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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
Know Any Boob Catchers?

are about to dine and tries to work
you for dinner. II he is able to get
your auto for little outing with some
OF his friends he is a boob catcher.
The male boob catcher must be
well dressed and plausible in his talk.
His success requires the same quail
ties which are most appreciated by
the flim-fammers who once worked
the Brooklyn bridge for Victims.
There are lot of male boob catchers
In the vicinity of Long Acre square
and they are always on the lookout
for new victims.
The term, however, is used more
generally in connection with chorus
girls. In fact. it is supposed to have
originated with the chorus. In theat-
rical slang the girls refer to a stage
door Johnnie or any "masher" as a
boob.
Boob" is supposed to be an alb.
breyiation of "booby." which requires
no further translation since every one
knows the use Of the word In connec-
ton with euchre. In which the poorest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
INDEPENDENCE
ON THE FARM
SPLENDID RESULTS FOLLOW
FARMING IN THE CANADIAN
WEST.
Americans in Canada Not Asked to
Forget That They Were Born
Americans.

Farm produce today Is remunera-
tive, and this helps to make farm life
agreeable. Those who are studying
the economics of the day tell us that
the strength of the nation lies in the
.uitivation of the soil. Farming is no
longer hand-to-mouth existence. It
means independence, often aff1uence,
but certainly independence.
Calling at farm house, near one of
the numerous thriving towns of AL
berta. in Western Canada, the writer
wase given a definition of "indepen-
dence" that was accepted as quite
original. The broad acres of the farm
er's land had a crop-and splendid
one. too, by the way-ripening for the
reapers' work. The evenness of the
crop, covering field after field, attract
ed attention, as did also the neatness
OF the surroundings. the well-built sub
stantial story-and-a-half log house, and
the well-rounded sides Of the cattle.
HIS broken English-he was French
Canadian-was easily understandable
and pleasant to listen to: He had
come there from Montreal year ago,
mad paid $40 an acre for the S20-acre
farm, with the little Improvement 1t
mad. He had never farmed before. yet
his crop was excellent, giving evil
dence as to the quality of the soil, and
the good judgment that had been used
In Its preparation. And brains coun.
In farming as well as Draw" Asked
how he liked it there, he Strengthened
his broad shoulders, and with hand
outstretched towards the waving fields
OF grain. this young French Canadian,
model of symmetrical build. replied:
BE gosh, yes. we like him-the
tarmtn'-well. don't we, Jeannette?"
as he smilingly turned to the young
wife standing near. She had accom-
panied him from Montreal to his far
west hone, to assist him by her wifely
help and companionship, in making a
new home In this new land. Eyes. we
come here wan year ago, and we never
farm before. Near Montreal, me
father, he KEEP de girls mill, an. de
car6in' mill, an be gosh! he run de
cheese factor too. He work, an me
work, an us work tarn har'. be gosh!
Us work for de farmer; well den.
'sometin' go not always wat you call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

scion, Louis Joseph Of Guise.
The house of-the Medici Ia generally
supposed to amount to little more
than the astute Catherine and Marie
de Medici, so thrillingly prominent in
the annals of European history. The
truth is that 1t follows absolutely the
rule of first, high-powered progenitor
and OF ultimate descendants At only
for contempt.
Salvestro de Medici, member of
the greater guilds In Florence, allied
himself with the lesser guilds during
the revolt Of the Clompi in 1878 and
really managed the whole outbreak.
The revolt died out, but Salvestro's
cunning had made him factor in
Florence.
Cunning 1t was that marked all his
line; hut even that phase Of inherited
energy lapsed during the centuries UNI
TIL on July 9, 1897, the last of them,
Giovan-G CASTOR, ruler Of Tuscany,
passed away, he and the land he gov
erned both wrecks from succession
of profligates and incompetents.
In England the story has been much
the same as In France, an excellent ex-
ample of the perishing royal line be-
ing the famous Tudors. Henry VII, on
his fathers side, sprang from the mar
riage of plain Welsh gentleman,
Owen Tudor. who had the luck to mar.
ny Catherine. the widow of Henry W.;
on his mothers side, with the bar sim
lister marring the decency of his de-
scent he claimed John of Gaunt as his
ancestor. AS earl Of Richmond, Bos-
worth Field, fought in 14s5, gave him
the throne, and the Tudor name took
its place among that of kings. 1t van
ished again on March "a. 1908. when
Queen Elizabeth, the last of his de-
scendants. died unmarried at tie age
OF seventy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
London MlllIners Now Oppose Use Of
Piumaas In Hats-Probably
VIII Become Law.

