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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Wall street announces that the divi-
dends to be paid by the principal cor
porations for August amount to $72,-
04G,700. How much Of this vast sum
must fairly be charged up to the ac-
count of wntered stock, and how much
for the actual capital invested, Wall
street did not vouchsafe to inform an
anxious public. If, for instance, the
United States Steel Trust is Included
in these dividends, we know that two
thirds of 1t is water. When the water
is squeezed out of the Hartman Cas-
satt, Morgan, Gould, Vanderbilt and
the lesser railroad magnates' stock, not
to mention the industrial stocks, what
large profits they will show and how
the public will howl for reduced rates
and lower prices. That time is close at
hand, but Wall street does not yet real
ize 1t. The reform era has only Just
started.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A boy can make no greater mistake,
from the standpoint of his own welfare,
than to choose a rich man for his
father. Nothing generates snap like
poverty. When 1t is root hog or die"
one generally finds some well directed
roofing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A good season to raise hay often
means poor season to make 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Many hay-makers now practice s..ck-
Ing with sweep or other rapid devices
in the fields and put the hay in the
NOW afterward when there is more
time to do the work. The plan is prac-
ticed because they can get up more hay
in given time in catchy weather.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Fine emery and oil will make good
paste with which to brighten tools.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

If your meadow land along the banks
Of stream Is being slowly eaten into
by the force Of the water at the curves
Of the channel the remedy Is to insert
a close row of willow stakes about a
foot from the edge of the place where
the wear is noticed. The stakes Will
root and grow and will usually hold
the banks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

In the efforts to make potato spray
ing popular among the farmers of the
state, the New York Experiment Sta
ton at Geneva has been carrying on
cooperative tests with farmers In all
parts of the state. AS result of the
spraying carried on by forty-on farm
ers on a total Of 800 acres, the average
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

The man who never reads is Incapable
Of doing much thinking, and he pits his
muscle against the other mans business
qualification brought about by thinking,
and thus works on the short end Of the
doubletree.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Cultivating corn in field where the
old stalks have been plowed under is
like Joining secret soclety-one is con
tinually wondering If the next row
will be as difficult to get over as the
last.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Horseradish is difficult plant to
eradicate, but IL plowed out when in
full leaf and the plant is prevented
from making new roots during the
summer, it will go long ways to-
ward discouraging it. If disturbed
during the dormant season only, 1t will
not have much effect on 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

A man might as well attempt to
drink the Pacific ocean dry as to at
tempt to whip fright out of horse.
When horse is frightened 1t will re-
Quire different tactics.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

The grass crop that the corn grower
does not care to see prosper is the fox
tall grass.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

The hired girl problem is getting
worse Instead of better. Many girls
seek employment in cities because the
wages are larger and there are more
privileges. They then marry city men,
leaving the country boys to find com
panions in city girls, who in turn will
not live on the farm, and both boys
and girls are lost to the farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29

Sometimes the man who sits and
waits for something to turn up is soon
turned down.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
SEE SERMONS IN STONES.
Scientists Testify to Mutual Sympa-
thy Existing Between Jewels
and Persons.

Science has come to the fore to tes-
tify that the belief that precious stones
have a peculiar sympathy with human
character and bearing thereon is no
idle superstition. A professor of the
Paris conservatory of Arts and Crafts
says that the mutual attraction of peo-
pie and stones is beyond dispute.
He throws cold water on the belief
that sapphires can open prison doors
or that diamonds make brave men in
Vulnerable. But after three years ex-
perimental observation he maintains
that a preference for certain Jewels
indicates certain temperamental quail
ties and even characteristic of physi-
ognomy.
For instance, the ruby invariably at
tracts persons of dark eyes with long
eyelashes. The diamond tempts the
blue eyed who boast long lashes. And
both blonde and brunette alike if of
a nervous temperament yearn for
emeralds.
Easy-going natures fall under the
spell OF blue stones.
But more than all these scientific
facts Is the discovery that the sym
pathy of the stone is a sure test of it's
g~enuineness. No matter how perfect
artificial stones may be, even though
made from the dust of the real, hav-
ing undergone an unnatural crystalli-
zatlon they do not possess the subtle
sympathetic attraction. When an
easy-going woman turns the cold
shoulder on a turquoise collar you
may be positive that the turquoise is
artificial.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14

