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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
HRAwLINe BAILEY.

This paper is satisfied that Bailey
has for several years misrepresented
the great democratic state of Texas
in the United States senate. The
following from the Chicago Tribune
is not far out of the way:
"It is unfortunate for Senator Bail
ey that he should be obliged to rise
so often in his place in the senate
and denounce newspaper correspond
ents as liars. 1t is even more unfor-
trnate that he should let his angry
passions rise and lay violent hands en
a man who had not written the ar
ticle which touched him on the raw.
The only things which suffered in
the melee were the umbrella of the
correspondent and the reputation OF
the senator. 1t is to be hoped that
the umbrella can be mended. The
damaged reputation cannot be. The
public has no respect for a brawling
statesman and poor opinion of the
courage of man who attacks some
body smaller than himself.
"If Senator Bailey is in hot water
so often he has nobody to blame hui
himself. He heated it. His course
during the consideration OF the tariff
bill in the senate has been sucf
as to lay him open to the criticism OF
Democratic newspapers. He has de
nounced protection and then voted
for protective duties and explained
his action by calling them revenue
duties. He voted against free iror
ore. He was one of the Democratic
senators who voted against putting
lumber on the free list. Last years
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
INSANE POPULATION DOUBLES.

Since the board of control tool
charge Of the hospitals OF the State
in Iowa In 1898, statements filed BY
the latest balance sheet and statisti
cal table prepared by a committee
shows that an astonishing increase
In the number of inmates of Iowa's
insane asylums has been made, doub.
ling in ten years. From July /, 1898,
to April l., 1909, there has been an
increase of insane patients Of 1872
This remarkable increase Is attribut
ed by members of the board to the
Improvement in the state institutions
also the term hospital" has re
moved greater part Of the repug
nancy felt by friends Of those patien'I
which are cared for by attendants
and treated by experts In nervous
diseases who give to the inmates all
of the benefits of scientific treat
ment that they would receive in Q
private institution.
Twenty years ago many we'll to dc
families would not have thought OF
sending their friends or relatives
to a state asylum, but can now do 50
without fear Of mistreatment.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
WHO OWNS THE BEST DAIRY
COW?

Under the direction OF the extern
sion department and the Agricultur.
al Experiment station of the Iowa
State college, test Of dairy cows
is to be made in the state, conducted
by the Cow.Culture club of Waterloo
of which E. R. Shoemaker Is secre-
tary. A farmer owning herd of
dairy cattle and desiring an official
test made may. correspond with this
stub, and by paying a fee of 81 for
each COW examined, free conveyance
II the tester to and from the rail-
way station and maintenance during
the test. and become contestant
for number of prizes, aggregatlng
$1,000, to be given away by several
interested parties living in the state.
For the champion COW, prize of
$3.50 is offered; the second prize i;
tor $3.50; the third for 500, and $500
% he divided between the next ten
cows pro rated according to the
amount Of butter fat produced in the
years test Kimball's Dairy Farmer
will give cash prize OF $25 to SO to
the COW producing the most butter
Dat during the months. A committee
IS now at work securing other prizes
and 1t is confidently believed the
premiums awarded In this big contest
will run up to $4,000 OF $1,000. A
number OF prominent breeders Of
iairy cattle have offered to each
give thoroughbred bull calf for es.
pecfally good work done by Grade
COWS in this contest Silver cups win
be, awarded by the Iowa State Dairy
association to the best cows. and the
'arious cattle breeders associations
are being asked to contribute prizes
The contest is to determine the
amount Of butter fat given in one
year (365 days) by any one COW own.
ed in the state. of any breed-pure
bred. grade or otherwise-which is
regularly entered in this contest and
whose record is made in compliance
with the rules laid down by the Cow
Culture club.
Each owner of COW entering the
contest is to promise the payment of
81 each as an entry fee. and the
free conveyance of a tester ,whosis to
be sent once month. and the pro-
yiding Of milk scales. Cows can be
started any day. Entries close An
gust 10.
Applications for entries may be
had by writing Mr.. Shoemaker at
Waterloo, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
HENRY H. ROGERS.

