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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

principles and the best men will be
done this year that the results on the
political geography Of the future may
surprise political experts whose educa-
tion began with tables headed by 1850
in the political almanacs. St Louis
Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

three hundred ApAehes swospsd upon
our viAoae.
TT was high noon Of : warm day,
and mok q the Kiowas were lollAng
under their rollsd-up teepess. or
among the widows on tie riverlbank.
when tho rout came laundering out
Of the breaks less than . indie away.
The hosttlss were sighted and q
yell raised the moment their dust hit
the mats; and what was done In our
village In the three minutes we had
to spare was simply astounding.
Some OF our horses were picketed
close by and some were penned On .
willow corral, While good bunch
was In charge Of herders on the other
side OF the river. WAS sitting on
the river-bank when the alarm was
raised. and ! ran Tor my gun and
pony. as others were doing. And when
I had reached Katxatoa's lodge, his
mother. Mountain Woman, had al.
ready stripped the skins from the
poles and Waa milling then1 with her
other effects INTO hmnaie. On III
side, IN. teenees hsas lrnrs anr,,, q
: masscal fa.h,on IN Ah,rtv .ec.i
onds there stood only . village Of
pole skeletonsi
II snatched INV eur and brid,a and
ran for INV horse = the corr.1 nv
the time i mad mounted n seemed
that every arhter n. the Village was
astride his nony.s and veIIins t. the
women and children 70 let beh,nd the
riyetr4bank
.Katzatna waa mt n hand ~ the
moment. He had wone Msh,ns I, III.
tie .xay down The river 4 rlamce
showed me that tha Ola woman, h.d
lust returned - her ,od.e from Ara..
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

Teacher Harry. . mother, has ave
children and but four potatoes. How
can she divide the potatoes so that
each will receive an equal portion?"
Harry (quickly)-''Mash EN-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05
WITH rHE BOYS

Tommy" said the fond mother.
isn't 1t rather m extravaganza to
eat both butter and jam on your
bread at the same time?"
mo. ma'Am, It's economy the boy
answered. THE same piece Of bread
does for both"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

About some Of tho other animsl.."
Aal risht. boysl" was the reply. q
the willing informant, who went out
Of sight whhtling lively tune
Laura L. Hutchinson. n lions Hsrsad.
HOW BOBBY WAS SAVED.
Bobby was throwing sticks, and,
although ! begged him to be careful
Of our neighbor's big Newfoundland
dog. Bobby was In teasing mood.
and away went the stick over the
fence. hdtttns Dandy right on the
noss. Dandy sprang up In anger.
and, growing his complaint agadnst
Bobby to me, he seized Bobby by
the arm and dragged him.
Dandy! Dandyw cried, in alarm.
Let 80 the boy; he was only fool
Ing. Don't bite" The dog lifted
bis brown eyes and let go.
Never make an enemy even Of .
doS." said ! to the frightened boy.
DANDY is q fine fellow, and would
make splendid friend Suppose now
that Dandy should remember your bad
treatment OF him and pay you back!"
"A dog can't pay back, pouted Bob
by.
A few days later Bobby was play.
ing with his little sister at the side
OF the lake. Dandy was stretched ON
the grass. nearby, DOING. Bobby's
foot slipped and he fell into the dirty
water, head first. The lads CRY
awoke Dandy, hut the dog Odd not
bulge, Tor he remembered Bobby's
cruelty. I also heard the cry and
ran to the scene. l took in the situa-
ton IN minute. Quick, Dandy, to
the rescued" shouted, and the dog
realizing the danger and being Z
trusty friend OF mine, jumped into
the lake and pulled the haN-drowned
boy to shore.
When Bobby came to-" Dandy was
lying beside him. licking his hand,
and the grateful bay, throwing hds
arm around the dogs neck, swore
eternal friendship which lasted till
the end Of Dandy's life, many yeazs
aater.-New Haven Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05
CHAMPIONS OF THE birds.

