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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
A BIRD GAME.

A quiet and interesting little en-.
tertainment for a party on the porch
or on the lawn is founded on Birds
and usually goes by the title Of the
Audubon Game, as given in an ex.
change.
T Preparations consist simply of writ.
ing the questions, answers to which
are birds names, on cards or pa.
pers, leaving blank spaces in which
players will insert their guesses. If
desired the cards may be prettily dec
GRATED with designs of tree boughs
and birds sketched in ink or water,
color.
The prize or prizes, which are
awarded for the best list or lists,
could also be chosen with q view to
the apropos.
Books of BIRD studies would make
good choice Or select sofa pill
lows and other fancy articles orna.
mented in des gn of birds in flight
A list of the queries is given be:
low. ia4f
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
ing his head took slow survey of the
room. The hand pointed to five min
utes to S.

{ e. -
A grim smile fitted over his face.
! II will walt until g." he said aloud.
Four minutes to the hour. Three
minutes. Two. Eternity swung in
sight-the portals of death were open
when someone knocked with bold
ness that demanded entrance.
What do you want? Who is TT"
tits me. father DOLL" said a clear,
childish voice.
go away, Doll" he said thickly.
go to Miss Carter, Doll-Im- busy"
But Miss Carriers gone to we'd
ding and she won't be home till Z,
and It's dreadfully lonely"
Il can't see you now"
Not when It's my birthday" in
dignantly.
In spite of everything he could not
Withstand her. He must let her in for
a minute and then send her away. He
slipped the revolver into his drawer
again and opened the door.
"Oh. daddy, how cold you are; and
-peeping past him-"you have
got lovely fire. Darling, are you
cross or not well?''
"a bit of both, perhaps, DOLL"
Not cross with me?"
mo Doll. no."
"You were lonely like me, weren't
you? And you wanted me-really?"
"old woman, l can't let you stay
here-this evening"
"Are you very busy, darling?"
Eyes"
She gave deep sigh.
ut was dreadfully lonely upstairs"
she began alphabetically; .I don't care
two pins about Miss Carter being
away, but it's-my birthday, and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. never wished
me any happy returns"
II am brute. DOLL" he said un.
steadily.
He took her little round chin in
his fingers and looked down into her
honest eyes-replicas of her lovely
mothers, but with depth, a soul in
them that had never shone in the
sparkling orbs of the fashionable
beauty. Now as Dolls eyes met his
he flinched before them, for their pure
glance seemed to reach the recess of
his guilty soul.
"Ten to-day. are you? Getting quite
an old lady" with forced smile.
Good angels guard you, sweetheart,
for many years-happy years"
Father, let me have tea with you
1t would be perfectly glorious birth
day party. Say yes, do"
Very we'll" he said quietly. "Haye
your own way. DOLL"
She gave little ecstatic scream
and flew into the hall like a radiant
white bird, too important to ring.
Jerks, jerks! / am going to have
tea with father! Bring it to the H.
brary directly, please, and the cake!"
She was back again, all movement
and vivacity. The man from the chair
where he had thrown himself could
not take his haggard eyes from her
she seemed the very embodiment of
life.
And after the tea was over he could
not get rid of her without absolute
sternness.
"Do you remember last birthday.
darling? was 8. and mumsey gave a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
7 HAS been remarked that while

7 HAS been remarked that while
the biologists. ethnologists. as
tronomers and navigators have
been very outspoken in their
opinions of the apparently con-.
fiicting Cook and Peary claims
to precedence at the North Pole,
explorers with wide experience,
especially of Arctic conditions,
have been reticent for the most.
part, or very non-committal..
DR.. Eugene Murray Aaron, F.
g. S., who has acquaintance with
both Commander Peary and DR..
Cook. and who has a knowledge
of %ho %arrarc IF tho 1npo y,iusht
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
ADVENTURES OF JosIAI

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Here is story of the adventures
Of Josiah, a seafaring man, as told
in the Delineator:
Josiah was, in A. D.. 1871, an able
seaman aboard the brig Eta. Mason,
master, cruising in the South seas
after coral and pearls. The briggs wa
ter supply having run low, him and
two other foremost hands was sent
ashore in the dingey to a little coral
island to fill up the casks. Three Of
the butts. by which name mean the
casks, were filled. and Josiah was in
the dingey wa ting for the man at
the spring. Suddenly there came
loud hai's from the brig. "A sudden
squat peculiar to such latitudes, was
coming fast.
That typhoon struck before Josiah
could reach the vessel. The oars.
one of the thwarts and water-butt
was dumped over the side and lost.
and Josiah expected every minute to
be called aloft. But no. the dingey
drove on amongst the darkness and
spray, and dead afore the howling
hurricane. Fer three days and nights
he fioated, dreadful hungry, but hay.
ing water enough from the two butt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
COST OF WILD ANIMALS.

