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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
SCENES IN FROZEN NORTH.
Two Railroads I'm Operation in
Alaska-ConI Deposits.

Two Railroads in Operation in
Alaska-CoaI Deposits.
Interesting facts and figures concern
Ing far-away Alaska were related last
evening by @. B. Heller, former
Washingtonian, who has returned to
this city after five months trip in
the frozen north, says the Washington
Star. He spent most of the time on
the property Of the Oxide Gold Mining
Company, Washington corporation,
near Council City; Alaska. Mr.. Hell
ger, who was accompanied north by
Bob Jameson, formerly Of the Wash
ington navy yard, is enthusiastic re-
gardlng the mining outlook in the
northern gold fields. The output for
the present season, he says, will be up
to the usual mark-about $20,OOO,OOO.
The wages of the miners continue
good, the prevailing rate being SIS a
day and board in summer and 81 and
board in the winter months. There are
now two railroads along the coast of
northwestern Alaska. One is known as
the Seward Peninsula railroad and
runs from Nome to the various creeks
and camps adjacent to that place.
There are nearly 100 miles of track
age, narrow gauge. Cabell Whitehead,
former assayer in the United States
Treasury Department, Is general man
ager Of this railroad. He Is also pres
ident of the Alaska bank at Nome.
Down the coast, thirty-fve miles
east of Nome, Is the starting point Of
the Council City and Solomon River
railroad. This is the first standard
gauge road ever built in Alaska and
1t runs along Solomon river for twenty
miles and will eventually be built as
far as Council City. 1t is said.
There was new strike made near
Council City this season on stream
known as Mystery creek. 1t is said
about S1SO,OO0 was taken out of the
creek by crude methods of mining since
Its discovery. Mr.. Heller brought with
him some pretty nuggets and coarse
gold taken from the creek. The loea-
ton Of the "stream of mystery" is
saidto be an ideal one, being surround
ed by mountains and heavy timber
Considerable interest is being taken
in the probabilities of Alaska as a
coal-produclng locality. About 5000
2O-acre coal-land claims have already
been staked, Mr.. Heller said, but the
government has shut down on any fur
ther coal prospecting and claims be-
cause of the alleged attempted monop-
ply Of Alaska coal BY certain big com.
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May and December


