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County Correspondence.
EDGEWOOD.
Otley Beyer has returned home from
Mt. Vernon, where he has been attend
ing college. He expects to spend the
holidays at home.
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School closed Dec.
19 for a two week's
vacation.
Charles Blanchard left last week for
an extended visit in Armour, South
Dakota,
•,v Jennie Forward has returned from
& Illinois, where she has been visiting
friends and relatives for the last two
months.
A number of persons gathered at the
home of H. P. Adams last Tuesday
evening for the purpose of celebrating
his sixty-fourth birthday.
Mrs. Kahl is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. H. Waldo.
J. M. Bobinson spent one day last
week in Dyersvllle where he was visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Welch.
F. A. Newville will hold meetings in
James Hall until the 28th of this month.
Fred Ullman and Mrs. Miller were
united In marriage Dec. loth at the
home of the bride in Wlnthrop.
Mrs. J. D. Whipple/ received a visit
from her sister, MrB. MC. SEuth of Il
linois, whom she had rot seen for over
twenty years.
TheM. E. Sunday School have pre
pared a program to be given Christmas
Eve. All are invited come and bring
presents for the tree.
"1ASONYILLE.
All of our snow is melting. Hurry,
boys, with your cutters.
The M. E. bazaar which was held at
the Grlllln hotel Saturday evening was
a grand success,
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A number from here attended the
sale at Thomas Keegan's. Everything
sola well.
J. Henry of Manchester was in town
part of last week and with the assis
tance of a number of the members of
the 1.0.0. F. lodge moved Mart Ras
ter's dwelling house onto the lots ad
joining the I. O. O. F's. property.
Mrs. Owen Flynn's sale waB held Fri
day. A number from here attended
and everything sold well.
An oyster snpper was served at the
Hogan restanrant Saturday evening to
the members of the Forrester Lodge
here.
Mrs. R. Fee and son Harry were
callers at Manchester, Friday.
A number of the young people from
here took advantage of the good sleigh
ing and spent a very pleasant evening
at the home of Wm. Barry's, south ol'
town, Sunday evening.
We are sorry to Btate that P. H. Byan
has been confined to his home the paBt
week on account of sickness.
Lewis Mulvehlll, John Murtaugh and
Maurice Nolan who are Btudents of St.
Joseph's Academy came home Wednes
day to spend the holiday vacation.
Mrs. Larkins who has been quite Bick
thepaatweek,is reported much better
at this writing.
A nephew of Mr, McCool's spent part
of the week with him.
Minn Kntle O'Hagon came home from
Dubuque where she is attending school,
to spend the holidays.
There will be a grand New Year's
given in the new opera house.
Come and enjoy a good time,
BAD'S GROVE.
Mrs. J. J. Edmunds returned from
Oelweln last Tuesday where she haB
been nursing her father in his recent
illness. The old gentleman is much
better.
Sam way informs us thathiB mother'B
health is much improved. She is now
able to be up around the house.
A large number of our farmers at
tended the sale at F. J. Taylor's, Dec.
10. Although the weather was very
disagreeable, there was a large crowd
of buyers present and everything sold
quite well:
O. P. Smock has accepted 'a position
with I. M. Gibson for next year on the
farm.
Amos Culbertson visited at J. T.
Fowler's a few days last week.
Mrs. S. E. Way is reported on the
elck list. Dr. Xeid of Edgewood, is
uing her.
acob Moser and family visited at
J. Moser's, of Oneida, iaBt Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Shelden, of Man
chester, visited at Jim Fowler'B Friday
evening.
A large crowd were present at the
fifth wedding anniversary of Mrs. and
Mrs. Frank Fishel on December 15th.
It is needless to Bay that the guests were
right royally entertained by their host
and hoBtess and everyone enjoyed a
pleasant time,
Three sleigh-loads of young folks
went to Frank Taylor'ji last Friday
evening,elegantly S_x_ri6ingthat house
bold and heldiiigh carnival until nearly
morning.
Bert Fowler attended the dance at
Greeley Friday evening.
J.M.Rutherford marketed hogs at
Oneida IaBt week.
Fred Timm iB moving farm machin
ery, etc. to his new farm near Jefferson,
Clayton county.
EARLVILLE.
On Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
was solomnized the marriage of Mrs
Eva Bisgrove of this place to Mr. F. W.
Di kson, of Panama, Neb., at the
The State Bank of Earlville held their
annual stockholder's meeting on Tues
day, Dec. 16.
