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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

sounds and the horrible scenes they
suggested. The beasts were shot at in
the darkness, but seldom hit For fire.
arms, fire or torches they cared moth
ing. One Of them leaped upon an off,
Ger, tore his knapsack from his back
and then carried away and devoured
soldier near him.
Many became SO terror-stricken that
they threw themselves on the rails in
front of eastward train and insisted
on either being run over or carried off
on the train. Those who stayed for
sock the tents and huts and camped
out on top of the water tanks, on roofs
and bridge Orders or in beds dashed to
the highest branches of the trees. One
night one Of these broke, letting Its
dodgers fall within few feet of the
lions. But, being already too occupied
with d,vouring victim, the brutes
gave no heed to this "windfall," but let
the intruders escape until another
meal.
Killed Nearly One Hundred Men.
During the eight months that these
lions lived upon these railroad men
.ney Mouiu y. oceas.oiiuly mouuueu ny
life, thus giving the camp intervals of
quiet. But they killed and ate in all
nearly thirty natives of India. twice as
many African natives. besides injuring
many o.nels VI ,alious la.ioiaii'ies'
II was llkossipie W loisoh tneni pe-
cause .hey sonnneu .ueir uie. e,i'ireiy
70 human oeanss' " Tue nesiec. oi every
kind Oh same' WIN wh'ch 'he region
apounas. Ane wni.e men were not
numerous ', e.ousn ~ nun. .neln sue
cessluiiy anu .ne sepoys were 100 un-
skiileu WIN hreurlns' al lengtn an en-
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

scald two cups corn meal; when
cool add one cup yeast. two cups -four,
half cup of sugar, half-teaspoon of
soda, one teaspoon salt; let rise, then
steam one hour and bake one hour.
This is excellent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
No Foreman Printer in strin.,,

The prisoner printers on the Star Of
Hope. published in Sing Sing prison,
objected SO strongly to having pris-
oner for foreman of the office that he
has been removed and another man not
prisoner put in his place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
New Ruling ON Pen.ion..

Attorney General Remley has written
an opinion constituting the new law relnt-
ing to the disposition of pensions Of mem
bers of the Soldiers home. The board of
control under the new law has no author
ity whatever to interfere with the pen
sion money Of the inmates In the future,
except where the pensioner has been con-
victed twice of crime or breach of
rules of the home, or has wife or minor
children.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

"such a double life as his is not alto.
gether manly!"
mo. the life he leads at home is no
more than dogs lifev-Dctroit Jour
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Evanreli,t Sent to Pri,on,

Fred w. Marston, ex-convict, playing
the role of evangelist and choir leader,
was sentenced by Judge Shiras at Du.
buque to serve thirteen months in the
Anamosa peritentiary for using the mails
to defraud. He conducted u library
association" ut Independence, and, it is
claimed, exactcd 81 to $40 from CORE
spondents answering his advertisements
for agents for Chicago publishing
house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Rnp;d RaiIrontl Work,

Twcnty-thrce miles of steel has already
been laid on the Blue Earth City branch
of the G. s. n. w. Railroad which runs
north from Belle PLANE, and officials
of the road have given out the statement
that trains will be running over the
branch by July I. The track will be laid
and the road graded TO Mason City before
any work will he done from Mason City
northwest to Blue Earth. The road from
Belle Plaine to Mason City measures 1O6
miles, nearly one-fourth Of which has
already been completed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

You would be surprised if you knew
how your friends talk about you be-
bind your back,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

When the Beers begin firing shell Matching
the town without warning having been given The
such the inhabitants scatter right
anybody he's shells - y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09
Soda Biscuit.

An old California recipe for soda
biscuit, dating from the days when
baking powder was unknown, is still
used in many kitchens of the old resi-
denters, and with most admirable re-
suits. Given experience and practice,
the tiny spongy biscuit thus evolved is
as light as the proverbial feather. A
medium dough is mixed at night of
sour milk, -four and pinch of salt. In
the morning this is rolled out on the
moldlng board, with just bit of -four
to keep 1t from sticking, and over the
top is sprinkled the tiniest bit of soda.
bearing In mind that the sourer the
milk the less soda used. Roll lightly
and fold over. Repeat three times, cut
into biscuit about the size of silver
dollar, and bake in slower oven than
is required for baking powder biscuit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

needles knows how hard 1t is to man
age thread that is little too large for
the needle, and how often slight
twitch or tremor of the hand may
shake the thread out after it has been
inserted in the eye, and before the po-
sition of the hand can be changed so
as to grasp the thread. BY the i'm
proved method any thread that can he
pushed through the needles eye can be
readily grasped and pulled through
without failure
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-05-09

Dear sir-I have been asked to re-
spond to toast at our Board Of
Trades annual dinner next month, and
l write to inquire what would be your
lowest terms for preparing good,
rattling, funny speech for me to de-
liver on that occasion. A prompt reply
will oblige. Yours very truly,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
KAISER LAVISH WITH TITLES.
Raising the Lower Mobility, to the
Discrimination Of Higher
Mobiles.

