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The Pride of Jennico, by Egerton Castle. Ashes of Empire, by Robert W. Cham bers. Richard Carvel. by Winston Churchill. Tho cellbrity, by Winston Churchill The Crisis. by Winston Churchill. The Master Christian, by Marie Cor 4 elll. ziska, by Marie Corelli. In the Palace of the King, by F. Marion Crawford. MT. Isaacs, by F. Marion Crawford. saracfnesca, by F. Marion Crawford. Sant 'Ilario, by F. Marion Crawford. Don orsino, by F. Marion Crawford The Heart of Rome, by F. Marion Craw- ford. Via Crucis. by F. Marion Crawford. Mrs. Darrell, by Foxcroft Davis. Soldiers of Fortune, by Richard Hard ing Davis. A Friend of Caesar, by William stearns Davis. Uther and Igraine, by Warwick Deep ing The Hound of the Baskervilles, by A. Conan Doyle. Tales of Sherlock Holmes, by A. Conan Doyle. The Master of warlock by George Cary Eggleston.
  St Elmo, by Augusta J. Evans. The Story of an Untold Love. by Paul Leicester Ford. Janice Meredith, by Paul Leicester Ford. The Honorable Peter Sterling, by Paul Leicester Ford. The Garden of Lies. by Justus Miles Forman. The Custom of the Country. by Mrs. Hugh Fraser. The Golden Hope, by Robert H. Fuller. My Lady and Allan Darke, by Charles D. Gibson. The Filigree Ball, by Anna Katherine Green. The Cardinals Snuff Box, by Henry Har- land. The Luck of Roaring Camp, by Bret Harte The Real World, by Robert Herrick. The Common Lot, by Robert Herrick The Forest Lovers, by Maurice Hewlett. Richard Yea-and-Nay, by Maurice Hew- lett. Phroso, by Anthony Hope. Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope. The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. The Misdemeanors of Nancy, by Eleanor Hoyt. Captain Kettle, K. C. B., by c. J. Cut life Hyne. Many Cargoes. by w. ". Jacobs. To Have and To Hold, by Mary Johnston. A Broken Sword, by Captain Charles King. The Daughter of the Sioux, by Captain Charles King. Charles King Comrades In Arms. by Captain Charles King. The Medal of Honor, by Captain Charles King. Wolfville, by Alfred Henry Lewis. Wolfville Days. by Alfred Henry Lewis.
 Wolfville Nights. by Alfred Henry Lewis.
 The Thrall of Lief the Lucky. by Ottilie Liljencrantz.
 The Ward of King Canute, by Ottilie
 Liljencrantz
 A Son of the Wolf, by' Jack London.
 People of the Abyss, by Jack London.
 
 The Sea Wolf, by Jack London
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The Old Farm.

When the busy day Is over wi h its anxiuu.
hopes and fears.
And the telephone stops ringing and the las
clerk disappears.
With SCH lem back wearyln my swinging
office chsir.
And my thoughts go BIZ elk 10 childhood and the
old farm that is there.
can see the dear old homestead, broad and
low beneath the trees
And the rows Of shining milk pans summing In
the fresh sweet breeze,
Ic see the barn and horses, and the orchard
on the hill,
Where We gathered golden plppns for tho ole
straw cider mill.
can see the utland pastures dotted DER with
grazing sheep.
And the wheat field waving gol zen, ready fol
the men to reap.
can see the old stone fences where the chin
munks used to play.
And the cornfe,d and the meadow with its pi les
of fragrant hay.
can see the cattle standing meath the willows
~ by the brook,
Whefe used to fish for mlnnows with bent
pm for hook;
And the pond where grow tho lilli that my
mother used to prize.
All, the light Of heavens shining now within
those dear oil eyes.
And sigh while fancy fingers DER each well
known pleasant scene,
OF the happy days of boyhood thrown by mem.
DRY on the screen;
Ard I'D give oil have gained since. all my
wealth and treasures rare,
To 20 back rne day to childhood and the o'd
farm III It is there.
-TnwNsENn ALLEN
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Alcohol from corncobs.

