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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
carIxle,. Good Advice.

It IN to you, ye workers, who do
already work and are as grown men,
noble and honorable in sort; that the
whole world calls for new work and
nobleness. Subdue mutiny, discord,
widespread despair, by manfulness,
Justice, mercy and wisdom.-Carlyle.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
THE ST. PAUL CALENDAR
ED 4On3

six sheets 10X15 inches, OF beautiful
reproductions, in colors, of pastel
drawings by Bryson, is now ready for
distribution and will be mailed on re-
ceipt of twenty-five (25) cents-coin
Or stamps. Address F. A. Miller, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
Why Silver is Cheapar.

London, Dec. 1.-THE continued de-
cline in the price of silver causes some
considerable comment in financial cir
cles. According to the best informed
houses it is regarded as being directly
due to China's flooding the market
with silver in payment of indemnity to
the mowers
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
Petroleum in place of Coal.

An effort is being made to secure
legislation to compel the use of Pc
troleum instead of coal in London. The
fogs from which the city so often suf-
fers through it's interference with both
business and health is caused by I'M
consumed particles of coal from its
chimneyS.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable. nervous and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
20 cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
EnvntIan ExnIoration Eunu.

J. e. Lodge, e. second son Of Sena-
tor Lodge, has taken hold OF the
Egyptian exploration fund, which has
received many thousands of dollars
from the people OF New England.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

If Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return it to your dealer. If it does
you get one-third more for the same
money. 1t will give you satisfaction,
and will not stick to the iron.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

Bats and their parasites are held
responsible, by an Italian expert, fol
the transmission of plague in some
cases.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 OF.
package, 5 cents.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in the Children's Home in New
York. Cures Feverishness, Bad Stom-
ach, Teething Disorders, move and
regulate the Bowels and Destroy
Worms. Over 30, 600 testimonials. At
all druggists, CSC. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

No chromos or cheap premiums, but
better quality and one-third more of
Defiance Starch for the same price of
other starches.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

You can't deny that it looks shiftless
to own more than one dog.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

All creameries use butter color.
Why not do as they do-use JUNE
TINT BUTTER COLOR.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

1t always makes us mad to see poor
player wear a baseball suit.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

Some folks remember the Sabbath
day to keep it wholly for pleasure.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds--N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. II, 1900
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

If possible do not associate with
those who anger you.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
Then use Defiance Starch, it will
keep them white-16 or for 10 cents.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
TRY ONE PACKAGE.

A small boy is never so industrious
as when it is time to go to bed.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

When two cats pull off fight after
dark they scratch match.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children

The people who don't know the value
of money seldom have any.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

In some poker games it isn't safe &c
raise an opener without first opening a
razor.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

A boy is usually ready to eat ever
time he stops playing.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

The marrying clergyman is always
in favor of unions
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06
In Winter Use Aliens Foot-Ease.

1t takes only one vote to pass good
resolution
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

When you SOW wild oats you can't
hire others to reap the crop.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

When family has black sheep il
keeps dark about it.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for saem
money.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

No disappointment can be quite so
intolerable as disappointment in ones
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething softens the gums reduces IN
Illumination, alays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1902-12-06

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADEDP
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make then,
white again. Large 2 OF. package. cents
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
Would Smash the Club.

IL members of the Hay Fever Associa-
ton would use Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, the club would 60 70
pieces, for it always cures this malsdy-
and Asthma, the kind that battles the doc
tois-it wholly drives from the system.
l thousands Of once hopeless sufferers from
Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, owe
their health and lives TO it. II conquer,
Grip, sayes little ones from Group and
Nhooping Cough and is positively gnaran-
,ee,i for ali throat and lung trouble. SOC
81. 90. Trial bottle free at Melville Dorsey,
drug stole.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

