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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
A Young Girl Drowned.

Midget Wass, the 9-year-old daughter
Of Peter Wass Of Des hfoines, was
drowned in the Coon river near her home.
She was in the river wading at the time
with three other young girls. The acci-
dent was caused by the Wass girl walk
ing into deep water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
Dubuque Street Railway FOLD.

OuDuQu6 street HALLWAY toId.s
The sale Of the Dubuque Street Rail
way Company, known as the Rhomberg
line. was effected to syndicate repre-
sented by B. 3. Linehan and w. s. Molo.
philadelphia parties are backing them.
y. ID. Linehan is known the length and
breadth of the Mississippi valley. 1t is
said the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Of Chicago will furnish the money.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
Election Law Is Ambixuou.,

Attorney General Remley says the new
Iowa law governing the election of pres
idential electors is ambiguous, and that it
might be construed-to mean that each dis
trict should elect its own elector, instead
Of the whole State voting on each cleo
for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
A Gigantic Horse.

The weight of the heaviest horse ever
known was 5000 pounds, or very near
ly ton hundredweight. This Clydes-
dale horse was exhibited at New York
in 1889. 1t was 201a hands high, and al
though only years old, measured SO
inches round the arm, 40 inches round
the stitle or knee-joint, 95 inches girth,
84l1a inches round the hip, and IL feet
4 inches in length. 1t was of perfect
proportions, with head SO inches In
length.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

Any boy who will voluntarily hire
himself out to a farmer during his
summer vacation is bound to amount
to something. There are SO few of
them that people will have no difficulty
keeping their future careers in mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

The penalty fame brings to man is
that every girl he ever treated to ice
cream claims to have once Tilted him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
The Fits.

Fifty years ago there was not
Christian en- the Fiji Islands; now
there 10 not q heather.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
To Rid she Born ~ R.t.

Take a tight barrel or keg, fill 1t a
foot or so deep with water, tie a stout
paper over the barrel and place any
bait that will attract them to the place.
Place board from floor to top Of barrel,
let them have free access to bait for a
few nights, then cut across it in middle
of paper large enough to admit rat;
then suspend broiled meat skin, pota-
to, or any bait, by string to within
one or two inches of center of cross.
In attempting to get bait the rat will
fall through and be drowned. To get
rid of cut worms, take pieces of news
paper six inches square, cut slit to CEN
ter and slip around plants and place
dirt or pebbles on corners to hold them
.dOwn,-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

We should remember that the God
Of providence is the God of love and
wisdom.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
a ROLLER eoAr.

Strange Craft Which the Inventor E..
poets May Revolutionize Shipping.
The picture shows f. A. Knapp's
roller boat which the inventor expects
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
Another Use for Pota,h.

A writer in Vick's Monthly says: I
have been using potash, or concen-
trated I've, In new way lately-at
least new to me. have been using 1t
as an insecticide and have found 1t
most effective, especially for house
paints. use the pulverized sort, put
up in small tin boxes. 1 dissolve two
tablespoonful Of this in three gallons
of water and spray the plants thor
oughly with the solution. have
never known it to injure even the most
delicate plants, and for the greater
number 1t could be used much
stronger.
For the mealy bug, aphis, red spider
and almost all insects infesting plants
1t Is sure death. The use Of the potash
also keeps the leaves bright and clean,
and is useful to remove the black scum
which sometimes gathers on the leaves
of greenhouse plants. It also acts as
fertilizer, making the plants more
vigorous and foriferous.
As a spray or wash for fruit trees It
is Of great value. Trees thoroughly
sprayed with strong solution Of pot
ash, applied before the leaves start,
will not be troubled with the San Jose
scale.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
ventilatinx Farm Buildins.,

