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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
WANDERING SQUIRRELS.
They Don't Wait for May to Seek
Another Flat,

They Don't Wait for May ! TO seek
Another Flat.
Moving day in squirreldom is not the
first Of April, nor in fact any day
or season ruled by the calendar but
q movable date fixed upon by the ma
iron for purely local or personal rea-
sons
Last season, when the approach of
warm weather brought the family
squirrel which for months had fire.
quented the overhanging cherry tree,
manifested its disapproval of human
invasion by a regular TRADE of scold-
ing every time any one appeared. Fail
ing to make any Roadway, it was one
day noticed running down the tree
and along the fence with something
in its mouth. Shortly it returned, and
second squirrel baby, carried as a
cat carries her kittens, was removed
to place of safety.
Another of the genus was observed
to frequent clump of sun6owers
the heads of which disappeared mys.
teriously, even in the immature state.
Later these seed heads, some of them
not half grown, were discovered
| tucked away in pile on the second
floor of a little-used outbuilding evil
| IDENTIFY for winter use. Near by, in a
bag hung over rafter, Mrs. Squirrel
had made her nest and when an in
quisitive member of the family peeped
in, her rebuke was a speedy removal
of her family to unknown quarters.
One of the tribe was frequently OBJ.
served to spring from the shop roof
to neighboring apple tree, thence to
neighboring trees under which a col
ony of incubator chicks were dom
iciled. One day cries of distress sum
moned the family to the chick nursery
where wounded chick and a vanish
ing squirrel told the story. In hall
an hour the alarm was repeated and
the furry mischief was seen to run
| down a tree trunk and grab three
chicks in turn, holding each but an
instant, and then bound up the tree
before assistance could be given. A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
NETTING Fire Clay.

There is an apparatus which con-
centrates the rays of the sun from
more than six thousand small mirrors
on spot about seven inches in di'
ameter. The heat generated is about
1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Iron can be
melted in less than a minute and fire
clay fused in about three minutes by
this machine. Magnesia. one of the
hardest things to melt. requiring a
heat of about 6,40O degrees Fahren-
heit, can be reduced to molten state
in twenty minutes. For the benefit
of those who wish to forget the name
of this instrument, it has been christ
ened the pyrheliophor.- Birmingham
Weekly Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
BIRD CATASTROPHE.
Hurricane Broke Many Pelicans'
Winus

Away back in September, a frightful
hurricane ravaged the coast of GER
tain portions of the Gulf of Mexico
One of its branches devastated the
city of Mobile, causing terrible dam
age. Frank NJ. Miller, president OF
the Louisiana Audubon Society, has
just learned of the effect of that hur
ricane on some of the bird island
reservations in the Gulf. 1t is re
ported that Grand Cochere Island
which contained 100 acres, has been
swept out of existence by the tropical
hurricane of September. Breton Isl
and, which was six miles long and
was the largest island in the groul
and the most resorted to by breeding
seabirds, was cut up into three pieces
by the storm, three leads now running
through 1t from side to side.
Since the storm, we are told by
President Miller, no one has ven
tured out to the reservation. Trap
pers had been engaged to so to Bre
ton Island and trap with the racoons
and muskrats this winter, animals
which in the breeding season do much
damage to the birds; but these trap
pers were prevented from going, and
their lives were thus saved.
Mr.. Miller is quoted as saying:
Breton Island stood twelve feet out
of the water. The storm was worse
in that section of the sound than
during the Galveston storm. All the
inner islands were under water six
feet. In one instance a house was
on Vry high pilings as was the els
term The water was SO high thai
the cistern foated off and left its
stand.
thousands of pelicans are on Bre-
ton Island with broken wings. They
are dying. The storm was so fierce
that the birds were dashed to the
ground and in other ways injured.
cat Chandelier Island an iron ship
that had been wrecked on its shores
four years ago was carried clear
across this island and to the North
Harbor islands, where the wind shift
ed and blew the vessel back to Chan
deleur Island, where it is again lodged
Four keepers were on the ship at the
time, and they escaped serious in.
jury.
"one thing added Mr.. Miller
there is not raccoon or muskrat
left out of the 700 square mile reser-
walton. Every one was drowned. and
do not believe the islands will be
infested with them again."
Whatever the destruction of sea
birds by the storm may have been,
continued protection will repair such
damage, and if the predaceols
animals have been destroyed
by drowning, as Mr.. Miller
believes. the storm, so far as
the bird islands go, will not have
been an unmixed evil.-Forest and
Stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
SIBERIAN PEASANTS WORKING THEIR OWN MINE

