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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

In an old book we read some years
ago report from some one who tried
the experiment of taking rough board
some six or eight feet long and coating
it with coal tar, then mailing it to n
pole that would raise the board well up
among the branches of the plum tree.
The odor of the coal tar was so often
sive to the curculio that he had ae
many plums as the tree ought to stand
up under, although they had not pro-
duced a crop before for some years,
and he had threatened to cut them
down. The boards should be put up
when the trees are in full bloom. He
was led to try it by the fact that an.
other had obtained crop from tree
near which he put up building and
covered the roof with coal tar. If SO
simple remedy will drive away those
troublesome insects 1t should be known
generally, as it is but little trouble OF
expense, though to be entirely effectual
we think the tar should be renewed as
often as every two or three weeks, as
the curculio is about nearly from the
time the fruit sets until it ripens. The
poles or boards may be tied up to pre-
vent blowing Massachusetts
Ploughman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31


h The swill barrel, into which was
turnedall tho sklmmilk, buttermilk and
the water used in washing utensils, the
dishwater and the waste from the fam
lily table, both raw and cooked, and in
which these We're allowed to stand and
ferment, though probably originally
established from motives of economy,
that all these waste materials might
be utilized In pork production, has been
much more source of loss then of
saving to the farmers. Gases OF what
We're called hog cholera often resulted
where these were kept, If the milk
which went int0rthem was not in much
larger proportion than all else. The
fermentcd food was not wholesome.
There was often too much salt went
into the barrels when salt meats We're
cooked, causing diarrben, and of late
years the soap powders used in the
dishwashing has been found to be a
frequent cause of disease when used In
such quantities as it was ut summer
hotels and boarding houses. But the
loss from sick or dead hogs is not the
whole. Many hog has been killed
whose flesh was no more fit for eating
than it would have been If it had died
of the disease Which filed its entire
system. -American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

during the comparative leisure every
one should review the past and plan
for better results In future. There Is
no other method of learning about any
farm subject equal to being on the
farm where such work Is practiced,
and having it explained by those who
have made 1t success. 1t may be the
manner of feeding stock, or plan of
preserving roots, ensilage or other fod-
der. A farmer may contemplate sys.
TEN of underdrains for his wet fields,
In which case nothing short of visit
to some farmer who has thus drained
his lands will enable him to gain SO
many valuable hints and suggestions
regarding this important work. Such
visits not only give new Ideas, but are
wholesome recreation, and many IL
farmer who at first thought may say,
II can't afford It," will find by expert
ence that he has spoken too soon. Take
a day to go and visit some of the best
farms in your county, and the way will
open for further visits and wider
knowledge of the best methods of car
rying your special line of work to a
successful ermination.-Farm, Field
and Stockman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

ling, ''tO see the old fellows face when
he hears how Harry has done him.
1t was the custom of Mr.. Sheldon to
read his newspaper Mt breakfast, while
waiting for his only child and daugh-
ter, who, n little spoiled by overindul-
gence, was generally late.
But this morning Aiatty IVES later
than ever.
The banker had read all the foreign,
as well as the home news, and even
reperused Harry's note, and still she
had not made her appearance.
1.-THE lazy puss!" lie said at last. Then
he looked up at the clock. Half an
hour late. Now, this is really too bad.
John" he cried. addressing the man
servant at the sideboard, send and
see why Miss Sheldon doesn't come
down. Tell her." with severe air, "I'm
tired of waiting"
John came back in about five min
utes, looking very much 1ustcred.
IF you please, SIR he stammcred,
Miss Sheldons not In her room, and
the maid says that the bed looks as If
1T hadn't been slept in all night"
The rich merchants jaw fell.
He started'up. with n cry of agony, to
so and see. But he was prevented by
the footman appearing at the door with
a telegram.
"A telegram cried the merchant,
unfolding 1t with his trembling hands.
What can 1t mean? Has she been
found dead anywhere?"
This was the telegram:
Dear Father Harry and were
married Mt 8 o'clock this morning. l
would not consent to an elopement till
Harry assured me you had advised 1t,
and had shown me your check as proof.
He says you promised to stand by us,
and know you pride yourself on never
breaking promise. We wait for your
blessing. MATTY."
We'll, neyer!" calculated Mr.. Shell
don, when lie had recovered breath.
THE impudcnt. disobe
But here he stopped-stopped and
mopped his bald head, which, In his ex-
element, had broken out into great
drops of perspiration. He remembered
that he had himself advised Harry to
elope, and that. If the story got wind,
he would be the laughing stock of the
town, Including hardest cutof all-Mr.
Meadows. He remembered, too, that
he had but one child, and th;,t she was
all In all to him.
So he ;,ccented tho ineyit,,h Ip md fol.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
HUNTING FOR A BONANZA.
Millions Being Sunk In Search for the
Cripple Creek Mother Lode.