Live game trapping In Africa is
conducted mostly north of the Trans
vaal and south OF the Sahara Desert
between the east and west coasts.
The best results are obtained In the
unhealthy marshy districts of Mozam-
bique. the Portuguese colony in East
Africa. A large part of the game is
captured in the lakes district around
the headwaters of the Nile. Most of
the antelope are captured in the
country lying between the east coast
and Lake Tanganyika.
The prices Of wild animals natural
" fluctuate w'th the demand. An
excessive supply Of rhinoceri would
soon reduce the market value. Five
for sale at any time in the world
would glut the market. for one can
not sell a rhinoceros every day The
maintenance of wild animals is cost.
ly and they soon eat their value in
food; SO that every day they are on
the Hunters or the dealers hands he
Is losing money.
After the animals are captured they
have to be transported, to the coast
This adds greatly to their cost. De.
livered at Nairobi or Fort Florence,
which are inland and practically on
the hunting field, baby rhinoceros
of the prehensile Tipped species will
bring from 1915 to $500. giraffe
from $3.50 to $500 and baby hippo.
potamus from $3.50 to $3.50, e'ands and
most Of the large antelope from $125
to 5000, balloons from slips to S.,
monkeys about the same. elephants
from 1915 to 1915, lions and leopards,
with the exception of the black
species of the latter, from 500 to
$175, accord 'ng to size and condition.
The gorilla and the sruare-muzzled
Tor so-called VIII tel rhinoceros can
be- sold at auction by telegraph. Their
value might run from $4,000 to $780,
600, according to the bidding. The
square muzz,ed rhinoceros is fast be-
coming exterminated, owing to the
fact that 1t is a veldt animal and
feeds in the open, where it is easily
seen and shot.
The above prices are doubled by
the time the animals reach the coast.
Then there is the cost of transport
from Africa to Antwerp, Hamburg
or London. with the cost of food and
care added, as well as the additional
expense of keeping the animals un.
til a buyer appears on the scene.
Prices in New York. of course, are
naturally higher. William T. Horna-
day, head OF the Bronx Geological
Park, gives the following quotations:
Ordinary black rhinoceros. $4,000;
hippopotamus, one year old, $4,000;
elephant, two to three years, 50 500;
+ giraffe. two to three years, $4,000;
lion cub $500; leopard, 800; zebra,
$500 to $500; gorilla, type of monkey.
$1,000; gnu, $500; antelope, from 500
to $500, according to species; camel,
$500; python. $40 per foot OF
length; crocodile, IS per foot Of
length. The longer the animals are
in America. the better acclimatized
they become. the higher go their val.
uation-from two to three times the
above fgures.-Hampton's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

