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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Mr.. W. Mead, of Western Virginia,
is practical all-around fruit grower,
and has the following advice to give in
regard to grape culture for GREEN'S
Fruit Grower:
1 apply manure to the soil for three
years after planting, and yet on some
-eoiis this might not be ncccscary. My
object is to give health and vigorous
growth to the vines and to get the
trellis covered as soon as possible. At
ter this my attention is given to the
canes and body Of the vines. In future
years, after the vineyard has borne
several crops, manure it every other
year. After three years growth 1
prune back to two buds. When the
vine is seven or eight years old cut to
one bud. My practice is to have as
little of the old bark left on the main
cane as possible, as it makes place for
insects to hide. If you want fine, large
clusters prune your vines back closely,
and do not let the canes run over seven
or eight feet. Do not allow the clusters
to form too thickly. Clip out where the
clusters are too close when the grapes
are about the size of a shot. Do not re-
move the leaves from the vine, as some
people recommend.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Deep Soil Needed for Roots.

The Cornell Experiment Station
showed by illustration in recent bulie-
tin the difference in form between
beets grown upon plot where the sub
soil was well loosened SO that roots
could penetrate it easily, and those
grown where the subsoil was hard In
the former case the beets were smooth
and regular taper from just below the
crown downward. Those on the hard
subsoil were shorter and We're obliged
to branch out a number of side roots,
making them hard to handle and less
valuable for sugar making. They also
grow more out Of the ground. A SIM
liar result was noticed when fertilizer
was used for growing beets. The same
thing must be true Of many other root
crops, and they suggest that If potatoes
had a more mellow and well drained
soil beneath the seed they would not
be so likely to expand upward and
grow out Of ground. They may be cor
rect in this point, but we have thought
that the growing out of ground was a
matter in which the variety made most
of the difference, some kinds requiring
much killing up to prevent out growing,
while others put their roots down deep
er when on the same soil.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

ing eggs would be turned into pastime
instead of labor. The inventor is John
d. Brotherston, of Buffalo, N. Y, and
he states that the invention can be
made comparatively cheap and is a
practicable device for its purpose. 1t
consists of a small wheel mounted in
casing and provided with pockets
around Its periphery, the casing being
mounted on a base which is adapted to
hold bowl or glass. The connection
between the beaten and motor is made
through knuckle joint. When it is de-
sired to use the utensil the faucet is
Inserted In the opening at the top Of the
casing and the spring wire is hooked
over the spindle. This forms water
tight joint, and when the faucet is
opened stream issues from the
obliquely arranged nozzle and impinges
upon the curved buckets, rotating the
beaten and whipping the contents of the
glass. Besides whipping cream and
beating eggs the machine will stir may
onnaise sauce and beat cake batter, and
1t is probable that still other uses can be
found for 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Not of Public Interest.

An Englishman of somewhat choleric
disposition was making inquiries at
the War Office about relative in South
Africa. Annoyed at the inability of
the officials to give him any tidings,
he began to charge them with wilfully
keeping back intelligence. In the
midst of his expostulations telegram
was handed in. and he Immediately
asked the official If it concerned South
Africa. The official replied affirma-
lively, but said 1t was not of public
interest. Thereupon the old gentle
man alternately raved and pleaded, till
at last to quiet him, the official con-
scented as great favor to show him
the wire. 1t read as follows: More
nose-bags wanted at the 'front.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
A New Study at College,

The Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas has begun to show that
it is worthy OF its double name by es-
tablishing new industry which COM
bines in one the two interests of agri-
culture and mechanics. On June o
they began work in canning factory,
and at the tine the report was written
they had put up 1000 cans of peaches
and intended to put up as many more.
This year they have not made their
own cans, but have bought them in
Baltimore, Md, at n cost of 21a cents
each delivercd,at the college. The cost
of growing and gathering the peaches,
peeling and canning them, and cost
of cans is IL cents can. They expect
to reduce this another year, and to
have all the work done then by the stu
dents of the college. Now they do it
all but the processing and general di-
rections. The students are thus learn
ing an excellent busir.rs. which may
be made available almost anywhere in
that land of fruit, and at the same time
they are earning 1917 cents an hour to
help pay their college expenses. The
plant in use this year had cost up to
date the small sum of $500. Possibly
they may enlarge it and try other fruits
and vegetables later on. 1t is an as
tonishing thing to think how this cam
ming Industry has grown, and how
many canned goods are used. 1t is
claimed that last year 100000 cans
of goods We're put up in the State of
Indiana alone. and 100000 cans in the
United ST $.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
THE MooN.eAsY..

