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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30
Millionaire Cornwall Dead.

San Francisco.-Pierre B. Cornwall,
q millionaire, died at his home here
from heart trouble. Mr.. Cornwall
came to California In 1S4S.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30
TAFT Returns to Washington.

Misunderstanding Taft has re-
turned to Washington from Pointa
Pic, near the mouth Of the st. Law
renee. where he has been for several
weeks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30
uruquay Revolution Ended.

Montevidec, Uruguay.-Peace has
been concluded between the govern
ment and the revolutionists.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30

The enrolment at the State College
ct Pullman Is growing heavy. The dor
mitories are already crowded.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30

Japan Also Prepares.
Tokio.-An increasing feeling of SO.
briefly and seriousness marks the popu.
lar attitude toward the war. Events
at Port Arthur and Liaoyang have i'm.
pressively warned the Japanese people
to prepare for long and trying war.
Confidence in the final outcome. how.
ever, remains mistaken and the nation
has resolutely and determinedly set
tied down. prepared to make sacrifices
and pay the price that success de-
mands.
The strain Of war and the strain
upon the country's resources has not
yet been felt to any great extent among
the people.
The supply Of ablebodied men anxi-
GUS to fight equals all possible de-
mands. Munitions, supplies and money
In banks indicate the ability of the
country to wage war without embar-
and vigorously for another
year. The completion during the win
ter Of light railway between Antung
and Liaoyang will give the army three
lines Of supply.
There is great confidence in the abil-
lty Of Marshal Oyama to drive General
into Hardin and to success
FULLY resist a reinvasion of Manchuria.
. ne earE possession of Port Arthur is
also confidently expected.
There is no gloom among the people.
they are simply sobered in the face of
he great unfinished task.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-09-30

The death list, as a result of the
fearful wreck on the Southern railway
near Newmarket, Saturday, has grown
to 81. and 1t probably will exceed 10.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
THREW AMBERGRls AWAY,


Sailors Thought It Wasn't Any Use
for SlnshinE Down Rigging,
Two sailors en- the Kelvinbank,
which arrived in this port some days
ago from the tropics, unwittingly let a
fortune slip through their hands, says
the New York Tribune. While off the
coast of Brazil, Adolph Hansen and
Peter Smith, who were on the dog
watch, saw off the port bow a spongy
mass of some greasy substance. 1t
was black, with the exception of few
places where 1t was notified like mar
BILE. Smith, who Is Cockney dock
rat, wondered what the blooming
thing was, so dropping oversize in
the blight of rope, he captured the
stuff and got on board with the help
of his mate. No one knew what it was,
and as it began to give off most un-
pleasant and rank odor, 1t was thrown
overheard again, after fair quantity
Of 1t had been transferred to the slush
bucket.
The contents of the slush bucket are
generally the greasy refuse from the
galley, which is used to slush down
various parts Of the standing rigging.
The fiotsam found by the two sailors
was thrown into this mixture. which
the men used for various lubricators,
including the greasing Of their boots.
While apparently full of grease, ii
lacked the fine points CT good piece of
fat salt pork green with age. so the
most of it was finally dropped over.
board in disgust.
The men had no ndea what they had
picked up until they had been paid off
ut this port. One of them told re-
porter and then learned that they had
run across lump of ambergris weigh
ing probably 200 pounds, which would
have Noted them a sum that would
have given them n months dissipation,
even In Port Said.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
What d G. th. Pork co,t,

1t is periods of depression in values
that put the hog grower to the crucial
test. W. A. Henry, the Wisconsin ex-
pert on porcinc matters, insists that
the corn belt hog grower has not yet
got down to the basis of making pork
mt minimum cost When corn ID
worth 25 cents a bushel 1t can be
thrown to swine nd libitum, but with
grain worth 40 cents, the horse as.
sumes different hue. Growers unite
in declaring that they cannot make
pork profitably at four cents. g. ].
Maggenheil.er, of Hamlet, Ind, a sue
cessful grower on large scale. told
the writer only recently that $40 was
the cost Of his hogs at the shipping
point. Consequently, thousands Of
growers IRE taking the easy horn Of
the dilemma and shipping the stock
to market lacking maturity.
The problem ut present before the
grower is whether or not he can fur
nish his hog crop and market 1t at
heavy weights probably. Feeding
either hogs or cattle for recreation il
not desirable. Many feeders did both
last year, hence the indisposition to re-
peat the performance.-Liye Stock
World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Mary Anne,s Piano.

