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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

The basis of nations greatness to
day u agriculture. Wherever COM
munlty is devoted to development
along agricultural lines, there Is found
progress and success along all other
lines Of manufacture. Agriculture is of
vast Importance to the manufacturing
world, and the demand of late years for
labor saving machinery on the farm has
devastated the employment of thou
SANDS Of men. For these implement
plants, again, there is the requirement
Tor raw material. The employees Of
thess concerns demand articles which
require an infinite variety of business
throughout the entire land, and SO on.
until we can link to agriculture In one
long chain almost every kind of bust.
ness known.
The last sixty years have been re-
markable ones in the development OK
machinery for the farmers use. Land
/ had to be titled, and experiments In
that line have led to wonderful results.
Yet viewing these to-day, we know that
Il 10 possible that inventive skill will
I IN the next ten years bring forth new
Ideas In labor-saving machinery that
VIII alter conditions all over the world
The crudest implement Of cultivation
originally was the plough. It comprised
simply the forked bough of tree with
sharp point for share, a point of
attacnment for the draft and a project.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

ascending car being connected by wire
rope. which passes over a drum In the
power house at the summit, and thence
10 the receding car. The cables further
more are waterbalanced. Large pull
leys are placed at frequent intervals to
carry the cable.
The cars are self contained. and start
from the opposite ends of the road sim.
ultaneously, telegraphic communication
being maintained between the two ter
mini for purposes Of signaling. Each
car carries water ballast tank. but
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

deep and cool in their bed Of granite !;
in stiffness perfect mirror, in storm
darby menacing, with foam-edged
waves showing fang-llke teeth.
Being a hundred square miles In
area, Temagami forms one Of Canada's
great natural reservoirs. Mighty
rivers from the height of land to the
north flow into it. and 1t In turn feeds
the streams that flow southwark, car.
rying their life-giying waters through
the forests to the peopled lands below,
There are 400 islands In the lake, and
the government has included the whole
area in magnificent forest reserve OF
a million and half acres.-Four.
Track News. 4
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

great machine to which thirty horses
were wont to be harnessed-the ma
chine that cuts, and threshes, and sorts
out the kernels Of the grain into bags.
SO that the only work required Of the
farm hands ls the tying Of the bags
and the loading Of the wagons, which
the tractors will eventually draw away
to the railroad station. In days work
the tractor will convert the standing
crop of field of $50 acres into wheat
and straw. The work Of only eight
men is needed, one to steer and one to
fire the engine, one to operate the lev
ers Of the cutting machine. and the rest
to tie the mouths of the bags and to
load up the farm wagons
The choice Of form of power for
farm use should depend upon the uses
to which the power is to be put. Horse
power does well for most purposes. The
windmill MS form of power has Its
limitations. A pumping windmill of
proper size, however, should supply all
the wants of the farmstead for water.
In the matter of economy the windmill
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The manufacture OF engines, as OF
every modern agricultural Implement
Involves great care and labor Inc
manure spreader, the binder. the seed
er, the harrow. the cream separated
all are the result OF an intricate system
OF following raw material through
hundred and one processes TIL they
comprise handsome and useful factor
Of the farms equipment.
The rapid strides being made today
in the scientific world are aiding the
implement manufactures in turning out
better class of machinery, and at a
lower price than he could think Of do
ing ten or twenty years ago. Gas and
electricity are being harnessed and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
A Canadian Paradise.

Temagaml is shaped like an octopus,
with long stretched-out arms, and lts
shores are indented with deep clrcllng
bays, island strewn and eliminating In
sharp points and curves that add to
the beauty Of this magical scene. 1.-THE
lake Of deep waters" is the meaning
Of the Indian word, and they lie very
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
varylns Eneet. Of Po,.on..

Certain substances which are deadl1
in their effects upon men can be taken
by animals with IMMUNITY. Horses can
take large doses of anthony, dogs OF
mercury. goats of tobacco, mice of hem.
lock and rabbits of balladonna without
injury. On the other hand. dogs and
cats are much more susceptible to the
influence Of chloroform than man and
afe much sooner killed by II.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

1.-THE Horse Fair" Is in this country.
1t was purchased by Cornelius Van
derbilt and cost small fortune. When
you are in New York, If you have not
already seen 1t, you will find 1t in
the gallery of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum in Central Park.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

Tom-There goes n man who looks
as If he had loved and lost.
Jack-Well, he was once in love all
right, and he both won and lost.
Tom-Why, how's that?
Jackie won the girl. but since
their marriage he has lost about TWEEN
ty-five pounds hustling for sufficient
coin to liquidate her bills.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
RAnRoAD1NG IN THE APPS.

