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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Farm Note.

Note the changes which you intend
ed to make for next winter.
Have all live stock ready for mark t
before you market it.
The appearance of things about the
house is the first that attracts attep.
ton. good or bad.
Prepare to winter the young stock
well. Don't be afraid. People WILL
need beef next year the same as this.
See that all necessary repairs are
made, not only upon the home build
ings, but upon the outbuildings also.
Winter is coming.
If those March and April pigs had
clover and peas to run through the
summer they are new just about
ready for a corn diet.
A CHEEKY, comfortable family room
and plenty Of good things to read robs
winter of about all Of its terrors, ce.
nents family ties and lays founda-
ton for pleasant memories In after
life.
The Department Of Agriculture an
nounces its intention to go into the
stock-raising business, using an appro-
priation of $4,000 made by the last
Congress. Special attention is to be
given to horses, of cavalry and car
riage types, for which purpose the ex-
perircent farm at Fort Collins, Col, is
to .e used,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

Two-Row Corn Cutter.
A subscriber Of Iowa Homestead
sends that journal sketch of con-
venient two-row corn cutter. He says:
Il think 1t pulls easier than sled
cutter. used this homemade corn
cutter one season and it works to per-
lection. l use n Aka for an axle, and
bolt 2x4 to this axle two and one
half to three feet apnrt, and let it run
out twelve inches on the rear side.
Board this over for platform. For
runners at the front end took run
ners from an old keystone planter
and fastened them from the bottom
so as to have them run about six or
seven inches from the rows of corn.
For knives, / took two blades off an
old stalk cutter The platform may
be either nailed or bolted down. The
wheels are old planter wheels. On the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
UNEMPLOYED COUNTRIES.

The submarine cable has made the
world much smaller place than it
was In the time of our grandfathers,
vet there are portions of the world
that have never been explored, despite
the remarkable energy with which re.
search has been pushed in recent
years. This picture will give fair
idea of the area and location of these
unknown places. The black denotes
the known regions which, according to
a fair computation, have more than
sixty-four inhabitants to the square
mile, or one person to each ten acres
There seems to be no danger Of over
crowding. The shaded portion shows
the UNEMPLOYED regions, which in time
will be made familiar to the world by
human endeavor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
STOP DISORDER ON DIAMOND.
Hooting at Umpires and Similar Out
breaks n Menace to Game,

