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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
REMNANTS OF THE klckApoos
Old Tribe Thrashed, Later Genera.
ton Turns Toward Mexico.


The Kickapoo Indians are leaving
their reservation near Shawnee, and
large parties of them are going every
week to New Mexico. These particu-
lar Indians are known in the govern
ment records as Mexican Kickapoos,
because of the land in which they
once lived, says the Kansas City
Journal.
The Kickapoos and the Apaches
seemed to have been natural enemies
and they fought whenever an oppor.
tunity presented ITSELF These tribes
also were among the most vicious
enemies of the whites. The Kicka.
poo chief often displays apair of leg
gins having sixteen scalps down
either side. When he becomes espe.
cially we'll acquainted and confiden.
tial, he shows whites scalp-that
Of woman, having a few gray hairs
in it.
The Kickapoo warfare against the
whites was one of pillage and plum.
der against their herds-by it they
lived-and when pursued too vigor.
ously they retreated across the Rio
Grande and took refuge with the ma.
tive Indians of that republic.
But no sooner did the beef supply
run low than incursions against the
cattle of the Mexicans were organ.
lied, which resulted in their being
driven again into Texas. The In.
dams we're not long in learning that
the Rio Grande was line the two
armies could not pass and SO immu.
nifty resulted.
Under these circumstances border
warfare was maintained which lasted
till well into the '70s. Finally Gen.
Crook smashed precedents and pur.
sued the Kickapoos across the river,
captured their womsn-aAd children
and brought them back. The Incl
dent caused an international hubhub
and led to the forming of an agree.
ment that the troops of either coun.
try might cross the line when in pur.
suit of the Indians.
But the capture of the women
folks" marked the end of the Kick.
apoos as followers Of the warpath.
Still their pacifications was not &C.
complished without many thrilling in.
cidents.
Commissioner Atkinson was sent
down to make some kind of an ar
rangement with them-to get them
to go to Mexico and become subjects
of that country or to come in from
the frontier and remain. He was
taken in custody by them, and for
three days the only elaboration was
as to whether the Kickapoos should
kill him or turn him over to their In
dian allies of Mexico to do SO. Fin
ally the magic influence of money and
power worked its effect and the war
chief saved the commissioner and
turned the scale in favor of coming
back.
1t may not be amiss to say that
when the inspiring motives became
known 1t served to degrade the lead
er in the eyes of his people, and five
years later the Indian with record
of thirty-sfx Indian scalps was ig-
nofedsByu Observation-Disclosures mem
Der of the tribe, and his only friends
were with the whites who knew him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
HOW TEDDY HEEL PED

Teddy's papa owns large cattle
| ranch. One summer there was a
drought. The springs dried up, aad
the streams became trickling rills or
disappeared altogether. The cattle
wandered restlessly over the range in
search of water. Teddy's father sent
to the nearest town and had men
come with steam drills and iron pipes
to bore an artesian well, so that
there would always be plenty of water
for cattle. They bored down several
hundred feet in hopes of finding an
underground stream, but they could
not do SO. and had to give up che
quest. They went away, taking their
tools with them, but leaving-what
greatly interested Teddy-a deep hole
lined with iron pipe. He would take
| the board off the pipe and peer down,
and then drop in a rock and see how
many he could count before it struck
| the bottom.
One night after he had gone to bed
he heard his papa talking to his
mamma. He said: Last winters
pliAzard Killed scores OF cattle, and
now this drought comes. They are
sunerlng 1or water and better pas
ture. 1t is all outgo and no income.
I don't know how long we can keep
1t up. In a few years Teddy will be
oia enough 10 help me, but ! can't put
ten-year-oid boy on the round up;
nor keep MN all day in the saddle.
loohing aIter the cattle"
ready dld lots OF serious thinking
during tne next few days. Howl he
Wlsheu ne could help MS papa in some
way: ana .ne opportunity came in
way ready least expected. One
aay ne walked over TO where the men
nao porea Tor the artesian well. He
peereo into II, put 1t was as black as
nlent. ne gathered handful of long,
uiy prairie grass, rolled 1t in small
piece OF blrch bark in which he had
placed piece OF rock, lighted 1t and
dropped u down the We'll. Then he
put ms lace close down to the edge
ana Watched 1t blaze as 1t fell down
anu down.
eudaeniy long red column of flame
,eapeu Upward WIN rushing noise.
Deiore ieaay had tlme to pull his
neau away .ne force OF the explosion
seht MN rollng over and over away
from from the NOUN OF the well. The
..aihe siiot hish up and olazed hercely
lor d moment or TWO. Teddy was ter
iin,y irisnteneu' his eyes smarted,
anu he couid see bright red flame
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
Measure a Rodx,s EalI.