The total length Of the railroad from
Lauterbrunnen to the Grutsch Alp lis
$3.50 feet and the average gradient is
b5 in 100, with a maximum of coin 100.
The railroad is operated by cable. the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
Fnlaes

Comedlan-The old gentleman at the
stage door said that every time he look
ed at you he was reminded of his boy
hood days.
soubrette-Ah, because look so
young, l presume?
comedian-No, because you wear a
SWITCH
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
Duck. Roasted on tho Wing.

y
ut Is an Ill wind that blows nobody
any good" say the residents in the
vicinity OF the burning gas well at
Caney, and well they might. for az
long as the well burns and ducks
continue to fly they are prospecting
over others misfortune. The heat
rising from the fire extends to great
height, and since the beginning wild
ducks have played the game Of
the moth and the flame, much
to their sorrow and distress.
No sooner does duck fly
across the forbidden territory than It
is caught and baked by the torrid
winds. The neighbors have caught
on to the fact, and near meal time
gather near the well and wait for the
fall of the baked duck, which. Of
course. saves 4 great deal Of time and
trouble otherwise necessary In the
kitchen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

What has become of the old-fashion-
ed woman who called her friends
"copycat," when they bought something
like hers2
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

Tax ON the Easter bonnet.
The glories of the Eastern season
have come and gone, but the wonder.
full creations of the milllner's art are
lstill with us for further exhibition
The cost was great, bnt In most cases
necessary to keep matrons and maids
in good humor for that great consum.
nation of their hopes for DISTINGUISHED
appearance.
1t only remains to pay the bills of
those who bought upon credit, and to
think over the prodigious sum expend.
Gu by the American people. Over
500, 100000 is expended every year
by our wives and daughters for mil.
linery manufactured In this country
besides the millions for what is i'm.
ported.
The tariff tax on such articles of
adornment increases the price of mil.
linery, more than 80 per cent on the
average, for the manufacturers are pro
tected by the tariff which is collected
on imported millinery, SO that they
can add to the price of the home
product about what the imported ar.
ticles have to pay at the Custom House
Every woman therefore is interested
in the tariff question. for through the
protection 1t gives the American manu-.
facturer the cost of hats and bOnnets
are increased quite so per cent. If
the present tariff rates on millinery
were reduced to 20 per cent, the wo,
men OF the country would save nearly
one-third of what they now pay for
such articles, whether imported OF
made in this country. for the price OF
the American manufactured goods
would have to decline to meet the re-
duced cost of the Imported article. II
would be tedious to give all the tariff
rates on hats and bonnets or the many
articles that go into the hats and bon
nets that are made up in this coun-
try, but the tariff tax runs from &c
to 20 per cent of the cost of the ar.
ticles in the country from which they
are imported, SO that if a hat cost SIC
AZ 81 49, sAue5 lni III taA VII IL 10 itoiA
S. to 81, and as the cost is often much
grenter than this, therefore the tariff
tax is so much greater in proportion.
The protectionists tell MS that we
must be willing to pay this import
duty to protect our manufacturers from
foreign competition and to protect
American labor in being paid higher
wages than the foreign laborer gets
The Democrats claim that to reduce
the tariff to reasonable rate would
still give the American lahorer all the
protection he needs. willie ut the same
time producing enough revenue from
custom duties to run the government
Under such q Democratic system thu
-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
PARTICULAR PETS.

The alligator and the wood turtle
will put on airs II encouraged. AT
least one animal lover is convinced
of this fact.
He has experimental with three
young alligators, two or three feet
In length. that won't pick up and
eat food placed in the tank. for them,
but that have their food handed to
them on the end of stick. They
have acquired the habit of eating it
that way, and they won't depart from
1t.
When these young alligators first
came in, tired with travel and not
hungry. they we're for their own
good tempted to eat by handing food
down close to their jaws, handy for
them to seize. This method of feed
ing was for time continued, and
now 1t is the only way in which they
can be made to eat. They won't pick
up food from the tanks bottom.
Whether tho young gators have
forgotten how to feed themselves
which seems scarcely likely = or
whether they have got lazy and know
their food will be brought to them
II they wait, or whether their eating
In this manner, though an acquired
one, has now become a fixed habit,
and they Just don't think of eating in
any other way, it might not be easy
to say, but that is the only way they
will eat, and so twice a week chunks
of beef of suitable size are handed
down to them on the end of a pointed
stick and the little alligators close
their jaws over them and cr'snch them
down with strength of jaw that
shows what they could do in the
crunching way on bigger game.
In another glass tank there are two
wood turtles that won't eat any food
put In the tank for them unless It is
placed on the top OF little log that
floats in the water Of the tank, and
upon which the turtles often climb to
rest.
When those turtles were first
brought In, they, unaccustomed to
their strange surroundings. declined
to eat; but one day morsel of meat
was placed between them as they both
lay upon the log, head to head and al
most beak to beak. And presently
one Of the turtles snapped at 1t and
almost at the same time the other,
and 80 they fought over it and final
~ divided and ate 1t.
The wood turtles had found some
thing to eat in the tank. and they had
had found it on that log, and now
they won't eat food placed for them
anywhere else.-Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
TWO GRpAT PAINTERs

