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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

beard and shaggy iron gray lo.sks, the
same transparent skin. 2
AS he speaks Abbas E1endi opens
wide his big gray eyes beneath his
5bushy eyebrows, and looks directly at
one, giving an appearance OF unsim-
ulated interest and sincerity. He is
a restless person-doubtless those 40
odd years as prisoner have left
their mark on his nerves-and through
out the interview he wriggled and
twisted his body, sometimes revealing
the folded red bandana handkerchief
upon which he sat; sometimes cooking
his fez to- the back of his head. and
again to the side, and sometimes rak-
ishly. forward until 1t rested on the
high bridge of his nose. All the
while he was talking he tWiddled in
his long white hands string OF moth
er-of-pearls beads, such as gentlemen
commonly carry In this part of the
world. Altogether, he looks the part
of a benevolent old gentleman with
considerable force of character.
This positiveness was shown during
the interview. A gentle-faced young
who looked filter for ESQ.,.
teric discussions than for the football.
field, had been doing the interpreting,
Abbas Enendi speaking in Persian.
The most difficult form Of interpreta-
ton is that of discussion of abstract.
themes, and early saw that the young
mans renderings were inadequate; my,
host saw it, also; and peremptorily or
dered one other of his attendants to
repeat what he said, sentence by SEN.
tence. ~
In the room during the conversation,
besides the two men mentioned, was
a Persian Pilgrim, who wore the green
turban that marked him as de-
scendant of Mahomet; a keen,eyed old
fellow, who followed the discussion In
tently; and another j Persian in long
black cloak and turban. who looked as
if he might sit for an illuminated edi-
ton of Omar. Khayam; but he went
sound asleep during the interview.
The conversation lasted for over an
hour, and j was cordially pressed to
remain and partake of a Persian meal;
but journalist must be careful whose
salt he eats, II he Is to remain free.
Beharists in America. NJ;
After the pleasant congratulations
with which the conversation opened. !
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
YANKEE ANKLES TOO BEEFY
"Better, Fifty Years Of Europe Than
an Instep Of Back Bay" Para
phrases 9riton In Boston.

Boston, Literary England doesn't
like the ankles Of the women of Amer
lea. Alfred Tennysons y Dickens. son
of the novelist and godson OF the poet.
cries aloud in paraphrase Of his god
father: 10 ~
Better fifty years Of Europe than
an instep OF Back Bay"
At the City club Mr.. Dickens told
the sad story of how, walking about.
his eyes cast down. presumably
through Inconsistencies for London, he
caught glimpse OF Boston ankles
and how his soul cried out in horror:
.Beefy! Beefy as Mrs. Micawb er's
own!''
\. MIR. Dickens said later he was only
attempting to be little humorous in
a land where he had heard humor
was lightly thought OF. He gave his
word not to touch on such dainty
topic again as long as he lived. 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
MONEY ADRIFT THREE YEARS
Pocketbook Dropped From Boat In
Delaware Bay Comes Ashore and
Z Owner Receivers Naiuabies.

Lewes, Del. DR.. Harry Hickman OF
Philadelphia has recovered his peck.
etbook and $500 which it contained.
Three years ago he dropped It from
a launch into Delaware bay. The
ipocketbook was found by the little
daughter Of Ernest Lynch. who picked
1t up on a marsh where she was driv-
ing COW. where 1t was probably
washed by some winter storm
Three years ago DR.. Hickman. who
was visiting here. was in a launch par
ty and dropped his pocketbook over
board Search was made for it. but no
trace was discovered Some Of the
money found by the girl was redeem!
ed at the National Bank here and the!
rest which was badly soaked and
torn. sent to Washington for redemp-
ton Although the pocketbook con-
tanned DR.. Hickman's name in it when
1t was lost. the card was gone when
1t was returned to him. Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
CAT. SLEEPS ON $4,000 RUG
Lives All Night In Waldorf.AstorIa
Safe. Which Is Supposed to Bs
Alright and Burglar Proof.

