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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

the Affairs Of his wifes family, and he grows furious
when he finds any coming over his garden wall or
peeping through his windows
Yet curiosity may be valuable asset in the equip
mehe OF professional man. Without 1t the parish
clergyman will have an intimate knowledge Of the
anars of his people, What told he almost certain.
" VIII forget, while touch of curiosity will store ND
every piece of information and watch every passing in
cdent and catch hold Of every suggestion conversa-
ton BY and by the history every one old and young
VIII be in the mans possession. OF course il he be an
ignobe man, then his knowledge will be ntoerable IL
he be a sympathetic man it will be most valuable In
the same way physician lawyer will be greatly
helped by legitimate and regulated curiosity about his
fellow creatures And 1t be said that IL curiosity
of one kind makes detestable curiosity of an.
other kind makes him most popular
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

In married life. either the husband
or wife is in supreme control; there is
no such thing as Joint management
between husband and wife
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
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MEXICAN ocELoT A GREAT
JUNIPER

One of the most interesting animals
of the new world and yet one of which
little seems to be written, even by
sportsmen who have spent much time
in Mexico and the Central American
States, is the ocelot, the strange little
spotted cat of the dense jungles Of
tropical parts of the two Americas.
They are not nearly SO heavy as
the average lynx of the eastern woods
and are infinitely lighter on their feet.
They run with the greatest agility up
and down the almost perpendicular
trunks of trees and follow crippled
bird out on limbs too slender, it would
seem, to bear the weight of the parrot,
let alone the cat. Parrots are the
ocelot's principal food and their hunt
ing is done almost altogether by day,
though like all the cat tribe they are
thoroughly at home in the blacklist
night.
The parrots which they hunt fire.
quent the thickets of forests, coming
to the ground only in the rare open
spaces and along the banks of the
many small streams where they drink.
In order to follow them it is neces-
sary that the ocelots be great jump.
ers, and so they are. When 1 was
following the hounds through the
southern California hills after wild
cats and an occasional mountain lion
l was wont to say that the latter was
the greatest jumper on earth. The
ocelot has any mountain lion that
ever walked beaten block, length
for length and weight for weight
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
CHURCH IS LIFE OF NATION.
BY Senator A. J. Bever,s,e,

When any government on earth
grounds its policy in an attack on re-
ligfon itself, then it is time for all
men who believe in the gospel to
speak out In protest. The end Of
such movement is to dethrone the
savior of the world as the sovereign
of the spiritual and moral empire Of
mankind. 1t affects all churches
equally.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
CURIOSITY MAY BE VIRTUE.
BY Ian Mscisren.

There are few things the ordinary man re.
sents more than the curiosity of his nelghbor;
few things he enjoys more than rapplng GU
rious person over the knuckles The Anglo
Saxon demands q province of reserve In his
life, and deeply resents the Intrusion of a
stranger. He is not prepared to tell his age to
every person or the amounts OF his income, or
the particulars of business ARRANGEMENTS or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
HOW THE son GAME HOME.

HOW THE SON CAME HOME.
The power loom is the invention of
a farmer boy who had never seen or
heard of such thing. He Whitfield
one out with his jack-knife, and after
he had got it all done, he, with great
enthusiasm showed it to his father,
who kicked it all to pieces, saying
that he would have no boy about him
that would spend his time on such
foolish things. The boy gathered up
the pieces and laid them away.
Soon after that his father bound
him out as an apprentice to a black
smith about twelve miles from home.
The boy was delighted at the idea
of learning trade, and he soon found
that his new master was kind and
took a lively interest in him. He had
made loom of what was left of the
one his father had broken up, which
he showed to his master.
The blacksmith saw that he had no
common boy as an apprentice, and
that the invention was a very valuable
one. He had loom constructed I'M
der the supervision of the boy; 1t
worked to their satisfaction, and the
blacksmith furnished the means to
manufacture the looms, and the boy
was to receive one-half the profits.
In about a year the blacksmith
wrote the boys father he would be
at his home at given time, and
would bring with him wealthy gen.
tleman who was the inventor Of the
celebrated power loom.-Detroit News
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

