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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-03
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOf61Ss
CHAPTER I-Several mysterious deaths have
occurred In the Moore house In Washington. 1t
is vacant. Uncle David Moore. prosperous
heir. widower recluse, lives across the street.
His neice. Veronica Moore. In fit Of caprice
opens the house to celebrate her wedding with
Francis Jeffrey. A supposed guest was found
lying dead In thefatal room before the ceremony
is again empty. and Uncle David notifies the
police that alight is seen there at night. liza
detective goes with Uncle David and after q view
from the outside concluded that there Is some
one in the house. Summoning aid, he enters,
while Uncle David retires within his own home
finds the body Of a woman on the floor in front
of q settle which has played . part in previous
tradegies. A pistol is attached to her wrist by
q ribbon. HIN an upstairs room the detec.
tive finds burned matches, candles. rich wrap
lying with the bridal bouquet and handkerchief
ture on the wall has recently been busted. ~
Veronica's half sister, Cora Tuttle, Is strangely
affected on the scene Of the tradegy. The dead
woman'S watch he'd fallen and stopped ut 1913
jeffrey comes In with note from his wife say
Miss futile. evidently loves him. v-Unclc
David takes the news calmly. He has candles
in the house although 1t is lit by gas. VI-Jef
frey had courted penniless Miss futile. then
turned to Veronica. VII and VIII-The detec-
tive finds @ metal filings left behind
removed. .Jenrey's finger marks are seen to
correspond with those found In the dust In the
rooms. TX and X-Detectlve employs young
womannamed jimmie to interview JEFFREY maid
Loretta. Jefrey ordered candles Of his grocer
before his wife's death. He admits that lie was
death, that he was jealous and had words with
her.
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Through Sleeping Car from Chicago
Jacksonville, Fla, via
~ n u

Commencing Sunday January IL,
1903, a through sleeping car from Chi.
cago to Jacksonville, Fla will be run
on the Illinois Central Dixie Flyer,
leaving Chicago at 6 30 p. m. daily via
Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
2tf IL. G. PIERCE, Agent.
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Strawberry and
Xegetable Dealers

The Passenger Department fthe Hi
nois Central Railroad Company have
recently issued publication known as
Circular No. IL, in which is described
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Twice each month. on specific dates, the ILL.
nOis Central will sell at greatly reduced rate
from points on Its line north of Cairo, roundtrIp
tain points on OF reached by its lines in KEN
lucky, Tennessee, Mississippi. Louisiana and
Allah ANA. Also to certain points West and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. Particulars of your ILL
nois Ccntralagents.
For a free copy of the Homescekers' Guide
describing the advantages and resources O the
South, address j. l.. Merry, A. q. r. A., l. G. Il.
H., Dubuque, Iowa. For information regard
ing lands In the famous YazoO Valley of Miss
issipp.. address 4. I. Skene, Land Commissioner
Y. NJ. V. Il. Il Chicago.
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best territory in this country
for the growing of early strawberries
shd vegetables. Every dealer in such
products should address postal card
to the undersigned at Dubuque. Iowa,
requesting copy of "Circnlar No. 10"
j. F. Merry, Asst. Gent Pass'r Agent
BLVD
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CHAPTER XII

VVYHEN Francis Jeffrey's hand
~ fell from his forehead and
lie turned to face the assem-
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CHAPTER XIII.

.'HE appearance Of this witness
had undergone change since
she last stood before us. She
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Co. s. 9
An Everyday
Romance % 81
BY FRANCES GILLESPIE
Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Coz

r HE day was cold, clustering, rainy
Just the kind of a spring day that
poets never mention and still the kind
most in evidence; and it was Monday,
too.
Amanda stood looking out Of her small
back window across the neighbor1ng
roofs. 1t must be confessed that the sight
was not altogether cheerful. 1t seemed
TO Amanda that the gray sky was press
ing heavily down on the chimney tops
and Amanda wondered to herself how
long the old black chimneys would be
able to hold out
Amanda's under lip was caught de-
terminedly between her teeth; she was
telling herself for the fourth time that
morning that she wasn't going to let
the rain affect her spirits; no, indeed!
Then, suddenly, such are the uncertain
ties of human nature, Amanda's eyes
filled with lonely tears, and one or two
of them made their way unmolesteG
down her poor faded little face. How
ever, she wiped the tears away with an
impatient hand, and fastened on her hat
with trembling fingers.
Amanda taught the primary class in
Dne of the big schools in the poorer part
of the city. She had not made many
friends since her arrival, and her life,
always lonely, had Of late become almost
unbearable. She often tried to tell her.
self how thankful she was that she had
been born free American, instead Of
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SEEDLINGS.

