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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

once, years ago, when Daniel Web
ster was secretary of state, there was
an important foreign matter up for dis.
cussion before the cabinet, and the ut.
most secrecy was of course maintain.
ed, but the whole thing was blazoned
about in few hours after the cabinet
meeting. So the president hastily sent
for his cabinet to talk over this leak,
Each man had different idea Of it.
Finally Mr.. Webster arose, saying,
"You, gentlemen, go on with your dis.
cussion. and I'll be back in a minute. /"
In few minutes he returned and re-
peated every word that had been spo-
ken In the room in his absence. He
explained that If, by standing close to
the door outside the cabinet room, you
held your ear to 1t, you could not dis
tinguish one ineligible word; but IL,
moving back from the door and little
to one side upon certain spot in the
carpet. you kept an attentive ear, ev-
cry word could be plainly heard as
though whispered.
: Some enterprising eavesdropper had
been experimenting with the door and
had found that upon that exact spot
there was some acoustic property of
the door or room that conveyed the
sound in perfect entirety.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Could Not Report Coli.

When the amateur golf championship
was played at Wheaton in 1897 there
was but one Chicago newspaper man
who had the remotest conception OF
what the game was. Accordingly, the
newspapers, with the exception Of the
Chicago Tribune, agreed to syndicate
the work and put 1t all in this one
mans hands. The Tribune refused to
enter the combination and depended
upon the exertions. of q member of its
own staff. But the Tribune reporter
speedily realized his helplessness and
appealed to his brother of the syndicate
for aid. The latter obligingly handed
over his copy. and the Tribune man set
to work to make a few minor changes
so that Its klnshlp to the original should
not be too apparent. Later In the
evening he met his generous bene-
factor and told him Of the changes he
had made.
"In particular. the account Of the
play at the sixth hole between Forgan
and Douglas. You said that 'Forgan
trimmed the cup for half Well, you
know, old chap, that Forgan is bank
er down town and big man, while
Douglas is just one Of those Scotch
men. 1t seemed to me rather cheap to
have Forgan doing that sort Of thing
for half, SO just made 1t read that
'Forgan trimmed the cup with Douglas
for hundred. '"-Washington Capital.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Work In the cai..on.

1t Is the strain within the bowels a
the working chamber, unnoticed gen
orally while there; the change oh com
ing into the outer air that the sand hos
(the workman) breads. Under an nil
pressure the blood is forced away from
the extremities. It is driven from the
exterior into the central organs, espe.
cially toward the brain and the spinal
cord.
The man, exhausted by toll under
these conditions, climbs a long ladder
he is In the airlock again, with the up.
per door alone closed. The lock tende,
jerks up the bottom door. With d twist
OF the valve he hustles the compressed
air out. The ordinary atmosphere rush.
es In. The upper door is thrown I'D, and
Gods sun and air come to the prisoner.
The reaction Is too severe. The blood.
released by the sudden vanishing of
~. 40, 80 pounds of air pressure on
each squire inch Of the body, refuses
to act normally. Heart and lungs weak
en-, vitality Gibbs. A sand hog is never
sure that the next trip may not be his
last. }l3;a ~
The practical limit beiuw ground IL
80 pounds OF air pressure. TIE men men
that can work In that atmosphere are
masters of their trade. Yet now and
then man is met with who has the
strength to go farther. = Cromwell
Childe In Leslie's Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Mrs. Opie, the widow of the great
portrait painter, whom some one has
called the inspired peasant" never,
even In her old age. lost her love of
bright colors. A little girl, Emma
Martin, afterward known In literature
us Emma Marshall, visited her one day
and experienced rare pleasure. She
says:
On screen In her drawing room
were hung number of prlsms, which
We're suspended from chandeliers be-
fore the bell shaped globes came into
fashion. l sat on stool at my moth
er's feet, wondering what those long
bits of glass could mean. Presently the
brilliant rays Of the western sunshine
filled the room.
Now" said Mrs. Opie, thou mayst
run over to that screen and give 1t a
shake"
did as was hidden. "Be gentle"
said my mother in q warning voice,
but I gave the screen vigorous shake.
Emerald, ruby and violet rays danced
;onSthe walls and ceiling and delighted
me so intensely TINT I kept repeating
the process; then my mother, afraid Of
mischief resulting, came and drew me
back to her side. Mrs. Ople looked at
me and said:
If thou lowest bright colors, thee
will never see anything more beautiful
than the rainbow God<sets in the sky"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Lasting friendships are formed in the
0fhcers' mess abroad ship in our navy
but no effort is made to keen track of
mate when he is transferred. This
strikes the landsman as n queer freak
OF nature, but the sailors accept 1t as
matter of course never to be cues.
toned. Men get into pretty close com
munion with each other when thev
breakfast, dine and sup together for
three years. AS rule, they learn each
others history to the minutest detail.
unless man chooses to be disagree.
able and distant. Close attachments
grow up, yet when the inexorable or
der arrives from Washington, sending
the mess to the four winds of heaven,
breaking up, rs 1t were, the family. n
warm hand shake ends 1t all. Each Of
ncer goes into new mess, and the old
is forgotten.
1t was my good fortune to be intro
duced to as fine a mess as ever broke
bread together on a man-of-war. The
devotion Of the officers to one another
was an inspiration. Finally the sepa-
>s>>-SA~ ~AAASs VIC Neul IO some 0QvV
yard, another to the Philippines, an
other to China, another to Washing.
ton, etc. They were scattered all over
the world. One day. meeting the lieu.
tenant commander, who had gone uf1
for promotion, inquired when he had
heard from Lieutenant So-and-so.
Why, not in several months" he re-
Piled. I'm fact, not since he was or.
dered to his new station. You know
we fellows don't follow each others
movements after mess is broken I'M.
We form new associations, new
friends, and the old drop out of sight.
We never think Of writing to each 9TH
er. 1t is more than likely we shall ney-
or see each other again as long as we
live, and we haven't the time or In.
chnation to worry over each Others
fate."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Ants that Fight spider..

