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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
BIG PRICES FOR ANIMALS.

a Small Sixed Fortune Needed to
Buy q Giraffe.
Because Of the difficulty Of getting 1t
to America and of keeping It alive aft
er It arrives a good giraffe is quoted at
$1,000.
Mkt to the giraffe in the aristocracy
vi sost conc the rhinoeeros en-. the
lppopotamus, worth from $4,000 to
5000 each. If a dealer could breed
these animals, he could get rich. but
the big mammals rarely breed in cap
tivity. About the only place in America
where hippopotaml have been known
to raise their young is In the menag-
erie in Central park. New York.
A chimpanzee Of size is worth $1,000.
and when one reaches the intelligence
Of the late Mr.. Crowley, Chico or Jo-
hanna he is beyond fixed price. The
monkey kind are most uncertain prop
erty. The animal man says they are
certain to die. But the ordinary ones
can be bought very cheaply.
One can buy nice young baby ele-
plant for $1,000 ut times, but really
good animal Is worth from $500 to
$4,000. An elephant does not command
the maximum price because Of the
beauty of his countenance, the ele-
gance Of his figure, his intellectual en-
dowments or his size, but because Of
sweet. sunny disposition. A mean
elephant is about the most evil of lly-
ing things. Sooner or later he has to
be killed, usually after he has slain
two or three keepers and done more
damage than he is worth. OF two ami
mails Of equally good disposition the
larger and finer commands the higher
price, of course, but the most magnlf-
cent beast with an inclination for mur-
der isn't worth as much us n very COM
mon one that Is trustworthy-that Is,
ordinarily SO. for the sweetest tenn
pered have days when they seem In
spired Of satan.-Junior Munsey.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
NATURAL HISTORY.

The pouch Of a pelican is large
enough to contain seven quarts of wa
ter.
For mountain climbing camels are
very inefficient and seldom used in
Abyssinia and other mountainous coun.
tries
Sparrows begin housekeeping very
expeditiously. A pair Of them will
build nest and furnish it with an egg
inside of "a hours from the time when
the site was selected.
The female red grouse is said to vary
its dress according to surroundings. It
is fact worth remembering that the
red grouse occurs in no other part Of
the world but the British isles.
No one has been able to give salts
factory reason for the formation adopt
ed by the wild duck or mallard in
fight. The birds arrange themselves
in two conyerging lines, like huge ".
the leader occupying the point.
The ostrich is descendant Of a
genus Of bird which In prehistoric times
attained an enormous size. In the al
luvial deposits Of Madagascar evidence
has recently been found to show that
ostriches IA and Is feet in height once
lived on the island.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
choprn ON Piano F,nrer,nr.

This is from fragment of piano fin
gering left by Chopin: "No one notices
inequality in the power of the notes Of
scale when 1t is played very fast and
equally as regards time. In a good
mechanism the aim is not to play ev-
erything with an equal sound, but to
acquire a beautiful quality Of touch
and u perfect shading.
"For long time players have acted
against nature in seeking to give equal
power to each finger. On the contrary,
each finger should haye an appropriate
part assigned 1t. The thumb has the
greatest power, being the thickest fin
ger and the freest. Then comes the lit
tie finger, ut the other extremity of the
hand. The middle finger is the main
support Of the hand and is assisted by
the first. Finally comes the third, the
weakest ane.
"Asto this Siamese twin of the middle
finger some players try to force it with
all their might to become independent,
thing impossible and most likely un-
necessary. There are, then, many DIFF
ferent qualities of sound, just as there
are several fingers. The point is to
utilize the differences, and this, in other
words, is the art Of fingering."-Hune-
ker's Chopin, the Man and His Mu-
aicO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
HOW to Button a Coat.

The art of properly buttoning coat
any coat-is, do it the other way.
That Is to say that nine out of every
ten Of us button our coats the wrong
way. We commence with the topmost
button when we should commence with
the bottommost.
The frailest portion of coat, in re-
spect to shape retaining qualities-no
matter how well made-is the region Of
collar and lapels. The swagger mer-
chant tailor always cautions his GUS
toner to "wear it buttoned few days
SO that the collar may set properly"
Then, this admitted, 1t follows that
tugs and strains affecting this part of
the garment tend to destroy its sym
metry. Drawing the coat together by
the top button and buttonhole for the
purpose of fastening exerts a pull all
around the shoulders and neck region,
which. by repetition, In time will give
the smartest coat hang dog appear
ance.-Chat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Insects become Intoxicated.

