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The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11
For Sale.

Two span of work horses;
large, heavy work teams; time
given if desired. A. L. Frvber-
ger. R. F. D. No. 1. Granada.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

A full set of the New Interna-
tional encyclopedia has been ad-
ded to the school library. There
is no better encyclopedia publish
ed in the English language and
the school is fortunate to secure
a reference work Of such high
character.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11
Our Schools
Attendance for September

Total No. enrolled .24z
Total No. of absent marks
(half days) .288
Average daily attendance. .2o8
Average membership -. >. :. .221
Per cent of attendance ..... o6
No. of tardy marks ~. 10
Per cent of punctuality .9o.8
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

Rev. B. F. Ross acted as sup
ply teacher in the high school
during the absence of Mr.. Col
Inns last week.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11
For Sale.

Six h. p. gasoline engine, prac-
tically as good as new; cost $500;
will sell for $3.50. Elite Laundry,
Lamar, Colorado.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11
Holly

Holly |
Emil Amman was a Lamar
visitor Sunday on business.
Make yourself independent.
See "Ad" Harlem Book Co.
Why not earn more? See "Ad
Harlem Book Co.
c. F. Hoisington of Lamar was
in town Tuesday, guests of Am
mann q Hoisington.
Announcement was made Mon
dav evening that Fred S. Brown
lee was a victim of appendicitis.
Call up Main SO when you
want meat. Prompt deliveries
from the new meat market of
Amman & Hoisington.
]. R. Conard, who has been one
Of the familiar figures in our
community for some years past.
pulled UP stakes and left for Eu-
gen, Oregon, last week, where he
expects to stay.
Mrs. J. w. Bryce left Wednes-
day night on No. E for Wichita,
where she will visit friends and
relatives for a short time, leaving
i'm to run things in his own pc
culiar and quiet way.
Jack Cullen returned from
summers visit in Minnesota. He
says he has to come back, on ac-
count of the rigorous winters
there being too much for him.
And we're glad to have him back.
M. A. McCreery dropped in Sun.
day morning from Denver. He wasn't
just certain that he was in the right
place when the porter put him off here,
as so many changes had been made in
the way Of public improvements since
he went to Denver last January.
Friday evening just as the sun.
went down, there was a lively
skirmish on the Jap farm visible
from the road. Whether it was
Gringo VS.. Muckahi, or otherwise,
we did not learn, but guess no
one was seriously injured nor
badly scared, except the specta-
tors.
Prof. Herbert Sheldon of Carl
ton. Nebraska. arrived the first
Of the week to look the ground
over in view of taking charge of
the new Methodist circuit formed
near Lancaster. If house can
be secured in which the pastor
and his family may live, he will
move his family and goods to the
new field at once.
Esasv RI Miv THE
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

lon you earn abovea ach hmonh
in
lesson t Gme?
Do .
Bookkeper Telegraph Non
dyand
on farm
The demand for good stnogs always
hf orina
to eGsahs6e
but
If
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11
For Sale.

l5O Plymouth Rock Home,
Pigeons. $. Harden, Holly.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

Jack Cullen returned from
summers visit in Minnesota. He
says he has to come back, on ac-
count of the rigorous winters
there being too much for him.
And we're glad to have him back.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

M. A. McCreery dropped in Sun.
day morning from Denver. He wasn't
Just certain that he was in the right
place when the porter put him of here,
as so many changes had been made in
the way Of public improvements since
he went to Denver last January.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-10-11

Mrs. ]. w. Bryce left Wednes-
day night on No. E for Wichita,
where she will visit friends and
relatives for short time, leaving
Inn to run things in his own pc
culiar and quiet way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
FRANKLIN's KITE.
The Philosophers Famous Experiment
as Described by Himself.

