Manchester Democrat. [volume], May 12, 1909, Image 7

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REPORT INDOOR PRACTICE KIME DISCU88E8 EARLY 8TAGES
The following official report is giv
en to' The Democrat by Capt, H. G.
Utley of the work done ly the mem
bers of Company during the sea
Bon,, of Indoor rifle practice. The re
port is creditable to those participat
ing, and some exceptional records
jwere made:
Those ^hooting the expert course
and making out of the possible 43:i
are D. A. Preussner, 433 H. G. Ut
ley, 431 W. W. Matthews, 430 J. G.
Lewis, 422 Paul Lrnsk, 420 A3.
Meyers, 402 .M. Ci. Atkins, 391 Ray
•Miller, 382 Fred Miller, 381 Jesse
O. Youn-g, 373 Albert Howe, 371 Ir
"vln Whitman, 369 Clarence Ash, 363
Harle Parley, .352 Wm. Bushnell,
348 Glenn HanlMln, 34G Ed. Gorhanx
34fi Jay Rarr, 340 John Duncan,
328.
TAOS'S shooting the sharpshooters
course and' making 'out of a possible
343 are Floyd Kling, 293 Roy Joslln,
2Ss0 TomWalker, 273 Oscar Smith
271 Don Ollnkler, 266 Earle Hutson,
265 Ray Atkinson, 262 Carl Smith,
261.
Those shooting the marksmen
cHarse and making a possible 150 are
Ostar EJpps, 128 Lester Pilgrim, 126
Guy Bishop, 123 Lew Franks, 121
-Ed Parker, 120 Floyd Boyland, 112
Clarence Atkinson, 111 Guy Duncan,
111
George Grapes, 110 Harvey
Hempstead, 109 Chas. Marshall, 104
Willis Cunningham, 101.
The other member of the Com
pany did not qualify. Higher records
were made this year than twelve
months ago. The .outdoor season
will commence probably by the l&th
of tills month. The company has
already received the ammunition and
expects to have one of the best
teams thts season in the state.
Capt. Utley and D. A. Preussner
Tjrlif go to Des Moines next month to
jpsrttclpate In a six days out door
jrttle practice with other experts In
'the,S3rd regiment. The men makln,
(the highest score at this practice will
(go to Camp Perry, Ohio, in July
where professional shooting will be
told.
DISAGREEABLE PEOPLE.
Every day records stories of hu
man nature, as I* Is found the world
"o'ver. At the ticket window In the
Illinois Cehtr-al passenger depot yes
terday appeared a. well groomed
young man of goodly" appearance
••who' asked an operator for a tele
,-graph blank, which was given him,
ifthd on fc wa3 hurriedly written a
Message. As the telegrapher war
mbout to road over the words, the
writer asked that the dlsp&tch be
(Charged to his account at the other
end. This being contrary to the
:rules of the rrmipary the younp
:man was thus Informed, hut his Im
nnediate outbreak called forth the
3agsengor and ticket agent wiho ex
i" plained the matter, but not to the
"satisfaction of the stranger. He was
told that if the message was sent
but not paid for at its destination
point the charge would be made
.Against'tbe operator who had sent It.
The altercation coninued for sev
eral minutes, and while the witnesses
to the little scene greatly enjoyed
the indignant accusations and spirited
word combat between the would-be
patron and employees of the tele
graph contpany, yet the short, one
^ot farce was only a added example
,0f the thoughtless and heedless ex
.bibitJoos made in public by people
-whose tampers are .things of disgust,
rather .than samples of enviable su
periority frequently noticed on the
"Tt of tra velers who strut about in
-publu1 Places-
REEN THINGS TO EAT.
MORE
'en tu'le 8°°d things to
at
the local mark-
Have you sc
eat now for sal
ets? The grocer
patrons to complete/
vmen Invite their
prIce8 are
tables and fru ts, and
very reasonable, too.
the other morning was
Bermuda onions, 5c pound cucum
bers, 15c each.
ISSUING ADVERTISING MATTER.
•The Illinois Central railroad,
through its department of Immigra
tion, is preparing a new booklet, en
titled "The Unreclaimed Lands of
Louisiana", the matter being compil
ed by Capt. J. F. Merry, general im
migration agent.