Let US stop for just moment, An
ME, to view this grandeur. Remember,
I am from the city. Transported from
region of brick and mortar to this
enhanted spot, / must appear to you, as
a country girl might appear to me, who
beheld for the first time the attrac-
lions Of New York"
The driveway they had Just entered
was about two hundred yards in
length, skirted on each side by trees
three feet through, their branches
meeting and forming continuous arch
overhead. The green turf was carpet
ed here and there with the crisp brown
leaves already beginning to fall; and
through this vista, in the distance, the
walls of the mansion doomed UP gray
and somber through dense foliage, awe
inspiring in the silence and solitude of
Its surroundings; doubly so in the dusk
of this October evening to Beatrice
Folsom, who had all her life been ac-
customed to the din and connection of
a great city.
IAN ideal place, Beatrice, in which
to develop poetic nature" said her
companion, the young and beautiful
mistress Of these lordly possessions, us
they proceeded on their way. "If in
spiration did not come to one here, l
don't think 1t would be worth while to
invite 1t anywhere else"
NO." Beatrice answered. "The in
SEPARATION has come to me already; all
that is lacking Is the power to put 1t
into rhyme; and that power 1 unfor-
tunately do not possess. And you An
nile, am surprised, that in this soli-
tude, communing with nature every
day, you have not long ere this devel-
oped into poet yourself"
In this strain, with frequent inter
ruptlons caused by IN occasional covey
of quail or squirrel darting across
the way, the conversation continued I'M
til the mansion was reached, and Mr..
Kennold, the "lord of the manor" came
out to meet them.
James Kennoid was not a young
man, as would naturally have been
0uPPooSN W any ouS aSSOCldtluk IQe
young woman with husband he had
never met. He was we'll -fayored. of a
dignifed and distinguished appearance,
but he was gray-haired and go, his age
exceeding that Of his wife by two-score
years. To those who knew Annie Hal
comb, her choice had been surprise In
80 far as 1t could be surprise, con-
siderlng the enviable home Of which
the act had made her mistress. To
what extent she had been Influenced
by probable fears for the future, no
one knew. If she was unhappy, If she
regretted her marriage no one knew
that, either, for not by one single out
ward token was 1t ever betrayed. She
was. In truth. an old mans darling,
s9d big Devotion to her was evidently
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Kennoid and Annie. He dotes on
her"
But 1 will mention 1t. And will
mention, furthermore, that you must
not assail Annle's loyalty to him, either
directly or by Implication, In my pres
ence."
Maude's answer could not be distin-
guishcd; and as their voices gradually
died away in a faint murmur, James
Kennoid rose to his feet. A smile
had relaxed his features, and his ewes
were lustrous with a great Joy that
was stirring his heart.-And Beatrice
she was another who would hence
forth have warm place there until It
ceased to beat.
The following day, on entering the
library, Annie found him there in deep
meditation, with couple of prints ly-
Ing on the desk before him. One proved
to be scene in May, the other a scene
An December. The former was farm
house and Its appurtenances, with chill
dren romping on the lawn; the latter
was a farm house, also, Of the quaint,
old-fashioned type, the roof covered
with snow, and with no sign of life but
the smoke issuing from the chimney.
While Annie was regarding them he
took his pencil and wrote beneath the
former:
THE symbol of youth-how like your
life"
Beneath the latter:
"The symbol of age,-how like unto
mine.''
Annie took the pencil from his hand,
and on the snow-covered roof she add
ed:
"The suggestion of peace and content
ment, Of coy comfort and warmth
within, may we not see In that sym
Dol too?"
She kissed him, and left the room !;
and taking up the prints he carefully
slowed them away.-Waverley Maya
ufpa il
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tIonal traits. women vote for all oft,cers
except those who s,t In tha legislative
body. The same rights are granted in
Norway, while in Iceland one thing Mt
least has thawed out. and that is the
male electorate. which walks tn the
polls In company with the women OF
the land.
Federated Australia. a composite cit.
izenship Of the English. the Yankee.
the Dutch and the lover Of freedom
from all lands, made a complete surren-
der to tile women In 1902 and extended
full national suffrage. New South
Wales caught the injection and decided
that intelligence. and NOT tlae seq Of
the voter. was the requirement. for .
permanent government. Nineteen wom-
en- sit In the Parliament Of Finland
and the people of that country have
expressed satisfaction with the results.
Hungary. the land Of the oueen,v
Maria Theresa. recently witnessed n
demonstration In which thousands of
men marched in a parade that had
equal rights for women ma Ito hattie
cry. Scotland flunlicated tbe nerform.
.ance the same week and the English
cities are so accustomed TO such ont.
burst, that they cease 10 excite wonder
or surprise. e
Kentucky ALWAYS nrond Of ;ts bean.
tiful women. was the f,rst tn recoy.
nize the claim Of equal rights. bnt evil.
IDENTIFY afraid to trust its wives and
sisters too far. extended the school snf.
frage only 10 widows with children
Of school age. In WYOMING the WON.
en- have voted upon the same terms "a
men since 1860: the women az Colo
49, ,ono -
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cent OF the municipalities. Massachu-
sets has more than $50 towns where
liquor selling is Illegal Connecticut
has ninety-six dry" towns out of 17a.
About half of Rhode Island Ia dry
New Hampshire is nominally prohibit
ton State, but liquor Is sold in about
40 per cent of Its territory. California
and Colorado are almost wholly local
option, and Oregon partially so.
This is certainly formidable rec
ord of achievements. 1t does not In
clude Maine and Kansas, which are
non-liquor States as a result OF the old
prohibition movement.
While thus In every State the Anti
Saloon League is pressing the issue to
n finish, 1t is. at the same time, de
termined to stop indIscriminate inter-
state traffic in liquor. At present
liquor packages are sent through the
express Offices to thousands Of COM
munlties, and are often addressed to
fictitious names and kept in storage In
the delivery Offices. They are called
for promiscuously by those who seek
liquor. All that Is necessary is to pay
the G. o. D. charges. A bill that the
league is now pressing In Congress will,
If passed, put stop to this Original
package" practice by putting shipped
liquors on the same basis as liquors
made within the boundaries Of State.
Woman Suffrage Agitation.
While the men of the United States
have won the reputation Of playing the
cavalier to women In social life, Amer
lea has moved at much slower pace In
according civil recognition than has
been done In some Of the countries
across the sea. In England, where the
husband has from time immemorial
been the lord Of the household, women
may vote upon the same terms as men
Mt all elections except those for. mem
bers Of Parliament; and the sentiment
for complete suffrage Is strong and I'M
mistakable.
Women vote for all officers except
members of Parliament in Scotland, Ire
land and Wales; for the women of
England have had municipal suffrage
since 1869, the women of Scotland since
1881, and in ireland since 1893.
That little patch of lnsular territory
known as the Isle of Man bears mis-
homer in Its nomenclature, for its
women have equal rule with the men
in all elections; and it has been point
ed out that none of the political cat
,aclysms have swept the attractive spot
since 1880, the date of the enactment
giving full suffrage.
In Sweden, the land of the pictur-
esque and the sturdy In scenery and ma
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
Thought He Knew Him.

