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0, C. BRADLEY,
-you Cap't be Happy
I Cold feet.
For curing cold feet
there's nothing like the
Ball Band Buckle
Arctics and Felt
Boot Overs.
They are warmer be
cause they have an all
wool lining.
WB FIT THE FEET
M.
Our Business Directory.
ATTORNEY*.
G.W. OVSTHAJi. B. B. 8TILK8 W. U. NOBRI8
DUNHAM, NORRlS 9TILB8.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
Publio, Special attention given to Collec
on» Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Agta.
MBoe In City Hall Block. Manchester, la.
0. YOHAM. H. F. AHffOLD. M. J, YORAW
YORAN. ARNOLD YORAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate
Agents. Office over Delaware County State
Bank, Manchester, Iowa.
C. E. BBOHSOK. IS. M. OAKS.
BRONSON* CARR
A TTOKNEYS AT LAW. Sneolal attention
given to collections. Office In Democrat
Building, Franklin Street, Manchester, Iowa.
PRBD B. BLAIR.
A TTORNBY AT LAW. Office In the
City Hall
Block, MancUester, low*.
PMY8I0IANB.
A,
j, WARD
PHYSICIAN and Surgson, wlU attend to oalls
promptly at all hours of the day or night,
Lamont, Iowa,
J. LINDSAY, M, Dl.
PHYSICIAN,
surgeon and Eye Specialist.
Office hours (or eye eases ana fitting glasses
1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Office corner Main ana Frank*
tin streets.
D. H. M. BRADLEY,
CLOTHING
M.D.
BRADLEY & BRADLEY.
PHYSICIANS
AND SURGEONS. Franklin
street, Manchester, Iowa.
DBNTIttT*.
O. A. DUNHAM. 0. L. LKIOB
DUNHAM & LEIGH.
Dentists.
Office in the Adams building on
Franklin Street. Telephone 215.
C. W.
DORMAN,
I
"DENTIST. Offloe on Franklin Street* north
L/ of the Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa.
Dental Surgery in all its branohes. Makes
.roqaent visits to neighboring towns. Always
at office on Saturday**.
E. B. NBWOOMB.
HENTI8T. Office over Clark & Lawrence's
store on Franklin street. Grown
Drldge work a specialty. Will meet patients at
Farley Wednesday of each week. 82tf
VBTBRINARIAN.
DR. J. W. SCOTT,
\T ETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist. 601B
Main Street. Telephon289.
MANCHBSTBR MARBLE WORKS
prepared to furnish Qranlte and Marble
i- Monuments and Head Stones of various de«
signs. Have the oounty right for Slpe's Pat
ent Grave Cover also dealer in Iron Fenoes.
Will meet all competition. StfM.
WX. MOINTOSH.
W. N. BOYNTON.
WATCHMAKERS.
Jewelers and Engravers
dealers in Watches, Clocks, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Bpeotaoles, cutlery,
Musical Instruments, etc., Main street.
A. D, BROWN
ealer in furniture eto., and undertaker,
Main Street.
P. WBRKMEISTBR,
/GENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
V7 Co
Sine. Ploture Frames, Eto. A oomplete
stook of Furniture and Upholstery always on
hand, at prloes that defy competition. A good
Hearse kept tor attendance at funerals. Sari*
vllle.Iowa.
ALLEN A STOREY.
and Gents furnishing goods. Oor
ner Main and Franklin streets.
GILDNER BROS.
t'
iLOTHING and Gents furnishing goods*
City Hall Block, Franklin Street
B. CLARK.
RY GOODS, Notions. Carpets, Gents Fur*
nUbing goods, eto. Fraaklln Street.
QUAKER MILL OO.
LOUR and Feed, Manufacturers of the cele
brated White Satin and White Pearl Flour,
KIDDBLL A CO.,
T\RY GOODS. Carpets, Millinery, Hats and
Caps, Boots ana Shoes, eto., Main St.
Manchester, Iowa.
A. THORPE.
Pder
KOPBIKTOR OF KALAMITY'S FLUN
Store and Dealer in Clothing, Boots,
Shoos, Notions, 3tc. Masonic Block Manches
ter, lowa.
E. T. GRASSFIELD,
GEO. S LISTER,
CTARDWARE. STOVES. TINWARE, ETO.