Capt. Merry will address a farm
ers' convention at Covington, Ten
nessee, on the afternoon of May
29, speaking on "Diversified Farm
ing" a subject which is arousing gen
eral interest among the southern
-plMiters and agriculturists of today,
•The farmers in Tennessee have been
engag«d almost exclusively in cotton
{growing, »nd they now want to take
.^p dairying and gardening, for which
itU.e soil of that section is particular
fly -adapted. Capt. Merry has been
•called -upon several times during the
jpast year to speak to southeners re
jgardlng the cultivation of the land
And the advisability of changing the
wrop rotation, diversifying the farm
work as much as possible, and sat
itefaotory results have been noted in
pnmy loealities where such methods
fcave beeq pursued.
IN TUBERCUL08I9.
Specialist. Declares Disease
Be Cured.
It is recognized by the medical pro
fession that advanced cases in tuber
culosis prove fatal, but when the
disease is Intercepted in its infancy
and proper treatment administered,
the patient stands a good chance for
recovery. Dr. Kime used several illus
trated charts in explaining progress
of bacillus from the time It reach'
the lung, either by Inhalation or
of digestion, until it Increases itself
an millions of baccllli, after weeks
and months of development, adhere 'o
the tissues or membrane and form a
congestion with the blood corpuscles.
However, Nature Is using every, pre
ventative and until the tubercle
breaks through the air duct, there
is slight expectoration, and even at
that time the sputum is apt to con
tain no baccilll.
Dr. Klme declared that no phy
sician should delay an examination
until a patient evidences, through- his
sputum, symptoms of tuberculosis,
•but ought, when first called give the
person a critical analysis, which may
be. done as follows: strip the patient
to the waist, observe the breathing,
which will plainly show irregular
movement of the lungs if same are
affected with tuberculosis note the
color ot face whether it is healthy
or palid, also the Hps which may
appear pale. The 'emperature will in
dicate In an average patient a regis
istration of 91 degrees in-the morn
ing rormal, or 98 6-10 at noon or be
fore 2 o'clock, and in the evening it
will rise to 99.5. A dry, hacking, irri
tating cough may accompany the
symptoms, and hemorrhages may re
sult in early cases. Drr Kime dis
couraged percussion, or the light,
quick tapping of the finger tips on
the chest for determining -by reso
nance the condition of the organ, but
advised that each physician use aus
culation, or the act, art or process
of listening for sounds produced in
the chest to determine any abnormal
indications. By this method, more ac
curate diagnosis may be ascertained.
Skin tests are used commonly in de
termining, whether or not, a patient
is afflicted with the disease, but, as
Dr. Kime said, in every case, the
consulting physician should use all
known available means In finding
out the true condition of the patient
and in his final analysis, Relieving
that the person contains bacilli germs
of a tubercular nature, that immedi
ate preparations be made for his im
mediate recovery, before allowing the
disease to penetrate other membrane^
and tissues.
stQre
the
Bb-
•ult'g.'ow11
fou.il
"kumquats," a variety of t»
in Florida, which has finally"
its way to the markets in Ms.vnc^M'
ter. The kumquats are funny
took"
4ng littfe things, all yellow
about the size of a small egg. Tlie.'*
are of the orange- family, and may
be e&teii as they arrive from the
south, without removing the skins or
otherwise preparing them. They sell
tor 35 cents a quart. A few of the
other fruits and vegetables, with
prloes, are as follows: Pineapples,
35c each: -lemons, 25c a dozen
oranges, 20 to 40c a dozen grape
fruit, 10c or 3 for 25c strawberries,
20c a quart fresh onions, 10c for 3
bunches spinach, 15c a pound tom
atoes,. 60c a basket lettuce, 5c a
bunch celery, a shilling a bunch as
paragus, 15c a bunch seed potatoes,
a bushel string beans, 15c pound
Tihe lecture which was to have
been given at the City Opera house
that evening by Dr. Klme was post
poned on account of the speaker be
og unaWe to use his voice properly,
n,-. .Klme Will, however, make anoth
visit to Manchester, probably on
Friday evening, Way 21, and it is
hoped ihat large number will bp
present to heaf the specialist^
PUMP WATER 0Y POWER.
