Manchester Democrat. [volume], August 02, 1905, Image 2

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County Correspondence.
RYAN.
Chas. Peterson of Manchester had
business in town Thursday.
Mrs. I. Zweialer and son Raymond
returned home from a visit at Ft.
Dodge, Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Graves, of Man
chester was visiting friends here
last week.
Mrs. B. Jennings spent Sunday
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Barry, at Farley.
Dennis Ryan is employed on the
Central City News-Letter at Central
City for a few weeks.
Mrs. P. McEUiott visited at her
mother's home in Manchester, Tues
day.
Mrs. M. McEnany and little
daughter Agnes of Cedar Rapids,
are visiting the former's mother,
Mrs. Turner, this week.
Miss Maty Ryan is spending a
few weeks in Wyoming.
A number of our maidens enjoyed
the pleasures of camp life at the
Devil's Backbone a few days last
week.
Miss Mary Waddick was a guest
of Mrs. Ryan one day last week, on
her way home from Cedar Falls.
We understand the Harvest Home
picnic which was to have been held
here Aug. 15th. has been declared
off.
The base ball game at Dyersville
last Sunday between Dyersville and
Ryan was attended by an enormous
crowd from Ryan, Coggon, Central
City, Alburnette and Manchester,
who took advantage of the excursion
train, and witnessed the best game
of ball played on the Dyersville
diamond this season, which Ryan
rightly entitled to, but the ex-Three
1 Leaser for an umpire who was
ousted from that position, decided
the winning score in Dyersville's
favor, which was made on a caught
fowl with the runner half way to the
plate. The score was 3 to 2.
A temperance lecture was deliver
ed at the M. E. church one evening
last week.
A number of our young people
attended the Manchester—Oelwein
ball game at Spring Brttpch the
first of the week.
Miss Grace Todd who is now a
trained nurse in Chicago was a visi
tor in town Friday and Saturday.
John Reilly acted as chaperon for
a number of picnickers consisting
of Beatrece Reilly, Marcella Ryan,
Maggie Hynes and Millie GibbB
who saw the sights of the Devil's
Backbone Sunday.
The Base Ball Tournament is over
and it was one of the most success
ful adventures ever undertaken by
the citizens and ball players of town.
Everything was carried out as ad
vertised and nearly everyone seemed
to be very well satisfied. The base
ball boys cleared something over
$225.00, and everyone certainly got
their money's worth, as a thirty-five
cent ticket entitled a person to attend
all three ball games, and $1.00 en
titled them to the best dance and
to the finest mumc given in this
vicinity. The first ball game be
tween Masonville and Ryan started
in the forenoon and was played in
good shape but the Masonville boy's
proved a little over powered by loos
ing the game in a shut out by a
score of 10 to 0 in Ryan's favor.
The next game was won by Middle
field from Castle Grove by another
shut out by a score of 5 to 0. The
last game between Manchester and
Central City waB the one. It was
the best and most closely contested
game played recently by two East
ern Iowa Amateur teams. It was
nip-and-tuck from the start, no
•cores being made on either side for
several innings when Manchester
finally succeeded in getting two
scores and held Central City down
until the ninth inning when the
Central City boys put on their bat
ting clothes and scored three runs
thus ending the game by a score of
2 to 3 in Central City's favor. The
large crowd of spectators were in
one continual uproar from start to
finish. Davis Bros, formed the
battery for Manchester who did ex
cellent work while Sawyer and Hatch
did the heavy for Central City. The
crowd seemed to be very well satis
fied with the days events. The
dance was attended by something
over 130 couple.
DELHI.
Mr and Mrs. Gilman Angell and
daughter Addie of Mt Vernon are
guests at Geo. Angells.
O. A. Holdridge and sister Mrs.
Alice Clark were Manchester visit
ors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson and
soi) of Mt Pleasant are guests of rela
tives in town.
xJohn
Porter Sr., has returned
from Wisconsin.
Mra. Elmer Adams was a recent
Hopkinton visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. White and
Mrs. F. E. Stimson were Manches
ter visitors last Monday.
The W. F. M. S. meets with Mrs.
Hattie Furman at Hart wick next
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Lyn Smith of Strawberry
Point visited Mrs. L. M. Barnes
last week.
Will Clifton and wife were in
Manchester Tuesday.
John Frazer and wife were very
pleasantly surprised by about thirty
of their friends last Wednesday I
evening. Ice Cream and cake was'
served.
Mrs. Minnie Martin has returned
from a three weeks visit at Straw
berry Point.
E. E. Holdridge, Will|Cli£ton and
Zina Phillips leave Tuesday for
Nebraska on a land seeking expedi
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Davis and
daughter Anna of Manchester were
gueats of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stone
Thursday.
A. H. Bentz was in Fayette Thurs
day.
Delhi Cornet Band has been en-*
gaged to play at the Earlville Carni
val
Mrs. L. N. Green lias received
the $2000 life insurance on her late
husband of the M. W. A. lodge.
Elmer Lux is home from Okla
homa.
Fred Bentz returned from Carls
bad, New Mexico, Thursday.
Mrs. McGee of Waterloo is visit
her sou J. C. McGee and family.
Mr. and Mrs. David Darling ai-e
with a company of friends camping
near Quasqueton.
Miss Fannie Haeberle of Manches
ter is visiting Miss Gwen Perkins.
