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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
A. ma Common Sense.

It 10 OF no use to> spend money by
the handful on the arts unless it IL
done with common sense and q love
Of those arts. The arts are stronger
than ourselves. We must serve them
faithfully. II we talk in an impudent
manner about "elevating" an art we
ars only giving ourselves away and
showing our ignorance. No one can
!. elevate" the dramatic art unless he
can and will write play higher than
"Hamlet"" or IL Faust and surprising
he Greek dramatists. "A. b. y. Horni-
.1aa, ..55sss, ,335
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Anger Is Not Manly.

Let this truth be present to thee in
the excitement Of anger-that to be
moved by passion is not manly, but
that mildness and gentleness, as they
are more agreeable to human nature,
so also are they more manly, for in
the same degree in which q mans
mind is nearer to freedom from all
passion, in the same degree also is 1t
nearer to strength. Marcus Aurelius.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Nifty Fall Hats at G1ldner's.

horrible Death In Elevator Shaft.
Poweriess to move, q man named
( Hulmer, employed at an abbattoir, lay;
ct the bottom OF an elevator shaft at
Philadelphia, Pa, the other day, and
waited the descending lift, which
crushed him to death. The man had
italian into the shaft, and his cries
for aid were drowned by the noise
of the machinery. The man fought
desperately against the freight laden
elevator. His body was fattened a..
most to the thinness Of paper. 55 III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Doubling Human Life.

In 1866 the public health conditions
of New York were in SO low a state
that the average length Of life. of the
inhabitants. was 80 years. In 1912
these conditions had been improved SO
that the average length Of life was
Sc years. Thus the value Of human
life. reckoned in terms of time, alone,
had more than doubled in less than
half a century.-Century Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Some pevout Docs.

The following notice appears In the
Weybridge (England) parish maya
zine: "A request has been made that
owners Of dogs will endeavor to pre-
vent their attendance at st. Michael's
church. A collie, an Aberdeen, fox
terrier and some others have OF late
presented themselves. not knowing
that they are not welcome VISITORS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Darb0ea Act n coroners.

IN Egypt . large proportion Of the
ba1bers Az state functionaries. 40.
soordang to N edlct issued by Ibra-
I him Pasha in 1s48, every village bar
ibsr SwaS ordered, when death occurred
IN his district, to make a careful ex-
animation Of the corpse, and report to
the authorities any death occurring
through epidemic. disease or foul play.
Severe penalties we're imposed for any
neglect Of this duty, and q fee Of s
cents was paid for each death regis
tered. Five years ago the system Of
payment by fees was abolished and
each village barber now draws from
the government a fixed salary for his
services.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

IAN ACTIVITY" said the teacher, "is
slope up; a declivity being slope
down" Then" asked the class prod
Icy, upon which would be standing
II were on a side hill? It runs both
ways" But the teacher was making
little Johnny Jones throw away his
chewing gum. .. +,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
what AstonIshed Local Expert.

What Astonished Legal Expert.
"The Declaration Of Independence IL
. wonderful document" said the patri-
otto citizen. YES" replied the legal
expert. ITS one of the ablest docu-
ments ever saw. And the most re-
markable thing is that with all the
ability it represents, nobody appears
to have received a cent for drawing
It up"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
= ~ " :.9N - - q .El3tss-ss
Aid for Short-Siuhted.

A German doctor has devised a revo-
lutionary method Of correcting poor
eyesight. 1t is telescope spectacle
and is claimed to be the best and
healthiest method for nearsighted
person to bring objects close to the
eyes and thus see we'll at a distance.
The glasses are combination of q
convex objective with a concave eye
piece and have to be fitted most care
fully to each person.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Great Advance During Century.

Great Advance During Century.
A century ago astronomers, geolo'
gists, chemists, physicists, each had
an island Of his own, separate and
distinct from that Of every other stu.
dent Of nature; the whole field Of
research was then an archipelago of
unconnected units. Today all the
standpoints Of study have risen to-
gether to form q continent without
either ferry or bridge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Feared He Had Lost Papa.

A minister was called from the din
ner table to marry couple. The
youngest child. boy Of four or five
years old. heard his mother say that
the father had gone to marry some.
body After brief silence the boy
looked up. and with 4 quivering lip
asked, Wont he be our papa any
more ?"-Christian Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Henry and His Wives.

Henry VIII. was king Of England
and the greatest widower that ever
was" states a boys essay. He was
born at a place called Annie Domino,
and he had $50 wives. The first was
beheaded and then executed the sec
ond was revoked, and the third died,
and then he married Ann Bulletin. g
London Lancet. ~ =. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Hen Puts Sermon on Eco.

