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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
prise of 1t when she turned her face to-
ward the window. "Marie herew

prise Of 1t when she turned her face to-
ward the window. "Marie hereW
But they were talking again. 81
have the basket ready, Marie, it is the
biggest one. put in everything except
something for Roberts supper and our
breakfast. 1t ought to last for day
or two"
II will see that 1t does, never fear.
I discover 1t to them by bits. The chill.
dren never think, and father" she
shrugged her shoulders sadly. So this
was where "little mother" got the food
that had reused only vague wonder
in his brain.
marie, when do you think 1t vii!
end?" the woman's voice sounded for
lord and so weary. II try not to wor.
ry, but I can do SO little to help. Rob.
lert had used all his ready money to re.
lieve the suffering. It's all we can do"
Her voice sunk into piteous whisper.
Here was woman with Imagination,
with pity! She could see, and, yes
she could feel. No other forms came
stealing through the bushes, the oil.
soaked bag must have proven heavy. 1t
could be stopped tomorrow, the whole
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
THE FLAG GOES BIZ.

Hats Of!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, ruffle Of drums,
A Hash Of color beneath the sky;
Hats of
The flag is passing byl
Blue and crimson and white II shines,
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats OF!
Tho colors before us dy;
But more than the flag is passing by.
Sea fights and land fights, grim and great
Fought to make and to save the State;
Weary marches, and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips:
Days Of plenty and days Of peace;
March of strong lands swift increase
Equal Justice, right, and law,
Stately honor and reverend awe:
Sign Of a Nation, great and strong
To ward her people from foreign wrong:
Pride and glory and honor, all
Live In the colors to stand or fall,
Hats OIL
Along the street there comes
A blare Of bugles, rufle of drums:
And loyal hearts are beating high:
Hats Of!
The flag is passing byi
'-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
NEW THING IN BASEBALL.

Up-to-Date Report of a Game that
Has Not Been Played.
The game was called with ,Molasses
at the stick. Smallpox was catching.
Coal was in the box and had lots Of
steam. Horn was playing first base
and Fiddle second base. Corn was in
the field and Apple was umpire. When
AK came to bat he chopped and Coal
let Brick Walk and Sawdust fill the
bases. Song made hit and Twenty
made score. Every Foot of ground
kicked and said Apple was rotten. Bal
loon started to pitch, but went up in
the mir.
When Spider caught a fly the crowd
cheered. Old Ice kept cooling the
game until Coal burned him with a
pitched ball. You should have heard
Ice Cream. Cabbage had a good head
and kept quiet. Organ refused to play
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
and Bread loafed around and put him
out In the fifth inning Wind heean

and Bread loafed around and put him
out In the fifth inning Wind began
to blow about what he could do and
Hammer began to knock; then the
Trees began to leave. Knife was put
out for cutting first base. There was
lots of betting on the game and Egg
went broke, but Soap cleaned them up.
They all kicked when in the heat Of
the game Coal was put out and his
future temporarily cooked, but not be-
fore he roasted Pork good and hard for
his pigheadedness. Balloon went up
in the air again when Pig began to
root. The score was 1 to o when Ap.
pie told Fiddle to take his base. Oats
was shocked, not having grain of
sense. Song made another hit and
Trombone tried to slide, but was Tut
out. Meat was playing for big steak,
but was put out on the plate after hav-
Ing roasted the umpire. The score
was to ! and the game was over.
Door said If he had pitched the game
he would have shut them out.-Re-
f1ector
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1
support of the family by selling papers.
The struggles and hardships of the
street wallis life make lasting i'm
preston on his mind, and he vowed that
he would make 1t one of his chief aims
in life to give big dinner once year
to newsboys. II he ever should achieve
success, How well he succeeded in this
ambition is part of the history Of
"newsboydom" In Chicago. In the late
'7Os he started in business at the north
east corner of West Madison and Hal
sted streets. There The next fall he
gave his first Thanksgiving dinner to
the "newsies." He fed about 100 the
first year. but gradually the number Of
waits for whom he annually played host
increased until in the last few years he
has had 10000 Thanksgiving guests, and
the expense for each feed reached ST.
600.
One of Mr.. Woolf's last acts was to
hold conference with his brother and
arrange for continuance of the annual
feast after his death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
Restoring Domestic Peace.

