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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
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An "Honest" Dollar.

A rise in prices, or, what Is the same,
u fall in the value Of money, though
also an evil. has this incidental advan-
tage, that, unless so marked as to I'M
ply undue speculation or other morbid
commercial conditions, it tempts money
out of its hiding-places into circula-
ton, giving briskness to business. But
this never does good enough to COM
pensate for the evil of unsteadiness In
the value of money. To have its value
persistently the same-that Is, the cen.
trail virtue of good money. All admit
this, us has been said, yet many forget
it. We have, III this country, for many
years been hearing much about an
honest dollar. What is an honest dol
lar? 1t is to be feared thst few Of the
people who love the phrase apprehend
with much clearness it's true meaning.
1t is very often taken for granted that
the gold dollar must be an honest dol
lar, and one may hear this alleged by
reasoners In the same breath with the
admission made by all, that money Is
good in proportion to its stability OF
value. The two propositions are of
course contradictory, except upon the
pretense, which no well-informed per-
son will offer, that gold never appre-
ciates or depreciates.
Again. we often hear or read dis
course TO the effect that holders of
money have sacred moral right to all
the increment of value which can posi-
bly, come to 1t, so that any effort to
regulate, at least to limit, such incre-
ment, must be wrong unjust to the
creditor class. But this is an implicit
II 1t is not an explicit. denial Of the
primary truth of monetary science,
that good money must have a steadfast
general purchasing power. Gain In
moneys purchasing power is change
In that power, and ought not to be. OF
the two, loss in such power is more
tolerable than gain; in others,
regime Of rising prices is less outrage
Gus than one of falling prices. But
either is bad thing. An ideal dollar
would buy always precisely the same
amount of general commodity.-E. Ben
jamin Andrews.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

sprung from determination to aboa-
ish transportation for political crimes
matters little. But evidently the czar
or some of his ministers have been
reading history to some purpose. While
the building of the trans Siberian rail-
way was primarily military enter
prise, even the government of Russia
could not afford to maintain that gil
gantic system for the transportation of
military stores and soldiers solely, and
1t became matter of prime import
ance that the Siberian territory be de-
Veloped to such an extent that 1t would
support the railway system that has
been constructed through it. So long
as Siberia remained penal colony its
advancement was an utter impossibil.
lty. The history of Australia shows
that 1t did not become prosperous col
ony until 1t ceased to be Botany bay
Tor the detention of the criminals of
the British islands, nor did the En-.
glish colony of Virginia become a de.
sirable home for British emigrants I'M.
I'll the transportation to ii of criminals
came to an end. The capabilities OF
Siberia are beyond calculation. aud
once it ceases to be the home of Rus
sian conNicts it will attract the emf
grant from the more thiclly settled
portions of the empire. and become a
department of the government that will
be rich in the products of agriculture
and of its mines. Russia will have
fewer men and women who are crimi.
nails when transportation 10 Siberia
ceases to be a punishment for political
offenses, for nothing has stimulated
misdeeds of that character so rapidly
as the inhuman barbarities of the exile
system. There are both policy and hui
mainly in this new movement in Rus.
STA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
IOWA CROP PROSPECTS:
Reports from Different Sections Ind
cate an Abundant Yield.