A
There's beautiful golden cradle,
mat rocks In the rose.red sky;
nave seen it there in the evening air,
When the bats and beetles Ay;
with little white clouds for curtains,
ana pillows of heecy wool,
ana dear little bed for the Moon
Baby's head,
80 tiny and beautiful.
mere are tender young stars around 1t,
nat wait for their bath Of dew
~ tne purple tints that the suns warm
prints
N. 1--we left on the mountain blue;
1 M are good little gentle planets,
mat want to be nursed and kissed,
ana lad to sleep in the ocean deep,
Under silvery folds Of mist.
nut the Moon-Baby must slumber,
for ne Is their proud young king;
90. nand In hand. round his bed they
stand.
And iullabies low they sing.
ana the beautiful golden cradle
rs Is rocked by the winds that stray,
WIN pinions soft, from the halls aloft,
Mnere the Moon-Baby lives by day.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

This is accomplished by forming the
teat cups with double walls and con-
Meeting the secondary vacuum system
with the pockets inside the cups, the
operator who attends the machinery
preserving the proper vacuum In each
set Of pipes to do the work without in
jury to the cows. Valves are provided
to start the milk flowing us soon as the
cups are fixed in place. With the new
machine large herd can be MIXED in
the time 1t usually takes to milk a
single COW, to which may be added the
advantage Of cleanliness and the desir-
ability of method which shall operate
exactly alike ut each milking. The ami
mails soon become used to the machine,
and stand as readily as when MIXED
by the old way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Cleo Formula.


Notwithstanding the protests of the
oleo trust and its friends in Congress,
the various formulas for making oleo-
margarine have been made public, and
they are at least interesting. One of the
processes for making the kind of butter
thnt is sold in Pennsylvania as dairy
product is thus described in the patent
office records:
1.-THE process consists in first forming
soap emulsion of the fats or fatty
oils with caustic soda; then precfpi-
tate the lyes; then applying chlorinated
alkaline I've or chlorlnated gas to the
soap emulsion"
That sounds like recipe for making
soft soap, but when the color is added
the result is gilt edge creamery" but
ter for the Pennsylvania market.
Here are a few of the constituents of
the advanced product of the farm
aleulphate Of lime, horaS, sallcyl!e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

University atGreen-
castle. where he completed six years.
course in four years. graduating with
first honors. After serving as princi-
pal of an academy ut Thorntown, Ind,
and as superintendent of public schools
at Lawrenceburg, he was called in
1869 to the chair of English literature
at De Paw. He was transferred later
to the chair of history and political
philosophy. He became conspicuous
figure in the college world.
In 1875 he published his first book, an
Academic History of the United States.
It was an immediate success, and still
holds Its place as text book in many
schools. In 1876 he published his Pop
ular History of the United States, q
large octave volume. which has been
published also in German. He wrote
the Life and Work of Garfield, Of
which $1,000 copies We're sold. His Cy-
clopaedia of Universal History was
published in 1885 in four large octave
volumes.
In 1885 he resigned his professorship
in De PAW and the vice presidency of
the university in order that he might
devote his whoia time to authorship. In
1893 he published the Life and Work
of James G. Blaine. and in 1894, his
most comprehensive and philosophical
work, entitled Great Races of Mankind,
in four volumes. He was engaged for
ten years in preparing the material, and
four years in writing this work. In
1893 he published the Life and Times of
Gladstone, and q, supplement to the His
tory Of All Nations for Webster's Die
tionary. He was for time editor of
the Arena magazine of Boston. His
monographs are numerous. In 1896 he
consented unwillingly to run for Con-
gress on the Democratic ticket in his
home district In Indiana. Though he
ran ahead Of his ticket he was defeated
by small majority. In recent years
he had been engaged In the preparation
of complete and elaborate history of
the United States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Printing in the Dark.

