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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

turned to America on business, leaving
his wife and family I'm Melbourne. On
the steamer he met Il company Of play.
ers, from whom he borrowed a num-
Der Of printed plays with which TO
amuse himself on the voyage. Among
them were several by which he had
won fame. Before the voyage was
over he was eager to act.
This relapse troubled him. His wife
had lived In fear of 1t all their mar
ried life and had parted with him re-
luctantly, fearing that when away
from her influence he might be tempt
ed to return to the stage. True, she
had lost her prejudice against ii, but
considered that any such return would
be unwlse. Her husbands business
needed his attention, and the rowing
life Of an actor would break up their
home. For this reason she had kept
him away from, the theater.
But the more Jenkins read plays the
more he became fascinated with his
former life. Judging from some Of
those that had been written since he
left the boards, he was of opinion that
playwrights were dying out. At any
rate, he did not consider their efforts
equal TO those Of former days. He
found little or nothing dramatic in any
Of them and pronounced them dull and
talky. ..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
TheWOrId Moves On

copyright, 1905 by American Press Asso-
ciation,l
When It was announced that Thorn
ton Thorne-hls real name was Tim
othy Jenkins-was to leave the stage
to engage In commercial pursuits, not
only the theatrical profession, but all
true lovers Of the play, stood agog.
Thorne, though but twenty-three years
old, had risen to high rank as an
actor. And now, on the very threshold
OF brilliant career, he was to sink out
OF sight in trade.
No reason was given for this re-
markable step, which was known only
to Thorne himself and one other. He
loved a strict member of the Presby-
terian church, and she would not mar
ry an actor. Forced to make choice
between her and his profession, he
chose her.
Thorne resumed the name Of Jen-
kins, married and went to Australia.
where he accumulated fair fortune.
Thirty years after his marriage he. re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

When jenkins reached America he
saw posters announcing that certain
managers would present" certain the.
atrical stars. He wondered If talent
had sunk so low that the most prom
inent players must be presented by
some man who couldn't himself take
n walking part. In New York he found
three theaters to one that existed when
he left the country. Perhaps compe-
tition was killing the business.
On the evening of his arrival at New
York n man entered his hotel whose
face was familiar to him. aren't you
Tom Abercromble" Eyes, but you
have the advantage of me-" Thorn.
ton Thorne." "You don't mean it,
Haven't seen you since you were play
ing Hamlet here at Wallack's." II
wish were playing there now"
"You couldn't; it's torn down. But
his eye suddenly lighted-"I was a
ticket seller when / knew you. Now /
run seven theaters. / have Hamlet
on this very night at one of them, and
the Dane is in bed with grip. How
would you like TO try itP
There was a terrible struggle In the
breast Of Mr.. jenkins, and he fell
before desire to again be Hamlet.
He would show these degenerate peo-
pie the real Dane, He knew the part
he had never forgotten it-.no need
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

Tor renearsal. he wouIu De reauy at
the rise Of the curtain. What pleas
ure to galvanlze an audience worn out
with poor plays and poor acting!
He found a meager audience, but
was told that Shakespeare had gone
much out Of fashion with the average
theater goer Nevertheless there were
those In the theater who loved Hamlet
When he began his lines people looked
surprised. He soon saw that he must
win his audience, something he had
not been obliged to do In bygone days
At the end of the first act the man
ager approached him and said:
Great Scott. mani Your Hamlet has
grown quarter of century older"
"HowT Don't know. but there's some
thing musty about It, Nobody does it
that way now"
jenkins went back for the second
act puzzled. In the third he made q
supreme effort. All was of no avail.
No one In the theater had ever seen
Hamlet act that way, and no one want,
ed to view any such performance. Be-
fore the play was finished the theater
was nearly empty. The star staggered
10 the greenro0m, where the manager
braced him with a glass of grog
Was 1t not Jenkins instead Of the
audience that needed TO be galvanized? +?
The next night the manager took
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

the fallen star the rounds OF the thea
ters. In nearly all the plays he saw
was something apropos to the times
having, he thought, no place on the
stage, and most of them rotten" as
he expressed it, though he noticed an
absence of the coarse jokes of the
olden time. But he was surprised to
see that the comics wherein most of
the raiment of the performing women
had been dropped were the fayorites.
jenkins returned to his family cured
OF his desire for the stage, He told
his wife that Shakespeare and Sherl'
dan had been turned over and were
now at the bottom OF the heap instead
OF the top "They call these things
plays" he added, but for my part
consider the best Of them talks on
modern ideas, while the rest are only
fitted to show the newest fashions In
dress"
my dear" replied his wife, 1--WE
have grown old"
CIIAUNCEY WARDWELL.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
A RsIisuar.

