davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-08
Tom Brown Commissioner.

The election Tuesday, in the
third commissioner district, re-
suited in the success of T. 6.
Brown of Galatia, the republi-
can candidate, over Jacob Zim-
mer, populist, and the present
commissioned
Mr.. Browns majorities, SO far
as we can learn them are: In
Fairview 53, sWheatlanda 4S,
Grant .37, ssAlbion 80, Walnut
II and Pawnee Rock %. Zfn-
mer carriedI Eureka, Buffalo,
Clarence e ands Liberty. The
total vote was light in all of the
thinner townships, and consid-
cradle heavier in 1.-THE Brown
townships.
Mr.. Brown has the ability to
make a good commissioner, and
we only hope he will make as
good one as Mr. thinner has
proven to- be. 1t is the first
time, we believe, that commits
sioner has been elected frofh that
part of the county.
HAVE you noticed how joyful
the republicans are over the sue
cess of fusion Inc New York?
Fusion is all right-with them
so long as their party is the sue
,.cessful fusionists.
Apples! Apples! Apples!
A car load of the finest to be found
In the west. Hand picked on my own
place, at prices to meet competition.
JOHN NELSON.
South Main, North OF Valley House.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-08

The republicans carried the Sd
commissioner district for the first
time in nine years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Keeps the wash on the Ground.

Keeps the Wash ON the Ground.
The housekeeper who has trouble
With sagging clotheslines will appre-
ciate the merits of the clothes dryer re-
Gently invented by Grant q. Hoover. Of
Freeport, ILL.,, as shown herewith. 1t
mas two great advantages over previ-
Gus devices for this purpose, in that 1t
can he lowered within easy reach of
the laundress when hanging the
clothes, and is then raised far enough
above the ground to lift the washing
out Of reach of the dirt. Ii will be no.
ttccd that the uprights are jointed and
piyoted near the base, with windiass
mounted on a short post at one end. to
which a rope is attached. By releas.
Ing the ratchet aud unwinding the rope
a short distance, the posts tilt down
ward by their own weight until the
line is conveniently low for hanging
the wash, the weight of the posts and
cross-pieces keeping the line taut
meanwhile, or coiled spring can be
used to attach the opposite end Of the
dryer from the windlass to Its posts.
1t is not necessary to walk from one
end of the line to the other in hanging
the clothes. as pulleys are provided,
and arrangement may be made for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
PIPES SMOKED BY Azrecs.


Articles from Central America.
The increasing commerce with Hon.
duras and Nicaragua is bringing to
this country many OF the odd imple.
ments and curios of those lands. The
Spanish population has large admix.
ture of Aztec or other aboriginal blood
and preserves many of the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time of the Montezumas. One of
the queerest suryivals in this regard
is the long pipe, which is still employ.
ed in the rural districts OF both repub-
lies. 1t is made from shrub or a sap
ling which grows somewhat like the
elder. The bush is cut down and the
pith extracted from the stem, which is
afterward peeled, polished, dried and
painted with primary colors in barbaric
style. The simplest form is straight
stem from three TO six feet In length.
Almore expensive kind is made from a
step with two terminal branches. This
demands much more care in extracting
the pith and enables the owner to offer
friend mouthplece on one branch
while he is enjoying another upon a
second. Three-stemmed sticks are also
made, and, very rarely. fourstemmed
ones. These are kept as curios rather
than as useful articles and are sup
posed to have been employed upon es-
pecial occasions In the days of the
Incas.
The bowl is of red clay, gray clay or
sandstone and the mouthpiece may be
of bone or horn or decorated silver and
amber. The length of. the stem causes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Jealou. Of Funston.

About the only persons who appear
to object to the appointment of Fun
ston to be brigadier general are the
members of the bureaucracy at Wash
ington. The objections which those
persons urge are childish and their
animus is plainly that of jealousy. The
fact that he is not West-Pointer is
what sticks in their craw. They urge
that he did not go about the business
Of capturing Aguinaldo in a scientific
military spirit. The methods he used,
these persons say, are not those to be
found In Jomini's art of War" or Up
toms Tactics" We do not believe
they were. Funston dlsregarded a
good many things in accomplishing the
capture of the head OF the Filipino in
surgents. Among those things of
which he took no account were danger
and red tape. He went about the task
In the most unscientific manner and he
deserves court-martial. No doubt
this is what he would get il some Of
the carpet soldiers had their way
Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
CHARLES M. SCHWAB, ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF GREAT STEEL COMBINE.

