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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Keeping App,es in Winter.

If large quantities Of fruit are to be
kept there is no way equal to the mod
ern cold storage process, but this is ex-
pensive. Oftentimes, however, one has
a few barrels of fine fruit designed for
home use or to keep for select trade,
and these may be kept in good shape
by either of the following methods.
Only the finest and most perfect speci-
mems are used in either case: Take
good barrels, and In the bottom of each
place oats an inch deep. Then wrap
each apple in newspaper and pack a
layer on the oats, not permitting the
apples to touch. Then put in another
layer of oats, and on this layer Of
apples, as before. Continue this until
the barrel is full. The other method
is simply to omit the oats and pack the
apples in the same way, after wrapping
each specimen in oiled or waxed pa
per. In either case the barrels must be
kept in an even temperature, where it is
cool but above the freezing point.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Ginseng Culturc.

Under the most careful culture gin
seng gives promise of sometime
amounting to something, but 1t is
doubtful If it will bring in any more
money than a good crop of any of the
standard things we grow. Growers in
NIL sections of the country agree that
under the most favorable conditions
and with the best care, better care
than could be given if areas We're lars-
er, the plant is an exceedingly slow
grower. Some of the experiment sta
tons will make tests of ginseng, while
the directors of other stations refuse
fatty to have anything to do with the
plant. Its slow growth would indicate
that yearly crops are not likely, even
after the plants become well estab-
lished.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

4 Persons, and so on. In some instances
there is a postofiice of the same name
In each of the seven States. AS one may
imagine, this only tends to confuse the
Eaverage mind.
Periodically the clerks are examined
Mt railway mail headquarters. Packs Of
cards, each card bearing the name Of
a postoffice are furnished a candidate
for examination. He takes position
in front of a case of pigeon holes.label-
ed with the names of different railway
postoffices throughout the country. He
throws the cards, distributing them
!, to proper routes, just as he would pack
lagos in postal car. After he finishes
the, examiner goes over the cards and
charges up the errors the clerk has
made and gives him his percentage Of
correct distribution. The clerk also is
examined on general and Standpoint"
or station schemes at different times.
There are some features about the
work that one would think would rem
der 1t impossible for clerk to main
tain his LAY" of the States, which he
is expected to work. He may have a
run which lands him in Chicago to con-
meet three leading railway postoffices
running between Chicago and New
York. With but little notice he may be
taken Off the run and be brought to
Chicago in the afternoon instead Of
2:20 a. m. Notwithstanding this inter-
Eruption, he goes on with his work with
but few errors.
1t is asserted at railway mail service
headquarters that there are clerks who
have reached the capacity of their
minds in the matter of remembering
names. They now remember SO many
that it would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or part of
State. 1t would seem that of the mill
ions of cells in their brain machinery
none are left to fill, I'LL having been
taken up in the prosecution of the ex-
acting duties imposed by their occupa-
/ ton.
Another queer phase of the work is
that not always do the clerks who
stand the best examinations and make
the best averages show the best rec
ords in the car. A man may have Il
State in the most exact manner, but
lack ability in remembering railway
connections or something else which he
is required to remember.
The evidence of wonderfully reten-
tive memories is found in the general
run Of examinations made ut headquar-
tiers. In one year at the offices Of the
sixth division Of the railway mail SER
vice in Chicago 2,427 examinations
We're made. Cards to the number Of
nearly 3,5OO,OO0 were thrown" and the
average per cent of correct distribution
reached 9S.4S-Chicago Record Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
have everything which he had been de

