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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
NOT 4 MYTH

Story Of s.Ths BOY Stood Or the
Burnine DecE' Founded on Fact.
Few people know that the Boy ON.
the Burning Deck" Is not myth. but
an actual fact, and still. fewer know
that the man who gave the order for
the destruction Of the vessel, on whose
deck the aforesaid boy stood, was born
In Jamaica Plain, and lived there TIL
hissroyalist father. who objected siren
uously to the American revolution,
transplanted him to England. where he
served under Nelson in the battle or
the Nile. -:
The boy was French, son Of the ad.
miral Of the French ship rOrlent, and
that was the vessel that blew up with
the immortal boy standing by the
mainmast.
The boys unconscious destroyer,
Capt benjamin Hallowell. was born In
the old Boylston house still standing at
the corner Of Boylston and Center
streets. In Jamaica Plain. The house
was built In 1926 BY the Boylstons and
a3tsrward passed to the rabid royslist,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
sH1BsITs ARE HARD FIGHTERS.


Chargs % Cswardics = slander-De-
feat Of Ferret. a.
Ten q man that he hasn't the pluck
Ola rabbit and II he Doesn't disprovc it
BY hitting you he is certain at any rate
to be extremely annoyed, says Pearsou's
Weekly. III. 8 !
Yet the taunt Is a libel on the rabbit.
Al doe rabbit viii fight like fury In
defense Of her young. She will charge
like battering ram and use those long
sharp incisors OF hers to capital pur.
pose ~; $
An old buck rabbit is not to be light.
" tackled by weasel, stoat or even fer
ret On the sanded floor Of a small
public house near Chestnut ferret Of
long experience was matched with an
old opseared buck, the property Of the
landlord.
The ferret made straight for the rab.
bit'a throat, but the latter was in the
air before master ferret could rea III
HIM and leaping clean over the ferret's
head let out with those powerful hiud
legs Of his q kick which hurled the
ferret bodily against the wainscot.
Twice the ferret returned to the attack
and twice he missed his grip and went
hurting through the air,
The third repulse was enough for
him. He knew he was beaten and could
not be persuaded to stand up tor a
fourth round.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

brings out one OF the curious facts IN
connection with the bank . robberfessl
They were all committed In small
towns, even the names Of which are
unfamiliar to the average American;
No city Of any size figures IN the rec.
ords. go
big bank robberies In cfties are 4
thing Of the pas" remarked d detect.
I've, referring to these ngures. For one
thing. the banks In the great cities have
more money at stake. They must make
their, vaults impregnable. A bank ID
New York. PHILADELPHIA or Chicago. for
instance, did not keep more than $780,
s;00Qlh cash and securities In Its vaults
ten or fifteen years ago. Now the great
banks frequently carry from IS 600 900
to $l0.000.OO0 With such sums. no
walls can be too thick, no vaults too
strong.
With the exception Of 1925 taken
from = bank in Truxton, N. T., on Dec.
80 last. none OF the burglarles was COM
mitted east Of the Allegheny Mountains
None Of the ten hold-up robberies in
banks occurred nearer New York than
Granite Fails. N. O., on the south and
Clinton, III, to the west ward.
West stanpinG,s Ground.S
A filancc at the discs on the may In
dicates the, center Of the burglnries. TIE
report shows that the largest number
OF bank burglarles In any one State was
12, in Minnesota. Then came Oklahoma.
with 8. Missouri and Kansas, with 9,
and North Dakota and South Dakota,
each with 4. OF the hold-up robberies,
there we're two each In Kansas and
Oklahoma, and one each In Colorado,
Illinois, Missouri. Nebraska and North
Carolina. When asked why the bur
glaries and hold-ups were thus confined
to comparatively small section Of the
country the detective replied:
"The Middle West is stamping
ground for thieves. because, for one
thing, the distances are so long. and the
areas 20 vast that It Is dlficult for the
police and sheriffs to give effective SER
vice. Twenty-Five miles Of comparatively
open country between even small towns
gives the thieves many chances to es.
cape. ~
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wnAITHY MAN SHINES SHOES.
.ohioan Worth 100000 stiiI sticka I,
Old Trnde-Cooks for vacation.