March ~ was the birthday Of two
great painters, Anthony Vandyke and
Rosa Bonheur. The former, who was
born a little over 800 years ago, left
nearly 1000 paintings and etchings,
the greatest of which is the large
Crucifixion. Vandyke was native OF
Antwerp. His mother was an artist
and skilled in embroidery; and his
father was a wealthy glass-painter.
When Vandyke was 81 he took up
his residence In London at command
of Charles l. and became Court paint
er to that unfortunate King, who you
will remember, was beheaded in 1894.
One Of the prettiest pictures vandyke
ever painted, and he was famous as
portrait painter, is that of the
three sweet little girls, children of
Charles l. who stand so quantity to-
gether in their stiff elegant court
dresses, the Oldest one patting the
head of handsome King Charles
spaniel and the youngest holding a
ball with both hands.
We know what vandyke looked
like from his portrait in the Louvre
gallery, Paris. He had fair re-
fined face with gray eyes, brown
hair, and the pointed beard to which
we give the name "vandyke." He
is dressed in green and his form is
slender and graceful.
If you were asked to name the
greatest woman painter who ever
lived. probably you would say Rosa
Bonheur. She would be 81 years old
were she living today. Rosa was
French, and her birthplace was Bor-
deanx. Her own father, Raymond
Bonheur, taught her to paint. Mile.
Bonheur excelled as painter of ami
mails. She dressed in mems cos.
tune and wore her hair short, so that
nothing might interfere with he1
work. She was SO much respected
in other countries, as well as In
France, that during the siege of Paris
s35 years ago, the Prussian general
gave orders that her studio and resid
ence at Fountainbleau. just outside
the city, should not be disturbed. One
Of Rosa Bonheur's ppostnoted works
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

The Republican party has brought
the country to shocking state of af-
fairs and there is no end to the scan
dals and exposures that are constant
ly being brought to light. That keen
observer of affairs, the New York Post,
says:
"The present is period of havoc
and upheaval. The gale of reform
that RACES DER the land lays bare most
hldeous conditions. A dollarizcd So
ciety, insenslble to all but pricking
selfishness, makes possible corruption
high and low. Bride, graft, knavery,
exploitation, investigation, disclosure,
confusion, shame, in all the avenues of
activity the public ferret Is at work.
This is n period Of lconoclasm. Idol
after idol crumbles in the fierce glare
Of revelation. An age whose mighty
achievements are grounded on conf
dence finds itself at the apex of Its
triumph preoccupied in revealing vast
betrayals of trust. And the bewild.
cred soul shocked into uncertainty
snatches desperately after fragments
of that primal faith which, binds So
ciety together. fearful lest the slow
fruits of m agelong altruism be lost
to this universal exploitation"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
Senatorial Corruption,

Ominous stories are said by New
York newspaper to be afloat In the
Senate, that clique Of big Senators,
who will know what the final vote on
the railroad rate bill will be, are to
have "a good thing" in the stock mar
ket. 1t can be done in very effec-
tive way by enough Republicans stand
ing together either against or for the
proposed legislation. If this is true,
these Republican Senators will find
they are playing with fire, for the
voters are In no mood to be trlfied with.
To make sure of square deal in the
future the greatest care must be exer-
clsed in electing members of the State
Legislatures, In those States where
Senators are to be elected. By voting
for tried and true Democrats, who are
pledged to vote for candidate for
Senator who is not a stock gambler or
in league with corrupt corporations and
whose character makes it certain that
such combinations will be impossible
If the voters elect Democratic ma
iOrity
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

When man carefully closes the
door before telephoning, it is not for
fear that he will disturb others, but
that others will disturb him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

It Is an unusual hunter in this coun-
try who returns with q game bag a.
heavy a. his gun
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
RIDDLES

On which side of a pitcher 10 the
handle? The outside.
Why is the letter R most important
to young people? Because without It
we should have neither Christmas nor;
a New Year.
Why do American soldiers never
run away. Because they belong to the
standing army.
What tune makes everybody giaa1
Fortune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

Another mans hobby always looks
easy Ito ride.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
No sabbath-Rreakinr,.

