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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
TRAMP COLONIES FOR AMERICA.
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Bill for System In New York State
Likely to Become Law.
The first step toward the establish
meat of tramp colonies in America has
been taken In New York Such public.
spirited men as Edmond Kelly. r. Full
ton Cutting, Robert W. de Forest, Sam
uel j. Barrows and others have Joined
with all of the charitable societies and
She railroad lines in drawing up a bill
which has been introduced in the Leg
stature. That this bill will become a
law, eventually. Is regarded as certain,
says Review of Reviews. Railroad cor
porations which have so powerful an
influence at Albany have enthusiastic
ally pledged their support. In fact,
their attorneys assisted in drawing up
the bill and suggesting some of its
most important features. The New
York Central, the Erie, the New York.
New Haven 6 Hartford and other rail-
roads have definitely and specifically
given assurance that they will do their
utmost to have the colony system es-
tablished. 1t is more than likely that
it will lie introduced throughout the
United States.
What are the provisions of this bill?
The measure approprlates $4,000 to
establish three tramp colonies, one
near New York City. the second in the
neighborhood Of Albany and the third
in the vicinity OF Buffalo. Part of this
fund, 1t is proposed. will be used in
buying sufficient areas of waste land
for the colonies, and the remainder for
the erection of necessary buildings.
The Governor is to appoint five men
who shall constitute board of trus-
tees of labor colonies, and who are to
serve without pay. This provision is
intended to obviate purely political ap-
pointments and to secure competent Of.
ficials. These colonies. the bill sets
forth, are to be devoted to the deten.
ton, reformation and instruction Of
persons convicted of vagrancy. habit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
When You Go Away.

by Reginald Wright Kaufman.
sometimes think that. when you go
away,
Though 4 am blinded by my love
and fear,
So very much are you the world to
me
That shall ever, somehow, keep
you near.
Though miles discover and though
years divide,
My qnesting heart shall find you
9Ct everywhere;
In every night the starlight of your
eyes,
In every dawn the sunshine of your
hair.
As all things that are beautiful and
Must ever be vital part Of you.
So all good things and beautiful must
hold
Your memory made mercifully true.
For them that love there is not time
nor space;
And shall see. in Loves lore
learned and wise,
In every dawn the sunshine of your
hair,
In every night the starlight Of your
eyes.
From the Smart Set.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

graph, much less of their revolution,
airy use In actual warfare.
When General Rucker was born Alb
'aham Lincoln was 3-year-old babe
n the backwoods of Kentucky. Gen.
eral Rucker was 10 years old, minus
Just one day. When General Grant
saw the light of day, April 81, 1922.
Only one President OF the United
States died before General Rucker was
born-George Washington. He was IA
years old when John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson died on that same
Fourth of July in 1926. When James
Monroe, the fourth ex.President to die,
succumhed, on July 4. 1881, General.
Rucker was 10 years old. And out Of
the nations twenty-six ex-Presidents
General Rucker has survived all save
one. Theodore Roosevelt.
General Rucker was but boy when
his parents moved from New Jersey
to Michigan. 1t was there he got his
first taste OF army life, at frontier
Michigan army post. His father was
averse to his Joining the army, and
his mother even more so; but the flu.
ture general won out, and he applied
for commission as second lieutenant.
There was plenty of work for Uncle
Sans soldiers in those days, with the
ooundless West just opening Its
wealth to the onward march of civil.
ization. He was assigned to the First
dragons, then on duty at Fort Leav-
enworth. Lieutenant Rucker made his
way overland by stage coach until he
got to the nearest point which the
stage coach service of those days could
bring him to the Kansas outpost. He
was then still 200 miles from his desti.
nation.
He had hardly settled down to the
comparative ease of his frontier post
sefore he was ordered into the heart
OF the Cherokee country. and for half
dozen years he was kept busy with
his soldiers driving off marauding In.
dlans. protecting settlers and emf.
grants caravans and holding the hes.
tile reds In check. He was still busy
In this hazardous campaigning When
the First dragons were ordered off
to Mexico as part of General Zachary
'raylor's expedition. He took part in
the battle of Buena Vista, and dis.
tinguished himself by an act of per.
sonal gallantry in the field. 1t was
an act Of bravery under the eve of
commanding officer. who recommended
him for brevet commission as major.
When peace was declared Major Ruck.
er's command was sent across the
continent to Los Angeles.
The discovery of gold brought the
rush of 40. and then there was more
than plenty to do. 1t was feverish
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

