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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Won both Fac and Girl.

A young lawyer in a western city
Was asked by business man against
whom $4,000 claim was about to be
pressed to incorporate his business so
as to render him Judgment proof. 1t
was his first chance for fat fee, and
he did the job with immense success.
''rhey couldn't find a cent? jubilantly
exclaimed the client after the usual
supplementary examination. Pocket
ing his fee, the attorney hastencd TO Il
summer resort to press his suit for the
hand of fair maiden. Only the pa-
ternal consent was lacking, so he de-
termined to make himself particularly
agreeable to the father. One evening
as they were putting theft after dinner
cigars the father suddenly asked if the
lawyer knew a Mr.. -. Most assur-
eddy the sutton did.
"Well, that old rascal owes me $780,
co.," grunted the father. land a tele.
gram informs me that some. slick law
yer has fixed him up 30 1 can't recover
a cent" u,
A hilarious outburst followed a min
ute of silence on the part Of the attor.
ney. He told the whole story-and
won the girl.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Where Are We Atp
lBY s. l.. Carey

Figures say we are AT the begin
ming of the twentieth century. Fig.
ures lie" After a glorious cllautau
qua we can say Manchester people
have taken a long step forward, in a
broad, liberal, scientific and relig-
ions education.
Gods conception and plan of this
world is being carried on and out
by man Gods vicegerent on earth.
What can one man do? What did
Moses, Alexander, Caesar, Plato,
Socrates, Calico, Columbus, Homer,
the great reformels. Napoleon, We'll
lington, VIM. Penn, Benz. franklin,
Wait, Morse, Gladstone, Thomas
Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln do
for the world? And near home,
what has Thrill. Merry, Blair, E.
NJ. Carr and H. L Ram not dol Q
for Manchester? E. NJ. Carr has
tried to make it the great center OF
the best that the world affords II
L. Ram, postmaster and proprietor.
OF one of the largest newspapers in
the state, yet finds time to olt
81 Q wood Sherwood with. the largest
fish stories to date, and Merry has
kept down the population of iowa by
transporting the best crop of Iowa
to develope the coast line of the
Mexican Gulf as no other country
was ever developed and improved
And now we have at the home of
VIM. Russell, Maurice Bryne and
his wife who put in rice field at
Jennings, La, (his home,) the first
modern machine "a Deering Irvine
binder) From Adam to Maurice
Bryne a sickle aud a club Now
fir m Bryne to forever modern
methods and machinery.
Twenty years ago Rice growing in
the United States Ial no CONNER
cial rating. Now we rank fourth
soon to be a good seconl co,nmer-
eially. All brought about by this
discovery by the Iowa colony Head
quarters. Jennings, Louisiana. Are
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Legislation for Selfish Purposes.

Legislation in favor of selfish in
terests, by men who pretend that they
are public agents, has done more to
rob the masses Of a fair share of the
wealth produced by their labor,
than any other one thing in our
form of government. Next in line
among the despoilers Of the people
stand the unfaithful executives, who
refuse to enforce the laws enacted
for the protection of the public, the
laws which the agents Of greed were
unable to defeat.
When the people refuse to toler
ate such traitorous representation
when men without party principle
or regard for public justice are driv.
en- from every public Office, than
the masses of the people will b.
able to retain larger part of the
wealth which they produce; tina,
the golden river which now flow
into the Golfers of men who schem
to increase their millions will be
come nice little creek.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Snow Banners.

One of the most magnificent natural
is a California snow ban
ner. When a northern storm sweeps
over the California Alps, which run
from north 60 south, one can see some
times brilliant white. cone shaped
banner streaming before the wind
from each mountain top. The banners
are often several miles long and are
formed of, the fine snow from mountain
crevices, loosened by the storm and
swept up over the north side of the
mountain top and blown toward the
south. When the sun Eliminates this
snow dust, its brilliancy is extraordi-
nary. This phenomenon is rare. It's
cause Is to be sought In the peculiarly
regular formation OF the mountain top
and sides. These latter are slightly
curved on the northern side. probably
by ice action. This curvature hurls
the snow. up against the top of, the
mountain. where 1t is shaped In the
peculiar manner by the action and
force of the wind. -Translated From
Nordstjernen. Copenhagen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Daniel o,conneIl..

