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R. A. DENTON.
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ning this year. If so, WE CAN
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that will surely clean up our stock before the.
new paper arrives.
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In recognition of a service done
her father by their father over six
ty years ago, Mrs. Russell Sage has
made the members of the Ohphant
family of Des Moines a gift of near
ly $10,000 in cash. The money
was turned ov«r to the family by
Attorney R. 0. Brennan.
"It is reasonably certain that Mars
has been inhabited in the past and
it is reasonably certain that it is in
habited now," is the careful con
clusion of Prof. David Todd, who
has arrived here from his four
months' expedition in South Ameri
ca. Six weeks of Prof. Todd's time
was spent with the giant Lowell tel
escope in the Taripaca desert in
North Chile. More than 7,000
photographs were taken, and as the
crowning feature of the scientist's
work twenty photographs of the
double canals on Mars were obtain
ed.
Crime-Blindness.
Crime-blindness it the newest dis
ease of the brain. Prof. Haupsman
says that the disease is quite pre
valent in New York. He says it
attacks those who are sworn to up
hold the laws, and is the exact Op
posite of color blindness, in which
the sufferer is unable to distinguish
one color from another. The crime
blind possess the most acute power
of distinguishing. The malady is
seldom found among the' poor, but
the wealthy are quite liable to se
vere attacks. Public execration
is said to help patients suffering
from this said to be strange disease.
Man's Course Onward and Upward.
Dr. Koenig of Berlin declares that
man is reverting to a lower type of
animal and will eventually become
wholly brute and thus perish from
the earth altogether. We don't be
lieve a word of it. We may say, in
cidentally, that if we believed all
the dreary things that dismal scien
tists teach us we should not deem
life worth living.
In the present instance the lugu
brious scientific deliverance ia con
tracted by the things that every
body sees every day.
So far from deteriorating, man is
growing better and stronger every
day. He is becoming less bigoted
and more charitable less clannish
and more humane.. We have not
yet reached the millennium of uni
jBjMtonesty and charity, but we
have got BO far on the road to it
that we can see its light on the hori-
Even physically, man is on the
upgrade. He takes better care of
himself he lives better and better
than ever before. He is for ahead
of his medieval ancestors as they
were ahead of the man of the stone
age. Far from reverting, he is
evolving into a higher type, Dr.
ICoenig notwithstanding.
If any proof of the Overruling
Power were needed it would be
found in this very development of
man until he is become a creature a
little lower than the angels.—Chi
cago Examiner.
"Politics in Everything.
Politics is a universal game. Not
only is it played in so-called politi
cal parties, where the movements
looking to the control of all matters
of civil government are engineered,
but the politician is ever present inf
lodge circles and church gatherings.
Politics is the game of manipulation
J»y which individuals or coteries of
individuals seek to gain the advan
tage either for the good of the gen
eral organissation or the benefit of
the individual from a selfish stand
point. Those who know anything
about the proceedings of secret so
ciety conventions, grand lodges and
supreme grand lodges, know, that
the political game is played contin
uously. Church conventions and
conferences and assemblies are filled
with politicians. Many of the men
who participate in these gatherings
are just as shrewd wire-pullers as
ever met in a strictly political con
vention or a lodge gathering. Man
is a natural born politician—a nat
ural born schemer, wire-puller. The
political game is a part of his life.
That fact may or may not be to his
credit. If his planning has the
motive of the greatest good to the
greatest number and is backed by
integrity of purpose, there is no
harm in being a politician. Certain
ly there is no harm in any man tryr
ing to satisfy his own ambitions.
Man was created with ambition in
his make-up. If he seeks to get
ahead—without pulling anyone else
down—his ambition is laudable and
there is ample justification for hia
being a politician.
If he is entirely selfish, if his am
bition is backed by dishonorable
motives—then let him be sat down
upon, no matter in what field of ac
tivity he operates and let his politi
cal methods be condemned.—Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
Legend of the Moss Rose.
A German tradition gives the origin
of the moss rose as follows: An angel
came to earth In mortal guise. He
sought a place of shelter and repose
after his labors of love, but every door
was shut against the heavenly visitor.
