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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-24
ALEX. seEsTaom

4 ENERAL BLACKSMITH, horseshoing o
VI specially. Interfering and corns cured or
no pay. Prices reasonable, and the best OF
work guaranteed A share of the public patron
age Is solicited, Shop on Franklin street, near
the bri0se.
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e,LpNER BROS.
A.THoRPE.

DRoPRIEToR OF KALAMITY'S PLUM
i der Store and Dealer In Clothing, Boots,
shoos. Notions. sic. Masonic Block Manches-
ter, Iowa.
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VETERINARIAN.


Vt ETERINARY Surgeon, and Dentist. SOL K
Y Main Street. Telephon 239.
MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
rs prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
l. Monuments and Head Stones Of various de.
signs. Have the county right for Sipe's Pat
eut Grave Cover; also dealer in Iron Fences.
VIII meet ALI CON petition, 2n 94.
WIN. MCINTOSH.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-24

w. N. BOYNTON.
MATCHMAKERS, Jewellers and Engravers
dealers in Watches, Clocks, Silver and
Plated Ware, Fine Jewelry, Spectacles, Cutlery,
Musical Instruments, ETC., Main street.
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ATTORNEYS.

c. YoRAs. H. F. ARNOLD MI. YonAs.
YORAN. ARNOLD q YCRAN
ATToRNEYS AT Law, and Real Estate
q Agents. Office over Delaware County Stale
Bank, Manchester, Iowa.
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c. E. BRONSON. e. NJ. CARR.
BRONSON Il CARR
A TToRNEYS AT LAW. Special attention
n given to collections, ONCE in Democrat
Building. Franklin Street, Manchester, Iowa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Irrigating a Farm Garden.


Many farmers feel so sure of success
with artificial watering that they are
putting down artesian wells and in
tend to build reservoirs as soon as pos
slble, the past dry seasons causing
them to realize the necessity of most
constant supply of moisture Nearly
all the wells are inches in diameter
and cost from so to so cents per foot
The flow amounts to from 10 to So
gallons per minute. One 315-inch well
that cost 5000 and is 295 feet deep
flows about 1900 gallons per minute,
though the amount has never been ac-
curately measured. II is thought the
flow Of some wells near this large one
has diminished and it is possible that
the artesian water supply may be linn
1ted
A few fields have been flooded or
wet up" direct from these wells dur
ing the fall and winter, and have pro-
duced the following season % to so
bushels of wheat to the acre, and other
crops in proportion, while fields not so
treated produced less than half this
amount Irrigation here is largely con-
fined to gardens, the water in most
cases being used direct from the wells,
but a few farmers have reservoirs
which aid in the economical use of the
water thus giving much better results.
One garden has been irrigated five
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

nave you nome again, Agnes! Th,a
algebra has been worrying me dread
1ully; but that's nothing to the other
worries"
Agnes kept the pencil in her hand q
moment after Violas problem was
solved. She glanced at her father.
reclining peacefully in his armchair.
MS cough already soothed; at Violas
happy face; at the room, many de-
grees cozier and heater since she had
entered it; at a little note from Rob-
ert, which lay on the table beside
her.
Slowly, with a smile dimpling her
lips she drew a sheet of paper to-
ward her and wrote:
Il Failure plus Opportunities.
What are you writing, dear?" ask
ed Viola.
Agnes crumpled the bit of paper in
her hand and threw it into the crate.
Gust an equation I have been study
ing today" she said with a gay laugh.
Youths Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Farm Notes.
grower.

