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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

TOURISTS 7Y1SITING- THE
One OF the most fascinating expeditions which the
tourist in Egypt has before him the excursion to the
famous step pyramids of sakkara which lies some ten
miles south of Cairo. The route on approaching the
pyramids lies through fields of clover lentils and
vetches among which tethered little groups of goats
and in the of native children There are no
fewer than eleven pyramids to be found in Sahara
Some Of them explored by NJ. Maspero the author
Egyptian life One pyramid is that of Unas 1888 B. c.
Another is that of Teta 1866 B. G.. The famous step
pyramid is supposed to have been built by monarch of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
MRS. coRNwA111s WEST.

Beautiful American Whose English
Marringes Proved Happy Ones.
The marriage of Jennie Jerome,
daughter of the late Leonard Jerome.
of New York, some years ago to Lord
Randolph Churchill was considered at
that time one of the most interesting
of the international alliances lat that
time comparatively few In number.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE.
There were idle thoughts came in the
door,
And warmed theid little toes,
And did more mischief about the
house
Than any one living knows.
They scratched the tables and broke
the chairs,
And soiled the floor and wall
For a motto was written above the
door,
There's welcome here for ALL"
When the master saw the mischief
done
He closed it with hope and fear,
And he wrote above. instead, "Let
Save good thoughts enter here.
And the good little thoughts came
trooping in,
When he drove the others out;
They cleaned the walls and they
swept the floor
And sang as they moved about.
s
And last of all an angel came,
With wings and shining face,
And above the door he wrote: "Here
Love has found a dwelling place.
Little Folks
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
STRANGE FRIENDS.

IN the little village of selworthy.
near Minehead, rabbit and a ferret
have been living amicably together
in one cage for upward of three
months. The owner of the ferret
placed in its box, for the purpose Of
food, a young wild rabbit, but to
his great surprise the ferret, also a
young one, instead of killing 1t. show.
ed friendly regard for 1t, which has
not been disturbed, although Other
rabbits so introduced have promptly
come to an untimely end. Home
Notes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Got Too Important,

"What has become Of the maid you
thought such q prize?"
"Oh, | had to let her got" replied
the second fashionable woman. AFTER
her operation for appendicitis she
thought she was one Of US. -PAiladel.
phia Ledger,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

me nrst dynasty In fact 1t is regarded an early pro
otype from which the more complete nyram,ds ~ civh
We're evolved This year the Nile dams at Assouan and
Assout have completely ylncated their existence The
Nile flood is actually the lowest which has occurred since
the year 1877 When Egypt was practically reduced to
famine, but owing the existence of the great do =.
Assouan and the barrnge at Assout the whole of mid
die Egypt and every part of the heayiyladen deta win
receive siciency of water we are therefore faced
win tne seeming paradox Of record low Nile and
record harvest in the year-a compete
OF the policy which planned the barrage-Loudon
Sphere.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF THE NEeRo
BY British Ambassador

In South Africa and the West In
dies negro education Is advancing
and the arts and customs of clviliza-
tlon have made way. Nowhere, per-
shaps, does the progress seem to be
quite SO satisfactory, or, at'nny rate,
quite SO Interesting and full of
promise, as in Basuto land, where
n Kaffir people of several hundred
thousand souls is developing, under
the guidance Of British officials, but
retaining Its own tribal system, It's
own chiefs. IFS own language In
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
FIVE LITTLE GEESE.