Ohfoan Worth 100000 still sticks to
Old Trnde-Cookr for Vacation.
II you Ind $4,000 slowed comfort
ably away in bank, would you shine
shoes at 10 cents a clip seven days, year
in and year out? 1t is not very likely
you would. but that Is just what Al
Shartle, one OF the unique financiers Of
Dayton, Is doing, and, moreover. he il
happy and can't be induced to quit his
job, says the Ohio State Journal. The
only time shartle gives up his shine
box" 10 during the autumn, when, ac-
companied by his brother, he makes the
rounds of the country fairs Of Ohio.
This week he is at the State fair, con-
Quoting restaurant under the grand
stand. This is his vacation. It gives
him rest from bending over the mud.
dy boot and at the same time he Ia
adding to his fortune and having good
time, which means something to a fell
low who IS making thousands Of dol
lars, 10 cents at time.
Shartle began his moneymnking ca
reer in Dayton in-1S67, when he discoy-
cred that there was more money In pol
ishing pair of shoes at 10 cents than
in cooking meals for which some one
else obtained the profit. He had been
a cook In his Youth. when he changed
his, trade business was small at first.
but gradually he Increased 1t, until At
the present time his clientele q KufIi.
Client to; Keen him hnsv ali dov--everv
sdar, 81.
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TO his congregation, but enables the
clergyman to give more iinpressiveness
to words and passages than could be
obtained from the simple spelling Of
words on the fingers.
Many young men aud women are
helped to positions BY their rector.
They become proficient and are well
paid. The late Sir John Blundell Maple
made It a point to employ as many as
he could and always paid such appren-
tices regular wages from the start. In
that way he INDUCED in form Of prac-
teal charity. but It was q bit Of phil
anthropy which inflicted no wound upon
the pride Of the beneficiary
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POINT q 81 1YpEwnI11Ho.

Why In some Work the, Periods ana
Commas show So Black ana Deep.
..aHhen In anything typewriter you
see the periods and comma punched
black and deep" said an experienced
typewriter to5ie New. York Sum man,
..yon may know that the work was
done by beginner or by one who had
not yet done sufficient work to have
acquired q perfect touch.
The reasoIafar the deep punching of
the punctuation points Ii very simple.
Naturally enough the beginner at type.
writing plays upon all the keys with
equal force, but AZ the types attached
1.-THE keys present unequal amounts
of printing surface It follows that equal
forge applied u all the keys results In
more or less Unequal printing on the
paper. - ii'sB.,
For Instance, . certain amount Of
force applied to the B key might pro-
duce Of that type a fair Impression on
the paper. but the same force applied
to- period might drive that. mere
point, clean through THE paper. In
fact, it Il not unusual for beginners on
the typewriter to punch holes In the
paper with their periods.
But a. the learner progresses in her
art she comes to realize that some
types must DO touched more lightly
than others and gradually her periods
become less black and deep, and with
further practice she comes instructive
", automatically. to grade her touch on
all the letters and signs until at last
she q able to produce typewriting that
- nothing less than artistic in effect,
true and uniform and beautiful.
1T is something nne to see, the good
work of the intelligent. sensitive and
truly competent typewriter"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

~ midst Of glowing forees, paint pots
numberless wagons, she was found.
hoHgh small and slight In figure, she
M a determination In her gray eyes
that commands Instant respect, and her
mass Of sllver-threaded hair gives one
the impression that she has endured
much in the last few years.
-Tell abont mv.s,, .na an .n,.
these wheels and wagonsl Why, there
= nothing 20 very interesting about
tpem, is therel This factory y dirty
hd srimy and q queer place for 4
Woman to spend her life. but 1t means
everything to me. Seven years ago I
nad. q kind. good husband. two dear
little babies and lovely home. Within
niPe days my husband was dead. my
mouse and everything l owned gone. and
\ was left with heavy mortgage and
-, : .u' 1nsulanes l'aones
- on. see, THIS is the way It happened.
ny husband was the kind Of man who
uocs everytnins to make his family hap
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

