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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
IGNORANCE eEeErs CRIME.
Reflections of an Editor in States
Prison Newspaper.

Prison Newspaper.
A great many men commit crime
because of their sheer ignorance or
course, knowledge of this fact
doesn't bring satisfaction to a house
holder who has been robbed, or
citizen who has been stood up on the
highway and relieved Of his posses.
sions. But, nevertheless, fact remains
true that ignorance breeds crime.
There is many little kid today play.
ing on the city dumps and in the al
leyways of the Sums, who, fifteen or
twenty years hence, will be the com.
mon drunk, the "hobo," the second
story man, the highwayman and the
burglar-and the reason therefor Is
not hard to find. Instead Of being In
school learning that which is to fit
him for the battle of life, he is behind
a lumber pile shooting "craps" with
loaded dice, for the battle Of lie with
him has already begun.
Instead of the soft suasion OF a
moral home, in which he is protected
by loving and capable parents from
the evils which surround him-he is
even now, tonight, in hundred cities,
on the way to the gin mill to have
Murphy fill up the can for the loud
smelling ignoramus he calls father.
Instead of a sweet-faced little
mother, whose good night kiss, whose
softly intonated prayers, whose songs
of childhood lulled him to sleep, and
whose voice keeps calling to him down
the empty years if he goes wrong,
Come back! Come back!" whose
kindly eyes smile upon him through
tears; though they may have been
closed in the last long sleep for years
and years, instead of these things our
child in the street, our future crook
has in many instances well-inten
toned but work-eXhausted mother
who through the day pants over a
washtub and at night mends the
household rags.
She hasn't the time nor the energy
to inculcate much morality in him
and what little she does the environ
ment in which he finds himself quick
| ly teaches it out again. In other in
stances she hasn't any to spare. This
is the kid over whom fifteen or twenty
years hence, when grown to mans
estate, future district attorneys vii
sob and cry, upon whom future judge:
will frown, future sheriffs bring t.
prison, and about whose doings future
wise men will debate seeking the
cause therefore.
1t is not overestimating 1t to sa.
that 80 per centum of the men IL
prison today wouldn't be there If the.
had had any kind of show at al
during their early years-but as w
mentioned above, 1t affords no salts
faction to a man who has just BEEF
raped over the head with piec
of lead pipe, to reflect that the persol
who raped him wouldn't have don
so if he had had college education
neither for that matter does 1t al
ford any real satisfaction to the maj
who has had his safe pried open. t
learn that the gentleman who did
/ received his knowledge at LEADING
university nor does it lessen tn
touching grief of man who has jus
cashed bad check to know that tn
careful penman is entitled, by virtu
of beautifully engrossed parchment
to wear several letters after his name
Still in great majority of cases
Ignorance begets crime. "-Aubur
Editor 25,s1S, Sing Sing Star of Hope
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
FIRST EUROPEAN CREMATION IN SIAM.

DIR. Peter GGowan, physician to the
King of Siam, who died recently, was
cremnted according to the rites Of the
Buddhist religion. DR.. Gowan, who
spent the greater part of his life in Siam
and was for many years physician to
the King of Siam, gave up his prac-
tice and Joined the Buddhist priesthood,
devoting his time teaching the priests
the art of healing. The doctor had long
suffered from asthma and did not long
survive after joining the monastery.
Before his death he expressed the wish
that his body should be cremated. The
ceremony attending the cremation was
most Imposing. The King, as mark of
signal respect for the memory of his
late physician, sent gilded state car,
drawn by two black horses, on which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

piled to the ornamentation of the inte-
rior of hoiises-sucl as tie doors.
friezes, skirtings, floors, etc.-and II
cabinet work, furniture and such mate
rial generally. The inventor claims that
by this process a rich and handsome
effect is obtained, the designs being
in monotint or multicolor, rs may be
desired, and taking the place of the
usual coating of paint or staining. The
wood to be decorated is first prepared
With a smooth surface and coated with
"a mixture of kerosene and varnish.
Then special quality of wall paper,
known as sanitary paper" is taken.
having a design on one surface that has
been prepared with oil or spirit colors.
After soaking this paper in water Tor
five or ten minutes it is placed with the
pattern face down on the prepared sur
face of the wood and covered With a
damp cloth. An even pressure is then
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
APOSTLES OF EATING LESS.
Food Faddists Have Had a Great Year
For Their Theories.

