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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

Louis XVI. had a passion for the
locksmitll's trade, and it is said that
over+liis private library lie had a forge,
two anvils and II vast number of iron
tools, together with all kinds Of locks,
common as well as those of a secret
and elaborate variety. 1t was here
that the king would conceal himself
from the queen and the court to file
and forge with the Infamous Gamin.
who taught lin the art Of loclmaking.
1t is said that iGamin while teaching
the king his trade took upon himself
the tone and authority of a master,
and, according to this same master.
the king was good, forbearlng, timid,
inquisitive and addicted to sleep Louis
had also great passion for timepieces.
and the difficulty which he found in
adjusting his clocks and watches Is
said 10 have drawn from him the re
Election that 1t was absurd Of him to
attempt to bring. men to anything like
uniformity of belief in matters of faith
when he couldn't make any two of his
timepieces agree with each other.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Where Cicero Took the Mind.

Marcus Tullius Cicero bathed in the
mud of Lake Aguan 1000 years ago
in order to get rid of the govt The
mud of the standing waters in the dis.
trict west Of Naples was famous from
early times for the relief OF arthritis,
The luxurious high livers of the i'm.
perial days knew its efficacy and no
doubt did their 'cure" there in much
the same rough and ready fashion as
their modern representative does now.
1t Is no doubt to the sulphur and
other deposits that the mud of the lit
tie lakes on the promontory Of Cumae
owes its health giving properties, and
as nature works much the same way
now In that region us she did In the
time of the Caesars the effect upon
twentieth century govt is probably
much the same as when the great Tul.
ly soaked his inflamed joints in the
ooze of the Phlegraeaen fields.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

The inability TO read IL cipher once
cost a-s'ndtabte of france his head
When the Ghevalier de Rohan was in
the Bastalle Ills friends. wishing to let
him know that his accomplice had
died without confessing, passed the
following cipher. written on n shirt.
into his dungeon:- Mig dulhxecclgu CHI
yxuj; I'm ct ulze ALL The cipher was
not a difficult Alie being arranged by a
eomple, a spe b !sie & 81 the alphabet
but TtaXl t8nxN nd hot have the clew.
and he puzzled oyer the, meaningless
words in vain. r solution CT the rid
die meant the guillotine or his free
:doias A,It sliesRuzzse was beyond linn,
and lie TAaadetsg guilty Because be could
not decipher lie prisonnier est mort;
il ma rien dit.''sa ''f'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
A shooting Gallery secret.

do you see this glass ball?" said
the shooting gallery man. 1t was a
ball of hollow glass, an airy glass soap
bubble, that had swung all season mt
the end of II thread in the foreground
Of the clay pipes, bells and what not
that had made up the gallerys targets.
"Tliis glass ball." the man went on, ..is
my great money maker. All season
long people tried to hit this ball-it
was bigger and nearer than any other
target-and everybody failed. Thou
sands of bullets We're fired at the ball,
thousands of nickels We're spent on 1t,
yet here 1t is, still untouched, my best
breadwinner All wise shooting gal
lery men have a glass ball like this. 1t
makes such tempting target, yet 1t is
never hit. 1t Is never hit because the
air that precedes gun charge is suf-
ficient to blow the ball aside. out OF
the way. You might fire hundred
shots at It, but, like living thing, like
| timld soldier, for Instance, 1t would
dodge each shot,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
panoInw.
Gracefulness is Of course the highest

Gracefulness is Of course the highest
object Of the dance among all peoples,
but their conceptions of what consti-
tutes grace differ widely. According
toa student of dancing, who has wit
messed tens of thousands of dances in
aII parts of the world, who has pene.
.trated to the interior of Africa and the
Aesolate mountains of western China.
thsce are three dances that, to his
way of thinking, are equal in beauty.
In grace and in the poetry of motion.
These are the dances of the Jav,nese
Mohammedans. espr&ially the "love
Dance" in which only the younger wo-
men participate; the tarantella of
Christian Italy and the butterfly dance
of Japan. That dancing loses in poetry,
In fire, in meaning, as civilization in
creases is the belief of this student of
the art. The modern dances of civiliz-
ed nations. especially as expounded on
the stage. are not only meaningless and
lacking In the beauty Of the original
dance, but actually degenerate and
merely physical contortions that, while
they may be rhythmic and graceful,
are as insipid and as meaningless as
the wnddle Of n auck.-Chicago Trlb-
une.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

In the Legard house there was u
great dinner. After awhile the maid
was called, and the mistress said;
Serve the dinner. There is no one
else to conle.nxcept a relation of little
Importance
Five minutes aftcrward the maid an
nounced in Il loud tone:
1.-THE. relation of little importancer'--
Lo Scacciapeiiseri.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Notice Of Application for Ord er to Set
Real Estate.
In District Court. Delaware county. Iowa.

