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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
she Knew the Author,.. :

1t was only natural that in the
Beecher family the name Of Mrs. Har.
riet Beecher Stowe was often quoted
to the younger generation as one hay.
Ing authority.
On one occasion grandniece of Mrs.
Stowe became very angry at one of her
little playmates and, stamping her foot,
said: II hate you and don't want
anything more to do with you, nor your
man servant nor your maid servant nor
your OK nor your ass
Her mother, hearing the outburst,
sternly reproyed her offspring, asking
her IL she knew what she was saying.
Little Miss Beecher promptly replied ::
eyes, the ten commandments
well, do you know who wrote
them2"
The child looking much Disguised an.
swered;s Goodness, yes!t Aunt Har-
riet did, | s'pose. Cleveland Plain
dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
1nsistent PoIitenes..

Good-tempered, klnd-hearted, and
liked even by the Russians, is the de
scriptton which the author Of with
Russian, japanese and Chunchuse" ap-
plies to the Japanese soldier. He also
gives an Illustration of the determine
ton Of the Japanese, even when the
object is courtesy.
When, after the Battle of Tashihchia,
the Russian garrison evacuated
Niuchwang by order of General Kuro-
.patkin, the Japanese were not long in
taking command Of the place. Two
scouts were the first to enter the town.
They rode straight to the civil admin
lstration buildings. There, in one Of
the smaller rooms, they came upon a
Russian. soldier who had managed to
get left behind his brothers-in-ar,ns.
He slowly rose from behind some fur
niture and faced his captors. They
smiled amiably at him, and, reassured,
he pulled off his cap and commenced to
fun himself with it.
Now it is a common custom for the
Japanese soldier, in war and peace, to
carry about with him in the hot wealth
er a small fan. On this occasion a fan
was forthcoming, and handed to The
Russian.
He refused to take 1t, preferrlng to
use the cap.
Still with an amiable smile on his
face, one of the japanese, a short man
with abnormally broad shoulders, again
'proffered the rejected fan with the left
hand, at the same time covering him
with revolver.
The captive took tho gift without
further reluctance and famed himself
with vlgor. 1t cooled him far more
than the cap.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Hogs will consume more and assimi-
late 1T better when variety Of food is
furnished them. The proportion of the
different kinds of feed must be deter
mined by observation and judgment.
The price of the various kinds of feed
3stuffs, the time 1t takes to grind some of
them. the relish with which they are
eaten, the amount consumed, and the
apparent gain made must all be taken
into consideration. OF course the great
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
To Destroy bark Lice.

A cheap mixture which has been test
ed with excellent results Is to dissolve
five pounds of potash in five gallons of
boiling water, adding FIVE pounds Of
lard at the same time In another YES
sci Stake one peck of stone lime in Ave
gallons of boiling water and add pint
of crude carbollc acid While hot mix
the two solutions. The mixture may be
kept In barrel, to be used as required.
When about to be applied to trees take
one gallon of the mixture, add two
gallons of boiling water and swab tho
trees with 1t, or apply with an old
broom, while the mixture Is warm or
ms hot as 1t can be applied. 1t may be
used as frequently as necessary, both,
on the trunk of trees and on the roots.
after removing the top soil. 1t loosens
the old bark, destroys bark lice and
makes the trunks smooth. The odor OF
the carbolic acid is enduring, and Is
especially distasteful to insects.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Replying to an Inquiry in Hoard's
Dairyman us to the value of goats milk
for butter, Professor Harrington says:
II know no reason why goats milk, IL
the goat is healthy and receives sound,
wholesome food, is not as valuable for
butter as cows milk, and If the milk Is
well taken care of, and has no bad
odors, you probably will never know
the difference If some goats milk Is
added to the cows milk which comes to
your factory. You can yourself judge
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of accepting the
goats milk by inspecting 1t before you
receive it. l certainly do not know why
1T should injure the butter, neither do
know of any law that forbids the
making of butter from goats milk. If
the goats milk Is richer and Increases
the test, the patron bringing such milk
should get the credit for the increase,
and do not see why this should be an
objection +"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Certain birds seem to possess, re-
markable instinct for surgery. The
woodcock, the partridge and some 9th.
ers are said to be able to dress their
wounds with considerable skill. A nat
uralist observes that he has shot sey-
eral woodcock that We're recovering
from wounds previously received. In
every Instance lie found the injury neat
ly dressed with down plucked from the
stems of feathers and skilIfully ar
ranged over the wound, evidently by the
long beak of the bird. In other cases
llgatures had been applied to wounded
or broken limbs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
Beetle. and Bugs.

