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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
/ More Room on london Brid9e,

~ More Room on london Bridge.
The work of widening and improv-
Ing London bridge is now nearing emu.
spietion. The old bridge will be eonsid:
erably beautified by the alterHs'on
Practically Sir John Rennie's bridge,
built over seventy years ago at cost
of f2,O00,QOO, still stands, for the main
Improvements are the widening of the
roadway and footpaths, and the sub
stitution for the solid parapct of an ar
tistically designed open baluctrade par
apet. worked in Dartmoor granite.
The need for greater traffic facilities
across city bridges is emphasized by
the fact that the high-level footways
of the Tower bridge are now practl-
cally useless. They have lost their
charm Of novelty. The hydraulic lifts
stand idle, passengers realizing that
little time is gained by using the high
level while the low level bridge is
raised for shipping traffic. The city
corporation has applied to parliament
for power to close the high footways.
London Express.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
sHLsTlNe SANDS Of PERU.
They Away. Awaken the Interest Q

They Afwnys Awaken the Interest of
. ss.s 'ForeiKniT reveier.
Ernest G.Rest tellssaf the eHsIals
travelling sand esescents of Peru.
which move across the desert, says
Harper's Magazine. after passing
another town of three or four mud
huts we enter the famous desert of
lslay, on which are what l consider
the most remarkable natural curiosi-
ties to be seen on this globe" says
Mr.. Rost, "for we are now among
hundreds-nay, thousands-of pure
white sand crescents, on Il plateau of
1890 feet above the level OF the sea
and iifty-four miles from the coast.
where all else is of dark red or
chocolate color. Whence comes this
sand and why always in crescent
shape? Professor Bailey, whom af-
terward met at Arequipa, in charge of
the Harvard University Observatory,
told me TINT scientific men do not
agree rs to the reason why the sand
always forms the same crescent
shape, although it is generally be-
lieved that the whirling eddies here
abouts are responsible. Some, how
ever, argue thar such is not the case,
since each one of these crescents has
an opening toward the northeast.
AT any rate, the inner circle is an
almost perpendicular wall of the finest
pure white sand, and from the upper
edges the crescents slope gradually
away on the outside. They average
about twenty feet in height, the inner
circle having diameter of some fifty
feel, although have seen one at least
Il mile and n half In diameter which
was, however, not much higher thnn
the average. These crescents move. ii
is estimated, at the rate of three
inches every twenty-four hours, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

The usual way of getting rid Of the
hawk is to use Il good gun, trusting
it to the hands Of some man that
knows how to shoot straight. An
other way is TO set up Il pole not fal
from the poultry yard, and make it
in every way suitable resting place
for the haws. If he has an eye to
business he will now and then light
on the top to rest and lay his plans
for catching fat fowl. After a visit
or two place a common steel trap on
the top of the pole. The chances are
that the hawk will make one visit too
many.-St. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20


There are many occasions when the
box must be taken from the farm
wagon to do hauling Of some things,
and such occasions are comfortless
ones for the driver, who has no seat.
The illustration shows way of max
Ing seat and attaching 1t to the up
rights of the front bolster. The upper
portion of the cut shows how two
inch strip of proper length and notch
ed at either end to fit the standards
of the bolster and how strips are at
tached just under the notches to pre-
vent the plank from slipping.
The plank is then sawed in two in
the middle and two heavy strap
hinges attached rs shown; these, with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
The A1l.Purposs HORSE.

1t Is folly to talk about one breed
Of horses being suitable for all pur-
poses. Consider for Ii moment the light
harness horse Juggling at the great
transfer wagon, or the big two-ton
farmloads on the read to market The
all-purpose idea is still cherished by
some farmers who never raised or sold
good draft horse. They have always
believed that the draft horse was too
big for farm work. But farmers raise
horses now to sell, and they have
learned that the big draft mares are
the most profitable farm team. They
do the farm work of blowing and haul
ing to perfection. and they raise the
highest-priced Animal on the farm,
while the all-purpose horse is the cheap
horse in competition with the Western
range horses ard little trotters; don't
pay to raisc.-Llve Stock Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Retain the Soil Moisture.