Mrs. Tunis and daughter of Man
chester were gues(s of Mrs. Will
Furman Sunday.
The M. E. Aid Society meets this
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. B.
F. Saunders.
Thr saw mill near the lake burn
ed down at 3 o'clock Monday morn
ing. No cause for the fire is known.
COLESBURG.
The cabbage, worm is getting in
itB dandy work these days. From
all appearences, sauerkraut will be
scarce next winter.
The members of the Congrega
tional choir were entertained at the
Malvin home south of town, Thurs
day evening.
Fred Schrunk and Miss Mabel
Mock were married, Wednesday, at
the home of the bride at JeiferBon.
Mr. and Mrs. Schrunk have the
best wishes of all, as they embark
on the matrimonial sea.
Mrs. William Brown, Mrs. Harry
Brown and daughter, Ruth, and
Mrs. Joseph Bush and daughter,
Louise, Of Osterdock, were welcome
visitors in our little city, Tuesday.
Leo Bush entertained his little
friends at a lawn party Thursday
afternoon. The "youngsters" had
a fine time. Refreshment of ice
cream and cake were served, and all
present voted Leo and his mamma
capital entertainers. These were
present, viz:—Lydia and Viola Hang
Mildred Bush, Carl Trowbridge,
Spencer Smith, Russell Landis,
Walter Hyde, Walter Bush, Willie
Moreland, Arthur Platto and Llovd
Craft.
Miss Morga Craig is at home from
the Institute at Elkader.
Miss Woltermann, of liritt, Iowa,
is visiting at the Wordehoff home
and was a caller in town Thursday
She is a niece of Mr. Wordelioff.
Mrs. J. C. Bolsinger anil nephew
Russell Landis, returned Tuesday
from a pleasant sojourn with rela
tives at Earlville and Farley.
Charles Nichols, of St. Paul, Min
nesota, was in the burg this week
visiting relatives and old time
friends. He will be recalled ^s a
son of Miles Nichols who was a
resident liore for many years.
R. M. Peck is recovering from
his recent severe illness.
Mrs. Lizzie Wierman is spending
a few days with friends at Oster
dock.
A. L. Landis was an Earlville
caller Tuesday.
A jolly dozen of young Americans
enjoyed a lawn party at the home of
Miss Gusta Craig, Wednesday even
ing.
Miss Emma Chapman entertained
the young people of the Congrega
tional church and their friends, at
asocial, Friday evening. A most
enjoyable time is reported.
A. C. Meier left Friday for his
home at Postville, having disposed
of his interest in the pottery here
During his residence among us, Art
has made many friendB, who regret
his departure. He will be missed
in the social and musical circles, as
he was a member of the band, the
orchestra and the choir. Good 'cess
to him. wherever he may locate.
Mrs. Leonard Wiltsie, of Straw
berry Point, is visiting here at the
home of her brother, J. D. Smith.
Mrs. Kate Wordehoff, of Greeley,
was a visitor at her parental home
on Thursday.
Mrs. 0. P. DeLong and Lulu
Donaldson
Bpent
Tuesday with rela­
tives at Osterdock.
Hon. Joseph Chapman, our worthy
P. M. was the victom of a genuine
surprise, Thursday, when his broth
er, James B. Chapman, of Broadal
bin, New York, whom he had not
seen for more than twenty years
appeared on the scene. This is Mr.
Chapman's first visit to Colesburg
in thirty years, yet he still findB
some people he met on hiB former
visits. He thinks the crops in this
section are simply immense, and
says the people of his city will think
it a little ''fishy" when he tells them
of Iowa's bumper cropB. After all
Iowa isn't a bad place to tie to.
Mrs. David Moreland and daugh
ter, Bertie and Mre. C. F. Knee
were visitors at Osterdock Thursday.
Miss Lillie Dittmer has returned
from a visit among relatives at Man
chester.
EAD'S 6R0TE.
Mrs. Epps of Volga is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. W. T. Frentress.
Nettie Fowler came home from
Manchester on Wednesday for a few
days visit with home folks.
Lou Frentress and Andy Thomp
son were fishing at Forestville on
Wednesday.
This neighborhood was well rep
resented at Tinkle Tom's Cabin" at
Greeley Monday evening-
Rudie Moser and family of Dela
ware visited Jake Mosers of this
place last Sunday.
Mrs. F. N. Frentress and daugh
ter Mary visited at Rey. Low Hub
bels one day last week.
Ed Torrey is at Millville this
week working on his farm.
DUNDEE
The Mystic Toilers met last Tues
day evening. After the lodge was
over a surprise was given Mr and
Mrs. Stephenson, who have been offi
cers of the lodge for some time, and
who leave next week for Lamont. A
pleasant time was spent and refresh
ments served.
Nate Rowley, of Strawberry Point,
was here Wednesday.
Mr. Sharpe, who lives above the
drug store, has had a 'phone put in.
Frank is progressive
Geo. Seward, Barney Aucutte and
Richard Firhman went a flsliinj
Thursday. They returned with ii
few.
There is talk of a jutween
Dundee and the Poi a built by
the Great Western, inis will be a
great help to Dundee.
Jno. Thompson is overhauling his
home here and building an addi
tion.
O. C. Clark, of Forestville, will
soon begin the erection of two dwell
ings in Dundee.
