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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
ABOUT THE sNowsHoE.
There Are Many varietie. of Thi

ihere Are Many Varieties of Thi
Useful Article.
In the intense cold of the far North
west, where the snow is deep and
frozen to a dry powder, the dogdrlver,
use shoe that Is two and half fee,
long and fairly narrow, writes L. d
Sherman, In the Outing Magazine. The
meshes are coarse in the spring, but
hidwinter and dry, hard snow neces.
states an extremely fine mesh. The
toe hole is placed about two-thirds the
length forward and the toe of the
shoe Is broad and upturned. In the
best made shoes the filling is clever.
ly put In and presents concave sur.
face to the snow and does not sink
In deeply, but carries up and forward
so that the long body and heel always
remain down, even at fast pace.
In Eastern Canada, where the coun.
try Is less open, the snowshoe Is an
almost exact opposite in shape. The
oval Is shorter and broadened until 1t
appears very clumsy; nevertheless, it
has been generally accepted for all
around use. In this model the toe
hole Is placed farther forward for
ease in hill climbing.
The "club" shoes in the market to-
day follow this design, except that
they have upturned toes. whereas the
trappers and lumbermen claim that 1t
is easier to climb hills on the old fat
toed model, especially when carrying
pack or dragging a toboggan. A
specially designed shoe called hill
climber" has no filling forward of the
toe hole or back of the rear cross
piece, besides being very coarsely
Ameshed. To borrow from an express.
Nslve friend who owns pair, "If you
always climbed 1t would be .cInch,'
but they're the dlvil and all coming
down." Where the forests are very
dense the Indian uses fairly broad
shoe about three feet in length, enab-
ling him to slip smoothly about through
the trees with small danger of tang
ling the tails in the thick underbrush,
which would be sure to happen in
cessantly If they were modelled after
those used In the open plains.
There Is another interesting model
formerly used in the Adirondacks and
now mostly confined to the Rocky
Mountains called the "bear-paw"
shoe. 1t is perfect oval in shape,
having no heel. no tail. 1t measures
about eighteen by fourteen inches and
is coarsely strung, the meshes being
two to four Inches across. This coarse
mesh Is very necessary where the snow
is moist, us otherwise the shoe would
load up. at every step and make travel
Ing impossible. Most of the eastern
shoes are closely meshed, as the snow,
being light and fine In wooded coun-
try. Sits easily through.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Il don't care whether these thlnE
are true or" began Mrs. Maxwell.
Because you know they are crue
lles," put in.
She daren't deny 1t.
But" she continued, "only that you,
conduct shouldn't give rise to such tail
again."
"Wliat am to do?" said Lillian
looking genuinely perturbed.
II suggest-nay, command thai
you see no more of Mr.. Newton for q
few months, then, perhaps, when thl,
hns blown over, we can receive him
again, and the lesson"
"Will never be given" interrupted.
Lillian looked at me and there wa.
sorrowsin her eyes. How l wished that
we had not been such accomplished
hlrts, that all these months should
have passed and yet l could not say
whether she really cared for me or not.
But had made up my mind.
Mrs. Maxwell" 1 began, turning to
her, 81 told you there was another
solution. There isl
Inform me of it, please" she an.
swered. and there was no trace of
softness in her voice.
only this and very simple one,"
l went on, that love Lillian with all
my heart, and pray that she NAV
try to think me half worthy enough
to be her husband"
The difference in her face was ludI.
crous.
Its very SIMPLE" answered. and
then I went to Lllllan's side. "Will
you marry me?" said, quietly.
That evening we sat together In the
garden.
Bother gossips" 1 calculated, for
about the hundredth time.
And then l saw she was smiling
Tell me-" begged.
AT first she wouldn't, and even at
last couldn't see her face.
'They did some good" she said soft.
~. you are tlirt, you know"
81 may have been once" l admitted.
"but you We're, too"
81 know" she confessed.
why have they done good, then p"
l insisted.
I'VE made up our minds" she whis.
pered.-London Opinion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
America 1. sIu.ic-Mnd.

