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Annate of Iowa
€t)e democrat.
PUBLISHED BV8RY WEDNESDAY.
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Exact reproduction of this
style shoe in stock, sizes 24 to
8. Widths, A to EE.
WB FIT THE FEET.
AfTOHNKYS.
W. DUHHAM. B. B. STIIiEB W. H. 50RRIB
DUNHAM, NORRI8 8TILI8.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
A. Puhllo, Speolal attention given to Oolleo
ons Insuranoe. Real Estate and lioan Agts.
Jfflce In City Hall Block. Manchesterrla.
3. YOBAK. H. F. ARNOLD. U.J. YOBAK
YORAN. ARNOLD YORAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. and Real Estate
a Agents. Office over Delaware County State
Bank, Manchester, Iowa.
0. E. BBOSBOIT. Jfi. M« OABB.
BRONSON CARR.
attention
PHYSICIANS.
A. J. WARD,
DHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will attend to ealls
JL promptly at all hours of the day or night,
Lamont, Iowa.
J. J. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN,LINDSAY..ana
surgeon and Eye SpeclaUit.
Office hours for eyo oases fitting glasses
1:00 to 3:00 p. m. Offlce corner Ualn ana Frank
lin streets.
0. BBADLEr, M. D. H. M. BRADLEY, M.D.
BUADL.EY A BRADLEY.
PHY8IC1AN8
AND 8UROEONS. Franklin
tttreet, Muni'hester, Iowa.
DBNTIST*.
3. A. DUNHAM, 0. L. LEIGH
DUNHAM A LEIGH.
Dentists.
Office In the Adams building on
Franklin street, Telephone 215.
W. DORMAN.
DENTIST.C.
of the Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa.
Dental Surgery In all Its branches. Makes
T^quont visits to neighboring towns. Always
tt office on Saturdays,
ft.
fe. fMfcCWOOMB.
ENT18T. Offlce over Clark & Lawrenoe's
store on Franklin street. Grown
trldg* work a specialty. W1U meet patients at
Parley Wednesday of eaoh week 82tf
VETERINARIAN.
DR. J. W. SCOTT.
rETERINARY Sureeon. and Dentist.
Main Street. Telephoo 2
MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
ra prepared to furnish Qranlte and Marble
1 Honuments and Head Stones ol various de*
slKns. Have ttae oountx right (or 81pe's Pat
rol Grave Ctoror also dealer In Iron
WM. MCINTOSH.
Will meet all competition.
W. N, BOINTOB. MCEWBW.
BOYNTON MoBWBN.
XfJ A'fOHMAKEBS, Jewelers and |ta*ravers
VV dealers In Watohes, Oloolra, Sttver and
Plated Ware, Pine Jewelry, SpeotaeleB, Cutlery,
Uusloal Instruments, eto., ualn street.
A. D. BROWN
Dealer
In furniture etc., and
Main Street.
F. WhRKMBISTBR,
ENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
Cofllns. Picture Frames, Etc. A oomplete
stook of furniture and Upholstery always on
hand, at prices that defy oompetluon. A
Hearse kept for attendance at funerals.
vllle, Iowa.
OltY Hall Block, Franklin
B. CLARK. ii§%
DRY
GOODS, Notions, Carpets, Gents Fur
nishing goods, eto. Franklin Street.
QUAKER MILL CO.
LOUR and Peed, Manufacturers of the cele
brated White Satin and White Pearl Flour.
KIDDBLL A CO.,
r\RY GOODS, Oarpets, Millinery, Hats and
Caps, Boots ana Shoes, eto., Main St.
ttanoheater, Iowa.
A.THORPB.
Pdar
ROPRIETOR OF KALAMITY'S PLUN
Store and Dealer In Clothing, Boots,
Shoos, Notions, sic. Masonic Block Manches
ter, Iowa.
E. T. GRASSFIELD,
BOOTS
AND SHOES
Custom Work and
Ktef'gi
Hall Block.
mmm mm immmsmmmm
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«**£$
Here's a Heavy Soled Shoe that Isn't Clumsy.
The
Queenr
Quality
plplSiS
sue
ONLY $3.00.
Made from soft, lustrous, Kibo Kid, Patent
Leather Tip, and Oh Myl how they do fit, per*
fectlyeasy the first time. Come in and try
on a pair.