From salesman In a country store at
IS a week to the presidency Of the
greatest steel-manufacturipg concern
In the world. with salary unparal-
leled in the business world and about
$5O, 600, 600 in stocks and bonds, is the
record of Charles NJ. Schwab, who is
the head of the new ST 600. GOO GOO steel
trust formed bys ]. Pierpont Morgan.
Carnegie and others. And all this
came with less than twenty years.
In williamsburg. Blair County. Pa,
Mr.. Schwab was born Feb. 10. 1862.
Ten years later the Scbwab family
moved to Loretto. ON the crest of the
Allegheny mountains where .Char-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Blaine's Wonderful Memory.


Speaker Henderson told Washing
ton Post reporter good story of one
of his initial experiences among public
men in Washington. 1t was before he
had been elected to Congress, probably
twenty-five years ago.
Blaine was then Speaker. Naturally
he was one of the statesmen that Gen
eral Henderson much desired to meet,
and the opportunity came of morning,
just as the Speaker was passing
through the lobby on his way to the
marble rostrum. The formal greetings
were exchanged in a brief moment, and
General Henderson was left 10 see the
swinging doors close on the form of
the Republican leader.
Six years later General Henderson
again came to Washington, this time to
get Iowa divided into two judicial dis
tricts. He put up at Wormley's, where
Blaine also lived, 1t being in those days
a fashionable and fiourishing hostelry.
A week or SO after his arrival from
Iowa, as General Henderson was enter
ing the dining-room, he met Blaine,
after having passed and repnssed him
many times. The Maine man grasped
him cordially blythe hand. called him
by name and inquired about Iowa.
II had heard of Speaker BlaIne's won
derful faculty for remembering Names"
says General Henderson,. when had
seated myself at the table l beckoned
to the head waiter.
Hasn't Mr.. Blaine asked you my
name" ! said to him. Now think hard
and be sure of your answer,
Yes, .sah,' replied the waiter. He
done called ME ovah las night an ask
ed 20 name an all about yo'. told
him yo' was Mistah Henderson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

the tobacco smoke to cool appreciably
in its passage from the bowl to the lips
and gives taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargile. The
tobacco used with 1t is of rich red
brown color, about intermediate in fla
v0r and appearance between Virginia
and Havana leaf. These pipes make
very pretty ornaments for mantel or
for wall, being much more pleasing
to the eye than the church warden
familiar to all smokers. They are
strong and durable, but, unless oiled
or vanished now and then, they are
apt to split in dry climate. Collect
ors make 1t rule to oil them on the
inside once year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
sovHoop.s AAunrs.

Aol I'm going back to where
We were youngsters. Meet me theirs
Oenr old barefoot chum, and we
VIII be as We used to be-
Lawless rangers up and down
The old creek beyond the town,
Little sunburnt gods at play,
Just as in that faraway
Water nymphs all unafraid,
Shall smile at us from the brink
OF the old mill race and wade
Tow'rd us as we kneeling, drink
At the spring our boyhood knew,
Pure and clear as morning dew,
And, as we are rising there,
Doubly dow.rd to hear and see,
We shall thus he made aware
OF eerie. piping heard
High ye.the happy bird
In the hazel, and then we,
just across the creek, shall see
'llHah, the goaty rascalD Pan
uoofl 1t DER the sloping green,
Mad with his own melody,
Aye, and (bless the beasty mani
Stamping from the grassy soil
Bruised scents OF Reur de-lis.
Boneset, mint and Pennyroyal.
James Whitco1nb Riley.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

cry year since
1870. He always comes loaded down
with coin which lie deposits in the
Syracuse banks, having large ac-
count with three of them. He claims
to live in -Four Corners" Canada, and
all the money he deposits is Canadian,
so that he is apparently telling the
truth. He dresses like tramp, his
ragged overcoat being pinned together
at the top with safety pin and his
trousers fastened at the sides with
Irvine. On his feet he wears felt boots
surmounted with heavy felt boot legs.
He talks TO nobody in Syracuse except
the bank officials, and after completing
his business disappears as mysterious
~ as he comes, not to be seen again for
another year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17


