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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Familiar

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Living in Hawaii Is not without Its
disadvantages, If story told in the
Family Herald may be believed. The
natives have little idea Of respectful
Difference, and insist on calling their
employers by their Christian names.
One lady, who upon her arrival was at
once addressed as Jennie by the men
servants, expostulated with her sister
for allowing them to become thus fa-
miliar. She was assured that every
effort had been made to induce them
to say Mr.. and Mrs, but this they
steadily refused to, do.
mo, no." they said, ..too many
Smith, too much Jones-you John and
Lizzie"
One Englishwoman was determined
that her servants should never address
her In the familiar fashion that other
white people had allowed to become
common. She therefore Instructed her
husband never to mention her name in
their hearing.
One day this lady had some visitors,
and to their great delectation the cook
presently put his head inside the door,
and asked, sweetly:
My love, what vegetables do you
want to-day?'
After that the Englishwoman was
content to be called simply Mary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
THE NEW GIBSON GIRL.

Miss Maxwell of X entucky IL the Only
Model for Miss Pipp.
People often wonder from where
Chas. Dana Gibson gets his models for
what has come to be generally called
the Gibson girl, in contra distinction to
the girls of any other artist. His first
is said to have been Jobyna Rowland,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
The Cyclienne,s skirt,

According to the Wheel London)
the police of st. Petersburg affect to
regard the skirt Of the cyclienne as a
menace both to the safety of the wear
er and the public in general, and have
laid down law that no lady cyclist
shall ride through the streets of the
Russian capital unless clad in the b.
f,lrcated garment
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Though colored girl she was made
valedictorian of her class and SO inter.
ested were the people in her that they
came from miles away to hear her
speak. She lives at Shoreham, VT.
Ever since entering college she has
bssu regarded 90 the brightest scholar,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
So far-reaching, piercing and feet,
Farm Fire Ladder

The constant danger that farm build
ings may take fire and have no ade-
quate attention, owing to the lack of
fire apparatus and of men, makes it
important that all possible precautions
be taken that incipient fires may
promptly be put out. A ladder for the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Plant whippnorwiiI Teas and MilIet.
Drill the peas one and one-half bush
els to the acre, rows 2Es feet apart,
with corn planter, and fifteen days
after broadcast the millet seed and
plow in between the rows with small
one-horse cultiyator. When millet is
ready to cut peas will be matured.
Millet will absorb extra sap of peas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Loop rope y inch or y inch on
upper jaw; tie other end of rope to post
or beam up to six or eight feet; then
you have your own way. Put the
medicine in long-necked bottle and
pour it in the hogs mouth. He will
do the rest. The same method can be
used to ring hogs, as Il enables one
man to do two mems work and do it
easily.-Jos. q. Fischer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Cure for scratchinr.

My hens bothered us some by dig
cling in the garden and flower beds
until / fixed what call poke and
fastened 1t on their leg. 1t is made of
n piece of white ash about or Z
inches long, f1attened at one end and
sharpened on the other. The fiat end
is bent around the hens leg and tied
with some strong thread. 1t drags be-
hind when they walk, but when they
go to scratch, they sit down, and seem
quite surprised. Heavy wire would
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
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we, as nntlOn, are vitality cOnCefueO
In the restoration of silver, because
our great staples are sold in the Euro
pean markets in direct competition
with similar products of silver stand
ard countries. In those countries sill
yer has lost none of its purchasing
power, and everything is produced on
a silver basis. We must sell at the
same prices. These are essentially sill
yer prices, fixed in terms of gold. The
higher gold rises, the less the, Ameri-
can producer gets for his commodity,
in gold or its equivalent. No amount
of sophistry can blink the fact that the
American farmer and planter are to-
day selling their products In the face
Of grinding Aslatic competition that
never existed to any appreciable extent
prior to 1873, and which becomes more
and more whitening as gold mounts up.
ward. 1t needs no argument to show
that a farmer selling his wheat at so
cents cannot pay his hired man as
much as II the wheat were 81. Nor
can he buy as much Of factory prod
ucts, or pay as good prices for what he
does buy. This diminishes the output
of the factory, and lowers the price Of
Mnat rs sold. BESIDES an tnis, We see
, .lia. tne lactorles are themselves Aow
ues innhg 10 Ieei the direct compeu'
ton Of Asiatic countries, and thus the
uaielul euects are spread over QUE IN
uu .s' system.
The restoration of perfect bimetal.
iislli III ,nls country would make SILVER
Jus. us soou money as u was M 1913.
=. "ouiu nc aVa .iia!, lor pahAihg anu
ueasuy reserves, y couiu oe usea ~
,ilahins ioleign payments az prac.icai.
y our inint ra.e, the same US gold. II
:. =, Went We aDroad ~ an u Woula De AZ
%i.No ah oalce' ihsteao oI % Genus ''ll'. 3
our wneat ana cottoh ana exports
s =, Wouia advance IN price, TURN
ns .l,e uaiance VI traue our way, anu
sulnuiaung proauction on almost
every me. nimetaihsm VIII prlng US
ill.o cioser commercial touch with sii-
ser using countries ana at the same
une ~ measure az least relieve us
VI tne competitlon that Is now running
our INDUSTRIES ana threatening our
very clvihza.ion. bimetailism is the
slanuara OF nope-goid monometailism
~ .he standaro OF despair.
During tne whoie OF TINS controversy
tne claim OF the goidite has been that
low prices nave been caused by over
production, and a partial failure OF the
COTTON crop has filled their souls With
JOY. Ihey tell US that the world has
produced TOO much, and hence the pow
erty ana suffering which abound. Ac-
corning to their advanced theory, our
remedy lies In checking production,
and turning back the wheels Of pro-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The doctor that tried to commit sui
eide by eating cake Of certain
cleansing soap and then got well ought
to receive good advertising rates from
the manufacturers of the article.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Army Surgeons Wear Green sashes

