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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-27
kRUSO.
PASTRY AND BISCUIT
OUR

= While -four made from Spring
wheat should never be used for
these purposes for which Kruso
Flour is best adapted, yet Kruso
Flour will make, with a little care,
nutritious, satisfying, raised bread,
We find that Kruso Flour is salts
factory to our customers at all times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

We position Again may
be
yunerrng
and worth having popular
have lovely who had all
audacous and tlmd would rather
dame will tell
When realize that
whoever looks
ana they much worth
eesances! doubt that
pleasures
Long long ago. stopped srng being tail From being
DO when one learns live SOW
Never shall forget the frsfme
fashionable
humility for here Twas something
ignorant of fe great
IN the city had finer quality
OF worldwide celebrity sitting
this greatness while began
discovered Why, Just s3i.rrss go
Most of the who
the limit tesome
and the ebriwhy knew
when little girl She the quality of
quite sincere
It makes difference social world
long get Of life something having doubt that the
social leader OF fashionable sketch for
incidents conception Of vivid
occupied the humble position Of tag taiChago
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
An Admission. !,

The village carpenter had given so
generously of his services and sound
advice toward rebuilding the little me.
mortal chapel that when it was com
pleted all the summer people agreed
that he should be asked to speak after
the luncheon which was to follow the
dedication exercises. 81.
The day and the carpenters turn
came duly. s3!S
Ladies and gentlemen-de dear
friends began. his good brown
face very red indeed. Il am a good
deal better fitted for the scaffold than
for public speaking
Then he realized what he had said
and sat down amid roars of laughter
,outh's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Rapid Fruitinr Cotton.

The investigations of the Texas Sta
tlon have shown that early cottons have
short joints, with the first fruit limbs
near the ground, and that late cottons
have long joints, with the first fruit
limbs considerable distance above the
ground. For early fruiting In the plants
selected the first fruit limbs should
not be higher than the fifth joint above
the seed half joint, and the first pri-
mary or wood limbs not above the 9th
joint and not exceeding four in num-
Der. For rapid fruiting the joints on
the main stem, fruit limbs and pri-
mary limbs must be short, preferably
not over two or three inches. The fruit
limbs should grow In succession at
each joint of the main stem and prl.
mary limbs and be continuous in
growth for continuous fruiting, and for
productivepess< the bolls should be at
least one and one-half inches in diam
eter, the percentage of lint to seed cot
ton not less than 80 1-3, and the growth
rapid and vigorous. The rate of growth
is considered very important, and 1t is
pointed out that the larger the plant of
the type the greater its Inherent rate of
growth. its earliness, rapidlty of fruit.
Ing and yield.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
wa.hjnoton Monument,s Car.

The first practical use ever made
OF aluminium was in fitting a cap on
the peak of the Washington monu,
ment in 1874. Although aluminium
was discovered in 1927 by Professor
Wohler, of Gottingen University, Ger,
many, at that time it was practically
an unknown metal, the cost and difR
Guilty Of Its production having pre-.
sented its development until the gen.
seral use of electricity made 1t easy
and economical. The cap on the top,
Of. the monument is square pyramid
in shape, weighing 100 ounces. and
is SO inches in height and Sc inches
in width at the base. General George
w. Davis was In immediate charge of
the completion of the monument UNI
Ger General Casey and has the dis
tinction of being the first man to
handle aluminium in practical way.
Until that time it had been used only
for toys, for freak purposes, and
small samples had been utilized In
making models for the patent office
Boston Globe. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

sorely to have troubled the etymolo-
gists. Two learned correspondents of
Notes and Queries, Mr.. W'heatley tells
us. accounted for the word. One ex-
planned It as "to prime." as when one
primes musket. from O. FIR.
"amorce," powder for the touchhole
(Cotgrave), and the other by ito bite"
Nat. "mordere"): hence ito indulge
in biting, singing or gnawing
thoughts Of Slaughter On the other
side were those who said that the
word was misprint for something
else. THAT the word as misprint
should have been printed and read
by millions for so years without be-
ing challenged and altered exceeds
the bounds Of probability" exclaimed
the apologists for morse. But when
the manuscript was examined there
nurse" was the word, plainly writ
ten.-St. James Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
WHAT THE BIRDS SAY.

