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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Why should not the American system
of tenant farming be abolished? asks a
correspondent of the Prairie Farmer, 1t
is already a fruitful source of wrong
and a menace to free Institutions, de-
throning the goddess of justice and
supplanting her with the goddess of
greed, keeping in Il state of servility our
disinherited fellow-fnrmers, many of
whom were robbed of their birthright
before they were born, when their right
full heritage was given to the railroad
magnates, who in turn have robbed and
now continue to rob their beneficiaries,
the people, by eNorbitant rates. We, the
surplus landowners, both rural and
urban, hold in our grasp the destiny of
this republic for veal of woe. Then why
not heal the mortal disease that is
gnawing at her yitals? My twenty-five
years under monarchy convinces me
that the landlord and the renter system
is the blight and deathknell of republics
and the bulwark of monarchies. The
Kansas landlord paid only $l.25 an
acre forty years ago for the land that
now brings him an annual rental of
from 81 to So and upward. The system
begets an impoverished soil, Empower.
ished peasantry, and pooriouse and
penitentiary candidates.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
What the Sultan Spends.

The yearly expenses of the Sultan Of
Turkey have been estimated at no less
Il sum than $3O,000,000. OF this 81, $780,
COO a1one is spent on the clothing of the
woman and 100000 on the Sultan's
own wardrobe. Nearly SI,5OO,OOO is
swallowed UP by presents, S5,0OO,0OO
goes for pocket money, and still another
S5,O00000 for the table. 1t seems incred-
ible that so much money can possibly be
spent IL asIear by one man. hut when ii
is remembered that some fifteen hun
bred people live within the palace walls,
live luxuriously and dress extensively
at the cost of the civil list. it appears a
little more comprehensive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
TRUE HAPPINESS.

-
The dance and the whirl 60 on,
And the Jealousy and the strife;
And the summer comes and the summer
wanes,
And the sum Of 1T all is Life.
And some would give their kingdom fo'
love,
And some their kingdom for gain;
And some would give their earthly ail
Just TO be young again.
But It's neither the love nor the gain,
Nor the youth that has vanished past
Nor the SIN, nor the dew, nor the heat
nor the rain,
Tint brings happiness Mt Inst.
It is only the love of God,
Filling vide the heart OF man;
N is only the lips which gently speak
In the accents of His plan.
1t is only an uplifted face.
And hand that is stretched to all
But somehow the love, and the youth
and the gain,
Are there without striving Mt all.
Abby Willis Howes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

dtIstry was the
selling of newspapers, and among the
newsboys of New York, that remark
able army of ants, prematurely old,
and wise beyond their years in self
preservation and independence, he
grew calloused TO hard knocks and prl-
yations. He varied the monotony of
his newspaper peddling by jumping
from the dizzy heights of boats
moored at the New York docks,
thereby unconsciously preparing him
self for the event that was to trans.
form his life. In 1879 Brodie Joined In
the craze for long-distance walking.
and was SO successful in the matches
that In three years he had saved $4,000,
wherenpon he married the daughter of
Confederate Colonel. He built and
sublet bootblack stands and later be.
came n street-car conductor. Even in
this most prosaic of Industries he
found opportunity to save two negro
children from fire along bis route.
When he was only 10 lie saved girl
from drowning in the ice-choked East
River. He then Joined the New York
Life Saving Corps, and soon afterward
rescued three persons from drowning.
AT the Worlds Fair he saved a chorus
girl from drowning and found 1t nee.
essary to present this last flotsam with
what the poet has called "two lovely
black eyes," before he could persuade
her not to cling to him and drag them
both down.
But everything was not smooth sail.
ing for Brodle. He lost money ON the
race tracks, md in 1884. on election
bets lost the last of the $4,000 lie had
made in his walking matches. In 1886,
when reduced to extremities, he deter
mined to recoup his fortunes by n
plunge from the Brooklyn bridge. This
he accomplished, and fame and fortune
came to him at his beck. He was fair.
" fought for by managers of muse
ums. and finally consented to display
his charms for $3.50 a week In a Coney
Island galaxy of living skeletons and
bearded ladies. Thence he moved to
most of the larger cities. earning as
much MS $1,000 week in Boston, that
home of culture. After n short dra-
matte career in two plays wherein he
displayed only such histrionic promise
as can be expressed In leap from n
high tower, he Travelled the country
as a bridge-jumper. One leap of 100
feet he made every day for a week, for
an equal number of dollars.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
SIMPLE WAYS OF ITALIANS.
They Enjoy Life Though Their Homo

