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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Cloths or Clothes.

One learns many strange uses and
misuses of things at country inns, but
let us hope that theSf2llowing expe-
rience related by frlesl OF mine Us
having happened to himself is rare
one: He had gone to bed in an Irish
Inn, bidding the landlady to have him
called at s. At G. however, next morn
ing. she knocked at his door.
We've TO git up" she said.
"What o'clock is it,"
six, surr."
go away. 1 am not going to get up
till s."
At / she reappearcd. 'Indade, and
ye must git up now. It's ~ Finding
him unmoved at her next return, she
said: Git up, there's a sweet gintle-
man. There's two commercial gintle-
men waiting for their breakfast, and /
can't lay the cloth till have yer hon
or's top sheet. - Cornhill Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
a proscst Tint Called.

During my stay in the City of Mexi.
&C" says well known Philadelphian,
y Went out one Sunday to see a bull.
hight. It's the proper thing to do you
know. All the American tourists go
Seated very near to me in the raised
benches of the amphitheater was a Ger
mantown woman whom l know by
sight as an enthusiastic member of the
Society For the Prevention of Cruelt,
to Animals. She is one of those who
insist upon showing n badge every
time driver uses whip on balky
horse and demanding an arrest.
well, she had her little badge on all
right, and when the fight between the
bull and the picadors became pretty
hot she Jumped up in her seat and de.
manded that it be stopped. Stop this
at once she shouted, waving her arms
sit down. Maud, and don't make foo
of yourself" exclaimed her husband
But she insisted upon having her owr
way. L am member of the Penn
sylrania Society For the Prevention Of
Cruelty n An!s.aais, she declared way
ing the lapel of-her coat that contained
the button. I demand that this butch
cry shall cease Everybody laughed Al
Z her, and after awhile she went out
taking her husband with her."-Phila
delphia Record,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
PELLETS OF SNOW.

How They Fling and Drift In the
Adirondack Region.
On good driftmaking day in the
Adirondacks the SNOW comes not in
the star shaped flakes that look so
pretty when portrayed on q page of the
dictionary, but in small pellets. These
pellets are in shape like tiny white
footballs usually and they come roll
ing and tumbling down wind as II they
had been "kicked for fair" by the half
back gods Of the gale. And yet while
they roll and tumble aud bound they
ind lodging places, and as the idler
gazes he sees them pile up in n wall on
the crest of the road cut Higher and
higher grows the pile. forming ut first
vertical wall, but before this has
risen three inches it is seen 10 overhnng
the sulch.
Though round and easily rolled, these
pellets in some way fit to each other as
bricks would, until the overhang is per-
haps fifth as great us the elevation Of
the wall, and then, marvellous and i'm,
possible us it would seem to the unnc-
customed observer, lip forms on the
crest of the wall, and soon it begins to
droep and hang down. Wider and loli
ger 1t grows, farther and farther it
droops. until its shape is precisely like
the, lip formed OH a huge wave when
1t breaks Oil u shoal water beach. Lips
that are ten feet wide and hang down
three feet clear OF all, though but SIX
or eight inches thick where they join
the chin of the wall, are not uncom-
mon. BY what magic is 1t that these
frozen, obiong pellets that go bounding
along as merrily as footballs form into
such shape us that? OF course IL the
storm continues time usually comes
when the lips break off because OF their
great weight. And then no new lip
forms to replace the lost one. The snow
merely drops over into the lee Of the
wall and gradually fills the cutting
Scri,npr's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Away With 1t.