Reports from Different Sections Indi.
cate an Abundant Yield.
Winslow-Prospect for corn and oats
good, rye fair. The hay crop will be short
ON account Of being winter killed. Fruit
10 also short; potatoes good.
Center Dale-Acreage about as usual.
Corn backward on account of wet wealth
er. No wheat; oats looking fair.
Hazleton.-Crop prospects in this vicin.
ity very good, with exception of corn,
which Is q little behind on account of too
much rain.
Dows.-Small grain looking fine; poor
stand Of corn.
excepting corn, which is not quite SO good
on low ground on account of wet weather.
Buffalo Center.-Wheat looking fine,
but quite weedy; oats growing rank and
in danger Of lodging; corn poor stand and
very backward.
Bode.-Wheat and oats very fine; looks
very favorable for good crop; corn fair
but late, and some fields thin stand, but
prospect fair for good crop.
Goldfeld.-Small grain looking very
good; corn needs work.
Rodman.-Crops are doing finely in this
vicinity; about 20 per cent of the corn
had to be planted over, but is doing all
right now.
Rock Falls.-Crops of all kinds look
well; corn somewhat backward on ac-
count of so much rain, but looks well;
small grain of all kinds looks well; DO.
tatoes In good condition; fruit nearly all
frost killed.
Clear Lake.-Growing crops have q
good foundation, but are about two weeks
late on account of late seeding; prospects
favorable for a good crop.
Trosky.-Small grain now in good con-
dition, some danger of overgrowth of
straw and rust; flax doing well; corn
somewhat backward
Ellsworth.-Crop prospects fine; as good
or better than last year at this time.
White.-Growing crops are looking well
at present; have had little too much rain,
but are drying fast and looking well.
ocheyedan.-Small grain is looking
veil; corn is backward; had too much rain
and a good deal of the seed rotted and
had to be replanted
West Union.-Acreage of corn and
small grain about the average; all crops
looking fine.
Iowa Falls.-Weather fine for crops;
acreage about same as last year; corn is
possibly week late, but all crops are
growing fast.
Dixon.-Small grain in good shape in
this vicinity and corn fully month be-
hind, but with favorable weather will
make good average crop.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

Selling Water in Crops.
las cheap and free as water" is the
old proverb, and it holds good in all the
Eastern portion of the country, and es-
pecially in New England, whose
streams, finding their source in the
mountains of New Hampshire and
Vermont, water the whole surface to
the Atlantic Ocean or to Long Island
Sound. If more of this water were
saved to irrigate cultivated crops, it
would be better. Then their growth
would not be cut short by drought.
Eighty per cent. of the potato is water.
and in beets, turnips and onions the
proportion of water is greater than
this. These are, therefore, the most
profitable crops, for they do not eX-
haust the soil of it's mineral fertility.
as do grain crops, besides selling for
much more per acre than any grain
crop ever does.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
Poys on tho Farm.

TOye Ou tu6 ruTm.
Lots Of boys are driven from the
farm by the treatment they receive
there. You can not work boy from
ten to fourteen hours a day, begrudg-
Ing him day off and depriving him of
an opportunity to make little moneys
and have little fun on his own ac-
count, and then expect that he is go.
ing TO stay on the farm. Boys are not
built that way. But If you treat them
right, encourage their originality and
foster their development and the do
Ing of things for themselves. the aver
age boy is level-headed enough to real
ize the advantages offered by rural
life. Some fathers make the mistake
of trying to drive boys instead of work
ing with them. or fail to recognize the
rapidity with which bright boy gains
knowledge and experience between 10
and 70, and how quickly he may know
more or have better Judgment in some
matters than his father The parents
are quite as often at fault as the boys
In those cases where the complaint
comes that the boys won't stay on the
farm.-Journal of Agriculture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28


Some of the most common articles are
the most useful ones. One of the most
common is boraX, and the uses to which
1t may be put are many and various.
Its cheapness brings it within reach of
us all, and its practical utility makes 1t
a very desirable article to have in the
home. AS Il destroyer of insects II is
especially useful. In the South ants are
very annoying. BoraX scattered around
the entrance to your pantry or side
board, so that the ants cannot come into
the room without crossing it, will keep
them out. Being absolutely safe, 1t
may be scattered over pantry shelves
and around the edges of carpets. 1t is
an excellent disinfectant. and will save
many doctors bills, il freely used about
the house, water pipes and sinks.-Epit.
OmiSt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28


1t is claimed by some that potatoes
are not wholesome food. Such does
not seem to agree with experiments
conducted with a special view of de-
termining the food value of the potato.
The fact that the potato is n diet in
nearly every household would of itself
seem to be sufficient proof that it is a
nutritious food. The potato, on ac-
count of being composed principally of
starchy matter, would, If eaten by it.
self, be one-sided and badly balanced
ration. The constituents necessary
for n balanced diet are protein, fat and
carbohydrates. Potatoes are composed
of the latter, and meat, eggs and fish
are composed of the former. Since DO
tatoes are usually served together with
meat, eggs or fish, 1t forms a diet
which is most conducive to health and
vigor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
HoosleR LANDMARK GONE.

