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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-05-05

b. N. Glascock.
G. L. Baker and family were enter
tanned at the Ferris home in Oneida.
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Thos. Clarkson and
son spent Sunday ct the John Holt
haus home.
Mrs. Cora Harris has been on the
sick list the past week.
Miss Dorothy Seeley, Of Hawkeye,
spent couple days the past week with
Miss Minnie Hilsenbeck
Burdette Young. Of Manchester, was
in Greeley, Thursday.
Mesdames w. Funk and Frank Way
were in Manchester, Tuesday.
Miss Myrtle Hockaday is home from
her work in Chicago, on account Of i'll
ness.
John Lash and family and Mrs. J. J..
Edmunds were visitors at the Sam Cul-
bertson home Sunday.
Mrs. Knickerbocker Of Edgewood is
boarding with Mrs. Matte Rutherford,
while under DIR. Kersensky's care
Edward Fisher Of Edgewo0d, aged
II years, was buried at that place on
Monday.
Mesdames s. B. Sloan, Noble and
Beckwith attended meeting Of the D.
A. r. at Edgewood, Wednesday.
Homer Carol of Waterloo, has been
visiting home folk.
Mrs. Erneast Graham visited at the
Brockmeyer home, Saturday.
Mrs. Rudolph Moser and Miss OLE
son, OF Senaca, Wisconsin, visited at
the Ernest Brockmeyer home, last
week.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lilli-
bridge, Monday April 10 son.
Grin Lillibridge, wife and son visited
at the Chas. Lillibridge home in Oneida
on Sunday.
W. B. Norris was in Davenport Sat
urday.
Miss Esther Hansen is assisting her
father with the work in the cream
cry office.
T. B. Armstrong and wife came to
Greeley Saturday and are staying with
the formers mother until their new
home is ready.
The Greeley School gave their play,
Gypsy Rover" in Edgewood, Tues
day night.
G.. L. Baker was in Dubuque on Fed
eral Petit Jury.
E. E. Corell was in Dubuque several
days Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Michael Of
Edgewood, spent Saturday and Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. John Griffith,
who drove to their home with them on
Sunday.
Frank Miller, wife and children were
Sunday evening visitors at the Chester
Willard home
A Sunday school has been organized
at the Kennedy school house. The
first meeting will be held next Sunday.
NJ Thomas and men are building Leo
Wiley's house, and expect to have It
under the roof by Saturday night They
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-05-05

Pa. are visiting at the M. Thomas
home, and expect to remain In this
country all summer.
Chas. Wheeler, wife and daughter,
Mildred, spen Saturday and Sunday 1t
the M. Thomas home. Il
Miss Agnes Schnack Of Export Wis
tied at VIM. Odell's and Neal Skaters
the past week.
Mrs. Joe. Schneider and Miss Winni-
fred Tibbitt In Dubuque, Friday
Z Rev. Soule and wife are visiting his
parents at Sumner.
George HOlthaus is now able to sit
up and his many friends hope that he
may soon be out on the street again.
w. J. Wroughton was in Nebraska
and South Dakota this week
A letter from d. G. Webster Of Dem
yer, to his sister, Mrs. VIM. Odell,
states that they have lots, of snow.
w. S. Odell and wife entertained
company from Edgewood, Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Bush of Colesburg. Wis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-05-05

