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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

The large and increasing circulation
of The Iowa Homestead in this county
is 9 matter for congratulation 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.
ful. 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
eIB, they are full of actual experiences.
and smell of the soil. We have been
fortunate enough this season to secure
terms for The Homestead and its Spec.
ial Farmers Institute Editions, together
with The Poultry Farmer and The
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal,
four of the most valuable farm publ.
cations in the country, that enable us to
offer the four In connection with our
own paper for S1.9O for the entire five.
one year. This is emphatically 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 Il, A
county paper, . farm paper, q poultry
paper, 9 farm insurance paper and the
Special Farmers Isntitute, all for 81 .0O
Come In and order them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

he has regarded as Gne OF the tortr.o;
OF the inIuisitIon, coulblng his hair he
has looked upen us Il foolish waste of
time that might have been spent on
tops and marbles, while brushing his
clothes and shoes has seemed a CON
temptlble trucking to the effete Gus
toms of society that was unworthy of
an intelligent human being.
Suddenly all this is changed. Some
morning the boy appears abnormally
slean. He develops mania for scent
ed soap. His ears are beyond re-
proach, and If he has the making of n
lover in him he begins to manicure his
nails. He becomes critical about col
lars and neckties. His family say,
How Tommy is improvingr and his
mother congratulates herself that her
lectures are bearing fruit at last.
I'm reality it is the first prcmonition
Of love-vague inarticulate, intangible,
but unmistakable. No man ever real
ICES his defects until he sees them re-
flected in feminine eyes. Men do not
dress up for each other; but for wom-
ans opinion they would still be going
about in comfort and the aboriginal
blanket. The silk hat and dress coat
are daily offering on her shrine, and
Tommy's newly awakened desire to fix
up is simply his first consciousness of
woman. lie does not understand its
portentousness, and he may still out
wardly scorn little girls. but for him
the die has been cast. The disturbing
and compelling influence of woman has
entered into his life"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
ORIGIN OF THE KISS.
The Greek Story of the Way IL
which It Came Into Being.

The Greek Story of the Way In
Which 1t Came Into Being.
Kissing is usually accepted as IN
agreeable fact, and its theory and his
tory are ignored, but If kissing did not
begin with Adam and Eve it began
with the beautiful young Greek shep.
herdess who found an opal on one of
the hills of Greece and, wishing to
give it to youthful shepherd whose
hands We're busy with his flock, let
him take it from her lips with his own,
says Science Siftings. Thus the kiss
was invented, and perhaps the popular
superstition against the opal may be
traced back to the same incident, for
osculation has wrought great tragedies
in the worlds history.
kissing was once an act of religion.
The nearest friend of dying person
performed the right of receiving his
soul by a kiss. supposing that 1t es-
capped through his lips at the moment
of expiration. 1t is said that kissing
was first introduced into England by
royalty. The British monarch yorti-
germ gave banquet in honor Of his
Scandinavian allies, at which Rowena,
the beautiful daughter of Hengist, was
present. During the proceedings, after
pressing brimming beaker to her
lips. she saluted the astonished and de-
lighted monarch with kiss "after the
manner of her people,"
The most honorable royal kiss on rec
ord is that which Queen Margaret Of
France in the presence of the whole
court one day imprinted on the lips Of
the ugliest man in the kingdom, Alain
Charter, whom she found asleep. To
those around her she said, 81 do not
kiss the man, but the mouth that has
uttered SO many charming things"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
The Demon of Indigestion.

Cooks and housekeepers have no.
bier mission than they as a class seem
to be aware Of. 1t is that of feeding
the human being and keeping him in
health and good working condition. A
poorly fed man is likely to be misera-
BILE. Few if any of us are able to rise
above conditions.
"a sick man, sir" said DR.. johnson,
sis always a scoundrel" The language
is perhaps somewhat strong and lack.
ing in charity, but it contains a good
grain of truth. The dyspeptc, who sees
the world given over to evil and daily
growing worse, is very likely to think
himself unable to swim against the cur.
rent and to drift to disaster. eve
are saved by hope" but without a good
digestion faith, hope and charity are
almost impossible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
A Walking Fern.