XI Keeps a nrat-class ti
tinner and does all
-lOatness and dlssatc'
Store opposite rfrst National Bank, Main St.
T. P. MOONBY.
BLACKSMITHdoue
(Successor to Lee Bowman.)
and Wagonmaker, Delhi,
Iowa. Work promptly and In a work
manlike manner. Charges reasonable. Your
Patronage solicited. iBtf
fNSURE YOUR PROPERTY against cyclones
and tornadoes In the old reliable Phoenix
[nrara&QHOQo BRONSON 8 OiBB, AfCQto,
apd
4S
They wear longer and give MUCH BETTER
SATISFACTION than any other Rubbers made,
and "do it too." No "ifs or ands" about it.
E. T. Grassfield,
(Successor to Orassfield Bros.)
MANCHESTER. IOWA.
HOLLI8TER LUMBER CO.
UMBER and all of materials,
KS04klDda
Cora"bulldlnij
THOB. T. CARKEEK.
""H'DINd SUI'ERIN-
MS®"- '•8th
M'SSS^
Mata
A. E. PETERSON.
T\EADER IN Groceries, Provisions, roifc
ery, Fruits, eto. Main Street,
*1. M. PEAR8E.
JUSIICE OFTHB PEACE AND COLLECT
O OR. All business entrusted to him given
prompLattentlon. Office in City Hall block,
second floor.
ALEX. 8EF8TROM.
6GENERAL
BLACKSMITH, horseshoing a
speciaUy. Interferring and corns cured or
no pay. Prloes reasonable, and the best of
work guaranteed A share of the public patron
age Is solicited, Shop on Franklin street, near
the bridge.
Business Opportunities For All.
Locations In Iowa, IlllnolB, Minne
sota and Missouri on the Chicago Ureat
Western ltaiiway tbe very beat agri
cultural section of tbe United States
where farmers are prosperous and busi
ness men successful. We have a demand
for competent men, witb tbe necessary
capital, for all branches of business.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and Btockbuyers. Corres
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
Maple Leaflets, W. T. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 604 Endlcott Building, St, Paul,
Minn.
TJ}« large ana increasing circulation
of Tbe Iowa Homestead in this county
is 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 first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers, they are full of actual experience,
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough thiB season to .secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec:
ial Farmers' Institute Edltigns,together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers' Mutual Insurance- Journal,
four of tbe most valuable farm publi
cations in the country, that enable us to
offer the four in connection with our
own paper for 81.90 for tbe entire five,
one year. This is emphatically a good
thing, and no farmer in this county
Bbomd fail to take advantage of this
offer. For a large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals It, A
county paper, a farm paper, a poultry
paper, a farm Insurance paper and the
Special Farmers- Isntitute, all for $1.90
Come In and order them.
CUCUMBER.
Ing and soothing, it keeps away blaok heads and
other blemishes.
the^SDt6edpure
and wlU no*
18"
grow hair on
All kinds of Hair Work done to order.
MRS. C. B. BATON,
.... Oyer Harness Store, Main Street.
Mauobestor, lowa.
F. E. RICHARDSON,
.',-v Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance.
Office over the Racket Store
Manchester, Iowa.
There IB a hint that llockefeller
meanB to "give" «10,000,000 for educa
tional purposes in the south. The
Cedar Rapids Gazette thinks the far
sighted dealer will need no better hunch'
to buy his oil now and in advance of
this great effort at enlightenment
Marion Register.
Rockerfeller Needed Christmas Money.
The price of kerosene has been ad
vanced nearly 50 per cent to American
consumers only by the Standard Oil
monoply since the coal strike. Tbe
only discernable reason for tbe advance
is that Mr. ltockerfeller needs the
money.—Philadelphia North American.
Offering Dishonest Testimony.
Having paid good wages to their em
ployes, of course it Is not the concern
of the coal operators If four or six men
are necessary to do the work they as
sign, officially, to one, and that these
men have to be paid by the employe In
stead of tbe company. The more there
IB learned about tbe affairs of the mine
operators tbe more one Is inclined tobe
lleve that they could have made money
and saved reputation by paying tbe
price of tbe compromise.—Indianapolis
News.
1
Not a Creditable Proceeding.
