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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
RArr1EsNAKE FAL1Ac1Es.
Serpent IL Dangerous Even After Re-
movaI of Poison Fanra.

3 4 d .
Serpent Ii Dangerous Even After Re-
moval of Poison Fangs.
Another common misconception
which Is apt to lead to serious acct
dents is the belief that RATHER is rem
dered perfectly harmless, SO that 1t
can be handled With impunlty, by the
removal Of Its poison fangs These
fangs, two In number, are situated In
the upper jaw and lie fat except when
the serpent strikes, when they become
erect and the closing OF the jaws COM
presses the poison glands and injects
the venom through minute openings Ia
them. In striking Its prey (for what
ever charm the serpent may employ to
get Its victim within easy reach, 1t re-
lies upon the venom to give the coup
de grace. these fangs may often be
broken, and nature has provided full
supply Of reserve weapons, which lie
dormant in the gums, and which within
two weeks will develop and replace the
Injured fang.
An acquaintance who returned from
hunting trip with twenty-five full
grown rattlers In box kept them In
his Office for two months, confined be.
hind a coarse-meshed wire screen. He
handled them most carelessly, as lie
had extracted the poison fangs, but
when shown that each of them had de.
veloped q. perfect pair Of new ones
there was sudden rise in the local
snake mortality. One was preserved.
and sent to the Bronx Zoo, where It
shortly afterward gave birth to a large
litter Of young ones, which could easily
have crawled through the screen be-
hind which the mother had been kent
As each of them possessed the poison
apparatus In full commission and was
without the power to rattle, they would
have been even more dangerous than
adult snakes
Professional snakehandlers are often
ignorant of this power to quickly re-
place fangs possessed by rattlers, and
this Ignorance, says Outing, led to
serious accident to one Of them at Bos-
tock's, at Coney Island, last year. He
was badly bitten and narrowly escaped
death. his recovery being attributed TO
the generous amount of whisky which
was Immediately administered to him,
which illustrates another mistaken
idea. 1t is pity to shatter pleasant
illusion. but alcohol, except in very
small doses, is harmful rather than
beneficial as an antidote to snake-bite
poison.
AS matter Of fact although the
symptoms Of rattlesnake poisoning are
most painful and alarming, an adult
rarely dies from the bite of the varie-
ty common In the North. The diamond
backs of the South attain much larger
size, and consequently inject more ven
ON, and their bite is proportionately
more dangerous.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

tffoSt
world, In no matter what walk OF life 1t calls always
Tor great moral and carefully trained mental powers
What great power reading mother has to train the
minds OF her chldren This normal occupation of
an should be the main object hencefor In the education
OF women and no longer should her education be
imitation of that of the man. On such basis believe
higher education will truly perfect the home life and
household Joy.
1t is certainly not the chief end Of womans life
enter mans occupation, as was intended when higher
education was advocated for her. 1t is high time that
the idea of an education for was abandoned and
that the aim should be to develop the capacity
and the powers that fit her make life fuller of In
tellectual enjoyment and happiness productive
physically, mentally and spiritually.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
ELECTRICAL AERIAL rnAmwAY

An electrical aerial tramway reaches
out for mile and a half over the sur
face of Lake Michigan at Chicago Til.
wires are 80 feet above the water. sus
pended from these wires are cars 70,
hauling rock and for carrying passen.
gers.
This tramway was built to carry the
rock excayated from beneath the bottom
Of the lake in building the new water.
works tunnel which will reach 1880
feet out from the shore and take in
fresh water from crib.
At point 800 feet from the shore a
steel tube reaches up from the tunnel
to above the water. The rock exca.
waited beyond that point is hoisted up
this tube in little cars, which are then
attached to the wire cables of the tram.
way and are hauled to the shore. The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

tram or cable way is supported by %
tons Of steel tubing. - feet square at
the bottom and resting upon steel piles
driven into the lake bottom and rising
five feet above the surface These
towers are 800 feet apart and support
steel crosspieces from which the cables
are hung. The cars are swung from
the cables on grooved wheels and q
transmission cable hauls them In to.
ward the shore at one side Of the tow
ers and hauls them out towards the
crib upon the other side.
The advantage OF this aerial tram
over the old method of loading the rock
upon RATS and towing 1t ashore is that
the Ice will not interfere with the work
in wlnter.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
FEATHERS AND HAIR.
Their Properties Considered from
the Electrical Viewpoint.