A new way of restoring domestic
peace is detailed in the Buffalo Com
mercial. A man there was approached
the other day by distressed looking
young man with whom he had a slight
acquaintance, and asked to do this lit.
tie Kindness: "My wife and have
had fight" the unfortunate chap. said,
by way of explanation, land I'm afraid
to go home. wish you'd telephone to
her. that you caught me just as was
leaving for Albuquerque, N. M, vowinr
never to return, and that you persuad.
ed me to tlinger and try to patch up DIFF.
ferences with her." The possibilities
seemed SO great that the man did as
requested. Result: The young man
and his wife are living together again
as II they had Just started on their
honeymoon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

End of the Strike.

a. URELY there were horrors
S)enough in large mill in the mid.
- die Of winter with all the foreign
labor rioting in desperate STRIFE
Madeline Reynolds had thought of them
all, too. The greatest was possible
harm to her husband, which took many
awful forms.
In this great fear, her petty womanly
fears had sunk out of sight. That was
probably why she had neglected pull.
ing the curtain low enough to shut out
all sight Of the room In which she sat.
Red shades are cosy things, so are open
fires, and the rocking chair that Rob-
ert had given her on Christmas was
cosiest of all.
Bending forward she pulled basket
towards her. picking out multitude OF
small garments. She folded them slow.
" in piles, until she came to some
thing partially finished. Slipping on
her thimble, she threaded needle with
delft fingers. and rocking placidly to and
fro proceeded to put the finishing
stitches to a baby's dainty dress.
+, All the time between the curtain and
the window sill there lurked horror
in human form. A beard that has grown
UNDECIDED for weeks, especially II 1t be
black at midnight, will add an almost
inhuman ferocity to mans face.
He watched because he had nothing
8 else to do while he waited. Two other
balf-starved human beings would Join
In. about fifteen minutes. The volley
that broke forth in the east valley
seemed to him to be right on top Of
Hector's biggest factory. This only
caused him to shift his position to ease
bis stiffening knees and to take look
towards the east to see IL 1t meant a
DIRE.
When he looked back the woman
stood somewhere in the middle of the
room, the tiny white thing at her feet
unheeded. Suddenly she dropped on
her knees by the side Of well-worn
arm chair. pulled the smoking jacket
that had been folded on Its top down
ward towards her with a wild, fierce
gesture, buried her face in 1t, and
shook.
It came to the man who watched be.
tween the curtain and the window SILL
that after all these people could feel
But Reynolds was "a lucky man, moth
lag sver hurt him. The two or three
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

from his questions may reflect the feelings upon the
wsest, most unseish Of all mis- callers. Doing So too
he makes lasting critic OF houses business methods
He may earn his discharge because of the Invasion Of
ideness Or with shaken shattered nerves. he may 20
home to his family in mood that makes his coming
have been
Everywhere the Idle questioner with his nsistence
Is challenging his intellect and the time temper
of those with whom he distributes his nterrogatons
ordinary social intercourse the asking fool ques
on of friend acquaintance is embarrassed when he
finds there is no sane answer to the query. But the
selfish questioner who in the world asking
right and left and Unfortunately of his fellows becomes
social renegade against which statutes have been
framed. You, reader-are you Of them7
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

