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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Names on cioar Boxes,

OF every hundred men who pro-
TESS anxiety for the quality of their
cigars owing to the Cuban rebellion,
scarcely one could. If put to 1t, In
terpret the meaning of the various
words which are stamped on the lid
and sides of cigar box. These are
not mere fancy names, but terms actu.
ally descriptive of the cigar.
On the lid is the name of the
cigar, as Pedro Murias, Villa y Villa.
The front of the box describes the
shape and size, as Conchas, Reina Re
galias, which state the shape, and
Perfecto Infantes, Processes, which
signify the. size. These may be COM
bined, as Conchas Especiales, Con-
chas Finas, to. state both shape and
size.
At the back of the box, where the
lid turns over, is stamped the quality
of the cigar-Superfine, Fina, Flor,
Superior and Bueno being the terms
in the descending scale. The color of
the cigar is declared on the right
hand side or end of the box. Claro
signifies the lightest colored, Colorado
Claro rather darker. Colorado dark.
Colorado Maduro darker, Maduro very
dark, Oscuro extremely dark, Negro
darkest. -London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
ALLIGATOR Likes Baths.

One of the curio stores on Char
tres street, has an alligator that likes
soap and water baths. and receives
one every day. This gator is quite
pet and shows as plainly as posi-
BILE that he enjoys his daily bath. It
has been in the store for several
years, and has grown to be about five
feet long. Every morning one of the
negroes employed in the place takes
a bucket of hot soap slpds and a stif
scrubbing brush and gives the alliga-
tor his tub. The animal has come to
look for this, and never moves while
he is being scrubbed. He turns over
on each side so that his claws can
be washed, and seems to realize that
the daily washing improves his ap-
pearance greatly. He has become
quite pet, and seems to recognize
all the employees of the store when
ever they approach his cage.
The same storel has another ALI
gator which is about seven feet long,
but this one does not permit liberties
of any kind to be taken, with him.
The proprietors of the store keep the
alligators for exhibition purposes
and would not part with either of
them.-New Orleans Picayune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09


The unsightly and unsanitary condi-
ton Of many of our dairies and milk
herds Is reproach to owners. In most
Instances the owners cannot see the
dirt and filth, the bad drinking water
and the smeared COWS. He Is too much
accustomed to them. He Is Letting
well enough alone" at his place. Cows
drinking from ponds with green scum
over the surface cannot give pure milk.
The cow should be clean outwardly,
also, before the mixer sits down to
his work. Has the mixer clean hands?
Then he Is one among ten thousand.
Has he clean clothes? Then indeed
is he rare bird among mixers Of
kline.
Thousands of COW owners believe In
the bottom of their hearts that clothing
and hands cannot be kept clean for
milking. These people think that milk
Is of necessity, in the nature of the
case, a tolerably filthy article, which
may be purified more or less by strain
Ing or possibly by the separator. How
vain this hope is has been shown many
times by microscopic examination Of
milk once dirty. "Once dirty, always
filthy" Is the rule for milk, as ordinar-
lily handled. But one is almost sure to
waste time talking to people about
what the microscope will reveal when
they are unable to see common black
dirt and worse In the bottom Of every
pail when 1t is emptied. The only safe
and sanitary plan known to the dairy
world is to keep the milk pure from In
side to outside, from start to finish
Farm and Ranch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
sawdust as a Fuel.

Little material goes to waste in
any kind of manufacture nowadays"
said Gus Kissinger, Of Ludington,
Mich, at the Plankinton House.
Years ago tremendous loss was in.
Cured in the saving of logs, but at
many of the Michigan sawmills, In
Guiding those at Ludington and Man.
istee, slabs and sawdlst are now OF
value.
"The dust once collected in such
quantities as to be hindrance to
work in the mills. 1t occupied much
space in the surrounding grounds.
The slabs were piled in all directions.
They were free to any one who would
be accommodating enough to haul
them away by the wagon load.
after the sawmills had run for
many years, salt was discovered and
wells were bored. Now some of the
largest salt blocks in the world are
along the western coast of Michigan
and the fuel used in running their
machinery comes from the sawmills.
In most cases the owners of the large
sawmills became the owners OF the
salt wells, and the two enterprises
are run as one plant. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Heroic Treatment.

