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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
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The federal forest service has de-
veloped process for making paper,
from scrub pine, which covers extern
ssive areas on the southern Atlantic
seaboard and is little used except for
fuel.
A London scientific journal that
analyzed SAMPLES of snow taken from
the roof Of its bnlrdinp found that
weekday SHOWS contained about Ave-
times the imnurit,es ~ thoua ea+harad
on SUNDAYS
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Decause OF an increase m the mum
per OF cases OF malaria ene CITY OF
Leipzig mas deciared war on the mos
quito and VIII nne any resident VINO
ials 70 carry OUT certain regulations
INTENDED 10 eSterHinate the insect.
Because the blowing out Of fuses has
caused panics among passengers. new
cars being built at st. Louis are carry.
ing the fuses on the outside, the smoke
and discharge material passing
through Slated openings to the outer
air.
Hitherto the use Of the falls Of the
river Rhone for the production Of cleo,
trio power has been almost confined
to the Swiss part Of the stream. but a
project is on foot for the utilization
OF the falls at Genissiat, in French ter
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
TRICKS OF THE TAx1pERM1sT.

How snow. Ice MT, na Mat Are
R.n-e..nt.a.
1t il not until extraordinary settings
are to be presented-winter scenes,
ra,n scenes or birds In eiyh+ ,or n.
stance-that the artist disnlavs his
best ingenuity and inyentiveness A
group Of musk oxen for examnle. re-.
ouire a foot Of snow The beasts are
shown, males. females and their
calves. knee deem in snow which il
nothing cooler than prann,atea naraf.
fin. The animals are startled and
stop to gaze. Int. as seen hv their
tracks. thew have hean rootine Tor the
sparse grass beneath the heavy fall.
and their snouts and facea chow frozen
snow dust-,melted naraf,n snottsred
with a stir brush I, a scena With
OPAQUE strikinelv lends ITSELF "a The
illusion. And as hoar frost il made,
so is snow dust imitatad 8
A rain scene 10 artistico,,v ,n,,tet.a
BY means Of e,vcertne Yeova. =,
trees and twies and shrnbs are coated
with this LIQUID which when thinly
spattered over the fur ~ monnted
animal. looks exactly like fallen Mat
or condensed fop or ,,pa aor,v ,,orn.
ing dew.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
SHORT METER SERMONS.

d "a ItI
The Question. Men should never
ask the question: What pleases me?"
but What pleases God?"-Rev. H. g.
Pearce, Methodist, Detroit.
Universal Peace.-Universal peace
may be ideal. but 1t is a beautiful
Ideal. It will one day be fact. ~
Rev. M. M. Eichler, Hebrew. Boston.
Era of Gold.-If the heart stays true
and unselfish and grateful amid piled
up afiuence. then acclaim the era Of
gold-Rev. 8. E. Young, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn.
The Choice.-It must ever be a
choice for every man between solving
its intellectual difficulties. or absorb
ing Its dynamic. Rev. Allyn X. Fos-
ter, Baptist. Brooklyn.
Purity of Life.-P Purity Of Life, holt
ness and truth, are the qualities which
man must have II he is to come into
Gods favor.-Rey. j. o. Haynes. True
Life Church. San Jose. Cal.
Age OF Commercialism.-T This is an
age of commercialism. Men have be.
come 30 engrossed with the concerns
of time as to neglect those of eternity.
Rev. G. Ross Baker. Spokane.
Losing Faith.-Lack of ability to I'M
derstapd the problems of life and re-
ligion to any satisfactory degree
causes some to lose faith Rev. G. r.
Wallace, Congregationalist. Toledo.
What We Want.-We want better SO.
ciety. better government. better poll.
tics, better homes and better every
thing; but what we want most is men
of God.-Rev. c. Myers, Baptist. Bos-
ton.
The Candid Mantle man upon
whom the church is built must be the
candid man, the morally white man
In every walk ofelife.-Rev. A. D.
Bachelor. Presbyterian. Anaconda,
Mont.
Endless Life Death does not end
all. When the earthly tent is taken
down. Its occupant will still exist as a
conscious. thinking. alert being. Rev.
]. NJ. Hubert, Presbyterian, Phlladel
phia.
Perfection Personihed. 1t is the
verdict Of the ages that there was no
fault in Christ. He stands the image
and the personification OF perfect
man.-Rev A. G. Baldwin, Baptist,
Aurora. Ill.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