srimy he must there putt and never be found
away from there and let him try hard and work
with his best might always and forever IL In that
Jeopardy that the next day may bring him the words
Your services longer required" His job may b.
wanted BY the boss for friend It may be decided
that what he does II not paying right He Il at tho
mercy Of any trivial circumstance, and hs knows it
Does he in holding it down for many years. sti
when gray hairs upon him he may ct
papers and at last his lifelong fear be realized Such
the part and lot Of the hard-workins good husband
whose only hops Is to provide for his mily long
he lives and while his wife has It hard she alss
remember that he IL bearing his equal share 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
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There Il room for 4 school Of Inter.
national education. Let the youth Of
the dark" countries. such as Russia.
bes sent to the enlightened ones for 4
time and then let them return home to
|use their knowledge. A writer In the
Ind pendent illustrates this principle
onaet the caption, Liberty to Keep the
Laws,
Here y 4 place where you can't 20,
anyway. /.
'Bpt I do not want to 90 there, 70 i
am In no, danger Of the penalty"
The first speaker was a, Russian lad.
who was surprised that the Capitol, .the
White House. public buildings OF all
kinds In Washington, were open to tho
world without even the formality OF
asking permission. The second speaker
was the American friend who. was
showing him round the city, and the
fo9rbidden spot which they at last had
reached was the grass in park, with
the sign, sTrespass forbidden, under
pfpelty Of the law d ..l
But your President can 60 there
Oh no.. was the reply. He would
not want to walk there and SPOIL the
grass. and he would not break the law,
anyway" I
hat !. said the boy. .Does your
President have to obey the law?s He
gaaped In surprise at such thought
By all means" replied his cicerone,
ssThe President must obey the laws, Of
course.
:" He musti" cried the boy. ..That Is
queer; Our Car and grand dukes never
have 70 obey the law
At the close Of the day the lad was
taken Into the Congressional library.
where scores Of men were bending over
magazines under pleasant evening lights.
Hsscaught the arm of his friend i: as
though he saw ghost .Seei SOL
der soldieri and he has NO gun,
and he Il readingi You could NOT see
that In my. country"
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keeps his COWS up 1t will aid in keeping
the milk record at the highest notch.
II more farmers would try It as hay
crop Just once they would recognize its
wonderful value as forage crop.
A bushel and a half Is for land that
is poor; one bushel is sufficient for
rich land.-L. NJ. II. D., Michigan.
An Experience with Alfalfa.
My first sowing of alfalfa was on
ground that had been in potatoes the
year before, but being wet year was
quite weedy. especially with nut grass
and foxtail. The ground was plowed
and cultivated until June 10 when It
was sown. With my present knowl-
edge would not again think Of sowing
ground in the condition that this was
in. 1t would have been called In good
shape to plant corn, but all the weeds
should be destroyed for alfalfa. Tho
seed was sown broadcast and narrowed
in with weeder. It came ON well,
but on account of the weeds did not
make full stand. We have cut now
for hve years Two years thirty-one
wagon loads for the seven acres, three
crops each year except in 1905, then
four crops were secured. The second
and third years there were but few
weeds except dock. The crop Of 1907
was the smallest Of any. about three
tons per acre. 1t sold for s12 per ton
in the NOW. Clay in Farmers' Guide.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
AIDS rHousAHDs On 1slurzs

Lendon Rector Talks 10 1000 n HIS
Church aad Gives Needy Help.
London has 1000 deaf and dumb per-
cons who attend st. Sayior's Episcopal
Church In Oxford street. the rector OF
which Is the Rev. F. w. Gilby, who. al
though notsa deaf mute. Il, son Of
parents thus afflicted. His congregation
u mixed, Including aristod rats and even
sbootbiacks He makes his signs az pic
tnresque as nossible, which action not
Suickens the process Of 'sspeakinsr
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
Neslect Of Drainage.

1t 10 necessarily to closely study the
physical conditions Of soils, that we
may have healthy and fourlshing CON
dition of plants. Through want Of
proper drainage. or other neglect, land
is often allowed to get into an un-
healthy state, which sooner or later is
reflected In the character Of the herb
age growing upon the soil.
The chief danger is probably Door
drainage. with consequent excess Of
water and lack OF sufficient oxygen In
the soil. Such condition is weakening
and often results in the death Of the
roots Of plants growing in such soils.
Especially is this 80 to crops growing
In heavy clay soils, and where there IL
an tmperyious subsoil. In such cases
many Of the feeding roots of plants
are killed by suffocation during pro-
tracted wet seasons.
Very often roots that may Just be
forming are killed In a few days, should
the soil become saturated with water.
Not only Is there loss Of these feed
Ing roots, but the vitality OF the entire
plant becomes weakened.
Plants growing where the surface IL
caked and packed often suffer from
want of oxygen for the roots. This is
especially applicable to trees. In such
cases the annual growth is not only re-
tarded, but the plants lose vitality and
become prey Of insects and fungus
pests.
The remedy for such a condition is
deep and careful cultivation. and the
provision Of some organic fertilizer.
This will provide plant food for new
growth of the roots and also tighten
the physical nature Of the soil. Lime is
also recommended for this latter pur-
pose In the case Of heavy clay soils.
The roots of all plants must have a
supply of oxygen. Without 1t they can
not delevop. Deprived Of this oxygen,
they die of sufrocation. The plant will
be poisoned by Its own decomposition
products and will starve or become the
pray Of parasite enemies,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

