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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-22

How did you make your WIIeb &c
quaintance?'
81 ran over her with my automo-
bile. The court decreed hat l should
pay her $4,000 damages, and 1
thought it was better to marry herl"
-Fliegende BIaetter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-22

If you ever get land hungry. just get
at 1t and work what you have a llttle
better. You won't be sorry.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-01-22

The report that Robert Bacon is to succeed Robert S Mccormick as
ambassador to France next spring is credited by many diplomats and poll
ucians in Washington and elsewhere Mr.. Bacon, who is assistant secretary
CT state ws a classmate of President Roosevelt at Harvard. The rumored
promotion of Mr. Bacon comes as a distinct surprise, although it was Off
caly announced when Mr. Mccormick raj transferred to Paris that he
would Vol leave the diplomatic service of his country. Nothing was known
a that time Is o who would succeed him at the French court
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Products of Corn.

The statement is often made that
corn will never again sell for as low
prices as it did few years ago. We
quite agree with those who hold
that view, because there are now
over l5O products being manufac-
tured from this plant. The follow
ing are some of the corn products
that enter the channels of commerce
according to recent statement
made by Prof. Holden of Ames, the
corn expert:
Corn meal, hominy, hulled corn,
cream Of maize, granulated corn
meal, canned maizena,, samp, cream
meal, degenerated samp, self-raising
pancage -four, quick malt, brewers
grits, husks for mattresses, cellulose
for packing the cofferdams of battle
ships, paper stock prepared from
cornstalk, degenerated brewers
meal, Bourbon whiskey, alcohol,
bolted corn meal, hulled corn meal,
feed Of ground blades, stalks and
cobs, varni sh, cob pipes, corn lager
beer, table syrup, pop corn, table
grits, British gum, salves, laundry
starch, frumentum, faxed hominy,
gum paste, corn oil, vulcanized corn
oil, oil cake, grape sugar, gluten
feed, glucose, confectioners' crystal
glucose and confectioners' paste
corn oil, vulcanized, fyrms the basis
for substitute for rubber. The
latter substitute, compounded with
sixty per cent commercial rubber il
used in rubber boots, linoleum
wheel tires, blankets and othe,
articlesN Crude corn oil, in tn,
manufacture Of toilet soap rectifed
it is as clear as alcohol, and is th'
basis of a substitute for olive oil
Corn stalk pitch is films, imitatio,
silks, gun cotton and other explo
sives.'
The United States corn crop il
1906 amounted to 5,927 .00O,0O
bushels as compared with 2.70S,000
600 in 1905. The 1906 crop wa
the largest ever harvested in this o
any other country. Farmers Tri
| buna
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Cement Floor for Hogs.

One of our subscribers, Mr.. j. d.
Voorhees,, sends the following COM
munlcatlon;
would like to have the question
OF hog flooring discussed in your
paper. am particularly interested
IN the matter OF cement floors. The
one objection that | see one could
raise to this kind OF flooring would
be that it might induce rheumatism.
| would like very much to hear
from some OF your subscribers who
have used the cement iioor, stating
their experience along this line.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
In Reply to"Hard Times on the Farm.
Written for The Register and Farmer

Have you never read a poem sweetly told In
words that charm? TT
All about happy home life and the pleasures
on q farm,
with the calves and pigs growing. and colts
a doing line,
And Money is 80 plenty that there is no cause
to whine.
Breakfast early in the morning, often by candle
light
There's hustle through the day time and a
supper late at night;
With the seeding and tho planting and the other
spring work done,
And the farmer in the hammock resting from
the noon day sun.
There's a beluty III the sunshine. there's a
freshness In the air,
And when the milk pals rattle. why what can a
farmer care?
For the butter brings the money and the milk
makes piggies grow.
And wnen the farmer thinks 1t DER. his lot is
not so slow.
There's but one side to this story II we only
read it right,
When We talk about the farmers life. it's al.
ways shining bright;
For know there's nothing pleasanter than o.
ing evening chores
Like feeding calves and pigs and hens and clos
Ing stable doors. ~
There's freedom and there's sladness, there's
a joy life giving great;
In the open hearted country that we cannot
help partase.
There are plcncs on the river, there are insti.
tutes at home,
And the ne!ghbors join togetherin the pleasures
as they come
And we feel repaid for labor when We sit on
winters eve;
Thinking of the summers pleasures and the in.
come we receive.
To be surca minor sadness may disturb this
life of ours,
But we know. for We have seen It. that there's
sunshine after showers.
AS we grow old let's not grow cold. be seeking
for more treasure,
Let's be as gay as we can be and noted for oui
pleasure.
For If thorns would rise where roses bloom II
cannot be prevented,
just make the best Of life We can and smile and
be coutented.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

