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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
MUNICIPAL COLLABORATING.
An English Town Taking An Ad-
vanced Step in Civic Reform.

An English Town Taking An Ad-
vanced Step in Civic Reform.
The town of Understood, England,
which stands in the front rank Of the
cities that have adopted the plan of
public utilities owned and controlled
by the municipal authorities, has re-
Gently taken a further step, and pro-
vided for collaborating under official
direction. Realizing that large part
of the death-rate among the poor was
of infants under one year of age, ow-
ing to insufficient or unintelligent care
and nourishment, the mayor of the
city offered a bonus of 81 to every
child born in one of the districts that
should attain the age of twelve
months. This offer, which is to hold
good during the term of the present
incumbents mayoralty, led the local
health authorities to consider whether
steps could not be taken towards saw
ing the lives of infants.
Accordingly they decided to offer
a reward of one shilling to the first
person who should inform the medi-
cal officer OF the birth of child
within forty-eight hours of it's oc-
currence. The mother is then to be
visited by physicians and women
health visitors, who will instruct her
as to the best methods of feeding.
washing, and clothing the child, while,
in addition, detailed instructions are
to be prepared and printed for gen.
eral distribution.
The health visitors will also ex-
anime the homes of the mothers and
factories and other places where wo-
men are employed, and cases where
deaths OF children under one year
have occurred will be investigated.
Furthermore, years experiment will
be undertaken with day nursery
where children will be cared for, and
sterilized milk will be supplied for
the babies. Huddersfield is manu-
featuring town, and the authorities
consider that its present strength can
best be preserved through maintain.
ing it's native labor. They therefore
believe that if the infant mortality
is reduced to minimum, large
majority of the children would grow
to manhood and womanhood. The
experiment is interesting.-Ha
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

pie were to get to considering the
question Of dark girls and light men
or dark men and light girls and. de-
cided that we WERE
Eve must really be going, or Mrs.
Westwood will never forgive u.s."
yes. The sun will be down in a
few minutes. There's the whistle of
the boat coming up the lake"
This is such a delightful spot that
l hate to leave it. l think shall
come out every day and sit here and
watch the ripples. Do you suppose
there are any fish in this stream?"
I'm afraid not. But there may be
wildcats in these woods"
ooh, we'll, suppose can get the
coachman, or the man who attends to
the lawn. or-or somebody to come
and protect me-"
He looked at his watch and then
glanced up the path.
This is the lovliest time OF the
day 70 be in the woods" she con-
tinued. There's such an eerie feei-
ing about them. One can imagine that
there's dryad behind every tree"
There's a chipmunk behind that
one over there. l just saw him scoot
around it. Hadn't. we better go
now?"
Il don't believe you care for the
beauties of nature"
There's the chipmunk. Do you see
him?"
But l wasn't talking about chip
munks."
Hes one of the beauties of nature,
isn't he?"
Il mean the trees, and shrubs. and
streams, and rocks. What gift it
would be If one could put this all into
picture or poem"
And sell it for three dollars and
forty cents"
THAT isn't at all funny"
Mrs. Westwood won't be at all
funny either IL we keep her worrying
much longer"
ooh, well, II you can't think Of
anything but Mrs. Westwood, per-
haps we ought to hurry back"
Il could forget that there ever was
Mrs. Westwood if
He stood looking down at her while
she earnestly gazed at the tiny point
of shoe that peeped from under her
soft, fluffy skirts. The setting sun had
found an opening through the trees
and was trying to add to her beauty
by heightening the color OF her.
eff what?" she asked.
IF you would tell me you were
sorry you said no that other time"
She lifted her arms toward him and
they forgot that Mrs. Westwood was
waiting,-S. E. Kiser in Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Phonouraph. in japan.

u
A few monographs have been used
by the Japanese army in lower Man
churia, largely through the efforts of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, and the soldiers have shown
continued interest. Whenever the
photograph is in operation there is
always a crowd of interested soldiers
who will not leave until the music
ceases. A photograph, graphophone
gramaphone equipped with Chinese
record Invariably attracts throag,
the limits Of which indicate the zone
of the carrying power of the instru-
ment. Those reproducing the songs
of Chinese actresses seem most popu-
lar.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
TO Pain.
BY Arthur L. Salmon.

