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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Force of Imagination.

A remarkable incident happened
recently at dental hospital. A
young woman went there to have
five teeth extracted. The anaes-
thetic decided upon by the dental
surgeon was ethyl chloride, and
this was administered by the usual
form of apparatus. An india rub
ber cap is placed oyer the patients
mouth and nostrils, and connected
with tits bag into which sealed
capsul of ethyl chloride is introduc-
ed. By the turning of a screw from
the outside the capsul is broken and
the anaesthetic liberated. The
screw was turned, tho patient went
off gradually into the usual condi-
ton Of insensibility, five teeth were
extracated, and the, patient awaken
ed without feeling any part Of the
operation.
The whole case appeared perfect
ly normal. Only when the young
woman had left the room and the ap
paratus was being made ready fol
another patient was it discovered
that the capsul of ethyl chloride had
I; by some mischance not beer
broken at all. The whole condition
of insensibility had been brough
about by the self hypnotism Of th'
patient. The idea that an an
aesthetic was being administers
was SO strong in her mind that sh
: had passed into insensibility entirel
! by hypnotic suggestion. Bostol
! Traveller.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Good Dirt Roads.

A farmer in the Office the other
day remarked. ''If my neighbors and
l had provided ourselves with drags
last week smoothed down the road
just as it was beginning to dry off
we would now have an elegant road
over which we could haul anything
to the city" We asked, why didn't
you," and his answer was, "Well
that's just it. Why?" and echo ans
wers, "Why?'
Many a farmer has been plodding
through the mud and over rough
roads, wearing out his horses, har-
ness, and wagon, and his wife's
nerves, and wasting his own time,
simply because he and his neighbors
did not have enough gumption and
capacity for cooperation to provide
themselves with drags made from
fence posts and smooth down the
roads when they could do nothing
else. When these roads become
roughened up they must be smooth
ed down somehow; and what is the
sense in smoothing them down with
a wagon, taking all the jolts and
wearing out the patience when a
littlo cooperation they could have
been smoothed down at the right
time with the road drag, and every
thing have been lovely afterwards.
There are communities in the
west where this thing is done, and
where the roads most Of the season
are first class. The reason why this
does not prevail everywhere is be-
cause farmers everywhere do no
have the high intelligence and the
skill in cooperation that would en-
able them to provide themselves
good roads, which can be had sc
cheaply.-Wallaces Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Ten Good Reasons for Silos.

In conversation recently with Fl.
G. Hangrave, the pioneer silo man
of Des Moinss, Iowa, he said: 81
will give you what l consider ten
good reasons why Iowa farmer
should have silos.
l. They can make more dollars
from the same quantity Of land.
2 They can carry from 40 to so
per cent more stock on the same
quantity of land.
3 They can care for their stock
through the winter months with less
exposure to themselves or outlay
for labor.
4. They can procure their win
ter's feed from the corn fields and
sell enough hay each year to pay for
silo.
5. The manure produced from
silage is better and easier to handle
than from dry or shredded fodder.
6. If dairying, the cows will give
more milk on silage than on any
other feed.
Z. If a cattle feeder, the steers
will take on more fat and eat less
corn if fed on silage.
| s. If fed to brood sows they will
be healthier and will produce strong.
er and healthier pigs than on any
feed.
8. Sllage is a splendid feed 70,
horses, cattle, sheep hogs, poultry
or any other live stock carried OF
a farm.
10. The universal use of silos il
a neighborhood will add SO much tt
the general prosperity Of that neigh
borhood that all land will enhanc
in value from ten to twenty dollar
per acre.
! / could give you great man
more good reasons but | believe tn
above will be sufficient to at leas
start the unthinking farmers to cor
slider the questions. Iowa Reg
and Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29


"Tuberculin is a powerful agent
and on account Of this power, should
never be used by inexperienced
hands, only by trained hands, and
then, "Tuberculin is valuable aid
in early tuberculosis, but in mex
perienced hands is dangerous and
and may bring disaster. 81 y
Adding the testimony of Drs. Smead
Abt and others showing where tu-
berculin has started up the lat mt
encysted germs. ! am still sure, that
the common use of tuberculin, which
no doctor in the United States or
Europe would now dare inject hu-
man, is not a safe thing for the COM
mon farmer, with little or no know
ledge of medicine, to meddle or
counsel others to use them"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Plant Corn tor the silo.

