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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-04
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Hanoino as 4 Sport.

We would not deny the gravity of
death. 1t is quite serious matter
even to those of us who, while con-
scious of, or at least admitting, no
really sinful performances in the past,
would nevertheless, if pressed, con.
fess TO certain minor indiscretions
which we would be only too willing to
join with the Lord in forgetting. New
ertheless, If form or ceremony or gen
eral interest be considered the critic
rion, dying is one of the most popular
things one can do. Nobody goes to
see a man born, but the entire commu-
nifty turns out to see him buried. In
deed it is well known that many peo-
pie, perhaps majority, derive actual
enjoyment from beholding with their
own eyes life flicker out of Il persons
body. The almost universal satisfac-
tion found from time immemorial In
witnessing hanging we can under.
stand. The event is more spectacular
and less expensive than a circus, pos.
sesses grisly human interest to Il dis.
tinctive degree, is presumably grimly
just and, in any case, Is unpreventa.
Bile. If the hanging is to take place
anyway. why shouldn't we see it? That
is the reasoning, and it seems good
enough IL one cares for that variety
of sport. = George Harvey In North
American Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Local and Aeighborhood News
Follower of Macmillan, Passes Away.

Ventura, Dec. l3-Leon Cert Of
this city, follower of Macmillan
in Mexico, died here today.
Cert, with the emperor and others,
was condemned to be shot by the
Mexicans. When the day of the
execution came he was missing from
his prison cell at Queretaro. He had
bribed guard and by the payment
Of large sums of money had relay
of horses ready. He rode for his
life to the coast of Guaymas, where
he struggled himself aboard a
steamer bound for San francisco.
Cert arrived in San Francisco in
1853 and in 1869 came to this dis.
trict, where he has lived since,
always being a prime mover in all
county affairs. He was born in
Alsace sixty eight years ago and was
in his prime when Louis Napoleon
undertook to supply Mexico with a
ruler. Cerf.was SO prominent as a
follower Of Maximilian that Mexicans
seized upon him among the first
and tried to convict him.
Cert engaged in various persuits
in this country with success. His
wife died several months ago, since
which time he has been much cast
down. He leaves three sons and g
daughter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Hit Him With the Text,

"On visit to Scotland l went to the
old United Presbyterian kirk Mt Sa-
voch," said clergyman, land 1 heard
a good story about former minister.
His name was the Rev. David Cav,
and he was very diminutive, standing
only about five feet two inches. He
led to the altar strapping, handsome
lass some five or six inches taller than
he, and her name was Grace Wilson.
"The Sunday after the wedding he
got neighboring minister to preach
for him, so that he could sit with his
bride on the first Sunday. The minis
ter was n good deal Of wag, SO Mr.
Cav made him promise faithfully that
he would not allude in his sermon to
himself, his bride or the fact of the
marriage. So he promised that in Lis
sermon he would make no allusion of
that kind whatever, but Mr.. Cav near
ly sank through the floor when the
text was given out-Ephesians Ill, 8,
Unto me, who am less than the least
of all saints, is this Grace given.'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
YPslLANTl.
Nearly Four Hundred Ways Of Spell.
ing the Name.

Nearly Four Hundred Ways Of SPELL
ing the Name.
Curious postal officers in Michigan
and Washington have been keeping
for years past record of the different
ways Ypsilanti has been spelled on
mail matters. and by comparing the
notes they have preserved a list of
veritable photographic wonders has
been compiled. This list easily estab.
fishes the claim that more different
ways for spelling Ypsilanti have been
devised than for spelling any other
geographical name in America.
In all no less than 372 distinct ways
Of spelling the name have been count
ed, and 1t is probable that the greater
number. perhaps all. have been used
in good faith by persons who actually
believed that the photographic combi-
nations reproduced were the correct
combinations for representing Ypsi.
lanti OIL the written or printed page.
Every letter In the alphabet except
"R" las been used as the initial letter
of the name. though why so obvious
Il, combination as Rypsilanti should be
neglected when others much less OBJ
vious have been employed is difficult
to explain. AS Il matter of fact the
variations in the spelling are chiefly
confined to the first syllable. "Y" be-
Ing letter lacking or having only an
Indifferent standing In many foreign
languages.
Tipsy I.anti and Typ Silanti are met
with. and among the spellings farthest
away from the accepted and official
standard are Whypsorlanter and Hip
-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
COTTON IN INDIA.
The Way 1t Was Discovered by Ma,

