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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24
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/. CLARION-Low Miller, farmer, hanged
himself from the rung of a ladder. s.V5S.
FORT DoDGE-Iver syaIeson was crushed
to death under a fall Of tons of rock in one
Of the mines of the United States Gypsum
company. So
DIES. MOINES-Passenger train No. 4. on
the Rock Island, carrying several hundred
turning from the state meet 1t Dess Mofnes
was derailed Several students were bruiSed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

I Read the classified columns tonight.
You will find nothing but bargains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

Special to The Journal. = -:
Wnona, Mimi, May 24.-There seems to be
no end to the damage being done by storms
in southern Minnesota. Another unusually
severe rain experienced yesterday after
noon, close to an inch of water falling in an
hour. The storm did no damage in the city,
but in the country roads are reported washed
in places.-There are three vacancies in the
high school faculty that will be filled by the
board of education. Professor w. C. Rue
diger who has been science teacher, will
spend some time in post graduate study at
Harvard. A. c. LOOMS resigns after year
of work, and one of the lady members of the
faculty will also resign with the purpose, it
is understood, Of teaching a select school.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

If you Intend to build for home, you
can secure beautiful site.96 feet 'front.'
two large lets with advantages too NUM-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
lifting by Magnets.

The most important employment of
the magnet in the mechanical indus
tries is in lifting and handling such
masses of metal as ship plates, boiler
plates and parts of machines which it
would otherwise be difficult to get hold
of. 1t effects an average economy in
time and cost of handling. stacking,
loading and unloading of from 80 to I5
per cent.
To meet the possible danger that
from any cause the current from the
dynamo might be cut off, causing the
magnet to drop its load, it is usual in
well appointed plants to install a stor
age battery. Which effectually guards
against such accident. In handling
billets and material of convenient
shape number of pieces may be pick
ed up at one time. The same is true
of thin plates.
The type of magnets used in most
American works has Il lifting capac-
ity of five tons. 1t makes Il stranger
nervous to see them at work, and he
generally does not need to be reminded
that unless his life is insured at its
full value he would do well to stand
from, under. But sings and chains
break under loads quite as often as
magnets drop their loasis by accident
and in wrong places. = New York
Times
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Loss of Butter Fat in churning.

1t is not possible, under the most fa-
vorable conditions, tc recover all the
butter fat at the churn which was in the
milk or cream. With careful msnipu
latlons, suitable temperatures and good
utensils it is possible to recover nearly
all of 1t, but from csrelessness and other
causes considerable amount may be
lost. Some partissns of the Jersey have
long claimed that, because of the larger
size Of fat globules in Jersey milk 1t is
possible to recover larger percentage
of the butter fat from the churn than
It is of Holsteln milk, which contains
much smaller fat globules.
AS far as single experiment goes
this claim is not borne ont by results
obtained in the model dairy at the Pan
American Exposition. Once week q
days milk from each herd was churn-
ed, results carefully analyzed and made
the basis of the figures. A comparison
of the breeds will show that, while
Holsteins stand lowest, in that the
greatest amount of butter fat was lost
from their milk, the Jerseys stand sec
ond, with Polled Jerseys at the head of
the list. A comparison between the
amount of butter made and the amount
which it was calculated the fat would
make gives some thought for study, as
well as the comparison between the
amount of fat shown by analysis and
calculated fat. American Agricultur-
ist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
TAR AND FEATHERS.
How 1t Feels to Wear Cont OF This
Fearful IixtGre.

How 1t Feels to Wear Cont OF This
Fearful Mixtare.
People who read of tarring and feath-
ering know that the punishment is a
very unpleasant o. :, but few Imagine
how terribly painful and dangerous it
is. In Wyoming l once saw man who
had been tarred and feathered, and. al
though he fully deserved the discipline,
could not help plying him. Hard
ened tar is very hard to remove from
the skin, and when feathers are added
closer than a brother. As soon as the
tar sets the victims suffering begins
1t contracts as 1t cools, and every one
of the little veins on the body is pulled.
causing the most exquisite agony The
perspiration is entirely stopped, and
unless the tar is removed death is Ger
tain to ensue.
But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application of heat
and must be peeled off bit by bit,
sweet oil being used to make the proc
ass less painful. The irritation to the
skin is very great, as the hairs cannot
be disengaged but must be pulled out
or cut off. No man can be cleaned of
tar in a single day, rs the pain of the
operation would be too excruciating
| for endurance, and until this is done lie
has to suffer from a pain like that of
ten thousand pin pricks. Numbers of
men have died under the torture, and
none who have gone through it regard
tar and feathering as anything but u
most fearful inhiction.-EXchange
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Prospects for Dairy Farming.