After n dinner at Lord Dungarvan's,
Lady Morgan, writes in her diary, l.
met the 'redoubtable Dan O'Connell.
Dan is not brilliant in private life, not
even agreeable. He is mild, silent, I'm
assuming, apparently absorbed and an
utter stranger to the give and take
charm of good society. said so to
Lord Clanricarde, who replied: IF you
knew how found him this morning!
His lhaal, the very stepsltot his door.
crowded with his clientele. He haIdtn
word or a written order for each, then
hurried off to the law courts, thence to
the improvement society and was the
guest here today. Two hours before he
was making that clever but violent
speech to Mr.. la Touche, and now no
wonder that he looks like IN extinct
Volcano"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Orchestra Tunina Explained.

Doubtless many theater goers have
wondered why 1t Is practice of or.
chcstra musicians to make their APP
pearance so far ahead of the time of
beginning the performance and sit III
their seats with nothing to do Then.
at seeming given signal, all hands
begin to tune up" torturing the ears
of the early arrivals with series of
squeaks and scrapes. The mystery
was explained by#nn orchestra leader
the other day 'The instruments have
to be in accord with the temperature
Of the house." said lie. "'rhefe lmay be
several degrees difference between tile
temperature of the music room below
stage and tile. house itself. If we tuned
our violins downstairs they would all
be fiat when we take our PLACES in
the orchestra. For that reason we
come upstairs earlier and let our III
struments get the house atmosphere
before the actual tuning begins. y
New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
DISCOVERIES SUMMARIZED
Substance of the Information OBJ.
Statement of the Trust,

Substance of the information OBJ.
tatned-Statement of the Trust.
From the gentlemen name Judge
lands obtained further specific infer
nation, and all of it may be sum.
married. as follows; ss
The convicted Standard of Ind ana
is owned by the New Jersey CO. pora-
ton. The capital of the latter is $780,
100000 Its dividends are 40 per cent.
annually. During the period covered
by the indictment the New Jersey cor
poration earned $179,OOO.OOO. The
Standard OIL company owns the Union
Tank line. Tie Union Tank line
charges the railroads rate of three
fourths of a cent per mile for use of
cars. This rate does not pay expenses.
yet the service is maintained. The
Standard pays the railroads for haul.
ing its oil. and the railroads pay back
|three-quarters of cent mile for the
use Of the cars.
Rockefeller and Archbold gave out
the following statement through their
attorney, John S. Miller: VI
"Since the enactment of the inter,
state commerce law. in 1887, the
Standard Oil company has most care
fully observed its provisions and in
no case has willfully violated the law.
1t welcomed the passage of the law
and the principle of equity which was
embodied in 1t.
''The old system of special rate,
/ and rebates was obnoxious and was
never source OF profit to the com,
pany. The net rate paid for fire. ght
was always used as basis for the
selling price in the markets, and t. e
consumer uniformly had the benefit of
1t. Moreover, every shipper could Sc.
! cure such special rates, and 1t was no
uncommon experience for the Stand,
| ard Oil company to discover that its
competitors had lower rates than 1t
was shipping under.
The assertion, so often made by
careless and sensational writer's ana
critics, that rebates were the basis
of Standard Oil prosperity, is abso,
lntely untrue. Its prosperity has come
through its correct apprehension Of
the pOss'l q magnitude and impOr-
lance of the petroleum business;
through its having provided better
and more economical methods for do.
ing the business than have its com.
petttors, and through better service
to the public in price and quality than
others have given.
1T has made the petroleum industry
great; has held 1t for this country as
against foreign competitors, and, we
asset, has been a blessing and not a
bane to the country. Its downfall
through any cause would be ma
tional disaster"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10