The longer moisture can be kept
in the soil the better 1t is for growing
crops, because it has larger amount
of plant food in solution. There is
very little sustenance in rain water
just fallen; it must have some time
at least il which to dissolve the food
elements In the soil. Therefore, the
preservation Of soil moisture is the
most important function Of cultural
methods, and killing weeds is of sec
ondary Importance, and this secondary
Importance is only because weeds use
up considerable quantities of soil mois-
ture, with the plant food it contains.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

the strips, are on the under side of
the plank. The lower portion of the
Illustration shows how the plank as
arranged is fitted over the uprights
of the bolster, resting on the rings.
This seat is readily constructed, is
easy to attach and when detached
takes up little room.-IndIanapoli
News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Wild. Tires on Turf.

At an experiment station it was
demonstrated that IL requires forty per
cent more power to draw load OH II
wagon with 11h-inca tires than on one
with three-inch tire. With Il dynamo
meter careful tesss We're made with
loaded wagons dawn over bluegrass
sward In n wagon weighing one
thousand pounds it was found that IL
load weighing ;s24S pounds could be
drawn on wide tires with the same
force required 70 move two thousand
pounds on narrow tires. Moreover, the
wide tires did not injure the turf,
while the narrow ones cut through it.
Coat of Running Creamery.
The total cost of running creamery
and marketing the product, including
interest on the Investment and provis-
ion for sinking fund, ought not to
exceed 80 cents for every pound of
butter made. Under favorable con
ditions this cost ought to be reduced to
or even as low us IL cents. The
smallest practical creamery cannot be
operated for less than 81 or So per day.
It becomes evident, then, that the daily
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

L. @. Willing, proprietor of Water
loo department store, was arrested when
about to touch match to his stock of
goods to collect the $1,000 insurance up
on it lie not only confessed his guilt
but told of two fires started by him a
year ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

A deplorable accident happened at the
home Of Mr., and Mrs. John Owens, in
Westport township. Their little son,
Thomas, aged about IS months, in some
way got hold of box of tablets which
contained strychnine in doses for an adult
and ate them all. Medical aid was at
once summoned, but death resulted in a
shoYt time
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

Mrs. De Style Gond of novels)-Did
you do as 1 directed, and tell every.
body who called that l was engaged.
Domestic-No one called, mum.
"What! Not oneY'
mot Il soul"
Mercy! Such heartless neglect is
outrageous. New York Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Milk-MakinE Feeds,

The new distil!ery feeds are likely
to become popular among dafrymen.
The substance Is made up very much
like gluten meals of the higher grades,
but is lighter and more bulky and
hence safe food. The growing scare
ity Of gluten feeds will help the in
production of substitute.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

when. OH the slow Journey. one comes
near the railroad, it becomes neces-
sary to shovel the sand across the
tracks, after which 1t travels on, form
ing new crescents or mingling with
some Of the Others"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Mrs. Lewis Pleads Not Guilty.

Belle Lewis of OttGGlwa; charged with
the murder of her husband, axIl
Lewis, was arraigncd in District Cotrt
and Plesded not guilty. She asked foS
m attorney to defend her aud. a Siso.f-
ney firm -was oatointed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Caring for tile Dairy Cow,

NO one will question the statement
that any animal that is well treated
VIII do its best for Its owner; the troll
bic is different people have different
ideas of what constitutes good treat
ment. The average man feels that
plenty Of good food is all an animal
should expect. while other men en-
deavor to make kind words and an oc-
casional pat take the place Of proper
feeding. A veteran dairyman, a Ger
man, showed the writer his stables
made of rough lumber and crudely
built, but well lined inside with build
Ing paper, so that they We're warm.
Each stall was arranged so that the
animal had perfect freedom in the in
closure. and yet could not turn suffi-
GENTLY to soil the bedding. Every stall
was thoroughly cleaned each morning
and night, all straw removed and n
moderately strong solution of carbolie
acid sprinkled over the floor. A light
layer of straw was placed on the floor
during the day, and at night heavy
bed was made. Every day, usually
just after milking, and while the cows
were eating, they were groomed with
brush and comb just as the horses
We're cared for. In the morning each
cow was wiped off with a large cloth
to remove any dust that might be on
its coat from the straw. This was
done before milking, the udder being
also cleaned with cloth. OF course,
these cows are well and properly fed,
but our friend has figured that the
treatment referred to has considera-
bic to do with the milk result, and he is
undoubtedly right.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

