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Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
WORK FOR ARMY OFFICERS
College Where They Learn to Con-
struct Suspension Bridges
and Trenches.

Persons who think officers of the
regular army have nothing to do but
sit around their clubs attired ia their
nattiest uniforms enjoying life would
doubtless be surprised to see them
minus blousss and starched collars
swinging axes, hewing timber for
trestle bridges, digging sod for fas-
cine revertments and making palisades
in time of peace.
There are three colleges at Fort
Leavenworth for the instruction of
army officers in the art of war
the infantry and cavalry school, the
signal school and the staff college
All are under the supervision of Brig.
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, aided by a body
of officers, designated as a personal
staff.
One interesting feature of the COL
lege course is the engineering depart
ment, where the student officers have to
do real work and have no enlisted men
to aid them in any manner. In this
they are called upon to construct, ly-
ing. kneeling and standing trenches,
palisades, fascine and gabions, revert
ments or sand1a5s and loopholes Of
sod on parapet, wire arrangements,
bridges with framed trestles on land
and water, trestle bridges of round
timbers, bridges OF canvas pontoons,
barrel and log RATS, double lock spar
bridges with trestle approaches, bridges
with wooden ronioons and with pile
trestles and I flying bridge.
The suspension bridge is 100 feet
long, between two supporting towers.
Two of the bridges. with reserve equip
age wooden pontocns, are each of 12
bays and 240 feet long. Each bridge
is tested by driving loaded army
wagon across it. The flying bridge,
to carry troops across streams too
wide to be bridged. was constructed on
the Missouri river. 1t is made by
sinking large stone, to which n cable
Is attached. Portoons. either two or
three, or long RATS are attached to
the cable, and the current is made to
force the raft across the stream by
means of rudder placed at certain
angle.
The officers are taken to different
parts of the big reservation, and in
charge of their instructors build
trenches and bridges. tie majority Of
which are left stardtag. They have
been viewed by high ermy officers and
pronounced perfect in every detail.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

STATE OF Esgs; oTIS; cs1T corrS. or TOLEDO SIS.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partaer of the nrm of F. J. CHENEY Co.. doing
business in the City of Toledo. County aud State
aforesaid. and that said frm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
of CArARRH that cannot be cured by the use Of
Halls CArARRH CuEE. -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before and subscribed in my presence
this 9th day of December, a. D.. 1886
sr1Ls NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly the blood and mucous surfaces OF ths
system. Send for testimonials. free.
+. j. CHENEY CO., Toledo q.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE.

There are ladies smoking cars on
English railways.
Alligator, popular native dish in
India, tastes like veal.
The wood used in the best pianos
has been seasoned 40 years.
Those who reach 80 in good health
are likely, statistics show, to last to
73.
Over 100000 pounds of human hair,
valued at s5OO.000. is sold annually
in Paris.
The majority Of criminals can draw
and paint. That is why artists can
rarely get credit.
In many parts Of Switzerland the
government buries the dead, supplying
coffins and undertaken free of cost
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
THE GREATEST ERUPTION.
It Is Long Since Lava Flowed 80 Far
Down the Southern Slope
of Vesuvius.