Food Faddists Have Had Great Year
For Their Theories.
1t has been fine year for the in
creasing thousands who have fads
about their food. The high prices of
almost everything in the market have
given the opportunity. The advocates
of no breakfast, of meat once a day,
of no meat at ALL of certain kinds of
vegetables, of no kinds of vegetables,
of nuts only, of the absolute avoid
ance of nuts, of raw fruit, of fruit
only when cooked, of neither coffee
nor tea nor sassafras, and of all the
other things, or of any part of things,
or of no things at all, have come forth
not singly, but in battalions, and have
told us how to live to be hundred
if we don't die.
1t would be gross ingratitude not to
be thankful to these advisers. They
are sincere. They want to do good.
They give their time for the benefit
of others. They are sad to think of
ignorant thousands going to early
graves on full stomachs. They raise
their warning voices against safety
People should stop eating before they
get enough. The old saying about
losing what is left on the plates finds
no echo in their doctrines. Eating
for the sake of eating is sin. Eating
all the things that are offered is
wickedness. So they find something
bad in every number of the bill OF
fare-from typhoid fever in raw
oyste.>s to dyspepsia and vain regrets
in pie.
They have right to their convic-
lions. A man down in Virginia went
without food for thirty days this year.
But like as not they doubled the price
of his board for the next month. PEG.
pie use the starvation plan for many
ailments. Many of them go to health
resorts and pay $50 to the hotel doctor
who strikes off the bill of fare all the
good things they would like to eat
The hotels get their savings, the doc
tor gets his big fees and they get
| hungry. But most of the faddists
have their imaginations in their cul
mary departments, and 1t is not rea
ssonable of them to expect the robust
members of society to follow their ex
! amples. It may be wrong, but the
average American wants breakfast. Il
may hurt him. but he will have meat
He may be jeopardizing his very soul
but he likes to play with the menu al
the way from soup to satisfaction
And somehow it agrees with him. Lool
at the other nations. We don't know
of any that beat him when the food O.
/ the fuel within him works its way tt
results in the progress and civilization
of mankind Saturday Evening Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
Killing Hogs for Home Use.


Hogs from eight to nine months old
make the best meat and should weigh
from 200 to $50 pounds, writes an Indi-
ana farmer. Do not feed for twelve
hours previous to killing. Have every
thing in readiness for work-knives
sharpened and all other utensils con-
veniently Mt hand and the place for
sending and hanging arranged. In
scalding do not have the water too hot.
This can be determined by the use of Il
thermometer. Before cutting up allow
the hog to cool somewhat, but be sure
and remove the fat from the entrails
while warm, as it can be done much
easier and with less waste than when
cool. Place the meat when cut up in 4
place above freezing point, so that tho
animal heat may entirely pass out, after
| which Ii is ready for sailing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

One of the Western universities Of
fers its students this year course in
rural sociology" one of the first, If not
the first, that has been proposed 1t will
tnke up farmers organizations, the
Grange and others; agricultural educa-
tion by colleges, experiment stations
and Institutes; the relation of the
church and school to the farm commu.
nifty; the influence Of telephones, free
rural mail delivery, and tile like; the
relative efficiency of large and small
farms, the value Of machinery, and
many other related subjects. Sociolo.
gists have concerned themselves hither-
to with the life of the city, mainly;
but the country also has Its problems,
and every one of them affects, more or
less directly, the health and prosperity
of the town. That we are all "Mcmbers
of one body" Is, indeed, the lesson most
needful for every citizen to learn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