A Des Moines man recently re-
turned from trip to Texas and be-
ing interviewed by a reporter for
the Register and Leader said: l
am of the same mind as Phil Sheri-
dan. If | had hell and Texas, [
would rent Texas. Iowa is furnish
ing the money that is booming Tex
as, and / believe all the rest of the
country besides. At Brownsville,
on the boat across the river to Mata-
mores, out of twelve people eight
were from Iowa. That was about
the proportion everywhere. 1t is
with a feeling of comfort that an
Iowan gets home. There is some
fine climate to be found in the south,
but the people do not have the en-
terprise to make anything of their
opportunities. Corpus Christi could
be a fine city. There is plenty of
climate at San Antonio. But in that
sort OF climate no one seems to have
any ambition. If the people Of Iowa
remained at home, Iowa would be SC
rich no spot on earth could be men
toned in comparison, and a lot Of
the rest of the country would be
poorer than it is. Iowa is making
money and furnishing it to the states
that advertise their climate"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
It is alarming, if true, this rep

1t is alarming, if true, this report
that the worlds labor supply is run
ming short. Rumors that reach us
from the great industrial centers and
advices in the public prints indicate
q tendency in that direction. Every
where the army of workers, large as
it is, does not correspond to the
volume of business. If generally
accepted reports are true, but one Of
two things can happen. Either the
volume of work must be lessened or
some Of the butterflies in the game
of life must take off their coats and
go to work. The labor question is
looming up large and the enterprises
of the world are actually running
ahead of the supply of labor. Pros
perity has apparently enveloped not
only the United States but all the
rest of the world and it may be that
it has relieved too many people from
the necessity of toll. Perhaps we
are nearer than we might be
willing to believe to the realization
Of the dream of the golden age when
all will work, no matter in what
capacity. Hasten the day, for when
it comes there will be no undue
labor for any man.-Brocton Mass. J
Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

1t is announced that when, the
day after the wreck of the Dakota on
the Japanese coast, party went
out to see what salvage there would
be they found not thing remaining
which could possibly be carried
away. Passengers baggage, the
United States mails, the ships lock-
ers and even the tools and the locks
of the doors were looted and gone.
Evidently the natives of the village
of Shirahoma are as alert, thorough
going and relentless set Of pirates
as ever made travel dangerous in
the Spanish main. Nowhere in the
world has the art Of piracy been
better understood or more extern
sively practiced than along the
rocky shores Of the seagirt Nippon.
And half century Of civilization
and "Christianization" seems to
leave the japanese Of the seashore
as expert as in the days Of yore.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

Captain E. +. Griswold, veteran
of the union army living at St.
Johnbury, Va, and drawing fed
eral pension of $l2 a month, has
made an extraordinary proposition
1t is to the effect that he will turn
over to any confederate soldiers
charitable association monthly the
amount of his pension, the only
condition being that the association
accepting the offer will apply the
money to the relief of INDECENT con-
federate soldiers. Captain Girls
void says he does not need the
money, but knows there are many
ex-confederates who do need help,
and he holds them in so high es-
TEEN that he is willing to do all that
he can to help THEM.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Iowa's Great Wave of Mortality.
From the Chicago Chronicle.l
Evidently the Iowa lepislatu,

Evidently the Iowa legislature,
7hich adjourned last week, dissented
rom the dictum that it is impossible
to make people moral by act Of
parliament.
At least, the legislature must have
believed that if you cannot make
people moral you can and should
properly chasten them for being i'm
moral. The list of laws of "re-
form" type enacted during the late
session shows that almost every con-
ceivable form Of human frailty has
been anticipated and proper punish
ment provided.
From campaign contributions to
wife desertion and from the desc
Grafton of Memorial day to the re-
marrying of divorced persons in
less than q year from the date of
their DEGREES the legislature exer-
cised its activity.
All was fish that came into its net,
SO to speak, and at the close Of its
labors about the only thing that it
left undone was the enactment of
the ten commandments into statute
laws of the state of Iowa. Never
was there such another frenzy of
virtue and reform.
1t will be interesting to observe
the effects. of this great moral and
Legislative awakening. If within
the next few months general
quickening of the spirit shall be
discernable in the Hawkeye state. if
the hosts of sin are observed to be
on the run and the forces of right
eousness triumphant, then we
shall be justified in assuming
that the wave of morality which
arose in the legislature has rolled
over the entire state and is soak
ing in.
1t motif SATAN continues to find
mischief for the Iowans to do and if
the old Adam breaks out in spots
then we must reluctantly conclude
that the theory of instilling the fear
of GoD into men by statutory en-
actment has proved a failure in Iowa
as it has everywhere else.
In the meantime it will not be ad-
visable for the good people Of Iowa
to begin tearing down the jails and
penitentiaries. There is no telling
what may happen to render them
useful again.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Ranid Growth.

