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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
The Home Physician and Gen.
tury Cook Book.

An elegantly bound book of 1853 pages
and over 300 illustrations. 1t should be
in every family.
The Boston Globe says: at is better
and more fully illustrated than any
other book of the kind"
The st. Paul Dispatch pronounces 1t
"The best book for the purpose we
have ever SEEM
The Minneapolis Commercial Bulle.
tin, commenting upon it says: "There
has never been superior book of its
kind issued"
at u.s." says the Detroit Evening
News, "just what its name implies-a
family book"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
Murray's Horse Book.

T0v I'oIoO UVVNl
Treats on the origin. characteristics and
training Of horses, and gives remedies
for their diseases. Tells how to select
and how to care tor dairy COWS, and
how to educate and train dogs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02

R. ROBINSON Clerk the City of Manchester Iowa. do
hereby certify that the foregoing of the Official Ballot to be
of May, A. d, 1900
RRCRs5k eur
City Clerk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02

FIRST Quality 47Os4 dapple gray thorough
bred Norman imported from France by Messrs
Laughlin Bros, of Columbus, Ohio weighing 1870.
These importers sold to the Ames College fine
Norman stallion while at tho State Fair In Des
MOlnes last fall.
SECOND, is LYON, jet black homebred
Percheon weighing 1850 lbs. He Is the typical
type Of the Draft breed. tjllsl, active and good
disposition
QUALITY and LYON can be found at the
Alberry BAN, AT MASONVliLE THURSDAY
Of EACH WEEK, and on FRIDAYS and SAT-
URDAYS at home IN THIS CITY.
SPEciAL-Premium breeders showing the
best draft colts at Delaware County Fair, 1901
from either QUALITY or LION Will give sI2
to first Is to second, IS to third. payable In gold
KENTUCKY HERO and CAPTAIN
can be found at my barn in Manchester during
the season. VIII be glad to show these horses.
M W GLEl n0Nl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
The Condensed Code Of the
avs of Iowa.

Being a condensation of all the gen.
eral statute laws of this state except
the code of procedure) contained in
the code of 1897.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02

CYCLONE AND TORNADO
Insurance In first class companies written and
policies issued by BRONSON B CARR.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-02
DEMOCRATS PREMIUMS!

Again the publishers of the DEMO.
GRAFT have decided to give its old and
new subscribers who pay one years sub
scription in advance, present of either
one of the following:
Famous Frontiersmen. Pho
neers and Scouts.
Being narratives of the YES and OK
ploits of the most renowned Heroes
Trappers, and Explorers of this conn-
try, etc. 1t is book of $40 pages, has
over $50 full page portraits and illus
trations, and is bound in English silk
cloth, stamped in silver.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
ELECTRICITY TO sueDUE FIRES.


Its Use May Eventually Put an End
to Great CONGREGATIONS.
Our great commercial growth re-
quires improved and commensurate IA
cilities for fire protection. Electricity
has been the means to meet the in
creased demands of lighting and of dis
injecting on a large scale, of supplying
the demands for power for transporta-
ton purposes throughout large me-
tropolis; of curing diseases and pro-
longing life, and it will yet be the
agent used in preventing confagrations
and subduing them when ence under
full headway.
The applications of this subtle agent
have become SO universal that we feel
safe in even this prediction, for here.
as probably in all other uses, It will
find its greatest utility from the ease
in which Its qualities may be brought
into service from far distant points, as
well as for its other wonderful quality
of being spontaneous in the manifesto
ton OF its effects. These two Inherent
qualities above all others make 1t better
adapted to modern uses, and, speaking
in general terms, as being superior to
our present Comparatively slow and in
effective means Of fighting great fires.
The Hoboken confiagration presented
the lamentable spectacle Of large
amount of highly combustlble material
of great value. closely surrounded on
fearly all sides with water, In fact an
ocean to draw from, but scarcely an
effective drop to be utilized in time,
that is, when most needed, at the COM
mencement.
The old idea of transporting heavy In
struments over distances that take up
precious time, to be used for fighting
confiagrations, appears to us ridiculous,
when by quickly turning an electric
switch there was to be had enough
electric power on tap in Hoboken to
have almost washed instantly into the
river the burning piers with their con-
tents and superstructures, even If only
utilized from the vantage ground Of the
adjoining piers.
That is why we say that electricity.
instantaneous in it's operation, capable
Of transmitting great power effectively
over long distances, will eventually be
universally used for fighting fires.-
Electricity. ::'.-.srs
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Facts About Red Hair;

