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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12

~ N the evening Of the day which
saw our first recognition Of
W this crime as the work of We
ronica Moore the following no
tice appeared in the Star and all the
other local journals:
"Any person who positively remem-
bers passing through Waverley avenue
between N and N streets on the even
ing of May II at or near the hour Of q
quarter past will confer q favor on
the detective force of the District by
communicating the same to f. at the
police headquarters in G street."
I was "F.," and was soon deep in
business. But l was readily able to
identify those who came from curios-
ity, and as the persons who had really
fulfilled the conditions expressed in
my advertisement were few an evening
and mornings work sufhced to sift the
whole matter down to the one man
who could tell me Just what l wanted
to know. With this man went to the
major, and as result we oil met later
in the day at Mr.. Moore's door.
This gentleman looked startled enough
when he saw the number and charac.
ter of his visitors, but his grand air did
not forsake him, and his welcome was
both dignified and cordial. But did
not like the way his eye rested on me-
But the slight venom visible in it al
that moment was nothing to what he
afterward displayed when at slight
growl from Rudge, who stood in an
attitude Of offense in the doorway be
yond, I drew the attention of all to the
dog by saying sharply:
"There is our witness. sirs. There Il
the dog who will not cross the street
even when his master calls him. but
crouches on the edge Of the curb and
waits with eager eyes but immovable
body till that master comes back. Isn't
that SO, Mr.. Moore? Have not heard
you utter more than one complaint IN
this regardY
II cannot deny It," was the stiff re-
ply, "but what
did not wait for him to finish.
"Mr. Currean," asked, as this the
animal you passed between the hours
Of Z and on the evening OF
May II, crouching in front of this
house with his nose to the curbstone?'
ut is; noted him particularly; he
seemed to be watching the opposite
house."
Instantly turned upon Mr.. Moore.
as Ridge the dog to do that"
asked, 'if his master were not there
Twice have l myself seen him in the
selfsame place and with the selfsamc
air of expectant attention, and both
times you had crossed to the house
which you acknowledge he will up
proach no nearer than the curb on this
side of the street"
you have me-" was the short reply
with which Mr.. Moore gave up the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12

I have no doubt that 1t was the pistol,
and that the marks of dust to be found
on the connecting ribbon were made
by her own fingers in taking it again in
her hand. Nou will remember that
these same fingers had but few min
utes previous CROPPED their way along
the walls9 For her voice soon took
different tone, and such unintelligible
phrases as these could be heard issu.
ing from her partly paralyzcd lips:
must! l Gun never meet his eye
again alive. He would despise- Brave
enough to-to-another's blood - cow
ard-when-own. Oh God, forgive"
Then another silence, during which l
almost made up my mind to interfere,
then loud report and flash so star
Ting and unexpected that 1 recolled,
during which the room leaped into
sudden view-she, too, Veronica, with
baby face drawn and set like wom-
an's-then darkness again and heavy
fall which shook the floor, II not my
hard old heart. The flash and that
fall enlightened me. had just wit
messed the suicide of the last Moore
saving myself, suicide for which
was totally unprepared and one which
do not yet understand.
II did not go over to her. She was
as dead when she fell as she ever
would be. In the flash which lit ev-
crything / had seen where her pistol
was pointed. Why disturb her, then?
Nor did return upstairs. l had small
interest now in anything but my own
escape from situation more or less
compromising. Do you blame me for
this! was her heir, and was where
had no legal right to be. Do you
think that was called upon to pub
fish my shame and tell how fingered
there while my own niece shot herself
before my eyes? That shot made me n
millionaire. This certainly was ex-
element enough for one day. Besides,
l did not leave her there neglected. l
notified you later after had got my
breath and had found some excuse.
That wasn't enough? All, see that
you are all models Of courage and
magnanimity. You would have laid
SoaA'SA'So opSh w SNStS
or than let little necessary perjury
pass your lips. But l am no model
am simply an old man who has beer
too hardly dealt with for seventy long
years to possess every virtue. I.made
a mistake-1 see it now-trusted dog
when l shouldn't-but If Rudgc had
not seen ghosts-well, what now?"
We had, one and all, with an invol
untary impulse turned our backs upor
him.
What are you dolngy he hotly de
manded.
"Only what all Washington will DE-
tomorrow and afterward the whole
world" gravely returned the major
Then, as IN ejaculation escaped the MS
tonished millionaire, he impressively
added: "a perjury which allows an in
nocent man and woman to remain un
The major denovneea
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
what are you dolngy" he hotly de.
The major denovnees
Uncle David

