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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Here's mine, Miss JONES' volunteer
ed the neglected Mr.. Marshall, coming

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ed the neglected Mr.. Marshall, coming
forward. yours is rather small for a
bandage."
Jaw, don't deprive the gent of his
nose-wiper," said Tommy, with sar-
castle gesture with the hand still hold
ing the gun. ~ don't need it."
But Encina took 1t lust the same and
wrapped 1t about the hero's hand. AS
she did 30 she looked coyly into his
eyes. She was beginning to feel the
balance turn, and Tommy could see 1t.
too.
"Now, run along, little boy" she COM
manded. "Find DR.. Burns and have
him fix 1t right. And to-nightp-sl,e
added in voice full of meaning-"if
you feel like 1t, why, you can come"
Tommy was moved by an almost
Overwhelming desire to take the girl in
his arms, but, with a little laugh, she
caught Mr.. Marshall by the arm and
hurried away.
On the way home Mr.. Marshall Yves
quiet. His face was drawn and very
white, while his teeth came together
crushlngly tight.
"The soda water must have gone to
your head" observed Enclna, colby.
Mr.. Marshall did not answer.
What's the matter with your knees
are you 50 frightened as all that?"
she asked sharply, little later.
No answer.
When they reached Enclna's gate Mr..
Marshall took off his hat and held out
n very unsteady hand.
Good-by." he said. weakly; splease
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Barrel. Too Dear to Burn.

The Thanksgiving barrel burning is
doomed. The day is not so far distant
when barrels will not be obtairable.
Those who harvest the crops in the fall
realize more than others how difficult
1t is to get barrels for the purpose. A
barrel hunter in nelghboring State
said the other day, 1t is a shame for
people to break up and burn their bar
rels when they are SO scarce. He said
he has chased all day for only few
barrels as result. According to this
man the making Of barrels is an indus
try which Is not followed by many, and
coopers in the cheap barrel line are be-
coming scarcer each year, and people
wanting barrels for their winter apples
have to depend upon burlap sacks or
pay double what the other receptaclcs
are worth. In the near future barrels,
that is, staye barrels, are going to be
come too scarce and too dear to burn.
The scarcity Of barrels promises to end
the barrel gangs. Nothing else is like
~ to do it.-Norwich Comm Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
MICHIGAN LEADS IN DEER.
Several Eastern states Have SUR
prisinrIy Large Snpnly

several Eastern States Have q Sur
prisingly Large supply
According to reports received by the
Agricultural Department, about 10000
deer were killed. or captured in Mich.
igan last year, says the Kansas City
Star. Pennsylvania is not usually
counted among the big game States,
yet nearly 100 deer were killed in the
mountains there in the same period.
I. s. Palmer, OF the Agricultural De
partment has embodied the reports from
the game wardens of the various States
In which there is big game in an article
printed in the Agricultural Depart
ment Year Book.
michigan led In the number OF deer
kiiied or captured. In Minnesota, Wis
consln and Texas deer were reported
pientlful. In the Adirondack noun
Jams IN New York about 200 deer were
Killed. Hundreds of deer were killed
OF captured IN Wyoming, Vermont and
Maine. In wyoming more than GOO.
elk and 200 antelope We're killed.
An Invasion of Wyoming by Indians
resulted in serious consequences to the
game. Two bands of Utes, each about
800 in number, entered the State the
latter part of July and the first week
In August and penetrated northward in
Converse, Weston and Cook counties.
The Indians stripped the country Of
game wherever they travelled They
killed hundreds of sage hens and many
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
4 FrsHERMAID,s SONG.

'tral.l
The poplars tall kissed the cold, gray sky,
And in front was the hungry sea,
And the river swept dark and drearily by,
While the wind sighed mournfully;
Away in the west the low sun died,
The amethyst banks between;
And amid the reeds the plover cried
AS l gazed on that well-known scene.
And the fshermen's boats were far away
On the oceans heaving breast;
And the red lights cleaned wide over the
i bay
From the high hills windy crest;
And saw again my lovers boat,
( With her white sails all outspread,
Like joyous bird DER the waters float
When the evening skies were red.
Tomorrow the sun in the east will rise
And the fishing fleets come home,
10 gladden. the weary, waiting eyes,
Wet with more than the salt sea foam.
But, ah me for the boat that left the
shore
That eve when the skies were red,
For the fisher lad shall see no moro
! Till the sea gives up Its dead.
Chambers Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

