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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

VIII contests are SO common and so
destructive that one feels like applaud
Ing the wisdom of men who incorpor-
ate their estates under the name Of,
say, 1.-THE John Jones Company" and
regularly transfer stock in the COM
pany just as they wish their property
should be distributed. 1t costs some
thing to incorporate, but 1T does not
exhaust an estate, as the contest over
a will might, and the chief corporator
is able to guard himself against the
fate of King Lear by retaining Il sub
stantial interest. The wonder is that
moneyed men have not devised even
better methods of protecting their es-
tates against impudent claimants and
greedy lawyers. The readiness with
which wills are contested and the APP
parent ease with which they are fire.
quently broken must have troubled the
mind of every man who has property
to leave.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

Ex-senator John j. Ingalls,, who died
recently, was man of great force of
character, wide information and
searching intelligence. He just missed
greatness because of the innate cyni-
cism which paralyzed his faculties
when they were most needed for pub
lie service. He would have been no.
bier had he been able to see more no.
bility in the mass Of men. He would
have been more useful to his country
had he not overemphasized the selfish
ness of human nature and been more
alive to the generosity of human mo-
tive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
hat they will only eat what is good

Tor them.
This may or may not be a fallacy.
but the instinct of self-preservation,
which is common to all animals, ex-
cept, perhaps, horses (who, being very
bags of nerves, will during a fire be-
have with suicidal obstinacy), has
been proved time and again. The rats
which, in practice as well as in theory,
desert the ship which is no longer sea-
worthy, are notable example of it;
and there are many animal lovers who
would not consider'it any way extrav-
agant to suggest that the quacking of
the geese in the capitol was due to a
knowledge on their part of the facts
that the entry of the enemy would
mean the cutting Of their threats,
while the rousing of the Romans would
earn them debt of gratitude and per-
sonal immunity from the poulterer's
shop windows.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

The big family is not obsolete in
America. For the comfort of younger
members of such families, the story of
the late Coils p. Huntington is worth
reading. Mr. Huntington was the fifth
son in big family. Where are the
rest of the children with whom he had
to compete for an education and u
chance of advancement in life? Mar
tin Luther is another example of one
member of numerous family of chill
dren achieving success in spite of the
obstacles that stand in the way of a
child born under such conditions. And
there have been many others. We
have no law or custom that favors first
born or elder sons and daughters, yet it
is well known that these have many
advantages over the younger members
of family. But the capacity for tire
less effort is habit that can be ac-
CURED by individuals who are handi.
capped by conditions. Huntington nc
CURED it. And it was potent factor
in his wonderful success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Barn Window Screen.

A writer in Farm and Fireside gives
suggestions for screening the barn Win
dows. Most farm windows, he says,
are made to slide, SO that in this case
the screen is also made to slide, but in
the opposite direction from the window.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Breakfast Hints.

If you must omit either fruit or meat
from your breakfast menu. omit meat.
Unless you are counting dyspepsia,
avoid hot pancakes, however delicious.
Make the breakfast early enough to
avoid the rushing of the men to BUSH
ness and the children to school.
Remember the crust of bread is more
digestible than the soft part, and that
oarse-graln breads are better than
smooth-hour ones. SIS,
Do not invariably serve oatmeal It
is the least wholesome and the least
appetizing of the breakfast cereals. It
evidently thickens the complexion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Food That Ab.orb. Odors,

Flour should not be kept in store-
room or pantry where there are cooked
foods, as it absorbs odors. Ignorance
of this fact accounts for poor bread
oftener than an inferior quality of -four.
Articles of food that are made Of
gelatine or of milk should always be
kept covered, as both milk and gelatine
are literal scavengers of the air and
absorb not only odors, but germs.
Neither cheese, cabbage, fish. nor
baked beans should ever be put into the
refrigerator. They all leave an odor
of which it is difficult to rid the refrig-
orator, and they also flavor the food.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Baked Tomatoes.