"DO you believe there ever really
was such thing as miraclef'
"Sure. Not single member OF our
high school football team sustained a
broken spine last season. Minneapo-
lis Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

They are pleasing and have that
lasting satisfaction that is so diht ult
to obtain unless you have Brunskill
make them. We are speaking ol
Photos, not mere shadows as some
make, but speaking lkenesses-such
as you would not hesitate to give
your dearest friend, and that you can
get only by having Brunskill make,
large or small.
There reason, we know how. ]
Amateur work finished in the short
est time all kinds Of supplies, watch
this space, something new in short
while of course it'll be Brunskill
idea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
LAMONT.

L. L. Hoyt was up from Manches-
ter Tuesday to attend the bank
meeting.
Ray Cole is confined to his home
with Dutch Measles. 1t is bad en-
ough to have diseases in your own
native tongue without adding the
additional torture of not being able
to understand word of it.
Charley Hawley arrived here
Monday from Cape Girardeau, Miss
ouri, with his bride to visit home
folks. Ted as he is known to La
mont people, joined the benidicts
early in January, the happy bride
being Alpha Dernell, of Cape Girar-
dean. 1t need not be emphasized
that his friends here are showering
him with congratulations. Mrs.
Frank Vanderhoof is here to Join in
the visit coming with the couple
from her home in Wasco, Ill. where
they were visiting.
George Sherer was in town the
first of the week and while here tele.
phoned the Veterinary surgeon re-
garding a disease among his stock.
Mr.. Sherer has lost heavily on stock
at different times by disease and
the old malady has again appeared
which has prompted him to secure
the State Veterinarian to find ont the
cause of the disease. Many herds
Of cattle under similar conditions
have been found to be infected with
tuberculosis and have been slaugh-
tered.-Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
GAMBLING,

The supreme objection to gambling
in all Its forms, whether in sport or
in speculative business, is that 1t works
harm and loss to society. AS soon as
any practice or conduct is found to be
socially hurtful it thereby becomes
wrong, whatever men may have
thought Of 1t before. Does not all NOR.
nlity rise to consciousness through The
fact of social advantage or injury =
Now the long and costly experience of
mankind bears uniform testimony
against gambling till at last the YER
dict Of civilization hns become as near
~ unanimous US human Judgment can
be that 1t is an intolerable nuisance.
1t is a dangerous or unsocial form Of
excitement. 1t hurts character delnor-
Allies industry, breeds quarrels. tempts
men to self destruction, and it works
special injustice to women and chill
dren. We may not know precisely why
morphine preys upon the nervous sys-
tenn and has to be labeled "poisonous."
The fact is the main consideration.
So with the stimulus or excitation Of
gambling. Grant that 1 profess my
self willing to pay for my fun. The
fun is degrading, like the prize fight
or bear baiting.-Charles +. Dole In
Atlantic,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
HIS PApERwEIeHr.
Travels of a Bottle of Wine and ,

Travels of Bottle Of Wine and Its
Ultimate Fate.
A paperweight consisting of n piece
of thick glass with tokay wine label
fastened on the back and showing
through is part of, the desk furniture
i'll the library of man who goes to
Europe nearly every year. People
look at the thing" he said land Won
der what the wine label is doing there,
and when see the question coming
always tell the story.
Some years ago went to Raab in
Hungary. where ! called on an old
lady who in Vienna years before had
shown much interest in and befriend-
ed young American student at the
university. The poor student had
grown to be a rich physician. and he
wanted me to call aud present his
compliments. When was about to
leave after a pleasant visit the wo-
man handed me Il bottle of wine which
had come from her estate and asked
me to take 1t to our mutual friend. 1
carted that bottle all over Europe,
paid duty on it several times and final
~ landed 1t safe and sound here In the
house. A few days after my return
We invited the doctor for dinner, and
the bottle was brought in with much
ceremony. made little presenta-
tion speech and then in handing 1t TO
the doctor dropped 1t on the floor
where you see that stain. That's the
label under the glass" : New York
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
RYAN.

