Manchester Democrat. [volume], March 19, 1902, Image 2

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EARLVILLE
It. Holdtidgewas over from Delhi on
buetnee8 Friday.
Mrs. II. A. 'I'obie and daughter, Zala.
are visiting relatives in Dubuque this
week.
Mrs, E. Schlf-ct and little POP, WHO
are now living in Des Moinep, imt who
formerly lived here, are' visiiitu rvj.it
ives and acquaintances this week.
Dr. C. B. Rogers was called to Du
buque Friday on professional business.
Will Laxson arrived home from Ep
worth Saturday.
E. H. Russell, of Nashua, was renew
ing acquaintances bere one day last
week.
A large audience greeted the Man
chester home talent play given here in
the town hall Friday evening, entitled,
"Not 80 Bad After All." All who at
tended were well pleased with the en
tertainment they received.
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MISB Grace Simons, of Epworth Sem
inary, 1B spending her vacation at
home.
Mrs. Carrie Kelley, of UartUy, is visit
inh her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Rippon.
Mr. Junkins, of Rock Rapids, was
transacting business in town Friday.
Arthur Murley, Burt Millen and
Darl Hunt are at home from Epworth
this week.
Miss Edith Hunt and Mrs. J. W.
Malven, of Dyersville, are visiting bere.
Thomas Wilson, of Manchester, was
a business caller in town Saturday.
Bert Powell and family moved to
Dubuque last week. Their friends
wish them success in their new home.
David Irmscher, who is employed at
Dubuque, spent Sunday with his par
ents bere.
W. C. Niemau went to Chicago last
week.
Willis Bender went to Durand, 111.,
last week to
viBit biB
father and
mother.
MIBS Grace Hersey left for DeKalb
Saturday to remain for an extended
visit.
It is with regret that the friends of
Mrs. Herman PhillippB learn of her un
timely death at her home in Oklahoma.
The remains were brougt to Delhi,
where interment took place on Sunday.
Frank Carpenter Bold bis dray busi
ness and equipment to Tbomas Robin
son recently.
Henry Richardson was out from Du
buque Saturday.
MASONVILLE.
The city council met Monday even
ing.
The Earnester sale
waB
ty.
well attended,
Phil Ryan returned to his home in
.Nebraska Monday, after a week's visit
with relatives and friends in this vicini­
Dr. Lindsay made a professional call
in town this week.
George Lane, who haB been seriously
ill, is reported some better at this writ
ing.
Mrs. P. McGrath Bpent part of this
week with relatives and friends in the
country.
W. J. Strain was in town on business
Tuesday.
A baby girl came to gladden the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Grubstock Mon
day, March 3rd.
Married at the home of the bride's
parents on Tuesday, March 11, Wm,
ElBburg and Miss Minnie Brigman.
Both young people are well and favor
ably known in this vicinty. Congratu
lations are extended. Mr. Elsburg will
work the James New farm, north of
town the coming year.
Fred Long left Tuesday evening for
MB home in Dyersville.
MiBB Emma Wlntakger spent part of
the week in town the guest of Miss
May McGrath.
The community was greatly shocked
Friday in receiving the sad news of an
accident which befell Mr. Michael Cain,
a well known and highly respected citi
zen living three miles south of town.
While driving from Wintbrop to his
home Friday afternoon he was thrown
from his wagon and seriously injured,
lie was taken to the Coney hotel at
Wlnthrop. His family was at once
sent for, and reached his bedside soon
after the accident. Physicians were
summoned and all that kind hearts and
willing hands could do, was done, but
5'l- vto no avail He quietly passed away at an
JM/early hour Saturday morning, March 15,
1-'.He leaves a wife and family to mourn
,the)oBBof a kind husband aiid loving
5?'",
father
besdeB hoBts of friends. The sor-
«'v»*row-Btricken family have the sympathy
of the entire community in their be
reavement.
On Wednesday evening, March 12th,
occurred the death otMra. Arthur Mar
tin, at her home northwest of here. She
was in her usual health up to a few days
before
Bbe
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died. The immediate cause
of her death was peritonitis. She leaves
a
and mother, a husband, four children,
two brothers, Georgeand Bjrt Jinks, of
.,*»Mitehel, S. and two sisters. Mrs.
Wm. Brubaker, and Mrs Joha ROBB,
both of this place, and a host of friends
aB she was loved by all who iiv her.
Funeral services Were conducted at the
home by Rev. Zahriskie, ft Limont,
and interment took place at the Mason
:vv ville cemetery. The large n.imber of
ij'-v, friends who followed her remains to
,,^-^their laBt resting place showed the es
^v*H' teem In which she waa hel .' by those
£"ii'-'who knew her. The bereavid family
v'i1
-have the sympathy of everyone.