Taking the country in general, the
field Of dairy farming never held forth
better promises than it does at present.
During the last year the price of butter
and cheese has been uniformly high, es-
pecially that of cheese. And there is
no reason for believing that the active
condition of the market is not to con-
tinue. In fact, we have reason for an
ticpating better prices for butter and
cheese the coming year than VIC haye
had the last.
In the Department of Agriculture at
Washington vigorous efforts have been
made in catering to foreign trade for
butter. The efforts of the department
have been quite successful. With a
larger expectation of butter we are as
sured OF better prices at home.
The impending doom of the colored
oleomargarine interest also gives great
hope to the dsiryman. The victory of
the dalrymen OF this country. over the
manufacturers of colored oleo is simply
question of time. 1t seems, however.
that this victory can be gained by 9th
er than legal measures, though perhaps
very much more slowly. The decadence
of the oleo interests is assured by i'm
proving our genuine butter. What we
want is more and better creamery but
ter and less poor dairy butter.-John
Michels, in Michigan Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
s,xal,axlnr salt Winter.

One of the most beneficial features of
sea bath is the salt water inadver-
tently swallowed by bathers. 1t is n
wonderful tonic for the liver, stomach
and kidneys. In many cases it will
cure biliousness when all drug prepara-
tions have failed. 1t is peculiarly eff
fective in ordinary cases of Indigestion,
disordered stomach and insomnia and
has been known to produce excellent
results in many cases of dyspepsia.
Clean sea water is full of tonic and
isedntiye properties. 1t won't hurt any
body. Indeed two CT three big swal-
lows of it would be of positive benefit
to nine bathers out of ten. It is not,
of course, a palatable or tempting dose
to take, but neither is quinine or Gallo
mel. You seldom If ever see an old
sailor who is bilious or dyspeptic or n
victim to insomnia, and why? For the
reason that an ocean of good medicine
spreads all about his sky. and he doses
himself copiously with it whenever his
physical mechanism becomes the least
bit deranged. Washington Star
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
weari some War Goes On.

If 1t continues three weeks longer,
war in South Africa will have lasted
two ears-something which hardly any
sane person could have ut the begin
ming anticipated. That the few Beers
remaining in the field are able to keep
up the struggle in spite of the vast pow
er arrayed against them would be in
credible if the nature of the country
was not known greatly to favor them,
and from any viewpoint is astonishing;
yet, since the expiration of the time
within which Kitchener by proclsma-
ton called them to surrender, they have
been successful In four instances of at.
tack, killing or wounding 13l British
officers and men, and capturing 300
men and five guns. How long this
guerrilla warfare can be kept up is i'm
possible to guess without better infor-
nation on the situation than is avail.
able. The reverses have caused much
discomfort in England, and naturally
satisfaction to such friends OF the Beers
as still hope for some kind of interven-
ton. That probably is the chance on
which the burghers have pinned their
faith, their policy being to play for as
much time as possible.
While the reasonable belief is that
the conflict can have but one outcome, no
power being likely to undertake inter-
ference In case where such meddling
would encounter the fierce resentment
of Great Britain, fresh talk of interven-
ton in one form or another is not sur
prising. From the Hague it is reported
that the Dutch minister of foreign sf-
fairs has given notice that he intends to
bring up the Boer appeal for arbitration
at the first meeting of the council of
the International court. IT this is done,
the prediction may be ventured that 1t
will only lead to an exhibition of the
Inability of the court to pass upon the
case against British objection. Most
observers consider the Hague tribunal
incapable of fulfilling the lofty mission
which well-meaning theorists planned
Tor it. Up to this time 1t has done moth
ng.
A remark by President Loubet in q
inner speech, that "the Franco. Rus
IAN alliance is pledged to settlements
spired by justice and humanity" wat
,ken by some of his hearers to refel
D South Africa, and created something
sensation, 1t is said. But there Ii
assurance that he had the Beers ir
+! lind at all. The weight of sober opin
n undoubtedly is that the war vii
rag along until resistance is by shee
orce finally beaten to the ground
farmers' Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
A STORY OF LINCOLN.
The Letter That Was stolen and tho
Rascal Who Stole 1t.

The Letter That Was Stolen and tho
Rascal Who Stole 1t.
Benajat G.. Jayne during most Of the
civil war was the personal assistant Of
Edwin NJ. Stanton, the famous war
secretary. One day Lincoln sent for
Jayne to come to the White House
"aly boy" said he, there is letter
would like to have you look at"
Jayne picked up the letter and found
it was from General Dix. 1t conveyed
the information that several Federal
prisoners had escaped from Libby pris-
on with the aid of Abbie Green, wo-
man famous during the war. The let
ter also said that, as the fact of Alb
bie's assistance was well known, she
had been obliged to flee from Rich
mond and even then was on her way
to Washington on the flag of truce
boat.
"Now, my boy" said the president,
II don't know what l should say to
any rascal who would steal that letter
and have bill passed through con-
gress to grant $4,000 to the relief of
Abbie Green" Mr.. Jayne stole the
letter" and the next day both branches
of congress passed the bill to grant
$4,000 to Abbie Green. The following
morning Honest Abe" sent for Jayne
again.
81 told you l didn't know what
should say" he said. with twinkle III
his eye. ito the rascal who would steal
that letter and have congress act on it
Now, I've made up my mind what tc
say. You go down to No. -
street, get Abbie Green, take her dowr
to Chase at the treasury, and don't yor
let her so until she gets that money
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