John Reilly has been confined to
the house with illness during the
past week.
M. r. Houlahan, of East Dubuque
was an over Sunday visitor at the
home of his mother here.
Alfred Gruenig left Tuesday for
Platt, S. D. to get things in shape to
move his family onto the farm he re-
Gently purchased there.
Edgar Chismore, son of Clint
Chismore living near Coggon, died
Sunday afternoon, after short i'll
ness with pneumonia.
Pat Casey, of the Buffalo who has
been visiting in Ireland returned
last week. While there he was
united in marriage TO one of Ire.
lands fair daughters and returned
with her.
Albert Carlson aud wife welcomed
q big boy baby to their home last
Saturday morning.
George Long and Miss Inez
Wheeless of Hopkinton were over
Sunday guests of M. Mcdonald and
wife. 81
Miss Mary McElliot has been con
fined to her home during the past
week with a bad attack Of pleuli.y.
-Repor9er.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
The Doctors Imagination

II have good story on one Of Wash.
lngton's best known oculists," said a
prominent clubman, addressing some
friends in the billiard room Of the Met.
ropolitan club. my eyes had trou.
bled me for some months, and finally
went to see the doctor about them.
After n thorough examination he
said that the muscles were badly
strained, and then he gave me pre-
scription for drops to be used in my
eyes three times day. When left
he gave me an appointment for that
day week, as he said he could not ex.
anime my eyes for glasses until they
We're in their normal condition.
"Well, l mislaid that blessed pre-.
scription, and as l was particularly
busy that week had no time to get
another copy. So In some trepidation
kept my second appointment
"As the doctor examined my eyes l
hesitated moment about telling him
1 had not used the drops, when he took
the words out of my mouth and the
breath out Of my body by remarkins
with pleased emphasis:
"'Your eyes are very much i'm.
proved. That medicine which gave
you is certainly wonderful. 1t always
has such prompt and satisfactory re.
suits
1T was all could do to keep silent, J"
concluded the speaker, laughing. "But
1 wasn't quite sure how he would take
the joke. You see, he may not have a
sense Of Observation-Disclosures Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
COCOON.

Patrick Casey of Newtonyille, re-
turned lass Thursday from his visit
to Ireland.
Miss Sadie Hanna of Manchester,
was an over Sunday guest at the A..
w. Savage home.
Mrs. Geo. Morris, of Mason CITY,
visited at the Jas. Ireland and W.
f. Delaney homes the last of the
week.
Geo. Bell. son of S. Bell and wife,
and Miss Edna Curtis, daughter of
John Curtis and wife, were united
in marriage by Rev. Wagner at Man
chester Monday. We Join with
their many friends in extending con
gratulations. The groom will work
for Walter Henderson this coming
year, and they will commence house
keeping about March l in the house
on the p. I. Henderson farm near
town.
G. Arthur DeWoody, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson DeWoody, and Miss
Jessie Mentzer were united in mar
riage at Springville this Wednes-
day at high noon. The bride and
groom are both well known to our
readers, the former having taught
in the Coggon schools last year.
and the Monitor joins with their
many friends in wishing them many
years of happy welded life and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
AN uNcoNouERED PEAK.