Arthur Moore, a farmer living near
Shuqulak, Miss, found an egg on
which appears the words Watch and
Pray" in raised letters as perfectly
formed as If nodded. The wv" and
"P" are In capitals and the others let
tiers in lower case. Moore says he
found the egg in a nest with two 9th.
ers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Odd Looking Tree,

The giant pine at Wakanoura, near
Osaka, Japan. is remarkable tree,
the main stem Of which rises from q
mass Of roots more than ten feet
above the ground. These resemble
the tentacles of a giant octopus or
devil fish, giving it weird and uncan-
ny approximations Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

Aa.cisnts':idea Concerning Dreams.

Aacisnts'iidea Concerning Dreams.
Plato, Aristotle and Cicero believed
that dreams foretold future events II
rightly interpreted. Artemidorus Of
Epresus, who lived about the middle
Of the second century. wrote books Of
elaborate rules telling how to inter-
pref dreams. Among other things he
says that he who shall dream he has
lost tooth shall lose friend.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Vain Man.

NO. said smallwort, II hardly feel
justified in saying that Peppers is in,
ordinately vain, but when fellow
has a photograph in his room ar.
ranged to play Hail to the Chief as
soon as he opens the door, what is
one to think of him?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Great Poet Fa,t Worker.

Byron worked fast. He once told
q publisher that he was like tiger.
ana Il he missed his first spring went
''grumbling back to his lair" Many
OF his works were written at fever
heat when the hrst spring did not
miss. The Corsair" occupied ton
days, and two rainy days at Ouchy
wsre sumcient to produce the Pris-
oner OF Chillon.' The Bride Of
Abydos,," though revised afterward.
was at first the work Of only four
nights. and most of his poems. in fact.
ware impromptus: ist
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
ADAPTING the Phrase,

''Mr. Browne is charming and q
scholarly young man." declared Chi
cago lady who was insisting in print
on her right to select her own hus-
band. From which we infer, that it
will soon be proper to refer to Mr..
Browne as "a husband and scholar"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Those Good Old Times.

Bobby's grandfather often referred
70 the good old days when such COM
modities az meat, vegetables. fruit.
etc.. were grown and prepared at
home. One day at dinner the. mince
pie was praised. But I'll bet de-
elarsd the hve.year-old boy loyalty,
ITS nothing like the pie that grandma
used to make when she raised and
picked her own minces; is it. grand
mar g,.s,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Difference In Failures.

= Denver capitalist said bitterly,
aDropos Of . dishonest liquidation
whsrsin he had been caught: There
are pessimists who say that marriage
p : failure; but between marriage
and q failure there's this differences:
In . marriage the wife takes the hus-
bands name. while In failure the
husband takes the wife's name."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
our Eyes Tint the WorId.

We view the world with our own
eyes, each of us; and we make from
within us the world we see. A weary
heart gets no gladness out Of sun
shine; selfish man is skeptieal about
friendship, as man with no ear
doesn't care for music.-William
Makepeace Thackeray.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Foroot All Pauses.

When Tommy began to read his
mother tried to teach him to observe
the punctuation. He learned to call
the periods dots. One day talkative
woman called at the house and when
she left Tommy said: 20, mamma,
didn't that lady talk? She didn't even
stop for the dots, did she?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Not Hard & q Deceive mosIsns.

Times have changed since Captain
Burton. so years ago. made q pill
grimage to Mecca at the peril Of his
Life. A recent account Of such pill
grimage, by "A. ]. B. Wavell, says that
With Z passable knowledge Of Arabic
and OF Moslem ceremonial. and with
due precautions as to avoiding pill.
grims from the country to which one
peetends to belong. the pilgrimage to:
Mecca may be made In disguise with
out running any risk worth mention
Ing" 5s a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
May Do Good Work UnknowInsly.

May Do Good Work UnknowsinsIy.
Chemists show US that strange prop
srty, catalysis. which enables q sub
stance while unaffected itself to incite
TO union elements around It, So .
host OF hostess who may know but
little Of those concerned may, 40 .
social switchboard, bring together the
halves Of pairs Of scissors, men who
bscome lifelong friends, men and
women who marry and are, happy
Husbands and wives.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Russia Bans the Pony.

Russia's department Of agriculture
has prepared law prohibiting the
culture OF the poppy In the trans.
lAaikal Amur and Maritime provinces.
Thu, cultivation Of the plant is to be .
criminal ottense. as win be also the
smoking Of opium or the storing OF.
purchasing it. and the purchase Of
utensils for smoking opium.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
4 a Little Girls Question.

Mary Helen and her mother were
going to visit grandma On the morn
ilg Of their last day at home the moth
er was laying ont shirt and collar and
matching up; necktie and hose Moth.
err, said the little daughter, who will
dress daddy while we are gone T.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
WAY Of the World.