Few more wonderful adaptations are
seen in the whole round of nature
than the webs spiders spin to entrap
the wary ant. They are not high hung,
lacy affairs, caresslng every breeze, but
low set, silken tubes stretched in the
grass. the crevices Of rock or about
tree roots. Ants Of every size creep
heedlessly into them. The spiders eat
them with relish. but occasionally a
very little spider and n very big ant
engage in duel to the death. If the
spider can bite. the ant can sting, and
does 1t with right good will. The
spider does not try to get rid of such m
ant as he does of a wasp or bee too
strong to be safely attacked. Such an
insect. which threatens destruction to
the web. is often cut out of 1t by the
web builders. The cntangling cables
are not loosed. but the web rays neatly
shipped in two, first those underneath
and ut the very last the highest fla
ment Often the letting go Of such a
captive means destruction to half the
nest. But some spiders are wiser than
some people. They know not merely
when they have enough. but when they
have too much.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

turn'ps are priced more highly than
any other crops, and it is in England,
where turnips are largely used, that
we procure our best specimens of cat
tie, sheep and swine. Nearly all of the
pure breeds of live stock in the country
came originally from England. An
acre OF land that will produce 5000
pounds of timothy hay will produce %.
600 pounds of mangels, and the live
stock will thrive better on the mangels
and hay than on hay or beets alone.
The labor required to grow root crops
is much less than formerly, and it will
pay to bestow the labor If the live stock
must give profit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
THE LITTLE OLD splNET.

Do you see the fittle spinet standing in the cor.
ner theref
Grcat,grandmother loved to play it when she was
maiden fair.
sunbeams through the window twinkle. fiick'ring
on its ycllowcd keys,
And we almost hear the tinklc of the old time
melodies.
Great. at.grandmother gowned in silk. with high
hceled slippers. dainty lace,
Bat there. while . smile Of pleasure lighted up
her fair young face;
From withou. the rose scent fingers. drifting on
the summer breeze.
While she plays with fairy fingers all the old time
And the little spinet waits her patiently these
long. long years.
TIL Its mellow voice is broken. harsh and has the
sound Of tears,
Yet II seems the sunbeams strayins. aick'rins on
Its yclowed keys.
And her fairy fingers playing all the old time
melodies!
Mary Small Warner In optmist
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

