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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

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Roxle's muther hurried down, arrac
she would find a NANCY. sore-eyed
dog, but instead she found gentle
creature. with silky coat and beau
tlful eyes.
very well, Roxie," was the reliev-
ed answer. 1--WE may as we'll settle
this thing right now. II we find the
dog belongs to any one else we can
give 1t back"
He doesn't" was the positive re-
ply.
"Well-we'll play that way. Well
put the rest of the afternoon on the
deg. We will scrub him and comb
him and brush him and fix him a
sleeping-place, and We will telephone
right down to papa to bring up a
collar. What name do you want?"
Theodore" promptly.
'.Why, Roxie! Theodore isn't a
dogs name!"
ITS this dogs name," in a final
tone. you told me yourself Theo-
dore meant Gift of God'-and that's
what my dog is" And the lonesome
dog wagged his tail happily.-Pitts.
burg Christian Advocate.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
EARLY DAY PLANK ROAD.
When the Railroads Came This Mis-.
souri, Highway Wa Abandoned

When the Railroads Came This Mis-
souri, Highway Was Abandoned
This talk about u highway across
terprlse prosecuted in the interior Of
the State in the steamboat days." says
the Kansas City Star. ut was a TWEEN
ty-hve-mile plank highway between
Glasgow and Huntsville" recently re-
marked Milton G. Tracy of Macon, No.,
whose father was Interested in the road
and who used to live in Huntsville.
1.-THE road between Huntsville and
Glasgow was q succession of clay hills
the greater part Of the way and in
muddy weather the Christian religion
made scant headway in those parts.
We didn't know it then, but we do
now, that those mathematical red hills
were blessing to Missouri, for they
served to develop the largest and
strongest mules in the world and their
big boned descendants are now moving
more merchandise than the steam cars.
Glasgow was the distributing point
for up-the-country merchandise. A doz-
en- hack lines run out from there, the
main one Of which journeyed to Hunts
Vile. The traffic over those molasses
candy hills became SO great and was
attended by SO many difficulties that
something had to be done. Various
kinds Of road material were discussed
and timber decided upon because 1t
was plentiful and most of the pioneers
were skilled in Its use. The hills were
cut through and the bottoms raised so
the roadway was fairly level. Oak
plank, twenty feet long, two inches
thick and eighteen inches wide were
nailed on heavy strlngers, laid close to-
gether. There were five tollgates, with
tariff rate of cent head for stock,
s cents for man on horseback and 10
cents II he Travelled In vehicle. A
footman paid the same as other ami
mails cent,
"There was keeper at each tollgate,
and his job with the road company, to.
gether with cottage and garden do.
mated for his use, made him fair
living. His rake-off on the tolls was
20 per cent.
work on the plank road was begun
in April, 1853, and the last spike was
driven In October, 1854, It was gigan-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Geese on a Spree.

Martin Beck, farmer on the
Conewaga Hills, related a story while
attending market this morning to the
effect that three of his geese went
on a disgraceful spree after having
eaten some pulp from cider mill.
Some time after the eating Of the
pulp the peculiar actions Of the fowls
attracted the attention of the farm
err. They swayed from side to side
and cackled hoarsely. Finally one
by one they fell limp and apparently
dead.
Mrs. Beck carried the fowls into
the house With the intention of pluck.
ing them. believing that they were
dead. She had about half finished the
first when she detected a CULVER in
the body and dropped the goose in
establishment. Soon after the geese
revived. The farmer then realized
what had happened. =
The pulp, lying in the sun, had fer.
mented and his poultry had been in
dulging in sprees upon the sand
York (Pa.) Dispatch to the Baltimore
American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

