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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
HOw's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
:, We. the undersigned. have known -: J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligations made by his firm. II
z NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE:
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally
acting directly upon the blood and ml.:
cous surfaces OF the system. Testfmon tAl0
sent Free Price Is cents per bottle. Sold
by oil Druggists. 55G e III 753a,
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26

with the larger half OF their par
Nv IN South America it. seems to us
that the progressives did exceeding
Z IL well at the recent elections.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
VOCAL. INSTRUCTION.

Mrs. H. T. Ports, graduate Iowa
College School of Music and Detroit r
N. T. s., and a pupil Of Nine Cross
Of Detroit Conservatory Of Music,
win instruct private pupils in voice,
at her home on East Gay street, Man.
chester, Iowa. 1873.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26

The big banks did not object to
fiat money when they issued the
fiat in the form o. clearing house
certificates.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
: MANCHESTER MARBLE work.

II prepared to rurnlsn Granite and
Marble Monuments and Heal Stones Of
various desiGns. Have the county right
for sips's Patent Grave Cover; also
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26

~ GEO. q. ll0TEA
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. An COLES
lions given prompt attention. Real estate
loans and Insurance. O46lco CITY 61u
Block, Second 0oog. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
poamAN snos.

DENTIsTs. Office on Franklin street
north OF the Globe hotel. Manchester,
| Iowa Dental Surgery In all Its branch
es Make frequent visits to neighbor-
days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26
THoS. T. CARR

THoS. r, cAakEEk
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER SUPER.
INTENDANT. 8. E. corner Sth and Aal
streets. Dubuque. Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-11-26

dealer In iron fences We meet all COM
petition w. n. Mcintosh.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30
SOCIAL\a and
PERSONAL

Detroit Association for Sick and
Crippled Children Will meet in Elks
temple Friday, Jan. >. az 2:30 O'Clock.
The Flonzaley quartet will appear
in the Broadway theater Monday
evening. Jan II. as the fourth mum.
Der In the Detroit Philharmonic course
Mr. and Mrs Frederick Andrus will
give a ball. Tuesday evening. in the
Hotel Pontchartrain for their daugh-
ter. Miss Catherine Andrus, who is a
recent debutante
Hazel Pingree auxiliary United
Spanish War veterans. viii hold a
Joint installation with Camp Pingree,
III g. A. Il. han, Friday evening, Jan
>.
Miss Viola Barlum has issued in
vltations for dance 10 be given Jan.
=, in honor OF her guest. Miss Mar
iorie Sullivan, OF Chicago, and Louis
Barlum, who Is home for the holidays
from tUfvCr Military academy
.
Nine. Anna Pavlowa, and her Rus.
sian dancers win come 20 the Gar
rick tbeater. Sunday evening, Jan T.,
for return engagement ONLY one
performance Will be given. The sale
~ seats VIII open in the Garrick,
Wednesday morning, Dec. 81
q
The last meeting to be held in suf
frage headquarters. in the Grand Cir
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30
TWO COURTS BUSY
IN BABY'S CASE
Authority Sought for Finding
New Home for Little Lillian
Marie SchOesler

An alleged attempt on the part OF
q mother 10 appoint an entire neigh
borhood as i0sterparents and nurse
maids IN general "a her ninemonths-
old baby, has resulted in setting IN
motion the machinery of Two Wayne
county courts and the officials of yari-
GUS homes and societies
According 10 officials OF the Flor
ence Crittenton home ncighbors OF
Mrs. Charles Schocsler No ;>li Con
sress-st. east appeared al the home
-l-o-u1iLL -Llllian Mario
Schoesler. aged nine months. The
neighbors We're in a combined state
OF indignation with Mrs. Schoesler
and sympathy with Lillian Marie, who
seemed more interested in her thumb
han anything else.
The noighbors declared that Mrs.
Schoesler had formed the habit OF
eoing downtown AT various hours
md for various lengths or time. The
baby was left with the first neighbor
Who could not think fast enough 20
frame "a reason for refusing 10 play
nurse maid
TOY add complications and general
interest Mrs. Schoesler claims that
her husband, under OTuefh from the
court \pf domestic relations 20 pay
$3.50 per week cor her support. failed
20 do So She asked a warrant ana
sydney Miller chief OF star OF the
court. declared that a warrant would
be forthcoming Ia the meantime
the home Snicials, as represented by
Dr. w A. Wilson. superintendent
have appealed 70 the courts 10 secure
some order that will place the child
under proper care Ira W Payne,
agent for the >. =. G. G.. also ap.
reared in the juvenile court, and
asked for an order that will lead 20 "A
similar disposition OF the child
And Baby MILAN Marie continues
20 suck her thumb sleep worry
nursing bottle and otherwise declare
her contempt for the powers that are
moving with ionderous dehberation
TO encompass her good future.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30
The Confessions OF a Wife
Finances Bob Up Again