Miss Lena Bock is at hom^from
vt
home of her brother, John Bock, who is
on the road for the ltubber Paint Co.,
of Chicago.
Some of the local papers have stated
that Thos. Noonan of North Fork,
towiiBhip, took the premium on a steer
at the Fat Stock Show at Chicago the
first of thiB month. As Mr. Noonan
did not have an exhibit there he could
not take any premiums as stated. The
steer spoken of was one on which the
State Agricultural College, of AmeB,
took several prizes and it was a credit
to Iowa to get this honor, muoh Bought
by several states.
Mrs. Eva UickBon sold her bouse and
lot in the east part of town to Henry
Bisgrove last week for $750.
The students who are at home for the
holidays are Caro Staehle, from Mount
St. Joseph's Academy at Dubuque, Iva
Dunn, from the German M. E. College
at Charles City, Wm, Laxeon, Grace
SimonB, Orra Laxson, Blanche Robin
son, from Epworth Seminary, and Opal
Van Fleet, Caro MUlen, and Burt Mil
len, from Cornell College at Mount
Vernon.
Christmas will be observed In the M.
is.,
Congregational and German Luther
an churches by appropriate exercises.
A program was given in Miss Whip
ple's room on Friday afternoon which
was largely attended.
Chas. Denton will go tol railroading
in the spring and Merton Scovel will
take charge of the Denton farm. Olaf
Anderson has already taken charge of
Charles' town milk route.
Prof. W. H, Hazzard left Friday
evening for his former home in Big
Rock, III. Upon his return be will
bring with him a wife and they will
go to housekeeping in the Mrs. Carpen
ter house recently vacated by Mrs.
Boning.
Ed Uundell of Minneapolis arrived
Sunday to spend the holidays with his
parents.
J. W. JacobB and wife were in Man
chester over Sunday.
MiBs Mary 1
oung who 1b teaching in
the schools at Mason City Is expected
home for the holidays.
ONEIDA.
A goodly number attended the Ladies
Aid Society at the home of Mrs. Daw
son, in Greeley, Thursday. Messrs,
Parker and Cox each took a sleigh load
and it is needleBS to say that all enjoyed
the fine sleighing as well BB the bounti
ful dinner. Their next meeting will
be Wednesday, Dec. 31st, with Mrs.
Carver.
Mrs. Hood, of Manchester, spent
Thursday and Friday with relatives
here.
Dick BrowerB and Hulda Glanz were
married last Wednesday at Delaware.
As they are both well known here, their
friends wish them much joy and happi
ness.
All are preparing for Christmas and
we wish ail a Merry Christmas.
Mr. Moser and family and other
friends, of Colesburg, spent several days
at the home of Jake MoBer's this week.
Cfeo. Cox recently suffered quite a loss
as dogs invaded his hen house one night
last week and Killed twenty-four chick
ens and six turkeys.
Don't forget to let the little ones see
Santa Claus at the church Wednesday
evening.
Miijs Myrtle Breckon returned from
Almoral Friday evening.
LToo lato tor IaBt week,]
F. Liilibridge recently delivered hogs
in Earlville.
Mr. Torey, of Manchester, passed
through here Wednesday on his way to
Almoral.
Lou ivuehnle delivered hogs here one
day last week.
Mr. Cocking, of Manchester, has been
hauling his grain and corn fodder to his
farm, east of here, the past week.
Jerome Wagner spent last Wednesday
at the Blanchard home near Delhi.
W. G. Thomas returned Thursday
from Wyoming, Iowa, after spending
several days with relatives there.
The dance in the hall Wednesday
evening was well attended. Mesdames
Conger and Lynch served supper for
all.
The church fair held in the hall
Thursday was a success in every way.
A large crowd
waB
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in attendance all day
and in the evening the young people
thoroughly enjoyed the amusements
provided for them. The articles all
sold well and seventy-five dollars takec
In.
J. J. Welterlen is visiting relatives in
Milwaukee.
James and Charles Faust, of Almoral
were hauling lumber from here the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lorenze and two
daughters spent several days
thiB
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. White entertained
a company of their friendB, Saturday
evening. All report a pleasant time.
