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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
ripe for cultivation, living In pastoral

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Everything about the Mountains is
picturesque and interesting. They are
a vigorous and handsome race and very
brave, but, contrary to the almost uni
yersal practice of the Africans In re-
gions where white rule has not been
established, they never carry arms. On
the contrary the implement oftenest
seen In their hands Is a hoe.
Nevertheless. they appear to have
descended from warllke ancestors and
were probably driven southward from
their original mountain home by some
conquering chief "Reminiscences Of
this past may be seen In their semi
military architecture, which does not
resemble that of any of the neighbor-
Ing peoples. At little distance one
OF their villages looks like fortified
city.
The Moundan village, of which Lere
sis IN excellent type, Is inclosed by a
series of round towers connected by
walls from two to three meters in
height. Inside, parallel to the lnclos-
Ing walls, Is a circle of cupolas, each
one pierced with single hole. These
arc the granaries, the most important
buildings Of the town.
They are erected on piles supported
on great stones, which places them be-
You'd the reach of termites and rodents
as well MS of dampness, and the only
entrance lie through the. hole in the
vaulted roof. Between the outer wall
and the granaries are the homes Of
the people, while the residences of the
chief faces the entrance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

sc he would back up and stand there
with his feet baced. We bothered with
him for couple of weeks and then he
was labeled For Sale. Cheap
1T happened that at the time was
building chimney for q factory. When
we had run the patchwork up forty feet
high We got out of material and had to
lay off for few days. 1t was during
this interval that little Irishman in
my employ came to me one day and
asked:
mfr. Blank, do you want that mule
cured Of his ways?"
If it can pe done
"'Give me leave and I will either
kill or cure him.
"'Go ahead
what he did was to get help and
hoist that mule to platform on top of
the chimney. The animal made no OBJ
jections. When up there he Sazed
around as If he really enjoyed the land
scape. After about five minutes the
Irlshman calls to him:
Neeup Win We, We lazy, good-for-
nothing son Of gum
The mule laid his ears back and
commenced to retire his body to the
rear. When he had backed three feet
over he went. Those on the ground
said he turned about six somersaults
before he landed on his back on a soft
spot. He lay there minute and then
he got up and began to canter about.
When hitched up to the wagon he want.
ed to pull the whole load, ,inde from
that date on he was the most indus.
trious and ambitious mule in the State
of Ohio. We had to fairly beg OF him
not to- kill himself with hard work.
don't know how 1t would work in other
cases, but If l was poor man I'd go
into the business of backing peryerse
mules off The top of forty foot chin
neys. Ten dollars mule, and no cure
no pay. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
POWER OF pu1IEYs.


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LIT .s,....n Hnn.,s.. ..u nm ~
II Won were Commanded 70 i,st 600
pounds when your normal lifting
strength was equal to oniv 100 hounds
how would you 10 about tn How
would you Increase your strength six.
teen times?
1t can be done easily Have Won evar
studied the effectiveness Of nni1ey.. do
you know that the ayeropa man nav
equal Sampson slmnlv hv omn,o,,n.
i rope and n Paw nul,ar hloo,sa 80
AS early as the sIxtepth con.nrr
methods ~ on,,nant,na 10y
pulleys was demonstrated. since then
this wonderful mechanical aid has
proved of vast benefit to man.
4 The man, then. who would rival the
feats OF Samson must call the humble
but powerful pulley to his aid.
OF course. he can do a great deoi
VIII, the lever although be NAV not No
Archjmede. believed could. -ha dono
loosen old Earth from her moorlp,s.
Still, for an example of gradually hnt
powerfully aupmentea .trencth NO
would turn to the nr,lev
s,,nnas. .,,..s,,.. q
Law. vo,, n.ara ~. ~ =. ,, se " ~ .wo pui-
fro,, ~ a. 80. s..., ~ nv Nv pounds
stx,,ca tha n.a,.h. o u sou "lsneu 20 MI
sn,,s,. 49, "s.s "ete you 10 take a
MOI ,vo,, a,,,,s ,,s. o ~ guy one s'lisie
Nv tha ,,s.S ~. ~ pounls,
had I. s,,nnortaa ~ ~. s.ns'e puiieys the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
not wondered how the great iron beams
were lifted to the dizzy heighta?

