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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
ADM1KAl pEwEY's NEW HOUSE.

twenty seven feet. with a depth of
seventy-two feet. There is no rear
building and the first floor is divided
into three apartments of equal size.
The two upper floors are arranged for
sleeping rooms. The parlor Is finished
in white and gold, the library in old
oak and sliding doors separate the
rooms. giving an effect of spaclousness
difficult to find in n house of similar
size. The house contains seventeen
rooms and four bath rooms. The
house is built of brick, with brown
stone trimmings. There is quite wide
plaza in front of the house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Bs 4 coon BOY; q.
BY john [. $

~ ~ ~-->s -
How oft In my dream
day
When stood at our
And started to schc
ray,
Well armed with /. slate.
And MS the latch fell t.. myself
free,
And gloried, fear, on the sly,
TIL heard a kind voice that whisper
ed to me:
"Be good boy; good-by."
BE good boy; good-by.p 1t seems
They have followed me all these
years.
They have given a form to my youth
full dreams
And scattered my foolish fears.
They have stayed my feet on many q
brink,
Unseen by blinded eye;
For Just in time would pause and
think:
"Re good boy; good-by."
Oh, brother of mine, in the battle of
life,
Just starting or nearing its close,
This motto aloft in the midst of the
strife,
VIII conquer where 1t goes.
Mistakes You will make, for each of us
errs,
But, brother, just honestly try
To accomplish your best. In whatever
occurs,
Be a good boy; good-by.
Saturday Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

This fact should be borne in mind
by the people, that If trust combina-
tons have the power to fix the price Of
their products they also have the power
to fix the wages they will pay their en-
ployes, as well as the prices they will
give to the producers of the raw mate
rial that they use.-Zanesville Ohio
Signal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Business and Providence.

When 1t comes to "business methods
we are bound to refer to Marcus Alon-
20. THE formation of combines" he
tells us, sis simply an evolution in bust
ness methods" AS he attributed the
election of the Honorable William Nc
Kinley to the same cause-and with OBJ
vious truth-we may concede that he is
likely to be right about the trusts.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Wood Ashes for strawberrie,.

There are conflicting reports on the
value of wood ashes us strawberry
fertilizer. This is because the soil un-
der test may be acid, alkali, or neutral.
Prof. Wheeler has shown that the
strawberry Is paFtial to neutral soils.
Many soils are naturally sour or acid,
and, in spite of all we can do, straw.
berries will not succeed on them till
the acidity is neutralized by the appli-
cation Of wood ashes. In cases where
a soil is naturally neutral, dressing
of ashes might make 1t alkall; hence
poor results would follow. Applied to
an alkali soil, ashes would but make
bad matters worse-for strawberries.
Hence the diverse experience of straw.
berry growers.-American Gardening.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Thirty Feet Of Honey IN /. Tree.

On Wednesday, Mr.. Abraham Min
icey, living near Block Post Office, cut
a pine tree in which there We're two
swarms of bees. The tree was hollow
and one swarm had worked from the
top of the hollow while the other work
ed from the bottom, until they had met
each other at the middle. Mr.. Mincey
cut out just thirty feet Of solid honey
comb. This was perhaps the Oldest bee
tree that has been cut in this county
in many day.-Statesboro (Ga.) Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Heights to Which Bird. Flv,

Very few people realize at what ire
mendous heights birds sometimes ira
verse the air. Herons and wild ducks,
geese and swans, when travelling long
distances. fly at great heights, often as
much as 1900 feet. But it is the hawk,
and more particularly the vulture tribe,
that constantly wing the air at far
greater limits than these. The COM
mon buzzard spies for carrion suspend
ed a mile above the earth, and the great
condor of the Andes has been watched
through a powerful telescope floating
at the amazing height of 27,0OO feet,
over five miles, above sea level.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

