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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The gravestone over the burial place
Of John Foster. almanac maker. in
the old b,lrylng rsou.d at Dorchester,
Mass. bears the Inscription, which was
dictated by himself. "still was his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The readers of THE DEMOCRAT,
may rest assured that it will, during
t b coming year, maintain the high
standard of excellence it has attained
and continue to be, IS it has been for
many years past, the leading newspaper
published in this comfy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Charles Warren, orders have been sent
to Aldershot to have the Fourth cav
airy division in readiness to embark
for south Africa early in February,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

London, Jan. 29.-The Evening
World says: at is learned from re-
liable source that Field Marshal Lord
Roberts has advised the abandonment
of Ladysmith. At the war office no
confirmation could be obtained Of the
advices said to have been given by
Lord Roberts"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Periodicals..

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and at actual cost to us, almost any of
the leading newspapers and magazines
published.
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If Sent BY Mail.

Eighteen cents in addition to the sub
scription price is required to prepay
postage on Famous Frontiersmen,
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National Creamery Ruttermakers'
ASSOCIATION, Lincoln, Nebraska.
February 10 to %.

For the above occasion the 1. G. R. r.
will sell tickets from Manchester to
Lincoln, Nebraska, and return at rate
Ut one fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale February II and 10. Limited
to return up to and including February
18th. II. G. FIERCE,
5w3 Agent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Mason Work.
am prepared to furnish estimates and guar
antee satisfaction on all kinds Of Mason work.
c. p. MILLER,
l7u Manchester, Iowa.
SMOKE san Mateo &c Cigars. Strictly pure
and absolutely free from artificial flavor.
15u h. B. BRlGGs, Mig.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

ca warenouse aliaia.=s rne neywood
Bros, and Wakefield company's, but
was extinguished without serious loss.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
is FORCED TO RETREAT.
General BuIierAgain on the South
Side of TugsIa. -
sPloN KoP TO HARD TO HOLD.

According to the Boer Account It Was
Second Majuba Hill-Boers Claim to
Have Captured 100 Prisoners The
Withdrawal of the British Army Ac-
complished Without the Loss of Man
-Ladysmith To He Abandoned.
London, Jan. 29.-The war Office de-
MES the report that Ladysmith has
surrendered and announces that q
very heavy list Of casualties will be
soon issued.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Menches,er Merkets,
NOTICE.

All persons knowing themselves to be indebt-
cd to the firm of Story & Abbott will please call
and settle before the first day Of january, 1900.
40 W. A. ABBOTT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
The Condensed en- Code Of the
Laws of Iowa.

Being a condensation. Of all the gen.
eral statute laws of this state except
the code Of sppocednre)la contained In
the code of 1897 2 i - ~ soneh.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

CYCLONE AND TORNADO
Insurance in FIRST class companies written and
policies Issued BY BRONSON b CARR.
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Phelps. Condition Unchnnred.

New Haven. Conn, Jan. 29.-The
condition of E. ]. Phelps, ex-minister
to England. who Is i'll at his home here
with pneumonia, is unchanged He
passed a fairly comfortable night.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Prince 7Bismark
And the Re establishment of
the German Empire, by Max /,
Frederick.

{ This great work is printed In German
text, is appropriately illustr ated, con.
tsins nearly 800 pages, is handsomely
bound'in silk, and a fine p' 5rtrait Of the
E"Iron Chancellor" is 81 lown on the
front cover. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Shanghai, Jim. 26.-Emp ror Kwang.
su has been deposed and son of the
fifth prince has been declared emperor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Fourth Cavalry Gets Orders,

London, Jan. 27.-Probably as an
! Immediate effect of the receipt of the
I news NJ abandonment of Splon kop
BIZ. the Rritish force under GNnarl Sir
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Says British Surrendered,

London, Jan. pa dispatch to The
Central News from Spearman's camp
contains the first news from British
sources cenfirmatory of Boer report
that the. British in the first trenches on
Spion kep surrendered The Central
News telegram says: "The ammuni-
ton of some Of the British troops in
the advanced trenches on Spion kop
became exhausted, and the Beers, OBJ
serving this charged the trenches and
captured some of our men. Other
British troops, however, recovered the
Trenches
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

lMortally wounded at Spion Kop.1
catastrophe worse than defeat at Spion
kop or Potgieter's drift. 1t was the
retreat Of Buffers army across the
Tugela without another blow for the
defense of the heroic garrison at Lady
smith. Spion kop had been found very
difficult to hold, and the officer who
succeeded Woodgate had decided to
oho n1nv ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Horaes Wantad

A few good horses for eastern markets, must
be sound and In good condition. Enquire al my
piaro on Union street In Manchester.
5sn 7. W. ROBINSON
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Resignation of College President.
Springfield. Il.s., Jan. 25.-Dr. i. Il.
Hardin has resigned the presidency Of
Eureka college.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT.
40 acres Of land. Qtilas been In pasture for
10 years) IN Collins Grove township, 81 miles
north OF Masonville: Part to BIZ plowed and
owl u. SrLIsTER,
80 Manchester. Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Berlin, Jan. 29.-It is reported that
the German foreign office has confirm
alton of the report that General War
ren's division has been crushed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

= -AEl.R>4as% VA - I. ., q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
British Troops Forced to Abandon
Spion kop.
GEN. BUTLER EXPRESSES SORROW.

