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si VOL. XXXV. O N Phone 107 •:§i y$i Did it ever occur to you why all good business men keep a checking account with a bank? JVe'll tell you. It enables them to keep their funds in a more secure place than the office safe. It gives them a better standing in the business world. It enables them to pay their bills by check, the returned check being aJan disputable receipt. Individuals finding a checking account nery convenient and a source of saving. Money in one's pocket is often spent on the sour of the momont, whiltf one is disposed to think twice before drawing on his balance in the bank. Get the Habit. Lay up for a rainy day. Start a bank account with x^Kfr ik 'v-'r'v "The Old F^eliabte" 'he First National Bank of YOU WILL TOWSLEE'S SIOR OINTMENT TRIE D-SURE--VALUABLE A reliable application for Cuts, Sores, and Bruises. Made and sold only by R. A. DENTON. SCREEN DOORS TV, 'M Kntbhkd at rosx Ur»ICB AT I Masciikhtihu low A. AS ^ECONO-CLASS MATTHK. 1 E/% J-X/ MM -xe~t£#u Manchester, \W MISS If you do not (iif»ure with the Manchester Lumber company on the West side.',. y. A W I 'V'A -i' Hi because we are the leaders in prices, quality considered. IJSrSfl? Boards $16.00 and up. The fly will soon lie here. Now is the time to purchase screen doors and windows, A full stock on hand. Cement at Your Own Price. Drain tile, sewjr pipe, wire fence and all kinds of building material, lime and piaster. MANCHESTER LUMBER COMPANY. ard Phone 156. J. W. Rabenau, Mgr. City Office Phone 455. ••••••MB—wiBai HwnmiBaMMBawn—— IT -^r mmm K- Common and Fancy Wire aoth|||||§L Botli Black and Galvanized. 1\ A, ri,-. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW "SCREENS AND FLY KILLERS. FOP the Ilies that are in be-l lore you put up the Screens. f? Carhart & Nye, 3-"'/ *£*3-f* Admiration v.',. America "Ink*?* Wk. 1 Apple Blossom Sponcer .. r„ Black Knight A Coquette ....... Countess Cadogan Countess Spencer CatHerine Tracy Miss Wilmott & jUf, Time Now to Plant Those Sweet Peas. Our own mixture contains the new and line named varieties if AFfTHUR GREAT BRISBANE'S SPEECH. A niumber of prominent men of af fairs recenly save a dinner in New York City to Lord Northcfliffe, the proprietor of a number of British publications. Many short speeches were made, but none at all compar able with the one delivered by Ar thur Brisbane, the editor-in-chief, oi Hearst's newspapers. Mr. Brisbane is an unassuming:, modest man, but thinker of the first order. He has faith' in ithe common people aud here is his tribute to them on the above mentioned occasion: "This is a fine gathering of power ful men, big fortunes, and great rep utations. I want to say something fcr the man that never had a mil lion dollars, never got on the pay roll of a millionaire. "I dont want Northcliffe to go back to England believing that a man with out a million in this counrty might well hide under the table or jump off the dock. 'The real American, nation, its real ability, are hidden among those unknown seventy-nine millions thait never igo to Delmonico's, mcst of whom know as little about ter rapin as abouit bird's nesrt soup. 'Mr. Harvey says very truly, "The great reward must go to the man of great ability." True.- Eut what is "the great reward, and what do you call great ability? If I scatter money in the street and a- thousand eager men dive to get it, I am holding up one kind of reward, and I call forth one ki-nd of lability. "But if a child is in danger of Its life, and a man risks Ms life to save it, that situation calls out a d'iffer it kind of abiliy, and reveals a' man who asks for a higher reward than cash. 'We are paying too much 'atten tion here to the men that scramble for pennies, for dollars and for mil lions. They are able, strong men but they are not the American na tion, nor the best men iu it. "Colonel Harvey says that if you •take ten thousand men omt of this country—'the ablest ten. thousand— the counry will fail to pieces. He might as well say that if you take ten apples off a tree, the tree will wither and fall. Not a hi1 of it. You anen with money and power are the pretty, shiny apples on ithe tree. The sunlight, .the warmth tlie praise pre for you, but you are only the passdng frftit. The real tree is the thick trunk. The real power is with those the, roots hidden in the soil. "And in