F. B. Doolittle attended the funeral
of C. E. Merriam at Hopkinton Satur
day.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Fleming, Wednesday, Dec. 17, occured
the marriage of their only daughter,
MISB May Louise, to George H. Barr,of
Manchester. Rev. H. R. Salisbury of
ficiating. The young people have the
best wishes of many friends for their
future happiness. They will make their
home In Manchester.
Samuel Pnlver died at the home of
his son in Wiiliamsfied, Illinois, Satur
day, 13, aged 77 years. He was the
father of Bert and Mrs. G. W.Pulver, of
this place and had lived many years in
Delhi.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swinburne, Mrs.
E. H. Blanchard and Mrs. Dodge were
shopping in Manchester, Monday.
GREELEY.
A. A. Strong was in Manchester at
tending court on Monday.
Lee Sargent has returned from hie so
journ in the west.
Mrs. S. V. Hubble has been ill for a
few days and under the. doctor care.
unmet V* lison has been confined to
the house for several days with a severe
cold.
The residence of VV. A. Lang has
been quarantined on account of scarlet
fever. The case iB in mild form. An
other one of Ralph Barger's children is
down with the disease but the rest of
the patients are doing as well as can be
expected.—-Home PreBs.
COGGON.
Miss SuBie Dolley Is home from Hazel
Green for a short visit.
Mias Mag Ward left Tuesday for a
month's visit with relatives in Carbon
dale, Illinois.
A. F. Pillard and J. A. Tucker were
in Dyersville on business the first of
the week.
llenry Goodhile, of Manchester, waB
doing business in Coggon, Saturday.
MisB Ann Dolan viBited her aunt in
Ryan, Friday night.
Watson Childs and daughter, Clara,
of Manchester, attended the funeral of
Mrs. M. J. Babcock, Tuesday.
Mies Lizzie Barnes, who has been
staying with her uncle, L. D. Barnes,
and family, returned to her home in
Manchester. —Monitor.
RYAN.
I. W. Zwisler, of Dubuque, has been
a visitor with friende in Ryan during
the past few days.
Ed Mangold and Miss Rosa Zimmer
man will be united in marriage Chrls't
mas day.
M. A. Drummy returned Tuesday
evening from Dubuque where be has
been attending school. The school
was closed Monday on account of Bn
epidemic of measles.
Invitation have been issued this week
for the marriage of Rebecca A. Robin
son and John J. Reinburg. The cere
mony will be performed on Christmas
day at the home of the bride's mother
at Silver Creek.
Dena, the eldest daughter ot Mr. and
Mrs. klex. Duncan, was taken ill with
diphtheria last Friday. Strict quarantine
measures were at once established and
no Bpre&d of the malady is anticipated.
The child is getting along nicely at
present.—Reporter.
DYERSVILLE.
PreB Engler of Worthington was in
town last Monday on buainesB.
Mr. Wessela of New Vienna was in
thiB city Tast Saturday.
Clem Boekenstedt waa in town last
Thursday on business.
Henry Diers of New Vienna made
the Commercial oliftie a pleasant call
Monday.
JLS. White of Worthington was a
Dyersville visitor last Monday.
Ed Kerper of New Vienna waB in thiB
city one day last week.
Clem Xlostermann, one of the popu
lar farmers of near Petersburg was in
town Tuesday on business.
Mrs. Paul Lippert viBited relatives
and friendB at Manchester last Tues
day.
John 11. Kramer WBB at Manchester
Monday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ooerdt viBited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker
east of town Sunday.
llenry SchneiderB of Petersburg was
visiting his brother John and family
Friday.
ameB Counsell of Waterloo was vis
iting relatives and friends in this city
last week one day.
Theo. Hatch of Manchester was call
ing on his old friends in this city last
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kramer, Jr., of
Farley were in town last Saturday vis
iting relatives and transacting business.
Herman JSecker was in town Monday
calling on his numerous friends and
transacting business.
week
with relatives near Hopkinton.
Buel Dunham's sale was quite well
attended and every thing sold well. We
hope Mr. and Mrs. Dunham will not
leave our vicinity.
DELHI.
Will Barker, of Edgewood, visited at
J. B. Clark's last week.
Miss Allie Cummings attended a
musical recital at Hopkinton Tuesday
evening.
Misses Dorine Corbin and Gwen Per
kins are home from Lenox for the holi
day vacation.
reBi-
deu«.of Geo. Dickson, the bride's uncle.
The ceremuu was performed by Rev.
D. W. Blakely, pasio- of the Congrega-
Mesdames Lewis and Boomer were
shopping in Manchester Tuesday.
