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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
many men, been always trained up in
the belief that every girl, more espe-
cially every girl belonging to large

many men, been always trained up in
the belief that every girl, more espe
cially every girl belonging to large
family, was bent on getting husband;
as to what the husband might be like,
was, he believed, matter Of second
airy Importance to the girl. Hence the
mistake he made and his consequent
discontinue.
He found himself one afternoon,
while hunting, within mile of st. Be-
tolph's; there was no scent and 1t had
come on to snow, So under the circum-
stances, perhaps he may be forgiven
for turning his horses head away
from hounds at in the afternoon, par
ticularly when he could see through
the leaf1ess branches, creaking in the
snow-storm, the house which held the
girl he was beginning to feel he could
not do without.
Some more people came to tea. and
Broughton found himself sitting In
rather far-off corner of the big draw
ing-room with Maude. He thought that
she looked perfect little lady, from
the coils of her pretty hair (the one
beauty the girls few enemies allowed
herr to the point of her tiny shoe: and,
more than that, the thought cam, to
HIN that she was good woman, and
every man, believe, however bad he
may be, deep down in his heart hopes
that the woman he loves may be that.
Presently Broughton bent toward
her and in low voice addressed her
MS 'Maude;" he had never called her
SO before, and she thought 1t little
forward of him. Then she understood
that Captain Broughton-Jim Brough-
ton, as he was called by everybody
was asking her to marry him!
But she had never dreamt of mar
rage with him! Thought chased
thought through her brain. Had she
encouraged the poor fellow? How nice
1t was of him! Would it hurt him
much to be refused?
In the pleasant twilight Broughton
got his answer.
"Why did you ask me that, Captain
Broughton?" He heard in her voice a
new note, note of pity or of pain. II
cannot do what you ask me. Never,
I'm afraid l am SO sorry"
Never mind" said poor Jim
Broughton.
And the worst of it was. wherever
she went she heard his praises sung.
One night she, with her father and
mother, dined ut the Murdochs' II
was large party. AS they stood and
sat about previous to dinner being an
nounced, Mrs. Brlerley glanced Will
justitiable pride at Maude; she, ii
pearl-gray, looked, In the subduet
light Of the standard lamps, charm
ing picture of graceful refinement
Maude was talking to n commonplace,
old lady about the ravages of the influ
enZa. There were two young fellows
near her; suddenly she heard one o
them make remark which seemed tt
stnn her and stop the beating of he
heart.
Poor Jim Broughton got bat
fall"
$50 hear; horse came right OH tht
top Of him, l believe"
"Yes; served him right, you know
lie had no business to ride at such ,
place"
Maude found herself praying tina
she might not faint or make scene
for this news hurt her terribly. Aftel
he had got his answer that wintry aft
ernoon be had Systematically KEEP
away from her: she never met him
now at peoples houses, and she never
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
a SONG oE CHEER

Sing me song from the noon of the day,
Wake refrain from its gloryi
Bring me the fow'rets that bloom on the
way;
Make life beautiful story;
Swell the sweet anthems that ring with
hope
Born not of earth and its sorrow;
Tell me of gates that are waiting to ope
For us on the perfect tomorrow"
Sing to me never of night, or of gloom
Life holds enough of such sadness
Chill and decay let us hide in the tomb;
Death gives no echo of gladness.
Cast not a shadow; encourage no strife;
Time to It's close is fast speeding;
Harvest the joy and the sunshine OF
Life
And follow where conscience is lead
Ing.
-Donahoe's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09