The concerts Tuesday and Friday
evenings are well attended and ap
preciated by all.
Harve Jeffries was in town Sat
urday.
Dr. Nash reports Susie Smith re
covering from pneumonia also Ed
Letz suffeiing with heart trouble.
Dundee went over to the Point to
play the boys there a game of tennis
and won.
EARLVILLE.
Mrs. Willis Bender left for a visit
with her sister Mrs. E. H. Millen, at
Marion, Iowa, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimmons were
Hopkinton visitors Friday.
Mr. George Staahfe Sr. left for
Burt Iowa, Thursday evening.
Mrs. Kate White left Friday
morning for Omaha where she will
visit a few days before going to her
new home in Los Angeles, California.
While here she was a guest at the
home of George Davey.
Mies Grace Hersey and Mrs. Wil
lis Bender drove to Greeley one day
last week.
Edward Millish does not recover
as rapidly as his friends would wish
Miss Bessie Kiern spent Sunday
with relatives in town.
Mr. George Dittmer and son John
of Colesburg transacted business in
town Friday.
J. B. Friller and wife of Inde
pendence were guests at the Arnold
home Saturday.
Spring chickens were bringing 12£
cents Saturday. Young ducks 8
cents Dennis Holden shipped a
lot Saturday.
Mabel Rogers is visiting in Man
chestr. this week.
Dr. Rogers purchased a new piano
last week.
Mrs. Sophie Schmidt was a guest
at the home of F. Niedorf several
day8 last week.
Mrs. E. li. Bush and sons of De
Kalb, Illinois, are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Rush's mother, Mrs.
L. G. Hersey.
Mrs. Kate Martin and Mrs. Anna
Leekley of Dubuque, returned to
their home Friday after a short
visit at the Zeitler home.
Mrs. Johnston of Estherville is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Van
Anda this week.
Miss Martha Hackbarth left for
Cedar Rapids Saturday after a short
visit with relatives.
The Misses Ede of Dubuque de
parted for their home Friday night
after a pleasant visit at the home of
Will Baskerville.
Mrs. Geo. Davy was a Manchester
visitor Friday.
The members of the E. W. C.
and their better halves enjoyed a
picnic at the seven springs Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Wood arrived
home from Alta this week.
STRAWBERRY POINT.
Attorney C. B. Hughes, of Arling
ton, visited with relatives the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. E. 11. Hoag went to Wellman
last Thursday evening for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Mildred
Sanders.
Carl Deyo and family went to
Waterloo last Wednesday evening,
which place will be their future
home. We wish them the best of
luck.
Emil Fuehr and wife returned to
Dundee Friday evening.
Miss Jennie Preussner, of Dundee,
is spending a few days in the Porter
home.
John Cragin and family, of Jop
lin, Missouri, arrived Saturday morn
ing for a visit with Mra. Cragin's
sister, Mrs. J. C. Flenniken.
Mrs. E. A. Blake entertained a
number of ladies at a five o'clock tea
last Saturday afternoon, in honor of
her 71st birthday. In the evening
the Rebekah lodge, of which she
is a member, gave her a pleasant
surprise.
E DUB WOOD.
Miss Lillith Combs of Hartley,
Iowa, has been visiting her uncle,
Job Combs and family.
Miss Eva Maxson came home
Monday morning from Scotch Grove,
where Bhe has been visiting her sis
ters, Mrs. Clara Parady and Miss
Daisy.
Park Wells, of Oelwein, is visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Minkler.
B. C. Reed came down from Oel
wein Thursday and is working for
Mr. Ed. Piatt.
MiBsesMarjorieMinklerand Ruby
Bixby visited Mrs. Joseph at Man
chester from Thursday until Sat
urday.
Mrs. Earnest Ullman and little son
are visiting at the home of Fred
Ullman.
Mrs. Harry Masters was a Straw
berry Point visitor Thursday of last
week.
Misses Myrtle and Lottie Kleok
ner, of Greeley, have been visiting
friends in town the poet week.
Misses Flossie and Jennie Mitchell
visited their brother Jack at Straw
berry Point last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ave Robinson came
np from Dubuque, Saturday, for a
viBit with relatives and friends.
Ave returned home Tuesday evening
to resume his work aB brakeman on
the Milwaukee road, while Mrs. Rob
inson remained for a longer visit.
Miss Lottie Breed is visiting
friends in Almoral at the present
time.
Miss Grace Snover is visiting rel
atives and friends in Manchester.
A Prejudiced ImpreauwB.
"What 1* your Idea ot a classic 7"
"A classic," said Mr. Oumrox, "Is
something you havs to listen to bo
cause somebody slse Mid It wi
Washington Star.
THE HORSE CHESTNUT.
A Theory or Two aa to the Origin of
It* Name.
The liorse cliostnut tree Is well
known, and the nuts lire dear to boys
and sufferers from rheumatism. But
the statement was made lately, and It
Is even found In some encyclopedias,
that the name Is given on account of
Its coarseness: "Like a horse, or like
that of a horse hence, coarse and uu
I reflneili" The reflection on the horse Is
an unworthy one, but let that pnss. Is
not the explanation given In Gernrde's
Herbal (15U7) a more reasonable one?
"Called In EugllRli horse chestnut, for
that the people of the east countries do
with the fruit thereof cure their horses
of the cough and such like diseases."
