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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
SAFE in THE TRENCHES
EarthworIs Are Better Protection than
Walls of Masonry.

EartnWofks Are better protection than
Walls of Masonry.
Experience has shown, says the Chi
cago Tribune, that soldiers are safer in
trenches protected by earthworks, such
rs surround the beleaguered city of
Ladysmith, than if they We're behind
walls of solid masonry. Sitting in his
trench. a soldier can smoke and read in
perfect security while storm of bull
lets may be passing overhead. Nor will
rifle bullets penetrate an earthwork to
any distance. Bullets from Lee Met
cord rifle will penetrate further than
those from Mauser, while those from
Mauser will go further than those
fired from Martini. Shots from Max
inns or other rapid-fire guns are similar
ly ineffective against earthworks. The
only way in which soldiers can be dis
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

=
Mckinney $ denomination for the Pres
ldency is foregone conclusion. The
republican party appears to be devoted
10 nm ana his ways to such an extent
that no other candidate can get himself
seriously discussed. Thomas b. Reed,
OF Maine, saw this some months ago
and resigned his place in Congress and
betook himself TO New York City for the
practice of his profession. He saw
clearly that there is no chance just now
Tor the qualification of his ambition and
ne concluded that he had better make
all the money possible until the politi-
cal situation becomes more favorable to
his candidacy.
with Mckinley as the nominee Hanna
VIII, of course be the maker of the
PLATFORM ana the manager of the cam
paign. This means that certain num-
Der OF Democrats are to be humbugged
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Canned Goods Cost Moro Now.

The Indiana State Gamers AsSocia-
ton bears witness to the extcrtion of
the tin plate trust. paper trust and lum-
her trust. 1t announces that owing to
the increased cost of cans. labels and
cases the cost of canning is increased
171a cents per dozen cans. and the sell
ing price of the goods will be increased
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

lodged from such position is by the
use of heavy artillery, and even in that
case the firing must be extremely ac-
curate, so that the shells will burst inn
mediately above the trenches. This,
of course, requires not only extremely
accurate craftsmanship but the ex-
penditure of a great quantity of am
munition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
OF INTEREST In IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENlNGS.
Illinois Steel Company Prospecting
Among the Iron Ore Beds Murder
for 40 Cents : Freight Cars in a
smash-Up Dynamite Plot.

1t is reported that agents of the Illinois
Steel Company are negotiating with the
owners of the great iron ore deposits in
Allamakee County, looking to the pur-
chase Of the mines. These hive been
opened this fall, and experts say body
of lO,OOO,O0O tons of high grade non-Bes-
semer ore is in sight, with every indica-
ton that it extends much farther than
the examinations have gone. The llli-
nois Steel Company wants to ship the ore
to its smelters to mix with the Mesaba
ore, with which it makes valuable COM
bination for Bessemer PURPOSES.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

Walter Hobart, aged 21, whose home
Is in Missouri, and who had been work
ing near Paris, was thrown from his bug
gy while on his way home from church,
dragged more than mile by the lines
which had become entangled about his
neck, and kicked to death by the horse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Bad Freight Wreck.

A disastrous freight wreck occurred on
the Chicago and Northwestern road at
Colo. Three engines and sixteen freight
cars were demolished, but fortunately no
one was fatally injured, although several
trainmen We're badly bruised getting off.
The wreck occurred where the trains
were able to use the sidetrack for pass
ing, SO that traffic was only interrupted
a short time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Fig Culture in the south.

A new experiment in California is the
culture of the Smyrna fig, and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson is said to
believe that this will be another indus
try for successful development In the
South, resulting, perhaps, in millions of
dollars annually. Figs have been cult.
waited on small scale in Georgia for
many years, and have been found to
thrive in the open even as far north as
the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Doubtless the Smyrna fig is superior
to the varieties that have already been
grown in the South.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

John Wanamaker is convinced that
some mechanical device is needed to
promote fair election and an honest
count in Philadelphia. A scaffold OPP
Grated by conscientious vigilance
committee might do the business
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

1t 10 reported that samples Of Porto
Rican guano, or something called by
that name, have been sent to this coun-
try with view of selling 1t here for fer
tilizing. 1t is said to show an analysis
Of about II per cent. of insoluble phos-
phoric acid. nearly 21a per cent. potash
and less than per cent. of nitrogen.
This would be $40 pounds of insoluble
phosphoric acid, valued by experiment
stations at 2 cents pound, or $8.4O a
ton. The 4S pounds Of potash at AZ
cents would he $2.16. and 20 pounds
nitrogen at 1871 cents would be $40.
This would show possible valuation of
about $11 80 per ton at old rates, but we
think prices now are little lower. We
doubt, too, II 1t can be taken out SO free
from soil or other poorer material that
cargo would analyze as high as the
samples sent, and 1t would scarcely pay
the cost of Importation unless sold high
er than $12 a ton when bagged. Farm
ers would do better TO grow nitrogen in
clover. COW peas or other heterogeneous
crops, and buy potash as muriate and
phosphoric acid in acd phosphate, in
which II is soluble. Ona hundred pounds
of muriate Of potash contains 80 to 81
pounds. or more than j. in a ton of the
Porto Rican deposit s,ld ton Of acid
phosphate should have1bout $50 pounds
Of soluble phosphorsa sid, worth about
Q cents pound, or more than twice as
much as the $40 pounds of lnsoluble
material. -Excnange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

