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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

II think I will say goodnight" he
said aloud, moment later, and his
voice was cold rs the heart Of winter,
"Must you so so early?" and her
voice was just as cold.
He rose Immediately and had gone
half way down the steps, without ut
tetlng any farther farewell, before the
fhost lovers fully realized all that was
happening. Wrapped In the varied rec.
elections called up by the little scene
and the surroundings they were stand.
ing, motionless but hand In hand. still.
jtRt behind the earth couple, thinking.
thinking. Now they started forward.
simultaneously, and whispered In the
ears Of the unhappy, misguided earth
lovers.
.Once. a long time ago, acted MS
you are doing, and my heart nearly
broke In consequence"
Thus the ghost man to his earth
brother.
"Once, a long time ago, l let my low
er go lightly, as you are doing, and
was sad for many months"
This from the ghost girl to her earth
sister.
"Thlnk! What If you should never
come together, really, truly, in heart
and soul, AGAIN.
D So whispered both ghosts, earnestly.
The earth lovers turned suddenly and
gazed upon each other.
s 4Dear heart! What is the matter
with us both this evenlngp they cried,
aloud.
Next moment both had taken a step
toward the other. Another instant and
their hands were clasped, the ghost
lovers gently lifting and pushing the
half-reluctant fingers into place. When
the girls head went down on the mans
shoulder and the mans arm went ten
derly around the girls waist, the ghost
lovers looked at each other and smiled
happily. For loves ways are aye the
same, in all times and places.
kiss her, kiss her!'' murmured the
man ghost to the masculine earth low
er.
.'Eay something kind and loving"
whispered the girl ghost to the other
maiden.
Then, when their soft commands had
been obeyed, all unknowingly, and all
was well between the earth lovers,
they Joined hands once more and float
ed off sweetly, their shadowy hearts
beating close together.
.sThey are happy. said the girl ghost,
half wistfully, as they scared upward.
$50 are we" said the man ghost,
softly, and they drew even more close
Y together,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Wise Puss,

During the Ottawa fire the instinct
of animals in the matter of self-preser-
walton was curlsusly illustrated by the
fact that several dozen cats found ref
uge in a wooden house which. although
the buildings on each side were burned
down, refused to catch fire and remain
ed intact. Cats have peculiar gift In
this direction since, in addition to their
reputed nine lives, there is a popular
superstition that they will only eat
what Is good for them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
State Iteu,. Of Intere.t.

1
Titonka is.to have a new school build
ing. 80
The postofiice Mt, Zero has been discon-
timed mail to Russell.
Frank Shrek, a young miner at Cen
terville, was killed by u fall of coal.
A $125,Q0O estate in Shelby County
will be subjected. to the Inheritance tax
law.
The German Evangelical Church in
keokuk is to have Il new 81 800 pipe Or
gan.
"A new elevator with II capacity of Co.,
600 bushels has JUS: been completed Mt
Colo.
A bridge company with capital of
100000 has been Incorporated at Bur-
lington.
Petitions are being circulated ut New
Hartford asking for free mail delivery
service.
Victor has eight bachelors; twelve wild
overs, thirty-fve widows and thirty-nine
old maids.
During the year 1900, 22,7s2 volumes
Of the Mnrshalltown public library were
circulated.
The Council ut Jewell is considering
the changing of its entire code of city
ordinances.
A $4,000 viaduct is to be constructed
Mt Fort Dodge to connect that place with
Round Prairie.
The saloon petition in Sac County has
been turned down, as it contained sew
eral forgeries.
A registered package containing $1,000
was lost while on the way from Dubuque
to Clarksville.
Outside of the stewards salary, the
poor farm of Cedar County last year was
self-sustaining.
Fort Dodge is to have new Catholic
school in addition to the proposed $780,
900 Catholic academy.
The Milwaukee and Rock Island roads
have just completed a $1,000 switch and
signal station at Hartley.
Out Of twenty students who took the
pharmacy examination at Des Moines
this month nineteen failed to pass.
A resident of Indianola some time ago
which he owned and thought of no value,
and to-day it is, valued Mt Sc, 600, 900.
"A lady of Red Oak while out shopping
tnlS week ran across ner mOtner whom
she had not seen for twenty-three years,
and her sister whom she had not seen for
sixteen years.
The residence occupied by the Rev.
George p. Plat, rector of the st. George
Episcopal Church at Farley, was almost
totally destroyed by fire from the result
of a defective furnace fue.
j. H.. Holden, resident of Denison,
.is.a copper king and has holdings in the
State of Washington worth millions.
The Methodist Church at Creston has
the proud distinction of being the only
church in. the State to possess brass
drum.
The s-yearfold son of II. l.. Frye was
killed in Waterloo, being cut in two be-
fore his mothers eyes by Chicago
Great Western freight train. 1t is fear
ed the mother will go insane.
Scoville Schroeder, living near Elma
aged % years, while walking behind his
brother, who had loaded shot gun on
his shoulder. was shot and killed by the
accidental discharge Of the weapon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
His Skin Acted We'll.

