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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Count Bonl dc Castelane has squan-
dered $S,0OO,OOO in four years. Half
of the millions were the Gould millions
and the other half belonged to trusting
tradesmen. Notwithstanding the ILL
timed boasting of Pliny, Seneca and
Juvenal, now principally read by col
lege boys against their will, of the abil-
ity of the royal money spenders in their
time, the Count de Castellane appears
to deserve the palm as the king of
spendthrifts. Starting out to vie with
Apicius who, upon the statement of the
ancient writer's mentioned, squandered
$4,OOOOO0 on rlotous living. he has sur
passed Lucullus, who "at one meal de-
voured whole estate
Although the late jay Gould is cred
tied with having left an estate of S75.
100000 in rapidly increasing invest
ments, the dowry Anna Gould brought
to the French nobleman was only So
100000. This was regarded as ample,
considering the fact that 1t was prac.
tically 100000 more than tile Count
was accustomed to enjoy. Under the
French law the husband has full con.
troll over the income of his wife, SO
that at stroke of the pen the poor
Count had millions to spend.
Wisdom does not appear to have
guided any expenditure of which the
Count has been guilty. He put his
wife's whole dowry into town house
In Paris, modelled after the Little Tria-
non. Then there is a country house
which cost another half million. A
yacht cost 100000 and u yacht cannot
be kept In commission for nothing, nor
a crew paid with Il. o. us" His at
tempt to become politician cost an.
other 100000.
But the enumeration of his follies is
by no means concluded. Boni is fond
of entertaining. Most of the entertain
Ing was of character responsible fol
leading him into court as a defendap,
In suit for divorce. Yet 1t was not al
all equal to the extravagant way III
which he provided entertainment TO,
royal guests He gave bear hunt fol
the Grand Duke Boris of Russia Tbi,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
o Ye Tears!

The president of one of the we'll
known colleges tells this story of one
of his professors of chemistry.
1t seems that the professor and his
wife had not agreed upon some do
nestle question, the professor assert
ing that his means would not warrant
the expense involved. His wife had
used all her powers of persuasion
without avail, and at last resorted
to the final feminine expedient = a
flood of tears. At this the professor
picked up his hat, but paused to re-
mark:
You might save yourself the trou.
BILE of that, my dear; your tears have
absolutely no effect upon me. Why
should they, being nothing but CON-
mon water with a very small percent
age of PHOSPHORUS salts and a trace
of chloride of sodium? "--Harper's
Weekly,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
30 the Old Falka Saw.

Tho old folks say, The times are
changing,
The 'bygone years were surely hest;
Der land and sea, for ever ranging,
Men wander now in vague unrest;
And faded are the green romahces,
The morning light has died away,
The world has lost its golden chances,
So the old folks say.
The old folks say The days are
duller,
The sweetest songs are left unsung,
The spring was full of scent and color,
Long, long ago, when we were
young,
Above our heads the sky was clearer,
And warmer was the sunlight ray;
Yet Heaven is now little nearer,
So the old folks say.
The old folks say, 'Tis Maytime
weather,
Play, children, to your hearts 10
sire,
But leave us hand in hand together
Beside the swiftly falling fire.
For earthly chains are near their
breaking,
And eyes are dim and locks are
gray,
But Loves dream that knows no
waking.
So the old folks say
Pail Mall Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

