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

than five minutes. When the paper is
dry, the drawing is absolutely invisible,
for all the above named solutions are
colorless. The sheet of paper is now
ready for use in the apparatus.
The objective tube does not contain
any lens, but merely a small atomzer
filed with n solution of ferric chloride.
When pressed the rubber bulb sends
air, not as every spectator believes, in
to pneumatic shutter, but into the
atomlzer. AS a result fine and in
visible spray of the perchloride of iron
solution reaches for moment rive
sheet of paper. What follows is easily
understood by every student of chem
istry.
The reactions between ferric salts on
one side. sulfocyanide of potassium,
ferrocyanide of potassium, and tannin
on the other side, are among the most
sensitive of analytical tests, owing to
the extraordinary intensity of the red,
blue and black colors which originate
In these reactions. Hence the instan-
taneous production of the coIored pic
ture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31


Feeding unshreded Corn fodder is
hard work, on account of the difficulty
of handling. There is also great part
of the stalks that the cattle will not
eat. This accumulation under the cat
ties feet or about the feed lot soon be-
comes nuisance. Accompanying this
description j. l.. Irwin sends to the
Orange Judd Farmer a sketch of n
rack that will be easy to fill and which
will retain the stalks, allowing the cat
tie to strip off the leaves. corn and ten
der, eatable portions. The uneaten por-
ton can be cleaned out before filling
anew, and the useless stalks piled up
for hauling away or mixed with the
accommodating manure heap, where the
refuse of barn and stable is piled be-
fore being hauled to the fields.
The rack is to be built against the
fence, so that the filling can be done
from the outside, the outside OF the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Making Hens Lay In Winter

Inefe are many reasons why hens do
not lay in winter, but all are summed
up in the cold and darkness and lack
of exercise which it induces. This
causes all sorts of troubles The fowls
in cold, stormy weather remain on the
roosts until nearly noon Then they
get up and fill themselves with food
and then go back to the roosts again.
If the henhouse Is dark, either from
snow outside or from lack of windows,
the fowls will stay on their roosts most
of the time, and If fed well with corn
will fatten rather than begin laying.
Make the henhouse as light as possible.
Provide double windows so that they
will not be steamed up with ice from
the birds breath. These double win
dows will also make the henhouse much
warmer, as the space of air between
them is one of the best non-conductors
of heat. Then feed mainly with wheat,
giving little corn except in the very
coolest weather, and fowls will lay
some eggs at the time when eggs are
always the dearest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Lincoln Was Right.

Mr.. Bryan in his address before the
antitrust conference in Chicago, re-
peats Mr.. Lincoln's warning against
the approach of a monarchy:
"In 1850 Abraham Lincoln wrote a
letter to the Republicans of Boston
who were celebrating Jefferson's birth
day, and in the course of the letter he
said: The Republican party believes
In the man and the dollar, but in case
of conflict it believes in the man be-
fore the dollar In the early years of
his administration he sent message
to Congress, and in that message he
warned his countrymen against the
approach of monarchy. And what was
1t that alarmed him? He said 1t was
the attempt to put capital upon an
equal footing with, If not above, labor
in the structure of government, and in
that attempt to put capital even upon
an equal footing with labor in the
structure Of government he saw tile
approach of monarchy. Lincoln was
right Whenever you put capital upon
an equal footing with labor or above
labor In the structure of government
you are on the road toward govern
ment that rests not upon reason, but
upon force"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
j. Deane-Willis, Codford. First prize
and reserve champion female at the
Royal Agricultural Society of Eng
land Show last year.



When n plant is consumed 1t is re-
duced to very small bulk, which is
termed ashes. A large proportion Of
the plant goes into the air, consisting
of water, carbon and nitrogen. The
real loss is the nitrogen, as the carbon
only returns to the original source from
whence 1t came-the air. While por-
ton of the nitrogen also comes from
the air, yet some of it is derived by the
plant from the soil. A plant may cost
but little, owing to the fact that it is
mostly water. Water, therefore, enters
more largely into the composition of
plants than does any other substance
When farmer sells a ton of clover hay
he sells about $50 pounds of water in
the hay. This proportion of water is
much greater in green clover. The ash
es of plants contain phosphatcs, lime,
potash, soda, magnesia and traces of
other minerals, and these substances
come entirely from SOIL If the ashes OF
plants could be returned to the soil
there would be little or no loss, ais the
soil, through the agency of certain
plants, could regain its nitrogen.
and Garden.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
The Potato Crop,


The potato crop last year was esti-
mated at 242,000,00O bushels, with a
yield of 1S1 bushels per acre. The aver
age price may be placed at about so
cents bushel, which is considerable
addition to the income of the farmers in
certain sections. While the value OF
500 per acre is not equal to that of
many crops which are grown by gar
deners near large cities, 1t is fairly
remuneratiye one, and has the great
advantage to many people that it does
not need to be taken to market every
day, like strawberries, nor at just the
moment 1t is fit for use, like many gar
den crops, but 1t can be stored and sold
when the owner is ready to attend to it
after his hurry of harvesting is over.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
AN x.RAY oELusloN.
Apparatus Apparently Photoera phi.
the Interior of the Body.

