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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
ADVANCE in VALUE.
Prices Go Up and Mining the Stones
Is Again Profitable.


Is Again Profitable.
Colombia's emerald mines, which
have not been worked since the eight
zenith century. are to be re-opened and
operated by company of American
and British capitalists. The mines, in
the Chivor district, are practically in
the same condition as they We're In
1892, when they We're closed by order
of the King of Spain. because their
operation was no longer profitable,
owing to the low price of emeralds.
Colombia is rich country and has
many valuable deposits of gold, sill
yer, and precious stones, but on &C.
count of the scarcity of labor the
aboriglnes do most of the work in the
mines, and they use only the rudest
implements of wood and stone. The
great difficulty that confronts e pros
pector in Colombia is the method of
transportation. The country Is the
most mountainous in the world, and
the only means of sending freight to
the coast is by pack mules and by boat
on the great rivers, which is most diff
ficult and expensive.
"rhe diamond Is no longer the most
expensive gem" said an old miner.
CAS- regards monetary value, 1t Is far
surpassed by the ruby and the emer-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

our section, jned the same company, and
marched days an days together, hungry
sometimes, but oftener tired an sleepy.
Oh, me. but war is dreadful! Jimmy new
err got back to the old home nor to his
lassie, Nettie Ray; and here am without
my good right arm-a sleeve empty, an a
crippled leg besides: la. labut we fought
In glorious cause, an we come out VIC
tors"
But Jimmy. Uncle Tedy'
Jimmy? Why, that's who Pm talk
in bout. Jimmy, you see, was a fair
haired boy, an rs often fancied sort
O. chicken-hearted Shows what fool
l was, that's all.
Jimmy, he an me kept together for
time. went foragin', and must say he
could jist cook chicken or turkey beau
tiful; he'd white hands like woman,
yes, an curls, yellow curls.
The battle where he fell was Mt, Shi
loh; somehow we'd got separated. an in
the midst o. that fearful slaughter
saw close to me our colonel man we
all loved, who had beautiful wife an
baby, as we all knew. One o the rets
leaped forward and was jst goin' to lay
ont our colonel. when up flew his arm
an he fell dead from Jimmy's shot. Then
other Confcdcratcs sprang Mt us, anl
we had lively time, and we all fought
like tigers. All, me! ali, meI'
WAS Jimmy killed them"
Jimmy? oh, fust thing l knew our
colonel was down, wounded in the breast.
as we found afterward. Jimmy bent over
him. lifted him in his arms-in his left
arm, for he still fought with his right
an he sung out to me, gay an cheerful:
Cover me, Ted, the best you can.
Pm takin' the colonel to his wife an
baby
II tried to save him. l think they
found out then the mettle in my good
right arm; they'd ought, fur they shot it
away in less than ten minutes.
~ begun TO back out after that. felt
sort o weak; an us l went wondered
if Jimmy got away with the colonel.
had left the hottest O. the fray; there
was just then re-enforccments, an on
stumbled over dead an dying myself
most dead with pain an loss o blood.
AS l went on slowly like, l saw n
slender. boyish form, head o. yellow
curls. among which was a crimson mass,
an'--an' that was Jimmy"
"DeadT'
"Oh. yes; killed by ball, but couldn't
see the colonel nowhere. So as l Went
away, where my arm got little atten-
tion, found that the colonel had been
assisted off the battlefield by his own
wife an servant, who, sure enough. was
lookin' fur him.
That's the story O. my boyhood's
chum; that's the reason old maid Miss
Ray never married, an reckon you
don't wonder wished we knew where
his grave was. SO we could cover it over
with towers!'
II wish we could, Uncle Ted, but
with tender smile-''the heroes are not
all dead. Seems to me we've got one in
our own family, eh?'
Tut, tut; only did my duty, that's
all. that's all; but Jimmy was hero.
true blue"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Congo .Dwarfs.


In certain respects the great Congo
forest of western Central Africa is the
most wonderful region in the world
There are ape-like negroes and curious
little Congo dwarfs. These dwarfs are
less than five feet high, and their be
havior is strangely like that Of the
brownies and COLLINS found in fairy
stories. Their remarkable power of be.
coming invisible by adroit hiding be.
hind heritage and rocks; their habit of
making home in holes and caverns,
their mischievousness and good-nature.
all seem to suggest that 1t was some
such race as this which inspired leg
endary stories of little people having
supernatural attributes, says the Pail
Mall Magazine.
These dwarfs are good or bad neigh.
bors to the ordinary natives, according
to the treatment they receive. If their
depredations on the banana groves, or
their occasional thefts of tobacco or
maize are ignored, CT even If small
gifts of food are left where they may
easily find them, they will leave, in
their nightly visitations, return gifts Of
meat, or skins and ivory. Sometimes
they will even steal children, and leave
their own tiny offspring in the place Of
those they have taken.
These pygmies live entirely by hunt
ing. although they eat wild honey, as
well as meat. They live separately, in
tiny huts four feet high. Even to tho
children are given isolated huts as soon
rs they can leave their mothers.
Although they are in some respects
quite near the apes in their physical
characteristics, they are more clever
than the larger negroes. They learn
languages easily. and the women,
when they marry, make affectionate
and dutiful wives.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Firhtinr AnimoI Discnsc.