1 STRAWBERRY POINT.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Frederick mourn
:kp
•if the loss of their one week old babr, the
little one being buried Sunday last.
Little MISB FlosBie Roe, who has been
seriouly ill the past few days, Is im
proving slowly. Mrs. King, of Edge
wood, Is nursing her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra McKray went to
•i'V Manchester Sunday for a few days' visit
with Mrs. McKary's sister, Mrs. Harley
Everetts, and husband.
B, B. Davis will begin work as soon
as tbe frost is out of the ground on his
new residence on the lot he recently
purchased of hiB brother, Johnny Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron, of
Springfield, Mo., were guests at tbe
borne of Mr. Cameron's brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cameron, the
et of tbe week.
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II. Kelffer and family are moving
into the residence near the creamery
this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith
will occupy the residence vacated by
Mr. and Mrs. Kelffer.
On Saturday evening, March 8tb,
Walter Jewell and MISB Ilariet Bartlett,
two of Strawberry Point's estimable
young people were united in marriage,
v. A. F. Marsh oiliciating. It was a
very quiet affair.—Mail-Press.
COGGON.
Herman Barker, of Manchester, is
visiting his uncle, F. E. Dutton.
Frank Sherman, of Cedar Rapids,
was in Coggon Monday.
Miss Minna Merriam returned to Ce
dar Falls Tuesday, where she will
again enter upon her school work.
Miss Maye Patton is learning the
printer's trade in the Monitor ollice.
Mrs. A. A. DeWoody visited relatives
in Manchester the iirst of the week.
Mrs. D. F. French is viBiting her
daughter, Mrs. Mabel Overland, at Vin
cent, Iowa. A little granddaughter is
the principal attraction.
J. R. Campbell was in Marion Friday.
Rev. Scofield, of Manchester, Bpent
Wednesday with hiB son, Dr. Scoiield
F. N. Reece and family departed for
their new home in Egg Lake, Alberta.
CanBda, Tuesday morning.
S. N. Joslln and wife visited their
Bon, Verner, in Manchester the first of
the week.
Mrs. S. J. Edmunds, of Manchester,
visited her siBter, Mrs. W. H. Sherman
last Saturday.
Mies Carrie Booth, of Marion, spent
Sunday at the home of her brother, Dr
Booth, of Coggon.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Bayley expect to
move to Hopkinton soon, where Mr.
Bayley has been engaged as electrician
and operator for the Hopkinton Tele
phone Company.—Monitor.
DYERSVILLE.
Henry Lammers, of Dixon Settle
ment, was in town Monday having come
here with a load of hogs.
Royal Reeder, of Manchester, was in
the city Monday afternoon transacting
buBinesB and calling on old time friends.
Quite a large number of friends in
this city of the late John S. Murphy, of
Dubuque, expect to go in this (Friday)
morning to attend bis funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sternhagen, of
Plum Creek, transacted businesB in this
city Wednesday afternoon.
Barney Frye and wife, of Earlville,
came down to this city Sunday and
spent a few days here to attend forty
hour devotions at St. Francis church.
Fred Long departed yesterday morn
ing for Lyons, tbiB state, where he has
accepted a position in a drug store. His
many friends wish blm success.
James Mitchel, of Earlville, transacted
business in this city the latter part of
laat week.
A. S. Coon, of Manchester, was in
the city Monday calling on friendB.
J. V. Bush and F. Bush, of Coles
burg, transacted business in this city
Monday.
John Vorwald, Jr., of New Vienna,
waB in town Tuesday afternoon trans
acting business.
Fred Nesier, of New Vienna, was in
the city Tuesday and from here hemade
a trip to Dubuque
Frank Rubly and John Koch,of Hick
ory Valley, were in town Tuesday
morning and from here they drove to
Earlville on business.
Joseph Woerdenhoff, of Petersburg,
transacted business and visited at the
home of his sister, Mrs. H. A. Sump
mann, in thiB city Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Kenny, of North
Fork township, were in town Monday
visiting friends and trading with our
merchants.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Schneiders, oi
Petersburg, are the happy parents of a
bright boy baby, which arrived at their
home quite recently.
MISB Mary Link, of Manchester, was
In town several days the fore part of
the week in attendance at the forty
hour devotions at St. Francis church.
She WBB a guest of James F. Link and
family while here.—News Letter.
HOPKINTON.
Mrs. Minnie Calkins spent Tuesday
in Manchester.
