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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

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inrton. ',''l 4 -. -
Land . safe Investment,
I Whenever people begin to talk Of
hard times and capital becomes timid
improved farm lands come into rood
demand. This has been illustrated once
more since the financial furry Of last
fall, as more people are now lookin.
for real estate investments than al
this time last year. q
There Will be no depreciation. thare.
fore, In farm values this saason: ana
probably some advance VIM be noted.
People know that we'll located real =.
tate is az safe an the government n.
self.
The question whether farm,ny nav.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

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oa.as n.e' ns. : a.n.. ~. 80
sone y Me WIN your '1oup'.s
steAa-Can you dress withm Jour
income! Bella-Yes but It Is nke
ess'rk Wi.mn oer'n ~ : s'ssAs s
-. Aaaspef : na1aar.
ME- Volgarheim lafter the oalll
see Josephine, spoon one OF QUIZ
guests must have had nole IN Ms
pocke'.T-aaeseendor1er D'a''el.
Now. don't deny 1t, Rose. You wore
my snoes7" Only once-ny feet hurt
me %, and wanted something COM
Portable. "-Meggensdorfer Batter.
What do you expect to be when you
come OF age. my little MANI" asked the
visitor. Twenty-one," was the little
mans reply.-Tbe Herald and Presby-
ter.
BarberATry hottie Of this prepa.
ration, Sir. Splendid thing for build
ness. Customer-Don't doubt It, but.
I've got all the badness want thank
you.-Times.
Miss Lingerlong-You have been
widower for ten years, haven't you.s Mr.
Flint? Mr.. Flint-Yes, and am just
a. persistent in It as I ever was. thank
you Smart Set.
Molly-When you spoke to father:
did you tell him you had $500 In the
bank7 George - Yes. Molly-And
what did he say7 George BE borrow
ed tt-Sketchy Bits.
Teacher-if your father owed the
butcher s17.25, the baker S1s.23, and
the grocer $1s.05, how much would he
have to pay in all? Tommy HarluminA
-Nothin'. He'd move.
Gould you bring yourself to live In
a nat on $40 week?'' II could; Har-.
old" answered the pampered yet nm
spoiled darling. ''But do not know
Just how It would suit my French
Z : ll t.
maid" 80 4 Z
II wouldn't cry like that II j were
you" said lady to little Alice.
"well," said Alice, between her Sob,
..you can cry any way you like, but
this Is my way. = The United Presby.
terian.
Mrs. Newlywed-I want to buy q
steak. Lumberman-Hi ckory oak or
ash? Mrs D Observation-Disclosures
Lumberman-You,ll find that in; the
butcher shop. This is a lumber yard.
Judge.
The wife-During our courtship my
husband declared was too good for
him. The Friend Does he think %
still7 The Wife Yes, especially when
/ want him to accompany me to church
on Sundays.
"Haye you decided, Miss Ethel
where you. are going for the summer 4.
ats between two places. Mr.. Johnson.,,
(which twoY' .Ada SAYS it's 10 Swift:
serland and, pa says its to the poor
house. Taller.
Knicker-There are plenty Of books,
telling how to save life while. WAITING
b for the DOCTOR ,Bocker-Yes what
I'VE need. q. one tallinG, the young doctor.
show to save life while wal Ting, for tho,
patient Transcript. {. 81 e !;
z eWhatt going 10 leave US j, 20 soon.
|; Thomas2n Sorry. sir: but / must tell
Il "a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

We hate to have a stranger come
up to US, and say: Guess who 4
am"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
what they Meant,

After the new arrival had registered
the hotel clerk looked down the page
and read: Jeremiah Greatchap,
xxx, skeezlxville. Ind, q. s. A."
"What do all those KS mean after
your nameT queried the puzzled Of.
fetal.
"They mean a lot" explained the new
arrival. "I'm e1-school director, ex.
township trustee, ex-county commits.
sioner and ex-mayor. Seer"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
WHAT ABOUT THE CAT.

little princess OF her eldest maid. at
Is sitting on the sunny side OF the
garden wall, watching the butter
dies 1t meowed for three of the pref
TEST to fall into Its mouth, and would
you believe 1t. that is Just what hap
pened. A green, a blue. pink shaded
with gold. all went down pussy's red
throat"
The princess smiled. "What about
the cat?" she questioned her second
maid.
"she, Is seated in your honorable
fathers chair Of state. and your hon.
orable fathers first body slave is
scratching her back with your fathers
own back scratcher. made OF the pur-
est gold and ivory
The princess laughed outright. She
battered gracefully into another room.
There she saw The youngest daughter
OF her foster mother.
What about the cat? she asked for,
the third Hmesis "a /: 81 e 4 49,
The cat! oh. she has gone to-
sshinku's duck farm. The ducks love
her 80 that when they see her, they
swim to shore and embrace her with
their wings. Four Of them combined
to make raft and she got upon their
backs and went down stream with
them. They met some, Of the duck
lings on the way and she patted them
to death with her paws. How the big
ducks quacked!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
smiling. ..but /, am 50 fortunate : .

