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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
state Items of Interest.
postofflce has been established

Ida.
Thieving of all kinds seems to be cpl
demic around Clearfeld.
Dubuque hopes soon to reduce It's float
ing indebtedness $4,000.
Fort Dodge has let the contract for
its Carnegie library building.
One undertaken at West Union has
buried twenty-six children this year.
The postmaster at Des Moines has
been granted six additional employees.
Forty.seven deeds were filed with the
recorder of Dickinson County in one
week.
About So. 900 has so far been collected
IN Hardin County through the work Of
their tax ferrets.
twenty-five car loads of emikrants'
goods were unloaded during recent
fortnight at Corwith.
Mrs. j. T. Stemets of Emmetsbsrg was
pronounced insane by the commissioners
and was taken to Independ nee at once.
Some time since her fortune was told.
She was told that she would die on a GER
tain day. Worry over this impending
calamity brought on fate much worse
For few days 1t took several men to
manage her. The family 10 left In deep
distress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Home Made Wind mills.


Before investing in a steel mill, tow
ers and tanks. for farm uses" writes a
correspondent Of the Rural New York
er, II had studied at length number
of cOntrivances for Harvesting the
winds. The weak point of the Go Devil
and kindred devices is found in its in
ability to meet winds from varying
points. In most localities much time is
lost by calm weather through having
to wait for favorable winds. l con-
cluded to adopt the following modifica-
ton of childs toy, as combining
cheapness and power with extreme
simplicity of construction. 1t is made
as follows: A vertical axis of any suit
able dimension is provided with four
horizontal arms crossing at right
angles, at the ends of which are verti-
cal crossbars for the support of the
vanes. Upon these crossbars should
be hinged frames covered with canvas
or other light material, as in Fig. L."
The correspondent accompanies his re-
marks with descriptive sketches and
adds:
''As the arms are revolved the wind
forces each vane In turn against the
horizontal arm, until OH reaching the
farthest point to leeward the wind,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
stead on yellow Journals

"W. L. Stead, last summer, gave me
rather original description of the
American yellow journal from his view
point.
(" 1T is,' said lie, like magnificent
cruiser, that has been built without re-
gard to expense, that is provided with
the latest and most effective arma-
ment manned by the choicest of crew
and marine experts, provisloned care
fully for years cruise, and in every
way lacking nothing excepting that
when the captain gets to sea he sudden
ly discovers that the compass has been
left behind!
"Nir. Stead also added that the trouble
with the yellow journal proprietor was
that he had no soul. But this opens up
a question that Messrs. Bennett, Pulit-
ger and Hearst would probably object
to have discussed. Their papers are un-
doubtedly responsible for many actions
that are harmful and uncalled-for. On
the other hand, have known all of
them to display feeling at times that
would seem to disprove Mr.. Steads as
sertion-for example, the retaining, of a
valueless employee just as beneficiary,
or the sending away on a long trip for
recuperation of reporter or editor
whose health has been wrecked."-
Allen Sangree in Ainslee's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
soft folds Of her gown fell with studied

soft folds Of her gown fell with studied
carelessness from her ivory throat. His
manner was the manner of young
man deeply, devotedly in love with the
dearest girl in the world. From his
high shining collar to his polished
shoes, all was immaculate.
They were silent. He, because his
tongue refused to speak the words that
were clamoring for utterance. She, be-
cause she was sorry for him. 1t was
not maiden shyness that lurked behind
her demure face and downcast lids,
but pure perplexity. No master of
diplomacy ever faced more delicate
issue than that which confronted her.
Its exactly eight years since Uncle
John asked Aunt Lucy to marry him."
she said at length. 1T was In apple
blossom time, and the mockingbird
was singing in the moonlight. The
odor and the song always bring 1t back
to me-"
by Jove! Eight years" He was
struck speeches. by the contemplation
of SO much bliss.
do you remember how we laughed
over the proposal? BY the way, you
never showed me the one that you
talked Of writing"
II never wrote It," he said. with a
grin that was almost grimace. Then
with a tremendous effort, 'I-do-d don't
you think Ter, that is, w-we could
d-dispense with anything of that sort,
Lucy?"
The situation for the next several
moments did not admit Of connected
conversation, but as they strolled to-
ward the house little late, she said,
with an arch look: We've grown up
quite as commonplace as the rest of
the world, haven't weY'
Commonplace he calculated, fer
vently. well, IL this is commonplace,
Il"
Another pause, a lengthy one.
DO you remember wondering why
the mockingbird rioted among the ap-
pie blossoms and sang like n mad
thing?" he asked, solemnly, after a
lirue. IL know now. could do the
same-it wouldn't begin to express my
feelings"
When, after several pauses, they
finally reached the lilac hedge. the
young man startled the nesting robins
with sudden guffaw of laughter.
With his minds eye he saw lanky
boy on his knees in the grass beyond
the hedge.
"A half-grown cub of a boy is several
kinds Of an IDIOT" he .said.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Perslmmon seeds are very easily
sprouted If treated properly. If they
have become very dry, it is possible
that termination will be slow, or per-
haps they will not grow at all. They
should be mixed with sand, kept moist
all winter and planted in the spring
when the soil is In good condition. A
depth of one or two inches is about
right to cover the seeds, advises H. e.
Van Deman, in Rural New Yorker.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