Two little girls were playing house
with their dolls and having g. lovely
time. A little seven-year-old boy
watched their play, laughingly for
awhile and then said: "Ain't you kids
got no use for father?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Once Mas Enouah.

wv 0TSe vvdo GIs0U8IIs
Little Sterling had been taken to
church to be baptized, and being quite
indignant about the water being put
on his head he remarked while COM
ing out: well, I'll never get mar
ried again."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
important SHIPPING Point.

AS distributing and trans.shipping
center and "a coaling station, Alden
ranks with the most important ports
in the near east. Millions of skins and
hides are shipped to Europe and the
United States every year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
More Happy Than Sad.

AT any given moment l will pro.
duce nine happy persons for every
miserable one," said the bishop Of
London in an address at Queens col
lege for women recently.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Porch Plant.

Save the top of pineapple, put 1t
in pint jar filled with water and 1t
will soon root. Then pot it as you
would any other plant and it makes .
pretty decoration for the porch
Mothers Magazine. !;
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
CrumbIlno erldoes.

g Crumbling stone arch railroad
bridges in Germany have been
strengthened by boring holes into the
masonry and injecting thin cement
mortar at a pressure Of five atmos-
pheres. E.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
judging by the Doos.

Don't you think woman's ap-
probation OF beauty is greater than a
man's?' mo-" replied Mr.. Growcher;
mot If you judge by the dogs they
make pets Of"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Serious Matter.

Boss--'"What are you handing IN
your resignation for?'" Messenger
well, boss, you called me down twice
dis week, 80 thought I'd better git
out before I'm tempted to make things
unpleasant for de drm.'' Judge. 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
indicator.

Crawford-"How do you know our
daughter and her young man haven't
made up their quarrel YETI" Mrs.
Crawford-"Because the gas has been
turned up high all the evening"
Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Aorrihlel

Mr.. Green's youngest son." said
Mrs, .Twickembury, hasn't done a
stroke Of work for six months. Just
living on his father! I'm afraid he's
going to be nothing but q parricide.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
inexperlenced Judue,

A st. Louis judge has decided that
tipping a porter is voluntary act.
The judge evidently has not had much
experience with Z Chicago
Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
We've All Met Them

Some men are SO confident In dis
cussing other peoples chances Of
Joining the heavenly choir that you
might think they were on the member
ship committee.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
kicnes ana Happiness.

Seek not to be rich, but happy. The
one lies in bags, the other in content,
which wealth can never give-Wil.
liam Penn. =.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Quite COMFORTING.

Mrs. Knagg- II were to die you'd
never get another wife like me.
Knagg-It's very kind Of you to say
that.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

All the World for i Market.
More than 200 countries, colonies
and dependencies are included in the
list Of world communities to which the
products OF the United States are dis
tributed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

Proof Of Her Qualifications.
lis she good musician?" Very.
She knows when to quit" -Detroit
Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

Worlds Languages and Dialects.
There are 3.424 languages and diar
lects in use in the entire world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Reasonable Explanation

A magazine writer says poets are
declining, but the publishers set the
example.-Norfolk (Va.) Pilot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Equal in EARTHQUAKE Zone,

As far as earthquake activity Is con.
cerned, Italy and Japan are about on
. par.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Golnu One Better.

Angry Diner-"Waiter, you are not
At to serve pig" Waiter-"I am do
Ing my best, sir."-Judge. -....
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
w. c. AmsDE (:

~. Years in Active Practice
Poor vision. also headaches, pho
taphobia sensitive to light and
other ailments due to eye strain
promptly relieved.
Examinations FREE. Optical Office
at the Drug store.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Daily Thouaht.

It 10 by women that nature writes
ON the hearts Of maa.-Sheridan-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01
Few Live to Advanced Ace,

Few Live to Advanced AGE.
Considering the entire earth, about
one person in one hundred lives to bo
sixty-dve years Of age.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-10-01

a Gildner's buying power saves you
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
UNDER THE ARcADES

The Enterprise Grocery IS making q
specially Of fancy syrups.
B. Solomon 4 Co. are holding 4
special sale Of chidrens dresses.
Ross & Stuart are announcing spe
cial sale of berries for tomorrow.
The Valley Shoe Store is expecting a
consignment of shoes in all styles.
The New York Store is unpacking
new line of suitcases and bags.
The Old Mission is Offering maple
walnut ice cream as special today.
The Pioneer Bakery is still putting
cut pastry which is up to their usual
high standard.
Roy Norman Il Co. are expecting a
shipment of auto accessories The latter
part of the week.
Julian & Wilson have received new
meat cutter and are handling fine line
Of hams and bacOns.
Rumsey's Department Store is show
ing an entirely new line of embroi-
dered voiles and landings in Bulgarian
colors.
The McCune Furniture Company
has Just received a carload Of mis-
sion and Circassian walnut furniture
Which is now on display.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
HARD JOLT IS GIVEN
WOOD IN DYNAMITE CASE
(BY UNITED PRESS AssOCIATIoNsl

(BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIAT1ONS1
BOSTON, May 20.-An unexpected
blow was dealt the defense in the
trial of William Wood, multi-million-
aire and president Of the woolen trust,
when Dennis Collins, a dog fancier and
codefendant with Wood and Frederick
Atteaux, a wealthy manufacturer, on
charges OF planting dynamite to dis
credit the Lawrence textile strikers,
testified for the prosecution. He de-
ciared it would prove that Wood paid
John Breen to plant the dynamite. Col
Inns testified that he accompanied Rreen
to Lawrence, carrying a bundle, and
later learned it contained dynamite. He
said Breen told him Wood, will his
millions, was behind him. EN
Judge Crosby held that Collins fes-
timony would be that of an accomplice
and must be independently cOrroborat-
ed. Collins then testified that he met
Breen in Boston and Breen asked him
to help i'll a certain matter, Collins
agreeing. Later" said Collins, 1--WE
met two men in a saloon and Breen
chatted with them for fifteen minutes
and was handed bundle. After the
men left he laid the bundle on the
sidewalk, asking me to carry it. We
went to the depot. There Breen hand =
ed me ticket for Lawrence and said
we must not be seen on the train
together We travelled in separate
coaches, but met at Lawrence, going to
Brecn's undertaking place. The bun
die weighed about forty pounds" He
declared Breen instructed him to divide
The dynamite sticks into six bundles
covering them with newspapers.
"Breen asked me-" Collins testified
IF knew Wo4d. | told him didn't
lie replied. We'll, never mind, it is a
good joke anyhow" Y"
Collins then described how they
planted the dynamite under Breen's in
structions, and received the money for
the job.
Attorney Hubert. for Wood, refused
10 cross examine the witness, saying
the testimony failed 10 connect Wood
with the affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20

The great harvest season Is now on
in full vigor. 1t might be said that Il
began weeks ago with alfalfa cutting,
but the alfalfa harvest is like Tenny-
sons brook, 1t flows on forever, and
one is tempted to forget that cutting
this crop is really most important
feature Of the harvest.
But the grain harvest has now got
under way, and will continue for a
number Of weeks, and this will enforce
great activity among the growers Of
this crop, though the acreage to be
harvested Is a little below the usual
average of the valley Most Of the
grain is in the newer regions, and the
casual observer does not see it in all
its Importance.
In two weeks the first Of the canta-
loupes will be sent TO the markets
and week later the crop will begin
TO move by the carload. The yield
this year is to be great, the output
running into the thousands Of carloads.
and vast amount OF labor will he
required. For the work that is to be
done many working men are arriving
in the valley, particularly at Brawley
and Heber.
Throughout June cantaloupes Will
provide the greatest activity for the
valley, with all the labor Of picking.
packing and icing Of cars, and just
about the time this industry begins to
dwindle the grape harvest will begin.
Grape shipments will probably No.;
show great gain in output over pre-
vious years, for the problem of cari.g
for them has not been thoroughly
solved. 1t seems probable, however.
that progress will be made in this line,
and with this industry there is likely
to be repetition of the experience
with other fruits elsewhere, discour-
agements during the experimental pc
riod and great success with large pro
fits to come to those who remain per-
sistently with the industry.
Apricots are already coming into
market. and the later varieties will
maintain the supply for several weeks,
and figs will follow close upon them,
with peaches and other fruits also close
at hand.
The great harvest Of milk and hogs
and cattle and poultry and eggs will, OF
course, continue throughout the sum-
mer, as they do throughout all months,
and there will be no break in the ship
ments Of commodities, the big output Of
fat turkeys marking the closing of The
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
Arraigns Organized Labor

ibf fhESS ASSOCIAIlONSJ
DETROIT, May 20.-Organized labor
was severely arraigned today by John
Kirby Jr.. president Of the National
Manufacturers Association, in his an
nual report. He said: "Conspicuous
in The mOmcntous events of recent
years, transpiring in fields Of American
industry, is the tragedy of Los Angeles
and the drama Of Indianapolis. As 70
ward To The principal accomplices III
this conspiracy. they have one afte:'
another, through the power Of the in
visible inner circle Of hte American
Federation Of Labor, been reelected to
their respective ot1lcs. Point me ont
one single labor leader who has arisen
ln Indignantly demand that such type
of leadership be barred forever from
HE administration of union affairs"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-20
Fight On In Earnest
7 UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.--General
Manager J. A. Britton of the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company fatty refused
today to grant recognition Of the union
"i light and power workers, undar
which the strike is effective against the
company. 1t now is believed il will be
fight TO the finish. All negotiations
for settlement are off. The entire bay
district and many Central California
cities are affected. Strike leaders -
sympathetic strike is again being ASdi7 81 ?
ganized.