Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

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ward. Even in Chihuahua these dogs
are very rare. A few recent speci.
mems sold in this city are said to
have been specimens of the true
breed.
There is no commercial bird-fancy.
ing business in this city, and birds
are not as abundant on the upper
table land of Mexico as they are in
the more tropical coast regions. There
are bird fanciers' stores in both Tam
90 and Vera Cruz, where inquiries
on the subject may be directed.
HIDDEN TELEGRAMS.
In this game you are to imagine
you have distant friend with whom
you have an understanding about an
expected message. 1t might be that
there are two or three contestants
for certain prize or honor. The
name of one might be jenkins, that
of another Harrison, and that of the
third Sheldon. Suppose jenkins is
| the successful contestant, and that
you wish to telegraph to your friend
simply the name of jenkins. How
ever, you wish to conceal the mes
sage as much as possible, SO the UNI
derstanding is that the first letters of
the words you telegraph will spell
the name.
With this explanation each player
sets to work to write clever sent
ence in which the first letters will
| spell Jenkins. The various players
| may get sentences like these:
Judge Engles never knew noticed
Sally.
Julias elbow next knocked Irish
Nora silly.
Jack expects no kiss in Nova
Scotia.
Jam eating nearly killed key Ma
than Saturday.
any two alike, and the game is to
see who can write the cleverest.
The kilograms are read aloud and
the players vote to see whose is best.
Washington Star.
THE QUEER BULL SNAKE.
A farmer by the name of Wilson,
residing on Piney, four miles west of
Dickson, came to town bringing with
MN the stuned hide OF a bull l snake
which he killed in his neighborhood
recently, and which measures six feet
IN lengtn.
ms is species OF snake rarely
found in this section. but a rather
remafkaole feature is that when one
IS round IL IS Always large one. Ths
serpent taxes us name from the pei
lowing sound II emlts When angry,
whlcn ls very ike mat OF Dull When
pello"lng.
mere are numerous superstitions
connected with II, one OF wh1ch Is
that II hes IN wait IN WOODS and
pastures for milk COWS, and when
oiie ol the iatter approaches II springs
upon ner' securely ent~lnes Nseit
ABOUT her legs 30 tnat she canho!
move, ana IN tnls iashlon proceeds TO
SUCK ner dry. II is 1urther said tnat
co" mus attacked VIII ever after
wards give ploodly milK.-DlcKson
correspondence NASHVILLE Banner.
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niof1Hno.
airships Tor the annual Kite hyine
CONTEST open 10 cnlidren Oh the pup.
nc ana parocnlai SCHOOLS Whlcn LOOK
pace IN tennessee Valiey farK.
interest was lent 70 tne contest pg
an odd incident showing that the
plrds OF tne ar may pe 1ooled Dy tne
cieverhess Oh man. Alihs Brown haa
Kite made IN im'.atlon OF an Amer
ican easie, anu Mnen u spread lts
WINGS 10 the oreeze ana rode away
lnto Tue aip II LOOKED IKE real klne
VI lhe ar.
inoeea, SO perfect was the lmlta.
tion ehat as the oeautilul KITE scared
over one Oh Tue trees IN the PARK IN
rising' Two iarse Alnsllsners sa" tne
slranse iomi' ana utterins their snriii
cry Oh paltie, ,eit tne Tree ana 1olio"-
ed tne KITE hlsn INTO the ar. ihey
anamv bmt sucb Voc tba,r QUO =,
tbe majestic bird tbav d,d MT yent,ra
"a 1nnsb hostilit,es 70 +he actual noin.
of contact This eagle kite tool the
frst nrize-Rochestar Herald
PHYSICIAN OPERATES ON ca.
NARY.
A prominent physician SET a ca.
nary's broken leg this morning. He
received a hurry call to an acciaant
case at Irwin Crawford's. 877 Four.
teenth street. He snatched his s,,rpi.
cal case. caught car and found The
family gathered about n valuable net
canary. He set the t,ny leg and left
the bird comfortably resting in a nest
of cottonwood. The operation was a