Sulphate Of quinine has some very
curious properties, one of them being
its power to impress an image of itself
on a sheet Of sensitive paper in the
dark. If Il design be drawn on sheet
of paper with sulphate of quinine, ex-
posed for few minutes to the sun,
then placed on a sheet of sensitive pa
per, put in a book, and left for few
hours, a perfect image of the drawing
will be found impressed on the sheet
of paper. Writing may be copied on
sensitive paper in this way, but it must
be reversed or the writing will be re-
versed on the sensitive paper.-Har-
per's Round Table.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Where extracted honey can be sold to
consumers in sixty pound lots not at
fancy prices wooden pail answers our
purpose quite well. Enough of second
hand candy pals may be picked up
during the summer ut our different
grocery stores to store several tons of
honey. Their cost is only 10 cents, and
they need but little cleaning. l have
used regular butter tubs for the same
purpose. The wooden pail would moi
fill until the honey is about ready tic
granulate. AS soon as 1t is solid the
covers may be nailed on and the mel
weight marked on each of the pack
ages, when they will be ready to ship
f. Greiner, in American Bee Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Lightning in the Potato Field.

A London dispatch says: Expert
ments in growing potatoes by cleo
tricity have ben undertaken by the
Irish Agricultural Board. Father
Glynn, Of Athea, Limerick, In charge
of the experiments, studded potato
patch with lightning conductors CON
nected by wires running through the
patch. The result was an increase of
so per cent in the yield in the section
so treated. Should the official expert
ments bear out this experience. sol.
vent for the chronic distress in the west
of Ireland will have been found. Hor-
ace Plunkett, NJ. F., Vice President of
the Agricultural Board. says: This
most remarkable phenomenon may be
the forerunner of a revolution in agrl-
culture. The evidence furnished and
the genuineness of Father Glynn's ex-
pertinent are incontrovertible."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
acid, benzoic acid, orris root, cotton.

acid, benzoic acid, orris root, cotton.
seed oil. bicarbonate Of soda, glycerine,
capsylic acid, alum. capsic acid, sui
phate Of soda, cows udder, sulphurfc
acid, pepsin, tallow, lard, salt, core
starch, butyric ether, caustic potash,
castor oil, chalk, slippery elm barH,
caul, oil of sesame, oil of sunflower
seed, olive oil, turnip seed oil, bronze
chloralum, chlorate of potash, oil Of
sweet almonds, oil Of peanuts, peroxide
Of manganese, stomach Of pigs, sheep
or calf, nitrate Of soda, mustard seed
oil, nitric acid, dry blood albumen,
sugar, butyric acid, bicarbonate of pot.
ash and caustic soda. One cent a
pound is a very modest rate of protec-
tion for such formidable array Of
mineral and organic poisons and abom.
inations.-P North Ameri-
can.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Another Milking Machine.


Recently we illustrated machine
which would milk single COW and
transfer the milk to a can. We now
show an apparatus which can be used
TO milk whole herd of cows at once,
needing but two men to operate the ma
chinery. One man is stationed Mt the
reservoirs to watch the indicators and
operate the pumps when necessary, and
the other passes along the stalls, at
tachtng the teat cups and starting the
flow of milk. AT intervals are placed
receiving cans, which are connected
with the suction apparatus and also to
the teat cups. Direct pipes suspended
overhead connect the cans with the
vacuum boiler, and the teat cups are
also provided with vacuum arrange
ment, which prevents the suction from
taking too strong hold on the teat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Brief State Happenings.

