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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
The Hog Market and the Trust.
Just at present hogs are selling |

Just at present hogs are selling at
a fair price in Chicago, but how will
prices be few months later? Few
farmers have anyshogs ready for mar
ket now, but when their hogs are
ready for market the meat trust will
more than likely cut down the price
till the farmer will barely realize
enough to pay for the grain he has
| fed.
During the months when the larger
part of the hog crop was marketed
last year, the trust knocked the price
OF live hogs down about one-third,
and this year the average farmer is
living in the hope that % per
cent reduction will satisfy the greed
of the octopus.
If the consumers of pork, bacon
and other meats realized any bene-
fit from these manipulations of the
market, there would be some small
gain for the general public, but the
price of meats will not come down
with the price of live stock. The
trust will pocket the profits of the
business, and endeavor to escape
prosecution by literally assisting in
the election of the men, who have in
past years, in one way or another
protected its members from fine or
Imprisonment Great is combination,
great is the trust.
Ding's cartoon in the Register and
Leader of last Sunday pictured a
Jack and Jill tumbling down the hill
from the state capitol, and tearing
| up the earth and each other as they
descended. One of the historic char
acters was tabled, Iowa Progress
sives," and the other one, "Iowa
Standpatters". Underneath the pic
ture Ding brought the old verse up
to-date in this way: Jack and Jill
went ups the hill, ostensibly to get q
pail of water, But when they got there
Jack said he wasn't after water bu
the senatorship, And Jill said she'e
rsther have bucket of blood any
way. And that's where they boil
fell down"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

At City Opera house tonight (Wed
nesday) will appear The Yankee Re
gent. musical production Of Bel
Nj. Jerome's, and headed by Bob Mar
tin and an excellent company Of six
|ty-fiye people. John Collins, the
well known comedian, will be seen
as the "Goo-goo man" Seats were
placed on sale Saturday morning al
the B. w. Green's pharmacy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1908. 4
LABOR DAY WAS BRYAN DAY IN
CHICAGO.
Bryan was with the labor unions
of Chicago last Monday, and the la
Dor unions were with Bryan.
Chicago's organized workmen, 3d.
600 strong, marched past the Bryan
reviewing stand at the Auditorium
hotel, and each detachment was
halted in front of the stand long
enough to indulge in hearty cheers
for the great democratic leader; and
these cheers were taken up by the
marching column and the crowds in
the street and re-echoed along the
beautiful lake shore thoroughfare.
The people are for Bryan this year
and all the money Of all the trusts
cannot turn back the flowing tide.
A FEW HINTS 70 VOTERS.
Before casting your vote with the
republican party remember some of
these things:
First-The failure Of the republi.
can party to take steps to provide
for electing senators by popular vote,
and the refusal of the republican con-
vention to endorse the reform.
second-The failure of the repub-
lican congress to pass bill pro-
viding for publicity of campaign con-
tributions and the refusal of the re-
publican convention even to endorse
the reform.
Third The failure of the republi-
can congress to pass postal saw
ilgs bank bill and the hypocricy of
the party in endorsing this reform,
which it had just ignored in con-
gress.
Fourth-The passage by the repub-
lican congress Of a currency bill
which enables speculative banks to
convert all sorts of securities into
currency and actually reduces the
margin Of safety for depositors in
stead of increasing it.
Fifth-The destruction of represent
alive government in the lower house
where the republican speaker and his
committee on rules have all power
and not even majority can get a
vote on popular bill if the speaker
refuses consent.
Sixth[The forty-nine per cent in
crease in the cost of living under
the republican Dingley tariff and its
trusts, while wages have Increased
only nineteen per cent.
Seventh-The refusal of the repub-
lican congress to amend this tariff
although its iniquities are admitted
and future revision has been reluct-
antly promised by its friends after
the storm is over.
Eighth The notorious fact admit,
ted by Senator Aldrich, republican
leader in the senate, that American
tariff protected concerns sell their
products abroad in competition with
European factories at lower prices
than they exact from American con-
sumers and the refusal Of the repub-
lican house of representatives to
adopt an amendment to have our
government agents report on these
prices.
Ninth-The republican leaders pre-
tend they favor tariff sufficient on
ly to compensate factories for the
difference between labor cost in
America and abroad, but the fact is
that the republican tariff is more
than sufficient to pay the whole la
Dor cost. On steel products the la
Dor cost fifteen per cent and the
tariff is thirty-two per cent.-Com-
moner
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
! nallx rhouaht.