cost Boni 100000. The Duke could
have given better one in Russia for
one-twentieth the sum. A hunting party
for the King of Portugal cost only $685.
600, for his Majesty is very stout, and
his activity as a hunter is limited to
shooting at released trapped birds or
freed deer. The luncheon which fol-
lowed was responsible for so large an
expenditure. No extravaganza was too
stupendous or too astonishing to be
neglected by Count Boni once he had
conceived the idea for an entertain
ment. His dinner to the King of Por-
tugal made him famous. According to
various reports 1t ran the Count about
$4,000 in debt
Another entertainment which was
the talk of "all Paris" was .'little
dance, Louis XVI. STYLE This cos
tune ball was very charming, and not
too dear at 100000. A more modest
dance-Louis XIV. style-cost $3.50, 600.
Both of these fetes We're appropriate In
the palatial setting which the Castel-
lane mansion afforded. One ceiling of
1
the palace, that of the Countess's room,
was decorated at an expense of $780,
600, rs an evidence of the Counts graf
ltude.
When the Countess lawyer de-
nounced Boni as monumental spend
thrift" he evidently was we'll inform
ed, for the rapidity with which the
Count showered money-and obliga-
tons for more money-has perhaps
never been equalled.
There is far more fiction than truth
in the accounts of the royal spend
thrifts of former ages. For instance,
the statement that Caesars supper bills
for four months We're more than five
millions sterling--or almost S20,000,0OO
is probably exaggerated. Some ex-
planatory notes are needed also with
the anecdote of Antony giving his cook
n town of $4,000 inhabitants. Next
morning, very likely, Antony rebuked
him for failing to take joke. But the
case of the Count de Castellane Is one
of those modern instances which, in n
measure. is open to the inspection of
the world.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
TIp. Tnl. THE KIDS.

A word to you, sonny--you little
10 or 13-year-old boy who Is. smok-
ing cigarettes on the sly. What do
you want to be when you grow up
stalwart, healthy, vigorous, broad
shouldered man, or little. puny,
measly, no count, weak-minded dude?
If you want to be a man, strong
like man, with hair on your face,
brains in your head and muscles in
your limbs, you just let those cigar
cites alone. If you want to be
thing, pitied by your folks, despised
by the girls and held in contempt
by the fellows. keep right on smok-
ing and end your days in the insane
asylum.-Eskridge (Kan,) Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Sure of Her Facts.

small girl was fascinated by tn,
tale of the "Three Bears" as told hel
by visiting nurse. Every time the
nurse came she was asked to repeat 1t
In 1.-The Queens Poor" the nurse tells
of the child's opinion.
Noticing that during the almost dal
ly recital the little girl kept her ewes
on picture of some boys playing
football, wondered what connection
there was in her mind between the two
and finally I asked her, what are
bears?"
With the level tones of person per
fectly sure Of her facts, she replied
''Bears is boys"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
In Meade county.

A man carrying a half dozen huge
ears of corn and some big heads Of
kaffir corn was at the Union depot
last night.
Il raised this stuff in Meade Coun-
ty, in the Southwestern part of Kan
sas," said he. I'm going back to
Indiana to see the folks and I'm talk:
ing along sample of this years
crop. I've never been able to make
them believe that Kansas produced
anything but grasshoppers, cyclones
and hot winds. ] think this will be an
eye-opener for them, for this corn will
beat the best raised in the Wabash
River bottoms" kansas City Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
EsSSsESSsSSS

The Great Wall is certainly won
derful monument of ancient times; but
1t is almost the only one that we read
of in China, except famous Temple,
or Tower, partly In ruins, which stands
on an eminence in the neighborhood OF
Hang-chow-foo. 1t Is called the Tow.
er of the laundering Winds" and is
supposed to have been built about 2,OOC
years ago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
,rWAs THE MONK FIXED .Ir.

TWAS THE MONK FIXEDFIT.
1t was the middle of the day, and
everyone was hungry for the noon
day lunch.
do you know what this word noon
really means?" asked one of group
of three young men who were worm
ing their way through the crowds
to popular New York caterer.
They were all too hungry to re.
spond, hut be continded:
"Noen was originally at 3 .. M,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
THE MOOSE.

Sportsmen are after him.
d He is known in Europe as the elk.
But he is by no means the Ameri-
can elk. ~. Z.
He's quite the largest Of the deer
family, -
and weighs 1000 pounds.
He loves the wooded country and
ranges no farther north than the for
est growths.
Though he is sometimes found in
Maine his preferred American habitat
is British America.
His great antlers differ from those
of the rest of the deer family in grow
ing sidewise from the skull.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Scoring ON the Preache,

The Mlnister-There is nothing can
equal the dizziness of that razor Won
are using.
The Barber-Well, guess you woulc
see your mistake If you should try to
shave yourself with one of your ser.
mons.-PhiJadelph Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Cathedral
most imposing churches St Petersburg
replica St Peters
Its Russian
temple In nowse resembles the
thirysIx yeors
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Hugo Meyer. AwfuI Error.

