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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
A BIGGER OUNCE EACH TIME.

think my longest wait seemed because I
waiting for bite, the think of it the
bigger Ounce see had been staying at White
Fish lake, Wing county. One afternoon I thought
would go out fishing. A boy who was there said,:
won't three fish,. Yes will" said T. So
set off.
had hardly been in the fishing place five minutes
before had landed two beauties and then the fish
stopped biting but stayed out The sank and it
began to get chilly but still stayed 1t entirely
now, line and started
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
Gauge to Measure Fog.

A correspondent of the Monthly
Weather Review living in San Diego.
Cal, makes suggestion that an In
strument consisting Of wire frame
work be contrived. which shall collect
fog particles, conduct the drops into
a rain-gauge, and thus make the meas
urement of fog possible. The object
of this measurement would be to show
that in such region as southern Cali
fornia, where the rainfall is small and
where there Is good deal of fog. the
fog deposit Is a considerable one. and
Is Of noteworthy Importance to vegeta-
ton.
In his comments on this suggestion.
Prof. Able rightly points out that it
would be dificult, II not impossible,
to argue from the catch of a fog screen
to the catch of an orchard Of trees;
that the "fog depositor" would give no
positive information as to how much
the leaves and stems of plants collect,
or how much of the water falls to the
ground in such way that the roots
of the plants may utilize 1t, and that
the chief benefit which delicate plants
ON the California coast obtain from the
fog is probably in the protection which
the fogs afford against the heat of the
sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
GENERAL LEW wAkLAca,


1ndianian Famous ~ an Author, Sol.
der aud Diplomat.
Within short time General Lew
Wallace will be IS years old. He was
born in Brookville. Franklin County.
Ind, in 1927. He has been in the
thick of political, military and literary
life since the Mexican war, which he
entered before he had attained his ma
jority and from which he emerged q
young lieutenant, covered with honors.
Apparently nothing In his whole won
derful career to which he has set his
hand has been done other than well.
Possibly the least success attained by
him was as lawyer. which career he
embraced in his early manhood. After
the stirring events OF the Civil War.
from which he emerged major gem
eral. he took up for a brief period tho
practice Of the legal profession. He
was not wealthy In those days and
some career was necessary. But he did
not like the law. and gradually. with
diplomatic work interspersed, he un-
dertook the work of litterateur. in
which he has made, II comparisons
are possible in 70 well-rounded q life,
his most distinguished success.
As the author OF Ben-Hur General
Wallace is known in practically every
country Of the globe. No other book
since the days of PilgrimS Progress
has been so widely read. An estimate
indicates that from the total number
Of editions Of the book that have been
sold at least 100000 people have
read and enjoyed the hoosier soldiers
beautiful tale Of the lowly Naxarene.
The dramatization Of the work, which
was completed In 1901. further ex-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
rhino. Jap.nese.

Ten years ago Japan exported $3.50
worth of cotton crepe to the United
States, but now tn. figure is $4,000
yearly. Japan's total export of crepe
is worth $235, 900 yearly.
Japanese silk mas a fine future in
Mexico, II the Japanese exporters are
more scrupulous as to the quality of
the silks they send there.
Demand in China for Japanese can
vas shoes, fans, china and anthony
are increasing since the present Far
East war began.
In August, 1904, Japan exported ST.
100000 worth of manufactured silk
tissues, against 100000 worth in
August, 1908, an increase OF 100000.
There was also an increase of $4,000
in the expectation Of silk handker-
chiefs. Japan's total exports in Aug
ust, 1904. were Of the value of $14,-
$4,000, against $15,547,000 in August.
1908. Such small decrease. 100000,
in time of war is surprising. The fall
ling OF was in raw silk exported. Tea
figures for 100000, raw silk for $4.-
100000. cotton yarns for $1,s5O,0O0.
cotton yarns for $1,s50.00O. copper for
$541 1000.
Japan's imports in August, 1904,
amounted to $14,221, 900, against $751;
731 900 in August, 1908, decrease Of
only $1,510,000. This is another sur
prising result for war times. The de-
crease was mainly raw cotton, ST.
900, 900. against $2,9OO.00O, a falling of
of 100000. Sugar also decreased
$85O,000, while wool increased $780,
900, and ketosene oil $1,000 Rice
figures for $2.350,000 total import.
Japanese Formosa did an export
business of 100000 and an import
business of $3SO,O0O in August, 1904,
leaving balance Of 100000 in favor
Of the island.
Japanese progress is shown in the
fact that the receipts from her State
forests for timber, firewood, bamboo
and other produce rose from $129.000
in 1880 to $1,204.0O0 in 1908, an In
crease of $1,075,00
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
New she'll with a Tracer.

