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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Men Insist They Killed Bird In Self
Defense, But Law Says They
Must Prove II.

John O'Hallihan, twenty-five years
old. and William johnson. thirty-four
years old. were held in 5000 bail each
on charge Of petit larceny in the
Flatbush police court. They went
out to the Prospect Park zoo the
other day and climbed over into the
Enclosure where the deer are. After
that they made a personal call upon
the peacocks. Passing from Enclosure
to inclosure on series Of friendly
calls they arrived at the pen where a
number Of turkeys disport themselves
THAT bird there" O'Hallihan said,
pointing fine bronze turkey gobbler,
has an evil eye"
Johnson looked. and it seemed SO
to him also. The turkey was regard.
ing them with something like malev.
olence in its hxed gaze. They re-
tired. 1t charged them. They be-
came SO confused that they could not
get out Of the Enclosure. The bird
chased them round and round and
round the pen, and as they ran, hold.
Ing on to each others hands and gasp
Ing with fright and their exertions,
they discussed the situation.
There Is only one thing to do"
said O'Hallihan, .and that is to face
this thing courageously, bird or devil
or whatever it may be, and get those
eyes covered up. Its power is in Its
eyes"
81 don't care" Johnson painted.
THE things gaining on u.s." And he
sank down exhausted.
O'Hallihan Is bold man. So he
faced the Infatuated turkey. After a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Bather Who Fled Before Il Says Its
Head Was Like Dog's-Foi-
lowed by Several Men.

Richfield. N. J.-Seyeral bathers in
the Morris canal made hasty retreat
from the water when the cry of devil
fish" was raised by Robert Thompson.
farm hand.
Thompson. who was some distance
from the other bathers. declares that
when he first saw the monster 1t was
following him with its head out OF the
water. He at first thought 1t was a
small dog. but on looking at 1t more
closely he discovered. he says. that
Its head was similar to that of por-
poise. The strange creature followed
him to the bank. and he says he
climbed up the bank Just In time to
escape 1t. The monster then turned
about and went down stream toward
the other bathers.
Not knowing what the thing was
and wishing to warn the others.
Thompson called out: Look out for
the devil flsh!" This had the desired
result and the men left the water
Albert Woodrow of Brookdale. who
had good view of the thing as It
passed him In the water. says that it
was at least 10 feet long. had round
greenish body and head as big as
that Of bulldog, which 1t bobbed up
out of the water at intervals. IF 1t
was water snake" declared Wood
row. 1T was the biggest ever saw.
and have seen hundreds Of them"
Several men followed 1t down the
canal for short distance. but 1t went
SO fast that they soon lost sight of it..
Word was sent to the lock tender at
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
TRAINING IN GOOD MANNERS
Begin, When Boy 10 Young. and Pc.
u likeness 10 Bound to Become
Second Nature.

Long before had any sons Of my
own made up my mind that. II !
ever had the training Of boy, l
should begin. as soon as he could I'M
derstand anything. to teach him the
small things that constitute good man
ners. So many boys ! have known.
and men, too. who at heart are good
and kind and really refined. yet lack
80 large part of the little courtesies
that 1t is hard to believe they have
been well brought up. In most cases
1t Is the fault OF the mother. She
feels that 1t is much more important
to form the character Of a little boy,
that his manners can walt till he 10
older. The result is that one sees
boys and men who rarely forget to be
polite outside Of their homes. and yet
seem to think 1t unnecessary to treat
their own mother In the same way.
My view 10 that there is no need
to neglect the character because you
pay attention to the manners. ! think
I have succeeded. AS soon as my hrst
little Coy wore trousers taught him
tina he must take OF his hat as soon
as he came into the house or when .
lady spoke to him In the street That
he must rise from his chair when
came at the dining table, must never
walk out OF the room before lady.
and all the other little polite ways We
like to see in men. 1t has never been
any trouble to keep him up to these
things; he learned so young that It
soon became second nature.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
KISSED AS ONE OF FAMILY
Frenehman 10 Caught In Group Seeing
Colombian Minister off-No Chance
to Make Explanation.

