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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-01
ron SaI.E-FURNISHE HOUSE.
$1,000 S-300.

FOR SALE-FURNISHED HOUSE.
$500. S13O0.
haautiful home. completely fur
nished and all ready for the young
housewife Situated in a delightful
neighborhood, just half block from
car line; house is well built along ar
tistic lines, both inside and out; very
artistic and expensive lighting fixtures;
furnishings are OF the best and in very
good taste; fine rugs, bric-a-grac pic
lures, beautiful china, silverware and
a complete line of kitchen utensils, all
included for this remarkably low price.
You couli not possibly duplicate this
snIepdid home and furnish it SO COM
pletely for anything like this price, TO
say nothing Of the time and worry
wasted.
Cassidy & Davidson,
Rooms and Buckler Building.
Phone go
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-01

HOTEL, opposite Union
depot Comfortable, firstclass rooms
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
For TWO Years DeIka Romanoff, Of
Polish Mobility, Worked for
Brooklyn Citizen.

New York.-At least one American
citizen can boast Of having had a
bona fide countess as a servant. He
is wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer.
M. L. Lehman. Of No. IS Park place.
The servant. who has left them to go
back to Russia. was the Countess
Delka Romanoff. the wife OF Count
Ivan Romanoff, one Of the nobility Of
Russian Poland. " a,
Nearly two years ago Mrs. Lehman,
h making the rounds Of the various
employment agencies. saw young
woman whe looked particularly intel
1igent. The young woman said she
was Delka Romanof and was hired.
Mrs. Lehman and her family regarded
Delka as the best servant they ever
had. Her wages were raised three
times. s.l;
A little more than two years ago
her husband. Count Ivan. who had .
large estate. became embroiled in a
political quarrel, and he was exiled
and his lands confiscated. He was
afraid to communicate with his wife
for fenr his mail would be tempered
With. The wife only knew he had
come to America. She brought her
mctherin-law and her two children
to america While working for Mrs.
Lehman. her children having been
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Ricksha,D Was Yankee Idea

adopted by Mr.. Black. the author Of
Young Japan" is that an American
named Gobie. half c6bbler and half
missionary. was the person to suggest
the Idea Of q glorifled go-cart some
where about 1867.
The first oficial application to be
allowed to manufacture rickshaws
was. however. made In 1870. They
were soon being turned out In hun.
dreds and thousands. for the middle
class Japanese found It a cheap and
comfortable way OF travelling long or
short distances and there was an In
exhaustible supply Of men eager to
turn themselves Into beasts Of burden
in order to earn the high wages which
the employment brought them. Curl
ously enough. though elsewhere the
thing is called rickshaw, in Japan
It generally goes by the name Of jim.
rikt. s.i isF
Both are Authorizations Of the real
word. which is tin.rtki.sha. meaning
literally man power vehicle; that
Is. cart pulled by man Sometimes
you hear kur,ima used as an equivar
lent and that Is 4 Japaning Of tho
Chinese syllable sha. Ku-ruma-ya ID
q rickshaw puller and you would call
It out in Japan when you wanted q
rickshaw. Just as we called sshansom'.
In the days when the hanson had not
been driven on the ranks by the taxi
cab ~ a. III ~. fft.ss r ! X . 3si &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
California Scientist Has Discovered
Fundamental Upon Which 4
is Reared, He Says.

Los Angeles, Cal. Philip w. T. R.
Thomson has set local Scientific cir
cles sgog by a claim to having dis.
covered the fundamental upon which
the physicist world is reared.
He asserts that chemistry. the vege-
table and mineral realms and mathe-
matics In all Its stages. have their
bases in certain fixed and unvarying
forms. which are only four in num-
Der.
He explains his new science, which
he terms sterometry, before body Of
southern California educators.
Thomson declared that with the four
units he Illustrated with models. ne
could produce any geometric shape
now known and many never dreamed
of There was no limit to the minute
ness or the colossal proportions Of the
creations built of these forms. Com
bined In octaves or in series Q. seven.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
"Made ! Mess o. lev

