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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
him to come with ME, and opened til,

him to come with ME, and opened the
kitchen door.
"'You'll find the stove there, i
said, airily, and / suppose You know
what to do-clean it out so that it'll
burn. Then l flew upstairs.
II got dressed and sat in the recep.
ton room for two hours, and Albcrt
Howard Graham never appeared. l
got angry at last and thought I'd
teach him lesson when lie did come
1t was some of his foreign affecta-
ton, supposed, making girl wait.
Then i suddenly remembered the
man in the Kitchen, and wondered
what lie could be doing. for hadn't
heard noise from the. basement the
whole two hours. / went down TO in.
vestigate. The man sat calmly on a
pile of wood smoking Il cigar. He
seemed SO much at ease and SO self.
possessed, and eyed me so strangely
that | just stared open-mouthed. Ii
was the first time had taken n good
look at him--my mind had been so
full Of Albert Howard.
Then 1t flashed over lae-for Mabel
had shown me his picturc-he was
Albert Howard Graham HIMSELF. The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11


If that largest searchlight in the
world had been installed at Washing
ton instead Of Pixies Peak it might
do better service by being turned on
the Republican grafters who have nos
session of the government departments
than on the majestic scenery of the
Rockies.
1t is intimated that when the other
big life insurance companies are in
vestigated there will be more disas-
trous disclosures for their policyhold-
ers than those the Equitable have had
to endure. These savings banks, for
that is what they are, must be divorc-
ed from the railroad interests that con-
troll Wall street, or they will be
wrecked MS other corporations have
been to build up fortunes for indiyid-
uals.
The first business the United States
Senate should do upon meeting is to
declare vacant the seats of all Sena-
tors convicted of crime. The Senate
is the judge of the election and quail
fication of its memberes and II It
wishes to preserve it's creuAl for be-
Ing the greatest legislature body on
earth, and beyond reproach, 1t should
clear It's seats Of corruptlonists with.
out fear or favor. The Republican
party, which controls the Senate, can
not afford to shelter those who have
been proven guilty in open court and
1t should not expect the Democratic
minority to make the first move by
introducing the resolution for expul.
sion
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Broi'crs or Roasters.

Some poultry farmers claim that
they can make more money in raising
roasting fowls for market than they
can with broilers. On the other hand
there are ponltrymen who say the
profits are decidedly in favor of broil-
ers. Much depends upon the marku:.,.
In some sections of the country broil-
ers would have very little sale, While
in other sections there is IL great call
for them. Where the market is fav-
orable to roasting fowls, say four to
six pounds in weight. it is more profit
able to raise the latter, as the extra
pounds in weight over the first two
cost considerably less, on account Of
tile gain being quickly made. Where
1t is possible both broilers and roast
ers should be raised, SO as to fit all
classes of trade.-Home Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
signs of Iu.Hea1tb Of Cattle.

Symptoms of unheaithiness In cat
tie which may be seen without hand
ling are: An animal keeping away by
itself. if accustomed to go with 9th
ers, and perhaps standing with its
back arched. Not stretching itself on
being quietly raised when lying down.
Hair standing on end, or staring hav-
Ing harsh, dry, dirty, dull appear
ance. Absence of lick marks OH the
skin. Saliva flowing from the mouth.
Not feeding or chewing the cud Tor
amy length of time. Thin condition
OF the body. Blown out by gas forming
through fermentation and stoppage Of
digestion of the food. Hollow sides
consequent from want of food. Quick
breathing or cough. Popularity Of
movement Of head and limbs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
One Girls Tragedy.
A~~~~~~~@~e~~
GDH HE girl with the chilly smile
eyed the young woman with the
droOping mouth kecnly.

