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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26


1t is estimated that the war tax will
yield for the year about $1OOOOO,OOO.
That much more was taken from the
pockets of the people during the year
than would have been taken but for
war. And although that much more
was taken, and although the receipts
under the Dingley law were much
greater than they were the year be-
fore, the expenditures were 500, OOO.-
900 more than the total receipts. And
there is every prospect that we shall
run still further behind next year. We
seem to be Tin for it," The admins
tration has got the country into war
with S,000,0O0 people in a tropical
country, where the cost of carrying on
war in both blood and treasure is enor-
nous. 1t has got the country into
war that could have been avoided as
well as not-nay, far better than not
Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

In New York prize fights are toler.
ated, but the American governor gener.
al of Cuba sternly suppresses lotteries
In England Sunday newspapers arous-
ed wave of public indignation and
protest, but the institution of the bar
maid, which would not be permitted
by the police of any American city, is
delight to the ale-tipping subjects of
her most gracious majesty. No won
der the Latin mind is bewildered in
trying to fathom the moral ethics of
the Anglo-Saxon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
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What was the English pound worth
previous to 1873; and has it remained sta
BILE In its rate of exchange snce?-O. II.
Washburne.
The question is not quite clear. II
the English pound is compared with IT.
self Its value is just the same DIS 1t was
previous to 1873, and so 1t Will always
be, because everything is at all times
equal to itself. If the pound sterling 10
compared with gold bullion, Its value
has remained practically unchanged;
because the English law provides that
pound sterling chat Is sovereign
shall contain just SO many grains 6f
gold, and any one possessing the gold
may have 1t coined at that rate. More
over, to ruard against loss by delay Id
coinage. the law requires the Bank OF
England to take all the gold that may
be offered at f3 lis. Cd. an ounce, which
Is within one and half pence Of the
mint value So, it is impossible for
there to be any substantial difference
between the value of an ounce of gold
bullion and an ounce of gold in the
form of coin. If the pound sterling be
compared with the money of other
countries, 1t varies just as such other
money varies.
In the course Of exchange between
England and America sometimes the
pound sterling calls for $3.50, and some
times several cents less. II gold Ia
scarce in England and an American
wants to send a bill of exchange to
London for a certain number Of pounds
sterling, he must pay more for It, That
is, he pays high rate. If gold in that
country is abundant he can get his bill
more cheaply-the exchange is low.
The gold in the pound sterling is just
equal to $4.86A ut the American mint;
but in commercial exchanges 1t Is
sometimes worth little more and
sometimes little less. depending upon
the condition Of the money market In
both countries. But In all such cases
the variation Is In both moneys, be-
cause 1t is simply an exchange Of one
for the other. In one case 1t takes more
dollars to equal pound sterling, or
fewer pounds to equal given number
Of dollars. In the other, 1t takes fewer
dollarc to equal q pound, or more
pounds to equal certain number of
dollars. But all this is simply matter
of commercial exchange. II English
sovereigns are delivered at the Ameri-
can mint the gold which they contain
Is worth just the same as the same
weight Of any other gold. If American
eagles are delivered at the English
mint, the gold which they contain is
worth the same as the same weight of
any other gold, because gold is equal
to gold, and that is all there Is Of 1t.
If the pound sterling is compared with
commodities and property, then 1t is
just about twice as valuable as 1t was
in 1873. That is to say, 1t will buy
about twice. as much, or, in other
words, prices have fallen. roughly
speaking, ne-half.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
Oldest Inhabitant of athens.

An account Of the Oldest inhabitant
of Athens occurs in letter of recent
date, written in that city and printed
In London paper. He is Major Apos-
tolos Mavrogenis, and he has just kept
his Tooth birthday. OF Laconian stock,
he was born in Paros and went as a
youth to study medicine in Italy. The
war of independence took him home
again, but not till just after Byron's
death, and he fought as volunteer in
several battles. The military lazaretto
in Salamis was then put under his
charge, and for many years he super
intended the civil smallpox hospital in
Athens, becoming an authority on that
disease. He has seen the whole modern
city rise from the ruins of the old. for
when he settled there in 1887, the Pira-
Gus consisted of mere cluster of how
els and taverns, while the capital Itself
could only show n couple of dirty strag.
Cling alleys meandering amidst tumble
down houses and distigured churches.
DIR. Mavrogenis is still strong and
haarty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
A WOMAN BANDIT.