New York;. de P. Borda, Colon
bian minister to the United States.
sailed for Bogota via Puerta Colombia
on the Royal Mail steam packet Clyde.
accompanied by his wife and SON.
Apparently the whole of the Colombian
colony in this city went to the pier to
see their minister and his family OF.
and for half an hour before the ship
sailed there was nothing but tears.
embraces and kisses on every side.
A French clerk. who brought down
a package from jewelry store for
one Of the passengers, got mixed up
with the crowd bidding farewell. to the
departing Colombians. and to his
great surprise was suddenly seized
and kissed on either cheek by a stout
woman murmurinE "Adois. adois. va1a
con Dios."
The embarrassed Frenchman tried
to explain that it was mistake when
q dark man with whiskers took him
from the stout woman and also babe
him farewell. After a struggle the
clerk extricated himself and hurriedly
left the ship after giving his package
to the purser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
GREAT TRUTH IN EPlGRAn
hey Contain Whole Sermon
to Misers.

1.-THE late Edwin A. Abbey. the
American painter who lived in Lon
don. was only comfortably of. where
as he might have been rich"
The speaker. Chicago art dealer.
had just returned from Europe. He
continued:
Il dined one evening with Abbey In
his house in Chelsea. and after dinner,
we walked in the blue twilight on the
Chelsea embankment.
"As we passed Old Swan House and
Clock House. and the other superb
residences that front the river, I re-
preached Abbey for his extravagancs.
why, | said. pointing toward Clock
House. If you had saved your money.
you might be living in a palace like
that today ID
But Abbey, with laugh. rather
got the better of me. He ratified OF
this epigram-and it's an epigram III
always remembery when I'm tempted
to be parsimonious:
Some folks, he said, are so busy.
putting something by for a rainy day.
that they get little or no good out Of
pleasant weather."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
NEW SKIRT DISPLAYS ANKLES
Man MlIliner Of New York Tells Of
French style Which Permits
OF Easy Walking by Women.

New York.-Charles Kurzman. the
world famous Fifth avenue milliner,
who arrived the other day on the
Kaiser Wilhelm H., brought word Of
a new fashion set at Trouville to per-
nit Of more graceful walking and
showing the ankles. The new style.
set by the Baronne de Vaughan at the
French watering place, Is the antithe-
sis of the old hobble skirt. which re-
stricted and hampered walking In.
stead of making 1t easy.
Mr.. Kurzman also declared that the
fashion OF the season will be curves
in the making OF gowns and that the
Partisan couteriers have orders to
make curves. no matter how the flg-
ure. and that they had evolved some
startling effects.
Fur hats and large velvet hats will
be the rage this season and paradise
and ostrich feathers. as we'll as goura.
will be seen much in fashionable head
gear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith. Virginian. now bor-
der plainsman. Is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties OF savnges. He notices camp
fire ut distance and then sees team
attached to wagon and at full galtop
pursued by men on ponies. When keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
Acred TWO men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and Jockey
with woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderers. Keith IS ar
rested at Carson City. charged with the
murder. his accuser being a rufttan named
Black Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz-
ing the peril OF swift border justice. A
companion in his cell Is a negro. who
tells him he is Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one Of the murdered men MAS, was John ein
meriy an officer in the Confederate army:
cell. and later the two fugitives become
lost in the sand desert. They come upon
. cabin and find Its lone occupant to be
young girl. whom Keith recognizes as
singer he saw at Carson City. The girl
explains that she came there in search or
n brother who had deserted from the
army. a Mr.. Hawley induced her 70
come to the cabin while he sought to 10.
cate her brother. Hawley appears: ana
Keith in hiding recognizes him as Black
Bart. HaWley tries to make love TO the
girl. There Is terrific battle in the.
darkened room in which Keith overcomes
Black Bart. 35s,4 IN ~ N IL Gs5sasttS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Bad Man Of Nevada Meets PennIIess
Tot. Shows Her the Sights and
Goes Home Sober.

