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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19


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the skiu peeled on siYs Mt John A. Galloway
of lIN 9th 81 Culumhns Georgia, IN a recent
letter 90 ur RI v Fierce Of buffalo, n. v -
had UItnrrh Tor tour years aud nlau liver and Nh.
ury trouble, When tt would commence troubling
me I would have a slight aching o. little below
the Ghost ! used many kinds ~ mrdiclue but
received no benefit Ny ewes were suukCu and
my face was pale had pimplcs on my face aud
there was brown spots uu Uy face. Now these
arc au gone, I took siK bottles Of nr ricrcca
Golden Medical Discovery and twuuf br. rurpCs
Pellets. They are the hest medicines 4 ever used
iu my llle. and ! 40 believe that I nm entirely
we'll . have good appetite bot before . com.
mruCri treatment had boo appetite Ht all. Now
Z am like "a child ready 90 Uut no amy time NJ
day lr night last wear weighed one hundred
and Thirty four pounds and now . weigh one
hundred and forty i've, PLEASE accept my
thluks ann so glad 1 found thc right Kind
OF medicine"
Golden Medical Discovery" IS free
from alcohol. it Is pure Hirft.iHt and npihs
ing else. Iulikc the sn.clllcd tonnes
and extracts which tend tu create ln
appetite tot stimulants, the " Discovery
creates only a healthy natural Temperance
appetite fot good food which uourishrs and
strengthens The medicine dealer who
says be has something lust as good
knows that he fAlsihca. II he urges am iu.
fcrilr substitute Il Is 10 gain a few prunirs
greater profit No matter how discouts
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advice which he will send YOU nee and
which u followed, h bound TO do you good.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19
Sweet Sleep

comes from sweet stomach, puro
blood. strong nerves and hearty health
The surcut way TO acquire these la by
AN honest use u this famous medicine
ilosto'icr's stomach bittcrH For nfty
years u has never failed 10 cure Htom-
aCh disorders, beginning with consti-
patton and ending with kidney or liver
trouble. Sec that PRIVATE REV
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Hottie
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

For sale by z. G. NJ. l.. Clark FL
dredgo q Co.. salt Lake Hardware Co,
and George A. Lowe. Salt Lake city
Utah.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
WARFARE NOVELTY.
SEA FIGHTING MAY NOW BE
REvOLuTiONIZED.
New Battleship Which Is So Con-
structed as to Be Practically Shot
Proof = Submerged Earthworks to
Render Harbors Impre.nabie.

Whether or not the art of battle-ship
construction is destined to be revolu-
toned by the newly patented invention
of William Weegar, of New York City,
remains to be found out, but his idea
Is unquestionably striking. He pro-
poses to uplift from the hull of his YES
sci, by means of towers, huge ar
mored chamber running from bow to
stern and holding battery of rapid
fire guns arranged in broadside. Two
OF the towers, one at each end, will be
coming towers, but the other two, of
large size, will be surmounted by tur-
rets containing pairs of 12-inch breech-
loading rifles. There will also be four
S-inch rifles, forward and aft, so that,
with forty quick-tires in all, the arma-
ment will be most formidable.
Perhaps the most notable point about
this novel fighting craft is its nvulner-
ability. 1t is practically shot-proof. Its
construction being such that shell
striking any part of 1t must meet a
slant and so glance Off. In order to
accomplish this end, the armored cham
Der Is made polygonal in section, while
the towers are cylindrical. The deck
is whaleback, its upper part barely
rising above the sea, and all the ma
chinery and ammunition are below wa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Plant Fruit Trees,