There Is a long list of plants that
have auluial prefixes—horse, dog, cat,
bear, cow, pig, wolf, mouse, rat, toad,
frog, dragon, snake, etc. In some In
stances "the name of an animal pre
fixed has a totally different significa
tion, denoting size, coarseness and fre
quently worthlessness or spurlotis
ness," but names have also originated
trom the particular uses to which cer
tain plants have been put, and the
horse chestnut Is an example. The
Turks, Arabians, Persians, all believ
ed that these nuts cured horses of
coughs, shortness of wind and such
other ailments. In England a prepara
tion of the nut was once used for
bleaching yam.
Yet there may be something in the
statement of an Englishman, Al
fred A. Mlllward: "The tree possesses
a feature which I have often found to
be not generally known. It is a very
distinctly marked horseshoe, with sev
en dots corresponding to the nails of
the horseshoe, and this appears at the
knuckle of the branches, large and
•mall, but more clearly on the latter."
—Boston Herald.
OUR OLDEST DOLL.
It WM Brought From Bniland OTW
Two Centnrles Ago.
Long, long ago, when William Penn
sailed from England on his secoud
visit to America, what do you think
he brought with him on the good ship
Canterbury? An English doll. This
passenger Is the solo survivor of that
voyage across the Atlantic, which was
made over 200 years ago.
William Penn hnd a little daughter
named Letitla. Letltla heard her fa
ther tell wonderful tales of what he
saw and heard in Pennsylvania on his
first visit to this country, thousands of
mi^s distant from Letltla's home. He
often told her about little Miss Ran
kin, who, living as she did in the wil
derness of Pennsylvania (for this wai
long ago, remember), had no toys at
all, not even one rag doll. When Letl
tla's father was getting ready to again
cross the ocean to America his little
girl Insisted upon sending a doll to that
lonesome little girl.
So A doll was dressed In a court cos
tume of striped and delicately tinted
brocade and velvet. The skirt was
held out by enormous hoops, for such
was the fashion of the well dressed la
dles of that period. The doll itself is
twenty inches high and has the long
waist and Riender form of the court
beauties she left in her native land.
Her balr is rolled back from her face,
much In the style of today.
This doll now lives in Montgomery
county, Maryland, in the strictest se
clusion. She is only removed from her
careful wrappings when little girls de
sire the honor of making the acquaint
ance of the oldest doll in America*—
Philadelphia Press.
The Extreme*.
Somebody has said that the vices of
tile very rich and of the very poor are
Identical. It Is a matter of specula
tion whether their appetites are also
similar, for the vary poor woman
finds great solace in her cup of tea and
drinks quantities of it so also does the
rich woman. Alcoholic stimulants are
also favored by ilie one who finds life
monotonous from poverty and she who
finds it equally monotonous from
wealth. One can have nothing she
wants the other has everything she
wants result with both, an almost un
bearable discontcut—Philadelphia Tel
egraph.
Amply Qualified.
Proud Parent—If you would win my
daughter, young man, you must prove
to my satisfaction that you have forti
tude, patience under discouraging cir
cumstances, strength of character,
courage, an indomitable will to suc
oeed and, above all, an ability to bear
with misfortune. Have you those qual
ifications? Suitor— I've known your
daughter for some time, sir, and am
asking you for her band. Do you wish
other assurances?—New York Times.
A Primer LCHOO.
See the woman.
Why is she so cross?
Oh, she's having a lot of dresses
made.
See the other woman.
Why Is she so cross?
Because she isn't having a lot
dresses made.
Women are queer creatures, are they
not?—Louisville Courler-Journaf.
More to Hie Point.
"I want a 1JUS!UC.MS suit now," said
Slopay. "1 was thinking of something
In the way of a small plaid."
"And I," replied the tailor, "can't
help thinking of something in the way
of a small check."—Philadelphia Press.
METAL PENS.
One of Ancleut Itoinun Hake Has fhm
Distinctive Silt.
Some curious one lias collected *a
mass of interesting facts concerning
metallic pens. Some of these refer
ences run back us far as the four
teenth and even the thirteenth cen
tury, and, curiously enough, in the
case of the manuscript of Robert d'Ar
tois, ttse forger scribe, Is said to. have
used a bronze pen in order to disguise
his wTltlug and make his deception
more safe. A Roman metal pen is
said to have been found at Aosta, not
a mere stylus, but a bronze pen slit,
and there is some evidence of a pen
or reed of bronze nearly as early as
the invention of printing in the fif
teenth century. More than a hun
dred years ago some steel pens were
made in Birmingham for Dr. Priestly,
and some of these pl&ced into tho
hands of Sir Joslah Mason in his early
days with Mr. Harrison, but ull seem to
have been lost. The first pen of metal
of a definite date, beyond all question,
Is one in a Dutch patent book of 1717.
At about the same time a polite ode
of Pope's refers to a "steel and golden
pen," but these were evidently lux
uries only, and it was not until about
the end of the first quarter of the last
century that metallic pens became
more generally in use. In the "Local
Notes and Queries" in the Birming
ham Weeklj' Post definite evidence
haB been given of steel pens as early as
1806 aud more commonly in 1817t but
It was about 1.323 and 1824 tlml The
great revolutio'n came by which pens
were made by a cheaper process—the
hand screw press which pierced the
pens from steel rolled into tube fash
Ion and the Joint formed tho silt, but
these required considerable labor to
nliape them into pen form. The use
of the strew press belongs to the pe
riod of John Mitchell, Joseph Oillot
and Joslah ison, but on a careful
review of the facts it seems to bo
clear that John Mitchell has the best
claim to be considered as the orlglual
Being favorably impressed is the
cheapest way we know of being a good
fellow.