GE HE girl with the chilly smile
eyed the young woman with the
dropping mouth keSnly.
Been taking anti-fnt?' she asked
at last you look thin and washed
out"
Thank YOU for your kind wards"
! responded the girl with the dropping
mouth with considerable asperity.
Your dyspepsia is worse. observe.
Only that would make you so truth
ful and frank
"Oh! come now, what's the trouble?
1 Don't waste your time being sar-
castle"
"Well,' said the girl with the lroop.
ing mouth, Il do feel rather unhappy,
that's the truth. There's nobody to
J blame but myself. You've heard
Mabel talk about that cousin of hers
who has been studying abroad, sew
eral years, haven't you!"
Haven't Il" acquiesced the young
woman with the chilly smile. I'D
like to know who could escape him
! Albert Howard Graham. The family
Just worships him."
..Yes, he lived with them when he
was small boy. 1t seems he's going
to drive Marconi into oblivion when
once he gets started. Really. he has
done some wonderful things, and
Mabel always promised she would
ter-
sGive you the first chance at him?v
.well, you Know, I'm her dearest
friend. and she always has said that
lie and l were made for each other
Naturally, got Interested In him. 1
rather looked forward to meeting him,
too. 1t seemed so romantic to think
maybe he was my fate.
$50 you can imagine my state Of
mind the other afternoon when Mabel
called me up on the phone and said
Albert Howard had unexpectedly ar
rived home from France the night be-
& fore, and she was dying for me to
meet him, and that she had Just sent
him over to my house after her purse
she had forgotten the day before She
said he had business errand he must
attend to OH the way. but she thought
he'd be there in an hour.
II was SO excited, and had tons
of things to ask her, but in the middle
of our talk the bell rang and had
I. to go to the door. saw 1t was the
man to overhaul the kitchen stove
whom we had been expecting for n
couple Of days, for he had queer
long bag and some wire things in his
hand.
81 didn't want to lose Mabel, so
II called back over my shoulder for
him to sit down and wait till could
attend to him, and rushed back to the
phone. l asked :. Mabel IL her cousin
knew she had sent him over to meet
me. and she said no, and then had
to ring off. for l had to get into n
decent dress and do up my hair. 1t
{ was struggling all over my face. and
l didn't want Albert Howard to get
had impression of me.
",rhe stove man sat meekly In IL
corner as started to tear upstairs,
and I had to stop a minute, | told
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

signed to become
owner and editor of the Iowa State
Register. one of the leading papers of
the West. In 1868 he was elected to
Congress and served two terms. AZ
terward lie moved to Chicago and was
one of the owners of the Inter Ocean.
President Grant appointed him post
master of Chicago and he served eight
years. When Harrison assumed office
in 1889 he made Palmer public printer.
This position carries with it large sal
airy and influence. The public printer
directs the greatest printing plant in
tile country, with 1000 employees and a
mammoth building. He selects the Of
ficers of this department and makes
NIL the purchases of machinery and
material. With the advent of the sec
ond Cleveland administration Palmer
retired, but President Mckinley re-
appointed him in 1897 and he served
until President Roosevelt ordered his
removal last week
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Thirty Dollars a word.

A poet and literary man of some
celebrity was visited in his study one
morning by manager of lecture
bureau, who said that lie had called te
ask the writer to take part in an enter.
talnment.
I'VE want you to read selections
from your own works, Mr.. Gillespie.
together with an original poem com.
posed expressly for the occasion. Name
your own price. Well announce In
the progr'm-"
MY price," interrupted Mr.. GILES.
pie, will be sixty dollars"
Isn't that little steep:"
Not at all, everything considered
The manager tried to beat him dowr
to fifty, but he was immovable, and
the bargain was finally closed at the
tirst-named figure.
"Alpheus," said Mrs. Gillespie, afte,
the caller had gone, wasn't that more
than you intended to charge him wher
he first spoke!"
Yes he said. "it's Just twice a:
much; but he irritatcd me thirty dol.
lars worth by calling it 'progr'm.'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
LIGHT ls NOT nEEpEp
English Scientist Says SUMS Effect on
Man Is Bad,


DR.. Charles E. Woodruff has made
an exceedingly interesting investiga-
ton Of the effects of tropical light
on white men. The origin of his In
vestigation was an attempt to prove
or disprove the theory that the skin
fermentation of man served to exclude
the short or actinic rays of light whose
action is to destroy living protoplasm.
If this theory is true, it will explain
at once many anthropological riddles.
We find in it a reason why white
men, while capital colonizers in cold
or temperate regions and sagacious adj
illustrators of tropical colonies, have
failed when they attempted themselves
to colonize in hot countries; why blond
types prevail in the cloudy, almost sun
less regions of the north of Europe,
brunette types in the dazzlingly light
countries bordering on the Mediter-
ranean, and the negro in Central At
RIGA; and why the type Of man liv-
ing in the tireless city Is less blond
than that of the countryman who has
during a large portion of his outdoor
life the protection Of the woodland
and orchard.
DR.. Woodruff soon felt bound to ad-
nit that the sun is not the benefcent
deity we thought him to be as we wor-
SHIPPED, but that he delights in sacri-
fees and Stays ruthlessly those who
trust in him. 1t is hard to believe
that man does not need the light, and
it is almost n shock to be made to
realize that "the vast majority of land
animals live In absolute darkness" Yet
DIR. Woodruff leaves little reason to
doubt his statements, for besides the
cogency of his reasoning from univer-
sally accepted facts, he fairly bristles
with authorities whom he cites in sup
port Of his position.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