School closed Friday for one week
There will be a Christmas tree at the
tlonal church at Beliwtue, Iowa, and
waB witnessed only by the 'remediate M. E, church on Wednesday evening,
relatives and friends of the coutraiMra/j AH are invited.
parties. The groom, though a stranger
here, is spoken of highly In the vicinity
in which he lives and though not active
ly engaged in farming, looks after
Will Furman has moved into the
houaevacated by Mr. Van Antwerp.
Misses Eliza and Ella Burton and
Will Burton from western Iowa are
home for the ho'-idays.
hiB
own farmB located near Panama. The
bride lived here most of her life and is
known as having a beautiful disposition
and Christian character. She will be
greatly missed in church and musical
circles, in which Bhe has been an active
worker. They left for their future
home in Panama, Neb., on Saturday,
taking with them the best wishes of
the Earlville people.
The young peojte from town and
country enjoyed themselves at a party
at Mrs. Eliza I'ulver's Fricray evening.
Miss Nellie Keith is home frcja Cedar
Falls for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swinburne
in Earlville Thursday.
Mrs. J. W. Corbin iB on the sick list?
All hope she will soon recover,
Rev. Gilbert Shuil from Crawford,
Nebraska, visited at E. R, Stone's last
week.
Mrs. WIll Fitzaimmons and two chil
Thursday at
Henry Kircbhoil! haB accepted a posi
tion as clerk at Limback UroB. store
and began work last week. Henry Is
an energetic young man and we wish
him succeBB.
Wm, Deutmeyer of Petersburg was
in town Tuesday morning and departed
for Remsen where he is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. F. 13. Diekmann, and also his
aunt, Mrs. Fred Ueckmann and other
relatives and frienda. Will expects to
be gone about three weeks.—Commer
cial.
STRAWBERRY POINT.
Born, to Mr. and MrB. A. B. Hughes,
Saturday, a girl.
E. Heyer, of Earlville, spent Sunday
with friends In this city.
Mr. and Mrs. lleece Davis are visiting
relatives in Edgewood this week.
Carl and Earnest Sandhagen of Dun
dee visited in this place Tuesday.
llecentnows from Lexington, Nebras
ka, state that Earl Emerson iB much
better.
Carl Eaton of Oxford Junction visited
with his mother in this place a few days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Glass of Dundee
were the guests of relatives in this city
Sunday.
ohn Seeley of Manchester spent Sun
friends in this place.
Tabor of Manchester WBB the
in thiB city Sunday.
Mark^H£adwell
who haB been a
ents in this city, return
in Chicago Friday even-
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Mr. A. J. Toney of Manchester,
spent Saturday with friends In this city.
Mrs. John Matthews of Greeley visit
ed at the Appleby home over Sunday.
A. J. Pease of Manchester was a busi
ness caller in this city the last of the
week.
Mrs. C. B. Madison and MrB. C. Rob
inson, of Edgewood, visited with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eaton, the
latter part of laet week.—Maii i-rees.
HOPKINTOH.
James A. Johnson and wife visited
in Manchester a couple of days this
week.
Supervisor Durey is down from Man
chester today, conferring with Super
visor Carter on county matters.
Supervisor Carter is doing a piece of
good work on the river road north of
the bridges, where along section of the
grade was washed by the water last sea
son. Flat rock is being laid over the
road bed and covered with a dressing of
gravel, and the downsteam side is being
protected by a ledge of rock work. It
Is believed that this method will pre
vent a good deal of the destructive
washing which the road gets every year
during high water. The cost of the
work is being borne by the town and
county together.
A large number of friends of H. II.
Wheeless and wife attempted to spring
a "surprise" party on them Monday
night, and the affair might possibly
have worked successfully if the tele
phone had not been brought into uso in
sending out some of the invitations, It
so happened that Mr. Wheeless uses
the 'phone occasionally himself, and so
he accidentally intercepted one of the
invitations and was on'to the whole
thing. Nevertheless the reception at
the Wheeless home was juBt as cordial
as if the inmates were not informed of
the onslaught, and the evening was
thoroughly enjoyed by everybody pres
ent. The ladies of the party took along
refreshments, and that was not the
least of the good things that helped to
fill up the time.
C. A. Peterson and wife were down
from Manchester last Saturday. Mr.