War once Receive. List of ca.ualtie.
Which Occurred Jan. 24. Consisting of
Eighteen Killed. 1914 Wounded aud
Thirty-one Missing-General Nyoodgate
Dies from the Effects of His Wounds
Received at Spion Kop.
Lorenzo Marques, Jan. 29.-It is re-
ported on good Transvaal authority
that Mafeking was relieved Tuesday,
Jan. %.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Popular American Dictionary.

geese, etc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
QUEEN

view, as it we're, much as the de-
signing seekers after fair Portals
hand and fortune came to discover,
if they might, which box held the
coveted portrait. But the young
queen could not see in any one of
them the qualities she desired in a
husband, although her wishes were
very simple and her demands such
as every sweet and pure woman
should prefer. First, she wanted a
man, who was every inch a man ;
second, she insisted that no man
could become her husband whose
life had been spent in riOtOus luxury ;
and she turned every last one of them
away. For royalty, feated and pam
pered, fed upon the delusion that
they are not of the clay of common
humanity, is not long away from the
apron strings of home before the
purity of youth has vanished. But
in the youthful Prince Frederick
Adolf of Neutrality-suspicious.,
aged Is, and two years the junior of
Wilhelmina, the latter has found her
destiny, and it is said that her choice
reflects all credit upon her good
Dutch common sense-that he is in
telligent, manly, modest and fitted
to be the life consort of a queen of
Wilhelmina sweet wOmanliness.-
Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
II UNPOPULAR r

The girl who is all of 1, I, I, who
takes 40 interest in anybody else,
who cares for nothing but the sound
of her own voice.
The girl who says unkind things
of her friends and relatives in their
absence, who is always telling tales
and making mischief.
The girl who looks down upon her
mother, and snubs her brothers and
sisters, and grumbles generally
about her home.
The girl who is rude and disagree
able to those whom she considers
her interiors, and who nevers shows
any consideration for one poorer than
herself.
The girl who is so vain of her per
sonal appearance that she thinks
everybody is looking an her, and
cannot talk to a man for five minutes
without fishing for a compliment
McCall's Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
..m. WINNING SUCCESS

work. Last year his practice brought
him in over six thousand dollars, and
it is constantly increasing. He has
begun to be a power in politics, has
represented his city in the State
Assembly, and stands directly in line
for Congress.
How did he do it? Here is what
he told me one day: ga man to get
up in the world must have an educa-
iton. Everything else being equal
the educated man will distance his
fellow-man. I realized this, and set
about it by doing reportorial work
at night and studying in the day
time. I entered a law school not
knowing where my tuition was com
ing from, let alone my board and
lodging, but 1 kept up my reporto-
rial work to pay my way, and finally
graduated. In the meantime l was
studying the Bible diligently and
soon became convinced that l ought
to become a Christian. This l did,
and since then have faithfully tried
to live as me-. After this it was not
so hard. I have known what it is
to be hungry and cold, but through
it all I never fail to say to myself, i
shall succeed
But few of US are doing what we
love to do, but this should not keep
US from having our heart in our
work. All things T not so arranged
here that we are allowed to do just
what we wish to. fit were so every
body would eventually wear the garb
of mediocrity, because there would
be no striving for higher and better
things, and men would rest, which
would result in a state of inaction,
and finally chaos. If man makes
the best of himself, no matter where
he may be placed, he is doing just
what God has willed.
If the young men of to-day would
be the successful men of tomorrow
they must first decide that they will
succeed, put their trust in Him who
fashions all success, and then, what
ever they do, do it we'll.
The goal is sure, but the making
of it is in their own hands.-John
F. Bronson, in Saturday Evening
Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
FIRST SCORE,

Mary" said Mr.. Thomas when a
silence, fraught with unpleasant
meaning, had followed his first alter
cation with his young wife.
"Yes?" said, Mary, interrogatively.
when a man and his wife have
had "a difference" said Mr..
Thomas, with a judicial air, land
each considers the other at fault.
which of the two do you think
should make the first advance TO-
ward reconciliatiOn?''
THE wiser Of the two," said Mrs.
Thomas, promptly, "and so, my dear.
I'll say at once that 1 am verv
sorry"
Tt occurred to Mr.. Thomas that it
might have been as well for him to
have made the first advance, after
all, but he thoughtfully refrained
from saying sO.-Collier's Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
Our Social Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENEfE, RALETGH, )