When the mistress of a certain
household went into her kitchen the
other morning she found the table,
which is as white as much sandsoap
and water can make it, set out in reg
ular order with number OF black
handled knives. Presently. when she
looked again, she found that the ar
rangement was that of n keyboard on
piano. The table, cleaning between,
formed the white keys and the rubber
handles of the knives the black ones,
Evidently the cook was taking music
lessons.
Asked about it, Mary Anne confess
ed that she was; and, since she had no
piano in her domain, she had with no
small ingenuity, formed this substitute
for the musical instrument. The music
was propped up in front of it, on a
dishpan, so that the scholar could see
the notes and pick them out on the
soundless table.
1t did seem as if such perseverance
deserved to be rewarded, and the mis-
tress of the mansion accordingly sent
out and bought dolls piano for her
ambitious domestic to practise on.
Now its tinkle, tinklc, can be plainly
heard by the family in the gloom of
the evening when the potatoes are
boiling and dinner is preparing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Promise aud Performance.

The claim of the Republican party
that it is "the party that does things"
hardly agrees with the ''let-well-
enough-alone" policy, upon which the
elections were fought last fall. The
majority that controls Congress is do
ing nothing but pass Tie appropriation
bills and even many of the promises
made in the last Republican national
platform have not been redeemed. Mo-
nopolies have not been restrained; the
trusts are still working on full time
The reciprocity treaties, made with SO
much noise and expense by Mr.. Kas-
son, have never been ratified. The
bills for the relief of the laboring men
are still being fought over in the COM
mittee, and 1t is safe to say will, If
favorably reported, only pass the house
of representatives. Tor political effect
Ship subsidy, that was promised to the
ship trust, has been again postponed
until after election, for which the tax
payers must give thanks to the reso-
lutte opposition of the Democrats who
have stirred up the voters so that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Spraying Fruit Trees.

Spraying fruit trees for the purpose
OF destroying insects and fungus
growths is no longer looked upon as a
fad, but is recognized as being an alb
solute essential where the best results
In fruit growing are expected. In the
matter Of spraying the average farm
err who has but n small orchard has
much to learn from the specialist.
Many thousand carloads of fruit are
sold annually in the corn belt that have
been raised in other States, under
conditions that are no more favorable
for fruit growing than those Of tho
corn belt, providing the same care
could be exercised in handling the
fruit trees. Spraying is an operation
that should not be performed in hap
hazard manner, and should only he
taken up after obtaining specific advice
pertaining to 1t. In this regard tho
experiment stations of the corn belt
stand ready to furnish individuals with
formulas and directions for this work.
Iowa Homestead. y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

The use of lime on land has not been
largely encouraged by scientists in the
past, though 1t has been used to con-
siderable extent In isolated localities.
1t was Mt first considered from the
standpoint of plant food, and as such
Of course 1t would not receive n very
enthusiastic support from men that
had found out by various tests that
there was already in the soil more
lime than the plants could use. When
the soils of the various States came
to be examined for ncid it was found
that many of them We're 80 strongly
acid that some OF our most important
plants would not grow on them salts
factorily. In the soil surveys carried
on during the past three years In Illl-
nois it has been found that one-third
Of the soils Of the State are SO strongly
acid that they will not grow red clover
and other legumes successfully until
trented with lime OF the other two
thirds of the State some of the soils
are slightly acid and would be I'M
proved by an application of lime
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
plies and to keep patrons generally
posted on markets and other matters
to their interest.

