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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

A man who was guest at one Of
the summer resorts in West Virginia
tells Of a wedding ceremony he wit
messed in the town near by.
The minister was young and easily
embarrassed. 1t was the first wedding
he had ever undertaken. The prospec-
tive bride and groom were both young
err and still more easily embarrassed
than he.
When the minister had finished the
service and muttered few kindly but
halting words to the young couple he
had just united, the bride looked at
him, blushlng, but confident.
"Thank YER" she said clearly. "It's
shore kind O. yer to congratulate us,
an as long as you haven't ever been
married yit maybe We'll have chance
some day to retallate."-Harper's
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Striving and Failing.

Life is not designed to minister to
a mans vanity. He goes upon his long
business most of the time with a hang
ing head, and all the time like blind
child. Full of rewards and pleasures
as 1t $50 that to see the day break.
or the moon rise, or to meet a friend, or
to hear the dinner call when he ID
hungry, fills him with surprising joys
this world Is vet for him no abidins
city. Friendships fall through, health
falls, WEAKNESS assails him; year after
year he must thumb the hardly varying
record of his own weakness and folly.
1t is a friendly process of detachment.
When the time comes that he should
go, there need be few Illusions left
about himself. Here lies one who
meant we'll, tried little, failed much"
surely that may be his epitaph, of
which he need not be ashamed
Louis Stevenson $500.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
owl Foreca.t. weather.

Hancock, just over the Lebanon
Mountains, west Of Pittsfeld, on the
New York State boundary, depends
upon boot owl for It's weather re-
ports. Every night the villagers listen
for the owl, which roosts in the forests
of John Taylor's farm. If the owl gives
a series of long, mournful boots, rain
is expected the next day; If sharp and
clear are the boots, the weather will be
clear. The OWLS forecast has never
failed yet.
The owl is called Big Ben. Its mate
was shot Is years ago and now adorns
the show window of Frank Hadwell's
store. Robert ]. Gillespie of New York,
touring through Hancock the other
night, listened to the owl for half an
hour. He says all Washington weather
forecasts have been thrust aside in
Hancock.-Pittsfield (Mass.) Cor. New
York Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
provided with such perfect system Of
arches and girder. No waterway ON

provided with such perfect system Of
arches and girder. No waterway on
earth Is 20 complex, SO commodious or
10 populous as that wonderful river
Of life, the blood stream. The violin,
the trumpet, the harp, the grand organ,
the reed" organ, the Eolian harp and
hundred other musical instruments
are all but crude trayesties upon tho
wonderful musical instrument which
produces the human voice
And then-the cutting teeth are the
scissors, the back teeth are the grind
stones, the nervous system is the ,tele-
graph, and the valves and trapdoors
are mostly in the heart and the veins,
although one of the most perfect Of the
trapdoors is the. throat.
There are number Of pulleys in the
body; the most interesting is one Just
over the eye-one which, by the way,
We have Inherited from our 7rehuman
ancestors, and which we never use.
As to hinges, the body has dozens Of
them. The joints of the fingers and
the toes, the knee, the elbow-all these
are hinges.
The heart is most perfect pump,
the lungs are the bellows, and the eye
a camera, certain features of which
man has striyen in vain to Initiate.
Even wireless telegraphy has been an
ticipated by the body !, for the infinitely
small nerve. cells have been proven to
communicate with each other without
contact-a kind of intercellular wire
less.
So much for Just few wonders Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
A Decline in Value,

Don't be deluded with the idea that
the fall in stocks and bonds does not
lessen the value Of permanent proper
ties which they represent. Every great
property must be kept in good repair,
or else lose value rapidly. The decline
In stocks and bonds reaches back to
the properties on this account. 1t de-
stroys the credit of those who manage
the properties. and thus results in di.
iapidation and -unproductiveness. A Sc
rious panic in securities denotes gem
eral depreciation. This point is illus
trated by the fact that there are in use
in the United States and Canada $4,000
locomotives, $4,000 passenger coaches,
and 100000 freight cars. To replace
these as they wear out costs the rail-
road companies $23,42 day, or ST.
$4,000 n year. In other great lines of
industrial enterprise the expense OF re.
pnir and renovation is proportionate;y
large. When stocks fall in prices,
therefore, it means deterioration and
lack of future dividends, for stocks
would not decline in price if there were
sound conditions behind them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Lnbor,s Attitude.