Intelligent and aggressive campaigns
against animal disease in this country
are evidently more satisfactory than in
some foreign countries, says American
Agriculturist. Germany has been able
to make little or no Roadway against
tuberculosis. Notwithstanding efforts
of the sanitary authorities to weed out
this disease ard the scientific methods
employed, the percentage of diseased
animals, both cattle and swine, is slow
ly increasing. Out of more than l.G00,-
600 cattle annually slaughtered and I'M
der the watehful eye of the German
government AZ to 10 per cent We're
found tubereulous.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
BROOD SOW HOUSE.

any SOW When the door is open it
will let the sun in and il the door is
shut 1t will keep the rain out am
in favor of Il little sunshine Cor pigs
and l think it is a great help to them
The house must be put up east and
west and the doors be put In on the
south side. The doors are made to
swing back, rs seen at A. B. shows
how to make a door. Where the legs
come together or cross each other
bore hole and put bolt through the
legs and fence board. A Ike is used to
hold the building together every four
and half feet. The small doors 2N2
where sows go in and out are shown
also. Little gates are made to pen them
I'm
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Astounding speed of Rir,s.

Five hundred and forty miles an hour
is beyond the widest dreams Of Mr..
Behr, the mono-railist, but the Rev. L.
L. Daubeny, of Market Weston, Eng
land, states that that is the speed at
which the northern blue-t throat de
clared to have only moderate powers
of flight') migrates. 1t gets, he says In
Nature Notes." from Egypt to He'll,
goland IN spring night of barely nine
hours. Tho Virginian plover makes 636
miles an hour In its journey of 1900
miles from Labrador 20 North Brazil.
The bird that travels at this unlmagn-
able speed scars so high that the re-
sistance of the air is reduced to mini
mum,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

ald.' and even the pearl is rated high
er. The emerald is at present the
most fashionable stone. and brings
good prices. An emerald of medium
size and purity that may have cost
about $50 few years ago cannot be
had to-day for less than $3.50. Re-
Gently an emerald of three carats was
sold for $50, while one of six carats
brought $1,000. A diamond of exactly
the same size costs about $1,000. 1t
must not be assumed, however. that
diamonds are depreciating In value.
Other stones. and especially emeralds,
simply have risen in price OF late In q
surprising manner"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

II don't reckon as we could find it at
this late day, nohow."
"Find what, Uncle Ted?"
Jimmy Dare.s grave. Jimmy Dare.
the hero o Shiloh-one o the heroes"
who was he? What did he do? Tell
me all about him."
why, la me! What's such lads as
you know about war and so on. Twas
In your fathers time-yes, in your grand
fathers, even.
you see, Jimmy an me We're chnms
from boyhood, an reckon bout the only
thing we ever did differ.>in was our
sweethearts: an when the war broke out
We was among the fust volunteers from
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Incubntors Versus Hens.

A correspondent says he fears that
none of the manufacturers of lncuba-
tors can rs yet hold a candle anywhere
to setting hen. But there are so many
poor hens that will do everything but
set properly that 1000 eggs set in ma
chimes, even though they do not work
quite satisfactorily, will usually give as
many chicks as 1000 eggs under hens,
and machine will set when you can
find no hens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Corn Two Dollars a Bushel.

A Western paper says that farmers
who kept their corn last fall, and fed
it out to coed stock, are now realizing
two dollarsa bushel for 1t ut the current
prices for prime steers. This profit, of
course, goes only to those who know
how to select good feeding stock, and
to feed them judiciously as well as lib
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

pots filed with fine and rich soil,
and grown in this manner I'M
der the protection of cold
frame until June, when they may
be transplanted to the open ground.
The plants should be set two and one
half feet apart in rich soil and manure
should be worked in around the roots
frequently during the seaaon of growth.
The Illustration shows the variety.
Sweet Mountain, which is very mild in
flavor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28


market gardener.
To get the best re-
suits with peppers
the seeds should be
startedin a hot bed,
and when the
plants are about an
inch high they
should be trans
planted to small
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Wonderful Seeds.