the inquisitor, taking the suspect UNI
awares, pronounces trunk" there
comes the crucial test.
II guilty the suspect will seek to put
the inquisltor of the track and may
answer strap" leather" railroad"
or something else of similar nature.
But in his brain the word trunk" has
suggested the idea of the dead body
within 1t. He must think of two things
instead of one. That takes time. and
the inexorable dial with its indicator
will show what has occurred.
In Prof. Munsterberg's article in Nc
Cures he tells Of applying the chrome
scope In the case Of Harry Orchard in
his cell In the Jail at Boise. Pref. Mum
sterberg called out in succession fifty
words Orchard lent himself to the
researches and replied with the first
answering word. that came to his mind.
The first word spoken by Prof. Mum
sterberg was "rlyer." Orchard an
swered water" Then "o1," and the
answer was ''yoke;" then mountain"
and he said "hlll," then Tobacco" and
the reply was 'pipe."
All this time Orchard did not know
that the time taken for him to reply
was being registered. The time aver
aged seven-tenths of second. Then
Prof. Munsterberg proceeded to put test
words, such as confession" "revolv-
err" religion, ""jury," death" blood"
prayer" and railroad" "Blood" sug-
gested "knife" to Orchard and the 9TH
er words similar significant replies, but
there was no hesitation. The case was
made exhaustive and the inference was
that Orchard had reached the point
where, by reason of much rehearsal, he
believed his own confession.
Scientists believe the chronoscope,
now only in the first stages Of Its per-
lection, will before long be evolved into
something resembling divers helmet,
which, fitted over the criminals head;
would become the microscope Of the
mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Congressional Los-Rolline.


Powerful efforts will be made at the
coming session of Congress to increase
the number Of battleships. The steel
trust, the naval officers and the adj
ministration all favor such an increase,
and these interests will probably log
roll with the ship subsidy people, with
those who demand increased pay for
army and navy officers and civil serv-
ice employees; with those who oppose
tariff revision; with those who are
yearning for ship subsidies; with those
who demand the abolition Of compul-
sorry pilotage; with those who would
retain the subsidies given to certain
railroads; and finally, If possible, with
those who advocate appropriations BY
Congress for irrigation and for i'm.
proving interstate waterways. A skill.
full combination Of all these interests
would probably carry through all. of
these new schemes at once, and thus
save the Dingley Tariff schedules as
a means Of getting money to meet the
increased expenditures thus made nee
essary. The strategists of the lobby
and the navy are exceedingly keen !;
and while the latter are using the war
scare, the lobby will see to 1t that they
get nothing unless they concede the
demands Of all the other special inter
eStS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
KINDRED.
, BY Abble FarweII Brown.

6
I wander through the Voc Hand ways,
And not a whispered sound,
No shudder in the leaves. betrays
The Quivering life around.
And yet feel the kindred near
In every ambushed shade,
From tree and grass they peep and
peer,
Half friendly, half afraid.
bend above the magic tide;
But yelled in beryI light
The countless ocean-creatures hide,
With crystal eyes and bright.
The rainbow shapes glide to and fro,
Or gaze in still surprise:
The wonder:kin do not know,
Yet feel their curious eyes.
Above, the starry mystery,
With teeming space between:
feel Its wonders close to me,
Its presences unseen.
AS in childish game, stand
Embodied and alone,
And stumbling reach an eager hand
To kindred all unknown.
Bewildered In the living space
With wistful arms / grope;
Thrilled by breath upon my face.
A shadow-and a hone
Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

From Mr.. Quigg's revelations regard
Ing the setting on foot of popular
movements" says the New York Even
ing Post, we are led to conclude that
the crusades were the work of Peter
the Hermit acting as "chief adviser"
for the Venetian ship-owners, and that
the French Revolution was brought
about by Danton acting as agent tcr
the syndicate that had acquired NJ.
Guillotin's patents" 1t might have
added word or two as to the pur.
pose of Mr.. Roosevelt in starting pop-
ular movement for the Incorporation by
Congress of all trusts, insurance com.
panies, and railroads, as means of
depriving the States of the right Of
taxing and controlling such institutions.
Is the President the "chief adviser"
Of these corporations? He and Mr..
Quigg, Senator Plat, and Senator
Quay, started the popular movement
which made Roosevelt Vice President
and afterwards President That popu-
lar movement was supported by the
Hydes, McCalls, McCurdys, Cassats,
Harrlmans, Rockefellers, Armours,
Carnegles, Tricks. Schwabs, Thaws,
Coreys, Hartjes and all the rest of the
gang who have secured Swollen Tor
tunes" through special, privileges; and
who now want the additional privilege
Of escaping State taxation and defyins
State laws. And that popular move
ment was encouraged by a great many
writer's and officeholders who believe
that the end justifies the means, just
as Roosevelt substantially declared in
his Memphis speech.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