promised 10 bring him over TO the
hotel and started for the door
Here, where are you GOING Dick
almost yelled after me.
only TO the telephone, dear.
promised that you would go with me
to the hotel this evening to see the
rooms | have taken and | want to
tell the man you are sick"
Here, wait a minute. How much
are they"
"Seyenty-fye dollars month II is
only a room with a bath and an al
cove, but like II very much and /
think that we can board for another
SIS. My allowance of fifty dollars
brings the disbursements for your
lew family. Mr. Young Husband, up
to two hundred dollars and leaves you
one hundred for yourself and your
savings"
Got it all worked out, haven't you,
Mrs. Schoolteacher?" said Dick some
what ruefuly. II was going to ask
you. Margie, if you could not get
along with s25 this month, as you
must have seen that have many
bills TO pay"
When you are feeling better. Dick.
am going to tell YOU of plan for
paying those bills aud also insist upon
hSyiHg@1ny $50 ponthly''
Dick turned over with an ugly 1T
tie laugh that ended in a groan
thought IL was best not TO say any
more and went ont OF the room 10
the telephone, but do wish we could
get these money matters settled.
know was thinking that | was
like the women OF his family whose
only ambition seemed 10 be TO get
all they could and make the least
return. 1t will take quite while to
make him realize that am something
more than an expensive and lUxurious
plaything
What a beautiful thing Il would be
n a man, when he mheries, would
drop all his conceived notions OF
women as class and keep an open
mind 10 the one woman he has made
mis- wife
Dick is worrying about how he is
going 10 pay his bills but IL never en-
tors his mind 10 consult me about Il
Probably all the mon he knows have.
regulated their horsehold expen'
dltures more or less successfully. aud
'hc fact that it Is less" with most
of them does not deter him in the
east from working along on the same
conventional tnes
Poor old Dick. he seems TO have
lots OF imagination but ne works II
from tho wrong angle when he thinks
of his wife.
Dick. dear. perhaps some time YOU
will understand that am almost
human.
(To BE Continued.)
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30

Gus building, will take place Tues
day, Dec. 80. at o'clock. Mrs. Fred
erick Holt, Mrs. Eugene r.. Shipper
and Mrs George T. Hendrie have
been appointed special committee
to secure new headquarters The
meeting TueSaay will be a thorough
discussion OF the proposed amalgama-
ton Of all local suffrage forces IN
one body
.
The annual Christmas supper and
entertainment for the children OF the
First congregational Sunday school
will take place Tuesday evening, Dec.
30. In the church parlors. supper
viii be served az 6 o'clock after
which there will be an entertainment.
the program TO be provided by the
clever children known Us the Charters
family.
George Arliss who was in Detroit
last week rs the star in "Disrael,' IN
the Detroit opera house, was the
guest at tea. il the Hotel Pontchar-
train Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
Arliss of several members OF the AMI
NAL Welfare committee Of the Twen-
tieth Century club Mr. Arliss Is very
fond OF animals. and like Afa--r1sFe-
with whom he was associated prOfes
sionally so many years. Is a great
worker in behalf of humane treat
ment OF animals. Mr. Arliss told his
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30

hosts that he had watched animal
welfare work in Detroit. through the
newspapers. and thought It had been
carried ON in a splendid and sane
manner The committee lis planning
"A benefit entertainment for the
spring, and Mr. Arllss said he would
come 10 Detroit and present one
act play as part OF the program.
Z a delightful German Christmas pro
gram was given sunday afternoon,
IN the Century building, by the SO.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30
cAApIER xXxvL.