Rose beetles appear some time in
June and in sandy localities are liable
to cause very serious injury. 1t is diff
cult to destroy these insects either with
poison or n whale oil soap solution.
and. as rule it would pay to shield
more highly priced plants by covering
them with mosquito netting.
The striped cucumber beetle and the
nauseous squash bug begin operations
about this time. Young plants can be-
protected for a while from both with
light screens. Trap the squash bug I'M
der shingles laid near the plants, and
kill the bugs each morning. The striped
cucumber beetle is held in check bys
spraying with poisoned Bordeaux
mixture or even busting heavily with
land plaster or ashes.
The asparagus beetles and their
grubs are frequently abundant at this
time and young plants at least should
be thoroughly protected with a poisoned
spray.
The young of two of our common
scale insects, the scurfy scale and oys-
ter scale, appear the latter part of May
or early in June, and there is no better
way of keeping them in check than by
thorough spraying at this time with an
insecticlde like the whale oil soap So
luton, one pound to five or six gallons
of water, or the standard kerosene
emulsion diluted with about nine parts
of water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
Presidential Expense..

President Roosevelt should not eX-
poet the people to pay for his hunt
ing and pleasure. trips. The people and
their Representatives are perfectly
willing to pay all his bills for tray
cling when on public business. 1t
will be recalled that President Cleve-
land always paid his own railroad and
other expenses when lie made trips for
any purpose, and never asked Congress
to make appropriations
Another matter that has displeased
the President greatly Is because Con-
gress refuses to appropriate money to
build new executive stable. He claims
the present one, which is Immediately
south of the State, War and Navy De-
spartment building, Is unsanitary, but to
all appearances it Is a very commodious
and extensive building, we'll construct
ed, and cost probably over $4,000, and,
of course, is kept in excellent repair.
Presidents Cleveland, Harrison and Me-
Kinley kept their horses there and were
perfectly satisfied with it and the
horses were in fine condition.
The fact is that President Roosevelt,
born with a silver spoon i'll his mouth,
md from his earliest boyhood having
had all his desires gratitied, that money
would purchase, has In consequence
very eXtravagant Ideas of the pomp
and yanitles of life, and especially since
he has become President. The cost of
maintaining the presidential state has
rapidly increased, SO that now it is
nearly double what it cost less than ten
years ago, as will be seen from an off
cial statement published in the Con-
gressional Record on June 9th, page
1877, for the different years:
Roose-
Cleveland. Mckinley. welt.
1907 1901 10OR
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
Creating New omce..

The new Senator from Kansas is in
high favor with the Republican ma
chine that runs the distribution of Of
fetal patronage in the Senate rs they
view him as an addition to the safe
and sane" contingent of that body,
Those safe and sane Republican patri-'
OTIS did not, however, propose to REL
ward the newcomer at the expense Of
their own share of the political graft,
so they invented new committee
the committee on documents, so that
Senator Benson could employ mes
senger at 81 40 year. The following.
colloquy shows how easy 1t is to re-
ward Republican virtue that is trust
and corporation inclined:
How old Is the commlttee?" in
quired Senator Culberson.
Without telling the Committees age
or describing Its functions, Senator
Kean replied, somewhat evasively, but
withal bluntly:
ut was created for the benefit of
the Senator from Kansas, Mr.. Benson"
What Is the necessity for it?" per-
sisted Mr.. Culberson.
'The purpose was to place the sena-
tor from Kansas on level with other
majority Senators, all Of whom have
messengers replied Senator Kean.
If you are out of job and want
soft snap, with but little to do, ask
either of the Republican Senators from
your State to appoint you rs messen-
ger. Don't be put off because they say
there is no vacancy, for the machine
can create new Office at any time If
SO inclined.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
PROPER KIND OF CHARITY.

