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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13


1t is asserted that the renovated or
process butter can be readily and sure
ly detected by placing small piece on
glass plate and pressing 1t to thin
film with cover glass. 1t gives out a
mottled appearance of blue and yellow
under microscope with a selenite
plate, while with butter freshly made
there was only plain blue appearance.
The yellow appearance was due to fat
crystals formed by heating and cooling
during the renovating process. Normal
butter has no crystals. Oleomargarine
shows the crystallized appearance even
more plainly than the renovated but
ter, which is due to the lard and tallow
in 1t, as those substances crystalline
easily. Out Of over $50 samples Of
alleged butter tested in this way SO
showed signs by crystallization of hav-
ing been melted and cooled again, and
most of these they We're able to trace
back to the renoyating factories.
While other tests were used on some of
the samples this seems to be the most
reliable.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
ABE LINCOLN in HIS HOME.
One of His First Servants Tells Som
Nice Tiinps About Him

One of His First Servants Tells Some
Nice Things About Him.
In modest Chicago cottage lives Mrs.
Mary Gaughan, washerwoman, who is
proud of the fact that she was domestic
in the Lincoln household while the martyr
| President was yet struggling lawyer
at Springfield. Mrs. Gaughan tells some
interesting things about Lincoln's home
life.
"Mr. Lincoln was very regular in his
habits" she says. HE was great read
err and would be generally found at home
nights with his books and papers. He
used to like music, too, and was very fond
of listening to his wife while she played
the piano. The family was popular with
all classes of people. When the Cath
olics were trying to raise funds to build
their church at Springfield, Mrs. Lincoln
baked cake, which brought S. at a
church fair. She was famous cook, and
would prefer to prepare her own pastry
| rather than patronize the bakeries.
"Mr. Lincoln was kind to everybody.
Just the winter after his election to the
Presidency and before his inauguration
he used to keep COW. In the extremely
| cold weather he used to insist on milking
the animal himself, because he did not
think ought to expose myself. His
wife, however, used to object to his doing
the milking. She was a good woman, too
"a smarter woman than he was man.
She would often help me wash, iron or
bake, so that could get off and play with
little Tad. He used to love to play blind
mans buff, and Mr.. Lincoln often shared
in the game. We used to tie handker-
chief around his eyes. Many a time while
he was playing blind man he would tum-
BILE over chair in order to give Tad an
opportunity to escape capture.
when Mr.. Lincoln went to Washing
ton he used to write back to Mrs. DR..
Todd, his wife's sister, for whom was
working, that since he had been at the
capital he was not able to have his laun-
dry work done as neatly as Mary used to
do it, and the cook Mt the White House
was far different from Mary, and he did
not enjoy the latter's dinners us much as
the famous meals that Mary used to pre-
pare"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

The price of a life he could not pay,
and his money was fortress which
Death stormed with ease. The world
knows John d. Rockefeller as money
grubber, a man who has wrung mill
ions from the legitimate channels of
trade and refused to hear the cries of
the victims to his capacity for bust
ness. There is another side to his char
acter. The love of this strong man
was lavished on little John McCor-
mick, his grandson. They were n
strange pair. They played together,
they watched the building of house
together, they admired the chickens and
ranged the great barn on the Rookie
Teller estate together. The man made
the boys pleasures his own. Little
John Mccormick became Ill and Death
refused to be stayed. The business Mr..
Rockefeller poured oil money and hired
special trains to convey doctors who
could earn fortunes by saving the life
of baby. Science was invoked. Ev-
erything possible was done. Zone lit
tie life for baby for an old mans
sake" was the cry. The answer that
came back from the tomb was "N0,"
and after nights of worry and days Of
pain there We're little white coffin and
a poor old man bowed down with grief.
What Is the good of millions that will
not buy the things that the heart values
more than hope Of heaven itself?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
Linooin's Kindly Character

