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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

tarm Shats
Overlooking the teams is a bad idea.
1t will start horses to baking quick
er than anything else.
An egg broken in the feed of horses
is very beneficial to them in clearing
up the skin and hair.
A small flock of sheep well cared
for Is more profitable than large one
allowed to pick its own living.
Always strive to stimulate the milk
yielding capabilities Of the cows to
the highest limit within reason
A good judge in farm crop statistics
says it will take three bumper corn
crops to create a surplus of that prod
uct. That means three years Of hust-
ling.
On the range in years past many
have failed to provide feed for win
ter. In later years ranchers have been
making provision for winter feed.
Western range men call an abundant
supply Of hay hay stack insurance"
In testing seed corn we often feel
that seed will be good that is much
slower coming" than the rest of them,
1t will produce weak stalk and either
no ear or nubbin. 1t will not INV
to select such seed. 1t should be dis.
carded us doubtful.
Canadian bee keepers report an un-
usually severe winter with serious
losses. Most bees ,wintered out of
doors unprotected stow very high
per cent Of loss. ranging from prac-
tically total loss to forty per cent.
Bees which We're protected range, &C
cording to the dozen or more reports
received. from twelve to fifty per cent.
With all crops 1t is the early cultiya-
ton that Is the most important. Keep
the soil clean and in little while the
plants are young and tender, giving
them every opportunity to make good
start to grow and 1t will be much
easier matter to maintain good
growth until maturity.
A good garden is one-half the living.
In making arrangements for the gar
den why not do like the Irishman who
was told that to buy certain stove
meant to save one-half the fuel? He
said he would take two stoves Of that
make and save all Of his fuel. Have
two good gardens and save all the liv-
ing. The groceryman suffers when
good garden is at hand. In most local
tiles good garden truck is always sal
able II one has more than enough for
his own family.
Don't forget that little memoran-
DUN book. At no time will 1t be found
so handy as now. Keep 1t in the
pocket and put down everything that
needs attention, and then one can look
1t over occasionally and do that which
nseds being done the worst without
delay. Much loss is prevented in this
manner. have sorted potatoes when
should have been sowing grass seed,
and sudden shower came and some
other work had to be hunted up. Tho
little want book" revealed what
should be done.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Some Big rexa. Ranches.

The cattle industry of the South.
western range country is to-day repre-
sentative of an investment of almost
$2O0,OOO,OOO. exclusive of the land and
Improvements. Some Of the ranches
cover 100000 acres. and are worth
about So an acre. The vast majority
OF ranches in the Southwest to-day
cover less than 100000 acres. There
are only three ranches In the South
west that extend over 100000 acres.
The \ l I ranch in the Texas Pan
handle covers 100000 acres, the j. A.
ranch In the same community like
number, and the ranch owned by Mrs.
King in Southern Texas, near Corpus
Christi. is another immense ranch Of
over 100000 acres. Colonel C. G.
Slaughter. of Dallas. owns three
ranches, in all over 100000 acres,
and Major G. w. Littlefield, of Rose.
well, n. NJ, holds several ranches In
the Southwest country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Vegetable Oddities.

The Department of Agriculture is
endeavorlng to secure the Introduction
of wasabi, the japanese horse-radish
into the United States. The Japanese
wasabi Is not white, like ordinary
horse-radish, but Is a delicate shade
of green. In japan it is grated and
served with the raw fish and forms a
most important part of the meal. 1t
has fresh sharpness unknown to
that grown in this country. Another
novelty is the black winter radish,
which is quite prominent in Western
markets. The vegetable is shaped like
carrot. Germans are very fond of
the black radish. They peel 1t and
eat with salt as one would a cucum-
Der. They are of peppery taste, but
make fine relish.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
New Condition. for rarme,
~@o@~

