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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
MADE VERY SURE OF DEATH
English Laborer's Preparations for
Ending Life Have distinct
Note Of Pathos.,

With no hope in life. . Hull (Eng.)
laporer named Joseph Lambert. made
marbtaly elaborate preparations fer
hanging himself recently. He Was .
victim Of cancer and. having come to
the end Of his slender savings, had
only before him the workhouse a. the
alternative to starvation. He lived
alone In cottage. and his self-execu-
ton was thus undisturbed. He built
himself a gallows at the stair-head.
using the stairs as the gallows pH. His
beam was made Of two lengths Of
stout timber. dashed together. Through
one of these he drilled a hole for the
rope. and beneath the cross.piece he
improvtsed rude platform to answer
for the trap-doors, through which, at
the prison, the condemned man falls
as the hangman pulls the lever. The
rope.attachmept to thetbeam and run
nlng noese were carefully splicea. The
preparations had plainly occupied him
some considerable time. From appear.
ances 1t Is also evident that he had
read up the subject Of hanging; he
had tried to gauge the necessary
length Of the drop by his weight. and,
when all was ready he had adjusted
the moose to his neck with the knot
behind the ear. as the professional
hangman is reputed to do to his sub.
1ect. But careful as he was, he had
overlooked one imuortant point which
the. hangmap never forReta. teat{nH
vas that when he performed The Mal
fRtal get the reps snapped with hia
weight. But the Jerk st the end Of
the drop had at the same moment full.
hlled its purpose and dislocated bid
neck. He was found lying dead ct the
foot Of the stairs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
PLEASURE 10 BE PAID FOR
How Wise Mother. Directed Little
Daughters Steps In Ways Of
Common Sense,

She was very little maiden, and
she thought that Willy Smith, whom
she met at a party. was the very mic.
est boy she had ever seen.
s. Mummy" she told her mother the
morning after the party, II want to
write every day to Willy Smith; 1
said would"
All right, dearie," was the cheerful
reply.
8 A very inky letter went OF that day
to Willy Smith. But the next day,
when the small damsel had finished
writing her missive, she looked up at
her mother.
Must l pay two pennies every time
u write to Willy Smith," she asked,
plaintively.
Why. of course, darling" said the
/. mother.
But If pay two pennies every
day to write to Willy Smith, won't
have any pennies of my own"
No. that is true"
Mummy" in a pleading voice,
won't you give me two pennies for
my letter."
J mo. dear. l don't care to write to
Willy Smith. Why should 1 spend my
pennies on him?"
Then," with sigh. 81 think won't
write any more to Willy Smith. I'd
rather have my pennies"
The modern parent seems to be
adopting Herbert spencer's advice
Ito leave the children to be taught by
the penalties that life infiicts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
TO EDEN RATHER THAN ZION
eeaek to the Land" is Advice Given
by Jewish Rabbi to His Co.
Rellgionlste.

Louder than the cry Back to
2ion!" must come the CRY Back to
Eden! There is freedom In
Eden. There nature is master. and a
Kindly and considerate and liberal one
to all who live and toll in accordance
with tta reasonable rule, writes Rabbi
Joseph Krauskopf, in the American
lsraslite. In its employ man finds
himself; he becomes human being:
the only true aristocrat, as Emerson
terms 1t, whereas In the sweatshop he
10 but q machine. Instead of deafen.
Ing noises of machines in sitting
sweatshops. he hears the song of
birds. the rustling of fruit-laden or.
chards. the lowing of milk.yieldine
cattle. the patter Of fructifying rain:
Instead Of sickening stenches, he in.
hales the fragrance Of field and forest
and flowers. For him there is no
constant strain and race for the bread
Of life. Depression may come: fac.
tories may close: stocks and bonds
may shrink to nothing: princes may
become paupers and .millionaires.
hankrupts and suicides. and yet the
farmer never lacks for food or work
Fires may burn down storehouses.
hurricanes may wreck precious car
Eges On. the seas; the enemy may
s9me and leave devastation behind;
Jet neither Are NOR storm nor enemy
can reb the farmer Of his land.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
EASY TO OBTAIN REFERENCES
Woman Complains That over-Enthu.
slasm Has Made Them Prae-
tlealIy valneless.

