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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

reacn all tne time. we are bound by
chains no force can break-the chains
of prejudice"
She had withdrawn her hands from
his. He was standing before her as
calm and unmoved as statue.
Just the same" he went on gently,
you love me as love you. You kissed
me. l could feel love in you then. l
can see it in you now. You will marry
Prince Karl in June. and all the rest
of your life will be bleak December.
You will never forget this. month of
March-our month";" He paused for a
moment to look deeply into her In
credulous eyes. His face writhed in
sudden pain. Then he burst forth with
a vehemence that startled her. my
God, pity you with all my soul! All
your life!
Don't pity mel" she cried fercely.
II cannot endure that"
"Forgive me! shouldn't say such
things to you. It's as il were bully.
ing YOU"
You must not think of me MS un.
happy-ever. Go on your own way,
Hollingsworth Chase. and forget that
| you have known me. You will find
happiness with some one else. You
have Lowell before; you can and will
love again. IL have never loved be-
fore. but perhaps. like you. shall love
again. You will love againY' she de-
manded. her lip trembling with an ir-
resolution she could not control.
Yes" he said calmly; I'm love the
wife of Karl Brubetz."
She started violently. Her chcel;
went red and white and her eye.
widened as her thoughts went back to
the naive prophecy in the treasure
chamber.
She followed him slowly to the ter
race, He stopped in the doorway and
leisurely drew forth his cigarette case
"Shnll we wait for the explosionY'
he asked without a sign of the emotion
that had gone before. She gravel,
selected Il cigarette from the case
which he extended. AS he lighted Iii!
own he watched her draw from he
little gold Lag diamond studded cas-
half filled. Without word of apol
ogy she calmly deposited the cigarette
in the case and restored it to the bot
tom of the bag.
Then she looked up brightly. II an
not smoking, you see" she said. will
u smile. Il am saving all of these 70
you when the famine comes"
by Jove!" he exclaimed. something
like incredulity in the smile that trans
figured his face.
~ could be thrifty housewife
couldn't II" she asked naively.
AT that moment a dull heavy repor
as Of distant thunder came to thei
ears. The windows ratified sharply
and the earth beneath them SCENE,
to CULVER. Involuntarily she drew
nearer to him.
You could If you had half chance.
he said dryly and then casually re
marked the explosion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Australia and the Chinese.

Australia is perturbed by the discov-
cries of Mr.. Bachelor. the common
wealth minister for external affairs.
who has been inquiring into the Illegal
influx Of Chinese. There is wealthy
organization in China with agencies in
ali the principal Australian ports, and
with the connivance Of ships officers
the systematic smuggling of Chinese
into Australia has been carried on for
a long time. The ships trading be-
tween Hongkong ard the Australian
ports have been so cunningly supplied
with false bulkheads. walls and floors
that hiding room has been provided
for eighty Chinese stowaways on a
single voyage. Ship cooks have been
secretly paid to supply the stowaways
with food The trade is very profit
able. as Australia is only few days
steaming from China. and many thou
sands of Mongolians nre always ready
to pay large sums and run all sorts of
risks to get to the land of gold.-Chi.
cago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Seeds as AeropIanes.

1t is strange that man has been so
long III learning to fly. Nature In the
seed has for cons shown him good
working aeroplane. The seed of the
silver maple and the ash often fly in
The summer forty or fifty yards. The
seeds wing is an extension of the pod
When the seed breaks loose from its
bough the wing whirls rapidly round
The body as an axle, its front edge
striking the air higher than the rest Of
its surface and thus producing air
pressure in an upward direction that
carries the tiny aeroplane on and up
in Wriglit-like flight. The linden seed
clusters show an aeroplane of tremen
-lous strength The seeds hang on Il
single stem from the center of one
large wing. When this seed aeropane
sets forth the wing reyolves and points
upward bearing onward its weight of
seeds with Il power greater than any
bird puts forth The box elder. the
pine and the catalpa are other trees
whose existence is perpetuated by the
aeronautical skill of their little seeds
New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
fro BE coNTlNuED.l
He Wac Superstitious.

