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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
LIVE AFTER MONTHS. DEATH

being massaged show signs of life.
sometimes reviving completely. b
No claim sis made that after death
life can be restored, but in many in
stances where life IL thought to be
extinct. It IL only masked. and It re-
mains for the scientists to discover
through experiment whether he IL
dealing with death itself or with lat.
ent life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
Diagnosed the c a.e.

rs Diagnosed the Case. 81
. AN elderly doctor, who was as pep
perry as cayenne pod, was from time
to time sprung upon by the practical
Joker. ~
On one occasion a well dressed
young fellow called and asked the doc
tor to prescribe for breaking-out and
rash on his left arm. The doctor ex-
amined the limb and pronounced 1t to
be a bad case of psoriasis and eczema;
81 suppose. doctor, you can cure II Z"
said the patient. fs
] ..Why, certainly. |" replied the doctor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
unusul Accident.

Mrs. Church-Hear about the ac.i
cident on the train my husband was
mixed up In today? =
Mrs. Flatbush-Why, no! What
was 1t? f
The car window opened the first
time he tried It," .S5S s,5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
Only Feather.

Paris is wearing both the curled
and uncurled ostrich feathers, says
the New York Press. An ostrich
feather is often a sole trimming Of
hat. and frequently cluster Of small
flowers is sewed at the base Of the
feather. y Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
1urn Is N usIe 81 Moxart.

Ysaye recenstly said that the mus
,ical world was returning to the music
OF Notwithstanding to the simple
lily Of the melodic. and old-fashioned
Mozart Yet the music OF Mozart was
written $50 years after the famous
verses OF Ben Jonson. Drink to me
only With thine eyes" (says the Must
cal Courier) {, And Jonson wrote only
the English Of those lines. The orig
inal Imagery and expressions are to
be found in the Greek Of Philostratus
the Athenian-ip his thirty-third let
ter, to be exact. The original poetry
of the thought never grows old. It is
like the marble OF Phidias. The Ian
guage gradually changes and becomes
obsolete. 81 ~ j Il s.g{s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

money with the accumulated Interest
on his eighty-ninth birthday. II none
Of them:lived so. long. then 1t went to
the heirs OF the one that lived longest.
And Uncle John was the last OF them
and being suposed3to be dead, by life
insurance rules, at 3eighty.nine, there
was twenty Thousand coming to him.
And sure enough It came that
morning. And do you know; he acted
In the queerest way. He forgot AL
about our kindness to him and wanted
to 20 OF and enjoy Mmse eli. We'll, we
couldn't let an old man that age go In
to the hard world with all that money
to squander. He gave in at last. but
he wouldn't let Silas put his money
in the bank for him. nor. he wouldn't
buy q share in the farm neither.
Is. No, 4 Maria, e he said. chuckling,
I'll stay since you seem 30 fond OF
me. But it's cold In the attic and my
old bones are chilly.
81" Then why don't you say SOL? ! an =
severed. Wed have put you In the
best room, only Silas was waiting to
have 1t painted. sssf gss :;$3
S.He :chuckled in the most malicious
ways which. seeing all we had done for
him. was at least cruel. But those old
men don't have the same human
sympathies as us younger folks.
So well, after that Uncle John stayed
on with fus, and OF course we couldn't
let an old man like that do any work.
He Just mooned about the farm. smok.
ing his pipe and eating his head off.
and seeming to grow younger every
day. Took 4 dislike to Mary, too. I'd
thought OF getting rid OF her. but
Uncle John wouldn't hear OF that.
Keep her, the good.for.nothing wench,,'
he said. I'll make her work And
he used to give her . tongue flashing
every morning and talk to her about
her duties to her; benefactors which
almost brought tears Of, joySto Silas's
eyes and mine. But Mary didn't seem
to care. !. s5S 8.s3 IN
Once, when she'd gone over to
Long Falls to do some marketing for
me and wasn't back In time, Uncle
John got 90 mad with her he wouldn't
be; satisfied TIL silas let Him take the
buggy and drive in after her, They
came back about eight in the evening.
and II you'd heard the Language he
was using to her when they got out Of
the cart 1t would have warmed your
heart. And the hussy was laughing!
Didn't care ! bit-just laughed
However. silas got him to make
his will . month before he died, and
he. left everything to me, and silas rot
it in black and white and took It In
to his lawyer. We thought we had
done our duty then, and 30 We lust
folded our hands and waited.
Well, Mrs. Tompkins. the end came
very sudden. Apoplexy, the doctor
said. And would you belive It, the
old rake had made q second will the
day after he gave his first to Silas.
and in 1t he left US ninety.two dollars
apiece for board and lodging and COM
forts, and the rest went to my dear
wife. Mary Callaghan Smith. They'd
got married that day at Long Falls.
Mrs. Tompkins. the deceitful
ness OF; some old men Is past reckon-
ing, and. the only charitable thing to
do is to forget about 1t. Besides. Mrs.
Smith has the mortgage on our farm.
10 don't let her know that ! was
speaking OF about her.
II Copyright, 1918, by W., q. Chapman.)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
nu Il = ~ Z Llttie, sueetheart. z.

