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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

We take the following from the
Farming World, as it tells what many
would like to know: 1.-THE Wisconsin
Experiment station thus sums up the
value Of wind mill: To test the econ
omic value of the pumping done by the
mill 2la-horse power gas engine was
put to running the same pumps, and 1t
was found that it cost 95 cents to run
the engine ten hours, and in that time it
pumped 1902 cubic feet Of water,
while the average for the mill was g.
936 cubic feet in ten hours. Hence, it
cost 80 cents to pump us much water
with the engine as the mill pumped in
ten hours. AS the mill had an average
of 14n hours per day, it would have
cost 40 cents to pump as much water
with the engine rs the mill pumped
each day, or-S156.95 for one year of 365
days. Tests made IN grinding corn with
the power furnished by this windmill
showed that when the wind had We
locity of nine miles an hour, 1t would
grind about 100 pounds an hour; We.
locity of twenty-five miles per hour
groundf over 500 pounds per hour and
velocity Of thirty-five miles per hour
ground over. 1000 pounds per hour.
The 25-mile wind enabled the mill to
develop about 2 % horse power. The
work done shows that In whole year
the mill would grind 1860 bushels.
The 21@s horse power engine was able to
grind on the same grinding mill as
much in 1876 days us the windmill would
grind in 365 days, it costing 80 cents a
day to run the engine. Hence, when
applied to the corn mill the power Of
the windmill was worth 136x99 cents,
or S134.64 per year."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

Mrs. Burton Harrison says that
"home life in our busy day and genera
ton is passing out of vogue" Every
woman has her fad or mission, which
takes her away from home. She looks
upon home life as trivial round, which
is expected to maintain itself unaided.
How is this tendency to be overcome,
for that 1t is an unwholesome tenden-
cy there can be no doubt? Even wives
and mothers who have been faithful
to the home and have made it center
of loving usefulness are apt to bewail
their lot as less blessed than that of
women who have practically cut them
selves loose from home ties. They are
to be found comparing their work with
that of their husbands, belittling them
selves and what they have done, The
years seem to them wasted, because.
instead of learning new accomplish
ments, attending clubs, or earning
money, they have "done nothing" but
maintain the home and bring I'D In
health, strength and beauty number
o. men and women. The work of the
man is necessary to the family well
fare. But the work of the woman,
when well done, is of equal Importance.
And, as matter of fact. the life work
engaged in by many men is frivolity
itself when compared with the tremen-
dous task Of caring day and night for
human beings, which is the work that
women often decry as "a trivial round. /"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

Many farmers will find the rake q
very convenient implement for gather
ing field-sown peas. They should be
raled out when they are damp, the
windows Immediately loosened and
made into punches Of the proper size
for loading. They can then be drawn
in when dry without much loss by
Smelling. SOW three and one-half
bushels of the larger varieties to the
acre with the drill, sowing early and
as deep as possible. find 1t is better
to leave the surface of the soil ridged,
SO that when the vines go down, the air
having better chance to circulate I'M
derneath, they are not so apt to spoil.
Good results have been obtained show
ing three bushels to the acre checked
G. T.. Campbell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

President in having accepted them. BY
this act the affiliation of the New Era
Cub with the federation was denied
and Mrs. Ruffin found herself without
the right of representation. She is de-
termined, however, to have more for
NAL decision In the matter and has
taken legal advice. The question will
come up again at the next biennial con-
vention and the Massachusetts State
Federation, with which the New Era
Club Is affiliated, will support Mrs.
Ruftin, as will doubtless, other North
ern clubs. This may lead to u breaking
up of the federation.
Mrs. Ruttin. who is thus the leading
figure in this interesting situation, is a
woman of good education and of great
ability. She Is almost white in color
and few would suspect her Of having
the blood of the black race in her veins.
She is a native Of Boston. Before she
was 10 she was married to George l..
Ruftin, who was one of the handsomest
and ablest colored men in Boston. He
was n graduate Of the Harvard Law
School, served several terms In the City
Council, two terms in the Legislature,
and when Gen. Benjamin f. Butler was
Governor he appointed Mr.. Ruffin to a
judgeship in Charlestown, Boston, Civ.
ing him the distinction of being the
first colored man to occupy n position
on the bench north of Mason and Dix.
on's line. Judge Rufiin's prominence
early gave Mrs. Ruftin an opportunity
to see much of life, and before she was
30 she was identified with many move
ments concerning her sex and race.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
nR,anr HIGHT sHEo ON EGGS.
How the Experts Determine and Then
Classify Their Quality.