Peterson was making an inspection of
the telephone exchange and taking an
inventory of its needs. He went to Chi
cago this week for the purpose of buy
ing supplies for the company, and
among them will be a new switchboard
for the Hopkinton exchange. The new
board will have a capacity for 200 drops
and will be one of that kind which per
mits two operatocB to work at the same
time. A new cable will also be put in,
the poleB within a couple of blocks of
the central oflice having become over
loaded with wires. The Hopkinton ex
change now has over 2o0.patrons and Is
the best oflice in the county connected
with the Bystem of the Delaware Coun
ty Telephone Co.—Leader.
YOUR SENSE OF DUTY
CULTIVATE IT TO THE EXTREME
LIMIT OF YOUR ABILITY
It In llic A'oblewt, MoKt Manly and nt
the Snntc Time MoKt WomuitZy of
Qualities—T.Iie Real BUN1S of Edu
cation and SaccenR.
Teachers and parents are asked to
consider the statement that a sense of
duty is the foundation of real educa
tion and the basis of success. What
ever lias been achieved of real impor
tance in the world has been based up
on a sense of duty. Religion itself is
founded upon duty, and its main teach
ings deal with questions of duty—the
duty of men and women toward each
other and toward their Creator.
Children's minds will be strength
ened, their work made easier and their
ambition stimulated if they can be
made to feel toward duty that it is
not repulsive, but that it offers an op
portunity for achievement, an oppor
tunity for every individual to prove his
worth and that he deserves to succeed.
If duty can be strongiy developed in
the mind of a young child, the effect
will remain through life and make that
child's existence useful.
Farents should impress upon their
children—and young people should im
press upon themselves—the fact that a
sense of duty is the noblest, most man
ly and at the same time most woman
ly of qualities.
The average small boy thinks that
there is something "soft" about a duti
ful boy. He should be taught that
what made Washington a fighter and
Lincoln groat among his fellows was
nothing else than a sense of duty to
their country.
What makes a fireman bravo Is a
sense of duty. A sense of duty Is at
the foundation of every effort made to
provide for children, to meet the obli
gations of life honestly.
The German philosopher Fichte, as
admirable a moral character as the
world has known, exemplifies as per
fectly as any the beauty of a life in
spired by a sense of duty, and It is a
life which may bo well studied by
those engaged in shaping the charac
ter of the young.
The very keynote of his philosophical
system was based on duty. "Unsere
Welt 1st das verslnnliclite Material un
serer Pfiieht," said he.
This idea—that our world is but tho
material incarnation of our duty—ho
taught, and, what is more, he practiced
what he preached.
One preacher who practices his
preachings thoroughly is worth many
of the other kind, no matter how elo
quent tho others. And Fichte prac
ticed Ills beliefs. When he was poor
aud a young tutor, he set a good ex
ample to every teacher. As a tutor he
made his liviug, but he knew that his
duty to the child intrusted to him was
the principal thing. He knew also
that every child is really formed in
character and morals by the influence
of its parents.
Fichte kept a journal devoted to tho
attitude of his employers toward their
child—his pupil. Every week he told
them tho mistakes they had made and
held them accountable for spoiling the
child through flattery, too much kind
ness, ill judged severity or in what
ever way. Strange to say, the parents
•actually put up with this for two
whole years, so great was their ad
miration for the youug tutor's moral
cliaractcr.
Duty well ingrained in the soul will
keep a man on the right path in easy
times and in hard times. Fichte is
quoted here because no man better
than he proves the power of a sense
of atJto. In small things duty guldod
him, anxljit guided him at the end.
He vJ just past tho half century of
his ag and had been gloriously suc
cessful.Kfl^ bad been called to the
chair o4L]D nnhiii' I^rlin, and no
teacher i*
loved or
|ent ED
1l
ad ever been more
UrecL- On a certain
dWjTitn'Biitfi
son "Duty" for Ms subject. 111s coun
try was at -war aiul threatened with
invasion and absolute annihilation of
her liberties.
Fichte, who had talked much of the
little duties of life, talked on this .day
of mau's duty to his country. The
sound of drums calling for conscripts
frequently Interrupted his lecture. He
told the listening youug man that each
man's duty is to lend his individual
strength and life to his country in
time of danger. It was marvelous
address, and it ended well.
For at the close he said to his great
crowd of admiring students: "This
course of lectures will be suspended
until the end of the campaign. We
shall resume them in a free country or
die in tiie attempt to recover her free
dom."
