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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05


William Il. Aston, who died in 1913.
left $2O,OOO.OOO.
How long we live, not years but ac-
tons tell.-Watkins.
a man with sarcastic wife under
stands what home thrust Is.
In his younger days Lyman j. Gage.
Secretary of the Treasury, was an ath-
lete and could lift thousand pounds
South American currency is about
the size and general appearance of
American notes, except that cinnamon
brown and slate blue are the prevailing
colors.
The Austrian note is printed ON light
colored thick paper, which shows none
of the silk fibre marks or geometric
lines used as protection against coun-
terfelting.
The Bank of England note Is about
5xS inches In dimensions. and is print
ed in black ink on Irish linen water
marked paper, plain white, and with
ragged edges.
The Chinese paper currency Is in red.
white and yellow paper, with gilt let
tering and gorgeous little hand-drawn
devices. The notes. TO the ordinary
fnancier, might pass for washing bills.
The notes of the Bank de France are
made of white, water-nlarked, printed
in blue and black. with numerous
NEUROLOGICAL and allegorical pictures,
and run in denominations from the
2O-fanc note to the 1000-franc.
The %orwcgians have a curious cur
rency. but 1t is rarely seen out of its
own country, for the resaon II circu-
lates very little among the common PEG.
pie aud the class that emigrate. These
stick 10 their copper and silver coins
and. sl,un Tho little cinnamon brown
bills Of their government
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Why should not the penalty for kid
MAPPING be made Imprisonment for life?
Is there more detestable crime in the
calendar? For nearly every other
crime, including murder. it is possible
to conceive of some action on the VIC
TINS part which while not excusing
might mitigate the offense. But not so
in kidnapping. The child is incapable
of having done an injury to his kid
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The reason why June grass or blue
grass is not thought much of for hay
Is because 1t is never cut until its seed
stalks appear, when the plant has lost
most of the nutri'ive qualities that
make il valuable for pasture. 1t NAV
seem too much bother to cut and save
n mass of leaves, but if cut before the
seed stalk appears it may be cut often
on rich land, and will make more hay
in the form of cured grass than can be
got from the land by pasturng it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The amount of condensed milk being
made in the United States is assuming
large proportions, and yet the field Is
a most inviting one, with the demand
growing in excess of production The
latest figures give about 100000 cases
of condensed milk as being manufac-
tured in the United States yearly, more
than half of which is consumed at
home. The remainder of the output Is
exported Japan, China, India and the
Sandwich Islands are large consumers
of American condensed milk, and the
foreign demand is constantly growing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

nosoM CHICK. lyarrangementof wear
ing apparel. A simple means of hold
ing the bosom in check has been
thought out by Robert Cluett, of Troy,
N. y, and he has been recently award
ed patent on the same. 1t consists of
a pair Of tabs fastened to each side of
the bosom, which are designed to fit
loosely around the suspenders, being
held either by button or collar but
ton. AS there is plurality of button.
holes the tabs can he readily adjusted
to suit any figure. This tab arrange
ment successfully performs the mission,
of the single tab sometimes put on the
bottom of the bosom, which latter,
however, was always regarded as the
persOnitication Of uselessness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
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When the French mint was opened
freely to gold and silver coinage In
1903 the average of the European mar
ket prices made ratio of just about
10 to /. But the action of France had
a marked effect-15A at once became
the average rate, and SO continued
until 1873. Occasionally there was q
little furry in the London market,
owing to some special cause, but 1t
never fell as low as 10. and the highest
point reached was 1914. The lowest
was in 1914, when the ratio was 1904,
and the highest was in 1913, when 1t
was 18A. These were years when the
Napoleonic wars were raging the most
furlously, and, of course, the London
market would not follow the French
mint rate quite SO closely as In times
of peace. But taking one year with
another, 1t can be safely affirmed that
the French mint practically controlled
the ratio between gold and silver bull
lon In the London market. Sometimes
the demand for shipment to India
would raise the price small fraction
above the French rate. Again, the de-
mand would relax and the price would
drop a tritle below, because to send
the bullion to the French mint always
involved II little expense and some de-
lay.
There is another thing that the read
er should know The ratio of 15la did
not represent the relative value Of gold
and silver bullion at the French mint.
That was the relative value of the
coins. But the charge for mintage
was little higher on silver than 1t
was on gold, because being bulkier Its
coinage was more expensive. In order
to pay this seigniorage, and get the
equivalent of an ounce of gold coin,
person had to deposit at the French
mint 10 62-1O0 ounces of silver bullion.
So In the market 1852 represents par
ity at the French coinage rate. The
reader may find himself wondering
why the French mint, rather than the
American, controlled the relative value
Of gold and silver. The reason was
simply this: France was rich coun-
try, with an Immense business, calling
for large supply of money, while the
United States was comparatively poor
and could take but little. The wants
of other countries having been sup
piled, France stood ready to take all
that remained and coin 1t Mt the rate
of 1919 ounces Of silver to one ounce Of
gold. AS long as the two metals were
held together ut IL fixed ratio. and could
be converted into money at that rate,
the whole world was practically BIZ
metallic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
MoNoTony OF ACTRESS LIFE
Rose coghlan Dispels eome Deiusion.
Regarding Stage Careers.