Siberia phenomenaly
Permission readily granted sink shafts
conditions that
that
landlord all
leaving
the landlord There philanthropy peasant
is IN no bound
the use OF MILL The field is thus nothingic
ree which would probably
TORS who frequently
is thus continually touch with
onor,nop -
well o the work. - A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
Place Where Painters and Plumbers
Meet mt Intervals.

Place Where Painters and Plumbers
Meet at Intervals.
The home is supposed to be place
where children can congregate, pro-
tected from the allurements Of the
world and the advice of the neighbors,
md where parents can quarrel judi
ciously without too much interruption,
says Life. In reality, however, the
home Is place where decorators, paint
ers, furniture men and plumbers meet
at intervals in order that they may re-
vel In luxury Of their own.
Homes have been in vogue for some
little time. Adam and Eve started the
first one, and it would have been well
with them had 1t not been necessary
to send out the washing. Thus the ser
want question was started and the ruin
of man followed.
A home Is what is left after you have
paid the taxes. the interest on the mort
gage and the installment man. To own
more than one home Is not to have any
Homes were at one time popular In
this country. When. by going out In
the back yard to milk the COW, one was
In danger Of being scalped. the home
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
What a postor is Good For.


Life is such a constant rush to
well-known physician that to secure
little recreation he has recourse to
ruses. A visitor called one night and
began speech to the servant.
81 want the doctor to come as quick
ly as he can"
"He can't do it," the servant an
swered. He left orders that he was
SO busy that, unless 1t was absolutely
a matter of life and death, he couldn't
80 out at all this evening"
'But," said the caller. ut isn't i'll.
ness at ALL"
What them"
I'VE want him to come over and
take hand in game of whist"
ooh, that's different"
The servant disappeared, and reap
peared a moment later
1.-THE doctor says he'll be over in
ten minutes, sir" he announced
Tit Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
HIS LITTLE GARDEN.

The youngest horticulturist on rec
ord lives in Worcester, Mass. He is
only four and one-half years old. His
name Is Allen w. Hixon, and he is
the son of Allyn w. Hixon, of Gates
Lane. He has captured three prizes
1t horticultural exhibitions the last
one being a special prize from the
children's exhibition in horticultural
Hall, Boston. The two other awards
were received at exhibitions in Wor.
,ester. The Boston special prize was
,c.. his collection of vegetables.
This little boy comes naturally by
mis- love for horticulture, for he is the
grandson OF Adm A. Hixon. secretary
Of the Worcester County Horticulture
al Society, and has been practically
brought up in the midst of garden.
ing industry. AS soon as he could
walk he began to play at planting
and arranging floral designs, and
finally his parents gave him real.
| ", truly garden" of his own.
This little garden, which is only Is
feet long and few feet wide, is laid
3ut between two of his fathers gar
lens. This year Allen grew there
:omato plants, two hills of summer
squash, three of cucumbers, two of
melons, five of potatoes, five of beans
and five of corn. With the exception
If the first ploughing he has done all
he work in the plot himself.
The tomato plants were some that
ais grandfather had started indoors,
nut Allen set them out alone His po-
:atoes he prepared for planting as he
had seen his grandfather do, cutting
hem up first. He arranged his plants
as best suited him, and would not
take any suggestions from older
leads.
He early began war on weeds,
and kept his garden freer of them
than his father did his. The potato
bugs tried him sorely, and he used
to go over his plants every day, cap
turing the pests and depositing them
in little tin pail. The pail he would
carry to his mother to have the bugs
killed.
His brother Stanley, two years old,
tries to help Allen in his work. His
chief delight is to capture potato
bugs. But Allen can't persuade him
to put them into the pail, for the
baby thinks that every time he
catches one he must run to his NAM
ma with it. The consequence is that
Allen does not depend on Stanley
lelp to any large extent.
In the exhibition in (which Allen
has taken part he has arranged his
own collections. He has talent for
arranging things, and the bouquets he
ian fashion are in remarkably good
taste. At his first exhibition he won
The first prize. Before sending his
beans to the hall he washed every
one carefully, SO that not particle
Of dirt could be found on them. Al
that exhibition he showed a melon
that won prize. In all he secured
$40 in prizes. At the, second exhi
bition he showed collection of veg
etables and received $3.50 in prizes.
| He was very much annoyed at one
of these exhibitions because woman
wanted to buy Of his corn. He pout
ingly informed her that he intended
aking every vegetable home. ant
wouldn't sell one for anything. He i,
planning a garden for next year ant
will start his tomato plants inside thu
house. just as his father does.-New
YORK Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
Compensation of Health.