The country has witnessed with
amazement the power Of the govern
4ment exercised in a manner that ap-
pears often desperate, often disin-
genuous, to keep Mr.. Ballinger in Of
flee. There has been noted the Of
ficially attempted disgrace Of sub
ordinate for conduct which a large
and probably preponderating proper
ton of the public Is inclined to com
mend, Other government employees Of
rank and exceptionally esteemed by
the people, have been dropped from
the service because they have dis
agreed with Mr.. Ballinger; while one
who served him has been proposed
Tor high ONCE. II the tremendous
strength of the administration through.
out these grievous proceedings has
been exerted fairly and judicially, the
Testimony to that effect has not an.
spealed strongly to the public compre.
hension. The most charitable COM
ment at the present stage is that the
administration has made mess OF It
In Its strange insistence on saving to
the country's service Mr.. Ballinger's
publicity solicited and indifferently ac-
credited gifts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06

that a curiosity 10 due to happen along
this thoroughfare at regular stated In
tervals Of time.
The past history Of the street, as re-
called by its old residents, has In
icluded half q dozen animal deviatiuns
from the rule that have upon arrival
stirred up q seven days wonder In the
district. q
A few years ago family who moved
into one OF the tenements there
brought with It q live snake OF the
adder variety, which was kept in =
gilded cage covered with q mesh wire
and was fed upon grasshoppers and
tadpoles. The strange pet created 80
much terror along the street that
finally It's owner was obliged to move
away. Only short time later a resi-.
dent Of Cairo street, who owned q
pair Of geese which he kept in pen
in his back yard, found the twain one
day rolling on the ground. apparently
dying.
Investigation proved that a bottle
containing wild cherries soaked In
brandy had been emptied into the
yard and that the reckless pair had
gorged themselves upon the cherries
until both had accumulated stagger-
ing Jag.
Another animal belonging to resi-
dent Of the street was q pet calf. with
q stub tail and a penchant for gnaw.
ing bones and chasing cats like dog.
Another was q parrot that by scream.
ing fire terrified the entire street on
several midnight occasions,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
American FIRST Suggested eIorIfisd Go.
Carts In Japan-Japanese Also
/, I; Claims Credit.

London. Twenty years or so ago
when railways in Japan were yet few
and motor cars undrearned of the com
mon method OF travel for natives and
foreigners alike was the rickshaw.
Horses were scarce and Of indiffer-
emit quality, the bicycle had hardly
made its appearance in the far east.
80 practically the only means Of get
ting about the country away from the
main line of the railway between To-
kyo and Hiogo was in the modified
sperambulator which il known all over
the world as the rickshaS.
There are number Of versions OF
It's invention and to whom credit
should be given for It. The Japanese
themselves claim 1t for paralytic old
gentleman Of Kyoto. who some time
before 1868. finding his palanquin un-
comfortable. took to a little cart In
stead. The usual foreign account
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
CALL FOR LITTLE COMMENT
Recent Speeches Of Republican Lead
ers Well Set Down as
"TWaddle."

Ihespeeches of ce-President Sher-
man and the Hon. James E. Watson
at Milwaukee call for little comment.
Their idea is that no man can be a
Republican unless he slavishly votes
the party ticket at every election,
and supports any policy that the sell
hsh and corrupt interests may force
on the party On this theory there
would never have been, as far as any.
one can see, a triumphant Republican
party. For II the Democrats OF half
century ago had followed this advice
they would have stuck to their party.
II they had done that the party would
have continued to win victories. 1t all
amounts to saying that a political par
4 ~ is not living organism, but q
hardened faction that can never re-
spond to public sentiment, never meet
changed conditions. OF course, both
the orators attributed everything we
enjoy, even our "civilization," to the
Republican party. The day for that
sort of twaddle has passed. AS for
prosperity, we would remind the dis.
tinguished standpatters that We had
very lively panic less than three
years ago, and that at the present
time, what with high taxes. high
prices and soaring freight rates. there
are millions of people in this country
who feel very sorely the burden Of
the present Republican prosperity. OF
course, the speakers are out after the
scalp Of Senator La Toilette. Perhaps
they will. get it-though we hope not.
But they will not be able to turn back
the tide which is sweeping the people
away from their out-of.date notions Of
party government, and on to cor
recter view Of politics. There was
nothing in either speech worthy Of
serious consideration. indianapolis
News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
1horoughfare in Worcester,
Mass, Queer Breeding Place.
Frog with Five legs Wis the Founda.
tion Of Museum o. curlpsitlss
Which u Constantly Gain.
lna In Size.