New Conditions for Farmers.
One day, late in the autumn, a half
dozen farmers, coming fifteen miles.
drove into prairie village with heavy
loads of corn. They went to the prin-
cipal elevators and asked the price.
Thirty cents bushel to-day"
1--WE will go to the buyer at the 9TH
er end Of the town." said the spokes-
man.
1T will do you no good" was the
reply. "as all the buyers pay the same
price here"
Every we'll; we will go home and
send our corn to market on foot"
They drove back fifteen miles and
unloaded the corn into their own gran
aries, to be shipped later in the form
Of fat cattle.
Such an incident would have been
impossible ten years ago. when the ay-
erage farmer was compelled to take
what was offered for his crop. But
two things have worked transfer
nation in the grain-growing portion Of
the West; the farmers have become
conservative with prosperity, and the
railroads have widened the markets
Five years of good crops in the West
have not only paid the debts, but have
also made the farmer capable Of ON
ploying business methods. A few
years ago a settler visited town only
once a fortnight or once month. He
took home with him the county papers,
the few magazines that he received
and large bundle Of groceries and
dry goods. With rural delivery and
rural telephone all that is passed.
Under these conditions the Western
farmer has developed nm independence
in the movement of crops disconcert-
ing to the market manipulators.-C.
NJ. Harger, in the Worlds Work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
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Dolly-Were you pleased when Char.
ley proposed? Polly-Pleasa17 I
came pretty near giving him Our col.
lege yell.-Puck.
Ned-1t took me a long time to
make up my mind If man who specu.
lated in stocks is fool. Ted-How
did you finally determined Ned
speculated.-Town Topics.
Sonny said the good old man.
I'm surprised that you should tease
that cat in that way" why" replied
the bad boy. pauslng in his inhuman
work. do you know any better way"
Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. slap-What is the secret Of Gill
diboy's success Miss Bang-Why. he
knew girl who spends thousand a
year on dresses. Mr. Slap-Ah, see;
he married her? Miss Bang-Oh. no;
he married her dressmaker.-Comic
Cuts.
Young SWELL left a letter on my
table when went out. Where Is It'll
Valet-I hope you won't mind, sir.
thought 1t would do nicely for my
sweetheart; SO posted it to her. Your
Christian name is the same Us mine!-
Tit-Bits.
whats the matter, little boy?" ask
edy old Mr.. Goodart. what are you
crying for boo, hoo" sobbed the
boy. boo, hoo" Come come! Don't
mind! Don't mindl' boo, hoo!
didn't. an that's what was licked
fur."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Young Couple (who expect the visit
Of very misery relative. from whom
they have expectations. are clearing
the room Of every sign Of luxury0
Wife (earnestly)-We must do all we
can to make uncle feel at home. Hus-
band (caustically)-Then we had bet
ter let the fire out.
Mamma, can God hear everything?"
Everything. Willie" And is God al
ways happy?' always. Willie. Why
do you ask" "Well. l should think
1t would make him suffer little to
hear what sister and that fellow of
hers are saying to each other in the
next room. "-Smart Set.
Parker-What's wrong? You seem
worried. Streeter-I am. l wrote two
notes-one to my broker asking him
If he took me for a fool and the other
to Miss Golding asking her If she
would be mine. While was out some
body telephoned Yes" and 1 don't
know which of 'em 1t was.
Precautionary measure: Mrs. New
ed IA bride of six weeks)-And how
long will you be away, dearest? Mr..
Newed-About ten days. Mrs. Newed
Well. l think I'll learn to cook while
you are absent. Mr. Newed-That's
good idea. And I'll take the dog over
and leave him with one of the neigh
bors.-Ex.
Nellie (sympathetically)-You poor
dear! What narrow escape. And
what started the horse? Gertie Qndig-
nantly)-Well-you know, Will was
just helping me out of the trap. and
the stupid horse could not tell the diff
ference between a-good-night-kis
and signal to start. And he-start-
ed. Some horses have SO little
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Big Missouri Corn.