The weasel is one small horror. As
tonishingly strong, apparently fearless
md rs persevering MS an ant. when
once he has settled to the track of a
rabbit that particular bunny is indeed
in grave peril. The rabbit seems to
know 1t, TOO, and the knowledge to
half paralyze him, for he seldom at
tempts the one saving chance a
1straightaway, long sustained run Mt
top speed. And the end of the patient,
if-we-do- but -wait-the-holr sort of pur-
suit! IT'S indeed bloody murder. The
flend within angel garbs finally tolls
within dendly distance. There is n
snakelike stroke, most likely aimed at
the big vein near the butt of the rab
bits ear. Once there. the brute sticks
leechllke to the blood sucking, while
the trembling. wailing rabbit totters
aimlessly about till Its drained body
falls Imply to pay its tax to mother
earth.-Edwin Sandys in Outing Mag
azine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
sQU1REs WAS NOT IN IT
Austria liam Boxer Goes Down and Out
Before Burns in the First

San Francisco, July 5.-Bill Squires,
the mucl-heralded champion Of Aus
tralia, succumbed to the blow Of u
Canadian fist at Collna utter he had
been in the ring two minutes with
Tommy Rurns. The men who wit
messed the brief meeting between the
two pugi!ists wee charitable enough
not to call him Il dub" They sig
mated him a false alarm" who should
have been pitted against fourth-rat.
fighter rather than any pueillst with
the slightest possession of ring skill.
Nine thousand disgrsted persons saw
the fight"
, The fight was practically ended the
moment the gong sounded for the men
to advance TO the center of the ring.
Sluires had no defensive skill. lie
was knocked down in ten seconds by
blow on the jaw. got wobbly and
went down again With the same blow:
he got up again, very weak. and Burns
landed when and, where he pleased,
sSquires finally dropping his arms,
when Burns knocked him out. The
gate receipts We're about S26 900, and
Squires gets "a per cent. for bsing
knocked out. Burns winnings are
$4,000, including side bet Of So 600.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

you proud ofita Tam. Carr might
have said truthfully that all civiliza-
tions have started in countries that
grew oranges.
Universal Peace. We are passing
through the age of steam railroads
as managed concentrate wealth. We
have the remedy at hand. Canals
and electricity Universal Peace and
cheap transportation. The cheap
est power on earth electricity de-
veloped by water power. and the
greatest system of canals Just began
by U. S. from Maine to Mexico and
from the Lakes to the Gulf fourteen
feet through the Valley as feeders
for the great Panama canal. The
foreign commerce of the United
States q billions. the internal COM
merce OF the Mississippi Valley 20
billions, the greatest on earth. A
crop failure here would mean a
world famine. A failure of cotton
would send the world to fig leaves.
Who says war. Are the nations
counting starvation? In FIVE years
the United States may say peace and
out wars will cease. The creates,
strongest, and most generous gov
eminent on earth with say peace
and no Dog of all the nations will
bay the sun.
Electric railroads to cover the
earth, and canals and rivers i'm
proved with electricity to surround
us. all looking to the rising sun Of
Oriental awakening. The greatest
wealth of products on earth, headed
for the worlds greatest, greediest
market Japan, China, and India.
Civilizations greatest good it makes
our wants complex. 1t stimulates
our production by its machinery and
enlarges our wants by education.
It calls for great and combined in
tellectual efforts in order that the
crowd may be fed and clothed and
moved from place to place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Gcttino Her LEGAL Rishts.

An old colored woman. arrayed in n
rusty black dress and a gorgeous pur-
pie picture hat over which was black
Grape veil. appeared at the courthouse
of a Carolina town.
cam yo' de jedge OBJ reprobates.
sah?" she asked, cautiously opening a
crack of the office door.
4 eyes, L am the Judge Of probate,
aunty. What can do for you" was
the smiling reply.
'.Yassah! T'anky. sab! rs heah
cause nah ole man died Letested an
lef' fo' III infidels, an All wanter be
'pinted ter be dere executioner. eff yo'
please, sah."-Success Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10


which he hna rented for the woman,
whose acquaintance he had made less
than three weeks ago, and for whom
apparently he had no affection.
Money to the amount of $54.4lO
was found in the suit case which
RunFan carried when he left the bank
last Saturday, and which since that
time. filled with yellow backs. had
been knocking about the Harlem fat.
There is missing $4,000, and the DO.
licc believe The woman, Mrs. Laura
M. Carter. has most of that sum hid
den. She denies she las cent, and
declares that she does not even want
the reward of about $1,000 50 600 in
lump sum and 1Osper cent. of the
amount recoverable which she Is en-
titled, whether she is held as an &C,
complete or not. Mrs. Carter was ar
rested.
She gave. up Runyan. she asserted,
because she feared he would kill her.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
WOMAN BETRAYs
BOLD BANK THIEF
Man Who Carried or 500, 900 in a
Suit Case Is Captured at the
Pistols Point.