A "gravometer" is what H. S.
Chamberlain calls an instrument he
has constructed fer determining the
acceleration of gravitation. The in
ventor, who is an Instructor in phys
les at the Indianapolis Manual Train.
ing School, believes that he can at
tain very nearly perfect results with
this instrument the variations from
strict accuracy being less than per
cent. The eravometer Is an electrical
device by which the record of the
falling body IL made on 9 tape by q
pen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

CHARLES NETciiER. out the man who
had given him his first work at S1.5O
per week. The Inter had transferred
his business to Chicago. and 1t was
here that Netcher first began turning
dollars into greater sums through the
medium OF trade. To others his life
after he began making money APP
peared barren of pleasure. Business
was his hobby. No bundle boy worked
harder and no employee SO long as he.
Sometimes he slept in his store,
though this was In the earlier days
Of his. career. He was transformations
When he was admitted to partnership
in the firm he was surprised one day
to see his name above the door. He
asked to have 1t taken down and sub
stituted general name for his own.
Netcher always asserted that no
one died of overwork. Bad habits, he
insisted, We're what killed people. In
asmuch, however, as he himself passed
away at the age of 5f, 1t may not be
too much to assume that hard work
does sometimes kill. He detested
idleness and made 1t one of the pro-
visions of his will that his children
work. He did not deny them the
pleasure which other young folks
have. He supplied them with the
means of enjoyment and encouraged
them to participate in every pastime
which promised them pleasure. But in
his will he set forth his ideas of work,
thrift and economy as applied to
them. lie specifically stated that none
of his children should be so provided
for as to permit extravaganza or a
life Of idlencss. This clause cover
ing this condition reads:
SIN making all payments herein
above and hereinafter provided, as
well as in all other expenditures for
the support and benefit of my said
children, or any or them. or any of
their children. it is my wish that the
then existing size and income Of my
estate and of their respective inter-
ests therein shall be carefully con-
sidered, and that while my children
should be encouraged and assisted in
all habits Of thrift and industry, they
should not be given the means of ex-
travagance or idleness."
The will provides that ,until each
child is % years of age the trustee
shall expend such sums as appear nee
essnry for the education and support
of the child. After the child has
reached the age of % years the trus-
tee may pay over semi-annually the
net income from each specific trust
fund or may give the child the sum
of $4,000. When the Child reaches
the age of 80 years 100000 may be
given him to invest in business.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