"The woman who keeps house,
washes on Monday and irons on Tues
day, sweeps on Friday, bakes on some
other day and bundles the baby and
goes visiting the rest of the time has
less monotony in her life than the ay-
erage actress" remarked Rose Cogh-
Ian, now lending lady of Mile, Fiti,"
the other day. IAN actress days are
all alike. In the first place, each Is
only fraction of day, for she gener-
ally breakfasts when other people are
taking lunch. One hour of the day she
must devote to bathing and dressing,
another hour to exercise of some kind,
for embonpoint is her bette noir. You
can't play ingenue parts If you weigh
200 and your waist line creeps up un-
der your armpits. There are walking,
Delsarte antics, stupid pulleys, dumb
bells, massage and half dozen things
equally tiresome as remedy, but 1t Is
only eternal vigilance that makes any
of them effective and going without
every blessed thing to eat and drink
that you enjoy. There is her mail to
look over-the same struggling asplr.
ants for histrionic fame who desire to
recite before her or to have her secure
a position for them equally as good as
her own from managers as obdurate
and devoted to their old friends as DO
litical chiefs-the autograph fiend, the
photograph collector, who knows lie
could purchase her picturp Inf would
prize it SO much more highly If she
gave 1t to him. advertisers of lotions,
soaps and hair bleach and etfusions
from the sort Of people who seem to
have nothing to do but open CORE.
spondence with every noted individual
from the Presidents wife to Admiral
Dewey. In fact, it is always same
daisies, same everything "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

elk children in order to obtain 200 acres
In addition to the parcel of land which
he received when his twelfth child was
born. 1t is thought that this mans ex-
plot will encourage many others to at
least try for the second 100 acres that
would be due at the birth of a claim
ants twenty-fourth child. This sys-
TEN of rewards undoubtedly has adj
vantages that might well be adopted in
some parts Of the United States. With
such praiseworthy scheme In vogue
we might all of us live to see fair num-
bers of baby carriages pushed to and
fro along the boulevards where the
cry of a local infant is now seldom
heard
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

If the SOW gets too fat when the pigs
are quite young and they have not be-
come used to exercising, then thumps
will be most sure to follow. 1t can be
avoided by driving the pigs about the
pen after the dam has left the pen, and
If the weather gets so warm SO the
pigs can go outside the pen, then make
them follow the dam. The cause of
the thumps is the fat that gathers
around the blood-making machinery Of
the pig, and makes the blood flow slow
ly, and, of course. the pig gets slug
glsh. and if not attended to soon dies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
cially embarrassed, wanted to sell the
stone, but was enjoined by the other

cially embarrassed, wanted to sell the
stone, but was enjoined by the other
heirs.
The Hope diamond has hitherto been
kept in safe at PARIS bank, London,
Lord Hope not caring to take the risk
of loss by theft. 1t is n family possess
sion and asset, the member who bears
the title Of Lord Hope being only a
custodian Of the gem. Now that the
heirs have seen fit to enjoin its sale,
Lord and Lady Hope have determined
to utilize the big stone as an ornament,
and let the DIRECTORS run the chance of
its being stolen. 1t is said that the blue
diamond was once a part of the French
crown diamonds. 1t was stolen from
its valuable companions and recut. The
Hope family bought the prize from Da-
vid Eliason for $4,000. early in the
present century. Eliason was a noted
diamond dealer of London.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Mark Twain has announced his inten-
tlon Of leaving book of personal rec
elections behind him which is not to
be published until one hundred years
after his death. Perhaps he can make
this arrangement secure and binding
on posterity; and then, again, perhaps
the curiosity aroused by the statement
will 80 enhance the price of the books
that his heirs may profit largely by the
premature disposal of 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

A glaring defect of our language is
the use of words which sound alike but
have totally different meanings. For
example, take through and threw;
wright, right, rite; eye, l, aye; nose
noes, knows. How foreigner man.
ages to learn a language full of words
sounding alike but having no other re-
lationship is one of the Incompetent
sible things, and 1t is creditable to the
intelligence and patriotism of immi-
grants that most of them get speak
ing acquaintance with English in few
years, many of them in few months.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Strangely enough, a good many peo-
pie regard as one of Senator Depew's
bad jokes his declaration that the Re
publican party means to proceed ener-
getically against the trusts. But when
these people reflect that the trusts have
begun to dictate terms to the railroad
corporations they will see that this
declaration of Senator Depew is no
joke, so far, at least, as he and the rail-
road corporation to which he belongs
are Observation-Disclosures Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

1t is always important to wash milk
pals as soon as possible after their
contents are emptied. If left to stand
two or three hours, some of the milk
dries on the wooden pail, and then the
more hot water is put on 1t the closer
it sticks. Always wash milk pals first
with cold water to remove the parti-
cles of milk, and then scald with hot
water to destroy any germs that may
remain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
TONS general herd. When the animals !