One virtue Of the mushroom that Of
tentimes Is not realized By its cham
pions even IL its nutritive qualities, for
it il often considered at only for
sauce or q side dish. Recently ! ate
dinner with a friend who II bon VI
want and gifted with an abnormaIly
large appetite. To my surprise. be or
dered nothing but mushrooms, bread
and butter and, OF course. drinkables.
We had mushrooms raw, stewed. fried
and broiled on toast. 1t was my nrSs
experience. but I found them excel
lent. I certainly thought they would
not stay by me-" but. to my surprise.
for many hours afterward I had a.
complete q sense Of fullness A. rare
roast beef or juicy steak ever impart'
ed.-Eew York Telegram.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
Practically Starving.

After usins few bottles Of Kodoi Dys.
pepsis Cure my wife received perfect and
permanent relief from . severe and chronic
ease of stomach trouble" says J. 3. Holly,
real estate. insurance and loan agent OF
Mscomb, iii. Before using kodol Dys-
peusia Cure she could not eat IN ordinary
meal without intense suffering. She 10 nov
entirely cured Several pbyeicisns and
msnv remedies had failed to give relic" "
You don't have to diet. Eat any good bod
YOU want, bot don't overload the stouaea.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always diSoe Il
for vou. ". w. Parker.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

II. B. WALKER, -. BROWN,
Traffic Mgr, Gen. Pass. Agt.
NEW YORK, NY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

quilizes the nerves, restores :he appetite,
and gives refreshing sleep. "Favorite
Prescription is the most reliable put-up
medicine offered as a cure for diseases
peculiar TO women. II aiWays helps.
II almost alzOav5 cnres.
when first commenced using DR.. Pierce's
medicines" writes Mrs. George A. Strong. OF
GanSevoort Saratoga Co, n. Y, "I was suher-
ing from fenale weakness disagreeable drain.
bearing down pains. weak and tired feeling all
the time. dragged around in that way for two
wears and began taking your medicine After
taking first bottle began to feel better. took
four bottles OF DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescrip-
ton, two OF Golden Medical Discovery, one
vial Of the Pleasant Pellet also used one
bottle of DT. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Now l
feel like Il person. / can't thank you
enough for your ki:d advice and the good your
medicine has done me"
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper bound, is sent free on
receipt Of IL one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
K " Fierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

tears. Is u I 1OT
women who are
daily being con-
sum ed by tn e
snloulderng FIRE
of disease there is
little sympathy.
Inflammation,
wit h it's fierce
burning; ulcera-
tion, eating into
the tissues ; the
nervous system al
most shattered by
suffering, these
are only part OF
the daily agonies
borne by many a
woman.
DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription
puts out the fire
of inflammation,
heals liberation,
and cures female
weakness. 1t tram
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
VOL. XXI.


An exploding lamp the clothing in
a blaze; paragraph in the paper tell
ing of horrible suffering from burns.
Tragedy in this form moves a man to
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

For tickets and general information
apply to railroad ticket agents. or to
N. B. CROwELL, General Agent. Norfolk,
Va; j. F. MAYER. Agent, 1912 Main
Street, Richmond. Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
A Short
Ocean Trip.
The rlost Delightful Route
to NEW YORK and
NORTHERN AND EASTERN
SUMMER RESORTS
is VIA
OLD DOMINION LINE
AND RAIL CONNECTIONS.

Express steamships leave Norfolk, Va :,
daily. except Sunday. at 700 p. m. and
Old Point Comfort at 500 p. m, for New
York direct, affording opportunities for
through passengers from the South,
Southwest and West to visit Richmond,
Old Point Comfort and Virginia Beach
en- route.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

