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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
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1t is proposed that a sliding scale be es-
tablished with a maximum and mini
mum range. within which the President
may regulate duties at his discretion.
This is the most disturbing economic
suggestion put forward for a long time
and 1t can be counted on to play an.
Important part in the campaign.
The fight on the anti-injunction plank
produced verbal straddle. What ac-i
tual change In the methods of the
courts is proposed can not be determin-
ed by the platform utterance, and that
was probably exactly the effect intend
ed It will be interpreted to meet the
necessities Of every occasion, and to
mean all things to all men.
The references to our relations to the
Philippines, Porto Rico -and Cuba re-
feet clearly the indefinite and ambigu-
Gus attitude 1t is the determined pur-
pose of the Republican party to pre-
serve. What the platform says is in no
sense expressive, but it is distinctly
significant by reason of the fact that 1t
;is inexpensive. 1t is the Republican
policy to deny our wards in these pro
stected islands all definite understanding
of our future plans.
For the rest of the platform It is
enough to say that it is mingled plati.
.tude and brag. 1t pictures the woes
that would have come to the country
under Democratic rule, 1t parades the
blessings that q. Republican admins
tration has showered upon us. But
this is merely the bonbast of politics
which commands no consideration from
the serious student OF political affairs.
And where thoughtful consideration is
not Invited criticism would be wasted.
So this platform may be accepted as
1t was intended. 1t is a concession to
tradition and nothing more. Except In
respect to the tariff program no new
policy is outlined and the document
may be consigned to that oblivion for
which its makers destined 1t. st. Louis
Republic u -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Republican campaign fund four years
ago, when there seemed "A prospect that
New York would be lost to the party.
Having abilities and connections of this
character, he is doubtless expected to
influence great sums into Republican
Golfers during this campaign.
But IL fate should decree that he
shall one day become President of the
United States, it is doubtful whether
another national convention will dare
to nominate a man Of his sort for the
vice presidency. Chicago journal Gin.
dependent Republican,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
LESS IDEAS AND MORE IDEALS.
By Mayor McCleIlan.

The crying need Of the day is
fewer men with ideas and more men
with ideals. One Of the most difficults
problems Of the great trust which l
occupy Is to get the right men for
public office. In this country official
salaries are small; on the theory, l
suppose, that the honor Of public
service is q sufficient reward. There
are, therefore, Just three classes of
men who accept public ONCE Men
of independent means, men who have;
not succeeded in private life and who
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Every farmer ought to have house
for harnesses and carriages apart from
the stables. There Is something about
the chemicals arising from horse sta
bles that will eat the paint of the best
carriage and rot leather fast. Can't
afford that. s.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

How would you designate a tailor's
Jag7" s
II don't know Of any particular name:
unless yop would call It tight IT.
Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Rurn AN Dead Antm.I..

Burning is the surest and safest way
of dealing with contagious diseases Of
i've stock. Outbreaks Of disease have
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
SENSATIONAL EDUCATORS CONDEMNED.

sensationalism has no rights Of any kind
{ in a university. Yet we must have learned
that It is not to be kept out by the saying.
Novelty Of theme or Of statement, suited to
exploitation aud to personal notoriety, is as
lrepugnant to the traditions, the philosophic
basis, the moral SENSE and the freedom of a
university as illlteracy is menace to gov
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Art In cultiy.tins Corr.

think not many farmers realize
the value of the main roots of corn or
the nature Of the growth. One sum
mer discovered that the roots of
some Of my corn six weeks old were
as long Us the stalks, and they spread
out five or six inches in all directions
beneath the surface. In. the first culti-
walton hold the shovels as closely
as possible to the young hills of corn
and allow them to so down five inches
or more in order to loosen the dirt and
permit the air to freely circulate in
the soil.
After the first blowing use my sur
face riding cultivators with fonr
blades, two on each side of the row,
about twenty inches long and three
inches wide, that skim under the sur
face, about two inches, and behind the
blades is drag which Is held at a
proper angle By a stiff spring. This
drag should be SO set as to level the
ground and at the same time 1t will
pull to the surface and leave exposed
to the sun all weeds that have been
cut of by the knives two inches be.
low. The cutting of the weeds below
the surface will destroy the roots and
the tops being left on the surface will
soon dry out and die.
1 don't believe any general rule can
be drawn us to how many times corn
should be cultivated other than to- say
again good Judgment should be used
according to condition of season and
soil. Sometimes 1t is only necessary
to cultivate three times at other times
we must go through the fourth, and
in extreme cases put men into the
field with single horse aud small five
to eight toothed surface cultivator
after the corn is well in the tassel.
This latter would occur during an ex.
tremely dry year.
am not in favor of ridglng corn
with our Central Illinois prairie soil
when laying corn by. Instead prefer
to have my surface plow blades set at
an angle so they will barely throw a
light covering into the hills, which
MAY cover up any small weeds but not
to make what one would call ridge.
can see no object In ridging. for at
laying-by time the corn roots form a
complete network from one row to the
other and the center Of the rows needs
protection q well as the hill
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Where an individual pupil in the
town or country school becomes a
source Of more injury to the Industry
and government of the school which
he attends than he derives In benefit
from the educational advantages which
are available It is time that he was
handed his walking papers and told to
get out.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

