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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-11-25
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-11-25

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Alter Lees surreuusr.

In ~Necollections and Letters of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee" Captain r. L. Lee
describes his fathers return to private
life after the surrender of Appomat-
toX. He says:
"a day or two after the surrender
General Lee started for Richmond, rid
ing Traveller, who had carried him so
well all through the war He was ac-
companied by some of his staff. On
his eldest brother, Charles Carter Lee,
who lived on the upper James, in Pow
hatan county. He spent lie evening in
talking with lis brother. but when
bedtime came. though begged by his
host to take tie room and bed pre-
pared for him. lie insisted ol going to
his old tent, pitched by the roadside.
and passed the night in the quarters
that he was accustomed TO. On April
10 he arrived in RiuhISat. Tie peo-
pie there soon recognized lin. Men,
women and Children craTGSl around
him, cheering and war.Ig hats aal!
handkerchiefs. Ii WAS El3.c li,.c the
welcome to Il conQuercr tlrn u 4 De
feated prisoner Gil paEcc. gta raiaH<;
his hat in response to tl.e,g 'eo;..:a
and rode quietly to his hcn.c o. E"aE!l;.
lin street, where my matler aMd SIS
ters were anSiously aW&it,nc lt.u
Thus he returned to that private f,uni
ly life for which lie had always ianerd
and became what he always desired e
be-a peaceful citizen in a peaceiu
1on6o
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Buy Corn in the Ear.

AT this time of the year great
many of our readers are beginning
to think about buying seed corn.
We think every farmer ought to
raise his own seed and make careful
selection of same each year. A great
many of them, however, are unwill-
ing to do this. They prefer to buy
their seed and not be bothered with
selection in the fall of the year when
farm work is pressing. 1t is well
established fact that it does not pay
to send to southern ATTITUDES for
seed corn. 1t is better to send north
for it than to send south, but if pos
sible, seed corn should be obtained
in latitudes similar to those in which
it is to be grown.
During the last few years it has
become customary to purchase seed
corn in the ear, and this is a great
improvement over the old method ol
buying shelled corn. When you
purchase corn in the ear you have
an opportunity to study the character
OF the corn that is not afforded wher
buying corn shelled. 1t is vel
known fact that there are some un
scrupulous seedsmen who trave
through the country and buy W
corn, taking it by the crib full ane
just as it comes. They ship it home
shell it and then send this out as
first class seed, putting in few
good ears just to show the kind o
oorn you did not get. Our well es
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

tablished firms, of course, do not do
this. They cannot afford to, but
such things have been done, and
probably will be done this spring.
Io,avoid getting corn of this kind,
insist upon buying your seed in the
ear. Before purchasing corn, ask
your dealer to guarantee its germi-
mating qualities, then after you have
received it, test it yourself and COM
pare your results with the guarantee.
Take no chances on seed corn this
year or any other year. You cannot
afford to.
Those of our readers who usually
hhrvest their own seed. but who are
anxious to introduce better yield
ing variety should purchase small
quantity, say half a bushel or such a
matter of improved corn and seed
this in patch by itself. In no case
would we recommend sending to a
distance for corn and using it for
the main crop. 1t takes two or
three years for corn to become ac-
climated to new-locality, and hence,
IN introducing a new variety we
would observe the precautions
stated, planting it on small scale
and continue to grow it on this scale
for the first three years. By that
time you will be able to Judge Of it's
value, the corn will have become ac-
climated and it will be a safe propo-
sition to use it for the main crop
Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Getting Their Eyes Open.

If The Register and Leader voices
the views Of a considerable portion
of the republicans Of Iowa, it is fair
to assume that they are beginning
to get their eyes open on the tariff
question. In discussing the adyis-
ability Of a reciprocity treaty with
Newfoundland it says:
Who owns the ore beds of the
United States? For whose benefit
is a new market for American food
stuffs and manufactures to be closed!
Have not the farmers Of the west
had one experience in protecting the
American forests that is sufficient:
For twenty years every house build
er on the Iowa prairies has paid q
tax to millionaire lumberspeculators
who early gobbled up the pine for
ests, until now the pine is gone, the
forests have been denuded, and the
colossal fortunes have been accumu.
lated, and the country wakes up tc
discover that the whole policy has
been one Of grab, with the people
holding the bag"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
A Good Remedy.