Cripple Creek Mother Lode.
W. S. Stratton, who attained to
tame as the owner of the celebrated In
dependence mine at Cripple Creek.
which he discovered and developed,
from which he took millions, and which
he finally sold for $11 100000 in cash.
Is now at work on project at Cripple
Creek which, If successful. will make
him the richest man in the world.
He is hunting for the mother lode,
from which all the millions Of gold
that have been taken out of the Grip
pie Greek district have come. If he
finds it, the word millions will be in
adequate to describe his wealth, and
nothing less than billions, and posi-
bly, even a greater term. will do to de-
scribe his treasure.
Mr.. Stratton's theory is that all the
veins of gold that underlie Cripple
Greek, and which constitute the great
mines from which over 100 millions in
gold have been taken In few years,
converge toward one point. This the
DRY Is borne out by the maps of the
district, which show general dip or
trend of the veins of gold toward a
common center. Mr.. Stratton has To-
Gated the spot where these veins
should meet, and has bought all the
land over and about 1t, GOO acres In all.
Now he has big force of men at work
sinking shafts. and is spend from $685.
600 to $4,000 month on this work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

There are few firms where n suf
ficient quantity of fruit or vegetables is
grown to warrant the erection and
operation of IA cold storage plant; on
the other hand. the suggestion that
such a plant could lie built and OPP
Grated profitably in any section where
the fruit crop of a dozen growers was
very large is worth consideration.
Such n plant could readily be operated
on the cooperative plan at compare
lively small expense to each share
holder. ithapples, for instance, it is
only possible to get the highest prices
for winter fruit by holding the crop in
cold storage until late winter. AS this
is now done the grower obtains but a
little more than he would in the fall
sale of his crop when the storage
charges and shrinkage are taken out
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
InfertiIitx of ~.


There has been much complaint the
last season among poultrymen of the
small portion of chicks Matched from
each setting of eggs, whether placed in
the incubator or with the old hen. Nat
urally there are various reasons given
for this loss. but mainly under the gen
eral heading of infertility of the eggs.
Every one who has handled poultry
knows there are various causes for in
fertility. There may be weakness in
the structure of the hen or of the cock.
Also the feed has great deal to do
with the fertility of the egg. A hen
that is overfed or kept very fat is not
as likely to lay fertile eggs as one that
is thinner. The food given to the laying
hen has also something to do with tile
infertillty of eggs, for hens kept largely
on diet of corn will produce eggs that
are much more likely to be infertile
than those from hens fed on variety
of foods. Meat foods aud green foods
are absolutely essential for laying
fowls, If We would have from them
eggs strong in fertility. The head of
the flock should also receive careful
attention, as he must be well fed and
not permitted to run with too many
hens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

Wan. DHEsBAcH. quite generally be-
lIeved that he was about to overthrow
the republic. Such coup d'etat would
have resulted in war in France, and
would have sent the price of foodstuffs
soaring. Dresbach started to discount
the future and attempted to corner the
wheat market of the country. He was
at the time the President of the Pro-
duce Exchange of San Francisco, and
he was backed in his effort by the mil
lions of the Nevada bank, OF which
]. G. Flood and John w. Mackay. the
mining millionaires, were the owners.
Under the skillful manipulations of
Dresbach the price of wheat went
steadily UP until on Aug. 9, 1887. 1t
touched S2.17B n centn'. But the load
was too heavy and the same day the
bubble burst. Dresbach lost nil his
own large fortune, James C. Flood was
caught for nearly $4,000 600, and James
G. Fair for $4,OOO,O00. AS for Ores
bach, lie dropped at once into complete
obscurity, from which he never
emerged. The last fifteen years lie has
spent as broker in a small way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