The Philosophers Famous Experiment
as Described by Himself.
The famous kite experiment Is de.
scribed by Franklin in letter dated
Oct. 10, 1862: Make small cross of
light sticks of cedar, the arms so long
as to reach to the four corners of
large, thin silk handkerchief when ex-
tended. Tie the corners of the hand
kcrcllief to the extremitics of the cross,
so you have the body of kite, which,
being properly accommodated with Il
tail, loop and string, will rise In the
air like those made Of paper, but be-
ing made Of silk is better fitted to bear
the wet and wind of thunder gust
without tearing. To the top Of the up.
right stick of the cross is to be fixed a
very sharp pointed wire rising a foot
OF more above the wood. To the end
of the Irvine next the hand is to be
tied silk ribbon, and where the silk
and Irvine Join a key may be fastened.
This kite is to be raised when a thun-
der gust appears to be coming on, and
the person who holds the string must
stand within door or window or un-
der some cover. so that the silk ribbon
may not be wet and care must be talk
EN- that the Irvine does not touch the
frame Of the door or window. AS soon
as the thunderclouds come over the
kite the pointed wire will draw the
electric fire from them, and the kite,
with all the Irvine. will be electrified
and stand out every way and be Mt.
tracted by an approaching finger. And
when the rain has wet the kite and
Irvine you will find the electric fire
stream out plentifully from the key or
the approach of your knuckle."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Tho Gamblers Hands.

THAT man is Ii night worker prob.
ably faro DEALER" said a detective to
friend as tile two stood on street
corner the other afternoon. while the
person alluded to by the detective
passed by. "Know him?" asked the
friend. Not yet" replied the dctec.
tive, but may later" "How do you
know he's Il faro dealer, then:' Il
don't know it." was the reply, "but
that he is in some such business is
evident from the peculiar pallor of his
face, which you may have noticed.
You wouldn't get that particular shade
if you worked in bank or Mt desk
all day long. It's the artificial light
and the bad ventilation that do it,
guess. Keeping in the noise of the
rafting chips keeps out the air III
most cases, and those dealers work as
steadily and as regularly as anybody
else. Perhaps you noticed, too, that
his hands were smooth and clean, in
far better condition than yours OF
mine or the average business mans
The professional gambler may not like
his pallor, but he takes great pride in
his hands. "-Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
cowbirds Unnatural Parents,


The cowbird is the only bird that we
have in this country which is unnatu-
raj in its parental duties. 1t never
builds nest for itself, but lays its
eggs in other birds nests. thus forcing
the rightful owners to assume parental
duties. 1t 1t sagacious enough to
choose the nests of birds smaller than
itself, SO that its young, when 1t is
Matched, being inevitably the largest
of the brood, must necessarily receive
the lions share OF the attention of its
foster parents. The birds thus afflict-
ed resort to various means to rid
themselves of this unwelcome addition
to their litter. The most ingenious
method is that frequently used by the
little fellow WARBLER, who will often
build a substructure on top of her orig
inal nest, thus burying the eggs Of the
cowbird and often some of her own
with 1t. Nests have frequently been
found with two of these substructures
in cases where the WARBLER has twice
been visited by the cowbird.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
OLD TIME THEATERs.
Tho Way House and Stage Wsrs
liuhted In Garrjck's Time.

Tho Way House and Stage Were
Lighted In Garriek's Time.
1t must have often struck people
when reading of the performances in
the eighteenth century how it was that
the lightning was contrived. The pow
er of oil lamps was limited enough.
Theaters like Drury Lane and Covent
Garden were Of enormous size. There
were no footlights, at least until about
the middle of the eighteenth century.
and they were the humble floats" dim
enough. Yet there was ample light to
observe expression and play of fea-
lures. SO necessary In interpreting the
fine old comedies of character. Now
adays the stage Is one blaze. 1t is lit
orally bathed and suffused in light.
There are no shadows, and yet 1t might
be said the amount of necessary light
is no more than there used to be and
is not nearly Us satisfactory. How was
1t then? sl
In the theaters of Garrick and earlier
days the stage was really lit by four
great chandeliers, which hung directly
over the heads of the actors from the
arch of the proscenium and just out
side the curtain. When the play was
over, these were lowered slowly. a sig
nal for the audience to depart These
chandeliers furnished a goodly amount
of light ON circular zone Immediately
below them. The actors faces and fig
ures were lit in the natural way, as the
sun would light them, but the rest of
the stage was comparatively dark or
glo0my.-Blackweod's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

