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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24

Prospective land buyers can secure no better
rates than those offered by the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids = Northern Ry., nor can they find
better land and location than along this line or
contiguous thereto.
On September 4. 10, October Q. IS, November
9, 20, and December 4, Is, round trip tickets
bearing 81 days limit. can be secured to all
points on this line north of and including Alb.
6ott Shell Rock and Waverly at one fare plus
This territory includes the rich farming coun-
Brooks. located at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, are
our Industrial and Immigration Agents, and
are in position TO give full Information relative
to these lands.
On same dates, our agents are in position to
ticket you to other various parts Of the country
ut low rates.
For rates, time Of trains, etc., call on nearest
ticket agent or address
jno. q. FARMER, A. G. P. st. A.
Be. R. y N. Ry.
s7wl Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24
NEW SHORT LINE
Omaha Minneapolis
and St. Paul.

IN connection with the Minneapolis and st. Louis
between Fort Dodge and Minneapolis and st.
Paul, also to be inaugurated January %. 1900
Lv. Omaha Ly. st. Paul
1.-THE Ar. MINNEAPOLIS Lv %inhse s
LIMITED" 7.80a. m. s.30p. m.
Ar. st. Paul Ar. Omaha
500 am. 8.l5 a. IN.
A fast yestibule night train, daily, carrying
through Pullman sleeping car and cOuches.
Lv. Omaha I.v st. Paul
700 a. IN. 900 o. IN,
THE Ar. Minneapolis Lv Minneapolis
EXPRESS" Az. So &. R 3; IT A.. s S@sss u.
IsOp.m. s.40p. m.
Fast day train, daily except Sunday, carrying
ehtouGhpStlor car and coaches.
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0NE FARE pIlle onn

,OTVC NIVE I DUO ZIVUs
for the round trip. Tickets limited to u days
tor return and good for stop-over privileges at
certain points within going limit of liz DAYS.
j. F. MERRY,
A. G. P. A., Ill. Cent. R. R.,
Dubuuue Tova
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24

cpyghIN by Ann hmnG
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24

S. E. Turner, Flour and Feed.
E. E. Farwell, Jeweler.
Harger & Blish, Agency, Farwell's
Jewellery Store. 1915
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-24

The Mystery of Agatha Webb.
BY Anna Katharine
Etc Etc
copyEigh., 1eoO, By Anna katharine Green.

Author Of THE Leavenworth Nam. Ianen
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
GRAPEVINE CULTURE.
AID the Distance Mt Which to
Set the Plants.

In preparing the land for grape
vines, plow the ground deeply, and, if
possible, subsoil. Then pulverize the
ground thoroughly to give the small
roots all the chance possible to develop.
It is best to set the vines not nearer to-
gether than eight feet. The holes in
which the vines are set should be each
two feet square and from 10 to 20
inches deep. If large number of vines
are to be set, the land should be pre-
viously marked off, so that the rows
of vines will be straight both ways; as
this both improves the looks of the
field and makes it easier to cultivate.
One grape grower advises to keep the
surface soil separate from the subsoil
when digging the holes, and to put
back this surface dirt first when filling
up the holes. This will give the roots
a good medium in which to develop
Once we'll rooted and growing, the vine
can send it's roots into the less con-
genial soil without experiencing back
set. In the fall, in regions where win
ter protection is needed, this may be
obtained by blowing a furrow on each
side of the row and throwing the dirt
up toward the vines. In the spring this
dirt must be leveled to admit of even
culture. The vines may be staked and
tied to the stakes til. they are two years
old, when they may be fastened to wires
strung between the posts.-Farmers
Review,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Reea the Fruitn,1 Aids.

The necessity of cross-pollinaticn of
fruit bloom is subject that should
never be considered threadbare. Prot
Cook says his sister in California was
wondering, in 1891, why her fruit trees
were not bearing as we'll as usual. The
trees bloomed, but the fruit did not set
Mr.. Cook suggestedthat it might be
caused by decrease in the number OF
bees, and accordingly an apiarist was
engaged to remove his bees to the
place, and at once there was marked
benefit. She has kept the apiary there
ever since. She feels that she can at.
ford to pay for the presence of the bees
and she is right. While other insects
might help pollination, this incident
shows that bees are the thing for the
business, and that in their absence the
hope of good fruit crop rests on a
slim founda tion.-American Bee Jour.
nal.
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posEY COUNTY VIM.
Famous Indiana Community Sets .
Good Example In the Matter
of Road Building.