TOO little attention Is paid to the
proper ventilation of farm buildings
in summer. To put horses into a sta
BILE where there is no circulation Of air
and have them come out all wet with
sweat is harder on them than the work
they do. Basement stables as rule
are more poorly ventilated than stables
above ground, for the reason that there
Is little chance for air to circulate as
only one end Of the stable allows air to
come in. A cellar stable that is damp
and musty does not furnish pure air
for stock and they should not be kept
in such a place long at a time. Stables
should be as dark as possible to keep
flies from bothering the horses at this
time of the year. An animal rests but
little at noon or out of harness IL 1t has
to keep up a continual switching and
stamping to keep the flies from eating
it Up.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

A circus crowd is Away. moro fun
than the circus itself,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

If woman has any style to her, she
is always dressed in such a way that
she can't eat with any comfort.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

First impressions are never correct
so the proofreader tells us.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
KNAPp's ROLLER BOAT.

will revolutionize shipping. 1t was
photographed by w. S. McKowan, as
she lay off Marsi's point, two miles
west Of Bowmanville, Ont.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

on the wires to be exerted on the base
of the first post-a position that does
not admit Of much yielding. Either of
these plans will be found Of value
when building barbed or smooth
wire fence.--New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02

Department of Agriculture's remedy
for the cure Of htg cholera:
Pulyerize and mix thoroughly:
One part wood charcoal.
One part sulphur.
Two parts sodium chloride (salD.
Two parts sodium bicarbonate (soda).
Two parts sodium hyposulphite.
One part sodium sulphate.
One part anthony sulphide.
Dose, one tablespoonful for each 200
pounds weight OF hog once day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-08-02
Time for owing Turnips.

While occasionally, under fayorab BILE
conditions, good crop of turnips may
be grown by sowing as late as the mid
die Of August, generally the best re-
suits will be secured by sowing not
later than the middle of July. Have the
soil in good filth md reasonably rich,
so that the plants laay get good start
to grow before tie weather gets too
hot and dry.
One advantage With turnips is that
IL they can not be eaten or sold to an
advantage they can always be fed to
stock profitablv.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

policy to the grave with him, and felt
greatly displeased when he was told
that he could not even get a special dis
pensation.
The time at which policy holders be-
gin to think of the future and realize
that this life is but thing of day,
is given by agents as between rs years
and 30. This is in general the case, but
i'm the exceptions some wait until the
eleventh hour, and others begin while
yet in their teens. Several Of the local
insurance representatives have written
policies for young men who are now In
college. To secure the necessary funds
for the completion of their
education they borrow from a
relative, and Immediately take out
a life insurance policy for a
friend in the case. Many young men of
this city have reSorted to this expedi-
emit, and be it to their credit that the
results have been almost wholly sue
cessful.
The usual policy taken out, taking
the general average Of the country at
large, is about $780, The average has
risen from $1,000 to $4,000, and varies ac-
cording to the condition Of the times.
With the fact that Worcester people
are insured for $40, 900, 900, the city
stands out in good relief, as the total
amount of the policies in force in the
state during the past year were
$3.50, 900, 900. The' annual premiums for
the entire state. according to the re-
port of the Insurance commissioner,
were $12,000,000, and from this 1t is esti-
mated that this city pays in premiums
in the course of a year a full million
dollars. There are about 1000 people
in the city who carry policies for great
er or less amounts, and for this Sec
ton it is estimated that the policies in
force will average about $4,000. The
amount of the death and endowment
claims paid in the city rise from $500, 900
upward according to the conservative
estimate of insurance men.
There are over 30 regular companies
represented in this city. The agents
state that 1T is fast becoming a fact
that people look upon life insurance as
even more necessary than fire instir-
ance Until recent years the life insur-
ance agents were obliged to solicit
every customer. but now 1t is frequent
| Nv the case that patrons will enter a
life insurance office Of. their own free
will, though the bulk OF it is obtained
by the persistent solicitor. 1t is said
that many prominent man with an
extravagant family keeps the fact of
his having his life insured a closed
chapter in his own bosom. Amid the
expense Of running his establishment,
he manages to save enough for his
premium on a large policy, and thus
unbeknown to the family provides for
them when he is gone to his reward
Others sometimes do not want the par
ties who may be made benehciaries in
the policy to know Of 1t. and so the Sc
cret is kept until death reveals the
truth.
comfortable fortune, and there are
said to be over four hundred men in
the United States VINO have this or
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
A GARDNER VETERAN.
John Tighs Died After Residence of a
Half Century.

