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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
The refusal of some. mtra-fashionable

The refusal Of some. ultra Questionable
London hotels to receive at dinner
guests not arrayed in what is conyen-
ttonaly known as evening dressn
raises some interesting questions. The
legal Issues involved will presently be
determined in court Of justice, some
Of the excluded persons having begun
suits on the ground that licensed pub.
lie house is under obligations to enter.
tain any guests who are of decent
dress and demeanor. There certainly
sens to be moral obligation to the
same effect. 1t is7true that the courts
and general opinion sustained a hotel
recently in rejecting guests clad in an
eutaanddsh and offensive manner. BIT
to object to those who are merely wear
ing after Six o'clock the same clothes
decent and even INSTRUMENTATION
they wore before that hour, and who
thus do not conform to an arbitrary
and temporary detail of fashion, is to
establish new philosophy of clothes"
which only the author of "Sartor
Resartus" could characterize as 1t de.
serves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
The Doctors story.


A Pennsylvania doctor who has a de-
clded vein of humor in his makeup
tells this story:
II had an Irish woman for patient
many years. God rest her soul! she is
now dead. once pulled her through
lingering attack of typhoid. taking her
temperature from time to time by hav-
ing her hold a thermometer under her,
tongue. When she had nearly recov.
cred called one day and without fur
ther testing her temperature, lefta sim
pie prescription and started on my way
homeward. About three miles from
her house,i1 was overtaken by her SON
on horseback. 49,
"'Mother is worse said he; come
right back
Back went.
".Docther,' said the old lady, re-
proachfully, why didn't you give me
the jigger undther me tongue? That
did me more good than all the rest Of
yer d. trash! New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
HAVE HOT BATHS FOR HORSES

south Dakota Trainer Perfects an
Equine Bathing Place.
James /. Welo Of Yankton, 8. D., has
q Turkish bath for his horses. What is
good for man must be good for the
horse, was the argument uppermost in
Mr.. Welo's mind when he began to
work out his idea for the treatment of
tired race horses by the Turkish bath
method. If q wearied business man
can get freshened up, revivified and re-
stored to his former buoyancy by be-
ing parboiled, rubbed, scrubbed md
kneaded and then vigorously toweled
and put to rest on slab, why should
not the condition of a thoroughbred be
improved by the same process? The
argument appealed to local racing men
as sound and logical, and Welo was
encouraged to concentrate his mechan-
ical powers on an apparatus that would
be suitable to perform the Turkish"
process Of stimulation of tired muscles
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Two Famous Rings.

Two silver rings, Of which one is In
Paris and the other In Germany, have
associations Of rare interest. + They
were worn by Martin Luther and his
bride, Catherine de Bora, ON their
wedding day in 1925. The rings bear
on the inside the names Of Martin
Luther and his wife, and on the out
side are engraved the spear, nails and
ropes. the symbols Of Christs suffering
and death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

1t has been the boast of the English
people that the morning drumbeat of
their army Keeping company with the
hours, circles the earth with one contin-
uous strain of martial airs" While
there is good deal of fancy about this
claim, 1t is not wholly devoid of truth,
and since our war with Spain the eff
fort has been made to show that the
salutes fired at American garrisons,
upon the rising and setting of the sun,
come very near fulfilling for this coun-
try what 1t Is said the British drum
does for England. A Washington news
paper has undertaken to arrange the
order in which the morning salutes are
given, which will show how widely our
garrisons have been spread out since
April, 1885, The first sunrise salute
fired at an American post is heard ON
the island of Vieques, which lies to the
east of Porto Rico. In about seventeen
minutes thereafter the cannon sounds
at Fort Preble, at Portland harbor, on
the coast of Maine. Salutes follow
each other across the country until
Fort Meyer, on the Potomac. is reach
cd. and no sooner is the eun heard
there than that at Santiago ia frad
PORTO R;co,s garrison having in the
meantime saluted the sun. Other nosts
In Cuba west Of SANTIAGO take m tho
refrain, and after Pinar del Rio has
made itself heard the line of firing is
transferred to the mainland ne tha lint
ted states and moves across tba CONT.
nant ,yastwar5ly thromah tho ,or,ar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Taking France as whole, the condi-
ton which excltes apprehension and
the fear that Its days as a leading pow
er are numbered may be a serious blow
to native pride and vanity, but is not
intTinsically surprising. A country
which Is capable of such hideous mani
festations of mental and moral degen-
eracy as the world has contemplated
with amazement Of late must have
something rotten at the foundation Of
It's social structure.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
WEST INDIAN. FLOUR.