Half the world Is on the wrong scent
in the pursuit of happiness. They
think it consists in having and get.
ting and in being served by others. It
consists in giving and serving others.
Henry Drummond.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

was a great sufferer with piles
for twenty years, DR.. shal;enberger
the Chicago specialist cured them
without using knife. Write and |
will tell you all about my case.
Thomas Marley.
Beaman, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

Mrs. "A. Q. Stranger entertained
at an evening card party last We'd
nesday evening at her home OH
Wayne street, to a large number of
friends.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

TIL Cedar Rapids Republican says:
1T is beginning to dawn even upon
the esteemed Des Moines Register
and Leader that blunder was com.
mitted when this extra, session was
called. The real friends of party
are never those who have made the
interests of an individual paramount.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

Mrs. e. w. Williams entertained
Saturday evening in honor of her
cousin, Mr.. Eric Barr Supper was
served at the Colonial cafe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

The legislature got out its big
broadax and went after that Dolliver
scheme to oblige republicans to vote
straight tickets, in manner credi
table to the sterling manhood of the
state. The scheme does not look as
handsome as it did. but it got no
more chops than it deserved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
Five Hundred club at cards last
Wednesday afternoon.

On Thursday night, September IA
a dance will be given at the armory
the music to be furnished by harp
orchestra from Dubuque.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

Walter Wellman, writing from
Washington to the Chicago Record
Herald under date of the 18th inst.
says: This is the first presiden-
tial campaign the country has had
since 1896 in which the outcome was
not known in advance. Bryan had
no chance In 1900 and Parker none
IL 1904. This year it is real battle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

Miss Dorothy Hockaday celebrated
her eighth birthday Saturday after
noon, September 5, by being hostess
to twenty of her little friends, at the
home of her parents on Franklin st.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

The indications are that Sheriff
Ilennessey will be elected this fall
by a larger majority than that given
him two years ago
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
BAPTIST,

The usual services of the day, the
pastor preaching at the morning and
evening hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

The Central Opera house will be
open every night fair week, with the
Hickman Bessey repertoire company
as the attraction. The manager OF
the play house is in receipt of ad.
vices from surrounding towns, where
this company has presented theil
stock plays, that entire satisfaction
has been given to their patrons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

( Q 4 f q
The Thirteen club held its initial
meeting of the fall Monday evening
&c the home of the president, Mrs r.
w. Thrill, who delivered a short adj
dress, suggesting certain ideas for
the years work, as well as relating
Instances of the summer vacation
Light refreshments We're served by
the hostess.
Mrs. Charles R. Patton of Mason
City, who has been guest of ~hel
sister, Mrs. R. A. Denton, was, in
receipt of several affairs given III
her honor last week. among which
were two small dinner parties served
on Tuesday and Thursday evening
by Mrs. 3. w. Hruby and Mrs. H
M. Bradley. respectively.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09