In these days, when child study Is
hobby, ridden long and hard, 1t Is
interesting to read of tho nerve-train-
ing which fell to the lot OF the Quaker
authoress, Amelia Opie, III 1869 and
after. The modern mother would
shrink with horror from some of the
methods used on the sensitive child. but
in this case it resulted In splendid stuff
Mrs. Opie Is quoted in book on
Quaker Worthless"
was creature of fears, tears and
screams. My first terror was of black
beetles, then of frogs, skeletons, black
men and madmen.
My mother made me take beetle
in my hand and hold it. As her word
was law, l obeyed. but with awful
shrinking. l gradually became accus-
toned to 1t, and was frequently told
to take one up and put 1t out Of harms
way. I soon overcame that terror.
l was made to hold frogs In my
hands, and was taught to nurse a skele-
ton as would doll. l acquired the
love of the African race by hearing
OF Its wrongs, and became an eager
advocate of emancipation. Mother
compelled me to listen to her kindly
converse with two poor old lunatics,
and l grew to pity them Instead of
fearing them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Captured Chinese ,EIaa.

The recruiting Office in this city
has hung on its walls Chinese flag
which was captured from the Chinese
forces by the Mini infantry Of the
United States in command of Col. .
Liscum.
The flag is twelve feet long and is
shaped as an uneven triangle. The
base, which was fastened to the pole,
is six feet wide. A many colored
dragon four feet long, with fiery tongue
is striving to reach bloody
moon just oat of his reach. The drag
on is in this position on the flag
to show the Chinese belief that the
empire would pull down that moon
could 1t but reach it. Several bull
let holes decorate the yellow portion
which surrounds the moon and the
dragon.
The finest of workmanship is dis
played ON the flag. The toes, eyes
and the fiery moon are carefully in
laid against the sombre background.
The Chinese flagmakers consider a
well make flag an estimate of their
love for the Emperor.
The crimson moon and the fiery
pngue do not attract the attention of
~ observer as does the blood which
Is Altered in many Places on the
nag. blood is sure to remind
that wa-i spot of the gentlest occu-
pation.-NS.eS Eagle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
and Fleming proposed that DR.. Grant
Should hold divine service.

and Fleming proposed that DR.. Grant
should hold divine service. NJ
The major took the suggestion as
joke, and with great energy drummed
up his men. DR.. Grant preached at
length, and dexterously, brought the
subJectarounds to profane swearing. -,
Avoiding any appearance of aiming
at any one nearer. he pointed out the
uselessness of the habit, and Incident
ally noted its gradual disappearance
from the conversation Of gentlemen.
He had observed with accuracy one
salient point in Rogers character. The
man was passionately determined to
live like a gentleman, and to have his
men regard him as a gentleman. The
discourse struck home. Then and there
Rogers resolved to abstain.
Once at least during their stay with
aim his guests pity was excited by
bis herolc suppression of his vocapu-
larry at trying moment. Something
went wrong with one Of the canoes.
Rogers opened his mouth. but in the
nick of time remembered his resolve
and stood helpless.
Grant laid his hand on his arm.
Major, If you've got to get rid of 1t,
go behind a tree and say It"
Sir William Van Horne was fond of
telling of his first meeting with Rogers
after this affair. After some talk, Sir
William said:
Whats the matter with you,
Rogers7 You haven't sworn once" :,
well, Mr.. Van Horne, Fleming
brought a parson up here named
Grant. He gave us sermon on
swearing, and he made out that 1t
wasn't gentlemanly to swear, so l
stopped.n ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

1t is related Of Joseph Choate, that
when he was very young man, just
starting out to practice law, he was
once retained by shopkeeper to de-
fend him in suit for damages brought
by an employe. Unfortunately for Mr.,
Choate, his client lost his head COM
pletely under cross-examinatlon, fur
nishing evidence SO favorable to the
prosecution as to result In a $4,000
verdict.
The merchant was, nevertheless,
highly indignant with his lawyer for
having lost the case and when they
encountered each other at the court
room door, he clustered:
IF l had a son born an idiot I'd
make him a lawyer"
your father seems to have been of
another opinion" replied young Choate.
coolly.-Harper's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
MONARCH oF-THE SEA.
Battle.hip Vermont i. Able to whip
ANY shin Aanot.