months ars in bloom and continW
to give their daily quota Of bios
SONS until they die out, In planting
the carnations are placed in rows
three feet apart and the plants two
feet from each other. This permits
the cultivation with horses, and after
once in healthy growth they require
only watchfulness for disease and In
sect pests, irrigation about every
two weeks and daily picking.-Los
Angeles Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
"a the night, In the night,
WhAn thou Hest alone,
Al. the sornds that are blown
In the freaks of the breeze,
By the spirit that sends
The voice of far friends
With the sight of the seas
In the night!
In the night, in the night,
When thou Hest alone,
All, the ghosts that make moan
From the days that are sped:
The old dreams, the old deeds,
The old wound that still bleeds,
And the face of the dead
In the night!
In the night, in the night,
When thou Hest alone,
With the grass and the stone
Ger thy chamber so deep,
All, the silence at last,
Lies dissononce past,
And the only pure sleep
In the night!
William Watson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
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"In our own time and our own
way" as Senator Lodge arrogantly
puts 1t, further postal investigation
VIII be undertaken. I'm our own time
and our own way" we will attend to
such revision of the tariff us may be
necessary, say the Republican leaders.
The Republican platform, however.
does not indorse Senator Lodge, or
perhaps when the Senator wrote the
platform he thought it would be best
to say as little as possible about 80
uncomfortable subject as frauds
and scandals and claim everything
was all right, anyway. So the plat
form says:
"Our administrations of the great
departments of the government has
been honest and. efficient, and wher-
ever wrongdoing has been discovered,
the Republican administration has not
hesitated to probe the evil and bring
offenders to justice without regard to
party or political ties"
How honest and efficient the Repub-
lican administration has been Is
shown by. not only the postoflce
frauds. but by the land frauds, the
Department Of Justice scandals, the
Littauer glove scandal, the Indian
Territory scandals, the Philippine
scandals. the Porto Rico smuggling
scandals; the District of Columbia
scandals and other frauds and scan
dals. In fact, no department of the
government Is free from them, and 1t
Is no wonder that not even In their
own time and their own way do the
Republicans care to publicly mention
them, much less allow thorough In
yestlgation. Some charged with per-
petrating frauds are candidates for
office on the Republican ticket, and
others are still high In Republican
councils, and it would be disastrous to
talk of such matters with the voters
about to take action.
The same program is attempted on
the tariff. The Republican leaders say,
stand pat, and il the time ever comes
when 1t becomes necessary for party
success to amend the tarif In our own
time we will do 1t. Therefore the
Republican platform said: 1--WE In
sist upon the maintenance of the prin-
tciples of protection'-tha is, we stand
pat-"and therefore rites of duty
should be readjusted only when con-
ditions have SO changed that the pub
lie interests demands their alteration"
That is, when we-the Republican
leaders - find Conditions have so
changed that the public seem deter
mined to defeat US, we will introduce
a bill in the House of Representatives
to readjust rates of duty, and II the
trust majority in the Senate defeat
the bill we can't help 1t, but will try
again If you continue us in power.
But for Gods sake don't trust the
Democrats
This is what spring poet describes
as residing, under the bamboozle
tree" and in his latest effuslon he
says:
"There's the smooth politician who
lives on the dream that he's
surely bamboozling the voters
With his CAB and his graft, till he
finds In the end he's been bad
" bamboozled by "foaters."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
Eccentric.

Barnes-Yes, clarley's good sort
of fellow, but he is SO eccentric. you.
know.
Howes-I never thought him to be
so; in what way, please?
Barnes-Oh, in lots of ways; for i'll
stance. he always has tea for break-
fast and always eats breakfast food at
tea.-Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
Our Pam pered Iufant..

What would the people think Of 4
foundings home that insisted that its
inmates should continue to be supports
ed by the people until they should Nm.
ally die Of pampered oldaage, weak
eped in body and intellect because they
were not required to do anything
themselves in the battle for existence?
In that case the imposition would not
be permitted to stand for moment,
but the people have permitted the in
fant Industries of the country to take
the same course. always drawing their
subsistence from the nursing bottle
called the tariff.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
WANTS HIS CHILDREN 10 woRk.

Therefore This Chicago Millionaire
Made Unique Provisions In His Will.
One Of the remarkable business men
of Chicago died few days ago in the
person of Charles Netcher. three
times millionaire. Netcher believed
that work was mans greatest bless
ing. He was not so much a slave
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

of labor and grind
as he was a mas.
ter of his time, and
so employed 1t that
1t brought him a
fortune. b e g i u
ming life as a bum
die boy in Buffalo
when he was II
years old. he went
from position to
position until he
syos able tn l,lly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

The efficacy Of vaccination is proved
by the fact that during the Franco
IpussIan war $1,000 Of the unyacci.
mated French soldiers died Of small.
pox. willie in the yacc,nated GAsmau
army there were only geo deaths from
that disease,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
Whisewash.

Mr.. Newlywed--We shall need some
whitewash for the cellar.
Mrs. Newlywed-Yes, dear: would
You mind running down to the drug
store for some lime water-or is 1t
lime juice they use?-Phlladelphia
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
LAMB THAT LOVED OLIVE.