E. T. Grassfield,
(Successor to Grassfield Bros.)
O. •. CATB8.
PETER BOARDWAY.
DEALER
IN flour, feed, hay straw, Maquoke
ts lime, stucco, and common and Atlas ce
ment. Telephone 113. Lower Franklin Bt.
A.E.PETERSON.
DEADER
IN Groceries, Provisions, rot it
ery. Fruits, etc. Ualn Street,
J. M. PEAR8E.
JUSTICE
OP THK FEAOE AND COLLECT
OR. All business entrusted to him given
prompt attention. Office in City Ball block,
second floor.
ALEX. 6EP8TROM.
tGENERAL
Office on Franklin Street, north
BLACKSMITH, horsesholng a
specialty. Interferring and oorns ourea or
no pay. Prices reasonable, and the best of
—irk (guaranteed A share of the public
age Is solicited,
the bridge.
undertaker, try, it is easily the best and most help'
ful. Its Special Farmers' Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the first week In each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
jgood ere, they are full of actual experience,
K*"'
and prices,
given speolal
ittentlon. Store In City
GBO. 3 LISTER,
CTARDWABE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETO.
EL Keeps a first-class tinner and does all
Kinds of repairing with neatness and dlspatek.
Store opposite First National Bank. Main St.
T. P. MOONEY.
-pl,AOK^MItTH80and ^amSui, Delhi,
JJ Iowa. Work done promptly and In a work
manlike manner. Oharges reasonable. Your
Patronage solicited. ittf
NSU1MC TOUR PROPERTY against oyolonM
and tornadoes
ID
the old reiubto rnoeols
auraooeOo., BRONSON ft OABBt Aae&to*
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Si
ALLBN A STORBY. terms for The Homestead and Its Spec
riLOTHiNQ and Gents furnishing goods, dor ial Farmers' Institute Editions,together
\~i ner Main and Franklin streets. with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal,
GlLDNER BROS. four of the most valuable farm publi
fiLOTHiNG and Gents furnishing goods, cations in the country, that enable as to
oitv Hail Block, Franklin street, r.vc' offer the four in connection with our
own paper for 81.90 for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically a good
thing, and no farmer in this county
shotud fail to take advantage of this
offer. For a large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before tnat equals it. A
county paper, a farm paper, a poultry
aper, a farm insurance paper and the
peclal Farmers' Isntitute, all for 81.90
lome in and order them.
CUCUMBER,
Cream is the best protec
from the Sprlne Winds, Heal'
It keeps away blaok beads and
And Elder Flower
tlon for the face froi
Ins and soothing, It
other blemishes.
Guaranteed pure and wUl not grow hair on
the face.
All kinds of Hair done to order,
MRS.Work
o. B. EATON.
Over Harness Store Main Street.
IStf Manchester, Iowa.
F. E. RICHARDSON,
Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance.
Office over the Racket Store
Manchester, Iowa.
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MANCHESTER, IOWA.
Our Business Directory.
HOLLISTER LUMBER CO.
LUMBERand
and all klndB of building materials,
Posts Coal, Corner of Delaware and
Madison streets.
THOB. T. CARKEEK.
ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING SUPERIN­
TENDENT, 8. E. Corner, 8th and Main St.
Dubuque, Iowa.
8CHARLE8. THE TAILOR.
\fEROUANT TAILOK and Gents Furnishing
1U. Goods, Manchester, Iowa.
WM. DENNIS.
CARPENTER,
Democrat
Iowa.
PRBO B. BLAIR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFL
"^V. Block, Alanohetter, low*.
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER.
I am now prepared to do all work In my
line In a good and workmanlike manner. Balls
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished. Work taken In town or country, Shop
near the stand tower ou Weat Side of river.
If the coal In the coal bin was mine,
why has not the coal been in the coal
bin instead of in the coal mine that is
not mine?
(Publisher's Note.—The anthor of
this easy primer for COBI consumers was
at this point put into his strait lack
et fortheevening.)
They tell us that the^removal of iUO
trust protection on the steel industry
will have the effect of throwing a large
number of emallercompeting concerns
open to destructive competition. But
what will the trust do to them if left
with its protection What Is a trust
for if not to kill off the little fellows?
