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EnR RENT

STORE 1925 Chapel Street, corner Day.
 Apply at 1923 CHAPEL STREET. m27 If
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Patent Stove Brick Bake Best.

FOR SALE-1,000 set Patent Stove Brick: every set warranted one year. Orders re- celved 763 STATE STREET
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Special communication of the Olive Branch Lodge will be held at 1 o'clock, Friday afternoon, for the purpose of at. tending the funeral of Past Master Thom- as B. Gold. Sister lodges in the city are invited to attend.
 A. r. LAUTENSACk, Master. W. k. ISbell Secretary i5 2t
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BOILER FOR SALE

BOILEK FOR SALE, A SECONDHAND boiler, about 40 hbrsex LEVI c. GILBERT CO, ms If 9 Water Street.
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e1Ia1tenlts.
ltent Stove Brick fit any stove.
MAssAGE--EIEcTPyc,Ty

SATISFACTORY treatment given by MISS LEEKE, Gaduate c. T. $. Ladies taught to massage their own faces. Take Sylvan
 Avenue car to Asylum Street. No. 1121 ASYLUM In13 If X,
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DEATHS.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
LOST.

POCKETBOOK containing bills, silver, etc, neighborhood of Kensington, Chapel and Winthrop Avenue, Reward. E. A LAW TON, S2 Church Street. i6 lip
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SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATIONS WANTED, s BY a cook, and by a chambermaid and waitress. Apply, at present employers, a. HIGH STREET. J4St
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 FOR RENT,
OLIVE BRANCH LODGE.

room, cheap suitable for two
 Running water. go BRADLEY. j6 3tp
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WANTED, SITUATIONS
 FOR several good cooks and general housed work girls A German woman as housesS keeper. MRS. STERNBERG, EmploymeIitg Agency, 94 Church St. Tel. 1410-5. j6 1tHs
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WANTED,
WANTED.

BEST help for any Kind of work can al. ways be secured here. with our long es- tablished and largest business In the state. We can guarantee satisfaction. Wa have more and better help than can be found elsewhere. We know, and have dlls carded, most of the useless class; evety-f body knows that thls Is the most reliable pl0yment Agency 775 CHAPEL ST. th
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06

The agricultural colleges and the ex-
pertinent stations as well as the expert
ments of our successful stock raisers
and feeders have shown beyond contrs.-
diction and controversy, that In all farm
animals that are raised for meat, early
maturity gives much more profit than
the old fashioned way of keeping the
animals for longer time In which to
mature. 1t has been thoroughly dem.
onstrated that there Is more money in
maturing the steer at two years old than
there Is to let him run and take three or
four years to reach the same weight.
The same is true of the hog. If he can
be made to weigh $50 to 300 pounds by
the time he is eight to ten months old
more profit will be given than If the
weight was obtained in IL to eighteen
months. Good judgment, care and skill
are required to do this successfully, and
only the breeder and feeder who exer-
cises these qualities can make the bust
ness success and realize the highest
profit from his work. 1t has been dem
onstrated, that the young animal takes
less food to make pound of growth
than an old one, and as it is the policy
of the feeder to get as many pounds of
meat as possible for his feed, this can
be done better with young animals
Farmers Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06
Cows in the Alps.

The COWS in the Alps are generally
very large and fine, OF a dark mouse
color growing white at the muzzle,
writes q correspondent of The Chicago
Journal. Each one has name, and a
bell around her neck, and as the
herder must be with them all day, they
are so accustomed to being with human.
kind that they really seem to have
human intelligence. Several mornings,
when staying in the homes of the
mountaineers, have got up at day
break to see them milk and care for
their herds, and as 1 saw how gently
they handled them, and the trustful
way the cows would lay their heads
against the keepers, IS if trying in their
dumb way to express their affection, it
added to my regard for the sturdy fell
lows, who looked as if they might be
as rough as bears.
One COW, who leads the herd, has q
much larger bell than the others, and as
she starts off the rest follow along the
narrow path up the mountain side, the
different bells tinkling like chimes in
the early morning air and forming q
very romantic pastoral scene.
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Food Prices and Politics.

