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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

When "Aida" was first played at
Milan an amateur living ut some dis
tapce came to hear 1t, but was disap-
pointed. To make sure he tiled it tho
second time, with the same result,
whereupon he wrote to the composer
complaining Of having been put to con-
siderable expense on his account for
nothing and inclosing bill for thirty
two liri. with request for the money.
Among the items was one Of two llri
for ''detestable supper" Verdi de-
Quoted this on the ground that he
might have had supper ut home. but
forwarded the balance on condition
that his correspondent signed formal
agreement not to go and hear tho
opera again, which agreement was
strictly fulfilled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Judge Dunne's Victory.

Judge Edward T. Dunno, the
democratic candidate for mayor of
Chicago, has won notable victory.
partly personal and partly because
Of his outspoken endorsement of
municipal ownership. Judge
Dunno is a splendid type of the
democratic official. He is a man
whose sympathies is with the masses
and who has both the ability and
the moral courage to guard their
rights and interests. He very
naturally espoused the cause of
municipal ownership and espoused
it with the candor which character
izes his conduct on all questions.
A victory for municipal owner
ship in the second city in
the United States is very
significant, and will encourage those
who are seeking to restore to the
people the benefits that are now be-
ing enjoyed by the corporations
winch are operating under muni-
cipal franchises. While the city of
Chicago gave a large republican
majority last fall, it has cast its
influence in favor of the democratic
doctrine that private monopoly is
indefensible and intolerable. 1t is
fortunate that this far-reaching ex-
perimeut in municipal ownership is
in tho hands of one SO competent to
make the experiment under the best
possible conditions. The Commoner
extends congratulations to Mayor
elect Dunno, and wishes him and
the cause for which he stands abun-
dant success.-The Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
THREE GREAT AMERICANS.
A Glimpse of Emerson, Thorenu and
Hawthorne.


Hawthorne.
Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis says in
her "Bits Of Gossip" that Emerson as
she met him in Concord in 1862 was a
typical Yankee in appearances: 1.-The
tall, gaunt man with the watchful, pa
tient face and slightly dazed eyes, bis
hands clasped behind his back, that
came slowly down the shady village
street toward the Wayside that sum
mer day was Uncle Sam himself In III
fitting brown clothes. l have often
wondered that none of his blographers
have noticed the likeness"
Emerson said to Mrs. Davis: II wish
Thoreau had not died before you came.
He was an Interesting study" She
asked why, and after moment he re-
piled: Henry often reminded me of
an animal in human form. He had the
eye of Il bird, the scent Of dog, the
most acute, delicate intelligence, but
no soul. No." he repeated, shaking
his head with decision, Henry could
not have had human soul"
Mrs, Davis remarks on Hawthorne's
shyness and on his love Of seclusion,
which indeed was n family trait: Per
sonally he was n. rather short, power
fully built man, gentle and low voiced
with sly, elusive humor cleaning
sometimes in his watchful gray eyes
The portrait with which we are all fa
miliar, a curled barber shop head
gives no idea of the singular, melan
choly charm Of his face. There was q
mysterious power in it which have
never seen elsewhere in picture, statue
or human being"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Late Cultivation of Corn.

Mr.. G. A. Crawford. of Saline,
Missouri, sends us an interesting
report on the late plowing of corn.
He plowed it July 10th when it was
tasseling. His neighbors told him
he was fooling away his time. Like
wise man he left ten rows un-
plowed, about the average of the
field. The last plowing was done
with a disc cultivator about two
inches deep-just enough to loosen
the soil and kill the summer weeds.
He has now finished the husking,
and reports a yield of seventy two
bushels per acre on the land plowed
the fourth time when the corn was
tassleing and on the ten rows plow-
ed but three times lifty-seven bush
els per acre, an increase of fifteen
bushels of corn by plowing once
more. The corn plowed the fourth
time had little or no grass or weeds
in it; that plowed but three times
had considerable and the corn was
about ten per cent poorer in quality.
He regards the disc as the proper
implement for laying corn by in that
latitude on bottom land but not on
the hills.
Our own judgment is that there is
no best time to lay corn by; that the
man who works his corn on the 4th
of July and then quits often makes
serious mistake, and that it often
Pays to plow corn the fourth, fifth,
or even the sixth or seventh time
If we are to raise a good crop Of
corn we must maintain dust mulch
in dry time. We must also keep
down the weeds. In doing this we
are always sure of making first
class wages. Fifteen bushels per
acre is good piy for one additional
plowing. Filty-seven bushels Of
corn per acre will give twenty-five or
thirty bushels and the fifteen profit,
bushels more is simply that much
added-just like money picked up.
|-Wallace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