An eminent man Of science has re-
Gently declared that red-haired people
are far less apt to go bald than those
with other colored hair. The average
crop on the head Of a red-haired per-
son is only. 29,200 hairs. Ordinary
dark hair is far finer, and over three
dark hairs take up the space Of one
red one; 1O5, 600 are about the average.
But. fair-haired people are still better
off; 10000 to 100000 are quite com
mon number of hairs on the scalp of
fair-haired man or woman. This au-
thority does not comment on the pecu-
liarities Of red-haired people, but it Is
we'll known that they are of a more
passionate nature than others, and
often of fine and sensitive disposition
akin to what Is known as the artistic
temperament.-H
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
What a Sigh Means.

Signing is but another name for oxy-
gen starvation. The cause of signing
is most frequently worry. An interval
of several seconds often follows mo-
-ments of mental dsquietude, during
which time the chest walls remain rigid
until the imperious demand is made
for oxygen, thus causing the deep in
halation. 1t IS the expiration follow
ing the inspiration that Is properly
termed the sigh, and this sigh is simply
an effort of the organism to obtain the
necessary supply of oxygen. The rem.
edy is to cease worrying. A little phil
losophy will Danish worry at once.
Worry will do no good; 1t will rob one
of pleasures when blessings do come.
as one will not be in condition. to
enjoy them.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

Rodney when 1t was all settled, though
knew, of course, she didn't half know
how to love him. just at first, How
could she, anyway-little young thing!
Folks expects miracles, seems to me.
81 don't forget one yday at dinner,
when 1 was clearin away the plates,
an she an Master Sgd got into some
discussion an, left 1T to Mr.. Rodney
to decide. an she looked I'D at him
1aughin' an says: Now, Rodney, don't
you go back on mev Well, sir, he just
looked at her, Such look! An she
stopped laughin'', all of a sudden, an
looked down. an says to myself,
She's beginnin' to understand q little
) 'She was. too. 1 knew it better af-
terward.
''Well, by and by, Mr.. Rodney began
to think about. ,gettin' married, of
course, an his rich uncle made him an
offer of a fine business position out
West, an. almost before we knew it,
he was gone. cried myself, SEEM
how brave he tried to be, leavin' Miss
Caryl'Patsy' he used to call her. She
didn't half realize it until he'd started,
al IICh WASH BIC loutSOllle
thing for a while? And didn't she
watch for the letters-yes, an write
letters, too?
after a month or two Of that Mr..
Huntington come for a visit. He was
Mr.. Rodney's next brother, you know.
He'd never liked the farm, an had
gone to the city as Soon as he was old
enough to work. An it happened that
he hadn't been home any to stay since
Miss Caryl come there to live. Well,
you ought to have seen how sweet he
was to his little sister, takin' her to
drive, an to everything goin' on in the
little town. six miles off, an all that.
Just to keep her from gettin' too home
sick for Mr.. Rodney, you know. Oh,
dear! don't know as you could blame
him much, or her., either, but 1t was
dreadful to see 1t cemip',' day by day;
to see her forget to write so often, an
to feel how uneasytMr. and Mrs. Whit
comb was gettin' to be! An the whole
thing only took; four: weeks.. -, - =
''It was one night. Just as / had
brought in the lamp an set it on the
parlor table, Mr.. Huntington and Miss
Caryl come in from the garden togeth-
er, an, all of sudden, he caught her
In his arms an says,i'Father! Mother!
This is my little girl, an Pm goin' to
have her! ss>. -.
81 stopped stock still. had no busi-
ness to, but 1 didn't know what 1 was
doin' She's Mr.. Rodney'sv 1 says,
Just like that. But the next breath
she rushed upstairs an I come to my
senses, an went out, an shut the door
before anybody spoke.
Il never knew just what they said,
only 1 know Miss Cafyl cried all night,
an told Mr.. Huntington it was all a
fearful mistake, an sent him back to
the city the first thing In the morning.
An know the folks promised to for
give her and love her just the same.
Then, after that she sat down an
wrote Mr.. Rodney all about it. There
was pages an pages Of it-tellin' how
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
spiders, which generally alter