surpassed at that time in numbers by
the French, German, Spanish. and Rus
Sian languages. In $780, on the other
hand, English was the mother tongue
of III, 100000 people, more by nearly
40,O0O,000 than spoke any other Euro
pean language. Next to English stands
the German language, with 75,20O,OOO
people to whom it is the mother tongue.
All over Europe travellers find that
when the residents of any country
speak any language but their own it is
usually English.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Gov. Roosevelt is too busy Saving
the party" nowadays to attend to his
duties as Governor of New York. The
more important duty of stump-speak-
ing throughout the country in behalf of
Mckinley and incidentally of himself
is engrossing all his time and energy,
while the trifling matter of governing
the empire State goes by proxy.-Port-
land (Me.) Argus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Hanna May Own the Commission.
The Civil Service Commission has
taken notice of the Ohio assessment of
Federal otticeholders throughout the
country, and asked the Postoffice De-
partment to issue notices Of warning in
respect to the law. Why does not the
commission proceed itself to enforce
the law and bring about the punish
ment of violators ?-Springfield Repub-
lican
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Thriving Despite Mckin,ey;s,n,


Republican managers for the CAM
paign of 1900 will build their battle cry
around the country's prosperity. They
will aver that the promises of 1895 have
been kept; that chaotic conditions have
yielded to an era of general advance
ment under the guidance of Republic
canism. That prosperity is a guest Of
the land is a fact Democracy is ready to
admit and celebrate. That the era of
good times is due in any sense to the
present Administrations conduct of af.
fairs 1t will most emphatically deny.
The American republic has thriyed
through these three years in spite of
McKinleyism, in spite of trusts, of a
foolish foreign war, of forbiddlng tar
IFS and of official looseness. 1t has oc-
cupied its high place among the nations
of the world in the face of amateur war
management, Algerism and Hannasim.
Waste of men and money in the Philip
pines, unnecessary chickering's with Ger
many, the least stable cabinet forma-
ton of quarter of century and a
score of other faults of government
have not served to suppress the rising
tide of national prosperity-st. Louis
Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

the bottom of an empty grocery box
and mount 1t above its cover by four
small springs from the upholsterer's,
or from a worn-out chair or couch. Set
the basket of eggs in this, and 1t will
ride safely over rough roads with the
horse at a trot.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

fish, German, and
French as equal
mediums of COM
munication. 1.-THE
growth Of the
English language
continues at its
present rate for
fifty years, how
ever, it will not
need the mandate
Of any academy
to make it the
universally recog-
nized III e diu nj
among civilized
nations. In 1901
E N 6 ! is h w a s
spoken by 20,5OO,-
600 people. being
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
oEwEY's WASHINGTON HOME.
House Presented to the Admiral by
the American People.

0He fMerIClH TcUVIes
The home purchased for Admiral
Dewey, with money raised by public
subscription, is one. of the handsomest
and most desirable sites in Washing
ton and it is matter of note that the
house selected finally was that which
Admiral Dewey indicated as his choice,
before the committee began Its work
Of examining more than sixty sites.
The house was built by James e. Fitch
for his own use, and has frontage of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
rroauct. OF the Farm.

The products of the farm can be
changed in value according to the kind
of crop. Every article has CONNER
clal value where 1t is grown, as 1t will
be worth something, be it much or little,
but there is also feeding value which
represents the use to which 1t may be
applied with the view of deriving a
profit from 1t. An article may be worth
more for feeding on the farm upon
which 1t is grown than to purchaser,
as. the purchase necessitates the cost
of transportation. A farmer can, there
fore, feed his homegrown articles with
less expense than he can feed articles
purchased and brought on the farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Cost of Raising wheat and Corn.