People who refuse to go TO Paris on
account of the Dreyfus case might
pause and reflect that no nation has
yet boycotted us on account of the find
ing of the roast beef board of inquiry
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Worked from wnshiupton.

The administration organs talk about
"Cnba's drift toward annexation A
little investigation will reveal the fact
that the drift is the result of some
very strong financial propellers worked
from Washington.-Oma World Her.
aid
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

been exhibited in Ireland and America
is n fine old residence of type that is
common in the Emerald Isle. 1t was
built on the estate at Avondale, Wick
low, which was bequeathed by friend
to John Parnell in the last century, de-
scending from him through his younger
son, William, TO John Henry, the father
of Charles Stewart. The patriots
mother became the mistress of the
house when her husband took her to
Avondale in 1884. She had been Miss
Della Tudor Stewart, daughter of Adj
miral Charles Stewart, of the United
States navy. Young Charles was sent
away from his ancestral walls when
he was a boy, but it was within them
that his American mother gave the po-
litical bent to his mind that distin-
guished him ever after. The house is
well built and stately. and might have
been deemed even lordly in former
DAYS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Fight over Nickel-Flipniup.

James and Charles Wayne. brothers;
Patrick McDonough and Peter Gilmore,
railroad workmen, had fight over flip
ping nickel for the drinks at Schleswig.
Gilmore's throat was cut from the back
of the neck to the chin and his face from
the or to the mouth. McDonough was
stabbed in the abdomen. The Waynes
fled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
THE PARNELL HOMESTEAD.
Irish Lenders Home that Tamman.

Irish lenders Home that Tammany
Will Free from Debt.
Charles Stewart Parnell's old home
stead in County Wicklow, Ireland
which Tammany will save to the Irish
people by lifting the $4,000 mortgage
that now threatens it, is associated with
the late statesman's most happy hours
and most ambitious youth. The house
about which SO much solicitude has
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
President as a Pardoner.

President McKlnley's abuse of the
pardoning power calls forth complaints
from lending papers Of his own party.
The criticism rests Oh good ground Ho
has broken the record. During the ILL.,
tie more than two years he has been in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Six Years for Men.Inuubter.

At Logan Judge Wakefield sentenced
Arch Wood to the penitentiary for six
years and fined him 81 on the charge of
manslaughter. Wood is young man
who lives near Dunlap. and in company
with John Mitchell and Evan Mize, on
the evening of April IL last, assaulted
and brutally hammered and kicked to
state of insensibility an old gentleman
by the name of Chevalier, who after
wards died from the effects of the in
iuries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

Unknown parties, who presumably
sought revenge for some fancied or real
wrong, placed two pounds of dynamite
under the front door of the home OF At
torney w. L. .Cron at Cedar Rapids, and
fred the fuse attached. Carelessness in.
attaching the decorating cap to the fuse
is all that prevented the house being
blown to atoms and Mr.. Cron and his
family from being killed. There is no
clew.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Those "co1onics."

American imperialists are prone to
assert that the colonial system Of
Great Britain is worthy of imitation by
this country. But they forget that Eng
land has been at war almost constantly
for the last hundred years. These wars
have been largely with insurgents In
British colonies and have become so
frequent as to attract but little atten,
ton.
India has been n most expensive in
vestment for England, and yet the
wealth of India compared with that of
the Philippines is so much greater that
the Philippines are actually inslgniti-
cant.
In the West Indies England is espe-
cially unfortunate. The investment
there is losing venture and no doubt
We're not national pride engaged Great
Britain would be glad to get rid of the
islands. In Jamaica there are 100000
negroes and less than 10000 whites.
1t is not safe for the white people to
travel about the island alone. They
must go in companies and well armed
at that. Just as soon as the negroes
find leader there will be revolt and
the handful of whites will be murder
ed. For every negro killed in war,
three white soldiers would be sacrific-
ed and before long the island of ia
maica will have TO be abandoned by
the British.
What better fortune can Americans
expect in the Philippines? There are
100000 natives on this archipelago,
the climate is fatal to white men, there
are no inducements for farmers to go
there and the result is pretty sure to
be repetition of those which have fol-
lowed English occupation of Jamaica.
Chicago Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

1t has been determined that light is
an important factor in sugar produc-
ton. recent Investigations showing that
the sugar contents of the plant are de
pendent on the amount Of direct sun
light received.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
How to GROW Pumpkin..