time, and the soldiers of Uncle Sam
mad to hold in check the madness OF
the men that swarmed into the new
81 Dorado. Few of those who started
across the mountains and the deserts
that fenced off California knew of the
hardships they must face. Each new
arrival brought tales of horror from
the trail. Lost and starving. the i'm
migrants struggled off their paths, un.
til sacrifice of life made terrible the
days.
Finally Rucker was ordered east.
He left San Francisco In steamer
for Panama, with Lieutenant Sherman
-afterward General Sherman-as one
of his companions. They made the
trip across the isthmus of Panama
by ponies and email boats and then
sailed for Jamaica. where Sherman
and Rucker paid friendly call on
General Santa Ana. whom they had
worsted at Buena Vista. Major Rucker
saw several years of comparatively
peaceful service In the East and then
he was again sent out to the frontier.
This time his battlefields covered New
Mexico. in constant warfare with the
Apaches. While he was in this work
the civil war broke out and he was
ordered back to Washington.
In September. 1861, he was pro-
noted to Colonel of volunteers and in
May, 1868, President Lincoln made
him Brigadier General Of volunteers.
In 1865 he was made Brevet Major
General of volunteers and In 1856 he
was mustered out of the volunteer
ranks.
But he was made Colonel and as.
sistant quartermaster general of the
regular service and served as such un.
til February 10, 1882, when he was
made Brigadier General and quarter
master general. At that time he had
seen forty-five years of service and
seventy-one years of life He was
then placed on the retired list as a
Major General.
He Is still hale and hearty and de-
lights in walks In the beautiful por-
ton of residential Washington. near
his home; but he is leading quiet
life. and even the excitement of recall.
ing the hard days of fighting is too
much for his strength. With him lives
his daughter, Miss Sarah Rucker.
Another daughter, Mrs. Philip H.
Sheridan, widow of the hero of Win.
chester. liveS but few blocks away,
where she caa see the statue of her
husband that grateful nation erected.
In all his years of service General
Rucker was never wounded. What is
more remarkable. in all the years of
service and hardship he was never
i'll for single day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
MARION CRAWFORD.
His Remarkable Facility in Acquiring
Languages and Crafts,


Languages and Crafts.
Mr.. Crawford as a young man was
the envy of most of his circle of in.
innate friends and acquaintances,
tall, straight. formed in perfect physi.
cal proportions. he was extremely
handsome, and in addition ha had
brain which could grasp giant tasks
with ease-tasfs which for the rest
of us were either impossible or only
attainable after months or years of
effort. He had special facility for
acquiring languages, and he Is the
only man that have ever known who
has been taken for Frenchman in
France. for a native of Italy by tho
Italians, and for German in Berlin.
remember that he was on one
occasion thinking Of spending a win.
ter in one of the countries OF Cen
trail Euncpe whose language was un.
known to him, in order to obtain 10.
cal color and atmosphere for one Of
his novels. and that in the. short space
of eight weeks he had acquired by
constant study mastery of the
language, so that lie was easily able
to make himself understood when
he afterward went there.
The same facility which he had for
acquiring languages also extended to
other things. He mastered, remem-
Der, the difficult art OF navigation iu
the course of n short winter season
in New York, in spite Of the calls OF
his regular literary work and his
many social engagements, so that HI.
was not only enabled to navigate his
own yaeht-an old New York pilot
boat. partially rebuilt under his d.
rection-across the ocean himself, but
he worked out on a voyage that I
made with him aftenward the sights
day by day independently of the Of
ftcers and afterward compared them
with the ships record and the officers
came to talk over with him matters
of navigation as with one OF them.
selves. so impressed were they by his
mastery of their craft.-George p.
Brett, in Outlook
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

ual drunkenness and violation of Sec.
ton 426 of the penal code. This sec.
ton, 1t may be noted, is the particular
one covering offenses against railroads.
such as trespassing, theft and other
crimes All three colonies are to he
places of compulsory detention. Mag.
lstrates are to have the full power of
liking the duration of sentence. al.
though no sentence is to exceed two
years. Any inmate will be able to
get parole upon giving proofs of
good behavior and If the trustees are
convinced that he will not violate the
law. But if any tramp attempts to es-
cape from the colony in which he is
confined he is to be subject to term
IN state prison for period of from
one to three years.
The colonies are to be more agri-
cultural than Industrial. The aim viii
be to subordinate the industrial fea.
lures to the agricultural. Competition
with free labor will be strictly avoided.
Waste land will be reclaimed and cul.
tivated as truck gardens. 1t is believed
that the large cities are able to absorb
SO much produce that these gardens
VIII not interfere with the trade of
small farmers. Probably the entire
product of the colonies may be sup
Piled to State institutions. Every in
mate Is to be paid for his labor, and
the cumulative amount given to him
when he is released. This compensa.
tion, 1t is provided, shall be based
upon the pecuniary value of the work
performed and "also on the willing
ness. industry and good conduct" Of
the inmate" In place of other penal.
ties and punishments the superintend.
ent Of each colony is empowered to
maintain system of fines to be i'm
posed at his discretion. Any tramp
who violates the terms OF his condi
tional release is to forfeit all that he
has earned.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
Every piece of work which Is not a