Most ferns are confirmed travellers.
New fern leaves grow out from the un-
derground roots some distance away
from the, old plant. The average OBJ
server scarcely notices this, but there
is native fern that steps off at SO
lively a pace that its odd habit has
long furnished one of the unceasing
entertainments of the woods. The
walking fern often carpets lodges and
tops of shaded rocks. The slender,
tufted leaf fronds are singularly un-
fernlike in appearance. They squirm
about and walk" by declining their
taper tips to the soil and taking root
there and growing. In time clusters
Of new leaf fronds spring from such
rooted tips. By and by some of these,
teo, bite the earth and, taking root,
start still other colonies, which in turn
will continue the progress again and
again. Naturally. with the lapse of
time, the connection between the older
tufts and the younger becomes broken,
yet one sometimes finds series of three
or four linked together, representing as
many steps in the pretty ramble.-
Country Life In America.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

During the civil war subjects of var
ious Earopeon nations lost property by
reason of the conflict and 1t was years
before these claims were adjusted, and
some are still hanging fire. Property
belonging to English and German citi-
zens was destroyed by the Confederate
or Federal armies, and this government
was asked to pay for the loss. Many
years afterwards these claims were final.
ly adjusted. But suppose Immediately
following the civil war that England and
Germany had demanded immediate
payment there would have been such a
'rallying of the north and south to the
mutual defeuse of the country that all
thought of internal pickering would
have been forgotten. But England and
Germany did not force their claims
against the United States, because this
was little too great proposition for
them to tackle.-Clinton Advertiser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
In on the Ground Floor.

An eX-postmaster was one of a
group in a city hall corridor recently
engaged in discussing queer manifes-
tations of Jealousy on the part of
young men in love, dispatch in the
morning papers having given rise to
the conversation. He said that the
most Jealous man he ever had knowl-
edge Of applied for position in the
postofiice. He brought such excellent
recommendations that the postmaster
was moved to wonder that the young
fellow did not go into mercantile life.
Pressed for reason, he finally con-
fessed that he was giving up better
position in order that as an employee
of the postotiice he might not only get
his fiancee's letters the sooner, but also
might learn whether or not she re-
ceived mail from any other man.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31


The Chicago Tribune objects to the
passage of the ship subsidy bill. The
Tribune prints kilograms from a nun.
ber of republican editors in Iowa all of
whom oppose the subsidy; and yet what
does all this amount to after alp The
Tribune and many of these same re-
publican papers object to colonialism
as represented in the Porto Rican bill.
The Porto Rican bill was passed and
coloniallsm was established, republican
leaders feeling confident that they could
depend upon these republican papers
rushing to the support of republican
measures. This confidence was not
misplaced and these newspapers turned
some very sharp corners. If the ship
subsidy bill should pass 1t is safe to say
that many Of these same papers would
be found ardently defending that meas
ure in the next political campaign.
Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
PLANT IRREGULARITIES.
The Reason Fruit Bushes and Vines
Are Protected by Thorns.

