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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

Professor Shamel, Instructor in farm
crops at the Illinois College of Agricul-
ture, says that it is good plan to shell
off and discard both the tips and butts
of the corn ears selected Tor seed. That
was what we were taught to do when
young, and we thought 1t the proper
way until we saw the results of trial
made by the late DR.. Il. Lewis Sturte,
want, while Director OF the New York
Experiment Station at Geneva. He
planted several rows ct corn, placing
the kernels in the drills just as they
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
1nsec. Enemies of Growing Wheat.

Insect Enemies of Growing Wheat.
There are many insects which feed on
and injure growing wheat, but the
greater proportion of the losses to
wheat fields chargeable to insects is
due to the attacks of less than half
dozen species. The most destructive
of these pests Is the chinch bug. The
great damage to farm crops by this in
sect is due to its wide distribution, its
prevalence more or less every year, the
enormous multiplication in favorable
seasons, and to the fact that 1t attacks
all the cereals and most forage plants.
The next in Importance is the Hessian
fly. 1t is estimated that the damage
to the wheat crop by this pest is about
ten per cent of the product in the chief
wheat-growing sections of this country,
which indicates an annual los of forty
million bushels and over. Next of i'm
portance are the wheat nudge and grain
plant lice. Insects of second-rate i'm
portance are the wheat-straw worms,
the wheat-bulb worm, army worm, cut
worms and various sawtlies.-Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03


The real wealth of nations is not to
be computed by statisticians,. who can
do no more than make rows of figures
Presenting what they Judge to be the
Tue of Its material possessions and
ources and foot up the items to a
and total. The character and capa-
yof nation rather than Its stores of
.alth, whether in one form or another,
IKE and keep it great The editor of
.e London Statist few days ago OBJ
rived that the natural resources of the
nited States do not wholly account
its present keen Industrial rivalry
with European nations. He keenly re-
marks that the red men had the same
country and the same resources, though
they never seriously competed for the
trhde and commerce Of Europe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

agedSS, at the home
of her son, W. ".
Davies, in New Cas-.
tie. Pa. Mrs. Da-
vies has just ar
rived from Haver-
ford West. South
Wales, to spend her
r e m a ! ning days
with her son, whom
she had not seen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

A correspondent of Hoard's Dairy
man describes tie he uses for holding
a cows head at the stanchion while de-
horning. The accompanying cut shows
how it is made. When the cows head
is fast in the stanchion, the rope is
dropped over the neck, the loop is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

Sometimes n COW will give thick milk
from one quarter of her udder. This
trouble is caused by deranged con
dition Of the glands. Rub the quarter
well after each milking with little
soap IMMINENT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
Boy strangles to Death.

Coroner Bennett was called to Fillmore
to take charge of the remains of Leo
Castinet, 17-year-old boy who was
strangled to death while at work in a
corn field. The cultivator on which he
rode struck stump, and threw the boy
off the sent. The reins caught about his
neck and he was strangled to death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

1t may or may not be true that King
Humbert's assassin, Bresci. was tur-
tured by his guards. Probably he was
t dealt with very gently. But no
AMOUNT Of mere physical suffering
which his keepers could have inflicted
without running the risk Of kill
Ing him could have been worse
t han that made necessary by the
Y. cry nature of his sentence. He was
& solitary confinement, with nothing
a., do and just sufficient food and exer-
else to make 1t impossible for him to
sicken and die. The human mind can
not get along without occupation and
remain sane. To be placed in small
chamber with only stone walls to look
ut would soon shatter the strongest
nerves. To be confined thus with the
ertainty that the confinement is for
life probably would result in partial or
otal arrangement for almost any per-
son living. Italy considers the death
penalty too severe measure for any
crime, but 1t may well be doubted II
the few minutes Of terror before guillo-
tine or scaffold is not less fearful
punishment than the slow process
, which drove Bresci to madness and
J then to suicide.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

grew in order on the cob, also strips in
which one had seed from eight butt kerr
nels In each row, another from eight tip
kernels in the rows, and the third eight
kernels from each row as near the mid
die of the ear as possible. We think in
every test the kernels from the tip gave
earliest ripening corn, and In more than
half also produced a larger yield than
those nearer the middle of the ear. In
every case the yield was at the rate of
several bushels less per acre from those
kernels near the middle of the ear
American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

