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The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18
See Gill & Son for potatoes, and
canned goods in case lots.

canned goods in case lots.
Christmas tree for everybody in
the Daw'ey hall Christmas eve.
DR.. Grant, dentist, will be here
next Sunday. Monday and Tues
day.
Mrs. Thos. Harmon spent the
week in town, the guest of Mrs.
w. +. Tarbox.
James Kendall of Coolidge was
attending to some businees mat.
ters in Holly Monday.
J. p. Savers, one Of our success
full dairymen was transacting bust
ness in Holly Tuesday.
Service in the Presbyterian
church Dec. 20 at 1870 p. m. Sub
ject; "To Him That Hath Shall
Be Given" Matt. XII:12.
1t will pay you to investigate
The Bankers Life of Des
Moines, Iowa. before taking
other insurance, See Mathews
about it.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
will hold its annual entertainment
at the church for the children on
Christmas Eve. Program begins
at 6:3O.
W. F. There has purchased the
Charley Smith residence, in Wood
addition, and makes his headauar-
ters there while he is here buying
up title and horses.
G. S. Grant, D. D. s, will be in
Holly Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, December 20, 81 and 22nd; at
Amity Wednesday and Thursday,
December % and oath, prepared
to do all kinds of dental work.
While in Denver Sunday we
met Dan Atkin, who is taking
treatment for cancer on his face.
We are glad to say that the treat
ment has already effected great
improvement and Dan thinks he
will soon be cured.
Any reader of this paper who is
subject to aches and pains of any
kind, may avail themselves OF this
free sample by sending postal
card, giving their full address, and
mentioning the name Of this paper,
to the DR.. Mules Medical Co., Elk
hart. Ind.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18
Christmas tree for everybody in
the Daw'ey hall Christmas eve.

DR.. Grant, dentist, will be here
next Sunday. Monday and Tues
day.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Mrs. Thos. Harmon spent the
week in town, the guest of Mrs.
w. +. Tarbox.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Water Sets,
Lap Tablets,
Imported Stems,
Statuary,
Manicure Sets,

Ladies come in and see our line of
Imported Cups and Saucers and Plates,
the finest ever shown in Holly.
Also fine line of Box Paper.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Service in the Presbyterian
church Dec. 90 at 1880 p. m. Sub
ject; "To Him That Hath Shall
Be Given" Matt. XII:12.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

j. p. Savers, one Of our success
full dairymen was transacting busi
ness in Holly Tuesday.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

W. j. Pratt returned this week
from eastern Kansas, whore he
VS. been for the past month buy.
ing up corn for his trade here.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

The Presbyterian Sunday school
will hold its annual entertainment
at the church for the children on
Christmas Eve. Program begins
at $50.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

1t will pay you to investigate
The Bankers Life of Des
Moines, Iowa, before taking
other insurance, See Mathews
about it.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

James Kendall of Coolidge WAS
attending to some businees mat.
ters in Holly Monday.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Winifred Milford has recovered
from a mild attack of typ hold and
IS spending this week in Denver
with her brother Floyd, at St.
Lukes' hospital.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

W. F. There has purchased the
Charley Smith residence, in Wood
addition, and makes his headQuar.
ters there while he is here buying
up cattle and horses.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

G. S. Grant, D. D. s, will be in
Holly Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, December 20, 81 and 22nd; at
Amity Wednesday and Thursday,
December % and oath, prepared
to do all kinds of dental work.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Passenger train number one was
about nine hours late Tuesday
morning, but We were unable to
learn the cause.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

W. 8. Pardonner, president Of
the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet &
Irrigated Land Co., is looking after
kse interests of his company here
this week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