Among civilized people debts are no
longer collected by violence. The bold
er of an Individual obligation does not
attack bis debtor with a club or blow
up his bouse, but proceeds through tbe
courts. And in tbe case of nations
there IB a court provided for just Buch
collections as Qermany and Kn^land
have undertaken to make from Vene
zuela. Considering tbe great power of
tbe allies and the great weakness of
Venezuela, it is not creditable to tbe
former that they should reBort to force
in the first place.—Boston Post. y1:
st-
8CHARLES. THE AILOR.
a
WM. DBNNI8.
CARPENTER,
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER.
I am .now prepared to do all work In my
iiue in a good and workmanlike manner. Satis
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished. Work taken in town or oountry. Shop
near the stand tower on West Side of river
O. 6. CATE8,
tfSsass&SiSaj!
and pianos aflSolalty. Allworlt wlirrecSre
ah wura wiu receive
prompt attention. A share of your patronage
is soliotted. Charges right. Give your dray ins
to a man who nos come to stay.
LAWRENCE A GREM8.
DEet?8'^!1U1'aTb[ickta"0nery'
The English people should not be al
lowed to believe that we have a desire
to annex Canada. We would have
Canada remain under another form ot
government so that we may have some
object of tariff discriminations. We
mlgbt be willing to annex the people,
but tbe republicans of the nations de
clare that annexation of the hens, cows,
goats, cattle hides, old iron, and pea
fields would mean panic on Wall street
and general disaster to our people. In
view of all tbls we will be compelled to
the pleasvre of treating the $an
aalank as brothers.—Cedar Bapids
Gazette.
2'''. Does not Work Both Ways.
01U'
PETER BOARDWAY.
IbA.LBR IN flour, feed, bay straw, Maquoke*
ts lime, stucco, and common and AUas ce
nine, stucco, and common and Atlas
ment. TelephonaliS. Lower Franklin St.
The notice to Europeoan governments
to keep off tbe weBtern continent, while
we invade tbe eastern, may not figure in
the Venezuela trouble, for pressure may
quiet that raging tempest. But the
same dislocation of logic is apt to ap
pear again. The "manifest destiny"
slogan, when pushed to its last analysis,
mu&t mean adoption of the Mohamme
den motto of enforcing a creed by the
sword. And that IB not American.
That is the treason which tbe jingoes
prate of and do not comprehend,—Pitts
burg Post.
A Good Suggestion for the Lobbyists.
The circumstance that Mr. Harrlman
bas established headquarters in Wash
ington for tbe purpose of keeping con
gress in order is, of course, entirely pro
per in these glorious days of anti-trust
activity, but it is likely to excite the In
dignation and resentment of Messrs.
Oxnard and Griscom, who have' been
issuing directions to the national legls
lature ever since the session opened. In
tbe interest of harmony it may be sug
gested that the three gentlemen named
should assume tbe direction ot legisla
tion week about, thuB avoiding any un
seemly conflict of authority.-'Chicago
Chronicle.
During tbe civil war subjects of var
ious Kuropeon nations lost property by
reason of tbe conflict and it was years
before theBe claims were adjusted, and
some are still hanging fire. Property
belonging to English and German citi
zens was destroyed by the Confederate
or Federal armies, and this government
was asked to pay for the loss. Many
years afterwards these claims were final
ly adjusted. But Buppose immediately
following the civil war that England and
Germany had demanded immediate!
payment there would have been such a I
rallying of the north and south to the
mutual defense of the country that all
thought of internal bickering would1
have been forgotten. But England and
Germany did not force their claims
against the United States, because this
waB
a little too great a proposition for
them to tackle.—Clinton Advertiser.
Tbe Chicago Tribune objects' to. the
paBBSge of tbe ehfp subsidy bill. The
Tribune prints telegrams from a num
ber of republican editors in lowa all of
whom oppose the subsidy and yet what
doeB all this amount to after all The
Tribune and many of these same re
publican papers object to colonialism
as represented In the Porto Rican bill.
The Porto Hlcan bill was passed and
colonialism was established, republican
leaders feeling confident that they could
depend upon these republican papers
ruBhing to the support of republican
measures. This confidence was not
misplaced and these news-papers turned
some very sharp corners. If the Bhip
subsidy bill should
pasB
it 1b safe to say
that many of these same papers would
be found ardently defending that meaB
ure in the next political campaign.—*
Commoner,
The Man Who Can't Afford It.
