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County Correspondence.
EARLVILLE.
Miss Bertha Frank, daughter of
Mrs. U. Frank, south of town, and
Geo. Rice of Greeley were married
at Manchester Wednesday. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Rice have many friends
in this vicinity who wish them hap
piness and prosperity in their mar
ried life.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Loper and
family spent the 4th at Masonville.
Mrs. E. H. llillen who has been
visiting at the home of her parents
the past two weeks, returned to her
home in Marion Wednesday.
About 32 automobiles passed
thro' here Sunday en route to St.
Paul from Chicago, There were
about 75 cars in line when they
started, but the heavy roads between
Freeport and Dubuque caused many
to ship their cars the rest of the
way.
Mrs. Lindsay and daughter Mar
garet visited at Alex Prentice's from
Wednesday until Sunday.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Delbert Witherell (nee Jane
Atchison) of this place, is lying ser
iously ill at her home in Manches
ter.
Mrs. Wm. Esler of Delaware and
daughter Norma of Milwaukee visit
ed friends in town Friday.
Mrs. Voit and Mrs. Bailies of
Aita were Clipper passengers to
Farley Saturday.
The members of the C, E. S. and
their families enjoyed a picnic at
the Seven Springs, south of town,
Wednesday.
Mrs. VanAnda was a Manchester
visitor from Friday till Sunday.
A basket picnic will be held at
Almoral on Tuesday, July 4th. A
cordial invitation is extended to
everybody to come and help cele
brate. Itaces, base ball, etc, are
some of the attractions.
Bert Powell is now pitching ball
at Boone, Iowa.
Mrs. Stacey Dimond and little
daughter, of Albany, 111., returned
to their home Wednesday.
Frank Burrows and Miss Mary
Dueschner were united in marriage
at the M. E. parsonage Wednesday
morning, Juno 29. Both parties
are well and favorably known here
and their many friends extend con
gratulations.
RYAN.
Quite a number from here took in
the excursion to Dubuque last Fri
day.
Miss Mamie McDonald was a
guest of Miss Winnie Turner here
last week.
Mrs. Jamisson was a Cedar Rap
ids visitor last Monday.
Mrs. J. J. Heiberger went to
Farley to be present at the wedding
of her sister Alice Barry last Wed
nesday.
A large crowd from Masonville
came to witness the game of base
ball held here last Sunday between
the Masonville and home teams.
Duncan Brothers have opened a
restaurant in the building formerly
occupied by James Cavanaugh.
Neilie Preston, Pearl Arnold and
Mate Willard attended the game of
base ball held in Central City laBt
Thursday.
Judge Ney and son of Iowa City
returned to their home after a visit
with relatives and friends at Monti.
The Ryan base ball team were de
feated by the Central City nine by
a score of 8 to 0.
Several from here were in attend
ance to Mr. Pentony's funeral hold
in Manchester last Monday.
Mrs. John OBrien left Thursday
morning for Bloomington, Wis. as
she received word of the serions
illness of her daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Lyness of that place.
The game of base ball held here
Sunday between Masonville and
Ryan resulted in a score of 4 to 2 in
favor of Ryan in the sixth inning
The game was very interesting up
to this inning when on account of
the rain the game was declared off.
B. E. Jennings our depot agent
and Miss Alice Barry of Farley were
^united in marriage last Wednesday
at St. Josephs Catholic church in
Farley. The groom has made
many warm friends during his shori
stay here and we are pleased to learn
his bride is an accomplished and
amiable young lady. They will be
at home to their friends after Aug
ust 1st. and their many friends
wish them unbounded happiness.
life sea
John Ilenningsen died last Wed
nesday after a serious illness. The
funeral services were held in the
Lutheran church here last Friday
A large crowd attended the funeral
as Ilia friends were numerous. The
family have the sympathy of the
community in their bereavement
STRAWBERRY POINT.
John Matison returned home last
Wednesday from his visit at Man
chester.
Mrs. Matthews, of Greeley, and
her niece, Miss Dimmit, of Illinois,
spent Fridav at the Appleby home.
Ralph Barnes, of Delhi, spent Fri
day at the parental home.
Amsden Sanders, of Estherville,
visited apart of last week at the
Iloag home.
Jas. King and wife returned from
from their Fairbank visit Friday.
They were accompanied home by
their grand-daughter, Nela Opper
man.
Helen Graham returned to her
home at Manchester last Friday, af
ter a short visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Jennie Westfall.
Mrs. 0. C. De Puy entertained her
Sunday school class to a banquet at
the Franklin hotel last Friday even
ing. A very pleasant time is re
ported by teacher and scholars.
A few of our young people en
joyed a select private dance at the
opera house last Friday evening.
Our home orchestra furnished the
music.
Miss Charolette Kehoe weDt to
Monticello last Friday evening for a
visit with her brother, Martin.
Eddio Milliime was over from
Oehvein several days last week the
guest of relatives and friends in this
place, his former home.
A few more days and the Fourth
will be passed. Our people expect
to patronize our neighboring towns
quite well if the weather is favor
able.
LAMONT.
The 4 th of July is a day of the
past. Now brace up and consider a
Lecturo Course proposition.
Mrs. L. Clark is visiting at Rock
well, Iowa.
Dan Perry, of Florida, is here
visiting.
