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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

be taken up by the loader. The curing
OF Timothy is a comparatively simple
matter IL rains can be avoided and
there are no coarse weed stalks mixed
with 1t. Clover hay is more difficult
to dry out and on this account its quail
ity Is often impaired, bringing Its mar
ket price considerably below what it
should be. Sun and wind both play
part in the curing process, though
the wind Is the more important factor
Of the two. Indeed the sun alone is
likely to bleach and discolor the clover
after 1t has been cut. The hot rays
of the sun withers up the leaves, pre-
venting the natural escape of the water
from the stems. To Illustrate this more
clearly by an example, take two trees
that are cut down In June, when the
leaves are in full vlgor. Have the
limbs removed from one SO that no
leaves remain. Allow the other to lie
just us 1t fell. Examine the trees two
or three weeks later, and you will find
that one trunk contains far more water
than the other. One tree was sucked
dry by the leaves. the other was
trimmed of leaves, and no pumps were
at work to drain the trunk dry. When
clover hay is spread out to the sun the
leaves which contain these little pumps
are put out Of action. because they are
shriyeled and dried up, and cannot do
their duty. If, soon after cutting, the
clover is piled in fair-slzed wlndrows,
and left fairly open to thesswind, the
leaves remain green and strong, the
work Of pumping the stems goes on I'M
til the whole plant is dried out.-Mon.
treal Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04
SPORTS FOR CHILDREN.

There are many children's games
of ancient origin. Among these is the
game of hare and hounds. This
sport, which is still played by the COM
ing generation, originated in England
about 1910.
The childish amusement of riding a
cane is of great antiquity. 1t was
practised by the children of Greece
and ancient Rome.
The game of hide and seek is an
other youthful pastime of ancient or
igin. 1t came from Europe about the
beginning of the seventeenth century.
Leap-frog is mentioned In the works
of both Shakespeare and Johnson. It
has been played by children from
early times, and is still favorite
game with boys.
The game of seeing who can hop
the longest on one foot came from the
ancient Greeks, where 1t was practised
by the youths for wagers.
Skipping rope is a childish pasttme
of ancient origin. In place of a rope,
a vine stripped of leaves was original
ly used.
The spinning of topc, a fayorite
amusement among children in the
spring, also came from the Greeks.
Records show. that this kind of fun
was in vogue at the time of Virgil.
The flying kite derived its name
from its originally being made to re-
semble that species of bird called a
kite. The amusement of kite flying
is about two centuries old in Europe.
Probably it originated in China, where.
so records tell, the practice of flying
kites is very ancient.
Blind mans buff is another child's
game which found its origin with the
Greeks, among whom it was often in
dulged in by adults.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

farmers are greatly harassed every
winter by the depredations OF countless
flocks of wild geese, which swarm over
the broad grain fields and destroy the
young, sprouting grain-stalks, says
Youths Companion. Indeed, SO serious
has this annual invasion become that
nearly all the large farms have en-
ployes who regularly patrol the. fields
and do nothing but keep the feathered
pests on the wing.
One Of the most novel blinds or stalk
ers ever used in that section, or any
other. for the purpose of destroying
the geese, is that of a Colusa farmer
who lives on the bank of the Sacra-
mento. He has big red steer which
he has trained to stalk geese. The steer
walks around flock of geese in an
ever-decreasing circle, his master,
armed with repeating shotgun. walk
Ing beside him, but on the farther side
from the flock.
The geese have become so used to
seeing animals grazing near that they
pay no attention to them; so the farmer
is enabled to get within shotgun dis
lance and pour a broadside into the
flock while 1t is feeding on the ground,
and two more shots before the birds are
out Of range when they rise.
This dumb hunter is held in great
esteem by Its owner and his family, it
is needless to state, and receives the
best Of everything.
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The rain has spread great puddle
81 WILL NOT SAY"