this nation^ the real pow er, the root of the nation, is the mass people—too often, like the tree's roots hdAifieii 'belov .ttae dark and '^SWT^Snt' from these vdbts* from the people comes all the real power. "4nd when this nation and you prosperous men, face a perilous sit uation, as you have done in the past and you will do in the future, you will find the man to help yoi and to save you, not at this table, not at Delmonico's. "There was trouble before tlue^oiv war, serious trouble. Did the peo ple call upon a rich corpora,tion law yer or a great banker? No. They asked a little country lawyer, witli nothing but a good name, and a brair. and a hart to save the country. When that man, Lincoln needed help in. his 0 yt IS1 1 -v White Wondor Gladys Uiiwin Shazada These varieties make a well balanced mixture and will be a joy to be hold. You know we have never disappointed you in our mixture of sweet peas. A. E. PETERSON.1 ^Jer- reat work, bo whom did he look? Wall Street was quite busy, as usual, picking up bargains in bonds. General Grant was there among the roots of the people, out of eight, unknown. He did not hare a million dollars, and Delmonico's prices were beyond his reach- But he had the great ability, and when the nation was ready ito offer him what is really the great reward—honor and glory— he was ready. It will always be so the force is 4n the tpeople. The strength) of the soup'is at the bottom of the boilflng liquid, not in the pretty greasy, bubbling scum that floats on top. 'There are big men in the United States waiting for the reward worthy of the men we have been talking about or looking at here. These truly great men never had a ibank ac count, l'.ot even a certificate of de posit, but they are the American na tion and they are America.' A CALL—AND AN OPPORTUNITY (From Harper's Weekly.) It is our ibellet that the 7,000 inUe journey of President Taft through tle west and south' will imark the begin Mug of a mew era, in ithe history of the Republican iparty. The real C02V trol of tlhat mighty organization from the days of Charles Sumner and Thai Stevens to the present of Aklrich and Hale and Ifodge has rested In the east. Presidents have been elected from Ohio and Indiana, one potential leader in the senate hailed froni Iowa Hanna came out of Ohio and Gam from Illinois, but throughout the tire fifty years the underlying domi nance lias 'been exercdsd with quiet effectiveness1 and a. iSLrm hand from New York, Pennsylvania1, and Now England. Apparent leaders from west of the Alleglianles have been but as pawns, restive at itlines, but invariab' ly subservelent In the end to the •tronger authority of a- few men cap able of wielding with skill the adhes' ive power of party unification. The passage of the tariff .bill sig nalized the beginning of tihe end of that control. For the first time In the history of the party ten Repuib lican senators broke the party chains and committed party treason. Re turning to their homes, they received ovations, while representatives of Ilk1 communities who had demonstrated their fealty to the organization after the old manner met with sullen looks boding ill for tbelr future political THE OLD SW1MMIN' HOLE. v^jAMES WH1TCOM13 lilLEY^i Oh, the old swlmmin' hole, where the crick ho still and deep Looked like a baby rH'er that was lay ing half asleep. And the gurgle of the warter round the drift jest below, Sounded like the laugh of nomething we onet ust to know, Before we could remember anything but the eyes Of the Angels lookln' out as we left Paradise, But the merry days of youth Is beyond our control, And It's hard to part ferover With the old swlmmin' hole. •. Oh, the old swlmmin' hole. In tiio hap py days of yore. When I u»t to lean above It In the old sickamore. Oh, it showed me a face In its warm sunny tide That gazed back at me so gay and glor ified. It made mo love myself, as I leaped to caress My shadder smllln' up at me with such tenderness. But them days is past and gone, and old Time's tuck his toll. From the old man come back to the old swlmmin' hole. Oh, the old swlmmin' hole. In the long, lazy days When the hum-drum of school made so many runaways. How pleasant was the journey down the old dusty lane Where the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so plane You could tell by the dent of the heel and the sole They was lots o' fun on hand