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FOUR OR FIVE outside rooms and private
DOWNTOWN APARTMENT at reduced rent
at 505 ST. NV; only one left. Five
rooms. Rent, go. 50.
LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER, 6l2 18th ct. ocIs-tf
s. to Sl2 Tor two and three room apartments
in The Dorchester, corner 18TH st. and Mary
land ave. sW., handsome baths. steam heat.
hot and cold water. ianitor service. au5-tf
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FOR SALE-IIZz 10Th 81 nv: S,x-room frame
PRICE s., CO.,
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For Rent-HOuSeS.

FOR RENT-Nine TO ms and bath. $780,
4SS n 81. NV. Apply S0i 9Th st. NV. moist
FOR RENT-5ss Jefferson st AnaeostIa six
rooms. with cellar. front and back yards. APP
ply GEO. +. KING. 26S Center Market
MOIST
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Bachelor Apartment.

TWO ROOMS and bath. all conveniences. s12
up SENECA. o27 z st. NV. Janitor. on
premises. se4-tf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
lTALy's FINANCIAL STROKE.

Her Debt on a 3 "a Per Cent. Basis
A Financial Rehabilitation.
An event of first rank in the his
tory of European public debts Is the
financial rehabilitation of Italy as reg
istered in the successful conversion
of her and per cent. rents to a
3A basis. OF the total of $780,
100000, only $4,000 OF the securi-
ties were presented for redemption.
instead of conversion.
In january, 1894, italian rents
were down to u on the Paris Bourse
and Premier Crispi had admitted that
italian finances were in pretty bad
shape. Step by step, in little more
than twelve years, the work of re-
cuperation has proceeded.
A 20 per cent. tax on the interest
coupon forced considerable con
version of the per cent. to As. The
budget was cut ruthlessly. A sur
plus began to appear and the king.
dom stopped borrowing.
Three years ago Italian currency
reached par OF gold. When few
weeks ago the conversion plan was
preached German holders OF Italian
rents began to sell and the purchases
were made for Italian account in pro-
portion.
When the conversion went through
the Italian rents were found to be
held largely. in their own country.
U,hic foot ne raho h;lifof}on MOS M.
complished at time when European
money markets were under heavy
pressure.-Eclectic Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

100 feet square, which was originally
Ornamented In some manner not now
Ineligible. From this rose a circular
tower about "a feet in diameter, of very
bold masonry, surmounted by a brace
of ox-skulls with wreaths Joining them,
and well-profiled cornice; two or
three courses of masonry above this
seem to have belonged to the original
work: and above this, almost certain
ly, In the original design rose conIcal
roof, which has persisted. The tower
having been used as a fortress in the
middle ages, battlements have been
added to supply the place of the roof,
and 1t has been otherwise disfgured,
SO as to detract much from Its beauty
as now seen. Still we have no tomb
of the same Importance so perfect, nor
one which enables us to connect the
Roman tombs so nearly with the Etrus-
can. The only addition in this Instance
Is that Of the square basement or
podium, though even this was not un-
known at much earlier period, us for
exaggerated height of the circular base
is also remarkable. Here 1t rises to
be tower instead of mere circular
base of stones for the earthen cone of
the original sepulchre. The stone roof
which probably surmounted the tower
was mere reproduction Of the orig
lnal earthen cone.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Energy From Fruits.

So far as fresh fruits are concerned,
more energy can be extracted from
one pound Of plums than can be got
from pound of fresh pears or even
from a pound of dried figs or pound
of prunes. The recent scientific an
alysis from which these striking facts
were obtained has attracted great at
tention on the Continent. Strawber-
ries yield the smallest amount OF en-
ergy from given weight compared
with other fruits. Raspberries stand
next, then blackberries, then water
melons. then cranberries. and these,
again, are followed by currants. One
can get three times the amount, Of
energy from pound of watermelons
or cranberries. There is nearly Eve
times as much energy available for
extraction In a pound of fresh plums
as is pound of fresh strawberries.
This fact may prove Of particular in
terest Just now as the plum season
is at present at its best. Again, a
pound of fresh plums contains more
than twice the amount Of energy that
pound OF fresh curranta Yields
Westminster Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
STONE FENCES DISAPPEARING.
In connectieut They Are Bought Up
for Building Materials