takes away with the other hand. In removing children
from factories and sending them to scookhe
not necessarily exhibit tendency toward sociastc ex
ercse of power Rather it shows in erects determine
ton to build democracy capable ofimaintaning
nomlc freedom and personal initiative.
When governmental authority extends quarantines
regulates and controls water supply under the test
the psychologists asserts Its in many other
new directions, It does not follow that, the domain of
individual freedom is narrowed 1t simply that old
principles require new applications the conditions
alter in every direction
The practical compromise between social authority
and private liberty is changing In details rather than in
essential bearings The greater intensity of associated
life In all Its forms is accompanied by wider range Of
political activities
In the very nature ofthe what we may call the
federative balance will adjust itself according to CON
venience and experience between government
and the state local authorities Those matters of
large general interest which best can be dealt with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

The channel ports are making poor
old Liverpool a back number.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

Cold facts from the pulpit frequently
make the congregation hot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

PHONOGRAPH AUDIBLE A MILE
A photograph, which can be heard
mile away. is the new French inven-
ton, the elgephone. The sound is pro-
duced by the use of what are called
speaking flames, and the principles
governing the method were first ex-
planned in 1903 by G. G. Porter be,
fore the London Physical Society.
Mr.. Porter found that if tuning
fork be struck and then held in the
flame of Bunsen burner, the sound is
perceptibly increased. The maximum
of sound intensity occurs when the
fork is held where the flame is hot
test.
The French inventor, G. Landet,
uses record which has the sound
vibrations marked not in depth, but
in length, and the stylus travels hori-
zontally, like pendulum. The stylus
separates the gas chamber into two
parts, and the gas then passes on to
the burners. The vibrations Of the
disk open and close the gas openings,
causing the flow to vary.
The sound is SO intense that 1t can
be heard mile away. 1t can be less
ened by regulating the burner. but
the power of sound is found to be al
ways proportional to the energy given
out during combustion.-Mu Age
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20
FEDERAL POWER AND INDIVIDUAL ACTION.
ByfDr. Albert Shaw,

The old balance betweenj the power of the
state and the free range ofGndlvidual action is
not shifting in any very iperceptible manner.
There is the constant give and take as expert
ence points the way.
In the strictcr regulation of the national
highways of commerce, for example, the state
adds with one hand far more to Individual lni-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14
Dry Earth as n Disinfectant.

1t is well known that fine, dry dirt is
one of the best of absorbents and dis
infectants. 1t is also plentiful, and
costs nothing but the labor of han
ding. 1t makes excellent bedding, if
covered over with a few inches of
straw, and it really keeps the cows
clean, even when used in the stalls
without straw, as it is easily removed
from the hair with a brush. A stall
bedded with dry earth can be cleaned
out in a much shorter time than when
the earth is not used, and, as dirt alb
serbs the liquids and gases, quite a
saving Is effected in that manner. It's
use goes beyond the stall. As the sta
BILE should be cleaned daily, quite
large quantity of dry earth will be
used in the course of year, and 1t
will necessarily be added to the heap
itself, yet its presence therein will
double the value of the manure by pre-
venting loss of fertilizing material. 1t
Is a better absorbent than straw or
corn stalks, and is easily handled when
the manure is hauled to the fields.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14
rhe Ideal woman.

The ideal woman is a creature Of the
Imagination. but the real woman is a
stubborn fact whose practical life
leaves little room for fancy, In youth
our ideal woman Is an embodiment Of
grace, beauty, culture and refinement
No poet can express In choicest rhyme
the excellences OF her virtues the
depth Of her wisdom, or the breadth OF
her goodness. No artist, however mas
terly his hand. can paint the soft
texture Of her skin, the loving enthusl
asm OF her smile, and the sweetness
OF her lips, that never uttered words
except such as are pure truthful, and
full OF affection. This Is our Ideal
woman. But the real woman is some
thing different; not altogether crea-
ture OF beauty. yet not altogether
creature Invested of beauty and grace,
The real woman is the patient, loving
mother, TIE substantial fact OF the
family. The toillng, watching, I'M
wearied dispenser Of comforts and
blessings 70 her household and TO So
clety. Not always accomplishing, but
never Sinking from the duties of her
position The real woman is the
woman OF resolute purpose. who boldly !
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Trains Again.

