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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
A Few Hint. Ia yo,.r. :

a -
Before casting your vote with the Re.
publican party remember some of these
things:
First-The failure of the Republican
party to take steps to provide for elect.
ing Senators by popular vote, and the re.
fusal of the Republican convention tc
endorse the reform.
Second-The failure, of the Republican
Congress to pass bill providing for pub.
licity of campaign contributions and the
refusal of the Republican convention even
to endorse the reform.
Third-The failure Of the Republican
Congress to pass a postal savings bank
bill and the hypocrisy of the party in
endorsing this, reform, which it had jus,
ignored in Congress.
Fourth-The passage by the Republican
Congress of currency bill which enable,
speculative banks to convert all sorts Of
securities into currency and actually re
duces the margin of safety for deposition
instead of increasing it.
Fifth-The destruction Of representa-
tive government in the lower house, where
the Republican Speaker and his commit,
tee on rules have all power and not ever
majority can get a vote ON popular
bill if the Speaker refuses consent.
Sixth-The forty-nine per cent increase
In the cost of living under the Repnbli.
can Dingley tariff and it's trusts, while
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ahead again. "Fair in the lake region,

ahead again. Fair In the lake region,
sunshiny on the Gulf coast, and an area
of depression over the corn belt"
You are just MS mean as you can
be! I'm SO very sorry to subject you to
all this annoyance"
No excuse necessary-one can en-
dure anything for while. / did not
intend coming here this summer, only /
supposed you had gone far to other
fields. and this little country place was
so restful."
Thank your coolly.
II had no idea you would bury your.
self here again when you could enjoy
the fashionable world under Mrs. Wads-
worth's chaperonage.n
y really don't know how / withstood
the temptation" she retorted. "since
Johnny Wadsworth Is such nice fell
low. He would take me any distance
In his buggy or auto-and never snub
me once" The eyes that looked into
his from under the visor of the jaunty
cap were full Of laughter, and In an In
slant his control of himself was gone
II see you still find me amusing!" he
exclaimed bitterly, you laughed at me
then; and you laugh at me now; you
gave me the discipline l deserved for
thinking Of you that way, but it was a
true love on my part, even If 1t was
laughable to you. We two have come to
the parting Of the ways. shall leave
you at the plantation, and drive on to
the station; so will not intrude upon
you again." He flicked his whip and
the horse broke into brisk trot.
There was light in the girls eyes
that had not been there before, as she
leaned over and took the lines from
Ills hand. "Since this is to be our last
drive" demurely, there is no need of
hurrying. 1t will be over soon enough. y
He turned and looked at her, his face
white with emotion and his throat
throbbing fercely. whit new scheme
is this? Is 1t only to play with me
longer-make life harder to live with
out you?'
There was a little tremor in her
voice. Listen she said. when You
told me what was to you. you told
me In the next breath how jealous you
were Of Johnnie Wadsworth. of all per-
sons on earth. Why, he could never be
anything more to me than friend, and
besides he is to marry cousin Laura.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
sp11NrERs.