The story of little Boer boy who
refused to betray his friends even on
the threat of death is told by Major
Seely, M. p, as an illustration of
deeply rooted love of freedom and of
country. 1t happened during the Boer
war.
II was asked" said Major Seely, "to
get some volunteers and try to cap
ture a commandant at a place some
twenty miles away. got the men
readily, and we set out. 1t was a
rather desperate enterprise, but we
got there all right. can see the lit
tie place yet, the valley and the farm
house, and can hear the clatter of
the horses hoofs. The Boer general
had got away, but where had he gone?
1t was even question of the general
catching us, and we not catching the
general. We rode down to the farm
house and there we saw cookbook
ing Boer boy, and some yeomen. /
asked the boy if the commandant had
been there, and he said in Dutch,
tdhCu ny sui PRISE, les, WHERE
has he gomez I said, and the boy be-
came suspicious. He answered, I
will not say
81 decided to do thing for which
hope / may be forgiven, because
my mems lives were in danger. !
threatened the boy with death if he
would not disclose the whereabouts
of the general. He still refused, and
put him against wall, and said
would have him shot.
Now said, before I give the
word, which way has the general
gomez
II reriamher the look in the boys
face-a look such as r n;ive fIeve;
seen but once. He was TRANSPORTED
before me. Something greater al
most than anything human shone from
his eyes. He threw back his head
and said in Dutch, I will not say.
There was nothing for it but to shake
hands with the boy and go away
Singapore Strait Budget.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

many places where strangers may not
go. marked by patches of light green at
regular Intervals upon the outside of
the rock, which, though apparently
moss, are actually the covering of bat
teries that command the ilarbor.
Gibraltar marks definite point In
the progress of the tourist. 1t is the
big mountain dog Of the British, which
guards the entrance to the Mediterran-
can Sen, with fortress and tower
chat hugs the rock below. Traverslng
the neutral ground along the sandy
isthmus beyond 1t, the traveller has u
view of the outskirts OF Algeciras,
where the Franco-German conference
over reforms in Morocco was recently
held. 1t is here that the traveller has
his first glimpse Of the far-famed Med.
iterranean sunsets, with Algiers the
next stopping point of the steamer, 40
miles away.
A panoramic view of Frances North
African possessions as they look from
half mile or less at sea Is something
to remember Alglers itself is beauti.
full, rising to the old fortress on the
height above 1t in an unbroken mass
of minarets and cupolas and white
houses, on whose terraced roofs the
flowers bloom. Westward the hills de.
cline to a promontory, sidl Ferruch,
nineteen miles away, and eastward to
Cape Nation. so that the land where
Algiers Is built is crescent-shaped. Far
away to the south the Atlas mountains
rise. Nearer this side Of the fertile
plain of the Metjeda are the plctur-
esque and fertile highlands of the
sahel, just behind the city, where are
palm trees and eucalyptus, cypress and
olive, where fruits grow In abundance.
The entrance to the city is decidedly
pleasing, for the fine esplanade Of the
lower French quarter faces the sea.
Immaculate French officers and officials
fill the foreground, and pretty women
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

In Partisan toilettes, and handsome car
rlages and automobiles whizz by. Om-
nlbuses are labeled with the names of
various hotels, such as 1.-THE Lion of
the Desert" "The Panther" 1.-THE
Beautiful Englishwoman.' Moorish
ladies of high degree, faces half cover
ed, shrouded in white, ride on donkeys
led by coal black Nubians. A slave girl
swings along, poising a water jar upon
her head
The native city is higher up the hill
side. 1t has Moorish cafes where men
sit cross-legged, smoking long pipes of
kief, little shops where native tailors
work with gold and silver threads on
colored cloth. The streets are SO mar
row that camel could not enter them,
and arms outstretched touch either
side. The residences have no windows
only peepholes by the door, and but
for the street noises and the peoplss
passing, the place would seem llfeless-
a prison city of blank walls. Some Of
the roads are paved, but others are
nothing more than stairways that lead
up, up, Unfortunately. Occasionally
arches span the way, with rooms above
them.
The whole city has peen built with
view to shutting out the heat of the
African sun. Each successive story of
a house projects beyond the one below
1t, the projection being supported by
inclined props that rest against the
wall. The sky is thus pretty well shut
out, and progress resembles journeying
In covered passage. The swarthy ma
tives wear white turbans, the Jews are
brightly CARRIED, and have silver but
tons on their blue gray jackets. The
Arabs wear burnouses. Boys leave their
shoes in row outside-of the school
house. and heelless slippers ornament
the entrance to the mosques.
Altogether, Alglers is an odd city.
full of Interest. In tailor shops, where
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WHITE LADY.
~N~o~~~@~N>~~~~