"How did that fellow spendthrift
strike you when you met him the first
time?"
That's what I've been asking my
self every day since then. The hard
luck story he told caused me to lend
him a five."-Cincinnut Times-Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20


The Missouri hen promises to be-
come as famous as the Missouri mule.
Already the value of the surplus pro-
ducts of the Missouri hen amount
annually to more than 100000 more
than the value of the mules sold out
Of the state. In 1902 over 100000
dozen eggs We're shipped out of the
State, while thousands Of dozens found
their way to the breakfast tables of
Missourians. The annual production
of eggs of some of Missouri's counties
is as follows: Greene, 3,S16,S6O dozen;
Boone, 2,5O5,SS0 dozen; Pettis, 2,541,-
800 dozen; Gasconade, 1,T24, 80 dozen;
Franklin, 1.11s,623 dozen; Daviess,
1,S7O,S9O dozen: Dade, 1,O49,31O dozen;
Crawford, 1,Go3,34O dozen; Macon,
1,T9O,430 dozen; Marion, 1902, 800
dozen; Sullivan, 1,2o9,946 dozen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

product should be over $50 pounds as
safe minimum; consequently no
creamery should be put into operation
unless having control or promise of
about 300 cows.-Oscar Err, University
of Illinois.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

Hello, Leo" painted the lioness
"I've been chasing wounded antelope
for several miles. Did it pass by
,here?''
NO. replied the lion, licking his
chops contentedly, at didn't pass here"
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
OF INTEREST IN. IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
OPENINGS.
Father Gives Up Horse Thief Son to
Law-Incendiary Fire in Sidney
School Board Cannot Do Business
without Majority Members Present.

After wrestling all night with the
problem whether to prosecute his only
son as horse thief, j. NJ. Chambers,
wealthy farmer residing near Knox
vile. appeared in Des Moines police
court and dramatically exclaimed to the
Judge: God knows have tried to bring
that boy up right and have done well by
him. Now he has come to this. But,
though he is my own flesh and blood
all l haye-I will let the law take its
course" The old man bowed his head
and wept as he signed the information
charging his boy with having stolen a
horse and buggy from his barn and sold
them to Des Moines liveryman. No
sooner had the theft been discovered
than the old man started pack of
bloodhounds on the trail. For nearly
forty miles the animals kept the trail as
the old man urged them on and on, little
dreaming that they would expose the
disgrace of his own son. They stopped
at an East Des Moines livery stable,
where the stolen property was found.
The arrest followed soon after.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
THE THREaDBARE THEME.


IT'S love they've Huted, luted, sung;
IT'S unto Love they've crept and chung;
And eer round Love new garlands hung.
It's Love, Love, Love, the livelong day,
Until It seems quite tllumbed away,
The old, worn string wherein they play.
Some long ago are dead and cold,
Earth, sun, and stars are growing old,
But still the tale is far from told.
Nor shall it e'er be told, in TRUTH
White April knows not autumn's ruth,
While Youth looks in tic eyes of Youth.
Nor shall the string once hang outworn,
Since Life itself of Love is born,
And as Life wanes must sing its morn.
The Bookman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
No Eye for Color.