The death of Henry II. Rogers, who
stood second to the Rockefellers in
the Standard Oil combine, recalls
Thomas w. Lawson's description of
Rogers in one of his magazine arti-
cles. Here is Lawson's pen picture
of the great oil magnate:
away from the spell of dollar-mak-
ing, this remarkable man is one of
the most charming and lovable be,
ings have ever encountered; man
whom any man, or woman would be
proud to have for brother; man
whom any father or mother would
give thanks for as son; man
whom any woman would be happy to
know as husband, and a man whom
any boy or girl would rejoice tc
call father. But once he
passes under the baneful in
fluence of the machine he become,
relentless. ravenous, pitiless as {
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
INCOME TAX PROSPECTS.

Dy way of the Washington CORE
spordenl of the Springfield, Mass
Republican the iniurrra alton come.
taat
1t is learned that Senator Crane
AMI A'tir;eh hsi long conference
with President Taft last night, and
gossip concerning it at the senate
was that MIR. Crane had told the pres
ldent that there was a majority OF
three in the senate for the income
tax.
From the same source the further
Information Is afforded:
His averted that large number OF
republicans are coming around to the
position that an income tax amend.
.nent would be desirable and that /,
number of republicans who do nct
nom principle favor an income tax
believe that it might be good policy
to incorporate such tax In the tar.
III bill to make the tariff hill pala.
table to the country. 1t is under.
stood that President Taft is giving
renewed attention to the situation
bearing on the income tax.
This is not in accord with the gen
eral impression, which is that sena.
tor Aldrich has the votes to defeat
the income tax amendment.
q.
But 1t may be that the insurgent.
are making such an inroad on the
Aldrich schedules that a tub to the
whale is being considered and thai
a modified income tax may be ac.
cepted. II 1t should develop that
such hl the case the friends OF the
income tax will need to be alert te
prevent the willy Aldrich from sc
framing the law that the supreme
court will be sure to set 1t aside
again.-Des Moines Register and
Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

shark, knowing no law of God or
man in the execution of his purpose
Between him and coveted dollars NAV
come no kindly human influences-all
are thrust aside. their claims disre.
garded in ministering to this strangy.
canntbalistic money-hunger which, In
truth, grows by what it feeds upon.
Above all things, Henry H. Rogers
as a great actor. He knows the hu.
man animal from the soles of his
feet to the part of his hair and from
his shoulder blades to his breast bone
and, like all great actors, he is not
above getting down to every part he
plays. Truly man of blood
and iron, as Bismarck or Won Moltke
was, his erected will is sword and
a wise. To gain predetermined goal
Henry II. Rogers will go through
hellfire and water. swing about and
make the return trip and then re-
peat until death interferes or his
object is attained. Such men as he
in other days subjugated kingdoms q.
made deserts where they operated;
in religion they became ST. Pauls and
Savonarolas. !"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
EARTHQUAKE IN IOWA.

The state and daily papers report
ed Wednesday two d. tinct earth
quake tremors which shook Illinois
Iowa and Wisconsin. The seismic
disturbances We're felt in Dubuque, al
caused CONSERVATION and fear or
the part of the hundreds of people
employed in office and shop build
ings. The Waterloo newspapers add
ed to the general report of q slight
quake in that city. causing dishes te
rattle right merrily.
AT Farley it is stated the disturb
ance was noticed, but evidently Man
chester and Delaware county seem.
to be located on a thicker portion O
the earth's surface. than is Dubuque
Chicago and other places where chin
neys fell down and havoc played rio
for quarter of minute last Wed
tnesday morning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
ToLsToYs WONDERFUL MENTAL
lTv

Commenting upon the Imprisonment
of the Tolstoy's publisher the New
York World says:
"The publisher goes to Jail. Tolstoy
himself, though avowing responsible.
ity and inviting punishment, remains
free. The Russian Government does
not hesitate to shacklc the press. Ii
is afraid to shackle Tolstoy. Thus
one man in an empire of $50, 600, 900
is free. Alone among that great
mass of subjects Tolstoy may think,
write and speak as he pleases. Per-
secution, imprisonment, exile and the
gallows have no meaning to him.
Only little while ago a former
President of the United States sub
scribed to the opinion that on the
whole the influence of Tolstoy's life
and teachings has been bad. The
proposition was shallow in its reas
oning and monstrous in its conclusion
A man who by the mere force OF in
.tellect tames the ferocious Russian au
stocracy and by truth alone defies it's
spies and assassins is an apostle of
liberty as surely destined to deathless
fame as the Russian despotism is
already appointed for destruction.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