everlasting, all-round idiot" he said,
you certainly are the limit. She's
got you going, has she?"
Bowman said nothing more, but
from his knitted brows and general
air of unrest one might have gathered
that he was still studying his own
emotions.
The next morning he was eagerly
watching the door when Miss Finley,
looking little pale from her Illness.
came in. Without moments hesita.
ton he went over to where she was
standing. Neither OF the other girls
had arrived,
Miss Finley" he said. II came over
to tell you something. l Just found
1t out yesterday. I'm In love with
you" He stood back and regarded her
with look of the deepest interest.
She gave little nervous laugh.
who told your" she gasped.
II found It out myself" he said
trlumphantly.
II didn't think could do it, she
said soberly. I told the girls l was
going to try just for fun. but didn't
think l could. told them the other
day that l gave 1t up, l thought
YOU"
Bowman's face grew stern for mo-
ment. You did 1t just for fun!" he
said. you never thought what it
might mean to me-"
She gave a quick little sobbing sigh.
II did it for fun at FIRST she said,
"but afterward'
"Well?" demanded Bowman. "Why
did you do 1t afterward?'
Because liked you." she said
after moments pause. Chicago
News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

The husky, rusty rustic Of the tos-
sells Of the corn,
And the raspin' Of the tangled
leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble In the burrows kind o.
lonesome-like, but Etill
A-preachin' sermons to us Of the
barns they growed to fill;
The straw-stack in the medder, and
= the reaper In the shed;
The HOSES In their stalls below, the
cloyer overhead;
oh, 1t gets my heart a-clickin' like
the tickin' Of clock
When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the folders in the shock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
B, JAMEs wHlrcoMB RILEY

There's something kind o. hearty
like about the atmosphere
When the heat Of summers over.
and the coolin' fall is here.
OF course we miss the flowers and
the blossoms on the trees,
And the humble OF the hummin'
birds and bhzzin' Of the bees;
But the airs 30 appetizin' and the.
landscape through the haze
OF crisp and sunny morning Of the
early autumn days
Is pictur' that no painter has the
colorin' to mock
When the frost is on the pumpkin
and the fodder'e In the shock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
somewhat slower growth than the
others. but more valuable for many
purposes.


Spaniels were so called because the
original breed of this type came from
Spain. The Blenheim spaniel got his
name from Blenheim Palace, where
this dog first gained popularity In the
time of the great Duke Of Marlbor-
ough. In the same way the King
Charles spaniel owes It's name to the
merry monarch. Fox terriers did not
gain their name from likeness to
the fox. but from the fact that for
merly they were used In hunting foxes.
Many years ago they were sent by
their masters down the fox's burrow
to draw and kill their quarry. 1t was
In those days a saying that good
fox terrier never came out of a bur
row without the fox. He either
brought out his prey dead or never
came out alive himself.
The bulldog used to drive cattle and
was trained to meet the rushes of his
enormous charges by gripping them
In their tenderest spot-the nose. Thus
In time he became known as the bull
dog. The dachshund is German
dog, and, as his name indicates when
translated, was used for hunting
badgers. Hence his name badger
dog. Among hunters in the fatherland
this breed is still popular, although
as rule they are now too delicate to
face such ferocious fighter, as the
badger.
Spitz dogs are so named owing to
their sharp nose. This is also. Ger
man name, spitz meaning sharp point
ed. Another name for this breed is
Dalmatian dog, because his native
home was in Dalmatia.-C Chicago
News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Leading Man-Darling. since your
rich aunt cut you OF in her will If you
marry an actor will not be so selfish
as to press yop to keep our engage
ment.
Society Bud-But, Harold dear. we
can easily get over that. You know
all the critics say that you are not an
actor.-B Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
Very Red rape.

