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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
A strong Face.

- oaEuuk rnef.
Facial expression" said the thought.
ful looking man, 'is not confined to
human beings by any means. For in.
stance some time ago went to call
on friend Of mine, who was not nj
home. However, dog of his was
there. I looked Mt the dog a moment
and he returned my look. Then some.
thing In that dogs face seemed to take
bold Of me and simply root me to
the spot. 1t was his ethm-ChIcae,
News.
A Lemon Instead.
"DO you know" pretty bride of
three months said to friend tile other
day, II think all these jokes abou.
young wives having so much trouble
with butchers and grocers and being
cheated and all that is just too fool
ish."
"Then presume you are getting on
all right with yours, dear:" her friend
inquired.
"Why. of course am! Anybody
would IL they would just deal ut n re-
liable place." the young wife declared
Now, there is my grocer" she con.
tinued; 'he is just rs obliging and
thoughtful as can be. The other day
ordered n dozen oranges. and when
they came found there were but elev-
en- in the bag, so when / went to the
store again told him so.
"'Why. yes, ma'am,' lie said. 4 know
there were. l had put In dozen, but
| noticed that one of them was spoil
ed, and Of course l wouldn't send you
any but the best goods, so took it
OUT
Now, don't you think that was nice
In him to be SO thoughtful and hon.
estY' she concluded Harpers Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The American Magazine has
Changed Hands.
For 80 Years IL was Leslie's Popular
Monthly.

Ida M Tarbell, who wro,e Lincoln
and the famous "Story of Rockefeller;' p
William Allen White, the we'll known
KANSAS editor; E. p. Dunno, creator OF
"Mr. Dooley;' Ray Stsnnsrd Baker,
and Lincoln Steffens are under the
leadership of John s. Phillips, now edit
ing The AMERICAN MAGAZINE.
Never before hos such ~ brilliant
gronp been gathered together, and they
are not only contributing themselves,
but are filling the magazine with the
very best novels and short stories and
great timely articles by famous writer's
aud besutiful pictures BY great artists
A Great Bargain.
The regular price for the twelve mum.
bers of THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE is
Si.2O-little enough ss 1t is, but for Q
limited time you can get the November
and December, 1906 numbers with .
full years subscription for 1907, for q
dollar, or
ID Numbers for Only 81 90
Think of 1t! Think of the quality of
reading you get for $lOO. Think of
the quantity-st least two great novels,
sS short stories, % poems, 70 timely
,rticles, 800 beautiful pictures, and all
for 800.
How About Your Winter ReadingP
Cut this offer out. write your name
and address on slip of paper and
mail 1t. with $1.00 Sendit now-todsy
before the special IA months offer ie
Withdrawn. Send 1t by check, postal
money order or dollar bill at the pub
lieser's risk, to TIE AMERICAN MAGA
ZINE, al Fifth Avenue, New York
City.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19
PUZZLED OVER CAT FIGHT.
Artist Couldn't Locate Il Until He
Happened to Think.

Everybody who is fond OF pictures
OF tigers listening to birds sing and
OF cats sitting in the snow and look.
ing at the moon, and the Ike.
knows the artist OF whom I am writ.
ing.
lie Is tall and broad OF chest
that few. TO look az hi.a. would have
believed that he could have contract
ed such a cold. II was one Of those
colds which reached right down to
the intercostal spaces.
He awoke the other night ia his
studio on the top Of Carnegie hall,
and he was sure that he heard far
out on the roofs below the cater.
wauling Of felines I'm nocturnal fray.
He had not seen a truly dolectable
cat fight In years, and IN a moment he
was al the window peering down upon
the roofs FOR inspiration. He scanned
the battle-ground up and down and
there was not a cat Ia sight
Hardly had he crept back into bed
than he heard a long-drawnout purr,
then a snarl aad mufied meows. Tho
conflict had been shifted 10 beneath
his bed.
lie was sur Of Il. and so certain
that he got up and peered beneath
It.
1T all came over me like a fash. =
the artist said In telling Of his ex.
perience later. 4 was listening "a
a cat fight in my bronchiais.
had forgotten that ! had a cold
Some OF his friends say that hC
Is absent-minded-N Y. Herald.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19
kina,s suite a, wlnaser.