Beware of the man with wonderful
seed. He Is vertable gold-brick
artist in plausible disguise. His stock
comprises buffalo grass seed, corn
LOGO years cid taken from an Aztec
tomb and of wonderful productivenrss,
wheat taken from a Nile pyramid,
wonderful forage grass of drought
resisting qualities from the Sahara
desert, and other products from dis
tant lands. 1t won't pay to expert
ment with him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
REVERSIBLE MOWER
That Can Cut Grass and Grain Blown
Down by the Wind.

1t is well known that with mowers
and rea.:ers 1t is difficult to cut grass
or grain which has been blown down
by the wind and become lodged on the
ground. This trouble arises largely
from the necessity of having to cut
around and around the piece on all
sides with the machines now in use,
instead of doing all the cutting on the
most convenient side. To provide a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Hints for the Stable.

Never-use musty or dirty litter.
Whitewash the stable once or twice
n year; use land plaster in the manure
cutters daily.
Clean and thoroughly air the stable
before milking; in hot weather sprln-
kle the floor.
Use no dry, dusty feed just previous
to milking; if fodder is dusty, sprinkle
1t before 1t is fed.
Keep dairy cattle in a room or build
ing by themselves. 1t is preferable to
have no cellar below and no storage
loft above.
Stables should be well ventilated.
lighted and drained; should have tight
floors and walls and be plainly CON
structed.
Every trial shows better returns
when wheat is mixed with some other
grain than when fed alone, although If
prices permit it wheat may probably
form four-ffths of grain ration. Mix
ing with other grains overcomes the
tendency to form pasty mess.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

orally. Not since the early seventies
have the stock raisers received such
prices for beef cattle and hogs rs they
are getting now, and the cause was the
same as to-day, high prices for the ami
mails to be fed and high prices for
grain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
The above diagram shows your
chances of attaining various ages.
Rirthplacc of Pestilence.

The marshy ground of the Ganges
delta, with its vast masses of vege-
tation decaying under tropical sun,
is the native home of cholera. In that
pestilcntial region cholera and plague
are found every year and all the year
round. Every cholera epidemic which
has desolated Europe, every visitation
of the plague, is believed to have
started from the mouth of the Ganges.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Corn crnn of 1902.

From what we read in our agricul-
tural and other exchanges, 1t seems
likely that the acreage of corn planted
this year will be larger than ever be-
fore, and some of them are expressing
n fear that the business will be over
done, and that prices will so SO low as
to render the crop an Improbable one.
IL so the loss must fall upon those
States which are known as the corn
growing sections, where corn is grown
for sale. We hope our readers, who are
mostly In the Eastern States, will not
be frightened out of any intention they
have formed to grow corn this year.
They may If they please plan to have
cattle, swine and poultry to feed it to
If they have good crops, and they will
find that better than selling the corn,
and very much better than buying corn
to feed. They may find that drought or
other causes may again, reduce the
Western corn crop, and il they chance
to have n few bushels more than they
can feed to good advantage, 1t will not
be necessary to dispose of 1t Mt once, as
IL 1t were peaches or tomatoes. 1t will
be good more than one year if well
cared for, and we used to hear an old
farmer say that corn in the crib and
hay in the NOW was better than money
in the bank. He seldom wanted to feed
out corn less than year old, but next
fall will not find much year-old corn in
this country. american Cultlvutor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

distinctive writer's
writer's of the
West. His stories
immortalized the
western mining
camp and reelected
the atmosphere of
those days. half a
century ago, when
California was the
Mecca of the gold
seekers. Quaint,
humorous aud rn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Duty of the Dairy Commissioner.

Duty of the Dairy Commissioner.
1t is the duty of the dairy and food
commissioner of any State to carefully
inquire into the quality of the dairy
food and drink products and see that
all foods are pure, free from adultera-
ton and wholesome. This of course is
big task. and II may be some time be-
fore all of the States can come up to
the standard. a good start, however,
has been made, and where politics is
kept out of the office much good has
hnan 1ppo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Weed Out Poor Cows,

If you cannot afford to feed the whole
herd well, feed the fresh cows enough
1t would be better to weed out the
cows that do not pay for their feed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Alum as medicine has been in cop,-
mon use for nearly 800 years. 1t Is
found in many quarters of the world.
and several varieties are known to
commerce.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Good HOG Hnnsc.

A Nebraska correspondent writes
Iowa Homestead as follows: 81 have
noticed number of hog houses for
brood sows, but have seen none such
rs we use In our neishborhood. put
one up lately and will describe it.
used 2x4's for the frame sided with
drop siding or shlplap and rooted with
roofing cut in two, six feet on one side
and four feet on the other, to make
doors. For platform and floor we used
Ike fencing and yellow pine. For foun-
dation we used red cedar posts. 1t can
be built any length desired. The one
put up is fifty feet long and the plat
form is 11x1S feet. The stalls are 4laX7
feet, which l think is big enough for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Many Trees Are Planted.