A young English actor who had i'm
pressed his manager favorably was
cast for a difficult role in a new produce
ton and his success or failure in its was
a matter of vital Importance to his flu
ture reputation. After the second act
on the opening night his friend William
Gilbert, the popular dramatist and IL
brettlst, went behind the scenes fully
realizing that in a kindly word or n,
sympathetic criticism he would bring
hope or despair to the actor. How
ever, on seeing that his friend was in n
profuse Precipitation he could not re-
sist his own cleverness and contented
himself with merely remarking: "How
well your skin acts"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
RED GOGGLES ON A BULL.
Prank of Mischievous Boys Makes Him

/. ! Z. & x Z
Prank of .Mischievous Boys Makes Him
Raving Bovine Lunatic.
A set of crimson goggles on bull is
4 combination as rare as it is bizarre,
out this is just exactly what John An
schultz, of Stowe Township, Pa, ran
across the other day when he went out
to take a loo.s az his black and white
bovine, Dexter. The bull was indebted
for his new ornaments to a bevy of
mischievous boys, who wanted to dem
onstrate the generally received theory
that anything red renders a bull OBJ
streperous.
When Dexter woke up the next morn
Ing he saw everything had a decided
reddish tinge. BY the time he had come
to the conclusion that every object he
isazed on had unaccountably been
Transformed into carmine he became
furious. He noticed that his cattle COM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

eleven. She was then visiting her
grandfather, Senator Harlan, and it is
said asked for an Introduction. Mr..
Lincoln tried to break up the courtship,
but in vain. and it eliminated in an
elopement. A quarrel soon followed
and the daughter returned home. Beck
with later enlisted rs private with
Company f, Fiftieth Iowa Volunteers,
and was sent to Jacksonville, Fla. In
the meantime Mrs. Beckwith had APP
piled for divorce and it was granted
on the grounds of desertion and non-
support. Beckwith is now n brakeman.
on the Burlington road and lives at
Creston, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Wood Lots ON Farms.

The Importance of establishing wood
lots or shelter belts on farms that lack
them is no less obvious than the neces-
sity of raising the staple crops. The
provident farmer cannot really afford
to buy firewood, fence posts or building
timber any more than he can afford to
buy corn and wheat. A part If not all
of the wood material used on the farm
can and should be grown there. The
profit on this timber growth rightly be-
longs to the farmer, and lis therefore
one which economic agriculture cannot
neglect.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
MRS. BEcKwITH DIVORCED.

Granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln
Freed from Marital Bonds.
Mrs Jessie L. Beckwith, daughter of
Robert n. Lincoln, of Chicago, and
granddaughter of President Lincoln.
who in 1897 married Warren Beckwith,
a baseball and football player at Iowa
Wesleyan University, has been di-
vorced from her husband. AT the time
Miss Lincoln met Beckwith he was
playing on the Iowa Wesleyan football
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Great Packer,s Genero.itx.