by Arthur u. Salmon.
Servant OF God, our spirits nurse,
Tutor and craftsman of the spheres,
Who drawest glory from the curse
OF sin and want and primal tears
From toll and sordid strain, through
thee
We win immortal liberty.
The CLINT and flashing of thy sword
Are fragments of the eternal Light;
Thou art the angel of the Lord
With whom we wrestle in the night,
It is thy ruthless steel whose shock
Sculptures the man from shapeless
rock.
From stress of matter worlds are
born,
The clouds that stiflle back the morn
Are pierced by thine unerring blade.
Behold how from the midnight strife
There issues forth the light of Life!
The birth-pang Of the race is thine,
AHA JOy 10 SuShlSu az lily bASaoSs
1t is thy ministry divine
That takes the good and gives the.
best.
Beneath thine overshadowing
The sons of God together sing.
Thine is the pang of falling leaf
OF fading flower, or wailing wind
OF June magnificently brief.
And winter following swift behind;
Thine is the sob of rains that pass.
dripping athwart the kirkyard grass.
In nakedness Of puissant limb
We see thy purity and might;
The vestures that would veil and dim
Reveal us stark before thy light,
Till all the passion Of the soul
( Us wen to thy supreme control.
Thine were the mysteries Of birth
When yet the worlds chaotic lay.
We struggle half-emerged from earth,
And half imprisoned by the clay;
Only the swift, resistless hand
Can free our limbs and bid us stand.
o thou Of Love the firstborn child,
And thou Of love the living breath
We know, when thou hast strangely
smiled,
The message is of life, not death.
Thou raisest those whom thou hast
slain
To two-fold being-mystic Pain.
"a From the Speaker-London.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Artificial Albumen.


At meeting of men of science in
Berlin, Professor Ernst Fischer.
writes our correspondent, one of the
most celebrated German chemists, an
nounced that he had come to the con-
clusion, after six years of expert
ment, that the artificial production of
albumen would be possible in the fu-
ture. Albumen forming the chief ele-
ment of nutrition in the food of the
animal organism, the solution of this
problem may mean that the human.
race will be saved, by an abundance
of accessible nourishment, from all
risk of famine following failure of
crops or other shortage of food prod
'ucts.-London Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
TURNED DOWN.
One Way Of Asking Girl to Be Your
Wife and Possible Result.

One Way Of Asking a Girl to Be Your
Wife and Possible Result.
Slowly they walked along in the
twilight-he and she.
He was no longer in the heyday Of
youth.
Time, however, had laid light hands
upon him. So had his barber, but Of
tener and more artistically, and he
was well groomed.
She was rare and radiant maiden,
known to the regular frequenters Of
Spotcash & Co.'S great emporium of
trade as the girl at the ribbon count
err.
Miss Mildred" he said, with a sort
of premonitory cough, "let us suppose
a case"
"a case of what kind, Mr.. Mat
ewer?" she asked. Motions or rem
nants?"
LET us not talk shop, Miss Mil.
dred. If case suggests business 1
will vary the phrase. Let us consider
a hypothesis"
"a what?"
"a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a
superstition. an assumption, postu-
late, working basis, or an idea talk
en- for granted for the purpose of lay
ing foundation, establishing prop
osition, or demonstrating fact. Get
the idea?"
"Oh, yes; anybody can understand
that. Is there more of it?"
There is. Some day, my dear girl,
you expect to marry somebody"
is that the hypo-hypo"-
NO; that is one of the eternal veri-
ties. Every pretty girl expects to
marry somebody. Here is the hypo-
thesis: Suppose some man slightly
past the blooming period of youth,
but well preserved in full possession
of health, strength, and all his intel
lectual faculties"-
"a hypothesis is man, is it?"
He's necessary part of this one.
Suppose some such man as am de-
scribing, not at all Unlocking, and pos
sessed of reasonable share Of this
worlds goods, should fall wildly. mad
ly, desperately in love with you Miss
Mildred'-
"Well?"
"And offer you his hand and heart
do you think you could learn to
love him?"
Not If he looked anything like
you Mr.. Matewer."
They walked along block or two
in silence.
Then MI. Matewer spoke again.
Feels a litale as if 1t were going
to snow doesn't it, Miss McGinnis?'
he Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