London,-The next session Of parlia-
ment is likely to be enlivened by an
interesting debate on. the plumage bill
In reduced before the close Of the last
session by a private member for the
purpose of prohibiting the sale or ex-
change OF plumage birds, which are
sacrifice IN enormous numbers on the
altar Of fashion.
The rumor that Queen Mary herself
inspired the bill is sufficient to prom
Use an active ard successful campaign.
since the great millinery establish
ments which had formerly opposed
such measures are not likely to offer
any opposition. Indeed, the interviews
obtained BY the london press from rep
resentatives of the millinery trade
have brought forth some curious state
ments which are Numerically opposed
to those uttered In the same quarters
year ago. Then the trade cited the
Partisan milliners and the demands Of
their own customers. The former,
they said. set the fashion, while the
latter were slaves to it. Now they sing
- iAAAASA Shs taASs 6t1Au Ou0 ldSulOudUl6
milliner of the West end:
We think 1t wicked and shameful
that 80 many beautiful birds should
he killed and the countries they inhab-
1t deprived Of them Very little objec-
ton Is urged by our customers against
using the plumage of birds killed for
food. but these customers are discour-
aging the slaughter Of humming birds
and birds of paradise by steadily re-
fustng to purchase hats in whose dec.
orative schemes they appear"
You would be surprised" remarked
another milliner. ITO know how the
sentiment against the indiscriminate
slaughter of beautiful birds has de-
veloped among our fashionable pa
irons. There are many. of course. who
will have feathers at any cost, and IL
the bill prohibits the Importation Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
MAKING THE DUMB SPEAK
Various Methods by Which the Mutes
Are Taught to Utter Many
Words. a.

Scripture remarks that the following
exercises are typical of those used in
the best schools for deaf mutes:
Breathing through the nose and mouth
are first taught. The teacher breathes
through the nose on slate or mir
ror and shows the two moist spots;
the child learns to initiate this. The
mouth breathing produces one spot.
The low position of the tongue is nee
essary for proper speech. 1t is taught
by showing the position and using the
mirror, and by a breath exercise. This
latter rests upon the fact that the
child cannot produce good sized spot
on the slate unless he keeps his
tongue down. Tongue gymnastics are
next used to timber up and train the
muscles which have never received
the proper development. The tongue
Is protruded, retracted. moved to each
side, turned up, etc. Tongue training
preparatory to various consonant
sounds is introduced. Vibration of
the vocal cords is taught by feeling.
The pupil puts his hand on the teach
er's chest and also on his own. He
thus learns to make tone. He learns
to raise and lower the voice and by
careful drill is able to make fairly
good tone.
The physiological alphabet consists
Of a set of diagrams giving the typical
position of the tongue and lips for the
chief sounds of the language. Comb
nations of consonants and vowels are.
now read at sight Through these COM
binations words and sentences are de-
veloped. Lip reading of words and
sentences is taught by having the pa
tient watch the teachers lips while
she distinctly enunciates some word.
Thus he learns to pick up objects on
a table. to point out parts Of the body,
to obey commands. etc. When deaf
ness is acquired after the person has
learned to speak, the teaching of lip
reading should begin at once. The
voice then retains Its natural charac-
ter and the person can go right along
with his education York Medi-
cal Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