At length the angel, being very weary,
sank upon the ground and over him
rosebush spread like a tent It caught
upon Its outspread leaves the falling
dew which would otherwise have
drenched the messenger of love. Wak
ing, the angel said to the rose:
"Thou hast iytelded the shelter that" man
denied
A proof of my love shall with the abide."
And the green, mosa gathered about tha
stem
While the dowdropa ahone like a diadem.
Crowning the-blushing flower.
MANCHESTER,
IOWA, WEDNESDAY,
The Barefoot Days.
By Byron Williams,
Tbe tapplestidaya w.re the barefoot days,
The days of long ago.
We trooped with our "Rann" tbrouxb the wood
land wayi,
To nooka nliere the mushroom grow.
We tramped ulth cur dog where the sweet flag
•ways,
By paths when the zephyrs blow!
The happiest Joys were the boyhood joys.
The Joys of the yesterday
When eare had not crossed to the realm of boys
Nor entered their world ot play.
When nerves were unknown and wo laughed at
nelse,
Rejoicing In hopes of May!
The happiest tlmo is tbo boyhood time,
The time of the barofoot lad—
Tbe time when he scales whore the wild grapes
climb,
Tfcs hours when he easts for sliad.
Be dwells In a laud that lu song and rhyme,
A land that Is always glad!
The happiest span Is the boyhood span,
The years that the troublets mlsa
Tha years all too few of the sun and tan,
The yean that the fragrance kiss.
1 offer two years ot the grown up man
For one of the boyhood bliss!
But Time laughs aloud at the Joke he plays
Oa man In his quest tor Joy,
For never but once may we know the ways
Untouohed by the base alloy,
Just once In our lives are the blesBed days
That come to the barefoot boy!
Iowa Land Values.
Iowa lands are agian advancing in
values. A few years ago when the
Canadian and Texan exoduses be
gan, lands in this state sagged a
little. But some of the prodigals
are coming back and the ones who
still hold Iowa lands are holding on
a little tighter. The past season
has put several more feathers in the
caps of Iowa land owners. Through
one of the most disaste$ous seasons,
on account of rain and colds, the
soil of this state managed to pro
duce good crops, including a corn
crop of normal proportions. It de
monstrates again that the soil of
thiB state is good for a crop every
year. It is the one state that may
always be relied upon. It never
fails wholly.
Iowa lands are worth $150 an
acre, every acre of them—that is, to
the man who lives upon the farm
and puts his own hands to the plow
and manages with foresight
and labors with industry. Illinois
lands have long been selling at such
prices and Iowa lands will eventu
ally sell at them. Most of the
pod farms that have been changing
lands have lately been overrunning
the one hundred dollar an acre
mark.—Cedar'Rapids Republican.
Farmers In The City.
A Chicago newspaper has discov
ered to its infinite astonishment
that the western farmer is not to the
absurb, bewiskerd and unsophiBt
cated creature of the comic illustra
tions and the vaudeville stage. We
might have told the people of the
windy city something of the sort
years ago—but no matter.
Circle.
Chicago'first g3t|cn speiking terms
with her rural visitors at the corn
carnival held in that city recently.
In the role of host to the army "of
guests from the corn districts the
metropolis evidenced an unusual in
terest in th.e men who provide the
world with the greater portion of its
subsistence, and in consequence has
learned many, many things. It
seems that the urbanite has been
the real "rube."
The publication which sent its
young men to the corn carnival to
the people who made the show poss
ible, rather than to compute the
bushels of cereals in the big build
ing and estimate the attendance, has
been rewarded for its enterprise.
It knows something concerning the
bone and sinew of the nation which
has been withheld from the resi
dents of the average city. In the
first place, the rural guests of Chic
ago almost to a man, possessed de
cent hair cut they were agreeably
devoid of whiskers and their clothes
fitted them. They looked quite as
presentable as the average Chicagoan
on the whole, and seemed self-re
specting. The difference between
the city merchant and professional
man and the agriculturist was
scarcely apparent. Even in intellect
and culture the farmer seemed the
equal of his city relative.
The enterprising journal which
has made the important discovery
wonders what has caused the re
markable change in the cut and
mannerisms of the western farmer,
and when the change occurred.