Hurrah for tbo man who Is able to say
lu a manly, unblushing And sonsiUlo way
"I can't afford It." when tempted 10 buy
What or will distress lilin when pay day Is
nigh.
Hurrah for that man, though bis ways he neg
lect.
He has our profoundest, slncerest respect
To him, bo no over a frlond or a foe,
Unchecked admiration we all haro to show
And well he deserves it. He teaches the way
Of boldly Ignoring what pooplo may say
Or thick, In away which concerns
The one, who, for reasons, extravagance
spurns.
Wb honor hlm truly, enough seedy his oioihes.
We lovo him. though lUtlo of fashion he shows,
We trust him unquestioned, though poorer than
clay.
And Isn't he happy? Juet look at his face
Of care or of worry there isn't a tracft.
His conscience Is clear, all the riches on earth
Can't glre hlm the Joy that right doing is worth,
No statftaman, no ruler, no great soldier brave
Is prouder thau he, who is nobody's slave.
I can't afford tt, all praise to the man
Who foarlessly says It and lives on the plan.
Harvey N. Bloomer, in Jury.
FARMER LIFE
IDEAL
THE LOT OF THE TILLER OF THE
SOIL IS TO RE ENVIED.
Drttdirc* In City s::u[)i Know Noth
ing of IIl.i Ir deceitilcnce, and Al
though the
Work
!•. linrfl and In­
cessant the Reward I« Sore.
IP some of the formers who are dis
couraged been use lli^y have not made
a fortune off tlielr ftiuus and who feel
ineliued to envy their brother toilers In
the city, imagining that life in the city
Is more desirable than theirs, easier
and filled with jiloury of leisure to en
joy all the pleasures with which the
rustle Imagination gilds and glorifies
those distant scones and activities,
they need only try to find out their
mistake. "Far Holds are green" aud
lose much of their attractiveness upon
a nearer view.
To the city man of ordinary means
and opportunities, who, like the ordi
nary farmer, has no bank account to
fall back upon in cuse of emergency,
life Is one "demnltiob grind" and with
out the 800i!»w:g infiucuces of nature
that surround the farmer to quiet the
fever and unrest with which the strug
gle, competition ami turmoil around
him keep his nerves on tbe rack day
after day. As a rule, such men arc not
their own masters, but must order
their speech, demeanor and inclinations
to please the powers that have control
over their dally doings in order to keep
bread lu the mouths and clothes on the
backs of both themselves and-7their
families.
The farmer, If he does not feel well,
can rise in tbe morniug at whatever
hour it pleases him so to do, for an
hour or so or a day or two does not
make much difference
Id
his affairs,
except at the most critical periods of
planting aud harvesting. lie can have
Ills owu opinions, and voice them, too,
ou politics and religion and all the
stlrripg questions of the day without
fear of antagonizing the powers that.
•ber who^caa VsAck!'. him ft his views
and opinions do not happen to coincide
with those of his masters or "over*
lord" (the boss).
That the farmer is a hard worker no
body cflu deny. Tilling the soil is not
easy work. Siuce God gave the com
mand to man to "earn his bread by the
sweat of lite face" the farmer's life
has been a life of toil. It takes 6ome
strength and effort to dig a living out
of the ground. It is not easy to earn a
living, much less a fortune, without
effort, and the farmer is not tbe only
one who "sweats." Brain workers
have no sinecure, although some per
sons imagine that all they have to do
Is to sit at a desk and add up figures
or to twiddle a pen In their fingers. The
life of a salesman behind the counter
is most WHrisouic and monotonous.
The beautiful days of spring go by,
the birds are singing as they build
their nests, the fiowers are blooming in
the valleys and on the hillsides, and the
grass is growing greener and greener
in the meadows, yet never a glimpse
does he get of the beauty of the bright
world except when he can take a car
ride of an evening or on a Sunday or
holiday.
A grocer's clerk works more hours
and harder thau the average'-couutry
boy, who can go to the "corner" and
pitch quoits and gossip with his cronies
when the city young man is just get
ting from work, and, as for the man
who delivers milk in the city, he has
even harder work and louger hours.