]. Pierpont Morgan called on King
Edward recently, thus permitting the
ter to see what man who can run
gs without wearing tossels looks
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

sired, may be connected with a sling,
q platform or with any device neces-
sary in hoisting material of different
kinds. The device is described in the
Scientific American, from which the IL
lustration is reproduced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

An ostrich tried to eat collar button
md died. The goat is about the only
hing now remaining for the collar
ltton to overthrow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
Kil,el by Northwe.te n Train,

Lindsay Smith, aged 20, while trying
to board Northwestern train at De
Witt, fell under car and was killed.
Smith created sensation recently by
hypnotizing himself in church and re-
naming in comatose state for over an
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
SIR WAITER pEsANr
to discover for the present generation
the East End of London, an Industrial

to discover for the present generation
the East End of london, an industrial
city whose millions pass an apparently
dull, uneventful existence.
The Peoples Palace which 1t was his
idea should be the center of wholesome
pleasure amid sordid surroundings,
took concrete shape, and has been the
parent of many similar institutions. 1t
was in recognition of his work In this
connection that knighthood was con-
ferred upon him in 1895. So compre-
hensive and thorough was his knowl-
edge Of the topography and history of
London that he was chosen to direct
the preparation of new survey which
should picture the history, traditions
and institutions of the vast metropo-
lis.
Sir Walter twice visited America, the
second occasion being in 1893, when he
read paper ut the Worlds Congress of
Authors at the Chicago Exposition.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

A Chicago woman alleges she can't
i've with her husband because he has
wooden leg. If all that's said by
YES is true some of them are married
men with wooden heads.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
Koi,roads wand Brainy youths,

The history of railroading in this
country is the history of self-made
men, writes Chauncey NJ. Depew, in
Success. In this, as in all other bust
nesses, the "plums" are comparatively
few, but they are, nevertheless, obtain,
able through the medium of faithful
endeavor and persistent work. The
New York Central Railroad Company
is always OH the lookout for bright,
brainy young Americans to enter Its
employ. This is one profession that is
never overcrowded. We can't get
enough of the hustling sort to suit us.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

A farm has been discovered in Texas
which there is no OIL Nstock COM
any has been formed to promote 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

A man ate a bowl of yeast to win a
It, and is reported to be all pulled up
er his success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

Lived Under Five Monarchs.
II have lived under five English mon
archs, and now expect to die in re.
public" said Mrs. Elizabeth Dayies
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
unintentional Biaamist Pardoned.

Gov. Shaw had pardoned George
Fayle, travelling man for silk house,
who was serving n year in the peniten-
tiary for bigamy. He was married in
Omaha and lived there for some time
with his first wife. Then he left her
and went to Des Moines, where he made
his headquarters. She wrote him that
she had secured divorce and asked for
n settlement. He went to Omaha and
she showed bogus decree and he paid
her alimony. Returning home he courted
another girl and married her. Then the
first wife had him prosecuted and it was
shown she had no decree at all.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03

preliminary l1miulty.
"Newby hobbs says he's afraid to get
married"
"Why"
"He says that girls nowadays all look
so smart"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-03
~~