world, has not been lost on the Asiatic
races generally. They believe the white
warrior is not invincible, and that 1t
Is possible for them to compete success
fully with the Occident IN manufac-
lures and Industries. The full scope of
the agricultural. mineral and manufac-
turing resources of the Chinese Empire
is not known, even in China, but the
possibilities are believed to be astonlsh-
ing.
To-day the Caucasian races virtually
are masters of the world; but what po-
sition will they occupy when the twen-
ty-first century dawns? "rhe Power
that controls the Pacific will be master
of the earth" is phrase that has come
to be regarded as automatic.
A short time ago it was generally be-
lieved that Japan was destined to be-
come the dominant Power In Asia. That
prophecy before the japanese
War had been made for Russia, yet If
the straws show the direction of the
wind, both prophecies will have to be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

HAS Deen Ill evidence among those VINO
have been loudest In their Pronunciation.
To understand the Chinese position
and to grasp the full significance of the
social and political evolution in the Ce-
lestial Kingdom, something Of Its geo
graphical position and n glance at n
few historical occurrences are neces-
sary.
China's Enormous Population.
The Chinese Empire comprises China
proper-the old Cathay-whlch has an
area of about / 100000 square miles, or
little more than one-third of the whole,
If Manchurla be still considered part
" her territory; and four dependencies,
with an area of 2,75OO0O miles, while
the total population of China proper is
about 415,O00,O00; that of the depend
encies is about 20,O0O,00O, or about one.
twenty-second part of the whole. 1t is
perhaps needless to explain that it is
China proper which Is rearranging it
self to-day. The vassal and tributary
States which surround it must follow
as they are led.
| Even Ill this day of mnps the tOpog-
raphy of China is not thoroughly chart
ed, and surveys made by Jesuit mis-
sionaries 200 years ago are still being
used. Vast mountain systems form
natural boundaries of some of the nu-
merous units of the great empire, and
have served not only to Isolate China,
but to protect 1t from the fate of the
empires of Babylon and Persia.
Ancient Babylon is now being discov.
cred by the Archaeological. Ancient
China still exists. The mountains of
Tibet, rising like giant breakwater,
protected her from thar tIde-wave of
Western conquest which sealed the fate
of the two ancient monarchies. To the
east the sea, In times when navigation
was not so practicable, held her mil
lions In check. In the north are the hill
districts OF kokonor. the great Cobb
Desert aud the tahlelaMas OF Mongolia.
Tbs southern bnrplsr between China
eaa Tousla ana tho Shan States con.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

The phrase Of "the grand old man"
az applied to Mr.. Gladstone, 10 cred.
lied to the Rev. Edward Ileya lopcs.
q Manchester, ENGLAND
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
WHILE MRS. WESTWOoD
WAITED.
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I'm afraid" she said as they sat
down on log where they could watch
the clear water as it rippled along
over the shining pebbles, that we
ought not to have come out here
alone. Mrs. Westwood will be wor-
ried when she finds that we are not
in sight,
YES" he answered, perhaps we
ought to return. She appears to take
her duties OF chaperon very seri.
ously'
How do you know the path we
Just came down is called Lovers
Lane? thought you had never been
here before?"
u merely guessed it must be Low
!, ers' Lane There is always Low
ers' Lane at place of this kind, you
nUw.",
( 4 4 .Is 4 there?. But. the real Lovers
Lane, maye be somewhere else"
Perhaps 1t is. We might call this
It till We find the real one, though"
you must have had delightful
time in Colorado. Was Pixies Peak
very wonderful?"
81 didn't think much of it, and
Colorado was disappointment to me.
didn't see It under very favorable
circumstances. you know"
Why. wasn't 1t the right season?"
MOT for me. went out there just
after you had told me that you never
-"
isn't 1t beautiful the way the sun
beams steal through the leaves and
play on the water down there?"
Eyes, it's ;ery fine. Mrs. West
wood will probably be worrying about
us. Shall we go back?"
II think we'd better. Isn't it ridicu-
lous the way Miss Allen and Mr..
Hewitt have been flirting out here?"
II hadn't noticed it."
Goodness, you can't have any eyes.
Everybody has been talking about it."
II have eyes for only"
1T looks to me as If Mrs West
wood had invited them out here de-
liberately to throw them together"
I've heard that she's an incorrig-
ible matchmaker"
"Oh, she doesn't live for anything
else"
Il wonder II she expects Tom
Thurston and Miss Marsh to arrange
1atters between themselves while
10y are here?"
You may be sure she wouldn't have
invited them If she hadn't thought
/, 1t might come to that"
"Shall we go back?"
"Yes, they'll be getting the help
out to hunt for rs if We don't hurry.
It Is true that the forget-me-nots cover
almost everything on the way up the
sides OF the peak?"
II didn't notice. / believe there
were flowers of some kind there, but
they didn't interest me-"
And suppose you found a
Lovers Lane out there, too? You
say they always have one every
where"
There was one there, no doubt, but
wasn't looking for 1t. II you had
been there"
..Hark! 1 thought 1 heard some
ho1y call,np Don't Won think we'd
better go? What joke it would be
to get lost in these woods"
..I,m afraid that would be pretty
hard to do he said, getting up. One
couldn't couldn't, go quarter Of mile in any
0oldc s---ltil
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Fatteninx of tho Hox..