Bordeaux mixture controls downy
mildew on lima beans.
The Iron Mountain is a rich peach
and almost melts in the mouth.
A haphazard, go-easy way in farm
ing is not going to bring big profit
this year
Make the boys interest in the farm
so profitable that he will be anxious to
make farming his life work.
Chicory culture was started by Long
Island farmers several years ago, but
it did not pay and has been abandoned.
The farmer as well as the business
man who is going to forge to the front
these times is the one who thinks and
plans.
Broom corn should have frequent
cultivation till the plants are two feet
high. Then the cultivation may be
stopped unless needed to retain moist
ure.
It has been demonstrated that in the
sections where thorough drainage is
practiced larger crops are produced,
and at less cost than wher drainage is
neglected.
The currant worm is ready to begin
work on the first approach of warm
weather. Powdered hellebore Is the
remedy, which may be used with
water or applied in the dry condition,
while the leaves are damp from rain
or dew.
String beans can be obtained during
the entire summer by planting once
month for successive supplies. The
seed terminates quickly In warm
weather, and the plants grow rapidly.
They can also be extensively grown
for picking.
When the old strawberry beds are
out of use plow them under for late
cabbage or turnips. If preferred the
land may remain for a garden plot
next spring, but II such is preferred
the bed must be seed. Late in the
fall cover the beds with manure and
paSw the plot Aexs spring.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
snread of Peanut Culture.

The spread of the culture Of the
peanut is nothing short of phenom-
email. A native, probably, of Surinam,
in Central America, it was introduced
in Brazil and Peru in the days of that
mysterious civilization of which evil
dences remain in records and monu-
ments. Then it travelled, perhaps long
before Columbus set out on his hap
hazard journey, and reached China.
By that enterprising people center
prising in those bygone days. it was
carried to India, Ceylon and the Malay
archipelago. Thus, Asian tropics were
blessed with a truly American plant.
Then, again, Portuguese adventures,
after the discovery of America by be-
lated Europeans, carried the peanut
in their slave ships to the African
coast; and thus another continent was
added to the conquests of the Ameri-
can. Later days have seen it invade
Australasia, and it's culture there is
urged, not only for the sake of food
for man in the nuts, but also for cat
tie in the foliage.-Outing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

Mend a lamp loose i'll the collar witta
sifted plaster of paris mixel to very
soft paste with beaten White of an egg
Have everything ready before wetting
up the plaster and work qgzicllly, SO 1t
may set in place. With several lamps
to mend, wet enough plaster fer one AT
a time. 1t takes less than Eve minutes
to set and is utterly worthless if one
tries working it over Metag work apart
from the glass needs the soldering iron
Dust the break we'll with powdered
resin, tie the parts firmly ss2gether, lay
the stock of solder above TIRE break ana
fetch the iron DOWN on il lightly but
firmly. When the solder cpDls remove
the melted resin with cEc6 b dipped ia
alcohol.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

years and is producing all kinds of
vegetables in abundance and of fine
quality. A few gardens have been
watered by wind-pumps. This method
gives excellent results, especially where
a small reservoir is used. Other gar
dens have been watered by pumping
from streams. This mode of irrigation
must necessarily be limited, as the
amount of water in streams is very
small during dry time. In fact, l
have seen it almost dry.
The water is usually run between
the rows of the various crops, some
times between every row, or at most
every third or fourth row. The plan
proposed is to have main bitches, with
several sets Of laterals dividing the
fields into squares, varying in size &C
cording to the slope of the land. IN
stead of bitches for the second set Of
laterals, back burrows may have to be
substituted if the fields have much
slope, for the water is too valuable to
permit of waste. The illustration
shows how a few catch the water
from artesian wells. It may be dis
tributed as best suits the gardener or
farmer.-L. G. Hendricks, in Farm and
Home
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Pee1ing Apples

In peeling apples it is &sisagreeable
to see a sort of brown r1SSt creeping
over the white pulp If the slices have 10
stand very long. This brown colcring
is a pigment of the actual nature OF
rust caused by the presence of iron iER
the fruit and the oxidation ST that iron
by the air. The acid in the pulp helps
in this oxidation considerably. By set
ting each quarter or slice as it is peelef
in a basin of cold water 80 mir contact
is possible and the brownness is nv nd
ed. But the water draws Dat the acids
and there is a sacrifice of tgsgxor to color
if this plan is used ana the apples
soaked too long. Any discxslored slices
will turn white again if rubbed with "a
niece of lemnn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
What Happens to the Advance.