The artillery forces at Fort Riley
are experimenting with new shell
fitted with what is known as the Sem
pie tracer. This tracer is small cyl
inder at the base of the shell, filed
with a composition which is ignited
by the discharge of the gun.
In burning it traces the trajectory
of the shell from the gun to the point
of fall. 1t furnishes quick means Of
determining range at night. Travelling
at about 1000 feet second, the shells
have the appearance of comets. At
the point of the fall the tracer leaves
the shell and shoots straight up into
the air about 100 feet and then, turn
ing all aglare, shoots to the ground
like shooting star over the spot
where the shell strikes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
A BOYS sHREwD GUESS.

-
"A Monroe County boy was discover
ed by the owner Of an orchard in the
act of stealing apples. The boy hap
pened to see the owner in time to
make getaway. Here, boy" called
the owner to the boy. who was hitting
the gravel down the pike, come back
and you can have all the apples you
can eat and all you can carry away"
Instead of going back. however, the
boy kept right on going. Meeting an
other man in the road, VINO had heard
the owner Of the orchard call, the man
asked him why he did not go back.
"Well," said the boy. Il did think for
minute would go back, and then I
looked again and saw that the fellow
had one hand behind his back, and 1t
sort o. flashed through my mind that
mebbe he WIZ liar."-Kansas City
journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
A SHARE VOICE.

The distinguished William Pitt Fes-
sender, having been urged to sing at
q party, excused himself as follows.
He said that in his boyhood days ne
attended singing school, and thought
that he was making fine progress. The
school was to have public exhibi-
ton, and he went into the attic Of his
fathers mouse one Sunday to prepare
for 1t. The old gentleman, after
hearing him practice for few min
utes. called out. Pitt, stop that noise
Immediately. People are going by to
meeting, and what win they think to
hear you up in the garrett saving
boards on Sunday?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21

cious cultivation the price of this land
can be doubled and even trebled In
few years. 1t is marvellous how quick
ly it responds to good treatment and
how soon these abandoned farms can
be made protitablehomesteads
ern Agricultrr!st.
Fine Mist Necessary in Spraying.
The Missouri experiment station con-
Quoted series of experiments in the
use Of nozzles, which proved conclu-
sively that the liquid should be applied
In as fine mist as can be formed.
Where coarse stream Is applied the
liquid will run Off the foliage, the caus-
tic poison will settle in drops at the
end Of the leaf, thus causing burning
Of the foliage. This can be demon
strated by spraying against pane Of
glass. 1t will then be observed how
much better the finer spray will adj
here to the glass. In spraying the trees
care should be taken that this work is
not continued until the water begins
to drip from the foliage Of the trees.
With the mist one can use all the
liquid necessary for best results with
out this dripping.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
Alfalfa In the South,

Alfalfa has not yet been generally
introduced into the South. Advanced
farmers, especially those who are pay
Ing attention to stock. have made e1-
periments with it; and these expert
ments have in every case turned out
successfully, showing that 1T is crop
that is well adapted to the rich soils OF
Mississippi and that 1t is to play
very important part in making the
State one Of the leading stock raising
sections Of the country.
Last year one farmer at Westpoint,
Miss, planted a thirty-five-acre field
and made two or three cuttings tho
first year, being more than satisfied
with the experiment. This year he
has increased his acreage to 1876. On
portion of this hogs were placed this
year, the greater part being reserved
for hay. 1t has been produced sue.
cessfully for several years at the agrl-
cultural college at Starkvllle.
There are several fields Of alfalfa
on the plantations in the delta country,
]. e. Attlebury had on his plantation
at Estill, Washington county, last year,
twenty-five acres, making five cuttings
and securing ton of hay Mt each cut
ting. This year the first cutting was
made In April-two weeks thereafter
the alfalfa stood in the field fully eigh.
teen inches high.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21