Miss Harriet Curtis, the golf cham
pion, at a dinner in Boston praised
COLTS effect on the health.
MANY persons" she said, "espe-
cially women, have i'll health because
they never take any exercise, and
their nerves weaken, and half their
complaints are nervous, imaginary
ones, that hard work would cure. II
know a doctor who has patient of
this type-a big, robust woman, who
is never without list of ailments
as long as her arm.
THE last time she sent for the
doctor he lost patience with her, AS
she was telling him how she was
suffering from rheumatism, sore throat,
nervous Indigestion, heartburn, pains
in the back of the head and what not,
he interrupted her.
"Ah," he said, in an admiring tone,
what splendid health you must have
in order to be able to stand all these
complaints. The Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
FUN TO SEE ROVER.

Tramp Cat garden gate): is your
father in, young shaver?" Small Boy:
mo; but come in" "Is your mother
in?" mo; but do come in" "I'll. do
that quick enough said the tramp,
with visions Of much foot" in front
of him, as he opened the gate and
strobe masterfully UP the garden
walk.
That's all right" cried the delight
ed small boy inshis rear. snRapa s, not
in, and mammals not in, but here's
Rover coming, and it's such awful
fun to see Rover, and" But al
ready the tramp was flying out at the
gate with Rover securing samples Of
his garments as he ran.-Scottish
American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
was at the height of its popularltv.

was at the height of its popularity.
Owing, however. to the decreasing de-
mand for babies and the increasing
demand for alimony. homes are being
looked upon with disfavor.
In the suburbs the home still flick
ers on, kept alive by certain instincts
handed down from n past age.
1t is impossible at present to say
just how long the home will continue
to exist. 1t is hard to raise children
and mortgages at the same time.
Ii is quite evident that cooks and
children are gradually disappearing.
This greatly simplifies the problem.
In all probability the race of the fu-
ture will be divided into two classes
those who, having become worn out
looking for servants, are now In sani-
tar!ums being taken care of by the
government, and those who still con-
tinue to work for the trusts, unincum-
bered by babies or bank accounts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
The Eliuht Of Love.

~ spring the flowers return, to win
ter, frost.
These their particular jewels have
rewon.
Life owns no treasure that is wholly
lost
Love, art thou only gone?
The humber boasts of nature, by
thee scorned,
The tickle planets and the changing
year,
Behold! their lesser heaven have re-
adorned!
And dost thou not appear?
mourn not that my heart, unworth,
Is lone,
Nor that ! SILVER over embers
ceased;
But that fair Truth is robbed of
scepter throne,
The greatest made the least.
Evelyn PiInney in The Century.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
kQ1ldt'en5
I@E!lAofnei
%AS@s-aS
ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS.