Who has not heard of Posey coun-
ty, land of the hoop-pole and the
pumpkin, region popularity given over
10 ''cbills and fever" illiteracy and
lnoonshine whisky? Old Posey may
be al that the photographers fancy has
painted her, but we doubt it, and our
dubiety is based upon an article in the
indianapolis Press wherein Posey
county's part in the good roads move
ment is set forth. Other counties and
other states have conventions, bills.
agitation" and all that, but Posey
builds the roads. Therein lies the
difference between the people of the
hoop-pole and pumpkin region and
their critics. Last week Posey issued
turnpike road bonds aggregating
100000, which sold at premium of
two per cent. In one township 81
miles of stone road-macadam = are
building and next year several hum
dred thousand dollars will be expend.
ed in extending these turnpikes =
smooth and hard as our HennepiE
boulevard over the country. Early
next spring the road from Mount Yer
non, the county seat, to the histori.
town of New Harmony, IS miles in
length and traversing one of the love-
lest rural panoramas in this coun-
try, will be macademized. The contracts
have been awarded, and they call for
crushed stone, tile drain and scientific
construction in every particular.
Posey county can afford good roads.
In fact it cannot afford to do without
them. Small in area, but well popu-
lated, it is wealthy agricultural COM
munity. It leads the state in wheat
and corn, area considered, and the
land that is not given up to the cereals
or groves produces abundantly of all
fruits and vegetables known to the
temperate zone. It has public libra
ries in nearly every township, and
graded high schools are common "out
in the country" Nearly all Of the
school houses are of brick and stone
AID are of modern construction. OF
he 1873 teachers in 90 Posey county
schools last year, 20 were college
graduates and IA held state, life or
professional license. The average
wage was $50 a month. At the close
of the year there was $4,000 on hand
in the school fund. The percentage
of illiteracy is the lowest in the state,
and the farmers of old Posey have
more brick dwellings, more pianos,
more books, more rugs and carpets in
proportion to population than those
of any other county in the state.
Old Posey has her faults, no doubt,
but there are other counties that
might profit by her example in the
matter of good roads and schools. -
Minneapolis Times.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
COOK STOVE EvAPORATOR.

end of each iron drill two or three h oles
for screws. Fasten these to the bot
tom side of the frame with inch screws
and then with a wrench or some other
tool bend the legs in such way as to
leave a space of from foot to is inches
between the frame and surface of the
stove. On the upper side and near the
corners of the frame, drive in small
nails so that they penetrate the wood
deep enough to leave an inch in length
sticking up. Over these slip four thread
spools. By driving corresponding
nails into the bottom side of the Sec
ond frame to slip down into the spools,
it is held in place. The third frame
is fastened in the same way and as
many more as desired can be added.
The frames are high enough above the
stove so as not to interfere with cook
ing. The fruit dried in this way is of
good quality, and the work can be
done as rapidly as in high-priced
evaporator.-Orapge Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16

tile hammer it is less trouble to cut
the holes wherever you want them. In
connecting laterals, most persons cut
hole, or get tile with holes in them
and stick the end of the connecting
tile into the hole, but never do that,
nor allow it to be done on work under
my supervision. The connecting tile
(z) must be cut to fit against the tile
connected to, on an angle (see and 81.
The hole should be cut the full size of
the inside of 2, which will be an egg
shape, the small end upstream.
also cut the tile on all curves to fit as
close as other joints (see ~.
A soft tile is not the best tile to cut,
and I promptly discard cracked tile.
Select weu-burnt tile, that will ring
when struck with hammer. Cut holes
near the middle of the tile. In cutting
the connecting tile (2), leave part of
the end full, as shown, instead of cut
ting it to thin edge. Except in pick
ing small hole through tile to start
with, the poll of the hammer is gen.
orally used. The edges should be kept
sharp. No patent on this hammer;
free to all. - S. F. Moore, in Ohio
Farmer
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
SUGGESTIONS Of yeretable..