From the window Of the chapel softly
sounds an organs note,
Through the peaceful Sabbath cleaning
drifting shreds of music float,
And the quiet and the freight and the
sweetly solemn tunes
Bear me dreaming back to boyhood and
Its Sunday afternoons;
When we gathered in the parlor, in the
parlor stiff and grand.
Where the haircloth chairs and sofas
stood arrayed, a gloomy band,
Where each queer oil portrait watched us
with a countenance of wood,
And the shells upon the whatnot in u
dustless splendor stood.
Then the quaint old parlor organ, with
the quaver in its tongue,
Seemed to tremble in its fervor as the
sacred songs were SURG,
As we sang the homely anthem, sang the
glad revival hymns
lOf the glory of the story and the light
no sorrow dims.
While the dusk grew even deeper and
the evening settled down,
And the lamp-lit windows twinkled in
the drowsy little town.
Old and young we sang the chorus and
the echoes told it DER
In the dear, familiar voices, hushel or
=. scattered evermore.
From the windows of the chapel faint
and low the music dies,
And the picture in the freight fades be-
fore my tenr-dimmed eyes,
But my wistful fancy, listening, hears
the night wind hum the tunes
That we sang there in the parlor on those
Sunday afternoons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
him to Mullins In

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addition he asked for Sc damages fol-
six calves tails alleged to have been
bitten off by Mullins pet dog. The re.
markable feature of the case was the
fact that Mullins was represented al
the trial by his wife, who is at the same
time the daughter of the prosecuting
witness. AS an attorney Mrs. Mullins
showed unusual skill and tact. The
only fault found with her conduct OF
the case was the fact that her cross.
examination of her father was so Sc.
we're that the old man almost lost his
temper. AS it was, the jury brought
in verdict giving the plaintiff less
than a fifth of what he sued for, and
Mrs. Mullins was congratulated by
court. jury, and defendant on her tri.
umph. The lawyer on the other side,
though defeated, declared after the
trial was over that Mrs. Mullins had
conducted the case in a mastery man.
ner and deserved her success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
vicarous Bliss.

At the return on Saturday of the
Leeds engineers, who have been serv.
ing in South Africa. the unfamiliar
khaki made 1t difficult to discriminate,
and one young lady was little too
hasty. Rushing forward with out.
stretched arms, she threw them around
the neck of one of the men and pas.
sionately kissed him again and again.
Then drawing back her head to gaze nj
the loved face (as she thought) she re-
coiled abashed, and exclafming, "Oh!
You're not my brotherp' retreatcd Gov.
cred with bushes, and was lost in the
crowd.-Leeds Mercury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
Making n Permanent Pasture.

Making n Permanent Pasture.
On many farms 1t would certainly
pay TO abandon the old pasture as soon
as possible, and do the work necessary
to get the new field in shape. Most
farmers are not inclined to take for
pasture fields anything but such mead
ows that no longer yield profitable crops
OF nay. This is Il mistake, for they are,
often times by this practice, turning
land into pasture fields that is too valu-
able Tor that purpose, and which might
be reseeded after the proper manipula-
ton, and be made to yield large crops
of hay. One of the best growers of hay
IN the country recommends the follow
Ing mixture for permanent pasture:
Red clover, 6 pounds; Alsike clover. 4
pounds; Kentucky bluegrass, 80
pounds; orchard grass, S1a pounds;
meadow fescue, 81 pounds; redtop, 31a
pounds, timothy, . pounds. These seeds
are well mixed, and the quality given is
the seeding for an acre. The seeding is
done about the list of September, after
preparing the ground thoroughly during
the summer. If started at once the
ground may be p!owed now and sowed
to buckwheat, which should be plowed
under when in bloom. This would add
the desired humus to the soil. After
blowing under the buckwheat, just be-
fore the sowing of the grass seed mix
ture, the ground should receive the fol-
lowing fertilizer: One hundred pounds
of acid phosphate, thirty pounds of
dried blood, twenty pounds OF nitrate
Of soda and thirty pounds of Nitrate of
potash. This gives $50 pounds of mix
ture to the acre, to be well narrowed in
before the seed is sown. After the seed
is sown, the ground should be well
rolled. The first season after seeding,
the grass might be cut, but the cattle
should not be turned into the field until
the second year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

