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The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-27
DRyAN's AcT on COURTESY.
Wants hts Pictures Removed wher
RooseveIt Visits LfacaIn.

Lincoln. Ncb.. sept 26.--Before leaving
for Nebraska city tbis evening Mr. Bryan.
IN a note 60 the press, requested that his
political friends remove his picsures from
the windows on oct as a matter Of cour-
tesy to the Republican candidate for Vice
President. Col Roosevelt, who visits the
city on that day
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
school Boy. as Barometgrs.


1t looked like rain, and naturally he
had on pair of light shoes and carried
no umbrella. The car stopped on the
far side of Girard avenue and young
lady got in. She bowed, and sat down
beside the Saunterer, who recognized
In her school teacher friend.
what do you think of this beastly
weather." queried he, disgruneedly.
rs it going to rain, or isn't itY'
81 can't tell you to-day" answered
the young lady, smiling an acceptance
of whatever might come. "If it were
a school day, and you We're willing to
come to school with ne, could tell you
in very few minutes with absolute
certainty. It'll sound funny to you.
but it's true. have noticed that you
can always tell what the weather is
going to do by the children. They're
regular barometers. If there's going
to be storm they get restless, and |
have the hardest kind of work to con
troll them. Particularly the boys. The
girls aren't so bad, but there seems to
be some mysterious quality about ap-
preaching rain that always affects the
former. I've got SO now don't blame
them, because don't believe they can
help 1t. So you see." she concluded, as
she got out ut Chestnut street, children
have their uses, after all."-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
35o,OOt
Bryan's Chances.

That William j. Bryan's chances for
election to the Presidency in 1900 are
excellent cannot be doubted, although
the Republicans are boasting that Nc
Kinley has 'sure thing"
1t Is n significant fact that $4,000
votes cast in the right States in 1896 for
Bryan would have made him President.
A slight change of ballots in four South
ern States would have defeated Nc
Kinley. This being the case, the pres
ent incumbent of the White House Is
far from having sure thing"
Bryan secured one of the Kentucky
electors and Mckinley got the other
twelve by a plurality not exceeding PSI
votes. The other three States of the
South We're carried by Mckinley by n
plurality vote of 1887 in Delaware,
II, 4S7 in West Virginia and 32,232 in
Maryland. California gave Mckinley
eight out of the seventeen electoral
votes by plurality of only 1922, while
Indiana gave the Republican candidate
plurality Of 1881.
This makes a total of about $4,000,
which changed for Bryan would have
made him President. ess5
circumstances have changed greatly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Cost of SCHOOL. in cities.

A shortage in the school fund in st.
Paul has caused the superintendent of
the school system In that city to make
comparison of the cost per pupil with
the similar cost in fourteen other cities.
On the basis Of the figures of attend
ance the cost in st. Paul is $22.OS. Only
two other cities show smaller cost
Kansas City, where the school year is
only nine months long and where the
cost Is $20.0T. and Milwaukee, where
the salary account alone makes the
cost $21.S7. Several cities run from $24
to $2S, while the cost amounts to $37.S
in Pittsburg and to $4O.77 in Denver.
The eastern cities have much higher
rate than those in the west, Denver ex-
cepted, and there the cost of labor and
fuel is excessive. The figures given
have to do with the entire school sys-
TEN, but the difference Is wider when
high schools alone are considered.
Boston, with its suburbs, has twelve
high schools, for which 1t pays per
capita rate of $3.50; ON salary basis
alone 1t amounts to $62.19. In st. Paul
the total per capita cost in high schools
on the basis of average daily attendance
is $44.36, and out of this $3491 is ex-
pended for teachers salaries.-Buffalo
Express.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24

We know farmers whose yearly sales
We're more in some of those years than
their farms were valued Mt before the
war. We knew others who bought at
high prices about the close of the war,
and found that as prices of farm prod
uce went down they could not sell
enough to pay the interest on the mort
gage, and lost all they had. But farm
ers were not the only ones who made
money when prices went up. or lost
money when they went down. Manu-
facturers found themselves unable to
sell their finished products for as much
as they had paid or agreed to pay for
their raw material. There is lesson
in this for farmers. II there is boom
and n season of high prices for farm
products, do not get excited over 1t,
with the expectation that it will last
forever. Do not contract obligations
that cannot be met IL prices go back to
last years rates.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
A WIN and a wax