Their Properties Considered from
the Electrical Viewpoint.
It has long been known that feathers
and hair are electrical bodies, but
until recently we have had little In.
formation about their electrical prop
critics, or the conditions in which
these properties are manifested. Most
of these phenomena were first observed
by Exner. and in the work of DR..
Schwartz are found collected mass
Of facts that cannot fall to Interest the
physicist and biologist; besides, we
find there a description of Exner's ap-
paratus which was used by Schwarze
in most of his experiments on electrical
phenomena Of this kind, says the Phil
adelphia Record.
By the side Of gold-leaf electro
scope we see feather electroscope
which is fastened to Its support by
means of silken thread. A feather
waved through the air Is positively
electrified, while the air Itself seems
to be charged with negative electricity.
Two feathers rubbed together In the
natural position are 80 electrified that
their lower surface is negative and
upper positive.
These experiments and others have
been utilized to study the vital rela-
tions of animals and the biological
Specification Of these phenomena. Most
feathers stick together and remain 30
even after being dried; If they are
even waved through the air, the barbs
of the feathers separate, owing to the
differences of electrification.
No bird need attend to Its plumage
at the end of n long flight, for. while
the large feathers are positively cleo
trlfied by friction against the air, the
white down has become negative, and
so there is attraction between 1t and
the feathers. Among consequences Of
this production of electricity during
flight IL that during winds, even the
most violent, the plumage does not be-
come rutiied, but rests tight against the
birds body. for in this case the wing
feathers, which overlap, rub against
each other and become electrified In
contrary senses. If the bird files to-
ward the ground. tapping Its wings, 1t
congresses the air below them, and.
supposing that the wing feathers can
bind sAas, ths experiments Of Hxusv
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

that liquid. When, how
ever, a man floats on
his back in the water
his mouth will probably
sink beneath the sur
face, unless he use some
strong muscular effort.
BY attaching to the
chest some buoyant SUBJ
stance, 1t becomes an
easy matter to keep
above the surface. Life
preservers have former.
ly been In the form OF
cork belts. A Denverltc
noxt, hrin0o n,,f M ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

tIrely new form of life
saving apparatus. 1t consists of suit
having back and side pockets, the lat
ter being beneath the arms All the
pockets are connected with a pump,
by which they are inflated. Obviously
when the pockets are filed with air,
the person wearing this saving suit
will be sustained above the water In
definitely. He will also be able to rem.
der assistance to other persons without
fear Of endangering his own life. The
apparatus was designed with the fur
Their object of being Of assistance to
persons learning to swim.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

OF Mary Cunning
ham, a bright-faced,
honest Irish lass,
whom the late IA
nous sculptor. Au-
gustus Saint-G au-
dens, selected AZ
having a typical.
I" re al" American
face to serve as.
model for the head
Of the Goddess of
Liberty,
Mr.. Saint Gaud-
ems was commits
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

Lincoln's stories grow better and
better as he grew older, One of the
best was told to visitor, who congrat-
ulated him on the almost certain pur.
pose on the part Of the people to re-
elect him for another term Of four
years.
Mr.. Lincoln replied that he had been
told this frequently before, and that
when 1t was first mentioned to him he
was reminded of farmer in Illinois,
who determined to try his own hand at
blasting.
After successfully boring and filling
in with powder, he failed In his effort
to make the powder go off and after
discussing the cause with looker-on,
and falling to detect anything wrong
in the powder, the farmer suddenly
came to the conclusion that 1t would
not go off because 1t had been shot he
fore.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
A Midnight Journey.