The announcement that Hugo r.,
Meyer, formerly an Instructor at Har-
yard, had secretly married in the west.
was like a bolt from the blue to the
few who knew him at all intimately in
Cambridge. He was known as recluse,
more or less, as long distance runner
who always chose the streets of Cam
bridge for his joys, and then always
late at night and clad in a blanket or
two and an outfit of sweaters, and as
the most precise man as to facts and
figures who ever gave lecture in
economics. While at the head of a
course on railways, few years ago,
he had occasion one day to give his
small, but very select, class in Har-
ward hall n few figures having to do
with car mile prices. When the course
met again he apologized in voice
bowed down by weight of woe for a
little mistake he had made.
II said that the figures for such and
such were 5OO6952s2," he explained In
his contrition. "That was not at all
exact. ] should have said 5.OO6962S3."
Boston Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

When Miss Angela Burdett- Coutts
was created a baroness by Queen
Victoria thirty-five years ago there
was not a single peeress in her own
right In the British kingdom.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

What is known as our Christian civil.
Kation and the Jolly good fellow who
interferes with its proper observance
Is at once changed into Jolly bad
yahoo.
The cruelty of the thing is also worth
considering. All the feminine love of
ceremonial display and careful atten-
ton to artistic details is awakened In
a bride and of all things in the heav-
ems above or on the earth beneath there
is nothing she would ru,nar have per-
feet and altogether seemly than her
marriage day, even to. the most triiiing
circumstance connected with it. But
along comes the jolly good fellow and
makes 1t a source of torment.-Wash.
ington Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Remove every possibility of the colt
getting hurt. A large percentage of
colts get hurt before they reach the
marketable stage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
HAPPENED ON FRIDAY.

You have all heard that Friday is
an "unlucky" day, and many persons
have So firm belief in the .supersti.
ton that they would not, on any con.
sideration, begin any work or start
on a journey on that day. Here is a
partial list of important historical
events that happened on Friday; read
1t and then make up your mind wheth-
err or not the day deserves its "un-
lucky" reputation: The Mayflower
landed; the Bastile was burned; Mos.
COW was burned; Washington was
born; Shakespeare was born; Ameri
ca was discovered; Lincoln was assas
sinated; Queen Victoria was married;
the battle Of Marengo was fought;
Charles 1. was beheaded; the battle
of Waterloo was fought; Julius Cae.
sar was assassinated; the battle OF
New Orleans was fought; Joan of Arc
was burned at the stake; the Dec
laration OF Independence was signed
all on Friday. Now, what do you
think about the day?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

improvements I'm DairyfnE.
| 1t Is probable that dalrymen will
make many improvements in the future,
for already there is growing ten
dency to begin reforms in the dairies,
and there Is no department on the farm
which demands more consideration
than the present methods of handling
both the cows and their milk 1t la
claimed that there is more filth and less
care in dairylng than is credltable. but
there are exceptions, as in other occu-
pations. The majority of consumers
are usually in Ignorance of any Of the.
conditions affecting the preparation Of
milk. Reforms are also possible In the
Treatment Of the milk from fresh cows
as we'll as care of the young calves,
1t being customary to remove the calves
from the COWS when the young things
are but one or two days old, the milk
from their dams being added to that
taken from other cows of the herd nj
though such milk may be unfit for use
and Injurious to children who are fed
upon 1t. The milk from fresh COW,
should go to the calf until 1t is at least
two or three weeks old, but. MS the ay-
erage dairyman milks his COWS for the
purpose of selling the product, he Will
not Willingly sacrifice to the calf nm
article that he can put on the market.
The result is that the milk sold In tne
cities Is Of varied quality, much of It
being unclean and unfit for use. There
is room for improvement. and there are
hundreds of consumers reatly and will
ing 10 pay the dairyman for his extra
care II he will provide them with milk
of the best quality. 1t may take time
to build up such n trade. but reppta.
tion for choice article Is capital in.
vested, as confidence lrsures demand
for all that can be produced. The dis.
regard of the rights of consumers. es.
peclnlly on the part of some dealers
who seem to place no value upon clean,
illness, cannot fall to induce them 70
purchase only from parties who are
/ kaowa to be reliable,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Mushrooms are growing successfully
in an old gypsum mine near Grand
Rapids, Mich, The old tunnels and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