The American Federation of Labor
seems to be in no mood to consent to a
reduction of wages as way out of the
Roosevelt panic. In his recent report
at jamestown. during the annual ses-
sion of the Federation, President Com
pers said that he felt 1t incumbent on
him ito press home upon the attention
of labor the economical unsoundness Of
the school of political economists which
advocated the assent of workmen to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
What Sam Did

The men in the store watched the
young farmer assist his wife into the
respectable-looking buggy outside, ar
range the packages, spread the laprobe
generously and carefully over the
young woman's knees and then, him
self uncovered, drive away.
"Clayton's goin' to take good care O.
that there wife O. his,'' commented the
storekeeper.
Foolish of him." declared Washing
ton Hancock.
Hell get tired O. washin' up that
buggy o. his'n after n while n con-
clude the ole wagons good enough to
come to town to trade In" said Sol
Baker, sagely.
"'Course he WILL" agreed Hancock.
"He'll have her out to the wood pile
splittin' stove wood, like rs not. I've
knowed that to happen, too" /.
Baker had the grace to look embar-
raised when the storekeeper snickered.
syrhere's wuss things than splittin'
leetle mite o, wood now an then for n
women" he said. Anyway, Clayts
wlfe'Il take all the care he kin give
her an then need more. If he amt
washin' the dishes for her afore long
miss NV guess. She don't like no
kind q, work none too we'll. She didn't
as gall"
"Ain't great hand to cook, they tell
me- said the storekeeper. Most any
one o. the other gals could beat her out
when II come to fixin' up meal. Seems
like Clayt 'ud have took 'Lisbeth or
R,rd,e II he wus set nm bound to mar
ry into the family. This un's mighty
slack-mouthed, by all accounts /
could ha' told him suthin' on tibet score
n he'd cum to me an asst me-"
"Why didn't YOU tell him, anyway 2"
asked Marvin Parsons.
..It,s n n,tv she's slack-mouthed." OBJ
served Hancock. ats them kind O.
w,mmen that sits TO talkin' about their
ne,qbhors after while. An It's a fun
nv thing that it's allus the wimmen
that does that. You might set in this
stove when RUFF nm Sol here was shoot
IN, or the,r mouths year in an wear out
nm, ,ou,d never hear them saw word
oo,n, onvhodv-not if Won was stone
aeog. Rut when man sees n Teller
IN danger n, bliehtip' his life by takin,
IN With n cal That's ornery an no-ac-
aa,,n+ no amt doin, no moro than
,,rho+,s b,s dootv To give him the right
5sind q, warnIn,. If a feller's got good
sonso hon ernheshiate n word In son.
80 =, +b,+ sort mn won't eff mad
.ho,+ a. Anvhody's mt to he m,te
raerless an, nnfh,nkin' In the matter q,
ahoos,n, n eol when he's vonnp hot
there haIn't married man here but
whatlI saw that's SOL
The storekeeper nodded inyoluntarily
and Hancock grInned.
as fnr,s tak,n' word O. good nd
vice klndly,s concerned. reckon
there,s the many n man would fell vo,,
that if somebody,d come to him in time
an, let him know what he had n right
to expect from the gal he WIS thinkin,
a, marrying he'd never have married
the gal he did" resumed Hancock.
.There's some what does git warned in
time. rickerleck right well when a
cousin o. mine, Sam Hancock, thought
O. hltchin' up with gal he'd met up
with when he wus young buck. He
seen the gal an tuck her buggy ridin'
once or twice an he flggered to HIM
self that she wus jest about the finest
young woman that ever set foot on
this green airth. He couldn't make out
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Mistakes of Roosevelt.

If President Roosevelt is MS careless
of his financial facts us he is Of the Law
on several matters he will hardly 20
down into history as safe man to fol-
low. There is no excuse for a Presl-
dent to make misstatements about the
laws or the financial affairs of the Unit.
ed States, for he has an army of legal
and financial talent to look up the law
and the facts, and when he said there
was mo legal warrant" for placing on
the coins of the United States the
motto "In God we trust" lie had evil
IDENTIFY never examined "the laws of
the United States relating to coinage"
wherein section 8, Chapter c, expressly
provides for the use of the motto. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Where the Take. Go.

