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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
The Vanished Days.

Lay the Jest about the iuep in the camphor
balls at last.
| Forthe miracle has happened and the Older
days are past;
That which makes Milwaukee thirsty does mo-
foam In Tennessee.
And the lid In old Missouri is as tghtlocked as
can be-
the comic paper colonel and his cronies wei
may Sigh.
FOR HE mint is waving gaily. but the South is
going dry.
BY the st'llsde on the hillside in Kentucky all
is still.
For the only damp refreshment must be dipped
up from the rill.
Moth Oaina's stately ruler gives his soda glass
shove.
And discusses local option with the South Ca
Ina Gov:
1t is useless at the fountain to be winkful Of the
eye,
For the cocktail glass is dusty and the South Is
going dry.
1t is water, water every where. and not drop
to drink;
We no longer hear the music Of the mellow
crystal clnk.
When the Colonel and the Major and the Gen
eial and Judge
Meet TO have a little nip to give their appetites
an edge.
gone awry.
And the punch bowl holds carnations, and the
South Is going dry.
All the night caps now have tassels and are
worn apon the head
Not the nightcaps that were taken when no
body went to bed.
And the breeze above the bluegrass ia as solemn
as is death.
For 1t bears no pungent cove-tang on its odor.
iiic breath.
And each nan can walk chalk line when the
stars are in the sky.
For the az glass now is hzless, and the South is
going dry.
Laythe Jest about the ju'ep meath the chestnut
tree at last,
For there's but one kind Of moonshine and the
olden days are past;
For the water wagon rumbles thru the South
land on It's trip,
And 1t helps no one to drop OIL to pick up the
drivers whip.
For the mint beds make pasture and the cor k
screw hangeth high,
All is still along the stillside and the South is
going dry.
w. D. Nesbit In Atlanta Georgian.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Als,ke Clover for low Land.

A northern Iowa correspondent
says that on account of the wet sea.
sons we have been having during
the past few years his stand OF red
clover has been very much injured
and wants to know what he should
do with his low lands in order to
get the best results from them
81 am not in position to drain my
farm at present" he remarks (which
l suppose would be the best thing
for me to do, but this is out o1
the question for the next year OF
two anyway"
For wet land there is no clover
that will give better results than al.
sike clover. The worth of this
plant seems not generally to be
known. Alsike clover is fairly
good hay plant. 1t produces a fin.
er quality Of forage than red OF
mamoth clover and it has feed.
ing value fully equal, if not superio,
to the common red variety. 1t does
rot produce as large crops per acre
as do red or mamoth clovers, Meth.
er is it adapted to poorer lands o,
to localities that are somewhat dry
and lacking in moisture, but fol
sloughs and poorly drained areas il
has no equal among the legumes
1t is an exceedingly good pasture
grass, producing probably more fol
this purpose on low land than any
other legume common to this sec.
ton Of the country.
Alsike should not be sown on high
dry land. 1t is not adapted fol
that purpose. This is because il
has short tibrous root system
1t differs from common red clover
in this respect. Both red and
mamoth clover have a tap ROOT
which penetrates deeply into the
ground enabling these plants te
gather moisture at a lower level
than it is possible for tho roots o.
alsike clover to do. 1t is on &C
count of the long tap root of rec
clover that it cannot thrive on we
soils, whereas alsike clover with itt
shallow growing, tibrous r.. 5 rev
els in moist soils and 70 de
well on high dry are Thos'
who sow alsike clover for hay ik'
it especially we'll on account Of tn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
o assume that the laws made to re-
train them were dead letter.

