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running smoothly the man stands a
chance of recovering for his legs in about
five years. if he is not dead before that
time. Then, when he divides with his
lawyer, after having existed FIVE years
without being able to work, want to
know where he comes in, In the matter Of
justice.
Take my advice, and don't try to get
justice; you are better of without it,
unless. of course. you have plenty of
money.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

In some of the Western prairies trees
are now being planted for shade, pro-
lection and beauty, in areas of various
sizes up to hundreds of acres.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

The man who wears on chip on his
shoulder and the woman who wears
song-bird feathers in her hat both lack
something of good taste in dress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

unfortunately of all dwellings in vii.
lagos where some few insurgents"
have been found. 1t is bad story, but
when the people find out how bad 1t Is
they will also find remedy,-Boston
Poet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
wIfE's SHARE IN HUSBANDS INCOME,

The married woman has n
right TO certain proportion Of
her husbands money. When he
gives it to her he is not grant
ing her a privilege, but ackuowl-
edging a claim. The amount
that should cone to the wife
course, be decided by circum-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

j. Pierpont Morgan has taken $12.-
100000 mortgage on Chill. There are
only few back counties left for Mr.
Morgan to acquire.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

The man who kicks himself for hav-
ing made fool of himself only adds
insult to injury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Under the new code Of railway eti-
quette 1t will. of course, be improper
for the conductor to punch a passen-
gers ticket.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Those who are satisfied with what
they have accomplished will never be-
come famous for what they might nc
complish.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
GREAT COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.

The modern newspaper in col
lecting the news assemblies the
civilized world In mass meeting
every day to consider the events
of unusual Importance that have
occurred in the preceding TWEEN
tv.four houra Whnn tho news
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Nobody can blame Gen. Miles for
wanting to have n chance occasionally
to do something to earn his salary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
NEEDS OF THE NEGRO.
ny Booker r. Washington.
srops should he Taught TINT

Negroes ShOuld be taught tHut
their salvation is in learning to
own and cultivate intelligently
and skillfully the soil. Agricul-
ture will prove our salvation,
and the race should be slow to
ohondon tho farm Just pnw
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Clothes do not make the man, but his
tailor frequently gives him an expen-
sive appearance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
Some of Our Own Medicine.


We greatly injured the British tin
plate industry by our tariff and we
hailed the Gripping of 1t rs conclusive
proof of the wisdom of our policy. Yet
all the while we have had free access
into British ports and into the ports Of
all the British dependencies and many
Of the British colonies. We know that
II Great Britain acquires dominion over
any portion of the earth's surface she
will. unless she at once erects a self
governing colony, admit all the nations
of the earth to free access to the trade
Of that territory. Therefore it would
be strange indeed II we, who have new
err hesitated to tax foreign trade even
to the point of destroying 1t, should
have the brazenness to object to any
taxes that Great Britain might see fit
to levy on our trade.-lndianapolis
News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
Where She Was Trained

"She is n great talker."
"Yes; her father has always had a
theater box. you know."-Detroit Free
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
HE WROTE BET BOLT.

DR.. English Was Poet, Doctor, Law.
yer and Legislator.
DR.. Thomas Dunn English. who died
at his home In Newark. n. j., recently,
led versatile career. being poet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

BY Non. J. .. Foraker.

nun. -. q. hOf dACEs
We hear a great
deal of talk about
the value of II va
cation vacation"
being used in the
sense OF doing
nothing" l don't
believe in that kind
Of a vacation. l
think that the
great majority of
business and pro-
fessional men de-
rive their greatest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Talent Is of no use to the man who
hasn't the courage to use it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

Idleness is such a slow traveller that
poverty soon overtakes 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
Saving Time in the White House,

Saving Time III the White House.
Roosevelt has found II necessary to
:eprimand so many officers of the army
and the navy that, according to re.
port In Washington, he has decided to
save breath by shouting reprlmand
with strenuous eloquence into a phono-
graph and then arrange 1t SO he can
turn Oh the machinery whenever occa-
sion needs by simply pressing button.
The plan has the further advantage
that IL an officer fails to call at the
White House for his reprimand the ma.
chine can be sent to him.-San Fran
sisco Call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
crowninshield at the Coronation.

