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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
coddllna the Black Sheep.

The human mother is not the only
one with tender preference for the
black sheep of her flock. William
Shoup, of Muzett, Forest County,
owns a eve which recently gave birth
to twin lambs, one white and the
other black. The mother sheep re.
fused to have anything to do with the
white lamb in a maternal way. ami
the white outcast was in danger OF
starving to death, when the children
of the owner took it in hand anil
raised it on the bottle. The desert
ed one took kindly to the foster par.
ents, and has learned to depend upon
the family to degree that is MAX
ing 1t a nuisance. 1t will not stay In
the field with the other sheep, but
when it is hungry. thirsty or lone
some comes to the house, paws at
the doors and bleats until it gets
what 1t wants, but which most OF
the time seems sympathy.-Philadel.
phia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

Economy is the science of buying
two-dollar, hat for $3.75 when a good
one may be had for 81. 1t Is harm
less and fascinating pursuit for those
who can afford it, but a poor man has
no business to fritter away his time
and substance on such extravagances.
Women are particularly addicted to 1t
and often become SO skillful that they
are able to get through January with
out encroachlng on their April allow
ance. Men who have such wives are
naturally very proud of them and are
willing to redouble their efforts, II nee
essary, In order to provide them with
the means to develop the kablt.-Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

Recent London Hotel Incident Has
Brought Ont Differing Opinions.
An incident Is not quite closed which
arose In London recently over the en-
forcement Of hotel rule requiring
evening dress at dinner in the main din
Ing room. Following the immediate
occurrence the management of the Sa-
voy sent notes to 500 patrons asking
for their opinions on the rule. The
replies indicate an overwhelming SEN
tlment for the regulation as it stands,
says the New York World.
OF course the Savoy is the hotel Of a
class. 1t was limited referendum,
therefore, to which the management
had recourse. Yet 1t is recalled that
when the same question of an evening
dress requirement arose not long ago
In New York in hotel as exclusive as
exceedingly high rates can make 1t,
there was a marked difference of opin.
ion among patrons.
The American likes good clothes not
less than the Briton. 1t was an Amer
lean woman who remarked that the
sense of being well dressed gave her a
serenity greater than that impaired by
the consultations Of religion. But the
State Of being under bonds of etiquette
to associate certain hours and functions
with certain fixed forms Of dress Is re-
garded sometimes as irksome even In
tho moot orictonro flo oiroIao ne n dow,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
A Generous Bow.

Miss May Sutton, the tennis play
er, was talking one day about an
early defeat.
II had been so sure of winning"
she said, "and that made my disap.
pointment all the greater when l
failed"
She smiled.
u was as disappointed" she said,
"as a huckster who used ia live in
Los Angeles.
"This huckster, coming out of a
patrons house one day, saw little
boy feeding apples to his horse.
Pleased to see the animal getting an
excellent meal at no cost to himself,
the man patted the boy on the head
and said:
That's right; always be good to
animals. And where did you buy
those nice apples?'
"I didn't buy Them the boy an.
swered. 7 took them out Of your
wagon Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
declaring he would not permit ses-
sion until the people had had nm op-

declaring he would not permit ses-
sion until the people had had an OPP
portunity to select other and better
men. The Cortes was defiant, and he
made Franco dictator of the kingdom,
with full power.
The disgruntled grafters preached to
the people of the illegality of Francois
dictatorship and enlisted a tremendous
opposition to him, but the King upheld
him. When, fearing revolution, with its
attendant bloodshed and horror, he Of
fered to resign, Carlos refused, saying
that In the end they might abdicate to.
gether. but not before they had fought
together. Frances rule was clearly H.
legal and the King was much beyond
his constitutional rights, but If ever a
country was in need of benevolent
and iron-handed dictator it was Portu-
gal. *
Several attempts were made upon
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

