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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Watch the Hogs carefulIy.


A hog that does not care for its corn
is an object of suspicion. 1t should
Mt once lie separated from the herd.
Both the sick pig and the herd, which
are as yet apparently well. should be
thoroughly disinfected themselves
and their yards, nests and feeding
troughs-and put on laxative, cool
ing diet On failure Of the off-its-
feed pig to recover at once, or the APP
pearance of further disorders in the
herd, resort Immediately to stringent
measures to cure hog cholera-for tile
chances are that your herd has this
fatal disease.
We are convinced that every farm
on which swine are kept should be
provided with dipping tank for
swine, in order to keep the stock free
from lice and skin disease by an occa-
sional dipping, and especially to dis
infect the hogs inca Of n threatened
outbreak of cholera. The dipping tank
is n comparatively cheap appliance
Nebraska Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
DRAMATIC DEATH OF GRIZZLY.
The Gray Terror of the Idaho Hills
Will Do Mischief No More.


Big Foot, the gray terror of the Ida.
no hills, is dead at last. The giant
grizzly closed his career with an orgy
that included the killing of about tllir.
ty horses in one week, and the ranch.
ers throughout the wide region where
he operated are rejoicing that he will
not rob them any more.
When Tom Hopper, the veteran
hunter Of Spokane, arrived in Lewiston
with party Of amateurs, including
D. 9. Holbrook, South Dakota drum.
mer, and announced that they were
going after Big Foot the natives, OH
TOMS account, "reckoned there'd be
somethin' doin'."
AS nearly us they could find out Big
Foot was about forty miles from Lew.
iston in an untraveled wilderness
There were three feet of snow on the
ground all the way, but that did not
deter them. They wandered about for
five days before the dogs got on to his
track. Then they made camps and
the dogs trailed Big Foot up to hole
among some rocks on high ridge
overlooking tributary of the Snake
River.
Big Foot was so surprised by the
sudden attack of the dogs that he
started to run. The dogs kept at his
heels and the race continued until the
hunters We're far behind and cursing
their luck that their magnificent quar-.
ry was out of range.
But Big Foot changed his route
Making detour of the top of ridge
he raced at top speed down the other
side, noting little of what was ahead
of him.
Right below him was the camp and
Holbrook and another member of the
party were there. Holbrook saw the
great brute coming like cyclone and
grabbing his Winchester lie fired.
1t was lucky shot. The grizzly
rolled over dead with bullet in his
heart. Fifteen dead horses were found
within two miles of the point where
the bear had made his den, says the
New York World. The animal was
skinned and the hide is to be mounted
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
FLOWERS FOR THE TEACHERS.
How the schoolrooms Arc Frightened
by the Pupils.

How the Schoolrooms Arc frightened
by the Pupils.
The janitor Of public school build
ing stood pointing to young woman
just quitting the building with large
cornucopia, made out of n newspaper,
In one hand, "Do you know what that
teacher is carrying home?" he asked.
Il haven't the least idea from it's
shape" replied the man who had stop
ped for chat.
You'd be surprised IL you saw every
teacher In this school. and in nearly
every other school in the city, leaving
in the afternoon with bundle of the
same kind?"
81 would" said the other. 81 sun.
pose 1t has something to do with their
work here"
Not at all, said the janitor. They're
simply taking away the flowers the
school children brought them this
morning. From about this time of the
year on to the close of the session you
VIII see this thing repeated each day.
But there's more in this little fact than
you'd at first think. If you care to fol-
low 1t up you'll learn good deal about
the popularity Of teachers with their
pupils. 1t is seldom that teacher is
not remembered at all by her scholars.
1t would be pretty unpopular teacher
mat didn't get at least a nosegay. The
big-hearted, generous little tots even
hand the 'gruff old janitor' pretty bou.
quet quite occasionally.
Everything in the way of cut flow-
ers and sometimes ported plants is
brought here every morning. And if
teacher Is well liked she can't begin
to carry home all the flowers she re-
ceives. Some of the classrooms look
like florists shops. There's hardly a
woman teacher who doesn't keep one
or two vases on her desk, and thew
are almost always filled UP. 1t Ger.
tainly brightens up the plain school
rooms with color. Roses, violcts,
daisies, carnations, peonics, sweet peas.
sometimes wild flowers gathered after
a trip to the fields and woods in the
northern part of the city--they are all
favorites with the children.
1T would do anybody good" contin-
ued the janitor, according to the New
York Times. ito watch the beaming
face Of a child who intends to surprise
her teacher with gift. It's n bit of
sunshine for the cloudiest day. The.
love of most children for the love of
their tencher shows itself plainly in
these floral gifts, which are frequently
In the nature OF peace offerings. When
child has offended her teacher she
generally takes the first step toward
reconciliation by tlmidly presenting
little istful of flowers the next day.
THE men teachers: Oh, yes, their
pupils bring them flowers, too. Bachc.
lor buttons? Yes, and roses. also.
Its pretty example of school chill.
dren's thoughtfulncss," lie concluded.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