Many persons fail to set out trees
and vines because they fear they viii
not live to eat the fruit. Some years
ago the writer heard an old man say
that he had planted and eaten the
fruit of three different orchards, and
that at seventy years Of age he had
planted fourth orchard for others,
but at eighty-seven years of age he
still lives to eat the fruit Of his own
trees. Strawberries bear in abundance
the second year after planting; black
berries, currants, grapes and gooseber-
ries the third year. Peach trees will
often bear full crops the third year.
Early bearing apple. pear and plum
trees will often produce abundantly for
the family the fourth and fifth years.
1t is possible for a farmer in the
Northern States to have fresh fruit of
his own growing upon his table every
day in the year. He will begin with
Strawberries the last Of May. These
Will last three or four weeks, and be-
fore they are all gone raspberries will
be ripe, and will continue about five
weeks. Cherries will begin to ripen
during the raspberry season. AS the
raspberrles so out, blackberrles, cur
rants and gooseberrles will be ready
Tor the table. As the last of these 60,
the early peaches. pears, apples and
piums will begin to be ready for the
table. During August, September and
october he can have great variety OF
fruit. After October until the next
June he will have to contine himself
In the main to apples. But Of good
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

the 4 o'clock cannon BALI from the
west and / knew that 1t would bear
down upon me in three minutes unless
l succeeded in wrenching the heel off
my shoe, which appeared hopeless
task. The train would shoot around
the curve, the engineer would not have
time even to slow down in response to
my signal, and l would be ground be-
meath the wheels. The train was ap-
proaching from the direction of my
men and shouted, hoping they might
hear me and flag it, but 1t was vain
hope, and heard the train roar across
n bridge less than n mile away. was
beginning to despair, but cast glance
around to see il help was coming from
any other quarter, when saw a small,
tow-headed boy standing in the middle
of the track behind me.
run up there yelled, pointing to-
ward the tool house, and flag the can
non ball.
The boy looked at me, but did not
bulge.
Run, rum I whooped again, .or
I'll be killed! Don't you see my foot's
fast and can't get off the track?'
"The boy said nothing. but put his
hand in his pocket and pulled out his
iackknife. thought he would look
for stick next, so he could white
while he discussed my proposition, as
they do down in Texas. l could hear
the engine bell ringing to warn my
men to clear the track, and knew that
there remained but few seconds be-
tween myself and death, as the boy
had stood inactive too long to get any
distance away and signal the engineer.
But the boy was not as stupid 40 1
had thought him to be; indeed, he was
not half as stupid as myself. He didn't
look for stick, but he stepped up be-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
JAckkNlFE SAVED HIS LIFE.
Narrow Escape of Railroad Mar
from Death.

Narrow Escape of a Railroad Man
from Death.
The bald-headed railroad man who
frequents the rotunda of the Great
Northern Hotel these evenings is usu-
ally the center of quite a group of
loungers, for he has many interesting
incidents of adventure to relate.
when l was section boss down in
Texas" he said the other evening, 81
had the crookedest piece of track in the
State-couldn't see two telegraph poles
at one time at any point ON my section.
Right where the tool house was there
was Il curve and at one end of the curve
there was switch for passing track.
l had my men working one day around
the curve, near the tool house, and
while they were filling in n piece of
track moseyed down TO take look 1T
the switch at the other end of the
curve. The men were about quarter
of mile from the switch, but out of
view around the curve. In those days
we didn't take the precaution to put
blocks of wood in the chinks of the
frogs and at the end of the guard rails
as they do now to keep brakemen from
getting their feet fast. If we had /
would not have been telling this story
because it wouldn't have happened
"As was poking around the frog |
got ore CT my heels wedged IN one o.
the numerous openings and could no,
get myself away. ] tugged away and
swore little upder my breath, but Q
machinlsts' wise could not have held
that heel tighter than the frog did
You can easily judge the extent OF. IN,
alarm when heard train whistle fol
crossing which knew 10 be q NIL,
and half from the pollt where wa.
fastAHed; looked at my watch; 1t wa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
ter level, so as TO be. safe from injury.
Sta;roosos and ammunition boicto run