To many people the most interest
ing parts OF Windsor castle are the
private apartments occupied by the
late queen and also by King Edward
and Queen Alexandria. Tho suite ls
approached from a small circular hali.
hung round with the late queens a..
vorite family pictures. especially rep
reservations Of an hor ohiidren's wed.
dinKs. which she always bad painted
Al mementoes Of the deepest interest.
Ing event
In this gallery she kept ali her
most priced possessions, one of which
was a crystal case containing Gen.
Gordon's Bible, open at his favorite
chapter. The late queen had always
cherished the greatest admiration for
Gordon. and was known 10 be deeply
grieyed over his fate. This Bible had
been presented to her By Gordon's ste.
ter Ga private audience
Another possession most dear 70
her which Was always Kept IN a sor,
OF oak shrine and only opened and
shown 10 her most Intimate friends,
was the beautiful statue IN pure Car,
raTa marble Of herself.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19
The New York World
THRioE.A-wEgk EDITION
Read wherever the English
Language is spoken

The Thrlce-a-Week World expects
to be a better paper I'm 1907 than
before. In the course OF the
year the Issues for the next great
Presidential campaign will be fore
Swallowed. and everybody will wish
TO be Informed. The Thrice a Week
World, coming 10 you every other
day, serves all the purposes OF a
daily, and il far cheaper.
The news service OF this paper Is
constantly being increased, and 81
reports fully, accurately and prompt.
IS every event OF Importance any.
where In the world. Moreover. its
political news Is impartial, giving
you facts, moi opinions and wishes.
IL has fun markets. splendid car.
toons and Interesting fiction by
standard authors.
The ImRICE-A-wEEK WoRLn's reg.
ular subscription price IL only Sl.a
per year, and this pays for i58 pa
PEERS, We Offer this unequalled news,
paper and THE RrH Hill Tribune
together for one yeaFifor Si.&.
The regular subscription price o.
the two papers Is $500
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19
orLrle TONGUE ls DYING.
Preserved from Extinction only BY
Efforts Of Patriotic Societies.

Reports from Wales f~oroshadow the
passing Of the sole Celtic tongue
which has survived the twentieth CEN.
tury without the entire loss Of lts an
oioni birthright.
Gaelic Is woll.nieh gone from the
Highlands and ln Ireland Il IL pre-
served from extinction only by the
efforts Of patriotic societies, Cornish
died IA i770 with the venerable Mrs.
Dentreath, who alone could speak Il.
Welsh hns remained the native speech
Of a considerable community and the
Eisteddfod has kept alive traditions
Of the bards and r~hapsodists.
But the dry rot Is az work. Accord
ing 70 the testimony Of Welsh clergy.
men before the Westminster church
commission English Is fast replacing
Welsh as the habitual speech Of the
children OF Cardiff. All through South
Wales a similar tendency OF the
young to abandon the parental speech
is noted. In the parish Of the vicar
Of Treiiech, numbering 152 souls, only
three aged persons speak the old YER
naoular. When the children give up
a language Il is doomed
The passing Of Welsh Is merely an
episode IN a story OF linguistic "de-
t%erioration and dissolution" which is
one Of the extraordinary things OF his
tory, Though the Celts have at all
times stamped the impress OF a vigor-
Gus personality on the worlds pol.
idcs, though they remain one Of its
prominent peoples, with the extinction
Of Welsh no living language worthy
OF the name win exist as a monument
TO them.
They were the FIRST to leave the old
Aryan home to invade Europe; they
overran il from Russia TO the Irish
lakes; they established nations IN
France, Spain. Italy. Bohemia and
Britain; they created great ~iiteratures
but when conquered themselves, they
have Invariably accepted the Language
Of their conquerors as their own.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19