partment Of agriculture. Dissolve
one ounce of ~strychnine sulphate
in one pint of boiling water
add a pint of thick sugar SYRUP
and stir. Preserve in a close vessel.
This quantity is sufficient to poison
One-half bushel of shelled corn or
other grain. Steep the corn in hot
water and allow it to soak over night.
Then drain and allow it to soak for
several hours in the poison syrup.
Corn may be rubbed in meal to emove
the excess of moisture.
This poisoned corr may be intro
duced into the runways by the use of
a dipple and a spoon. This dipple,
shown in the sketch, may be made
from a spade handle with a metal
point and a strong bar upon which
to place the foot in forcing it into the
ground. The bar should be about Is
inches from the point. A hole is made,
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14

a spoonful of poisoned corn dropped
into 1T and the hole left open The
corn, of course, must be put in or near
the main runways.
trapping is a good method if fol-
lowed persistently. 1t is adapted to
small fields, where only a few gophers
are present. A small steel trap may
be employed, but there are a number
OF special gopher traps on the mar
ket. These traps must be set in the
main gopher tunnel.
Carbon bisulphide has been used
extensively for killing gophers. If the
burrows are large in dry soil, however.
the gas evaporates so rapidly hat
much of the liquid is required to kill
the animals and the methods is expen-
sive. If the burrows are small in
moist soil, an ounce of the LIQUID tn
each burrow is sufficient. Pour the
carbon bisulphide over a bunch of cot
ton rags Or other waste material and
push this quickly into the burrow and
close the opening. All the farmers in
q community, says the Orange Judd
Farmer, must cooperate in order to
exterminate the pocket gopher. I'm
less they are eradicated from the
neighborhood they will soon come in
and restock the territory.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
w arI1ke Natives.

In India assaults on British SOL
diery by natives have become SO fire.
quent of late that the press is direct
ing the serious attention of the gov
eminent to the matter. The Civil and
Military Gazette asserts, ION trust
worthy information, that in the north
ern command alone such assaults oc-
cur as often as one a week, with a
marked tendency to increase" This
is regarded as an aftermath of the
triumph Of the Japanese in the far
east.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Reduced Rates East for School
Teachers.

And the general public, via A. T. &
S. F. Ry. One fare plus 50 for the
round trip from Utah, Wyoming and
other territories to Missouri river, st.
Louis, Memphis, Chicago, st. Paul and
intermediate points. Dates of sale,
May Goth and 2Sth, June LIST, 3rd and
18th. Return limit, Oct. 31st, 1906.
~Stop-overs allowed. For further in
formation apply to G. F. Warren, Gen
eral Agent, All Dooly Block. Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Call of the Wild.

Most OF u song birds have three
notes expressive Of love, alarm and
Fellowship, says John Burroughs, in
Country Life in America. The latter
call seems to keep them in touch with
one another. | might perhaps add t o
this list the scream of distress which
birds utter when caught by a cat
or a hawk-the voice of uncontrolled
terror and pain which is nearly the
same In all species-dissonant and
piercing. The other notes and calls
are characteristic, but this last is the
simple screech Of common terrified ma
ture.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Ohio Women's Work.

Inc hrst work undertaken by the
CIVIC improvement committee of the
ONO Federation of Women's clubs
was to establish civic Improvement
committees in every club and to place
CIVIC Improvement topics upon every
programme. Of the 80 federated
clubs in Ohio, more than $50 have now
thelr committees and TOPICS.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Merely O. Ann.

After being 20 years in the service of
a family at Saffron Walden. England
as ~housekeeper, a woman died, and If
was found that no one knew her sur
name.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14

tested with the
pocket gopher, so
very destructive
to crops. Go.
pliers may be de-
stroyed by poi
son, by traps
and by the use
of carbon bisul-
phide. Poisoning
with ~strychnine
is the most eff
fective means, as
it may be done
at the lowest
cost. AS recon.
mended by the
United States de.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
Russian Refugees Shot.