Battlcship Vermont Is Able to Whip
Any Ship Aaoat.
The Standardization trial of the bat
tleship Vermont took place Off Rock
land over measured mile. This was
to test the screw revolutions at varying
speeds, that Is, to find out how many
revolutions of the screws per minute
were required to cover mile in given
time
Incased In Ice from stem to stern,
the new battleship came into Boston
harbor from her trial trip and dropped
anchor off the navy yard. She looked
like huge specter as she came up
through the narrows, for With the ex-
ception of the tunnels there was no part
OF the vessel that WASH. coated with
Ice and the bow and forward part of
the battleship were burdened with tons
of tile frozen water that had been
thrown up as the huge war vessel plow-
ed through head seas at a l7.4-knot
clip.
But the trial board is satisfied that
the Vermont ls the queen of the Amerl.
can navy, for they say that she behay.
ed beautifully through 1t all. She was
required to make eighteen knots but
without forcing her she made 1881
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
MAN IN THE MOON.

OF all the myths which have sprung
up around the moon, before Gallileo's
telescope revealed another world with
lofty mountains, deep valleys and vast
plains, the Oldest, and probably the
most familiar to us all is that of its
human inhabitant. Every nursery has
heard the story OF the man who was
found by Moses gathering sticks on
the Sabbath and condemned to dwell
in the moon till the end of time.
Originating, doubtless, in the super
ficial resemblance of some of the
moon spots to man with a bundle
of sticks on his back, it would be
handed down by Jealous Sabbatarians
as an edifying warning. 1t has even
been referred to Biblical authority.
German nurses commonly vary the
tale by saying that the offender was
given the choice of burning in the
sun or freezing in the moon, and that
he preferred lunar frost to a solar
furnace. But in the Middle Ages, be-
fore Lutherans and Puritans super
imposed the conception of the Jewish
Sabbath upon the Christian Sunday,
the crime thus punished was theft.
1t is possible, however, that the
"Man in the Moon" myth may claim
an even remoter antiquity. Primi-
tive man had tendency to personify
those natural forces whose laws he
could not comprehend, his imagina-
ton endowed them with human force
and human feelings, and with super
human knowledge and power. Hence
the moon acquired sex and gen.
der, in Sanscrit and all derivations,
except Greek and Latin, and such mod
ern languages as have come under
the classical influence. it is mascu-
line. And doubtless, this is the rea-
son why the legendary woman in
the Moon" is not nearly SO prevalent
as the legendary Man"
Be this as 1t may, 1t is certain that
In Teutonic fable we find the moon
Inhabited by beth sexes. For accord
ing to Mr.. Baring-Gould, our familiar
nursery rhyme about Jack and Jill is
derived from the Scandinavian myth
of the two children, Hinki and Bill,
who were taken up into the moon
with their pole and bucket as they
were drawing water. They symbolic
the waxing and waning of the moon,
while the water they are carrying re.
fers to the influence of the moons
phases upon the rainfall.
There is an ancient belief found in
some of the writings of the old Egyp-
tians that the moon is an abode of
departed spirits. And some of the
South American Indians still regard
is as their happy hunting ground"
the paradise of dead chiefs and
braves. But in the Middle Ages the
moon was generally looked upon as
the seat of hell, and it is probably
this circumstance that led to the fam
iliar association OF the moon with
witchcraft-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

. At Jenklntown, Pa, Oct. 81, -four
members Of one family whose ages ag
eregate $50 years gathered Mt re
union, when Isaac Mather. the oldest
of two brothers and two sisters, cele.
brated his Tooth birthday. There
were also present two sons and one
daughter Of the centenarian whose ag.
gregate ages totalled 2O6 years. 1t is
not believed that anywhere else In the
United States will be found a family
that can present like showing.
The four persons whose ages total.
led $50 years were: Isaac Mather
100 years old; Mrs. Rebecca Kitchener
his sister, 81 years old; Miss Ann Ma.
tier, his sister, 20 years old, and
Charles Mather, brother, 81 years
old.
The children whose ages totalled
2O6 years are: Miss Martha Mather
daughter, 75 years old; Israel Mather,
son, 70 years old; Isaac Mather, son
So years old.
Isaac Mather, the centenarlan, lives
on the old homestead. built on the
original tract of land granted to his
ancestors by William Penn. at Cheltcn
Hills. In this region he is best known
as the Grand Old Man of Chelten
Hills" He is Quaker and attends
services regularly on Sunday.
He attributes his long life to sim
pie habits. Never in more than half
century has he retired later than s
o'clock at night, and he is up with the
sun in the morning. His brother,
Charles. at "a, is still in active bust
ness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
+ CURING A BAD HABIT.

