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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

tory Is of such n nature that it ac-
commodities all the desires and GUS
toms of the different tribes. Those who
favor filling of the soil find an abund-
ant amount of land suited 10 this pur-
pose, and the hunter need not wander
far in order to rcplenish his gamebag.
Though the buffalo has been eXter-
minated, there is no want of other
large or small game. The Black bear
still prowls about the dense forests.
while the catamount-a kind of noun
tain lion-lies in readiness upon the
limbs of trees to leap upon his prey.
Deer are so plentiful that even the
"would-bc hunter" can readily procure
doe, il not the male with its majestic
antlers. Turkeys, prairie chickens, and
| quails are SO numerous that they are
easily caught in coop-traps. They are
generally sold alive 10 the white popu-
lation for song" All classes of tie
fnny family abound everywhere.
Portions of the Territory are very
mountainous and afford no opportunity
for farming. The eastern portion con-
! tains part of the Boston Mountains.
| while the southeastern and southern
sections also have very extensive
mountain ranges. The mountains are
rich in different ores. such rs iron.
zinc, copper, platinum, etc. The only
asphalt mines TO be found in the TINT
ted States are in the Indian Territory
\ number OF syndicates have persist
emily endeavored 10 gain control of
them, but the government has sat lis
foot down" on all propositions and
shows no favor to capital. These mines
are operated by private companies I'M
der the control of the government
Coal, a semi-anthraclte variety, is
mined in great abundance.
The timber is semi-tropical and of
many varieties. The wooded regions
primarily the flint districts, are inllnb
tied by many poisonous insects AM
amplibious animals. Rattlesnakes ar,
SO numerous that the Indians pay lit
tie or no attention to them. AbouI
fifty species of lizards are Represented
in the Territory, ranging in size from
one to ten inches. some having venom
Gus teeth. Scorpions cause very Sc
rious wounds. although their sting /.
seldom fatal. Tarantulas and cent?
pedes attain an enormous size; speci
mems of the centipcde have been foun,
which We're ten inches long, each yer
tebral division being as large as Il hl
man finger nail
The crops comprise mainly whca
and cotton. Although nearly all kind
of grain and vegetable products ar
cultivated, cotton is king in the Terri
tory. Wherever orchards have beel
planted, they have exhibited wonder
full endurance and have yielded enor
nous crops. Apples, pears. peaches
apricots and all varieties of berries ar
stupendouslw productive.
The agricultural inclinations of til
Indian have hitherto been but slight
The "whites" from the adjoinin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

States, however, have aspired to own
some of these fertile fields; but seeing
that their aspirations We're futile, they
leased land at ridiculously low fig
ure. This practice had been Il regular
custom for more than twenty years,
when the government finally took
charge of this matter and made up n
schedule of stipulated rental-fees per
acre. The government now draws up
the lease contracts and sees 10 1t that
the Indian receives due remuneration
for the use of his lands.
All this, may lead the reader to ask:
"WhO are the inhabitants of the IN
dian Territory" The owners in com
mon are heterogeneous mass of hui
manity-Indians, negroes and whites,
aggregating about $1,000 souls. An
additional 100000 make their homes
within the limits of the Territory,
without a title to the land upon which
they live and without voice in the
government by which they are con-
trolled For the administration of
public affairs no UNIFORM system Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

In the interests of ante-matrimonial
honesty and pre-nubial frankness, the
German courts have given divorce to
woman who discovered only after
marriage that her husband was bald.
Before the wedding he nefariously con-
ceaIed his capillary lack by wearing IL
wig. The possibility of that ruling in
,yading an American court is food for
thought. However. should sweethearts
confidc to one another their physical
decrepitude? Should the kneeling pc
titioner, asking for his loved ones
hand, plead in tender accents: "Dearie,
my teeth were made in Syracuse" Or
Darling, the glitter of my eye will
fade? And should the coy and blush
ing maiden, loath to confess but eager
to be won, confess, Take me, though
l am not what ! SEEM? There are
many details of makeup. charming to
the lovers biased gaze. that lose their
glory during the fourth quarter Of the
honeynoon--the removable complex.
ion. the adjustable hair. the iointed
seif-acting anatomy, to say nothing of
the thousand and one appurtenances
which remain to the end mysteries tc
the masculine mind. Should all these
enter into the matrimonial problem
then indeed Dauiel must come tc
judgment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
HABITS OF THE STURGEON.