The Way 1t Was Discovered by Man
Who Was an Observer.
A remarkable story is told about the
discovery OF the cotton plant in India
some years ago. Two gentlemen were
driving out to dinner near Bombay,
one the host and the other his guest.
On both sides of the road We're hedges.
1t was getting dark, but the guest
noticed some white stuff on the top Of
the hedges all the way along and at
length told his friend that he thought
it looked like cotton. His friend order
ed the native driver to stop, and The
two Englishmen got down and exam
ined. The guest was right 1t was cot
ton of an extraordinary strong staple.
Both men We're cotton experts, and
yet the host who had driven along the
same road for years, had passed the
cotton without recognizing 1t. The
guest Immediately proceeded to buy
up these hedges, for except them there
We're none that he had seen during n
twelve years. residence in India.
During his investigations he discov-
cotton trees in their gardens, and the
English club compounds possessed
three or four in different parts of In
dia, but nowhere except in this Bonn
bay district did he see cotton growing
In such luxuriant abundance.
He bought up every tree and plant
he could, for not a single native Euro
pean imagined that it was a cotton
tree that lie possessed in his garden
Cotton Age.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
THE DOLLAR
Its Evolution From the One Tim
Rtcat or Ralio,u

Its Evolution From the One Tins
Bleat or BELOW.
The dollar took some rounding. Nor
did 1t formerly ring true. but, much
alive, simply gave bleat or below.
Cattle, among country folk, at one
time constituted the dollar, while prim-
tive man generally made use of any
article sufficiently abundant for the
standard payment of all merchandise.
Thus, in ancient Greece, large
bronze tripod had the value Of q dozen
oxen. A good handwriting woman
on the other hand, was given in ex-
change for only four such beasts.
When metal took the place of money
the dollar chung to its traditions, and
coins We're still called after live stock.
Thus "pecunia," applied to metal
money. derived its origin from "pecus''
Cattle. From the custom of counting
heads Of cattle came the present desig-
nation OF sum in cash-capital OF
capita" heads). In Sanskrit roupa
(herd, flock) made roupya or the In
dian rupee, while ingots of electrum
or admixture of gold and silver when
first in use as money bore the impress
Of an OK or COW.
Not clumsy, but too fragile, were the
shells in use as money by the negroes
Of Africa and throughout ancient Asia,
where the natives, taken by its beauty
gave the shell money value.-R. Holt.
LOmaX in Harpers Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
ENGLISH INN SIGNS.
One That Cast Reflection on King
George M.

One That Cast Reflection on King
George III.
One of the last stopping places Of the
London and Weymouth coach was al
a little Dorset village, whose principal
hosiery was known as the ASS Head
So good were the refreshments, SO
obiging the host and so reasonable the
charges that the inn did thriving
trade and was well spoken of through
out The district. In one of George III Is
visits TO Weymouth the royal party
stayed at this inn and had lunch. This
was very gratifying to the loyal host
who Immediately took down his osig-
inal signboard and erected Il full length
painting of the King in its place
IIcnceforth the inn should he known
as the Royal George. The proprietor
of the rival hostelry in the village pur-
chased the ASS Head sign for few
shillings and had 1t placed over the
ficor of his house. Now. it so hap
pcned that the coachman and guard
of the Weymouth coach had been
changed on the day this alteration OF
the signboards took place. and they
were both strangers 10 the district,
but their instructions had been to stop
at the ASS Head. and. seeing the sign
on the rival house. they pulled up
there. This much annoyed the orig,
inal owner, who, foreseeing that his
pocket might suffer for his loyalty
Immediately had nailed to the bottom
of the painting of King George Il
board with these words in large let
ters: ''This is the original Ass!"-
London P. L. o.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Quite a Difference.