-
In Connecticut They Are Bought Up
for Building Materials
Connecticut's stone fences. are
doomed and before many years these
picturesque features of the rural Sec
tons of the State will be but MEM
DRY. The popularity Of stone houses
and the increase in the number Of
summer homes have led to the utili-
cation of the stone fences for build
ing purposes.
In place OF the stone fences are
miles Of wire fences.
When New Workers began to seek
the country in the summer time Con-
necticut became dotted with an ever
increasing number OF costly cottages,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

South" and was Just as full of mis-
chief as a boy of thirteen could be.
One evening he came home after a
ramble through the woods and by
the river land said to his brother
Harry, who was eight years younger
than himself
Harry, you take these three eggs
and put them In box of sand and
set it in the sun, and after a while
you'll have three of the funniest
chickens you ever saw
Harry followed his brothers direc-
tons, and morning, noon and night
he might be seen watching for his
brood to poke their bills out of the
sand.
At last, one hot day just before
noon, the sand began to move and
the queerest kind of chicken came
out. 1t had long horny bill, a long
fiat body without feathers or wings,
four feet and a tail nearly as long
as its body. AS soon as Harry's ex-
cited eyes could see clearly he ex-
claimed: ooh! OH! It's an alliga.
tor! It's an alligator come out of an
egg!"
That was the way Harry learned
that the alligators bury their eggs
in the sand and wait for the sun
to hatch them. and as soon as the
young alligators appear the mother
conducts them to the water.-New
York News,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
MAKING TAERMoMETERs.
instruments in Which There Is Grea
Amount of Difference


Amount Of Difference.
The average man swears by his
thermometer as he swears by his
watch. 1t seems to make little differ.
ence to him what the official weather
records may say. Yet" says a wealth
er bureau official at Washington,
there is as much difference in Their
mometers as there is in individuals
or razors," he adds. as an after.
thought.
No two thermometers are exactly
alike. Some thermometers are the
work of scientific operation in the
hands Of experts; others are turned
out like SO many parts of machine
made shoes. With extremely sensitive
and infinitely accurate instruments
needed for reliable work the greatest
care is taken. They are kept in stock
for years sometimes, and compared
with instruments known to be trust
worthy beyond question. Naturally so
much time cannot be spent over the
cheap thermometers, although more
core is devoted to them than many
purchasers suppose.
Mercury is used for scientific in.
struments, but alcohol is used for the
cheaper grades. The alcohol is tinted
with aniline dyes, which do not fade.
The manufacturer buys the tubes in
strips from glass factories. His blow
en- cuts them to proper lengths and
makes the bulbs on the ends. When
the bulbs are filled with alcohol they
are allowed to stand for several hours
before being sent back to the blower
to close the upper end. By this time
the liquor is thoroughly expanded.
The first guide mark-32 degrees
Fahrenheit-is found by plunging the
bulb into melting snow, when 1T is to
be had. This invariably gives the ex-
act freezing point and is an unfaiing
test when the accuracy of thermo-
meter is suspected. When melting
snow is not to be had, manufacturers
use little machine for shaving Ice,
which serves the purpose almost as
well.
After their cod bath, the thermome-
tiers go to another workman, who
punges them into tub of water kept
constantly at 81 degrees. Another
takes them at SO degrees land SO on.
allowing 80 degrees for each guide
mark. Then they are ready to be put
into frames and have their other de-
grees and their fractions uarked of
accordingly Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
THE FL1GHr OF BIRDS