From Breslau writes Consul II. T.
about the spread OF Esperanto;
American manufacturers and dealers
should make use OF this medium Ia
their campaigns for trade with foreign
oounu lies. There are Esperanto groups
in the "a leading cities OF Germany and
new ones are forming. There are ia
the World about i25 groups, besides 60
trade or scientific organizations. whose
meufbers either are an Esperantiuts, or
use Esperanto when writing 70 a mem
Der In another country. Fourteen peri.
odicalH ars prlnted wholly In Espor
anto. u partly and 10 weil.kuoWn Jour
nala devote more or less space 70
Esperanto articles"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19

Meetings Of Township Board
First Wednesday after first Tues
day ia April
FIRST Tuesday after first Monday
ia July.
Third Monday OF November OF
each year az Office Of the township
clerk,
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-09-19

LaWyer-Did you say that the %.
PENDANT Kissed you on hia own lnitia.
uYef
Prosecuting Witness-No. cir. I
didn't cay no such thlngi He kissed
W. fnask e. ~ llpl
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
MENACE TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are Sapping Country of
It's Wealth.
SMALLER W CRUSHED
BY Assisting in the Capitalization
Of Wealth, Patrons of These In
situations Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright, 1906, by Alfred c. Clark.)
Every year millions upon millions of
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts Of the coun-
try to the Golfers of the mail order
houses in the cities, and go to the up
building of enormous institutions in
the centers of population. Naturally,
the sources from which the contribu-
itions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell a better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
a story so ~stupendous that its full sig
%nificance cannot be grasped in a mo-
ment, but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located in Chicago, did a bust
ness amounting in round numbers to
$50, 600. In the year 1904 these
same concerns did a business of about
$62, 600. 600, a gain of $751; 00, 900 or
nearly 80 per cent. in a single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year of one dollars worth of merchan-
disc for every man, woman and child
in the country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying size and Importance are oper-
ating all over the country from coast
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

York policemen knew by sight and nc
criminals save those behind bars,
earthly and eternal.-was now giving
his whole attention to the affair.
Some gaily dressed lady at a ball
would suddenly find she had lost some
valuable gems; and that would be the
end of the affair, for none ever re.
covered her gems.
The gentleman-thief was still al
large, and had gathered to his &C
count a comfortable fortune; that is,
if he were not already rich and simply
a kleptomaniac. No doubt he owned
one of my racing cars, and was clear
of the delinquent lists at his clubs. ]
dismissed all thought of him, threw
| aside the paper, and mentally figured
out my commissions on sales during
the past month. 1t was a handsome
figure, large enough for two. This
pastime, too, soon failed to interest
me. 1 gazed out of the window and
watched the dark shapes as they sped
past.
l saw the girls face from time to
time. What a fool l had been not to
ask her name! She could easily have
refused, and yet as easily have grant.
ed the request. At any rate. l had
permitted the chance to slip out of
my reach, which was exceedingly
careless on my part. Perhaps they
she and her uncle-frequently dined
at Mouquin's; l determined to haunt
the place and learn. 1t would be
easy enough to address her the next
time we met. Besides, she would be
curious to know all about the ten of
hearts and the desperate adventure
upon which 1 told her / vas about to
embark. Many a fine friendship has
grown out of smaller things.
To be Continued.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

I stared at the bit of pasteboard,
fascinated. How the deuce had this
got into my apartments? A Blue
Domino? Ha! | had it! Old Friard
had accidentally done up the ticket
with my mask. A Blue Domino; evil
IDENTIFY ] wasn't the only person who
was going to a masquerade. Without
doubt this fair domoiselle was about
to join the festivities of some shop
girls masquerade. where money and
pedigree are -inconsequent things, and
where everybody is either a "loidy" or
a gent" Persons who went to my
kind of masquerade did not rent their
costumes; they laid out extravagant
sums to the fashionable modiste and
tailor, and had them made to order.
A Blue Domino: humph!
1t was too late to take the ticket
back to Friard's; SO l determined to
mail it to him in the morning.
It was now high time for me to be
OF. / got into my coat and took down
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
The Puzzle Solved
JOHN S. POTTS.

Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead, Mass, was discovered in his
store at a very late hour, and in reply
ing to inquiries, he said:
My confidential clery is missing"
And what of it,"
Why, I'm looking over the books.
but they to be all right"
Have you counted your CASH."
Yes; and it is correct to a dollar"
Looked over your bank book?"
81 have, and it is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle, % see He's
skipped, and l can't make out what
for"
Been home since noon?"
No"
Perhaps he's eloped with your
wife"
He hurried home, and found this to
be the ase
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

pie as a whole snail be prosperous.
Such general prosperity as may exist
cannot be retained il the institutions
of the already larger and weather.
communities are to continue to be
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousands
of smaller communities.
The need of the country, Il desper-
ate need upon which the welfare or
the individual depends. is for the
upbuilding and continued progress Of
the smaller communities, so that the
wealth of the country may be distrib-
uted Owe the entire country. and not
congested and controlled in large
amounts in a comparative few centers
of population.
Therefore, the man who sends away
from his W community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted a fair profit to the home mer
chant to be retained there for the
benefit of the community, is injurins
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In a large number of instances he is
doing than this. Unwittingly, or
unthinkingly, perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice,
for, at the expense of his own com
munity, he is ~needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct theil
energies particularly toward the peo-
pie of the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds of
thousands of the homes of these the
catalogue of the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper.
The man on the farm last year sent a
very large portion of eighty millions
of dollars to two Of these institutions,
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting,
purely for the sake of the argument,
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save a few dor
lars on some of his purchases, Or even
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

gas logs, and fell into a pleasant
dream. II was not necessary for me
to start for the Twenty.third street
ferry till nine; SO / had something
like three-quarters of an hour to idle
away. What beautiful hair
that girl had! 1t was like sunshine.
the silk of corn, the yield of the har.
vest. And the marvellous abundance
of it! 1t was true that she was an
artists model; it was equally true
that she had committed a mild impro-
priety in addressing me as she had;
but, for all | could see, she was a girl
of delicate breeding, doubtless one of
the many whose family fortunes, or
mis%fortunes, forced them to carr a liv-
ing. And it is no disgrace these days
to pose as an artists model. The
classic oils, nowadays, call only for ex-
quisite creations in gowns and hats;
mythology was exhausted by the old
masters. Rome, Paris, London; pos
,sibly a bohemian existence in these
cities accounted for her ease in strik-
ms up al IOuftI SdIlOH, udl LllSoS
enough, with a total stranger. In
Paris and Rome it was all very we'll;
but it is a risky thing to do in unro-
mantle New York and London. How
ever, her uncle had been with her;
a veritable fortress, had / overstepped
the bounds of ~politeness.
The smoke wavered and rolled
about me. / took out the ten of hearts
and studied it musingly. After all,
should | go? Would it be wise? l
confess | saw COLLINS heads peering
from the spots, and old Poe stories re-
turned to me. Pshaw. 1t vas only a
frolic, no serious harm could possibly
come of it. | would certainly go, now
| had gone thus far. What fool idea
the girl was bent on / hadn't the least
idea; but ! easily recognized the folly
upon which ] was about to set sail.
What was a lonely young
bachelor to do? At the most, they
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