de' right, an de farmer he say de-
mean ting. be gosh! and tell US 70 to
we'll anyway he tarn mad. Now
and then he waved his hand again
towards the fields. II ave no bodder,
no cardin' mill. no girls mill, no cheese
factor. am now de farmer man an
when me want to. me can say to de
oder fellow! you go Well, we
like him-the farmin'." And that was
good definition Of independence.
Throughout trip of several hun.
dred miles in the agricultural district
of Western Canada. the writer found
the farmers in excellent spirits. an
optimistic feeling being prevalent
everywhere. 1t will be- interesting to
he thousands on the American side
the line to know that their rela.
tives and friends are doing well there.
that they have made their home In a
country that stands up SO splendidly
under what has been trying conditions
in most of the northwestern part Of
the farming districts Of the continent.
With the exception of some portions
of Southern Alberta, and also a nor.
ton Of Manitoba and Southern Sas-
katchewan the grain crops could be
described as fair, good and excellent.
The same drought that affected North
and South Dakota, Montana, Mime
sofa. Wisconsin and other Of the
northern central states extended over
Into portion of Canada Just men
toned. But in these portions the
crops for the past four or five years
were splendid and the yields good.
The great province of Saskatchewan
has suffered less from drought In pro.
portion to her area under cultivation
than either of the other provinces. On
the other hand. instead OF the drought
being confined very largely to the
south of the main line of the G. P, R.
It Is to be found In patches right
through the center of northern sas..
katchewan also. In spite of this. how.
ever, Saskatchewan has a splendid
crop. A careful checking Of the aver.
ages OF yield. with the acreages in the
different districts. gives an average
yield Of 15h bushels to the acre.
In Southern Alberta one-fifth Of the
winter wheat will not be cut, or has
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
STRANDED in PARIS

$4,000 Americans have attended the
passion play at Oberammergau. Furth-
ermore. one must take into considera-
tion the thousands of Americans who
couldn't see the passion play II they
wanted to.
Every returning steamship now is
crowded to the gunwales, and, conse.
quently. the number of stranded
Americans is larger than ever. OF
those who become prisoners, the un.
willing are the tourists who have
failed to engage return passage on
the steamships. Owing to the gen.
eral exodus Of tourists in the autumn
the steamship companies are unable
to accommodate these people who
have trusted to luck to get tickets at
the last moment. Then the money
that was set aside for their. passage
goes to pay for their "prison fare"
and for begging cables to friends at
home
Occasionally one Of these unwilling
prisoners degenerates into willing
prisoner. Hopelessly stranded. the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
MIshap often Occurs to Amer
leans in Big French City.
Many Tourists Fall to Engage Return
Passage and Arc Unwilling Prls-
oners-steamshIp Companies
Unable to Carry Them.

Pafis.-It will come as surprise
to many Americans to hear that every
year few Of their compatriots are
actually prisoners In Paris and Lon.
don. There are two classes OF pris-
oners. the willing and the unwilling;
neither is to be envied. even though
confined ~ 4 city Of pleasure. -.
There Is no DOUBT that the number
OF Americans touring In, Europe Is
greater this year than ever before,
It 10 impossible to obtain the exact
figures, but one can realize the mag
nitude Of the invasion when It is
known that up to date more than
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
Vermont Woman Shoots Hauk

brown snake in Its beak. Several peo-
pie who had seen It in flight said it
was as big as turkey and all ayerred
it must be an eagle.
The bird was frequently seen near
the Kent poultry farm and Saturday
about noon the two sons of the fam
sly were playing in the yard when they
spied the hawk above them. Mr.. Kent
being away from home they called
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

An immense hawk which has been
In Dorset for many weeks has at last
been shot. It was familiarly termed
a red tailed hen hawk and measured
"a inches from beak to end Of tail, its
girth was is inches and Its wings
spread covered 81 inches.
Mrs. Clifton Kent shot the hawk
while 1t was circling over large elm
tree in the yard, carrying a small
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
SERVING TWO Master.

Can q man serve two masters r.
exclaimed John NJ. Callahan, candi.
date for the Democratic nomination
for secretary of state. at meeting
In Eagles hall the other night. II
say he cannot, and that reminds me of
the answer | got from an Irish friend
of mine when I asked him the same
question.
Kin man serve two masters. is
ut" says my Irish friend. "oi only
knowed wan man that could do ut, and
In the ind they sent him to jail fer
bigamy !"-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14