In District Court. Delaware county. Iowa,
10 Re Estate R Rsssge e Ts5% -,
VIM Clenaenen Order 10 sci f Rsai Rata lSs
Deceased. - ~
To Joseph Clendenen, MaryC. Coruwell. lydia
A. Backus. Lucy III. Way, Emma Il. Cfute.
Jesse Clendenen. William Cornweli, Ethei
Cornwell. Harry Mckay. Jesse NcKfay. j.
D. Chase, guardian Of He. r. Mckay, and
Jesse Mckay - $50
You and each Of You are hereby notified that
there 10 now on file 10 the office of the Clerk
the district Court Of Iowa In and tor Deiawanr
County. the petition Of 4. b. Hess Executor Of
Estate OF VIM. Clendenen. deceased, asking the
Court 70 authorize and empower him TO sell INC
real estate hereinafter described and bsioneinv
70 said estate: " private sale, and n the same
cannot be sold BY the lst day Of February, 1907,
pose OF making distribution and carrying out
the provisions OF the will OF the deceased, said
real estate being described ~ foll3Ws: The
South t1l) Of tie North East quarter iki 81
Section TLirty.two 1851 Township Ninety (0Ol
North. Range -Four (4) West Of the 9Th f. III.
slso lots Ten ll0) and Eleven (il) In the sub.
divisions Of the North half thl Of the North
West Of Section q. Twp. 50 r: 4 West 5th r.
NJ ~ lies west OF the Q. ~ q ": r. Il. r. Co.
addition % Gresiey; Iowa, also Lot Ten .iOj Of
Block -Four az Bakers Addition TO Greeley.
That said application will be heard aud de-
te5mined BY said court ut 10 clock 4. m. on the
9Th day Of January. 1907, at the Court House in
Manchester, Delaware county, lows, and unlaSa
you appear at said time and place. that SAID 81.
Ger VII De granted as prayed In the petition.
~ Yor4n, Arnold q YOran, e. n. HESS
w Attys LOT executor. Executor,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Furs Not Alwass Mhat rhey seem.


Does the average fur buyer know
that the far eastern mink is simply a
dyed lnarmot with the black stripes
painted in With toothbrush? Does
the buyer know that the low priced
black lynx sets are nothing but COM
mon wildcats or Roumanian cats or
In some cases soft Chinese wolf skin?
Does he know that the white ermine
pillow muffs selling for Il song are
really weasels. and yellow weasels at
that, since Il white weasel commands
almost as high price as its dear rela-'
tive, the ermine? Then the sable lynx
scarfs and muffs that sell for few
dollars are of course nothing but coney
or hare. while the cheaper caracal sets
are simply kid astralihan, which is
something entirely different from cara
calais different indeed as ordinary
Persian Is from broadtail. The beau
tiful imitation white fox sets that ap-
pear also are generally moufon, or in
some eases combed white tibet.-Nil.
gents Bulletin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Running m Exercise.

The fact that person is capable of
doing the best running and speed
walking before the thirtieth year need
not lead those who have passed the;
third decade to think that they are on
the down grade of life, says an author
ity. These exercises call for elasticity
Of the arteries, and that lessons soon
after the thirtieth year, but powers of
endurance increase In the well pre-
served man or woman up to fifty or
1fty-five or even later. Soldiers Of If
tys are like leather and can perform
feats Of endurance that would kill the
STRIPPING, and the same is true OF
women. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

The world is like stalrcase-some
so mp and others come down.-Italiun
Proyerb.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
CHINA Is TO APPEAL