When John g. A. Leishman. at pres
ent minister to Turkey, resigned as
president of the Carnegie Company in
1897 Mr.. Schwab, who had been elected
member of the board of managers of
the company the preceding year, was
chosen president. AT that time H. G.
Frick was chairman of the board of
directors and the active head of the
company. When Frick left Mr.. Schwab
was given the chairman's duties. He
filled them SO successfully that when
the business was recognized last
spring Schwab was elected president
of the Carnegie Company, the capital
stock of which had been increased to
$16O OOO, 600.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
All Over the State.
State Center is being ayitated for m


State Center is being agitated for pay
ing.
Glidden has voted for water works
system.
Marshalltowns humane society is now
a reality.
Keokuk has arranged to hold street
fair Oct. to 3.
A Boone woman has fallen heir to
about 100000.
Additional rural mail service is to be
started at lndianola.
Clay County has voted for uniformity
of school text books.
Two rural mail routes have been es-
tablished at West Point.
Two enthusiastic good roads meetings
We're held at State Center.
A business mems association is being
discussed in Marshalltown.
The Lutherans at Bode are installing
pipe organ in their church.
The city of Burlington's debt is now
said to be less than 100000.
H. H.. Rice of Farragut was attacked
and badly bitten by a mad dog.
If Abba will grant franchise 1t will
receive a water works system.
A new town named Gypsum City has
been plated in Webster County.
The pupils of the high school at Chart
ton will issue n monthly magazine.
A coal company capitalized at $4,000
has been Incorporated ut Charlton.
Several new business blocks will be
erected at Guthrie Center this summer.
The electric line between Creston and
Winterset will be completed this season.
A anew bank with capital of 100000
is about to be organized in Council Bluffs.
The contract has been awarded for the
new $25, 900 high school building in Wat
erloo.
II. Roe of Shenandoah lost between
forty and fifty head of sheep by dogs get
ting into the pasture and killing them.
Harry 7. Bickell, brakeman of Clin-
ton, was caught while making coupling
at Ames and his injuries may prove fa-
tai.
Mrs. Ertzel Wilbur sued the city of
Fort Dodge for damages through cutting
down grade Of street and was awarded
$500.
While two lads at; Drakesville were
scnfiing revolver in the hands of one
discharged, the bullet going through his
hand.
John Strong was buried below fall of
slate In a mine,at Doud and lived but
few hours after the accident.
An opera house meeting was held in
Grinnell and plans adopted to erect a
building to cost not less than $4,000.
Two young men in Dubuque found a
woman's foot on an ash pile, but where
1t came from cannot be discovered.
Dan Hartzler, painter of Burlington,
was blown from fast train, but landed
In puddle of water and escaped serious
injury.
Fourteen cars loaded with merchandise
on the X. & w. were derailed near Cam
bridge and Immediately took fire and
burned.
The School Board at Lovilit has dis
missed the principal of the school there,
but he refuses to accept the dismissal
The sawmills at Davenport have start
ed work, which is earlier than they have
been able to commence for twenty years.
Miss Grace Terrill, a member of the
senior class in the high school in Mason
City, ruptured blood vessel in her hand.
Mrs. Franz Boff of Kanawha died on a.
train near Alexander on her way to visit
friends. Heart disease was the cause
of death.
Conductor Denny Ward of tho North.
western was thrown from moving train
az lama BY a step giving way, and bad.
y bFulasd,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
DRINKING from a Skull.

The parish minister of TorridOn. in
the northern county of Ross, Scotland,
has just discovered that shocking
pagan rites are being followed in the
peighborhood of the town.
Many years ago Il woman committed
suicide by drowning herself in the
Baigle River, near Torridon. The In
habitants refused to consent to the
body being buried in the Annat church
yard on the plea that If the body was
buried in view of Loeb TOrridon the
fish would forsake the waters. The re.
mains We're consequently Inferred IN
unconsecrated ground about 100 yards
from the cemetery, and there they now
lie.
What this woman's grave has to do
with pagan rites" has still to be told,
however. There is local belief that
epileptics will be cured of their trouble
by drinking water from certain pool
out of the skull of suicide. Such a
skull has been kept hidden for many
years under the surface soil of this
grave, but whether 1t is the skull of
the woman herself is not clear. Those
suffering from epilepsy so to the grave
in the dead of night, unearth the mold
ing skull and drink out of it water of
the pool already mentioned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Million a Week for War.

