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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Farm Notes.


To have clean. smooth-barked trees,
whitewash them.
lighted lantern under the lap.robe
on very cold day will help to keep
you warm.
If you did not cut out the borers
from peach, ounce or apple in The
summer or fall. do it now.
A WOODEN rag moistened with castor
oil rubbed over the harness will keen
mice and rats from gnawlng them.
Equal parts sifted coal-ashcs, salt
and clay moistened with very little
water will cement cracks in stoves.
Do not let the apples freeze either in
bins, or on the way to market. They
may tell you 1t will do no harm. but
it will.
Small apertures in the walls of build
ings often admit draughts of air sutti.
cient to cause great injury to stock.
especially the dairy COW.
Be sure the colts have strong, we'll
fitted halters. If the halters are not
well-fitted, they will soon learn to
rub them off, and a habit is formed
that is almost impossible TO cnre
Some people study how to get ,,ono
with but very little feed in the d,irs
barn. 1t is far better TO studv how
much can be given to good cows and
have them assimilate it. The move
feed digested the more butter
Give geese , dry shod rro,n 49,,
noes and drafts Thar WI, n.,a,
most onv amount ~ ca,d - ~, az
QUARTERS ore dry whole 49, as,
corn some cohhoeo or ho,,od 80. anu
HES and nlentv Of MIRO wata. a,e,
tho hast ratinns ~ e' mike
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
THE oLo-FAsAlonEp FIRE

To steam heat the cities aspire
As they SILVER and shake in the cold;
But give me the old-fashioned fire
The round, rosy backlog of old!
The warmth and the light
OF Its fame, leaping bright
The drowsy-heads huddled around 1t at
night!
In the darkness the winter wind signing
Made the flame take a ruddier glow;
The sparks up the broad chimney fly
ing
Like witch-eyes that cleaned in the
snow!
Oh, the warmth md the light
OF those red flames so bright,
And the comfort and joy of the wild
winter night!
Far better that friendly old fire
Than buildings of simmering steam,
With never fame to admire,
And never n beautiful dream!
oh the love and the light
4 Where those flames danced 20
bright,
And the old-fnshioned joy of the I'D
fashioned night.
Atlanta Constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Tho Missing requirement..

with all her faults" signs the hen
pecked husband, Il love her STILL"
All, some touch of the olden glamour
of love has been waited in upon his
aching heart!
The witchery of affection once again
is manifestins itself.
What an inspiration! To hear him
declare thus. after all that he has
endured! But listen-he speaks fur.
Their:
81 love her STILL" he signs again
"But the trouble is she never is STILL"
Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
piemy Camels of Persia.

The western part of Persia is inhab
tied by species of camel which is the
pigmy of its kind. These camels are
snow white. and are on that account
almost worshlpped by the people. The
Shah presented the municipality of
Berlin with two of these little won
ders. The larger Is twenty-seven
inches high and weighs sixty-one
pounds. The other is four inches less,
but the weight is not given.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
which 1t is devoured. When In doub,

which 1t Is devoured. When In doubt
as to chicken feed, ask the hens about
1t. They know what they want and
what they need. Everybody who raises
fowls should make provision for some
green stuff for the winter. A little
patch of winter grain, alfalfa, rescue
grass, turnips. beets. cabbage or any
root or vegetable that fowls will eat
Is good for them and will encourage
hens to lay. Hens have no almanac
and the only way they have for dIstin-
gushing the seasons is by the sort OF
STUFF they have to eat. Feed spring
victuals and give physical comfort. and
you Will have eggs to eat if not to sell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Dry Cows and snrinxers.