mo other Jewish woman, perhaps
has been more admired BY both Jeu
and Gentle than Rebeccs Gratz (ot
Philadelphial was In the drawing room
the synagogue, and In the humble
homes to which she ministersd," !" write,
William perrine, In April Ladies
Home Journal. at was her unfailins
habit to begin each morning with q
prayer of thanks for protection durin6
the night, and to review the day In
her evening orison. Among the women
Of the synagogue, in which she would
not tolerate the least departure from
the law and precepts, her judgment
was regarded by the faithful 10 hardly
short ofinspiration. In her philanthropy
and in her pursuit Of educationsi Inn
provement Rebecca Gratz knew no
creed. She helped ID found an ssylnm
for orphans In which, shs served With
Christian colleagues. The frat Hebrew
Sabbath school in America, Of which
she was longshs head, owed its origin
to her, and into sewing society, into
q System for distributing fuel to the
poor, and into.coantless little tasks Of
charity, she was foremost In gather
ing the energies Of jewish women.
Thus 1t was that 10 the streets of Phil
adelphia 1t camaso be the habit to
point her out as .ths good Jswess' not
less often than the beautiful Jowess.'
II was Rebeccs Gratz who was the
original of the Rebecca Of 'Ivsnhoe,' the
character being drawn from tho word
picture that Washington Irving had
painted of the Philadelphia Jewess to
Sir Walter Scott"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: 1.-THE states in which
the death penalty is forbidden BY Law
are Colorado. Rhode Island, Mslne,
Michigan. and Wisconsin. Il was ab.
olished in Iowa in 1879 and restof ed in
1873. In the following states and
territories the Judge may substitute
life imprisonment for the death
penalty on the recommendation Of th
jury: Alabams, Arizona, California,
South Dakota, Georgia. Illinois, Indiana,
low, Kentucky. Nlssisslppi, Nsheas.
k1 0hsd oklahoszs. = Soafa Csi6l.
ina. In Minnesota, New MAxieo.
North Dakota, and Texas . like dlscre-
Ion Is given to the trial court"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Tho oocstne habit.

)
Two important statements regarding
the use of cocaine have appeared with
in the past few days. The first was q
note relative to the recently exploited
use of the drug as an snaesthetic By
means Of spinal injection The per.
centage of fatalities attending surgical
operations performed after this appl,-
cation of cocaine is reported such ss to
stamp the practice q virtual failure.
Following this report has come the
denuncIation Of cocalnism O. growing
vice to be grouped with morphinism
and alcoholism among the scourges OF
humanity. DR.. Thomas D. Crothers
has thus proclaimed II to the New York
Schools Of Clinical Medicine.
Cocaine is now to bs obtained yery
'cheaply. Seventy-ilve cents will buy
an ounce In this city. Five cent
packages are sold In tho south and
West, according to Dr.. Cfothers. But
inexpensive as the drug 10 In packages,
the habit which calls for It is costly
beyond compare. Health, mind and
finally life itself 60 to pay for the indul.
gence.
Like morphine, cocaine begins ito
work with pleasant influences. Spirits
are made buoyant, faculties arc bright.
ened, imagination 10 stimulated. It
thus becomes . special tempeer to
writers and speakers.s But there ID an
inevitable reaction, and at last there q
ruin. The cocaine subject invites It.
tenticn and an earnest seaich for ways
and means to put an end 70 tho seluo-
tive dsugs's destructive inaasace. y
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Towne-Has he sent you a check for
your services?
Browne-Yes. but 1t isn't for the
amount I expected. although sent him
q bill.
Towne--Your writings bad. Maybe
he didn't decipher the amount.
Rrowne-Pm afraid he did de-cipher
1t. I wrote 500 very plainly, and he
sent $1O-Philadelphia Press
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

A convincing illustration OF. the real
nature Of the tariff is furnished BY tha
British manufacturer who shows thai
the American Import duty enables the
British importer of American steel to
get 1t at from "a to eS less per ton than
the American buyer can get It ct. Thus
the steel tariff combine In, the United
States helps British shipbuilding and
depresses the same trade In this coun-
try. This is what We maintain . tariff
for. The foreigner gets tho benefit
next after tho tariff robber, and the
American shipping interests and Amsri.
can commerce pay tho tariff tax
Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
yohnnx su.pect. H,. pa.