Pumpkins are usually grown in the
corn field, under the suppositlon that IT
Is economical to grow them in that
manner, but the. land does not respond
to two crops as favorably as to one. The
proper way to grow pumpkins is to pre-
pare a piece of ground for them and
grow them as special crop, apart from
corn. They can then be better cult.
waited and will produce greater weight
than when grown in the corn field. AS
food in winter in connection with
grain, pumpkins are excellent, especial
ly for cattle,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
How Duchess Of Niarlboroueh Lives

HOW Duchess OF MarlbOrOu2h Lives,
The duchess time is not as much
given up to society as had been that of
some Of her predecessors. She is devot-
ed to charitable works, and the villag-
ers never tire of repeating tales of her
grace's goodness. No one form of
charity commands her attention more
than another, unless it may be her
work among the children of the
Blenheim tenantry, and those of the
neighboring villages. Many are the
treats" and picnics they receive at
her expense.
On Sunday the duke and the duchess
usually attend the little Woodstock
church, one of the Oldest and most his
torical buildings in the village. Oc-
casionally they attend service in their
own chapel in the palace, where the
chaplain breaches from an alabaster
puplit. Under the marble floor of this
chapel are buried all the Dukes and
Duchesses Of Observation-Disclosures
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

Cow Peas.
Cow peas may stand until the first
pods get full grown, but not ripe. This
Is especially necessary If they are to be
fed to young stock of any kind. At this
stage they have the bone, muscle, hair
and wool elements in them, and not too
much fat. We wish we could impress
feeders that fatty foods like corn and
beans and peas when ripe are positively
hurtful to growing stock. A little corn
or fat-making feed is needed in cold
weather to keep up animal heat. Hun
dreds of thousands Of pigs, colts and
young cattle are annually stunted and
ldwarfed by a food where the fat is out
Of all proportion to the bone and muscle
making part Of the feed.
The margin is SO small now we must
look into these details, the observance
or neglect Of which may turn the scales
to a failure instead o. a success. To ex-
press 1t another way, growing animals
must have protein feed, and fattening
want to feed fattening stock, milch cows,
brood sows and breeding ewes let beans
and peas get to that stage we call fod
der. Let the seeds get into hard
dough. At this stage pea pods will be-
gin to turn yellow and dead leaves at
the base of the stem turn yellow. The
beans must be thoroughly field cured
and the seeds get dry and hard, for the
reason that in 100 pounds Of soy bean
seed there Is only small fraction less
than seventeen pounds of oil or fatty
matter. II they are bulked damp they
will heat and mold. Peas are not so
rich in fat and will stand bulking
sooner.
Gut with moving machine for hay.
Peas are hard to pitch OF the wagon.
We take hay knife and cut the load
the long way, and cross cut 1t two or
three times, when they are as easily
handled as common hay.-Farmer's
Advocate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
"Protection,"

A colored man was arraigned before
a magistrate charged with carrying
deadly weapons. A razor was found in
the defendants pocket, and so when he
was brought to the bar of justice the
case against him seemed very strong,
says Short Stories. To the surprise of
the Judge and every one else in the
court room he pleaded mot guilty"
How can you account for the razor
being found in your possession?'
The defendant grinned and said: "I'll
try an 'splain dat, Jedge."
I'D like to hear YOU" said the Judge,
Ibid any one threaten your life?"
No. sab; dey warnt nobody treat
min nah life. sall."
Then. why did you carry it?"
II done toted hit roun', sab, for pur.
tecshun. sah.''
"For protection, Ell? Why, you just
admitted that your life was in no dan
ger"
"io' doan' un'erstan' me. ledge; I'll
try an 'lucidate tings, sab. Down ter
de house where Use a-boardin', sab, dey
is Il powahful lot of low-down coons.
wat jes' wouldn't stop at takin' tings
WAT doan' belong ter dem, so 1 jes' nut
hit in nah pocket fur purtecshun, sah-
purtecshun OBJ de razah sah."
Recipe for Milking Bulrs-Eye.
A local sportsman, who has the re-
putaton of being very bad shot, re-
Gently invited some of his friends to
dine with him.. Before dinner he
showed them target painted on the
barn door, with a bullet in the bulls
eye. This he claimed to have shot at
1000 yards distance AS nobody be-
lieved him. he offered to bet the price
Of an oyster supper on it.
On one of his guests accepting the
wager he produced two witnesses
whose veracity could not be questioned,
to prove his assertion. AS they both
said that he had done what he claimed
lie won the bet. AT dinner the loser
of the wager asked how his host had
managed to fire such an excellent shot.
The host answered.: II shot the bullet
| at the door at Il distance of 1000 yards,
and then Ipainted thetarget around It."
1 Toll and pleasure. iu their nature
opposites, are yet linked together in
! q kind of necessary connectiOn.-Livy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
UNITE TO CONQUER.

