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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
SILENT CRANES.
A Nature Story by One Of the Mount
Taurus Climbers.

A Nature Story by One of the Mount
Taurus Climbers.
The mountaineer glanced compla.
Gently Mt his hard calves.
I'VE climbers" he said, mp there on
the white heights see lots of things
worth seeing. tell you we could II
we wanted to Guido the nature fakirs
without deviating from the truth. For
instance. take the Mount Taurus
cranes. Do you know the cranes Of
Mount Taurus?
Well, these birds IRE great chatter
ers. They chatter. chatter. chatter. as
they fly. Hanged IL they're not worse
than women! Up on the Heights the
eagles lie in wait for them, hidden be-
hind crags or ice blocks. They don't
have to show themselves ut all. Their
ears. not their eyes, tell them Of the
cranes approach, and, swooping down
on those bundles Of feathers and noise,
they take home a mess of crane for
dinner.
with their chatter and babble and
gossip the cranes Of Mount Taurus
give themselves away in that still air
to the eagles, and In all eagle house
holds crane is the staple dish.
But the old cranes fy without a
sound-never word out of them as
they sail and wheel in the blue air.
That seems against nature. and It is
against nature. The old cranes to re-
strain their innate love of talk fly with
lasge stones in their mouths.
Shoot one of these crafty and silent
birds and you will find his beak tight
" closed upon large stone."-Ex-
change.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
eAlLEYs FORD.

Jim Fause drove to Manchester on
business.
Miss Hazel Barr took the train for
Oelwein.
Mrs. Jake Retz of Arlington and so
visited Amsie Stone and family for a
few days.
Thorpe will soon have n new mai
carrier John Robertson will apply
for the job.
Bable Parson and Mrs. C. Dais.
were in Manchester Wednesday.
Roy Grommon and Bert KarteI
we're in Manchester Tuesday of las,
week.
Mrs. G.B.Davis was shopping il
Manchester last Wednesday.
Mrs. Vaudeville was visiting il
Delaware part of last week
Jay and Alva Sheppard were il
Manchester Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Young and fam
lily of Manchester spent Christina!
at the home of Mrs. r. e. Grommon
Mrs. Clara Conner and son Harr!
spent Christmas at j. Joslins.
Orman Hartman of Upton is visit
ing with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j
w. Hartman.
Chas. Glissendorf of White Lake
South Daness--gornutu rnsFiths ,relatiye
week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
THORPE.

Mr.. Wiltse of Manchester drove
through Thorpe Tuesday on his way
to his son, where he spent few days
visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Hooker are the
proud parents of a girl.
Earl Truer Just returned from Kan
sas where he has been visiting his
uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Stone att
Christmas dinner with their daughter,
Mrs. Ballot and family.
H. o. Wiltsie of Manchester ate
dinner with Dan Sark and family.
There was Christmas reunion at
Amsie Stones and all had jolly
good time.
Dan Sark spent a few days at Lit
tleport this week.
Clarence Barr is visiting with his
sister. Mrs. Roy White, at Waterloo
for some time.
Mrs. John Robertson took the train
for ST. Paul where She will visit with
friends for about four weeks before
returning home.
Bill Henderson, and brother Ernest
spent Christmas with Sherman Hen
,dershot and wife.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
-h,uuuGss,sr,rr -,-i- Is ---- ..'.. -i--, -
4 MICROSCOPE.
How II Opens Up the Wonders Of ths
World Of Nature.

World Of Nature.
II you want to keep your boy out Of
mischief, give him microscope, not
one of the elaborate. intricate, expen.
sive affairs that the psychologists usp
when hunting for germs, but II CON.
mon one with two or three lenses that
revolye on pivot and fold into Il
cover which protects them from in
jury when carried IN the pocket.
There is no better way Of interesting
the boy in the wonders OF the natural
world than this simple contrivnnce.
which opens 10 his eyes visions of IL
universe OF which he knew nothing
Seen through the microscope, the most
Insignificant flower becomes thing of
wonderful beauty. The interior of II
nasturtium Is IL fairy cavern. showing
dozen different tints and hnes Of
color, with dainty white stalactites and
stalagmites almost touching each 9TH
er midway between floor and roof.
He will find monsters, too, for the
head Of an ant seen through micro
scope is terrible object. and he can
not help thinking what nm awful as
pect such IL creature would present If
1t were us big us horse. He has
heard about the creatures that are to
be found III water from stagnant
pool. He will find them for himself
and slow Them to other boys, and all
his crowd viii. become interested and
bring In things to look ut and wonder
about. He may not develop into IL Dar-
win. but II lie has any faculty OF OBJ
servation Mt all it will be sharpened
by what he secs. and he will learn that
there is more III nature than what we
discern on the surface. = ST. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
M {fd57t f;6:-