A LAMB THAT LOVED OLIVE.
A few years ago my little six-year-
Old olive was presented with young
lamb which was brought up by hand,
and which soon became great pet.
He quickly grew to love Olive and her
little brother, and was often let out
of the pen where the sheep were kept
to become an interested participant
In all their romping games.
AS the warm days of May came on
it became necessary to drive the
sheep to distant pasture, but Olive
pleaded SO earnestly for her pet that
she was finally allowed to keep him
at home. AT about the same time
Olive and her brother began to at
tend the district school. The lamb
missing both his four-legged and two
legged friends, Immediately became
very lonesome and inclined to stray
from home, SO that it was thought
best to tie him to an apple tree not
far distant. But poor Dickany rebelled
at this indignity and bleated inces-
sanity.
One day he broke his rope, and we
found him in the back room chewing
his cud and peacefully standing by
Olives old familiar dress, which hung
low down upon nail.
This gave us an idea; and, when
Dickany went back to the apple tree,
the dress went too, and was hung on
branch where he. could reach it.
After this the lamb stopped blear-
ing and led very quiet and happy
life, wearing his rope with patience
in school hours, and bounding and
jumping with joy when the children
returned at night.-Christian Endeav
or Worll.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

they were having such merry time
that they thought the rainy day was
brighter and jollier than any other
KIND! The whole house seemed full
of sunshine.-Adapted from Our Lit.
tie Ones.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

In the United States the sparrow
has six broods a year; in Britain sci.
dom more than three.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

The girls who are chasing a man
should see the warning in the face of 0
woman who has caught one,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
people, or even majority, ali the


Political Trust Hunting.
The injunction that President Roose-
welt and his Attorney General obtain
ed about two years ago against tho
beef trust seems to have had Just the
opposite effect intended. 1t was sup
posed at the time that President
Roosevelt was hunting, with intent TO
kill, the most conspicuous bad frust''
he had discovered. II Is impossible to
fathom upon what theory President
Roosevelt selected the beef trust a.
the sole bad industrial trust he could
find to prosecute, for the coal trust,
the Standard OIL trust, the steel trust
and dozens of others, were culpable
In the same degree. The profits Of
the Standard OIL trust were larger
and the dividends paid much greater
and the monopoly even more grinding
than the beef trust, for 1t had IA
vanced its. prices 100 per cent In -
year. The coal trust was equally
guilty and quite ms oppressive. The
steel trust was more gigantic, and a.
a monopoly spared neither high nor
low. Why were none of these select
ed as the horrible example?"
The reason was plain; they were all
too strong politically and had been IN
the past and were expected to be III 8
the near future. large contributors to
the Republican campaign fund. Il
would never do to run amuck''
against such good friends, with their
Wall street connections that controlled
banks. trust companies. railroads and
other Industrial combines with half
the capital of. the country Mt their
back. The beef combine men were
small potatoes compared to the other.
trust magnates, and as public opinion
was centered on beef, in consequences
Of the extraordinary increase In price.
the packers combination was selected
for Knox to slaughter.
But the Packers combine people
were no novices In the legal game Of
bluff, and being advised by their at
torneys that an Injunction restraining
them from combining In restraint Of
trade, did not hinder them from
"gentleman's agreement to all sell 1t
the same price and not bid against
each other for cattle and hogs. left
the injunction obtained by the admin
'istratlon up in the air. In the Ian
guage of the street.
So President Roosevelt got all the
credit for his war on the trust, but
the beef consumers have pronted noth-
Ing. for the price of beef is Still high.
But even the Republican Congress
could not justify state OF affairs that
kept up the price Of beef and reduced (
the price Of cattle, 80 last winter Sec
rotary Cortelyou, of the Department
OF Commerce and Labor, was ordered
to investigate the Packers Combine.
1t is presumed that for months this
Investigation has been going on. but
1t does not. seem to worry the pack
ers and certainly has had no restrain-
ing effect on the other trusts, for they
are NIL still charging .all the trnffic
will bear" II the voters OF the coun-
try are satisfied with this playing at
war against the trusts and voteS toln
dorse such namby-pamby operation
they deserve to pay trust prices ID
the balance of their lives and VIII
probably do SO. x
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27
The "Iowa Ideay WIN Not Down. 81 &