There is every evidence that In the
campaign of 1900 all the elements op-
posed to the administration of public
affairs by Mckinley will unite and form
one solid Democratic column. to oppo-
sition. Leaving the money question ell
tirely out of the account, the two great
issues of antitrust and anti-imperial-
ism will serve as Il common ground on
which the antl-McKinley hosts can
rally.
But the money question is not dead by
any means. Former Congressman
Towne, the able leader of the silver
Republican party, in speaking of this
matter, says:
IF Congress this winter in response
to the demand of the President destroys
the bond-paying value of silver, calls in
silver certificates and reissues gold
paying certificates, the silver question
will be leading issue in the next pres
idential campaign. Such action on the
part of Congress would furnish an en-
tirely different proposition from that
which confronted the people in the last
campaign. The Republican party won
because of the fear of the ratio of 1G to
l. The adoption of the Gage and Nc
Kinley financial plan by Congress
would mean the contraction of the cur
rency of the country and the people
would be confronted with fact, not n
theory, in the battle of standards. The
silver question is not dead in American
political affairs"
Without united action on the part of
all those who desire the overthrow Of
the Republican party nothing can be
accomplished. This fact had ample IL
lustration in the recent election in Ohio.
With a popular majority of $4,000
against him, Nash, the Republican can
didate for Governor, was elected. This
story will be repeated in 1900 If the
same policy of personal selfshness is
followed by those who ought to sink
personal ambition for the common
good.
There is but one motto for those who
wish to rescue the republic from the
dangers which threaten 1t, and that is:
Unite to conquer Chicago Demo-
crat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Blindfoldinx an AnimaI.

Breechy cattle are often forced to car
ry heavy board binder upon their
heads-the weight and chatting of this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

a strap to fasten beneath the jaw. Let
the rings slip on the horns far enough
so the cloth will not easily come Off
American Agriculturist
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Ingenuity of Ants.


A naturalist found that black ants
were deyouring the skins of some bird
specimens on table, SO he made tar cir
cles on four pieces of paper, and put
one under each leg of the table. Ants
will not cross tar. Pretty soon he found
the ants busily at work again, and.
looking at the tar circles, found each
one was bridged by bits of sand, which
the clever ants had brought in from the
street.
Protecting Apple Trees from Rabbits
Put an old cloth mitten on one hand:
take box Of axle grease in the other
hand. Then take little grease on the
mitten and rub up and down the tree
till you get little all over as high as
the rabbits can reach. Do not put too
much on, just a little all over. Don't
be afraid to use it for fear of hurting
the trees,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
HOUSE FOR wINrER pRoopEHs.

the ground. This Kind Of house Is in
use on several large poultry farms dur
ing the winters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
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vanced, while the larger crops of this
year, having supplied Western farmers
with money, will make the demand
better for agricultural machinery and
tools. Prices are likely to advance ac-
cordingly, and those who will need
them next spring will do well to do
their buying early. Those who have
those which served their purpose we'll
this year should house them, clean and
repair them to try to make them just
as good as new, instead of neglecting
them only to find next year that the
weather has rendered them unservice
able. There is no economy in using
poor or worn-out tool or machine, but
we think more rust out, or rot out, than
are Worn out, and the purchase Of new
ones to replace them is considerable
tax upon the farmers whose lack Of
care allows them to do SO.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20
Care Officials.


There ought to be society for the
prevention Of cruel and abusive use of
farming tools and machinery. When
we see moving machines and reapers
sheltered In winter under apple trees,
plows and harrows in fence corners,
and other tools just where the owner
left them when he used them last, we
feel indignant, says the American Gull
tivator. We know that 1t helps to make
trade good for the manufacturer, and
gives employment to many men who
must supply new tools in place of those
rusted and broken, but we know that
before the new ones are bought many
horse Will work harder OH these ma
chimes than he would have needed to If
they had been properly cared for, and
men and boys must work harder as we'll
and do less effective work. Some tools
we know are not sheltered because the
owner has not roof enough to cover all
that he owns, but in more cases 1t is but
the result Of carelessness. This is one
of the leaks on the farm that prevent
the stream of prosperity from filling
the farmers pockets and building up his
bank account. Try to have them all
housed before winter, and before spring
comes have them overhauled and
cleaned, iron work oiled, wood painted
and every part in working order to be-
gin with the next season.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

New Machinery and Tools.
1t Is certain, says an exchange, that
iron aud steel cost more than they did
. ysar ago, and that wages have ad-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-12-20

Toll and pleasure. i'll their nature
opposites, are yet linked together in
kind of necessary onnection.-Livy.
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