Tho readers Of this paper will b
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its
stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh heiflg constitutional disease
requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken interl,-
ally. acting 'rectly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
tion and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO
much faith In Its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Tole.
do, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
THE ACT Of DYING.
Reasons For Believing That Il 10 an
easy Matter.


The mere ultimate process Of dying
may be relatively easy matter. Any
person who has been long Ill probably
suffers more on any given day Of his
life than he will suffer In the net of
departing from his body. 1t is proba-
BILE that II broken bone, delirious fe-
yer, dlsordered vital organ, may
cause more anguish than the final
struggle. have my doubts whether
the Inst pang is Ms bad as It seems, de
clarcs Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in Har-
per's Bazaar. We are told by surgeons
that chloroformed patients may give
apparent evidence of acute agonies
which they do not feel. Death itself
is often an anaesthetic SO mercifut
that what people Gull Giving trouble
Il obviously worse matter.
/, for instance, who have never faint
ed and never been anaesthetized In my
life,. have twice become from serious
causes unconscious for short time.
and have often wished that could
make over to some recoiling soul whose
name has been heard ringing upon the
last roll call the unspeakable comfort
which that brief experience has given
ME. There was no pang, no terror. no
time, no chance, for either. One seem
ed to glide gently and swiftly down q
warm abyss. flower scented, grass
grown. safe and benefcent. into unut-
terable content One melted into
peace. One drifted into ecstasy beside
which the deepest joys of conscious
ness are poor, pale things.
II one In truth should evade the body
in such moment, death would stand
chosen as the supreme delight Of liv-
ing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
SEEING AND LISTENING.
Nsarsishted Man Wears olasss. In
Talking, but Not In READING.

Here's Il sort of queer thina said
Il nearsighted man. Il am yer, near
sighted Strong glasses are N.dispeu.
sable to me for ordinary. general see
ing in my goings about. but when
sit down 10 read l take or my glasses
and bring the print up To within tho
natural focus of the eye II seems to
me tliat leading with the natural eye
l read with IL more intimate and II
clearer understanding.
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles. and now here is tile thing
that Is queer to me. III when am
reading thus. with my glasses off
somebody comes along to speak to me.
why. then, to get II clear understanding
of that question must have OH my
spectacles.
$50 say. or would say IL this hap.
pened at home where know the peo-
pie. Wait minute till I get on my
spectacles.' and would put them on
and then say. Now so ahead and
really. with my spectacles on. with
my power Of seeing at Its best. with
the sharpest definition of things in
general to the eye. get the clearest
apprehension of things said to me.
$50 in reading do best with my
glasses off. but In understanding things
said to me. in listening. do best with
my glasses on. There Is one moditica-
tion to this-where there is no light.
as In u dark room. where can't see.
can understand equally well with OF
without glasses" New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
HIS THREE WIVES.
They Were All In One Picture. but
Did Not Stay There.

They Were All IN One Picture, but
Did Not Stay There.
Allan Cunningham in his Lives Of
British Painters tells story Of Cop
ley, the father Of Lord Chancellor
Lyndhurst, which reveals what por-
trait painter endures from the vanity
and eccentricity Of his sitters.
A certain man had himself, his wife
and seven children painted by Copley
In n family piece.
ut wants but one thing" said the
man on seeing the finished picture
and that Is the portrait Of my frs,
wife. This one Is my second"
But" replied the artist, ..she IN
dead. What Gun do7 She must
Come in 40 aneos. -
"Oh. no; no angels for me. sh,-
must come In Us u woman
The portrait was added, but several
months elapsed before the man again
called at Copley's studio. and when he
did a strange lady held on to his arm.
II must have another sketch from
your hand, Copley." said he. IAN &c.
cident befell my second wife. This
lady is my third, and she has come to
have her likeness included in the fami-
~ picture
The painter introduced the likeness
of wife No. 3, and the man expressed,
himself satisfied with the portraits CT
his three spouses. But the lady re-
monstrated. Never was such a thing
heard of. Her predecessors must go
The artist painted them out. Thel
the man disputed the price. Copley
sued him, and his son. the future Lord
Lyndhurst. signalized his call to the
bar by gaining his fathers cause
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
LENox COLLEGE.