c%$loo.oSNNN
When Sir Sanford Fleming, the
noted English engineer, inspected the
proposed route of the Canadian Pacific
Railway In 1883, he was accompanied
by the Rev. George Munroe Grant. The
party encountered the usual hardships
of travelling through q wilderness. but
has many interesting experiences. One
of these, says Mr. Grants biographer,
was meeting the different parties of
engineers stationed along the way.
The most picturesque person asso-
ciated with this exploration of the
mountains was Major Rogers, the dis
covererer and engineer of the passage
through the Selkirks. Rogers WIS an
energetic man, renowned for unconven-
tionality but exceedingly profane. The
engineers who were passed on the east
ern slope of the mountains were in a
state of great expectancy at the pros
pect of the hard-swearing Rogers being
host to clergyman.
Rogers at first was under the impress
sion that Grant, who was addressed as
Doctor" was medical man. The
day after the first meeting was Sunday,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
EVERY MAN A BRICK

When Tommy says admiringly to
Harry, You're brick!" Harry feels
high compliment has been paid him.
Do you know how the saying original
ed?
In the olden days of Greece, an arr
bassador once came from Europe to
Sparta. and was shown by the king
over his capital. He was surprised
to find no walls around the city.
"Sire," he exclaimed, 81 have visited
nearly all the town in Greece, but ]
find no walls for thei, defence. Why
is this?"
'Indeed!' the king replied "yo GU can
not have looked carefully. Come with
me tomorrow and will show you
the WALTZ Of SPARTA
On the following atornins the kin
led his gaest out 5000 the plAiAs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
GEESE WITH BRAINS.

A farmer would scarcely believe
that goose requires only about six
ty hours In order to prepare 1t for
the footlights and a critical audience
and that a common pig, which has
been bought in the market, will in
sixty hours be competent to blossom
forth as an actor.
According to Clyde Powers, a train
er of wide experience and much pa
tience, 1t takes a duck about three
days to learn how to march on the
stage, to follow the chorus, and to
march off again at the proper time;
1t takes a chicken week or more,
and turkey cannot grasp the art
Of acting in less than six months
time.
Mr.. Powers had tried to train a
pea fowl but he finds that it is i'm
possible. A goose is the most in
telligent of all the feathered tribe, and
a goose is also the only domestic fowl
that shows affection.
Animals are always entertaining,
and SO much in demand are they by
managers that every vaudeville thea
ire in America books for its program
at least one animal act, and often two,
every week. A good animal troupe
Is contracted for many months ahead,
and its owners and trainers receive
salaries far exceeding those of the
average troupe of vaudeville perform
ers of the human species.
During visit to dress rehearsal
at the Hippodrome, says writer in
Leslie's Weekly, three or four cub
bears were being schooled in the art
Of standing on their heads, in driving
an auto, or at least appearing to do
so, and last but not least-for 1t
amuses an audience greatly-to drink
out of bottles.
To teach them this last act is not
very difficult If the bottles are filled
with sweetened water; in fact, the
difficulty comes in preventing the
cubs from stealing these bottles and
rehearsing before it is time, so fond
are they of this particular form of
acting.
Bears are decidedly humorous, and
while they know perfectly well what
they are doing, they often do a trick
the wrong way, apparently just for
humor of the thing and they seem
to enjoy the scolding, which with baby
bears is seldom accompanied by pun
ishment. The trainers pockets are
usually bullying with sugar, and the
cubs are given taste every time they
obey orders and go through a trick
with willingness. If bear is good
tempered and of adaptable DISPOSE
ton, new trick can be mastered in
about four weeks,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
1ncre..,nx Esx proane.,.,