The department of agriculture is
developing a new industry in the
production ofalcohol from corrcobs,
which, the department says, prom
ises to be of much commercial val
ue. Investigations are being made
at Hoopeston, ILL.,, and have proved
that the large quantities of corn
cobs which every year go to waste,
can be made to produce alcohol in
sufficient quantities to justify the
erection of a distilling plant in con
nection with corn cannery.
So far, the department has sue
ceeded by simple methods Of fer
mentation in getting yield of elev.
en- gallons Of alcohol from ton of
green cobs, and, by similar methods
in getting six gallons OF alcohol from
ton of green cornstalks. A de.
partment official says that these
tests show that there are 24O pounds
Of fermentable substance in a ton Of
green field cornstalk, which will
yield about half of their weight in
absolute alcohol. In round nun.
bers, ton Of stalks will produce
100 pounds of alcohol or 200 pounds
of proof spirits. AS gallon of alco
hol weighs nearly seven pounds,
there should be fifteen gallons Of al
cohol in a ton of stalks. The ad
dition of the corn on the cob adds
further 10 the possibilities Of alco
hol obtainable from ton of cobs
and will have its influence in bring
ing the quantity to a greater figure
-Maxwell's Talisman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Mammoth or Common Red Clover?

A correspondent from southeast
ern Iowa wants to know whether
mammoth or the common red clov.
er would be more profitable for feed
and pasture when the land is thin
and about exhausted.
This is point which we have en-
deayored to make clear time and
again for number of years. For
ordinarily good corn land, and where
the clover is sown in connection
with timothy for meadow and sub
sequent pasture, or for the seed
crop, we unhesitatingly advise the
common red On such land nam.
moth clover does not make good
hay, nor is it desirable as seed
crop unless it is kept closely pas
tured for the first month in order to
shorten the stalk and reduce the
amount Of haulm in proportion tc
seed. It is wholly undesirable on
rich bottom lands, as it produces a
very inferior quality Of hay and does
not produce seed crop.
It is scarcely necessary to repea,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Keep the Feed Up.

Some men start out in the fall
with, excellent feeding rations. They
bring the COWS in from the pasture
and give them variety and quality
of feed which can not help but pro-
duce good milk. These conditions
last until the feed bins begin to get
low, then portions of the ration are
cut out and thesfeeds begin to get
smaller. BY khe time the holidays
are; past tthe bottoms Of some Of the
bins aresin sight These men think
that conomyein feeding means cut
ting the feed bill down. To an ex-
tent this is true, but economy OF
production and ecant feeding never
go hand in hand. Start well in the
fall and keep the ration up until the
cows are on the pasture next spring.
If you must buy, buy. If fyour cows
are good ones you cannot afford to
pinch them through the winter
simply to save a few dollars. You
will lose on this years milk aud on
the flow of future years, This is
especially true if the COWS are young.
1t would be better to keep fewer COWS
and to keep them right than to try
to winter more than you can feed
properly.-Kimballs Dairy Farmer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
: H.w to BE Ready.

To know how to be ready-a great
thing, a precious gift and one that i'm
plies calculation, grasp and decision
to be always ready man must be
able to cut knot, for everything can
not be united He must know how to
disengage what is essential from the
detail in which it is inwrapped, for
everything cannot be equally consid-
cred. In word, he must be able to
simplify his duties, his business and
his life. To know how to be ready is
to know how to start. 1t is astonish-
ing how all of US are generally cum
bered up with the thousand and one
hindrances and duties which are not
such, but which nevertheless wind us
about with their spider threads and
fetter the movement of our wings. 1t
is the lack of order which makes us
slaves. The confusion of today dis
counts the freedom of tomorrow. Con-
fusion is the enemy of all comfort, and
confusion is born of proscrastination.
To know how to be ready we must be
able to finish. Nothing is done but
what is finished. The things which we
leave dragging behind us will start up
again later on before us and harass
our path. Let each day take thought
for what concerns 1t, liquidate its own
affairs and respect the day which is to
follow, and then we shall be always
ready. To know how to be ready is at
the bottom to know how to die.-Amiel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Raj. =. Gold Mines.

