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Mohave County miner., 1900-06-09

Call at Watkins drug store and get
free sample of Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. They are an
elegant physic. They also improve the
appetite, strengthen the digestion and
regulate the liver and bowels. They
are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
Mohave County miner., 1900-06-09
cream

pure, cream of tartar baking powder
The perfect purity and great eavening
strength of DR.. Prices Baking Powder assure
the finest, most delicious and wholesome food. .
Its exclusive use is safeguard against alum
and other baking powder adulterants.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is not
only the most efficient and perfect Of leavening
agents, but promotes the heathfuness of the food.
NorR.-T care manyc baking powders
BAKING U
alum disorders the stomach
S and acdry and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
Another spanish Excuse.

"A Debated war story comes from
Ponce, Porto Rico, and is told by Lieut..
Juan Arato, of the Spanish engineers.
when the war broke out" said the
lieutenant, 1--WE found that our supply
of ammunition of all sorts was very
low. Some was new and some old;
some was black and some brown; some
was old-fashioned and some was
smokeless and mysterious. There was
one lot of brown smokeless powder
which was marked, Use with care!
Very powerful! Keep cool and dry!
and to it was attached legend that 1t
had burst a Krupp field gun.
II determined to try it. I employed
small charge in gun, and to my sur
prise it refused to go off. My gunners
were very much disguised, and one of
them said: Bah, this is no good for
war. I'll use it for cooking our sup
per-
1--WE all jumped as he threw a double
handful into small camp fire. Judge
of our feelings when we saw the fire
go out. I afterward learned that pow
der Of this sort deteriorates with age,
and that long before this case was
opened it was as harmless as wet
sand."-Philadelphia Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
Has Lost Faith in Booker \.

Not long ago, when Booker I. WASH
ington was in Chicago, he stopped for
a day at one of the hotels. He was
pointed out to William, an old waiter
who has been at the hotel for a long
time. William was delighted to get o
glimpse of the great man of his race
and was never tired Of telling about It
after that. One of the regular boarders
is a stanch friend of William and n lib.
eral Upper.
WILLIAM" said the boarder next
morning, putting on n serious face, 81
met Mr.. Washington yesterday and 1
asked him what he thought of tipping.
He is opposed to it."
The boarder stood with his hand In.
sinuatingly in his change pocket. Will
iam's face fell and settled into de-
spairing gloom.
well boss" the waiter said, shal-
ing his head emphatically. 'if dat is
de posishun OBJ MIstah Washington pse
unarably opposed to it."-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

eminent at last recognized the futillty
of continuing the struggle to conquer
them, and at the invitation OF Presi-
dent Dlaz, the old chief of the Yaquis,
Tetabiate, visited the City Of Mexico,
where the terms of treaty OF peace
were agreed to. The signing of the
treaty took place at Ortiz, military
station near Guaymas. 1t was an i'm
pressive sight, with hundreds of In
dams, all carrying white flags, bearing
the word paz peace), surrounding the
old chief and Col. Peinado. Tetabiate
gave his word that the life and proper
ty of all Mexicans and foreigners
should be held sacred within his do
main, and that he and his people would
uphold and obey the laws Of the re-
public. Col. Pelnado promised on the
part of the Government that certain
lands claimed by the Indians should
be theirs absolutely, 10 hold or to sell,
and that they should be granted all
the rights held by the Mexicans. The
treaty was never violated by Tetabiate,
and he caused to be shot several In
dams who killed an American pros
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
A Man OF Systern.

A newspaper man of some celebrity
as n disciplinaran was noted about his
office for the extreme disorder of his
own desk. Though insisting upon meth
odical habits on the part of his en-
ployes, he gave his own pigeonholes a
cleaning out and sorting over only once
n year, and his regular time for doing
this, oddly enough, was Nyashington's
birthday.
1t happened one year, nevertheless,
that he forgot to perform this task ut
the proper time, and n friend who hap
pened in at his Office on the morning of
Feb. % was surprised ut finding him
surrounded by his usual hopeless litter
of letters and papers.
How does this happen, Mr.. -" he
asked.
Forgot it." shortly answered the edl-
tor.
well, you're going to clean things
up to-day, aren't you!"
"No, SIR was the reply. "That job
goes over, under the rules, for another
year. You don't suppose am going to
set an example Of irregularity to the
boys, do you? Not muchw
And he cleared away space on his
desk and began writing an editorial on
the tariff,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