A burglar entering house by a.
lasder in small Prussian town fell
and broke his leg when making off
with his booty. An inquiry into the
accident revealed that, contrary to the
bylaws of the town, the house own
er's ladder was not provided with
strong iron spikes at its base. The
house owner was therefore ordered to
pay all the hospital costs and further
to give the burglar a substantial sum.
London Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Here is method by which an opti-
cal illusion Of length is plainly shown:
Judged by appearances the line A B
in the larger figure is considerably
longer than the line A B below 1t. but
tested by measurement they are ex-
actly equal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

The soubrette Athelstane, my own,
why dost not rescue me from this
villain slob?
The Hero-It grieves me, Neuralgia,
but ] must haste me to buy some bird
seed for the cuckoo clock. Cornell
Widow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
"A Barren Tour.

There Is an old legend about q
Sphinx that finally consented to talk,
and was promptly deposed as a popu-
lar idol as soon as the lack of wis.,
dom became manifest in actual speech.
AS a presidential Sphinx, Mr.. Taft
might have had more believers in his
wisdom-not to speak of good faith
than will be counted in his favor at
the end Of his Western tour. His
lame apologies for robber tariff have
not increased his political hold upon
the Western people. Quite the re-
verse;
There Is a vast difference between
the homage and genuine enthusiasm
with which Americans greet Presi-
dent and the reception that these
same intelligent Americans give to
economic heresies. And 1t does not
help the latter because they are
uttered by President. Not even Mr..
Taft can paint robber tariff to hide
its true colors.
Doubtless President Taft was sin
the circle would help him and his
party politically. He began making
political blunders before he had been
twenty-four hours on his way. He
took the role of special pleader for
the Republican party's solidarity"
And to preserve the latter he publicly
admitted that his tariff veto was with
held
This is not good politics, even II
literally true. Mr.. Taft is speaking to
audiences that believe in American.
ism first and partyism second. He Is
voicing futile plea for party loyalty
by telling Western consumers they
should accept a robber tariff to pre-
serve the integrity of the Republican
party.
AS a White House Sphinx, Mr.. Taft
might have made better political head
way. AS peripatetic tariff orator,
he is doing great damage in the po-
litical china shop.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

8 per cent, while advance in wages ID
next to nothing. Western Republicans
are talking tariff more holly than ever.
The tariff will not slumber in the com
ing session of Congress. 1t will not
slumber in popular discussion or in
political campaigns until it ceases to
be scheme of plumber and rapine.-
st. Louis Republic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Europeans have discovered that
Anglican syrup barrels, once used, are
better than new ones. They are used
especially for the picking of meat.
and If of hard wood. even in the
United States. bring better prices than
new ones
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

ASrOken fAeORes.
Some cynics affect to believe that
political platfroms are only made to
be broken. According to this view the
party that can put the most vote-get-
ting platitudes into its platform runs
the best chance of deluding the people
with false promises.
AS a matter of history, the down.
ward" tariff revision pledge was writ
ten into the last years Republican
platform because political success was
impossible without 1t. Neither the
West, nor the middle West, could have
been carried by the Republicans with.
out this pledge Of less tariff burdens
for consumers.
In less than year after his cleo
tion we find the Republican President
touring the West and making apologies
for his party's failure to keep its plat
form pledges of downward" revision.
Mr.. Taft frankly admits that under
the most favorable construction the
new tariff law only fulfills in spots
his partys pledges. In other spots,
like the wooden schedule, for instance,
Its pledges We're broken.
: Western voters are intelligent. They.
know the difference between ante-elec-
ton promises and post-election apollo
giles. The one carries hope with 1t,
and the other nothing but Dead sea
fruit. Average Western voters are
more American than partisan.
That is why Republican campaign
organizers are already scenting trouble
throughout the West. And we'll they
may. It is not the Democrats alone
they will have to fight in the next cam
paign. Their own party has been split
In twain by the failure of Repub-
lican Congress to keep party pledges.
And in the West and middle West
we will have the unique spectacle Of
Republican insurgents helping to elect
Democratic Congressman, not from
choice but from patriotic duty.-Chi-
cago Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

You often see fool giving advice
to reasonably sensible and modest pep
pie. and abusing them because they
do not accept his advice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
Almost Any Man.

