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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
Closing Hrs Mouth.

A very sensible bit of advice ex-
pressed in homely language was given
by man not long ago to an excltable
and quarrelsome friend. 1t was in a
brickyard, and Two of the workmen had
engaged in an angry dispute which cul-
minated In fierce encounter. In the
skirmish one of the combatants was
hastily hurt on the head, and the en-
ployer, who happened to come on the
scene of action when the fight was fin
fishing and was man of more temper
than discretion, advised the injured one
to get a warrant for the others arrest.
While the matter was being discussed
by number of workmen who had gath
cred round n big, burly fellow who had
heard everything and seen the whole
affair. made his way to the man with
the damaged Uranium and said:
"You don't want to get no warrant,
Bill. You just go to the chemists Shop
and get yerself two pieces of plarster-
good big ones and put one piece on yer
head an the other. on yer mouth, an
you'll be all rlght."-London Mall.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
SENSATION FOR cH1LpREN

~ .
The children will be glad to hear
of an ingenious device recently pat
ented by Texas man. 1t is destined
to become as popular as the roller
skates in the near future, and once
introduced its use will no doubt be
universal. 1t consists Of miniature
springing boards, which are strapped
to the shoes. A slight depression Of
the feet causes the wearer to spring
forward; the harder the depression
the longer the jump. The inventor
claims that a person equipped with
the spring boards can travel faster
than another person running, and but
little effort or exertion Is required to
cause momentum. They are in every
way safe for young children, as there
is no danger Of the child falling or
of the device becoming unmanageable,
as with roller skates. They will un
doubtedly prove to beaa great amuse-
ment for youngsters, both boys and
girls. and we may soon look for
streets full Of, live jumping jacks.
They Will also be used by acrobats
instead Of the springing board now
usually employed. Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
HIs FIRsr pooKnrs

What do you want for your birth.
day. Bobbie?" Trousers with, peck.
cts in, just like daddy,s, please, moth
er. and real braces" Nothing else,
Bobbie, no cake. no presents?" "oh
yes. mother. please give me cake.
but don't mind about presents If
have real pockets. When the birth.
day came. Bob awoke very early. BY
Ills bed he saw a big paper parcel,
and inside was a sailor suit. trousers
with pockets and pair of braces.
Bob jumped up in high glee. partly
dressed himself and looked IN the
glass. Just like daddy" he said, H.I
am man now" Then he looked
pushed Dad always has some keys
in his pocket; must have some
also!" Breakfast was over, Bob had
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
the older men declined to waste time
upon. hes SO absorbed"

the older men declined to waste time
upon, hes so absorbed"
"He's been looking gloomier every
night since he started on It," remarked
Mr. McLemon, who covered Tenderloin
police "Ain't bit like himself"
They specialized, but after one or
two attempts The Whit staff ceased to
ask questions, because Hendrick dis
played a too savage temper when In
quiries were made. Click publicly
mourned over him.
"Hendrick must have six full pages
in the magazine" he said to Shipper.
the Sunday editor, on Saturday after
noon. You shouldn't let him work as
he does, Bad"
why, can't get him to write even
d little human interest story-and !
offered to run his name over IT, said
the Sunday editor! THey'k ali lazy.
Ana he.s the laziest." n
.Hendrick hasn't anything In to
morrow 2.
"Nary line" said Shipper.
Mighty queer. hruminated Click. SIS
he trying to bust the magazipes?'
In the city room Hendrick was writ
Ing, as usual. but he appeared detected.
Now what you doing?" asked Click.
Sunday story?'
Hendrick nodded sadly.
wont the end come out right?"
"Nothing's right" said Hendrlck,
woefully. ats all wrong
Click heard the swish OF silk
gown. That was an infrequent sound
In the city room. He looked. A pretty
gifh in an olive green gown and a
droopy sort of hat with plume, of
which Click approved. followed pug
nosed copy boy toward Hendricks
desk. She carried a sheath of big
envelope with the New York Whit
printed in one corner.
"Oh, joey she cried, rushing past
the boy; 1--WE. moved two weeks ago
and just happened to go into the old
place and there found all the letters
together. What must you have
thought?"
isis 1t all right?" Hendrlck scorn-
ed to wait for Click to absent himself.
els TT"
"Of course, you silly" said the pref
ty girl. She blushed redly.
II just couldn't wait. and so walked
in here" she added.
Click sneaked away.-New York Tel
egram.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09