If the strawberry bed is to be pre-
served for cropping another year good
care must be taken Of 1t during the
growing season after harvest of the
fruit In some sections and under GER
tain conditions it is good plan to
burn the bed over after 1t has fruited.
BY placing heavy layers Of straw ON
the bed and setting fire to 1t the old
plants are destroyed, the insects are
burned up and the weeds killed. There
Ia danger. however, in this plan of in.
juring the young and tender plants. In
most cases better plan would be TO
NOV the plants to the ground and let
them thoroughly dry then cover over
them just enough straw to carry the
flame, set fire to 1t and thus burn out
what is undesirable.
If care is taken not to have too fierce
fire there will be little danger to the
crowns Of the plants. After this the cul-
tivator should be put in use and the
soil well cultivated both ways between
the rows, SO as to cover the plants
slightly with the soil. With the hoe
all undesirable plants must then be de-
stroyed, together with the weeds. Of
course. After this the plants should
receive the regulation clean cultivation
until fall, when, II the work has been
well done, one will have nice lot Of
young plants well started, and which
will go through the winter In good
shape.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Desiccated Fungus

The visitor was being shown through
the great breakfast food factory.
This" explained his guide, sis the
Predigested Sawdustine room. And
here is the OataGrita room. On our
right is the Tasteless Wheat room.
Very interesting, Pm sure said
the visitor. And now will you please
show me the big mush rooms l have
heard so much about?"-Cleveland
Lender.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09


A manure pile Just outside the sta
BILE may not be much Of an objection
In case Of the beef steer or the horse.
but 1t is an objection when found
just outside the COW stable. In the
summer time there is always a dis
agreeable odor rising from 1t, and II
the cows have partial ration Of
ground grain, the flies that collect
about the manure pile are more nu-
merous than In the ordinary manure
pile. The manure should be kept
away from the stable during hot
weather IL at no other time.
Every few days during the warm
weather the manure should be hauled
away and put where 1t will do the
most good, preferably in the garden.
When the weather is drying 1t is de-
sirable to get 1t under ground as soon
as possible. l know man who has
a covered box in one end of his barn.
yard, and into this he throws the ma
nure every day during the summer
time. The box is built of heavy plank
and has cover to keep out the
flies and keep in the smell, most of 1t.
This Is perhaps the easiest way Of
keeping the manure pile from becom-
ing nuisance during summer. The
only objection to the box is the
trouble of getting out the manure
when 1t is to be hauled away.-Ho-
bart Wilkins, Andrew County, Mo-, in
Farmers' Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

the circumstance
that he was once
sentenced by the
British courts to
be hanged, drawn
a n d quartered.
James 8 t e phi e n $
had started that
vast conspiracy
known as Fenian-
ism, one of the
m os t formidable
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Pasture for Orchards.


1t Is by no means the field that has
been cropped for years that is the best
location on the farm for the orchard.
That the fields In question have raised
good crops by yearly fertillzing by no
means indicates that they have suffi.
Client virtue to furnish the fertility
needed by trees. Usually they will
provided the soil is properly fortified
yearly, but unfortunately the general
idea is to give the field one lot of fer.
tilizer at the time the tree Is set and
let 1t so at that; this method accounts
for much of the trouble that results
from setting orchards on fields that
have been under cultivation for many
years.
Now as to the pasture. II 1t has
been used by the stock until they are
unable to get anything more from 1t,
naturally it will need considerable
preparation to fit it for trees; If. on the
other hand, 1t has been reseeded occa.
sionally and Is furnishing fair pas.
ture 1t is in good shape for the trees
because the droppings left by the stock
year after year have permeated the
soil, and under proper cultivation and
preparation, this well fertilized soil
will furnish nutriment to the orchard
for number of years. Tests of this
pasture soil, both with fruit trees and
small fruit plants prove that one
should never think Of letting an old
pasture lie idle just because 1t no long.
er fulfills its original purpose. Try
the plan on small area with small
fruits and 1t will be seen that the argu
ment brought out here Il loglcal.-Ip
dianapolis News,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Bad Break.

spoonham-A1iss Daisy, that beanti-
full ring you are wearing has fash
and a tint that reminds me of your
eyes.
Miss Daisy-1ndeed? This stone is
n cat's-eye, Mr.. Spooner. Explain your
self.-Cleveland Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