Mrs. W. J. Good was up from Monti
cello Friday visiting friends and rela
tives.
Jas. Wilson and wife cime down
from Greeley Tuesday to visit the fam
ily of their Bon, II. .1. Wilson.
Mrs. Lizzie Fisher went to Ceciai
Rapids on business Monda/evening.
MiBS Lizzie Frazer, of Delhi, spent
Sunday bere with her
Bister,
Ed McNamara, of Anamosa, WBB|
transacting busineBB here Wednesday.
Art Morgan returned Saturday from
PETERSBURG.
Mre. Ma
son.
Maggie and Theresa Conlln, of Delhi,
were visiting friends here Saturday of
last week.
Mrs. T. Crosier and daughter, of Man
chester, have been visiting at the homi
of J. D. Smith.
Matt Pierce, of Strawberry Point,
passed through here Saturday for Mil
waukee, being called there by the criti
cal illness of his father, whose death
was hourly expected.
Miss Frances Matheson gave a birth
day party Tursday of last week which
was attended by her teacher and school
mateB and other young friends. It was
her 10th birthday and those present vot
edit a very pleasant occasion,
A number of relatives and friends of
R. N. Hocking and wife surprised them
Tuesday evening, the occasion being
the 20th anniversary of their wedding
Tbe present consisted of a fine rocker.
—Leader.
RYAN.
The Farmers' Lumber Company are
receiving their new stock several cars
have been unloaded the past week.
MeBBrs. G, Helserman and Quinton
Searigbt were elected school directors
at the election held Monday.
Our school teachers andtheirscholers
gave a public entertainment in the op
era bouse Saturday evening. The en
tire program was much appreciated by
tbe large audience present.
H. L. Walkup, of Fox Home, Minn.,
is here assisting his father, who is pre
paring to remove to Fergus Fails,
Minn.
Larry Collins departeii
Spring is near, for the wild ducks are
going north.
The roads were bad the forepart «.f| visitor Friday,
the week.
A large crowd of voters attended tl.e
Township meeting last Monday.
Ilernan ICruse and son Henry, tran
sacted buslnoes in Dyersville, Ust Mon
day.
J. C. Nleman, of Earlville, pass
through here last Friday on business.
F. Thale, nf Dyersville, was no'.lced
in our vicinity last Friday.
It II. l)aeimeyr, had
EDGEWOOD.
red Tjllman was in Wlnthrop a few I Blancharda?
days ago.
Ray Moody, of Greeley, is assisting
Mr. Durston in the lumber yard.
Mrs. George Cox, of Oneida, has teen
visiting at the home of Will Ganison.
Hev. A. D. Stevens, former pintor of
the M. E. Church at
thiB
place is visit-
ng among his many friends here.
Mr. Wolcott, of Manchester, was in
town Tuesday,
rB. N athan Scofield is very sick at
her home in Strawberry Point.
Mrs. Flenniken and Miss Mary
lioDlns were in Greeley Saturday.
Mrs. Stoner and daughter, Opal, went
to Delhi Tuesday evening for a visit uryCe_
with relatives.
Mrs. Eda Reed has been visiting in
Dubuque for a few dajs recently.
I)r. ltawson's little son is reported as
no butter.
Miss Jennie Forward returned to her
college duties at Hopkinton, Monday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farmer attended
theK. P. banquet at Manchester Fri-1
day evening.
EAD'S GROVE.
Oar school meetings were held on
Monday, the third day of March. O. M.
Eaton was selected in. place of WmV
Noble in No.6,and Frank Fishel in place I
of bam Way in No. 7. The board of di-
rectors met on Monday last to elect
teacherB, but we have not yet learned
who the new teachers are
Winfield Lash
waB
Lillian Gull is sick with the mumps
at her brother's in-law, Fred Moser.
MISB Gull hopeB to secure a school in
our neighborhood.
John Lash has moved onto the
Chauncy MorriB farm, and is getting
nicely settled in his new home.
Aunt Sarah Waters IB back at tbe
home of her brother, J. T. Fowler, after
a brief vi6it with friends in Greeley.
Dick Frentress, our assessor, is kept
busy these days invoicing our farmers.
F. B. Cobb, of Independence, was out
our way last week looking for cattle.
Ilenry Parkinson is working for J.
M. Retherford, having hired for tbe
season.
Our milk haulers have been obliged
to go to the creamery every day of late
on account of tbe muddy roads.
Ira Palmer has removed to Aurora,
A Mr. Smith takes his place on the
(,'lugston farm.
Fred Moser and Burt Fowler have
been trading horses, but can't say who
got the worst of it.
