Manchester Democrat. [volume], November 19, 1902, Image 1

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A TXOBNEY AT LAW.
Block, fi&QChestet!i
PRBO B. BLAIR.
omce in the City Hall
PHYBIOIANO.
PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will attend to oalls
promptly at all hours of the day or ntgbt,
^amont, Iowa.
J. tlNDbAY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN,
surgeon And Eye Specialist.
Office hour* (or eye oases ana flttiug glasses
1:00 to 8:1)0 p. ui. Otllcu comer Main ana Frank
lin street*.
C. Buadlky, M, I). II. M. BUADLEY, M.D.
BKADLEY & B&ADJLEY.
Physicians
l)e
and bukueons. Franklin
btreei, Man-hestur, Iowa.
D6NTI8TS.
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0. A. DUNHAM. C. L. LKIUO
OUNHAM A LEIGH.
lentlsts. uftlue lu the Adams building on
franklin lUeet. Telephone 216.
C. W. DORMAN,
DENTIST,
omoe on Franklin Street, nortc
of thr- Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa.
Jontal Surgery In all Its branoheft. Makes
*9quent visits to neighboring towns. Always
tl offloe on Saturdays.
&. Is. NEWOOMB.
DKNT18T.
Office over Clark 6 Lawrence's
store on Franklin street. Crown
jrtdge work a specialty. Will meet patients at
barley Wednesday of each week &tf
VETERINARIAN.
DR J. W. SCOTT,
Surgeon, and 0
Telephon 280.
VrKTEKINARY
Surgeon, and Dentist.
Main btreet- Telei"
manch&stbh marblb WORKS
prepared to furnish Granite and M&rbit
1 Monument* and Head Stones o! various de*
•l -'Ufa. Have the county right tor Slpe's P»v
9» Grave Cover also dealer to Iron Fences.
Will mem aU competition 8lf
wm Mcintosh.
V. N BoiNTON. J. F. MOEWBW.
BOVNTON A MoEWEN
a rcEMAKBRS, Jewelers and Engravers
dealers in Watches, Clooks, Sliver and
r*iateti Ware, Fine Jewelry,
Speotacles.Cutlery,
MunUtiii instrument*, etc.. Main street
Main Street.
P. WURKMEISTBR.
11ENEKAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
vT Coffins. Picture Frames, Etc. A complete
dtook ol.'"urnlturo and Upholstery always on
hap-" ntjea tliat defy oompetluoo. A
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This high cut shoe is made from fine, soft Diamond Calf,
with interlining of waterproof material, and a layer of rubber
fabric between the soles... We recommend and warrant them for
hard wear.
E. T. Grassfield,
(Successor to Grassfield Bros.)
Our Business Directory.
mtaaKmmm HHVEPJB
ATTORNEY*.
W. DURHAM. B. B, BTILRS W. B. flORBIS
DUNHAM. NORR18 9TILK8
TTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
A. Public. Speoiai attention given to Oolleo*
one Insurance, Real estate and Loan Agis.
)fflce in City Hall Bloek. Manchester. Xa
YOKAB. H. F. AJtHOLD. U.J, YORAR
yORAN ARNOLD YOHAN
TTORNEYS AT LAW. and Real Estate
Agents. Office over Delaware County State
Bank, Uanenester. Iowa
J.E.BBOMSON. ifi. M. CABB.
BRONSON CARR
ATTORNEYS
AT LAW,
speoiai attention
given to collections, Office In Demoorat
tSulldlnc. Franklin Street. Manchester. Iowa.
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MANCHESTER, IOWA.
HOLLI8TER LUMBER CO.
TiUo all kinds of building materials,
JLJ Posts and Coal, Corner of Delaware ana
Madison streets.
THOS. T. CARKEEK.
ARSSK?.KLA,Nli
building supkrin-
TKNDENT.S. B. comer, Stb and Main St.
uubuque. lows.
BCHARLE8. THH TAILOR.
MERI'UANTTAILOK.Dd
Genu Farnlihtag
Goods, Manchester, Iowa.
WM. DENNIS.
CARrfcATER,
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER,
lam now prepared to do all work in my
une In a good and workmanlike manuer. Satis
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished Work taken In town or country, Shop
near the stand tower on West Side ot rlyer.