I ; ]
H. There are great many very charitable peo
In pie In the country, but some of them tend to
l forget at times that the only charity that does
l III permanent good is that kind of charity that is
~ not charity at ALL that teaches some one how to
l II help himself or herself. The only way In which
| n any section Of our citizens of no matter what
IN color, can be permanently benefited is by teach
~ Ing them to pull their weight, to do their
own duty their duty to themselves their duty to their
nelghbors their duty to the state at. large
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

TRAlNIAG OF BRIDE.
.A57 ARGARETs wedding day wa

fNm ARGARETs wedding day was
JNWl set. One afternoon we went
calling. Mrs. Hobart came to
the door limped and detected.
.I'm nearly dead" she sighed. II
was up half the night with Freddie.
It's always the woman who sits up half
the night with babies. You can work
yourself sick for a man and wear your.
self out bringing up his children, and
that's all the thanks you'll get. It's
all honey till they get YOU. Oh, men
are all alike!" =
Margaret flushed. ! said something
foolish. and we cut our call short
Mrs. Lee opened the door with bang
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
conkre..,onal Appronr,.,,on...

The appropriation of $3.50, 1s3, 301 for
the expenses of the government until
June 3d. 1907, whereas the estimated
income is only S7s1 900, 900, shows that
1t is the policy of the Roosevelt party
to prevent tariff reform by making 1t
impossible TO reduce taxation. If we
divide the number, of dollars appropria-
ted by the number of people Sin the
country, say, so,Oo0,O00, we find that
we must pay $1l.o2M cents apiece, sup
posing all to pay taxes. But ms the
paying must be done by about one-thirtl
of the people, each taxpayer will on
the average have to put up about
$33.07. And he must not pay or, what
property he owns, but on what he con-
sumes. The poor and the rich are put
on terms Of equality In paying, as they
are In the case of a. poll tax, by means
7 Of the tariff. Is practically poll
tax Of $33 a head on the laborers and
milhonaires alike. Suppose In leYying
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
Dehornins Young Calves.

The dehorning operation may be east
ly and painlessly performed when the
calves are from two to five days old.
The only instrument necessary Is a
stick of caustic potash.
Roll a strip of paper around one end
Of this to protect the fingers, moisten
the other end slightly and rub the tin of
the horn for half minute, or until
the potash has made slight Impression
IN the center Of the horn. Repeat this
treatment two or four times at inter-
walls Of about five minutes, and IL dur
Ing one Of these intervals, after one or
more applications, little blood appears
In the center of the horn, it will be nee
essary to give only another very light
rubbing with the potash. Particular
pains should be taken to rub the caustic
In the center of the horn and not
around the sides of it, and the stick
must not be too moist, else the caustic
Will spread on the skin around the horn
and destroy the flesh.
For the same reason the calf must
not be allowed to get wet for few days
after the operation, and the wound pro-
tected so the mother will not lick 1t.
The operation should not be attempted
except on calves under eight days old
S. j. Marsh, in Massachusetts Plough
man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
sEYoNp THE SOUNDS 81 TIME.