He was q bic. hearty workingman
and when n spare. thin little man Ell
tered the tram car. stumbled and sa
upon him he said in reply to the little
mans apologies:
Don't trouble. sir; it's all right
There's no arm done"
When we saw the big man week
later we were shocked ut the change
in him. He seemed to have shrunk tc
half his former bulk.
"Wliy. whatevcr's the matter?" we
exclaimed.
You remember that little man wot
sat on me in the train last week. STRIP
yes"
well. its all through i'm I'm wastin
away like this."
Preserve usv we cried. "How:
Why"
The sl,runlien giant wrung his hands
in despair.
II found out next day." he groaned
that e was the coroner. An e sat or
me! I'm shupcrstishus, an it's lookin
ahead am. o Lor'w-London Mail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Getting Ready For a Fresh Start,

Gwendolyn de Courtenay. the hand
some society f;vorite. was nervous.y
agitated. Even IL blind baggage ca,
could see that. She paced up and
down in front of the large chevai
glass in her room. Evidently she was
greatly aggrieved over something.
Finally her high strung nerves got
churned up to such Il pitch that she
lost control over herself and began to
clutch and tear wildly at her hair, pull
ing it out In large handfuls.
Your sympathetic nature is around
and you cry: The poor woman is tenn
porarily insane. Why doesn't some
one stop her before she does herself
bodily injury? She must be in terrible
mental agony to stand the pain of
pulling her hair out by the roots.''
But hist! Be not too lavish with
your sympathy. friend. Up to now
Gwendolyn has pulled off only four
teen pounds of puffs, three miles of
interlocliing switches and few de-
tachable curls. She has some distance
to go yet before she touches the real,
cross your heart hair. Gwendolyn is
merely distracted because her maid
cannot get her floating hirsute equip
ment on in becoming array. She is
simply getting ready. for fresh start.
-pucl,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Ronner's Famous Advertisement.

When the New York Ledger was
wavering on the brink of failure Rob.
ert Bonner. the proprietor, sent to the
New York Herald Il brief advertise
ment. to be set up in single line.
So Grecleyesque was Mr.. Bonner's
handwriting that the advertising man
ager interpreted the directions as or
derins that the copy be run in full
page. which instructions he obeycd.
though maweling greatly. The Herald
came out the next morning with one
whole page devoted to the crisp ad-
juration to read the Ledger's new
story. The effect upon Mr. Bonner
was almost fatal, first from clagrin at
the thought of the possible bill. then
from amazement as subscriptions be-
gan to, pour in and finally from sat.
1sfactiOn as they continued to flood
the Office until the fortune of the pub
licatiOn was made The novel though
accidental device had struck the pub.
lies fancy. Mr.. Bonner was hailed as
the pioneer of Il new and daring the
DRY of exploitation. and the advertise
mcnt gained tcnfold currency by being
commented upon as feature of the
news.-Collier's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

Blitz saying, even to himself, that
have not only stolen his wives, but
have also cast him into the hands of
his Philistines. 1t may sound quixotc
to you. but l think that Lord Doping
ham and Mr.. Browne will understand
my attitude"
But Won Blitz has sworn to kill
you." she cSpostulated. with some heat.
You are wasting your integrity,
must say, Mr.. Chase"
would you have me shoot him from
ambush!" he demanded.
mot at all. You could have taken
him captive and held him safe until
the time comes for you to leave the
island"
"He would not have been my cap
tive in any event. could do no more
than deliver him into the hands of his
enemies. Would that be fair?"
But he is thief!'
mo more so than Taswell Skaggs
and John Wyckholme, who unquestion-
ably cheated the natives out of the
very treasure we have seen carried
away. l am not n constable nor n
thief catcher. am Il soldier of the
defense, not an officer of the crown, at
this stage Of the game. Today l shall
contrive to send word to Rasula that
Won BlitZ has stolen the treasure
chests. Mr.. Won Blitz will have sad
time explaining this little detection to
his friends. We must not overlook the
fact that Lady Deppingham and Rob
ert Browne are quite willing to take
everything from the Islanders. Every
thing that Taswell Skaggs and John
Wyckholme possessed in this island
belongs to them under the terms of the
will"
They were ut the top of the second
fight Of stairs by this time and quite
distance from the treasure chamber
His GOODNESS. the absence of any sigr
of returning sentiment. was puzzlina
her sorely. Half an hour before she
had been carried away, rendered help
less, by the passion that swayed him
Now he spoke and looked as if he had
forgotten the result of his storming
Strangely enough. she was piqued.
When they came into the well light
ed upper corridor he proceeded ruth
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
The First PostRae Stamp.