Bread Fruit and Plantain Exten.
sively Useb.
A common article of food in the West
Indies is flour made from the bread
fruit. The fruit is cut into "pigs" or
strips and dried in the sun, then ground
to powder in a mortar and sifted. This
flour makes convenient and highly
nutritious addition to the hamper of
provisions the negro usually takes with
him when travelling far from his home.
and he well knows the art Of making it
into variety Of appetizing dishes, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The plantain is sometimes treated
in the same way, as well as the banana.
which gives a sweeter and richer flour
than either the plantain or bread fruit.
II Is estimated that the banana has
forty-four times more nutritive value
than the potato and is twenty-five times
mere nutritious than good white bread.
This fact has induced the French Gov
eminent to send commission to the
United States and Central America
with a view Of investigating the
adaptability of the banana plant for
extensive agricultural operations in the
Congo In the production of cheap food
for the working classes in Belgium.
Should this commission report favor.
ably on the subject of their lnvestiga-
ton, new and vast industry will be
established which interests the United
States closely, from the fact that Porto
Rico and Cuba possess hundreds Of
thousands of acres on which the finest
varieties of the banana can be success
fully grown. 1t is highly probable that
another industry will grow up from the
association Of this country with the
West Indies. The banana In its candied
form is a delicious sweetmeat. Many
people prefer 1t infinitely to dried figs.
1t Is simply made.
The ripe banana is cut into thin slices
and laid in the tropical sun until 1t be-
comes sweet, semi-gelatinous mass.
The pieces are packed in boxes, with a
busting of fine sugar between each
layer and are ready for shipment. The
process, though not elaborate, requires
care and watchfulness, without which
the product may be inferior and unat-
tractive. But If the curing and packing
are properly done and the cured fruit
Is put on the American market, II Is not
improbable that 1t will soon take the
place of the fig for dessert purposes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

petition. He had much to do with the
movement Of troops at San Juan and
Ell Caney and, with Generals Wheeler
and Lawton, negotiated successfully
for the surrender of the Spanish forces
under Toral. After the Cuban CAM
paign he asked to be assigned to duty
in the Philippines, and has served
there ever since. The Colonel was six
feet three inches in height and very
slender,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

specialties, for which he was noted.
Then he turned his attention to the
chances In Chicago for buying provis-
ions and In few years he had the
American branch, supplying the En-
glish and other stores with large por-
ton of their stock. AMI so he has sue
ceeded until his wealth is well up in
the millions-how many is question.
He is yet in the prime of life, but 40.
and not gray hair in his head.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Il am proud" says member Of Con-
gress who is Of German birth, ito be
called an Anglo-Saxon, or to be classed
with Anglo Saxons." His feeling, as
explained by himself, is most commend
able. "Anglo-Saxon" does not, in It's
applied and commonly accepted sense,
refer to birth or blood or race, but to
the language which we use and the
civilization which we enjoy.
For Saxon, or Dane, or Norman we
Teuton, or Celt, or whatever we be,
Il we have entered into the Inheritance
Of English speech and are imbued with
the genius of the civilization and the
institutions which find In 1t their ex-
preston, are all Anglo-Saxons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

POUND SECTION. with A-inch cigar
box nails The eighth-lnch space on
each side of the frame is to receive a
sheet of glass, of which the sides are
made when the sections are filed by
the bees. A small piece of comb is
glued to the top of the frame, to induce
the bees to begin work, as well as to
secure straight combs. White glue is
used for his. These section boxes IRE
fitted in frames, three in each, so as to
fit in the cover Of the hive. Thin boards
to separate the combs and keep them in
the sections, are placed between the
frames of sections. 1t is not necessary
to keep these sections on the hive after
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
A PROMISING OFFICER.