When Mabel went to Holland shA
saw the canals running right through
the middle of the streets Sometimes
the water in these canals came right
up to the doorsteps of the houses,
and SO when one little girl wanted to
see another little girl, she had to
climb into boat and row across the
water. Mabel saw, all along the
shore, very strange sight. She saw
babies tied to the door posts so that
they could not tumble into the water,
and, even chickens and ducks AMI
geese We're tied in this way. Now,
Mabel was afraid of geese, because
geese Missed at her, whenever they
came near. One bright April morn.
ing this little girl and another little
girl were caring their luncheon In
little grove. Mother and father and
Uncle Jim were near by, but in spite
Of this these two little girlies were
frightened very much indeed. Just as
they opened their basket of sand
witches and cakes and fruit, little
DuISu 6lIl CduiS WATERING ny III aeA
wooden shoes. and following after her
were three big geese. Perhaps these
geese smelled the plum cake and
sandwiches, for they popped through
hole in the hedge just as quick as
wink. and made for the basket of
good things. Over went the basket
and up jumped Mabel and Dorothy
and away they ran with shrieks Of
terror, while the geese ate up the
lunch as fast as possible. The little
Dutch girl went clacking on her way,
for she could not see over the hedge,
and by the time mother and father
and Uncle Jim came to the rescue the
lunch was well demolished, and the
geese were flying UP the road after
their little mistress. Uncle Jim de-
clared that there were five little geese
in the grove that day. Now, who
were the other two geese? Can you
guess ?-Child's Hour
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

What became of the young man you
used to 60 WITH"
II don't know"
Il heard rumor that he died"
"He did.''-Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

A boy gets an orange SO dirty when
he peels 1t that no one but his mother
will take bite when he tries to be
gallant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
. sNAPDRAGoN SEED PODS.

~ !. ! rs n. ftI- 4 e. y
The antirrhinum, or snapdragon, lie
one of the old-fashioned garden flow
ers known by every one. Although
it is a visitor from southern Europe
it has been here so long that it has
become naturalized. When we say
lions mouth frogs mouth calls
mouth" rabbits mouth" we mean.
snapdragon, all these names being
suggested by its grotesque, masklike
scorolla But there is something still
more grotesque If we will wait till
the seed time and gather the dried,
brown skeleton of the seed pod. Look
at them sideways, under bright
lamp-light if possible, and you will
find they have quite resemblance to
rhinocercs. Remove the calyx and
the little horns on the nose, and look
at them from the front, and they have
still more striking resemblance to
human skulls, and by turning them
about you get all sorts of queer ex.
pressions on the grinning mouth
From Nature and Science in st. Mich
olas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
SMALLEST DEER IN THE WORLD.

+ !. 3.
The mouse deer. is the chevrotain.
one of the smallest of hoofed animals.
1t stands less than twelve inches in
height at the shoulder. The prevails
ing color of the fur is brown, finely
tspeckled with yellow. The spots are
large and sometimes run into each
other and form stripes. The under
parts of the body are white. 1t pos
sesses the peculiar habit Of walking
on. the tips of its hoofs. This lends a
stiffness to the legs, which has gained
for the chevrotain the reputation OF
having no knee joints. 1t has no
horns or .antlers. But, as in the case
of the musk deer, the male is provid-
ed with large canine teeth or tuskD
in the upper jaw. 1t is of exceedingly
timid disposition, and lies hidden in
the jungles throughout the day and
only ventures to feed in the early
morning and after dusk in the even.
ing. In captivity this tiny, native II
India is gentle, quite tame, but al
ways Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

What an added respect little boy
haa for his sisters knowledge when
be sees her mixing his fayorIte kind
Of eaka
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
From the Mouth. q B.be.

'.ls 1t true we're made Of dust, Aun,
tie?s
Eyes, DEAR
y hen why don't we turn muddy
whes We drlpk7s "a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

One of the latest curiosities in Ia
Dor circles is the formation Of PAIL
hearers Union IN Alexandria, Va.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

Shake the hand of some men and
you shake secret out Of them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
MY LIFE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME-.