The action of Emperor William
II. in Prussia seems to be system
atica1ly aimed at the creation of a
new nobility, somewhat in the same
way, though not on the same scale,
as was done by Napoleon 1. in France.
Some sensation has been caused by
the kaiser's signalling the close of
the old year Tor, as he maintains, the
old century, by creating new duke
dom and raising three counts to the
rank of prince. This hitherto I'M
precedented iberality in bestowing
the highest titles seems to give UNI
bragg to the older, and especially the
mediatized, princely families. Thus;
Prince Won Stolberg Wernigerode has
sold his palace in Berlin. Prince Pless
is offering his for sale, the. duke of
Ujest, the head of the house of Hohen-
lobe, has resigned his post of grand
chamberlain at court and withdrawn
to his Silesian property, while sew
eral of the other princes appear very
rarely at court, in which they follow
the example of many members of the
sovereign princely houses of the en-
pire
The preceding emperors were much
more chary of bestowing the highest
titles. Only two new princely titles
were created before William l., who
promoted to that rank during his
reign four mobiles, including Bis
marck; Emperor Frederick conferred
two such titles; William II. has al
ready created seven new princes and
two dukes-one of the latter being
again Prince Bismarck, whose title of
duke of Lauenburg was, however, not
hereditary, and died with him. Last
year Count Munster got his princely
title for his services at The Hague
conference, and with the new year
Counts Donna Schlobitten, Eulenburg
and Knyphausen were all made
princes, and Prince Hatzfeldt created
duke of Trachenberg. It is further
pointed out as curious anomaly that
all these new princes belong, after all
the Bismarcks included-to the So
called flower nobility as opposed to
the members of the higher nobility
or mediatized families, the descend
ants of the old sovereign houses of the
former Holy Roman empire, among
which latter class are numerous fam
lilies, like those of Bentinck, Solms,
Stolberg, ETC., which enjoy no higher
title than that of counts. Yet these
are all ''ebenburtig" i. e., their mem
bers are able to intermarry with any
of the European reigning families,
from which all these newly-made
Prussian princes are excluded by laws
as of the Modes and Persians.-Tablet
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29

"Now this Paris business began
Larkin, II believe the French manager
is crook. His report for the last
month shows loss of 81, 900, and at the
same time he sends in orders for 200 Nc.
engines. I can't see"
A messenger boy came in and handed
card to President Pettyjohn. LADY
to see Mr.. Pettyjohn," he said.
The card was that of Mrs. Brownell-
Peterson. Mrs. ACKNOWLEDGMENT was
the leader of the swell set on the East
side, and, with his wife's social ambi-
ton in his mind, President Pettyjohn
could not refuse to see her.
She came in and spent three precious
minutes telling him how much she
missed seeing him at dinner-dance to
which he had not been invited. Then
she proceeded to business and asked
him for subscription for the new hos
pital for aged and infirm hairdressers.
He got off lucky with check for only
500 and only Is minutes gone. '.--
Then the private secretary came
oye:, escorting tall stranger.
''This," he said, lis the agent for The
Mighty Men of the Great West He's
got proof Of your steel engraved por-
trait for the book that he wants you
to y. X. before it goes any further.
1t don't look to me like good job for
$780," --~
President Pettyjohn put the proof on
the top Of his desk and walked back
few feet to take good look at himself.
Just then there came call over the
long-distance telephone line. 'New
York wants to talk to you," said Lar
kin to the president.
The New York financial agent of the
International Air Engine company
was at the other end of the wire.
''The trust company won't extend
that last half Million" he said. It'll
have to be met on the first of next
month. And I haven't placed a cent
of the treasury stock yet. can sell
it all right if you want to let it go at
co."
President Pettyjohn turned away
from the telephone to meet Anthony,
who was bringing a note from the
strikers.
''They say they can't meet you at
two O'clock" be said, "but will make
an appointment for one"
Call right" was President Petty
johns answer. One o'clock was his
lunch hour, but he never let his appe.
tite stand in the way of business.
Excuse me-" said boy in white
apron, as President Pettyjohn turned
to his desk again, "but Mr.. Singleton
wants to know if you can come up
stairs to the experimental department
for few minutes" President Petty.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
IMPROVED SELF FEEDER.

