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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
Tenant Farming increasing.

A recent circular from the census de.
partment says:
"Another problem of great import
ance is the increase of tenancy, as op.
posed to the ownership of real property,
From 1880 to 1890 the number of farm
tenants in the:United States increased
at least 3S per cent. This increase was
general, but greater in the South Allan
tic and South Central divisions of the
United States than in other parts of the
country. In general, the thirteen orig
inal states, rich in wealth, trade and
manufactures, are those in which the
percentage of ownership of farms and
homes is lowest, and in keeping with
this fact, statistics of valuation show
almost universally that tenancy is most
common where land is most valuable" !"
The chances are that the number of
tenant farmers will show greater in.
crease the past decade than it did ten
years ago. During the past ten years
there has been great concentration of
wealth. In France the number of own
ers of farms in proportion to popula-
tion is nearly double what it is in this
country. In England the aristocracy
owns the lands and the people are ten.
ant farmers. This country now occu-
pies a middle ground between the land.
owning farmers of France and the
tenant-farmers of England, but we are
drifting very rapidly toward the meth.
DDS which prevail in the latter country
We are getting away from republican
ideas and adopting those of the mon
archy, and in no period of our history
has the transformation been greater
than during the past four years. Shal
It be continued = Clinton Advertiser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
a milk producer.

a milk producer.
Pumpkins have long been standby
for fall feeding to COWS, and they are
Just as useful now for this purpose as
they have been in the days of our
fathers. To get the best results from
them, feed them out moderately to the
COWS and in conjunction with other
provender. If gathered and stored be-
fore injurious frost appears, they will
form valuable late fall feed.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

General Alger has disposed of over
100 square miles of timber land he
owned in Canada because, as he ex.
plains, he has been "frozen out" of the
timber business there by reason of the
retaliatory legislation of the Canadians
against our tariff laws.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
Horses Wanted,
Homeseekers' Excurs,on T,ckets.

To nearly allpoints in the United Sta tes
on sale at all ticket offices of the CHI
cago Great Western Railway on the
first and third Tuesdays of May and
June at the very low homeseekers' rate
of one fare plus $500 for the round trip.
Tickets good for return within 81 days
from date Of sale. Persons contem.
plating q trip will save money by calling
on any agent of the Chicago Great
Western Ry and obtaining detail of in
formation regarding the homeseekers'
rates or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. &
I. A., lib Adams st. Chicago. 17ws
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
The Census Man.
iRismarck Tribune.l
Are you ready for the census,
Have you read the almanac?

Are you ready for the census,
Have you read the almanac?
Have yon studied your ancestors
For dozen cycles back?
Have you counted up your freckles?
Have you figured up your sins?
For you know you'll have to tell 'em
When the census man begins.
Have you added up the children?
Have you figured up your cash?
Did you ever find button
In dish of corn-beef hash?
Are you deaf or blind or ugly?
Do you toe out or toe In?
All of these you'll have to answer
When the census man begins.
Do you lisp or squint or stammer?
Ever have the whopping cough?
Are you handy with the hammer?
Ever do stunt at golf
Areyo fond of checkered necktles?
Ever fail and bark your shins?
Did you swear? You'll have to tell 1t
When the census man begins,
If your partner gave trump signal
Would you lead him back the deuce?
Ever wear a porous plaster?
Was 1t hard.to get 1t loose?
Are you fond of picked onions?
Do you smoke or chew or swear?
Have you any corns or bunions?
What the size of shoe you wear?
Oh, you might as well look pleasant
For you know you'll have to tell.
Would you use a bit more sugar
When the jelly doesn't jell?
What the nature of your lapors?
Do you sugar your baked beans?
Are you friendly with the neighbors2
Do you live beyond your means?s
Are you lean or stout or medium?
Do you suit yourself that way?
Did your vaccination take we'll?
Did you move. the first of May?
If bObtailed flush called aces,
Could you tell me which one wins?
Oh. you'll have to come to center
When the census man begins.
Are your children well this summer?
Are they troubled with the hives?
Don't you think pink teas are tlresome?
Did you ever play high ives?
Didn see you at the party;
Don't you go out any moro?
Well, good morning! Can you tell me
Who the family is next door?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