Several years ago an effort was made
to collect all the chimney sweepers in
the city of Dublin, for the purpose of
education Among others came little
fellow who was asked if he knew his
letters.
"Oh, yes. SIR" was the reply.
."Do you spell?''
ooh, yes, SIR" was again the answer
do you read?"
ooh, yes, sir"
"And what book did you learn fromY
"Oh, never had book In my life,
sir"
"And who was your schoolmastery
II never was at school,
Here was singular case; a boy could
read and spell without book or mas
ter! But what was the fact? Why,
another little sweep, a little older than
himself, had taught him to read by
showing him the letters over the shop
doors which they passed as they went
through the city. His teacher, then.
was another little sweep like himself,
and his books the signboards on the
houses. What may not be done by try
ing? Where there is will there is a
way."-The Myrtle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Rlv r RUNS UPHILL.
Drought Has Made the Mississippi n
Salt Water Stream.

Salt Water Stream.
In consequence of the prolonged drouth
md deficiency of more than one-half
in the rainfall for the year the NIissis-
sippi river has changed its course, is now
running up stream to st. Louis and has
become salt water stream. This has
occurred before, but very rarely, and
has never been quite us bad as it is
now. The tide is felt plainly at New
Orleans, and even as far north as the
mouth of the Red river, $50 miles from
the Passes. The water is so brackish in
front of the city that it is not available
for the many purposes in which it is or
dinarily used.
The primary cause is the drouth The
lower Mississippi, like the Nile, has very
few tributaries pouring into it, the policy
of the early settlers being to cut off the
tributaries by dikes built across tho
mouths where they joir the great river
AS n consequence, the river depends
largely upon the flood above and upon the
rainfall along its course. If the rainfall
is small the water poured i'll it by the
Ohio, Missouri and upper Mississippi be-
comes largely exhausted by evaporation
in the long trip 10 the gulf. The river
is always low during dry season; and
this has been the driest season on rec
ord Again, the gulf tides have been
phenomcnally high this season, and have
forced the salt water up the river against
the sluggish and weak current. The
tides have been supplemented by strong
winds, which have blown the salt water
up several feet
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Great Pest in south africa

One Of the greatest pests of south AZ
RIGA is the locusts, which descend in
swarms each year upon the farms of
Natal and the Transvaal. They some
times fly in such numbers TINT railroad
trains are blocked and are forced to
wait until the bodies of the insects are
shoveled from the tracks. Last year
the government of Cape Colony paid
out $500 for locusts' eggs, at the rate
Of IL cents pound. AS 1t takes 10000
eggs to weigh pound an idea Of the
enormous number destroyed in this
way may he gathered. But the locusts
are not an unmixed curse. They are
eaten by the natives, who say they
make delicious food, and all animals,
including horses. are said to be fond
Of them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24

We think the soil has the most to do
with production of large crops Of
Strawberries and large berries. Sandy
soil produces the finest berries, but no,
the largest or as many per acre. The
reason is plain to those who have tested
the matter If you want large crops,
select your heavy soil, plow and subsoil
deep, then repack the soil Just as hard
as you possibly can, but do not work
while too wet. Strawberry roots will
penetrate the hardest soil, and will de-
velop the best fruit buds and produce
the finest berries. Constant and very
shallow cultivation is best. Sandy soil
cannot be packed so hard, hence 1t will
produce fine plants, but not such large
crops Of fruit.-Western Fruit Grower.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
The OLD IRuNpLE BED.