New York.-When Frank Allstrom.
treasurer Of the Waldort-Astorta.
opened the inner doors of the big safe
in his private Office ne was greeted
by stray black cat which jumped
from a vault containing $4,000 in
fresh, crisp bank notes.
/ Mr.. Allstrom could not explain how
the tramp cat happened to be in the
safe. Although the massive steel
vault is alright and burglar proof.
the cat seemed none the worse for its
sixteen hours Of imprisonment.
After unlocking the safes Mr.. ALI
strom said. Il reached into the vault
where had placed the bank notes.
was never more surprised In my life
than when the big. black cat yawned
and looked at me as though to ask.
Is my breakfast ready?'
I'VE have been unable to ascertain
how the cat gained access to the safe.
as the inner doors are at all times
kept locked. None of my assistants
can recall seeing the cat in the office
before we closed the safe on Tuesday
afternoon"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
Miniature Vineyards In French Cap
2 itaI Have Old Vines Which Yield
Weil-Ons Of Best Known.

Paris. Though it does not. Of
course, take very great proportions.
Paris has an annual vintage season
which cannot be entirely ignored.
Many gardens of the French capital
shelter fine vines, and some Of these
have quite reputation.
One of the best known of the city's
miniat ure vineyards Is that Of the
chamber OF deputies. This was Gre
ated in the reign Of King Louis Phil
ippe. when vines were planted in the
Auguesseau and Montesquieu court
wards of the Palais Bourbon. This
years harvest promises to be par
ticularly good one.
The past few days has seen the
gathering of the grapes in many other
parts of the city. The church Of
Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile has very produc-
tive vineyard. and there is also q
good yearly harvest in garden close
to the Sacre-C Occur.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
MosquIto saved HIs LIfe.

Sharon, PA mosquito saved the
life Of John Mahoney the other day.
He was passing building in course Of
construction when workman on the
top floor accidentally dropped heavy
hammer.
At the same instant a mosquito tried
to alight on Mahoney's nose, causing
him to jerk his head backward. Tho
hammer grazed his face and clipped .
piece out Of the stone pavement.
Had the hammer struck Mahoney on
the head 1t would have crushed his
skull. Mahoney declared that the
mosquitoes attack was so vicious that
the pain had caused him to throw his
head back. saving his life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
Eullx Prepared.

When a certain little girl Of Balti.
more was recently sent of by her
mother to visit an aunt In Washing
ton, the youngster was cautioned that
she must always be ION time" for
breakfast while at her aunt's house.
Don't give them any occasion to
complain, dearie," said the mother.
You're always SO late for breakfast at
home" Il.
When the little girl returned home,
about the first thing she told her moth.
er was: Il was down to the table
every morning just as soon as any of
them"
"Glad to hear that, dearie." said the
proud mother. How did you man.
age to be SO punctual?"
Every night" explained the young
ster. II put on my mighty and
slept in my clothes. SOS to be nice an
ready in the morning Lippincott's
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

should be of hardwood or pine painted
and vanished. the varnish destroying
those qualities in paint that are detri-
mental to health.
The size of kitchen should be care
fully considered A large kitchen 10
not by any means the most IDEAL
Ollcloth is to be recommended as a
kitchen floor covering. The heavy In
laid linoleum is more durable. but. of
course. costs more.
The furniture required for the kitch-
en- will depend largely on the archi-
tectural makeup" 1t will be poor
economy to stint ones self in the mat
ter of kitchen furniture 1t Is short
sighted policy not to buy good makes
Of stoves. refrigerators and the like.
The kitchen table should be stolid
piece of furniture on castors. placed In;
good light and as far from the stove
as possible. There is a variety OF
kitchen tables on the market. many OF
them withahandy little drawers and
various devices for minimizing labor.
There should be at least one COM
Portable chair In the kitchen. some
thing low without arms that will be
found useful and comfortable for she'll
ing pe6s, etc. A stool will also prove
a great help to those housewives who
weary with much standing. Washing
dishes is lighter task when seated
on a high stool and the back 10
spared many an ache. A twenty.four
inch stool can be purchased for less
than dollar and will be found an ex-
cellent investment,
1t sometimes happens that a house
is built with little regard for pantry.
room. Where this is the case the
kitchen cabinet should come to the
rescue. These cleverly designed
pieces OF furniture not only relieve
the congestion. but add to the attrac-
tiveness of the kitchen In no small
measure.
When the furnishings have all been
purchased, 1t will required consider.
able amount of thought to place them
SO as to save unnecessary steps, an>
to make the kitchen as comfortable
and convenient as It 10 possible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
British Statesman Would Rear.
range Months Of Year.
Every Month Would Begin on Sunday
New Year Day and Leap Year
eeparate-Many Other Novel
,5 Features In Scheme.

