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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Improvement of Corn.

Uncle Henry" Wallace,is devoting
good deal of space in his paper WalS
iaces' Farmer to the Improvement of
Iowa Corn. lie calls attention to the
fact that while the Iowa Farmer has
been improving his live stock for TWEEN
ty years and more he has given very
little attention to the great Iowa crop,
corn. Among the many articles which
have appeared in Wallace's Farmer on
this subject has been series by Prof.
Shamel, of Illinois, the corn expert,
and these are Illustrated by a number
of photographs showing different va
rieties of corn, perfect and imperfect
ears, the most profitable to raise, etc.
The average Iowa farmer thinks he
knows as much about corn as anybody
does but we miss our guess if he can
not learn lot from these articles in
Wallaces' Farmer.
In this connection we wish to say
that Waliaces' Farmer is one of the
best agricultural papers that comes to
this office. 1t is handsomely printed on
paper of fine quality, filled with at
tracttye Illustrations, and IN addition
to Its regular features, its editorials by
Uncle Henry its departments Of
Dairying, Horticulture, the Hog and
Poultry, Its Home Department, for the
women; contains full reports of the
leading fairs, live stock shows, and
sales, agricultural meetings, etc. 1t is
published weekly at Des Moinea, Iowa
at Sl.00 year, all subscriptions pay
able in advance and the paper stops
when the time is out. We can send
Wallaces' Farmer and the Democrat
both one year for only g % and you get
one OF our nice premiums. Apply at
the Democrat office.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

Hamilton. who shook one Of the Sleep
ers and politely repeated the sugges.
ton. The man was slow In waking
and slower still In comprehending. but
at last he said:
What! Them gum cloths? Gosh!
We amt got none. Some of the army
that druv you uns from round Rich.
mond when Mcclellan was thnr has
got some that you uns left, but we uns
wasn't thar"
"Oh. see. beg your pardon. May
! ask what you do when you're caught
in the rain while on duty?"
"DoT said the man. with mighty
yawn. why. git wet. l reckon"
Then the prisoner lay down and fell
asleep again, though by that time the
rain was falling furiously. AS for
Hamilton and me. we agreed that u so
called nation that didn't provide Its
soldiers with rubber blankets would
soon be on Its last legs and that the
said legs would be rheumatic.
The camp was soon In commotion,
most of 1t verbal and shcckingly pro-
hahS' LIZ AhSi AL luc ucWcI
MES had not yet learned how to keep
dry In shower. The rubber blanket
is SO narrow that for 1t to be under
man and over him. too. the owner must
lie us straight US a ramrod. There
were individual outbreaks throughout
the entire night as men woke to find
their knees soaked. To make matters
worse for the guard, the rain put out
the fires, so there was no light. Hamil-
ton and took turns in pacing to ana
fro in front of the prisoners. counting
the barely visible figures each time we
passed them. The guards were as un.
happy us lot of plcnlckers caught in
thunderstorm. and sleepy besides
The horses huddlcd together as best
they could. the road became,ankle deep
In mud, and the entire situation was
MS gloomy, uncomfortable and detest
able as our worst enemies could have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

meant, but be evidently saw | was
curious. for he approached me and
said:
81 guess the advance has gobbled
them. There's never more than COM
pany of these fellows on the road Mt n
time around here"
That was better than l had expect
ed, and was wild to go forward and
see the prisoners. Soon there was
something else to look at, however, and
! don't believe the prisoners could have
presented as sorry u spectacle-it was
the mass of stragglers being urged for
ward by the rear guard. There SEEM
ed no end to the dismal line of men
without horses. horses without men.
Some of the stragglers were asking
where their companies were, and once
in awhile member of our company
would recognize his place by the letter
which each of US wore on his cap. What
astonlshed me most, however. was
Mick McTwyny ploadlng along on foot
and carrying little Bralnard on his
back. was SO astonished that it was
some time before could ask Charley
what had happened. and he told me
that something was biting his side aw-
fully. When the surgeon, of whom
we had three, reached our company,
Brainard learned that in falling from
his horse he had broken two ribs.
Soon the colonel came riding down
the column, looking keenly to the right
and left ! asked him about the engage
ment but he stared coldly at me and
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Much Reading for little Money.