sets there are 1,T43,Tl0 persons OF
foreign birth and foreign parentage in
total population of 2,SO6,346. "The
population of illinois," he adds, ''is
1871 $50. OF these 966,T47 are foreign
born and 1,49S,473 of foreign parent
age, so that the proportion of genuine
Americans in this typical Western
state is no greater than 1t Is in Penn
sylvania. In California it is less. The
native element is stronger in the
South, but it is not due to the produc-
tiveness of the American, but to the
productiveness of the Negro" Taking
the country as a whole, the foreign
birth date has gained on the American
birth rate until it is four to one. 1t is
the rule for families to decline as they
are more and more removed from their
foreign origin. Nowhere, not even
In France, is the problem so serious
as 1t is in the United States. History
may be searched in vain to find par
allel for country dependent on for
eigners for its vital strength" Mr..
| Weston does not go into the causes of
.ne ueeiine, pul nc quotes apprOVlngly
from writer In the Popular Science
Monthly as follows: 1--WE have not SO
many people as We should have had If
| immigration had never come to us and
the native stock had continued their
old rate of increase" 1t is question,
however, If this old rate would have
been continued, and it is doubtful If
there is much force in Mr.. Weston's
warning that 'only homogeneous peo-
pies ever become great" Homogen-
eous at most is only a relative term,
and the French, whom be does not
rank among the great, are perhaps
nearer homogeneous than the British.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21


With the aid of John d. Long, then
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Osgood was
secured, and SO pleased has been the
King with his work that his curiosity
was stirred to see country that car
produce such bright young men.
Mr.. Osgood has been In Bangkok
about year. and during that time he
and his wife have been the recipient OF
numerous courtesies ut the hands OF
the royal family
AS a matter of fact, Mr.. Osgood is
his own boss, for he practically decides
on the work to be done. His sugges
tons in all matters are invariably
adopted. Bangkok is city of a mil
lion inhabitants, and the work which
the American engineer had before hin
can be imagined.
Mr. Osgood is but twenty-six years
of age, quite young to be the sanitary
head of nation of 100000 people
and with a territory as big as Texas
He is a member of the famous Osgood
family. His father, Colonel II. B. Os
good, is civil war veteran and was
chief of commissary at Santiago. One
of his brothers, w. u. Osgood, was
killed in Cuba, and another brother
Henry, is connected with the health
department of Manila.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
ART CANNOT RIVAL THEM.
Sculptures Wrought by Nature in I'll
Grant Cnrunna af ~, 1Na.4

Sculptures Wrought by Nature in the
Great Canyons of the West.
Famous the world over are the grand
canyons Of the Colorado and of the
Yellowstone. In both there is wealth
of coloring. The ravines are abruptly
countersunk in a plateau and both are
mainly the work OF water. But the
Colorado's canyon is more than thou
sand times larger, and as score or
two new buildings of ordinary size
would not appreclably change the gen
eral view Of n great city, SO hundreds
of Yellowstones might be eroded in the
sides of the Colorado canyon without
noticcably augmenting its size or the
richness of its sculpture. But it is not
true that the great Yosemite rocks
would be thus lost or hidden. Nothing
Of their kind in the world, SO far as
know, rivals FL Captain and Tissiack,
much less dwarfs or in any way BELT
ties them. None of the sandstone or
limestone precipices Of the canyon that
l have seen or heard of approaches in
smooth, flawless strength and grand
eur the granite face of Ell Captain or
the Tenaya side Of Clouds Rest.
These colossal cliffs, types of perma-
nence, are about 5000 and G,000 feet
high; those of the canyon that are
sheer are about half as high, and are
| types of fieeting change, while glorious
domed Tissiacll, noblest of mountain
buildings, far from being overshadowed
or lost in this rosy, splry canyon COM
pany, would draw every eye, and, i'll
serene majesty "aboon them a" she
would take her place-castle, temple,
| palace or tower. Nevertheless, noted
writer, comparing the Grand canyon
in general way with the glacial 70.
| semitic, says: "And the Yosemite-ah,
the lovely Yosemite! Dumped down
into the wilderness of gorges and
mountains, it would take guide who
knew Of its existence long time to
find it." This is striking and shows up
well above the level of commonplace
description, but 1t is confusing and has
| tho fatal fault of MT bninr truo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
Literary Men i'm Prison