Many remedies have been found
for ridding poultry of lice which
have not been sure cures. 1t is
not always because the remedy en-
ployed was at fault, but because of
the faulty application. To get al
most any of the sure cures" for lice
to succeed, the remedy must come
in contact with the lice. Almost all
of the lice remedies advertised in
poultry journals will kill lice, but
the application has to be made. The
best remedy Of which we have any
knowledge is simple device made
by constructing a barrel renovator
much like the old fashioned barrel
churn. This barrel is hung on a
crank so that it will revolve round
and round rather than end over end,
as the barrel churns are nowadays.
A door is cut in one side. A small
amount of lice powder of some kind
is put in the barrel and dozen hens
are put in, the door closed and fas-
tened. BY turning slowly for about
two minutes, it is safe to say that
every portion of the hens bodies
have come in contact with the rem
edy; and upon taking out the hens a
large number of dead lice will be
found in the barrel. The revolving
of the barrel distributes the powder
and it also rut1les the feathers in
such manner that the powder will
reach the skin. Insect powder will
do the work; for it is known by most
people that lice breathe through
their bodies and when these breath.
ing tubes are closed up they are suf-
located. To prevent roosts and
nests from becoming infested, a
liquid cure should be used. All Of
the advertised lice killers we have
tried are good. With these remedies
paint roosts and any place where
lice or mites can hide and there will
be less trouble on this score.
Another remedy akin to the one
mentioned is that Of placing nun.
ber Of hens in box with a piece o.
burlap thrown over them and some
remedy used that will kill lice by
suffocation or fumigation; care being
taken not to permit the fowls to be
overcome by the gases. Some have
used this plan with success. Some
of the liquid lice killers are very
pungent and should a box be painted
on the inside with them, and few
hens put in for a short time, it woulc
be the means of destroying many
lice.-Farm Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
The LAND OF NICOTINE.


= Part of Jnpanese Life.
l think every man, woman and child
in Japan smokes THIS may be an eN-
aggerati0n, especially as regards the
children, but it is no exaggeration to
Say that smoking is as much a part of
the everyday life of the people as is
eating or drinking, and it is indulged
In by women with the same innocent,
nonchalant enjoyment as il; exhibited
by the men. 1t was bit of shock
TO me wlens drst came to Japan to
come face to face with this fact be-
fore had an opportunity TO form any
Eort of impressions of the little women
in whom I was prepared to be so in
terested. l landed at Nagasaki and.
almost Immediately took train for
Moji, whence l was to go for trip
through the interior. 1t was early
morning, and, being in the midst of the
rainy season, everything was soggy
damp.
The first class carriage into which
wns shown was anything but first
class; it was unclean and badly ven
tilated, and its only other occupants
were two Japanese ladies and man.
The women had evidently just finished
breakfasting in the car and were now
sitting on their feet upon the seat ab-
solutely enwrapped in clouds of the
most evil smelling smoke, which they
puffed from long cigarettes. They were
beautifully dressed in silk kimonos and
were undoubtedly gentlewomen.
knew that even then, when had seen
80 few, and must confess was rather
annoyed, because their daintiness
seemed to be entirely destroyed. But
after residence of months l think l
would rather see them smoke than not.
They do it so daintily. so innocently,
with such frank enjoyment, and so
constantly, that it seems a very part
Of their quaint Jappiness.-Eleanor
Franklin in Leslie's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Poultry Dots.

Give the poultry fresh air. Foul
air is fruitful of many poultry dis
orders.
succeed with poultry, one,must
be "half hen;' that is, he should
take interest in the business. If he
is not fond Of the business, he had
better let his wife attend to it.
The nutritive value of the egg has
nothing to do with its external color,
but the demand of the trade has.
You will have to cater to demand,
whatever that is.
Don't lose sight Of the cost of RENE
dies when doctering fowls. 1t is an
easy matter to spend fifty cents fol
twenty-cent fowl and then lose her
1t is all right to treat poultry; but
it should be done within the bounds
of reason.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

repaid for your labor, time and ex-
pense, you are simply up to the
dead line. The man who raised 40
bushels has profit of ten bushels.
The statistics of Iowa for 1904
give us about nine and one quarter
million acres with 10 per cent of a
stand. Hon. John Cownie says 70
Of a stand means we are farming
over three million acres for nothing
or in other words the corn of 1904
ought to have been ON six million
acres. Again if 70 per cent yields
80 bushels per acre, 100 per cent
would yield so bushels.
Let every farmer in the state
spend a few winter evenings select
ing and studying his seed corn and
it will add millions, of bushels to
the annual crops. But that is not
all when he begins to study his
seed and he becomes interested he
will not stop there, but will begin
to think of cultivation, fertilization,
drainage, ETC., and conclude that in
no way can he increase his average
crop as quickly as by studying his
soil and only planting TO corn that
land that is adapted to corn. The
productive capacity of almost any
so acres of Iowa land may be
doubled by the judicious combina-
ton and exercise of gray matter,
hard work and h Sc sense. \
Pennsylvania farmer raised. in 1908
ll,700 bushels on 90 & ges, an
average of l3O bushels! This far
mer has not had yield If less than
100 bushels per acre, during the
past IL years. He practices syste-
matte selection of seed and frequent
shallow civilizations. His methods
and his results are both within the
reach of any Iowa farmer.
The most important feature of
this work of improving corn will be
the gradual development of the
man. His mind becomes more ac.
tive. He has an inspiration in his
work, reads more, thinks more, talks
more. The children follow his ex-
ample.
The result-better corn, bette,
homes, better men, better citizens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

