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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
SOME MARRIED NEGOTIATIONS.
By Clarence I. Cullen.

~. i FL s - '. d.
Another dead-sure preliminary to q
touch is when she tells you that you
are looking SO tired around the eyes
The time used to be when only men
called an evening Of wild and hysteri-
cal rummiferousness having a good
time"
Why is 1t that the woman who
harps necessarily upon the incon-l
stancy and the Witness of men usually
has face like that of perturbed sun
perch?
1t makes man feel pretty cheap.
when, after admiring some woman he
meets in company. his wife tells
him that she wears whole wig, and
proves 1t.
Why is 1t that woman will strive:
frantically for years to catch her hus-
band in lie and then weep till 5her
nose and eyes are all puffy and red
when she finally succeeds?
When a woman Is extraordinarily
careful to lock away her own letters
aren't you filled with a sort Of In
voluntary suspicion that she'd read
other peoples letters If she gotF a
chance?
Why Is 1t that, when man sits
still for ten minutes or so, probably
thinking that he'd better get a hair
cut tomorrow, his wife makes up her
mind that he is dreaming of some
other woman?
When the regular day arrives for
her to have what she calls "a good
cry" why shouldn't she phone the In
formation to her husband, so that he;
can stay down with the fellers and:
have good laugh?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Toppinx Corr Tor Fodder.

One OF the most desirable kinds Of
roughage to be found is that obtained
by going through the cornfield about
fodder-cutting time and cutting the
stalks of Just about where the shank
joins them, punching and tying to.
gether the tops thus occurred. the same
as in ordinary shocking.
This method not only affords the ten
derest and very choicest OF the plant
for fodder. but also leaves the ears
plainly exposed to view, where they
may be easily reached and promptly
husked without the husker being both
cred by the blades and tops OF the
corn. Then. too. there Will be no
husking out to be done before the
fodder is ready to be fed. s.
Another commendable feature OF
this plan is the great amount OF labor
saved by not carrying the ears Of corn
and the long, heavy stalks othing
being touched except the light tops.
which are easy to cut and carry. quick
ly and easily thrown out when fed,
and attended by q smaller per cent
Of waste than fodder obtained In any
other manner. Why not try handling
patch this way I'm. Albertus Cover
dell In Twentieth Century Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
What Marcy Did
repeated Miss Alcock.

Marcy" repeated Miss Alcock, a
trlfe petulantly. Randolph Marcy!
never heard one man speak SO fire.
ouently OF another as you do of Ran
dolph Marcy! And never laid eyes
on him! don't believe he actually
exists!"
MacNish laughed. Indeed he doesn'
he asserted. He's my best friend
has been for years!"
"Then why have never met him?"
demanded Miss Alcock. severely why
haven't you ever brought him around?
I've known you for perfect ages!''
There was Indignation in her brown
eyes, the righteous Indignation of a
girl who feels she has been deliberate
ly cheated.
AS MacNlsh looked at her blankly,
trying to reason out Just why she had
never met Marcy, he was conscious Of
an odd, new feeling. His swift and
amazed analysis of 1t disclosed that
the reason she hadn't met Marcy was
that he didn't want her to meet Mar
cy!
1t wasn't that MacNish was in love
with Daisy Alcock-far, far from it!
MacNish had other plans and matri.
mony was not included among them.
He was making a career and he could
tell you all about how marriage ham
pered, distracted, impeded and man
gled career, for he had listened to
auctions himself.
Some time In the distant future
when he had reached the stage where
bellboys flew agilely at his appearance
and portly bankers DOTTED their hats
hastily at sight of him, he might SEN
sibly, carefully, sanely choose wife
and establish.a home. He looked with
plying scorn upon his friends who
surrendered to a mere temporary mad
ness and attached ball and chain to
an ankle SO early in life. This, how
ever, did not prevent him from seeking
the society OF attractive girls as did
other men. The only difference, Mac.
Nish told himself, was that he kept
his head and regarded them with mere
philosophic liking.
1t was a great relief not to be eter-
nally falling in and out of love. The
reason he had sought the society OF
Daisy Alcock so much and so long
was that in spite of her prettlness she
seemed to have common sense and to
be willing to take the calm friendship
he offered and not expect 1t to develop
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Feat Of Burglars.

