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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
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about to make vicious sweep at him
with parang. The downfall of this
worthy caused his immediate success
sor to stumble, and jerks saw his op-
portunity. With the agility of cat he
jumped up the ladder and reached the
ledge without injury.
These things happened with the
speed of thought. Within forty seconds
of Iris shrill cry the sailor was breast
high with the ledge and calling to her:
"All right, old girl! Keep 1t up!"
But here he was close to her, unhurt
and calmly jubilant as was his way
when n stiff fight went well. He was
by her side now, firing. and aiming, too,
for the Dyaks broke cover reclslessly
In running for shelter, and one may do
fair work by moonlight.
She had strength enough left to place
the rifle out of harm's way before she
broke down and sobbed not tearfully,
but In paroXysm of reaction. Soon
all was quiet beneath save for the Ia
bored efforts of some wounded men to
get fur away from that accused rock.
oSAiiAo w do- upAG " IukA W 1llS l1c ell
deavored to allny her agitation and
succeeded somewhat, for tears came,
and she chung to him. 1t was useless
to reproach him. The whole incident
was unforeseen. She was herself Il
party to 1t. But what an escape!
You have been very good litt:,
girl and have earned your SUPPER" he
said.
"Oh, how cnn you talk SO callously
after such an awful expcrlence| she
expostulated brokenly.
ut is small thing to trouble about,
sweetheart" he explained "You spot
ted the enemy SO promptly and blazed
away with such fcrocity that they new
er got within yards OF me-"
care you suref"
II vow and declare that after we
have eaten something and sampled our
remaining bottle of wine will tell you
exactly what happened"
"Why not nowY
Because must first see to Mir Jan.
bundled him neck and crop into the
cave. l hope did not hurt him."
"You are not going down there
again."
mo need, trust"
He went to the side of the ledge, re-
covered the ladder which he had has
tily hauled out Of the Dyaks reach aft
or his climb, and cried:
mir Jan"
"Ah, sahib! Praised be the name of
the Most High, you are alive. 1 was
searching among the slain with a sor-
rowful heart"
The Mohammedan's voice came from
some little distance on the left.
"fhe slain, you say. How many?"
give, sahib."
impossible! I.fired blindly. with, the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
The Rainy Day.

A well known artist recently received
n letter from Il chap who has regularly
made it n practice to borrow money
of him. In this letter tie chap who is
always in financial difficulties surprs-
cd his correspondent by saying:
This time have decided to reverse
the usual order of things, and, instead
Of borrowing from you, lnclosc here
with $50, which am going to ask that
you will lay aside for me for u rainy
day.,
But the artist couldn't find any re-
mittance In the letter. He searched for
1t on the floor, under the table-in fact,
everywhere lie thought he Knight have
dropped 1t. Then quite accidentally he
turned over the sheet on which the let
ter was written and discovered this
postscript:
give just looked out of the window
and find it's raining like the very
deuce!'-Collier's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Noto both cropbar and reuolucr qrcre
needed,

rock. They We're SO poised and held
below that jerks could not force them
backward. A fourth appeared, its
coarse shafts looming into sight like
the horns of some gigantic animal
The four covered practically the whole
front Of the ledge save where Mir Jan
cleared little space on the level.
The sailor was standing now, with
the crowbar clinched in both hands.
The firing In the valley slackcned ana
died away. A Dyak face, grlnning like
japanese demon, appeared at the top
Of the ladder nearest to Iris. /.
"Don't tirew shouted jerks. And the
iron bar crushed downward. Two 9TH
ers pitched themselves half on to the
ledge. Now both crowbar and rcvolv-
or were needed. Three ladders were
thus numbered somewhat for those be-
meath, and jerks sprang toward the
fourth and most distant. Men were
crowding 1t like ants. Close to his feet
lay an empty water cask. 1t was Il
crude weapon, but effective when well
pitched, and the sailor had never made
q better shot for goal In the midst
of hard fought scrimmage than lie
made with that tub for the head of the
uppermost pirate.
Another volley came from the sands.
A bullet plowed through his hair and
sent his sou'wester flying. Again the
besiegers swarmed to the attack. One
way or the other they must succeed.
A man and n woman-even such n man
and such Il woman-could not keep at
bay an Infatuated horde of fifty suv-
ages fighting Mt close quarters and un-
der these grievous conditions.
jerks knew what would happen. He
would be shot while repelling the seal
ing party. And Iris! Dear heart! She
was thinking of him.
keep back! They can never gain
the ledge!" she shrieked.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
A story Of Sir Robert n.u