That is not hard to answer: The
change, if therjhas been one, began
about die time the cities first com
menced to develop from rude un
couth settlements into uncouth
rude municipilities. The farmer
has grown as rapidly as the ur
banite and along more healthful
channels. The average city resi
dent is unable to see beyond his own
sky line, and in his pridefulness
has entirely overlooked the sturdy
individual out upon the prairies of
Iowa and Illinois, who has not
been given to much idle talk of him
self but who has applied himself
assiduously to the soil. It is not
surprising that the free, natural
bearing of the corn carnival farm
era startled Chicago. But when
is remembered that of all the United
States the farmer is the only person
who is absolutely independent, the
supreme assurance with which he
invaded Chicago is explained. In
Chicago may be found a good many
thousands of destitute, miserable be
ings who play the game life bj
guesswork and unsuccessfully to
day it would be difficult to discover
a penurious farmer in all the west.
Only this is the distinguishing
feature.—Iowa State Register.
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OCTOBER 23, 1907.
Naming The Farm.
Many years ago, in the pioneer
days of Iowa, the writer had an Eng
lish neighbor with whom he was
very intimate. From him he learn
ed for the first time that farms in
England were named, and that mail
directed to the farm would reach it.
It was a little bit early to look for
ward in a hopeful manner to the
time when mail would be delivered
to individual farmers in this coun
try. It was really too much to hope
for at that time when there scarcely
were roads, to say nothing of postal
advantages.
Wo have been pondering in our
minds since that time the propriety
of earning farms, and wo have coma
to the conclusion that it is a most
essential thing to do. Not only
should the farm have an appropri
ate name, but the owner should
have stationery with his name, the
name of his farm and the special
ties in which he is interested plain
ly printed on it. In the early days
school houses were named for the
person on whose land they were
built, as "Smith's school house," etc.
Later they wero given other names,
and now almost all of them have ap
propriate names.
By naming the farm one will not
only have the means of being adver
tised by such a name, but it will al
ways be known by that name no
matter what the ownership. It may
change hands time and again and
yet be "Tlio Evergreen Farm," "The
Willows," or "Hazelwild," as the
case may be. In one state in the
union the names of farms are re
corded by the county recorder just
as other instruments, which largely
prevents duplicates.
In naming the farm we would
suggest that tht name be short and
that it represent some feature of to
cography or some other characteris
tic of the vicinity, and when named
it will be well to place the name in
plain letters that can be easily read
either on the barn or on a bulletin
board at the entrance. We suggest
some names that may be appropriate,
as follows: Idlewild, Maplehurst,
Oakwood Linwood, Stonington, Wal
nut Grove, The Crest, Orchard Hill,
Groveland, Milf igton, Applington,
Chilsington. vVhen the name is
determined upon it should be an
nounced in some public manner and
in a very short time it will be known
by its new name rather than the old
name of its present or some former
owpe& When the children return
Smwhrnero boshes twonty-five or
fifty years later, they will know
where the farm is by its name,
which will be the same as that giv
en it years ago, even though there
have been many owners in the mean
time. For present purposes it will
be found much easier to advertise it
under some good name than by let
ting it go without a name. This is
a day of progress, and farmers may
as well be well at the head of the
procession as to lag back and take
a place lower down.
It will not require very much
stretch of the imagination to see
town dudes wearing potatoes for
diamonds. They are getting almost
high enough in price. It may be per
fectly right to joke now, but there
will be no joking when it comes to
paying for the usual amount a fam
ily usually uses.-Register and Farm
er.
Education all Wrpng.
Professor Jedgersma, the eminent
psychiatrist, has startled this coun
try by a very outspoken utterance
on modern civilization as the funda
mental cause of the prevailing and
increasing nervousness of modern
men and women both in Europe and
America.
Jelgersma sketches the merchant,
financier, and manufacturer sur
rounded by the mighty means of
communication of the present day,
and shows how the development of
modern life, with all its rapid
changes, must create a feeling of
disappointment, fear, and oppres
sion, which is the real basis of the
state of mind of which the outward
sign is loss of epuilibrium in. the
struggle for existence. The victims
are men and women who from youth
up have been unable to withstand
the strain and stress. The primary
object of education therefore should
be to strengthen these weaklings
against their environment.