greater amount of moisture and does
not blow down as readily during
the high wiAds which there pre-
vail
What may bean excellent method
of farming in one section may be
bad farming in another, and what
would be good farming on one kind
of soil in one section may be bad
farming on another kind of soil in
the same section. 1t is due how
ever. to say that this advice is based
on but one years experience, al
though backed up by number of
years of observation. For this rca-
son VIC may be wrongin our conclu-
ions. If we are we hope that some
of our readers will set us right.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

Some day. says the Minneap olis
Journal 'there is going to be ter
rible revolt in this country against
the boiled shirt. We are not going
to wear boards on our bosoms sur
monted by picket fences when the
laundryman feels cross and cuts
a saw-edge on our collars. Ameri-
can manhood is going to rise in, its
might some day and carefully drop
the starched shirt over in the next
lot where the tin cans are. Today
we haven't the nerve to do it. We
are under tho domination of social
and commercial propriety to such
an extent that we do not dare to rise
and proclaim our freedom in the
name of liberty Of person and free.
dom of conscience. Some day we
will wear soft shirts and flowing
collars and the man who wears Q
strached board on his bosom and {
sheet-iron ring around his neck vii
be known for the conceited and arti
fetal ass that he really is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
BABY RATTLESNAkEs.
From the Moment of birth They
Take Care of Themselves.

From the Moment of Birth They
Take Care of Themselves.
The falacics surrounding the rattle
snake begin with the very coming of
the reptile. Many suppose that, like
the garter snake, the bull snake, the
members of the racer" family and
our other nonpoisonous snakes, the rat
tlesnake is Matched in broods number
ing from forty to eighty. Not so. Rat
tlesnakes are born into the world, as
are all members Of ale vipcroid fami-
ly, in littcrs numbering from seven to
twelve.
Between the middle of July and the
middle of August the babies appear.
Lively, self reliant, dangerous little
fellows they are, fourteen inches long,
no thicker than n lead pencil, marked
like the adult snakes and provided
with n single button at the end Of the
TAIL the first link in the series Of rat
ties to be developed, ring by ring,
with each shedding Of the skin.
Motionless, eyes cleaning, the long
mother lies extended across the back
of sand hummock beneath the fam
like leaf of dwarf palmetto, glaring
coldly at her active, squirming ba-
b:es. For brief half hour she tar
ries; then she drags herself away, for
from the first moment a young rattler
enters the world he is Independent of
fhis mother and eminently able to shift
for himself. Each young snake Is a
full tiedged rattler, ready to hunt and
ready to defend himself with the sting
of death. Each fiat, triangular little
head is provided with the long. sharp
poison fangs containing the identical
venom of the mother snake.-Pearson's
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Portraits of a Gentleman.

He has q s clal standing of tho very highest
kind.
His mail ts always fun of inyltati ms.
He's anything but clever and he's not at all
refined
They ask him on account Of his relations.
His cousin went to congress and his uncle
was y judge
His father to the senate vas elected.
You speak about his mert-any one will
answer. "Fudge!'
But still he most res specially connected.
A forty.second causln wrote celebrated
book
His grandfather was famous for kno wlodgo
You'll find his name upon ml, be tablet If
you look,
Erected In tho chap.l Of Ills cnt,agn
A forbcar was plymouth pilgrim father. /
believe.
A person universally r. spectoi.
Distinction for himself It's Ii .Idj liltsiy he'll
achieve.
But still he's most respe ,tably connected.
His ancestors were active. cnerg ,ie sort of
One Of them helped to franc Tho const'n.
Another took the sword up. as lie couldn't
use pen.
And bnckei regiment through tile revo-
luton.
In him Of decent feeling tho remotest evi-
dence
Is more than any body has detected.
He hasn't any talent and he's not lick of
But stili he's most respectfully connected.
Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

1t is not to late to take note of the
fact that the recent Maine legisla-
ture abolished the fee system, root
and branch. and established salaries
for all state officers wherein the fee
system prevailed wholly or in part.
The change was also extended to the
various county officers and definite
salaries fixed for them. This re-
form has long been needed. 1t is
also to be noted that the proper al
lotments were made for travelling
expense, where necessary, and SO
the excuse for using free passes was
done away with. 1t is estimated
that the extinction of the fee system
will save the taxpayers about $40
600. year.-Springfeld, Mass. Re.
publican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Listing Corn.