my opera hat. Outside the storm was
Using softness, and there were patches
of stars to be seen here and there in
the sky. By midnight there would
be a full moon. l got to Jersey City
without mishap; and when took my
seat in the smoker, l found | had ten
paper and settled down to read the
| days news. 1t was fully half an hour
between Jersey City and Blankshire;
in that time ] could begin and finish
the paper.
There was a newspaper those
one of it's columns; and when | had
digested the latest phases of the war
in the far east, | quite naturally
turned to the sporting page to learn
what was going on among the other
professional fighters. (Have ] men
toned to you the fact that 1 was all
through the Spanish war, the mix-up
in China, and that | had resigned my
commission to accept the post of trav'
cling salesman for a famous motor car
company? If | have not, pardon me
You will now readily accept my reck
lessness OF spirit as a matter OF
course.) | turned over another pages
from this I learned that the fair sex,
was going back to puff-sleeves again.
Many an old sleeve was going to be
turned upside down.
Fudge! The train was rafting
through the yards. Another page
cracked. Ha! Here was that un7
known gentleman-thief again, up to
his old tricks. 1t is remarkable how
difficult it is to catch a thief who has
good looks and shrewd brains. l had
already written him down as a quasi
swell. For months the police had
been finding clues, but they had never
laid eyes on the rascal. The famous
Haggerty of the New York detective
force,-a man whom not a dozen New
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
BALM OF SCRIPTURE
HEALING PROPERTIES OF PINE
KNOWN TO ANcIENTS.
Oil of the White Pine Tree Used Sue
eessfuIIy by Physicians in Treat
ing Consumptive Patients.

The Oil of the Pine Tree is sup
posed to be the balm of Scripture. 1t
contains great medicinal properties
and was regarded with the utmost
esteem by the %ancients, and to the
present day is peculiarly priced by
the people of the East.
A noted authority on diseases OF the
throat and lungs, who established a
camp for consumptives In the Pine
Woods of Maine, says that his entire
treatment consisted of fresh air,
nourishing food and the Pure Virgin
Oil of the White Pine Trees, mixed
with Whisky and Glycerine in the fol-
lowing proportions:
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) .hoz.
Glycerlne z
Good Whisky ............. S
Used in teaspoonful doses every four
hours.
1t is claimed the above mixture win
heal and strengthen the lungs. break
up a cold in t~wenty-fouT hours. and
cur any cough that is durable.
The ingredients can be secured
from any good prescription druggist
at small cost, and can be easily mixed
in your own home.
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) is put up
only in half-ounce Walls for dispensing.
Each vial is securely sealed in a
round wooden case with engraved
wrapper with the name-Virgin Oil
of Pine pure, prepared only by
Leach Chemical Co, Cincinnati. o.
plainly printed thereon. There are
many rank limitations Of Virgin Oil
of Pine (Pure), which are put out
under various names, such as Con
centrated Oil of Pine, Pine Bal
sam, etc. Never accept these as a
substitute for the Pure Virgin Oil of
Pine, as they will invariably produce
nausea and never effect the desired
result.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25
Senator.

Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin sur
prised some members of congress with
whom he vas chatting the other day
by announcing that he has never taken
part in a congressional junket OF any
kind Il never shall undertake such a
journey at government expense" ne
said. There is something very o5jec-
tionable to me in members of congress
going on such expeditions" For the
same reason that made him sidesteD
a congressional junket Senator
Spooner said he had never been
shaved in the senate barber shop.
which IS maintained at Uncle Sans
expense.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-01-25

to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is thai
hundreds of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law tc
unloose literature, already prepared
in many instances, which would pro
ject them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands OF
entirely mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into eX'
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 1000, 600, and probably more,
for a new home. The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least 81, 900, 900 for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual,
~ on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
4 part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from a second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
1t is due to himself that every patron
Of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be if the mail order bust
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
It Is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels of trade to leave
their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy Of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute COM
PARSONS of goods, as to their quality
and prices. TIE refute it finally and
indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method it is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men of any
Of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ac-
counts of the harm the mail order
habit is doing their communities.
It is a truth as old as the hills and
IS certain as the rising and setting of
the sun that no country or section of
q country can prosper unless the peo-