Apparatus Apparently Photograph
the Interior of the Body.
GiIstaye Mchaud. d. Sc, describes In
the Scientific American most ingen-
ious scientific toy which is productive
of endless amusement, yielding results
which are simply astonishing for spec
tators who have not been told the Sc
cret of Its construction. 1t apparently
reproduces instantaneously and neatly
the interior of the human body, giving
to every organ its natural color. The
whole operation is performed under the
eyes of the bewildered sitter. who
watches the Mays in what seems 10
be the act of drawing and painting be-
fore his eyes his vital organs.
The apparatus looks like the objec-
tive tube of camera. with the plate
OH which the image is 10 be produced
in full sight of everyone. The appara-
tus is placed opposite the person whose
viscera are TO be photographed, and
to heighten the effect lamp may be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
IOWA NATIONAL GUARD
State Association Votes Down Bounty
Proposition.

state Association votes DOWN bounty
Proposition.
The annual meeting of the Iowa Ma
tional Guard Association, held at Des
Moines, discussed the reorganization of
the militia. A legislative committee was
instructed to take measures to assure
that the reorganized guard shall be Civ
en- equipment equal to the regular army.
A resolution was offered demanding
that the State pay to the Forty ninth,
INiftieth and Fifty-second Iowa volunteer
regiments bounty equal to the amount
expended in furnishing transportation to
the Fifty-frst from San Francisco to
Des Moines when the regiment came
home from Luzon. This was voted down
unanimously. The guardsmen preferred
the money be devoted to equipping the
guard.
The officers elected are: President, Col.
James Rush Lincoln. Ames: vice-presi-
dent, Mai. A. G. Norris, Grinnell: record
ing. secretary, Capt. f. NJ. Jones, Des
Moines; corresponding secretary and
treasurer, Maj. j. I. Hume, Dcs Moines.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

There will come day when the
world will be birdless and then the
pest insects, big and little, will begin.
Whether the women who used some Of
the 1900. 600 birds that were killed in
Venezuela last year to secure feathers
for hats and bonnets ever think of
'Ttnis We do not know, but they should
think Of 1t. II the craze for tips
and wings that are now used for
headgear keeps up the pretty feather
ed creatures will be totally destroyed
in this country, and in South Ameri-
can countries, too. OF course this is
long look ahead, but 1t is neverthe-
less sure outlook.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The presiding officer in the French
Senate rings bell TO suppress disor-
der instead of tapping with gavel, as
in America, and England. From all
accounts of parliamentary proceedings
in France he ought to be equipped with
brace of six-pound rapid-fire guns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The ancestor of all our native outdoor
grapes is the original wild grape which
the Norsemen found on the shores of
Vineland. The Concord is supposed to
be the wild grape changed through cul-
tivation. Curiously enough, the seed
lings of the Concord often turn out
white grapes, and Il dozen or so varie-
ties, white, red and dark, originated in
this way.
The speed of windmills is automat-
ically regulated by new governor, a
wind shield being hinged to the side Of
the tower, to be blown ont of vertical
position as the wind increases, with a
lever adjusted by the shield to vary the
length Of the piston stroke
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
The YEARS. Supply of Wood.

All the wood needed for use through
the year should be cut before the sap
begins to rise. If the cutting of wood
is left until after the sap begins to rise
it takes long time to dry it out, and
the burning of green wood or wet wood
in stoves and ranges rusts them out
faster than any other cause. L. is every
way more expensive, as all the wood
in burning has to be made into char
coal or gas, and this uses up most Of
the caloric that the wood furnishes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Will Not Re cnerced

A German-American, Henry Wolf,
of Havana, writing to n friend, says
about the German vote: when the
time comes to cast our ballot, we will
serve notice that we Germans will not
be coerced to sustain principle con-
trary to our convictions. We came
here to find u republic, and we will
guard 1T with the ballot, that II may SO
remain and not become a country of
imperialism and military despotism. .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
DRAMA ee of Roads.

Water is the great road destroyer
and too much attention can not be Civ
en- to the surface and underdraipage Of
roads, says the Drainage Journal. The
surface of the .road should be rounded
sufficiently and made smooth to give
the water falling on the travelway Of
the road flow TO the storm bitches
on the sides of the road, The Travelled
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Not sincere.