Lizard Head on Mount Wilson Has De.
fled the Climbers.
The mountains and peaks of the San
Juan in northwestern Colorado pre-
sent different appearance from any
of the northern Rockies.
They are grander, more precipitous.
with sharper pinnacles and more jug
ged in outline. In height Mounts Mass.
I've, Gilbert and Blanca slightly out
rank those Of the San Juan, but no
where else can be found whole groups
Of mountains rearing their heads to
and above $4,000 feet.
Mount Wilson-14,250 feet-the dom
inant peak, is one Of the most massive
In the entire Rocky mountain range.
Just east Of this mountain is the re-
markable trachyte obelisk called Liz.
ard head. The vivid Imagination of
an early pioneer who had been seeing
things" is said to be responsible for
the name.
The summit is 4,1GO feet above the
sea. From q ponderous base the pin
nacle rises 200 feet, with a diameter at
the foot of only about sixty feet, grad
ually tapering to less than half that n
the top.
Lizard head has defied all attempts
of mountain climbers to reach its sum.
NIT. The foot Of the pinnacle is easily
accomplished, but thus far the steep
sides Of the 300 foot shaft have proved
insurmountable. No doubt the time
will come when the venturcsome
mountain climber will find way, but
many a failure is the record of the
past.
Trains circle this mountain for miles
on the way from Telluride to Rico
New York Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
HORSE AND DOG.
Contact With Civilization Lessons
Ihsir Cunninn and Sanacitu

Contact With Civilization Lessons
Their Cunning and Sagacity.
The dog is no doubt the most intelli.
gent of our domestic animals, and
yield to none in my affection for him.
can almost eat and sleep with fine
dog winter and summer. But try not
to deceive myself about his intelii
gence. 1t seems to me that If the dog
had the least spark of wit akin to our
own-that is, power of reason-his
long association with man would have
famed it into flame. however small.
But after all these thousands Of
years of human companionship and
love he has less wit in some respects
than his wild brothers, the fox and
the wolf. Having been spared the
struggle to live that falls to their lot.
his cunning and sagacity have deterio
rated. The same Is true Of the horse,
which has less intelligence than the
wild stallion of the plains and for the
same reason.
These animals do not grow wiser as
they grow less wild. They do not civil
lie or develop. We train them into
certain ways that make them service
able to us; we humanize them without
adding to their mental capacity. In
other words, we cannot cross our in
telligence upon theirs and make i.
fruitful in them. The germ will not
take-John Burroughs in Outing Mag.
aZIne.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
Enolish House Names.

House owners are sometimes rather
unfortunate in their selection of names
for their abodes, and in suburbia house
naming is occasionally rather ludicrous.
Thus 1.-THE Naples" has never a ma.
pie near, THE Rosary" only exists in
Imagination, "sunnyside' is the most
depressing villa residence, ana houses
named after the English lakes ITO more
suggest the lake district than Fleet
street suggests the Bots de Boulogne.
The Anglo-Saxon word "hyrst," sig
nifying forest or wood, has become
hurst" In house naming, and wood
and "holt' have the same meaning.
All house names ending with these ter.
limitations are pretty and not unsafe to
choose.
1t is curious to note that in Hastings
and st. Leonards quite n number OF
houses have typically Saxon names.
perhaps to commemorate the great
Saxon tragedy of which the name
Hastings is reminiscent
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
Waltz is Not Modern.

Many people labor under the i'm.
preston that the waltz is Of modern
origin, owing to the fact that 1t was
comparatively unknown In America or
in England until the early part of the
nineteenth century. But it was brought
originally from Provence to the court
of Henry II. Of France, at Fontaine.
bleau, by the Comte de Saulte. Mary,
queen of Scots, imported it into Scot.
land, for history records her MS hav-
ing incurred the bitter wrath and fierce
denunciation Of John Knox and of 9TH
er divines of the Gland of cakes" for
dancing 1t on one memorable occasion
at the palace of Holyrood. Toward
the end Of the seventeenth century 1t
was danced throughout southern Ger.
many and Austria, the celebrated waltz
tune and popular song, 30, Du Lieber
Augustin." dating from 1870. But, us
already stated, 1t was not until the first
two decades Of the nineteenth century
that it made its first appearance In
England and the United States, when
1t was alternately denounced and luud.
ed by the poets Of the epoch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
Comets In oIden DAYS.