ii Danbury, Conn.-Because pretty lit.
tie Margaret Sullivan, ten years old,
coyly declared she didn't like him.
THOMAS Collins, aged twelve. q play,
mate. shot her through the arm on .
lonely road near here. In court the
girl pleaded that the boy be freed
Thomas frankly confessed he knew
the revolver was loaded. but that he
only meant to frighten the little girl
and make her declare she loved him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
PLIGHT OF AN OLD COUPLE / |.
Pathetic Battle Against Almshouss
u, 10 Revealed by Death
Of Wife. s 81

Philadelphia, How an old couple
battled for years against the necessity
Of going to the almshouse while their
strength declined, their eyes grew dim,
mer and, sickness oyercame them was
revealed recently in the death OF Mrs,
Elizabeth Webb, seventy-t1ve years
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
Papler PILLOW.

Any inkless soft paper cut or torn
In pieces about one. inch square and
put in unbleached muslin sack eigh-
teen by. twenty-seven makes good
pillow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

How long will 1t take to get well r
is"Oh, should say about two
MONTHS" said the doctor.
"Quite sure? Is it a bad case"
Positively the worst I've SEEM
.sThen ] will leave it with you and
call for it again whep cured" solemnly
said the patient, slowly christening
his arm, which was an artificial one.
and painted for the occasion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

and will keep on fighting. She would
never want me to go there.
From neighbors. it was learned that
the old couple had lived in the cellar
several years. b
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
Elesh.

All the riding hard, shooting true
and dying game-poor ethics Of the
open-had not brought a crumb, not
q crumb, of the real bread OF life.-
VIII Lexington Comfort.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
". ABSORB lR 1 - e

I'm Corns, Bunions, Cal.
va lous Bunches, Tired,
VA Aching, ollenf Feet.
III It allays pain and takes
7 out soreness and infam.
E<g3 nation promptly. Healing
and soothing ~; causes Q.
better circulation of the blood
through the part, assisting nature.
in building new, healthy tissue and
eliminating the old. Alex Adj.
.Tobinsport, Ind, writes Nov. IS,
1905. No doubt you remember
my getting two. bottles of youls
ABSORBING, JR., for = buniOnl
on my foot. My foot is well. !" Also
valuable for any swelling or painful
afflictioni, Goitre, Enlarged
Glands. Varicose Veins, Milk
Leg, Strains, Sprains. Fieala
Cuts, Bruises, Lacerations.
Price 81 90 and S2.oos ct all drug.
Rists or delivered. Book 4GFree.i
V.F.Yssae,P 7. Of. .aloTsspssst ,spragfsh, ~
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35:.EI:x,p,lla,lned.