In 1901 a number of Vermont men
removed to northern Pennsylvania, then
an uncultivated region. bought lands Of
the State for one dollar an acre and
settled with their families. The au-
thor of EARLY Times on the susque-
hanna" records some of the hardships
that the little settlement experienced.
Squire Kellogg, when eighty years
old, related some incidents of his new
country life At one time he went
away to work for bread. leaving, as he
thought sufficient supplies for his fam
lily until be should return. He tolled
hard for three weeks, earning about
thirty bushels Of grain, and took 1t to
a mill to be ground, then hired team
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
EDUCATING WOMAN FOR woMAN,s WORK
By President Eliot of Harvar

Higher education In the future
should recognize the fact that the
majority Of women take up the oc-
cupation Of training children. the
married ones as mothers and many
of the unmarried ones in the inter-
est Of mothers.
Training children is the normal
occupation of woman, and its Inn
portance in education has probably
not been recognized because 1t has
not hitherto been regarded as an In
tellectual pursuit. Yet it is the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

chow that by friction the upper side
Of one feather and the lower of that
which is just above are electrified OPP
positely the more powerfully, as the
rubbing Is greater, which always
causes them to resume the normal po-
sition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
4 Tempting Chance

Jones-That young man who plays
the cornet is Ill. Green-Do you think
he will recover? Jones-I am afraid
not. The doctor who is attending him
lives next door.-London Tit-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
II pov.

"How do you find things out this
wayf" asked the stranger.
"By advertising for EN-" was the
prompt reply Of the natIye,-petpelt
Free Press -,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

DR.. Younger-You're little bit I'M
der weight. You don't eat enough. Mr..
Mussel-Nonsense! If 1 were to eat
more I'd have dyspepsia. Dr. Younger
- know that, but that's my specially,
you know.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
two dimples which played deliciously
about the corners of rosy, laughing

two dimples which played deliciously
about the corners Of rosy, laughing
mouth.
In silence they strolled up the long,
wooded path which led to the house,
and as they reached the terrace steps
a figure looked up out of the darkness
above them.
1t was Cyril Thorold, a little impa-
tient and cross at their delay.
II thought you were never coming,
Miss Matheson!" he said, with tinge
Of annoyance in his voice. "Why didn't
you hurry her up, John, Instead of
keeping me waiting for such nm eter.
nlty?"
Helen Matheson laughed lightly.
ut was as much my fault as his. SO
don't blame him." she replied. "That's
the penalty of having younger
brother-he can say what he likes.
Well, goodnight, Mr.. Thorold, and
thank you SO much for being SO fright
fully interesting"
1t was not kind thing to say, and
Helen could have bitten her tongue ont
Immediately after she had said 1t, for
she saw the man vince
But he merely held out his hand.
ut is goodnight and goodbye, Miss
Matheson," he replied tersely, '.but
probably my brother has told you that
sail for Egypt in few days, to make
certain scientific Investigations. / shall
probably not see you again. Goodbye
and thank you for being so kind to a
dull old bachelor"
In the semi-darkness spasm of pain
crossed the girls face, and she caught
her breath sharply.
Going away! And without having
said anything to her! The whole world
seemed suddenly to go black, and her
heart beat SO loudly she feared the two
men might hear it.
In her efforts to control her voice It
sounded dry and hard.
"Going away? You are going away?
No, had not heard, Mr. Thorold. But
please accept my best wishes for your
journey and the success Of your enter
prise. What thing 1t is to have a
hobby l almost think / shall cult.
yate one myself, 1t seems SO Interesting
Goodyear
She let her hand rest In his for the
fraction Of second. then with a whlrl
of her white skirts ran up the terrace
steps and disappeared into the house.
leaving the man gazing up into the
darkness which enveloped him, and
where moment before she had stood.
Helen never knew how she got
through the rest Of the evening. Her
mind seemed to centre on one point
he was going away! OF course he
didn't care, she knew that now; but
for the last two months she had been
living in FOOLS paradise, and the
sudden awakening had shocked and un-
nerved her
As the band struck up for the last
dance Helen slipped away from the
lights and music, and, throwing shawl
about her shoulders, stole out into the
garden to the old summer house, and
flung herself down upon the broken
bench -. And then the welcoming
tears came.
How long she lay there Helen never
knew, but suddenly something gllttered
on the dusty floor, and STOPPING, she
picked 1t up curiously.
1t was a silver match boxs worn
with age, but quantity wrought with a
dragons head and a crest, and, peer
dng at 1t with her tear-dlmmed eyes,
the girl saw that 1t belonged to him.
She pressed II to Der lips With q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
NEW ERA IN INTERNATIONAL Law.
BY Secretary Of State Roof.