That the tariff is the root of the trust
evil has heen plain, never more 80 than
in the matter of the price of meats. 1t
has been made as plain as pike staff
thai the meat taxes are alone rcsponsi-
BILE for the rise in the prices of beef and
other food products that are protected
from outside competition. The protec.
tive tariff makes the beef steer of Can
ada worth $50 at the border, cost the
American butcher $63.75 when driven
across the line 1t is the tax of two
cents per pound on fresh meats and
poultry that shuts out supplies of those
articles that would promptly break our
artificial market down to normal prices.
Republicans will not modify a jot OF
little of 1t to maintain the full dinner
pail OF the workingman or to give need
fnl food to the wives and children of
the American household. Let the
voters keep their eyes on the tariff.
That is the enemy and the only way to
escape his raVages is to down him with
a. well directed democratic ballot in
November Ackley World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
JUST ESCAPED HANGING.
Or. Muad. Who blended John wakes
pontI,'s Broken Leg.

DR.. Mudd, Who aiendcd John wilkes
eonth's Broken Leg.
Mudd was n physician, and 1t was to
bis house that Booth had ridden on the
night of his great crime There his
broken leg had been set. and there he
had been secreted for one day. The
doctor was an educated man OF refined
and digniiled manner. He had never
quite recovered from his surprise that
any one should find fault with him for
setting a broken bone for stranger.
He always asserted that he did not
Snow Booth and was not aware at the
time that Booth had committed a
crime. But Mudd had been an ardent
secessonist. lie was accordingly SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life.
1t was a hard fate TO be called upon
for professional services by wounded
desperate aud then narrowly to escape
hanging for it. The trial and sentence
Were Il terrible blow. from which Mudd
never recovered He had left devoted
wife at his home in Maryland, and his
mental s,uferlngs We're so severe that
ne seemed always on the verge of in
sanity He had at first been put to
work with n wheelbarrow; but, having
never done any manual labor, he was
rapidly falling under the combined
physical and ment. strain. For this
reason directed that he be transferred
to the prisoners hospital as nurse.
There he made himself exceedingly
useful, ana there he might have re-
mained had not his lomesickness in an
evil hour overcome his judgment While
ship lay at the wharf he contrlved to
get aboard and secrete himself in the
coal bunkers. He was of course dis.
covered, and then he learned what he
did not know before, that no ship was
allowed to sail until it was ascertained
that every prisoner was in his place.
He was Immediately placed in solitary
confinement. where he remained sever.
al months. s.-McClures Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Those British Peace Rejoicings.

Who shall hereafter say that the
British nation lacks humor or the ca
pacity for happiness? Has it not
made new record as the Mark Tapley
of nations cheerful and even ecstatlc
under all circumstancesp
Peace is all the same as war to this
rollicking people. They have cheered
and shouted and sung and rung their
bells and Nmaiiicked' about as wildly
over the conclusion of peace as they did
over the beginning of the war. They
are bound to rejoice anyhow and chang
the expense 1t costs them ST ,25O,O00.
Oo0 to kill and burn and send $4,000
Beers into exile, and they spent it with
effusive enthusiasm. Now they learn
that they are to pay the passage home
of all the eNiles, after feeding them for
many months. pay Sl5,O00,0O0 to re-
build and restock their burned farms,
lean them uncomputed other millions
afterward at 3 per cent, for the same
purpose, and shoulder the whole "bloom.
ing" war debt themselves And forth.
with they call for more frenzies of loyal
rejoicing and liquid refreshment.
True, we have ourselves shown q
curious capacity for miscellaneous ex.
ultation. We fought for and with the
Filipinos to free them from Spain-and
exnlted. Then we paid Spain $4,000,
600 for an option on her 'sovereigr
rights of conquest-and went on ex
ulting. Since then we have killed OF
caused the death of 100000 Filipinos
striving to hold against us the freedom
we helped them win from Spain-and
continue to congratulate ourselves
We started out to teach them civiliza
tion and taye ended up by taking les
sons in barbarism from them-and still
pursue the exaltant tenor of our way.
But Great Britain, with her pocketl
turned inside out first to kill and burr
and make exiles and then again to re
build the country and bring the exile
home, and all the time making 9TH,
welkin ring" with alcoholic enthusiasm
reckless of her head and the bromo
seltzer bottle in the morning, easil,
holds the belt for undiscouraged an,
Interchangeable joy-New Yorl
World.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
A press correspondent at Des Molnes