The conquerlng British sought peace
from Botha like folks who are denced
anxious for 1t. This is another of the
oddities Of war. The lingo papers in
London now pretend to be very lndig-
nant because their side made the over
lures and furiously they cry for war
to the bitter end" It's war to the bit
ter end all right at the rate of 81 Co.,
600 week and Increased income taxes.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

"and was looking so nice when start
ed" she added, regretfully. II must be
a fearful fright now, though" with sud.
den consciousness. Am l, Bob? Do /
look very dreadful"
II have seen you looking better; dar-
ling,
Dolly's brow puckered again.
snow tell me why you were up here
so late"
Bob did not answer; he seemed deep
~ interested in something on the bank.
American Queen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
ouTeo PERMANENT.

The internal revenue receipts Of the
general government for February were
$1,S5O,771 greater than for the same
month last year. For the first two
thirds Of the current fiscal year the re-
ceipts from this source were over $685.
100000, indicating total for the year
Of about 500, 100000.
The indications are that the customs
receipts will reach S24OO0O,O00 this
fiscal year. and the receipts from mis-
cellaneous sources $33,OOO,00O. This
would give n total income of $577,-
100000 for the year from all sources,
an increase of about $1O,O0O,OOO over
last year.
Had no change been made In the
war revenue law we might, perhaps,
have looked for like increase the COM
Ing year and total revenue of $751;
100000, though treasury officials some
time ago gave warning that the ex-
treme limit Of customs receipts under
the existing law had been reached.
But Congress reduced the war taxes
last session, cutting off revenue to the
estimated amount Of $4O,OOOOOO. The
total income to the treasury next year,
therefore, is not likely to exceed $547,-
100000. Congress, however appropri-
ated much more than that, notwith-
standing the failure Of the river and
harbr and ship subsidy grabs and the
postponement of OUTLAWS on account Of
tho fro N al OF \, vntap oonol
There would be first-rate prospect
for deficit, therefore, but for the
chance that it may not be necessary
to spend all the money voted. The ad-
ministration is much elated just now
over Funston's latest exploit and is
hoping that an army of minimum
strength will suffice. If its hopes are
realized there may be saving Of $780,
10000 In the military expenses. But
we can tell better about that by and by.
Be that us it may, there will be no
money to spare. More money is likely
to be wanted when the next Congress
takes care of rivers and harbors and
begins to spend money on the tran
sisthmian canal. The army is more
than doubled at the least and that per-
manently. The same and more is sub
stantially true of the navy.
There is not going to be any return
to the scale of expenditures to which
we were accustomed and which we re-
garded as extravagant before the war
with Spain. We have never yet had a
war without great permanent in
crease in expenditure. No exception to
the rule is in sight. But we shall get
used to it.-Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Why Mark Hanna i. Ross.

AT the present time Mark Hanna is
the very personitication of Republican,
Ism. He stands for the Capitalization
of wealth and the unlimited license to
classes in return for political favors.
He Is the champion of foreign pol
icy for the promotion of the interna-
tional interests of the trusts. He is
the defender of any sort of methods
In politics that insure success in cleo
tons and for that reason he is wor-
shipped by Republican politicians. He
is running the machine and he will con-
tinue to run it.-lndianapolis Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17


Hawaii when annexed to the United
States was in debt nearly $5,OOO,OOO,
not including about $3.50, 600 due Oh ac-
count of the postal savings system of
the islands. Under the terms of the
resolution of annexation $4,O00,OOO Of
the debt and the postal system ac-
counts are to be paid by the United
States and the Treasury Department
has already set about the task. BY the
end of the current fiscal year the Ha-
waiian debt will have been reduced to
trivial 100000 or 100000, and the
speculative island financiers will have
n clear basis for further schemes in
volving the issue of public obligations.
Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Mr.. Grirg,' Distinction.