To bake tomatoes, wash and dry
large round ones, and remove thin
slice from the top of EACH, Scoop out
the inside of each, leaving a good wall.
Chop this pulp fine, add to it table
spoonful of melted butter, a teaspoon
full of onion juice, n teaspoonful Of
chopped parsley and tablespoonful Of
finely rolled bread crumbs to every six
tomatoes. Salt nd pepper to taste. Re-
turn to the tomato shells, and put on
the slices that were removed from the
top, place tiny piece of butter on
each, and bake about twenty minutes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

Some men the moment they are NOM
mated for office lose all positiveness of
opinion. They are colorless They
part with their convictions the moment
they part with private life. The times
will not tolerate that kind; men of con-
victions are wanted, men who have
something to say. The proverbial
good fellow" will pass in town meet
ing or ward, but we want some stuff
in the man we place in responsible
management of public affairs. Better
be wrong once in while than nothing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Sour MIX Gingerbread.


Mix together half cup eachof brown
sugar and New Orleans molasses, and
stir in tablespoonful of melted butter.
a teaspoonful of ground ginger and =
teaspoonful of cinnamon. Set the bowl
containing these ingredients at the side
of the range until the contents are
blood-warm; then remove from the
range and beat with an egg beaten until
the batter is light-brown in color. Now
stir in cup of sour milk and three
cups of sifted -four. Beat very hard,
adding, last of all, teaspoonful Of
baking soda dissolved in hot water.
Beat very hard, adding, last Of all. a
teaspoonful of baking soda dissolved in
hot water. Beat for two minutes long
err, and bake in deep muffin tins or in a
shallow baking pan.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Low SHOES DlsToRT ANKLES.

Kind of Footwear Which Disfgurcs
by Compression.
Low shoes are the means of giving
lasting discomfort and of totally dis
figuring the feet. The first result to be
noticed In this direction is the weaken
ing of the ankle. AS soon as this oc-
ours the foot twists to one side, throw
Ing the weight of the body upon the
small bones of the feet. These in turn
become sore and bruised, the feet burn
and become intensely sensitive, says
the st. Louis Post dispatch. The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

It's unfair for the opponents of the
shirt waist to charge it with unhealth-
fulness because the ancient Greeks
practnallyswore nothing else and now
thev ara aNHAk.od
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

1t is learned that one girls popularity
among the other girls is due to the fact
that whenever she visits at their house
she insists upon washing the dishes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

There's nothing much in shirt waist
when man wears it, but when girl
wears it-well, there's the girl.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

It's case Of mlsdirected energy
when young man runs after q girl
who doesn't appreciate him,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

The Shah of Persia has become civ.
ilized enough to be in serious danger
from anarchists.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

A West Virginia girl named Lemon
had a rib broken by an impetuous low
er. The moral is easy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19

~ WIS
So many people just set their fruit
jars away in the cellar or some dark
room, and leave them there until they
want to refill them, then get them and
wash and fill them. Ii the jars are put
In a kettle and covered with water,
with about one pint of ashes added,
and brought slowly to a boil, and boiled
slowly for little while, 1t purifies
them greatly. II they are put out in
the sun, they get the benefit Of the pure
air, which alsosis Of great Importance
to them. Fruit for canning should
never be over ripe; 1t is too soft and
does not keep as well. Fruit should
not be cooked too long. For berries Of
any kind. fifteen minutes is plenty long
to cook. If they are to be sweetened
when canned, make syrup as desired,
let boil and drop in berries and boil If
teen minutes and can. Cook larger
fruits longer. according to size.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19
Boil Milk and Water.