Exit the wind-mill salute the gas
oline engine!
Along the river road, which winds
deviously between email woods and
clearipgs, lies "Merryland- a large
stock farm owned iby Capt J. F. Mer
ry of this city.. The one special de
light of the Captain, is in making
his farm as nearly perfect as Iowa
farms can be made. In order to
conveniently accommodate the needs
of the tenant, E. E. Baitlett, Capt.
Merry has awarded the contract for
the installation of a gasoline engine,
to be used in pumping water from a
new well bring dug, and In forcing
it through a line of underground
pipes to a 40-acre pasture directly
across the road from the barns. Two
iarge tanks will be placed In the
field, where the blooded cattle and
horses may be provided with water
any time during the day or night. Al
though windmills are used in pump
ing water from the two other wells
on the farm, the gasoline engine as
sures the water supply at any time.
MODERN WOODMEN PICNIC.
The Modern Woodmen of America
will hold Its annual northeastern low
picnic at New Hampton on Tuesday,
June 1. It Is expected that there will
be a large crowd in attendance and
it Is understood that the Chicago
Great Western, railway is considering
running a epdclal train for the ac
commodation of those in thl* vicinity
who Harfw
to
atteaA
THE
On last Wednesday afternoon at- neath each saucy curl of that quiet
2 o'clock', Dr. Kime met the members
of the Delaware County -Medical soci
ety in the Council-chambers, and al
though suffering from a laryngeal at
tack and a severe cold, spoke about
tuberculosis, how the physician may
discover symptoms in early cases,
and regarding the work of the state
board, which hopes to co-operate with
the various county medical societies
throughout the state, and personal
ly, :by the assistance of the family
physician, to stamp out the disease
so far as possible.
"I am here-today," said Dr. Kime,
"to talk about early tuberculosis
and at the request of state board
am going from one county to another
discussing with medical societies the
best means of identifying the dis
ease. My lecture of today will be
followed before many weeks by an
other, when suggestions regarding
the treatment of tuberculosis will be
given."
GIRL.
A gifted poet lifts up his voice and
carols this wise:
May "The telephone girl sits still in her
chair and listens to the voices from
everywhere. She -hears all the gos
sip, she hears all the news ehe
While much has been written and knows w,ho Is happy and 'who has
said relative to the spread of tuber-(the blues. She knows all our sor
culosis among cattle, considerable ag- 'rows, she knows all our joys, she
itatlon is being felt throughout the knows every girl who Is chasing the
country in regard to the seriousness boys. She knows of our troubles,
of prevailing "white plague" cases, ehe knows of our strife, she knows
The state, iboard of health, realizing. every man \frho is mean to his wife,
the ravages of tuberculosis, has ap- She knows every time we are out
painted Dr. J. W. Klme of Fort Dodge with the boys, she hears the excuse
as state lecturer on this subject. Dr.
Klme is at the head of a sanitarium
in Fort Dodge, where tuberculosis is
treated entirely
every fellow employs. She knows ev
ery woman who has a dark past,she
knows every man who is Inclined to
be fast. In fact there's a sacret.
looking, demure looking telephone
girl. If the telephone girl would tell
all she knows, it would turn all our
fi lends into bitterest foes. She
would sow a small wind that would
soon he a gale, engulf us In trouble
and land us in jail. She could let
go a story, which gaining force,
would cause our wives to sue for
divorce. She could get all the
churches .mixed in a fight and turn
all our dayB into sorrowful nights
in fact, she could keep the whole
town in a stow, if she'd tell but
tenth of the things she knew. Now
dosen'.t it sef your head in a whirl,
when you think what you owe to the
telephone girl."—Ex.
FIGHT AGAIN8T TUBERCULOSIS.
The city of Des Moines puposes to
support a tuberculosis camp near
that town, which will be convenient
ly arranged for accommodation of
patients who are affected with the
consumption germ. It is estimated
that between the ages of 15 and 45
years one-third of all the deaths are
from tuberculosis, and that between
'•he ages of 25 and 35 one-half of all
the cieaths are from this disease. The
nation-wide movement to stamp out
this terrible disease Is being taken up
by many cities and is spreading in
to the rural communities. Reports
show that in every four years, the
bacilli of tuberculosis destroys, in
the United States alone, over 700,
00 peoi't.