not wondered how the great iron beams
were lifted to the dizzy heights2
Here, again, the pulley has done al
most Incredible work.
Still another way Of using pulleys is
to increase the NUMBER instead Of
doubling the winding capacity Of single
blocks.
By. using two pulleys you will lift,
possibly, 200 pounds. II you add anoth-
er single pulley, you will be able to lift
400 pounds, twice the weight, without
extra exertion.
By the use of four single pulleys you
could lift 300 pounds, and with five pull
leys 1000 pounds.
OF course, the facility Of lifting a
heavy weight and the ease of increas-
Ing 1t depends upon the bearings of the
pulleys. 1t is important that these be-
delicately adjusted and well oiled.
From purely mathematical stand
point the fine elements which enter into
the facility of increasing weight with
out the necessity of additional lifting
force are numerous.
A great deal depends upon the elias
ticity Of the rope: With stlft rope you
would find much more difficulty in lift
Ing weight than with a flexible one.
Even the friction of the rope as 1t
slides over the pulleys must be taken
into account.
The use of pulleys was demonstrated
by sevins, Dutch engineer and physi-
cist, who was born in Bruges In 1885,
Philadelphia North American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
Soy Bean. and nitrogen.

+! When the soy bean was first intro
duced into America it did not form
root tubercles. In order to insure the
growth of the root tubercles it is neces.
sary to use the seed that has been in
oculated, or to inoculate the soil with
the proper organism. This last is
readily done by applying broadcast
small amount of soil taken from a
field where soy beans developing root
tubercles have been growing.
AT the Maine station no tubercles
formed on plants grown in soil that
has been inocuIlted, but they grew
abundantly where soil from infested
soy bean was applied at the rate of a
few barrels to the acre. The beans
will grow as well without the root
tubercles as with, provided they are
literally fortified.
Their economical growth depends
upon the presence of the root tubercles,
us in this way they can be grown with
little or no nitrogen in the fertilizer.
If. they are to be grown on soil con-
tanning no root tubercle organisms they
require a fairly liberal application of
the complete fertilizer.
If grown In good soil where root
tubercles may be expected to develop,
only phosphoric acid and potash need
be applied in the fertilizer. The soil
should be prepared as for ordinary
beams 1t should be made fine. free
from clots and Jumps, and smooth. A
good seed bed is essential to good
growth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
The Life Plant.

Visitors to Bermuda often bring bach
to this country us a souvenir of thel,
trip the leaves of ali interesting plant
of the house leek family. It Is know
as the life plant, and when the leave,
begin to shrivel and fade they send
out little shoots which in turn beal
leaves that continue to grow and re
main fresh and green for months. TIL,
leaves are about four inches long. ricl
green In color and of smooth waxer
texture. If you take one of the leave,
and pin 1t to the wall indoors. it viii
begin to sprout within three or foul,
days, be 1t winter or summer. AT frs
the top portion of the leaf will begIr
to wither and shrivel up, and this II,
likely to continue until the upper hall,
has lost Its green color. Then tin,
white roots will sprout from the edges
and in time diminutive green leave,
will appear on these. These little off
shoots will sometimes grow to be a,
inch long aud contain several pairs q
leaves. The limit of their, existenu
seems to depend upon the amount ol
heat and light they can obtain.-st
Louis Globe-Democrat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
YANKEE KING IN AFRICA.
Rules Over Settlement with a Pop
ulation of 400.