Cost of Raising Wheat and Corn.
Statistics which have been collated
in Wisconsin show the average cost of
raising wheat to be "a cents bushel,
and the cost of corn 81 cents. In both
cases there is included interest ON
the value of the land. with the cost Of
implements and horses added in.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Bryan. Popularity.
That William ]. Bryan is popular has
been demonstrated most clearly during
the -"off year" campaign this fall. He
swept through Kentucky amidst the
plaudits of enthusiastic thousands and
his greeting in Ohio was equally cor
dial 1t has long been admitted that
Bryan was the most popular Democrat
In the South and West, and now that
New York has Endorsed him the plea
that he could not secure enthusiastic
support In the East has been shown to
be incorrect.
ln this great champion of human
rights the people recognize a leader
fully equipped to conduct them to vic
tory against the forces of corruption,
greed and imperlalistic ambition which
are plotting to overthrow the liberty
which has been their heritage from the
patriots of the past. Bryan represents
the masses more nearly than any man
who has appeared upon the scene since
Abraham Lincoln passed away. He is
no plotting politician. He is man of
heart and brains, and his work is for
the betterment of those who are in dan
ger from the heartless plots of Repub-
lican schemers. William J. Bryan is
the man upon whom all Democrats can
safely unite. He is honest, fearless
, and possesses mind of commanding
powers and compassion for the suf-
ferings of the oppressed which endear
him to the masses
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

When President Kruger pinned his
faith to the good Offices of the Wash
ington Government he pinned 1t to a
mirage.-Kansas City Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

King Oscar of Sweden in his young
days was regarded as the most accom-
plished tenor in Europe, and could have
made fortune out of his voice on the
stage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Carving Eggs Safely.
When a basket of eggs is to be car
ried over rough road. either the horse
must be made to walk all the way or
broken eggs be carried back. Saw of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
GROWTH or ENGLISH.

May Soon Be the Language Universal
1y Recognized Among Nations.
The International Academy of Sci.
ences adjourned without solving the
language problem. and recognized Eng.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

One Of the steps taken by Secretary
Root to stiffen up the campaign in the
Philippines was the ordering Of all
available chaplains to report for duty
in their regiments. In contest Of
benevolent assimilation like the pres
ent it is quite essential that the pray
Ing should keep well up with the fight
ing, and we are then SO much the more
certain that we are carrying out the
will Of God. Those whom we do not
shoot we may civllize, and those whom
we cannot ciyilize we may shoot. 1t
works well both ways, and we make a
clean sweep-Los Angeles Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

When woman is entertaining an
out Of town guest, she looks very CRATE
full when some one asks her company"
how long she is going to stay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Those "co,o,,ies.n

time endeayortng to convince the Amer
lean people that the payment of $2O,.
100000 to Spain for the privilege OF
fighting the Filipinos was good In.
vestment. With a brilliant "side-step''
the Republican President has got away
from in front of the Philippines and
now asserts that Providence is respon.
sible for the whole muddle.
But, after all, it may be doubted that
the highly reyerentiai President is en-
tirely satisfied with the situation. Per,
haps his attitude, If 1t could really be
discovered, is similar to that assumed
by Gen. Sherman toward Arizona and
New Mexico. 1t is related of the bluff
old fighter that on one occasion he ar
rived late at banquet and heard only
the cry pleas of the territorial gov
ernors demanding the admission of
New Mexico and Arizona to the Union.
Although Sherman was late, he was
equal to the occasion, and on being
called out for Il speech said:
All have heard of the speechmak.
Ing here was the question as to what
we are going TO do with New Mexico
and Arizona. am expected In my
speech to extol the blessings of peace,
but the question impels me to say that
! hope before we settle down to an end
less reign of peace that we shall have
one more war. / want to see this coun-
try lay hold OF Mexico again and thrash
her till she promises to take those two
Internal territories back"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
wbep . Woman Become. op,lml,tle.

