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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowlesl

(Anna Farwell de Koven, wife of Regi-
maid de Kaven, the composer. is well
known as an author Among her first lit
erary work may be mentioned her trans
lation of Pierre Lofts Iceland Fisher
man." which was praised by the critics
In 1884 appeared her first novel The Saw
dust Doll" dealing with society in New
port and New York, Mt went through ten
editions and was republished in England
and India. Her novel, by the Waters of
Babylon" was also distinct success
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

Mrs. A.-That's nothing. My hus-
band writes cheques in mine every
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

Horace.-How merrily the leaves
are dancing over the ground in the
breeze!
Loraine-Yes; they're about the
only things that the summer left pref
ty we'll off
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

A wireless tragedy with the man
with a nose for news as a victim.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-02-06

All this is true with a solemnlty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
A GREAT WRESTLER.
His Encounter With the Gar and His
isnohle Reward.

His Encounter With the Gar and His
isnohle Reward.
One of the stories of Peter the Great
which are current ut the court Of st.
Petersburg Is of the great cars wres-
tling match with young dragoon.
Once In the imperial palace-so the
story goes-Feter was at table with
great many princes and noblemen,
and soldiers We're posted within the
hall. The czar was In Joyous mood,
and, rising, called out to the company:
Listen, princes and boyars! Is there
among you one who will wrestle with
the czar?" There was no reply, and
the car repeated the challenge.
No prince or nobleman dared to wrcs.
tie with his sovereign. But all at once
young dragon stepped out from
the ranks of the soldiers on guard.
Listen. orthodox czar." he said. 81
will wrestle with thee" "Well, young
dragon" said Peter, II Will wrestle
with thee, but on these conditions: II
thou throwest me, will pardon thee,
but If thou art thrown thou shalt be
beheaded. Wilt the: wrestle on those
conditions?"
II will, great car" said the soldier.
They closed, and presently the soldier
with his left arm threw the czar and
with his right ho prevented him from
falling to the ground. The sovereign
was clearly beaten. The czar offered
the soldier whatever reward he should
claim, and he ignobly claimed the
privilege Of drinking free as long as
he lived In all the inns belonging to
the crown. What became Of him his.
tory does not say.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR.
But ,Thsrs Was One to Whom ehs
Would Always BE Beautiful

s~s'-
Would Always Be Beautiful
The blind boy raised a rapt face to
the lights
sand my mothery' he ssfd question
lingiy. 'sTell me how she looks again.
shall soon be able to sse, and ! know
| I shall find one more beautiful than all
1.-THE rest and cry .sfotAer, mother! Why
do you not spesx
His sensisss face was turned re-
tproachful, toward his father. You
.haye M Aysstold me how lovely she is.
She mot taller than my shoul-
i SsaH thai 70, g VI = ~ =.
I rheI old man laid his arm over the
lads seshoulders.
sYou must know now what your
blindness would have kept you from
knowing" he said. "Your mother il
not fair and beautiful now in face, but
her soul is what God made for moth
err. When you can see, look for the
face which holds the greatest love.
You Will not be mistaken. 1t will be
your mothers"
/ The great surgeon looked for a mo-
ment or two into the sightless eyes and
then turned and laid his hand on the
fathers trembling arm.
"Only God can make him see, my
friend" he said kindly. 'Your boy
was born blind. and human skill can.
not help him."
The blind boy was the first to speak,
and he laid his arm around the sud
denly aged form of his father.
"Come," he said, "let US 80 back to
mother. She will always be beautiful
to me now," and they turned and gave
place to the others.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
c.u.tle Whistler.

Whistler's caustic wit is shown by
the following anecdote:
"Of one who was held to be Eng.
lands most brilliant young artist, Yes
he said thoughtfully, he's clever. but
there's something common in every.
thing he does, SO what's the use Of
itY"
Like many great men, he had but
little time for any but his own work.
.'He told me story demonstrating this
most clearly. His "Socturne In Blue
and Gold, Valparaiso" was In the Hill
collection In Brighton. Mr.. Hill had
two galleries and well known collec.
tion, eventually sold at Chrlstie's
Whistler went down to see Mr.. Hill
and said he:
~ was shown into the galleries and
of course took chair and sat looking
at my beautiful "Nocturne." Then, as
there was nothing else to do, went
tn Sleep Sidney Starr's Personal
Recollections of Whistler" in Atlantic,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
Hook swinainu In senoal.

