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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
and didn't know how to spell his own

and didn't know how to spell his own
name! II
Bob, a boy who worked In the same
mill. owned up to fifteen years. and
said he had been working there for
eight years. He showed 1t, top. in his
overgrown. thin, anaemic frame. and
looked fertile ground for the seeds Of
tuberculosis. His intelligence had
stood stationary with the flight Of
years. and 80 he was still doing the
same thing he had started on-tak-
ing OF the empty spools from the spin
dies. Anything more complex was too
much for his stunted intelligence.
In the coal mines of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia they found boys Of
twelve Incorporating as sixteen. They
worked In the damp and darkness
alongside OF mules and took their lives
In their hands every time they went
down into the shafts to their daily toll,
hundreds Of feet down in the bowels
Of the earth.
3 II haven't grown any in Ave years"
said Charlie, a thin. hollow-chested,
anaemic lad Of fourteen, with q dull,
stupid face. He has been on the night
shift for seven years and makes his
60 cents a night.
At Fafrmont, w. Va. at work in the
''glory hole" Of the glass works, where
the temperature ranged as high as the
human system can stand. there were
more boys than men at work.
THE works is cluttered with kids"
remarked a native. q
One of the saddest cases was that OF
little Savannah. a frail eleven-year-old.
1.-THE boss says she's a cracker-jack
at spinning" declared her gaunt faith
er proudly. She ain satisfied unless
she's in the mill"
4. Poor little Savannah owned up that
she had never had doll and never
played on. Sundays because she was
too tired. Her tense, drawn face was
that Of an old woman.
The gruelling labor of the mould
boys In the glass works was really aw.
full. Here were tender youngsters
down in cellars guiltless Of sunlight.
sitting in cramped positions and tend
ing moulds all day long and all night.
Other boys worked the molten glass
at the furnace maws In heat unbear-
able by those unaccustomed to It. One
baby boy Of five was found earning his
few pennies q day In the mill where
his mother worked. He was too
young to go to school! And he was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Man Stole Love Letters

bell stood silent throughout the pro
ceedings; Detective Taczkowski, VINO
had the two dozen letters, kept them
and their contents carefully con-
cealed; and the only touch OF color in
the brief hearing was that furnished
by the bright red hair OF Mrs. Lottie
Guyer. the janitress, whose prompt1-
tude in calling the police led to
Campbell's arrest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
How Cholera is Cured

back sits the doctor entering case aft
er, case in the big folios as anxious
mothers bring in the children. With
written directions they pass from here
to the room upstairs where the cylin-
ders Of sea water hang around the
room. and the nurse goes about the
circle of infants, connecting each with
a cylinder by means of a tube and
hypodermic syringe.
The puncture is made in the back,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
4 Young Beavers Days Work

That done he attacked the wood
He worked hard. alternating his labor
with dips in his bathing pond. He
bathed and labored alternately until
o'clock in the afternoon. when he
ate his supper OF bread and carrots
and padded about In his pond until
half-past s o'clock. 4.
K Ten minutes iate~, when only one
inch OF the trees diameter remained
intact, he bore upon his work and the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
WHAT'S THE MATTER V.
Witt YOUR BABY?

Mrs. OnaF Hawkins. Woodlawn. Illinois.
Mrs. Mollie "A. Brown. 3640 w Arlington
Ave, Chicago, Ill., the only laxative g1yenz
is DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepstn. II na =.
the purposes OF q laxative, and its very
mildness and freedo from grtpin1
recommend it. especially Tor the use q
ally-people who need q gentle bowel
stimulant. Thousands R of American
families have been enthusiastic about "
for more than a quarter Of q century.
Anyone wishing to make q trial Of this
remedy before buying It in the regular
way Of a druggist at nifty cents or one
dollar large bottle Family sizel can
have a sample bottle sent to the home
free OF charge by simply addressing Dr..
w. B. Caldwell. POI Washington. ST..
Monticello Ill. Your name and address
on q postal card will do. 5sls III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Then the Girl Had Him Arrsstsd for
1 eur0lary-And Trouble
~ rs 6row1 ~.

Charged with taking love letters
from the apartment of Miss Adelaide
Lander, the orchestra leader in the st.
George apartments. Archibald N.
Campbell was held in $1,000 bail by
Magistrate Butts in Yorkville court.
Hsiss Lander was not In court; Camp
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Tickets Not Transfe rabIe.

