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$ I I 3 County Correspondence. EADS GROVE. Bo Smith is attending school In Edgewood. Jack Edmunds and daughter, Grace, are vUitiDg in Oelwein. The ice harvest is on and the farm ers are busy hauling ice for the cream ery. Fred Moser has sold his cream colt to M, Giltse. He received the sum of 8125 for same. Quite a number of our yonng pcople attended the masquerade at Edgewood, January 3rd. Mrs. S. E. Way is reported to be on the sick list. Gus Seaman and wife and wife'B brother from near Osterdock stopped at J. T. Fowler's for a short visit while on their way to Independence to visit Mrs. Seaman's father. vion i'ralrieJ* Mdtli nMon- n^Bcalle "**•••*raay afte Wm. Martin hasjretutnejl.fj^m tana. (J.uy-ieihained. "TEdlSorrie has gone to Dakota. We suspicion that Ed is looking for a home. Wm. Goldsworthy, of Greeley, is as sisting Ed Bobison in getting up his winter supply of wood. Sam Bishop is quite ill with lung fever. We hope for his speedy recov ery. GREELEY. Mrs. George Hollenbeck and her daughter are visiting here. We understand that Mrs. ChaB. Barr is 111 with an attack of apendicitis. O. M. Baker attended a meeting of the county central committee at Man chester yesterday. Born, on Wednesday, Jan. 8,1002, to Mr. and Mrs. Els worth Wilcox a baby boy. Last Tuesday Mrs. Otto Appleby, of Strawberry l'oint, delightfully enter tained at dinner a number of lady friends in honor of her sisters, Mrs, Harry Wilson, of Hopkinton, and Mrs. Bert Appleby, of Pewanbee, Wis. Those present from this place were, MeBdames F. A. Irish, Henry Drybread, and John Matthews. After sixteen years the poBt oQice has been moved. Postmaster Hatfield removed the oQice last Thursday to the Jenkin's building, south of the Greeley house. We have been inform ed by postmaster Hatfield that he in tends to erect an office in the spring, and in a location satisfactory to both endB of town.—Home-Press. COGGON. 1 Mrs. Thomas Coleman was a Cedar Rapids vlBltor Monday. M.J. McEnany returned from the western part of the state, where he has been for a short visit with friends ana relatives. Quite a number of Woodmen from Coggon Camp 4591 attended the pub lie installation and banquet at Ryan ~lss(.nlght. AH report a good time. MIBB Mag Ward attended the twen tieth wedding anniversary of her broth er, James, of Cedar Bapids,in Manches ter last Saturday. About thirty gueBts were present. They were the recipients of a handsome set of china ware. A complete surprise was planned and carried out by the relatives of Mr. and .Mrs. W. A. Loveland last Saturday when about thirty-live relatives from Hopkinton, Manchester, Golden, llyan, Hazel Green and the Bay settlement gathered at their home to remind them ?|that it was their twenty-ilfth anniver sary. The day was passed in a pleas .£ ant manner, and after refreshments and congratulations the guests departed for ~'JI ^eir homeB, leaving eome very hand- jV» some and valuable articles of silver, as 8 remembrance of the occasion. That they may enjoy many more anniversar *88 'B'he wish of their maDy friends.— 1 Monitor. HOPKINTON. B. Beal was down from Manchester ^yesterday Mrs, S. P. Carter is visiting in Du buque this week while her husband iB attending to county aiTairs at Manches ter. MIBB Floy Cooley, of Manchester, vls ited a couple of days last week at the home of Dr. Mason, being on her way 'T, to Davenport. .if The members of the M. J5. church are yS naturally feeling pretty good over the ,~j', ,'act that they have cleared off the last d.'til item of indebtedness Btanding against 'the church, and the society starts out the new year under the most favorable TJ conditions. H.B Sill, H. H. WheelesB and Hen ry Dufoe were at Manchester yesterday to attend a school of instruction and learn the duties of the rural mail ser vice. It was conducted by T. J. Boy Ian, the government agent who has been laying out the routes in thiB coun ts,' try. U%% A. S. Thompson, who sold his farm $&&last week, will have a sale on the 14th $r, t, He is preparing to go down to KanBaB and Oklahoma to look up a new loca tion. He has been a resident of this county for 51 years, and feels that be will miss a lot of the old boys when the annual reunion season comes around. At a business meeting of the lleform- s?ed Leader. Presbyterian church held Monday ,5* 83,500 was raised in lees than half hour to complete the payment for the new church. The congregation is to be congratulated upon their enterprise and -j loyalty which permits them to occupy 'the new building without a dollar of -1 ,T I PETERSBURG. Barney Peters visited relatives in Du buque last Saturday. He reports a good time. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Kramer vfait ed relatives in Bear Grove laBt Satur day Mrs. M.Puetz, died at the ripe old age of 09 years, last Saturday. She bad been in ill health for about three years. bhe was a kind mother, an earnest Catholic and was well liked by all, who knew her, The funeral took place last 1 WedneBdBy, and after requiem mass by j* -"Rev. J. Bottler, she was laid for eternal ?f^rest in the St. Peter and St. Paul's •j^!a||£cemetery. May she rest in peace. Clem Kramer, of Dixon Settlement B. F. Stewart, who has been ailing I DUTIEB I'rairit^itfvvnBliip, SUurtiay Morning. lien Welch age 102 years, who home of her sou'James, of Prairie DELHI. Geo. Ellison returuej laBt week a visit in Nebraska. Brady Miller is visiting hiB brother Curtis. The M. E. Aid Society hold their sale at the G. A. It. hall Wednesday even ing, Jan. 15. Supper 15 and 10 cts. Lot everybody come. Thos Simons and wife were Hopkin ton visitors Wednesday. Mrs. C. D. Stone and Mrs. C. C. Stone visited at Geo. Angels Wednesday. Mrs. James McLean iB on the sick list. Frank Jackson is visiting his sister in Oklahoma. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Delhi Savings Bank the following officers were elected president, E H. Stone vice president, J. W. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Perking entertain ed a passing party Wednesday evening. Ail report a jolly time. The following were ipresent Messrs. and Mesdumes E.R.Stone, F. A. Doolittle, J. W. Swinburne, E. II. Blanchard, G. O. White, Geo. Furman, ChaB Furman, Mrs Lewis, Missas Allle Cummings, Lizzie Fraser and Sarah Clough. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Blanchard visited Thursday at the home of Clarence Blanchard in Masonville Word has been received of the death of two of Delhi's old time residents re cently. A. E. Martin died December 28 at his home in Los Angeles. Califor nia and J. I'. Atwood at hi6 home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Talmago visited Tuesday at Thos Simons. Jimmy Smith and Al Meister hava gone north to look up some cheap laud The Band Concert Friday evenln was a decided success and a good time was enjoyed by everyone present. The boys realized somewhere near S25 i)0. Little Ella, the four months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherd Shaw died Friday morning, Jan. 10. Funeral services were held ut the M. K. church Sunday at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Salisbury. The sympathy of all is ex tended to Mr. and Mrs. Shaw in the loss of their little one. LAMONT. Fred Ret/, spent last week in Minne sota. Rev. Ostrich Is conducting special meetings in Strawberry Point Mrs. Ostrich is visiting in Osage. Leslie Tickner went to Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 8th, to visit his uncle, Myron Reed, and spend the coming year there. HiB many friends, numbering fifty or morr, tendered him a pleasant surprise the evening of Jan. 7th. A. J. Manning, of Stanley, visited F. S lirownell Jan. 10. Rev. Haumbaeh and family entertain ed the Misses Schul and ButzlalT, of Green, Iowa, the past wefk. Edward Banmbach, of Nashua, Iowa, visited his parental home here the paBt week. Stella Rich is in Des Moines, Worth Bond and Wm. Sager in Fayette, Ed and Carrie Windenberg and MisB Bessie Doak in Epworth, and Miss Mabel Frank in Des Moines, all in school. Mrs A. Stocking returned to Aurora outstanding indebtedneBS. Plans are fZit md now being made for grading and im proving the grounds next spring.— ited Strawberry Point relatives 1 friends last week. Swinbiirne cashier, Frank Stimpson directors John Hartman, Curtis Milder, J. W. Swinburne, A. E. House, (ieorge White, E. K. Stone, Thos S'mone, Frank Stimpson and F. Buchholz. Mi^, Iierrictc recently suffered a slight stroke of paralysis. Jack Welch has bought the house re cently vacated by W. Pulver. V"lt W'th E. M. Heath, of Sunllower, Mississip pi, arriveJ here Tuesday, Jan. 8th, to ViBit. Miss Lydia Brown began her school Jan. 7,after the holiday vacation. Mrs. M. 1'. Sager is near Strawberry Point, at her parental home nursing her lather who is quite ill. Joe Fofl'ell purchased the Chas. Lin genfelter house last week. T. B. Chamberlain purchased the KreuBsel tenant hotiBe last week. K, May sold his residence to John Grummon. E. May purchased the former resi dence of G. II. Jakeway. ChaB. Furgeson, of ForeBtville, pur chased the^. J5. Welch residence. Mrs. E. May visited her Manchester friends and her son at Lindsay bridge last week. Mrs. C.L.Eeaton and two children vis- EARLVILLE. Howard Lynch left for Warren, 111., Thursday, where he will remain for a was here last Wednesday. Miss Francis Schaetzle, of New short time. Vienna, visited with Mr. and Mrs. A base ball benefit dance will be glv Joseph llochrlng last Thursday. en in the near future. Edward Budden made a Hying trip to MISB Emma Staehle returned from New Vienna last Thursday. 1 Burt on Friday, after a pleasant visit .. there. PRAIRIE. On Friday Henry Box, of Baltic, S Mrs. .lames Trew and Mrs. John Mill ""wua len are guests ut the home of James Welch, called there by the death of their mother. Art Lyness nas returned from a Bhort visit in Wisconsin. Miss Daisy and Francis Mulvebill spent Sunday with friends near Win tbrop. 