Althea Brown has been visi
ting Alice Scothorn Beels and family
in Cedar Rapids.
Editor Davidson and family Sun
dayed at Ionia, Iowa, with his
brother.
Ivan Hesncr is now the night
operator at Dundee. Wo wish him
success,
Mrs. Elsie Brown and littlo
Thelma, of Waterloo, visited Ln
mont relatives the past week.
Mrs. O-. A. Benedict was a passen
ger for Oelwein, Monday.
Alfred Anderson and family are
home from their visit in Michigan.
Julius Windenberg, and family
of Spokane, Wash., are here for a
summers visit. They intend to
make Washington their life-long
home.
Rev. and Mrs. Rose visited IIop
kinton, Epworth and Dubuque last
week.
Mrs. George Blackburn with her
threo children, visited the fish
hatchery last week.
Tom Rogers visited his cousin
James, at Alburnett, Iowa, last
week.
Harry Jakway is working in
Waterloo.
Section foreman 0. Keefe has
accepted a position in Dubuque.
F. Droels of Dubuque is our sec
tion foreman.
Joe Jones and family are hero
spending the summer. Joe thinks
of farming next year.
A. Ivleinsorge, of Strawberry
Point, has been visiting his daugh
ters, Mesdames Krenssel and Ehrke.
Miss Frances Ross has been en
tertaining her cousin Winnefred
Hamilton, of Aurora.
Mrs. Gus Zemanek concluded her
visit here, then. went to Nora
Springs to visit her two brothers
Addie and Ray Richmond, before
returning to her homo in Des
Moines.
The Wheeler Opera House is be
ing re-seated with new folding
opera chairs.
John Houska had a barn raising
last week, Tuesday. Dimensions
.46x00 with 20 foot posts.
DUNDEE.
Lawrence Glace from Strawberry
Point was in town, Tuesday.
E. C. Hesner and family were
Lamont visitors Monday.
Wm. Jordan, son of Alex Jordan,
of Chickasaw, la., is visiting rela
tives and friends here a few days.
J. B. Faber and family spent
Sunday with friends at Masonville.
Archie Legg spent Sunday with
his uncle, Wm. Lindsay.
Mrs. Faber of Masonville and
her sister of Cascade, were visiting
at Mr. Faber's last Tuesday.
F. W. Meyen shipped a car load
cattle to Chicago, Wednesday.
We'll tell you about the 4th next
week.
Dundee played Strawberry Point
a game of tennis Tuesday at 3 p.
Rev. Langridge and Mr. Fallows
representing the Point, and E. C.
Ilesner and T. J. Fuehr represent
ing Dundee. The game was a hot
one but the Point boys won by a
trifle. Another game will be played
soon.
Dr. Nash reports a fine little
eight pound girl at the home of
John Presscuner Sunday evening.
John iB all smiles.
EAD'S GROVE.
Tom Parkinson and wife visited
at Lamont, Thursday.
Nettie Fowler visited at home
Sunday.
Jim Ash of Manchester was here
Monday taking orders for nursery
stock.
A number of the boys went to
Spring Branch .Sunday to see the
ball game between Manchester and
Greeley.
J. Moser and family visited near
Oneida Sunday.
Charley Robinson is having his
barn enlarged. Taylor & Lawson
of Greeley are doing the work.
Mrs. Timm and Carrie Bryan
drove to Manchester Thursday.
Tom Sackett and wife visited at
Harry Sackett's on Monday.
Miss Lizzie Graliam, daughter of
Chas. Graham, met with a very uii
fortunate accident Thursday.
colt which she had just turned out
of the barn kicked her on the arm
and side. At first it was tlio't she
was fatally injured but she rallied
and is now doing as well as could be
expected.
DELHI.
Mrs. Hattie Berels has gone to
Fayette to visit her father.
John Green was called home from
Dubuque owing to the severe illness
of his father.
The W. F. M. S. meets Tliurs
day afternoon, July 0, with Mrs
Geo. Angell.
Mrs. James Norris and daughter,
Miss Florence, were Dubuque visi
tors several days last weak.
Dr, C. Bradley was down to see
Rev. Green, Tuesday.
Mrs. George White was able to
the first
ride to town, Tuesday, fo
timo since her illness.
F. A. Doolittle returned from Da
kota Saturday.
E. C. Perkins wont to LaCrosse,
Wis on a business trip last week.
Mi's. C. D. Stone and Mrs. E. R.
Stone were shopping in Manchester
Wednesday.
Loney Powell and wife wore over
from Ryan Sunday.
Mrs. R. M. Wilson and daughter
Grace were in Manchester Wednes
day.
James Rogers was over from
Earlville Friday.
TlieM. E. church has been re
shingled.
Mrs. E. 11. Blancliard and Mrs. J.
W. Swinburne were Winthrop visi
tors several days last week.
P. G. Michael had business in
Cedar Rapids Friday.
Orman Ilartman is home from
Tipton for the 1th.
Frank Beal was in Earlville,
Tuesday.
Mrs. D. Barnes visited in Straw
berry Point over Sunday.
J.J. Goon was down from Man
chester, Friday.
Mrs. Tlioi. Dunlap of llopkintnn
visited lier father .1. M. Phillips,
Sunday.
BAILEY'S FORD
Thos. Conner and wife of Man
chester visited at G. B. Davis' Run
day of last week.