Much has been written and said
about feeding hogs. which is well and
good; but just MS much depends on
their care while getting this feed. IL
their feed is put on floor covered with
six inches of snow, you may be surs
that You are feeding at loss. They
must have a good, clean feed floor il
good results are to be reached. Again,
It has been found by carefully conduct
ed experiments that hogs being COM
PEELED to lie out in the cold will con.
sumo fully % per cent more grain 70
make a hundred pounds gain than hogs
that are well housed. The matter OF
drink is also important. Hogs that are
on full feed naturally will drink lots
OF water If 1t Is not too cold. They
should be given water ut least twice
each day and that no colder than when
first drawn from the well or spring.
Being careful along these and other
liEes makes the difference between suc-
cess and failure In the business.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
How Peanut. Grow.

The peanut vine differs In one re-
spect from all other plants In tho
world, SO far MS we know. The flower
of the plant grows downward and after
1t falls the pod that contains the little
nut is literally forced into the ground
by the rapid growth of the rigid stalk
from which 1t depends.
II you would like to see this interest
Ing process, plant few raw peanuts
in yoar-yur or garden, and watch the
vine Us the flowers appear and fall.
You will notice that IL from any cause
the plant Is unable to push the pod into
the ground the peanut will at once
cease to grow and will remain unde.
veloped.
This explains why the peanut IL
sometimes called the ground nut"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

A pretty girl is more liable to be-
come a grumbler than her brother.
People smile at the girl and stop the
boy for fault finding.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Animals to the number Of nearly
100000 are killed yearly for the
sake OF their fur.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Chinese Cabbage.

Success has at last attended the ef-
forts, which were began as early as
1S4O, to cultivate the pe-tsai, or Chi
nese cabbage, in France. This vegeta-
BILE is very nourishlng, and forms a
most important article of diet in China.
but the European climate seems mimi.
cal to 1t, but the cultivation is still SO
costly process that the pe-tsal remains
luxury suitable only for the gour-
mand who does not mind expense when
he wishes to enjoy novelty of the
table. 1t Is anticipated, however, that
this favorite product of Chinese gar
dens will eventually become widely
known in Europe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Lewis Terrill, one of the biggest fruit
growers In northern Kentucky. is firm
believer In winter pruning of trees. He
says: in the first place. establish a
definite object to be accomplished.
Don't go into the orchard simply with
the idea that you are to cut of limbs.
Keep in your mind that the objects are
to give shape to the trees and to re-
move dead and injured parts. Pruning
for the first purpose should be done al
most entirely while the trees are
young. Having decided what cutting
is necessary for each particular pur.
pose, remove the parts, as far as
possible, with the pruning knife, using
the saw only as a last resort. Large
limbs should not be removed where it
is possible to avoid 1t. Parts which
are to be removed should be cut off as
close to the main limb or body Of the
tree as possible. so no knots will be
left to decay and make place for fun
gus diseases to get In and spread to
other parts Cover the wounds with
two coats of white lead and oil. Then
dig around the base of your trees and
remove all sprouts. 1t is a good idea
to dig circle about foot or SO
around Your trees and fill up the hole
with wood or coal ashes. 1t makes a
tree healthy" E. L. HELMS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

A mass of rock salt under the
province of Gallicia, Hungary, is
known to be $50 miles long by 90
broad and 20 feet thick.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Packing Pork.

