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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
THREAD FROM WOOD FIBRE.
Invention Being Exploited In Various
European Countries.

Invention Being Exploited In Various
European Countries.
United States Consul Atwell writes
from Roubaix, France:
Justin Muller read a paper recent.
ly before the Industrial Society Of
Mulhouse on certain printed goods,
the warp of which is composed OF
cotton and the wool of a thread made
from wood pulp. These goods were
introduced almost four years ago. At
the outset sheets of wood-pulp paper
were cut into finest shreds and twist
ed into thread by machines made for
the purpose. Lately the paper pro-
cess has been abandoned, and wood
pulp is passed directly over grooved
metal sheets, forming very thin rib
bons, which pass in turn over q
machine that twists them into a very
regular thread of any desired length.
These threads of wood fibre are
known as xyloline, silvaline, and
licena, and are numbered like any
others. The dynamo-metric resis-
lance OF this thread in dry state,
taking 100 as the resistance of jute
threads, is equal to about SIS: that of
cotton thread in dry state is 1856.
The difference is widely in favor Of
jute and cotton, but it is thought that
improvements may increase the re-
sistance of the wood pulp thread AS
1t is to be used only in mixed goods
great resistance is not of essential
Importance.
"Dishcloths are made of this
thread, in connection with hemp. and
the mixture is washed, dyed, and
printed. While wet the wood pulp
thread softens, but RECEIVERS its re-
sistance in drying. There are already
manufactures for the production of
wood fibre thread in Germany, Spain,
and Netherlands, and France will
shortly have factory. 1t is thought
that this thread may be used advan-
tageously in the manufacture of pas
sementerie, and that 1t may replace
jute and cotton in the composition Of
many articles"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
HE HAD A JoNAH's TIME OF IT..
Evangelist Working Way to Mexico
Cast Away in Storm.

The Rev. ]. M. Johnson, an evange-
list, VINO is conducting a series Of
union Gospel meetings in Laredo,
Texas, recently had to undergo some
OF the experiences of the Biblical
Jonah, but the whale did not come
to swallow him. Mr.. Johnson is a
young man who was admitted to the
ministry few years ago, and was
pastor. of the First Congregational
Church of Lake Charles, La. s
A few weeks ago he was impressed
with the belief that ne was called to
preach the Gospel to the poor people
of Mexico. He was without m.ney,
SO he shipped as cook on 4 fishing
vessel, bound for the rel snapper
banks Of Tampico, Mexico.
The fishing fleet had gone about
300 miles when violent storm arose.
Mr.. johnson then made it known that
he was minister and wen. among
the crew, trying to quiet their fears.
The motley lot. filled with supersti-
ton, raised the cry that the cook
was the hoodoo of the whole fleet. It
was resolved that he should be cast
overheard. His pleadings, however,
resulted in their placing him In
small boat to drift in O. terrific sea.
He was picked up by another boat,
but set adrift again, with no food or
water.
For three days he was at the mercy
of the seas. He prayed and wept by
turns. Great pillows rolled over the
boat. On the evening of the third
day he was picked up by fishing
yawl homeward bound for Rockport,
Texas. He was almost unconscious.
After recuperating at Lockport he
came to Laredo. His revival meet
ings here are largely attended, ana
he has made many conversions. He
says that he is still determined 10
enter the Mexican field.-New YORK
Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
WOMAN SPANISH WAR VETERAN
DIR. Anita Newcomb MCGEE Only Fee
male Member of Body,

