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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
MODERN PUBLICITY,

Doing, Sayings and Portraits Of All
Classes Nowadays Public Property.
The fierce light that was supposed
to beat exclusively upon throne has
come, in our modern conditions. to
beat with almost equal ferceness up
on q kitchen. The doings, sayings,
and portraits of the cooks Of the truly
rich are nowadays matters for public
record. Meantime our American court
calendar includes not only the daily
doings of the Presidential family but
also of the families of those Of our
millionaires who are in, and are by
some supposed exclusively to consti-
tute, Society" Not only this, but
there Is system, especially In what
would be called In England the pro-
yincial press, of recording the doIngs,
movements, and visitations Of pretty
much everybody In pretty much every
community In the country. !.
What effect is all this publicity to
have upon the average man, woman,
and girl2 But, particularly, what eff.
feet is all this familiarity to have up-
on the worlds sentiment with regard
to royalty and high ecclesiastical au.
th9rlty? AS to these latter matters,
surely there will be palpable effects.
Can the sense Of awe continue as great
when there is SO little left Of the un-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
THE HAWKEYE STATE
NEWS OF THE WEEK coNcIsELy
CONDENSED.
will of Ex- Governor Drake IL Found
Wealth Believed to Lie In Lake Mud
Burlington Railroad Suffers Loss
at ton-Marshalltown Failure.

After an anxious hunt of nearly two
weeks, during which it has been pro-
claimed he left no will, the last will and
testament of ex-Gov. Francis M. Drake
was unearthed by the secretary of Des
Moines Consistory, knights Templar.
The heirs have been very anxious, owing
to the reports that Drake University
would receive the bulk of his fortune.
The will was made when Gov. Drake
Joined the consistory in 1897. The body
of the will, 1t having been made out on
a printed form, is as follows: II will all
my possessions, real and personal, to be
equally divided between my six children,
Millie D. Shontz, Jennie Sawyers, Eva
D. Goss, F. e. Drake, John A. Drake
and Mary L. Drake except that out Of
my estate shall be paid $4,000 to Drake
University" No one is yet able to esti-
mate the value of the estate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Mud of Lake Ha. Value.

A mud lake covering $50 square miles
In Hamilton County promises to fur
nish to this State $1,000 100000 tons of
fuel. Edward Atkinson of Boston,
Mass, who was employed to visit the
county and submit plans for draining the
land has reported that he believes the
mud is Of untold value. 1t contains he
says, large quantities of carbonacious
matter. If allowed to stand, he says,
it will form itself into great coal bed.
He believes 1t is similar to the mud in
the meadows Of Massachusetts, and says
1t may be used for fuel by extracting the
water and drying thoroughly. A COM
pany may be organized to prepare the
mud for the market.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
An All.Arounti Lor Sled.


I have been getting out some lumber,
and as there was little snow l have
used the sled shown herewith. 1t is
called snapdragon, and is such as is
used in the lumber camp. 1t can be
used with or without snow. l took two
yellow birch stumps about six inches
through and three feet long for run
ners. The two hunks were about the
same size and 2 feet inches long.
The forward bunk is put on with one
bolt in each end, SO 1t can have good
chance to work.
For the middle bunk put two two
inch holes through each runner, then
took small, round birch Of the size
wanted, heated It hot in fire and bent
1t in the shape needed to put over the
middle bunk and the two ends down
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Success with Root Crops.
How to Market HOGS,

After l have my hogs fattened l
would not drive them to market.
live three miles from a railway station.
Whenever have driven them that dis
lance have had loss of from five to
seven pounds. If I hauled them have
never had n shrlnkage of more than
one and half to two pounds. Then l
would have my cars well bedded; ride
with them myself; go with them to
market, stay with them in the yards,
water, feed and stay by them until
they cross the scales. Whenever 1 get
one who can attend to that better THAI
I can will turn 1t over to him. There
is no money in 1t If 1t is not properly
conducted.-John Cownie, in Farm and
Home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

The white grubs or larvae Of the
May beetle are hard to destroy, on &c.
count of their underground life. A. w.
Gilman thinks the late fall plowing
will be beneficial, but it should be
deep, as the grubs burrow down to a
considerable depth to pass the winter.
Various artificial remedies have been
suggested for this insect, one of which
is the mixing Of wood ashes with THE
col. which makes 1t very unpleasant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
She Had to Have Il ont.

what do you know about women?"
asked the thin young man.
Nothing" said the fat man with
the bald head.
u guess / don't, either, and have
been married three months, too. Yes.
terday my wife asked me how 1 liked
the dinner. She does the cooking, you
know"
The fat man didn't know, but he
nodded.
"And when began to praise the
dinner she began to cry and said she
feared I loved her only for her cook
ing
"Oh," said the fat man, "she had a
cry coming. That was all.'-New
York Times. 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
ROYAL ATHLETES,
Queen Alexandra Encouraging E,
lish Princcs.ca In Snart.