A press correspondent at Des MoInes
says that there is to be established at
one of the state hospitals of Iowa, prob
ably at Cherokee, department for the
treatment and cuge of persons addicted
to the morphine habit, suffering from q
desire forcocaine, unable to resist the
appetite for Intoxicating liquors, or who
are suffering from indulgence in drugs
or intoxicants, The Legislature made
provision for such department at the
instance and suggestion of the Anti
saloon league. They believe it to be a
humane and sensible step for the state
to take. 1t is not intended that any
special "cure" Will be used on the men,
but they will be confined as if they were
insane and irresponsible, and be given
such treatment as the physicians may
determine. The state board of health
is empowered to organize this depart
ment, and the board of control will des-
ignate where 1t will be located. --Inde-
pendence Bulletin journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

In lecturing DIR. Gardiner was very
fond of retailing the hackneyed old
historical anecdotes that garnish the
schoolbooks. and lie would commonly
append the comment: Now. that story
is not true. | have reason to know.
indeed, that it is pure fiction, but for
our purpose it is better than the truth
because the truth cannot be rounded
off and polished SO nicely to suit ones
conception of character or of cireum-
stance" For similar reasons he was
instant III praise of historical novels.
"a genius like Scott or George Eliot,
especially in 'Romola. f" he would say,
"has many advantages over the plod-
ding historian and Gun often arrive,
by the intuition OF genius, ut truths
which the most laborious research
could never reveal, and, on the whole"
he would add, Historical fiction is
much more trustworthy and incompa.
rably more respectable than fictitious
history. y."-London News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
The Mexican Heaven.

The ancient Mexican idea of heaven,
hell and the after state of souls Is ex-
tremely curious and Interesting. Ac-
cording to their notions souls neither
good nor bad. or whose virtues and
vices balanced each other, were to en-
ter medium state of idleness and
empty content. The wicked or those
dying any of long list of different
modes of death (Which list was sacred
ly kept by the priests went to Meltlau.
q distant hall within the bowels of the
earth. The souls of those struck by
lightning or of those dying by any of
given list of diseases. also the souls
of children. We're transported to n re-
mote elysium called Tlalocah.
The actual heaven was reserved for
warriors who fell In battle, for women
who died in defense Of their children.
for those offered as n sacrifice in the
temples and for few others. After
death. according to their belief, the
soul passed Immediately to the "house
of the SUM-, their chief god, whom
they accompanied FOR long term of
years in mis- circuit around the sky,
honoring him with song. dances and
other forms of revelry Then, being
terminated in the form of birds of
brilliant plumage, they lived MS beau
tiful songsters among the flowers,
among the stars. sometimes ON earth,
sometimes in heaven
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Tho Rose,

at all times the rose has enjoyed Pc
cullar favor as a sacred flower. Mo-
haiemedan tradition says that when
Saladin captured Jerusalem he refused
to enter the shrine of the temple which
had been converted into Il church by
the Crusaders til. Inc wallis hui been
thoroughly cleansed und purified with
rosewater. A similar story is told of
the Church of st. Sophia, at Constanti-
nople, when transformed from Chris
tian place of worship to a Moham-
medan mosque. The origin of the rose.
according to Moslem tradition, is that
the blood of the prophet sprang into
new life in this glorious crimson 1low-
er. To this day when Turk sees n
rose lying OH the ground he will raise
it tenderly, kiss it reverently and de-
posit the frail blossom in some place
of safety.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18


The large and increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is matter for congrstulstion 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 it's Spec
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of the most valuable farm publi-
cations In the country, that enable us to
offer the four in connection with our
own paper for $3.50 for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically o 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, farm paper, q poultry
paper, farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, All for $1.9o
Come In and order them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

prevent the escape by evaporation of
the water stored in the sub-soil by the
sprfng and winter rains. The more of
this water that is saved by the main
tenence of TWO inches of dust mulch,
the larger will be the yield of corn,
other things being equal. Our readers
must understand.that heavy, dashing
rain, or heavy rain of any kind, will
destroy this dust mulch which must be
restored, at least until the corn is laid
by, by some instrument of shallow TIL
lage, and we believe in many csses as
much as ten bushels per acre could be
added by cultivation with single,
shallow cultivator between the rows
after the corn is laid Wallaces
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