The medicine tnat had given Dick
nut him I'm sweat and quietly
took OF my clothes and donned "A
warm negllgee over my night gown
and prepared to sleep on the sofa
When I had gotten settled and the
light fixed SO that could read with
ont Il shining in Dicks face | re.
membered for the first time. had
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30

cial extension committee Of the Tween
tieth Century club, Tor business Won
en and their friends. The program,
under the direction of Mrs. Henry
Riley Fuller, was entirely in German,
and was contributed by several we'll
known Detroit singers German cakes
and kaffee were served, following the
program
The Detroit times., 1913-12-30

Mr. and Mrs Leroy Snodgrass, OF
Los Angeles. cal, have Just completed
"a Z. 400-mNe motorcycle trip.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
SOLUTION OF HARD PROBLEM
Practically impossible to Work Coal
Mines In Holland Until Freezing
Method" Adopted.

1t was not untfl 1883, when Poetsch
invented the freezing method" that
Hollands coal fields became of any
practical value. Where coal Is en-
countered Immediately under the
solid rock there is stratum of drift
sand that contains great quantities of
water This condition of things made
it practically impossible to build the
shafts. The freezing method, how
ever, has successfully solved the prob
lem, and Holland now has flourish
ing mining industry. On the spot
where the shaft is to be dug, from
twenty-five to thirty borings are made
down through the drift sand to the
solid rock in circle five feet larger
in diameter than the projected shaft.
Pipes are then sunk into these bore
holes and through these is circulated
by powerful freezing machines, a
chemical solution cooled down to be-
low zero. In this way the drift sand
containing the water is frozen hard as
a rock after the freezing machines
have been working day and night for
two months. In this frozen cylinder
of sand a shaft is then dug and lined
from bottom to top with strong seq
ments of cast iron securely soldered
together with lead.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
PIGS WITH MULE HOOFs

A year ago residents of New Canaan,
Conn, made pilgrimages to Peter
Chicks farm to see a ''two-faced pig,
which proved to be hoax. Now they
are going to A. l.. Benedict's place to
look at a litter of pigs, several OF
which have mule hoofs-uo hoax this
time, according to Justice of the Peace
F. S. Dawless, who says he is ready
to make affidavit to it.
The late Dr. p H Hiss. the emf
nent New York bacteriologist, found
in Ohio and brought to his summer
place here a mule-faced hog which il
now owned by Edwin Bouton, superin-
tendent of the town poor farm 1t is
the sire of two filters of pigs, half OF
them mule-hoofed or club-footed.
These muie-footed pigs are said to be
immune from hog cholera, but the
only basis for this claim seems to be
the quip that the mule in them kicks
out all the cholera germs.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
ALL DANGER IS ELIMINATED
Automatically Whenever an Ex-
pIoslon Is Threatened.

There is no danger of this oil can
exploding if the claims of the Penn
sylvania man who invented 1t are to
be credited. If an explosion is immi
nent the dangerous pressure is re-
.lieved automatically At the top OF
the can is a cap with an opening In
1t, and below this cap funnel-shaped
mouth leads down into the body Of
the can. This mouth is normally
kept closed by ball which rests in
the end of the funnel A strip Of per-
forated material across the inside of
the cap keeps the ball from rolling
about when the can is tilted, This
ball, too, will float on oil, so when
gases generate inside the can they
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
Neat Edge on Porch Floor.

plank, as shown. The square corner
formed by the Offset in the boards is
filled in with portion Of crown
mold, which is the idea of a CORE
spondent of the American Carpenter
and Builder The molding piece Is
prepared by ripping the piece on the
line shown in the cross section A.
The strip is then fitted in the Offset,
as shown at B.
First neat cement Is filled In
against the form, then he coarser
mixture placed on the inside.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
GREWSOME BOOK BINDINGS

Books bound in leather from human
skins are not so unusual as one would
imagine, and many men seem to have
had the ambition to possess samples
of this peculiar kind of binding. says
writer in Die Bibliothek How Ca
mile Flammarion must enjoy looking
upon his copy of his own "Ciel ct
Terre," which is bound in leather
which was once the skin of beauti.
full noblewoman whom he had com.
plimented on her fine complexion.
When the woman died she willed him
her epidermis on conditions that it be
used to bind that particular book. In
looks and texture the human hide
book coverings resemble calfskin so
closely that it takes an expert to find
the difference.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
FIND SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD
Straw Used in Europe Where Price of
Lumber Makes Question of Con-
siderable Importance.