Crowninshield at the Coronation.
Crowninshield will go. England will
see us at our best. We trust to the
stormy and remorseless sea of the
most beautiful and valued thing we
have. Hitherto we have guarded him
from peril of all kinds. Wrapped In
our tenderest solicltude, as some price
less bit of brlc-a-brac Is wrapped In
softest down, lie has been kept safe and
warm, far from the devourlng wave.
beyond the reach of the impious and
cruel hurricane. Englands attention
Is respectfully hut firmly called to the
sacrifice we now make to our ecstasy.
Had we sent the whole American feet
and imperiled every man-jack on the
active list we could not have testified
more eloquently to our love and rever.
ence.-Washingto Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07


The Roosevelt who was terror to
bosses, champion of independence
and a defender of good government ex-
lists no longer. The hope of nominal
tfon for the Office which he at present
accidentally holds has been dangled
successfully before his eyes, and the
Roosevelt Of to-day is as clay in the
potters hands to the selfish. practical
politicians who infest the government
at Washington. Candidates for office
are 0ftentlmes said to be ''ln the hands
Of their friends" Mr.. Roosevelt has
placed himself in the hands of the self
lsh and cold-blooded bosses, who plot
ted his undoing in 1900. and who had
him shelved-but for the accident of
death.-Albany. y. ". Argus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

INs easy to induce the floating voter
:3make schooner trips.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07
Our Policy Must Re Chnnucd

If the United States are ever to gain
The confidence Of the FIlipinos 1t must
be by contrast with Spanish pro-
.edure. II American generals and petty
officers think that the new propaganda
IS to be exemplitied by cruelties and
prosecutions 1t is time for the Presl-
dent = saN y halt. Extremists may call
ais order encouragement - =. enc
n.y." Fortunately, the great mass Of
.hs American people think otherwise
st. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

vereniging, TransvM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

The Atrocities in the Philippines,
1t is time that Congress stripped the
mask Of benevolent assimilation"
from this administration. Let the peo-
pie have all the facts SO carefully con.
sealed and SO unblushingly denied by
the War Department. Let them see
what really has been done In their
aame in the torture of non-combatants.
the murder Of prisoners, the burning
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-07

with n seating capacity of 5000. Dur
ing his pastorate this building was
thrice destroyed by fire and as many
times rebuilt.
In 1862 the distinguished prelate was
given the degree of a. NJ. by the Uni
yersity of the City of New York. and
in 1884 he received that of d. d. from
the University of Tennessee.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04
why Tramps Are mps.

A university professor. during his
summer holiday. has been travelling
about England asking every tramp
that he met why he didn't work. says o
London exchange.
He interviewed 1000 vagrants, and,
CHASING them according to the various
reasons they gave for not earning their
daily bread in an orthodox manner, we
get the following:
Six hundred and ffty-three said they
were weililng to work, but could not
obtain any.
Four hundred and flfty-five could not
give any reason that would hold wa
ter.
Three hundred and one thought that
no one ought to have to work. and if
some people were foolish enough to
do so-well, they intended living on
those said people.
Four hundred and seven were on
their way to procure work at distant
towns, having letters in their posses
sion promising them employment at
the said towns, and the remaining 1914
were waiting for relatives to die and
leave them their money.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

an authority on homers, said that the
breeding of the birds for the market
would be very seriously affected by the
Introduction of wireless telegraphy,
for by it the very thing that the pigeon
was intended to accomplish would be
brought about much better, and with
less expense and more surety.
THE training of a pigeon is diff
cult" said Mr.. Twombly. ut has to
be taught to fly from small distances
at first and then gradually brought up
to the longer nys. They have to know
their home thoroughly and to learn
the landmarks near it in all directions.
Then, with their wonderful sight and
their ability to fly in an exactly straight
line without swerving and their .knowl-
edge OF direction and natural aptitude
for picking out the right quarter OF
the compass. they can fly in from a
very long distance.
while the wireless may hurt our
business, | guess there won't be a very
remarkable falling off in pigeons for
there are some of us who could not get
along without a homing pigeon about"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

gave these pigeons their chief occupa-
ton, flying at sea, and already reports
are coming from different sections of
the country that a number of big pig
con lofts have been put on the market.
At the Brooklyn navy yard and at
Norfolk where the government former
ly kept over thousand very highly
bred homers, a bargain sale has been
held and the birds disposed of to the
highest bidders. There are no lofts in
Charlestown yard, but the opinion over
there is that as far as the navy is con-
cerned, at least, the days of'the carrier
pigeon al'e over. .
The lofts at the Brooklyn yard have
long been the pride of certain officers
in the navy and are well known and
much talked of in every locality where
homers are kept. The sale of these
birds was a great blow to the fanciers
in the navy and although they pro-
tested, nothing could be done to save
them.
Some of the birds were bought by
the naval officers who were fcnd of
them and others were taken in various
parts of TIE country.
From the standpoint of a fancier and
breeder this new condition of affairs is
distressing inasmuch as they have
lost one of the chief markets for their
birds. The government was very
good customer and took many hun
dreds of the birds each year paying
good prices for them, generally what
ever they were asked. Now that mar
ket is closed.
1t is a well-known fact that only a
small proportion of those who own
homing pigeons fly them for CONNER
cial purposes or make use of them
solely for their abilities to get home
from a great distance. The bird Is a
| pet or rather a valuable animal of the
same type as other prize winners and
are flown merely for their owners
| qualification.
But on the other hand, there are
many concerns which own them and
use them strictly for business reasons,
notably the weather bureau. some fish
ing fleets that sail from Boston, num-
Der of numbering camps in Maine and
in the South and some shipyards on
the great lakes.
| Perhaps the largest owner outside of
the government is a large private plan
tation in western North Carolina,
whose owner is a New Yorker by tax
ltion. This gentleman has extensive
cotes in New Jersey and in North Car
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04
HAD NO MONKEY RANCH.
swede Had Good Idea OF the Imitation,
OF the Country.