Those who know much about birds
tell us that the birds notes are quite
distinct and sound like the following
words. What do they say to you?
Robin Quick! Quick! Do you
think-what you do, do you think
what you do, do you Think"
Bluebird-"Purity! Purity! I-oh-pur-
ity. Dear! Dear! Think of 1t, think
OF IT."
Bobolink-"B ob.o:lee. Bob-o-link.
Bob-o-link-e."
Crow-'Caw-w!"
Cedar bird-"Tze! TIE! tze!n
Bobwhite tquail)-'B ob-bob.white!
More-more-wetI'
Goldfinch yellow bird -t'K er-chee.
cheechee, whew-e. whew-e.
Humming bird--Mouselike squeak.
oriole-"Will you? Will you really.
really, truly?"
Song sparrow-solit olit, olit, chip,
chip, chip, che-char-che-wiss. wiss
wiss!"
Thrush-.Drop it, drop 1t, cover 1t
up, cover 1t up. pull up, pull It up!"
ay-"Jay, jay. jay. whee-dle.
wheedle!"
Scarlet taiager .sGhip-chirr!
Pshaw!. Wait-wait-wait for me, wait!"
Blackbird-'tKon g-quer-ree or Bob
alec, a-bob-a-lee!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Il lie rop d the ROAD,

But. Lord, she said. my shoul.
ders still are strong
have been used to bear the load SO
long;
And see the hill is passed., and
smooth the road"
Yet said the Stranger. yield me
now thy load"
Gently he took it from her. and she
stood
straightlimbed and 1.-THE. in new
found maidenhood.
Amid long. sunlit fields; around them
sprang
\ tender breeze. and birds and rivers
sang.
-ky lord,' she said. "the land is very
fair!"
Smiling, he answered: "was 1t not
SO there?'.
@There?" In her voice wondering
question lay:
"Was not always here, then. as to-
s day?" 4
He turned to her with strange, deep
eyes afianle;
"Knowest thus not this kingdom. nor
my name?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

~4a $500
house at three; the train viii not wait
for me-" IT,
Why can't you take another train?"
she persisted. p.
"Because-because have promised
to go by that train, and must not
break my word, you know"
Then, forgetting her presence, 1
added, half aloud: And yet, II 1
could but see her alone!"
Babette said nothing more, and
while continued my preparations for
going away, she wandered all over
the silent house collecting her play
things, coming back occasionally with
doll or a little box of treasures,
and looking unusually serious.
Her behavior wounded my paternal
love, for 1t seemed as II she were
already Indifferent to our approach
ing parting.
All too soon the servant came to
take my darling from me, and need
ed all my fortitude when we kissed
each other for the last time. Never
should we meet again in our home!
The time dragged after she had gone,
but at last the clock struck three.
Then I sent my servant for car
riage, and, while he was gone, went
into the bedroom and stood looking
at beautiful portrait of Helen, paint
ed when she was a young girl 1t be-
longed to her, so that could not take
Vt with me; and. as gazed at 1t, my
tears burst forth and cried aloud:
Forgive mel
A slight noise startled me, and
turning around saw Helen standing
in the doorway, pale and agitated. In
an instant was on my knees before
her, pressing her hand to my lips, and
Fmurmuring:
You have come an hour too soon
does this mean that you love me
still?"
Trembling and fearful, she replied:
You have stayed an hour too long
Why have you done so-what is the
yuse?'
Just then Babette danced into. the
room, and clasping her arms around
our necks, exclaimed delightedly:
Il cid 1t, mammal put the clocks
back. papa!" - 4 5 y
or what avail are legal papers and
magazine against the power of loves.
pardon. | went on my journey. but
in the company of Helen and Babette
my wife and child. American Guilt
yator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
DIcAoEsr FRANCE.
Her People Have Even Forgotten
How 20 Dance.