We are passing undoubtedly into
a new era Of international COM
municatlon. We have turned our
backs on the old days OF armed In
vasion, and the people of every
civilized country are constantly en-
gagged in the peaceable invasion of
every other civilized country. The
sciences, the literature, the customs,
the lessons Of experience. the skin,
the spirit of every country, exer-
cise an inf1nanoot iinnn ouor,, okha.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
L1FE-sAv1Na SUIT.

Air Inflated In Pockets Prevents the
Wearer Sinking in Water.
The weight of the human body is
little less than that of an equal bulk
: of water, SO that 1t naturally floats in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
Booksi

"Do you believe that everybody has
one novel In him?" a
II don't know. But judging from
the number of books constantly turned
out should say that everybody b.
lieyed he had."-Washlngton star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

If you were soldier, and had a
slight cold, and there was to be a
fierce battle during the night. wouldn't
you be very much worse during the
night?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

Bacon-You must work very hard 10
dress your wife the way she dresses.
Egbert-Y Yes; do have to work
hard. Did You ever try to button one
Of those dresses down the back 7-ysp.
tesa antsman
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
FACE ON THE NEW COINS.

Pretty Irish Girl Who serves ~ the
Typical Americana.
The new one-cent and the $40 gold
pieces which are being issued from the
United States mint bear the likeness
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

Of squaid pickering
IS popular theory
with money This be true of
passion
TILL they anxious
spendhft spendht
blame
Tor the home 1t natural
full in
DEATH
he Is
Sion that they finding the beautiful This pu
all attempts o
them make her life
whether not the establishment afford living
what easily Strauss
in Chicago
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

suit In our court setting forth Its title to the
bonds and asked decree finding the amount due
thereon and directing that the stock pledged should be
sold and that money Judgment should be rendered
against the State of North Carolina.
The day before that fixed for the sale of those
the Attorney General of North Carolina came to my
house. for was the organ of the court in delivering
opinion, and said that he had been by the Gov
ernor to the full amount that had found to be
due Now, submit that there response public
opinion declaring that the judgments of that court
oyerses between two States should be respected for the
defeated State although feeling aggreyed by the udg
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

There is only one thing that pleases
n Woman more than to he refepped to
as q dove, and that is te. hear a man
geferrea to &c q haYa,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

When you give man dig" re-
member that he will probably rget
eYen," Men harbor grudges,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

The devil has a particularly hot flre
for the mother who sends her daugb-
ter husband. hunting at 1e.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
PUBLIC OPINION is ALL POWERFUL.
BY Justice David ). Brewer.

BY Justice David J. Brewer.
Lately we have had case brought by the
State of South Dakota against the State of
North Carolina. on some bonds issued many
years ago, under circumstances which made
them unpopular In North Carolina. The State
proposed compromise. One who had most
Of the outstanding bonds gave to the State Of
South Dakota certain number Of them as an
ahSolllte donation South Dakota connnancad
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
AFTER LONG YEARS.