The removal of the tariff
Btand
CI^r^myM|^liOTin?,K5^ho?d&3&-tor to"5®st-udB ogr-ipiHted
pmaanflrt ha^o70^W|5kS
l°
Is solicited. Charges right. Give your draylug Philadelphia Press Itself, a staunch
to a man wbo has come to stay.
LAWRENCE &GRBM6.
TVRUGS, Wall Paper, Stationery, Paints, Oils,
etc. City Hall block.
patrc_
Shop on Franklin street, near
Buaioeaa Opportunities For All.
Locations in Iowa, lllinoiB, Minne
sota and Missouri on the Chicago Ureal
Western Railway the very best agri
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and busi
ness men successful. We have a demand
for competent men, with the necessary
capital, for all branches of busineBB.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers. Corres
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
"aple Leaflets, W. T. Beed, Industrial
t, 601 Endicott Building, St. Paul,
The large ana increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is a matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, of
ail the papers of its class in the coun-
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ELTTBBSD AT TBI POSTOITIP* AT
HAHOHB8TBR. IOWA, AB SICOH^-CLASS
MATT«H.
The Coal-Strike Primer.
caD
It appears that all anthracite contain
ing less ^han 92 percent of fixed carbon
is specially provided for, and the spec
ial provision is a duty of 67 cents per
ton,
If we pursue our inquiries we shall
find that no foreign anthracite available
for import into this country contains 92
per cent of fixed carbon.
It follows, of course, thBt, practically,
all anthracite coal Is dutiable at the
rate Btated. It is very neat juggle.—
Chicago Chronicle.
The edict has been eent forth that
the tariff must be let alone, and that
the Bepublican party will defend the
Dingley bill against all comers. There
can no longer be any doubt. No one
will now
with the Bepublican
party believing that that party stands
'h« f'"6* Alttougb the
organ, and ex-PoBtmaBter General
Smith's own paper, trying to get into
the tariff revision band wagon, which
it thought would head the procession,
has sald that the declaration of the
Iowa platform represented the progress
ive element of the party, and although
the Bepublican organs throughout the
country echoed the same sentiment, the
Baltimore American going so far us to
brand the present tariff for trusts only,
the administration has seen fit to ignore
this just demand. It has seen fit to
ally itself with the sorces that are op
pose to any revision whatever of the
tariff. And you_may look the country
over and you will see that the trusts are
without exception the strongest oppon
entsof tariff revision. The president
^appears to be hostile to the trusts. He
*seems to want to strike them a blow.
He pronounces them a menace to our
government. He says he is seeking a
remedy for the evils of the trusts. Lie
professes to be after them with all of
his rough rider determination.
But, regrettable as is the necessity, the
people will have to ask themselves the
question—is he sincere?
He cannot be the statesman the peo
ple give him credit for being, and be
blind to the fact that the tariff fosters
trusts. The Iowa farmers see that.
Republican conventions have declared
that the tariff fosters trusts aud shel
ters monopoly. Until the president
admits these facts, facts enunciated by
his party, he will have to see his mo
tives questioned.
The leaders refuse the direct remedy,
the effective remedy, and pretend to be
looking for something else. They can
not in doing so, escape the Imputation,
the
juBt
Imputation, that they are put­
ting up a game of bluff in which the
people are the victims.
Tariff revision Is absolutely the first
step In the fight againBt the trusts.
That party which ignores it dallies
with the trusts it pretends to fight, and
all of Its talk is mere buncombe.—Clin
ton Advertiser.
The coal barons defend themselves
behind two allegations. The first is
that the miners insist upon getting as
high wages for their helpers, who are
lesB competent, as for themselves. The
second is that the leaders take advan
tage of the ignorance of imported min
ers who do not understand EngliBh and
incite them to lawlessness, leaving
them to bear the odium and take the
legal penalties.
As to the first of these pretexts it is
enough to reply that the remedy lies
with the employers. They can dismiss
the incompetent, As to the second, it
the barons themselves who imported
the ignorant labor. If its ignorance
proveB embarrassing in a criBiB they
they have only themselves to thank.
The men most ignorant of American
ideas although familiar with the lan
guage of the country, are the coal
barons
themselveB.