Hewitt Who was that fellow who
In a at Of absent mindedness tried to
light his cigar from the electric iieht7
Jewett-H Hes a Joke writer who makes
q specially Of Jokes about countrymen
blowing out the gas. New York Press
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-
s. During one of Speaker Cannon's BIT
ter political fights In his district In iii.
nois. the opposition resorted to desper-
ate tactics. Among other things,
friends Of Uncle Joe were summarily
dismissed from positions they held In
the public service. Some OF his friends
became alarmed at this. and one Of
them called on the Speaker at his resi-.
dence. and said somewhat excitedly:
Joe. Smith and Jones have lost their
positions in the postofice What are we
going to do about it7''
Uncle Joe took another pun at his
cigar and then aswered. with d beney-
olent smile Nothing, II you 20 into
a battle, you have got to expect to have
some dead and wounded"
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lAs GOOD HUsBANpls HARp ror.
By Louise sstts aiths,


J !
4 --- a Eometinies Il seems to me, that worn and
IN worried wives and mothers forget or at least
III neglect to remember. that good husbands bear
A their equal half of the burden A woman who
~ runs house and cares for children has no
slnecure; this II the truth: but the man who
II has to find every cent to pay for It MI has no
LAN easy snnp Of It either. A woman's work is
never. done, the old saying runs, and where
there are children II truly II done night AZ well
day the mother forever has tho yoke upon her neck
thousand tring duties and exasperations pursue her
like cloud Of mdges So, II she sometimes complains
who blame herr Though there are Thousands who
utter word but do their best always and cheer
fully % long as they live But to the who be-
leves that all that husband does Is 20 downtown and
there while the hours away till o'clock Joyous free
dom would shy that would like her to really know
what 1t means
y TO many man 1t means being virtually slave The
mother at least while she may be slave to her work
order It az It suits her but the who Is servant
OF another must take what 10 said him. obey orders
and put pride-and In many cases principle-in his
pocket On such husbnnd rests always the haunting
responsibility OF maintaining the home He can never
forget that mother and children look him and to him
alone for bread and shl4ter and food This burden is
slight He must stay for every day in the week
at place be It bright dark. clean or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
THE HELPLESS FLUFFY.

There IL a sort Of woman whom all
women despise and most men adore,
and that is the bit OF fun who can't
do anything for herself-when there is
a man around.
She Is not always pretty woman.
.it she We're, women would forgive her.
She is not always q little woman. II
she were, women could stand her.
But sometimes she is old and big and
fat-but helpless. Helpless, too, In
maddening ways. She can't get up a
flight Of steps alone, or over a muddy
crossing. She never can swim, 80 she
requires all the men on the beach to
pull her up when she falls down in
the water. Then she generally weeps
and does kittenish things that make
other women long to slap her.
The men may regard her as null
sance, but they bear with her and walt
on her until self-respectlng women. who
can tie their own shoe laces and button
their own gloves without calling out
the fire department. wonder II 1t pays
to be self-reliant and strong.
Did you ever take the trouble to
watch one Of these women? A small.
rather pretty woman. mean. who was
of the helpless variety?
She watches men as cat watches
mouse-hole. She never. gets helpless
when there are only women about She
can stir around quite nimbly when she
has to. But wait until the mouse
pushes his first whisker out Of his hole !;
wait until she can see little black
speck on the horizon which her instinct
tells her will resolve itself into man.
Presto! Both her-shoe laces come un-
tied, she drops her handkerchief, and
everything In sight becomes unbuttoned.
Yes. said everything In sight.
The man appears and no matter how
much the other women may want him.
he finds himself hooking md button
ing and tying the helpless woman, re-
\ trieving her handkerchief and parasol,
fetching and carrying for her like a
white slave, and and believing what
her tinlid, upward glances tell him Of
+ his strength and bigness land viking
like qualities Of mind and soul and
body.
Meantime the properly hooked and
buttoned women, have to stand around
and grit their teeth and make up their
minds never to be caught again with
everything done They register VOW.
that II 1t Is as easy MS 1t looks they
viii come undone somewhere and make
man tie 'em up.
oh, the motor wells which have to be
kept in place by a man for the help
less woman! The way she can stumble
! over her own feet. II there are no rocks
handy. and the fool way the men fall
Into her traps!
Helpless women are regular man
snares.
They ought to be regulated by the po-
{ lice - chicago Journal
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TooK up HVsnANps 1usINEss