The black penny postage stamp OF
1910, the first stamp ever issued, was
distinctly unpopular and gave place
to red one after years existence
Great Britain was the first country
in the world to use postage stamps,
and the English schoolboy of the
period seems to have regarded them MS
nuisance rather than national
benefit. Have you tried the stamps
YETI" wrote one of them to his sister
In the year 1910. ~ think they are
very absurd and troublesome. | don't
fancy making my mouth IL glue pot. al.
though. to be sure. you have the salts
faction of kissing the back of her gra-
cions majesty the queen. This is. how
ever. ] should say, the greatest insult
the present ministry could have Of
fered the queen."-London II. P.,s
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

Jacob Don Bite stepped into the light
lessly to upset all of her harsh calcu.
lations. He stopped suddenly. step
ping directly In front of her. AS she
drew up in surprise he reached down
and took both of her hands in his
For the moment She WAS too amazed
to oppose this sudden action. She
looked up into his face. many emo.
tons in her own-reproof. wonder, dis
may. hauteur. JOY.
Wait" lie said gently. They were
quite alone. She saw the most Won
derful light in his gray eyes. Her lips
parted In quick. timcrous confusion
II love you ! am sorry for what j
did down there. | couldn't help it
nor could you. Yet took cruel adj
vantage of you. ! know what you've
been thinking too. You have been
saying to yourself that wanted to
see how far could so. Don't speak. 1
know! You are wrong. I've absolute
ly worshiped you since those first days
in Thorberg. wildly. hopelessly, day
and night. ! was afraid Of you-yes,
AAAoAA u y oa DSNduSS sou ulC pllu-
cess. But I've got over all that. Ge-
neyra. You are woman, living.
real woman. with the blood and the
heart and the lips that were made for
men to crave. want to tell you this
here in the light of day, not in the
darkness that hid all the truth in ME
except that which you might have felt
in my kiss"
"Please-please don't" she said once
more. her lip trembling. her eyes full
of the softness that the woman who
loves cannot hide. you shall not go
on. 1t is wrong"
"lt is not wrong!' he cried holly.
"My love is, not wrong. want you
to understand and to believe. can't
hope that you will be my wife. It's
too wildly Improbable. You are not
for such us |. You are pledged to a
man OF your own world. your own ex-
allied world. But listen. Genevra. See.
my eyes call you darling even though
my lips dare not. Genevra. I'd give
my soul to hear you say that you will
be my wife. You do understand how
it is with me?'
The delicious sense of possession
thrilled her. She glowed with the re-
turn of her self esteem. in the restora-
ton of that quality which proclaimed
her princess of the blood. She WAS
sure Of him now She was sure of
herself. She had her emotions well in
hand. And SO. despite the delicious
she chose 10 reveal no sign of it to him
Il do understand she said quietly.
meeting his gaze with II di:ectness
that hurt him sorely And you. too.
understand. ! could not be your wife.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

/ am glad, yet sorry, that you love
me, and i am proud to have heard
you say that you want me. But am
sensible creature. Mr.. Chase. and,
being sensible. am therefore selfish. /
have seen women of my unhappy sta
ton venture outside of their narrow
coniines in the search for lifelong joy
with men WHO might have been kings
had they not been born under happier
stars-men of the great wide world
instead of the soulless, heartless patch
which such as call a realm. Not one
in Il hundred of those women found
the happiness they were so sure of
grasping just outside their prison walls.
1t was not in the blood. We must
marry and live and die in the sphere
to which we were born. We must go
through life unloved and uncherished,
bringing princes into the world, seeing
happiness and love just beyond our
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Why Women Are Afraid of Mice,


In all ages women We're supposed to
be more prone to superstition than
men. and who knows but that the
dread of a woman on the appearance
of n rat or n mouse may not be due,
in part at least. to an ancient super
stition which has Travelled down the
ages from the time when our remote
forefathers believed that rats and mice
were the souls of the departed? MI
merous are the stories which made the
ancients believe that souls were rats
and mice, and some of these stories are
very curious.
I'm Thuringia, at Saalfeld," says
Rnring-Gould, "a servant girl fell
asleep while her companions We're
Smelling nuts. They observed little
red mouse creep from her mouth and
run out of the window. One of the fell
lows present shook the sleeper, but
could not wake her. SO he moved her
to another place. Presently the mouse
ran back to the former place and dash
ed about, seeking the girl. Not finding
her, 1t vanished. At the same moment
the girl died.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
The oyster Shell.