der the suspicion of murder for five
weeks is one which not only the law
has right to punish. but which all So
ciety will condemn. Henccforth you
will find yourself under ban, Mr..
Moore" Time amply verified this
prophecy. Mr.. Moore is living in great
style in the Moore house and drives
horses which are conspicuous even in
Washington, but no one accepts his
invitations, and he is as much of re-
cluse in his present mansion as lie ever
was in the humble cottage in which his
days of penury We're spent.
My story ends here. The matter new
er came before the grand jury. Suicide
had been proved, and there the affair
rested,
=. THE END.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Homeseekers' Fxcurslons.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on the first and third Tuesday IN
to October Is, sell tickets to points In
Alberta, Arizona, Assiniboia, Canadian
Northwest, Colorado, Indian Territory,
lowe, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, Texas, Utah
and Wyoming. For further informa.
tion apply to any Great Western Agent
or j. Z. Elmer, G. p. A, Chicago, III.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
A FOOLISH PLAN

e. ~ :. s eth xs's;sns dune. ssa,;
qconstipation 10 the result Of indigestion,
hhousness, Aatulency, loss Of appetite,
selt:poisoning. anemia, evacuation, uric
acid, neuralgia In various parts Of the
system, catarrhal inflammation of the In.
testinal canal and numerous other all
nents that rob life of its pleasures if they
DO not finally rob you of life itself.
Q"l'm bound In the bowels, /" is a com.
mon expression of people who look mis-
cradle and are miserabfe-yet who persist
in letting nature take its course"
qWhat foolish plan, when nature could
be aided by the use of Green's August
Flower, which Is nature own remedy for
constipation and all stomach ills.
qAugust Flower gives new life to the
liver and insures healthy stools.
qIwo sizes, csc aud 7Sc. All d1uggista.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
First and third Tuesday of Each
Month.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will sell Homeseekers Tickets at one
fare plus $500 to points In Alabama
Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, snd
Wyoming. Further information apply
to any Great Western Agent, or j } P,
Elmer, G. Z. A., Chicago, LII. 19w33
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Special Homeseekers Excursion to
points on the Illinois Central
and YsZoo & Miss. Valley
r.. r. via M 40 n

On October 18th and November 18th
the M. u o. Ry. will sell special home
seekers excursion tickets to points on
the l. G. and Y. s. NJ. V. Ry. In Louis.
lana, Mississippi, Tenn. and Ky. at &c
per cent of the regular one-wsy first
class rate for the round trip. For fur
Their information call on or address,
j. L. Kelsey.
39W7 Traffic Mgr.
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sow
Through to California Without Change

Via the Minneapolis & St. Louis R,
II. Two tourist cars each week. Wed.
nesday via Kansas City and the popular
Santa Fe System through New Mexico
and Arizona. Leave st. Paul 900 q. m.
Wednesday. arrive Los Angeles Sunday
morning. Thursday vie Omaha, Colo
RADIO Springs, famous "Scenic Route"
through Colorado, Ogden and Southern
Pacific. Leave st. Paul Thursday 500
p. m. arrive San Francisco Tuesday
noon. Rate for double berth accomo-
dating two persons, $6.75. For partlcu-
lars, call on Agents or address A.. b.
Cults, g. Z. & T. A. Minneapolis MINI.
80W14
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Worlds Fair Special Train

Commencing Sunday, May l5, the L.
q. II. r. will put on q st. Louis train
from Dubuque leaving there at z p. m,
and arriving at st. Louis at 7:24 the
next morning. Passengers desiring to
take this train can leave Manchester on
No. 4 at 3:42 p. M, reaching Dubuque
at 4:55 p. m. The train from Du-
buque will carry sleeping car and
berlhs can be reserved by telegraph up.
on due notice being given. Passengers
wishing daylight ride all the way can
leave Manchester on No. 2 at 3:42 q. m
and reach St. Louis in the evening.
20w29 H.G. PIERCE, Agent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Homese.