TO REMODEL RESIDENCE.
Carpenters are at work in remod
eling the residence of Mrs. Cornelia
Atwater, on Franklin street. It will
be remembered that her home was
partially destroyed by fire last fall,
and during the winter, Mrs. Atwater
has made her home with Mrs. W. G.
Kenyon. An additional room, which
is to be used as -a kitchen, is being
erected on the west side of the house,
and a bath room wl" be Installed on
the first floor. The residnce is to
be heated by a furnace, and the
rooms will be wired for electric
lights. These improvements \yI11
make for Mrs. Atwater a most con
venient and comfortable home. Mrs.
Susie Breckon and daughter make
their home with Mrs. Atwater.
WAREHUSE NEARLY COMPLETE.
The large warehouse being erected
by W. N. Wolcott, for the use of W.
D. Hoyt, which is located at the
foot of Franklin street, is fast Hear
ing completion, the frame work and
roof bping in position and the inter
ior partly finished. An office room
will be situated In the northeast corn
er of the first floor of the building,
and a large elevator installed at the
rear of the warehouse. The outside
walls will be covered with steel
Bheetlng, and the roof with an as
phalt, tire proof preparation.
UNEARTHS ELK ANTLER8.
After .having been buried beneath
rocks and dlrst for many years, per
haps since the early days of this
section, a pair of elk antlers were
found by Thomas Yonda of Lamont
along, the river which flows through
the Baskhone, about 18 miles north
of Manchester. The antlers mea
sured 85 inches from tip to tip, but
were not in a good state of preserva
tion, owing to the fact that contin
ual dampness had resulted in decom
position, but the horns will be mount
ed, by a Lamont curio hunter,s™to
whom they were sold,
MORE FISH CONSIGNMENTS.
Captain E. K. Vernham, with his
crew of assistants, left on Car No.
3 Friday evening for Winona, Minne
sota, with a consignment of 150,
900 small rainbow and brook trout,
which are to be distributed l'n the
fresh river waters of Minnesota. The
car was loaded with 104 cane. In
which were carried thousands of
tiny trout, hatched at the United
States Fish Hatchery at Spring
Branch. Captain Vernham- and his
•men will return to Manchester this
week to
shipment
re-load,„for another Jarge
ISSUE
RAILROAD WANTS TO
A S S E S
The Illinois Central has commenc
ed proceedings to annul the anti
pass law.. The company cannot .see
why. it cannot be allowed to Issue
complimentary trip passeB or annual
passes in exchange for services ren
dered. The CQpipany considers it
queer why It cannot pay its bills in
transportation if both parties are
agreed. Tito matter will be carried
to the Supreme Court of the United
State* unless settled by the lower
courts.
OPEN VARIETY »TORE:.
In the Tirrlll building on Franklin
street lias been opened a variety
store by Mr. and Mi's. E. O. Sutter,
formerly of Dubuquo. They have
rented a homo on Fayette street
near the Globe hotel. The store con
tains many articles, which are taste
fully displayed. The prices of nearly
ail the goods range from 6 to 15
cents.
$t
BRASS HORNS.
lot Is the euphonium, which supplanted
drawn" tubes for such instruments as
trombones and bonis Is considerable,
slnce, no matter how good the join °'ous
To bend these thiu brass tubes with-
herlng where It is not wanted, and It
ported from within, the brass is easiiv !?°m
and safely bent to the required shape.
the lead being afterward removed by |lp ..
heat.—Pearson's.
A CURIOUS WORD.
In this language the syllable "ba"
pronounced with a grave accent means
a lady, an ancestor. Tronouueod with
the sharp accent, It means the favorite
of a prince. Pronounced with the semi
grave accent, it means what has been
thrown away. Pronounced with the
grave cli'cumllox. It means what has
been left of a fruit after the juice has
been squeezed out. Pronounced with
no accent, it means three. Pronounced
with the ascending or interrogation ac
cent, it uioans a box on the ears.
Thus the word "ba," in the order giv
en nbove, Is said to mean, If properly
prondunced, "Three ladles gave a box
on the ear to the favorite of the
prince."—Chicago Record-Hei'ald.