Worcester, Mass. BY the recent ar
rival Of four-legged chicken and a
tailIess kitten at the homes Of Mrs.
William Scott and Mrs. Joseph War
bis. Cairo street. this city has once
more heightened its fame as the New
England street Of freak curiosities.
BY one Of the curious twists Of
chance this thoroughfare, although
only q block IN length and occupied
BY about 30 modest families. has
arisen to . pinnacle OF renown seldom
equaled by any street in the world.
The advent recently Of the four
legged chick. the offspring Of Rhode
island Red hen with brood Of about
Is other children. and owned BY Mrs.
William Scott. 81 Cairo street, and the
arrival the day following Of kitten
minus tall, freak seldom heard Of
among cat fanciers. has resulted in
bringing hundreds Of curious people to
get glimpse Of this street Of freaks
and IT. curiosities.
The lfour-legged chicken arrived on
the peaceful scenes OF Cairo street re-
Gently. the tenth In succession OF the
IS huffy babies that broke away from
thar shells and began to shrill little
strains OF Joy skyward on that same
morning. Il n,
Since Mr. Scott one AFTERNOON about
two years ago discovered q frog with
fve legs hopping about In his back
yard and then little later found him
self the possessor Of cat with .
screw tail, the advent Of any common
place freak arrival In Ills neighbor-
hood has ceased to create much Of a
sensation, but when Peggy, the four.
legged chicken, made an appearance
there was gathering Of the neigh.
bors. and 1t was conceded that Cairo
street was easily outdistancing its
reputation for being the birthplace Of
freaks
The chicken was Of the exact size
Of It's multitude Of brothers and sis
tiers and appeared to have arrived
from an ordinary sized egg, But there
were the four legs--two stocky ones.
upon which Peggy roamed about. and
two others. one each Just behind the
two.larger. The second pair were per-
fectly formed. only the legs were q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Law Made subsidiary,

II this does not mean that we are
under government Of men and not OF
laws, then we do not know how to de-
fine the proceedings had at the White
House when President Taft and some
of the chief men Of his administra-
tion met the railroad presidents in
conference. The laws remain as they
were, the violators Of the laws CON
tinue to offend, since their combine
tion has not been dissolved, not the
rate increase. that constituted the
crime. The proceeding to enforce the
laws has been abandoned. Manifestly
men, not the laws. control.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
,pous Ate cooked sponu,s.

< Pasadena. Cal-Autopsies upon the
carcasses of several valuable dogs
that were believed to have died Of
rabies has revealed condition that
probably explains the epidemic OF "hy.
drophobia" which has aroused terror
In Pasadena for several months and
resulted in drastic orders for the de.
struction Of unmuzzled CANNES.
It is alleged that some miscreant
has been scattering cooked sponge
broadcast to be picked up and eaten
by hungry dogs. The sponge is fried
In beef drippings, pressed and cut into
small slices. After 1t Is eaten IL
swellsS and the dog dies in agony. An
autopsy ON q st. Bernard revealed
that It had been eating sponge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
VOTE THE TICKET
REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO AVERT
e CERTAIN DEFEAT.
oId-Time Slogan Sounded In pes'
perate Attempt to Induce Voters
Of the Country to Support an
Unworthy Cause.