! F. SuEEGMcy anu tnG hanks.
When the Supreme Court, in the case
OF McCullock v. Maryland, decided that
the government had the right to char
ter banks to Issue paper money under
the provision of the Constitution to
coin money! 1t opened the way for.
all the financial troubles We have been
heir to. That decision opened the way
to the national bank charters which
have since been the pets Of the Repub-
lican party. The Issue of their bond
secured currency has been tile excuse
for extravaganza and the hundreds Of
millions they have made by the manip-
ulation Of United States bonds has been
a severe tax upon the people. The
whole financial power Of the govern
ment has been used to protect and per-
petuate the national banks. During the
late panic certificates Of Indebtedness
and Panama bonds were issued to pro.
tect the interests of the Wall street
national banks, not that the government
needed the proceeds of those Issues, but
that the Wall street banks needed it
to carry them through the panic. Even
with those millions added to the funds
already on deposit, the banks could not
pay their deposltors except in cashiers
checks. is =
1t is now proposed to fasten upon the
country bond-secured bank currency
in perpetuity, by adopting as Its basis
.'other securities than the United States
bonds" That is the purpose of the cur
rency bill just passed by Congress, and
the Republican managers are responsible
for 1t. There was doubt in the minds
of some financiers and economists how
far the Aldrich scheme was intended
to go, but after the official statement
of United States Treasurer Charles II.
Treat, in his address to the Wholesale
Grocers' Association, there can be no
further doubt of the position of the adj
,ministratlon.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
mere putty in the hands of the Wall
street interests. and the people seem
TO have no one to look after their in
terests. The Standard Oil and Morgan
interests, under this slong stride for
ward In rounding out and perfecting
the naiilonal banking system as Mr..
Treat explains it, will have good mar
ket for their railroad and other bonds
from the banks which will now be com
~ 4,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

A New York farmer reports success
in the use Of common stovepipe SCOT
as cure for scours In calves An old
method of preparing the dose was to
take tablespoonful Of SCOT, mix 1t
with the white and yolk of an egg, put
It back in the shell md place the shlied
shell far back in the mouth Of the af-
flicted calf. Another cure for the
scours is to put a small amount of
formalin In the milk ration.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

And the honesty OLA poor; man Is
seldom questioned. Il &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Maud-Shc's not one of those women
who carry gossip around.
Lilllan-No?
Maud She has phone In hcr
house - Sketchy Bits
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
AMATEURS IN THE ART OF LIVING.

ny Af00lQ Bennett.
l-e Considering that we have to spend the whole
III Of our lives in this human machine, we really
devote to It little attention. When say ..the
81 III human machine" 4 mean the brain and the
II TX body-and chiefly the BRAIN The expression
II OF the: soul BY means Of the brain and body
1E II ID what call the art OF living We Ger.
~ tainly do not learn this art at school to any
q appreciable extent When we have been en-
gagged in the prelinaries to living for about tyfve
years begin to think about Stacking on Up till this
period reason for not having scientifically studied
the art OF living 10 not that have lacked eisure but
that have simply been TOD absorbed in the prelimi-
In fact, treated the prelimnaries to the
business as the business itself,
See this who regularly studies every evening Of
poetry and his taste As admirable. He recites verse
With true feeling and may be said to be highly cult
vated Poetry Is continual source Of pleasure to him.
But why - he always complaining about not receiving
his deserts In the on1ce2 Why Is he worried about
hnancei Why does he SO often sulk with his wife7s
Why does he persist eating more than his digestion
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