For German ears the profes
next sentence sounds revolutionary,
He says:
We must gradually get rid
our notions that the training of
intelligent is the highest of educa
tion. The training of the mind
must give way to the training of the
body.
"We send a child to school when
it is only C, and immediately the
wretched being begins to read, write,
reckon and a dozen other things
which it ought not to look at for
years to come.
"It is this which stunts its intel
lectual development and retards the
growth of qualities which are far
more useful, more noble than men
tal agility. We overload the mind
and sow Beeds which blossom later
in a lunatic asylum."
Rights Of Public First.
—"The cry,'Every man for himself,'
is out of date. The demand of the
future will be 'Every man for the
people." declared Governor Hughes
of New York in his speech at the
celebration of Empire state day at
Jamestown exposition. He was the
principle speaker at the celebration.
In his address he said:
"No one can be permitted -to
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private interest above the public
advantage. And thus, in recog
nizing the necessity of giving fair
opportunity for individual success,
of protecting thrift and the rewards
of industry, and at the same time
in insisting upon fidelity to trust,
upon the right of the community and
upon the supremacy of law repre
senting the will ofthe people, in en
deavoring to call the most efficient
to the service of the state and in
discharging the duties of public
office, with sole regard to public in
terests, shall we diffuse the blessing
of prosperity, making it servant to
to the happiness of all.
"We are far better off in the Em
pire state than we have ever been
before. A resistless force of public
opinion is directed against well-nigh
every abuse. There is not a New
Yorker here who from his own ex
perience cannot recount the tale of
progress. In every department of
official life there are men endeavor
ing to serve the state to the best of
their ability, and the people are
ready to give credit to faithful ser
vice. But they are also intolerant
of faithlessness. Throughout the
state are manifold evidences of der
mination that the just rights of/pro
perty shall be protected, th'ib' the
public rights shall be conserved and
that those who represent the people
shall be held strictly to account for
the manner in which they discharge
their trusts."
What is Stand-Patism?'
But the tariff ia not the only
thing to be considered. In fact, the
tariff question is considerably inci
dental, and if it were considered by
congress as a purely business ques
tion with the greatest number as
to the motive of consideration, it
would scarcely enter into the dis
cussion at all. The retention of
tariff duties is an established prin
ciple. There will be no free trade!
An absolutely free, trade program
could not muster a corporal's guard
even in the .depioo^atic party. So
democratic tariff measure inv jeara
has been a free trade measure.V^yj
Standpat.ters include all those who
object to any departure from the es
tablished order of things (in politics,
for instance), regardless of
The history of the world has been
one of progress—of progress which
has resulted, from, contention be
tween .reform agitation and let-\gell
enough-alone sentiment. Every
progressive movement has been
brought to a successful culmination
after more or less opposition. But
it will be noted that progress ia the
rule. The nations which "stood pat"
have long since been in ruins. The
nation, the party, "the business in
stitutions, the individual which
"stands pat" has dug its or his own
grave.
VOL. XXXHI--N0. 48.
tie:
The Cedar Rapids Gazette
fines a standpatter as follows:
"Some papers, (The Gazette's
morning contemporary among them)
and some politicians cannot bring
themselves to understand that the
term "standpatters" includes more
than those who believe in the in
fallibility of the Dingley tariff Ian'
or who object to any changes in the
tariff schedules until after the next
presidential election—the immediate
next one or the next, or the next.
1867.
ythe
evi­
dent need for changes,-'-to meet
changed conditions, or to' correct
evils which have come into existence.
The standpatter, for instance ob
jects to the passage of a primary
law. And his objection is based
either on the theory that everything
new is to be viewed with suspicion,
or his political interests may sijffer
by a change.
The standpatter opposes railroad
legislation for the same reason.
The standpatter opposes anything
and everything that savors of re
form he opposes the reformer of.to
day, who is termed a demagogue,
and at the same time he lauds', the
reformer of yesterday as a hero, as
a conservative statesman. The
standpatter stands for the principle
let well enough alone." He re
joices in what has been accomplish
ed but he is willing to Btop there.
He is fearful that in making pro
gress, he will make a false step, or
he fears he will lose some graft if a
progressive step is taken.
at
at-
The American people have, as a
whole, learned well the lesson taught
by history. They are not going to
standpat. That is why The Gazette
insists that standpatters .cannot win
OTtlifiml vintnrifis"
Mo and My Father.
