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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
WHERE CLEVELAND SLEEPS.
Princeton. Cemetery May BE Called
America,. yVe.tmt,.t.r Abbey.

Princeton's Cemetery May BE Called
Americas Westminster Abbey.
The cemetery at Princeton, wheie
Grover Cleveland was laid to rest, con-
tains the tombs of SO many of the
illustrious dead that 1t has been called
the Westminster Abbey of America.
Here slumber all of the dead presi-
dents Of the college, save one; here
rest the remains of colonial justices.
Kings councillors, members of the
Continental Congress. officers of the
army and navy, theologians and phi
lanthropists. the body of Vice Presi
dent, and now that of one who had
been President of the nation.
Here is the tomb of Aaron Burr,
and adjoining 1t the grave of Jonathan
Edwards. Here, also, are the remains
of Richard Stockton, son of one of
the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence and himself distin-
guished statesman and jurist. Near
by is the grave of Commodore Robert
F. Stockton, of the United States
Navy, the man who constructed the
Princeton, the first steam vessel in
our own or any navy, and who, in
1s47, with small force, conquered
California.
Conspicuous among the tombs in
the Bayard lot is that of George Da-
shiel Bayard, brigadier general of
volunteers during the civil war. and
who, at the time of his death, was the
youngest brigadier in the Union serv-
ice and regarded as one of the most
brilliant of its young cavalry leaders.
Near the tomb of the valiant young
officer is that of Charles Hodge bod,
captain of the staff of Major General
Hancock, and who died in 1864 at
City Point, Va. Here, also, Is the
monument of Albert B. bod, S. T. D..
most brilliant mathematician and
professor of mathematics in the col.
lege from 1880 to his death in 1S45.
Just across the path Is the vault of
John Berrien. ESQ.,, one of the judges
of the Supreme Court of Judicature of
the province of New Jersey" He died
in 1872. Near by is plain stone to
Captain James Moore, commander
of militia in the Revolution, and the
first man who forced his way into
Nassau Hall while occupied by the
British at the battle of Princeton.
In what is known as the college lot
sleep Princeton's many presidents. A
long line of slabs, discolored by age,
and many of them mutilated by relic
seekers, covers their remains. Par
TALLY obliterated Latin inscriptions
recount their virtues.
The tomb of Aaron Burr has been
much mutilated by relic hunters. Ac-
cording to wish many times ex.
pressed he lies at the feet of his
father.
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general income tax. 1t should not be
o.sotten, either, that there were
other features in the law the court
passed on which seriously influenced
its unfavorable action.
President Taft acknowledges that lie
is in accord with his immediate pred
ecessor in respect 20 the desirability
of finding way by which the ma
tional government can acquire super
visory control o. corporations. He
doesn't say that the tax on corpora
ton incomes will give such control,
but thinks 1t would be long step to.
ward it. Probably he realizes 1t
would be very much farther toward
practical control than he is ready Just
now to publicly admit. How far will
be more easily determinable when his
recommendation is put into concrete
shape in the form Of bill.-St. Louis
Republic.
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DIED A HERO.