The pink eye is abating at Davenport.
Pocahontas is to have two new ele-
vators.
Typhoid fever is prevalent in Abba
and vicinity.
Keosauqua is to have mail on Sundays
in the future.
Atlantic is to have new electric light
and power plant.
The B., @. r. s. n. is erecting new
stock yards at Waterloo.
The Taylor Circus Company at Ores
ton has been reorganized.
The contract has been let for the new
engineering hall at Ames.
John Striegal. lad of Burlington, died
very suddenly at his home there.
Cattle around Gilbertville are suffer
ing from disease resembling rabies.
The contract has been let for the new
Methodist church Mt Conrad. Cost $4,-
40.
Work will soon commence on the roof
and tower of the court house at Iowa
City.
The German Lutherans at Marshall
town have just dedicated new church
edifice.
George Kesterson of Marshalltown fell
off scaffolding, badly fracturing his
right leg.
The stone foundation has been laid for
the new round house for the b., G. r. &
n. at Muscatine.
The Young Peoples Union Mt Wash
ington has seized quantities of liquor Mt
several places raided.
Ralph Becker. near Ackley, fell off n
wagon and broke his shoulder blade and
otherwise injured himself.
The fine organ for the Congregational
Church at Manchester has been complet-
ed and will be installed ut once.
Charles Palmer, a young man Of Ack-
ley, was killed by bolt of lightning
while at work in the gravel pit there.
William Thomas of Iowa City was
kicked by horse over the heart. Two
ribs were broken and he was seriously
injured.
A man giving the name of Charles Jolly
fell off train Mt lama and was seriously
injured about the head and shoulders.
Two highwaymen are under arrest at
MuScdtiHe. lHeS WERE tuheu lntO GUS
| tody few minutes after holding up two
men.
| The electric light and power company
at Iowa Falls will reorganize, and its
capital stock in the future will be $4O,-
900.
Mrs. Ada Ritenour of Des Moines has
sued that city for 5000 damages for in
juries received by falling on defective
crossing.
Atlantic now comes to the front with
the claim that its canning factory is the
largest in the world, according to out
put.
A folding bed in the residence of Cliff
ford Fisher in Des Moines caught fire
and damaged furniture and house to the
extent Of $1,000.
Out of class of thirty which took the
examination before the State board of
pharmacy commissioners for August only
six passed.
An attempt was made to blow up a
threshing machine near Mt. Auburn by
placing sticks of dynamite in the bundles
Of grain. No clew.
| The 12-year-old son Of Richard John
son. near Williams, was thrown from a
horse and sustained compound fracture
Of the right leg.
An aged farmer giving the name Of
John Doe was enticed into low resort
in Des Moines and relieved of large
sum Of money and watch
A young man named Nowning jumped
off fast moving train and broke both
wrists and sustained other injuries that
may prove fatal.
The board of control has visited the in.
sane institutions in Mahaska, Keokuk
Washington, Louisa and Jasper COUNTIES
and found them IN a fair condition,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Tea, which is quite satisfactory for
rearing young calves, can be made by
boiling hay in reasonable allowance
Of water. The soluble nutrients Of the
hay pass into the water under such
treatment, and are palatable and nour-
ishing to the young calves. To the hay
tea add mixtures of either linseed
meal. oatmeal or middlings cooked in
cruel form. For calves a few months
old, feed any and all the grains Just
named. according to the wishes of the
animal, for prices for feeding stuffs are
not important in comparison with
thrifty animals and satisfactory gains.
w. A. Henry, Farmers Advocate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

The accompanying illustration shows
how sawbuck may be arranged so
that log of wood will remain perfect
ly stationary. The buck itself is made
like any ordinary sawbuck, but on one
end lever, a, is attached and so ar
ranged that it can be pushed down and
fastened with the peg, e, thus holding
the log, b. firmly. By arranging holes
C, in one arm and a series of small
holes, d, on the other, the buck will
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
The Tenth Muse.

"Who is this persona" asked one of
the tuneful nine. "She claims to be
relative of ours. but l don't know
her."
Poor thing" said the sister-muse,
shes suffering from hallucination.
She presides over magazine poetry,
and she thinks she's muse!'-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Iowa Express Assess mcnt..