In a recent speech the Hon. w
Rothschild, M. p, said that within
the last two months very many ref.
ugees from Russia had been sen back
to England and that he had evidence
that every one Of these men was shot
at the Russian frontier without trial.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14
HOW TO DESTROY GOPHERS
Methods Recommended by the Agri-
cultural Department at
Washington.

Nearly every district west of the
Mississippi river is more or less in
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-06-14

More Than Titled. -.
Sir Ford North is an enton
as well as a famous lawyer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE
Awful in its Nature. Visited Val.
paraiso, Chill, Thursday Eve
and Claims 500 Victims.

The latest destr uction is that of a
South American city, Valparaiso,
Chill, where five hundred human be-
ings have met death and property
destroyed that is estimated ut quar-.
ter of billion dollars.
Thirteen million human beings
have been killed by earthquake and
volcanoes since history has been kept.
The number of earthquakes is l31, 23S.
Delicate instruments now record
every move, or quake. The cities of
Caracas in 1912 and of Lisbon in 1775
were destroyed in q few minutes
while the Calabriau lasted for four
yeare. In the first Lisbon quake or
that of 1881. 10000 persons persisted
while the second or that of 1855, up
ward of $1,000 perished. 1900 Araf q
were killed at Fee, Morocco. tt 9
great quake of 1893 destroyed $50
towns and villages in Sicily ard
killed more than 100000 people. In
1868 i'll Peru and Ecuador, 25, 900 on o.
pie were killed. That of San Fran-
sisco about $500 were killed and
$500, 600, 900 of property destroyed. In
1902, Mount Pelee belched forth death
to 10000 people but probably the
worst eruption was that of Krakatoa
in 1888 when the explosion was heard
at Rodriguez nearly 5000 miles
away. 1t created tidal waves that
ran l25 feet high, and carried war
ship inland for over mile and left it
stranded in a forest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
The Kansas WAY.

The girls who work out in Kansas
have list Of questions prepared that
runs like this:
Have you any children?
Would you want me to do the
washing?
What time would have to get up
in the morning?
Would I eat at the table with the
family?
Could I receive my company in the
parlor?
Gould I have two afternoons off
each week?
A young woman applied for posi-
ton and asked II they had children.
The lady said they had six. "Then /
can't work for you" the girl remarked.
ooh do stay" said the woman. "We'll
kill the children"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
North Branch Creamery.
Its Success Attributed to Good Man
agenent. Farmers Show Ap-
probation by Increasing
Amount of Business

Under the management of Mr..
Soren 0. Jorgensen, the North
Branch Creamery Is now doing q pros
pering business. Mr. Jorgensen has
some optimistic views regarding the
future outlook for the creamery and
well he may, for starting in with the
southern patrons in the early spring,
he has seen the number gradually
grow until at the present time it has
reached los.
Saturday, June 2sd, was the banner
day SO far this year. On that day
twenty-one tubs containing 1886
pounds of high grade butter which sc.
cured premium above the New
York market were turned out.
In order to induce the patrons to
take better care of the cream, the
creamery has lately taken the follow.
ing step. They pay two cents q
pound more for butter fat from hand.
separated cream that is in a good con.
dition than for butter fat from water.
separator cream or any other cream
from which they can not manufac-
ture good grade of butter. This is q
step in the right direction and which
has been taking with most of the
leading creameries in the state.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
PASTORS DUAL LIFE WEIRD.
Life of Minister Who Burned Church
Beats Fiction.