have everything which he had been de-
MED?
I4angfield mechanically slipped his
hand to the sheath In his belt, stole a
glance Mt his companion, and saw that
his eyes We're closed. He drew out the
knife and held 1t behind him.
Just then Perry gave stitled moan.
The sound brought Langheld to his
senses. What was this he had Intend
cd to do? A fit of trembling seized
him. He rose to his feet, though he
reeled rs he did SO. There was swift
movement of his right arm, and some
thing glanced in the light and fell far
below them in the brush.
No one needs me-" thought. "and
Tom
Come" he said aloud, we must get
you down for--your wife's sake"
The man did not reply at first. When
he did his voice was a tribe husky.
II have none," he said.
Langfield stared at him. "Why-Dol-
ly" he blurted out. "She" He
began and stopped again. but Perry un-
derstood.
No." he replied, with an effort,
"she didn't want me-" He turned his
head and looked unseeingly across the
valley. "There was someone else." he
said.
Someone clse?" Langheld stupidity
repeated.
"Yes." answered the other. land it
seems the fool couldn't understand
There was moments silence. shes
waiting till the company's ordered
back" he added.
Langfeld drew his hand across his
forehead. The snow, high up on the
mountains, seemed a swimming sea of
white; the little stream beside them
roared like cataract In his ears.
Perry made an effort to rise, but fell
back in spasm of pain.
"She loves-my God, man" he cried
veliemently, "are you an idiot? She
loves-you!''-Ladies' World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Pare, core AMI cut'in slices some
good, tart cooking apples, put a. layer
i'll baking dish with sugar, cinna-
mon and Il grating Of lemon rind, dot
with tiny Jumps of butter, then anoth-
er layer of apples, sugar, ETC., and so
on until the dish is full. Add very
little water and the juice of lemon,
and use little more sugar and butter
on top than on the other layers. Bake
until the apples are thoroughly cooked.
Cover until nearly done, when the
cover should be removed to allow them
to brown. Serve hot with cream or
hard sauce.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

NDHlNGs that railway postal
clerk must remember have in
creased In such volume that one
would think every cell of his brain
would be filed with the name of a
postoftice or railway connection, and
the wonder is that the clerks mind
does not falter under the pressure. De-
spite these facts, cases of insanity
among this class of public servants are
rare. One Chicago postal clerk MAIN
tained for several years record of
21,0O0 cards (Which take the place of
letters in examlnatlons) with an aver
age per cent of correct distribution Of
fraction over 90 per cent. He knew
how to reach that many offices in sew
eral States by the shortest, quickest
route, and he knew the correct location
of each: Office in its State.
A clerk on the New York and Chicago
railway postottice must know the cor
rect location Of every postotfice in a
group of States made up of Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska. In these
seven States there are 1917 postof-
fees. Not only is the clerk required
to be cup" on the general scheme,
which means the correct location of the
postoffices in each State, but he must
know how to reach the whole 10000
postoffices from one or more stations.
A clerk running between Chicago and
Minneapolis underwent no fewer than
seventy-eight examinations In fifteen
years, learning 1896 offices in. fifteen
different sections of the United States.
In some of these examinations he was
required to make a Chicago city distri-
button, which means that while rum
ming over the country Mt the rate of a
mile minute he must distribute letters
to the carriers of the Chicago delivery.
He must know not only where every
public building and leading mercantile
house is located, but also how to divide
the numbers on particular street SO
that he can 'tie OUT his letters to the
correct carrier, according to the route
of the latter. This same clerk made
thirteen examinations in ten months,
with an average correct distribution OF
99.SS per ceIA. In twenty examinations
he came out OF nine of them with a
clear 100 per cent each.
Think Of such a task, taking into con-
sideration the puzzling similarity of
names that are used to designate post
offices. Then, too, must be considered
the fact that there are hundreds of
cases where in each State is postofiice
of the same name. For instance. in the
States named above there are five post
offices named Hamilton, six Grants,
four Garfields, four Genevas, four
.Smithvilles, four Spartas and five JET
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Take the white of one egg and an
equal amount of cold water. Beat to.
gether until well mixed. Purchase two
pounds of confectioncrs' sugar, and stir
in little at a time until the egg is so
thickened that it may be rolled. Fla
vor with vanilla or any flavor that is
preferred. Put on board and knead
for a few moments. Remove the
stones from half a pound of dates. take
a piece of the sugar the size of hick-
DRY nu., roll it in the hands until the
length of the date. Prepare two pieces
in this way, aud stick one on each side
of the date. Pinch them closely to-
gether SO they will adhere. Stand
away until slightly hardened.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