The Brighton Railway company.
which has just passed Its seventeen
anniversary, was, although not the
first company to run an. excursion
train. the first one to run regular
service of such trains at low fares.
Halt a crown was the fare for a day
trip to Brighton and. back in the
early '70s. but after time the cont
,pany found that 1t was losing money
by the return halves being openly
sold. Rather than stop the cheap
trains, however, 1t prosecuted the
touts who crowded Brighton station
and importuned persons to sell or buy
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

3Ys
New York City OF the horrors and
evils that follow the slavery Of little
children In our mills and mines. The
evidence OF the camera, the bald facts
OF statistics and government reports
have told the story only too truly.
Few today realize that such things
can be. e, sfz
have grown old before their time: hun
dreds Of thousands more have been
crippled for life at an age when they
ought to be running in the woods and
fields. Thousands have died before
they had even begunsto live. And Of
all the misery and injury and vice and
disease and death-it Is too shocking
to be more than limited at S..
The exhibit which the public saw In
the rooms at Fourth avenue and Twen.
tieth street has been doing its good
work all over the country since last
autumn--in fact. 1t has been a travel
ing exhibit Miss Elizabeth Mem. Din
widdle, who Is in charge Of It, has been
from one end of the country to the
other, showing 1t where It could do
the most good at the psychological
moment. 1t had been intended to
show 1t in New York first, but urgent
reasons called It to other places first.
It was taken to North Carolina,
where the inadequate law against
child labor is more honored In the
breach than in the Observance. just at
the time that . child labor law was
pending in the state legislature. It
went to Providence, r. l.. In order to
meet a federation Of women's welfare
clubs convened there. It went to the
state capitals of Alabama, Tennessee
and Wisconsin in the hope OF In
huencing the legislators when In.
iiuence was badly needed to protect
the American child life against the
rapacity Of money-mad employers.
Better than words do the pictures
and posters tell their story Of the
twentieth century crime against child
life. The boys in the coal breakers.
the girls in the cotton mills, the kid
dies in the night shift at the glass
works who ought to have been In bed
dreaming OF baseball and trout brooks,
the anaemic. undersized. over-worried,
sickly boys and girls who should have
been at school instead Of at the ma.
chines-they all told their own stories
by their faces alone. IA. /.
Go to the glass work. the mines, the
cotton mills. the canneries. the tene-
Sments-there you shall see them! In
some cases the rapacity Of the EN-.
ployers is to blame; in others it is
the greed Of the parents. In some
cases it is both.
g "She Just happened in.'' said the
burly overseer in a South Carolina
cotton mill when an investigator ran:
across q baby girl Of eight tending her
sides" like veteran. He was lying.
The child was just as handy and use
full as a grown-up and cost only half as
much for her labor.
In a Pennsylvania coal-breaker they
photographed nine-year-old Leo. He
was toiling nine hours a day in CRIME
and dirt for a pitiful wage And there
was found on musty. dusty school
! file the sworn affidavit Of his parents
that he was too sickly to stay in
school! Ii
-Four years. answered a cookbook
Ing twelve.year-old boy in South
Carolina cotton mill. when asked how
long he had been there. He couldn't
tell the letter "A" from the letter e. \ \
K Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

and almost instantly a great blister.
rises. 1t is the sight Of this fantas-
tic swelling which makes the mothers
at the first treatment hysterical and
in some cases faint. and SO one sees
the stronger minded fathers there
awkwardly undressing the little ones.
tying up the strings after the injec-
ton. and saving their wives the
nervous strain. The saving of infant
life by this new treatment during the
hot weather is undoubted. European
Letter to the New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

The success of the sea water treat
ment for infants suffering from sum
mer cholera is indlsputable. In the
Quinton Polytechnic in Poland street
there is an incessant waiting line OF
babies.
When one has become accustomed
to the sight Of the emaciated babies
with old, gray faces, pale cheeks and
big lustreless eyes, there is much to
interest. In the quiet room At the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

They were very good friends" Mrs.
Guyer told the court. rs
did the defendant live there?"
asked the magistrate. ss.si
81 don't know" the witness said.
HE came there often for a long time"
Magistrate Butts glanced at Camp
bell, who had given his address as the
ST George apartment house. Camp
bell is a tail. slender man Of thirty.
He held his soft gray hat with its rim
just touching his cheek and gazed
earnestly at the Judge; but he said
nothing. New York Evening Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Scared Out.

The guides had pretty story to tel.
as often as they were asked why the
cliffs gave back no sound
A beautiful Echo ESQ the story RAM
formerly dwelt in the valley, and had
great fun hooking people who, chanc-
Ing that way. in any manner broke the
sylvan silence.
But once upon 4 time . party OF
smart women prompted by the guides
knew not what chance. sat down. IN
the immediate neighborhood to enjoy
a game Of progressive whist
Gee. give it up" cried the Echo
thereupon, aud In CONSERVATION fed
the place, nevermore to return.-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
In Defense Of Beef Tea

gestive fluids. with the result that
real food, given with or after the
broth, is speedily and gratefully assiml-
Hated.
Milk, which disagrees with SO many
people. will cause no distress II adj
hinistered after a cup Of hot broth.
The mere flavor of meat Is thus shown
to be necessary and valuable to diges.
ton. What caused disgust among the
troops in the Spanish war was that
the preserved meat, while retaining
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

tree fell Before 1t fell the beaver
ran as men run when they have fired
a blast Then as the tree lay on the
ground he portioned 1t out mentally
and again began to gnaw.
He worked at Intervals all night.
cut the log into three parts, rolled
two OF the portions into the water
and reserved the other third for his
permanent shelter The work done.
he took bath --Harper's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
KILLING 4 Turkey

