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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-31


Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Company. East Pitts
burg, Pa, fourteen are colored,
and they draw good wages, and
are we'll treated generally.
Registrar Kennedy, in charge of
the Land Office at New Orleans,
is said to be the only Negro Fed
eral oficeholder in the South
identified with the lily-white ele-
ment of the Republican Party.
He has just begun his second term.
Albert Smith, of St. Augustine
Florida, has constructed a large,
well-designed cottage home, TWEEN
ty feet square, and the same num-
ber of feet high, built entirely of
scales from the drum fish, which
abound in the neighboring waters.
By actual count there are 3,076,-
TOO scales used in the building.
The National Sporting Club of
London decided last week that
Sam LHngford, colored American
pugilist, to be the champion mid
dleweight of England" The
above title was conferred upon
him as the outcome of his recent
victory over the British Tiger"
Smith whom he put to sleep in
the fourth round.
Antonio Inmate, colored man
of Santiago, Cuba, died Saturday
at the age of $50 years. Despite
his great age, the greatest recorded
in modern times, he retained his
faculties unimpaired 10 the end.
He was born in 1857, nineteen
years before the beginning of the
American Revolution.
The Young Mems Institute at
Asheville, N. c., is doing a praise
worthy work for the salvation of
the Negro youth of the vicinity.
The officers of the institution are:
| J. w. o. Garrett, President; w. n.
Robinson, Vice President; w. ].
Trent, General Secretary; J. w.
Bryan, Treasurer; J. w. Nipson,
Recording Secretary.
The field agent who has been
covering the Western States sends
word that Colorado, Kansas, Ne
braska and Missouri are respond
ing generously in the way of pre-
pairing exhibits for the Negro De
partment. He adds that Kansas
City, St. Joseph, Sedalia, Indepen-
dence and Jefferson City will be
handsomely represented,
The Committee of prominent
doctors, appointed to supervise the
medical exhibit in connection with
the Negro Department of the
jamestown Exposition, are serv-
ing without compensation. This
public-spirited body of physicians
is composed of DR.. A. M. Curtis,
Chairman; Drs. George G. Hall,
r. +. Boyd, ]. J. France and w.
A. Warheld.
! c. w. Keats, National Grand
Master of Masaic Templars of
America, continues ill at his home
in Little Rock, Ark. During
Capt. Keats disability, National
Grand Secretary J. Z. Bush has
been carrying the entire burden of
the management of the South
vests most thriving fraternal and
commercial organization.
Colored farmers are said to be
destroying the pecan groves of
! Oklahoma and Indian Territory to
clear" their land, and are cutting
the trees into frewood. Joseph
Sondheimer, of Muskogee, who
made a fortune in early days deal
ing in furs and pecans, says the
farmers do not realize the CONNER
cial value of their pecan trees and
that in a few years there will be
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-31

| wonler if the 100000 white
americans who read this story
fealize how bluntcd their scnsibili-
PES have become through the vices
pt race prejudice; how it blinds
she eye and stiles the heartbeat OF
common humanity; nay, how it ST.
ences the voice and warps our
'deaS OF Justice2 If the press, by
printing column upon column, OF
'he breaking up of the Corey fam
" could SO work up public senti-
nent that a soulless corporation is
gong to dcpose Mr.. Corey from
rs Presidency, and the minister
Fno performed the wedding ccre-
nony almost lost his church be-
lauSe OF SO doing, what could not
'ne press and public opinion do in
case where hundreds of armed
i'eh wipe out an entire family by
'nootng them to pieces as they
'uh' Had Mrs. Padgett and the
p'emoers Of the family been white
ple whole country would be speak
.lg out in dete,tation and horror
" tomorrow morning.
X
ine newspapers which have
'ousands of dollars with which
nj out expeditions to foreign
rnos seemingly have not a cent to
pend IN getting the facts about
n murder of these poor Negroes
~ 'helr innocent children. The
unions OF churches of all demon.
''ohs throughout the land have
oneY TO send missionaries to the
Ff'hest corner of the globe to con.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-31
Echoes of The PIaindeaIer Ccnc,I

Little Helen Marie Holmes is Ger
tain to make her mark TN Il e stage
This was only her s. cOnd appearance
and her work was equal to that OF
many professional.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
Moonlight, bnt No Moon.