Has Peculiar Tclcseoplc MONTH
How 1t Feeds.
The sturgeon is an interesting fish. 1t
has, for Instance, a telescope mouth.
Its mouth has not the usual bony jaw
opening like that of most fish. 1t Is
on the under side of Its head, like that
of shark, and is more like hole
than anything else. In front of it,
hanging down like thin beard. are
a number of sensitive tentacles.
Whenever the sturgeon in his search
for food skins the surface of the bot
tom these tentacles sweep the ground.
If they chance to pass over the end of
the siphon of a soft shelled clam the
information is Immediately telegraph
cd TO the brain and the telescope
mouth unfolds into a tube over the
neck Of the clam. Its gills begin to
work with the speed of bellows when
a fire is being stirred up. The sand
blows out of them on either side in
little cloud. In few seconds the
sand around the clam has been sucked
through the gills and the clam Is lifted
into the mouth of the sturgeon. Once
inside the vestibule of Mt Surgeons
mouth its shell is crushed 10 pieces,
the gills again working like busy
pair of bellows. The clam, 1t is need
less to say, does not follow the frag-
mcnts of the shell.
Sometimes the sturgeon with his
shovel-like nose will cultivate the
sandy bottom after the manner of the
husbandman. Gathering momentum,
he forces his snout into the bottom
and plows n furrow from six to eight
inches deep and from fifty to sixty
feet long. The current clears away
the debris thus thrown up and return
ing along the furrow Mr. Sturgeon
gathers his harvest of mollusks and
crustaceans.
The number of surgeons is rapidly
growing less, says the New York Trib-
une, owing to the love of mankind for
caviare and smoked sturgeon. Cayi-
are is made from the roe of the fe-
male. This not only reduces the num-
bcr of adult surgeons, but cuts off the
possibility of an increase of the sup
| ply. 1t is said that smoked stur-
geon" is being made from the West
Indian catfish. In some States there
are laws against the promiscuous
slaughter of sturgeon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
He Thoueht Too Much.

An Indian servant never answers
back when rebuked, but enters OH Il
vigorous conversation with himself, III
the course Of which the faults of his
master are carefully rehearsed. In
Behind the Bungalow" the author de-
clares that the hamal, or house servant,
could be endured il only he would not
try to think. 1t is in vain to impress
upon him that he is engaged to obey
orders, and that his employer prefers
to do the thinking himself.
Now and then lie sets his intellect in
operation. and the consequences are ap
palling. 1t was our hamals duty to
fill the filter, and at the time when the
water was very bad orders were given
| that it should be boiled<before being fill
tered.
One day my wife saw the hamal ii
the act of filling the filter, and it oc
cured to her to warn him to let tho
water cool first, lest he crack the filter
"Oh, yes" said he, Il thought of that
After boiling the water, l cool 1t dow,
by mixing an equal quantity of colo
water with it, and then put it into thu
| filter"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
Tint Horr;d Bop Hole.

1t is an awful sight to see dairy cows
come wading into the barn through n
pond of mud and manure tea coming
up to the udder and wetting and be-
daubing the teats so soon to be
stripped of their fluids. Say, there Is
little poetry about the cows coming
home in the cleaning when they wade
through this horrid bog hole. And the
worst of it is there is no need of such
a slough of despond. Take team and
draw in some old stock bottom or other
trash If you can do no better and fill
up the hole. Next summer you can
draw 1t out for manure and fill up with
dirt. Get rid of the nuisance in some
way. 1t is robbing you of money and
your COWS of health.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Ger and Walter Bagehot, both of whom
care. Both concluded that as men
and women became more intellectual,
that as their brains and nervous sys-
tens grew larger and more complex,
they would tend to have fewer chill
dren. 1t is not argued that intelligent
parents may not or do not have large
families, but simply that with increas-
ing intellectually the tendency is de-
cidedly toward small families. The
theory seems to be that with the strain
of modern life and the pressure of the
struggle for existence the brain has
grown far larger, and that with this
increasing brain there is a decreasing
fertility. Doubtless this is n correct
analysis But it may be that the strain
of life and the struggle for existence
operate directly on the prudential fac
ulties, rs well as through the effect of
the increased brain development. AT
any rate, there seems to be natural
law at work that we must acknowl-
edge. But Mr. Bagehot goes further
and insists that in an age of discus
are likely to have from now on-fam-
lilies are likely to be small He agrees
with Spencer that increasing intellect
ual power has tendency to check re-
production, but he goes beyond and
back of this and argues that nothing
Il .,,x.
| power as to live in country where
| government by discussion prevails. If
| all this is true, is 1t surprising that
there should be some decrease in the
size of American families? For wheth-
er we are markedly intelligent or not,
We are certainly prone to discussion.
| Possibly this matter of race preserva-
| ton is being very well attended to.
Multiplication should be on diminish
ing scale. And with the substantial
disappearance of the old checks on
population, such rs war, famine and
pcstilencc. which formerly operated
with deadliness that we cannot now
conceive of, and with the saving of life
| through better medical and surgical
care. it may be that there Is not such
great need for large families as there
once was. Nor is it a bad idea to have
| society recruited from what we speak
of as the lower classes, which is what
now seems to be going on. There are
no indications that this country is soon
to suffer from n lack of people to do
its work. On the whole, therefore, 1t
may be doubted whether there is any
such problem before us as that which
the President and those who agree
with him speak of. Certainly the ad-
miration of large families simply be.
cause they are large has nothing what
ever to rest on. Quality must count
for something, and the ability of the
parents to care for their children mus,
count for n great deal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