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer we have some of the
most W~fde-aWake N progressive young ladies
and young men and ome of the most entertain
ing writer's among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's Information.
If you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as a Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule.
elapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt JENNIE care of
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
DRESSING THE SCHOOL GIRL

Make her a skirt of thick material
and a few blouses of duck or fannei
of a pretty color. By changing tn7
blouse each week she may look as
nice and pretty as anyone coulu
wish. She should have a warm
cloak reaching to the bottom OF her
skirt and a nice warm hood. This Is
indispensable for covering her he"d
and prevents many colds, and eai.
ache also. Her shoes should not 70
too heavy, for lighter ones often IaST
longer. These, with rubbers' WIZ
keep her feet warm and dry.-Mf''
M. E. F., Guilford Co., N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
THE VILLAGE

A man severe he was, and stern to view;
I knew him we'll, and every truant knew;
Well had the bOdIng tremblers learned to trace
The days disasters in his morning face;
Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he;
Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.
Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault;
The village all declared how much he knew
Twas certain he could write, and cipher, too;
Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage,
And cen the story ran that'h could gauge.
In arguing, too, the parsOn owned his skill,
For cen though vanquished, he could argue still
While words of learned length and laundering sound
Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around;
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,
That one small head could carry all he knew.
But past is all his fame. The very spot
Where many time he triumphed is forgot.
-OLiUer Colds
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
HOW 1T PAID.

Advertising pays, as will be seen
by the following: A Kansas editor
recently gave notice that in case a
stolen chicken was not returned to a
certain place before his next issue,
he would publish the name of the
thief. The place designed was a
coop in a certain back yard. The
next day after the notice came out,
81 chickens were found in said GOOD
in the back yard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

The announcement that the young
queen of Holland, Wilhelmina, has
chosen a husband is made this week,
and will be read with interest by
millions of people all the world over
who admire the girl queens charac-
ter and her insistence upon marrying
a man unsmirched by the experiences
which so generally enter into the
life of youthful royalty. Shortly
after Queen Wilhelmina assembled
the throne a procession of candidates
for her hand passed before her in re-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

Society is reinforced from the bot
tom and not from the top. Families
die out, fortunes are dispersed, the
recruits come from the farm, the
forge and the workshop and not
from the club and the palace. Those
who will control the destinies OF the
twentieth century are now boys
wearing homespun and hand-me'
downs, and not the gilded youth
clad in purple and fine linen and far
ing sumptuously every day at Sher-
rvs or Delmonico's. This is the poor
mans chance. It isropen to all COM
ers. It is not a matter of law OF
statute or politics.-John J. ingalls,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
The Home Circle.
UNANSWERED.

How long ago is it since we went Mayingl
Since she and I went Maying long agol
The years have left my forehead lined, 1 know,
Have fhinned my hair around my temples grazing,
The years will change us; yea, hear them saying:
"She, too, grows old: the face of rose and snow
Has lost its freshness: in the hairs dark glow
Some strands of silver sadly, too, are sraying.
The form you knew, whose beauty so enspelled,
Has lost the htheness of its loneliness:
And all the gladness that her blue eyes held
Tears and the world have hardened with distress.
True! true 1 answer, oh, We years that part!
These things are changed, but is her heart?-her heart!
Madison CGUein, IN Saturday EUeRtng Pos
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

A woman who had ignored a sub
poena to appear as a witness in a
case recently tried in Westmore-
land, Kans., was brought before the
court by the sheriff to answer for
contempt.
What reason, madam" said the
judge severely, "have you for not
obeying the summons of the court?"
q hain't got none, Mr.. Judge"
she replied. "Only we have small
pox down at u house, an 1 thought
you might be kinder sorter preju-
dlced ag'in IT," Court was instantly
adjourned; and the judge, sheriff
anu on-lookers stampeded for the
outside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

were no books to hold their glo.
What a heritage we have! @y'
Student, still hunt those voInm.
historian, still recount every dao5
valor; poet, still sing every victo.l'
and let BOOKS bless u age mon,
and more abundantly.
ALVIN HORTON.
Yancey Co., NC.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
Yancey Co., NC.

