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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

There seems to be decided preference
for more general observance of the Ea,.
ter festival, and It is assuming its right.
full position as one of the glad days of
the Christian year. But It is hard, per-
haps impossible, to conceive Of the day
as it must have appeared to those dis
3heartened followers who were, giving nm
hope in their beloved leader and were
ready to return to their homes again. 1t
came TO them like the burst of sunshine
to fog-bound vessel, bringing them out
Of chilling uncertainty and despair info
sure warmth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
Monopoly Remedy.

1t is refreshing to find that, at least,
one of the principal universities Of the
country is not under the control of the
corporations, judging by the address
OF the president Of Cornell, DIR. Jacob
Gould Schurman, at the Washington
birthday celebration ut Omaha. DIR.
Schurman said:
II suppose there is little doubt that
In some few Industries monopoly act
uatfyi exists, and oppression is actually
practlceds by making the public pay
extortfonate prices. There are rene
dies within reach which may be used
at any time. In the first place, trusts
which are monopolistic and oppressive
may be deprived OF the advantages
which they now enjoy as result of
tariff or other legislation. If any tariff
schedule does actually enable trust
to exploit the people for its own en-
richment, that tariff schedule Is DOOM
ed, no matter how much talk there
may be Of the sanctity of the tariff.
or the solemn duty of standing pat"
This is rank heresy against the
sacred tariff and will no doubt be pun.
ished by the Protective Tariff League
and the Republican standpatters by
anathema and communication. The
anathema plan worked with Chairman
Payne of the Ways and Means Com.
mittee, when the President in HIS
tariff reform period had caused that
venerable standpatter to sit on the
fence until he knew where he was Mt
Thelorgan of the league in consequence
denounced Payne as verging on imbecil-
ity. But the President recanted and
Payne became orthodox again and has
since held down the protection lid
quite safely. But out on the Western
prnirles there is n greater air of free
dom. aud anathematislng Gov. Cum
Minis, of Iowa, did not work and for
that matter Gov. Guild, of Massachn.
sets, has defied the league and the
Boston Home Market Club and their
standpat doctrine. An alliance with
the Democrats is the only hope of these
Republican tariff reformers, for the
Republican party Is welded to its idol
OF protecting the trusts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

| They sit down quietly, take hold of thu
cows teats gently. no matter how much
of a hurry they may be in, and begin
to draw the milk without pressing too
hard, for they know they are touch
ing tender point; then they keep
steadily ut it until the last drop Is out.
1. pays TO milk neutrality-suspicious.
Farming.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

If ducks are overfed, they some
times become so fat that their legs are
Incapable of supporting their bodies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

When nature made the mule she for
got beauty points, but she made up on
the utility roints.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

A stunted colt will never make so
good a horse MS one kept vigorously
growing from the start.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

There Is one thing that is badly
needed In all small towns and cities,
and that is comfortable rest room for
farmers wives and daughters. l have
seen women sitting around feed yard
offices for hours, waiting for the men
folks. 1t don't look right, gentlemen,
and you shouldn't ask your good ladies'
to do it. The parlors of comfortable
hotel make much better waiting rooms
than feed yard of1ices.-Iowa Home
stead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
Each a Perfect Poem.

Ift WIFE VUNCtnL \ ~
When he sold sonnet
And the proceeds spent
For an Easter bonnet.
As she gazed upon 1t,
II knew you'd show 'em,'
Said she, that the sonnet,
As well as the bonnet,
Is perfect poem"
Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The thumps in pigs is often caused
by an excess of fat about the Internal
organs and especially around the heart.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

N%S~8
kE1Erz>z

Give the swine ideal conditions and
they will increase the profits they are
returning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The farmer who has his surplus
capital invested in good horses has a
draft which he can draw at any time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

Man laughs at woman because she fol-
lows the fashions, and woman laughs ut
man because he follows her.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The farmer who confines himself to
two or three staple crops, and who has
not ventured beyond them, does not
know the full capacity of his farm. He
should try some special crops on q
small area, and endeavor to have a
greater variety of articles to sell. The
causes of failures In some crops do not
influence other kinds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