The medium class restaurants and
hotels hlve felt obliged to raise their
prices for food. One of the proprietors
explains to . reporter that at is a case
of put up prices or shut up shop" He
says that during the last five years
about the era of MCKINLEY prosperity"
food prices have advanced so per
cent, and SO per cent. of this has been
scored since last January"
Every housekeeper who is obliged to
take account of expenses is conscious
of an increase in the cost of living,
without lin the great majority of cases)
any compromising increase in wages or
salary.
II this state of things shall continue
until the fall elections-and there are
no signs of an abatement of the trouble
lit will very possibly affect the voting
seriously for the party in power. The
farmers and the trusts may be satisfied
with prosperity" but how about the
commemorative outnumber them many
times.
When the republican party was de-
feated after the rise in prices due to the
Mckinley tariff Mr.. Blaine said: at
was the shopping women who did it."
May not the dining men and the bill
paying housewives "do something this
year?-N. Y. World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06

The needlework picture seems to
have made Its first appearance in the
first years Of the reign of Charles l.,
for. although Elizabethan and Jacobe.
an are said to exist, one with an abso-
lutely unimpeachable pedigree is yet to
be found, and the costumes in the old
est specimens the writer has yet seen
certainly indicate that they cannot be
assigned to date before 1880. The
earliest Stuart pictures are worked
with silks OH coarse. irregularly WOW
en- brownish linen canvas. III the fine.
slanting stitch taken over single
thread. which is technically known as
"tent STITCH" or petit point. This
method of working produced an effect
much resembling that of tapestry. by
which. indeed. the embroidered pic
ture was probably suggested. AS time
went on the simple stltchery was
elaborated, portions of the design be-
ing wrought in silver passing fine
metallic thread passed through the ma
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Plant Exposure.

All the windows of house can be
utilized for plant growing provided we
are careful in our selection and adapt
the plants to the window 1t is to grow
In. II l were asked to give list of
plants adapted to the several expos.
ures. the list would be something like
this: For eastern windows. fuchsias,
begonias, callas. Chinese primroses, Pri-
mula obconica. aEaleas, plulnbago. ste.
Was. lobelias and all kinds of dubious
plants; for southern windows gerani-
ums. roses, chrysanthemums, carna-
tons, lantanas. oxalis, oleanders, abu-
hlons, hibiscus, marguerites and most
of the plants having richly colored TO-
liage; for western windows bright
leaved plants and few of the more
accommodating" plants like the gera-
mum. provided the effect Of too strong
sunshine is modified somewhat; for
northern windows ferns, arucarias,
English ivies, palms. asridistra, ficuses
and selignellas. Roman hyaclnths,
Primula obconica and Chinese prim,
roses will often bloom we'll in sunless
windows.-Home and Flowers.
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Silent Sounds.

You do not hear it, Unto me
Inc sweet. low sound comes ceaselessly,
And, floating, floods the earth and sky
With tender tone.
You do not hear the restless beat
Upon the floor of childish feet
vi feet that treat tho fiow'ry street
OF heaven, alone.
At morn, at noon, at eve. at night
hear the patter, soft and light,
And catch the CLEAN of wings, snow white.
About my door.
And on the silent air Is borne
The voice that from my world was torn
That left me. comfortless, to mourn,
Forever more.
Sometimes. there floats from out the street,
A burst OF laughter. shril and sweet,
And l, forgetting, turn to greet
My darling fair.
Soft as the ripple of the stream
BreeZe-kissed beneath the moons pale bea N,
How strangely real doth 1t seem!
And he not there.
All, no; you cannot hear him call;
You catch no laugh, no light football;
am his mother-tIat Is all
And He who said
u Will not leave thee desolateo
Has, somehow. loosed the bands of fate,
And left ajar the golden gate
Which hides my dead.
The Commoner.
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THE TELLTAuE THUMB.
Its Marks and Lines a.A Its sigaal
From the Brain.

