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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
q can't believe IT, said auntn

Z can't believe it.. said aunty,
And I'd like to know who could?
But Ginger Just must have walked
home that eighteen miles all alone,
at night, over strange road. She
began pulling the bows out Of his
ears, but cried, ooh, aunty, wait
minute!" and ran out Of the room
I went and took the biggest grace-
hoop, and I got piece of tiatue.
paper and passed 1t over the hoop.
Then I came in and held 1t up before
Ginger. and said, Jump, Ginger!"
He looked at me and at the hoop
Minute, then he gathered himself
for a spring, and went head first
through that hoop as prettily as you
please! He lay down and rolled
over, and then sat up on his hind legs
and put his paws over his nose and
made little bow with his head.
you certainly named him right,
Prissie." laughed mother, for 1 had
,scampered over as fast as l could go
to bring her. He's got more ginger
than any cat I ever heard of"
Ginger sighed aunty, all in a
daze Of delight. "oh, Ginger!"
And this is how Aunt Priscilla
came to have trick cat.-Youth's
Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
SWALLOWS AND FLIES.
What One Swallow May Not Do, and

What One. Swallow May Not Do, and
g What Single Fly Can.
zone swallow may not make a
summer but" said MIR. Kwillkumby,
Il think we must all agree that one
fly may make winter. or at least
a season of great discomfort for us,
and this at time when naturally,
winter would be furthest from our
thoughts; the single fly I refer to
being the one that comes around and
bothers US when we want to sleep
on these early lighted summer morn
ings.
I'VE wake, say, at 5 o'clock and
see the light OF the sun already
brightly marked around the borders
Of the window shades. We look at
our watch and see that 1t is only
5 o'clock. while thanks to our good
fortune we are privileged to sleep I'M
til Z. So then we stretch out in
comfort and in the peaceful stiffness,
adjusting our head in such a posi-
ton that those light streaks don't
strike our eyes; and then with
pleasurable thoughts Of the two hours
more Of sleep to come we doze Off
about three-quarters off. And then
THAT one. single, loud voiced,
molasses footed, viciously attacking,
persistently sticking, fercely buzzing
fly that on such mornings is always
sure to harry us comes in; and at
its coming all our happy dreams and
anticipations Of that lovely added
sleep fade away.
Il am willing to concede that one
swallow may not make a summer. I
think that you will concede that one
fly can make it very hot for u.s.
New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
q similar and even greater rock wharf
at San Pedro. Cal.
/ PRIZES FOB BRAVE INDIANS.
Csrnesis Awards to Heroes of Colo
RADIO River Disaster,

+
Csrnegis Awards to Heroes of Colo
RADIO River Disastsr.
The Carnegie hero commission re-
Gently made its first award for bra
very to an Indian. The recipient, the
Pittsburg Gazette-Times says, is Bal
tamah. = Mojave. Equal credit ap.
plies to Saltamah's friend and com.
panion. Es-E-Nottle, who did clay
down his life" In the swirling waters
Of the treacherous Colorado River in
the effort to save the lives Of young
white woman and her child.
To saltamah the commission has
given q bronze medal and $1,000. To
the widow OF the brave Es-E-Nottie.
Be-Huels, who gave up his life to save
others. Mr.. Carnegie provides for the
payment Of S25 each month as long
as she may live.
Tho Colorado is one Of the most
treacherous and dangerous rivers In
the world. In midsummer 1t is even
worse than in other seasons. Then
the full force of the flood from the
melting snows among the high peaks
OF the Colorado mountains. a thou.
sand miles to the north. is felt to Its
mouth.
1t was into this river of almost Ger
tain death that Mrs. W. W. McCune,
wife of mining operator. and her
young son. W. w. McCune. Jr, were
thrown.
The river steamer Hercules was
struggling upstream from Yuma to.
ward Needles. Progress was slow, for
the current hurled the little craft this
way and that. Mrs. McCune and her
son. who were standing ON the upper
deck. were hurled into the water.
Their screams Of terror reached the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