The L. A. S met with MrB. Chas.
Chile last week and new officers were
elected.
Loyd Lash has a slight attack of scar-
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Utile Clara Way is sick with bilious
tvphoid fever, but is getting along
(lic ly under the care of lJr. Heed, of
Edgewood.
FORESTVILLE.
More wet weather.
Ed. Durham u^d F. H. Simpson 1
been siw'ngwood in this neigliborti
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Lawrence Rid
Mrs. Eldrege and children wer
Strawberry Point Wednf-sdly.
L. 1. Lammon
Bpent
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t-jfV
Williams, Iowa, where be has secured I you 6aw a tickled canine he was thv.t
employment aB a helper In the Illinois dog.
Central depot.
Dennis McCusker departed Monday I
for Farmington, Minn., where he will
remain for some time.
Spring must be close at haiwl for
there are quantities of robios and blue
birde on the school ground.
Epworth, where be has been attending as soon as the weather will permit.
school.
Roy B. Davis, of Manchester, was in
town Thursday.
•Ilm Odrubaugh spent Sunday in
Manchester.
J. 1'. Smith and Walter Locke have
formed a partnership under the Arm
name of Smith & Locke, and will con
duct a first class wagon and blacksmith
shop.
The ladies M. E. Aid Society met
with Mrs. John Barr, March 13.
Mrs. Bentz Spent spent Sunday with
her daughter, re. Sherwin.
Mr. Bnd Mrs. Edwin Hebron visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith March 9.
O O. Clark was a Strawberry Point
DELHI.
Mr. Lvman,
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l-rairle. candidate
for recorder was in town Wednesday.
At the school election Monday, J. W.
Swinburne and Uryce Saunders were
elected directors tor the next three
years.
The M. E. Aid Society meets with
ImsmesBl Mr8'
whichcdlled him to Xew Vienna last
Friday.
Messrs. John Sssen and John Line
welter made a Hying trip to Dyersville,
last Saturday.
Frank Stimson, Wednesday after-
noon, March HI,
Miss Opal Stoner will teach her Iirst
term of school iu h«r horn* district at
Elgewood this spring. We wish her
abundant success.
S. P. Carter was iu town Wednesday.
Mrs. John Latimer and Mrs. Sullivan
were over Sunday guests at E. H.
Mr. Gillen, of Viola, is night operator
at this Btation.
Mrs. lioyles and son, of Manchester,
visited recently at E. R. Johnson's.
Mrs. Sherman, of Anamosa, is visit
ing her son, Bert*.
MrB. Will Stoner, of Edgewood, is
visiting friends and relatives at this
place.
U. B. Richardson, of Coggon, had
busiuesB in town Friday.
James Wilson, of Greeley, was In
town Saturday.
Mrs. Belle Saunders, of Hopkinton,
iB vi8Uitlg at th8 home of her
A. E. Sheldon, of IIyanuis,Nebraska,
was a gu^st at J. W. Swinburne's last
week.
Mr. and MrB. Clark White are the
parents of a fine boy born Tuesday,
March, 11.
Will Toomer is home again.
School closes next Friday for a two
week vaca
tj0n
tOTlde
*d
UQtu
a Manchester vis­
itor last Saturday.
Mrs. Hattie Sackett is recovering
from a severe attack of la grippe.
Sunday at me
in Lamont.
Mr. and Mrs. jienson were SIMW
berry Point visitors Thursday of Ust
week.
Jake Adams was a Dundee vi-'tor
Friday.
Ed. Smith was a L*mont visitor Fri
day.
MTR. Eldredge left Wednesday for h#»R
new Minnesota home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Carmical visited h»-r
mother, Mr*. l$en Nelson, Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Fay and dautih
ter Maude, visited at the home of t.^r
daughter, Mrs. lien Nelson Thuwhy,
Will Stoner, from near Edgewo' d,
was in Forestville Thursday.
J. W. Adams has been kept buny this
week grinding feed.
Monday March the 10th, the Inde
pendent District of Forestville, elected
Albert Kash for director in plate of
John Handy. L. Lawrence was
pointed to clean the school hcMi^e,
Frank Larabee is to furnish the wood,
and W. Pelly is to saw it.
Albert Ward is working for O. C.
Clark.
Charles Ward bad so far recovered as
to be able to visit school Wednesday of
last week.
Flute, the fine hound owned by Geo.