The fact that silage and root crops
are becoming more popular from
year to year is one Of the strongest
arguments in favor of succulent
feeds one could advance. There is
no question but that cattle and
other live stock do better during
the winter months if part Of their
ration is composed Of something
that comes as close to June pasture
conditions as possible. English feed
ers and breeders owe much of their
live stock success to the liberal use
Of roots. and since the corn silage
serves the same purpose as roots
and since it can be grown more
economically in this country it is to
be preferred to roots unless farmer
is financially unable to provide
silo and the necessary machinery to
prepare ensilage, in which case a
small patch of roots ought to be
raised.
Some years ago the idea prevailed
that special large growing varieties
Of corn were preferable to ordinary
field varieties for the silo. Many al
SO used to plant their silage corn
the same as field corn. 1t is not so
important to get large amount Of
comparatively poor silage as it to
get a good quality containing plenty
Of grain In view of this we say tc
our readers, plant your silage corn
the same as you do your field corn
and use the same variety. If yor
havo a good early maturing variety
adapted to your conditions, and it il
good yielder, use that for YOU
silage patch and do not make tn
!. mistake of buying some southern
: grown variety for the silo with /,
, view of getting great tall, leaf
|. stalks without ears.
Silage corn should be plante'
!, near the barn. This is very impor
tant because tits expensive to handl
r green corn. You cannot afford t
: haul it great distance because Z
r per cent. of it is water. The amour
4 thai can be raised per acre will dt
II pend, Of course, upon the characte
9 of the land. A crop of corn ths
+ will yield 10 bushels per acre wi
produce about Is tons Of silag
: while a so bushel crop will usual
l. produce about 10 tons.
Q AS we have frequently stated
t. these columns, in making an est
is mate Of the yield Of sileage corn,
re is safe to figure on about eight to-
'e to the acre, and it is not far fro
O. correct to say that a mature herd
IN cattle will consume three tons of
le lage per head, figuring the feedil
SO period Of eight months instead
I'd six SO as to have silage for SUNNI
ne feed to help out when the pasture
en- short. We have noticed that t
25 man who feeds silage is almost
variably the man who is makil
he money. We never saw an unpl
its gressive man building silos; th
RS ale built by those who are looki
M for the greatest possible profit fir
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Farmers Receive High Prices For
DAIRY Products.

The following is bulletin No. III
issued for publication by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture:
There are approximately 5000
creameries in the United States,
making a total Of 500,000,00O pounds
of butter annually. The average
not price rer pound paid farmers
for butter fat ranged from 4 to 81
cents higher in 1907 than in 1906.
This would indicate an increased re-
turn of 20 to 25 million dollars to
the patrons for the year just passed.
An interesting thing about the
creamery business is the fact that l,
800 of the 6,0O0 creameries are
cooperative plants, and the number
Of cooperative creameries is constan-
tly growing. The greatest number
of creameries that have gone out of
business for one reason or another
in the past few years have been the
individual creameries, owned by in
dividuals or corporations
Something overa thousand cream
cries, mainly in the Middle North
west. have reported the resultsofth c
past years business to the Depart,
ment Of Agriculture. These reports
are nearly all from sections where
the local creamery (either cooperative
or Individually predominates. Care.
ful estimates have been made from
these reports which show that tn,
net price paid for butter fat at thes,
creameries average between 2S ant
20 cents for the year 1907. TIL
n lowest price paid was in juno, whel
d the average was between "a and 2
Il cents.
These prices are true only for tn
:, local creamery, which receives il
u cream or milk direct from farmer
wagons, where there is neither con
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Mr.. Elliot's Candidacy.