When Woman Becomes Optimistic.
When somebody admires a hat that o
woman has made for herself she be.
'Ds to feel that there are some glim.
rings OF appreciation in the world.
all,%Puck,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
The Ncxt Tru.t,

There will be automobiles to burn all
In due time. Eighty manufacturing
corporations, with nominal capital
Of $430, 100000 are already in the field
to contest with one another for the SUI
premacy of til emarket. Out Of this
competitive struggle the purchaser may
hope for fair play until the promoter
shall come along and gather the COM
peting corporations into combination,
the purpose of which will be to sell
dear motors to those who wish to own
them and highly diluted stock to in
vestors. Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

The feeling that he will be talked
abow If he is not present to prevent 1t,
Is nat prompts lots Of people to go
into society.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Secretary Roots annual report is
understood to recommend the per-
manent increase of the regular standing
army to 100000 men. The President In
recent speech in Minnesota declared
that large standing army in the Uni
ted States was not to be thought Of.
But there is no Inconsistency between
Secretary's Roots recommendations
and the Presidents statement In Min
nssota. The President would say that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Republicans profess opposition to
trusts, but it is observed that they are
not making any fight on them. Where
do you find Republican newspaper
exposing the evils of any trust or offer
ing any remedy for those evils? You
see nothing of the kind. On the con-
trary, you see them printing articles
about trusts being an economic devel-
opment, and some trusts being beneti-
cial, although others are detrimental
The Republican party is very tender
Of the feelings Of the trusts.-Indlanap-
oils Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Politics has two sides-the outside
and the inside.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Where Ham, slipped a Cog.
Mark Hanna is again throwing bricks
at his party. He is out with another
Interview on trusts, in which he man.
ages to shed considerable misinforma-
ton on the subject and incidentally
deny that anything can be done legally
or by Congress to do away with the
octopus. And all this, too, right on the
eve of the Republicans attempt to put
an antitrust plank in their platform.
AS politician Joey Bagstock is not so
deyillsh sly as some Ohioans would try
to make him out.-St. Paul Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

neeD on the Farm.
Tag the shep before letting them out
to green feed. Watch the ewes closely
at lambing time; a little attention to a
weak lamb at the proper time will
quite likely save its life. If the lamb
should be chilled, little cows milk.
fresh, and with a teaspoonful Of liquor.
will usually put 1t on Its feet. Do not
turn the sheep into n brush patch until
after shearing. 1t is not best to wash
the wool on the sheep. Do not crowd
the sheep In the pastures nor in the
sheds in winter; 1t doesn't pay to keep
more sheep than can be well cared for.
Do not keep sheep over three years old,
unless 1t should be a few choice ewes
that you wish to keep for breeding
purposes. Change the ram every year,
and. II possible. get a better one every
time you change. This will cost some
thing, but will be money well invested.
Sheds or stables should be reasonably
warm, with no cracks for the wind to
blow through. and with opening on
South side, with boards placed In front
In such way as to break the wind
and yet not hinder the sheep from GO
ing in and out at will, for they must
have exercise or you will have weak
lambs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Would Require Cheap Excursions.
In 1896 Mr.. Mckinley had all the
travelling men of the West to call on
him at Canton. Half Of them have
been thrown out of employ ent by the
trusts that were formed under his ad-
ministration. Mr.. Bryan suggests that
oil who have lost their work by reason
of the trusts call on Mckinley now,
and lay their grievances at his feet.
Not bad idea. However railroad fare
would have to be considerably reduced
or some of them could not take the trip.
Chattanooga News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
supply Want. without Waste

Feeding habits seem to remain as
helrlooms handed down to follow, and
some farmers, therefore, feed all All.
mails alike without regard to the fact
that some will consume much more
than others 1t has long been estlma-
ted that half a bushel of grain day
will supply fifty sheep. in addition to
long food. but there is great differ
ence in the breeds of sheep, and indl-
yiduals also differ. The only way to
feed is to closely observe the animals
and supply their wants without waste.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
BR'IE!lSsHjI jI 4 - Z
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regular army of 100000 men was a
small one. If he should recommend one
of 100000 he would say that 1t was
small, too. Thus do we aspire, step by
step, to the old world ideals and bur-
dens.-Springtield (NIass.) Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