Intoxication from the nectar and pol
len Of plants has been subject of in
vestigation by DIR. ]. NJ. Weir, Jr. This
affects insects. and 1t appears that the
cosmos flower is specially potent as a
source Of drunkenness in bees and 9th
er nectar loving creatures. A bee so
drunk that 1t could scarcely get upon
Its legs was taken to the laboratory
and placed about two inches from q
cosmos blossom. It Immediately stag
gered to the flower and began to suck
the nectar and in q few moments tum-
bled over, senseless and almost inert
victim OF appetite. Drunken beetles
found under the blossoms prove that
the pollen must have the same effect
as the nectaries.
The experimenter swallowed a half
teaspoonful Of the pollen and in about
Is minutes experienced feeling Of ex-
hilaration, with acceleration of the
pulse and warmth. An Injection into
the arm Of half a dram of liquid dis
titled from an infusion Of the nectaries
caused exhilaration for half an hour,
followed by nausea.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
stexen.on,. Cup of Misery.

R. L. Stevenson, writing in 1893 to
George Meredith, In an epistle quoted
in new edition Of his Letters" says,
with heart touching pathos:
"For IA years have not had a days
real health. have wakened sick and
gone to bed weary, and have done my
work untlinchingly. have written in
bed and written out of 1t, written in
hemorrhages, written in sickness, writ
ten torn by coughing, written when my
head swan for weakness, and for SO
long, it seems to me, have won my
wager and recovered my glove. am
better now-have been, rightly speak
ing, since first came to the Pacific
and still few are the days when am
not in some physical distress. And the
battle goes on-ill or well is trife SO
that 1t goes. was made for contest,
and the powers have SO willed that my
battlefield should be this dingy, inglori-
Gus one Of the bed and the physic bot
fla At least. have not failed. but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
when Everything sticks.

I'm muggy weather." said the retired
burglar, II always used to stop work
not because work was unpleasant then,
but on account of everything sticking
SO.
"You couldn't tell what might hap
pen. Anything and everything was lia-
BILE to stick and make more or less
noise when you finally got 1t open. A
window might stick at first and then
go up with bang. I've had door
open on me that way-fy open all of a
sudden after I'd been pushing On 1t q
long time and let me through the door
way on to the floor. There's always
danger, for instance, in pulling out 8
drawer that sticks Of pulling 1t clean
out and letting it drop.
"There's constant danger Of some
thing Of this sort happening, and it
doesn't pay to take the chances. And
It's easy enough to know when to stay
home. My rule was never to try to do
any work In weather that would rust a
jimmy."-New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
A Serious Question.

Lynch law seems to keep 1T, in var
ious parts of the country. North or
south there seems to be no distinction
when the fate of a certain class of
beastial criminals is under discussion.
Death appears to be the only proper
penalty for such british natures, and
while the majority of people in their
best, and sober senses are opposed to
dlsregarding the laws, and believe in
waiting for courts to take the action on
all questions, yet most of them will
wink at the action Of q mob In taking
the work of court in its own hands.
This truth is shown in the fact that
parties connected with mobs and lynch
ings are seldom, If ever, punished.
This state of affairs has existed 80
long and the mob has become so
omnipresent throughout the country,
that the method of dealing with 1t and
the spirit which prompts it is matter
of serious import. A few years ago
the papers of the north were loud in
their expostulations against mob law
and mob rule in the south. Now no
section of the country is free from this
element. The passions of people are
the same, north and south, east and
west, and it needs but q spark in al
most any community where crime
against women and girls are commit
ted, to kindle the fires of avenging
passion TO such heat that only the
life of the guilty person, taken in the
most summary manner, can appease
them.
We all know this is wrong. We know
that the taking from the constituted
authorities the execution Of the laws
will tend to lower the power and dig
nifty of the statutes in the eyes of the
criminally inclined, and 1t is grave
question as to wheather vengence thus
secured does not in the long run turn
and mock the avengers with more he'll
lish crimes.
There must soon come pause in the
work of mobs or the force of all our
laws will become lax, or entirely void.
The question is one which will re-
quire the combined wisdom OF our
statesmen to solve. With ministers of
the gospel giving approval of the mob's
violence, with officers of the law sub
mitting with little or no resistance to
it's demands, and with other sworn up
holders of the laws refusing or neg
lecting to search out the guilty parties
is it any wonder that mobs Increase
and lynchings multiply.
Along with the question of how we
shall rid ourselves Of anarchists let ui
| get some light on the other question OF
how shall we subdue mobs and stoI
4 lynchinga, Waterloo Courier.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Justice To The Beers,