Its Marks and Lines anA Its Signal
From the Brain.
A tremendous amount of nonsense
has been written about thumb marks.
1t Is claimed That the curious skin con-
dguration on the ball Of the thumb Ia
never the same in any two people and
that 1t never changes. The first state
ment Is correct, and the same thing can
be said of the lines on the palm and
the creases on the bottom of the feet.
But the assertion that the thumb marks
never change throughout life is de-
ctded exaggeration. The alteration may
come from variety Of causes-any.
thing, In fact, that will destroy the
outer layer of skin.
Another modifying cause is the tend.
ency Of the thumb to develop little
horizontal creases rs one grows old.
This is especially true Of mechanics and
other working people who use tools,
and eventually the creases will break
up the lines to such an extent that 1t
Is equivalent almost to a rearrange-
ment Of the pattern. Specialists in
nerve diseases by an examination of
the thumb can tell II the patient is
affected or likely to be affected by
paralysis. ms the thumb signals this
long before it is visible in any other
part Of the body. II the danger symp-
toms are evidenced there, an operation
is performed on what Is known as the
thumb center" Of the brain, and the
liz often removed
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A big st. Bernard dog recently saved
the life Of Josie Smith, aged nine years,
who fell into an open clstern. Passers-
BY saw the dog shifting and smelling
around the curb, and then they saw
him disappear through the hole. In q
short time they heard muf1ed bsrks
and they at once ran to the spot. They
found the noble animal supporting the
little girls head out of water with its
paws, while 1t Kept up barking for
help. The girl was lifted out and then
the big dog was assisted from the els
tern. The animal followed the girl and
watched over her until she was fully
restored to consciousness.
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terial instead of being applied; hence
Its name.-Connoisseu
70. C.n,t Avo,a Ola A..

People grow old unnecessarily"
says writer. Wrong. People grow
old because they can't help it. Occa-
sionally you find men who are still use.
ful and vigorous at seventy-five, but
such men inherit unusual health from
their ancestors. They are not cheer
full at seventy-five because of any "sys-
tem." The average human machinery
wears out in from sixty-eight to seven.
ty-hve years. Ever remark the great
number of deaths that occur between
sixty-eight and seventy-tive? The will
power has nothing to do with the kid
neys or the liver. a man who accepts
old age as fact and acts as an old
man should will live longer than the
old man who tries to be boy and in
dulges in boyish designations when he
should be in bed.-Atchison Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06

The large and increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead In this county
is matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, of
all the papers of Its class in the coun-
try. 1t Is easily the best and most help
full. Its Special Farmers Institute
editions, Issued with the regular edition
the first week in each month, have been
for years the admiration of all practi-
cal farmers. Written wholly by farm
ers, they are full Of actual experience,
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec
tal Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of the most valuable farm publ.
cations In the country, that enable us to
cffer the four In connection with our
own paper for $3.50 for the entire five,
enc year. This is emphstically q good
thing, and no, farmer In this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been offered before that equals It. A
county paper, q farm paper, poultry
paper, farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, all for 81. %
Come In and order them.
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NATURAL HISTORY.
oroughbred dogs are less intellI-

Thoroughbred dogs are less intelll.
gent than mongrels.
A full grown elephant can carry
three tons on its back.
The horse has no eyebrows.
There are $500 muscles in the body
Of q moth.
The Dorking fowl is the only living
bird which In Its adult condition DOS.
sesses five toed foot.
The largest bird of prey In the old
world is the lammergeier, or bearded
vulture, which has q wing expanse of
nine to ten feet.
Comparatively few horses attain to
seventeen hands, but Kansas boasts Of
one that measures twenty hands and
weighs 2, 412 pounds.
Wasps may often be observed de-
taching from fences, boards or any old
wood the fibers. which they afterward
manufacture into papier mache.
The smallest of British animals ia
the harvest mouse, which makes a
globular nest in wheatields. A full
grown specimen weighs half an ounce.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06
As.smins Hu.band.' Names.