Her People Have Even Forgotten
How TO Dance.
People do not dance now with any
vim. The mammoth is no more. The
buffalo is nearly extinct. We are
after the mosquito and consumption.
Perhaps even the fool will one day
be abolished. But shall we tamely
sit by while dancing and the very
household fly are menaced? Rise,
sturdy citizens Of this soulless age.
and hurl back these impending ont.
RACES of an improvement-mad new
time. Will We meekly stand still and
suffer this privilege of your manhood
to be wrested from your grasp?" NJ.
Desrats, dean of the Paris Academy
of Choregraphy-for such is his i'm
posing title-hear his lamentations on
the disappearance of all grace from
mankind-along with the evanishment
of his bread and butter.
"One dances no more" sadly says
NJ Desrats who, though getting on
to seventy-seven, still, like young Sir
gWilloughby Patterne, has a leg" and
one of which many a junior might
be justifiably proud.
Dancing, which he has practised
and taught for fiftyseveh years, has
kept his limbs 1.-THE, his cheeks rosy
and his mind fresh. His enthusiasm
for his art is as warm as 1t was when
he was 20, and when, after a liberal
education, he gave UP thoughts Of the
legal or medical profession and pre-
ferred "to consecrate himself to the
cult Oh Terpsichore"-in his own
language, which is, as flowery as his
manner. Though he has always had
and still has plenty of pupils, he has
come to the tragic conclusion that
dancing is dying QUIT.
"Oh, monsieur" says he; under
the Empire how beautifully the wo-'
men danced, and what beautiful wo-
men they were!" In a year 122 of.
fetal balls were giyen-that is, one
every three nights. He dates the
downfall of dancing from the intro
duction into France OF the Boston"
which he assumes to have come from
America. What calamity was there.
for the sliphsod two.step has killed
the waltz, while outof-door sports
have buried it. The aristocracy
dances no more. Only the small bonr.
geois now and then sacrifices to Ter.
psichore." When the cakewalk. the
mattchiche, the kraquette and the.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
|PoPuls4. aEtenos:.


AAIee new stamps nave just Deen l6-
sued In Holland. Those who stick them
on their letters pay double postage. half
the value going to the state and half to
anti-tuberculosis work.
Several big nuggets of gold have re
Gently been discovered at Poseidon
Rush, near Taraguella, Australia. Two
were unearthed weighing, respectively,
s73 ounces and 967 ounces
L A staircase has been invented which
plays tunes as 1t Is walked up and down
upon. A series Of pins Is pressed by
the feet and plays gongs and drums
while others are connected with collap-
sible chambers. which blow various In
struments
The latest building material is called
kremite, and is being made in st.
Petersburg. 1t is a compound of pow
dered clay, sand and fourspar melted
together at high temperature. The
molten mass can be nodded like Iron
Into any desired shape
f The height Of the Hottest known
mountain in the world, Mount Everest
in the Himalayas, has long stood In
the school Biographies at 20,O02 feet.
Recent computations from the surveys
Of Captain Wood of the Survey of In
Ola reduce this estimate to 2S,700 feet.
Other high Hlmalayan peaks come
down proportionately. But these re
suits are not regarded as final, and 1t is
thought that when certain factors have
been allowed for, the estimate Of Mount
Eyerest's height may be increased
above 10000 feet instead OF being di.
minlshed below It
Successful experiments In sending tel.
ephone messages by wireless electric
waves over a distance of forty kilo.
meters, nearly twenty-five miles, were
made recently by Professor Slaby. The
messages were transmitted between
Berlin and Nauen, and Professor slaby
says that no approach to, 80 great q
distance has ever before been tried
Words and sentences were sent and re.
peated back with great dlstinctness
The success Of the experiments Is
ascribed to the isolation of the micro.
phones and to the damping out of all
foreign vibrations Further expert.
ments are awaited with much interest
There are few places where the auto.
mAbile ID more Indispensable for every.
day business than in South Africa. The
number in use Is constantly Increasing
They are particularly valuable in the
mining districts, where engineers and
officers Of the companies employ them
in running long distances. 1t is said tc
be a daily occurrence for mining en-.
glneer to visit, in, his automobile, 4
mine forty or fifty miles from his once
and return the same day. The carr
have to be strong and suited for hard
knocks, as well as for steep hill-climb.
Ing. The dry climate prevents tho use
Of wood for veneerlng. box-work and
fittings, and aluminium Is used instead
Notwithstanding ant-hills, boulders and
gullies. the trackless wastes are often
preferred to roads.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Crcamlcts.