"That man has not advanced step
In his political ideas since the Tilden-
Hayes campaign. He is still fighting
the contest of 1885, said Kansas
City man the other day. of neighbor.
With that light upon the mans po-
litical ideas 1t would require no addi-
tional knowledge to place him in every
campaign. He, will vote the ticket
no matter what the ticket stands for.
The issue OF any campaign would be
completely lost upon him, because the
paramount issue of every campaign,
80 far as he could see, would be to
avenge his party for what occurred
in '76.
There is the typical Bourbon! He is
the patriot who was able to secure the
applause Of his party associate few
years ago with the proud boast that
he never scratched a ticket" and
when he announced In the old.time
rally that he voted 'em as they print
ed 'em," 1t was the signal for cheer
that raised the roof.
There are Boubons yet, In congress
and out Of congress, and they are still
ably represented on the sturup. That
the, country faces ''the most critical
condition since go" is painfully obvi-
GUS to them when the good old key
note exhortation to stand by the
party" fails to bring the old-time re-
Spouse.
4 To them there Is no issue other
than that Of maintaining the party
organization" There can be no such
thing as party loyalty outside of
voting theS ticket The failure OF
their party to keep faith with the peo-
pie Of 1910. Is. to the Republican
Bourbon-whether in congress or out
Of congress mot even question for
consideration. The plain, simple duty
OF the voter Is to remember what
happened in go" and stand by; the
grand old party. the nag and the Com
stitution.
What possible difference can II
make to the people now living on the
earth II the organization leaders have
sold their party to the special inter
ests? 1t is the voters duty to remem-
Der only that Lincoln and Grant and
Sumner were Republicans.
II never occurs to the Bourbon that
q voter can give all honor to the
memory of Lincoln and Grant and
sumner-who made great light
against the Bourbons Of their day
and still oppose the statesmen who
betray public trust and misrepresent
the present observation-disclosures city
Star, Ell e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
RouTT COUNTY, oLoRApo, LAND"
BOOM PREDICTED.

q . n l.
Keen observers predict big boom
In property in Wantland, Colorado, the
new town which is being built in the
center OF the Little Snake River Val.
ley in Routt County. Colorado. A big
irrigation system is being built to irrl.
gate 10000 acres Of very fine land sur
rounding Wantland. The land is be.
Ing sold by the State of Colorado for
30 cents per acre. under the Carey
Act, and water rights cost $500 an
acre. in ten year payments. Sugar fac
tories. Hour mills. canneries, etc. are
among the possible industries to be To-
Gated at Wantland. Full information
can be obtained from the Routt County
Colonization Company. 1874 Welton
St. Denver, Colo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Finds Servant Is Countess

placed in q charitable Institution, Del.
ka would 60 from hospital to hospital
to inquire about Ivan, believing that
was the best way to trace him.
J. While she was on her way to the
Kings County hospital she met a fell
jlow-countryman who told her he had
seen Ivan and where she could find
him. That night she met her hus-
band All went to live ina home
which Count Ivan established.
Last week. after they had started
their little home" Mrs. Lehman said: ],
There came to our home, addressed
to the Countess Delka Romanof. q
large package bearing a Russian post.
mark and numerous Russian seals.
This letter informed her that abe and
her husband and her family could re-
turn; that the husband was pardoned
for his political activity. and that his
estates would be returned to him. on
Saturday they sailed and we saw them
on. will not tell you on what steam
er. because they do not want to At
tract any attention."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
STREE Z q FREAKS
little shorter. and for that reason did
not permit the claws to touch the

little shorter. and for that reason did
not permit the claws to touch the
ground. ~
However, this did not seem to mat
ter to the strangely formed Peggy, for
she tumbled over her brothers and
sisters as actively as any OF the rest
and piped defiance at every stranger
among the many who came to see this
feathered wonder.
But the fame Of the four.legger had
scarcely been sounded when Mrs. Jo.
seph Warbis, who lives Just across
the street from the SCOTS, announced
the arrival Of cat minus q tail at her
home. 3
Instantly attention became attracted
across the street.
Interested neighbors from near and
far. besides many strangers. took trips
to Cairo street to the freak arrivals. +
The tailless Kitten. Rhodamanthus
by name. a tiny black ball Of fur
spotted with white. had assuredly
maintained the reputation Of Cairo
street. Not sign OF tail was APP
parent Even the bobtail OF the mother
was missing on the son.
And Just now the freak, street resi-
dents are apparently waiting for the
coming Of the next freak wonder that
will add to the roll of fame there.
For It ts almost devoutly believed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
How Long shall These rhlno. "a,

How Long Shall These Things se7
Chicago wage-earners face an in
crease Of one to three cents per pound
IN the cheaper cuts Of meat. The in
crease is due to higher wholesale
price. But, as in all increases Of the
cost of living, the worker suffers most.
Experts OF the federal bureau or
commerce and labor report that prices
during March OF this year for the
necessaries of life exceeded prices Of
March, 1909, by 21.s per cent.
How much longer will the American
people tolerate in power a political
party that governs through the sup
port Of monopolists who receive as
their reward the legal right to suck
the life blood Of the people Chicago
Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
SOCIAL soc FORMS OF BRIBERY
Subtle Methods by Which "Bls BusI.
ness" contrives 70 Remain IN the
Seats OF the Mighty.