Artist-My dear. that new cook will
never do. ~ Hgg ,1fi
Wife-Why not? He used to been
chef of fashionable club. slisan ui Bnr
Artist-That may be, but can't youFnl
see that he's just served spinach In SO
blue dish and tomatoes. on Z. pink.
plate? Morrible.-Ncw York Times. & II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
Nor Pocket,

Tommy-oh! that's new fence over
there, ain't it?
Mother-No, there's merely a new
coat of paint ca it.
Tommy-Oh, is that coat? 1t looks
more like a sweater. 1t amt got any
buttons on Philadelphia Press
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

Physician-Youra iment lies in the
larynX, thoraN, and epiglottis. Hooli-
gan-Indade? An me afther thinkin'
TIL trouble was in me throat.-Judgs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

Lessthan Majority Not Legal Quorum.
Two members of school board do not
constitute quorum, even when all the
other members of the board havo resign
ed. The two remaining members cannot
fill the vacancies so caused. This is the
ruling of State Superintendent r. G..
Barrett. The case came to Mr. Barrett
from the independent school district of
Avery, in Monroe County. Its title is
Henry Bilterman VS.. the Independent
school district of Avery. In this case
w. ]. Stewart and o. C. Hudson at
tempted to fill the vacancies caused by
the resignation of ]. w. Moss and j.
Mathews. /. Dunlap and II. Barnes
were appointed to fill the vacancies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20
sidney Suffer. from 1ncendiary.

Three store buildings belonging to s.
w. 8. Rowe, Sam Holmes of Hamburg
and Henry Ballenger were burned to the
ground at Sidney. The buildings belong
Ing to Mr. Ballinger and Mr.. Holmes
were not occupied and their losses are
$1,000 and $500 respectively. Mr.. Rowe
had his building full Of windmills, tanks
aud pumps. His stock was worth about
$1,000 with $500 insurance. His build
ing was worth about $500 with $500 in
surance. The fire was discovered COM
Ing from the Rowe building. 1t was
learned that the city house had been en-
tered and all but about fifty feet Of hose
destroyed by cutting great gaps in 1t.
If it had not been for this it Is believed
that all three buildings could have been
saved. The citizens consider it case
Of incendiarism.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-01-20

Winter protection is IN absolute ne
'of In sdaT hah ssa lf1slts sue;
should J., practiced in every locality
~Eere the temperature reaches zero or
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss the Of &Ezzz<zu
Notice.

Notice is hereby given to the citi-
zens Of the Third ward of the city
Of Richmond, Wayne township Wayne
county, Indiana, and all the other res
idents of said township, county and
state, that I, the undersigned, male
inhabitant of the state of Indiana,
and a continuous resident of Wayne
county, Indiana, for more than ninety
days prior to the time Of the filing
of said application and a person of
good moral character over the age of
twenty-one years, intend to apply to
the board Of county commissioners Of
said county and state, at their next
regular term, commencing on the first
Monday in September, 1904, for a IL
cense to sell intoxicating, spirituous,
vinous and malt liquor in less guam
tity than five gallons at a time, and
per NIT the same to be drank on the
premises where sold in accordance
with the provisions Of an act of the
General Assembly of the state of In
diana, approved March 18th, 1875 and
all amendments thereto.
I hereby state that I am and will
be the actual owner and proprietor
of said business, and am not acting
as the agent or palmer of any other
person, and in connection Herewith
I desire to conduct restaurant and
three pool tables.
The precise location of the premises
in which I desire to sell said intoxi-
eating, spirituous. vinous and malt
liquors. as aforesaid. should license
be granted me, is as follows. towit:
Being the front room on the ground
floor of certain brick building on the
following described real estate; to-
wit: the east half of lot number nine
(9) and nine feet off of the west side
of lot number ten (10) in that part
of the city Of Richmond laid out by
William Kenworthy, and being num-
Der $50 North E street, in the Third
ward in the city Of Richmond, Wayne
county, Indiana.
HARRY K. JOHN.
aug. 5-12-19.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
ESCAPED an Awful Fate.

Mr.. H. Higgins, of Melbourne, Fla,
writes: "My doctor told me I had
consumption and nothing could be
done for me. I was given up to die.
The offer of free trial bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, induced me to try it. Results
were startling. I am now on the road
to recovery. It surely saved my life. !"
This great cure IS guaranteed for all
throat and lung diseases by A. G. Lu-
ken & Co., druggists. Price soc and
81. 90. Trial bottles free.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
Sick Headache.