A we'll patronized farmers co-opera-
tive creamery is better than a gold
mine to the village and the surrounding
territory.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
But, o, she dances such way!
No sun upon an Easter day
Is half SO fine sight"

Ihe game of ball was favorite Easter
sport, in which municipal corporations
formerly engaged with due parades and
dignity. and at Bury st. Edmund's not
above 40 years ago the game was kept up
with great spirit by ~ old women.
In the northern counties of England on
Daste' Sunday the men formerly paraded
the streets and claimed the privilege of
lifting every woman three times from the
ground, receiving the loan Of kiss or a
silver sixpence. The same was done next
day by the women. The three times OF
lifting was to correspond to the three days
which covered the time Christ lay in the
tomb.
In part of Oxfordshire, after evening
service on Easter Sunday, men and wom-
en- used as late as 1922 to throw great
quantities of apples into the church yard,
and those who had been married during
the year threw three times as many as the
rest. after which all went to the minis
ter's house and Toasted on bread, cheese
and ale.
.he primitive Christians, very early on
the morning of Easter, saluted each other
with the words, Christ is risen," to
which the response was made, Christ is
risen, indeed" This custom is sweet with
the quaint expression of piety and faith
belonging to other days than ours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
Partial Prosperity.

Let us see! The Republicans de-
clare we are more prosperous than
ever before and that the tariff is the
cause of our prosperity. The Demo-
Gratis admit there is great prosperity
for the trusts and corporations and &C
knowledge that the tariff has protect
ed them, but not the great mass Of the
people-the consumers. IF the consum-
ers We're prosperous they would be
saving money and the deposits In the
savings banks would be increasing, but
instead of this being the case savings
banks deposits are decreasing. Are the
tariff taxed people who pay the tariff
protected trusts such high prices oblig.
ed to draw out some of their money
to make both ends meet, because their
incomes have not kept pace with the
increased cost of living, which is ad-
vanclng at the average annual rate of
5 per cent and over, or So per cent dur.
ing the past ten years? 1t is up to
the Republican politicians to tell us
what is the matter with their brand
of prosperity.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

You will get more enjoyment in life
If You compare your present success
with your past instead of with your
neighbours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

Cows. when given warm water, give
more milk. They also look better and
are less liable to sickness. 1t is safe
to let COW drink all the warm water
she wants at any time. but 1t is not
safe to let her drink all the cold water
she wants. This information cost us
enough SO that we remember it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

And the maid, In wondrors rapture.
nv, Sontemplates a speedy capture,
Ihough her Visions badly muddled DER the
styles that pass In streams.
III.
But this winsome show of beauty ia the ris.
ing of a ghost -
To the party In the background, who Is in.
terested most. -
He has heard the elocutlon
For the sprlngtime contribution,
And 1t hurts him In the pocket, cause. Won
know, old dad Is "clost"
Cincinnati Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

A quarantine pen is necessary on ev-
cry farm where hogs are kept and
should be made tight. Any new hogs
that come into the herd should be
placed in 1t and confined until all dan
ger Is past.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The "big stick" will have to be -four
lshed around the head of little Haytl,
for she has extensively defied Ger
many's demand that court decision
be annulled which ordered the return
to the Haytian government of large
sums of money alleged to have been
obtained fraudulently.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

Melting through the chill of winter. from
the Southland where he stNyed,
Comes the sun with rays Observation-Disclosures
that hynotize the maid.
In her heart wierd commotion
Fixes an expensive notion,
: That eventually will benefit the millinery
trade.
III.
All the vagaries Of hatdom md their being
meath the beams
OF the springtims sun, that centuries up
most tantalising dreams,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

A supply of machine oil will some
times save wear and tear on human
nerves as well as the gearing Of a
windmill.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
President Roosevelt evidently had