Nothing makes us quite so mad aa
to have people say, "What made you
do
itr
It is terribly hard to Impress peo
ple with the Importance of aiding In a
good cause.
Every one realizes when he goes to
a photographer's that he is not look
ing his prettiest.
It Is all right to do things for yoor
town, but first do things for your
home and family.
We arc all pretty easily pleased
when we consider that three or four
times a day we see exactly how we
look In the looking glass.—Atchison
Globe.
Antiquity of Cheating.
False weights were found In the
ruins of the oldest city that has yet
been exhumed. And false weights will
probably be consumed when the earth
dropB Into the sun and tho heavens are
rolled together like a scroll. Ancient
records and ancient statute books are
full of evidence that every modern
practical device down to adulterations
and crooked scales was familiar to our
ancestors of the plateau of Iran before
the migrations. Vice is the old in
habitant virtue is the newcomer, the
Immigrant, received with reluctance
and compelled to fight for every Inch of
ground he gains.—Reader Magazine.
A Great Lack .of LOT«.
There Is a pleasant story being told
Just now of an Irish jTrlest who, tak
ing leave of his congregation, gave his
reasons for going: "First, you do not
love me, for you have contributed noth
ing to my support second, you do not
love each other, for I have not cele
brated a marriage since I arrlvedi
third, the good God does not love you,
for he has not taken one of you to
himself I have not had a single funer
al.*'—London Telegraph.
Wfcy She Loved Her.
Mrs. Cummins So you' love your
grandmamma, do you, Oracle? And
why do you love her? Grade—Be
cause she used to punlBh mamma when
mamma was a little girl. I hope she
used to spank mamma as hard as
mamma spanks me.— Boston 'Tran
script.
The Flight of Bird*.
One of the few men to recover Bight
after being blind from the birth of rec
ollection was reported to have wonder
ed at nothing so much as the flight of
the birds. "Why do not people make
more fuss about them?" he said.—Lon
don Outlook.
Faulty Theory.
Gus do Smythc—Those new boots of
yours squeak awfully. Perhaps they're
not paid for yet. Johnny—That's all
nonsense. If there Is anything in that,
why don't my coat and vest and my
trousers and my hat squeak too?
Old Enough to Notice.
BIRTH OF THE WALTZ
THE DANCE HAD ITS ORIGIN klTHM
IN FRANCE OR GERMANY.
It* Introduction IntoEnRlnndCaaMt
Great Scnndtil In That Collator
and For Time Hnd FaaMoasUc
Society In mi iiironr.
No exact date can be ascribed to the
Introduction of the wait*/. Into England
from France. In 1800 (Jilray published
a caricature of a couple waltzing,
with the note that "litis was lutended
for quiz upon the then foreign dance,
waltzing." Again in ISlo the same art*
1st published another sketch, entitled
"La Waise, Le IUn Genre," with the
note, "The walse was at this time new
In England and just coming Into fash
ion."
1
Introducer of press made pens.—Buffa
lo Times.
PITH AND POINT.
Being worthless pays no dividends.
Keeping a diary Is nearly as hard
work as keeping a dairy.
It was danced'at Alraack's by a few
very bold spirits, notably Lord Palmer
ston, Mme. de Lleven, Princess Ester
hazy and Baron Neumann, and thus
became a matter of exhibition, the
whole company standing on benches to
view the performance.
However, the antiwaltzing party took
the alarm and cried it down. Mothers
forbade it, and every ballroom became
a scene of feud and contention. How
profound was its unpopularity in cer
tain quarters is proved by the pasqui
nades leveled against It. The famous
seven lines commencing
"What! Tlie girl I adore by another em
braced!"
are commonly attributed to Byron,
though they were published anony
mously In 1812, and some authorities
give Thomas Moore ns the author. An
impromptu purporting to be addressed
by an indiguant lover to his betrothed
and her partner echoes Byrou's feel
ings:
You've brushed the bloom from tho
peach,
Prom the rose Its soft hue
What you've touchcd you may take.
Pretty wultser, adieu.
Another poet delivered himself of the
following diatribe:
How arts Improve In this inspiring age!
Peers mount the box, anil horses tread the
stage.
While waltzing females, with unblushing
face,
dance but in a man's em
Disdain to
brace.
"The waltz, however," continues
Ralkes, "struggled successfully through
all its difficulties. Flaurhault, who was
ia fieur du puis' iu Paris, came over
and with a host of others' drove the
prudes into their lutrenchinenis. And
when the Emperor Alexander was seen
waltzing around the roof at Almack's,
with his tight uniform and numerous
decorations, they surrendered at discre
tion."
It is a moot point whether the waltz
originated In France or Germauy,
whether it came from the French "La
Volta" or the German national dauce,
the "Luudler." According to French
authorities, La Volta was simply the
waltz a trois temps. Provence was Its
birthplace, and it was first introduced
at the court of Ilenry II. at Fontaine
blenu In ir»55 by the Cjmte de Saulte,
who Is said to have iuveutcd it, for
many called It La Volta de Saulte, and
the name is suitable both because of
the etymology of the word and the
character of the dance.
at
"Are your papa and mamma
home?" asked the caller.