A substitute for wood made out OF
straw is attracting considerable at
tention in Europe. where the steadily
increasing price of lumber makes the
question one of no small importance.
1t is fashioned with a single piece of
machinery by process at once sim
pie and inexpensive. The straw waste
is first split longitudinally, according
to description given in the Scientific
American, and this is done by spe-
cial cutting device to destroy the re-
silliency in the stalk. The ripped
material is then placed in the ma
chine, together with certain ingredi'
ents, being laid upon a travelling
plate. The latter is kept at a certain
uniform temperature by means OF
steam so as to cook the straw and
substances associated Herewith.
When this stage has been carried
to the requisite degree, intense pres
sure is applied. the results of which
are to knit or compress the fibers OF
straw very closely and tightly togeth-
er to form homogeneous mass. A
pressure of between two and three
tons per square inch is required in or
der to produce the best results, and
the fabric issues from the machine in
continuous lengths of the required
thickness and width, to be sawed as
desired. In general appearance the
material resembles wildwood The
first experiments were made five years
ago
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
AMERICA MOVING WESTWARD

1t may b. news to most people that
North America has travelled from Eu-
rope across the Atlantic to its pres
ent position on the globe. and that it
is still moving toward China
According to the calculations of
Professor Wegener of Marburg. Ger.
many, North America in the last
twenty-six years has moved 295 feet
away from Europe, and Greenland in
eighty-four years has travelled the APP
preciable distance of 3.0S3 feet. also
away from Europe. Professor Veg
ener believes that this movement
westward is due to surface pressure
eXerted by ice. Not only does this
pressure force the continent or island
upon which it is exerted to sink, but,
just as lot of cakes of ice lying upon
each other in pan of water move the
lower strata of the ice cakes side
ways, so does surface pressure of ice
force an island or even a continent to
move sideways. Greenland, so much
smaller than the North American con-
tinent, and loaded down more heavily
with Ice D6CduSe III IT'S uOtlutin iati-
tude, would move much more rapidly
than our own continent, as 1t actually
does, If Professor Wegener's computa-
tions be correct
If Professor Wegener be right, then
it is not merely possible but probable
that America and Europe were at one
time either one and the same CONT
nent or so close together than even
the rude craft and meager seamanship
Of the early Hebrews and Phoenicians
could carry men and women from one
continent to the other
The average breadth of the Allan.
tic ocean is about 5000 miles. Each
mile contains $3.50 feet. A simple
arithmetical problem gives us the ex-
traordinary result that, supposing
North America to have travelled at
the same speed In the past as in the
present, it took our continent 100000
years to accomplish the journey to its
present site. The idea is a fantastic
one. 1t suggests that In about 2,000,-
600 years, If the present speed be
kept up. the Pacific coast of America
may bump against Japan and China
thus obliterating the Pacific ocean OF
leaving it merely chain of lakes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10

One of the oldest Of jails Is that at
Clifton, Graham county, Ariz, which
lies In one Of the copper mining cen
tiers of the new state. This jail com
prises four large apartments hewn in
the side of hill OF solid quartz rock.
The entrance Is situated in a boxlike
vestibule built of heavy masonry and
the gates have three sets of steel bars.
At intervals in the rocky walls holes
to serve as windows have been blast
ed and in these apertures series Of
massive bars Of steel has been fitted
firmly in the rock. The floor OF this
rockbound jail Is OF cement The
prisoners are confined wholly In the
larger apartments. In certain places
the wall Of quartz about the jail ls no
less than fifteen feet In thickness. So
solid and heavy are the barriers to
this institution that no prisoner has
ever attempted escape. -Harpers
Weekly.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10

Here is a sign post, remarkable for
it's decorative qualities, which King
George has had erected near VOL.
verton on his Sandringham estate.
The post is surmounted by a device
in oak, carved, painted and gilded,
depicting the god, Tyr, trying to
wrench his arm from the jaws of Fen
rir. the great neurological wolf OF
the old Norsemen, after whom, it is
supposed, Wolferton was named. The
wolf was symbolical of Fate. In the
background is representation Of the
gilded roofs of Asgard. The design
js certainly a pleasing departure from
the usual type of fingerpost seen on
country roads.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
cows THAT GO SWIMMING