tended the general knowledge Of the
story and added largely as well to. the
fame and profit of the author.
BY every right Of ancestry General
Wallace is entitled to the distinction
which he has achieved. He was ito
the manner born" his father, David
Wallace, having been elected Govern
or Of Indiana in 1887 and to Congress
in 1872 from the Indianapolis district.
The father was man of strsng parts
and Of illustrious ancestry. In his
youthful days General Wallace dis
played tendency to neglect the OPP
portunities which his fathers position
gave him. He hated books and
schools. and remained at school only
30 long as 1t was impossible to avoid.
In this manner he acquired but little
real fundamental education.
Previous to the outbreak Of the
Mexican war General Wallace had nm
dertaken ths1etudy of law. When tho
call for soldiers came he was Among
the nrst to enlist. He was nebt YET 20
years .iu, Ill nls services were 20
/ S.eritoriOus that he came back from
the war a lieutenant. At the close Of
the war he married Susan A. Elston,
widow Of pioneer Of Charlottesville,
and the two have lived happily togeth-
er ever since. Their tastes are con-
genial, Mrs. Wallace herself being an
author who has achieved much sue
cess in several books which she has
published. Among the best-known Of
her writings is "Along the Bosphorus, .
4 story the material for which was &C.
cumulated during the time General
Wallace was minister to Turkey. to
which post he was appointed by Gen.
eral Garfield with the understanding
that he avail himself Of the opportuni-
ty to write another novel of the ORR
emit that should follow the lines OF
Benz ur. The result of this promise
was The Prince Of India" novel
which quickly attained popularity and
which for time threatened to ont
rival Ben-Hur. Mrs. Wallace has also
written .The City Of the King" 'The
Repose of Egypt" brightly descrip-
tive tale of Egyptian life, with which
she familiarized herself during the 90
journ of herself and General Wallace
in Europe; The Land of the Paehlos,, p
written when General Wallace was
Territorial Governor Of New Mexico,
and which is given the distinction BY
critics Of containing more romance
and local color Of New Mexican his
tory than any other book yet pub
lished.
The story Of the writing Of 1.-THE
Prince Of India" Is an interesting one.
When Garfield was elected President
he sent for Wallace. who was close
personal friend, and during the CON
versation offered to make him minister
to Constantinople on the condition that
he would write another book during
his stay in Turkey. The proffer was
accepted by General Wallace. Durins
his voyage to Europe Garfield was as.
sassinated, but Wallace considered his
i promise to write book a sacred
Il pledge. 1.-THE Prince of India" was the
result. It, like Ben ur." Il being
dramatized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
VISION OF Tae OLD HOME.

10 one forespent with stress Of trade
And schemes of gain In city marts
There comes breath of country hay
Waited from passing carts.
Fades the long line of brick and stone,
The streets rude tumult dies awaS,
From money getting for space
His soul cries holiday.
And with him down the orchard path.
Past springhouse and the pasture wal
Her spirit walks who taught her child
OF the love that is DER all.
The vision vanishes and straight
The streets rude tumult In his ears;
But In his heart a heavenly strain,
And In his eyes sweet tears.
-Harper's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21