Waterloo, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-The lun-
acy commission in the case of the
Rev. c. Stuart Balm, the Baptist min
lister who destroyed his own church by
ire, declared him insane. He was
committed to Mattewan state hospital.
The report of the commission shows
that Balm had led a remarkable dual
life. While student in the theolog.
ical seminary at Belfast, Ireland, thir.
ty years ago, he was arrested for theft
and committed to an insane asylum.
A year after his discharge his mother
sent him to this country. In 1887 he
commenced course Of study at the
Mccormick Theological seminary in
Chicago. He entered the ministry in
1889 and for the next twelve years his
life was shown to be a record Of in.
tense religious fervor, interrupted at
irregular intervals by lapses into de.
hatchery of the lowest type, +
He was deposed from the ministry,
lived the life of tramp and under.
went term of imprisonment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
U. S., G. A. R. NOTES
A Fitting Recognition from the
National Encampment to our
Worthy Comrade, E. ].
Freeman.

At the National Encampment at
Minneapolis last week, E, ]. Freeman,
of Audubon, was elected unanimous.
ly to the office of President of the Ma
tional Association of the Civil War
musicians and they presented him
with Presidents badge. This
makes him an executive officer and
empowers him to appoint . National
Fife Major and Drum Major which
music has been adopted by the u. g.,
6. A. R. President Freeman has ap..
pointed A. F. Hopkins, of New Jer-
sey, Fife Major for the U. 8. and A. ].
Philips, of Pocohontas county. Iowa,
Drum Major for Iowa. While Col.
Pembleton, of Nebraska, was ap-
pointed Drum Major for the National
Encampment.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
Declined Her own Medicine.

There is always more or less talk
current about abolishing position and
dispensing pelf. The trouble is to
know just where to begin the destruc-
tive reconstruction and to find reform
ers who are willing themselves to be
reformed. An English great lady was
once entertaining the labor member Of
parliament, Henry Broadhurst, the
Duke of Argyll and others at her coun-
try seat. She was strong Liberal,
and one evening inveighed against the
house Of lords. 1t would be swept
away if it did not reform, she said
with feryor.
"Yes," agreed Broadhurst, "and how
will you like that, Mrs. Pr"
Lady P. if you please. sir" instant
ly corrected Broadhurst's hostess.
drawing herself up haughtily.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23

had reached for IT, to make his mem
DRY tell him just how the edge Of that
square post had appeared. A few
inches to the right or to the left would
mean dropping into vacancy.
Bending his head away back, he
strained his eye up the cross and fig
ured his angle of approach. He eau
tiously wormed himself to the right
and made up his mind that here direct
ly under his feet must be the plank.
Then he dropped. The world knows
that he lived to tell the tale. IN,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
A River of Death.

Before the English occupation of In
dia it was estimated that the Ganges
carried to the sea every year 100000
dead bodies. 1t was then considered
by the Hindoos that the happiest death
was one found in its waves, and all
pious Hindoos who could do so were
carried to its banks and placed in its
waters to die. The decaying carcasses
along Its banks We're probably respon-
sible in no small degree for the pesti-
lences which formerly desolated the
peninsula.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
HANlL,N
Its Resources, Location and Bust
ness Men.

Nestled in between the hills. in the
valley of the classic Blne Grass c8h
be found the pretty village of Hams
lin, settled with class of sturdy
Danes that are an honor to any coun-
tty. They have the thrift and enter
prise essential to the building UP Of
any country in which they settle.
Mr.. Juel is now nicely and com.
fortably situated in new store build
ing, with a stock that meets the re-
quirements of the community, with
prices on goods that defy competition
of larger towns, tries to please and
satisfy his trade.
MI. Oluf Hansen, the manager Of
the Kimballton and Elk Horn Lum-
Der Company keeps on hand atl all
times everything pertaining to his
line of lumber, coal and building ma
terial of all descriptions. If Oluf fig
ures your bill, you get what your bill
calls for and at figures that meet your
approval.
Messrs. Christensen and Carstensen
handle everything in hardware and
implements that the country requires.
Their fine line of buggies with prices
that defy competition is making this
firm popular.
Mr.. Miller in the harness shop
keeps line of goods that the farmers
need. His repairing deserves especial
mention and his prices are lower than
you can buy or get your work done
for elsewhere.
Fred Bonnesen, in his we'll arranged
smithy turns out class of work that
any first class smith should be proud
OF. The farmers are we'll satisfied
with his skill and his prices suit. !.
Ole Olesen, in the hotel, caters to
the demands of the public, ana ali
ways tries to please. The sojourner
is made to feel at home while with
him and his wife.
Mr.. Nelson at the elevator is alwaye
in the market for products of the farm
and very few men in Audubon county
handle as much grain, coal, cattle
and hogs as Chris does. His ability
to please the seller has gained for him
enviable reputation. His love for 9
square deal merits the patronage Of
that he receives. II mistakes are
made he is always ready to correct
them.
The Blue Grass Creamery we shall
speak of separately. Mr.. Hielemar
the buttermaker, is the right man In
the right place.
Emil Tvenstrup, the artist at the
tonsorial parlor, is always ready tt
give you a smooth shave or q fancy
hair cut. Having learned the trade
thoroughly, he knows how to RESPOND
to your bidding, and please the mos
fastidious.
Postmaster Garnet is always to b,
found at his place of:business to ans
wer you, "Call for the mail" Will,
his labors are tedious, his patience ii
equal to emergencies and you neve
get snapped of with mo"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
ON THE sPlRE.
Thrilling Incident In the Life Of
james Freeman Clarke.