the trestle. The top Of the cutoff is
sixteen feet wide. The floor of the
trestle makes 1t invisible from the
trains. 1t is cover Of solid asphalt,
overlaid with granite, resting on heavy
beams. The structure is gradeless, and
cost s4.600.0oo.
Mr.. Hartman was also engaged in
many other tasks during the three
years he was building the cut-off. He
Strengthened the Central Pacific Rail.
way by cutting out $50 miles Of
curves; knocked out 3,100 feet Of alti.
tudes. or grades; constructed thirty.
six steel bridges across ravines, can
yons and streams. and dug four tun.
nels two miles long, reducing the time
seven hours on that line.
When Los Angeles needed port on
the Pacific. where steamships could
connect with his trains, Mr.. Hartman
built great rock wharf. curving far
out into the ocean. to battle success
fully with gigantic waves and afford q
harbor Of refuge, He also constructed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
OYSTERS TO COST MoREs

BY Law Shellfish and Ice Not TO
Come In Contact,
In your half dozen on the half
Shell this season come higher than
they did last April, or if your oyster
stew takes an extra dime, don't blame
the FISHERMAN. Don't blame them.
they implore you. Taste the oysters
slowly, enjoy the extra salt sea flavor
YOU will be expected to detect. then
render thanks to wise and bene-.
fetal Government that has sent ont
an official ruling to the effect that
ice packed with raw oysters consti.
tutes an adulteration. What matters
an extra nick in your bank account
for every btvalye compared with the
Joy Of feeling sure that the animal
hasn't been porging .itself on fresh
water from the melting ice?
BY the provisions Of the law raw,
oysters must hereafter he shipped in
refrigerated packages in which the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

tion writes Frank Davey by the most dcult route OF
alright over the great mountain from the Kona side
The obstacles to be perhaps be imagined
whom / state that Mauna Loa ID volcanic mountain
lcarly $4,000 feet high.
1t was with great dinculty that managed to get
horses and mules from the natives who knew the con
tio OF the country, for the animals inevitably get
badly knocked about their legs being terribly cut by
the lava number OF gentlemen arrived and expressed
their desire to join In the expedition The frs part
Of the journey OF the most delightful rides
had. We rode for hours through magnificent trop
ical growths There were giant ferns Of which
must have been thirty forty feet high and three feet
In diameter. groves Of guavas coco-nuts and other
fruits miles Of wild mint and brightcolored flowers
and orchids Of most delicate shapes AT dusk we
reached the edge Of the timber line. in drenchtng
rain.
We resumed our journey at daybreak, over the most
terrible country that be imagined We reached the
summit just as 1t getting dark Near the center Of
the mountain top of about four square miles
sinks to depth of 1000 feet This is the great crater
of Makuaweoweo
We found that the worst outbreak was about 5000
feet further down the mountain side Walking across
the CONCEALED masses OF lava began to think that
at moment was liable to drop through to the
most horrible of deaths Underneath was bottom.
less abyss of mud sulphur and rock and to contemplate
being cast into that fearsomeooking lake Of fire and
birthstone not at all comfortable. Presently We
reached cone where the lava had piled up to the
height of about 100 feet then bursting out at the side
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ter Of mile farther down and repeat Its action These
averaged 200 feet In height and passed Eve
dead" ones. sixth was still smoking, but not
active No. was belching forth huge volumes.
OF steam and sulphur Boulders that must have weighed
ton being hurled high into the air as II shot
from cannon. Others followed to meet those coming
down. and they met they burst like explosive shells
scattering molten matter all sides. This flowed
down the incline in cascades like water, showing red
yellow, blue and all the colors of the rainbow.
It's impossible to describe the grandeur Of the ef
feet and knowledge Of the force that causing the
display made feel very small indeed. Some OF the
elected masses were large horse and when they
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
QUICKER THAN IF BY MAIA.
shipment Of Iron proves w.ter