Army Surgeons Wear Green Sashes.
A great many people do not know
why army surgeons wear green sashes.
1t is not so much an insignia of rank as
it is protection to the wearer, says
the Omaha World-Herald. According
to the code Of war, surgeons are never
shot or taken prisoners. To deliberate
ly shoot surgeon, while he is wearing.
his sash, is considered a violation of
the code punishable by death. Be
cause of this provision, surgeons of one
army never refuse to look after the
wounded of the other army If it is pos
sible for them to do so. During the
civil war 1t was often the case that,
after battle, the field hospitals would
contain almost an equal number Of
men dressed in blue and gray. The
Federal army had the best surgeons
and the best stores, and wounded
Confederate considered himself in
great luck IL he was removed to Fed
eral hospital, to be. cared for by Fed
eral surgeons and physicians. But In
the heat Of battle green sash is not
much protection, and surgeons were
often wounded or killed. But this did
not keep the brave surgeons at the rear
until the battle was over. They were
often found In the thick of the fray,
dressing wounds and sending the
wounded to the rear. Theirs was a
perilous as well as a noble duty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

"The secret of success" says Dis
raeli, SIS constancy of purpose" 1t is
evident that he did not consider the ex-
perience of those who are trying to
drink the breweries dry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Proposing to call the United States
Of North America "Usona" does not
seem to go. They may not be always
as flush as they are now, but they'll
never get as short as that.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Journalists, as a rule, are not bald.
Charles R. Miller is drifting into the
region of the hairless, and Charles A..
Dana was one of its brainiest inhabit-
ants. The magazine editors have guam
titles of hair.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Here in Arizona alfalfa is an excel
lent honey producer. But to be truly
good honey plant it should be allowed
to reach full boom. If, however, you
want the alfalfa for the hay, 1t is best
to plant an extra strip for the bees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

on the other side, and the whole will
remain in place until the head is nailed
in. Both ends of the rod should pro-
ject the same distance above the up
upper edge of the barrel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
The Dinner Horn.

nc nluHCI
I love all the sounds listened to by the
farmer,
All speak with an eloquent voice
OF rural contentment; but one is a
charmer,
oh, it is the sound of my choice!
mean the utensil that hangs in the
kitchen
And swings by string to and fro,
That peals out its summons, mems lives
to enrichen,
Three times ev'ry day as they go.
love the cock-crow at the coming of
morning,
Lambs bleating gives pleasure to me;
hear with delight the crows "cawW
when adjourning
To where he roosts snug in tree.
There's music for me in a big wagons
rattle;
The clack of a moving machine
Will set me to dreaming, while bawling
of cattle,
Or whinny of colts on the green,
Is sure not to jar on my peace and con-
tentment,
And even cackling old hen
UT ioud squeezing porker calls up no
resentment,
And I'm prone to listen; but when
There floats on the air from the tree
embowered dwelling,
That summons SO loud and SO sweet,
Der hill, dale and woodland it echoes SO
swelling,
So far-reaching, piercing and feet,
l welcome its message with kindly re-
joicing;
To all it means surcease of toll;
"Refreshment and rest" is the burden
it's voicing
To labor-worn tillers of soil.
So, here's to the trumpet that hangs in
the kitchen;
1t summons men home from the corn,
From bayfield, and fallow, life's hour to
enrichen
The battered old tin dinner horn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

"a woman only realizes the full
value of husband when he is lost, y
said delegate. And not always then.
Sometimes the insurance companies
win the suit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Wouldn't there be danger that rub
ber-tired locomotive might bounce off
the track? 1t might be better to try
rubber-tired wheels on street cars
first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

who afterward became j. *. Hacketts
leading woman. His new model, and
for whom all others have been deposed,
is Teresa Ryan Maxwell, a statuesque,
but willowy, naughty, but winsome,
Kentuckienne. He has made hers the
figure and features of Miss Pipp in his
"Mr. Pipp" SERIES
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

A girls face may be slightly flushed,
of course, by virtue of other causes.
That kissing bug isn't, accurately
speaking, the only thing that can do it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Di.reuarded at wn.hiupton.