Startling revelations have been made
Of the secret tests applied to Harry
Orchard, the self-confessed multi-mur-
derer and chief witness at tho trial of
William D. Haywood at Boise, Idaho,
by Prof. Hugo Munsterberg, of Har-
ward. The disclosures are contained In
an article by Prof. Munsterberg in Nc
Cures Magazine.
The Harvard professor Of psychology
probed to the very recesses of the con-
vict's brain, and used for his startling
researches perhaps the most remark
able scientific instrument ever devised
the chronoscope.
The use Of this instrument on an
actual criminal in connection with a
murder trial marks an epoch In legal
history, the final developments Of which
may substitute this mute, memorable
revealer OF the inside Of mans or a
woman's brain for Judge. jury, district
attorney and police inquisitor alike.
Imagine the use to which the per-
fected chronoscope will be put-indeed,
can now be put. Suppose the suspect
arrested in some mysterious murder,
like the Tavshanjian crime. No police
third degree" but an, absolutely GER
tain decision, by the application of the
chronoscope, will declare whether or
not the man is guilty.
The chronoscope Is affixed. Two lit
tie metal bits are placed, one in the
mouth of the inquisitor, the other in
that of the suspect. A dial, divided in
to the thousandth part of second, is
in electric contact with the bits, and
then a single word is spoken by the
inquisitor.
The prisoner is told to speak, In re-
ply, the first word that comes to his
mind in response. The time this takes
is recorded on the dial. If the prls-
oner refuses to speak 1t is confess
sion Of guilt. If he replies his guilt or
innocence can be surely proven. For
other words follow, and the time Of the
answering Ideas is taken. Then when
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
HoRsEHA1R FURNITURE.

to sacrifice the piece of furniture,
which made 1t white elephant, there
being no way to repair 1t unless the
whole cover was replaced.
Another thing that tended to lon
gevity on the part Of the almost I'M
mortal hair furniture was the difficulty
of sitting on it. Its curves were steep
and its surface slick, SO 1t was much
like trying to cling to slate roof. You
would slide first imperceptibly, and
then with the speed Of roller coaster,
till you hit the floor in heap.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
FADs OF THE PAST.

1t has taken many years for horse
hair covered furniture to pass into OBJ
livion, for the reason that there was
no wear-out to 1t, except In boarding
house. Most people, therefore, will re-
member last having seen horsehalr fur
niture in boarding house, whittier 1t
probably was relegated In the hope that
1t would be worn out. When such a
phenomenon did occur, the fact was
usually heralded by the protrusion of n
rusty spring and messy bunch Of
curled stufting.
But the remainder of the cover
would remain in such unylelding good
repair that the owner would be loath
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Fungus Growth ON Grains.

Smut is annoying to farmers, as 1t
not only causes loss, out compels one
to cease using the seed from his crop.
which may be of some valuable variety.
So damaging has been smut on all
kinds of grain that the United States
Agricultural Department has issued
several special bulletins on the subject.
The loss Of grain from smut In this
country is very large, and yet the mat
ter has received but comparatively lit
tie attention. Smut Is caused by min
ute parasitic fungi, the spores, or seed
like bodies. which form the black,
dusty mass that takes the place Of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
New Variety of Red clover.