Shipment OF Iron Proves Water
Transportation Isn't slow.
Proof of the advantages Of water
transportation are shown every day. on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. the
Kansas City Times says. Recently a
shipment Of iron piping was made on
q barge from Pittsburg. Pa. down the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New
Orleans. It would have taken 1000
freight cars to have carried the load
which was fioated' by this one barge.
And 1t would have cost more than ten
times as much to send the shipment
by rail as 1t did to send 1t by water.
The shipment went quicker by water.
too, for a towbost travels three times
as fast as the average freight car.
Many Kansas Cityans who favor the
navigation Of the Missouri river say:
"Oh, yes: 1t will do for the slow-mov-
ing freight, but the fast freight must
always go by rail-"
They do not know that the river
steamboats, daily travel covers three
to five times the average daily mile.
age Of freight car.
The Mississippi river already is navi.
gated from st. Louis to Its mouth, and
an immense freight tonnage goes by
that route. II there was line Of
boats on the Missouri, too, immense
shipments would go down regularly
from Kansas City to the mouth Of the
Mississippi. and with the completion
of the Panama canal an all-water route
from Missouri and Kansas to the Pa.
cific coast and the far east, with only
one reshipment, would be Afforded.
And the all-water route. would keep
the cost OF transportation down so low
that 1t would be possible for the farm
products Of these western States and
the manufactured goods OF Kansas
City to sell In many markets that are
not now reached by them at ALL
Soon an active campaign for the
raising Of million dollars is to begin
In Kansas City for the navigation Of
the Missouri river In systematic
way. With one steamboat doing the
work Of 1000 freight cars and score
Of locomotives, transportation rate
for Kansas City Will be established
that will move this city rapidly along
to the million population class.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
Hridues Acrosss the East Riv.rl

1.-The New York and Brooklyn
Bridge. Cost Of structure $13,236,5S0
cost of land. $s.S5o.Ooo; length Of time
spent in construction, 13 years; aver
age daily passenger traffic, 436,29S;
vehicles, 1852; total length. 6,016
feet; main (river) span. 1906 feet 6
inches; width, IS feet.
2.-The Williamsburg Bridge. Cost
of structure. $1S,734,047.79; cost Of
land, $9.O96,42767; length of time
spent in construction. years; aver
age daily passenger traffic, 16s,372;
vehicles. 1881; length, 1880 feet;
main (riyer) span. 1886 feet; width,
11S feet.
3.-The Manhattan Bridge. Cost of
structure, $10.421,431.17; cost of land.
$4,542. 1895; started Feb. 4, 1903;
length 7,043 feet; main (river) span,
1,47O feet; width, 100 feet.
1.-The Blackwell's Island Bridge.
Cost Of structure, s10,5S5, 463.33; cost
of land. $745,511.02; begun July 10,
1901; length. 1924 feet 6 inches Eek
Guiding approaches); west channel
span, LISP feet; east channel span,
9S4 feet; width, 8S feet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

Pure milk, when frozen. preserves
Its original properties unchanged for
weeks.
Mohammed was SO abstemious that
handful Of dates and mouthful Of
water was all he required after day
Of hard riding. I
Six thousand feet below the level
OF the ocean the water is Of a uni.
form temperature. just above the
freezing point. irrespective Of the lat.
itude.
The inventor Of melinite has Of
fered the French ministry Of war
new high explosive, which he claims
is equally as powerful and safer to
handle.
Pungent and acid tastes are per.
ceiyed by the tip Of the tongue; the
middle portion tastes sweets and Bit :
tiers. while the back and lower part q
fitted to taste fatty substances butter
and the Ike {,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
SHORT METER SERMONS.
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SsNscese~eNSeO>c~
There Is no development OF any
value without responsibility.-Rev. f.
Crane, Congregationalist. Worcester,
Mass.
II men did not have ideals what
would they think about and what
could they live by?Rev. o. K. Car
penter, Methodist. Aurora, Ill.
Marriage is a divine plan OF estab.
fishing homes for the highest beings
OF creation.-Rev. ]. L. Thompson,
Christian Church. Kansas City.
Experience is the Illuminated path
way along which Gods richest bless-
ings come to men.Rev. G. R. Wal.
lace. Congregationalist, Toledo.
A mans money is like his blood;
1t is most useful when 1t is circulate
ing In the interests of ife.-Rev. @.
Q. Woods, Methodist, Fresno, Cal.
The blood of the martyrs is the
seed Of the church, the giving up Of
life il at heart, in all great move
sments, expiatory,-Rev. A. X. Foster,
Baptist, Brooklyn.
Personality is the basis of all our
knowledge. Persons are the most
real and substantial objects Of our
knowledge. Rev. W. A. Cameron,
Baptist, London. Can.
A broad creed will produce broad
life, a narrow creed narrow life, q
lofty creed lofty life, a false creed
. false life.-Rev. Murdoch Mcleod.
Presbyterian. Tacoma.
Make the home life for the evenings
80 pleasant, 30 attractive, that the
children will not want to leave 1t for
any amusement outside Rev. M. G.
Peters. Baptist. New York city.
Humble services are not inconsist-
ent with self-respect. To call another
humble is to praise him. Common la
borers are holy II they are we'll done.
Rev. Station, Presbyterian, Occur
D'Alene. Idaho.
Our to-days are the frontiers where
the past touches the future where
achievements merge into ambitions,
and past deeds open the doors for fu.
ture opportunities. Rev. A. p. Brown,
Baptist, Fresno, Cal.
The soul is in the image Of God.
and answers to Gods overtures, In
regrets for the past, In tears OF pen.
itence. In humble confession, and in
lofty resolve.--Rev. N. d. Hills, Con.
gregationalist, Brooklyn.
In almost every face there is writ.
ten the story Of trial In mind and
soul; only the fewest men and won.
en- show by their serene looks that
they met the hard facts Of life In q
living faith.-Rev. q. r. Gebauer, Uni
tartan. Duluth.
Through the false teaching of the
churches. the average Christian to-
day does not take as high an ethical
stand as did Moses living; and as he
did. In day without our knowledge
and without the inspiring message
that Jesus brought to the world
Rev. G. r. Lunn, Presbyterian,
schenectady. N. Y.
Time was when college presidents
recognized power greater than them.
selves. That day seems to be passing.
We find the collegians yawping
against the Creator OF the universe.
Our schools simply must get back to
eternal principles. back to their re-
ligious senses, or they will lose them.
selves in the very vacuum Of their
theories.--Rey. A. 9. Dixon. Baptist,
phila dalnhta
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
HARTMAN, THE BUILDER.
Some of the Great Achievements o,
the Roads He Controlled.