Hooting at Umpires and Similar Out.
breaks n Menace to Game.
1t requires no stretch of tile imagina-
ton to predict that some time or an
other, somewhere and somehow, some
thing Is going to happen to that i'm
porant American. functionary, the base
ball umpire and If we do not misin-
terpret the steady drift toward vio-
lence on the diamond the happening
will be n trifle more serious than u
protane bombardment of the eardrum,
more serious than any of the disgrace:
full things yet noted in connection with
this feature of the great American
game. What happened in Jackson,
Miss, to Umpire Harlow, when it be-
came necessary for Mayor fleming
way to visit him at his hotel and as
sure him of protection, and what hap
pened to Umpire Clifford at Monroe,
La, during game there. are but
straws showing the drift of the wind.
Baseball is a great game 1t has a
splendid recreative value. 1t sweeps
tue citizen away from the dull cares,
the sweat and CRIME of life's routine
and often tints the sunset of existence
with somewhat of the glow of yester-
day, for though we have slipped into
the slim groove of age and may be
hurrying to a hole in the ground, we
may yet be boys again, and thrill with
the remembered passions and excite
ments of the schoolgrouHd. But base
ball is too often robbed of its poetic
I color and the fine eXhiarating value Of
the game by just sucn disturbances as
noted at Jackson and Monroe. I'm
pires, like other men, are made out
of clay. Being clay. they must err.
Bias may now and then dominate
them and shape their judgments. Con-
sciously wrong sometimes, uncoD-
sciously wrong at others. In the de-
cisions they make, they are no better
and no worse than the common run Of
partisans, whether they are of the dia-
mond or not. The presumption of hon
esty should run in every mans behalf,
whether he he baseball umpire or
what not, until there is good proof to
the contrary.
In any aspect of the case the dis
orders which now SO often mark the
progress of ball games cannot do 9TH
err than injure the sport. Aside from
the strictly baseball interest of the
question, there is an issue of greater
significance and of deeper public con-
Germ. Baseball is passion with the
young American. No other form of
amusement, no other kind of contest
will so stir the blood of the American
boy. No other game has ever been
able to take Its place in his affections.
He generally sees the game, stalking
all his youthful enthusiasm on one
side or the other, though frequently
put to the stress of pouring his soul
through knothole In the fence. But
no matter how, he sees the game and
Its eXcitements and passions find lodg-
ment in his nature. IL for no other
reason, the game should be kept clean
and on the square for the good 1t may
do to the American boy. Assaults on
umpires, the profanity, the grumbling
and other yiolences In word and deed
can do the young American no good
and should not be countenanced. Base
ball managers should put a stop to all
this disorder and vulgar byplay on the
diamond.-San Francisco Call
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
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A WOODEN INTRODUCTION.
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Gainsborough, the artist, was born
at Sudbury, in England, and there,
says Lord Ronald Cover, he designed
his first work of art. The orchard of
his fathers place had been repeatedly
plundered of fruit No one knew who
the thief might be, until one day
young Gainsborough saw there a
rough-looking man, leaning his elbows
on the brick wall. He made a sketch
of the fellow, and fro1y this portrait
the thief was ever afterward identl-
fed.
Later the boy cut out rough figure
from wood, and painted it in oils. in
the likeness Of this man. The scare
crow was known as "Jack Peartree.
III probably represents Gainsborough's
first attempt at working in oils.
It was the means of introducing the
artist to one Of his most intimate
friends, Thicknesse, the lteuteant gov
ernor of the Landgaurd Fort near
Ipswich. Thicknesse was one day
walking with friend, when he per
ceiyed what seemed to be melan-
choly-faced countryman, with his arms
locked together, leaning over the gar
den wall.
He pointed out the dolefnl figure to
his companion, who, it seems. was ac-
quainted with it.
.'He has been there all day." said
the gentleman. 81 pity him. He must
be either mad or very miserable"
Thicknesse insisted on approaching
the wretched man, and, to his delight.
ed surprise, found him to be Jack
Peartree. So, charmed was he with
Jack that he lost no time in becom--
ing acquainted with the author of
Jacks being, with the result Of IL
warm and lasting friendship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
WOMEN AS WORKERS.,
Some Figures that, After All, Are Nc
DiscouraEing. ~

!, Some Figures that, After All, Are Not
Discouraging.
A statistician has gone to the trou-
BILE to ascertain that 90 per cent of all
the divorced women. 30 per cent of
the widowed and 81 per cent of the
single women are engaged in gainful
pursuits, says the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
t'Only about q per cent of the married
women are similarly situated. While
the great body of married women are
ut home attending to the domestic du-
ties which are naturally set down for
them, there is some hope still that the
old order Of things is not going to be
completely overtllrown. The world
will not be without homes. The fig
lures indicate that 81 per cent OF the
married men are supporting their
wives, though the women are, of
course, doing their full share in main.
tanning domestic establishments which
are bulwarks of morals and good order
and which keep the race from diving
out.
On surface analysis 1t may seem
wonderful that 81 per cent of the mar
ried men find enough to do to support
families, when SO many women are in
mems occupations, but the earth is big
and the ordinary attempt at compre-
hcnding the things to be done and the
number of people to do them is puny,
iadeed. In the long run there appears
to be room for everybody-the home
woman, the new" woman. etc. like
wise for the womanish man and the
men who depends on the labor md
shrewdness of their wives to keen
them going.
The mixture Of the sexos IN tho ~.
i've business afrairs If to.dor ,.a,,,d
have scared writer's nm nolitica, econn.
nv twenty.f,ve vaars moo n soa,ss
Main enomeh for oxomnIo +ha+ ~,
man m n salary gets worl, eon IT,
dougbter IN tho saw ooa,,,s.4, ~ I
| u, 49,, 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
The Cabbage Worm.