rrr-f iitlsile -mast Of the out Of town ST.
ways something doing"
A meeting Of the Board of Trustees
was held Tuesday. Beside the mem
'oers who reside in town and county
there were present: Mr.. P. G. Free
man of Independence, C. q. Merriam
of Chicago, Rev. j. W. Incris of Mon
ticello and +. NJ. Benedict of Ana
mosa. The business of the meeting
was to put the endowment pledge iii
shape to be accepted by Mr.. Carnegie
and it is hoped all will be satisfactor
lily completed. by Jan. 1st.
An architect, l. c. Miller. was here
from Chicago last week and looking
over the buildings. Additions are
being planned to both the main col
lege building and Clarke Hall.
Misses Hilda Taylor Of Iowa City
and Florence of Salem, S. d. will
spend the holidays with their father,
Prof. r. B. Taylor.
Floyd Smith, 'O7 OF Iowa City wae
a Christmas visitor.
100 new books have been purchased
for the library.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Tho Blue Sky.

The blue sky which reveals itself MS
the hemispherical vault of the tirma.
ment In the absence of clouds is the
FAR depths of the air sending back to
the observer some part of the solar
Illumination which they receive. The
light thus returned to the eye Is "blue"
simply because the particles of The air
are of such exceedingly diminutive
size that they can effectively deal witt.
only the smallest of the luminous vi.
brations-that is. With the .blue" nm.
dulations. There are Il few faint in.
terminglings of The other colored rays
In the blue of the sky, but they are
IN such trifling quantity that the blue
swallows them up.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
County Correspondence.
Miss Maude wheelock of Earlham

Miss Maude Wheelock of Earlham
and Miss Mae Dunlap, teacher in the
state Normal at Milwaukee are home
for vacation, also f. w. Doolittle of
the State University of Illinois, Rus
sci Doolittle from Rush Medical, Chi
cago and Harry Reeve and Il. b.
Tourtetlot from Madison. Wis.
Mrs. LeClerc went to Monticello
Monday evening.
j. w. Houston is at home for the
rest of the winter from Columbia
Falls, Montana, where he is engaged
i'll the lumber business.
Two young men skated up from
Monticello Thursday afternoon That
is they skated when they did not
walk
f. A. Irish and family were at
Greeley for Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Smith were at
Manchester for Christmas. Mr.. Smith
will also go to Des Moines to attend
a convention of insurance men.
Miss Myrtle Strane is at home from
tile state Normal.
Prof. W. B. Guthrie of Columbia
college N. Y, visited a couple of days
with his father and sister.
Miss Bessie Isbel of Kansas City
is visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Harper.
Mr.. Harry Thorpe and friend from
Rush Medical college, Chicago, Wis
fitted last week at the home of S. P
Thorpe.
Mrs. Will Campbell is among the
sick ones.
Mrs. Brooks and daughter Carrie
We're called to Edgewood last Wednes
day by the serious illness of the LITTLE
one of Mr.. and Mrs. Blanchard.
The annual New Years dinner @
the Presbyterian church will be hell
in the basement Friday Jan list, afte
which the business meeting of tn
congregation will be held.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
EAp,s GROVE.

Jennie Timm came home from Ep
worth to spend Christmas
Lem Harris and family returned or
Tuesday from few days visit with
relatives near Colesburg.
The Grove was well represented at
the dance in Greeley on Thursday
night.
Miss Nellie Fowler and Henry May
were united in Marriage at Manches-
ter on Wednesday, December 23 and
went from there to spend the holidays
with the formers brothers at Hanlon-
town and GAINESVILLE, Iowa. Their
many friends in this vicinity join in
wishing them long and happy wedd.
ed life. They will make their home
in Edgewood.
John Lash and wife ate Christmas
dinner with the formers parents in
Greeley.
Grandpa Way visited his son Sam
recently.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Towslee, who have
been visiting at Jas. Retherford's, left
for Cedar Rapids on Saturday from
which place they will go to Topeka,
Kansas, and from thence home at
at Colby. Kansas.
Harry and Lottie Way drove to
Manchester on Wednesday. Their
who has been serving on the jury,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
.statl.ties

In al probability the first adminlstra.
tive act of the first regular government
was to number Its lighting men and to
ascertain MS nearly rs was possible
what amount Of taxntion could be
levied OH the rest of the community
AS human society grew more highly
organized there can be no doubt that a
very considerable body Of official sta.
tistics must have come into existence
We know that such was the case Iii
Greece, Rome and Egypt, but 1t was
not until within the last two or three
centuries that systematic use Of the in.
formation available began for purposes
OF investigation rather than mere ad-
ministration.-New York American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
QUEER TITLES.
Bestowed on His Favorites BY an En-
peror of Haiti.

