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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
be installed to use the water power of

be installed to use the water power of
the drainage channel at Lockport.
There are still tbout 1880 gas lamps
in nightly operation, and, MS each light
er cares for an average of 100 Of these,
there are still nearly 200 lighters max
ing their rounds nightly.
Just how many boys and men are EN-
ployed 1t Is difficult to learn accurately
They all work for the gas company
as the city pays $40 year for each gas
lamp and the company maintains" i,
that is, pays for lighting, extinguish
ing, cleaning and repairs.
But while the company allots an ev-
erage of 100 lamps to each lighter, and
pays fixed rate per lamp for their
maintenance, the lighters sub-let the
contracts in some cases, hiring little
lads for almost nothing to do part of
the work, of which. of course, the com
pany has no record.
Some old men who for many years,
have been employed ms lamp-lighters,
swear their sons into the service and
make FAMILY affair of 1t. Therefore,
1t is probable that more than 200 peo-
pie are employed to care for the 1880
gas lamps which are still in service.
Although the electric lighting sys-
TEN of Chicago was inaugurated only
thirteen years ago and has grown slow
ly, few people realize that the city has
the largest municipal street lighting
system In the world, including 3,502 arc
lamps, ench of 1000 candle power.
In addition to the gas lamps, there
are approximately 10000 gasoline lamps
In service in outlying districts not
touched by the mains of the gas COM
panies, and these are rented by the city
from private corporations. These, too,
are being displaced gradually by the
extension of the electric lighting sys.
TEN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Stole the BRIDEGROOM.

A young man in conyivial party Mt
a Broad street hotel told the following
story: Il had a good time at wedding
last week. 1t was the wedding of n
friend of mine, and and some of the
boys played u good joke on him, and
he didn't get mad either. The joke was
to steal him. Yes, right after the cere-
mony we grabbed him up. banged him
into cab, and then drove him out six
teen miles into the country, where we
locked him up in barn and kept him
there three days. The bride waited FOR
him in royal suite Of rooms in an AS
bury Park hotel. We had persuaded
her to travel down alone. promising her
the groom would arrive at any minute.
Every evening, after our days work
was done, we trotted out into the coun.
try to see the groom, with baskets of
food and liquid. Pretty good-naturetl
about it the duffer was, too, tell you.
though, those three days were different
slightly from what he and the girl had
been counting n."-Philadelphia Rec.
ord
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Experimental Farmiro,

Why, says correspondent, shall not
each farmer in 1900 set aside plot on
which to test seedlings Of his own rails
ing or those secured from others? One
of the most interesting experiments is
starting new sorts Of grapes. Take
seed of any good variety, plant in bed,
and the second year transplant have
secured from Concord all colors and
many very choice sorts. But 1t does
not SO much matter what we work at
whether potatoes. corn, grapes berries,
or beans-it gives great zest to farm life
to create new thing. Start your bows
and girls on that line, and they will not
hate farm life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

Prof Chrismani raised storm Of
protest at the mothers congress in
Des Moines by asserting that men new
err love. Doubtless the way in which
his audience replied to and repudiatet
his assertion was tlnged with con-
siderable amount of personal feeling,
for most of the women present had a
good right to believe that they We're
or had been loved by man, but it was
the natural rebuke that thinking men
and women would give to such an opln-
ion, which was Objectionable not only
In itself but i'll the place where it was
uttered. The assertion that men do
not love is not new. 1t is a part of
the doctrine of the strictly materialistic
school. Prof. Chrisman seems to have
deviated from the usual track of the
proponents of the theory that love is
merely manifestation of certain nerve
forces acting upon the brain, in that
he claimed that women loved, although
men did not. He was thus inconsistent
from the so-called scientific point Of
view, and either ignorant or mendn-
clous from the standpoint Of ordinary
humanity. II he spoke merely frofa
his own experience he was unscienti6n
In generalizing from limited knowi.
edge of his subject: IL he professed TO
speak as an expert vino claimed TO
vecarefully investigated what is caF-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
gorton, Perth, and sold to d. McLen.
nan, Buenos Ayres, for 23o guineas, or
about $1,000.
winter-Killed Clover.