Porter County's Primitive Temple of
Justice Torn Down.
The demise of Hoosierdom's oldest
and most unique public building, Por-
ter County's first temple of justice,
took place in the business center of
Valparaiso in broad daylight not long
ago.
The history clustered about this en-
bryonir legal sanctuary of the pioneer
world of Northern Indiana reads like a
fairy tale. The first session of the Cir
cult Court ever held in Porter County
commenced the first week in October,
1896. ut the home of John Saylor. just
across the street from the present
courthouse. Judge Samuel c. Sample
seated himself with great dignity be-
hind little table. on which were
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

For growing ginseng from seed. pre-
pare beds from three to four feet wide
and any length desired, raised a few
Inches above the surface. A good way
to form the outline of the bed is TO set
up boards six inches wide, held in place
by stakes. Fill with rich soil, and mix
all the humus (decayed vegetable mat
teri you can get with it. Well-rotted
horse manure may be used to good ad-
vantage in the preparation of the bed.
Plant the seed in drills, six inches
apart and four inches apart in the
drills, covering one inch deep. After
the seed is planted cover the bed with
a two or three inch coat of leaves,
straw or anything that will keep the
ground moist. When the plants begin
to come up in the spring the bed should
be shaded from the direct rays of the
sun by means of frame placed over
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

The more we observe the great fight
for life that goes constantly on in the
world the more we come to think that
what the average individual needs is
not so much more wealth as more leis-
IRE. Time is more than money. Now
man to earn that tangible success by
which the world Judges merit must
sink all his finer aspirations in the
slavish routine of money getting.
Whether you observe great railroad,
prosperous store. n successful news
paper, or any other thriving institution
he assured it stands for immense per-
sonal sacrifices by the men that have
made it what 1t is. Constant and indie
fatigable work. through the long days
and often far into the night, with no
let up OH holidays; mental strain to
the breaking point. neglect of family
and friends; constant preoccupation of
mind that drives out the thought Of
recreation; and absence of all Oppor-
tunity 10 broaden out by cultivating
the liberal side-this is part of the
price man must pay for success,
Whether IL is HIS OWL personal success
or the success of some institution for
which he stands sponsor The fearful
demands made by our condition of
society keep individuals in very dew
IFS dance TO avoid extinction. Few
men ever have any leisure. Cant
get away from business" is tile uni
Nersal excuse. and the result Is, men
become machnes--and poor machines
they get rusty and crusty and bar
nacles; they slave themselves to death
to work to the pattern set by their
neighbors: they wear out rapidly and
they feel too poor to get out and give
some one else change. Enlighten-
ment is going to he the liberator of
our race, and for enlightenment we
must have more leisure. Socrates and
Robert Louis Stevenson rebelled at
drudgery and spoke boldly for leisure
as few men have done. But we will
continue to go on in our selr-destruc-
tive career, until, in due course of
evolution. we have run our course and
a new society, with new standards,
aud new aspirations, have superseded
OIlrS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

placed few law books, and in the
presence of about forty men declared
court to be in session. The grand jury
strolled out of the stuffy courtroom
and was obliged to hold its dellbera-
tons under large oak tree in the
wood close by. The members were
seated on the ground, and a log fire
was built to impart warmth and cheer
to the dismal session. Not one of those
that made up the first grand and petit
juries is now living. The outdoor ses-
sions We're necessity for some time,
but soon public sentiment began to
change. The people wanted more com
modious quarters in which to hold
their sessions, and in 1887 subscrip-
ton paper was circulated to raise the
funds necessary for building court
house, and the munificent sum reached
$1,25O.
A frame building. 22x3O feet, was
erected on the west side of the present
public square, with only single room.
1t was completed in the fall. In this
building John Pelton, the only man
ever sentenced to death In Porter
County, was tried and convicted of
numbering Francis Stanes, and was
hanged in 1888 from tree on the site
Of the Valparaiso high school building
Pelton's was the first legal execution
of record in Northern Indiana.
The old frame court house building
was the pride Of the whole northwest
corner OF Indiana until 1858, when it
was succeeded by an old-faslioned
brick building, sold for small sum
and removed to the west side of the
city, where 1t stood for years obscured
By the thick woods and underbrush
1t was then moved back to within n
few feet from where 1t was Originally
erected. being used as a woodshed and
storage room.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28