Parker escaped blm in Manchester and
Saturday for arrived iq our town laat night. If ever
her death"" whichTccured
oa Thur6day motning
UemamB
March 13. The
were brought to this pladfr for
burU1 SUe
ieaV(JB
a hll8band aafl tW
little children, one a babe of six weeks,
besidedher parents, three sisters and
two brothers. Tiie sympathy of ninny
friends Is with them in their hour ol
Borrow. Funeral services were held at
thsM.E. Church Sunday morning by
Uev. Salisbury. The daughters of
Rebekah from Crescent Lodge Earlville
and Silver Lake Dalhi, attended 1 a.
body.
A. C. Philipp, of Manchester, attend
ed tbe funeral of bis brother's wife at
this place Sunday.
Frank Loomis and wife, of Earlville,
spent Sunday at Alex. Young's.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ilaight, of Ryan,
attended the funeral of Mrs. Philipp
Sunday.
John Pierce and wife, of Golden, was
in town Saturday.
Miss Sadie Trier closed a very suc
cessful term of school In tbe Jakelin
district Friday.
MISAPPLIED WORDS.
Some Expressions the Use of Which
Should Be Ilcformed.
'Extra" is an abused word. People
say "extra good" or "extra cheap" in
order to intensify "good" and "cheap."
But "extra" lias no such force. So far
from intensifying a given condition, it
denies it by indicating that the thing
let feVer, but has not"
been sufficiently!60 described lies outside the sphere or
HICK to require the services of a doctor.
Ed Prestoiuleparted for Odar Falls
last Friday, where he expects to lind
employment.
I duality named. Thus, "extra iudieii
quality named. Thus, "extra judicial'
does not mean more than ordinarily ju
dicial, as though a judge had dredged
his conscience in giving an opinion, but
outside of judicial and therefore inea*
pable of being judged at all in the pro
scribed way.
A grievous fault Is the use of "iden
tify" in a phrase like this, "lie is iden
tilled with the antlvaccination move
ment." A man can only identify him
self with another man or set of men.
He can identify himself with the op
ponents of vaccination—and even here
the word carries a slmde of meaning of
Its own, distinguishing the phrase from
such a oue as "he joined the opponents
of vacciuatlon."
One should not speak of "high" or
"low" caliber but, remembering the
meaning of "caliber." one should apply
to It only such adjectives as "great" or
"small."
It is wrong to speak of a "consensus
of opiniou." The word "consensus" it
self meaus nn agreement of thought
and should stand aloue.—Academy.
Volunteers In South Amcrlca.
There is a gentleman in Boston who
spent a number of years among the
various little South American repub
lics and who gives an interesting ac
count of tbe qicthods of one of those
small states when it comes to a ques
tion of making war. The "navy" of
tbe particular power referred to con
sists of a single old fashioned side
wheel steamer, armed with one gun.
In time of peace she is engaged in haul
ing freight up and down the river
which runs close to the capital.
At the outbreak of one of the peri
odical wais not so very long ago the
president of the republic look charge
of the steamer and started up stream
ou a rucruiting expedition, leaving lits
senior gi-ueial in charge of the military
preparations at the capital. A couple
of days later the steamer returned,
and some seventy miserable looking
natives, each lirnily bound with a
strong rope, were marchcd off and
turned over to the general, with a note
from the president which read:
Dear General—I-send you herewith sev
enty volunteers. Pleuso return the ropes
at once.
—Boston Herald.
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ITALIAN VIOLINS.
The
Ethel Adams has beon ailing with
neuralgia.
W. Pelly nas been Hbwiog timbers
for J. W. Adams to put in a new floor
The Forestville Fchool will close
March 2lstr
The Ice has all disappeared on the
Forestville pond.
The price of eggs will soon be lower
for there is a great cackling in our poul
try yards.
First "Strati" Sent to London
Could Find No Purchaser.
Italian violius have uot always hold
the supremacy they now enjoy. It was
not indeed till the beginning of the
nineteenth century that they came into
vogue to any extent outside their na
tive land. Previously Jacob Steiner
(1C2I-83) was the favorite maker, nud
his high model h:ul been almost exclu
sively copied by his fellow Germans
and the different makers in France and
England. When the elder Corvetto,
who had been a merchant before enter*
lng the musical profession, came to
London, in 173S, he brought with biro
some instruments by Stradivari. The
result of this endeavor to introduce
Italian work into England (ills one with
pathetic wonder. It is almost beyond
belief. As he could not get as much as
£5 ($25) for a violoncello he was obliged
to send the instrument back to Italy
for a bad speculation. Five pounds for
a "Strad," and not a single purchaser
to be found!
This Incident In Itself furnishes suffi*
cient testimony to the slavish following
of the great German maker and the
strong prejudice of the violinists of
that period in favor of the high model.