Pa" said Johnny, looking up from
his book. what is the meaning of me.
tempsychosis2
A look Of confusion suddenly over.
spread pas countenance, but it was
only for moment.
Metempsychosis.' Johnny, means
1t means-but II should tell you you
would very soon forget the meaning.
Look In the dictionary for 1t yourself,
and then you will be more likely to re-
member, Information that comes with.
out effort seldom fingers in the men,
ory."
Half an hour or SO later johnny
sought the dictionary in the library.
When he got there he found pa with
the dictionary open at MET" Doubt.
less 1t was merely coincidence, but
Johnny could not help thinking that his
pa was something Of fraud.-Boston
Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
A Modern Mother. Diary.

1UHISHt CIIHUru nus Su1u:
Mamma, are the stars holes in the
sky to let the rain through?"
lscannot sleep. such is my agitation.
Clifford is scarcely years old, where
as, according to the best pedagogical
authorities. Martin Luther did not ask
this question until he was and Alex
ander the Great. in all probability. not
until he was 0.
! know not what to think.
One moment feel assured that Cliff
ford is evincing an unaffected humor,
only In the next moment to be over
whelmed by the suspicion that he is
bidding for newspaper notorlety mere
ly.-Detroit Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Rotation Of Crop,

Before the scientist disclosed why
corn planted on clover sod gave large
Yields old farmers In the eastern states
who were close observers were practic.
Ing 10 desultory manner this rota.
tion, because the why of the increased
Yields was not known. But when the
power OF clover and the other legumes
to store that valuable element nitrogen
which, IL supplied In some of the
commercial forms, is 80 expenslve-was
revealed by the agricultural chemist,
then crop rotation was more generally
adopted. Yet Its beneficial effects are
not even now as fully recognized as
they should be, and we find corn, corn,
corn. year after year on the same
ground. or wheat following itself un-
I'll the farm and It's owner become i'm.
poverlshed.
Ut what value is crop rotation? A
study of spring wheat growing In the
early days In this and other etates
where 1t was grown will give at least
one good reason for crop rotation.
Spring wheat was abandoned in many
sections because It afforded succulent
pasture in early spring for that pest,
the chtnch bug, And ii any crop is
grown for . number of years In success
sion its insect enemies are apt to ac-
eunniate in dangerous numbers. Also
inturleus fungi am found 70 floufish
where the plsnts favorable for their
propagation arc grown for successive
yearr.
Farmers have long since conceded
that certain grains greatly impoyprish
the soil, and yet have not given csreful
study as,to the advantage gained by
wise crop rotation. Mature, if left nn-
tfammeled, will never exhaust her food
supplies, and the farmer who follows
her example will not complain of worn
out land. The fact that all plants have
not the same power of extracting plant
food from the soil is fundamental
principle in crop rotation.
In preparing for the crops of the en-
suing season, if corn or wheat has
been continuously raised ON the same
pround and the yields have not been
satisfactory, plan crop rotation tlat
will restore Its pristine fertility.
Crop rotations that will b. succ cessful
ia one section may not be successful In
AnOthpt and farnooro rcr.t IN %t,o;, ,.r,,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

The strong bond that unites members
of the Masonic fraternity showed itself
In several places 10 South Africa,
where the beers rsnsacked and des-
troyed property belonging to the hated
Britisher. Invariably Masonic lodges
were left undlsturbed. Indeed, the
marauding visitors generally signed
their names in the visitors books.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
MRS. oLlpAAnr's LAST VERSES

dictated on June 81. 1871
On the edge Of the world lie. I Nc,
hppy and dying and daxcd md poor,
Looking up from the vast great floor
Of the infinite world that rises above
10 God and to faith and to love. love, Lowell
What words have to that world to speak,
Old and weary and daxcd and weak,
Prom the very low to the very high7
Only this. and this Is all:
From the fresh green soil to tho wide blue slsy
From greatness to weariness. life to death,
Ons God hsve we on whom to call,
One great bond from which none can fall,
Love below. which Is life and breath,
And Love above, which sustaineth all.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