Many men who fought in the Revo.
lutionary War were very brave, and
we like to read about their deeds.
Nathan Hale was brave man. Gen.
eral Washington called for volunteers
to go to the British forts to see how
strong the troops were. Nathan
Hale wanted ito go TO help General
Washington. He had been school
teacher. He reached the British forts
and watched everything. He wrote
all the notes in Latin. The British
troops suspected that he was an
American spy. The soldiers brought
him to General Howe and he was
searched and questioned. He said that
he must be punished. The General
told him he would be hanged. Nathan
Hale was not afraid to die. He was
happy because he could die for his
country. Before he was hanged he
said:-"I regret have but one life
10 give for my country" We revere
the name of Nathan Hale because
he showed us how brave man can
be; because he faced death without
fear, and died for his country. A
soldier likes to die upon the battle
field. Hale did not get chance to
go 10 battle. He did not have a
chance to show what good fighter
he was. think a man VINO gave
up his life so willingly for his coun.
try would not be afraid in battle.
He deserves our love and respect be.
cause he was not mean spy, but a
brave man, who was happy to die
without honor for his country's sake.
Pierre Allegaert, in the New York
Telegram.
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cut in 1t cash that marked her for
life. AS she struggled to her feet and
found her way again. the blood
trickled down over her face.
"Oh, God. don't let him die before T
get to MISUNDERSTANDING" she
prayed desperately. with more of de.
tiance than of entreaty in her voice:
then, realizing this. she cried out in
horror. Surely some fearful punish.
ment would come on her for such wick
edness-she would find her husband
lying dead.
When Emily opened the kitchen
door of the Fair homestead. Almira
Sentner cried out in her alarm. Who
or what was this creature, with the
white face and wild eyes, with torn
and dripping garments and disheveled,
wind-writhen hair, and the big drops
of blood trickling from her brow? The
next moment she recognized Emily,
and her face hardened. She had al
ways hated Emily Fair.
What do you want here?" she
asked, harshly.
Where is my husband?" said Emily.
You can't see him." said Mrs. Sent.
ner, defiantly. 1.-The doctors won't al.
low anyone in the room but those he's
used to. Strangers excite him.
The insolence and cruelty of her
speech fell on unheeding ears. Emily,
understanding only that her husband
yet lived. turned to the hall door.
Stand back" she said, in voice
that was little more than thrilling
whisper. but which yet had in it some
things that cowed Almira Sentner's
malice. Sullenly she stood aside, and
Emily went unhindered up the stairs
to the room where the sick man lay.
The two doctors in attendance were
there, with the trained nurse from the
city. Emily pushed them aside and
fell on her knees by the bed. One OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
Shoots Plank Through Tree.

Each day brings to light some new
freak of the tornado which caused
death and destruction. in this part
Of the State few DAYS ago.
AS an evidence of the freakis.l
force of the wind big pine tree and
a large plank on the property of the
Hon, s. NJ. Roberts, about twelve
miles from here, are now Joined as II
done by an expert carpenter
Although the tree was a large one.
the plank was picked up and driven
through the centre as neatly as Il!
shot from gun. Not only was the
plank shot through the tree, but
went through without tearing the
tree.
The plank was picked up in the
yard of Mr.. Roberts's sawmill,. and
other planks in the pile were not mo
Tested by the wind. So singular does
Mr.. Roberts consider this action o.
the tornado that he has posted M
tice telling how the plank was dr'vo'
through the big pine. and orderins
that 1t shall not be cut down
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
A BRIGHT DOG.