People nowadays do not regard the
comet as one of those signs that fore
run the death or fall of kings. but the
superstition was still current in the
time of Queen Elizabeth, though, to
the amazement of her courtiers, the
queen calmly scorned 1t. It was also
thought that II the sovereign would re-
frain from looking at the malignant
celestial passerby no harm would come
to her. On one occasion Elizabeth's
attendants shut and curtained her win
dows, but her majesty, as might have
been expected, with "a courage an
swerable to the greatness of her es-
tate" caused them to be opened, cry.
ing as she looked up: "Jacta est alea-
the die is cast" Then, like King Knut
on the seashore, she read her people a
homily, asserting that her .'steadfast
hope and confidence We're too firmly
planted In the providence of God to be
blasted or affrighted with those beams
which either had no ground In nature
whereupon to rise or at least no war.
rant in Scripture to portend the mis-.
haps Of princes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19

place Of the evangelist who is hold
ing special services here'this week.
The high water and ice broke the
floor at the electric light plant
leaving the town in darkness for
a few nights but it was soon rep.
aired.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas Blanchard of Edgewood
Tuesday.
Miss Aylo Thorpe spent Sunday
with Mrs. Florence Smith in Man
chester.
H. L. Main has his window ar.
rayed with a fine line of the latest
spring style in shoes.
Uncle A. B. Wheelee writes from
Florida that he is havinga fine time
and that it is the place for old PEG.
pie; we should say aged people, be.
cause if they we're old like uncle A,
B. they would never grow too old, he
is 80, to spend the winters there.
Joe Guthrie has moved with his
family back to Hopkinton. Mr.
Guthrie says the next move he makes
he will have to be carried.
s. P. Carter's herd of mich COWS
was tested last week for tuberculosis
Seventeen head were found to be
affected. This was hard blow te
Mr.. Carter's heard of Is fine graded
COWS, but Mr.. Carter being q law.
abiding citizen at once had then
loaded and shipped to Cedar Rapids
where they are killed under Govern.
msnt inspection. Mr.. Carter witt
Mr.. Hazlett, who made the test,
went with them. Nine out Of
the seventeen were condemned fol
fertelizing. The other eight will be
used for food purposes. For those
condemned Mr.. Carter realized
So 10 per head. Mr.. Hazlett will
return this week and make tests in
this vicinity.
Union revival meetings in the
Presbyterian church all this week
commencing at 7:3O.
d. N. Loop is remodeling Nil
roy house which will remove an eye
sore from that part Of town.
j. Platt is on sick list
A girl is reported at the home OF
A. K. Cramer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
Pomp of ENGLISH MAYORS.

Chichester arms its chief magistrate
with n gold mounted malacca cane of
office, while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the Dor
ough by Queen Elizabeth. AT York
both the lord mayor and lady mayor.
ess are equipped with the silver mount
ed oak slaves which have marked their
authority for centuries. Among the
official retainers of the mayor of Itipon
is the municipal horn blower who
every night at 0 o'clock winds three
blasts upon this aged musical instru.
ment before the mayors residence and
again at the marked cross.-London
Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-19
HOPKINTON.

A boy was born to A. w. Melon
aid and wife last Friday.
A girl was born to j. w. McVey
of South Fork last Saturday.
Miss Mae Dunlap has gone to
Evanston, ILL.,, where she is taking
special studies at Northwestern Uni
yersity.
The river rose to high stage
yesterday and last night, breaking
up the ice contide ably Fortunate
ly the fall came in time to prevent
serious damage. The bridge over
Buck Creek near John Flannagans
was damaged by ice, one end being
knocked off.
O. W. Smith closed the deal
Tuesday with Hank Loop and the
Barr Bros Of Manchester, by which
the latter becomes owner of the
Loop opera house and Mr.. Loop
comes into ownership of 200 acres
of lard in Southern Missouri. Hank
is disporting himself with all the
airs of q ranch owner and believes
that he has got fine piece of prop
erty, though he traded sight and
unseen without going down to look
his possessions over. lie describes
it as somewhere down in the wilds
of the Ozarks, where the further
you go the tougher the county is
and he is in the last county. Hank
says he's 6 ing to invite the presi.
dent to go down and shoot Teddy
bears with him next fall if he can
find the place. Leader.
The tile floor is being laid in the
Farmers State Bank.
Mrs. Z. L. Doan and her father
returned from Marion where they
have been spending a few weeks.
Rev. Robb preached at Peoria in