B. R. wanted one to hold 800 pounds of
corn. It would be difficult to plan one
that small; this one pictured holds 600
pounds. Use inch plank. First mak>
the floor or bottom, 80 inches long and
26 inches wide. Take four planks three
feet long and seven inches wides and
make partitions CAY for the trough;
these are three inches wide at the bot
tom and beveled up to fit flaring side
of trough. The troughs are four
inches wide on bottom and the
plank (B) is eight inches wide. A
space of two inches at the bottom of
the box co., allows the corn to come
through into troughs. The ends (D)
arc 40 inches long. The dotted lines
(E) show the slanting floor. The box
is broken out at F, to show grain in
side.-Ohio Farmer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
AFTER A THIRD OF A CENTURY
Reward for Heroic Self-Sacrifice De-
layed for That Length of
Time.

Many thrilling story is told in the
official reports of a congressionalcom-
mittee on claims. The Philips claim
is an illustration. 1t seems that on
December p, 1866, Fort Kearney, I'M
der the shadow of the Bighorn noun
tains, and then 200 miles from the near
est telegraph line, was besieged by
Sioux Indians, under Red Cloud, who
greatly outnumbered the garrison.
A detachment of 70 soldiers, who had
gone out to relieve wood-train few
days before, had been massacred with
in four miles of the fort, and the In
dams, stimulated by this victory, were
pressing hard to complete their deadly
work.
At this juncture John Phillips, a
scout and trader, volunteered to take
message to Fort Laramie, 225 miles
away. 1t was the only hope of relief.
With the scantiest supply of food for
himself and horse, he left the post at
midnight and rode across a country
unihabited by white men, and most
of the way covered with snow. He had
to travel by night and hide by day.
The temperature was 20 degrees be-
low zero much of the time.
Immediately upon the receipt, of his
message, troops were forwarded from
Fort Laramie, and the garrison at
Fort Kearney was soon relieved. For
this remarkable feat, from the effects
of which Phillips never fully recovered,
the government did not directly re-
ward him, and now, in behalf of his
widow and child, said to be in strait
ened circumstances, bill has been in
troduced and favorably reported by
the senate comnlittee.-Youth's Com
panion.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
TROUBLES IN THE DAIRY.
How to Overcome or Avoid Some 81
the Most vexing Ann0yances
in butter Making.

A very annoying experience on the
farm dairy is to have the butter refuse
to come. A very fertile cause OF this
annoyance, especially on the average
farm where only a few cows are kept
and there is only sufficient cream Tor
churning once or at most twice week,
is the mixing of sweet and sour cream.
It is not an uncommon practice to skim
each days cream into a crock, and then
some morning when it is convenient,
the housewife concludes to churn. She
warns the cream to the proper churn-
ing point and then proceeds with the
churning and finds that it takes an un-
reasonable length of time for the but
ter ito come" she wonders what tho
trouble is. Investigation has shown
that ripened cream, that is, sour cream,
churns easier than sweet cream, there.
fore, when the churning contains
mixture of cream that is three, four
or more days old, together with that
which is still sweet, we have condi-
ton which makes not only slow churn-
ing but wasteful churning, the sweet
cream being much slower to churn,
keeps the other butter from coming.
In addition to this trouble, we find that
when the mixed cream is churned, the
particles of butter in the ripened cream
finally gather first. Tho butter-maker
discovers that the butter has come and
stops her churning. Were she to test
the buttermilk with the Babcock test
er, she would find that goodly por-
ton of the butter was still in the but
termilk, this being from the sweet
cream which was added the same morn
ing and if the churning had continued
long enough it might have been got
ten out. Most everyone has seen
pail of buttermilk, which has been left
standing for some time, and which
shows layer of cream on the surface.
When this condition exists the loss of
fat in the buttermilk is considerable,
as the tester will show. To secure
thoroughness of churning in reason
able length of time, the cream should
be kept as sweet as possible, by keep
ing it cold until 10 to "a hours before
the time to churn it. It should be
stirred thoroughly as each new lot
is added. Having decided when you are
to churn, the cream, if still sweet or
nearly so, should be warmed up to
temperature of IS or 70 degrees to
ripen. The temperature at which it
is set to ripen depends on the
length Of time it must stand before
you are able to churn, also on the con-
dition Of the cream, whether it is sweet
or beginning to sour. The higher the
temperature at which the cream is set,
the more rapidly it will ripen. When
ready to churn, the cream should be
thick and have smooth, velvety ap-
pearance, that is, free from Jumps, and
have pleasant sour taste. This is
condition which is difficult to describe
on paper, but will come from expert
ence.-Prairie Farmer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29