"What Has Become of HELP" is the
startling question which heads an arti-
Gle by the Rev. G. w. Shinn in the
June number of the North American
Review. The question was suggested
to the writer by the fact that while the
belief in hell as place or condition of
punishment, has been held by christian
people from the beginning of christian
ity, We now hear very little about it ex-
cept in the profanity of the aay. He'll
has practically been obIiterated from
the teaching and preaching of the
church, and in explaining away the
fgurative language in which the doc
trine of eternal suffering has been set
forth, most people have abandoned also
the idea of retributlon which lay be
hind it. This is fact which, Dr.
Shinn maintains, is to be greatly
deprecated. He says:
"The appeals to fear have well.nigh
ceased, and yet there is no fact which
we are so compelled to see as the fact
of retribution. The law Of retribution
works in our present life. We become
aware of it in our earliest infancy, and
we never become developed in charac-
ter until we have learned to fear that
which is evil and to shun the conse-
quences of sin. There is sense of
righteousness in all men, and all men
know that unrighteousness brings pun
ishment. 1t is fair to assume that
what holds good in the present life, that
what.i q part of mans very structure
here, will continue hereafter. We may
give up entirely the notion of ma.
terial hell, but we cannot give up the
doctrine of retribution. Suffering
must follow sin, and therefore to ap.
peal to fear is not only legitimate, but
1t is in accordance with the structure
of mans nature"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
nhin,neu avs cleaned

Ihave got patent devise for cleaning chin
neys. II you want yours cleaned leave orders
| for me at Meth Browns or Graham & Sons.
also do all kinds Of mason work and white wash.
ing, build chimneys and csterns and do repairs.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
sH JOHN TOWSLEE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
Our Business Directory.
MANCHESTER LUMBER co.
UMBER aud Builders Materials. Posts ant
Coal West side near depot.
aAokET sroR

RACKET STORE
nRY GOODS Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots
~ Shoes, notions. etc. West side Franklin
street south Of Main.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

GEO. s. LISTER,
HARDWARE. STOVES, TINwARE, ETC.
- Keeps frst-class timer and does all
kinds Of repairing with neatness and dispatch.
Store opposite First National Bank. Main st.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

NOBLE ARNOLD.
GROCERIES, Provisions, Fruits, etc. First
" door north Of Delaware County Bank.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

w. A. ABBOTT.
DRUGs. Wall paper, Stationery, Paints. Oils
~ etc. City hall block.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

GREGG q WARD.
druggists and dealers In Paints, Oils, Wall
u Paper, Stationery & Q. Atwaters block
Franklin street.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

INSURE YOUR PROPERTY against cyclones
and tornRdoes in the old reliable Phoenix
insurance Co.. BRONSON b CARR, Agents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
i. M. PEARSE

JIM. PEARsE.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
u OR. All business entrusted to him glvel
prompt attention. Office in City Hall block
second floor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13

QUAKER MILL co.
ElLOUR and Feed, Manufacturers OF the cele.
brated White Satin and White Pearl Flour.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
). w. poRMAN.

nENTIST. Once on Franklin Street, north
~ Of the Globe Hotel, Manchester, Iowa.
frequent visits TO neighboring towns. Always
At oface on Saturdays.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
VETERINARIAN.
MANUFACTURING.

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
ia prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
i Monuments and Head Stones Of various de.
signs. Have the county right for Stpe's Pat
VIII meet all competition. ~ 94.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
DENTISTS.

o. a. DUNHAM. D. D. s.
nENTISTS, Once over Carhart q Adams
~ hardware store, Franklin St. Manchester,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-13
AID. BROWN.
nealer In furniture ETC., and undertaken
D Main Street.

r. .WERKMElSTER,
GENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
VI Cofins. Picture Frames, Etc. A complete
stock OF Furniture and Upholstery always on
hand, at prices that defy competition. A good
Hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl
Vile, Iowa.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Original Afternoon Modes.

