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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

the other one who lived across the
street! simply conldn't face It!
Harriet is going to marry man
whose name is CORTLAND De Lancy
Oswald of that on calling
card! Why, 1t would carry OF last
seasons frock every time, while mere
Mrs. Smith would have to be gowned
In the style Of year after next to be
noticed at all.
mot that your name should stand
between us II l cared for you as I
should. am sure l feel toward you
the affection of a sister, Howard. i am
interested in you and all that, but when
I consider the matter never was In
the least Jealous of you-and II were
In love with you ! couldn't help but be,
could I?
"Of course you have been with me so
constantly that have had no chance
to get Jealous. but II really loved you
I'd have been Jealous about something
about the time you talked to that
awful Phillips girl on the street car,
or when you couldn't come over be-
cause you had to 60 to the train to
meet your cousin. never wondered
IL 1t were your cousin or IL you were
trying to deceive me. That certainly
is proof that my fondness for you is
just ordinary. Isn't lt7
II hope 1t won't make you unhappy.
1 don't see why 1t should, for you'll
keep running in just the same, Of
course, and we'll do the new books and
keep up our bridge, and things will be
Just the same as ever. shouldn't
know what to do II they were not
II have been sitting here Ave min
utes. Just thinking for horrible
thought struck me. What If you meet
some other girl you like and grow to
like her more, and finally marry herr
"You. never would do anything so
ridiculous, Howard! Why, no other
girl ON earth would understand you as
/ 7doS and you'd be miserable! 1t would
be nothing but infatuation on your
part, anyhow, for you say in your let
ter--1've just read 1t over again-that
you'll never In the world care about
any one else. but me. So you see 1t
would not be fair on your part toward
the girl. 1t would be deceiying her
awfully and you never could do thing
like that.
Besides, II you went and married
some one else. think how dreadful n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
rhe upp,.e,r room.

In my house Of life is an Upper
Room,
4 small and garnished place:
And there dreamed In the mist
gay gloom,
And looked my soul In the face.
70 Upper Room with your dreams
where
Let my friends. unwept, go pass
ing by!)
Once Love tried the door, and a
child's voice came
heard it through my prayers
But the door was barred when they
called my name,
And the steps went down the stairs.
(And yesterday at the door found
A toy and rose trampled on the
ground.)
And my prayers were heard, for with
toll my house MI
Has grown. though empty. great;
And from my Upper Room I see
Crowds gather around my gate.
(Frcm my Upper room with its
dreams where S
Let the loveless years go passing
by.)
I have fought my fight. Hush! they
bring the prize
have run; have won the race!
But ] sit and 1 dare not lift my
eyes
To look my soul in the face;
Tor yesterday at the door I found
"A toy and a rose trampled on the
greund.1 .
Mary Roberts Rinehart. in "suc
cess Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
MAKING \ TIGER SIT DOWN.
Maurice B. Kirby Describes the Meth.
DDS Used to Train the Beast for
Shou 4,

DDS used 20 IRAN the 6Saet TOT
Show.
Fifteen feet OF slack rope were per-
mitted the animal as the trainer di.
Tected him once more to the seat and
once more he failed to understand.
Then the order to hoist was given,
and, as the men pulled. the tiger
felt the collar tighten about his neck.
His head gradually was lifted up, UNI.
til his fore legs left the ground and
he pranced on his hind paws. With
the fear of strangulation and the in
stinct of self-preservation his brain.
became mental mud-puddle. He
beat the air with his fore paws.
whirled. squirmed, and wriggled, in
a vain effort to get out of the col
lar that clutched his throat Every
movement of his body brought him
nearer to the seat over which hung
the block and tackle. When he reach
ed it an assistant grabbed his tail
through the bars OF the cage and
pulled him toward the little stool,
while the trainer punched him
against it with the iron bar
Swing him clear of the ground" he
called. Well make him take that
seat. All together now!" and as the
men laid their combined weight on
the rope. the big cat was hoisted UNI
til his hind legs dangled two feet
above the floor, dancing madman's
Jig. The helpless. choking brute
fought the useless fight OF a fish out
of water. Had not the muscles over
his throat been like solid rubber tires
he would have strangled as he curled
his body into coil. trying to es.
cape the weight that hung from his
own neck.
With much pushing and hauling the
struggling beast finally was landed on
the seat; but. the moment he felt
support under his feet he leaped for
the floor. He was met by the trainer,
who walloped the sore. sensitive nose
with the hickory handle of his whip
and followed this up firing the burn
ing powder OF blank cartridge
straight into the nostril The tiger
turned to run. but the trainer yelled,
Lift him, boys" and as the crew
threw their weight. on the rope the
beasts head and fore legs were yank:
ed from the ground, and he pranced
along for "a few steps with only the
claws of his hind feet touching the
boards. When the momentum OF his
body had carried him clear of the
floor, he swung back, suspended in
the air, more like a life-less tiger
skin than blood-filled beast OF flesh
and sinew.-From Everybody's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
EN Nc FOOD BILL ID