In the corn contest at st. Louis,
which was held under the auspices Of
the Missouri Worlds Fair Commits
sion early in February. Lewis county
was awarded the first prize for the
best county display. The second prize
was awarded to Atchison county and
the third to Pettis. There were more
than 3OO exhibitors contestlng for
prizes, and prizes were awarded
amounting to $1,000. The st. Louis
Republic says that corn was on exhl-
bition that was from IA to IS inches
in length and II inches in clrcumfer-
ence. 1t has been estimated that Mis-
souri, produced one-eighth of the corn
crop Of the United States last year,
and one-tenth of all the corn raised
on the globe
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15


whom she detested, when the clergy
man came to that part Of the service
where the bride is asked ii she con-
sents to take the bridegroom for her
husband, said, with great simplicity,
"Oh, dear. no. sir. but you are the first
person who has asked my opinion
l>about the matter"
The laundress' little daughter had
been allowed to peep into the dining
room. where the table was set for
dinner party. "And. mamma" she said
later. every plate had two forks by
1t. What was that for?' you don't
know the way Of your betters. child"
replied the laundress; 1.-THE extra fork
Is in case they drop one on the floor"
Detroit Free Press.
French Maid Ito inquiring friends)-
Oui, madame is Ill, but re doctor haf
pronounce it something very trihing.
very small. Friend-Oh. am SO re-
lleved, for was real anxious. What
does the doctor say the trouble IL
French Maid-Let me recall. 1t was
something very leetle. Oh, oui. have
| i
Womans Home Companion.
1t was Mabel's first appearance at
| church and she was rather fdgety.
First she wanted one thing, then an
other. Finally she decided she must
Ehave a pin. so she asked for one from
her father. He had none. Then she
tried her mother; but her mother, too.
had none. Mabel's longing had been
increased with her Ill success. SO she
climbed upon the pew and shouted at
the top Of her small voice, Has any
one in dis trowd dot pin?"-Lippin-
colts.
Fussy Man thurrylng into news
paper Objective lost my spectacles
somewhere, and want to advertise for
them, but can't see to write without
them, you know" Advertising Clerk
llkely to be business manager some
day)"I will write that ad. for you. sir.
Any marks on themY' Pussy Man
Eyes, yes. Gold-rimmed, lenses differ
ent focus, and letters L. o. G. on in
side. Insert 1t three times" Advertise
ing Clerk-"Yes. sir. Five dollars,
please" Pussy Man-"Here 1t Is" Adj
vertising Thanks. 1t gives
me. sir, great pleasure to inform you.
sir, that your spectacles are on the top
Of your head" Pussy Man-"My stars!
So they are. Why didn't you say so
before?" Advertising Business
before pleasure, you know
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
BIBLE WRITTEN IN 70.
AIultiples of This Figure Recur signifl
captly In New Testament.

Aiultip1es of This Figure Recur SiRnih.
captly IN New Testament.
The phenomena of the figure and
its multiples. occurring In the New
Testament, have been touched upon
by Ivan Panin, Russian student Of
the Bible. who for number of years
has made his home at Grafton. Mass.
This Significance Of the seven" group
will not be lost even upon the super
stitious who are outside the pale of
scriptural points. and. rs Mr.. Panin
has shown them. their relations Of
their groupings to the first eleven
verses of the New Testament must
suggest that they were scarcely
chance.
For instance, in These first eleven
verses of Matthew. the vocabulary con-
sists of forty-nine words. or seven sew
ems; of these words there are twenty
eight, or four sevens. which begin with
yowels. and twenty-one, or three sew
ems. which begin with consonants.
This distribution by sevens be-
tween vowel words and consonant
words Justly might have been deemed
accidental but for the fact that of the
forty-nine words forty-two of them are
nouns-six sevens-and seven are not
nouns" IL the comment of the writer.
'.Of the forty-two nouns there are
thirty Ave proper nouns, or Ave sevens.
while seven are common nouns. or
the thirty-flve proper names four sew
ems are male ancestors of Jesus and
seven are not such. Not only then is
the distribution Of the forty-nine
words Of the vocabulary by sevens as
between vowel words and consonant
words. but also as between the parts
of speech"
AS further and absolute proof that
these phenomena Of the sevens are not
accidental Mr.. Panln points out that
the forty-nine words Of the vocabulary
show fourteen words that are not used
but once, while thirty-five Of them, or
Ave sevens. are used more than once.
His conclusions after an exhaustive ar
rangement of tAs seven" features are
that mot even the choice Of the Ian
guages in which the scriptures were
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