1,1 towu w"' his brother-in-law, Frank Segar. Geo. Staehle, Sr., was in Dubuque on business Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Yates, ot Palo, Iowa,is viBltingat the home of llev. anil Mrs. B. W. So per. Miss Kate Oommerford return -il to Earlville on Saturday to resume school on Monday. for the paBt^yi'ar, died at hiR home in I ^r"'*•^ '*ucas called to her reward laBt WedneB ^lss ^'e 'brker 'day afternoon, at 2:20 o'clock at the 6nl re'urnwl at township, W8B born in Ireland, in the year of 17HD Her maiden name was Ellen O'Connor. She has been a resi dent of this county for 111 years and was a devout Catholic and beloved by old and young. She was grandma Welch to everyone. Those who are left to mourn her loss are her three children, Mrs. James Trew, Mrs. John Mullen, both of Dubuque, and James of this place. The funeral services took place Friday morning at the Masonvllle Catholic church, where Hev. Father Murtague celebrated Itcqueim High Mass and preached a must impressive sermon, extolliug the many admirable traits possessed by the deceased. She was followed from the church to her lBBt resting place by a large concourse of loving friends. The pall beaiers were Patrick Devine, John Mulveiiill Patrick, O'Connor, John McKlruy Chas. O'Hagen and Thos liyan. family have from their vis.t in DBB Moines aU{1 ot,"'r 'lac,5 ne!,r' 8D^ were th" ^ar0 Staehle of Miss Laura Whipple Ed8«wuod laBt »eek for two or three day-'. Miss Anna Stevens, who formerly stayed with Wm. ilersey's family, was visiting them here during last week. Dick Holdren, of Riceviile, was the gueBt of relatives htm last week. The Epworth League held asocial at the home of George Long on Friday evening, at which a considerable sum wsB cleared for their benefit. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stoner will move onto Eddy O'Mara's farm, and II work for bim the coming season. J. B. Taylor bas sold the place form erly occupied by L. C. lteding to Thos. ltoblnBon. Mr. B. II. Clark resumed his duties at the station on Thursday. Miss Ora Laxson was at home over Sunday from Epworth, Miller Smith had the misfortune on Thursday to have one linger taken iff and another badly Injured in a circle Baw while assisting in sawing wood. The Delaware County Telephone Company from waB organized here TueBday evening with a capital of §5,000. Its object is to extend from this place tele phone lines to the different farms tribu tary to this town. liay Miller visited hip A. iVrce, at Manche1 Several from Mgiplwent to Epworth on Monday to attend the lecture there given by UKT Buckley, formerly editor of the Christian Advocate, a very excel lent,speaker. The Delaware County Teachers' As sociation will be held here on Saturday, January 18th. Our Arizona Letter. Phoenix A. T., Jany. 02 EDITORS DEMOCRAT: Dear Sirs:—In compliance with your request, 1 shall undertake a slight des cription of Phoenix Bud the immediate surrounding country. The Salt River Valley Is located In what might be called the south central part of Arizona and is about sixty miles loDg and, on an average, twenty wide. From a cursory glance, one would think it was perfectly level but on cloBer in spection a slight rise toward the north is quite perceptible. The valley is en closed on all Bides by low mountains The highest peak being 2200 -feet Near the center of this valley is located the city of Phoenix, the territorial capital. It has a population of from five to seven thousand. The lnhabi tantB are mixed as are all of theBe cities of the Bouthwest, there being a good many Mexicans and Indians. Contrasted with our eastern cities, l'hoenix presentB sights which are new and novel to an easterner. In mBny places the streets are lined with palms and nearly every street has its Bmall Irrigation ditch which supplies the moisture for plant life. A good many of the yards are decorated very beauli fully with cactus, palms and all kinds of flowers, This almost tropical ell mate will allow the lawns to be kept green the year round. The residences, as a rule are modern and convenient with here and there an abode which addB much to the picturesqueness of the al ready beautiful city. The streets are wide, clean and kept well aprinkle.l Large business houseB adorn the cen tral portion of the city. There is also an electric car Bystem, electric light plant, gas works, and numerous other establishments which give employment to many men. Alfalfa hay iB the main crop .although some raise a limited amount of baney and in some parts a little wheat is grown. About four or live crops of alfalfa are cut in a year. Six or eight miles to the north and east of the ci are the orange groves, this is also qu to an extensive industry but is yet in its infancy. There are alBO groves of olives, apricots and pomegranates In many places grapes are cultivated ex tensively from which thousands uf pounds of raisins are made yearly. Or course all this country is made fertile by irrigation. The water is ob tained from the Salt liivtr which tappeJ, as you might say, about 30or 35 miltB above the city and is brougni down in several large canals which again distribute it into smaller dltclus and so over the fields Beyond the irrigated districts, there is naught but desolation, simply a ho', sandy, dry waste, producing no vega tation whatever, except Bagebrush and the giant cactus. These cacti are an interesting species of plant life. They have scarcely any roots, barely enough to hold theih upright, but obtain their nutrition from the air. Some grow,' without a branch while others