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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Cut on Russian Army In Poland.

London, Oct. 17:-German troops
have succeeded in cutting of q Rus
sian army in Ivangorod, the great Rus
sian fortress 60 miles southwest OF
Warsaw. according to IN official an
nouncement; given out in Berlin and
sent here by way OF Amsterdam.
The dispatch says communications
have been cut between 5Ivangorod and
Warsaw and that the Austro-G erman
forces are preparing to cross the Wis
tula. 1t adds that the Germans have
repulsed the Russians south of War
saw and hold all Of southern Poland
up to the Vistula. -, @-F
The general staff at Berlin reports
that the battle east of .Wirballen, in
the Suwalki district of Russian Pc
land, which has been raging for ten
days, is progressing favorably for the
Germans.
The Russian official news bureau,
on the other hand, issued a statement
asserting that the conflict in Poland
was proceeding on ground selected by
the Russian general staff and that the
situation continued favorable to the
cars troops. 81. FL
The Russian war office denied Aus
TRAN claims that the Russians had
been routed at Przemysl or that Lem.
berg had been recaptured and asserted
that the fall of ,Przemysl might be ex.
pected at any time. T
Dispatches from Vienna admit that
the siege Of Przemysl has not been
entirely raised. 81 NJ -. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

Bud. II was afraid they might be in
'front.'" he explained. as she gazed at
him with a puzzled smile. @
YES" she said; but what will you
do If they catch us?"
"They won't catch us" replied Hook
er confidently. mot while I've got my
rifle. Aha!" he exclaimed, still look
ing back, now we know all about it
that sorrel is Manuel del Rey's!"
"And will you kill him?' challenged
Gracia, rousing suddenly at the name.
Hooker pretended not to hear. In.
stead, he cooked his eye up at the
eastern mountain, whence from time
to time camb mufled r%if1e-sllots, and
turned his horse to go. There was
trouble over there to the east some
where-Alvarez and his Yaquis, still
marrying the retreating rebels-and
some Of it might come their way.
With Rel Rey behind them, even
though in sight, he was the least Of
their troubles, and could be easily
cared for with a rifle shot II they
could not distance him. Hooker knew
that the two rurales with him would
not continue the pursuit If their lead
er was out of the way, SO that it would
not be necessary to injure more than
one man..
"Ah, how I hate that mani" ragged
Gracia, squirting her horse as she
scowled back at the galloping Del
Rey and his men who were riding on
ward rapidly.
"All right" observed Bud with a
quizzical smile, "Ill have to kill him
for you then!" ~. H. .1&t
She gazed at him a moment with
eyes that were big with questioning,
but the expression on his rugged face
bafiled her. IN Nv &5
II would not forget it," she cried i'm.
pulsively. mo, after all I have sui
fered, l think I could love the man who
would meet him face to face! But why
do you-ah!" she cried, with a sudden
tragic bitterness. you smile! You
have no thought for me--you care
nothing that I am afraid of him! All,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
BUT NOT ON THAT MACHINE
Girl Had Right to saIk on Joy Ride
That HomeIy Escort Had Prom +
lsed to Give Her. {

He was the homeliest man she had
ever met, but almost his first sentence
won her, heart.
1t was: "Ill> come around some
Thursday and take you out In the ma.
chine"
oh" she twittered. picking a hair
from his coat collar. What Thurs.
day, Mr.. Dickdocker?" ,
"How does some Thursday next
week suit your he replied.
"Oh, the first. pleased" she ex'
claimed.
That Thursday she stood. with her
new auto coat on, waiting at the par
lor window for two hours.
II realize he's ugly as sin and has
fourteen gold teeth" she unused. but
with wind goggles on he surely won't
look so bad and he'll probably keep
his mouth shut on account Of the
dust"
There was q sudden chugging.
"'Tis he!" she breathed.
Twas. He stopped at the curb. He
was seated on a dusty motorcycle
with an extra seat behind!
He rank the bell.
rs Miss Niddlestoop at homer" he
inquired.
NO." replied the maid. she Just
went out the back w~ay."-Detroit Free
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