DisreRarded at Washington.
Reports from the Philippines as to
the hardships of some Of our soldiers,
due to excessive floods, will not be
comforting news to the friends Of the
brave men who are thus in defense of
their flag undergoing priyatIons that
threaten life and health In addition to
the ordinary dangers from treacher-
GUS enemy.-Philadelphia Call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
why Re ravors the reform

Alger has pronounced himself in ia
vor of the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people,
but says that it will be years before
this reform can be accomplished. That
liz probably the reason that he is in
favor of it.-Peorla Herald Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

All these Andree communications dis
covered in the far North seem to be
rum finds. They invariably come out
of bottle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

When rich men swear off on their
taxes it is not only evidence that
money talks, but that 1t tells lies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Trade and the F,ap.

The greatest increase in the export
trade Of the United States in the last
eleven months is with Australia. Ac.
cording to the official returns just pub
lished, this export trade amounted to
$1,000, 1856 in the eleven months of
1898, and increased to $27, 67O,221
in the eleven months Of 1899.
There is in this little to Justify
the common assertion Of steamship
bounty mongers that "the trade fol-
lows the flag" In the Australian case
the flag does not even follow the trade.
Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

1895 they denied 1t. If little mor
gold Unexpectedly discovered in the
Klondike has made conditions better,
how much greater would be the advan-
tage If silver from our mountains was
allowed to flow through the minis into
the arteries of trade ?-William ]. Bry..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Because thieves sometimes steal
from each other is no excuse for out
lawry. Because cut-throats sometimes
kill each other affords no palliatien for
murder. And 1t is no defense Of trusts
that they sometimes come to grief
through the operation of natural
causes. 1t is rather evidence Of their
error. And when trusts fortify them
selves against the operations Of natural
law, and guard with shrewd devices
against the possibilities of an unlucky
chance, the law should be invoked
against them. Competition should be
free and trade should be fair.-Port-
land Oregonian.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Complaint is made that the word
automobile" is too long. Just yet it
hasn't done anything to justify calling
1t other names.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

This rumor Of a peanut trust is pos
sibly without foundation, There may
be no excitement over some other
trusts, but the peanut means circus.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The emperor of Germany evidently
fears that IL all the world were at
peace he would soon be ont of an oc-
cupation and go mad of ennui.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Canada appears to be firmly con-
vinced of the desirability of annexa-
tion-of portion of United States ter
ritory.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Corsets are going out of fashion in
Paris. It never was staid sort of
borough.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Den,ocratic creej.

When Rev. Sam Small was contem-
plating starting Democratic paper in
Washington, which he did not start, he
asked me to give in the fewest words
possible an answer to the question,
.Why am Democrat" which l did
| as follows:
II am Democrat because:
1.-THE principles of Democracy consti-
tute the essence of government of the
pie;
Democracy is the only hope of con-
stitutional government on this CONT
nent and throughout the world;
Democracy means the least. guam
tity of government compatible with the
maintenance, well being and progress
Of society;
Democracy means a return to the
simplicity of the fathers in official
station;
Democracy is the only firm and con-
sistent foe of paternalism, anarchy and
class legislation;
Democracy means the political
equality of all men and that one set of
our citizens shall not be enriched by
| legislation to the impoverishment of all
others;
Democracy means perfect honesty
and strict economy in the public SER
vice-less taxes and more money-to
the end that the condition Of the toilers
of the land may be bettered; y
Democracy means Jefferson's wise
and successful foreign policy-peace,
commerce and honest friendship with
all nations entangling alliances with
none;
L Democracy means restoration of
the American flag to the rich empire of
the high seas, from which it has been
banished by the greed, stupidity and
maladministration of the enemies of
Democracy;
Democracy means freedom of con
science, freedom of speech, freedom of
the press, and freedom of the ballot,
and holds as among the highest crimes
any interference with or coercement of
the suffrages of the people;
Democracy means an enlargement
and enforcement of the Monroe doc.
trine until it shall become an irresist-
ible power among all the nations of the
| earth;
Democracy means that all govern
ments must respect our flag and the
inviolability of our citizens, wherever
they may sojourn or withersoever they
may travel until the sentence. Il am an
American shall become safer pass.
port than was the far-famed 'Romanus
| Sum. '5"-Champ Clark.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

HoNoRs FOR coLoRED GIRL.
Graduated Mt the mead of Her Class
In IA Vermont College.
Miss Annette Anderson has recently
graduated from Middlebury College,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The Beers made the mistake of try
ing to found republic on top of some
thing that Great Britain wanted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The silence Of a friend commonly
amounts to treachery. His not daring
to say anything in our behalf implies o
taclt censure.-Hazlltt,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

The spasm of kidnapping is grave
reflection upon the versatility of the
wickedness of the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

Nearly every woman has refused an
offer Of marriage from man who
afterward amounted to something.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Fertility and Mineral Manure.