The following complimentary no.
tice OF Mr.. Elliott's candidacy for
congress appeared in the Waterloo
Reporter last Monday. That it's real
weight and significance should be
appreciated, it must be remembered
that it comes from republican pa
per Of the hide bound variety that
seldom permits itself to see any vir-
tue in a democrat.
"The announcement Of Chas. Eli
Oft of Waterloo as a candidate for
the democratic nomination for con.
gress in this district has been. the
most interestin recent development
in political circles. Mr.. Elliott has
had the candidacy in mind for some
time. On social visit in his office
a few weeks ago he expressed the
opinion possibilities from his point
Of view were the best they had ever
been, and the fact that he is willing
to sacrifice chances for reelection as
county superintendent to make the
race for congress is an indication
that the rosy view of days ago has
not lost any of its charm and en-
chan.men during the lapse of time.
Mr.. Elliott will make a strong
and splendid candidate for the third
district democracy. The party never
had as available candidate better
equipped nor more fully qualified
for the distinguished Office. He is a
man of merit in every way-clean
capable, consistent in conduct, cour,
ageous in conviction, convincing in
his consideration of public ques-
tons. He is an able speaker, pre-
senting an argument that is taking,
with conscience that will never
consent to the small things some
times done in the playing Of poll
tics. AS the candidate of his party
for congress Mr.. Elliott would COM
bine some very substantial elements
that the organization has lacked in
previous c,mpaigas.
Mr.. Elliott was a member OF the
Reporter news staff for several years
and quite naturally man of his su-
perior attainments was held in the
highest esteem. He was faithful in
all things, and the Reporter was
never deprived Of the services of an
employe whom it more regretted to
loose than it did Mr.. Elliott. 1t will
also be the duty of this paper to op-
pose his election to congress il he
should be nominated by his party
because his views of questions which
divide the great political parties are
not the same as those held by this
paper. But the Reporter does not
feel constrained on that account to
refuse to voice the high appreciation
it has Of Mr.. Elliottsas q man and
as former business associate, and
it would not if it could neglect the
opportunity to say that he is ;
4 splendid citizen and one Of the
highest class candidates the demo
cratic party in this congressional
district has ever had the opportuni
ty to enlist for service in a campaign
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
Uncertainty of Tubsrculin Tests.

The action in this county Of GER
tain deputies, from the Office Of the
State Veterinary Surgeon, has
caused considerable investigation
in reference to the merits of the
tuberculin test. This much seems
reasonably we'll established:
l. In the hands Of unskilled men
is not alone valueless,
but positively dangerous.
2. At best tuberculin is far from
a certain or scientific method of de-
tsrming whether or not cattle are
afflicted with tuberculosis.
3. Tuberculosis is not the only
disease which will show "a reaction
and consequent rise Of temperature
after the test is administered. There
seems to be many diseases and condi-
tions which the test affects muc h
the same as it does in cases where
tuberculosis exists.
4. And, worst of all, tuberculin
has no effect upon a COW well adj
yanced in tuberculosis.
The foregoing facts are we'll es-
tablished by the evidence OF the
best scientific men in the country
Here is what Prol. James Law OF
Cornell, New York, probably the
lbest veterinarian in the United
States has to say on the subject:
"The tuberculin test alone may
lead to many unwarranted condem
nations, unless physical examination
lis used in connection, and that witt
microscopic and incubation dem
onstration. Things may effect al
animal unknown to the operator a
the time Of injection, which would
cause the rise in itself and would nc
be tuberculin reaction after all. A
cow exposed to cold, wet, sor
throat pleurisy, bronchitis, inaam
nation Of liver or kidneys, all il
conjunction, might be mistaken fe
q the sought for reaction, and tube
culosis predicted; confinement in
close stable, abortion, excitemen
etc, all may and must be considere
and are matters that must be reel
oned with in connection with IL
! test, and needs trained, skille
e veterinarian to administer, but
addition this man should be pra
ticed in the habit of painstaking o
N seryation, and intimate acquaintan
- with the functional life Of animal
Y or he will be mislead, and give c
roneous judgements very often.
And in a late journal of the Anne
ican Medical Association there a
two Articles, one by DIR. Morg
Rotch and the other by Clevela
Floyd, both Of the Harvard Medic
College, and both men ofworld wi
reputation. land here are some
t their findings:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
their land.

their land.
A short time ago we were talking
with one of the best filters Of cattle
for the show ring While this man
has been most successful with his
cattle at the leading fairs and'expo-
sitions in this country for many
years, he made the statementthat he
had never had his cattle do SO we'll
as they have done during the past
year since he began feeding silage.
Ii silage is such an excellent food
for cattle that are being put in show
condition, it ought also to be good
food for fattening cattle, and that it
is, is born out by the experience OF
quite number Of the successful
feeders who have been using it dur
ing the last few years. 1t is unnec-
cessary to speak of its value as a
food for dairy cows; it is universal
ly conceded to be excellent for this
purpose.-1Farmer's Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-04-29
For A Small Boy.