How in TIE. world do other folk
live?"
What other folk?" asked her friend.
Why, the other folk who write the
references. Take that last cook had.
She gave. me the best written refer.
ence ]. ever saw, and also the tele-
phone number OF the woman who gave
1t to her and for whorn she had
worked for more than year. called
up the woman and she was enthusi.
astic. Why, I'd take her back again
In minute II she'd come was her
ultimatum, and before she reached
that she praised the cook up to the
skies. She said she was splendid
pastry maker. soups wero her spe.
cialty. her desserts were always de-
lfcious. The best dessert ever got
out OF that girl was a plain corn
starch. her soups were like dish wa
ter. and everything between was equal
ly bad. And now look at the waitress
! have. Her. reference was marvel.
She was refined. the writer stated, and
quiet and neat She knew Just what
TO do without being told. Inever saw
anybody SO careless and Indifferent as
that girl. She. never knows a thing
that haven't told. her at least
dozen times. have to keep my eye
on what she does all the time. Am l
such frightful crank. or what is it?
now IN the world to other folk liver"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

British Cabinet Ministers and Coli.
The chancellor OF the excheouer
may be described without ofRense az
ministerial golfer. That is to say
he plays as we'll ~ 10 necessary for
any cabinet minister. Although the
golf standard 10 ON the whole fairly
high among N. P.'s there has been no
one Of cabinet rank, with the excep.
ton Of Mr.. Alfred Lyttslton, who
could be truthfully described q an &C.
complished golfer. Mr.. Balfour Is
probably the best Known Of eli the
golfng NJ Pa. but his enthusiasm Ia
greater than his skill. OF Mr.. Asauith
It may be said that neither his akin
nor his enthusiasm IL Immediately ap.
parent. In truth. however. no cabinet
minister can AFFORD to play golf too
well. The country would feel decid.
edly distrustful Of q prime minister or
foreign secretary whose golf was Of
q kind likely to win the amateur
championship.-Throne and Country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
! Really Poor Penman,


There is a certain Philadelphia ply.
sician of considerable prominence
who is renowned among his friends as
the worst penman in the Quaker city.
He used to write them letters and
then feel hurt when they could not
read them, When he wrote to persons
who were not familiar with his scrawl
they frequently would not know whom
the letters were from. Some time ago
he introduced typewriter into his Of.
fec. and this rendered the body of the
letter Ineligible. but did not clear up
the difficulty over the signature. Now,
however. says the Record, he has had
made rubber stamp bearing his
name and address in printing. He
signs his name in the usual scrawl,
but alongside he impresses his stamp.
1t is little humiliating, he says, but
he. no longer has any trouble about
persons to whom he writes not know.
ing from whom the letters are.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
MADE SELECTIONS WITH CARE.
Old Jerry's Particularly Personal sca-
sons for Separating the Sheep
from the Goats.

HI i x.
Mayor Story of Atlantic City was
praistng the excellence of the last
summer season,
II never saw. before" he said, so
many beautiful women here, nor such
crowds, nor such decorum. They who
prefer rowdiness to decorum don't
come here. They go elsewhere. They
are like old Jerry Patterson.
Judge Hindlip was going to give a
big party and ox-roast. He intrusted
the Invitations to old Jerry. his man.
and Jerry, after delivering them.
turned up drunk.
Judge Hindlip looked at his old SER
want with disgust.
Jerry he said. what does this
mean?'
'M.means Pm drunk Jerry hic.
coughed.
'Drunkr Missed the Judge. And
what do you mean by getting drunk
ut amt my-hic-fault, said Jerry.
It's fault o. them invitations. Every
man I-hic-delivered one to asked me
to have a-hic-drink, and thish's-
hic-result.,
Terrible, terrible! cried Judge
Hindlip. Have we got no temperance
people In this township Al
"'shure.' said Jerry. but 1 shent-
hic-their invitations by post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Family Helrloom, a m.loe e.lr..

Family Helrlooms at Maine Fairs.
2 The Maine town fairs are great
places to see family heirlooms which
have been handed down from genera.
ton to generation without suffering
wear or change.
Among the curious old pieces shown
at Green fair were a blue spread $50
years old. done by an ancestor Of Mrs.
Mehitable Mower; a towel woven by
one Of Burgoyne's soldiers while q
captive In the revolution, curious
pitchpipe Of wood used by Solomon
Jackson while chorister in Winthrop
church in 1900, and old iron dishes
shown by Mrs. Ann L Fogg. Then
there were Mrs. Fred B. Parker's
pumpkin hood" old fashioned straw
bonnet, and home woven articles, and
much pewter ware belonging to Aunt
Polly Sawyer. @
A bedspread, 1875 years old, made
by Mrs. Dorcas Dearborn was shown
by Augusta Daggett, who also had 4
hand carved hatchel for combing fax.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Falcon in london atreet..