A Georgia man has written the fol.
lowing on an oak slab which marks q
supposed grave in meadow:
"This spot is sacred to the memory
of faithful animal-a white mule.
born ten years before the civil war.
and went through that war on rush.
from Bull Run to Lees surrender. We
amt certain that the mule died here.
but when last seen the faithful crItter
was grazing on this Identical spot and
trying to kick llghtning-fash back to
the clouds."-Atlanta Constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
HOW TO HOLD HUSBANDS LOVE.
BY Carmen sylvia, Que

ny carmen Sylpds queen OF kOundnld.
! : ! ]
81 Men look for goddesses in women not weak
IN creatures who will cling to them for support
/ III And 1t happens most unfortunately that
IN women, who as long as they remain unmarried
III seem perfectly well able to take of them
l selves, directly they have taken husband
- seem to think it incumbent on them to assume
IN helpless dependent air And they forget
- that the being from whom they expect guild
and support is but weak errng mortal like them
selves whom OF their choice they make into Idol
They have but themselves to blame when the awakening
comes and they step of their dream into the reality
life find that the being they worshiped and dealized
is but mere human creature after all.
that hour disenchantment such poor deluded
may well ask themselves how they could have been
foolish to give up their cherished independence
another to direct and support their steps,
conhding their Judgment Most of all will these
reflections themselves the mind Of the wife who
cannot help being that she pow
erful intellect and stronger will than her adored
husband not remain steadfas in the fercest
throes and physical PAIN to set her teeth firmly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

In the grim, silent struggle, without allowing groan to
escape her to beray her sunerings? But must not
OF SOUL or that all out of the fiery ordeal
querors The first fatal and rreparable mistake
red life is that of condlng the nearest
dearest friend, of allowing any peep into the diff
cutes of the situation. And it must be owned that In
this matter the whole display greater reticence
and discretion than the majority of women.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
The Innocent Immigrant Girl.


Robert Watchorn, the commissioner
of immigration, has made a sympathet-
ic and thorough study of the immigrant
types that reach New York.
Discussing these types the other day,
he said:
''The most naive are the Germans
from the smaller and remoter states.
They have the charmingly simple and
quaint minds of children.
"a beautiful German girl disembark-
ed here the other day. She was tall
and strong, blue-eyed and yellow-hair-
ed. She wanted to know at once II
there were any letter for her.
1.-THE postmaster at the pier, after
getting her name, said, by way of a
Joke:
"rIs 1t a business or love letter
that you expectT
1.-THE girl faltered.
ga business letter.
"'Well, there's nothing here said
the man, after looking over the assort-
ment.
1.-THE girl hesitated. Then, blushing
as red as rose, she said:
".Would you mind just looking
among the love letters, STRIP"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

en- every year to
the thousands of
boys who sell news
papers in Chicago
is dead. Mr.. Woolf
was born in Lon
don, Eng, In 1850.
and when a boy
came to America
with his parents,
who settled In La
fayette. Ind. At
the age Of 10 he be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

Most men this reporter asks for
news, say: mo, I'm SO busy haven't
had time to hear anything" How busy
every man thinks he is!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
Dige.tibility Of stock FOOD.

DtEestibtlfty of Stock Food.
In all feeding materials there are DOR.
tions which cannot be digested, and
even when dtgested much is not assimI.
lated. The characteristics Of the AMI.
mails have some Influence in digestion.
and the consequence is that the farmer
can convert but portion OF any kind
Of food into salable products; but the
manure heap RECEIVERS that which would
otherwise be of no value. A ton Of
clover, valued at. $40, when used for
food, is added to the profit by the.
farmer, but as much as so may come
back to the farmer in the manure; and
ton of cOtton-seed meal, costing 500.
may return as much as $1S to thu
manure after producing milk, meat and
butter, the value depending, however,
on the prices of fertilizer materials.
The reason of this gain to the farme.
is that the larger proportion of these
feeding stuffs consist Of fat and starch.
which create fat on the bodies Of tho
animals and provide warmth, but fat
and starch are derived from the atmos.
phere and not from the soil; hence thu
real value-the nitrogen and mineral
matter Cor the larger portion) goes
into the manure heap. Both linseed
meal and cotten-seed, meal may be used
on the soil as fertilizers, even at $50
per ton, but 1t is better. to first feed
them to live stock, so as to derive the
benefit from the oil and starch, which
are of no value to the soil or as plant
foods. By feeding all food materials
to animals, they are passed through the
body, after being masticated, which not
only reduces the coarsest to fine
condition, but the process Of digestion
renders the foods more acceptable to
plants. In some cases the results may
not be Immediate, but the farmer flnds
his soils become more fertile every year
and his crops larger. !.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
GET DOWN 70 THE SIMPLE LIFE.
BY Juliet v. Strauss.