Once again long, graceful trains are
to be seen, and as they are becoming
alike TO short and tall stout and slen-
der, 1t is to be hoped that the fashion
has come to stay-were such thing
to be dreamed of. 1t is to be noticed
that most of the younger women still
have their ball gowns cut rather short
that is, while long all around the
train is scarcely noticeable. Naturally,
the comfort of short dancing gown
is great, but then the charming lines
given to the figure by long sweep of
silk or satin should more than compen-
safe for the slight Inconvenience, and
as matter OF fact long train is no
more difficult TO manage and looks far
better when gathered up than short
er one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14

The government at Vienna has intro
duced TO the upper house of the Austrian
parliament a bill limiting the number OF
live members of that house to 1880 1t is
now hoped that the upper house will pass
the universal suffrage bill.
Several women sufragiSts entered the
House of Commons on requests to see
members and then tried to make speeches
in the Hobbies number resisted expul-
sion and were arrested. They refused to
pay So fines, and went to Jail for four
teen days.
Prof. Zinno who has made an exhaus-
tive examination of the asnes cast out Of
Vesuvius in the recent outbreak, says
that he has found them free from ingre-
dents injurious to plant life, while con-
tanning matter helpful to the growth OF
grapes, grass and vegetables.
The return of the non-conformists' ed
ucation bill to the House of Lords, wihh
radical changes, greatly excited the liberal
leaders, and it was expected that the
House would disagree with the lords
amendments as a whole, thus virtually
dissenting from the right of the lords to
make such changes. The lords have also
rejected the bill providing for the aboli-
ton of plural voting and amended the
trades bill.
In an interview with the correspondent
of the Publishers Press, King Leopold of
Belgium made an elaborate denial of the
revived charges of his cruelty and mis-
government in the Congo. He admitted
that probably there had been cases OF
crime and cruelty in the Congo. but he
insisted that every effort had been made
to bring the guilty to justice and stop the
i'll treatment of natives. He said he was
poorer instead of richer because of his
Congo responsibilities.
The British colonial secretary, the Earl
Of Elgin, announced recently the issuance
Df letters patent, establishing Immediate
government and constitu-
lion to the Transvaal.
The chamber of deputies at Brussels
mas voted 127 to 80, in favor of the pro-
posal to accept the terms of King Leo
,old's will, bequeathing the Congo Inde-
pendent State to Belgium, on condition
hat the royal private domains be MAIN
aimed integrally after IT'S annexation.
This means that Belgium will proceed to
innex the Congo, after full accounting
II its obligations mad concessions,
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~~N0OO~OOOO

There are few people who have not
suffered at one time or another by the
offhand manner in which they were
introduced to others. This kind of In
PRODUCTION is likely to embarrass some
people just as the careful and gracious
introduction Is one Of the essentials
In putting strangers at ease In in
Producing people the greatest care
should be taken TO pronounce both
names distinctly. If one name has es-
capped the introducer's memory it is
safest and best to excuse oneself and
ask for the forgotten name. The most
delicate sensibllities should not be
wounded by such a slip OF memory, for
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takes In her hands the fate OF human
lives, and stands by her self-lmposed
duties with unflinchng will. No fall
tering or mIsgiving, no matter what
the tide OF events brings her, she
breasts the storm. and shelters by her
own efforts those who depend upon her,
The real woman is a being Of cares
and many sorrows often struggling on
10 tile end with concealed dlsappolnt-
ments and aching heart, with clipped
aspirations and thwarted hopes, but
her heroism and fortltude never for
sake her
1t is often said that the women Of
to-day are effemlnate, and lack the
sturdy heroism Of our grandmothers;
that they are yaclllatlng, and full OF
vanity. But this is not true One must
admire the tout-hearted pioneer
woman OF hundred years ago but
there Is no truth IN the lmputation OF
degeneracy. We may challenge all
time TO present such a noble array OF
womanhood as is to-day standing out
I'm the active duties Of life. They com
pose a galaxy never before equaled i'm
the history Of the world One after
another has passed the boundary lines
OF the thus far shalt thou go and no
further and the broad fields OF active
effort In every department OF science,
art and literature has thus been open
cd 10 them Thus the real woman lg a
living, active entity. II she does not
spin she talks. II she does not weave
she writes books II she does not bake
and brew she gives forth her best
thought for bread and drink to those
who are an hungered and thirsty for
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14
Cider-NaiSIng.