The worms have begun to eat the
leaves of the late cabbages. Before
they begin to head up the best pre-
ventlve, of their rayages is to dissolve
one ounce of white hellebore in two
gallons of water, or pound of 1t to
thirty-two gallons, and sprinkle the
leaves we'll with the solution. After
they begin to head get the conmon
insect powder or pyretLnm ard mix
with about four times its bulk of flour,
then, with the bellows usually given
or sold with powder, blow this we'll
down among the leaves on tlle under
as well as upper side.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Knowlcdge 1ncreascs crops.

hnowIcdEe Increases Crops
During the past twenty-five years
the increase in the yield of grain crops
In Denmark per acre has been over
IL per cent for barley. IL per cent for
oats, % per cent for wheat. Potatoes
have increased 80 per cent in yield per
acre. Danish authorities cred the in.
crease largely to government instruc-
tons and teaching in the best meth
DDS Of agriculture. The Hungarian
government also is coming to the front
in Its encouragement of agriculture.
The state institutions include great
academy for the higher branches Of
agriculture, four farm colleges, TWEEN
ty-one village farm schools, and win
ter schools for farmers, great agrl-
cultural museum and eighty model
farms. twenty-five state orchards
have been established, and during the
past three years 37S,OO0 grated
stocks and over two million seedlings
have been distributed. Hungarian
agriculture has grown at surprising
rate, the export of poultry and eggs
having increased so per cent III five
Years. and dairy products having
gained at an even larger rate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
LIVING FOREVER.
The Drenm of the Ages that Will Never
Be Fulfilled.

The other day we received n copy Of
book entitled, "How to Live For
ever" While not pining for continu-
GUS longevity, we glanced through its
pages, and, as expected. found COM
pilation of well-worn rules for hygien-
ic living, with brief dissertation con-
corning the influence of mind on body.
There We're no new or startling aids
toward centenarianlsm. We had
scarcely laid down the book when a
news item with glarlng headlines at
tracted the eye: Perpetual Youth
Possible. The Microbe of Old Age
Discovered. Elixir of Life at Last
Within Our Grasp" And the item
read: "Dr. Metchnikoff. the bacteriol-
oglst of the pasteur Institute, has dis.
covered the microbe of old age. There
now remains only the discovery of a
serum which shall act upon this mi
crobe and senility will be annihilated."
Several days have elapsed. but nobody
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
AUTUMNnN THE COUNTRY.

Pumpkin pie and apple cider!
Gut 'er loose and open wider!
Amt no time like fruitful autumn;
Hck'ry nuts in river bottom!
Who said fall was melancholy2
just the time to be real jolly!
str that steaming apple butter;
Fry them doughnuts- 'em sputter
Bee them trees with apples laden;
See the buxom country maiden!
Scenes of plenty, bliss Arcadn.
Sparkling eyes and rosy features!
Joyous, blessed, happy creatures;
Apple snits and pumpkin slices;
Eggs and butter bring good prices!
GRANTEES full and runnin' over;
BMging haymows sweet with clover.
Country sausage! Goodness land sakes.
Hurry up them buckwheat pancakes!
My, oh, my! But don't we pity
Poor folks livin' in the city!
.-lsunxsutawney Shirt. l
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Feeding condim cnts.

If there is any value in feeding red
pepper to fowls 1t is mainly in fur
nishing seasoning to the food which
might otherwise be fiat. and in this
way stimulating the appetite. Chopped
onions will have the same effect and
are certainly better for the fowls than
too much pepper. The red pepper, in
moderate quantities. Is good for the
moulting hens, acting as stimulant
and strengthening their rather depict.
ed vitality, but the pepper should not
be made a regular part of the ration.
1t is not only unnecessary when the
ration consists of good grains in var-
ETY., but is actually harmful If much
of it is fed,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Don't Protect Plants EarIy.