experiments in Austria from 1896
to 1890 show that at 1900 to 1000
PAGES line of 108 men in single ranF
loses in three minutes SO per cent
OF it's effective, from a company firing
i've cartridges man, and that sec
lions OF company forming a line of
skirmishers advancing over fat coun-
try can be completely annihilated in
three minutes by two sections of the
enemy firing about five cartridges
man; and yet the drillbook, under
the head of field manoeuvres, allows
single mounted men to approach to
500 yards of the firing line ir the open
and pack mules to 500 yards, If cav
airy approach within 800 yas is Of in
fantry they will be held only to have
suffered severely. Closed bodies of
troops without cover when opposed
to well-conducted service rifle fire can
only get up to 800 yards.
The. experiments in Austria and the
experiences in South Africa both
show that at least 500 yards should
be added on to the distance given in
our drill book. That is to say, troops
advancing to the attack will be under
a severe fire for at least 1000 yards,
or for say fifteen to twenty minutes;
they cannot then rush over the zone
of effective fire in three or four m1nu
ties, as they could in former days;
they must take it quietly at the begin
ming, SO as to reserve their energies
for the final rush.-The National Re-
view.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Brief Hints.

Never mix French dressing until
ready to use. The vinegar and oil wiz
separate.
Add an acid touch of lemon juice to,
all fish sauces except those in which
there is milk.
A tablespoonful Of turpenfine boiled
with your white clothes win aid in the
whitening process.
To clean sponges soak wen in milk
for several hours and then rinse few
times in clear water.
In using a gas stove the oven will az:
times become very hot. To cool quickly
place a dish of cold water in it
When beating eggs small pinch of
satl added to the white will cause thena
to beat a stiff froth more readily
Boiled starch Is much improved by
the addition of little sperm or a little
salt, or little gum arabic dissolved.
Cut flowers may be revived when
wilted by placing the stems in boiling
water and allowing them to stand untj2
the water cools.
Always keep olive oil in the refringet-
ator and see that it is tightly corked
Never put more oil in the table cruet
than two days supply. 1t VIII grow
rancid.
If copper OR brass is very dirty put
some fine salt on board, dip into it
cut lemon or vinegar and rub on the
metal. This strong acid win remove
the worst stain.
A useful sauce Is made by mincing,
six shallots finely with two sprigs of
parsley. Place these in saucepan
with half pint of gravy or broth and
boil slowly till the shallot is quite ten
der. Before removing from the fire ado
o teaspoOnful OF vinegar and pepper
and salt to taste.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
The GraduS Pea

Those who find the best profit in rails
ing the wrinkled varieties Of peas will
be glad to have the Gradus, shown in
the Illustration. Not only is the quality
Of this variety equal to that Of any
wrinkled sort, but it is better than any
of the smooth sorts that are early in
season. The Gradus combines quality
with extra earliness and extreme pro-
ductiveness. Most Of the wrinkled sorts
are rather tender, but this variety may
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Sorghum for Stock Feeding.

Any farmer who can grow corn sue
ceSsfully can succeed with sorghum,
and will find it a decided addition to
the winter supply Of stock food, al
though those without a great deal Of
experience with it seem to think it
can be used to advantage only as
supplement to the pasture. To grow
sorghum successfully the soil must be
put in good condition, broken UP deep
and we'll prepared. Make the seed bed
fine and sow the seed any time this
month. Grown for hay. the seed is
soWn broadcast at the rate of two
bushels per acre and narrowed in, but
it is better to grow it in rows two or
three feet apart, the latter distance
being prefera bic, enabling one to cult
vate with the horse. When grown in
rows the culture should be the same
as with corn, and the plot should be
kept free from weeds. Stock Of all
kinds eat sorghum readily and it will
pay to experiment with small plot
Of it this season. In feeding it, as
with all foods that are new to the ami
mails, it should be given in small guam
titles at first until the animals get
used to it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