! dreamed I passed the bounds Of Time,
And stood, alive. elate,
Upon the further side Deaths food
And watched old Charon's freight,
MY eyes unhlinded by the film
That clouds the mortal state.
One-who upon his fellow men,
Az from pedestal,
Had looked II scarce could recognize,
SO mean and poor and small,
30 shrunken and so dwarfed he seemed.
Who once o'ertowered them all.
And one walked the earth in rags
Yves clothed upon with light,
While angels made place for him
Upon their holy height; IL &.
Below oft had pitied him
HIS begrar's hapless plight.
The one plague.spotted and the ono Z Z
Whose Wilderness without flaw
Compelled the wond'ring saints them
selves
To gaze on him with awe
Both ] beheld revealed, and knew
It was their souls saw!
Boston Globe.
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wrath has been heated far hotter than they
that 1t could be- The fact is that the reaction public
opinion against greed and injustice sure to come No
matter how rich, nor how strong, how adroit the
plunderers may be- the moral the nation will
finally rise against them and put them to shame.
Men may prosper by Injustice and greed; they may
win the aduation Of the crowd they may placate the
church and the college BY liberal gifts but the day
when out of the moral thought and feeling multi
t1de Judgment seat suddenly emerges and they are
dragged before it and damned
1t is not wholesome condition of things which per.
mts such exposures as those which have been wit
Messing within the last to pass without the mposi-
ton of any exemplary punishment on those who have
been exposed Government is thus strengthened in
the confidence and affection of those whom 1t must
mainly rely the poor man and the common man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Parker-That doodle Senator is al
ways Boosting about his family tree.
Wonder what kind of tree 1t was?
Harker-oh, some Kind of a graft, /
guess.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Because there is no profit from it.
many farmers do not provide nice
lawn This is neither good business
nor good sense.
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continue to astand pnt.v


The Republicans of Maine-that is,
the oligarchy that controls that party
In the Pine Tree State, have deter
mined to stand pat" Senator Frye,
a Republican leader in the United
States Senate, was chairman of the
State convention, and referring in his
speech to the attitude of the Repub-
lican party. on the tariff, said: 1T
will continue to stand pat" This Off
cial announcement of the future action
of the Republican party on the tariff
question is not unexpected, for 1t has
been evident since Congress met last
December that the standpatters had
complete control and that President
Roosevelt had Joined in Letting well
enough alone" This shows the power
of the protected monopolies, which is
so great that even our strenuous Pres
ident fears to take up the cudgels
against them, although some of his
friends declare he is at heart a tariff
reformer.
For President and party that
boasts of doing things. they will now
have to add, .'if we dare to buck, the
real nlonopolists.'
All the spectacular trust busting Is
comparatively, worthless, unless the
foundation of the monopoly, that legal
lies the plundering of the people
through the tariff, is knocked from
under the tariff protected trusts, and
combines. The fact that the iron ard
steel production of the country is con-
trolled by the Steel Trust, and the Su-
gar Trust controls sugar, and the Beef
Trust controls meats, ard the hum
'dreds sof other trusts and combines
control nearly all the necessities, and
luxuries of; life, would not be Of so
much consequence II their protection
was withdrawn and competition from
OTHER countries protected the people
from their monopoly prices. Every one
knows that the cost Of living has adj
vanced Al per cent since the present
Republican tariff law was enacted.
and that enormous inroad on the In
comes of the people is mostly caused
by the protection granted the trusts,
which the Republican leaders so glibly
declare they will continue to stand pat
upon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Experience has taught that the most
profitable kinds of poultry to raise for
market are the quick growing, early
maturing breeds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Beauty in form and appearance is no
safe indication of sow's good breed
Ing qualities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

A balanced ration is the ration that
is best for the purpose. A COW that
produces milk requires more protein in
Its food than one that is not producer.
A steer. that is being fatted for market
should have more carbonaceous mate
rial in her food. There is no ration
that will serve all purposes and as no
two animals are exactly alike, no kind
Of ration can be said to be balanced"
to provide the substances demanded by
every animal in the herd The farmer
should endeavor to use balanced ra-
ton MS far as 1t is possible to do SO,
but he must be close observer of his
live stock and endeavor to know every
animal and its characteristics.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

d. N. Ball, secretary of the Michigan
Merino Sheep breeders Association,
says Michigan sheep bresders are con-
fldent of the future.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
.Cata,