Some of the Great Achievements ON
the Roads He Controlled.
3. H. Hartman was one Of the
greatest railroad reconstructionists
this country has known. When he
took over the Union, Central and
Southern Pacific he foresaw that the
entire lines would have to be rebuilt.
He put his whole energy into the task
of expending many millions Of dollars
for that purpose; some say $4,000
900. He Strengthened out crooks and
curves; tunneled mountains at their
bases. where the roads formerly went
over them; put steel viaducts and
bridges across ravines and streams;
reduced grades, built excellent road.
beds and placed on them the heaviest
steel rails.
Starting at the east end OF the sys
tom, the new double structural steel
bridge across the Missouri river be.
tween Council Bluffs and Omaha IL
considered one Of the finest railway
structures Of Its kind extant.
Greatest, perhaps. of all the achieve
A4AoASo W W AACA -IuL. x1dITlL1hu u0VOIeO
his personal attention and effort is the
Lucins cutoff, crossing Great Salt lake.
This structure crosses the inland sea,
with an average depth of thirty feet,
cutting out forty-four miles of the for.
mer line around the lake and 1915
feet Of elevation. or grade There were
5000 men engaged day and night in
building II. 1t required 1926 trees
from 100 to 200 feet high, to create the
piling of the trestlework, twenty-three
miles long. Eleven miles of this trestle
were filled in with several big hills.
or small mountains. torn down by
ssven-ton scoops. One soft spot ate up
100000 in rocks before 1t solidified:
that Is, 1t cost that amount to blast,
load an dtransport the rocks
Four miles Of solid earth bed consti.
tute the approach to the west end OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

Exports Of Chilean nitrate in the
twelve months ended March 81, 1908
were 1,97s.500 tons, against 1892, lie
tons for the preceding year. The pro
duction was 2,05s,e20 tons, a gain Of
b1,S4s tons. The worlds consumption
Of nitrate In 1907-Os was 1,972,S14 tons
against 1S17,AO2 tons in 10oe-07. The
first three months Of the 1908 calenda,
year show large export increase.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
Llahtnina Freak.