While cows are dry they should only
be fed enough to keep them In good,
thrifty condition without becoming fat.
Such foods us clover hay, bran and
roots, ensilage or cornstalks, ETC., make
a most suitable variety of foods. Tile
MIN ut this period should be to feed
non-stimulating foods. and only such
MS have n cooling and laxative effect OH
the system. A COW should never be
fed heavily just before dropping her
calf. Heavy feeding at this time, es-
pecially with feeding stuffs of car
bonaceous or heating nature, is very
injudicious and likely to cause inflam-
nation or garget in their udders. At
the same time, COW should be well
nourished at this period.-Massachu
sets Ploughman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

Will Not Regulate Railroads.
What will Congress do about the In.
terstate Commerce Commissions latest
| report?
Nothing.
Yet that report sets forth once more
n condition of things which should
startle self-governing people into in
I; sisting upon immediate drastic action
by the nations law-making body.
The commission sets forth, what
everybody already knows, that the
railroads of the country have prac-
tically ceased to compete with one
another; that they give secret rates
to favored shippers, which enable
those shippers to kill of competitors,
and that the transportation managers
pay no respect whatever to the law
which forbids discrimination.
There ought to be some power"
says the commission, (which cannot
only compel those carriers to main
tain the published rate, but which can
compel them to publish fair and rea-
sonable rate
! There is such power. The COM
mission itself points straight at il
when 1t declares:
THE fullest power Of correction is
vested in Congress- and the exercise
of that power is demanded by the
highest considerations of public well
fare"
But Congress, which for years has
had complete knowledge of the facts.
has done nothing, and will do nothing
| now.
Why?
Because the shippers favored by the
railroads are the big trust.
"The People Like to BE Humbugged."
Our sublime faith In government
statistics has recently received many
shocks. A month ago, Mr.. H. l.. Bliss
showed, in his pamphlet, "Juggled
Statistics" that our statistics as to
wages are faxed and fraudulent, and
/ are known to be so by the heads OF
the Census Bureau. He found these
| friends of labor Tor possibly Of the
protected trusts so anxious to raise
wages that they have often divided
the total yearly wages in an industry
by an average number which 10
smaller than the smallest number of
persons employed in this industry at
any time during the year.
Now an investigating committee
tells us that the census experts have
found more acres of farming land In
10l counties In this country than the
geographical area of these counties
says is there We also learn that the
officials of the Agricultural Depart
ment perform, their duties SO zealously
that they invariably reduce the crop
estimates to fool the spectators and
enable the fIre ,.e. ha..ss; n,sespe
AS the farmers pay some $4OO, Od1is sv9NB
or S500,0o0Oo0 a year of tariff taxes
without receiving any tariff benefits
! worth mentioning, 1t is only fair that
I the government officials should throw
few small favors to the farmers.
( The result of the recent election indi-
Gates that the farmers are standing
by their statistical-juggling friends in
| this department.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
ONO or che DISADVANTAGES.

"of course" said Nuritch, self-com-
placently. Its something TO be self
made man, but. then. It's got its draw
backs"
That's So" replied Peppery. you
can't blame 1t on anybody else. for
instance. philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

four times that invested in manutac-
lures. More than half of the people tof
the United States live on farms, and
more than third of all the people en-
gagged in gainful occupations work on
farms. In one year the products OF
American farms have reached an ag-
gregate value of nearly 5000, 900 600.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

In the industrial progress made by
the United States during recent years
there has been no more conspicuous
feature than the growth of agriculture.
The amount of fixed capital invested in
agriculture is about $4,000, O00, 600, or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
MARcoNIs WIRELESS STATION,

Where the Inventor Has Been Com
Quoting Experiments.
The wireless telegraph station at
Table Head, Glaze Bay, near Sidney,
N. s., where Mr.. Marconi has been con-
Quoting experiments with view to
proving the possibility Of sending mes
sages across the Atlantic, is altogether
different from those originally erected
for his first tests. At Signal Hill, New
foundland. where Marconi succeeded III
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

Your speech is very strange" said
the foreigner. II went to the foot
ball game and sat in the grand stand,
and others had a grand time standing
up."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Color of Poultry Meat.