| songs and strange animals crashed
through the brush at their approach,
but still Hooker stayed in the saddle
and Gracia followed on behind.
If she had thought in her dreams Of
an easier journey she made no COM
ment now and, outside of stopping to
cinch up her saddle, Bud seemed hard
ly to know she was there. The trail
was not going to suit hint edged
! of too far to the southland yet, in the
tropical darkness, he could not search
| out new ways to 60.
At each fork he paused to light a
match, and whichever way the mule
tracks went he went also, for pack
mules would take the main trail. For
two hours and more they followed on
down the stream and then Hooker
stopped his horse. .'i35.
"You might as we'll get down and
rest a while." he said quietly. This
trail is no good-it's taking us south.
Well let our horses feed until the
moon comes up. and I'll try to work
north by landmarks"
,"Oh-are we lost?", gasped Gracia,
dropping stifly to the ground. But Of
course we are" she added. 1--WE been
thinking SO for some time"
"Oh, that's all right" observed
Hooker philosophically; II don't mind
being lost as long as I know, where
I'm at. Well ride back until we get
out of, this dark canyon and then I'll
lay a line due north" y
They sat for a time in the dark
ness while their horses champed at
the rich grass and then, unable to keep
down her nerves, Gracia declared for a
start. A vision of angry pursuers rose
up In her mind-of Manuel del Rey
and his keen-eyed ~rurales, hot upon
their trail-and it would not let her
rest. @-, .,
Nor was the vision entirely the re-
suit of nervous imagination, for they
had lost half the advantage OF their
start, as Hooker well knew, and If he
made one more false move he would
find himself called on to fight. AS
they rode back through the black
| canyon he asked himself for the hun
| dredth) time how 1t had all happened
why. at a single glance from her,
he had gone against his better judg.
ment and plunged himself into this
tangle. And then, finally, what was
he going to do about 1t?
But he knew what he was going to
do about it. He knew he was going
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

Dios, for a nan who is brave-to rid
me Of this DEVIL" K
Never mind" returned Bud, hia
voice thick with rising anger. III I
kill him it won't be for you'll"
He jumped Copper Bottom ahead
to avoid her, for in that moment she
had touched his pride. Yes, she had
done more than that-she had de-
stroyed a dream he had, a dream OF a
beautiful woman, always gentle. al
ways noble, whom he had sworn to
protect with his life. Did she think
he was a pelado Mexican, a hot-coun'
try lover, to be inflamed by a glance
and a smile? Then Phil could have
her. and welcome. Her TRADE had
lessened his burden. Now his light
was but a duty to his pardner in the
performance of which he would be no
less careful, but to turn her over to
Phil would not o be painful.
"Ah, Bud!" She appealed. squirting
up beside him. you did not under
stand! l know you are brave-and II
he comes"-she struck her pistol
hercely-"I will kill him myself!"'
Never mind" answered Bud in a
kinder voice. 'Ill take care of you.
Jest keep your horse In the TRAIL" ne
added, as she rode on through the
brush, "and I'll take care Of Del Rey."
He beckoned her back with a jerk
Of the head and resumed his place IN
the lead. Here was no place to talk
about men and motives. The noun
tain above was swarming with rebels.
there were rurales squirting behind
yes, ever now, far up on the eastern
hillside, he could see armed men-and
now one was running to intercept
them! 80 Fl
Bud reached for his rife. 5erked up
a cartridge, and sat crosswtse In his
saddle. He rode warily, watching the
distant runner, until suddenly he pulled
in his horse and threw up a welcom-
ing hand. The man was Amigo-no
other could come down q hillside 50
swiftly-and he was signaling him to
wait. i 4 '' liz
ITO RE cONTINIIED1 "a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