Women have run to seed In finding
the easy way. The easy way never
vet developed character or fostered
the real religion that made our pio-
neer mothers SO beautiful. There are
certain phases of modern home life
which are positively irreligious.
We must get back to our old ideals
II we wish our children to experience
any of the crude human emotions we
ourselves SO hopelessly long for. II
YOU are interested in saving the souls
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
IDLE QUESTIONS COSTLY.
BY John A. Rowland.

Strip the world Of all Its idle, Irritating frlc-
tons and day might become as thousand
years in achievement. Volumes would not be-
gin to catalogue all these possibilities of this
endless procession of handicapping influences.
The effect of the Idle interrogation on social
and business life is something tremendous in
its aggregate of evils. Two minutes or two
hours after he is gone the person suffering
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

less emboldened certain women who look at life
peculiar point of view advocate like disposal
of the incurably sick in body mind. And now comes
Bernard Shaw, of unenvable notorety as playwright
to advocate similar measures for the morally unfit.
Each and all of these advocates the ethal chamber
might not find themselves in uncongenia company-so
long the tables were not turned upon themselves
with that African king whose delectable pastme Is
In ending the careers of certain Of his subjects being
first put Into effect the conviction the lover
the edible character of his sweetheart being report
ed having his fayorite wife served up for his dinner
The progress of civilization has been marked BY the
growing sacredness In which life is held Our growth
away from sayagery shows an eyerncreasne conviction
the issues of life and should be left in the
hands of him who alone give life and who alone has
the moral right to take 1t away
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
BRITISH ARE wRATHY.

Resent Attempt to Tamper with the
English Language.
A new and, to Americans, some
what humorous light has been cast up
on President Roosevelt's efforts to sim
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
THE NEwsRoYs' FRIEND.

Isaac Wolf Had 10, 900 Guest. Every
Thanksgiving Day.
Isaac Wolf, known for twenty Ave
years as "the newsboys' friend" because
of the Thanksgiving dinner he had Civ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
For the sucking COW, COW.

A Texas farmer thus tells how to
cure COW Of the bad habit of sucking
herself:
Make crate for the.cow's neck.
Build four curved pieces, two for top
of neck and two for bottom; make four
more round, straight pieces to join
them, with two on each side as YER
teal rounds; make four shorter rounds
as horizontals to join sides, two on
each side and long enough to come
close to horns and extend back to
shoulder. The crate or cage prevents
the COW from turning herr head far
enough around, as 1t strikes the side
Of the head. If, after using month.
you find frame chatting top of neck, bind
some soft carpet on it andssew on. A
frame built strong that will not bend,
can be made like a chair and require
no nails, etc. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

simple method of spelling" than 1t has
been since the Alabama award, or the
Venezuela war scare.
While the humor of the situation ap-
peals more strongly to Judge Tree than
any other phase of the subject, because
the English themselves take 1t SO seri-
ously, 1t also has another side, in that
1t casts new light on the English
character. Because the utterance has
come from the man whom the English
regard as the ruler of the United States,
all arguments to convince them that
the Presidents dictum possesses no
more force than the opinion Of one man
have no weight. For the time being,
Judge Tree declares the English press
has shelved all utterances concerning
the beef question and the papers are
devoting their time to excorlating the
man who has the temerity to tamper
with the language of Shakespeare and
Chaucer. Sir Walter Scott and Dickens.
That the English of Chaucer differs In
as many respects from the English of
Dickens as some of Mr.. Rooseyelt's
amended words differ from present day
spelling has no weight. He declares that
English Journalists are falling over
themselves to unsay many of the things
favorable to the President that they
have been writing for the last few
years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
sAcREDNEss OF LIFE.
By Rev. A. Arnold Ross.