The Apple Specialist, in answer to
an inquiry, gives the following instruc-
lions how to make cider and keep it
sweet
I'm order to make cider the juice
must be extracted from the apples.
This is done by grinding the apples
into pumice and thus pressing the
juice out. The pumice is laid up in
hoops and held in place by old sacking
made by ripping gunny sacks. 1t is
laid up in cheese form, one above the
other, and pressure applied at the top
The cider works out through the sack
ing and is caught in tub. Hand CT
der mills are made that are excellent
for the work, and sweet cider may be
had at any time. Their is no way to
keep cider sweet without racking it off,
drawing it from one barrel to another
several times, letting it run through
several thicknesses of flannel to take
out the sediment. 1t must be allowed to
run very slowly so as to keep all sedi-
ment in the bottom of the barrel When
purified the barrel must be
plugged tight and kept in a cool place
BY boiling and sklmming the cider 1t
will keep sweet, but has a slight cook
ed taste. We have made thousands of
barrels of cider and have tried all
kinds of schemes to keep 1t sweet and
have found nothing equal to racking
off. 1t is slow process, however, and
unless well done will not prove effect
ual."
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Grand total S795, 100000
Such an immense sum being well
worth the saving, the department has
in its employ large staff of men who
are studying the life history of the
pernlcious insects to find out where
they are vulnerable
The work has been going on for some
years and much progress has already
been made. The cotton worm which
formerly levied an annual tax of $780,
100000 on the cotton crop, is now con-
trOlled by sprays; it has been proven
that the ravages of the Russian fly
which sometimes have reduced the
wheat acreage in Ohio 40 per cent and
in Indiana 60 per cent besides greatly
impairlng the yield of the remaining
acreage, can be considerably checked
by planting wheat at seasons when the
fly is not so rapacious; the coddling
moth is controlled by arsenical sprays
and $20,0O0,0O0 worth of apples saved
as a result.
The orange and lemon orchards of
California have been relieved of the
white scale which threatened to de-
stroy them, by the importation from
Australia of the ladybird, a natural
enemy of the scale. Many other in
stances could be given of the wisdom
of watching the insects.
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Alfalfa ax n Weed killer.