TONS general herd. When the animals
reacted under the delicate tuberculin
test they were not slaughtered, but
were segregated and studied. They find
that the milk from these cows has
been tested and analysed again and
again, but thus far no germs have
been found in it. So that, from a scien-
tific point of view, these cows have
produced clean and healthful milk. One
criticism of this achievement points
out that, although no germs have been
found in the milk. it is not safe to say
that the milk had never contained any.
The germs may be found in unsuspect-
ed corners, and In one milking and not
in another. The testing apparatus, too,.
is not yet perfected. The general effect
of these investigations, however, is to
make the public much more comfort
able as to its dairy milk supply.
Take Thought for Wife aud Mother.
In recent farmers institute one
farmer said: Much of your success
depends upon the good health and
cheerfulness of your wife, doesn't 1t?
Then why don't you take steps to light
en- her labor and preserve her health?
Most of you have good wells with
windmills, and you have taken the
pains to run pipes to your barns be-
cause the expense was not great, and
1t saved you the trouble of either carry
ing water to the barn or leading your
stock to water. But l wonder how
many o. you have run water pipes to
the house, thus giving your hard
working wife the convenience of STEP
ping to sink and drawing the fresh
water whenever it is needed, without
the labor of carrying 1t.
81 will tell you, fellow-farmers, we
should take better care of our wives.
Why, in the community where live,
three farmers have buried their wives
within the last six months! And it Ia
my honest opinion that two of them
were just worn out with hard work,
and neither of them past 80. The fine
homes they had helped to build up are
saddened by the absence of those
mothers"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
Two of a Kind.

81 WONDER" said the horse editor,
why some of those Wall street
chromos are called securities?"
ut is on the same principle" replied
the snake editor, that plays which
won't draw are called attractions."-
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

II would be interesting to know how
many Of the delegates to the recent
Republican State convention were
promised positions under the national
administration which were made avail
able by the recent modification of the
civil service rule by President McKin-
ley.-Athens journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

We remarked recently that the Re
publican platform in 1900 would con-
tain an antitrust plank, and that per-
haps Mark Hanna would write it. The
Ohio convention gives the tip. 1t was
Mark Hanna's convention, and, ridlcu-
lous as 1t may seem, its main deliver
ance, aside from stereotyped phrases
in laudation of Mckinley, was this
antitrust pronunciamento. OF course
everybody knows 1t is as appropriate
for Mark Hanna to denounce the trusts
as for the devil TO quote scripture
Buffalo Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

1t seems that, after all, much of the
public alarm as to the danger of the
spread of tuberculosis through the
drinking of milk is unnecessary. For
some years the station officials mt the
New Jersey experiment station have
been closely observing several tubercu.
lous cows, formerly part Of the sta.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The Filipino company admitted to
this country under the immigration
laws is restricted to acting. Such re-
striction placed upon some Of the Amer
lean companies touring the country
would force them out of business. 1t
would be beyond their ability to live up
to the requirements.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Despite the Dingley tariff and the
war revenue tax, the Government is
running behind at the rate Of n hun
dred millions year. Still the admin
istration papers keep telling the pub
lie Of the unexampled prosperity which
has gotten hold of the country. When
a merchant finds his outlay exceeding
his income yearly he scarcely thinks
his business is prosperous. In this re-
gard governments may differ from in
divlduals, but the ordinary observer
will fail to see where the difference
comes in.-Butte Miner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

1t Is said that President Mckinley in
his years study of the workings of the
civil service rules. preceding his deter
mination to fling open to the spoils-
mongers four thousand places hereto
fore covered by the merit system, took
no occasion to consult with the civil
ssryaos commissioners. SO much might
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
Queer Time for a Peace Iubi,...

R"S' t"S tut a FeaCc jubilee.
The President and cabinet General
Miles and staff and Joe Wheeler and
over 5000 in the parade" celebrated
a peace jubilee at Washington, while
General Otis in the Philippines is with
the bayonet driving Aguinaldo and his
countrymen, fighting on their native
soil for the inalienable right Of free
dom and independence. into the last
ditch, and special taxes, whose enum-
GRAFTON fills ten pages of the index Of
the war revenue bill. are still collected.
Rochester Union and Advertiser,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
bog, in the German Army.

