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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

famous Pontifexf corporation against
an unknown individual named Jones.
The Pontifex corporation owned mil.
lions Of dollars worth Of land In the
business section Of the city; their
patronage alone must suffice to keep q
firm like Smith & Blake In existence,
clerks and ALL ss,5.'5 - 80. q 5t5 I, Is
On the following Friday afternoon
Meta was startled by visit from her
aance. He looked haggard and dis
mayed.
What is 1t, dearest?" she asked IN
bewilderment. g"Are, you i'll? You.
II am out Of Smith & Blake" an
swered Harold despondently. THE
scoundrels! They have asked my adj
vice about a case involving five million
dollars worth of patent rights. The
fee alone is worth a quarter of a mil.
Iion.2 They are trying to swindlo an
inventor. and Smith & Blake expect
me to tell them whether the .rogues
can skin through and save themselves
from the penitentiary. have written
my advice, to the effect that I haven't
examined the statute, because the
statutes never contemplated trickcry
of this kind" e.ll-s.s 5.at5. ~
Is He became incoherent as no pro.
ceeded. The shock of the discovery OF
the firms crookedness had over
whelmed him From first to last in tho
brief there was no word or suggestion
as to the moral aspect of the case.
Harold, I think you will do right to
leave them" said Meta firmly, lifting
her sweet lips to his. 81
A: Fortified by which decision Rawson
appeared before Smith the next morn
irg. ..' !. *;
'My advice. sir,"'s ne said. handing
the lawyer a typewriter paper con-
tanning three lines OF lettering!
Mr.. Smith looked at It.. then looked
up at the young fellow. Hum! This
seems to be your resignation, Mr..
Rawson," he said coldly. y, {.
M 1T is. SIR will have no part IN
such trickery," declared Rawson quiet
ly. ut is fraud, and whether or not
the statute permits 1t I don't want to
know. II will bid you good morning.
b zone moment, please" saie Mr.
smith, calmly. II may as well say that
Mr.. Blake and have already refused
to handle this, or any other case for
tho Pontifex corporation. You may
also like to know that seven Of our q: :
sistants have already been: dismissed
for advocating the handling OF the
case. When I spoke to you about tho
need Of brains, Rawson. / did mt near ar
brains--I meant character. "he day
OF the dishonest lawyer or business.
man is past and will never be revived.
You. are the man I have been looking 1s
for to ba my chief clerk. The salary
is two thousand. viii you take It?
We need man like you, who under tar%
stands that roguery never succeeds
and never can succeed in business
life" 3;S3- .s i:S!8 4 1. 5ss .Ss
Copyright. 1914. by ". g. cha0mano
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"'Will YOU tell me frankly, sir. what
chance there will be for me II take
this position ?" asked Harold Rawson
Of the head OF the firm. on see. Mr..
Smith," he continued, IT appreciate
the honor of being connected with
Messrs. Smith 8 Blake, but-well. you
have nearly twenty law clerks, and II
I have to wait my turn until the eigh.
teen or more others 4.
II will tell you as frankly as you
have asked me. Mr.. Rawson," answered
Mr.. Smith "Of my nineteen clerks.
not one has been with us more than q
couple Of years. We weigh our men
In,thes balance, and 1t means quick pro-
motion or a quick discharge. do not
expect that more than one OF my pres
sent assistants will be with me a year
hence, but I shall doubtless have lot
OF new men. 81 ,,g.
53& You see, Mr.. Rawson," continued
the lawyer, leaning back and poising
his. hands together, "a firm like ours,
which has care OF the biggest interests
in the country, needs the best brains.
II a man with brains comes to US he
has his opportunity. IL man only
thinks he. has brains we slit them for
him and find out. Veil, Mr.. Rawson?"
~ II shall be glad to accept. sir. !" said
,Rawson, and left the room. 4
8 On the following day he occupied 2
desk in the big room OF the clerks. at q
salary of nine dollars week. That Is
all q lawyers clerk can command,
sven when he Is qualified to practice;
he pays for his experience. Rawson
was perfectly willing to pay for his
experience; only, he was twenty-five,
and he and Meta had been engaged
for nearly four years. Poor Meta,
toiling at her classes In the little sub
urban school, looked forward to each
Sunday, when Harold would visit her,
as the one event Of the week. @
I II am sure you will succeed. dear,
est" she said to him, when he told her.
the result Of the interview. z
"But, Meta. have been doubtful
from the beginning" protested Raw
son. you see, dearest, If ! hadn't had
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