Winnemucca. Nev.-The other day
Jack Woodruff mounted his horse at
Paradise, New. As miles from Winnie
mucca-on the railroad, but on the
map-eoncluding to take in the circus
which showed here. His intention
was. in addition to seeing the circus.
to make day of it after the manner
of the reckless kind-not only shoot
ing up the town as In days Of yore,
but as near to 1t as modern civilized
conditions would permit
Everything. however, moved wrong
with Jack when he got to Winnie
mucca, and in somewhat surly mood
he lounged to the circus lot early.
took in the side show. bought his tick
ct for the big three-ringed event and
meandsred toward the front door.
A little girl, trembling with excite
ment at the novel scenes about her.
was standing In his way. He halted
and said curiously:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
CHILD PREVENTS SPREE

"sir. amt you going to the circusT
"Me." she timidly answered II
haven't got the money" Whereupon
Jack went back and bought ticket
for the girl.
While the fire engine was running
to the clowns fire and Rescue Hose
No. was doing antics saving people
and the whole tent was in an uproar.
he turned to the little girl and said:
isis, how do you like the circus?"
All she replied was: Its just beau
tifuI."
This was repeated in answering his
questions half dozen times. and
Jacks interest in the child became IN
tensif1ed
When the performance in the big
tent was over he seized her by the
hand and took her into the menagerie.
where she was mystified and delight
ed aud was loathe to leave, hanging
back and taking last lingering look
at the camels and elephants. When
Jack got her to the froft door, or
marque, he met the balloon boy and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
one Cure for Sarcasm.

Bunsen always was sarcastic.
One evening last week when he gut
home his wife had new hat to show
him. 1t was some hat Anybody
could have seen that 1t was the hnal
phrase In female headgear.
But Bunsen started to make n
marks. He said 1t looked as II 1t had
been trimmed by a cross-eyed milliner
on an empty stomach. And he made
lot of other disparaging remarks.
Mrs. Bunsen was almost in tearA
Bunsen had to go into the other room
to have q quiet laugh at her expense.
The next day he had forgotten all
about the hat.
The day after that he was reminded
Of it. Mrs Bunsen handed him bilk
for retrimming that hat-$1s.34 IL
came to.
Bunsen paid 1t without murmur
and said the revised edition Of the hat
was just exactly right He IL nos
criticizing hats any more.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
CHAPTER XII.
Through the Night Shadows.

NTO0Sn we 'SsSuS ShiSAVWos
Keith had very little to guide him.
as he could not determine whether
this mysterious cabin on the Salt Fork
lay to east or west Of the usual cattle
trail leading down to the Canadian.
Yet he felt reasonably assured that
the general trend Of the country lying
between the smaller stream and the
valley of the Arkansas would be SINH.
lar to that with which he was already
acquainted. 1t was merely Wild
stretch of sandy desolation. across
which their horses would leave scarce
'ly any trail, and even that little would
be quickly obliterated by the first pun
Of wind. AS they drew In toward the
river valley this plain would change
into sand dunes. bathing and confus-
ing, but no matter how hard they
pressed forward. it must be daylight
long before they could hope to reach
these, and this would &c him oppor-
tunity to spy out some familiar land.
mark which would guide them to the
ford. Meanwhile, he must head as d.
rectly north as possible. trusting the
horses to find footing.
1t was plains instinct, or rather
long training in the open. which en-
abled him to retain any true sense OF
direction, for beyond the narrow
fringe Of cottonwoods along the
stream. nothing was visible, the eyes
scarcely able even to distinguish
where earth and sky met. They ad-
vanced across a bare level. without
elevation or depression. yet the sand
appeared sufficiently solid. 80 that
their horses were forced into swing
ing lope, and they seemed to fairly
press aside the black curtain. which
as instantly swung shut once more.
and closed them tn. The pounding
hoofs made little noise. and they
pressed steadily onward. closely
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

bought the blue-eyed little girl in .
blue calico dress blue balloon and
another bag OF popcorn.
Little girl. how did you like the
circus?" he finally inquired. smilingly
and almost tenderly.
1T was just beautiful" she answer.
ed again. with tears running down her
cheeks. And Jack. putting his hand
to his eyes. found tears running down
there, also. A moment later he called
out. "Good-by. little girl" and. getting
on his horse. rode back to Paradise.
IS miles away.
When he reached home his folks
asked him how he liked the show.
whereupon he answered somewhat
softly for him:
1T was bully' Saved me a big
drunk, somehow"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
High Tension Electrical Currents
Responsible for Suffering.
Physicians Have Traced Many Other
Ailments 70 EIeetrielty--increas
s Ing Use Causes Much s
pprehenslon.

