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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
PROFIT. SHARING WORKS WELL
Msthod Of stimulating Interest Of EN-
pioyes In Business 10 Growing
In Popularity. ~

Business as formerly conducted on
q modern scale permitted that &C
quaintance between employer and en-
ployed which became a personal bond
and attached the worker loyalty to the
establishment. This Is impossible
with the giant concerns Of today, and
the progressive among them are look
ing to the principle Of profit sharing
to interest the employe In his work.
In England. where the plan is much
in vogue and tends to become the set
tied practice, the profit sharing sys-
tenn is expected to enable the small
shop or factory to compete, by reason
Eof the more Jealous endeavor Of the
employed, with the huge establish
ments: and 1t seems not unreasonable
that it may have this effect. Many
corporations in our own country have
worked out satisfactory profit sharing
plans. or are experimenting to that
end. A carpet company OF Yonkers
distributed $4,000 to employees last
year. A big insurance company has
inaugurated a retirement pension sys-
tenn which gives the employe per
cent. of his yearly earnings multi
piled by the number Of years OF serv-
ice. A New England manufacturing
concern. after allowing liberal 70
turn to capital, gives all its surplus
to Its employees; and various other
plans are being tried. Beyond much
doubt these will become the universal
practice in the future, when the men
whose great ability can make huge en-
terprises successful have come to ind
the higher pleasure in serving human
ity.
Heretofore In world history human
development has been toward tndi-
viduality, and this was facilitated by
everything which tended to exalt and
aggrandize self. Up to a certain point
1t was necessary and good: but be-
You'd that. development to the ideal
type OF man is retarded. 1t Is along
the altruistic, not the egoistic. lines
that further progress must be made.
The present disposition OF directive
heads Of great concerns to serve them
selves first and pass out to others
what remains, II anything. IL Illus
trated by the seven directors of a
large New York company. who vote
themselves each q salary Of $4,000 q
year. though the stockholders would
seem to be getting nothing since de-
ficit Of 32,000,000 was reported In 1911.
This kind Of profit division has always
heretofore been most in evidence. but
will not always be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
MinaIea. chlckens Next.

Wingless Chickens Next.
Relief for neighbors who do not
keep chickens is promised in q new
breed Of wingless fowl on the way at
johnson Coursen's poultry farm at
Newton, N. J.. Without even the init
nation OF a wing, these chickens will
be unable to escape from their own
er by flying over fences into neighbors'
lawns and gardens. thus removing al
most the last obstacle to a suburban
millennium.
Coursen has barred Plymouth
Rock hen nine months old. which Is
commencing to lay eggs. She has not
the least sign OF wing on either side
Of her otherwise normal body. She
can walk In dignifled manner, but
when she tries to run she loses her
balance and gyrates like rudderless
vessel.
Coursen is saving the hens eggs,
and will try to hatch them as the be-
ginning Of breed of wingless chick
ems. The experiment is being watch
ed closely by poultrymen of northern
New Jersey.-New York Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

riding. becoming terrified, started to
plunge. and jumped through the gap
between the halves Of the tree. At
that moment the halves came to-
gether with snap like rabbit trap,
and crushed OF length Of the horses
tail, which can still be seen protrud-
ing from the tree. The young man
received a severe shaking, but other.
wise came through the ordeal safely
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
LIKE CUT FROM KNIFE : N Is
ouhsHor; WOUNDS CAUSE Lil1.s.
TILE PAIN WHEN :iNFLlcT Ssa
Many Cases Where Soldiers Havel
Been Wounded and Didn't Know III.
Explanation OF Suffering
.5 TEL Caused by Amputatlon.