R. E. Groimnonand wife woro in
Manchester Monday of last week.
Miss Olio Clark of Delhi visited
at the home of her friend, Miss El
vira Hartman the first of last week.
G. B. Davis and Harry Conner
had business in Manchester Mon
day of last week.
I. N. Ritchey and wife and daugh
ter Stella were in Manchester last
Wednesday.
J. G. Daker had business in Man
chester last Wednesday.
Clias. Grommon spent Thursday
with his friend, Glen retlon.
Mrs. G. B. Davis was shopping
in Manchester last Thursday.
Miss Mary Trumblee of Lamont
visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Baker Ilersey.
Tillman Grapes and daughters
Carrie and "Nellie, were in Manches
ter last Saturday.
Some of the farmers of this loca
lity report the army worm working
in their timothy.
J. W. Hartman had business in
Delhi last Saturday.
CHINA A POULTRY COUNTRY
Farmers of the Orient Handle Enor
mous Consignments of Eggs
at One Time.
The keenest of poultry farmers is, as
Mr. Chamberlain once said of himself
in another connection, "a child in these
matters" as compared with the poul
try farmers of China. A traveler pass
ing through the province of Chekiang
a few weeks ago was struck with the
enormous number of young chickens
carried in the farmers' carts he met in
the T'int'al country. He made inquiries
on the subject, and at length he was
asked by a poultry farmer to go and
inspect his rearing arrangements. The
plant deals with 10,000 eggs at a time
and the average product is 5,000 chicks.
The arrangements are simple and in
expensive, but they include opportuni
ties for the scientific examination of
the eggs in the course of incubation,
and it is amusing to hear that where
the eggs on examination tarough the
testing holes do not show signs of fer
tilization at the end of the fourth day,
"they are immediately discarded to be
sold cheap."
NEW MUSIC FOR WORLD'S FAIR
Three Compositions by Famous Peopl*
Band Tournament.
Musical people and nil who appreci
ate good music may thank the World'#
Fair for three notable compositions,
written upon the invitation of the Ex
position management. These are the
"Hymn of the West," by the most
distinguished living American poet,
Edmund Clarence Stedman. the music
for which was written by Professor
John IC. Paine, wiio is at the head of
the music department of Harvard uni
versity "Louisiana," a march by
Frank Vanderstuken, lender of the
Cincinnati Orchestra a waltz, "Along*
the Plaza," by Ilenry K. Hadloy of
New York, who has won Ids laurels
long before this as writer of operatic
aud other musical compositions. This
music will be heard publicly for the
first time upon the opening of the Ex
position on Saturday, April 30. and fre
quently thereafter in the musical pro
grammes of the greatest of world's
fairs. These are the only official coin
positions.
Thirty thousand dollars will be yiven
in prizes for the best bands at a tour
nament to be held during the Exposi
tion. All through the World's Fall- the
musical feature will be prominent.
The most famous bands of the world
are under contract to participate dur
ing considerable periods. Among these
are Le Garde Republicnlno band of
France, the Royal Grenadier band of
Euglaud. the American National band
Sousa's band and others.
Dirty WiiNiiliiK,
Natives of Mui-ol-cu tliluk lliut Euro
peans and Americans aro dirty. Tile
habit to which tlioy object in that of
washing the hands or face In a basin
nud, still mure, taking a bath where the
wator is not running. The -cleaner the
bather becomcs, they say, the dirtier
the water he is washing with nmst
necessarily become. And eventually
the bather steps forth as eleaused
from water which is 110 longer clean.
Quite OfThnnd.
Standar—Did that deaf mute orator
make a set speech? Doyle~No. He
spoke offhand.—Cleveland Leader.
Ivory CotisrutuliilloiiN.
A very famous American dentist met
the English husband of an American
friend of mlue with the genial congrat
ulation: "My dear sir, I wish you joy!
You have married a first rate set of
teeth."—Fortnightly Review.
Hero lies June White, wife of Thorn-,
as White, stonemason. This monu
ment was put up out of respect for her
memory and as a specimen of his ivork
munship. Tombs in the same style,
£50.—London Tit-Bits.
It If?lit Now.
After all, what's the use? No mat
ter how lnml we may fight, we lose In
tlie cud 110 matter how much we may
seemingly conquer, In the end we aro
wretchedly beaten no matter how
much we are In the public eye, within
two weeks after our dealh we are too
dead to be talked about. There Is
only one time In the world, and tliut Is
now.—Lawrence (ICau.) World.
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Timothy Noble of Greeley was
E. B. Porter's recently.
Mrs. Chas. Stone visited in Dela
ware Mouday.
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And leads me everywhere!
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Now I am old—yet she remains
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SIS BAPALYE.
When rainy-greener shoots the grass
And blooms the cherry tree,
And'children. laugh by glittering brookf,
AVi'.d with the ccstasy
Of bursting spring, with twittering bird
And hum of honey bee—
"Sis Rapalye!" my spirit shouts.
And she is here with me!
As laugh the children, so her laugh
Haunts all the atmosphere—
Her song is in the brook's refrain
Hor glad eyes, flashing clear,
Are in the morning dews her speech
Is melody so dear,
The bluebird trills: "Sis Rapalye—
I hear!—I hearl—I hear!"