i A q IT. -
sA1H oRsEs rarely forget either q
.IJ6 benefit or an unkindness. Mr..
II 6hurtleff had beautiful mare,
White Lady. htgh-spirited and SEN
sitive creature. Ben, her groom, had
never treated her roughly or given her
2 cross word. and White Lady knew
bis step and would whinny with de-
Light when she heard 1t.
Mr.. shurtletf sent Ben one day to
Craisie, lonely little railway station
IN the midst of the moors. When Ben
came out Of the Office he was amazed
not to find White Lady where he had
left her. Gypsy Tim, a rough, dack
looking fellow, had mounted her to
~ her speed over the moors. White
Lady had never been handled so rough
" before. She reared and plunged
With fright
Get Cd" said Ben, turning white
with anger. He was not more than
4 Is and small for his age.
Tim answered sneeringly:
You be quiet. I'm just trying her
2 bit I'll tame her for you
Ben seized him by the arm, though
ne was, twice as big as himself, and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04
The Telephone Voice.

The telephone voice" must now be
added to the long list of penalties paid
by the community for the luxuries OF
civilization.
There is some excuse for the shrill
parrot-like tones of the young woman
at the exchange, who pipes Have you
finished?" just when business man
is beginning to make himself inter-
esting to a good client, for she is
screly tried.
There is none, however, for the
man or woman who shrieks into the
receiver and makes himself or her.
self perfectly unintelligible to the lis
tener, says the Philadelphia Press.
A business man who may be con-
sidered an expert on the subject, see
ing that he transacts most of his blsi-
ness through the telephone, says that
there was no necessity whatever for
putting ones mouth near the receiver
nor for shouting.
"In order to be heard distinctly one
should speak in very low voice.
The words should, Of course, be dis
tinctly enumerated and the lips used
as if one were addressing a deaf per-
sons, The said The combined re-
ceiver and transmitter now in general
use should be held at such an angle
that the molthpiece is below the chin.
The message should be spoken above
and several inches from the mouth.
piece and not into it.
"In public telephone boxes. where
the old-fashioned mouthpiece is used,
it is not only unnecessary but danger
Gus to put the mouth close to the
transmitter, which is. as rule. laden
with germs"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04
ANCIENT TRICKS.

The arts of juggling were, as has
been proved by learned writer's, Of
high antiquity. The Hirpini, who
lived near Rome, jumped through
Observation-Disclosures .tiTT1iff
were accustomed to walk over burn
ing Goals in Cappadocia, and the ex-
hibition of balls and cups is often
mentioned in the works of the an
clients.
1t was as far back as the third CEN
tury that one Firmus, or Firmius, who
endeavored to make himself Emperor
in Egypt, suffered a smith to forge
iron on an anvil placed on his breast;
and rope-dancers with balancing-poles
are mentioned by Petronius and 9TH
ers; while the various feats of horse
manship exhibited in our circuses
passed, in the thirteenth century. from
Egypt to the Byzantine court, and
thence over all Elrope.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04
ANCIENT WATER VILLAGES.

Relic of Old Customs Prevailing In
the "spreewald."
One of the most interesting regions
in the "old fatherland" issthe so called
"spreewald," the forest of the Spree,
situated not far from the German cap
ital, In the province of .Brandenburg.
Each village is little Venice, every
house little Island, and these islets
are connected by bridges sufficiently
raised to allow boats to pass under
them. Most of the houses, with their
barns and stables. rest on piles, aud
there is generally strip of artificial
terra frma either in FROM or at the
rear of every building. By means of
these land strips and Of the bridges the
slender land communication is kept
throughout the district, but most Of the
business and amusement are carried
on through the canals. which not only
form the main highways, but penetrate
and cross ana recross the whole region.
1t Is on these lagoons that all traffic
Is conducted ln BEATS during the period
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to the beginning of the sub-troplcs of
Florida and Texas. Seven hundred
thousand people are there duplicating
the life that is going on In Illinois and
Indiana. The soil they cultivate is red
and not brown. Their houses, their
towns, their schools are newer. But In
nothing else do their surroundings DIFF
fer from those of their former homes
in the Middle West except that pro-
founder beauty characterlzes the scenes
they look upon.
There are no drones. Everyone is
busy. New land is being broken. New
buildings are going up. New trolley
lines are starting. Thriving towns have
sprung up everywhere. Oklahoma City
has the air Of a metropolis. Lawton,
Ardmore, Shawnee, Enid, Guthrie, the
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KEEPING AT IT.