Fertility and Mineral Manures
There is widespread belief among
farmers that while stable manure In
creases fertility the application of min
eral commercial fertilizers tends to
more rapidly exhaust it. Really, how
ever, to the extent that manure in any
form makes bigger crops than what it
supplies plant food for, 1T tends to cN-
haustion. Applying nothing but stable
manure, wlSch is usually deficient in
phosphate and potash, takes those min
erals out Of the soil faster than they
would be drawn were the manure not
used. The loss of the mineral ele-
ments is not so easily seen as the
waste of vegetable matter in the soil
where only the commercial mineral
fertilizers are used. Besides. the min
eral manure is generally sold in a form
to be quickly taken up by crops. 1t is
impossible to make stable manure SO
soluble that some of its elements will
not be left in the soil for future crops.
crops.
herOseuc EmuleiOu.
10 make the emulsion, dissolve one
half pound of hard soap in one gallon
Of soft water, and while still boiling
hot remove from the fire and add two
gallons of kerosene. Stir the mixture
violently by driving through force
pump back into the vessel until 1t be-
comes creamy mass that will not
separate. The emulsion is then ready
to be diluted with water and applied.
For the common scale insects and hard
bodied insects like the chinch bug, use
one part of the emulsion to eight or ten
parts of water. For soft-bodied insects
like plant lice, use one part of emul-
sion to fifteen or twenty parts of
water. AS the emulsion kills by contact
the application should be very thor
ough.
Simple Remedy for Ants on Trees (
Last fall planted number of shade
trees, says a correspondent. This
spring the black ants took possession
of one of them, and l soon discovered
that unless used heroic measures
they would destroy the tree. Paris
green, camphor, gasoline-all were
tried without success.
l discovered they deposited their
egg on the stem of the leaf upon which
the young feed, and in their determine
ton to get up to look after their nu-
merous families, found the remedies
above named of no avail. AS last re-
sort bought "Tanglefoot fly paper"
tied 1t securely around the body of the
tree and in forty-eight hours every ant
was gone.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16
Tin Plate Greed.

on tin the tin plate trust has no fear of
foreign competition. Absolutely pro-
tected in gigantic monopoly, this COM
bine robs the public with unrestrained
rapacity and endeavors to keep the
wages of its employees down to the
starvation limit. Forced by the work
men In its employ to give slight adj
vance in wages, the tin trust looked
about for the means of making good
thing out Of the situation. With the
consumers at its mercy, the trust i'm
mediately raised the price of it's COM
modify 80 cents,a box, which gave them
a premium Of about As cents on the
deal. In less than a year the price Of
tin plate has been raised from $2.65 to
$4.37 a box, and the people who are
compelled to use this article have no
way of evading this outrageous and
oppressive tax.
Nobody gets any good outof this trust
except Its managers. The government
gets no revenue, for the duty is prohib-
tive. The workmen get no benefit, for
the trust is supreme. The people get
no consideration, for they must pay the
prices demanded or go without the
commodity. The duty on tin plate
should be reduced. Then the govern
ment would secure revenue, the people
would be benefited and the rapacity of
the trust checked. But no relief will
come while the Republican party is in
power. Trusts are here to stay until
Democracy obtains control of national
legislation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

ASosAsaA w 10 AbhB H.
He had learned something from the
battle Of Manila; that is, he had learn
ed something from the newspaper ac-
counts of the battle Of Manila, al
though that was not the subject under
discussion.
you see" he said, referring to some
thing that had taken place, at hap
pened about s o'clock"
"Why, no, 1t didn't asserted one of
the listeners.
Not by our time, perhaps" admitted
the resourceful young man, but by
London time"
"No; nor by London time either"
well, then, by Hongkong or Manila
time. You see, you shouldn't jump at
conclusions. You can't tell Just the To-
cation from which man may be fig
uring, and 1t certainly was s O'Clock
somewhere on this globe at the time
that this happened"
Thus we see that 1t Is going to be
more difficult than ever to pin the ro-
mancer down to facts. - Chicago Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-16

When two women pass each other on
the street and only one Of them turns
around to look back, 1t is easy to deter
mine which one 1t is that is wearing
her old clothes Rochester Herald.