They Enjoy Life Though Their Homes
Are Without Ostentatious Display.
Having been shown our bedrooms i'll
Tora and brushed off the dust
of our travel, we all met at the family
table, where the venerable grand
father-who though above so years of
age, always rose at 3 a. m. to so ont
shooting-and a baby of 4 years in its
high chair formed the head and foot of
the company. Poultry, rs may be i'm
agined, is the most frequent dish on
the tables of the proprietors in these
mountain Villages. Beef and veal can
only be had OH market days in the lar
ger towns-themselves mere villages.
This day our meal commenced with
the antepasto, plates full of hne-cut
ham, olives and sardines; then excel
lent soup, fish, meat, followed by
cheese, green salads; each course ac-
companied by special wines manufact-
ured by our host; the whole ending
with splendid fruits fresh from the
trees-great apples, pears as large as
n baby's head, white, purple and red
grapes. fresh figs and nuts.
In late autumn an important addi-
| ton to the daily fare is the fine mush-
rooms found in the old chestnut for
ests; the "Ovolo," like closed fist in
shape and bright yellow in color; with
Il thick stalk; the "Gallinelli,' so cali
ed from their likeness to a cock comb.
reddish yellow, and large fiat kind of
the common mushroom shape. They
are stewed with cheese or fried in
olive oil, when they are as delicate as
veal outlets. AS long as they last they
are the main food of the peasants, who
gather them in the woods ut WILL pay
| ing nothing.
Dinner is taken at midday and late
in the evening supper.
| Chi VA a letto senza cena
| Yutta la notte 81 dimena,
says the Italian proyerb, which may
be rendered
| He who goes supperess to bed
Finds no smooth place to rest his head,
and there is II great deal of truth in
the saying. We spent that first after
noon in wandering among the vine
yards on the slopes of the hills. The
vines We're cut low and laden thick
with grapes used for wine, but there
were also abundance of dessert grapes
! Of the most varied and luscious kinds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
teas than the mask and the chin veil
is cannot he imagined.


ills Sign of grace, perhaps, that the
question which is being much debated
now among smart people is whether the
veilsdoes not accomplish so much harm
TO the visual organ MS to outweigh all
other considerations III its favor. They
wonder whether veil could not be con-
triyed that would leave the eyes uncov-
cred, while it beautified ana protected
the rest of the face. AS a pattern, moth
ing could be better than the Turkish
woman's yashmak, which is justly held
to be the most modest face covering in
existence
The very best is a veil as fine as Cos,
samer, which can also be most becom-
ing, too. 1t has no spots at all upon 1t,
and so does not worry the poor tortured
eyes that have to dodge spots or vainly
and unconsciously try to focus them,
one of the worst possible exercises to
which weak or imperfect sight can be
put. The retrograde step is taken by
Russian net yelling, which need not,
however, be very trying il the mesh be
fine for it Is unSDOtteQ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
The Trolley in Siber;n

Electricity is conquering the world
with greater rapidity than did its
mighty predecessor in mechanical
achievement-steam. The gradual open
ing of the Trans-Siberian Railroad has
led 10 the introduction of electric light
and electric machinery into the towns
of Siberia. Recently the municipality
of Nladivostok decided that electric
trolleys were Indispensable to the com
fort and convenience of the inhabitants
of that remote city, and it was resolved
to build at once about twenty mics of
electric tramways and to light the town
with electricity, besides Introducing
other modern conveniences. Most OF
the machinery will be of American
manufacture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
TELEpHoNlNG REvoLuTloNlzED
BY an Invention of Prof. Pupin of CO.
lnmbia University.