As everyone is a taxpayer to the
government of tariff and internal
revenue collections. you have not only
paid your share during the past fiscal
year Of over $S0O,0OO,OOO it has cost
to run the government, but you have
also paid nearly $S0,OO0,O0O surplus
that even the extravagant Republican
Congress could not, or did not spend.
That amount and twice rs many more
millions of former surplus taxes is
now being secretly loaned to the Ma
tional Banks, and no interest is paid
on these loans. The customers of the
banks borrow this money and pay the
going rate of interest, which for some
time has averaged over 10 per cent
for commercial loans. You don't know
the names of the banks. That, for
political reasons, Secretary CoftelyOu
has ordered to be kept profound Sc
.cret. Probably the subscriptions Of the
bankers to the Republican campaign
fund next fall, in return for the free
loan of these vast sums, will in turn
never see the light of day. 1t would
seem that you have a right to know
who is getting the benefit of all this
extra taxation, but 1t is pretty certain
that neither the administration, nor the
coming Republican Congress, will see
fit to let you into the secret.
VIII you continue to vote to keep
politicians In nOwer who collect SO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
The Reason.

PHIL expect the next few months
to go very rapidly.
Frank-Why?
PHIL bought diamond ring yes
terday on the installment plan.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
An E1actins Trainer.

"who won the long-dlstance walk
ing matchT'
"Spriggins."
"He did? Who was his trainer?"
"His ten-months-old baby."-Chicago
Record Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

The Foreman (back for instructions)
-Jedge, we're all tangled up concernln'
tn testimony of Jim Boggs.
The Court-Don't you know what to
do with 1t?
The Foreman-We knowed Jest what
t do with 1t, tell we diskivered wher'
he'd told TIL truth in one place.-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
Ineratitude ANA a Menace.

Menace.
The Cubans are as ungrateful as the
Filiplnos. By teaching them how to
hold the yellow fever in check we did
them perhaps greater service than in
freeing them from the Spanish yoke
And yet, as it now appears. during the
period when the island was wholly In
their own control they grossly neglected
the sanitary measures and methods they
should have learned from us, which for
our own protection they were under
treaty obligations to observe
When next we leave them to them.
selves it will be necessary, for the safe.
ty Of our Gulf and South Atlantic
ports, to make effective provision for
the enforcement of these obligations
The commerce of the Panama canal
will be distributor of pestilence lie the
ports of the Caribbean and the gull
ports foreign to the United States are
given over to the yellow scourge
simultaneously with the placing OF
our quarantine service In the hands OF
the Marine hospital corps, or earlier
we made arrangements with some of
the countries bordering the gulf and
the Caribbean for the supervision OF
sanitation in their ports by our officials
This system will need to be extended
in all likelihood, until we control SAM.
tation in all those ports.
LIE the Cubans will not keep their
ports free from epidemic fevers, 1t will
become necessary for us to insist upon
doing it for them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

There is nothing woman enjoys get
ting SO much as letter from some
married woman that is stained with
tears.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

There are as many lawyers clamor-
ing for the wrong as there are lawyers
clamoring for the right. 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
The rnrin and the Panic.