1t is fact beyond dispute, as all
the mining men of Cripple Greek know.
that practically all the big veins Of the
Cripple Creek district run into Mr..
Stratton's territory. The indications
are that many of these veins converge
to common point within his ground.
This would indicate that the great
mother vein, the center from which the
great veins and ore shoots of the dis
trict radiate. is directly under the
ground owned by Mr.. Stratton.
From the shafts being sunk good
ore is. being taken, the different veins
being followed up as they show them
selves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

AA' . " go =. SAtueIIItit lTOll
the sleeping ears in common use here he
drew the plans for the four cars which
are all that are at present running in
Japan. Since these pioneer cars were
put into service they have been at all
times profitable and popular, so much
SO that there is loud demand that all
Japanese roads should be equipped in
the same way. Mr.. Iwasaki has slight.
ly modified the plan of the usual Amer.
lean sleeper Each of his four cars con.
tains, for instance, a little dlning-room,
seating eight, in which meals are served
at all hours Of the day or night. In
interior finish the Japanese cars are
said to fairly Guido the barbarIc and
hideous splendor of their American
prototypes. In one way they are a
great improvement over anything in
this country, in that each upper berth
contains windows which admit air and
keep out dust.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

gan life as a peddler of cheap jewelry
In Havana and ended as one of the rich
est landowners on the island. The
new Countess Castellane is % years
old. She was educated at a convent in
Paris, and has lived in great secluslon,
after the fashion of aristocratic French
girls. She is said to speak with equal
fluency French. Italian, German, En-
glish, and Spanish, and brings to her
titled husband fortune which while
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

Maude Whitney, II years old, who
eloped n few days ago from the home of
her aunt in Burlington, with Charles j.
Armstrong, a notorious shoplifter, was
arrested in Chicago, with her sweetheart
Armstrong was engaged in shoplifting in
large downtown department store when
detectives took him in custody. The girl
was waiting outside. the store and when
she saw her intended husband in the
hands of the officers she rushed to his
side and begged to be taken to the po-
lice station with him. She was placed
in the womans quarters to await the
arrival of relatives.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

way in which the legs are inserted, be.
Ing spread over large space, and it is
impossible to turn the milk over. The
drawing is out of proportion. The stool
should be II inches long and 8 inches
wide. The seat is made Of two inch
pine boards. Holes are bored almost
through the board, but not quite. These
are in slanting directions. so that the
legs when fitted will occupy the posi-.
ton indicated in the drawing. Now
take a pair of old broomsticks, white
the ends so that they will fit into the
holes, drive them in tight and saw them
off any length desired.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
I;xnorts of Live s.ec..

When we look ut the reports of the
live stock sent out from this country
to England each week-we can scarcely
realize that this trade has grown up
within less than half-century. Yet It
began in 1852 or 1853, when a dealer in
Toronto, Canada, tried to make n ship
ment on the return trip of the Great
Eastern, and as she refused to carry
them they We're sent by Dutch tramp
steamer. The. trade in dressed beef in
refrigerator steamers began much
later, but now is nearly as large In
number OF cattle represented or in mon
ey Observation-Disclosures
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
OF INTEREST IN IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENlNGS.
Crime Is on the Decrease Decision for
Insurance clnimnnts-Elopes with a
shoplifter-A Young Business Man
Missing-Hclp Wanted to Save Crops.