his public ministry One day Jesus was walking
by the sea and he saw two men--simon. called
Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting net In
tho sea. And he said unto them: n Follow me and
7 will make you fishers of men,. They straight
way left their nets and followed him.. He walked
on farther, when he came upon James, the son of
Zebedee.s and John, his brother. who were also
in the ship mending their nets. He straightway
called them and they left their father IN the ship
and followed him. N thaniel was more doubtful
about Christs spiritual power until one day Jesus
saith unto him: Verify, verify say unto you,
hereafter ye shall see heaven open and the angels
3of God ascending and descending upon the Son
of Mar" And Christ went from place to place
until he had found his - apostles. He was unwill
ing to rest then. He began to give food to the
hungry, sight to the blind. health to the sick and
comfort to aching hearts. Among the most illus
itrious OF his miracles was when he constrained
his disciples to go on board the boat and row.
across the lake to Capernaum. Then he sent away
the great crowd of people who were still eager
that he should be their king. When they were all
gone and he was LETT alone he went up into the
mountain to pray. While he was praying in tho
night great storm came up on the lake. When
the storm was at its height Jesus went to his dis
;ciples walking on the water as though the sea
were dry. land. Then the men In the boat saw a
strange figure coming near them and Jesus called
out to them: BE Of good cheer; It is I: be not
afraid" After Jesus had performed many mira
cles the people asked him to do these things to
satisfy their curiosity! When he refused them
they became angry and left him. Finally, Jesus
turned to his 12 apostles and asked: "Wil We also
go away and leave me?" But Simon Peter an
swered him: Lord. to whom shall we go? For
thou only hast the words Of everlasting lfe." One
day. on entering the temple. he saw that the mer-
chants and brokers were making everything sub
servient to their avarice. His anger rose at his
seeing these unholy doings in the temple He did
not hesitate as to what should be done. He
threatened the traders with q scourge of small
cords, drove them out and said to them: Take
these things hence: make not my Fathers house
an house Of merchandise" After he left Jerusa
lem he went directly to Aenon, near Salem, which
was the field of John the Baptists labors, Here
he spent most OF his time from the Passover to
the late harvest He wished to instruct his dis
ciples more thoroughly in his teaching.
He did not go back to Jerusalem until the feast
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
HORSE NAMED FOR LlTTLETON !.

y. when Martin w. Littleton was a
young man he went to Texas from Ten
nessee as a laborer for a railroad"
said John Walker, New York news.
paper man, the other day. Even then
he, was confident that he was destined
fol. political honors. A foreman named
g. w. Scott and Littleton got to be
good friends. Littleton finally was
promoted to be a paymaster, and after
serving in. that capacity for some time,
he announced one day that he was go
ing to quit and 60 to New York. He
informed Scott that some day he.
would be mayor of New York, then.
governor, and after. that, well, he
wouldn't make any further prediction.
Scott gave up railroad work and went
into breeding thoroughbred horses.
"Littleton reached New York and aft.
Or number Of years became borough
president OF Brooklyn, and then mem
Der Of congress from the Oyster Bay
district. He hasn't reached the
nayoralty as yet, but there is plenty
HHs ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

On cross,exarination Sir James
Scarlet questioned him as follows:
Now. sir. you say that the two
melodies are the same, but different.
What do you mean by that? :" 5: Ill
Tom promptly answered:
I said that the notes In the two
copies were alike, but with different
accents, the one being in co-umon
time. the other in six-eighths time.
and consequently the position OF the
accented notes was different.
Now. pray. sir. don't beat about
the bush. but explain to the jury. who
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
SET The ii /. GOVERNOR ! E. / !! RIGHT
.UnobtrusIve Little Professor Rather
Spoiled the Interest In the
Conclusions Drawn.