Rules Over n Settlement with Pop
ulation of 400.
A New York capitalist who has re-
Gently returned from trip to the Kon-
go Free State, where he Is interested
In the rubber business, told an inter
esting story of his meeting with IN
American exile in that far-away coun-
try, who is the boss" of small Kon-
go settlement, says the New York
Times. After describing visit to
Buma, the capital of the Konko Free
State. he continued:
with my party we took the steam
boat and started up the Kongo River
toward the center Of Africa. The
scenery was never monotonous. Now
we come to high, white cliffs. now to
low, sandy shore. Here were found
heavy forests, whose edges ended APP
parently in the midstream, and there
the low bush, which only half hid
treacherous swamp land.
"Soon we reached station on the
French shore of the Kongo and landed
by way Of giant tree trunk In the
midst of fairy settlement. The first
thing to welcome us was gorilla, who
turned three somersaults and then ex-
tended a hairy, long-nailed paw. At Il
swinging gait the well-trained ape led
us over a barren hillock to little set
Element called Maar.
1.-THE sight of the place 1 shall never
forget. We walked beneath an avenue
of carefully planted trees, and around
us we saw signs of civilization not to
be witnessed in any other corner Of
the world. Neither America nor Eu-
rope can ever hope to produce such a
settlement Orange trees, heavy with
fruit, scented the cool air; great
white fountain, half hidden by clouds
of futtering doves, splashed lazily in
I'm open square. All around were avIa-
rles walled with wide-meshed wire
and filed with futtering, chirplng
birds. Occasionally, instead Of BIRDS
We found monkeys, apes, leopard or
a snake.
The settlement had a population Of
some 400 Kongolese, and you can Judge
of my surprise when I found that a
Yankee was the king Of the settle.
ment. he said his name was Alexan-
der Fisher. He had made a collection
of the country's birds and animal life,
SO that we could see them without trou.
bling to hunt.
s'rhe h,lngalOws In yybtcl, t,a ,,,,,d .,,, :,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
FaiIed I'm smalI Thinr..

There is certain Congressman who,
whatever authority he may hold in the
councils of state, is Of comparatively
minor Importance in his own household.
Indeed, it has been unklndly intlmated
that his wife is 1.-The whole thing" in
their establishment.
Representative and Mrs. Blank had
been to Baltimore one afternoon. When
they left the train at Washington, on
their return, Mrs. Blank discovered
that her umbrella, which had been in.
trusted to the care of her husband,
was missing.
Where's my umbrella?" she de-
I'm afraid I've forgotten 1t, my
dear" meekly answered the Congress.
man. ut must still be in the train"
"In the train!" snorted the lady.
And to think that the affairs of the
nation are intrusted to a man who
doesn't know enough to take care Of his
wife's umbrella Success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

ID b. &.
car OF two rapidly-revolving fywheels,
which. like the spinning top, resist be.
ing moved out of their plane of mo-
ton. Louis Brennan, who is known as
the inventor of a torpedo which the
British government bought for $780,,
600. has set up IN experimental rail-
way In miniature, with cars large
enough for children to rid in. Bren-
nan predicts that the future railway
carriage will be much larger-two or
three stories high, and wide In pro-
portion; that speeds will be from two
to three times greater, and that acci-
dents will be almost impossible.
The thought occurs that II the
gyroscope should stop gyrating that n
terrible disaster would occur to a
coach laden with passengers. How
ever, the inventor says that the gyro-
scope will be rotating in a vacuum and
therefore Will not run down for sew.
eral hours after the power Is lost, SO
there would be plenty Of time to seek
safety or make repairs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

done early, so as to get to work as soon
as possible. The grape rot has been
nearly exterminated in those sections
where the growers have sprayed thor
oughly during the growing season, but
there are always spores on the vines,
and on the ground, which can be re-
duced by spraying. 1t is also impor-
tant that every twig, branch or limb
cut off tree or vine should be burned,
and If this precaution is observed tho
work will be lessened every year. The
winter portion of the work should new
er be overlooked, as 1t is the early
work that gives the best results The
barnyard may be full of manure, where
1t is In the way, while the currants and
gooseberry patches greatly need it. Put
1t OH literally, all around the plants,
and all over the ground, and work It
wei. into the soil, using mulch also,
and cultivation will be necessary.
Fertilizers are beneficial at all seasons,
especially phosphates and potash, and
mag be probably used, even when ma
Eure Is plentiful, as the plant foods in
fertilizers are soluble and ready for an
preparation by the crops.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
ALL AFRICANS NOT BRUTAL.