plies and TO keep patrons generally
posted on markets and other matters
to their interest.
The farmers Reverie.
TIL nights is gittin' shorter an tn days
is gittin' long.
An yest'day. i-jing, herd robin red
breasts song;
Jes' let me say in passin' when robin
starts tew sing
Thet it's shore-nuff sign we hain't 20
fur away from spring,
I calkilate tn grass is sproutin' some
beneath tn snow:
Tn sap is sort O. thawin' an a-tryin'S
hard to dow;
TIL crow looks down an sasses ez he
flies past on TIL wing,
An, somehow, things begin tew sort o.
smell ten me like spring.
Fore long I'll be a-traipsin' on tn hill
behind the plow-
'Inste'd O. settin' fore tn fire like I'm
a-doin' now
A-lis'nin' in tn furrow fer tn dinner bell
tew ring
A-cussin' jeff and Katc an kind o. hap.
py Gus it's spring.
Some folks prefers the winter time an
sum prefers til fall,
While summer time suits others, UT II,
sumhow, don't suit all.
Es fur es I'm consumed. Of could hev
my choice. i-jing,
i reckon ! would hev TIL hull endurin'
year jes' spring.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Elephants on the STAGE.

Elephants have been used as ad.
Juncts to. stage pageants, as acces.
series to dramatic effects, and there
nave been trained elephants in me.
nageries and circuses, but 1t has re.
NAMED for the Hippodrome people of
London, England, to use these great
beasts as part of the list of characters
in melodrama.
The piece in which the elephants
appear is entitled 1.-THE Golden Prin.
cess and the Elephant Hunters" and
was written in collaboration by Ru.
doiph de Cordova and Mrs. Alicia
Ramsay. There are all sorts of ex.
citing scenes in the play, and the eli
max is reached when fifteen eie.
plants, each weighing over three
tons, in order to escape from their
pursuing hunters. plunge over a river
bank into the waters below.
AS may be imagined, the splash
made by forty-ive tons of elephan.
tine flesh is prodigious. and so is the
effect on the audience. The river
scene is produced by gigantic tank
set up in the floor of the Hippodrome
and surrounded by tropical growths,
while peep behind the scenes shows
an inclined plane leading up TO a
chute set at an angle of forty-five de.
grees and also masked with verdure
The elephants are driven up the in.
clined plane, whose only outlet is the
chute. and down this they have been
trained to intrust themselves and
slide. 1t is, of course. shooting the
chutes" on a gigantic SCALE but is
none the less a startling innovation
in melodrama.-New York American
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23


ent Of the Chicago Inter Ocean. 1t can
be operated, its inventors claim, by
any motive power-steam, water, gas.
oil, or electricity. Pictures showing
tits method of OPP ration have the fol-
lowing explanation:
Connected by pipes with vacuum
continuing-tank is the tube A. The
other end of the tube is connected
with the pulsator G, which rests
upon the coneshaped pail placed be-
tween the cows. From the pulsator
two rubber tubes BIB branch out right
and left, one to each cow, and each
tube ia attached to four rubber cups
@. which are fastened to the COW.
When the vacuum cock is turned on
the pulsator commences to work and
causes the cups to collapse and ex-
pand and thus extract the milk. The
milk on its way 10 the pail can be
seen passing through glass trap or
Indicator d, which is protected by n
wire cage. The number OF pulsations
per minute can be regulated by screws
which give adjustabtlity to the char
acteristlcs of each cow"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Peas and lseau, for Hor.e..

Beams and other leguminous seed re.
semble tile cereal grains in having q
low water content. In Europe horse.
beans are common feeding stun for
borses.
Though such feeds are known to be
useful and valuable, they are very sell.
dom given to horses in the United
States and few, II any. tests have been
made with them Mt the American ex.
pertinent stations.
Muntz found that beans We're quits
thoroughly digested, even when fed In
such large quantities MS IA pounds
per day.
According to an English authority,
this amount would prove harmful, and
five pounds of beans per day or a
slightly larger quantity of peas is con.
sidered all it is desirable to feed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
POTATO DIGGER.