y
in various cities and gives readings
and lectures. Her home is in Bridge
port, Conn.
Among the most famous Gospel
hymns written by Miss Crosby are
those beginning: Safe in the Arms OF
Jesus" Pass Me Not, o Gentle
Savior" "All the Way My Savior
Leads Me-" and Il Am Thine, o Lord
l Have Heard Thy voice."
Save for the heavy green glasses she
is compelled to wear, there is little in
Miss Crosby's manner while lecturing
to indicate her sightlessness. She reads
her notes, printed in raised letters,
with almost imperceptible movements
of her fingers, and turns her head as
though glancing about the audience.
Hymn writing is my life work.
says Miss Crosby, land cannot tell
you what pleasure derive from it.
l believe would not live year If my
work were taken from me. A great
many people sympathize with me, but
although 1 am grateful to them, l
really don't need their. sympathy
What would do with it,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
The Girl that EverypodxL.kes.

You, have undoubtedly met disagree
able girls who, without doing anything
especially spteful or mean. have i'm
pressed you rs girl to avoid. But have
you ever met the girl that you rs well
as everybody else likes: You are unfor-
tunate if you have not met her.
She is the girl who is not too bright
and good" to be able to find joy and
pleasure all over the world
She is the girl who is not aggressive
and does not find joy in melting aggres.
sive people.
She is the girl who never causes pain
with tlioughtlcss tongue.
She is the girl who, whether it is
warm or cold, clear or stormy, finds no
fault with the weather.
She is the girl who, when YOU invite
her TO any place, compliments you by
looking her best.
She is the girl who makes this world
a pleasant place because she is so pleas,
ant herself.
And, by the by. when you come ia
think of it, isn't she the girl who makes
you feel she likes you, and therefore
YOU like her?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

arrived citizen without word until the
latter had reached his own gate.
Catch" said the young man, tossing
Il quarter to his hireling.
The old man caught the ninepence,
and as he turned to walk away gem
tleman passing by bowed deferentially
TO him.
WHO is that shabby old fellow:'
asked the turkey buyer.
The Chief Justice of the United
Statcs," was the reply.
impossible" stammcrcd the blum
derer. why did he bring the turkey
willy"
ITO teach you n lesson in good breed
ing" interrupted the gentleman. "Hc
will givcthe money away before he gets
home, but ! have no doubt lie is enjoy
ing the joke YOU have so condescend-
ingly given him. "-Lippincott's Maya.
| zine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
Tipped the Chief Justice.

Not unlike some other great men,
United States Chief Justice Marshall
gave little attention to dress or to per-
sonal appearance, although his face
was unusually handsome. a story is
told of young man who had recently
removed to Richmond. This newcomer
saw in the market n rusty-looking old
man making his way through the en-
trance. and. walking up TO him, abrutly
asked him If he would not like to make
quarter by carrying turkey home
for him. The old man quietly took the
turkey and walked behind the newly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

The most astounding discovery in
connection with the recent raiding of
the get-rlch-quick" men is the char
acter Of the men to whom the swim
ding circulars We're sent. Upon the
mailing lists are the names of 10000
clergymen, 100000 physicians and
other professional and mercantile men
in proportion. OF course, not all these
men "bft." If one in hundred did so
1t was enough for the swindlers. But
how could any educated man have
been so foolish as to expect from the
unknown something for nothing?'
How could any moral teacher or any
healer Of men accept profits which
could only be gained at the cost of
cheating others?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
pronsr stnblinr for Horse,


The Farm Journal gives some points
of value to be observed in caring for
mans best friend on the farm: The uss
and value of farm horses are often
seriously impaired by lack of proper
stabling. They are crowded in filthy,
ill-ventilated stables, the air SO bad
from the damp urine-soaked floors that
the harness is rotted by it. The eyes
and lungs and general health are in.
jured, and disease of some kind is sure
to follow. A side light strains the eye
unequally. The light should come in
the stable from the front. and the Win
dows should be lime washed to mellow
the light. A stable should never be
dark. The stable should be well ven.
tilated, but so carefully that no draft
can possibly touch warm horse. A
draft on Il horse warm from work or
driving will be sure to ruin him. Do
not feed from rack overhead as the
dust from the hay is apt to be breathed
and is not good for the lungs. A deep
manger is best. wide manger for
the grain is best. so the grain can be
scattered to prevent boiling. The stalls
should be five feet wide. A horse can
not rest in a narrower one, and in q
wider one he might roll and get fast.
Look out that the slight settling of the
barn does not cause the stall floors to
| slope toward the managers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