Mr.. R. F. Cave was called up
over the telephone this morning by
Or. J. w. Hull, the veterinary sur
geon, and informed that his valuable
pointer was running UP doctor bill
at DR.. Hull's hospital.
DR.. Hull declared that when he ar
rived at his Office this morning the
dog was sitting in front of the door.
When the doctor entered the dog fol
lowed him, walking with decided
limp. The animal permitted the doc
tor to make an examination, and he
discovered that 1t had been shot in
the left leg, apparently with a %
caliber bullet.
DR.. Hull dressed the wound and the
dog left, wagging its tail gratefully.
In about two hours the animal re-
turned and DR.. Hull dressed the
wound again. 1t departed as before,
but returned again after an interval
and would not leave until the doctor
had again examined Its foot.
DR.. Hull knew the dog, and it was
at this stage that he telephoned Mr..
Crave stating that he did not wish
TO take him unawares when he sen.
in his bill. The dog had visited DR..
Hull's office quite often when the
firm had occasion to nike horses
there to be treated. and seemed to
know where to go when it needed
surgeon.
The dogs wound was not serious,
and there was no clue to the identity
of the cruel wretch who did the
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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lIOIu 100 10 LII. Inc Dill VIII I'M
doubtedly swell the governmental rev.
enue, but the increases it will bring
will come in the main from line of
taxation nations only resort to in
desperate emergencies, such as an In
creased income tax, stamp tax and
what our English cousins term death
duties" Five per cent is assessed on
incomes over $4,000. 5A over $751;
600 and 8 Is over $4,000. But the
most extraordinary imposition is in
the death duties.
All estates going to probate will
pay per cent. Added to that are
death duties which are so great that
correspondent of the London Times
has calculated that an estate which
yields gross rent of $23,500, three.
fourths of which would go into up.
keep and improvements, leaving net
income of $4,000 to $4,000 per year,
would pay death duties of $59,450 IL
inherited by the child of the owner,
ST. $50 If inherited by his brother and
$99,500 II left to any other relative
or one outside the blood. This last
rate of 81 per cent as the Times cor
respondent well observes, would
amount to the confiscation of the lega.
tees entire interest in the estate. Yet
this clause of the budget passed the
House of Commons by vote of 300
to 1877.
The budget which imposes these
drastic taxes provides for the building
of four new dreadnoughts at some.
thing like s10,000,OOo each and pro-
vides also for the payment of old-age
pensions to the poor. BUT this bur-
den of taxation is necessary, entirely
aside from England's latest attack of
terror over the growing naval strength
of Germany. If the four additional
dreadnoushts which are being hys-
terically demanded are constructed,
$40,000,000 more will have to be ex.
tracted from the already exhausted
taxpayers. The budget passed by the
Commons simply exhibits the econ
omic consequences of the naval and
industrial policy which England has
followed for years.
Where are the strong men to coun-
sci retrenchment. the Tightening of
the naval burdens. the giving up of
the pauperizing old-age pension
scheme, the return to simpler living?
They come not. Arthur Balfour, pol
ished. dilettante. coupsels in cultured
phrase against "assoclating democracy
with robbery which, ACCIDENTALLY
considered. wonld be an evil thing
Mr.. Asquith. Prime Minister. is try.
ing, In frightened way. to go back
on certain of his own former utter.
ances. Reviews like the National, the
Fortnightly and the Nineteenth Cen
fury are demanding the four addi-
tional dreadnoughts, though where the
money is to come from their editors
know not.
1t is not surprising that some of
those who comment on this remark
able situation should view it as the
forerunner of England's downfall.
The Wave of. Unrest.
4 wave Of violence and unrest Is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
Through the Storm
SSSs@SS

The final rupture came two years
after their marriage. Emily in re-
bellious anger told her husband that
she would no longer live in the same
house with his mother. You must
choose between US" she said, her splen-
did voice vibrating with all the un-
leashed emotion of her being, yet with
no falterlng in 1t. IF she stays,
l co."
Stephen Fair, harassed and Devil.
dered, was angry with the relentless
anger Of a patient man, reused at
last.
Go, then" he said, sternly. "I'll
never turn my mother from my door
for any woman's whim."
The stormy red went out Of EN-
ily's face, leaving it like marble
mask.
you mean that?" she said, calmly.
Think we'll. If go, l shall never
return"
II DO mean It," said Stephen
Leave my house If you will, If you
hold your marriage vow so lightly.
When your senses return you are well
come to come back to me. will never
ask you to-"
Without another word Emily turned
away. That night she went back to
John and Amelia. They. on their part,
welcomed her back gladly. believing
her to be wronged and ill-used wom-
an. They hated Stephen Fair with a
new and personal rancor. The one
thing they could have hardly forgiven
Emily would have BEEN the fact of her
relenting toward him.
: But she did not relent. In her soul
she knew that, with all her just griev.
ances. she had been in the wrong, and
for that she could not forgive him!
Two years after she had left
Stephen Mrs. Fair died. and his wild
owed sister went to keep house for
him. If he thought of Emily, he made
no Hgn. Stephen Fair never broke d
word once passed.
And now Stephen was Ill. The
strange woman felt certain pride in
her own fexibility because the fact
did not affect her. She told herself
that she could not have felt more un-
concerned had he been the merest
stranger. Nevertheless, she waited
and watched for John Phillips home
coming.
At 10 o'clock she heard his voice in
tee kitchen. She leaned out Of the
bed and pulled open the door. She
heard voices below, but could not dis
tinguish the words. SO she rose and
went noiselessly out into the hall,
knelt down by the stair railing and
listened. The door of the kitchen was
open below her and narrow shaft of
light struck on her white, intent face.
She looked like woman waiting for
the decree of doom.
At first John and Amelia talked of
trivial matters. Then the latter said,
abruptly, Did you ever hear how
Stephen Fair wasT
Hes dying" was the brief response
Emily heard Amelia's startled excla.
nation. She gripped the square rails
with her hands until the sharp edges
dented deep into her fingers. Johns
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
England In Panic.