Milk is an admirable food, containing
all the elements of nutrition in form
capable of ready assimilation. Con-
trary to the universal opinion, however,
milk is not always well adapted to the
use of the sick.
A very active condition of the diges.
tive organs is required for the proper
conversion of milk, aud the digestive
fluids of the sick do not come up to this
standard. Moreover. the facility With
which milk absorbs gases and develops
poisonous ptomaines must he borne In
mind. 1t is in this way n ready source
of Infection, even when drawn from o
healthy COW, and there is little doubt
that much of the milk in use is not al
ways obtained from healthy animals.
Heat is the most satisfactory Of all
sterilizers, and when milk is boiled 1t II
probably safe. The boiling also rem
ders it more digestlble. The first action
of gastric juice upon raw milk is sim.
liar to that produced by heat, but it re.
quires very active solvent. Water ia
also familiar source Of disease, and
all that is used for potable purposes
should be previously boiled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-19


A Kansas correspondent of the Farm
er's Tribune calls attention to the great
waste of many farms by the careless
way in which the straw is put up, not
In stacks, but In piles, usually by a
gang of boys who think they are doing
all that is expected of them if they can
keep 1t out Of the way of the carrier or
the elevator. We think there are farm
ers nearer than Kansas who have the
same fault, and lose money by 1t. Straw
is too valuable as rough fodder in
sections where hay is high priced to be
wasted as 1t often is. And even where
hay is cheap there are uses for straw as
mulch, as thatching and bedding, for
which it is worth more than hay. Put
good man at the straw stack, or build
n good stack of the straw after. the
threshing is over, and then try to leayn
how to save money by making a
profitable use of that which, is now
| going to waste. s..
Pig Notes.
Soak wheat twelve hours before feed
ing to hogs.
When the pig is grown he should be
ready for market.
Early maturity is one way of lessen
ing cost.
There is no benefit in keeping SOW
that is vicious and troublesome.
Do not arrange, the pig pen so as to
shut out the sunshine and pure air.
A hog with fair proportion of lean
meat is the best hog to send to market
No farmer who keeps three or four
sows can afford to do without a pure.
bred boar.
If sow is not permitted to breed
until she is eighteen months old, the
pigs will be found much better than il
she is bred younger, and this will be
found true of her future filters.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
IS EASILY CURED.
Feather-Eating Hens Are Not Vicious
But Victims of a Disease That
Yields to Simple Treatment.

The New York Experiment station
recently published bulletin 5 on
feather eating" among fowls. The
report makes a number of observas
tions on this habit, suggesting that 1t
is the result of lack of heterogeneous
matter in the feed and citing expert
ments where fresh cut bone, lean
meat, etc., were fed. s'The vice." the
report says, sis very uncommon
among fowls that have exercise and
a variety of food, and it is most eco-
nomical to prevent its appearance by
careful feeding, but as the spread is
rapid even under ration which does
not ordinarily seem to encourage it's
development, the vice should be
stamped out by the death or removal
of the first offender
The editor of the Farm and Dairy,
New South Wales, calls attention to
the fact of the failure to mention the
true cause of feather eating" SIT
is now well-known fact" says the
editor, shat feather eating is due to a
minute parasite (sarcoptis laevis)
which feeds at the roots of the feath-
ers, thus irritating the bird and caus-
ing them to pluck out their own
feathers. Where feathers are pulled
out by other birds, it is due to the
presence of lice, for which they arc
searching"
The prevention and remedy, says
the editor, are simple, as the mite dis
ease is contagious. Isolation of the af-
fected bird is the first step, especially
if it be cock. The mites yield read
lily to treatment of one part of creo-
sote to 20 parts of lard or vaseline,
well rubbed into the affected parts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
HOW A HEN FEEDS.
In Her Natural State She Delights in
Consuming Hours in Obtain
ing a Full Meal.

Observe how the hen feeds when out
on the range. It is first blade of
grass or leaf of clover, then short
chase for grasshopper or cricket,
says Wallaces' Farmer. She now dis
covers soft spot in the soil which
she believes worth investigating, and
sets to work with the mining tools
which nature has given her with a
view of finding out if it is "pay Dirt
A fuzzy weed head is in her path and
she stops to shatter down a few of
the ripened seeds. She is drawn away
from this repast by another grass
hopper, which springs down in front
of her and jumps away again just in
time to save himself from the dash
which she has made at him. In place
of tho grasshopper which she didn't
get, she nips another clover leaf or
blade of grass. Thus the hen feeds a
little at a time and consuming hours
in obtaining a full meal. It seems
that people who see this every day
might know that throwing down a
measure of shelled corn on bare
spot is not the proper way to feed the
hens. And those who do this will
receive conclusive proof that there is
something wrong with their feeding
during the time of year when the
hen has no choice of food, but must
live on what is given her by the
owner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
BUZZINGS FROM BEEDOM.