In the chicken business, as In every
other, the. knowledge of yesterday is
not sufficient for to-day, says Poultry
Success. With the new day come
new ideas. new experiments, new les
sons. We are constantly learning some
thing. and the man who reaches point
where he is so sure lie knows 1t all that
he ceases making any attempt to learn
becomes back number in Just about
twsnty.follr hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
WORLDLY BEAUTY.

Don't grieve over friends departed,
IL lost or living or dead;
Be jolly and bright and happy
And you'll find many more instead.
And the world is full of beauty
E For those who can suffer and smile,
While the sweetest task is duty,
Though adrift on barren isle.
II you're worthy OF love, you'll get it,
And there never was yet a day
That couldn't see some beauty
As 1 travelled my worldly way.
john A. Joyce Washington Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Children of the Soil.

The Cape of Good Hope was discover
ed by Diaz, the Portuguese navigator.
six years before Columbus saw San
Salvador. In the middle Of the seven
teenth century the Dutch East Inslia
Company formed a permanent settle
ment Mt the foot of Table mountain.
The first settlers were French Hugue-
nots, Dutch Professionals and German
Lutherans. AS immigration increased
the hardy pioneers moved north from
Table bay on the great prairies called
veldts. Here as pastoral shepherds
they began that lonely life which has
developed in its followers courage, self
reliance, love Of independence and of
solitude, the leading traits of the boer
of today. They were called 'boer,"
which is the Dutch word for farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

certain of the islands there must have
been diamond beds. Some fine rough
diamonds were formerly procured.
There are two systems for carrying
on pearl fishing in the Bay of Panama.
In certain spots, where the yield is the
most abundant, 1t is necessary to pay
the government very high tax. At
other points the tax is small. but per-
centage on tie pearls discovered is add
ed to 1t. Generally these pearls are
rather small. They usually bring from
to so francs each. Those which reach
$50 to 300 francs are already much less
in number,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
He just Couldn,t Be Sick.


whats the matter, Johnnie; you
seem to be feeling good?" asked one of
his fathers neighbors.
"Great! We got Christian Science
over t our house," said the boy, as he
munched one doughnut and waved a
second in the air.
christian Science? What do you
mean?" inquired the puzzled neighbor.
Its just immense!" cried the boy.
BEST thing that ever happened. It's
just boss. tell your
81 have heard that it sometimes did
wonders observed the neighbor, but
l didn't suppose boys knew much about
1t. Has it benefited you, Johnnie?"
Benefited meY' echoed Johnnie.
You just bet it has! It's great! When
you're Christian Science, you know,
you amt never sick. Benefited me? |
should say 1t had. kin slosh around
in the snow all day now and eat four
teen doughnuts and ma never says n
word, for can't be sick-see? Just
can't be sick."- Harper's Bazaar,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

working as laborer for something like
So day, those qualities, coupled with
that elusive thing known as good luck,
finally brought him to the position of
the foremost mine owner in the State, a
leading railroad director and Senator,
with fortune of from So, 600 600 to So
100000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

The difficult Side Of the potato scab
question is how to kill the germs that
are in the soil. An Ohio man had a
piece of land where the potatoes We're
quite scabby, so he sowed rye on 1t and
let it grow to about the height of eigh-
teen inches, then plowed it under, and
as the result of that experiment he said
lie never saw clearer crop Of potatoes.
For four years he has practiced rye
sowing there.-Professor Butt, Penn
sylyania.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Al10xer the state.