81 am afraid you are not SO strong
as You used to be. john" said fond
wife to her husband. II think it is
about time you We're getting some in.
surance on your life"
Insurance on my life! What are
you talking about? am as healthy
as ever was. Insurance, indeed!'
well, dear. only mentioned it, you
know, out of respect to yourself. 1
thought you We're failing"
"And what in the world put it into
your head that am failing? Me fail
Ing? Why, am as strong as horse
and can run up three flights of stairs
without taking breath"
well, that may be so, but am
afraid you are deceiving yourself"
"Deceiving myself! Goodness gra-
cious, woman, what do you mean?"
Don't be so impatient. What makes
me think you are failing is this: When
You were counting me you could hold
me on your ksee for three hours; now
you cannot hold the baby on your lap
three nutes."-Pearsons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
The Iowa Homestead.

Good farming, based on sound
principles of science and practice,
was never more important or prof.
table than now. The Homestead,
an agricultural and live stock paper
published every Thursday at Des-
Moiues, Iowa. is the best exponent
of good farming. The Homestead
is edited by farmers who live upon
and operate their own farms right
here in the middle West, SO that
their. teachings are thoroughly prac-
teal: !, It has departments devoted
to Horticulture, poultry, sheep,
dairy, veterinary, laws affecting
farmers, current events, house and
home, Sunday school lesson, editor
ial comment. live farm gossip, etc.,
and its contributors include able and
successful farmers and experiment
station experts throughout the
West. Many farmers in this vicini.
ty are already subscribers for the
Homestead and all should be; as
whatever adds to the practical
knowledge of the farmer increases
the value of land and enhances the
prosperity of the community. We
take subscriptions for this splendid
farm paper at this office; and, by
special arrangement with the pub
fisher, can give you low subscrip.
ton rate for it in connection with
The Manchester Democrat. 48.6w
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Lighted Streets In Europe.

The best lighted street in Europe,
declares weekly paper, is Inter den
Linden, in Berlin. Perhaps it is, but
we would not be sure. In the torrent
scanned hills of the Jura, where water
power is as cheap as anywhere in the
world, there are little French villages
in which. every tiny cottage has Its
electric light installation, and the cen
trail street, that one could almost jump
across, is flooded by the beams of arc
lamps that would do credit to the
Strand. However, the Berlin boule.
ward, otherwise disappointing thor
oughfare, is certainly well illumi-
mated. Plate glass, Pilsener and police
men are the three most striking fea-
lures Of thrt capital, but the lighting
Of the streets is good fourth.-Lon-
don News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
VIM Bow. PLAY Hockey.

a child plays truant either because
the school has too little interest for
him OF else because the parent cannot
properly control him. Probably In
most cases both circumstances affect
hts conduct. II the subjects taught
and the. teachers themselves were in
all respects what they should be and
II the parents had full control Of their
children, there would be little heard Of
truancy or its effects. There are three
causes OF truancy. therefore, which de-
serve attention-a narrow curriculum
which fails to meet the needs or in
terests Of all the pupils; inefficient
teachers who by reason Of lack Of
skill. tact and sympathy fail to reach
some Of the pupils; weak or Indifferent
parents who fail In their duty of keep
ing their children in school.-"Chari.
ties and the Commons"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Eating on the Train In Spain.

AS even express trains seldom at
tain higher rate of speed than twen-
ty-five miles per hour travel is slow
and tedious though fairly comfort
able, and to enjoy Spain one must as.
sumo the leisurely Indifference of the
Spaniard to whom manana is always
the chosen time. He is wise who car
ries his own luncheons, and never are
dainty tea baskets more indispensable
than on these long journeys. Spanish
etiquette demands that the traveller
before partaking of his food must po-
litely offer it to those who share the
compartment with him. 1t may either
be graciously accepted or declined. III
no country is it so difficult,s.to travel
and to secure information, .as ;bnt lit
tic English is spoken even; 10y i'm
portant officials-Travel Maeaasae.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
THE NINE PACK BuRRo 10,
Information Cleaned by the New
ron,ar In N,,.n