Senator Dolliver must feel like
cipher with the rim knocked off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

prince so far forgot himself as to
he knew that he must marry royalty
to inherit the kaiser's throne.
Could Not Share Throne.
He Immediately proposed. Miss
Deacon knew very well that the best
the prince could offer her was NOR
ganatic marriage, and she rejected his
suit. Thereupon the gallant emper-
or-to-be offered to renounce his rights
of succession and to leave Germany
forever, if need be, in order to marry
Miss Deacon on terms of equality.
OF course the kaiser got wind of
what was going on.
The young lover was promptly or
dered back to Berlin. There a stormy
interview took place. AT first the
prince bravely stuck to his guns But
when the emperor threatened to lock
up his eldest son in fortress the
heir capitulated.
To-day the crown prince is happily
married to wife of his fathers
choice and is a proud papa to boot.
A year went by and the chance of
society threw Miss Deacon and the
duke of Norfolk together. The duke,
a scholarly man well over so, heredi-
tary earl marshal of England, wild
over and without son who was men
tally fit to inherit his vast fortune,
estates and the premier dukedom with
it's privileges at court, became i'm
mensely interested in the brilliant
American girl.
His sister, Lady Mary Howard, in
vited Miss Deacon to visit Arundel
Castle, Norfolk's ancestral home, and
rumors began cropping out every
where that it would end in Miss Dea.
cons wearing the strawberry leaves
of duchess. By reason Of Norfolk's
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NEWS NOTES.

st. Paul.-C. @. Dinehart, state
treasurer, paid off $4,000 of state
capital construction bonds.
Callaway.-Public Examiner Anton
Schaefer, Authorized the First State
Bank of this place with a capital of
$40 GOc to do business.
Duluth. -Stockholders of the United
Mexican Mining and Smelling COM
pany meet and decide to have books
examined and an accounting secured
from F w. Page, prominent pro-
moter of the company.
st. Cloud.-Seventy-five pupils in
the high school "strike" because
Principal Matheny is forced to resign !;
school board orders them to return
or be expelled; parents demand ex-
PLANTATION from Supt Farmer.
st. Paul.-The State Bank on Wa
basha street which closed its doors on
Jan. IS. has resume business.
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As soon as she was well launched

As soon as she was well launched
in society, Miss Deacon began making
strong friendships Id the great world.
Some of the most important people in
the Faubourg st. German set of Paris
became her intimates; in London she
chummed with the duchess of MARI
borough, the duchess of Devonshire,
the dowager duchess of Manchester
and Mrs. Arthur Paget, all of them of
tremendous social advantage to Miss
Deacon.
Suitors in Plenty.
Mrs. Baldwin had Lady Somerset's
house in Mayfair, London; beautiful
little maison opposite the Chapel of
Our Lady of Consolation, in Paris,
and villa at Versailles.
With all these charms, it could not
be doubted but that Gladys Deacon
would soon have suitors enough to
satisfy even the most eXacting deb
utante. The first soon appeared
to be precise, in 1900. He was Claude
Lowther, called the handsomest man
in England. Together they made a
striking pair, and the matchmakers
had them engaged-by rumor But
it was not to be. Gladys Deacon went
For brief period the prince of Lich-
tenstein was favored; then he was
dismissed.
Next in line came Lord Francis
Hope, who was even then getting his
divorce from May Yohe, the one-time
soubrette, who had run away with
Capt. Putnam Bradlee Strong, son of
the late Mayor Strong of New York.
But Gladys Deacon gave the noble
lord, who some day may be the duke
of Newcastle, his congo, and he mar
ried some one else.
Then came the affair which nearly
brought about international compiled
tons. Only Miss Deacon's natural
good sense saved the day. The Ger
man emperor, who wished his eldest
son, heir to the throne, to see some
thing in English life, graciously con-
scented that Prince Fritz should pay a
visit to Blenheim palace, the regal
home of the duke of Marlborough and
his American bride, once Consuelo
Vanderbilt. The duchess, who wanted
to make his stay as pleasant as pos
sible, invited Miss Deacon to meet
him. The prince, always susceptible
to feminine charms, had already seen
and admired her on the continent.
Amid the congenial surroundings of
the English country life their former
acquaintance ripened rapidly. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