When poultry are confined during the
winter they should have yard in
which to run ON pleasant days, If no
scratching shed can be provided. A
good plan is to protect the yard on the
windy side by piling cornstalks hig6
against the fence. Then have a heap
of coarse, strawy manure in the yard,
sufficiently large to keep the soil from
freezing hard. Cover as large space
as possible with this heap, or, better
still, have several such heaps, and pro-
tect them with boards, so that the
fowls cannot get at them and scratch.
Uncover one of these heaps at time,
and pile the material in another spot,
then spade up the soil where it lay. II
the pile was high enough the soil can
be easily loosened, and, except in very
cold sections, will not freeze hard again
in several days. A little grain thrown
on this spaded space will keep the
fowls busy and happy. An hour each
day when the sun is shining brightly in
n spot like this will keep the fowls ir
good shape, and they will turn out eggs
regularly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Mr.. Lewis Wright, of England, who
has been, IL he is not now, called one Of
the highest authorities on poultry breed
ing and growing that ever put pen to
paper, says that the American breeds
are better than the much-praised Eng
ish Orpington breeds, originated few
years ago by Mr.. Cook, of England. He
also pronounces the American breeds
as bred here better than the same
breeds when bred in England. There
they incline to the Cochin type in all
the American breeds, more cushion,
fluff and feathers than American-bred
birds, which detracts from their utility,
though the English think 1t adds to
ST" haauty.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Tobacco lie the Best Insecticidc.

Most of the insects common to house
plants dislike tobacco as much as does
the Clearly housewife. The est way
to use it as an insecticide upon win
dow plants is to secure good handful
of tobacco stems, place them In an old
basin, pour boiling water UPON them.
and let them stand for seper3ln hours.
Then drain off the liquid into xsvre' ;
or tub deep enough for immersine
tops of your plants in, and din
with warm water until it sho
faint tint Of brown Then tax,
plants one at a time, and hol
tops down, in the water, washii.
clean.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

powers are adapted to Its instincts. Its
beak is feeble compared with that of
the eagle. The toes are longer, feebler,
with huge hooked claws, and incapable
Of grasping a heavy weight during
flight.
Where he finds his food, there he ban
quets, never attempting to carry it to
his haunts. OF powerful and robust
build, he has neither the bill nor the
talons of the eagle, the former being
elongated and hooked only at the top
and the latter comparatively small and
feeble. Nor has he en- exclusive appe.
tite for blood, carrion and putrid ami.
mails being greedily devoured by 1t.
This rare bird attacks lambs, kids and
the weak and sickly of the flock. The
strong limbed channels is not secure,
nor, when rendered desperate by hun.
ger, will the rayenous bird forebear an
attack on man. Children are said to
have often fallen sacrifice to its ra.
pacity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Tough Steak. Mad. Tender

You can make a beeksteak of the In
ferior quality such as rump or round,
as tender rs the most expensive cuts if
treated to an oil bath twenty-four hours
long. A tablespoonful of the finest olive
oil is sufficient. Pour it over the steak,
then rub it with the fingers into every
part thoroughly. Put it in a cold place,
the coolest corner of the refrigerator in
summer or well-chilled pantry in WIN
ter. Sometimes in large hotel the
steaks are cut n week before they are
wanted, well oiled and put in coldeDto-
rage
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
nUEE FOWL.

farmers. Weights and points are the
same as for Barred Plymouth Rocks,
but the plumage should be an even
shade of golden buff. Golden Wyan-
dottes are newcomers and very popu-
lar. The bluffs are probably the most
numerous and best liked of the Co.
chin family. Buff Leghorns, n COM
paratively new but very popular varie-
ty, have taken foremost position
solely Oh their merits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
chocolate Puddinr.