The origin of many diseases among
horses can be traced directly to filthy
stables. 1t is. therefore. good economy
to keep the stables scrupulously clean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Lime sprinkled in the farm water
mnk is said to prevent scum rising on
he surface of the water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Regularity is perhaps more impor-
tant in feeding sheep than is the case
with other animals, for sheep are nat
urally regular In their habits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

1t is estimated that 100000 acres
OF timber land are annually devastated
by forest fires. So long as this destruc..
ton keeps up and lumber companies
continue to denude the forest areas of
the country with saw and ax. the ques-
ton of tree planting will always be a
live one.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Beauty or color does not make the
worth of the cow, but the amount OF
milk she Yields and Its quality measure
her value.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Borrowed trouble has reached the
limit when bachelor elopes With q
married woman,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

A Georgia peach grower says some
buyers want large peaches and some
prefer them only medium In size. He
wants to contract for his crop early
so he can grow them the size wanted.
Most persons are satisfied to get peach.
ses of any kind, without being particular
MS to size.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

1t is far better to let neighbor tell
you of your good qualities than 1t is for
You to proclaim them from the road
side. Keep the fields and crops look
ing well and your neighbors will do
the rest. and IL you rest too much they
will have bad name for you.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12


The trap nest is playing an Important
part in the improvement of the poultry
fiocks of the country just now, and 1t
is safe to say that n hundred are In
use today where one was In use five
years ago. After once using trap nests
no. poultryman would thing OF trying
to get along without them. He could
not afford to discard them. for their
intelligent use means a doubly profit
able flock OF hens. The trap nest has
solved problems that could be solved
in no other why. They not only show
which hens are laying the eggs, and,
more than this, they show up the loaf
ers, the nonproducers and the hens that
are not paying for their care and feed.
Every poultryman who desires to I'M
prove his flock and make 1t more prof
liable should Install trap nests.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

Some people are ready to condemn a
whole orchard just because some small
boy of the famlly is indiscreet enough
to fill himself with green apples and a
doctor has to be called What is need
ed is a little well directed parental in
tiuence in cases of this kind. :.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
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Green pasture or forage is desirable
for the growing pigs. Be sure there is
plenty of 1t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

1t may not be possible to incorpo-
rate the absolutely ten hour system on
the farm. but it can be approached.
There is more to n farm life than that
OF making money and saving time, even
at the expense of arduous labor and
excessive application OF it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

While small bunch of sheep can be
kept on a farm to good advantage,
they serve a double purpose, as they
enrich the farm and bring a cash In
come at the same time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
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THE BLACK HENS NEST.