In all the eruptions of the nine
teenth and the opening of the twenti-
eth centuries the lava of Vesuvius
never flowed so far down the south
ern slope as it has within the mast
few days, says the New York San.
We must go back to the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries for the coun-
terparts of the present flow. In those
centuries perhaps even wider streams
than those of the recent eruption
touched the present site of Bosco
Trecase and nearly approached the
sea. This town has now been de.
stroyed. Only one narrow stream of
lava reached the sea in the nineteenth
century and that was at Tore del
Greco, which has again been threat
ened. but in the two preceding CEN
turies number of flows on the west
ern slope turned the edge of the Bay
of Naples into steam.
The lava stream has reached the
town OF Ottajano, near the foot of the
northeastern slope of the mountain
OF course, the entire mountain was
built up by lava flows, but we have
of any streams flowing in the direc.
ton of this place. The town of Bosco
Reale, near the southeastern foot of
the mountain, is said to be in great
danger of destruction. We know that
three flows reached it previous to the
nineteenth century, but for consider
ably more than a century it has not
been threatened by the lava poured
out of the crater.
These facts show the unusual char
acter of the present outburst. The
streams have flowed nearly to the
southern foot of the mountain. and
this has not occurred before for mary
generations. One stream has poured
down the northeastern side, and we
have no record of any earlier invasion
Of this slope.
Most of the present lava flow has
descended the south and southeast
slopes and the ends of the streams
were at least three miles from the
ruins of Pompeii, but it was not a
lava flow, but overwhelming showers
OF volcanic ash.
In the greatest eruptions of We.
suvius. however. the quantities of lava
poured out have been small as COM
pared with the flows from some other
volcanoes. They may seem very
large. for the estimated quantity of
lava poured over the crater rim in
some of these outbursts has been
about 6OO,000000 cubic feet, which is
equivalent to square mile covered
% feet deep; but this is almost in
significant when compared with the
lava that streamed from Skaptar
Jokull, Iceland, in 1888, whose vol
ume has been computed to be about
Il cubic miles, equal to that of the
entire quantity of water that the Nile
carries to the Mediterranean in a
year.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
Difficult Ton one

Eskimo has the reputation of being
a difficult tongue to understand, even
more to speak. All manner of parts
Of speech may become Joined to verbal
roots and the whole may be conju.
gated like a simple verb-which is
muddling to foreigner One mission.
ary brought back word which. when
written on the blackboard. was quite
2H yards long.-Boston Transcript.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

catheter. I took to my bed, and the
doctors failing to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again, and the pain grad
ually disappeared. have been cured
eight years, and though over 70, am
as active as boy"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

in bad W g a t h Q r
brought kidney trou-
bles on me, and I
suffered t W e n t y
years with sharp,
cramping pains in
the back and urinary
disorders. l often
had to get up a doz-
en- times at night to
urinate. Retention
set in, and 1 was
Obliged to use the
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
Unexplored Island.

Hainan island, OF the coast Of
China. is one Of the few unexplored
parts Of the earth left. A correspond.
ent Of the South China Post says that
there is no doubt that Hainan is rich
and that It would repay development.
At the present moment there are two
foreign expeditions In the interior ex-
ploripS the country.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
lust q Tin

Miss Country Maid-I was reading
in magazine that in the city hotels
one often sees palms about the dining
rooms. What kind Of palm is the most
prominent?
Mr.. Dineout-The waiter's.-Chicago
Daily News.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
How to Go

When you have occasion to travel. use the
same discrimination in buying ticket that
you would in buying anything else. Assure
yourself in advance of what you may expect
in the way of comfort and convenience en-
route. If there is any information you want
about prospective trip, write me. will
gladly give you the information. Address
w. s. ST. GEORGE
General Passenger Agent NJ. X. & T. R'y
St. Lous, Missouri
q. A. McNUTT.
Blossom House, Kansas City, Mo.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

righteousness ought to keep his own
backyard clean.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
Concrete Definition.

Tommy-Paw, what is pessimism?
Mr.. Tucker-It's-it's something like
rheumatism, Tommy.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

The original chauffeurs, 1t seems,
were robbers. Which is another in
stance showing the descent of man.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
Indian Attorneys Fees.

40, the poor Indian, whose untu-
tored mind makes him the easy prey
of the white sharper, but whose mind
tutored in law school and stimulated
by the atmosphere of the national
capital is capable of attaining con-
tingent fees of unprecedented dimen-
sions Robert S. Owen, Cherokee,
has won suit for his nation for
$5,000,000 against the United States,
being the cost of the tribes removal
from Georgia to Indian Territory sixty
eight years ago. OF this he is to re-
ceive fifteen per cent.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
IN CONSTANT AGONY.