Wheeler-What do you think of him ?
Van Byke-Oh! he is double-faced. He
is all things to all men.
Wheeler What makes you think so +!
Van Byke-Why, the other day /
showed him new wheel had bought.
1T was different make from his, and
| yet he praised mine and said 1t was one
Of the best In the market,-Puck
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

A pleasant bit of recent news report
ed mans deliberate destruction of a
house valued at thousands of dollars
rather than have the fine trees around
1t cut down. A contrary practice is too
common. Stately and venerable trees
are cut down to make place for fiilnsy
and ephemeral structures, and thus in.
a day the work of many years is I'M
done. The example cited is to be COM
mended for the widest possible emula-
ton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

manger at a being onfy high enough to
retain the fodder. The frame of the
rack should be made of 2x4s. The rack
b should be made of four-inch fencing
lumber, the Stats about four inches
apart. The outside rack, C, should be
set out far enough SO the cattle can
easily reach down inside to pick up the
chaff. To guard against any waste
here, 1t is well to have the bottom, e,
foored, and the floor surrounded by a
six-inch board. The rack can be made
any length, according to the amount of
stock to be fed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Trust Prices Go I'm.

Competition among producers is the
one bulwark of the consumer. Monop-
oily spells final pauperism for him.
Competition means to the consumer
lower price and better quality. Trusts,
which poison competition and kill it
out of the way, mean higher price and
poorer quality. And to-day prices
are up" There isn't a commodity that
hasn't clambered. Here is list built
on what is purchased for the home.
The poor as well as the rich must have
these things. Read; you may thus learn
what, under trust rule. is taking place
In your pocket.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
A Stirling Rc,,,nrk.

That French paper made striking
remark when it said. speaking of the
American diplomatic victory in the con-
test for the open door" that the "NIon.
roe doctrine has fallen like a part of the
great wall Of China" True, this new
tangled world politics. delivered the
blow that put the Monroe doctrine to
sleep.-Toledo Commercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The Wall street panic of last month
is leaving wide wave of disasters be-
hind it. Hardly a day passes that some
unlucky wight Of a county treasurer, or
other official or banker, somewhere be-
tween Maine and the Mississippi, does
not find himself where he is forced to
announce himself as defaulter or
skip, because caught in the Wall street
gold-standard cyclone. Grand Rapids
Democrat,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Gated to her memory and presented by
Prof. Stanton to the Iowa State College.
The chimes are ten in number and each
bell has engraved on it an appropriate
quotation or saying. The campanile was
built by the State in 1898. 1t is ITO feet
high and is very stable structure. being
built of the very best compressed brick,
with terra Gotta trimmings and ornat
mentations and copper dome.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
a Philippine Harrow.

1t is curious at times to identify some
modern improvement with ancient
methods. This thought will occur to
all who compare the semi-barbarous
Philippine harrow shown in the illus
tration, with the latest improved elias
tic tooth harrow, which is weeder as
well as an implement for preparing
the soil for the seed. Another idea in
this line, which will interest not a few,
is that the similarity between the most
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Inlpending Dangers.

AT the instance of the sultan of Sulu
the American flag has been raised on
Sibutu island, and the United States has
another new possession. So long as the
sultan confines his attentions to islands
everything is serene. But should he
suddenly and in another fit of friend
ship take 1t into his head. as the shah
of Persia did on the occasion of his first
visit to England, to propose an ex-
change of some of his numerous spouses
for those of American statesmen, who
knows what complications might arise?
Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

during his administration it will be in
violation of the bylaws. Mr.. McKin-
ley and his aiders and abetters hate
trusts, but they follow the pious dodge
of doing good to those they hate, and
heap Goals of fire on their heads by
taking them by the hand and loving
fhpm
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

on the campus or
the Iowa State Col
lege Mt Ames. The
chimes We're pre-
scented by Il. w.
Stanton, professor
of mathematics.
Prof. Stanton was
the first one to re-
ceive a diploma
from the Iowa
State College. This
was in 1872. He
was Immediately
made an assistant
in mathematics and
soon after was Civ
EN- the chair in that
department. ii e
married his first as
slstant, who died a
few years ago. The
L. IL:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

1t is to be feared that the members Of
the majority in the House of Represen-
tatives are not losing as much sleep
about the poor working men MS they
seemed to be during the campaign. =
Cincinnati Enquirer. &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
cubans Are Not Prisoners.