1t is the side show man that expects
circus applause
1t is all right to dance, but it is a
mistake to try to go faster than the
music.
It is better to hang on to the old
friends until you see how the new ones
are going to pan out.
A man will howl for light bread, and
then raise kick IL he thinks that the
baker has cut down the weight.
Bobbs-Dld you ever take music les.
Ions? Dobbs-Yes, learned to pump
the pipe organ when was kid.
Bennings-Do you believe in pre-des.
tination? Jennings-No; still stick
to the old-fashioned oat meal that
mother used to make.
Bowers Young Smith is always com.
planning of the heavy load he has to
carry in life. Powers-I. don't wonder :
he puts everything on his back.
The Duchess Of Northumberland has
a suburban garden at Synon House,
Brentfer, famous for its lilies, stand
ard rose trees and German carnations.
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He saw the graceful figure, in Its be-
coming blue habit. the flecked sunlight
upon her shining hair, ahead of him.
and refined up his horse. She looked
over her shoulder and seeing him, gave
q vicious cut with her whip.
"As II would intrude upon her! A
heartless coquette-a woman without
womanly principlesv' he said bitterly,
drawing his horse down to slow
walk.
She disappeared around the bend in
the road In whirl Of reddish dust.
Guy Mortimer's thoughts, as they fol-
lowed her, were not pleasant. Only last
summer he had been the accepted lover
Of the prettiest girl in oil the Blue
Ridge region Of Virginia, to find him
self one day suddenly supplanted by n
Weather rival. He wondered why she
had come back to such quiet little out
OF the way place as Vinto, and why she
had not married. The horse slowly
made its way along the shady road and
turned the bend. AS he did SO the man
gave such start as caused them to
draw up abruptly beside the dislnounted
rider standing In the middle> of the
road.
aHava Won been thrown Mab-Mtss
Andrews2" he asked snrineing ont Of
the brogv
o.. ,aauo, ta,n,r, ,,,rn +,,o .,n,,.,.
,,sAn. ,,no,, hsr ra ~. ao,d ha,r har asas
~ the arn,nd INV horsaNtha sod', ~,
-.ometb,no was loose she mmrmnrad
,nooh.rantI1 ..ord ,,han : aot .,nr.,, ~
.ee n ! could A. it-~wlvSthe borse
ran ofr hone he will ~ hono,- M
you think he willY
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R3SS5l5QgZ''
ezs8nS'
GETTING EVEN,

GETTING EVEN.
II guess I'll get you, Mrs. Bird!"
Said wandering Thomas Cat.
You'd make a splendid dinner,
You are SO nice and fat"
But Birdie saw old Tommy
And quickly flew away:
And as she went she sang to him:
Observation-Disclosures"
Ah-ha! you juicy creature;
You're worm just the right size!
Cried Birdie TO little worm.
z you exactly suit my eyes"
"Ill just dip down and get you!"
But Wormie gently stole
Beneath a sheltering tuft Of grass
And dropped into his hole.
And as he went he murmured;
MRS. Birdie. go away!
! love to live too we'll to be
Eaten by you today"
Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
What "Father" said K

Now said the teacher. spell that
word
Grace" said the little girl.
well. now. what is that? Pro-
nounce the word"
The little girl found 1t beyond her
powers.
Now" said the teacher. what
did your father say before breakfast
today?"
A beam of intelligence shot across
the child's face. and she replied
quickly:
HE said, Hang these eggs; they
are too hard boiled today again!'''
Home Chat.
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only been impaired. but utterly destroyed
by permitting its energies to become alb.
sorbed in the artificial life Of, the corpor-.
ate creatures of their laws, and that at!
this time we must either makesa complete
surrender to corporate misrule or redeem
once and for all time the heirlooms of our
nation from the corporation pawnshop in
which they have been hypothecated by the
party in power. In this connection you
will be able to show further from the con-
current testimony of all ages that party
long continued in power becomes honey
acombed with corruption and if more re-
cent authority be demanded, you can point
to the speech of Taft in Virginia few
weeks ago when, forgetting the national
application Of his remarks, he pleaded
with the independent democrats of that
state to vote for a change, for party
too long in control becomes rotten and
corrupt.
You will be able to show that the boast
ed prosperity, upon which the republican
party carried the country four years ago,
has rested upon the understandable as
sumption that the bounties of nature and
the demand for American products aboard
have been originated and controlled by the
republican party.
You will be able TO show that the tariff
Is a fair example of republican policy.
That the taxing of the many for the few
has resulted in an unequal distribution of
wealth and that history supplies no in
stance where the unequal disposition of
wealth has not resulted in an unequal
subdivision of power, which has always
been used for the general oppression Of the
masses.
You will be able to show that the cry
of conservatism now raised by the repuh-
lican party is a counterfeit, and that if
the people accept it as pure gold they will
awaken to find that it has turned to mere
alloy, for it is conservatism that stands
for retrogression and not progress and if
II were long to prevail would not only
mean universal stagnation, but the hands
of the clock would be turned backward to-
wards the period when. man stalked the
earth with bow and spear, clad in the
skins of wild beasts, and preyed upon
everything that crossed his path.
You will be able to show that the demo-
cratic party is capable Of bringing about
Wholesome reforms without alarm or dan
ger to those who have become the innocent
possessors of the inflated securities which
republican prosperity and solemn pro-
mise to keep it up, induced them to pur-
chase.
Passing from survey of conditions
and principles to the consideration of can
didates, you will be able to show that,
n fho fhino nj ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
A BUNDLE PARTY.