Good results in queen-rearing are
to be expected only when the col
ony is strong enough to swarm, and
when honey comes in freely from the
fields every day, or when the keeper
feeds his bees freely.
Bees do not use older larvae il
younger be present.
Sometimes a swarm will enter a
wrong hive and be received all right
but this seldom happens. Generally
the intruders are killed by the pos.
SCISSORS of the invaded hive. Starva-
tion swarms, which enter inhabited
hives, are usually killed promptly.
Bees prefer to build long deep
comb. They build downward in pref.
erence to sidewise.
Experts estimate that an acre OF
buckwheat in bloom will yield %
pounds of honey day. @
French apiarists use 'glossometers, .
or tongue measures, of several pat
terms for measuring the length of the
tongues of their bees, in order to de-
eide what flowers they can work on
most successfully. 8
Bees crossed once with the eau
casians are reported to work red
clover perfectly. If this, be true, it
is important, for it will add a new
source of fine honey to2the list.
Robber bees may be fought with
carbolic acid. This acid has an odor
repulsive to bees. A mixture Of 1t
in water sprinkled at the entrance OF
hive, will prevent the robbers from
entering, while the occupants of the
hive will pass it on their way in and
out.-N. Y. Farmer, as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
sitter. and Non-.sitter..

Where the main object in keeping
hens is to furnish a supply of eggs,
the inveterate sitters, such as
Brahmas, Cochins, Plymouth Rocks
and Langshans, should be made to
work for nearly all they receive. If
eggs only are wanted, it is well to
have the non-sitting varieties, which
saves great deal of labor. Far more
people prefer the non-sitters at the
present time than formerly. Leg
horns, Minorcas, Hamburgs and
Houdans are kept very largely, as
they are non-sitters. There is one
difficulty or drawback with the nom
sitters, which is that they lay white
eggs, which are not preferred in some
markets; but in other places the
white eggs are accepted as readily as
are those that are dark.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
SENSIBLE BEE. TALK
When Properly Managed the Apiary
Pays as Fair a Profit ms Any
a Other Farm Industry. S xr~a

1t costs some 40 to so cents d hive
to use full sheets of foundation in all
the frames, and about the same for
each super in the section boxes. What
is the gain? There will be little or5no
drone comb. The useless drones in a
hive will consume more than SO
cents worth of sugar in a season.
The more .drones reared, the less
worker bees there will be to store
honey, says the American Cultivator.
The workers which would occupy
the space that the drone comb fills
might store so cents or dollars
worth of honey in season. Much
honey would have been used up in
making the comb for which the foun-
dation is a substitute. We think we
speak within bounds when we say that
every half dollars worth of founda-
ton used in good colony will add
from one to three dollars to the value
of honey gathered in a season, and
when one is working for extracted
honey so that he can put the empty
combs back, the gain may be more.
"a In this connection we would repeat
the advice given before-allow drone
comb only in the best colonies, those
that are gentle and good honey gath
erers, that these qualities may be
transmitted through the male parent
of the workers as well as through the
queen. There has been little atten-
ton paid to this by even the best bee
keepers, but we think it is important,
and if it has not been proven so, it is
time some one did prove it. Do not
allow the bees to be crowded for room
to work in and store their honey.
When a super is from one half to two
thirds full, raise it up and put am
other under it that they may work in
both. BY the time the top one is
capped over, it will be time to put a
third one underneath it. With plen-
ty of room there will be less tendency
to late swarning., 4f~s es9sgrS3 &.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02

