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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
HERE'S a sToRY oFT4E MYSTIC
One Sister Takes Poison, and Her
Twin, Miles Away, Dies.

Ono Sister Takes Poison, and Her
Twin, Miles Away, Dies.
Students of the curious will find lots
of material for Investigation In the fol-
lowing queer story: Mary and Anna
Carter We're twins. They were born in
Indiana in 1856. From infancy the
girls were inseparable companions, and
as they grew older a bond of sympathy,
stronger than that usually existing be.
tween two. sisters. was noticeable. IL
Mary was sick Anna was sure to feel
badly. Matters went along In this way
until 1880. when M"ry was married to
Alonzo Whittam, and later removed to
Broome County. New York. Two years
after Anna was married to William
Schnell and took up her home at Cairo,
Illinois.
The sisters corresponded frequently,
but as family cares pressed, their let
tiers grew infrequent. and when. four
years ago. Mrs. Schnell moved to Okla
bona they ceased entirely. The strange
result of the sympathetic bond which
made one sister feel i'll when the other
was sick did not end. however.
One day IN February last Mrs. Whit
tam, feeling unwell. took what she sup
posed was dose of medicine her hus-
band had procured for her from a ply
sician in Binghamton, but which proved
to be tincture Of aconite that had been
set away and forgotten. Soon she be-
gan to feel i'll, and her husband hastily
prepared antidotes and neighbor was
sent for physician. When the physi-
clan arrived Mrs. Whittam was In
comatose condition. and 1t was with
the greltest difficulty she was revived.
She recovered, however, and about a
month afterward received letter from
Mr.. Schnell. saying her sister was dead,
and that death occurred in a peculiar
manner.
On the day in February that Mrs.
Whittam was taken sick Mrs. Schnell
fell suddenly and violently Ill. No
cause could be assigned and the pbysl-
clan who was called pronounced all the
symptoms to be those of poisoning. At
first 1t was suspected she had tried to
commit suicide. but this was disproved;
then suspicion centered on the husband.
but there was nothing to implicate him.
as their life had always been extremely
happy. A post-mortem examination re-
vealed the fact that the heart had been
strangely affected. as in aconite poison
ing. but no poison could be found in the
system.
When Mrs. Whittam wrote an ac.
count of her suffering relatives con-
cluded that death was the result of the
sympathetic bond existing since child
hood. Both had been affected Mike,
but Mr.. Whittam, knowing the cause
of the difficulty, administered the prop
er antidotes, and his efforts. seconded
by those of the physician. were sue
cessful. while Mr.. Schnell and the doc.
tor, being in the dark as to the cause
of me illness. could not combat 1t sue.
ce- fully.
Some persons in the Schnell neigh.
borhood still hold to the theory that the
woman died from heart disease. but the
majority believe her death was due to
an accident.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Rev. Samuel G.. Smith In n recent ar
ticle in Harper's Bazaar on THE Place
of Women in the Worlds Work"
pleads for the limitation of women in
factories and trade and strongly advo-
.,tes the closing of af wage-earning
occupations to girls under IS years of
age. The doctor evidently means well
and perhaps in good many cases his
position would hold good and yet there
is no doubt that such an arbitrary rul-
ing would be an injustice 10 many
homes. Take for instance the case of a
woman bereft of her husband. and left
without means with two or three
young daughters on her hands. The
mother has been .'home" woman, is
.Ainskilled in any kind of business or
productive Industry. Her eldest daugh-
ter is hut IA years of age, but is anx-
ious to come to her mothers assist
anc She leaves school, learns trade
aud at Is or 16 is qualified for some In
dustry thai gives promise Of advance
n.ent in the future and helps the moth
er and younger sisters materially for
the present. But DR.. Smith says she
should be IS before entering the indus
trial world. What would he have this
mother and her daughters do in the
meantime?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Tuberculosis has been communicated
to fishes by French psychologists, and
proves fatal very quickly to them.
the baclli are derived from hu
man beings. rabbits. or hens, or from
previously Infected fish. Tubercu lous
bacilli from fish. however, have very
little effect when injected into rabbits
and fowls. the inference being that
their power is attenuated in the colder
blood of the fish.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
WOMEN IN a FATAL EIGHT.
One Man Is Badly Stabbed a. Resul.