have several. They attain a hlght of from twenty to thirty feet and often higher. About eight miles east of the city, there is an expanse where thousands of these cacti can be seen. From a distance, they remind one of a forest which has been over-run by a fire leaving only the trunk and some branches standing. There are, undoubtedly, thousands of acres of land in southern Arizona, which need only the water to make them as fertile as these which have been tried. Perhaps some will get an Idea from this discription that the nights are Hoping this slight description m-ty throw some light on the Salt River Valley of Arizona and perhaps Interest some of your readers. I am yoars very respectively. TJIKHOX A. COON. TREASURER'S STATEMENT. Treasurer of Delaware County in Ac count with Cash. COUNT* FUND. MU rti. June l.To balucce $ iSift 4! tax collected 1303l 15 interest collected.. r3S U8VK .. Kec'd from Co And WO Rw'd from Co Clk. U8» 4H ltoc'd from Co AUy 4 UOV Kec'd from Co Kec. 81 ao Koc'd from fees, pub. rout, etc 05 80 Dec 31. By paid warrants to date refunded liy ca»h on band... STATE 11EV. FUND. June l.To balance $ 138 20 tax collected 0008 05 interest collected.. 157 28 faleotbiwa 0 50' Dec 31. By paid State Tr. to date...' yr". ^mrtKfer'd to temp, ecbool fuud tax collected interest collected.. Itec'd from Co Clk. Kuc'd from J. M. '»nt, Mrs:C. Saturday. the past o. L. Cruise, ruiBe at dress- Miss Grace ilerjJ wek ut the horr where she asslsteu making. _,+ SK90 11 58 01 ao oo Pearne Kec'd from 8. L. Doggett Dec 31. By apportionment by Annltor to date. By cash on band... $ 25425 93 $ 25425 f3 APPORTIONMENT FUND. June 1. To balance $ 1225 71 apportioned by Andt. 2(67 94 transferred from tern. school fund P37 5Q Dec 81, By pail school treat* iirers to date iWiiJ liy cash ou hand.,, v4 &I $ 4221 21 $4221 21 NIUDOE FUND. June 1. To balance $ 5219 27 tax collected 4580 23 interest collected.. 117 07 ree'd from Auditor 46 50 Dec 31. By paid warrants to date $ By cash on band... $ 34S4 20 poor appropriation By cash on hand... By cash on hand... Dec The immediate country around l'boe nix iB in the land of alfalfa. The country roads, aB a rule, are fine, being lined with small irrigation ditches, which are themselves lined with trees, in mauy places, making a shaded road which iB, indeed, very acceptable on warm dayB such as we have been fl log for several days past. AB you drive along through thiB ehaded drive way, you can look for miles on either hand and see naught but green fields, green trees, fat cattle and fat hors s. No stock, which have the run of a go.il alfalfa field, are poor. They do not know what grain or shelter is their only shelter being the one which N .ture has provided for all. 1831 o: 105 95 $ 2000 00 $ 2000 00 INSTITUTE FUND. Juue l.To balance $ 59 00 ree'd Co. Sunt 148 00 J)ec 31. By paid warrants... By cosh on hand... June a 1. \To 1 31. 4»y $ 274 00 $ XAXmiEBTBit CORPORATION FUND. June 1. To balance $ 06 21 tax collected 3465 iM interest 198 51 Dec 81. By paid city treas... By cash on hand... $ OIW 521 2TI $ 3719 95 9 8719 95 SINKING FUND. June 1. To balance $ 12 98 tax collected 370 90 interest 3 21 Dec 31. Bv paid city treas... $ 885 04 By cash ou baud... 2 05 $ 387 09 $ FIREMEN'S FUND. Jupe I. To balance $ 6 49 tax collected 185 45 Interest 1 61 I)-c 81. By paid city treas... $ By carhou hand... By cash 011 hand... 1 $ W0 30 $ BUWKU FUND. June 1. To balance $ 8 'Zt tax collected 92 71 interest 79 Dec 81. By paid city treas... $ By cash on band... KAIEI.V1I.LK V.,5 tgiipi Jane 1. To balance $ tax collected Interest collected.. Dec 31. Br paid city treae.. By refunded uash on band Ctifb on band.. By cash on baud... $ 15" 12 Si 58 18110 07 $28701 $ 23701 77 5317 18 70S 60 285 16 By casb on hand... $ 6810 98 HCUOOL FUND. $6310 93 'une l.To bolancc $ 418 51' 2(157 784 OU $ 2342 63 $ 24U 03 SCHOOL 1IOUOE FUND. June l.To balance $ 407 27 tax collected 1812 49 Interest collected.. 15 WVr' Dcc 31. By paid echool trcag nrere to date $ lt»97 10 .. By ca&b on hand... 568 00 $ 2205 70 $ 2 &» 70 CONT1NOENT FUND. June l.To balance $ 2710 tax collected interest By paid ecbool treas urers to date Deo Due 31 6218 41) 180 87 By cash on band. 83G2 05 74 7 64 $9109 9109 69 TEACHERS' FUND June 1. To balance. $ 0700 1 tax collected... interest.. By paiu school treas urers to date 18193 58 472 36 By casb on hand... $ 22742 13 2683 80 kH $ S3 87 r,o 1 '1KSAME FUND. nno l. To balance $ 42 Tti tax collected 18W Interest 43 IT ree'd from Co. Andt. lm (m Dec 31. Itv paid state treaf.. By caeh on band... 11)98 ta 1998 ROLDtERS' June 1. To balance tax collected Interest l)ec 81. By lrnlrt Confrs IIKI.I I" N:\II. S ii«or» 687 ill aa By t-h uu liand.. UB warm here as the day, but such Is far from the case, as the thermometer ranges from probably 80 degrees at noon to 35 degrees by the next morning, so that an overcoat is not uncomfort able mornings and evenings. Not withstanding this fact, Phoenix has a very fine winter climate, and here you find people from all over the United States. sticks marked with notches from one to twelve, with a hooked stick, which Is placed between the hour last struck and the next