CHAMPIONS OF THE birds.
In Oregon they are going to work
to save the birds through the chill.
dren. and in very ingenious way
by having the children In the manual
training departments OF the schools
make bird houses. In Eugene, Ore..
bird houses are up in every tree and
backyard In the town. Four hundred
and forty-three bird houses were dis
played in the recent annual exhibit
Of school work there. In Portland,
too, are many bird houses made by
school children.
Naturally, the youthful carpenters
feel an interest in their handiwork,
and that extends 70 the inhabitants Of
the houses they build. No child Is
going to allow the bird house he
made with his own hands or the
Young couple that had the good taste
to select Il for an abiding place to
be interfered with. IL he knows him.
self.-New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

aGs. Pettibone was very much
shocked the other morning to ind her
darling dragging into the house with
masterful hand ragged-looking cat,
dead as the p5overbaal dOor-nail.. &
''Oh, look. mother" the little hope
ful called out. look vt the perfectly
good cat some one has throwed
away" -Beekus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

some other day we'd lifs to hear
Aoout some Of tho other animals"
Wi rtsht. boysi" was the reply q
the willing informant, who went out
Of sight whhtling . lively tune
Laura Z. Hutchinson, n lions Hsrsld.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

Bobby was very proud Of his arith-
metic, 80 when his mother asked him
It one Of his new friends was an only
child. he looked very superior.
He's got Just one sister" he said.
HE tried to catch me when he told
me he had two hak-sisters, but I
know better-two halves make one
whole" ~
Hey! wa47" cried the first boy,
"ain't yer vaccination healed up yetf'
Z Nav" replied the other.
.Huh! don't It make yer mad?"
Nav! de doctor told MON must
not take bath till its all healed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-08-05

enemies, whirhng MS war-caub, Katza-
toa. ~ would pc din'caN for me to
describe what followed. ! saw the
eiant slsndins ABOVE me, savaeely At
lacked Sny eient or nine men; saw
nas Gu. caeD-7-simpiy : slave OF WOOD INA!
ne nad caasnt up m running toward
me Datse-nead-wnarhng snout mis-
nead Ake mo spoRes OF : ny-wneei.
a.snces were snapped ifke p'pe-stems.
Two nvrses Ven. Gown e tnelr flders
PRESSED upon nnls tremenaous nsn1er.
iniee men nad mear skails crushed
y less ume pnan ~ senes 70 ten II.
ana me oSners' dascouIased, scsirned
away anto the dusl. Then katzatoa
rolled my morse on me and set me
upon my 3eet, badly bruised and bare
~ abe 70 stand seeing my condi-
.ion' ne carried me % ohe riverside
'or sneitef'
ny unas time me Apacnes, nnding
tnat Mowa Warriors were shooting
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
Rural Mail Carriers Want Good Roads