President Roosevelt evidently had
Republican Senators and Congressman
in mind when he told the boys at Har-
ward: 1.-THE weakling and the coward
are out Of place." and when he said
also: "Be doors rather than critics
of the deeds others do" The President
should have added that 1t is the duty
of good citizens to turn the rascals
out"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The sows that are confined in far
rowing pens should be provided with a
yard for exercise. Many sows are lost
by constipation caused by lack of exer-
else before narrowing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

The tame pigeon is one of the most
-profitless propositions on the farm, its
use as pot pie timber seldom serving
to pay for its keep.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

Have measures and scales, learn how
much difference there is in the yield
of the cows, and then figure out how
much the loss is in keeping poor COW.
Do not take some other mans word for
it, but do it yourself, and you will be
convinced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27
strange Ea.ter Customs.

1t hardly seems possible that the pres
ent reverent and decorous Observance OF
Easter was practically unknown to the
early history Of church festivals. But
there was little religious spirit compared
TO the more roysteriSg tendencies of the
age. Many of the customs were clearly
of pagan origin. The goddess ostnras Of
Plaster seems TO have been the personifis
cation of the morning or east, and also 81
the opening year or spring The Anglo
Saxon name of Easter was Estermonathi
-Eastermonth. There can be jlittle doubt
that the using of eggs at this season was
originally symbolical of the springins
forth of life in spring. The church, nat
urally. adopted it as symbol of future
life. And the use of eggs is the most
widely difnsed of any custom.
They are usually stained with various
colors with dye-woods and herbs, and
people mutually make presents of them.
In some moorland parts of Scotland 1t
used to be the custom for young people
TO go out early on ''Pasch Sunday" and
search for wild fowls eggs for breakfast,
and II was thought lucky to find them.
Colored eggs were used by children at
Faster in sort of game which consists
OF testing the strength of the egg shells.
The practice is still retained in some
places in England and the United States.
The egs-rolling on the lawn in front OF
the White House is an annual exhibition.
In some parts of Ireland the legend Is
still current that the sun dances on Eas-
ter morning. Sir John Sucking refers to
this legend in his Ballad on We'd
ding"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-27

How does it make you feel to see
SIS old SOW nose around a 500 fat
steer until she puts him out of his snug
nestand takes possession herself?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Goino Him One Better.

An American tourist on a visit to
Glasgow on emerging from the railway
station was accosted by a lad with a
familiar shout of Garry your bag,
sir?" The gentleman handed the boy
the bag and requested to be shown
through Glasgow. Crossing George
square, they came opposite to Sir Wal
ter SCOTS monument, and the boy
said proudly:
"That is one Of the largest monu-
ments in Scotland"
"Oh," said the Yankee, with an air
of Indifference, W have threepenny
cigars as big as that in America"
They got on a tram car going east.
and just as they alighted at the ter
minus a long circular piece of. iron on
a truck drawn by twelve horses came
up the street. The American in sur
prise asked what that vas for. The
boy, remembering what the Yankee
had said about the cigars and with a
resolve to be even with him. replied:
ooh, a new hotel has just been built
in the Trongate, and that is the kitchen
poker."-Tit-Bits.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Her Mistake.

They were newly married, says an
exchange, and on a honeymoon trip.
They put up at a skyscraper hotel.
The bridegroom felt indisposed, and
the bride said she would slip out and
do a little shopping. In due time she
returned and tripped blithely up to
her room, and a little awed by the
number of doors that looked alike.
But she was sure of her own and
tapped gently on the panel.
"I'm back, honey, let me in," she
whispered.
No answer.
"Honey, honey, let me in!' she
called again, rapping louder. Still
no answer.
"Honey, honey, it's Alice. Let me
in," she whispered.
There was a silence and still no
answer. After several seconds; then
a mans voice, cold and fully of dig
nifty, came from the other side of the
door:
madame, this is not a bee hive;
it's a bath ROOM"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Interesting Question.