The person who advertised for "A
man who speaks German and under
stands horses" was satisfied with the
wording of his advertisement until the
first applicant arrived.
"vell," said the would-be stableman,
eoberly scratching his hcad,"I schpeaks
Chairman all righdt but don'd know
dot can understand dose horses. Vat
langquiches do tey schpeak?'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

.FArAeR, 40 WITH NE"

Sent up to bed in the dark, alone.
Where all Of the corners were weird
and dim
And the shapes and the shadows
awaited him
At every turning-my little son.
Sent for some childish mischief done
At the hour when childish hearts are
high
With Joy of the evenings revelry-
And his fault at worst was tiny one!
A wistful moment his feet delayed,
Waiting to let my face relent,
And then. pitiful penitent,
His faltering, frightened way he made;
But up In the stairway's deepest shade,
heard him pause where their shad-
ows crowd
And whisper, Father" and sob aloud,
"Father. 60 with me. I'm afraid"
Quick Is his calling my answer leapt,
Strong as his terror my shielding arms
Folded him close from the nights
alarms,
Sheltered and comforted while he wept;
Up In the nursery's light kept
A tender watch till he smiled again,
Till the sobs Of his half remembered
pain
Lessensd and hushed and the baby slept
Father Of love. when my day is done
And all Of my trespasses written In,
Not for thoughtless or willful sin
Send me out in the dark alone;
But 30 as answered my little son,
Come to the prayer Of my pleading
breath
And lead me safe through the night of
death.
Father Of light, when my light is gone!
Warrington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Stop Funeral to Pay widow.

En- route from the funeral of her hus-
band. the carringe of Mrs. Florence
Stoner of Des Moines was stopped and
a committee representing an insurance
lodge of the city handed her purse
containing S1,777 in cash, the face Of a
life insurance policy held by Mr.. Stoner
In that order. The lodge took this unique
method of establishing record for quick
payment of claims
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Fodder Rye,

The flrat crop to be Of service in tho
spring IS rye, which is sometimes ready
for feeding the last week in April,
aud may be continued through the
first half Of May. 1t natures very
rapidly after the heads appear, and
can be successfully used for period
Of from ten to fourteen days II seeded
at different times, and cutting is begun
before 1t comes in head, Where It Ia
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Rag Holder.

A convenient bag holder is made as
follows: Procure piece of two-inch
plank thirty inches long and as wide
as you can get. Bore two one and a
quarter inch holes in the plank twenty
four inches apart. Then get two sticks
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Convict KILLED by Accident.

Edward Surver, who was serving a
.two-year sentence in the Anamosa peni-
Tertiary for bigamy, while at work. fell
and sustained injuries from which he
died four hours later. He was kneeling
upon plank, guiding to its destination a
stone that was being hoisted, and the
plank tipped. causing him to lose his
balance and full distance of thirty feet
upon the prison wall.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
three feet nine Inches long Of some

three fee -ntne Inches long Of some
tough wood. Shave these sticks to flt
tightly into three-Quarter inch hole.
Now take two blocks Of hard wood
four and one-half inches long like A
in Illustration. These circular pieces
should be one inch thick each way
and they should have about three small
lath nails sticking out one-quarter of
an inch to keep the bag from slipping
off. 1t is the spring of the two long
sticks that holds the bag tight. The
BLOCKS can be slipped up or down on
the side strips to suit the length of the
bags.--F. A. Franklin in Iowa Home
stead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
s Salt and ns:enp.
Kansas MAI K

Der of 1nlulF9s FORA cure for r0up.
Twenty-Five of our chickens took It.
and we separated the sick ones from
the others at once. then took quart
can, filled 1t with salt brine that would
carry an egg, and dipped their heads
In three or four times day. We have
never lost chicken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

Tie boasts that he came from q
good family"
well, don't doubt that it's good
deal better since he came from IT,
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
super Intelligence.

