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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

feet, which, II 1t could have been
dispatched to the Far East at an op.
perfume time, might have changed the
history of the war. At present the
Black Sea fleet can only be used to
menace the "sick man of the East
whom most Of the powers do not de-
sire disturbed, for fear Of the awful
contention for tn remains" If the
Turk were driven out of Europe.
While Great Britain is distributing
her fleets has always made due allow
ance for the ineffective character of
the Black Sea feet, and consequently
has been able to curtail the size Of
her Mediterranean squadron, there is
a general impression that Russia
would by means characteristic be able
to send her Black Sea feet past the
Dardanelles II European war were
forced upon her and made such q
coup desirable.
The canal from the Baltic to the
Black Sea would bring st. Petersburg
5000 miles nearer the Far East, and
what is more to the point would
bring 1t so much nearer Egypt and
India. 1t is no secret that notwith.
standing the disastrous outcome Of the
war In the Far East, Russia will strike
for an outlet on the Indian Ocean.
The British have been guarding the
northern boundary of India for years,
In anticipation Of any Russian move
ment on the frontier. A quarter Of a
century ago the Russians were at the
gate Of india" within few miles
Of Herat. There they still are. but
1t is beyond belief to think they are
content to stay there.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
BLACK SEA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY.

tives, its cost will, comparatively
speaking, not be great. An American
syndicate has offered to construct the
work for Sa15.OOOOo0, or for about
three-fifths the bid made by Russian
syndicate.
These bids were made year ago on
the favorite route mentioned. Since
then, however, a scheme has been pre-
pared by Belgian engineer, Comte
Gustave Defosse, in which ]. King &
Co., Of London, are interested. The
details of this proposal have not yet
been made public, but they are said
to apply to waterway about 400 miles
shorter and having uniform depth of
% feet and breadth on the surface
of 2OS feet, and at bottom of ia
feet. If this plan is followed, the
engineer states the canal can be COM
pleted in about six years. With a
speed of eight knots, the passage
would occupy about Eve days.
The original plan, which, in view
Of the rapidly increasing size of YES
sells, is more accommodating, was for
waterway S1h feet deep, 14O feet
wide at bottom and 268 feet wide at
surface. Included in this plan is a
broad, well-paved roadway, built at
the side OF the canal for its whole
length. AS Russia is not famed for Its
good roads, this improvement Will be
of almost as much Importance as the
canal itself.
Apart from the extensive works to
be built at the cataracts and the actual
digging Of only twelve miles through
country presenting no great difficulty
to the operation, the canal building
will very largely be the simple work
Of dredging deep channel in the
rivers and the existing canal and the
widening Of the latter.
No one familiar with Russia's hui
initiating position on the Black Sea
need be told that the subject is an old
one and recognized necessity, for
while the Tsar has been permitted to
build powerful fleet Of warships on
the Black Sea, treaties and conven-
tons extending back almost a cen
fury, or since 1909, have closed the
gates Of the Dardanelles upon them.
The Black Sea feet, which consists
If about $50 ships, has been locked
In the Black Sea principally through
British action, although Russia Is a
party to most of the treaties, recogniz,
Ing the fact that 1t is some consolation
to know that no other force, not even
British feet. may pass through the
straits, ''the key to the Tsar's home,'
as Napoleon described it.
During the last year, however, Rus.
.sia has felt the need Of her Gagged
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
Zone day, after many weary weeks
of watching, favorable change was

Zone day, after many weary weeks
of watching, favorable change was
noticed. How do you feelg asked
the doctor. oh, Pm much better
was the reply, but you didn't cure
me, doctor. 1t was that pile Of onions
in the corner. See! Every time 1
felt a crazy desire to bite anybody I
would bury my teeth in one of the
onions, and they have gradually
drawn out the poison 1 am entirely
WELL Upon examination an onion
was found which had turned green
with the poison, perhaps the first one
bitten. The physician frankly &C.
knowledged that the onion had saved
the patients life"
A veteran Of the uncivil war saws:
"A soldier was stricken with small
pox, and, unknown to the physicians,
a bunch Of onions was hanging in his
tent. We expected him to die, but he
suddenly got better, and in a short
time was entirely recovered. A few
days after he got out the onions were
taken down and they We're found to
be mushy, which the doctor said was
caused by their drawing the smallpox
out Of the patient. AS they were In
oculated with the disease, they were
destroyed. York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