ter level, so as to be. safe from injury.
Staircases and ammunition-hoists run
up inside of the towers, and the waves
may wash freely across the body of the
ship without entering the gun ports or
interfering with the operation of the
fighting apparatus above.
Not less notable than the foregoing
is a method newly invented by Gin
cinnati man, Andrew Van Bihber, for
rendering harbors impregnable against
attack by sea. 1t is guaranteed to ac-
scomplish the purpose with the use Of a
comparatively small force of men and
without the aid of war-shlps, thus be-
ing equivalent to an increase of the
navy, inasmuch as it relieves fleets to
great extent from the duty of de-
Tending the coast. OF this latter point
the Importance was Illustrated in the
recent war with Spain, during which
the operations of our maritime forces
were seriously hampered by the ever.
present necessity Of looking out for the
protection of the cities along the Allan
tic seaboard
n
increased range of naval guns demands
that defensive works be more remote
from the place defended than formerly
else the defended city may be ruined
while the l-ttack is being repulsed. a
city, of course, affords Il very large tar
get. and its protection is proportonate-
.ly difficult, especially in these days of
.high-power cannon. Besides, the fleet
urgently needed for its defense may
not arrive in time
The Van Bibber system consists in
extending from the harbor mouth sea-
ward two l'- of embellishments built
of concrete anu SO arranged as to form
an artificial entrance to the port. On
these entertainments are placed bomb
proof forts, consisting substantially of
revolving turrets containing high-pow-
err guns. The tops of the entertainments
are slightly below low-water mark, but
submarine chambers are provided for
magazines and other uses. The forts
themselves, as n matter of course,
ought to be protected by armor thick
enough to be practically impenetrable
by shell.
From this brief description it will be
understood that hostile war-ship ap-
preaching a city thus defended, could
get into the harbor only by passing
through the artificial channel referred
to, and in doing so 1t would be exposed
to murderous attack at short range by
the forts on the thanking entertainments.
Meanwhile, another fort, situated at
the landward end of the entrance.
would rake the latter from end to end
with storm of projectiles. Under
such circumstances it would be impos-
sible for the enemy's vessels to maneu.
yer freely, and being confined in mar
row gut, they would face almost GER
tain destruction by mines, while held
at a distance from the city by guns
much heavier than their own and capa.
BILE of smashing to pieces their armor
plates. The channel may be 200 yards
or half n mile in width, but the longer
1t Is the more efficient it will be for de-
fensive purposes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20


Pigs that have amazed vast crowds
at the circus by their performances are
not to be mentioned in the same breath
with the young porker, the following
account of which has been sent to the
Record by a person who has heretofore
been considered thoroughly reliable and
truthful:
"One of the big drays going down
Tenth street on Thursday, having to
stop at the corner Of Carpenter street,
the boys who We're utilizing the rear
end for rides We're surprised and de.
lighted to see a pig try to scramble up
beside them. Kindly hands helped him
and he sat content among the free rid
ers until a small street below Norris
was reached. when he minated by
grunts and scrambling that he wanted
to get off the dray. He was assisted
TO the street and Immediately made his
way TO doorstep, where he wash.
home, as lie was soon admitted to Il
house.
He is pet pig owned by derma>
tologist, who is making experiments
upon him with newly invented hair
tonics. Every few days piggy appears
on the doorstep with brlstles of a diff
ferent color, and 1t is said his hairs real
ly begin to curl, owing to the applica-
ton of castor oil and quinine. Recent
ly, having been treated with peroxide
of hydrogen, he has been of most
beautiful gold color. Piggy is bathed
every day, has his teeth brushed with
llsterine, and sits on the front steps
with the children, OCCASIONALLY strolllng
a square or two with them. The fact
that he knew his way home and prefer
red to ride there has made him quite
hero in the neighborhood." -Philadel-
phia Record,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
opals for Good LUCK.

The opal is no longer considered of
evil omen by those who are the best
informed. 1t has become popular TO
believe that instead of ill luck the opal
carries with it the best of luck and hap
piness in its highest form. Indeed, 1t
is now considered the token of mutual
love burning brightly in all the colors
of the rainbow. 1t is the gift of lover
to sweetheart, the symbol of an eternal
devotion, and of SO devoted character
as to show itself in constant and fiery
flashes. of beautiful color
TO emphasize this romantic idea the
opal Is now cut in the form of heart.
and the sentiment of heart on fire
with love Is one which appeals to all
lovers. This heart, when small enough,
is set in ring, but Australian opals
have recently been imported of sufti-
cient size to permit of their being used
in simple gold frame as pendant for
the lorgnette chain. These opal hearts
are also used for the centers of brooch
es.-New York Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
DIET yer.ur Medicine,