Every piece of work which Is not as
good as you can make it, which you
have palmed off imperfect. meagerly
thought, nlggardly in execution. upon
mankind. who Is your paymaster on
parole. and in sense your pupil. every
hasty or slovenly or untrue perform.
ance should rise up against you In the
court of your heart and condemn you
for THEIR. L. Stevenson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

There is nothing that will increase
the egg yield like fresh-cut green
bone. 1t should however, be fed jul
diciously. as 1t is highly nutritious,
and little goes good way, but as
supplement to the daily grain
ration is sure of bringing good re-
suits. 1t should be fed in about the
proportion of one to one and half
ounces per head, three times a week.
1t is advisable to begin on even a
smaller amount than one ounce to
each fowl on the start, and gradually
increase to the maximum amount.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
The
Doctor
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There was just one single reason
why the boy came to Dr.. Clyde Far
rington, when the latter established
himself in the village OF Glendale.
He wanted to study medicine. His
name was Sammis, and he was
frecMed-faced and IA years old. He
put the Office to rights. took down
Jeffrys Anatomy" and began to real
Wp. In the course of is minutes he
had started on his career. BY noon
he. was making frequent use of the
terms we, Our Office" "Our pa
tents etc., and at shutdown he was
prescribing for a boy with the ear
ache.
Sammis also began at an early
stage of his career to speak of the
doctor as Doc" This was to the
doctors face as well as behind his
back. The graduate had been told as
he was handed his diploma to grow
whiskers as soon as possible, and to
"sSuiue dAu maintain certain dlg.
nifty on all occasions. He. therefore
resented ,Sammis' familiarity, but with
poor success.
A month had passed and he had
had no patients as yet. when one
day, as he was returning from one of
those deceptive drives In the coun-
my. he found Sammis in state o.
great excitement. Mrs. Denton h.
called at the office to say that her
niece feared she might be going to
have felon on one of her fingers,
and that II the doctor happened that
way he might stop and give his opin.
Ion on the matter. She was followed
oy Mrs. Carson. WHO stated that her
daughter had taken to seeing queer
things and bearing strange voices
and 1t was nor belief that the g.rl
was going out OF her head. Would
the doctor call and talk with the
daughter and then give the mother
his opinion.
Sammis had received both callers
with proper dignity. assuring them
that I'VE would look into both cases
without loss of time" He had taken
copious notes for the benefit of HIS
employer, and was left deem in the
pages Of Smith ON Stomach Iron.
bles" while the musician hastaned
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
prottnble Arc Of Poultry.

There is limit to the profit earning
of chicken, and 1t must be sold when
the limit is reached, or before. Unless
bird is growing into money or laying
eggs or Matching chickens, 1t is a dead
expense. Therefore, sell your hens
after they have quit laying; sell your
young cockerels while they are in the
frying stage at about two pounds in
weight, and sell all the breeding stock
that you do not want for next season
as soon as possible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

