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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-03-11

y. N. PEARSE.
uST!CE OF THk PEACE AND COLL psr
1ron Ny. a.. business entrusted to him giyeo
second floor. S-
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HUTCHINSON a A1MArEe

HUTCHINSON 6 ATWATER.
HARDWARE, STOVES. TINwARE. ETC.
!, heeps nIst class Tuner and does ali Kinds
opposite First Nationa. Bank MALI street. -
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DIR. /. j. BOWMAN.

DR.. I. j. BOWMAN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Manchester.
I ! Iowa. ofice In the u niger building on
Fran ST., Opposite the City Hail. Calls
answered ~ promptly. Special attention given
to Diseases oil the eye, car, nose ard throat.
Glasses fitted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-03-11

DR.. T. .. BURNS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. All profes
sloha! calls promptly answered, day or
hient. once opposite the Post Offics. Tele-
phone ioo. Residence telephone s0l.
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w. L. DREW,

RY GOODS. Notions, Carpets, Gents Fur.
y hishlng goods. etc. Franklin street. 4,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-03-11

Harry Sly and A. O. Acefs Of
Manchester wore business visitors
here Monday.
Nettie Packard Of Irene, ILL.,, was
guest Of John Rosa's Sunday on
her way to Williams, Ia, to visit her
sister.
Last Wednesday occurred the
marriage of two Of our most popular,
respected and esteemed young pee.
pie of this vicinity Mr.. Arthur
Keenan, and Miss Agness Keegan
both Of this vicinity. The marriage
cermony was performed by Rev.. T.
j. Murtagh in the Catholic church
here and was witnessed by quite a
number of friends and relatives
The groom was attended by his
brother Pete Keenan, and the bride
by her cousin Miss Clara Keegan.
Miss Mayme McMahan played ,hs
melody Of Love wedding march as
the bridal couple entered the church
the choir was present and high
mass was celebrated. The bride
was attired in most beautiful
gown of white silk and the groom
wore the conventional black and
looked the wise, substantial fellow
that he is. The happy couple are
spending their honeymoon a trip to
Waterloo Sioux City and Denver
Col. They will take up housekeep-
ing this spring on a farm owned by
the groom south of town where he
has provided connidious home for
the girl of his choice. This estim.
able couple have the best wishes Of
the people Of this community.
! J. w. Turley is loading his house.
hold goods today preparatory to
moving to Waterloo this week.
This seems to be a very busy
week here, council meeting, school
election and several people moving
along with our regular routine
makes things quite lively.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-03-11
Had Long Been Planned.

How Robinson Was Murdered.
The moment the men entered the Of
flee door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door
behind the men, and quickly drawing
ont n knife lie began slashing Mt TIN
dpenty warden's throat Robinson was
unable to move before his tlroat was
cut wide open and the sank to The
floor, dying. At the moment Rock at
tucked Robinson Hayes drew knife
aud started for Conley The latter re
treated to the rear of the office, but be-
fore he could draw his gun
Hayes had slashed his throat, cut
ting him from the left ear to point
under the chin. The convict, seeing
his intended victim getting away
grappled will, him and stabbed him
several times in the shoulder and the
groin
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olLpNER BROS
3. CLARK

GLoTaiNG and C ents furnishing goods. Oitv
" Hall block. franklin street.
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Thrill g. Pierce
Loans, Real Estate
and Insurance.
FRED q. BLAIR.
PHYSICIANS
and Insurance

A TToRNEYS ATLAw ONCE in the CITY uaY
IA Block Manchester, Iowa.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22
Money
Not ONLY
Measure
of Work
By JOHN A. ROWLAND.