AtoA Bryce. dustrious and prosperous In a ter
ritoy which land Spectators mining prospectors are
not permitted to enter.p
Our upward progress has been slow well as grad
ual and yet ancestors had the advantage OF living
climate and ona~ soil which compelled eexeron and
gave that stimulus to progress which the Inhabitants
tropical Africa did not receive Progress WILL trust
be far more rapid among the coore people than it
was among the of Northern Europe among the
highly developed civilization work aronad
and on them.
But when we remember how short time has elapsed
since freedom and responsibility, the factors that make
manhood. We're attained, and how short the time
since the progenors of the colored people We're living
as sayages the African jungles shall wonder not
at the defects see but rather that those defects
not far greater There must be patience with pa
thence hope.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
FE1aN1Na DEATH.
Trick Resorted to by Beasts to shun
Their Enemies.

Trick Resorted to by Beasts to shun
Their Enemies.
The feigning of death by certain
animals for the purpose of deceiying
their enemies, and thus securing i'm
munity, is one of the greatest of the
many evidences of their intelligent
ratiocination. This stimulation is not
confined to any particular family, order
or species of animal, but exists in
many, from the very lowest to the
highest. 1t is found even in the vege-
table Kingdom, the well-known sensi-
tive plant being an interesting exam
pie. The action of this plant is pure
" reflex, as can be proved by obser-
walton and experiment, and is, not,
therefore, a process of intelligence.
An experimenter, writing in Wissen
fur ALE, says that he has seen the
feigning of death in some of the low
est animals known to science. Some
time ago, while examining the inhabit-
ants of a drop of pond water under a
high-power lens, he noticed several
rhizopods busily feeding on the minute
buds of an alga. These rhizopods sud.
denly drew In their hairlike aaria and
sank to the bottom, to all appearances
dead. The cause was found to be the
presence of waterlouse, an animal
which feeds on these animalcule. 1t
likewise sank to the bottom, and, after
looking ut the rhlzopods, swan away,
evidently regarding them as dead and
unfit for food.
This was not an accidental occur
renee, for the observer has seen: the
same wonderful performance twice
since. Through the agency OF what
sense, he asks, did these little creatures
discover the approach of their enemy?
Is 1t possible that they and other mi
croscopic animals have eyes and ears
so exceedingly small that lenses Of the
very highest power cannot make them
visible, or are they possessors of senses
utterly unknown to and incapable Of
being appreciated by man? Science can
neither affirm nor deny either of these
suggestions.
Most animals are slain for food by
other animals. Most of the carnlyora
and insectlvora prefer freshly killed
food to carrion. They will not touch
tainted meat when they can procure
fresh. Hence, when they come upon
their prey apparently dead they will
leave it alone and go In search of other
quarry, unless they are very hungry.
Tainted substances are dangerous to
get into the stomach. Certain pto.
maines render 1t sometimes very poi
sonous. Long years of experience have
taught this fact to animals and, there
fore, most of them let dead or SEEM
lngly dead creatures alone.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
MRS QuAh,,s YARp

One day Betty and Richard came
flying in from the wheat-f1eld, all ont
Of breath, to tell of wonderful dis.
ooyeFy they had made. Right out in
the wheat was lovely little nest
with twelve white eggs in It,, and
something had hurt the poor mother
bird.
she could hardly runathrough the
wheat" said Richard as soon as he
could stop painting. 81 guess her
wing was broken"
yes, and she was making a pftiful
little noise as If 1t hurt dreadful"
gasped Betty. Won't you come right
out and help us find her, grandpa?
Maybe we could bind up her poor
wing"
Then how grandpa had to laugh!
Children, she was only joking
you, he said. you see, she did
not want you to stay near her nest,
so she played her wing was broken.
When I was little boy, i used to
run after quails time and again, but
I know better now They lead you
as far away as possible, and then
dart back as swiftly as they can to
look after their eggs
Naughty bird" said Betty; but
Richard laughed and said. 81 think
they are very smart birds"
when the men cut the wheat, they
will break her eggs. grandpa" said.
Betty.
Well said grandpa, with a twin.
kle in his eye, ssif she is naughty
bird, you will not be sorry if the
nest is broken up, will you? ~
yes, indeed" said Betty. MAY
We take 1t up very carefully and put
1t in the fsnce-corner, grandpa?"
mo, you could not do that" said
Mr. Gray. IL will tell the men to
leave a little strip of wheat around
Mrs. Quail's home for front yard
She is good little friend of mine,
and l can afford to waste little
wheat to protect her."
So. when the big machine went
click-clicking around the field and
Mrs. Quail was badly frightened as ii
came near her home, the man on the
seat saw the tall stick with the white
rag Betty and Dick had put there to
mark the place, and he left nice
little yard for the little family.
The wind and the rain beat down
the ripe grain very soon, and one
day the children sneaked down to the
nest to see the eggs, but instead they
saw Mrs. Quail picking up bugs and
worms for a lot of hungry babies
instead of sitting on the white eggs.
She picked up a lot of wheat for
herself, but saved the tender bugs
fer the wide-open mouths in the nest.
Mr.. Quail was working too, to save
the grain in the yard, and none of the
crop went to waste
II hope she will come back next
year." said Richard. when at last the
nest was empty. Grandpa said she
could have the little home and yard
always If she would only stay on the
farm" -Hilda Richmond. in Sunday
School Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