Pears should be stored as soon as
packed, and delay in this matter will
cause rotting.
November and December are excel
lent months for pruning apple trees, as
the wood is then matured.
Loading peaches into cars before they
have been thoroughly cooled will bring
them to market in very bad condi-
ton.
The American apple yield this sea-
son is estimated at 70,000,000 barrels,
an increase of about 80 per cent. over
last year, and about IA per cent. above
the average.
When budding peaches dig down and
examine the crown and surface roots
of the Seeding; locate borers just en-
tering the roots, and head them off in
their destructive work.-Midland
Farmer.
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the time is now here when one can
really wear what becomes one.
If you desire to dress in plain and
unobtrusive style you can do so-or if
you wish to dress in the latest fashion,
there are the lovely DirectOire and
Louis creations; while as to the chap
py medium" styles, never has fashion
been so generous. A word, however:
do not wear the Directoire styles un-
less you are moderately tall and slim
as slimnesS is essential for this
style of dress.
There is absolutely no season of the
year, nor time of the day, when
blouses are not sible-indeed,
blouses are worn as much as overland
a very welcome addition they are to
ones wardrobe.
For morning use there are no end of
pretty blouses in flannel, with and
without yokes-box-pleated, tucked,
insertioned, and made more or less
fussy as fancy may dictate, and en-
broidered and embellished as time and
taste may allow. Some of the new
flannels and such-like fabrics, includ-
ing Viyella, are manufactured in such
delightful colorings and designs as to
find favor for afternoon wear-and
with broad yoke of Yak, or other
coarse lace, they are quite stylish-look-
ing. For more dressy wear, nothing
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WOMAN EXPERT IN MINES.
The Husbands Partner in Hydraulic
Placer and Is an Adept
at Piping.

One of the very few expert woman
pipers of the west is Mrs. M. E. Moore.
She is not piper such as the Scotch
Highlander knows, but piper of the
western hydraulic placer mines, the
operator of hydraulic giant.
At present Mrs. Moore is her hus-
bands partner in the working of the
Judson placer mines of southern Ore
gon. And Mrs. Moore is a partner in
every sense of the word, says the
Sunset Magazine. Every day she is
at her post, taking her stand beside
the big monitor long before the sun
scares away the shadows from the
mountain canyons, and there she re-
mains through the shift directing the
shaft of white that the monster hurls
with dash of spray against the tow
ering gravel bank tearing mountains
away and robbing them of their gold.
Few men pipers, who are proud of
their long records Of years in west
ern placer fields, and likewise their
$3.50 per day, are more dexterous
with the giant nozzle than Mrs.
Moore She knows just how to swerye
the def1ector to drive an avalanche of
boulders down the gulch, scattering
them as wildly as handful of bullets
shot from a gatling gun; and how to
bring that long, deep growl from the
aqueous monster as it gnaws and cuts
deep at the base of the red clay bank,
till a great slab of thousand tons
topples and falls with crash from
the mountain side and is washed away
through the sluice boxes.
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Tea Gowns and Jewelry in Paris

to brightest rose, and there are many
chrXsanthemum shadings which can
be introduced into the tea gown with
more success than in the ordinary
toilette de visite. The ideal fabrics
are chiffon, sole de Chine, mousseline
de sole, laces plain and laces en-
broidered, and some beautiful raised
designs and quaint patterns in old
world embroideries. Lovely, too, are
the laces worked in dull steel and
pearls There is a revival of sequins;
jet is also getting popular; but these
are chiefly used in the orthodox robe
de diner and the robe de bal for the
demoiselle.
The jewelers. of the rue de la Paix
are really very clever, and I think
their taste is better than it has ever
been. They are copying the best de-
signs of the Louis XIV. and Louis XVI.
periods not only in diamonds but In a
judicious mixture of precious gems of
different colors.
In the day time, must tell you, the
real French elegante is wearing very
little jewelry, and does not commit the
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SCALES ON THE FARM.
Reasons Why No Place Should Be
Without This Means of Weigh
ing Animals and Products.