At meeting Of the Rural Mail Car
riers Of Delaware, held at Dover on
Saturday, February 22ud, the following
officers were elected for the year Presi-
dent, l.. NJ. Whileman ;vice president,
c. H. Lane State secretary, Mrs. L. A.
Donshoe treasurer, w. H. Brown {;
New Castle county secretary, R. j.
Grow; Kent county secretary, J. j..
Foulk Sussex county secretary, HaI-
vey Coverdale.
The following resolutions were adop'
ted as means ofsuggestion to the road
overst ers Ct the Sta for the making Of
better roads:
Where as. We the Rural Mail Carriers OF the
State Of Delaware. being one hundred or more in
number and travelling over 25O0 miles or more OF
the roads OF the State daily, have opportunity to
see and do observe and see the work that is done
on them, and
Whereas. 10 is to our interest to recommend
such work as would make the roads good at as
little cost as possible, and to condemn such work
as does no good. Therefore we do recommend to
our road commissioners:
First-That al roads should he properly ditched
or drained,
second-That an bridges and trunks should be
tile pipe or culvert.
Thrd-That al roads should be cut back forty
feet from the road.
Fourth-That an thorn hedges on the road
sides sho- ID be pulled out.
Fifth-That any part OF road that Is always
good should not be disturbed, but all the work
done on the bad places.
sxth-That the road should be made pessable
before the work is left at any time
Seveuth-That dirt OF gravel that viii pack
should be transferred to the bad places.
Eighth That in case road is good with the
exception Of ruts and holes these should be filed
with gravel without disturbing the whole road
Ninth.-That no road should be plowed or
worked afterJune lst except for impossible places
Tenth-That we do condemn the working OF
the roads with the road machine where the dirt
is all carried to the center of the road and left
rough as to make it impossible.
Eeventh-That we condemn the blowing ofthe
sides OF the roads and not removing the plowed
dirt
Twe'fth-That all snow blocked roads shall be
opened after a reasonable time is given.
After several fine talks from the mem
bers and a speech from State Secretary
OF Maryland they adjourned to meet at
Harrington Labor Day, September 9Th.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
News cut Sion ror RapId Readers.

There are ~ome few cases Of Pink eye around
some of the farmers claim that the hawks
are doing considerable damsge to their chick
ems
The local fur marke, was very much excited
last Satu day, dealers paying IS cents FOR brown
pells and 50 cents for black.
James Eyars, farmer and also trapper'
caught one morning last week 45 muskrats,
the n eat bTir gng 10 cents each.
There will be some sturgeon pets at work at
the mouth ofthe Mispiliion River. The season
commences about The first OF April.
Quite few catfish have been caught In our
river the past week and shipped to the city
the shippers realizing Il cents pound.
The steamer Greens orough cleared here On
Tuesday with a full load Of baskets from our
factory consigned TO dealers at MilIvine, n. J.
The steamer Greensborough arrived at her
dock on sunday last from Philadelphia with
quite a number Of horses for our farmers and
dealers,
In Milford and vicinity within the past few
days quite number ofOtters have been killed,
the pets bringing from fifteen to twenty dol
lars, according TO quality.
n. 7. Raughley, formerly of Milford in the
amatuer billiard tournament at Allenger's
billiard parlors in Philadelphia last Friday
won The tournament by defeating Bawdeu in
{ be three cushion game in sixty-six innings,
the score bsirg IS to 20
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06

Thomas ,. Wanamaker Dies In Paris
Philadelphia, March 3.-Word was
received here Of the death Of Thoma:
Wanemaker, son of John Wanamaker
lie died in Paris at the Liverpool no
tel from kidney trouble. He had beer
travelling abroad for some time.
Themes Brown Wanamaker al
though a busy man for years, had
been little in the public eve. He was
iortysevsn years Old at the time OF
lis death Since his purchase Of the
North American nine years ago he
had devoted his energies mainly to up
building that newspaper property.
Mr.. Wanamaker remained head of the
North American. Shortly after buying
the newspaper Mr. Wanamaker NOV
ed the plant from its old location al
Seventh and Chestnut streets to a new
twenty-story building at Broad and
SAMSON streets. On Feb. ! announce
ment was made that Thomas B. Wana
maker had retired from the firm OF
John Wanamaker, the business to be
conducted under the same name by
John Wanamaker and Rodman Wanna
maker,
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06