Blackiisted Drinkers Will Appeal.
Mayor Martin has taken new step
in handling drunkards In Waterloo by
having circulated list among the sa-
loonkeepers on which are the names of
persons who in his judgment come I'M
der this head. The saloonkeepers, drug
store clerks and others handling intoxi-
eating liquors are warned against Civ
ing or selling liquors to the men named.
1t is one of the provisions of the mulct
law under which the action is taken.
Some of the men placed on the "black-
list" as it is called, are up in arms and
will appeal to the higher courts to have
their names removed, claiming it is un-
constitutional and that they are not
bound to sit idly by and be publicly
branded MS drunkards.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
o E SYMPATHIzERS.
Eulogize the south African Dutch
and Denoance Their own and
the British Governments.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 2.-Four thou
sand Boer sympathizers held a meet
ing in Light Guard armory hall yes
terday afternoon under the auspicesl
of the local Transvaal league, and
a%pplauded the anti-British sentiments
of Commandant Jan Krige, who
served under Gen. Botha, and Com
gresham j. j. Lentz, of Ohio
Resolutions denouncing the policy
of this government in allowing the
expectation of horses and mules to
the British in South Africa; denounc-
ing the detention in rec~oncentrado
camps of Boer women and children
and extending sympathy to the Beers
now in the field, were unanimously
adopted and viii be sent to President
Roosevelt, with the request that he
offer the friendly mediation of this
country to the combatanss.
Commandment Krfge said:
"The British must now fight to the
end, for if they give in the people
in Little India will say that they are
tired of British rule and want their
independence. Australia will be next
to demand her liberty. and / believe
nov that the Beers fight for free
dom is but the steppingstone to the
freedom of the other British colonies.
As SUI as the South African war
killed the great old queen, just so
surely will the South African war
sound the death knell of the British
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW.
The Chinese Preparing TO Make a
Vigorous Fight Against Its
Re-Enactment.

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE Chinese
r preparing to make a vigorous
fight against the re-enactment of the
exclusion law. A proclamation has
been issued by the Chinese Six Com
panies requiring every Chinese in the
United States to contribute at once
the sum of one dollar, the fund thus
raised to be used In the effort to de-
feat exclusion.
In order to compel prompt payment
Of the assessment, the proclamation
states that If payment is not made
within one month the amount exact
ed will be doubled, and delinquenta
who fail to pay within two months
viii have their assessment doubled
once more.
Lest some should sti1l seek to evads
the enforced contribution, the procla-
nation adds that Chinese desiring to
return to China win be compelled ia
exhibit q receipt showing that they
have made payment, and In default
Of such receipt they win be fined $40.
@MA& Ml
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
STARTLING ACCUSATIONS.
schism In the Macedonian Camp
Bulgarian officials i'm
n Quandary.

Sofia, Dec. Pm. M~ihiIowsky, pres
ident of the Macedonian committee,
recently made a speech at Varna, in
Bulgaria, in which he denounced M.
Saratof, former president of the CON-
mittee and the Macedonians as agi-
tators, murderers and blackmailers.
Among other crimes he accused them
of kidnapping Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the
American missionary.
The Macedonians Of Sofia held AN
indignation meeting here yesterday.
Violent speeches were made de-
nouncing NJ. Mihilowsky, and in which
M. Saratof was eulogized as the hero
of Macedonian youth. This incident
is important rs demonstrating the
schism in the Macedonian camp.
Reports received here yesterday
from Dubnitza increased
vigilance on the part of the authori-
ties and the police of that place.
Bulgarian official circles are evil
IDENTIFY much impressed by the men,
acing attitude of the United States
government in the Stone affair. They
declare, however, hat they are I'M
able to do any more in the matter
than they have done already.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
cHINAMAN GAVE UP HIS SEAT.
A Heathen's Courtesy to q Tired
Woman While Christians Re-
maine Seated.