In Medieval times cats we're so
scarce thatsto kill one Involved a very
heavy fns.,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

jocing in regulations which seemed
both solid and brilliant but whose record now ranges
all the way from contempt to lnfamy.
What has happened to these people is that the fires OF
public Indignation have been kinded against them and
their fair fame is scorched and wthered is not that
any new light has been thrown the moral quality of
their conduct They knew as well year ago that the
things which they doing wrong they know
It now. What they thought that nobody cared very
much about such msdong that the public mind was so
saturated with greed and that guilty
Of such conduct theirs would be severely Judged This
was where they mlscalculated There was more con-
science In the land than they supposed The popular
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Spinach is much-neglected crop in
the kitchen gardens of the rural dis
tricts. 1t is found on sale In the city
markets. however, at nearly all the sea-
son Of the year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
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Hogs will turn grain into money
quicker than any other farm animal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25
Cleaning Eggs for Market.

A1S4 luz NAaTACts
The best way to have the eggs clean
is to see that the nest material In each
box Is kept clean at all times. If but
few eggs are soiled these should be
kept at home for use and they may be
safely washed If they are to be used
within a few hours afterward. If it Is
necessary to cleanse the shell OF the
eggs which go to market good plan
is to take them In hand us soon as they
are brought in and with canton fan
mel cloth go over them. If the soil
still sticks breathe lightly on the egg
and wipe 1t again. always with the
dry cloth. Eggs which are wet spoil
very quickly and the moisture removes
the bloom from the shell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Papers not posted on the status of
the Angora industry ere liable to print
some strange news thereon. The fol-
lowing from the American Cultivator
4 is a case in point: The popularity of
the Angora goat seems to have been
a short-lived affair. Some Of the larger
concerns have gone out of business,
declaring that the young stock could
not be sold. Others have offered goats
at 81 per head. Probably the truth is
that the boom in sheep has side-track-
ed the goat business for the time Je-
Ing" ~.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

Mexico is making serious effort
stamp out yellow fever.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

1t is almost always good plan to
keep the harrow close up to the plow-
ing, us 1t closes up the avenues of es-
Gaping moisture, thereby Fastening de.
composition of all litter and mulch
which will add still more moisture to
the soil. There are many problems 60
ing on all the time iii the soil. We
want to get some of them in our heads.
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state, county or municipal taxes the
same rule were applied and that the
man who owned ten or twenty, or one
hundred or one thousand million dol
lars worth of property should be re-
CURED to pay no more than the man
who owned not even his own home, and
was obliged to support his family on
his meager wages? How long would
1T take the voters to learn that such
system was an outrageous discrimina-
ton IN favor of the rich against the
poor, and that every argument in sup
port of such an unjust and dishonest
system was only sugar-coated fall
lacy-a lie and cheat? Time was
when the labor unions of the country,
and especially the great Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers.
were used as catspnws to propagate the
insidious lie that foreigners paid these
high Federal tariff taxes But at Home
stead In 1892 they learned better. PRO
lection for the tricks and Carnegies,
but Pinkertons for the workers." was
the cry they raised then. The "Amal-
gamated" was destroyed by the very
system 1t had been organized to pro-
mote. Other labor organizations are
now beginning to raise a similar cry.
They have learned that protection"
means poverty and Pinkertons for the
Door,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-25

failure, but FORCES right ahead determined succeed
There is constant demand In almost every walk Of life
for SUCH They must be young with sturdy char
acter who take firm stand for whatever ifs good and
noble.
The of depends both upon the ability
of the individual and the opportunities that may come
to him. 1t s absurd to that all equally
endowed at birth with the qualities that produce success
but 1t Is nevertheless true that almost all obstacles can
be by diligence and Almost every
young man has some ideal whose example he follows
some public spirited citizen older man who Is his
patron saint 1t is advisable for the young man to be
careful in his choice Of the ideal man.