The markets Of New England insist
upon yellow-meated chickens. 1t is a
fad merely, but is likely to last fully as
long as the present generation Of ship
pers. The color Of meat depends first
upon the stock. There is little excuse
for Boston shipper breeding the
white, pink or black-legged chickens.
which always yield white or blue meat.
Food also las some effect. English
feeders use oats to produce white meat.
American growers and shippers alike
insist that corn or cornmeal must be
fed to secure the full, rich yellow tint.
Yellow-skinned stock and plenty of
corn at fattening time may be relied
on to secure the result desired.-Ncw
England Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

bacon, and IL one is in position to
risk quite few dollars in the process
of learning how to raise this bacon,
after while he will reap gratifying
returns Indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Fireproot Railwax rrains.

All the new trains on the Central
London Railway are to be of fireproof
construction, steel and asbestos Icing
largely usel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

products, but the equivalent: reduction
demanded by the foreigner on other
products plnches the toes of another
trust and interferes with Its monopoly
so that no agreement can be arrived at.
Monopoly of the home market and
enormous profits for trusts is the prin-
ciple upon which the protective tariff
rests. and any competition from out
side breaks down the theory and prac
tice which supports 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07

Unbuckle every strap, and wash care
fully with water, CASTLE soap, and
sponge or cloth. Allow to dry for five
Dr. ten minutes. Then oil, rubbing every
part Of the harness, except the patent
leather, with cloth well soaked in
neatsfoot oil. or pour out two or three
quarts of oil into pan and draw each
piece through It slowly, bending and
rubbing the strap. The buckle holes
should have little extra oil, also the
bellybands, breeding and the straps
that buckle to the bits. To give the
leather new look, add to one pint of
oil large teaspoonful of lampblsck
and an ounce or two Of beeswax.-
Field and Farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
Pennsylvania railroad Subsidy,

Pennsylvania Railrond Subsidy.
The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
bine. which is all-powerful Mt Wash
ington. has succeeded in forcing
through the House of Representative
the subsidy toward building union
depot and raising the tracks above
grade in the capital city. This sub
sidy bill was held up in the last ses-
sion of Congress by the Republicans,
rs they did not think it good policy
to go on record for subsidy to rail-
road just before an election. The
claim of the Republican leaders that
the people voted to let the trusts still
draw their subsidies through the pro-
tective tariff has been interpreted to
mean that voters favor more subsi-
dies in other directions The ship-sub-
sidy steal has already passed the Sen
ate and is now awaiting the action Of
the House of Representatives
Bner's Hypocrisy.
But for the miners union, Brother
Baer of the coal trust would be free
to pay only the lowest possible wages
"aeSS W hiNh Moulu uuNc
to accept or starve. The disinterest-
edness of Brother Baer in pleading for
the sacred right of the free man to
sell his labor freely in free market"
Il market that is controlled absolutely
by Brother Baer, is understood by
everybody. New York American.
These mag not be new remedies for
seasickness, but they were new to the
woman who heard them the other day,
and they are worth repeating. A wo-
man who travels frequently says she
has always found effective piece of
fresh sod. This she has dug up just
before she starts on any trip she is to
make by water, and 1t is placed where
she can get at 1t easily. AT the first
symptom of illness she takes out her
piece OF sod and smells of it and the
odor of the fresh earth reyives her i'm
mediately,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-07
HIS RARE SKILL.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

