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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
he Agls and 1ptelliseQcer.
BEL AIR. ND, OCT. S, 1906.
A BRAKE ON SUCCESS.
The Habit of Making Excuses VIII
Rctard Any Mans Career.

The Habit of Making Excuses VIII
Rctard Any Mans Career.
Good excuses have kept back many
man from realizing prosperous Gu
reer Once you get the excuse making
habit formed You might as well have d
ball and chain attached to your neck
so far as your prospects for rising to
the top are concerned.
There are two kinds of excuses which
Lcep clerk in the business world Oc-
rupying Il clerks position when he is
capable (has it in HIM to be something
better if he only would. The first class
of excuses are the ones he makes to
himself. These are often as enervat'
Ing, Suite and death dealing as the
nasty cigarette
y clerk secs Il piece Of work which
he knows ought to be done today. He
knows that the best interests Of the
business require that This work should
not be put off until tomorrow. But he
has not yet reached point where he
realizes that his employers interests
are identical with his own, and per
feels n lack of ambition today. 50 ne
excuses himself from doing the work
on the ground that the boss didn't
tell him to do it today. After soothing
his conscience with this specious men
tai dope he puts in his spare time read
ing about the way Slobett knocked out
Casey in twenty-one rounds. Several
I,t, 81 NIL
comes under the eye of the boss" our
clerk Is asked why he did not do it,
and he then repeats his StereOtyped
excuse that he wasn't told to do it.
For such IL one the gateway to success
is always barred.
This brings us to the second kind Of
excuse, that made to ones employer.
OF the two this latter kind of excuse Is
the less injurious to the clerks chance
of advancement. When he excuses
himself from doing obviously impor-
tant work he instills into his own
mind a subtle mental poison. don't
care-a-hang essence that breeds lack of
backbone. lack of concentration, lack OF
continuity and application. He weak
ems and incapacitates himself far more
when he excuses himself to himself be-
cause he will then often allow his mind
to dwell on excuses 50 weak that he
would never dream Of giving them
verbal uttcrance in the presence of his
c:Iploycr.
And when he has once set the men-
tai habit of eXcusing himself he goes
on and on binding the letters which
will forever hold him back from any
rise 1t is now only 4 short step to
finding good excuses for not doing
what he has been told to do. Then a
little further along on the same li2e II
will be strange indeed If he does not
land himself on the boot toe that ele-
Yates the incompetent and deposits
them outside in the cold world.
Shun eXcuscs.-Spare Moments.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
THOMPSON'S METHOD.
How q Famous Breeder Feeds His
Fowls and Renrs His Chicks.

How Il Famous Breeder Feeds His
Fowls and Renrs His Chicks.
I have found the best way to get the
NEST eggs from laying hens is to have
plenty of litter in the pens (either
straw or leaves and 10 scatter the dry
food into it to make them work. says
L. b. Thompson. the famous Barred
Rock breeder, in Reliable Poultry
Journal. Wheat, cracked corn and
clipped oats, the same that we feed
horses, are the best dry grains for me.
These grains l feed in this way every
day. morning and night. At noon it Is
good plan to throw Il handful or two
of scratching food to keep the hens
exercising more.
Every day or every alternate day l
substitute Il mash for the morning dry
feed This is made of hominy or corn
meal, wheat bran, ground oats, white
wheat middlingS and beef scrap, ali
Scaldcd with milk or water and mixed
so the mash will crumble. Twice Il
week Il little powdered charcoal is put
in the mash. This charcoal is and has
been for twenty-five years favOrite
conditioner with me. l value the
white -four middlings, as they keep the
bowels in fine condition. Laying hens
must be we'll fed. but must be made TO
work so as not to get too fat.
l feed cockerels wheat, whole corn,
instead of cracked corn, and the same
mash does for them once every day or
two. In each of my breeding pens is
a pint cup fastened high enough up
SO the cockerel can eat at any time,
but at the right distance from the
floor so the hens cannot reach it.
have never tried the hopper system
i'll feeding breeding stock, except for
scrap and granulated bone. These are
in every pen. l do use hoppers with
growing chicks after they are two
months old. Until that age / feed
three times day in front of the small
brood coops. One day the hoppers are
filed with wheat and the next with
cracked corn. In addition to this, ev-
cry day l give Il mash similar to that
mentioned above, fed on boards around
the fields. l also feed beef scrap and
granulated bone TO these chicks from
dry food hoppers which are attached
to the colony houses about the range.
l have never tried the exclusive dry
feeding plan, as l believe little soft
feed or mash every day or two is bet
ter for poultry, either young or old. l
feed sitting hens whole corn, and that
only.
Young chicks are given dry bread
crumbs when first Matched or crackers,
fed dry After few days they have
fine cracked corn and fine cracked
wheat and once n day a soft feed as
above, some Spratt's food being put in
this. put much value on this food.
have used commercial chick foods and
like them. They contain variety of
small grains that make nice change
for the chickens.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
Chicken Wisdom.