4 b
Medicine is too cheap nowadays, OF,
at least, we take too much of it. If 1t
cost us more we should take less, try
ing to find out means of curing lit
tie ailments without flying 10 the
chemist. For instance. little atten.
ton to daily diet would save many II
dose of castor oil and similar medi-
cines, and do us much more good. A
glass of cold water is often of use If
taken directly we get up in the morn
ing. while brown bread. particularly
the variety known as whole meal, is
preferable to white. Oatmeal porridge
is splendid, and we ought TO see that 1t
is always ready for the breakfast table.
Vegetables, except potatoes should in
these cases be freely INDUCED in. and
fruits, especially prunes and apples.
Willie regular exercise in the open air is
a necessity.--Wo Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

Wherever there is low shrubbery
around the house hens with broods of
chickens will naturally seek that, less
for the shade than as protection against
depredators who might swoop down
and carry off a young chick to be torn
to pieces and eaten. The hen hawk
usually finds some place where he can
watch the brood unobseryed, and make
his seizure before the hens warning
cry causes her little ones to run for
shelter. If steel trap is set ON top
of pole where it will be convenient
for the hawk to alight he will be very
quickly caught. The trap should be Sc
cured by rope or chain, so that the
hawk can not fly off with the trap. In
this way the worst enemy of the poul.
try grower may be easily and cheaply
disposed OF.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
A sleep-Walking Recruits Danger
GUS Freak,


When sOmnambulists take to the4use
of firearms, people with their wits
about them must needs be wide awake.
About IL o'clock on Tuesday night a
recruit belonging TO the Second Bat
talon. Kings Shropshire Light In
fantry, stationed at Victoria Barracks.
Portsmouth. England, got out of bed
and fired off a round of ball-cartridge
in a crowded barrack-room. which was
in darkness. When the lights We're
turned up the recruit was standing
with the smoking rifle in his hand and
apparently in II dazed condition. When
arrested lie stoutly maintained that he
was asleep when he fired the rifle. and
did not know what he was doing. For
tunately the rife was directed up
wards, and only the ceiling was dam
aged. The recruit will be tried for be-
ing in the unlawful possession of ball
cartridge. Ten rounds of ammunition
We're found lying near another block of
buildings. They had evidently been
thrown away by men who feared in
vestigation in consequence of this af-
fair. 1t is thought that the ammuni-
ton was brought back from Brown
down by the men who had been exer-
cising in musketry there.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

From far-away Ceylon comes funny
little story. A tea planter who had a
glass eye was DESTROYS of going away
for days shooting with friend, but
he knew that as soon as the natives
who were at work on the plantation
heard that he was gone they would not
do Il stroke of work. How was he to
get off? That was the question. After
much thought an idea struck him. Go.
ing up to the men lie addressed them
thus:
Although l myself will be absent.
yet shall leave one of my eyes to see
that you do your work" And much to
the surprise and bewilderment of the
natives, he took out the glass eye and
placed 1t on the stump of a tree and
left. For some time the men worked
industriously; but at last one of them,
seizing his tin, in which he carried his
food, approached the tree, and gently
placed it over the eye. This done, they
all lay down and slept sweetly until
sunset.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

Electricity has been applied TO the
manufacture of glass. Formerly diff
culties We're experienced in melting
the ingredients owing to particles of
coal ana c!nders entering the crucible,
to the injury of the product These are
now eliminated BY employing an cleo
trio arc within q. carbon cruclble to
fuse the ingredients. Great economy
results, as but 40 per cent of the coal
formerly used is.required. A pot of
glass can be melted in fifteen minutes
that by the old process would require
tAiSty hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

swine of the pests is by spraying them
with water In which kerosene is stir
red. For spraying, use common
spraying pump, one of those handy lit
tie hand pumps which set In pail of
water being easily managed. Into a
pen few feet square turn two or three
hogs and turn the pump with sprayer
attached upon them. Drench them
thoroughly, driving the water upon
them with full force of the pump. One
spraying will kill the lice in hog, and
where the whole herd is treated, In
Guiding the shed floors, the lice will be
exterminated. This is much easier and
less disagreeable than greasing and is
more effective.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Improvement Of uirhwavs,