Vegetables of which every garden
ought to furnish a succession are rad
ish, lettuce, peas, string beans. beets
cress and turnips. Every book that was
ever written on gardening has advised
sowing for succession every ten days
or two weeks" yet only the gardens
managed by gardeners hired specially
to see to such things really furnish such
SUGGESTIONS. The farmer. in particular
is apt to neglect the garden, if he does
not forget it altogether, after the first
sowing. Perhaps it is waste of time
to exhort him to care for the garden
but, considering the amount which the
garden contributes to the family liv.
ing. it seems as though it should be
worthy of better Observation-Disclosures
Gentleman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
What Butter Makers want.

Some papers insist that the butter
makers want to tax cleo out of ex-
istence, and are going too far, says the
Reporter. There should be no misap-
prehension on this point. The butter
men do not ask that oleomargarine be
taAed out of existence. On the con-
trary, the law they support reduces
the tax on oleomargarine from two
cents pound to one-fourth cent.
What they do ask is that oleomarga-
rine, plus butter color, be taxed ten
cents pound, and they do this in or
der to render it impossible to sell it
fraudulently as and for butter and. at
butter prices. It is assumed that some
people really want oleo. The nutter-
man will put no straw in the way of
their getting it, but will insist that
they shall not be fooled into buying
it for butter at butter prices.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
OLD GLORY is THERE.

Where flies not the flag that our fathers
3 unfurl'd
In the heat of the struggle that startled
the world
Where the drums beat the charge and the
red-coats went down,
And Liberty won in the fall Of a crown?
Where waves that proud banner which
Washington set
AZ sign in the heavens that Right tri-
umphs yet,
AS symbol of honor the pride of the free
Who stand meath its folds on the land and
the sea?
Go stand where the peaks in their majesty
glow
And the sun ever shines on their garments
of snow,
Go watch the dark waters that ceaselessly
roll
And whisper the tale of the far-away Pole;
Aye, stand for time meath the pitiless sky
Where the ships of the Arctic drift, ice
laden, by;
What is that waving free on the cold, cut
ting air?
IT'S banner of beauty-Old Glory is there!
Go South where the Sun In his majesty
shines
On the gold of the orange, the green of the
Where the clear water run through sum-
mer-clad world,
AEO ISLANDS OF ugnL IN the deep lie I'M
pearld;
Yes, stand on the shore meath a tropical
sky
Where the fleets of all nations sail mer-
rily by;
What catches the eye. like bird in the air?
IT'S banner of splendor-Old Glory is
there!
Now turn to the West with its legends of
old
Where leaves the Pacific its beaches of
gold
Where, down from the lands of the Fox
and the Cree,
The Oregon rolls with its song to the sea-
There fiutters flag on the pine-crested
peak
Whose SHOWS swell the tide Of the forest
born creek,
And the winds that blow harsh round the
mountain cats lair
Are kissing banner-Old Glory is there!
Where the breakers are washed by Allan
tics bold tide
1t floats in its beauty, it waves in its PRIDE
It is worshiped in peace, it is matchless in
wars,
And thousands have died in the light of its
stars;
The banner that Washington followed to
fame
Is crowned with the splendor that hallows
his name;
And deep in the hearts Of the brave and the
fair
Is love that Is quenchless-Old Glory is
there
IT. c. Harbaugh in Ledger Monthly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
FROM SOUP TO NUTS.

things, however, the man who had
been gazing at me SO hard got up
from his table and walked over to me.
His face gradually lighted up as he
came closer to me, and it was one
broad grin when he held out his hand
to me and said: Hello, Jim!'
II knew him then right away. He
was a chap I'd known back in Buffalo
number of years before. I'd gone
on his note at that time for $2CO when
he got mixed up in tangle with his
books on account of gambling, and
he'd jumped Buffalo without ever
making the note good, so that I had
to do it myself. I'd always felt pref
ty sore on him for that job, and I'd
had it in mind for a number of years
to do things to him if ever met him
again.
81 received him with calm cordial.
ity, however, and he Immediately be-
gan to explain to me about that note
for 5000, while he looked sheepish.
Said that only year before he'd
mailed check for the amount to me,
and that it had come back to him, as,
of course, I'd moved away from Buff
falo. He was having all kinds of pros.
perity on the slope, he said, and asked
me how they were coming for me.
Never better, told him, and then he
reached into his breast pocket. pulled
out his wallet and handed me two nice,
clean 500 notes, fresh and crisp from
the subtreasury.
"That. however, was oullhead luck;
for of all tough propositions in the
way of a town to be broke in. just
commend me to San Francisco, that's
all!'-Washington Star.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16