The course of flight is a dis.
tinguishing character of many birds.
The grouse rises gradually while
flying in a straight course; the wood
cock rises to a height of several
feet, or even yards, then flies In a
straight line, but peculiarly arrow
like, being graceful and silent, the
long slender tail and body of the
bird still further suggesting an ar
row. A number of the birds, nota-
bly, the brown thrasher and the song
sparrow, progress in short flights, as
from bush to bush, with queer, &C.
centric, or bobbing motion as If their
tapping tails were great hindrance.
A Wilson snipe flies in ziz-zag line;
a goldfinch in long undulations or
bounds. All of these and many 9TH
er ways of flying can be indicated by
dotted lines in the notebook, sup
plemented by such words as Sailing"
rapid" SLOW heavy" or grace
full" flight and rapid" SLOW
silent" OR Gathering" wingbeats; the
wings of the grouse hum, those Of
the woodcock and the mourning dove
whistle.-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
PAUL AMID THoMAs


Harry's aunt, who lived in the
same house with Harry, had a big
gray parrot, who made himself very
much at home, and considered him
self one Of the family. His name
was Paul.
Harry would sometimes lift the
parrot high in the air upon one fin
ger. Then Paul would cock his head
upon one side and talk way down in
his throat.
Harry was playing thus with Pail
one day when some one called him.
He set Paul upon the floor, and ran
out of the room to see what was
wanted.
In = few minutes in walked Thorn
as, the big black house cat.
Thomas had had his eye on Paul
for long time, and when he came
upon him thus, walking about alone
upon the floor, he said to himself
that here was his chance.
He skunk around behind a chair
and began to creep slowly toward
the parrot. Paul was preening his red
tall and seemed to be paying no at.
tention.
Thomas suddenly gathered himself
and then sprang for the bird with
claws spread out.
Paul had really been watching
Thomas game all the time, and just
as the cat made his spring Paul flew
up into the air. The result was that
when he came down he landed right
upon Thomas black head.
He gripped his long, curving talons
into the cats fur, and then he set
to work with his strong, hooked
beak. He pulled out whole punches
Of fur and scattered them into the
air.
Thomas squalled and meowed till
he wrenched himself free, when he
fairly tore out OF the room.
"S1uawk!" said Paul. and this was
q sign that he had been having a
good time.-New York News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
A DOG MAIL CARRIER.

A Kansas town boasts Of a New
foundland dog intelligent enough to
be a mail carrier. The depot is only
a short distance from the post office.
The mail trains do not stop, but
drop the bags on the platform in
passing.
When the dog hears the whistle
of the approaching train, he hurries
to the depot and waits for his bur-
den. The mail clerk kicks the bug
out of the car door and it falls some
where in the vicinity of the freight
house. The dog goes at once to the
sack, and, taking it carefully in the
middle, SO that neither end will drag
on the ground, walks sedately and
directly to the post Office, where he
deposits his trust in a safe place.
The dog is now five years old, is
two feet high, and strong in limb.
His teeth are strong from carrying
the heavy mail bags, which some
times weigh at least forty-seven
pounds when the bag is tightly pack.
ed during busy time. He is we'll
cared for and well Hive
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

one were to enumerate all the successes
he would need much space for the list.
Some of the foreign marriages are ideal
and the glow of beautiful domesticity
is ever present in their lives. Such a
one is the case of the daughter of the
late Paran Stevens, u distinguished and
wealthy New Yorker. She married Ar
thur Paget, son of a well-to-do British
family associated with the nobility and
considered leaders in the smart set. Her
married life has been very happy. She
has number of children, one of whom
married daughter of the late William
g. Whitney of New York.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Id chlld.

SUilos
o little child
What mysteries. what pare ant
lovely things
Wait yet, and rest with calmy fold
I'D wings
Within thy soul interrupted, undefledi
What noble song
Deep-toned with love by truth
made seraph-clear,
What word of faith to wake tht
doubt-dulled ear
Sleeps in thy heart, unguesset
through ages long?
What mighty deed
To conquer war and end nations
woe,
To loose the chain and bid bond
man go,
: Unknown within thee waits the mo
ment's need?
o unbeguiled,
Time runs apace to speed thy fate
full hour.
That sleeping thought one day viii
rouse to power
And shake the world through thee
thou little child!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
MRS. ARTHUR PAeET.