hoist 1t on. And the calm stuck by
him and the sun was terrible hot.
And says he, Farewell, my wife and
children dear, for I shall starve to
DEATH"
But no, It was not to be. All to
once, a great school of squid, which
are small cuttlefish creatures, began
jumping and leaping. Several jump.
ed into the boat and lay splashing
in the puddles which had been ship
ped during the typhoon. And says
Josiah; There is other fish astern Of
them"
In another minute big school Of
fine fat albicore, nice fish similar
to horse-mackerel, hove in sight chas.
ing the squid. But of course Josiah
could not catch great albicore with
his bare hands, SO he set and hank
cred for them and then something
happened. All to once great
swordfish poked his snout into the
school sawfish, a creature some SINH
lar to, swordfish, but with saw
on its nose instead of a sword.
Josiah watched the doings OF the
swcrdfish and the sawfish with mar
yelling eyes, and he saw the two was
fishing on share.and. share basis.
for the swordfish cruised amongst
the albicore, killing them with his
sword snout. And as fast as he
killed them the little sawfish sawed
them into Stable chunks for swal-
lowing; and the little pieces he eat
himself, but the larger chunks he
left for the swordfish And says
Josiah, I'll grab few Of those
chunks of fish. when they drift this
way.
So he said and SO he DONE. snatch
ing great piece from right under
the. swordfish's nose. And no SOON
er was 1t done than he was sorry, for
that swordflsh was crazy mad with
anger. Round and round that dingey
he swum, glazing at poor Josiah. And
after him swum the little sawfish,
seeming very nervous and troubled.
Then the swordfish, after staring, at
Josiah as IL to get the bearings Of
where he set in the boat, dove and
went under the keel. And Josiah,
having heard yarns Of swordfish,
thinks, ..My time has GOMEZ
However. he changed from the bow
thwart to the stern, and 1t was a
mercy he done SO, for "Bang!" up
through the dingey's bottom, lust
where he'd been sitting, comes that
swordftsh acting weak and distressed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
JAMES OTHER NAME.

JAtNH 3 Olt1Eh NAME
It was the first day Of kindergarten,
and the new pupils stood waiting to
give their names-e'ght little maid
ems all in a row.
There were, Rose and Margaret. and
down to three-year-old Jane. SO shy
and sweet that all eyes were upon
her.
"Your name is Jane. dear" asked
the teacher.,
"No, ma'am, not Jane Dear, just
Jane" lisped the baby.
well, what is your other name,
little one?"
ooh, my ozzer name is muzzer's
pet lamb, but We don't tell it to
strangers"
1t was too sweet to spoil. So the
teacher just wrote 1t down Jane, and
bided her time to find out "muzzer's
pet lambs surname. Washington
Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
EFF1E's ADVICE.

One day small Efie's mother re.
proved her for soil'ng her dress.
BE patient with me, mamma,
said Effie. you'll like me when we
get better acquainted."- Philadelphia
Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Richard wagner.

Every one finds some fault with
Wagner but that is because he is
mountain. a huge bulk of soul with
black caverns. Scared edges, barren
wastes and empty craters. He has
been weather stained, mud-spattered.
.lightningastruck. dynamite-blasted, but
still he is mountain; his thrust is
upward. the peak is snow and sun
shine. and he commands the horizon.
He belongs with the master heights
Of human glory, with Homer Dante.
Shakespeare. Milton. Michael Angelo,
Beethoven; and he is of bigness
with the biggest. Rupert Hughes In
Smiths Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
The witchins Kind.

PA, what are the witching waves?"
"Those that the women wear, my
son, after their hair has been mar
celled."-Cleysland Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

It's some satisfaction to the widow
TO realize that she looks well in black.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

Customer-Er-have you the time,
please?"
Druggist madam. the clock has
stopped; but we have something just
as good -Byowning's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

making. He has formed corporation,
got together $4,000 capital and is re-
modelling Syracuse factory for the
new industry.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
SAYS HE RIDES LIKE H. TO KEEP COOL
Picturesque Carolina Spent Hour
Said That Senator Bacon of Georgia Man,
Guyte-tioke Affair.

MACON. Ga.-Seated on q settee
in the waiting room Of the union de-
pot yesterday morning, an opened
grip by the side Of him, examining
a railroad folder and gcribbling notes
AZ TO routes on a writing pad ;
dressed in a black aplaca coat and
trousers, and on his head hat Of
the southern planter brand, was
Senator TilIman.
Il am on my way TO Douglas,
where / open the chautauqua down
there" he said. by the way, what
county is Douglas in?"
The senator bore the appearance
OF having undergone a warm spell
lie was told that Macon had expe-
rienced some hot days recently, but
the present morning was little
cloudy and had the warmth in check.
you couldn't have had any warm
or weather than we have been having
in Washington. Not a breeze, hot
air and steaming, and we just
stewed."
How did you manage to get
cool2' he was asked.
Get on a street car and ride like
I'LL; that's the only way / found
Tell me the status Of this Guyte Nc
Tendon affair" said Mr.. Tillman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
THINNESS CAUSED DIVORCE.
Husband Objected to Wife Fading
Away" for Fashions Sake.