ever, the tribe spread northward into
what is now Colorado. For 300 years
these people have been fighting the
Spanish invaders and their Mexican
descendants, and never have they ac-
knowledged master. Reduced now
to remnant of their former strength,
numbering not more than $4,000, and
occupying the mining region of the
State Of Sonora, their spirit of indie
pendence remains unbroken, their war
like nature is unsubdued. The world
does not furnish many types of fight
ing men more difficult to subdue than
these same Yaquls. They have much
the same qualities of endurance, bray
cry and audacity that characterize the
Apaches, but are further advanced in
civilization.
In the Land of Sunshine, Verona
Granville gives an account of a recent
visit to the home of the Yaqui Indians
In the State of Sonora, Mexico The
writer was surprised. to find this people
we'll dressed and up to date in their
cooking utensils, agricultural imple-
ments and weapons. "a fine modern
rife stuou in the corner or the 1lrst
house entered. All the family wore
shoes, and the mother and three little
girls wore neat, lace-trimmed calico
dresses. They had just come from
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
pector in the Sierra Madre near the

pectOf Ill the sierra Maufe near the
Rio Aros."
The Yauuls excel the MeNicans in
the mechanical arts, in carpentry, in
i mining, in working in metals, in weav-
ing, in industry and in perseverance.
They cultivate the soil and do most of
the mining in country which is rich
in mineral wealth and which formerly
belonged to the fathers of the Yaquis
and which the Yaquis believe is right
fully their own at this day. They work
for a mere pitance, about ~ a month,
and work hard. They make no com
plant on that score, but the oppressive
taxes which the Mexican Government
imposes upon them and the sovereignty
which Mexico assumes are intolerable.
Cause of the Outbreak.
The present outbreak was brought
about in the usual way. The Mexicans
violated the treaty made with Tetabi-
ate and cncroached upon Yaqui land.
Immediately the Yaquls were In arms.
The fighting blood which centuries of
warfare and oppression have been pow
erless to cool, boiled under the sehse Of
wrong. The Ynquis took the field. Sew
| eral engagements have been fought.
Chief Tetabiate was killed, but his fol-
lowers We're only fired to avenge his
death. Hundreds Of Mexican soldiers
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Considering the number of times it
has been written up" it is singular
that the peculiar swindle known rs the
Spanish priest game" is. still worked
or attempted-in this country. The
priest, who is supposed to live in
Madrid, writes some thrifty Amer
lean citizen, telling of buried
treasure or Of a legacy left by % Span
ish grandee to him, the American citi-
zen. If the latter nibbles at the bait
the next thing is request for money
for legal or other expenses. If the re-
mittance be made the Madrid ecclesi-
astic is heard from no more. OF course
there is no Spanish priest mixed up In
the matter at all. The whole thing is
the work of American swindlers who
have branch establishment in the
Spanish capital, and the fact that they
continue to attempt a swindle which
has been exposed dozens of times is no
tribute to their originality. That some
people haven't heard of it. however, is
evident from the fact that seasoned
Washington correspondent treats one
of the priests" letters quite seriously
and Western man of prominence is
reported to be on the point Of claim
ing LEGACY" left him by hitherto
unheard-of Spanish relative. The
fools are still numerous branch of
the human family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
was born Mt tile Yankton agency, South
Dakota, and is a member of the Sioux

was born Mt tile Yankton agency, South
Dakota, and is a member of the Sioux
tribe. She ran wild over the prairies
until 8 years old, when some mission
aries visited the agency and took her
along with some other children to their
school in Indiana. She remained there
three years, when she returned to the
agency, not yet being fitted for the new
life. After stay of four years in her
native place she again came East, ell
tering Earlham College, Ind, where she
carried off several prizes in oratory.
Ultimately she became member Of
the faculty of Carlisle Indian School.
She resigned shortly to devote her time
to literature and music and now makes
her home in Boston. She will so to the
Paris exposition with the Carlisle In,
dian Band.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