60 A&a4s ASNG 1EaIsS.
Dear, whom would not know
If passed you on the street,
So long and long and long ago
Are the days when we used to meet
You may be glad to hear
That somewhere out of the blue
Come vague sweet dreams that bring you
near,
That often think of you;
That now and then thrill
At a rustic in the dark:
That start us the wind sweeps over the
hill,
AS l see the fre-hy's spark.
Somebody stepped on my grave?
Or somebody slipped out of yours?
cannot tell There are ghosts that crave
A bit of the love that endures.
-Harper's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15

why-what the other reasons are" he
begged. The reasons why you don't
,hink that you will marry"
There might be many reasons" re-
piled the young woman. "but I'm sure
| won't unless somebody like asks
mo Erl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-15
WoMAN's RIGHTS TO THE FAMILY pocKErBooK

wife who does Homework and children
Is shallow
Everybody knows that the
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-05-28
NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY.
For Six Months Baby Was Expected to Die with Eczema-Now We'll
 Doctor Said to Use Cuticura.

"Six months after birth my little girl broke out with eczema and 1 had two doctors in attendance. There was not particle of skin left on her body. the blood oozed out just anywhere, and we had to wrap her in silk and carry her on pillow for ten weeks. She was the most terrible sight l ever saw, and for six months l looked for her to die. used every known remedy to allevi- ate her suffering, for 1t was terrible to witness. Dr. C. gave her up. Dr. B. recommended the Cuticura Remedies. She will soon be three years old and has never had sign of the dread trouble since. We used about eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment. James J. Smith, Durmid. Va, Oct. 1A and 22, 1906.'
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-05-28
Advertising for Contracts.

The Penitentiary Board is now ad- vertising for bids for convict labor for one year, the bids to be considered by the board at it's regular monthly meet ing the first Monday in June. The Reaves contract expires before that time
 The board asks for bids on 200 con victs for one years time. The last Reaves contract was for one year only. Prior to year ago. however. the contract was for two years.
 A great deal of interest attaches to the consideration of bids by the board as the result of the controversy in politics over the convict lease system. During the recent Democratic cam paign Attorney General w. F. Kirby, then candidate for governor, said in one of his speeches that the board awarded the convict labor contract at a price which was considerably over than could have been secured from Little Rock parties.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-05-28
Hot Springs Gets Next Meeting.

After electing officers for the ensu- ing year and selecting Hot Springs as the next meeting place, the Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias, which has been in session in Litte Rock for three days, adjourned Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
 A lively contest was precipitated as to the place of holding the next convention, Pine Bluff and Jonesboro being rivals of Hot Springs. Repre- sentatives of each of the cities named spent the greater part of the day pulling wires," but when the vote was taken it was found that Hot Springs led by safe margin. The next Grand Lodge meting will be held the third Tuesday in May, 1909.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-05-28
Two Negroes Fight, Each Kills Other.

Sunday morning at about ? o'clock, at what is known as the old stockade or convict farm, one mile east of England, occurred shooting affray in which Virgius Ross and Morris Mitchell, negroes, were killed.
 They were. it is alleged, in the con- pany of two negro women. names un- known, and all were drinking The women got to fighting and Ross and Mitchell took part, when Mitchell shot Ross in the left breast with a pistol. Ross walker away about thirty paces and sat down by stump; but feeling the effects of the wound inflicted by Mitchell, and seeking revenge, he loaded his shotgun with buckshot, went back and shot Ross in the neck, almost seyering the head from the body, and killing him instantly. Re turning, he again sat down by the stump. where he died in about two hours
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-05-28
They Keep Cool.
Electric fans blowing on blocks of ice! Come and shiver."

Electric fans blowing on blocks of ice! Come and shiver'
 Such was the announcement of the meeting of the Sunday Club at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday af- ternoon at o'clock, and those who went expecting relief from the heat of the day were not disappointed, for the natural temperature was pulled down to 45 degrees, and the men who at first took off their coats, put them on aagin in a hurry.
 About ten electric fans of the ordi- nary office variety were placed around the room and in front of each fan was a pyramid of ice in a tub, and the artificial frigidity was waited to the audience by force of the electric pro- pellers. Something like TOO pounds of ice was used, and it is the intention to adopt a similar cooling scheme in the church proper