O. V. OATE8.
jtrrr pBA-rtlAft. Atr, prsnaretf to
va work In my line, Moving household goods
and pianos a specialty. All work will-receive
fb
A. J. WARD.
irompt attention., A share of your patronage
solicited. Charges tight. Give yoor draylug
to a man who has como to stay.
LAWRENCE
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^ttandanoe at (unerals. Eul-
GILDN6R BROS.
C'
iL"TUlNU and Gents furnishing goods.
City Hall Block, Franklin Street.
B. CLARK.
DRY
GOODS, Nations, Carpets, Gents Fur*
nlHhlng goods, etc. FraukUn Street.
QUAKER MILL CO.
I
I1LOUR and Keed. Manufacturers of the cele
bTuted White Sutln aud White Pearl Flour.
HIDDBLL A CO.,
r\RY GOODS. Carpets, Millinery, Bats and
L/ Caps, Boots and Shoes, etc., Main St.
Manchester, Iowa.
A. THORPE.
Pdor
roprietor of kalamity's plun
Store Dealer In Clothing, Boots,
Shoos, Notions, do. Masonic Block Manches
ter, Iowa.
E. T. GRASSFIELD,
OOTg AND SHOES of all grades and prices,
Custom Work aud Kopalrlnx given speoiai
ention. Store In City Hall Blook.
QEO. 3 LISTER,
Tim -.-~
and does all
and dispatc'
r*i National Ban* St
UTARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC.
l1 Keeps a nrst-class tinner and does all
dads of repairing with neatness and dispatch.
UMi
T. MOONSY.
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iHuccessor to Lue Kowmau.)
1. vVffSVtlTH and Wagotimaker, i)alhlt
t.nva. Work done promiftly and In a work
..nauilke inaunor. Cbanreo rAamuahle. Your
ttronaue solicited. I6tf
rNSUKE YOOR PBOPEHTY against cyclones
1 wruadoes In the-old reliable Phoenix
BBOHSONAOABfttAooaU.
GREM8.
DRUGS,City
Wall Paper. Stationery, l'alnts, Oils,
etc. Hall block.
PETER BOARDWAY.
DKALEH
IN Uour, (tied, hay straw, Maquoke*
ts lime, stucco, and commou and AUas ce
ment. Telephoue 113. Lower FraukUn St.
A. E. PETERSON.
DEADER
in Groceries, Provisions, rot
ery, Fruits, etc. Main Street,
4. M. PEARSE.
JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
uK. All business entrnsted to him glvei
Office In City Hall block.
ott.
prompt atteutlon.
second floor.
ALEX. 8EF8TROM.
tt
lENKRAL BLACKSMITH, hbrsesholng a
specialty. Interfering and corns cureu or
no pay. Prices reasonable, and the best of
work guaranteed A share of the public patron
age Is solicited, Shop on Franklin street, near
the brlae.
Business Opportunities For All.
Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minne
sota and Missouri ou the Chicago Great
•V estern Hallway t,be very best agrl
cultural section of the Untied 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 business.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, haruess,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers. Uorree
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
Maple Leaflets. W. T. Rettd, Industrial
Agent, 604 Endlcott Building, St. Paul,
Minn.
The large and increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
Ib
A. O, BROWN
furniture etc., and undertaker,
a matter for, congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, of
all the papers of its class in the coun
try, It is easily the best and most help
ful. Its Special Farmers' Institute
editions, issued with the regular edition
the flrst week In each month, have been
for vears the admiration of all practi
oal farmers. W rltten wholly by farm-
ere, they are full of actual experience,
Bn(j Bmen Gf
the Boll. We have been
fortunate enough this Beason to secure
terms for The
allen A storey. terms ror Tbe Homestead and Its Spec
\lothinu and Gents furnishing goods. Oor i&l Fanners' Institute Edltioae.together
M.kln and Franklin streets.
with Tbe Poultry Farmer ancT Tbe
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of tbe most valuable farm publi
cations in the country, tbat enable us to
offer the four In connection with our
own paper (or 81.90 for tbe entire five,
one year. This is emphatically a good
thing, and no farmer In this county
should fail to take advantage of thb
offer. For a large line of thoroughly
practical farm, reading nothing basever
been offered before that equals U. A
county paper, a farm paper, a poultry
paper, a farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers* Isntitute, all for 81.90
Come in and order them.