Economy of land means the fewest
acres and the most cows.
In proportion as the COWS are fed
will the Increase be assured.
One of the great advantages in
dairying Is thatit is cash business.
The DAIRY COW must BIO kept COM
Portable If she yields profit after pay.
Ing for her board.
1t is the comfortable COW which fills
the pail with milk and the milk with
butter fat.
OF all products sold from the farm
butter takes the least fertility and re
stores the greatest amount to the
farm.
Kindness is an important factor in
the dairy, and one cannot begin toe
early to aceustom the calves to being
handled.
A rule is to feed the growing heller
designed for mixer very much the
same as Is best for milking COW.
The NAN who has the milking Of {
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Flowing by steam

According to the Springfield {Ill,)
News, 1.-THE high price Of horses Is re-
sponsible for a new interest on the
part of Illinois farmers In the use Of
steam as motive power for farm ma
chinery and well-known dealer in ag-
ricultural implements said recently
that he had sold farmer over in the
edge of Christian county an extra gang
Llow for use in connection with his
traction engine.
HE was asked II 1t were not rather
expensive to use steam power where
the farms are cut up into comparative
~ small fields, and said:
est Is possible to do it conveniently
IL the land is plowed the right way.
Remember that II. man uses horses
he will have to buy five additional
horses and another gang pillow any way,
and you know that under the present
conditions the cost Of the horses alone
will run pretty well up to or beyond
$1,000, and there is the pillow besides.
Then you know he will have to feed;
those horses through the cropping sea-
son and run the risk of either keeping
them through the winter or selling
them at loss, with that other common
chance of one or more Of them lying
down and dying and putting him over
5000 to the bad for each horse. With
the steam pillow he can break up from
thirty to forty acres day and break
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
The Despi.cd corncob.

Whoever counted the uses to which
corncobs are put? They make shoppers
for bottles when the corks have been
mislaid, or. for the bunghole of the
cider barrel; they are used to throw at
hens when they scratch up the spring
onions; to ferrule the children with;
to grease the griddle.; to stop chink.
A corncob smudge gives ham and bacon
delicious flavor; one put on a pole,
saturated with kerosene and set a-blaz-
ing will destroy the cnterpillar's nest.
Klndled, then set a-smoking they make
a good dfsinfectant, or rather, deodo-
fizer. You can black boots with them
or shell corn by rubbing the grains on
them. A corncob makes good scrub
bling brush. and an ingenious woman
once hung out large wash with
clothespins made of sleft corncobs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
POVERTY VERSUS HIGH SOCIAL STANDING.

used to believe with my whole heart tina,
all my socialilacks were DIT i to poverty. would
look at dull people sitting pacldly in the inner
circle Of some mysterious iting Of seemingly hap
py and charming people and wonder by what
right they were tpnisheh with the means Of
having good time.
tits very easy toE poor people to imagine that
they are sighted ortreat ed with scant considera-
ton on account Of atheirl poverty, because 1t is
30 often the case.
A woman with alcustnme "faked up" from an
old black skirt andfa homemade lace waist with
the wrong kind of sleeves in 1t finds It quite nat
ural literally to believe, that her lack of proper
costume and means of entertaining is the reason
for her being stag tais' in the circle to which
she belongs by birth and bringing up But 1t
il not always 20. She may be needlessly sar-
castle and proud, or she may be self-conscious
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Fighting weeds.

A field may be profltably cultivated
without any crop at all in order to
clean 1t thoroughly Of weeds. It will
he loss of crop and labor, but gain
III the end. Plow 1t In the latter part
Of the season, run the cultivator over
1t every time 1t becomes covered with
young weeds and then follow with the
harrow. In the spring, when the field
Is covered with weeds, plow It again
before the seeds can make growth; and
keep the cultivator and harrow moving
over 1t the whole year. The next spring
put 1t in corn, and still keep up the
cultivation. When the corn Ia OF,
plow 1t in the fall, and SOW to oats
the following year. Such treatment
will effectually kill out the weeds and
save labor afterward. All the seeds
used for crops should be thoroughly
examined and cleaned, even If, in some
cases, certain kinds must be hand
picked. The manure should be rotted
IN order to destroy the weeds. but this
cannot be done under all circum-
stances. BY handling the manure once
and sprinkiing every portion with
mixture of one pound of sulphuric acid
to five gallons OF water, the manure
will be reduced to a finer condition and
many weed seeds destroyed. II the
manure is spread on the soil early in
the season and worked in with a cul-
tivator near the surface, the seeds re-
naming will be induced to sprout, and
the young plants destroyed with but
little labor. The rule for the destruc-
ton, therefore, is "sprout the seed In
the ground and kill the young plants
just as they appear out of the SOIL"
BY so doing they can never make suffi-
Client Roadway to multiply, and II pre-
vented from reproducing themselves
must necessarily disappear IL the farm
err does not introduce new seeds to
cause him additional labor. Once pre-
vent weeds from seeding and the ma
nure will be free from the seeds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
TIBE STORY OF A.5W,oRD.