The practice of the wife assuming
the husbands name at marriage, ac-
cording to DR.. Brewer, originated from
a Roman custom and became the com.
mon custom after the Roman occupa-
don. Thus Julia and Octavia, married
to Pompey and Cicero, were called by
the Romans Julia of Pompey, Octayia
of Cicero. and In latter times married
women in most European countries
signed their names in the same manner,
but omitted the ''of." Against this
view may be mentioned that during the
sixteenth and even at the beginning of
the seventeenth century the usage
seems doubtful, since we find Catha-
rlne Parr SO signing herself after she
had been twice married, and we al
ways hear of Lady Jane Grey mot
Dudley, Arabella Stuart mot Sey-
mour), etc.
Some persons think that the custom
originated from the Scriptural teaching
that husband and wife are one.
This was the rule of law so far back
as Bracton died 126S), and it was de.
cided in the case OF Bon versus Smith,
In the reign Of Elizabeth, that woman
by marriage loses her former name and
legally receives the name of her hus.
band. Altogether the custom is involy.
ed in much obscurity.
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The Friars in the Philippines.

Judge Taft's mission at Rome result.
ed In defining of the basis upon which
1t will evidently prove feasible to settle
the land question, and to dispose of var
ious other disputes relating to charita-
BILE, educational, and ecclesiastical prop
erty. AS to the withdrawal of the friars,
1t must be remembered that this is
matter of no immediate concern to the
American authorities. The people who
are most inflexibly determined that
these Spanish members of the religious
orders shall leave the islands are Catho.
lie parish priests and the whole Filipino
body of lay members of the church.
This hostility is so great that the friars
have not for several years been able to
occupy their lands, or to ofliciate in any
way in the parishes where they were
once powerful through the support of
the Spanish Government. 1t is not diff
ficult to understand, on reflection, that
the Vatican should dislike to be put in
the position of making direct agree
ment to withdraw the friars. In the
first place, this might be offensive to
important elements of church support
In Spain; in the second place, it might
be regarded as humiliating to the great
worldwide orders of which these par
ticular friars are members. What the
Vatican would prefer would be to have
this whole subject left to the discretion
of the church authorities, to be worked
out gradually, and without any show of
compulsion or pressure. 1t would prop
ably be regarded as violation of the
treaty of peace with Spain if the United
States should forcibly remove the frlars
from the Philippines. The great point,
as 1t seems to us, is gained when the fri
ara title to agricultural lands are extin-
guished by the payment of fair COM
pensation. The Vatican could have no
motive for wishing to have the proceeds
ofthe sale of these lands used for the re.
establishment anywhere in the islands
OF wholly unwelcome members of the
religious orders. On one pretext or an
other, these frisrs will inevitably be
Withdrawn, and they naturally go either
to Spain or to the South American
counties. Judge Taft's sojourn at
Rome will have proved fairly success
full in the end. From 1.-THE Progress of
the World" In the American Monthly
Review OF Reviews for August.
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A Royal Tragedy.

Frederick l. of Prussia was killed by
fear. his wife was insane. and one
day she escaped from her keepers and,
dabbling her clothes in blood, rushed
upon her husband while he was doing
in his chair. King Frederick imagined
her to be the white lady whose ghost
was believed to appear whenever the
death of a member of the royal family
was to occur. and he was thrown into
fever and died in six weeks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06

NOt tne b.. -.otel Clerk.
with all lis ...i!,s," began NJ.
Fairchild, .,tiic Il til man is u first
class fellow. Mho will so long way
to keep his guests from shining too
much in public or from being seen by
doubtful guests. l recall an instance
which happened to me in New York
not long ago. had registered in the
morning MD. leaving my key ut the
hotel. came ba again in the evening.
Finding the niant clerk on, but not
on to me. asked him, giving him my
name, If was in. Not knowing the
number of my room, decided this.was
the way to find out.
HE looked at me rather suspiciously.
Evidently the result of his inspection
was not reassuring, for, after making
bluff at feeling in my box, he replied
quite stiffiy:
"'No, sir; Mr.. Fairchild is not in
l sat down on the lounge and said
calmly:
"'Well, when he comes in please tell
him that he is here looking for him.
SELF
"The porter carried the clerk up
stairs. New York Tribune.
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The Redemption of the "Tumbleweed. >