another appointed. The Winnebagoes
live on the same reservation, but the
Sacs and Foxes. now numbering only
400. the remnant Of dying race. OBJ
ject to their presence.
The Winnebagoes are progressive.
The Sacs and Foxes are retrogressive.
The former are attending the govern
ment schools-the Sacs and Foxes
think It is a waste of time and energy
to listen to the foolish talk Of the pale
face teachers.
The Sacs and Foxes will not work.
They hate the white man. hate every
mark of civilization, hate all that the
government does-all but the blankets
and the rations which are supplied 20
regularly. They object to the filling
of the land and want the school abol-
ished.
For twenty-five years has the gov
eminent been trying to maintain
school for the Sacs and Foxes. The
school was maintained, but no Indian
would attend. The few boys and girls.
who did dare to learn the ways Of civ
ilization were css..sses:c.ssed by, the re-
manning tribesmen. The Presbyterian
Board OF Missions has erected mis-
sion on the Indian lands. No one at
tends the meetings. A few Of the
women condescend to learn to sew.
but they never make use Of the SAM.
tary instruction they have received.
A few years ago also Congress ap-
prppriated $4,000 for an Industrial
school. The buildings were erected on
, the most modern plans and the school
was fully equipped. For two years 1t
has been in operation. No boy win
attend. He does not want to learn to
work. Education to the Iowa Indian
is a sin. he does not want to learn.
The morals of the Indians are above
the average Of the white men except
ing for two vices-gambling and
drinking. They are expert card play
ers and after pay day they keep up
the game Of poker until money, blan-
kets and even horses have gone the
rounds of the card circle. The Sacs
and Foxes do not swear. They have
no words Of profanity In their own
language, and when drunken Indian
goes on rampage he must borrow
from the vocabulary of his white
brother.
In thirty years there has been no
crime among the Indians of the tribe.
They are not petty larcenlsts. The
chastity Of their women is remark
able.
Sanitary conditions among the sacs
and Foxes are execrable. They take
absolutely no care Of themselves and
1t ~ for this reason that the extinction
Of the race is not far OF. They eat
dead hogs thrown from freight cara,
and cattle which die by the waysids
are particularly appetizing. Anothe.
decade will see their almost total ex.
). tlnction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
WHAT HORSE POWER" is.

WI1Al t1OnSE TOW En- 10.
What is the relative amount of
work that man can do in COMPARE
son with horse or machinery? At
mis- very best the strongest man
stands in pretty poor comparison.
even with horse, for hard. contin.
uous labor. He might perform for q
few minutes one-half horse power of
work, but to keep this up for any
great length of time would be impos-
sible.
Thus the gain In forcing horses to
do part of the worlds work was
enormous. One horse could exhaust
a dozen men in a single day. and still
be ready for the next days work.
The measurement OF Horses pow
er for work was first ascertained by
Watt, the father Of the modern steam
engine, and he expressed this in
terms that hold today. He expert
mented with great number of heavy
brewery horses to satisfy himself that
his unit of measurement for work was
correct. After many trials he ascer-
tanned that the average brewery
horse was doing work equal to that
required to raise $50 pounds of weight
one hundred feet high in one minute,
or thirty-three thousand pounds one
foot in one minute. So he called this
one-horse power.
This work, however. is not contin.
uous, for the morse would have to
back up after each pull to lower the
line of the pulley, and thus he would
work four hours day in pulling $3.50
pounds in the air at the rate OF one
hundred feet minute, and four
hours in Stacking up .Ae rope. Con-
sequently no horse can actually per-
form continuously what is generally
called one-horse power. The horse
was never born that could tug at a
rope for eight hours day. pulling $50
pounds one hundred feet each minute,
without a rest or change. Conse-
quently, when We speak Of horse
power, we refer only to the average
work horse can do in one minute,
that is to say. the rate at which he
can work.
A strong man might pull. half that
weight one hundred feet in the air In
two minutes, but he could not repeat
the operation many times without be-
,ing exhausted
For all needful purposes the expire!
sion Of one-horse power is accurat
enough. and practically shows tn
measurement of an average horse
abilities for working. AS q rule
strong man can in eight hours worl
at the rate Of about one-tenth OF one
horse power; that Is. 1t would requir
ten men to pull $50 pounds one hun
bred feet in the air in a minute. an
then slack up and repeat the opera
ton throughout the eight hours of
working day. The worlds gain II
labor when horses were first employ
ed to help man in his work was thel
tenfold. George Ethelbert Walsh, Il
st. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
A Square Meal.