He
In the figure then his Before
OF her
clothes
1t the
Of blended
sknno black woor it lynx?" muR
blue wolf "Ard
covered all with reality
with those long straight quilts !.
But the She
hut she did
cations pencng
quilts the
woman! man! Take pickChicago
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
ASKING TOO MICH

I believe there is anstory told Of
Mark Twain that in youthful days,
being sent out by his mother to weed
certain flowerabed, and finding more
weeds than flowers, he came back, in
and asked II he might not flower the
weed bed"
Our little Alfred probably has as
great an aversion to work as had
the youthful Clemens. Admonished
to pull some rather large weeds in
the back yard, after a faint-hearted
lift on one of them, he shouted:
Mamma, how do you think I'm
going to pull these weeds when the
whole world is hitched onto them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
THE REFORMED pnoNcHo.,
May Be Seen Any Day in the Bridl
Paths of Central Park.

May Be Seen Any Day In the Bride
Paths of Central Park.
To the general public the word bron-
cho suggests everything wild and vi
cious In horse flesh. One associates the
usefulness Of the broncho almost en-.
tirely with thesrugged West. That this
wiry little animal could ever develop
the points of good park horse would
be received with much. reservation BY
most persons.
Yet some ten years or more Of cross
breeding, says Country Life in America,
has accomplished this somewhat amaz-
ing result. To-day one can see oHsahe
bride paths Of Central Park the asell.
groomed broncho fraternIzing ash 81
equal with the blue grass thoroughbred
and his number Is &C .s,antly growing
To be sure. he is no longer the ham.
merhead with pronounced eve neck
almost as devoid Of flesh as a skeleton
He has developed a fine crest In this up.
breeding and can show as fine a neck
as any Kentucky horse.
His middle piece is no longer distend.
ed from much eating of grass food
nor is he SO loosely Joined to his quar-.
tiers as his prototype. Higher living
has rounded him into strikingly we'll
proportioned saddle horse. In his new
estate he subsists less on the fresh
juicy grasses, and the new order grows
quite different animal.
But through all this transformation
he still retains the leg Characteristic.
of his broncho ancestry. perfect in sym
metry, rather light In muscle and slen
der in bone. but the muscles Of strong
quality and the sinews very firm.
His power of endurance has dlmin
lshed somewhat. but even so, he has few
equals and no superiors. His toughnes.
and grit have changed little in til.
cross-breeding, and doubtless IL turned
out to the freedom of range he would
give rs good an account of himself al
did his ancestors in the early days Of
the West.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

,...,
irritation. The clam thus afflicted i'm
mediately begins to coat the material
with secretion which, hardening,
forms the pearl.
The writer has opened hundreds Of
clans taken-from ponds without find
ing single pearl, while in shells from
running water it is hard to examine
ten without finding one. Ninety-nine
pearls out of a hundred have no value.
however
A majority of pearls found will be of
undesirable shape or color or too small
to be of value. To obtain two pearls
worth between $40 and SIS in the as-
gregate the writer opened two barrels
of CLAIMS, with the assistance of two
companions, and the time. taken In
opening and examining them was about
sixteen hours
: In the West the shells of certain spe.
Giles are used by the manufacturers of
pearl buttons. For this purpose the
shells must be of good pearly color
inside and quite thick, and are bought
for from 81 to So barrel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

ed the neat pile beside the typewriter.
.Insthe middle Of one, at which he stared
with worried eyes, boy announced
that his services were required by the
city desk.
MAN killed two, took gas himself
( and made bloomer OF, 1t, now at the
hospital. Wife caught him with Atm
IT. on the street. Here's the names.
We can't stand over three-quarters to.
night. Only a ten-page paper" said
Mr. Pickle. Smith can take 1t on the
phone II 1t looks like late Job. CHM
me what you can for the first"
Hendrick rushed back to his copy,
folded it into big envelope and slid
that into his coat pocket.
why does he lug Sunday story
around on this murder thing?" pom
dered Click, who saw the action. "That
boys head is just 80 full Of space-grab-
bling in the magazine section that he
can't think of anything else"
.Hendrick, having garnered story
good enough for the first page, return.
ed in time to pound out a third of n
column for the first edition. Then lie
rewrote the late and lenrthened T. ~,
the full column TO which "A p,cn,o
being pleased with his yonnp man,s
eleanings. praciousIy extended the
space allowance.
It was a. m. when Hendrick An.
ished his nights assignment. Click,
going home with all the morning pa
Ta-a under Mo orm wos shoo,-aa - 20 20,
Hendrick take out an envelope. rantdly
z .ca n the tvnawrittan noeas - haa ha,S
and then begin mon fine .snndav
I, stufr.n The toiler looked mn and mot
rnick,s paze
'.Yon better 90 home I. said the . saL
: e1Iitor sterniy. ..Gwan. pet ont :, hare
ana anit that dine-donoinu ,oravsr,
Want any. ewes or brains left for yonr
old aeeY, =
ssHendr,c, smiled coldlv
..Afv ewes are nib rIehtn he retortea
"cood5 nirhtlp
..plck,e . said (,,,ck kicking h,s wav
through the Clutter az nrioofs mon the
fioor WITHIN = two font radius ~ h,s
colleague. ...vo, tolk n that lid He's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
PRESIDENTS AND WHISPERS.
Martin Van Buren, First Chief Ex-
ecutiye to Wear Them