New York, July s.-Betrayed by a
woman of the tenderloin on whom he
had lavished money, to whom he had
promised thousands of dollars and
who knew him only as Geo ge,"
Chester B. Runyan, the defaulting tel
Ter who stole $4,000 from the Wind
sor Trust company, was arrested at
pistols point in the afternoon. He
WAS captured In fiat ut 619 West
One Funded and Forty-Fourth street,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
FAIR PLAY IN THE ii
KENTUCKY STYLE
Man shot. Thrice "a tie BACK by HI.
Enemy. Who Then Walks
Away Untroubled.


Paintsville, KY, July 5.-while lis.
tening to Attorney p. A. Hopkins az
que a case in the Prestonburg court
house Joe Fitzpatrick walked up Ge-
hind Andy Coburn and shot him three
times in the back, killing him. Co.
burn was sitting near the bar, and
knew nothing of the mans movements
until he was shot.
During the panic which ensued Fitz-
patrick and a;crowd of relatives qni-
city left the court room and went
home. No attempt was made to arrest
him. Coburn was lately indicted upon
a charge of killing cousin of Joe
Fitzpatrick, and the case was set FOL
hearing this term.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
"Abstemious" and "facetious" are
the only words in English having tbs
vowels In their order.
WRITING on a Train

mo matter how fast and rough the
pace" said brakeman, you can write
with perfect ease and comfort on
train 1t you hold cushion on your lap.
You rest your tablet and your arm OH
the cushion, and somehow or other nei-
ther jolt nor jar disturbs you. The
soft cushion nullifles every tremor.
Your writing is as legible as If 1t had
been done ut your desk Mt home. We
railroaders have a good many accounts
to make up while travelling, and hence
we usually have n cushion handy.
Drummers and other experienced tray.
elers are great hands to borrow our
cushions from us when they have lit.
tie correspondence to attend to-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Foretgners 10 a Bloody Riot.

Michigan City, md, July S.-FOl-
lowing drunken carouse, more than
fifty Syrians and Turks engaged in
riot among themselves in suburb
known as the Syrian settlement, and
used knives, clubs and stones. Two
policemen who undertook to qneil III
disturbance We're overpowered. and
William Warner, one Of the police Of
ficers, was beaten and stabbed serious
~. He is now in hospital. A riot
call was sent in and the entire police
force and n company of the fire de-
partment raide1 the settlement
Fifteen or twenty Of the rioters were
arrested
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

The people Of this country know
how to grow things and how to
make things as well as the people Of
any other country; but when it comes
to the exchange of things, the trusts
and the benefciaries of prohibitive
tariffs lower our standards in many
particulars below the instincts of
the average hog.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Disafreotion Growing in India.

London, July G.-Dispatches from
India report that the disaffection
among the natives is rapidly increas-
ing. According to a correspondent who
has made seve!al tours of BENGAL. lie.
volt is being preached in many prov
inces and the natives are being trained
to fight. He declares that the serious
ness of the situation is hardly realized
by the Europeans in IlSlia or at home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

Aurora, No., July 6.-Prosecuting
Attorney w. E. Renfro, of Stone coun-
ty. has caused the arrest of William
|. Long, county treasurer, and w. B.
Langley. ex-treasurer, charging them
with embezzlement. Renfro was
elected pledged to overhaul the ac-
counts of county officers for a num-
Der of years back, and 1t is under
stood the treasury exposure is but the
hanfnpipU 1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
10 ;. Jury Gannot Agree.

Washing Oh, July after being
out for almost twenty-six hours the
Jury in the trial of eX-Associate Statis-
tician f. $. Holmes, Jr., of the de-
partment of agriculture. OH the cha Sc
Of consp!ring to defraud the govern
ment by giving out the departm nt's
crop information, has been discharged
from the further consideration of the
case, being unable to agree.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Ice Wagon Drivers Surrender.