CUCUMBER,
And Elder Flower Cream is the hest protec
tion for the face from the 8prlnr Winds, Heal
ing and sooth
in?, it keeps away black heads aiKl
other blemishes.
Guaranteed pure and will not grow hair on
the face.
All kinds of Ilair Work done to order.
mbs. b. baton, $
Oyer Harness Store, Main Street.
13tf Manchester, Iowa.
A consular report from Berlin points
out tbat the German farmers have tome
ground for the demand to share In the
benefits of protection If that is to be
the settled policy of Germany. It Is
shown tbat (he great syndicates Into
whfch nearly all German industry has
been orgsnlzed take advantage of pro
tection to sell their products abroad for
about half the average price they re
ceive in Germany, tf German con
sumers of manufacture* are to pay two
price* at home in order to help the
manufacturers to build up a trade
abroad, should not German workmen
pay a bonus on the flour they consume
to support agriculture at home. In a
country where all kinds of competition
are as sharp as tbey are In Germany,
the question is pertinent.—Farmer's
Tribune,
Though scarlet fever has lately been
very much less severe than it waB fifteen
or twenty years ago and though it is re
sponsible for only about half the num
ber of deaths tbat measles is responsi
ble for, it is likely to bBve such serious
after-effects that the announcement of
the excellent results obtained by Dr.
I'aui Moser, of Vienna, wilh bis serum
may by considered of flrst rate impor
tance in spite of the fact that the treat
ment has not gone beyond the experi
mental stage In one^hospltal where Dr.
Moser treated 400 children with this
serum the mortality was only 8 9 per
cent, while during the same period the
scarlet fever mortality in the other
Vienna tiospltals was 13.09 per cent.
As the quantity of serum available
was at no time sufficient to give as lib
eral treatment as Dr. Moser believed de
siraole, and as no strong,
concentrated
serum has yet been produced,this reduc
tion of almost 83 per cent in the mortal
ity rate Is at least promising. hen
the benefits of this serum are fairly es
tablished It will not have the uphill
fight tbat the dlptheria serum had. The
way haB been broken for all well-authen
ticated remedies of this kind.—St. Paul
Pioneer Frees.
TheGreat Western Adds40 New Engines
to Its-Equipment.
The Chicago Great Western Bailway
has ordered from the Brooks branch of
the American locomotive works, Dun
kirk, N. Y., twenty new passenger loco
motives and as many freight. The con
tracts call for a delivery in January and
February, and when the new engines
are added to the equipment of the com
pany there will be a total of 3i2 loco
motives, compared with 211 a year ago.
The new engines are, designed lor
service on ali^divisions t^T'the- system."
With that addition the company will be
in fair condition so far as motive power
is concerned until the opening of the
Fort Dodge and Omaha extension,
and the consequent increase of business
renders more power necessary.
The new passenger engines are of the
Lake Shore tvpe, piston valve and wide
iirebox. That type of engin° has ten
wheels—a pony truck, three drivers ou a
side and a trailer. The drivers are 08
iuch, the truck wheels 36, and the trail
ers 42. The weight on the drivers is
110,000 and the whole engine weighs
160.000 pounds. They are similar to the
180 class engine but are lighter. They
are intended for local or limited use.
The freight engines are of the Prairie
type. Brooks tandem, and are Bimiiar.
in ail respects to the twenty engines re
ceived by the Chicago Great Western
last summer. The new engine* will
have the Pyle national electric bead
ghts. The engines will each cost from
$16,000 to 918,000.
Two Years
Hence.
Nationally ibis week's elections have
lighted the way to the Preaidential vic
tory lu 1904.
Wherever the Democratic party pre
sented a united front and fought ou the
established IssueB of the party there were
great gaines.
Ou these issueB New York again be
comes debatable' ground. The North
west invites the Democracy to a battle
on favorable terms. The couth is im
pregnably Democratic,
lu Ohio the Democracy can see what
happens when tbiugB are at sixes and
seveus and no coherent national pur-
pot.es animates the leadership.
The Democrats bold in their hands
the election of 1U04. The voters 'are
parties? ^Usris^egufatfoa"? 'tbe
Internally the Republican party is
crumbling, Tbe politicians are against
Roosevelt and the admirers of Roosevelt
are turning againtt the politicians.
That should be the signal for Demo
crats getting together.