There is no excuse for any one plant
Ing corn that is low in vitality and If
the seed corn has not been we'll Sc
lected either during the growing sea
son or In the fall and well cared for
during the winter, ii should be tested
at any time now before 1t is time to
plant. There are several methods of
testing corn, one of them to sprout the
kernels between pieces of flannel
which are kept saturated with water.
better plan is one that should be
familiar to all farmers. Take large
Hat dish, large soup plate isjust the
thing, and fill it with very fine sand.
over this pour water until the dish
is trimming full; allow this to stand
until the sand absorbs all it will, then
pour off the surplus water Select
fifty or 100 kernels of corn, taking
them from the centers of the ears. and
place them in the sand. point down.
Then sprinkle little dry sand over
the wet. cover the plate with another
inverted and set in n warm room.
Watch closely. and il the sand gets
dry molsten with warm water. In q
week all of the kernels that will sprout
will show the plant. Keep for ten
days or two weeks, when the result
should show % per cent sprouted If
less than this sprout it will not be a
safe risk to use the corn for seed for
the vitality will be too low to reason
ably expect good results. This is a
simple test, but sure one and readily
tpul..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28


The Illustration shows how to attach
an ordinary washing machine TO a
windmill. Chas. H. Rhode, of Iowa,
vouches for the efficiency of the device.
II does the hardest part of the work, he
says, and while it works the one doing
the washing can rinse and hang out.
we have II wash house around the mill.
also large stove with 4 kettle inside.
To construct, get an old wheel about
two and n half feet in diameter, an old
mower wheel being good; place it about
eight feet from the platform, as shown.
Then connect 1t by pitman y to spoke
OF the wheel and to the plunger of
windmill. Regulate the stroke of the
wheel by fastening pitnan close to the
hub for long stroke and near the rim
for 4 shorter one. Cut wood pulley
and place 1t between the large wheel of
washing machine. On most washing
machines pulley an inch and quar-
ter thick and eight inches in diameter
can be placed there. Belt the two
wheels together and fastcn the belt to
the small pulley by driving in some
nails or screws at the opposite side
from the lever to the handle to prevent
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
The Old sword ON the Wall.

Where the warm spring sunlight, stream
Ing,
Through the window, sets 1t cleaning,
With n softened silver sparkle In the dim
and dusky hall,
With Its tassel torn and tattered,
And Its blade deep bruised and battered,
Like the veteran, scared and weary, hangs
the old sword on the wall.
None can tell It's stirring story,
None can sing its deeds OF glory,
None can say which cause 1t struck for, or
from what limp hand It fell:
On the battlefield they found 1t,
Where the dead lay thick around 1t,
Friend and foe--a CORY tangle-tossed and
torn by shot and shell.
Who. wonder, was Its wearer,
Was its stricken soldier bearer?
Was he some proud Southern STRIPPING, tall
and straight and brave and true?
Dusky locks and lashes had he?
Or VAS he some Northern ladde
Fresh and fair with cheeks of roses, and
with eyes and coat of blue?
From New England's fields of daisies,
or from DiNie's powered mazes,
Rode he proudly forth to conflict? What, l
wonder. was his name?
Did some sister, wife or mother
Mourn husband. son or brother,
l)id some sweetheart look with longing for
love who never came?
Fruitlcss question! Fate forever
Keeps Its secret. answering never,
But the grim old blade shall blossom on this
mild Memorial Day;
l Will wreathe Its hilt with roses
For the soldier who reposes
Somewhere meath the Southern grasses In
his garb of blue or gray.
May the flowers be fair above him,
May the bright buds bend and love him.
May his sleep be deep and dreamless till the
last great bugle CALI
And may North and South be nearer
To each others heart and dearer,
For the memory of their heroes and the old
swords on the WALL
Saturday Evening Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