One Man Is Badly Stabbed as Result
of a Spree.
o. B. REIN was seriously stabbed at
Fort Dodge by his brother-in-law, j. b.
Hill, during family quarrel. REIN
started out to celebrate the recent Boer
victories, but becoming noisy was about
to be arrested, when Hill interposed and
said that he would take him home. Ar
rived there Mrs. REIN charged him with
being responsible for her husbands in
toxicated condition. This precipitated n
fight, in which REIN was badly stabbed
about the head and body. The wives Of
both men became involved in the combat.
A call was turned in for the police. When
they arrived REIN was unconscious from
loss of blood. Both women were stabbed
and Hill is suffering from cuts about the
head and face.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
CONVENTION FoR BURLINGTON.
Augustana Synod Will Meet There i,
June for Ten Days. Session.

Augustana Synod Will Meet There in
June for Ten Days. Session.
There will be held in Burlington con-
vention of unusual size, interest, length
of session and Importance. 1t is sched-
uled for June Is and will continue ten
days, one of the longest continued, If not
the very longest, ever held in Burlington.
1t will assemble there delegates and Wis
itors from all parts of the United States
and Canada. Such delegates and visitors
will represent body of 250,OO people
and as good as the very best people in this
country and the British possessions.
They will be Swedish Lutherans and they
are coming in June to hold their annual
Augustana synod, the highest official
body Of the denomination.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

The law which provides for the pay
ment of prize money to the navy ought
to be abolished. 1t is n survival of the
days of pirates and freebooters, when
the United States was unable to afford
q respectable navy of its own. and it
was necessary to offer inducements to
get private owners and adventurous
sailors into the business of killing
pirates and sinking their vessels. The
days of the necessity for blood money.
however, are past. and the prize laws
should pass with them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
MILKING Inv MACHINE.

Men dislike to milk cows and numer-
GUS machines have been invented to do
1t for them, says Denver Field and
Farm. Most of these machines are fool
ish contrivances and none are real sue
cesses. They are divided into four
classes: Drainers, suckers, squeczers
and suction-squeezers. No machine yet
devised, however, has become DEM
onstrated success. Some are better
than others, but none have proven de-
sirable adjuncts to dairy equipment.
Men will continue to devise, and 1t is
not improbable that at some time large
herds may be MIXED by machine. This
opinion has many supporters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Just as Hungary "is tired of having
to stay in bed whenever Austria hap
pens to be taken ILL.," Norway strains
against pulling in team with Sweden.
and has recently acquired a separate
national flag. Some years ago the ven
cradle Max Muller received scholarly
letter from Dom Pedro of Brazil. which
he showed to King Oscar. The monarch
Of the Scandinavian countries read 1t
with sigh: II have no such leisure for
Sanskrit. The happy Emperor Of Bra
I'll has but one country to govern;
have two"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Pap r Horse Shoes.