male Member of Body.
Women are winning place in so
many different directions these DAYS
one hardly is astonished to see them
anywhere, yet even in this progressive
age 1t Is unusual to hear Of a veteran
in skirts, says the New York Press,
Those who really are veterans, in the
chronological sense, don't like to talk
about 1t as rule-witness the increas,
Ing care taken by the Certainly aged"
to bark back like SO many petticoatctl
Ponce de Icons to the youth that once
was there-through fountains or 9th.
erwise.
The average woman would drain an
artesian well If she thought it would
rejuvenate her. Even those so en-
phatically young they don't have to
celebrate their birthdays surreptitious-
ly would like to lop off few years.
Therefore it argues favorably for the
candor of DIR. Anita Newconb MCGEE
that she permits herself to be enrolled
rs a member of the united Spanish
war veterans, although the honor is
conferred on her by right Of achieve.
ment and not because Of the passage
OF time. Few Of her sisters would
have the courage to saddle themselves
with 80 ominous name. DIR. MCGEE
Is the only woman member of the or.
gnnization and she is one of the few
women in the worlds history who
have borne commissions. She ia enti
tied to membership because when I'm
Gle Sam was making dents in the Don
she was commissioned acting assistant
surgeon. Had she liked she might have
worn n lleutenant's shoulder straps on
her eminently practical hospital frock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

the Brazilian coasts, assisting in sew
eral severe engagements, distributing
weapons during the fight, and even
pointing the cannon. In the struggle
for Montevldean liberty she was, on
one occasion, taken prisoner by band
of the enemy. and carried to the In
terior. Escaping, she rode on horse
back for four days, a cup of coffee
being her only nourlshment, and dur
Ing her escape swan n deep river,
holding the tail of her horse.
After they returned to Italy. in 1S4S.
she lived for time with his mother
Mt Nice, but when the revolt at Rome
broke out the next year, she Insisted
on joining him during the conflict
When, finally, the soldiers of Napo-
leon III. drove Garibaldi from the Sa-
cred City, he retreated with 1000 SOL
diers into Tuscany. taking Anita with
him. She was in poor health, but
would not leave her husband in dan
ger. They rctreated to the little re-
public of San Marine, among the
Apennines. and there the Austrans,
with overpowerlng numbers, broke
Garibaldi's little army to pieces. Con-
unuing their flight, Garlbaldi, with a
few companions and ut times carry
ing Anita in his arms. FASTENED
through the mountains to the Adriatlc
coast. Here they found few boats
and embarked, although the weather
was stormy. Anita grew rapidly
worse, and they landed again near the
mouth Of the Pc.
Here for a day. with the pursuing
Austrians all about. they lay amid the
tall sheafs Of corn field, and Carl
baldi watched the life of his compan-
Ion ebb slowly out. Late at night they
bore her in rude cart through the
hills to a little cottage, and the next
morning she expired, her head resting
on Garibaldi's shoulders. In after
years Garibaldi erected beautiful
memorial to Anita at the spot where
she died and was buried. And there
after he gave his love to none but to
Italy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
IT FEEDS ON INSECTS.

There is now in bloom at Shaw's
Garden, st. Louis, queer plant, odd
III ITS form and color and queer in
its habits. 1t is one of the carrion
plants, and feeds on insects. The
common name of this strange plant
is the devils tongue" name given
to it on account of its oddly shaped
flowers.
The Amorphopallus Rivieri, or
devils tongue belongs to one of the
most remarkable groups in the vege-
table kingdom. 1t is native of
Cochin, China.
The flower mas an extraordinary
appearance, says the st. Louis Re-
public. The spathe is of purplish-
brown color, and the spadix, which is
thick and fleshy and about Is inches
long, is of a darker color than the
spathe; it is broadly congratulated
and beautifully undulated at the mar
gin.
Like other members of the singular
tribe to which it belongs, it has a
strong, disasreeable odor. 1t Is one
of the carrion plants which attract
insects in the manner OF the goose
plant and other plants of that nature.
1t is fortified by insects. 1t remains
in flower from three to four days.
The foliage is large and umbrella.
like, the stem is snake-like. The
plant grows from two to three feet
high.
The root is tuberous. spherical and
weighs from six to eight pounds, and
is used as food. after careful cook.
ing to eliminate the poisonous prop.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
JAPANESE HOSPITAL SHIPS.
Thoroughly Modern Provision 70
Wounded Soldiers,