Beat one-quarter of a pound of but
ter to cream and stir in six yolks,
one at n time, then add a quarter of a
pound of fine, sweet chocolate grated,
a cup of almonds blanched and
chopped fine, six tablespoonful of
graduated sugar, and one tablespoon
full of citron cut very fine, beat the six
whites Of eggs to stiff froth and stir
in at the last. Pour into a mould and
boil three-quarters of an hour and send
to the table hot with whipped cream
poured around it, or any fine sauce
served in n sauccboat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Medicinal Vegetables,

Does someone in the family need the
purifying touch of sulphur in the
blood? Give them turnips. onions, cab
bage, caulifower, watercress and horse
radish. Surely varied enough list.
If the liver needs stimulating serve
tomatoes. For kidney troubles, aspara-
gus will be beneficial. Celery is of tre-
mendous benefit to those suffering from
rheumatism and neuralgia. 1t is also
good for nervous disorders. Carrots
form blood and help to give pretty
complexion. Beets and turnips are also
beneficial to the blood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
THE DAWSON TRAIL.

~ u
Get down to your work, you dog of a
slave dog!
Sec down to your work, l say!
It's tough, hard trail we've come, dog,
And the camp Is far away.
Pull for the life Of us both, dog,
For dark is the end of day!
Get down to your work, you dog Of a
j dogl
Get down to your work, sayl
Red Is the sun In the southern sky;
RED Is the trail behind the sleigh;
Red Is the foot Of the sled-dog gray;
Gold is the end Of day.
Get down to your work! Shall man
4 for dog
Throw a mans life away?
THE trail grows dim, and the tree trunks
gray;
pa the northern sky the maidens play;
The COLLINS dance in the Milky Way;
Black Ia the end of day!
Harper's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

The draft horse now enjoys the high
est prosperity and greatest popularity
of any breed Of horses among the
American farmers. The prejudice
against the draft horse being too big
has given place to the universal desire
to raise them as large as possible and
farmers generally want to raise draft
horses for the market, and they have
learned that the big draft mares and
young geldings make the best farm
teams, and as fast as they mature the
markets take them at good prices
Live Stock Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

1t would be unreasonably pessimistic,
however, to overlook the fact that the
country is growing also by leaps and
bounds, and that our annual expendi-
lures and per capita tax burden are
still the smallest of all the nations that
compare with us in numbers, wealth
and productive power.-New York
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Bread Board. REVIVED.

Recently a very economical and at.
tractive custom is being revived among
the dainty housewives in the use of tHe
bread board on the table. These boards
are made attractive by the ladies with
poker decorations Of wheat heads, oat
sprays and rye tops. These decorations
are only put upon the beveled edge, the
top being left clear and white for use.
1t requires some practice to cut the
bread neatly, thus offering new ac-
complishment to the lady presiding at
the table.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Pigs are able to make much more eff
fective use of the foods with which
they are supplied than any other class
of farm animals. Experiments have
shown that, while the pig is capable OF
laying on flesh at the rate of one pound
for every five pounds to seven pounds
of dry food which it consumes, cattle
require to eat from ten pounds to
twelve pounds and sometimes from
fourteen pounds to fifteen pounds OF
dry food for every one pound of in
crease in weight that they show.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

was recently cap
tured. 1t is found
chiefly in Southern
Europe and Asia, in
m o u n t ninous re.
gions.
Neither fitted nor
inclined to- lead a
life of sanguinary
warfare, it ban 4.
uunts on oorriop TIE
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
An Artistic Breadboar.:

An ordinary wooden bread-cutting
board may be rendered decidedly artis-
tice by the application of poker work.
Select circular board and sketch a
design in wheat sprays or wild roses
around the edge, scattering few pet
ais on the board as If blown off. Burn
the design in, polish q tone down
with oil. Take cara choose a board.
of fine grain
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Half dozen large oysters fried and
perfectly cold, lay a crisp lettuce leaf
dipped in French dressing on them.
buttered slices of white bread, or
spread little mayonnaise on each
leaf. Cut the oysters into nice little
slices, crosswise. rejecting the hard
part, and lay the slices. overlapping
one another, between the lettuce
lonyes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

Gasoline is the best thint
cleaning your coat. Have
clean cloths and pour only al
fluid into a vessel at one +
evaporates rapidly when expo
Go over the coat very careful
bling a small portion at a tin
well-soaked cloth and then
1t with one dry. and when the
come soiled take fresh ones, as
taking plenty of time to the
the secrets of successful cleani
sure to select room without
or lamp light for the cleaning I
as gasoline is highly infiammab.e an
dangerous when used near blaze. Th
professional cleaners will make the Goa
look like new for tritling sum, If 1t is
not badly stained.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
Must Face the Issue.