AIIza z,I;at (

frequently been traced to the careless
disposal of the carcass Of an infected
animal. Burning is much more effec-
tive than burying, as the germs of some
diseases, as anthrax for example re-
tain their virility for considerable
length Of time. Then in burylng car
cases, unless they are placed very
deep in the ground, there Is always
more or less danger of their being root
ed or dug up. Dogs will dig open such
graves and hogs will root them out.
Those who have attempted to bury a
hog or horse will readily appreciate
the statement that 1t is easier to burn
than bury them. A little kerosene and
a brush heap will soon dispose of a
carcass, with the certainty that all
germs are destroyed. Some recommend
the construction Of specially arranged
furnace for this work, but on the or
binary farm this would doubtless be an
added expense. 1t will not be diff
cult matter on any farm to gather
enough trash, such as brush, old rails,
etc, to burn a dead animal and the ex-
pense Is inconsiderable.
Waste In Preparing Vexetables.
In preparing vegetables for the table
there is almost always larger or
smaller loss. due to inedible matter,
skins, roots, seeds, etc, and also a
waste of good material, which is caus-
ed by careless pairing, ETC., all these
losses being grouped together in re-
porting analyses under the name "ref-
USE" The amount Of refuse varies
greatly In different vegetables, as
shown by a large number Of analyses
OF American food materials. The
amount may be small in such vegeta-
sbles as string beans, medium in such
vegetables as onions. cabbage, leeks,
lettuce, cucumbers, or high in such
vegetables as beans, pod pumpkins and
squash. With tubers, such as potatoes,
the average amount of refuse is 20 per
cent, and with such roots as turnips
80 per cent.
In preparing vegetables for the table
the careful cook will remove all in
edible portions and will see to 1t that
the total amount of refuse is as small
as is consistent with good quality. Thin
pairing Of potatoes and other vegetables
sis an economy which 1t is worth while
to practice. and is IN easy way of
decreasing useless loss-Maria Parloa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
FiEht,ns the Potato Bag.

I Potato bugs are like interest on a
mortgage-they work days and nights.
When the broods first begin to hatch 1t
Is the time to act. The only remedy
practical and effective known at pres
ent Is paris green. This is mixed with
water and scattered on the plants The
spraying apparatus is too well known
to be described here.
To each barrel Of water use seven
pounds of cheap -four and one pound
of paris green. Mix the poison and
-four in bucket containing about two
gallons of water and stir until thor
oughly mixed.
When the whole mixture Is thor
oughly mixed pour into the barrel Of
water on the spraying machine; and
keep the contents of the barrel well
stirred while the sprayer is In motion.
Z The only serious objection to- this
mixture is that 1t tends to clog the
screens in the pump. This can be
avoided by having the screens SO they
Gun be taken out and reinserted
quickly.
y The screens can thus be taken out
and cleaned in short time and the
spraying go on without further inter
ruptIon. The operation may seem trou.
hlesome at first, but one spraying kills
al! the bugs and it doesn't matter IL It
rains within two hours after it is ap-
piled.
lew and rain will not wash it of
and traces of it will remain for two
weeks and continue to destroy all new
hatchings Of insects!
The flour forms paste that catches
all the particles of paris green and In
turn adheres to the plant leaves. in
u field sprayed thoroughly in this way
second operation is not necessary.
The pump may be put away and the
grower rest assured that he is through
for the season.
Tie sprayer should not be driven too
fast but each plant be allowed to get
its full share of the poison. One bar
rel of this mixture should be enough
to cover about two acres.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

If you mind your business properly
you can, with good working herd Of
a dozen milk cows, abstract from the
creamery till somewhere around $40
every month. Then you have the
calves besides.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

The potato growers of Long Island
N. Y, have organized trust to con-
troll the output of the island for the
coming season. Growers in the trust
will sell their product only through the
exchange of one Of It's shipping stations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

A well kept lawn reflects the good
taste and nature Of the owner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Many weak man loves strong drink.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

The American Sunday School Asso-
citation has offered prize for the best
original article on christian Princi-
pies In Our Rural Districts: How to
Make Them a Controlling Influence"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

At Candy. Mimi, the high school has
purchased a ten-acre field near the
school property to be cultivated as a.
fruit and vegetable patch. 1t is be
lieved this Will help solve the problem
of keeping boys on the farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

The horse is mans best friend; there
fore he is deserving of a friends treat
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Farm machinery put in repair be.
fore the busy season opens means
money in the pocket. When It is nut
away in the fall is better time for
repairing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

Every farmer should have pair of
scales. 1t is the only way for farmer
to know exactly where he stands in his
buying and selling.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