The people Of Gangutia. IN Bengal.
have or used to have barbarous prac.
tice called hook swinging. They deck
themselves out with garlands aud then
assemble together to undergo tile alost
horrible torture. A wire about II quar-
ter Of an inch In diameter md seven
feet long is pierced through the tongue
and then the wretched being will dance
for over half an hour with the wire
still hanging through the tongue.
Some of them form themselves into a
row and are then sewed together by a
wire needle threaded with cord. They
are sewed by the arms and look like
herrlngs on wire when ready for the
hook. 1t is thought that the victims
are drugged considerably beforehand
owing to the sullen. dazed expression
they wear throughout but Syometimes
one or two faint and are with great
difficulty brought round agslA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
BURIED HER VOICE.
Why Pauline Lucea Never Sang Ate
Her Husbands Death,

Why Pauline Lueea Never Sang After
Her Husbands Death.
Great stage artists die twice-the
first time, when they take leave of the
stage and set aside the harp; the Sec
md time, when, like ordinary mortals,
hey so the way of all ilesh-and who
,iows but this last act is not. more
carablr, not less dreadful, than the
irst. when, after all the binding glory,
t!ie sllad0wy curtain of oblivion de-
scei,ds? For Pauline Lucca this first
let was of long duration-nearly twen-
tN years. She had time to outllve her
glory and to become acquainted with
the bad memory of mankind Ilka
Horwiz-Barnay tells this story in con-
nectloir with visit which she made
to the Lucca home in Vienna: ~ ask
ed, DO you ever singY Ne! No!
Never! she almost shouted. \ never
sing, for lost my voice, lost 1t sud-
.lenly, by suggestion, through the will
OF another After being urged TO ex-
plain she exacted a promise Of secrecy
until she was no more and said:
You know. my husband, the Baron
Won Watihofen, was sick for long
time and heard little singing. When
( did sing for him it had to be an old
song which disliked, but he was
fond OF 1t because Of Its words. One
evening we had few friends here.
He was feeling somewhat better and
had his chair wheeled into the draw
ing room. To please him sang his
favorite song He wept with pleasure.
Then he took my two hands and
caressed them, stroked my hair and
Imy face and whispered to me: ''rhank
you! Thank you'll You are an angel!'
And, still caressing me, he said, $50
shall take your voice with me to the
graven laughed and said, "Yor
will outlive my voice and me-" But
he repeated, II shall take your voice
with me to the gravev' Two day.
later the baron died. and was nevel
able after his death to sing note -
Vienna Neue Freie Presse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

in workmanlike manner. There
is too much poor shocking done
throughout the country as 9 result
oflwhich great deal Of damage is
usually done to the small grain chat
could be avoided.
Good shocking alone is not suffic.
lent. Z The grain should be stacked,
Don't take unnecessary risks by
leaving your entire crop, or even q
part of it, stand in the shock to
wait for the threshers. Experience
has time and again demonstrated
that to be very poor plan, to say
the least. Even if you think you
can get threshing machine a week
after your grain is. ready to be
threshed, do not wait. You have a
lot of labor and u nice profit stored
in your grain crop and the chances
are that the profits will be evapor-
ated if it is forced to take two or
three soaking rains. Bleached grain,
especially wheat and barley, brings
several cents per bushel less than
grain with well cured, bright color
ed kernels. Besides you have no
assurance that the damage will not
be much greater than bleaching.
Shock threshing is a relic of the
past when most our grain was being
grown on cheap laa,d, and when far
mers were not in q position to store
their products but we're dependent
on the elevators to take every kernel
as soon as it had been separated
from the straw 70 be sure it is
nice to convert the >egop into cash
Immediately after il is>dry enough
|! TO thsssh snd III oqA ne 4 ~ both
= &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
stt.cAl!ng Grain.