VERY few farms have scales large
enough to- weigh a wagon load of hay
or horse. Thousands of farmers send
grain to the mill to be ground into
chopped feed without knowing how
much they are sending or how much
they receive back again. The miller
pay be honest enough and in a great
man instances may return the proper
equivalent in ground feed, but the old
story about the miller and his man
each taking toll to make sure, still
holds good. There are absent-mined
millers, but they are a good deal more
likely to forget ON the favorable side
Of their own account" remarks an ex-
change.
"a pair of scales is worth great
deal, just to weigh animals to know
how much hey gain from month to
month. Farm horses should be
weighed once month, to know If they
are holding their own. 1t is worth
something to know the weight of a
load of manure in order to- estimate
the value of this stable product 1t is
only by careful, painstaking calcula-
tons that business on the farm can be
conducted along business lines The
time for haphzard money-malIing on
the farm has gone by. To make sue
cess at the present time the farmer.
must know exactly what branches of
the farm pay and which ones are
losing money. Many farmers neglect
to figure their time as part of the ex-
pense account. AS one farmer ex-
pressed it, I often work hard all day
for a nickel"
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QUIT BURNING STRAW.
A EIore Economical Way of Disposing
of This Waste on the
Farm.

The old wasteful habit of burning
all the straw on the farm is still fol-
lowed on those farms that 40 not have
q good deal of stock. Even where it
is possible to utilize the straw by haul
ing it to the barnyard it is still burned,
because the owner does not figure out
that the fertility in the straw is worth
hauling the straw to the barnyard for.
He says that anyway the ash is left and
there is some fertility in that. Taking
all in all he is under the impression
that he is getting about as much out
of his straw by burning it as in any
other way, unless he can sell it or feed
it to stock.
But all Investigations go to show
that humus plays a much larger part
in the matter of soil value than we
thought. Every pound of straw should
be brought back onto the land in some
form. A number Of cattle will trample
up good deal of it If it is thrown into
the barnyard from time to time. This
would be especially the case with some
barnyards we have seen and it would
at the same time greatly improve the
condition of the barnyards.
Get the straw and the manure mixed
together in the shortest possible time.
When the straw is mixed with he ma
nure it is surprising how quickly 1t
will go to pieces says the Farmers Re-
view. One farmer has a barnyard that
does not cover more than half an acre,
yet into that every year he puts the
cornstalks from 40 acres of land The
stalks become quickly pulverized under
the feet of the farm animals and in the
course of months one fails to recognize
in the manure any cornstalks.
Of course this means work, but It
means also the keeping up of the pro-
ducing capacity of the land. 1t also
means the keeping up of the ability
Of the land to resist drouth. Get the
straw into the manure and then get
the manure into the field as quickly as
possible after 1t is fit to go there.
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en- African princess, or to some other
equally heather position. Then the long
white road of her life would stretch out
before her, and her heart would grow
faint within her as she thought of the
weary days she must spend teaching her
dirty little charges in the dingy school
room.
Having progressed as far as the front
steps of her boarding house, Amanda
found that the rain was coming down
in earnest, so she began to struggle with
the patent spring on her umbrella.
This g2ring was new invention which
effeCtually prevented one from raising
ones umbrella when the rain came down
suddenly, and made it equally impOssi-
bic for one to lower ones umbrella when
the shower was passed. Amanda glared
at the offending umbrella and shook it
wrathful&, but all to no avail Finally
she gave up in despair. 81 hate to spoil
my Crimps," she murmured, ruefully. 81
ought not to say it, but they were beau
tiful this morning, and it took me most
an hour to do them"
1t was assuredly a shame to spoil their
rigid perfection, put duty was stern, and
her voice more insistent than vanity's:
so Miss Amanda went bSiskly up the
street in the rain to board the car.
AS she stepped timidly up on the plat
form, her crimps shedding little streams
of water in her eyes, her hat a sCdden
wreck. her umbrella the driest part of
her outfit she encountered the frank and
friendly regard Of a pair of brown eyes.
Miss Amanda bIushed and then paled
as she thought of the unlovely state Of
her Crimps. She was in a tremendous
f1utter when she finally found seat and
deposited her damp bundle of lunch be-
side her. Opening her green reticule,
she peered into its capacious depths in
search of dime; then she thrust in her
hand, and finally the offending bag was
turned upside down, disclosing to view
key, clean handkerchief, tiny comb
and numerous other objects dear to the
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and Home. 1 feed from 80 to 40
calves the year round. The upright
posts, C, are part of my hay stack
yard, but they may be made OF any
ordinary posts. The posts, b, are made
of six by six inch, or any available
pieces. These are set II inches from
a at bottom and slanted away to three
feet at top, On the line of posts are
nailed any scraps of boards as shown
at C, up two feet from ground, leav-
ing spaces of 16 to Is inches and then
run round rod or pole all Of the way
along and under the calves heads, as
shown at e and d.
The calves will crowd in close to-
gether and will not back up or take
their heads out until they are done
eating, so that it is a great hay saver,
H. E. Worner, Idaho.
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WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