The New York World has got the
cost of printing down to minimum.
Its latest offer of its monthly newspa-
er-magazine is Interesting if from no
other cause than it shows the acme of
"how much for how little" The Month
ly World is 80 page magazine with
colored cover Its pages are about the
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in half-tone. The illustrations are the
results of the best artistic skill, aided
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the quality of its contents and its ap.
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ial reviews. 1t numbers among its
contributors the leading literary men
and women of the day. A feature
each month is full page portrait of
the most famed man or woman of the
moment in the public eye. In collect
ing and preparing for publication the
literary matter and art subjects for the
Monthly World no expense is spared.
The New York World will send six
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on receipt of fifteen cents in stamps.
Address The World, Pulitzer Building,
New York.
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did not answer. When, however, the
captain saluted. the colonel told him
that the enemy's entire party had been
captured, being unsaddled and there
fore unable to get away He also vol.
unteered the information that our dash
had been worth more TO the regiment
than Il month OF battalion drill In camp
and that IL half of the new men had
kept up with the procession they had
done better than he expected.
Thus ended ethe first charge of the
Thirty-eighth. and 1t had been quite rs
successful in results as early cavalry
dashes IN general But what would
have happened had we, with GOO or 700
raw men ard only third as many
experienced members, encountered a
well armed. wei trained regiment as
large us our own. Well, either we
would have run away or been badly
whipped.
II IL unlikely, however. that the colo
BEL. who knew his business would have
led US against such a body. and 1t Is
less likely that lie could hive done 1t il
he would, for there was not at that
time a well armed. web trained cavalry
regiment anywhere in the southern
army, Grcenhorn against greenhoru
was the rule in those days. and not
only 10 the cavalry service either.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
fro BE Continued
In early American glassware the his.

In early American glassware the his.
tory of our national art progress has
been written. Choice and precious in
deed are the crude blue green and
brown amber bottles made early in the
nineteenth century, the portrait bottles
bearing busts of Washington, Franklin.
Lafayette, De Witt Clinton. Zachary
Taylor, Kossuth and Jenny Lind. Lo-
cal decorative subjects on many lines
of Ideas were treated by the first Amer
ican bottle makers, and the most ex-
quisite Venetian bottle cannot outrank
In value, to n patriotic American col
lector, the primitive old TASKS orna-
mented with Indians, Masonic en-
blems, the eagle, stars, flags, log cab
ms, cannon and steamships or such
outdoor themes as the seasons, birds,
fruit, trees, sheaves of wheat the fish
erman, deer, the gunner and his hounds
and the first bicycle. The earliest
American railway, with a car drawn
by a horse. is historically celebrated on
a glass flask. as well as the bold Pixies
peak pilgrim, with his staff and bun
Ale.-Centnry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
A Little BOOK Of Great Importance

DO you ever wish tor u book that can
be relied upon to answer correctly oil
the little questions and knotty problems
that present themselves day by day-a
book that Will quickly decide all argu-
ments on sil silhjectsl The 1902 World
Almanac and Encyclopedia, which is
now ready, is exactly this kind of book.
II takes the same position in the world
OF facts and figures as does the dicticn-
AIRY in the world of words.
tbs little volume contains over 600
pages of well printed agate type, every
nne containing some fact that you will
sooner or later want to look up
The World Almanac should occupy i,
prominent place in every progressive
American household. The 1902 edition is
more complete than any of the former
ones. I. contains facta on many snh.
Jscts that have recently been brought to
the public Notice and which every up
to date person Should have at his lin
gers ends.
Among the features of the 1902 Al.
manac are:
The mlllionaires of the United States,
d list giving the names of nearly 1900
Americans who possess over 100000.
The great American trusts; full particu
lars of l63 leading industrial organiza-
tins. Organized labor; enlarged sta
tistics of the strength OF labor unions
and the present condition of the labor
movement The Nicaragua Canal and
the Hay pauneefote treaties with Grsst
Britain Progress of aerial navigation
in 1901 Complete United States census.
Anarchist statistics OF the United States
and Europe, etc to the extent of over
1000 topics.
The 1902 World Almanac and Ency
clopedia is on ssle by ali newsdealers
throughout the country for % eents
When ordered by mail l0c extra for
postage must be Enclosed to the Would,
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Vacation Days.