bottoms of the West and Middle West,
where railroad construction Is figured
on the basis of the number Of men and
teams it will take to remove or fill in
a certain amount of loose dirt in a
given territory, there are none of the
problems-or even dangers-to be en-
countered or reckoned with, so cOnse-
quently the flat lands" contractor, en-
gineer or workman knows little-prob-
ably, in many cases, cares less-about
the troubles of his brother, the noun
taineer.
One instance here cited will serve to
open the eyes of even the uninitiated
iii railroad building: The Colorado
Midland railway was completed and
opened for traffic in 1887. Civil Ell.
gineers the country over broke into
the magazines with brainy, theoretical
papers declaring that the feat of con-
structing a standard-gauge railroad
over the very top of the sky-scrapine
peaks, where scarcely the foot of civil
lied man had then left its mark, was
an idea Matched in the mind of a
fanatic, and that it was far from prac,
teal, even in theory. let alone fact
Having thus unburdened themselves
for the benefit of an enlightened
world, they dismissed the subject, ap
parently satisfied that they had put
down and set at rest the wild. weird
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Presence of Mind.

The Dukeeof Wellington was writing
in his library when, CHANGING to look
up. he saw stranger near him who
had entered unheard.
"Who are you, and what do you
wantT' asked the duke.
~ am Apollyon and have been sent
to kill you"
The nobleman realized that he had
an insane person to deal with, but he
was equal to the emergency. With Ae
utmost carelessness he inquired. Got
to do it tonight?"
mo"
81 am very glad, as l am quite busy
now. Just send me word before you
come again. and shall be ready fol
you," politely bowling the crazy person
outIo the room. a ~
Shortly the fellow was safe in the
bedlam whence he had managed to
eScaDe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

'Look here" he said: advancing to-
ward her, don't try to fool me! You
haven't done all this by yourself. Who
hired these workmen?'
Remembering her first interview with
him, she rose quickly before he could
come near her. 'Afr Louden made
most of the arrangements for me-" she
replied quietly, before he went away.
He will take charge of everything
when he returns. You haven't forgot
ten that told you intended to place
my affairs in his hands?"
He had started forward, but at this
he stopped and stared at her inarticu-
lately.
"You remember?" she said, her hands
resting negligently upon the back of
the chair. "Surely you remember?"
She was not in the least afraid of
him, but coolly watchful of him. This
had been her habit with him since her
return. She had seen little of him ex-
cept at table, when he was usually
grimly laconic, though now and then
she would hear him joking heavily
with Sam Warden in the yard, or, with
evidently humorous intent, grooming at
Mamie over Eugene's health; but it
had not escaped Ariel that he was on
his part watchful of herself and upon
his guard.
he did not answer her question, and
1t seemed to her as she continued
steadily to meet his hot eyes that he
was trying to hold himself under some
measure of control, and a vain effort
it proved.
"Yod go back to my house" he burst
out, shouting hoarsely. you get back
there! You stay there~
NO" she said moving between him
and the door. mamie and are going
1 for drive.''
''You go back to my housew He fol.
lowed her, waving an arm fiercely at
her. Don't you come around here
trying to run over Inc! You talk about
your affairs! All you've got ON earth
is this two for nickel old shack ovel
your head and bushel basket of dis
tillery stock that you can sell by the
pound for old paper" He threw the
words in her face, the bull bass voice
scanned and cracked with falsetto. "Ol(
paper, old rags, old iron, bottles, ole
clothes! You talk about your affairs
Who are you? Rothschild? You haven
got any affairs!"
Not look, not a word, not a motion
of his escaped her in all the fury o.
sound and gesture in which he seemed
fairly to envelop himself. Least of al
did that shaking of his-the quiverint
Of jaw and temple, the tumultuous agi
tation of his hands-evade her watch
fitness.
'When did you find this out?" sh,
said very quickly. "After you became
administrators
He struck the back of the chair sh'
had vacated vicious blow with hi!
I. open hand. mo, you spendthrift! al
4 there was to your grandfather wheI
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
THE STRENUOUS LIFE :.
One Days Work Of Sixteenth Con.
fury Law Student.