No words can describe the inventive
genius Of the worlds great modistes,
as it is exhibited in the exquisite
gowns that are sent forth at this sea-
son. Indeed, their resources seem
more than adequate for the great de-
mands made upon them by fashions
leaders.
An afternoon toilet that presents
something in every sense of the word
new is built Of blue voile. The skirt
has graduated tunic laid in wide
box plait at the front and in very
narrow tucks the rest of the way
around the waistline. The foundation
is appliqued at the front with design
in Jade passementerie which is re-
vealed by the abridgement of the
tunic.
The waist is laid in tiny tucks and
has bolero Of jade passementerie
which fastens over yoke Of blue
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13

way around it. There was tiny
pocket Of silk, bordered also with chif-
Ton ruf1e, and the strings were Of silk
with very narrow ruffle upon the
ends.
Another pretty feature was the lin
ing which was of white lawn, very di
aphanous, so that the color showed
through prettily.
The apron was of medium length
and its color, which was lovely tur-
quoise, exactly matched the blue stock
at Miss Pagets throat and the bunch
Of ribbons in her hair.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
THE LITTLE SOCIETY APRON.

The little apron made its debut in
London society at an afternoon affair
given by Miss Paget, the girl who Is
the reigning beauty of the debutante
season. The apron was worn by the
fair hostess herself and was SO be-
comingly managed that, straightaway,
sixteen of Londons most exclusive
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Correct Uniforms for House servanta.

Correct Uniforms for House Servants.
There are quite number OF COS
tunes that are now considered correct
style for maid-servants to wear. In
considerable attention is paid to hav-
Ing each servant dressed according to
what the best ruling Of fashion has de-
creed is the proper costume Each
and every maid in the house is pri-
marily supposed to have a print dress
Tor the morning, and an absolutely
plain black, cool dress in the after
noon. But it is in the apron and cap
that there is the marked difference
between cook and waitress, lady's-
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Some Day.

Still on the lips of all we question
Tho finger of Gods silence lies;
Will the lost hands in ours be folded7
VIII the shut eyelids ever rise?
O friend, no proof beyond the yearninK
This outreach of our hearts We need;
God will not mock the hope He giveth:
No love He prompts shall vainly plead
Then let us stretch our hands In dark
ness,
And call our loved ones o'er and Ger
Some day their arms shall close about US
And the old voices speak once more.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Wholesale Revenge beforehand.

TWENTY-FIVE dollars for that hat.
Maria? That's a frightful price TO
such a little thing. It's nearly a..
profit"
1.-The millner | bought 1t from ma :
have made a little something on it. bu.
took up the time of three other mil
liners for half day while | was look
ing around town for it. There's some
satisfaction in that. t.'-Chicago .Trib-
une.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
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Works.
In tie meantime another patient had
died in the barricaded home of the
healer
The law thought it was time to in
terfere, and sent policeman.
The healer sought to temporize.
you are attacking my faith" he
protested. thrusting his head out of
an upper window.
81 know nothing about your faith"
replied the policeman, but I am go
ing to capture your works."
And the peeler presently pinched the
healer.-Chicago Tribune.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
An Artistic Innovation.

Mrs. Nibber. What ails that paint
ing, Mrs. Fadd? It looks so queer,
and l can't quite make it out.
Mrs. Fadd. Oh, that's Niagara Falls
I've hung it upside down. That ever
lasting running water made me so
tired.-Detroit Free Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13

women went home
and fashioned an
apron like 1t.
Think not that
the apron was
Of cambric, cal
leo, law or
lace. 1t was tat
feat, an old-fash-
ioned apron such
as grandmother
wore. But Of course
it had its redeem
ing feature in a
very modern rufne
of chiffon, which
extended all the
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Sass and Sass.

You raise good deal of garden
sass, don't you?" said Jaxons neigh
Dor to him over the back fence.
I'D raise a good deal more Of my
wife's sass if I didn't" responded
Jaxon without discontinuing his la
bors.-Detroit Free Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
MODERN MOTHER OOOe1.

| had little auto,
Twas in the latest style;
lent 1t to a lady
To ride a little while.
She bumped it,
She Jared it,
She rode 1t in the mire;
| wouldn't lend my auto now
For twenty ladies' hire!
New York World.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Doing Finely.

"Hows yer daughter gettin' along in
the high school, Rafferty," asked Mr..
Dolan.
"Foine. She kin tell the names iv
rs many as a hundred words iv foive
syllables she knows the manin' iv at
laste fifty and few iv them she kin
even shpell. l."-Washington Star.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
The Old Mans Temper.