A well-known writer for children
believes in Bundle Parties" OF tho
best way to do she says:
a Bundle Party IL rightly car
ried out will create no end of amuse.
ment. Specify in your invitation that
each guest must Bring with him q
parcel containing anything he chooses
and especially II 1t is a good joke,
the better. A line is stretched across
the room. on which all the parcels.
neatly tied up, are hung. Each one
who contributed is blindfolded. turned
around three times and then allowed
to have the parcel he first touches"
Bee Hive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
Arabian Niaht. storie,.

The Arabian Nights. is an extern.
siye collection of tales forming part Of
the Arabic literature. and the exact
title OF which is THE Book of the
Thousand and One Nights" They.
were first made known to Europe by
Antoine Galland. between 1904 and
IVY. He was French Orientalist,
who succeeded. after much effort, in
obtaining manuscript. which he sup.
plementsd by gathering tales from
professional story.telIers, whom ne
mel during his travels in the East.
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watch tho Profe..or.

Lecture upon the rnlnoceros:
Professor must beg you to give me
your undivided attention. 1t is abso.
lutely impossible that you can form
true idea Of this hideous animal un-
less you keep your eyes fixed on me-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Loud,

slave you seen Chollie's latest waist.
coat? Great heavens!"
"No-what is its hue?"
"Hue? It's hue and cry-"-Cleye-
land Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
He Meant tn. A.b...

Hewitt-Gruet uses very appropriate
language, don't you think so3
Jewett-Well, when asked him
what he thought of the idea of crema.
ton his reply was, 1T Jars one."-New
York Press.
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which he allows himself be impressed by words and
images which would be entirely without action each
OF the isolated individuals composing to
be Induced to commit acts contrary to his obvious
interests and his best known habits An individual in
crowd is grain Of sand amid other grains of sand
which the wind srs up at will. However personal and
original he may be- mean to be, he takes his color
and characteristics from his surroundings.
The most striking popularity presented by psyche
logical crowd Is the folowng Whoever be the indiyd
uals that compose It, however like be their mode
Of life their occupation, their character or their ntei-
gence the fact that they have been transformed into
crowd puts them In possession Of sort of collective
mind which makes them feel, think and act In manner
quite different from that in which each individual of
them would feel think and act he in state Of so-
latien There certain ideas and feelings which do
not into being do not transform themselves into
acts except in the of individuals forming crowd
The psychological crowd is provisional being formed
of heterogeneous elements which for moment are com.
bined exactly the cells which constitute living body
form by their reunion being which displays charac
terscs different from those possessed by each Of the
| cells singly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16

Now what shall we name the baby n
inquired the professors wife.
"Why, this species has been named
answered the professor, in astonish-
ment. This is primate mammal,
homo sapiens.'
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what He Meant.

Niuggins II hear you have been com
pairing me to parrot. What am to
infer from that?
Hugglns- oh, I merely meant to Inn
ply that you were not as green as you
looked. That's all.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
Farm, Philosophy

ut pears tew me-" remarked the
rural philosopher, that law air heap
sight like colt" =
"How's that?" queried the hired man.
Somebody has tew break it afore
yew kin tell whether it's emmy good or
not"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
Az In Hia Gaze

After ALL" said the moralist, ..lifs
Is but a desert drear and"
Yes" interrupted the plutocrat,
but one needn't mind that SO long az
there is plenty of sand philadelphia
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16
THE SQUIRRELS PARTY.