London.-Sir Henry Dalziel, leader
OF the ultra.radicals in the house OF
commons. the father of the bill which
aims at giving Scotland local self
government had just had prepared a
bill to alter the calendar. This bill.
known as the fixed calendar bill. con-
tains some. novel features. AS the
memorandum which accompanies 1t ex-
plains. the bill purposes to substitute
for the present irregular calendar q
fixed calendar having regular periods.
of which the week is the common
measure. (: 81
In this. as in other features. 1t diff
fers from the calendar reform bill. in
3troduced In the house OF commons In
1909, but which never got beyond the
second reading stage.
That bill sought to make the months
as uniform in length as possible, but
as difference In this respect is un-
avoidable in year with IL months, 1t
Is thought better to increase that diff
ference SO as to allow Of the week be-
ing a common measure Of all months.
This arrangement makes it possible
for each month to begin on Sunday
and end on Saturday.
"A table giving the proposed fixed
calendar shows that the months Of
January, February, April. May. July.
August. October and November would
each consist of 20 days. while the re-
manning months OF March. June. Sep.
TENDER and December would each
have IS days. New Year day" Is set
apart. thus bringing the total Of days
up to the requisite number Of 1865 days.
while for leap year special day is
set apart for Leap day." which ia to
be intercalated between the last day
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
ASK NEW CALENDAR

d I v = - 4 80
OF June and the first day Of July. as re-
constituted by the bill.
A clause in the bill provides that
the New Year day and Leap day shall
not be accounted days of the week,
and shall not, except where specially
mentioned or provided for, 3e held to
be included in any computation OF days.
but shall otherwise be public bank
holidays. The conditions o. labor on,
these days. and the remuneration,
Their Sfor. under the bill, would conform
as far as possible to what PREVAILS on
Sundays. A fixed date. April Is. is Sc
lected for Easter day.
Finally. the bill, If passed by parlia-
ment. will not become operative until
the government decides that sufficient
international concurrence has been Sc
cured.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

prophet? That word is often used n
meaning any man with q new or help
full message to his time: but you
surely do not put the prophets you
have named in the same class with
the ordinary writer, teacher or preach
err today ssss
Here again the Prophet Of the Be-
haists showed his rare skill at eva
sion. He took up the figure of the
mirror, and dwelt at great length upon
that, and would not be diverted; the
prophet is the man who best mirrors
God. could not get to him the sug-
gestion that. after all, the mirror does
not reflect or impart life, heat or pow
er. Nor could I get past the inter-
prefer. the query whether this teach
ing is not great comedown for those
of Buddha, with his doctrine Of man,
being part OF the divine essence; and
of Jesus, who protested to give life;
and who boldly declared 81 and the
Father are one;'' and Of Mohamet,
with his stern claim to be the very
voice and representative of God. In
terpreters are a great convenience.
when there are uncomfortable ques-
tions flying around. n; i,}..5Ls
What Behatsm Stands For.
"A definition of Behaism, which to an
westerner seems rather
vague, is the hard thing to secure; so
I asked Abbas Effendi, frankly, to give
me a categorical definition of the dis
tinctive doctrine of Beharism. some
thing with hooks to it. SO that it will
grasp the ordinary man." This he pa
tiently and kindly did. Il
First. Behaism believes that all
men are brothers. and should so act.
# Second. Behaism believes that
there should be no strife of religious
creeds. All are equal. No man need
change his religion when he becomes
a Behaist, whether he is Moslem.
a Christian or a. Buddhist.
Third. There should be no war
between races or countries. There
should be international brotherhood
and international peace" Incident,
ally, the retainer who had done the
interpreting, later told me that Alb
has believes that there will be great
war, and then worldwide peace. He
also, advocates one Language and one
form ofSwriting. ss.
Fourth. Behaism teaches its follow
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
Meatle.. MIneemeat.