A laborer was engaged in the grounds
Of an asylum and received instructions
to pay no attention whatever to the ro-
marks Of the patients.
Some little time after he commenced
work the governor of the asylum, a
well-known doctor, looking at the prog
ress of the work, mildly suggested one
alteration. The workman dug steadily
on and never lifted his. head.
The doctor raised his voice, but the
man. without answering, went on dig.
cling energetlcally. The doctor threat
ened, stormed, and finally Numbered
out:
"Do you know who l am?"
The laborer Strengthened his back.
looked at him a7minute, and, shaking
his head, sorrowfully exclaimed:
poor chap! am sorry for ye," and
went on calmly with his work.-Lon-
don Express.
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40 select Cow.
While there may be no lnfalliblo
rule by which man can be governed
IN selecting hlgh-class dairy COW,
there are many points that will assist
and II carefully considered, will pre-.
vent disappointment as rule. Remem-
Der that COW is n machine and Ii In
tended to change the different products
on which she is fed into something
of more value. There are two distinct
types of these machines. One manufac-
lures or converts feed into beef: tho
other into milk. There is a very de.
cided and pronounced differences in the
type of the animal that makes beef.
and the one which manufactures milk.
In the dairy type we have an animal
that Is angular, thin, somewhat loose
jointed and with prominent bones She
ls wedge-shaped from the front with
lean head, moderately long face
slightly dlshed and general contented
expression of the features. The muz-
Gle is large, mouth large, nostrlls wide
and open. a clear, full bright eye, 1
broad, full and high forehead, ears me-
dunn size, fine texture, covered with
fine hair and orange yellow inside. Tho
neck is thin, moderately long with lit
tie or no dewlap and the throat ID
clean. Wide space between the jays,
the wlthers lean and sharp, the Shout
ders lean md oblique and the chest
deep and wide, which indicates vleor
and constitution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
THE M1DDLE-AaED MAN.
Once He wanted Time to Go Faster
Now He'd Like to Put ON a Brake.

Once He Wanted Time to Go Faster,
Now He'd Like to Put ON a Brake.
II don't know" said the middle-aged
man, "but what I'll have to give up
the use of calendars, or, at least, Of
that kind of calendar that consists Of
leaves bound together, leaf for each
month, which you tear of as the
months go by, for this sort SO reminds
you of the lapse of time.
When l was youngster 1t seemed
as II 1t took years for Fourth of July
to come around, and as IL 1t were years
more to Christmas, and the seasons
seemed to keep OH interminnbly; time
seemed to have no end.
But as grew older time seemed to
go faster and faster, until now at my
age find 1t fairly galloping, the
months and the years chase one nm
other SO fast.
II hang up one of those leaf calen-
dars at the beginning of a year. and
then, with Its full complement OF
leaves. 1t seems thick. and say to
-myself .Goodl I've got whole year
ahead Of me!' And though soon be.
gan to tear of the leaves, yet felt
that as long MS stayed on the other
side Of July ! had generous part Of
the year left still, even II 1t was going
fast.
But from that on It seemed to 90
faster and faster and the pad Of leaves
grew rapidly thinner and thinner, until
the first thing you knew 1t had come
down, as now, to. December, and the
year had gone!
II don't know what I'll do ~about
the calendars. but 1 suppose I'll con.
tinue to use the old sort, with leaves
that you tear off month by month, they,
are so convenient. But how time tiies !.
There was time when wanted time;
to go faster, but what I'd like most OF
all to discover now would be some sort
of brake that would make time slow
down Washington Post.
Genuine drunkenness Is the reel
thing,
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had him tell the story just as 1t was.
why did yon spare the life of the
swede after he had tried to kill you?"
asked the king.
Because. sir" said the soldier, 81
could never kill a wounded enemy"
Then YOU deserve to be a noble
man." said the king. And he rewarded
him by maAing him knight and Civ.
ing him noble title.-"F Famous Stories
Retoldb
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Cost Of Egg. in Winter