An American Woman of the British
Smart Set.
We hear great deal In one way or
another about the pitiful failures and
mistakes of American girls who marry
foreigners But there is another side
to the story. These failures are the ex-
ceptions rather than the rule, and IL
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

nation of the bread. On the lid, in old
characters, is the following Inscription {:
&c. NJ. L., MDXXIIII." This drinking
vessel, which, Independent of its ar
tistic merit, was no doubt highly valued
as mere household possession, brings
to mind many recollectlons of the life
of him who raised himself from a very
lowly position to one of great power
and usefulness.
Martin Luther who was the son Of
John Lotter or Lauther (Which name
our Reformer afterwards changed to
Luther) and Margaret Lindenen, was
born in the little town of Islebern, in
Saxony, on November 10th, 1888. His
father was miner. Luther died in
1916, and princes, earls, mobiles, and
students without number, attended the
funeral of the miners son in the church
of Islebern. On this occasion, Malanc-
thon delivered the funeral Grafton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Tomb Of Cneciiia Metell.

OF the tombs of Consular Rome moth.
Ing remains except perhaps the sarco-
phagus Of Sclpio; and 1t is only on the
eve of the Empire that we meet with
the well-known one of Cecilia Metella,
the wife of Crassus, which is not only
the best specimen of Roman tomb
now remaining to us, but the Oldest
building OF the imperial city of which
we have an authentic date. 1t con-
sists of a bolG square basement about
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

OH LheuuliiOuSs Oh
Its surface. which
consist, however, Of
a repetition of two
subjects. The upper
one represents the
agony in the garden,
and the Savior pray
Ing that the cup
might pass from
Him; the base repre-
s EN- is the Lords
Supper, the center
1fcl, hnt- Az
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

A private Japanese company Is ar
ranging for the establishment Of a
Japanese colony in Alberta, North
west Territory. 1t will be the frat
Asiatic colony In western Capad&
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Ellis Island, in New York bay, is
the great gateway for aliens coming
to America, and an average Of 2,414
Of them pass through 1t every day in
the year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Worriment.

"You say that wealth brings you
only worryi"
eyes," answered Mr.. Bullions. e.
"What kind of worry?"
Worry for fear some of IT will gel
away,"=Washington Star
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

"Man is an illogical animal"
"How so?"
"He leaves his home for a vacation
and pays twice as much as his house
hold expenses to get all the comforts
of home at country otel."-Houston
Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

1t is source of regret that some
men have time to burn" when their
wives have no dry wood to burn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Fan Flowing Be.r.

Farmers frequently make mistake
by not blowing more of their culti-
waited fields in the fall than they do.
Some are constantly crowded with
work and cannot get around to It,"
others are somewhat negligent and fail
to realize that crops too often give
poorer yield from spring than fall
blowing.
Deep spring blowing is likely to re-
suit in diminished crops, especially IL
followed by period Of drouth. The
loosening of the soil to great depth
admits air and facilitates the loss of
soil moisture. 1t breaks off capillarity
and the moisture from lower depths i,
not readily drawn upon. Consequently
in dry summer, there will not be
enough moisture to support good
crop. The advantage in blowing, par
tlcularly loamy soils, in the spring,
when the land is still moist, is not
merely that the ploughshare slips cas-.
lily through the soil, but rather that
the furrow-slice, as it dries, falls down
on itself and forms loose earth.
1t is evident that fall blowing can
not be recommended for all soils and
all localities. The pillow does not
grind the soil to powder, but merely
throws 1t up into little ridges, or fur.
rows, and while in this condition in
the winter and through the action Of
the frost the particles Of earth are
loosened and torn apart. This is es-
pecially true Of fine clay soils which
run together and of those that pack
easily. Loosened soils admit air more
readily and thereby increase chemical
action upon vegetable and mineral mat.
ter. MANFRED, sod or covered crop
lands turned under In the fall will
have some time to decompose and rem
der plant food available for the crop
Of the following sprlng,-Indianapolis
News
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

A plant for manufacturing artifl-
cial marble was recently established
In Catania, Italy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Overripe cream, too much churnine
and overworklng are three genera
faults in butter making.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Marvellous, !. =
Quaint and Curious.