watching spiders, which generally alter
their webs every twenty-four hours.
The boys and girls will find 1t interest
ing to watch the little arachnida. If
you see them at work bright and early
in the morning be sure of clear day,
and If they make the terminating fla
ments of their webs unusually long ex-
pect fine weather to continue for at
least a week. If they are very busy
between 9 and o'clock In the evening
look for a lovely night, or If they spin
away while it is raining have no doubt
but the sun will soon shine. If they
destroy their webs and crawl away to
hide, conclude that continued storms
are certain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
A LITTLE LOVE STORY

~ course I knew all about 1t.
II UHadn't tended Mr.. Rodney in
long clothes an lived in the fam
lily until he was a strappin', broad
shouldered man, side by side with his
father in all the responsibility and
work Of that big farm? Why, l was
nurse an cook an SEWN girl an every
thing you can think of, in that fam
lily! "
! AN don't remember the very day
Miss Caryl come there first? You see,
1t was right after she'd lost her moth
er, an she hadn't a soul In the world
that belonged to her, anyways close,
an Mrs. Whitcomb was only an old
friend herself. but there! 1t was just
her way to go an ask Miss Caryl to
come and live with them.
"Such a little slip of brown-eyed,
curly-headed thing she was, with mo-
tions for all the world just like bird!
I can see this minute how she looked
when she walked In at the door. an
Mrs. Whitcomb took her in her arms AN
Mr.. Whitconb. too, come I'D an gave
her a kiss. an said she must be his
little daughter, now; an. with that,
Master Sydney, who was only year
younger than Miss Caryl himself-he
was 16-come bouncin' up, an said If
she was his sister, he was goin' to have
a kiss, too. So then Mr.. Rodney kissed
her, but in bashful kind Of way, an
well, knew what had happened to
him that very night.
! can 1t all come along as natural as
you please! Well, was glad for Mr..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
ELECTIONS OF PRESIDENTS.
Methods that Are Adopted In the Twen-
ty-six Republics Of the World.

Methods that Are Adopted In the Twen-
ty-six Republics Of the World.
OF the twenty-six Republics in the
world fourteen besides this country
elect their presidents, as in theory the
United States do, by indirect vote. The
Electoral College, in two cases, those
Of France and Switzerland, is the
Legislature Of the country met in joint
session Of the two houses.
In the case of twelve others--Mexi-
co, Costa Rica, Argentine, Brazil, Chill,
Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Liberia. and Santo Dornin-
go-as in the United States, a special
electoral body is chosen by the people
to elect the president. Six republics
Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua.
Bolivia, Ecuador and Hayti-choose
their presidents by direct vote Of the
people, though suffrage is not In all
cases universal, and in many of the
Central and South American republics
the popular election Is often little bet
ter than a farce.
The republic of Andorra, lying In the
Pyrenees, between France and Spain,
udS hO ohSCl ACSoShAACu as PiSCthSh,
though there is president Of the coun-
ell. as the little legislative body of the
country is called; two officers, called
viguiers, one appointed for life by
the president Of France, the other for
three years by the Spanish bishop of
Urgel, have some of the powers of a
president, and are at the same time
judicial officers.
The smallest and oldest republic Of
the world, San Marino, little country
Of thirty-two square miles, lying in the
Apennines, has two presidents. each Of
whom exercises power for six months.
The mode of electing these officers is
extremely. curious. Every six months
the members Of the chamber of depu-
ties, which Is the popular house Of the
legislature, nominate six Of their own
members; three ballots are then given
to every voter, each with the names
Of two Of these six; the polling place
Is the cathedral of San Marino, the
capital Of the country. The ballot box
ls placed on the high altar and after
the ballots have been deposited child
draws one at random from the urn.
A priest then announces the names on
the ballot and the persons thus named
become the presidents Of the republic.
The terms of presidents vary from
six months in San Marino and one year
In Switzerland to seven years In
France. Only one French president,
however, has served his full seven
years, and he was forced to resign In
his second term. Three other French
presidents were forced to resign and
one was assassinated. In the Central
and South American republics the
term of the president Is from four to
six years. In several the same per-
son cannot serve for two successive
terms, and in one, two full terms must
Intervene before president can be re-
elected. In Switzerland a president
cannot serve for two successive terms
It is almost a fixed custom for the
vice-president of Switzerland to be
elected president at the expiration Of
his term in the former o6ice.-New
York Sun.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