Fichte loft his lecture platform to en
list as a simple soldier, and, needless
to say, his students followed his exam
ple in crowds. That was at the be
ginning of the campaign of 1S13, but
the example is good enough to last un
til now and for many hundred years
to come. A year later, aged fifty-two,
he died. He caught the fever while
caring for those alilieted, among others
for his own wife, who had gone with
the army as nurse.
Make duty a strong part of your
child's or your pupil's moral educa
tion. A sense of duty impels men to
Btruggle on and do their best even in
the face of failure a sense of duty im
pels the successful man to make good
use of his success. The hideous, emp
ty, seltish lives of the self indulgent
class ai*e based upon utter lack of the
sense of duty. In the education of a*
child moral teachings should come
first In a child's mental equipment
moral qualities should be first consid
ered. By example, precept, argument
nnd through history impress upon your
children the fact that without a sense
of duty they are unworthy of the op
portunities that life offers to men in
this world.—New York Journal.
FREAK ADORNMENTS.
6tr&P0c Household Ornnraentfi That
May Be Seen In Englandi
Many arc tho strange household and
garden adornments scattered up and
down the English countryside. In a
Sussex village is part of a garden pal
ing made wholly out of the swords of
swordlishes. The lady who owns the
garden got the strange paling from her
brother, who had originally sported it
in the trox)ics.
Near Leeds is a summer house made
wholly of buttons of every imaginable
kind, nnd In the same county Is a
room the walls of which are adorned
entirely by the ribbons of cigars, near
ly 20,000 of these being represented.
From garret to basement In the large
house of a Leeds mineral water manu
facturer is a gigantic scrapbook, ev
ery notable theatrical poster of the last
twenty years being pasted on the
walls.
A north country banker living near
Wakefield has a great dining room tho
whole of tho walls of which are the
woodeu and iron doors of eminent cas
tles and historic buildings, and at Lis
card, in Cheshire, is a room that con
tains hundreds of picture frames made
of every imaginable substance, from
leather to tigers' bones, one frame be
ing placed within another accordlug to
size so that tho whole surface is cov
ered with frames.
In Liverpool is a room—that of a
dentist whose grandfather^ occupied
the same premises—that contains many
mirrors and pictures the frames of
which are made entirely or. sharks'
teeth. Near Birmingham a manufac
turer has a study that is lined, even to
the roof, with nothing but chains of
various thicknesses and padlockB of
different sizes.—Pearson's.
DON'T GET TOO FULL
A Lesiiou That May Be Learned From
the Habit* of the Been.
"Don't stir up a beehive tinless you
know it is a rich one," said an apiarist
to a visitor at his bee farm.
"I think that I would leave them
alone altogether," was the reply. "They
have too angry a buzz about them to
win my confidence,"
"You are not used to them, that's
oil," said the beeman. "For example,
these hives are full of honey, nnd if I
puff a little smoke into the doors so as
to sort of sufTocate the sentries I can
topple a hive over, handle the bees
like so many beans, clean the honey
combs and carry them off. The bees
won't harm me." And, to prove his
words, the speaker performed his ex
periment and came back to his friend
with a smile and several heavy combs
of honey.
"If those hives had been nearly
empty," said the apiarist, "I would
have been lucky to have escaped with
my life. The tenants of a poor hive
sting to kill."
"That's strange," said the visitor.
"1 should think that they would de
fend their boards with especial jeal
ousy, and the more they have the hot
ter they would fight."
"The reason is," said the beeman,
"that when alarmed the bees fly to
their storehouse and gorge themselves,
When full of honey, a bee can't bend
Its body nnd sting."
"Which should be a lesson to us,1
said the other. "Don't get too full."—
New York Tribune.
A Punctual Bird.
What tempts the little humming
bird that wo seo in our gardens to
travel every spring from near the
equator to as far north as the arctic
circle, leaving behind him, as he does!
for a season, many tropical delights?
He is the only one of many humming
birds that pluckily leaves the laud of
gayly colored birds to go into volun
tary exile In the north, east of the Mis
sissippi. How it stirs thqj imagination
to picture the solitary, tiny migrant,
mere atom of bird life, moving abov
the range of human sight through the
vast dome of tho sky! Boruo swiftly
onward by rapidly vibrating little
wings, ho covers the thousands
miles between his winter home and his
summer one by easy stages and ar
rives at his chosen destination, weath
er permitting, at approximately th»
same date year after year.—Country
Life In America.