Martin Van Buren, First Chief Ex.
-ecutive to Wear Them,
Speaking of whiskers," said the man
In the chais-When the barber gave him
a chance to slip a few words in
around the edges, did you know that
Martin Van Buren, was the first Pres
ident Of the United States to wear
whiskers?
well, he was" the sitter contin-
ued, according to the New York Herald,
land it was such new and strange
style that he didn't dare to 20 to ex.
tremes and wore only small lunches
In front of his ears. Something like
we call 'presbyterians' in these DAVIS.
you know.
Martin had no precedent" the man
in the chair went on. For Washing
ton, Adams, Jefferson and all his
predecessors, irrespective of party, had
smooth faces After Van Buren, there
wasn't another President with hair on
his face until Abraham Lincoln. He
wore whiskers part of the time, but
never mustache. His successor. An
drew johnson, was smooth faced, but
Grant, who came after him, wore a full
beard. whiskers and mustache. as did
Hayes, Garfield and Harrison.
Grants was the first presidential
mustache, although the mustache alone
did not appear until some time later.
Arthur wore mustache and 'sideboards.'
the ideal gentlemanly whiskers. and
they matched his style to nicely,
He couldn't have worn any other kind.
Cleveland was the first President TO
introduce the mustache without the nc
companylng beard, and Roosevelt is the
only other President to adopt the same
style. McKinley's face was as smooth
as his manners. II Vice President Fair.
banks should ever come to the chair he
will wear cut unlike that of any Of
his predecessors and one nearer than
any to the typical Brother Jonathan
fashion. Not quite that, but run them
out to long point on his chin, and
he's got the B. j. mighty near.
"Oh. no." replied the man, after q
slight toweling. "he doesn't wear them
that way because he's Hoosier. He
does 1t because whiskers on the law
have way of getting gray quite early
in life, and Mr.. Fairbanks is too young
ana active. man to have the wind
blowing through collection of gray
whiskers. know" smiled the man,
softly, because mine are on the same
pattern, and Pm no Hoosier. Neither
are a whole lot of other middle-aged
men who are still on the active list
and are just bit vain or sensitive
about their age"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

Some people act ridiculous and then
become indignant because people tell 1t.
No, matter how loud a woman dress
es, she imnglnes she is dressed artisti-
cally.
No. a woman doesn't necessarily ham
die q broom when she makes sEeeping
assertions. -iizsts
X duty to be done is stern re1nin-
der. but a duty well done is pleasant
remembrance
|, He who reads will run against many
clever sayings, but he who runs will
never read them.
( A parasol, though invented to keep
the sun off, generally manages to In
duce some son to come nearer.
And 1t sometimes happens that man
is not fully appreciated by his wife un-
til she collects his life insurance.
Honesty is boomerang and its pol
Icy never looks better to us than when
1T comes back again to our own feet.
Dress is said to be woman's strong
est weapon. Does that mean there is
a dagger hidden in every sheath gown?
The recollection Of good act may
give us swollen head, but the knowl-
edge Of mean one as as a shoe that
pinches.
About the first thing a woman does
after moving into fiat is to look in
all the closets to see IL the last tenants
left any family skeletons.
The young man who presents a girl
with pound box Of bonbons is her
ldeal-until another young man comes
along with two-pound box.
The man in the motor car would
have moro respect for the pedestrian
If he stopped to think how the airship
man, in turn, looks down on him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
A Text Is. . sermon.