anoient lineage she would take ur1-
cedence of every other peeress. But
Miss Deacon refused the duke and
that was the end of it.
Prince Charming Arrives.
Two years later Lord Brooke, son
and heir of the earl of Warwick, came
on the scene. He was young, good
looking, not rich, but had influence at
court through his mother. People
really believed that Miss Deacon had
lost her heart at last, but it was a
false alarm.
And then-Baron Antoine de Char
cite!
Amiable, good looking, very rich,
possessed of important position and
scion of one of the proudest families
in France, the young nobleman is one
of the most desirable parts in Eu-
rope
There is good American blood in the
young baron. His mother was Miss
Antoinette Polk of Tennessee, a niece
of President James K. Polk. After the
civil war Mrs Polk took her two
daughters, Antoinette and Rebecca,
and her son, Van Leer Polk, to Italy
to live. 1t was in Rome that Antoi-
, nette Polk met Baron de Charette,
then serving at the vatican. The i'm
questionable Italians had already
hailed the fair American as the most
beautiful woman who had ever come
to their shores, and the Baron de
Charette agreed with them. He laid
siege to Miss Folks heart, won her
and brought her home to Paris as his
bride.
One son was born, Antoine. From
his mother the young man inherits
splendid plantations in Tennessee and
from his paternal side some of the
greatest art treasures in France.
Among them is a portrait of Queen
Marie Antoinette by Nine. Viego le
Brun, given by the queen to the
Duchess de Choiseul, now coming in
direct succession to the young baron,
fourth in line.
At Present In America.
Young Antoine is at present here in
the United States attending to the
properties of his mother and the in
terests in the estate, because of the
sudden death of his uncle, Van Leer
Polk, who dropped dead few days
ago in Memphis. He had been United
States consul-general at Bombay, un-
der President Cleveland, and lately
had been appointed by President
Roosevelt as one of five. delegates to
Brazil.
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In France all the matchmaking
mammas have had their eyes On
young De Charette. AS his wife the
baroness would step into a premier
position in Paris, where Nine. la Ba-
rome has an undisputed position. For
all her high position in royalist So
ciety, the former Miss Polk is intense
ly American and delightfully."- demo-
cratic. In her salons many an Ameri-
can has made her first bow to fashion
able Paris.
The future Baroness de Charette
will become chatelaine of three lovely
homes-an apartment in Paris, villa
at Cannes-where the tragedy took
place, strangely enough-and charm
ing chateau in Britanny. which for
500 years has been the home of the
de Cigarettes.
1t is at Basse-Motte, Chateau Nef,
Ille-et-Vilaine, near st. Malo, and only
eight miles from Dinard, one of the
most fashionable of all European wa
tering places. Hero at the old chateau
Nine. de Charette entertains such i'm
portant persons as the king of Naples,
Queen Amelie, the widowed queen Of
Portugal; Prince Won Buelow, Prince
Won Hohenlehe, the princess of Wales,
the Duchess d'Eu, the duchess of
Mecklenburg- Schwerin and Mrs. Rob
ert Goelet.
Miss Deacon's fiance is only q
years old-tall, handsome, broad
shouldered like the Americans, with
Bourbon features and patrician man.
ners.
The wedding takes place at the
fashionable season in Paris and will
be one of the social events of the
year. And then the matchmakers can
no longer play fast and loose with
Gladys Deacon's heart and hand
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06