A trial of paper shoes for horses is
shortly to be made in London. The new
is made of compressed paper;
it requires no nails to secure it to the
hoof, and. while lighter than the most
fragile of racing plates. 1t is claimed to
be nearly as durable as the solid iron
shoes which have hitherto secured to
horses immunity from the effects of
constant travelling over rough surfaces.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Tramps are unusually numerous at
Belle PLANE.
There are fortyfour inmates at the
Mahaska County poor farm.
The Kimball Hotel at Davenport has
been sold to Michigan man.
The United Brethren are preparing to
erect new church at Hudson.
Estimates are being made for a sewage
disposal plant at Marshalltown.
A farmer near Keosauqua has secured
a herd of one hundred Angora goats.
The Degree of Honor lodge Mt Musca-
tine has passed the three hundred mark,
making it by far the largest in the State.
Candidates for appointment to West
Point in the Third congressional district
will appear at Waterloo June II for ex-
animation.
Joe Fallen of Fort Dodge has been
bound over to the grand jury in $1,000
bonds on the charge of stabbing Will
.Ainsworth in IL street fight.
Fire in the residence OF w. j. Nesler
of Dubuque caused loss to the amount Of
81, 900.
Joseph Schleter of Davenport, while
drunk, got in the way of train ut Lee
Claire and was killed.
Fire broke out in the bank building at
Otto few days ago, but was extinguish-
ed without serious damage.
Murray, the Eldon bank robber, now
in the penitentiary, has consumption and
can hardly live month.
The CeskO-Sloyansky Podporujicy spo-
lex, Bohemian organization, is to erect
school and club house at Iowa City.
Each of the Belle Plaine banks has
added 5000 to its circulation under the
new financial law.
Robert Keith, blacksmith at Rowen,
was struck in the eye by a piece from
an emery wheel and may lose his sight.
Ray Eddy, a pupil of the high school
at Dubuque, was tossed in a net as
species of hazing, and has broken arm.
A Muscatine justice reports that last
year 237 cases were brought before him,
in 207 of which the charges were sus-
tanned.
Two burglars were arrested in Keokuk
just as they were leaving a saloon with
about six gallons of whisky in their pos
session.
The next meeting of the Northwestern
Iowa Teachers Association has been To-
Gated at Clinton.
Pocahontas expects big building and
real estate boom as the result Of pros.
pective railroad building.
Dubuque believes it stands good
chance to secure the next regatta of tba
State Rowing Association.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Propositions to abolish the death pen
atty have been under discussion this
season In two or three Legislatures.
The movement makes slow progress;
for, after more than fifty years of agl-
tation there are only five States-Col-
orado. Rhode Island. Maine, Michigan
and Wisconsin-in which the death
penalty is forbidden by law. The adj
vocates of the change insist that cap
ital punishment is brutalizing; that it
does not act as a deterrent to crime;
ana that 1t defeats the ends Of justice
by making jurics reluctant to convict
when they know that verdict of guilty
will carry with it the death sentence.
Such case as that which recently oc-
Cured in New York, where n convict,
sentenced to life Imprisonment for muir
der, was proved innocent and pardoned
after serving twenty-five years. is cited
us evidence of the irreparable wrong
which would have been done, if the
death sentence at first imposed upon
him had been carried out. On the other
hand, 1t Is argued that the death pen
atty really does deter from crime; that
statistics show that, through the abuse
of the pardoning power. the average
term of life Imprisonment has been re-
duced to confinement for only ten or
twelve years; that the Increased prison
population, where the death penalty is
abolished, puts heavy burden on the
public; and that convicts under life
sentence are dangerous charge, be-
cause they can murder their keepers
without mourning any heavier penalty
than that which they are already UNI
dergoing: The recent lynching of n
Colorado convict, who had escaped
from the penitentiary after killing n
prison official, is explained as a pro-
test against the disuse of the death
penalty. In Michigan there is strong
agitation for the restoration of capital
punishment. Iowa once abolished the
death penalty, and later restored it; and
Maine, after abolisling 1t, restored it,
and later abolished it again. While the
movement to do away with capital pun
ishment makes slow progress, humaniz-
ing influences are gaining ground. The
scandal of public executions has been
abolished in most States; there are
about twenty States In which the court
may substitute life imprisonment,
either at its own discretion or upon the
recommendation of the jury; and three
States, New York, Ohio and Massachu-
sets, have substituted the electric chair
for the hangman's rope.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

The farmer and his farm are said to
be alike; that is, the farm is what the
owner makes it, and 1T indicates his
characteristics. The main desire of an
enterprising farmer is to save as much
manure as possible, and 1t is an old
maxim that the best way to judge Of
the work of farmer is to observe how
he manages his manure heap, as in the
manure are collected the riches of the
farm. An enterprising farmer will also
keep his buildings in repair and make
the farm attractive in appearance, but
Mt all seasons of the year, whenever an
opportunity is offered for SO doing, he
will give IL portion Of his time to the
manure heap.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

crop. A warm, sandy, well drained
soil is the ideal spot for sweet potatoes.
The crop will not be satisfactory on
heavy clay land nor on old wornout
fields. New land is very good for the
plant if it has not been highly fortified
with barnyard manure. The potatoes
will not grow to very great success in
the shade, nor on cold hillside.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