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fiftbss * Tho wboot coTTs,,n,ad IN the
nn,tads r,ncdon, comes ,from : trond
n tbs seyan yeora 1aso.es pr,sain.
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nonnlot,on IN FOREIGN food ayereoe,,
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I'D =, - me ora,o 90, "a 40 ia na,r1n
strssSieS sfha amount the foods ,no,mda.5
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Some 81, tha f,omres o,otad .ee,n
an ormons For Instance IN 1907 I pr,t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
A SCHOOL ADVENTURES.

My grandfather. who Is very fond
of telling stories, once related an
exciting experience he had at school.
He received the early part Of his
education at little back.woods
school in Maryland. where the boys
were often punished for their mis-.
demeanors with. switch composed
Of birch.rpds.
One morning, grandfather says. the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
SCHOOLING The ELEpHANr.
From Jungle to show-Rlns His
Course Of Education ls Not
What Might Be Called

When the young, green elephant,
with the assistance Of two domesti-
Gated brethren. is brought by the
mahout from the jungle into captiv-
ity. powerful rope to control bis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
An o.aissiop,.,l

Magistrate What l. the charge
against you this time?
Roggs They cotched me a.stealing
oranges, ger worship.
Magistrate DidD'tsI tell you when
you were here before not to steal any.
thing more7 s; 8:
Boggs No. yer worship; you said NOT
to steal any more lemons, but yer didn't
nay word about oranges.--I.ondon
Graphic. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

Yate Wood OF Australia has tina
tensile strength Of good cast iron.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
wide Awake.

Puddle lou know Stocks, don,t yo,, i
Doctor Yes, Indeed. He is now ! :
patient Of mine: 80
Puddle Pretty wide-awaAs man
isn't her 81 X
Doctor should say 50. am treat Z
ing him for insomnia. London Tit.
Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
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Dyer-Well. / zee Failing II on his
feet again. Ryer- Yes: he was obliged
to cell his auto. Puck.
.was that you I kissed In the con.
servatory last night7' About what
time was 1t Philadelphia Inquirer.
She Yes, whenever 1 see man In q I
dark street / always run. He.-And do I
you ever catch one Of them -Harper's
Weekly.
II didn't. see you in church yester-
day. mo; Willie didn't shovel 4
path through the Sunday pdpers In
time. Puck.
Polly-How do you like my bathing
suit7 Dolly-It must have been per.
fectly sweet before you outgrew IT,
Cleveland Leader.
BarberAHa,r rett,nr thin .,r rv.v
tried our hair preparation, SIR Gus.
TONER No. / can't blame 1t on that (
Boston Transcript.
He-Has yonr fortune ever been
told, she-No: but + dare nv nan. 3
VIM tell you II you really have serious
Intentions. Sketch. S's5.
4You seem 10 manage remark.blv ).
well ON your housekeepins money. -
Eyes; the storekeenersI l,aver,t .ent #, !
their bills yet. STRAY Stories.
Mr.. phusser 1,ynthia i have io,ned I
= Don't worry Club (. Mrs. Phns.err.s
| i am sorrv for the ..tnh n VIII nv.
I to change IL name: s-Roston.s Tra velerl
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phone today for the nrgt time M nera
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
THE MAMAloTH's SIZE.

Exaggerated IDEAS have been en-
tertained, according to the opinion
of Mr.. F. A. Lucas, concerning the
prodiglous size ofsthe ancient mann
moths, whose remains have been
found in Alaska and Siberia. II is
mistake, he says. to ascribe to
them q greater size than that OF the
modern elephant. He believes that
no Siberian mammoth has been found
with greater height, at the should
ers.s than feet inches. Indian ele-
plants occasionally attain this height,
whereas the African elephant often
stands II feet at the shoulders. and
sometimes slightly more. The real
giants among fossil elephants were
found in southern Europe and the
Western and Southwestern parts OF
the United States. These stood
from IL feet inches to possibly l3
feet 9 inches high. !. Youths Com
;panion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
stiII Az. va. I.ox.a... Z