Democracy long ago proved its good
faith In the regulation of monopoly.
No argument Is necessary before the
people. Its predictions of the outcome
of prohibitive protection have been re
alized. Monopoly has organized into
trusts which aim at the control of hu
man labor and the necessaries of life.
The Democracy said that monopoly
would so organize and all the people
remember
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F. E. RICHARDSON
lis and
.'j'Real Estate, Loan
Insurance
j-y us
Office over tbe Racket Store
Manchester, Iowa.
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The woman.
Tell us the news from your own
dairy and from your neighborhood.
Care, feed and handling are essiential,
as well as good breeding, in the making
of a cow.
We are always glad to hear from but
termakers, cheesemakers and others in
terested in dairying.
The right selection of a 4airy cow is
an important matter to all buyers and
one of which they are never absolutely
certain until after having given the
animal a good trial.
Where hand separators are used on
the farms and the skim-milk fed to
calves, a little cotton seed meal, costing
but little, will possess an equal or
greater feeding value than the butter
fat removed by the separator.
The question of preslstent milkers
is one of vital Importance if we would
gain our end. Tbink of this in the
younger training of the cow. From
the first, endeavor to make our heifers
presistent in the matter of milk
flow.
With the co-operative creamery, the
Babcock test, and the silo, a man can
safely invest money in dairying. He
can put cows enough on his farm to
consume all the forage crops raised,
and not worry about butter-making or
markets.—Creamery and Dairy.
Frost undoubtedly has a beneficial
action upon soila, mellowing it and
making it more suitable to feed plants.
To get the full benefit of frost, the fur
rows should be permitted to lie rough
all winter. If the land isto lie exposed
to the frost all winter, a little subsoil,
an inch or lesB, will become reduced, in
corporated with the loam of the subsoil,
and thus fertility will be added to the
field. The aimof every cultivator of the
soil Ib to deepen and enrich it. The sub*
soil may moreBafely be brought to the
surface of the ground in the fall than
at other seasons, if the field is cover
ed with some crop, as clover or rye,
which will grow on every day when the
grouud Is not actually frozen, then the
ploughing may best be deferred until
Bpring. If the field is more likely to
work badiy if ploughed, It should lie
until the time to sow the next crop.
—Dr. George G. Groff, Lewisburg,
Penn.
rlPealn8
The Democratic pirty has but to
CIOBB its ranks and march strait to the
citadel of government through the gateB
opened by public favor. With a united
and posjtive leadership the election of
1904 would be one of the easiest victor
ies ever won by tbe party of Jefferson
Ud Jackson,—St, liooli ftepabllo
of the
willing to change the custodians of There may be nothing more inthlB than
government. The have made tbe is- a coincidence, but tbe coincidence is so
trusts. The Republican party cannot the public attention. The great trouble
take the popular side of the question.lt
has confessed its impotence in dealing to various diseases which baveonly this
*ll£t ™fty around iQ common, tbat they kill tbe hog.
"revision of tariff by friends of tbe
tariff," but tbe people know that every
trusts from special privileges of mono
poly conferred by the government.
President BooBevelt has admitted as
much. Governor Cummins of Iowa
has aggressively claimed as much, and
has driven so forceful a figure as Speak
er Henderson out of politics by making
Iowa declare for tariff reform. When
Republican Governors and a Fresident
admit the righteoueneBB of the Demo
cratic idea the time Is ripe for Demo
cratic solidarity.
^MANCHESTER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1902.
She had a tender, lovlou lioart
That often tbrnlbod with woq 3 ^^,^ ,::''
Because ol cruel treatment
Forcwl brutes to undergo.
..
And on her fair oxpunse of brow~
Were Hues of deepest care
Because men shot in wanton sport
The birds tlmt fly the air.
At last determined she to write
A tender, strong address,
And have it printed—with slug hcads-^
In all the public press.
She wrrte Id stmug yet tonder veto.
She covered sheets a score,
Then took It to the editor— W
And this is what she wore:
A robin redbreast on her bat.
A mink's ektn 'round hor throat
A motlifr «eal gave np her life
To make my lady's coat.
Two otter talis of silken sheen
Adorn each beaver cuff.