Sir Robert Ball, the noted British as.
tronomer, on one occasion went to q
remote town in Ireland to lecture OIL
his favorite topic. Arriving ut the sta.
ton, he looked for the expected convey.
ance, but found none. After all the
other passengers had disappeared a
man stepped up and said, Maybe
you're Sir Robert Ball?" On receiving
an affirmative reply the man hastily
apologized, saying, "Sure, your hoaor
I'm sorry l kept you waiting, but was
tould to look for an intellectual gintle.
man." Sir Robert thought that under
the circumstances 1t would be better
not to inquire what was the mans idea
of intellectually.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Old time halfway rrnyc,.

Third class passenger coaches in
England used to be coupled ON next to
the engine. The travellers came In for
terrible treatment when any accident
occurred. AT times the engine was
driven tender first, in which case
frozen hands could be warmed at its
smokestack. The passengers were
packed, seventy Of them, into truck
eighteen feet in length by seven md
n half In width. There was no roof
and not, as rule. proper protection
Mt the sides.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
: PIrl4 AND POINT.

Few things are as good as they look.
A little girl likes to take care of n
baby. but it's different with boy.
People complain good deal. Still,
they have good deal to complain
about.
Don't be too sure Of yourself. The
other fellow may only appear to be
fooled.
How often you hear, the expression,
He thinks no one has any rights but
himself"
If boy is healthy, two minutes aft.
or he has reached home from school he
Is eating something.
Some day the time comes to every
man when the most he can do for those
around him is to be patient.
There IRE two kinds of luck-good
luck for which you must work and bad
luck which appears unannounced.-
Atchison Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

or two at n pinch"
Good! We will get water from the
well. When the fighting begins at
dawn fire Mt every man you seq from
the back of the cave On no account
come out. Then they can never reach
you if you keep a full magazine. Wait
here"
Il thought you We're never coming"
protested Iris when jerks reached the
ledge. II have been quite creepy. 1
am sure there is some one down there
And, please, may have another
drink?"
The sailor had left the crowbar be-
meath. lie secured rifle, spare clip
and a dozen packets Of cartridges,
meanwhile briefly explaining to Iris
the turn taken by events so far as Mir
Jan was concerned. She was natural
ly delighted and forgot her fears in
the excitement caused by the appear
ance of so useful an ally. She drank
his health in Drumming bcalier of
water.
She heard her lover rejoin Mir Jan
and saw the two step out into the
moonlight, while jerks explained the
action of the rife. Fortunately Iris
was now much recovered from the
fatigue and privation of the earlier
hours. Her senses were sharpened to
pitch little dreamed of by stay-at-
home young ladies' of her age, and she
deemed 1t her province to act as sentry
while the two men conferred. Hence
she was the first to detect, or, rather, to
become conscious OF, the stealthy crawl
of several Dyaks along the bottom of
the cliff from Turtle beach.
"Robert!" she screamed. 1.-THE Dy-
axis! On your left!'
knowledge of strategy. Before she
shrieked her warning she graspcd n
rifle. Holding it at the "rcady"-about
the level of her waist-and depressing
the. muzzle sufficiently, she began firing
down the side of the rock as fast as
she could handle lever and trigger.
Two Of the nickel bullets struck pro-
lection and splashed the leading saw
ages with molten metal.
Unfortunately jerks rifle beneath
was unloaded, being in Mir JAMS pos
session for purposes of instruction.
jerks whipped out his revolver.
"To the cave!' he roared, and Mir
JAMS unwillingness to face a goblin
could not withstand the combined i'm
petus of the sahibs order and the on
ward rush Of the enemy. He darted
headlong for the entrance.
jerks, shooting blindly rs he, too,
ran for the ladder, emptied the revolv-
er just as his left hand clutched u
rung. Three Dyaks were SO close that
it would be folly to attempt to climb.
He threw the weapon into the face OF
the foremost man, etfectually stopping
his onward progress.
The sailor turned to dive into the
cave and secure the rife from Mir
Jan, when his shin caught the heavy
crowbar resting against the rock. The
pain of the blow lent emphasis to the
swing with which the implement de-
scended upon some portion of u Dyalz
anatomy. jerks never knew where he
hit the second assailant, but the place
cracked like an eSgshell.
He had not time to recover the bar
for another blow, SO he drove the point
in the gulldt Of gentleman who was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Marital Pcrsiaane.