BILL see the rolling stock Of the
Russian railways suffers loss from tho
hands of thieves. Two years ago TO-
900 passenger and freight cars disap.
peared and were never found again.
Jill don't see how man can put
a freight car under his arm and walk
away with 1t without some one seeing
it.-Yonkers Statesman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
rorc,ns the .rarln I...ue,

President Taft's extravagant eulogy
of the Payne tariff and his declaration
that party solidarity" must be pre-
served at whatever sacrifice, destroys
the last hope that this country will
ever get relief from the robbery Of
monopoly tariff legislation through the
Republican party.
AS long as party solidarity Is para
mount to the fulfllment Of party
pledges the extreme protectionists will
have their way in every Republican
Congress, and every Republican Presi-
dent will be forced to bow his neck
to their yoke. Strong as are the Pres
ident's inclinations toward a reason
able measure of tariff protection,
strong as have been his expressions
favoring margin of protection that
would only suffice to cover the differ-
ence In cost Of production at home
and abroad, he has been forced to
surrender Internationally to the rad
icals of the Aldrich-C Cannon faction Of
his party. Any future Republican
President who may favor moderation
4 In tariff taxation will be subjected to
the same humiliation.
The Presidents Winona speech was
a slap In the face to the seven Repub-
lican Senators and the numerous Re-
publican Representatives who voted
against the Payne bill on Its final pass
sage: 1t was an affront to the Repub-
lican voters Of Indiana. Iowa. Kansas.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and other west
ern states. under whose Instructions
these Senators and Representatives OPP,
posed Encourage to the last.
President Taft has forced the tariff
issue between the two great parties to
the line from which there Ia no reced.
ing. The twilight zone" between the
Democratic party and the Republican
party ON that question has disap-
peared. BY his speech at Winona the
official leader and spokesman of the
Republican party notified the Repub-
-lican tariff reformers Of the North
west and the middle. West that the
party has nothing for them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

into sentimentality as many girls. he
was annoyed to say, did. He liked her
and he felt that she liked him and
that was all there was to 1t.
Therefore he could not understand
why he should have had a twinge of
rebellion at the idea of Randolph Mar.
.cy, who was remarkably fascinating to
girls with his gay laugh and graceful
'devotedness, as an acquaintance of
Daisy Alcock's. MacNish prided him
self on being far beyond the foolish
stage where he thought mans good
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
An 1n.t.nt.neou. Cure.

e During the cattle plague in 1866 in
England farmer who had lost a
number of his cows grew SO depressed
that he fully persuaded himself he
had also contracted the disease The
medical man whom he contulted tried
in vain to laugh him out OF his fears,
but subsequently, being fond Of a Joke,
pretended to agree with the patients
views and solemnly told him II he
would attend to his Instructions he
would be cured. He then gave the
farmer prescription, which he direct
ed should. be taken to a neighboring
druggist, but when the latter opened
the envelope and read the contents he
was as much startled as the farmer.
For the prescription was as follows;
This man has the cattle plague. Take
him into the backyard and shoot him,
according to act Of Parliament" Need
less to say the cure was instantaneous.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
sh,pplns Era. for H.tchins.

Another instance Of the fact that.
eggs for Matching purposes can be
sent a long distance with good results
can be seen in the case OF. Mr. w, b.
Borders of Wichita, Kan. Mr.. Bor.-
ders Is breeder of bun orpingtons,
and sent to England. the original
home Of the orpingtons, for 80 eggs
They arrived in good condition and he
Matched 20 chicks Two or three Of
them were killed by accident, but he
has now over 20 Of those chicks and
they are the finest lot Of bun orping-
tons he ever saw. It Is not SO much.
the long distances that eggs are
shipped that causes poor matches as It
is the rough handling that they fire.
3quently get from express agents and
others II handled with proper care
eggs can be shipped 10000 miles
away and still hatch good percent
age Of the fertile eggs. kansas Farm
ar ses ~ -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
advise the President wisely in the de-
llcate task of applying the 25 per cent
tariff maximum, which goes into effect
News.

advise the President wisely in the de-
llcate task of applying the rs per cent
tariff maximum, which goes into effect
on April 1, 1910. They are Professor
Henry G. Emory Of Yale. College. chair
man; James B. Reynolds of Massachu-
sets, formerly Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, and Alvin B. Sanders Of
Chicago, editor and owner. of the.
Breeders, Gazette. The Payne act ap-,
propriates s75 600 a year for their sal
aries and the employment Of assist
ants.
President Taft proposes that they
shall dig into the cost Of production
at home and abroad, scrutinize every.
item of the Payne tariff including
those on the free list. make philoso-
phical study Of the effects Of foreign
tariffs on our export trade and
of our tarif on our own trade
and the trade of foreign coun-
tries, and compile It all into a
tariff encyclopedia for his guidance
and the guidance of the Republican
party. The Joker" which the insur-
gent Republican leaders will readily
discover in Mr.. Taft's plan is that he
thinks 1t will take the commission.
until the end of his administration to
find out enough about the tariff to.
teach the Republican party what kind
of tariff juggle 1t wants to put into
its next platform. In the meantime
he wants the Payne tariff left severely
alone. The standpatters who kick
against this program surely are hard
to please.
But If 1t will take the commission
three years to find out what the Re-
publican party wants to do about the
stariff, of what use can 1t be to him
next spring when he has on his hands
the Job OF applying the maximum
tariff. with all Its dangers Of costly
tariff wars? The maximum rates go
into effect In every instance unless he
takes Affirmative action to arrest
,them.-St. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
.!ig5EFs s|ak
RASPBERRY culture

-7 = 7 = ~
It is best to cultivate the raspberry
plants before fruiting time. The old
stalks which grew last summer will
all die by the close Of summer this
year. The canes which will produce
next years crop OF fruit will be those
which come up as little sprouts this
coming spring. 1t will be we'll. when,
these new shoots get to be 20 inches
high, to pinch them back, 30 as to:
Induce branching from the ground up.
These will be the canes for next years
crop. Those which bear fruit this sea-
son can be cut any time after the fruit.
crop Is harvested up to the beginning
of growth next spring.-Dr. Written,
Missouri Agricultural College.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
Function. Of the Hnppy.