Leon and I4iua were spending
week at Uncle Johns in the country.
They thought it great fun to bring in
the eggs and hunt for new nests.
81 believe the black hen has made
nest in the barn floor" said Aunt
Hannah one day. "She never did like
to lay in the henhouse, but is always
hiding her nest in some queer place.
If you'll find where she lays I'll give
you each five cents"
"Oh, goody!" cried Leon. "And may
we go to the store and buy candy?"
Yes, If YOU find the nest" replied
Aunt Hannah
The children ran eagerly to the
barn, for if there was any place in
the world where they enjoyed going
1t was to the country store. Mr..
Whipple was so kind and he sold al
most everything that people needed to
buy.
"Oh here is hole big enough for
hen to go into, behind the hay now, !"
said Leon.
He put in his hand, but sprang
back with a low cry.
"There is something soft and warm
and alive in there!" he cried.
Just then Tabby,. the cat, looked
out from the hole.
She's got some kittens" said Ida
''Do take them out, Leon"
Leon brought out four black and
white kittens.
"oh, you little darlings!" cried Ida.
Lets carry them to the house.
They pat them into the basket and
ran to show them to Aunt Hannah,
who was standing by the table ready
to cook.
We've found nest" said Leon.
"Just see what we've got in the bas-
ket."
"Well, if that don't beat ALI" laugh
ed Aunt Hannah; but would rather
have a basket of eggs than kittens
to bake. with"
Were going now to find the hens
nest" said Leon.
They carried the kittens back to
their anxious mother, and just as
they went into the barn the black hen
flew down from an old tanning mill,
cackling loudly.
The children climbed up, and there
was nest OF sixteen eggs.
well done!" said Aunt Hannah
Here's your money; I'm sure YOU
have earned II"
Maybe we shouldn't have found II
IL the old black hen hadn't told us
where her nest was" said Ida.
You found it just the same, il
the black hen did help YOU" laughed
Aunt Hannah, so run along to the
store and get your candy"
'If you don't mind, Aunt Hannah
said Leon. wed like to ask Robert
AIlis and Gertie Dodge to go, too
cause they hardly ever have an.
treat
81 am more than Wiling" sait
Aunt Hannah.
She gave them both kiss and al
extra nickel for the treat" and sem
them away very happy. New Yorl
News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

galleries are about seventeen acres in
area, and were doored with soil taken
from the open air. Several hundred
pounds Of mushrooms go to market
from these mine beds each week and
sell at full prices.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
A WISE BOY.

A Baltimore school teacher was
telling one day of how often the in
structor of "the young idea is aston
ished by the quickness of wit exhibit
ed by the pupil who is otherwise de-
ficient.
One day, says the teacher she had
encountered s,ich degree of ignor-
ance and mental obtuseness on the
part of one of her boys that she be,
came dishcartened. So 1t was with
considerable sarcasm that she said to
the youngster:
81 wonder II you could tell me
whether George Washington was a
soldier or sailor?"
The boy grinned. HE was a sol.
der. all right" was the reply.
Glow do you know" asked the
weary teacher.
Because seen the picture Of him
crossin' the Delaware" explained the
boy. ANY sailor'd know enough not
to stand up in boat. American
Home Monthly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12

( Cutting bands at the threshing ma
chine? Why, there is no more such
work to be done around the thresher.
elf-feeders now take the place of band
cutter and feeder. This is a saving Of
three men,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
HAD 10 LOOK BRIGHT.t

HAD TO LOOK BRIGHT.
"Well grandma" said a little boy,
resting his elbow on the old ladys
stuffed chair-arm, what have you been
doing here at the window all day by
yourself?" runs dear little story now
going the rounds.
"All 1 could" answered dear grand
ma, cheerily; 81 have read little,
and prayed a good deal, and then
looked out at the people. There's
one little girl, Arthur, that have
learned to watch. She has sunny
brown hair, her brown eyes have the
same sunny look in them, and won
der every day what makes her look SO
bright. All! here she comes now"
Arthur took his elbows off the stuff
ed arm and planted them on the win
dow sill.
THAT girl with the brown apron
on?' he cried. why, know that
girl. That's Susie Moore, and she has
dreadful hard time. grandma"
Has she?" said grandma ooh,
little boy, wouldn't you give anything
to know where she gets all that
brightness from. then?"
.I'll ask her." said Arthur, prompt
ly, and, to grandma's surprise, he
raised the window and called:
Susie, oh Susie! come UP here a
minute; grandma wants to see YOU"
The brown eyes opened wide in sur
prise, but the little maid turned at
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-12
Getting rid Of striped Hectic.

WettIhH RtU OF stFfFeU ~
Remember this, from Pennsylvania
gardener, for next spring: This season
the striped cucumber beetle attacked
my cucumbers, squashes and melons by
the millions 1t seemed. Instead of APP
plying bone dust or tobacco dust this
season applied dried blood with most
excellent results. The ground among
the plants. as we'll as the leaves OF the
plants, were covered with the stun.
OF course, the dose must be repeated
after a rain. think shall hereafter
make use of 1t, bugs or no bugs, as the
deep green foliage of the plants ls am
Pile evidence of It's value as fertilizer.