II must confess" remarked Mrs.
Crabbe, II don't believe there ever was
really perfect man." "Well," replied
Mr.. Crabbe, adam would have been
perfect, suppose, If Eve had only
been made first" "How do you
meanT "Wcll, she would have bossed
the job of making ADAM" -Philndcl-
phia Press
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Ere at Hot Springs. Ark.

Fire at Hot Springs, Ark.
Advice has been received from the Business
Mems League Of Hot Springs. Ark, that the
Of the hotels. bath houses or resorts, snd wifi
therefor not Interfere Interfere in any way with
Hot Springs tourist business II. g. PIERCE,
Agt. !. @. r, r.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

Johnson-He said was an addle pat
cd jackass. What do you advise me to
do about it? Jackson-See n good vet
crinary.-Leslle's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
FOR THE ROUND TRIP

The Illinois Central will. .ell tickets from
Manchester, Iowa. 10 New Orleans and return
at tho above very low rate, 'imitea to twenty
one days for return, and good for stop overs In
the Ohio River. Tourist sleepsrs have beef
chartered which will leave Manchester at $40
y. M. Monday. May 18th. 1905. and make the
TIP thfol to New 0rlsa1s; retqrnns to Chi
doible berth In these s'eepers Will be s,o.On,
viii III covers use Of berth from starting point
back to ,h;cago. Applications for reservations
Il these n ssspe rs ~ draft for
Gsnl. Pass Agent. @ II. r. Dubuque Iowa,
on or befGIe May l0lh-the earlier tie better
This excursion will BIO run special from Cen
tra!a. illinois, to New Orleans ana back to
co mprelicnslve idea Of the advantages and pos
sbilit es of tho, country along tic lines OF the
Il inols Central and fazoo 4 Mississippi Valley
cresa1a sSps YIN be made y
Baton R,u;e. Nearly three days will be spent
at New Orleans, and returning stops viii be
made ut Hammond. ROseland. McCOmb City
Chrystal springs. Jackson. Miss. Greenwood,
May is q e'time 10 visit the South Crops
will be we'll advanced and will offer undisput /.
Bile evidencr AS to the fertility Of the soil. The
only proper way to Judge the possibilities Of a
ana this exceptionally low rate, and specially
planned tcheaule ar9rds an Opportunity that
should be embraced by every one who is look.
Ing for q new home or land Investment. As
this will boa strictly business trip for Home
Seekers and Land Investors. 1t WILDE for men
only. = 7s5i.s
giving complete schedule. itinerary and full
G,nvention to Ee held ii Nav orleans Nay ctS.
y. T.. MERRY.
Dubuque, iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

Why do you fret and grumble,
Why don't you take tumble,
Use Beac0m's Picnic Pills,
They will drive away your ills
Try them. rs cents. All druggists, soft
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
CHAPTER XIV.

g y a lou are n dear unreasonable lit
Y tie girl" he said. Have you
breath enough to tell Inc why
@y Won came down tho lnddor ~,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
RAILROAD
Time Cards.
Manchester & Oneida Rv.
TIME TABLE,.

TIME TABLE,
Tram NO. i leaves Manchester at 6.iba. IN. ar.
TIxes RtOneida nj &c a m Connects
with west bound e. G. w. No. Z.
Returning leaves Oneida at $40 q, m
arrives at Manchester at 6;O5 q, IN
Train No. I. leaves Manchester at 7:Ib a. m
arrives at Oneida at 7:45 a. M. con
meets with east bound G. q. W. No
". returning leaves Oneida at 7:H
a. M, arrives at Manchester al 8:I
a. III. '
Train No. G, leaves Manchester at S:4ba. M. mr..
rves at ,It Oneida at 1924 o. m. Con.
meets with the north bound O. NJ. q
~. r, No. ". Returning leaves
Oneida at g:25, arrives at Manchestef
at9:50 a. m.
frain No. 8. leaves Manchester at 2:tO u. IN, ar.
riyos at Oneida at ESQ p. m. con
meets with 9; G. W.. No. 4. east
hound, and No. 0, west bound Re.
turning leaves Oneida at 3;29 ~ m.
arrives at Manchester at 3;45 n m.
Train No 10, leaves Manchester at 4:45 p. m.
arrives ~ Oneida at 5:15 y. m. Con-
r., No. 81. Returning leaves Oneida
q. 5:25 p. M. arrives at Manchester
5:45 p. nj.
j. L.REiSEY,
Gen. Traffic Manager.
Through tickets for sale at Manchester to all
points in North America.
TRAINS WILL STOP ONLY At
Bclknaps Crossing, Platform at Quaker Mil
Switch. Franklin Street Crossing sly's Cross
lug, !, MIXERS ~ Crossing. Twin Crossing, West
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
WHY TRAVEL ABRoAD2