at the old swlmmin' hole. But the' lost joys is past. Let your tears in sorrow roll Like the rain that ust to dapple up the old swlmmin' hole. «There the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall. And the sunshine and shadder fell over it alt And it mottled the warter with amber and gold. Tel the glad llllles rocked in the ripples that rolled And the snake-feeder's fot gauzy wings fluttered'by Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky. Or a wounded apple blossom in the breezes controll As It cut acrost some orchard to'rds the old swimmln' hole. Oh, the old swlmmin' hole. When 1 last saw the place. The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face: The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot Where the old dlvln'-log lays sunk and forgot. And I stray down the banks where the trees ust to be But never again will they're shade shel ter me, And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to**the soul. And dive off in my grave like the old swlmmin* hole. THOUGHT.JPOR TODAY, fortunes. But it is now plain that, while angered by what they regard as betrayal of an obligation, the Re publican of the west place no part of the responsibility at the door of Pres ident Taft. Him they still regard as their sincere friend, and as the one man whose sympathies, aspirations and official position equip him pro minently for the assumption of real leadership of a new and determined movement within ithe party to elimi nate narrowness and Install breadth of authority In vital affairs of gov ernance. This Is the -situation which Presi dent Taft is called upon to face, and he is prepared to meet It with calm ness and courage. Nobody has a keener appreciation of the condition than he few understand it as well While not seeking or craving great personal opportunity, he realizes that great ipersonal opportunity has been forced upon him and he is ready. The true purpose of President Tatt's visit to the country Is to pave the way for signal accomplishment. Hie mission Is to free the Republican party. It Is a task of no mean magnitude, as he well understands. To succeed he miust convince the people of his own single mindedness, he must indicate 'plainly his real intent, he must win their unqualified allegiance and sup port. Let him beware, then, not to mis take hospitality for approval. The west is open hearted, generous, and appreciative of a president who pays It compliments. It will give no in dication of dissent from whatever President Taft may say or do. The reckoning will come later. That is the fact that the visitor will do well to keep Inm hid. However favorable the impression he may realize he is making while striving to .pacify and conciliate, he ought not to forget for a moment that a great majority of •his fellow countrymen have come to regard the tariff as a moral issue. It is no longer a question of protection vs. tree trade, but of right MANCHESTER IOWA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909. TO. Such' a condition demands leader ship, not compromise. Lasting recon ciliation of the two wings of the re publican party we regard now as im possible through recourse to the fa miliar policy of give and take. Tem porizing will no longer serve. It is ithe sense of not only the west but, we firmly believe, off the great mass of Republican consumers In the. east, that the spirit of greed personified 'by Aldrich and written by him upon the statute boota must be beaten to a pulp, and no man, however popular is strong onougih' to with stand for long the strength of that demand. The next house of representatives, whether Republican or Democratk wlfr have new and enlightened leader s-hip. The senate should have.* And ov&p both, guiding, directing, acting cautiously hut firmly, the people wan a leader of leaders in the Wihite houso, exercising his mighty authori ty for what they believe, and what the' are convinced he believes, to be ilmplc righteousness. The critical period in President Taflt's career confronts him. His piacb in history may be determined what lie says and promises or what he refrains from saying and promise Ing before he returns to Washington. We know that he has understanding. We have faith that ho lias oourage. May lie heed the one and exercise th other else the whirlwind ofw appeal clafts, to the vicious passions will •sweep over America