When kept in quantities, celery re-
quires considerable room. An economi-
cal way to provide the necessary stor-
age is by the covered ditch plan.
Dig a trench or trenches In well-drain-
ed soil, not more than four feet wide
and about two feet deep. Put board
partition through the center of the
trench to divide the mass of celery and
prevent 1t becoming too solid. Rafters
OF 2x4 stuff are set at 1-3 pitch four feet
apart. Make square box ventilators that
may be stuffed with straw to keep out
frost in severe weather.
Sweating takes place after storing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

house or covering necessary rent for
the first expense that outside of the rent for
mey paid by paid for them by their respective fan
lies Next food and clothing One-haf of the cost OF
living is food persons cannot possibly cat less than
one. important for homenaker and his mate
hers of the body polite and be efficient members of society
contributing the stock of public good
well enjoy their work and PLEASURE they must be
well nourished.
Even in this item clothes is the whole question
swered For necessary for the head of household
have suitable clothing than for who is but bachelor
addition his there is the wardrobe of the wife
The thing applies to her married woman as to him
married She is of more Importance than before
and important mates better bonnets,
better shoes.
And what of amusemens and recreationsf Even here
Is impossible keep the expenditure for below that
merly spent for the Although the massipg of opl-
aon in cities has made possible provision for comnunstc
nmusements and rccreaos, twice still equals and
two seats at the heaer cost twice much tickets
to the exhibition two suppers of anything cost twice
of this equation what of the very poor?
they think buy oaves of cheap bread for less than
onef Is their bought for fewer pennies because
it must feed two mouths noursh two bodies instead of one
Both here-both be. oenines;
even then the falacy is less cruc for often combined
wage is none too much for the two
No. household demands money rent food and cloth
ing, and for those extras that dear all; it
mands time and intelligence in the spending of this money
spirit of unity and hepfulness whole success
full undertaking. Arcmus Ward said: always live within
if have to borrow money and
he who starts life homebuilder with falacous idea
that two live on less than perforce become
inveterate borrower stretch his income much
larger demands than he at first contemplated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

and keeps up for about two weeks. A
great deal of moisture is thrown off at
this time and sufficient ventilation must
be provided to carry 1t away. Roof
boards should be put ON as soon as
trenches are filed to keep rain out, but
the ends may be left open. AT the ap-
proach of cold weather 1t is necessary
to cover the boards with earth. The
thickness of this covering must depend
on the locality. If very heavy earth
covering is necessary, the rafters should
be placed nearer together.
Two essentials must be observed, suf-
ficlent air to prevent rotting, and frost
must be excluded. II. Kent, in
Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

The statement is made that Andrew
Carnegie is putting over $6,OOO,oOO an
nually into public libraries and proposes
to keep up the gait indefinitely. Few
persons will find fault with Mr. Carne-
gie's liberality. He has the money and
he might easily spend it for worse
things than books. But why should
philanthropy so often take the form of
luxuries? Books are education of Il
higher form. They are the high schools
and the finishing touches-good things,
but not all-important. The common
school education is necessary. To every
human being should come at least the
rudiments of education. We want the
libraries and we must have the schools
And that brings us to condition that
Is disgrace In almost every city and
town in the. United States. There are
not enough schoolhouses. Children arc
born and reach school age faster than
school facilities multiply. Thousands
upon thousands obtain education at the
expense of health and ambition. The,
are taught in Easements, In Railways
in ramshackle buildings, in quarters
where the surroundings reek with vice
They are crowded into rooms ill-fittec
for their uses. Teachers are compelled
to handle double the number of pupils
that they can teach well. Eve neet
more buildings, but there is no money
That is cry that is heard from Maine
to California. 1t is as old as book edu
cation, and time doesn't seem to worl
great improvement. Why shouldn't tn,
Carnegie brand of philanthropists d.
something-usurp the duty of the mu
inequalities If necessary and built
schoolhouses, big, modern, sanitar,
structures, where health might be pre-
served and learning become more OF ;
pleasure than duty? Really, it i
worth thinking about.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
Who's Move