Information Cleaned by the New.
conner In Camp.
He was q newcomer in the mining
camp, and as everything he saw ap
peared novel and interesting he, kept
up rapid fire of questions that seem
ed mighty foolish to the boys.
The placid little pack burros, mostly
ears and voice, pleased him immense
ly, and he supposed they were kept as
pets or else as camp scavengers tc
nibble the labels from old cans and
eat stray newspapers. He came across
one packing wheelbarrow secured on
its back with wheel and handles in the
air.
my good man." he asked the own
er, "can you tell me why the little
donkey is tied to the wheelbarrow in
that odd fashion?"
Il shore can, stranger" replied that
accommodating Individual. ".This here
jassax has been acquired by old Wala.
pal Higgins for house pet at the
Bully, Boy mine, an, bein' as the ami
mule is too dellycat to walk all the
way over them rough trails, the old
man drives him uphill an at the sum
NIT jes' materially turns him down the
other side. Yessir, it do come hard
on old Walapai, but it's mighty restin
for the jassax."-Success Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
DISCOVERY OF cos!..

Mentioned by q Jesuit In 1879 and
Mined First In 1749.
So far as known the first mention OF
the occurrence Of coal in the United
States is contained in the journal Of
Father Hennepin, Jesuit missionary,
who in 1919 recorded "cole mine" on
Illinois river near the present city Of
Ottawa, Ill.
Coal was first mined in the Rich
mond basin. Virginia. about seventy
years after Father Hennepin's discov-
cry in Illinois, but the first records Of
production from the Virginia mines
were for the year 1899, when. accord
ing to one authority, $4,000 tons were
mined.
Ohio probably ranks second in prior
ity of production, us coal was discev-
cred there in 1856. but the records Of
production date back only to 1888.
The mining ofpnthracite in Pennsyl-
vania began about 1890, and it is said
that fifty-6ve tons were shipped to Co
lumbia, Pa., in 1907. Reports Of the
anthracite coal trade are usually begun
with the year 1920, when 365 tons, one
for each day Of the year, We're shipped
to Philadelphia from the Lehigh re-
Eion. Before this, however, In 1914, q
!, shipment Of twenty-five tons was made
from Carbondale, also to Philadelphia.
1t Is probable that the actual produc-
ton prior to 1920 was between $500
and 5000 -Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

More energetic than any other sharks
are the sawtish, whose SHOUTS are pro
ionged into n broad blade of cartilage
which is horizontal when the fish is
swimming in normal position and
has both its edges set with Slightly
curved teeth about an inch apart. The
end Of this formidable looking weapon
is blunt and comparatively soft, so
that It is quite incapable of the feats
popularity attributed to it of piercing
whales bodies, ships timbers. etc. 1t
attacks other fish by swift lateral
thrust of the saw beneath them, the
keen edge disembowellng them. Then
1t feeds upon the soft entrails, which
are apparently the only food it can
eat from the peculiar shape of it:i
mouth. 1t has an enormous number
of small teeth. sometimes as many as
fifty rows in one Individual, but they
are evidently unfit for the rough
duties required of their teeth by the
garbage eating members of the fam.
{lx,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Presence of Mind.

Seated reading in his private room
the superintendent of large prison
heard n slight sound and, looking up,
was confronted by dangerous convict
holding a long bar of iron. "Don't
you move" he muttered. "I'm going to
get away, even if l have to kill you"
But" calmly rejoined the superintend-
ent, 81 thought it was tomorrow You
were going" The man looked at him
with stupid amazement. EYES," said
the official, don't you know? A par
don came for you today in considera-
ton of your good conduct. You can
go now, suppose, ii you want to.
You'd like to see the papers. They're
in here, believe" He opened a draw
er as he spoke, and the next instant
the convict was facing the muzzle Of II
revolver.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
THE FEATHER BED.
1t is Poor Thing to Use Either In
Summer or Winter,