Do T. AZ h'fhS movements against
the British connection which had been
put on foot since the great rebellion
In the end of the previous century.
An insurrection broke out in several
counties in the south Of Ireland on
the night of March 8. 1867. Mr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

There is something exhilarating In
dashing. about the country roads in
an automobile. There is also some
thing depressing in meeting team.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

In buying food for your poultry 1t
will not cost any more to get variety
than all of one kind, and 1t will be to
your interest, If you want eggs, to
furnish the hens with a variety.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

1t is generally supposed that a
sow's milk gets richer as she grows
older, but an experiment conducted by
the Michigan station shows that no
perceptible change takes place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

The scrub farmer seems to have an
affinity for scrub stock. 1t takes a
thoroughbred man to appreciate Il thu
oughbred horse or COW.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

Gull out the poor sheep as fast as
possible. II never pays. to raise poor
scrub animal Of any kind. Make room
for the good ones.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

A woman has better success with
chickens than man, because she pos
sesses the mother instinct. A woman
will go out in Il rain storm to rescue
tiny little chick any time while a
man would not wet his feet for a
dozen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Renoxating Grass Land.

One of the first results of the con-
tinuous grazing Of land by mich cows
or young stock is the exhaustion Of
the phosphoric acid which such land
contains. The quantity of this plant
food material removed in a single year
may not appear very considerable
when worked out by analysis. but I'M
der the most favorable conditions the
percentage of phosphoric acid in the
soil Is very small, and when the land
is grazed for number of years and
no manure Is applied to 1t with the
object of returning the phosphoric acid
carried away, the exhaustion event
ually assumes SO serious form as to
considerably diminish the grass-pro-
ducing capacity Of the land. For re-
storing to the soil the phosphate thus
removed the best artificial dressings
at present at the command of farm
srs are super-phosphate and basic Stag,
the last named of which is found spe-
cially valuable on soils deficient in
lime. Other plant food materials also
get carried away in the same manner,
of course, but that which is the first
to become exhausted is the phosphoric-
acid.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

If you want good dairy herd, bet
ter build 1t up yourself. If you do
not know what dairy COW Is get
some honest neighbor who does to pick
out two first class animals for you.
Use the best bull you can get, even If
you have to go ten miles for him. The
rule of selection and common sense
thereafter will produce good herd
every time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

Peach stones should not be planted
this spring unless they have been
mixed with sand and left outdoors last
winter to freeze.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
THE LATE ]. F. x. o'sRlEn.

An Irish NJ. p, Who Was Once Sem
fenced to Be Hanged.
The death Of Mr.. j. F. X. O'Brien,
member Of the British House Of Com
mons for County Cork Ireland recalls
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

guns
the water line She estimated
worked
mutnied killed
hpnnc in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Feeding for Eess.

We do not believe that we can feed
so rs to make all kinds Of hens lay.
There are some hens that will not
lay many eggs no matter how they
are fed. But we can so feed that the
fowls Will not have their feed as en-
actual obstacle to laying.
1t is our observation that the matur-
ity and vigor Of the hen are the chief
things that have to do with large
egg production. We must 80 feed that
the fowls will be kept in thriving
condition and that their digestive Or
gans will not be compelled to do a
great deal of unnecessary work. We
find that variety counts for great
deal. All of the following feeds are
good II fed each in small quantities,
suggests the Midland Farmer: Corn,
wheat, buckwheat. oats, barley, lin
seed meal, cotton seed meal, corn meal.
gluten meal, meat and bone, alfalfa,
beets, cabbage, rape. We might add
Others, but these are the principal
ones.
II mixture Is fed we are likely 10
get the protein and fat formers about
right in proportion. One of the best
ways to help the birds to produce eggs
is to allow them to hunt for bugs and
pick green stuff as much as possible.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

You often hear women say how an
noying it is to have sick man around
the house, but If you should talk to a
trained nurse, she will tell you, nine
times out Of ten, that she would prefer
to wait on man, as men are much
more conAderate than women.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