It is indeed the players who are most
to blame for the slow adoption of the
flat model, for the creator must make
what Is necessitated by the demand
but the eighteenth century fiddlers, at
any rate in Englaud, France and Ger
many, seem for the most part to have
been content that their violins should
possess a small sweet tone, never real
izing the lack of power and sonority.—
Connoisseur.
Rv Said io Himself.
Kansas enjoys the distinction, possi
bly, of being the only state in the
Union where a man has been allowed
by a court of Inquiry to testify regard
ing what he said to himself.
A committee had been appointed by
the legislature, says The Green Bag,
to investigate the alleged bribery of
certain members In connection with
defeated railroad bill. The first wit
ness called testified that be saw one of
the representatives late one night com
ing down the hotel stairs.
"I said to myself," he went on, but
a member on the side of the defense
Jumped to his feet.
"Hold on!" he shouted. "You can't
testify about what you said to your
self!"
The prosecutor retorted that there
was no law to prohibit him from so
testifying. A long argument ensued,
but a majority of the committee agreed
with the chairman that the testimony
was admissible.
"I said to myself," seriously proceed
ed the wituess, "that M. had been up
to Billy's room to get his pay."
The testimony was recorded and
made a part of the official record.
the
Louis Wheeler has moved into
house vacated by John Wheeler.
Rena Jackson Phillips was born near
Delhi in the year 1874. She was mar
ried to Herman Phillips, of Earlville,
in June 18'Jti she lived in Earlville uu
til about jiine months ago, when the
family movedio Oklahoma, where they
Chinese Point* For Hosts.
"Don't eat with your cars," says
Yuan Mel, a Chinese writer, "by which
I
mean do not aim at having extraor
dinnry out of the way foods, just to
astonish your guests, for tlmt In to
cat with your ears, not with your
mouth. Bean curd, if good, Is actually
nicer than birds' nest. And better than
sea slugs, which are not first rate. Is
dlsli of bamboo shoots.
"The chicken, the pig, the fish and
the duck—these are the four heroes of
the table. Sea slugs and birds' nest
have 110 characteristic flavors of their
Own. They are IJuL usurpers in the
house.
I
once dined with a friend who
gave us birds' nests In bowls like vats,
holding each about four ounces of the
plain boiled article. The other guests
applauded vigorously, but I smiled and
said 1 came bere to eat birds' nest, not
to take delivery of it wholesale."
He Understood.
Anton Rubinstein, the Itussian coin
poser, in his autobiography tells of the
confusion which overcame a certain
architect of his acquaintance who had
a habit of interlarding all his remarks
with the phrase, "You understand."
On oue occasion he was explaining
certain architectural matters to tbe
emperor, and, according to custom,
made free use of his favorite expres
sion.
"Good heavens!" exclaimed Emperor
Nicholas at last irritably. "Of course 1
understand! RIy dear fellow, how.
could I help it?"
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How the N'ntives Trent Gorillas.
Natives in the counfriesinhablted by
great apes regard them always as hu
man beings of inferior types, audit is
for this reason that for a long time it
was found impossible to get hold of
an entire gorilla skin, because the sav
ages considered it religiously neces
sary to cut off the hands aud feet of
the aulinals when they killed them,
just as they do with their enemies, pos
sibly fort he purpose of rendering them
harmless in case they should by un.v
chance come to life again.
1H Choice of Sacritlecs.
"It is true," said the person of hi^b
ideals, "that you have attained pros
perity by your writings, but you have
produced nothing that will live."
"Well," answered the comfortable
litterateur, "when it comes to a ques
tlou of which shall live, myself or mj
writings. 1 didn't hesitate to sacrifice
my writings."
ner Comment.
W)
%P'v
*6fe?#\ C#- «A.d
IVetiHtcr'a Income*
The legal profession of the present
day will be surprised to learn that Mr.
Webster, the greatest American law*
yor of his time, made but $15,000 a
year by ills practice. But the fees of
counsel between 1840 and 1S50 were
not what they lmve been since.
In IS'18 I accompanied a client to
Mr. Webster's office in Boston and nsk
ed him to name a retaining fee in an
important pntent ease. He said he
thought a couple of hundred dollars
would do. When the case was tried,
his fee waS only ?1,000. On another
occasion I paid him a retaining fee of
$2,000 for the proprietors of the Good
year India rubber patent.
His fee for arguing the great equity
cause of Goodyear versus Day in the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of New Jersey, by which
he established the validity of the Good
yenr patent, was $5,000. This was in
the spring of 1852, and was the last
case he ever argued.