The human body is constantly under
going tissue changes. Water has the
power of increasing these tissue changes
which multiply the waste products, but
at the same time they are renewed by
its agency, giving rise to increased up
petite which in turn provides fresh nut
riment Persona but little accustomed
to drink water are liable to have the
waste products formed faster than they
are removed. Any obstruction to the
free working of natural laws at once
produces disease, People accustomed
to rise in the morning weak and Ian
guild will find the cause in the secre-
tion of wastes, which many times mey
be remedied by drinking full tumbler
of water before retiring. This ma
terially assists in the process during the
night, and leaves the tissues fresh and
strong, ready for the active work of the
next day.-The Household Physician.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
The King and the seia,,t. Powder.

The King and the seidlits Powder.
On the first consignment Of seidlitz
powders to the capital Of Delhi the
monarch was deeply interested in the
accounts of the refreshing box. A box
was brought to the king in full court.
and the interpreter explained to his
majesty how 1t should be used. Into a
goblet he put the twelve blue papers,
and, having added water, the king
drank 1t off. This was the alkali, and
the royal countenance expressed no
sign Of satisfaction. 1t was then ex-
planned that in the combination of the
two powders lay the luxury, and the
twelve white powders We're quickly dis
solved in water, and as eagerly swal-
lowed by his majesty.
With a Shrek that will be remember
ed while Delhi lasts the monarch rose,
stared, exploded and in his full agonies
screamed, Hold me down." then rush
ing from the throne fell PROSTATE on
the floor. There he lay during the long
continued etfervescence of the COM
pound, squirting like 10000 penny
worths of imperial pop and believing
himself in the agonies of death, mel
ancholy and humiliating proof that
kings are mortal.--Indian Mirror.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Iowa Experiment statiol
Cultiyatinp Corn

The corn crop in our territory is
practically all in the ground and the
farmers most important work on the
farm during the month of June will
be its thorough and complete cultiva-
tion. There is 80 much difference in
climate and previous preparation, in
the structure of the soil, and In local
conditions on every farm that no sug-
gestions capable of general application
are at all possible. There is no more
important work on the farm than this.
All that an agricultural paper can do
is to point out the end to be obtained; {;
to answer the question, "Why cultivate
corn2" and leave the how and wnen to
the judgment of the farmer himself,
who is alone competent to decide.
Given in season of normal rainfall
good rich soil, thoroughly prepared,
the problem of cultivatlng corn is q
very simple and easy one. The corn
crop needs several inches of thoroughly
pulverized soil with good capillary &C.
tion established between the turned
furrow and that which lies Immediate
ly under 1t. II the preparation of the
seed bed has been complete, land no
farmer should plant his corn until he
has the seed bed thoroughly prepared)
one plowing, or two at the most, is all
that is either necessary or profitable.
These should be given as soon as posi-.
BILE after the corn is planted and all that
remains to be done afterwards is to
develop and maintain dust mulch, in
doing which the weeds will have no
possible chance to grow.
The maintenance of this dust mulch
is of the utmost Importance in view of
the fact that the crop of corn, other
things being equal, is determined by
the amount of available water, A suf.
ticient amount of water to produce a
60 -bushel crop of corn seldom falls dur.
ing the growing season; hence, the dust
mulch must be maintained In order to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Scotch Consolation.