Vacation time Is here and the chill.
dren are fairly living out of doors
There could be no healthier place fol-
them. You need only to guard against
the accidents Incidental to most open
air sports. No remedy equals DeWitts
Witch Hazel Sslye for quickly stopping
pain or removing danger of serious con,
sequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds.
II used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
for sores, cuts and bruises says L. B.
Johnson, Swift, Tex. at is the best
remedy on the market Sure cure fol-
piles and skin diseases. Beware OF
counterfeits.-S Bros.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Poisoning tho system

1t is through the bowels that the
body is cleansed of impurities, Consti-
patton keeps these poisons in the sys-
TEN, causing headache, dullness and
meianchoiia at first, then unsightly
eraptions and finally serious illness un-
less u remedy is applied. DeWitt's
Little Early RIsers prevent this trou-
bic by stimulating the liver and prct
mote eseg, healthy action of the bowels.
These little pills do not act violently
but by Strengthening the bowels enable
them to perform their work. Never
grippe or distress Smith Bros
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Acts immediately.

Colds are sometimes more trouble.
some in summer than In winter, It's SO
hard to keep from adding to them
while cooling off sitter exercise. One
Minute Cough Cure cures at once
Absolutely ssfe. Acts Immediately
sure cure for coughs, colds, Group,
throat and lung troubles Smith Bros.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

The newest lighthouse on the French
coast shows beam visible at dis
lance of 80 nautical miles in clear
weather. 1t is situated on the Isle
Verge, off the French coast, to the
northeast of Ushant, the lantern being
pa feet above sea level.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Treat your kidneys tor Rheumatism

Treat your Kidneys Tor Rheumatism
When you are Suffering from rheu-
matism, the kidneys must be attended
to at once 80 that they will eliminate
the uric acid from the blood. Foley's
Kidney Cure ia the most effective rem
edy for this purpose. r. 4. Hopkins,
of Polar, Wis, says. After unsuccess
fully doctoring three years for rheuma
tlsm with the best doctors, tried Fo-
tey's Kidney Cure and 1t cured me. |
cannot speak too highly of this great
medicine" Sold by Denton " Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

a recent report shows that 1853
Christians We're murdered In 1901 by
the Tufks. In only 81 cases were the
mutdereTs punished, and then with not
more than four years Imprisonment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

The largest done in the world is that
of the Lutheran church at Warsaw,
Its interior diameter Is 300 feet. That
OF the British museum library is 1870
fnot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

a. r. Bass, of Morganstown, Ind,
had to get mp ten or twelve times in the
night and had severe backache and
palms in the kidneys Was cured by
Foley'e kidney Cure. Sold by Denton
Il Ward
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

Foley 9 Kidney CUE purifies the blood
by strainiug OUT Impurities and tones
up the whole system. Cures kidney
and bladder troubles. Sold by Denton
IL Ward \
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

The records left by the Phoenecians,
Assyrlsns aud ancient Persians show
that among all those nations the use of
perfumes was very common.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

New Britain, Conn, holds the record
for inyentiyeness. over 1,4oo patents
have been issued to 344 OF Its citizens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

When other medicines have failed
Take Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t has cured
when everything else has disappointed.
Sold by Denton u Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
CHAPTER lX.