Death of Lieut.. Col. MiIey, Who was
Prominent at Santiago.
Lieut.. Col. John D. Miley. inspector
general Of the volunteer forces, who
died in Manila Of fever, was one of the
most promising young officers In the
army. He was lieutenant in the artil-
lery branch Of the regulars and was on
Gen. Skaters staff In the Santiago ex-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Electricity makes heat light and
power interchangeable. This is strik-
ingly suggested by the arrangement
which deaf and dumb couple have in
their home for receiving signals. Wher-
ever electric buttons were intended to
ring bells, they have been made to
turn on lights instead. In this way
callers make their presence known.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Governor. Proclam

Gov. Shaw issued lengthy proclama-
ton to the people Of Iowa upon the occa-
sion of the death of ex-senator James
Harlan. This document opens with a
eulogy upon the dead statesman's public
life and recites his services to the State
and nation. 1t then directs that all flags
on public buildings and school houses be
placed at half mast until after interment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Rudyard Kipling once thought he was
born to be an actor. That feeling creeps
into the hearts of most people early in
life. but the trouble is that many of
them get on the stage before finding out
that they were mistaken. Then it is
always too late.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Big Hat.

The largest straw hat ever construct
ed has just been made in Australia.
The crown is twelve inches high and
the measurement across the brim is sig
and one-half feet. 1t is not stated for
whom the hat was made, but we under
stand that the Emperor william and
Mr.. Hall Game are both negotiating for
it.-Harper's Bazaar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Fell Into boiling Sap.

Fred Haselbring, prosperous young
farmer near Barnum, while making mo-
lassee in the factory Of his fathers farm,
slipped and fell into seething vat Of
boiling sap, head foremost. He attempt
cd to save himself, with the result that
although his life was saved, he will prob
ably lose the use Of his right hand aud
arm. His arm was completely immersed
in the boiling molasses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Within three days not less than sixty
dogs were poisoned at Mason City, the
list including not only favorite household
pets, but the most valuable hunting dogs.
The dog fiends have become SO bold that
they 50 right to the barns where dogs
arc chained for protection and admins
tee the poison.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

A terrific explosion occurred at the rail-
road shops In Lake City. A gasoline en-
gine, which is used in setting the tires on
locomotives, became manageable and
in an instant about twenty-three gallons
Of gasoline We're forced into the room, the
torches of the workmen igniting the gas
and the explosion occurred, wrecking the
windows in the building, breaking the
rafters and sides and spreading destruc-
ton on all sides.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Old farmers can remember when 1t
was common practice to cut off the tops
of corn two or three weeks before har.
vesting 1t to let the sun i'm SO as to ripen
the ears better. 1t was then generally
thought that the sun shining on the
stalk was great help to ripening. Now
1t Is known that 1t is the sunshine on
the leaves that enables them to draw
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

The editor of Harper's Magazine
wants to know what rig" is. Out
in the West 1t is the outfit for which
young man blows in the fruits of the
labors Of week for the privilege of
letting his best girl hold the lines for
an hour while he holds her.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
CRATE AND SECTIONS rILlEp.

they are filed; 1t is customary to take
them out and put them in boxes ready
for shipment, when the best time comes
for selling the honey. Fig. 2 shows a
box filled with sections of which there
are two rows of seven each in the box.
The boxes are closed by lid ft in, in
one end, and fastened by hooks as
shown.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
OWNER OF THE SHAMROCK.