II was shot in Cuba In 49," sayssei
well-known army officer, "and l did
not know It for . while. It was not.
Of course. . pleasant situation. IL
was 1ust like the sting OF q pin or!
Z knife when the skin II broken. It
was nothing to knock man down.
knew of many cases during the war !
with Spain where 9 man did not,
know he was shot until somebody
showed. him the blood running down
his shirt or trousers" I.
Similar testimony 10 afforded by an
army surgeon. who has served for
many years. He treated many gun
shot wounds during his time and was
himself shot, a circumstance that
qualities him to give q doubly expert
opinion. .sS y 4, a iii Il
"A mimic ball passed through my
left leg at Shiloh" says this surgeon.
"and did not experience any particu.s
lar sensation except, perhaps. one
similar to being jabbed with sharp.
pointed knife. felt the ball 60
through the skin, but It gave no sem.
satton In passing through the muscles.
That, OF course, 10 on account OF the
greater number Of, nerves In the skin
rs compared with the muscles. The
bali passed almost entirely through
my leg and was removed q consider
able time later, but i suffered almost
no Inconvenience. ~ y Il &. II n
b THE wound. Of course, swelled, %,
any wound Of the kind will; but y
should imagine that the bullet now In
use would cause much less trouble
and pain than the old round bullet. as
the sharp point Of the conicai bullet
enters the flesh very readily. !"
There is a great deal Of misappre'
hension as to the intensity OF the
pain caused by the entrance into thu
human body of various objects. Many
persons fancy that II . man is shot as
all he must therefore suffer intensely.
The reverse Is true. A slight wound.
mere abrasion Of the skin IL some,
times far more painful than : wound
caused by the entrance OF bullet
directly into the muscles or even into.
bone. The skin is filled with nerves.
and when any of them are torn by thu
ball the pain is extreme. til 8 n,
II the bullet plunges directly
through the skin into the body, the
only nerves disturbed are those in the
comparatively small space the bullet
strikes. Since there are few nerves
in the muscles, the nerves OF the
skin convey the sensation Of pain to-
the brain. In the same way the
greater portion OF the pain expert
enced In the. amputation of an arm
or leg 10 occasioned when the skin
il cut, and the subsequent cutting
the muscles and the saving OF the
bone, in which all the pain Is pop
ularly supposed to be conferred,
amount to little in comparison. ---HAr.
pers Weekly. St33 H; Ell s3gS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Pellaora Due to Flint in Water

IT, PeIIagra Due to Flint in Water.
Professors Scala and Alessandrini
Of the University Of Rome have an;
nounced the discovery that pellagra
is due to the water OF the affected dis
tricts, which contains collodal solu-
lions of flint. The disease can be pre-
vented by adding carbonated chalk
to the water. III II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Can You Believe This?.

Natures most deadly antipathy
seems to have been overcome. A rat
was killed in produce company's
plant In Missouri and left four young
rats, which the cat has undertaken
to bring up. meantime not neglecting
her duty of keeping the place clear Of
all adult rats that come in sight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
4Another comnl,lnt Recor,d.d.

Another Complaint Recorded.
A woman journalist tells US that in
a collection of recent poetry there
are poems Of dust, rags, fish ana tea.
and that woman alone has failed to,
fan the poetic fires" She attributes It
to the fact that woman has descended
from her pedestal into the "hurly
burly of life."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Work and the Weather ).

The restless days are here. All out
doors invites US and our work becomes
conscious effort and bore. 1t Is
the time when we are most in SYM
patty with Jerome X. jerome In his
confession as follows: II like work;
it fascinates me. ]. can sit and look at
it for hours. love to keep 1t by me;
the idea OF getting rid Of it nearly
breaks my heart"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Freak Of Llahtnlna.

Lightning plays some peculiar
tricks at times, but the reader prob
ably has never heard anything to
come up to the following, which the
Melbourne Age properly labels Tex
traordinary Incident.
"A young man. while riding through
the timber country at Willing during
recent storm. had remarkable es-
cape from death in peculiar circum-
stances. A large tree directly In
front OF him was struck by lightning
and split in halves. The horse he was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Look Forward.

Who can see the brilliancy Of char.
acter attained by individuals OF our
race without feeling that there is q
pledge in this that what has been done
already in the individual will yet be
accompanied in the nation and the
race?-F. W. Robertson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
How 70 Reckon Tom age.

