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

Six prisoners confined in the county Jail
at Marion awaiting the action of the
grand jury, made good their escape at o
o'clock the other night. When Sheriff
Evans opened the door to the corridor
for the purpose Of locking the men in the
iron cells for the night one of them struck
him blow on the head which felled him
senseless to the floor. They then rushed
out into the street and soon baffied all
pursuit. Four of the men had been held
for making murderous assault on the
night pump man of the Chicago and
Northwestern Company at Stanwood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Sowing Timothy.

There is no better way! of getting a
good stand of timothy than to put the
ground in good order and SOW the
seed about the last week in Septem-
Der or first of October, one bushel to
six acres. A correspondent Of the Ma
tional Stockman has sown in corn the
last time he worked the corn and
got the best kind of 2 stand Of timothy
and clover.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
New ofRcers Arc chosen.

At the business session of the State
Epworth League convention in Des
MONIES it was decided to continue holding
the State conventions annually. An
amendment to make the conventions BIZ
ennial failed to carry. The following
officers were elected: President, Fred
Montgomery of Fayette; secretary, G. B.
Roberts of Abel; treasurer, George l..
Huffman Of Des Moines; superintendent
Of Junior league, Miss Susie Mills of Mar
shalltown. Vice-presidents-De Moines
conference, Prof. G. E. Shelton of In
dianola; Northwest conference, Rev. Geo.
Whitfield of Belmond; Iowa conference,
Miss Louise Hinsey of Ottumwa; Upper
Iowa conference, Rev. w. II. Troy Of
Charles City,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Iclly Set.

For little present" and one which
is certainly not inexpensive. to offer Q
bride you can look at the box contain
ing jelly set. This consists Of q Jelly
bowl rather low and fat. 1t is not OF
cut glass, but of fine porcelain and the
edges are irregular. 1t seems as II 3
round, shallow bowl had the border
squared into an almost four-sided ar
rangement. The sides are scroll-like
and waved slightly. A silver spoon.
with a long handle and a gold bowl, 10
laid in its velvet trench in front of tho
bowl. Such is the new jelly set.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

heaped in the pits as. shown, and
brought to point at the top. They
are then covered with sheaves of straw
lengthwise up and down, to shed wa
ter, the straw being thick enough to-
keep out the frost. The straw is then
covered with the earth thrown out, as
to keep 1t safe from being blown away,
as well as for protection from the
cold. Ventilation, however. must be
provided for, SO that the heat escaping
from the close packed roots may es-
cape, and this is done by leaving
punches of straw in spaces ten feet or
SO apart set upright in the peak of the
covering. These pits are opened at the
end and as the roots are taken out the
openings are carefully closed up. It's
quite safe to keep roots in this way I'M
til late in the summer, so that the cat
tie need not be turned on to the pas
lures before the grass is well grown.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

A statute similar to the English Cor
supt practices" law might eliminate
from politics the abuses of the cam
Naign assessment and its attendant cor
Auptions. Then, again, 1t might not.
New York State has some such law, but
we do not learn that its politics has
been completely purged of evil. Too
much dependence is placed on laws, too
little on public virtue. De Tocqueville
said sixty years ago that the fate of
this republic rested wholly on the vir-
tues Of its people. This was true then
and 1t is true now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
STILL A sPRY OLD LADY.
Mrs. Nancy Jones, Aged 81, Widow of

Mrs. Nancy Jones, Aged 81, Widow of
Revolutionary Soldier.
There are now on the Federal pension
rolls just four widows of revolutionary
soldiers. Mrs. Nancy Jones, who lives
on her little farm near Jonesboro,
Tenn, is one of them, and spry old
lady she is, in spite of her 81 years. She
and her husband We're among the first
settlers of Tennessee and resided in the
eastern part of the State for over sixty
years, up to the time of the veterans
death. The venerable widow is up and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Held over for Two Cents.