Again in races, at "Recess," ,:
I see her braided hair
TORS past me as I stay to lift
Her straw liat, fallen there
The school bell sounds a vibrant pang
My heart can hardly bear
Yet still she leads—Sis Rapalye—
The selfsame child of ten
Gay, gallant little girl, to race''
On into lleaven then!
Yet gallant, gay Sis Rapalye—^
In blossom time, and when
The trees and grasses beckon her—
Comes back to us again.
And so, however long since youth
Whose raptures wild and free
An old man's heart may claim no more—
With more than mcipory
I share ihe spring's own joy that brings
My boyhood back to me
With laughter, blossoms, singing birds,
And sweet Sis Rapalye.
—James Whitcomb Riley, in Collier's
Weekly.
BARTLEY'S
VACATION!
MR.
BAHTLEY strctchcd his long
legs and yawned dismally.
"Gee," he said, "but I do feel rocky
this morning."
"I am afraid, dear," said Mrs. Bart
ley, with tender solicitude, "that you
are not well."
"Well? Of course I'm not well. How
can a follow be well with this ever
lasting grind going on from morning
till nigh't? What I need is a vacation.
If I could just get a rest for a few
days I'd pick up and bo all right
again."
"Well," suggested Mrs. Bartley, art
lessly, "why don't you take it?"
"Take it?" echoed Bartley. with
tragic intensity. "If you knew the
boss you wouldn't ask that. Catch
him letting a fellow have a day off!
Why, "he's a typical skinflint. He'd
grind a chap into powder in order to
extract the last spark of energy.
That is the kind of man I am working
for, yet you ask me why I don't take
a vacation. Maybe if I was dead he'd
let me off for a few days, with full
AASkLW
MR. BARTLEY STRETCHED HIS IXJNU
LEGS AND YAWNED DISMALLY.
pay, but nothing short of that would
touch his stony heart."
"O, Fred, don't," she said. "It breaks
my heart to hear you talk about dying.
I can't stand it. You really ought to
stay at home to-day."
"I know I ought," assented Bartley,
"and I'm going to do it, too, no mat
ter what comes of it. I'll telephone
down that I'm sick. Perhaps if I get
out in the fresh air for a few hours
I'll be able to fight off this spell of
sickness that I feel is imminent."
At ten o'clock Mr. Bartley tele
phoned to the office the news of his
sudden indisposition later he carried
out the rest of his programme by re
pairing to the frozen lakes of Central
park, where he hoped to imbibe gen
erous doses of nature's own tonic as
an antidote to the insidious poisons
fermenting in his system. The next
morning he got to the office ten min
utes ahead of timo. The head clerk
saw him come and called him over to
his desk.
"You've done it now, Bartley," ho
said. "You might as well have saved
yourself the trouble of coming down
to-day. You're not needed any long
er."
"Who said so?"
"The boss. He told me to tell you
when you came in to-day."
Bartley leaned against the desk
Weakly. "Is that straight?" he asked.
"Straightest thing in the world. He
called mo in yesterday and asked
about you. You know the boss. He
doesn't waste any words. 'Bartley not
here to-day?' he said. I told him you
were sick. 'Very well,' said he.
'When he comes to-morrow tell him
that he is not needed at present and
he may extend his vacation until—
The head clerk snapped his fingers
Suggestively.
"I see," said Bartley.
"He added something about the
18th," said the head clerk, "but that
"But that," supplemented Bartley,
"was only his way of letting a fellow
die—by inches. What ho really meant
was that I've been fired."
"Yes," said the head clerk, "It looks
that way. But you don't have to take
my word for it. You can wait till ho
comes in, if you like, and ask him
yourself."
"No, thank you," said Bartley. "I
don't want to see him. I won't
knuckle to him that much. Of course,
I've got a moral and legal right to
see him and demand an explanation
and two weeks' salary besides, but I
won't do it. I won't even give him a
chance to fire me formally. I'll re
sign before he gets around to it."
Bartley wrote his letter of resigna
tion that morning on hotel stationery.
When he went homo for luncheon lie
considerately refrained from appris
ing his wife of his conversation with
the head cleric and his subsequent
communication to the firm.
"No use to worry her," he said
"I'll make her believe I'm simply
stretching my vacation out a few days
longer."
Mrs. Bartley, upon receipt of that
cheering news, effervesced with grati
tude to the tyrannical head of the
house.
"O, isn't, he_ Just too lovely!'^ _eho
sMdr'"I always knew'you'd find him
a dear if you went at him the right
•way."'
The next day Bartley received an
acceptance of his resignation, to take
effect at once, and immediately he be
gan to look for another position. For
a week he answered advertisements
and interviewed prospective employ
ers, but as one attempt after another
proved futile, his step lost its wonted
elasticity and his voice its cheerful
ness of tone. Mrs. Bartley observed
those evidences of physical deteriora
tion with wifely concern.
"I'm afraid, Fred," she said, "that
you are not enjoying your vacation as
you should. Heally, I think you ought
to try and brace up for my sake, after
all the trouble I took to get it for
you."
"After all the trouble you took?"
repeated Bartley. "You?"
"Yes, me. I didn't intend to tell
you, but I can't keep it any longer.
I got that vacation for you. I went
down and saw the manager."