penal ncon of small inference is unescapa that the
earnest worker IN these lines must prepared in nav
Tor the privilege of working field which shall yield incidental pres
tige and social amolument
One of the highest positions the United that of uce
the United States Washington salary
attached exceeded by clerks many of the union
The attorney who appears before the tribunal to oe for
client may have an income 20 times larger than that Justice efo
whom ne makes argument Presidents of life insnr
companies draw salaries twice salary of to n
dent of the United States
These are illustrative of the salary sacrifices that young man ma
king conscientious concessions higher world NAV find him
self called make Bending only this higher calling within his
he need to recognize that accepting make salary
concession which in the end promise him scarcely more than ng
in his old age.
This choice of his work. however, depend upon the vo
mans wisdom in putting the salary consideration the background To
be able work for the sake of his work always one of the HIGHEST
estates possible to the worker To descend position of moro 10
borer field which offers only nducemen 70 effort i
submit to a stanging of all that best n life
But for the who has his work an Of
his taste and his fitness for doing that satisfaction no f
in the work itself the best and lasting of ompensaon His ~
for the work the mpng force all leading him TO b highest
accomplishments oil which he capable and the accomplishment of e
highest that in him always his chief incentive r
living
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

been in this very village, staying at
this ere very CaEIiflower, whose beer
we're drinking now. In the night,
when everybody was asleep, he got up
and went quiet like and buried bag
of 517 sovereigns and one half-sov-
Creign in one of the cottage gardens
till e could come for il again.
And wot I'm to do about it, Bill,
he SEES, I don't know. All the direc-
tions he gives is, that e thinks it was
the tenth cottage on the right-'and
side of the road, coming down from
the Cauliflower. He thinks it's the
tenth, but 'e's not quite sure. Do you
think Id better make it known and
offer a reward of ten shillings, say,
to any one who finds it?'
No. SEES Bill, shaking is cad.
bill swore he wouldn't tell soul,
and e went off 'ome and ad his sup
per, and then e walked up the road
to the Cauliflower and back, and then
up and back again, thinking over what
George 'ad been telling i'm, and
noticing, what e d never taken the
trouble to notice before, that is very
house was the tenth one from the
Cauliflower.
Mrs. Chambers woke up at two
o'clock next morning and told Bill to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

brotherin-law o. Bob Pretty's, his
sister marrying Bob while e was at
sea and knowing nothing about it, 'ad
a letter come from mate of his who
'ad gone to Australia to live. He'd
ad letters from Australia before, as
we all knew from Miss Wicks at the
postoffice, but this one upset him al
together. He didn't seem like to know
what to do about it.
while he was wondering Bill
Chambers passed, He always did pass
Georges 'ouse about that time in the
evening, it being on is way 'ome. and
he saw George standing at lis gate
with letter in is and looking very
puzzled.
Not bad news, I 'ope?' ses Bill.
noticing is manner, and thinking it
was strange.
1T was more like a story-book than
a letter. Georges mate, John Biggs
by name, wrote to say that an uncle
of his who had just died, on is death
bed told him that 80 years ago he 'ad
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The able-bodied men OF the village
were at work, the children were al
school singing the multiplication table
lullaby, while the wives and mothers
at home nursed the baby with one
hand and did the housework with the
other. At the end of the village an
old man past work sat at a rough deal
table under the creaking signboard of
the Caulifiower, gratefully drinking
from mug of ale supplied by a
chance traveller who sat opposite him.
ut amt what it was when I was a
boy" quavered the old man, filling his
Pipe with trembling fingers. II mind
when the grindstone was stuck Just
outside the winder o the forge instead
o being one side as it now is; and as
for the shop winder-it's twice the
size it was when L was a young 'un''
He lit his pipe with the scientific
accuracy Of smoker of 60 years
standing, and shook his head solemn
ly as he regarded his altered birth
place. Then his color heightened and
his dim eye flashed
IT'S the people about ere as
changed more than the place as" he
said, with sudden fierceness; there's
. set O. men about here nowadays as
are no good to anybody; regular ras-
kels.
But the artfullest and worst man
in this place-and that's saying a good
&c Tph
is no word for i'm. There's no way of
being up to i'm. It's through i'm that
we lost our flower show; and, if you'd
like to ear the rights o. that don't
suppose there's anybody in this place
as knows as much about it as l do
barring Bob hisself that is, but e
wouldn't tell it to you as plain as
l can.
1t was started just after we got our
new parson, and Mrs Pawlett, the par
sons wife, is name being Pawlett,
thought as she'd encourage men to
love their 'omes and be better us
bands by giving a prize every year for
best cottage garden. Three pounds
was the prize, and a metal teapot
with writing on it.
"Of course some of 'em used to
make fun of it, and Bob Pretty was the
worst of 'em all. He was always a
lazy, good-for-nothing man, and his
garden was a disgrace. He'd chuck
down any rubbish in 1t; old bones,
old tins, bits of an old bucket, any
thing to make it untidy.
1T was the day after this one I'm
speaking about, the 16the o. June, that
the trouble all began, and it came
about in very eggstrordinary way.
George English, quiet man getting
into years, who used when e was
younger to foller the sea, and whose
only misfortin was that e was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