to assume that the laws made to re-
strain them we're u dead letter.
Mr.. Cleveland's Attorney General,
Olney, against hundred protests Of
The World, which insisted that the
Sherman Antitrust act was consti-
tutional, sighted its enforcement.
Mr.. Mckinley by more than silent
acquiescence and inertia suggested
that such laws were not to be en-
forced.
Cen corporations formed in reck-
less greed, can men of the Rookie
feller- Hartman type, be blamed for
thinking for years that the Govern
ment winked at their lawbreaking?
Need there be wonder that because
such corporations waxed fat and
such men grew to vast unwholesome
power, the blathe rskites who cried
out "There isno justice in the land!!"
found hearing?
Judge Landis's sentence breaks
the spell. 1t confounds the critics.
1t gives notice to other corporate
and monopollstic offenders that law
breaking must stop. And more than
that, it treasures the people and re-
Dukes the agitator. The power and
prominence of the culprits rebuked,
the publicity that has been given to
their vain efforts to escape justice
by every art of the pettifogger, the
almost inconceivable vastness of the
fine itself, all aid to make the lesson
memorable. These combine to give
it the greatest public value of any
court decision since the Sherman act
was passed seventeen years ago.
A strong Executive urging on the
Department of Justice to use all its
energy and employ all it's resources
in the public cause deserves no
small part of the praise for the VIC
tory.
If President Roosevelt had made
ten times as many mistakes, if he
were ten times more impulsiye, in
accurate, lacking in Presidential
dignity; if he were ten times more
changeable, vociferous, fond of ap-
peals to unthinking passions still
would his act in starting the ma
chinery Of the Government, with all
the majesty of its slow moving force,
in the direction of prosecuting these
great offenders entitle him to the
gratitude of the people.
This one initiative impulse and
pe1ssvsring instinct atones for a hun
dred minor blunders. For it is in
the line of greatest need. In pro-
portion as the administration Of
justice has and deserves public con.
fidence does orderly government
itself derive enduring strength
World. s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

fact that it natures little later in
the season than red clover and con.
sequently ripens at the same time
timothy does, thereby making a
better crop to be grown with tim
othy then red clover.
1t is quite possible that our cor
espondent can get fairly good
catch of clover next spring by disc
ing his low lands early next spring
and sowing from four to five pounds
per acre, covering it well with a
harrow. This is common method
of securing a stand of alsike in
sloughs, with the exception that
the slough grass should be burned
off early in the spring. before
seeding to alsike clover
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Uarnato Won the Bet.

There Is legend of an amusing
competition in connection with dis
cussion regarding the financial value
of literary genius. Barney Barnato,
who was n genius, but not literary,
began to chaff some financial jour
nallsts. "You bloomin' fellers don't
know nothin' about literature. I'll
back myself to write little piece
against any Of YER"
The challenge was laughingly ac.
cepted, and referee appointed. The
papers We're thrown into hat, and
the referee, after analyzing them, said
Gentlemen, am bound to say that
the palm must be awarded to Mr..
Barnato. His piece is terse, faultless
In form, irreproachable in matter.
You yourselves shall judge" And he
read out the following essay: a
promise to pay to Mr. X. tho sum of
fl00 for his kindness in acting as referee
In this interesting competition.
B. 1. BARNATO.
The award was unanimously con.
firmed by the competitors, and the
check was duly honored.-London
Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

An encounter Of wits once took place
between the late Eugene Field and a
New York woman. 1t was at dinner,
and the woman was in evening dress,
which was rather decollete After u
sklrmish between the two relative to
the respective merits of well known
author 1t would seem that Field came
of second best.
"Oh, Mr. Field" exclaimed the wo-
man exultantly, you must admit that
you are fairly beaten at your own
game"
Field bowed politely and, with n
smile, promptly rejoined, 'At any rate,
Miss Blank, l have one consolation
you can't laugh at me In your sleeve"
.-Lippincott's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Under Which Flag.
From the Chicago Daily Journal j

From the Chicago Daily Journal.l
The grand dukes of the republi-
can party will have to make up their
minds soon to answer the question
which they prefer, support of mill
bosses or votes of the people.
They can not have both, as events
appear to be shaping themselves
now. If the party favors the popu-
lar demand for tariff revision, il
will have to give up hope of big
campaign contribution from the
tariff. protected trusts. If the party
insists upon leaving the tariff alone,
it will have to give up hope of get
ting votes, for the people next year
will devote themselves to the party
which offers them relief from the
burdens they have carried SO long
and are so weary of.
The grand dukes do not seem to
realize the seriousness of the situa-
tion. The cry for tariff revision
comes from every part of the coun-
try. There is no division of senti.
ment, except in SO far as beneficiar-
les of the tariff are opposed to chang
ing it. In some places, where the
trusts are strong, standpatters are
numerous, but such places are few.
An overwhelming majority of voters
everywhere are determined that ,ob-
ber trusts shall no longer be per-
mitted to mulct them as the tariff
has enabled them to do.
Which alternative will the repub.
lican party choose? Under which
flag will it march into battle? Will
it prefer the contributions of tariff
bene6ciaries and try to get along
without the people, trusting to mon
ey to carry the election? Or will it
yield to public sentiment and take
a firm stand in favor of revising the
tariff so that mill bosses shall no
longer be able to charge Americans
more for their goods than they ask
of foreigners?
This is an important question for
the grand dukes to decide. 1t is
hard for them to cast aside the sup
port of trusts, with the enormous
sums of money they know that they
can count on. But it would he
harder to lose votes and be dispos-
sessed from power, as the party
surely win if it deties the people. Il
For the people are in earnest in
this matter. All over the country
they are demanding relief from
trust exactions, and if the republi-
can party refuses to give it to them
they will turn to some other party.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
peIicateIx Put.