BY an Invention of Prof. Pupin of CO.
lnmbia University.
AS a result of discoveries and in
ventlons of Prof. NJ. l. Pupin, OF Co
lumb!a University, 1t is probable that
within the lifetime of this generation
the sound of the human voice may be
made to encircle the globe. Ocean tele-
phoning is feasible, according to the
electrical engineers who have studied
the discoveries of Prof. Pupin and upon
whose opinion the officials of the Bell
Telephone Company paid Pupln nearly
one-half million In cash for his patents
and royalty of $4,000 annually DUR
ing the life of the patents.
AT present 1t is possible to talk 1000
miles by telephone; when Prof Pupin's
system is put into operation there will
be no limit to the distance that one
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

ed to the conclusion that the great man
himself was about to visit Australia.
They thereupon printed columns of
-eulogy and delighted anticipation, and
Went the length of declaring that the
pulse of all Australians would throb
faster, and their hearts would be glad
dened mt the very thought of visit
from such a famous bard. When the
vessel arrived it was promptly boarded
by eager inteivicwers and paragraph.
lists. Then the young man came for
Ward, politely explained himself, and
was allowed to leave the ship in the
utter privacy and Oblivion that he de.
sired.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
PARIS is BEST FORTIFIED.

Twcnty.one Miles of Eefenses Now
Guard the French Capital.
The best fortified city in the world
is Paris. 1t is defended by seven great
forts about the city, eight miles away
from its walls; nineteen smaller forts
four miles out, each containing three
acres and mounting two ninety-tive-
ton guns. Great stacks of 10O-pound
melinite shells are ready for these
guns to liurl. There are twenty-one
miles Of continuous Notifications about
the town-earth-work walls $50 feet
thick at the base and fronted by forty
five-foOt monts. So cleyerly are the
forts masked by long slopes OF green
turf and the walls by trees and bushes
that one can pass in and out of Paris
a dozen times and see scarcely trace
of its Notifications.
The range of the ninety-five-ton guns
is fourteen miles. To work these guns
Paris has 10000 trained artillerymen
among her reservists. She could man
every gun twice over, garrison all her
forts with infantry reservists and put
dozen cavalry regiments into the
field for scouting purposes. Such n
performance no other city on earth
could rival.
At every 1000 yards along the inner
slope of the Notifications is three
story guardhousc. Some 10000 troops
could thus be sheltered within call of
all attackable points. Every horse over
4 years old is registered. The general
staff could choose from some 10000
horses. There are in Paris 1,GOO cabs,
with three horses to cab-4S,OOO
mounts fairly suitable forcayalry. Add
10000 tram and bus horses and 10000
draught horses-the balance may be
taken as in private hands. The mill
tary stores Of Paris are houndless. In
day she could arm and clothe 45o, goo
fighting men with 70,0OO.O0O rounds of
melinite cartridges, and at the army
bHiseries she reserves large stores of
grain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Wells AND THE EYEslaaT
Women Often Ruin Their Vision b,
Wearing Such Gauze.

One would naturally suppose the eye
sight is of such inestimable value that
rational human beings would scrupu-
lousy sliun all risk of fmpairlng 1t, and
that above all things fashion should
not be permitted to decree modes whose
effect is to weaken that most sensitive
of the organs. the eye. Yet it is de-
plorable fact that many of the fash
ions are blindly followed by the fair
sex at the beliest of some Header" in
the gay world of society.
The veil is one of the fashions of the
present, as it has been of past times.
The sex 10 divided in opinion as to the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
The Wrong Poet.

An amusing story is told concerning
a connection of the famous poet, Al
gernon Charles Swinburne. This young
man owns the same initials as his
illustrious relative, and some time ago
he went out to Melbourne, giving his
name, of course, in the passengers
list of the vessel by which he Travelled
rs \. g. Swinburne. When the Mel
bourne and Sydney newspapers re.
ceived this list, they Immediately jump
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Only Ono Jones.