The mott tests the color quality OF
the white breeds. If the prize cockerei
shows brassiness after getting his new
feathers, he will be very likely to
transmit this failing to his chickens.
Study your individual birds, save the
steadfast thoroughbreds for years and
gradually develop whole focks of them.
1t certainly pays both in satisfaction
and in silver.
Do not allow the drinking water
to be exposed to the sun. Give fresh
water twice daily.
For a soft crop nothing is better thar
gill of strong vinegar in quart of
drinking water.
Broad roosts not over two feet from
the floor are the most comfortably and
most sensible.
Kerosene your roosts, upper and IN
der side, once a week.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05

where's the umbrella l lent you
yesterday"
Jones borrowed It, Why"
"Oh, nothing: only the fellow / Dor
rowed 1t of says the owner has been
asking for IT,"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05

ERB-INE Horse Compound
ERB-INE Cattle Compound
ERB-INE Poultry Compound
ERB-INE Absorbent Blister
ERB-INE Fever and Cough Cure
ERB-INE Disinfectant
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1t must be tough TO hate man
everybody else likes.
Il am sorry" does about as Little
good Us anything in this world.
II you want to KEEP Your friends you
must occasionally leave them alone.
You can shave your whiskers oil
quicker than You can set them back.
Nearly every man is henpecked, but
Il good many manage to disguise the
fact
People talk about the Importance OF
taking it easy" Some people take it
too easy.
The one thing that stands by you,
keeps you Interested in life and is al
ways the same is your regular work.
When woman bluffs she seldom
has anything better than Il bobtail
flush, but it takes Il mighty brave man
to cali her.-Atchison Globe.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05

Hewitt-TheSe cigars / am smoking
are pretty expensive. Jewett-That'S
true enough; the last one you gave II g
cost me doctors bill. - New YoI ]
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05

Douglas mixture is made as follows:
Sulphate of iron common copperas),
eight ounces; sulphuric acid, One-half
fluid ounce; one gallon of water. To
prepare this tonic place the gallon of
water in jug or crock and add the
copperas. When the latter is dissolved
drop in the sulphuric acid, and when
the compound clears it is ready for
use. y less quantity may be made in
4 small bottle in the same proportions.
The mixture is tonic, which may be
given to fowls in drinking water at the
rate of a gill to twenty-five head every
other day
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
shavinEs as Scratching Litter.

A reader asks if shavings would
make good scratching litter, and as the
answer was not very positive In its
favor l will venture to speak from sew
cral years experience and say that |
have always used them with the best
of success and prefer good, clean shaw
ings to any other material, says L. E.
Hudson in American Poultry Advo-
cate. They will not pack down so
much as straw, aud as most shavings
are from dry lumber they will absorb
more moisture than other material.
They will also last longer. With six
to ten inches of shavings on a good
floor you may depend on your fowls
getting proper exercise.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
Plan For the Winter Now.

1t is not too early to commence plan
ming OH how you are going to house
those fowls comfortably this winter.
You expect some eggs from them when
the thermometer runs down and the
price runs up, and you should plan to
give them pretty good care if you don't
wish to be disappointed. Some turnips,
beets and late cabbage are good winter
green's. These will help produce winter
eggs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05

nrMoney to lend on Mortgage. Chas.
H MacNabb, Bel Air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
A Cure For Chicken Pox.

the fowls being allowed to roost In
damp filthy quarters. Battle the at
fected parts with warm, soapy water
until the crusts can be removed with
out bleeding, after which apply n solu-
ton of sulphate of copper (bluestone),
a dram to one half pint Of water.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-05
Poor AuEuktRA!