The most remarkable instance of
rapid growth was recorded by the
French academy in 1920. 1t was IL
boy six years of age five feet six inches
in height. AT the age of five his voice
changed: at six his beard had grown
and he appeared man Of thirty. Hc
possessed great physical strength and
could easily lift to his shoulders and
carry bags Of grains weighing 200
pounds. His decline was as rapid as
his growth. AT eight his hair and
beard were gray, at ten he tottere1
In his walk, his teeth fell out and his
hands became palsied; at twelve lie
died with every outward sign of ex-
treme old age.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

annum is very large, while cream
cries making less than 100000
pounds of butter are limited in num-
ber.
"Creameries of this state have
nearly all learned that economy in
manufacture is possible only when
the amount of butter made is above
100000 pounds per annum," said
he. Having learned this the num-
Der of smaller creameries now re-
ceiving supplies from distant points
has very greatly increased during
the last twelve or fifteen months.
The increase in the production of
butter in the state has been through
the number of smaller centralizing
plants or in smaller individual or
cooperative plants that have gone
after the business at an increased
distance from the factory, fact
which makes them in some sense
centralized. There is little doubt
that the shipping of cream by rail
for considerable distances is a part
of the creamery system in Iowa that
has come to stay.
"The average creamery of this
state, not including the centralizers,
makes about 100000 pounds of but
ter per annum. In 1905 this aver
age was llS,0OO pounds; in 1904,
10000 pounds, and 1903, $4,000
pounds. During the past year 447
creameries and fifty-one cream sta
tions were visited by the department
inspectors. There are 600 to 700
creameries in the state and l,5OO
cream stations, hence it is seen that
the work accomplished is only a
fraction of what could be done were
a sufficient corps of inspectors pro-
vided. About 400 samples were
analyzed, and but few were found
faulty. In 1906, butter production
in Iowa totaled 81, 100000 pounds" :"
Iowa State Register and Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

Attorney General Bonaparte is
not a great admirer of his illustrious
great-uncle, the first Napoleon,
whom he regards as mighty sol
dier but devoid of such higher
qualities of mind as are indespen-
sable to the highest forms of human
character. 1t is related that once
when Mr.. Bonaparte was discussing
Napoleon with celebrated Catho-
lie prelate he remarked that he had
some misgivings as to just which of
the realms his illustrious kinsman
was now inhabiting in the spirit
world. A vein Of irony runs
through Mr.. Bonaparte's converse
ton and this is the only trait in
common between him and the great
Corsican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

While it is doubtless true that the
radical ideas of Brand WMtlock,
mayor Of Toledo, are frowned upon
by the great majority of Americans
he has introduced one change which
seems to work admirably. A parole
officer has been appointed whose
business it is to look up situations
for the inmates of the workhouse.
The inmate who succeeds in obtain
ing work goes forth with letter to
his employer. No guard goes with
him. Not one has ever run away
their word Of honor was enough to
bring them back at the appointed
time. In order that this plan might
be carried out Mayor Whitlock
abolished striped clothing in the
work house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Medically, the internal use Of wal

Medically, the internal use of wat
er does more good than its external
use. The man who drinks from a
pint to a quart of clean pure water
the first thing in the morning on
getting out of bed will be in better
health than the man who uses water
only externally and rarely drinks
water straight. The best way to do
is to take clean water bath inside
and outside every morning and dur
ing the warm weather every even
ing also. 1t will bring sleep more
effectually than all the morphine or
other drugs. 1t will cleanse the
system better than the contents OF
any drug store. A bath tub factory
is the natural foe to the medical
college and the undertaken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

well. cooks gone at last. John"
said Mrs. b.
"Good You must have had more
courage than gave you credit for to
discharge her,"
81 didn't do it. She discharged her
self. I flattered her so about her cook
ing that she thought she was too good
to stay with us, and off she went"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Diplomatic Reticence.

The social reformer was paying o
visit to the conyicts In the penitcn-
tiary and asking them various ques
tions.
"And what are you doing here, my
friend:" he said to n good looking
man In the shoeshop
Making Shoes" was the reply that
discouraged any further inquisition in
that direction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17

Perhaps the Oldest triplets in the
world celebrated their sixty eighth
birthday in Jackson, Miss, last
week. These triplets are j. F.
Price, well-known hotel man of
Jackson for the last twenty years;
his brother Henry of jackson and
Mrs. Nancy Phillips of Calhoun
county. They are toall appearance 8
good for several years to come, be-
ing hale and hearty and perfect
specimens of physical manhood and
womanhood. Henry Price is bach
elor, but Frank and Mrs. Phillips
havh been married many years and
have grandchildren. They first saw
the light of day in Cumberland
county, North Carolina.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Trend of Iowa Dairying.
In his annual report made D

In his annual report made public
recently, Dairy Commissioner
Wright of Iowa, showed that the
trend OF the creameries in that state
has been away from the whole milk
and toward the centralized, gathered
cream. The commissioner says the
number of creameries making 250,-
600 to 100000 pounds Of butter per
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-17
Presidents 8 Cabinet.