o prairie Mother Of my West,
Take this SIN III wait to your broad breast;
Let his feet logchis chlngeless ways.
To teach him frmRsss ali his days;
Let your fields, stretching to the sky,
That sets no boundary to the eye.
Give him their own deap b.eai Ii ofyiew.
The larg mess of the cloudiess blue;
Give him to drink your freshning breath
That will not brook q thought OF death;
SO he may go eternal young
Alcng your marches. that have flung
Their yellow Willows draperies
To the keen sweetness of the h.eeZe;
And. prodlsal of Apti, hou-s.
Take Denediction of her showers;
And W: "n across tha p.airies como
The ye.l,whammer's tife and dun.
Then let him wandcr as he will,
From hill to ever-rising hill,
From your spring mornings. warm and bright
Su charged with qnivering, living light.
Urdi the hazy sun atlast
Wltfie-- IS and leaves tile pa!lid, vast
Immensity of sky and moor
And grey dusk closing swift and ,ure.
In quiet let him bow his iacs
Before the presence in that space,
The spirit of your twilight lands;
When ghostly white the primrose stands,
sse the pale jswel of the evening skies
And hear the meadows drowsy crie'.
Aud. last sweet challenge through the dark
The clear. thin whistle of the lark
So, prairie that / love and blessed,
The boy nay know your way is best.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
A. D. CHASE APPOINTED SLASHEO ACROSS THROAT
is NAMED MEMBER OF MA.
TIoNAL FINANCE coMlTTEE.
WILL RAISE FUNDS.

\. d. Chase, Sr., OF this city
has been appointed as a member
Of the democratic finance commit
tee to solicit funds for the demo
cratic national campaign. The GER
tificate of authority given Mr.
Chase is signed by NJ G. Wetmore.
chairman of the democratic nation
al finance committee, ana NJ. f.
Dunlap. secretary.
Mr.. Chase says he expects to do
all in his power to assist in the
election of Bryan and Kern and
requests that all desiring TO make
donations TO the fund, do so at
once, as the campaign Is drawing
TO a close.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
A $500 SESSION
TWENTY TWO PERSONS cElC
BRATED THE ARRIVAL OF
BARNuM & BAILEY.

This morn ng about nine o'clock
great bunch Of Nj sissipm Choctavs
were seen going toward the city hall.
and the people on the street were
wondering what was he attraction.
some decided that IL was party ot
government officials who we're I'm the
city hail building and would begin
paying the Indians their annuity
money. but after an iuycs igation it
was discovered that it was only the
bunch Of Indians who were drunk yes.
tcrday and last night, celebrating IN
honor of Barnum Il Bailcy's show.
BESIDES the bunch OF ChOctaw there
were several of the regulars up be.
fore his honor chargcd with being
drunk and disordorly ana hard to get
along with. Those were fwo fighters
in the bunch who pulled off four
teen round bout down ON cast Main
last night. They entered plea of
guilty and were fined nine dollars
each which they paid and departed.
Another gentleman OF the crowd got
drunk yesterday afternoon, went home
last night and was making things mis-.
cradle for his wife and children when
a policeman was called in to settle
the matter, he objected TO the officer
Interfering with his business and or
dcred him away from the premises,
the officer refused TO follow his ord.
crs, he then armed himself with a
hammer and was going TO show the
officer few stunts when he was
whacked over the head a few times
with the officers club and advised
that he had better be good His face
| this morning looked as II ne had been
to an Irish wake and come out second
best. \ 'culled gentleman" who
claims 10 hail from New York was up
charged with being a vagrant. when
ARE ted yesterday ne told the Off
GERS that he was working with the
show. an investigation showed that
he was following the show but had
never worked with g. The manage
ment Of the show told 'hc officers
that he was in their opinion thief
of the worst type. lie was given a
fine of ten dollars and ten days worl,
with Commissioner Moore on the
streets. He will not get lonesome on
| his work however, rs none of the In.
dians who were fined this morning
had the money to pay their fines and
they will also do ten dollars worth
of time on the streets, unless some
of their friends come To their rescue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. ". l.. Green and
Miss Bertha Green OF Ovorbrook
were here yesterday TO see the
show.
+. V. Nolvcrton was here yes.
terday from Mannsvillc visiting with
home folks.
w II. Ingram, a former resident
of Ardmore, is here today from
his farm near Healdton.
II. +. Draughon and wife of Ma.
rietta came up yesterday to at
tend the show.
Walter Edwards, well known
business man of Cheek. is a bust
ness visitor here today.
Mrs. NJ. Scott, Mrs. NJ. d. Earle
Mrs. c. r. Knowles and Mrs. J. NJ.
Scott, all of Madill. were here yes
terday to attend the show.
John luggins of Berwyn was
among the out of town visitors
here yesterday.
Porter Earhart came up yesterday
from Marietta to see the circus.
VI. ID. Briggs of Marietta was
among the visitors here yesterday
w. T. Barry and II. p. Pruitt
of Madill were visitors here yes.
terday.
J. S. Abbott is here today from
Durant looking after business mat
ters.
S. A. Brown, a former resident OF
Ardmore. is visitor here today
from Aylesworth.
Donald Fitzgerald of New York
is here this week looking after
business matters.
II. Creekmore is a business Wis
itor here today from Madill.
DR.. w. S. Dick and wife of
Baum were visitors here yester.
day.
/. c. Bennett and wife of Mari
eta were here yesterday attending
the show.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
CHOICE HOME FOR SALE