The Iowa Idea" Will Not Down.
The National Manufacturers, AssS.
citation, at its late meeting at Pitts
burg. committed itself to the policy OF
reciprocity in competition products.siA
resolution was adopted calling for i
permanent tariff and reciprocity COM
mission and for Presidential authority
to issue proclamation giving effect to
reciprocity treaties. The Des Moines
Register concludes that:
Had the manufacturers idea been
Incorporated In the Dlngley bill, ey-
cry one of the Kasson trade arrange
ments would to-day be In full opera
ton to the great advantage Of Ameri-
fcanyindustry.s'
President Roosevelt or Chairman
Cortelyou, will have to bring pressure
to bear upon this Iowa idea" enthusi-
asst, or the leayen of tariff reform will
start to working again In Iowa, ana
may become; unmanageabl Corpora
ton influence and railroad money was
too much for the Register and Gov.
ernor Cummins when the delegates to-
the Republican convention were elect
ed, but the voters may yet show. even
in that trust ruled State. that high
tariff prices and railroad monopoly
are more than they will submit to. 8
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

WHERE CHILDREN GO TO BED. /,
When you go to bed you lie down on
a mattress, and most of you put your
head on a pillow. A little Russian
boy goes to bed on top of big
soapstone stove, which is nice and
warm, but not hot. In Lapland they
sleep in thick bags to keep them
selves warm throughout the night.
In Germany the people sleep on one
feather bed with another smaller one
over them. A Chinese bed is only
few inches high, and is often very
beautifully carved; but it isn't very
soft, for the mattress is only a rush
mat-The Child's Hour.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

TABBY AND THE ALLIGATOR.
Our Tabby. the cat, showed great
curiosity, not unmixed with jealousy.
when Beelzebub, the young alligator,
was installed as another family pet.
And she acquired the unkind habit of
walking up to him at every chance
and showing her displeasure by DELHI
erately cutting him with her paw.
Then, she would retire with show of
dignity, as if she had performed a
duty. This was done once too often,
for the little alligator had evidently
remembered her former insults, and
this last proved too much. His eyes
flashed, and when Tabby was walking
away he scrambled after her, seized
her tail and chung to it viciously.
This frightened the bully, and she
started on race around the room,
taking flights over chairs and tables,
with the alligator clingihg desperate
ly to her tail. When we released the
frightened Tabby we were surprised
to find the alligator none the worse
for his wild experience, and with
widely extended jaws breathing gem
eral defiance; but Tabby treated the
alligator ever after with due respect.
Our Dumb Animals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

The sure way to miss snccess = i
Miss the opportunity. Charles,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-27

"There's the smooth politician who
lives on the dream that he's
surely bamboozling the voters
With his CAB and his graft. till he
finds In the end he's been bad
" bamboozled by "foaters."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-05-12
PROHIBITS SONG m CHURCH.
Ai.ister at Racine, wis.,, Causes .
Sensation ~ I.tcr.upting sa.s.
Aag OF "Ave Naria.s

Rev. George Murray Colv.lle caused
. sensation in the First Presbyterian
church at Racine. Wis. on recent Sum
lay evening by interrupting the sing
Ing Of "Ave Maria" by Miss Susie Rob-
erts. the soprano soloist of the church.
Lifting his hands. Mr.. Colville said:
II beg your pardon, but l cannot allow
that song to be sung in this thurch."
Miss Roberts had sung about ohesthird
of the song when she was stopped by
the minister. and she at once picked up
her wraps and left the church.
The other members of the choir and
congregation were surprised at the ac-
tion. which they could not at first ,n-
derstand. 1t was learned that some
weeks ago Miss Roberts sang the same
song and was informed by the minister
that although he thought the music
beautiful He did not believe that the
words WERE appropfiats u Sc sung II, !
Protestant church,