OF the Rough Riders are with the va
quis, putting into practice some of the
things they learned about war in Cuba.
Doubtless by means of the same inftu-
ence the Yaquis came into possession
of Maxim gun, which was shipped
into the mines in sections under the
gulse of a new style of mining drill.
This engine of destruction was set up
and it is said the Yaquls' natural tai
ent for mechanics enabled them read
lily TO master the guns action and me-
chanical princi,les.
At all events, when Gen. Torres with
G000 Mexican troops moved out of
Guaymas to attack the rebels, he was
treated to disagreeable surprise. He
had declared that lie would end Yaqui
rebcllions once and for all by the SIM
pie process OF determination. With
the forces at his command he could, he
alleged, drive the Indians into corner
and then annihilate the tribe root and
branch. But when Torres came upon
the enemy he was himself glad to es-
cape humiliation. He won the battle,
1t is true, but only by the aid of a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Maj. j. A. Olmsted of Des Moines has
been appointed inspector general of the
Iowa National Guard.
A society circus is to be held in Keo-
kuk during June which promises to be
the event of the season.
A petition has been circulated at Imo-
gene asking that rural mail delivery
route be established there.
Judge Helsell at Pocahontas has grant
ed a permanent injunction against the
saloons of the county.
George Mintonye, while working in a
sawmil at Oskaloosa, was struck by a
board and it is thought fatally injured.
The electric light plant Mt State Center
has been completed, and is now in opera
ton.
Real estate to the value of $47S, $50 So
changed hands during March in jasper
County.
George w. Roberts, a farmer living
near Mt. Vernon, was run down and kill
cd by train.
The Armstrong bank is soon to be
changed into n national bank, with cap
ital of $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Damn of Green Noun
tain have celebrated the golden anniyer-
sary of their wedding.
William thinner of Clinton, hale and
hearty, celebrated his 101st birthday.
Almost five hundred school children
were vaccinated one day recently at
Iowa Falls.
Gov. Shaw has offered to H. Il. My
ran, editor of the Roland Record, the po-
sition of parole clerk in the executive
Office at salary of $1,000 per year. Mr..
.Myran has accepted.
Adolph NIoeller of Grand Mound was
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of gun. With others he had
gone to the Wapsie to hunt. While pull
ing gun from the buggy the hammer
caught, discharging the gun, the contents
striking him just above the heart.
Lewis johnson, who resides near Calls
burg, has succumbed to self-inflicted
knife wounds while attempting suicide
some days ago.
The meeting of coal operators Of aN
State in Marshalltown, although hvx1e
NOUS in every detail, failed in the exact
purpose for which the meeting was called
- arrange and decide upon a uniform
ity of prices.
Word has been received of the suicide
of young man named Marriage, son of
Alexander Marriage, a well-to-do farmer
living about five miles south of Iowa
Falls. III health is supposed to have
been the cause, as the young man had
been sick for some time,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
have gone down before the Yaqul fire.
Mexico realizes that the uprising is Sc

have gone down before the Yaqul fire.
Mexico realizes that the uprising is. Sc
rlous and it is making strenuous eXer-
tons to meet the crisis. The war on
the part of the Indians has been con-
Quoted with marked ability and SPLEEN
did dash and courage. The Yaauis
have some idea of military combina-
tons. To the cunning and daring Of
the Apaches they add the self-control
and cool Judgment which association
with the whites and something ap-
proaching civilized modes of living
have developed.
The Indians inflicted terrible blow
upon the Mexican forces near Quay
mas, recently, killing 300 Mexicans
and very nearly capturing the post 1T
self. The latter disaster to Mexican
arms was only ayerted by the assist
ance given the land forces by the navy.
This engagement assumed the proper
tlons and characteristics of battle,
and gave Mexico an idea of the gravity
of the situation which 1t is facing. But
the Yaquis had powerful allies. The
cowboys of Arizona have an inyeterate
hatred of the "Greaser," and esteem it
special privilege when fortune puts
it in their way to legitimately kill one
of the obnoxious race. And the cow
boy is liberal in constituting the mean
ing Of the term legitimate. Moreover
the cowpunchers dearly love fight
for its own sake, and when the Yaqui
l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
church, it being Sunday. Though we