Jacob Ziegler, wealthy farmer, living
In Williams township, was bound over
to the United States grand jury in Fort
Dodge, his case involving 2 cents. The
charge against Ziegler is violation Of
the internal revenue laws. Ziegler placed
an order for strawberry plants with Fred
Chapman. nursery stock peddler, some
months ago. Chapman contracted to de-
liver the plants Mt the proper time in the
spring, but failed to live up to his agree
ment and did not call on Ziegler until
some time in July. Ziegler refused to ac-
cept the plants and was sustained in his
action by the courts. Chapman thirsted
for revenge and brought charge against
Ziegler of having failed to afiix revenue
stamp to his order.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Ella Wheeler Wilcox calls attention
to the promptness with which every
enc helps the blind or the crippled, and
says that we should show the same
sympathy for the perverse and the
wicked, who are morally blind. We
should stop to help them as we would
a blind man who asked US to help him
over the street. This is beautiful
poetic idea, and in some cases, more
particularly with children, 1t can be
carried out. But the trouble Is, the per-
verse and the wicked won't have our
help. Nevertheless 1t is good to strive
after ideals, and IL the wrongdoer will
not let US turn him from his evil ways
we can help those who see the error Of
their ways. We can keep our own hands
clean and refrain from pushing our fell
lows downward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Not all the farmers in the West will
care to go into the beef-producing bust
ness. There are some sections where
dairying has become established and
successful, and where this is the case
1t will doubtless e'the most successful
to pursue 1t, as frequent changes from
one branch of farming to another are
generally demoralizing and unprofita-
ble.-American Cultiyator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
MANY Roy.l Palaces in siam,

The royal palaces of Bangkok form
city in themselves. They consist of sew
eral hundred individual palaces, sur
rounded by magnificent gardens and
pagodas. Bangkok is really a city of
waters. 1t is an Indo-C Chinese Venice.
More people live in floating homes on
the Menam, "the Nile of SIAM" and in
many canals, than in permanent build,
iRSs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Man killed by Traiu.

At Fort Dodge Joseph O'Mnlley was
killed by train on the Mason City and
Fort Dodge railroad. O'Malley was in
toxicated and was lying across the track
when he was struck by train which
was backing down to the station. The
car wheel of one coach passed over
O'Malley's cnest, killing him instantly.
He was almost cut in two and his right
arm was terribly manglcd.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Corn Fritters.

Before grating the corn from the cob.
in making corn fritters, run the point
of sharp knife the length Of the cob
through every row Of kernels. Then
crate the tops from the kernels and
press out the pulp remaining on the
cob with the back Of the knife. To
two cupfuls Of corn add the well,beaten
yolks of two eggs. one cupful Of milk,
one cupful Of -four, one-half teaspoonful
of salt and one saltspoonful Of pepper.
Beat the mixture thoroughly. Then
stir the stifiy beaten whites Of the eggs
and one teaspoonful Of baking powder.
Fry in spoonfuls on griddles or In deep
fat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

quainted. 1t was fine thing, the
young Jerseyman who had worked for
$500 year in Elizabethport thought,
to know this friend and patron whose
name was constantly in the newspa-
pers, who knew all the prize fighters
and gamblers in New York. Circular
Joe' was good to the boy who had both
money and sporting blood. They went
around to the prize fights together.
They bet on them together, and accord
ing to Joe they made money. They
..bunched their. BETS" the youngster
following the veterans tips. Alto
gether, according to Vendig, they profit
ed more than $1,000 apiece. But Schrei-
ber's share did not do him much good.
He spent 1T on the woman who was
leading him about by the nose and
showing him high life in the Tender
loin.
While she was showing him life in
the Tenderloin, he was doing his best
to show her IL little high life outside of
1t. Last fall he sent her down to the
Lakewood Hotel, where her gowns and
her jewels We're just as resplendent as
any that the SWEETEST of the swell could
sport. Later nothing would do for the
high-fying woman but she must needs
go to the Paris Exposition. 1t cost her
ardent Jersey tinancier pang to have
her go while he must stay to steal the
wherewithal to pay for the trip, but he
did not deny her. She went and he re-
NAMED. About the first of August she
returned, gorgeous beyond compare
with new Paris raiment. She went
through the Tenderloin with splurge
that rent the heart of every jealous
rival.
When Schneider disappeared an at
tachment was placed ON all her goods
and the bank directors hope to recover
from her some. of the stolen property.
She says that Schneider never gave her
more than gold ring and poodle and
says she will fight for her property.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