+ A wide range in the cost Of produc.
ing egsa In winter. was brought out
by the tesla Of Henry II. Wirg at the
Cornell experiment station. Ths perl,
M App December l 10 March Is wsa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

What has become of the old-fashion.
ed young man who said. when his shoe
became united, that his sweetheart WAS
thinking Of hIm2 -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

While public at
tention has been
concentrated on va
rio,,s great national
a,at,.., 4,
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You should be active and Industrious without excessive
sollcitude digen and aborous without anxiety Labor
to-day IL all depended on your own right arm and
brain trust to tomorrow II depended ON the proy
dence of God Do not scatter your forces by striving
at the same time to encounter enemy vet afar off
and who may never approach you Endeayor to pass
through cares 1t WERE without care
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

-.,., - O' ueeFsIte 1actor, tne Hreat power,
which always recognized the work of genius and en-
throned 1t above all Others 1t did in the case of
wagner Is the great of the unprejudced and en-
oyng public With its ntutive receptabty the public
as rule never falls to appreciate every Important ar
tstc production In fact the chief characteristic OF
great work of art is the affinity between the creative
genius and the great of the public which
sweeps before 1t all retardlng factions and partsans
Away therefore with the pedantic aesthetics and time
worn standards They cannot be crtera for works
which are themselves to be models for new standards
Away with all technical codes and dogmas which have
long been broken by the greatest masters Away with
this high priesthood which would hinder all originality
progress and development.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
Corn In Illlnoi..

In an interview recently, Doctor
Cyril G. Hopkins Of the University Of
Illinois, at Urbana, remarked:
Some years ago corn was a strang-
er. We found 1t here when we came
native Of the country, yet until If
teen years ago we took It for granted.
Then close study of its individuality
and peculiar characteristics demon
strated that 1t was possible to breed
up corn just as we improve animals,
although we have not yet learned how
to control the male parent. The Inn
portance Of this may be appreciated
when we remember that the corn crop
Of this country is worth 1.5OO, 600, 900
every year., 25O, 600 bushels We are
trying to get one ear of corn to the
stalk. That Is what we are working
for, because some stalks are barren:
we don't know why. Various people
have various theories, but they have
not been demonstrated.
Take hundred ears OF corn, plant
them exactly alike. three kernels to
the hill, the kernels from each ear In
row by themselves, in exactly the
same soil, cultivate them the sasae
way. and the yield will vary 100 per:
cent. We cannot account for that
variation. 1t is impossible thus to d.
termine why some corn will grow and
other corn Will not; but In planting. Z
farmer should always use the seed
from the best ears. because that is
likely to yield more than the poor
ears. But every ear of seed corn
should be tested by a terminating pan
during the winter. This Is new
thing, but 1t is being introduced rap.
Idly; all seed men and the better class
Of farmers are taking this precaution.
None Of the big corn planters will use
any but tested seed.
I'VE are teaching these methods to.
our students by practical experiments,
conducted in twenty-five different
counties Of the State of Illinois, as
well as on the campus of the univer-
slty. The results have been most sat
isfactory, and they are appreciated. by
the farmers. We have corn breed
ers' association in this State composed
of twenty-five seed growers, ard they
are all working earnestly with us Id
breeding up the corn Of Illinois to tho
very highest quality and the greatest
ytsl3ss
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should strive for 1t than they won,d noh+ ~,
the possession of lighted bomb supposng one gets
IT. what good would it do? There always more and
more last words, some of them as cruel as blows
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
WHY BE soI1c1ToUs ABOUT YOUR FuTuREs
BY Cardinal Gibbons.