We have had quite anumber Of
letters lately on the subject oflisting
corn, some of them from central
Iowa. East Of the great divide in
Iowa or Illinois we would not advise
it on heavy clay land, especially if
rolling. lis entirely permissible
and sometimes profitable to adopt
this method on clean land with
large amount of sand or other light
porous soil, such as is found along
some of the river bottoms.
In western Iowa and in Kansas
and Nebraska, it is favorite meth
cd and is justified by long expert
ence, and particularly where the
farmer has a very large acreage.
Listing enables him to plant first
and do his stirring of the soil after
wards in the course of cultivation.
Any farmer of experience can see
what a tremendous advantage this
is. Listing can be done success
fully in these deep, light. porous
soils even if they roll considerably,
while it would be a fatal mistake to
adopt the listing method on heavy
clay rolling or hilly soils, for the
reason that a heavy rain would
wash out the young plants.
Many trainers have an idea, in
which they are greatly mistaken,
that loose soils wash worse than
heavy soils. The very reverse is
true. On the farm in Pennsylvania
on which we took our first lessons
!, in farming we had one very steep
hillside, SO steep in fact that we
{, could throw any considerable fur
row up hill in plowing along the
sides: so steep in fact that we were
obliged in hauling the grain from
/ it to commence at the bottom and
then ascend the slope gradually and
at an angle. Otherwise the wagon
would upset before the load was
half on. The other side was very
heavy clay land with a gradual
slope. 1t was always a puzzle te
| furrow out for corn on this clay side
to prevent washing while the steer
hillside never washed, the reason
being that this loose soil being foul
feet deep. could hold all the waite.
that would fall, hence there could
;! be no washing. There is never an.
washing anywhere except when tn
surface soil is saturated and tn
water can not sink any deeper
Therefore it must come out lateral,
and create a wash.
Returning again to the subject o
listing. it is an open question whicl
will produce the most corn. Ex
periments in Illinois and on land
} suitable for either method hav
shown that it is about six Of one an
J about half a dozen of the othel
Some farmers list, then plant with
, check row planter; others folio,
, with drill in the lister furrow.
Istlll further advantage in listing an
the further west the greater th
4 apparent advantage, is that tn
J, lister puts the corn deep, whic
: is permissible and advisabl
in that section, and thus secures
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
laps as Colonizers.

When Japan got the island of
Formosa from China ten years ago it
was one Of the most savage and un-
progressive places en- earth.
|. Since the beginning of the year
full forces have been working night
and day on the Formosan Govern
ment Railway. 1t is a splendid job,
which, when finished, will include
several miles of tunnelling and some
long bridges.
When the two divisions are joined
the main line will extend from
Killing, in the north, through the
western portion of the island, to
Takow in the south distance OF
about $50 miles, and will afford
transportation facilities between the
principal posts and the developed
sections of the island. The line is
Of forty-two inch gauge and is being
permanently laid with sixty-pound
rails.
An account of the branch-line
feeders" make odd reading for
Americans.
These are small tramways, from
three and one half to fifteen-mile in
length reaching out over the more
important productive districts
Chinese coolies push the cars on
these tramways, and while they are
miniature affairs, having q gauge ol
but nineteen and one-half inches
and the beds of the cars being but
four feet square, they meet the re-
quirements.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
The Cosmopolitan.

do not mean to imply that it is well
for man to become comparatively In
different to his own nation. Travel
has that effect upon some people, es-
pecially when for term of years they
reside abroad, and notably in southern
Italy. 1t eats away their patriotism.
They call themselves by that long
me-cosmopolitan. They are not.
they say, citizens of any one town or
country in particular, but of the world
at large.
This sounds very fine, but IL you
come to analyze their notions you will.
am afraid, generally discover that
SO far from having got their sympa-
thies enlarged to such n degree that
they can feel for the central African
negro in his degradation as much as
they can feel for the Whitechapel toll
er' in his semistarvation, they have
rather lest all sympathy for every one
except for themselves. ''Cosmopoli-
tan" Is, In numbers Of instances, only
selfish" writ large.-All the Year
Round,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