"You—saw—the—manager?" Bart
ley gurgled, helplessly. "When?"
"That first day you staid home and
went skating. I talked to him quite
plainly. I told him you were working
yourself to death and that it was all
his fault. He didn't act a bit mean.
I had expected to bo scared half to
death, but I wasn't. He only wanted
to know if you had sent me down
there to tell him that. Of course, I
told him you hadn't. I said you would
rather die a thousand times over than
ask for a vacation. 'Mr. Bartley,' I
said, 'is a slave to his work. When ho
is absent from his desk one day you
may know that he bas a mighty good
reason for staying away.'
"Great heavens!" groaned Bartley.
"What did he say?"
"He said he had often noticed that
himself. O, he was Just as nice as'
could be all tho way through. He
promised to let you off till the 15th—"
"The 15th!" Bartloy put in. "Con
found that head clerk."
"Yes. Why, what's the matter?
Isn't that long enough? Also, ho
agreed, out of respect for my wishes,
not to mention my name to a living
soul in connection with the affair.
You see, you are so funny about some
things, and I thought you might not
like—so that Is the reason I want you
to quit moping. You owe it to me to
brace up, for you can't deny that it
was I who fixed you down at tho
office."
"O, yes," he said, limply, "you fixed
me all right."—N. Y. Press.
TRIALS OF A GEOLOGIST."
His Precious Specimens Surrepti
tiously Disposed Of by a Con
scienceless Carrier.
Prof. W. C. Hayes, of the geological
survey, was talking in Washington
about the trials of geologists, states the
Buffalo Enquirer.
"Did you ever hear of the geologist
in New Hampshire?" he asked. "Well,
there was a geologist who spent along
hot summer day in Croydon gathering
specimens of the very odd New Hamp
shire rock formation to be found there,
and late in the afternoon he hired a
hoy to carry the heavy bag back to
Newport for him. The boy exhibited
to a friend that night a half-dollar and
the friend said enviously:
'Where did you get that?'
'I made it,' was the answer.
'How did you make it?'
'You know that there man that
was working all day with a little
hammer hereabouts, chipping off pieces
of rock and putting them into a leather
bag?'
'Yes.'
'Well, he asked me to carry his
bag for him to the Newport hotel, and
ho gave me 50 cents for the Job.'
'Well, it was worth it. Must have
been pretty heavy, carryin' all them
rocks four miles.'
'Do you think I carried them rocks
all the way?' he said. 'No, sir. I
emptied the bag before startin', and
just filled it outside the hotel.'"
Untidily Dressed Nurses.
There is no doubt that a proportion
of nurses, whose training is unim
peachable, do not dress as trimly as
they might when they are out-of-doors.
If unqualified persons dishonor, the
uniform by appropriating it without
riglit, those who are entitled to the
uniform should honor it by wearing it
becomingly.—London Hospital.
Stubborn.
"Self-opinionated? Well, I should
say he is. I never met anyone so dog
matic."
"Is that so?"
"Yes why, he's positively bull-dog
matic."—Philadelphia Ledger.
WOMEN OF FINER TEXTURE
tfore 80 Than Business Men of the
United States, Declares Henry
James, Author.
In summing up impressions of his re
cent visit to the United States Henry
James, the self-exilod American au
thor, oomments on the striking con
trast between the men and women of
this country. "No impression," ho
Bays, "assaults the visitor to the Unit
ed States so promptly as the over
whelming preponderance of the un
mitigated 'business man' face with its
extraordinary intensity. Nothing,
meanwhile, is more concomitantly
striking than the fact that the women
over till tho land appear to be of a
markedly finer texture than the men,
and that one of tho liveliest signs of
this difference is precisely in their less
commercialized, distinctly generalized
physiognomic character. The only
thing is that from the moment the
painter begins to look at American life,
brush in hand, he is in danger of see
ing in comparison almost nothing else
in it—nothing, that is, so characteris
tic as this apparent privation for the
man of his right kind of woman, and
this apparent privation for the woman
for the light kind of man."
UNEARTHING OIL IN KANSAS
Farmer Made First Discovery, But
Lacked Means to Put Ideas
to Profit.
The first discovery of oil in Kansas
was made by a farmer in Johnson coun
ty who lived near the old Santa Fe
trail and found oil in a well on his
farm and sold it to the freighters for
wagon grease. The early settlers
learned from the Indians these oil
wells existed in different parts of the
state, but little attention was given
them. It required the financial re
muneration from the Pennsylvania
field to stir the pioneer elements to ac
tion in the undeveloped districts and
to bring to the Kansas field men of
capital and experience who would not
bo discouraged by a few dry holeB.
General attention was attracted to the
Kansas field in 1873, when the Acres
well was drilled at lola, whore enough
gas was found to make it a commercial
quantity and show that it "existed in
sufficient volume for fuel and lighting
purposes. Prospecting ivas rapid all
over the southeastern part of the state,
with the result that in 1890 many
towns were supplied wholly or In' part
with heat and light for domestic use.
CAREER OF SANTA CRUZ.
Has Belonged to Spain, England, Hol
land, France, Knights of Ualta
and Senmark.