great conqueror Of Europe. Napoleon I.
1t is the latest, the most widely dis
cussed gamble of family against
fate, and the rescuer. If there be one.
will be a woman.
The chances of male heir are fair
ly good-simply the chances which Of
Ter to average humanity-and 1t ID
therefore likely that the Napoleonic
line will be preserved. for the time
at least.
But the chances that 1t will go on
for all time are simply nil, notwith-
standing the famous example of the
Guelphs. of England, where descent
from the only and original King David
Of the Jews has been claimed by en-
thusiastic partisans of the theory Of
the right divine.
Nature. laboring necessarily toward
the attainment of one common level.
seems to take delight in frustrating
the changeless ambition of her favored
child. Man, among all creatures long
ing for the perpetuation Of his direct
breed, seems ever doomed to see It
disappear, inglorious and unknown,
among the herd.
The Napoleonic line is in no des-
perate strait; yet It is apparently
prepared, after only q few common
Mace eenerations - mass avav IN the
Same manner a. Ala 3dvnssstiaa Founded
nv connuaror. 90 great 90 tho Arat
Bonaparte. The large. majority seemed
to fall sooner or later, both morally
and physically. until like a WORKOUT
tree the race was either totally ex-
tinct or persisted only In scions that
were integrally part of another alien
stock.
Royalty, proceeding on the burles-
que basis that the Almighty has Gre
ated Its bones, muscles. flesh, blood
and brain of peculiar virtue. especial
b ~ adapted to the bossing OF things.
inevitably deduced that, unless It
should mate with similar breed Of
boss stock, 1t would degenerate into
the stock divinely doomed to be
bossed.
Napoleon's family, when he went
where conquerors go finally, was nu-
merous enough, as families go, to
promise perpetuity. But marriage with
them was limited to other and older
and royal lines. most OF which had an
ak out Tor Bonaparte whenever he
came around smelling OF orange blos-
SONS.
AS the French republic braced up,
and more and more emphatically
made 1t apparent that all royalty there
lacks SO much as an inch Of ground
to stand on, the opportunities for royal
matches deceased with the Bona
parties. and the royal scions became
fewer.
Counting Victor Nanoleon there ara
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

refuse contaminated the waters. riv.
ers. canals. ponds and pools where II
was gathered. No longer does the
citizen in the midst of mild winter
take alarm at the prospect OF no ice
or Ice at an almost prohibitive price
on account Of its scarcity The man.
ufactured Ice Is purer than that OF
nature. without flaw or blowhole, free
from admixture Of snow and there
fore more lasting. Artificial ice is
one OF the great discoveries Of the
last few years and has been reduced
to such system that It can be sold
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

William Muldoon. the noted trainer.
was talhf. apropos Of the Jetfries-
johnson fight, of training.
I'm training" he said, "the strictest
obedience is required. Whenever I
think of the theory Of training think
of Dash. who. after 1s years Of mar
ried life, is one Of the best and hap
piest husbands in the world.
Dash / once said to him. well,
Dash, old man, how do you take mar
ried life?'
According to directions he re-
piled"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
Arkansas Man Finds Pearl

Corning, Ark.-,James Grassham.
blacksmith at this place, while fishing
in Lake Corning. opened mussel to
get bait and found l5.grain pearl.
which is beautiful. and he is holding
It until the pearl buyers come again.
This Is one OF the few pearls found In
the lake. and is said by judges to be
worth 5000. This find will doubtless
start the pearl fishers at work on the
lake, -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
Help Queen Mary's Bill. .

birds of gay plumage these ladies, in.
stead Of patronizing London millinery
establishments. will go over to Paris
for their headgear."
These two extracts from interviews
in quarters least expected show that
Queen Mary's bill" as 1t Is coming to
be called. will probably become law
without much opposition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

at good profit cheaper than that
which was formerly sawed out. loaded
in vehicles. hauled to railroad or
steamer landing and shipped by rail
or by sea to the vast and ugly storage
houses. where 1t was taken from
masses of sawdust as 1t was sold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

for their mother to come quick with
the gun. Mrs. Kent gave the bird
swinging shot as 1t was directly
overhead, breaking one wing, after
which 1t landed in the adjoining mea.
dow.-St. Adams Messenger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
stove Hatehes Piueons.