Upton Laid the Foundation for HE
Millions in This Country.
One Of the first things that strike the
American traveller in England is the
sign, Upton, Ltd.," stuck up over per-
haps hundred places in London, and
possibly 500 outside of 1t. In fact, about
every other butcher shop in the king
dom seems to be the property of Lip
ton, Ltd" OF course, every one knows
who Upton is, but 1t is not generally
known that the Shamrock's owner is
only stakeholder in company which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

One of the pet ideas of Queen Vic
toria is that she is descended, through
Zedekiah's eldest daughter, from Da-
vid, King of Israel, and it is reported
that she has sent to her grandson, the
Kaiser, copy of her much-prized fam
w Tree With the great Psalmist Ct the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

1t is probable that prices of beef will
be higher during the winter, and IL so
there should be profit in cattle. 1t
may be that refrigerator beef will be
an obstacle in the way, but the usurpa-
ton of the market by such beef has
been due to the inferior cattle and the
difficulty of getting a constant supply
Of choice beef in the East compared
with that sent ready dressed from the
West When Eastern farmers become
prepared to supply cattle of the best
quality they will posses local advan-
tages that will give them control of the
home markets, but they must first i'm
prove their breeds.-Philadelhia Rec
ord
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

carbon from the ar to furnish sweet-
ness to the stalk and starch to the
grain. The stalk next the ear, which
used to be left uncut until killed by
freezing, is now known to be the rich
est in nutrition, next to that is the stalk
farther down, and poorest of all the
stalk above the tassel and the tassel It.
self. This is only blossom, and the
male blossom at that. 1t has when
dried hardly any nutriment, and even
when green 1t has little saccharine mat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

They are stin hunting for the north
pole, though it does not look as If Peary
would get there this time. But the pole
has been waiting there so long that 1t
will not mind much.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Two Chicago men have been arrested
for stealing sixty feet of picket fence.
We have 1t from reliable source that
they were considerate enough not to
carry the postholes away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Public men speak Of their unworthi-
ness, but very, few of them would be
willing to be taken at their publicly ex,
pressed esttmstion Of themselves /.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Burn,nr weeds

1t is mistake to let weeds go to seed
In the garden or around the farm, I'M
der the impression that they can be
destroyed If gathered in the fall and
burned. In the first place, the job is
apt to be forgotten until most of the
weed seeds have been scattered. Even
If u weed is burned, Its seeds may not
be destroyed unless hot fire of brush.
is first made and the weed seeds are.
thrown on mass of burning coals. If,
weeds are piled in heaps they burn
slowly, and as the seed falls to the
ground it is protected from burning by
the strata of carbonic-acid gas that is
found at the bottom of all slow-burning.
fires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

This worry in households the coun-
try over about the want of female help
would indicate the servant girl is hav-
ing her day, and It's not especially her
day out either.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

&rx.sn hOv Nn11 ,,br
,hama e'Ae "i' nase . 'c'epnone
,,,.,,
!, 49, e1 wac eNo' - . nsAs a.
a serious coai shortage is reported from
upot', 49,.
new cnurcn pulidlng VIII ne erected
ae Waoena.
davenport mas secured can Factory
Oh large capacity.
Alton Odd Fellows have dedicated
two-story pu'iding.
The price of farm land is rapidly adj
vancing in Jones County.
A brick block will be erected on Main
street, Tama, yet this fall.
An unidentified floater was fished from
the river below Burlington.
Some late corn in the vicinity of WV.
oming was injured by the heavy frosts.
William ]. McArtor was sentenced Mt
Washington to five wears in the peniten-
tiary for robbery.
The enrolment of students at Western
College shows an increase over the en-
rollment of last year.
The firm of Malone & WEIGH. having n
contract for grading on the Milwaukee in
Jones County. has failed.
By the burning of barn md its con-
tents. George Williams. near Scion. sus-
tanned a loss Of SO 600
The Lake Mills Canning Company has
sold the greater product Of its nocl, far
the season in the West,
Four business buildings burned In
Clarion. Loss about S25OOO. insurance
S1f 6OO. origin unknown
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Mnu noae. ~, .i Saa .nt pains ale usals
D,,a gu s ~ ., sal .n ~ urge numbers
~ W.
Nople huslchla, sectloh man on the
~. nliwauAee, was seriUusly ahJuieu Dy ial'7
'ne " e9'te a. az
The milwaukee is repairing several
bridges near Elberon, ana one new one
Henry Collins, believed to be of North
Platte, Neb., committed suicide near
Council Bluffs by taking morphine.
Reports from the country districts of
the State indicate that eggs will soon be
scarce and therefore high in price.
Alice Hart. aged Al of Des Mo;nes Mt.
5temntad suicide Inv taking cbloroforn, hut
was discovered in time and revived
w.t.. u,....i
IL 49,. 20 ,,;,seaa 80 LII, =.
some nni,nown manner while. nIowino
- -.
~ ..4,,..s4 ,""n ~, apo s vi Tue
49,. 'r,ssssut c;+n "a ,,;lisa -.
near o'escehl wy anu Aiiieu Instantly.
The charitable people of Burlington
have project for opening rescue home.
A. u. biiVen' one Oh lowas OLDEST SET
,iers, ui.u az C n,s .on'e ~ Siono 'o"iship'
Mu .l oo.u.s.
AZ ,ae purnins VI a poaiuins mouse ~
rort Ma Ma. so'ne VI .ne patrons .. .ae
piuce haa marry" eseape tion uea.h.
A barn belonging to Mrs. ". Y. Todd of
Tabor and that was used by John Brown
for the storage OF arms, has been burned.
The saloon OF frank starzinger, IN l)es
MONIES, w, WIS enleieu Wy parsiaIs' VINO Sc
curt,u paw ~ .'o"es anu sumo Saiuaoie
papers.
Des MONIES VIII pulld sample OF good
roads, using brick as the material.
A new high school building Is being
contemplated Tor EAST Des Moines to
cost from $4,000 to soU,oU.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Germany calls tramp "strassgra-
benspazierrer." Still, in other respects
they haven't any harder name there
than they have here.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