The end Of life! No such end exists, 1t cam
not exist, and no science can discover It. The
law of direction, the path Of life? Yes. Re-
liglon is wisdom, II you like replies to this. 1t
answers that it gives the lie to all the ways:
that do not follow the one truth. BY the ne,
CATION of false directions it Indicates and
Eliminates the only true way. This is how
Ii nresents itself to me Tho laun Of orranio
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

life Is strife the law Of life reasoning conscious life 10
unon love. Above the organic life, above the life Of
struggle. is born the life OF linked to the first.
The end is evident destroy the struggle estab
lish union where there dscord, at first among men,
then between and animals and finally between anil
mails and plnnts
would wish to accomplish the will of Cod and to de-
sire nothing passionately as that one thing Il 1t
possible? Yes, 1t is possible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
OUR IGNORANCE OF OUR DESTINY. s.
BY Maurice MaekerIlncA Il Z.


f---l In the invincible ignorance where we are our
IN Imagination has the choice of our eternal des-
Il nv TIMES. first hypothesis is that Of absolute
M humiliation. second hypothesis, ardently
caressed by our blind instincts, promises the
preservation, or less integral through the
II II infnity of time, of our conscences9 or Of our
7IN actual ego Remains a double hypothesis Of a
- survival with consciousness with a con-
sciousness enlarged transformed Of which that which
we possess today cannot give any idea, which 1t
rather prevents from conceiyng just as our mper-
feet eye prevents from conceylng other light than
that which passes between subred and ultraviolet.
hypothesis resolves itself into simple question con
sciousness. To say, for example we tempted to
do that survival without consciousness is equivalent to
annhilation is argue prori and without reflection
this problem of the principal and the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
couNTRY,s DUTY TO THE INDIANS,
BY Bishop Hendrix

1t is not enough to make the Indians owners:
In seyeralty OF their lands and to teach them
to till the soil and to trade; to teach them
the laws of health and sanitation. That ls
simply to clyilize them. One duty is to do
more-we must Christianize them.
The Indian must know of revealed relig-
ion and not simply the religion OF nature. He
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

the Great Spirit It Is not the bringing of the Indian
to civilization that is needed but the taking civza
ton to the Indian, not as veneer but the fruit
Christianity. We owe him than rations !; we are
his debtor to give him the Gospel that saves Already
10000 Indians have become American citizens. They
have needed paternal missions to make them strong
citizenship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

S4Nc~l~~>co~o>oc>~
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

The bruise is still visible. There was
some confusion among the passengers
and I heard Captain Jones explain:
"Its :all right, ladies. there is no dan
ger We struck submerged pile"
/ stretched myself to height of
about 800 feet when l stepped ashore
and made few pictures in1the vicin-
ity Of the ferry depot From the ferry
/ stepped to Third and Market streets.
and there 1 experienced the disappoint-
ment of my life. / have been proud,
as all San Franciscans have right
to be. OF the new city and had often
said to myself: Guess the people on
Mars will get some ideas on architec-
ture by the time we get few more
skyscrapers up" !,
looked down and there were no
skyscrapers. The Hearst building was
the only one that looked familiar. OF
that you get the same view from the
sky as you do from the sidewalk:
Everywhere else, however, saw moth
ing but water tanks and smoking chim-
neys The water tanks were all ugly.
Those of the chimneys that were not
round were rectangular.
Disappointed 1 walked to the top Of
Mob hill On my way up | slipped and
IN regaining my footing nearly kicked
the Fairmont hotel into the bay.
never felt so lonesome in my life.
There was nobody TO talk to and not
an object in sight that looked familiar
Stepping from Mob hill to California
street 1 looked around and my eyes
met a picture that pleased, then
astounded me. Just beside my shoul-
der. I had unstretched somewhat by
then, L saw a homelike little cabin.
Ceraniums were blooming in boxes set
on the window sills and on line out
side. modest wash" was fluttering in
the breeze. AS I watched the familiar
perspective 1t occurred to- me that
frame cabins are not usually set on
elaborate foundations of stone and
steel. I looked around, established my
bearings and realized that what | saw
was the home of the janitor set on the
roof of the Kohl building.
Just then the whole world began to
shake and tremble, great weight fell
on nay shoulder and voice said:
Better wake up and be ready for a
quick jump; we're nearly alongside"
But got the pictures Just the same.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