To hold down successfully the Job
Of governor Of a state or vice-presi-
dent OF the United States one does
not have to be up on oriental Ian
guages, says the New York Sun. So
the; Hon. Thomas R.. Marshall never
hesitates to tell this on himself. It
was at reception in Indianapolis
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which took place when the Bulgarian
army was driving the Turks out OF:
.Thrace. The battle OF Kirk Kelisseh
had Just been fought.
Odd name that-.Kirk Kelisseh, ="
said the then governor Of Indiana. ut
means Forty. Churches, Or. rather.
mosques. Now. isn't it queer that
the word kirk. which. as we all
know. n stands for church IN the
Scotch vernacular, and which appears
In German and other languages Of
northern Europe. should have precise
" the same meaning in Turkish. It
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
Too Commercial.

Too Commercial. &
Remember that this is a CONNER
cial age" said q colleague to Senator
Sherman. In Justification Of the doubt
full practices Of certain masnats.
"A little too commercial Senator
Sherman replied. Take the artists
experience.
"A picture dealer entered q we'll
known artists studio in Boston the
other day and bargained for large
canvas landscape of meadowland
and cattle. When the price was agreed
ON and paid. the dealer took out his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

makes US wonder whether all tongues
may not have had common source,
and If that is so it would probably
be found that that source was in the
East
There was murmured applause
from every one except an unobtrusive
little professor, who had been hover
ing near the group. l-s E5.st
& Pardon me, governor" he piped up,
'but your conclusions, while interest
ing, might be called-er, a little mis-
leading. It is precisely true that Kirk
Kelisseh is the Turkish for Forty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
Earth's Interior.

Earthquakes and similar terrestrial
evonts have provided facts from which
the condition Of the earth's interior
may be deduced with confidence. First.
there is the crust zone, which has an
approximate thickness Of 80 miles.
Then comes the stone zone, something
under 100 miles thick, and. finally. the
central iron core Of the earth. with .
density eight times greater than Wa
tor. Meteorites contain radium, and
Professors Strut and Holmes say that
these meteors contain the proof that
no radium is found in the stone zone
or inner core.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
.DIAz SEES NO HOPE OF PEACE


/ Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew Of ex.Presl-
dent Porflrio Diaz Of Mexico. arrived
in New York q short time ago from
Havana. accompanied by his wife and
four Of his fellow-countrymen. Joseph
b. Sandoval. his lawyer; DR.. Pedro
del Villas, his secretary; DR.. Richard
del Rio, and Capt. Hector Arosteguil
The Mexican general has not war
like appearance. He Is short, plump.
with large, dark eyes, dark hair, and 81
heavy mustache. In his gray suit be-
resembles an Italian opera impresario
more than military man.
In an interview General DiaS1
showed that he was q diplomat To-
questions that he did not care to an.
swer, he replied courteously that his
English was not 80 good. At other
times he answered and apparently UNI
derstood what was said without any
difficulty. S..3$ 81 VI IN 4. .5s
The general denied that he had any
intention OF starting another revolu@
ton In Mexico. He said he had come
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
MADE HIS MEANING CLEAR i !!
Meat Explanation Of Witness Turned
Laugh on Famous English
Cross-Examiner.

At trial between two London mu-
dc publishers before the court Of
kings bench in 1913, the matter In
dispute being a violation Of the copy
right in the song Of The Old English
Gentleman Thomas Cooke. q com
poser OF some note in his day. was
subpoenaed as an expert witness.
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are supposed to know nothing about
music, the meaning Of what you call
accent
Certainly said Cooke. Accent in
music is the stress laid upon q par
ticular note in the same manner as
you would lay stress uponSa word, for
the purpose Of being understood.
Thus II were to say. You are an
ASS. it rests on ass; but If were to.
say, you are an ass, 1t rests on you.
Sir James, Z.
Shouts Of laughter followed this exs
PLANTATION. Silence ct length having
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