He had never seen telephone, and
his friend was showing him how it
worked. 1t was in his office. He called
up his house, and the wife came to the
telephone.
My dear, Mr.. Jones is here, and
have asked him to come up to dinner"
Then he turned to Mr.. Jones and
said:
Put your ear to that and you'll hear
her answer
He did, and this was the answer:
"Now, John, told You would never
have that disagreeable wretch in my
house again."
what was that" spoke out Mr..
Jones. Women are quick. man
would have simply backed away from
the telephone and said no more. She
took in the situation in a second when
she heard the strange voice, and quick
as fash came back the sweetest KING
of n voice:
""Why, Mr.. Jones, how do you do? |
thought my husband meant another
Mr.. Jones. Do come up to dinner. i
shall be so glad 10 see you'-New York
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Hay and Stock Scales

correspondent tells of farmer who
decided to put in stock scales. While
waiting for them he had an offer for Il
lot of cattle at u certain price for the
lot, or at so much per pound. He asked
for time TO decide, and when the scales
came he hustled them into place and
weighed the cattle, with the result that
they brought SD more when weighed
than they would have brought at the
lump price offered by the buyer All
large farmers should have such scales,
not only in buying and selling. but they
need them when fattening stock, that
they may see whether the gain each
week is paying for the food.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Books on tic Fnrmstead.

Lots OF books should be about the
farmstead, so that the boys and girls
will grow up TO be intelligent men and
accomplished women. If they early ac-
quire a taste for good reading it will
save them from much foolishness and
the parents often from anxiety. Books
are cheap, and there can be no legal
excuse for farm home not being the
home of useful intelligence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Wonders ora Ma1cb

Many watches make beats per
second. 300 each minute. $4,000 every
hour, or $4,000 per day. Thus it will
be seen that half-dozen turns of the
key once day, taking up four seconds
of time, stores up modicum of power
In the spring which is cut up into near
ly 100000 beats. If you multiply the
daily beats by 1854, the number of
days III the year, you will find that the
watch TICKS 157,7SS,00O times while
the earth is making one annual trip
around the sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Barriers to Education.

Pm afraid our son is too delicate d
take a collegiate course"
Cant you regulate his studies sd
lie won't overwork?"
"oh. what we think he wouldn't lire
through is the hazing. indianapolis
Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

fuel. says correspondent in Rural New
Yorker. The sap running the whole
length of pipe comes out boiling hot,
frothing and suffering like scolding
woman, but 10 not be alarmed at the
noise 1t makes, for it will do no harm if
you keep sufficient sap running in so it
will not all evaporate in the pipe and
consequently burn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Attain aud Cream,

I The cream from cows that have been
fed on alfalfa will average about 10 per
cent of the milk. A sample of every con
tributlon is taken in little glass jar
by Western creameries, Theoretically
sealed and marked with the date and
the farmers number and put away on
shelf until the attendant has time to
analyze it and record the value of the
contribution it represents. The farmer
is paid from . to cents a quart, ac-
cording to the richness of the milk and
the local demand
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

turesque. A prod
uct of the slums Of
New York, Brodie
achieyedboth fame
and fortune, not
by the route Of ge-
MUS but by the
W ay of gravity.
His jump from the
Brooklyn b IT d sc
made his name.
Brodie'S first In.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Old Ample Trees Nce,l Food.

When you clean up the henhouse
wheel the guano out among the small
fruit and young trees. There is no better
fertilizer under the sun. If you have any
left over wheel it into the orchard. The
old apple trees are as greedy for food,
and more so, than young trees. 1t is
folly of the biggest kind to expect trees
to go OIL aud on bearing heavy loads of
good fruit and starve them. They need
food just as much as you do.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Tallest Men in nritish en-, !, !, :,

The tallest man in the last British
House of Commons was Eugene Wason,
who has been reelected member for
Clackmannan and Kinross. His brother,
Cathcart Wason, the winner of Orkney
and Shetland in the Unionist interest, is
half an inch taller.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
recding Vnlue of Roots.