luton expressing appreciation OF my
confidence and appropriating for my
use as mark OF their esteem the
power to- realize wish
This is how, a few weeks ago. /
found myself nearly 800 feet high.
Limited by nature to the modest
height of 5 feet 9 inches I thought that
being a giant for a few hours would
be about the most exciting experience
that my chance to have what I wanted
could give me. I was wrong. When
I first shot UP above the heads OF the
skyscrapers 1 imagined that this ele-
vation was the fairies reward for
years OF loyal credulity I know now
that the real reward was the perfect
contentment with feet 9 inches that
followed my return to the grounding
class.
was on board a launch on my way
to visit a warship when / got my
sudden growth The sensation would
have been alarming II the transition
had been less sudden. One minute
was Just a foot 9 reporter. tell
ing my launchman that the officer OF
the deck was signaling him to &c
alongside the starboard gangway. The
next second I was standing in the mid
die Of the bay, waist deep, gazing
with some bewilderment down four
circular pipes. from two Of which came
smoke that made me sneeze. I have
sneezed before when on the bay but
never did sneeze of mine cause such a
comrnotion. The water in which was
standing frothed white. heard voice
yelling something about an earthquake
and looking downs discovered that the
row of circular holes were the exits
of the smokestacks of the warship, or
which the greatest confusion appeared
to prevail
I realized that the fairies had de.
Iivered the goods, that was for the
time the greatest thing in giants thai
the world had ever seen. and that my
sneeze had nearly wrecked a s2.00o,o0l
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

warship.. Afraid that they might pelt
me with what looked like bean shoot
ers, but which knew to be 10 inch
guns. 1 waded up Mission bay to the
Pacific Mail wharf, where the liner
China was about to sail for the orient
My appearance there caused no com
.ment. except from Captain Wilson, who
in polished phrase. condemned some
of his men for the untimely letting go
Of line. 1t was not their fault
The line had been in my way and 1
had stepped on IL. From this mol
dent I learned that my fairy friends
in endowing me with the power to
stretch had also made me invisible.
I am going to tell Captain Wilson about
1T some day and ask him what 1t was
he said that day that smelled so like
birthstone At first thought the China
was on fire.
From the viewpoint OF foot 8.
the China Is one OF the handsomes 81
steamships on the Pacific AS seen bv
real higher up-I was about 160 feet
tall then-the pretty liner looked like
leviathan nounder with a curiously
carved box on its hack. The passen-
gers and crew as well as the crowd
on the wharf, looked like lot of ants.
and as the liner left the wharf and
passed between my legs I took several
sndpSnOtS SO Inat the memory or the
strange sight might be preserved
Secure in my invisibility.' waded
back TO the warship and. made a few
more pictures. There discovered that
my camera was not invisible. L no.
ticed the atoms on the cruisers deck
pointing to the picture box Bending
low, 1 heard a bluejacket sing out to
the officer OF the deck:
Some crSnk taking pictures from a
kite camera. sir, but / can't see no
kite
1 breathed easier and snapped away.
Wading to the foot OF Market street,
stepping carefully to avoid capsizing
ferry steamers, I decided to take a
walk uptown On my way from man
Of war row to the ferry depot l met
with my first rnishap. / moved one
leg to let a Key Route steamer go by,
and so intent was / in watching the
yellow turtle that 1 failed TO see the
big Berkeley. which as. 1t went by
barked the skin of nay right knee.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

IT FEW weeks ago, Tor rev
hours. I was from 100 to 900
IA feet tall raising or lowering
my stature at will and # oc~
Cured to me- that some account OF
my experience as an adjustable giant
might be OF interest to you groundlings
whose lot by reason OF my temporary
emancipation am the more contented
70 share.
From the days OF my babyhood my
belief and confidence in the lore Of
fairyland have been implicit. For what
the fairies failed to supply I drew
upon an imagination that knew no
logic and respected no bounds. II
financial limitations compelled alb
stine,ce from indulgence in steam
yachts. airships. submarine boats and
other expensive toys that fairy god
mother imagination made Il easy to
eopfp rough plank IN a still pool
BY the seaside with more magnificence
than modern Croesus ever lavished on
q pastime hobby. The conversion OF
q stone into a submarine cruiser was
merely a matter Of selection and pro-
lection. and the adventures TO be had
with q toy balloon were without end.
II the, toy balloon was not available a
soap bubble would serve and even soap
bubbles were not essential. so good
to me IN boyhood days was the fairy
Rodmother.
Those days have gone and in place
O. the travels IN fairyland have come
problems the solving OF which may
not be- left to the fairy godmother.
Wishing still. comes easy and think
81 was because the reality Of fairyland
,r me has never faded that Titania
rself came to me a few weeks ago
Informed me that the fairies in
acn assembled had passed reso-
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
bv Lindsay Campbell.