The method of reckoning vessels
tonnage, carpenters measurements. is
as follows: For singled deck vessel.
multiply the length of keel, the
breadth Of beam, and depth OF hold
together and divide by IS. For a
double deck vessel, multiply as before,
taking half the breadth Of beam for
the depth Of the hold and divide by IS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Homelv Wlrele., Apparatue,

i In letter to Nature, A. A. Camp
bell swinton mentions that he has
found an iron bedstead with wire mat
tress on the fourth floor Of his house
in London to be quite effective az an
atenna for the receipt OF wireless sig
nails. BY connecting the receiving ap-i
paratus, which includes a Brown re-
lay. between the bedstead and wa
ter pipe he IL able to receive the
admiralty signals loudly, and others
quite audibly, including the time sig
nails from the Eiffel tower.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Why He Sought solitude.

African Explorer (dumbfounded)-
what, you, Clarence We're de We're,
in the heart Of darkest Africa! What
in the world are you doing here?"
Clarence We're de vere-'1'm wearing
the necktie Miss Darling gave me for
Christmas ! promised her would.
you know!"-Puck
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
To war on Matsrlallsm.

TO War on Materlallsn,.
To combat the materialism OF the
present age In earnest a society ha:
Just been founded in Paris by Ed
mond Rostand, Maeterlinck and Ca
mile Flammarion, and Is receiving the
enthusiastic support OF the thinking
public. A large number Of members
have already enrolled themselves,
among the committeeman being some
Of the leading figures in French
thought. The founders are calling
mon all who are willing to night for
the higher ideals Of art. literature and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Naturally His First Thought.

An American gentleman went over
the field OF Waterloo with guide,
who boosted that he escorted General
Sheridan over the scene Of Napole-
on's great defeat What did General
Sheridan say?" asked my friend. "Oh,
nothing" He must have said some
thing" t'Well. he only said: IT was
I - good place for q fight
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
In Moment Of Inspiration.

! The present Lord Tennyson tells
in his charming biography Of his
father, the late poet laureate. that he /.
wrote Crossing the Bar in a few
minutes. He had been down to Sol
combe, near Bolt Head, where there !:
Is a bar which makes curious
moaning. He sat on the cliffs listen
ing to it, but 1t WAS not until long
afterwards that the great lyric came
like flash of inspiration" $500 3ss.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
MARKING Time.

''You prefer parades to speeches Nm
impressing your views?" 4
Eyes. It's much more interesting to
see how long it takes procession to
pass some point than to see how long
It takes a speech to do the same
thing Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13


ne
his blood down
Senator speech He y always
known the rsors OF
who the senator has
When thought Of old
become sluggish Il no once gets
stirred by
would amending in the cold was asked
there II It
the get him
self cleared
chamber
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Blood Oranges In Demand.

Sidon oval blood oranges from
Palestine are the most priced in the
world, according to Arm Of fruit
brokers in Liverpool, which is now
importing nearly a million boxes OF
oranges from that country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

science, in the face Of the decadence,
now threatening French taste. to Join
their ranks. =E 3
Several branches, 1t is announced.
are being formed in the provinces and
abroad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
BuRLEsoN LIKES THE OPEN

The Mexican revolution spoiled for
Postmaster General Burleson the one
thing that above all others he was
fond Of doing. Previous to the out
break Of the maderistas he had been
In the habit OF spending six weeks in
each year in the Mexican Sierras
with party OF friends shooting big
game. Mr.. Burleson always returned
from these trips . new man. The
Wild camping life, the pure mountain
air, the solitude and freedom from
care combined to fairly re1uyenate
him. I: q.
In public life Of such sustained
activity as his has been, the strain Of
constantly seeing people and talking
with them is very telling. and he
gained respite from all such tur-
nrloil on these hunting trips to Mex
Eco, for it was his habit to spend
whole days In the mountain fastnesses
hearing no sounds but those of nature
or the occasional crack of his rihe.
Y.,a ~ = ,oyolrt}nn $nok all that RwaYl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Kent Busy.

II suppose that with Jinks 1t was
case of marry in haste and repent
at leisure" Not exactly. His prin.
cipal complaint appears to be that he
has no leisure."-Bunalo Express.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
There Under compuIsion.