ton, and inside of ten minutes after
was sight. He might have passed
for somewhat over-feshy stoker in
the furnace room of steamship.
Meanwhile the heads of all the
women neighbors began to appear at
their front windows. Mr.. Jobson saw
their heads between the curtains out
of the slants of his eyes, and the sight
made him boil within. When he was
just about to stoop over to lift one
of the loads the merry, roguish-eyed
little widow down the street tripped
by, nodding sweetly to Mr.. Jobson as
she passed. Mr.. Jobson felt that she
was laughing at him, and this didn't
increase his happiness. Then one of
Mr.. Jobson's neighbors, who was taxi
ing his annual leave at home, strolled
over and leaned luxuriously against
Mr.. Jobson's iron fence.
Training for the football games,
old man?" inquired Mr.. Jobson's
neighbor, cheerfully. "Say, that kind
o. thing beats the dickens out of
dumb-bells and Indian clubs and
obesity pills and stuff like that for
taking off superfuous fat. doesn't it?
But what dye want to wear coat
for when you're doing that kind o.
work? What's the matter with that
shirt waist you wore on one only and
final occasion awhile ago?'
Mr.. Jobson growled some inaudible
reply, and his neighbor went back
across the street. smiling back every
few steps.
After Mr.. Jobson had slowed about
quarter of ton of the coal in the
cellar he found that he had slight
nose bleed. to which he is subject.
He pressed a grimy handkerchief to
his nose and clomped up the front
steps.
MADAM said he, in sepulchral
tone, II trust you perceive what your
total lack of consideration has done
for me. The violent labor which you
deliberately and cold bloodedly thrust
upon me has brought on severe hem
orrhage. What the outcome of it is
to be is purely problematical. 1t may
put me under the ground, or I may
survive it. If 1 do survive it, how
ever, and I ever again permit you to
reduce me to the level of coal
HEAVIER, want you to just send me a
special delivery letter marked 'Rush!'
to that effect, and I'll know what legal
steps to take in the premises, that's
Washington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
A Noted Knight 7eInpIar
4 Owes HisHeaIth to Peruna:

Colonel T. P. Moody, prominent knight
Iemplar, is well known in every city in the
United States west of Buffalo, N. Y, as "a
jewelers. Auctioneer. In the city of Chi
cago as a prominent lodge man, being a
member of the KITS and also of the Ma
sons. The cut shows Colonel Moody in the
costume of the Oriental Consistory Masons,
32nd degree.
In recent letter from 5000 Michigan av.
enue, Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody says the fol-
lowing:
/" For over twenty-five years ]
suffered from catarrh, and for
over ten years / suffered from
catarrh of the stomach terribly.
:" have taken all kinds Of medi-
cines and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my acquaintance are aware
in different parts of the United
States, where I have travelled, but
my relief was only temporary,
until a little over a year ago
started to take Peruna, and at
the present time am better than
/ have been for twenty years.
The soreness has left my stom-
ach entirely and / am free from
indigestion and dyspepsia and
will say to all who are troubled
with catarrh or stomach trouble
of any kind, don't put it off and
suffer, but begin to take Peruna
right away, and keep it up until
you are cured, as you surely will
be If you persevere. Fa I6F
stMy wife, as many in the southwest car
say, was troubled with bad cough and
the country gave her up toAdie, as they could
do nothing more for her. She began taking
Peruna with the result that she is better now
than she has been in years, and her cough
has almost left her entirely. The soreness
has left her. lungs and she is as well as she
ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says,
to Peruna. Yours very truly,
|9gW sake 10 Y TIP Moody. :
Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly be
coming general curse. An undoubted rem
This remedy has been thoroughly tested
during the pastforty years. Prominent men
have come to know Of its virtues, and are
making public .utterances on the subject. Tc
save the country we must save the people
To save the people we must protect them
from disease. The disease that is at once the
most prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca
tarrh! 1ts9 ia e k4<gS8 81 ITT'
If one. were to make list of the different
names that have been applied to catarrh in
different locations and organs, the result
would be astonishing. We have often pub
lished a partial List of these names, and the
to all people, both professional and non
professional, was amusing. And yet we