One Sunday called at cottage in
the south of Midlothian and requested
q measure Of milk. which was prompt
~ handed 10 me. offered the woman
who attended to my wants few cop
pers, but she curtly responded, "I
Gamma TAX siller on sawbath!D III
I thanked her, and was turning away
when she whispered: "Mon, Sc can
drap' the bawbees In that tub WI the
graith Soap suds) int. I'll get them
DOT the mornp'-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Rev. Alfred Waller. q clergyman
whose church is located In Southend, .
few miles down the river from London.
Is an enthusiastic Temperance worker.
He offered q local saloon keeper $40
for the privilege Of hanging up behind
the bar 9 temperance plscard. The
saloon-keeper ls bit Of wag and he
replied: Certainly, parson, and will
give you the same amount IL yon let
me 'ang up on the pulpit an advertise
ment Of my bottled ale."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Mr.. Carnegie says that there ia as
much chance for poos. boy now rs
there ever was, but we should like
to see poor boy nowadays start In the
steel business with the money he has
saved up out of hard earned salary
indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
The Truth Forc.d Homo.

'I'm afraid" she sighed. "that I'm
getting old" ma $40 \
"Why?" he asked.
".When I go to the grocery now, the
clerks don't nearly break their necks
trying to beat one another. in getting
my orders. Chicago Times Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Genessee Pure Food Co., Leroy, n. Y:
Dear Sirs:-Some days since q mack.
age of your Grsin.O preparation was
left at my Office. l took 1t home and
gave 1t a trial, and have to gay / was
very much pleased with 1t as substi.
tute for coffee. We have always used
the best Java and Mocha in our family,
but am free to say like the Grain.O {
as well as the best coffee / ever drank,
Respectfully Youts,
A. g. jackson, M. ID.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
Wide Tires and Roads.

We are long way yet from having
good reads in every community, such
as are common In Europe, but such ss
We have we do not know how to pre-.
serve. The splendid roadways of Eu.
rope could not exist without series
OF laws, varying In the different coun-
tries, but In all essentials the same,
BY which the width of all wagons tires
10 regulated according to the weight
carried. In France every wagon and
market cart isa miniature roadmsker,
The width of the tires there varies from
three to ten inches, most of the four
wheeled vehicles having slx-inch rim,
and q ereer axle several inches longer
than the front one to prevent i'm.
proper tracking. In Germany, where
the main roads are models of smooth.
ness. every heavily loaded wagon must
have at least four inch tire, and even
the pleasure carriages are required to
be shod with tires wider than those so
often seen In America on the heaviest
trucks. Similar. laws exist in Austria,
Switzerland and throughout the Brit.
ish isles, and in many cities on the
Asiatic and African continents. 1t is
probable that any attempt to make and
enforce similar laws in this country
would meet with determined opposi-
tion. Naturally q destructive race,
Americans scorn anything like saving,
and prefer to build road thrice over
70 caring for them properly. Common
sense would dictate that wide tires
seould be used, law or no law, but they
never will be unless the intelligent rich
riders set the fashion, and then others
Will follow. Until then our good roads
Will be destroyed almost as fast as
made Golden Days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03
For Rent.
The first building northlof thetGlobe hotel.
II BRONSON & CAHR

For brood sows Raven Stock Food
has no equal. The pigs will be strong
and have plenty Of milk. 1t cures
scours In pigs and lambs 1t removes
worms from hogs, cures colds and
fevers; prevents pneumonia and disease,
and makes them do well. II aside di
gestion, gives good appetite and makse
rapid and large growth. When freely
fed to hogs and pigs 1t will surely pre-
vent hog cholera sale by w. A.
ABBOTT, Drugs, Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Mr.. johnson, the noted single taxer,
has for his first name Tom-Not az
abbreviation Of Thomas, but family
name common enough In Kentucky,
where he was born.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

James J. Hill, the railroad msgnate,
gets up at : 30 and goes over his cor
respondence and is rarely through his
work until $50 In the evening.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

PETERSON BIOS.
Dealers In Groceries, Provisions. Crockerv.
Fruits, etc. Main Street,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-04-03

Importance OF Root Crops.
Z The growing Of root crops in this
country 10 only secondsry to grain and
hay, but in Europe beeta, carrots srd