do not appear as points of light, but OF
quite appreciable size, and to short
sighted people immense. AS rule, In
addition to the diffused brightness
round the point, one may observe seven
or more short rays pointing out from
the center. You will probably see the
samt thing If you look at street light.
These rays are due to the lines which
traverse the lens of our eye from the
center to the circumference. They are
usually from seven to ten in number,
radiating from the center like the arms
of starfish. AS these lines are formed
Of lens matter slightly denser and less
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

There is no harm in the mighty dol
lar till it becomes almighty.
Missionary obligation rests not on q
ministry, but on manhood.
If you let conscience sleep now 1t will
make up for it by and by.
When the live coal touches our lips it
makes them living flame.
Patience is the perfume pressed from
the crushed blossoms Of joy.
You cannot heal the wound by sewing
up the bullet-hole in the coat.
Get your wheat seed In first and It
will choke any tares the devil may SOW.
The only divinely authorized version
Of the Bible is its translation into ac-
ton.
So long as Christ Is the way to heav-
en-. 1t may be difficult, but it cannot be
dark.
The good Samaritan does not carry
oil In his cruise and vitriol on his
tongue.
The church as an organization makes
a good test-culture for the Old-Adam
bacilli.
A mothers apron strings are most
likely to be coupled to Gods leading
lines of love.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Value of Garden.

The market garden business is a very
good business usually when one makes
it his entire business. Yet there are al
ways failures and disappointments in
It. Some crops fail to grow well, and
others yield abundantly and cannot be
sold at satisfactory price. But the
family garden, little larger than need
ed for the home supply, well manured
and well cared for, is never a disap-
pointment. If some crop is partial fail
ure it may not have any surplus over
the home demand, but there will be
something else to substitute for 1t. If
another is over abundant and low
priced it can be used freely, and will
taste just as good as If the price were
twice as high. If there is market for
the surplus and it is sold, it seems al
most like finding money, and if it can
not be sold there are some who find
much pleasure in supplying the wants
of poorer neighbors who cannot afford
to pay the price asked by retail deal
ers. Plan each year to have a good
garden, and trust to luck only for the
market.-American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Pronouncing Proper Names.

The pronunciation. of proper names
Is always "a stumbling block to read
ers. Very few people would pronounce
Aliaferre Taliaferro as Oliver Tolliver,
yet such is the correct pronunciation.
Here are a few others: Baden-Pow-
ell Is Badden-Po-el, Lieut.. Gen. Eus-
tace Fame Bourchier is known as Bow
cher. Alcester Is Awister. Belvoir
Castle is Bee-ver. The Charleville
family, of Bury, pronounces the name
Bew-ry. Sir Claude Champion de
Crespigny, the noted war correspond
ent up the Nile, is called by his friends
Crepp-iny. Lord Beaconsfield was va
riously called Disray -elli Dos-rolly and
Dis-ray-ly. The last is. correct. One
of the worst stretches is Featherston-
haugh, the accepted pronunciation of
which is Fanshaw. In certain quar-
tiers 1t is Festunshaw. The. poet Geo
ghegan is Gay-gun.-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

transparent than the rest of the lens;
they give rise to these rays of light.
The increased size of the stars Is also
partly due to the fact that the front Of
the eye is never portion Of a perfect
sphere, but is slightly more curved in
one direction than another, the direc-
ton and degree of the curves varying
in different eyes. This is readily seen
in the figure in which one pair of lines
look gray and the other pair black. If
the page be held sideways, the lines
which looked gray will now appear
black, and the black lines have become
gray.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Alfalfa Ro0ts.