How the Experts Determine and Then
Classify Their Quality.
egg Gambling is difficult trade. In
it the closest attention is required with
sharp eyes, for several grades are
made, and the difference between one
grade and another in looks at least -
not observable except to the expert
who Is intent on his work"
This is the statement of Lincoln Mar
tin, foreman of egg Gamblers in big
Chicago commission house. He Is cred
tied with having thorough knowledge
of this trade, rs indeed he cliOuld have,
as he has worked at 1t steadily for
twenty-five years, and has been with
his present employers for ten years.
Under him are twelve other Gamblers
hired by the day, at $3.50 day, and be-
sides number Of flyers, men who work
when and where they can get Job.
They get less money than do the regu-
lars. A swift regular will inspect GOO
or 100 eggs daily, or from fifty to sixty
cases, and receive his $3.50, whereas
the flyer is paid but from $1.20 to $l.6O
for the same amount Of work. All the
regulars are undoubted experts, or all
should be so. There are in Chicago over
300 Gamblers Of both descriptions, but
the greatest number are regulars.
The Gambler sits on high stool in
front of either an electric OF a gas light,
which is two-thirds Enclosed in dark
metal, for the best effect. The light is
thrown out MS from a policeman's,
lantern. On one side of the GAMBLER.
within easy reach, is case full of eggs.
and on the other side Of him are empty
cases. He deity picks up two eggs at
a time, and, presto! change! between
the thumb and forefinger of each hand
is now an egg held near the light-it 10
not still the twentieth part of q second,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

Bedford now has an athletic associa-
ton.
The derby races Mt Waterloo were a
success.
Geneva is to have free rural mail
delivery route.
The old court house at Fort Dodge is
being torn down.
The business men of Fort Dodge have
decided to hold n street fair Aug. 30 to
Sept. 1.
The Church of Christ congregation at
Waterloo have dedicated new place of
worship.
Rev. E. L. Hastings has resigned the
passionate of the Presbyterian Church at
Odebolt.
The Odd Fellows at>Osceola have COM
pleted arrangements for the erection Of
lodge building.
The City Council at Muscatine has de-
cided to accept the Musser library prop
osition, and u vote will be held July II.
The Stout State Bank of Stout has
filed articles with the Secretary of State
1t has capital Of $27, 800.
n. Benson, Jr., farmer living near
Geneva, has predicted that this country
will soon be laid barren by u plague Of
locusts.
Harlan Updegraff, superintendent of
the Knoxville public schools, has been
appointed assistant professor of peda-
gogy in Columbia University in New
York City.
Miss Rule, young lady Of Grinnell,
has had FIVE notices served on as many
young ladies inviting them to prove SLAM
derous statements regarding her during
the next term of court.
For long time an unusual number Of
counterfeit dollars have been passed in
Council Bluffs and Omaha, and it is be-
lieved that an organized gang is doing
the work. Numbers OF the counterfeits
have found their way to the banks in
the ordinary course of business and have
been detected.
A protracted disagreement between em-
ployer and cmploye on the farm of Geo.
Besb on the Blackhawk and Bremen
County line eliminated in personal en-
counter resulting in Besh firing charge
of shot at his hired man, August r..
Schmitt. which lodged ia the lntter's
face, inficting dangerous wound. Besh
drove to Waterloo and eavr himself up.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
Corn as n substitute for HAY

The experience of last summer, SO
far as the hay crop was concerned,
ought to put farmers on their guard
to avoid like result this year. To the
man whose experience in growing for
age crops is limited, corn should be the
crop on which to bank, not only for
needed summer fodder. but to harvest
as substitute for hay, If needed. The
soil should be well fitted and enriched,
and the seed of the variety selected
drilled in SO that 1t may be dropped In
three rows at a time. Cultivate in the
usual way. and that portion not used as
green food during the summer should
be harvested before frost in the fall
II well dut, cured and housed, this corn
slower will make an excellent substi-
tute for hay If properly manipulated
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
A Coming In,ecticide.

Prof. L. H. Bailey says: Arsenic Of
lime has the threefold advantage Of
being cheap, the amount of arsenic Is
under perfect control and 1t does not
burn the foliage. 1t is made by boiling
together for forty-five minutes one
pound white arsenic, two pounds fresh
lime, one gallon water. This may be
kept in a tight vessel and used MS de-
sired. Thoroughly stir the material be-
fore using. For most insects one quart
Of the above per barrel will be suffi-
lcient. Arsenic of lime is insoluble in
water and will not injure the foliage of
any orchard fruit at this strength. This
insecticide IS growing in popularity.
Some green dyestuff should be mixed
with 1t to prevent the ever present
danger of mistakingyit for some other
material
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
Selecting Garden Seed.