They are eager to subject millions of
their defenseless fellow countrymen,
the poor, the sick, to serious and, in
many cases, to fatal perils rather than
I'bonsent to let their quarrel with the
miners go to ma arbitration council
where they could be fully and fairly
beard.
Ignorance is sometimes a less crime
than gieed.—Chicago Chronicle.
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See the coal.
Where bae the coal been
Has the coal been in the coal bin?
Is the coal mine mine, or Is coal mine
not mine
If not mine, where is mine? «...
Has the coal been In the mine, and
If the coal bin Is mine, why can I not
mine in the coal mine for my coal
bin?
Pore Old Dad.
Ye kin sca ce pick up a paper
An'-Hs "poets' earner" greet,
'Cept yo'll see er plrly poem
•Bout the mother, saintly swcot
But yo'll have a tunc a-sarchin'—
Eyes will be or-achio' bad
Ere ye'll overtake er poem
At this tuno for poro old dal'
No. It lan't willful in 'em—
Them that write o' mothor dear—
That thar's nover onti-e taken
Of her ole man tottln' near
No, its never meant to slight lilm
But hit looks a little sad
All the boquets made for moth*
do no
more at the worst.—Milwaukee Journal
The Anthracite Juggle.
In answer to an assertion that an
thracite coal is on the free list, The
Chronicle would Bay: "Yes, it is. In
paragraph 523. of the Dingley act fiee
list we read: "Coal, anthracite, not
specially provided for in this act."
But when we come to inquire what
"coal, anthracite," is not specially pro
vided for we light upon the following
in paragraph 415 in the "sundries"
schedule: "Goal, bituminous, and all
coalB containing less than 92 per cent
of Qxed carbon, and shale, 67 cents per
ton of 28 bUBhels, 80 pounds to the
bushel."
If mown at all, it should be mown
early so as to give an opportunity for
the secund growth to cover the ground.
When we conducted a large farm, our
favorite method was to do nothing
with it until winter and then use It as
a winter pasture in connection with
stalk fields. AB a winter pasture,
spring
Bown
MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1902.
Not a bloom for pore old dadl A
True, our mother watched abovo us
Till her dear ole eyes wud ache,
But ole dad, he humped to feed us
Till hl9 back would nearly broak. Y,
Mother crooned above the cradlc,
Gave devotion all she had:
Still, that wasn't any circus
At this timo for pore old dad*
Do not take one lino from mother
When ye write the soul-sweot song,
But if thar's a word for father
Now and then it won't be wrong
Tore olo soul! He's bont and wi Inkled
An' I know 'twould make him glad
If, while you are pralsin' mother,
Somethln's sed for pore old dad!
—Clnclnnuti Commercial Tribune.
Nerve Food for Corn.
Marshalltowr, Oct. 1.—W. b. Stacy.a
farmer residing near this city, has at
tempted an experiment in the growing
of corn with what he claims to be re
markable results. The corn was planted
last May after being treated to an elec
tric bath at the electric light plant In
this city. The modus operandi was as
follows: He filled a barrel of corn and
water, placing a piece of zinc at the
bottom and then one at the top. Then
500 volts of electricty were turned into
the contents and continued for twenty
minutes. After the corn waB thorough
ly dried it was planted with a drill,
clover 1B second only to
blue grass. We believe the largest
profits will be secured and the least risk
incurred in this way. Under no cir
cumstances, and especially in the north
ern sections, should it be pastured so
closely BB to leave the ground bare.
Keeping this clearly in view, farmers
can deal with this crop as circumstances
require. It iB frequently possible to get
from one to two bushels of seed In fav
orable seasons from spring sown clover.
We Would much prefer pasturing, as
after the stalk had produced seed, ful
filled its mission so to speak, it is likely
to die. For this reason eastern farm
ers clip It so as to prevent seeding and
thus make the stand the next year
more sure. It is not possible to give
advice for each particular section. All
we can do Is to poiut out the general
principles which should govern and
leave the farmers to use their own
best judgment.—Wallaces' Farmer.
Random Notes.
Salt should always be accessible.
Do not change the feed suddenly.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking.
Do not allow dogs, cats or loafers to
be around at milking time.
The big milker is usually a sensitive,
"high strung" piece of machinery. If
she kicks, don't meet it with blows un
less you wish to spoil her.