"a footman," said a banker, called
bis master up by telephone and said:
~ regret to inform you, sir, that
your house is on fire and fast burning
down.
"'Oh,' cried the master, what a ter
rlble misfortune! But my wife-is she
safe?
"'Quite safe, sir. She got out among
the first
Are my daughters-are they all
right?
"..All right, sir. They's with their
mother
There was a pause Then:
"'And what about my mother-in-law,
JamesY
THAT, SIR said the footlnan suave-
ly, was what wished to speak to you
about, sir, particularly. Your mothcri
tn-law Is lyin' asleep in the third story
back, and lsnowin' your regard for her
comfort, sir. l wasn't sure whether j
ought to disturb her aor not, sir.
Los Angeles Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Which Is Your Shortest Hour?


what is your shortest hour in the
day?" asked business man of an ac-
quaintance. Don't say you have none.
You have, although you may not
know 1t. Everybody has. or course,
reckoned by actual measurement, each
hour is composed of sixty minutes, yet
Notwithstanding that chronological ex-
actness the hours vary in length. MY
shortest hour Is from 2 to o'clock in
the afternoon. l find upon, inquiry
that this is the fleetest period for Macy
people. In my case SO swiftly do
those sixty minutes hurry by that 1
try to crowd into them as many OF
the disagreeable, yet inevitable, things
of life as possibly can. If l have
to interview bore, ! see him then;
If have to visit the dentist, do 1t
then. That hour is bound to slip away
quickly, no matter what happens;
therefore the agony of disagreeable
scenes seems Of shorter duration."-
New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
;ola E..bionad oratorx.

I'VE don't have no sich forensic ora
tory as we used to have" said the old
settler Lawyers nowadays don't
crate. They only Just talk.
'Take old Bill X. Simmons of Eau
Clair. If Bill was defendin' lowly
chicken thief he'd speak with the
tongue of angels. I'll,never forgit the
pcroration of his impassioned philippe
in the Clay Bull case about the poison
ed cat. 1t runs like this here
The little, thin old man rose, reared
back In a defiant attitude and shouted
in the cracked treble of age:
'Restin' upon the couch of repub-
llcan liberty as do, covered with the
blanket of constitutional panoply rs
am and protected by the aegis of
American equality as feel myself to
be, despfse the buzzin' Of the profes-
slonal inseck who has Just sot down
and defy his attempt to penetrate with
puny sting the interstices of me i'm
pervious coverin'' New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Leqend of the Violet.

A Latin poem Of the sixteenth CEN
tury has u pretty legend of violet
that in NEUROLOGICAL days, was a
maiden called Ianthis, one of Diana's
nymphs. She attracted the attention
Of Apollo, whose admiration she did
not return, and, flying from his pur-
suit, she implored Diana to destroy the
beauty which occasioned her SO much
trouble. Diana granted her request
and turned her face to dull purple.
Ianthis, however, soon regretted the
loss Of her beauty and was plning
away with grief, when the goddess
had pity on her and changed her into
a flower, which still shrinks from Apol-
10 (the SUM and hides her modest head
in the shade.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Crop Rotation Needed.