Abbey, which made the study OF England which
the club has taken this year OF special interest
The 18th day OF January was celebrated as Fed
Grafton Day, bringing before the members the
work OF the State organizst on.
The Acorn cub of Seaiord is workirg for a
Zee Public Library They have opered their
club room to the public as a free reading room
every Friday evening. The Travelling Iibrar es
in charge OF the Library Committee are well pat
ron 'zed. Racks have reen placed I'm the railroad
station for the free distribution OF radiug natter
The Educational Committee is working 10 in
crease cdueational fpcintes in the publieschco S.
The club celebrated Federation Day Il the close
Of the Old year with an enthusiastic meeting.
hey have set apart the 27th day OF December OF
every year, except when ii falls GA sunday, to be
Federation Day.
The Milford New Century Club decided to join
the General Federation OF Womeus Clubs ii the
dues were reduced to five cents per capita, be lev
ing that it will be of great advantage to the mem
bers to be brought into closer touch with the
larger organization. The club is studying Russia
this year. Federation Day was celebrated on De
cember 18th and much enthusiasm shown for the
work Of the State chairman. The club members
Sid twenty-six hundred OF the Christmas stamps
to helpin the fghtagainst the Great White Plague.
DR. Mccormack OF Kentucky gave most instruc-
tive lecture on hygiene and contagious and in
fictitious diseases. Dr. Scott Nearing of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania talked to the club mem
bers and Others on Child Labor. The cub mem
bers and the people of the town were greatly in
terested in both lectWe s The club celebrated its
tenth anniversary ST. Valentines evening.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
81 chiId ID Death.

Charged with beating a five-year
old child to death and then setting
fire to their home to burn the body
and conceal the crime. doc" Watts
and his wife. both negroes. were ar
rested and placed under a close guard
to prevent lynching threatened by res
ldents of GLADDEN., near Pittsburg, Pa
Neighbors. attracted to the house by
smoke soon after Watts and his wife
left. broke open the door and found
the child under table, the indications
being that "a bonfire had been started
around her body.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
The March American Boy.

The humor of the picture on the front page OF
the American Boy repre- senting two grinning boys
teasing 8 frieUdly but very smart looking dog,
will appeal to all boys The contents of this num-
Der cannot fail to interest every reader. The fine
serials presently running in the magazine are
each continued two or more chapters. Among
the entertaining short stories aye: On Georges
Banks telling of the dangers tending deep sea
fishing; What the Trap Caught a hunting story
and boys bravery; The Great God Cup. fine
story OF basket bal and Chico, Tito aud Pep'to
a pet animal story. There ave large number OF
pleasing and instructive articles, among them be-
ing When King Edward was Boy The Two
SINAI eft Republics in the World Raising Shet-
land Ponies in The United St4tes The Babies OF
the New York Zoo Ducks; a Hermit Toad
The Boys Poultry Yard. AID Wireless Telephony.
The boys VIII also be deeply Interested in How To
Train the Hearing Some Everyday Poison
The Boy on His Muscle; Forty stunts IN Mage
for Amgteurs and Trapping Hints for Boys. The
regular de, artnents OF Popular science. Mechan-
les and Electri ity, Stamps, Coins and Curios,
Photography lang es and A. b. are replete
with the practical Information and Interesting
matter il which boys take delight. 81 nlustu-
tons. sl.O0 year. The sprague Publishing Co.,
detroit Mich
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
q a ST q Hi A.
roa-, 80 1.-The Kind You Have Always Bought
rs, Of LZzHzAzZI
Delaware State Federation Club Notes.

The Middletown Club celebrated its tenth an
niversary on February 18th. They have helped
the town by taking an interest in the town i'm
provements and by creating a sentiment for bet
ter service to the community.
The Twentieth Century Club OF Smyrna form
ally opened Its new club house on January S1st ;
artistic haudwork OF the women OF Smyrna and
interesting drawings by the children of the public
school made very ereditable display.
The Dover New Century Club has instituted
the plan Of distributing magazines in the rural
districts nearby. Much interest is shown in the
reading classes. The Civic Committee is busy
preparing for the work OF the spring months,
During the year 1907 they have issued twenty-five
thousand post cards bringing quite revenue to
the club.
The Round Table Club Of Wyoming uses the
Bay View Reading Course at its meetings which
are well attended and interesting. They had a
day Of music on January nth and day Of Cur
rent Events on January 18th. The club celebrated
their anniversary on the 2Oth Of the month. Mr..
Clay Of Wilmington gave an instructive lecture
on Colorado"
The BridgeviIle New Century Club has offered
to the pupils Of the public school prize for the
best essay on the subject Of Civics, They have
manifested an interest in the sanitary condition
Of the town and hope to do much work along this
line Their subject OF study this year was selected
from the Bay View Course in connection with
this they are taking up the history Of the United
States.
The Lewes zwaanepdael Club last year studied
Holland and the Holland Society OF New York
presented the club with a handsome flag. Pro-
lessor Greene Of West Chester gave a very inter
esting lecture on "Wanderings in Westminster
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
Bio Fire at Tampa. Ella.