A Wall street banker, who is said
to be the head Of one of the largest
financial institutions Of New / York,
is credited with the statement that
the fortune of John d. Rockefeller
will in a few years amount to ST.
000,000,000. There are many es-
Inmates current Of Mr.. Rockefeller's
wealth, estimates ranging all the
way from $400,O00,OOO to $780,
100000, but the Wall street author
ity adds that all estimates Of the
Rockefeller fortune have been toe
low. Years ago, MIR. Gladstone was
one Of the guests at a dinner in Eng
land where the oldest member of the
Vanderbilt family was also present
Somebody whispered to the English
premier that the rich American had
$l0O,0O0,O0O, and Mr.. Gladstone
commented, after looking curiousl,
at Mr.. Vanderbilt: Then l should
say that he constitutes a peril to the
American republic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
A Comparison.

1t was not generally known untilhe
died, and questions respecting the
disposal of his estate came up, that
there was multi-millionaire in
Pittsburg worth more money than
Andrew Carnegie.
/ Men of many millions have be-
come so common that the possession
of vast wealth no longer leads to
distinction.
Whoever heard of Charles Lock
hart of Pittsburg? And yet it is
discovered since his death that this
mans income from the Standard Oil
company alone was eighteen millions
year.
Let us suppose this eighteen mil
lions year was his only income. AS
a matter of fact he was extensively
interested in iron and in coal mines.
Taking out Sundays, this Mr..
Lockharts income, for each day,
from Standard Oil was S57,50S.
Or S2,396 per hour. Or $40 per
minute.
Now.
The average income of the coal
miner in the Pittsburg district is
shown to be $50S for year.
That is to say
Mr.. Charles Lockhart, capitalist,
drew 1--WE cannot say earnedD every
Ii minutes in every day as much
money as the average coal miner
earned in an entire year at hard
labor.
To put the matter conservatively,
is it not apparent on the face of this
startling comparison that there is
something wrong with modern meth
DDS Of wealth distribution?
More than that.
The Standard Oil company and
the other great industries whose GER
tificates were owned by this dead
Cresus have made possible their
vast earnings through the enjoy
ment Of special privileges. They
have monopolized opportunities. In
SO far as the Standard Oil company
is concerned no one who knows his
tory will deny this allegation.
Ii this is true then it is not patent
that there is something wrong with
our laws or with the officials who
fail to execute the laws or who per-
NIT the violation of the laws?
Is it therefore to be wondered at
that there is in this country revi-
val Of agitation which demands that
there be change in the laws, that
special legislation shall cease, that
special privileges (whether of tariff
or what not) shall be no longer
granted and that all discrimination
in favor of monopoly shall come; to
an.ena2s
1t is not that men hate or envy
the wealthy.
1t is simply the feeling Of the cit
izen that the door of equal oppor-
tunity shall not be closed against
his children or his children's child
ren, that there shall be equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
-Des Moines Daily News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
St. Michael, the weigher.

Stood tho tall Archanget Weighing
All mans doing, dreaming. saying,
All the failure and the pair,
All the triumph and the gaia.
In tho unimagined years.
Full of hopes. more full Of tears,
Since old Adams hopele. eyes
Backward searched for Paradise,
And. instead. the flame blade saw
OF inexorahle Law.
Walking, beheld him there,
With his tire-gold. fiIckerlng hair
In his binding armor stand.
And the sca,es were In his hand:
Mighty were they. and full well
They could poise both heaven and he'll.
angel" asked l humbly then.
.Weighest thnu the souls of mens
That thine office is. l know"
NAY" he answered ne mot so:
But weigh the hope of Man
Since the power of choice began.
In the world. of good or III"
Then waited and was still
In one scale siw him plac:
All the glories of our rac'.
Cups that lit BelshazZer's feast.
Gems. the lightning Of the East,
hublais scepter. Caesars sword.
Many poet's golden word,
Many q skill of science, vain
To make men as gods again.
In the other scale he threw,
Things regardless. outcast, few,
Mart Fash arena sand,
or st Francis's cord II strand,
Reechen cups of men whose need
Tasted that the poor might feed.
llisillnsions and despairs
Of young saints with grief-grayed hairs,
Rrcfon hearts that break for Mani
Marvel through my pulses ran,
Seeing then the beam divine
Ssilty on this hand deciine;
While Earths Splendnr ana renown,
Mounted lightas thistle-down.
James Russell Lowell
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