fury Law Student.
If law students Of the present day
are laboring under the delusion that
when the world was younger there was
less law to study and more relaxation
for young men of their class, let them
read the following extract that an
English contemporary has taken from
the Memoirs of Henri de Mesmes,'
descriptive Of days work of law
student at Toulouse in the sixteenth
century:
I'VE used to rise from bed ut 4
o'clock, and, having prayed to God. we
went at o'clock to our studies. our
big books under our arms. our ink
horns and candles in our hands. We
heard all the lectures without inter-
mission till 10 o'clock rang. Then we
dined after having hastily compared
during half hour our notes Of the
lectures.
AFTER dinner we reatSA as a recren.
ton Sophocles or Aristophanes or Eu-
ripides and sometimes Demosthenes,
Cicero, Virgil or Horace. At / o'clock
to our studies, ut s back to our dwell
ing places, there to go over and verify
passages cited in the lectures until 6;
then supper. and after supper we read
Greek or Latin.
ION holy days we went to high mass
and vespers; the rest of the days, a
little music and walks"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

you and your grandfather squandered;
Il was friend Of Jonas Tabor. say!
That's why l was willing to support
you for a year and over rather than
let niece of his suffer-
"'Suffer! she CRIED Support!
You sent me hundred thousand
francsw
The white splotches which had mot
tied Martin Pixies face disappeared as
If they had been suddenly splashed
with hot red. you go back to my
house." he said. What sent you
only shows the extent of N.Y.
"Effrontery| The word rang through
the whole house, so loudly and clearly
did she strike it-rang in his ears till
1t stung like castigation. 1t was ON
nous, portentous of justice and of dis
aster. There was more than doubt of
him in it-there was conviction.
He fell back from this word, and
when he again advanced Ariel had left
the house. She had turned the next
corner before he came out of the gate,
and as he passed his own home on his
way downtown he saw her white dress
mingling with his daughters near the
horse block beside the frs, where the
two, with their arms about each other,
stood waiting for Sam Warden and the
open summer carriage.
Judge Pike walked on, the white
splotches reappearlng like pale rash
upon his face. A yellow butterfly zig
gagged before him, knee high. across
the sidewalk. He raised his foot and
half kicked at 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

kooNTINux0J
SKILL OF THE ANciENTs.
The Old Timers Apparently Did Many
Things Better Than We.


1--WE are losing oil our secrets in this
shabby age" an architect said. "If
we keep on, the time will come when
we'll be able to do nothing well.
'"Take, for instance, steel. We claim
to make good steel, vet the blades the
Saracens turned out hundreds of years
ago would cut one Of our own blades
In two like butter.
'eTake ink. Our modern ink fades In
five or ten years to rust color, yet the
ink Of medieval manuscripts is as
black and bright today as it was 700
years ago.
"Take dyes. The beautiful blues and
reds and greens Of antique oriental
rugs have all been lost, while in Egyp-
tan tombs we find fabrics dyed thou
sands Of years ago that remain today
brighter and purer in hue than any Of
our modern fabrics.
"Take my specially, buildings. We
can't build as the ancients did. The
secret of their mortar and cement is
lost to us. Their mortar and cement
were actually harder and more durable
than the stones they bound together
whereas ours-horrorsw New Yorl
| Press. o
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

you buried him was basketful of dis
tillery stock, tell you! Old paper!
Can't you hear me? Old paper, old
rags
"You have sent me the same in
come" she lifted her voice to interrupt.
"You have made the same quarterly
payments since his death that you
made before. If you knew, why did
you do that?"
He had been shouting ut her with the
frantic and incredulous evaporation of.
an intolerant man utterly unused to
opposition, his face empurpled, his fore
head dripping and his hands ruthlessly
pounding the back of the chair, but
this straight question stripped him sud
denly of gesture and left him standing
limp and still before her, pale splotches
beginning to show on his hot cheeks.
"If you knew, why did you do TT"
she repeated. "You wrote me that my
income was from dividends, and l
knew and thought nothing about it, but
If the stock which came to me was
worthless how could it pay dividends?"
ut did not" he answered huskily.
"That distillery stock, tell you, isn't
worth the matches to burn it."
"But there has been no difference
in my income," she persisted steadily.
"Why? Can you explain that to me"
Eyes; l cam" he replied. And it
seemed to her that he spoke with a
a tho n
man driven to the wall. II can If you
think you want to know"
| 81 do"
81 sent it."
do you mean from your own
81 mean it was my own money"
She had not taken her eyes from his,
which met hers straightly and angrily,
and at this she leaned forward, gazing
at him with profound scrutiny.
"Why did you send it?" she asked.
"Charity," he answered after palpa-
BILE hesitation.
Her eyes widened, and she leaned
back against the Intel of the door,
staring at him incredulously. "Clar-
| ity" she echoed in whisper.
Perhaps he mistooi, her amazement
ut his performance for dismay caused
by the sense Of her own position, for
as she seemed to weaken before him
the strength of his own habit of domi-
nance came back to him. CHARITY,
madam" he broke out, shouting intol.
erably. Charity, dye hear? was a
friend of the man that made the money
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Blind Pupils.