There Under compulsion.
"You ought to be ashamed to spend
the best part of your life in JAIL"
said the kind old lady to the prisoner.
Madam" replied the convict, don't
blame me for it. assure you that I
am here against my will"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

methods Of amusing himself and RESTING he
he has taken up walking 70
ynon Mr. Bureson He likes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Altogether Too literal.

Altogether Too Literal.
Boarder (tackling tough steak, to
boarding house keeper)-"When you
undertook to provide me with board.
madam, was unaware that you meant
to do SO literally" SIT
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

William Waldorf
victim Of Dan Cupid
with Lady Marjorie
their would be
followed by denial
ROM eDu Of
failed rapidly and close
70 his forbidden love o Lazy
Manners greatly Tho attempted
the match BY sending the prince on
sa1eGoha
Canada.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Explain. ! Mystery,

= TT has always been my idea, re-
marked the Man on the Car, that
something jostled Natures elbow
when she was pouring the seed into
the watermelon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Oh, NY, Veal

Griggs.-'T hate to play poker with .
hard loser Briggs-"It's a hanged
sight better than playing It with an
easy winner.'-Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

Faults Common to All.
On the whole we make too much Of
faults. Faults? The greatest of faults,
should say, is to have none.-Thom-
Is Carlyle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

Why may not housewifery be re.
duced to system az well as other
Willard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13

problems
Washington nothing outside the punish
his pilgrimage from the Capitol he ropes
Justice
Walking it called the Supreme
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
Not a Politician.

II man is too proud to beg and
too honest to steal, declares Jerome.
he has no business getting into pole
ues. CommercialAppeal. II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
one superstition Exploded.

Contrary to general belief, man
does not look for a white horse whom
he sees red.haired girl. Instead. he
continues to look at the girl until she
disappears from view.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
~ ,mm.d,... Use for Then

r ~ no ImmS0tAe0 80 49, - '.e"'
She latter tho quarrel)I sh
send back your ring and other pres
ents tomorrow. 5s
HeOh, there's no hurry. I dom
expect to be engaged again fox
week or two. i s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
lvynQS{SE ll ElzllyyHl
POLAR BEAR OF THE SENATE

THE Polar Bear OF the Senate II
the title which Uncle iKnute" Nelson.
senator from Minnesota. Justly bears.
II il not without cause that he has
been 10 named. for In the coolest
weather the windows Of Senator Mel.
sons omces are open and many and
many committee has shuddered . II
thought OF entering his committee
room on q snowy December morning:
visit the north" Senator Nelson
said. ..and get out In the cold once In
a while. That 10 what keeps man
young. Hot weather saps the vital
energies. You know It 10 . well en- 20.
tablished fact that the southern races
mature before the northern people.
It is no fallacy It lisa fact" 5,
What do you mean by getting out
in the cold 2" was asked. 5s B s5
L Good freezing polar weather; lots
OF snow. Briskness everywhere. No
opportunity to loaf and let the blood
grow sluggish. 4 sSe
styv,s, =. ~ :, -, ~ * th9n1n that kapn n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
CHIEF I JUSTICE WHITE A PEDESTRIAN

About the hour when General
Miles IL riding his hardest. II you
happen to be strolling along Pennsyl-
vania avenue. IN Washing ton. you.
will see : heavy-set. squars-jawed.
English-looking man swinging mp the
street with his coat thrown wide open
the better to catch the breeze. He
steps out solidly With the tread OF .
man who 10 walking for the exercise,
Following him. You Will md that he
keeps up the pace. without Tagging.
over the two miles or more to his
home. II. a 5s sss
This earnest pedestrian ii Chief
Justice White Of the Supreme court
OF the United States. : veteran
pedestrian. who claims that he has
continually kept himself At BY this *.
ercise. Every morning. except In the
most Indictment weather. the chief
Justice walks from his home to HE
once. and each evening. As the
shadows gather. he strollsi back again
apparently invigornted by the physical
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
DUCHESS Of FIFE 10 d WED
Diplomatic ana social circles in