New York.-Wireless toothache. due
to the high tension electrical currents
produced In sending wireless mes
sages. Is the latest disease discovered
BY New York physicians, and 1t is
said hundreds of wireless operators,
professional and amateur, in this city
and its neighborhood are suffering
from It Prediction Is also made that
the heavy currents discharged by the
wireless telegraph will produce other
nervous diseases among those who ex-
pose themselves too much to such
phenomena. There perhaps are thou
sands Of amateur wireless operators In
New York city. Investigation dis
closes that many OF them have had
toothache since they began their wire
less studies and experiments. What
other diseases of nervous sort have
followed in the wake o, the current
only will be revealed by scientific in
vestigation.
A prominent European physician
discovered the wireless toothache. and
the bad effect OF the high tension cur
rents on the nerves OF his patients.
He predicts there will be general
Increase of nervous ailments, due to
that cause. That physician says the
neurotic elements are affected so by
the currents that low grade neuritis
Is produced which progresses accord
Ing to each patients general physical
condition. hygienic surroundings. oc-
cupation and habits. The Europeon
Investigator points out that the cleo
tricity artiflcially permeates the sur.
rounding atmosphere and that per-
son brought in contact with 1t, day
after day. must have a good constitu.
ton to withstand its effects. Weak
persons even may surer from aggra-
waited forms Of nervous disorder BY
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

high grade Havana cigar, the cigar
that sells for 10 or 50 cents, that you
see the tobacco chef at his best. He
doesn't make his sauces then OF such
common ingredients as sugar. berga-
mot, licorice and 80 forth. No. he
makes them of bacteria. The flavors
Of the high-grade Havana tobaccos de-
pend. you see. entirely on their fer
ments. Each tobacco undergoes dit.
ferent fern entation and here the chef
comes ip. applying the bacteria, or
yeasts. which cause these fermenta-
tons. to the Leaf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

Il possess q passing acquaintance"
ne answered. uncertain yet how much
to tell her. but tempted to reveal all
in test OF her real character. Few do
not who live along the Kansas Dor
der"
DO you mean he Is notoriously
bad character?"
II have never heard Of his being
held up as model to the young, Miss
Miss Hope" he returned more soberly.
convinced that she truly possessed no
real knowledge regarding the man.
and was not merely pretending inno-
cence Il had never heard him called
Hawley before. and. therefore. failed
to recognize him under that respect
able name. But knew his voice the
moment he entered the cabin. and real
lied that some devilment was afoot
Every town along this frontier has his
record, and I've met him maybe .
dozen times in the past three years.
He Is known as Black Bart is .
gambler by profession. desperate By
reputation. and cur by nature. Just
now / suspect him OF being even deep
er in the mire than this"
He could tell by the quick clasping
of her hands on the pommel of the
saddle the effect OF his words. but
waited until the silence compelled her
to speak.
"Oh, I didn't know! You do not be-
lieve that ever suspected such q
thing? That I ever met him there
understanding who he was! :"
mo. do not" he answered. What
I overheard between you convinced
me you were the victim OF deceit. But
your going to that place alone was
most reckless act"
She lifted her hand to her eyes. her
head dropping forward.
Wasn't 1t what he told me-ths
out-station OF rancho?
(To BE CONrINUEDJ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
start prairie poo Farm.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-With 100 prairie
dogs captured near Rawlins. Wyo.. as
a part OF his baggage" Perry Will
Hams, a glove manufacturer OF GLOW
ersvtlle. Nj. Y. passed through here
the other day en- route to his home.
where he said he was going to start q
prairie dog farm as an adjunct to his
business. Experiments with prairie
dog pelts, Mr.. Williams declared. had
shown them to be valuable in the
manufacture OF fur gloves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
TURKEY HAD AN EVIL EYE