The recently published story of H.
Rider Haggard's forced study of the
Rhine scenery when boy because his
father had paid for that privilege, re-
minds a reader of conversation she
heard on Nova Scotia boat.
The day was windy one, and the
waters through which the boat was
taking her way were unusually rough.
Many of the passengers had gone be-
low ito seek the seclusion which the
cabin grants" but among the few left
on deck was gaunt New England
woman whose face bore evidence Of
her discomfort, but also evidence Of
grim determination.
Her companion was frail little
woman, who, having reached the limit
of her endurance. rose feebly and
stated in faltering tones her intention
to "go downstairs for WHILE"
"You may go If you like" said the
other, firmly, "but us for me, having
taken this trip and paid out my hard
earned money to enjoy the pleasures
Of seven hours sail, Pm going to
enjoy 'em Just as long as l can; and
1 can hold out while longer, any
way, even II have to give up In the
-and -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

Muscatine Elks VIII hold a carnival in
June.
Waterloo ladies have formed an Audu-
bon society.
George +. Tallman, Boone County
pioneer, is dead.
Mason City will have seven-story
brick business block.
Des Moines Christian Scientists WI
erect a $4,000 structure.
1. W. Shank, Des AIones carpenter
is missing from his home.
Oil drfllers prospecting at Frederika
have struck a deposit of sulphur.
Missouri Valley expects to secure the
location of manufacturing plant.
The death is announced of Isaac Staut-
fer, well-known pioneer of Gladbrook.
The West Dcs Moiues school board has
asked for tax levy Of S225,00O next
year to support the schools of that dis
trict.
Jens Sandvik, one of the best known
farmers in Palo Alto County, was In
stantly killed at Medford, Wis, by a
falling tree.
ID. ID. Mumford of Des Moines, II
brakeman on the Rock Island, lost a foo
in an accident in the railroad yards
the capital city.
The house occupied by Mrs. kehecci
McCloskey i'll Benton township was Q
stroyed by fire, with contents. Tn
was no insurance.
The Board of Trade" at Oskaloosa
now known as the Commercial Club
name more appropriate to the chara
Of the organization.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY.

O,Sr the breadth Of great republic,
from ocean to ocean borne,
Wnereyer the stars Of her banner
CLEAN out to the light of morn;
From the depths Of her grain. sown valleys
IN the Bong Of her wind-swcpt prairies.
The rhyme Of her peaceful riils.
Comes the noiseless tramp Of an army,
shadowy. silent and gray
An army though vanished Its legions.
Yet lives In our hearts to-day.
10 the men who from field and forum
uprose at the country's cry,
Their lives, II their need, for the honor,
Their honor for her to die:
Who, seiSing the gun for the plowshare.
And graspins the sword for the pen.
Went forth an army OF patriots.
OF noble and freeborn men;
IT'S to these hand Of n nation
Its tribute OF love will pay,
Wherever tfe grave of soldier
Shall hallow Its toll today.
Not with branches of rev nor cypress,
But with roses and blossoms sweet;
With amarnnth and laurel above them,
And heart's-ease fair ut their feet,
While softer than Winds of the summer,
And sweeter than roses bloom,
Are the memories and love which gather
And brighten each silent tomb;
And though Time In his march triumphant
Bends all to his final sway,
Yet the touch OF the Great Eternal
II nearer than lie to-day.
Ger these graves where all strife is ended
Where the past and Its memories lie.
Rise the grateful hearts of the people
In prayer to the Lord Most High
For the hope Of n prosperous future,
The gracious gift of His hand;
For great and united nation,
A free and fruitful land:
For his angel of Peace. whose pinions
Stretch over that land to, day;
For the love That claspeth as brothers
The hands OF the blue and gray.
-Woman's Home Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