A member of the faculty Of the Uni,
kversity of Pennsylvania has had FIRE.
quent occasion to reprove his eight
year-old daughter for playing with
matches.
Recently the youngster in the exer.
else of her fayorite diversion succeed
ed in burning her hands.
Immediately she was summoned to
Judgment. Clara" said the father
sternly,l"I should punish you for your
disobed!ence. There is, however, nc
need to in this case. for God has al
ready punished you"
Yes, Sir" meekly responded the
child; "but, papa, He let me play with
the matches an awfully long time first. =
I-Harper's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
Famous Old BARGE Founders,

While in tow of the tug Buccaneer
the famous old seagoing barge Des.
soug foundered and sank off Ocean
City, Md, with cargo of coal Her
crew escaped. The Dessoug carried
"Cleopatra's Needle" DOW In Central
Park. from Egypt to New York, and
was once pleasure craft of the
Khedive of Egypt and the Sultan Of
Turkey.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
FoReER's QUICK SENTENCE.
Arrested, Tried and Sentenced
Within Four HOura.

Arrested, Tried and Sentenced
Within Four Hours.
For twenty years regarded as one of
the most prosperous and reputable citl-
zens Of Chicago, with pronounced ten
dency toward philanthropy, and for the
same twenty years forger, criminal
and a living ile-such summarizes the
career Of Peter Van vlissingen, real
estate dealer, who in the short space of
less than four hours was arrested, in
dicted, tried. convicted and sentenced
to an indeterminate period of imprfs-
onment of from one to fourteen years
in Chicago
Van vllssingen, who was arrested or
the charge of having soldy. a forged
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
A FUNNY rEAcHER

Well, Georgia, how do
you like your new teacher?"
Georgie-"I like her well nun but
she don't seem to know very much;
she KEEP askin questions bout rith.
metic and joggerfy and how to spell
words all the Observation-Disclosures.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

UNLIMITED guests are declared to be
becoming the bette noire of London host
esses. Many smart young men are said
to indulge In the practice of dropping
in at houses where there is a party.
The person responsible for the state.
ment says things have come to such n
pass in these days of brought men"
that 1t is possible for any well dressed,
prcsentable man to walk into almost
any big house when party is going on,
and, If he behaves dIscreetly and an.
pears at home, he may eat good sup
per and go away with one Of his un-
known hosts cigars in his mouth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
POOR REilAIlrY.

TOOh bEAOlI.
Whose dog is that?" inquired q
stranger in little fishing village OH
the coast of Maine.s
That's Jacks dog, Beauty" said a
nearby fisher lad. He was one OF
two sole survivors Of wreck. II
was on cold bleak night. There
was a regular nor'easter a blowing,
and there was a, vessel gone on the
rocks yonder. We. tried to launch a
boat but it wasn't any use. Tie sea
was too rough, so We left some one
S6n guard to tell us II any boat was
put out from the ship In the niorn.
ing we all fastened to the shore
1.-THE winds were still blowing a
gale, but there were no rough seas.
My God!' voice cried. There is
some one aboard her.'s Jack Watham
being the best swimmer, accordingly
stripped and swan to her. He found
this dog on deck standing over the
body Of a child. Jack put the CHILD
on his back and swan to shore. The
dog did not leave the child. When
on shore it was found that the child
still lived 1t was adopted by the
school teacher and is still alive. Jack
kept the dog, then but year or two
old, and called him Beauty. That
was five years ago. The boy is now
eight, and We call him Walter. The
dog. child and Jack are passionatcly
fond. of one another. Last year Jacks
mother died and the schoolma am
adopted Jack, so they all live to-
gether.
Poor Beauty, If you could only
talk, what a horrible tale you could
tell! A tale of terrible shipwreck!
But never mind. 1t is Gods will and
His will be done" John New, in the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

|. No mother can understand, why the
children's noise should annoy theil
father 80 long as they are having 9
good tine. y. I
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

The less man knows, the more he
says about the necessity Of lifting up
the masses. i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
ROW. Aim COUNTRY.