Georgia to constitute the vanguard OF this new
exodus, to start in a few days.
The Tribune has pointed out that this whole
scheme is chimerical and that in all probability
there is nothing more substantial behind it than q
we'll planned effort Of some sharpers to pull the legs
Of Northern men with more money than sense, and
more imaginary philanthrophy than either. The
very fact that it is proclaimed to be secret move
ment, made 30 because OF the opposition OF the
Southern people to 1t and the risk Of bodily harm to
those engaged in it, were their agency known,
proves that It is Q fraud.
The Atlanta News, however, accepts the story in
good faih and discussing il from this standpoint,
argues that the moving Of B. 900 negroes from GeOr
gia to Boston would be good thing, and the NOV
ing of 80 600 still better. The News reasons that
contact with the negro he really is would teach
the BOstOneSe 9 thing or two about him which they
do not know, and that the negroes also would learn
thing or two which would speedily incline them to
return to the Sunny South, wiser and better than
they we're before Ghey left. So the News concludes
that it seems an all round good thing q royal junk
ct for the negro, education for the dear Boston
ese and chance for the SOutherner to take his n
dustral bearings and settle the question Of the
grOs indispensibllity to the and cotton fields.
The latter question needs no settling. The evo
luton of time since 1866 has already settled It,
That the negro is not indispensable to the Southern
cotton and corn fields Is abundantly proven by the
Southern farm labor of today. Close observers es-
innate that fully 80 per cent Of all the farm labor
in Georgia is now performed by whites, the steady
drift OF the negroes TO the cities having brought
about this change. In many OF the bill counties
of Georgia, which principally agricultural OOun
ties, negro behind the pillow Is even now IN excep-
tiOn to the general rule and nothing is more GER
tain than that exodus Of negroes will be followed
by an influx of whites to take their places.
But whether such movement be good or bad, 1t
will never take place. Birds know by instinct what
routes TO take in their semiannual migratOns, and
the human tribe is possessed Of the same sort Oi
instinct No transmigratiOn of any people hes ever
taken place nOrthward or eastward; all such move
ments have been toward the South and West It is
not probable that the law OF nature will be broken
in this case,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24


ierences between rulers, promises OF enlarged civil
and religious liberty in nations where oppression
had obtained, talk of general disarmament and
plans for alliances looking to the preservation OF
peace, and preparation for the announcement that
war is no more and ALPS we'll with the world. Have
a Of these good thoughts and better efforts come to
naughti
Today there is hardly nation in the world, civ
ilized or unciVilized, but is facing problems that
may lead to war with her neighbOrs or industrial
crises that threaten her peace and prosperity at
home. Venezuela has adjusted her international
difficulties, but has q revolution still in progress
that leaves her future in uncertainty. Chilli is u.s.
ing every power Ia her command to suppress gen.
era riOting which threatens to lead to revolution.
Hayt and SantO Domingo have the peace that fol-
lows exhaustion OF resources, and is only preimi-
nary TO renewed conflict Nicaragua has an ,incipi.
ent revolution, and Brazirs religious controversy
has reached the riOting stage. England is still
nexing territory and slaughtering natives in Mad
Mullah's country and France is following her ex-
ample in the Morocco region. Turkey and Bulgaria
are on the eve OF conflict. Russia, the originator
OF the universal peace movement, is adding the
blOOdiest chapter to the worlds history OF horrors
within her border and forcing issues in ManChuria
that may lead to the dismemberment of China and q
radical change in the map Of the Orient. Germany,
in word, is apparently the only great foreign pow
er not involved in warlike complications and that
is due judging from the expressions of her emper.
or, more from lack Of opportunity than from de.
sire for peace.
While the United States may view these warlIke
conditions only as an interested spectator, whose
trade is involved in the outcome, the situation ct
home is serious enough to command the best
thought of those charged with the administration Of
affairs official and industrial. At no time in the
history Of the nation have strikes-an apparently
inseperable adjunct Of prosperous cOnditiOns-been
so general and far-reaching. Limited are the in
dustries that are not directly involved and ell are
effected. Happily, there has been up to this time
an almost entire absence Of the riOtng and lawless
ness that have too frequently marked the differences
between employer and employee, and this lie the
chiefest source of hope for an amicable adjustment
OF existing difficulties So long ae reason Overmas
ters riot arbitration and compromise still have
room to serve Justice.
Unsettled and unsatisfactory as conditions are,
the sober, hard, common sense Of the American cid
ten will find satisfactory solution OF the troubles
at home and may provide surplus to leaven the
loaf OF international discomfort.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