Almost every day a very unusual
scene may be witnessed on Loeb
Dutch, Ross-shire, N. b., where a
number of cows swim over to an is
land in the loch, about 200 yards from
the mainland, feed there, and return
in the evening. They are never driv-
en-, but take their bath entirely Of
their own free will. II the wind Is
against them on the return journey
and the sea is rough, 1t is sometimes
necessary for man to put out In a
boat and help them over in turn by
holding his hand under each cows
chin, as they get dased if the sea
dashes in their faces and swim in cir
Giles instead of going straight ahead.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
NEW SPRINKLER FOR LAWNS
California Man Has Invention That
Causes Water Pressure to Raise
Sprinkler Automatically.

In describing lawn sprinkler. in
vented by B. F. Cathcart of Fresno.
Cal, the Scientific American says;
This sprinkler is so attached TO the
service pipe and to the box or hous-
ing that the water pressure will raise
the sprinkler automatically, there
being n novel form of closure. com.
prising two vertically rocking cover
sections which are engaged by the
sprinkler head or nozzle in its up
ward movement to open the closure,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
NARROW ESCAPE OF CHILD

Carried 500 yards in an under
ground stream, a five-year-old boy.
William George, had a narrow escape
from drowning at Blaenavon, Mon
mouth, recently. The child, while
playing, fell into the stream which
passes underneath Blaenavon in a
| bricked culvert and was carried to its
lextreme end, about 500 yards. He
was recovered by workmen uncon-
scious and rather badly injured, but
physicians restored animation.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
eN91T EB5sSs, OLE
HNK5IJ EH1Y
NAAWHSkNA
NEECfFlAN EGS

G6TIUaHy ReLSVUy ldI Lie Id SSoN PoA
ton of it's tin ore from Bolivia.
Watches small enough to be worn In
a mans coat lapel are novelty.
Press cloth for use in the manufac-
ture of vegetable oils is being made
in France from human hair.
The rails of a street railway in a
billy section of Rome are successfully
fabricated with running water.
Japanese paper umbrellas and Ian
terms are waterproofed with an oil ex-
tracted from rubber plant seeds.
Pneumatic balls as well as springs
support new bicycle saddle for which
extra resilient qualities are claimed.
Oil that works well as fuel in en-
gines Of certain types has been pro
duced in Sweden from shale and slate.
The worlds largest bucket dredge
recently was launched in Scotland for
use at the entrance Of the,Suez canal.
After two years of experiments an
English manufacturer has turned out
a successful steam-driven motorcycle.
Hat pins may be cut to measure and
repointed by simple machine devel-
oped for use in millinery and jewelry
stores.
1t has been demonstrated thorough
" that automobiles can be operated
in temperature as low as 70 degrees
below zero.
The copper production of the Ashio
mines, Japan, in 1912, was about 90,
900 tons. A large increase in produc
ton is expected from these in 1913.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10
HALTs COURT TO BURY A DOG

When a dog belonging to Judge
James Trefoning of Evans, Colo,
failed to answer call during a suit
which Judge Trefoning was hearing.
an investigation disclosed the fact
that the animal was dead.
Court was adjourned for the day,
and the judge made coffin for his
pet Witnesses and jury, as well as
spectators, attended the funeral.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10

pound and il made me strong we'll wo-
man. am very thankful that fol-
lowed my friends advice and / shall
recommend it as long as live. Before
] took the Compound / was always
sickly and now have not had medicine
from doctor for years. You may pub
lish my letter. Mrs. EDWARD b. Hu.-
BERT, Fleetwood, Pa.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches. back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and inquietude, and dizziness,
are promptly needed by intelligent wo-
men who are approaching the period in
life when woman's great change may
be expected.
Lyaia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism and builds up the weak
ened nervous system. 1t has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-10

Several American cereal companies
are complaining because their product
is classified by the German customs
house authorities as made by spe-
cial process" and as such Is subject
to high rate of duty.