The Venus Of Milo explained.
II was trying to make myself Into a
cubist effect" she said. &.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
The Effects of oplat 81.

and
kouaa a
growth ne eels whicn AZ nke e
porsqs ~ result q deang ops nsoos lisp auss
IA
tan DAY 8 ss "a
6 4nodyns, Dqs oosdia4 sohng sun "a
The should not b e Ghnasn Who aEsn
with narootca
narcotics Il u bo1kD th0
ignatu Fischer. /%
Castoria always bears TIE Signature
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES says : 3

Observation-Disclosures Says!
Peofia, III. - 1 had such backaehes
that could hardly stand % my feet 8
would feel like crying out lots OF times,
and bad such . heavy feeling IN my right
side. had such terrible dull headaches
every day and they would make ne feel
20 drowsy and sleepy I'll the time, yet :.
could not sleep Of night 4 sas3 n s
sAfterI had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound : week began 70!
improve. Ny backaehe was les and
that heavy feeling ia my side vent
away. ! continued TO take the Com
pound and am cured s{5 -554
You may publish this Il You wish. :
Miss CLARA Z. GAUwTTz, R.R. No. Il
Box 81, Peoria, III :1y.; ;s,5 s5.
Such lettsrs prove the value OF Lydia
E. Pinkhaln'D Vegetable Compound for
woman's Ills. Why don't you Try If
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

| lowed while playing about the cloth.
1 ing shop Of her father.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

part OF the Field fortune. estimated at
5$125. 900. 900. 3
In January last Rear-Admiral Beat
" resigned his place as naval secre-
tary to Winston Churchill.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound and now l am strong
and healthy. = MRS. ALICE DARLING.
RID. No. 2, Boz n, Pentwater, Mich.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04
No Tins or Tops
Needed

1t Is even simpler thanit sounds.
It Is as cheap as 1t Is easy. No
bother with tops that will not fit. 1
Not even paper covers need be
used. The direct contact OF Paro-
wax with the jelly cannot affect its
taste or goodness.
Parowax Is tasteless and odor-
less. 1t is SO thoroughly harmless
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-04

Slipping on pair Of rubber gloves
Dr.. H N. Brundage. assistant path
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE

"Artiste" is another word we hate.
So many people perform only lip service
A. man who talks ABOUT being hen
pecked isn't.
The only person in the world who hasn't
any faults is YOU.
An accommodating man Is beloved and
imposed on a good deal.
Every town has two or three men who
are martyrs by profession.
Bill Bowen: "a lot of statesmen preach
temperance and drink BOOZE"
A man thinks he Is graceful IL he can
dance with girl without stepping on her.
This Great Unrest you read about IL
largely the product Of loafers who can't
sit still.
Pugilists, we see by the papers. are
taking up golf, and many Of them are
fighting that way.
Alb Adkins says the only time he gets
much attention in his own home il when
he is too sick to appreciate 1t.
ball delegation. yet the casualty list looms
large as evidence of the risk they run
You can always tell II a man is talking
to a woman over the telephone, regard
less of his efforts to disguise the fact.
Credu1ity may be our central cognomen
or middle monicker, but no candidate can
convince US Of his patriotism by waving
the Old Flag.
Now. the essence of my argument il
this" Is the way Jude johnson starta his
conversations, and there Is small wonder
that he is unpopular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11
NJ aahE VIZ

A representative OF q certain re1tg-
ious sect was IN our midst recently ana
while here announced that the Re-
deemer OF Mankind would return to
earth within Z short time. But, for
one Of his type. he showed remarkable
conservatism. He didn't ret the exact
date Of the visit.
It IL reported that Harry Lauder y
to get $5,e25 for one weeks vaudeville
performance. and It il estimated that
he win save At least $s.01.0 Of IT.
Albert Reid IL negotiating for some
bridge work. He says he intends 20
observe the state law against TN
bridges by avoiding tin-horn dentists:
He il considering the Melan style OF
concrete arch. with pebble hntsh.
Social: Mr.. Lillian Russell saturdayed
and Sundayed with the Colonel In Kan
sas City. but, as Monday IL wash-day'
FASTENED home again. Colonel Lillian
II in X. c. ON business. Her business
II with a certain boxofnce.
Nay, Clementine. It does not follow
that the majority Of BARRIERS are not
ON the level just because they work
down cellar.
And there IL no cause for alarm in
the report that Governor Hodges WIN
stop over IN st. Louis on his way
east to make q prohibition speech.
The secret Of why sulzer succeeded
in making an open air campaign ID
out at last. Eggs of any vintage are
Is cents the dozen in New York
Wac <y.or. vho~v,u v.ov,or< fb.a< y vsnala nj
undesirable atmosphere il headed Tor
Kansas. So the sleeping porch fans
must at last submit to q test Of their
sincerity.
It might be well enough for some
people to do their Christmas shopping
early, says Jack Sup, but there will
be more than enough left to meet his
requirements at midnight. December
"a. -.
"A tracer IL out for the old-fashioned
boy who used to tear down all the
fences on Halloween. It IL suspected
that he has grown up into the news
paper man who In tearing down some
ones political fences every day in the
year.
Filling Fuller says he isn't supersti-
tious or anything like that, and that
Fate may not have 1t in for him. but
he cannot help renarking the number
OF perfect poker hands he has held in
pitch games. and the pitch hands that
have fallen to him in a game Of draw.
There may be some disadvantages ia
the propoced government ownership OF
railroads. but just think Of the vast
army Of workmen fer campaign man.
ayers to shake down for expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11