America is going to the extreme in
music, SO far as financial extravaganza
Is concerned. According to conserya.
tive estimates, the people of this coun,
try will spend ten million dollars on
this form of amusement between No.
vember, 1906, and April, 1907. Includ.
ed In this estimate is only the better
class Of music, the comic operas. mn.
steal comedies and so-called "attrac.
lions" of this type not being consider.
ed at all.
America has become music mad
mad in its desire to hear music that
1t does not. always understand, and
musicians whom 1t does not always
value rightly. A musical obsession has
taken hold Of the people, and, having
the necessary money to pay the de.
mands of those wise enough to realize
the extent of this newborn craze. we
are now hearing the best there is
In music at Europes artistic expense
AS matter Of fact, there We're moi
twenty really first-class singers and in.
strumentalists left in Europe on De
cember first, for the almighty dollar.
is patent attraction to even SO i'm.
practical a being as the average mu.
sician.-Success Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

and days the bell which was used
aboard the old ship there was kept
ringing at two-mlnute intervals, with
the result that when the fog had lifted
and the noise ceased, the men were
unable to sleep for the first night on
account Of the unaccustomed silence.
But there Is still another danger be-
sides that of being run down. When
the winter storms of the Atlantic sweep
across the shoals tossing the lightshlp
like shuttlecock and burying her
athwartships, these men aboard, cling.
Ing In their hunks between decks or
standing watch through the bitter cold
hours Of the night In the lee of the
oak bulwarks, indifferently sheltered
from the Icy sleet and spray, know
not at what moment the. great anchor
chain may part under the lunges of
the rolling vessel and set them adrlft
In the inky darkness In battle for
life.
Twenty-four times the Nantucket
lightship has parted her chains usually
in the heart of the bltterest winter
gales, and been swept to sea. Only a
year ago vessel and crew thus adrift
from moorings were given up for lost.
Once during the period of the old sail
Ing lightship's maintenance the vessel
was fourteen days In picking her way
back to port after having been driven
far to sea.
Pots and kettles In the cooks room
are always dashed to the stove and the
walls to prevent them from flying
about under the stress of the rolling
ship. Each member of the crew when
he sits down to the little, mess table
below decks has his coffee cup and his
tin plate securely held in place by n
number of pegs set In the table. Some
times even then the coffee goes flying
into the plumduff or the scouse (made
of salt horse" potatoes and parsnps)
and the pork jumps into the molasses.
Because during heavy gales water
washes over decks in clean sweep.
the portfolios of the berth deck and
cabins which are below decks are never
opened.
Sometimes the rolling Of the ship is
such as to render seasick even those
tried old lightship salts, many of whom
have spent years whaling and grown
accustomed to the crows nest" n
masthead lookout, where the pitching
and rolling of ship is most notice.
able. In fact, NAL de mer is very
common on board the lightshlp.
OF all the perlls that overhang the
Nantucket Shoals lightship's crew,
however, the direst is that Of acting
as life savers in case where a vessel
has gone on the shoals or foundered
In the sea within sight. But It's a
peril which these brave seamen never
finch from.
The lives OF these men aboard this
particular llghtship are considered by
Uncle Sam to be of such Importance
that the crew is not obliged to leave
the vessel, even In order to save life.
but 1t has never happened that these
men have allowed shlpwrecked sailor
Of crew to 20 vRaIaeds
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
HIDDEN CITIES.

Who of you boys and girls can puz-
zle out every one of the cities buried
in the following sentences? Each SEN
tence contains one hidden city:
/. He walks with calm, dignified
air.
2. In hottest August inertia seizes
one.
8. Either must the arm be sinewy
or knee joint timber.
: 4. For ailment stomachic q good
laugh is the best medicine.
5. We played blind mans blur
long time last night.
6. The religion of the Hindu Luther
carefully investigated.
Z My burden verify is greater than
I can bear.
8. In setting the stone make tho
zinc level and straight.
9. You may eat scrambled eggs or
omelette.
10. With great pomp aristocracy
takes it's airing in the park.
IL. Once under the matrimonial ban
you cannot escape.
~. To a bargain sale men never go.
Answers, Ithaca; 2, st. Angus
tine; 3, New York; 4, Chicago; 8.
Buffalo; 6, Duluth; Z. Denver; 8.
Cleveland; 9, Rome; 10. Paris: II.
Albany; -, Salem.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
lis that the reason?" l inquired.