are living in the separator house until
their house is rebuilt
Earl Holthaus and Mary Johnson are
new victims Of the mumps.
The marriage Of Miss Gabnelle De-
Kasper and Ernest Van Dusen has
been called in the st. Joseph's church.
Miss De Kasper has been living at the
home of Maurice Kennedy in Oneida.
Fred Brady and wife spent Sunday
at the Milan Brady home.
Ray Kellogg and family visited Mrs.
Kellogg's parents in Manchester on
Sunday.
Ralph Sherman and wife and AL
Burbridge and family spent Sunday az
the Henry Holthaus home.
A letter from John Barger, who lives
in Canada, states that in some parts Of
that country the snow is several feet
deep. and that hay is so per ton, and
that cattle are starving to death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Means and
Mrs. John E. Thomas OF Ebensburg,
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tied Mrs. Brockmeyer over Sunday. on
her way to Iowa City, whore me viii
80 to the hospital to bring back baby
who has. been there for some time. but
whose homo d IN CARRIER.
Rey. Soule.s father occupied the u.
- pulpit, Sunday.
Paul Brown, wife and baby. Of Oel-
vein. spent : few days 1t the w. a.
Brown home. the past week.
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spreading to the other buildings, by
throwing water on them. The Straw
berry Point fire truck was also rushed
out, but was too late Some insurance
was carried but, not enough to cover
the great loss.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Martin visited
relatives in Delaware, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lehman were
in Manchester on business, Tuesday,
and also dinner guests at the s. p.
McCarren home.
| Clifford Ryan is erecting a fine new
modern house.
|. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Henderson were
in Edgewood, Thursday on business
+ Charles Rossow was trading in
Strawberry Point, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barr and daugh-
ter Helen were dinner guests at the
VIM Martin home in Edgewood, FRI
day.
Henry Peterson was In Manchester
on Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM Rudy was trading IN
Thorpe, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Holbrook are
improving their new farm, by planting
a lot Of shrubbery and nice large
strawberry bed and some fruit trees.
Mr.. Holbrook will also remodel his
house and make 1t into quite q modern
home
Fred 'Legg and family were trading
in Strawberry Point, Thursday.
Some Of the farmers here are sowing
oats at present. The recent rains
hindered again the past week. but some
who have high ground are all through.
Park ,Evert still remains very i'll
with very little change for the better.
| Fred Evert went to Chicago Monday
with a car Of stock.
Fred Moser is i'll and under the doc
tors care.
Mrs. Oral Rowe of Oelwein, spent q
few days Of the past week at the par
entail, L. D. knight home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Lehman enter
tanned several relatives at their home
in Forestville, Sunday. VI
Mrs. Kate B0yntoh is i'll at this writ
ing, and under the care Of profess
sional nurse.
J. r. Anderson, who has been Ill for
some time, Is little better.
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GREELEY.

NNASASASAAA& ~ 4
Mrs. Rudy Moser visited her daugh-
tr. Mrs. Edward Coon. ct Manchester.
several days last week.
Mrs. J. NJ. Lllibridge is visiting her
sister. at Estherville, who 10 in criti-
cal condition.
Mr.. Fred Bennett Of Arnolds Park.
was . business visitor IN Greeley. hast
week.
Tho Masons purchased . Steinburn
talking machine Of Q. n. Taylor for
their hall.
Mrs. Anna Neiderfrank WAS in
Strawberry Point to sec Casper Neider-
frank, who Is very Ill with heart
trouble.
Mrs. Ed Corell was called homo Sat-
urday by the serious illness Of her Ia
Their. Mrs. Hyde OF Strawberry Point
was also called.
Ed Simmons and son Of CARRIER Witt
ed at the A. G. Marcham home on
Sunday.
Mrs. w. Williams is caring for Mrs.
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WHY 1T is HARD TO CONVERT
MOHAMMEDANS.

The Catholic Apostolate among the
adherents of Islam is difficult from a
religious and moral, social and polit-
ical point Of view, for it has to reckon
with difficulties which are distinct
from those met with among simple
ragans. Mohammedanism is based
upon the belief in one God, but is also
mixture Of Jewish and Christian be-
Gefs and practices combined with
oriental mysticism. 1t is a religion of
outward formulas, prayers and Cere-
monies, additions and Hastings, but it
lacks every binding force of authority,
nor demands the observance of moral
ity; on the contrary, it allows and
teaches life of unlimited sensuality
both in this life and in the next.
To a Mohammedan the Koran is
the .quintessence, of all wisdom, truth
and knowledge, and consequently he is
and remains an obscurantist, an
enemy to all progress, and such he has
shown himself for the last twelve
hundred years. In his self-sufficiency
and self-conceit he looks down upon
a non-Mohammedan as a "giaur," a
dog, nonentity.
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THE MOST NEEDY MISSION IN
THE WORLD.

During the past year, Mgr. J. de
Guebriant was appointed by Rome to
be Apostolic Visitor of China. A let
ter just received from him is Of great
interest and of great importance be-
cause it gives the report of an eye
witness regarding a mission that is in
desperate need of help. Benefactors
often ask that their aims be sent to
the most needy mission. That title
would seem to apply to South Kansu.
Bishop de Guebriants letter:
I'm the three months l have spent
making apostolic visits to the mis-
sions of China, / have investigated
about twenty yicariates ranging from
Kwang Tong to Mongolia.
Il am visiting the very remote mis-
sions OF Kansu, and in conscience
feel Obliged to make known that the
poorest missions / have yet seen are
those of South Kansu. Poverty exists
in many missions, but this Prefecture
is in a condition of distress the like
OF which / have not yet witnessed
Ihe aims sent by the Holy Childhood
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A CoLoRED PRIESTHOOD FOR
THE COLoRED,