The other day Mr.. Grow related a
story about Lincoln which illustrated two
phases of the martyr Presidents charac-
ter. Mr. Grow, then Speaker of the
House, had gone to the President to ask
the appointment Of friend rs judge
In one of the territories. The President
made note of the request. A few days
later, when Mr.. Grow called at the
White House, not about the judgeship,
but upon another mater, Mr.. Lincoln at
once began to apologize. "Mr. Speaker"
said he, II meant to appoint your friend
to that judgeship, but woman came in
here with nine small children and one
at the breast, and pleaded the bread act
and Dreaded me out of it."
1.-THE family to which Mr.. Lincoln re-
ferred," said Mr.. Grow, had been driv-
en- from their home in the South because
of their Union sentiments, and this Incl
dent illustrates the kindly character of
Lincoln's heart. While we were talking,
however, Mr.. Lincoln said that he would
still attend to my matter, and started
10 put down my friends name. He went
TO his hat, which was filled with papers,
and after remarking that he HAD queer
way Of doing things, began fumbling un-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

Lincoln's Care in the Use Of Words
In the opinion of the judges and prac-
titioners with whom Lincoln was assoc
ciated during his quarter of century
at the bar, his most prominent character
istic was his rare faculty for detecting
and disclosing the controlling point in a
legal battle. But not less than this was
his clear, full, orderly and accurate state
ment of case; always SO fair and logical
that it was often said that after Lincoln
had summed up the important facts in a
controversy there was but little occasion
for argument on either side. He habit
ually employed at the bar the same care
and skill in the use of words and the ex-
preston of ideas which he so often after
ward exhibited when called to higher
field of labor instances of which are seen
in all his state papers, and in the changes
for the better which he made in the writ
ings Of his scholarly Secretary of State,
particularly in the correspondence rela-
tive to the Trent affair, which probably
avoided war with England. A fine ex-
ample of the grandeur of his diction is
to be found in his Gettysburg address,
which has permanent place in the liter
ature Of the world.-James l.. King, in
| North American Review
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
The Matter of Jolts.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has decided that street car jolts do not
Prove contributory negligence on the
part of the motorman. This seems to
leave the field wide open for the jolters.
The motorman If Of a revengeful or
playful disposition can jolt the very
socks off his accomplishing load-for
what's the good of complaining in the
face of the Massachusetts precedent?
Some time ago passenger on the
Wade Park line happened to let his
gaze wander to the heaving floor of
the car.
"Sir," he said between jolts to the
man opposite him, your false teeth ap-
pear to have been jolted out of your
mouth and onto the floor of the car"
"Sir," said the unfortunate passenger
as he took a fresh grip on the edge of
the seat, 81 am well aware of the I'm.
pleasant fact. Don't you see that 1
am sitting here waiting for that brute
of a motorman to jolt 'em back againp
AS they say in the higher institutes of
learning, wouldn't that jolt youg;;-
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
LOTTIE's INVESTMENT


Lottie wished so much to do something
to help the little boy across the way who
had been i'll all the winter. AS soon as
he was able to sit up he had been put In
large chair with pillows all around him
and drawn up in front of the window.
Lottie did not know this little boy; that
Is one of the ways of city life, not to
know ones neighbors-a very hard way,
too, for strangers, who miss the old
friends of the old home, and long for
words of sympathy and friendly call
now and then. The sight of the boys
thin, pale face touched Lotties loving
heart. When the snow was on the ground
she got her young friends to help her
build snow man where the little fellow
could look at their work from his win
dow. There were some very cold days
when Lottie's mother would not let her
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
Weed Out Cow Roaraera.

There are two varieties of cows, says
the American Agriculturlst, the COW
that gives more than she eats and the
COW that eats more than she gives.
Which variety would you prefer in max
ing up dairy herd? Which variety do
you actually have? Now there is no
difficulty about telling the COW Of one
class from the COW of the other. There
used to be, but there isn't now. The
Babcock test does it. The apparatus
consists of small scale, Babcock
test, and little gumption. By testing
each cow separately man can soon
tell which ones are paying a profit and
which are merely boarders.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
New Farming Implement.