oh. the old trundle bed where slept
when boy,
What panoplied knight might not covet
the joy?
The glory and peace Of that slumber Of
mine,
Like long, gracious rest in the bosom
divine:
The quaint, homely couch, hidden close
from the light,
But daintily drawn from its hiding at
night.
oh, nest of delight, from the foot to
the head,
Was the queer little dear little, old trun-
die bed.
Oh, the old trundle bed where wonder
ing saw
The stars through the window. and list
ened with awe
10 the sigh of the winds as they trem.
blingly crept
Through the trees where the robins SO
restlessly slept,
Where heard the low. murmurous chirp
Of the wren,
And the katydid listlessly chirrup again,
through the maze of the dreams of the
old trundle bed.
oh. the old trundle bed! oh, the old
trundle bed!
With It's plump little pillow and old-fash.
Toned spread;
It's snowy white sheets and the blankets
above,
Smoothed down and tucked around with
the touches OF love;
The voice of my mother to lull me to
sleep
With the old fairy stories my memories
keep
Still fresh as the lilies that bloom DER
the head
Once bowed DER my own in the old trun-
die bed.
flames Whitcomb Riley.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
oldest Tree in the wor,a

The town Of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island Of that name lying
Off the coast of Asia Minor, possesses
the Oldest tree in the world. Under its
shade Hippocrates inculcated his dis.
ciples in his methods and views con-
corning the healing art 1000 years ago.
Tradition carries the age of the tree
back to the time of Aesculaplus (of
whom Hippocrates was lineal de.
scendant1, which would add some 400
years to its age. A great part of the
trunk is built round, and there is a
fountain known rs Hippocrates'
Fountain. The circumference of the
trunk is 80 feet. and there are two
main lower branches, which are sup
ported by masonry columns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24


To kill geese, have place where you
can hang them with the head down,
and then stick sharp knife through
the neck close to the head, and let them
bleed. This causes the meat to be very
clear and white. After they are through
bleeding roll them up. one at a time,
in three or four thicknesses of blanket,
and put them into boiler Of hot wa
ter, letting them remain there about
one minute, afterward lay them where
they will drain for about ten minutes
more, and pick them. They will then
pick very easily. 1t is the steam that
causes the feathers to loosen. 1t Is an
everlasting job to dry-pick geese, and
this is sure process. The entrails
should be Immediately removed, the
head cut off, and the skin neatly drawn
over the neck and tied. Afterward
place them where they will keep cool,
but not freeze.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24

which one Of my friends she had accept
ed. By the time reached the car I
was sure 1t was Forsythe; when 1
alighted at the corner my mind was
made up to accept billiard as her fu-
ture husband, and when entered the
door I had come to the conclusion that
whichever she took she was undoubt-
eddy doing well for herself.
what, 1t is you?" cried Marguerite,
when found her in the library.
odd you expect some one elseT I
asked, scanning her closely. She I'M
doubtedly looked happy.
You We're here yesterday" she re-
piled.
"One good turn deserves another"
said. Besides I've come to congratu-
late you"
"Well?' she asked and settled down
comfortably to listen. Marguerite is
very provoking sometimes. She knew
was all at sea.
billiard Is man to be proud Of" l
hazarded, watching her face.
care you proud of him?" she in
quired, looking up at me with big ques-
tioning eyes. After all the role of fairy
godmother to Marguerite wasn't SO
bad, reflected, that is. IL one couldn't
be anything else.
"And his fortune" went on, ig-
noring her question.
"Ah, his fortune-are you proud of
that, toO?" she asked.
Perhaps 1t wasn't billiard after all.
"But Forsythe." ! said. shifting my
ground, she is man in million"
Eyes. he Is" said Marguerite reflect
lively.
See here" cried desperately.
(which are you going to marryY
'The man in million or the man
with Million" she cried with a sauci-
ly lifted chin.
Eyes, which is it to be?" l repeated
eagerly.
Suppose" she said, slowly, suppose
asked your candid. unprejudIced hon
est advice?'
ooh, then suppose should have to
advise you to take them both"
Les, suppose you WOULD, she as
sented thoughtfully.
"Or else to refuse them both," add
ed.
"Ah, suppose ! had already done
that" she said softly.
l felt my breath fall me suddenly.
"Marguerite!" cried, and moment
later found myself an engaged man.
by the way" l remarked as we sat
waiting for the pate at Martins that
evening, "how were the pictures"
REALLY I've forgotten" said Mar
guerite with happy little sigh. "This
has been such a busy day.
Come to think of IT." replied, "I'ye
had rather busy day myself"-Chl-
cago Times Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24


More room is required in the poultry
house in winter than in summer, be-
cause during the warm season the fowls
can go outside, only requiring sufficient
room for roosting, but in winter they
need room for scratching when the
snow is on the ground. 1t is the space
on the floor that is required and not on
the roost, for when hen fixes herself
on the roost she will be quiet until
morning, but during the day she should
be kept busy. Ten fowls in a poultry
house 10 feet square making 100 square
feet are sufficient but most persons
endeavor to double or even treble that
number, and the consequence is that
they keep too many fowls in proportion
to the area of floor space.-The Poultry
Kpanar
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Wheat Farming.