ESSSSH

Martin Luthcr's Tanknrd.
This interesting relic of the great Re
former is of ivory, very richly carved,
and mounted in silver gilt. There are
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

New York city requires 2.744 bak-
ess to make Its supply Of daily bread,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Let the chickens run on the range
where they will have plenty of grass
and clover. Turn up earth for them to
scratch in for worms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
Dormant Budding,


Prof. Price says the method Of dor
mant budding, as practiced at the
Texas station, consists of cutting slip
of bark, with some wood attached,
down the tree about one inch, leaving
1t attached at the lower end. About
half Of this slip is then cut off, leav-
ing the other half still attached to the
tree. Cut of a bud, leaving some wood
also attached to it to prevent injury,
and then carefully place 1t between
the slip and tree, so that it will fit
nicely, and the cambium of the bud and
tree come in contact. Tie tight with
some good material, such us raffia. In
five or six days the bud will be found
to have knit firmly. Treat them as
those budded In the usual way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
A HANDSOME APOLOGY.


Ned and his grandmother are the
best of friends, but sometimes the
little boys tongue is too quick to
please the old lady. Then Ned apollo
gizes after fashion of his own,
which his grandmother approves.
Il got tired Juggling that wheelbar-
row for grandmother. while she was
changing her plants" Ned said to his
mother, accounting the days events
at bedtime, "and said, 4 wish there
wasn't another speck of this hateful
dirt in all the world!' Bat then, at
terward, 'pologized.'
Il am glad of that" said his moth
er. did you tell her you were
sorry?"
No, that is not the kind grand
mother likes best" said Ned. 81 got
another wheelbarrowful, and just
said: Don't you want some more
of this nice dirt, grandmother?' And
then We were all right again. -
Youths Companion. ed, Il.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Whipping a shying or frightened
horse is senseless and cruel; pain does
not relieve freight, but the assuring
voice Of the master does.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Bristol Cathedral was $50 years
building. 1t was completed in 1883,
Gloucester Cathedral was 425 years In
building.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Lady Owns Million Acre Farm.
The largest ranch owner of the world
Is declared to be Mrs. H. NJ. King,
who possesses a tract of about one
million acres at Santa Gertrude, Tex.
The ranch carries more than one hum
dred thousand head of beef cattle and
more than one hundred miles of rail-
way run through the property. The
ranch is used mostly for stock raising,
but would be extremely valuable II
divided into smaller tracts for cultiva-
ton. Such land when irrigated In
that section sells at $3.50 an acre. It
is Mrs. Kings plan to reclaim most of
the land by boring artesian wells and
leasing 1t to small farmers. More than
five hundred persons are employed on
the ranch, most Of them Mexicans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
CAN YOU PLAY FLOP?

CAN YOU PLAY FLOP?
It is quite good game, so 1 will
tell you how to play it in case you
don't know.
A ring of chairs-one for each per-
son and one ovef-is arranged in
the room. All the players are seat
ed but one, who stands in the middle
of the ring. Then the fun begins.
All those who are seated slip from
one chair to the other as quickly
as possible, SO that it is very diff
cult for the person in the middle
to see which is the vacant chair,
says Home Notes. 1t is his Cor herr
business to get into that chair, and
when he at last "flops" into it-for
in the scramble it is impossible to
se graceful-the person who occupied
it last must take his place in the
middle of the ring.-The New York
Telegram.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
A New seedIe.. Apple.

Howard Garrett of Willistown
township, near West Chester, Pa,
claims to have solved the question Of
how to grow seedless apples, and has
two trees in his orchard which are
bearing such fruit and have been for
several seasons Just how 1t is done
he will not explain; but he has the
fruit. The apples have core like any
other variety, but there Is not seed
in them. The flavor of the fruit is ex-
cellent.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

Why Mule Is Valuable.
1t is said that well-managed and
properly fed mules can be worked at
two years of age with safety, II prop
sy Judgment Is exercised by the driver,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

! HARRY's CHICKENS.
sammy Brent lived way down
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24

The clover meadow habit, like that of
good disposition, is one that should be
continually cultivated.