A West virginian's Awful Distress
Through Kidney Troubles.
w. L. Jackson, merchant, of Park
ersburg, w. Va. saws: "Driyinp. about
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

He who laughs last misses the next
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
lmpertant TO Mothaea,

Examine carefully every bottle Of CASTORfA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
Mrs. winsiow's Soothing Syrup.

For children teething, softcns tho gums, reduces
lammston. ailsys pain. cures wind collie. 25c bott
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

Advice of friends makes a multitude
of enemies
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

In Use For Over 80 Years.
Tho Kind You uavo Always Bought
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

ASIA CIGARS.
VIII not make you nervous Ask your dealer or The
VI, Hyman Cigar Co., $40 18th Street, Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
A W0MAN's ORDEAL
BREADS D0cT0R's QUESTIONS
Thousands Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn
Mass, and Receive Valuable Advice
Absolutely Confidential and Free

There can be no more terrible ordeal
to delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician, and many
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

Change of cars is one OF the creates,
Inconvenience of travel. You don't
have to change cars il you travel via
the Missouri. Kansas * Texas Railway.
Through trains lover its own rails run
between St. Louis and Kansas City and
Oklahoma City. Dallas, Fl. Worth. San
Antonio and Galveston. All through
trains have Chair Cars and Pullman
Sleepers.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31
@G@ @GE@
Travel Right
to Oklahoma

The Missouri, Kansas G. Texas
R'y has recently inaugurated addi-
tional daily train for Oklahoma City,
Guthrie, Cleveland, Bartlesville,
Coffeyville, etc. With this added
service the NJ. X. & T. R'y is the
logical line between ST. Louis and
Kansas City and all principal points
in Oklahoma.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

CT0VE REPAIRS of every known make
~ - OF stove. furnace range. Geo. n.
l'uIlen. 1881 Lawrence. Denver. Phone '2o.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-31

SHEEP. HOG. CATTLE s.
L-k-J CHICKEN FENCE
-e-- in any length Send for
B--- catalog of cuts. Denver
s@,--f@1 Saw 4 Fence Co.. 162s-29
E-ssSsS-Sss6s-s.. 18th ST.. Denver. Colo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
HESTER. IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JULY Is, 1906.

ration. 1t is questionable whether
such a large quantity can be used
with economy on the average farm,
for the reason that intensive feeding
is seldom practical, and the conse-
quent needed care is not usually
given, but as much as 10 per cent
of animal food mixed with the corn
ration should give good results.
For fattening purposes it is better
to feed ground corn and, if possible,
to moisten it with milk. Milk is
rich in protein matter and helps bal
ance the ration. The last week or
ten days of the feeding period corn
may be fed TO the exclusion of all
other feeds. Bear in mind that when
feeding chicks for the market they
should not have too much exercise.
During the first two weeks they may
run about in "a comparatively small
yard, but during the last week or
ten days better results will be secur-
ed if chicks are penned up in very
small pens where they can practical
ly secure no exercise at all. Some
of the large English feeders allow
their chicks no exercise whatever.
They feed them on the intensive
plan, and in many cases use what
is called examining method. For two
weeks they feed the chicks all they
will eat of ground feed, such as
hulled oats and barley mixed with
milk, and as soon as the appetite of
the chicks wanes they force the feed
nto their crops by means of ma
chine especially constructed for
THAT purpose. In this, way it is
claimed that more rapid gains are
secured and the meat of such chick
ems is also very tender and juicy
Farmers Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Fattening Chicks.

There is probably no animal on
the farm that is capable of making
more economical use of food con-
sumed than is. a young pullets or a
cockerel. AS general rule farmers
market their pullets and cockerels
before they are in their best condi-
ton Tor marketing. They should be
fed for at least three weeks prior to
shipment. In the corn belt there is
probably no grain better adapted
for fattening chicks than corn. Dur
ing the first two weeks of the feed
ing period, however. it is well tc
mix with it more or less of animal
food. Some of the large poultry
feeders use IS much as 20 per cent
Of animal food mixed with the grain
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18