Boer sympathizers in the United
States, by means Of an endless chain OF
postal cards, intend to appeal to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to stop the sending OF
supplies from the United States to the
British in South Africa. The inscrip.
tfon on the cards is: "Plesse stop the
shipment of horses and mules from
New Orleans to Cape Town, If possible.
Please make the Englieh fight fairly in
South Africa" 1t is not q sufficient
reason for refusing the requested inter
dict that if direct shipment from New
Orleans to Cape Town were suspended
American horses and mules would still
be exported to France and Belgium
and Germany and. Italy, and Great
Britain could buy them in these
countries. The Golden rule is as good
for nations as for individuals, and we
should treat the Beers as In like cir
cumstances we would have them treat
US. Were tNss week country battling
for independence, as 1t was in 1776, ii
would not regard as neutral but as an
enemy nation which should aid its
foe with the materials of war. Large
as the British army In South Africa is
the vast extent of the field of operations
renders it impotent without mobility.
Horses and mules are needed to make
it mobile, and as these give 1t an eff,
cheney of which otherwise 1t would be
devoid, the United States, morally and
practically, might as well supply Great
Britain with soldiers as with animals
AS matter of fact, in supplying Eng
land with horses and mules we are
helping her to Q far greater extent than
If we should send her recruits for her
diminishing regiments. But for the
American beasts Of burden with which
she is, 80 libersl,y aufp.sed Great
Britain could make little progress in
South Africa and the independence OF
the republics would be secure. The
Beers are consequently justified in re.
garding us as enemies, since without
our assistance England could never
subdue them. If we were in the Beers
place and they in ours we would not
have them treat us as we are treating
them. We should therefore treat them
as in their situation we would like to be
treated. This is justice, and as the
practice of justice is the highest states.
manship, President Roosevelt will fall
short of the popular conception of hlt
character if he shall fail to give to the
appeals Of the Boer sympsthizers his
sympathetic attention. dubuque Tele
graph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
The Life Line In one,s Hand.

The Life Line In Ones Hand.
There are three prominent lines in
the palm-the line of life, that of the
head and the heart line.
The line Of life begins on the inner
boundary of the palm, about midway
between the thumb and the forefinger.
If we imagine the left hand to be a
map, with the fingers pointing north,
this line runs toward the southeast,
then curves toward the south and In
some hands curves finally toward the
southwest. 1t thus skirts the base or
'uprise" Of the thumb, known as the
uprise of Venus. If it is deep, broad,
of good color and extends nearly or
quite to the wrist and if the rest of the
hand Indicates vitality and cheerful
ness, the subject may be expected to live
to green old age; he has good dispo-
sition and the qualities which good
health and good temper usually create.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

be used with caution lest it faint the
milk. Trials at the Wisconsin sta
tion by Craig show that rape has a
very considerable value for feeding
swine, especially during the earlier,
stages of fattening. This feed is
much relished by pigs. Being succu-
lent 1t distends the digestive tact and
prepares it for the heavier grain feed
ing which follows.
1t is on sheep farms that rape will
find its largest use. 1t can be fed to
all classes of sheep with advantage
and since the animals harvest the crop
the cost of feeding 1t is insignificant
compared with the returns. Within
eight weeks after seeding the plants
are large enough for use, and they are
then fed off by turning the sheep di-
rectly into the field to gather the forage
ut will. Craig, of the Wisconsin sta
tion, makes the following recommends
tions: "The attempt should never be
made to feed lambs rape without
giving them q couple of hours grazing
on pasture before turning them into
the rape. This is necessary for the
safety Of the lambs, as they are other
wise very liable to bloat, and the COM
bined feeding Of pasture and rape re-
suits In greater gains.'
The rape crop, which will probably
grow anywhere in the United States
at some season of the year, is recon-
mended to farmers and stockmen as
well worthy of trial, since it is pro-
duced at small expense for seed and
culture and yields an immense amount
Of nutritious forage, the favor and
succulence of which are highly appre-
ciated by cattle, and especially by sheep
and swine.
At the Ontario Agricultural college
Shaw investigated the value Of 1t for
milch cows. He had two lots, two
cows in each lot. Lot /, fed OF rape,
average daily milk yield, 1913 pounds,
same COWS, no rape, same time, 1925
po.nds of milk.
Lot 2, fed rape. 1920 pounds of milk,
no rape, N.74.
The rape was fed both before aud
after milking without imparting any
perceptible faint to the milk in either
case. The results obtained are promis.
ing for rape as g. feed for the dairy
COWS. Farmers Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