Dion Boucicault seems to have been
forever rushing breathlessly from one
task TO another. This amusing incident
of the busy dramatist's career Is told
in Famous Actor Families In Ameri.
ca by Montrose j. Moses:
"Boucicault was never to BE ont
done, whatever the circumstances. So
intent was he during the reliearsais of
The Shaughraun' regarding the other
characters in the cast that on the open.
ing night when he reached the theater
he suddenly realized that lie had Who'll.
" forgotten to pick himself 5out u COS
tune for Con. So he rushed to tile
property room and on witt, an old coat
that had done service for ToAly Lump.
kin and on with an old cap belonging
to that same individual Grabbing an
odd pair of boots from IL discarded
chest-and lie was ready! But disas.
ters came thick and fast on this coca.
sion. The second act called for a
moon. Just as the scene was. about to
begin the stage orb exploded, ana
when the curtain rose the audience
was amazed to find black hole where
the moon should have been. .A!burst
of laughter showed their further az.
probation of slip in stage manage
ment, for silver ripples quivered OH
the water, a case OF moonlight with
the moon left out"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
Passing of Drugs.

Boston Herald: Sir Frederick
Treves is not the only physician who
has little belief in the efficacy Of
many medicines. There was time
when the sneer of Voltaire that 8
physician was man who put drugs
about which he knew little into
bodies about which he knew less
angered the profession. That time
is now as the dark age. A physi-
clan in Boston, one honored at home
and abroad, said not long ago: 81
doubt very much whether the medi-
cines l have prescribed for thirty
years did any one good" And DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes said, it will
be remembered, that if all the drugs,
with two or three exceptions, were
thrown into the sea, it would be
"better for mankind, but bad for
the fishes"
Thunberg noted that his medi-
cines acted with the greatest efficacy
and certainty on slaves. He ac-
counted for this by saying that their
constitutions were not so much i'm
pared by improper diet as those of
their masters, and because they
were less accustomed to the use Of
medicines. The diet of the Ameri-
can has grown more sensible. He
takes more exercise than he did.
But he still works against the
clock; he is excited and in hurry
during business hours; he drinks
too much alcohol, and premature
hardening Of the arteries and heart
and kidney troubles thin the ranks.
Medicines are of little avail in the
rush of the greedy after money, ev-
en- though they have not been dosed
from boyhood when "elixer pro"
was administered in the spring by
an anxious mother.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
China. Flood Peril,

Thousands of men work all their
lives at securing the banks Of the
great Yellow river in China. Yet every
now and then the tide sweeps away
all opposition, and the loss In human
life Is greater than any war ever
caused. In 1897 the river burst its
bonds. Day after day the torrent How
ed twenty miles an hour, thirty miles
wide and ten feet deep. The flood has
been described as that of five .Dablbes
pouring from Il height for two month
on end. For 1900 years the Chinese
have been embanking this river. The
silt which the waters bring down from
the mountains builds up the bed and
raises the surface of the eiRater. The
banks are raised higher and higher to
keep in the water, and for tpile after
mile the river runs over aybed whose
level is far above that Of the fields
through which it takes its way. But
the weak part Of the embankment is
always found out. The river always
breaks through. And then province
is swept out of existence. and people
die by millions. The death, roll In 1887
was estimated at from 100000 to
100000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04

Modern cemetery ideas that run
contrary to the deep-seated senti-
ment usually create dissatisfaction
when they are first introduced. just
now, says Park and Cemetery, the
lot holders in Cedar Grove ceme-
terry, Brooklyn, N. Y. are agitated
over the rule providing for the lev
cling Of all grave mounds. Many
of the lot holders who are now pay
ing for annual care of their lots OBJ
iect to notice to the effect that
mounds on lots for which annual
care is not paid would be leveled.
Some resent it as "a mean outrage"
Other cemeteries have had similar
experiences In Lakewood ceme-
terry, Minneapolis, when a new law
went into effect regarding the low
ering of grave mounds there were
many protests, but in less than a
year when the changed appearance
OF the sections made apparent the
marked improvement in the land
scape by lowering the mounds to an
almost imperceptible rise over the
graves lot holders began requesting
this treatment of their lots and
within a short period of time several
thousand grave mounds had been
lowered, the cost of annual care
materially reduced and the general
appearance of the grounds greatly
improved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
Oats