Benjamin f. Brown, of Wellington,
Ark, has designed the apparatus
shown in the picture for use in destroy
ing insects and noxious weeds and also
for burning stumps of trees. 1t con-
sists of a tireboX, which burns either
coal or wood, with a rotary fan to Gre
ate intense heat by forcing the draught.
The furnace is mounted on q two
wheeled carriage, which makes 1t easy
to transport 1t from place to place, and
arrangement is made for adjusting the
size Of the mouth through which the
fiery draught is emitted and also for
revolving the fan by hand when the
machine is standing still, as when
burning stump. When utilized for
destroying weeds or burning stubble
the hood is adjusted close to the ground
and the machine propelled Mt a rapid
rate, when the gearing puts the fan In
motion and drives a fierce heat through
the opening in front, which cuts a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
REMEMBERED BY ST. VALENTINE.

mark. 1t emphasizes the wonderful tact
Of Mr.. Lincoln. Gen. Carr said:
"Mr. Douglas had the opening and
conclusion, and he got in one shot on Mr..
Lincoln that was SO pat that even the
adherents of that gentleman had to join
in the laughter. Mr.. Lincoln, in the
course of his remarks. twitted his oppo-
nent with making only one speech; set
Grafton which he delivered to each new
audience, the suggestion being that he
was incapable Of changing his stock nd
dress. In reply Mr.. Douglas said that
he admitted the charge, and conceded
that his rival knew in advance what he
was going to say He wished that he
could foretell with the same exactness
what Mr.. Lincoln was going to say, but
alas! that was impossible, since he chang
ed his argument to suit his audiences,
| making fierce abolition talk in commu-
mites where that sentiment was strongly
entertained, as at Galcsburg, but in
southern Illinois ignoring abolition and
standing up squarely as an old-time
Wing"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

ABOUT IHc 1hOr6ee
To the ordinary mind the hair Of the
horse would seem to be strongly CON
ducive to healthy skin" Other writer's
say that housekeeping is sanitary
measure, as q long, heavy coat Of
shaggy hair cannot be conducive to
healthy skin" 1t is beyond doubt that
horses regularly clipped are subject to
a number of ills that do not affect I'M
clipped horses so generally or SO seri-
ously. Nature may be trusted in the
matter Of fitting to each animal its COW
ering. The horses coat is his entire
wardrobe. His hair protects him in
both summer and winter. If the hair
should be clipped from horses, why
should not the feathers be stripped
or clipped from birds, the shells from
turtles, and the hair and wool from all
animals? What did nature intend,
then, when she developed the horse
and put upon him his hair, tail and
name? Who ever saw or heard of a
diseased or unhealthy skin In a herd
of wild horses? Removal of the natu-
raj coat must necessarily affect the
horses power to stand sudden chills
when heated, or quick heating when
he finds himself out in the hot sun, OF
radiation of warmth, or evaporation OF
perspiration.
Queer ideas are the order of the day
in the horse world. For example, some
horse writer's insist that the working
horse should go unshod. In soft and
stoneless dirt horse might go unshod
and do considerable work, but in stony
localities the hoofs of unshod horses
would simply be broken and splinteret
up to the quick.-The Farmers Voice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
LINCOLN.
The hour was on US; where the mani
The fateful sands unfaltering ran,
And up the way Of tears
He came Into the years,