Are Protected by Thorns.
Most persons think that the stem of
a plant grows from the roots. On the
contrary, the roots grow from the
stem. In the case of plant that dies
down to the ground In autumn 1t is
not the roots that send up new stem
in the spring, for part of the true
stem remains underground on the root
crown, and from it grow up the bud
bearing stems in the spring. When
seed terminates, 1t sends the light
loving stem upward and the dark lov-
ing root downward.
Saw off part of tree trunk and you
viii find series of rings from the GEN.
to the bark, each ring marking u
year Of growth. But these rings indi-
cate also which of the seasons through
which the tree has lived were dry and
which had plenty Of rain. The rings
are always of unequal width. The
narrow ones represent dry seasons and
the wide ones seasons when the condi-
tions of growth were better by reason
of plentiful rain.
Every rose has its thorn, and the
same may be said of such fruits as
blackberries, raspberries, ETC., only
they are not real thorns, but prickles,
which strip off with the outer bark,
while thorns will not strip off, being
hardened, undeyeloped branches.
But why do bushes and vines have
prickles? Many people wonder at it,
70. they see no good reason for such a
growth. But there Is a reason, az
re is in everything in nature. The
pslckles are given to them as a pro-
lection against plant eating animals.
The stems have a pleasant, aromatic
taste, md cows and sheep would be
sure to eat them in winter, when they
crave something fresh, If it were not
for the prickles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
DOWN IN A SALT MINE.
An Occasion When Ones Dignity
Must BE Set Aside,

An Occasion when Ones Dignity
Must he Set Aside.
1t is only the elect among travellers
who find their way to Berchtesgaden,
In Bavaria, not very far from Salz-
burg, writes correspondent of the
London Taller. If you drive in car
riage from thence by road, you are
stopped midway at n customs house
and find yourself leaving Austrian ter
ritory for Bavarian. Berchtesgaden is
beautifully situated, and it has two
noteworthy attractions, one of them
the Konigsee, thought by many the
most beautiful lake in the world, and
the other the salt mines. A visit to the
salt mines gives one an exciting hour.
Many tourists take tickets Mt the top,
but many of the fair sex are deferred
from using them when they see the
costume that is rendered essential to
the visit. In other words. they have to
abandon skirts and adopt special
"rig out" One may frequently observe
that ladies', torn between what they
consider modesty and curiosity, go two
or three times to the mines before they
screw up their courage sufficiently to
don the attire and pay the visit.
The necessity for women to abandon
the usual garment arises from the fact
that portion of the mine can only be
visited through the medium of kind
of slide. This slide is, however, the
best thing in the whole visit. 1t is n
great deal better than tonogganiag,
and,9 as one is In the dark and with
only candle fastened to ones dress,
It is not little exciting.
The strangest incident in the trip is
that of the illumination of what is
called "the salt lake" You are rowed
across this lake in almost absolute
darkness, the illumination being pro-
vided by number of miners lamps
round the lake, and the Journey has a
very considerable weirdness. The next
best experience in the trip is the final
ride into daylight on the trucks. This
is Journey through absolute darkness
for a very considerable way until final
ly one sees a little CLEAN of light in
the distance. Altogether, as have
said, between the toboggan slide, the
car ride and the boat journey across
the salt lake the visitor to the Berch-
tesgaden salt mine has plenty for his
money. But, curiously enough, he sees
very little salt AT any rate, the pre-
pared salt that one uses ON ones break
fast table is not at all in evidence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
POULTRY POINTERS.

Early hatched pullets make the best
winter layers.
One of the most beneficial foods for
poultry is linseed meal.
The laying hens like a variety not
only In the soft food, but in the grain.
The guinea fowl is great forager
and destroys many insects that hens
will not touch.
The hens will lay better and be better
contented If supplied with a box Of
fine dry earth for dust bath.
The Leghorns are popular with those
who do not desire to raise chicks, they
being nonsitters and good layers.
Poultry farming doesn't take great
deal of land, but with good manage
ment the harvest comes every day.
In arranging the perches in the poul-
try house have them far enough away
from the doors and windows to avoid
drafts.
Soaked lime placed in the drinking
water will often cure hens of laying
shell-less eggs unless it is disease Of
the egg passage, as is sometimes the
case.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
The Man Who Can't Afford It,