Now while the administration organs
are praIsing General Wood because of
his determination to do Justice to the
Cuban prisoners, let them be equally
solicitous Of the Cubans who are not
prisoners and demand justice for them.
too-Omaha World Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

We have societies for the prevention
of cruelty to animals. children, fish,
bugs. ETC., and now comes a new one,
which may be called Society for the
Protection of Trusts" Mr.. Mckinley
Is the President of It aud the chief
executive. and II any trust gets hurt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
IOWA HORSES Are Fastest
Hawkeye State Has Produced Some o

Hawkeye State Has Produced Some of
the Worlds Greatest Champions.
In the breeding and development of
fast trotters, Iowa has kept in the front
rank. OF the 400 PAGERS and trotters
that have since 1888 been credited with
a mark of 2:1O or better the horse farms
and speed tracks of the Hawkeye State
have furnished total of 81, says the
Sioux City Journal.
In this honor list of thirty-two famous
horses there isn't an animal of which the
Iowa horse lover may not well feel proud,
and the achievements Ut this States rep
resentatives in the horse world have won
them wide fame. In the trotting divis-
ion of the list AK is at the head, with a
record of 2:O3M. Among the PAGERS
Strawberry and Fidal are at the top,
with records of 2:04M. The complete
list is as follows:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Must stand and DeIiver.

If the gold standard banking conspir.
ators succeed in getting their measure
through the Senate, all other classes Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES up their
substance to this band of highwaymen
who have captured the government
Washington National Waterman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The gondolas of Venice are to be
given up and electric launches will take
their places, Venice evidently is deter
mined thatsif she can't have the trolley
car she will have the next best thing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The recent intimation that Mark
Hanna was upon the point of resigning
his management of the government
turns out torbe the case of the man
who published his own obituary before
he was dead just to find out what peo-
pie thought of him. Hanna found out,
and 1t made him SO mad that he re-
fused to give I'D.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Shell am not up In the language Of
flowers. What did that bunch OF JAG
yqueminots mean that you sent me.
Hell don't get the translation from
the aorlst until the end Of the month.
Manhattan
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

They call Emperor William the war
lord, but Germany is almost the only
country of any consequence that hasn't
been mixed up in an ugly war of some
kind for almost thirty years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
Lesson Of Lnwton,s neatl,.

Time and again We have been told
that only few Tagals oppose Ameri-
can authority in the Philippines and
that they have been scattered into mere
bands of marauders. But the killing of
General Lawton, only a few miles from
Manila, shows that Luzon is far from
a condition of peace. while we now
have to cope with another revolt in the
island of Negros. Our troubles in the
Philippines are far from an end IL the
present policy is to be maintained
Louisville Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

The lady who, after capturing bur-
glar, sat on him and prodded him with
hatpin whenever he moved will find
1t difficult to learn anything further
about the refinement of cruelty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

Concentration is not always what it's
cracked up to be. Who has more of a
single purpose in life than the confirm
ed old bachelor?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
THE BOY oRAcLE.

The boy oracle has opened his lips
and told the American Senate what IL
ought to do with the Philippines. With
the exuberance of youth and the self
confidence of precocity, young Mr.. Bev-
eridge of Indiana has appeared before
lawmakers old enough to be his grand
father, and given what few enthusi
astic Republican newspapers call Eek
pert testimony. Beyerldge became an
expert by taking summer vacation In
the Philippines and looking as much Of
the ground over as the insurrectionary
forces would permit. That is to say,
he stayed for a few weeks in Manila
and its suburbs. This is supposed to
have inspired him with profounder
knowledge of constitutional law and
limitations and tirmer grasp OH the
principles embodied in the Declaration
of Independence than mere stay-at-
homes like Hoar and Cockrell and
Berry could ever acquire.
Beverldge is 81 years old and has been
member of the Senate thirty-fye
days. Had he followed precedent he
would have kept his mouth shut and
looked things over for at least one ses-
sion. But boy oracles never follow
precedent. George Frisbe Hoar is "a
years old, just twice the age of Beyer-
idge, and from the latter's view point
he knows about half us much. He has
been in the Senate twenty-three years.
The Indiana Senator's views are set
forth at such great length that we can
not spare the space to print them, but
we can tell what they do not represent
by quoting from Mr.. Hoar: What /
want the American people TO do is to
do In the Philippines exactly what We
have done, are doing and expect to do
In Cuba. We have liberated both from
Spain. and we have had no thought-at
least have had no thought-of giving
them back to Spain. New York News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

England's recent seizure of flour
brings up the fact that the only inn
portant barrels in war are not those
of the rifles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

A bride. according TO her husband,
sleeps with a razor under her pillow.
The trouble is that he doesnt-sleep.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

New York has weighed the boy trust
President scheme In the balance and
paid the difference. Once has satisfied
the experimenters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

France is going to increase her navy.
This will make it necessary for Eng
land, Russia, Germany and Italy to
build few more ships.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31

China has about come to the conclu-
sion that its role in the festivities is
that of the Christmas tree yet to be
plucked.