Bestowed on His Favorites by an EN-
peror of Haiti.
Among the whimsical titles which
appear on the pages Of national history
few are more apparently frivolous than
the Duke of Marmalade. the Count of
Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy.
They are or were. however, real titles
bestowed by Il genuine monarch on
three of his favorites. and that. too.
during the last century.
In 1911 Il revolution occurred in
Haiti. and Christophe. a negro. declared
himself emperor. Through conspiracy
and plot. his life often attempted. he
retained power till 1920, preserving tn
the last the pageantry of royal court
and creating Il numerous nobility,
Among them We're the three already
V,r-rTs--t1rIv.-
mas suggested to nan. writer's the
righteousness OF the African character
In fact: however. all three names
were those of places. the first two he
Ing originally plantations. but latterly
towns of some importance. This not
being generally known. nisapprehen.
sion has arisen with regard to the
titles themselves. which, however alb.
surd. were scarcely more SO than some
which We're bestowed In France and
Germany during the middle ages
Pearson's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
t.axssn Of IsAyAiea, Minnesota, Misl

tasssn Of HAyAied. Minnesota! Mics
Grace Laxson OF Hopkinton; Mrs.
Victoria Hornibrook of Cedar RAJ
pids; Mrs. Bertha Staehle of Cedar
Rapids; Reba Murley of Centeryille,
Iowa and Julia Smith of Manchester.
Those who spent Christmas away
from home were: G. Il. Williams at
Center Junction; h. l.. Biernert and
wife at Waterloo; Norton Klaus and
llarry Staehlc at Dubuque and Chas.
Thamnan at Emmetsberg.
Yves Clemens aud family of Man
chester spent Sunday with relatives.
John Jones of Chicago spent Sun
day with relatives.
Miss Mary Lanners of Dyersville
is visiting at the home of w. B. Lo-
gan.
Miss Marie Howieler of Manches.
ter spent Sunday with her parents.
Miss Erma Snowtlen. of Fayette
spent Christmas day at the home of
j. NJ. Dunn.
w. B. Logan left for Lathrop. Mis-.
souri,, to attend the funeral OF his
brother who died at that place Tues
day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
EARLvlLLE.

Those who were at home for the
holidays were: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Pulver of Ames Iowa, at Henry Tiet-
ge's; Carl Howieler of Wentworth,
South Dakota, at the home of his
parents; Mrs. Hamper and son, Hen
ry Nagel, of Arlington at Mrs Phil
lips; Edward Alcorn of Nebraska at
the home of w. A. Alcorn; Jas. Broad
lie, wife and baby ut C. A. Kendall's;
Edward Peters of Duluth, Minnesota,
at II. Stumpf's; Miss Mary Gardner,
OF Delhi, Iowa, at A. b. Healey's; A.
NJ. Cloud and wife ofNlanchester at
the home of his mother; Mr.. and
Mrs Irons of Mount Vernon at Chas
Robinson's; David DeBest of Hopkin-
ton at the home of C. II. Laxson's;
John Cattron of Minneapolis; Yves
IIolscher of Dubuque; Roy Klaus of
Chicago; Samuel Dittmer of Chicago;
Gerald Staehle, Clyde Murley, Min
ME and Margarite Laxon and Clara
Hamilton of Fayette; Miss Emma
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30


1t is not likely that any English
speaking people understand 30 keen
and punctillous devotion to the nice.
ties Of language as that which charac
terlzes the French grammarians. We
may help ourselves to understand 1t
perhaps by reading story told Of NJ
Lamany.
One night he awoke and sprang GU
OF bed with wild cry. His wife cam.
running He was in alarm and de-
spair.
"Why. what is the matter9" she
gasped.
II dreamed" said the professor.
"Oh. 1 had horrible, heartrending
dream!''
what was it,"
II dreamed was talking, and dis,
tinctly heard myself utter a sentence
which had a grammatical error in it!''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
Liberty.