didn't get any answer, so smoked
oil III silence little. eve don't seem
tn lie getting on" l remarked, "sure.
ly one of you has something to say p"
They both began at once at that and
heard nothing, so l got up.
"Will one Of you please explain?" /
said.
Il will explain" said Mrs. Maxwell.
with the air of a Judge.
took up my stand by the mantel,
piece.
Pray, continue" 1 said suavely.
You are causing my daughter to be
tailed about" she began.
.'Who by?" demanded, interruptinp
"A great many people, fear" she
answered. :.
Tell me how. you know" asked.
Mrs. Boyle for one." she replied.
"Oh!" I calculated, throwing NV
cigar end away. "She'd talk about
anyone"
and a great many other people,
she continued.
ut seems a pity" l remarked.
1t is pity, she returned, with
emphasis.
"That they've nothing better to do
! mean," went on. A simultaneous
Snort came from both of them.
you don't appear to understand the
gravity of the affair."" said Mrs. Max
well; you know I'm fond of you"
1 bowed.
"But, to speak plainly, won't have
my daughters affections trlfed-"
"Who says am?" INTERRUPTED
angrily.
at certainly looks like It." she re-
torted. quite unmoved. "Your name
has been coupled with several young
ladies in the past, now it is with LII
lian-and won't have it."
seemed to have lost my advantage,
and felt too old to be lectured.
How dare people discuss my af-
fairs" 1 reflected aloud.
'If 1t were your affair only" she
replied. II should not Interfere, but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
,ntermarrlaue and Cancer,

So little is really known of the mys-
teries of cancer that the merest scraps
of information with regard to it ought
not to be neglected. At the village
of Clovelly, on the north Devon coast,
a very large percentage of deaths is
due to cancer, and the reason locally
given is the habit of intermarriage me-
cessarily brought about in place 50
widely severed from the outside world.
The state Of affairs appears to be
even worse at Buck Mills, q fishing
hamlet three miles away, where inter-
marriage has been carried to such
an extreme that one surname is al
most sufficient to designate the whole
of the population of the yillage.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

unfortunately there is my daughters
reputation"
And then I'm afraid I let a word
slip.
''There is nothing to be gained nv
the use of words like that" admonisb-
ed my mother, sitting up very straight
in her chair.
"I'm sorry apologlzed. "but IT is
annoying. isn't it?"
got no answer to that, and there
was a dead silence; but for the ticking
of the clock.
whats to be done?" 1 said.
"One thing" said Mrs. Maxwell,
"you must come here very seldom
perhaps 1t would be better that you
should discontinue your visits here for
awhile"
suddenly realized how I should
miss Lillian.
"I'hank you," I answered, II don't
think I'll do that"
She opened her eyes.
You can hardly venture to" she
began.
~ have another solution" said,
calmly.
"And what may it be?" inquired
Mrs. Maxwell, looking at me with dis
approval.
was just going to answer when 1
heard step on the staircase, and LII
lian came In.
She looked Mt our faces in dlsmay.
Whats happened?" she inquired.
bad news?"
''Yes," answered Mrs. Maxwell. stern
ly.
BIT by DIT the gossip was repeated !;
everything we had ever done looming
large in the mists of exaggeration. Ill
Ian looked anxlously at me,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
LEAD LONELY LIVES.
MOST DANGEROUS LleHTsHlPH
STATION IN THE WORLD. si..
That Maintained by Uncle samgonf
Nantucket, Mass, Is Nofsd-f
Hardy sailormen Who Constsntlyt
Face Perils in Many Forms.