OF course I have always dimly real
lied that in its subterranean habits al
falfa differed from most other plants,
but the full extent Of this difference
was never fully brought home to me
until last fall while excavating for
cellar in alfalfa sod. The soil in ques-
ton Is light loan, with occasional
thin streaks Of clay. 1t had been well
plowed in the fall of 1897, and the win
ter frosts left it in prime shape for
seeding in early May. I used twenty
pounds Of seed per acre, which proved
to be rather too much, considering the
fine condition of the soil, as it gave q
probable average OF twenty plants per
foot The excavation was made five
and one-half feet deep. Much to my
astonishment, one square foot of the
cellar bottom showed twenty-five of
the tough, white tap-roots shooting
straight down into the unknown depths
below, while over the whole area an
average Of thirteen or fourteen was
maintained. In six months growth
two-thirds of these plants had sent
their tap-roots more than five and one
half feet in quest of water.-F. M.
Crane, in Farmers Advocate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Sanitary Dairy Appliance.

The thorough cleansing of milk cans
by hand is a difficult operation, and
yet the cans must be carefully attend
ed to each day or the milk will sour
quickly. Chadles Marwitz, of Oak
Park, ILL.,, has designed portable
washer, which can be readily trans
ferred to each can and operated by
hand, cut of the device being shown
below. The object Of the invention is
will fit closely to the interior of the can
and be easily rotated from the exterior,
and at the same time be folded to per-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
IMPROVED M1LK-cAN WASHER.

NIT insertion and removal from the
can. A clamping mechanism is pro-
vided to center the vertical shaft in the
neck of the can, and the upright rod
extending above the gearing is used to
turn the brushes opposite each other,
after they have reached the interior.
The brush frames interlock and grip
the shaft, which is rapidly revolved by
the gearing to force the brushes to
scrub the interior, the can being filled
with water previous to the operation.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Work Of Apricu1tural COLLEGES.

Work Of AGricu1turaI COLLEGES.
The work Of the agricultural college
does not consist altogether in sending
its students back to the farm in condi-
ton to become better tillers of the soil
or better breeders Of stock than their
fathers were, says the American Guilt
vator. This is but small part of what
we should expect Of them. They should
send out many who are qualified to in
struct others by becoming teachers
themselves. It is not all of teacher
to understand his subject, but he must
be able to impart his knowledge to 9TH
ers SO that they will understand it.
One of the best teachers we ever knew
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

After all, what is more deceptive than
human vision? Is not the optical illu-
sion an important item in the stock and
trade of every professional magician?
Besides. how many pairs Of eyes are
perfect? Even granting perfection,
how far short of Photographic accuracy
do they fall?
II we look at the stars at night they
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Ne1Iie,s Lamp Roost.

Nellie was much Interested in Aunt
Mary's chandelier when she went to
the city to stay with her, and when she
went home she exclaimed:
"Oh, mother. l do wish we had a
place for our lamps to roost on like
Aunt Mary has!'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

over and drawn out to fit these holes.
The rod is then bent into a circle, the
ends tapping and bent support weld
ed to it. By the side of each grain,
apple or potato bin hole can be bored
in which to insert this support Any
blacksmith can make it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04

The poor man has two advantages
over his rich neighbor; he can wear out
all his old clothes and he is seldom
troubled with tiresome callerA
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute DoinGs Of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tie Ones to Read.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
Rae Holder

The Farm Journal shows a bag hold
er that is adjustable to all sizes of
bags, and is easily made. A piece of
steel rod has one end flattened and
punched with a half dozen or more
holes The tip Of the other end is turned