changed The ideas most popular also most dan.
The clamor is for Limitation Of fortunes for
getting that that also the limitation industry
for the curtament of the of the courts forgetting
that that death to the freedom Of the Individuals
for the equality of by arbitrary rule forgetting that
this to clog the Industrious and help the lazy
The spirit abroad II given rein. would make the
competent equal by law to the skilled the dssoute equal
to the SOBER the cheat and the shirk equal the HON
est
The people when they try can rae everything to the
ground They can unmake remake their constitution
They may, IL they like abolish their courts and legs-
atures and take the reins of directly in their
own hands. This means revolution but are there no
precedents for revolution?
Is there any prophet abroad in these days who can
how far the people would in their present tenn
PERI Would the majority vote to limit private fortunes?
Would they to redstrlbute private estates which
large enough to tempt their cupdity? Would they
curtail the power of the courts7
You can answer these questions as well any body of
living, and you also answer whether the
suggested changes would be wise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
WHY THEY WE'D TITLES.
American Heiresse. Want Men Of
Leisure, Not Business Men.

American Heiresses Want Men of
Leisure, Not Business Men.
THE reason Gladys Vanderbilt mar
ried Count Szechenyi was that she
wished to escape the fate of marrying
an American man of business" Thus
spoke Karl F. Linba, the Austrian vice
consul at New York, who is a personal
friend of Count Szechenyi, commenting
on this great social event.
do think Miss Vanderbilt and the
count will be happy?" he repeated, in
reply to question by reporter as to
whether, in his opinion, the marriage
would eliminate in the same manner
as the Marlborough and De Castellane
unions. well, suppose You had So.
100000, as has the count. Then sup
pose you were to marry a glrI with
twelve odd millions. Do you think you
would be happier with those fourteen
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Tho Marks.


In tho home where you were raised,
Faults condoned and virtues praised,
Had your parlor sliding-door
Pencil:markings by the score?
Did they form a ladder track?
Each one dated from the black,
Showing how you shot and grew
Every blessed season through?
Always in your stocking feet
That no extra heels might cheat,
Did you back against the wood,
Stand as straightly as you could?
With a book upon your head
Did they draw the careful lead?
Then exclaim, in prideful tone,
"sakes alive, that child has grown!'
Do you reckon anywhere
That the angels, bright and fair,
On some shining gate above
Mark your growth with SO much
love?
McLandburgh Wilson, in Youths
Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Ono on the cabm.n.

One night Paganini was going to the
Paris opera house, where he was to
astonish every one by playing on one
string Being late, he took cab, and
when he arrived at his destination the
cabby wanted ten francs. "What!" he
exclaimed, you are crazy; 1 have
only had you FIVE minutes!" II know
1t Is much" said the other, "but for
you who make fortune by playing on
one string 1t must be ten francs"
"Well,. said Paganini, handing him the
right fare, when you can make your
cab 80 on one wheel come to me and
will give you nineteen francs."-
Caricatirista.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Cruel.

"I'm developing quite passion for
motoring" said Miss Hoamley. 81
wonder If it's harmful"
"Quite the contrary" replied Miss
Cutting. 81 should think it would be
very becoming to you"
GLOW do you mean becoming?"
"Well, you know, dear, you can wear
a mask while motoring."- Louis
Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
When to Wear Good cIoth..

When people know you are making
money you can afford to wear old,
shabby clothes. But when you're hard
up put on the best toys you can get.
You know it doesn't make any differ
ence how bad wolf feels, Just so
he doesn't show his distress. Once
he begins to limp and whine the rest
of the pack are upon him in trice,
ready to eat him up.-From the ID.
mar (Mo.) Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
PoRruaAL's DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
How King. Fight Against Graft
Led to Assassinntion,

s
u seems an irony Of fate that the
hand of the assassin should more often
De raised against the benefcent ruler
whose heart is burdened with the sor-
rows OF his people and whose efforts
are directed toward an amelioratIon of
their woes than against the tyrant who
rules with n rod of iron and is prompt
cd merely by the love of selfish power.
one has only to give history cursory
glance to demonstrate this.
No Sultan ever came to the throne
of Turkey with warmer love for his
subjects or greater desire for their
prosperity and happiness than were
possessed by Abdul Aziz, Alexander II.
Of Russia! The most benign, the most
lovable Car WHO ever sat on the throne
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Fence Post. Made Dn.,h,..