When Stenitz, the chess player, lived
in Vienna one of his pupils in the game
was Gustave Epstein, among the rich
est bankers of the Austrian capital.
One day the teacher puzzled over po-
sition so long that Epstein said, impa-
tiently: "Well?" But soon the bank
CT himself was in n hole, and his too
prolonged meditations We're interrupted
with desrespectful "Well?" "sir,
don't forget who you are and what |
am" said Epstein, angrily, but Steinitz
retorted: ION the bourse you are Ep-
stein and am Steinitz; over the board
l am Epstein and you are steinitz'-
Nashville American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

A Russian nobleman has written to
the New York board of health express
ing his desire to marry some Ameri-
can girl who has at least $4,000. Does
he think these international marriages
have become so bad that they have to
be governed by the authorities who
look after contagious diseases?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

.
Potato disease, which is caused - Z
fungus, first attacks the tops of t.s:
plants and is conveyed to the tubers
by means of spores washed into the
soil by rain. To prevent the Infection
of the tubers grower recommends
running pillow between the rows SO
as to turn up a furrow on the top Of
the hills, and then bending the plants
over the furrow. This causes the wa;
ter which washes the tops to run away
from the hills. The furrowing should
be done on the first appearance of the
disease, and as a further precaution
the crop should not be dug for at least
two or three weeks after the tops are
entirely wilted. A trial Of this method
has given very good results.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

We have typewriters and skilled
stenographers, and all kinds of patent
machines to make the business corre-
sp9ndence safe and secure. And we
are still careless. We spend days get
ting UP an important document, seal
1t In an envelope and then address it
In such a yillainous and slovenly man
ner that no human being can hope to
decipher 1t. The dead letter office re-
port for the last fiscal year clinches the
fact. Nearly 100000 pieces Of mail
reached it, and the increase
over the preceding year was 9-per cent.
In 50,s69 paScels and letters there was
money amounting to $4s,49s, and com
mercial papers worth $1,399.926 Some
of us ought to go to night school.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
ELECTRIC FISHING.

This is Il very amusing game, espec-
tally for the little ones. Let us first
prepare our outfit. Take a stick Of
waok about twelve inches long, to serve
as a pole, piece Of thread is the line,
and the hook is made of n pin, as shown
i'll the illustration. On the head of the
pin round piece of sealing wax is used
rs bait. Cut small fish out of thin pa
per and draw mouth, gills, etc, with the
help of Il colorcd pencil. Place the fish
on a table and start to fish. Each one
has his own hook and line. He who
gets the most fish gets Il prize. Every
body knows that rubbing piece of
sealing wax with wooden cloth cleo
trifics it, and then that it will attract
light articles, such as paper. If you
want TO win be sure to electrify your
bait
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

State during the month of June be-
tween $135,O0o and $4,000 for butter
fat alone. An equal amount will be
distributed for packing stock, or coun-
try butter A conservative estimate
places the amount of money that will
be paid by the creamerles of this State
for butter fat alone at 100000 during
the month of June. A banker from one
of the towns in the State said that in
his town more money was being paid
out, to the farmers for dairy products
than for grain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Color as well as cut has always va
ried with the decree of fashion in Gle
seasons garments. The girls pore over
the fashion plates of to-day, consider.
Ing the question of electric blue or au-
tomoblle red, burnt orange or corona
tion green, or some delicate scale OF
faint, misty hues melting one into an
other, vet each shade with its prescfib.
ed and special name. Yet they do not
realize that these novel tints are com.
monty but revivals of old colors under
new names. But old-time fashion was
much more fantastic in its bestowal of
names upon the more than rainbow
range Of hues employed by both men
and women in the gay and courtly
days of taffetas and brocade, powder
and patches, rapiers and red-heeled
shoes. A recent writer with fancy
for unearthing bygone oddities has col
lected some of them. To mention n
few only. we have kiss-of-dawn, agitat-
ed-nymph, dying-rose, kitten's-tongue,
bridal-bMsh and Cupid's-feather. These
were all varying shades Of pink. Cap
tain's-glory was vivid flame color;
smoke-of-Vesuvius, dull red; fading
hope, pallid violet-gray; fair-savagc,
bronze-brown. Penitent-hermit, dus.
ty-traveler and evening-mist We're
grays, and faithful-shepherd, flight-of-
the-lark and dream-of- the eloved-one
were all blue. Love's-arbor, merry
hunter and Dread We're greens; ca
nary's-tail and Midas'-joy We're, of
course, yellow. We are less grotes1ue
ald less romantic nowadays, although
beauty goes. no less beautifully dressed
than formerly, and no less variously. If
Iris, the goddess Of the rainbow, could
but look over the shoulders of a crowd
of modern ladies she would surely
blush for the simplicity of her vauntcd
prismatic robe. Only seven colors, and
no trimming!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

