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1.-Two out when train time arrived.

s-Batted for Fritz in ninth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

ssa ses SO
above illustration shows how
for the trade
paid for the best prices
from which the meat purchased In the subdivision of these
cuts prices actually from
tins the price demanded he cheaper cuts
The class of
cents per pound that he compelled retailing
Of for less than he for it Eighty the
% per cent of the This the
cent of the that
es 81 ao9S. aSa cents per pound for the cheaper cuts
pare and cook the
cheaper cuts
snsrss
rapidly falling below the demand This higher beef
the demand the
Below
rbone and son The
regarded by
sh' ess nard0 the are The snn
only from the balance
from the choice
Round and aehy portion thigh
@ s on the round extends down to the shank having only bone
~, EnhA section Of
the flank hamburger boiled
for T n Of the first ribs and
Tor the most money Next the chuck
Chuck-The lower eight
is known to the
extends up to the lower portion of the
roasts and lean
the best portions being
10 the neck usually sells OF boiling
PaeThe plate
ing the boiling but contains
meat -
takes in the portion between
is
but makes fine pot boiling meat
shank-That portion of
above though
part mostly bone and sinew it boiling
NeckThis usually sells
srioin Ends-n markets the
but properly cooked OF animal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
A GENTLEMAN.

BY William Jightfoot visscher.
He could not be so poor that he would
hate the rich,
Nor yet SO rich that he despised
the poor;
He is so brave and just that not a
turn or hitch
In all of Fortunes winding way
could lure
Him to an act or thought of vile in
gratitude.
He's true unto himself, and thus to
every man,
And has that courage, high and
grand and strong,
That comes with kindness, and, with
honor, leads the van
To aid the right, and sternly pun
ish wrong;
To strip injustice till 1t shivers,
shamed and nude.
He seeks the culture that, refining,
gives a grace
And comfort to himself and those
around;
He has not ostentation, nor would he
abase
Himself to thus become monarch
crowned;
Clean comes his thought. and from
his hand brothers grip.
He comes from anywhere; aye, cen
from Nazareth;
From north and south, and from
the east and west;
He comes as comes the. cool and
grateful breeze's breath;
He need not be an angel. from the
blest;
He might be, thus, too good for mans
companionship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Industrial Education in Japan.

CluSdkbOu JdPdIs
Industrial education in Japan is re.
ceiving considerable attention, as is
shown by recent report from that
country. The industrial schools are
established by the central govern.
ment and by local municipalities, and,
according to the report, the Nautical
School, Toxic, had 27S scholars in
navigation and 200 in engineering.
Agriculture and forestry are taught
in Morioka. in northwestern Japan,
having 29 instructors and 237 stu.
dents.
There are also six higher technical
ment at different cities, In which are
schools maintained by the govern
taught dyeing and weaving, furnace
work, applied chemistry. mechanics,
electricity and industrial designing.
Two of the schools teach engineer
ing, mechanical civil and marine, and
in one of the schools course in cleo
trical engineering is feature.
The Toxic Nautical School has an
apprentice school attached. In addi-
ton to the above government insti.
tutions there were in 1907 more than
1000 schools, private and public deal
ing with all lines of industry and
ommerce-American Machinist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

the presence of an immaturity that ia
hesitating between right and wrong,
laid her hand over that Of her beauti
full daughter.
yes, DEAR" she continued, Into ev.
cry life there comes at one time or
another supreme temptation. II the
crisis is passed, all Is safe, but II YOU
yield at the fatal moment, you cannot
retrace your steps. You are then com.
mitted to fatal policy"
But. mother, father says he cannot
afford It,"
EXACTLY. Fathers, from time i'm.
memorial. have always said that. II
is their way of imposing on youth and
innocence. Go forth at once and buy
the gown. Do not forget that / am
with you, that l will stand back Of
you with all the feeble strength can
command"
So saying, the proud woman folded
into her arms the weak creature. who
even then. II 1t had not been for her
timely rescue, would have been be-
trayed into humiliating and shame.
full surrender.-Success Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Figure. That pon,t Lie.