The hour was on US; where the mani
The fateful sands unfaltering ran,
And up the way of tears
He came Into the years,
Our pastoral captain. Forth he came
As one that answers to his name;
Nor dreamed how high his charge,
Ills work how fair and large
To set the stones back in the wall
Lest the divided house should fall,
And peace from men depart,
Hope and the chlldlike heart.
We looked on him; "'Tls he.' We said.
Come crownless and unheralded,
The shepherd who will keep
The flOcks. will fold the Sheep"
Unknightly, yes: yet twas the mien
Presaglng the immortal scene,
Some battle of his wars
VINO sealeth up the stars.
Not he would take the past between
His hands, wipe valor's tablets clean,
Commanding greatness walt
I'LL he stand at the gate;
Not he would cramp to one small head
The awful laurels Of the dead,
Times mighty vintage cup,
And drink all honor up.
No futter Of the banners bold
Borne by the lusty sons of old,
The naughty cOnQuerors
Set forward to their wars;
Not his their blare, their pageantries,
Their goal, their glory was not his;
Humbly he came to keep
The focks, to fold the sheep.
The need comes not without the man;
The president hours unceasing ran,
And up the way of tears
He came Into the years,
Our Our pastoral past 4. captain. skilled to crook
me mhs spear :; into the pruning hook,
Lincoln, American.
John Vance Cheney, in the independent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
IMMUNE TO SNAKE poison.
A Dog Who Hunts and Fights Rather.
with I'm nunifx

A Dog Who Hunts and Fights Rattlers
with Impunity.
Dog fanciers and those who have
lived in the country with a dog for
their friend know that many of the ca.
mines of pure or mixed breed have q
native antipathy to reptiles and will at.
tack a snake at every opportunity.
Other dogs are MORALLY afraid Of
snakes and will flee from them in ter
ror. Few persons, however, know that
dog can be immune against the
poison of a snake.
r That this is true is the observation Of
John w. M. Kiger, secretary to the
local board of health, who spent some
time last summer in. Woppocoma, w.
va. AT that place lie fell in with a
dog-a small common cur, with long
shaggy hair. The dog is born fighter,
obstinate and pugnacious. He has
been bitten SO often by copperheads and
rattlesnakes that he Is immune from
their poison, which is deadly to many
dogs.
This particular dog is the friend Of
sportsmen who visit the locality, and he
gayly joins them on their excursions.
Els method of fighting snake is sim
pie. The sight, smell or rattle of q
snake puts him on the aggressive. His
sharp, bright eyes follow the reptiles
movements and he circles nimbly
around for chance to nab his prey.
When he sees an opening there is a
sudden spring, quick swapping Of his
sharp teeth In the back or near the
back of the head. and a sharp, strong
jerk lifts the snake from the ground
and prevents Its striking. Soon the bat.
tie Is over and the snake is dead
A short yelp Of triumph announces
the victory, and the dog is off for an
other battle If 1t should come his way.
Occasionally the dog miscalculates his
leap upon the snake and 1t eludes him.
Then before he can get away he is bit.
ten. A yelp of pain escapes him when
struck by the RATHER, but he does moi
give up until the snake is dead. Few
escape him. After the battle he ticks
his wound and no Ill effect results from
it.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

Where land Is so valuable that every
square inch represents a dollar or more,
business blocks must go into the abr in
stead Of spreading over the ground. By
the old method of building 1t would be
hard to carry structure higher than
five or six stories, unless the walls were
made as thick as fortress. So man
with an Imagination struck out new
method, embodying in steel an idea that
is working revolution In the business
centers of cities. Like other wonderful
developments of recent years, the sky
scraper has become so common that to
some it may seem commonplace. Yet
George A. Fuller, the designer Of 1t,
was only forty mine years old when he
died in Chicago the other day. Indeed,
1t is only a few years since the i'm
provement in elevators made 1t possible
to rent offices ten or more stories above
the street; and almost simultaneous
was the decline in the price of struc-
tural steel to a point which enabled
builders everywhere to gain the ad-
vantages offered by the steel-frame
construction. Chief of these is the fact
that sky-scraper may be carried to
almost any altitude, like the st. Paul
building in New York, which is twenty
six stories high and rises more than
three hundred feet above the street
level. Such building yields an enor-
nous rental. There are no massive
walls to reduce the rentable space.
Tenants willingly pay high rates for
the light and airy offices. The structure
shelters as many persons as a whole
township, and 1t provides facilities and
conveniences few towns could afford.
Whether the steel skeletons will ulti-
mately corrode and crumble, time will
| tell. At present we know the sky.
scrapers are practically fire-proof, and
seem beyond the power of any recog.
nized agency of destruction. If 1t shall
prove that the designer Of them did moi
build for the twenty-hrst century, 1,
must at least be admitted that he
served his own generation well.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
Six Hours Aaoat.