Il see an American girl is to-marry
a Portuguese pretender."
"She might as well stay at home
and marry an American pretender. 1
did."-Philadelphi Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

The total area Of Africa is esti-
mated at about 11.5OO.ooO square miles,
of which Great Britain owns 2.71s,s1o
square miles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

For practical illustration of econ
omy, watch a; small boy when he has
occasion to use soap.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Coffee was first produced In Arabia
early In the fifteenth century. It was
first imported into, England about
1850.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

III ~ i'll 81 M
e~-1~0~.~.~.Ne~
Aldrich Law Must lie Amended.
The Aldrlch tariff law has been in
operation a little more than a month.
Such limited time does not afford a
thorough test Of the law, but thor
ough test Is not necessary to convince
most people of its ultimate results, so
far as they are concerned. Since the
law went into effect, some things have
happened that are readily appreciated.
Attention is called to some of them.
The iron and steel trade is regard
ed as the index of business. Pig iron
has advanced 81 q ton, and steel is
now quoted at $685. Neither at the
mines nor in the mills have wages adj
vanced cent? Under impetus of the
cotton schedule, New England manu-
facturers are enlarglng old mills, and
building new but fatty refuse to re-
store the 10 per cent cut in wages
made in March, 1908. The wooden in.
dustry is again active but wages re-
main where they have been for the
last ten years, while clothing has ad-
vanced 10 to 20 per cent already.
Hides are free, but shoe factories COM
promise with their employees. while
shoes are higher than they ever have
been. The beef trust finds occasion
for advancing cents pound, while
dairy products and eggs are higher
than ever.
f There is not now and never has
been denial of the fact that the
Aldrich law was framed by trusts and
combinations. The charge was openly
made on the floor !of the Senate that
certain schedules were drafted by the
interests they affected. These charges
We're answered equivocably or evaded
completely. The paid agents of spe-
cial interests had easy access to the
finance committee room, and constant
ly thronged the Senate corridors; the
desires Of the people expressed
through letters to senators and COM
munications to the press, got no far
Their than the waste basket, unless
forced upon the Senate by 'insurgent"
members The enactment Of the law
was celebrated only by its favored
beneficiaries; the people were uncon-
WINGED, and are less so now.
OF course, the favored interests pre-
dicted resumption of industry. They
had to do so, to be consistent. They
had got what they asked for. and what
enabled them again to operate their
mills, factories and plants profitably
to themselves. Secure in their posi-
lions, some Of them became frank with
the public, brutally frank, among them
a prominent wooden manufacturer who
said: Protection? Why protection
is wholly converted to profit before
1t reaches the employee" That state
ment supplied the key to the Aldrich.
law, opening wide the fact that from
1t the wage Garner and the consumer
have little to expect.
The only deduction permissible is
that the Aldrich law favors the trusts,
combinations and capital generally at
the expense Of the consumer. Rail-
roads may order millions of dollars
Of rails and rolling stock; steel mills
may work overtime to fill orders; cot
ton mills and shoe factories may hum;
and wooden mills may run to full ca,
increased wage, or have the cost of
living lowered, of what advantage to
him is the Aldrich brand Of protec-
ton? A tariff law that makes only,
few men prosperous cannot bring
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
Taria and wages.

There was time when American
wage earners were asked to believe
that employers are forced by an eco.
nomic law to divide equitably with
their employees the special profits re-
sulting from high tariff.
In this way the Republican party
always claimed to have mortgage
on a large share Of the labor vote.
Workmen were supposed to support,
without question, the party that main
tanned high wages even at the general
expense of American, consumers.
Even this wages argument is out
worn and discredited wherever the
tariff is intelligently discussed. The
labor vote, In manufacturing centers,
is no longer deliverable by high tariff
politicians. Wage earners have dis
covered that more often wages go
down under a robber tariff than up.
And the reason is simple. The high
tariff oyerlords merely flood the coun-
try with European pauper labor when
the wage scale goes too high to suit
them. American workmen are given
the alternative of accepting European
standards of living or subjecting their
families to idleness and starvation.
Worse than this, the price of life's
necessities to the American workman
and his family continues to mount un-
der high tariff. He is caught between
the upper and neither millstones. This
explains the uncertain character Of
the labor vote, as compared with for
9mer party alignments.
And It is as certain as day that
when real friends of the people are
put in nomination for the next Con.
gressss the nations breadwinners will
atone for past errors by seoffing at the
old Republican campaign slogans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