New York, July 6.-The strike of the
American Ice company's drivers has
been formally declared off. The ac-
ton followed a final refusal of p. EST
dent Oler to treat with the strikers.
Oler. however. said that he would be
glad to take back the men and to
hear and adjust any grievances pre-.
sented by active employees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
a Curious EIpitan II

The following epitaph istpicd from
n tomb in the vicinity of Port Royal,
jamaica: Here lieth the body of
Louis Caldy, ESQ.,, native of Mont.
pellier, in France, which country he
left on account Of the revocation. He
was swallowed up by the earthquake
which occurred at that place in 1902.
but by the great providence of God
was, by second shock, flung into the
sea, where he continued swimming un-
til rescued bysn boat and lived forty
years afterward."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

An American visiting Dublin told
some startling stories of the height Of
New York skyscrapers.
"Ye haven't seen our newest hotel.
have YEP" asked an Irlshman.
NO. replied the Yankee.
"Well," said the Irishman, "it's SO
tall that we have to put the two top
stories on hinges"
"What for?' asked the American.
$50 we can let 'em down while the
moon goes by! said Pat.-Pearson's
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
object to March 70 the Sea.

Chattanooga, Tenn, July S,-The
army officers under command of Ma.
jor u. H. Baughton who are studying
the tactics of General Sherman's
march through Georgia have struck a
hot-bed of unconverted confederates.
Advices received from there say the
north Georgians feel very much the
reopening Of the feeling which was
so acute last year when Father Sher-
man ACCOMPANIED the party. No acts
Of hostility have yet been committed
by the residents of that section, but
feeling is running high.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
One Man Shoots Three.

Ioodhonse, ILL.,. July G.-Orval Iaue,
II young man from Aiacoupin county,
shot and wounded John Garrison, of
Whitehall. Il man Icy the name of
Rutherford. of this place. and Charles
Armstrong. also Of, Roodhouse. Rether-
for.i died within in hour; Garrison
cannot live; Armstrong may recover.
Laue fed and is still at large The
SHOOTING - 81, 'e,'llt If an old feud,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
When Not TO Leave a Balloon.

1t is a hldeous and objectionable Of
Tense to jump out the moment the car
touches the ground. The yeriest novice
should know that balloon always
bounces twice before settling herself
for the third and last time on the
ground. and you must stick to her I'LL
1t is all over.-Princess Di Teano in
Strand Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Maytjr schmits Sentenced.

San FRANCISCO, July S.-Nayor En-
gene q. Schmitz, convicted of oxtor
ton. has been sentenced to five years.
in the penitentiary. When the sen.
tence was pronounced there was re.
markable outbnrst of applause from
the hundreds of persons who crowded
Judge Dnnne's court room.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

'"rhis milk is blue" said the custom
en- angrlly.
u know it, and I'm very sorry" re
piled the milkman, "but the weather
We've been having lately has given the
cows melancholia, and it shows up In
the milk. brooklyn Citizen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10

-Wysun-I want you to have ey-
erything that is good for yon. my dear.
Mrs. Wysun-Oh, thank you, John. Mr.
Wysun-But remember that am to be
the Judge of what is good for you.--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
halrsd Her un.

Orchestra LeaderI never heard the
prima donna do that high note as
well as she did last night. Stage Man
ager-Nor l. You see. just rs she
reached 1t she saw! mouse in the
wings.-.Yonkers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
An Execution.

The Professor-It is said that the or
binary brick absorbs nearly fifteen
ounces of water. The Joker--All the
boys say Boozem is Il brick, but new
err heard of him absorbing water.-Se-
attic Acknowledgements.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-10
Haneings Too Much for Warllen,f

LaPorte, Ind, July s.-Warden
Reid of the Indiana prison. north, is
reported to be seriously i'll at n New
York resort of Bright's disease. His
condition is said by physicians who
have studied his case to be due to
mental strain as consequence OF the
thirteen hangings at which he has Of
ficinted since his incumbency of the
office. He has been granted an In
definite leave of absence by Governor
Hnnlv - {.