So far his;sammer we have had
Q good deal 81 rain. In many Sec
tions the rainfall has been consider
ably above normal. No one knows
what the conditions will be through.
out the harvest season but it will be
9 good plan for farmers to be on the
safe side and, so far as possible,
handle their grain as though they
were expecting wet weather to con-
tinue. ln the first place shocking
should be done very thoroughly and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
HESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1908.

much variation will be noticed from
these figures in our territory, es-
pecially in the humid sections
where the climate is similar to that
prevailing in Minnesota.-Farmers
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

the farmer discar6s the practice Of
shock threshing the better. There
is prevailing idea that shock
threshing is much less expensive
than stacking and stack threshing
but carefully kept records Of o large
acreageof grain ip Minnesota thresh-
ed under farm conditions show that
the difference in cost between shock
threshing and stacking and stack
threshing amounts to less than 20
cents per acre for barley, wheat and
oats. 1t appears to us that. any far
mer can afford to spend 20 cents per
acre on his ripe grain. as insurance
against damage from rain.
Furthermore, it is we'll known
fact that after grain has stood in the
stack for month or more its quail
ity is improved. Both wheat and
barley improve materially in the
stack. The berries become plumper
and also acquire a better color.
There is much less danger of stored
grain becoming bin-burned or Of
sprouting if it has gone through the
sweat in the stack. If man is for.
.tunate enough to be able to get a
threshing machine the moment his
grain is in the shock is ready to be
threshed, shock threshing may be
advisable, but as matter of fact on.
y a very small proportion of the far
;mers in given community can be
among the first three or four to get
tth.ir grain threshed. There are not
enough threshing outfits in the
country to make it advisable to de-
pend on shock threshing. Even in
q comparatively small neighborhood
where farmers exchange work, shock
threshing, which comes at a very
busy season, often delays fall plow.
ing TO such an extent that their land
may not produce 80 abundantly the
following year as if it were plowed
at the most favorable time.
A few years ago the Minnesota
Experiment station took accurate
records from ten or fifteen farmers
in three different sections Of the
state and obtained definite facts as
to the best Of shock threshing and
stacking and stack threshing, and
these figures are very interesting.
They may be summarized as follows:
Stacking and stack threshing barley
cost $l.09, while shock threshine,
under similar conditions, cost $.96S
per acre, showing a difference in
favor of shock threshing of $.l22
per acre; stacking and threshing
out of the stack, in the case Of
wheat, cost 1926 per acre, while
shock threshing, under similar con-
ditions, cost 1896, showing diff
ference in favor of shock threshing
of % cents per acre; stacking and
stack threshing oats cost $l.O0 per
acre, while shock threshing the
same crop, under similar conditions,
cost $.S7S, showing a difference in
favor Of shock threshing amounting
to $.2O7 Per acre. The average DIFF
ference in the three crops mention
ed is $.lS6 per acre in favor of
shock threshing.
While the difference in the two
methods of threshing may not al
ways correspond with the above
mentioned, since the yield per acre
and cost of labor are varying
quantities, yet it is not likely that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
The Bright Side,

inrre IL many IN tie roal of lie
II we only would stop to takeit
And many y tone from the better lard.
Ifthe quernlois heart wonld wake 1t!
Tothe sunny soul that Is full of hope.
And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth.
The grass IN green and the flowers are bright
Though the wintry storm prevalent.
Better to hope. though the clouds hang low.
And to keep the eyes still lifted;
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through
When the omn0us clouds are fted.
There was never night without q day,
Or IN evening without morning,
And the darkest hours, IS the proverb goes.
Is the hour before the dawning.
There Is many gem In tile path o: life.
Which wepass in our Idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jew eled crown.
Or the miser's boarded treasure;
II may be the love of q little chi d.
Or q u others prayers tU Heaven:
Or only beggsrs grateful thanks
For cup OF water given.
Better to weave Ia the we of life
bright and golden filling.
And TO do Gods will with ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing.
Than TO snap the delicate. slender threads
OF our curious lives asunder.
And then blame heaven for the tanSleI ends
And sit. and gFieve. and wonder.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