extremely glad to have the women"
help him out of a bad financial scrape
with the money they made from poul-
try. If farmers would take the trou-
BILE to study poultry as they do cows
and the crops from which they hope
to make money, they would find 1t is
profitable. On the other hand, hun
dred or two barnyard fowls, a mix
ture of fifty strains left to care for
themselves will generally result in
failure, and If the farmer had to buy
the food they ate, Instead of raising
it, there would be no barnyard fowls
on farms: if there We're any they
would be of decent breeds. Look into
this matter if you are inclined to as
certain If there is money in poultry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

to regulate the business of insurance.
1t is we'll understood that one of the most i,nnort
ant functions of government is regulate and supervise
institutions where the savings Of the people deposited
First among such institutions insurance companes
Hundreds of millions Of the peoples money acclmu.
lated IN their hands, Their business has grown to
nous proportions and has become national They
have pushed their operations into every of the land
the people of the whole country daily paying into their
treasures hundreds of thousands of dollars
President Roosevelt has done the country signal SER
vice In calling the attention of Congress the question
national regulation of insurance The spectacle of forty
States, each with its different Insurance regulation
ana It's insurance commissioner possessing vsoria powers
more or less unlimited, regulating business that is ma.
uoh ana OF national concern and in which the people
regardless of State lines. have vital interest pre
SCENTS an ncogrliity possible only complex sys
TEN or state and Federal Government There is absolutely
no valid reason for Its continuance while every
reason that Congress should regulate tile business
National regulation and supervision of insurance Is nm
doubtedly near at hand township county insurance
company Is properly the subject of Supervision Int
an Equitable Life Society with its four hundred and odd
nlons OF assets collected from the people of the whole
country may well he of nation and Of the
nations Legislature. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
A College Robin.

Brought up in the society of the
learned members of the faculty Of a
Western university, Marie has been
accustomed all her short life to hear
ing her father and his guests dignity
each other with full academic honors.
She was out in the yard one day,
watching pair of birds busy with
their nest-building.
Marie" called her mother, what
are you doing?'
"Just sitting out here" she replied,
watching Doctor and Mrs. Robin"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Failures with Poultry.

K asked to give one reason and one
only why farmers to fail to make
poultry profitable, the answer might
fairly be because they do not believe
in it, as rule farmers consider poul-
try beneath their notice. AS one farm
er puts 1t ut is all very well for the
women to fool with but this farm can
produce something of more Importance
than poultry" This same man was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

RABBI HIRscII. well done. The true teacher must
member that in having become teacher she must
crate herself to her work Most have forgotten this There
Is scramble for salary and often the term salary" has
been regarded too dignifed and the word wage has
been substituted, as If the teacher hired Per-
maps the teachers are nderpaid They The minimum
should be raised but IL the circumstances such that
cannot be, the teachers should be willing to make the
sacrhce and not band together for salary and that alone
Inc great teacher of the Christians received pay and
made great sacrifice. Teaching is divine profession
value to civilization and to humanity cannot be
ured by the banking house standards.
Inc true teacher must to certain extent eace herself
inc true teacher must be servant to others The
teacher never has asked What is the school me but
ene mas ASKED and should ask, What to the schoolY
Inc teachers must be proud of their profession glad
70 enter IT. and must find their return in what the
schools give to hem but in what they give to the schools
schools are not for the teachers but for the children
The teachers belong to tile children.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Lookipe for a Good Des,,r

First American Millionaire-What In
the world are You going over to see
all the English cathedrals for?
Second American Mathematician
putting IN an automobile stable, and
I'm looking for something handsome
In deslgn.-Life,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
HE
! II RE ~ m :fnE Pro- e 81

deadly enemy Of the really needy and honest He is
the person to be talked to plainly Any encouragement
given him makes accomplice in his crime. man
the other day charged with stealing coppers of
blind beggars hat by means of lined stick look upon
the professional borrower with the same contempt MS /
have for that gentleman.
The advice of great American millionaire the sub
ject of borrowing is to the point He says: Never Dor
row unless you can to make the principal
the interest and an excellent profit"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

Increased Interest in Sheep Keeping.
More than one of our Western ex-
changes have mentioned the desire of
farmers in the section to so into sheen
keeping. One of them states that the
parties who have applied to the office
of that paper within the past three
months to know where they could OBJ
en- not less than ten thousand head
If they could have found them. They
were used to handling sheep. had land
and buildings for them, but had not
money to buy such focks as they
wanted. Another paper states that Il
large share of the sheep offered for
sale Mt that market are cullcd over
for desirable ewes of any age before
any can be taken for slaughter. We
have lately heard that in some sec
lions of New England the small farm.
ers are watching for chances to pur-
chase small flocks of sheep of from
dozen to hundred. according to
their means of purchasing or keeping
them. This is all as it should be,
and we say let the good work go on.
But remember that all sheep are not
equally good for the farmer. We be-
lieve the day of the large mutton
sheep has come and that of the Mer-
mos has gone by for New England
farmers, unless they can raise thor
oughbred Merinos to sell in Australia
as some Vermont breeders do. The
fairs are good places to learn who has
good sheep. but tirst-prize sheep is
not always the best to breed from as
he may carry too much fat. Ameri-
can GNlAvator,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

the veteran printer
who was dismissed
rom the service.
He has for years
>een a prominent
public figure. IN
youth lie located in
owa and as a
Dung man owned
Z h e ID II b IL q II Z
Times. He was
',ected State print
nr of Iowa and IN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Fertilizinr Fruit Trees.