fro DE CONTINUED
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

In the petrided forest Of Ari- zona there are trunks of trees three to four feet in diameter and over 100 feet Tn length, en- tirely changed to quartz. Accord ing to Dana the trees now silici- fed in Arizona appear originally to have fiOurished on the shores of an inland lake, into which they fell and became water logged; then they were buried beneath volcanic material of a highly siliclous character, which underwent alteration through the action of water, set ting free more silica than the water could hold in solution. As the wood decayed this silica was deposited in it's cell until finally the woody fiber completely dis appeared and what was once wood became quartz. As this change took place only particle by particle, the minutest cells of the wood are preserved, as may be seen through the microscope. Mining World.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15
IN THE PROBATE COURT

Of the County of Yuma, Territory of
 Arizona.
 In the matter of the Estate of
 Mercedes Figueroa, Deceased, Order to Show Cause Why Order of
 Sale of Real Estate Should not be
 Made.
 It appearing to this Court by the pc tition this day presented and filed by Anselmo l.. Figueroa, administrator of the estate of Mercedes Figueroa, de- ceased, that it is necessary to sell the whole or some portion of the real es tate of said decedent to pay the debts of decedent and the expenses and charges of administration.
 It is therefore ordered by this Court that all persons interested in the estate of said deceased appear before the said Probate Court on Thursday, the 7th day of December, A. D. 1905, at the hour of ten o'clock d. m. of said day, at the court room of said Court, at the court house in the city of Yuma, Yuma county, Territory of Arizona, to show cause why an order should not be granted to said administrator to sell so much of the said real estate as shall be necessary, and that copy of this order be published four successive weeks in the Arizona Sentinel, a newspaper printed and published in the said coun- ty of Yuma. ''.-
 Dated November Sth, 1905. :. Burt Dunlap, At Judge Ofthe Probate Court.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15
No more was heard from the Conger people. Lippincott's.

9
 Everyone has probably won- dered why certain size paper, familiar to all who write, is call ed foolscap. AS early as the year 1901 water marks were em- ployed by paper manufacturers to distinguish their products. One grade of paper much in de- mand during the middle ages, resembling what we call fools cap, and known by that name, had for it's water mark a fools head wearing cap and bells. The mark appeared on this grade of paper until the middle of the seventeenth century, when the figure of Brittania was substi- tuted by the English manufac- turers, and other masks by other paper makers. No one has, however, changed the name of the paper, so we have to this day the foolscap paper.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15
Baking Powder
A Happy Quote.

Senator Blackburn says that the most felicitous quotation ap- ropos of any pending measure in the senate was uttered by the late Senator Vance of North Carolina.
 A strong effort was being made in the senate to pass the Paddock pure-food bill. Conger of Iowa, at present minister to China, had succeeded in getting the lard bill bearing his name through the house, but the Southern senators had defeated 1t in the senate. Frequently, however, an effort would be made to get the provisions of the Conger bill attached to the Paddock bill as amendments. At a time when Senator Paddock had the floor to present the mer- it's of his bill he was interrupted by another senator, who intimat- ed that inasmuch as the Conger bill had passed the house, it might be better to more carefully examine it's provisions. At this iuncture Senator Vance man. aged to secure recognition.
 '-Mr. President" exclaimed he as he slowly arose from his seat, "the Conger lard bill is dead.
 Iris Greece, but living Greece no
 m0re!"
 No more was heard from the ,Conger people. Lippincott's.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15
VAGABOND
 DEMOCRACY
It's wanderlngs Since the Civil War