John Wanamaker sup~erintends, as
the world knows, one of the largest
Sunday schools in the world-Bethany
Sunday school, in Philadelphia. 1t is
said of Mr.. Wanamaker that one Sun
day he delivered before the infant
class of Bethany a brief but eloquent
address on the lesson. At the end he
said: "And, now, is there any ques-
ton that any little boy or girl would
like to ask me?" A girl of eight or
nine years rose. "Well, Martha, what
is it?" said the superintendent, smil-
ing on the tot in kindly fashion.
"Please, MI. Wanamaker," said the
little tot, sswhat is the price of those
large wax dolls in your Window"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Advice to the Court.

Uncle Eph was before the court on
the same old charge. After the evil
dence was all in the judge, with a per
picked look, said. But / cannot com,
prehend, .Ephraim, how it was possible
for you to steal those chickens when
they were roosting right under the
owners window and there were two
vicious dogs in the yard" o.
1T wouldn't do you a bit Of good,
jedge, for me to splain how I cotched
'em." said Eph solemnly. "You couldn't
do it If yer tried forty times, and yel
might get a hide full Of buckshot de
berry fust time yer put yer leg ODER de
fence. De bes' way for yer to do
jedge, IS fer yer to buy yer chickens ir
de market" Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29

Mrs. S. Joyce, 100 Sullivan St., Clare
mont n. H., writes: "About a year
ago I bought two bottles of Foley's Kid
ney Cure. 1t cured me Of q severe case
Of Kidney trouble Of several years
standing. It certainly is a grand, good
medicine, and I heartily recommend il"
Kaufman Drug Co.
A block of granite weighing over IS
tons, and measuring exs feet, was re-
Gently taken from the Bethel, VT,
quarry to be shipped to Washington,
D. @. It required a specially built
derrick and two hosting engines to
perform the feat.
Summer coughs and colds yield at
once to Bees Laxative Cough Syrup.
Contains honey and tar but M opiates.
Children like it. Pleasant, to take. Its
laxitive qualities recommend it to moth
ers. Hoarseness, coughs, Group yield
quickly. Sold by Kaufman Drug Co.
MI. and Mrs. Harold T. Anderson,
who were with a party IN a steam
launch, were drowned in the Savan-
nah river seven miles north of Augusta
on Tuesday of last week. The four
other occupants, including one wo-
man, van ashore.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is bestfer
women and children. It's mild action
and pleasant taste makes it preferable
to violent ~purgatives, such as pills, tab
lets, etc. Get the booklet and a sample
of Orino at the Kaufman Drug @.
A vain nan is always willing to ad-
nit his modesJy.
Pineules for the kidneys strengthen
these organs and assist in drawing poi
son from the blood. Try them orrheu-
matiGm, kidney, bladder trouble, for
lumbago and tired worn out feeling.
They bring quick relief. Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Sold by Kaufman Drug
Co.
The worst troubles we have are
those we deliberately search for.
Man Ian Pile Remedy comes put up
in a collapsible tube with a nozzle Easy
to apply right where soreness and in
fammation exists. It relieves at once
blind bleeding, itching or ~protruding
piles. Guaranteed. Price SOC. Get it
to-day. Sold by Kaufman Drug 90.
The man who never meets tempta-
tions hasn't much to his credit.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
H O HOG OR NONE.
Widow DistrustfuI Of Farmer Who Had
Porker to Sell.

Porker to Sell.
"It's curious how the people have
turned around within q couple Of years
and become so distrustful." said the
old farmer as the matter Of graft and
trusts was touched upon. 81 had four
hogs to sell and advertised them in the
village paper. Half q dozen people
came out to see them, and among them
was a widow. She wanted me to
swear to the breed, the weight and the
fact that the hogs were in good health.
She wanted to be assured of their good
eyesight and hearing. She wanted to
be satisfied that they were good ma
tured hogs. She wanted me to sign a
paper that I had raised the porkers in
stead Of stealing them. When 1 had
done all this and the sale was about
effected, she suddenly turned and
walked away.
".Hello, now, but what's the mat
ter? I called after her.
"'You'va cut their tails off, she re-
piled.
"sYes: that was done when they
were pigs
"'Then you knock off so cents apiece
for missing tails or I don't buy. It's
whole hog or none and no graft'"-
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Congressman Lever at Little
Mountain School.