IN travelling from Jackson, Tenn. to Nashville.
Tenn, you pass the last resting place Of Miles Oar
den, Who dled u 1860, and vas regarded the lar
gest man in the world in his day. His grave Is an
bill to the east OF the road near the station
which bears bis name. Miles Darden weighed
more than thousand pounds end It required more
than thousand feet Of lumber to make his CONN.
TIE representatives Of he family ere large but
none Of them abnormally SO. he sas ; member Of
bis neighbOrs
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

we're going to put the faculty TO test
eve had him lunch with rs and there was at the
table besides himself an Euglishman, SCOtchman,
en- Irishman and French Canadian. When we
got our guest of his guard we demanded an hon
est opinion of the different races We represented.
AS the opinion had to be given in the presence OF
all FOUR the situation for him wes 8 rather delicate
one. But it never seemed to trouble him, and he
gave his opinion without moments hesitation.
t" The ScOtchman,' he said, and be clenched bis
right hand tightly and pretended to try and force
it open with his left. The Englishman-- and
he went through the same performance, opening the
hand at the end after an apparent struggle The
lrishman-- and he held ont his hand wide open,
with the palm upwards. The Frenchman--' and
he made motion with both hands as II he were
emptying them on the table.
"There was not word Of explanation, but we all
understood thoroughly ana had q hearty laugh.
Max O'Rell had maintained his reputation"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

After all life has not been entirely bed Of roses
for Lula Hadley, the chamhermaid who refused 70
make Booker Washington's bed. She Was chloro-
formed and robbed the other night BY burglars,
Who secured Der purse, containing iOrtythree dol
lars. The house vas ransaoked for the money
which the girl had been receiving from admirers In
the South, but happily It he'd been banked.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

Germany's political situation reflects its disturb
ance from high tariff which shuts ont impOrta-
tiOns OF food stus and raises the price Of bread al
most TO the famine point. We should be in pre-
csely Germany's condition but for the fact that our
fields are sufficient for our own -four, and our neO.
pie rich enough 70 stand mOnopoly's protected
prices
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

writer in the Chicago News who sees things
With the eye Of the sastician says that four thOas
and trees we're necessary to supply the paper fOr
nine successful novels recently published In this
country. The novels in question achieved SEE Of
one million and six-hundred thousand copies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

An exchange says President Roosevelt delivered
q speech in the fer West for every meal he ate. Il
he had not digested his meals any better than the
public did bis speeches. be would have gotten
back hOme to tell the tale.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

The Railroad Commission has increased the as
sessmeBts OF the railroads in the State e3,OOO,0OO
over last year. The railroad mileage IN the State
is 3, HILL an increase during the year OF 13aS1
miles, The aggregate assessments OF the railroads..
telegraph, telephone aud express properties in Mia,
sissippi amount to $50, ,sO9, oil.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

Another favOFite niece OF the late President Nc
Knley is TO to be married in the near future. From
brought forward recently, it looks as il some one
had padded the relations.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24
THAT BOSTON NEGRO MIGRATION SCHEME

HE reported effort OF the BostOnese
to induce Southern negroes to emf
CRATE to Boston, to be from there
distributed over the North, is the
subject OF considerable comment,
says the Georgia Tribune. 1t was
reported that 5000 negroes are
now assembling at some town in
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

Wages OF The working people of the United King.
dOm according to official statistics, showed q de-
OF 81, 7,92O,O 900 last year compared with the
preceding year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

The Immigration Bureau has decided to admit
Japanese geisha girls artists. People who go
down the pike at St. Louis next summer will have
chance to decide whether the girls give satisfaction
as artists or not.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24

ZEN Max O'Rell came to Montreal
some years ago." said y man from
that city to 3 Detroit Journal con-
tributOr, I'VE fixed up little joke
on him. We had noticed how
gracefully be could unite q caustic
criticism with compliment, fac
ulty that enabled him to say the
shsrpest things without offending
the people he was criticising. We