~ sput = am 80 loreuuaSe - y
na ,s.s s'w ~
Two. What 40 you mean, Mls.
Snrlstie!' asked one Of. tne ladies'. 81
~ explain II you care 10 nave me
40 80.
Anere were CRIES OF 'son, 40 pis'ase
do-yes, tell US, now can you nave
Two motners :! y nave no reh ZEN
orance OF one OF them, my very own
dear aotner. she died wnen was
only tnree years old, nut nave ner
picture, and whenever oninK OF her
the picture IS IN my mind-a sweet
raced, blue-eyed mother, wath golden
mar curling around falr brow. 7
love her memory. IN my neart noid
ner sacred, my own sweet motner. NOT
lost. but gone before.
was seven years Old wnen my
second mother came Into my HE. NO
one wanted her but father. mad
three sisters. Hazel, nine; Grace.
eleven; and Frances, thirteen. Long
before our second mother came INTO
our nome, my sisters discussed ner.
q might say, day and night. They said
they hated her, and she was Q mean
Old thing, and that she had no Dusi.
ness 70 come where she wasn't want
ed, and that they'd be so ugly to her
tnat they'd drive her out OF course.
they didn't say any OF these things 10
her: that would have been what one
might call the refinement OF cruelty
but she knew how they felt and, nat
urally. often overhead remarks That
must have wounded her sorely. ], be-
Ing the youngest, was influenced by
what they said. AS for my sisters,
they would not have been so cruel
had 1t not been for the old nurse we
had. She had been my mothers nurse
when mother was a child, and couldn't
or wouldn't put anyone'sn@her place.
To her my second motherswas q us,lr-
per and she taught US all to feel the
SANG Not one OF US realized that
father wanted her. It was enough
for us that we didn't. She had been
with US q year when our old nurse
left us and got married, and It seem
ed very strange to US that she mar
risd a widower with growing children.
Ffances said she wondered what
nurses husbands children thought OF
nurse taking their mothers place.
You know the old saying that tro'l'
bles never come alone. I'm sure ours
didn't. Soon after nurse went away.
father met with business reverses.
and next, Hazel was taken Ill. It was
then when we began to get acquainted
with. our mother. A few days after
Hazel was taken sick, Grace and Fran.
ces were stricken with the same dis.
ease. and at the same time. I.was
the only one OF the children who es,
4 L &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

The worlds production Of rubber
for the season Of 1866 was Ge,soo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Gunner What became of the cele-
brated pugilist2
Guyer-Why, he abandoned the ring,
moved to Indiana and started writing
books.
Gunner HIM! Still putting people
to sleep, eh7
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

A stitch in time may save q big surS
geons' fee later.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29
The lowheaded tree is here to stay
because it ought to be.
&sSsSSSS ss&s

because 1t ought to be.
1t is downright cruelty to keep fowls
In yards that are not well shaded.
The place for the brood mare il In
the harness every day until foallng
time.
The hen that lays three eggs d week
will pay double the profit OF one that
produces but two eggs.
Avoid feeding hay or dusty roushage.
just previous to milking. There 10 too
much dust to drop into the milk pail.
The American Shorthorn Breeders
Association has recently shipped car
load Of Shorthorn bulls to Old Mexico.
A horse in good condition can exist
about twenty-five days without food,
80 long as he has plenty Of water to
drink.
II the late Matched chicks are allow
ed to run with tho early birds the little
fellows will get the worst Of 1t at
feeding time.
A handy pruning tool is a sharp
chisel in the end of a stin pole. Set
against limb and struck with NAL
let clean cut is made.
Where farm cannot be cultivated
by machinery, people are learning that
wise intensive cultivation Of garden
stuffs brings large returns.
It is a mistake to fill the holes half
full Of manure when planting trees.
Soil should be mellow for three feet
all around, but not too wet.
Thousands of chickens die from bow
81 trouble during the summer months.
This is generally caused by wet feed,
which sours quickly during the hot
weather.
II the hens are allowed to run
through the dew-laden grass every day
or two they are not likely to be trou-
bled with scaly legs, which are caused
BY parasites.
Turkeys, the night before killing,
should be given no food but plenty OF
water. This leaves an empty craw,
clean intestines and makes the dark
meat comparatively light.
N. r. Murray says man who sold
5000 worth Of apples from forty
acre sod orchard one season broke 1t
up and cultivated It the next year and
sold his crop for $4,000.
We are apt to neglect the hens as
soon as they begin to fall OF In egg
production. Careful and regular feed
ing, however, will keep up the egg sup
ply fairly well, even during hot wealth
ier.
There is no present. or future
danger Of over production in the dairy
field. We are hardly abs to keep pace
with the demand. This indicates a
need Of more concentrated effort-more
e61cient methods.
The Jersey COW is a highly developed
milk-making machine. She has been,
bred 80 long for this purpose that her
characteristics have become fixed. and
the descendants Of a well-bred dairy.
COW can be depended upon. The amount
Of milk that she will make depends
largely on the amount Of food that you
can get her to use.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