The Woman ami Her Face.
Onco upon time a woman had A
quarrel with her features because they
made ugly faces at her when she
looked in the glass. She scolded and
scolded, but it all did 110 good.
Finally she sat In front of her mir
ror, and with rouge, powder and black
pencil went deliberately to work to
show her face how wrong It was and
succeeded.
After a time she smiled a smile of
intense satisfaction, and her face
smiled pleasantly back at her.
Moral.—It is bettpr to make up than
to continue differences.—New York
Herald.
L'nreturued.
Mrs. Meeklus—What a nice lady Mrs,
Selden is!
Mrs. Pratt—is slie? I never met lier.
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4
v"i
Jil'
today was ashamed 01 tnyseu t»e
cause I never had returned her call,
and she said, very politely, you know,
that I needn't worry myself: liiat
could keep It as long as I pleased.—
Boston Transcript.
Ah1ch1 ami AiiMWcrcil.
Female Lawyer--IIow old are you?
Female Witness.- You know as well
as I do that I'm just a week younger
than you arc but. if necessary-
Female Lawyer (hastily)—Never inlnd
It isn't necessary.—Chicago News.
Ewr.v man should profit by his own
mistakes, but most of us would prefer
to profit by the mistakes of others.
Philadelphia Ueeord.
The Soil W«H Not Congenial.
It was Aunt Rebecca's first visit to
her niece, a city girl who had married
a few years before and begun house
keeping In a pretty town In southern
Michigan.
Myrtle," she said, looking out of the
itchen window one morning, "you
have a fine patch of ground hero that
seems to bo going to waste. Why don't
you plant peach trees? They grow
beautifully In this climate."
"No, aunty," replied the young wife
the soli is too poor. I have tried it.
You remember those canned peaches
ou sent me year before last? They
were the finest I ever saw—finer than
any that grow here. Well, I saved the
stones, and, without saying anythlnj
to Robert about it, I planted them out
there in the yard, but uot one of them
ever came up—not a single one!"
The lloynl Color.
Purple lias-always been considered
the royal color. The ill fated Charles
was, however, at his own desire,
crowned in a robe of white. Although
he was seriously reminded that of tho
two exceptions to this rule, IUchard II.
and llenry VI., who wore white satin
robes at their coronations, both had
come to a violent end, one at Poute
fract castle and one in the Tower,
Charles I. was resolute in his decision,
and, when, tweuty-thrce years after
ward, almost to a day, his body was
conveyed to its grave through a heavy
snowstorm, the superstitious could not
help remarking that the third "white
king" had suffered a violent death.—
St. James Gazette.
An Optlinlntic View.
The invalid looked out of the window
just as a liearso went by, anu no
smiled happily.
D'ye mind, Biddy," he said, "it's
worth the dyin' to have a ride in a
thing like that, with tho feathers on
top an' a man with a bug on his liat,
an' you beiu' gr-renter an' more nicis
sary than the marshal iv a St. Path
rick's day parade. There's wanst in
yo're life ye're the whole thing, an*
that's whiu ye're dead."—Chicago Post.
The Sensible Thing?.
Schoolmaster—What Is the meaning
of oue twenty-fifth?
Boy—I—I don't remember.
Schoolmaster—If you had twenty-five
friends visiting you and only one apple
for them, what would you do?
Boy—I'd wait till they'd gone and
then eat it myself.
Unfortunate.
Von Blumer—1 wonder what kind of
people have taken the house across the
way.
Mrs. Von Blumer—I don't know,
was out the day they moved In.—New
York Herald.
Why a Man Shouldn't.
There are two things that should
keep a man from worrying—If he have
no reason for worrying, there's no use
worrying If he have a reason, there Is
no use.—Los Aimoloa Herald.
The Color of It.
"And you loaned him $2? Did you
ever see the color of his money?"
"Well, yes. There was a good deal
of dun to it before I got it"—New
York Herald.
And Vet He lint* Plenty of Sand.
The average boy is like an hourglass.
He won't work for more than sixty
minutes unless somebody turns him up
side dowu.—Somerville Journal.
The Strength
of tbe coffee you buy adds to its
value in the cup.
Lion Coffee
comes to you fresh and of full
strength, always In sealed, airtight
packages. Bulk coffees lose their
strength, deteriorate in flavor, and
also gather dirt.