There is little reason to doubt that the
protected interests of this country will
favor such action by Congress ON the
reciprocity question as shall seem to
contain promise of tariff reduction
without offering a genuine menace to
the great monopolies, says the st. Louis
Republic
The trick would be well worth turn.
ing IL the American people could be
kept in ignorance of the bunko nature
of such action. Following Congress
sional legislation as thus directed by
the trusts the Republican party would
doubtless proclaim to the voters of this
country that the Republicans them
selves were removing the tariff burden
from the shoulders of taxpayers
In this manner, the shrewd represent
atiyes of monopoly interests believe the
issue OF tariff revision can be kept out
of the next national campaign. There
is no longer possibility of entirely
ignoring this issue and refusing point
blank to abandon the principle Of the
high protective tariff. The people are
too fully aroused to the iniquities of
the present tariff to be longer fooled by
the argument that protection benefits
the consumer. They know that protect
ed interests which sell their manufac-
tured product cheaper in Europe than
at home constitute heavy burden upon
the home consumer and are unfairly en-
riched at his expense. The only ex-
pedient now left to avert tariff revision
is found in the crafty movement for
reciprocity treaties with certain for
eign nations.
Luckily, however, there is little
doubt that the American people already
see through the fllmsy game being at
tempted by the Republican party. The
Congressional debates on the question
of reciprocity and tariff revision prom
Use to be of peculiar significance. One
of the certainties of the situation is
that they will make the issue Of the
tariff revision the most vital issue of
the Presidential campaign of 1904. On
that issue the Democratic party can
appeal to the country with confident
hope of victory based on the party's
faithfulness to the people In opposing
the evil principle Of the trust-creating
tariff.
Oar Expanding National Expenditure
The estimates submitted to Congress
yesterday by Secretary Gage call for
appropriations aggregating $61O,S27,-
6SS to cover all departments of the
government for the fiscal year 1902
1903. This is only $40OO,O0O more than
the total appropriations made for the
current fiscal year, ending June 30,
1902.
1t is when we compare it with the
total appropriations of but few years
further back that budget of $610, 00O.-
900 seems huge. 1t is twice the sum
total of appropriations for 1898 only
three years ago. And it is $153, 600, 200
in excess of the total appropriations
for 1901.
Thie -" to ~ -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01
soume of Cb1icken,

Cut the meat from the breast of an
knocked chicken. Mince. pound and
pass 1t through n sieve, then mix In
half a pint of very stitliy whipped
cream, salt to taste. pepper; add some
minced mushrooms or--truftles. Put
this mixture into a butterf mould and
steam for twenty mlnutds, ,n.u
out and serve with supreme
poured over 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

slight pull of the horse will bring over
the shock. With boy to lead the
horse and handy hitch to the rope
you can average shock minute and
have 1T in much better shape for husk-
Ing than when torn down by hand.
YOU can in this way pull over days
husking while the dew is on, and the
fodder will be damper for husking than
If left standing till wanted. 1t will be
another advantage to you If you are
careful to pull over your shocks so that
you can face the wind while huskinc.
letting the wind blow the fodder to you
and not away.-Ohio Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

are n comparative
'ly new variety,
but one which has
come rapidly to
the front on its
own merits. Beau
ty and utility COM
bine to make these
a fine general
DllrDOSe fowl for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-01-01

about once week. 1t is not Injurious
to human beings.
In some places hot water has been
Used to good advantage. 1t can be
applied at temperature of about 1870
degrees without injuring the plant, and
is sure death to the worms where It
reaches them. Paris green is perhaps
the simplest and best remedy.