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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
OUR vENoMous SNAKES.
What to DO IL Bitten by Rationale
or Copperhead.


There are only few varieties Of ven
omous snakes In this country. The
chief of them are the rattlesnake and
the copperhead. In the South is to be
found variety of rattlesnake. the dia-
mond- backed RATHER, and a variety Of
copperhead that lives around ponds
and rivers, called the water moccasin.
Farther West, on the other side of the
Mississippi River, there are several
other varieties of rattlesnake.
The power of the venom of the
rattlesnake is not nearly as great as
is usually supposed.
DIR. s. Weir Mitchell, who has made
a life study of serpents. says that no
more than two dogs in nine die after
being bitten by rattlesnakes.
The poison of the copperhead is less
virulent than that of the rattlesnake,
and the copperhead Is becoming one
of the scarcest of American serpents
The Northern variety of rattlesnake
(crotalus-a rattle; horridus-horrid)
grows to length Of from three ia
five feet. 1t varies from a yellowish
brown to almost dead black above
with three rows of irregular darker
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Agricultural Atoms.

Good feeding is the fcIerunner of
prosperity.
Failure is the usual result Of think
ing business can run itself.
The farmers team should be one
well adapted to his requirements.
Liver is a good food fur milk pro.
duction because it is rich In fats.
Even in summer sufficient bedding
should be provided to ksGp the stock
clean.
Desirable qualities arr fixed in a
herd by Il long line of careful se!ec-
tons and breeding.
The dwarfing of a tree occurs by the
slight disagreement between the scion
and the stock.
Thrift in sheep is generally secured
when the farmer thinks enough of
them to care for them.
! Moss-covered trees Will be much
benefited by scraplng and then white.
washing with lime and wood ashes.
No one business has aay assurance
of always proving profitable one, he.
cause changes SO frequently occur IL
disturb all branches Of farming.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Utilizing a Few Acres,

Utilizing Few Acres.
There are many people in farming
districts possessed of few acres of
land in fairly good filth who do not
know how to utilize them to advan-
tage. Surrounded as they are by large
farms, they have an idea that there
Is not land enough to make anything
out Of 1t. While it is true that local
conditions have much to do with what
this small area can best be used for,
In a general way it is safe to say that
II the owner will do some intelligent
studying he can find way of making
even few acres profitable. OF course,
much depends upon the man and his
resources. If one is naturally Inclined
to fruit-growing, knows something
nbout the business, and is near fair
ly good market, he ought to make the
few acres bring him golden returns.
The same with poultry raising. III
other sections it might be the best
plan to turn the small area into
meadow, particularly If 1t was suited
to grass and labor was high and hay
brought good price. All things must
be considered in attempting to make a
small area profitable with crops, but
1t can be done if one will work out
the problem with intelligence.
Trough for Young Stock.
One of the troubles in feeding stock
is the waste of food, and there should
be some plan on every farm where
there is number of heads Of sheep or
calves SO that the feeding could be
done at the smallest possible expense
and at the greatest possible saving.
A trough built in the following man
ner will be found saver Of feed.
While it may be made any length de-
sired, ten feet is good length, and 1t
should be fifteen inches wide and, the
trough proper, ten inches deep.
Strong end pieces are placed in po-
sition SO that the trough may be raised
from the ground to the desired height,
the trough proper being placed about
foot from the top of the side pieces,
and on the very top Of the side pieces
strip of wood is placed, thus prevent.
ing the animal from getting its feet
into the trough or jumping over it. A
strong board is placed at the end Of
each upright side, close to the ground
and these boards are held in place by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07

Wheat growers of long experience
are familiar with the plan of sowing
.. decoy strip of wheat eGrly in the
season to entice the hesslar fig. 1t IS
a good plan to do this, even II there
is no certainty that the e.erays may
be waiting for you. A na rrl'.v strip
Is sown entirely around tire field In
tended for wheat, and this tx turned
under at the time the mair cap is 10
be sown. This turning the 1ecoy STRIP
of wheat under is a better I.lan than
blowing a number of dead 9lifcows he.
tween this strip and the ;naln field.
The main crop should be ss,wn as lat.
us it can be, with safety, whether tta
decoy strip is used or not, FIR the latai'
the sowing the less danger from TIL.
hessian fly. Bear in mias also that
aside from the battle with tile hessian
fly, success in wheat-grc@ing comes
from the thorough preparation of he
seed bed. The man who works on .ae
plan that the seed bed fer wheat CEN
not be made too good is the one wDo
gets the profitable crop. ht least .Eis
is the result on farms tia. have txe:n
titled for a number Of yeaIg.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
TONS OF BRIGHT GEMS.
The Worlds Supply of Diamon,
Weighs 5000, 900 Carats,