The drift Of young men toward the
engineering professions is one of the
marked developments of nm Industrial
err in which inventive genius is har
Messing the forces of nature to every
possible form of productive energy. The
electrical field is particularly allurlng.
this department in the technical schools
being crowded beyond the facilities
provided for instruction. In order to
prepare students to enter upon success
full careers in the various departments
of engineering these technical schools
have arranged their curricula with ref
erence to teaching the largest amour.
of science and engineering that can BIT
compressed into the time Mt the stu
dents disposal. The schools have
found it necessary to omit from theis
courses many studies which were for
merly regarded as essential to lib
ernl education. Chief among these are
the languages and English composition
That this is a serious defect in teclni
cal school training is now becoming
manifest in all branches of modern on
cheering, and, singularly enough, th,
technical Journals are the first to rec
ognize it and to call attention to ii
The benefits to be derived from a stud.
of modern languages by those who ar,
preparing for n profession, much of the
literature of which is written in Other
languages than that spoken by the stu
dent, would seem to be plainly obvious
But if instruction in foreign languages
must be dispensed with, the acquire
ment of ability to speak and write the
English language clearly, conciscly and
logically would seem to be of the first
Importance to engineers. A man may
be an expert in some department of en-
cheering and may have most com
plete knowledge of his subject, but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Haooino Women.

AS long us the punishment of death
is fixed as the penalty for willful and de-
liberate murder where is the reason for
distinction of persons on account of sex
If guilt is proved? II it would be horri-
flying to hang woman for murder it is
also horrifying for woman to be guilty
of murder. Only the deepest deprayity
inspires murder in woman's heart. A
woman seldom or never commits murder
in the heat Of passion under cruel prov
ocation. Almost universally in murder
by women erotic inspiration is the I'M
pulse and the cunning of elaboration is
the method.
II there are cases where n woman muir
ders her husband to get him out of the
way so that she may inherit his property
she always has male accomplice OK
pecting to share in the gains of guilt.
Such murders are always atrocious, with
surrounding circumstances Of peculiar
wickedness in the inception and the COM
they appear in any case, have tendency
to divest the mind of sensibilities regard
ing women which are inspired by their
innocence and worth in the general rela-
tons of life.
In recent years women have been OK
ecuted for capital crimes both in this
country and in England. There have
been several such cases within the last
two decades. An enemy to society, a
dangerous conspirator against human
life, slow, crafty, merciless, secret, I'M
appeasable criminal in malignant homi-
cidal practices is equally guilty whether
man or woman. What reason is
there for grading penalties according to
sex instead of according to the degree
of guilt?-Chicago Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

ecy that "the price of victory would stag
ger humanity" has come true hundred
times during the two years and seven
months of strife. All the world knew
that the Beers would fight, but such n
fight as has been made was not expected.
History has few instances of such resist
ance by SO small a body wha. opposed
BY multitude. The Carthagenians held
legions at bay for years, but they were
In a walled city; the Spartans had their
Thermopylae. The Transvaalers have
repeated the acts of both, and have done
SO time and again. Stormberg, Mayors
fontein and Coienso will live in memory
as monuments to men fighting for lib
erty.
Perhaps the last act in this drama tes-
titles more than any to the true great
ness of the men in the veldt. To save
their friends and neighbors in Cape Col
ony from punishment they accepted
harsher terms In the peace protocol than
would have fallen to their lot had they
not insisted upon amnesty being general
throughout South Africa.-Cincinnati
Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