pardon me for leading you into such a
row-I'm sorry" He tried to smile.
Encina laughed mockingly.
"Good-byl"
Mr.. Marshall staggered away, reeled
and, MS Encina screamed, fell upon the
ground.
"oh, you're wounded" the girl cried,
running to his side. Back the way they
had come she saw huge splashes Of
scarlet. Mr.. Marshall had tainted from
loss of blood.
When Mr.. Marshall was resting cas-
lily In Encina's pas best room, and DR..
Burns had extracted bullet through
hole between the wounded mans Shout
ders, and mighty near the lungs, En-
Gina came and sat at the bedside. Her
eyes were red and becoming streaks
left by tears still remained on her
cheeks. She had done heap of think
ing even as she cried.
Presently she sought pencil and paper
and wrote:
"Mr. Mulhall-I've decided. choose
the man who knows where am when
there's a rough house. instead of the
chap who makes a great grandstand.
then asks, after It's all over, Where
are you at?' Don't call tonight. I'm
going to sit up with John.-Encina.n -
Cincinnati Post,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
"BoTTLE DOLLS"

Though there is fragile sound to
the name, dolls Of glass are quite sub.
stantial and almost unbeatable.
What is more, they stand firmly erect
and won't topple over or fall down.
1t requires no particular skill to make
them, either, for they are nothing
but glass bottles in tissue-paper
clothes. Gather up your bottles (prob.
ably you possess number, as they
accumulate in every household), lay
in stock of white and colored It's
sue paper, and you will have abun.
dant material for brand new enter.
tainment for the children.
Any bottle and all bottles will an.
swer, provided they are empty and
clean. Big and little, fat and slim,
with high shoulders or slender waists,
you can make some kind of doll Of
almost any bottle. -.
Round bottles with long necks make
the best lady dolls, while slim, short
necked bottles, either round or flat
are best for men dolls. Almost any
shape will answer for the children
and babies.
Whatever kind of a bottle you use,
always put cork in 1t first, then
make a head by pasting strip Of
rather stiff yellow wrapping paper
around the neck, extending 1t a trifls
over the mouth of the bottle. Paste
the paper together at the edges so,
that the head will be slightly cone.
shaped, wider at the top than at the
bottom, then cut off the point formed
at the lap If the head slips down too
far paste will held 1T in place. Draw
the features with pen and ink, and
the hair with paintbrush dipped in
Ink. There should be room on the
paper to extend the neck quarter of
an inch below the chin.
The SKIRTS, waists, cloahs, hats,
caps and bonnets of the women and
children are all made OF tissue.paper
cut In circles of various sizes. OF
course. the size Of the circle must de.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
secret Worth Learning,

"You poor man. said Mr.. Henpeck,
who was for the first time seeing the
inside of lunatic asylum, chow long
have you been here7 Can you remem-
berY
"oh, yes; very WELL" replied the pa.
tlent; seven years. You see, they let
mo do pretty near as l please because
I'm harmless"
"Are you marrledY"
"Sure, I have wife who used to
throw things at me every time came
In the house,
"How sad. Do you know how she
manages to live?"
"She's getting along all right Her
brother, who Is rich bachelor, is tax
in care of her. He never would give
up cent, though, as long as was
able to work, confound him."
"And what do you do here?"
"sit around mostly. smokln' and
waitin' for the next meal time"
Say" said the visitor, speaking
softly, and drawing little nearer to
the patient. "just between ourselves,
how did you get them to send you
here ?"-Chicago Record Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