The Vanderbilt boys keep on getting
their names in the papers, first by tax
ing up the work where father left of.
next by getting shaved in Connecticut
,pn Sunday and again by refusing to ac-
cept the prize won in yacht race.
Well, these things are better than So
hal scandals, anyway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Dissolve seven.eighths Of teaspoon
fulof soda I'M two tablespoonfuls Of boil
ing water. Add 1t to one cupful Of thick,
sour cream. Turn the mixture into
one quart of -four with which one tea
spoonful of salt has been mixed. Blend.
this quickly. Roll into sheets one-half
inch thick and cut them out with .
two-quart basin. Fry them on grid.
die, browning first on one side and then
on the other. Butter cake and cover
1t with layer of cut up and sweetened
fruit. Place another cake over It and
repeat the process. Serve with sweet
ened whipped cream. l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

The Sultan of Turkey, as jubilee
kift to his nation, remitted all tax ar
Fears ct more than fifteen years stand
ing. This was truly generous of the
Sultan, considering that taxes due fif-
feen years back are SO very easy to
collect.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

There is man in Pennsylvania who
is penniless, after having spent $780,
600 in two years. Let good word be
said for him here and now. He put it
in circulation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Green Tomato Pickle.

Slice peck of green tomatoes and
mix with them four large onions, also
sliced; half-ounce each Of pepper.
cloves, mustard and allsplce, two table.
'poonfuls OF salt and four tablespoon.
fuls OF mustard seed, Stew. for -
hour, then turn iatq cans and sSal,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

pnster beetles were PALE FLEA BEETLE,
provided with another source of food
very much to their taste and one which
they seem to prefer to most others. AS
rule, the blister beetles appear dur
ing the latter half of July and become
numerous during August and Septem-
Der, devouring the leaves and doing
great damage. When the danger OF
real injury becomes apparent, there is
usually little difficulty in Kidding the
plants by spray of paris green and
lime, applied at the rate Of one pound
Of the poison to 175 gallons Of water.
Often the beetles will keep coming in
from the outside, and when the first
spray has lost its effect from rain or
other cause 1t may be necessary to re-
peat the treatment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Offers Fort Dodge $4,000.

A. Simmer of Waverly has made the
city of Fort Dodge an offer to donate
$4,000 for the erection of city hospital
on condition that the city shall furnish
another $4,000 to be devoted to the pur-
pose of permanent fund for the hospital
and that the hospital service shall be free
to persons of all colors and creeds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Poli.h Copper Qnicklx.

Copper and other shiny metals should
never be allowed to remain in :
dimmed and grimy condition, but
should be promptly dealt with as soon
as soiled. A mixture of bran, salt and
vinegar is excellent for Frightening
copper. For brass there is nothing 20
good as constant rubbing, or, as our
Anglican sisters call the operation,
'leathering." Whitening, made to .
paste with vinegar, is good polish for
brass, but 1t is said that all polishes ~
move the lacquer, and when this 10
done the metal is sure to tarnish,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Probably larger percentage of ap-
plicants to the universities would be
able to pass the examination in spell
ing if there were more of the three RS
and fewer ologies in our primary edu-
..afinn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

1t is rather a surprising fact, consid-
ering. how enormously they have grown,
that at the beginning of the nineteenth
century there was not savings bank
in the world. The Rev. Henry. Duncan,
rector Of very poor English parish,
noticed that when the people wished to
lay by little money they would buy
a pig or COW with 1t, having no other
way to find investment for small sums.
He founded the first real savings bank
in 1910. Two or three which had ex-
listed before that time were practically
charitable foundations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

john Murray, head of the London
publishing house whose experience en-
titles him to respectful hearing, lays
down these rules regarding standards
OF judgment in reading fiction:
|. No work of fiction can really be
Judged until it has been out. say, SIX OF
eight years.
.. We beck wsistes To- spit 4 passing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Taking Care of a Root Crop.