Vanishing Newgate, besides its
chronicles OF crime, has other interest
for newspaper readers, and, above all,
for newspaper proprietors and writer's.
Among "the early martyrs to free
dom," to quote the language of one
who has written its chronicles, was
Daniel Defoe, who, however, learned
by the easy way in which the IRONY of
his Short Way With Dissenters"-
hanging for preachers and Punishment
for congregations--dec both high
church and dissenters, the way to
write Robinson Crusoe." But lie had
to pay dearly for the lesson, three
times in the pillory, 900 marks fine and
imprisonment.
Ihen Rev. Mr.. Lawrence, having
called George |. a usurper, was fined
t5oo, imprisoned three years. whipped
twice and stripped of his gown. To
say nothing of Thomas Paine ana 9th
er martyrs" the record brings MS TO
John Wilkes. Nor can the Times for.
get that its founder, Mr. Walter was
imprisoned for alleged libels against
three royal dukes. And the soldier
mas reason to remember with graft
tude William Goblet, who was fined
t1,OOO and sentenced to two wears, i'm
prisonment for protesting against cor.
poral punishment in the army
don Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
WHAT SAILORS LIKE TO READ.
Sea Yarns Not in Demand-Detective
and Love Stories Preferred,

Sea Yarns Not in Demand-Detectiye
and Love Stories Preferred.
Down Oh the East river side a push.
cart vendor of cheap books has recently
taken his stand. His speciality is books
for the seafaring men who abound in
his immediate neighborhood, but with
considerable shrewdness the enterpris-
ing puryeyor of something to read for
everybody" has chosen for his location
spot whence he can trap ferryites as
well as the mariners and wayfarers.
Brisk is the business being done by
the street book merchant, and by far
the greatest proportion of it is with
sailors. For the present he is combining
himself TO soled novels with here and
there few religious books at bar
gain prices, Il humble nickel purchas-
ing any volume ON the cart.
Among the wares are Il remnant lot
of "Nanitl Fair" (complete), novels by
Daudet, Scott, Cooper, etc, all pub
lished at prices ranging from a quarter
upward.
NO, SIR replied the vendor 10 an
inquirer, says the New York Times,
there is no demand for sea yarns, ex-
cept among youngsters. The sailors can
tell better stories than many in books.
Anyhow, the ship folk get quite enough
Of the sea, and the reading matter they
want OH voyage is a rafting good
love story or Il detective yarn with
plenty of excitement in It.
"Some sailors, before going off OH a
long voyage, buy as many as twenty
books at time, and others club to-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

"" d. hiNsLtf. do the main characteristics re-
main. mans personality is mirrored in his writing rs
1t is not even in his photograph
1t is in the natural wholly unstudied writing that a
PERSONS characteristics paines shown and these are
the specimens sought for by the expert when called upon
to make comparison. In school and early life try
to acquire less model hand and strive for GER
tain ideal The eXgences of business in later life modify
this ideal hand until it fits itself into life in such
way as to purpose by recording our thoughts
stamping personality It, and greater less
tent rejecting character. Many people mix character
and characteristics BY the first is meant traits of char
acter in the individuals by the second, peculiar and per-
sonal marks in the handwriting that establish the identity
of the writer. When attempt to disguise our writing
we face the following propositions: J. We must know all
of the characteristics of handwriting We must be
able to eliminate them at WILL If wish to simulate the
handwriting of another have the added PROPOSE
ons: /. We know all the characteristics entering
into his handwriting We must be able to acquire these
characteristics at will do not believe there is an ind
vidua who lives who knows and successfully do these
things And but few people know the characteristics
of their own handwriting.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Fees Reach Large Amount : Deputy
Marshal Accused by Former Counter.
fsiter-Rcvival Leader Falls Into
Laws Hands.

Figures are given out in the office of
Secretary of State Martin showing the
fees collected from the filing of articles
Of incorporation and amendments i'll 1902.
The showing made breaks all previous
records. The total fees received in tho
year 1902 amounted to $213, I4S0S. In
1901 the total of the fees received was
$54, 1880. The actual increase In fees
In the year by reason of the changes In
the law, removing the limit of $1,000 for
filing articles of incorporation, is $780,
615. The value of this can be better
appreciated when it is remembered that
this Is the equivalent of about two and
ane-half tenths of mill tax. The entire
amount of fees from this source the past
year is the equivalent of about four
tenths of mill tax. The largest fee re-
ceived was S125,000 when the Rock ISL
and recognized. Another fee of S16-
600 had previously been received from
the Rock Island by reason Of ah in
crease of stock. There was also S2,515
received from the Newton and North
western road when its articles We're filed,
gain of S515 over the fee TINT would
have been charged under the old law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
PIRATES IN HISTORY.
Their Works Live After Them in +
arrerated Fiction.