II one has lot of shrubs and
plants that are hardy, no protection
for winter should be given until the
ground freezes, else there is danger
of the twigs making n.ofe growth by
reason of the warmth at the roots af-
forded by the protecting material. If
the plants are not entirely hardy, of
course protection must be given ear
lier, It is rarely necessary to use more
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
FIGHTING ROADSIDE WEEDS.
Work In Which Farmers should Will
ing1y Combine.


ingly Combine.
In some States there are county
laws which make 1t obligatory for
those in charge Of the roads to see
that roadside weeds are cut twice dur.
ing the growing season-frst, before
July. and the second time before tile
LIST of September. 1t would be well
if such a law were in force in all
sections. and yet the fighting of OBJ
poxious weeds seems to be one of
those things for which no law should
be required. Farmers ought to be
more than willing to combine among
themselves for mutual protection,
even going so far as to cut the weeds
in front Of the farm of any man who
will not do the work himself. This
would not need to be done very often,
for shame would soon compel such a
man to do his duty. The main trouble
with weeds, however, is with such rs
are allowed to grow inside the fence
line, for few farmers are willing to
spend the time necessary to rid their
farms Of these. Combine with each
other to rid the roadside Of weeds and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Democrats Help Your Nei9hbor


Probably mere than half the middle.
class people of the United States have
limited incomes; that is, incomes that
do not rise or fall with the cost of
living. To such people the. enormous
increased price of all they must buy.
since the Dingley protective tariff bill
fostered monopolies, is a great hard
chip to them. AS their outgoes increase
their incomes stand still, so they re-
ceive no compensating advantage to
offset high prices. Probably half the
voters with limited incomes will I'M
thinkingly vote the Republican ticket
and thus perpetuate their own undo
ing. Democrats can kill two birds
with one stone by reminding such
voters that the Republican tariff pol
icy is a decided drain OIL their limited
resources, and thus show neighborly
interest in their welfare, and If the
advice is given with tact it will doubt
less detach some Republicans from
that party and add them to the De-
mocracy. fg
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

then let every man take care of those
inside the fence and elsewhere on mis-
farm. If this weed fighting were done
Systematically instead of spasmodical-
" 1t would not require many. years to
decidedly lessen the weed crop and
materially increase the valuable crops
as well as save much labor.-Spring-
field Republican,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

One breed is enough for the fa,

One breed is enough for the farmer.
Keep the fowls clean and their
houses clean.
Roup is produced by bad cold
being neglected.
II eggs for Matching are desired, use
2-year-old hens.
GRADUATED Is the form in which to
supply bone to poultry.
To make poultry business success
1t must have attention.
All perches should be on the same
level, none higher than the others.
1t is very essential that the poultry
house should be well ventilated.
Whole wheat is an excellent food
for the hens. but should not be used
exclusively.
Bone meal contains lin,- and also
animal matter which is of value.
Some green food is Indispensable to
ducks after they are two weeks old.
The use Of food is to sustain life
and maintain warmth and good condt.
tion Of body.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Device for Holding Hogs.
The Illustration is self-expluinlng,
and one can readily see how 1t is con-
structed and used.
Glazed Butter.

German butter makers have proc
ess of glazing butter with coat of
melted sugar. 1t is stated that the
butter SO treated keeps fresh for a
much longer time than ordinary but
ter. 1t is carefully worked and
washed and put up in one-pound lots
and placed in a cool room. 1t is then
glazed by painting the surface with
melted sugar, using soft brush and
performing the operation very quickly.
The hot sugar melts the surface of the
butter, and with it forms a kind Of
varnish, which protects the surface
against the air.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Honesty,

ut pears to me-" said Uncle Eben,
dat some men keeps talkin' fur hon
esty in de hopes dat de other folks'll
tie to it an give dem monopoly of de
crookedness.' -Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
New use for Sweet potatoe.

The low price of sweet potatoes has
directed attention to new market
for the vegetable. The glucose makers
have discovered, it is claimed, that
Their product can be made profitably
from sweet potatoes and are proposing
to contract with farmers in the South
west for their crops at $50 to $25 per
acre.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

Faithfully did you refuse him?
Ethel-He has past. Edith-But he
can blot 1t out. Ethel--Perhaps, hut
he can't use me for a blotter.-Wom-
ans Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Ducks Itefuse 10 SWIM.