It is a common practice for the boys
in some watch and jewelry factories
to kill the rats which infest the build
inss and burn the bodies to obtain the
gold. Many oiled rags are used in
burnishin2 watch cases, and In time
they become inpregnatcd with gold.
The rats eagerly deycur these rags,
andpa few monthsnof thisak Kind Of diet
fllls the interior mechanism of the rat
with a gold plating. Twice a year the
boys have grand cremation. The
rats are caught by the hundred and
burned In crucible. The intense heat
drives of all animal substances and
leaves the gold in the shape of a little
lump. The amount of the precious
metal obtained in this way is not large,
but gives the ingenious youngsters
plenty of pocket money. In some fac
tories young Napoleons Of finance buy
up in advance the shares of their fel-
low workers in the rat colony.-London
Mail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The Growth of the silo.

If you had told the farmer twenty
years ago that he could go into his
cornfeld when the stalks were green
and the ears were immature. cut the
feed and store it without curing you
would have been laughed at. To-
day this is being done on many
farms. In 1888 the Department Of
Agriculture were able to find only
nine silos in the country. Now they
are as common as barns in the south
ern part of Wisconsin. Almost ev-
cry dairyman in New York who has
10 cows has as a silo. They are nu-
merous in other eastern states, and
here iniIowa we have about 200 that
| know of at present. The growth
of the silo has been slow. There
have been several reasons for, this
In the first place, exorbitant claims
were made for it at the start. Its
enthusiastic advocates thought that
if the farmer would build silo all
feeding questions would be settled
for Eins s3ilage was the. whole thing,
and it would furnish feed for every
thing on the farm. Moreover, it
would furnish such an abundance
that the farmer with silo could
support much more stock than the
one without. The growth of the
silo has been retarded by the un-
successful experiments of plungers.
In every neighborhood you will find
some men who are little more rich
in money than in sense. These fell
lows started out when they first
heard of the silo, and many of them
failed because they did not stay by
their proposition. Anything new
must be tried out before it can be
successful. The man who gives up
an experiment at the first appear
ance of failure is not going to be
successful himself and will work a
hardship for others. This is the
kind of men who built the first silos.
We have had cases reported to us of
slos that were built and proved un-
successful. Some Of them were not
strong enough to stand the pressure,
and some were not alright. For
various reasons there have been
failures and the men who built them
have been free to decry the silo pro-
position. They have injured their
own prospects and have given the
industry a set back in their neigh
borhood. Another reason for it's
slow growth was the kind of silos
that were first built. The majority
Of these were square bins built in
side the barn. Although they were
better than nothing they were not
the most desirable because it is not
80 easy to pack silage thoroughly in
square building as in one that
has no corners. The quality of the
silage depends upon your ability to
keep all the air out. If the silo has
corners there are chances that air
spaces will be left there and the sill
age in the immediate vicinity of
them spoiled. The round silo can
be packed we'll at the edge and it
will settle of its own weight in the
middle.-Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
Tillman's Senatorial Minstrels.

The Senate had a fit of Mysteries
over Senator Tillman's recent at
tempt to funny, and went into secret
session for the purpose of chastising
Pitchfork Ben, and expunging from
their record all references to his
Senatorial minstrel show. just why
the Senate should have had such a
fit is not apparent at this distance.
Here is all that Tillman said:
AS the negro preacher and tele-
phone artist in the show, who on
occasion gets into communication
with the White house over the wire
and acts as receiver and repeater, a
veritable chameleon in his accuracy
of reproducing White house colors,
we have senator LODGE hailing
from Massachusetts, the home of the
sac1el cod, where the Adamse's vote
for Douglas and Lodge walks with
the Almighty.
Then comes the star of the troupe,
Gum Shoe Bill" (Stone), from old
Missouri. He can dance the High
land fling on top of a ten-rail fence
and never touch the ground. but his
greatest feat is walking on eggs
without breaking the shells.
We have the Lone Star artist
/ (Culbertson, who has suddenly
ceased to play the role of detective
and performs a solo on the bones in
praise of the president. =
Next we have the dying swan,
Smiling Tom" (Patterson), of Colo
RADIO, the state recently bought al
auction by one Guggenheim, and
the swan song is a dirge for the
d.,ing democracy of the north.
Next, we have the redoubtable
Tennesseean (Carmack). who was
once a knight, a very Hotspur in the
lists, whose spear has rung true and
clear upon the vizor IS n - Now,
alas no longer of any use, he LAYS ii
at the feet of the victorious Roose-
velt as peace Offering, and Joins
the minstrels to sing last song to
the victor Of Brownsville, who
whistles democrats to come to the
White house and lick the hand that
has so often smote them.
Last, we have the artist from
the Ba dger state (Spooner,
an acrobat and jugeler of inter-
national reputation He is simple,
sly, ard foxy, and having once been
a lawyer, is noted throughout the
land for his ability to get on either
side of any question.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