If farmers would select their largest
and plumpest grain for seed, they
could seed much less heavily than they
do and grow larger crops as well. The
same thing is true of garden seeds.
One had better pay 81 a pound for
plump, well-developed and well-ripen-
ed seeds than to have inferior seed
given to them. Probably seed will av-
erage better this year than 1t has some
years because of the favorable weather
for ripenIng and curing it, but we re-
peat our advice to the gardener to test
his seed by putting some of 1t between
damp clothes to see how much will
terminate before sowing.-American
Cultivatcr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

With view of promoting and in.
creasing the interest in good>roads the
Office of public road inquiries of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture has recently inaugurated move
ment to interest the authorities ana
students of the agricultural and me-
chanlcal colleges in the subject of road
Improvement. To this end object les
son road work has been done at the
Agricultural College of New Jersey,
New Brunswick; at the Agricultural
College of Rhode Island, Gingston; Mt
the University Of Tennessee, Knox
vile, and at Clemson College, Calhoun,
s. g.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Miss Bybee Regain. Her sanses-Busi-
ness Block Burned at Elma-Gnso-
line Law to BE Tested : Postofiicc
Burns at Clarified. r

The story of Miss Marion Bybee, the
San Francisco heiress and society belle,
who has been living at farm house near
Davenport, in apparent content for sew
eral days, developed some features that
are stranger than fiction. In the first
place, local interest in the young lady
was stirred by word from San Francisco
that she is one of the best known young
women in the exclusive set Of that city
and legatee of the Drexler estate, one Of
the largest holdings there. Then Alex
ander Russell Of the Bowers Rubber
Company of San Francisco, personal
friend of Miss Bybee, arrived from Chi
cago, where he had been on business
visit, where he had been reached by tele-
grams from her anxious San Francisco
friends. Accompanied by Davenport peo-
pie who had taken sympathetic interest
in Miss Bybee, he went to the Graham
home, and met with quick recognition
and warm welcome from Miss Bybec.
Miss Bybee had been to New York to
visit friends and was returning home,
when she left her train Mt Clinton and
wandered down this way while Temporal
rily demented. She is perfectly rational
now and her troubles seem to be over.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

A statement prepared by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
showing the wheat crop of the world
for the last five years, contains much
that is Of peculiar interest to Ameri-
cans. First Of all. 1t Is worth noting
that wheat is something the demand
for which keeps always abreast of the
supply. Year after year the worlds
crop increases, yet gains in population,
improvements in transportation and the
growth of commerce enable consump-
ton to keep pace. Last years crop of
almost two and three-quarters billion
bushels will be no more than sufficient
fer use and necessary reserves during
this year. The continent of Europe
produces more than one-half the worlds
crop Of wheat, and North America only
about one-quarter; yet Europe is con-
slant buyer and North America a con-
slant seller. The one consumes almost
the entire worlds surplus, the other is
the worlds great surplus exporter.
The contribution of the United States
to last years crop was twenty and
eight-tenths per cent, larger share
than that Of any other country, Russia,
with nearly 10 per cent, being its near
est rival. The report brings out most
Interestingly the commercial signiti-
canoe Of variations in the crop. In 1897
for instance, Europe produced an un-
usually small proportion Of the worlds
EllDnlv whila tho IIpitad Sfofnc nro.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

In the North American Review JUS
tin Mccarthy INDUCES in some inter-
esting speculation as to the fate of the
disappearing authors" and the rea-
sons for their decline into oblivion. The
fame of some authors comes and goes
with something of the effect of re-
volying light, but the writer's whom
Mr.. Mccarthy has in mind are those
who, having once enjoyed a wide and
apparently deserved popularity, are
slowly and steadily passing out of hui
man memory. Charles Kingsley, for
instance, seems every year TO get less
and less of the attention of the average
reader. With him Mr.. Mccarthy
classes Anthony Trollope and even
Charles Reade, whose "Cloister and the
HEARTH" 1t is said, no publisher would
attempt to circulate in cheap form.
Charles Lever also appears to be among
the disappearing, while who nowadays
ever thinks about the HAIL Bahia"
novels of Morler or the stories of Mrs.
Marsh, an author exceedingly popular
when Mr.. Mccarthy was young man?
1t is true that a somewhat similar pro-
cess has gone on in the case of Fielding
and Jane Austen, but IL these authors
are less widely read they still hold
classical eminence and are mentioned
with reverence and avowed apprecia-
ton by those who never read line of
their works.. But the others seem
neither to be read nor to be able to keep
their places In their respective inches
of fame. Mr.. Mccarthy finds no salts
factory reason for these facts, for in
many cases the disappearing authors
We're men who possessed literary art
and whose work appealed to cultured
minds. Mr.. Mccarthy cites Mrs.
Marsh's "The Admiral's Daughter" as
an instance, yet even those who have
lively memories of 1.-THE Children of the
Abbey have forgotten Mrs. Marsh's
story. The reason for this curious
weeding-out process is apparently not
to be discovered by any process of an
alysis. All that we can say is that in
literature there is an element which in
wolves enduring interest and that some
books have this element while others
do not. 1t does not matter what is the
time of the story or what Its theme, or
even whether 1t is unfolded artfully.
One book formerly popular is absolute.
ly forgotten, another of moderate fame
assumes permanent and respectable
place in literature. Yet it seems more
than probable that this selective proc.
ess carried on by time follows a law
which rests fundamentally on a recog.
milton of great and lasting merit. Some
how a book becomes more or less nec-
essary to the enlightenment or happi-
ness of mankind, and mankind treas
ures it 1t takes no seer to perceive
that twenty-five years from today
dozens Of books which are now hailed
as "books of the year" will. be absolute.
ly forgotten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