For several years my wife was
troubled with what physicians called
sick headache of a very severe char
acter. She doctored with several en-
inent physicians and at a great ex-
pense, only to grow worse until she
was unable to do any kind of work.
About a year ago she began taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets and today weighs more than
she ever did before and is real well, -
says Mr.. Geo. E. Wright of New Lon
don, New York. For sale by A. G.
Luken & Co, and W. Ell. Sudhoff,
Fifth and Main streets.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
Pacific & Northwestern Line.

Pacific & North Western Line.
The Colorado Special, Chicago, Union
This solid through train only one
night to Denver, leaves Chicago at z
p. M, reaching Denver next evening
at 9 o'clock. A perfectly appointed
train. Another Colorado train leaves
Chicago daily at II p. M, arriving at
Denver early the second morning,
over the only double track system be-
tween Chicago and the Missouri Riv-
er. The best of everything. The Chi
cago-Portland special leaves Chicago
daily at II p. m. with through sleep
ing car service to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Portland. Tickets and
full information can be secured from
your home agent or address
A. H. Wagner, % Fifth Avenue, Chi
cago, Ills.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
RICHMOND DIVISION

AS result of the dry weather, which
tends to make wooden bridges espec-
tally infammable, there have been
quite number of fires, all of them
small and resulting in no serious dam
age, on many Of the small wooden
bridges on the divisions of the Penn
sylvania lines leading out Of this
city.
The sparks Of the engine fly back
and are. caught and held by the en-
closing bridge, sometimes smolder
and burst out into fame, with the re-
suit that a bridge is burnt.
The frequency Of these bridge fires
of late has led to the issuing Of an Or
der by w. B. Wood, local superin-
tendent, for the members of the train
crew to watch carefully when pass
ing through a wooden bridge lest
any sparks might set the structure
afre. The trainmen are warned to
look out when through bridge to de-
termine whether any sparks have LODI
ged in the dry wooden structures.
The most of these fires have been
on the division between here and In
dianapolis, and although some Of them
have seemed to be serious, the dam
age has been slight in all cases.
Trainmen say that it is very hard
to determine whether a chance spark
has set the bridge on fire on account
Of the fact that before a smoldering
spark may have burst into flame the
train might be miles away.
Orders have been issued from the
Panhandle offices to the effect that
the speed of the trains to and from
Cincinnati to Richmond be lowered
to fifteen miles an hour when near
and under the new interurban bridges
of the Dayton & Western road.
The engineers are ordered to be pre-
pared to stop in emergency and are
ordered to look out for Instructions
on the track. The bridges are not
proving to be all that they were ex-
pected to be and the order for the
slowing of locomotives to thespeed
limit is the result.
At several stations on local divis-
ions of the Panhandle railroad, in
Guiding Cambridge City, Centerville
and others, telephones have been in
stalled in order that the trainmen
may inform the signalmen when the
trains are in the "clear." This install
lation of phones is another of the
numerous safeguards with which the
Pennsylvania lines are protecting the
passengers and the results Of this are
expected to be beneficial.
The yard limit on the Pennsylva-
MIA and the G. R. & I. railroad yards
just west of the Whitewater bridge
have been extended one hundred feet
to the westward.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
Cholera Infantum

THIS disease has lost its terrors
since Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy came into gen.
eral use. The uniform success which
attends the use Of this remedy in all
cases of bowel complaints in children
has made it a favorite wherever its
value has become known. For sale by
A. G.. Luken & Co., and W. Fl. Sud
hoff, Fifth and Main streets.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
c., G. & L. New Schedule Most Favor.
able to the Richmond People.

Under the new schedule there will
be through cars to Cincinnati via c.,
C. & L. direct; also through car SER
vice to College Corner, Oxford and
Hamilton. The running time Of all
trains has been greatly reduced. Gin
cinnati is now reached in two hours
and five minutes. The north bound
morning train now leaves at a. m. a
much more seasonable hour than here
tofore.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-19
A HALF MILLION ACRES.
$4,000 to Colorado and Return.

YoU.UU 60 COI0fau0 and Return.
Via Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. Chicago to Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, daily
throughout the summer. Correspond
ingly low rates from all points east.
Only one night to Denver from Chi
cago. Two fast trains daily. Tour
ist sleepi 1g cars to Denver daily.