and good eating's cheaper there than
in any other American city. The res
taurants certainly did look warm and
bright and glowing to me that even
ing. But didn't have red, and they
weren't Tor me.
Il walked around aimlessly until I
passed by the Palace hotel. l looked
into the brilliant cafe of the Palace
and saw chaps lolling back in their
places, the glow of the candles in
their faces and the leaves from the
cut flowers falling gently to the Ia
blecloths. pulled myself up sudden
ly and thought and thought.
81 think said l to myself that l
shall take dinner this evening inside
here. The Palace is good enough for
me-.
$50 I walked into the cafe of the
Palace. objected to several places
the head waiter picked out for me,
thereby showing that naughty person.
age that l knew what was what and
gaining his respect from the jump. l
told him that l wanted the right kind
of a waiter-no laggaros or clumsy
yokels-and he picked out the best
man on his staff and sent him to me.
81 went through that Palace cafe
menu from soup to nuts, and there
weren't any wines on the card that
suited me. That is, l minated to
the head waiter, after trying all of the
wines, that they didn't precisely strike
my palate.
"I'll be within the shelter Of the
Five Courts in something under half
an hour l reflected, with great COM
plaisance, when l had ordered the
waiter to bring me three of the best
Reina Victorias in the house for dol
lar, and had just finished up the last
pint of champagne, and stood ready
for the cognac and coffee, but l was
liable to've turned up there sooner or
later, anyhow, and the Five Courts is
a good old sort of Jail to strike with
a replete stomach
"Tne waiter brought me my cognac
and coffee and cigars, and lit one of
the Reinas and started in to smoke
peacefully. ,..-.
"I suppose it'll get into the papers,
I unused, about the chap with the iron
nerve who walked into the Palace cafe
and consumed about $23 worth of SOL
ids and wet things, and then COM
PLEASANTLY admitted his inability to
liquidate therefor = but the papers
have got to have some old thing to
write about, haven't they?'
Il was pursuing this line of thought
with all the ease in life, my waiter
meanwhile standing at respectful
distance. waiting for me to ask for
my check and toss him couple-dollar
bill, when l noticed man with van
dyke beard seated at a table about 30
feet to my right, gazing pretty hard
at me. He looked and rocked and
looked at me.
"'That fellows probably the house
detective,' thought, and he has tum-
bled to the fact that I'm about to
swing the house for some $23 worth of
viands and drinkabl Let him de-
tect, however! 1t doesn't make any
difference to me whether I'm yanked
to the Five Courts by a hotel detect.
i've or "a
"WhiEe 7 was nursuinp this line of
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
TILE CUTTING TOOL.
mer Which IL Said to he SUI
periOr to All Others.

lam the inventor of tool for cut
ting tile that is superior in every re-
spect to any tool have ever used, and
that is tile hammer, a drawing of
which send herewith. I have used
these hammers for years, and the shape
and size here given (six inches long) is
about the best proportions for the pur-
pose. They should be made of the
best steel and both poll and pick tenn
pered the same as stone-cutters' CHS
els. The pick is beveled like cold
chisel. The poll is round and the shape
of the base of cone, and one inch
in diameter; the shaft round and cylin-
drical. The poll should be ground
square, or, better, little concave, leav-
ing sharp cutting edges, and should
be little more faring on the handle
side. With this tool have never found
any need of anything else.
Some get tile at the mills with holes
cut in them, but never do, for with a
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
HANDY EvApoRAToR.
One That Can BE Attached to an Or.
binary Cook stove and L.
Easily Made.

An evaporation is luxury few farm
ers can afford unless they intend go
ing into the fruit business to quite an
extent. The illustration shows cheap
and handy evaporation within the reach
of all. The frames are made of any
size desired, 3x4 feet being handy di.
mansions if the stove is large enough
to accommodate it. Over the frames.
which should be made of 21% or inch
strips of board, screen wire netting is
firmly tackled. For the legs to be fas-
tened on the bottom frame, take four
pieces of strap iron from foot and
a half to two feet Long. Through one
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Money in Early Turnins.