Four muskrats yielded up th
on in ds
That she might have a muff.
year's crop of corn,
i8 that tbe term
di8etTeB
h°S cholera is applied
i8
lu*te
Republican revision euds in more tri- hog cholera, strictly called, and swine
uute to the monopolies. Though impo- plague, if it be another disease are
tent, the Republican party Is compelled LiiMOOfl
& well established facfrthat
onA
to admit that tbe basic principle of 8©rnQ diseases and we cannot believe
curbing the trusts is a divorce of the thay exist except when the germ
«ww«», sre
has been in some way introduced on
the farm. The feeding of corn when in
the roasting ear or feeding It extensive
ly at any stage cannot of itself intro
duce this disease. It may, however,
result in a decreased vitality which may
render the disease much more virulent
and deadly than if the hogs had been
kept oh proper diet. It is clearly estab
lished, however, that bogs tbat don't
know anything about corn and would
not know an ear of corn if they Baw it
die when the germ Is introduced almost
as rapidly* aB where corn has been large
ly used aB a diet. It is quite conceiv
able that tbe feeding of an unbalanced
ration such as corn for three or four
generations may lead to a disease which
has all the outward symptoms of gen
uine hog cholera, The lesson, there
fore, is to vary the ration as much as
possible, giving oats, barley, wheat
screenings, damaged wheat, pasture
clover and alfalfa, and then avoid In
breeding or breeding from immature
BOWB. This will increase to the great
est possible point the vitality of the
hog and lessen, if possible, the loss
from the disease when it does occur.—
Wallace's Farmer.
REMARKABLE LAKE
svfS!
She drove a pair of speedy naga
Whose coats had just been clipped
And which, lutrd hit by frosty winds
is®
In augulsh pranced and skipped.
And when she to the editor
Just talked, and talked, and talked,
Theslilv'rinc coachman held two steeds
iHSiii
Whose tails had just been docked.
—The Commoner.
Random Notes.
4
A Body of Wnter With a Roof ot
Solidified Salt.
A lake with suit roof isn't frozen
salt, mill it isn't underground. On tbe
contrary, this remarkable lake may be
seen at any time during tbe year, fully
expoHed, being even at its best when
the sun is shining dlrcctly upon it.
This wonderful iKxly of water is one of
the saltest of tbe salt lakes and is sit
uated near Obdorsk, Siberia. Tbe lake
Is nine miles wide and seventeen long
and within tbe memory of man was
not entirely roofed over by tbe salt de
posit. Originally evaporation played
the most prominent part in coating the
lake over with salt, but at tbe present
time the Kilt springs which surround
it are adding fast to the thickness of
the crust.
In tbe long ago rapid evaporation of
tbe lake's waters left great salt crys
tals floatlug on the surface. In course
of time these caked together. Thus the
waters were finally entirely covered.
IU1878 the lake found an underground
outlet into the ttfver Obi, which low
ered Its surface about three feet. Tbe
salt crust was so thick, however, that
It retained Its old level and now pre
sents the euriouB spectacle of a salt
roofed lake. The sait coat increases
six inches in thickness every year. The
mdny islands with which the lake is
studded are said to act as braces and
to help keep the arched salt crust in
position.
Unique Hotel Rules.
Following are the rules and regula
tions posted iu a certain hotel in Illi
nois:
Board, 50 cents per square foot
m^als extra breakfast at fl, supper
at 7.
Guests are requested not to speak to
tlie dumb waiter guests wishing to get
up without being called can have self
rising flour for lunch.
The office is convenient to all connec
tions horses to hire, 25 cents a day.
Guests wishing to do a little driving
will find hammer and nails in the
closet.
If the room gets too warm, open the
window and see the lire escape.
If you are fond of athletics and like
good jumping, lift the mattress and
see the bed spring.
If the lights go out, take soda—
that is light enough for any man.
Auy one troubled with uightmare will
And a baiter in the barn.
Don't worry about paying your bill
the house is supported by its founda
tion.—Detroit Free Press.
I
Advantages in Fall Plowing.
All soils which are light and porous,
and which do not run together and be
come compaoted into a solid maes, may
be plouged 'a the fail. Some of the
advantages of ploughing at this season'"
are: Work Is often slack for both men
and teams. Ploughing now sets the
work ahead in the spring, when there is
always more to be done than there is
aittays time to do well. If plowing is
done late in the tall, insects which have
prepared their winter quarters wfll be
thrown out, and before tbey can arrange
new homi'B may be frozen and killed.