The escape Of q pet eagle which has
Just provided residents in the neigh
borhood Of Hoxton with q sensation in
the form Of hunt across the house
tops. is reminder writes q CORE.
spondent) that for many years the
spire Of the adjoining church at
shoreditch. popularity known a. the
actors church. was the home Of a
falcon which took up its abode there
at all times and In all weathers.
The appearance of falcon in the
crowded streets OF London is q rare
spectacle-as rare almust as the snipe
which some time ago were seen
careering over the Marylebone road by
an ohseEvant naturalist, or the swan
which was gracefully preenins it's
feathers on the roof Of train stand
tHg In Luton station. Several years
ago q hux1ard visited the metropolis
and greatly astonished some workuen
Who were engaged upon the roof Of
one Of the buildings Of, the house OF
commona.-London Daily News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Cats WatchIno snarrows.


Every afternoon just before twilight
row Of cats of all ages, stages.
( gauges, breeds. tribes and then few
other kinds thrown in to sort Of even
Up the balance of things, can be seen
N the yard next to st. Andrews
church, at Eighth and shipley streets.
All Of them are squeezed as close to
the wall of the church building as they
can get and there they lie In walt for
sparrows which infest the creeping
vines that grow all oyer the wall Of
the church on the south side.
Every moment or 80 some lnckless
sparrow alights too near the ground
Or chirps too loud, and some cat i'm.
mediately makes running Jump up
the vine, and before the bird can hy
( from under the leaves 1t is cat food
Sometimes as many as 25 can be seen
IN row watching for their evening
meal Of birds Wilmington News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
SET AVERAGE MAN THINKING
Could There Be Anything Sarcastic
In What She SO Quietly Set
Forth?

!. How sad 1t is" said the Average
Man to the Average Woman, that you
are a tiresome creature considered,
OF course, from purely impersonal
standpoint"
Il am Interested" said the Average
Woman. pray go on-sp far as vol,
like. I'm in the mood where real can.
dor is the only thing care for Why
then, am tiresome?"
Because Of your limited range.
For example, your conversation is ex.
clusively confined to babies and
bridge. servants and cigarettes.
clothes and cotillons."
How Interestingly" exclaimed the
Average Woman" "and how true!
That suggests an idea. shall re.
form"
In what way?"
She smiled ambitiously.
Hereafter" she said, II shall widen
my range Of thought to include bust.
ness. sport, woman and the quality of
tobacco and rum, interspersed occas.
ionally by the telling of indecent sto-
RES"
The Average Man had nothing to
say. Indeed, for the first time in his
life he was actually thinking.-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
WITH UNEXPECTED ENDING
story Contains All the Requisite %.
tails Vet Seems to Fail Of
Satisfaction.

The merciless heat mada pas
sengers gasp as the limited plQwed ita
way steadily across the western
plains. Dreary. mop0tenoua was the
vista Of sand scrub which greeted the
yesef the wearied travellers, To add
to their discomfort, above the maflled
roar Of the train aroae the continuous
watling Of a child, More than one
man cursed softly and sought refuge
Ia another ear--all as 1t happened,
crowded. Finally a harsh-looking pas.
senger spoke.
why don't you keep that brat
quiet? he snapped.
The mother. a forlorn.looking wos
man clad in rusty black, leaked pa
thetically up at him. "I'm trying to. =
she faltered. But yqn see, the heat
and the long tRprneyEs
a new expression stole ever the
Aagsh-looking passengers face ~Niva
Y to me-" he said in . tone Of marvel.
ous aentleness: and the poor mother
placed the frettNl baby in his arms.
WhereupoA he threw the child out
81 the window.
Sold asain!-Lippincott's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Varyina Races Of India

The dominant race in India is the
Aryan, and to the western family of
this race the designation Caucasian
has been loosely applied. When the
Aryans descended upon Hindustan
from the SHOWS of the Pamir they
were confronted by the Dravidha race.
which eventually yielded southwark
and is now represented by such On.
tremes as the civilized Tamil and the
kurumbar of the Jungle. This move
ment brought the Dravtdha people in
force upon a stock possibly yet earlier,
the kolartans, who were gradually
forced inland as the invaders ocou.
pied the best lands. Both the Dravid.
ha and the Kolarian stock seem to
have neEEotd admixture not however
ethiopian, and a slight Monaghan In.
fuslon 70 suspected. While these three
are the principal races of the indian
peninsula there is large number Of
snall tribes whose affiliations are by
no means clear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Great State Of rex..,