Much clover gets winter killed be-
cause the frost lifts it up when the
ground freezes, and when 1t thaws
again the soil settles away from the
roots and leaves them bare to be dried
up by the sun. A going over with a
heavy roller would press these roots
down into the soil and firm the soil up
to them, SO that they would take hold
again and grow. The more porous the
soil the greater the liability Of frost
throwing and killing the roots of clover
and grass. Even the trampling of cattle
and sheep over field may help to save
the roots of the clover. though the roll.
er is preferred, as it can be made to
reach every part of the field.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

We asked the farmer his opinion OF
the rural free delivery of mails at is
O good thing" said the farmer, having
first excused himself from speaking in
dialect upon the plea that he had been
ordered by his doctor to avoid great
eXertion. 1T is great accommodation
in the busy season of the year to get
our green-goods circulars uninterrupt-
eddy. Under the old system have
known the time when didn't see a
green-goods circular for six weeks dur
ing harvest and haying. "--Detroil
journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

According to the director of the New
Jersey experiment station, 1t has been
estimated that If nitrate of soda is
rated at 100, blood and cottonseed meal
would be about 10, dried and ground
fish and hoof meal 65. bone and tank
age G5, while leather, ground horn and
wool waste range from as low as to
as high as 80. From these figures it is
to be seen that nitrate of soda is the
most effective form of nitrogen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNcisELY
CONDENSED.
Figures on State Militia Forcc-Body
of Murdered Man Found-c Clinton
Men Charged with Conspiracy-Dam.
age by Hog Cholera.


Adjt. Gen. Byers has received dis
patch from the War Department Mt
Washington, asking for detailed state
mcnt over his own signature giving the
strength of the National Guard in Iowa.
The adjutant general ut once compiled
the desired information and has mailed
it to its destination in Washington. Upon
this basis the ratio of Government mp
preparation which Iowa is to receive from
the new $1,000000 support fund passed
by the Congress this year will be made.
The statistics of the adjutant general
show total strength of 2,GS2 i'll the new
guard, an item of interest considering the
fact that Iowa militarism is to receive n
new impetus from now on. On the fourth
day of July the new guard law in Iowa
went into effect, doing away with the old
brigade organizations md raising the
standard of requirements i'll physical ex-
animation higher than ever before. There
will also be an additional support fund
for the Iowa guard secured through the
efforts of Adjt. Gen. .Bycrs and the adj
jutant generals of other States who con-
vened in Washington for that purpose
during the last session of Congress. 1t Is
expected TO equip the new guard as com
plctely in every particular as it is posi-
BILE to make them, so that Mt any time
there may be call from the Government
Iowa will be ready with well prepared
force
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Sell the Wrong Hens.

1t is natural for the hens to lay and
when they do not produce eggs in the
summer or fall the cause should be in
vestigated. When eggs cease to come
in the. farmer sells the melting hens,
which is just where he makes his
greatest mistake. The ones to dispose
Of are those that are fat and in high
condition. If the poultry on the farm
have the attention given them that is
received by the cows the farmer would
soon learn to know more about his
Hocks and understand how to correct
his mistakes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

There are no great unclaimed estates
In England, despite mistaken or fraud
ulent assertions to the contrary. The
State Department warns the American
public against possible swindling eff
fected by the promoters of schemes
based on imaginary assets. A London
firm of solicitors was asked by the
United States embassy to examine GER
tain claims. In one thousand cases
thus sifted no valid claim was discov-
cred. Furthermore. there are no large
deposits in the Bank of England await
ing claimants. The familiar theory
that people like to be imposed upon is
made more probable by the history of
the pursuit of supposed estates in com
parison with which Castle in Spain,
is substantially itself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
1t was thought not SO long ago that

1t was thought not SO long ago that
the summer vacation, whether long or
short, was luxury in which only the
wealthy few could afford TO indulge.
But now there are few employers who
do not give their employees a summer
holiday. They have learned that they,
not less than the recipients Of their
generous consideration, profit by the
concession. Their employees return to
their work refreshed, frightened and
lnyigorated, capable, willing, anxious
even, to discharge their duties with in
creased energy and heartiness. They
are all the better workers for their
recreation and enjoyment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Washing Wool.

Sheepmen are quite generally aban-
doning the washing of wool on the
sheep or any other way. The price re-
ceived for washed over unwashed wool
is now not enough to pay for the work
and for exposing the sheep from colds
from the water. The centrifugal ma
chimes that wash the wool SO quickly
and thoroughly are too keen competl-
tors Of the shepherd. Perhaps the
washed wool is really a little more val
liable, but If 1t is the buyer is unwill-
ing to make inducements In the way of
better prices.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

Moundsvie W.
They
all the world The church originated
Moundsve
to
They believe andd iy!neh healing
Of
the
families
called Gospel Trumpet No
therc
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

In China a rich man gets as many
servants as he wants, and yet he paws
them no wages, while the common peo-
pie have to pay them well. Even then
they are hard to get, for the reason that
the employe of the rich man can make
more than triple the ordinary wages
in perquisites.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
con.pirncy !. Charged.