Husband Objected to Wife Fading
Away" for Fashions Sake.
Recently the Osservatorio Roma
no, official organ of the Vatican. de-
nounced present-day fashions for wo-
men as "unholy," These ''unholy'
fashions have been responsible for
a notable divorce case in Germany.
A society lady wanted to wear direc-
toire gowns, but was too plump for
the style, In order to accommodate
herself TO the fashion she began a
strenuous system OF banting, which
reduced her weight thirty~one pounds
in three months. Her former ROSY
complexion changed to a polite
paleness, and at length she was able
10 get into one of the straight frocks.
Her husband saw her fading away
and objected TO it, but she persisted
in growing thin Then he went ia
court, saying he didn't want a spindle
for a wife, and the court decided
with him. The lady achieved the
height of her ambition, but in being
able TO wear fashionable gown She
lost her husband.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
COLD WATER PILLOWS.
A Simple and Effective Device for
Summer Comfort.

n Slnpie ana EneCtIVe Device for
Summer Comfort.
A communication in the New York
Sun says:
Now that the torridity Of mid
summer is upon us let me recon-
mend to your readers a very simple,
harmless and effective device for get
ting and keeping cool on warm
nights. An ordinary rubber water
bag half filled with cold water placed
as a pillow under the head on retir-
ing in about five minutes reduces the
temperature of the whole body sufi-
GENTLY to insure several hours of
comparative relief and comfort. On
extremely hot nights the water be-
comes tepid sooner, and may have
to be changed once or twice. but the
ensuing comfort more than compeu-
safes for the trouble.
Iced water is, of course, more i'm
mediately effective than ordinary
cold water, but it should be used
with cauuon, and is not recommends
ed except with the permission of a
DOCTOR xmsa~-wwwasn---..- -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
KEPT HOUSE IN CHURCH.
Jury Awarded $3.50 Damages to Con-
gregation Against Family.


When is a church not q church
This is question a jury has had
to decide in one Of the most unique
. cases ever in court in Quitman. The
answer was that a church is a
church, and a family moving in and
occupying it as a dwelling is liable
for damages.
Years ago DR.. Bouquine of Barrey
district decided lot to a Primitive
Baptist congregation to build a
church upon, with the conditions that
it should revert to his heirs if aban-
doned or diverted to other uses. Sew
eral months ago Mr.. and Mrs. Joyce
put partition and a chimney on the
church and occupied it as a dwelling.
Mrs. Joyce is a daughter of DR.. Bou-
quine, now dead, and the Joyces had
come into possession Of the Bou-
quine lands. They explained in court
that they understood the church had
been abandoned by the congregation,
and under the conditions of the deed
OF gift they had legal right to
take it.
The congregation affirmed that it
was not abandoned, and asked for
$500 from the Joyces to pay for the
confiscated church in which the al
tar fires had been replaced by the
Joyce domestic hearth. Upon the
evidence the jury returned a verdict
Tor the congregation for $3.50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21

than the symbol Of victorious battle
with fear.
Enter dressing room, and the oc-
equations Of the women will be a
surprise to those who have cherished
the foolish idea that it has one round
Of the pleasures common to the
Great White Way.
Here will be one noted trapeze ar
fist working away for dear life on
an embroidered pillow which she
hopes to finish before a start is made
for the next town. There is a woman
knitting a necktie, which she is plan
ming to send to her little boy who is
away at school. A bareback rider is
making herself a lace collar when
promises 10 be quite a skillfui piece
OF needleworR. Half a dozen of the
girls are busily engaged writing let
ters home, and if the visitor could
20 to the impertinent point of gazing
over the shoulders of the writer's he
would find that in the penmanship
and the character of the compos ton
the letter of the woman of the stage
shows the result of an excellent edu-
cation.
Most performers of any merit are
we'll paid, and the life on the road
is sufficiently economical to enable
them to save a considerable portion
of this salary. The money is large
ly put into handsome homes, where
during the off season the women of
the circus can be for the time act
ually the woman of the home, her
dearest ambition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21