Moundans Bear Farming Tools In
stead of Warlike Weapons.
That the native African is not al
ways and invariably poor, half naked
brute has been proved by the reports
and photographs brought back TO
France by the MOL mission" an ex-
petition sent to the French Congo
about eighteen months ago for the
purpose Of determining some unsettled
boundary questions. South Of Lake
Chad Commandant Mol discovered a
peaceful race Of agrlculturists and
shepherds, intelligent and hospltable,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
by flrst-rate sraphophone and music

Mr. Fisher beamed with hospltabls
Joy. He dined us and showed us all
over his settlement. The place is a
trading store. Fisher said that bust.
ness was dull, but he did not Sigh from
his luxurious exile. He loved his birds
and apes and live stock more than he
loved Yankeeland and his wish was to
be buried beneath the shadow of an
orange tree, facing the river, in the
center of the open square of his little
kingdom.
He told me he was born In Texas
sorty-eight years ago. By few re.
marks which he dropped 1 Imagined ho
had got into some serious trouble in
Texas and fled the country. It's NOT
likely that Fisher is his real name
He was man Of fine physique and
appeared to be well educated. He had
complete control over. his black sub
jects and could speak their Language
perfectly"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
Enemic. Of Fruit.

The destruction Of fungi and those
insects that begin work early in the
year usually commences before spring
opens. Grapeyines should be cleared up
and the vines thoroughly sprayed, so
as to destroy spores on the soil, and a
heavy application of lime on the soil
should be given for the same purpose.
All the preparation for spraying is
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Yeast-Any of your garden seeds up
yet?
crimsonbeak-No; it's been 80 cold
guess our neighbours hens haven't
got on to the fact they're planted yet
-Yonkers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
Frog Farming.

For some years the Pennsylvania de-
partment of. fisheries has been study
ing various questions pertaining to
frog raising, and the present bulletin
summarizes data on the subject and
may BE regarded as progress report.
According to the author of recent
bulletin, "frog ponds may be in any
waste, marshy land, providing water
can be flowed through them, or any
land whatever into which water can
be introduced from stream or spring,
preferably the former, because of a
usually higher temperature" For prof
liable frog culture the author believes
at least three acres are required, and
this should be divided into about ten
ponds. As the ponds are not all need
ed at the beginning their construction
may be scattered over a period of two
years. At the outset small pond is
required for Matching eggs and deyel-
oping the tadpoles, then ponds are
needed for the young frogs and for the
2-year-olds and 3-year-olds The ponds
must be fenced to prevent the frops
from escaping.
The principal enemies are birds.
snakes, cells, fishes and the larvae of
the water beetle, the latter being epe-
cially dangerous.
As regards food, tadpoles will eager
ly gdevour any dead animal matter, but
prefer fish. About % pounds Of fish
per week Is sufficient for the needs Of
10000 tadpoles. Fifteen to 20 pounds
Of liver would also be sufficient for
the same number, but the liver must
be fresh. The liver should be fed in
small quantities, but the fish may be
thrown into the water whole. After
the legs develop the quantity Of food
should be diminished. Fully developed
frogs need live food and insects NAV
be attracted to the ponds by placing
boards near the edge smeared with
masses of honey, and in similar ways
Other questions regarding the habits
of frogs, feeding, rearing, etc. are also
discussed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
THE MULE WAS CURED.

Drop Of Forty Feet Ended His stub
borness.
1t was twenty years ago when l
was In the building and contracting
business" said the man with two
watch chains. that took mule as
part payment OF debt. \ 1t was soon
reported to mo from the lumber yard
that the animal was the meanest and
most cantankerous specimen of his
tribe. Hitchsd to wagon no one could
do anything with him. II yelled at to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Mag-I say, Tom. de Trenches call
gals Teller her finance.
Tom (gloomily)-Aw, we'll, aIn't da.
wot 1t all comes ter?-Baltlmore Amer.
lean.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
harvard view of the President.


1t Is well known that the faculty
Of Harvard University feel that Presl-
dent Roosevelt is foo strenuous and
risky citizen to have hanging around
the premises and especially repudiate
the idea of his becoming president of
Harvard. DIR. Walcott even went SO
FAR as to say that Theodore Roosevelt
could not be elected to that high posi-
ton. This criticism has evidently net
tied the President, for he sarcastlcally
declares:
II presume dear old DR.. Walcott
thinks that If became president Of
Harvard would ride to the university
with a couple of six-shooters in my
belt and q l-swia knife between my
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

One point in favor of goose raising
over turkey raising, is, the young do
not require SO much care and feed an
other, any enclosure will restrain them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Seed peas may be dipped in hot wa
ter for few minutes. or exposed to
the gases of bisulphide of carbon, in
order to destroy the pea weevil. Late
peas are not so subject to attack as
those sown early.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Farm life may be made burden or
pleasure, according to the manage
ment of the home, the farm and the
farm work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
Commercial Feca,nr s,nr.