The German army dogs are so trained
that when they find II dead body they
set up d prolonged bowling. If no one
comes they take the dead mans cap
or some small article, and with this in
their teeth 80 on Il hunt for their train
er. whom they lead TO the spot, If the
man Is wounded he gives his cap to the
dog. and the same object Is accom-.
p!lshed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The practical joker who said EN-
peror William would be assassinated if
he went to Egypt has been sentenced
to seven years Imprisonment Ger
many may be behind the times in
great many things, but she can give
the world several pointers on what to
do with practical jokers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The claim made by certain gold Dem
ocrats in the Northeast that they will
be able to purchase delegates in the
Southern States to defeat the will of
the people in the next Democratic na-
tional convention is contemplate. The
people of the South are poor, reckoned
in the worlds goods, in comparison
with the gold Democrats, but they
are rich in honor. The integrity of the
statesmen of the South has never been
a commodity upon the market-Wash-
ing National Waterman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

year-old heifer's butter record of II
pounds IL ounces. During the butter
test they were fed four quarts corn
cob and oats ground and one pint cot
tonseed meal once per day. Sally rep
resents an ideal dual purpose COW,
great size being combined with good
dairy qualities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The intensity of feeling manifested
in every quarter over the stealing of n
2-year-old baby in New York showed
how strong is the reprobation of this
particularly heinous crime. No pun
ishment seems too severe for the brutes
who will thus expose father and
mother to needless suffering, and the
very rarity of the crime and the de-
termination with which the offender
is always pursued go to prove its helm
nnsness
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
Grows Stronger with Time,

Mr.. Bryan is more popular to-day
than ever before. He is stronger in
everything that constitutes the
strength of the public man now than
at any previous time of his career. No
other man has ever spoken to SO many
people, and nowhere else upon the
globe to-day can any other orator or
any other public speaker, no matter
what may be the subject Of his dis
cussion, attract so many people,
Louisville Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Dewey says the only trouble with
Hobson is that he takes life too serious
~. He takes kissing lightly enough.
Just the same. the country will take all
the Hobsons it can get and take 'em
GLADLY
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

The Pittsburg Telegraph is shocked
because Matte Hughes Cannon, fourth
wife Of Angus NJ. Cannon, refers COM
placently to "our husband" The Tele-
graph should interview woman who
can speak calmly Of "my husbands"
and compare characteristics.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Recent photographs of Mr.. Bryan do
not please the Republican editors. His
complacent expression initiates them.
Atlanta Constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
A Good Butter Rccord.

The cut herewith represents regis
tered Shorthorn COW Sally. the proper
ty of the Lyndon Shorthorn Stock
Farm, Lyndon, Vt. She has a butter
record Of 8 pounds 13 ounce per day,
and transmits her dairy qualities to her
offspring, as is shown by her three
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Ohio has queer politicians. One fac
tion of the Republican party declares
that it is against Hanna, but not
against Mckinley AS though that were
possible Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

sometimes, as il max
ing an effort to crowd
its breadth between
the collars of the wear
er's vest. This is not
only uncomfortable,
but imparts a decided
appearance of careless
ness to what would be
nthnrNiSa a uarr nrdnr
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05
NAY YoAE's BIG BLUE DIAMOND

She Will Wear the Great Hope Gem.
Worth $4,000.
May Yohe, of Chicago burlesque
fame, now the wife of Lord Hope, will
wear the famous Hope diamond in
tiara. 1t is blue stone, the only one
of large size in the world, and is known
to all collectors and jewelers.. 1t
weighs fortyfour and three-quarters
carats, is absolutely blue, and is valued
at $4,000. Lord Hope, who is finan-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

Mrs. o'Leary's COW was responsible
for the Chicago fire. and a drunken
woman upset lamp and set fire to
Dawson City. The gentler sex isn't al
ways to be commended.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

If Siberia is to be dispensed with as
an exile center, hereafter in enumerat-
ing the worlds cruelties that country
must be left out in the cold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

According to Prof. Johnson of the
Maryland experimental station, the
cutworm may be controlled by the use
of poisonous bait made by mixing fifty
pounds of wheat bran with two quarts
of molasses and one pound of paris
green. with water enough to make
thick mash, and distributing it among
the plants attacked.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

account of the ORR
gin of that society.
The founder is Rev.
Mary Baker G. Ed
dy, of Concord.
n. III.
Mrs. Eddy, who
was born Mt Bow,
N. H.. possessed
from childhood a
highly spiritual ma
tllre and with I'M
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

That company has been formed to
manufacture airships would show
these various failures have not taken
the wind out of their sails.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

perfumery trust with capitaliza-
ton Of S2O,0Oo,ooO is being formed in
New York. What lot of watering
some Of this stock will stand!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-05

If 1t is money Gen. Funston is after
he will spurn all political honors and
star in tank drama.