that mammoth clover is simply a
late growing variety, some two or
three weeks later than the ordinary
clover. 1t produces seed in August
and does not have any considerable
aftermath after the seed crop has
been removed
Mammoth clover can be used to
advantage on the lands described by
our correspondent. Preferably it
should be sown in connection with
timothy. On these lands it will
not grow rank, and being at its best
at the same time that timothy is at
lis best, it makes an excellent quail
ity of hay.
From his own experience our cor
respondent thinks that the man.
moth clover is more liable to bloat
cattle than the common red. We
do not agree with him on this.
Either of them may bloat cattle, if
they are put on it hungry, or when
it is wet with rain or dew. White
clover under such conditions is quite
as dangerous as either mammoth or
red.
There is still further use for man.
moth clover even on rich land, when
it is used not for hay but for pas
ture. We would in that case SOW
as much mammoth clover as red,
say four pounds of each, in connec-
ton with ten or twelve pounds Of
timothy. The reason for this is
that mammoth clover, blooming
later than the others, keeps up "a
more constant succession of bloom,
and if it is not allowed to go to seed
will keep on trying to do SO until
late in the fall.-Wallace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The Lottery In Italy,

Lotto banks do thriving business
in Italy. Millions of people Of all
classes and conditions contribute every
week to the game, by which they hope
to make fortunes. The princess and
her maid, the professor and his pupils,
the bootblack and the army officer, the
crippled mendicant, school children
everybody Is drawn into the lotto net.
The main office is in Rome, but sub
offices are in operation in every hamlet
in the kingdom, and drawings take
place every Saturday in eight cities.
The public knows the hour of the
drawing, and the plaza near the Via
del Umitta, near the Quirinal. always
swarms with people when the little
blind boy draws five numbers Of the
ninety which have been placed there.
These numbers are displayed on n
signboard In the order in which they
are drawn, and the player who has
bought a ticket with the same num-
bers In the same order receives the
grand prize. The play keeps many
people still poorer than they would be
and is great source Of revenue to the
country.-Illustrirte Zeitung.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

This week John Devil Takefeller
has agreed to give $2,000,0O0 for
the endowment of university at
Louisville. This constantly relying
on his own judgement in making
donations is rather unkind Of John,
since his benefactions are largely
made up of money that in no sense is
his, but is stolen from the consumers
of all petroleum products just as de-
liberately and far less courageously
than it would be if he made each Of
us "stand and deliver at the point
Of pistol.
Last year SO gravity gasoline was
II cents gallon by the barrel; it is
now "a cents; the cost of production
is no greater, and the quality is
poorer.
1t was SO cents until Old Sancti-
mony made his last contribution to
the U. of G., then he put the price
up cent, so that you and | really
made that gift while he took the
credit. In the last year on the four
barrels Of SS gravity gasoline we
personally have purchased, we have
paid seven cents more that the high
price Of the year before. Seven cents
on each Of 200 gallons makes $l40C
more that we have contributed this
year than last on that grade alone
In addition we have used 400 gall.
ons Of common gasoline at the office
for mechanical purposes, which fig.
ured at an increase Of 4 cents a gall,
on, would make our contribution
SIG more. This is only one of the
many contributions made by reason
of the tariff and the trusts.
Call this a government of the free
when the poor devil Of an editor has
to cough up like that to a mar
whose income is $4O,O00,Q00 year
We can't even go back to the tallov
dip of our grandfathers or the OF
lamp of the past generation, fol
John D. makes all the candles ane
controls the price of kerosene. Bad
cess to him!
And the government, the congress
men and the senators that you and
elect, help him to, do it. Let's hav'
a change.-Anamosa Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
A Breezy Description Of Roosevelt.

William Allen White describes
President Roosevelt, in McClure's
for February, in the following breezy
manner:
"a midle-aged, midle-sized figure.
struggling against pudginess, sim
pie, boyisb, direct; impulsive for the
right and intolerant of wrong;
human to the core. with his blind
side for his friends and his sleepless
eyes for his enemies-a group of
gentlemen for whom he never has
to blush happy mixture
of the cheerful idiot, the seer of
visions, and the captain and crew Of
the Nancy Brigg "a man who
does the undisputed thing in such a
buoyant way!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
A Believer in Fairies.