Twenty-Five presidents of the Unit
ed States in one hundred and sixteen
years make the average term for
each four years and eight months.
Had none been reelected and all
served their full terms, there would
have been twenty-nine Had all, both
elected and reelected, served their
Mll terms there would have been only
twenty, or an average term for each
of five years and nine months.
Eight-Washingto Jefferson, Mad
ison, Monroe. Lincoln, Grant, Cleve.
land and McKinley-were reelected.
All but Lincoln and Mckinley served
their full terms. Five-William Hen.
ry Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield
and McKinley-died in Office
The five vice-presidents who sue
ceeded these Presidents served sew
enteen years, an average of three
and a half years, or almost full
term each. Harrison survived his
inauguration only thirty.one days,
and Lincoln his second Inauguration
forty-two days, so that Tyler and
Johnson each practically served a
full term. Arthur and Roosevelt serv-
ed three years and a half each, and
Fillmore two.
Based upon past experience, there
is one chance against four that a
President will not serve his full term.
All but Washington, William Hen
ry Harrison and Grant were lawyers,
although few, if any, attained to
great eminence in their profession.
Monroe, Hayes, Garfield. Benjamin
Harrison, Arthur, Mckinley and
Roosevelt had some soldiery fame.
Washington, Jackson, William Hen
ry Harrison, Taylor and Grant were
elected primarily on account of sue
cessf,sl military achievements.
Both Adamses, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Van Buren,, Buchanan, Lin
.oln, Cleveland, Mckinley and Roose-
welt were chosen by reason Of dis.
tinguished political careers.
Polk, Pierce, Hayes and Garfield
were nominated as compromise can
didates, because of the close contests
between more prominent aspirants.
| All were Anglo-Saxon, except Mon
roe, Polk and Buchanan, who were of
Gaelic origin, Mckinley of Celtic,
Pierce of Frankish and Van Buren,
and Roosevelt Dutch.
Two elected from Tennessee bore
practically the same name, Jackson
and Johnson.
Seven = Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, William Henry Harrison,
Tyler and Taylor-were natives OF
Virginia; as was Lincoln's father,
who resided there only short time
previous to the birth of his distin
guished son.
Five-Grant. Hayes. Garfield, Ben
jamin Harrison and McKinley-were
natives of Ohio; three-Jackson, Poll,
and Johnson-of North Carolina;
three-Van Buren,, Arthur and Roose
velt-of New York; two-the elder
and younger Adams-of Massachus
etts; Pierce of New Hampshire Blu
chanan of Pennsylvania and Cleve
land of New Jersey.
Nearly one-half of the twenty-five
were born in Virginia OF. Ohio: the
other thirteen in seven other States
All but two of the nine States were
Of the original thirteen.-Americar
Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
The He..ian. Played.

1t is matter Of record that upon
the first official celebration of indie
pendence day by the Continental Con-
gress music was secured for the occa-
sion by forcing the Hesslan band,
which had been captured by George
Washington at Trenton In the previous
December. to play in the public square
all day, to the great delight and amuse-
ment of the people. 1t is also stated
that these involuntary celebrants were
obliged to practice appropriate airs for
three weeks previously in order that
they could not plead ignorance as an
nycusp
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
Law of American Desert.

zone of the Oldest humane laws in
this country" said q. j.. Sanford, SIS
in force in Nevada. In that section OF
the American desert which hes in
Nevada travellers in distress may flag
the limited passenger trains and COM
pei the train crews to give them wat
err to drink. The law makes it fell
ony to refuse to comply with the
travellers request"
Mr. Sanford said numerous in.
stances were known in the earlier
days when travellers took advantage
of the protection this law afforded, but
in recent years few persons attempt
to cross the desert by train,-Kansas
City Times
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
Secret Commissions.

Secret commissions are pest and
nuisance, and serious obstacle to
the success of men who will not stoop
to underhand or questionable conduct.
We are not hopeful that the
new statute will put stop to
the evil. There are difficulties in the
way of instituting proceedings, and
they will often fail owing to the fur
ther difficulty of obtaining evidence as
to matters always wrapped in secrecy.
1t will be no light gain if the liability
to exposure and punishment arrests
the spread of practices for which, SO
far, there has been no remedy
London Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
over a million Arrivals.