When the Prince of Wales ate 10
cent dinner the other day the fact was
considered TO be of sufficient import
ance to be cabled across the Atlantic at
20 cents word. Yet some people claim
1t Is the thing that is done which counts
and not the person who does it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

In the Ohio Farmer correspondent
tells of a good shield for n cultivator.
He says: In cultivating corn when it
is small, it requires the greatest care
not to cover up or roll hard Jumps of
dirt on the tender sprouts. The shields
that come with cultivators are very I'M
certain and unsatisfactory in their
work. For several years we have tried
this trough and find 1t most satisfac-
tory device. Take two hard wood inch
boards eight inches wide and about five
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Do Not Neglect the Dairy.

Denmark, one of the most successful
dairy countries in the world, can afford
to buy corn, oil meal and other feed
stuff in the United States, pay freight
on 1t and then feed to their cows, thus
converting the feed into butter and
place ito the English market where 1t
outsells our butter from 1 to 3 cents
pound. Secretary of Agriculture VIII
son says the people of the United States
should not be SO ignorant as to neglect
the dairy industry under such condi-
tons, but rather should improve it and
profit therefrom.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Sweet Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are grown success
fully in one-half the area of the United
States. The crop produces from 100 to
800 bushels to the acre in the States
south of Nebraska and New York, and
fair yields are reported from Maine
and the warm valleys of the irrigated
West. The last official census gives
the yield for the entire country at A.
100000 bushels. Expert growers esti-
mate the actual cost of production
from 10 to 90 cents per bushel. There
Is certainly good profit in growing the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
trough, as it would otherwise upset in
turning at the end of the rows. The
Illustration shows the construction ex-
actly.
Forn,u1n for Iice.

A most excellent lice-killer can be
made, says the Poultry Fanciers' Ga
zette, as follows: One pint of crude
carbolic acid, three pints of either ben
zine or naphtholine, or gasoline (there
is but little difference in them. some
being more volatile than others; then
one gallon of ordinary kerosene; mix
all we'll together, sprinkle or paint the
roosts, or shut the fowls in box and
sprinkle the bottom Of the box well
with it. Bear in mind that 1T is a very
dangerous substance to handle and
must only be used where there Is no
possibility of any spark of fire being in
the place or near it, as the air will fill
with gas and in close room would
explode, but carefully handled it will
kill every insect in the house, also n
small amount used at IL time in close
room would not be dangerous. The
smell of this passes off in two or three
days, and it does not faint the flesh of
the fowls or eggs, and the danger lasts
for few minutes only, as the gas soon
becomes so diluted with air that it
would not catch fire. The only safe way
is to always use 1t in daylight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Stamps un,lI III kreutzers are had. and
IN the latter country there are 479.41S
children who have bank accounts To
be sure there are dime savings banks
In the United States, but they some
times fail. If postal savings banks ex
listed In America there would be Ger
tainly some provision for saving pen.
mics as there Is in Europe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

In getting hives ready for the spring
swarms, make them double walled,
with the outer shell Of seven-eighths
inch lumber and the inner shell Of
three-eighths inch lumber. Have the
inner wall small enough to allow about
one inch of space all around, then fill
this space with some kind of chaff,
which will act as non-conductor. The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Dig Out of Jail.