Probably no other of tho West In
dian islands has had such a checkered
career as Santa Cruz. In turn It has
belonged to Spain, which abandoned
it to England and Holland Jointly to
England alono to Spain again, which
fell upon the colonists and destroyed
or deported them all to France, which
took it from Spain to the Knights of
Malta, who received it as a gift from
Franco to a private company of ad
venturers. Then it was resumed pos
session of by Franco, but abandoned,
so that in 1720 It was uninhabited.
Then it became a iio-man's land until
1727, when France took It again, and
presently sold it to a Danish company,
which sold It in turn to the kins of
Denmark. In 1801 England took It once
more, gave it hack to Denmark, re
pented and took It away again in a few
months, held it for eight years and
then returned it to Denmark, which
holds it still.
Stronger Than Steel.
A new metal alloy, "radium arginte
ferum," has been discovered by two
Tuscan engineers. It is composed of
copper, iron and small quantities of
silver, radium and phosphorus. It is
claimed to be of greater strength than
steel, to be a better conductor than
copper, to be nonoxidlzable and cheap
to manufacture, its cost being about
one-tenth that of bronze when made in
large quantities. Its discovery is par
ticularly interesting inasmuch as it
was largely an accident. After spend
ing nearly $20,000 in experiments, one
of thte inventors happened to tfirow a
two shilling piece into the crucible.
The coin supplied the ingredients need
ed to the proper fusion of the particles
and tho alloy resulted.
Signs of a Sikh.
Gen. Gordon, a British officer who has
written a book on the slkhs, the cele
brated lighters of India, says that tho
signs by which you may know a slkh
are these: He never cuts his hair, but
wears his beard looped up over Ills ears
he never smokes or touches tobacco, be
cause that Is the privilege of the Moham
medan, but he is allowed to drink spir
its and Is a great consumer of opium.
Finally, he must have about his person
Ave It's, which Gen. Gordon thus enum
erates: Kees (longhairorbeard kangi
(comb), to secure the hair tied up in a
knot on top of the head kaceh (breeches
reaching to the knee) kard (knife), and
kirpan (sword).
Who Wouldn't HowlP
She—Gracious, how the wind does
howl to-night.
He—Yes it probably has the tooth
ache.
She—The toothache!
He—Yes. Have yow never heard ol
the teeth of a gale?—Stray Stories.
To Explore Montana.
Senator Clark, of Montana, has fur
nished means to defray the expenses of
an expedition to explore the unknown
mountains of that state. It will be under
the direction of Prof. M. J. El rod, who Is
attached to the biological station of th«
Montana university.
Craze of the "Improver."
One of the employes of a small manu
facturing concern in Gotham, says the
New York Sun, has a craze for taking
apart new bits of machinery and seeing
the "how" of their operation. As a rule,
he assembles them again without much
difficulty. The other day, however, he
assisted in taking down a small electric
motor. He overhauled it and laborious
ly put it together and then gravely an
nounced that the blamed thing won't
run." His employer and theTest of the
force worked for the better part of the
day in a vain attempt to get the motor
to work, and then began to quiz the "im
prover," as he Is known. "What did do
to it?" he replied. "I didn't do a blame
thing to it but Improve it. I got it all
together again the first try, and saved
these two pieces out of it."
His Weather Eye.
"Now," said the employer, "you will
have to keep your weather eye on our
competitors."
"I'm afaid I can't," answered the new
man. "My weather eye has been poked
out by an umbrella rib."—Judge.
The Waterloo of Wealth.
"You have succeeded in everything
you have undertaken."
"Yes," answered Mr. Dustln Stax, "but
I haven't yet tried to give any large sums
of money to a church."—Washington
TOO RICH AND RECKLESS.
Butler Gives Reason Why Wealthy
People's Servants Go the
Wrong Road.
"You see, sir," began the old butler,
according to Everybody's Magazine,
"my Bon took service with Mr. Lingard.
As honest and well-meaning a young
man he was as ever lived when he
started, and that's why I want to speak
out now and tell you gentlefolks that
it ain't altogether a servant's fault
when he goes wrong. You don't mean
it, but you're careless in your talk, and
it's all heard and repeated and set store
by in a way you'd hardly believe. Your
fathers and mothers, gentlemen and
ladies, they were different, and looked
after their servants and their houses
different. But you don't care what wo
are like if things run smooth and give
you no trouble. Tho tradesmen, may
be, bid to the butler and cook for your
custom, and the higher the bills are
the better it is for them both, and half
the time you don't take no notice, and
it gets kind of easy to pick up things
in little ways. Everybody's too rich
and too reckless and that's the whole
trouble. What do these young men
that's waiting on the table hear talked
about all the time? Why, money, and
how much you can do with it, and how
mean you look without it That's not
just what you say, but that's how they
hear it. They see extravagance all
round them, and hear it talked all the
time, and they go and do the same. If
you boast of how much you've made
playing cards and betting on the races,
why they'll think it's a grand thing to
do, and they'll do it once too often and
be catched like my poor boy. I ain't
defending William, but, if you will ex
cuse me, you stole his conscience, sir,
before he stole your silver. You'll get
back your property, but he'll never get
back what he's lost—and if you send
him to prison, he—he'll come out
worse than he went in. He was a good
lad when he went to you, but you do
keep a rather fast house, sir, and it's
hard for an ignorant man to see higher
than his betters. If you'd give him a
Chan™-—If vou'd let him oft—'*!