Some immature seeds of weeds may,
buried in soil, decay and not reach
maturity. Thus, possibly, the numbers
of two enemies, weedB and insects, may
be lessened.
Mi
Modifying It.
horritled to discover that
en year-old daughter was
(Mrs. C. was 1
'Jcr little sevei
acquiring the habit of alluding very
freely to the devil, and at last she told
detcrmiucdty that a repetition of
ibuoxiouis woJld bsrt&g severe
punishment.
The child knew that her mother was
in earnest, so she set a seal on her lips.
At last she seemed to have forgotten
it, but one Suuday Mrs. C., who had
been too IU to go to church, asked her
if she could tell what tbe miulster had
preached about In his sermon.
"Oh, yes'in," she answered. "He
preached about out' Lord going up Into
the mountain and being tempted by—
by—by the gentleman who keeps belli"
She didn't intend to run any risks of
being puulshed.—Francis B. Wadlelgh
In Llppincott's.
i-THE BABY GREBE.
A
Win.
Hog Cholera and Corn*
The period of bog cholera in theTwe&t
usually but not always begins with tbe
Very Sad,
"Yes, it's very sad."
"How is that."
"Why, he always held that to train
a wife properly you should catch her
while she's young. So he did."
"Well?"
"Well, it seems that she had the
same idea about a huBband, and now
there's a crisscross of training ideas
that is simply home wrecking."—-Chi
cago Post.
Why He Objected.
"But, papa," pleaded the million
aire's daughter in behalf of the poor
young man she wished to marry, "sure
ly it is uo disgrace to work for a liv
ing?"
"N-no, my dear—no. What I object
to is being the one who is worked for
it"—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Perpetual.
Wigwag—My wife threatens to go on
the lecture platform.
Henpeckke—My wife doesn't ueed a
platform.—Philadelphia Record.
Wo have often wondered which
comes flrst—the thought in the widow
er's mind of marrying again, or the
story on him.—Atchison Globe.
Window Shades.
In selecting shades for a house the
color of the material of which the
house is built should be considered.
Buff is a safe color, and all the win
dows should be provided with the
same colored shade. A suitable cur
tain for a hall door is made of heavy
white lace shirred top and bottom on
a small brass rod. If heavy lace is not
used, such a curtain may £e lined with
a^k.
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HISTORIC HITCHING POST.
One of the Familiar Landmark* of
the National Capital.
One of the oldest slgus in Washing
ton Is the cast Iron figure of a China
man about three and half feet in
height that stands in front of a livery
stable on Sixth street northwest be
tween Pennsylvania and Louisiana
avenues. It has been there since 1802
and is one of the familiar landmarks
of the city.
During the civil war Generals Grant,
McClellan, Hooker and others who
patronized this stable a great deal tied
their steeds to this hitcliing post, and
sincc then other distinguished person
ages have had occasion to use this post
during every presidential inauguration
that has occurred siuce Lincoln's sec
ond term.
As a matter of fact,-this much of
Sixth street northwest, between Penn
sylvania and Louisiana avenues, Is a
historic locality in more than one
seuse. It was on the corner of this
street and Louisiana avenue that Gen
eral Robert E. Lee bade farewell to his
old commauder, General Winfleld
Scott, when the former withdrew from
the Union army to Join that of the
Confederacy. During the flrst two
years of the war General McClellan
and others came here regularly to pur
chase and inspect horses, it being at
that time a sort of horse market.—Bal
timore American.
The Age of the Water Clock.
As far back as 2630 B. O. a China
man named Hwang Ti discovered the
principle of the water clock, or "clep
sydra."
It was a very crude Instrument, chief
ly for nstrouoinicnl purposes, and was
committed to the care of an officer
known as the "clepsydra adjuster." It
consisted of two copper vessels^ one
above and one below, the former hav
ing a hole in the bottom, through
which the water percolated into the
latter, where there was a float, the
gradual rise of which indicated periods
of time. Portable contrivances of tbi3
description were sometimes carried on
horseback.
Instruments constructed on the same
principle were in use among the Chal
deans and Egyptians at an early pe
riod. The iuventlon in western Asia
was independent of that in the east,
both being the result of similar wauts.
Clepsydras were subsequently formed
of a scries of vessels communicating
by tubes passing through flgures of
dragons and other images, the whole
being rendered yet more ornamental
by floats held between the bauds of
genii.