On the first and TIL !. 4 .esoAys of
each month the Minneapolis & St.
Louis r. R. sells special homeseekers'
round trip excursion tickets to points
In the Northwest, West, Southwest,
South and Southeast, at one fare plus
two dollars.
Return limit twenty one days from
date of esle and stopovers permitted.
Call on agents for full particulars or
address A. b. Cutte, G. p. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI. 19w25
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Coach Excursion Dates to
the st. Louis Exposition via
ICR R.

From Sept. 10 to November 30 the
/. Q. e. II. will sell coach excursion
tickets from Manchester to st. Louis
d an on sSanasy pd 6asssI. Tues
each week at rate an of $3.50 fay the he
round trip. Tickets good for one week
from date of sale. Fl. G. PIERCE,
38wll Agent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Louisiana Purchase Exposi.
ton, St. Louis, April 80
to Dec. 1,19O4.

Manchester & Oneida Railway win sell itch
Gus % special rates to st. Louis and return
Cha9n Season tickets, good to 10 on or bA,
fore November 80 and fekurn snv
time before December l5. - : ~
Che9net. Tickets good to 70 and return
49,. within 90 days. not later thss
Cheapest %ssins e a. 70 80 and return
And Besides Special limited day
.,s,. NJ, coach excursions from
coach excursion ticketsi are good on ali trsins
and IN parlor and sleeping cars, and Include
transfer of passengers and baggage al function
points. - '"1osso"
There are many routes to choose from. For
Information as to special rates and routes m.
ply TOD. L. KELSEY, Traffic Mgr. I7.7mo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Homeseekers Rates to North and
South naRota ~.

Every Tuesday until Oct. Is the G. G.
w. Ry. will sell round trip tickets to
points in the above named states at q
great reduction from the usual fare.
For further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or j. p. Elmer,
G. p. A., Chicago, I'll. 13w28
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
NJ & o Homeseekers Rate t. North
and South Dakota.

Every Tuesday until Oct 25th, the
Manchester and Oneida Railway viii
sell round trip tickets to points IN the
above named states at great reduce,
tion from the usual fare. For further
information apply to,
J.L. Kelsey.
Traffic Mgs.,
~ locts5) Manchester sAoI
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Through Sleeping Car from Chicago
to Jacksonville, Fla, via
10 RR

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 Wis
Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
2tf Fl. g. PIERCE, Agent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Twice each month, on SPECIFIC dates. the mn
nois Central will sell ut greatly reduced ra1e
from points on It's line north of Cairo. ronndtrip
tain points on or reached by its lines in Ken.
lucky. Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana snd
Alan ANA; Also to certain point. West and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas OkiShcmS,
ana indian Territory. Particulars Of your I'M
For q free copy Of the Homeseekers' Guide
describing the advantages and resources O. 40
south, address ]. f. Merry. A. q. p. A., i. O, 3,
H., dubuque, Iowa. For Information regard.
Ing lands In the famous YaZoO Valley Of Miss.
issippl, address e. I. Skene Land Coinmissioner
Y. Il M. v. Il. Il Chicago,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12

Special Summer Tourist Rate to Detroit
Tickets on sale daily via the M. and
.. until September Both limited to Oct.
3lst 1904, and for continuous passage
In each direction, at one fare plus $2GO
FOR the round trip. For further infor-
nation call on or address. j. L. Kelsey
34-1c Traffic Mgr.
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fro BE Continued
A Guess mt II

Teacher (of class in grammnr)-What
do you understand by parts Of
speech"
Tommy-It's-it's when a man slut
ters.-CnicaEo Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, st
Louis, Mo-, April 80 to Novem-
Der 80. 1904.