get up further and then found e
wasn't there. She was rather sur
prtsed at first, but she didn't think
much of it, and thought, what hap
pened to be true, that e was busy in
the garden, it being light night. She
turned over and went to sleep again,
and at five when she woke up she
could distinctly ear Bill working is
ardest. Then she went to the winder.
Bill stood up straight and wiped
is face with his shirt sleeve and
started digging again, and then his
wife just put something on and rushed
downstairs as fast as she could go.
Have you gone mad?' she ses.
half crying.
Bill just stopped to throw a lump
of mould at her, and then went on
digging till Henery Walker, who also
thought ,'e 'ad gone mad, and didn't
want to stop i'm too soon, put is cad
over the edge and asked i'm the
same thing.
Ask no questions end you'll ear
no lies ses Bill
by tea time Bill was dead beat. and
that stiff he could 'ardly raise is bread
and butter to his mouth.
"Afore people 'ad done talking about
Bill, I'm blest if Peter Smith didn't
go and cultivate is garden in exactly
the same way. The parson and is
wife was away on their 'oliday. and
nobody could say a word.
To
up is garden people began to think
they were all bewitched, and went
round to see Henery Walker to tell
i'm wot fine chance ed got, and to
remind i'm that I'd put another nine
pence on i'm the night before. All e
said was: More fool YOU and went
on digging a ole in his garden big
enough to put 'ouse in.
I'm a fortnight's time there wasn't
a garden worth looking at in the
place, and it was quite clear there'd
be no flower show that year, and of
all the silly, bad-tempered men in the
place them as 'ad dug up their pretty
gardens was the wust.
Tt was just a few days before the
day fixed for the flower show, and
was walking up the road when | see
Joe and Henery Walker and one or
two more leaning over Bob Pretty's
fence and talking to i'm.
Going in for the flower show.
Bob?' ses Henery, with wink at us.
90 course l am ses Bob. 'olding
is cad up; my marigolds ought to
pull me through he ses.
It's the best-kep' garden in the
place. ses Bob. I amt afraid O. your
new way O. cultivating flowers. Bill
Chambers. Old-fashioned WAYS suit
me best; l learnt 'ow to grow flowers
from my father
You amt ad the cheek to give
your name iE Bob?' ses Sam Jones.
staring.
Admiring my geraniums. Henery?'
SEES Bob at last.
Whered you get EN-? ses Hanerv.
'ardly able to speak.
My florists, ses Bob, liz a off
hand manner.
About two days arter I threw
mine over my back fence ses Henerv
speaking very slowly.
'Ho,' SEES Bob, surprised. 4 didn't
know you 'ad any geraniums, Henery
thought you was digging for gravel
this year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

That Genoan father who shot and
killed the driver OF an automobile.
and also one of the woman occupants
OF the vehicle, who was a marehion,
ess when he saw his child crushed
TO death before his eyes, is commend
ed by some in Genoa who do not stop
TO reason: but his violence is more
reprehensihle than the neglect OF the
chauffeur
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

Toledo, Ohio, is said to have fewer
bad boys than any other city in Amer.
lea. A writer in the Worlds Work
gives the reason in his account of the
Juvenile organization established there
by wise philanthropist. He or
ganized the boys into drum corps and
athletic teams, provided the uniforms
and equipment, and then made it a
condition of remaining in the organi-
cation that the members refrain from
bad talk, alcohol, tobacco and gam
bling. Almost any boy will give up
harmful habit for harmless one if
the harmless one is made attractive
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