welcomed her in every capital in Eu-
rope. In the Bots she was saluted as
if she were princess-but then
Gladys Deacon was to the manner
born. She was at home in Mayfair
as she was in Inter den Linden. In
winter she became the bright, partic-
ular star along the Riviera and in
Italy thoroughly cosmopolitan grew the
beautiful American girl, who spoke
frankly admitted that she hardly
knew anything about the United
States, though she was American to
the core.
Europe found everything to admire
in the beautiful girl fresh from the
convent
Gladys Deacon is the ideal Anglo
Saxon type in face and coloring. Her
mass of hair is the palest f1axen, and
it waves naturally. Her eyes are large,
rather long than round, and deep vio-
let blue. Her eyebrows are almost
black, very narrow and exquisitely
arched. Her eyelashes are black as
we'll and long and sweeping.
Miss Deacon's face is almost classic
in it's oval, the brow slightly broader
and higher than the standard of the
Greeks, denoting to some extent the
intellectually Of this foreign-born
American girl. Her wit and vivacity
would have made her woman of note
even without the charming loneliness
with which nature has so lavishly en-
dowed her.
Her skin is fair, very white and al
most transparent. There is almost no
coloring in her cheeks. yet she bushes
beautifully when she is interested But
her lips are of that brilliant red which
no cosmetic save perfect health can
give. Her nose is pure Greek; her
mouth Cupid's bow. The chin is
strong and firm. Her teeth are
dazzling.
She speaks French, German and
italian with equal 1uency, and her
Partisan accent when she speaks Eng
lish is altogether charming. Her
taste in dress is undeniable; she al
ways appears in the masterpieces of
the French modistes. She is perfect
dancer, rafting good hand at bridge
and she can play billiards with the
hest of the men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to
TrembIe.

The surgeons duties require clear
Judgment and steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon conscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
For years l was coffee drlnker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor.
tured me at night.
Besides, how could I safely per-
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and instruments of pre-
cision? When l saw plainly the bad
effects of coffee, decided to stop it,
and three years ago / prepared some
Postum, of which I had received a
sample.
"The first cupful surprised me. It
was mild, soothing, delicious. At this
time gave some Postum to friend
who was in similar condition to
mine, from the use of coffee.
"a few days after, met him and
he was full Of praise for Postum, de-
claring he would never return to cof-
fee but stick to Postum. We then or
dered full supply and within short
time my nervousness and consequent
trembling, as we'll as insomnia, disap-
peared, blood circulation became nor
NAL, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
"My friend became a Postum en-
thusiast, his whole family using it ex-
clusively.
at would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum, If it did not
taste good when served.
"The best food may be spoiled If
not properly ,nade. Postum should be
Boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then II is all right, anyone can
rely on it, 1t ought to become the
national drink" There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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until she had grown up and been
launched in society abroad.
Fitted for Society.
The nuns had done we'll with Gladys
Deacon's Unborn vivacity, cleverness
and tact. She was turned out thor.
oughly French; in time she became
perfectly Parisienne.
The Deacons had plenty of money.
Admiral Baldwin was the richest of.
ficer in the navy, and when he died
splendid inheritance went to Mrs.
Deacon, or Mrs. Baldwin, as she pre-
ferred to be called. Married when II
years old, she was barely "a when the
scandal came; she was even more
beautiful as Mrs. Deacon than she had
been as Florence Baldwin, the bride
of Edward Parker Deacon, the re-
served, awkward man of 40.
Europe took up the daughter Gladys
as it had taken up the mother a
decade before. Aristocratic society
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Will Lecture.

Minneapolis. = Gov. Johnson has
made an agreement to deliver series
of Chautauqua lectures this summer
and has also made provisional agree
ment with the Slayton Lyceum bureau
of Chicago to deliver series of lee
lures next year. The governor will
prepare two lectures, the subject be-
ing "The Majesty of Law" and Land
marks of Liberty"
Gov. johnson said that he had re-
ceived great number of invitations
to deliver lectures at different places
this summer and that while he could
not, on account of his official duties,
accept any great number of them, he
had decided to speak at a few places,
making series Of not to exceed ten
or a dozen lectures. In order to save
the trouble of having the details of
the arrangements on his hands, he
had placed the matter in the hands of
a lecture bureau.
He has also made a provisional
agreement for the next year, although
he says this is not a contract. He
does not say what the provisions are,
but it is presumed that the political
developments next summer may be
one of the deciding factors. q.