II can not sing the old songs
Her promise short and terse
She kept. But then she went aad ssas
& The new ones which were worse.
Boston Traveller. - - i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

The total electrical energy supplied
in London during the past year was
213,174,379 kilowatt hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

Honest, now, when you have co.n-
pany how much Of your hospitality L
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
Howard Gets His Answer



dDear Howard" she wrote, "of course
your letter was surprise to me- big
surprise. In the first place when d
man has been running in to see you
every other evening for a year It seems
funny for him to write a proposal when
It would be 20 much easier just to say
1t.
II don't quite understand what you
meant when you said you wrote instead
of talking to me on the same theory
that 1t was a mean trick to telephone
an Invitation to dinner, as the tele-
phone had no chance to think up an
excuse, but usually accepted, because
he or she had to say something and
couldn't collect his OF. her wits suffl-
ciently to get out of 1t II he or she
wanted to! e
"Of course can never marry you.
expect you'n be surprised at that,
because I've seen 30 much Of you and
we've had such good times together,
and, as you say, are such good com
rades. I'm never going to marry any
one.
Il like you; awfully well and I should
hate to have you stop coming to see
me, but, of course, you won't do that,
We haven't finished that book we were
reading, and then there's the party at
the Crandalls' next week. I'd be lost
without you to go about with. You see
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
GOING AWAY.

Little Bessie's father had decided
to move his family to the small town
Of Salem. West Virginia. Naturally
this proposed change interested Bees,
sic very much. for she realized she.
was to enter a new world. Upon in.E
forming her little friends she asked
each Of them II they knew what kind
Of place Salem might be. None
sof them knew Of Salem, but quite q
few had been to Clarksburg. city
Of something over 1000 inhabitants.
Naturally Clsrksburg received all the,
praise to the slighting Of Salem.
The talk OF her friends had It's eff
feet upon Bessie and she began to
dread moving to Salem. The night
before the family had decided to go
papa overheard Bessie saying her
prayers. Much to his, surprise her
usual supplication was ended with
the words: Goodbye, God. we are
golns TO Salem. THE Bohemian.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11
.nrd it would be for you to d. { sucn. Z

.nuIu II WVulu DS 4OI yVuft " UU BuCQ u
thing. :
II am sure II could talk to You my
meaning would be easier to catch. You
Zee, have your best interests at heart
lit is Just that. have noticed lately
that Ross girl making eyes at you
and most men think she has fascinat-
Ing eyes because they slant little. She
certainly knows how to use them, and
there really was no excuse for you to
beam at her as you did the other night.
I'd have spoken about It only l don't
let myself notice such trivial occur
srences never could be Jealous Of the
Ross creature.
Howard, you don't really like her,
do your I'd do anything to save You
from such fate, I believe. wish 1
could talk to you. I feel blue for some
reason. guess It Is because I miss
you this evening. suppose you didn't
come over because you wanted your
letter to take full effect I'd lots rather
have you than the letter ! want you
to say It'll And you won't get this till
sto-morrow Good. gracious I can tele-
phone and you'll be over In ten min
so
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

She rushes toward tho telephone.
tearing the letter into bits as she runs
She calls for his number In breath
less voice. and then with a disappoint-
ed, "oh! Isn't he I'M" hangs up the
receiver. 'S
q She stands biting her lip and the:
tears come to her eyes.
II WONDER" she gasps to herself, Il
wonder-if Howard could if he could
be calling on that Ross girl I'll marry,
him myself before she shall have himl''
She rushes again to her desk and
begins another letter. 1t is Ave lines
long and says Eyes" in the first line
Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-11

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
TAFT WILL NOT INTERFERE
 WITH SENATORIAL SITUATION

Hot Springs. Va, July 1F---Arthur |. vorys. manager of the National cam patgn in Ohio, made a statement today in regard to the Senatorial situation in his State. which he declared ought to be satisfactory to all persons con. cerned.
 The pnrport of the statement is thst the manager of the National campaign will not interfere with the election of a United States Senator to succeed Senator Foraker.
 T have no candidate for the sena- torehtp.S said Mir. Vorys That is and has continuously been Secretary Taft.s attitude respecting the Senatorship He stands where he always stood. determ- inad not to promote any one's candi- dacy or to place obstacles in the way of any one who wants to be a candi- date. There is no concerted effort oa the part of the Taft men to defe 1t Foraker. Senator E'oraksr. ip a stats- msnt made recently in Washington put it right when he said that ws should proceed to slect Republiear Legislature. After that, the question of who ought to be Ssnasor can be set tleds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
HiTcHcocIS IN onIOAGo.
gruft,s Campaign Manager Talks .
 Cnrninw Political Bntt1es,