$3.50 ~'sssNSe
Fire at Washington destroyed the Hale
elevator and the loss will amount to
about $1,000.
Il. V. Wiley and wife of Council Bluffs
are seeking divorce after forty years
of married life.
Holstein has contracted for munich
pal acetylene gas plant, which will be the
second one in Iowa.
The parsonage of the Christian Church
Mt Spencer. together with contents. was
destroyed by fire.
Fred Noble. Marshalltown boy. dis,
appeared from school and has not been
seen or heard of since.
The team of George Stanton of Spen.
Ger ran away and in n mixup that follow.
ed one of them was killed.
The petition under which the saloons
of Missouri Valley are operated has been
decided insufficient by the court.
The large barn of Mackin Bros, st St
Anthony, was destroyed by fire, and elev.
en- horses persisted in the flames.
Twenty students in the business col
lege at Clinton have been suspended in
definitely for violating school rules.
AT the coming school elections at Mace
donna and Carson consolidation Of the
country schools will be voted upon.
The Yellow Flag is the name of n pa
per now being published by the inmates
of the State institution at Glenwood.
The business men of Fort Dodge are
looking for fellow who worked a
smooth advertising scheme off on them.
Work will commence at once on spur
line to connect the Wabash road with the
coal fields near Bussey, Marion County.
John Stovall. indicted for the express
robbery at Manila and who escaped from
the jail at Denison, has been recaptured.
The Council at Centerville has estab-
lished quarantine against Moravia,
Brazil and Mystic on account of small
pox.
The Clinton Ministerial Union has ask
ed for injunctions against eighteen sa-
looms for technical violations of the mulct
law.
Gary Stewart, Mondamin boy, had a
limb broken and double dose of NOR
phine was accidentally given him, and
death ensued.
Hardin County will be about $4,000
ahead through the work of tax ferrets.
Waterloo is to have Il new high school
building and work will commence on 1t
at once.
The grand jury has returned two in.
dlctments against Justice of the Peace
Ferguson Of Shenandoah because he
went beyond the authority of his office III
6ning thirteen young men who had been
guilty of gambling.
The death of Mrs. Florence Stillson of
Mason City, which was very sudden in
deed and caused shock to the womans
many friends. was due, so it has been
learned, to smallpox, although the WON.
an was doctored for measles.
August w. Christ, n former business
man of Knoxville, has been sentenced to
six years in the penitentiary for forgery.
DIR. H. 9. Mccoy, an old soldier and
for thirty years a practicing physician
in Iowa, has just died at his home in Al.
gona.
Lloyd Brooks. son of George II.
Brooks, farmer living near Maple
Landing, was engaged in cleaning his
shotgun, and supposed it to be empty,
when in some manner the gun was dis.
charged, the load of shot passing through
door and into the person of Miss Lily
Baker, who was in the next room. One
shot penetrated her lungs. Hor siniuries
ere not regarded as fatal. '' -s''',e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

When young man has n hole in his
glove all the girls in town are very
solicitous. which makes their fathers,
who have unmended holes in their
clothes, marvel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Every man makes the mistake of
thinking he can fool his wife as easily
as he used to fool his mother.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Special CROPS,


One of the objections of the farmer
devoting himself to a special crop is
that he is likely to have to buy, or more
often go without, many things which he
might produce at home at less cost than
he buys them. and often he might be
better repaid for his labor if he put it
into production of such things as lie
needs to use at home. We think that
farmer should grow his own supply of
nearly every variety of garden vegeta-
bles and small fruits, and produce his
own poultry and eggs. il not his milk
and butter. 1t may seem against the
grain to devote as much time to an
acre of garden as would do the work
on four or five acres Of grain, or as
much to the care Of tifty hens as to
three COWS. but we work. or most Of US
haye!a,:fur the profit there is IN II, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

AS rule old age applauds the past
and condemns the present.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

allow the vane to swing through the
whole circle, and in another stop the
vane on coming into the wind. The
size and power Of these motors are linn
tied only by the length Of arms and
axis and the area Of: the vanes, which
will depend, in turn, upon the use to
which it is to be put and the pocket
book of the owner.
1.-THE power will be considerable with
very little expense, as an arm of 10
feet in length will support vane of 10
feet square-that is to say, a surface of
100 square feet to be opposed to the
wind. With fair wind this would be
equal to several horsepower. Probably
vanes one-fourth that size, 8 by 5 feet
would suffice for ordinary pumping, es-
pecially if placed on arms of 10 feet in
length.
"rhe vertical axis must be high
enough to reach above wind obstruc-
tons, yet in case of the motor being
placed on barn or on a tank with a
tower the axis could be considerably re-
duced. The manner of supporting the
axis, as we'll as the means Of transfer
ring its slow rotary motion to machin-
cry, is left to the Judgment of the read
er in each particular case. For most
purposes a large sprocket wheel with
the usual linked chain would seem to
be most suitable. See figures in the
second cut. which illustrates connecting
windmill with chain and sprocket.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Gfeat Is tne American hen.
The American hen is a great institu-
ton. AT rough estimate there are
about 35O.OOO.OOO of her in the United
States and each year they produce
something like 14,OOO,0oO,OOO eggs,
which represent $175,OOO,OOO. About
$13O,OOO,OOO worth of poultry is eaten
in the country during year, and the
value of the living hens, at 80 cents
apiece, is figured at $3.50, OOO, 900. So the
hen stands for about $455, 0OO,O 900 in the
yearly economics Of the United States.
The hen outdoes the iron industry, the
coal industry, the wheat crop and the
corn crop, incidentally soaring more.
than 100000 ahead of the total year
ly value of the cows Of the country and
their produce.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Pnre Bred sheen.