The State executive council has fixed
the assessment of express companies
property in Iowa under the new law. 1t
was impossible to follow the law and
keep the taxes up, SO that an arbitrary
assessment was made. 1t is as follows,
per mile: Wells Fargo, 500; Pacific, SOC:
Great Northern. $14S; American, $132;
United States, 500: Adams, 500. The
council took the sworn statements of the
company as authority for subtracting
$2S.OOO,OO0 from the assessments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
King military riding of his troops
which was first erected in pawne,

which was first erected in Pawnee
Township. Efforts are now being made
by the people of Kansas to preserve
from the ravages of time this ancient
relic. 1t is one Of few reminders of
early days left standing there and it
was built when the settlement of the
West was just beginning. 1t stands
near Fort Riley in the central part of
the State, and is all that is left of the
town of Pawnee, the first capital of the
State. The town was started by boom
ers who stood in" with the territorial
Governor, A. H. Reder, who owned land
there and was good deal Of a specu-
lator.
The town association built the capt.
tOl, a stone structure, two stories high
and 40xS0 feet in outside dimensions.
1t laid out the streets and boarding
houses were made ready for the first
meeting of the Legislature. Then. in
1855. the Governor called the Legisla-
ture to meet there, and the solons de-
cided that they would not assist him.
They went from Eastern Kansas in
prairie schooners, long procession
that wound its way $50 miles out on
the prairie. the travellers growing more
angry that the Governor had selected
so distant place. They had provisions
for the trip, and when they reached
Fawnee not one of them went to the
boarding-houses as had been expected.
but they cooked in their wagons and
lived on the edge Of the town site.
On the day for the opening of the
Legislature they went to the new stone
building and held session, which con-
sisted of organizing :nd adjourning to
Shawnee Mission in the eastern part Of
the State, where, despite all the efforts
of the Governor, the remainder of the
session was held.
Pawnee did not make town. The
cholera broke out the next year at Fort
Riley and the people fed. The State
house stands out on the plain. deserted,
the roof gone and the interior n place
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Fell Into Boiling Soap.

While playing around pot of boiling
soap grease, little 5-year-old Leo Jungk,
son of Phil Jungk of Dubuque, fell head
first in the hot ingredients and was ter
ribly burned. Agonizing screams from
the child attracted the attention of the
family, who ran to his assistance and
found him by the side of the pot suffering
excruciating pain. A surgeon hopes to
save the child's life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Tie up short in front, then make COW
slip back till halter rein is tight, then
make COW step right hind foot back;
then have rein with snap on. Snap in
ring in leather strap just above hoof.
Draw rein back and tie around stake
and all o. X. Cow has free use of foot
except forward moyement,--Eyan
Swift,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

hold any size log. This lever should
be of hard wood, ~ inches wide and
inch thick. A large wire nail will an
swer very well as pin. By the use Of
this device the operator is not required
to exert any effort in holding the log
in place. The small figure shows how
the saving is to be done if the log is to
be cut into four pieces. First saw off
the cut marked g at 1. then the second
cut at 2, then finally saw the remain
ing portion in two at /, Be. Dawson,
in American Agriculturist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Found Dead N a wen.

The body of Nettie Hoskins, maiden
lady about 40 years of age. was found in
the well on her adopted fathers farm,
four miles west of Keosauqua. The lady
was missed from the house, and her
adopted father, Harrison Hoskins, imme-
diately instituted search for her, result
ing in finding the body as above stated.
1t has not been determined whether the
death was suicidal or accidental. The
former view is gaining ground because
Of the fact that her adopted mother died
few weeks ago, and Miss Hoskins may
have taken her life through dependency.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Ivy. The bride carried lilies Of the
valley and her only ornament was
heart Of pearls.-From the French.
KITCHEN WAFER MOTOR.

Destined to Prove Itself Handy
Household Article.
The little water motor to beat eggs,
whip cream and perform similar culin-
ary work Illustrated herewith should
prove itself a handy household article,
and with Its use the operation Of beat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

for the hiding of coyotes and sandhill
owls. The State has been asked to pur-
chase the old ruin and preserve 1t for
future generations, who will doubtless
appreciate 1t as reminder of the eff
forts Of the first-comers to make this a
great city, and for time it seemed
likely that they would succeed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

81 don't think l could ever make
political speaker" said Mr.. Meekton.
Il couldn't go through the ordeal. The
very idea of my standing up and talk
ing for half an hour at stretch, with
Henrietta sitting in the audience not
saying word makes me nervous"