A Nebraska paper tells of man who
bought farm there, upon which ther,
was mortgage of $T00. He did not
make much money the first year, but he
sowed eighty acres Of wheat the next
year. 1t was poor year for wheat
and the stand was so poor that he
thought he would not harvest it. He
returned to his old home, and left the
farm and the mortgage to fight it out
us they pleased. The wheat ripened,
fell to the ground and seeded 1t well.
There was fine crop, and as some one
was kind enough to write about 1t to
him. he went back, harvested 1t and
sold 1T for enough to pay the mortgage
and all his other debts. "If at first
you don't succeed, try, try again.
American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24


The c., B. & Q. will expend $4,000
| 900 on improvements to its lines in Iowa
! this season.
The 1. NJ. & N. w. Railway is build
ing a big bridge across the Beaver at
Parkersburg.
An unknown man committed suicide by
hanging himself in lodging house in
Des Moines.
-Four hundred and fifty patients were
treated at st. Francis hospital at Bur
lington last year.
j. G. Scripps, n prominent man at De-
Soto, suddenly expired while sitting in
his chair reading.
John F. Hogan, an Iowa man, has been
installed as a compositor in the govern
ment printing office.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Whitfield claims to have the largest Sun
day school in Iowa.
Fire caused damage of more than
$4,000 to the dry goods stock of McCul-
Tough Bros. at Clinton.
The Wilmer and Sioux Falls Railroad
has filed articles Of incorporation. The
capital stock is $2.000,000.
SouuCll III IOWu EallS uuS uNeu
II rate of $50 year to hotel there for
the use of the new city sewer.
The ministerial alliance Mt Des Moines
proposes to publish the names of those
who signed the saloon petition.
Story County is alarmed over the de-
crease in the number of marriages and
increase i'll the number of divorces.
George r. Winslow cut his way out
of the Jail at Waterloo, where he was
held to await the charge of horse steal
ing.
An overturned lamp started fire
which destroyed the residence of Attor-
ney III. L. Porter at Iowa City. Loss
over $1,000.
The saloon at Delmar recently closed
TO avoid prosecution fs' selling liquor, not
having complied with all the provisions of
the mulct law.
Stephen Brockelman, aged 76, of Fort
Madison was knocked down by X line
engine and has sued the company for
81 ,995 damages.
The 12-year-old son of Gus Eggert of
Charlton. who was accidentally shot in
the leg by his elder brother, died from
the effects of the wound.
A new elevator. to cost 100000, is to
he erected at Davenport. The matter
is now up to the City Council.
The 15-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Underwood of Chaplin was taken
suddenly sick and died while attending
school.
Maj. ]. H. Morrissey of Manchester
has been appointed a clerk in the docu-
ment room at Washington at $1,GOO per
annum.
Thomas Carter of Clinton has sued the
c., NJ. 4 st. p. for $25,270 damages for
injuries received in wreck at Sabula
last November.
w. III. Wilson, stockman of Cory
don, was killed in railroad wreck at
| Mendoza, Ill.
A postotiice has been established at
| Huntington, with Samuel Reaney as post
master. and one at Nemaha, with G. A.
| Low postmaster.
a Swede named Steven Hagglin, sup
| posed to live at Eagle Grove, went crazy
while in Marshalltown, and burned $500
in notes in stove, after doing other
| damage.
The election contest in Carroll County
for Representative resulted in the Repub-
lican candidate being counted out and j.
NJ. Duerck, his Democratic opponent, Civ
Ell the certificate of election.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
MAK1Na A DRIVEWAY.