Tom. Has old Goldbonds with
drawn his objection TO your calling o.,
his daughter?
Dick. No.
Tom. No? | thought you were go
ing to make him come to terms.
Dick. So | did, and they were the
vilest terms anybody ever applied to
me.-Philadelphia Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Not Woman's Work.

Not Woman's Work.
Father. Where is your mother,
Johnny?
Johnny. She's out in the back yard
whiting.
Father. Are you sure she IN whit
ting?
Johnny. Yes. sir: she's trying to
sharpen lead pencil.-BloominPto
Pantagraph.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Financial Tommy.

FDanOkAI Tommy.
Ma Tommy, you seem to love pa
better than you do me.
Tommy. Oh, ma, l don't mean to:
but, y see, pa allus has his pockets
full of nickels.-Indianapoli Journal.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Glad of His Crime.

Glad of His Crime.
Dear me! she said, wonder what
has become OF that household journal
He didn't say word.
There was another recipe in 1t that
I wanted to try.
He smiled, for now he was assured
that he had done wisely when he
burned 1t up.-Bloomineton Panta-
graph.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Snubs Keeretted.

man can't be tcc careful whom he
snubs.
What do you mean?
Why, every once in a while I've
snubbed some plain people who after
ward came into lot OF money
Bloomington Pantagraph.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Convention.

II reckons we'd better get up some
agitation on de subjeck?" said Mr..
Erastus Pinkley.
Whats de subjeck?" inquired Mr..
Aluminium Thompson.
"Dese yere eclipses. Whenever dar's
an eclipse dey tells me all de chickens
goes to roos', right in de middle er de
day. An ii dat's de case les hab mo-
eclipses. rs tired O. dis waitin roun'
till l an o'clock in de mawnin'."-
Washington Star.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13

maid and child'S nurSe-and the best
class OF servants are quite as anxious
as their mistresses to have every ap-
pointment correct, for it is no longer
considered a badge Of servitude to
wear cap and apron while perform
ing household duties. On the contrary.
the girls are sensible enough nowadays
to realize that caps and aprons are
worn for purposes Of cleanliness, and
are only too glad OF the neat appear
1nce that is demanded Of them. Then,
too, like every well turned out COS
tune that is appropriate for the occa-
sion, the maids costumes are decidedly
becoming. for there are very few girls
who do not look well in their abso-
lutely plain cambric frocks or black
gowns. with the apron cap, collar,
cuffs and ties that fashion has ap-
pointed as being the latest style.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13
Moving Away from II.

MovinE Away from Il.
The decayed old colonel had twice
packed his traps and calamities and
Indignantly trekked frontierward to
escape the encroachments of advanc-
ing civilization.
To him the old friend:
"Well, colonel, still trying to keep
the wolf from the door,"
Howled the colonel:
"Wolf? No, begad! Golf!"-Chi-
cag0 Tribune
The Grit-advocate., 1900-07-13

vo1le. An embroidered belt CLEANS
smartly beneath the ends of necktie
of heavy Jade colored taffeta
Another costume, in hunters pink
ladies' cloth, has a pointed tunic out
lined upon the skirt with black silk
braid.
The Eton opens over a tucked vest
Of hunters pink taffeta and there is
deep crushed girdle Of black satin.
The value Of Transvaal mining ms-
chinery is about 100000.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
NATIONAL PARK IN VIRGINIA
Committee Favors Purchase of Sites
Where Battles Were Fought.


WASHINGTON, March 21.-Repre-
sentative Hay of Virginia today filed
the report of the house committee on
military affairs on the bill establish
ing a national battle field memorial
park of 5000 acres on the sites of
the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan
cellorsville, the Wilderness and Spott-
sylvania court house.
The report states that more men
we're here engaged than in any battle
in the worlds history, ~aggregating at
least 500, 1000, with losses in killed and
wounded on both sides amounting to
1885, The entertainments over the
entire field are said to be in a remark
able state of preservation. At Fred
e~ricksburg also is the home of the
mother of Washington, still intact, and
a monument erected by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution. Here,
too, Captain John Smith anchored his
little bark and fought the Indians in
1908 and within sight of the city were
born Washington, Monroe, Jefferson;
Madison, the Lees of both the revolu-!
ton and the civil wars, and Zachary
Taylor. !
The report adds that in Virginia the
great wal began and ended and not an
acre of this soil, where more men fell
than on all the other b~attlefelds, of
the war, has yet been dedicated as i
national park.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
Nebraska at Washington.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Bids for
the erection of an extension to the new
postoffice building at Omaha were put
on the market March IA and will be
opened April "a. The specifications
call for granite of similar color and du-
rability as that which enters into the
construction of the present building,
which insures the Colorado company
getting the contract for the stone for
the new building.
The title of the First National bank
of Bloomington, Neb., has been Sc
cured by the conversion of the Frank
liz County bank of the same place.
Congressman Burkett has introduced
a bill for the improvement of the Mis-
souri, river at Nebraska City and aD-
propriating $50, 900 for revetment pur-
poses.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
HOUSE RECEIVES ITS ANSWER
VA Department Reports on England's