john knew from experience that an
inventor is as sensitive as a grand
opera star, so he started upstairs at
once.
what is it, Singleton?" he said
SCOT another world beaten ready?"
"Well, no." said the inventor, mot
exactly ready, but want to show you
the rough model
when can you get model ready for
the toolroom and what will it cost? ?"
''I'll promise to build it inside of six
months and it'll not cost more than
$4,000" ~
"All right, go ahead" said President
Pettyjohn. "He talks about six months
as though it was five minutes" he said
to himself. eff had six months to do
anything in I'd die of dry rot before
the time was up." 60
Downstairs the committee of strik-
ers was waiting. They sat down to-
gether about the big round table and
the conference began: Larkin, the
general manager, got mad and swore.
The chairman of the committee of
strikers, anxious to show that he was
not afraid to "talk back to the old
man. beloved and beat the table with
his fists. Finally President Pettyiohn
proposed compromise. Each side
was to formulate it's grievances and
its demands in writing and the two
papers were to be submitted to new
committee. The strikers and the COM
Pany were each to have two days in
which to draw up the papers.
Time said President Pettyjohn,
after the conference had adjourned.
time is what we want All man
needs is time to do anything
At four o'clock President Pettyiohn
slipped out through a room full of
people waiting to see him to get a
bite of luncheon.
Stop at DR.. Eaton's Office he said
to the driver. The doctor was in. He
looked his patient over and asked a
few questions.
You keep this gait up few months
more" he said, land I won't be re.
sponsible for the consequences. You've
got to take complete rest.'
Great Scott, DOCTOR" said President
P'ettyjohn, Give got too much to do
just now. How'll next year do?''
AS he ran, down the steps to his car
riage the doctor looked out after him.
Heaven pity the down-trodden and
oppressed millionaire" he said. s.He
gets no sympathy from anybody, and
often enough lie doesn't deserve it,
Chicago Tribune.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
Slaughter House for Paris.

Chicago packers are planning to
teach visitors to the Paris exposition
how to slaughter, dress and pack cat
tie, with a view to promoting Euro
pean consumption of American meats.
One firm, at an expense of over $4,000,
has secured perfect model of its es-
adjustment, eight feet square, and
representing every department. Wis
itors will be shown each stage from
the time the company's stock cars are
switched upon their tracks by tiny
engine till the refrigerator cars re-
ceive the fresh and canned meats for
shipment. Fifteen hundred glass win
dows permit the visitors to view tho
interior and 400 little electric lights
illuminate it at night.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
DAIRY AND STOCK.

Keep clock at the barn, "lest we
forget"
The C bination-corn. clover.
cows, cash.
Don't compare your best grade to
some other fellows worst pure-blood.
Look out for the horse whose owner
Is not willing to have him tried before
purchasing. Reputable dealers now
permit three days to weeks trial
by responsible persons who are bona
fde dealers.
Do you remember how much better
the cow did last summer when there
was much larger per cent. of water
in her food than there is in hay and
dry meal? Then wet the rations of
ground meal with warm water.
A young horse that isn't afraid of
anything is rara> ana valuable. Hold
onto him. A friend has such q mare
and refused 5000 for her recently. 81
decided she was worth, 5000 to me if
she was to the other man, and so 1 kept
her." he said.
When some of us were boys the
farmers used to think that it made
SEATTLE tough" to stand out through
the cold days, shivering from head to
foot. They did not seem to know that
cold takes of large share of animal
heat which they can get only from
food. and that the more they are ex-
posed the more food they will need.
Most folks know better now. Farm
Journal.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
Convinced.

"There amt no use talllin','' re-
marked the man with the side whiskers
and the faraway look, "there is. some
thing in this 10 superstition after ALL"
"Bosh! That sort O. thing makes
me tired,' said the portly man whose
vest bulged outward in a most COM
Portable fashion.
''Ihat's all right, mister said the
side-whiskered man, ''but I guess 1
can prove it. proposed to woman
IL times, and she said mo- every time"
"Well, what's. that got to do with it ?"
asked the portly gentleman.
The side-whiskered mani Hooked eau
tiously about, then leaned over and
whispered in the portly gentleman's
ear:
s'The thirteenth time she said yes y
When the portly gentleman had
sized up his informant he nodded his
head and whispered to himself:
well, amt like a man that can't
be convinced Omaha World-Herald.