yes. l bought copy.
I've read 1t all through, but to save
my life can't see anything wrong in
1t. It's an article on the yulgarity
and Stiffness of buying gowns that are
beyond ones means.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The Beggar-Please, sir, will you
kindly assist poor man who has
three wives to support? The Pedes-
trian-Why, do you mean to say YOU
are a bigamist? The Beggar-Oh, no,
sir. Two of them are the wives Of
nv sons-in-law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

"For the drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty" II figured out
years ago." said n prosperous farmer,
that with very moderate drinking I'd
drink an acre of good land every year.
So quit."-Central Christian Advo-
cate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Daughter-Wasn't julius Caesar one
Of the strongest men that ever lived,
pa? Father-What makes you ask that
question, my little girl? Daughter-I
was just reading that he threw r
bridge over the Rhine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Little Margie (readipg)-What is the
"pale of civilization" Tommy? Small
Tommy-Oh some new brand Of face
powder, suppose.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

If the testimonials of love and faith
on DIR tombstones We're uttered in our
daily life, how often would they have
helped us over the briely fields and
rocky roads Of Observation-Disclosures
American. i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

A philosopher is man who when
he has hard luck, due to his own care
lessness and idiocy and other short
comings, can blame It all on fate
Somerville Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

BERTHE to caddie, searching for lost
balD-What are you looking there for:
Why, must have driven it fifty yards
farther! Diplomatic Caddie-But some
times they hit stone, sir, and bounce
back q terrible distance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Mrs. Enpeck-The philosophers tell
us that blessings often come to us in
disguise. Mr.. Enpeck with sudden
show of spiriD-Marla. when are you
going to unmask?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Let another praise thee and not thine
own mouth; a granger, and not thine
own lips.-Rook OF Proverbs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Speaking of signs, when you wake
up and find burglar in the house it Is
n sign that unexpected company han
MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

she-Mr. Dudleigh is looking more
like himself, don't you think? Chappie
-Ya.as. His twin brother is dead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The story is told that Dryden, finish
ing his translation of Virgil" sent 1t
to Jacob Tonson for publication for n
sum specified upon the manuscript.
Tonson was DESTROYS of obtaining the
book, but determined to take advan-
tage of Dryden's need of money. He
therefore Informed the poet that he
could not pay the sum Dryden asked.
In reply Dryden sent the following
lines in description of the publisher:
With leering look, bull faced and frecked
fair,
With two left legs. with Judas colored
hair
And frowzy pores that faint the ambient
air.
When this was delivered to Tonson
he asked if Dryden had said anything
more. YES" replied the bearer, "he
said to tell the dog that he who wrote
these lines could write more like them"
Tonson sent the money at once.