Dnlformltr, fmhaeM and full strength
nre Insured to uaer« of Lion Coffee*
Notice in Hankruytcy.
IN TUB DISTRICT COURT OF TIIE UNITKD
STATUS FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
IOWA, EASTERN DIVISION.
In the Matter of Frank B.
Dickey aud Alexander
E. Dunlap. Co-partners
under tiie Firm frame of
Frauk 1). DIck«y & Co.,
Bankrupts.
On this 10th day of December, A. D. IOCS, on
flllng and reading the petitions of tho above
named bankrupts, Frank B. Dickey and Alex
ander E. Dunlap, for discharge herein, it is
in IJankruptoy.
ORDERKD, That the 80th day of December, A.
D. 1002, be and the same Is hereby fixed as the
date on or before which all creditors of, and all
other persons Interested in said estates and in
tho matter of the discharge la bankruptcy of
said bankrupts, shall, if they desire to oppose*
the same, fllo in my oflice at INDEPENDENCE
in sold District, their appearance in writing, in
opposition to tho granting of said discbarges,
and also within ten days thereafter, file in my
said oflice specifications of the grounds of said
opposition. M. W. IIARMON,
Koferee in Bankrnptcy.
Notice of Appointment of Executrix.
STATE OP IOWA, U«
Delaware County
88
NOTICE IH HEREBY oiVEN, That the under
signed has beeu duly appointed aud qualified as
Executrix of the Estate of Jolw llenry Frou
luc, lato of Delaware county. Iowa, deceased.
All persons Indebted to aaidEstate are re*
quested to make immediate paymeut. and those
having claims against tho same will preseut
them, duly authenticated, to the undersigned
for allowance.
MARY ANN FUONINO.
Dated December I5tb,l002, Executrix.
Yorau. Arnold & Yoran,
Atty's for Estate. g2w3
FARMING
IN THE SOUTH.
Tho Passenger Department ol the Illinois Oon
tral Railroad Company is issuing monthly circu
lars concerning fruit growing, vegetable garden*
lug. btosk raising, dairying, eto.. In tho states
of Kentucky, West Tennessee, Mississippi and
Louisiana. Every Farmer, or Qcmeseeker, who
will forward his name and address to the under
signed. win be mailed free, Cireulus Nos. l, 9,
8,4,5 and o, and others as they are published
from month to month. J. F. MERRY,
Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
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Finch & Liilibridge
mm
Holiday Goods
at
Denton & Ward'sl
Can show you a larger and better selected
stock of Ohristmas Gifts than ever. Call and
satisy yourselves.
READ THE DEMOCRAT.
SlIlJIsllSlM
CALIFORNIA?
•awswlfo matter how you want to go—"Southern" or "Scenic"
route, in a tourist sleeper or aboard the finest train America,
the Rock Island is the line to take.
Don't make any mistake about that.
,, Thro' tourist cars run daily to Los Angeles amLSan Fran
cisco via "El Pnso. Personally conducted three times S,—
Tourist care twice a week via the "Scenic" line—through Colo
rado and Utah.
Golden State Limited leaves Kansas City daily and offers
unrivalled service to all points in Southern California.
Berths, tickets and full information at all Sock Island ticket"
offices, or by addressing J. G. FABMER, D. P. A., Cedar Rapids.
t^iis
4" C^-,^
,«5 '1
Books and Other
beautifully illustrated booklet descriptive of
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Sent free, on request. llSSsffp
We have our stock of Holiday Goods, ready
for your inspection, and we are only too glad to
show goods, for we can assure you that it will
be a mistake on your part should you buy else
where before looking over our stock, consisting
of Burnt Wood, Ebony Crest Wave Ware, Toi
let Sets, Brushes With Trays, Celluloid Goods,
Perfumes, Waterman's Fountain Pens and
Stationery Boxes, also the new game of Flinch,
Etc.
Lj
City Hall Pharmacy. fjBBI
Lawrence & Grems.
Those
Qualities
of Style and.
Service
so universally demanded by 20th
Century buyers of Men's Trousers
—are, to-day, found only in the
best garments—the product of
skilled labor and exclusive fabrics.
£,00* for the "R O W" trade
marls,
THE NEW MODEL
"R&W" TROUSERS
FOR 1902-
combining long wearing features
with irreproachable correctness cf
cut and fit commend themselves
to all purchasers* Our line is now
complete—both as to price-ranga
and patterns*
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