Well, Hoke fired Joe Brown and
appointed Guyte"-
Il know all about that, but what
! want 10 know is If this legisla-
tive probing it is not all humbug
Politics in it-you know it's mighty
hard 10 find anything these days that
there is not some politics in it,
The reporter was unable to en-
tighten him on that point.
Then the senator wanted to know
III Bacon and Bartlett had gotten
home.
Il see great deal of Bacon. II
we are not together in the senate
we get together in our rooms. He
is brainy man, one of the best men
in the senate. He may not be a
bonhomie, but he is brainy man. /
am very fond of Bacon"
Asked where he was going after
his visit to Douglas he said that he
was going back to Washington. He
seemed TO dread the weather.
After talking a bit he picked up
the railroad folder and his pad and
began to consult the schedules.
The senator seemed considerably
His apparel bore the
wrinkles Of a hot day on the train,
and he looked as though he would
be glad for a stop somewhere long
enough to take a bath and array
himself in spotless linen. He looks
like one Of the prosperous southern
farmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
MARRIAGE BROKERS.
Shady individuals Who Get Living
From High Society.


There is a class in swell society
composed of hangers-on who strike
out for themselves, seeking to turn
a penny by the simple means Of
making people acquainted. They
are in reality nothing more than
marriage brokers, mostly women.
who, upon the payment of a COM
mission, will bring about an intro
duction between lady of wealth and
Ia titled gentleman of many debts.
of course they do not admit that
they are marriage brokers and that
the commission they receive is in
reality a brokerage. They merely
favor the bankrupt peer by introduce
ing him to wealthy unmarried
lady, and when he makes her his
more or less happy bride the over
joyed peer simply makes his kind
friend a small present of a thousand
or two Of his wife's dollars.
There is little danger of the i'm
pecunious peer forgetting his bene-
/, ioNbOl dIlGI luC WeQQluR, IOr the
astute lady of business who has
brought about the meeting holds GER
tain discriminating papers which she
Will deliver only upon receipt of the
promised commission. These papers
consist of letters received during the
negotiations leading up to the intro
duction, in one OF which she con-
trlves to have a statement of the
amount of commission and for what
paid Few of the marriage brokers
have any standing in society them
selves, but they are usually so con-
nected that the Introduction can al
ways be arranged. BY taking all the
risks themselves it is not difficult
! to find a member of standing to
bring about the introduction for a
share OF the commission. After
completing negotiations the marriage
broker finds a member of the set
who will, for few hundred dol
lars, invite both parties to a social
tea and see that they are properly
! introduced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
SNAKES IN THEIR RELIGION
DEVOTEES ALLOW REPTILES TO
SINK THEIR SHARP FANGS
INTO THEM.

HUTCHINSON, Kan.-H. M. Grubb
reports to County Attorney Herring
er that twenty-three persons have
Joined in snake worship, and hold
regular services, in which deadly rep
tiles play the principal part.
Mr.. Grub says that he witnessed
one of the snake services held at
night IN barn in Government town
ship, near the farmhouse. He said
that the worshippers allowed the
snakes to sink their poisonous fangs
in the worshippers' bodies.
The practice has been going on for
several months, according to the re-
port.
Mr.. Grubbs says that regular hunts
are made for the reptiles, and that
they are penned and kept expressly
Tor the services. Mr.. Grubbs asked
that a warrant be issued for the Of
tenders.
Assistant County Attorney Foote
says that no prosecution could be
made unless they are disturbing the
peace of the community or endanger-
ing the lives of the children.
The band styles itself the True
Followers of Christ" They recently
came from Stafford county. Levi
Carter telephone operator at Leoti,
a small town near here, is a convert
to the faith. His father has made
application 10 Probate Judge Jordan
for an examination as to his sanity.
Three children have been bitten
by snakes, and one child is in a seri.
Gus condition. The worshippers be-
lieve themselves immune from pois-
oning,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-21
MUSTN'T WEAR LIZARDS.
No More Will the Reptile BE Fem
mime Ornament.

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in New York has
put a stop to the wearing of chame-
Icons, or lizards, as ornaments. Dur
ing several years past the fad has
had much vogue among women and
girls, Greek fruit dealers in New
York had built up considerable
business in handling lizards from the
south to be worn by women on the
ENDS of delicate chains Indictments
were procured against several of the
dealers the other day. The court
found the men guilty and ordered
that the traffic must be stopped