The reports of the State Board of Con-
troll show that crime is on the decrease
in Iowa, or rather that the convictions
are fewer and that insanity is on the
increase steadily. In two years the num-
Der of insane in the State hospitals has
increased total of 81, and if to this
should be added the increase in the num-
Der of insane in county and private hos
pitfalls and asylums the showing would
be startling. No explanation is possible
of this surprising increase in the number
of insane persons, but the list appears to
be growing all the time. AT the same
time there are between 200 and 300 in
sane persons out on parole all the time
In the same biennial period the number
of girls In the State reformatory increas-
ed by seventeen and the number of boys
by three. In the two pcnitentiaries the
net decrease in two years was 255, due to
some extent to more liberal policy in
the matter of pardons or paroles, but also
to the fact that crime is less frequent in
the Stnte
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
New Varieties Of strawberr:e,

Two causes contribute much to the
running out or rapid deterioration of
new varieties of strawberries that are
sent out with testimonials of large
fruit and great yields. First, the large
yields are obtained by heavier manur-
ing and better care than they get in or
binary field culture, and in the haste to
obtain plants to sell, the vines that
have been weakened by heavy bearing
are again forced to send cut runners
us many MS possible, and all are taken.
whether they are near the old plant or
at the extremity of the runner, where
we think the young plant is but a
weakling.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

AT Waterloo Judge Plat in the case
of James r. Sherman. receiver of the
Equitable Mutual Life Association OF
Waterloo VS.. George w. Hardin, its for.
mer President, and the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Bal
timore, as surety on Harbin's bond, gave
Judgment for $4,000, with interest, the
court holding that President Hardin had
misappropriated funds that had been as
sessed by the association to pay death
claims. A similar case is pending before
Judge Blair against the sureties on Har-
bins bond for the years 1S06-97. Nearly
$4,000 in death claims have been filed
with the receiver.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

Farmers in the vicinity OF Muscatinc
are compelled to see their crops stand
in the fields much beyond the proper time
for lack of hands. As high as 50 per
day is being paid, or rather offered. but
all the surplus labor in that vicinity is
employed on the island by the melon and
sweet potato growers, which makes it all
the more difficult for the farmers to find
men to work in the harvest fields.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
Clipped Work Hor.e,

i have worked clipped horse two
summers and think l shall never worE
him another summer without being
clipped. He used to sweat >profusely
and the hair would twist up and make
him look bad, and 1t would take mar
an hour to clnsN him off and make hin
look decent. After clipping he hardly
sweat at all. stood the work better
kept easier and was always clean.-
Michigan Farmer,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

{ Nurse Grill l,st track of the child,
mum, and Alarmed Mother-G food
gracious! Why didn't you speak to a
policeman? Nurse Grill wuz speak
ing to wan all tho toime, num- Lon
don Fun,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
Ea,p,,crrie, ana B,ockherr,e,

Head back the young canes of rasp.
berries and blachberries to three feet,
and the laterals also when they get
longer. They may be pinched with the
thumb nail and finger in small patch,
but this soon mahes the fingers sore,
and where there are many bushes to
go over it is better to use pair of
shears ora sharp sickle.-Exchange,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
Lonpfe,lnw Rush Rem.

The bush bean that is early Is very
desirable, especially for the market gar
dener, and the Longfellow bush bean
seems more nearly to meet the desires
of the market gardener than any of the
sorts now in cultivation. The pods are
often six and one-half or seven inches
in length, pale-green in color, straight
and round. They are entirely free from
the tough inside skin usually found on
string beans. The flavor is delicate.
In season it is often week earlier than
any other good sort. The vines yield
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31
'ThelGuIfstream.

Recent Investigations have shown
that the principal source of the Gulf
Stream is not the Florida channel but
the region between and beside the Isl.
ands Of the West Indies. At Binioni
the volume of this warm water is 50
times as great as the combined volume
of all the rivers In the world at their
mouths.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-31

out sleeping cars
until the last few
months. Their in,
PRODUCTION into the
land of the Nlikadc
is due to H. Iva,
saki, the superin
tendent of the San
go Railway at
Kobe. Mr.. Iwasa-
XII has Travelled in