+ The cry of frenzied and panic-strick.
en- inhabitants Of the island Of Mar.
Unique to be taken away is met by the
determination Of the French Govern.
ment to evacuate the island entirely
Nature has triumphed over man. In
the long fight between the two the for.
mer has been put under contribution to
the latter. 1t has been held down. re.
pressed, made slave. AS IL In re.
.yenge. 1t appears to claim one region
dor Its own. Thus far shalt thou 20 and
no farther, says recalcitrant nature
and man, terrorized, submits. But If
this land is given up, may not the
people of other islands in the volcanic
belt also give up the struggle and eyac.
uate. Every island in the Windward
group is subject to a like visitation
and throughout the West Indies sim.
liar doom impends. Is nature going
to claim one district for its own
where 1t may mutter and spit upon the
earth to Its content? And will the doy
ever come when man shall control its
rsubterranean wrath even in those beau.
Atiful but stricken Islands Of the sea?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Passiup of the pubIic Rorce.

According to telegram from Helena,
Mont, the cattlemen of the Northwest
are buying land rapidly and settling
down with their herds. They have be-
gun to realize that the public range
will soon be n thing of the past, and
that the man who would continue in
the business of raising cattle must
have land of his own upon which to
Craze them. This is an encouraging
feature of the live stock industry, for
1t means more cattle on the same num-
Der of acres and better cattle than
have been produced by the ranges. AT
the same time it makes the cattlcman
independent and no longer at the mercy
of the seasons, compelled to move
,hlther and thither with his herds in
order to find sustenance for them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

49,. "a ~ Ss's-S hoNS hSiuoes'
to obey the cdicts, the conscripts sum
moned have not responded, and at Hell
singfors, the Finnish capital, there has
been street fighting between the PEG
pie and the Cossacks. Russia is vas,
empire, and is ruled so automatically
that o revolutionary propaganda en-.
coutlkrs peculiar difficulties. The
pre-, 4 Is censored, and there is no op
port eAity for public assembly. But
these Simultaneous der onstrations OF
unrest among different classes of peo-
pie and in widely separated parts OF
the empire tell n story of revolt which
Is the more pathetic for being seem
ingly hopeless.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Hich oua,ity strawterrv.

For large berries of high quality Mar
shall. William Belt and Sample are
valuable, but for market berries, where
quality is desired. Excelsior for early.
followed by Warfield, Haverland,
Clyde. Sample. William Belt and Blu
bach, will, with good culture, give de-
sirable results. Some of the newer
sorts are promising, but need further
trial. Senator Dunlap, Rough Rider,
Empress and Parsons Beauty are all
berries Of much promise, but every
grower should carefully select such va
rieties as are suited to his methods OF
culture and Observation-Disclosures
Station Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

Dubuque painters have formed union.
a shooting tournament is being held at
Clinton.
Boone painters and paper hangers have
organized union.
J. NJ. Eldridge, pioneer resident Of
Scott County, is dead.
A Lyon snloonkeeper was fined $50 for
selling liquor on Sunday.
james A. Cavan of Lena has been APP.
pointed railway mail clerk.
The encampment of the Fifty-frst regi-
mcnt, 1. N. g., will be held at Atlantic.
Thirty-one bo:s We're confirmed and
| admitted into the Lutheran Church at
Bode.
Alfred Larson of Boone County was
found dead in his barn, Heart failure
the cause.
81. w. Fisher has been appointed post
master at Linn Junction. vice w. II.
Affolter, resigned
The members OF the Oskaloosa camp
of the G. A. II. will ask for the annual
State encampment of the G. A. R. in
1908.
will be erected at Indanola. The church,
together with the site, will cost about
$4,000.
John Brockert, aged % years, while
attempting to swim the Charlton river
oear Russell. was taken with cramps and
drowned.
At Red Oak four men were sentenced
to the penitentiary for terms ranging
from six to eighteen months. Their Of
lenses We're all different.
The contract for paving North Third
street in Marshalltown with asphaltum
has been lot to the Barber Asphalt Com
pany, the price being $l.87 per square
lard. I
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Pure Bred Cattle in Iowa