Diplomatic and social circles in
London are discussing With savidity
the Official announcement OF the be-
trothal 'of Prince Arthur Of Con-
5naught, son OF the Duke OF Con-
naught, brother of the late King Ed.
ward, and the Duchess Of Fife, elder
daughter OF the Princess Royal and
Duke OF Fife, and eldest grandchild
OF the late King Edward. /.
The duchess. who is a favorite in
royal circles, made her debut in May,
1909, when she was eighteen years
OF age. She Is tall. good looking and
resembles her royal grandmother.
who was also her godmother. Queen
Victoria. She was chaperoned5 at the
time OF her debut. owing to the III
health OF her mother. By Queen Alex
5andr1a. q
Prince Arthur 10 one of the most
prominent members OF the younger
royal set, He was born in 1883 and
was educated at Elton and sandhurst.
and during his younger days at the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-14

Photo @ by American Press Association.
SNAPSHOT OF PRESIDENT ELECT WILSON.
ures are not only broad and sweeping,
naming every trust practice that has
caused public complaint, but are def
mite and clear in their language. In
other words, they have teeth. They
are an answer to those who have OBJ
jected that the president elects speech
es have been general and vague. They
show that when he comes to official ac-
ton he can get down to details. In
fact, it is his policy to lay down gen.
eral principles in his speeches, but
when administrative details are reach
ed to be as explicit about particular
evils as the case requires. There can
be no objection that he is vague or am
biguous in these antitrust bills.
The measures were drawn at Gov
ernOr Wilson's request by Chancellor
Edwin r. Walker, who succeeded Su-
preme Court Justice MahlOn Pitney as
head of New jerseys highest court,
Chancellor Walker was assisted by eX-
Judge Bennett Van Syckle, an eminent
lawyer of the state. They were intro
duced by Senator ]. Warren Davis,
majority leader of the state senate.
Four of the bills were referred to the
judiciary committee, of which Sena-
tor Davis is chairman, but the other
three went to the corporations commit
tee, and hereby hangs a tale.
The head of the corporations commit
tee was not particularly friendly to the
governors proposed legislation, and
stories were soon floating about Tren-
ton that the bills in his charge would
be delayed by extensive hearings. The
plan was to "string them along" until
after March 3. when Woodrow Wilson
Jersey. Thereupon something happen
ed, and the something was quite char
acteristic of the Wilson methods. The
Democrats of the legislature were call
ed together in conference, the three
bills were taken out of the hands of
the corporation committee and referred
with the other four to Senator Davis
judiciary committee, and henceforth
the talk of "stringlng things along"
was heard no more. Hearings are be-
ing held, OF course, but they are all in
Trenton and not all over the state, as
the delay advocates proposed; neither
is their secret object to block progress
until after Governor Wilson is out Of
the state
Future With Those Who Serve.
One powerful figure who stood with
Wilson in this fight was Senator James
Y. Fielder, president of the senate and
future successor TO the governorshin
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-02-14
PRESIDENT ELECT
PERFORMED
Big Duties of Governor and
Inaugural Affairs Are
Combined.
4-*-*-s-.-.-*-.s-*-.-4-*-
By JAMES A ED6ERTON.

THE presidency of the United
States entails heavy burdens
III and hard work long before the
term of Office actually begins.
The campaigns for the nomination and
the election usually occupy nearly a
year of organization, press work,
stump speaking and conferences. 1t
Is after election, however, that the
president elects duties really begin to
approximate those he will have to as
sumo after the Inauguration. Policies
must be formulated the cabinet and
other important officials agreed upon,
the inaugural address written, the in
augural ceremony, parade and display
organized, many of the details having
to be attended to by the president elect
personally, and various party questions
ironed out in the different states and
in the nation at large.
President Elect Woodrow Wilson has
not only had all of these heavy duties
to bear, but has also been governor of
New Jersey, thus giving him a double
burden, either half of which would
have proved too much for most men.
Nor does this include all of his task.
New Jersey has become known as the
mother of trusts" To remove from
her this stigma and to draft and have
passed an entire body of anti-corpora
ton laws for the state is the volun-
tary additional work assumed by Gov
ernor Wilson. To this end he has
formulated and caused to be drafted
under his personal supervision seven
important bills which he hopes to see
enacted into law before he relinquishes
the governorship. The mere writing
of these measures is only a small part