What is this earth but vast storehouse
containing all things essential to the wants
Of man? II you look about you, you will be-
hold the mountains clothed with virgin for
ests If you delve into the bowels of the
earth, you will find an lne1haustiblc supply
of coal and other minerals. II you cast your
eyes around you, you will see the valleys
smiling with harYests OF grain md frnit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

So ~
The mistake that most persons make
when they decide to 60 into the poul-
try business is that of starting with
mongrel fowls and trying to drift into.
the pure-bred line year after year. They
Will buy, perhaps, sitting of pure-bred
eggs of pure-bred fowls apd-at the end
OF the season they allow the entire lot
to run together, and when the next
years Matching season comes around
they decide that they will still keep
some Of the mongrel hens, II for NO
other purpose than to furnish eggs for
the table. IT naturally follows that the
two breeds get mixed, and at the end
Of the next season there are bnt few
Of the young fowls which do not show
cross. Another mistake TINT they.
make Is that of trying to keep more
than one breed. Those who have had
years OF experience and have provided
ample yards and houses for each breed
may be able to do this, but those who
are not 80 arranged should never at
tempt to keep more than one.
1t is folly to expect to supply every
kind of fowls which individuals may
ask for, and no one should attempt to
do so.
Select one pure breed best suit
ed to the needs Of nearby markets and
the one you fancy most. Dispose OF
the mongrel fowls on the place and
keep the breed pure. Each year select
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selected, which ID the time when eggs
are least abundant and the cost 10 the
highest. The whole matter depends on
the success with which the dock 10 kept
laying. The results showed all the way
from a profit Of $40 to loss Of s22 for
each lot Of one hundred fowls.
1t is commonly supposed that the
largest birds are the best winter lay.
ers, but some Of the best results In
these contests were given BY White
Leghorns. 1t should be noted in this
connection that when hens are forced
by meat and other stimulating foods to
lay well In winter they do not lay 20
many eggs In the following spring and
summer. Hence when eggs are wanted
to sell for Matching 1t pays better to
let the flock rest in winter and be ready
to produce all the eggs possible during
the Matching season. but for production
of market eggs 1t Is better to give slim
ulating foods in winter and obtain a.
many eggs as possible from November
to March. Most Of the eggs during that
period will come from the early hatch
ed pullets and from the hens that have
gone through their moult early.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
PUBLIC INTUITION BEST cR1T1c
By Richard Strauss.

The critic without any creative, ability and
with meager knowledge of the musical tech.
nique Of an antiquated epoch should be de-
throned. The public's healthy, matter Of fact
appreciation Of a great musical composition
should be the only criterion by which such pro.
auctions are to be judged
Progress has never been made by partisana
The most DECISIVE factor tho araa4 ,,ee,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
New Type OF ROADWAY.

A new type Of roadway has been de-
veloped in some parts of California,
known as the petrolithic, which Is moth
ing more or less than well-built oiled
road. The leading feature of this pave
ment is the very complete compacting
of the oiled material by means Of a
rolling tamper, new piece Of road ma
chinery. 1t was designed to insure the
tamplng of the material from the lower
portions upward to the surface, In
stead of downward from the surface.
The inventor received the idea from
seeing large flock Of sheep,walk over
a newly plowed road. After the sheep
had passed over 1t the soil was found
to be packed SO hard that a pick In
dented 1t but q short distance. To OBJ
tain this effect with a roller the cir
conference of the main roll is covered
with tampers, which act like 30 many
feet walking over the earth and pack
ing 1t down.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
MAN SHOULD BE RULER OF THE HOME.
: ! D. IA. OIL
BY Helen OIdfeId.

The greater woman's strength of charac-
ter, the stronger her mind and her will, the
greater is her joy in yielding obedience to
the man whom voluntarily she has crowned
as her king. 1t has been well said that n
weak woman can never comprehend the de-
light of complete surrender to strength
In which she glories and which she loves