But" asked the first coed, why
did you elect to take up the study of
German instead of French"
oh" replied the other, "the Ger.
man professor was so awfully hand.
some. you know."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
SHORT METER SERMONS.
~~~~~~

Faltns
Faith, the appropriation of the ideal,
is the secret of successful and insnir.
ing life.-Rev. E. L. Powell, Christian,
Louisville, KY.
Graccs of Temper.
To bear evils with patience extracts
from them their sharpest thorns and
gathers from them the sweetest graces
Of temper.-Rev. j. B. Remensnyder,
Lutheran, New York City.
Ambition.
Ambition Is right and proper and
necessary when kept within proper
bounds, but when 1t brooks no re-
straint 1t leads to crime and shame
Rev. s. II. Burgin, Methodist, San
Antonio, Texas.
Shallow Satire.
1t Is q shallow satire which seeks to
ridicule all forms, manners, fashions
observances, as mere manacles or
warts upon the hands Of freemen.-
Rev. c. E. Nash. Universalist. Los
Angeles, Cal.
The Way to Heaven.
If we would live the life which leads
to heaven, we need only to intend to
do right voluntarily in preference to
doing 1t by compulsion of circum.
stances against our will.-Rev. Hiram
vrooman, Presbyterian, Providence,
R. /. ,ess.,
Right Praying.
When we pray Alright we are COM
muning with the true and only God;
when we pray Alright our thoughts, as
pirations and emotions climb to the
very highest tablelands they are cap
able Of reaching.-Rev. C. A. Buskirk,
Christian Scientist. Louisville, Ky.
Making n Life.
There is vast difference in making
life and making a living. With but
little effort anybody can make llv-
ing; but it requires the strenuous en-
deavor of manly soul to make life.
Rev. Weston Bruner, Baptist, San
Antonio, Texas.
Christianity the Foundation.
A cupola or a lightning rod you
may have, but foundation you must
have, and that foundation is Chris.
tianity. Christianity furnishes the
foundation, and no man can get on
we'll without it.-Rev. T. E. Bartlett
Baptist, Providence. R. l.
The Pious Fraud.
The wealth of the pious fraud, the
wolf in sleeps clothing, whose stolen
fortunes should be denounced, the men
who help to build the churches but
at the same time exact their usurious
returns from the tumbledown, ram.
shackle. tenement houses-Eev. T.
schanfarber. Hebrew, Chicago. Ill
Stupid Mankind.
Notwithstanding our boosted civil.
ization, mankind, as rule, is more
stupid than the OK and the ass, be.
cause those creatures know their
masters; but mankind, during the
long ages of Its pupilage, has not
learned to know Its Father.-Rev. G..
Ross Baker, Baptist, Spokane. Wash.
The New American.
What will the New American be
like? Will he take away the artistic
sense of the Italian and leave behind
his love of revenge? Will he take
away the German steadiness and leave
only brutality and drunkenness? Will
he take away the keenness of French
intellect and leave only the sensuality
of that nation? Will the people we
have received from foreign shores alb.
sorb only our political corruption and
sensationalism? 1t rests with you.
The patriotism Of today calls for a
more terrific sacrifice than that de-
manded by the Civil War veterans
Rev. Charles A. Eaton, Baptist, New
York City.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

IIaru To iNI.I.
A distinguished entomologi

A distinguished entomologist. j. c..
Warburg, writes: when / was still
new to collecting In the south of
France discovered one day, to my
great Joy. large female of Saturnia
pyrl hidden away In some bushes. The
specimen was the first l had ever
caught, and decided. on account of
its large body, to stuff 1t "a quite un-
necessary operation; have kept doz.
ems since unstuffed). The moth was
first apparently killed by being forced
into cyanide bottle. where 1t was
left about an hour. The abdomen was
then emptied and the cavity filled
with cotton wool soaked In a saturated
solution of mercuric chloride. The In
sect, pinned and set, was discovered
next day attempting to fly away from
the setting board"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

The lady killer was boasting of his
prowess.
"One girl whom knew" he said,
actually died for love of me. / was
her last thought"
They eyed him inadvertently.
II should think" remarked one of
them, that you might be anybocy's
last thought York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

been going on for year or two. Papa
says ! began to act queer two years
ago."
"Um! i see. About the strange
voices? What do they seem to say.
Do they speak or only shout"
"Ah. they speak One very grutf
voice calls out at intervals: Step
lively, please!' Then tender voice
follows with: Fresh roasted peanuts,
Ave cents bag!'"
The doctor gave little start and
looked hard at her, but she limo.
Gently continued: Then l hear q
voice calling out: waiter! Waiter!
Who wants the waiter!' That is fol-
lowed by the voice of an old man
crying: Any umfbrell to mend!' You
don't know how annoying 1t is, Doc.
tor"
"Um! No? Now about seeing
things. What are they?"
Why, sitting right here, and Just
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
Would Take !. chance

Binks-You see that man passing
the window? He paid me $50 once for
falling through his grating.
Jinks-Where's the grating?-Bos.
ton TRANSCRIPT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23
Hardest Part Of the Job.

Citizen-What'll you charge me, I'm!
Gle Rastus. to cart away that pile Of
stone?
Uncle Rastus-About two dollahs.
sab.
Citizen-Isn't that very high?
Uncle Rastus-Yes. sab. jes' TO- caht-
in away the stone. but l got ter hire
a man to help me hahness de mule
Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

Two railway lines are now under
construction in the Malayan State of
Pahang; they will open regions of
great mineral and agricultural posi-.
bilities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

There is no place upon the farm
where q system of drainage can be
more profitably installed than in the
feed lots and around the hog pens. In
too many instances large wallows are
formed around the hog house and
these are both unsightly and unsani-
tary. If the hog house is not SO sit
uated that drainage is natural, an ar
tificial drainage system will repay its
cost many times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

The acting British consul at Chung.
king, China. has sent to the Board OF
Trade sample of vegetable asbestos,
which is stated to be bullet-proof.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-23

1t makes no difference If her hus.
band can afford it or not. every WON.
an goes on journey If a fortune teller
told her she was going.