An exchange says: "In estimating
the feeding value of such crops as beets,
turnips, etc., the value of 100 pounds of
beets is placed at 10 cents, rutabagas at
10 cents and the ordinary turnips at IL
cents. This makes these foods cheap
compared with some kinds, and they are
also beneficial outside of their actual
food yalue.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

That farmer is fully up to his priv
ilegcs when he and the matron can
make enough from the poultry. the
small fruits. the truck patch and the
orchard to defray expenses of the table,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
a snp Roi,cr.

The device for boiling maple sugar
consists OF coils of one-inch pipe, bent
or cut and connected with lis to set top
OF the arch under the sap pan, as shown.
Dotted lines n A A A show where it
may be bent b union to connect with
feeder, G throttle to regulate feed, ID
delivery pipe can be turned down, as
shown by dotted lines. to allow the pan
to be drawn off.
l find this device great saving of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Keep the cows in good, warm stables.
give plenty of feed rich in protein, such
as alfalfa, clover, soy beans, bran and
the like, and when the weather is fine
turn the cows out in the yard for exer-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
JUMPED INTO FAME.

Steve Brodie, Product of the Slums of
New York, Dies Worth 100000.
The death of Steve Brodie, which oc-
Cured at San Antonio, Tex. removed a
character whose career was most pic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
The Old Man,s plnc,

New Woman-l'm going to-lecture on
Woman's Rights.
Husband plaintively)-And what will
| do?
New Woman-Well, | supposed might
take you along as Il frightful example.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Brodie's fortune is estimated at
100000 He owns property in Brook
Ign and Harlem, which will grow more
valuable with the years, and which
may furnish the basis for rival house
to that of the Astors.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

An electric pillow, operated by movable
trolley wires. has been invented In
Halle, Prussia.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27
Shipbuilding i'm Maine.

More than $4,000 tons of merchant
shipping were built In the State of
Maine last year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

An old bachelor says the man who
marries gives to nothing habitation
and a name.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Fools are apt to discern the faults of
others and overlook their own.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27


Many years ago we were run away
with by an old horse, because some
older person would not trust lis to har:
ness him TO the sleigh. and hitched him
so close that he hit his heels. Some
horses would have kicked the sleigh to
pieces. but we We're able to guide him
for two or three miles without any
greater damage than bruising the
horses legs little. Since then we
have seen n colt that would allow the
whiffletrae to hit his heels without any
protest excepting to come down to
walk and step carefully, while another
horse we owned would stop so short as
to almost throw us over the dasher
Whenever a strap gave way. 1t was all
matter of early training, and while
every one should see before starting ont
that the harness is in good condition.
those who raise the colts can easily
train them so they will neither run
away nor kick in case of an accident.
Perhaps some colts inherit the kicking
instinct, but more get 1T by bad man
agement, while care should break the
others of it.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

clothing and other necessities and
!uSuries of a personal nature.
If he does this the staples, horses, cat
tie, sheep and hogs which may be sold
can be used in buying son and daugh-
ter few acres. etc, to commence life
with, or perchance to build barn or
mansion. Such farming is profitable,
and within tile capabilities of the ma.
jority of farmers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Cotton Crop Ten Million Bales.
The statistician of the department of
agriculture reports 100000 bales as
the probable cotton production of the
United States for 1900-l. The estima-
ted yield in pounds of lint cotton per
acre is as follows:
Virginia ...,.. $50 Louisiana -. .es4
North Carolina. $50 Texas ...... .22G
South Carolina. l6l Arkansas ..... o23s
Georgia 172 Tennessee -. IN
Florida 1900. 1873 Missouri .275
Alabama $50. .191 Oklahoma, -. .31S
Mississippi ..l59 Indian Territory $50
The acreage after eliminating all
land from from which no crop will be
gathered is estimated at 25,0a4. T7334.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Any man who makes an appointment
with his wife has wait on his mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

Solomon's wisdom may have been
due to his having laxative wives.