Fence Posts Made Durable.
Fence posts Of many kinds Of CHEAP
woods, which ordinarily would soon
decay If set in the ground, can be.
made to last for twenty years by a
simple treatment with creosote. Most
of-the so-called inferior" woods ara
we'll adapted to the treatment, and
this is especially true of cottonwood.
aspen, willow, sycamore, low-grads
pines, and some Of the gums. When
properly treated these woods outlast
untreated cedar and oak, which are
becoming too scarce and too much In
demand for other uses to allow their
meeting the demand for fence posts
lmpregnation with creosote has been
greatly cheapened by the Introduction
of the open tank, which can be in.
stalled at a cost Of from $50 to s45,.
or much less II an old boiler Is used.
A tank with bottom twelve feet
square in area will suffice for treat
ing forty or fifty six-inch posts day,
or double this number when two runs
per day. can be made The absorb
ton Of creosote per post Is about a.
follows: Eucalyptus, one-tenth gal
lon; willow. two-tenths gallon; sassa-
fras, ash, hickory, red oak, water oak,
elm and maple, four-tenths gallon;
Douglas FIR, quaking aspen and black
walnut, six-tenths gallon; sycamore,
cottonwood and lodgepole pine, seven
tenths gallon. The price of creosote is
about 10 cents per gallon in the East
and Middle West, 10 cents per gallon
on the Pacific Coast and "a cents per
gallon In the Rocky Mountain States.
The cost OF treating post will there
fore vary from to Is cents. Proper
ly treated, 1t should give service for
at least twenty years.
Experiments of the Forest Service
show that with preseryative treatment
the durability of lodge-pole pine In
Idaho Is increased sixteen years. The
cost of creosote is there relatively
high. yet by treating posts there ID
saving, with interest at 6 per cent.
Of 2 cents per post yearly. More i'm
portant than the saving, however, ID
the fact that through preseryatiye
treatment other woods are fitted to
take the place Of cedar, Of which the
supply is rapidly becoming exhausted.
A detailed description Of experiments
in preserving fence posts, together with
practical suggestions for treating them
on commercial scale, are contained
In Circular III of the Forest Service.
The publication can be obtained upon
application to the Forester at Wash.
ipgton, -ssl
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
A Classical story.

1 am going to tell you classical
story. Listen:
TIE wooden horse was standing be-
fore the city of Troy.
"That seems heavy beast," said
Paris to Hector. Now, what would
you say was its weight?"
'Troy weight. of course" replied
Hector.
II don't mean that, you great hec-
toring brute!" was the reply, but the
wit of the other had turned Paris
green with envy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
, IS ~
/ IS 81

the statement that the city of San An
tonic, Tex, has developed in its public
school system Of school gardens that
is one Of the finest in the country. The
expert, who made a tour Of inspection
through the South, finds great Interest
In the movement to make gardening
and agriculture part of public edu-
cation. Soil and climate conditions
have combined to develop thousands Of
acres Of gardens In that section, that
ship annually thousands Of car loads
of vegetables to the North and East.
The school children have caught the
agricultural enthusiasm and made
display OF the products of their gardens
at the San Antonio Fair, closed recent
ly, that was astonishing. Their toma-
toes, corn, beets, peas, cabbage, beans
and peppers of every variety were az
fine as those displayed by any Of the
professional gardeners.-Bunalo Com
mercial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26


every one of these duties is supposed to rest.
Yet, we have made our tariffs heretofore commit
tees of Congress, working part Of the time for
few months, not only have to find out these facts,
but also to fit duties to these facts study how
those duties will work out with foreign tariffs how our
trade will thereby be helped hurt and other things
that must be thought Of In making tariff Yet 1t Is
plain that 1t would be hard for even experts to learn
all the facts in short time say nothing Of the
other work congressional committees are now forced
to do In making a tariff law.
1t Is not fair to these committees to make them do
such work in brief period Other nations have seen
this plain TRUTH and therefore the common sense
plan of finding out the facts upon which legislatures
can act with knowledge and wisdom So Germany and
Japan whose tariffs the most careful all tariffs
had body of tariff experts find out the facts and then
made their tariffs fit those facts. 9
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Tho Front N PACKING Meat.