The man who imports $1,000 worth
of diamonds pays a tax of but 800.
10 per cent. If he imported 1000
shirts. worth 81 each. he would have
to leave at the custom house and tack
onto his selling prices $6O1.6 go, 60.16
per cent. If he decided he would bring.
in $1,000 worth of champagne, one of
the items upon which there is large
increase, the tax levied by the tariff
IL $500. If he brought in 1000 worth
of blankets he would pay tariff tax
of $1,645.42. II he brought in $1,000
worth of paintings and> statuary, all
he would have to pay as customs
duties would be 5000, but II It were
sugar he would pay $7SS.70 tax on
$1,000 worth. II he brought in $1,000
worth of jewelry he would have to pay
5000 tariff tax, but II he brought in
$1,000 worth of wooden dress goods he
would pay $1,o50.s2 tariff. II he i'm
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Kisses and Wine.

In the little Rumanian town of
Helmagen an annual fair is held on
the feast of ST. Theodore. On this
occasion the place swarms with new
ly married brides from all the villages
in the district; widows who have
taken fresh husbands remain at home.
The young women, in festive attire
and generally attended by their
mothers-in-law, carry jugs of wine,
enwreathed with flowers, in their
hands. They kiss every man they
meet and afterward present the jug
to his lips for a nip" AS he takes
it he bestows small gift on the
bride. Not to take Of the proffered
wine is regarded as an insult to her
and her family. She is, therefore, re-
served toward strangers and only
kisses those whom she thinks likely
to taste of her wine The Kissing is
carried on everywhere-in the street,
in the taverns and in private houses.
Daily News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

When one considers the frightful
consequences Of gathering and eating
poisonous mushrooms in mistake for
the edible variety. 1t is little short of
marvellous that one without knowledge
should dare go into the fields and
woods and pick and eat any Of the
fungi growing there.
II one is thoroughly familiar with
some particular variety of edible mush
room, and can distinguish 1t at sight
from all others, however similar in
color and form, 1t is safe to eat that
particular variety; but one must be-
ware Of other kinds that resemble 1t,
for however slight the difference in
appearance, one may be edible and the
other poisonous. There is no absolute
rule for distinguishing the edible from
the poisonous kinds. and 1t is better.
therefore to- give no general Jules
but to follow only one: Suspect every
mushroom which you do not know
positively to be edible. To this, rule,
perhaps. may be added second:
Learn to distinguish the white-spored
agarics and avoid them all; for al.
though there is an edible species, 1t
requires an expert to tell 1t, and the
poison of another species is deadly,
and there is no known antidote for It.
The chief poisons in mushrooms are
two in number-muscarin and phallin
The first of these produces symptoms
Resembling those of alcoholic intoYica.
ton, followed by commissions or par.
alysis. collapse, and death from heart
failure These symptoms come on soon
after the mushrooms have been eaten
In poisoning by phallin the symp
toms do not appear until several hours
after the meal. They resemble chol.
era, beginning with severe abdominal
pain, soon followed by vomiting, purg.
ing and collapse.
In all cases of mushroom-poisoning,
vomiting should be induced as soon as
possible, and large dose of castor
oil may be given to hasten the elm
nation Of any as yet unabsorbed por.
tfons of the mushroom.
Stimulants are needed to support
the heart, and milk containing an
abundance Of magnesia or bi-carbonate
Of sodium may be given.
Injections of salt solution into the
veins and-in case of muscarin pol
soning-hypodermic injections of afro
pin are often employed by physicians
with benefit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
The sectional Issue.

The bulk of American protection
manufactures are from concerns locat-
ed in the Eastern States. The Middle
West and South have some, but the
East by far the majority.
The American West is populated
mainly by producers and consumers.
Manufactures cut comparatively small
figure-as yet. Agriculture is the chief
industry.
That is why we have sectional"
tariff issue. 1t is not the Vests fault
that this line is as sharply drawn be-
tween East and West as was the old
slavery line between North and South.
Sectionalism is tho natural out
growth of robber tariff. When the
late Gov. Johnson of Minnesota said
that the West was organizing against
the East to resist tariff robbery, he
merely voiced an economic truth.
The West is fighting for basic prin.
ciples of American equality. Eastern
protection" interests are fighting to
hold the great West in tariff chains.
This kind of sectionalism must con-
tinue to grow as long as tariff robbery
exists under cloak of law.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
TERRoR1zE AFRICAN LIFE.
Driver Ants Can, Destroy An cre..
lures I'm Their Line OF MARCH,.