A Columbia avenue car with a good
crowd aboard, was vending it's way
up Ninth street late one Saturday
evening. Only a few of the gentler
sex were on the car and these had
seats. Among the seated passengers
were two severe-looking clergymen,
several prosperous business men and
a docile Chinaman who carried a large
bundle on his knees.
At Arch street a middle-aged woman
who carried a small valise got on the
car. It jolted along and the slender,
tired-looking roman glanced around
appealingly for a seat. She stood close
to where the two ministers sat and
her face wore an expression of pain
as the ear ratified along and she
clutched ~neryously at the hand-strap.
The Chinaman rose from his seat, and,
holding his heavy bundle with his left
hand, tapped the woman with his
right hand gently and motioned her
to the seat he had vacated. She ac-
the favor with a smile and q
gracious Thank you, sir"
Ali the men seated in the car stared
at each other as If each of them had
received a rebuke.
aThat Chinee is all right" remarked
the conductor, according to the Phil
adelphia Record. He's a good am
pie of those supposed barbarians We
are endeavoring SO hard to civiIizes"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
coLLIDED DURING A FOG.
Three Lives Lost as 3 Result of q Collision
in San Francisco Bay-The Sam
Rafael sunk.

San Francisco, Dec. $50 far as
can be is yet determined only three
lives were lost in the collision be-
tween the ferryboats San Rafael and
Sausalito. Those drowned were W.
sirup works; George Tredway,a wait
er on the San Rafael. and a three
year-old son of Mrs. Waller, of Ross
Valley. The body of Cranda1 was
washed ashore at Andel island yes
terday.
In the panic that followed after
the boats collided, about twenty pas
sengers were more or less injured. A
great many were cut when crawling
through the cabin windows.
Mrs. Waller, of Ross Valley, was on
the San Rafael with her two little
children, a boy and a girl. The girl,
Ruth, was safely carried from the
San Rafael to the Sausalito by Will
lam Boyd, of the North Pacific Coast
Railroad Co., when the steamers were
locked together. Mrs. Waller had
the little boy in her arms and was
following Boyd to safety when the
sinking steamer gave a sudden lurch
and the little fellow was thrown from
her arms. The mother cried fran
tically for some one to rescue the
boy, but it could not be done and he
sank out of sight of his mother.
Tredway was pinioned by the splin-
tered timbers when the S~ausal,to
struck, and after some difficulty was
e~Xtricated. He was hurried to the
upper deck of the injured vessel, and
that vas the last seen of him, ac-
cordipg to the survivors,.
If there were more than three per-
sons drowned it will not be knownfor
several days. No other persons are
reported missing.
on the San Rafael. After the boats
struck the S~ausalito was drawn
up alongside the San Rafael.
It was Is minutes at least before
the vessel went down. This gave ann
pie time to transfer the most of the
passengers.
Capt. Mckenzie of the San Rafael
says the fog was is dense as he had
ever seen it on the bay, which he has
been navigating since 1S49.
James S. McCue, the weIl-known
horseman and old-time circus man,
who lives at Corte MADEIRA, was prob
ably the most seriously injured of the
survivors
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
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TO LEARN E AGE.
How One Can, Without Giving Any
Offense, induce a Lady to Tell
How Old She Is.

II Monde Che Ride, an Italian jour-
nal, recently offered prizes for the
best three to the following
questions:
How can one, without givinganyof-
fenes, induce a lady to tell her age?"
Answers poured in by hundreds, and
finally the prizes were awarded.
Go to the lady" says the winner of
the first prize, land say to her: Mad
anne, l dreamed last night that you
and L could win a large prize at the
lottery by playing a number CORE
spending to our ages, and, therefore,
if you will just tell me your age, l will
go at once and buy the ticket The
assumption is that a desire to win the
money viii impel the lady to comply
at nee with the request.
ASK the lady," says the winner Of
the second prize, "how long she has
bee married, and, after h has re-
piled, express great establishment and
exclaim: Mon Dieu! you must have
been a mere child at that time. How
old were yo4 then, at any r~ate?'" From
her two the lady's age can
be ascertained without arousing any
suspicion on her part.
ASK the lady," says the winner of
the third prize, 'how many years
younger she is II than her husband. This
is an everyday question, and h
chances are a thousand to one that
she will answer it promptly and cor
rectly. Then find out the husbands
age, which can easily be done, and by
working out a little sum in arithmetic
you can easily solve the problem"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
SCIENCE.