me anu the PunlCs ID
1t is indeed pleasure to know from
such IN exalted authority us the Amer
lean Economist, the organ Of the tar
Unprotected trusts, that the panic is
over, and it was the high tariff which
cured our financial Ills. But in spite
of this assurance of the Economist
there is every day still published news
of this and that factory shutting down,
or discharglng half, or more, Of their
workmen, and of wages being reduced.
Is the tariff which protects the trusts
working at cross purposes. or is the
Economist mistaken in its diagnosis Of
present conditions? Even the New
York papers, which have evidently en-
tered into league for the purpose Of
minimizing the panic, do not seem able
to swallow the good news that the
panic is over, or that the protective
tariff saved the day. 1--WE know, of
course, that protection brought us all
our national blessings says the Even
ing Post, land would, If not hindered
now and then by Satanic free-traders,
avert every public ill; but we did not
expect to see the truth set forth 30
bluntly MS 1t is. by the Economist.
The tariff" 1t says, "had nothing what
ever to do with bringing on this finan-
cial furry, but 1t had tremendous lot
to do with quieting IT." We can easily
understand, therefore, that faith in
protection was never more alive" since
people have seen 1t cause 'the worst
money panic the country has ever
known for fourteen years" to "diuap-
pear inside of five days" Our only
regret is TINT the bankers and trust
company presidents and the Secretary
Of the Treasury should have been in
ignorance of all this, and should have
spent haggard days and nights over
questions of reserve and gold imports,
when all the while there was the tariff
fairy godmother making their anxiety
needless and their labors supertluous.
But we fear that the foolish men would
still press one question upon the Econ
omist: Granting that the tariff ended
the panic, how did 1t happen to slip a
cog and let the panic occur at all?
There be those that claim that the
tariff has so proteced the trusts and
monopolists that 1t has led them to
branch out too greatly after the enor.
nous profits that the tariff has protected
them in charging, and this kind Of Dol.
stored UP prosperity has just broken
down of its own weight for lack OF
enough fuel to feed on. Whether this
view is the correct one, or whether
the organ of the trusts is correct in Its
statement that the panic is over, and
that sthe tariff had nothing to do witt
bringing on this financial furry, but
1t had tremendous lot to do witt
quieting it, will soon be seen, and the
truth will eventually prevail. The last
Republican platform declared that "a
Republican tariff has always been fol
lowed by business prosperity but then
that was SO VIGOROUSLY untrue that II
should be taken with due allowance ms
simple partisan Boosting, and the boast
of the Economist may be like unto It
Time will tell, md not very long will
be required, either.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

LIE nasty actlOn OF the Executive In
the matter Of ordering the issue of spu-
rious currency and bonds for the relief
of Wall street bankers may be taken
up In Congress MS breach of the priv
ilege of that body, which has control
OF the whole subject Of money and pub
lie credit as well as of taxation. For,
in Jeferson's Manual by which both
houses Of Congresses govern themselves,
except as the Manual has been modi-
fed, 1t Is declared that an act of the
Executive, King, or President, taking
notice Of matter within the exclusive
Jurisdiction of the legislature is such.
breach. For instance, 1.-The Kings
taking notice of bill for suppressing
soldiers, depending before the House;
his proposing a provisional clause for
bill before it was presented to him by
the two houses; his expressing dis
pleasure against some persons for mat
ters moved in Parliament during the
debate and preparation OF bill, were
breaches of privilege. And in 1888,
December 18th, 1t was declared breach
Of fundamental privileges, ETC., to re-
port any opinion or pretended opinion
of the King on any bill or proceeding
pending In either House Of Parliament,
with n view to influencing the votes Of
the members" (Jefferson's Manual,
Section 81
Now, 1t seems clear that the Presi-
| dent'B notion was In Main violation ~
this rule, because 1t was intended to
compel legislation in favor of certain
measures by Executive action in adj
vance, which would require ratification
in order to become valid, thus forestall-
ing Congress. 1t is very serious mat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Most of mans friends are his
friends because of what they don't
know about him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

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Inc fact that feeding Influences ia
vor and quality OF meat applies especi-
ally to sheep.
NJ a,eeo.a. -,-.--- -,,...,..,, a.. -,
ply OF slop, hogs should have all Of the
pure, fresh water they VIII drink daily.
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.oi7t +ha eoroor ~ h,,ttor. -, oon n,ost
o,,t tho h,,ttar,,,,,, tas.. h,,t not tha
.+r,. hr++ar aa,or - II
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rraso,,t a,.,oe,, +tora s,s I,++,o a.o,,sa sor
either.
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aa,a y. ~ Sn ..,a - ~ .s 49, 80 :. ~ ~
s az. ~. ~. ass -. NV ~ - - f''s =
'Ae IVY - s'u. ...'.l.
A fowls diet should include varie-
ty Of all the grains, corn, oats, wheat
anu uatts9 ssp u.s. go 49,.
nn,l . 80 s VI. M.
1 80 49, go. 49,, 5000
wv -.'us' 10 '" .'
Many farmers do not know the val
1 ne Of Kaffir corn as a feed for poultry.
1 1t has the same nutritiye value as In
dian corn. but II NOT 50 fattening and
therefore. ia better egg-produclng
grain. The fowls like It.
:. 80 ~ -. a., ~, son.o - 40,
~ ...,,.,oa "a 49, 49,,
~. III. .,,s,,,,, =. -, o,o.sa
enough to eradicate all poor animals
and thus eliminate their blood forever
from the focks.
1 a. :. ~. .ost oad ,nos+ ax+an.,,o
.u',,,o ,,n,o,a.. =, +ha oonr ho,t ,.os n
sSn !, ,,,,,a ,,o+an IN orarr horrel ~
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s'0p .a . . n +,,nt VII, hold o,ab+ ~
a. han,a,s :, na+or o,d In this ba
srn,na = howe, of limo
Se'f'' : --
| Nearly oil kinds OF plants may be
easily rooted into saucers In which
that water will stand upon the surface.
They must be kept in a warm place and
4 occasionally In full sunshine. When
fully rooted, put In good soil in small
pots.
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IL Gu.oi'e"n souu'Aiee az Sio"n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