Hurral for the man who is able to say
In a manly, unblushing and sensible way;
~ can't afford It." when tempted 10 buy
What eer will distress him when pay day is
nigh.
liurrah for that man. though his ways he neg
lect,
He has our profoundest, sincerest respect;
To him. be he ever friend or a foe.
Unchecked admiration we nll have to show;
And well he deserves 1t. He teaches the way
OF boldly ignoring what people may say
Or think, In a way which concerns
The one, who. for reasons, extravaganza spurns.
We honor him truly. though seedy his clothes,
We love him, though little of fashion he shows.
We trust him unquestioned, though poorer than
clay.
And isn't he happy? just look at his face
OF care or OF worry there isn't traca,
His conscience is clear, all the riches on earth
Can't give him the Joy that right doing is worth,
No statesman. no ruler no great soldier brave
Is prouder than he, who is nobody's slave.
can't afford 1t, all praise to the man
Who fearlessly says 1t and lives on the plan.
Harvey N. Bloomer, In Jury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
Not a Creditable Proceeding.

Among civilized people debts are no
longer collected by violence. The hold
or OF an individual obligation does not
attack his debtor with club or blow
up his house, but proceeds through the
courts. And in the case of nations
there is court provided for just such
collections as Germany and England
nave undertaken to make from Vene-
zuela. Considering the great power of
the allies and the great weakness of
Venezuela, 1t is not creditable to the
former that they should resort to force
In the first place.-Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
A BOYS LOVE.

The Symptoms That Mark His First
consciousness of Woman.
ut is deeply and touchingly signifi-
cant Of the uplifting influence of wo-
man over man that the first heart
throb of boy is always accompanied
by ablutionary symptoms" says Doro-
thy Dix in Ainslee's. 1.-THE earliest in
dication that masculine creature
gives Of susceptibility to the fair sex
is when he first voluntarily washes be-
hind his ears. Up to that time his
morning bath, except upon compulslon,
has only described small circle, tax
ing IN his eyes, segment Of his cheeks
add his chin. A thorough scrubbing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31


The English people should not be al
lowed to believe that we have a desire
to annex Canada. We would have
canada remain under another form OF
government 80 that we may have some
object of tariff determinations. We
might be willing to annex the people,
but the republicans of the nations de.
clare that annexation of the hens, COWS,
goats, cattle hides, old iron, and pea
fields would mean panic on Wall street
and general disaster to our people. In
view Of all this we will be compelled to
foreeo the pleasure of treating the Cam
adams as brothers-Ceds Rapids
Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
Does not Work Both Ways.

The notice to European governments
to keep off the western continent, while
we invade the eastern. may not figure in
the Venezuela trouble, for pressure may
quiet that raging tempest. But the
same dislocation of logic is apt to ap
pear again. The "manifest destiny"
slogan, when pushed to- its last analysis,
must mean adoption of the Mohamme-
den motto Of enforcing creed by the
sword. And that is not American.
That is the treason which the jingoes
prate of and do not comprehend. Pitts.
burg Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
Business Opportunities For All.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Mime.
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best sgri-
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and bust.
ness men successful. We have a 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, 6O4 Endicott Building, st. Paul,
MINI. o. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
Offering Dishonest Testimony.

Having paid good wages to their en-
ployes, of course it is not the concern
OF the coal operators If four or six men
are necessary to do the work they as
sign, officially, to one, and that these
men have to be paid by the employe in
stead of the company. The more there
is learned about the affairs of the mine
operators the more one is inclined tobe-
lieve that they could have made money
and saved reputation by paying the
price of the compromise Indianapolis
News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

There is q hint that Rockefeller
means to "give" slO.Ooo.ooo for educa-
tioDal purposes in the south. The
Cedar Rapids Gazette thinks the far.
sighted dealer will need no better hunch
to buy his oil now and in advance of
this great effort at enlightenment
Marion Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
A Good Suggestion for the lobbyists,

a 0oou ouggestlon I0r the Lobbyists.
The circumstance that Mr.. Hartman
has established headquarters in Wash
ington for the purpose of keeping con-
gress in lis, of course, entirely pro
per In these glorious days of anti-trust
activity, but 1t is likely to excite the In
dignation and resentment of Messrs.
Oxnard and Griscom, who have been
Issuing directions to the national legis
lature ever since the session opened. In
the interest of harmony it may be sug-
gested that the three gentlemen named
should assume the direction of legisla-
tion week about, thus avoiding any un-
seemly conflict of authority. Chicago
Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
bananas, English style