One peck green tomatoes, chopped
dne; drain Juice and throw away.
Pour on three pints Of hot water and
cook Ave minutes. Drain OF all juice.
Do this three times. Add two and
ohe-half pounds medium brown sugar.
two pounds seeded raisins. one-half
pound chopped suet, one teacupful Of
cider vinegar. two level teaspoonful
each Of ground cloves. allspice and
nutmeg, one tablespoonful Of salt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
sNEEzE PLAYS GREAT HAVOC
Big Indian Elephant Performs Her
Trienniai Feat, Shaking Building
and Breaking Glass.

Z London.-Daisy. the big Indian ele-
plant, which sneezes once in three
years. performed her triennial feat
the other afternoon at the Bostock
Jungle. White City. AS results OF her
sneeze:
Huge pieces Of plaster fell from the
ceiling. Il
Four windows were broken.
An. electric light cluster was smash.
ed.
"A party Of thirty schoolboys were
watching Daisy. which had been mo-.
5tionless for more than an hour, when
suddenly the animal gave a scream.
reared up on It's hind legs and. giving
vent to roar that shook the jungle
to it's foundations. spurted q stream OF
water over them. drenching them to
the skin.
Daisy laid down Immediately after
her sneeze and went to sleep.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

asked Abbas Enendt concerning the
number Of his disciples in America,
| for; this has been put as high as q
million. He himself avoids the use
of the word disciples" but does not
object to its employment by others. l
could not get him to give even approxt-
innate figures; he contented himself
with saying that he had many friends
In America and that there are regular
spiritual gatherings Of these in Wash
ington, Boston and Chicago. It is evil
IDENTIFY with these centers that he con-
ducts. his correspondence, for the
names frequently required.
AS to the number of Behaists in the
world he was equally vague, but wholly
honest. When said that friend from
Persia had told me that fully half the
people in Persia are Behaists, he
promptly declared that he thought this
number entirely too high. Equally
candid was he in saying that there are
practically no Behaists in Turkey; the
following is found chiefly In Persia,
and then in India, America, Great, Brit
ain. and a scattering in other coun-
tries. Quality" he remarked, lis
more important than quantity; better
five diamonds than hundred peb-
b1es." Abbas Effendi has considerable
aptness in the art Of illustration; this
was further shown when, we got on the
main track Of the meaning Of Behaism.
An AlI-incIusive Religion.
"All religions" said Abbas Etfendi,
80 toll no fe
no real difference. The difference is
only in names. There were once
Turk, Greek, Persian and an Arab,
to whom a piece Of money was given
in common. Each said in his own
tongue what he wanted bought with it,
and they had long and angry discus.
sion. Then along came man bearing
grapes-and 10, that was what they
all wanted, but each had used dit.
ferent name for 1t. So Moses, Buddha.
Confuclus, Christ, Mahomet, were all
prophets Of God. They merely had
different names. Each should accept
the other
When this important point was
pressed, he affirmed that all Chris
tians should accept Mohamet, as the
Jews should have accepted Christ.
DO you really mean that all relig-
ions are essentially the same, and that
one is as good as another? Do you
include paganism, and idolatry?"
yes, they were all right at first,
even Buddhism. which has deterior-
ated, as all religions do" At this point
my hosts knowledge of the ancient
and so.called ethical faiths" proved
SO shaky that abandoned this line of
questioning.
He got on to frmer ground by say
ing: There have been thousand
unknown prophets IN the world. They
were truly prophets of God. but the
world never recognized them"
Please tell me what you mean by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
Run Submarine by Wireless.

Portsmouth, England.-Successful
experiments with the wireless control
of submarine boats have been made,
but the details are kept secret. 1t IL
known, however. that a submarine
was taken to shallow water on Sell,
sey while the hertzian waves were
worked from the cruiser Furious. The
submarine, which was on the surface,
was found to be entirely under the
control OF the cruiser Then the crew
was taken out and the experiment
was equally successful when the boat
was submerged Similar experiments
are being made with torpedoes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

With each bag is given a cardboard
fapper or slayer" Many boys are
now engaged in clearing the flies from
their own homes, and those OF their
neighbors, and the sport is proving a
source of huge delight to them.
Sir Charles Cameron, the medical
officer Of health, said that he had
cleared his own house OF flies by for
malin. weak solution which attracts
and destroys the pests.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
CANADA'S IMMENSE ! &
WHEAT FIELDS
THE ATTRACTION FOR THREE
t RANscoNrlNENTAL5 RAIL 6
WAYS, +