A comparison of old editions OF
SCOTS Monastery" with one Of late.
date will reveal slight alteration in
the text Of a sentence in the tenth
chapter. For the word "morse'' an.
other is substituted. A tale Of comedy
attaches to the word which has gone.
Hardened wretch" says Father Eus.
tace, "art thou but this instant de-
livered from death, and dost thou sc
soon morse thoughts Of slaughter?''
The origin Of the word morse seems
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
Quickly Supplied.

There have been many strange things
in English history. One of the most
curious was recently mentioned BY .
little schoolgirl
.srhs HYDRA" said this much-informed
young person, was married 10 Henry
the Eighth. When he cut her head Oh.
another one sprang right up.n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
s1sH THAT ARE oAns1BA1a.

Can swallow Other Fishes that Arc
Many Times Their Bulk.
The waters adjacent to the coasts Of
the United States contain some Of the
most extraordinary fishes to be found
anywhere in the world.
There is a fish able and willing 10
swallow whole ether fishes ,wAiaA AZ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
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cow the first year of her milk produc-
tion determines her value as mixer
| ever afterwards.
1t Is just as much scrub farming to
waste or give away part of the fat
from high-bred milk COW as It Is to
waste fat by feeding scrub.
The best way to keep milk sweet IL
to separate 1t Immediately after 1t
comes from the COW and keep the tenn
perature down as near the freezing
point as possible.
If the churn is stopped while tho
butter is yet in the granular stage
there cannot be any such thing as over
churning, and with butter in that con-
dillon there need be no overworkins.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
The Explantllon.

why do all these cheap actors who
80 about the country playing one
night stands wear fur.trimmed over
coats3" Why shouldn't they? Think
Of the frcsts they get. Chicago ~
cord. HegaM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05
ABOUT THE ONION

The onion need have no fears. It's
position is secure. Born Of the lily
family, 1t grows all over the world.
It was we'll known. ito the ancient
Creeks and Romans. 1t is mentioned
in ancient Egyptian writings and in
the Pentateuch. When the Israelites
in the wilderness grew weary of man
ma they sighed for the good things
they had left behind. and they dis
tressed Moses when they lifted their
voices in weeping, and cried: I'VE re.
member the fish, which we did eat
In Egypt freely; the cucum!bers and
the melons, and the leeks, and the
onions and the garlic; but now our
soul Is dried away; there is nothing
at all, besides this mama. before our
eyes" 1t was not SO much for the flesh.
pots OF Egypt that they sighed as
for the succulent leek, the pungent
onion, the odorous garlic. The onion
is the Welsh national emblem. In
Spain and Italy garlic, which is mere.
sly a condensed onions enters into
nearly all dishes Of both the rich and
poor. The onion thrives in Siberia
and in Honduras. It fourishes on the
Nile and on the Mississippi. It was a
favorite with the Ptolemies of ancient
Egypt, and 1T finds favor with the
highest and the lowest in Macon and
Charlotte. The Lady of Shallot died
of a broken heart because she had to
give up either onions or her husband
Her lover was one OF those finical fell
lows who objected to the odor OF
onions, and she wouldn't give up the
shalott The onion is all right. It never
seeks to conceal itself. tits about the
only thing In hash in which one can
have confldence.--Nashville American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-05

Pete Coopah-How'd You an your
wife celebrate your wooden weddin'
yestlday7
Jim Johnson-oh, she hit mo on de
head VIII rollin' pin cause All
wouldn't split some kindlln's!-Puck.