Augustus Imperator, with the worlds
wealth at his command. had not a
shirt to his back or a chimney to his
kitchen" He had not Il fork, either.
or teapot or an umbrella or a piece
Of soap. In the depth of winter Angus
tus had. no covering for his limbs
Land Outlook
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
che Dfn1ofrot.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1906.
Artificial Persons and Campaign Con-
tributions,


Under the law persons are either
natural or artificial. All human
beings are natural persons, all COR
porations created or chartered by
the state are artificial persons. The
state clothes these artifcirl persons
with certain powers, and has the right
to require them to do good or de-
stroy them if they continue to do evil
When the state neglects to properly
regulate the persons of its creation.
and permits them to rob the people
after they have destroyed competition
the state is to blame, the people Them
selves are to blame, for they have
the power to protect themselves.
But many of these artificial persons
have for years past purchased privil
eyes to rob, by contributing large
sums of money to pay the campaign
expenses Of the party in power
Such a transaction is just as base
and far more injurious to the public
than the protection" which the dive
keeper purchases from the dishonest
policemen in the big cities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Death Of Jacob Banta.

Jacob Banta of Milo township,
died at his home at IL o'clock a. M,
last Friday, Sept. 81, at the age of
rs years and 26 days. Since early
last spring he had been afflicted
with heart trouble and it was this
to which death was due after sever
al months of gradual failure.
Mr.. Banta had lived in this county
and for almost the entire time in
the same ncighborhood since 1866.
Born in Chautauqua county, New
York, in 1880 he removed with his
parents to Crawford county, Penn,
at the age of nine years. He there
spent his early life and was married
in May, 1852, to Miss Cena Alien
burg, a girl he had known since
youth.
AS before noted, the family re-
moved to this state in 1866 in Feb
ruary and the home was made in
Milo township. There were four
children born prior to this time.
Matthew, Mary, Annie and Abram,
and after coming here two more were
added to the family, Fannie and
Francis. OF the children all have
preceded their father to the eternal
home except the first named who.
are now M. S. Banta Of Milo town
ship, and Mrs. Vim. Cowell of Man.
chester.
OF the men who have lived long
in the community and labored and
wrought for their aneighbor as
themselves" Jacob Banta was one Of
the best known. His departure
from this life. leaving as it does, his
saddened wife and bereft relatives,
recalls the many regularitles and
commendable virtues which marked
his character and made him beloved
by many.
The funeral was held at the home
last Sunday at 2 p. m. and was con
Quoted by Rev. Clemens of the U.
B. Church of this city. Interment
was made in the Portable cemetery
near Golden.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION.
Duplex Lenses Find Admirers in Du-
buQue.

The wonderful work of duplex
lenses, which are being advertised
in this issue, and which have been
so successful in New York, Chicago.
st. Louis and Dubuque has reached
it's climax in the latter city. The
people of that city and others in the
vicinity are wrought up over the
great success achieved by these won.
derful duplex lenses. Through east :
ern and central Iowa newspapers are
devoting much space to the work of
the lenses and hundreds of physi-
clans through the country who are
wearing these duplex lenses ar e
sending their patients to the Duplex
Co. in preference to any other opti-
clan. In addition to having fifty of
the most thoroughly equipped opti-
cal plants throughout the United
States, they have opened an Office in
Dubuque in the Security building,
room 4O2. Specialists on the Du-
buque staff will visit Manchester,
making their headquarters at the
clarence Hotel on Monday and Tues
PEA of each month.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Record Breaking Grain Shipments.

Sioux City journal, Sept. II, 1906.
Charles Mix county expects to sur
pass all previous records in the mat
ter of grain shipments, this season..
Careful estimates Of the grain pro-
duction, this year, show that the
county will have for shipment suf-
iicient grain to fill 10000 cars with
a capacity of 500 bu. each.
There is plenty Of good land for
sale in Charles Mix County. We
have 1868 acres of as choice land as
the sun ever shown on for sale. Now
is the time to buy. Don't wait UNI
til prices get out of reach and then
kick yourself because you didn't buy
sooner. Our.l land is located within
ten miles Of Platte, s. OAK, the best
town in the county. Write for lists
or let us show you. DO it now.
W. G. KENYON & Co., PLATTE, S. D.
80 MANCHESTER, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
A Famous Band for the Cedar Rapids
Carnival October to e.