be planted as early as any Of the
smooth sorts without injury, and IS
said to be the only wrinkled variety
with which this can be done. The
growth of the vine is strong and
healthy, and the bearing qualities are
Of the best. The pods are large, hold
ing from eight to ten peas. While the
sort is comparatively new, 1t has been
tested quitet extensively, and if it does
as well generally as in the localities
where 1t has been tested it will be an
acquisition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Deep Flowing.

We used to believe in what we read
when young about the value Of plow-
ing deep to bring up the fertility that
had leached down through the surface
soil into the subsoil. Our opinion was
changed when we tested the deep
blowing upon field with clay sub
soil that we planted with corn. Later
experiments have more thoroughly con-
WINGED us that deep blowing, by which
we mean depth Of more than four to
six inches, is seldom beneficial In this
climate, whatever 1t may be in other
SECTIONS Of the country. The crops ltee
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

Beat two eggs, add piIE and half
of milk to them, grease pudding,
mold, sprinkle the bottom with raisins>
or chopped citron, then put I'm layer of
cake and a sprinkle of fruit. and con-
tinue with cake and fruiE until one
quart of crumbs are used; add one tea
spoonful of vanilla extract and a pinch
of salt to the eggs. PouE the liquid
over the crumbs, and put the cover Or
the mold. Let stand fifteen minutes
then place the mold in a pan of boiling
water, and boil for one toUE.; turn out
and serve with lemon sauce
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Select Good Seed.

Replanting in the field is obnoxious to
the farmers, hence they should select
good seed. When plants are missing In
the hills or rows the appearance Of the
field is not attractive 1t is better and
cheaper to buy selected seed than to
perform the labor Of rep1anting that
which would be unnecessary and which
could be prevented by making a proper
beginning. The failure to properly pre-
pare the ground, too little care given to
the covering of the seeds and economic
ing in the use of seeds are also causes
of loss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

side Of the cistern is built a filter,
which consistse Of solid brick wall
made of soft brick. A lead pipe leads
from this to the cistern pump in the
kitchen. All cisterns should be provided
with an overflow pipe to let off the sur
plus water in times Of flood. We find
this better plan than to depend on
cutting off the flow in the inlet, as that
will sometimes be neglected"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

corn, that like to spread their roots
near the surface where the soil is
warmed by the sun, certainly do not
need to have the earth stirred very
deeply for them, while those that send
their roots down into the subsoil, as
onions, clover, beets, ETC., can do so
almost through the hardest subsoil or
anything excepting a gravel in which
there is no moisture.-American Cult-
yatOr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

ground cistern? l
would like one so
the pump can be in
the house." To this
the editor Of the
Homestead replies:
"a cistern is built
according t 0 t h e
customary methods
with an inlet for
the rain water. In
the bottom or to one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Attractions of New Orleans,

Talking about Cities" said an old
timer who was in Louisville during
the convention of the chiefs of police
recently, "makes me think of a thing
that happened recently in connection
with New Orleans. Some man was
making speech in favor of New Or
leans as the next meeting place. He
called attention to the fact that the
National Bankers Association would
meet here; he said the manufacturers
had decided to meet here, the Confed-
rat Veterans would meet here, the
Daughters of the Confederacy, the In
ternational Association of Woman's
Suffragists, and other organizations
would meet in New Orleans during the
year, and made a strong and eloquent
plea for the association involved to
hold it's annual session in the city of
New Orleans. This claim did not
have any serious effect. But he re-
counted some of the peculiarities of
the city, the love Of music and the
brass band, how the factory hand left
his work to go to the windows, and all
that sort of thing, and concluded by
saying that New Orleans was the hap
piest city in the world. Why he
said, New Orleans gets more pleasure
out of life than any other city. We
play and frolic like no other city. We
have a good time all the time. The
fact is he said, we simply work as a
matter of amusement, and this last
phrase caught the crowd and New
Orleans got the convention. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Riaht in 1t.

