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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
ALL WE'RE sELF.coNvIorEo.

Georgia Lawyers Handed Over Their
Guns with Singular Unanimity.
Georgia has q stringent law forbid
ding Its citizens to carry pistols on pain
of FORGETTING the weapons and paying
fine of $50 or being imprisoned for
thirty days. Shortly after the passage
Of this enactment Judge Lester was
holding court in a little town, when
suddenly he suspended the trial of a
case by ordering the sheriff to lock the
doors of the courthouse.
Gentlemen" said the Judge when
the doors were closed, II have just seen
pistol on a man in this room and /
cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty
to let such a violation of this law pass
unnoticed. l ought perhaps to go be-
fore the grand jury and indict him, but
If that man will walk up to this stand
and lay his pistol and a fine Of ST. down
here 1 will let him off this time"
The Judge paused, and lawyer sit
ting just before him got up. slipped his
hand into a hip pocket, drew. out a
neat ivory-handled six-shooter and laid
1t with dollar down upon the stand.
"This is all right" said the Judge,
"but you are not the man / saw with
the pistol"
Upon this another lawyer arose and
laid down a Colts revolver and dollar
bill before the Judge, VINO repeated his
former observation. The process went
on until nineteen pist-ls of all kinds
and sizes and shapes lay upon the
stand, together with nineteen dollars by
their side. The Judge laughed as he
complimented the nineteen delinquents
upon being men of business, but added
that the man whom he had seen with
the pistol had not come up and, glanc-
ing at the far side Of the court, he con-
tinued:
II will give him one minute to accept
my proposition, and IL he fails will
hand him over to the sheriff."
Immediately two men from the back
of the court rose and began to move to-
ward the Judges stand. Once they
stopped to look at each other, and then,
coming slowly forward. laid down
their pistols and their dollars. AS they
turned their backs the Judge said:
"This man with the black whlskers
is the one that originally saw."-New
York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
SQUELCHED A MUTINY
ANEcDoTE OF "eoss" THE BRIT.
lSH COMMANDER.
Harsli Measures Were Necessary inst
at That Time, and He Ordered an
English Soldier Shot for Insubordin-
ation-It Took Place in India.

"Gen. Lord Roberts of Kandahar,
Kipling's 'Bobs Bahadur,' was the last
English general to order the execution
of a private soldier for insubordina-
tion," said visitor to Washington,
who has seen service under her Majes-
tvs flag.
ut was away back in the '70s; but
the incident is still very clear In the
memory of old soldiers, and has been
handed down with every possible ex-
aggeration for the delectation of the
recruitie,' who listens to the barrack-
room tales, told for the express purpose
of striking terror and horror to his I'M
hardened heart.
1.-The story is reviyified now. 1t con-
tributes something to illustrate the
man who is beloved and feared by rank
and file, and Notwithstanding his deter
mined and exacting discipline, is con-
coded to be England's ranking soldier
among good soldiers.
'sThe Indian contingent has always
been tickllsh department to handle.
Roberts did more than any one man TO
bring them to realization of what dis
cipline really means. To-day, thanks
to him, there is less grumbling, less I'M
easiness, and less chance of revolt than
ever there has been since first the ma
tive wore the Uniform, and even now
extreme measures are necessary.
But Roberts, once upon time about
the year 1873, found himself threatened
with a serious situation. The native
troops were uneasy. The English SOL
diers, too, in the case of several regi-
ments that had been kept overtime on
Indian service, We're kicking loud and
strong. The mouthing of the men of
the English regiments was bad ex-
ample to the natives. 1t dlsorganized
everything, and the punislfments were
made severe. upon offenders who gave
opportunity. But insubordination was
rife. 1t needed but little spark to
kindle the whole command into a blaze,
in which many lives must have been
sacrificed and the prestige of the COM
handing officer lost
zone day a drunken private was In
solent to corporal of one of the regl
ments. The 'non-com.' ordered the man
to the guard house. A lance-corporal
of the room called out file of men.
One Of these refused to act as escort
He had slept In the next bed to the
prisoner for years, he protested. They
were army bed chums.' He, too, was
made a prisoner, and the charge Of In
subordination and refusal to obey or
ders entered against him. 1t was
high crime. A general court martial
was ordered, the man was sentenced to
be shot, and the sentence was approved
by Gen. Roberts.
Before the assembled regiments at
Calcutta he was taken out and died ig-
ANONYMOUSLY with his face to the wall.
ut was terrible and effective les
son. The spirit Of INSTRUMENTATION was
dead, but the department issued an or
der. religiously observed since then, to
the effect that where others are avail
able, bed chum' cannot be ordered
to actas escort"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

guitar players and walk in groups to
and from their work, enlivening the
journey with music and song. The car
penter who comes to your house to exc
cute small job brings his guitar with
his tools and the blacksmith is a far
better performer on the guitar than the
anvil.
When Portuguese day laborer or
workman has finished his long days
toll he does not HE him to wine shop
to squander the few cents he has
earned; he does not even lean against
post and smoke, nor white stick
while swapping yarns with his fellows.
II he did not bring his guitar with him
he goes straight home and gets it, rests
and comforts himself with the music
while supper is being prepared. After
ward he spends the evening singing
doggerel songs to a strumping accom-
paniment, tilted back In chair against
his own house wall or on the doorstep
of neighbor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
A STORY OF Bismarck.