81
The feeding stuffs examined under
the Connecticut State law by the ex-
pertinent station included cottonseed
feed, iinseed meal, rape-seed meal, en-
tire wheat meal wheat bran, wheat
middlings, mixed wheat feed, maize
meal, gluten feed, hominy feed, rye
feed, ground oats, buckwheat mid
dlings, malt sprouts, dried distillers'
grains, dried brewers grains, mlsceI.
laneous mixed and proprietary feeds,
special poultry feeds, meat scrap and
ground bone, continental cattle feed,
corn silage and corn for ensiling.
As a whole, the results show fewer
discrepancies between guaranteed and
actual composition than formerly, and
the authors state there seems little evil
dence of any desire on the part of the
manufacturers to deceive the public re-
garding the quality of feed.
'eThere are, however, good MANY
feeds offered for sale which
could not be sold to feeders who apply
a fair knowledge of the art of feeding
stock and business methods to the buy
ing of their feed"
The buyer should study the market
price and composition of commercial
feeds and make his selection accord
ingly.
"Cotton and linseed meals, the glu-
ten and wheat feeds, distlllery and
brewers grains. and few other stand
ard things supply digestible protein ut
reasonable prices. They are all that
any feeder needs to supplement and
balance the hay, sllage, stover and
cornmeal which his farm produces.
They are the only commercial feeds
which will supplement them. 1t is abb
solutely impossible to balance the feed
which the farm produces with bought
feed containing less than Is per cent
Of protein, which is more than many OF
these commercial feeds show.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

How the English Feed Calves.
In England, calf-meals are fed by
nearly every stock-grower, and, as a
large part Of the milk produced in the
kingdom is sent to the city for imme-
diate consumption, the calves are put
upon calf-meal ration at rs early an
age as possible.
Many calf-feeders buy the CONNER
cial calf-meals, while some of the most
progressive farmers feed meals Of their
own mixing.
AS the ingredients employed in the
manufacture of these calf-meals are
kept secret as far us possible, the
composition of the most successful
milk substitutes is not generally
known.
In some cases chemical analysis
has shown them to. be composed large
lly of fiax-sced meal and linseed oil.
cake meal, with little fenugreek or
fennel seed added to give character
,istic odor.
Following is formula recommended
by one of the agricultural colleges Of
England. This formula is as follows:
Flour, 1G % pounds.
Flaxseed meal, SO 1-3 pounds.
Linceed oil-cake meal, so pounds.
The directions were: Take 2 1-3
pounds of the meal as days allow
ance for each calf; scald with boiling
water. afterward adding more water,
SO as to make two gallons from the
weight of the meal; add little sugar,
and salt before feeding 1t should
gradually take the place Of new milk
after the first fortnight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

1t is SO hard to keep from figuring
things from ones own viewpoint The
man who never gives anyone square
deal never expects one himself.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

The cost of feeding an animal in
creases with its weight, but not in
direct proportion to the weight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Land well-cultivated and enriched
year after year, by all the manure
made upon the farm, supplemented
with legme crops, will give maximum
yields, under skilled tillage.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

For embellishing lawns and half
shady corners nothing exceeds the ny
drangea granitlora. 1t gives mass
of beautiful large punches of flowers
and is always attractive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
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The earlier in life that a weed Is
killed the better, as they rob the soil
Of moisture and plant food.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

Blinds are entirely unnecessary If
the colt has been properly broken.
They make a horse nervous, because
he cannot see what is making noise
behind him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

1t certainly pays as well to ''breed
up strain of seed corn, as to breed
up" strain of cattle. Great improve
ment surely comes through wise selec-
ton. The farmer who annually selects
the most perfect ears for seed, rapidly
climbs the ladder of success.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03

One pair in the front parlor beats
three of kind.