Good roads are so popular in connec-
ticut that the States appropriation for
helping out the towns win not be large
enough to supply the demand. Over
100 towns have voted money for roads,
The law passed by the last General
Assembly says that the State shall pay
In the case of towns whose grand list
is S1,OOO,00O and under. three-fourths
of the sums appropriated. and two
thirds of the appropriation in the case
of towns having a grand list of $1,000
GOO and over. The States annual ap-
preparation is only $4,000, which will
not nearly suffice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNclsELY
CONDENSED.
Suit Over $4,000 Morteage-wound-
cd by an ofiicsr-corpsc Fishcd from
the River ut Council Bluffs Bach
man Gets the Nominations.

Suit has been begun against the Har-
mer Manufacturing Company of Burling-
ton to settle complications arising out of
n mortgage OH its property to the Ameri-
can Trust Savings Bank of Illinois
amounting TO $4,000. Among the par
ties to the suit are the National State
Bank of Burlington and the First Ma
tional Bank Of Ottumwa, which hold
bonds of the company. The Harmer mills
have closed down i'll the meantime. throw
ing several hundred men out of work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

In the fall prepare piece of ground
for an early potato patch, open deep
burrows, select small or green end po-
tatoes, such as are neither salable nor
suitable for your table, plant the whole
potato as you would cut ones in the
spring. In this state the successive
spring rains make 1t impossible to plant
very early. Volunteers are always
early. Planted as above, they will come
on as volunteers. We would not adj
wise seed saved from such patch, but
small potatoes will furnish such as are
suitable for early eating.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

The body of an unknown man has been
found in the river Mt Council Bluffs and
the indications are that his death was not
the result of accident or suicide. 1t
was weighted with iron and had appar-
emily been thrown into the shallow water
where it was found. This was in n little
pond cut off from the main channel by n
sandbar and so shallow that man could
not have committed suicide in it by
drowning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Achicken,s CROWN.

The question of how much will II
chick gain is an interesting one. The
following is about correct: The eggs
weigh ounces; the newly Matched
chick weighs ~ ounces; at week Old,
ounces; weeks old, GU ounces; 4
weeks old. 10 ounces: weeks old, II
ounces; weeks old, 1919 ounces; 1
weeks old, osA ounces; weeks old, SO
ounces; 10 weeks old, Sc ounces; IL
weeks old, Al ounces.-The Poultry
West.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

nearly round, the other generally OBJ
long. Doubtless larger quantity of
the Leafiess may be grown on given
plot because of Its scanty leaves. The
question of relative value seems to de-
pend upon which would sell more read
lily in the market, the solid colored
Leafiess or the vnriegated Triumph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20
Change, Route and Name.

AT a meeting of the Chicago. Keokuk
and Southwestern the name of the corpo-
ration was changed to the Persia and
Keokuk branch of the United States Rail
way. New officers were elected with
James II. Anderson of Keokuk president.
i 1t is proposed to build an electric line
over country roads from Keokuk to Pc
Oria III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

Bad butter is frequently caused by
keeping the cream from one milking too
long while saving it for the next
churning, as is sometimes done when
only one OF two cows are used. Ripe
and unripe cream should never be
churned together. The sooner the
cream is churned after it is separated
from the milk the better.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

side me, stopped down, ran the keen
blade of the knife over my shoestring,
Strengthened up, grinned and said:
4ank yer foot our, mister; here
she comes
Il roll off the track and the train
swept past, and the boy sauntered
away down the track just as if nothing
at all had happened" Chicago Chron-
icle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-09-20

Take n cord rope 10 or 10 feet long,
make moose in one end. tie the other
end to spring pole. drive stubs in the
ground in circle 10 inches in diane
ter; make long trigger, say 10 inches,
cut notch 4 inches from end and an.
other notch near the same end. Make
short trigger 4 or 8 inches long; slope
both ends. Tie rope back 3 feet from
moose end to middle of short trigger,
draw down spring pole, let moose
around circle of stubs, set as you would
trap, by having notch in top of one stub
for short trigger.