A very common source of poison in
some localities is Rhus toXicodendron,
locally known as mercury" or poison
Ivy" 1t is a trifoliate, glossy-leaved
vine, much given to climbing over old
trees and rail fences. to which 1t clings
tightly. Some persons are so suscepti-
Bile to its noXious qualities as to be poi
soned by the slightest touch, or even
by passing very near the vines when
wet with dew. The parts affected are
very red, sometimes swollen badly. and
accompanied by most intense itching
and burning, especially when exercis-
ing or near artificial heat. A certain
remedy is made by dissolving hand
full of quick lime in pint of cold water.
Battle the parts often, and after very
few applications they will be quite
we'll.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
McKinley und Cleye1and.

President Cleveland put 5000 offices
under the civil service rules Merit
demonstrated by competitive examine
tion was the test of appointment. Party
and personal influence were outside. 1t
put the rich and the poor-men of all
parties and of high and low degree
on the same level. Merit ruled. 1t has
been said that few tiduciary offices
should not have been included. On this
miserable excuse Mckinley, if we are
not mistaken, has inflicted blow on
civil service reform from which it will
not recover in years. He has swept the
5000 offices which Grover Cleveland
put on the merit list into the spoils d.
misunderstanding Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

The annual spring and winter floods
that sweep over low lands beside rivers
make this land unsuitable for plow-
ing. 1t also makes it. when once well
seeded, easy to keep in grass. though
tthe coarse varieties that are not In
ijured by annual flooding will gradual
ly crowd out the others. If such land
is dragged over in spring after the an.
nual dressing of sediment has been de-
posted. and sown with clover. timothy
and other valuable grasses, some of
the seed will grow and live if the sum
mer prove to be wet. This is better
than blowing the land and trying to
get a seeding that way. When the
floods come over plowes land they
wash out gullies in it. and thus carry
off more sediment than they deposit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

The people of the United States are
piling up wealth at a more rapid rate
now than ever before in the history of
the country, and there is no present
condition to indicate a halt In this ac-
emulation of riches. 1t will come to
an end sooner or later, to be followed
by n period of depression and reaction,
as such eras always do, but there is no
sign now of such a setback.-Kansas
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
Bloated Animals.

To cure or rather to give immediate
relief to an animal in case of bloat,
take piece of garden hose about four
or six feet long and put end in the ami
mails mouth and run it down its throat
until the gas that has caused the trou-
bic begins to escape through the hose.
When it has all escaped remove the
hose and your animal is all right. This
Is sure remedy for bloat, and will fire.
quently save a good COW from dying,
and at least save her great deal of
suffering, and the owner great deal
of anxiety.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

feet and 2 by 6 by 8 feet. Spike these
two together and brace from the ill.,
side, so they will be perfectly plumb.
Now start putting up the logs, one side
at time. or build all sides evenly as
you go. Drive spike into your 2 by
by inch stills and into your logs as
fast as you go, so as to hold them in
place. You can put round log in the
corner 6 inches in diameter and feet
long. After the house has been built.
spike the by 4 on to this and also the
plate logs. Peel the logs.-A. l.. Ford.
in Orange Judd Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

AT the beginning of the present ad-
ministration Congress was called in
extraordinary session for the ostensi-
BILE purpose of relieving the treasury Of
Il deficit. The President assumed that
prosperity could not return while the
Government expenditures We're in ex-
cess of receipts. Congress was to re-
wise the tariff SO as to provide sufficient
money to keep the wheels of govern
ment moving without resort to further
borrowing. Under that act the run
ming behind has continued.-Ci Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

The 'undershirt" law and the anti
smoking law went into effect in Ha-
vana last Monday. 1t is stated that on
the first day there We're something like
500 arrests. Such ill-considered. plea
ylnish, tyrannlcal laws can hardly
have any other effect than to convince
the Cubans that we mean to institute
petty tyranny instead of freedom in
Cuba Savannah News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
Too Clever by Half.