The democratic party once de- clared that it adOred the Four teenth and Fifteenth amend ments; it's attitude is different now, says Tom Watson in his magazine. It once declared in favor of greenback currency; then it retired to the middle ground of free silver; then it flew by telegraph to the single gold standard.
 Before the war it stood for free trade; after the war fOf tar if reform; then for tariff for revenue only; then for tariff for revenue with incidental protec- ton; then for sugar bounties; then for an act whose schedules were dictated by the trusts.
 It once declared for national tax on wealth, an income tax, with progressive increase as the wealth increased, and then it dropped down to the republican doctrine of leaving wealth un- taxed, while the necessaries, of fife bear the burden.
 It once declared against the national banking system, as lief ferson and Jackson always did; it has since chosen national bankers as it's chiefs, has re- chal tered the system, and given it, at the request of republican money king, a new feed of bonds.
 The democratic party once de- clared against the modern con- mercialism which grinds the seed corn by sacrificing little children for dividends; it now says nothing of child labor, and in South Carolina, where the re- formers who get "reform inside the party" prevail nightly, child slavery is seen in all of it's glory.
 It once cried out against impe- rialism, the owning colonial empire in the far east, where slavery and polygamy and sul- tan's establishments cuddle down under the Stars and Stripes-im- perialism which stretches and weakens our frontier, which ne- cessitates larger navies, which will necessitate larger armies, and which will drag us into the same fatal course which has'been the ruin of every othertrepublic!
 The democratic party once de- clared against all this, but when MT. Bryan grew tired of camp life and the COlonel's uniform, becoming weary of a war in which he was winning no credit, he rushed to Washington, made a personal appeal to Democratic senators, and thus secured for the Spanish treaty the necessary votes which gave us imperialism! Tom Watson's Magazine.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

An old mans darling is liable to make some one else her dear.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

It's the motto of some men never to buy any tobacco when there are easy marks from whom they can borrow.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

No daring speculator will try to corner Uncle Sam's Indian corn crop of 2,685, ,894, 900 bush els. ..s
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

Nothing makes people hate you more than for you to get along better than they do.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

When woman really has more sense than man she Is too clever to let him knowt.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

A girl hardly ever thinks low shoes are becomingeto her when the stockings aren't.N
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

A man can make a lot of money letting other people do the speculating.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

Good friends, geod luck and good credit follow the. fellow who has the least need of them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-11-15

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-12-15

Elmer Francis was in Breckenridge
Tuesday.
See the Dreamland dolls at Sharrar's
drug store.
We are looking for you at Stanard's
Rexall Store. I
Mrs. f. II. Doane spent the day Tues
day in Saginaw.
Mrs. Ezra Richards, of Ithaca, was in
the city Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Hunt called on Ithaca
friends Tuesday.
Chas. Coonrod transacted business in
St. Louis Tuesday.
Buy your Christmas perfumes at
Sharrar's drug store.
Joseph Swikofsky, of Ithaca, was AN
Alma caller Tuesday
Big assortment in Rogers fat ware at
Davies. French grey pattern.
Miss Irene Fatty entertained Miss
Blanche Scott, of Ithaca Tuesday.
Mrs. John Andre VS. visited friends in
Ithaca the latter part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wood visited her
mother i'll Merrill Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. f.. Boardman enter
tanned Miss Anna Clark, of Ithaca, Tues
day.
Andrew Denman went to Coleman,
Wednesday, to pay All extended visit to
sister.
To make those chickens lay feed them
ground bone meal. For sale at Mile
mans meat market.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. J. Judge entertained
the latter's sister, Mrs. NJ. Fanny, of
Harrison, over Sunday.
The B. Y. p. L. held their regular
monthly business meeting with Fred
Soule Tuesday evening.
Miss Jennie Sprague, of the RECORD
force, is sick with the grip at the home
of her parents in Ithaca.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Lance went to
Ithaca, Saturday, to spend some time
with his father, who is sick.
DR.. J. II. Lancashire left Tuesday OIL
a business trip to Battle Greek and Chi
cago, expecting to be home today
Mrs. X. {. Lake, of Ithaca, was the
guest of her daughter and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. O. L. Convis, the first of week
The Misses Frances and Blanche
Cooper received a visit from Miss Emma
X Kennedy, of Ithaca, the latter part OF
last week.
Mrs. Francis King went to Crane
Rapids, Tuesday, to attend a meeting
of the directors of the Michigan Forestry
Association.
Mrs. ID. +. Murphy, of Harrison, who
had been the guest of her sister, Mrs. T
J. Judge, since Thanksgiving, returned
home Wednesday