At 4 iu the morning and even earlier
his wagon Is heard on the streets and
himself racing from top to bottom of
tho high apartment buildings in the
cold aud sleet of a midwinter's morn
ing or in the enervating heat of sum
mer. At brcukncck speed he goes, and
one could almost imagine that his life
depended vpon getting through his
rounds In due season. Competitlou is
so great that he must neglect nothing
and always be pleasant aud obliging
to the most unreasonable of customers
fgr fear of losing one. There are the
icemen, carrying fifty pounds and often
100 pounds of ice up four flights of
stairs, which is no easy task, and as it
is not-skilled labor the pay is probably
not more than it should be, considering
the amount of strength expended.
Hard as the work is and moderate as
is the pay, no man can afford to lose
his job, so he has to be very careful not
to antagonize his employers.
The man who does business on a
small scale and is his own boss prob
ably finds it no easier to make a living,
for he has to do the greater part of his
own work, aud In the case of a bad or
unprofitable sea sou is sometimes not so
well off as his hireling, who 1b sure of
his wages at least.
That man who owns his land and
has good health is a poor farmer who
cannot make at least a living for him
self and family. It may not be a sump
tuous living, but it may be a compara
tively comfortable one. This cannot
be 6ald of all sorts of occupations.
There is another hope ahead for the
farmer. If he doesn't have good luck
tlils year, he may the next. There is
always a chancc that there will be a
better yield in crops and a better price
in the market The element of uncer
tainty adds zest to life which a settled
amount of wages from month to month
and from year to year caunot give, and
he is always sure of enough to eat ou
the farm of some sort or another.
The time is coming and is not far dis
tant when the farmer's life will be
looked upon as the Ideal life by many
of the world weary tollers of the
crowded cities. Even now the one
bright dream of many a drudger in the
stores and offices la of a happy time
coming when he will have a farm, a
home all his own In the country, where
he can.rest his tiredr brain and nervei
as he sits beneath nis own vine and
fig—or opple—tree. Whoever despises a
farmer's life is a fool It is the most
Independent life on earth. Country
Gentleman.
POULTRY POINTERS.
Early hatched pullets make the best
winter layers.
One ot tho most beneficial foods for
poultry Is linseed meal.
The laying hens like a variety not
only in the soft food, but in the grain.
TW guinea fowl is a great forager
and destroys many insects that hens
will not touch.
The hens will lay better and be better
coutqntcd if supplied with a box of
fine dry earth for a dust bath.
Tbe Leghorns are popular with those
who do not desire to raise chicks, they
being nonsitters and good layers.
Poultry farming doesn't take a great
deal of land, but with good manage
ment the harvest comes every day.
In.arranging the perches in the poul
try iouse have them far enough away
from the doors and windows to avoid
drafts.
Soaked lime placed in the drinking
water will often cure hens of laying
shelfless eggs unless it is a disease of
the fcgg passage, as is sometimes tbe
cas
pLANT PECULIARITIES.
rtie Heaaon Frnlt Buabea and Vines
Are Protected by Thorns,
Most persons think that the stem of
a plant grows from tbe roots. On the
contrary, the roots grow from the
stem. In the case of a plant that dies
dowp to the ground In autumn it is
not/the roots that send up a uew stem
In tfce spring, for a part of the true
stem remains underground on tbe root
cro^hi, and from it grow up the bud
bearing stems In the spring. When
a steed germinates, it sends the light
loving stem upward and the dark lov
ing' root downward.
Saw off part of a tree trunk and you
wlftilnd a series of rings from the cen
terito the bark, each ring marking a
year of growth. But these rings indi
cate also which of the seasons through
which the tree has lived were dry and
which had plenty of rain. The rings
are always of unequal width. The
narrow ones represent dry seasons and
the wide ones seasons when the condi
tions of growth were better by reason
of plentiful rain.
Every rose has its thorn, and the
same may be said of such fruits as
blackberries, raspberries, etc., only
they are not real thorns, but prickles,
which strip off with the outer bark,
while thorns will not strip off, being
hardened, undeveloped branches.
But why do bushes and vines have
prickles? Many people wonder at it,
.fo^hey se^no good reason for such a
rrowth. But there reason atr
"o is In everything in nature. The
pr.ckles are given to them as a pro
tection against plant eating animals.
The stems have a pleasant, aromatic
taste, and cows and sheep, would be
sure to eat them in winter, when they
crave something fresh, if it were not
for the prickles.