If voices We're cultivated toward cN-
preston in speaking us well as in sing
ing. the variety of tone would be very
agreeable to the listener. Many people
find the monotonous tone used in ev-
eryday conversation very irritating
and would hail with delight any meth
cd which would tend toward breaking
this tiresome sameness. Even beauty
of tone does not save this monotony
from condemnation. 1t is like striking
one key of a musical instrument over
and over again. The teaching of elo-
cution should be of aid in this direc-
ton or the practice Of reading aloud,
striving to give proper expression to
each sentence.-Detroit News-Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Emperor William is showing such
cordial good will toward the United
States that 1t would be churlish in
Americans not to reciprocate it. His
gift to Harvard University OF q collec-
tion of casts and bronzes, valued at .
quarter of million dollars, his desire
that the presidents daughter shall chris
ten the new American-built yacht, and
the sending Of his brother, Prince Hen
ry, to express the esteem in which he
holds this country, are evide noes of
friendship which command apprecis-
ton. The emperor's kind overtures
coupled with the recent revelation that
during the Spanish war Germany did,
nothing and had no desire to do any
thing to embsrass US, will strengthen
the ties Of amity between the TWO gov
ernments. They will also strengthen
the ties between the two nations, for It
cannot be doubted that the sentiments
Of the emperor are an echo Of the cen
timents Of the German people.-Tele-
graph-Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

1t is singular how the cruel practice
of boiling Holsters alive continues. Our
forefathers : and indeed our parents
let calves bleed slowly to death, on
the theory that in no other way could
white meat be secured, and later on
calves were bled one day and killed the
next. Now. every one knows that a
calf can be killed in n humane manner
and the veal made just as good, and,
generally speaking, animals killed for
food have been put out of the way in
a much more humane manner than for
merly. But Holsters are still tortured
out of existence, the only difference be
ing that, while formerly they We're eX-
clusively boiled to death, now some are
boiled and some are broiled. Which
process causes the most agony no one
can say.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

The large ana increasing circulation
of The y.ows Homestead in this count!
is matter for congratulation to the
publishers and to good farming, for, OF
all the peppers 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
ial FARM srs' Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of he most valuable farm publi-
cations iln the country, that enable,us to
offer the four in connection with our
own pap or for $1.9O for the entire five,
one year. This is emphatically a good
thing, alad no farmer in this county
should fail to take advantage of this
offer. For a large line of thoroughly
practical farm reading nothing has ever
been off. sred before that equals 1t. a
county paper, u farm paper, poultry
paper, q farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, all for Sl.S)
Come in and order them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Well-Matured Infants.

The ultrs-protectionists who are
lighting tariff reduction on the plea that
t would cripple many manufacturing
interests in this country may well be
.ited to the statistics Of exports for
he past fiscal year and asked to point
,ut, If they can, any very important in
dustry which would be injured by such
measure. There was time when
agricultural products constituted the
bulk of our export trade and they won
their way In the markets of the world
without any assistance. But the situs-
tion has very materially changed in re-
cent years and the exports of manufac-
tured products In many lines far exceed
those of any one farm product. For in
stance, American wheat exports for the
period mentioned were S96,OOOOOO, but
American iron and steel exports for the
same period were $12l,0O0,O00. Here
lie an instance where the protected In
fant has largely outgrown 1t swadling
clothes and developed itself into q
lighting monster, able to beat all COM
petitors in the markets of the world.
The exports of the unprotected oil
cake were slsOOOOO0 while the exports
of protected leather we're $2s,OOO,OOO;
of unprotected oleomargarine, they
were $4,000, 600, while the exports Of
protected linseed oil were $19,0O0,0OO
and 80 on through the list. 1t is not
intended to claim that protected pro-
ducts show the largest volume Of bust
ness clear through the list, for they do
not. The exports of flour during the
same period we're $69, 900, 100; of miner
al oil S64,OO0,OO0; of copper manufac-
ture, s43, 900, 600, all of which are un-
protected. Between .he protected and
the unprotected industries between
those who claim to be unable, without
assistance, to meet foreign competition
and those which have successfully met
it unaided, there is little difference In
the volume of business done. But one
thing is certainly true; the industry
that poses as an infant at home is usu-
ally giant abroad and generally has to
wear tag to preserve Its identity be.
fore the tax paying home consumer
Truly, most of these nuralings have
attained wonderful degree of vigor.
| Their threatening attitude is sutlicl'
ent evidence of this. WheE 80 high an
authority as the speaker of the house Of
representatives expresses fear lest thu
tariff benefciarles shall disturb th'
prosperity of the country, 1t must be in
ferred that they are powerful.
a The proposition before the country i
not to remove protection from infant
or invalids, but to tighten the burdel
upon the latter. Sioux City Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