o u eel 8 Hm lHcn
thick is usual, two
pieces are of 5A
inches long and 2
wide, the other two
are a quarter inch
thick, 8 inches long
and 1N wide. These
are nailed together
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
Irrigati,n aud Rniu.

Flowers know the difference between
rainstorm and drenching from the
garden hose. You may deluge them
with barrels from the hydrant, and
they will at best simply hold their own.
Generally they wither in the long, dry
seasons, and that without regard to the
artificial wetting they may receive from
the gardeners. But let a little shower,
however brief, fall upon them and they
brighten visibly. The difference is that
the rain brings down with it through
the air or collects In the air chemical
quality that the vegetation needs. The
rainwater may be as like that in the
lake as two volumes of water can be,
but when 1t has ridden the upper levels
Of the atmosphere, when 1t has Travelled
through the various stages Of vapor
and liquid, and has tumbled down
through that retort of the air, 1t has
became charged with elements that no
man can give 1T, and the flower knows
and recognizes it, as the first field flow
ers recognize 1t in the beginning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

If the fad among American girls for
marrying foreign princes keeps up the
Sultan Of Sulu will be sending over
presently for quotations on half-dozen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

The American people spend millions
for defense" each year. But for this
lawyers would be unable to exc out an
eYinfoncn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Trying to prove the Forty Thieves
were a trust because they had cave
won't do. The modern trust gets into
the earth in different way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

The w. O. T. U. State convention In
Des Moines denounced the Midway" ut
fractions of the Des Moines carnival and
declared them to be licensed" immoral
tty, "a disgrace to our commonwealth and
menace to our social life" The resolu-
lions also protest against the location of
an army post in the State, against Sum
day excursions and picnics on rivers and
railways, and against sentencing to the
penitenharies for less than one year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25
bsNst&y q )otua

State officers announce that test case
will probably be brought against the
State of Iowa on behalf of the four regi-
ments Of Iowa troops which entered the
Spanish war. The discovery was made
some time ago that the State military
code provided that when troops were call
ed into service by the Governor under
the call of the President they should be
paid by the State at the same rate as
troops of the United States army. The
military men insist that under this law
the State must pay them for their entire
term Of service, whether or not the Fed
eral Government does the same. II this
position should be sustained 1t will cost
the State about $1,0O0,OOO to make the
payments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

Saying that the truth may be put in
nutshell, is merely admitting there is
wisdom in many a joke old enough to
be chestnut.