Gardner, Jan. 14.--John Tighe, vet
eran Of the civil war, died this morn
ing at ABB o'clock at his home on Union
street. Death was due to heart failure.
Mr.. Tighe was born in June, 1925, in
Athone, ireland, but came to this
country nearly half century ago,
During his early residence in the Unit
ed States he came to Gardner, and went
to work as a blacksmith for Mr.. La
throp, who had a shop in South Gard
ner. He then found employment with
William Learned, who carried on his
business in the shop which still stands
at the corner Of Chelsea and Sumner
streets.
When Mr.. Learned sold out his shop
to George M. Whittemore some years
later, Mr.. Tighe leased the building
from the latter and continued his trade
on his own account. He later went To
work for Lyman Sawin, but after g
year he went back to the old stand and
started into business for himself again,
continuing until about IL years ago
when he was forced to retire on &C
count of i'll health.
Mr.. Tighe enlisted August 20, 1862, fol-
three years, as a private in Co. X,
Thirty-sixth regiment Massachusetts
volunteers, and was discharged June 8,
1865, by reason Of the close Of the war.
He was mustered into d. G. Farragut
Post, 116, G. A. r., August 10, 1881, and
has since been member.
He leaves four daughters, Mrs VIM.
Flood and Mrs. w. Henry Doody of this
town, Mrs. John j. Flood who resides
In Texas, and Miss Katie Tighe OF
Boston. Two sons are living, John, Of
Westminster, and William, who is EN-
ployed as a railway fireman on a Texas
road. There are two other sons whose
whereabouts are unknown. Thomas en-
listed In the United States regular army
several years ago, and has not been
heard from since. Patrick was also a
regular army man for FIVE years, but
received his discharge In San Francisco
ten years ago, and the last his relatives
heard from him, was a letter at the
time of his discharge from the army.
The funeral will be at 1890 o'clock
Monday morning in the Sacred Heart
Church. The bearers will be from d. g..
Farragut Post, G, A. r., and a delega-
ton from the post will attend. The
burial viii be In st. Johns cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

greater amount, in life insurance. Some
Of them have five times that sum.
A very tidy amount is 100000 to look
forward to for ones certain dependence
in later years, or as an estate for the
family But that particular amount
Is not cited either as an example for
the uninsured or as a subject of envy
to the hundreds of thousands of policy
holders who carry vastly smaller sums.
Only rich men can afford such eXpen-
sive insurance, but if life policies are
good things for those men, with all
their other possessions, who are poll
cies not good for, and who has right
to go grumbling through life without
one?
If rich man is 50 insecure in the
possession of all his wealth that he must
guard his family and himself by life in
sIrance, what excuse has the man of
moderate means, small means, or no
means at all, for not doing the same
thing to the extent of his ability?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
But be thou queen by work and love and
Il. zangwiI in Golfers Weekly.