church, 1t being Sunday. Though we
were invited to dine with the family,
we declined, as our time was limited in
the village. Many other huts We're WIS.,
tied, and all We're far cleaner and their
occupants more intelligent than had
been led to expect from my reading
about the Yaquis. Both men and wom-
en- are above the average Mexican
height Many are extremely tall and
call well proportioned. Their features
are pleasing, their eyes large and pierre
teeth white as ivory. The carriage Of
n Yaqu woman would fire the heart of
a Delsartean with unquenchable envy,
so tall, so straight, so well poised is
the entire figure, especially when the
ola is placed OH the head on returning
from the well or river. The constant
carrying of burdens OH the head pre-
serves an erect position of the torso,
and the act of walking is performed
from the waist downward--a method
employed by the Greeks for beautify-
ing the human form divine.
A Superior Race.
"Tne Yaquis are the backbone of the
population of Sonora. They are the
best workmen in the republic, COM
manding from ten TO twenty per cent
higher wages in many localities than
Mexican or other Indian labor. There
is not n lazy bone in the Yaqui body.
They are n peaccable, law-abiding peo-
pie when justly treated. From time
immemorial they have been hunters,
miners and tillers of the soil. They
have the nomad instinct in less degree
than almost any other Indian tribe"
Nevertheless the Yaquis have rec
ord for fighting, as the Mexican au-
thorities know to their SORROW.
when oppressed they have simply
risen to redress their wrongs. In their
mountain fastness they could no more
be conquered than the Scotsmen before
the battle Of Bannoekburn, The Gov
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
The present open door policy for mar

The present open door policy for mar
riage in America cannot exist much
longer, writes Edward Box in the La
dies Home Journal. The question must
be met, and 1t should be met squarely.
Any discussion of divorce is untimely;
1t is futile at the moment. 1t is crap
ping With the question at the wrong
end. Whether divorce is right OF
wrong; whether there should be di-
yorce at all, and on what grounds a
decree of divorce should be granted
these are not the pressing questions of
the hour. The whole matter of divorce
does not begin to stand in such urgent
need of discussion as does the question
of the laws of marriage. When we ad-
just marriage ms we should adjust it,
then we can give our attention to di-
yorce. And then we shall find that in
adjusting the one we shall have come
pretty close to the wisest and best adj
justment Of the other, The practical
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Reports from correspondents lead the
Minneapolis Journal to predict that
1900 will be the great year in the
Northwest for immigration. Reports
from the registers of the land office
and from the land agents of the vari-
GUS railways traversing the section tell
a story of unprecedented demand for
land and a rapidly swelling tide of i'm
migration. Thus homestead claims
filed at the principal land offices in
Minnesota and the Dakotas numbered
8, 122 for the three months ending Feb.
%, 1900, as against 1876 during the
same period of the preceding year-an
increase of 1913 per cent. The winter
months are the dullest of the year.
The Great Northern Railway estimates
that immigration will be so per cent
larger than in 1899, when it was 60
per cent larger than the preceding year.
From less than 100000 persons in 1860
the four States of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and Montana in
creased TO about 100000 inhabitants
in 1890, one of the most remarkable
instances of rapid development on rec
ord. The figures in 1900 are difficult
to estimate, but are not likely to be
disappointing. This increase has been
directly due to immigration, train af-
ter train load Of people Fastening to
take up the lands the news OF whose
wonderful productivity had gone forth.
The immigration of Fasteners ceased
in great measure about 1890, although
the influx from northern Europe has
continued undated. Now the foreign
immigration is greater than ever. A
larger proportion than ever is going to
the Northwest. Meanwhile the immi-
grafton from the East and middle West
has revived. The Minneapolis Journal
estimates that the number of immi-
grants of the present year will be in
excess of 100000. There is plenty of
room la tho Nepthmost and the least
and middle West are willing to contrib
ute to its growth
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Porto Rico's expectation of coffee is
larger in volume than that of any of
the other native products of the island,
and according to Gen. Roy Stone much
of the coffee is sold as genuine Mocha
and Java. The average Porto Rican
agriculturist, whatever his depriva-
tons otherwise, is usually the posses
sor of coffee-patch, which he cult
Yates and from which he secures a suf-
ticiency of the berry to supply the
needs Of his family. He bakes the ber-
ries till black, and pounds them into
powder in a mortar. The beverage re-
sulting therefrom has the color of ink
and the consistence of broth. Since the
close of the war some of the natives
have learned to prepare coffee fol-
drinking purposes after the American
fashion; but most Of them practice the
ways Of their fathers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