Two Previout.
A Rickujuiid woman has in her em
ploy little darky. Miff Cole. Onedaj
Miff became confidential and told Ills
mistress he w#s "goln' to the clmitery
next Sunday."
But, Miff, that's a long walk. You
know it is wore than five miles."
'Ob, missus, I ain't, goln' to walk.
I's goln' to ride."
"How is that, Sllff?" f*
"I's goln* in a kerridge t' my uncle's
funeral."
All day Saturday Miff could talk of
nothing but the approaching affair.
Sunday bis mistress excused him, and
she expected that ,on Monday she
would bp regaled with a full account
of the fiinepa). But S|iff turned up
with a most melancholy face. In an
swer to her inquiry he said:
"I didn't go, missus. He ain't dead
yit,"—New York Herald,
Decay of Building Stones.
The causes of decay In building
stones are various and depend on the
physical structure of the stone, Its
composition and the nature of the sur
rounding atmosphere. The most de
structive agent to which the stone Is
exposed Is rain or a inolst atmosphere
and alHO l» a fnluof degree wind,, frost
and smoke. The air of large towns is
usually charged with various deleteri
ous acids,- Tliese acids are dissolved
by the rain, which penetrates the stone
lu a greater or less degree, according
to Its physical structure, and combines
with the constituents of the stone,
causing it to decay, so that any con
trivance that will check the admis
sion of water will be most likely to
succeed In arresting' decay.—Building
World
Cab Hire.
The pFlcp that one pays for a taxi
today is just little different frouj
what was paid for, say. the hire of a
sedan cbalr in days of old. lu the do
mestic accounts of "Mistress Nell
Gwyn" we read: "For chairing you to
Kirs. Knight's and to Mrs. Cassell's
and to Mrs. Churchlil's and to_Mrs.
Knight's,4shillings. For chairing you.
yesterday and waltiug eleven hours,
11 shillings pence. Paid 18th Oct..
1675."—London Chronicle.
A Golfer's Tools.
One of the most striking features of
modern golf is the variety of clubs
used to persuade the ball Into tbe hole.
As a matter of curiosity I kept count
of the different putters used by my
partners and opponents in the course
of a fortnight's play. The total num
ber of species observed is over twenty.
—London Pest,
Diplomacy.
"Do you expect people to believe ev
erything you tell them?" asked the
constituent.
'Certainly," answered Senator Sor
ghum, "so long as I am careful not to
tell them everything I believe."—Wash
ington Star.
Anticipated -Causs For Sorrow.
Ina.came In from the country on her
fifth birthday to visit her cousin May.
At night they were put to bed early.
An hour-passed, when -heartbreaking
sobs were beard from the children's
bedroom.
"What Is the matter, children?" ask
ed May's mother, entering the dark
room.
i'l
Sufficiently Qcwplsd,
A story is told of a polonjl lu Gen:
eral Lee's division in tbe late civil war
who sometimes indulged to more apple. ,ns
jack than was gooo wr mm.
him one evening leaning against a tree,
tbe.general said:
"Good evening, colonel. Come over
to my tent for a moment, please."
"S-s-custT me, g-g-en'ral, s-s-cuss
me," replied tbe colonel. "It's 'bout all
can do to stay where I »m."—Pbila*
deipfcla
fiEETHOVEN.
Th* Way th» Thhi, Setmlatt Tubs* Composer's Own Story of How Ht
Ar# Bent Without Injury. Became Deaf.
Saxhorns, so called after a famous .Charles Neate, on a visit to Vienna
Belgian family named Sax, who In- was either commissioned by certain
vented and Introduced these lnstru- Englgh authorities to induce Beethoven
ments about the middle of the last ceii-' *o visit England or was persuading
tury, are the mainstay of all modern
brass bands. They are manufactured
bIm to
do so on his own account, and
as nn
allurement he spoke of the'su-
in many different sizes, from high so- Priority of the English aurists in their
prano to the huge contrabass or bom- treatment of ear disease and held out
bardon, and the most Important of the
llolea
that were Beethoven to consult
thcm 1)6
the now obsolete "serpents" and oplii- relief. Hoot ho
von shook his head,
zleldes. The tallest saxhorn ever made "Xo,"' lie wild, "I hnve consulted all
stands elgjit feet high and contains kinds of doctors and followed their
more than forty feet of tubing. Prescriptions. I shall never be cured.