Y FEW weeks ago. for a few
hours, ! was from 100 to 300
feet tall, raising or. lowering
my stature at viii and # oc-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

of the same depth. Into this some of the grains
would lodge, and by and by it was nearly filled.
Then one day an ant of much larger size and who
acted to ne as If he was a sort of boss or inspec-
tor came up out of the hollow and went to looking
around. The accumulation of mine waste behind
that bark appeared to catch his eye and he hur-
ried down the trunk. passed around and over 1t,
inspected 1t from all sides and then hurried ex-
citedly back to the opening above. am not pre-
pared to say what he did the next few seconds,
but when he reappeared at the end of that time
and came hurriedly down the tree to the pocket
he was accompanied by a dozen OF more of the
smaller ants, which, apparently under his orders,
went to work clearing the debris from that pocket
and dropping it to the mound below until it was
all removed.
That's all exceedingly amazing!' I found my
self saying to myself, but what's to hinder the
ants from filling that pocket from above the same
as before? And what difference does 1t make,
anyhow
Just what difference it made l, of course, will
never know. but the boss ant must have thought
it made a difference or he wouldn't have ordered
the pocket cleaned out; but l soon found out what
would hinder it from filling up again. From the
time the debris was removed from behind that OBJ
%structing bit of bark the procession of ants that
bore the mined wood from the depths carried
their burdens down below the pocket before dump
ing them.
After l had watched this further exhibition
Of intelligent management a long time / inter
fered to save the extra labor and stripped the far
ing piece Of bark OF the tree. The ants made
several trips down to where II had been, though
before they seemed to become aware of the re-
moval Of the obstruction. Then they resumed
their old dumping place at the mouth of the open
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Love of His Violins

He regards his vtohns with almost the love of a parent. He
has eighteen of them. His own he has had more than seventy
years. One of them was formerly owned by Father Desmythe,
a missionary among the Blackfeet Indians. Upon his death it
was kept as a sacred relic by the chief of the. tribe in a buckskin
bag for forty years. Major Croft looks on the violin IS the most
wonderful Of musical instruments, eulogized not too strongly by
Oliver Wendell Holmes who wrote as follows:
"Viohns! The sweet old Amai! The divine Stradivari! Played
on by ancient maestro until the bow hand lost its power and the
flying fingers stinened. Bequeathed to the passionate young en-.
thusiast who made it whisper his hidden love and cry his inartcu-
late longings and scream his untold agonies and wall his monoton-
Gus despair. Passed from his dying hand to the cold virtuoso who
let it slumber in its case for a generation till when his hoard was
broken up 1t came forth once more and rode the stormy symphonies
Of royal orchestras beneath the rushing bow of their lord and
leader. Into lonely prisons with improvement artists; into converts
from which arose day and night the holy hymns with which
Its tones were blended; and back again to orgies where it learned
to howl and laugh as If a legion of devils were shut up in it; then
again to the gentle dillettante who Gained 1t down with easy
melodies until 1t answered him softly a s in the days of the old
maestros; and so given into our hands, Its pores all full of music,
stained like the meerschaum through ano through with the con.
centrated hue and sweetness of all the harmonies which have kind
led and faded on It's strings"
Judging by the vigor of Major Croft, he may live far past
the century mark. He himself declares he would rather die be-
tween now and morning" He is not at all OF a respondent nature
but he considers his usefulness past, a view In which his MANY
friends by no means concur.