The reading public Is quite familiar with
the brutal theory credited to Professor Osler.
1t is to the effect that the average man passes
the period of usefulness at about 40 years of
age, becomes thereafter u burden upon socie-
ty and ought to be disposed of in manner
similar to that by which worthless dog Is
gotten rid Of. While this theory has been al
most universally condemned 1t has ueyerthe-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

Give some people a guarantee, and
they will compel you to make 1t good.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
why Build . s,lor !

The silo enables us to preserve
greater quantity of the food materials
of the original fodder, for the feeding
of farm animals than is possible by any
other system of preservation now
known. The necessary loss of nutrients
incurred In the SLIDING process need not
exceed 10 per cent, and by beginning
to feed from the silo soon after it has
been filled. the loss will be reduced to
minimum which may not be far from
8 per cent. In hay-making or field
curing OF coarse folders, there is an
unavoidable loss Of leaves and other
tender parts, and in curing fodder corn
there will be Preventative loss OF
nearly 10 per cent under the best ~
conditions, or about as much as is lost
In the silo. The loss of dry matter
will approach 25 per cent In ordinary
farm practice and will even exceed this
figure unless special precautions are
taken in the handling of the fodder.
The proper construction of the silo
Is of the greatest Importance. II the
sides of the sllo are not alr-tight too
much air is admitted and the siiage
will spoil. If the walls are not perfect.
ly rigid the pressure Of the silage will
cause them to spring out, thus allow
ing air to enter between the silage and
the wall, and, again, the result is de-
cayed silage.
Before building silo the most care
full attention should be given to loca-
ton, size. form and method Of con.
struction. These will differ somewhat
according to locality and Individual
needs.-Farmins.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

There can be tremendous amount
of talk without anything being accom-.
plished.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

A number of small portable poultry
houses are handy on a poultry plant,
as they can be used to place brooders
In in the early spring, and later can
be utilized for growing stock, breeding
hens or laying hens, and can be moved
to different points on the farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
ckln Di.e..e. 81 sheep.

Sheep are sometimes infested by
parasites which cause diseases of the
skin other than the scab insect. The
so-called Texan mango or Itch is caused
by variety Of louise known as demo-
dex, which infests the dog and all the
canine race, wolves, foxes and all the
related animals which range over the
west and south, and which cause a
watery eruption on the skin, which
forms scabs. This special parasite does
not affect cattle. Another one lnfests
sheep, cattle and horses, forming scabs
on the skin, but they do not burrow
under, as the scab mite does The uni
yersal remedy is to dip the sheep as for
scab, breaking the crusts formed so
as to reach the parasites and clean the
skin. The common sheep scab dip is
the best remedy for this, indeed for
all this class of skin diseases. By
dipping regularly twice a year, us "a
preventive of all these diseases COM
plete Immunity Is secured. Whenever
a sheep Is seen to be biting itself II
Is time to use the dip without delay.
Much trouble will be saved II this work
ls done twice year.-Field and Farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

What the ben on the farm needs Is
the proper assortment of grain, plenty
of green food and a full proportion Of
meal and grit. If this Is provided and
they are properly housed and made to
exercise you will have hens in winter
when 1t pays well to have them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

A bulletin from the department of
agriculture relates the habits and life
history of the codling- moth and adj
yises spraying with paris green and
scheele's green. one pound; lime. three
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21
Pig. Are Naturally. Clean,

FtEa Are MATERIALLY Clean.
The pig, by nature, Is one of the
cleanest of animals. and in Internal
construction resembles the human
being more closely than any other anil
NAL. What wonder, then, is 1t that we
hear of so much disease when they are
kept under such filthy conditions as
we so often see? Give them clean,
healthy surroundings and we shall hear
very little of disease, and they will be
to us the money-making machines they
have proved themselves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-21

The quick opening and shutting of an
umbrella in the face of runaway
horse will often bring him to stop
when other means fall.