wa SeparJI2enC reports on EnSland's
Fortificaticns-In Canaaa.-
WASHINGTON, March 21.-When
the house met today Hull of Iowa;
chairman of the committee on military
affairs, reported back from that com
mittee the following resolution intro
duced by Sulzer of New York:
Resolved, That the secretary of wal
is hereby directed to inform the house
of representatives as early as possible
what Notifications Great Britain is
erecting, constructing and completing
along the northern frontier of the Unit
ed States, especially at Puget sound
and other places on the Pacific ocean
contiguous to the state of Washing
ton and the district of Alaska"
The committee recommended that it
lie upon the table. The resolution had
been referred to the war department,
Hull said, and came back with the fol-
lowing endorsement:
"The information the department
possesses On this and like cases has al
ways been held to be confidential and
for good and sufficient reasons has not
been made public.
ct is remarked, however, that Great
Britain, sc far as the department is in
formed, is in no instance erecting forti-
ti%cations t~respassing on our rights.
III. c. CORBIN,
Attorney General"
Acting Secretary of Wal Meiklejohn
submitted an endorsement calling at
tention to that of the adjutant gen.
eIal
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
Woods Arrested at Fremont.

FREMONT, Neb., March 26.-John
Woods, one OF the men accused of hav-
ing a hand in the administering of a
dose of tar and feathers to Mr.. and
Mrs. Figg at Gretna, was arrested at
this place by the sheriff of Sarpy coun-
ty and will be taken to Gretna for his
preliminary hearing. He denies having
had any hand in the affair and asserts
that he was in Fremont at the time it
occurred. He admits, however, that he
had no kindly feeling for the Figgs.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
Trace of Stolen Cattle.

ALBION, Neb., March 22-In March,
1899, forty-one head of cattle were
stolen from the ranches of S. w. AL
lerton in Boone county. At the time
suspicion rested on two young men,
Preston Todd and Frank Clark of
Cedar Rapids. Clark had been an en-
rloye on one of the ranches. There
IA no evidence connecting him with
the theft, and all trace of the cattle
seemed lost. Last week the state
authorities received information in re-
gard to the appearance of the stolen
cattle. The information seemed relia-
BILE and al investigation proved that
the guilty parties had been located.
The cattle had been driven to Column
bus from the Allerton ranches, to one
Pat Murray, an old resident. Frank
Clark was arrested at Bloomfield,
waived preliminary examination and
was bound over to the district court.
Robert and Preston Todd were arrest
ed in Abilene, Kan, waived prelimi-
nary hearing and were bound over to
the district court. Robert Todd gave
bond and was released.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1900-04-06
TIME OF TREATY EXTENDED.
Twelve Months More Are Allowed for
Signing. Z

Twelve Months More Are Allowed for
Signing. .
WASHINGTON, March 22-Secretary
Hay and Ambassador Cambon today
signed a potocol extending the time al
lowed for the ratification of the French
reciprocity treaty.
By the terms of the protocol the
treaty is to be ratified las 0 o as pos
sible and within twelve months from,
date" This is the same provision that
was adopted in respect to the British
West Indian reciprocity treaties.
The period of time allowed for the
ratification of the French treaty will
expire next Saturday. 1t is stated at
the State department that efforts are
to be %redoubled to secure action on
the treaty during the present session
Of congress. The treaty has not yet
been ratified by the French Chamber
OF Deputies, but no delay is anticipated
on hat score after We shall have acted
here.