freshing, his writings will long hold n
literature.
Mr.. Hartc was born in Albany, N. v,
In 1889. and was the son of an educa-
tor. who died leaving the family with
little means. In 1854 young Harte
went to California with his mother and
In Sonora tried his hand at the faith
er's profession of teaching. He did not
succeed in this and became compos-
itor In the office of n mining camp pa
per, beginning his literary career by
composing his first article lntype while
working Mt the case. In 1857 we find
him n compositor in the office of the
Golden Era. San Francisco. The ex-
perience of his frontier life had been
impressive and his literary talents
soon put to profitable use the vivid
scenes of the previous three years.
Clever sketches, contributed at first
anonymously. attracted the attention
of the editor. and Harte was invited
to join the corps of writers. Soon af-
'ei ""iu ne pee"ihe assoe'ateu III 'ic
management OF Ihe Californian, lit
erary weekly, short-lived. but of inter-
est as containing his CONDENSED Nov
els In 1861 he was appointed Sec
rotary of the United States branch
mint ana while holding this position
he wrote several poems for San Fran
cisco papers.
In July, ls6s' the publication of The
overland Monthly with Mr.. Harte as
ITS organizer and editor, was begun.
me second issue contained The Luck
OF hoarins camp, a story OF mining
NE which marked the beginning of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Appealed 10 His Pride.

1t was the most obstinate mule in the
lot. and refused to enter the ear of a
train held up at a little wayside sta
ton in Tennessee, says the New York
Tribune.
Threats, cajolery and blows We're
alike useless. The mule refused to
bulge, and the slant of his ears told
those of the passengers who We're ia
millar with mule-ear talk that where
he was he intended to stay. Then
the aged African who was trying to
load him in said, in honeyed tones:
"Whuffo' yo' behave dis way befo'
all desc strange people? Why, you
fool mule, doan' yo' know dat desc
people will jes' believe dat yo' neber
done trabelled befo' In all yo' llfe?"
The long ears lost their aggressive
slant, and the beast went sedately up
the Inclined plank with the air of a
man entering drawing-room car for
the first time and determined not to
betray the fact.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
machine which can run back and forth
ON tho an mn Gil, OF a., s,l.l n AIi,..,..

machine which can run back and forth
on the same side of the field, Mime
sofa inventor has designed the revers-
ible mower shown in the Illustration.
The tongue of the machine is plvoted
at the center, and by pulling lever the
pin which locks the tongue to the
curved frame is drawn and the team
is swung around to pull the mower in
the opposite direction. The cutter bar
has double set of knives and the run
ming gear works rs well In one dlrec-
ton as the other. The mower is also
designed for use In large fields. where
1t is not desirable to cut clear around
the piece on account of its size.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28

the belt from slipping. Also fasten tho
belt In the same manner to the large
wheel after it is adjusted. so they can
not get out of time. use II short strap,
about six feet long. with snap In each
end, to so around the small pulley, and
for the rest use an old sprocket chain
off an old binder and snap the straps to
1t for belt. In that way one can take
up the slack and there isn't SO much
strap to stretch. r is board to fit
tight on top Of machine to hold it down,
and when the lid is raised 1t swings
back where dotted lines are, out of the
way. This is not rotary motion,
which would be hard to get from n
pump plunger."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-28
Fertilizer Crops.


Farmers generally are beginning to
understand the full value of the
plowedundcr crop which may fairly be
called fertilizer crop. but all do not
understand how such crops are handled
to the best advantage. 1t is not at all
necessary to have this fertilizer crop at
the expense of the harvest crop unless
the land is too poor to grow n good crop
for harvesting. Take, for example, Il
farm on which 1t seems necessary to
use both commercial fertilizers and n
turned-under crop. in order to get 1t in
shape to crop repeatedly. Early in the
season SOW such soil to oats and peas,
using one bushel of each per acre as
seed, and just before the time to SOW
buckwheat plow the oat and pea crop
under. Before sowing to buckwheat
use commercial fertilizer at the rate of
100 pounds per acre, 100 pounds also
having been used previous to the SOW
ing of the peas and oats. This fcrti.
l!zcr should contain considerable pot
ash. The crop of buckwheat will pay
for the fertilizer and leave the ground
in good shape for seeding, or rye may
follow the buckwheat, using another
100 pounds of fertilizer before sowing
the rye seed This method will put the
soil in fair shape. permit one to use
the fertilizer crop and yet not at the
expense of the harvest crop.