for the work. 1t is made in the shape
of rake, hut instead of using teeth.
pieces Of heavy wire bent as observed
in the Illustration and riveted in the
head will be found very useful. The
wires will let all the loose dirt pass
through and being close together will
bring out all tubers that are not small
enough to pass through between the
wires. '--EXcLange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

Aary-Mornin', Jane. Amt you
workin' no place now?
Jane-Workin'! Say, I've got job
what makes bargain shoppin' look like
it had the pip. got thirty ladies' to
form n mutual protection society, an
they each gimme n quarter week
to come round and ask 'em for place,
an it makes their hired girls so mad
they won't leave for spite"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
POULTRY LEG BAND.

larger end with grease, in which cnre.
fully write the number or letter with
some pointed instrument. Then apply
muriatic acid, which will cut into the
surface of the tin where grease has
been removed. After the band has
been put around the leg of the bird in
sert the pointed end through the hole
in larger end and bend point down
d,f
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

Knock. Down Prices to Canadians.
Once more the Iron Age contains in
formation that will increase the un-
easiness of the "stand-patters" on the
tNtarif question. If the Republicans do
not soon adjourn their Congress they
Will be compelled TO recognize the rap
idly growing sentiment in favor of a
do-something as against do-nothing
policy on the tariff question. Items
like the following from the Iron Age
Of March are getting very numerous
and are making the people madden and
madden:
Toronto. iron and steel
products are still belag offered on this
side of the line at prices which cause
disnlay among Canadian manufacture
ers Of like goods. A notable example
is the cut in steel bars. These are
quoted for the Canadian trade at
Pittsburg at SO ton below the price
current i'll the United States. Nor is
this the only inducement. Besides
the concession offered by the manu-
facturers of the bars there is the addi-
tional advantage of low freights on
shipments from Pittsburg. A Montreal
manufacturing concern, wishing to
place an order for steel bars, has, let
us suppose, bid from the company
In Hamilton, Ont, and one from q
Pittsburg steel mill. The Hamilton
company should have material ad-
vantage in freight rates, for the haul
from their mill to Montreal is only
about half that from Pittsburg to Mon
treal. Yet the freight rate on the
Plttsburg steel is only two cents high
er. than that on Hamilton steel deliv-
cred at Montreal.
Rabbit metal from the United
States has been sold in Canada at quite
low prices recently, four and half to
five cents, freight and duty paid, being
the usual range of the quotations.
"On the Odd inst the Canadian Pa
citic Railway Company announced
that it had an option from the Penn
sylvania Steel Company to take all the
rails required on their system this year
and next at SIS ton, fob. at mills,
or $21 delivered in Montreal"
The Pennsylvania Steel Company is
one of the five or six members of the
steel rail pool which has held the price
of steel rails in this country firmly at
$2S ton for three years. This trust
is protected by duty of S7.S4 ton
on foreign rails. This duty added to
its Montreal price shows that the trust
lacks just 81 cents ton Of getting the
full benefit of the tariff in this coun-
try. This is cutting pretty close to the
tariff line. 1t is not unlikely that the
trust is cutting entirely up to the
tariff line on sales in other parts of
Canada or Of the world.
The tariff is a great blessing to some
people, but not to those on the outside
of the protected trusts.-Byron w.
Holt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
knowledge Coming.

Hes had a fortune left to him sud
denly. He has actually got more
money now than he knows what to do
WITH
"Never mind. there are certain PEG.
pie who will be anxious to meet him
now, and after that he'll know more"
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

s. A. Pollock. of Cass county. Iowa,
writes: Il have never found much
use for any tool to scratch out pota-
toes after digger of any kind save
my fingers, but know SO many are
ayerse to this habit that 1 have de-
vised tool whereby they can scratch
out potatoes without using the fingers
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23


The Illustration shows neat and
durable leg band, which is easily put
on, and one which will be no incon-
venience to the fowl 1t is made from
a Pinch strip Of tin pointed ut one end,
and hole made through the larger
end. II 1t is desired to have num-
Der or letter on the band, cover the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