Inc Redemption OF the "Tumbleweed.
A few years ago, as will be remember
ed by any who pay any attention to agri-
cultural matters, the note Of alarm was
sounded that the Russian thistle, or
"tumbleweed,' was getting foothold
in tie Northwest, and elaborate direc-
tions were sent out from the expert
mental stations and schools of sgrlcul-
ture for exterminating it. This thistle,
when 1t reaches a certain stage Of
growth, becomes detached from the soil
and owing to its peculiar shape rolls
over the prairie In light wind, scatter
ing its seeds everywhere. In order to
get rid of 1t when it first made its sp.
pearsnce in this section, long stretches
of wire fence were built by some farm
ers to catch and stop the weed as 1t
rolled along-then it was gathered in
mighty piles and burned. But it was
not long before the discovery was made
that the despised tumbleweed had been
very much maligned. Instead of being
an unmitigated nuisance and pest, it
was found to be valuable forage plant,
much rclished by stock, and that 1t
could upon a pinch be made to take the
place of grass or hay. OF late, no com
plants have been filed against the Rus
sian thistle, and nobody seems to Dor
row any trouble lest it may overrun the
farms. On the contrary we find, in the
latest report of one of the state boards
of agriculture, elaborate directions for
utilizing it as feed. One farmer says
he was led to change his opinion of the
Russian thistle by observing the greedy
manner in which live stock would eat
the young plants; and now, wherever
they are present, he advises their use as
pasture or hay. The thistles grow on
broken land, and may be grazed upon
to within three weeks of cutting for hay,
needing no rain In the interim.
In this little history may be seen the
bounteous efforts constantly being
made by nature to provide food for
man and beast. A plant is not necesss-
rilY to be condemned because 1t grows
wild. How many of our most service
able vegetables, cereals, grasses and
fruits have been developed by culture
from plants that were at one time re-
gsrded as noxlous2 In this list we can
certainly enumerate the potato and the
tobacco leaf-and it is said that the
glorious apple tree was evolved from q
bush of thorny rose variety. Truly,
agriculture is great science. By Do.
tient investigation and intelligent direc.
ton the once hateful tumbleweed has
been made to do profitable service in
milk and meat production Farmers
Tribune.
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Children and Secrets.

Never talk secrets before a child
"little pitchers have long ears" II
you do. and he repeats what he has
heard, as most likely he will, and thus
perhaps makes mischief. 1t will be
wrong to scold him. You will for your
imprudence have yourself only to
blame. One woman meets another
woman OH the street, and they will
stop and gossip about all sorts Of
things while the small boy or little
girl standing beside them listens to all
they say. We should be especially
careful in the presence Of children Of
what we say and Of whom we speak.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-08-06
Fate Wouldn't supp,x r,,a.


A woman left her husband a short
time ago. giving as reason for 1t that
she had consulted an astrologer and
been told by him that 1, was her des.
tiny to be a great woman. but that in
marrying she had committed serious
error. As long as she remained with
her husband she would fail to achieve
the greatness fate intended for her.
She stayed away from home only four
weeks, however.
Il see you doubt the astrologers in.
depreciation of your destiny" said her
sister.
Not in the least" replied the woman,
but neither the astrologer or fate pro-
vided the money. and as I had to give
up money or fame chose to sacrifice
the latter."-New York Press.
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why a Blue Rose I. Imno,.,h,.

why Blue Rose IL Impossible,
A florist makes the assertion that a
blue rose is among the impossibilities:
but, while an explanation Of this curl.
Gus fact may be equally impossible, he
faiis to mention very interesting law
which governs the colorings of all
flowers. A knowledge of this law
would save many flower growers hours
of unavalling and foolish hope. The
law is simply this: The three colors-
red. blue and yellow--never all appear
In the same species of flowers; any
two may exist, but never the third,
Thus we have the red and yellow
roses, but no blue; red and blue VERDE
mas. but no yellow; yellow and blue in
the various members of the viola fam.
lily las pansles, for instance), but no
red; red and yellow gladoll, but no
blue, and SO on.