RorOri
& e
TIE SQulRHEL'S PARTY
A dear little squirrel was friskinr
about In big green park. when In.
to his choice place came a party 81
boys and girls with a very nice lady.
The lady was the mamma Of one
OF the boys and the other children
were her sons guests, and they were
all going to have : n,cnic - tho
park.
"Oh, there's a little sonirreliels
cried one of the children. and AZ
once all eyes we're turned ON the III.
tie squirrel in question. .sav vhv.
can't We have him To o,,r Marty man.
MAJ asked the little host ~ thas
party. addressing his mamma me
lady In charge az the n,cnic crovd
aWell. / really think ia mora q
keeping that the squirrel shonia AT
as host and we a. enests y std IN.
mamma smiling ~ tho nrettv sc,,,rro,
that was standing IN NJ h,rS 80.
and ,ook,n. very much on,,saa ~
the funny beines who baa co,na III
unlimited into his wood
ooh. then LET. cal, ,t Tho ecr,rrs,..
party suggested little va,io-.
haired girl who wore hdna r,hhon.
and 4 white frock 2
Yes. ia the little .cn,rra,,s 80,
typ agreed All the other I,ttia or ~.
an that case M srr,rra,. .ha ,
come and make us we,cnman Sac,ar.,
ed the mamma "Rnt yor rnnw ~.
manners of an,mala,asn.c,aI,. Z,
sou,rre,s-are MT lilo az sann,as.
of peonle so 10 .hal have ~ ~
have toward sonIrrelia 40 lhe vom,d
like us to dn. In tho frst Nee
We must Let him unaarstona tha, *
are hia friends and do M. intend
to do him harm IN Tho socond nioaa
we must he verv nn,at whar No IL IN -.
our miast for sonIrre,s A. MI s,,s !,
too much noise and -cnmmot,on.
They are afraid ~ ,omn,nv so .n.s
shouting. and viii RIM away ,,om
their hest friends 70 thav hoh.va
noisily. So ali he seated q = nrat.
~ circle-leavine room for soairre,,e.
ia enter az nne s,da-ona thaa,a ar, an
set out some nice luncheon for him.
and invite him to come IN {. 81,
The children ala a. suggested and
sat az still a. little mica and tbens
mamma nut ont some mt. ana Mite.
Of CANDY on a bie green lea, Witch
was placed insthe center ~ Tho In. n.
closure made nv the little nicn,ct.
ers.
"And now. Johnny James. von m.v
20 and invite the squirrel - come
to his own marty. said Inc m.mma
giving a hulled mt "a .Inhnnv I.m IS
and biddinr him ~ s,tara q n,os. =
Squirrelie and Offer Il 10 him And
when he comes near enough q bite
the nut YOU must move backwaras e
little, holding the nut lust out Of his
reach, till at last You have. coaxed
him into the circle. Then HEN have
after he has found that we are his.
eu And s ~ a aUo " a us. 80.
~ .A1 ss.e eaoasn' yusl az sure 2.
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maggie, want you to incinerate the
refuse" "All right, ma'am; I'll come
ard do 1t as soon as finish burning
the waste" Baltimore American.
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Accounted For,

Chollie-They say sitting in the
moonlight will make one silly.
Mollie-I wouldn't sit in 1t 80 much
II 1 were you !-Yonkers Statesman.
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wages have increased only nineteen De