The following from u correspon-
dent at Little Mountain anent Con-
gresham Lever, which was received
too late for publication last week,
will be read with general interest by
the many friends of the distinguished
Lexingtonian:
congressman A.. F. Lever was
present by invitation from the school
and made a very eloquent and touch
ing speech on the subject of "Educa-
ton and Citizenship" The audience
was deeply affected by the able and
logical presentation of these subjects:
Mr.. Lever was within a mile of his
mothers grave, she having been laid
to rest when he was but six weeks of
age, leaving him in the care Of his
aged grandmother, whose old home
is one mile from this place. She, too,
has since been laid to rest by the side
of his mother. Here on his grand
mothers old farm, he first began the
struggle of life. His father and grand
mother being very poor, it was indeed
difficult for him to receive an educa-
ton; but being a very determined
boy from infancy, he saved what he
was able to make on the farm, and
this, together with what assistance
his father could give him, he entered
Newberry College and from this in
stitution he graduated with the high
est honors. Since entering politics
his record is too well known ito men
ton here.
franks home people almostidolize
him, and a great many came from far
and near to hear him speak, and to
get a shakesof his hand. Although so
highly honored by, his people, he does
not think himself above speaking to
the poorest person he meets and is
just as common as when he used to
work on his grand-mother's old farm.
ssHis friends are very much elated'
over the fact, that he is being urged
by strong men all over the State to.
make the race for the United States
senate next year, and we feel that
with his experience, ability and hon
esty of purpose, that if hescan be in
duce6 to make the race, the man who.
defeats Frank Lever, as his friends
call him, will be Senator.
''The audience a%pplauded several
minutes at the conclusion of his
speech"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Pastor Did The Washing.

Taunton, Mass.-Rev. James E.
Enman, of Fall River, asked the
court yesterday to agree to separate
maintenance for his wife Anna, al
leging that he had to do the family
washing with the exceptions of his
wife's shirt waists and that when he
was i'll she tainted him. The court
decided that he was living apart for
justifable cause.
Each parent was awarded one of
the two children and the clergyman
must pay his wife $12 a month. !:
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Decrease in Acreage.

The total estimated decrease of
cotton acreage in the United States
for 1907, is i, 23O acres less than
last year, and the average planting of
the crop is two to four weeks later
than normal. The outlook for the
crop is very unfavorable. It is, in
fact, in a critical condition, and is
dependent more than usual upon
favorable weather conditions for the
balance of the season. In view of
these facts it looks like the price of
cotton is bound to advance.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
CATARRH
Catarrhal Headaches

are quickly relieved by Nosena. It
soothes the congested membranes, alays
infammations and thoroughly heals and
scleanses. 1t keeps moist all the pas:
sages whose tendency is to thicken and
become dry. Cures colds, throat trou-
lbles, hoarseness, hay fever, stopped
up nose, breathing through mouth
while sleeping, offensive breath, etc. 1t
is antiseptic and contains no chemicals
or drugs having a narcotic effect, or
that can cause the ''drug habit Der
ri ks Drug Store and G. E. Corley.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-05-29
Leaves Tail Out So Cat Can BREATH

Leaves Tail Out So Cat Can Breathe
A little girl persisted in wrapping her
cat up in a shawl so that not a particle
of it was visible. Her mother explain
ed that the cat would get sick if it
couldn't get fresh air to breathe and
told the child to leave the cats head
out to breathe. A little later the moth
er saw her with the cat all wrapped
up except it's tail and told the child she
was smothering it.
"No, I'm not" came the indignant re-
ply. give left it's tail out to breathe"
Chicago Tribune.