One of the essentials for the sue
cessful growing of an orchard is the
presence of an abundance of plant
food, and we see many orchards sad
ly in need of renewed fertility. There
are few soils here in this State that
will not be benefited by an application
Of manure after the trees come into
bearing. and if the land is heavily
cropped it will generally be desirable
when the trees are two or three years
old From fifteen to twenty loads to
the acre applied broadcast once in two
years will provide food for the growth
of the trees. If the trees alone are to
be MANFRED 1t will not he desirable to
cover all the land with manure until
the trees have reached the age of ten
or twelve years. The amount used
should depend on the size of the trees
and should be placed over circle
with diameter about twice that of
the heads of the trees. The bank
ing of the manure about the trunks
is unwise, as the feeding roots are for
the most part several feet away.
Upon bearing trees it is generally as
we'll to leave considerable space
about the trunks without manure, and
1t is better to have the entire amount
outside the circle of the branches than
to have 1t packed about the trees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Republican,. the Party of sesation.


The faction Of the Republicans who
call themselves stand patters" have
but little to be proud of in that term.
When the late Senator Hanna issued
his orders to the party to stand pat''
and prevent revision of the tariff that
fosters the trusts. it was an acknowl.
edgement that the Republican party
was in league with the corporations
AS far as the tariff is concerned the
Republicans still stand pat and the
greater faction of the party declares
the tariff must not be disturbed, while
the administration faction all declare
they are ardent protectionists. Be-
tween the stand patter and the pro-
tecionist there is no great gulf fixed;
80 far they have both been united;
there is plainly marked path from
one faction to the other and Mt each
end the guide board has the legend
taken from the Republican national
platform which reads:
Protection which guards and de-
velops our industries is cardinal
policy of the Republican party. The
measure of protection should always
at least equal the difference in the
cost of production at home and
abroad"
To stand pat. therefore, means to
stand in the way of progress. Pro-
lection means the same and those who
declare for it are the incarnation Of
negation. They decline to take from
the trusts and corporations even part
of the power they gave them to plum
der the people.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

you often hear man say: "I
know what would do in So-and.So's
place." but at the same time he does
not know what to do half the time
himself,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
Failed to Convince Willie.

you should be like the chickens,
Willie; just see how early they wake
up in the morning" \
"Oh, well, could wake up early,
too, ma, If stood up all nlghtw-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

In feeding sheep for the market
they should be pushed after they have
been well started; keeping them Mt a
standstill is Improbable
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
FRANK w PALMER.

Long Public Printer Recently Dis
missed from the Service.
Events at the government printing
Office in Washington have recently
turned attention TO Frank w. Palmer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

One way to Increase the profits in
farming is to reduce the cost of pro
duction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

In rotation clover should come
before corn or potatoes if the 5csr
results are obtained.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

Feed horses well while working. but
lessen the amount Of grain on idle
days. Serious results come from the
neglect of this. Feed according to the
work done.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11

Wasteful feeding may mean too
much or too little.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
TIE NOBLE CALLING OF The TEACHER.
by RABBI Emil 6. HIrsch

THE teacher Is excluded from the
ranks of the army that marches to the
tune of clinking gold. But We find rec
ompense in the teachers profession
that outweighs all the recompense Of
other and more material characters.
Teachers work with the raw material
(which is to be made over into dignlfled
and self-dependent humanity. The true
teacher should find the greatest COM
pensation in the realization of work
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
SeIGDeoial,

Father-Why don't you work. my
son? If you only knew how much hap
piness work gives, you would begir
at once.
son-Father, am striving to lead a
life of self-denial, in which happiness
plays no part. Do not tempt me.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-11
NATIONAL REGULATION OF INSURANCE.
syJohn ". Walsh

The magnitude of the insurance business; the
extent to which it pervades all the States of the
Union: the deep interest which all the people
have in the sound and economical admnstra ton
of the business; the various State regulations to
which 1T Is subject, and the long train of abuses
which flow therefrom have at last arrested the
attention of the country to the important ques-
tion whether Congress should or has the noyer