The spirit of liberty is indeed a bold
and fearless spirit. but 1t is also a
sharp sighted spirit. It is cautious.
sagacious. discriminating. farseeing in
telligence. 1t is jealous of encroach.
ment, jealous of power. jealous Of
man. 1t demands checks, 1t seeks for
guards. 1t insists on securities, 1t in
trenches itself behind strong defenses
and fortifies itself with all possible
care against the assaults of ambition
and passion. 1t does not trust the
amlablc weaknesses of human nature.
and therefore 1t will not permit power
to overstep Its prescribed limits.
though benevolence. good intent and
patriotic purpose come along with 1t.
Neither does 1t satisfy itself with
fashy and temporary resistance to IL
legal authority. Far otherwise. 1t
seeks for duration and permanence.
1t looks before and after, and, building
on the experience Of ages which are
past. 1t labors diligently for the bene.
fit of ages to come.-Daniel Webster.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
His Plan Was simnl..


Frederick the Great once requested
his generals to submit to him plans of
campaign for II supposititious case.
Huns Joachim Won Ziethen, the famous
cavalry general, produced II queer dia-
-e--.AA In hlaalz i,Ai.----I represented a
big blot In the aAntet, rnteisecleu ny
TWO black lines. whose four terminals
ended each in Il smaller blot. The king
was furious and upbraided his old com.
rade In arms bitterly for what he con.
sidered disrespect.
In explanation Won Ziethen said.
why, your majesty, am the large
blot In the center. The enemy is any
one of the four smaller blots. He can
march upon me from the right or left,
from the front or rear. II he does
simply advance upon any of the -four
lines and lick him where find him"
Frederick was satisfied.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
DEL HI.

Mr.. and Mrs. Cias. Pulvcr from
Amcs are spending few days with
relatives at this place.
Miss Ella Burton is home from
Minneapolis for two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Haight and chill
dren of Oneida visited here last week
Louis Hackbarth came home from
Waterloo Business college for the hol-
idays.
Mrs. Lydia Lett of Dundee visited
her sister, Mrs. w. F. Neal. last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stewart and
children of Stanley visited relatives
here last week.
Mrs. May Byerly came home from
Iowa City to spend Christmas. Hei
many friends We're pleased to see her
recovering her health.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcclure of Wa
basha, Minnesota, were here for the
holidays.
JAMES buFloH dFiiVeu iioM hoi
tana last week to spend Christmas
with his family.
J Miss Addie Jakelin of Upton is Wis
iting her parents.
DIR. and Mrs. Wintenberg spen
Christmas in Epworth.
Mrs. Charles Howard and son
Dale and little grandson Kenneth Q
Dubuque are visiting at F. NJ. Byer
|ly's.
al Billings and family spent Chris
mas at harrisburg with relatives.
4 A. H. Bentz is at Fayette helpin
to care for his grandfather, who fe
last week and broke both bones i
his leg.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-30
ONEIDA.

Mr.. Rowland of Wood was a bust
ness caller here the first of the week.
Perry Smith and wife of Thorpe
was calling on old frindes here Satur-
day.
Ed Seger of St. visited at the
j. B. Durham home Monday.
Miss Eva Rector of Manchester
spent Christmas at home.
Miss Amy Dudley of Manchester
spent Sunday with her friend, Madon-
ma Breckon.
Miss Ethel Breckon is home on a
two weeks vacation from Sac City,
where she teaches in the High school.
Mrs. j. w. Howe of West Union
visited her son, ]. B. Howe, several
days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs.J.B.Dunham attended
the Christmas tree at the Congrega-
tional church at Manchester Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. Guy Smith and children went
TO Delhi Thursday to spend Christ
mas with her parents.
James Parker of Minneapolis is
spending a few days with his par
ents north of town.
Mrs Arthur Cougar spent Christ
mas at the Horton home in Coggon.
Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Stimson and son
of Oelwein We're in town Thursday
on their way to Monticello to spend
Christmas at the j. 2. Benedict
home
Miss Mary Boone of Edgewood
spent several days the past week
with her sister Ruby.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Joslyn went to
Coggon on Thursday to attend the
wedding Of a cousin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Haight and
daughters, Ellen and Adelaide and Mrs
J. b. Smith spent Christmas at Del
hi