The rs states which compose the
home land of the German empire, In.
Guiding Alsace-Lorraine, have an area
OF 20S.270 square miles with a popula.
ton of 80,641,27S. Texas has an area
of 265,7s0 square miles. After the
German empire had been laid down
upon Texas in the remainder space Of
$3.50 square miles 1t would be feas.
ible to tuck in all Of England and
Wales with the exception of the tiny
county of Rutland. Or II that ar.
rangement should promise to impose
too much work upon the Texas Ran.
gers it would be possible to INCLUDE
the Netherlands, Belgium aud Den.
mark and Switzerland Still Texas
would have room for q few straeslers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
SURELY SAVED THEIR LIVES
spId Pemp" There When HE. Marss
Charlie and Marse William
Fought Duel.

There was nothing old Pomp en-.
jpyed more than telling stories Of the
Importance Of his position IN the days
Abefg dc wah," when ne was 2 con.
spicuous figure on q southern plapta.
ton Of the best sort. ~ brunS up
Marse Charlie an Marse William,p hs
often said. solemnly. 'Deir own
family lowed saved bofe DER lives
once. besides ell de, res ] done TO-
'em.
'Twar jes' like dis: Marse Charlie
an Marse William, dey bofe TUX de
mos 'grejus fancy to young lady
dat come aevisiting de house; an
S6hebpSy had fill deir foolish haids
aII UP wld tally ABOUT d4els: an aey
Jesi promulgated to hab one, an find
out which oh 'em was TO hap dc young
lady.
'.Marse Charlie he was seventeen,
short an fiery, and Marse William he
was sixteen, slim an, cool; but dey
was bofe sot' an 'termined on dc
w ,,--.,4 =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
The Leather Bottle Inn.

j Inc Leather 6ottIe Inn.
On the Dover road at Northfleet,
Just where the old road. down which
David Copperfield trudged on his
weary pilgrimage to Dover, breaks
away on its temporary parting from
what is now the main road, is an old
iRR namaa the Leather Bottle. Over
the door hangs a yeritable leather bot
Qe. The uninitiated Rickepslap is
momentarily do ived into the belief
that here Is the Leather Bottle OF
Pickwick fame, and is Disguised when
he discovers that this is still four
miles farther on. Nevertheless. this
IL one Of the few real Dickens inns"
still remaining. Dickens, when on his
long country tramps, often turned in
there for refreshment, and the chair
he usually occupied is still to be seen
r-prjceless in the eyes Of the host
Eendon Ghranicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
What Roads owe to Salt.


Roads, we are told. owe a great deal
to salt. According to one theory, the
Oldest trade routes came into exist.
ence as a result of the traffic in salt.
One of the Oldest roads in Italy is the
Via Salaria," along which the people
of the Sabine couptry obtained their
salt from the salt pans Of Ostia. Salt
was the main merchandise carried in
the trans-Libyan caravans Of the
days Of Herodotus. and salt is one Of
the chief elements In the trade along
the Sahara caravan routes to-day. Salt
and salt fish, It is interesting to re-.
member. entered largely into the com.
merge q the Garthaginians. The lat.
ter, BY the way. was considered q del.
icacy In those pre-C Christian days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
HORROR Of A RUBBER CAMP
Wrlter's Graphic description
Scenes That Are Disgrace
to Civilization.

Miss Ida Vera Simonton sells in the
African Mail Of rubber camp Ia the
French Congo. Accompanied By
guides and servants. she succeeded
With great difficulty In reaching the
rubber camp amid the suffocating and
humid heat of the Jungle. being some
times up to her waist in Shiny thick
vegetable mold. and again thrown
among creeping. crawling, hareiul-
feeling denizens of the underground. .
This is her description of the rubber
camp:
In that eternal gloom of pestiferous
depths, stunned by all healthy things,
little childxen. men and women in the
Hover OF their youth. mothers with
babes strapped to their backs, decrep.
u old men and old women. gathered
the .viscid matter called rubber. Their
movements were listless and mechani-
cal-lost souls serving an endless pen.
ance. Fever was in their eyes, rheu.
matism in their Joints, the chill of ma.
larta in their veins and the life forces
oozed drop by drop in the sweat o..
exhaustion that bathed their all but
nude bodies.
From Its perch on Its mothers
back tiny baby cried as the mother
inadvertently thrust a jagged leaf in
Its tender eyes. A little girl, not more
tnan four years Of age, innocent Of
drapery. tottered under the weight of
calabash filled with water. A wo-
man. hollow.eyed and delicate, pa
uently lighted her masters pipe, then
sank listlesly among the dank un-
derbrush, to arise again when the pipe
was handed her for replenishing and
lighting. In iron kettles on the fires
manioc was boiling, and in the en-
bers green plantains were roasting.
Near the fires. stretched on mats.
damp as the very earth itself, lay the
exhausted, the sick, the dying. Three
were already dead and two men we're
making rude filters to convey the de.
ceased back to their native towns
perhaps weeks journey away.
In that reeking, deadly atmosphere
. little girl was born but a few hours
since. She lay on mat, uncovered.
unattended. while flies, ants, spiders
and other crawling pests fed on the
tender new flesh. The mother again
neld her place among the laborers."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