The World's Supply of Diamonds
Weighs 5,OOO.OOO carats.
1t is estimated that the total world
production Of diamonds up to date ap-
proximates 5,OOO,OO0 carats, says the
Baltimore American. AS we are not
in the habit Of weighing our diamonds
by the ton, We are III some doubt cons
corning the proper system of compu-
tation, whether troy or avoirdupois,
long ton or short ton. According to
the system used by those who do
weigh their diamonds III ton quanu-
ties. the result would be in the neigh
borhood of twenty or twenty-five tons
Of sparklers now appearing as factors
in the joys and miseries of world
which has substituted diamonds for
the beads and wampum of its ances-
tors.
The regions contributing to this sup
ply and the percentage of their con-
tribution appear as follows: South
Africa, Sl.5 per cent; Brazil, IS per
cent, and the remaining IS per cent
divided among Borneo. India, New
South Wales and British Guiana, with
North America and Russia supplying
/ specimens. The last two OF these
countries have furnished just about
enough to equip an opera box for a
single evening. The deep obligation of
society to South Africa is fully appar-
ent. The price Of diamonds has been
heavily advanced during the last year
or two. but 1t is simply appalling to
think what the price would have been
without tile South African supply. So
ciety, American, English and continent
al should daily thank heaven for Kim
berley and Jagersfontein.
We are unable to give the cubic
measurement of the total collection,
but, so fur as weight is concerned, II
would make load for a medium sized
freight car.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
WALLPAPER.

The paper on my chamber walls
Has woods and rocks and waterfalls.
They are not really there, but l.
AS in my little bed lie,
Can find a bird, a house, tree
Or anything wish to see.
/ only need to look about,
And can always pick them out.
Sometimes find persons nose,
And very soon the eyes disclose,
And then see mouth begin,
And Just below there comes a chin.
And when they're all of them IN
place
They form perfect human face.
And l discover little boats,
And cows and horses, sheep and
goats;
And when my chamber is not dark
1t seems almost a Noah's ark.
I'm sure it's very nice to be
Among such pleasant company,
And feel that am not alone.
But in a world that's all my own.
BY Arthur Macy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07

lesson to all. The children reported
that the young man at the other end
had taken off his coat. The psother
was on the left, the aunt and the
bridemaid on the right. The aunt was
in tears again, and saying that II she
could not have wing she would take
nothing.
Rings of smoke came presently
from the open window, and the chill
aren, giving up for the moment the
difficult work of picking up confetti
from the dusty pavement, became
special correspondents again, and
communicated the fact that the young
chap had stuck a cigar in his face.
Ponder street approved of this as be-
ing proper, appropriate, and gentle
manly act. Fender street, having as
certained at what hour the Thursday
afternoon excursion started, went out
and made its way, without fuss and
in detachments, in the direction of
the station. There, to evade special
notice, they stood about at various
corners, affecting to have no particu-
lar business in hand, trying the auto
matte machines, reading out advertise
ments of the Last Trip of the Season;
arms covered with aprons, and look
of innocence on their faces, giving
something like curtsey which failed
to propitiate stern young porter at
the open doors of the station. He
looked at them doubtfully.
Going by train?"
mot while we can walk" answered
the ladies'.
What you ere for, them"
ITO look at you!"
you're funny, aren't you?" remark
ed the stern young porter, nettled.
mot SO funny as your face" said
the ladies. They whirled round sud.
denly. Look Quit"
The two young people walked up,
brushing confetti from each others
clothes, on good-humored terms with
each other, and now and again ex'
changing kisses. Seeing the crowd
they detached themselves, turned
and seemed inclined to fly back tc
the female relatives, who had follow
/ ed at tactful interval, and now hast
ened up to support. The aunt, catch
ing the bridegroom's arm, begged, be
tween her sobs, that he would DE-
nothing calculated to give the family
a bad name. He managed to Olsen
gage himself, and, collecting hi
thoughts, whispered an Instruction
Right you are, 'Arold, dear" salt
the bride. "I'll do whatever; you tel
me-"
| Fixed his bowler hat well on
turned up his coat collar aid rushe'
in at one entrance to the bookin
office. AS Fender street, screamin
turbalently. closed in after him tn
young wife lodged across behind
tramway car and came In quickly b
the other doorway. A shrill, prt
longed chorus of farewells and las
volley of pebbles, rice, sticks, an!
thing, followed them as they hurrie
down the steps to the platform.
There, WELL" sighed one of the VIZ
men as the crowd went off with tn
satisfied air of those who have pei
formed a public duty. "They can
never complain that their weddir
wasn't took no notice of!"-Londo
Daily Mail
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07