A Paris manufacturer named Per-
son has just been convicted of selling
canned horse flesh as ported duck,
hare, etc. He said like Sam Weller's
friend, that it was "all in the season
ing and that he could make horse
into duck or hare according as tastes
differed. The letters on the cans IN.
H." meant not Mention Honorable"
as purchasers had supposed, but Me
LANCE Hippophagique." The judge
gave Mr.. Person eight months.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

Mrs. Darlington-John, spoke to
papa about having him take you into
business, but he couldn't do 1t, be-
cause you have too many vague ideas.
Mr.. Darljngton-Hurrnh! That's
clever of the old hoy. My first wife's
father used to say had no ideas at all.
Boston Traveller.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

INSTANCES of carnivOrOus animals
turning to vegetable diet are rare.
One noted instance is Scotch deer
hound, which is so fond of peaches that
it will stand on its hind legs to reach
them Oh the trees. In New Zealand Il
parrot took to sheep killing and eating
and some pigs evinced IL preference for
IL diet of young lamb, while some Aus
tralian sheep became not only carnivor-
nus hut cannihal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
A Trust study.

The influence and power of trusts is
significantly illustrated in the window
glass combination. BY the fourth day
of July all the mills of that industry
will be shut down indefinitely, and be-
hold the result. Seventeen thousand
skilled workmen will be unemployed.
They only know how to make window
glass and will have much difficulty in
seeking other employment. But the
trust must look after its own, and that
is best exemplilied by making another
large dividend among the members of
the rust.-Indianapolis Sentinel
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

Ii is hardly the right thing for the
postotiice department to discontinue
the postottice at Lake City, S. c., be-
cause the last postmaster, a negro, was
murdered by mob. Atrocious as was
the murder of Postmaster Baker. it
does not justify the administration in
refusing postal facilities to nll the peo-
pie of the town. The government should
he above boycotting.,-Bu Courier
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
ROUNDS a CENTURY OF LIFE.
Miss Jane Smith of Marshallto wn
Celebratea q BIRTHDAY.

NcIeUTVtee D1Ttuu0y.
Surrounded by host of friends and
relatives, Miss Jane Smith of MARSHALL
town celebrated the one hundredth ann.
versary of her birth. The aged woman is
as well and spry MS person half her age,
her only ailment being an affection of the
heart with which she is bothered at times.
Her hearing is remarkably good.
Miss Smith is one of the very few real
Daughters of the Revolution now living,
her father having fought with the colon
lists against King Georges redcoats. She
is native of West Virginia, having been
born sixteen miles west of Wheeling. Her
father was John Smith. Miss Smith has
resided in Marshalltown forty years and
is the last of family of nine children.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28
Fog Chicken House.

l enclose the plan of chicken coop L
built of logs. In building the roof that
way sawed lumber and shingles l
cut all logs exactly the required length.
The average size was about inches in
diameter. l did all the work alone.
First lay the sill logs and toenail on the
corner, making the logs by by 8
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

Tommy Tucker was showing his aunt
from the country through Lincoln Park.
This" he said, "is the prairie dog
village. You see them standing up be-
fore their holes with their forepaws
folded? They're praying. They al
ways do that. That is why we call EN-
prairie dogs. Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-28

Manuger-Does it take you AL hour
to go round the corner, sir?
Office Boy-Please, sir, man
dropped half dollar in the gutter.
Manager-And it took you all this
time to get 1t out?
Office Boy-Please, sir, / had to wait
till the man had gone away.