one. Que of these glasses keeps the time for each "village, for which purpose the hours are sounded ou a gong by a keeper. Poor Kinds of Pnpll*. linn a: t4 The Talmud sa.vs there are four kinds of pupils—the sponge and the funnel, the strainer and the sieve. The sponge is he who takelh up everything, and the funnel Is be who take in at this ear and lettrth out at that: the strainer Is he that letteth go the wine and re talneth the dross, and the sieve Is he that letteth go the bran and retalnetb the fine Hour. The student who be gins at least to wish to belong to the last named class will not have been sent to college In vain. by» o: $ it?47 $ imr HBALTb IT.ND. June 1. To bnlnnce $ 4P7 40 tax collected sJt6 !K» interest 2 74 Dcc 31. By paid iwp elk .. $ 417 i'7 1*7 $ 787 04 $ 787 U| HTATB UXIVE119ITY FUND. Junel. To balanee... $ ft tax collected 'its to! iutereet 3 78 Dec 31. Bv paid state trea* l3y caeb on band.. SPECIAL POOR FUKII. -Juue 1. To balance $ 245 48 Dec 81. By paid warrants... $ By cash on huud... Ilia Wntcli'loff. Mrs. Suburb—Ob. my dear, that nfiig nlficeut watchdog you brought home yesterday Is gone. .Mr. Suburb—Eh? Did be break the' chain? "No: but an ugly looking tramp came arouud aud acted so terribly that I let the dog loose, but Instead of tearing the tramp to pieces he went off with him." "Great Scot! It must have been tbe same tramp I bought him of." 2S» 13 10 $ 240 09 $ 210 09 197 22 48 26 $ 215 48 $ 215 48 TOWN UAI.L FUND. June l.'To balance $ 4 15 To tax collected... 0107 interest CO Dec 51. By paid twp clerk... $' ,VH 02 By caeh ou hand... 10 70 $ 68 78 $ AGRICULTURAL OOLLBUE FUND. Jun^l. To balance $ 5 82 tax collected 207 17 interest 3 19 Dec 31. Br paid state treas.. A I.lttte Snrcaatle. Maid (to lady at doon—Mrs. Spencer Is no*, at home. Caller (who knows differently)—Oh, I'm so sorry! But never mind. Tell Mrs. Spencer when she comes In that I called to say that I'm awfully glad she goes out more than she did. I've always wondered why she kept herself cooped up in the house all the time.— Boston Trauscript. 201 72 10 90 $ 215 68 $ 215 08 OAME PROTECTION FUND. June 1. To balance $ 10 00 Kec*d from Co Aud 20 00 Dcc 31. By cash on hand $ 80 00 $ 30 00 M. A O. RAILROAD FUND. Junel. To balance $ 10154 23 tax collected 12468 49 Dec 31. By pfid It K. treas. By cash on hand.. $ »G28 09 294 63 $ 24922 72 $22922 72 COUNTY HOAD FUND. June 1. To balance $ 4112 54 tax collected 2290 11 Interest 68 01 Dec 81. By paid warrants.... By ca«h no hand... .C'.Vj 0122 95 1037 71 $ 6400 06 $ WOO 60 ROAD FUND. June 1. To balance $ tax collec ed Dec 31 By paid twp. clerks. refunded 967 20 502 69 27706 05 $ 21 HI6 05 $ 701 27 555 91 Permanent School fu Teinpor Dfc 31. Temporary School lund. By cash ou han Cnrelen* Abonf Their llalr. Peasant women lu Siberia wear shawls or kerchiefs on their bends, while the rich women wear no head covering whatever. A traveler recent ly returned from that part of tbe world says that a Russian woman who Is otherwise trim and modern In dress will go about with her hair disheveled to the point of the ludicrous. AN OVERWORKED PHRASE. 27766 05 ..$ Grand tital cash. $1260 21 1200 21 $ 1260 21 ..$ 29026 20 L. MATTilhtVo. Uouuty Treasurer. Th» Right of Defense. In the course of a trial an English Judge is reported to b*ve said: "The laws of God and man both give the party an opportunity to maUe his de fouso. If be lias any. I remember to have beard It observed by a very learn ed mau upon such an occasion that even God himself did not pass sen tence upon Adam before he was called upon to make bis defense. 'Adam,' says God. "where art thou? Hast thou eaten of tbe tree whereof 1 command ^rl thee that tbou shouldest not eat? And the sauie question was put to Eve also." 73C9 !H 2653 00 $ 9963 07 9903 07 I»OOR FUND. June 1. To balance $ 4720 09 tax collected 2399 23 interest collected.. 60 98 Dec 31. By paid warrants to date tranefred by 8 to 200 (.0 1702 10 $ 7180 30 $ 7186 30 POOR APPROPRIATION FUND. June l.To transferred by S from poor fund.$ 2000 00 Dec 31. By p'd war'nt to date $ Puclnff Natural UaU, The pacing habit Is common amoug animals, says a writer In Scribuer's Mugaziue. Many animals pace—cattle, for instance and, uinoug doirs, setters. I believe pacing to be a rather more natural gait than trotting. Trottlu as it exists lu our fast horses, Is scarce ly a natural gait, but is rather the re sult of breeding aud educatiou. 105 35 101 05 $ 207 00 $ 207 00 DOO FUND. balauce $ tax collected ity cash on huud... 110 50 157 50 A Niuiit Light. Some people make It a point never to retire without a light burning in the house. A bit of information worth knowing is that a small even light may be obtained from a small piece of cau dle all night if tine powdered salt is piled around the candle until the black part of the wick Is reached. Worlc For It. Nothing that is of real worth can be achieved without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to that active striving of the will, that en counter with dlliieulty. which we call effort and it is astonishing to llud how often results apparently Impracticable are thus made possible. 