Pearl Hart Helps to Hold Up Stage
in Arizona.
Pearl Hart, the woman bandit, has
mapped out new line of endeavor for
her sex by holding up stage between
Globe and Florence, Ariz. She planned
the affair herself, and with the aid of
a male companion carried 1t out.
The distance between Globe and
Florence is slXty-fve miles and the
country is very wild, being sparsely in
habited by prospectors and hunters. 1t
was midway between the places that
the stage was held up. The stage was
numbering along through the hills with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The passion for cheapness and the
greed for gain have proved too strong
for the American conscience. Alto
gether too many manufactures are
turning out goods which pretend to be
one thing and are another. This is seen
in furniture, in architecture, in patent
medicines, in drugs. in clothing, in jew
elry, In food-to name at random few
typical branches of. industry. 1t is well
that Emerson and Carlyle, Holmes and
Ruskin and William Morris. have
ceased to rage against the hollowness
Of a veneered civilization. What would
they say to the vulgar, stone-faced
buildings with their flimsy walls and
imitation woodwork? How would
they endure the vanished rubbish that
finds place in so many homes, and the
19-cent books that will fall to pieces in
half lifetime, and the plated jewelry,
and sweat-shop clothing, and the mon
strosities of advertising, and watered
milk and watered stock, and other
would have to be re-enforced; Carlyle
would tear his hair and hunt for new
anathemas. 1t Is fundamentally vice
Of the mind that leads to such universal
deception. The man that is content
with appearance is the man who keeps
up the market for shams. The woman
who prefers cheap gold plate to real
silver In her ornaments because "sil-
yer is so common" makes good Gus
toner. The builder who is willing to
put up bad walls on a bad foundation
and cover them up with respectable
finish and furnishings in order to make
little more on contract Is partner
in the crime. The druggist who mixes
alcohol with some powerful opiate or
nerve stimulant and sells it for ten
times Its cost to people who know no
better than to buy unlabeled poison is
another sinner. The grocer who sells
coffee consisting of bllghted berries
glazed with metallic compounds, and
canned peas treated with copper to
make them green, and jellies made
from the gelatine obtained from the
skins and cores of apples, boiled, strain
ed and mixed with glucose, with the
addition of tartaric and in some cases
sulphuric acid" is an accomplice of the
wretch who sold him the goods. The
dairyman who millls his pump as well
as his COW has long been n standing
joke; but his boric and salicylic acids
which he introduces into unsuspecting
human stomachs are no joke. They
prepare the way for the patent medi-
cine man and the fake healer. One
sham makes another.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

When General Miles asserts that the
automobile will largely displace horses
in army operations in the near future
we trust he doesn't mean that officers
of the general staff are to be deprived
of their chargers on the field of battle.
Fancy the generals and colonies gal
Looping along on automobiles! And
what, then, would become of all our
equestrian statues, those noble heroes
mounted on bronze horses, having one
foot paving the air, while their tails
and names are waved by the wind? 1t
won't be the same thing at all to repre-
sent military hero sitting on an auto
mobile, either in marble or bronze.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Better results are obtained with fer
tilizers when rains are plentiful. for
the reason that the amount of water re-
quired to dissolve fertilizers is large
when the applications are heavy. 1t
may ut times be noticed that small
quantities of fertilizer were as bene-
fetal as larger quantities on other plots
and on the same kind of crop. This re-
suit is due to the fact that portion of
the fertilizer was not dissolved on
those plots where heavy applications
were made, but the proportion remain
ing in the soil will be of service the sue
cceding seasOn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Germany was the star performer at
the Hague when she not only blocked
the Cars scheme of disarmament in
a very effective manner, but also an
nounced her conversion to the Anglo.
American arbitration plans. Those
prophets were right who declared that
the Kaiser was meditating move that
should put him at the center Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The case Of the Western young man
who has begun suit for damages be-
cause he was mistaken for burglar
and badly beaten teaches valuable
lesson. Even when counting it is well
to go boldly up to the front door and
ring the bell instead of slipping around
to the side of the house and tapping on
a window. 1t may not be SO romantic,
but 1t Is a whole lot safer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
Decrease In humble Bees.