A chapman, Holy Writ doth tell,
Found treasure in the earth concealed
But all he had he needs must sell
Ere he might have the precious field.
Since thou has cost me all own
o Love, what riches have l known!
-lNapt,,ry
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
MIX strained Through sand.


In several European cities milk II
filtered through sand. By this process
all dirt is removed. the number Of bac-
teria Is reduced one-third, and the
quantity of mucus and Shiny matter
is greatly lessened, while tile loss Of
fat in new milk is only slight n
The filter consists Of large cylindri-
cal vessels. divided by horizontal per-,
forated dlaphragms into five super
posed compartments, of which the mid
die three are filled with tine,s clean
sand, slfted into three sizes, the coars-
est being placed in the lowest and the
finest in the topmost Of the three COM
partments.
The milk enters the lowest compart-
ments through pipe under gravitation
pressure, and, after having trayersed
the layers Of sand from below upward,
is carried by an overflow to a cooler
fed with lce-water, whence 1t passes
into a cistern, from which 1t Is drawn
direct into locked cans for distribution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
wind.or chief Apple.

The Windsor Chief apple, while 1t
has been grown number Of years,
has not been extensively disseminated.
Fruit Of this variety was shown at the
Paris Exposition, says Western Fruit
Grower, where 1t was awarded the
highest honor that was bestowed upon
single variety. The fruit shown at
Detroit was taken from these same
trees, by the way, showing that the
fruit does not run down in size as the
trees attain age.
The tree is vigorous grower, and
Marshall Bros. say 1t Is the best an
nual bearer they have In their orchards
and they have about every variety
grown in this country. The fruit runs
remarkably uniform as to quality, and
very little sorting is needed In packing
the apples. The Windsor Chief il re
markable for Its keeping quality.
The apples are good to eat by De
cember i, and remain in this condi-
ton, kept in an ordinary cellar, until
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

April. The fruit is attractive in ap.
pearance, OF good size, and of good
quality. These facts, added to Its good
qualities as tree and to Its long-keep-
ing quality, makes the variety Of much
interest to anple-groMers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
THE PARADOX.

There grows a weed, so gossips tell,
To wound the hand that lightly plucks
But bind it with proper spell,
And poison from the vein it sucks
Twas Cupid's self that threw the dart,
Gave me the simple for my smart.
When storms are high, so seamen tell,
And pillows crunple all the main,
But dive beneath the angry swell,
And thou wilt find 1t calm again.
Since, Love. thou art a troubled sea,
My only refuge is in thee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

The horse that is of special Inter-
est to the farmer is the draft horse,
because he is the most easily raised
and the most profitable animal the
farmer can produce. He is particular
~ horse that the farmer in the corn
belt should produce because lie reach
es his fullest development in this sec
ton; first, because of the nutritious
grasses and grains produced, and sec
ond, because of the suitable conditions
that prevail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11
rAL1EsT LIGHT HOUSE KEEPER

So much for Just a few wonders OF
the human body.-Dr. w. R. .Latron.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

A fowls diet should include a varie-
ty Of all the grains, corn, oats, wheat
and barley especially; also green food,
animal food in the form of meat or
milk, and charcoal and grit. Their
food must be clean, sweet and sound.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-11

Many farmers do not know the val
ne of Kaf1ir corn as feed for poultry.
1t has the same nutritive value rs In
dian corn, but it not SO fattening and
therefore, is better reproducing
grain. The fowls like 1t.