Local naturaIIsts are puzzled be.
cause none OF the twenty-four ducks
ut Brandywine Park, Del, will so into
the water. They merely Dip Their bills
in the water and then huddlc together
along the shore,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
Good Places for Tohameeo

Foreman see tobaccer is going t.
be purity cheap this year.
Manager-Well, what of that:
Foreman was wondering IL !,
wouldn't be good idee to put little
in our cigars.-Philadelphia Bulletin
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

To be polite to one we dislike is not
necessarily being insincere. Politeness
is not so much manifestation toward
others as an Indication of what we
are ourselves. We owe 1t to ourselves
to be well bred.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

After all, there isn't much worse
sensation than discovering that con.
temporary looks suddenly old.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

Somehow the glibness with which a
friend lies for you, makes you uneasy
regarding his word ever after.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

On formal occasions no napkin rings
appear on the table and the napkin is
used but the once. AT the home dinner
the napkin, if not too soiled. should be
placed in the ring to be used again at
breakfast or luncheon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

The last
fight Of IA In
off Admiral Gromoho
being compelled to leave
oto
had ,ean
wound - 49,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02


The efforts of the Republicans to
break down the charge of their gross
extravaganza in running the govern
ment have, rs usual, to be bolstered
up with false figures by the govern
ment statisdcians Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. AS there
was no chance to disprove that this
per capita expenditure has increased
from 1890 almost so per cent with an
Increase of population of less than 80
per cent. and within the last three
years under the Roosevelt administra-
ton the increase Lad amounted to 30
per cent. The lack of honesty or lack
of intelligence of the official statls-
tician, who the Republican leaders
have ordered to establish the assertion
of the comparative low cost of run
ming the government in the United
States, lacks the great essential of
comparable data to start with.
The Federal government bears but
a part Of the expense of running the
United States. There are the State
taxes, the county taxes, the town and
city taxes and the school district taxes
must all be added together TO make
comparison with some countries, and
nearly all these taxes to compare
with other countries. II the total cost
of government in every country had
been taken, the result would show
that 1t costs much IN sre in the United
States, where we have a right to ex-
pect it should be much less. :
Even the fake Statistics that the
Republican spellbinders and the par
tisan press are SO jubilantly exulting
over have no effect on the official fig
ures of the wasteful approprla tons
under the present administration.
There was never enore need of re-
trenchment and refa III. and the voters
should turn the rasS Is out.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02

Education in Japan and Russia.
Japan has in school one in every
nine of her pupils of school age; Rus
STA has one in every forty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-11-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Poll TICS
On TIC DH>
~~~~o~~~~
A Model Candidate.

A Model Candidate.
When man is the candidate for
the highest office In the gift Of the
American people he is thrown under
the X-rays of public scrutiny. All his
goings and comings are Investigated.
his private life is sifted, and his past
aud present utterances are weighed,
to try and find out his Utmost thoughts
and opinions. 1t is great triumph
for the Democracy that its candidates
for President and Vice President have
passed through this fiery ordeal I'M
scathed and are shown to be Of the
highest type of manhood, and as In
diyiduals are worthy the support Of
all honest men who desire decent gov
eminent.
Judge Parker is true Democrat.
He was the political and personal
friend of the great Tilden. of the SUI
perb Hancock and the other imposing
figures of Democratic history. His pc.
sition as Chief Justice of the Court
Of Appeals of New York has brought
before him for decision many import
dul cases involving the relations OF
capital and labor, and the good judg-
ment and absolute fairness he has dis
played has endeared him to the pub.
lie and the bar alike.
An able and incorruptible Judge,
what higher praise could be given,
what greater recommendation to the
voters Of the United States to give
him their suffrages. A great consti-
tutional lawyer, he believes in consti-
tutional government and would exc
cute the law of the land without fear
or favor. Conservative from nature
and training, there would be no usurp-
ing the legislative or judicial functions
Of the government while he was the
Executive. He would call to his aid
the ablest Democrats that are avail
able for his cabinet officers, and the
United States would enter upon a
term of peaceful prosperity, as far as
human sagacity can aid the efforts Of
united and energetic people.