Wherever bumblebee is seen in q
room his loud buzzing, added to the
knowledge of the fact that 1t is really
dangerous If 1t comes to close quarters,
gives everybody desire to kill it and
put it where it will do no harm. Yet
really 1t would be better in most cases
If door or window were opened and
the bumblebee allowed to fly away.
Early in spring the bumblebees that
are flying around about houses are in
search of places to make their nests.
So many are killed, however, that in
the long-settled parts of the country
the bumblebee is much scarcer than 1t
used to be. They are the only bees
that can reach down into the blossoms
Of red clover, and their work in honey
gathering fertilizes the blossom so that
1t can produce seed. The bumblebee
therefore ought to be encouraged in
stead of being destroyed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
Facts About Our Calendar,

No century begins on Wednesday,
Friday or Sunday. The same calen-
dars can be used every twenty years.
October always begins on the same day
Of the week as January, April as July,
September as December. February.
March and November begin on the
same days. May, June and August al
ways begin on different days from each
other and every other month in the
year. The first and last days of the
year are always the same. These rules
do not apply to leap year, when COM
parison is made between days before
and after Feb. 90
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

No farmer likes TO see corn yellow
before its time, which is when the
rlpened ears are gathered into the crib.
If corn is yellow when it comes up it
shows that the soil is deficient in avail
able nitrogen. This often happens on
land that is naturally fertile when the
soil has been made cold by heavy rains.
Part OF the effect of commercial tertil.
izers on corn is due to the fermentation
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
.ecurc Good NIilkcrs

There are comparatively few places
where the milking is now done by
women and children. Their hands are
not strong enough to do the work eff
fectively, and a slow mixer tires the
cow so that she is apt to hold up the
last milk, which is richest. This dries
the COW off. 1t is the interest of the
farmer to hire only men who are used
10 milking, who are kind to all animals.
and especially when they are milking.
Whoever beats COW. or even speaks
so loudly to her as to brighten her, les
sens her product in the milk pail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Is there any sphere into which Amer
lean enterprise hesltates to enter if it
can but obtain the open sesame of the
gates? If it were not for the success
that usually follows it one would be
tempted to think it Synonymous with
that thing that brushes in where an
gels fear to tread" Its latest achieve
ment is to put modern elevator down
to the catacombs of Rome and to light
the catacombs with 2,760 incandescent
lights!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

celona for this offense. Witnesses ac-
cused them of squeezing the fingers of
anarchists with thumbscrew. One
of the victims is among the accusers.
The Governor of Barcelona, who is n
general in the army, is taking an active
part in the proceedings. A railway
porter of San Martin, who had this in.
strument applied to him, has lost the
use of his hands and arms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The Langshan fowl, us its name
would signify, is of Chinese origin.
Langshan is in the northwest of China,
and has long been noted for Its fine
fowls. Some years ago these fowls
were imported into this continent and
Immediately became popular. They
nre large bodied, of heavy, solid build,
nnd wholly black in color. The legs are
short and feathered to the toes. They
lay light brownish colored eggs, rather
under sized as compared with the
largest; are extremely hardy, with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
Legislation by Pawnbroker.

When the love of liberty is eradicated
from the human heart and parents no
longer are solicitous for the welfare of
their offspring, then, and not till then,
Will an intelligent people consent that
all legislation upon the money question
shall be dictated by the pawnbrokers
and UNCONSTITUTIONAL Watchman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
The Modern n1ilkiur Stool,

The cow cannot kick over the milk
pail where this invention is used. says
an exchange. Besides offering Il Sc
curity for the milk it also affords seat
for the mixer. The idea, which Is
clearly shown in the cut, consists of an
ordinary oblong four-legged bench Of
sufficient size to permit an opening in
its top to receive the bucket. This
opening has slanting walls, so as to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

standing extreme cold easily; are excel
lent mothers, and are easy to control.
Their flesh is very white and clear, al
most semi-transparent, and tender and
sweet in flavor. If this breed were bet
ter known 1t would doubtless become
very popular. The hen is very good
nurse, and is large enough to rear If
teen in brood with ease.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26


The reason why grain does not al
ways rust in moist, warm weather is
because, as usually sown, the plants
crowd each other so that none get an
over supply of the plant food which
such weather develops. In our hot
summers, even when dry. 1t would not
do to hoe the small grains like wheat,
as is done by English farmers. The
hoeing would not make any more
plants, and it does increase the supply
of nitrogen in the soil. The American
substitute for hoeing small grain is to
roll or harrow 1t while 1t is young
enough to tiller. This checks the
growth of leaves already formed. at
the same time mellowlng the soil and
causing new shoots to put forth. This
will on rich land make rank growth
that will have strong straw and will
not rust. If, however, the soil be de-
ficient in mineral fertility the heads Of
the grain will not fill as they should
do, and this often occurs when the soil
has plenty of heterogeneous fertilizers,
causing rank growth of straw.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
His Own War.

The Spanish war was righteous
war-a war for humanity. 1t was the
peoples war and was forced upon the
unwilling administration. The Philip
pines war is Mr.. McKinley's own I'M
American war of conquest, backed by
no patriotic American sentiment and
encouraged only in Wall street.
Wheeling Register
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

A contemporary says Mark Twain
should be ashamed of himself if it took
him eight days to make his latest pun,
holding up the fact that 1t only took
six days to make the earth. 1t is but
justice to Mr.. Clemens to say that he
has never compared himself to the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
To Measure Devotion.