''I have seen boys" said the master,
"who would start to make a sled,
and by the time the first runner was
finished decide they would rather have
wagon. When one wheel of the
wagon was sawed out, they would con-
Glide to make rabbit traps. After
hunting for two hours for just the
right kind of hollow tree, they
would take a notion to go skating.
You know what kind of men such boys
make?"
We smiled and said we thought we
did.
you ought to-" said the master;
you have seen plenty of them. When
a boy of that kind grows up he will
rent farm, and by the time the crop
is half made, trade it for span of
mules, sell the mules, and put up a
little grocery store. The grocery
store fails, and he decides to be a
carpenter. He gets a secondhand set
of tools, and when he gets a job, quits
1t so often he is discharged. Then he
borrows money of his wife's father to
start. dray, and the first time he
gets good job of hauling. goes of
duck.hunting.
"Those kind Of fellows will pattel
three days over seventy-five cent
clock, and put in month OF goot
blowing weather trying to make 9
windmill.
at was not q had plan the Indians
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

W. FOLK. them, they the govern
ment Into their own hands whenever they wish.
We need respect for existing laws rather than
laws. The only way the people rule is through
the laws made by their representatives If these laws
not obeyed, then instead of government by the
people, there is government by those with wealth
influence enough to obtain official notification of the
laws. Had Providence ordained that Adam. the first
should have life eternal here and the ruler of
his millions descendants he had received salary of
s175 day. his 0OOo years savings would not bring his
fortune up to that of Mr.. Carnegie Yet the wages
the average is $1.75 day than S175, and
instead Of living 5000 years the span of his life hardly
reaches 40 years. If to receive salary of
$4,000 year. and every cent Of 1t he would
to live 5000 years before he could match his fortune
with that of the prince of oils acquired through the
tenn of special privileges How is that accum
late in few years much under normal conditions
could not have donef the doctrine equal rights
prevaied 1t is done because Of the rule of the special
privilege.
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capital, and other Oklahoma town.

capital, and other Oklahoma town.
have their commercial clubs, their
spirit of cooperation, their hustle.
Okmulgee, South McAlester. Coalgate,
Chlckasha, Tulsa, Muskogee and doz,
ems of other towns in Indian Territory
are a-qulver with Industry. Many of
them did not exist five years ago, and
the largest ones have doubled their
population since then.
Oklahoma, which it is proposed to
combine with Indian Territory in new
State, Will make magnificent com.
monwealth. There are fully 100000
white inhabitants in the two Terri.
tories. Oklahoma has more than TOO.
600 whites, with fewer than $4,000 In.
dians. There are 100000 people In In.
dian Territory, of whom a Quarter are
Indians. So that while the new State
will face an Indian problem, 1t will
not be a hard one. One may ride
through Oklahoma, says n writer In the
Worlds Work, stopping off at town
after town without ever seeing Az In.
dian. In Indian Territory an Indian
shack or tepee is occasionally visible
from the railroad, with its .dwellers
loafing about; but you recognize no
Indians In the towns, and the railroad
stations. If you do see one in TOWN
you have to be told that he is an In.
dian, for he is probably n half-breed
or quarter-breed, well-dressed and com.
petent-looklng, not dlstlnguishable from
the white men with whom lie mlngles,
There will always be Indians in the
State of Oklahoma, as there are In
dians In Maine. in Wisconsin, in New
York, but the States constitution will
be made by representatives of 100000
white men, and 1t will be white mans
State.
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had of teaching their boys to swim.
They just threw them in, you know,
SO they had to swim.
"1f you want to succeed you must
take No matter how hard it is, no
matter how much better something
make yourself finish what you under
take. No matter how hard it is, no
matter how much better something
else looks, do what you have started
to do.
Get the habit, boys, and success is
half won. 1t is very tempting to try
to do a half dozen things without fin
ishing any of them, but this is the
road to failure. Center your mind on
the thing before you. and do it-and
do it the best you can."-The Boys
World.
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portant moment with this strongly re-
ligious people.-Technical World Mag
A POSSIBLE POPE.