Not only in her weapons and meth
DDS of warfare, but also in her ar
engagements for the care of the
wounded, Japan has shown wonder
fully progressive spirit during the
pending war. A fresh Illustration of
the fact is furnished by correspond
ent, who writes from Kobe to The
Medical Record, of New York. His
description If one of the Japanese
hospital chips, which transfer the
wounded from hospitals at Port Ar
thur and Dalny to those in Japan, will
be best appreciated by surgeons and
trained nurses, but cannot fail to in
terest many other people as well:
The Kobe Maru is a fair type CT
this class of vessel. On approaching
the vessel it is seen that she is paiot,
ed white, with broad band of green
about two feet wide which extends
completely around the hull of the yes.
sci about midway between the rail
and the waterline. A large Geneva
cross ,red is painted on each side
OF the smokestack. With these char.
acteristic distinguishing marks the
vessel should be assured of not being
mistaken for combatant vessel or
a merchantmen.
Arriving on board, it is found that
the vessel is fairly modern steamer
Of about 5000 tons, which by few
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

changes has been converted into q
hospital ship. The vessel was for.
merly In the passenger service of the
Nippur Yusen Kaisha Company. The
sick are all quartered upon the deck.
The privates are placed in suitable
sized compartments in hunks, which
are three tiers high. The total ca
pacity is $50. For the sick officers
the ordinary staterooms are used.
The hunks are constructed of iron
and furnished with good springs and
mattresses.
The amount of air space head ap-
pears to be inadequate, but this is
compensated for in a way by the ordi-
nary ship ventlators. No forced
draught or other mechanical means
of changing the air is used. or
course, it is proper to take into con-
| sideration that the distances to be
run are not very great, at most not
over three days, and no doubt during
the majority of the voyages the wea-
Their conditions would be such that
the portfolios could be kept open, and
thus supply of fresh air assured.
A neat operating room, furnished
with modern furniture, is located on
the same deck. The number and kind
of surgical instruments are sufficient
to perform almost any operation. The
sterilizers are connected with the
ships steam supply, thus obviating
the necessity of a separate heating
apparatus. The room receives excel
lent light from an overhead skylignt.
dark room is especially fitted up
for X-ray work, for which there is
| good machine on board. An isola-
ton hospital for contagious cases is
fitted up on the deck below that used
for regular hospital purposes.
No female attendants of any kind
are employed on board. The Japa-
nese medical men do not seem to be
very favorably impressed with female
nurses for army or navy purposes.
Six medical officers are assigned to
each vessel of like capacity. All fric-
ton is avoided by the senior medical
officer being in absolute charge OF the
vessel in all matters except the no
ttal sailing of the vessel. The medi-
cal officer simply orders the master
OF the ship to proceed to such ports
as ne may desire, which orders must
be carried into effect at the earliest
| practicable moment.
The sanitary arrangements are
very good, all sinks, closets, ETC., be-
ing of modern design, and they gen.
orally bear the name of some foreign
maker. Everything is kept scrupu-
ously clean, and from all appearances
it would seem that the vessels are
well managed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

Those who bave not tried the peas
and oats crop do not know how use
full 1t is for feeding late In the summer
when the pasture begins to look bad.
A good plan is to SOW the peas in rows
and plOw them under about four inches,
deep, then sow the oats and use n
smoothing harrow for covering them.
II the soil is reasonably rich and mel.
low, the crop will he all that one could
wish. The soil should be carefully pre-
pared in order to obtain the best re-
suits. This work of sowing the peas
ought to be done now in all sections:
in the warmer sections it could have
been done month ago.
Dairymen ought to learn the value
of sowed crops for sollIng; they are
profitable, inasmuch as they keep the
animal In good milk when the pasture
begins to run out, and with such crops
to feed 1t is not necessary to add much
Or any grain food, Indeed. the change
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17