The Fulton (Mo.) Gazette says: IA
200-pound hog when killed and dressed
loses 40 pounds, which would leave
160 pounds of meat. Say the two
hams, weighing 30 pounds. sell at 10
cents pound and bring $3.50; sides,
40 pounds, ut II cents $3.50; Shout
ders, 20 pounds, at 10 cents, $780,.
sausage. 20 pounds, at 10 cents, 81;
lard, 20 pounds, at 10 cents, So; head
and jowls, 10 pounds, at cents, ,45c:
backbone, is pounds at cents 8Oc;
ribs, pounds, at 8 cents, 4Oc $18.35
in Accounting the value of the meat
which 1t all sells today for In Fulton.
So you see, in place of getting Just s.
for his hog, the feeder gets $18.35. The
general impression, however, 10 that
200-pound hog on foot. after being
dressed and cured would leave 40
pounds, including lard, backbone, Ribs.
sjowls, etc.
Taking these figures, the average
price per pound for dressed meat Ii
about cents-but make 1t 10 cents per
Pouhu uHu Tie cureu noB WOulu uIllA8
$14, against $40 for the 200spound hog
on foot. We believe the farmer would
get more money out Of his hogs to pack
his meat IL he could readily dispose OF
the backbones, ribs and sausage, but
the difference in profits would not be
as great as this unless the prices in
cured meats were higher than tho
figures given"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
UNLIMITED POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
BY Ex-Gov. Black Of Ne

1t must be remembered that the people are
all-powerful. They can do whatever they de-
eide to do. They are now checked by their
constitution, but they made even the constitu-
ton, and they can unmake it There are at
least two methods Of doing this = one by
amendment and the other by revolution But
the prayer Of every patriot in the land will
be that the constitution shall not now BIO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
Used to Be So.

The average woman would rather
have her husband pat her cheek than
give her thousand dollars.-San
Francisco Bulletin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

An Ohio farmer gives the following
as his method of curing hams and ba-
con: For one hog weighing, alive, 200
pounds, use gallon and half of
salt. Put it in kettle and get 1t very
hot. Add one tablespoonful Of pulver-
lied saltpeter and mix well with salt.
Cover sailing block with this and lay
the meat with the rind down on 1t.
Then cover the meat with the rest of
the hot salt and let 1t remain ten days.
Scrape off all the salt and turn the
meat over and salt as before, using
less salt and a teaspoonful of saltpeter.
In eight days resalt and hang it up and
smoke brown, using hickory wood If
possible. Put in muslin sacks, with
straw around to prevent molding, and
hang in dry place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
The Busy Bee.

E ry,, =
The value of $4,000, 600 placed on
the annual output Of honey puts this
farm crop only slightly behind raw
cane sugar, which had valuation at
the refineries of $2S,00O0O0. Compari-
sons with the output Of the sixty-four
beet sugar factories, which haye a ca
pacity of 1880 tons of beets daily.
may seem odtous Yet the product Of
this coddled and fostered industry
$4o,OOO,O0O-was less than double that
of the busy hive communities.
The bee In effect pays the interest
on the public debt -$s24. BIC, 1926. Shall
not the insect which Napoleon nude an
emblem, have some state recog.
milton such as Massachusetts gives to
the Goldfish in its legislative hailsi An
a matter of fact, the products Of tho
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
METHOD OF TARIFF REVISION.
By Senator A. J. Beveridge,

We must revise our tariff, and that
is a big thing; we must do more
We must now make sensible up-to-
date plans for revision, and that is
q bigger thing. =
There are nearly 1000 items named
in our tariff laws, and every year
new. articles are put on the market
which are not named, but which are
covered by general terms of the law.
1t is plain that just and Intelligent
duties cannot be fixed without a
II la1 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

Business women should never marry
men who are unable to cook and sew
,ea buttons
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

Garden and Farm schools.
An agent Of the Department Of Agrl-
culture st Washington has lately maze
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26
How Animal. Per.pire.