Driver Ants Can Destroy All Crea-
lures I'm Their Line OF MARCH,.
Most terrible insects are the "driv.
er" ants of West Africa. They are
SO called. says Spare Moments, be-
cause they drive before them on the
march all other living creatures. No
animal is able to withstand them. No
beast, however formidable, dares to
cross their track. sid they will de-
stroy in a single night all the pigs
and fowls on farm. The huge
iguana lizards fall victims to them,
as do all other reptiles. It is said
that they begin their attack on the
snake by biting its eyes and SO blind
ing the prey. which, instead Of crawl.
ing away, writhes hopelessly In one
spot. Natives of Africa assert that
when the great python has crushed 7
its captive in its folds 1t does not
devour 1t at once, but makes cir
cult of at least mile in diameter in
order to see '..hettsr an army Of
driver ants is on the march in the
neighborhood. If so. it glides on and
abandons prey, which will soon
be eaten by the ants. II any army
of these ants approaSn es village the
entire population is compelled to fly.
Sometimes the people may be obliged
to take to the water in order to save
themselves. The insects travel In the
night and on cloudy days, because
they are quickly killed by the direce
rays Of the sun. Should the sun
come out while they are making
journey, they construct continuous
arch over their path out OF earth
aggluNnated by a fluid excreted from
their months. In cloudy weather an
arch-for the protection of the march,
ing workers is constructed of the
bodies of the larger soldier ants.
whose extended jaws, long legs and
protecting antennae, INTERVIEWING.
form a sort Of network. In case Of
an alarm the arch is instantly broken,
and the insects which composed 1t
join other soldiers on the TANKS OF
the line, who seem to be acting az
scouts, running about furiously In pur-
suit Of the enemy. The alarm over,
the arch is renewed and the army
marches on as before.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Between the a1,ll.,one..


Eighty per cent Of people of this
country are unjustly handicapped In
their fight for existence. On one side
they are victims OF high cost of liv:
ing created by an Ubiquitous tariff. On
the other they are harassed by in
creasfng extravaganza in administra-
ton of government.
This tendency is not confined to ma
ttonal affairs. 1t exists in state, city
and county. 1t is increasing taxes Of
this generation and piling up a noun
tain Of debt to burden the next.
Municipal Indebtedness Of the twelve
largest cities in the United States has
increased from s444.s67,167 to more
than $l.0Oo.0OO.00O in the last ten
years. Our marvellous growth, our
commercial expansion, our national
optimism. seem to have gone to the
heads of public officials.
We have a great country; why
bubble about expense? This seems
to be the theory on which affairs are
conducted. Meanwhile the tax bur-
den grows heavier. and purchasing
power of the weekly pay check con-
tracts.
This is the real problem with which
this nation has to deal. 1t is magnifi-
cent to govern on large scale, to
build splendid buildings, to order vast
public improvements and issue bonds
to pay for them.
But every dollar thus expended is a
lien on incomes of the people. In the
last analysis 1t must be deducted
from the pay check
Public officials should spend less
time devising means to evade debt
limitations and consider whether the
people can AFFORD to continue creating
new debts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Tarin Is q Live Issue.

At least three-fourths of the voters
In this country know that the Payne
Aldrich tariff is betrayal of political
good faith and violation Of party
promises; that, with the exception of
print paper and a dozen or SO other
articles, no effort was made to ascer-
tain the difference between home and
foreign cost of production. The voters
know, also, that when the inquiry was
made no attention was paid to the in
formation obtained and that Congress
voted blindly on the bill under the
dictation of boss in each house. The
facts are so notorious that the tariff
cannot sleep during the coming session
of Congress. Efforts to drive the in
surgents out of the Republican party
have made 1t necessary for them to
keep that issue very much alive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Pooling the Farmer.