to take this girl through to Gadsden
and to Phil, and his loyalty was such
that he would not admit, even to him
self, that Phil did not deserve her.
Alone, he would have taken to the
mountains with a fine disregard for
trails, turning into whichever served
his purpose best and following the
lay of the land. Even with her in his
care it would be best to do that yet,
for there would be 'trailers on their
track at sunup. and it was either ride
or fight. \ 1<Es ~. ~ IL It'd
Free at last from the pent-in canyon,
they halted at the forks, while Bud
looked out the land by moonlight. Dim
andS ghostly, the square-topped peaks
and buttes rose all about him, huge
and impossible except for the winding
trails. He turned up a valley between
two ridges, nspurring his horse into a
fast walk. 'E:
From one COW trail to another he
picked out a way to the north. but the
lay Of the ground threw him to the
east and there we're no passes between
the hills. The country was rocky.
with long parallel ridges extending to
the northeast, and when he saw where
the way was taking him Bud called
halt till dawn.
By the very formation he was being
gradually edged back toward For
tuna, and 1t would call for fresh
horses and a rested Gracia to outstrip
their p~ursuers by day. II the rurales
travelled by landmarks, heading for the
northern passes in an effort to out
ride and intercept him, they might
easily cut him of at the start; but If
they trailed thim-and he devoutly
hoped they would-then they would
have a tangled skein to follow and he
could lose them in the broken country
to the north. II. !
So thinking, he cut grass among b
rocks. spread down their saddle
blankets and watched over the
browsing horses while Gracia
stretched out on the bed. After a day
Of excitement and a night Of hard rid
ing there is no call for a couch OF
down, and as the morning star ap-
peared in the east she slept while Bud
sat patiently by. IT,.
1t was no new task for him, this
watching and waiting for the dawn.
For weeks at a time, after a hard
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
American Victory In War Of 1912.

American Victory In war OF 1917.
One hundred years ago occurred the
battle Of the barges." between a force
5of English from the blockading squad
ron in Chesapeake bay and a flotilla OF
barges and gunboats designed to aid
in the defense of the city Of Wash
ington. Commodore Barney, In com
mand OF the American f1otilla, being
threatened with attack by several
large British warships, had taken his
boats up the Patuxent river and found
q refuge in st. Leonard's creek. The
British. followed with a superior force
OF barges and small %schooners. Hav-
ing no guns with which to wage a
fight at long range, Commodore Bar.
ney dashed forward into the midst OF
the enemy. Soon the barges were en-
gagged in desperate h~and-to-hand ,'con'
sficts. For more than an hour the &C.
ttion ragged, both sides fighting with
%vigor and gallantry. But the Ameri-
cans having pierced the British line.
the enemy abandoned the fight and
fed precipitately to their ships.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Ameer Of Bokhara Said to BE Storing
} Up Treasure at the Rate Of 81,
100000 a Year. A
(To BE coNTINpED.3

The largest private hoard in the
world is probably that owned by the
Ameer of Bokhara, the Russian vassal
state in Central Asia. writes the st
Petersburg correspondent of the New
York Sum. According to the Turke
stanskiye Kraj the .Ameer possesses
in his stronghold a vault 315 feet long
IS feet wide and 20 feet high, com
pletely filled with gold bars and coined
gold. =
Some years ago the Ameer had an
other vault built to hold his savings,
and the new storehouse Is now almost
full. There is st the Bokharan court
an enormous cash book, which has
served for generations and in which
all revenues and expenditures are sup
posed to be put down, but also for gen
erations it has never been checked
with the cash in hand" a.
"a Grating is the. easiest thing in the
world at Bokhara. The Ameer's Off
cials draw no salary. They are ap
pointed on the understanding that
they must keep themselves on what
they can make out of their various
offices. There is no budget, and the
largest permanent charge on the
Ameer's income is one OF $4,000 an.
nually for a local hospital. Then there
is q small contribution toward the up
keep Of the Russian police in the Fro.
{tectorate and the maintenance OF the
Bokharan army" which has shrunk
to a mere bodyguard.
The Ameer's annual savings, II ts
calculated. amount to more than ST.:
100000 a year. He is by traditional
usage compelled to send every year
i number OF valuable presents" to
the Russian authorities at Samarkand
and Tashkent. These presents con
5sist OF carpets, silks and the likA,
which are Immediately sold by the 70
tcipients to native traders, from whom
the Ameer as regularly buys then
back at fixed prices, to be stored W
and to serve again as presents" the
following year. '1}
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

1t was merely a short paragraph.
which stated that "the great and firm
body of the Wings of England, true to
their principles, had decided in favor
Of Mr.. Fox as the representative of
the pure doctrines of Whiggery," and
suggesting as a result that Burke
should retire from the house of COM
mons. This paragraph was published
in the part of the Morning Chronicle
where leading articles afterwards ap-
peared, and for that aso is reckoned
the forerunner of editorial comments
on.the topics Of the day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
PORTUGAL Is MobiIizinu Army.