An artist in Paris had much diff
Guilty in getting mis- pupils to make use
of the extremely ''impressionistic"
ideas of art. One evening ut a large
dinner party he asked IN elderly gen.
tleman next to him, who was very
shortsighted, how the gentleman at
the foot of the table appeared to him.
WELL" replied the nearsighted one,
II see q very white spot, which take
to be his shirt front, and flesh COL
ored spot which l know to be his
face"
"Ah," exclaimed the artist enthusias-
tically, chow wish my pupils could
see things as you dol''-Searchlight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Tn. Home of a Genius,

Beethoven was born In small house
in Bonn. His father had inherited the
vice of drinking. and often Beethoven
and his younger brother were obliged
to take their Intoxicated father home.
He was never known to utter an I'M
kind word about the man who made
his youth SO unhappy, and he never
failed to resent 1t when third person
spoke uncharitably of his fathers
frailty. Young Beethoven was thus
taught many severe lesson in the
hard school of adversely. but his trials
were not without advantage to him.
They gave to his character that iron
texture which upheld him under his
heaviest burdens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Half Rates
TO
Dubuque
FOR THE
G. A, r.

For the 3ad Annual Encampment,
Department of Iowa. Gland AImy of
the Republic, at Dubuque, Iowa, June
lila, 1907, the Illinois Central will sell
Excursion tickets to Dubuque from all
stations in Iowa, on June 10th, 1lth
and 18th; also June 18th for trains ar
rlvirg at Dubuque before noon Of that
date, at rate Of ONE FARE for the
round trip, limited to June 10Th for re,
turn.
For an illu straled leatlet descriptive
of Dubuque and the Encsmpment, ap-
ply to any Illinois Central Ticket
Agent, or address theundersigned.
ii. j. PHELPS,
Division Passenger Agent, l. G. r. r..
2l-4 Dubuque, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

All stomach troubles are quickly
relieved by taking little Kodol af-
ter each meal >Kodol goes directly
to the seat of the trouble, strength
ems the digestive organs, supplies
the natural digestive juices and di-
gests what you eat. 1t is a simple,
clean, pure, harmless remedy. Don't
neglect your stomach. Take little
Kodol after each meal and see how
good it makes you feel. Money back
fit fails. Sold by all druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

There are portions Of the globe today
where spices are worth more than gold
or silver. Sin the arctic region spices
are essential to health and happiness"
wrote an explorer. "a dash Of pepper,
a pinch Of ground cinnamon. a little
nutmeg or piece Of ginger root re
wives the jaded appetite wonderfully
in the north. have seen shipwrecked
sailors fight over IN ounce Of spices
with more flerceness than they ever
did for money"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
"E PIuribus Unum."

We are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, az Pluribus
Unum." While he was minister to
England Sir John Prestwick suggested
it to Mr.. Adams as good motto to in
dicate the union OF the colonies. 1t
was submitted to congress and adopted
by act of congress June. 1882 The
eagle in its beak bears ribbon OH
which is the motto. In the early days
of its use the eagle bore also in its
talons bundle of thirteen arrows, but
when. in 1871. a new seal was made to
take the place of the old one, which
had become worn, only six arrows
were placed in the talons. Whether
this change was ordered by law or not
is not known. The old Latin motto
was in use In England as far back as
1870 on the Gentleman's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
A Fatal Advertisement,

vestris. the great dancing master.
died at eighty-tlree, and 1t was said
he would have lived till u hundred but
for sudden and mortal blow in the
shape of an advertisement. One day
he asked for a newspaper, probably
for the first time in his life. Scarcely
had he opened the sheet when his eyes
lighted upon the following: Wanted,
n professor Of dancing at Calcutta.
Must be a skillful chiropodist at the
same time" He took to his bed and
never left it again alive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
MOUNTAIN RAILROAD BUILDING.

Mountain railroad construction is q
progressive industry which involves
an expense second to no other enter
prise in the present years, yet the
number of men who are verscd, or
even interested in this stupendous I'M
dcrtaking is surprisingly few. Out on
the plains and along the smooth river