The office of the county recorder
is once again enjoying the quiet
season which advances with the ap-
proach of coming summer. Real c|
tate transfers are few these days,
three being filed during the past
week:
Robt. Hunt and wife to VIM. G.
sandercock: $5; part of lot l., in
block 2s, Earlville. ~,
Caroline Griess to Mary E. Nor
gan: $4,000; lot / in block 6, Hop
,kinton.
G. NJ. Peet and wife to-: E. Van
Metre, ct al. 100000; the southwes,
quarter of the southeast quarter Of
section 2, township 80. range 5.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
THE DESIRE 70 KILL

Hampton Recorder: There can be
no question but what man is de-
scended from some lower order of
creation, as the animal instinct is
continually cropping out in all of US.
Otherwise where does this consum-
ing desire to kill something come
from, that is shared by all humans,
from Teddy Roosevelt down to the
boy that sets his dog onto the harm
less squirrel that crosses his path?
Why should the few foxes in the
country be- marked for slaughter?
They externiinlte the rabbits that
girdle our fruit trees as we'll as the
field mice, moles and gophers that
prey on the crops. Our farmers no
longer leave their fowls to roost on
fences, they all have comfortable pou
try houses, where the foxes canno,
get at the chickens and ducks. Be
sides the foxes win not trouble the
barn ya:d premises ss long as rab
bits and the like are Us plenty as
they are in the country. Spare the
foxes, at least as fong as they are
as scarce as they are now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
THANKFUL THOUGHTS.

Peace to the soldiers sumb'ring 'ncatl
The oak and elm and pine,
feace to the constant hearts that wreat
Their garlands round each shrine,
Thanks to our God that hallowed slain
May know their work well done
For the blue and the gray, no Longer
twain
Now do and pray as one.
fhanks that each southern battle scene
Drifts farther. farther back;
fhat Santiago lies between.
a second Merrimac;
i,,at Grant and Lee stand side by side
instead of face to face,
ana the blue and the gray in love abide
by Times eternal grace.
While the red that shows is only the
rose
IN many blossoming vale.
ana ,ne hosts that harked for nearing
foes 20
List to the nightingale,
ana In north and south, the coun,,y
through
ihe nag streams out to-day
Ger hearts all true 10 the irn,on ill.,
ihousi heads alike are gray,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
EVERY DAY HEROES.

iheS ride in the cab of the engine.
,,,.s AS 'ne train speeds through the nigh
win the lives of scores depending
on their reading the signals right
They stand at the helm of the vessel.
AS she tosses and rolls in the gale;
or cling to the storm-swept rigging
To furl the beating sail.
Ihey work on the great tall buildings
That tower far up toward the sky.
Or down In the mine's dark level.
Where death is always nigh.
With death in hundred guises,
They battle each day in the wear.
Without the notes of bugle
Or the drum to give them cheer
No flag have they TO lead them.
No glory to spur them when
They stand face to face with danger
hut they stick to their posts like mer
Emil Carl Aurin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
A BREED OF CALVES.

Shenandoah World: The great in
crease in the number OF cigarette
smokers in Shenandoah is noticeable.
1t is almost as bad as drinking, and
nothing units man so much for hon
est work as this pernicious habit.
The young fellows who spend tina
wrapping these stinking things can
console themselves with the recollec-
ton that rarely if ever is cigarette
smoker chosen or entrusted with a
position carrying responsibility. There
is not single individual in Shenan-
doah occupying reasonably sue
cessful position who is addicted to
this habit
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
We know but little about Lorrimer