- .sss..s'sss Ssse
and, to make wise use Of counsel lors,
he must be open to convictions. The
president is committed BY his plat
form to certain policies, and the
platform is binding; he is also COM
mitted to certain principles of gov
ernment, and these he is in duty
bound to apply in all matters that
come before him. But there is a
wide zone in which he must act up
on his own judgment. and here he
ought to have the aid of intelligent,
conscientious and faithful advisers.
The law provides these, to certain
extent, in giving him cabinet, and
the yice-president ought to be made
member Of the cabinet ex officio,
in order, first, that the paesident
may have the benefit of his wis ION
and knowledge of affairs and, sec.
ond, that the yice-president may be
better prepared to take up the work
of the president in case of vacancy
in the presidential office. There
ought to be cordial relations also
between the president and those
who occupy positions of influence
in the coordinate branches of the
government, for our government is
not one-man government, but a
government in which the chosen
representatives Of the people labor
together to give expression to the
will of the voters.
But the presidency is the highest
position in the world, and its occu.
pant is an important factor in all
national matters. If he is q devout
believer in our theory of govern
ment, recognizes the constitutional
distribution of powers, trusts
thoroughly in the people and fully
sympathizes with them in their as.
pirations and hopes, he has an op-
portunity to do splendid work: he
occupies q vantage ground from
which he can exert a wholesome in
huence IN favor OF each forward
movement.
The responsibilities of the Office
are so great that the occupant ought
to be relieved of every personal am
bition, save the ambition to prove
worthy Of the confidence of his
countrymen; for this reason, he
ought to enter the position without
thought or prospect of a second
term.
While the burdens of such an
Office are heavy, and while the labora
Of the office are exacting and ex-
hausting, the field Of service is
large, and, measuring greatness by
service, president, Jby consecrating
himself to the public veal, can
make himself secpHe in the affections
Of his fellow citiz ms while he lives,
and create for h4aself a permanent
place in his natl FMS history.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
Ny Conception Of the Presidency.

BY WIN. j. Bryan In Golfers weekly,
The Presidents power for good
or for harm is often oyerestimated.
Our government is a government of
checks and balances; power is dis
tributed among different depart
ments, and each official works in
cooperation with others. In the
making of laws, for instance, the
president joins with the Senate and
the House; he may recommend, but
he is powerless to legislate, except
as majority of the Senate and the
House concur with him. The House
and the Senate are also independent
Of each other, each having veto
over the other; and the president
has veto over both; except that the
Senate and House can, by a two
thirds vote, override the Presidents
veto. The influence of the Presi-
dent over legislation is, therefore
limited; he shares responsibility
with a large number Of the peoples
representatives..
Even in the enforcement of law
he is hedged about by restrictions.
He acts through an Attorney -Gener-
| al (whose appointment must be ap-
proved by the Senate), and Offend
ers against the law must be prose-
cuted in the courts, SO that here
again the responsibility is divided.
In the making of important ap-
pointments, too, he must consult
the Senate, and il, of necessity,
compelled to exercise care and dis
cretion. The most important
requisite in president, as in other
officials, is that his sympathy shall
be with the whole people. rather
than with any fraction of the popu
lation. He is constantly called upon
to act in the capacity Of Judge
deciding between the opportunities
of those who seek favors and the
rights and interests OF the public
Unless his sympathies are right
the few are sure to have an advan-
tage over the many, for the masses
have no one to present their claims
They act only at elections; and
must trust to their representatives
to protect them from all their foes
Second, the, president must. have
a knowledge of public questions
and the ability to discern betweer
the true and the e'false; he must be
must be able to analyze conditions
and to detect the sophistries thai
are always employed by those who
seek unfair advantages.
He must possess the moral cour
age to stand against the influence
that are brought to bearsin favor o.
special inteessts. In fact, the qualit,
6S moral I ~ + y 1ge - 9 essential in'
public off spt ppstt. Il. Isssr l right sym
~ ftf - ~ = =
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-26
Une ExDIicatiOn. u