Lady Churchlll's experience contradict
ed the general belief that an American
girl is not likely to get along happily
with foreign-born husband. She was
very happy in her married life and
through her own qualifications took
conspicuous part in the most exclusive,
London social set, She had much to.
do with her husbands success and pop
ularity in politics.
After Lord Churchill's death she
married George CORVALLIS West and
continued her activity In public affairs,
She had charge of the hospital ship
Maine In the war between Great Brit
ain and the Beers, and for her work
she was made Lady of Grace of st.
John of Jerusalem and member Of
the Red Cross In recent years she has
founded and edited the Anglo-saxon
Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
got nothing But / held on to his coat

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got nothing. But held on to his coat
with my left hand and searched his
pockets with the other. And found
the $50 In money and checks"
Mr.. Feingold examined his books
last night to learn If the negro was
truthful about the $40.
Il don't know exactly how much
money we had" the pawnbroker said.
but I don't believe we have any of
that negroes cash. OF course he can
come back and help us Investigate If
he wants to.
Besides the $3.50 in money and
checks there We're diamonds worth 5000
and jewelry worth $500 in the safe.'
The police haven't found the negro.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
How to GROW Plunn.

1t is the UNIVERSAL rule. says Mr.
Scanlon, that wives of successful man
are fat. If they are not, she asserts
At is proof positive that they do not
love their husbands. A fat girl. saws
Mrs. scanlon, has all the best Of tha
thin, willowy creatures in showine...
in disposition and In Temperament
Mrs. Scanlon hits obesity cures a bord
blow by thus declaring that to be han.
py women must be fat.
THE reason ls plain" declares NJ.
scanlon. 1.-The wives of the successrri
men are fat because they are. NOT wo :.
rled about the next month's fent ann
the children's clothes. People who nitv
fat women simply show their Ienor.
sance; women who complain because
they are stout make themselves m.
happy when they should be the jhappi-
est women on EARTH Cleveland News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Too Thin.

A junior barrister was hurryine
across to the Law Courts when he
almost collided with a cab. The driver.
who had pulled up with a jerk, pro.
nounced his opinion in plain English
about.absent minded people. Couldn't
you see the bloomin' 'css?' he asked,
with whitening sarcasm. "See him."
gasped the startled barrister, looking
contemptuously az the animal be
tween the shafts. Then he stepped
onto the curb. 81 didn't see your
horse when a stood in front of him."
he added: "hut can see something
when | look at him sideways."-Il.
Illustrated Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
DON'T Fear Lepro.x.

Jonathan Hutchinson, an eminent
Engllshman, writes to the London
Times that there is not the slightest
cause for alarm concerning the preva-
lence of leprosy In the Rhone valley In
Switzerland, which is visited by many
tourists. He says that there are more
lepers in London than In the whole Of
the Valais canton, and that In Norway
the number may probably be multiplied
hundredfold. Yet no one fears to
reside in London or to visit Norway.
and he says that no visitor ever CON
tracted the disease in either place. The
disease is well knownto occur all along
the Mediterranean coast, and at San
Reno there has for long time been
special accommodations provided for
lepers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

pend upon the size of the bottle you
are dressing, and you will have to
measure to find out just how large to
make it. In making a skirt, measure
from the waist down. allow about a
quarter of an inch, and let that length
be the length OF half ofsthe square
from which you cut your circle. First
cut your square, which will be twice
the length of the skirt, then fold 1t
through the middle into an oblong:
bring the two short edges of the OBJ.
long together and make square;
fold the square diagonally through
the middle and make a triangle, fold
the triangle through the middle and
make sharper triangle. From
"Hints and Help for Mother" in st.
Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
MADE TIE THIEF GIVE UP.
Don't Take that ss.1o,. the Nesr'