A man presented a check one day
for payment. He was a stranger. His
evidence Of Identification was not sat
isfactory to the cashier.
why said the man, I've known
men to be hanged on no better evil
dence than thisi"
Very likely" replied the cashier.
"But when 1t comes to letting go of
cold cash we have to be mighty care
full. ',-Browning's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Lives these q man with soul SO dead
Who never to himself hath said,
The welcome on the mat is meant for
me-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
Tar.n Trick. Expo.ea.

1t will be remembered that during
the last days of the recent tariff con-
ference The Republic gave warning
that in addition to several .Jokers''
then visible in the bill, numerous 9TH
ers would jump up like jack out O. the
box as the friends Of the tariff" pro-
ceeded with their administration of
the new law.
The first one came promptly in
ruling by the Treasury Department
clapping retaliatory tax Of 81 ton
on print paper imported from the Ca
madam Provinces of Ontario and Que,
bee. This, in addition to the Payne
Aldrich rate of $3.75 a ton, raised the
import tax on print paper to 1915 a
ton. which is only 25 cents less than
the Dingley rate of S. When the %
per cent maximum is applied in April
the rate will be So cents ton higher
than the Dingley rate. Does anybody
wonder that this sort Of revision
downward" threatens trade war be-
tween the United States and Canada,
certain to prove exceedingly costly to
the people of both countries?
Another tariff trick has Just been
turned in treasury ruling by which
the tariff on trinkets consisting main
ly of silver or cheaper metals is raised
from the Dingley rate OF 60 per cent
to IS per cent-an increase Of more
than one-third. By the same ruling,
watch cases of the same metals are
to be admitted at 40 per cent ad
valorem, because they are not to be.
worn upon the person until they
have been filed with works by the
highly protected watch manufacturers
Of this country.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff is full Of
tricks of this sort which can be count
ed on to develop one after another, as
the tariff machine is gradually brought
Into good working order under the
new law. In the meantime the lemon
growers of California, who got them.
selves protected in the Payne-Aldrich
shuttle, have had their eyes opened by
the advance of is cents on the hun
dred pounds in the freight rate on
lemons to points in the middle West.
The railroads get the bounty and the
lemon growers get the lemon"
So does everybody except the pro-
tected interests. The fraud is SO palpa-
BILE that President Taft deludes him
self II he imagines that the Payne
Aldrich act has taken the tariff out
Of politics for three years, or even
for three weeks. Already the cost of
protected articles has advanced some
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

EtheI-Let's play house.
Tommy-All right; III be pa and
you can be ma away in the country.
Harper's Bazaar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03
.An opportunity for HIM.

Morse Foreace (ardently Tell me,
Miss Angle, may l contribute to yo,r
future happiness? Miss Angie Well,
Mr.. Foreace, as accepted Abe Gin
gerbread last ebenin' dere is weddin'
presents to be thought OBJ. to be shuah
Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

z Whooping cough, kills more children
under s years Of age: than scarlet
fever.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

II doesn't take long for handsome
young widow to convince woman hat
or Of the error of his ways.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Just a little more attention to the
details will advance the price of every
dozen Of eggs produced in warm eli
mates or cents per dozen during.
the summer months. Another thing
which results in low egg prices is the
marketing of dirty eggs. During wet
and muddy spells farm eggs are al
ways dirty and are sold in the same
condition as when gathered, resulting
in lower selling price. A little care
along this line will increase the profits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-03

Yale Record.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-04-07

Stacy. Adams & Co. ard Walk-Over
oxfords in Tans. Gun Metals. Ideal Kid
and Vici. Ask 10 see the new Fad
last. il all leathers-exclusiye with us
$3.50 to $500