Madrid. Oct. 1.-THE army of Portu.
gal has started to mobilize, according
to dispatches from London, which il
In close touch with the government at
Lisbon. This act bears out the in
creasing rumors during the last few
days that the republic had decided ia
enter the war at once on the side OF
the allies. The Portuguese army, in
Guiding the expeditionary forces, mum
bers eight army corps in active serv.
ice. Calling out Of the First and Sec
ond reserves would bring an army OF
half a million men into the field. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
How a Row Started in Glen Elder

How a Row Started in Glen Elder.
They were leaning over the line
fence, these ladylike neighbors, and
they seemed to be having an argu-
ment as the Glen Elder S%entinel's
reporter passed.
How do you know it is SO? asked
-. s7IS F.,.s7EL = r. s
Il said it was SO, didn't II" the
other came back, coldly.
!. "Uh, huh, you did, and I suppose
it is your idea that whatever you say
goes?"
Eyes, II I say it to you-it goes all
over town." -. :e ..&S.g. p
And then the neighbors called the
police.-Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

look around to see If anybody has a
broom trained on him. Give him time.
II the molasses is up to his grade he
will find it sooner or later. When he
finally slides up to the paper you can
bet you've got him. Taking hold Of
the table with his legs ne will reach
his head out. nibble a little, smack his
lips, and then make a dive for the cen
ter of the sheet, calculating to fly off
with It to a knot hole in the ceiling.
II you have tackled the sheet down
you've got the fly. If. you haven't,
away goes q cent. You may catch a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
b = tT
CHAPTER XIV.

Though the times had turned to war,
all nature that morning was at peace,
and they rode through a valley Of flow.
ers like knight and lady in a pageant.
The rich grass rose knee-deep along
the hillsides, the desert trees were
filigreed with the tenderest green and
twined with morning-glories. and in
open glades the peoples and sand
verbenas spread forth masses of blue
and gold. MI :.
Already on the mesquit-trees the
mocking-birds were singing, and bright
flashes Of tropical color showed where
cardinal and yellow-throat passed. The
dew was still untouched upon the
grass, and yet they hurried on, for
some premonition whispered to them
of evil, and they thought only to gain
the far pass,
Beyond THAT lay comparative safety,
between them and that cleft in the
mountains. Del Rey and his rurales
or Bravo and his rebels might be
there. In fact, one or the other prob.
ably was there, and If sc there would
be a fight, a fight against heavy odds
if he were alone, and odds that would
be greatly increased because he must
protect Gracia.
To the west and north rose the high
and impossible mountain which had
barred their way in the night; across
the valley the ]fat-topped Fortunes
threw their bulwark against the dawn;
and all behind was broken hills and
.gulches, any one Of which might give
up armed men, Far ahead, like a
knife-gash between the ridges, lay the
pass to the northern plains, and as
their trail swung out into the open
they put SPURS to their horses and
galloped.
Once through that gap, the upper
country would lie before them and
they could pick and choose. Now they
must depend upon speed and the
chance that their way was not blocked.
y Somewhere in those hills to the east
Bernardo Bravo and his men were
hidden. Or perhaps they we're scat.
tered, turned by their n defeat into
rowing bandits or vengeful partizans.
laying waste the Sonoran ranches as
they fought their way back to Chihua-
hua. There were a hundred evil
chances that might befall the fugitives.
and while Bud scanned the country
ahead Gracia cast anxious glances be.
hind.
"They are coming!" she cried at
last, as a moving spot appeared In the
rear. "Oh, there they are!"
Good" breathed Hooker, as he
rose in his stirrups and looked.
why, good?" she demanded. Gu
riously.
"They's only three Of EN-" answered
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
over Seventy Years Young.

x Mrs. Russell Sage started on her
eighty-seventh year 4 few weeks ago
and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller began
her seventy-sixth. Mrs. Sage is said
to be the more robust OF the two,
Mrs. Rockefeller not having been
very strong for some time. Both.
women have a long life of well doing
to look back upon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Poets Easy Time,