The entire extreme northeastern
section of the city proper was de
stroyed by fire The area burned GOV
cred ffty-ive acres, and 3OS buildings
were destroyed, with a loss estimated
at 100000
The burned section included -four
large and one small cigar factory
and numerous restaurants, saloons
clearinghouse and over 200 dwell
ings occupied by cigarmakers.
In the Stachelberg factory was de
stroyed a solid silver case, in which
cigars of the firm We're displayed al
the worlds fairs and expositions, val
ued at S25,000
At the home of Miguel Rodriguez, {
cigarmaker. the corpse Of a child in {
coffin. awaiting funeral services, was
cremated in the fire.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
Mother,s Mistake Killed Baby.

Mrs. William Sloat, residing in Har
risburg. Pa, gave her infant a pOr
tlon of morphine tablet in mistake
for another medicine and caused it
death. The child had ben I'll and its
medicine was placed close to that in
tended for another member Of the fam
lily. who is also ILL., The mother is pros
srated by the accident
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
Every Mirror Poisons somsbody.


Every mirror is made at the cost Of
human suffering and poisoning The
silverug Of the glass by applying Il
layer of Tin foil alleged with mercury in
wolves so much risk Of poisoning. the
work people constantly breathing the
mercury yapor, that numerous attempts
have been made to use another metal
for the purpose. 1t was shown by Lie
big that Il fine adherent deposit Of me-
tallic silver could be applied to glass
by reducing a solution Of silver salt
with milk sugar, so this method has
been employed as a commercial proc
ess. There have been partly successful
attempts to get a like deposit Of cop
per. The mirror often lacks brilliance
and is usually disfgured with stains,
but it has been found by F. D. Chat
taway of England that solutions of
copper salts can produce brilliant red
dish films of metallic copper which are
as perfect refectors as silver mirrors.
His method of coating glass with
layer of copper, it is thought, will prOba-
bly, be used extensively in making mir
rors and other glassware articles
Chicago Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
legitimate Graft.

Among the numerous applicants to
Representative Bartholdt for a job was
a young st. LOuisan who was not dis
couraged by the statement that govern
ment jobs do not go by favor any
more, but by the appointment of the
civil service commission. He took the
examination some time ago and re-
Gently was notified by the forestry de-
partment to report for duty. He felt
somehow under obligations to Con-
gresham Bartholdt and called upon
him to give the glad tidings of his
job and to thank the representative.
Mi Bartholdt disclaimed having done
anything in The affair, but said that he
congratulated the young man.
'You are peculiarly Fortunate" said
Mr.. Bartholdt. "The forestry depart
ment is the only one in which grating
is regarded as a legitimate occupa-
ton. New York World.
Milford chronicle., 1908-03-06
Killed Three Children and Herself.

Mrs. J. C. Spires, the wife of g
farmer near Baltimore, o., killed three
Of her children. fatally wounded 8
fourth and then committed suicide
One Of the children was drowned in q
well and the others were shot and
their threats cut. Mrs. Spires tool
carbolic acid, shot herself and cut hel
throat. The surviving child. which
may die, is Alva, five years old. The
dead children are: Catherine, three
years old; Luella. six years old, and
Jesse, aged one year.