Une EXps1cdtlOn. Qul sont
les agents un Novoro du DR. Pier
re? On nous fait cette que- ton 81
souvent que nous offrons lei i'ex-
plication suivante. CONNIE les re-
medes du Dr. Pierre F'ah1ney ne
peuvent pas etre obtenus dams les
pharmacies, pour des raisons i'm
portantes Que lie docteur a dome,
il places ees remedies devsnt le
public en- nommaut des agents To-
caux. Parmi les mill4ers d'agents
qui sont installes dars tous les
Etats- Unis, ct en- v6rit6 daus tout
ie .1onde enter, presque toutes les
classes de la societ6 sont represen.
tees. Des pasteurs, des instltu'eurs
des fermiels, des ouvriers, en- som.
me, toute personne honnete, hon,
me on femme, qui est pouss6e par
le d6sir de faire du bien, p-ut de-
venlr un agent pour ses remedies,
La grande majnr1te sont des per
scnnes qui ont etc queries elles.
memes par ses remedies, ct sont en-
consequence 'eLth'usiastes ven-
deurs. Des informations completes
concernant pagence, les term-s, etc.
peuvent etresobtenu-s en- s'adres.
SAINT au DR. Peter Fahrney & Sons
Co., 112 ll8 So. Hoyne Ave. Uhi-
cage, LII.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-26
LAIR

Lair exerce un role essent1e]
dams lie malntien de la vie, par so1
introduction l'int6rieur de porga.
nisme human. Son action exte.
rieure, qui depend de son degr6 dc
temperature, nest pas moins i'm
porteEt.
II faut admettre, quoique celia
semble paradoxal, que lie bon air
est plus n6cessaire a Ia vie que lie
bon pain. On peut en- effet subsis-
ter sans prendre aucune nourritu-
re durant un certain nombre de
jours, tacdis que la privation de
Fair durant quelques instants am6-
ne rapidement la cessation de la
vie. D'autre part autant il y a de
degrees entire les extremes de la pu-
ret6 ct de l'1mpurete de Fair plus
on moins pur, ou plus ou MONS
vici6 dams Iorganisme.
Par la circulation du sang, oui
s'opere en- une dem1-minute tra-
vers tout lie corps, Sc falt la distri-
button des principles notrltifs pro-
dults par la digestion, ct aussi la
combustion, par poxygene, des
principles carbon6s d'od r6sulte Ia
chaleur corporelle. Lorsque le IL
guide sanguin a rempli ces Offices,
il rev9ent au c@ur charge de de-
chefs ct prive d'oxygene. Renvoy6
du c@ur dams les poumons, le l.
guide sanguin qnl afue dams les
alv6oles pulmonaires ny est plus
s6par6 que par de minces cloisons
de Fair apport6 par Ia respiration
ct, suivant des lois physiques bien
connues, poxygene de Fair passe 3
travers la membrane des al> Coles
ct pene're le sang, tandis que, par
un movement contraire, lacide
carbonique don't s'est charge le
sang dams So circulation traverse
la meme membrane ct sc d6gage
dams l'atmosphere par l'expiration.
Du tres simple expose que Ton
Went de lire, il est fsclle de voir
que plus Fair que Ion respire est
pur, c'est a-dire richie en- oxygene,
plus le sang SO purlfera complete
meut ct redeviendra propre q rem
pli1 son 1ole dams lorganisme. La
conclusion qui resort de ces con-
sideratjons, c'est qu'i! est dune
importance, pour le maintien de
la sant6, de ne respirer que du bon
air.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-06-26
Votre Foyer

Lorsque vous etes fatigue, ren.
devious au foyer. Quand vous
avez besoin de consultations. Quanc
vous voulez vous egayer, rendez.
vous au foyer. (Suand vous vonles
demontrer aux aut1es que vous etes
reform6, rendezvous au foyer-e1
]aissez votre famille prendre con-
naissance du fait. Quand yous YOU.
lez vous faire voir dams votre
mierlx, rendezvous au foyer ct
montrez vous Ia. Quand vous etes
dispose d'etre extra bon, rendez-
vous au foyer ct soyez lie envers
votre epouse ct vos enfants d'a-
bord. Quand vous voulez briller
avec plus d 6clat que d'ordinalre,
rendezvous au foyer ct rayonnez
la maisonnee.