fruit is Of medium size. skin yellow
and almost wholly covered with two
shades of red. flesh yellow, juicy, firm,
subacid, season late winter. A good
shipper. bringing high prices.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Proper Fool for Animals.
1t has been demonstrated that heifers
fed on bran. clover and an occasional
ration Of llnseed meal will grow much
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Mark Appreciates a "Good 1hinX."
Mr.. Hanna has on tap the largest res
ervoir of gall Of any man in Ohio, or
elsewhere. The trust" is an organi-
zation In which Mr.. Hanna takes the
largest pleasure. He is n ground-fioor
man, and takes his nibble at every one
of them that comes within his reach.
No man knows better than he that a
trust" is good thing to those who
share in the profits which arise from
its ENQUIRER,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Great Yield of Beet.

Great Yield OF Beet1.
It is reported that a Chinaman
named Suhn actually raised forty-seven
tons Of beets per acre in 1898 near
Pajaro, Cal Mr.. Waters, superintend-
ent of the Spreckels beet sugar factory
at Watsonville, says: 1--WE bought
the beets from Suhn and paid him $5
ton for 800 tons delivered to the fac
tory from his seven-acre field. The
beets averaged II to 1S per cent. sugar.
His field was an example of an abso-
lutely perfect crop in every respect.
He worked in 1t all the time, virtually
slept in 1t, and was personally ac-
quainted with every beet. There was
not a missing space in the whole field,
as he replanted wherever beets failed
to come up, and in p few instances
transplanted new plants where the first
stand did not do well. Not one weed
was allowed to grow. The field was the
best case ever knew of intensive cul.
ture. On a gross return of $235 per acre
for the crop, it certainly paid big net
profit above all expenses"
wenty Uses for Corr.
The Indian corn propaganda at the
Paris Exposition and the conventions
recently held in the West In the inter-
est Of corn producers have brought out
the fact that over twenty important
products are now manufactured from
corn. One Of the most important prod
ucts is distilled spirits, the demand for
which has increased greatly since the
invention Of smokeless powder, in the
manufacture Of which the spirits are
largely used. Among the other prod
ucts made from corn are: Mixing glu-
cose. crystal glucose, grape sugar,
nnhydrous grape sugar, special sugar,
pearl starch, powdered starch, refined
grits, fourine, dextrine, British gum,
graduated gum, gum paste, corn oil,
corn oil cake, rubber substitute, gluten
feed. chop feed, gluten meal and corn
germ. With the present economical
methods Of manufacture, not particle
of the corn is wasted. There is no
refuse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
M,klNLeY.s CHICKEN S

With SNUG moralizng President Nc
Kinley asserts that twas Providence
which deposited in the lap of this coun-
try the archipelago of the Philippines.
In smooth phrases and with an JUNCTION
worthy of the great and good Pecksniff,
the Republican President in his speech
at Youngstown, Ohio, said:
sour boys are there because In the
providence of God, who moves mysteri-
ously, that great archipelago has been
placed in the hands of the American
people. When Dewey sunk the ships IN
Manila bay, as he was ordered to do, IT
was not to capture the Philippines. 1t
was to destroy the Spanish fleet, the
feet of the nation against which we
We're waging war, and we thought that
the quickest way to end that was to de.
stroy the power of Spain to make any
trouble, so we sent Dewey. and the isl.
ands came to us. 1t was no responsible.
ity we sought, but 1t was Responsible.
ity put upon us"
This is an easy way in which to throw
OF responsibility, but unfortunately the
Facts in the case do not appear to sus.
tain the President in his claims.
William j. Bryan seems to have about
the right idea as to what Providence
had to do in the case. Referring to Nc
Kinley's statement as to the divine gift
of the Philippines to the United States
Mr.. Bryan said that the Republican
Philippine policy reminded him of a
colored gentleman about whom he had
heard. The negro said he had found
that If he prayed to God to send him q
chicken He rarely ever responded, but
II he prayed God to send him to chick
en- he most always got them"
That Illustrates the situation very
neatly, and President Mckinley may
find out in the course of time that his
Philippine chickens will come home tic
roost.- Chicago Democrat.