Prof. e. L. Trouessart of the Paris
Museum of Natural History, in re-
cent lecture on animal heat, remark
ed that the dog, whose respirations In
repose number only 20 or 80 minute,
may In running acquire a rate of re-
SEPARATION as high as $50 a minute, says
the Youths Companion. The effect Of
this acceleratlon favors the dissipation
of animal heat by evaporation from
the pulmonary yesicles.
The dog perspires very little, or not
at all, by the skin, pulmonary taking
the place of cutaneous Transportation.
1t is this fact which enables the dog
to pursue Its game SO long and persist
emily.
Animals of the cat family, on the
other hand, do not possess this pc
culiarley, and for that reason tigers.
panthers and lions lie. in wait for their
prey, but do not pursue 1t over long
distances. The bird possesses pull
monary Transportation In a very high
degree.
A Cows Gratitude.
When lived on a ranch in Western
Colorado, saw a remarkable thing
done by COW, writes G. Mitchell to
Our Dumb Animals. &
Each season our hay on being now
ed was stacked In field about 200
yards from the house. We had a mich
COW named Turvey. One winter Tur-
vey's calf, which had not been wean-
ed, WAS kept tied part of the time
to a post near the hay.
One morning my attention was at
tracted by the persistent cries Of the
COW. looked out and saw Turvy
standing at the bars. She was calling
me and was almost frantic. snatch.
ed up shawl, threw 1t around me
and ran to see what the matter was.
Quick as she saw me coming she
turned and ran back to the stacks.
When reached the place found
her calf almost choked to death. He
had wound the rope with which he was
tied round and round the post, and
twisted 1t 80 tight that his tongue was
lolling out and bloody foam dripping
from his mouth and nose. quickly
unified him, and his mother, by her
every action, showed her joy at the
rescue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

HENRY FAIMAN AND AEROPLANE.
The most extraordinary feat performed the navigation Of
accomplished at Paris when Mr.
circular kometer with his
has flown komer but his former
Gently competed
covering circular
apa 20 Yoa Y after 2 perfectly saecsseI digit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-26

Molasses Is growing in favor as a
feed for stock, including dairy cows.
Have wind break in the cattle
yard SO that the livestock can find
protection on windy, stormy days.
Never stop to argue with fool who
gets to foolfng around fire with a
stick Of frozen dynamite. Just run.
The dollar earned by honest toll is
the dollar whose influence for good
rests not only upon the recipient but
upon the spender as well.
The landlord who becomes noted for
driving sharp bargains with his tenants
must, as a general rule, put up with
tenants with whom 1t is necessary to
drive sharp bargains.
A good straight cottonwood tree d
quarter of century old will yield
around six hundred feet of good tim
Der. On this basis cheap land could
probably be put to growing lumber.
You can generally conclude that a
farmer who does not have a tele-
phone nowadays Is about five years
behind the times, which means as
much as twenty years would some
years ago.
All this talk about the simple life
and simple ways of living is timely and
proper. but some people carry 1t SO
far that they might justly be suspl-
cloned of leading the simple life that
some follow at State Institutions
Before attempting to climb into an
old well, lower lighted lantern to Its
bottom to insure that there is no dead
ly gas therein. Altogether too many
sad accidents occur on this account that
could easily be prevented by little
thoughtfulness.
Remember that the horse has a small
stomach and cannot eat large amounts
Of roughage like the COW. You cannot
expect the driving horse to live on
hay, and all he wants OF 1t at that,
and maintain the trim body lines that
he would were a proper combination
Of grain and roughage given him.
Fruit growers more than any other
classes Of farmers find organization
helpful both in the cultivation and
handling of their fruits and also In
shipment of the same. Where a mum
Der of growers are working together
It is easier to get cars, and large ship
ments can secure better market.
Something of the extent of the sheep
inspection service in the West may be
imagined from the fact that in Mon
tana alone the inspectors handled over
million head during the past year.
Although the service is still in Its In
fancy 1t Is rapidly covering the ground
in getting sheep diseases under control
on the range.
From a horse selling establishment
comes the statement that the most mo-
ticeabley effect Of the Introduction Of
automobiles has been to greatly In
crease the demand for better horses. 1t
is said that people have now become
accustomed to riding fast and they will
not stand for following anything that
has less than three-minute gait.
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