Bismarck was for some time an Of
fetal reporter for one of the courts of
justice. Upon one occasion, when
Questioning a witness, the latter made
an impudent retort, whereupon the en-
bryo Chancellor exclaimed, angrily:
IF you are not more respectful, / shall
kick you out of the ROOM" "Young
man." said the Judge. interrupting the
proceedings, II would have you under
stand that this is dignified court of
justice, and that if there is any kicking
to be done the court will do itv' "Ah,
you see," said Bismarck to the witness,
"if you are not more respectful to me,
the court will kick you out Of the room.
So be careful, very careful, STRIP
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

NOusANuuhuduI animals Lose HAIR,
A curious plant, known to botanists
as the Leucaena glauca Benth., is the
wild tamarind or jumbai plant of the
riverside and waste places of tropical
America, and very strange are its eff
fects upon the non-ruminant animals
that feed upon it's young shoots, leaves,
pods and seeds. 1t causes horses to
lose the hair from their names and
tails, has a similar effect upon mules
and donkeys, and reduces pigs to CON-
plete nakedness. Horses are said to re.
cover when fed exclusively on corn and
grass, but the new hair is of different
color and texture from the old SO that
the animal is never quite the same as
1t was. One animal, after feeding on
the plant, lost its hoofs and had to be
kept In sings until they grew and hard
ened again. Ruminant animals are
not thus affected, and the growth Of
the plant is actually encouraged in the
Bahamas as fodder plant for cattle,
sheep and goats. The difference In its
action upon ruminants and non-rumin.
ants is probably due to the changes eff
fected upon 1t in the chewing Of the
npd
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

The American author can no longer
complain of neglect, according to the
statistics furnished by the Bookman,
which publishes monthly list of the
books most generally in demand as
shown by the reports of news dealers.
These reports prove that in November,
1895, the five most popular books We're
all by foreign authors. A year later
two Americans had found their way
into the list. The same condition pre-
vailed in 1897, showing that the Ameri-
can authors were able to hold their
own. In 1898 the leading sales en-
braced three works by American au-
thors, Kipling's days Work" and
Weymans castle Inn" alone repre-
senting the English authors. The final
triumph came in 1899, when the five
books with the greatest sale were all
of American authorship. These are
Richard Carvel," Janice Meredith"
David Harum," when Knighthood
Was in Flower and "yia Crucis." 1t
is especially noteworthy that Of these
five books three are on American sub.
jects, in which the keenest interest is
now being taken. One of the healthi-
est signs Of the times is that each book
which is included in the list is whole
some, clean and untainted with that
French realism which was so much in
demand few years ago. Books of
that character no longer find an enor-
nous sale in the United States. The
public sentiment demands something of
a different character. Whether the
time has come for distinctive Ameri-
can literature is problematical, but no
one can deny that with the close of the
century we are laying substantial
foundation for 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

sense enough to rush to the city and
make inquiries Of the chair bearers.
The coolies We're dumfounded and ex-
planned what they had done. Together
they climbed to the loft, opened the
door of the chair and found the demure-
looking bride, long imprisoned and half
starved, but still appearing to her best
advantage in her beautiful bridal
gown. The bride appeared to have
known that she was being carried
backward and forward, but could not
protest, because 1t Is the custom for
brides not to open their lips till the
marriage ceremony is performed.
Hence all the trouble.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