Fuddy-l suppose you agree with
me that Baxter is man of superior
intelligence
Duddy-Oh. yes-that is to say, he
was before he began to read the war
news from the east"-Boston Tran
script.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Gas for Incnhator.

An extensive chicken raiser at Re.
chelle, ILL.,. operates fifty large incu-
bators with heat from natural gas. He
has three thousand chicks out and has
about fifteen thousand eggs under
way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Boys BODY Beside Tracks.

The badly mnnsled body of an uni,len-
tilted boy was found alongside the rail-
road tracks at Norway. 1t is supposed
no attempted to board a passing train
and fell beneath the wheels. Nothing
could be found which would indicate
Identity
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
These Are Dangerous Jobs.

The examination paper of pupil
in school near West Liberty. H.,
was found to contain the following:
1t is a hazardous occupation:
To be run over by train.
To be struck by lightning.
To fall from .ballo0n
To be blown up In battleship.
To be killed in battle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
This Was a Boy at the Hub

Mother-Johnny, do stop teasing
that cat How would you like to be
treated 30. do you suppose. II you
were cat?
Johnny-In that case ! presume
should have a bias, the same as Kitty
has. but don't you think it quite un-
accessory to suppose anything SO fun.
eiful, mamma7-Boston Transcript
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

It's as difficult to convince stub
born man as 1t Ia to fatten windmill
by running corn through It
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Rock I,laud Loses Brnnch,

The directors of the Des Moines and
Fort Dodge Railway have announced
that their rond will pass out Of the con-
troll of the Rock Island Jan. and be
merged with some other system.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Profits of a Small Dairy,

Having seen several records of
dairy farming by some Of your read
ers, will let you know what we have
done the past year. from January l,
1908, to January l, 1904. We started
with four cows the first six months,
and five. cows the balance OF the year,
one heifer coming fresh last Of June.
Delivered at creamery 2Sl55 pounds
of milk which made 1,225 pounds Of
butter. Total sales for the year as
follows:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
Let Slayer Plead Guilty,

Charles W. Graves, accused Of wife
murder In Des Moincs, who Is alleged to
have saturated his victim with kerosene
and applied the torch, was permitted to
plead guilty to manslaughter. The limit
of punishment is eight years in prison.
which he ia expected to receive. Graves
was tried once, the jury falling to agree.
Winnie Reader, member of the Grau
grand opera troupe. and stepdaughter
yyftneas
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15
OF INTEREST IN IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENiNGs.
Trolley Accident In Burlington Kills
Ono and Injuries Many-Graves Pleads
Guilty Of Manslaughter- Insurance
Paid with Great Promptness.


BY the breaking of brake beam on
an open trolley car while descending the
steep Valley street incline In Burling-
ton. the car was precipitated down the
hill. crashing into shade tree and
wrecking 1t completely. Fifty passen-
gers were OH the car. They Jumped In
all directions as the car rushed down
the hill, many Of them receiving broken
arms and badly cut faces. Mrs. Joseph
Ksehn was killed by having her head
crushed; Mrs. Joseph Carlson had both
arms and legs broken; Ora J. Gould. a
publisher, shoulder broken; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Taeger. arms broken; q. NJ.
Hellwig, head and face crushed; Will
liam Kottkamp, foreman of Rand Lum-
Der Company, head badly cut. A dozen
others suffered serious cuts and bruises.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

Balance, net. .$4S7 20
don't think this is bad showing
for a place that some of the neighbors
said, four. years ago, when we came
here, You can't raise anything on that
old place.. e. Ringer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-06-15

Work on the new county court house
at Denison is actively progressing.
Thornton Davis, Arthur Jamison and
third prisoner escaped from the Jail