In these days no one can afford To
keep deadheads on the farm. All farm
animals must pay for their keep and
make good profit In addition. 1t is
an astonishing fact, therefore, that anly
small proportion of poultrymen actu.
ally know whether a particular hen Is
laying or not Some men can Judge
more or less accurately by the color Of
the comb, by the CHEEKY song, and other
well known signs. A much more accur-
ate method consists In the use Of trap
nests by means Of which each hen is
marked by ring, or otherwise, every
time she lays an egg. 1t requires a
little time and patience, Of course, to
operate trap nests so as to separate the
layers from the non-layers, but 1t pays
well in the end. When the test has
been applied to flock Of hens, some
are found to be laying $50 to 100 eggs
year, while others Of equally vlgor-
Gus appearance and happy disposition
lay not an egg. But the non-layers eat,
and are, therefore, expensive luxuries
to keep about the farm.
The chief value of any reliable sys-
TEN for picking out the best layers is
found In the fact that they may be used
as breeding stock to improve the egg
production Of the whole flock to come.
In careful series of tests in Maine,
Utah and elsewhere 1t has been def
nltely shown that the hen transmits her
laying qualities to her offspring. With
this fact well established the poultry
man should use no rooster for breedfn
purposes unless he comes from 2OU-
egg hen, and should incubate no eggs ex-
cept those which come from hen with
record of 200 eggs year. 1t Is thus
possible to build up flock Of hens each
of which will lay 200 to $50 eggs a
year. This is fully double the yield
Of the average flock. Not only may the
number Of eggs be Increased BY breed,
Ing, but Z srsst uniformity ip the sisS,
ships and epses sf The egss u ssssrsk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
choice Of orch.rd Loc,t,on,.

In bulletin on the renewal Of the
peach industry in New Jersey, a bulle-
tin issued by the experiment station Of
that State has the following to say re-
garding the selection of field: 1t Is
best to choose field at some distance
from an old orchard, so as to avoid as
far as possible the passage of insects
and diseases. But If the old orchard Is
not infested with yellows. root-lice or
borers. young orchard may be planted
near 1t. So far as the scale Is con-
cerned, the trees must be sprayed every
year; therefore 1t can be controlled
near an old orchard, but 1t is easier to
manage If not near an infected one. 1t
Is, of course, to be preferred that the
field chosen be one that has not grown
peaches for several years. 1t Is some
times said that the soils in parts of the
State will no longer grow peaches, but
the soils that were once good peach
soils are still so If they are properly
treated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
PUSSY.CAT.

Many years ago the people Of
Egypt worshiped the cat. They
thought that she was like the moon.
because she was most active at night
and because her eyes changed, just
as the moon changes, which is some
times full and sometimes only lit
tie bright crescent or half moon. So
these people made an idol with the
cats head, and named Pasht, the
same name which they gave the moon
for the word means the "face Of the
moon" That word has been changed
to "pas," or "pus" and has at last
come to be "puss," the name which
almost everyone gives to the cat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

easily over the four-mile course. The
boat will soon be ready for active SER
vice in the North Atlantic fleet.
Naval Constructor Baxter who has
had charge of the competition of the
Vermont, said: Here goes out a
ship which demolIshea all records Of
the world in naval construction. Not
even Great Britain, the leading country
in shipbuildlng. has erer sent one Of
Its battleships to sea Without pre'imi-
nary deep water trial Hut l know
enough about the condition of the YES
sci to say that she Is ready to whip
any other battleshlp In the world
of course, giving her a little practice
with her guns"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
Save Money In Fertilizer.

It is possible to obtain more plant
food for given expenditure of money
II unmixed chemical fertilizers are
purchased rather than the ordinary
mixed fertilizers, says Farming. In
most cases, the same amount of plant
food as is contained in ton of mixed
fertilizers can be purchased In the
form Of unmixed cher icals at cost
of about So to 20 less. The labor Of
mixing will not cost nearly enough 10
e6sst this differences Many fEsmsys
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
AcetxIene Lamn..

The operation of cutting wheat at
night with motor lighted by acety-
lene lamps has been successfully per
formed in Kansas. A good crop was
cut by an agricultural motor, which
hauled two binders at one time and
cut SO acres in rather over 1S hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09

Two lion cubs which were born re-
Gently In the Dublin biological Gar.
dens are about 70 bs sent 10 india,
Another cub freai Dublin has bssH
cold fos shipment " Rsy1lar