MIR. Griggs will retire with the dis
tinction of doing more than all the 9TH
er Attorney Generals combined to adj
vance monopoly interests. Mr.. Knox,
II he should want to, may find it very
difficult to do even half as much fol-
government fayorites as his predeces-
sor.-Johnstown (Pa. Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
A Suicide Near coifax.

Thomas Kent, farm hand employed
by John Clippinger two miles north of
Colfax, committed suicide by hanging.
When Mrs. Clippinger called the men to
dinner Kent could not be found, and
search was made at barn, where he was
found hanging from the rafter, having
gotten upon a barrel to adjust the rope
and then kicking it from under him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Five o,clock Tea care.

Beat four eggs very light, whites and
yolks together; add two cups Of brown
sugar. four bars Of grated chocolate,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one Of
salt. the juice and grated rind of one
lemon, two cups of chopped almonds:
mix thoroughly, add two cups of sifted
flour to two level teaspoonfuls of good
baking powder; drop in tablespoonful
on buttered pans; press whole
blanched almond in the center Of each
cake; bake in slow oven until the
cakes are crisp, about one-half hour;
these cakes are delicious also served
with branded peaches or sliced or
anges for luncheon or dessert.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
CLAIMS TO BE CHAMPION
CHESS PLAYER or OHIO.

Tifiin claims the champion chess
player of Ohio. He recently won the
title at the State tournament at Co
lumbus. julius G. "Opens is not ma
tive Buckeye, although lie was edu-
Gated Mt Canal Dover, having removed
to Ohio from Missouri, his place of ma
tiyity, when he was quite a youngster.
His father-now deceased-w a Ger
man Evangelical minister and good
chess player himself. Young "Opens
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

The natural and inevitable tendency
to extravaganza in Republican Lcgis-
latures, of which Maine affords con-
spicuous example, is further illustrated
in Nebraska. Last fall the Republi-
cans redeemed" that State and after
ten weeks of control Nebraskans find
their Legislature dominated by cor
porate interests, and an era of extrava-
gance inaugurated. A dispatch says
that proposed appropriation for State
expenses are already over 100000 in
excess Of revenue from all sources
Portland (Maine) Argus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

a wheelbarrow be-
fore him. The
wheelbarrow was
loaded with mon
ey, as We're also
Mr.. Todd's cont
and trousers. The
old man. who is
so years OF age,
has visited syria
cuse regularly ev-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
Not the Greatest B,under.

By paying 100000 to Spain we now
possess whatever title she may have
had to Cagayan. Cibutu and the other
islands in their group. How much 1t
will cost us to get possession remains
to be seen. We have paid this because
of aSblunder of our representatives who
made the treaty of Paris and neglected
to include these islands among those
surrendered by Spain in consideration
of the receipt from us Of $4,000, 900,
but 1t was not so great a blunder as the
payment of the larger sum.-Philadel-
uhia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

learned the game while attending
Wooster University In 90. He at once
became devoted student Of the
checkered board. He plays system
largely his own, and his successive vic
tories are proof that it is valuable
one. He entered the newspaper bust
ness at Pittsburg, but decided to take
up the law, and lie is now studying at
Ttffin. Ohio experts, who have seen.
"Opens at play, believe that he is a
coming Pillsbury, and that he will win.
international honors some Of these
DAYS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17
The Merit sy.tem Dead.

1t looks more and more as If the old.
battle for the merit system will have
to be fought all over again. President
Mckinley has revived the spells theory
to such an extent that he has to de-
vote hours every day to the work of
filling offices that are already filed and
that, toe, by Republicans. He is wear
ing himself out in the work of dlstrib-
uting spoils If now there is to be
further ''loosening up" we shall see
another unseemly rush of place hunt
ers.-Indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-17

Mrs. Foster, convicted of completely in
the attempted murder of her husband at
Algona, was sentenced by Judge Battle
to three years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. Robinson clandestinely came upon
Foster and shot him in the forehead. The
wife made confession while her hus-
band was not expected TO live, but when
he recovered she was induced to plead
not guilty and stood trial, her husband
defending her.