The sudden death of ex-sano4
John J. ingalls, Of Kansas is alroo51
known throughout the country
In a eu1ogy pronounced npon So,
ator Beck, of Kentucky, Senator II
gals used words which seem 70 -
veal his OWL inner spirit. We mo-
we'll quote it as the expression Of
immortal aspiration and as a fttina
memorial tribute to the denarto5
statesman himself:
"The right to live is, in human -
timation, the most sacred. the MOS.
inviolable, the most inalienabIo
The joy Of living in such a splendid
and luminous day as this is incon
ceivable. To exist is exultation ~
live forever is our sublimest bono
To know, to love, to achieve, to fri
umph is rapture and yet we are all
under sentence of death. Without
trial or opportunityfo for defence, with
no knowledge of the accuser Or tho
nature and cause of the accusation
without being confronted with the
witnesses against US, we have been
summoned to the bar of life and
condemned to death. There is M
writ of RIO or review. There is
neither e~xculpation o appeal. The
tender mother cries passionatelv for
mercy for her first born, but there is
no clemency. The craven feIon
prays for a moment in which TO he
aneled, but there is no reprieve. The
soul h~elplessly beats it's wings against
the bars, shudders and disappears.
Humanity itself is destined to ex.
tinction. Sooner or later it is the
instruction Of science that the ener.
gy of the earth will be expended.
and it will become incapable of SUD-
porting life. A group of feeble and
pallid survivors in, some sheltered
valley in the tropics will behold the
sun sink below the horizon, and the
pitiless stars glitter III the midnight
sky. The last man will perish, and
the sun will rise upon an earth with
out an inhabitant. It's atmosphere,
it's seas, it's life and heat will vanish,
and the planet will be an idle cinder,
u~selessly spinning in it's orbit.
eff the only object of creation is
destruction, if infnity is the thea
ter of an uninterrupted series of ir-
reparable calamities, if the final
cause of life is death, then time is an
inexplicable tragedy, and eternity an
illogical and indefensible catastro-
phe.
"But no, Mr.. President, this eulogy
is for the quick and not for the
dead. It is not an i~nconsolable la
mentation. It is a strain of triumph.
It is an Affirmation to those who sur
vive, that as our departed associate,
contemplating at the close of his
life the monument of good deeds he
has erected, might exclaim with the
Roman poet, Non omnis mortar. So,
turning to the silent and unknown
future, he could reply with just and
reasonable confidence upon thatmoSt
impressive and momentous assur-
ance ever delivered to the human
race, He that believeth in Me,
though he were dead, yet shall he
live and whatsoever liveth and be-
lieveth in Me shall never die"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

1 firmly believe that any young
man who is blessed with good health
and fails has but himself to blame
for his failure. To-day he who would
learn has opportunities at every hand
to gain a good education if he cares
to give a little time to study. A
man with a good education need
never fail. If he does it is his own
fault. The success or failure of any
man rests not upon the accident of
birth, the lucky opportunity, or by
the pulling or showing of powerful
or influential friends or relatives,
but simply and absolutely upon him
self. IF a man awakens the spirit
within and can say to himself that
he will not fail, then success will
surely be his. 1t may not come to
him in years, but it will be sure,
however slow. Right here it may
be well to state that there are sev-
eraI kinds of success, but that is al
together another matter. The sue
cess I mean is that for which most
men crave-that of wealth and pow
CT. 1t has been my good fortune to
come in contact with a great many
young men who have not failed,
and some, I regret to say, who have,
but I have yet to hear one of the
latter class accuse anybody but him
self for his lack of success. There
is one case which comes to my mind
now that l would like to use to illus
trate my point of view.
Eight years ago there was work
ing in one of the large factories in
New Haven, Connecticut, a young
man twenty years of age. He had
been employed there for three years
and was then earning wages of seven
dollars a week. His education was
meagre, having left school when
thirteen years old, and the only
tools he possessed with which he
was to fashion a successful life were
good health and a bulldog tenacity
of purpose. One day this young
man, who had an almost uncOntroll-
able temper, got into a disgraceful
alteration with an Italian fellow
labOrer, and the latter received a
sound t%hrashing. The young man
was called before the official head of
that great human beehive, who gave
his pugnaciOUs employee his walking
papers with this kindly and sterling
advice: "YOu have broken one of
the rules of the company and must
leave our employ, and 1 desire to say
30 you that you might just as we'll
go now as any time, for you will
never make a success Of yourself
here OF anywhere else"
As he walked away the words of
his former employer kept ringing
in his a + Was it so, then, that he
should never make a success of any
thingT Going up a wharf which a
out into the harbor, this young man
threw his dinner pail as far as he
could away from him and took a SOL
emn oath that ~hencefOrth he would
never fail, no matter what he under
took to do. Seven years from that
time he walked into the office of the
manager of the factory and made
that aStOunded official a liberal offer
for the large scare of the stock in
the concern. 1t was only eight years
before when he threw away his dinner
pail, yet to-day this young man is 8
lawyer of prominence in the large
city where he has taken up his life'i
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

We should be careful to get out of
an experience only the wisdom that
is in it-and stop there-lest we be
like the cat that sits down on a hot
stove-lid. She will never, sit down
on a hot stove-lid again-and that is
well but also she will never sit
down on a cold one any more.-Mark
Twain.