The Woodcock.
The food of the woodcock consists of
worms, leeches and grubs, which the
bird seeks by probing with its bill the
eartfa of such swa^nps as contAin them,
inhere are tuues hnti' miles of wet
swamp lands among our hills where
the soil, composed of peat aud de
cayed leaf mold, is too cold and sour
to hold worms. Into such swdmps the
woodcock never goes. The best wood
cock ground Is along the banks of
woodland brooks that wind lu and out
through alder swamps, where the rich
black mold is soft and full of worms
and where the skunk cabbage and hel
lebore grow thick and broad leafed.
Such places are the woodcock's dlnlug
rooms, and lu them he leaves his sign
manual, the oblong, almost triangular
holes which dot each and every square
foot of earth where a worm might pos
sibly lurk.—Outing.
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Beautiful ltlrd That Suffers
Help the Pnwhtona.
When you see a woman with a band
of white plumage almost invisibly
tinted with blue aud green and more
strongly with golden brown ornament
ing her hat, know that from one to six
of these harmless, lovable, sweet
voiced little grebes were stripped from
chin to vent to supply it. \nd when
you see that other woman wearing a
cape the collar of which reaches above
her ears and the skirt to her shoulders
and it seems to be made up of almost
iudisceruible sections the size of your
haud know tiiat eaeli section stands
for the life of one of these charming
little chatterers. The breast of the
grebe Is its curse. Us feathers are so
tiny and Une as to be almost spineless,
so thickly set they stand on end and
so delicately colored as to render ade
quate description impossible. Crested
grebes are killed without mercy for
this little (Nitcli of rare feathering,
and the Utile marsh ones do not es*
cupe. There is no bird slaughter for
plumage more wanton unless It be
that of the egret, which takes the life
of the brooding bird for a few beauti
ful feathers found on the Bbouldcrs
only at nesting time and leaves the
young to die as they may.
The BaRgase Smaaheri Wlndom.
The other day an express wagon
fllled with trunks rattled up Broad
way, and just opposite the postofflce
a big Saratoga slid off and came
crashing down ou the car tracks. Sev
eral people ran out from the sidewalk
to rescue it, but the trunk proved to
be empty, and there was little dam
age done. "Now, If that bad been
full," said one old gentleman to the ex
pressman, "you'd have had a flue old
time with it." "Hull," replied the bag
gage charioteer scornfully, "full trunks
don't fall off by tbeirselves. You got
to fling them off!"—New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
From a Cynlc'n Dictionary.
Crank—A person whose views are
the opposite of our owu.
Egotist —A person who thiuks as
much of himself as other people do of
themselves.
Honor—That which people talk about
when they want to get out of doing
something they don't want to do.
Society—That which we lay the blame
on when auythlng goes wrong.—John
Eliot in Llppincott's.
Pure Blooded.
Mrs. Bondclipper—Doctor, what do
you think is the matter with me?
Doctor—I am inclined to think that
your blood Is not pure. I'll have to
give you something to purify your
blood.
Mrs. Bondclipper (haughtily)—You
are probably not aware that I belong
to a good old Norman family.—Loudon
Tit-Bits.
Didn't Blame His Wife.
Wife—You don't seem to enjoy the
dinner, dear. What's the matter?
Husband—I was wondering if there
weren't some typographical errors lu
that cookbook of yours.— Chicago
News.
It Was His "Hello."
"You can't marry my daughter,
young man she Is already spoken
for."
"That's all right I'm the fellow who
telephoned you."—New York Herald.
An Exception.
Jinks—Most things that are bought
go to the buyer.
Jenks—Yes, all except coal that goes
to the cellar.—Kansas City Indepeud*
ent.
The Ona Indian is deserviug of a
higher place than he has hitherto oc
cupied in men's esteem if but for one
trait. He forms the almost solitary
exception among aboriginal tribes In
refusing to touch alcohol in any form.
This policy of total abstinence is rigid
ly adhered to in the face of cold, hun
ger aud Illness aud even during the
excitement of ceremonial rites. What
ever his faults may be, judged from
the white man's standard, the Ona of
South America has at least the saving
virtue of manliness. Ills ideal Is one.
of bodily prowess, hardihood and en
durance.—Scottish American.
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