No one who has read the recent
Annual Messenger of the Negro
Missions of the Society of the Divine
Word could fail to notice how persist.
emily the necessity of a colored clergy
for the South is urged. "a colored
priesthood for the colored' is the
adopted slogan of those who now have
toiled and worked there for ten
years. That this is not mere pri-
vate opinion, is shown by the fact
that other societies engaged in the
same field are heart and soul for the
same cause, and furthermore, by the
fact that few weeks later the very
same thought was most earnestly put
forth by our Holy Father Benedict
XIV. He writes: For as the Church
of God is Catholic and is stranger
to no nation and no race, it is but
fitting that helpers be drawn from
every nation, whom their countrymen
may follow as their superiors and
their guides. Wherever sufficient
native clergy, we'll instructed and
worthy of their: vocation, is found,
there we may safely affirm, the work
of the missionary is gloriously
crowned and the Church itself solidly
established" When, then, will the
Catholics of America (for on them
rests the blame) respond and drop
the race division? When will they
permit these men to realize what they
and so many others feel to be real
necessity? Any one interested in this
question may communicate his views
to Rev. P. Wendell, S. V. D., 1914
18th Ave-, Meridian, Miss.
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A GOOD SAMARITAN.

Ninety years or more ago a car
riage was passing along the road be-
tween Anagni and Carpineto. 1t con-
tanned a delicate-looking boy, show
ing the signs of a recent illness in
his spiritual face, and his tutor. AS
they arrived at the foot of a hill they
noticed a poor lad clad in a shep-
herds dress, who was covered with
dust and crying bitterly as if in
great pain. This was not strange, for
one of his bare feet was very much
swollen. AS the carriage reached
him the horses were stopped, and the
youth, jumping out, begged the little
shepherd to tell the cause Of all his
misery. The child replied that he had
been run over by a mill wagon, and
that the driver had hurried on without
stopping to discover what damage he
had done. ~ ....
and can go no farther" he said,
my foot hurts so badly" -
The youth, scion of a noble
house, was moved with compassion,
and making his way through the
briers which separated the road from
the little stream, filled his cap with
water, carried it to the wounded boy
that he might drink, and then washed
the poor bruised foot, and wrapped
his handkerchief around it.
Where do you 1ive?" he asked.
The shepherd boy pointed to a little
village high up on the side of hill.
''You cannot get there without
help" said the little Samaritan. 81
will take you with me to Carpineto,
where your foot can be properly at
tended to- The wounded boy smiled
his gratitude, and was helped into the
carriage.
Joachim" inquired the tutor,
what in the world are you going to
do?"'
Il am going to do what any Chris
tian would do. Can we leave this
poor wounded boy by the wayside?"
But what will your parents say?"
What can they say but that / have
done well? Is it anything unusual
for us to help those who suffer-"
AO tuCoA WdO SoAFluCCO. llC
gave his pupil a friendly pat on the
shoulder, and the carriage proceeded
on It's way. When they reached home
Joachim's mother was certainly sur.
p"iscd at the ragged and untidy guest
her son had brought, but when she
heard the story and saw the express
sion of gratitude on the child's face,
she sent for the family physician,
who attended to the bruised foot.
Joachim's face shone with JOY
'Have / not done right, mother?" he
asked.
my child, you could not have done
better"
The lad who was so easily moved
by the suffering of a stranger became
Pope Leo XIII, and in all his record
of good deeds this one CLOVIS like a
star. +
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ward him by all the people. Let
everything under the sun be a matter
of argument and opposite views, there
is one thing unique, unanimous and
without contradiction-our admiration
for the prelate.
And what could be the secret of
the esteem and universal love which
he has been able to inspire? Nothing
else but spark of that love infinite
of the Heart of Christ rebounding in
the heart of His apostles; this is the
key of the marvel and wonder which
I have been trying to find many times.
AS in all great men there shines in
our Bishop a wonderful simplicity and
a charming candor which is the dis
tinguishing feature of his character.
His apostolic excursions and his mis-
sionary trials are known to us. We
have read many times the narrative Of
his adventures through Cayo, Orange
Walk and the other districts; they are
heroic exploits full of interest, which
inspire with admiration, and to which
besides is not wanting their grain of
salt. The good Bishop travels all over
his diocese in his motor boat, but can
not escape all mishaps, and there is
always some good soul to get out of
trouble the boat, the motor and the
Bishop! The Bishop is an honor to
the colony; and in the name of God
we all say: AID multos annOs!"
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BRITISH GOVERNOR LAUDS
JESUIT BISHOP.