A round-shouldered man, with a
round face and round head, wearing a
round straw hat, entered restaurant
round the corner. He partook of soup
In round dish. with round roll, a
cut of round Of beef with round po-
tatoes round 1t. and some round dump
lings. followed by round of roly-
poly, and some round Dutch cheese
afterward. He finished up with some
round apples. and then said he had
had a square" meal.-Philadelphia
Bulletin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
Mo- Now sam. M Ireland.

AS the population OF ireland has de-
creased the demand for prisons has
become less and less and they have
been sold by the score, while the ia
nous Harold's Cross prison in Dublin,
occupied in the '40's by Daniel O'Con-
nell, has been turned over to the war
office for barracks. Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
Stored Grain Lose. weiubt.

Whenever grain is stored, 1t must be
remembered that as general rule,
wheat will shrink In weight consider
ably before the following spring. It
Is not possible to state definitely what
that shrinkage will amount to, as this
will depend upon how dry the grain Is
at the time it goes into storage, the way
in which 1t is stored, and the prevail
ing climate conditions at the time Of
storage and during the period Of stor-
age. For example, when wheat is har-
vested and thrashed during a rather
damp season, 1t will shrink great
deal more before spring than when It
is gathered during dry, windy fall.
In the fall Of the year, when both old
and new wheat is quoted on the mar
kets,, there is usually from to cents
difference in the price per pushed. As
a rule we do not believe that that DIFF
ference represents the amount of the
old wheat has shrunk since the fall be-
fore, especially not If it went into
storage when the atmosphere was
rather humid.
Under normal conditions wheat
probably shrinks from to 5 per cent.
If we figure on per cent shrink and
wheat sells in the fall Of the year int
95 cents per bushel, 1t would have. to
sell at 9S cents per bushel in the.
spring in order to bring the same
amount of money. If the shrink
amounts to per cent and fall wheat
sells at 95 cents, then 1t would have
to sell for 81 the following spring to
compensate for loss in weight. Thus
it will be seen that loss of weight in
storage Is factor that must be con-
sidered when wheat is held for six or
eight months for better prices. On
the other hand, IL wheat is put into
the bins during very dry fall and
the grain is exceedingly dry, it will
probably not shrink to any extent, and
In some instances, may even gain in
weight to the extent Of or per cent.
AS is well known to farmers, often
times more serious losses are sustain-
ed from bin-burning. One has only to
watch the wheat coming into the large
markets during the winter months to
realize that much is injured from this.
cause. Whenever carload of wheat
contains bin-burned grains, the grain
inspectors at once throw it out Of No.
Northern grade, no matter how good
the sample may be otherwise. In fact,
lots Of wheat is thrown out of No. Q
Northern grade on account Of being
bin-burned and only about per cent
Of bin-burned kernels are allowed in
No. spring wheat; anything above
that amount throws 1t into rejected"
grade.
Oats and barley also shrink in
weight in storage and the shrinkage
here is probably not far frcu 9 70 8
per cent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21
AFRAID Of the Wet.

The crew Of a certain life-saving sta
ton on the New England Coast has
many times proved itself brave and
efficient in time of need, but Of lat1
Its skill and bravery have been use
less. like SO much treasure locked in a
vault. There has been no wreck. The
sea has been kind as big dog.
Inaction had inevitably bred soft
habits Of life. and the Idle crew had
given the summer visitors much to
Joke about. Their satirlcal comments
were rather ungrateful, for the prac-
tice drills Of the crew were part Of
the entertainment of the seaside re-
sort.
Twice a week the crew pulled out
the brass cannon, shot rope over a
dummy mast which is set up on a
point of land, and then practiced slid
ing down in the breeches buoy. The
small boys of the place were glad to
play the part Of rescued mariners, and
altogether this serious drill, required
by law, was pretty holiday sport.
One rainy day at the appointed time
the crew failed to appear at practice.
The summer boarders on the hotel
veranda waited in vain for the exit
bition which should vary the monotony
I Of a dull day. Finally, one of them
went over to the quarters Of the crew
to learn the reason.
4 say, aren't you going to practice
to-day?''
'"No, STRIP
why not?'
Then the brave life saver, hero Of
many rough seas, made an explana-
tory gesture toward the weather and
said:
Swhat in this rainy'