MY father''-the English girls eyes
flashed proudly-'led the Six Hundred At
Balaklava. The American girl smiled
superciliously. Ny mother"-she paused
to add imgressiyness to her words.
leads the Four Hundred In New York"
satisfying herself that sfe had given her
English cousin q Roland for .Aer Oliver,
she turned the talk from international az
fairs to Paris gowns. and forbore to ex-
ult.-Puck.
1.-THE last man that came by aslrin' for
work" said the farmer, was one o. them
wrftfn'-chaps-" did he say he was?'
He didn't need to: knowed it without
teliin'. Ter he looked as lonesome ~
sheddin' owl eettin' on graveyard gate
post. an ~ hungry ~ q postum up. 2
eimmon tree that had les been hit By
nghtnin' r'-Atlanta Constitution.
''Why II II that the man with the
squeaky shoes always comes in later Il
don't know. Why II II that the man who
comee In late always wOrs squeaky
shoeof=Puck.
''Wafter.'' sharply demanded the hotel
guest who was dining In his suite, have
You any idea Of what service fs?' Yes.
ar; = cents extra ON each dish. "-Buffalo
over and over again i've heard Old
eood." He has. moi" 'Xse. Hes
dead. "-cl9xalan6 .x1ais nAa1er.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11

idle Thoughse'' OF Maria Peacock. IN
the Leavenworth Times: Women who
have too much pride to carry home
package often carry tales to their
nefehbors. Mothers of fami-
lies of small children can testify tnat
it is never too late to mend-or to make
something new, for that matter. :.
Charity never covers muitituoe OF
sins more cleverly than many hne
shoe covers a multitude of holes. -.
1t isn't safe for some men who can
make money to do SO outside q mint.
There are no weeds In a grass
widows lot Many q girl whose
beau seems satisfied with taking her to
shows wishes he'd take her for better
or for worse.
Related by Maria Peacock. in the
Leavenworth Times: A story IL being
told of a South Leavenworth girl who
many years. She Is much given to
sentimentality and imagines she has a
very sensitive soul. Her acquaintance
think she is ''batty In the belfry." For
merly she lived in the country and the
story is that one day an agent came
to the house and remained for dinner.
When asked what he would drink he
said he would take a glass Of milk II
he could have it. The girls mother
OCAS AACA ~ e44C SRx AA6AOu AL LIE
milk. After a long time, as she did
not return the mother went out to see
what was the matter and found her
daughter standing by the springhouse
door meditating. Upon being asked
why she did not bring the milk the girl
said. Il was thinking II should marry
that stranger and have a baby what
would name it," This set the mother
thinking upon the same proposition and
she fell into a brown study. After
a time the old man came out to see
what was the matter and he too be-
came interested in the question. The
guest waited long time and becoming
impatient he came out to make in
quiries. The question was put up to
him and he said: well, have to can
vass this country for hundred miles
around and il find IN 1t three bigger
blanked fools than you three I will
come back and marry the girl" But
he never returned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11