One Sunday the late P. d. Armour
was walking along the street when he
met an old Irishman named Michael
O'Shaughnessy, who had worked for
him at different times for twenty years.
0'shaughnessy was accompanied by
his five children, ranging in age from
2 to 10 years. One, boy of 8, had no
overcoat on, although it was a sharp
cold day.
Why don't you buy that boy coat,
Nike" asked the packer.
Well" answered the father, 81 in
tend to as soon as possible, but money
has been scarce with me lately"
Mr.. Armour said nothing for mo-
ment, and then he asked: DO you ever
go out on a strike with the other men
when there is some dissatisfaction at
the plant?', Sc
4 mo, sir; you are good enough for me
to work. for" said Mike.
The next day O'Shaughnessy was
called into the packers private Office
and was handed a check for 500, and
was alsolgiven a raise in salary Of ST a
day for life. arf' 1~'5
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

Ts Poultry Notes.
A drake and six ducks make an ex-
cellent mating.
The hens should always have some
place to dust. ~
With young chickens. for a time, at
,leqsts cooked food is best.
Bran should always be scalded be-
fore feeding to the hens.
Sorghum seed makes good feed,
whether ground or fed whole.
Never make n dust bath of wood
ashes; 1T blenches the fowls legs.
Give your chickens lime water,
crushed oyster shells or old mortar.
When coal ashes are used in the dust
bath the course grit should be sifted
out. &
!, Eggs turned half over every other
day will keep much longer than other.
wise. -
A filthy drinking vessel will cause
disease sooner than almost anything
else. {.
In nearly all cases n hen that is a
good layer is an early riser. Feed them
early.
The falling over of n ROSTERS comb is
a good indication that he is in bad
health.
Grease closes the pores Of the egg
shells and often prevents them from
hofcI,inO if
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

panions had all taken on the new color;
that the grass was no longer green;
that the. landscape had been painted in
the prevailing tint. and then he became
a bovine lunatic. TO cap the climax
he saw he was near red barn close to
a red fence, and that the milkmaid was
a red girl, who carried red bucket
and three-legged stool of the same
color
Now, he was simply pent-up volca-
no in COW skin, and the trouble began.
With a snort he made pass at a straw
stack that was the color of Il brick
yard, but failed to knock IL into the
next county, though he had the supreme
satisfaction of witnessing the terrified
antics of red chickens, red geese and
red ducks in their wild endeayor to get
out of his way.
Without stopping to enjoy his salts
faction in having turned peaceful
barnyard into a cyclone-swept prairie
he butted up against the weatherboard-
ing of the barn, making the red splin-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

about sixty miles an hour, while with
the new electrical locomotive, 1t is ex-
pected to reacha velocity of 100 miles.
The cost of running a locomotive with
steam power is estimated at 81 a day,
while the cost Of running one of the
new electrical railroad motors is only
$4.25 a day. Similar experiments have
been made on other lines in Germany
and in Italy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

When grinding feed for our herd,
says an Ohio farmer, we use tread
power and two thoroughbred bulls.
Not only is this economical, but the
bulls are kept in better condition, be-
ing easy to manage, and are better
breeders. All our grain is ground,
whether 1t is fed to young or matured
cattle. We are satisfied that 1t is much
more thoroughly dlgested and conse-
quently much more valuable. During
winter we feed ensilage twice day
and clover, hay or millet once. The
grain feed is bran, old process ollmeal
and gluten feed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

Long NecRS.
One of Philadelphia's most distin-.
guished portrait painters asserts that
the necks of American women are be-
coming longer and more slender year
by year. The high collar, he declares, is
responsible for 1t. All the life studies
and portraits of women seen ut stu
dents exhibits demonstrate this. 81
know man." he said the other day,
"who took tape measure to the last
exhibit at the academy of fine arts and
succeeded in getting data for COMPARE
son of women's necks painted ten years
ago, five years ago and at the present
time. He claims that the average fem
mine neck has become elongated to the
extent of nearly an inch during the last
five years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

.buckskin and ornamented with broad,
fiat brass buttons; buckskin waistcoat
and breeches. The size of the gar
ments (Which are in state OF excel
lent preservation testify to the big
stature of the Father of His Country"
and suggest that he had an eye to a
fine appearance in his dress.-Wash-
ington Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Good Year for Fruit crov.r..