Queen Alexandra Encouraging Eng
lish Princcsscs In Sport.
Queen Alexandra has always been
an advocate of games and athletics
for girls, If kept within reason. She
herself was very fond of all outdoor
games as child. In running she was
swift of foot as ATLANTA. and skating
came as naturally to her as walking.
Never" wrote an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of her. the mother Of the then
rector of Sandrlngham, did our dear
princess look more graceful and fairy
like than when SWIMMING over the Ice
on her skates. She seemed to express
the poetry of motion" Although fond
Of riding, the queen, owing to the ne
cesslty of sitting OH the wrong side
of the saddle, has not been great
horsewoman. Driving was ut one time
favorite amusement of hers, and peo-
pie living round Sandringham used to
watch for the pretty pair Of grays she
fooled along SO deity. On one of her
birthdays little carriage. with four
ponies, was given her by the Emperor
Of Russia. and she. drove these either
hand style.
Her majesty encouraged her daugh-
tiers to try every form Of outdoor and
indoor exercise. and arranged that
they should receive lessons in boating,
riding, swimming and billiards. They
are all fond of cycling, especially the
Princess Victoria, who has made sew
eral bicycle excursions with her init
mate friends. The Duchess of Fyfe's
favorite sport is salmon fishing. and
few women can throw fly us skill
fully as she can. Princess Charles Of
Denmark is a good tennis player, and
has lately taken up the fancy for Gro
quet. game in which the queen ex-
cela-London Modern Society.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
oh. don't bother me with a little
thing like that. Get boy to carry
them out, II you don't want to.
Minneapolis Journal.

known? One thing is sure: the SEN
tlment toward kings and courts and
Vaticans can never remain the same in
these new and remarkable conditions.
The relation between the former and
their subjects and followers may be-
none the less affectionate, even rever-
ent; 1t may become more human, more
close. But the mystery having de-
parted. there can hardly be the old
stress. When the mind is no longer
awed and clouded by the dim and the
unknown the appeal to reason must be
reinforced. Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
$4,000 Blaze at Creation

The Burlington route Coal cliutes burn.
ed at Creston. They were totally de.
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $780,
600. The chutes are the largest on the
Burlington system and were completed
last spring. The fire originated in coal
in the center of the building and the
flames had made great Roadway before
the fire department reached the scene
Snow six inches deep was on the ground
and the high wind prevailing made the
fighting of the fire extremely difficult.
The shops and roundhouse, the second
largest in the world, were not damaged.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Why So Many Emil.

Many people never get to the front
in the poultry business because they
struggle and work from year to year
only to be beaten again at the shows
and by practically some beginner, but
finally after losing five or ten years
time they find that their mistake was
in always buying something cheap in
stead of paying little more and get
ting good foundation stock. The
quicker man buys good birds to breed
from the sooner he is started right in
the fancy and the sooner he will get a
share Of the business.-T. B. King, in
American Poultry Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Failed to Sell Hi, Ear,

Poverty and old age were SO unwel-
come to j. e. Wolf of Council Bluffs
that he attempted to shoot his wife and
then turned the pistol against himself.
Mrs. Wolf was struck by one bullet, be-
ing wounded slightly. Wolf will proba-
bly, die. The shooting was due to dis
couragement over receipt of word that
his offer of nm ear to a New York sur
geon for $1,000 could not be accepted
Wolf tried to sell his ear to the wealthy
westerner now undergoing the ear-graft-
ing operation in PHILADELPHIA.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Between Heat and Cold.

What difference and yet what SIM,
llarity between the balmy days of
spring and the Indian summer Of Oc-
tober and November! The first, a
changing of cold to heat, Burroughs
calls inspiration; and the second, heat
to cold, expiration. He also calls at.
tention to the factsthat "the delicious
Indian summer is sometimes the most
marked In November. A truce is de.
clared, and both forces, heat and cold,
meet and mingle in friendly converse
on the field."-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

vice. The gate can be kept in place
by driving some stakes down in the
soft ground, which will hold the gate
to its place except in high water.
When the water gets up the gate will
float out and as it floats the weight will
come down and rest on bracket, pro-
vlded for that purpose, and will hold
1t there until the water recedes, when
the gate must again be put in place
T. G. Engle, In Iowa Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
FOR DRAWING LOGS IN WOODS

through the runner, then wedged them
solid, but SO there would be plenty of
play. The nose of the runners must
be made so they will not catch on ev-
cry 1sck Or stump. This can be done
by putting the forward bunk at the
yery2end of the runner. The chain is
put on the log with a .nalf hitc.s and
drawn through hole through botb
hunks. Birch is the best wood, us &.
Tears the smoothest on frozen ground.
\ Michigan Farmer, in Farm and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

ing to-day, Is a
Scotchman, who
born at Glasgow,
Scotland. in 1886,
and who came to
New Orleans IN
1850. He enlisted
in the Union army
at Bloomington,
ILL.,. in August,
1862. Joining the
Ninety-fourth I'LL.
nois volunteers.
He remained in the
service until 1865.
when he was mus
tered out with m
honorable discharge
at Galveston,
Texas. Mr.. Brown.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Enpli.h Cream ci,c..e.