Have you arranged to keep your cows
comfortable next winter? Feed
IB
cost
ly fuel, but it will be burned to keep
the cows warm If they are kept in
cold stable.
A cow is different from a child In
that she can never be spoiled by too
much petting. Speak softly, milk gent
ly, and she becomes at once your profit
able friend.
A good way to increase the value of
your dairy is to persuade your carelesB
neighbor to do better. In order to ac
complish this Induce ,him to subscribe
for a good dairy paper.
The fragrant aroma of butter is ex
tremely delicate.' It Is the product of
the ripening of the butter just as the
odor of the fruit la the essential evap
oration from its perfect condition of
ripeness,
Trouble Is the price of success in
making butter, and without It the
dairyman will make neither good but
ter nor a good reputation as a butter
maker. Have the utensils sweet and
absolutely clean.
It Is not BO much the quantity of
fluid in the pail that counts as does the
number of butter globuleB it contains.
Some cows are older and less profitable
at eight years of age than others are at
twelve. Difference in care is the
cause.
In large citlea dealers often use all
kindB of abominatlonB in the milk be
fore they deliver It, but that will only
WMk
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make more and better customers for
those dairymen who can and will per
sonally reach the consumers.
The Wisconsin CheeBemaker's Asso
ciation has decided to hold the next an
nual meeting In Milwaukee, January 7,
8 and 9, 1903. The attendance at the
last convention was 4U0, and it is ex
pected next year there will be at least
C00.—Dairy and Creamery.
IN MANDALAY.
Thousands of Pagoda Bell* Ring At
the Setting of the San.
Mnndalay has its own sky, soft and
gray and incurving like a tent, with
whit* cloud lines that seem meant for
scrolls if one could read. It is the
Very Sacred City, the city of contem
plation, the city of ail the monks. A
thousand pagoda bells give tongue to
the wind there when the sun goes
down a crumbling thousand more give
up to time the testimony of outworn
thingB.
It lies in a curved arm of blue hills,
and something broods over it with so
licltude. This you suspect from the air
of the place and the way the shrill
talk of the parrots and the complaint
of the goats and the laughter of the
people come to you wherever you are
sitting. Afterward you go out, as I
did that morning with the commission
er, and see under the very zenith, where
tfce low gray sky is caught up, the
square of ibe dark red crenellate4
walls of the old royal city, three miles
each way, and outside the walls the
parallel clear moat thinking back at
the sky, and then you are sure that
over and above the government of In
dia some spirit is In possession here,
some spirit that bends in affection over
thirteen acres being used for the ex
periment. It W8B planted on high landf finished ant|. forgotten things.
and will average eight feet in height Seven roofed kiosks stand at inter
and yield not lees than seventy buBhels v&ls over t&e gates In the wall—they
to the acre. The ground was not above
the average in fertility and bad been
planted to corn for nine consecutive
years. A sample of the corn exhibited
here shows it to be remarkably fine.
Fall Management of Clover Fields.
We are having quite a number of
letters of late from farmers who have
not had much experience with clover
but have secured a fine stand this year,
asking whether they had better mow it
and make it Into hay or whether it Is
safe to paBture it.
The reply, of conrse, must depend on
circumstances. As we have Bown this
clover for the purpose of getting a crop
next year, we would not do anything
that would injure the stand. It 1B quite
safe to pasture the spring sown clover
in the fall provided it 1B not pastured
too closely. Enough should be left on
the ground to protect the roots and
cstch the winter Bnows, and the farther
north the locality and the more wind
swept the country is the more Important
it is to secure this -fall covering.
This is the great objection to mow
ing.
are called pyathnt, but they strike the
gye like peaceful conclusions—and low
wlilto stone'bridges raised in the mid
dle span the moat. The buttresses of
the gates are pn luted deep gray and
white, and the bank that slants steeply
from the wall to the water lias here
:and there a low, twisted, spreading
tree ou It, purely for decoration. You
may stop jjt a corner and look two
ways alonffiftlie reflecting water, with
bridge after bridge l-eeediug across,
and pyatliqt after pyatliat diminishing
above, MKJ1 each red and gray and
white vista so picked out and finished
under the tjjuiet light slipping adorably
Into the near blue of the hills.
JAPANESE JOTTINGS.
Chrysanthemums served as a salad
are a favorite artlclo of diet among
the Japanese.