Carl Hartman, the 14-ycar-old son Of
Henry Hartman, well-known farmer
living about eight miles southwest Of
Clear Lake, was accidentally shot and
killed by another boy by the name of
Adams. 1t appears that the Adams boy
was out hunting and that young Hartman
who was on horseback, fell in with him,
and some game flying over at this time
the Adams boy raised his gun to fire and
that premature discharge of the piece
resulted in instantly killing Hartman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

A man knows only one occasion when
q business education is more preferable
Tor a woman than housekeeping abil.
NY: when she has q husband to SUP
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
The Potato Dethroned.

the position which 1t held some years
ago. The cheapness of foreign -four
has done much to reduce the value of
the potato in the diet Of the Irish peas
entry,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Have the very best wood you can
obtain. 1t should be split fine and put
up in loft for at least one year. The
sooner you get the syrup into the tins
the better the sugar looks. Boil 1t down
as soon as you can and not run 1t over.
A little sweet cream thrown in will
keep it where it belongs. Don't be
afraid of burning it Just because it boils
we'll. If the sugaring-of pan is free
from sediment l think there is little
danger of burning until the syrup is
done too dry. Don't wet or grease the
tins: this is all nonsense. Stirring sugar
by machinery does not improve the
quality, but saves time, il you have the
right kind of machine.-C. c. b.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Two Kinds OF Powder:
He told her Of the battle

WHeTe Tue reUeI power feII;
How the Mauser bullets whistled
How he bore the powders smell.
But when he thought to kiss her,
On the sofa at his ease,
He found he really couldn't,
For-the powder made him sueeze.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
New SAT- ty Check.

A new safety check las a number
of perforated sections diyersing from
a central point at one end of the checi.
on which are printed series of dollars
from one upward, the sections being
torn of until the right amount ia
reached.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

A scientist says the earth is shrinking
at the rate Of three inches wear. This
may account for the anxiety of some
people to get possession Of it before II
dwindles away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

When you call on the sick. suggest
some remedy that might" benefit;
those paying the bills are particularly
glad to be reminded that they should
spend more money.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
BABY BURNED TO DEATH.

Dress Becomes Ienited While Playing
Around Bonfire.
A shocking and horrible fatality is re-
ported from Collins. The 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Kas-
sci was burned to death while playing in
the yard with her brother. They raked a
pile Of dry grass together and started a
bonfire. In some way the clothing of the
little girl caught fire, end she was liter
ally burned to crisp. When assistance
arrived it was found that the poor child
was charred and blackened corpse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

at the same time it is not bit
easier for some folks to borrow trouble
than 1t is for others to lend or even
give, 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Evidently the judge that upheld n
marriage contract made on Sunday
went on the old theory that "it is law
full to do good on the Sabbath day."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

The daughter of the Sultan. who
eloped with poet, probably figured
that it would be impossible for him
ever to support more than one wife.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

Nineteen hundred is n year that can
be divided by 4. but nevertheless mocks
the fond longings of many an eager
spinster.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18
Robbed of $4,000.

James Dougherty, farmer living south
of Fort Dodge, was assaulted in daylight
four miles south of the city by two high
waymen, who, after beating him, rited
his pockets, securing $1,000 in money,
and then fled across the corn fields.
Dougherty was unable to procure MD in
time to capture them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

The school savings bank system es
tablished in Champaign and Urbana
by the Woman's Club Of the Illinois
twin cities is reported to be completely
successful both In its plan and its exc.
cution. The banks are In connection
with the public schools and began
three months ago when Mrs. Julian. n
teacher in one of the urbana schools.
was induced to take charge of the saw
ings. Already some twenty of her on
pills have bank accounts. twelve of them
being above So. Since then the Wo-
mans Club has provided blanks and
the system is being followed through.
out the cities. 1t is probable, however.
that the plan will die when the novelty
wears off. as has been the case with
school savings banks established IN
other cities. The expenses and annoy
ance of management are too great and
the reward in glory usually too small
for private philanthropy. The only sue
cessful plan for encouraging school
children to save is the postal savings
banks. In Great Britain. for instance.
children may obtain cards and paste
penny stamps upon them until shil-
ling Is had. and then an account may
be opened witt, the government. A
million accounts have been ppeped thus
in England. In France and Belgium
6-centlme stamps may be saved until a
franc Is gained; IN Austria i kreptzer