like a simoon from Africa before the time shall come for the election of a successor •to ^foniam H. Taft. OPTIMISM. iVe in the active voice, intent on whi you can do rather than on what ihaj pens to you in the indicative mo^d, concerned with the facts, as are rather than as tihey might in the present tense, concentrat ed \ih the duty in hand, without re- gre^ for the past or worry about future in the first person, edit ing yourself rather than condemn others in the singular number, ng the approval of your own (Soiftcdence rather than popularity wltS the many. WILLIAM DeWITT HYDE. A BOY WHO KNEW HOW. (From Our Dumb Animals.) It American boy nineteen years of agef once found himself In London, •where .he was under the necessity of earning his bread. He was not like many young men in these days, who are "wililn. to do anything" because hey know how to do nothing but ho had learned how to do something, and knew just where to go to End something to do so he went straight to a printing office and' Inquired If help were needed. Where are you from?" inquired the foreman. "America," was' the answer. "All," said the foreman, "from America, seeking employment as a •printer. Well, do you' really under stand the art of printing? Can you set type?" The young man stepped to one of the cases and in a brief space set up this passage from the first adap ter of John: "Nathaniel said unto him^ Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip salth unto him, OtnA* and see." v_ It was doiie feo' qiilcMy^o^fiSSir ately, and administered a delicate re pnppf so appropriate and powerful, tha& lit at- once gave him influence and Btandtng^-ftlth all the ,Office. He worked diligently at his trade, refus ed to drink 'beer or any kind strong drink, saved his money, returned to America, become a printer, publisher author, postmaster-general, membei of Congress, signer of the Declara tion of Independence, embassador to royal courts, and finally died In Phil •adelphla. at the age of eighty-four. There are more than one hundred and fifty counties', towns, anld vli lages in America named after this printer boy, Benjamin Franklins- thb Oh. let us fill our hears up with glory of the day. And bpfljsh .ev'ry doubt and care and sorrofe.fnr away. For the world Is full of roses, an&. the roses full of dew, And the dew Is full heavenly love that drips for me and you. —James Wliitcomb lUley. PREHISTORIC MAN IN AMERICA (From the New York World.) A Russian ethnological expeditior in the Aleutian archipelago has dis covered relics and skeletons which tend to show that thousands of years ago "the highest type of humanity in the New World existed in North western America." Considering the development known to have been made by the Aztecs, by the mould, builders and by the prehistoric race which mined tor copper on the shores of Lake Superior, this type must have been well advanced in civiliza tion. The discovery Is therefore of gen eral interest. Its greatest import ance of course lies In the opportuni ty It will afford for a recasting of ethnological theories and the ex plolitatlon of a new hypothesis aibout the origin, of man. The learned con tention over the blrthipllace of Aryan oivillzaition has long since quieted down, and not for some time has the Garden of Eden been relocated. Was its site acquired along with the nu merous other prize-packages of the Seward 'purchase? Given a scientific imagination the first order, some .member the Russian expedition should able, with this material to work on to supply the world with a stock new ethnological data sufficient least to last over one meeting our various associations for the ad vancement of science. If there was a youthful Darwin in the party may become necessary to reconstruct our theories of human development, Possibly on this barren island In the Behring Sea may be found the milss. ing link in the theory of a prehis toric intercommunication between Asia and America. wrong. And when that Idea becomes fixed In the minds of the Ainrelcian people it Is there to stay until right n«s triumphed. the same force and effcct as mort gage bonds. This stock cannot be wiped out by the men who a«rc now In coutrol of the property. «In other words, Mr. Morgan, and his associates arc in the same condition that a mau is who buys a farm' or a home, ubectj to a good steed mortgage. They buy an equity In a