eWeue hau OOOu iden or the limitations
OF the Country.
A story told is illustrative OF thu
Swedish dialect and the possibilities
thereof anent the recent visit here OF
clever travelling man who fooled the
members of the Board of Trade and
he representative of a newspaper so
completely that the reporter took him
o a photograph gallery and had his
picture taken for the paper, wrote
column story about the advent on the
loard of Senator Swanson of Mime.
ota, who had come here in the inter
Est OF the anti-option bill.
Mr. Keenes story was of man who
Vas riding on his bicycle through .
hinly settled section of Minnesota
something went wrong with his wheel
Ind he had to dismount and trundle
{ along for several miles before he
,ame to a house. He FASTENED up and
'apped at the front door. A tall, raw
ooned Swede appeared
Have you got monkey wrench
t;ked the wheelman.
NO" said the Swede, "Ay not have
onkey ranch"
DO you know where | can find
n.e?"
vel. Ay don't know. Nels Nelson,
even, eight miles up de road lie got
'attle ranch; Ay got sheep ranch; Ay
.ank a man must be dam fool to
nav monkey ranch en- dees country.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

the direction of gathering useful sea
weeds along the long coast line OF lhe
United states. This is n business which
is practically neglected in the United
States. while in France, for instance,
the annual crop of seaweed amounts to
more thaz $1,0OO.00O, the product be-
ing used for fertilizer and in other
ways.
There has been a surprising increase
in the catch of German carp both In
the great lakes and in the Mississippi
river and its tributaries. Equally sur
prising has been the increase in the de-
mand for these fish. The annual catch
in the Mississippi and it's tributaries,
for instance, is now upwards of l2,000,-
900 pounds, valued at 100000. 1t Is
even Cuggested that n considerable
proportion of the so-callcd "boneless
Goldfish" sold in certain cities is really
a product of the lately despised carp.
The fisheries of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries have increased with
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

as known as Number a. which has
made a very remarkable performance.
1t was sent to Flint, Mich. two years
ago in the spring and came home to
Medford over territory that was en-
tiroly unknown to him in the wonder
f2lly short space OF seven days.
The bird was flown under the regu-
lations Of the New England federation
for homing pigeons and was counter
marked by private band of that or-
ganization. Since its remarkable fly
the bird has done numbers of smaller
ones and has made Il record for speed.
\ cote mate of number ~ is an
other very celebrated pigeon known 10
fame as Number 10 This bird be
gan as a youngster and flew away from
his cote on many mysterious missions
ID which no one knew the destination.
Its owner kept a very sharp watch over
him for fear that in its anxiety to test
its long distance powers ii would get
lost When the bird was II months
o. ! it was liberated in Telsonburg.
Ont, and flew TO Lawrence, Mass. II
distance of $50 miles. in one day
AONtIlub lllt ulSldHtt btlNttll INC lWO
cities in far better time than one could
do it even though he Travelled on the
fastest express train that he could get.
The trip was made at an age when
the homing pigeons are not supposed
to do very much long distance flying
and the performance Is all the more re
markable on this account.
Number X, 57261, member of the
same distinguished family which
claims the other two is noted as ra
GER, and has record of 90 miles an
hour for a distance of over 500 miles.
All these birds were born and bred
in Medford and are numbered among
the most valuablepigeons in the coun-
try. They are direct descendants Of
famous Belgian stock and have a pedi-
gree as long as any of the descendants
of the Mayflower.
Mr.. Twombly. who is well known as
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

Marriage is admittedly always haz.
ard. but in Servia it has been made the
basis OF novel variation on the usual
modes OF speculation. There societies
for providing bonuses on marriage
were formed and hourished to such an
extent as to greatly accelerate the mar
riage rate. The funds were obtained
on the assessment system, and. as
many members who got a bonus and a
bride abruptly stopped their contribu-
tions, the aspiring celibate subscribers
who were left found their obligations
increasing more rapidly than is the ex-
perIence OF most married men. Conse-
quently liquidation has set in among
these companies with great severity.
and the boom in matrimony is likely
to be followed by a slump.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04
FLY LONG DISTANCES
Some Remarkable Records That Have Been
Made by Carrier Pigeons.