Secretary Wesley Greene, in his an
nual report to the Iowa Horticultural
Society, said: Each year brings some
new experience which characterlzes it
from all others. A year ago our
thoughts We're engaged with the prob
lens presented by the unusual climatic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
MRS. BENT, NEE wycKoEF.

for less than that. Six years ago Bent,
who was leader of the Old Guard band,
1eloped with Isabelle Nixon, the daugh-
ter of Presbyterian clergyman of
note. Seven months ago she died.
Then he met Mrs. Albert Wyckoff, a
widow of year, and worth several
million dollars. She is so years old,
and a score of years his senior, but they
loved and were married at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, in New York, and have
gone abroad for the winter. Before
they left the groom declared: 81 ought
to have waited year before marrying.
but Mrs. Wyckoff couldn't arrange to
get away then"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
THE HApP,EsT HEART.

Who drives the horses of the sun
Shall lord it but a day;
setter the lowly deed were done,
And kept the humble way.
Ttes rust will find the sword of fame,
Ehe dust will hide the crown;
Az, none shall nail SO high his name
Time will not tear it down.
The happiest heart that ever beat
Was in some quiet breast
That found the common daylight sweet,
And left to heaven the rest.
John Vance Cheney.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
wlpowLoveD THE eANDMAsTER
Wedding Notes that will Buy Mo, than
Those of a Cornet,e Silver Throat.

No more will Thomas g. Rent, who
was wont to play in Gilmore's band, be
compelled to blow notes from the sill
yer throat Of a cornet. The new Mrs.
Bent will supply all the notes neces-
sary in the family, for it is said Mr..
Bent's marriage portion is $4,000 a
year. A good many men could love
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

A Frenchplumber named Garaud I'm.
dertook short time ago to ride a bl.
cycle round the stone coping of house
atsLyons sixty feet above the street.
and successfully accomplished the fool.
hardy feat 49,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
Quakers in Parliament.

The Quakers are the most largely
represented community in the British
Parliament. There are only $4,000
members OF that sect, and they have
eight n. rs,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
A Prolific Mother.

The London Lancet tells of an Eng
lishwoman who had become the moth
err of nineteen children in twenty
years of married life. She never had
twins.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

Electricity as a motor for regular
railway trains has been found 10 per
cent cheaper than steam in the expert
ments recently made at Berlin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
.: Ollie Loie cssea Adjusted.


A Mason City man, George Penson,
who runs news stand, has been instru-
mental In bringing dangerous counter
feiter in the East to justice. Penson re-
ceiyed communication from man
signing his name as q. Maynard, giving
his address at Allentown, Pa. He want
ed George to handle some counterfeit
money and asked that everything be car
ried on in confidential manner. A de-
tective was put on his trail and he was
nabbed and the charge preferred against
him was using the mails in scheme to
defraud, and of counterfeiting. He is also
believed by government officers to be n
member of supposed gang of counter
feiters and green goods men, whose
are in New York City, and
from whom scores of circulars have been
sent throughout the country, inviting
farmers and others to come into the
scheme ls
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

uere bnOWu. IHlS
fac smile of the
writing is identi-
cal in all the let
tiers thus far re-
ceived by Mr..
Cudahy from the
supposed kidnap-
ers, and, strange
to say these let
tiers were all
mailed in Omaha
except the first,
which was left
on the lawn in
front Of the mill
ionaire's res l.
dence.
A letter print
ed with a lead
pencil was re-
cefved by Mr..
Gu d a by last
week, demanding
the withdrawal
of the offer of a.
reward for the
kidnapers. The
fact that the ad-
dress was print
ed in similar
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

Then they looked back and the lovers
were embracing.
Loves ways are aye the same"
said both ghosts, smiling.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
How to Handle Res.