President Luther of Trinity col
lege at Hartford, Conn, preached
one Sunday, when he was profess
sor in college, on the story of Esther.
He concluded with the words: so
they hanged Haman on the gallows
that he had prepared for Mordecai,
and everyone was pleased" Then,
as the irony appealed to him, he ad-
ded in lower voice, Except
Haman".
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 30.-Thou-
sands of red carnations We're Worn by
the people of indianapolis Sunday i'll
memory of the late President McKin-
ley. The florists stocks We're ex.
hausted early in the day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22
Ladrones Demand Ransom

Manila, Jan. 27.-The leaders of the
band of ladroncs which recently at
tucked the town of San Francisco de
Malabo and captured the wife and
two children of Ex-Governor Trias
now demand ransom for the release
of the captiyes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

Canon McAlpine recently deliver
ed an address to Irish unemployed
at Clifden, County Galway, declar-
ing that people would be fools to
starve $50 long as fat sheep were
grazing on the hillside or sleek kline
were browsing on the plain" A
few nights afterward a humorist
stole all his reverence's turkeys and
left note thanking him for the
hint.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-22

Wilby-There goes that beautiful
Mrs. Kofure with her wealth of au-
burn hair. She wasn't always so rich
was she? Nash-Oh, no! I knew her
when she was red headed = Boston
n,ro nacriDt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-02
CHARGE OF MURDER.
VIII Be Made Against BIuebeard Hoch
in Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. Indictment for
murder will be returned by Coroner
Hoffman against Johann Hoch, the
alleged poisoner of many wives.
s.I am now in a position to say posi-
lively that the embaIming fluid inject
ed into the body of Mrs. Marie Welker-
Hoch- did not contain arsenic said the
coroner today. arsenic was not a
constituent of any or the drugs adj
minstered by the physician who at
tended the woman before her death.
The fact that more than two and a
half ounces of poison were found in
the organs means Hoch murdered his
wife. The coroner's jury will doubtless
hold Hoch to the grand jury, but if it
fails to do so I will myself hold him,
under my official prerogative.'
The inquest will not be held until
HOch reaches Chicago, some time next
week.
Two of the wives of Hoch have quar-
relied over money alleged to have been
found on Hoch when arrested. The
money is claimed by Mrs Fischer
Hoch, because she was the last one he
deserted Mrs. Hendricks-Schm
Hoch also lays claim to $500 of the
$500 now said to be in the possession
of the New York police. as she gave
UP that amount when Hoch babe her
adieu- Mrs. Hendricks is said to have
quietly slipped away to New York to
attach the money there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-02
THAT PRIMARY BILL.
Senator Tom Noftzger's Measure starts
Some Excitement.

Something of fight on Senator
Noftzger's primary election bill now
before the senate committee on cleo
tions has been started.
The Noftzger primary election bill
is quite lengthy and provides regula-
tons for all primaries and conyen-
tons and provides in part that:
Every political party which, at the
last preceding general election cast
for its candidate for governor not less
than 10 per centum of the total vote
cast in the state at said election for
governor shall thereafter elect and
organize it's committees and make all
it's nominations of candidates for all
offices, except township and school Of
fees and city offices of cities Of the
third class, in accordance with the
provision of this act, and not other
wise. Any qualified, legal
elector of the precinct may challenge
the vote of any person offering to vote
at such primary election, and, when
SO challenged, such person shall not
be entitled to vote until he has made
an affidavit, to which he may be
sworn by any member of the election
board: First, that he is a qualified,
legal voter of the precinct; second,
that at the last preceding general
election he affiliated with the party
holding the primary election, support
ed its candidates, and voted for five
sixths of the candidates to be voted
for on the general ballot at said cleo
ton, and that he intends to support
and vote for the nominees of such
party at the next ensuing election;
provided that a first voter shall not
be required to declare his past party
Affiliations
There is a disposition on the part of the
senate committee on elections to kill the
bill in the committee, but several mem
bars think that as primary election law
is OF tie chief features of Governor
Hoch's message and is looked upon as an
administration measure. that the COM
mittee should not kill the bill but let it
go back to the senate even if it should
nave TO be done over the protest of a ma
jority of the committee On subrnittinsr n
minority report. One member of the com
mlttee on elections says the Noftzger pri-
mary election law bill would not pass the
senate ana lnaf II the legislature is to en-
act primary election law that new one