The advantage of seamless or "solid
"''sbt at least find some sort
1
*'m
,el1
5'0U bow the thing happened!
was
writing an opera. I had to
deal
wlt.'1
a
ver.v
tiresome and caprl-
teu°r.
may be, sooner or later the action of sreat arias to the same words, neither
the breath will wear away the solder.
I had already written two
wll'cl1
Pleased him, and also a third,
wk'cl1
'lc "I'd not care for the first time
out splitting or denting the metal wa-s tried it. although he took It away
at oue time very difficult but. thanks
llnl'
1 was
to a most ingenious artifice, the opera- done with him and had begun to
tlon is now both safe and simple. The
Be
tube Is first washed out with a cbem- 'al('
"'anklng heaven I
myself to something else which
ns,lle.
leal substance, sucb as is used bv an hour before I heard a
plumbers to prevent solder from nd-
1
u"k
I had hardly worked
nt tlie
door-
MSS®
which I recognized
na of my
tenor-
Is then completely filled with molten sprang up from my table In such
lead poured In from a ladle. Thus sup-
rase t,lat as tlle Itlan
came
fluns
Into the
nl5'self uP°n
the floor, as
lhc
sta8c"
(here he threw
nrms aml
In
Twists That May Ba Given to
UB«'
the Chines* Language.
In the Chinese language the same
word may be glveu several different
meanings by the modulation of the
voice. The same thing may happen to
the English "Yes," which may lie pro
nounced so as to mean "1 usseut to
that," or "I am doubtful." or "Indeed?"
An eminent authority on philology
gives an amusing illustration of- these
modulations In the Anuainitic lan
guage, a monosyllabic tongue spoken
by the people of Tonqnln and Cochin
China.
gesticulated in illus-
tra tlon). "but 1 fell upon my bands
When I got up I found I was deaf,
and from that moment 1 have remain
ed so. The doctor said I injured the
nerve."—Dlehl's "I.lfe of Beethoven."
GRAFT IN RUSSIA.
KSSS
Removing the Difficulties In an Army
Officer's Transfer.
A youug Russian officer wished to be
transferred to another regiment and
took Ills request In person to one of
the lights of the Russian general staff,
That powerful officer shook his bead I
and declared the matter very difficult
to arrange—nlmost Impossible. Then!
his glance fell suddenly upon the shoes
of the lieutenant. To the amazement
of. Ills visitor, the senior officer said
that the lieutenant's (Thoes were not
nearly good enough for an officer and
that ho would strongly advise him to
buy new shoes of a sboomaker whose I
address he gave. Then, telling his vis
itor to return in eight days, he dis
missed him. The latter was clever
enough to realize that be could not re
turn without the new shoes, so he hur
ried to the shoemaker. On hearing
who had sent him the shoemaker said
that the lieutenant could bare the
shoes In five days for the sum of $250.
Much nstonlsbcd, the officer went to a
comrade for advice. He was told to
pay half of this sum nt once and the
rest when his shoes were finished.
This the officer did, and, wearing bis
new boots, he duly kept his appoint
ment with the general staff officer and
learned to his joy that all the "grave
difficulties" in the way of hTs transfer
bpf) beet successfully remove^.
#. His
One man with an odd hobby Isn't a
person who gets much ma'll, and what
ho has or expects to bftve be can keep
in mind very easily. Probably be
never had a letter which went astray.
Yet every time be sees in tbe news
papery the list of advertised mall sent
out from time to time by the general.
postofBce In New York be turns at
once to the initial letter under which
his nn me comes and runs carefully
through the list. He never yet has
found any letter that might be sup
posed to be for him and, furthermore,
jiasn't found any that might be for any
of his relatives,
He takes an odd pleasure lu doing it,
however, something with that eager
ness which impels a man to grub
through a packet of old letters iu
hopes that he may come upon some
rare variety of stamp. Beally, if ever
he found hts name in tbe list it proba
bly would kill his enjoyment of the
hunt forever thereafter.—New York
Run.
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THE BEE'8 8TIN8.