81 have been making tour of the
South" remarked J. B. Joseph. 81
was greatly amused on alighting from
the train in Savannah. The station
is surrounded in all directions with a
lot of saloons and cheap restaurants.
In great Illuminated letters over one
Of these saloons was the sign:
"'Open all night.
Next to it was restaurant bear
ing with equal prominence the legend,
we never close.
Third in order was Chinese laun-
dry in little tumbledown howell
and upon the front of this building was
the sign in great scrawling letters,
Me wakee, too milwaukee Sentin-
ell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Potato Cakes

Take cold mashed potatoes. moister2,
with a little cream, and wWk in suffi-
cient flour, in which baking powder iss.
mixed to make a firm dough, adding q
pinch of salt. Roll out the potato
paste, thinly sprinkle with dry flour
or a beaten egg, cut into rounds, and
bake on hot griddle for ten minutes
butter while hot, and serve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Trimming Plum Trees.

The trimming Of plum trees is SINH
lar to that Of the peach. Do not trim
a plum tree for two or three years, as
the little shoots bear the first fruit,
and let them remain until you have
had good crop. Afterward trim the
trees systematically, says Mr.. Skill
man, a successful New Jersey plum
grower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Reef Hash.

Chop rather fine cold roast beef and
twice the amount of cold boiled po~
tato. Put piece Of butter into fry
ing pan, and when melted put in the
meat and potatoes. Add enough beef
gravy or stock to moisten; stir occa-
sionally; let it brown on the bottom
of the pan, and then turn cut like an
omelet on q hot platter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
.-ur7's LULLABY
PWN

liza the tree-tops and sur
Ct a. Ions goodnight
>, y. little one, sleep;
Z, u rs of Nh ,a as the mountain in warm
r aAsa ablIls gl7I Ifgbt
furx|I besI 4 s-o" r 4Il.T one. sleep;
= eaSesE nok ,.s 5osb their songs, the lambs
II, however s.s their play,
La Loeb ,ss., of, Of night steals the fast
5 slssaak secra 5 9so day.
pr9Sient Ro 15I5 lamps twinkle in skies far
+, loeb is a5 .s, little one, sleep.
Alb, 81, , ,o,oa
T. where he n eyes close with their lashes
on Oct mg
}erinan s5ese $.sn little one, sleep.
parents . s.t5er sits rocking and Groom
r md he ~ her song,
sed to -. ss.n little one, sleep:
Cd ia aes,..s hand Ioosens it's hold from
and sftss for the land of sweet slum-
Wa enable, her and joy
mnlete bss angels keep watch DER my
lad leff so'rght bonny boy,
Shorthand Sleep, little one. sleep.
la y cffIce. ea3 H. wilson, III 'ne "onl@n )
lilies ami Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Granu1ated EyeIida.

An alum paste made by rubbing a
small piece of alum into the white OF
an egg until curd is formed. Apply
to the eyelids upon retiring at nights
tying a piece of soft linen over the
eyes will often entirety cure the trou-
BILE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28
Curry of Chicken and R5ce

Make white SAUCE as follows: Melt
one tablespoonful of bu21er without
browning; add one tablespoonful of
flour and stir until smooth; add one
cup Of milk and stir continually until
it thickens; add one teagpoonful of
curry powder, one-half Of n cup OF
boiled rice, one-half of cup of cold
Table Talk
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

Mrs. Lou Detwiler, Of O'Brien Coun-
ty, writes Iowa Homestead: "WiH you
please give a good plan for an under
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-28

No man need expect to cut a dasi
by cutting his acquaintances.