The Presidents cabinet as now
constituted is as follows:
Secretary of State e-Elihu Rooi
of New York.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Geo
b. Cortelyou, of New York.
Secretary Of War-William Fl
Taft, of Ohio.
Attorney General Chas. ]. Bona
parte, of Maryland.
Postmaster General-George Vor
L. Meyer, of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Navy-Victor H
Metcalf, of California.
Secretary Of Interior-James R
Garfield, Of Ohio.
Secretary of Agriculture-Jame'
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce ane
Labor-Oscar s. Strauss. of New
York.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-01-15

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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-19

for short man. Were as long as
Mclaughlin or Fred Hunker might
last quite while, but this thing OF
these doctors saving off anywhere
from two to four inches from q little
fellow any time they got him down
don't go with me any more. Then,
that's not all. They call every morn.
ing at your room and do something
or other to you to hurt you some more.
For instance, the third morning after
they relieved me of two inches of bone
and slnew DR. Condor, who by the
way, is very pleasant gentleman
aud fine surgeon, smilingly informed
me that, at the time he performed the
amputation he inadvertently had
scwed up in the end of my limb n
little silver discharge pipe about three
inches In length which he wanted.
did not remember of bringing any
cOrkscrew shaped silver pipe to the
hospital with me, when came down
here, so told him If 1t was his, he
might have It, with another bland
smile he said to get It would nccessl
tate his cutting one or two stitches
out, but that would hurt only min
ute. didn't just like that, for | knew
the stitches belonged to me and
would have them to settle for when
| paid my bill However reluctantly
consented to lose the stitches, for |
was not in a position to kick, anyhow.
He cut the threads and pulled them
out but when he took hold of that
little pipe with his pinchors say mis-.
ter, | got Interested! That little three
inch pipe, while he was pulling ON It,
seemed longer to me than one of Tom
Franse's fish poles. This is only one
instance of many that occur to a fel.
low in hospital so quit Am now
comfortably quarterod at the Her,
whore | would enjoy seeing you or
any others of my West Point friends
who may visit the city. Yours truly,
Mike Hughes"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-19
Christian r, Schroth.

Christian F. Schroth, eighty-one
years old, died at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day morning at the home of his step
son, Oscar Uhle, on Norfolk avenue.
Death was brought on by old age.
Mr. Schroth has made his home in
Norfolk with Oscar Uhle since 1902.
His previous home had been in Oma.
h. Mr., Schroth came to America from
Germany in 1881.
The following children survive:
Fred Schroth of Norfolk, Emil Schroth
of Colorado, Mrs. Pauline Schneider.
wind of Omaha, Mrs. Mary Nissen of
Chicago. One son, Bruno Schroth, has
not been heard from since he marched
away with a Kansas regiment ordered
to the Philippines.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day afternoon at o'clock from St.
Johannes church. The body will be
laid to rest beside the wife who was
buried five years ago in the new Luth.
eran cemetery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-19
CONDUCTORS MAY ARREST.
Boys Who Persist in Climbing on
Trains May Land in Jail.

Norfolk boys who persist in climb
ing on moving trains may find them
selves one of these days spending not
fense. One of the new laws which
went into effect in this state July 5
gives to railroad conductors authority
to arrest any such persons. Follow
ing is the text of the law:
Section 1. Every person who shall
climb upon, hold or attach himself in
any manner to any locomotive engine
railroad train or trains of any charac-
ter, while the same are in motion or
stationary, or who may ride or at
tempt to ride upon any locomotive en-
gine, railroad train or trains of any
character, or any part thereof, for the
purpose and with the intent Of steal
ing ride thereon within this state
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. Authority is hereby CIV
en- to and conferred upon railroad con-
ductors of railroad trains to immedi-
ately arrest any person or persons
who shall be found by him violating
section 1 of this act, without warrant
or other process, and upon such arrest
to deliver the offender over to any Of
ficer of the law; and to call upon any
bystander or others for assistance
whenever the same may become nee
essary to enable him to make such ar
rest.
Section 8. Every person who shall
be convinced of a violation of any of
the offenses mentioned in section l Of
this act shall be punished by impris-
onment in the county Jail for period
of not less than five days and fined not
less than five dollars, and not more
than $25.