DIRECTORY
ATTORNEYS.
G.W.
DUNHAM.
K. B. STII.B8 W. (1. KORhlS
DUNHAM, NORRIS A STILES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
t*- Public, Spoolal attention glvon to Colleo
tijna iiiauruuoe. Ileal l£»tate and Uoao Arte.
Office Jo City llall Block. Manchester, ta
). YOJIAN. H. P. AKKOLD. M.J, YOHAN
VORAN. ARNOLD A YOKAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
C. E. BnONSOK.
M. CAIIK-
PHYSICIAN
a ad Boal Estate
tv Agents. Offlooover Delaware County State
Bank, Manchester, lovra.
HI HKKTCARR,
llEMtY IlltONSOX.
PRBD B. BLAIR.
A ™KNKV AT LAW. Offlce tn iheGltyUftll
L*-
Block. Moncbeiter. Iowa.
PHYSICIAN®.
DR H. H. LAWRENCE
1)HY81C1AN AND SUUC5KON. Olllce over
J- W. N. Jioyntoh'd .Jewtlry store. Office
phone No. aci. itesidenco 183. All calls
promptly attended to.
DR. J. A. MAY.
AND SBltUKOJJ. Diseases ol
children a spuclalij. OlMco on Main street
II
rat door cast of Thorpo Hros. store. Itcsldooco
plionc 192. olllce phone 315.
J. J. LINDSAY, M. D..
P^S101^' 5urf?eon "id Eye Specialist,
f-™ .°?co "curs
,or
«yo eases and llttlng glasses
fln^lrMta'
P'm'
comer Main and Frank-
DR. T. J. BURNS.
1)HVS!CIAN ANII KURGKON. All lirofos
i, n?
calls
Pro»ltly answered, day or
pli lllo
0|,1""",a
1110
1'09t
OHIce. Tele-
I)lt. K. A. NAS1I,
SURGKON. Special at-
teutlon to diseases ol tlie stotuacli aud m
Proml"-ly attended to nlglit or
Dundee. Iowa.0*'™"'"
T«'«P"one
al1"
dealer Iron FenoeB.
Will meet all competition. 9tfM
WM. IIOINTOSH!
ANDERS db PHILIPP
DKA«V^IFs^DPaper,'noI*E"s.
„8TA Toilet
Wull Palcti and oils
uomer Mala and Franklin streets.
VETERINARIAN.
DR. J. W. SCOTT.
VEM^iRIStreet.
5AUy
mud
DenUut solE
Main Telephoa 289.
W. N. BOYNTON.
VX/ ATCHMAKER, Jeweler and Bnsraver
dealer in Watches, Clocks, Stiver and
Elated Ware, Pine Jewelry, Speotaolen, Cutler
rtualoal iQBtrumenta, eto.. Mala street!
A. D. BROWN
O^Maln
8troetDltUr0
8te''
40(1 cn(lertak8r
P. WERKMBISTER,
Q.BNKBAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
CofltoB. Picture Frames, Etc. A complete
stock of furniture and Upholstery always oc
ind, at priced that doty competition. A good
hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl
rule, Iowa.
J. H. ALLEN.
CLOTHING and Gents furnlshlug eooda. Cor
ner Main and Franklin street!.
GILDNER BROS.
B^.^&iWt^e?? ,00"
B. CLARK.
DRY
GOODS( Notions/Carpeta. Geoti Pur*
nlshlng goods, etc. Franklin ktreaL
QUAKER MILL OO.
FLOUR
and Feed, Manufacturers of the eel*
hrated White Satin and White Pearl Floor,
W E W
rvRY GOODS, Carpets, Millinery, Rata and
LT Caps, Boots and Shoec, ew., LuJn St.
anchestcr, Iowa.
A.THORPB.
Pder
ROPRIETOR OF KALAMITY'S PLUN
Btore and Dealer In Clothing. Boots,
Sheei, Notions, sic. Masonic Block Manches
ter, Iowa.
6. T, QRASSFIELD,
SIMON & ATWATSA.
HARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETOt
LA
Keeps a nrst-clasa tinner and does all
iode of repairing with neatness and dispatch.
?toreoppoulte First National Bank, Main St.
HOLLI8TER LUMBER CO.
LUMBER
and all kinds of building materials.
Posts and Coal, Corner of Delaware and
Madison streets.
THOS. T. CAHKEEK.
ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING SUPERIN-
TEN DENT,
8. E.
Comer,
8th and 4Ialn St.
Dubuque, Iowa.
WM. DENNIS.
CARPENTER,
CONTRACTOR ft BUILDER.
1 am now prepared to do all work In my
line In a good and workmanlike manner. Satis
faction guaranteed. Plans aud estimates fur
nished. Work taken in town or country, Shop
near the stand tower on Wast Side of river.
B. W. GREMS.
Successor to Lawrcnco & reins.
DRUGS.City
WallPaper, Stationery, Paints, Oils,
etc. Hall block.
A. E. PETERSON.
DEADER
IN
Groceries, Provisions, Crock*
ery, Fruits, etc. Main Street,
STEWART & LAWRENCE
ROCtiltS. Carry a full lloo of Staple and
Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Can
ned Goods, Crookery, Etc.
J. M. PEARSE.
JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
OR. All busluess entrusted to him given
prompt attentlou. OOloe In City Hall block
second tioor.