cent.
Seyenth-The refusal of the Republi.
can Congress to amend this tariff al,
though its iniquities are admitted and flu
ture revision has been reluctantly prom
Used by Its friends after the storm is
over.
Eighth-The notorious fact admitted 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 Ameri:.
can consumers and the refusal of the Re
publican House of Representatives to
adopt an amendment to have our govern
ment agents report on these prices.
Ninth-The Republican leaders pretend
they favor tariff sufficient only to COM
pensate factories for the difference be-
tween labor cost in America and abroad,
but the fact is that the Republican tariff
is more than sufficient to pay the whole
labor cost. On steel products the labor
cost fifteen per cent and the tariff is thir-
ty-two per cent.
Chairman Theodore Bell Notifies
John w. Kern.
In advising Mr.. Kern of his nomination
at the Denver convention for vice presi-
Dental candidate of the Democratic party
Theodore A. Bell, chairman of the Motif.
cation committee, said:
"The lines of battle are drawn up fol
one of the severest political struggles in
the history of the country. Just one
more ceremony remains to be performed
before the contending forces take the field
for action. Assembled here to-day from
every section of America are representa-.
tives of the Democracy to whom has been
delegated the great privilege of rendering
to you, Mr.. Kern, an honor and trust
as sacred as any political body can offer
to one of its most loyal and distinguished
members, and that is the Democratic
nomination for the vice presidency of the
United States. In selecting you for this
high honor the Democratic national con.
vention was not unmindful of the fact
that the Office of Vice President has 50
gained in authority and national impor.
lance that he who is chosen for that ex.
allied position must possess every quail.
tication, moral and intellectual, that fits d
man to become the chief magistrate Of his
people. These qualifications you were
found to possess in pre-eminent degree
Your neighbors told us at Denver that in
your private character you value the
homely virtues of life far above the tinsel
which so often excites the desires and
ambitions of men. In your public career
as legislator in your State your neigh.
bors recalled that your official acts were
always born of an honesty of purpose and
that your constituency, from your point
of view, was limited only by the bounda-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16

Mrs. Biggs-I'm going to get gown
to match my complexion.
Mrs. Diggs-Rut aren't those hand
painted gowns awfully expensive?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16

LADIES WHOSE HUSBANDS
AS rule the wife
re mas had much to do with his winning
modern noveliss present
sphere London illustrated publication pictures the
whose names familiar
America In the order which they
Thomas Hardy Maddng
Anthony
zenda Mrs Hall Caine wife of the author
Deemster
the author Of The Adventures Peme
whose husband Parker wife the author
Tho Seats Of the Mighty"
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HOW CIVILIZATION MAKES BARBAR1ANs.
BY Gustsve Le Bon.

By the mere fact that he forms part Of
crowd, a man descends several rungs in the
ladder of civilization. Isolated, he may be
cultivated individual; In a crowd he is q
barbarian-that is. a creature acting by In.
stinct He possesses the spontaneity, the
violence the ferocity md also the enthusiasm
and heroism Of primitive beings, whom he
f1rfhar fanda To raaanah1o h,r Tho AHA, ,,.,A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-16

Band Instruments in use by the Sal
walton Army are worth $4,000.
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CHARACTER STUDY


This Is an interesting game, requir-
ing some thought in its preparation,
and serving in its performance to stir
up the company and bring the differ
sent persons together.
Make list of famous people, few
more than the number Of guests ex.
pected. Give each character num-
ber. Then select six well-known facts
about each person, OF which no single
one viii reveal his Identity, but. all
taken together, will make it easy to
guess the name. Write these six
facts on six separate slips of paper
Zone on each slip-and number each
enc with the same number as that on
your list opposite the name Of the
character described. Do this for all
the names on the list Then mix all
the slips thoroughly together and give
Elk to each guest. taking them up at
random. Give him also q little card
Of directions reading like this: mo.
Is. Exchange your slips with other
people with the object Of getting those
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NAN SEEKS THE sUpERFIUoUs.
By Prof. a. Do Qust

!
The intelligence and aptitudes Of man have
IA manifested themselves In thousand ways.
IL which may be included under the general
IN name o. industries Pacific or warlike re-
~ lating TO the individual or to the whole pop
ulaton they often differ in different races.
in different peoples, sometimes almost in diff
.A ferent tribes. The greater number conse.
J quently may be considered many char
by which the different groups Of the human species
may be distinguished
Now, the animals have only physical wants. which they
satisfy completely possible But, the end at
taned they 20 further The animal, when left to
sSf does not know has scarcely suspicion Of the
perhuous. His wants. therefore, always the same
Man ID aas seeking the supcrfuous, and often the
expense Of utility, sometimes to the detrlment of the
necessary The result 10 that his wants increase from
day to day The luxury Of the evening becomes the
diapensable OF the Moralists at all times have
blamed this tendency and condemned those Unsuitable
politics which always asking for what they do not