Last August there visited the Cana
dian west the vice-president OF the
largest individual hardware company
In the United States. AS his firm have
turnover Of millions, and deals ex.
tensively with farm implements, this
man took deep interest in crop con-
dftions in Canada, and on his return
he embodied his findings in an article
for the Hardware Reporter. This ar.
ttcle should be Of special interest to
farmers. Il
The writer speaks Of the Importance
of the spring wheat crop Of Western
Canada. He might also have spoken
of the importance OF the oat crop and
also Of the winter wheat crop, as well
as barley. Winter wheat during the
past few years has been great sue.
cess, and experiments have shown
that 1t can be grown with success in
almost any portion Of the three Prov
inces Of Manitoba. Saskatchewan and
Alberta. But apart from this, the
spring wheat crop is the one generally
grown, and all who know anything OF i
grain, anyone who has had anything
to do with markets. knows or has
heard Of the high character Of this
cereal and the splendid yields that are !
annually produced. Reproducing from
this article .5fS 5ss 9
In land Of such great sweep, and
of such difference in soil and climate.
there are many resources, but none,
ing Importance as the spring wheat
crop. In the interminable prairie
stretches Of the northwest provinces
It is the one absorbing topic of inter
est and Of conversation during its
growing and it's harvesting, for upon
its success or failure hangs the veal
or woe Of large part Of the Domin-'
ion. Its influence extends far down
Into the United States. drawing thou
sands Of farmers northwards with the
lure Of cheap lands, but likewise be-
yond the great lakes. even to the easy
going maritime provinces. calling the
flower OF their young men to its OPP 4
portunities. Development In these
prairie provinces goes on at high pres
sure for everything hangs on the out
come OF spring wheat. Success has
embroidered the raisers Of this one all
important crop. and each year there
is further incursion into those north
ern fields that only q short time ago
were regarded as Arctic wastes. The 3
Canadian Northwest seems to be one Il
Of those modern agricultural examples
set forth to drive the final nail in the
coffin OF that ancient Malthusian de-
fusion that population tends to outrun
the means of subsistence, since the
only fear now among Canadian econ.
omists Is as to the danger Of over. r
stocking the wheat market. Only .
about two and one-half per cent OF X
possible arabic lands in the northwest
provinces Is now under cultivation.
and this year the crop promises to 4
be close to 200,000.000 bushels. SO
that your imagination and your arith-
metic can easily supply the answer 40
to the possible or even probable out.
come"
During the months Of July and Au-
gust the weather was unfavourable
and the production Of 200 million
yield OF wheat will not likely be real
lied, but even with this. the threshins
reports coming to hand show that the
crop will be splendidly paying one.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
Buy Land BY the Inch,

Louisville, Ky.-Public-spirited citi.
zens Of q. West Louisville neighbor-
hood are buying 4 lot ESQ feet square
at the rate OF about SLIPS front inch.
When the lot 10 all sold 1t will be
presented to the trustees Of the Louis
vile free library rs site for q new
branch, the money for which is In
hand. but awaiting presentation OF Z
site. No site donor coming forward.
the people devised a novel scheme to
raise $500 for the site.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
DustIess busters.

A great deal can be saved by max
ing your own dustless dust cloths by
the following recipe: One-third ounce
oil of parifin mixed with one pint
of coal oil. Wash piece Of black
cheesecloth in this and you will have
dustless dust cloth harmless to any
furniture. The above quantity makes
three yards.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08
To LACQUER Brass.

Gum shellac dissolved in alcohol
makes thin varnish which is applied
with small brush. Ten cents worth
of shellac is enough. also enough alco-
hol to make it thin. This will lacquer
a brass bed, can be done in less than
an hour, and will come out as pretty
a. II sent to the factory to be done.
and is cheaper. gaE. -Ns
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-08

tain range. She said q was a large
sized cook stove. -. A school
teacher asked her class who was the
mother of the great Scottish leader,
Robert Bruce. Mrs. Bruce" said
one little boy. -. A little girl
went out on her back porch one morn
ing and found that a chunk Of ice
left by the iceman was Learly all
melted! 1.-THE ice is about all
drowned" she told her mother. !. III.
A teacher asked little girl: What ID
the office of the gastric juiceH" The
stomach" she said.