er with practical suggestions for treat
ing them on a commercial scale is con-
tained in circular III Of the forest SER
Vice. Write to the forester at Wash
ington.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Men who drink to drown their sor-
bows face misfortune with a smile.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

We are apt to neglect the hens as
soon as they begin to fall OF In egg
production. Careful and regular feed
ing, however. will keep up the egg sup
ply fairly well, even during hot wealth
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

It is downright cruelty to keep fowls
In yards that are not well shaded.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

The place for the brood mare il In
the harness every day until foaling
time
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

There is no presenter future
danger Of over production in the dairy
field. We are hardly abs to keep pace
with the demand. This indicates
need Of more concentrated efrort-more
efficient methode.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

N. F. Murray says a man who sold
5000 worth Of apples from a forty
acre sod orchard one season broke 1t
up and cultivated 1t the next year and
sold his crop for $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Turkeys, the night before killing,
should be given no food but plenty Of
water. This leaves an empty craw,
clean intestines and makes the dark
meat comparatively light.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

The hen that lays three eggs a week
will pay double the profit OF one that
produces but two eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Thousands Of chickens die from bow
81 trouble during the summer months
This is generally caused by wet feed,
which sours quickly during the hot
weather.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

II the hens are allowed to run
through the dew-laden grass every day
or two they are not likely to be trou-
bled with scaly legs. which are caused
by parasites.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Avoid feeding hay or dusty roughage
just previous to milking. There 10 too
much dust to drop into the milk pail.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

It is a mistake to all the holes half
full Of manure when planting trees.
Soil should be mellow for three feet
all around, but not too wet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-29

Where farm cannot be cultivated
by machinery, people are learning that
wise intensive cultivation Of garden
stuffs brings large returns.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
For "Unpremeditated" sunners

Chop five ounces of soft cheese into
small bits and put it into a small
saucepan with one egg, a level table
spoonful of butter half a teaspoonful
Of salt, a pinch of cayenne, a level
teaspoonful of mustard and FIVE table
spoonfuls of milk. Cook over boiling
water until the cheese is soft and
creamy then set where it will keep
hot without cooking for a few minutes.
Toast five slices of bread and keep
hot. POach two eggs for each slice.
Spread the cheese mixture quickly
over each slice of toast and place
over this two eggs on each piece.
Have little butter, salt, pepper and
mustard rubbed together, put a tiny
bit on each egg and serve at once
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
DOG SELLS PENCILS
MIRA is FAITHFUL ASSISTANT
OF HoBOKEN MERCHANT.
Basket Containing Wares Fastened
Around Neck-Canine Taught to
Sit for Hours Holding
Pipe in Mouth.

New York.-Over on River street,
Hoboken, close by the ornamental
gateway that marks the entrance to
the Hamburg American piers, there
sits all day long an ole man who
exc out a living by the sale of pen
ellis. He has for an assistant ye[
low dog of many breeds. who is as
fat and comfortable looking as his
master. To Judge by their appear
ance there are few trades in the
world so conducive to comfort as that
of selling lead pencils on a sunny
street, with the world of commerce
flowing by one ali day long.
The old man has been selling pen
ellis in the same spot for the last six
years, and in that time he has had
two dogs as assistants. The old one,
which died more than a year ago,
never was much OF a help. All he
could do was to sit up with a little
basket tied around his neck and blink
in an unconcerned way at persons
who stopped to buy the wares his
master had to sell He wasn't So
ciable and he didn't have the true
commercial instinct In fact, he
never took the slightest interest in
building up trade, nor could he be
taught to do any tricks to stimulate
business. But when he died and three
little girls who live in West HobOken
presented the old sidewalk merchant
with the present animal, then there
was a dOggie of parts, even if she was
only three months OLD when the ped
der set her up as his assistant and
sign board,
That Mira is not a dog of high de-
gree is apparent at glance. She
has the yellow coat of a mOngTel and
a mixture of breeds is to be noted in
her head and face that suggest a fox
terrier for wisdom and a more phleg.
matte sort of dog from her placidity
If dogs had any say as to just what
they should work at they probably
would like TO have a job like Mirza's,
for she has a box all to herself set
up alongside of her masters, with a
little pen on top of it that keeps
than this, she wears a fine coat of
dark green cloth, all braided round,
and a separate garment for her
legs that suggests the sort OF
trousers BalZac used to have made,
with feet in them to keep his extrem-
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
5roiIed Chicken.