A story is told of canny Scot who
dealt in old horses, alternating his
spells Of labor with heavy sprees. Dur
ing the period of depression which fol-
lowed each overindulgence John habit
ually took to bed and there diligently
studied the family Bible. During one
of these fits of attempted reformation
his condition prompted his wife to call
in the Rev. Mr.. Wallace, the parish
minister, who at the time happened to
be passing.
"oh. Master walh. E, come in and
see oor John. He's rale bad"
whats wrang wi him?"
Hos feart to meet his Maker"
said Mrs. John.
Quick as fire came the crushing re
ply:
"Humphl Tell'm he needna be feart
for that. He'll never sae.mp'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

Hon. A. r. Randel, of Mississippi, who
is temporarily residing in Washington,
U. G., made visit to Europe not long
ago, and while there had an interview
with Baron Rothsch,ld, In the Clarion.
Ledger OF Jackson, Miss, he quotes
Rothschild as saying that but for the
recent discoveries of gold in South AT
rics, Mexico and Alaska, bimetallism
would have been necessary to carry on
the commerce of the world. The advo-
Gates OF the gold standard are now will
ing to admit that but for conditions
which they did not foresee In 1896 their
financial system would have broken
down-and yet they are as arrogant as
If their theories had been vindicated.
The Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Business Opportunities For All.

Locations In Iowa, Illinois, Mime,
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best agri,
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and bust
ness men successful. We have q demand
for competent men, with the necessary
capital, for all branches of business.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers. Cores
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
Maple Leaflets. w. T. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 604 Endlcott Building, St. Paul,
MINI.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
with All ay worldly Goods,

minister whose first parish was III
the backwoods of the west some years
ago says that he once married very
seedy looking bridegroom to a buxom
girl of perhaps twenty years. The cere-
mony was performed In the log cabin
home of the brides parents, and there
were many guests present. When the
bridegroom repeated the words, with
all my worldly goods thee endow," a
tall. lank fellow with u huge tobacco
cud in his bulging cheek drawled out
nasally:
THAR goes Hanks bull terrier, by
gum!'-I.ippincott's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

refrigerator? Do you want this to drip on
your food?
sth. Because the walls are lined with mineral
wool, q substance neutral to heat and cold, Com
sequently the warm air is excluded and the cold
a minimum.
9th Because scrubbing is not necessary to
Keep It pure. dry and sweet. Herriek refriger-
sweet Us the day they were first used
10Th: Because severe tests have proven them
world today. Would the Herrick es be endorsed 9
and adopted by physicians. colleges. hotels
medical and state institutions unless 1t had true
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

!st. Because 1t is the only sanitarv Refr,c.r.
ator on the market A''iitsef'
"a. Because 1t has continuous circulation of
ury; coiu ar, which keeps food pure and sweet,
come tainted or foul W. NC
/, an. Because It consumes less ice than any
nettIiigeTator eti, made. (Ask your iceman.)
ntl; because strong and light foods can be
foods tatnting the light 80 o"s
etn. Because 1t has from 80 to so per cent
more storage capacity than any Refrigerator on
tiie market OF equal outside dimensions.
IN. Bscause II has no poisonous zinc In its
i, construction to corrodc. Have you ever noticed
urops Oh water collect IN dead-air, zlnc-lined
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
s'pose the Fish Don't Bite at Fust.

S'pose't the fish don't bite at fust;
What be YOU goin to dew?
Chuck down your pole, throw out your bait
An say your tishin's threw?
Wv course you haint; you're going to fish,
An fish, an fish, an wait
Until you've ketched your baketiull,
And used up all your bait.
S'pose success don't come at fust:
What be you goin' to dew?
Throw up the sponge an kick yourself,
An go to feelln' blue?
Wv course you hain't: you're goin' to fish,
An bait, an bait agin
Bimeby success will bite your hnok,
And you will pull him In.
Houston Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18
Seed Corn Twenty-Five Years Old.

VIM. schoonover, farmer living
north of Villisca, this year planted a
quantity of seed corn which had been
gathered for twenty-five years, and
was somewhat surprised to see 1t sprout
and develop as good stand as the seed
gathered last year. Only a very few
grains of the ancient seed that refused
to grow. He is now wondering how
much longer it would have retained its
fertility.