short period of seven months?
Before describing the manner in
which elk shed their antlers | should
like to explain the difference between
"antlers" and "horns" All the men,
bers of the deer family-the moose,
caribou, elk lin Europe the animal
which we call moose is known as
elk and smaller deer-possess ant
lers. while the appendages on the
heads of goats, sheep, cattle and the
like are known as horns, and, with
one eXception-the American ante
lope or proghorn-are retained by
their owners throughout life.
Elk shed their antlers about Feb
ruary !, though much depends upon
the locality and upon the age and
health of the animal. 1t often hap
pens that one antler is carried sew.
eral days after the other has been
dropped. The new antlers push off
the old ones, and when they appear
they resemble scars on the animals
forehead, but soon take the form of
two black velvet buttons about the
size of silver dollars. AS they con-
tinue to grow they gain in length
only, and by July l they have attain
ed their full size. If you could ex-
anime them now, you would find
them soft, rather flexible, nourished
by blood and incased in thick,
tough skin, covered with velvety fur.
The antlers are now "in the velvet"
as the hunters term it, most criti-
cal period for the owner, who seerSs
to realize it, for he is careful to avoid
contact with anything liable to injure
them. Should an accident happen
and the skin get broken or the antler
disfigured, it might result in the elk's
bleeding to death or in his carrying a
deformed antler until the following
February. Through a process of ma
ture the blood vessels that have fed
the antlers are shut off about the
middle of July, and then they begin
to harden. A few weeks later the
elk may be seen rubbing them
against trees or thrashing them about
in the brush while endeavoring to
rid them of the velvet, and in few
days it hangs in shreds and soon
disappears entirely. The elk is now
lord of the forest and is ready to
combat with his rivals or enemies
st. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
WhL& 1 Am Alive.
By Margaret ]. Preston.

By Margaret j. Preston.
How much would care for it could
know
That, when l am under the grass or
snow,
The raveled garment Of life's brief
day
Folded and quietly laid away,
The spirit let loose from mortal bars,
And somewhere away among the
How much do you think it would mat
ter then
What praise was lavished upon me
when,
Whatever might be its stint or store,
1t neither could help nor harm me
more?
If while was toiling they had but
thought
To stretch a finger, l would have
caught
Gladly such aid to buoy me through
Some bitter day had to do;
Though when it was done thoy said
maybe
To others-they never said to me-
The word of applause so craved,
whose worth
Had been the supremest boon on
earth
If granted to me then: 1--WE are proud
to know
That one of ourselves has triumphed
So
What use for the rope if it be not
flung
Till the swimmers grasp to the rock
has chung?
What help in comrades bugle blast
When the peril of Alpine heights is
past?
What need of the squirting paean roll
When the runner is safe beyond the
goal?
What worth in eulogy's blandest
breadth
When whispered in ears that are
hushed in death?
No! no! if you have but word Of
cheer
Speak 1t while am alive to hear!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
GuLLs THAT CROSS AN OCEAN.

GULLS THAT CROSS AN OCEAN.
We are proud of our great ocean
liners and the speed that they make,
a speed which has made foreign
countries ridiculously near and has
brought the nations closer together.
To the people of hundred years ago
the story that a vessel could cross
the broad Pacific within a month
would seem like the sheerest fancy
of rcmancer. Yet at that time sea-
gulls existed, as they do at the pres
ent day, and they made their long
trips without provoking especial COM
ment. Today it is looked upon as
nothing very marvellous that birds
are able to fly from America to Asia
and back again. But if we pause to
consider it the feat is really some
thing after ALL
These birds are especially fond of
the United States army transports,
for these ships carry many men who,
denied the taste for books which rem
ders an ocean journey less tedious
and having limited facilities for deck
sport, take to feealng the gulls las a
pastime. When one of the big YES
sells leaves the Golden Gate and
passes the Farallone Islands, hun
dred or more brown bodies, with
long. sweeping wings, leave their
resting place and take up their flight
in the wake of the transport.
Then some soldier who has made
the trip before, says: Here comes
the sea gulls. We'd better feed them
If we want quick passage this
trip" and many soldiers invade the
stewards premises and gather up the
waste bread and victuals.
The birds seem to know when they
are to be fed, for they come flying In
ever narrowing circles until they are
within short distance of the ship.
ThenArhe food begins to fall on the
waters, and the brown winged forms
swoop eagerly down upon the waves
and seize what has been thrown
forth. This is continued until the
food is exhausted, and then the so,-
diers go below, leaving the gulls to
get away with their food as they fly.
They never seem to rest, these queer
birds. Day after day they follow the
ship, cleaving the air with swift
wings, flying easily and without ap-
parent effort. lndeeG 1t seems as If
they were not made to rest.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Is Your sisuboard upr