The utterances of two Presidents
he Of Harvard University and lie of
the United States-on the subject of
the threatened extinction of the Amer,
lean family have revived the old talk
about tax on bachelors as correct.
i've of the pending menace. Doubt.
less many more women than we sus.
pect have had worthy marriage oppor.
tunities at one tine or another. Some
have grown up with fanciful notions
of the kinds of husbands they must
have; some have made wealth rattle,
than sturdy manhod the test. Estab
lish good. stiff tax on voluntary fe
male celibncy and n generation or So
would weed n lot of this sort of non.
sense out Of the sex at large. Let us
give the bachelors rest and try the
effect of threat, ut least, on the fai,
ones.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

so that both will work easily. Lay Il
strip of iron against the top of the other
leg, with space for the scythe to work
In easily, as shown In the cut. The
downward slanting motion of the
scythe when In use will cut the fodder
readily If the blade is kept sharp as it
should be.-Indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

1t is an occasion for public congratu-
lation that the Supreme Court has
dealt another blow to the lottery evil
The states have forbidden lotteries to
do business. but they still exist and
still do business. This final adjudica-
ton by affirming the constitutlonality
OF pains and penalties imposed upon
those who assist them to do business
will make 1t more difficult for them to
do II,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Germany war lord is naturally less
inclined to emphasize Love one an
other as Professor Harnack suggests,
than keep my commandments" espe-
cially as the imperial theologlan is like
~ to mistake the identity of the pro-
noun
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

After ALL is there not some sense in
what Hetty Green says-that churches
which will not pay their debts are not
worthy Of continuing in business?
Honesty is the best policy-except in
the matter of taxes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

though her real
name is MIS-. Alex
ander Van Allstyne,
has written more
than 5000 hymns,
IN a ny of t Ii e III
known all over the
world. And though
she is now SO years
old, rather feeble
and totally blind
she still travels t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

The cheerful unanimity with which
the physicians pronounce DIR. Scjou's
pituitary gland theory to be as old us
the hills or absolute rubbish affords
further demonstration of the great and
abiding love which medical gentlemen
bear one for another. When every
doctor pronounces every other doctor to
be q quack-or words to that effect
1t is small wonder that the laity occa-
sionally takes the profession at its
word
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Poultney Bigelow thinks that Ger
many could whip us out of our boots.
Well. it would be new experience, to
say the least, for the United States to
be whipped, easily or otherwise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Again DR.. Koch Is proved mistaken.
DIR Koch's brain seems to have been a
breeding ground for the germs of err
ror. That is, conceding that his critics
are right
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Neverless, the preachments of the
wise men will continue to have no eff
feet on the size of the average Ameri-
can family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

A Mexican multimillionaire wants to
pay off part of his country's debt
What can be the matter with the man?
Doesn't he believe in kind words?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Now that DIR. Alfred Russell Wallace
has decided that the earth Is the cen
ter of the universe, Chicago is ready
to designate the center of this sphere.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
cauada Mi9sannsx -befora,

realize that this treaty IS not designed
to submit the case to an arbitration
at all, was not SO intended by either
England or the United States, but is
merely a polite means of putting an
end to boundary claims in behalf of
which England has never been able
to advance the first substantial argu-
ment and in opposition to which the
United States has only to point to the
British admiralty globes and maps,
which fix the line precisely as the
American contention now and always
has placed 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

What dearth of free advertising
there would have been had the actress
who was first to have her diamonds
stolen been thoughtful enough to copy
right the scheme.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Congress has passed n bill against
hazing at Annapolis. The next thing
to do is to enforce IT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Carnegie needn't worry. Venezuela
refused to take his money; but Nene-
zueln Isn't the beginning and the end
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
5000 HYMNS WRITTEN
BY BLIND WOMAN

Though she has been blind since she
was six weeks old, Miss Frances Jane
Crosby, rs she is generally called,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

In all the discussion Of the size of
families which has been provoked by
president spefeyelt's words on the
subject, i6n j parafat Surprising that
ssatxacksd himI last Frida hefoerl epen-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
Gives 1t No Chance.

''rime is money, you know"
"Well, don't know. None, never
hangs heavily on my hands, Phila.
delphia Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

Hobson threatens TO write novel.
Guess who will be the hero of it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
browning ny phonoRraph.

Robert Brownlng's words and tones
have been preserved. He spoke into
a phonograph cylinder some time be-
fore his death. Ten or dozen years
ago there was Il gathering Of notables
at the Chelsea residence of the late
Rev. Hugh Haweis to hear the in
strulnent give back the voice Of the
dead poet. The precious cylinder is
kept in the British Museum.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01

We wish we enjoyed preaching as
much MS We enjoy brass band. What
a good time we would have every Sun