The total number of cabin and steer
age passengers landed at the port of
New York during the year 1905 by all
the transatlantic steamship lines was
1,159,551. In 1905 2,O65 were landed,
which gives the year just ended the rec.
ord by a margin Of 167,4se,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
b.stander insIsted that It was r l,,t;.

bystander insisted that 1t was pure
ly a mische,fous prank, but the
chicks, none Of which was seriously
hurt, did not appreciate the joke. The
old house cat, too, suddenly became
interested. The squirrel tauntingly
jeered from the treetops, but before
night the cat had avenged the insult
and the squirrel was no more.-For-
est and Stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06

Maiden lady (rescued from drown
ing, to her rescucr)-How can l ever
thank you, noble young man? Are you
married?
mo; have you pretty daughter"-
Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
RIDDLES

What is invisible blue?-A police
man, when he is wanted
Which is the proper newspaper for
invalids ?-"The Weekly News"
What is the way to make your coat
last?-To make your waistcoat first.
Why are bakers self-denying peo-
ple?-Because they sell what they
knead themselves.
Why may a beggar wear a very
short coat?-Because it will be long
enough before he gets another
Home Notes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06


cisco offers the illustration of how much insurance
really does protect Property to the value of fully
S350O00000 destroyed; the city and country suf-
fered business loss by the fire in that city nearly
billion dollars; it will take at least $12O0OO00 clean
up the city, and undoubtedly $4OO,0OOOOO twenty
years time to rebuild it. For all of that terrific loss
the citizens will receive from the insurance
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06


ana outraged of organs, with the result that
almost become nation of dyspepcs. 1t has been the
victim OF egalized wholesale prisoners before whom
Borgias of Italy and all other Infamous Psychologists of
history fade into utter nsigncance. There no more
omnous and appalling sight in the world than the In
Vulnerable red lights that flash the drug stores of
American Cities they are the danger signals that tell
every citizen of the continual to health and life
that turks In his daily food.
The world keeps moving and the of science and
civilization goes shams frauds and humbucs of
every kind Without reviving the days every man
smoked his own bacon and grew his own cabbage we
are getting so that every may obtain genuine and
wholesome diet, be he carnivorous vegetarian that
every man may know what he is eating even f he be
newly married and his wife does the cooking The era
of the wooden nutmeg is gone. the the painted
strawberry is going. The clouds gastronomc doubt
and danger drift away behind; the of health and
digestion CLOVIS in 'front.' and soop according to the signs
we may reach the happy period when the food color
artists cease from troubling and the aulterators are
at rest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06


Ours Is world in which the clerk suffers in the fnan
cal failure of his employer where the olHceholder is
ruined by the political mistakes of the party leader;
where the child is destroyed by the sins of the father
Employers sometimes suffer grieyously by reason of
economic events which they have control; some
times the citizen suffers through the sensational press
sometimes the author editor suffers through cruel
criticism events for whose evil consequences he is
In wise responsible. This problem of unjust judg
ment and this bearing of injustice In silence is one of
the hardest problems that experiences Injustice
public have to endure in silence.
The need of the hour is for Justice and truth in judg
ment. The full facts perhaps before of
But in general far better than they believed
to be. The good in the world outweighs the ILL., The
prophet saw man part gold and part clay, but the
proportion of gold is and and the clay is less
and less. The world has had too many teachers pos
oned uniustly. Too many reformers martyred without
Too many heroes who victims of malignity,
Jealousy and hate There is too much good in the
worst and too much bad In the best 10 leave
any place for injustice harshness cruelty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
THE MATTER OF FIRE INSURANCE.
By F. w. Fitzpatrick.

Oy w.
Since 1860 we have paid in insurance pre-
miums S3,G22000,000, or just in the last ten
years, $1,61O ,SSo,0U0 In 1905 we carried into
the insurance companies, over S196000,000 in
premiums and got backin paid losses the sum
of $95,00000O. which was supposed to console
us for the loss Of about $1SO,OoOOOO In smoke
and fully that much more for fire departments
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
"BEAur1Fu1 SNOW"

On to the woodshed, miles away,
After some coal for an icy day;
It's pity there aren't enough words
know
To express what think of the beautiful
snow.
Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow,
Will be the death of me yet, know!
Digging path with wild vehemence,
Pasted by snowballs from over the fence,
Freezing, swearing,
Cursing the luck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
PURE FOOD IS GREAT TRIUMPH.

Well and properly administered, the pure
food law cannot fail to work an Immense i'm
provement In the condition Of the general PEG.
pie, to elevate and dignity the tone of the
nation. 1t is indeed high time for 1t to come,
for serious and pressing is the need of it. II
there is one thing in the world that needs
looking after and repairing 1t Is the American
stomach haS loafz laoo tho ali.