Probably no other crop, without a
single exception, presents 50 many
characteristics of value. AS 1t is stud
ments are made with 1t In different
capacities, Its wonderful capacities be-
come more and more manifest A very
eminent authority has discovered that
it Is weed eradlcator Of unfailing
power. This will seem like contradic-
ton to readers who have been eau
toned about weeds, and which Will
prove more destructive to alfalfa than
any combatable influence. Neverthe-
less 1t is strictly true that the~plant Is
This comes not so much from any quail
ity contained In the alfalfa plant, but
from the inability of the weeds to en-
dure having their heads cut off so
many times in summer close to their
feet. The most strenuous weed soon
will succumb to this harsh treatment
while the alfalfa plant will thrive all
the better the more it is cut II weeds
can be kept back from choking the
young alfalfa plants until they, the al
falfa plants, are tall enough to be
moved, the question of weeds In the
particular parcel of ground is settled.
Therefore, it is wise to select weedy
piece of ground for the alfalfa field,
but before sowing the seed every pre-
caution should be taken to kill as many
weeds as possible. This can best be
done by simply following the oft-re-
peated injunction to thoroughly pre-
pare the seed bed before sowing the |
seed. If this be done, and the tract |
narrowed and rolled after blowing at |
a time when the tiny weeds begin to
show green over the field, and again |
just before time to SOW, there will be
the cleanest field on the farm before
the year is out. There are many weed
farms and many farmers who
have despaired of ever getting rid of
the weeds. Alfalfa suggests the means
Of riddance.-C. NJ. Ginther in Agricul-
tural Epitomist.
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1194-Emperor Frederick H., one of the
most remarkable historic figures Of
the Middle Ages, born.
1620-Plymouth, Mass. founded.
1717-First pantomime produced in Lon
don, called Harlequin Executed"
Savannah taken by the British.
1S05-Treaty of Presburg.
1S07-Embargo laid by Congress on
American ships.
1S11-More than sixty persons persisted
in burning theater at Richmond, Va.
1872 Commodore Bainbridge, command
ing the frigate Constitution, captur-
ed British frigate Java, off San Sal
vador.
182S-Rowlahd Stephenson, English
banker and member of Parliament,
absconded with $1,000,0OO.
1831-Roger b. fancy of Maryland be-
came Attorney General of United
States.
1S32-John G. Calhoun resigned vice
presidency of the United States.
1S35-Dade's massacre by the Seminoles.
1S37-Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N,
born.
1S45-Texas admitted to the Union.
1S46-Gen. Taylor took possession of
Victoria, capital of Tamaupilas.
Col. Doniphan, in command of 1000
Missouri volunteers, defeated force of
Mexicans at Braceti
1S47-Arab chief. Abd-el-Kader, surren-
dered to the French
1S5S-New Adelphi theater, London,
opened.
1S6O-John B. Floyd of Virginia re-
signed as Secretary of War.
1S62-The Confederates attacked Gen.
Sherman and drove him lack to the
first line of defense before Vicks-
burg. &. . Second attack on Yicksburg
-. Gen. Sherman attacked COnfed-
crate works about six miles from
Vicksburg.
1S6S-Mosby Clark, Revolutionary SOL
der, died at Richmond, Va, at the
advanced age of 121 years.
IS74-Gov. Yarmouth stabbed aud killed.
D. c. Beverly of the New Orleans
Bulletin.
LS76-Train wreck at Ashtabula, 0.
Eighty killed and sixty injured.
I. proclaimed King of
Portugal.
Wallace and several sol
diers killed by Sioux Indians in
South Dakota.
persons persisted by fire at
a Christmas festival at Silver Lake,
Oregon.
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who is there who has not at some time
or another quite forgotten we'll
known name? says Woman's Life. The
debatable question as to whether a
woman should shake hands with
man who is being presented to her has
been solved by making II only obliga-
tory for the woman to offer her hand
TO the man when the occasion is in
formal and the man is being intro
duced to one person at time. When
he is meeting a group of people 1t
makes 1t embarrassing and awkward to
shake hands with all
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14

Nine. Rejane. the noted French ac-
tress, proposes to establish French
theater In London.
Miss owen, of Warwick, England,
who is 90 years old, has been teaching
Sunday school for elghty-two years.
Miss Ethel Bret Harte, daughter of
the famous California writer, Is to de-
vote herself to concert work, because
the estate has proven too small to sup
port the family.
Frances McElrath, whose recent
story OF Wyoming life has been favor
ably received, is the granddaughter of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14

Thomas McElrath, one OF the found
ers of the New York Tribune.
Nine. PATHS voice has gained her
more than 100000. Her best years
receipts were approximately S350,000.
Mrs. Theodocla Beaeham is said to
be the only woman contractor on a
railroad in the United States. She is
from Michigan and has an important
contract with the Old Dominion Rail-
road of New England.
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Health and Beauty Hints.

Bent toes are induced by wearing
short shoes.
Turnips, onions, cabbage, cauliflower,
watercress and horseradish contain
sulphur.
A few drops of any good toilet waite.
in the last rlnsing water gives faint
suggestion of perfume to the hair that
is very refreshing.
If one has tendency toward taking
cold easily after washing the hair, a
little eau de cologne or some other
spirit should be rubbed into the scalp
after the hair is dried.
Oatmeal in the bath water will i'm
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The Feminine Paradox,

ITO say one thing and mean an.
other" says writer In lady's paper,
lis one of the most ordinary defects
of feminine nature" If this were the
only trouble, however, one would know
what to do. What confuses one is that
now and again woman says a thing
and means lt.-London Globe.