ORIGIN OF THE KISS
Tbe Greek Story of the Way la
Which It Came Into Being
Kissing Is usually accepted as an
agreeable fact, and its theory and his
tory are ignored, but if kissing did not
begin with Adam and Eve it began
With the beautiful youug Greek shep
herdess who found an opal on one of
the hills of Greece and, wishing to
give it to a youthful shepherd whose
hands were busy with his flock, let
him take it from her lips with his own,
says Science Siftlngs. Thus the kiss
was invented, and perhaps the popular
superstition against the opal may be
traced back to the same-incident, for
osculation has wrought great tragedies
in the world's history.
Kissing was once an act of religion.
The nearest friend of a dying person
performed the right of receiving his
soul by a kiss, supposing that it es
caped through his lips at the moment
of expiration. It is said that kissing
was first. Introduced into England by
royalty. The British monarch Vorti
gern gave a banquet in honor of bis
Scandinavian allies, at which Rowena,
the beautiful daughter of Hengist, was
present. During the proceedings, after
pressing a brimming beaker to her
lips, she saluted the astonished and de
lighted monarch with a kiss "after the
manner of her people."
The most honorable royal kiss on rec
ord is that which Queen Margaret of
France in the presence of the whole
court one day Imprinted on the lips of
the ugliest man In the kingdom, Alain
Chartier, whom she found asleep. To
those around her she said, "1 do not
kiss the man, but the mouth that has
uttered so many charming things."
The Demon of Indigestion.^
Cooks and housekeepers have a no
bler mission than they as a class seem
to be aware of. It Is that of feeding
the human being and keeping him in
health and good working condition. A
poorly fed man is likely to be misera
ble. Few if any of us are able to rise
above conditions.
"A sick man, sir," said Dr. Johnson,
"is always a scoundrel." The language
is perhaps somewhat strong and lack
ing in charity, but it contains a good
grain of truth. The dyspeptic, who sees
the world given over to evil and daily
growing worse, is very likely to think
himself unable to swim against the cur
rent and to drift to disaster. "Wo
are saved by hope," but without a good
digestion faith, hope and charity are
almost impossible.
Ill
A BOY'S LOVE.
The Symptoms That Mark Hip First
Consciousness of Woman.
"It Is deeply and toucliingly signifi
cant ot tbe uplifting Influence of wo
man over man that the first heart
throb of a boy is always accompanied
by ablutionary symptoms," says Doro
thy Dlx In Alnslea's. "The earliest in
dication that a masculine creature
gives of susceptibility to the fair sex
Is when he first voluntarily washes be
hind his. care. Up- to that time his
morning bath, except upon compulsion,
has only described a small circle, tak
ing^ his eyes, a segment of his cheeks
his cWo, A thorough scrubbing
he Una rwsirdi'il »s i.no or m, icrtn
of the inquisition, combine Iiis hall
has looluil upon us foolish of
time that mi^lit linvr
SIIOUH
lias
011
Many tourists take tickets at the top,
but many of the fair sex are deterred
from using them when they see the
costume that Is rendered essential to
the visit. In other words, they have to
abandon skirts and adopt a special
"rig out." One may frequently observe
that ladies, torn between what they
consider modesty and curiosity, go two
or three times to the mines before they
screw up their courage sufficiently to
don the attire and pay the visit.
The necessity for women to abandon
the usual garment arises from the fact
that a portion of the mine can only be
visited through the medium of a kind
of slide. This slide is, however, the
beat thing in the whole visit. It is a
great deal better than tobogganing,
and,- as one is in the dark and with
only a candle fastened to one's dress,
it is not a little exciting.
The strangest Incident In the trip is
that of the illumination of what is
called "the salt lake." You are rowed
across this lake in almost absolute
darkness, the lllumiuation being pro
vided by a number of mluers' lamps
round the lake, and the journey has a
very considerable welrdness. The next
best experience in the trip is the final
ride into daylight on the trucks. This
is a journey through absolute darkness
for a very considerable way until final
ly one sees a little gleam of light In
the distance. Altogether, as I have
said, between thu toboggan slide, the
car ride and the boat journey across
the salt lake the visitor to the Bcrch
tesgaden salt miue has plenty for his
money. But, curiously euough, he sees
very little salt. At any rate, the pre
pared salt that one uses on one's break
fast table Is not at all in evidence.
tA Walking: Pern
Most ferns arc confirmed travelers.