Thlilllng Incident In the Life of
James Freeman Clarke.
When James Freeman Clarke was
young man he visited Salisbury.
England. Here the beautiful cathe-
dral lifts its spire 4O4 feet into th4
air. The spire is topped by ball, and
on the ball stands Il cross. From the
ground the ball looks like an orange,
but its diameter is really greater than
mans height:
Workmen We're repairing the spire.
Mr.. Clarke saw them crawling round
the slim steeple in the golden after
noon like bugs on a bean stalk. The
impulse came to him to climb the
spire and stand on the horizontal beam
Of the cross. Accordingly at dusk.
when the workmen had left, the young
American slipped in and made his
way up the stairs tc the little window
which opened to the workmen's stag
ing. To run up the scaffolding to the
ball was easy. Then came the slightly
more bullying curve of the ball. A
short platform gave him foothold He
ASoSACu UP, put Ills uuuuS Ou lLe UttSe
Of the cross and pulled himself up
To gain the cross arm was merely
Shining" up a good sized tree. and
soon he stood on the horizontal timber
and, reaching up, touched the top OF
the cross.
After enjoying his moment of exalta
ton he slid to the foot of the cross
and. with his arms round the post
slipped down over the great abdomen
of the ball. His feet touched nothing
The little plank from which he had
reached up was not there!
Here was peril and one for a coo,
head and sure eye. OF course he could
not look down. The hugging hold that
he had to keep on the bottom Of the
cross shortened the reach of his body
and made it less than when he had
stood on the plank and reached up tc
the cross with his hands. He must
drop so that his feet should meet the
plank, for he would never be able tc
pull himself back if he should let him
self down at arms length, and his
feet hung over empty air.
Now his good head began to work
He looked up ut the cross and tried
to recall exactly the angle at which he
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23
TRADE WITH TERRITORIES

Shipments to Noncontiguous Territory
Of United States Shows Growth.
Washington, Aug. 18-Trade of the
United States with it's noncontiguous
territories amounted in the fiscal year
just ended to $119,304,511. A bulletin
issued by the department Of commerce
and labor says:
"The shipments to the noncontigu.
Gus territories amounted to 51,6OO,.
600, against $43,5OO,0OO in the fiscal
year 1905, this growth of about 20
per cent occurring in the shipments
to Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
but especially Porto Rico, while to the
Philippine islands there was reduc
ton of about $750,000."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-23

Two boys met on the street of Au.
dubon few days ago. One was a
farmers son, the other an up-to.date
town boy. A gentleman came along
and said "Boys, do either of you have
knife you could loan me few min.
utes?" The city youth delved into
his pocket and brought out come
cigarette wrappers, a mustache comb,
finger nail cleaner, small curling
iron, looking glass, ETC., but no jack
knife. The farmers son went sitter
his knife but what came out first was
some screws, nails, barb wire staples,
some string. q small sample box OF
ointment, and then a good sensible
two bladed jack knife.