Probably upon no reef guard station
IN the world have the lives Of brave
and bold men been so often hazarded
as up on the Nantucket Shoals light
ship, which is located forty miles south
from Nantucket, Mass. More than half
century has elapsed since the govern
ment first stationed lIghtship ut this
dangerous and lonesome spot. Until
recently the lightship was a sail
equipped vessel, but now 1t Is steam
propelled; vet whether operated by
steam or sail the dangers and hard
ships Of the men confined on 1t are
one and the same.
Forty miles out at sea, cooped In
the little shell that, day after day and
month after month, swings and tugs
at It's 7,OOO-pound anchor lying In 10
iatnoms Of water, the life Of the Nan
tucket lightship sailorman is one of
almost complete isolation from the
nrst Of November until the opening of
the spring months. During the bit
terest SIX months of the year there are
no reprieves or shore leave,
Sometimes for two months or more,
during the severest periods of the win
ter, these dozen men are without com.
municatlon with the shore save the
messages sent to them by wireless
teiegraphy. Often for days their only
visible companion is the great red
Drown buoy swinging In the sea half
mile from tho shin
Even this object which is endear-
60 TO the heart of every man aboard
the lightship. in particularly bad
weather breaks adrIft from Its moor
ings or Is frequently shut out from
sight for weeks by the dense fogs which
drift In over the ocean like pail from
the southwark, and then the melan.
choly of the loneliness which peryades
these men is not lifted until a close
passing vessel or the infrequent ad.
vent Of the winter sunlight comes TO
chase away the monotony Of their
existence.
But loneliness is only one Of the
hardships of the men on the Nantucket
shoales lightship though 1t is the one
dreaded. There are the days when
the fog settles down over the isolated
vessel In thick. damp cloak, com.
pletely enshrouding the hulk from stem
TO stern-days when only the far off
sound of a passing steamers ghostly
whistle or sailing vessels horn, or
the systematic roar of the steam fog
horn aboard the lightship. is all their
world.
Once for twelve consecutive nights
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
A SPIRIT OF WINTER.

-
All through the frosty air,
Snowy the morning;
Leafless trees seem more fair
Snowdakes adjoining.
Softly the echoes fall
Some clear, some fainter
Pearly veil over all:
Winter the painter.
Mid last years faded leaf,
Glory departed,
Robin pours out his grief
Sad, brokenhearted. j
Hark! How the timid hare
Creeps- through the meadows,
Fearing the hunters snare, 's
Hidden by shadows!
Each fairy messy cap
Holding treasure,
Where Brownies took their nap
Mid joys beyond measure.
Tired nature taking rest,
Winter replying:
Through last years withered nest
Cold winds are signing.
Yet through the snowy air
A still voice Is humming.
Though the earth's brown and bare
Sweet spring is coming.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
Crocodile. and the Cure.

One does not usually connect croco.
diles with a health resort-rather the
reyerse-but the creatures are quite a
feature of the Indian bathing place of
Manghapir, about nine miles from Ka.
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 60 per cent of the sufferers who
battle there annually, 1t is said, ara
cured. The crocodiles are rather note
worthy In that they live in the hot
water, APPARENTLY suffering no incon.
yenience from its temperature or medi
cinal qualities.-Wide World Maya.
zine.
Speak about death when there Is
church member around, and If he IL
old-fashloned, he Is pretty apt to add,
"And after death the judgment"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
A COW FLlEs A KITE.

A COW flying kite was the unusual
spectacle witnessed recently in town
in New York State. A correspondent
of the Boston Transcript describes
the incident:
A boy had been flying the kite in
a pasture, and had laid 1t on the turf
where the COW was grazing. The ami
NAL, in browsing about, swallowed the
ball of Irvine, which was lying about
thirty feet from the kite.
AS the COW moved off, the kite
moved, too, and the COW. cycling 1t
curiously, started again. The kite fol-
lowed. The COW quickened her gait
and broke into lope. The kite grace
fully rose in the air and remained
suspended until the thoroughly fright
ened animal was caught, after break
ing through a fence and racing down
the street to her owners home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
A KNoTTY PROBLEM.

Three beggars, A, B and G, met.
Says A to B, "How much money have
you?"
B answers, "Give me one-third of
yours and 1 will have so cents more
than c."
A then asked G how much money
he had.
c replied, "Give me one-third of
yours and will have so cents more
than B."
A had as much as B and G together.
How much money did each have?
Answer: A, $1.50; the others Is
cents each.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
Without the two great octagonal
conner framed LIGHTS each wei hinn n

Without the two great octagonal
copper framed lights, each weighing a
ton, which every night of the year dur
ing fair weather and storms cast their
beacon-like rays from the masts of this
lightship for the benefit of the thous-
ands of vessels sailing outside Nan
tucket Island, this part of the coast
would be avoided as were the Scylla
and Charybdis of old.
AS 1t is, 800 vessels have been
wrecked and lost around Nantucket,
and 1t Is only the courage and con-
stancy of these men aboard the lonely
little midocean monitor that has kept
the total from mounting up far into
the thousands.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
GIVES SAVINGS FOR MISSIONS.