At English tables spoons are served
with bananas. If the bananas are
served as single fruit course. howey-
er, sherry is usually sent around with
1t. A few drops are poured upon the
plate, and the banana, stripped little
by little Of Its skin. is dipped into this
and thus eaten.-New York Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
A Natural Development,

"Hello, Stavers! Haven't met you in
some time. Still bachelor, 1 sup
pose?"
mot bit Of it. I've branched out
in matrimony.'
Indeed! Olive branches, of courseP'
wRichmond Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

Rockefeller Needed Christmas Money.
The price of kerosene has been ad-
yanced nearly so per cent to American
consumers only by the Standard OH
monopoly since the coal strike. The
only discernable reason for the advance
is that Mr.. Rockefeller needs the
money.-Philadelphia North American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

!. M. PEARSE.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT
u Or. All business entrusted to him given
prompt attention. Office In City Hail block,
second noor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

as he sits beneath mis- own vine and
fig-or apple-tree. Whoever despiscs
farmers life Is fool; it is the most
Independent life on earth. = Country
Gentleman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

A.E.PETERsoN,
nEADER IN Groceries. Provisions, rot 4.
~ cry, Fruits. etc. Main Street,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

PETER aoARpwAY.
DEALER IN flour, feed, hay straw. Mauuoke.
" Is lime. stucco. and common and Atlas ce-
ment. Telephone. 1l3. Lower Franklin ST
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
ALEX. sEEs1aoM

AeEAs 6EfSTHOM.
GENERAL BLACKSMITH, horseshoing a
VI specially. Interfering and corns cured or
no pay. Prices reasonable, and the best Of
work guaranteed A share OF the public patron.
age u solicited. Shop on Franklin street, near
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
Our Business Directory.
HoLLisTER LUMBER co.
I UMBER and all kinds of building ma,er,a,s
!. IL Posts and Coal. Corner Of Delaware and

THos. T. cARkEEk.
RCHITECT AND BUILDING SUPERIN.
~ TENpENT. s. Z. Corner. sth and Main ST.
Dubuque, Iowa. '. = y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

tlIY DRAYMAN. Am. prspared to do all
and pianos u Speciality. All work win receiye
prompt en1,t attention. A share Of your patronage
is solicited. Charges right. Give your drawing
to man who has come 10 stay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

LAWRENCE & GREMe,
drugs. Wall Paper. Stationery, Paints. Oils
~ etc. City Hall block. o''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31

scHARLES. THE TAILOR.
MERCHANT TAILOR and Gents Furnishing
MI Goods. Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-12-31
WM. pENNIe.

VIM. DENNIS.
(1ARPLNTER. CONTRACTOR Il BUILDER.
~ am now prepared to do all work In my
line In good and workmanlke manner, Salts.
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur.
nlshed. Work taken I'm town or country, Shop
near the stand tower on West Side OF river,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-08-07
TRACEY IS NO MORE
Desperate Being Cornered Takes
His Own Life.
Association

BY scripps- McRss Press Association
Spokane, WASH, Aug. 6.-Harry
Tracey, the most desperate outlaw
since the days of the James and
Younger's, fought his last battle last
night and this morning, ana finding
himself unequal to the task, ended
his own life by firing bullet into his
brain. The escaped convict and
murderer of thirteen men, was sur
rounded last night in swamp eleven
miles southeast of Crestou, keeping
the posse at bav for hours with a long
range rife. Reinforcements were
sent forward and when they arrived
the fight was resumed, the outlaw be
ing twice wounded. Then seeing it
was all over, Tracey placed a pistol
to his head and snuffed out his life.
His body was removed to Davenport
where this afternoon it is the center
of attraction Hundreds of people
are hocking to town from the sur
rounding country.