''The hand that rocks the cradle"-but
there is no such a hand;
1t is bad TO rock the baby, they would have
us understand;
So the cradles but a relic of the former
foolish days
When the mothers reared their children in
unscientific ways,
When they jounced them and they bounced
them, those poor dwarfs of long ago
The Washingtons and Jefersons and
Adamses, you know.
They warn us that the baby will possess
muddled brain
If we dandle him or rock him; we must
carefully refrain;
He must lie in one position, never swayed
and never swung.
Or his chance to grow to greatness will be
blasted while he's young;
All, to think how they were ruined by their
mothers, long ago
The Franklins and the Putnams and the
Hamiltons, you know.
We must feed the baby only by the sched-
uie that is made.
And the food that he is given must be
measured out and weighed;
He may below to inform us that ne isn't
satisfied,
But he couldn't grow to greatness if his
wants were all supplied;
Think how foolish nursing stunted those
poor weaklings long ago
The Shakespeares and the Luthers and the
Bonapartes, you know.
We are given great mission, we are here,
to-day. on earth
To bring forth a race of giants and to
guard them from their birth,
To insist upon their freedom from the
rocking that was bad
For our parents and their parents. scram-
bling all the brains they had!
All! had they been fed by schedule would
they have been stunted So
The Websters and the Linealns and the
Grants and Lees you know?
IS. E. Kiser. In CHICAGO Record-Herald.
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THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH.
insect Which Is Ravaging New Eng
land and Gradually Working
Its Way West.