An American woman has made a
tour OF Europe, with but one gown
and no trunk at all. She has preferred
comfort to style. and the fact of see.
ing TO being seen. Having nothing
but suitcase, she has bought no
handsome gowns or fine laces abroad
TO smuggle past the customs authori.
ties Not the unexpected, but the i'm.
possible has happened.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

Socialism has not chance in this
country, because wealth is too difuse. If
man has 500, all his own. he loses au
ideas of sharing it with anybody else
American people are opportunists; thew
will adopt institutions, socialistic or not if
they are practical, but they will not follow
an idea beyond the stage where it becomes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The duke of the Abruzzi continues
TO have difficulty In persuadlng the
queen OF Italy TO consent to his mar
rage to Miss Elkins. The queen has
reputation at home for beauty. and
IL is but natural that she should not
want another woman at court who
would become. as well-known Chi
cagoan once said, the sinecure OF all
eyes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

That young man who for any reason al
lows himself to enter line of work in
which he cannot find the interest of work
ing is making the mistake of his life. In
the beginning the attractions of salary may
be an inducement, but the young man who
is attracted to the salary consideration only
must awake sooner or later to disappoint-
ment and failure
1t is one of the anomalies of the work
ing world that so many of those lines of
work in which the worker is likely to de-
rive the most satisfaction from his accom-
plishments carry with them the almost
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

Every American must respect the
army uniform and the navy uniform,
but he cannot respect the man who
wears II when that man proves him
self unworthy
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The French Panama Canal Com
pany, which went into bankruptcy in.
1889, finally passed out Of existence
last month when the receivers were
discharged II took longer to wind up
the affairs of the unsuccessful corpor.
alton than will be required for the
American government to build the
canal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

We are not surprised at the feat of
a st. Louis woman who has written
a play in 16 hours. A good many
OF the current plays might, 1t would
seem, have been written in less time
than that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

Washington dispatches say that
within the next 80 days new Pana-
ma bond issue will probably be put
out, amounting to about $4,000, 900.
but postage stamp bids won't go.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The contest over the will OF the
late Sir Lionel Sackville Sackville
West is not altogether astonishing
His domestic relations were somewhat
extensive and complicated. as may be
inferred from bet he once made
while at sea, that he would marry the
FIRST woman he met when he landed
He won-in a way.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The New York health board has
again arraigned the fly on the muir,
derous charge OF carrying typhoid mi
crobes on his feet and thus distribu
ling them on foods. This seems lit
tie fanciful, but whether It be true or
not, the fly is a malefactor and should
be eliminated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The success of Maxims noiseless
device for rifles serves to correct the
somewhat popular notion that Max
inns is something loud and noisy, as
well as festive.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

shortage Of chorus girls was re-
ported lately in New York, and now
Oklahoma reports a shortage of 1900
school teachers. What are the girls
doing. ANYHOW?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

Texas has more miles Of railroad
than any other state, but still It is
possible for the mosquitoes to get
down to earth through the network
OF telegraph wires above the tracks
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

British peer has just married a
chorus girl in London. Maybe the
peerage finds the American heiress
giving out or getting wary, and is
looking for wives among women who
can support their husbands by going
10 work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

According TO an observing coin col
lector superstitious persons who be
lieve in the "13" hoodoo should have
nothing to do with a quarter-dollar
for the unlucky 10 is much in evil
dence on the coins of that denomina.
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

II Minister WI has really discov-
cred the secret of prolonging life in
definitely, the empress OF China would
scarcely be blamed for wanting the
personal advice Of so valuable a sub.
1ect.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

An infant weighing 20 pounds was
born at Shewano, Wis, the other day.
Who can think of an appropriate
name for him?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