II. Zangw1ll in Golfers weekly
Mrs. Annie Russell Marble Mrs.
Charles Webster, Mrs. H. H. Goddard
and Mrs. w. A. Bailey should be added
to the list Of subscribers to the Moxom
"Sordello" Studies
yankee Doodle Dandy" is said to be
as good as a SIT excursion to Wash
ington when the House is In session,
with a day in New York on the home
trip thrown in. The scenes are laid in
Washington and New York, and include
the Battery and New York harbor,
Printing House square, station Of the
elevated railroad. Pennsylvania and the
capitol at Washington. The most inn
posing thoroughfare in America is said
to show UP finely on the STAGE
Miss T.. A. Fletcher Of Boston, orig
tnator Of the Simplex music system, will
give demonstration Tuesday morning
at $50 o'clock at the house of Mrs.
William H. Burns. 81 Cedar street. Miss
Fletcher sails for Europe next week, to
speak before the Royal College of Music
and Musicians in London.
1.-THE Royal Box" has afforded so
many delightful pictures for the Illus
trated weeklies that the reader of these
vivacious sheets will go to the Wor-
cesteT Theatre Tuesday night fully
equipped to enjoy the striking situa-
lions and the Interesting people of this
favorite play. There are several pretty
women Who although not raving beau
ties, are still very agreeable to look at
AS for Mr.. Coghlan, he is known for
an elegant man and a brilliant actor
New York has enjoyed a run of 200 per-
formances of THE Royal Box" Wor-
cester Is to enjoy run Of one night,
but even that is worth waiting for.
Dr. G. Stanley Hall win give two lee
lures Feb. 1 and in Dorchester in a
course of University extension lectures
conducted by the First Parish Church.
The subject Of the first is 1.-THE study
and love Of childhood"
Mr.. Ballet, superintendent of schools
in Springfield, viii speak on Industrial
ism or some allied topic Tuesday after
noon at 3 O'clock in the vestry of the
First Unitarian Church.
Miss Won voigt win give talk In
German before the College Club and the
Gernnania Verein on the afternoon Of
Jan. "a at the house OF Mrs. Philip w.
Moen, 90 Elm street Tea will be served
after the talk.
Mr.. Lester Bartlett, one Of the Har-
ward quartet, has sung In two proni-
nent Worcester church choirs In former
years, and has many friends here who
VIII avail themselves Of the opportu-
nifty Of hearing him at the concert to
be given by the quartet On the Old
Souti Church, Jan. 10.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
OUT AND ABOUT,

Dr. Moxom took the class in Brown
ing through the first book of Sordello
yesterday forenoon. reading aloud and
explaining here and there as he went
along. AS, on account of illness, he
took the IL AZ train back to Springfield,
there was no time for the questions
which it is hoped will be asked next
time. Most of those in the class have
questions which they would like to
ask, but are afraid 10 do so without
more study of the text, lest they prove
either silly or unnecessary. 1t is hoped
that the first 20 minutes can next Sat
urday be devoted to questions.
Browning catalogue containing a
list OF all the Browning material in the
free public library not already listed in
Poole's Index has been prepared for
the use Of the class in Browning and
others, through the courtesy of Miss
Young of the library, and will prob
ably be ready for distribution at the
next meeting. This will be found of
great assistance to the members in
familiarizing themselves with the great
body of Browning literature.
Probably nobody suffers more from
the ups and downs of a New England
winter than the horse. With the first
effective snow the runners are brought
out and the wheels put way, and thence
forth until his master judges that the
winter is over, he is doomed to drag
them around behind him. 1t is heart
rending to see some of the horses
straining at their loads, as the rum
ners scratch along tire Bare ground or
sink into the soft if4iiid! AS a flesh
reducer there is nothing like 1t. Many
a horse loses flesh in the winter in con-
sequence of the extra hard work.
A man only understands what is akin
to something already existing in him
self.
r We are all vislonaries and what we
see Is our soul in things We reward
ourselves and punish ourselves with
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

out knowing it, SO that all appears to
change when we change.
Every soul has its climate, or rather
is a climate.-Amiels Journal.
81 send you little item which may
be of interest for Out and About"
writes lady residing at the north end.
II have seen a robin in a yard on Ken
dali street for two days-Jan. IL and
Jan. r."
This is good news. Keep your eye
upou that yard and that robin, and do
not fail to advise The Spy Of any fresh
developments in the case. II the spring
reaches Kendall street the first place in
Worcester we want to know 1t.
1t must be almost time to hear some-
thing from the frogs. A lady who lives
out where Lincoln street gets rural,
was kind enough to report the first
croakings to The Spy for several years.
Her annual postal cards were eagerly
anticipated, and their arrival never
failed to diffuse a delicately vernal
fragrance about the office. which for
/ the time being nearly killed the chronic
miasma Of stale tobacco smoke. But
for the last year or two we have had
no scoops in the way Of frog news from
Lincoln street, whether on account Of
the removal Of the lady to another
nelghborhood or because of a change
of residence on the part Of the frogs,
is not known.
The New England Wheaton Semi
nary Club met yesterday, at Hotel
Vendome. Boston, and was enter
tanned by a talk by Mrs. Mary j. Lin
coin of cook-boo fame, who spoke on
the Reciprocal duties OF hostess and
guest" Her practical good sense, her
experience and her high ideals made
the hour valuable to all. A fine pro-
gram of piano and violin music and
contralto songs WAS given by Mr.. HI
ram G. Tucker, Mr.. Albert M. Kan
rich and Mrs. G. w. +. Reed The
usual social hour followed.
At the meeting of the Danvers Wom-
ans Association, Tuesday, Rev. X. f.
Evans spoke on a neglected American
humorist, David Locke, better known
as Petroleum V. Naspy. Rev. II. c.
Adams also spoke on the Literature
Of the Bible" Both gentlemen were
from Danvers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
TO A DEAR rNcoNsrANT.