"They say there is no such thing
as fairies, or that they are fairies no
longer; but they know not what they
say. The original Of the fairies
sung by poets was found, and is
still, among those amiable mortals
who knead bread with energy, mend
rents with cheerfulness; nurse tho
sick with smiles, put witchery into
a ribbon and genius into a stew"
Charles Wagner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

"They say you get 25O marks q
month. l can't believe it. Tell me
how"
II get 40 marks salary; then don't
pay my rent, 40 marks; that's $50
marks; l owe the mllkman 80 marks,
that's $50 marks; my butcher 40
marks, go marks, and every month l
raise 80 marks out of my friends
making an income of $50 marks q
month!"-Fliegende Batter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
pefraudinE the Waiter.

In Partisan cafe an American or
dered a hors d'oeuvre. sole, agneau
pre- sale, artichoke salad, peche Melba,
and SO on, and when the waiter
brought him bill Of 80 francs he paid
it like a man. After his change was
brought lie counted it and pushed q
frame toward the waiter for tip.
But the man, pushing back the franc,
said in gentle reproach:
Pardon, monsieur, but that is tho
counterfeit franc."-Argonaut,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

An elephant had raging toothachs.
the agony OF which caused her to near
ly destroy her caravan. She was
thrown on her side and roped to stakes.
Two men held pair of Ice tongs fast
round the aching tooth, and couple
Of dray horses attached to the tongs
by rope did the rest. The tooth was
sixteen inches long by three inches
across.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The Source of chalybeate water.

The Source Of Chnlybeate Water.
The chalybeate waters of. Tunbridge
Wells are said to owe their ruddy tint
and queer taste to the fact that st.
Dunstan flung his pinchers. into them
after that memorable encounter re-
corded in the old rhyme
st. Dunstan. as the story goes,
Once pulled the devil by the nose
With redhot tongs. which made him roar
That he was heard three miles or NEE
or that the glowing proboscis- n
long snout is one of the most marked
features of the fiend in the medieval
art-was itself plunged into, the healing
well when Its owner had taken fy-
ing leap out of the saints cell at May
field, some nine or ten miles away
London Queen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
How answered.

The London Acauemy tells story Of
De Quincy. He had to fill up a cen.
sus paper, and the set questions puz-
zled him greatly. He finally managed
to characterize his occupation as
writer to the magazines" but when it
came to the occupations Of his three
daughters his troubles began. again.
At last he put ring around stheir
names and wrote, "rhey are like. lilies
of the field-they toll not, neither do
they spin"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

seotty-Hello. Pat, me boy, We had
a clean shave, scarcely knew ye wi
yer whiskers of. Pat-The same wild
me, me bhoy. OF didn't know meself
when OF looked In the glass, except by
me voice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

Half a text, sprinkllng of arlsto-
Gratis, a sin or two and quantity OF
good clothing are the familiar ingredi.
ents Of serious playwriting, and 1t IS
wonderful to see what varied and In
teresting results can still be obtained
from the recipe.-Outlook.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30

Inkwirer What became OF that
queer patient you were, telling me
about last spring? DIR. Price-0h, he's
got complaint now that's giving me
a great deal of trouble! InkylilfssrF AS In
deedl What is it? DR.. PriG4fNlg, I
complaint about the amount u H bill
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
The Real Good
Whist ia the real good:'
oh a

"Wh,t is the real gUUd:"
lusked in musiog mood.
Order" said the law court;
Knowledge" said the school;
TRUTH" said til, wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love- said the maiden;
'neauty." said the page;
Freedom" said tho dreamer;
Home said the sage;
Fame sad tile soldie
Equity" the seer
Spake my heart full sadly:
The answer is not here"
Then within my bosom
Softly this heard;
Each man ho'ds the secret;
Kindness, is the word"
john Boy'e O'Reilly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-30
ono Way Bind.

you admit you are an impostory'
said the judge. $40
mo, don't, your honor.
you claimed to be blind. and, yet
you have an unimpaired eyesight,pS'
'.Thats true, your honor,s but I'm
morally blind, sir, and not. being able
to see the harm in my innocent de-
ception"-
''six months" calculated the judge.