The worthlessness of tariff on ag-
ricultural products to increase the
farmers profits is well illustrated by
potatoes. Last year there was short
age in the crop. SO much so that many
farmers were compelled to buy their
supply for table use and for seed.
Millions of bushels were imported, the
tariff tax being added to the price,
which the consumer, including the
farmer. was compelled to pay This
year there is large crop Of potatoes,
and the tariff on them does not in
crease the price one cent, as in many
localities in our own and other States
the price paid the farmer is less than
the tariff imposed by the latest mon
strosity.-Fairmont Sentinel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08

Scratch Southerner and you will
find knightly soul, might be said to
be one Of the morals of the Chicago
Record Herald story below-the second
moral is reasonably obvious.
What is the reason" began the irri.
tated traveller from the North, that
the trains in this part of the country
are always behind time? l have never
seen one yet that ran according to its
schedule"
THAT. suh." replied the digniied
Georgian. sis mattah that is easily
explained. 1t is due to Southern chiy.
airy. subj"
Southern chivalry! Where does
that come in?"
You see. sub. the trains are always
late in this country because they wait
for the ladies, God bless them!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
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The Sun will always oppose a cen.
trail bank of issue. Such bank is
intended by the monetary commission.
The policy of that body as now for
mally disclosed by Senator Aldrich
points to no other contamination.
1t is our conviction that a, central
bank of issue bearing the same rela-
tion to the money of this country that
the Banks of France and England bear
to the money of those countries would
prove national evil.
This country is additionally and
temperamentally unsuited to such an
institution. If Mr.. Aldrich and his
associates by their united genius can
fashion central bank whose func-
tons and powers shall be purely auto
matte and mechanical, well and good.
But such bank with us Ia impos-
siblc.
We have developed no class in Amer
lea from which we could create or re-
cruit the administration and control
of such an, institution, while to iso-
late it from our political life is hope
less.
We wish it were otherwise. It is a
national misfortune that we cannot
create bank of issue. regulation and
control like the Bank Of England. But
1t is misfortune to which we are
habituated and which is an accepted
condition of our economic existence.
1t might be possible In time, but
that time Is remote.
The temperament. the political
genius and the geography Of our coun-
try assure us that the creation Of such
an institution would lead inevitably to
disaster graver and more far-reaching
than that which our recurrent panics
and speculative commissions entail.
They constitute an evil, but it is a
negligible evil compared with the sim
lister possibilities of another Bank of
the United States.
In country OF vast wealth where
there is not a dollar of money for
which dollars worth of gold cannot
be had there must, from the operation
of natural forces, presently develop a
system or habit whereby the mini
mum of physical mobility of actual
money shall be combined with the
maximum of stability and liquidity of
credit. That end can be attained, and
in our belief will be attained, without
the injection of any Federal dogma of
any kind.-New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
march down the ladder in single Ne.
while he went on up to the next

while he went on up to the next
story.
Here he repeated the same tactics,
while Joseph and others, from the
ground, seeing the way he was man
| aging things, called directions up to
he upper stories The babies were
crying, the women ready to faint, but
Number Forty's GOODNESS acted like
magic. If this big officer of the law
had time to go up still higher. they
could surely climb down without fear.
The group from THE fourth fire.
escape was moving down in good or
der, in spite of the smoke. The fifth
started on It's way, one of the wom-
en- with bird-cage. Number Forty
was on the sixth. when flames leap.
ed out from the second-story windows
and licked along the front OF the
walls. Az cry went up from the
crowd. Sheehan leaned over the rail-
ing and shook his fist at them in a
fine Irish rage.
''Tell them to kape quiet. Joseph,
or I'll break their heads! No mat
ter what happens, they're to kape
quiet. Tell them I'm dom this. and
they've got to mind"
He rushed up to Che last platform,
to find tn. people there crying and
wringing their hands. Down wild
We, quick!" he cried, pushing the
women and girls toward the ladder.
and picking a toddler OF two I'M in
his arms. He drove them before him
to the ladder, and down It, close on
the heels of those escaping from the
sixth story
"Steady. now! Steady!" One Of
the women. at the sight of another
squirt of fame below. reeled. faintinr.
and he caught her nv the arm inst In
time. between the baby and her
half.helpless weight. he could move
but slowly. The rest clambered down
at double.ouick "Glory be,n said
Number Forty to himself. easpinp in
the smoke. .nhey,re all safe now
but us. for the hre,l do NO more
than lick out at them for three min.
utes vet. and they,n get mast It all
rieHt. There comes the engines
SIRE ,t's fnl, time,"
The firemen game with clang and
clatter. tn find ,be last scared sinped
hut safe prom Of Italians on the
lowest roa,nds Of the f,re.escane and
Joseph po,ntinp inward to where. In
the swirltnp smoke on the third Mat.
form a man IN uniform with a habv
i
arm was coming slowly down The
flames from the second story were
now NO longer ,ickinp ont hit hlaz.
ing Could he mass them9
bush foil m the crowd. tben a
mnrmnr of annlanse as the Aremen,
hose in hand. came To the resn,e.
DRIVING haca, the leaning Aamas with
torrents Of water nIacinp ladders
against the onter railing and swarm.
ing nm ia helm down the imner,led
three If was all over in five min.
utes more and every one safe. hut
| # was close cal,
Nnmber Forty. landing somewhat
unsteadilv nm his foot WAS conscioma
Of a great wave of neon,e round him
/ Maria Giu,ia ching to him cry,np for
ioy. Josenh and score Of men and
women messed close mon him. the
mother a. the child he had carried
invoked every blessing of heaven
unon his head and lond increasing
srhonts rose nm avery side He looked
ahont him as ono baw;,dared
"ro,, th, =, hove o,,;ot ,,,,.
Won Joeq" said Number Rortv -"It,s
all over and there's none hnrt N
mThev arc not afraid anv more -
said .Iosenh the internreter "Thes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Small Farms.