New fern leaves grow out from the un
derground roots some distance away
from the old plant The average ob
server scarcely notices this, but there
Is a native fern that steps off at so
lively a pace that its odd habit has
long furnished one of the unceasing
entertainments of the woods. Tho
walking fern often carpets ledges and
tops of shaded rocks. The slender,
tufted leaf fronds are singularly un
fernlike in appearance. They squirui
about and "walk" by declining their
taper tips to the soil and taking root
there and growing. In time clusters
of new leaf fronds spring from such
rooted tips. By and by some of these,
too, bite the earth aud, taking root,
start still other colonics, which in turn
will continue the progress again and
again. Naturally, with the lapse of
time, the connection between the older
tuft9 and the younger becomes broken
yet one eomeUufa finds scries of throe
or four linked together, representing as
many steps in tho pretty ramble-—
Country Life In America.
In on the Ground Floor.
An ex-postmaster was one of a
group In a city hall corridor recently
engaged In discussing queer manifes
tations of jealousy on the part of
young men in love, a dispatch in the
morning papers having given rise to
the conversation. He said that the
most Jealous man ho ever had knowl
edge of applied for a position in tho
postofllce. He brought such excellent
recommendations that the postmaster
was moved to wonder that the young
fellow did not go Into mercantile life.
Pressed for a reason, he finally con
fessed that he was giving up a better
position in order that as an employee
of tbe postotlice he might not only get
his fiancee's letters the sooner, but also
might learn whether or not she re
ceived mail from any other man.—Phil
adelphia Times.
Bananas, Engllalt Style.
At English tables spoons are served
with bananas. If the bananas are
served as a single fruit course, howev
er, sherry is usually sent around with
It. A few drops aro poured upon the
plate, and the banana, stripped little
by little of Its skin, Is dipped Into this
and thus eaten.—New York Post. -1
A Naturul Development.
"Hello, Stavers! Haven't met you in
some time. Still a bachelor, I sup
pose?"
"Not a bit of it I've branched.out
in matrimony."
"Indeed! Olive branches, of course J"
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toms ot society tlint was unworthy of
an Intelligent human being-.
"Suddenly nit this is changed. Some
morning the bo.v appears abnormally
4lcan. He develops a luantu for scent
ed soap. His ears are beyond re
proach, and If he lias the making of a
lover In him he begins to manicure liis
nails. He becomes critical about col
lars and neckties. His family say,
'How Tommy Is improving!" and his
mother congratulates herself that her
lectures are bearing fruit at last.
"In reality it Is the first premonition
of love—vague, inarticulate. Intangible,
but unmistakable. No man ever real
izes his defects until he sees them re
flected in feminine eyes. Men do not
dress up for each other but for wom
an's opinion they would still be going
about in comfort and the aboriginal
blanket. The silk hat and dress coat
area daily offering
her shrine, and
Tommy's newly awakened desire to fix
up Is simply bis first consciousness of
woman. He does not understand its
portentousness, and lie may still out
wardly Beorn little girls, but for Tilm
the die has been east. The disturbing
and compelling influence of woman has
entered into his life."
DOWN IN A SALT MINE.
An Occasion When One's Dignity
Must Be Set Aside.
It is only the elect among travelers
who find their way to Bercbtcsgaden,
in Bavaria, not very far from Salz
burg, wtites a correspondent of the
London Tatler. If you drive in a car
riage from thence by road, you are
stopped midway at a customs house
and And yourself leaving Austrian ter
ritory for Bavarian. Berchtesgudcn is
beautifully situated, aud it has two
noteworthy attractions, one of them
the Ivonlgeee, thought by many the
most beautiful hike in the world, and
the other the salt mines. A visit to the
salt mines gives one an exciting hour.
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We still have a good stock of those $7.50
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We \vish~to thank our friends and patrons for
their liberal patronage the past year and sin
cerely hope that the same may continue in time
to come, for you may be sure that we^wilt en
deavor to merit the same by keeping good goods,
at fair prices, and treating all who come in a
courteous manner. Wishing you all a v,
HAPPY NEW YEAR,
we remain, YOURS FOR BUSINESS,
Anders & Philipp.
By the way, we keep a complete line of Blank
Books, Diaries and Calendars for 1903.
We wish to thank our
friends for their patronage
during the"year past, and to
oxtend our wishes for a
HAPPY NEW. YEAR.
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