The measure Of woman's devotion
is the extent to which she will make
herself uncomfortable for you; the
measure of mans is the effort he will
make to have you as comfortable as no
proposes to be himself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

There is in New York a surgeon who
claims that he can cure appendicitis
without the use of the knife. If this
is true some man may yet have appen-
dicitis and live even though the doctors
fnd him out.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The chewing gum trust is actually
organized with capital of S9,O0O,OOO.
This is n trust, let us hope, which will
treble prices, for the higher the prices
the smaller the quantity of the stuff
that will be used.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Fruits Tor Home Use.
Fruits sometimes sell at low price
and do not pay, but the same may be
said of all crops. The farmer how
ever, is usually not fruit grower lex
cept of apples), and strawberries, rasp-
berries and blackberries are never cul-
tivated. Whether grown for market or
not, such fruits should be produced on
every farm by way of variety and for
home use. The luxuries can be pro-
duced more easily by farmers than can
the regular crops of grain. 1t takes
two or three acres of wheat to buy the
produce that can be derived from a
quarter of an acre Of small fruits and
vegetables.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

.The air bites shrewdly," wrote
Shakespeare. With all his prescience,
he did not dream of the liquid air,
which, If it actually touch the flesh,
may "bite" so savagely that months
may be required for the healing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

A man has been discovered in Penn
sylyania who has been holding down
the same public Office for sixty-eight
years. He may be said to know good
thing when he sees it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
TORTURE CHARGED,

Spanish Officials Accused of Applyinp
Thum bacrews.
The inquisition exists in Spain to-
day. Here is a picture of an up-to-date
thumb-screw taken from some Span
ish officials who are now on trial, ac-
cused Of torturing prisoners in this
way. A gendarme, Corporal Botas,
and sergeant were arrested at Bar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The scientists have about finished
their study of cyclones. They know all
about them now except how to predict
and how to prevent them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

A mile has been made on the wheel
in sixty-five seconds. AT this rate the
air won't be needed for the wings of
flying machines. 1t will do very we'll
In bicycle tires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The Kaiser may do queer things, but
he keeps the world talking about mis-
empire, which is good and free adver-
Using for Germany.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The sampson-schley controversy
still RACES. but 1t can't pull Cervera's
feet up from the place where the man
behind the gun sent it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

do the dead deteriorate?" asks a
Spirituar1sts' journal. The concensus
Of opinion of the undertakers is to the
effect that, If not embaEmed, they do.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Judging from the numbers of people
who have been run down and killed or
MANNED by it, the bicycle is not going
out of fashion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

A graphophone has been used to con-
vict man of murder. Perhaps justice
may yet be brought about by other
trumpets than Gabriers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Don't get discouraged because Won
can't embroider. There is always a
much greater demand for plain sew.
ing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

which they create. This warns the
soil and supplies 1t with some available
nitrogen. Cultivation helps to change
the color of corn for the same reason.
1t lets warm air into the soil, and this
warmth sets into fermentation all the
organic matter 1t contains. When
there has been heavy rain compacting
the surface the cultivator going
through corn field will show its eff
fects in a few hours by the darker
green color of the corn where it has
done its work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

How would 1t do for the housewives
to invite the tramps who call at their
back doors to come in and wash the
i1ishes9
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

Whoever the parents of the trust may
be they are backward in coming for
ward and claiming their child.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
hold the vessel at an angle to facilitate
the milking operation.
outwittinr the wireworm..

Outwttting the Wireworms.
This is how onn farmer got ahead of
wireworms. Several years ago he
broke up an old meadow and planted 1t
to corn, but the wireworms destroyed
all the young plants. He replanted,
but to no avail. and could not get
stand that year. The next year he
planted the field again, but the corn
was ruined. The third year, by the
advice of an old farmer, he let the
ground remain unbroken until the last
of May. then plowed deeply and cross
narrowed. He then put on common
salt, sowing it broadcast, as he would
have sown grass seed. at the rate of
two-thirds of Il barrel per acre. He
again cross narrowed and planted the
corn, and never raised better crop
than grew upon the sailed ground the
first year and the one following.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26
BOX FOR DIPPING,

ground. Meantime, one of the two men
first named has another sheep ready
for its turn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

The man who stakes his happiness
en- . maid always makes miss.taks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-07-26

New cures for old ailments are being
discovered every day, but people con-
tinue to die of the latter just the same.