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until DEVELOPMENT
will result having good
graduation nd plent of
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received the aen
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studying the influence of the
three dark
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background will strongly concentrate the interest on the face
strength of the
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general and being nearer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
much more violent action on the heart
than is safe. especially to one who 10
subject to heart weakness.

much more violent action on the heart
than is safe, especially TO one who 10
subject to heart weakness.
One Of the best remedies for the
bite Of a venomous snake Is common
cooking sodn. which has the adyAn-
tage of being domestic article al
ways kept on hand. A cord is fasten-
ed tightly above the wound to form
ligature. The wounded spot IS thefi
cut as deeply as the fangs may have
entered. Let the wound bleed freely.
Suck 1t with the mouth. after which
put soda in the cut. as we'll as on the
wound, changing the soda AS often 40
1t turns black. Strange to say. rattle
snake venom taken into the stomach
is quickly and safely assimilated BY
the digestive organs.
As much as thirty drops have been
taken Mt once without harm to the
experimenter. who, however. was
careful TO rinse the mouth and teeth
with soda and water at once after
taking that amount.
Another remedy Is ammonia, which,
II applied promptly and freely, will
cure almost any kind Of snake bite.
II the foot is bitten, prepare a foot.
bath Of quart Of coal oil mixed with
teacupful Of salt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
spots running together in zigzag
blotches. The under parts are gray

blotches. The under parts are gray
ish-yellow.
OF course, the specific feature of
rattlesnake is Its rattle, which. as ey-
erybody knows, is a series of bony
rings at the end of its tail.
1t has been generally supposed that
the number of these indicates the
number of years the rattlesnake has
lived, but this Is delusion. More
than one rattle is occasionally produced
in a year. and the snake Is apt to lose
rattles by accident.
The rattle of the snake sounds
much like the vibrating noise made by
some kinds Of grasshoppers. II you
hear sucn sound near you, 1t is just
as well to pause and look sharply. II
the noise ceases gradually when you
remain motionless and starts up again
when you move. it is evident that 1t is
not produced by an insect.
Fortunately, crotalus horridus is not
an active. aggressive fellow. If you
give him the opportunity he will move
out of your way.
II is mistake, however, to fancy
that he must coil to strike. He pre-
fers to strike from a coil, because 1t
gives him greater reach. but he will
launch himself in any direction, colled
or uncoiled.
At best he can only strike half the
length of his body. 1t is easy to keep
out Of harm's way. He never pursues
a foe, and, as his eyesight is poor and
his movements. except when he
strikes, rather slow and sluggish. lie
Is not hard to kill.
Even when he bites he does not nj
ways inject poison in the wound. He
ia economical of his venom, and does
not waste any when he can help it.
1t is always wise, when strolline
about in country in which rattle
snakes may be encountered. to carry
strong staff or stick.
Many harmless snakes, when sur
prlsed and alarmed. yibrate the tips
of their tails rapidly, and IL this Il
done among dry leaves the souEd
made is not unlike that made by q
crotalus horridus shaking his rattles
| The copperhead (trlgono-trIangu
lar; contortrlx- the only 9th
err venomous snake most people are
likely to meet outside of museums OF
geological collections of animals Ii
this country. is closely allied to tn,
rattlesnake.
1t has thick body. from two Il
three feet long; short tail. without
I rattles, and Is slow and clumsy in 1t!
movements; but, lurking MS 1t does II
moist and shadowy places, and givin;
no warning of its proximity, 1t is mor'
I dreaded than the rattlesnake. Tn,
copperhead is rather light, reddish
brown above, with a series Of trans
verse darker bands which widen OF
'he sides into patches.
Its tail ends with horny point
but it has no rattles. 1t is not seel
SO often as the rattlesnake. and un
less one treads upon it 1t is not apt I,
make an attack.
All other snakes in this section o
the continent of North America ar
! absolutely harmless.
The curc-for snake bites In common
practice Is to fill the patient full o
whisky. which. In the opinion Of II,
writer. Is a great mistake. as the ven
em and tie whisky together have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
RAIN IN the WILDERNESS.