Liberati's Italian Band, of fifty
pieces, has been secured to give con-
certs the afternoon and evening of
the opening day of the Fall Carni-
val. This band is we'll known
throughout the country and wherever
they have appeared they are again
invited to come They played at the
Iowa State Fair and are now play
ing at the Fall Festival at Cincin-
natl, O. Every member of the band
is finished musician and under
their noted leader Is giving excel
lent satisfaction. While this band
is at the Carnival only one day it
will give good start to the week of
Joyous entertainment so we'll and
favorably known to all.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Democratic County Convention.

The democratic county convention
which was re,convened to nominate
candidates to fill the vacancies of
sheriff and clerk, was held at the
Court House last Saturday afternoon
There was a good attendance, and
most of the precincts of the county
were represented.
e. B. Porter of Delhi was chosen
chairman, aud G. H. Ricketts, of
Hopkinton, secretary. The first
business brought before the conyen-
ton was the appointment OF a com
mittee on resolutions which was
made up of Z. B. Porter, Henry
Bronson and A. A. Kramer, A. b.
Wheeless of Hopkinton acting as
temporary chairman in the absence
Of permanent chairman Porter. The
resolutions reported by the commit
tee and adopted by the convention
were as follows:
Resolved:-l. That this cmven-
ton hereby expresses its sense Of
the irreparable loss sustained by
Delaware County in the death Of the
late Thos. j. Hennes sey, who was
an efficient officer, a polished gentle
man and an upright citizen.
2. That in the performance of his
duties as an officer he showed no
favoritism and left record behind
him worthy of emulation.
3. That we cherish grateful
remembrance OF his many public
and private virtues, his genial and
courteous bearing and his readiness
to perform every duty, public or
private, devolving upon him.
4. That we rejoice in the merited
distinction which he attained and
deeply mourn that his life should SC
suddenly close in the midst of sc
much promise of usefulness.
5. That our sympathy is hereby
rendered to the relatives of tho de
ceased.
Upon motion the convention pro
!. ceeded to nominate candidates TO-
: the offices of sheriff and clerk. Oh
motion, M. P. Hennessey Of Man
chester, Iowa, was nominated TO
r the office Of sheriff by reclamation
@. Fl. Ricketts, was nominated b,
reclamation for the office of clerk
J. No two stronger or more popula
nominations could have been mad
by the convention. Mr.. Hennesse
vas brother and deputy of tn
late sheriff, L. j. Hennessey. He
o familiar with the duties Of the oflic
5 and will make a competent, cour
teous and honest Official. Nj
u Ricketts, occupies position in tn
r Hopkinton State Bank, and lisa ma
Of ample ability and experienc
y along the lines Of the duties requil
- ed in the Office for which he is
candidate. The people Of the coun
# ty will make no mistake in electin
~ both Of the candidates nominated q
!. the convention last Saturday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

Daring the next few years the
great mass of working people are
going to assert their rights more
than ever before in this country, and
they will wrest the control of public
olfairs from every one who does not
support a just public policy. in re.
gard to production and distribution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

The wealth producers, who have
been unjustly Disseminated against
for more than twenty years, are in
revolt against present conditions,
not alone in Iowa and Wisconsin,
but in New York and Massachusetts,
and many other parts of the country
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

And now the Governors friends
are saying that his opening speech
at Emmetsburg was not an opening
speech at all, that it was only a
"feeler." Everyone knew that the
speech was not an opening speech
but most of the people called it a
wal!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

Samuel Bland Arnold, who con-
fessed that he was a party to the
conspiracy to abduct President Lin
coin, which eliminated in the as
sassination Of The president by John
Wilkes Booth, died at Baltimore last
Friday. Arnold, with three others,
was sentenced in 1865 to life i'm
prisonment at the Dry Tortugas
All four were pardoned by Presi-
dent johnson in 1869.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

Peace may be patched up for a
short time in Cuba, but it will only
be for short time. There is too
large class in the island that had
sooner be soldering and looting
than working to make the country
self governing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Lots and Residence Property for Sale.