SuTlHnef or winter.
Few people. even physicians them.
selves, seem to know the principal rea-
sen why medical science condemns the
use OF feather beds in winter as we'll
rs in summer" said New York ply
stefan recently.
1T Is because feather beds are high.
ly hySroscopic-a rather formidable
word, but one meaning simply that
feathers readily absorb and condense
moisture. The body is constantly
throwing off waste matter through the
skin and the lungs. The feathers in
the bed will absorb this waste matter
as readily rs it will simple atmos.
pheric moisture. The feathers re.
tain the waste matter during the day,
when the bed is cold, even when it is
aired, unless also warmed by sun.
shine during the time 1t is exposed to
the air.
"At night, when the body of the
sleeper warns the bed, the feathers
renew their MICROSCOPIC action and
throw off the waste matter absorbed
the night before. The susceptible body
of the sleeper is soon surrounded by q
dense and highly poisonous atmos.
phere, the accumulative effect of
which cannot help but be very in.
furious.
"The skin, like the lungs, is contin.
uhfly breathing and is very sensitive
to external influences; hence arises
the need for air baths us well us for
water baths. The entire body should
be exposed to fresh air every day fol
as long time as you can make posi-
BILE, and all beds should be thoroughly
ventilated. New York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
The WAY to Succeed.

Here is bit of advice that will go
rs far as any that was ever paid for:
The only way to succeed is to be sue
cessful. Doesn't sound very profound,
does it? 1t isn't. It's about as sim
pie as anything that has ever been
printed, and at first sight 1t may up
pear idiotic. But there is n lot in 1t.
The man who succeeds is the man
who brings to successful termination
every minute undertaking of every
days activity. The successful mans
life is made up of myriad of sue
cesses. If you let one little item of
your days work get by you without
satisfying yourself that you have done
your best on 1t you are preparing for
a failure. A million treatises OIL how
to be successful will not help you.
The trouble with too many of us is
that we are SO busy trying to see "A
great success In the future that we
can't see the chances for little sue
cesses under our noses. Heaven is
not reached at single bound, and
neither is success. The only way to
succeed is to be successful. 1t is
worth thinking oyer-St Paul News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
sNUFFBoxEs.
Once Held an Important Part In the
Councils of Nations.

Once Held an Important Part In the
Councils Of Nations.
No longer applicable is an old diplo-
mats advice to ''take SNUFF often and
slowly" yet according to the Hon.
John ". Foster, author of 1.-THE Prac-
tice of Diplomacy" the time was when
snuffboxes held an important part in
the councils of nations. The present
which the Spanish government ten
dered to General Pinckney in 1895 and
which congress withheld from him was
gold snufrbox.
The British plenlpotentiary who at
tended the conferences at the close OF
the Napoleonic wars received as pres
ents twenty-four snuffboxes of the
value of f1,O00 each. Richly jeweled
boxes We're the diplomatic fashion a
century and more ago, but the fashion
has changed.
As n reminder of the olden time, Sir
Charles Russell, afterward lord chief
justice of England. the British senior
counsel in the Boring sea arbitration
Mt Paris in 1893. great collector Of
historic snuffboxes. carried a precious
one and was constantly Offering its
contents to his colleagues.
After the treaty of 1856 was conclud-
ed with Persia the American minister
to Turkey, who signed it, wrote to the
secretary of state:
II would suggest the following pres
ent: A diamond snuffbox of the value
Of $4,000 for the shah; to Mira Agbra
Khan. the grand vizier, diamond
snuffbox to the value of $1,000; to
Farrukh Khan. with whom the treaty
was negotiated, another Of the same
value: to Mira Ahmed Khan, the
Persian charge at Constantinople. a
diamond snuffbox to the value of
$1,000"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Westminster Abbey Customs

Burial in Westminster abbey is not
of course n question of money, but
there are certain fees charged for in
terment within that ancient pile. For
merly the fees amounted to ESQ or
EGO. Dean Stanley introduced many
reforms in the scale of charges, with
the result that the maximum cost is
now ELL is. I'd. 1t may, however, be
f20 less. The variations in the cost
arise in connection with the contribu-
ton demanded for the fabric fund,
which is EGG or f36 or f4G, according to
the place of interment. Other items in
the bill are f34 IS. I'd. for fees to the
dean, canons, choir and vergers and
f31 Is. on account of silk scarfs, hat
bands and gloves to the clergy, choir
and vergers, which were formerly pro
vided by the undertaken and charged
in his unt.-Westminster Gazette.