We know but little about Lorrimer,
the new senator from Illinois, but
Judging from the bowling of cer-
tain class of newspapers, some
claiming to be republicans and 9TH
ers pretending to be democratic. we
think that the new senator must be
all right. or at least a decided i'm
provement on the average member
of the present upper house of con.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

Democratic national platform de
manded the repeal of the tariff on
wood pulp. print paper, lumber and
timber. Senator Bailey says: 81 ut.
terly refuse to be bound by it." A
man who repudiates the definite
declarations of principle of his part;.
must expect unfriendly comments.
senator Bailey was born too late.
II he had been in congress before the
civil war he would have won the ap-
plarse CT his constituents by getting
after some northern newspaper ma.
who had told the truth about him.
He can win no glory anywhere by
such a performance now.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
cutie Out Of tho ordIn.rv,

An-Atchison woman is so deeply In
love with her husband the neighbors
run when they see her coming. They
explain that hearing constantly OF the
virtues of a husband is more tiresome
than hearing Of the smartness of Z
baby or dog.-Atchison Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Unehlvalrous suooestlon

Women like to Jest about there be-
ing no men in heaven. but tfAy know
well enough that II there werd DO men
there it wouldn't be heaven for them.
-Somerville Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
THAT SAME olp a.,

West Union Argo: If the money
spent by Iowans in worthless mines
and other crazy ventures in distant
states had been spent in developing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

Iowa water power and manufactures
the state would be enjoying tre-
mendous boom.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

contains s,ss3 colored bulbs and over a
mile of wire. The minutes are indica-
ted by sixty series of lights, each Sc
ries containing thirty-two globe covered
bulbs, radiating from an ornamental CEN
terpiece to the outer edge of the dial.
Shorter rays of different colored lights
show their position twelve times during
sixty minutes, or once every five minutes.
The seconds are shown by sixty lights
placed at equal distances around the ex-
treme outer edge of the face. The hour
figures are three feet high, outlined in
colored lights. Each second the illumi-
nation in the outer circle of light moves
forward on bulb, and when the dial has
been entirely circled the lights indicating
the minute also advances, and the hour
hand, formed by lights, makes its slow
journey at five minute intervals.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

ern Americans every day use and comfort.
To name, these seems quite superfIuous,
almost to the point of requiring an apoI-
ogy for the reason so little is in print about
the substance of which are made our shoes
The production and manufacture of
and almost all our gloves and with
which our hats are lined; that in the
very betting of the factories themselves
turn the wheels that make these prod
uctss the substance that supplies the har-
ness for our horess and makes up such
large proportion of the carriages and wag-
ones these horses pull, as well as of the
the patient beasts; the substance that
makes our good trunks and bags, our
pocket wallets, the exquisite covers of
our fine books and the seats and backs
of our costliest furniture, as we'll as sup
plies the essential portion of the war drum
of the world and the drinking recepta-
cles for many millions of Africans and
Asiatics.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

Headquarters Rankin Camp, No. ass,
u. C. ", Brandon, Miss, October 29th,
called to the annual meeting of the Miss
issippi Division, u. c. :, which is to be
held at vi cksburg on the nth and I2th
of November next. Veterans are promised
grand time by the citizens of Vicks-
burg, whose hospitality is boundless.
The monument erected by the state, o
is soldiers who Tough in and around
he chill City will be unveiled. Autos
will take the veterans over the battle lines,
where the besieged and besiegers wrought
in the days of 1863.
The railroads offer the usual reduced
fares, while the citizens are anxious to
entertain you. Those who will 60 should
notify the adjutant that he may provide
homes for you. r. D: McRae, P. B.
Berry, and J. w. cawthon are the dele
gates, with ]. l. Buchanan, ]. r. Barks-
dale and J. G. Hughes alternafes. All
who can should attend this meeting--it
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
AN UNLUCKY MAN.