what daddie calls mummie-but mum.
ME only laughed and said: I don't
think you're always kind to him."
Kathleen stopped to take breath
after this long recital, and then went
on: $50 after mummie went down
stairs, and auntie brought me a
sweetie fore fell sleep. asked IL 1t
was true If she liked some little girl
better'n me. Auntie said No. and
then asked her II she wasn't always
kind to you. Auntie said, Perhaps
not, sometimes Then said she ought
to love you like l did, eos you were
lonely and had no nice little girl of
your own like my daddy had. Then
she stopped down to kiss me, and her
cheek was quite wet, just as IL she'd
been crying. I've never seen Auntie
Merva cry before"
There was serious look in Kath-
leen's blue eyes.
What made Auntie Merva cry, do
you th'nk?" she asked, quite dis.
tressed.
81 think can guess" l said, and
with full heart l kissed the little up
turned face.
Kathleen had told me something 1
wanted to know-something that 1
have been grateful to her for telling
me all my life.-Baltlmore Evening
Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

The great headquarters of the nat.
ural warren Of England is in Norfolk,
and more especially In the neighbor-
hood of Thetford. There for mile after
mills rabbits are the main crop" OF
the country, and paying one, for the
only labor involved is that of CATCH
ing them. You can walk for miles and
see nothing but rabbit wa:rens on ey-
cry side. The woods and parks are
warrens, and SO are the heaths. The
only houses in sight are warreners'
cottages, and Instead of plowmen ut
work, or men sowing corn. or shep.
herds and their collies, the only work
men visible are all warreners.-
don Country Gentleman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

ing outside all the time-and with
strict injunctions mot to forget the
party next Wednesday," my little WIS.,
itor kissed me good-by, and tried to
settle down to work again.
But pair of blue eyes would keep
dancing in front of me on my plotting
pad. Sometimes thought they were
Kathleen's and sometimes l thought
they were-some one else's. kath.
leen's eyes and her Aunt Merva's were
strangely alike. had noticed it be
fore.
The room seemed quite cherries
now that she had gone.
In the intervening days the postma1
left strange notes for me.
Sometimes the missives were stuck
together with jujubes, but l had no
dlnculty in deciphering the signs.
They read: Don't forget the party
next We'n'sdny." AS to the crosses
well, the most ignorant person knows
what those mean in letter.
"We'n'sday" came at last, and, of
course, went to the party. 1t was
great success. The house was turned
upside down by merry crowd of little
folks who kept the fun going until
long after they ought to have been in
bed.
Kathleen queened it all very pref
lily, and after the last little guest had
departed and the blue eyes could
rnp1ty kaaf, Of, ;S%< hot
she wasn't bit tired. "ony hungry"
That was subterfuge she was al
ways guilty of at bedtime.
Next day saw Kathleen in the park
and we discussed the party.
You were funny man." she said.
was glad to know that bad given
satisfaction in this direction.
did you learn all those stories from
pitsher books, or were they just make
believer"
| Both" l said.
And you didn't cry when you hau
to go home like little Charlie did did
you"
l assured her was able to refrain
from weeping.
And you liked me the best of all
the little girls there!"
"Of course did"
Quite sureY" she said, coaxingly.
quite sure" l repeated.
Then mummle was wrong" she
said, triumphantly.
"How's that!" | asked.
well, when mummie and Aunt Mer-
va came in to say Goodnight l heard
auntie say how fond you were of me,
and mummie said, Yes, and 1 know
some one else he's very fond of, too,
or would be, If she'd let him. and
auntie went quite funny, and said:
Don't be ridiklus. Daisy'-Daisy's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Rev. WHITE ucation ought 30 to be administered
conceived that 1t is Joy giver. The introduction
Of the socaed ads into elementary grades has been from
variety Of motives The uttarlan sees in them means
of fitting man to or II woman to COOK good
meal Others in them subtle educational value a
means Of sefexpression.
Manual training has made school work interesting The
child naturally wants construct to make things to
ect his ideas into form However approach the
ton of fads they Of greatest value in educational
system Those who talk of return to the three RS
of medevals. There Of the middle ages about
such assertions The woman who attacks the So
called fas simply his her complete ignorance
the educational value of fads.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
THE "oRu,NARY" WORKMAN.
sy o. N. oyen.