Early turnips are salable in mar.
ket. and are so easily grown that to be
without them as a crop is to miss IN
important item in the line of farm ro-
tation. They can be gotten out of the
way in time for late potatoes. One
of the best fertilizer mixtures for tur-
nips is superphosphate and wood
ashes. Broadcast the substances on
the ground and work them into the
soil, then plant the turnip seed in rows.
After the plants get good start they
will grow ahead of the weeds.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Too Much Tinkerin4

Mrs. Winks-I see the question Of
emitting the word "obey" from the
marriage service is up again.
Mrs. Minks-Yes, it's perfectly abom'
Unable the way they are tinkering al
the marriage service. They'll be leav'
ing out "love and honor" next, and
bring the beautiful sacrament down to
a commonplace civil contract. Well
I must be going. I want to take this
bundle to the tailor's before his place
is shut up. It is some of my husbands
buds, which he told me to mend, but
I think see myself. Good-by, dear
N. Y. Weekly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
HOW TO DRINK WATER.
According to Scientific Authority
Much of the Benefit of Liquids
Is Lost Through Ignorance.

Prof. Sil.lam says there are few
people who thoroughly realize the
value of water as a beverage or who
know how to obtain greatest advantage
from it. The effects produced by the
drinking of water vary with the man.
ner in which it is drunk. If, for in
stance, pint of cold water be swal-
lowed as a large draught or if it be
taken in too large portions, with a
short interval between, certain definite
results follow - effects which differ
from those which would have followed
if the same quantity were taken by
slipping. Slipping is powerful stimu-
liant to the circulation, a thing which
ordinary drinking is not.
During the action of slipping the ac-
ton of the nerve which slows the beat
IT the heart is abolished and, as con-
sequence, that organ contracts much
more rapidly and the pulse beats more
quickly and the circulation in various
parts of the body is increased. In ad-
dition to this we find that the pressure
under which the bile is secreted is
raised by the slipping of fluid. And
here is point which might well be
noted by our readers. A glass of cold
water slowly slipped will produce a
greater acceleration of the pulse FOR a
time than will a glass of wine or spirits
taken at draught. In this connection
it may not be out of place to mention
that slipping cold water will often al
lay the craving for alcohol in those
who have been in the habit of takin g
too much of it and may be endeavoring
to reform, the effect being probably
due to the stimulant action of the sip
ping,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
The Acorn and the Oak.

"When I heard your son reading his
graduation essay could not help think
ing of the mighty oak and the little
acorn.
"Why? He didn't mention them any.
where in his paper.
mo. But the grandeur of his style
and the way he held himself kept re-
minding me Of the mighty oak"
t'And where did the acorn come IMP"
"You were there, you know."-Chi'
cago Times-Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
A Life of Excitement.

City Cousin-But don't you find It
dreadfully dull?
Country Cousin-Dull? The idea!
Why, there's the Epworth league one
evening; and class meeting, another;
and prayer meeting always on Wednes.
days; and the Dorcas meeting, and the
other means of grace. There's almost
always something exciting going on
after supper.-Brooklyn Life.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Proof.

"Did you say that trusts were the
means of raising wages?''
"Certainly," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. II know the president of COM
bination who has raised his salary four
times in the last two years."-Washing-
ton Star
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Cnnecessafy.

Mrs. Hiram Offen-Dinah, hope you
didn't forget to wash the fish before
you put it in to bake.
New Servant-Mah Lam! Whut fur
All gwine wash fish dat's a-libin' in
de wahtah all hits life? - Catholic
Standard and Times.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
Hardly to BE Expected.

Mrs. McGorry-Harrity, who was
killed by bein' blown two hoondred feet
in the air by an Explosion, left wolfe
an nome children, didn't he?
McGorry-He did thot. He hod no
tonne to make provisions for takin' 'em
wild him.-Judge.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-16
In French.

Kendrick (who for two months. has
been studying French)-Say, Sutton, I
can write good letter in French now.
Sutton-H'm! Is that so? Well, you
may be able to write good letter in
French, but I don't believe you can
write a letter in good French.-Boston
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