The 1. c. II. r. will sell tickets to the
exposition from Manchester, Iowa q,
the following rates and limits:
Tickets good for fifteen days $l2.35
Tickets good for sixty days $l3 20
Tickets good up to November Both
$16.45.
These tickets will be honored either
via Chicago or Freeport. Any changes
in rates will be announced,
19w3O H.G. PIERCE, Agent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
INVESTMENTS
IN
SOUTHERN LANDS

Such investments are not speculative, The
south isnot now country. Market and shipping
facilities are adequate and first class. The
those and other advantages, southern Iands ara
selling for prices far below their real value. and
at present prices net large returns ON the IA.
~. inclusive concerning the possibilities Of lands
10 Kentucky, West Tennessee, Mississippi and
Louisiana, ON and near the Illinois Central Rail.
road, for homeseekers and investors sddresa
the undersigned J. +. MERRY.
Ass'tGanl Pass'r Agent 1. G. b. b,
Dubuque. Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12

TRAINS WILL STOP ONLY At n
Belknsps Crossing. platform at Qusker Mil
Switch. Franklin Street Crossing, Sly's Cross
Ing, Miler's Crossing. Twin Crossing, West
brooks Crossing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
CHAPTER XXv1.

~ N the evening Of the day which
saw our first recognition Of
this crime as the work of We
rnnfco Moore tho following M
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
Rai|rOadS.
Manchester & Oneida Ry.

Train No. 2 leaves Manchester at a. m. ar.
riyes ut Oneida at $50 m. Connecfe
with west bound c. q, w. No.
Returning leaves Oneida at 5:S5 8, m
arrives at Manchester at sos q m
Train No. 4. leaves Manchester at 7;15 .. m,
arrives at Oneida at7:45 q. M, con
meets with east bound O. G. w. No.
9. Returning leaves Oneida at 7;M
A.m., arrives at Manchester at S:3C
m.
Train No. 6. leaves Manchester at s:45a M, ar.
rives at Oneida at 9:l4 .. m. Con
meets with the north bound @. M. 4
st. F., No. 20. Returning leaves
Oneida at 9:20 arrives ct Manchester
at9:60 q. m. -
Train No. 8, leaves Manchester at 2:oo p. M. AZ.
rives at Oneida at $3.50 p. m. Con.
meets with @. G. W.. No. 4. east
bound, and No. 8, west bound. Re.
turning leaves Oneida at b:45 p. m.
arrives at Manchester Of 6:27 p. m.
Train No 10. leaves Manchester at 4:45 p. M,
arrives at Oneida at 5:15 p. m. Con.
meets with south bound @. M. q st.
p. No. 81. Returning leaves Oneida
a:6:SOp. IN, arrives At Manchester
600 p. m.
j. L. KELSEY,
Gen. Traffic Manager.
Through tickets for sale at Manchester 70 all
points In North America.
TRAINS WILL STOP ONLY At
BelknAps Crossing platform at Onsker MN
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

cock test. This is a very important
matter, and one that should be care
fully watched. A small variation In
the graduation of a pipette, or the
neck of a test bottle, will have serl-
Gus effects on the accuracy of the re-
suits obtained with such apparatus.
One of the best preliminary tests OF
accuracy of the test bottles is to meas
ure test from one sample OF milk into
all the test bottles on hand, add the
acid and complete the tests in the
usual way If the results agree In
all the test bottles, this is fairly good
evidence that they are cal1brated In
the same way. 1t is possible, however,
for them all to be wrong
In order to determine whether this
is so or not, it is necessary to meas
ure the capacity of the neck OF the
test bottles from 0 to 10 mark. This
space ought to have a capacity OF z
C. c. If it does not the test bottle
should have a capacity of us c. C.
This will deliver 175 C. C. of milk,
which will weigh Is grams. The rela-
ton between the amount or milk
measured out, and the capacity OF the
test bottle is such that each gradua-
ton represents two-tenths OF per
cent. fat. The 2 C. c., which is the
capacity of the neck, will hold l.s
grams of fat, and this is 10 per cent
of the IS grams of milk tested.
These figures show briefly the basis
on which the graduations are made,
and it is matter OF great import
ance that both the pipette and the
test bottle neck should be accurately
graduated. 1t is not so necessary To
ne accurate in the measurement OF the
acid used in each test, but 17.5 C. C. is
the amount ordinarily measured out
With inaccurate Babcock glassware
it is impossible to say who is getting
cheated, the man selling or the man
buying the milk, but certainly some
one is being deceived, and an effort
should be made to locate and destroy
any test bottles or pipettes THAT are
not absolutely correct.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
Sc for this calf, and thought this sum