AT a legislative hearing on behalf of
the insane poor, a physician recalled
the fact that as late as 1880 the city Of
Boston kept its pauper lunatlcs in
wooden cages, which rested on wheels
and We're rolled out Of the almshouse
on pleasant days, to give the wretchcs
little air and sunshine. When new
building was provided the patients
were trundled into it in their cages.
But DR.. Butler, the wise and humane
superintendent, promptly set them
free from conditions which might
make a sane man crazy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

----tt'i hat there rs much ruum fur civil SER
vice reform in Turkey is newly elnpha-
sized by recent experience there. An
American traveller, wishing to mall a
magazine, was told by head postmas-
ter that while good NIussulman
might mail 1t as a periodical for eight
cents, q hereto would be charged book
post, IS cents. Just outside the door
clerk whispered, do not mind him!
lie is an ass! Give me your paper, and
will send it off when he is not look.
ing" While this was service, it could
hardly be called civil, and surely there
is need of reform.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

. A popular preacher has had his
church wired so as to offer sermon
telephone service to all who wish to
listen while enjoying the comfort and
privacy of their homes. What would
Cotton Mather say 10 that if he could
come to life?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

Miss Grace NJ. Dodge finds three
faults in the business woman-she I'M
dercuts men In wages, she is not sutti-
GENTLY thorough, and she eats cream
puffs instead of beefsteak for luncheon.
Any butcher will tell you that the last
weakness is the worst.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25


Bishop Fallows' parody, wherein he
made man express longing to be n
kicker" rather than an angel, contains
a deeper note than appears to the SUI
perficial observer, says the Chicago
Tribune. 1t is the cry of the age-the
masculine cry-and one for which
there is the hope of an earthly con-
summation. Man already stands with
the "kickers," AMI it is natural that
he should desire to be among them in
the world to come. Moreover, the
bishops parody is a protest against the
inanity of angels. 1t is not, as the
author declares, that humankind feel
that the wish 10 be an angel is too
modest expression of their souls long
ing, but simply that the inspidity of
angels, their cloying perfection and
negative goodness, excite revolt rather
than admiration. 1t is so in fiction,
and the sanity Agnes in Dickens "Da-
vid Copperfield" richly merits the an
tipathy of great critic like Saints
bury, who, when he Glanced upon the
assertion that agnes is perhaps the
most charming character in the whole
range of felton," declared that no de-
cent violence of expletive, no reason
able artifice of Typography, could ex-
press the depths Of his feeling. Mod
ern readers do yawn over Agnes and
over Amelia Sedley, and 1t was not the
latter lady who received the tribute of
a recent dramatization but her faulty
friend, Becky Sharp. So 1t is well for
man to recognize that his place is
among-the protestors-and that nose
gears rather than crowns must become
him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25

There is fiction that above the land
ing place at st. Helena is written the
words of Dante's vision, Cali hope
abandon, We who enter here" 1t is not
quite SO bad as that, but it is bad
enough.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
"Betwixt and Between.,

This whimsical anecdote from File.
gende Blaetter suggests that even the
middle class" the strength Of any ma
ton, may have grievances:
Doctor-You ought to take that child
into the country for several weeks
every summer.
Mother-Oh, doctor, I'm sorry to say
we are not rich enough.
Doctor-Well. then. have her sent by
fresh-air fund.
Mother-But. doctor. were not poor
enough! /,