4 e. t..
The. cheerful even facetious, citizens
of Cleveland who have formed an ap-
pendicitis club are strictly up to date.
We presume 1t is the intention of the
club members to wear .consplcuously
surgeons certificate that they have al
ready undergone an operation for the
fashionable disease in order to prevent
mistakes in future emergencies. But
the precedent thus established may
prove to he embarrassing to the noble
army of Esculapians who are always
ready to relieve our miseries for sor-
did equivalent. If 1t becomes the fad
for afflicted ones to thus make common
cause we may soon have startling sue
cession of grip clubs and even tooth
ache clubs, not to mention the Patri-
otto Order Of Rheumatics.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Under the advice of the best and most
courageous of the friends of the In
dian, an act for the allotment of their
tribal lands In severalty to the Indians,
under certain conditions, was passed
by Congress in 1884. Since that time
many Of the tribes have apportioned
their lands to their Individual members,
and have given up the tribal life. As
the Indians to whom lands were SO al
lotted were forbidden to sell or other
wise ALLEVIATE their land under twenty
years, and as steps were taken to start
them as farmers, it was supposed that
the measure would do more to cIvilize
and make them self-supporting, under
existing conditions, than anything else
has done. Fifteen years have gone by
since the first allotment of lands. and
the public men who were the authors
and most earnest advocates of the sew.
crafty law have lately expressed deep
encouragement with the result. AL
though the Indians cannot yet sell, they
can and do lease their allotted lands
to white men. There are reservations
III tAC NSoS NACAS IQe
farms are rented to white men, while
their owners and their families retire
to unassigned parts Of the reservation
and live in the old wild way. Mean
time the vices of the white men are
communicated to them more readily
than ever before, and they are without,
the tribal government and the restraint
of strong men of their own race which
often went with it. AS a whole, the
condition Of the Indians is undoubtedly
improving, but there are some cases In
which, under the allotment system,
they have actually refrigerated. The
fact is now apparent that 1t is difficult
to make self-supporting farmer of the
Indian in one generation. The Indian
still needs safeguards against corrup-
ton, and above all he needs practical
and simple instruction, at his home, In
the few industrial occupations which
he may be able to follow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Great SAT- lake Drying I'm

According to the Irrigation Age, the
waters of the Great Salt Lake in Utah
have receded mile within the past
year, and some persons think that
within the coming century this won.
derful body of water may be complete.
ly dried up. The cause of the lowering
of the water is ascribed to the rapid
extension Of irrigation bitches. which
draw their supply from the streams
emptying into the lake. There is now a
salt desert" not far from the lake.
which was once covered with water.
The salt deposit on the floor of the lake
itself is believed to be Of great thick.
ness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

An old lady lately asked President
Hadley of Yale-he tells the story him.
self-what he was teaching. To his re-
ply, Economics" she said, thought
fully:
"Oh, you teach the students to be
economical. That is good. When l
was young lady they never learned to
be economical until they got married"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
COUNTESS Won eRuEN,No.
American Woman Who IL Admired b
the Old World Aristocracy.


An American woman, Countess Adolf
Won Bruening, is well known in the
social circles In which European nobil.
lily moves because Of her marriage to
her husband, the Count. but to the
American people her name is familiar
chiefly because of the touching devotion
of her divorced husband, Gordon Mac
Kay, Of Boston and Washington. The
Countess life has been most romantic.
She was the daughter of Mr.. MacKay's
housekeeper and had grown from child
hood 10 mature beauty under his eyes
Although twice her age, Mr.. MacKay
paid her devoted attention, and she
finally became his bride. Everything
that wealth could provide was lavished
upon the young wife and for time
theirs was a Happy home. But season
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

A Brisbane, Australia, paper of re-
cent date contains the following adver-
tisement: 'Wanted-A man to look
after one horse and few cows and
pigs. One who can impart the rudi-
ments of French, singing, and the piano
to children preferred" 1t is strange
that there should be place in the civil
lied world where people must go to the
trouble of advertising for such a man
as that family wants.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

In an address before the Irish Liter
airy Society on John Phllpot Curran,"
Lord Russell Of Ilillowen, the Chief
Justice, declared the value of oratory
to lawyer is oyerrated. He asserted
that 1t is an important vehicle for argu-
ment and for the enunclation and en-
forcement Of great principles. "But,"
he said, there is a tendency to run to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

The papers in the East are laughing
at some eccentric genius who is con-
centrating his energies on an effort to
write novel without "a woman in II"
The difficulty to be surmounted looks
to be considerable, for 1t is hard to con-
ceive of any part Of the game Of life
with which women are not more or
less intimately connected at this pres
ent period of progress. When the story
is written the chances are long that it
will not be worth reading.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Bonds Were in Demand.

At special meeting of the Board of
Supervisors ut Mason City the $4,000
31s per cent court house bonds were dis
posed of to the three Mason City banks.
Several representatives of outside bond
houses were present, but the highest bid
from any Of them called for 500 COM
mission for handling them, Chicago
firm making this offer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
The True Condition,

Brlggs-Do you believe that the world
is divided into two classes-those who
borrow and those who lend?
Grlggs-No, sir! My experience is
that two other classes are much more
preyalent-those who want to borrow
and those who won't lend.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Gets Maximum Sentence.