Iowa not only has the reputation of
being the greatest agricultural State
In the Union, but that it leads us well
In the production of fine cattle. In the
breeding of shorthorns it stands first,
and the sale of these cattle clearly
shows that the business is OH good
paying basis. The average of the sales
of Iowa shorthorns the last year has
been from 5000 to $725 head, with the
majority Of sales ranging from $500
to $500 n head. The breeders of Here.
ford cattle In Iowa enjoy good
healthy trade in their favorites, breed
ing about one-tenth of all the Hereford
cnttle in the United States, and repre-.
sented by over three hundred breeders,
two hundred Of whom are members Of
the association. Thus Iowa stands
fourth in the production and sale of
Hereford cattle, and the prices obtained
Ut the public sales averaged from 5000
to $500 head. Although there are
ten times as many shorthorns In the
United States, and three times as many
Herefords as Aberdeen-Angus, vet the
farmers aud breeders of Iowa are
reaching out for the latter kind. and
Iowa stands first in the breeding of
Angus cattle, having nearly three hun
dred breeders raising one-third of all
the Angus cattle in the United States
showing n growth and increase within
the State of 500 per cent in the last ten
years.-Agricultural Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25


The disease, scaly leg, is we'll known
to all who keep poultry, and while it
Is considered that the presence of this
trouble does not affect the health of
the fowl, 1t is an Objectionable trouble
and ought to be removed. There is
good reason to believe that the COM
fort IL not the health of the fowl is
affected, for the scaly leg is due to Il
parasite and the working of the mite
must be more or less annoying to the
birds.
The illustration shows how the scaly
leg looks, and it will be seen that 1t
differs from the other leg trouble
known as tuberculosis leg. The pene-
trating Of the mites beneath the scales
causes them to protrude SO that to
reach the mites and remove the cause
of the trouble the scales must be re-
moved. Soak the legs in warm. soapy
water until the scales are softened
somewhat. then remove them with d
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Oleo Sold for Butter

The oleo people have always made u
strong point of oleo being cheap but
ter for the poor man, and many have
been the crocodile tears shed by the
oleo trust over the inability of the poor
man to pay the high price for COW but
ter. OF course every one knows how
readily the oleo makers sacrifice them
selves for the poor. BUTTERFLIES laboring
man, but we have never been able to
obtain figures showing the exact extent
of the sacrifice until the last report of
the Pennsylvania dairy and food com
mission came to hand.
This report shows that out of LISP
samples bought for butter in the Penn
sylvania groceries 1,195 of them were
oleo. AS the above was sold at butter
prices, the poor man had to pay about
$40 over what he could lave bought
the oleo for under its own name. This
is philanthropy at 10 cents per pound
excess profit.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
The Stable Floor.

Undoubtedly the most convenient
floor of stable is of cement. The
ideal floor is made of cement, with
movable plank floors for the stalls. In
localities where the soil is Of a clayey
nature the natural soil will make n
very satisfactory floor if the stalls are
tioored with plank and plank cutters
are provided for the manure. Such n
floor makes an excellent temporary ar
rangement, and cement can be pur-
chased and laid as time and funds will
permit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

OF all the thousands living in st.
Pierre but moment before the de-
struction of the city, only one person
I'D after the tempest of fame had
10. Whensearchers went into the
midst Of that appsh1ng scene of death
and desolation, they found in a stone
cell OF the Jail, alive and unhurt, a
negro murderer, chained to the wall,
where he awaited the execution of the
death sentence of the law. When re-
leased he rose and fed. Lot, the right
eous man, was saved out of Sodom.
a murderer was saved out Of st.
Pierre.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

/. Another woman killer has had the
grace to blow the top of his own head
after shooting his victim. The action
lie. of course, no amends for the MUIR
der. but 1t at least saves decent peo-
pie the trouble and expense of hang
ing the assassin. The example is COM
mended to gentlemen who contemplate
numbering their wives.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