succsss Of Widow Who Runs Blaak-
smith, Csrria9s and Wagon Shop.
Mrs. g, L; orrick IL the name Of a
woman who owns one Of the largest
blacksmith. carriage and wagon shops
= The ciH, says the Denver Post N
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he Knew Their secrets.


Bishop Donahue, Of Wheeling. W.
va, Is a very conservative prelate. He
shares the views of many other bishops
In his communion concerning secret So
cleties. and as a consequence. when the
Knights of Columbus was organized in
his diocese, he was rather chary In af-
fording them official recognition. Final.
~, he became convinced that the order
was not inimical to Church or state,
and as proof of his satisfaction 1t
tended one Of their annual gatherings
A member of the order attempted to
twit him on his skepticism, and he
promptly retorted:
T "You young men imagine that you
belong to secret society; but you are
very much deceived. have been up
In the cupola Of the cathedral. and with
the aid of a telescope have discovered
everything that you have been doing.
Il know all of your signs; know your
passwords, and l even know the col n
of your goat"
Two Is company, but With father In
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and In the spring have al

companies. and In the spring have al
most more than We can do. Z
This experience has shown me one
great thing a man should do, however,
and that is that he never should keep
his saffairs from hls WIFE Although at
the time he thinks he i being Thought.
'ful BY keeping his business affairs from
Iher. he is in reality doing the worst
thing he could possibly do, for IL some-
thing should happen and his wife was
left 40 was, she would not know what
to DO. Woman was made to be a COM com.
ipanion to man, and he should consider
hst ~ such, and not as 4 child" as
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sAcKs 81 GOLD uNpHR Bed.

a Miner Wandered About beaver
with s06 900 In HIS Pockets.
For few days last week Denver
thought 1t was the mining camp OF old,
with sacks Of gold dust, guns and bron.
chos. executing wild and noisy fam
fare. says the Denver Times, II one
could only have obliterated the paved
streets and magnificent buildings and
substituted for q while dusty roads OF
dirt and tents galore, with here and
there a disreputable- looking shsnty thu
Illusion would have been complete. So
did @. w. Scott Of Parnup. New, care
fully treasuring d sack Of dust worth
$s5, 600. think of Denver and Sigh for
the old times, when many men and
many sacks made the city a thrilling
place. AZ s,s
Mr.. Scott arrived last Wednesday
with the dust, the result Of several
months good work In the gold fields
OF Nevada. He registered at the Amer
lean house. and lived as an ordinary
plain American citizen Every time he
looked from the window he saw po-
llceman, and the cravings OF his adyen.
turous soul for excitement were sttlled.
The strong arm Of the law is stronger
in Denver now than it was forty years
ago. After a restless night spent in
sitting by theswindow In silent metiita.
tIon, during which time the sad truth
was forced upon him that he must HE
to the hills IL he wanted to paint the
town, he arose disconsolately. break.
tasted, and as soon as the hour Of
opening the mint arrived he took from
under the bed that $4,000 worth 81
gold dust and hastened IN to the goy.
sernment building. There he pulled out
bunch OF currency that looked to him
like millions.
No one save the mint offlcials knew
that he had the money. All TINT day
and the next he had $4,000 hidden
abont him. and the crooks who mn ssed
him were unaware az It NIL Many A
bad man is now holding i m the wall
some place, weeping at the thought of
the elusive se5 900 and the glorious on.
portunity lost. Just i crack ON the
back OF the head. a speedy search Of
his clothes, and then for the calm : nd