The above picture of Cardinal Merry
Del Val was sketched from life on the
last birthday of King Alfonso of Spain
when high mass was celebrated in the
national Spanish church at Rome by the
bishop of Solsona. Afterward his emf
nence Cardinal Merry Del Val gave the
benediction. The Spanish church, .ded-
lcated to Santa Maria Di AIonserrato
is pretty little building, known to
most English people hi Rome on ac-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-07-04

Longfellow Estate Changes Hands,
The famous Longfeilow estate in By
field, which had been In possession of
the family for more than 200 years, has
been divided and sold. The house is
now occupied by Charles Longfellow,
eighth in the line of descent.
Notwithstanding assertions to the
contrary, 1t has always-been declared
by the Byfield Longfellows that the
poem, THE Village Blacksmith" was
written by Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low IN recognition of the smithy which
once stood on this very site, and was
conducted by Stephen Longfellow, the
second of the name, who was born in
1856. Other famous poems were writ.
ten there.-Newbury Mass Dispatch.
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IHs H!LLs 8, skYE.:..

H "
There's ship lies OF Dunvegan,
An she longs to spread her wings.
An through a the day she beckens,
An through a the night she sings !:
Come AVA, AVA, my larlin',
Come ava WI me and fly
To land that's fairer, kinder
Than the moors and hills o. Skye"
oh, my heart! Ny weary hearth
There's meier a day goes by
But 1t turns hame to Dunvesan
BY the storm-beat hills O Skye.
hae wandered miles flu many,
! hae marked fu' many a change,
hae won me gear in plenty
In this land sac fair, but strange;
Yet at times spell Is on me,
I'm boy once again--to- rim
On the hills aboon Dunvegan-
An the kind sea shuts me in.
oh, my heart! My weary hearth
THERE'S meier a day goes by
But It turns hame to Dunvegan
BY the storm-beat hills o Skye.
~Harper's Magazine.
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In the Pine Tree state.

Many of the titles Of the smaller
Maine towns and localities are worthy
of special mention. Hog Valley is a
picturesque retreat near Raymond.
Dog Corner, Hencoop Cove, is a we'll
known place in Winthrop, while out
on the Coon road strange things have
sometimes happened. A mile long is
Pin Hole Hill, the steepest ever, and
all the way up are little rests, ito
hang the pins on" people say. Over
Poland way is the hunger inspiring
name of Beeftown, while highly sug-
gestive of neglige was the old name
Of saccarappa.- Kennebec Journal,
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and which was shortly afterward killed by accident the
was again brought to England in a show and
1t was then that the long bones were still distinct
and separate This accorded with Its supposed age of %
years when it sold. According therefore to the
authority referred to ought to live 100 years
old
There seems nothing opposed to the possibility of the
of having been greater than now in the time
of the patriarchs. There is doctrine Aristotle
that asserts that the function first and then the
remind the reader of the large muscles of
the blacksmiths the dancers leg, that they
therefore proportonately strong and that this in
creased development came in of their being
put to greater use when they were of normal size.
Just muscles IL we wish to retain their
strength SO likewise must continue to the brain
In order to preserve 1t in working order Use brings
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\ a &zzssz rs -

The great Rock of Gibraltar, on Eu-
ropa point looks llon-like in Its soli-
tary majesty. The town proper climbs
the mountains lower slope. All about
1t are turbaned Moors, who walk along
proudly, with the slow, but swinging,
kingly tread Of desert tribes. There
is the sound of bagpipes, and the fam
GUS Black Watch march by. They are
tall, handsome Highlanders, and I'M
pressive because Of the plaid. The
most formidable parts Of the defenses
Of Gibraltar are Invisible. There are
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In the Meer.chnum Mines.

Few of the smokers to whose hearts
a meerschaum pipe is dear know any
thing of the history of the material.
Some Interesting particulars of Its
source and treatment are given in the
Board of Trade Journal. The district
Of Eskischehlr. Asia Minor, supplies
the whole of the meerschaum used
throughout the world and the Industry
gives employment to about 1000 per-
sons, mainly Kurds and Perslans, The