Charles Smith, n junk dealer, and
James Fitzgerald were arrested ut Clin-
ton, charged with conspiracy. For some
weeks past the Northwestern company
has been missing brass. Smith informed
the officers of the company that he could
catch the thief. He was told to proceed
and was furnished some money by way
of remuneration. He informed the officers
thot james Banks, who also conducts Il
junk shop near Smith, had the stolen
brass. Officers found this to be true, but
when questioned Banks said he bought
the brass from Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
being corncrcd, admitted that he took the
brass from Smith and sold it to Banks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

For January. 1900. there were export.
ed $3.50 mules, against 53S head in
January. last year. The export of
mules for the seven months ended Jan
uary, 1900. comprises total of 22,2G4
head, against 4,834 mules for the cor
responding period in 1898, the former
valued at $1,947,214. and the latter at
$431,8T2. Evidently the wars are of ad-
vantage to the horse and the mule
growers, and the end of the wars will
not end all, because the whole horse
and mule supply is reaching low point
and it will take number of years to
catch up with the demand.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

The fact that the biggest bean patch
In the world is at Pasadena, Cal, is of
course of great interest to Bostonians.
Last year $4,000 acres there We're de-
voted to beans, and 1000 carloads were
produced. 1t is said that 1873 distinct
varieties of beans are grown in Ven
tura county.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

"A pOSt0mce mas Dccn eStaDllSheu Ut
Wheeler.
Hartland is experiencing well-devel-
oped smallpox scare.
Algona boasts of resident who has
lived in three centuries.
The contract has been let for the new
NJ. Il. Church for Spencer.
The corner stone of the new opera
house at Spencer has been laid.
AT Muscatine II. 3. Keith. aged 20,
while respondent took poison and died.
be established soon in Marshall County.
The Auditor of State issued ten char
tiers to as many new banks in one day.
Mrs. Patrick O'Neal of Swalednlc had
her thigh and hip bones broken in a
runaway.
found in Burlington, and the police arc
investigating.
Cattle dealers at Rock Rapids will
within few days ship 1000 head of fat
cattle TO Europe.
The G. & N. w. has commenced the
erection Of new coal sheds and water
tank at Council Bluffs.
w. T. Irwin of Colfax lost horse
through colony of bees settling on il
and singing it to death.
n. j. Leytem, Mayor of Cascade, died
suddenly. He was 65 years old and had
resided in Cascade fifty years.
New Sharon is in hopes that the trans
fer of the Iowa Central road TO the NJ.
& st. Il. will result in getting them thcil
long looked for new depot.
A number of gentlemen at Sidney llav.
Incorporated and will hold tournament
this year Aug. 1-3.
Cholera is playing havoc among hogs
at Clarksville, one man losing eighty out
Of n herd of cighty-two.
James Fitzgerald of Des Moincs is
missing and it is thought he fell of n
steamer and was drowned.
The temperance organization at Har-
Ian will begin injunction proceedings
should Il saloon he opened there.
Mrs. John w. Allfrce of Newton swal
lowed a pin while eating, but coughcd il
up after days intense suffering.
The State Bank at Guthrie Center has
lutO tllG ElIsl lNutioilu
Bank of Guthrie Center. Its capital i.
100000.
A train on the Omaha and st. Louis
ran down handcar near Council Bluffs
and it is thought A. d. Zengler was FL
tally injured.
Fred Ita, 12-ycar-old boy, living il
Davenport, was drowned while swim
ming i'll the Mississippi near Cordova, Ill.
with camping party.
Marcus Seymour, aged 80, one of the
wcll-known citizens of Clinton, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself in hi,
barn. Ill health was the probable caust
for the deed.
A horse belonging to man in Clinton
jumped from the high bridge Mt Lyons
and swan five miles before it was takcl
from the water.
The barn of DR.. Eddy in Waterloo wa
destroyed by fire. The fire communicates
to an adjoining barn, and about $7O(
damage was done.
In Dcs Moincs fire did $35, 900 damag,
to stock Of Langan Brothers, wholesal,
paper dealers. 1t started, it is thought
from an electric or telephone wire. Tn,
first floor was damaged by fire, the secon,
floor and basement being mainly dam
aged by water. There was from $50, OOl
to $50, 900 worth OF goods in the building
and $4,000 insurance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

The Massachusetts, Sunday law per-
mits the retail sale of drugs and medi-
cines. A defendant accused under the
law of selling two cigars pleaded that
he sold tobacco us drug. The court
rules that the sale was Illegal. that
tobacco is not drug. 1t Is contended
now that the defendant should have
claimed that he sold the cigars as
medicine and that he would have got
off scot free. Whether cigars be drug
or medicine, 1t is generally admitted
that the cigarette is simply poison and
that Its sale Sunday or any other day
ought to be under that classification.
Conductors or reformatorles and truant
schools agree that delinquent youth,
no matter how perverse, is within the
scope of correction provided he has
not acquired the cigarette habit. The
poison that 1t implants in the tissues
is said to be ineradicable. Adultera-
ton Of cigars complexities the question
of their classification. But the cigar.
cite is classified. 1t is deadly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