Their Works Live After Them i'll Ex-
agEcrated Fiction.
There was worldwide gulf be-
tween Drake and Morgan; but it was
Spanish ferocity that taught the bucca-
neers their bloody trade; and bestial as
they were, they We're not utterly des-
picable, for they fought marvelously.
L'Olonnois at Maracaibo, Morgan sack
ing Panama with his 1000 ruffians,
put the fear of death into the
Spaniards. But neither Spanlard nor
buccaneer could stop the growth of
commerce and civilization, and early
in the eighteenth century the great
fleets that followed L'Olonnois and
Morgan had dwindled to crazy ship
or two commanded by such overrated
scoundrels as the pirates of New
Providence" petty rascals. whose loot
was generally as paltryas their crimes.
There has been curious conspiracy
among those who have written upon
the subject to exaggerate the wicked
ness of these men; as IL their truculent
swagger, their blood-curdling violence
Of language, had served to impose
upon their modern biographers as well
as to intimidate the degenerated sailor
men of their own day. Howard Pyle,
of Wilmington. Del, published one of
the latest histories of their exploits
under the title of "The Buccaneers and
Marooners of America" From this we
learn that CAPTAIN William Kidd, who
was hanged Mt Execution Dock in 17O1,
never killed anybody but his own gun
ner, whose skull he crushed with n
bucket. According to "The General
History Of the Pyrates," published by
Captain Charles johnson in 1924, his
greatest booty amounted to about fS,-
900. Captain Edward Teach, otherwise
Blackboard, the Bristol privateersman,
who sailed from New Providence as
pirate in I'LL, Stands par excellent
(sic) in an unique personality of his
own" Here is his description: "His
beard was black, which lie suffered
to grow of an extravagant length, as
to breadth. 1T came up to his eyes. He
was accustomed to twist 1t with rib
bons In small tails. after the manner
Of our Families wigs, and turn them
about his ears. In time of action he
wore sling over his shoulders with
three brace of pistols hanging in hol-
sters like bandoleers. and stuck light
ed matches under his hat. which, ap-
pearing on each side of his face. made
him altogether such figure that i'm
agination cannot form an idea of a
fury from hell to look more frightful."
Yet only few years ago just such n
figure might have been encountered
in the public streets on any 9th of
November.-W. ]. Fletcher, in the
Cornhill Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

Ibraham Khan Dovleti, who has re-.
Gently been appointed Persian ambas-
sador at Athens, is said to be the first
ambassador sent from Persia to Greece
since Darius sent heralds in 491 B. c.,
to demand earth and water from the
Greeks as symbols Of submission to
him. The Athenians made arrange
ments to welcome the Persian this time
with imposing ceremonies, as they do
not intend to kill him, as their ances-
tors did the messenger Of Darius. Al
though Persia has had no minister in
Greece for more than twenty centuries,
1t has been represented In Athens by
consul in recent years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

lid was not screwed down. Immedi.
ately craftsman commenced to place
covering of steel over the opening.
This was bolted and cemented in such
manner that 1t could be removed
from the outside only by means of
violent force. Should the inmate re-
vive, however, he can unfasten the
door by manipulating combination
lock on the inner side.
For years Mr.. Pursel was haunted
by the dread of being buried alive He
made an exhaustive collection of news
paper clippings on the subject and de-
voted years Of his life to personal in
vestigation. His family objected to
cremation. Then he conceived the
idea Of building a vault which would
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
The affair of honor" as the duel is

The affair Of honor as the duel is
called in France, is, fortunately. dis
Tefuta DC fl the United States. Never
theless, this country has its own af-
fairs Of truest honor. A New York
banker, who eight years ago was over
whelmed in financial crash, recently
paid the 100000 from which the bank
ruptcy courts had relieved him. In
1894 he was so poor that he had to
borrow money for railway fare. To-
day, by honorable business methods,
he is again millionaire. Some years
ago another New York banker, who
had once failed for large amount,
gave dinner to all his former credit
ors. Under each plate, attached to the
name card, was check covering the
debt and interest which, in honor, al
though not bound by law. he owed to
each guest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