On nearly every farm there Is some
thing to sell which some other farmer
wants, and nearly every farmer wants
to buy something which some other
farmer would be glad to sell at less
price than one could buy elsewhere.
Why not get together? This is the
way to do 1t: Make frame block
board by mailing together some SIN jta
boards and putting a frame around
the edges to keep them from warping.
Then treat to two coats Of black paint
and let 1t dry thoronghlyl and you
have a pretty good backyard. Nail
to either side Of the frame two strips
six or eight feet long and fasten the
board to the! fence by these upright
strips, and You arc ready for businsss:;
Get few white cfayons for I've
cents, and at the the top of the board
print For Sale" and under 1t what
You have to offer. Then heading,
Want to Buy" and under that your
wants. Everyone who passes the farm
will see your advertisement, and, II the
section is like most sections Of the
country. you'll sell what you offer AMI
have offers OF the things you want to
buy. It's good plan and costs but lit
tie to try IT.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
ROMANCE OF eARrsALp,.
Ills Wife Anita Ciung to Him Amid
Many lInrdships,

Ills Wife Anita Ciung to Him Amid
Many lInrdships.
There Is In the life's history OF
every man of great and true achieve
ment one passage which outvies all
the rest in Its beauty and passion
For Garlbaldi that supreme romance
came In the love of his youthful wife
Anita, says a writer. Their compan.
ionship endured through the most re.
markable hardshIps, for twenty years
ana there does not seem to have been
cloud between them from the time
he first met her in Brazil lin 1880,
until her death on the shore of the
Adriatic, after the siege of Rome.
Garibaldi was 81 before he thought of
marriage.
He had been three years in South
America fighting with the revolution
lists of Brazil, and had seen his earliest
and best friends slain in battle. His
heart empty, Isolated and feeling the
need of companionship, he met the
lovely Anita de Silva, the 10-year-old
daughter of a good family, near Rio
Janeiro, and they were married.
Anita accompanied her warlike
spouse on his naval expeditions along
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
vetch for Forage.

The common yctch makes one of the
best plants We know of for green for
age by sowing 1t in the spring, with
oats as support. The soil should
be prepared as for wheat, and the see, i
sown be one bushel of the vetch with
three pecks of oats to the acre. We
have used this for summer forage for
several years, ard, while not SO deslr-
able as sweet corn for the same pur.
pose, 1t furnishes variety, and at small
cost. 1t must not, however, be con
fused with the hairy or winter vetch
which is frequently grown for hay, and
which is best sown in the autumn and
cut the following season. Try a small
plot of common vetch for green for
age and see how much the cows on.
low a.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-17
Torpid Liver in cox..

If 1t were possible to make every
reader of this department realize the
necessity for variety In tile ration. as
well as for feeding the proper kinds
of concentrated foods. 1t would pay to
devote the entire department for one
issue to the subject. Thousands upon
thousands of cows are worrying the
lives out of their owners and making
business for dealers in medicines, more
or less valuable, simply because they
arc suffering from indigestion, which
usually started in calfhood.
There Is n tendency on the part OF
dairymen to develop the COW as quick
~ as possible. and in their efforts they
abuse the tender stomach of the grow
ing calf, usually by feeding her during
the first winter too large quantities Of
bulky food, with the idea in mind that
by this means they increase the ca
pacity of the stomach. A COW suffer-
ing from severe indigestion OF torpid
liver extreme constipation marks the
latter should have considerable oil
meal in her rations. with wheat mid.
idlings or bran also. For medicine.
give the animal the following, but only
after failing to improve her condition
by the use Of the foods mentioned:
Make a mixture of four ounces Of
powdered gentlan, two ounces Of pow
dered charcoal and pound of salt,
Dose, tablespoonful twice day In
her feed. 1t Is possible that the oil
meal may not be necessary in the "a.
tlon when the early pasture becomes
good, but it will do no harm in small
quantities, unless the new grass with
the oil meal causes the bowels to be.
come too loose. In which case cat OF
the oil meal, i'.s5