Al the Ethel Tower approaches the
fwenty-f1fth anniversary Of fits construc-
uon. Parisians are reminded Of the storm
OF abuse that broke when the tower was
To realise what we are planning to
oo, one artist wrote I'VE have only to
imaE1ne tower vertiginously ridiculous.
dominating Paris like a black and Il.
eanfic factory chimney, crushing with its
pafDarous mass Notre Dame. the Sainte-
ChappeiIe. the Tower Of the Saint JACQUES.
the Louvre. the dome Of the InvaMdes,
ana the Arc de Tfiomphe. All our monu-
ments Inundated. an our buildings dwarf
Cd! Everything disappearing before this
stupefy1ng nightmare! And for twenty
years we shall see stretched out over
the whole city, still bright With the genius
OF % many centuries. the ink-black.
odiouo shadow Of this odious tower Of
bolts and irons'
Nothing more damning Uu8 0QGe writ
ten. even of the cubists- ~ - Eimel
Iower has long stood AZ - 4 1e most
lecture Of Paris.
Twenty years this g1o0Uw 1puu0et seta
~ the limit OF the towers - Already
Il has withstood the Wins ~ = winters.
How much longer its sWu0<EG $3.50 will
remain safe structure t. G nQers are
mot prepared to say. But NkBl8 lattice
work. before the days Of e7rl nstruc-
tion. the Ei6e1 Tower $685. costs
thousands Of dollars tor and re-
tightening bolts. fighting j solder
Ing chAins- Thrice impoe - wire
aeoo station. meteorolod1 <vatory,
and . thing Of beauty. ~ Tower
viii not tan, ~ ft WnI< amSd q
CHORUS q apathema--Bo4 Das1Dt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11

=
'oh. you blind woman: but you have
got an awakening coming TO your
Aeain an interval and then the old
maid showed much excitement as she
said: Last night, Stephen started out
to ettend his lodser'
IT started ont at the. aame dime for
walk followed him.
You-you did!"
And he didn't 80 to NO lodgs!"
But he must have
He went into a building where It
looks Ike 4 cobbler shop!'
but believe the lodge room II over
that"
Mary. you are wilfuliy blind! even
asked . man what they did up there.
ana he said they rode the goat That's
where your honest Stephen was-rid-
ing ., e goat around and holding high
Mrs. Olney had been hearing about
riding the goat for years and years.
and she made no reply. She meant to
relate the Joke to her husband that
night, but there was something else to
dinner he was drawing behind him n
hand-sled OF liberal build. which was
left at the door.
Dinner passed on pleasantly. and EFT
er It was concluded he handed Cousin
Agatha q railroad ticket with the re-
mark:
TO get you back homer
'But-but-"
please pack your suitcase. The sled
waits for you"
She went to her room and packed.
and Stephen preceded her to the door
and the sled.
Get aboard, please" he said.
She seated herself on the sled In q
daxed way. and he drew her to the
, gate. From that point to the depot
was a quarter Of a mile, and all down
hill.
'Good-bye!. said Stephen as he gave
the sled q push.
Next day the sled was found In q
vacant lot. 1t had climbed two fences
and scraped three trees to get there
There were evidences that q human
being had been the plaything Of Fate,
but there were no evidences Of Cousin
Agatha. She might have taken the 8: %
j train.-(Copyrighted 1913. by the Nc
, Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POLITICS

PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POLITICS
Wisconsin. long a state Of new ideas
in popular government and public SER
vice. is now starting out to make
schools and social centers a definite
force for organizing voters into de-
Lucrative bodies which will supplant
party division. says the Survey. 1t is
hoped that private campaign con-
tritutors may be eliminated and that
public ownership of politics." to use
the pharse of Edward J.. Ward, may
be brought about.
The University OF Wisconsin. with
the endorsement OF the state depart
ment OF education. proposes q scheme
definitely looking toward such organ
ization of citizens in each community
through the efforts OF secretary who
is to be officially recognized for this
service and remunerated precisely rs
is the clerk Of q board Of aldermen, of
the state legislature. or Of any other
subordinate committee Of the citizens.
Two years ago Wisconsin enacted Q
law which declares that when the
citizens Of any community organise for
all sided political discussion. the
school board shall provide for their
use Of the scho0lhouse as q common
political headquarters without charge
or interference. Under this law.
schoolhouses in nearly two hundred
communities have been used in the