Many farmers of Iowa have been
opposing nature for these many
years. 1t has been done by ,sys.
tenn of cropping year after year with
but little replenishing. 1t is true
that the barnyard manure is hauled
to the field and distributed in way
but that does not provide all that is
needed.
On every hand do we see need
for better crop rotation. One that
| is based on the principles of better
farming, and it goes without saying
that stlsaer should ba part of thai
rotation. Glover is a great replen.
isher of the soil, and it acts also as
a cleanser of the soil. Where cloy-
er is used the soil is not only made
richer, but it is freer from weed
growth.
1t has been one of the habits Of
pioneer farmers to depend largely
on virgin fertility to help out in the
production of profitable crops. This
is good as far as it goes, but un.
fortunately it does not extend far
enough. The store Of fertility fo1
pioneer purposes was sufficient fol
that day, but it does not answer for
the individual who is yersed in
modern agriculture. Old farms
where clover has been wisely used
in the rotation are yielding moro
profitable crops than at the begin
ming Of operations. We have come
to better farming and better crops
We cannot hope to reach the goal
without a wise rotation. Let us ro.
tate. or we may have to emigrate
Good farming means making the
soil richer.-Iowa State Register and
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Tho Loo Driver.

The life of river log driver is life
that seems to get hold of one after Il
year or two. You are generally wet
through for twelve hours out of the
twenty-four. Ten of you sleep In q
12 by Is foot shanty; you live
on fried everything, "black strap"
treacle and stewed tea. You go to bed
at 10 and get up ut 8. You are ever
lastingly cursed and never praised by
the foreman. Your life is in danger
more or less all day long, and you
never get more than $35 a month for
work that is worth 500. "Then why
stick ut it?" you say, and all I can
answer is, ."Just give it a fair trial
for year, and then you'll know
Wide World Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
A Great Event.

The New York Times, which has
ably led the Standard Oils press
defenders in criticising Judge Ian
dis's sentence of that monopoly to
pay for illegal rebating fine of
$29,24O,OO0, prints this Washing.
to despatch:
IF the conviction of the Standard
Oil Company in Judge Landis's
court is upheld after appeals to the
United States Circuit Court and the
Supreme Court. the fine of more
than twenty mine million will also
stand. This is the firm belief Of
the officials Of the Department of
Justice. They admit a possibility
of a reversal of the conviction in
either court on the ground of q
technical error, but they do not re-
gard this as probable. The amount
Of the fine, they think, will not be
regarded as excessive"
May this forecast prove correct!
If the Standard Oil Company has
been improperly convicted it should
not be fined one cent. 1t should
have new trial, or whatever Other
remedy justice may demand and the
law permit. If it was properly con.
yicted it should pay the fine.
For it is preposterous to contend
that fine Of $29,24O,0OO comes
within the constitutional prohibi-
ton of excessive penalties when
levied against giant monopoly
built up notoriously by railroad re-
bates, whose unlawful grasp of 9
great industry has enabled it to ex
act from the people profits of more
than $79O,O0O,000 in twenty-fou1
years.
If a poor and ragged misdemean.
ant is fined $40 for some offense a
higher court may upon review find
him improperly convicted and re-
lease him. 1t does not cut his fine
to $3.9S. Why should it be in
many quarters so confidently .ex.
pected that the higher Federal
courts will deal differently with this
great and rich offender?
They will not deal differently
They will do justice. It is this
steady hand upholding the scales te
weigh the richest as fairly as the
poorest offender that makes Judge
Landis's sentence of the Standard
Oil a great national event.
The safety of a savage tribe may
be the strength and cunning of itt
chief. The safety of civilized ma.
ton lies in respect for law anG
obedience of it by rich and poo,
alike. The great source of discon.
tent among the very poor, the capi.
tai of tho agitator, the stock in trade
of the demagogue, is the suspicion
that the administration of the law is
one thing for the rich and quite an.
other thing for the poor.
There has been official remissnest
to awaken such suspicion. The
Lands decision is an Indictment o!
past Administrations in Washington
which have not enforced the laws
which have allowed the corporation
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

'rhank you, son." said old Tighttist
to the boy who had run several blocks
OIL an errand for him. Here's penny
fur ye."
Don't tempt me, guv'ner," said the
bright boy. "If was ter take all dat
money I might buy auto wild it an
git pinched for in'."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

DR.. Johnson says In his "Grammar OF
the English Tongue" 1.-The comparison
Of adjectives is very uncertain and
being much regulated by commodious
ness Of utterance, is not easily re
duced to rules"
Then he quotes passages from "Para
disc Lost" in which the words "virtu
ousest" and ''powerfullest" are found
and a passage from Samson Agon
istes" which contains the word "fa
mousest."
Surely Milton had an ear.-Notes and
Queries,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Az REGULAR Rates

Miss Matilda Owens hung on the
arm Of the editor Of the Laneville Bu-
gle, to whom she had been engaged
for three years, and endeavored to turn
his gaze toward the sky.
"Just notice the moon, Williamw she
said in melting voice.
"At the usual rates, Matilda, 1 shall
be happy to do So" he replied
Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Touah Fare.