The British consul at Tamsui re-
ports that the total exports of cam
phor from Formosa in 1907 amounted
to 4,12l .566 pounds. of which 2,452, 1888
pounds was sent to Havre, London
and Hamburg; 1.635.30O pounds to
America, and 1888 pounds to Madras.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

right there would be fewer sacrifices of the
The bride these international marriages the under
lying significance OF the event. afraid The of the OCCASION
OF which she the central figure dze delights
ing moral support OF her mother strong happiness
VI course the and charm gentlemen leisure
VINO spend so much time their attractions
uPuapy IN their favor IN the preliminary they
affections of susceptible girl There's them are
rreslstby handsome, cultured, delightful had
work. an accomplishment which they ddan perception the
diculous would be vivid than it
we are not compelled to accept the European standard
IS and because do is usually intention of
the American girl herself but because mother entirely
aware OF the false conditions under which daughters
happiness cruelty responsible for the Doubtless the training
TO which the American girl subjected in her
AMBITIOUS mothers the that she submits gracefully
nave seen so many unhappy marriages these
s so brilliantly started that have made desperately the
girls themselves In France the marriage institution quite as
sacred IN their social relations when American al
lance 1t significant however, marry women of their own
country for far less than they sell American girl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22

1IIVIIIVIVIIV' IIUIIIdII So
ciety is based ON self-in-
terest, shaded and con-
cealed, perhaps. To have
a socialistic society,
where everyone Thought
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22
NJ. NJ. SWEET, Publisher.

Yellowstone park is becoming al
most as unsafe as If It were a great
city.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22
|SCherninSj'
Mann1aS
Are to Blame for
International
Marriages
By BOOTH HARRINGTON,
Author.

The international marriage between an Ameri-
can girl of wealth and foreigner of title is usually
a most deporable failure | do not deny that there
are rare exceptions, when the love motive is pre-em-
lnenty strong; we have some examples of it among
American titled women abroad to-day The excep-
ton, however, does not prove the rule, which | am
convinced is one of utter failure in the great majority
of cases.
The blame lies with the socially ambitious Amer
lean mother, who insists upon her daughters mar
rage to a foreign nobleman because she aspires to
social prominence, one might almost describe it as
social notoriety The climbers in American society
are women; the money makers are men. If the
American arstncracN wore morn innlnns Of IL hrth
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-22
Poor
Show for
Social
ism Here
By PRES. CHARLES W. ELIOT,
Harvard University.

first for the rest of the world you would have to change
not society," but humanity When anyone says that the
college is becoming the recruiting ground for socialism
be is wrong.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-12-12
MOUNTAIN PARK ITEMS

There will be no more meet
ings of the Literary Society until
Christmas week, when Christ
mas program will entertain for
two or three hours, all who at
tend.
Mrs. Richmond, Mr.. Farris,
Lawrence Benson, Maud Colley,
Jesse Green and Carrie Bass
were among the visitors from
this section of the county for the
play at Alamogordo last Friday
night.
Mrs. V. d. Dogden and chill
dren returned on Mondays train
from a several days visit in
Alamogordo.
Examinations in our school
have already begun. for fear of
being rushed at the last mo-
ment, we are taking this pre-
caution.
Mr.. Barrett of Chicago has
been visiting his sister, Mrs.
Dan Richmond,
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-12-12
The Mail Thieves Captured.

The patrons of the Alamogordo
Post Office have had considerable
trouble lately with the pestering
and pilfering of mail. Several
of the merchants have had their
mail opened and replaced in the
boxes. Post Master Hawkins
offered $25 for the capture of the
thieves and Monday night watch
man Frank Wilmington and
Chief of Police Verden found
two young fellows in the post
office who were leisurely opening
the boxes which were not locked
and after going through the mail
for what they wanted they would
reach in and from the one open
box could secure mail from a
dozen or more. They took letters
out and held them up to the
electrict light as boldly as
though they were handling their
own mail. After they had gone
through the entire list of boxes
the officers stepped in and put
them under arrest. They are
two young Mexican boys and
probably had no idea of the crime
they were committing. Their
names are Santiago Melon and
Arquro Acuna.