"Ha! Ia !" laughed Deacon Kraft, 81
sartinly did git the best O. Deacon Korn.
top in thet horse trade yistidy'."
'.Why, Uriah!" exclaimed his wifa
do you allow tibet wuz Christian con.
duct3" s:s
"Eh? What's the matter. Yistld,y
wuz'n' Sund'y. philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

Edna (wrlting composition Dear
me, l have forgotten which are the
seven wonders of the world. think
I'll ask Mrs. Brown.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

II time is money some people waste
a lot Of wealth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

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trusts and combines that control so
many articles of necessity would have
to reduce, the price they charge and the
present high cost Of living would be
greatly reduced.
Nearly everything we consume, or
wear, Is protected by high tariff
rate, and whether we buy Imported ar
ticles, on which the government has
collected the duty or similar home
manufactured articles, on which the
trusts, combines, or protected manufac-
turers has collected the tax, by adding
the tariff to their profits, there is no
escape from the high prices which the
tariff causes and the American con-
sumner has to pay the bills.
Wives and mothers should talk this
over with the bread-winners of the
family and urge them to vote for the
candidates of the party who will vote
to revise this unreasonable tariff law
that taxes everyone numerically from
the cradle to the grave.
Where the Lobbyista nrc Welcome.
A Republican Congress is rich field
for the corporations and trusts to get
In their work, and when bill is
pending that is intended to plumber the
people their lobbyists gather around the
corridors of the Capitol like buzzards
at feast. When Mr.. Carlisle and
Mr.. Crisp were speakers of Demo-
cratic House. the corrupt lobby was
eliminated. But how different now. Re.
citing the events on the consideration
of the shlp-subsidy bill by the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fiserles, New York newspaper says:
Lobbyists overrun the committee
room and their leader occupies a place
ut the head of the table prompting
Grosvenor, Littlefield and Minor when
any witness argues against subsidy"
Comment on such national dis
grace is unnecessary, but voters can
draw their own conclusions about who
to vote for next fall, for it is hardly
necessary to say that all the Demo-
cratic members of the committee are
opposed to the bill and every Demo-
cratic member of the House Is In line
to vote against 1t. Why President
Roosevelt recommended this corrupt
legislation is mystery, but that he
encouraged the lobbyists and grafters
to corrupt his party is certain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

FOUR QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE.
This is lesson in geography In
disguise, but the children will not
discover 1t at once, and we are only
initiating nature when we tempt them
for their good.
One player takes a handkerchief.
and, throwing 1T at another, cries "Eu-
rope" A time keeper then begins
counting ten rather rapidly, and the
person to whom the handkerchief was
thrown must name some place. river,
mountain, person or thing, connected
with the countries of Europe. before
number ten is reached. 1t may be
arranged that the person answering
correctly puts the next test-question;
If incorrect, or unable to answer. for
felt must be paid.
The players must be alert and alive,
for often the one throwing the hand
kerchief looks at one while throwing
in quite different direction. The
game may be made more difficult II
special countries are named; and for
adult players a century may be CIV
en-, and the famous characters belong
ing to it must be quickly recalled
Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02
WHAT IS MONEY?

What is money? "Why, what a
silly question:" l can hear some of
you crying: but it is not, says a
writer in the London News. We
all know what money is made Of
gold and silver. So it is now, but
there have been far-off times and out
cf-the-way places where all sorts of
things were used instead before peo-
pie learned to see the value of metal
exchange, as 1t is called. Besides, in
some countries there was neither gold
NOR silver to be had. So wine or
oil, eggs or rice, have all been used
to buy and sell with, while among
savages the skins of the wild animals
they killed, CT the shells they picked
up on the shore, have often been
used instead of money.
Even valuable trees have been cut
down to serve as money, but of a
very clumsy kind; fancy the difficulty
of taking about great LOGS of wood.
Nor were gold and silver the only
metals employed; brass, pewter.
bronze and copper were in use among
many nations, and these were carried
about In large pieces. before mints
were thought of, where money could
be easily coined, 80 that purses were
no good at all. In Sweden. in former
times, copper was the medium Of ex-
change" as 1t is called, and vas car
ried about In large Plates, sometimes
two feet long; but, needless to say.
folks who had much Of 1t had to have
wheelbarrows to calss 1t in.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-02

Edna--Why not?
Tom-Well, she has seven children.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-12

Cases were cited where towns are
communicating bodies of water
which are beng directly drawn
upon by other towns for their
water supply. The case of St.
Cloud and Anoka was taken.
Here it was admitted that the
conditions were bad and that the
water supply of one town was
directly contaminated by an
other. 1t was suggested that
the only action that could be
taken to bring the matter of
water contamination to a legal
settlement was for one town suf-
fering contamination to bring
legal proceedings against the
town responsible for such con-
termination. -
The board realized the import
ance of the matter and no action
will be taken until after careful
consideration. The attorney gen.
erals department. will likely file.
an opinion on this. although under
the new code the board can allow
streams to be contaminated or
proceed against communities
which are communicating them.
These seeming .paradoxes, it is
contended by the board, must be
cleared up before the board can
take definite action.