The burning of;straw and stalks. ex-
cept in special cases, is a wasteful
practice and has no place in judicious
farming.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-03-06

pexy its solution depends the possibility OF controlling the
production of offspring from human beings
process of comparison this be done The controlling power
possible evoke it in the interests the resides exclusively
individuals Immediately concerned This fact THINK
should be recognized fundamental Our processes therefore, should be
persuasive rather than mandatory.
The great that human beings intelligence
their offspring fully the average OF the
particular if superior 1t certainly the that no
his children shall be weak sick Detective or in any
way inferior in physical or mental endowments
clearly shown that certain classes of marriages hurt
offspring others beneficial the dissemination OF that
would itself tend promote desirable and prevent undes
Would reasonable for instance think
marrying than he would dream Of
he really believed that harm would result to the OIL
spring? could find such person. could find two
for takes two to make marriage?
the gates of marriage and where children produced
close tight the divorce Every child is entitled by nature
father mother and should produce children who are not
prepared to give them parental care for life
going extremes would that the interests OF the COM
muny should make marriage and divorce difficult
Under conditions would require several generations to
produce sensible results in improving the but the United States
we have blood introduced from abroad important
improvement that will act quickly and that is emnenty susce
tible to control
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-03-06
Copyright by A. c. McClurg & Co., I0o7)
SYNOPSIS.

George Williston. a poor ranchman,
high-minded and cultured, searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
s." On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water he discovers
a band of horse thieves engaged in work.
ing over brands on cattle He creeps
near enough to note the changing of the
Three Bars" brand on one steer to the
-. r." brand. Paul Langford, the rich
owner of the Three Bars" ranch is sent
for by Williston and is informed of the
operations of the gang of cattle thieves
a band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black,
who long have defied the law and author
tiles of Kemah county, South Dakota,
with impunity, but who, heretofore, had
not dared to modest any of the property
of the great Three Bars ranch. Willis
ton shows his reluctancy in opposing a
band so powerful in politics and SO
dreaded by all the community. Langford
pledges Williston his friendship If he
will assist in bringing Jesse Black and
with the beauty of Mary, commonly
known as "Wilistons little girl" Louise
Dale, an expert court stenographer VINO
had followed her uncle, Judge Hammond
Dale, from the east to the "Dakotahs,
and who is living with him at Wind city,
is requested by the county attorney.
Richard Gordon, to come to kemah and
take testimony in the preliminary hear
ing of Jesse Black. She accepts the invi-
tation and makes her first trip into the
wild Indian country. Arriving at Velpen
across the river from Kemah she is met
by Jim Munson, hot headed cowboy of
the Three Bars" ranch. In waiting for
the train Munson looks at some cattle in
the stock pen. In the herd being shipped
TO Sioux City by Bill Brown he detects
old Mag a well known 'onery" steer
belonging to his employer of the Three
Bars" ranch. Munson and Louise start
for Kemah. They take lunch at the Bon
Ami restaurant conducted by Mrs 1ig-
gins, a great admirer of Richard Gordon,
the county attorney. Louise is told of a
meat poisoning plot which resulted in the
illness of Williston, Langford and other
witnesses for the state in the cattle thief
case against Jesse Black. A blackboard
tries to block the way of Munson's team
at the entrance to pontoon bridge across
the river. Munson crowds past the buck
board team wrecking the blackboard.
They arrive at Willistons. Crowds as
semble. in Justice James r. McAllister's
court for the preliminary hearing. Jesse
Black springs the first of many great
surprises, waving examination: Through
Jake Sanderson a member of the out
law gang, he had learned that the steer
Mag had been recovered and thus saw
the uselessness of fighting against being
bound over.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-03-06
METHODS ARE TOO STRENUOUS.
Why Yankee Statesmen Have Not Sue
ceeded in South America.

In the matter of statesmen abroad,
we must have men who not only speak
the language but who are also thor
oughly conversant with the customs
and idiosyncrasies of the people with
whom they deal, says the Engineering
Magazine The South American, in
his buying as in almost everything
else, is a most deliberate person as
well as a sensitive one. A salesman
who will call. smoke a cigarette, talk
inconsequently about the weather, the
theater and the races, and answer
questions-should any happen to be
asked-rather than make assertions
about his goods. win outsell, FIVE to
one, the liveliest hustler that ever
opened up sample case. This is a
thing so contrary to the instinct Cf the
American salesman that, to date, in
his wanton disregard of it, he has con-
stantly played into the hands of his
more experienced European rivals.
Your Yankee drummers," says the
latter politely, ARE the Greatest sales
men in the world-in America"