Sc for this calf, and thought this sum
should take her.
In that case, however, the owner
had enough interest in the future COW
that was to be developed from the
calf to refuse to sell her, and subse-
quently had the pleasure OF selling the
calf to a dairyman at higher price
than the butcher had offered. Many
a good calf has gone to the butcher on
a margin of dollar or two advanced
in the price, and that is one OF the
leading reasons why the average quail
ity OF the COWS in the country is as
low as it is. Tens of thousands OF
butchers all over the country are on
the lookout for veals, and we have
not been good enough judges OF dairy
calves and beef calves to keep the
best ones out of their hands.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
Improve the Cow
By Hank COmStOck

The 100000 mich COWS of this
country find their product virtually
consumed at home, leaving little for
expectation. Yet few dairy farmers
get rich. Perhaps it is on the prin-
clple that few in any given business
get rich.
All agricultural profit in these days
comes of using improved methods and
machinery. The farmer who still
moved his meadow land with scythe
would be left far behind in the cOmpe-
tition of these days. The COW is the
first item, and a most important one
in dairy machinery. At the average
she is a good deal what she was fifty
to hundred years ago, as far as re-
lates to her dairy functions. In beef
producing quality the case is entirely
different. In place of the angular
and active Texan COW and her off
spring, the ''Texan steer" of the
ranges, we now have, by grading up
from those native herds with Short
horn, HEREFORD and Polled Angus bulls,
great droves of ranch cattle scarcely
distinguishable from their thorough
bred sires They are bred with an eye
single to their beef points, and are a
wonderful improvement on the fOun-
dation range stock from which they
were graded up. Not so with the
dairy stock of the country. The
good mixer has not been persistently
bred to the son of good mixer. The
eye does not take in the situation with
dairy points as with beef. Besides
the average dairy farmer has never
until recently realized the Importance
nor the possibilities of breeding for
direct improvement of the dairy ca
pacity of his COWS independent of
other considerations.
1t has been his object to try
to do two things at once by using a
dual purpose COW, so that after milk
ing days were over he could get some
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
Keep Record of Operations.

Buttermakers often see the d1ffer-
ence between the butter OF one day ana
another. and are frequently at /,
to know why says the Elgin Daily he
Dorter. They have skinned the NIL
at about the same temperature, nave
let the cream ripen for about so man
hours, it had, according to their own
taste, the right acidity, the churnlng
had the right form or size OF granules,
water at the right temperature, II was
worked about so much in the ordinary
worker and it was sailed about one
half to three-fourthS of an ounce per
pound of butter. All these operations
had been carried forward In the regu-
lar way, with the word about at
tached to each one. There was no aD-
solute certainty whether the tempera-
ture was 80 or IS, whether the acidlty
was i, 2 or 5 per cent; whether the
granules were exactly the same size;
whether the wash water was 52 or 6O
degrees: and so on through the whole
gamut of making the butter, from the
recent of the milk in the weigh can.
These about right ways OF doing
things might have been allowed to
pass, and were, in the early history, In
factories: but they are not up-to-date
today. They are behind and at the last
end of the procession. The butter
maker that proposes to keep up with
the procession and ride in the front
seat of the band wagon today must do
things right; must do things the same
today and tomorrow, if he expects to
get always the best results.
These things can be best accom-
plished, and only so, by keeping rec
ord from the beginning to the END OF
the operations. The cream must be set
TO ripen at certain temperature;
certain amount of starter must be sup
plied to suit that condition; the right
amount of acidity must be developed
and the right temperature when cnurn
ing is started must be had; the churn
must be stopped at the right moment,
when the granules are of the right
size; the wash water must be OF the
right temperature, of the same tenn
perature from day to day; washing
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

must be according to rule, which ever
has been found best; and so on, all the
way down the line.
Once these different operations have
been discovered, and all the details
connected with them, the best results
will be obtained, the buttermaker hay
ing control of the situation and the
conditions of doing the same thing ev
every day, and producing the same 3
suits. To do this, however, he must
keep a record; and learn from that re
cord of his work where he may have
failed, if he should fail at any time,
in not doing the right thing and the
proper thing at the right time.