been expecting the coming Of Savior to the Jews
L He took the child up In his arms and exclaimed:
( Lord, now lettest thou they servant depart in
u peace according to thy words:e For mine eyes
Z have seen thy salvation" w $tsS$s.i5 ss
S Joseph and Mary remained but short time with
their child in Egypt The death Of Herod later re-
called them to Palestine. and they returned to
their old place of abode the little town of Naza-
$reth In Galee. They did this because the angel
i OF the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and
& said Take the young child and his mother and
I nee into Egypt and be thou there until i bring
8 thee word, for Herod will seek the young child
4 to destroy him." He grew strong In both body and
spirit. Tradition says he wore garment without
seams made OF kind OF woven hair OF q purplish
/. brown color. 4@53 6lSS3sS "
The Gospels tell US nothing Of his occupation as
1 young man. Tradition relates, and 1t appears
truly, that he spent the whole thirty years before
u he began his ministry in retirement. John was
the first to announce the great work Jesus In
tended doing. He abandoned the solitude OF the
{ desert for the banks Of the Jordan He gathered
the people together in hosts. He announced that
Z they were to be delivered from sin and bondage
and to prepare for the Messiah's coming.
Z It was at Bethabara that John the Baptist saw
Jesus for the first time, and looking upon him
said: Behold the lamb Of God" It was here that
the IL stones were set up, marking the spot where
the children of Israel had crossed the Jordan dry
Sshod to enter the promised land. Jesus had come
to be baptized, but John refused until he heard
Jesus say Suffer 1t to be 80 now. for thus 1t be-
comes US to fulfil all righteousness" After Jesus
had spoken to the people he was led into the
wilderness by the spirit Here he was tempted
for 40 days by the devil. He was an hungered
and the devil said unto him: IT thou be the Son q
of God command that this stone be made bread -
and Jesus answered him. saying, 1T Is written that
man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out Of the mouth Of Cod
He next brought him to Jerusalem and sat him on
T. pinnacle Of the temple and said unto him. III
thou be the Son OF God cast thyself down from
hence. Jesus answered 1T is said thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God" Then the devil tempted
him a third time Offering Christ the kingdom OF
this world II he would worship him. The answer
came, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and
him only shalt thou serve" s4s5s
The temptation Is the expression Of the period
that interviewed between Christ's private life and
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knife and, to the artists horror. with
one sweep Of the blade. cut the can.
vas in two. ~.
There now, said the dealer com
placently, I have two pictures. one Of
beautiful meadowland and lake. the
other Of an interesting group OF cattle
J. can get for each about what ! paid
you for the whole canvas. Now Just
sign this half. too. please "
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
Mighty Punch Bowl.

Mighty Punch Bowl. -
The biggest punch brew on record
was made October Is, 1894. at the
home Of Rt. Hon. Edward Russell
commander-in-chief OF his majesty
forces In the Mediterranean. A gar
den fountain, placed where four walks
met, was used as bowl, and in It the
following Ingredients were poured:
Four hogsheads OF brandy, $4,000 lem
ons, 20 gallons Of lime Juice, 1,3oo
hundredweight OF white Lisbon sugar.
ave pounds OF grated nutmegs. 300
toasted BISCUITS and one pipe Of dry
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that timely introduction should never
havo dreamed OF trying Smith & Blake
You know they have a reputation fo1
having pulled more Of the big corpora:
lions out Of the clutches Of the law
than any other firm. You remember
we talked over the possibility Of law
yer being an honest man, and It was
agreed that IL he couldn't then I should
rather be an inglorious failure than
do anything tricky, even though It
was within the law. The moment Smith
or Blake attempts to involve me In
anything my conscience will not per
NIT, ISshall put on my hat. "a S3ss sists
Meta sighed. She did not know very
much about the law. but she had heard
that all lawyers vera not overscrupu-
3lous. But she would rather have post
poned their marriage forever than
have permitted Harold to violate his
conscience.
During the next few weeks Rawson
discovered that the ramitications Of
the business were more numerous than
he could possibly have dreamed Of.
There was q sort OF freemasonry about
the Office which made all the records,
except the most secret ones, open to
the investigation of everyone. Old
Smith had meant what he said when
he told Rawson that the man with
brains had his opportunity.
Before two months had elapsed half
a dozen Of the clerks had left. Mys-
teriously. without notice. they disap.
peared. Il was q prevalent idea that
nobody had q chance ct Smith q
Blake's. '''The minute old Smith boz
gins to notice you, you may as well
look round for another job" declared
one OF the men to Rawson. "The old
ghoul sucks his employees brains dry
and filings them aside like sucked or
anges.
After six months Rawson was still
getting nine dollars week. He now
stood sixth In order Of priority among
the clerks. And then came the morn
ing when Smith sent for him into his
private ofice. as.3 3. H. st
"Mr. Rawson." declared the old
man, waving him to q chair, II have
been watching you and your record. I
am pleased to see that you are pune
tual, Industrious and courteous, and
that you have common sense"
This must be, the beginning Of the
end, thought Rawson, yet feeling lat
tered by the old mans words.
Those qualities" continued Smith.
'"are possessed by many excellent
street car conductors, elevator mon,
railroad porters and ice cream ped
dlers. They are Invaluable as props
to ability. but they are OF no use unless
supported by brains. Now. Mr.. Raw
son.; Mr.. Blake and want advice upon
q certain brief. We have investigated
tho matter and have both come to the
same decision. We want further adj
vice. We want your advice. Take It
home with you. study it carefully. and
do not return until Saturday morning,
when shall ask to have your own rec
concentrations typewriter in about
two thousand words" 49,
Rawson looked at the paper which
Mr.. Smith handed him. It startled
him. 1t was a lawsuit proposed by the
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Fewer French Births. /