John Pollock of near Springville,
it is said, has oats that will run fifty
bushels to the acre. If he has such
oats he is one Of the luckey farmers
OF Iowa. They ought to be worth
$50 an acre at that rate. Oats are
high and they are going higher
The oat meal companies have in
creased the price Of oatmeal about a
dollar a barrel and other advances
are looked for.
The trouble with the oats this
year is that they are light. If Mr..
Pollock has heavy oats, the chances
are that he is one of the farmers
who succeeded with early sowing.
The oats that were put into the
ground the last of April were sown
to late. They got caught in the
summer weather too soon. They
were ripened before the heads had
been fully matured. To make a
good crop, farmers say. oats must
be sown early in April and be we'll
under way by the first of May, in
stead of just coming through the
ground.
The oats in Iowa range from a
half to two-thirds of crop, but the
farmers will probably make as much
money out of the small crop as they
did last year out of the more normal
crop. In thrashing time last year
oats went as low as 26 to27 cents a
bushel. This year very few oats
will be sold for less than Is to 20
cents more a bushel. But the farm
ers would rather sell larger crop
at lower prices than smaller one
at higher prices. They have to feed
a certain amount of their oats and
the heavier crop has the greater
nutriment in it. Besides. the farm
ers would rather see the consumers
get their oats for reasonable price
than high one.-Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
when BAN. were se.ree.

In a guide to etiquette published ear.
ly in the last century the writer says
that soap does not irritate. the com
ple1ion. Some of the finest compySxions
we have known have been regularly
washed with soap every The
same authority remarks that athe daily
bath Is now the rule rather than the
exception, and common sense has tri.
umphed over the decision thai, easting
was Injurious. And then THE fs4ter
has a dig at her great-graldh1ofb fber,
whose only ablutions consisted. ..intBet-
ting her cheeks with cam6rle{ land
kerchief dipped in rosewater.t' SIN all
our directions with regard to the bath"
adds this early Victorian dictator, st
must be borne in mind that we oily re-
fer to those in sound state of;heaJth.r
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
"crowded Out.

The day was dons. With weary hand and braiI
l watched tho iwllight's shadows deeper grow,
And with u troubled spirit thought of all
The tasks ought To ,lo: So weak, so slow
Had been the hands TO do the minds brhest-
The work undone lay heavy on my breast!
Then. likN a fuh of light, there came this
tn ush,-
This saying. that sometime. somewhere.
must have read when lie was riew and sw, ct
Ere yet the wofia had broushta t!nge of cart :
These were tho Words that e.,ed nv spi i,,s
doubt
"ln the best ordered life. some things are
crowded OUT
Some things are CROW dea out of every l,fc-
Strive Us We will some things are lef uud me;
Or II the worst or best We choose. some tasks
Untouched, unfinished. or but Just be,uu!
When tile ni2ht AIS we tnri. reluctautiy,
ana trast them, vaguely to inother dan!
30 much to do o many pftss!ry tasks!
So full the heart, tue head the hands.
We choose not wisely ..s the moments 90.
we stumble on, ahd thus Tie record stands
ou' hVeS are ssuL owet-otLer tcarts made sad
l'ecause We had not timu to make them glsdi
"Sdme day. we say. with eyes tear-washad
and dim
ihere Will be time for all We wish TACO;
NO settiEg sun shall shorten the bright hours
we Shall work on with courage over new;
No more vain longings-a shall come about
Just as we would-with nothing crowded QUIT"
-Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
New Corn For Hogs