In the good times that are coming.
n we breathe in LIQUID Air.
When We battle in Gaseous Water
And on Liquid Solids fare:
When we're hairless and we're toothless-
lPernaps Arm and Leg-less, too,
For were attaining Science
As we never used to don
VIII we take our funIess pleasures
With profound and joyous mirth.
As BELTS the new discovery
OF a lasting, deathless birtb2
When we've conquered all the microbes
That at present make us squirrn-
when no more We fear the Smallpox
Nor the Typhoid Fever Germ
When the dreaded Hydrophobia
can no more hence take our pup-
When all care and pain and trouble
Are by Science swallowed up
rs We read our newsIess papers.
Printed clear with inkless type,
VIII we weep for bygone pleasures
As u fearless eyes we wipe?
When with wireless telegraphv
we can girdle this old globe,
ana with microscopeless eyesight
Natures Utmost secrets probe;
When our steamboats, are all steamless
AND We navigate with wings,
when oil gold is manufactured
FROM base metals and such things.
When we warm our soulless bodies
by our cheerful coalless fires,
VIII the same old heartless methods
accomplish our desires?
H z. Dickinson, in Chicago Evening
Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
THE HAIR.
Most Important Part of the Task Is
to Keep the Scalp in Good
Condition.

Hair oils of every kind and all prep
arations for the hair are unnecessary
so long as the scalp is in a healthy
condition. Brush the hair daily with
a stiff brush, and, if the hair has
enough natural oil to permit, wash it
once in two weeks with clear cold wa
ter. A little white CASTLE soap may
be used occasionally, but if it is mixed
with 90 per cent. alcohol it will be less
injurious to the head than when it is
applied alone with water.
The falling out of the hair is caused
by fever or a severe arrangement of
the health. 1t is checked by improve
ment in the health and by applying
local remedies. An excellent lotion
for the scalp is made of two drachms
of tincture of ca~ntharides, six
drachms of rosemary and II ounces of
elderfiower water. Apply a little once
or twice a day after brushing the scalp
briskly with a stiff brush until it is
in a glow. When the hair is short
it is an excellent plant to dip the head
in cold water night and morning, and,
after thoroughly drying the hair,
brush it quickly and well for five min
utes.
An excellent hair wash, when a hair
wash is needed, consists of seven
unces of rosewater, one ounce of aro-
matte spirits of ammonia, one and a
half drachms of tineture of cantha-
rides and half an ounce of glycerin.
Shake and mix the mixture well in a
bottle, and apply it TO the scalp with
an old toothbrush.-N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
THE LATEST IN DUsTPANs.

the lid is held back out of the way
by catching the hook into the handle,
which is automatically released when
so desired. The dustpan may be
opened or closed and held in position
by the foot. Thus the operator ear
stand in an erect position and can
use both hands for manipulating the
broom. The lid also serves as a re-
enforcement to the pan, thus making
it stronger and more durable. The
inventor of this, the covered DUST
pam is Alfred Olson, San Diego, Cal"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
GROWING TIRED OF WAR.
Signs that the Burghers VIII Soon
Sue for Peace or AN Armfstfce
Supplies Running Low.

London, Dec. IA dispatch to the
Morning Post from Brussels says
it is rumored there that negotiations
are about to be opened between thA
b~elligerents in South Africa for eta
er peace or an armistice.
1t appears to be certain that the
Beers are tired of the war, and the
latest news from South Africa re-
ceived by Mr.. Kruger is said to show
IN increasing want OF ammunition,
arms and provisions on the part of
the burghers.
1t is not impossible, according to
the Posts correspondent, that nego-
tiations will be seriously entered up
on before the end of the year.
A ~cablegram from De Aar, Cape
Colony, states that on Wednesday
last 80 Beers attempted to cross the
railway between Mafeking and Vry-
burg. An armored train arrived and
a skirmish took place, in which five
Beers were killed and a number
wounded. On Friday night 40 burgh-
ers succeeded in crossing the railway
near Potfontein, going west.