property, ather than a property. Discussing the future of the Dem ocratic party Mr. Bryan's Commoner expresses the opinion that since 1892, hen tiie Democrats last elected Mr. Cleveland, the tariff controversey has been a sham hiattLe, and that from this time forth there should be "a real tgiht between the taxpayers andt the tax-eaters." IOWA. GREAT COAL STATE. PRODUCING According to a report firm Wash ington, D. C. the United Mates Geo •gical Survey estimates 29,160,00r tons of coal in this state originally. The production of coal in Iowa dur ing 1908 was as little affected by the financial depression of the preceding fall as that of any other state in the union, "according to a report which the United States Geological Survey has just, completed on the coal out put of the llaw'keye state. The Iowa coal production for 1908 was 7,161, 310 short .tons, valued at $11,706,402 which was a decrease of only 413,012 tons, or 5.45 per cent from under the output of 1907. Only three states Kentucky, Montana and IJtah, had percentage of decrease less than that of Iowa. The decrease in the entire United States was 64,520,716 tons. The reason assigned iby.ttoe United States Geological Soirvey for the com paratively slight decrease in Iowa's production of coal in 1908 is that the state is almost entirely agricultural manufacturing not having been de veloiped to any extent, as in some other iparts of the country. The Iowo farmers were generally prosperous throughout 1908, and the consumption of coal was normal, except for -the decrease due to mild weather. Much Cjoal Yet in Orbund. Icwh's total production of coal from 1840 lo the dose of 1908 has amount ed to'148,770,102 short tons, which 'Including the waste of half a. ton lost tor every ton of coal mined and marketed, is equivalent to an exhaus tion of 223,000,000 tons of coal from the coal fields of Iowa. Mr. R. Camp bell, of the United States Geologi cal Survey estlm'iAes the original coaj supply of Iowa at 29,160,000,000 tons This would leave about 4,000 times the Iowa production in 1908 remain ing in .the ground of that state. If r.Hio of waste to marketed coal continues at the same rate the sup Ply of Iowa coal will last 2,700 years at the rate of production In 1908, which assures the Hawkeye state plenty of its own fuel for many getir erations to come. "In addition to this almost Inexhaustible sup&yvoO :coal Iowa has also vast peat bogs^ 'prac •tically undeveloped, which the' geo logical survey has estimated can furnish fuel to Iowans for some ad ditional thousands of years. According to the report of the geo logical survey, there were 16,021 men employed in the coal mine® of Iowa during 1908 as compared with 15,555 ini 1907, .the industry to Iowa show ing an increase of labor supply, not withstanding the decrease ih produc tion. The average number of work ing days accordingly shows a de crease from 230 in 1907 to 214 in 1908. The average production pe day for each man employed has de dined each year since 1905, when the average tonnage per man was 2.15. In 1908 this average tonnage per man per day decreased to 2.09 The average annual production per man was 446.9 short tons in 1905, anc 447 tons in 1908. In the report the geological survey for 1907, it 1 stated that the decrease in the daily production per man was in hU prob ability due to the falling off in the quantity of coal mined by machinery tfiJch had decreased from 193,066 ton lib- 1906 to 108,022 tons in 1907. further decreased to 71,463 tons in 1908, only 1 per cent of the total ton nage. 218 Mines in the State. be AN EXPLANATION. (From the Cedar Rapids Republican.) Some newspapers seem to have it in .their heads that the Great West ern railroad was bought ouitrgi'ht .by J. Pierpont Morgan and Ms associ ates for $12,000,000. They should bear in mind that the purchase price was not an outright price. The road at that price was purchased sub ect to many liabilities. In the form of outstanding stocks. Recently the stockholders of certain classes iwere heavily assessed. Some of the stock is almost worthless, but ether class es are liens on the property, having ••••iWrirtii. ?veM!n.e r" Iowa continues to rank ninth In the production ofbitumrinuos coal in the United States, ibetog exceeded only by Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wesl Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Ke tucky