We offer Tor sale on favorable
terms, several lots near the river OH
Butler and Main streets. two Of
which have dwellings, and other
buildings on them, also one large
business lot on Main street between
the Clarence house and the Main
Street Laundry. For particulars en-
quire of George A. Ballard,
40w52 Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26

From May II, to Sept. 4, of this
year, there has been an increas in
deposits of $9,790,69O maze by the
$40 savings and 255 state banks, in
this state, according the report of
Auditor of State Carroll.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Card of Thanks.

The undersigned return thanks to
the officers and members Of Com
pany 3D." and the neighbors and
friends who so generously assisted
during the last sickness and funeral
Of our dear departed, Alpha w.
Meskimmen. And we also desire tc
thank in this public way the singers
who assisted at the funeral service.
AMY MEsKIMMEN,
EDWARD MEsKIMMEN.
ELIZABETH MEsKIMMEN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Girl Wanted.
Girl Wanted.
l want girl to do general house
work. Write to or enquire Of
MRs d.. M. CARR,
Manchester, Iowa.

Do you want business education
at small cost? We have six or
or eight places where students can
work for their board. For further
information or for handsome cata-
logue address, Oelwein Business
University, Oelwein Iowa, the largest
Business Training School in the
North least. 80 IF.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Application for Permit.

L.. the District Court Of the State Of Iowa. In
ant T. Delaware comfy.
ln,he Mat or OF tile AppliratOn1
IL q, W. Green's. " Ktgi tered
rhaima list, for a II rlnittp Buy, Oct. term 1906
Keep aud Sci Intoxicating
NOTICE
To " HON In MAY CoNCERN: Notice is hero !
BY given That tie application OF the underslgnf d
IS. ". Gr.ms, Registered Pharmacist No.
5O5i, doing business under the firm name of Il.
" Gren & Of Manchester, In the County of Della
keep or sell Intoxicating liquors In The pharmacy
coniuct.d by said Is. w. Grems on Lotto Of the
subdivision of lots LAG and 1911 Of Manchester.
In the County OF Delaware. STATE of Iowa, Will
be on ls In the office Of the Clerk Of the District
Court Of said County on or before the LIST day Of
October. 1906. aud that said cause will me OH
aaid Court, to bs begun and l:eld ut Manchester,
Iowa, on the 18th day Of October, 1906.
3Tw3 Is. w. GREENS. Applicant.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
RLoNsoN. CARR s. SONS, Attys. ''''
Notice Of Appointment Of Admioistra

Notice Of Appointment Of Admlnistra-
Tor.
STATE OF IOWA. g..
Delaware County I
NOTICE is Hereby GIVEN. That the under.
signed has been duly appointed and qualified
as Adm MIST atOr Of the estate of Bernard
Goedken late Of delaware County. Iowa. deceas-
ed. All persons indebted to said Estate ara re-
quested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same will pre-
sent them, duly authenticated. to the under
stgIe for allow auce. JOHN GOEDKEN,
Dated sept, inher %. 1876 A,lmi istrntOr.
BRONSON. CARR g. ONS
3,-.s Att, Is tor Estate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
We Are Positive

That IL we can induce the rr ,rl of rch. ster
and vicinity to come to they | III. CONVINCED, 40
thousands Of patrons have hat. during .,,.r tw~,
tyivr years experience that the Dup ex Lenses are
shao"ttly the best in every detail. that they will
help YOU !" aee better AMI that prIces not only
on these SIS glasses but on everything are consider
ably less than those of any o-r rsl class opticsn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
1t is said that every Spaniard is
smiling these days over Uncle Sans
troubles in Cuba.

One definition given of the United
States senate is, that it is "a large
body of men surrounded by STAN
dard OIL"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-26
Wood For Sale.

Wood For Sale.
Will contract green wood at fol
lowing prices: Good, sound Poplar,
in 5 cord lots, at $500 cord; Oak
wood, in 5 cord lots, at $500 a
cord. This wood is made from live
wood-lst class in every particular.
Off Enquire of Jos. HUTCHINSON.