TER II long rest, fol.
lowed by water for
our horses, the regi-
nicnt started again,
though as to where
we were going We
knew no more than
when we left camp.
| said to Cloyne that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Bronchitis for Twenty Years

Mrs Minerva Smith, of Danville, H.,
writes: II had bronchitis for twenty
Years and never got relief until ! used
Foiey's Honey and Tar which is n
sure cure; Sold by Denton s. Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

sound kidneys are safeguards of life.
Make the kidneys healthy with Foley's
kidney cure Sold by Denton & Ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

An industrial and agricultural school
for colored youths of Maryland was
opened last month near Laurel, in that
state
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

A melon patch in cornheld will
sometimes neuttalize the work of the
local Sunday school.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

Meat originally meant any kind of
food.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
Two Bottles Cured HIM

81 was troubled with kidney com
plant for about two years. writes A /.
II. Davis, of Mt. Sterling, Ia, "but two
hotties of Foley's Kidney Cure affected
permanent cnre." Sold by Denton &
Ward
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09

Better lose your argument than your
friend. Rams Horn.
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D.. Vlt,fI sllIa,tl'gy.
The Regular and Reliable Chi
cago Specialist will be at Man
chester, Clarence House,
Monday, July II,

one day only and return once
every % days. Office hours s a.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-07-09
CHAPTER WILL


rTENTIoN, colnpa-
N.Y." shouted our
captain, Draw sa-
bers!'
FLASHED all their
sabers bare" as Ten
nyson says In THE
Charge of the Light
RrimnIInn L.. Il.n.,.,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21
Mike BIahah on Marriage.

HEsrNUT BRANCH sER1Es-wR1TTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH)
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21

than North Carolina. It probably has
considerable interest for the people Of
this State. North Carolina refused to pay
certain bonds on which her guarantees
had been placed on the ground, presum-
ably, that they were fraudulent or had
been Illegally issued. We do not recaK
exactly the reason for the refusal to re-
cognize them as valid obligations. AS thu
holders of the bonds could not sue this
State some OF the bonds were transferred
to South, Dakota. and became a part OF
the schoo! fund OF that state. It fs prob
ABLY an issue in tho case whether or NOT
the bonds were a genuine purchase. II
they were simply transferred to South
Dakota for the purpose Of enforcing
payment Of the bonds for the bondholders
the decision may turn out on that point.
If there should be a DECISION against
North Carolina then would come tho
question OF collecting the money What
would be the proceeding? II North Caro-
lima should refuse to levy a tax to pay
the bonds would tho aid OF thu United
States be invoked?
II we are not mistaken several OF the
Southern States have refused to pay
guaranteed railroad bonds issued during
reconstruction times, and for which little
or no value was ever received The
money obtained for the bonds went into
the pockets Of members OF the carpec-oa1
governments. at least that IS the under
standing.
This South Dakota case n doubtless
backed by the holders OF many Of these
railroad bonds for which payment has
been refused. 1t is perhaps tho final
effort to make the states which issued
the Eonds pay them. II the case against
North Carolina is successful then steps
viii! be taken probably to make nther
States pay bonds which they have re-
fused to recognize as valid.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21
SO far as I knew, they were having