Charles Dickens used to describe the
way in which Samuel Rogers, the poet
told dinner table stories when grown
old and feeble. a manservant stood
behind Rogers chair and at appropri-
ate intervals would thus admonish, his
master: Tell Mr.. Dickens. sir, the sto-
ry Of the Hon. Charles Townshend apd
the beautiful Miss Curzon.' The od
poet would start in a slow chant: "Th&
Hon Charles Townshend became enam-
ored of Miss Curzon. She was bee
yewtiful. He be-ribed her maid to con-
ceal him In her chee-amber and when
she arrived to dress for ball emerged
from his hiding place. She looked ut
him fixedly. then said, why don't you
begin?' She took him for the air
dresser"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Two Ways of Putting 1t,

Two groups of persons We're seated
in Il railway station, according to Lip
pincott's Magazine. One consisted Of Il
fashionably attired pair, the other of a
pair who looked as If they We're from
the country. They had been there only
Il few minutes when girl came in
whose complexion was as nearly per-
feet us anything in this world ever Is.
While she was buying her ticket the
young man remarked to the ladies' with
him:
isn't Miss Cransford beauty? Hex
complexion is as perfect as rose"
AT the same time the other man
clutcled his wifes arm and whispered;
Lord, Nan. hasn't that gal got a
purity hide!'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Let the Children Play.

1t is too often true of the unhappy
children who are forced to rise too ear
ly in their classes that they are con-
iceited all the forenoon of life and stu
pid all its afternoon: The vigor and
freshness which should have been stor-
ed up for the purposes of the hard
struggle for existence in practical life
have been washed out of them by pre-
cocious mental debauchery-by glut-
tony and lesson bibbing. Their facul-
ties are Worn out by the strain put
--ul'oaA-..IS.i orstiiIs, ,IIe la =
demoralized by worthless childish til
umphs before the real work of life be-
gins. have no compassion for sloth
but youth has more need for intellectu-
al rest than age, and the cheerfulness,
the tenacity of purpose, the power of
work, which make many successful
man what he is, must often be placed
to the credit not of his hours of indus
try, but to that of his hours of idleness
in oyhood.-lIuXley.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Ants XIII n Kattlcr

A hunter tells an Interesting story
of the way i'll which Il colony of red
ants put to death rattlesnake which
dared to disturb their abode. He was
out hunting when he saw the rattler
ana started to put a load of shot into
the reptile VIXEN he noticed that it was
headed straight for an ant hill of un-
usual size and waited to watch the
proceedings. 1t had hardly got half
way across the mound when a big red
ant haslened TO the attack and sank
his nippers into the snakes body. In
less than two minutes he was Joined
by the whole colony, which practically
covered the whole body of the rattlcr,
each one sinking its scissors-lillc blades
into the intruder's body. The snake
began to thrash and squirm, but the
ants held on like bulldogs. The rat
tiers fury grew so great that he sank
his fangs into his own body. then
Strengthened out after a few more
conrulsive efforts to get away and was
dead in less than ten minutes after the
first ant had mounted his body.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
THE lDEeL LIFE

It's nothing that G ID within the world
WithhOlds the revelation which we seek,
Mans Ignorance of life and death Is what
u should be- Born to struggle and progress,
His limitations make his desiiny>
Is glven--wisdom bounded by his sphere.
We ttand but darby on the outer edge
VI matter. force and mind and feel no more
OF their transcendent pow er than he who spor. Il
Along the shore feels the throblng sea.
Ire mendo9s ts the force that sill exp. nds
ITSELF to swing the G nth around the sun
AZ thrtu ugh the ages which outreach the stretcl
Of furthesi fancy; yet we feel It not.
The easOns silently unfold the mselves
And dreamlike glide away the days and years.
Times snowiiakes haaplng up the centuries.
vast fabric Of tho universe. Tie leaves
That tiutter in the wind IRE swaye byit;
The storm that twists and rends the giant oak
While flares the lightning that might wreck a
world, u
II cast the earth. a spsrk. from ont the sun,
Just as child might whiri a top xnd when
Its course Is run twill TALL obedisnt back
into the mass OF whose immtnsity
lmaglnati n can but family iteAm. H
AUG AL We see IS but IN outer sign s
itehind which dwelis the true, eternal One,
Unchanglng cause Of change, unseen, unfelt.
The veil OF matter hangs 'twixt him and us.
the human mind is as glass and can F5s
Reflect the tangible alone. We feel va! Es
The force Of matter. but the Force Of Force.
From Us as II he were not Still we know
He must exist and all that he has done
Or does Is for the best. nd thus by nope
Not too much buoyed nor by despair cast down
Dur lives should flow from day to day and year
10 year e'en as stream whose ripples are
II mingles with the sea from wtiiclii. came.
JAMES ARMSTRONG:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Have Railroad Men Learned Their Lesson