Twenty-one wagons passed through
the city of Wabash, Ind, not long ago,
In solemn procession. They were load
ed with the last marketable black wal
nut logs in the county. The ceremony
would have been equally appropriate
in any other county of the great central
States. The walnut, which half cen
fury ago was the most plentiful and
majestic tree Of the region, is today
practically extinct. A stronger argu-
ment for protective forestry laws
would be hard to find.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

The postmaster general has amended
the postal regulations so as to permit
the sender Of n registered letter to re-
call 1t after it has been dispatched. This
will be great convenience to women
who want to add another postscript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

Many pastures and farmyard water
ing troughs are half hogsheads set
upon the ground. They are in con-
slant danger of being upset by the cat
tie, which also fight each other away
from the water. A plan to obviate, in
part, at least, both of these evils is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Concerning Fcnces.

CONCERNING Fences.
The fences between pastures and cul-
tlvated fields should be made strong in
the spring before the cattle are turned
out, but it is well to keep watch Of
them at later times, especially IL the
pasture grows scanty. Then look
over the fence at field of corn or way-
ing grain is temptation that should be
guarded against, as it may not be cas-
lily resisted. Then in some localities
there are class Of trespassers who
think little Of throwing a stone off the
wall or letting down rail In the fence
to make an easier passage for them
selves when they go that way cunning,
fishing or berry picking. Such parties
should be punished, but 1t is not always
ensy to detect them. We have seen a
half rod Of stone wall that had been
thrown down, apparently to get out
some woodchuck or rabbit, and left, as
IL the ones who had done the mischief
thought there was no need of any wall
there.-Amerlcan- Cultiyator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Found Dead Reside Tracks.

The manglcl remains Of n middle-aged
man were found OH the Northwestern
Railroad tracks west of Lohrvillc, and
were taken in charge by the town author
tiles until claimed by friends. The man
is supposed to have fallen from nm cast
bound passenger train, and the body must
have remained on the track some time,
as it is ground into jelly by passing
trains. Considerable money was found
in the pockets and check for SLIP on
the Stanhope bank, signed by w. q. OLE
son. From letters on the body it is be-
lieved the man is Lewis Oleson, a
wealthy farmer living south of Stanhope.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Body of Murdered. Man Found.

The section men on the Northwestern
found the remains of an unknown man
near Comanchc lying in the high grass.
As several murders have been committed
in that vicinity, foul play is suspected.
The body was badly cut and bruised. The
man had apparently been dead for three
days. The remains were identified as the
body of George Brown of Comanche, who
has been missing since July A.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

A Kansas Judge was called up at .
o'clock few mornings ago to marry
loving couple who couldn't wait any
longer. 1t is probable that the girls pa
was not farther behind than the first
bend down the road.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

A Pennsylvania woman has left $1O,-
oo0 for the benefit of horse and dog.
One good thing about leaving money
in this way is that the beneflciaries are
not likely 10 get drunk or quarrel over
the division of 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

shown in the illustration. Two posts
are driven beside the tub and wide
board nailed across. as shown. This
holds the trough firmly to the ground
and also separates the cattle while
drinking. The same plan can be used
with any shape of trough.-Farm Jour
nal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

One letter makes all the difference in
the world. Mr.. Aldrich, the poet. wrote
the line, "a potent medicine for gods
and men," and the proofreader let it so
"a patent medicine" etc.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

fashionable ladies of to-day, who
would be much offended if they were
called barbarous or uncivilized, never
use soap. They grease themselves with
vaseline and such stuff and carefully
rub 1t all off agaln.-San Francisco
C.l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Pennsylvania RAILWAY Emn,ov.,

Hereafter no new employe will be
taken on the Pennsylvania railway who
has passed the age of 80. The COM
pany's new pension system makes this
precaution necessary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18
Brakeman Accidentally Killed

A fatal accident occurred at Ackley. in
which railroad brakeman named Ripley
was killed. He was engaged in making
coupling in the Illinois Central yards
and, falling, was caught between the
draw bars and crushed, dying shortly af-
forwards. His home was in Waterloo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

That the Klondikc region is for the
most part frozen the year round is only
so much more evidence of the wealth
there is in ice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

The following lately appeared In a
provincial paper: "Mr. and Mrs. Cavey
wish to express their thanks to the
neighbors who kindly assisted at the
burning of their house last night
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

OIL the oats and that on the barberry
bush are identical, and that to SOW oats
near bunch or a hedge Of barberries
Is to invite the rust to attack them. We
were told SO many years ago, and we
have seen facts that seemed to prove it.
EXCHANGE,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-18

Viewed in the light of antiquity.
whatever the future history of the Chi
nese may be they have long tale be-
hind them.