OUMK1M8 GVAAAAGA&A AN4&AN1S
 Chicago, July i7.--Frank H. Hitch cock. Chairman of the Republican Na- tionaI Committee, and James q. Wu- Hams. Jr., a member of Judge William Fl. Taft's political staff, arrived here today from Washington and will leave tomorrow for Colorado Springs. where Republican State Chairmen and mem. bers of the National Committee from States west of the Missouri river will confer with MT. Hitchcock on July 20 and a1.
 THe meeting has been called for the purpose of bringing Western Rspublt- can leaders closer together and to plan systematically to run the campaign that Is to be made in the west for Taft and sherman. Later a similar confer ence wiu be held in Chicago, in which the leaders from the Central States will be present. and in which Republi- can leaders will mee@aIr. Hitchcock in Chicago. In diseus&aAg the political situation today Mr. Hitchcock said thatsthe hardest b4ttles would have to be fought West of the Missouri river and that he planned to secure the ben- efits of the political assets never be- fore available. for the reason that State Chairmen confined their efforts in the past to their own territory.
 Mir. Hitchcock will try to bring them together in the matter of getting speakers ad so far as possible wipe out the State lines in carrying on the campaign. The opinion was expressed by MT. Hitchcock that the East Is prst- ty, safe for Taft and on that account, time to the West with headquarters at Chicago. This will not be determined however. until after the conference with State leaders,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
FLEET AT HONOLULU.
People of the Islands Give welcome
 ArnawaSawa

People Of the Islanda Give Welcome to
 Americans.
 Honolulu, July 17.-~Tlie people of the Hawaiian Islands were just as anx. ious to see the shins of the Atlantic hattleship fleet today as they were yes- terday on ita arrival in this. haFhor. and thousands were early on the wharves eager for an opportunity to
 Ali the ships were open to visitors today excepting the Nebraska, which has been placed In quarantine end will go to Lahaina where. she will be thor oughly fumigatad. Several additional cases of scarlet fever developed on hoard the Nebraska on her run fF0na san Franciseo. where the disease hrst Appeared. The new case has been taken to the hospital ship Relief.
 me third diviaton. comprising the I I.auisiana. Virginia, Ohio and Missouri, fs at Lahaina where they were greeted enthusasticalfy yesterday on their ar rival. They will coal and come 70 Honolulu on Saturday. There, were va- lions erltsrtainments furnished the men ef inc fleet ashore today. several thous- ana being given shore leave. Thare were baseball and football games bs- tween chosen teams from the heet and local organizations and a wild west show which was free to au wearing the naval uniform. Inc AeatuIe ot sn9 day. however. was parade "a wnicn s xaa hIuA Jackets and marines partic- inated. The procession marched over route three miles long which was lined with thousands of enthusiastic epec. tators. Many of the men in line were decorated with wreaths of nowers maas bv Hawaiian girls Rear Aamiras sparry expressed himself as well ple@sea S1ft, eha derflonstra tioua. There was sn excursion to the volcano of Mauna Kaala this afternoon. This evening there was a grand ball at WAIKIKI
 TWO thousand were given shore leave last night. The streets were splendia. ,.- t,l,,rsInated ana were thronged until S1tSnirht. Rear Admiral Sperry was entertained at dinner by Governor Car fer. The Sailors as guests of the cit- izens were treated to rides In aueemo- piles and carriages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
GOMFERS DENIES THAT
 HE CALLED MR HEARST

Erie. Pa, July i7.--Presidsnt eani- uei Gompers of the American Federa- ton of Labor, said to . representatlve of the Associated Press tonight thai there is absolutely no truth In the puh- liahed reports that ha had eahled Wil- liam R Hearst. q leader in the Inds- pendencs League. urging the editor to use his influence to prevent the leaGue norairating its own candidate for Presi- dent, and to urge the league to give its support to William I Bryan be- cause the Democratic convention in corporated in it's platform blanks urged by organized labor.
 T read in the news," Mir Gompere said, "that I am credited with adkins MT. Hearst to support Bryan. and that Mir. Hearst has made reply to me through the press. Now. did nothing of the kind. I don't know where the message Mir. Hearst claims to have received came from. I didn't send it or any other message tc Mir. Hearst. ]"