AH11 3 NHhS OH u 1NUOV NfOpe =
Roots Of all kinds are best preserved
in pits made in this way. The pits are
dug out in some dry and convenient
place safe from water. They should be
three feet deep, four feet wide, and ten
or twelve feet long. The roots are
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
around every day when the weather is

around every day when the weather is
at all tolerable and still superintends
her farm. On her Goth birthday, just
about year ago, she was photographed
and large numbers of her pictures have
been secured by persons in her section
of the country, by all of whom Aunt
Nancy Jones' is known and liked. The
old lady is very fond of her corncob
pipe, which is her close companion and
solace. She has five children living and
about thirty grandchildren.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

This portable fence is an indispen-
sable factor in the successful and eco
nomical handling of the flock on small
farm or where the system of mixed hus-
bandry is practiced. Many opportuni-
ties win be presented during the year
where 1t can be used advantageously
in dividing pastures or for confirming
sheep upon certain portions Of field.
1t will be found invaluable as quick
method for constructing pens, either
large or small, at shearing time or for
docking, tagging or dipping. In the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

sLIsTER BEETLE. ing dry Weathef. The
danger is confined largely to the early
part of the season, while the plants are
young and it is not too late to reseed.
1t appears the best course to spray with
paris green, using one pound to 175 gal
Ions Of water and adding one pound of
quicklime.
Like several other insects. the blister
beetles We're satisfied with thefood pro-
vided by nature until the advent Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

beetle. This insect
measures about one
eighth Of an inch in
length and is yellow
ish brown in color.
Down each wing COW
er extends a yellow
stripe. All the severe
injury has been dur
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Permanent Farm improvements.
There are some very desirable i'm
provements that the farmer might like
to make in his buildings or his sur
roundings that seem almost out of his
reach. because they cannot be made
without an expenditure Of ready money
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
To Pack Egg. for Long Keepln.,

The yolk of the egg spoils much
quicker than the white. For this reason
1t is important that the yolk should b.
surrounded with layer Of the white.
If the egg is placed on the side or large
end the heavy yolk will settle to tho
bottom and come in contact with the
shell, which admits the air. II It 10
placed on the small end 1t will always
have layer of white between It and
the shell. Eggs absorb odors easily.
therefore only odorless materials
should be used when packing them.-
Ladies' Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

fashion and colored with the tint Of some
issue or psychological Question of the
day" is ever likely to have permanent
value.
3. If any one wishes to test the books
Of today let him or her keep up a close
acquaintance with Robinson Crusoe, the
Waverley novels, Dickens, Thackeray
and George Eliot. 1t is extraordinary
how much modern work crumbles under
this test.
These rules, especially the first and
third, reflect the best sense CT expert
enced readers. Novels, like animals and
plants, must submit to the selectiye
process of nature and only the best sur
vive. A new novel may create a furore
and be in everybody's mouth for a sea
son. But wait till the frost Of judg
ment comes. Fashions which have to
do with what is fieeting come and go.
The reality endures, and only those
who see the reality and give it human
form can command hearing beyond
the hour. If people who have not time
to read everything would wait five
years after the publication Of book
before reading it much valuable time
might be saved. The chances are as 10
to they wouldn't read it because 1t
would be forgotten. But they would
have the more delight in reading the
saved and saving remnant, the one
worthy work surviving this stern judg-
ment Of taste and thought.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