A recent Government bulletin gives
accounts of new kinds of clover obtain
ed from Russia. The variety that has
been most promising is that called
Orel. One great advantage of this type
is that it is hairless. Every reader,
who has examined either red or NAM
moth clover must have noticed the
abundance of hairs, so-called, on the
stem, and the midrib and skeleton of
the leaf. 1t is this hair or frzz that
renders red and mammoth clover SO
exceedingly dusty, and we suspect it Is
this that causes it to turn black and
spoil so readily in bad weather. The
hair furnishes the very best opportu-
mites for accumulation Of the fungi
which are the cause Of the heating of
clover hay. One of the merits of alsike
is that it is smooth like the Orel clover.
In most places where 1t has been
tested this variety yields much better
than any of the native varieties, and
where it has failed 1t has been in COM
parison with varieties of similar orl-
gin. 1t has much more leaf growth
but is about two weeks later, coming
in along after the mammoth clover; so
much later, in fact, that it is not easy
to procure seed from the second crop,
except north of latitude 43. 1t is not
recommended as substitute for the
common red or mammoth, but as sup
Elementary to either one, particularly
in sections north and west of the pres
ent limit of clover growing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

II see" said the shade of Gen. Put
man, that they are agltatlng my ride
on EARTH"
Yes" said the ASTRAL body inter
prefer.
'rhey have overlooked my prime
achievement" declared the old var.
rior. For unlike most men / got out
of predicament by getting in a hole. {"
American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Soil Mulching.

The soil Is protected by mulching,
not only because mulching assists in re-
tanning moisture by preventing evapo-
ration, but also because the covering
supplies moisture in dry seasons by
capillary attraction of the soil, which
gradually brings up moisture at time
when it is most needed. There are
many conflicting opinions and theories
regarding the effects Of mulching, al
though many of the difficulties may be
traced to the materials used for the
purpose. In Its consideration some of
the leading horticulturists maintain
that dry earth is the proper material
of use. 1t being cheap and more easily
applied. If the material used be ma
nure. the labor of spreading and re-
moving 1t is often greater than the
value of the crop. A coating two inch
es upon one acre amounts to about 300
loads, which may cost from $25 to $50
in labor alone. and this sum Is still
further increased If the manure is
worked into the soil, while coarser ma
terial, such Us straw, leaves and corn
stalks, must be applied and afterward
entirely removed In order to allow of
cultivation. 1t Is claimed in favor of
dry earth that 1t is an excellent nom
conductor and holds between Its parti-
cles a large volume Of air, which not
only prevents an attack of frost to a
certain extent, but retards loss of
moisture and heat Every rain, how
ever, compacts the covering Of earth,
forces out the air and lessons the util-
ity Of the earth as mulch. To avoid
this. the farmer must resort to fire.
quent cultivation by stirring up the
soil. 1t Is due to Its service as a mulch
that dry earth Is capable of mitigating
the effects OF Drought by being fire.
quently loosened by cultivator, and
for long time this fact, in connection
with cultivation, was not properly con-
sldered; but the value of cultivation Is
due to the entrance of air into the soil,
which is not only of itself mulch,
but assists in Fastening chemical ac-
ton and the preparation of plant food,
while the constant working of the soil
destroys weeds that would deprive the
growing plants Of food and moisture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13


At the Manitoba Station an experl
ment was made as to the gains by tur-
keys confined in pens, as compared
with those that ran at large. Those
in pens were given all they would eat
clean Of mixture of wheat, oats and
barley, 2:1:1. In the morning the grain
was fed the turkeys which were not
but in the evening 1t was fed whole.
1t was noted that the turkeys were ap-
parently more fond of oats than Of the
other grains, so toward the end of the
fattenlng period the proportion Of this
grain was Increased. A little grain
was fed the turkeys which were not
confined in addition to the food which
they could gather. The five turkeys in
pens weighed on an average, 6.55
pounds each at the beginning of the
test During, the forty-two days of the
feeding period the average gain was
4.O5 pounds. 6 pounds of grain being
eaten per pound Of gain. The turkeys
running ut large also weighed at the
beginning Of the test 6.55 pounds each.
and made an average gain of 1.S5
pounds. On both cnses the greatest
gains were made during the first three
weeks of the period. 1t Is stated that
the penned turkeys when dressed
shrank 5 per cent less than those run
ming at large and that they were plump
er and were in every way more inviting
in appearance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