We are accustomed to think of John
Bull as the cartoonists represent him
"a stocky country squire, bluff and
hearty, with a complexion purple from
good living, nerves we'll cushioned
with healthy fat an easy temper and
courage above proof. 1t will require
violent REIMBURSEMENT of commonly
received ideas to picture the face
ashen gray, the pudgy hand trembling
as 1t holds the glass of ale. and the
waistcoat hanging loosely about the
once ample waist. Yet such a read
justment we must make. England
is in panic and is in the process of
committing financial and social hara-
Effi through fear
The Honorable David Lloyd-George,
Chancellor of the Exchequer. brought
his new budget to vote in the House
Of Commons and its various provisions
we're passed by majorities running
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
sweeping over the occidental world. /

sweeping over the occidental world. In
France there is continuous uproar.
England is in condition of nervous
peevishness. Germany is excited. Rus
STA has been frantic. In European
Turkey there has been failure to cope
with massacres in the Asiatic denim
ions. Old Austria recently was work.
ed up to the war point. The Slavic
Balkans lately were in arms. Not
long since there were wild disorders
and assassinations in Portugal. In our
country the sign of the times is flood
of dynamite outrages and terrible
crimes.
What does it all portend?
What are the origin and prophecy
of this wide unrest, fear and clamor?
Some say that it is the dissolution
of religion. Others say that civiliza-
ton is a failure. Yet others regard 1t
as the manifestation of a new revolu-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
Cutting National Expenses.

Cutting National ExpenHes.
President Taft estimates that the
government can lop at least $50,000,-
600 off the original estimates for next
years expenditures without impairing
the efficiency of any department.
This is important on two sides. 1t
proves that, with even reasonable
economy, the amount of the expected
treasury deficit for the coming year
will approach the vanishing point. II
the cabinet chiefs can roughly esti-
mate s5q,ooO,OoO saving in one year
1t is safe to presume that, with rigid
economy, the savings could be made
far greater.
The collateral benefits to the nation
from policy of economy would be
ihestimable. The real efficiency Of
each department would be increased.
Even in the war and navy depart.
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| 5s%i ~
Little Miss Niohtv.

Little Miss Mighty.
Little Miss Mighty is on the stair,
With lips of laughter and tousled
hair;
Little Miss Mighty with bare feet
stands
On the borderworld of the slumber
lands,
Waiting sing through the evenlight
The soft reverie of her sweet good
night
Good night, good night. good night
to you,
Good night, good night to all;
Good night, good night, dear skies
of blue!"
Goodnight" the echoes call.
Little Miss Mighty, ah, see her trip
To kiss good night in her Mighty slip:
The ringleted gold of her tousled
head,
Her laughing eyes and Nher lips O.,
red;
Bare of feet on the stair she stands,
Kissing good night with her dimpled
hands.
Good night, good night, good night
to dad,
Coed night, good night; sweet
dreams!"
Good night, good night. dear heart
and glad;
Good night. the twilight CLEANS!
Little Miss Mighty has flown from
me,
She has sailed away on the slumber
sea;
Little Miss Mighty is tall and fair,
But see her still on the little stair.
Laughing and singing-a phantom
sweet,
With Stousled hair and the bare pink
feet.
Good night. good night, good night
my dear;
Good night, good night, my love:
Good night, and may Gods angels
hear
Where they sing good night
above!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
Her PATHWAY.

30 sweet path 1t is that 1
And all the flowers love it;
The gracious goldenrod sways nigh
The asters bend above it.
In ruby or in golden cup
Its name the lichen pledges,
And crimson-berried vines creep up,
Bejeweling its edges.
The bees and crickets sing Its songs,
The shadows kiss 1t lightly,
While butterflies in golden throngs
Fit up and down it brightly.
And little pines with jealous frown
Try here and there to hide 1t,
Lest falling stars should hasten down
To WOO it If they spied it.
And I, too, fain would keep its way
Safe hidden mid the grasses
Sweet path, dear path, down which eat
day
My little true love passes.
Century.
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SAW THE CONTENTS.