Wistful, spray of honeysuckle bends
Its tangled sweetness meath weight
of rain
Listening; the while some faint, far
off refrain.
Dim harmony of drops and leaves,
transcends
Enchantedly the stirring woods; a
shower
Rolls over them, and all the wilder
Newborn, baptized, stands hushcd in
vague alright.
Each fragile blossom bows before a
power
Scarce understood-then, trusting it
to bless,
Silently lifts its face toward the light.
Grace S. H. Taylor, in the Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
kicking Cows

No farmer should breed kicking
COW. If he is in the dairy business he
needs cows, not mules. Some mixers
will make good COW kick and such
mixers ought to be kicked out of the
barn. Don't kick If your COW kicks
she does not know any better-you do
Don't keep kicking COW any longer
than she can be made fat for market
This is the best way to get value re
ceived from kicking COW.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07

.AA Seupiu OhSo. toO. DuC lulS EaSI0E
Mrs. Peel had offered for her beloved
mythology pin, fine cameo-love-
ly, it was, the head cut in white, on
pale, soft tan.
| almost wished that my conscience
would have let me study mythology
that pin was duck. own should
have liked to have it. OF course, it
would go to Gladys. She was safe to
have the history of the French as
we'll. We wondered if Lottia would
try.
Yes, she did. She sent in note,
asking to be "compettytawr." She
knew as much or more than Gladys,
but the way she pronounced the
names! did little studying, so as
to see what Mrs. Peel and Miss Ora
nam laughed at. She called "Wotan"
(Which you ought to call "votahn."
you know, what oon," and all her
words were like that. Mrs. Peel used
to put her handkerchief on the desk
whenever it was Lottie's turn to an
swer, and she put it over her mouth
to hide her smiles. Elsie says teach
ers always do .that-it's traditional
with them, she says. One day the
question was how Romulus died.
Isn't it silly to make you learn now a
person died who wasn't ever born?)
And Lottie said: why, he never died
he didn't! His Paw took him right
up to heaven in buggy! Mrs. Peel
snatched up her handkerchief But
we laughed right out. Elsie heard that
Mrs. Peel had said Lotties spelling
and writing would spoil her chance:
for the prize, and that Gladys was
sure of it. We took care to let Gladys
know. We thought it might make hel
a little less stuck-up If she knew thai
only ner writing and spelling got hel
the prize. And that wouldn't have
got it, either, only that the papers
were to go to an outside examiner
We thought, maybe, she'd Withdraw
and give the poor little thing {
Chance. You see, Lottie's knowledge
was away ahead of every ones excep'
Gladys's. Her paper would only BIZ
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anu speiiihs. bisie 'saio sue nav.
ml.nuia%n ~ a minute anu saiu
Graham's precious Gladiola kept RICH
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
ARlzoNA's AeATt BRIDGE.
N NArrRAL cuRIos11Y,

- y a NAIVHAL CCRIOBIIf. B.. -
In the "Petrified Forest of Arizona
there is natural bridge, across mar
row canyon consisting Of the petrihed,
or agatized, trunk of tree, III feet
In length. The petrified trees in this
region are believed to have flourished
in the Triasslc age. Most of them are
allied to the Norfolk island pine (.Aru.
c,,rla, Of to-day. but some resemble
the red cedar. Prof. O.sC. 8. Carter
thinks that the petrihcation was due
to soluble sllicates derived from the
decomposition Of the feldspathlc &c.
ment found In the sandstone Of that
locality, {
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Work is Being Heightened.