1t will not be very long till farm
ers who are growing hogs in the
southern and central portions of our
territory will be strongly tempted
to begin feeding new corn. The
price of old corn is high at present
The farmer hesitates to buy if he
dose not have it, and is quite as
strongly tempted to sell it if he has
a surplus
At present prices of pork well
bred hogs properly fed, will give as
much for corn as will the Chicago
market; nor is there any prospect
that corn will be any cheaper next
year than it is now. 1t is admitted
on all hands that in the corn sur
plus states the crop is behind the
promise of last year; and if the
100000 bushel crop of last year;
brings present prices in the great
markets of the country one can
scarcely see why the new crop will
bring less when equally dried out.
Hence it is not safe to say: | will
feed my new corn as soon as it is fit
and while in the roasting ear, and
save the old. While small amount
of new corn can be fed to advantage
to pigs during the summer it
should only be for the sake of variety
until it is properly matured, which
means until it is fit to cut up for
fodder.
As we have often pointed out, the
corn plant makes four ffths Of its
gain between tasseling time and
full maturity and if it used any time
before full maturity it should be
with the understanding that there
is very considerable waste of value.
Therefore, while we do not advise
against feeding any new corn we do
advise against feeding it more than
simply change. The gain from
giving varity of feed may over.
come the loss from feeding a small
amount OF 1t immature.
Many farmers will continue to
feed their old corn until the supply
is exhausted, and then turn at once
to new corn. This is a mistake
even if the new corn is quite mature
In making changes in the feed OF
animals of any kind it should be
done so gradually that the system
will not notice it. 1t is we'll enough
to begin making the change long
enough before the time Of harvest.
ing corn Sol that the farmer can get his
hogs on full feed of new corn from
the ears that have been knocked of
by harvesting. These should be
fed as soon as possible, unless they
can be'left on the ground or stored
in such a way as not to heat before
feeding.-Wallace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
De.tructiye shellAsh,,

In the tropics rock boring. hna Wood
boring shellfish are among the great-
est natural agents Of destruction in the
shallow waters of the sen. II was not
until the builders Of iron ships launch
ed the present navles of peace or war
upon the deep that the hulls of vessels
moored for any time in harbor We're
safe from their attacks. The shells of
these mollusks are elegant and beauti-
full. They are often not at all obvious
ly adapted for boring. Frequently they
are very thin, looking almost llks,thard-
ened paper. Yet they boBe through teak
or oak, hardened clay. chalk, rock and
concrete breakwaters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04

A great, many people seem .,to
think that the marriage, ceremony
absolves them from all further
courtesies and attentions to the per-
son whom they have we'd. After
that they are always in negligee,
both as to manners and clothes,
when they are at home. This is a
fatal mistake. Because woman is
married is no excuse Tor her going
untidily about the house, and tell
ing her husband some truths that
hurt his vanity. Because a woman
is his wife gives man no right to
say things to her he would not dare
to say to any other lady who poses
sed big, ablebodied brother. Good
manners are the preservation of
peace and concord, and are war
ranted to keep happiness in any
climate. The problem of how to be
happy though married is really no
problem at all. No mystery should
ever have been made of it. 1t is
merely fair dealing in fair partner
ship-giying the other party the
privileges and perquisites you as
sumo for yourself, and allowing the
person you love as much considera-
ton and civility as you would show
a stranger.-New York Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
What Bryan has done.

Mr.. Bryan made the greatest cam
paign in 1896 known to political
history. lie took the standard of his
party away from the treacherous
hands of the man who held it, walk
ed into the temple, turned over the
tables, drove out the traitors, de-
nounced the thieves, proclaimed
honesty his motto de6ed the en-
trenched powers and thrilled a great
nation.
Every word he uttered in that
campaign has been since bearing
fruit.
All the history we have making
since 1896 is due largely to Bryan.
Almost every forward step to curb
the insolence and shatter the ty-
ranny of the plundering monsters
which had grown up under corrupt
Legislation, sustained by corrupt
courts, approved by corrupt execu-
tors has been due to Mr.. Bryan.
The welfare that has been insti-
tnted against the trusts is the grow
ing stalk from theseed of Organism
planted in 1896.
The subjection and disgrace of
the greatest corporation the world
ever saw, the Standard Oil, is Bryan
of 1896 developed and envolved in
to Roosevelt and Lands of 1907.
The 2.cent rate for passengers
and the interference of the inter.
state commerce commission in this
matter of freight rebates is the fruit
on the tree planted just eleven years
ago at Chicago.
The selection by the people in
primaries of their senators and the
progress toward that purest from of
democracy, the initiative ane re-
ferendum, come from that momor-
able campaign.-Memphis News
Scimitar-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
Alfalfa Record in Kansas,