At a Japanese banquet it Is con
sidered a compliment to exchauge cups
with a friend.
Japanese cooks are the most cruel in
the world. They cut every atom of
flesh off a living fish piecemeal with
out first causing death.
The lower class of the Japanese em
ploy hardly any other material than
paper for their clothing. Where wages
are exceedingly low, cloth is an im
possible extravagance.
Every hotel In Japan has a fan, spe
cial to itself, containing a view of the
hotel and a blessing from the writ
ings of Confucius. One of these is al
ways given to the departing guest.
Many Japanese women arc under
going tho slight surgical operation nec
essary to straighten the slant of the
eyelid, which distinguishes them so
unmistakably from Caucasian women.
The Japanese eat more tlsli tlian any
other people in the world. With them
meat eating Is a foreign Innovation,
confined to the rich, or, rather, to thou
rich people who prefer It to the na
tional diet
THE FEMININE MINE
jr
But a woman's mental processes are
uot those of a man. Her mental ma
chinery is geared differently. You hear
what she tells you. You can make in
ferences from it. They will be wroug
because you do uot know how she
came to say what she did you do uot
have the clew. Try to guess what she
will say next, and you will llnd that
you are all at sea.
The uiau who says that he under
stands woman is himself a woman.
No man can understand a woman. lie
may lovo her. There may exist be'
tween his soul and hers that inde
finable and celestial sympathy which
is the sweetest thing on earth, but he
does not understand bcr.
Her mental operation, her ways of
thought, her point of view, will always
be as inscrutable to him as the mental
processes of an angel Whether wom
en understand each other is not quite
certaiu. A greater part of the delight
that men ilud lu the companionship of
women arises from their inscrutability.
You cannot measure or exhaust them.
Their charming inconsequence, as
It seems to you, will never cease to
puzzle you, and every fresh conversa
tion reveals a novelty of attitude or
opinion.
SHREWD VICTOR HUGO.
The Quiet Way In Wlileli lie Bnllleil
the Theatrical MauaKcrH.
•ere aro the methods which Dumas
the elder and Victor Hugo employed
when they had a new play to offer to
the theater. Dumas would write to the
director of the Porto St. Martin:
My Dear Friend—I shall bring you on
Monday & play lti Ave acts. I shall need
Mile.' Georges. Mme. Dorval, Bocago,
Lookroy, Provost and five new scenes.
This extravagance would alarm the
director, who would put off the produc
tion of the play till better days.
Then Victor Hugo would appear and
shyly draw a manuscript out of his
pocket. He would agriss to everything.
The stock company would play his
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piece admirably, since all no wanted
was a good ensemble no new decora
tions would be needed nor any change
at all.
So the piece would be read, aud as
the roles were distributed Hugo would
say musingly, "Dlc-u, how fine Freder
ick would be in that part!" "That is
true," Ilorel would murmur, and a few
daj*s after he would announce that
Frederick was engaged. Hugo would
then remonstrate that this destroyed
the equipose of the cast and Raucourt,
Laferriere and Mile. Georges would bo
engaged. Then Hugo wotild attack the
stage setting. Old scenes, that the pub
lic had lirnl of, were almost an insult
to these great artists. If Ilorel showed
reluctance at this, Hugo would threat
en to withdraw Ills piece. And so the
game would go ou, till, little by little,
Hugo had obtained everything he
wanted, even to changing the paper
hangings in the stage boxes.
Jim 0'Brlcu*H Epitaph,
"I suppose our western country lias
furnished more funny things in the ep
itaph line than all the rest of the
world," remarked a Colorado ox-con
grcssman.
"I remember one that adorned the
cemetery at Leadvlllo in the palmy
days of that greal mining camp. It
seems that in tho course of a barroom
broil one Jim O'Brien, a well known
character, had his existence terminat
ed prematurely. lie was a good fel
low in the main and not without
friends. One of the dead man's asso
ciates, In deep grief over his demise,
erected a wooden slab over his grave
on which he had written in large let
ters:
"Jim O'Brien departed for heaven at
9:30 a, m.
"A local humorist happened along
soon afterward and appended the fol
lowing:
"Heaven, 4:20 p. m.—O'Brien not yet ar
rived. Intense excitement The worst is
feared."