ALEX. 6EFSTROM.
ENERAL BLACKSMITH, horseshoeing a
specialty. Interfering and corns curea or
no pay. Prlcos reasonable, and the best of
work guaranteed A share of the public patron
age It# solicited. Shop on Franklin street, near
the bridge.
DENTISTS.
O. L. LEIGH.
.eiitlst. OQlce In tho Adams building on
Franklin Street. Telephone 216.
DORMAN BROTHERS
i"\ENTIST. Offloo on Franklin Street, nortt
LS of ih-3 Globe Hotel. Manobester, Iowa.
3ontal Surgery in all Its branches. Kaktf
t-equent vlslta to neighboring towns. Aiwa
atofflcoon Saturdays.
E. 6. NEWCOMB.
0ENTIST.
Offlce over Burton Clark's
store on Franklin street. Orown
irldpo work a specialty.
CHEAP—Residence Property to this city
inquire of Ilrouson A Carr.
THOS. GIVEN
CARPENTKR
AND BUILDER. Shop on
Howard St., oast of Mertz' barn. Tel. 'OO.
ttaaon Work.
Now I am ready to take contracts In mason
wrok of any description.
7tf C. P. MILLER.
House for Rent.
tf
HUBERT CARR.
WM. DONNELLY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Proprietor of toe
Ryan Drug Store
Dealerla
Drags, Stationery, Etc
RSN IOWA
TIRRILL & PIERCE
are Loaning Money as cheap as
any person or corporation.
FOB SAliB.
Gocd rtt.denoa property on FrukUn SlreeC
8lf
BFvONSON, CARR GONQ
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Speolal attention
Riven to collootlona. omee in Demoorat
Bulldlne. Franklin Stroet, ManoheHter, Iowa.
J. J. PEN TONY.
DR. E. A. NASH,
Physician and Surgeon,
DUNDEE, IOWA.
Special attention paid to Disease
of the Stomach and Children.
Teeth extracted.
Calls promptly attended to night
or day. Telephone No, 17.
Deering Agency.
Farmers, place your orders now.
for DEERING TWINE, with G.
H. Keyes, as the outlook is that
twine will advance before harvest
timo. Deering Twine, like Deer
ing Machinery, is the best.
Mo. 17.
MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
[8 prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
A Monuments and Head Stones of various de
sUns. Have the county rlgb for Sine's- Pat
.?Tor
G. H. KEYES,
Deering Agency
Buy your Lumber, Soft
Coal, Mill Feed, Etc.,
of
ADELBERT CLARK,
Dealer in General Merchandise,
Thorpe, Iowa.
Money to Loan at Low
Rates Hubert Carr.
$ F. E. RICHARDSON. $
Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance.
Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance.
Office over the Racket Store
Manchester, Iowa.
E. E. COWLES,
.j' .v- Proprietor of
0 "V!/ vKX.' ..
DRAY LINE,
Am prepared to do all kinds 'Of work Id
my line. Moving safes, musical Instruments,
household goods and heavy articles a spec
ialty.
Kesldeace Phone No 265,
Every Day in the
Year the M& O.
Are selling round trip
tickets,-good for 30 days
to Chicago and Great
Western stations, inside
of 166 miles at 10% dis
count. 49tf
HOLLISTEH'S
Rocky Mountain Tes Nuggets
A Busy Medltlr ftr Busy People.
Brings Golden Heir and Beaewed Vigor.
A speciflo for Con rf 3
Jj iv wi... .1 UHK'Oll UVHDI9. UWWI1IIII
and Backache. It s.' iocky Mountain Tea In tab*
let form, 85 cents •. box. Genuine mada by
HoLLJBTEtt Dwo -PANT, Madison, Wla.
GOLDEF FOR SL10W
PEOPLE
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS
&c.
Anyone Bonding a «kotrh nnd description mny
quickly iiscursitiH n^r opinion froo whether an
invention proiuiMy imtciitable. Communion
lions strict lycnmiUeiitml. Handbook on Patents
sent froo. OMost nuoncy for scouring patents.
I'ntcnts taken ihrouuli Munu & To. receive
tptcial mticf,, without cbimto, In tbo
Scientific Jfimcrjcan.
A Itandsomoly IllnAtrnted weekly. I.nrsest clr*
uliitloii any jicleniitio Journal. Terms, 88 a
your: iourmoutlM.fi. Soldbyull newsdealers.
MUNW
&Co.3e,B","Wn»tiitu.'ton.
h"'-New
York
branch OflW. »«fi 1.
FOR SALE.
A farm of about 193 acres, on lina
of Cedar Rapids branch of Illinois
Central R., five miles south of
Manchester, and one mile from
Golden station ample buildings and
of good quality fine well water with
wind mill and tanks. No better
grain and stock farm in Delaware
county. Must be sold to settle an
estate. Is a bargain at $65.00 per
acre, which will buy it if taken soon.
240 acr« farm 1£ miles southeast
of Manchester 140 acres under imj
provement, balance pasture fine
buildings, all new, and plenty of
them good well water with wind
mill and tanks. Best farm for the
money in the country. Come quick
if you want a bargain. Price $50.00
per acre.
We have other farms and can suit
you. Call and see us.
COLLINQE & DUNHAM-
Kit