Oh, the patter OF the rain
On the roof and window-pane
(Yon have never read a poem just like
this'nl
u 20 sweet slumber song
That to miss 1t would be wrong,
Do you have to lie awake all night and
listen. ~
Which reminds me that in town
Ailfthe noisy noises drown
Every sound 50 fully that 1t doesn't mat
ter,
While the country is so still
Sounds all sound so clear and shrill
That it's hard for one to sleep amid the
clatter.
Nixon Waterman, in Smart Set.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
s%isf44gZ;;'yYly''||
KEEP 4 K1oK1N. HONEY.

hCDI n hASAhS ltOANGA IL,
Nebber min de knockdowns.
Nebber min'de pain;
Scramble TO- a foot hol.
AT 1t once again.
Heben gwine to help yo,.
Of yo' help yo'sek;
Keep a kickin' honey, 80,
Don go on de shelf. ~
Debble jes laffin'
When he git yo' down.;
Tink he sholy hab you, ssgi
Ready TO- de groun', ~.
Don you glib up easy
Thresh aroun' like sin;
Keep a kickin' honey,
Fight 1t out an win.
Townsend Allen in the America
z Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09
gone to visit friends living near. ,
show hic new autt

gone to visit friends living near. -
show his new suit.
Mr.. Brown came hurrying into the
[halg it was time teswent uEstoseatch
his train that took him to town each
morning. Has any one seen my
keys?' he cried: 81 cannot lind them
and feel sure they were in my room
last night" Then such a hunt be-
gan. Mother, granny, Rosa, the maid,
all Joined in, but nowhere could the
keys be found. 81 must co." said Mr..
Brown, "as. have to meet friend.
but l shall be in fix all day" Even
ing came, and Bob, alter a long days
play was being put to bed by his
mother, when she heard; a rattle in
his pocket. and there, tied firmly to
his braces by some string, were the
missing keys! Bob got very red, but
he told the truth, and, how he had
taken the keys ito be like daddy
If it had not been his birthday Bob
would have had whipping.-Wash,
ington Star. 5s,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

We have noticed that if you think
before you speak, the other fellow gets
In his toke first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09

If you have secret, you may as
well tell 1t to fifty as to one.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-04

pokaleczonych kilkanascie os6b, -glo'
wnie czIonk6w murzyhskiej trupy t.
atralnej. ~
We wielu Stanach poiudnio'
wych obchOdzono W dniu wiehczenia
grob6w r6wnoczesnie setna rOcsAice
urodzin Jeffersona Davi:a.
- We Warsaw. Ind. q rozporzs-
dzenia stanowego rewizora zamknis-
to bank Kosciuszki.
w La Crosse. Wis.,. Dlumbfarze
ogiosili ,,open shop" z tego powodu
przychodzi tam do b6jek.
z Paryza donosza, he W sprawte
.podw6jnego morderstwa artysty
Steinheila / jego tesciowej podejrzs-
ME zwraca sic przeciw zonie zamor-
dowanego, p. Steinheilowej. Poszlaki
jednak So bardzo nieuchwytne tak,te
wiadze ME zarzadziiy aresztowania
podejrzanej.
- JaponsR wice-mln1ster imam
sow X. Nirunachi ziozyi ostatnio
swoj urzad jego nastepca zostai IA
mianowany M. Sukurai, dotychcza-
sowy szef departamentu podatkowe-
go.
- Rad angielsh oznajmis, -
wskutek zawarcia traktatu amery-
kanskiemi wladzami pocztowemi,
przesyiki listowe Anglii do Stanow
Zjednoczonych beda ma przysziosc
tax samo opiacane, jak listy przesy-
lane obrebie kraju lub do posiadio-
sci kolonii angielskich. (Oplata be-
die wynosic centy). Obwieszcze-
ME to rzadowe wywoiaio wielkie "a
dowolenie wsr6d ogoiu ludnosci.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-04
Rome notatki teI8glaficzns.

- Rzeka Mississippi wzbiera gro
ri srogimi wylewami W Missouri l
poludniowem Illinois. w Nebrasce
wylaia rzeka Republican.
- Stanowa kOnwencya sOcyalist0w
W Little Rock, Ark, oswiadczyla sic
"a prohibicya.
- Demokraci W Baltimore, Nd,
ma swej konwencyi stanowej ME o.
swiadczyli sic "a zadnym kandyda-
tenn ma prezydenta.
w Baton Rouge. Le.. demolra-
ci ma konwencyi stanowej oswiadczy-
II sic "a Bryanem, ale ME dali In
strukcyi delegation.
w prochowni Miami. try mile
"a Yellow Springs, O., wskutek eks-
plozyi jeden robotnik. zosta} zabity,
a inny smiertelnie pokaleczony.
- Wskutek zderzenia sic dw6ch
pociagow osobowych kolei Illinois
Central pod Jackson Miss, zostaio