"No," replied little Marguerite "one
of them may be here, but they never
are both at home at the same time."—
Chicago Record-IIcrald.
Generous.
"Some men say," remarked the beau
tiful heiress, "that I have no heart."
"Oh, that doesn't matter." replied the
poor but willing to be honest youth
"I'll give you mine."—Chicago News.
Hawk mid Wcnsel.
A New Zealand paper rotates that a
settler noticed a hawk fiylng about In
a peculiar maiuier and crying out as if
In pain. The settler obtained a gun aud
shot the bird, and investigation showed
the cause of its distress was a weasel
which was perched on the hawk's back,
with its teeth burled in the bird's ueck.
Apparently the animal had pouueed'
upon the hawk when It was on the
ground and was carried skyward with
the flight of its prey.
THE LAW OF FINDING.
All Save the Owner the Flad
er*« Title IN Perfect.
In common law Jindkijs is a qualified
source of title to «oods and chattels.
Briefly, the law Is that the finder has a
clear title against all the world, except
ing the owner. The proprietor of a
coach or a railroad ear or a ship has no
right to demand property found on his
premises. Such proprietors may make,
In regard to lost articles, regulations
which will bind their employees, but
they cannot bind the public.
The law of finding was declared by
the king's bench more than a hundred
years ago (when It was the supremo
court of common law in England) as
follows:
A person found a wallet containing a
sum of money on a shop floor. lie
banded the wallet and conteuts to tho
shopkeeper to be returned to the own
er. After three years, during which
the owner did not call for his property,
the finder demanded of the shopkeeper
the wallet and the money. The latter
refused to deliver them upon tho
grouud that they were found on his
premises. The Under then sued tho
shopkeeper, and it was held, as stated
above, that, against all the world save
the owner, the tiile of the finder is per
fect. The finder has indeed been held
to stand in the place of the owner.
Thus A prevailed In an action against
B, who found an article which A had
originally found, but subsequently lost.
The pollee have no espeeial rights In
regard to articles lost unless these
rights are conferred by statute. Receiv
ers of articles found are trustees for
the owner or finder. In the absence of
special statute they have uo power to
keep an article against tin* fiuder any
more than a finder has to retain an ar
ticle against the owner.
A finder must, however, use every
reasonable means to discover the own
er of found goods before appropriat
ing them to his own use. It has been
declared that if the finder knows tho
owner or knows that he can discover
him he is guilty of larceny in keeping
or appropriating to himself the arti
cles found.
It enjoyed a great run throughout
France and even penetrated to Scot
land, where? it met with furious opposi
tion, one writer averring that Its im
portation into France had been effect
ed by the power of witches. Mary Stu
art once exhibited her agility In thia
dance, but she was careful not to re
peat the experiment, and this was
about the last heard of it.
The ease for Ov.i.uiy is that the
a a a
popular song calle I "O du lieber Au
gustln." From Go-many the dance
made its way to Vienna aud was Intro
duced Into the opera, while by and by
It found its way to France, whence it
came to England—"tbe iusldious waltz,
this imp of Germany, brought up In
France."
The waltz when first danced in Lon
don was a slow movement- a trols
temp*, and the early English waltz
compositions were very poor. Strauss
came to Lond hi 18.TT to play at Al
mack's, and his waltz music created a
perfect furore. It killed the old trois
temps waltz, and the deux temps
usurped its place. Now that tho fasci
nation of the waltz Is all powerful, It Is
difficult to realize the commotion its In
troduction caused.—London Globe.
Sidetracked.
"I was looking nliout in Bargen's
millinery department today," began the
scheming wife, "aud I saw the sweet
est thing"—
"Yes," interrupted her foxy husband,
"that's a great iden of Hnrgen'B to put
mirrors all around where you women
congregate."—Exelmnge.
Some people arc Inqulsltlvo from hab
it, not bocatiso they want to know.—
South Bend Tribune.
influence of llrii Hull-.
"There never has been an important
revolutionary inovcnieut without red
haired person intimately ("oncemed, if
not the leader," says writer. "Nearly
all the great reformers or founders of
religions had red hair. History inou
tions that Molmmmod was a red haired
man. King Duvld was ruddy. Louis
XIV. was a sandy haired man, with
many of the characteristic peculiarities
of the type. Cleopatra is called 'the
red haired Greek.' Mary, queen of
Scots, had red hair, and Prince Charles
resembled her in coloring. Lucrezta
Borgia looks
111
her portraits somewhat
nuliurn. Queen Elizabeth was of de
cidedly red coloring, which will suit
both her admirers and lier detractors."
Had One Too Mnn Hlumelf.
••Serves hlui right!" murmured Mrs.,
Henpeck, looking up from the paper In
which she had been reading of the ar
rest of a bigamist.
"Serves who right?" asked Ilenpeck
"Oh, a man who took one wife too
many."
"My! Maybe they'll be after me
next "—Philadelphia Ledger.
°'JSINESS
DIRECTORY
ATTORNEYS.
G.W. DURHAM. B, B, STILBB W, 11. ROMUS
DUNHAM, NORR1S ft STILES.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND NOTARIES
c*. Public. Speolal attention given to Collec
!2P9 .15®uranoo, Itoal Kstato and Loan Afft?.