In Jersey City an offender has been
held to the criminal court for gathering
cigar stubs which were dried out and
made into cigars and cigarettes. The
Jersey City health board further an
nounces that 1t will pass an ordinance
prohibiting this traffic. Other cities
should follow the example. There is
no specific ordinance or state law in
Illinois against this form of making
over smokers refuse into marketable
commodity. There should be such q
law, and the Chicago health authorities 8
are the ones to urge it.-Chicsgo Chron.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
The New York World.
Thrice-a-Week Edition.
Almost a Daily At The Price OF a
Weekly.

s
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The Thrice-a-week Worlds regular
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together one year for $2.15.
The regular subscription price of the
two papers is $3.50. IL
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

The revival Of the fighting In the
Philippines is most unpleasant re-
minder that the United States may
have absorbing business in that part of
the world at almost any time when it
is desirable to be active elsewhere. -
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Made Good Mntches,

Shell can't make out how it is that
Mrs. Wise has fish for nearly every
meal. 1t can't be for economy's sake,
for she must be fairly well off.
He-She has large family Of un-
married daughters, you know.
She-Now, don't be nasty and say
something about girls and their brains.
That's SO old.
He-Oh, no, hadn't the slightest in
tention of doing so!
She-Well, can't you tell me?
Hell don't know, I'm sure, unless
it's because fish are rich in phosphorus.
She-I don't see what that has to do
with 1t.
He-Perhaps not, but still It's good
for making matches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

In Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, there
Is picturesque island which takes its
name from the fact that 1t fs~unin-
habited by man and given over to the
cranes. Generations back these birds
decided upon this spot for a summer
resort. AS times went on and the sur
rounding islands populated no man
had the heart to disturb them, until
now Crane island is pointed out from
passing boats as one of the curiosities
of the northwest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
FoRAGE RApE.

Though as yet grown in limited
way the rape plant is rapidly gaining
favor in this country, mainly through
the instrumentality of our experiment
stations, which have brought it prom
inently to the attention of the stock
men. The Dwarf-Essex is the variety
commonly sown. In few instances
bird seed rape has been sown, resulting
in product Of no feeding value. Rape
may be sown at any time from early
spring until August in the northern
states, the seed being scattered at the
rate of three or four pounds per acre
broadcast, or two, or three pounds per
acre In drills thirty inches apart. Only
in the latter form is cultivation requir-
ed. The crop is harvested by turning
stock directly into the rape field to con-
sumo the abundant nutritious leaves
and stems, which are the parts eaten.
It cennot be utilized to advantage as a
dry forage, nor as ensilage, owing to
its large water contents. Zavitz re.
ports yield Of twenty-seven tons pei
acre from two pounds of seed sown in
drills twenty-seven inches apart, the
cIop being cultivated every ten days
At the Wisconsin station, Craig secured
q yield of nine and three quarter tons
of rape at single cutting from half
acre of land, while small plat yielded
at rate of thirty-six tons per acre
from two cuttings.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Rape as a Forage Crop.

There is no longer any question
about the value of alfalfa as forage and
hay crop. Its value has been tested too
many times with complete success to
question now the utility of that crop.
But now comes a new forage plant
that is new to most of our stockmen-
claiming recognition as plant of great
value, and from the number of inqufr-
les that reach this office requesting in
formation about its value and how to
raise it shows that it has attracted the
attention of our farmers and stockmen.
Prof. Henry, In his most excellent
work, Feed and Feeding, says:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

would have preferred place OF trum-
petings and the open air over my
head"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16

BARGAIN IN RESIDENCE PROPERTY
A house and lot In one Of the best resident
portions of city OF Manchester for sale cheap
and ON easy terms. Good dwelling, barn, etc.
Enquire at DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Insurance at Cost.

NJ e. Blair, Secretary of the Delaware County
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. and County
agent for the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance
Co. will be at Fred Blair's office In Manchester,
Saturday afternoon of each week. 24tf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
USES OF RAPE.

For cattle, rape is highly priced by
some feeders for furnishing succu-
lent feed during the fall months and
preparing them for winter. 1t has
also been fed to dairy cows, but must
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
Farm For Sale.

Farm For Sale.
Three good farms In the northern part Of this
county. Two Of them contain 400 acres each
and the other 200 acres. Inquire at the Demo.
crat office. 26tf.
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PAIYs;ol.sNs.

u "A. J. WARD,
PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, will sttend 70 calls
Z, promptly at all hours Of tho day or night,
1Amont Iowa.
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" Masonic Block, Manchester. Iowa.
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H. H. LAWRENCE.
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