At Des Moines Tom Hargis, convicted
of assault with intent to commit murder,
has been sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary. His sentence is the heavi-
est that can be imposed under the statue.
He was convicted of shooting Ed Pillow
through the lungs in row in restau-
rant about six weeks ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Testing tho Cleanne.. OF AZ,

Prof. Dewar has recently devised a
new method Of testing the contamina-
ton of air. A short time ago he exhib.
tied before the Royal Institution two
samples Of liquid air in glass tubes
one was made from air which had been
washed to purify 1t from dust, SCOT,
carbonic acid and other impurities.
This, when condensed, was pale blue
liquid. The other sample was made by
condensing the air Of the lecture-room
In which the audience was assembled,
and was an opaque. blackish fluid, re-
sembllng soup in appearance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Miss Kate Sullivan, who has had
charge of the Waverly high school for the
past eight years, has resigned her position
because of her appointment us eXecutrix
of the large estate of her deceased uncle,
Michael Sullivan, late of British Column
bin. 1t is reported that Miss Sullivan
inherits $4,000 from her uncle's estate
and she has started for British Colum-
bia to take charge Of affairs there.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

They arrested man in New York
the other day for tickling his wife until
she had Mysteries. After this what ex-
cuse will any New York man have for
! trying to be pleasant around the housed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
poems will crowd it out. The next 4

poems will crowd 1t out. The next Il
story. The first page is promising,
but the second shows coarse strain,
and the reading stops there. Another
story follows. The beginning is not
promising, but glance at the middle
and end shows a marked improvement,
and it is laid aside for more critical
examination. In half an hour twenty
articles are passed upon, and with suf-
ficient good judgment, for minute to
manuscript is often more than it
needs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait says she
believes woman will be elected Presi-
dent of the United States before the
end of the twentieth century. Now Is
the time for our girls to get on the
right side by being born in log houses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot" says the Bible.
and in the case of man who cruelty
whips a crippled boy it would not be
too much to add Clash for LASH"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
sustnined Fatal Injuries,

August Dahlgren, an employe of the
Illinois Central road, was run over by n
freight car in the yards at Fort Dodge
and will probably die. He was lying on
his back screwing bolt above, when the
switch engine bumped into the car, caus-
ing the wheel to run up against his body,
mangling him fcarfnlly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

At Ladora an 1s,months-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bales was burned to
death. The children were left alone for
few minutes, and upon the return Of
Mrs. Bales the baby's clothing was
ablaze. The little one in some manner
had tipped over the kerosene can, satu-
rating its clothing with oil.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
stabbins ARRAY at Fort Dodge.

A stabbing ARRAY occurred in the
Mitchell restaurant at Fort Dodge. A
dispute between Howard Hess, dis
charged employee, and James Thompson,
the present employe, resulted in fight.
Thompson was badly stabbed by Hess.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Everybody Play. the Guit.,

In Portugal men play upon the guitar
as naturally as Yankees whistle. The
peasants are universally given to the
instrument, chiefly as an accompani-
ment to the voice. In towns and vii
lagos the artisans are often expert
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

lishment of rural delivery service at
Springvillc March 10. The length of
route is to be twenty miles and the area
covered twenty-one miles and population
served IT'S. Lemucl e. Smith has been
appointed carrier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
A Queer Lookup.

The photograph of this most curious
prison was taken at IL small village
called Septentrion, In Mexico. There
was gold mining camp there, and the
miners who got drunk and disorderly
were confined in the rock, in which a
large room had been blasted. 1t con-
tains about sixty men on Saturday
nights.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Carnegie says poverty is young
mans best capital. At first sight 1t
certainly looks like poor reasoning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

NEWCOMERS eat about three tons of
chocolate week from the Slot ma
chine alone. That's better than chew
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Clinton has broken all previous records
this year in the matter of amount of ice
harvested. The quality is also good, the
ice being from twelve to sixteen inches
in thickness and perfectly clear. All of
the ice houses are full and indications
are that prices will be low there next
summer. In the amount of ice harvested
the Northwestern Railway Company
takes the lead, having put up 1900 tons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Rather pleasant fall leading to a
hard winter than an icy winter lead
. ing to a hard fall.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

"Those who expect to succeed In
war;" says London Truth, must pay
the butchers BILL" What CHASTITY
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Apparently one good form of life in
surance in this country is not to live in
Kentucky.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

An Ohio farmer is credited with rob-
bing a bunko man. What did he get?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

An Illinois veteran had bullet in his
brain twelve years. He was never
spoken Of as an empty-headed man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

A local serenader was struck by the
fair ones wash-boiler and later arrest
ed. Courtship is not the unalloyed de-
light it used to be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07

Even If trust promoters were ostra-
cized 1t would do no good. They'd get
together. They always get together
what they can't get alone.