The proper way to kill turkey is
to tie its feet together, hang on a
pole, then cut the throat and allow
to bleed freely. Dry pick, leaving
head and wings on. After picking,
dip in hot water and then In cold.
This gives the skin fresher look.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
.P0Il/[ RI
MAKING PROFIT IN LEGHORNS
Egg Productive ness More Than on
h sets Any Advantage Other Breeds
Have In Flesh.

twenty-five years ago began breed.
Ing tue Leghorn and have kept this
breed ever since. although have tried
many other kinds side by sider One OF
the most serious objections ] ind to
the large brown egg breeds is the dis
position to sit. When one has 400 or
500 hens Of American or Asiatic breeds
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
(A) Pattern for Bottom.
(e) Bottom Completed. (c) Feeder
Completed.

I cut one-sixth Of the circle in the
shape OF . sector. The bottom is then
shaped into . cone and the lap is riv-
eted. The side is a simple cylinder Of
cellar-window screen cut to fit the
bottom. and wired through little holes
that are punched together in pairs. To
support the device At a piece Of board
Numerically across the top, and staple
the wire to the ends. For ordinary
scratch feed for fowls i use screen
with three mesh per inch. but for baby
chicks six mesh. make the feeder
for chicks of the same proportion as
the feeder for fowls; but it Is built to
hold oni, about quart.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

return halves. It was successful and
settled the important question from
the railway point Of view 8 that a
ticket expresses personal contract
and Is therefore not transferable
London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Record Made by One Of the Animals
in Regents Park Gardens.
London.

"A young beaver in Regents Park
gardens. London. was once placed at
work upon a tree IL feet long and 2
feet s inches thick Just as the .own
clocks sounded the hour Of noon. The
beaver began by barking the tree .
loot above the ground.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
W,ll,hat .I 3 \ NJ dsd.

"A travellers outfit 800 years ago
was somewhat different from the
present day. In Touring in 1900"
by p. s. Bates the following list y
given: First among requisites 10 =
book Of prayers and hymns effective
for salvation without being 90 pugna-
cious. doctrinally, as to cause sus..
,picion. Next. a notebook; q watch.
6r a pocket sundial; II a watch. not
striker. for that warns the wicked
you have cash; broad brimmed hat,
CATERS, boots, breaches Gas II his
friends would let him start without
bany!). gloves, shoes. shirts. handker-
chiefs, etc.. ~ es5s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
a Good Risk.5

why did you trust this struggling
young man for all these goods 2" de-:
manded the senior partner.
Il thought his prospects looked
pretty fair" replied the junior part
ner. He's struggling to marry an
heiress. with very good prospects Of
success"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Salt Morning Mash.

1t is best to salt the morning mash.
but not more than one ounce for 100
head OF stock should be used. Dissolve
the salt in hot water with which the
mash is moistened. In this way it
will be more evenly distributed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Rli7oht Place,

Right piaes. i
Henry may be a bad student. but
atfleast he Is consistent"
I'm what way p ,as8 K
81 caught him swearing over his
profane history
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Test Of Real Greatness.
Columbus had made the egg stand
on end
But could you unscramble It? de-
manded the mortified courtiers.
Which merely accentuates the great
truth that nobody IL springing any
new puzzles nowadays.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
.chopplns siock.

heavy piece OF timber. two feet long.
one foot wide and ten inches thick was
secured. To this was attached three
legs as Illustrated. allowing the face Of
the block to stand about two and one
half inches above. the ground.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Grains for Poultry.

The valuesof grains as poultry food,
and which they relish the best, runs
about in this order: Wheat, oats.
corn, barley and buckwheat. Rye is
of the least valuable, and fowls very
seldom eat it, and then only when very
hungry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Lice PLAY Havoc.

Lice play havoc among the fowls,
and they are not inspected for these
pests as often as they should be. Lice
keep the young chicks from growing
and the old hens from laying.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
cH0PPING BLOCK is HANDY
implement viii Be Found Of Great
Convenience for Cutting Meat and
Bones fer Poultry.