Very thick cream Is poured careful
~ into linen bag and this hung up
with basin underneath to catch til.
whey, In cool room or cellar. The
air in the room must be pure, as the
cream easily absorbs odors. When the
whey is partly drained off, the bag is
twisted tight and bound SO as to dry
more; then, after twenty-four
to foi 8 RQurs, according to tenn
perature anu Sistency of the
cream, the Cheese seady to eat
and may be nodded as desired. -This is
hardly cheese, as-no rennet Is us.5s;;
perhaps It should be called "sour
cream curd."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

Euziere Brothers of Marshalitown filed
petition in voluntary bankruptcy in the
United States Court. Liabilities are
scheduled at $4,000, assets $4,000. The
heaviest creditors are Wyman, Partridge
& Co. of Minneapolis and Carson, Pirie
& Co. of Chicago. The firm dealt in gem
eral merchandise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
How Mamma Figured Il,

SAY, ma"
what is it?"
Whats the height of the ridicu-
lous?"
WELL" said Mrs. Henpeck, "your,
father is about feet 8, believer
New York Herald. sa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
A Tunnel Under tho Capita

The twin tunnel under the capitol at
Washington, which the Pennsylvania
Railway has been given permission to
bore, will be 5000 feet long, cost $780,
600, and electricity is to be exclusively
used for hauling trains through 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

JOHN BROWN. whose height is 4
feet 6 inches, has in his possession an
affidavit which proves that he is two
and one-half inches shorter than any
other United States soldier who serv-
ed In the Civil War, this affidavit be-
ing substantiated by records in the
War Department at Washington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

Fire of unknown origin destroyed W.
r. Spensley's general merchandise store,
the postofllce and the X. p. hall in Ep-
worth. Total loss $4,000; insured for
ope-half,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
SONG OF THE DERELIcTs.
From ocean to ocean we wander,
From polar to tropical tide;
Alone, and forlorn, and forsaken,
The wraiths OF our tiine-faded pride.
I'm growing weak-I
some systematic exercise,

Through the tumult and surge of TIL
tempest,
z Wave beaten and battered we churn,
The ships of no name and no haven, :
The ships that shall never return.
Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Farm, Notes.

Farm Notes.
Whipping horse for shying makes
him worse.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
The man who does the least work in
the field is the man who usually has
the most accurate ear for the dinner
bell.
Good wholesome feed will fatten a
hog as well as any fancy ration, other
things being equal. besides being less
trouble.
Whenever a dozen eggs sell for the
price of pound of butter, the man
with the hens is ahead of the man
with the cows.
Where is the man who has stuck to
raising sorghum? He is not us much
in evidence as lie once was. 1t GER
tainly is crop that pays.
A large canvas for use during stack
Ing will be found to be good invest
ment. 1t will pay for itself in stacking
time during one hard rain.
On too many farms where hogs are
kept the feeding floor is conspicuous
for its absence. 1t pays to have feed
ing floor for fattening hogs.
A horse driven by too tight rein
will acquire the Juggling habit. Don't
let him have all the rein or he may get
gay. Don't tease the colt; this. is the
way vicious horses are made.
For ringworm on stock use an ONT
ment composed Of equal parts of kero-
sene oil and pork fryings, or lard. A
few applications will cure. Good also
for wounds or sores. and will destroy
lice.
1t is not the cold weather that hurts
sheep SO much as getting wet. Sheep
will endure severe cold without injury
IL kept dry. Wool holds dampness a
long time because of the slow evapora-
ton and chills the animal.
Sweet potatoes come very near being
bread, meat and medicine. This is a
great combination. Sweet potatoes can
be cooked without pot, stove or oven,
and can be eaten without plate, knife
and fork. The sweet potato is an oblig-
ing vegetable. 'Ses.
Some one has called for device to
"ring off, the 'time killer" on a parti-
line rural telephone system. In some
localities this is growing evil and
will go on until science will evolve a
system that will eliminate the caves
dropper, the gosslper and other undeslr-
able patrons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

Farmers pay taxes on everything,
for everything they have is in sight.
Every farmer pays taxes. But one per-
son in fifty in New York City pays
taxes. Much Of the city property 10
"out of sight" hence escapes taxation.
The levy has to be increased in order
to raise enough money for carrying on
the State and county government, and
the farmer pays more than his proper
ton. There is room for Improvement
in the methods of taxation.-Iowa
Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
SHORTEST MAN IN THE ARMY.