- While 1t may be true that there is little or
Mno chance for the ordinary machnist, man Of
~ kindred trade to work himself up through his
vocation, 1t Is equally true that there plenty
M opportunity for the worker these lines who is
1 not ordinary for the extra ordinary" worker. The
L lordnary worker and the who succeeds
IN through his work separate and distinct types
tA One has but to enter the workshop of any large
concern where hundred employed at the
same kind of work Even the unframed observer
tries. pick out the "e1traordnary" men from the
ethers.
The ordinary workman is cog in machine. He does
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
Seed Better Than Soil.

A great many farmers seem to think
that just as good results can be OBJ
talned by using soil from an old al
falfa field on uninoculated ground as
from inoculated seed by government
cultures. The misleading statement
has been published that 100 pounds of
soil will inoculate an acre of ground.
This is mistake, and the farmer
who tries it will not only lose his Ia
Dor but his crop. The agricultural de-
partment says that it 1t requires 500
to 1900 pounds Of soil to the acre to
get the best results and that there is
great danger of transplanting soil dis
ease and seeds of obnoxious weeds.
BY the use Of nitro-culture applied to
the seed there is no reasonable doubt
Of success, because every seed comes
In contact with the culture. When in
oculated soil is spread over the ground
1t is plain that not more than one seed
In a thousand can be touched by the
bacteria,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

slams treated them as an inferior, If
not subject, race and the slightest
manifestation of independence was
harshly punished. This is manifest
rs seen in the accompanying picture
taken from the London Graphic. A
Manchurian had refused to be photo
graphed, having, as many primitive
people have, superstitious dread Of
the camera. Whereupon Cossack
whipped the man numerically with a
thonged whip. Such independence
could not be tolerated by the hired
minions of the Gar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
Root. for Pasture.

Experiments have repeatedly shown
that 1t pays to let swine do their own
harvesting with certain root crops, al.
though 1t must be remembered that
other feed constituting as nearly bal.
anced ration as possible must also be
fed. Mangles or beets (sugar beets)
sown now and cultivated more or less
during the summer will make pas
ture crop on which the swine may be
turned in the fall with excellent re-
suits. When turned on to such pas
ture they should be permitted to do
as they please, which is generally to
consume the tops and then dig out the
roots.
OF course, the seed must be sown
on fairly good soil and soil that does
not bake too hard, else the swine can.
not get ut the roots. We make 1t a
practice to turn them into this field
for about two hours daily and keep
up the barn feed of a mixture of corn
meal and middlings, which, with the
roots, constitute an almost perfect
ration. Sometimes a pasture is va.
ried by giving them turn on to the
last crop Of rape or on to grass Of
some kind and the change is salts.
factory. Handled in this way the cost
of preparing the hog for the fatten.
ing period is comparatively small and
the animal is in excellent shape 70
take on weight quickly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
Birds Deserve Well of us.

A French naturalist asserts that II
the world should become birdless men
would not inhabit 1t after nine years.
time, in spite Of all the sprays and
polsons that would be manufactured
for the destruction Of insects. The
bugs and slugs would simply eat up
our orchards and crops.
There is no telling what would be-
come of the farmers II 1t were not
for various species Of small birds that
eat the seeds of weeds and so dlmin.
ish the reproduction of these noxious
plants. Some of the most pertiferous
weeds yield incredible numbers OF
seeds. q single plant maturing az
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
A LITTLE AMBASSADRESS.