192 58 1 02 $ 193 55 $ 193 LIUUAilY FUND. tine 1. To balance $ 9 74 tax collected S78 64 interest a 41 Di'C 81. By paid city treas... $ 288 Clean a« a Whistle. The origin of the saying "as clean as a whlsile" is ascribed to the "whis tle tankard" of oldt*n times. In which the whistle came into play wln-n the tankard was emptied or "cleared out" to announce to the waiter that more •Iquor was required. 90 23 SI $ 96 74 $~" I1HADINU FUND. MANCHESTER June 1. To balance $ 12 9y To tux collected 370 90 interest 8 21 Dec 31. By pitld c.'ty fn-uf... By cush oil haiul... HOPKINTON R»bins Play at llclMfjr Dead. One morning a well kuown naturalist was greatly surprised to see a robin lying on bis back evidently dead, being rapidly pulled round and round by an other bird of the same species. 38.S (5 2 (5 $ 387 10 $ CORPORATION FUND. June 1. To balance $ 39 K7 tax collecied 4S» 70 interest 17 00 May 31. By puid city tieas... $ liy cash on h«nd... The naturalist at once came to tbe conclusion that he bad come in time to witness tbe end of a deadly en oouutcr, and that the live robin was indulging in the cruel triumph of drag ging his victim'? lifeless body over tbe stones. 514 81 27 $ 512 57 $ 542 57 OHPORATION Kl'NP 1. To lulaiic*.... ttx coita-tn'l interest ci/llected. 31 By paulcitv trnan... 3 331K J-.8 17 50 By cash «n hand... (JUKKl.KY C'lilU'OHATlON FUND. June I. To bali»ti« $ 90 tax cnlbT.fed 90 33 interest eotlfciedj. 3 Dec 31. By paid -liy ireiiH.A $ By cali IMI hand. A But he was mistaken, for suddenly the live bird went down upou his back, his wings and legs were stiffened, and he gave every appearance of being dead, while the other robin who bad been shamming death hopped on bis legs and proceeded to serve his com panion in the same way as he had done bim. Finally the two birds flew away together to a neighboring tree. 287 *5 fi8 ii $ 355 91 $ 355 91 9fl 26 1 SI i$ 95 07 $ COI.Esituuo coiieoiiATiok FUND. June 1. To balance $ 21 39 tax coll»c(e? 132 37 i«itiT(»hr. 1 6 22 Dec ,31. By paid city treas... $ 'v•,*,?« isy cash on hand,.. $ 169 98 $ 15 99 KDQIWOOD COIU'OBATIO? FUND- low tbe People of Snni£i Keep Time. The people of Sangir, an Island of the Malay archipelago, keep timf/by the aid of an hourglass formed '[V arrang ing two bottles neck to neel, ./ Tbe Band runs out in half an hour, v^eu tbe bot tles are reversed. Closely them a line Is stretched, on ._whl- ft bang twelve 1 rite ISxpreaiion "lie Took Hid Ltfe la IIU Hands." "The expression 'he took his life in his hands' always struck me as being very foolish," said a bright young gen tleman, "and I have often wondered why so many persons persist lu using It wheu they want to speak of extraor dinary dangers. Now. extraordinary danger is one thing and the simple, commonplace thing of taking one's own life In one's bauds is an entirely differ ent thing. "I work In a big building. There are a «team engine and a mammoth boiler in tbe basement. Whenever I enter that building, If they are running the engine in the basement, take my life In my hnhds. I get ou the elevator ou the fifth tioor I take my life In my hands. I go out of town the car may tumble over a trestle somewhere. I walk along the street a sign may fall on me. I make my way across the thoroughfare who knows but what a street car or a vehicle of some sort may not run me down? I cross the riv er may 1 not suddenly find myself In the swirling stream and sinking for the lust time? If 1 walk aloug the street, may not a brick or a loosened cornice come crashing down upon me? There are a row and a shot or two on the corner may not astray bullet wing me? And so on. "Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all. It just shows the difference between taking one's own life In ouc's hand and the matter of confronting extraor dinary danger. These risks are ordi nary. plain, old, everyday risks. The fireinau who dashes Into a burning building to rescue a child, the fellow who grabs the bridle of a runaway horse, the hero who will plunge Into the river to save some persou who Is about to drown—these are the persons who confront what 1 would call ex traordinary dangers, and the worn platitude of saying of one of those 'he took his life in his hauds' would not fit the case because there would be in the act an element of heroism which would place It much above the com monplace."—New Orleans Tlmes-Dem ocrat 407 26 13 21 989 42 By casb on hand.... $ 1409 89 $ RECAPITULATION OF BALANCES. County fund $18140 07 State fuud 285 15 School fuud 784 69 School house fund... 568 60 Contingent fund 747 60 Teachers' fund 2643 80 Apportionment fund 248 25 Bridge fund 2653 09 Poor fund 1702 10 Poor appropriation.. 165% Institute fund 101 65 Dog fund 274 00 Manchester Cor, fd. 521 25 Sinking fund 2 05 Firemen's fund 1 02 Library fund 1 53 Sewer fuud 51 Grading fund 2 05 1 Hopkintou Cor. fund 27 3 Earlville cor. fund... 68 69 Greeley Cor. fund... 181 Colesbtirg Cor. fund. 28 03 Edgewood cor. Fund 7 91 Insane fund 87 74 Soldiers'Kelief fund 855 07 Health fund 309 97 State University f'd.. 10 90 Special Poor fund... 48 20 Town Hall fund 10 70 Acr. State College 10 1*6 Game protection fund 80 00 M. & O. Kailroad... 