An entire half block of ground,
5OO-foot front, 100 feet deep, situat-
ed In the west part OF the city.
near Highland Park addition. First
class seven-room house, lighted
throughout with electric lights,
city water, large cement cellar un-
der house, also a store building
20 by 40 feet. complete with fix
lures. Stable room consisting of
eight stalls. three buggy sheds,
three harness rooms. two cribs. ca
pacity 500 bushels of corn. A com
plete poultry plant consisting Of
five yards with all necessary build
ings. Fifty partly bearing choice
fruit trees, also shade trees around
property. Sidewalks under construc-
ton leading TO the city, fifteen
minutes walk TO the business cen
ter. For price and terms call at
residence.
11-6 MRS. c. J.. HETH.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
BoYISH FIGHT LAST NIGHT
CAME NEAR COSTING LIFE
or GILES PAYNE.

Giles Payne, an Ardmorcite press
man and a brother-in-law OF J. L..
Day, foreman of the Union Review,
was slashed across the throat with
a knife last night and is now in
the Ardmore Sanitarium. The phys
icians state that he will recover
although his injuries are severe,
Some of the arteries were severed
and blood spurted from the wound
until the wounded boy is very pale.
Bob watkins was placed under
arrest charged with cutting Payne
and was released this morning on
$500 bond. Payne Is about Is years
of age. and Watkins is 22. Some
trouble over a trivial matter arose
between the boys near the post Of
flee at about l o'clock last night
and while they were fighting Wat
kins used his knife.
Payne Is lad of good habits and
is supporting his mother, who lives
in Denison. Watkins has had fire.
quent fist fights IN the town and
this is the first time he is said
to have used a weapon. He was
reared in this country and is a
brother to Jim Watkins, who lives
west of Ardmore.
The affair will probably not re-
suit seriously although Payne came
very near losing las life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
7. X. KEARNtY
New Schedule October 25.

Secretary Spaulding has received a
telegram from Rock Island official
stating that the new schedule on that
line of road which was to become op-
erative next Sunday will not be put
In force until the 25th of the month
IL will be much better for the retail
trade to have the train remain here
three hours instead OF two and to this
point Mr.. Spaulding is working. There
are hopes that the schedule will be
changed 20 that rhe train will leave
here about two thirty instead Of hay
ing to leave at two fifteen in the af
ternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-16
Episcopal Services.

There will be morning service al
ST. Philips church Sunday. Sermon
and celebration of the Holy Com
munion at IL o'clock. Evening ser
vice at 1880. Rev. Charles f. Car
son of Oklahoma City will ofiiciate
at both services. Every member OF
the church is urged TO attend. Miss
Gray will be in charge OF the choir.