a person commencing to keep bees
should learn their habits and approved
metnods of handling them. They should
buy few hives of bees from relia-
pie bee keeper. The best time to buy
Is IN the spring. Be sure that you have
strong colony in the hive and enough
money to feed them until they can gath
er their food from spring flowers. II
you have shade trees, place-your hives
near them SO the bees can be sheltered
from the direct rays of the sun. If
the land slopes have an eastern expos
ure, If possible, if you have no natural
shelter, provide one. We are just old
fashioned esl enough to believe that 1t
pays as well to shelter bees as any 9TH
er live thing on the place. All energy
consumes power. Energy has to be
provided bees in the shape of honey.
1T takes honey to provide the energy
for the bees who fan the hive in the
extreme heat, also to keep the bees
warm in the cold; shelter will reduce
both heat and cold. So if the farmer
keeps a few hives he will find 1t to his
interest to invest in small amount of
lumber: Bees. when they can gather a
full1 supply of honey, send off new col
onies. The management of bees at and
before swarming time would take more
space than the editor can spare, so we
Will leave that for another paper. OF
course, in these days only movable
comb hives are used. as you will wish
to control your brood comb and queen
cells; also have your honey in section
combs. The new hives and sections
should be in stock, for you know not
the day or hour when the bees may
swarm.
How Much Will Corn Shrink?
In the fall Of 1893 an experiment was
undertaken by Prof. Atkinson at the
Iowa experiment station to ascertain
the amount of moisture contained in
ear corn. A crib was constructed upon
the platform of pair of scales, the
scales SO constructed that an exact
register of the weight could always be
made. Seven thousand pounds of corn
were husked and placed in the crib Oct.
49, 1898. The crib was 1917 feet long
by ~ feet wide. The corn was then
weighed once each week for year.
During the first three months the loss
was G30 pounds, or . per cent Of the
original weight. During the next three
months, from Jan. 10 to April 10, the
loss was 800 pounds, or per cent of
the original weight. During the next
three months the loss was 800 pounds;
during the last three months the loss
was 100 pounds. The loss during the
full year was 1,43O pounds, or a trihe
mere than 20 per cent. This means
that a busheli Of corn weighing eighty
pounds when ilusked like this sample
sW VIII weigh stXtyfout;s pounds at me
end Of the year. Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

1t is said that time will tell-yet PEG
pie are constantly asking you what
time it is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

A man isn't necessarily gardener
because he is able to remove q WIDOWS
weeds,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
ONE OF THE cUDAHy LETTERS.

The
gold to insure the Of his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06
All that t,'itter, Il Not Go,d.,

/ Prof. Samuel Calvin. the State geolo-
!, gist,- received. Il sample recently of the
gold reported discovered in the well of
Henry Terhufen of Klamme. Prof. Cal
win has completed his analysis of the
metal that has caused the excitement
and the rise in farm values around
Klemme He finds it to be brass which
was probably ground off the pump-valve
while the hotelkeeper pumped his gold
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06


est Significance to maie in the posofHce
The
Of children the
destruction
to head wa
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Since Jan. Creston has had no light
ing service, because of n war between
the City Council and the Creston Gas
and Electric Company. For eleven years
the company has served the city, and for
eleven years there has been contention,
litigation and dissatisfaction on both
sides. As the result of this long dispute
the city on New Years severed all rela-
tions with the company and ordered the
lighting service discontinued. Since that
time conferences have been held between
the Council and the president of the
company, but with each conference the
breach widens, and very little probability
remains of an agreement. The Council
will make nothing but one-year con.
tract, while the company wants five
year agreement.
Ollie Lole Cases Adjusted.
The Ollie Lode mining cases, which
have been in litigation for some time and
have caused bitter fractional fight
among Creston business men, have been
closed in IN unexpected way. The mine
was sold two years ago to Creston syn.
dictate for $4,000. Reports affecting the
value Of the property caused friction,
and suit was brought against George
Willis Emerson of Chicago, former State
Senator Harsh, George Bilbo and w. Il.
Henry, charging fraud in the sale. The
other day the plaintiffs attorney banter
ingly made the suggestion that il the de-
PENDANTS thought the. property worth
what they said it was, they buy the plain
tiffs' stock. The defendants accepted
the suggestion, the stock was purchased
at 81, and all litigation was closed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-06

Fire was discovered in the frame build
ing i'll. Grand junction owned by D..
House and occupied by him us meat
market and residence. In few minutes
the entire building was enyelOped in
flames. The family of Mr.. House ap-
pears to have been partly suffocated, and
was aroused and gotten out of the build
ing none too soon. The FIRE soon spread
to the adjoining frame building, in which
was kept the postoffice, and also to the
frame store building ON the west Of the
House building, and across the alley,
owned and occupied by II. Kettel as a
store.