M Blue ard White Ia Creek Flag.
The Greek flag is an unpretentious
pises Of biazony consisting Of nine
stripes Of blue and white alternately.
With a white cross on blue ground
IN the left hand corner. The navy
dag has a golden crown III the cen.
ter Of the cross
Blue and white are the national
colors of Bavaria and were adopted
BY the Greeks as delicate compli.
ment to the Prince Of Bavaria, who
aSGapted the invitation to ascend the
throne Of Greece when that country
had succeeded in Wrestling her ipde.
vepdsnce from the Ottoman empire.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Horse That Really Lauah..


One of the vaudeville attractions on
the German circuit is horse which
sings and laughs" Recently an Eng.
lishmap made bet with the owner
Of the animal that 1t could not be
made to laugh" anywhere except be.
hind the footlights. The matter was
probably an advertising trick, which
succeeded. At an announced hour the
horse was brought before a house in
Inter. den Linden. The door was
opened. and under the guidance of the
trainer the animal went up three
flights Of stairs and into a room, from
a window of which the horse presently
looked down on the crowd. He was
ordered to smile" and did SO by
drawing up his upper lip. aud then
t. command he Laughed" by opening
his mouth wide and making sound
which his trainer exultantly pro.
claimed the only horse laugh"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05

ans hotel Is a refuge for the down and
out, During the summer met girls
VINO i've Iii women's hotels ia Bos.
ton. Chicago and elsewhere. In tine be-
ginning they, like myself. guilelessly
mentioned the name of their hotels,
Out soon they learned to keep it a
guilty secret and to give their house
number only, simply because they
couldn't stand it to be looked upon as
escaped inmates from poorhouse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
shoemaker's Candles.

] we'll remember some 70 years
since, says correspondent Of the
Dlckensian. seeing Nat candles IL use.
To produce what was known as the
dat candle. which was also sometimes
called "shoemaker's candle" two new
" made dips" were pressed close
to caoh other, while soft. and then
again lowered into the hot fat, thus
holding them together as one candle
with two wicks. The size could then
be increased II desired. This nat can.
die was most generally used by shoe
makers and tailors. but was made use
Of in some households whenever an
extra bright light for working or read.
ing was required.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
house of Rospigliosi. The famous
heirloom was a wedding present to
the American princess.

.
Whales Along Massachusetts, Coast.
Officers Of the steamer Vera, which
arrived from jamaica, IMPORT that
they saw hundreds Of whales or the
Massachusetts coast The fruiter was
OF Nauset when Capt. Rynuins and
the chief officer first sighted the
whales.
! To the northward for miles the
whales were disporting IN the water,
One Of the officers declared that he
had never seen SO many Of them, They
SWAN along. apparently all heading
northeast: Every little while one
would nose alongside the steamer and
would dive out of sight. The whales
we're In sight until Cape Cod was
rounded.-Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-01-05
Naval Torpedo Made Effective.


The day has gone by when the tor.
pedo can be regarded as an unreliable
instrument of war Of strictly limited
use. To-day the British navy ID about
fg'be salippsd With q torpedo whisS
VIII carry q destructive charge Of VA,
ward afT Ct ego PopRas, and Will ppssess
en- eHestipe range of ever 1000 yards,
which 1t will be able to cover .. ~
average speed q IL bot ts. snch -, q
weapon y bnn1aaa to influence battle
.s'aoc. owing to its range and thu
accuracy with which it rpAs. Tue
new torpedo, in assaeistion with Inn
proved gunAsN methods, has already
bAptshed the familiar six.ineh gun
from the newer battleships and battle
ship craisefa,-Cassier's Magazine.