Foolhardy.
The question was once put to Gen
eral Wheeler:
"General, what was the most fool
hardy thing you ever saw on the field
of battle?"
"I didn't see It on the field of battle,"
replied General Wheeler. "I saw it one
day when a young woman tried to en
ter a revolving door leading a dog by
a very long string. She passed through
In safety, but not so the dog. The rush
lus public came along, and the dog
was ground both ways and chopped up
as though lie were In a sausage ma
chine. Each time be escaped his mis
tress tugged madly on the string and
pulled him Into it again. She got him
through at last, being a very deter
mined girl. The janitor of the building
wrapped him up in a newspaper forj
her, so that she could carry him home.
The way she clung to that string was
the most foolhardy thing I ever saw."
The Baby's Name.
"Name this child," said the clergy
man.
"Superfluous," replied young Mr&
Verdigris, the mother of the cherub!'
"WhatV"
"Superfluous."
"My dear madam," said the preacher
in a whisper, "that will never do.
Tribi-ie-
An
Odd Betrothal.
It Is said that a certain servant in a
moment of weariness with domestic
duties said, "Bather than go on like
this mouth after month forever I'll ask
the first man who passes if he wants a
wife."
Her fellow servant challenged ber to
put the question to a man just then
passing by. The young woman was
not prepared to be taken at her word
so' suddenly, but, In desperation, bo
thought herself for a way of escape.
She was Welsh and hurriedly exclaim
ed as the unknown was passing, "A
ocs clslau gwrnig arnoch chwi?" ("Do
you want a wife?")
"Ocs" ("Yes") was the unexpected re
ply from the young man, who also hail
ed from the principality, and. witfc
Celtic RprIplitHu«ftS, followed -JutO tll6
hall the blushing pirl, who had fled
upon hearing the familiar word. Tin
maid, a farmer's daughter, was bux
om and neat, the swain was au Indus
trious and ambitious young dealer witl
promising prospects, and soon "merrily
rang the wedding bells."
Sense In Proverbs.
There Is a deal of sound sense in th
proverbs of a nation. Earl Ilussell d«
fined a proverb as being the wit of oi
man and the wisdom of many, :n.d ti
aptness of this is well shown ip t:
following from the Spanish, "Since
cannot get what we like, let us 111
what we get." The thought is as
as the race of mankind, but ages pn:
ed before one man hit upon the hap.
expression of it. This saying from th
Chinese is a whole homily on pride I
one seutence, "When a tree Is blowi
down, it show's that the branches ar
longer than the roots."
For a concise expression of the loft:
asplrations of youth and the sobi
achievements of riper years tuke th:
sentence from Henry D. Thoreau, "Th
youth gets together bis maternls
build a bridge to th* moon, or pei
chance a palace or temple on the cartl
and at leugth the middle aged man con
eludes to build a woodshed with them.'
NOW LOOK OUT I
4-TUKO cure of yourself," say our Blend
"I'll
try to," we answer. We do take a littl
care, yet in spite of warm clothes, rabbei
and mackintoshes, an army of people wer
bowled out by pneumonia and other inn
and chest diseases last winter. They
caught cold, neglected it, let it fix upon
them, were torn by coughs, choked by
inflammations and congestions, wasted by
fever, tired out by pain and then gave up
the fight. The lionr you realize that you
have a cold on the chest, place a Benson's
Porous Plaster where the pain ,or oppres
sion is felt. If you think two are needed
moke it two. No harm if you were cov
ered with them. They act quicklv and
prevent the engorgment of blood in the
organs. In this way—with ordinary cau
tion as to exposure—you will break up the
cold and avoid a serious sickness. Ho
other applications, or any other form of
treatment, will accomplish this as certainly
and speedily. Benson's Plasters have a rH«
tinct and positive action and are curative to
the highest degreo. Use them with the same
confidence for coughs, muscular rheuma
tism, the grip (back and chest) and all sim
ilar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer
ers from cold weather complaints, should
keep these plasters always within reach.
Get the genuine. All druggists, or wo will
prepay postage on any number ordered in
the United States on receipt of 25c. each.
Con­
Mrs. Growells—My husband
tinually quarreling about trifles.
Mrs. Howells—Well, iny dear, the
less cue has to quarrel about the bet
ter.—Chicago News.
The best wny to make a man ac
knowledge the corn Is to stamp on his
toe.—Philadelphia Record.
The mierjse pe has shown yeast colls
In Egyptian bread more thau 4,01)0
ycare old.
Amerlcnn nti^llsh.