294 63 County road fuud... 1037 71 Koad fuud 989 42 By casb on hand.... HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE. How the PlaywrlRht Had a Bit or Fuu Wltli IIIM Manutfer. Ou oue occasion Mnimuer Melvee wns watching a performance from a box. where ho was seated with some friends. During the flrst act an usher came to lilm with the Information that a gentleman was waiting at the door to see bim on most important business. "Tell him I can't come out—I'm very busy," was the answer. The usher returned In a moment to say that the mau insisted on seeing Mr. McKce, who again sent out word that It was Impossible to see him. The mau outside then sent In the message that he was an author and had a play that bo wished McKeo to read Immediately. This luccused the manager, who said to the usher: "Tell that fool out there that this la no time to bring a play to be read. Get him out of the place—I wou't see lilm. I won't read his play." A few minutes later the usher came back and Informed McKee that the man utterly refused to go without see iug lilm, aud that he must be granted an Interview, also that he was quite sure that the manager would not only read his play, but he would also pro duce it, and added that he would bet $1,000 thai Iloyt & McKee would be only too glad to get the play. At that McKee became furiously angry, aud, cxeusiug himself to his party, left the box with the intention of personally Inviting the persistent author to begone. "Where's that Idiot who insists ou seeing nieV" he asked of the treasurer at the box otllce. Then the treasurer pointed to a man staudiug In the shad ow with a roll of manuscript under his arm. It was lloyt. with his uewly finished play, which he handed to McKee. who said to those present: "It's 011 me— what'll you have, boys?" —New York Clipper. A Wtae I*ropliet. "On the whole," said the aged weath er prophet, "1 have found that the saf est course Is to predict bad weather." "Why?" asked the neophyte. "Bieauso people are much more ready to forgive you if tbe prediction does not come true." j, 18, Her SIKC. loting Man—I want an engagement flng. Jeweler—Yes, sir about what size? "I don't know exactly, but she inn twist me round her Anger, if that Is in guldn-" 1 "5 ONCE IS ENOUGH TO SEE Gustavo Dora's portrait of Dante is worth seeing—once. But ouce is enough. Some such look yon notice on the faces of thoso who have suffered, and still suffer, much physical paih people subject to rheumatism, gout, neurfugia, periodic headache, lumba go, or pain from some old lesion. This pain habit puts its marks on them, as the custom of handling ropes crooks a sailor's lingers or as too much riding of a bicycle stamps a worried expression on certain faces. No wonder people said of the Italian poet as he passed along, "There goes THE MAN WHO NEVER UUGHS." The complaints above named all yield to the action of Benson's Porous Plasters, and quickly too. Not only those, but colds and coughs, kidney and liver affections, all congestions and muscular strains, diseases of tho chest, asthma and all ailments which are open to external treatment. It is fre quently said that Benson's Plaster is Pain't Master. It cures when others are not even ablo to reliove. For thirty years the lead ing external remedy. The old-style plas tars, as well as salves, liniments, oils, eta, have little or no efficacy as compared with it. Use it. Trust it. Keep it in the house. Ask for Benson's Plaster take no other. All druggists, or we will prepay postage on any number ordered in the United States on receipt of 25o. each. Beabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.Y. Much Beading for Little Honey. The New York World bas got tbe cost of prlDting down to a miDtmum. Its latest offer of its monthly newspa per-magazine Is Interesting if from no other cause than it shows the acme of "how much for how little." Tbe Month ly World is a 32 page magazine with colored cover. Its pages are about the size of the pages of the Ladies Home Journal, and it is copiously illustrated In half-tone. The Illustrations are the results of the best artistic skill, aided by all the latest printing-press appli ances, making a magazine unrivalled in the qaulity of its contents and itn ap pearances. Each issue contains stories of romance, love, adventure, travel stories of Qctlon and fact stories of things quaint and curious, gathered to gether from all over the world the re sults of scientific research, and editor ial reviews. It numbers among its contributors the leading literary men and women of the day. A feature each month is a full-page portrait of tbe most famed man or woman of the moment in the public eye. In collect ing and preparing for publication the literary matter and art subjects for the Monthly World no expense iB spared. The New York World will Bend six numbers of this newspaper-magazine on receipt of fifteen cents in stamps. AddreBB The World, Pulitzer Building, New York. Titktbsrg Vstsrass Visit The Old Battle Grounds ,i AND THE NEW ORLEANS MARDIGRAS Tbe surviving veterans of the Campaign and Slego of Vlckiburg, and their friends, will rejoice to know that tlie Illinois Central Railroad Com pany will run a low rate oxcursion to the New