As still amid the flux Of things
And purposeless gray happenings,
Some force subsists that makes for beauty
And something through the chaos sings,
So mid your fevered fiutterings,
or airy flights on proud-poised wings,
Some wistful instinct gropes for duty,
And still DER all your vagrant moods
Love, like clouded heaven broods.
Dear, trust the still, small voice. dlstrust
The fawning court Of lesser Selves
The tricksy swarm Of sprites and elves,
Informed with sly usurping lust
To drag the central you" to dust,
And render mute the sovereign must
That sends them scurrying to their delves.
Lot their gay frisisings serve to grace thy
reign,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15

the entrances on the north and east
sides Of the building The contract al
so provides for the erection OF an iron
gate on the first landing OF the north
stairway BY the terms Of the contract
the work is to be completed within ~
days
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.
J. w. Bishop and Company TO Furnish
StoYm Doors.

The contract for the storm doors for
the federal building has been awarded
by the post office department to J. w.
Bishop g. Co. Of this city, for the sum
Of S4sS The doors are Of the vestibule
pattern and are TO BIO placed inside
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
Personal.

LOVELY COMPILATIONS. perfect bust,
Of Schencks Golden Ounce" absolute.
~ new preparation; mail Is cents; re-
turn II not pleased; agents wanted.
schenck Specially Co., 40 Columbus ave-.
New York city.
TALL BLONDE gentleman, 30 Of excel
lent social and business standing, about
1900 annually, seeks sweet dispositioned
wife; genuine. Box 3, 30 Lexington
ave-, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15

duced by civilization, for inebriety to
be transformed into that aggregation
of disasters especially of the nervous
system, which is called alcoholism
Now we have not alcoholism only, but
morphinism, cocainism, all stimuli of
the nervous system, which are used by
barbarians as potent excitants, but
not to the point of producing stable
alterations except in rare cases. like
the. amuck of the Malays.
And now, we all OF us, at least in
the capitals and the great centers, find
ourselves consumed by a feverish ac-
tivity which makes the mind labor
much more than nature intended it
should un1er which is produced all this
mass of neurastepics, hystericaIs, be-
sides the multitudes of moral insane,
profoundly egotistical persons, with
out affection and wholly directed by a
powerful passion for gold, for which
they sacrifice everything, even saliva
tion.-Cesare Lombroso in Poular Sci
ence Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-06-15
IF

"If were a man." the woman said,
'Fd make my mark ere was dead;
I'd lead the world with battle cry,
And I'd be famous ere l should die
If were man."
"If I were a youth" the old man cried
I'D seize all chances, I'd go with the
tide;
I'd win my way to the highest place,
And stick to honor and seek His grace
If were youth"
"If l were rich" the poor man
thought,
"I'd give my all for the poor's sup
port;
I'd open my door and I'd open my
heart,
And goodness and would never part
If / were rich"
And 10. if all these ifs came true,
The woman a man, the man youth,
The poor man rich-then in all
truth,
This world would be when we got
through
Just as it is!
James Oppenheim in N. Y. Sun.