7
M&ndalay seemed aware with bunt- ffss. of attachment In a
iir that dav. flairs and nrnhwi of IVPI ^tenser form than those, of flat
countries.
lng that day, flags and arches of wel­-T®1110*1
come everywhere and crowds flocking—
aware and almost awake—but you
looked again and saw that she only
turned In her sleep and smiled, as at a
dream.—Exchange. -r
In the province of Charkoy, Russia,
the rainbow is said to drain the wells,
and to prevent this many are provided
with heavy, tight fitting stone plat
forms. In the province of Saratoy the
bow Is said to be under control of
three angels, one of whom pumps the
water, the second "feeds" the clouds
and the third sends the rain.
Man, Woman and Love.
In one of his books Max O'Rell, the
witty Frenchman, gives the following
advice:
"If you are bald, never make love
to a woman taller than you. Looked
at from below, you are all right.
"Never let your ladylove see you
without a collar no—not even the very
wife of your bosom. A man's head
without a collar is like a bouquet
without a holder.
"Never marry a woman richer than
you, one taller than you, or one older
than you. Be always gently superior
to your wife in fortune, in size and in
age, so that in every possible way she
may appeal to you for help or protec*
tion, cither, through your purse, your
strength or your experience in life.
Marry her at an age that will always
enable you to play with her all the
different characteristic parts of a hus
band—a chum, a lover, an adviser, a
protector and just a tiuy suspicion of
a father."
it.
iue Men Think They Fathom
bat They Are Mlstukeu.
A man can very seldom tell what is
passing in a womau's mind. He talks
with another man, and he can follow
his processes he gets his point of
view he can read between the lines
he can make a shrewd guess as to
how he came to say that or why he
refrained from saying the other, says
the Watchman.
Stories of London Weather,
The Manchester Guardian tells a
good story of the weather. The scene
was a Strand omnibus. A leaden sky
was overhead, the rain poured down
uncompromisingly, mud was under
foot. A red capped Parsee, who had
been sitting near the dripping driver,
got down as the conductor came up.
"What sort o' chap Is that?" asked
tho driver. "Don't yer know that?"
answered tho conductor. "Why, that's
one o' them Indians that worship the
sunt" "Worships the sun?" said the
shivering driver. "I suppose 'e's come
over 'ere to 'ave a rest!"
This recalls the reply given on one
occasion by an eastern potentate to
Queen Victoria, who asked him wheth
er his people did not worship the sun.
"Yes, your majesty," said the oriental,
"aud if you saw him you would wor
ship him also."
His Nickname.
"I hope they don't give my little boy
*ny naughty nicknames lu school."
"Yes, ma, they call me 'Corns.'
"How dreadful! And why do they
?all you that?"
'Cause I'm always at tho foot of
the class."
A Wa She nan.
Inquisitive Neighbor I hear that
your sister Is engaged. Is that true?
Small Boy—I dare say. She gener
ally Is.
It la every man's opinion that ho
would have been a great man had he
lived fifty years ago.—Atchison Globe.
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—Washington Times.
Love of Conntry.
For the love of country, as such, It
would be difficult to decide between
the highlander of Scotland and the
mountain born inhabitants of the Tyrol.
Both will wander in search of fortune
to the ends of the world and yet look
back to their native mountains as their
only real home. The same is true of
tbe Swiss, although in a lesser degree.
It is a very singular fact that inhab
itants of mountaiuous countries pos-
Belief* About the RalnlioW,
In many countries the rainbow is
jspoken of &» beiug a great bent pump
or siphon tube, drawing water from
the earth by mechanical means. In
parts of Hussia, in the Don country,
and also in Moscow and vicinity It is
.known by a name which is equivalent
to "the bent water pipe." In nearly
all the Slavonic dialects it Is known by
terms signifying "the cloud siphon,"
and in Hungary it is "Ihe pump,"
"Noah's pump" and "God's pump."
The Malayan natives call it by the
same name that they do their banded
water cobra (necheta), only that they
add "bobo" (meaning double headed),
the equivalent in our language being
the "double headed watersnake." They
tell you that the bow is a real thing of
life, that it drinks with its two mouths
hnd that the water is transferred to tho
clouds through an opening iu the upper
side of the center of the great arch.
VOL. XXVIII--NO. 42.
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