Woman Saves $1,000 and Gives All
to Spread Gospel.
make all you can, save all you can,
and give all you can" By following
literally these three rules Of economy
laid down by John Wesley, Mrs. Emma
Shirley. of st. Louis. says she has been
enabled to give $1,O0O-nearly every
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
THE MASK OF PEACE.

One of the characteristics of east
ern peoples which makes life among
them hard for western conquerors is
their readiness to transform them
selves from fighting men into appar-
emily meek and humble non-combat-
ants when an overwhelming force of
soldiers comes along. In Burmah this
made much trouble for an English
column, whose experiences are told
by the author of "a People at School,"
I'VE were in a very hostile county.
That was easy to see. When we went
out of town we were fired upon. We
thought reprisal necessary. and tried
it-but to retaliate you must have
some one to retaliate on. We saw no
one.
DAY after day We marched over
barren hills and through struggling
villages and looked for foes. We
found only villagers. They titled their
fields and looked upon us curiously.
When We asked where the enemy was
theey shook their heads and said they
knew of none.
"'Where are the dacoits! ." we ask
ed.
"eWhat are daeoits >" they answer.
ed.
CIVIL men with guns" we said.
"They shook their heads. They
were all peaceful cultivators, and
knew nothing Of such things.
"Then We went on, and each peace
full cultivator unearthed his gun and
followed us, to get a pot shot at us. /"
Youths Companion.
"SING A SONG OF SIX-PENCE."
You all know the old song, Sing
a song of six-pence." but have you
ever heard what it is meant for?
The four-and-twenty blackbirds rep
resent the twenty-four hours; the bot.
tom of the pie is the world, while the
top or crust is the sky that over
arches it. The opening of the pie is
the day dawn, when the birds begin
to sing, and surely such sight is fit
for king.
The king, who is represented as sit
ting in his parlor counting out his
money, is the sun, while the gold
pieces that slip through his fingers
All he counts them are the golden sun.
slime.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE KAISER

He Is an EARLY Rixer and His Meals
Are Simple.
The everyday life of the German en-
peror is rather severely systenatlzed,
says Wolf Won Schierbrand in Lippln-
colts. He plunges into his days work
with cheerful and vigorous alacrity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

II wonder" said the man of statis.
teal turn, "how much powder is de.
stroyed daily in useless salutes."
There must be lot" said the friy.
olous girl, "but l suppose women will
go on kissing one another Just the
same."-New Yorker.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

cent of ready cash she possessed-to
endow bible work In Japan. Most of
the money was saved 10 cents at a
time. The rest of the amount was
raised by keeping boarders during the
worlds fair of 1904. The interest on
this sum will support bible wopan
or deaconess in japan.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The queen, who sits in the dark
kitchen, is the moon, and the honey
with which she regales herself is the
moonlight.
The industrious maid, who is in the
garden at work before the king-the
sun-has risen is the day dawn and
the clothes she hangs out are the
clouds, while the bird, who SO tragl-
cally ends the songs by "nipping off
her nose" is the hour of sunset. So
We have the whole day, and II not in
nutshell, in pie.-Toronto Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Q: '011uef II HeI WHO bold
j. REvER1DaE " of extermlnang our faith under
stand what would happen II that faith were detroned
How long do you suppose the republic would last IL all
the churches were turned into factories and all the
preachers and priests-minsters of the gospel
ceased forever their holy vocation?
How long would society itself endure? Men have re.
beled against the intolerance dogma men should no
less rebel against the intolerance politics Men have
resisted Intolerance of the church, both Protestant and
Catholic men should less resist the intolerance of
the state, whether republican monarchical
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Galley seems to be pretty sicE. I
wonder how he got down SO low"
well, fellows who go In for high
times must have their low times"-
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

by the authority which has widespread Jurisdiction ap
propratey will devolve upon the central government
selves whatever authority they for the political
tasks that they best perform.-Lesle's Weekly.