Little Johnny. aged five, was great.
ly taken with the circus-posters, and
begged his papa to take him. to the
circus. He could get no promise from
him, however. until. making a last
beseeching appeal on circus-day, his
father replied. well. Johnny, we will
go down street and see the tents"
Johnny walked along with his father,
looking very dubious indeed at such
a scanty privilege. until, glancing up
he remarked, Papa, Id muoh rath.
er see the contents" That decided
it. They went inside.-Christia
Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
A yIsIr mo- EAIRYLANn

One cold and shivery day mother
and took steamer from New
York City and started for the Der.
muda Islands. After a rough trip,
lasting near three days. we reached
Hamilton. the capital of Bermuda,
and what change-from winter to
summer. / felt like Alice in Wonder
land. Lilies. roses, beautiful tropical
plants everywhere. birds singing in
the trees. The wa,.er surrounding the
islands is beautiful blue, and very
clear.
One day we took trip to Somer.
set. another one OF the islands AS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14

horse and rider upon which depends the success and
even the life, of the performer.
The man on the rapeze is not at all disturbed at be-
ing SO high in the air. the higher up he is the more
security he feels that in case of accident he will
time enough instinctively to twist his body into the
right position for falling into the net. What worries
him most is the fear of unsupported weakness in
his apparatus.
The animal trainer is afraid of an accidental
scratch from goodnatured but bloodpoisoning claw
than of any actual conflict with an angry anma more
than that he has real affection for his animals and
dislikes the stern necessity of furnishing them The
clown is not much pleased by the laughter of
his audience as disturbed by the thought that it quite
fails to appreciate the time and care he has expended
in working out the details of his humorous contribution
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14

ments this is true. The abolition Of
cumbersome methods of administra-
tion strengthens rather than impairs
departmental work
But the real Importance Of these
projected cuts in national expenses
lies in their influence upon the. final
conferences over the pending tariff
bill. Both the Payne measure and the
Aldrich measure were modelled, first
of all, on the theory of treasury
deficit. Aldrich, particularly, has de-
Tended his high tariff schedules by
saying that in no other way can the
government be saved from bankruptcy.
President Taft has done we'll to
sound the economy slogan. But he
can do still better by telling the tariff
conferees, in forcible terms, that he
will not give official sanction to tariff
robbery on the plea of treasury
deficit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-14
Publicity !. Nece..arx.

The proposed corporation tax, re-
garded only as tax, troubles few peo-
pie. Viewed as measure certain to
focus official scrutiny upon the meth
DDS and the profits of favored inter-
ests, it has to many forbidding
aspect.
IF they can fix 1t so that we do not
have to have lot of men of the cheap
government inspector type poking
through our affairs" said one cor.
poration agent at Washington, at is
all right. / don't believe anybody will
oppose the tax as tax"
In this expression is revealed
hope for secrecy which can hardly be
justified. There will be no corpora
ton tax unless 1t shall be adopted en-
phatically as a means to an end more
important than revenue, and that end
is publicity.
This country has many business en-
terprises which in the presence Of
Congress are dependent and in the
presence of the people are arrogant.
They thrive on the favor of discrim-
mating laws. They make poor mouths
at Washington. They are lavish, IL
not prodigal, elsewhere.
1t now appears that the system I'M
der which this element has been built
up is permanent one. Attempts at
its reformation have failed. Its ra-
pacity increases with its power and
wealth. Secrecy has been, and still is.
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HOW TO SOLVE THE INDIAN PROBLEM.
By Brig. Gen. r. D. Pratt.

Z J. ! !
For number of years I had charge of
III some of the strongest Indian Chiefs held as
III prisoners of war, part of the time shackled
III | and handcuffed. myself revolted against our
| ~ system, but did not desert the people. l re-
moved the shackles and adopted the kindliest
II system OF treatment possible in prison life
IN and cndeavored in every way to heal the
1 wounds and make them worthy. self-respect-
ing by giving to them education and Industrial use
funess.
filled them with the hope that, instead of being