Isit not high time for railroad men
themselves to read clearly the hand
writing on the wall, and to compre-
hend what is SO apparent to almost
every one else n the country!
Through their powerful influences
at Washington they spent the entire
winter and spring in trying to OBJ
struct legislation that was essential
to their own permanent welfare, al
the very time when they should have
applied their energies to setting
their houses in order and preparing
themselves for new period Of rail
road management as free from abus-
es as vigilance could possibly secure,
In the end, their obstructive tactics
all failed, and the Senate itself added
amendment after amendment to the
Hepburn bill, to make it more sweep.
ing and severe than it was when it
came up from the House of Repre-.
sentatives. So much has happened
however, within month or two that
one seems to be dealing with history
rather than with current events
Railroad managers are no Longer
disposed to b Q obstructive. The
period of reform and regeneration
has fairly set in.-From "The Pro.
gress Of the World" in the Ameri
can Monthly Review of Reviews fol
July.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Honeymoon Rendinn.

The house had Quieted after the wed
ding. Mother and Aunt Mary We're In
the parlor talking it over.
so it's over" said Aunt Mary, smil
ing into mothers eyes.
Yes" said mother bravely, although
a little tearfully, Its overland be
gun"
They'll be happy, I'm sure"
"Ies. They are very well suited tc
each other
Very. could see that They both
have studious habits"
"Yes. But, Mary"-mother paused
and the CLEAN of mischief evoked by
Aunt Mary sooner than anybody else
darted into her eyes-"Mary. they cant
have much sense Of humor. Though its
N-1 - :. o. =, 's1ssy
"Why not:"
DO you know what she took to read
on their wedding Journey? Stevenson's
Travels With Donkey '"-Tit-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18
Should Have Been Put Otherwise
A.,

Snoulu AuVo bcen Put Otherwise.
An esteemed perthshire minister was
visiting a burly parishioner suffering
hom the "mulligrubs," or "Effie Lind
say The strong man was intensely
irritated at being attacked by disease,
and he greeted his minister thus:
"Weel, Messiohn, thocht ye wad never
come. l ken ye are busy WI tkinkin'
whatna fresh notion ye can gle huz on
the Sawbath, and l ken ye maundung
ycS prains-as 1 jalose-by readin' a.
the bit bookies We can come by to hae
q crap O. profitable notions for a'body.
Sit ye doom, sir, in the big chair, and,
Janet, gle Mr.. P6ttedhead whang O.
gouda cheese, a souple scone and the
crumbs O. the greybeard. The bite and
sup will keep his hoast, puir stock.
Moo, sir, it's bath lamentable and
awfae, but this is the first illness l
have ever had in a my born days.
tell ye, my first illness." Well" re-
piled the minister, in voice meant to
be plangent with suppressed emotion,
II most earnestly hope it may be your
last. t."-Dundee Advertiser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-18

For a feat of dcXterity and .ve If
would be difficult to surpass thaf tho
Bosjesman of South Africn, who ,lks
quietly up to a puff adder and ,,b.
erately sets his bare foot on its .k
In Its struggles to escape and atteits
to bite its assailant the poison 81,
secretes a large amount of the vene
This is just what the Bosjesman wal
Killing the snake, he eats the body d
uses the poison for his arrows.