While wireless telegraphy has many
advantages and will benefit many peo-
pie yet there is II line in which the
magic of Signor Marconi is making
itself felt at once, and very seriously
That is in the matter of carrier or
homing pigeons. These very interest
ing little birds have lost their occupa-
ton as a result OF the discovery and
will shortly be out of business sn-
tirely,
The wireless has been perfected
enough to do the work that formerly
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04


great rapidity during the last few
quantity and almost equaled in value
the entire yield of all the other interior
waters of the United States, the great
lakes being alone excepted. The prin
cipal products are catfish, German carp
and buffalo fish.
The men who gather clam shells
along the Mississippi river and its trib-
utaries last year gathered and solo
nearly 46,000,00O pounds, for which
they received more than $205,000. The
shells are used in the manufacture ol
pearl buttons. there being a number
of lari9 factories in the various rive
towns. principally in Iowa.
The fisheries in Washington, Oregon
and California have had a tremendous
increase during the last Ave years. A
present there is nearly S1S 100000 in
vested in the business in these states
More than 10000 people are engaged
in these fisheries.
The sponge yield in Florida last yeai
amounted to 365,000 pounds. worth
| $567, 900.
The increased value of sealsk!ns in
1900 induced the lessees Of the PribiloI
islands. the breeding grounds OF the
seal herds, TO kill $4,000 2-year-olt
seals, whereas the rule has been not to
| kill any seal which has not reached the
age of at least years. II this killing
| OF pyear-olds is allowed to continue
| it IL certain that the seal herd will bt
soon exterminated.
During the year half a million Ore
| gon salmon eggs were sent to New
Zealand and successfully hatched.
The eggs OF the cod are now regular.
ly collected from fish which are caught
in nets and kept in pounds until they
are ripe, when they are tagged and re
leased. Numbers OF fish so tagged have
been caught after their release anc
identified
| At the present time the United State:
| Fish Commission is operating thirty
seven distinct and separate Matching
stations, in addition to many stations
under the control of the commission
of the several states.
The Albatross. one OF the steamers
of the commission, has spent the great
er part OF three years in an inyest:sa
ton OF the fisheries along the coast o.
Alaska, and IL seems probable from the
information which IL has brought hom,
that eventually these fisheries will ado
as much to the wealth of the nation al
even the gold mines of the Klondike.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04
scoTLAND's LAW FoRBIDs GOLF.
some Facts That Devotees of the Game
May Not Know.

May Not Know.
Scotland, az everybody knows, is the
and where golf originated and the land
where it most flourishes. But If the
law was strictly enforced north of the
Tweed it would go hard with the play
Frs of the royal game in Bonnie Scot
land" Golf players there may not
know it, but they are liable to a SEN
tepce of death for their indulgence in
their favorite sport. Technically this
is literally a fact. In ancient times
when Scotland always had work for
her soldiers to do, all young men were
required to perfect themselves in arch.
cry. They preferred to play golf and
so serious rival did the game become
that it was for time suppressed and
made capital offense. That curious
law never has been repealed, and may
still be found on the statute book.
There seems to be no record, however,
OF the law ever having been enforced,
This legislation in regard to golf re-
minds one of Kipling's charge that
football and cricket are occupying the
attention of the youth of England to
the exclusion of the more serious bust
ness of fighting-his attack on "The
flanneled fool at the wicket and the
muddled oaf at the goal"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04

I've been reading an article on cleo
tricity. John" said Mrs. Talker to her
husband, as she laid down copy OF
technical newspaper she had been
perusing, and looked over her glasses
at her better half, "and 1t appears that
before long we shall be able to get
pretty well everything We want by jnst
touching a button"
1T will never pay here" growled
Mr.. T. You'd never be able to get
anything that way"
why not, John?"
Because nothing on earth would
ever make you touch button. Look
az my shirt"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-04
She KEPT HER WORD.
Mr.. Martin Is Not as ANXIOUS as lie Was
for His wIfe's Indorsement


A Cew days ago the usually clever
Mr.. Martin was talking at the dinner
table in his usual clever manner about
the Inconsistency of women.
These young ladies who protest that
they are never going to marry" he
broke out. Everybody knows they
will belle their own words at the very
first opportunity
He paused and evidently hoped that
Mrs. lA.rtin would come to the rescue
of her sex, but that discreet woman
held her tongue.
why, Mary" he continued. "you
remember how 1t was with yourself.
have heard you say more than once
you wouldn't marry the best mar
alive"
well, didn't, said Mrs. Martin