A London paper relates the trying ex-
perience of an English sailor. He could
not swim, and was six hours in the
water during storm.
He had a life-preseryer, but was in
constant terror lest 1t should slip from
his grasp. If it did he knew he could
never regain 1t.
He had fallen off the bow-chains of
the vessel, and from midnight to day
light the life-boat was searching for
him while the ship lay to. Many cap
tains would have desisted in an hour or
two, but this one persevered, and the
men were finally rewarded with a sight
of their comrade mile away. A days
rest restored his strength, and he re-
sumed his dangerous duties.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

The American people are unique In
that they find an endless fund of humor
in their own weaknesses, and nothing
has produced more, smiles than the d.
lvorce court. Preachers have talked,
Judges have solemnly protested against
the abuse of the law, Legislatures have
been memoralized, but the matrimonial
separator continues grinding, while all
the world keeps Its humorous eyes on
the newspapers for "a good divorce
story" One element of society believes
In universal law that would divorce
people whenever they tired of the
marital relation. That would remove
from many divorce cases deceit, false
witness and stupendous lying 1t would
obviate the necessity Of lawyers select
ing ian easy Judge" to hear their
doubtful cases. 1t would also do more
to wreck homes, make the word duty
meaningless and harm the children
than can be estimated. 1t is too easy
now to break the marital bond. 1t is
a subject Of congratulation that out Of
any thousand homes only one has any
nS of the divorce court.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

opened gate to-day which was a
back-breaker. 1t was sixteen feet long
and six-board high, with braces. The
owner is abundantly able to have gates
on hinges. Every gate on my farm,
used to any extent, swings on hinges.
The post to which the gate is hung
should be large. At the bottom
should be spiked two pieces Of scant-
ling two feet long. The hole should
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

Among the noteworthy requests for
charitable purposes during the past
year was that of a Navajo Indian
whose estate, valued at over $4,000
was left for the establishment Of a FREE
medical dispensary, as ian aid in ex
tinguishing cruel aboriginal superst
Hons in the tribe" The giver recog
pd1ed the fact that, in an importan-
sense, 1t is for the Indian to say wha,
the future Of the Indian shall be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13

An autograph letter that would like
to own was shown me few days ago.
"a. Lincoln" was boldly signed Mt the
end Of 1t, and this wisdom was there,
Photographed in this wise: do not wor-
ry." "Eat three square meals day."
"Say your prayers" "Think of your
wife," ''Be courteous to your creditors"
Keep your digestion good" "Steer clear
Of biliousness" Exercise" Go slow
and easy" Maybe there are other things
that your special case requires to make
you happy, but, my friend, these, reck-
on, will give you good lift. New York
Times
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13


Creameries cannot prosper unless in
a community where good COWS abound,
and good dairymen are as necessary as
good COWS, says the Texas Farm and
Ranch. None but good dairymen have
good COWS, and good cows have none
but good dairymen. There is another
necessity without which creameries
cannot prosper, but it is rarely included
in good dairymen"-this is good farm
or dairy papers. Where creameries ex-
list, it is good policy for each contribu-
ting dairyman, as well as the creamery
management, to encourage by every
legitimate means the circulation Of
such papers in the community. 1t re-
quires intelligence to make the butter
f0afOpioc uo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-13
Keep Tn with the proce.s,or

Keep Up with the PrOcesslOn,
In the chicken business, as In every
other, the knowledge of yesterday is
not sufficient for to-day, says Poultry
Success. With the new day come
new ideas, new experiments, new les.
sons. We are constantly learning some.
thing, and the man who reaches q
point where he is SO sure he knows II
all that he ceases making any attempt
to learn becomes a back number in
just about twenty-four hours.