In New Zealand town one Of the
municipal candidates, a pronounced
Scotsman, had received present of n
huge Scotch thistle, which at the mo-
ment happened to be lying on the ta-
BILE of his committee room. A friend,
entering, withdrew suddenly, with the
remark: II beg your pardon. 1 didn't
know you We're ut luncheon"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

"AIy son tells me you've discharged
him." said the office boys mother,
"and l think that's strange. You ad-
yertised for strong boy, and he's cer-
tainly"- Hes too strong, madam
Interrupted the employer. "In the
single day he was here he broke all
the rules Of this office and some Of the
furniture."-Catholic Standard and
Times;
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Ingenious.

Servant Ito artist returning from u
holiday have been SO many
callers since you left that have beet
obliged to wash the names from the
slate twice to make room for Others
Pearson's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

She-That is Il woman whom envy,
and, curious us it may seem, she en-
vies me. IIc--How can that be? She
I'VE We're both after the same man
and married you.-Illustrated Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Endurance.

Ethel-How long can q human being
live without food? EIA
Jack-Tdon' know aHdt human be-
ings, but ] know poets who have been
writing for. years.-Judge
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-19

d The essential characteristics sf msn
and WDaan. InvalHahls 10 eDod busI-
ness men and Necessary . houss.
wives A woman sheWs soed judge
mens vhsn she buys Whits's Cream
Vcrmifugs for hsr baby. Ths best
WORM medicine ever cRsrsd % moth
era Many indeed ars he sunsibls
mothers. who writs expressing their
gratitude fof ths good health Of thsir
children, which they owe b The use
Of white Cream vsrmifnsa
Sold By Jaa Pstsyjohn-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-19
JUST BEcAUsE

yOu cough "a cnly h the throat and
does not troubIs Jon now d0n't think
that Il needs no attsntion. Whsa Il
has not had much Of : start Il ths
time 70 check Il. The sliehtsss csugh
easily leads to pneumonia .brsaehiltin
and consumption. A bottle # Bal
lard's HOrshOund Syrup Vim cure
that cough. The prics pats Il with
ii reach II al.
soIl b Jas. Pestyjohn-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-19
WARNING ORDER

In the United States Comuis-
sioners in the Indian Territory
Southern District:
]. A. Stewart, plaintiff
VS. No. I11o
]. w. Pierce, Defendant
The defendant J. w. Pierce, is
warned to appear in this Court In
thirty days and answer the com.
plants Of the plaintiff, ]. A. Stew
art.
Witness my hand and seal this
3rd day Of April, 1901.
[Seal] +. N. Payne, U. S. Com
missioner.
Bond & Melton, Attorneys.
A l.. Herr, appointed attorney
for non resident Defendant.
First published April 3rd.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-04-19
NOTICE 70 THE PUBLIC.


You are advised not 70 buy Ieass or
in any way have anything to do with
the following land:
% acres In see. . T. S N, r. 9 w.
allotted TO B. J. Vaughan which The
plats in abstract Office win show aIso
in Sec. 80, 7. 8 N. R. 8 W. and in
Sec. "a 7. 8 N. R. 8 W. also land al
lctted BY Z. A. Vaughan In Sec. sa
7. 8 N. 4. 8 W. shown By plat; also
land allotted BY G. C. Vaughan IN
Sec. "a 7. s n. R. Q w. shown By
plat; also land allotted BY o. 3.
Vaughan in Sec. SO T. 8 N. r. 8 W as
shown BY plat. Unless you want
trouble and endIess litigation the bal
ance Of your days.
Respectfully,
B. ]. VAUGHAN,
3. A. VAUGHAN,
9. G. VAUGHAN,
o. s. VAUGHAN.
48 limo