desperate battle he flung his coat
over its head, With is eyes covered,
just as he had expected. the power
for evil ceased. He clutched It tight
ly by the neck, and took it out Of
the park to finish it. When Dctec-
tive Muss Of the park squad arrestsnl
him on petit larceny charge the
creature was already dead.
John O'Brien OF the zoo force is
going to pickle the turkey SO it will
keep. and introduce 1t as evidence In
court. The police say that O'Halli-
han and johnson were drunk when
they had their battle with the bird
Brooklyn Eagle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

prised from thought. her words not
coming quickly.
Il cannot remember when first
mounted a horse; tn earliest child
hood. surely. although have not rid
den much of late. This one is like 3
rocking chair"
HE belonged to your friend. Mr..
Hawley."
She drew quick breath. her face
again turned forward.
''Who-who is that man! Do you
know7"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
FIavor Given the Weed by Llcorice.
whisky, Honey and Many
Other Things.

Fl am a tobacco chef" said the sal
low man. Il make the sauces that
give us smoking or chewing tobacco.
as ruo1 chef makes the sauces which
give US sole colbert OF poulet creole.
Take this dark. sweet. Juicy plug
of navy brown. 30 popular among the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Sauce in Chewing Tobacco

more prosperous type Of Transfers.
Well, the favor of this plug is due to
sauce made OF sugar. licorica wAis.
Ky and honey.
Here is i mild. cool pipe tobacco
that young college boys favor. Smell
II. Very aromatic, Ell? Well. 1t has
been stepped in a sauce composed Of
the essential oils Of citronella. berga'
mot and cassia.
But It IL when you come 20 tho
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Practical Illustration.

To shorten long Sunday afternoon
for Fred. aged eight, his mother told
him that he might illustrate the TWEEN
ty.third Psalm in any way he chcssl
Quiet reigned for a time. as Fred.
busy with pencp and pad. drew
shepherd" and green pasture" rod
and star Then silence ensued.
followed by noisy clatter which
brought his mother to the room. Fred
was busily arranging a train Of cars.
a toy gun. marbles, etc. on the table.
What are you doing, Fred?"
"Why," he answered. these are the
presents of my enemies"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
A Tribe wIthered.

In his native tongue no one could
have made more graceful speeches
that Monsieur Blanc, but when he
essayed Compliments In English no
was not quite so successful.
Have changed in the five years
since We met in PARISH" asked the
elderly woman who desired above all
things to be thought younger. much
younger. than she was.
Madame" said the courtier. his
hand on his heart, you look like
a rose OF 20 years! "-You Com
panion
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Name for RooseveIt Baby.

San Francisco.-Tne little daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
Jr. is to have christening party
soon, but the precise date Is not def
mite. The little girl is to be- named
Grace Green Roosevelt. after her
grandmother. Mrs. H. Addison Alex
ander. whose maiden name was. Grace
Green. Mrs. Alexander is here from
New York as the guest OF her daugh-
ter. The latter Is in the best OF health.
receiving her friends who come to see
the child. The baoy has received
gifts from all over the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

He held her arm, not unconscious Of
its round shapeliness, as he helped her
down the rather steep bank through
the dense gloom. Then the two men
joined hands. and carrying her be-
tween them, waded the shallow
stream. The horses. not yet sumclent-
ly rested to be risky, accepted their
burdens meekly enough. and. with
scarcely a word spoken. the three rode
away silently into the gloom Of the
night.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27

Eyes, the tobacco chef Of the high
est type. the one who ferments Hava-
ma tobacco. handles the various breeds
Of bacteria as an ordinary chef han
dies pepper and salt, mustard and
cloves and mace"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
DIsproporAlonate.

Washington Star-'"We must expect
to suffer pain in the same degree that
we inflict it on others" said the man
who believes In retribution.
Maybe sc" answered the suffering
friend. But am convinced that my
dentist has found way OF beating
the game"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-09-27
Very Taking Platform

Governor Dix. at dinner In the
Hotel Manhattan in New York. said of
politics:
''Sneering at politics, the Goncourts
once said that no party could ever
lose Office II It gave the people free
fireworks every night and free vaude-
Vile every day.
"But I heard Of candidate in the
south who went tho Goncourts one
better.
Fellow citizens he shouted from
the stump. my platform IL Just this:
First, no pay for any elected candi-
date. Second. pensions for all voters {"