We have been using chopping
block around the chicken yard which
is very handy when pounding bones
and chopping fresh meat for the flock.
says a writer in the Homestead. A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

What makes old age 30 sad 10.
not that our joys. but that our hopes
cease.-Richter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Mrs wmslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
lteething, softens the gums, reduces innAmma-
zion, allays pain, cures wind collie, sc bottle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Apologies are perfectly satisfactory
to those who make them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Early Iraln.na.:

''She claims that her ancestors
stood torturins with red-hot pinchers.'.
II believe It,. She can wear shoes
three sizes too small and look happy.
aarrer's Weekly. s.ss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Blood Poisoning is often caused BY
slight cuts or wounds. Death may result.
Hamlins Wizard Oil will draw out the
poison. heal the wound and prevent -
rious trouble.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Lewis Single Binder, extra quality Il,
bacco. costs more than other sc cigars.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Many man succeeds because he's
! good guesser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Important 70 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Sometimes . man who natters gets
even with a girl who dirts. q. y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Shin,wreck up TO Date.

shipwreck Up to Date.
Captain, Is there much danger
'Not particle. A moving-picture
outfit will soon be along and rescue
Us after they have taken a few Aims.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

I R EAk ESTATE,

REAL ESTATE.
Il place for splendid homes 20 years time. Soil
Z crops water, markets. railways. schools bunting.
ashlnR, all conditions perfect. About 100 miles
from Minneapolis and st. Paul Send at once for
: Information. o. o. Whited, 106 9Th st.. u,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ism Guarantee Interest and Profit Participatins
MO Gold Coupon Bonds Two hundred dollar
bonds sold fifty dollars down and dollars perl
month. Security given a. dollars for every dollar
Invested. Full interest face value OF bond given
pa the first gayment For part5culaIs write Ct once
e6siaa Building. San iaictsco. Cal -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

Miss echer-He must be very
tender-hearted. Why, every time i
i sing he cries. Il. ,} 81
Collier DowneMaybe he doesn't
4 Hike to see anything murdered.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15

.Es. why? Today It 10
one of he crying evils
Of the United States.
Recently the National
Child Labor committee
has been holding a com
nnohon . i've q aYhihif In
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-15
Awful Back achin9
Kidney Trouble!
Dr.. Derby's Famous Pills Will
Quickly Restore Your KidnsyB and
i BLADE Ter Danish Your Rhsu.
matism-TrY Them Erect a4sa

Oh. the torture Of getting up In the morn-
ting those terri bic pains stabbing yo0
through and Observation-Disclosures and Wrenoh-.
ing every muscle. bouo and nervel Won who
& know the experience only 700 well. You
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-10

John Wanamaker, the big Phil
adelphia merchant, says: "Ad-
vertising is not an enterprise
for a gutter. If there is one
enterprise a gutter should leave
alone it is advertising. To make
a success of advertising, one
must be prepared to stick like a
barnacle to a boats bottom. He
should know before he begins
that he must spend money-lots
Of it. Somebody must tell him
that he can't hope to obtain re
suits commensurate with his ex'
penditures early in the game
Advertising does not jerk. Il
pulls. 1t begins very gently al
first but the pull is steady. II
increases day by day and yeal
by year until it exerts an ire
sistible power"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-10
Tribulations of an Editor.

A lawyer charges a man $40
for ten minutes conversation.
The man insists on paying it. A
doctor charges one dollar for a
prescription, and the patient
says: "Oh, pshaw! Is that
enough?" An undertaken charg-
es 500 for conducting a funeral,
and he is just perfectly lovely
with everyone inside and outside
the family, says the Marion (Ga }
Record. A man buys a gold
brick and apologies for not hav-
ing bitten before. Ar editor
walks a mile in the hot sun to
get facts of a death or a wedding
or a social function and spends
three hours writing it up and
tells lies praising people until
he hates himself. Then if he
makes an insignificant omission
or charge five cents straight for
three extra copies he is stingy,
carless, good nothing old cuss
who never gets anything right
and charges four times the price
of city papers twice as large
Elk.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-10
Twas a Sears Oebuck
Here is a pretty good ono.

Here is a pretty good ono. A
gentleman, patron of the mail
order houses when he had the
cash, allowed his children to play
with the big catalogue. One
morning the nurse, while they
were at play, told them that there
was a new baby in the house.
"Who brought it," asked the
children. The nurse replied
that it just came. "Oh, 1 know"
said one little tot, Its a Sears
Roebuck baby and I bet it's adu!-
terated just like the pepper and
strawberry jam was, and papa
will have to keep it because he
had to send cash for it in adj
vance ."-Ex.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1911-08-10

We have a nice line of Type
writer Papers, Manuscript Gov.
ers, Typewriter Ribbons and
Carbon Papers. We can secure
anything you may need on short
notice and will be pleased to
show you samples any time.
Phone No. 80. Hope Pioneer.
A.. M. Mclaughlin retu rned
yesterday after spending sever.
al days lookinr after his interests
in Aberdeen.