Wants Europe and the United States
to Give Her Starving People
$1,25O,OOO.
Victoria, B. c.. Dec 2s.-Reports are
brought by the Tosu Maru that Chan
has decided to appeal to Europe and
the United States for $1,25O,OOO for re-
lief Of famine sufferers in central
China, where 100000 people are fac
ing starvation this winter. A foreign
er who reached Shanghai from the
famine district says that men and wo-
men almost naked are seen by the road
side starving. Refugees We're met who
had tranlped from Human.
The famine threatens to equal the
appalling one thirty years ago, which
devastated the northern provinces and
caused hundreds of thousands of peo-
pie to perish. From one point the out
look Is worse, as the district is more
thickly populated than 1t was nj that
fina
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Peculiar Light Giving Animals.

Proverb.
Peculiar Light Giving Animals.
A peculiar light giving animal found
In southern, Californian waters is the
sheteropod. The metropolis, dazzling
white and almost shapeless, can often
be seen floating on the clear water.
Their bodies are almost transparent,
and they have in addition to long
tall n powerful sucker, by which they
cling to seaweed. When these csea-
lures are lrritated they seem to emit
II light from all over the body, though
one writer describes one in which the
liaht--red IN this case-seemed to radi
ate from the center of the animal. OF
all the light giving animals the salpa
IL said to be the most wonderful Like
the heteropod. this animal is provided
with claspers that enable 1t to fasten
to seaweed and rocks. So plentiful are
they In Californian waters that tl.r
Santa Catalina channel. which is from
eighteen to twenty miles wide AMI
about forty-tive miles long. is ut times
literally covered with them ms far as
the eye can reach Covering the entire
surface and cleaning like gems In the
sunlight, they present beautiful pic.
ture. These animals constitute del
icacy much sought for by whales.
Some of them shed silvery light,
while others yield blue and others red
light,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

An 1risbmap once defined the human
head as "a dubious cxcrescence, of spe-
clal use TO many as Il neg for hanging
Il hat on, rs Il BARRIERS, block for sup
porting wigs, as n target for shooting
ut when rendered conspicuous by a
shining llel.aet. as snuffbox or chat
tcrboH, as Il machine for fitting into
halter or guillotinc, as Il receptacle for
freaks. f:lnc!es. follies. passions. preju-
,lices, predlactions-for anything, in
short, but brains.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

1t seems strange that no animal, un-
less it lie the squirrel, seems to build
itself a Shelter with the express object
of keeping off the rain. which they all
SO much dislike. Monkeys are miscr-
able in wet and could easily build shell
ters IL they had tile sense to do so. but
even the orang outang, which builds a
small platform in the, trees on which
10 sleep at night. never. seems to think
OF a roof, though the Dyal., aay that
when there is .:.ii,se.l r.in it covers it
self with the leaves of the l;indmus.
large fern.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

A machine has just been perfect
ed by which the Auman voice, with,
the aid of compressed ar, can be re-
produced at almost any desired IN
crease in volume of sound. And
the new machine is said to obviat
and do away with the harsh metallic
sound Of the big horn talking ma
chimes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

The brush trade is full of deceptions.
An experienced hand will by touch tell
II broom or brush be all hair or n
mixture. But If ever in doubt pull
out or cut off suspicious hair and
apply a match. However well doc
tored, the deception will be shown at
once. Hairs will burn, rolling up ball
like, with the well known smell of
burned hair. while a vegetable substi-
tute will consume, leaving the charred
portion like burned match.-New
York Telegram.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

= That the color Of the eyes should af-
feet their strength may seem strange,
yet that such is the case need not at
this time of day be doubted, and those
whose eyes are brown or dark colored
should be informed that they are
weaker and more susceptible to In
jury from various causes than gray
or blue eyes. Light blue eyes are gen.
orally the most powerful, and next to
those are gray. The lighter the pupil
the greater and longer continued is
the degree of tension the eye can sus-
tain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Au,cniticm of CO Table.

II waited te: minutes for II car to-
day." tic i,aGlady was saying, "and
then 1t passcT me without stopping"
1t was ;ftecward recalled that the
habitually silent man had been having
unusual difficulty with his chops.
"Pcrharc.'. 81 ramsrkcd. "the con-
ductor didn't care To have you board
his carr Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Union Stock Yards Business.