Cut the giblets of two chickens, an
onion and half a pound Of lean ham into
squares and color in butter in sauce
pan, using. two ounces of butter. Cover
then with quart OF consomme and Z
handful Of rice. Add, also, three large
ripe tomatoes cut In halves. Boil for
one hour, strain and serve. i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

greater than he has Mt command. And
there are others that require but little
more than the labor, aud are within
the means of every one. A few fruit
or shade trees or shrubs set about the
house, space made for a flower gar
den where seeds may be sown in fall
or spring, a clearing up of the rubbish
of old wagons and tools and waste
lumber around house and barn, or
mending gates and fences, will make
the place seem more homelike, and as
II civilized people lived there, and less
like Boer or an Indian camp. Then it
will cosb. but little to set some of the
bush fruits and grape vine or two,
and In few years they will add to the
table luxuries enough to make the farm
more pleasant as well as more profit
able. These improvements can be made
even when lumber for new buildings
or the paint for old ones are unattain-
able.-Exchange.
English Wheat Deteriorating.
English millers say that they are
obliged to mix large quantities of i'm
ported wheat with the homegrown
wheat to obtain sample of flour that
will rank, us first class and command a
good price. They say that the quality
of the English wheat has degenerated
for milling purposes, and charge that
this is in part the result Of a lack Of
care in selecting seed. There is no doubt
that inferior seed, small or shrunken,
will result in n poorer grain, especially
If the practice is continued. The large.
plump grain is the cheapest seed to use.
A change of seed from one locality to
another may have some effect in inn
proving 1t, and experiments in regard
to cross fertilization are in progress,
which are hoped will unite the good
qualities of some of the most hardy,
prolific and best milling varieties. Some
Of them have been very successful thus
far.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Automobiles on tho Farm.

Automobile moving machines pro-
PEELED by gasoline engines were exhib-
tied at the Paris Exposition, and were
pronounced success. They were
given farm test In the presence of the
officials and many leading agricultur-
lists in a field of second growth lucerne.
and were able to cut about an acre an
hour. There were no accidents or break
downs. One American firm uses gear
ing to transmit the power from the
motor to the knives and another uses
the chain. The steering apparatus is
controlled by a lever from the drivers
seat. 1t is said that the principle is to
applied to other machinery.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Marbled Cake.

One-half cup butter and one cup 90.
gar beaten to a cream, one-half cup
sweet milk. one and onc-half cups -four,
one teaspoonful baking powder. whites
four eggs added last. Take one cup Of
this mixture. add five tablespoonfuls
grated chocolate, wet with milk and
flavor with vanilla. Put layer Of
white mixture in cake pan, drop the
chocolate mixture with spoon, IN
spots. pour over the remaining whits
and bake. Ice with chocolate icing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
Sweet Clover.

A Missouri correspondent Of the
Kansas Farmer says of the Bokhara or
sweet clover that he thinks it one Of the
best forage plants for the arid regions
of the Western States, and that cattle
eat the hay in preference to any other.
1t will grow on soils where nothing else
grows, and will soon make them fertile
enough to grow other clover. 1t will
kill out all weeds and small bushes and
take complete possession Of the land,
vet as 1t is a biennial 1t cannot become
pest If mown before IT goes to seed,
as 1t dies out root and branch In two
Years
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07

A course in accurate counting might
well be added to the curriculum of our
schools. even if some fad has to be sac
riflced to make room for it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-07
In theKitchen.

Id.
Have a stationary soap-cup on the
side of the scrubbing bucket to prevent
the bits Of soap from wasting In the
water.
Keep your sand or securing soap IN
little wire basket over the sink. An
ordinary soap-dish will hold the water
and waste the soap.
A piece of heavy unbleached muslin
neatly hemmed should be placed over
the flour barrel under the lid to keep
out insects and dust.
A little soft soap, made from half .
pound of hard soap and two quarts Of
boiling water, is much more economi-
cal, IL properly used, for laundering
purposes than ordinary hard soap.
An evidence of good housekeeping
and economy consists in having var1-
ETY. Of bags, large and 8. all, neatly IA
beled and tackled on the back Of the
pantry door, to hold the kitchen towels
and dishcloths that are prepared and
ready for use-in fact, all the little ar
ticles that are needed at moment's4
warning in the kitchen.