Orleans Mardi Uras, with a two ulKlit* and a day stopover at Vlcksburtr. leaving Chlcauo at 0:10 p. m. Tuesday February 4th. Both Standard Pullman and Excursion Sloepors will bu ruu from chlcago to Now Orleans, and the price per double berth, whether occuplsd by ot.o or two people will bo $8 00 In the standard and I3.C0 In tho excursion sleepers. Application* for berths should be made to the undersigned af, Dubuque, accompanied by the price of same, ou or before, Januaty is. The railroad (are from Manchester to New Orleans and return will he 929.45. tickets «nod to return until Fobruary 15th. aud they in»y bo ox tended at New Orleans until Kebruary 2htli. This will be a great trip, ami every v*t«ran, every son and daughter of a veteran, and every body else who wants a good tirn-. should Ht once apply for their sleeping car accommodations from Chicago. The price of berths as quoted above includes the two nights at Vicksburg, and this speclul excursion will arrive Ht New Orleans. Friday inorulng, February 7th, In ample time to Hecuro rooms at nominal prices, aud to take In the at tractions lu aud about tho city before the Carni val of fun and frolic that beglun Monday mor ning, February loth. Write the undersigned at ouce for a copy of "Historical Vickuburg." "Sur vivors of the Vlcksburg Campaign," aud the "lourlst Guide to Now Orleans." ,1 F.MERUY. J- Asst Ueul I'ass Ageut, «iW3 Dubuque Iowa, ln.provemtt.t of Corn. "Uncle Henry" Wallace,iB devoting a good deal of space in his paper, Wal 1 CPs' FBrmer to tbe improvement of 'owaCorn. He calls attention to the fact that while the Iowa Farmer has -mi improving his live stock for twen )*-arB end more he haB giveo very utile attention to the great Iowa* crop, •orn. Among the many articles which •ave appeared in Wallace's Farmer on his subject has been a series by Prof. MiamH, of Illinois, the corn expert, *nd these are illustrated by a number of photographs showing different va rieties ot corn, periect and imperfect Har8, the most profitable to raise, etc. The average Iowa farmer thinks he knows as much about corn as anybody does but wemiss our guess if he can not learn a lot from these articles in Wallaces' Farmer. In this connection we wish to say that Wallaces' Farmer Is one of the beat agricultural papers that comes to this ofllce. It Is handsomely printed on paper of fine quality, filled with at tractive illustrations, and in addition to its regular features, its editorials by "Uncle Henry," its departments of Dairying, Horticulture, the Ilog and Poultry, its Home Department, for the women contains full reports of the leading fairs, live stock sbowB, and sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It is published weekly at Des Moines, Iowa1 at 81 00 a year, all subscriptions pay able in advance and the paper stops when the time is out. We can send Wallaces' Farmer and the Democrat both one year for only 2,25 and you get one of our nice premiums. Apply at the Democrat office. BARGAIN IN RESIDENCE PROPERTY A honne anil lot in one of the bent reflldent portions of olt* oMInnrhegtrr for Rale cheap Mill on mwy term., (food 1 writing, bmrn. «tc. Enquire »t DEMOCRAT OFFICE. For Sale! 7Mhnr"ii?hhrmlpoiHud China pigs of both sexes, males SIB., females, tin. to $15. each, also a fall, pig and -a yearling hog. write your wa. ih. or Inlt my herd. Hymouth rock chickens $1,00 W. F. PHUMWY. 4Stf Ryan, Iowa We Sell TOILET SOAPS. Have you a choice You will find it here. If yot haven't a favorite let us make your choice for yot from the fine toilet soaps on our counters. Sweet scented and unscented soaps at tbe prices you wan to pay. We carry all sizes of FROST KING Chamois Vests for Men and Boys, mads a chamois lined with flanne _v*.f FROST QUEEN Chamois Vests for Women and Giris. made 0^* chamois covered with French flannel. r'-s' The finest garments in the world for genuine warmth and protection. They wilt not only keep you comfortable, and protect you from winter troubles but they will fit snugly. That is becauso they art made right Price. »3«oo. Children's sixes. Ja.oo. PERFECT SKIMMER, MOST RELIABLE, DURABLE, SAFE AND PROFITABLE, nro some of the qualities possessed by tlio Improved U. S. Cream Separator At the T'an-Amorican Exposition it WON THE HICHEST AWARD and in the Model Dairy DID THE MOST PERFECT WORK, EXCELLING ALL OTHERS THE U. S. IS IN USE ON MANYOFTHE FINEST DAIRY FARMS Boy's School Suits. OFTHE WORLD Write for cntnlntfiius containing much information and letters from hundreds of user* who have demon strutc-d in daily use its superior merits Vt. Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt. Pnrents nro getting the boys ready for school. They have to have a suit, or pair of pants, a sliirt and hat. We have them for you. Wo are selling boys' two piece suits from $1.00 up.! Boy's three piece suits from §2.50 to §7.50. Boy's long pants suits from $8.00 down to I $2.75. We have the shirt with two collars at 50c. Hats and caps from 25c to' $1.50. Big line of knee pants 25c to SI.25. We have our over- I coats all in and ready for in- spection. We have a ruler for every boy and girl in O IV E N A W A E E ALLEN & STOREY. THE WORLD'S LEADERS. & VI