The commcrcial traveler flicked the
dust olt hts boots, straightened his tie
and eutered the emporium of Mr.
Brown, the village grocer. He was
new to the district, otherwise ho would
not have made the error which we now
divulge.
Behind the counter was a young
gentleman of fourteen, with bulging
eyes and a high collar. To him the
traveler addressed himself.
"My boy," he said, "is Mr. Brown
in?"
"I'm Mr. Brown," the boy replied.
"But possibly you want to see old Mr.
Brown, my father. I'll get hlra."
And as the boy went In search of his
prematurely aged parent it dawned
upon tbe traveler that this is indeed
an age of young men.—Loudon Au
swers.
Ideals.
He kissed her hand.
She withdrew it hastily and gazed re
proachfully at him.
"I didn't think it of you!" she said,
almost tearfully. "I had always con
sidered you a young mau with Ifleais,
and"—
"I—I am sorry if I have offer
he stammered. "I"—
"Well," she said bitterly, "I c®Hfln
ly expected you to aim higher.
So ho took heart and made nel
olutlona and things.—Brooklyn Eaglo.
€l)t Democrat.
RATES OF 'ADVERTISING.
•PACT.
Free! Free! Free!
We have msde arrangements with the manufacturers of that
Greatest of
All Furniture
Polishes
CEDARINE
to furnish with every 10s and
25e bottle sold a Beautiful
Hiawatha Picture. The pic
tures are works of art and re
tail for 35 and 50o each at the
City Art Stores. Every school 'child wants one of these pictures and
this is a rare opportunity.
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WHITE PINE, YELLOW PINE, HEMLOCK
ATLAS VORTLAHD OSHSNT. l,ay In your supply
of winter fuel NOW while the price is low.
The Manchester Lumber Co.
Phone 156. j. W. RABENAU, Kgr.
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MANCHESTER. IOWA.
The DELAWARE COUNTY STATE BANK Invites those de
Biring
banking accommodations, to avail themselves otits equipment.
With a Capital of ShO,000.00 and Surplus and Profits of more than
$60 000, It 1b prepared to take proper care of Us customers, be their re
quirement LARGE or SMALL. Money to loan on FARM landa and
other approved security. If you have not opened that 'checking ac
count'yet why not do it nowV You will find it a great time saver,
heoce a money saver. NO EXPENSE to you.
INTEREST paid on TIME and SAVINGS funds at current
rates. Shall be pleased to see you, whenever we can serve you, and hope
it may be soon, Respectfully yours,
Wm. C. Cawley, President. Chas. J. Seeds, Cashier.
R. W. Tirrill, Vice-Prest. C. W. Keagy, Asst. Cashier.
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MAKE MONDAY SUNNY.
Mr. H. C. Clark will call on you this week and .offer you
special inducements on Sunny-Monday, Fairy and Glycerine
Tar Soap and Gold Dust. Ail goods sold by him are fully
guaranteed by us. Mr. Clark is direct from N. K. Fair
banks Co., manufacturers. Give him an order for some of
the combinations he may offer you.
A E. PETERSON. 5
SCHUYLKILL.
SOMETHING NEW
Schuylkill Coke
Try a basket.
Has Hard Coal Beat a Mile.
Eclipse Lumber Co.
PHONE 117.
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quent insertion.
CEDAR1NE
Jammed to the Doors
With New Furniture of the Very Latest Styles and Patterns.
That is the condition of our Big Store at the present time. Never have
we shown tbe variety of handsome and practical Furniture as we have
on our floors this Fall, nnd the low prices we have placed upon every
thing will make you a customer. Gome in and let us show yott that we
can save you money. We don't ask you for your trade on any other
basie. We positively guarantee to Bell you Furniture cheaper than you
can buy it anywhere else, Quality considered.
BROWN,
THCFS:S!TURE
Sells Cedarlne Furniture Polish and gives away a Hiawatha pic
ture with every 10c and 85c bottle of the same.
The Manchester Lumber Co.
Assumption Coal,
Carry at ail timeB, the beet grades of lnmber and coal,
Peerless woven wire fence, lime and cement, which they
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