An expert in forestry asserts that
never before were so many trees plant
ed in this country as last wear.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

The demand for peppers that are mild
in flavor is increasing yearly, and the
vegetable is one that may be grown
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Young men think old men fools, and
old men know young men to be so.-
Netcalf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

A dog belonging at n poor mans
house mnSt have . hard time in win
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
THE WESTERN MINING CAMP.
1t Has Been Immortalizcd in the Writ
ings Of Bret Hnrte.

The death of Francis Bret Harte,
which occurred in England. has re-
moved one of the most forcible and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

A society woman's ideal musician is
one who plays good Accomplishments
for conversation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Secretary Wesley Greene of the State
Horticultural Society has discovered
that unless heroic measures are taken
there will be small strawberry crop i'll
Iowa. The sawtiy is getting in its work
in dcfoliating the vines. leaving only the
skeleton of the leaves. Unless this is
stopped the crop will be greatly reduced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

As the result of the conference held in
the office of Superintendent Barrett be-
tween the State Board Of Educational
Examiners and the heads of Iowa col
leges and private institutions of learn
ing. the board of examiners will map
out n course of study for schools of in
structiaon of teachers in the common
schools. This will be the first step taken
by the board of examiners in carrying
out the provisions of the uogue Killing
law for the State recognition and inspec-
ton OF schoc,. that, train teachers for
the common schools |9ses.f.+Isl.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

According to railroad reports on file
with the Secretary of State. Iowa rail
roads during the year 1901 earned $685.
04S,60I, and their expenses amounted to
9,601. 7T9. leaving net earnings amount
ing to Sl6.445, SOB. This is an increase in
net earnings. over business of 1900,
amounting to S1.351 ,I56. an increase in
gross earnings of S3,693,190 and an in
crease in operating expenses of S2,beS,-
TO7.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Chairman Spence has issued the call
for the Republican State convention. TO
he held in Dies Moines Wednesday. July
20. The total number of delegates will
he 1898.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Gov. Cummins has named George Il.
Freeman of Mason City and J. b.
Thompson of Spirit Lake as boat inspec-
tors. They will succeed Clarence u.
Payne of Mason City and Arthur E. Arp
of Okoboii
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-11
To Stamp Out the Cattle Disease.
tBy the Associated Press.)

washington, Dec. 9.-The Department
of Agriculture has appealed to the House
Committee on Agriculture to aid the de-
partment in stamping out the foot and
mouth disease, which has broken out
among cattle in New England, asking
that an emergency appropriation OF $780,
900 or 81, O00,0 900 be made.
The committee is advised that there
are about one hundred herds which, in
the opinion of the department. must be
slaughtered. DR.. Salmon. chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the De-
partment. who is investigating the sltua-
ton, has reported that the price per
head fixed for one herd slaughtered In
New Hampshire was s4S. of which the
department agreed with the State au-
thorities to pay 70 per cent, and this he
thinks will be an average price. The
committee also is advised that 1t Is the
opinion of the department officials that
the disease was transmitted through nay
shipped from abroad.
The Department of Agriculture is anxi-
Gus to take the most vigorous measures
and the Committee on Agriculture is dis
posed to give every possible aid and will
take the subject up Immediately. The
killing of the diseased cattle and the
thorough 6sinfection of the infected
quarters is demanded.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-11
The Elma's Terrible Voyo &c.
(By the Associated Press.)


Newport News, Va, Dec. 9.-The
British schooner Elma, Captain Boards
ley, entered today in disabled condition,
after having one of the toughest voy-
ages up the coast that crew ever lived
to tell of. The foremost, two jibs and
the rudder of the vessel are gone.
The schooner is loaded with $1,000
worth of cocoanuts, loaded at Baraeoa,
Cuba for New York She sailed from
Baracoa on Nocember "a. and did not
reach the Cape until Sunday. The storm
coming up the coast Tuesday struck the
vessel and carried away the foresall,
ibis and rudder, leaving her in this dis
mantled condition to face the still
heavier gale which struck her Wednes-
day and Thursday. The crew managed to
rig up a jury rudder and the voyage up
the coast was continued.
Captain BeSrdsley says that he spoke
to two steamers, but that the sea ran SO
high that it was absolutely impossible
for either of them to get line to him
end he and his crew had almost given
themselves up for lost, when the gale
abated. The whaleback steamer belong
ing to the Standard Oil Company was
one of the two sighted and she lay by
the schooner all Wednesday night al
though she could render no assistance.
When the Capes finally were reached,
Sunday, the crew breathed freely once
more, feeling that they probably never
would be nearer death again than they
had been during the week. AS soon as
possible, a tug was secured and the yes
sci was towed into this port. The cap
tain says that he did not sleep over
twelve hours during the whole voyage
and that his men Jared but little better.