Thomas Patton, of Louray, Russell coun-
ty, Kans., is the owner of the real prize
hard luck story of Kansas. Here are some
of the things that have happened to
him in the last five or six weeks:
Wife died, house burned to the ground,
including furniture, three ribs and nose
broken in fight with neighbor; thrown in
Jail for fighting; compelled to pay his
own and other fellows fines; thrown
into all for letting hogs run at large after
paying neighbor for taking up and keep
ing hogs; thrown into Jail for not send
ing children three and one half miles
to school when his own district school
had been discontinued While he was in
Jail the probate court took five of his
children away and scattered them yer
the state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
The RnOkerY,
Jackson, Miss,

Jackson and Kinds county were not the
only places on the map of Mississippi
today, by long sight, notwithstanding
they had the biggest show that has ever
been gotten together In one enclosure Just
across the Pearl River, in Rankin county,
there was another celebration in that
mile of model road leading from the de-
pot to the city of Brandon itself, and in
cidentially about all roads within the ra-
dius of thirty miles lead in the direction
OF that growing and thoroughly rejuvena-
ted city. The opening of this bit of road
was of significance not only to Rankin
county, but to the state at large, indi-
eating as it does the readiness of the gov
ernment of the United States to help those
who make some slight effort to help them
selves, and meeting them more than half
way. While the road way was formerly
opened today, with some appropriate cere-
monies, the work will be permanent
exhibit, and the Rankinites are extending
cordial invitations to their fellcw-men, and
especially county officers and supervisors,
to go over and see for themselves any
day during the state fair. and especially
the supervisors who are holding their
convention here at the present time,
which is convenient opportunity for them
jackson Dispatch to New Orleans Pic
ayune, October rs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
PONY HUNTS ON SABLE ISLAND.

When the supply of horses run low
in Novia Scotia an expedition goes to
Sabe Island. rounds up herd of wild
ponies, selects the best of the lot iassoes
them and transports them to the main
land and captivity. Most persons know
Sabe Island as one of the places where
the transatlantic liners are picked up
by wireless and reported and also as
the place of shipwrecks, but wild horses
constitute an interesting feature of it.
1t doesn't fit in with ones idea of a
horse ranch,in fact, many persons think
of it as barren waste, but it has about
200 square miles of territory and is fairly
fertile. 1t was treeless until the govern
ment began to plant trees there in or
der to make the island more conspicu-
Gus to mariners.
The ponies thrive and are a hardy
lot. They prefer the open, refusing the
rough shelters which persons with an eye
to future profit have erected for their
comfort When storm comes, as it
does frequently, the horses gather in hol-
lows between the sandhills and line up
as if for battle. The herds arrange
themselves with the colts in the center,
the mares next, then the stations, and the
master stallion of the herd in the most
exposed situation.
The roping of those marked down for
shipment is hazardous task and equals
broncho busting tournament in spec
tacular interest. When horse is thrown
and tied he is loaded ignominiously onto
a wheelbarrow and carted 10 surf
boat, which takes him to the Halifax
steamship.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28

The corn is gathered and the cotton
soon will be in Rankin county. When
sufficient rain has fallen to permit the
proper preparation of the land there will
be quite an acreage devoted to oats,
Oats will make a splendid cover crop for
the soil during the winter, besides graz
ing, when the ground is not wet, and next
summer produce splendid feed at the
time of the year when plow stock needs it
most.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-10-28
For sale by H. A. Busick Co.
MADE FROM HIDES.

The diversity of interests based on
this animal product and their extent
cover such a vast field that men en-
gagged in them have, apparently, ceased
to regard the subject in any large, general
way, the different divisions occupying
their attention as seperate products within
themselves. To the dealer in hides,
leather means, in general, OK and cow
hides for the making of betting or the sole
of Shoes The shoe manufacturer is almost
certain to speak of shoes and leather as
though the industries were radically diff
fcrent.
leather is very big business all over
the world. In the Uuited States the traf-
fic in raw. leather alone ranks third
in the commercial enterprises that engage
the attention of our people. If we con-
slider, however, in addition to leather as
raw material, the details of the different
articles manufactured from it and base
a calculation upon the number of people
employed and the variety of operations
the business Of manufacturing articles
from leather is the largest and most inn
portant in the United States. Despite this
fact, the inquirer after facts concerning
leather Is amazed TO find how little has
been written on the subject.
This seems the more surprising, since
il j. Of leather that arc made 80 many
articles absolutely necessary for che mod