Poets Easy Time.
Mother-Do you mean to tell me
that your husband is out half tho
time until after midnight?
Daughter-More than halt.
And you eve scold?"
Never IVY NJ t%;
Il am amazed" =
"You forget that my husband is .
poet"
What of that, pray" 5i &#
when he comes home early he al
ways insists on reading his poems to
me."-New York Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

If he comes it will be to his doom.
S-s-s-h! He is at the screen door
seeking an entrance. The monster
thinks the family away on a Sunday
school picnic, and that he can plant
the seeds Of death undisturbed.
He finds a hole and softly enters. Get
you back into a corner and don't
breath while he Is making for the din
ner table. He may light down. Flies
have their tired moments the same as
three-year-old steers. He will slide
to the east-then north by east-then
southeast-then wheel to the west and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
The Maxine of a Man.

J No university can make a man. 80.
Men may load themselves with lore
till they stoop beneath the weight OF
their accumulations. and yet fail to
lift a care from the heart OF the weary.
or impel a single soul an inchlon its
way to God. The real building of a
man is .within.-Dr. Clifford.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

second fly before the summer is gone,
but If you are impatient and want to
make a show you must order your
dead flies by the box from New York,
spread out on your paper in a quiet
place, and put EN- on the machine
used by all the respectable druggists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Proper ~Forethouaht.

= ";a. 80. roper VoVSSioOS'' r ss5$EI
Good mornin', Mrs. Moriarity. It's
we'll yer .lookin'. And how's thot
delicate son av yours nova"
X ITS wurrking in . d~elicatessen;
store he is."
aha! Must be foine to$have spe-
cial stores jist for sickly byes to wors
ruk in, hey?" IL g=&s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
"crimes" in German Army

The "crimes'' in the German army
last year may thus be summarized:
Five hundred assertions from the col.
ors, 1000 thefts and 1888 cases of ill
treatment of privates by non-commis.
stoned officers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
e. Sr~a
A Mans carefessness.

= VIII ~ - N. ,.
I'VE hurt my wife's feelings again."
said Mr.. Meekton. &
"By something you said?
mo. I didn't say a word. But l
got mixed up in my recollection Of
which parts Of her speech called for
laughter and which called for ap-
plause:" Il ,&$
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Austrian preadnauuht Burned.

Rome, Oct. IA new Austrian
dreadnaught was Quilted by fire in the
government %shipbuilding yards near
Trieste and six new torpedo boat de-
stroyers were also damaged, accord.
ing to a telegram received, here. The
~dreadnaught was to have been
launched this week.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Extended,

The Applicant--Have you q vacancy
In your tango classes?
) The Dancing Master-How old are
you? a%y
"Forty-three.". M
What is your weight
Hundred and fifty"
you'll have to get on the waiting
list. I'm mot accepting tango pupils
under forty-three years and $50
pounds.""-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
rheorv If n. C.. Of L.

My theory is that the high crowns
In the straw hats are the cause Of the
high cost of living. The crowns take
twice as much straw, leaving only half
as much straw for the cattle to eat,
hence the scarcity of beef.-New York
Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Parfsians Wearing colored Boards.
,Colored boards (for menl are ra

'CoIOred boards (for mem are re-
ported to be coming into fashion in
Paris. The green wig was a
of feminine adornment. 1t is not sup
posed to have made a lasting impress
sion, but it attracted. attention. Now
men are coming into their share Of
the color in hirsute decoration. A
dark blue mustache on a young poet
at a recent soiree was the sensation
Of the evening. One proprietor of a
dressmaking establishment announces
that he is going to dye his close
cropped beard bottle green. after the
fashion of the Assyrian kings.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
First Leading Article.

May IL seem an important anniver.
sary for the newspaper world, because
some consider that on that date, in
1891, the Morning Chronicle first
brought into being the leading article.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
ELUSIVE PEST is PEsKY FLY
Hard to Corner, and You Haven't Al
ways Got Him When You Think
He Is Landed.

You have been warned against him.
You have been told that he is as dan
gerous as dynamite.
You have read that he leaves a trail
of death. ,
You have bought a sheet Of fypaper
and are on the watch for his coming. p
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

Always to Be Reckoned With.
You must learn to deal with odd and
even in life, as well as in figures
George Eliot.