The enthusiasm of seedmen frequent
~ leads them to make statements in
their catalogues that are not borne out
by actual practice under all conditions.
A given forage crop may produce
abundantly under favorable conditions
in a climate very different from that of
Oklahoma. A forage crop that does
well here may yield very poorly else
where. For this reason farmers every
where should be cautious before buy
ing largely Of untried seeds and plants.
There is an experiment station in each
State that is on the watch for new and
good things, and these stations are in a
position to know the truth about such
things.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

q b
The Indian name Sioux, as it appears
in such town names as Sioux Falls.
Sioux City and Sioux Rapids, is usually
pronounced $500; but sometimes, in
the East, crieay, that simple pronuncia-
ton is not known. A committeeman
not long ago visited school in New
England, where he heard the pupils say
I, "Si-ox," with complete assurance. At
a favorable opportunity he quietly
spoke to the teacher Of the error, say
ing: You know 1t Is $780, whereupon
she asked the attention of the school,
and solemnly announced: "You have
all been pronouncing the word wrong.
1t is not Si-ox, but Soo-ox." The com
mitteeman lacked the courage to pur-
sue the subject further.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
Cow Peas as Green Manure.

The Agricultural Epitomist says
some Of the farmers in the South have
succeeded in growing larger crops after
COW peas when they have taken the
vines off for fodder, and plowed under
the roots and stubble, than when they
have plowed the whole crop under. 1t
scarcely seems reasonable, and yet
there may be abundant reason for It.
But whether this is exact or not, the
crop Of COW peas and vines are esti-
mated to be worth about $50 per acre
for fodder, and we should much prefer
to feed it out and use the waste, the
excrements of the cattle that eat it to
fertilize the soil with.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11
MRS. JosEPHINE RUFFIN.
Against Whom the :"'Color Line" Was
Drawn at Milwaukee,

Against WhOm the Color Line" Was
Drawn at Milwaukee,
AT the convention of the National
Federation of NVomen's Clubs at Mil
waukec the color line" was drawn and
now the question Of the eligibility of
colored women to white women's clubs
is being discussed throughout the land.
The color line" question was precipi-
tated in this way:
Some months ago the secretary of the
national federation sent to the New
Era Club, Of Boston. an invitation to be
presented at the Milwaukee conven-
ton. The president and founder of this
club is colored woman, Mrs. Josephine
st. P. Ruffin, and believing that the in
vitation was extended in good faith
she went to Milwaukee to attend the
convention. The officers of the fedora
ton had not known that the New Era
Club was one for colored women and
when Mrs. Ruttin appeared at the con-
vention there was opposition to her and
her club from the Southern delegates
and from Southern women living in the
North.
The "bosses" of the convention sought
to shelve the annoying question by re-
turning the fees of the New Era Club
on the plea that the Board of Directors
had not approved of the action of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11


increased, while ours decreased. Tho
result has been persistently low prices
for wheat, in spite Of decided advance
In the price of other agricultural prod,
ucts. An increase in the crop in South
America and Australasia, most of
which goes to Europe, and the abund-.
ance Of the European rye crop. have
also helped to keep the price down. Or
dinarily more than 70 per cent. of the
wheat crop of the world is produced in
seven countries of the Northern Hemi-
sphere: The United States, Russia,
France, India, Austria Hungary, Ger
many and Italy; but of these countries
two only. the United States and Russia,
produce quantity greatly in excess Of
their own demands.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

The Paris exposition is remarkable in
many ways. but most Of all as an ex-
hibition of the greatness of Chicago.
The world never realized the full ex-
tent Of the triumph achieved by the
Columbian Worlds Fair until it had a
new Partisan effort TO compare 1t with.
The nineteenth century will close with
Chicago still holding the prize for the
greatest, the most imposing, the most
interesting and the most artistic worlds
fair that mankind has ever known.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-11

before being f~l. Vast quantities OF
corn fodder are yearly ruined by being
left in the field cut and uncut during
heavy fall frosts that take much of
Its nutriment. If a silo is not on the
farm, store the corn stalks under cover
after curing, and when about to feed,
cut in a machine that will split the
stalks as well as cut them. NIoisten this
fodder with ground grain and all Of the
stock, even the horses, will thrive upon
sit.-Exchonpe.