No one will make mistake in rails
ing liberal crop of carrots, no mat
ter what his farm stock may be. They
are fed to great advantage to cows
and horses, to sheep, swine and poul.
try. For the larger animals and espe-
cially for the horse, there is no better
digestive. 1t is safe to say that horses
fed small ration Of carrots twice or
three times weekly will rarely suffer
from indigestion, provided, Of course
their ration Of grain and roughage is
half way decent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

There is no reason why corn and
cob meal should not be fed to cattle,
sheep and hogs. 1t can be fed to
those classes Of stock without regrind-
ing, though better results will, as a
rule, follow reArlnding, as the particles
are finer and more quickly acted upon
by the digestive juices. In finely
ground condition the sharp particles of
the cob are not SO likely to injure the
digestive organs. One of the great ad-
vantages of grinding the grain and cob
together is that 1t lightens the grain,
which is rich and heavy and not al
ways thoroughly dlgested and asslmi-
lated. Corn and cob meal will, of
course, give better results, as a rule,
when fed in combination with other
grains.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

medium Of rats, says Major L. L. Sea.
man. The hog on the farm ia great
hunter Of rats and eats his victims.
He eats the rats infected with trichlnu-
sis and so contracts the disease. 9th.
CO rats, whenever they get the oppor-
tunity, eat the carcasses Of hogs which
have died of trichinosis, and so q
vicious circle Ia established and con-
tinued from hog to rat and rat to hog.
Then again the rats eat parts of other
dead rats, and 1t is also true In some
cases that hogs may eat parts of other
hogs that have been infected with
trichinae. So there are really three cir
cles in which this disease moves-one
Is the large one, made up Of hogs and
rats, and the others are smaller, one
OF theE Icing made up OF hogs and the
other of rats exclusively. The two
smaller ones, however, are tangent to
the larger circle and therefore sim.
ply widen Its radius.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

WITH THE IMMORTALS.
Wandering unconcernedly in the
field of view of any high-power mi
crosco-e there may be seen an animal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
More cows go dry from mismanage
ment than from any other cause.

Clean out the sllo and have 1t ready
for filling the winters supply Of sill
age.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

How Trichinae epreads Trichinae.
Trichinae, like the bubonic plague,
= spread almost entirely through the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
WHY ToucH.ME.Nor,

The columbine geranium and lark
spur we think of together because
they are all named after birds-the
dove, the crane and the lark. The
coming of geranium IS Cranes BILL"
and If you notice the seed pods of a
geranium you will see that they do
look like the long bin of a crane.
The touch-me-not gets its name from
a popularity of appearance. 1t is the
pod you must not touch, for If you do
it will burst and out will fly the Seeds
st. Nicholas.
Against Electric Cars.
Plans to build electric street car
lines in Pekin have aroused great
protest from the natives, who say
the cars would be very harmful to
the poor, as large number of cool
les now make living by hauling
passengers in rickhaws or on wheel
barrows.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09

1t is one sign of the most shtftless
folks II the roof leaks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Ducks without Water,

While 1t is difficult to raise duck
lings without stream of water IN
which to swim, when these birds come
from long line of pond-raised ducks
1t can DC done with fair success If a
little trouble is taken. Try this plan:
Let their food be almost entirely a
mash of corn, oats, bran and meat
scraps with some finely chopped vege
tables or grass well mixed through the
mass. Feed this mixture in shallow
troughs or on clean, fiat boards and
have number Of vessels of clean wa.
ter close at hand where the ducklings
may drink between mouthfuls Of the
mash. In other parts Of their enclos
ure have vessels of clean and frest
water at all times, but not large
enough for them to get into. The idea
is that If they have plenty OF water
to drink they will not want to swim Ii
1t very badly. The plan often works
hence 1t Is worth trying.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Trees Not self-FertiIe.