small FARMS es.dallss )
Small farms possess many advan-
tages over large holdings. and for the
capital invested pay much larger divi-
!dends. The owner of small farm
does not envy the bonanza agricul-
turist who becomes slave to HIS
broad acres. In general, men who en-
gage in husbandry are ambitious to
own too much land. and in this way!
become in many instances actually
land poor. They can not probably
work their estates. Although q man
may have the resources to buy large
farm, unless he has the capital to
properly equip 1t he will find his
broad acres an Improbable invest
ment. To realize the greatest posi-.
bilities out Of farm 1t must DO
equipped with proper appointments
and stocked with improved breeds OF
animals. The outbuildings need to be
economically arranged. and Of a class
to AFFORD proper protection to his
stock. II all ones capital la invested
in land the owner is destined to strug-
gle for years to make his necessary
improvements. Beginning with mex
pensive betterments, the farmer is
forced into a life of self-denial before.
he can attain to the comforts OF life
which might have been his for years
had he been content with less land
and better Improvements. The farm
improved with poor fences and out.
buildings. inferior wells and no wind
mills continually subjects its owner
to losses OF crops and live stock.
Large farms require much help to
successfully operate them. The big
farm is always short OF ample labor
ers to efficiently operate 1t. AT great
expense crops are often produced,
only to be sacrificed because the farm.
err can not obtain the requisite amount
of help to save the harvest.
Modern agriculture contemplates
more intensive cultivation of the land.
and returns from one acre are two
fold received under ordinary tillage.
Improvement in tillage is the foun.
dation Of advanced husbandry. In
tense cultivation kills weeds. encour-
ages plant growth and keeps the soil
in proper condition to absorb natures
fertilizers from the atmosphere, dews
and rains that fall on the land.
Consider what vast difference iss
possible between one farm OF $40
acres or 16 farms of 40 acres as to
the social future of rural life. II own
ers could carry their land with them
when they pass to the silent shades OF
death land covetousness might be toll.
Grated. but too much land forces .
neglect Of the higher and nobler at.
ltributes of cultivation. Farmers and
Drovers' Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-12-08
Use. for Cracked Erss.

Eggs are also used for other pur-
poses than food. Cracked eggs are
generally sold to bakers, confectioners
and cheap restaurants. Calico print
ers buy from 100000 to 100000
dozen eggs year in the United States.
mostly bought in New England mar
kets. 1t Is claimed that one biscuit
Arm In New York buys 1000 dozen
eggs week, or more than 100000
dozen a year. Coffee roasters, manu-
facturers of photograph supplies.
cracker and biscuit makers and the
chemical trade are estimated to use
in the United States 100000 dozen
a year. The makers Of patent food
preparations. tanners. liquor refiners
and dye manufacturers need a great
many eggs in their business.