Clean the barrel thoroughly until all
bad odors are removed; then cover the
bottom with three inches of salt and
pack in layer Of pork, closely filling
the space and covering the whole layer
with salt three inches deep. Pound 1t
down solid with an aX and start another
layer, keeping on in the same way
until the pork is all packed. Cover the
whole with half bushel Of salt and
let 1t stand few days, after which
clean cold water should be added. A
float with fiat stone on top will keep
tho meat from rising above the surface.
This plan requires more salt than COM
monty used, but is very sure for keep.
ing meat.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

More than 100000 calendars are
given away in this country every jan
uary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Counting Cost Of Farming.


Farmers are now in a position to
know pretty well II the operations Of
the last year have been profitable. In
some sections crops have been partial
failures; in others, some crops have
been so good that prices rule exceed
ingly low, but taking the country
through. farmers should have had a
prosperous year. If not, what has been
the trouble? One thing worthy of
serious thought is whether one is wear
Ing out his farm. This is quite likely
to be the case in the older States.
If the crops have been satisfactory,
have we, in growing them, furnished to
the soil enough fertility to grow the
crop and still return to the soil the
plant food which 1t contained before
the seed was sown? II not, we may
consider that just so much we have
taken from the vitality of the soil, and
that, in consequence, the next crop will
be correspondingly smaller.
While old-time farmers thoroughly
believe In the old rule of making the
farm grow everything needed for the
living of the family and stock before
planning to sell any part of the crops.
conditions may change this rule slight.
ly. One would not be justified In rails
Ing hay for one or two animals. when
the soil would bring him much beti
ter return II 1t grew Strawberries. for
example. At this season of rest each Of
us should carefully look over the past,
and search for the mistakes quite an
earnestly a. Tor tho successes, --Est
change,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

:"
it is clear that the Chinese to initiate Japan in West
ernizins themselves though in the whole-hearted
fashion of the Island Empire; thus the
vers correspondents We're Immensely struck by the
peanl2ed appearance of the troops especially officers
So far however they have had heart to give up
the historic pigtail, which remains curious anomaly
amid the trimmer trappngs of the West
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

~SoZ~

Early Scarlet Horn, or some of the
Forcing sorts, for our cooking. Any
of the larger and coarser varieties are
good enough for stock. We always
want some carrots in our meat soup for
fiavoring. Young carrots, boiled or
baked with beef, or boiled and served
with rice cream sauce, are most
delicious
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21
Newest

The prestige
W on by ] a p a n,
whose m e t eoric
rise has been the
wonder of TIL e
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Radlshes should be the easiest of the
vegetables to grow. Mushmelons are
the hardest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Many people believe that brown
eggs are richer in nntriment than
white eggs. a number of Government
experiments have determined conclu-
sively that the color of the shell is no
key to nutrlment, flavor or other quail
ties Of the meat of the egg. There is
decided difference in nutritive ratio
and flavor owing to the conditions UNI
der which fowls are kept
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

1t is claimed by those who have
made the experiments that gratis set
OH the first cut on the root or collar
are more likely to live than those on
lower cuts. The first or lower cut on
the scion Is more likely to live than
those taken higher Up. The terminal
bud is not so sure to live MS other
CRAFTS, but those that do generally
make longer growth. When cuts of
the roots four or five inches long are
Used they are more likely to live than
2la-inch cuts, and more than twice as
many will grow as when the cuts of
the roots are 11a inch long.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-21

Then plan your succession crops and
put the name of each on the plan, In
parentheses. after the crop 1t is to fol-
low