Chicago. Dec. %. Figures on the
business transacted at the Union
Stock yards for the year 1906 show the
valuation of all live, stock handled to
be the largest on record. The. receipts
for the year were slightly over 49,
O0e, COO head, valued at 1914, 30O,O 900, m
increase of S2O,OOO,OOO over the valua-
tion OF 1906. Beef cattle averaged %
cents each 100 pounds, higher than
last year; hogs. 81 higher; sheep 90
cents higher and lambs 8 cents higher.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
New York Grand Jury Accuses
Geo. w. Perkins and Chas. S..
Fairbanks Of Forgery.
NOT DEAD SURE IT IS RIGHT
But Defers to Jerome's More Precise.
knowledge Of the Law. -
Case of s'strict Observation-Disclosures.
kins Under Bond OF $4,000
Fairchild in Europe-Trans.
action Held Crooked.

New York, Dec. 20. The grand
jury which for the past month"; has
been investigating thef' affairs, of the
New York Life Insurance company has
returned indictments charging forgery
in the third degree against George W.
Perkins. ex-vice president Of the New
York Life, and member of the FIRM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Try silence.

The man, who counts thirty in his
mind before he speaks soon discovers
that when he talks he says something
Try silence for change 1t builds up
a wonderful reserve force in your phys
ical organization and surely overcomes
Your temperamental inclinations to
babble.-Cairo Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

When the railways now in process
Of construction are completed, there
will be five lines of road each one
above the other at the junction OF
Sixth Avenue and 32d Street, in the
city Of New York. Three Of the
roads will be under ground, one on
the surface and the other an elevated
railway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

A woman was much 6stonlshed TO
receive n letter from another woman
asking for a slip of her hall tree. II
understand" she wrote. you've got n
good variety of hall trees. and sas we've
1ist finished us new house with Il
real nice hall We'll need a tree, ana
we'd be ever SO much obliged II you'd
send us a slip NV your'n. And please
will you send along with the slip d.
rections tellin' us whether to water IT
from the top er bottom?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Notice Of Probate Of Win.

STATE o rIowA. Delaware County,-Bs.
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You are
hereby Notified that the last will OF Charlotte
read, aud Mon lay. the eth day Of January. A. ID.
1901. liked rs The time, aud the Court House in
NJ nciiester - the place for hearing SBd-pspy-
ing the sam - -
Witness nv hand and seal of said Court this
asth day Of tho mDer. 1876. JAMES BISHOP,
BY Il ID. Graham. Clerk District Court.
lHk Deputy, IN II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

Things are so arranged in this world
that happiness as a profession must
ever befa failure. 1T cannot be found
by seeklng.tt. 1t IS reflex action. 1t
Is incidental, d product which comes
from doing noble. things. 1t is impos-
.sible for a,peIson, TO be really happy
by making pleasure a ptofession.-Suc-
cess MueuZine.... s.7vfi 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Withered.

Caller-You call this garden scene
"June," but the leaves are all on the
ground instead of ON the trees. D'Aub-
er-They were on the trees, but the
picture got such whitening criticism
from the committee that they curled
up and fell off.-London Tit-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
@bf p c1lrofrat.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 2, 1907.

Automatic machines for the sale
Of street car tickets are now being
used in the city of London. The
passenger drops the correct change
in a slot and the machine in stantly
do es the rest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
She. the at"

The Lancashire clergyman who re.
Gently left the word "obey" out of the
marriage service gives as his reason
that he does not wish women to start
married life at disadvantage. But 1t
really matters little in practice. 1t has
long been understood that, though a
man and his wife are one. the wife is
that one.-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
4 Good Laugh.

Every hearty laugh tends to prolong
life. MS 1t makes the blood flow more
rapidly and gives new and different
stimulus to all the organs of the body
from! what is in force at the other
times. The saying, Laugh and grow
fat has therefore foundation In
fact.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
A Brave Singer.

81 tell you.v said one man to another
as they emerged from the dimly light
ed corridor Of concert hall. II envy
that fellow who was singing"
ENVY him" echoed the other. well,
If We're going to envy a singer I'd
select somebody with better voice.
His was about the poorest ever
heard"
ITS not his voice, envy, man." was
the reply. Its his tremendous cour-
age"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Making Progress.