To hear the steam thresler whistle
in the morning sends thrill through
the heart of the old farmer who has
spent SO many years working around
the thresher. To the average small hoy
1t has nothing but delight. To the
housewife 1t brings remembrances of
hot times over the kitchen cook stove.
In the past few years all the work
has been llghtened more or less. Self
feeders, self-measures and wind-stack-
ers have taken away great deal of
the hard work, and now the gasoline
stove removes a great deal of the bur
densome heat in the kitchen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Profits of Tropical Farming.

According to the published state
ment of prominent banana planter
of Central America, the crop Is ex-
ceedingly profitable, giving net earn
ings of twenty-eight to thirty per cent
on invested capital. The main expense
appears to be in preparing the planta-
ton, after which the plants begin to
yield in about year, increasing until
three years old, and remaining in bear
ing twenty or thirty years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
ToK1o's CLOCKS.

You know, boys and girls, we have
our day divided up into twenty-four
hours, beginning at IL and ending at
u.
But the Japanese divide their time
into twelve parts. There are always
six parts belonging to the night and
six parts to the day. The day begins
at sunrise and ends at sunset. And
no matter whether the day be long
and the night short, or the day short
and the night long, each one always
consists of six parts.
You know there are two hands to
our clock. There are two hands also
to the Toxic clock, but the difference
between their clock and ours is in the
numbers on the face of the clock.
Our numbers stay exactly where the
clockmaker put them in the first
place, but in the Toxic clock the num-
bers can be showed from one position
to another by the man who owns the
clock.
The sunrise number is always
moved to keep pace with the time of
the sunrise, and the same thing is
done with the sunset number. And
then the fine numbers between them
are moved until they divide the day
into six exactly equal parts.
So you see it makes no difference
to the Japanese people whether the
days are long or short-they can al.
ways make their clocks suit the
length of the days.
They do not count 1, 2, 8, 4, s, 6,
etc., as we do but, beginning with 9,
they count 9. 5. z, 6, 5, 4, 8.
COUNTING A HENS FEATHERS.
A very unique feather-guessing
contest was recently conducted by a
prominent company manufacturing
feed for poultry. Five hundred dol.
lars in prizes was offered for best es.
Inmates or guesses as to the number
OF feathers on a hen. The first prize
was 500.
Thousands of guesses were receiv'
| ed, Including some very amusing ones
One party, who was probably looking
for some catch" scheme, estimated
none at ALL" Many estimates in the
hundreds of thousands were received
several in the millions, the highest
estimate being 60O,06O,o17 The cor
rect number was found to be s,12O
The company says: 1--WE feel par
donable, pride in having contributed
to poultry science ain item of infor
nation actually new."-From Nature
and Science in St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
The erowIs Of erizzled Bachelor

A knife blade passes through seven
stages in its evolution. After it is
first rough forged by the blacksmith,
it must be shaped, hardened, TEN.
pered. ground, polished and fitted
with handle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
Buff Plymouth Rocks.

This picture represents beautiful
type. of the Buff Plymouth Rock fe-
male, breed of Bluffs that has come
rapidly to the front since their intro
duction only a few years ago. In gen
eral conformation and size they are
identical with the Barred Rocks, and
as useful fowls they hive few equals
and doubtless no superiors. Almost
everyone is familiar with the Barred
Plymouth Rocks, and as this branch
possesses all the merit Of their an
cestors, we hardly think a detailed de
scription necessary. Suffice 1t to say
that we think the buff branch Of this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07

The Brooklyn Bridge has 1876 feet
of clear Roadway under the center OF
the bridge at high water. The towers
extend 27S feet above high water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
This will also cure the bite Of cop.

perheads.
Turpentine applied at once will
often cure snake bites. 1t absorbs
and deadens the poison.
OF course, a doctor should be sent
for Ms soon MS possible.-J. G. Beard.
in Washington Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-07
co,l.ction of Fnrmer,s Tronbles.

A weed patch is exhibited by the
government at the Worlds Fair. Here
every species of weed which troubles
the farmer of any section of the coun-
try is shown.