The young southerner is forging
to the front so fast that it now is
more likely that he will crowd the
strangers out then that they will
seriously rival him. The young
southern men, often mere boys Of 81
and %, are running the banks, the
stores, the hotels. They are exploit
ting great tracts of land, feeding
vast forests into the saw mills.
They are the railroad men, the pro-
moters, the brokers. Oil wells gush
at their behest, towns rise at their
command. By men under 30 the
greater part of the business of the
south is being done. The northern
er who thinks Of emigrating to the
south because he believes he can
surpass the natives in business ca
pacity will find foemen worthy of
his steel-untiring and full of the
nerve and enthuiasm ofyouth. The
south is the new part, the young
part of our domain. The west has
become staid and middle aged. The
young man has come to the front in
the south, and with him the south
comes into its own once more.-Les-
lies Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Notice to Contractors and Builders.

A school house is to Ds erected in Sub district
Iowa, and sealed bids will be received by ,he
Undersigned up to one o'clock p. M. on the
twenty.sXth (26th) day of May. 1905. Plans and
specifications for said school house may be seen
At the office of the County Superintendent. or at
the residence of the secretary, at any time pre-
v!ons to the day Of opening said bids. The Board
reserves the right to reject any or all bids. All
bidders must be prepared to furnish sufficient
Donds for the faithful performance of any COLI
tract tn ~ may be awarded. The erection OF
said school house to be commenced as early as
the 10Th of June and all finished In every detail
on or before the 25th day Of August 1905 In ac
cordance with said plans and specifications.
Dated April II, 1905.
l5-wl WATSON CHILDs, Secy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Disappointing.

Rector's Wife Ito village groccr)-
Well, hope you like our new curate.
Groceries, ma'am, thank you; we
like him very well pause); not, how
ever, that think he's as fluent as We
had right to expect, seeing as his ia
ther was an auctioneer.-London Tele-
graph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
The unlucky Opal.

"You don't mean to say you're super
stitious about opals" he remarked.
WELL" she replied, 81 think It's I'M
lucky to neglect an opportunity of get
ting ne."-Phi.adelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

Upon reading the petition In the above en-
titled cause. and the fore9 ding original notice,
said notice is approved, and it is hereby ordered
that the same be published for six lGl consect-
tive. weeks In the Manchester Democrat,
weekly newspaper published at Manchester,
Delaware county, Iowa,
Manchester Iowa, March 20, 1905.
l9w6 A. $. BLAIR,
Judge 10Th Judicial Dist Of Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

rip,ion of the promises
ide by Jonathan Lukin.
lie. to Susan ! arabee,
,eds, on page 90. in the
AS follows: Commence
S. w. cor. of $. L. !, of
80 norta, range q west,
10 Is. w. l2 rodS, s. 50
The Washington times., 1905-03-04
Two Million Dollars

Have been spent to make Idauozone
known. We have bought the first bot
tie and given it free to every sick one
we learned Of The result is that one
home In five. the country over, has some
one whom Liquozone has cured These
homes are scattered everywhere. Your
neighbors and friends live in some of
them. If you will only ask what Liquo-
zone does there are millions TO tell you
about it.
And we paid s10o.o 900 for the simple
right to make Liquozone-the American
rights. The rights In other countries
haves sold for preportionate sums. We
nssntion this fact to indicate the reeog-
nized value of Liquozone. Men have
never before paid such a price for any
discovery seed in the cure Of sickness.
Before we bought Liquozone we had 1t
tested for years, through physicians and
hospitals in this country and others.
We had it employed IN every stage Of
every germ disease: in the thousands of
the most difficult cases obtainable. For
two years. IN many a disease called in
durable. we proved that Liquozone did
what medicine could not do That was
the reason for lis price.
The Washington times., 1905-03-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Twentty-eighth street northwest. be-
tween y and o streets-Ciarence Dodge
to Walter 7; Weaver. part lot 151,
Thirteenth and streets northwest
Edward Petlis to Osee W. Pettis, lot
e.107 / street northwest-Leo Y. Cooney
ct NIX to Frederick W. Krichelt, lot Is
square IS, SO.
Fifteenth street Eoutheast. between G
and L streets-Thonas H Pickford ct
al. 70 Clyde l. Rogers, lot 3d. square
northeast OF 1865, SO
Columbia Heights-Jehn G. Campbell
s. s. So aflah b Th0f"@FsH' lot 3d. block
Le Droit Parh@Edward Warren ct ux.
e lawrence a. Barr, part lot Is. block
Widows Mite-Edwin D. Father 20
American Security and Trust Company.
Center gton-Flora B. wesch ct
al L Wiiheimina GoodalI, lot %. block
44e Ninth street northwest-Charles
Werner ct Tx. 10 z. Francis Riggs, lot
q. square SIS. SIC.
South grounds Columbian University
Harry q Wilson Ct ux- to Anora Y.
Reinburg, lot H. SO.
Peters Mil seat-George ". Balloch
Ct al. trustees. TO John Simpson, part
KS
The Washington times., 1905-03-04