~ ONE in!'
~ My Office door opened very
Y gently, and little face 1 knew
well peeped round. In sheer aston
ishment dropped my pen.
"Kathleenv l said. How In the
world did you get down here? You're
not by yourself, surely?"
"Oh, no; course, nursie's with me"
and the blue eyes smiled at me SO
sweetly; "but she's gone shopping.
I'm not to go till she comes for me"
But what will mother and aunte
say9 They'll think you're lost"
Pm too growed-up to get lost" she
said, with dignified little air.
could not help smiling.
"Now, you little rogue" 1 said,
when I've helped you off with that
pretty blue coat and hat l shall ex-
peot to be told why you've honored
lie with visit to the city during
business hours
She settled herself sedately In a
chair opposite to me, quite unconscious
of the pretty picture she made with
her mass of fair hair and her sweet
little face.
Its most 'portant visit" she said
1--WE come to ask you to my party
next We'n'sday."
Indeed? shall be delighted to
ccme. So that's what brought you
down here. is it?"
had heard great tales about this
party, but not from Kathleen. .Ais
was evidently her surprise for me.
Shall l be expected to do anything
III particulars" l asked
you'll have to make believe all the
time. like you always do at our house.
This was certainly candid state
ment. l wondered If the rest of the
family shared the same view. | hoped
not. because l was, as n rule, particu
larly serious after Kathleen had gone
to bed.
Aunt Merva will be there, Of
course" l ventured to suggest.
"Course she WILL" replied Ksth
leen.
Then she made tour Of the room
came back and resumed her seat, anc
asked me seriously: rs this where
you play all by yourself in the day
timer
well, yes, suppose do"
do you keep your toys in those bi,
tin bo1esY
well, they're not toys like those ii
your nursery"
DO you sit here all by yourself
then?'
nodded.
And never feel lonely?"
Sometimes" said, smiling In spitt
Of myself at the serious little face.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
Might Give Him a Chance.

A story Is related OF Nan who, on
visit to Scotland, went to the kirk
on the "Sawbath." Feeling very
drowsy, he succumbcd entirely after
the first sentence or so of the sermon.
An elderly man. who had been
watching with rising wrath the obvi-
ously "lrreleeglous" attitude of the
stranger, bent forward, shook him and
whispered in his ear:
"Gie the mon chance. Wait till he
gets along a bit, and then II he's no
worth listening to gang to sleep, but
DINA gang before he gets COM
menced,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
In Doubt.

The poet luureate's latest effort is
called: Come, Let Us Go Into the
Lane"
And the average reader will not
know from the title whether it Is a
sentimental tryst or the laureate's
equivalent Of the pugnacious invita-
ton to "come out in the alley."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
GREAT RUSSIAN WATERWAY.
c.ar's Government Planning for Bal
tic-Black Sea Ship Canal.

lBaTo Government FlannlnK Tor bal.
tic-Black Sea Ship Canal.
The recent appointment of COM
mission to examine the question of
constructing canal to unite the Bal
tic and Black Seas revives interest
In this tremendous project, which is
no less than digging canal equal in
length to most Of the so-called canals
on Mars. 1t is by all odds the greatest
canal scheme of modern times, and
while 1t presents difficulties, such as
passing the Cataracts of the Dnieper
River. which have total fall Of 1O7
feet, 1t is not considered by any means
impracticable.
While the canal is primarily strate-
gle work, for Russia has large feet
in the Black Sea which is rusting
from inertia. it is just as important
commercially, for, as no other agency
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
THE cossAck AND HIS WHIP.

How Russians Gave blossoms In Good
Manners" to People In Manchuria.
1t is doubtful If either the Japan
ese or Russians will welcome peace
with greater pleasure than the unfor-
tunate inhabitants of Manchurla.
Since the beginning Of the war the
people Of that province have been at
the absolute mercy of one, or other,
or both of the hostile forces contestlng
for supremacy. Neither side cared
anything for their rights and property
was ruthlessly wiped out. The Rus
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
The Commercial Spirit

81 notice that William Waldorf As
tor is spending $6,OOOOoO In restoring
an English castle"
"Bosh! Such waste of good money!
Why, for $6,OOo,OOo he could put up
two more hotels in giddy old New
York!'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

81 heard mummIe tell daddy one day
you were lonely man."
"Ohw
was certainly hearing some home
truths.
But you won't be lonely when you
come to my party, will your"
mo, dear. l like to come as often
as can to your house." and l spoke
the truth.
BY this time Kathleen's nurse had
returned expect she had been wait
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
ONIONS CURE FOR RABIES.
Victim Bit Into the fearful Bulb and
Slowly Recovered.