There have been many complaints
lately from parties who have pur-
chased few plum trees. from one to
half dozen, mostly of the new varie-
ties claimed to be the best. The trees
blossom freely but they get no plums.
If few set they drop when not larg-
er than peas. One man threatened
to cut down half dozen fine looking
trees for this reason. We advised him
not to do so, but to get one or two
trees of some Of the old-fashioned
American varieties, say Gage and a
Lombard or Damson, and set near
them. Some of these new plum trees
need to be fertilized with the pollen
from other varieties to make them
bear any fruit. Others are only par.
TALLY self-fertilizing, and will bear a
few plums, but not many when there
Is only one variety. The climate, To-
cation or weather is sometimes less
favorable to self-fertilizing than at
other times, and tree may bear some
fruit one year and not again for sew
eral years.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-09
Finally.

Life time is joy time.
When grief gives warning,
Just shout, "Halleuia!
Good heath and good morningw
Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
Words By J. P.

She was walking rather rapidly
through the park, her head bent, in
order to keep the wind from running
her new spring hat. It was perfect
day except for that boisterous, persist
ent wind, doubtless designed by Provi-
dence to prevent the Kansas spring
from driving Paradise out of the bust
ness, but she moved along oblivious to
the glories of earth and sky, until, sud
denly, she remembered the dandelions
whose golden glory splashing the bril-
liant green Of the young grass, trans
forms thatrather prosafc park lawn into
a Kate Greenaway fairyland of vivid
coloring and haunting beauty during the
month of April
With her, dandeliOns were almost a
passion. She had no sympathy with
the anti-dandelion crusade conducted
annually by the club women and the
local civic Improvement society, nor
with those miserable little mereenaries
who went about, with trOwels and bas-
kets, waging war on her favorites at
i've cents the hundred. To her the dan
delions spangling the velvet carpet of
spring, were the most precious jewels
Of the year. More, even, than the first
shadows of the leaves upon the grass, than
the whisper Of the wind in the cotton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
DRUGS AS HEADACHE CURES.
Simple Remedies Often More Efica-
ciOus and Far Less Dangerous.

It may be said with little fear of con-
tradietion from those who know the
facts, that if a cast iron law forbidding
the use of any drug whatever in the
treatment of headache could be enacted
and enforced there would be much less
misery for the coming generation than
there is for this
A sufferer from repeated headaches
who has found a means of relief in
headache powders or other even less
harmful drugs may dispute this aSSer-
ton, but the victims of some drug
habit or the friends of one whose heart
poisoned by acetanllid or antipyrin, has
suddenly ceased to beat before its time
will look at the matter from another
point of view entirely.
During the Spanish war numbers of
would be recruits were rejected because
of a weak heart, and in the epidemic OF
pneumonia which ravaged the country
last winter an unusual number of
deaths occurred from failure of the
heart to meet the added strain
Although various causes have doubt
less been at work to weaken the hearts
of the present generation, there can be
no question that one potent influence
has been the indiscriminate use OF mead
ache powders.
In all cases Of habitual headache re-
curing periodically a physician must,
of course, be consulted, that he may
find the cauSe-eye STRAIN, disease OF the
ears. nose, stomach or other more dis
tant organs-and remove it if possible.
But the separate attacks of headache
have to be relieved if severe, and in
these cases it is better not to resort to
drugs unless the drugs are taken under
the special guidance Of a physician.
In the congestfve headache, marked
bv throbbing and made worse by stoop-
ing or lying down. a cold towel or an
ice bag applied to the head. a hot water
bag to the spine. g. mustard foot bath
one or more-wiI often give relief when
many drugs fail.
IN the anaenic form of headache
marked by pallor. in which the pain is
made less severe by lying down, mas
sage of the head or the application OF
warm cloths to the head and face will
often be found grateful. A threatened
bilious headache may sometimes be
warded off by a dose of epson salts
as may other headaches due to auto
intoxicatiou," and one due to overuse
of the eyes or eye strain viii usually
if taken at the moment Of the first
warning. be arrested or mitigated by
closing the book and going for a walk
Youths Companion.