SO far as I knew, they were having
a friendly journey.
Now. il II. w. B. could find soma
woman with nerve enough to stand
up before q minister alongside of him.
why can't I? suppose you'll say
that he had some mental machinery.
and haven't any, that's why. Well.
If you want to get so fH and personal.
90 ahead I may know one or two on
you. If don't III get some old resi-
denter to give mo a line on your
grandfather. Many q. man walks in
disgrace to-day because his grand
father hung his hat on he back of tho
seat when he went to a theatre, or
SHED at the first flash OF q finger
bowl.
Anyway I'm not so dead excited to
set married. I don't know that I want
to, az all I know the length, breadth,
and thickness of my little bunch OF
comfort now.s aud. can't tell just how
much might be Topped off If I got mar
ried. l know just where to lay my
mitts on my collars and necktes, and
don't have to do my smoking in a
trunk for fear the odor will get in
the curtains. I can go out any night
l want to- without filling out an ap-
plcation blank, and when l come back
l don't have to lie about the loose
stair-carpet tripping me up when there
hasn't been any carpet on the stairs
all summer. The stairs can look like
q tread-mil in full blast for all care,
They can make a thousand revolu-
lions minute and If they don't carry
me up the first time jump on, can
keep on jumping on and rolling off till
daylight, and there'll be no one in a
blue kimona standing over me and
cussing me out while I'm doing the
little turn either.
A wife always thinks she has to
Straighten up your things. and when
he jobs done you cant find anything
but the wallpaper. Every timo you
get up out Of a chair, she chases over
to shake up the cushion just to show
you how untidy you are and make
you feel on the bum. When you're at
the feeding-board and don't have any
thing much to say. she accuses you Of
thinking CT some other woman. and
if you do loosen up she throws the
spur into every word you utter. If
YOU come into the house on q rainy
night with your clothes little damp.
she's so afraid you'll give the pug
dog an attack Of rheuma tism that you
have to rush upstairs like fireman
and get them changed. or get it loud
and lusty. But it's all right when
you go to put on your rubber and
find she's stood wet umbrella III
1t.
Then think Of man on Sunday
morning trying to shave himself while
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21

his wife scampers about the room in
her stockinS-feet, knocking against
his elbow, and opening first this draw
er and then that. and making him
back away from the dresser-mirror
twenty times a minute, so she can get
at the pin-cuShion. Then every time
he goes to put down his shaving-brush
have her yell, Don't put it there,
while he stands around hunting for
a place that will suit, with the lather
fast drying up on his face
l know some married men SO dead
leary OF their wives that they have to
get a written permit to stand on the
parIor carpet. When they go calling
the husband sits all the evening up
against a little straight-back dlnky
chair with his hands laid out flat on
his knees and his heels together like
Jacobs 6 Levy'S star dummy. If he
attempts to butt into the conversation,
his wife promptly gives him the gong.
"Charles, I'm talking, sir!!' she says,
and hands him a look that freezes the
bananas in the dining-room fruit pic
ture. And Charles has to lock up his
face right off, too, and hand over the
key.
What clinkers mo is that married
men don'tl stand by their sex and tip
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A woman asked me the other day
u-ny / did not get married. And then
she handed me the smile sarcastque
as much as 10 say that / couldn't
Get anybody.
Now. If this cautious lady with the
biting innuendo thinks there is nothing
stirring about in the matrimonial firm
ament for Michael she'd better step
up and look through the funnel again
Shed better look me over again, too.
She mustn't think she can grasp all my
fine points at a glance. They're not
lined up on any suspender tray. And
.fe ought. also. to get her neck into
play a little and observe some Of tho
Poor lockers I've seen that have
scored. And these fellows crossed
The ma trimonial home-plate on walk,
too, with the ball in right field. They
didn't have 20 run any Sabine hcld-up
TO get wives. They just sewed some
1cw-Ioo1inG glove-f1ngers in their top
coat pockets. threw out their chests.
and plked up and down the street while
the girls rubbered at them through
the parior curtains and picked the
best gated.
knew. a man once who was honestly
so homely that his barber had to look
the other way when he shaved him.
Even the neighhors' chickens, we'll
behaved as a rule. used TO duck 10
cover whenever they'd sec him com
ing along. Whichever one would see
him first would shout Here comes
that face" and then they'd all take
the cue and pedal double-quick down
the backyard to the hen-house- /
always thought they were unnecses-
CARLY rude about it. They might have
picked and scratched their way down,
or pretended they had an important
engagement, or wanted to lay an egg,
or something like that But a chicken
hasn't any tact anyway.
On the square, though, this fellow
was an awfully funny locker. You
could hardly blame the poultry. His
head was so small, and his body so
lat and square, that he looked like a
Not Water Bag reporting for duty
His eyes were a little off-side, too.
He wasn't what you'd call cross-eyed
in fact, it was just the other way. l
don't know what the lampmender
would cali his complaint, but when
you'd talk to him he always seemed
10 be rubbering at his ears. One optic
watched the right ear, and the other
patrollcd the left YOU didn't know