advise this in the northern portion of
the winter wheat belt, which, broadly
speaking, is about on tho latitude of
central and southern Iowa.
1t is well, therefore, to consider the
question as to how much roughness can
be secured next winter at the minimum
of expense. The man who last year
provided plenty of roughness has not
been Obliged to sell his stock cattle and
can smile at the falling prices that
have brought sore grief to others not
thus supplied -Wallace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

The young Indian wife of today is
clean. fairly good cook and tidy with
her house, says an exchange. She is
not yet well versed in the art of dec
Grafton. and red and green are pre-
dominating colors in all of her rooms.
whether in harmony or not. The house
has good furniture. but it is strangely
arranged. The lounge is favorite
piece of furniture. and one sees it in
every Indian household. always in the
parlor. Ii the Indians have a piano or
organ, it goes into the bedroom. The
young bucks best saddle also goes into
the parlor, and in many houses it is
hung upon the wall. Red ribbons are
tied to everything, even the tail of the
cat, for no Indian household is COM
plete without u cat and n dog.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
A M,schIcxou. schoolrirl.

Commodore P. vedder. while young
man, teaching school, had occasion to
punish mischievous girl, and, as was
usual in that day and locality. was
about to resort to the ferule. To the
offending maid he said, Miss -,
give me your hand" She dropped her
head and blushed. Again he said
sternly, Miss -, say. give me your
hand"
Slowly lifting her eyes, she remark
ed: Mr.. Vedder, this is embarrassing
for me. You should not make such
proposals in public However, you
must ask my papa first"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19

Some new authors arrive with such
q hilarious confidence, such blithe in
nocence. that it is always interesting
to hear about them. One has just sent
to a we'll known London publisher a
letter something like this:
Il am told that it is usual on the eve
Of the appearance of book to enter
tain all the London reviewers to din
ner. Will you kindly tell me what this
would cost. where the dinner should be
held and who, in your opinion, should
be invited? or course the thing ought
to be done handsomely
1t is amusing and true. - London
Chronicle
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Unneighborly.

"Here is a department store adver-
tising that it will put initials on um-
brellas free Of charge"
"That is what call an act destruc-
tive of all neighborly feeling. Think
how you would feel going around with
an umbrella with somebody else's name
on tw-Washington Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-19
Grow Plenty of Roughness.

The farmer who has plenty of clover,
hay sorghum, oats straw well stacked,
or even spring or winter wheat straw
and corn fodder, can carry through
large number of live stock and produce
flesh at less cost than the man who ex.
pends his energies in raising grain as
feed for live stock. Roughness will
not fstten, that is, finish live stock for
market, but 1t will, If of the proper kind
and amount, provide the food of support
and pound Of gain per day on the
steer or farrow COW, the colt, and q
pound of gain per day and more per
thousdnd pounds of sheep. This rough
ness can be grown at the minimum
cash cost for labor.
The farmer, for example, can grow
from four to eight tons of dry sorghum
per acre, the only cash outlay being the
seed. The rest can be done with the
ordinary help of the farm by perhaps
changing labor during the cutting sea-
son with the neighbors. The corn fod-
der involves some additional expense,
but it is all after it goes into the shock,
as 1t can be harvested and put in the
shock, at about the same price that it
can be husked on the stalk. A good
crop of corn will yield from one to two
tons of forage per acre, which properly
fed will have about the same feeding
value as timothy hay. Glover hay is
much superior in value for farm pur.
poses to either corn fodder or timothy
Another valuable source of rough.
ness is fall pasture. Where clover hay
is cut not later than the first week in
July and the aftermath allowed to
stand, 1t serves the double purpose OF
reseeding the land and also of furnish
Ing winter pasture.
1t is not necessary to tell our readers
of the value of blue grass winter pas
ture. Where lands are in permanent
grass aud the farmer is not compelled
to pasture it closely in the fall, he cal
keep any kind of stock cattle through
the winter with less labor and NOR,
thrift and less expense than he can il
any other way of which we know.
Rape may be sown in corn at the las
plowing, and If there is enough moist
ure to secure termination it will furn
'sh very large amount of nutrition
J feed up until winter sets in, afte
which, of course, itlis of no value.
Farmers IN the southern portions o
lthe winter wheat belt, where they cal
J SOW early, can sedire good deal o
feed from their Rheat fields wi!hou
any serious injuryAnd possibly to tn
advantage Of the op. We would no