Mount Vernon, Ill.-Georee Reid a
pigeon raiser, disposed Of large mum.
Der of birds recently and gathered up
the eggs left in the nests and placed
them behind the kitchen range.
In two days half a dozen pigeons
were Matched,
The baby birds were taken to the
pigeon house and given to the old
birds with young ones and they give
promise to be a. fns as any in the
flock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
VERY COOLING TO THINK OF.
Artificial Ice IL Purer and Can BE Sold
Cheaper Than Natural
Product. s

No longer are dealers and users OF
ice compelled 10 stand sentinel over
nature. with all her vagaries, and
wait for Ice to be frozen for them.
Only few years ago ice was gath.
cred from anywhere and everywhere.
and none could guess what sort Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
Rather Hard.

Bill-Do you think a man becomes
what he eats?
Jill-Well, they do say SO.
We'll, perhaps that ossified man in
the museum began BY eating his wife's
bresd."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
New euo Blood pol.oner,

Now Bug BLOOD P6IooneF.
Pottsville. Pa--Frank Ebach may
lose his right hand as the result Of be-
ing stung by a new bug OF greenish
color. much resembling a mosquito.
which is now as much Of a pest in
schuykill county as the seventeen.
year locusts. There are scores of VIC
tins in this vicinity and blood pois-
oning has been caused in several In
stances.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

Skinner-Good morning, ma'am! Did
you ever see anything SO unsettled as
the weather has been lately?
Mrs. Bashley-Well. there's your
board bill. Mr.. Skinner.-Stray
Stories.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

There Is no such thing as finding
true happiness by searching for 1t di.
rectiy. It must come by the service,
the love and the happiness we give
to others.-R. w. Urine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

She Deserved a Latherins.
Mrs. Notwithstanding wrong
with your glass of water. Mr.. Boarder1
Boarder-There's hair In the Ice.
Mrs. H.-Impossiblel shaved that
Ice myself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

player gets the BOBBY prize. In Choir.
us girl vernacular any one who can
be imposed upon is boob. and there
you are.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
And Made Hin, Relieua II

And Made Him Believe 1t.
- wellesley professor tells us that
the two sexes are not equal"
His wife probably told him.
Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14

A man is apt to set a pace in his
love letters that he Is never able to
follow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
100000 cyelI.t. sIon Bin.

@ooso0o SySi'sss ei0n Bill.
London Signed by 100000 cyclists
petition In favor or the bill to pro.
vide for the cheaper conveyance Of
bicycles was presented In the House
OF Commons the other day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-09-14
His Nasal obllsato.

"Mr. Skimmerhorn," inquired the
landlord. "how did you sleep last
night?'
Like a top" answered the guest.
Il thought so. could hear you
aw-humming all night long"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-21
FL u S T L E r
Want Ads
BRING RESULTS
One centa word each insertion,
CASH WITH ORDER.

Take ~ Barks," the great
reiuvemator, for your nerves and
all stomach troubles. For sale at
Rose Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-21
Effective Vagrancy Law.

The town authorities are trying
ITO rush the work toward munici-
pal improvements. They face the
sersEcB problem of securing sufi-
cienE manual labor, at%tributing the
result directly to the fact that the
aaw pertaining to Migrants has nos
heretofore been rigidly enforced.
In view of this fact the town au-
thOrities make the following ex-
pIicit Statements
The policemen of the town are
threatening to enforce rigidly the
following law, which is contained
an The Revisal of 1905, Section
374O:
HE any person shall come within
any of the following classes, he
shall be deemed a vagrant, and
shall be fined not exceeding fifty
dollars or imprisoned not exceed
ing thirty days:
l. Perosns wandering or stroll
ing about In idleness who are able
TO work and have no property to
support them
g Persons leding an idle, i'm
moral or profigate life who have
mo property to support them and
who are able to work and do not
work.
3. ALI persons able to work
having no property to support
them and who have not some Wis
able and known means o ia fair,
honest and reputable livelihood.
T. Persons having a fixed
abode who have no visible proper
ft TO support them an dwho live
by stealing or by trading in, bar
tering for or buying stolen pro-
perry
s Professional gamblers living
an idleness.
6. All able-bodied men who
have no other means of support
who shall live in idleness upon the
wages or earnings of their moth
er, wife or minor child or chill
dren, except male child or chill
dren over eighteen years of age.