Mrs. ]. r. Ratekin, wife of Col. ]. r.
Ratekin, formerly commandment of the
soldiers home at Marshalltown, and a
wellknown citizen of Shenandoah for
many years, is dead of cancer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

a. NJ. Cranes of Mason City, and
worth $4,000, is in Chicago advertis-
ing extensively for wife. He has a
divorced wife living in Ames. lie is a
graduate of Lawrence University, a
globe trotter and an author.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
SECURING Right of Way,

President A. F. Groeltz of the Eastern
Iowa Railway Company has instituted
proceedings in condemnation against sew
eral prominent property owners for the
purpose of securing right of way be-
tween Iowa City and Muscatinc
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

Where sheep sorrel is nuisance in
hayfields, lining Of the soil is an ef-
fective remedy. From experiments
noted by the Department of Agricul-
ture it is believed that the appearance
of sorrel is due to ncidity of the soil.
Lime Neutralizes such acid conditions.
The Rhode Island experiment station
has for some years been experiment.
ing with lime applications, In connec.
ton with other fertilizers. In all
cases where tried on grass lands the
lining increased the total yield to
very marked extent, in many instances
to over three times that of the un.
lined lands, otherwise similar in char.
acter. The effect of lining on timothy
and clover fields was highly beneficial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

Claude Bell. aged %, employed by a
Davenport dairyman, suicided by hang
ing in barn. No cause is known.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

A new typewriting machine returns
the carriage automatically when the
end Of the line Is reached, SO that the
operator is not compelled to pause.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23

numerous tests comes
into general use. The
ingenuity of man has
devised a scheme to nc
complish her downfall
as n necessity in the
agricultural districts.
The inve tion,
known as the Law
renee Kennedy cow
mixer. is described by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Straw ON Pasture Land.

A Dakota farmer writes as follows:
Five or six years ago we tried a
heavy coat Of strawy horse manure on
the high ground of our pasture where
the grass was quite short. AT first the
grass was almost smothered out, but
within the last year or two n sort of
second growth grass has come In. and
the feed on the MANFRED spots seems
at least so per cent better than 1t was
before manuring. We shall try some
more of this work next year on land
not convenient to pillow.
Where Worn out pastures are suited
for blowing. good plan would be to
first seed an old plow field with Bronze
grass for pasture and then break up
the old pasture, thus starting system
Of rotation that should eventually
take in the Whole farm. Once started.
Bronze grass as pasture grass la
the best thing l have found, But 1
hardly think 1t would be very profit
able to try to start 1t on unbroken
prafrie
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Republicans Claim Everything


Representative Sheppard, of Tex
as, was pillng it upon the Republicans,
in the excellent speech which he made
the other day on the tariff question, for
claiming all the prosperity under the
sun.
"Why, Mr.. Speaker" said this fer
vent young Texan, the next thing I
expect to see is some Republican ris-
ing in his place here and proposing to
amend the Old Testament. expect
some prophets of prosperity will rise
in his place and move to strike the
name of the Deity from the first line
of the first chapter of the Book of Gen
esls, so that it will read:
"'In the beginning the Republican
party created the heavens and the
earth'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
Boy Accidentally Kills co,nrndc.

While Tommy Kelley and Jesse Gus
tin, aged TO- We're hunting north of Hast
ings, n gun in the hands of Kelley was
accidentally discharged, blowing off the
top of Gustins head. Kelley at once
came to town md reported the matter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-03-23
OF INTEREST IN IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENlNGS.
Elevator MIN Found to Blame for
Deaths-Do Double Tracking on Rock
Island-Boy Accidentally Kills Com.
rade-Iowan Seeking Wife.

The jury having under consideration
the case of the death of Mrs. DR.. Foun-
tain and Mrs. A. Hoch in nm elevator
in the capitol building in Des Moines,
rendered verdict in the case. The YER
dict divides responsibility among all par
ties and contains plain statement of
the facts as they were found to exist,
without recommendations. The chief re-
sponsibility is placed on the State
through the Legislature, but the immedi-
ate responsibility is divided between the
elevator operator, who was in the SER
vice of the Legislature, and who has
since resigned, and the two women who