In the last eighty years in Great
Britain the Liberals have created
many more peers than the Conserve
tives. Yet in the house Of lords today
the Conservatives outnumber the Lib
erals nearly ten to one. It is com
monty remarked In England that even
II q Liberal peer does not begin to
show Conservative tendencies the
chances are that his son will go over
to the Tories.
The house of lords Is beautiful
Illustration Of the way In which men
are influenced, sensibly or insensibly
by their social environment as well as
by their self-interest. The men with
whom the newly-made peer comes in
contact daily are Conservative by ira
dition and 1t Is difficult for him to- re-
sist the feeling that, after all, really
cultured and sensible gentlemen must
look askance at the Liberals. They
are 30 uncultured and ord'n'ry. you
know.
The same situation exists to de
gree in congress. When Senator
Root. for instance, goes over and sits
by a newly-elected senator and tells
him he Is too sensible a man to train
with such bunch OF radicals as the
Insurgents. the newcomer insensibly
Yields to the feeling that 1t is rude
and fanatical to attempt to regulate
the big interests In any way.
This pressure ID exerted powerf,illy
in the house when the wealthy Rep
resentative Mckinley gives beauti-
( full dinner to new members where
they meet the riders Of all good fell
lows together and that It won't do to
go on with lot Of rabid revolution
lists.
Money brides long since went out Of
fashion. but indirect forms Of infiu-
ence are still as powerful as ever.
Among these the effect or social pres
sure is most potent and at the same
time most difficult to deal with.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Exceeded Pre.Iden.IaI Authority.

~ -->>ssSAso sriSosuouSal tAuthofttys85 ie
President Taft doubtless merits con-
gratulations on the way he and the
roads worked out Of bad situation.
but there is a large fly in the ONT
ment. The antitrust law still stands,
and in the presidents opinion applies
against the roads in making common
rates for competing points; and his
agreement with the roads admits ON
their part continuation Of such all
legged unlawful action and evidently
on his part suspension OF the law
in this application which congress,
against his request, has deliberately
refused to suspend. And where does
the president acquire authority to do
such q thing as this? -Springfeld
(Mass.) Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
4 Forms to Physical World

be said. they interpreted nature in ito
infinite variety from tho tiniest mole.
cule to the mightiest SUM-.
Thomson said there WAS no form OF
crystal, snowflake or any geometrical
conception which he could not produce
with combination Of two or more Of
his four units,
Scientific men who witnessed his
demonstration admitted that he had
achieved prodigious mechanical feats.
With, his block models he constructed
a variety OF designs. including the
spiral forms appearing In vegetation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Defending the Tariff.

Three hundred members Of the Ma.
tional Association of Hosiery and IN
derwear Manufacturers, assembled at
Philadelphia, praise the Aldrich-Taft
tarif, for which Henry S. Boutell
wrote section increasing the duty
on hosiery.
We have not yet noticed any similar
laudatory outburst on the part Of peo-
pie whose stockings. while costing the
same, wear only half as long as be-
fore the tarih was raised.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
-Fdll Of crooked ness. ?

Mr.. Taft ought to know that the
question is not whether he can point
to few reductions of duty. often
amounting to nothing, but whether the
business of tariff making is to be
forever left in the hands of the men
who make money out of 1t. This
tariff was made by Aldrich. Lodge,
smoot. Payne and Cannon. with the
Arkwright club. Littauer, and the
steel crowd working on the side. It
is full Of crookedness, as has been
shown conclusively.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-06
Leat am Under Plaster.

its5lli .SsN O't Su0ST = EiaeS0Ts sll
The mystery Of the disappearance Of
a $50 bill. which has disturbed Mid
dletown business man and his family
for week. and which caused consid-
cradle unpleasantness. has been solved
Suspicion attached to at least two
members Of the mans household. A
week ago he planned business trip
to New York That evening he laid nu-
merous bank notes on the dresser Of
his bedroom. A $50 bill was on top.
Next morning he missed it. That night
his wife put porous plaster on his
back. This morning he wanted to get
1t on and called his wife to assist.
When she got the plaster on the miss
ing bill was found fast on the inside
Of the plaster.-Exchange.