A little over seven years ago the
brown tail moth, an insect pest which
has tormented the horticulturists of
Europe for generations, probably for
centuries, was introduced into this
country. 1t first made its appearance
in Somerville, eastern Massachusetts,
and during the seven years the entire
northeastern part of the state has been
infested, the pest has crossed into
Maine and New Hampshire, and speci-
mems have been found as far distant
as ST. John, N. B.
Inasmuch as nothing is being done to
check the spread of the insect except
upon the part of some individuals and
local authorities, there is little doubt
that the whole of New England will be
ravaged by the moth, and New York
and other states TO the west can hardly
expect to escape the unwelcome vista
ton.
To be forewarned, howeverl is to be
forearmed, and farmers and horticul-
turists who are on the lookout for the
pest and are familiar with its habits will
know how to deal with it when it ap-
pears.
Tho brown tail moth ic q snow whfta
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error of wearing anything but the Sc
verest type of gem workmanship with
her plain cloth or tailor-made cos
tune. Thus we see a revival of the
narrow moire ribbon with a single dia-
mond or pearl slide; the very fine
platinum chain with single gem sus-
pended land this should harmonic
with the accompanying dress) is also
once more in vogue.
In jewelry almost everything is tres
simple. Hat pins are reproduction
of some flower in enamel or beautiful
old paste to wear with the 'sDirectoire"
hat, or some conventional design in
exquisite Italian enamels, of which,
too, there are beautiful specimens In
buckles, clasps. and pendants, in a dull
platinum setting.
ANNETTE GIVRY
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five o'clock the same style OF garment
as is made for the American hostess
of the country house shooting party.
On the whole, perhaps, the gowns In
vogue here are rather more negllges
than those adopted by your country
women; this year, par exemple, the
embroidered or lace coat hanging
loosely over an Empire" accordion
pleated under-dress, confined at the
waist, is much en- evidence; 1t is
charming idea of a gown for five
o'clock. Of course, the tea gown has
some pretension to eft" while the
saut-de-lit is absolutely plain. Many
of the best models are cut la'Empire.
But think those made with lace coat
edged with a narrow trimming of err
mine are very beautiful. The mixing
of lace, fur and chiffon finds an ideal
environment in a Louis XVI. salon.
The lace blouse is also de rigueur
over here for five o'clock; but it is
never worn with a dark skirt. The
necks of these elaborate blouses are
very often quite transparent, but there
is no suggestion of decolletage. A
few exclusive models have a tiny V at
the neck to permit of the wearing OF
a Louis XVI. ornament or pendant,
which is such charming finish to
some of the dainty toilettes of the
same period.
A charming tea gown worn by a
wel1-known elegante (who is greatly
addicted to the English custom of en-
tertaining ones friends at tea), is in
iridescent shades of taffeta with a
long, plain flowing skirt and a Marie
Antoinette band of old-rose velvet
holding in place the dainty, unlined
shaped piece of old worked lawn, cut
open very slightly at the neck to dis
play miniature on a black velvet
ribbon. A fchu-like drapery crosses
back and front, and is finished with
two long sash ends at the back. The
sleeves are very large transparent
bishop sleeves of muslin, lined with
shaded chiffon.
Another charming five o'clock is in
silver gray accordion-pleated chiffon,
held at the waist by a girdle of silver
and finished with a high Medici collar
of lace standing away from the Golf
fure and just showing the throat,
which is encircled by high, diamond
dog collar. Over this is worn a
sleeveless coat of fine, blonde lace, cut
up at the sides and edged with mink.
| After contemplating such garments as
these, one realizes that the Partisan
now understands the beauties and pos
sibilities of the indescribable gowns
known to the English as the tea
gown.
A color scheme is the characteristic
note of such gowns emanating from
well-known ateliers. Worth especial
ly understands that glorious mixture
OF shades running from deepest claret
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CareleS sness.

Don't you think it will look little
careless if we put the price of coal any
higher?" said one baron.
What do you mean?" asked the
other.
st will make some Of the members of
the combine suspect that we haven't
been realizing the top-notch possibil-
tiles of profit heretofore. Washington
Star.
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Milk Dry.

1t is essential that a cows udder be
entirely freed from milk at each milk
ing. for if any milk is left in the udder
from any cause the secretions are
checked and the COW will soon go dry
if this method of milking becomes a
common practice.-National Tribune.
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An Attraction

Mistress-Goodness, Mary! What's
that you've got on?
Maid with becoming pride)-That's
picshure at, mum.
Mistress-But, Mary, it isn't suit
able. Why, l wouldn't think of wear
ing such a thing.
Maid (simpering)-I dessay not,
mum. You've got to be parsable good
lookin' to carry it off, as it we're
Ally Sloper.
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A German missionary travels through
his native land holding religious sery-
ices in canal-boat in order that he may
carry the gospel to those who can be
reached in no other way.
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TIE Didn't HScu1n. -

''Mr. Jones, you said you were connect
ed with the fine arts. Do you mean by
that that you are sculptor?"
mo, miss, I don't sculp myself, but !
furnish the stone to the man that does. !"
Smiths Weekly.
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Rear Them Right.

Reformists are hunting ''cure" for
divorces. We know of no cure, but a
good preventive might be discovered
in raising boys and girls with less tenn
per, higher ideals and aspirations thai
look beyond having "a good time. -
Wilmington IN. Co. Star.