To broil a chicken it should be
opened down it's back 1t is best to re-
move the breast bone, or, at least, to
divide it, il the chicken is small, and
to quarter it if the chicken is of fair
size. always taking care not to cut or
tear the flesh. The joints of wings,
thighs and legs should be broken and
their tendons clipped, except the birds
be very young, when the joints can be
severed at table. 1t is customary, if a
broiled chicken be Of fair size, to quar-
ter it by cutting across 1t each way
with knife that is so sharp that the
crisp skin is not torn. The removal
of its bones before broiling a chicken
does not impair its appearance. nor Is
their absence noticeable, because they
are taken from the inside and only the
outside is visible on the platter II
carving scissors are used, they make
a removal of the bones and a seVering
Of the ligaments before cooking need
less; that which is easiest for the
carver makes the speediest serving.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
Mustard Sauce.

Put two tablespoonfuls butter in a
saucepan over the fire and heat with
out browning. Mix in two tablespoon
fuls of flour and pour in gradually a
pint of hot stock or water, stirring
until thickened and perfectly smooth.
Add two tablespoonfuls more butter,
cut in small pieces and salt and pep
per to season. Mix in three table
spoonfuls of made English mustard
and a little cayenne.
For a cold mustard sauce to serve
with meats rub a quarter Of a cup of
mustard smooth with a tablespoonful
of olive OF, and a teaspoOnful each Of
onion juice. sugar and paprika. When
we'll blended add enough vinegar to
make a paste, beat ten minutes and
turn into a close stoppered mustard
cup.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
RECIPE FOR SOAP JELLY.
Economical Way of Using Up the
Waste Scraps.

Take as much soap as will be re-
0uired and cut it down in shreds.
Put it into a saucepan and just cover
it with hot or cold water. Allow the
soap to melt slowly over the fire until
it is quite clear and without Jumps.
Do not fill the saucepan too full, as
soap is much inclined to boil over.
The soap may be put into a jar in
stead of a saucepan and melted in
the oven. Any scraps of soap may be
used in this way 1t is better to make
soap jelly fresh each week, as it loses
its strength if kept many days.
Remember that the odor and taste
of soap will cling very tenaciously to
anything with which it comes in con-
tact, so that the knife and board on
which it was cut, also the saucepan,
ought to be kept for that purpose only.
-DelineatOr.
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
Olive Sauce.

Two level tablespoons butter, one
small sliced onion, three level table
spoons flour. az cups brown stock.
one-third level teaspoon salt, one
eighth level teaspoon pepper, y me-
dunn sized olives.
Melt the butter and cook the onion
In it until Drowned slightly. Remove
ghe onion, and when the butter is well
Drowned add the flour and allow that
to brown. Add the stock gradually,
stirring until thick and smooth; then
the salt and pepper. Remove the
stones from the olives, keeping the
meats as perfect as possible. Cook
the meats in boiling water for five
minutes, then drain and add them to
the sauce
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
SaItad Nuts

Sailed nuts are now so great a fa-
Yorite that no elaborate dinner would
seem complete without them. As OF.
dinarily prepared. howe sac, The salt
ing of nuts is quite a sericus tasSs but
If the cook desires TO save time IN
cooking them she may attain the
same result more easily by dropping
them into kettle of beeS fat-lard
by preference-and letting them re-
main from tens to Is m.au.es> When
done, they must be drained thorough.
ly before being salted. bce they win
be found to be JUS as pal&ts0le as
the nuts that have been prepared By
the far more lahorlous process
The Washington bee., 1908-02-08
DUMPLINes FOR THE STEW.
Light and PalatabIe Accompaniment
to Chicken.

Stew a chicken in enough salted
water to cover until tender. While
chicken is cooking prepare dumplings
as follows: Boil six large potatoes
until done, then mash or put through
potato ricer while hot. While cooking,
cut about three slices of bread into one
half inch dice and brown in two large
tablespoons butter.
Salt the potatoes to taste, add pep
per, nutmeg. one tablespoon sweet
marjOram, three eggs, the Drowned
bread and -four enough to shape into
dumplings. Shape one and drop into
boiling water to try. If it falls apart,
add more -four to the mixture. Put
the mixture on a flOured board and
roll out with the hands the shape of a
sausage and cut into two-inch lengths.
When chicken is tender, take out and
place on hot platter in warm place.
Be sure that there is enough broth left
to boil dumplings by adding a little
more boiling water if necessary.
Drop in the dumplings, boil from five
to seven minutes, or until done; take
out, place around chicken and thicken
the remaining broth with about two
thirds cup flour that has been cooked
in one-half cup butter. Pour over
chicken and dumplings and serve
while hot,