An Ugly Weapon Something Like'1' a
Three Bladed Sword.
The bee's sting' is made up of three
separate lances, each with a barbed
edge and each capable of being thrust
forward Independently of the others.
The central and broader lance has a
hollow face furnished nt each side
with a rail or beading, which runs its
whole length. On the back of each of
the other two lances there Is a longi
tudinal groove, and Into these grooves
fit the raised headings «f the ceutral
lancet,
Thus tbe sting Is like a sword with
three blades—united, but sliding upon
one another—the barbed points of
which continue to advance alternately
Into the wound, going ever deeper and
deeper of their own malice afore
thought after the luitlal thrust is
made. It Is a device of war com
pared to wnlch the explosive bullet la
hut a clumsy brutality, Yot this is not
«U.
To make its death dealing powers
doubly sure this thorough minded ama
zou must fill the haft of her triple
blade wltb a subtle poison and so con
trive its sliding mecbanlsm that the
same Impulse which drives the points
successively forward drenches the
whole weapon with a fatal jqlce
from "The Lore of the Honey Bee?'
liyJJJckner Bdwardes.
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The Weathtr House.
A very Ingenious contrivance for
foretelling the weather Is the old fash
ioned "weather huuse," largely made
In Switzerland. I la arranged in such
way that two figures act iu response
to the twisting of a piece of cat&ut.
The material, supported by a wire, con
trols tbe movements of a little plat
form on cither end of which is placed
a model. Excessive moisture lu tbe air
causes the catgut to twist and turn the
platform round, so that tbe man
emerges from one of tbe doors in the
front of the house. Reverse conditions
of the atmosphere bring about the con
traction of the catgut, and the plat
form swings back, thus bringing, the
figure of the woman into prominence
From under the bedclothes Ina sob- ,,
bed out, "May won't give me any of
|)PF peanuts."
"But May has no peanuts," replied
tier aunt.
know that," sobbed Ina, ''but she
said If she did bare peanuts she
WPldn't give me any,"—Peiinpator.
a weather house is quite an easy mat
ter.
"Spoken English Very Ssod."
From an advertisement of a Punish
hotel: "Tbe hotels charmingly situa*
tlon, surrounded of a nice garden tbe
good cujslne, tbe kindly accommoda
tion with moderate charge and good
conveyances, with psay occasion fop
salmon and trout fishing, tbe ascend
of
,bf,
good for Dim, Passing
surr0Hna|ug
done
o( trw
Stains has
iace ^ell-known aud praised
douetuls plaw well
.knoWn pralsea
vollera, N, B,~The landlord
is spokep English very good."—Lahore
Civil and Military Gazette.
Some men are rich enough to afford
every luxury except a clear conscience,
—Philadelphia Record,
•-.WCWK'S/'JJ
THE PIGEONslHiS
Got-
In-Spite of Clipped
Back on
The colonel was sou^&iiMk/.''itif a
pigeon fancier and hadV'%)iiit&k',con
fidence in a certain strila of ijpmers
he was making a hobby, that when
Us friend the major proposed a .wnger
the colonel removed-the'limit.
"We'll make it a suppuhjv said the
major. "Yo" black boy will toteu paiah
ovah to the cyalis an' sb'tiMlio'ijv to St
1
Louay, whnah they ah lo.bs libjlliinled
on ahrlval. I wngnh they iili urn buck
In two days, sail."
Jhe colonel accepted, crated -his fin
est pair and Included a iioto to (lie ex
press agent with the chnr.ws. Mean
while the major commuucd with 'Joe,
the colored boy, and after' ifrTieildcr'
ing of a certain half dollar'im4-'[ i-uu
Ises of Immunity from,-thfrY^nse
quences of the colonel's \vr Uii later
Joe agreed to clip the pigeoti&V AVluss
sub rosa.
Two days passed, and he1 miijor- pre
sented himself duly at the colonel's.
The colonel eyed him with suspicious
narrowness.
"Have they ahrlved?"'askeiivjhe ma
jor gayly.
"They her, sah," said'. tli£ Vdionel,
with dignity "they bev, but ttiuW two
pidgins, sah, hev the so'est feet evali
saw on a bird, sah."—Browulng's Mag
azine.
BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
Then Taks a Long Think and Mind
Your Own Busjnpst,
The other day a man tra,veilpg'.-on a
shore line train noticed, protruding
from an overhead rack, a dress suit
case which be recognize^ a&\bj
to a friend. He knew tf
10 a mend. He knew tlmV\w? friend
always got off at the '^tl^ji'Aylhlch
they had just passed, aA^'ps?^.' was
not In the seat the concl'uiibb/A\-as In
evitable that he had jumped/Ait the
train and forgotten It. 'V',
The man called the conductor! and
explained the case to hlm.^'Aifcrsonie
discussion and a mild protest'.tjfr the
part of the conductor that ft. Wash"t a
part of his duty, the suit ca^e/'ivas put
off at the next station, with instruc
tions to send it back on the first trniu
the other way. Vi.-..• •.
The man, feeling that fc'feff-'ioue
an able and friendly act, settled ilpwn
for the rest of his journey,
But not for long. The face ofi his
friend, who had been In -.tlw'-knibkcr
and who happened on that ^iifiiwilar
afternoon to be goiug on to Lon
don to attend a dinner party-^loouied
before him,
The moral of this is, of- course -iiuite
evident.
S?-LTAN
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Be sure you're right and then mind
your own business.—Life.
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Overboard.
"Overbonrd" is engraved on a ipctal
label fastened to many articles of-'pnra
phernalia seen about the, doi-ka' bf a
modern war vessel. It means -that the
article so marked should life thrown
overboard whenever action with nn
enemy's ship becomes lmmlriut/
AI-
I
eoliol chests, turpentine tanks,'paints. I
spare spars, unnecessary batches-' and
other articles easily destroyed )r splln
tered by shell fire are thus'labeled. I
The president of Occident college Cal
ifornia, Is said to have given 'the('Word
a new meaning lu civil .Ufa, w^'jsji he
UBed it to Indicate those wbb\are Unfit,
useless or Inapt in the struggle-o .life,
It is a strong word and as suclr'cuu be
appropriately applied to men and
things which when a ship must ^0 to
battle are pot necessary or material to
the ppd desired.—Army aid Nary Life.
H«r Own Docter.
A Washington woman recently hired
a negress. Going to the kitchen one
day, she was amazed to find fli^ ne
gress sitting ou tbe floor, with her
hair standing out from' her bend. like
a black nimbus. Tbe girl whs'.-pull
lng one curly lock and then anotU'er lu
such a way as to suggest that she bad
suddenly lost her reason.
"What on earth are yfiU doing,
Mary?" gasped the lady of the house.'
"Nawthlu', ma'am only 1 has got a
sore throat an' was jest tryinVto find
de lock dnt would pull mah palate up
an' relieve de tickle."—New York Her
ald,
Probably Nbt7~^v/v1'-'
"I hate, to be poor. Now ^'-million
aire can walk right in and order what
hie wants without bothering about'tbe
price."
"He can," stated the -weary sales
man, "but he seldom doea,'V«Snn8at
City Journal.
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PURE BRED BELGIAN
DRAFT STALLIONS.
PORTE DRAPEAU (Am. 945,) (Foreign 15818) is a
bay, pure bred Belgian, low down and blocky, lots of
I quality, and bone to spare, one of the best sires in
Delaware county.
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all that it takes tb/win.
,000 Free Votes
Go with evpjr^ ^0 turned in by May 8th. No one has a cinch yet any good
worker may wj^j^-'getting new subscribers to The Democrat or collecting from
old subscribers^Kpep busy if you want one of these beautiful pianos to be giv-
(Am. 3391,) (Foreign
37430,) is a pure bred Belgian draft, blue roan, has a
large number of colts in this county that speak for
themselves. Each of these horses weigh over a ton.
I TERMS:—$15 00 to insure a live colt to stand up and suck. Own
ers disposing of mares,, service money becomes due at once. Mares
bred at owner riak.^v -*v
EDWARD COOK,
MANCHESTER, IOWA
Manager and Keeper.
JULY 26 to AUGUST 1
To the Friends of Contestants.
Hi
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now by your subscription to The Democrat. For
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Date. 1909.
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1909. Please credit voteB in your prize contest to tho
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are to be given
away May 29.
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