Every one who has handled an oyster
shell must have noticed the successive
layers overlapping each other. These
are technically named shots, and each
one marks years growth. so that by
counting them the age of the oyster
can be determined. Up to the time
of its maturity-that is. when four
years of ase-the shots are regular and
successive, but after that time they
become irregular and are piled one
upon another so that the shell becomes
bulky and thickened. Fossil oysters
have been seen of which each shell
was nine inches thick. whence they
may be guessed to be more than 900
years old.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

warm darkness toward the edge of the
woods outlined against the evening as
though one should try to read the soul
of silhouette. Then she dropped her
face in her hands for single minute.
At 6 O'Clock in the morning Mary
was IN the garden picking the vegeta-
blcs for dinner The sunshiny, dew
fresh day. the beans and cabbages in
their prim symmetry. the tall scarlet
hollyhocks nodding against the fence,
made the experience of the night be-
fore very remote and visionary.
As Mary reached the end of the row
of peas she pushed back her sunbonnet
md looked up: then her song stopped,
and she knclt silently
y young mmn was standing on the
other side of the garden wall looking
ut her He blushed us he met her
steady. smiling gaze Picking peasy"
he asked You've got lot. haven't
you?'
Yes. Indeed; plenty this year Have
you:"
"All we can eat and more too. Get
ting old. though. How are these%
He crossed the wall and stood beside
her. Yours are pretty tender yet"
He tore off another pod "Shln't /
help you: Two can work better than
one"
"Oh. thank you: you needn't bother"
Yet she smiled ut him.
"Oh, like to do this. I'll take the
inside of the row."
Its very kind of you." she an
swered, looking up at him sweetly.
How brown and strong and sinewy
he had grown since he had begun to
work in the harvest fields. She had
not seen him for II long while. not since
they were i'll school together. She was
looking ut him again when he glanced
up and caught her eyes. This time
they both flushed They said nothing
for some time, Mary picked busily.
and the boy whistled half to himself.
They We're beside each other. with
nothing between them but the slender
trellis of pea vines. enough to give the
boy courage to say. did you hear the
whippoorwill last night?''
Mary le't hash that MADE her
nerves tingle.
"oh. did you. too" she exclaimed.
then stopped. abashed at her own
eagerness How could Alvy under
stand the confession she had made to
whippoorwill Just because 1t was I'M
seen! Where was it:" she asked,
with all the carelessness she could
summon.
Down IN the wood lot about half
past 8. was coming home cross lots
back OF your barn been up Mt the
other farm all day"
Ihey were picking slowly now. How
pretty Mary was with her braided yell
low lair. her rose pink ears. her
smooth lldded. down dropping eyes!
ANY felt his heart throb dizzily. So
" yynV 10 sttN ~. fc md
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Fields and Orchards Of Fr,nc.

From Avignon to Lyons the rail-
road runs through rich country. the
fruit trees covered with blossoms and
the forests assuming their robes of
green, altogether making a picture
beautiful to look upon From Lyons to
Paris the orchards. the vineyards and
the growing grain delight the eye of
the traveller from oriental deserts and
remind him of Macaulay's poem:
Now let there be the merry sound of
music and of dance
Through thy cornfields green and sunny
vines, oh. pleasant land Of France!
For truly it is pleasant land.-Paris
Letter to Denver Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
BOTH BOYS SAVED.

Louis Boom, a leading merchant of
Norway, Mich, writes" Three bottles
of Foley's Honey and Tar absolutely
cured my boy of severe cough, and
d neighbors boy, who was SO ill with
4 cold that the doctors gave him up,
was cured by taking Foley's Honey
and Tar" Nothing else is as safe
and certain in results.
For sale by Anders & Philips.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Trumpetins Ancient German Choral