- Il Fewer T Fench bIrxHS. -
s The French birth rate statistics are
worse than ever. According to the
calculations established by authority.
three children per family would suffice
to maintain the status quo Of the
population. Unhappily the last report
revealed for the first time that the
majority Of French families have
only one child. Births diminished In
number last year and In some dis.
tricts did not succeed in filling tia
gaps caused by death
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received
Gently Havana had healed the general said and he was IN perfect health
His future plans indefinite. He might Europe
What win happen villa in against the federal
s#
to join Vina2'
Villa met hin
s-t5 NE$@s r.
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ELEANOR WILSON TO WE'D

THE President and Mrs. Wilson.
announce the engagements OF their:
youngest daughter. Eleanor Randolph
to Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo."
This announcement was issued az
the White House by Secretary Tu-5
multy q few days ago. Il. 35 81.
For weeks there had been rumors
that the presidents daughter and the
secretary. Of the treasury would be
married soon. The exact date OF the
wedding is not known. .s 4 "a
IA There has been $extraordinary inter.
est in the engagement among officials
and the many friends OF both Miss
Wilson and the cabinet officer. y The
of the family, Miss Eleanor
is said to be her fathers pet. and
there is . strong personal friendship
between the president and the man
who Is to marry his daughter.
4 Reports that Secretary McAdoos
would retire from the cabinet after his
marriage. and perhaps become ambas-
sador to France were set at rest BY
yY,,k ~ = 4.
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mountain Malaga. Here, Indeed, was
a punch bowl worthy OF the heroes Of
the seventeenth century. A boat was
specially built SO that q boy might
row about in It and fill the cups Of the
assembled guests, who probably mum.
bered more than six thousand.-Coun.
try Life.
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been obtained. the Judge. with much
gravity, inquired:
Are you satisfied, Sir James?"
Sir James, WHO had become scarlet
in more than name. In great hun re-
piled:
The witness may stand down.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08
MAY HEAD FEDERAL BANK BOARD

II The governor of the new banking
system OF the United States probably
will be Walker Hill, now president Of
the Mechanics-American National
bank OF st. Louis. Mr.. Fill has been
rendered this post at the head Of the
federal reserve bank board by Presi.
dent Wilson and the appointment has
been accepted. it is said. 3ls
By the, terms OF the Owen-G Glass cur
rency law the governor is the active
executive officer Of the new system.
and his Office is the most important
financial position, with the possible
exception of the secretaryship OF the
treasury. within the gift Of the govern
ment. ,t.iss4 4
The governor Is one OF the five mem
bers Of the board to be appointed by
the president. Secretary of the Treas-
ury William G. McAdoo and Comptrol-
Ter OF the Currency John Shelton Will
liams will be ex-ofhcio members.
Mr.. Hill stands high in the banking
business. and it is expected that his
appointment will be acceptable to bust
many important positions, having bee
association in 1S99-1900, and director
serving as vice-president of its comm
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likeness From Sickness.

A man between twenty and thirty
loses on an average Of only i've and
a half days a year from illness. but
between fifty and sixty he loses about
twenty days annually.
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Perntciously Practical

Perntciously Practical.
We've stopped every kind OF graft
in our city" remarked the confident
reformer., III. (, go 2
NJ "Good." replied the boss. Having
shown your ability to enforce the
rule, you can now begin to collect
assessments for the privilege Of being
exceptions" Z