"Have the detectives got any clew
yet! inquired the reporter.
II don't Know" said the woman
whose house had been robbed MY
husband says they have got hypothe-
sis. That's about the same thing, isn't
it"-lndianapol.s News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
Don't ra,k Much to Your Horse.

Don't Talk Much to Your Horse.
\ A horse who has always been made
to obey quickly will respond to com
hands from any one, whereas the
creature who has been petted and talk
ed to accords, unless hungry, scant at
tention to any. one. We talk to horses
altogether too much, and it is silly
and dangerous custom. "Whoaw should
mean but one thing and, slip, slide or
fall, should meet with instant obedi-
ence. Not another word should ever
be used, beyond possibly the order to
stand over in the stall although even
that is best unsaid) except the "click"
of the tongue for increased speed. The
animals attention is Kept If you are
silent. He does not know what you
will do next; and as ihe distrusts and
merely :tolerhtes you. even as he fears
you, his anxiety is always to find out
what you wish done or what move you
will next make.-F. NJ. Ware in Outing
Magazine
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

Liquid air is now being used in
many coal mines in place of blasting
powder. Liquid air is said to pos
sess many distinct advantages over
powder or any other explosive here
tofore used in coal mines. Well,
what next?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

Mrs. Untow.:e Purchased some
socks All Il l..gii f,"r BOY. How
does it han.el tl.;t You liaa.c brought
only the d,-,!f: Fr;var You see,
ma'am, I'm the differ Of lie band wag-
on; the soe':s W. crsc in the hose
cart.-WoGan's isoa:c .,apanion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
A Remarkabie curlo.itz.

There is in Connaught. Ireland, re.
markable curiosity, which gives an ex-
ample of official oversight. When the,
great famine of 1S47 was upon the land
the government of the day conceived
the idea of opening line of nayiga-
ton from Galway to Ballina by way Of
Tough Corrib and Tough Mask, SO US
to avoid the dangers Of the western
coast. From Cong canal was actual-
ly made to Tough Mask us part of the
general scheme. The work gave a
great deal of employment. and 80 far
the canal served Its purpose But when
it was completed 1t was found the
canal would not hold water. The fact
that the dock of the district is Of a very
porous character had been overlooked.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02
l.lcasaEt Parliament.

Pastor hear that tie lightning
struck Nour hot =. lfohelbauer. That
is a punishment for your wickedness
Peasant-Well. sir. It's punishment I
wouldn't mind having again, for got
1000 marks insurance from lt.-Lustige
Batter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

The most curious tomb in England is
that of Lady Anne Grimston, daughter
of the Earl Of Thanet, who died nearly
two centuries ago and was buried in
'rewln churchyard. Upon her deathbed
she disregarded the efforts of those
who sought to administer spiritual
comfort. An atheist she had lived, an
atheist she would die. ut is as likely
that ! should rise again from the dead, /"
she said. 'as that II tree should grow
out of the middle OF my coffin" A
tree has grown out Of the middle of her
coftin--an oakland by Its side a syca-
more. The vault is square. of brick
and granite. The two trees first filed
the interior before they could find n
way out. When they did burst through
the masonry they SO spread as CONF
pletsly to cnvelop the grave.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

Twynn-I hear that Skidmore has led
the Widow Weeds 10 the altar Trl
let-Thatis what 1t is called for polite
ness sake, but from my post of o.
servatlon it:iooked MS though the wild
ow were, neck ahead of him all the
way up the aisle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-02

A workingman. fond OF his pint OF
beer on Saturday night. got very mud
died sometimes. Knowing that his
wife on such occasions searched his
pockets. he. when not too far gone.
used to secrete his money In various
places. and 1t often happened that the
next morning he could not remember
the hiding place. He had canary
which used to hang in front of the
window One Sunday morning he was
sitting looking at the bird when
neighbor looked in and inquired IL he
would sell it. AS the bird was not
much use for singing, he reached the
cage down for his neighbor to look at.
whereupon his wife got very angry
and hung up the cage again.
II will not have that bird sol1 Oh any
account" she exclaimed. II don't care
naught about 1t being Il poor singer,
FOR it's laid many sixpence and a
shilling. and now it's begun to lay half
crowns"
Then its owner realized where some
OF his hidden treasures had gone
Pearson's Weekly.