While the old-fashioned way of fast
ening cows by means of stanchions Is
fast going out of use, some of the SUBJ
stitutes, mainly the rope snap to the
halter and the chain which is passed
around the neck of the animal, are not
entirely satisfactory. The method Of
using chin tie as SHOWN in the illus
tration is superior to the others. 1t
passes around the neck rs in the old
methods, but is connected with two
posts on which rings are used. Side
chains connect the neck chain with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
Shrewd Reasoning,

Noting that the northumberland has
backed the horses with unvarying loss
all the afternoon, the habitues of the
race track make haste TO bull the mar
ket on the next day.
For" they reason one horse race,
properly lost can produce a corner in
almost any kind of stocks the next
morning. "-Raltmore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

1t was cold day for the old-fash-
Toned spellblnder when the variety art
list became a political factor. The old
flag and an appropriation cut mighty
little figure with an audience which
is waiting for the team" of McGlib-
berry and McGlabberty to take the
center Of the stage and begin kicking
each other in the stomach,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Mustard is an excellent roup cure.
Take quarter pound of ground mus
tard, n half teaspoonfll Of cayenne
pepper and enough butter and flour to
work into pills. Give one pill the size
of common marble every night to
each roupy bird. Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

these rings by means Of snap hooks, as
shown in the cut.
BY the use of these chains and rings
one can adjust the tie to any width of
stall one is likely to have, and have 1t
as taut as needed. This plan of tasten-
ing gives the COW great freedom, enabl-
Il ing her to lie down with her head on
either side of her body. She cannot
move backward or forward any more
with this method of fastening than
when In stanchions. The plan of fasten-
ing is the best of the more modern
methods and should have a thorough
fr;a1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Wouldn't you like something of Sir
Arthur Doyle's?" asked the salesman.
"Sir Arthur Doyle? WHO is he?" said
the customer, an intelligent-looking
woman In search of new book. why,
A. Conan Doyle, you know, author
Of" ooh, l see. l had forgotten that
he has title now" said the woman,
as she examined the book. 1t was a
curious and amusing illustration of the
change in appearance which court dress
makes In familiar figure.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10
Feeding Bees in Winter.

Don't feed syrup to bees in winter.
Use the combs of honey and the candy.
1t is just as well, II not better. to feed
right away. Very quietly remove the
outside comb or combs at one side, so
that you can put the frame of honey
or candy right next to the bees. The
bees will do the rest OF course you
will not use any smoke. II your work
is carefully done, you viii have no
trouble in regard to colonies thst are
too light for winter and need feeding.
American Bee Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Otto Coppenhaver, of indianapolis.
has been found guilty of killing his wife
and sentenced to be hanged. When first
arrested he made no denial Of his
crime and exclaimed TO II reporter: III
I want to kill my wife 1t is nobody's
business, is IT." Rather strange con-
seption, that of this degenerate! 1t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Admiral Beresford thinks England
and the United States could lick the
rest of the world. Doubtless; but as the
rest of the world is mfnding Its own
business, what's the use!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Nerve food manufacturers ought to
offer fancy prices for testimonials from
that saloonkeeper who reported to the
police that his gambling machine had
been robbed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-10

Count Boni de Castellane has been
deprived of his seat in the French
Chamber of Deputies, 1t was sad but
glorious day for France when Boni
went down and out.