The police of Clinton made 7G6 arrests
In 1902.
Ottumwa police made 300 arrests dur.
Ing December.
Fairfield expended $4,000 in street
improvements in 1902.
The new depot of the Iowa Central ut
New Sharon is now in use.
Davenport claims population of 49,
600, based on II directory census.
The annual meetings of the Iowa
Academy of Science will hereafter be
held i'll May.
The will of John Pagan, Blackhawk
County farmer, leaves his entire estate,
valued at $4,000, to the poor of Wat
erloo.
Jefferson County supervisors will re-
sist the payment of paving tax assessed
against the court house property by the
city of Fairfield.
The syrup refinery operated at Davel-
port by the glucose trust has closed down
temporarily for lack of coal, throwing
400 men out of employment.
Fire supposed to originate from de,
fective flue destroyed the implement store
of Fred Feyerabend in Walford. Much
of the machinery was saved. Loss So
600, insured.
George Georgcopolis, the Greek who
disappeared from Mason City, was found
wandering around the country in de.
mented condition. He was sent to Chi
cago for treatment.
Robbers entered the home of Fritz
Schlichting, six miles west of Daven-
port. pounded Mr.. Schlichting into in
sensibility, cruelty treated his wife and
little son, and stole $31 in cash. No
clue.
Albert G. Abbott, manager of Buff
falo, N. Y, oil company, and well known
to the oil trade throughout the country,
died at his home in Marshalltown, aged
81 years. The decedent was a past u.antl
master of Iowa Masons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
The World Nlust MOI Knox.

The great Duke of Wellington, whose
watchword was duty to his sovereign
and the English milton, was soldier
first, last, and all the time. Such, too,
he wished TO appear. His Jealous care
of his reputation. as fighting man is
amusingly disclosed In Frederick
Goodall's recent book Of "Reminis.
cences," In an anecdote of the dukes
later years when, as warden of the
Cirque Ports, he lived at Walmer
Castle.
His grace commissioned Wilkie to
paint 1.-THE Chelsea Pensioners" and
agreed to pay him twelve hundred
gulnens. The picture finished, in due
course the artist waited upon the SOL
der, who, to his surprise, began with
great elaboration to count out the
twelve hundred guineas in notes and
gold.
Your grace, 1t would save you much
trouble If you would write me check"
said Wilkie.
The duke looked up. What" said
he. LET Coutts' clerk-and thus the
rest of the world--know what fool
I've been to spend twelve hundred
guineas on a picture"
He shook his head and resumed Ills
counting,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21

europe that has not given of Its best men to
help IN building up the American union. Many
compelled TO leave Europe for political others for religious
reasons, but the majority simply emigrated to find
opportunity for remunerave occupation Whatever the
mouVes OF the emigrants the latter of char
acter considerably above the average those who
m;ihed ut homee. The men who Travelled thousands of
mics TO lind for themselves homes necessarily pos
sessed more than the ordinary of energy and
courage The nineteen millions of people who crossed the
Atanc during the last century had confidence in them
selves and in the future and seeking If only in
material sense, country better than the which they
were born; they masters of their fate
The United States may be compared with crucibc
continental dimensions. By the melting and fusing to-
geler of elements of different naonalities American
nation was formed The fundamental character of the
Americans remained specifically English. This new
mad at Its command the entire marvellous abundance of
natural resources of the country Free from all pre
diccs, traditions and hereditary Institutions which have
been an obstacle in the development OF the European
TONS the new country freely and developed The first
aim of the people to accumulate wealth. That is still
the aim of the Americans, toward which they striving
with all their might and energy and for that they
easily overtake their competitors whose strength and
crgy is used up in various other pursuits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-21
permit of egress in case of the resus

permit of egress in case of the resus-
citation of supposed corpse.
With the aid of his son, Thomas. he
built such tomb in Grandview GEM
etery, ut Williamsport. The body Of
it is of solid masonry and it fits into
the side of a hill. Five compartments
of cast iron were inserted Horizontal
~, one for each member of Mr.. Pur-
sells family. Each chamber is shaped
similar to coffin and is open Mt the
outer end.
All of the steel heads which are to
cover the compartments are fitted
with combination locks of Mr.. Pur-
sells invention. Should he or the oc-
cupant of any of the other chambers
return to life the working of the COM
bination from within would loosen the
head and give freedom.