C'ffloeln Oily Hali Dlook, Manchester, la.
'J. YOKAN. H. F. ABIIOLD. M.J. YOKAN*
yORAN, ARNOLD ft YORAN
and
C.K,
The fame, or, rather, uotorlety, of the
new dancc had, however, reached
Englaml some years previously. Dr.
Burncy had seen It danccd in Paris in
1780 and was moved to write, "How
uueasy an English mother would feel
to see her daughter so unfamlllarly
treated and still more to note the
obliging mauuer In which the free
dom Is returned by the females."
Ralkes in his journal declares that
"no event ever produced so great a
sensation in English society as tlTe In
troduction of the German waltz,"
which he ntttributes to Baron Neu
mann and ofliers about the year 1811.
He relates how the moruings, which
had hitherto been dedicated to loung
ing in t£ie park, were now absorbed at
home In practicing the figures of a
French quadrille or whirling a chair
round the room to learn tho step and
measure of the German waltz.
BROSSOW,
K. M. OARR.
and Feed, Manufacturers of the cele
brated White Sattu and White Pearl Flour.
W.L DREW.
QRY GOODS, Carpets, Milliuc:?, Er.t3 and
Caps, Boots and Shoee,
Uanchcator, Iowa.
WM. DONNELLY.
HOKKRTCARR,
HHNRY UUONHON.
BRONSON, CARR ft SONS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Special attention
Riveni to colleotiona. Offlce in Demoorat
Building, Franklin Street. Manchester, Iowa,
PHBD B. BLAIR.
A-SSL,ohT..^io^ffl061,1
PHY8IOIANB.
DR. D. A. MAY.
pnVSfOIANAND SUHGEON. Diseases ot
children a specialty. OIllceoaMaln street
"N'ofpo Bros, store, itesldenoe
plionol92. Olllce plioue 810.
0. J. LINDSAY. M. D..
PHYSICIAN, surgeon and Kye Specialist,
A .°™c,S.tlcur«
f,°r»yocasesand
attlng glasses
1:00 to 8:00 p. m. Office corner Main and Prank*
Im atraets.
DR. T. J. BURNS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURUEON. All profes
calls promptly answered, day 01
"l*™sloiialnlce
1
..S opposite tho l'oat OHIce. Tele
phone 100.
E. A. NASH,
PHYSICIANDU.
AND SURGEON. Special at-
tonilonto diseases of the stumacli aud lu
lestlm-a. Calls promptly attended to night or
Dundee Iowa
oxlrac*ed*
Telephone No. 17,
VANCHBSTBR MARBLB WORKS
18 prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
Monuments and Head Stones of various de*
3l£na. Have the county rlgb for Sine's Pat.
ent Grave Cover also dealer Iron Fences.
Wlllmeetall competition. 9tfM
S WM. MOINTOSH!
ANDERS A PHILIPP
ND
STATIONERS. Toilet
Articles, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils,
uorner Malu and Franklin streets.
VETERINARIAN.
DR. J. W. SCOTT.
\/"ETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist
Malu Street, Telephon
250.
W. N. BOYNTON.
Of ATCHMAKElt, Jowelcr and Engraver
01-i Hdwlep Ji? Watches, Clocks, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Spectacles, Cutlory,
Viusioal Instruments, eto., Main street.
Dealnr
A. D. BROWN
furniture etc., £nd
In
Main Street.
P. WERKMEISTBR,
(^.KNERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
Oofflns. Picture Frames, Etc. A oomplete
itock of furniture and Upholstery always on
aana, at prices that dofy competition. A good
Hoarse kept for attendanoe at funerals. Earl
rille. Iowa.
J. H. ALLEN.
OI.OTR1NC and Gents furnishing goods. Cor
nerjialn and Franklin streets.
GILDNER BROS.
ftLOTHING and Gents furnishing goods.
GUy Hall Block, Franklin Street.
B. CLARK.
DRY
GOODS, Notions, Carpets, tienti Fur*
nlshlng goods, etc. Franklin Street.
QUAKER MILL CO.
IjihOUR
eto., St.
A. THORPE.
Pder
ROPRIETOR OF KALAMITY'S PLUN
Store aud Dealer in Clothing, Boots,
Shoes, Notions, ale. Masonic Block Manches*
ter, Iowa.
E. T. QRASSFIELD,
BOOTg
AND SHOES of all grades and prices.
Custom Work aud Repairing given special
mention. Store in City Hall Block.
SIMON & ATWATEB.
HARDWARE, STOVES, TINWARE, ETC,
-U- Keeps a flrst-olasa tinner and does all
jindsof repairing with neatness and dispatch,
-toreopposite First National Bank, Main St
HOLLI6TER LUMBER CO.
nds of bulldliiK inai
Corner of Delaware and
IJUMBKR
and all kinds of
bulldliiK
Posts and Coal,
Madison streets.
inaiorials
THOS. T. CARKEEK.
ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING SUPERIN­
TENDENTS. E. Corner,
8th and Main St
Dubuque, Iowa.
WM. DENNI8.
C1ARPEJ9TBR,
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER.
I lam now prepared to do all work lu my
tine 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 West Side of river.
B. W. GREMB.
Successor to Lawrence & rents.