Barley as feed for live stock is
much commoner in European coun-
tries than it is In the United States. In
this country it is confined more large
~ to States of the Pacific slope. By
products left from the breweries are
usually used as stock feed. Barley is
a crop that can be raised In great
many different climates and is surer
of maturing crop than some other OF
Sthe small grains.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
The Value of Competition.

nc VI competitions
The enormous value Of competition as
e national asset is not generally I'M
derstood. But as to one line of busl-
ness, 1t may be realized when we con-
slider carefully the following statement
of the New York Journal of Commerce:
THE only force powerful enough to
induce the prompt adoption of improve
ments, and to inspire enterprise and
Ingenuity, Is competition"
This sage and lndisputable proposI
ton has reference to railroad rail-
making. 1t is question, not of econ
omics merely, but of life and death.
Better rails must be had. For the last
fiscal year, 10,61S persons were killed,
and 97,7O6 injured by reason of rail-
road accidents due mainly to defec-
tive rails produced by the tariff pro-
tected steel trust and its subsidiaries.
The economic results attending this
wholesale slaughter have never been
calculated. They are incalculable. And
both the slaughter and the property
and business losses are due to what?
To the parslmony and greed of tariff
protected monopoly. The Journal of
Commerce says and truly says:
Subsidiary companies of the United
States Steel Corporation have had so
nearly monopoly of rail-making as
practically to control both the quality
and the prices of the product for the
country, and its vast equipment does
not seem to be adapted to improving
the quality without radical and costly
changes. In the last few years the rail-
roads have been increasing the capa-
city and the weight and the power of
their rolling stock to handle the grow
ing traffic with as much economy as
possible and this has been putting n
heavy strain upon the tracks. At the
same time the demand for new rails
has been such as to stimulate the steel
mills to rapid work to keep up with
their orders, and this has not been
favorable to careful manufacture. So
many of the multiplying accidents have
been attributed to defective rails that
sAS AoiAAou hoNC Dccu uI1Neu 10 H.
sist upon an improved type of rails
and n better quality of steel in their
production"
But how are we to get better rails
so long as monopoly, weighed down
with Anticipated plants, controls the
situation? And how can we expect
Improvements in other lines of produc-
ton so long as similar monopolles, all
bred and fed by dishonest and muir
derous tariff schedules control all other
lines of production? The stand-pat-
tiers and their President will have to
answer for this shocking loss of life
and this shocking reactionary tendency
of tariff laws. They will cry .'pros-
perity, prosperity" But what is pros
perlty to the dead victims of trust
greed, or to the people at large who
have no share in It?
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kernels, or the entire head. Thess
spores are very minute, and are easily
blown about, often adhering to the
kernel before 1t Is planted, and when
such kernels sprout the spores also
terminate and send delicate threads
into the young seedlings These threads
follow the growth of the plant, fill the
head as soon as formed. and there de-
velop mass of spores instead of ker-
nels. This black mass Is so well known
as to be recognized by every farmer
who has grown grain, but many farm
ers may not be aware of the fact that
every ear of corn containing smut Is
menace to the grain crop Of next
year. All such stalks should be cut
out and burned on the first sign Of
smut, and where oats, barley, wheat
or any small grain is affected seriously
1t will sometimes pay to NOW the crop
and burn 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Animals.

Little willie-say, pa, what does II
mean when man takes the lions
share?
Pa-1t is polite way Of lnsinuatina
that be acted IKE q bog my son