During fire in large apartment
house In Chicago recently, child Of
years old was seen emerging from
tie burning building, holding a Gagged
ca9ary'-in one hand and the family cat
and her skirt in the other. The crowd
outside took in the situation and cheer
ed her Justify. The girl had been care
fully drilled by her father, with re.
peated practice, what to do In case of
dre. On hearing the alarm she had
jumped out Of bed, calmly picked out
her best clothes, put them on, and
made her exit decently and in good or
der, bearing her own particular treas
ures with her. A better than Casa
blanca is here!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25


One of the best plans of avoiding in.
fertility of eggs. If it be really due to
the forcing of eggs during the winter.
Is to have number of selected fowls
that are kept solely for the purpose Of
supplying the eggs that are to be hatch
ed. While this plan would entail con-
siderable labor and a separate pen, it
would also enable poultry-raisers to
utilize the valuable two and three-year-
old hens that are not equal to the task
Of heavy winter laying.
1t is advocated by some authorities
that more heavy grain and less in the
way of mashes be fed to laying hens,
the claim being that the vitality of the
bird can be kept up longer by this
method
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
Joe,s Regulation.


Not long ago a nice young man was
invited to dine at the home of young
woman and accepted the invitation
with pleasure. 1t was just family
dinner, and everything was passing of
well when an unpleasant and quite I'M
foreseen incident occurred.
They were all discussing the pie,
when the young woman's little broth
er, who had been regarding her closely,
suddenly spoke up.
Gee" he said. 'look at Marie tryin'
to put on style just cause Joe is here.
She's eatin' her pie with a fork"
1t is needless to add that the cherubic
child experienced a very unpleasant
quarter Of an hour after Joe had gone,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
LIkfDITOpIAIS
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

On the other hand, the British military
system has proved unsatisfactory and
will undergo thorough reorganization as
a result of the remarkable series of de-
feats and disappointments that consti-
tuted the British experience in the con-
flict just closed. The English people fer
vently hope they will never have another
such victory.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
DEPENDS ON PLACE OF BIRTH.
Just Because You Have Seen Snow Yo
May Not Know EVERYTHING.

Just Because You Have Seen Snow You
May Not Know Everything.
When the young man from Florlda
came to live i'll New York he woke up
one morning last winter and, going to
the window, he looked out on what was
to him novel scene. 1t was a snow.
storm, the first he had ever seen.
Jumping into his clothes, he ran into
the street. He stopped and gathered
handfuls of snow and threw them in
the air; he jumped into drift and sent
1t flying with his feet; lie finally lay
down and rolled i'll it-all this time
shouting and laughing at the top of his
voice.
One of the crowd which had gather
ed TO watch his antics went up to him
and told him how his mother used to
cure fits and volunteered to try it on
him.
II haven't any fit" the young mar
said.
What's the matter with you, then? ?"
why, don't you see the snowi"
Eyes, see it. What OF 1t? have
seen it before"
well, | haven't" said the Florid..
young man.
What! You never saw snow be.
foreT" asked the astonished questioner.
Never. Seems strange to you. don.
it"
at beats any sample of verdancy
ever ran across"
"Oh. l don't know" unused the Flor.
ida cracker, according to the New York
Mail and Express. Did you ever see
an alligator eating black boy? No;
Well, you are not SO many, after all
| have seen 1t many times" And
throwing handful Of snow down his
shirt collar. he pursued his joyous gam
bols.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25

A sociological expert is inclined to
believe that society should facilitate
the process of evolution by killing off
people who are unfit to live. The pro-
lessor, OF course, means only the physi-
cally unfit. If he included people too
mean to live the undertakers would
have to work eight-hour shifts in order
to keep up with the public execu-
toner,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-25
The Mare at Foalinr Time.

Much Of the SUCCESS that should at
tend horse-breeuing depends upon the
care and attention bestowed upon the
mare toward and ut foaling time. ms
then not only are her own health and
safety at stake. but the welfare of her
progeny Is also Il matter for serious
consideration, 1t is therefore necessary