DRUGS,city
Wall Paper, Stationery, Palutu, Oils,
etc. Hall block.
A. E. PETERSON.
DEADER
IN Groceries, Provisions. Crock*
ery, Fruits, eto. Main Street,
J. H. STEWART
&ROGERS.
Carry a full line of Staple and
Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables, Cau
ned Goods, Crockery, Etc.
J. M. PEARSE.
JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
OR. All business enirustod to him given
prompt attention. Office In City Hall block
second door.
ALEX. 6EP8TR0M.
G1ENERAL
BLACKSMITH, horseshoeing a
specialty. Interfering and corns cured or
Prlceti reasonable, and the best of
pay.
work guaranteed
age solicited,
the bridge.
A share of the public patron
Shop on Franklin street,
DENTISTS*
C. L. LEIGH.
Dentist.
Office In the Adams building on
Franklin Street. Telephone 216.
DORMAN BROS.
|"\ENTJST. Offlce on Franklin Street, mrtfa
of the Olobe Hotel, Manchester, law*.
Dental Surgery In all its branohes, Mtk-*
frequent visits to neighboring towns. Alwa7£
atoffloeon Saturdays.
E. E. NEWOOMB.
DENTIST.
Office over Burton
store on Franklin street,
orldge work a specialty.
OHRAP—Residence Property in this city
Enquire of Bronson 6 Oarr.
THOS, GIVEN
CARPENTER
M.
Physician and Surgeon,
Proprietor ot tne
Ryan Drug Sto^
Dealer in
Drags, Stationery, Etc
*T, KNfc.
laS
TIRRILL & PIERCE
are Loaning Money as cheap
any person or corporation.
Real Relate
Agonta. OBoo over Delaware County stale
Baok, Manchester, Iowa.
KOK SAIiE.
Oood rn.donoo prnport on Franklin St a
8tf
J. J. PKNTONY.
DR. E. A. NASH,
Physician and Surgeon
DUNDEE, IOWA.
Special attention paid to Diseas
of the Stomach and Children.
Teeth extracted.
Calls promptly attended to nigll
or day. Telephone No. 17.
Buy your Lumber, Soft
Coal, Mill Feed, Etc.,
of
ADELBERT CLARKHi',1
Dealer in General Merchandise
Thorpe, Iowa.
Money to Loan at Low
1
Rates. 4 Hubert Carrj
$ F. E. RICHARDSON, $
Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance. IfiiSSf
Offlce over the Racket Store
Manchester, Iowa.
E. E. COWLES,
Proprietor of
A I N E
Am prepared to do all kinds of work In
my lino. Moving safes, musical Instruments,
housohold goods and heavy articles a spoo-*
laity.
Hesldenco Phone No 265,
Every Day in the
Year the M& O.
Are selling round trip
tickets,-good for 30 days
to Chicago and (treat
Western stations, inside
of 166 miles at 10% dis
count. 49tf
HOLLISTER'S
Rocky Mo'intain Tea Nuggets
A Busy Kedltir for Busy People.'
Brings Golden He i' and Renewed Vigor.
A specific for Con mtlon, Indigestion, Lit®
Kldnov Trouble? dimples, Eceein^ ImptiM
Brrnth, jcglsh Bowels, Headache
iCdd Backncho. It's' cky Mountain Tea ia tab
let form, 8S no its bo*. Genuine made by
HOLLIBTEU DRIY
MNY,
COLDER
Madison, Wis.
'.JUGOHT
FOR SALLOW
PEOPLE
CO YEARS*
LXPEHIENCE
TRADE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS AC.
Anyone scndlnK sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
Invention la probably patontablo. Comtnunlca.
tlotiAHtrlctlyconNdoritiRl. Handbook on Patents
sent froe. Oldest nicotic? for securiiiir patents.
Patents taken through jSlunn A Co. receive
tier,* without charge, lit the
tpeclnl notice?
Scientific American.
A handsomely lllnstrntoi! \renkly. I/trsost clr
dilation of any nclontlilo Journal. Terms, 93 a
year: four months, (1. Sold byull newsdealers.
NIUNN & Co.3e,B™a^ New York
Branch OTIco. H2& BU. Washington. H. C.
FOR SALE.
A farm of about 193 acres, on line
of Cedar Rapids branch of Illinois
Central R. R., five mileB 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 acre farm 1miles southeast
of Manchester 140 acres under imj
provenient, 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.
IStf
Clark's
Grown
AND BUILDER. Shop on
Howard St., oast of Mertz' barn. Tef. 260.
Mason Work,
Now I am ready to tako contracts in mason
wrok of any description.
7tf C.P, MILLIB.
House for Rent.
HUBERT OARR.
3r
We havo other farmB and can suit
vou. Call and see us. f-
COLLI NGE & DUNHAM.
Carnival at Earlville Aug. 17th.
For this occasion tbe I. C. H. R. will
sell excursion ticketB Manchester to"
Earlville at a rate of one and one third
fare for tbe round trip. Tickets on
sale August 10 and 17 limited to return
until August 18th. H. G. Pierce, agt.
Races at Waterloo Aug. 1 to Aug. 3.
For the above occasion the I. R. R.
will
Bell ticketB
Manchester to Waterloo
and return at a rate of one and one
third fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale July 31 to Aug.g limited to re
turn until Aug itb, G. Pierce agt,