and Colorado In the order nam ed. Of the thirty states and territor ies which produced coal in 1907 and 1908, only three, California, Oregon and Texasi increased their output in the latter year. The increases in California and Oregon were unlmiport ant, and the gain in Texas coal was due to the decrease in-' the produc tion of petroleum In that- state. The xmUmt" of 'bltvnl'nooii' caal ,in the United States during 1908 .was 322,673,944 short tons, valued al $374,135,208 as compared with 394,759 112 tons valued $541,214,842 in 1907. of The mines of Io,wai are for the most part operated eight hours day. In 1908 there were 218 low mines, employing total of -14,772 men which were, operated eight hours Three small mines worked nine hour and four mines worked ten hours day. These seven mines employed a total of only fifty-two men. The Terror of the Meter-. With a family of half-grown chil dren it is often difficult to keep the gas bills within reasonable limits. We hit upon the plan of sending each child to look at the meter while the gas was burning. The steady tlck-tick-tlck as the Indicator moved around the dial Impressed upon their minds the idea that burning gas is burning money, and a decided Improvement has been shown.—Harper's Bazatj| V' ft tr'nuTi}, nil. ,/ a THE STEALS ft POSTER LITRES Facts you should Know *1 .^.any mattress before you buy ,sold as thc short-fibre cotton that has no life at all. Mlh£ qUaIity,?f ihf ,hc at,tll,e en? IonK. °.f the GEO. E. SSI V. NOW Meet Or Beat All Competition NO 36 about a one Mattresses hot very much alike, but there is the gre»te«? difference between them. .,„0„ h.c softness, elasticity and durability o( cotton-felt n»t. tresses depend on the length and quality of the fibres of the cotton used and the way they arc laid, maUres scs ''est cotton-felts, arc made from c?tton! strong fibres, and tht special web-process of laying them, that give Steams & Foster Mattresses their perfect comfort and wonderful life—the reason wh» there are more sold than any other made. They never lump never need remaking. They are made in four grades—a mattress to suit every purse. Come in. Let us show them to you let us unlace this Open Closed 2'ou can SEE tht inside mattress,—show you exactly what We 11 be glad to do it, whether you are ready to buy or not. This mattress is just another example of the excellence of &« ^Stock throughout. New goods are arriving daily. 8 BROWN, The Furniture New Feed and Goal Store. We have opentd a Feed and Coal establishment in the Board way building on lower Franklin street We have purchased the coal business of C. H. Parker, and are prepared to supply your wants with all kinds of HARD AND SOFT COAL at lowest possible prices. We also carry a full lino of Mill Feed, Chicken Feed, Lime, Cement and Plaster. Try some of our "BEN HUR" FLOUR. Every sack guaranteed. Call and see us. We solicit a share of your patronage. it inside. Man PACKER TELEPHONE 171 ESTABLISHED 1867. Commercial Department-:-$avings Department tfHllSi Progressive-:-Consenrativ« IplpptWe can accommodate you on accounts and loans. liiSSS We invite your business. W.u. C. CAWI.EY, President. R. W. TIKIUI.I,, Vice-President. CIIAS. J. SF.EDS, Cashier. 0. W. KEAGY, Asst. Caah'r. «OW*0«0*OM«.ftO«0*OMMiMM40«0*0*0*OMMMOMMMOj| is THE TIME TO BUILD. white Lumber is Cheap. 2x1 and 2x6 8 to 1G ft long at $1S.00 per thousand. Red Cedar Shingles 5 to 2 at $2.75 per thousand Lath §2 00 per thousand. I will build a goo'd barn holding 100 head of cattle and 100 tons 1 a a 1 0 0 0 0 0 Come and see us. The Hockaday Lumber Company Telephone 108. Manchester, Iowa tMO«04t)*0*0»0«OXM«0*04a*(M040«0«0*IM0404040«04i JUST RECEIVED A f^esh car of that famous flour "'THE SEAL MINNESOTA Every Sack is Guaranteed to give satisfaction or your money wil be refunded. I also havo on hand a full line of flour mids, Corno hen feed, germ mids, mica grit, bran, oyster shells, rye mids, lit tlechick feed, low grade, lime, corn and oat chops, cement, rock 1 sat, wood fibre Dlaster, barrel salt, cement plaster, lubricatingoils, roofing, roofing paints, etc. "UNIVERSAL" THE STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT at Wholesale Price in CAR LOTS. C. H. PARKER. Phone 113 Corner west ol Court Honse Us at our office Let us call on you Our prices if you icani We ask is a chance to meet Eclipse Lumber Co. Phone 117 •it S®1