Steve Rogers, a prosperous farmer
of the Flingsville neighbofhood, re-
lates the following as showing the
freakish nature of electricity:
Hanging upon wire in his corn
crib were about thirty grain sacks.
After the storm of last Thursday
Mr.. Rogers had occasion to visit his
granary and n-opening the door he
was confronted by a dense smoke
proceeding from the pile of sacks
which. still hanging upon the wire.
were charred and blackened mass
just ready to burst in flame.
No reasonable explanation for this
condition could be given until it was
discovered that several fowls which
had taken refuge under the crib from
the storm had been killed and a
slight splintering of the sills above
them showed the course Of the cleo
trio fluid-then 1t was plain enough.
-Williamstown Courier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
NO u.e.

Hank Stubs pose you'll be git
tin one o them airyplanes purity
soon, Bige?
Bige Miller-Nope: eff ! did git one
that new family d be round tur borry
1t fore had time to git steam up
Boston Herald. e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
ears Of saltamah and Es.E.Nottl. m

ears Of saltamah and Es-E-Nottis and
they were over the side Of the boat
the next moment. They succeeded In
grabbing e board. and saltamah, after
terrific struggle. managed to get the
helpless mother and son back to with
In ropes reach Of the boat. and they
were hauled aboard in an exhausted
condition. -E-Nottie was swept far.
down the stream and drowned. his
body never having been recovered. Sal
tasnah himself narrowly escaped q
similar fate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

am old 1t is first strange
guess wantto home right
all smile and smile The
desks and chairs There
home for two hours know 8
great big lot all them books
VIII teach me out Of some more big books and
big as Ma will be with
takes long
and es feel lost want guess
will cry.-Deroit Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

A-swiss experiment for the transfer
nation of crude oil into liquid gas Is
reported by the American consul at
Zurich to have met with great sue
cess. The product is q transportable
liquid. which is simply evaporated as
used. and can be used for lighting,
heating, cooking, soldering and weld
Ing purposes. The gas is nonpoison-
Gus, while its installation cost lie said
to be low. and manipulation simple
and without danger. The new gas Is
competing successfully with coal gas
and electricity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

Every woman regards the COMES
sion of young man that he is striv
ing to be a better man as equivalent,
to proposal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

When poets talk of the mantle Of
night" do they mean q night shirt OF
pajamas7
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29

A bachelor is a man who either has
too much sense to marry or not
enough.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
WHY LABOR DAY HAS NO RIVAL.

"Wot became o dat scheme ter start
national order of hoboes called de
Sons OF Rest?"
1T petered out. De work wuz too
hard"
TOO hardl didn't know dere wuz
any work connected wild It,"
Sure Dey wuz expected ter parade
once ear."-Detroit Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
The Man ana tho COW.

No matter II 1t is to be sold for
cream or butter, milk should be cooled
as soon as 1t is drawn from the cows.
To make $40 clear from cow every
year you must get at least S45 out Of
her.
No other branch OF live stock keep
Ing can compare with the dairy bust
ness for enriching the farm.
Orerripe cream means strong but
ter; overchurned and overworked
cream means soft butter.
BY actual chemical analysis quart
Of milk Is said to possess as much
nutritive value as a pound OF beef
steak.
What is the use Of weighing the
milk Of each COW? Not much, only to
show exactly which of your cows are
paying their board. Isn't that
enough? 81
Keep the COWS clean and allow them
only pure water to drink and you will
have little trouble with stringy milk.
A kicking COW has been known to
kick the boys clear of the farm and
into the city. II you have one, sell her
to the butcher.
The frequent application Of elbow
grease insures clean milk. clean sep
arators. -clean butter, and generally a
clean reputation.- Lexington Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-29
The old Hens.

~
The ordinary laying hen seldom
pays her keep after the second or
third year. and to say the least old
hens are not as profitable as young
ones. Now is the time to weed out
undesirable specimens. Beginning
shortly now. for several months the
mott will practically stop egg produc-
tion. and so, Of course. the birds will
return no profit. Consequently 1t is
better to sell the dead weights at once
than to hold them fol-, the cent or
two advance In price they will obtain
In the fall or winter.
Old hens can not, In the very ma
ture of things, be expected to return
very fancy price on the market.
Still. II they are properly fattened.
they will bring from so to so cents
each. according to the market, and
that is an amount that certainly can
not be despised II one has enough Of
them to sell.
Even though they bring less than
the figures mentioned.-it Is still ad-
visable to let them 20 at once. for.
the room they occupy Is needed BY