'Don't Take that $780," the Negro
Robber Said, "It's sIine.n
The pawnshop of Morris Feingold. at
804 Kansas avenue, West Side, was in
the care OF Mrs Feingold recently,
says the Kansas City Times. She was
in the storeroom, where the safe is,
when customer called her to another
room. This left the safe without a
guardian. But Mrs. Feingold was alert.
She heard noise in the storeroom and.
went in quickly. The door Of the safe
was open and she remembered It had
been closed. And there, crouching In
front of 1t, she saw negro.
The pawnbroker's wife didn't scream
and she didn't faint. She is small
woman, but she grabbed. the negro by
the coat and put her hands in his
pockets. There she found $3.50 in bills
and checks which had been in the safe.
Then she dropped the money into her
apron.
Don't you take that $780," the ne
gro told her. "That's mine. I'll have
you arrested If you take 1t. Please,
missus, give me back my $40. You
wouldn't take mans last cent, would
you3"
But Mrs. Felngold was pitllesa
II was afraid he'd take all the
money from me IL he got chance
she said afterward, $50 turned and
threw 1t In the safe and locked the
door. When I turned around he was
gone.
Il thought only Of the money. i
didn't even think of calling for help.
though there We're three men in the
next room. The negro was scared. He
was lot more scared than l w6s.
No. he didn't try to strike me. but kept
repeating I aln't got nothing ] amt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
AGrandstand Play
A~c~~~~~s>~>

The day the Bar rowdies shot up
Tularosa, Encina Jones had no more
idea which man she would choose than
"a girl with nickel deciding between
caramels and chocolate fudge.
:. But when the sun dropped behind the
chaparral Of mesquite and yuccas, she
knew to dot. The man knew as well,
for he'd been proposed to and kissed
while the other fellow had begun a
seven-day jamboree.
Encina was pretty creature with
velvet eyes and hair black as Ink. Her
immediate ancestors were New Mex
leo senorita and Pan Handle COW
puncher pa, and Tularosa said she
wasn't afraid OF the devil. With 1t all
che was as dainty as the snowflake
blossoms blowing In her yard.
John Marshall was one of EN-. He
was raw-boned gent from up around
San Antoine somewhere, and wore store
bought clothes.
Tommy Mulhall was the other. His
trigger finger was the loosest In Tula-
rosa county, and he stood six feet two
In his sock feet.
That afternoon Mr.. Marshall asked
Encina to the drug store for a drink of
soda water, and just as they stepped
out Of the emporium they came face
to face with Tommy. He had just
emerged from the Rough Rider saloon.
"Howdy, Tommy" said Enclna sweet
~. Sorry you couldn't join us in the
refreshments"
Indeed we are" echoed Mr.. Mar
shall. "We might have another,
Though; the nectar's fine!"
mot fer mine!" Tommy exclaimed,
with breath stiff enough to hang a
hot on. "Ain't you-all gettin' reck-
less"
Just what Tommy was going to ask
never developed, for whoop sounded
down the street that made the windows
rattle.
W-h-o-o-o-e-e! Y-e-e-i-i-p-p!"
The Bar gang had turned the cor
ner. They galloped down Main street
in a cloud Of dust, banging loose with
their Colts, right and left.
Men, women, cripples, children and
chickens bumped 1t for the back side
of the nearest thing that looked like 1t
might stop bullet.
Tommy reached for his gun. In a
second 1t was unllmbered, and from be-
hind big cottonwood he began pump
Ing lead at the rate Of six pellets to the
second.
Mr.. Marshall's face paled. He grab
bed Encina by the shoulders and rush
ed her behind four packs of sample
shingles piled on the sidewalk. A fold
or two of his own body was exposed,
but Encina, forced to the ground and
held there, was safe from the flying
bullets. ;.
At the height Of the miniature bat
tie Mr.. Marshall WINGED. A violent
pang shot through his nerves, but he
held his position until 1t was all over.
Miss Enclna"
Tommy was calling. The Bar Y
bunch had disappeared in a haze of
dust. Like apparitlons the couple
emerged from behind the shingles.
"oh, TOMMY" Encina cried, you're
hurt
Blood was dripping from a scratch
on the hand.
saw, faint nothin-don't hurt. They
paid for 1t, all right"
With swagger of pardonable pride
lie Jerked his head toward the forms
Of two Bar Y men in the street.
Serves 'em right" said Enclna, and
paid the bodies no further attention.
Shot-up corpses- didn't disturb Enclna.
1t the horse trough she washed the
blood and dirt from Tommy's hand, and
with womanly gentleness wrapped her
tiny handkerchief about 1t