The increase in the use of pure bred
rams to grade up the sheep is account
able not only for the larger clips Of
wool, but for the increased demand for
mutton and lamb in our markets. To
use a grade ram is poor economy when
the pure bred can be bought as. cheaply
as now, and the larger profits in both
lambs ana wool will soon repay the
cost of really good sire to head the
flock. There has been much said and
written about the large profit to be
made in having lambs dropped in the
fall or early winter and ready to sell in
the spring, but unless one has place
well fitted up SO that the lambs can be
kept warm we doubt if there is much
more profit In them than in spring
lambs. The extra care and extra feed
take no small part of the extra price
Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Killed by Accidental shot.

A farm hand named Cyrus Sucker, liv-
ing near Carson, was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge of rifle. In
company with his employer, James Fen,
der, he started for Carson, and rs they
were driving toward town school boy
took shot at them with SNOWFALL.
Sucker, in playful manner, picked up
the gun and shook it, but did not point
1t at the boy, and then went to set it
down in the buggy again, when the trig-
ger caught on the side of the buggy, and
the cartridge was exploded, the ball en-
tering the body just above the heart.
Death resulted instantly,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Dubuque Has a Scheme.

Dubuque business men are endeaVor-
Ing to raise $4,000 for preliminary sur
vey Of the route of the proposed DUBUQUE.
Vinton and Southwestern Railway. They
desire to secure an entrance for Dubuque
jobbers and manufacturers into all north
ern Iowa upon as favorable terms as
their commercial rivals enjoy. 1t is pro-
posed to attempt to finance and build a
railroad southwest from Dubuque in the
direction of Des Moines, SO as to inter-
sect four Of the great Iowa railroads that
do not enter Dubuque, viz, the B., 9. II.
u N, the G. & N. W., the Iowa Central,
NJ. & st. l.. and the c., r. l. & p. The
Intention is to head this road toward the
southwest to Cascade. The course will
then be more of westerly direction,
passing few miles north of Central
City, north of Marion and crossing the
Cedar river at Vinton. From that place
the direction would be toward Toledo
and Traer, thence southwest to Newton,
tapping the rich agricultural counties of
Jones. Linn, Benton, Tama, Poweshiek
and Jasper. 1t is hoped that the road
may be built as far as Toledo before
snow flies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

A big roar was heard in the State
House when the executive council took
its inaugural step to compel all depart
ments to make correct itemized reports
of expenditures from Jan. 1, 1900. to
July /, 1901, in accordance with an act
passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture. Several forms of blanks have been
distributed to the various departments
and also an oath to be subscribed and
sworn to by the different officials. The
new duty falls upon all the departments
Of the State House and institutions not
under direction of the board of control.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

There are now in Iowa about forty sta
tons or postofflces from which the rural
mail delivery is sent forth and from
which an average of one hundred farm
ers to the station receive the daily wealth
err bulletins. These stations distribute
at least 1000 of the forecast cards daily.
Another feature of the forecast distri-
button is the farmers telephone lines.
From these the farmers receive the fore
cast. From the town Of Gilman, 800
forecast cards are sent out each day, and
from one point in Lucas County, the
town of Russell, farmers in three coun-
ties get these cards.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
N itber Gold Nor Gas.

Prof. Samuel Calvin, State geologist,
who has been assisted in field work by
Prof. s. w. Dyer of the Iowa State
College at Ames, has prepared his annual
report, which contains large answer
to theorists who have time and again
sprung stories Of the existence. Of oil,
gas, gold and other precious minerals in
Iowa, and by them have created agita-
lions and, in one or two instances, &C.
tual preparations for the development of
these properties wherever they might be.
The biologists report is an explosion of
these theories and shows by an elaborate
discussion of geological formations why
1t is impossible for large quantities of
gases. oils or minerals of the precious
variety to exist in Iowa soil.