Since the considerable introduc.
hon of alfalfa into Kansas Is years
ago, no plant i'll the states agricul.
ture has grown so in the esteem ol
farmers and stockmen or increased
SO rapidly in acreage. In fact, Kan.
sas leads all others in area devoted
to the wonderful lesume; yet, while
it is steadily advancing in popular
favor throughout all portions of the
United States, each passing year
widens the margin between Kansas
and her closer competitor in alfalfa
acreage. 1t is noteworthy if not
significant, that the states present
era Of unprecedented prosperity
dates from about the time alfalfa
was shown proper appreciation by
her farmers. Yielding properly,
whether the season be wet or dry,
it is ready Insurance a-ainst the
empty NOW and manger, and its
continuously producing year after
year from one seeding, is an advan-
'age readily recognized in compari-
son with the annual crops which
must be laboriously prepared for by
plowing, narrowing and seeding,
each season, not to mention the cost
of the seed, that in some seasons is
lost, as we'll assthe labor.
In Kansas, alfalfa has been po-
tent factor in increasing bank de-
posts and property. AS its value
has come to be more and more rec
ognized, its area has been constant
ly extended, as shown by the an
nual statistics. In 1891 there were
in the state but "a, 1884 acres, and in
1906 Jewell county alone had $4,000
acres. and the state 6l5,O0O acres.
1t has quadrupled the states output
of tame hay. In 1891 the tame hay
aggregated 4Ol.640 tons, while in
1906 the total was l,6S2,699 tons.
The value of the 1891 crop was two
million dollars, while that of 1906
was worth over $l0.5OO,OOO. Its
increase in esteem is indicated
anew by the 1907 assessors report
received thus far by the state board
of agriculture from 46 of lO5 coun-
ties, which show gains in alfalfa of
nearly 60,OOO actes since one year
ago, or an incredse of 25 per cent.
Ii the net gains in these 46 coun-
ties is representige Of the increase
in the other SO the total acreage has
been greatly extended, and perhaps
nothing better agriculturally could
happen to the state than such ad-
ditional areas devoted to crop that
yields its three, four, five or more
cuttings annually for 80 many years,
and at the same time enriches the
soil for the benefit of other crops
that may, and properly should fol-
low. The obstacle in the way of it's
wide use in rotations is that COM
paratively few have the courage to
plow up good stands of alfalfa, and
thus it is permitted to occupy the
same land indefinitely. All who
know alfalfa best esteem it as one
Of the richest acquisitions to Ameri-
can agriculture, and, in Kansas,
conditions seem naturally adapted
to its most abundant and economi-
cal production. d. Colburn, Sec
retary State Board of Agriculture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04

In Iowa, owing to the excessive
rainfall, the corn crop, it is said
will be much less than the average
while in Nebraska for lack of what
Iowa has too much of will be light
one, as appears from the following 2
Omaha dispatch which says: "Un.
less rain falls soon the corn crop in
many sections Of Nebraska will be
a failure. Already there is much
damage and in some parts of the
state less than half crop will be
harvested, even with the best OF
weather from now on. Burlington
railroad reports say that on the
Lincoln division, one of the great
corn sections of the state. one-ffth
of the crop will be lost. South of
Omaha one-half the crop is already
doomed. all over the state rain is
needed"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04

Nero never liked a person with a
large nose. He flippantly told the sor.
rowing relatives of Plautus-whom, It
is alleged, he kllled-that it was only
on inspecting the corpse that he dis
covered that Plautus had SO large n
nose, and If 1t had been pointed out
before he would have certainly spared
his life. Life with such a nose" cool.
ly added Nero, would have been am
pie penance for any crime"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
A Proper Punish M ent

you're not going to bar me out, are
you?" the newly arrived spirit pleaded.
II guess not" replied st. Peter.
you're the street railway magnate,
aren't your
"Why-er-yes, sir" t3t
"Well, just hang on to. one Of those
straps over there for eternity or so."-
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04
shoe Etiauette In Ina,a.

Indians take off their shoes when
there is a farash upon which they have
to squat. The mud from the, shoes
would spoil the sheet. A native WIS.,
itor to a European should on no ,ac-
count draw bis shoes, there, being no
farash. If any deputy magistrate does
SO he is cringing slave, Initiating the
sahlb's chaprasee and showing that he
is as humble us Ram Bakhsh before
the sahlb. If his socks are torn and
the toes are out 1t is regular insult to
the sahib.-Lahore Tribune.