A unique manifestation in the his.
tory of British Honduras took place at
Belize recently, on the occasion of
the jubilee of her bishop, Rt. Rev.
Charles Hopkins, S. J. The GROWING
feature, however, was the splendid
address of congratulation of Governor
Robert Walter, who spoke as follows
This day is our gala day for the
whole colony, and 1 feel proud to be
present and able to express to the Ri.
Rev. Bishop my innermost senti-
ments; for, our prelate himself so
rarely puts himself in evidence that
we have little occasion to manifest
what we think of him. He has lived
i'll this colony thirty years and for
fifty years he has been member of
the illuStrious Society of Jesus. Both
these circumstances are titles to fame
Of which anyone might justly boast.
The work of our Bishop among US has
been a labor Of love and charity, which
deserved the appreciation, not only of
the Catholics, but also of all other
churches and religious denominations
(Applause.) And hence l am glad to
be here in order to declare to his
Lordship the hearty sentiments of
respect and admiration professed to-
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line if it takes all summer!"-U. S.
Grant. E"
II was born an American, l live an
American, and I shall die an Ameri-
can!"-Daniel Webster.
I'm the name of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress!"-
Ethan Allen. 49, -
I'D rather be right than be Pres
ident of the United States!" -Henry
Clay.
I'll try, sir!''-Col. Miller.
''I am not worth purchasing; but,
such as l am, the King of Great
Britain is not rich enough to pur-
chase me!"-Joseph Reed.
eve must beat the Redcoats to-
dad or Molly Stark is a widow!"-
Capt. Stark.
"He touched the dead corpse of
public credit and it sprang upon it's
feet! "-Daniel Webster.
"The headquarters of the Army of
the Potomac will be in the saddle!'
Gen. John Pope.
"A government of the people, by
the people, and for the people shall
not perish from the EARTH -Abra-
ham Lincoln.
"Give me liberty or give me DEATH"
Patrick Henry.
God reigns, and the government
at Washington still lives" flames
Garfield.
ASK nothing but what is right, sub
NIT to nothing wrong!" - Andrew
Jackson.
'All we ask is to be let alone!"-
Jefferson Davis.
"A little more grape, Capt. Bragg"
Gen. Taylor
Don't fire until you see the whites
of their eyes!"-Prescott.
Turn, boys, turn, we're going
back! Phillip Sheridan.
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uNNorIcEp.

Once in a while when we have been
doing our best, we grow discouraged
because nobody seems to notice that
we are making an effort toward i'm
provement. When we have been un-
tidy, and are turning over new leaf,
we rather expect to be praised, and,
when we fold the towel instead of
laying it in heap, and put the comb
and brush where they belong, and
make the bed beautifully instead of
putting on the quilt askew, we are
disappointed if our behavior makes
no impression. But we must not do
right that we may win praise.
We must do right because it is
right All the while the busy mother
and the busy teacher may not say
very much, but they do. note that we
are going forward in new direction.
There is a Friend who takes notice of
our efforts and helps us many a time
in the little things as we'll as the big
things of life. ...-
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THE FILIPINO is BEST SUITED TIC
THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

Tagudin, in the Philippines, is one
Of the headquarters of the Belgian
Foreign Missionaries and a letter from
Rev. G. Desmet, touches again upon
the school question:
"All the voices which come from
the Islands accord in saying that Faith
is losing rapidly in this once pearl of
the Orient. The parochial schools are
started and help little to save the
critical situation, but we need high
schools and colleges as there are hun
dreds of students, literally craving for
higher education.
"Non-Catholic schools or those of
the sects will teach the Filipinos a
religion which is not fitted to their
character, and will send them not only
out Of the Church, but to rationalism
of the most Voltairean hue
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AN INDIAN COT.