Wo dj IK:: 8ps»:s!: the English lan
guage in the way in vhleh.it is spoken
by the people cf England. We have
greatly changed, enlarged and perhaps
improved it in our usual progressive
way. '1 he wonder lies in the notion of
Englishmen that their way of speaking
the language is the only way and that
our way Is wrong. -New York World.
A (Jnoil Mimic.
"1 don't see what yoh all has to git
so proud about." said Miss Sadie Cot
tonbnll.
"Cohse you doesn*." answered Miss
Miami Brown. 'T'/.e been studyin' de
white folks. WhaL yoh wants to do
IB jes' put on de airs yohsh'f an' let de
yuthuh folks do de gitessin' 'bout wjiut
de reason is."—Washington Star.
A !tol In I'lclclc.
Mrs. Goodsole— Why, Johnny, are you
just going homo now? Your mother's
been looking for you all afternoon,
Johnny—Yes'm, 1 know.
Mrs. Goodsole—Just think how wor
ried she must bo!
Johnny—Oh, she's near the end o' her
ivorryin'. I'm jest bwrinnln' mine.
Beabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.Y.
Compound VaDorand Sham
poo Baths.
Baihs
Most all dis
eases are caused
by poisonous see
retlons, which
olog the wheels
of NATURE.
Vapor|
and
The name and
the symptoms
may be different
but the cause of
disease can us
ually be traced
,' Shampoo.
to the impuriect action oi the millions
of pores of the human body. A bath iu
accordance with scientific require
ments is the best preventative and
remedy known. The methods employ
ed by me are the most scientific ever
invented or dlscoveied for dispelling
disease. BeBults tell ttio story. Givo
me -a trial. This is the Conant system
of baths. A competent lady attendant
In charge of the ladles department.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel.
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All About Bplnt and Okobojl Lakes.
A descriptive and illustrative book
let of Spirit and.Ofcoboji lakes In north
western Iowa, located along the line of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
em Ry. will be sent free on application
to the undersigned. This Imok also
contains the gxme InwH of Minnesota
and Iowa. There area number of good
boarding houses and hotels around
these lakes, and plenty of good cottages
to lent.
John G. Farmer,
§MA. G.P.ST.i,B.,C. R. & N. By.,
12wlt Cedar Rapids, la.
Acre originally meant a field of any
size.
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I
can't give the baby such a name as
that. What suggested it to you?"
"My husband's brother."
"Is he a married mau?"
"No, sir. He's an old bachelor."
"As I suspected. Madam, we will
rail this baby 'Blessing.'
"I've uo objection, sir, but I like the
sound of the other better."--Chicago
Lawrence
& Grems.-
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mUm
Ten ct-ntB will buy trial size of Ely's
Cream Balm enough to convince you
that it IB the greatest of remedies for
nasal catarrh or cold in the head. Full
size 50 cents. All druggists. We mail
it. Ely Bros., 50 Warren street, New:
York.
153 Second street, Albany, N. Y.
Messrs. Ely Bros.—I suffered greatly
with catarrh and tried different remed
ies without effect. After using ono
bottle of your Cream Balm I found re
lief and I cannot praise too highly such
a remedy. Sept. 27, 1899. Miss Cora
Wlllard. 12w2.
Meat originally meant any kind of
food.
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Pharmacy
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IN COWS AND CALVES
CURED
KOW-KURE
This medicine will put the animal in as good condition as before
the trouble. Kow-Kure is a sure cure for scours in cows and calves.
AUSTIN MAXFIELD, PITTSFIELD, N. H., says: "I had three calves that
scoured badly. They were so weak they could not get up. I used Kow-Kure,
and in a few days they were all right. It is just as good for cows."
Kow-Kure is in powder form, to be (riven in regular feed. It cures abortion, barrenneu
andlcours, remove, retained afterbirth and caked udder, itrengtheiu the appeilte, puriSe. the
blood, vitalizes the nerves, andprevents discar?. It intrcitcs tha milk. It a medicin. forcon.
only* nude by the Dairy Association, Lyutlonville, Vt.
The following farmers in Delaware County sre u&lnp'lt:
Id Cook Henry Klick
-lark Shetden John l)urey
lurk Bros Frank Lawrence
ms Mower Will Cocking
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SOLE AQENT FOR DELAWERe COUNTY.
mi
ready for school. They have to
shirt and hat. We have them
for you. We 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
$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 $1.25. We have our over
coats all in and ready for in
spection.
t. '•fri'" .w
may We have a ruler for every boy and girl in
wl the county. GIVEN AWAY FREE.
ALLEN & STOREY.
THE WORLD'S LEADERS.
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