John Brown, of Lake City, Iowa,
who claims the distinction Of being
the shortest United States soldier liy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
orld's Fair Dairy Barn-.

,ur dairy barns at the Worlds
Louis, will be completed SO
Hi ,ws may be brought to the
"a q rounds before the first Of
thetdpitye a Leir location is at the north
end ga re live stock site aud just west
of the proposed live stock farm or
main amphitheater. The barns will be
uniform octagons, 100 feet in diameter.
Each will have thirty-eIght stalls ar
ranged in a semi-circle, with rear
promenade twelve feet wide to accom-
modate visitors. Eight box stalls 8 by
~ will be provided for the cows at
,calving time, and two box stalls will
furnish quarters for bulls. The second
floor will have four feed bins, each
holding about 500 bushels of ground
feed. Sleeping quarters for the men in
charge of the cows are also provided.
The arrangement of the barns permits
full inspection Of the stock by visitors
and of the care of the cows to the best
possible advantage. Chief Coburn and
Secretary Mills express themselves as
well pleased with the plans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

When feeding meat to hens do not
use the fatty parts. The object in feed
ing meat to hens is to supply them
with nitrogen or albumen and not fat,
as the grains contain all the fat and
starch they require and In cheap
form. If the fat is fed 1t does not as
slst in any way to provide material
for eggs, but rather retards than as
slsts laying. The cheap portions of
beef, such as the neck, are better for
fowls than the choicest fat and lean
steaks. Meat is expensive when eggs
are low, but nevertheless gives profit,
though small. In winter, however, 1t
is cheap feeding, considering its value
as an egg producer. One breeder states
that during one winter when eggs were
scarce and sold for SO cents dozen
he bought meat at 20 cents pound,
fed an ounce daily to each hen, and it
paid him well, as he secured plenty Of
eggs, while his neighbors We're not get
ting any.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

When a woman has twins, all tho
other mothers of twins want to call
and offer sympathy. but haven't time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

What has become OF the old fash
Toned woman who made fashionable
calls'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

proved very eHectuaL Inc application
of strong kerosene emulsion, imme-
diately followed by a drenching with
water, which carries the oil down to
the insects, has been used very sue
cessfully, especially on dry and sandy
soil. This is a good remedy for small
areas, but 1t is doubtful If 1t would pay
in fields.-American Cultivator.
Yellow Bntter without Dye.
To make butter with natural yell
low color during the winter months is
almost lost art in this age of frauds
and shams. While farmers and dairy
men denounce oleomargarine as fraud
and want law to prevent 1t from
being colored yellow, they do not sell
their own butter with Its natural color,
but use few drops of butter color to
give 1t an attractive tint. supply a
few private customers with butter, and
while do not claim that my butter Is
as dark a yellow. in the winter as in
the months when the COWS are on pas
ture, yet 1t always has color enough
to look well without adding artificial
coloring to the cream. To make yellow
butter in the winter without artificial
aid requires extra care in making the
butter, in feeding the COWS and select
darker tinted butter than others. The
Jersey cows are perhaps the best for
making yellow butter in the winter and
firm butter during the hot summer
months. If butter color was not used
this fact would add to the value of
Jersey cows.
In feeding to make yellow butter l
think there is nothing better than car
rots. With good supply Of these
roots, together with plenty of clover
hay and good corn and bran, with the
right care in handling the cream, 1t is
possible to produce fine butter in cold
weather. generally have some blue
grass left in the woods pasture in the
fall, and the cattle can get bite when
there is no snow on the ground in the
winter.-Jersey Bulletin.
Success with Root Crop..
For n series of years large seed of
root crops has given better yields at the
Ontario Experiment Station than me
dium and small-sized seed. Whole
seed Of mangels and sugar beets pro-
duced greater yield than a similar
quantity Of broken seed. An expert
ment conducted this season resulted in
the best yields of sugar beets and car
rots when the seed was planted "
inches deep. Level culture is reported
as having given better yields of sugar
beets than ridge culture. A mixed fer
tilizer consisting of 80 10 pounds each
of nitrate of soda and murate of pot
ash and 1O8 90 pounds of superphos-
plate increased the yield of Swedish
turnips about four tons per acre, at a
cost Of about 81 per ton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09

A man is obliged to die before his
will amounts to anything, but that of
a woman becomes effective immedi-
ately after marriage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-12-09
Nothing In the Way Now.

"Do you think the north pole will
ever be discoyered?'
Sure. It's as good as discovered nj.
ready"
How so?"
"Why, they know right where 1t is.
Nothing to do now but go there and
run up flag."-Kansas City Journal.