Trumpeting Ancient German chorals.
The most notable ornament of Roth
enburg is the rathhaus, which no art.
list who visits the town fails to sketch
1t is of n most imposing beauty. con-
sisting of an older gothic building
dating back to the middle of the thir-
tenth century. with an elaborate re.
Nuisance facade. 1t was from its
darkling dungeons that many of the
Instruments of torture in the museum
Mt Nuremberg came. for Rothenburs
was not tender in It's treatment of
prisoners. The earlier building has n
high square tower crowned with bell
cupola. where thrice a week the choir
of st. Jakob's. Il reverend church living
within its shadow, painfully climbs,
armed with trumpets and other mu-
steal instruments. The sweet Lutheran
chorale is repeated four times as the
musicians respectively face the four
points of the compass. and the cere-
mony. so in keeping with the quaint,
old time life of the town, is one of
the visitors unforgettable memories
of Observation-Disclosures (Bavaria)
Letter to Vogue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
RAILROAD
Time Cards.
Manchester & Oneida RY
TIME
MANCHESTER g ONEIDA RY.

MANCHESTER 6 ONEIDA RY.
No. >. Leaves Manchester Sis a. m.
connects with Chicago Great Western
train No. west bound: returning reach
es Manchester at 6:15 e. m.
No. !. Leaves Manchester, 7:25 a. M.
connects with Chicago Great Western
train No; 6. east bound; returning reach
es Manchester at $40 a. m.
m. connects with C. NJ. & st. p. No,
-, northbound.retu reaches Man
chester at 9:45 a. m
No. s. Leaves Manchester 200 D. m.
connects with Chicago Great Western
No. 4. east bound, and Chicago Great
western No. 3. west bound; returnkg
reaches Manchester at $500 p. m,
No TO- Leaves Manchester at 4:45 n.
m. connects with c., NJ. & st. z. No.
II. south bound; returning Manchester
at 5:45 p. m.
Trains Nos, g. 4. Z, and 8. daily: all
other trains daily except Sunday.
Through tickets sold to all points In
North America. Il. Il. Brewer,
General Traffic Manager
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

you say you once had home?"
Oats what had" answered Plod-
ding Pete.
"Why didn't you do something to
make your folks comfortable and
happy?"
81 did. l left."-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
He Told Her.

"Tell me frankly. sir. what do you
think of my daughters voiceg"
well. madam, think she may have
a brilliant future in water color paint
ing."-Paris Figaro.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
ar passages, stops the irritation In
the throat, soothes the inflamed mem
pranes, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from tn system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the vel.
low package.
For sale by Anders & Philips.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
TIME TABLE
West Bound

West Bound
No Omaha. Sioux City and st.
=, Paul Fast Mail. .S:lC m
40 Il Dub g. Eft Dodge local. T:p;,a. M
NO 1T Dodge Express. .3:lo n IN m
40 33 Dubuque & Waterloo. .5.Ip n IN
NJ Chlcaso. Sioux City &
Omaha Ltd. .1O.,a N m
No No d 49, 1, St Paul -. -. ..11:ls p m
20 way Hreei sst so.,. p m
NO omaha 4 Sioux City e.
~. ,oo O. chicago Limited. .2:05 a m
no ao2 st Paul ~ Chicago Ltd 3:a1 n
No ~ Waterloo & Dub Clipper S:55 m
NO . TT Dodge Il Chi Express =: lss m
No Sioux City. Omaha 4 IN, $50 m
No % Eft Dodge Dub local m
No 81 Way Freight. M
No % has Chicago sleep,.
Dining Car on Trains Nos, s and
CEDAR RAPIDS BRANCH
Going South
No 305 Pass daily eX Sunday $40 a m
No S33 Pass daily eN Sunday 5:A5 m
NO $50 Freight daily ex Sunday12:45p m
Arrive from South
No 1874 Pass daily ex Sunday $500 n IN
No $50 Pass daily eX Sunday $3.50 D m
No Freight daily ex Sunday I1:l5 n m
H. G. PIERCE, Station Agent.
st. Paul. s'ouA lily ana
No. 3 runs to Fort Dodge only.
NO. l has connections to Omaha SJovx
lily, Sioux Falls, st. Paul and Mime.
aP1 oi.s and NO. from same points.
Dihihs car on trains No. s and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
In Accord With n. Weather

Mrs. Passe Ito her maid)-How is the
weather today, Marie? Maid-Fresh
and windy. madam. Mrs. Passe-Very
well: you will please put healthy
flush on my cheeks this morning.
am going out.-New York Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

It's when fellow thinks he Is out
Of sight that he feels all eyes are upor
him.-Pittsburg. Gazette.