You who still use medicine for what
medicine cannot do-let us show you the
power of Liquozone. Let Us buy you a
bott1e--a ful1-size bottle. Please try it
at our expense.
You cannot cure illness without de-
stroying the cause of it. And when
that cause is inside germs, medicine can
not destroy It.
Don't cling to disIgs because your IA
theirs employed them. The germ cause
Of disease was unknown until a few
years ago. Until then drugs were used
because no one knew better. Now most
people know that in germ disease
medicine is almost helpless. Ard they
Know the reason why
Liquozone has cured millions of germ
troubles by destroying the cause.-the
germs. The cured ones are everywhere;
Your neighbors and friends are among
them. If you don't know the power of
this product, won't YOU ask those who
do?
Then try to believe that what LIquo-
zone is doing for millions OF sick ones.
all over the world, II is bound to do for
The Washington times., 1905-03-04
What Llquozone Is.

Liquozone is a product which, in the
past two years, has sprung into world
vide use in the treatment Of germ dis
eases. II is now used by the sick Of
nine nations; by physicians and hos
pitals everywhere. 1t is daily used in
millions Of homes in America.
The virtues Of Liquozone are derived
solely from gas, made in large part from
the best oxygen producers. No drugs.
no alcohol-notI1ing but this gas enters
into it. The process of making takes IA
days. and requires immense apparatus
At the end Of two weeks we get one Gu
bic inch of Iiquozone for each 1850 cubic
inches Of gas used. The attainment of
this product has, for more than twenty
years, been the constant subject of eel
entiflc and chemical research.
The Washington times., 1905-03-04
MRS. HALLS MIRACLE.
Experiences Similar to This Have oc-
easioned Considerable Comment in
Washington.

Few women are better known in Lock
port, \. Y, than Mrs Pattie D. Hail. as
she belongs 10 one OF the best families
and has 4 large circle Of friends and
acquaintance. In a recent interview
Mrs. Hell said:
THE experience I have been through
IN the last two years seems like a mira
Gle. I was so badly off that life SEEM
ed almost uncomfortable, and my deafness
fpcreased so that 1 could scarcely hear
anything. The suffocation In my chest
and the Indigestion caused by my
cafarrh, produced very severe suffering.
/ had five different physicians. bought
everything that anybody recommended
to me, but finally gave up IN despair.
.tOne day my miiIiner asked me II i
had ever tried Hyonei. l began the
treatment. and can thankfully testify
that HyoTnei does cure this terribsa
disease. Since using il nay hearing is
greatly improved. and the only time /
have any catarrhal trouble is when !
take cold. 1 then use Hyomei. and 81
ways get instant relief. My friends and
acouaIntances marvel at the change IN
my health and hearing"
Hyonei has made many cures OF
catarrh. and In connection with Hyo-
Incl balm. OF catarrhal ..eafness, III
Washington. Similar experiences TO that
OF Mrs. Hail. have created a large sale
for Hyonei with Henry Evans, S22- 924
T street northwest
The complete outfit. including the In
haler. costs bat 81, while extra bottles
are but so cents. Ask Henry Evans &c
snow you the strong guarantee under
which he sells Hyonef