From the town of Alur, Bellary Dis
trict, India, comes a snapshot of a
couple OF native cots, roughly woven
OF cord, sent by Rev. j. Schipper, who
has suffered so much sleeping upon
them that he thinks the outside world
should have a glimpse of these mod
ern instruments Of torture. AS Father
Schipper puts it in his quaint English:
One could get afraid if one had to
lie down on such cots. They are as
rickety, as can be and often full OF
punches; yet if one forgets to bring
his own camp bed along, one is obliged
to sleep on them.
These cots measure as a rule four
feet by three; no wonder some mis-,
sionaries are as crooked as a point
OF Interrogation"
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AMERICAN PRIESTS IN CHINA,

The Maryknoll priests in China are
beginning to hear the confessions of
the Chinese. One of them wrote re-
Gently to his Superiors at Ossining:
1.-THE people here are harder to un-
derstand than those of Canton and
some of them do not know very we'll
how to confess, while if / ask ques-
tion,-well, sometimes they under
stand. However, we feel it coming, and
| personally feel that our progress has
been satisfactory. On Christmas
expect to preach my first sermon
That seems far from what some are
said to have done, namely, preached
within from three to five months
after arrival, but from all can gather
it seems to have been rather for their
own edification than that of their
hearers. An old missioner in Hong
kong told Father Walsh that it was
useless to preach before the end oil
the year as the people simply would
not understand one, and we realize
now that he was right A man who
can do it before that length of time
| must have an exceptionally good cal
with great powers of Millinery. @
AS | learn more about the people
| and my own district in particular,
am reminded Of the poor farms of thu
| East. Most Of the natural fertility
has been lost, the soil has beer
| washed away, and scarcely anything
well grow except weeds and briars
Here it is the same. How thin ant
poor are the most of the hearts
scarcely able to produce anything
good, how hard, for the most part
how covered with weeds and briars o
! superstitution and vice. And eYel
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THE Etiquette OF THE HAT


Boys, learn it now. Don't wait till
you grow up, and then forget it half
the time. II you are working or wait
ing in an Office you don't need to
keep your headgear rammed down to
your ears. The women and girls in
the Office will not mind if you lay it
aside, and you can't possibly get cold
in a steam-heated room. 1t doesn't
take long either to touch it as mark
Of Difference when you just call at the
door to deliver a message or ask a
question. To see man or boy sitting
round in the presence Of women, With
his hat glued to his head, is to. learn
the defects of his training.
Learn to be polite, boys, and Their
live up to your knowledge.
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FOR YOUNG HISTORIANS

Who said:
"These are the times that try men S
souls! "-Thos. Paine.
ITO be prepared for war is one of
the most effectual means; Of preserv-
ing peace!"-George Washington.
I'VE have met the enemy, and they
are ours! Oliver H. Perry.
Don't. give up the ship!"-James
Lawrence. 49,
There stands Jackson. like q stone
wall! bee. .,t.s
I'VE have been unfortunate but not
disgraced!"'-P Porter.
With malice toward none, with
charity for all!"--Abrahan Lincoln.
"This is the last Of earth, | am con
tent! John Quincy Adams.
II propose to light it out On this
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when reduced by high rate of ex-
change, amount to very little; few
other offerings reach it. The indem-
nifty money allowed by the Chinese
Government following the persecu.
lions, has helped, but this sum will
be exhausted in July, 1920. After this
date the missionaries may be able to
keep alive, but not to work.
However, in spite of all, plenty of
work is waiting for them. The num-
Der of Christians would increase rap
idly with schools and catechists-that
is to say, with money.
Il, therefore, recommend the af-
flicted interesting missions of the Bel
gian Fathers to the faithful of Amer
lea. Knowing what has already been
accomplished in China l cannot believe
that they will allow the missions of
South Kansu to perish" J.;
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those that have been cleared by the
labors of the missioner-the hard soil
turned up by the instruction to the
light of the air, and fortified with
grace-if they are neglected for a
short time they return almost to
their former state. At first it will be
a constant struggle, demanding an
outlay of labor and wealth that may
at times seem disproportionate but
gradually, by long cultivation, the soil
will be brought into condition" and
will produce good harvests with COM
paratively little labor. Then we shall
call them ''old Christians
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THE CHlLDREN'S HOUR.
PsEUDoNYMS.

Who was Patty Lee?"
(Alice Cary)
Who was the "Poet Painter?"
civilian Cullen Bryant.)
Who was Timothy Titcomb?"
Josiah Gilbert Holland.)
Who was the boy Poet?"
(Thomas Chatterton.)
Who was. the Quaker Poet?".
John 4Greenleaf Whittier)
Who was Mark Twain?'
Samuel Clemens.)
Who was the ''Hoosier Poet?"
James Whitcomb Riley.)
Who was "Boz?"
Charles Dickens.)
Who was the Scotch Ladder
(Robert Burns.)
Who was "Diedrich Knickerbocker?' ~
Washington Irving.) '.''. f.r