Victim Bit Into the fearful Bulb and
Slowly Recovered.
A resident and business man of
New York told me yesterday: "In
one Of our growing Western towns
which occasionally visit l knew a
young man who was engaged to mar
~ beautiful girl. He was suddenly
seized with an insane desire to injure
her. She called for her father and
brother, and the latter ran for the
family physician, who, upon his ar
rival, ordered glass of water to be
brought. At sight Of 1t the young
man frothed at the mouth, exhibiting
all the symptoms Of rabies. He was
taken to the attic and fastened with
a chain around his body to a ring in
the floor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Here is an item that says Dowie
is to tap extinct volcanoes for water
for his new Zion in Mexico
"What does he take an extinct vol
cano fora lavatory ?"-C Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Commenting on the dispatch about
lightning striking three churches at
once Brother Dickey said:
sometimes ole Satan gifts tired
waitin' fer sinners, ell blazes de way
ter 'em."-AtlAnta Constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Under Iowa conditions 1t is gener-
ally considered that dairy COW to be
fairly profitable should yield about 300
pounds of butter fat, during the lacta-
ton period.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Don't blame the nurseryman il your
trees don't grow, unless you have done
your part i'll planting them and have
kept on doing your part by cultivat-
ing them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

She-I see by this paper that sin.
gle Greenland whale is worth 5000.
Hell Judge from that statement
that single whale is worth more than
q married one.-Yonkers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

A new idea to destroy the dreaded
borers is to place large fiat stones,
tarred on the under side, close to the
base of the tree. The tar works into
the earth and kills the borer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

Corn and clover hay make ration
that is hard to beat, and that is a
cheap one to produce in nearly every
part of the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
MANUAL TRAINING fAos.
BY Roy, r. A. WHITE

Does education At man to get on,
to make meney, to run u store? are
popular questions about education. Now
the utilities of education have their
place, An education which does not
fit a man or woman to live successfully
in our present industrial life fails at
an important point. But in our zeal
for education az utility we are losing
sight Of the value Of education as q
pleasure. Life has as much right to
joy as it has to food and raiment. Ed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19

many as 100000 IN season, SO That
IL single individual, IL unchecked.
might conceivably produce in the
spring Of the third year 1O,OOO,OOO 900
healthy offspring.
Against foes so enormously prolific
the farmer is almost helpless and they
would likely overwhelm him, but for.
his friends the birds, which flock In
myriads each fall and winter to the
agricultural districts and feed upon
the rlpened weed seeds.
Striped Mules.
The latest beast Of burden to at
tract general attention is the "zeb-
rula," half horse, half zebra mon.
grel, which has been tried with great
success in South Africa and will be,
1t is said, brought to Europe and
America. The zebrula, on account Of
Its form and general bodily condition
especially the hardness Of the hoofs
is thought to be specially adapted
for all transport work heretofore per.
formed by mules. The xebrula 10
much livelier than the mule and at
least as intelligent The zebra stripes
are often well preserved, while the
undertone of the skin is generally
that Of the mother. A fullgrown
xebrula Is fourteen hands high and
the girdle circumference about sixty.
three inches. The experiments 80 far
have been SO successful that 1t IL
predicted that the zebrula during the
present century will completely super.
sede the mule.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-19
A SQUARE DEAL IN FOOD PRODUCTS.
By Dr.. n. y. nIrey

This is the era of the square DEAL"
and it ought to include a square deal
in food products. There is considerable
misunderstanding of the purpose of the
Agricultural Department in seeking
food legislation. 1t is not to restrict
trade, but to help it. The primary
purpose is to have all foodstuffs sold
under truthful labels and to be what
they are represented to be. The same
thing should be true of other products.
1t has been maintained by some per-