Though, while underneath such drive
ways are the haunts of rats and mice.
The best plan to follow is shown in
the cut, which is from the Orange Judd
Warmer. Lay up two side lines Of stone
as high as the sill at the buildings side,
and sloping to the surface of the ground
at the proper distance from the build
Ing. If fiat stones are to be had, no
cement is needed. All that remains to
be done is to fill in the space between
the two lines of stones with earth.
Then one has permanent. inexpensive
and altogether satisfactory entrance
driveway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24

ing of the merits of this new invention.
The bag, which is made of canvas, is
provided with two straps, one suspend
ing 1t from the horses head behind the
ears, and the other drawing back its
lower half toward the collar. The low
err end of the bag retains the bulk of
the corn. even when the bottom IS
raised. as in the illustration, ana as the
animal eats so the fodder falls down
gradually until the supply is exhausted.
The horse cannot, therefore, breathe in
the same quantity of corn and thus con-
taminate 1t, as when an ordinary bag
is used, hence the spelling of food,
which is common cause why so much
of it is thrown out, does not occur
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
protit on other people,s Morev,


The President of the First National
Bank Of Indianapolis, on retiring after
fourteen years service, thus congratu-
lates his fellow magnates:
81 congratulate the officers and stock
holders of our enterprise. The bank
has been in operation fourteen years
under my control, with capital stock
of $5OO,OO0 In the meantime it has
voluntarily returned $5OO,0OO of capital
stock back to the stockholders, besides
paying them in dividends S1,496, $50,
part Of which is in gold, and l now
turn it over to you with Its capital I'M
impaired and $327,OOO of undivided
earnings on hand. To this may be
added the premium Of United States
bonds at present prices, amounting to
$4,000, besides quite large amount
for lost or destroyed bills
1t does not appear that any of them
shook hands with the depositors, and
when this particular bank is multiplied
by five thousand other banks, all con-
graduating one another, 1t does seem
as If the depositors deserve word of
praise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Hammers Driven by Air.

Penumatic hammers, driven by COM
pressed air. are now generally used in
stead of hand labor for chipping and
cleaning, iron and steel castings and
billcts so us to free them from any
defects which would injure the fin
ished forms into which they are to be
rolled or drawn. This hammer will do
the work of three men. The SANE
principle has been applied in the ship
yard for calking. in which the tool can
be worked very fast, doing the work Of
five or six men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Ensilage for Horses.

AS many people have an idea that en-
silage is not a good food for horses, we
will call attention to the fact that the
Virginia Experiment Station has been
testing 1t, and they report that the trou-
BILE from is use has arisen from too
much having been fed at the beginning.
and as the horse likes 1t he is tempted
to eat too much of it, as he might of
green grass or clover. This Is more apt
to be the case when 1t contains large
amount Of corn. When they began by
feeding small quantities and increased
very gradually in the amount given no
injury resulted, and after they were
well accustomed to Its use they would
not eat too heartily of it, even when
given opportunity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Farm, Prices,

Farms are higher priced now than
they were year ago in many loca-
lions, and are very likely destined to
advance in price as business grows
more brisk and prices of other things
are going up. We remember how it
was between 1851 and 1865. With wool
at 81 a pound or more, -four at SIS a
barrel land wheat in proportion. pork
10 cents pound, butter 40 to 90 cents
pound. and hay $40 TO $50 a ton. it
seemed as If money could be made in
farming Some succeeded In doing 80,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Dairy Competition

The farmer who does not improve his
stock cannot compete in the market
with his progressive neighbor. The
butter from COW which produces ten
pounds week can be sold at 90 cents
per pound and give a larger profit than
the butter from a cow giving only five
pounds week, and sold at 30 cents per
pound. The use of choice cows reduces
the number in the herd and saves labor
allowing also more room, while inferior
cows compel the dalryman to keep more
cows than he should in order to make a
profit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-24
Ground Stock Feed.

Grinding the corn and cob does not
add much to the ration, but the ground
cob serves to dilute the grain and in
crease the bulk, which makes the COM
bination better than the ground grain
alone. When used with ground oats
and bran 1t is an excellent food, and 1t
may be used with cut straw or hay. All
grain foods when ground will give bet.
ter results If fed with bulky materials,
and the conditions of the animals will
be improved when both kinds are fed
together