A happy man or woman is better
thing to find than five-pound note.
He or she is radiating focus of good
will; and their entrance into a room
is as though another candle had been.
lighted. We need not care whether
they could prove the forty-seventh
proposition; they do better thing
than that, they practically demon.
strate the great theorem of the Liv.
ableness of Life.-Robert LOUIS Ste
venson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

stringhalt, spasmod.c contraction
Of the voluntary muscles Of the leg,
usually occurs in animals OF high
ly nervous disposition. One Of the
most frequent forms of stringhalt is a;
Jerking up Of the hind leg as the
horse travels. in many cases only when.
the horse first starts.
This 10 often most severe In cold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

he asked for more But he hasn't got the raise" He
wasn't refused it, simply his employer hasn't given it
to him..
That one greatest why this young man
wouldn't think of leaving his employer that in his
work he felt he getting broad liberal education
In his speciality. That house which, through friend
there, had offered 80 per cent increase in salary
slow. conservative practically making advance In
his present place of employment aggressive methods
and unauestioned to put them through had made
1t standing example of ur-todate progress.
Men in business have built up organizations where
they besieged with applications for positions Ordi-
narily that who is organizer in the true sense
isn't searching out high priced, developed talent In
other quarters with which to back up his business ma
chinery. He is developing 1t himself For this reason,
many lines of work, he has double appreciation Of
the who appreciates his organization for what
that organization is. II he has drawing $4,000
salary who refuses to accept $4,000 year in third
class establishment-and time and again such cases
deveopshoud the organizer volunteer to increase
employees salary because of the refusal? The Is
tried and proved through the refusal Of that offer he
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

George" said the Titian.haired
sschoolmarm, rs there any connecting
link between the animal kingdom and
the vegetable kingdom?"
Yeth, ma'am," answered George,
promptly. Hash! Everybody.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

thing 1t Is joint product the result of the combined
labor and sacrifices of many races of mammals and
birds. And of these has the right to take
more than Its share Of the blessings Of civilization
to shift upon others than their portion of LIES
lila
lated with him not objects of plage, but beings
with rights and feelings and capabilities Of happiness
and misery like himself He is kind to them and
mindful of how he gladden. and enrich their
sarily meager lives.
He gets real pleasure by simply seeing them happy
and realizing that he has in measure contributed
to that happiness He provides them plenty
Portable homes vacation in which to rest oppor
tuntes for pleasure and pastme, education, and In
hrmaries for times Of misfortune and decline.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

pie, almost annihlating distance: hence the develop
ment of international commerce an unprecedented
SCALE each place receiving the products Of the farthest
lands.
simultaneously the democratic trend in politics be
and more noticeable. Accordingly today
the total absence of constitutional Is
ity, and not only have most the vote, but
will soon have It, too. Even the orient which sup
posed to be unaeraby absolutlstc In government
offered recently the gratifying spectacle Of
on after another. Egypt india. Japan, China Persia
Turkey, demanding constitution. and in many cases
obtaining It.
Rapid transit and rapid news have however, not only
led to close contact between the individuals Of the
several nations but between the nations themselves
Hence village politics has gradually given way to
tional politics, and this to international politics. and
consequently almost sensitive to-day
corning what happens thousand miles away as to.
what happens next door.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

Two young women In Washington:
boarded crowded street car and
were obliged to stand. One of them.
to steady herself, took hold OF what
she supposed was her friends hand.
They had stood thus for some time.
when, on looking down, she 3discov.
cred that she was holding man's.
hand. Greatly embarrassed, she ex.i
claimed: oh, I've got the wrong
hand!" Whereupon the man, withea
smile, stretched forth his other hand,
saying: Here is the other one,
madam"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

Do We See Are Wives AS Others Dor
First straphanger Tin whisper
Why did you give that woman your
seat? She isn't bundle-laden, tired, or
pretty, or even polite.
Second straphanger-W Weller
see-she is my wife. Harvard Lam.
pooh.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

This years record OF foreign trade
of the United States Will show heavy
decrease In the balance that SO long.
has been in our favor. For twelve
years previously this balance has
growE steadily. During the last few
months the: tide has turned and i'm
ports have exceeded exports.
Failing off In exports is due largely
to shortage and high prices OF ag-
riculturals staples which we inherited
from last year. Heavy imports, which
have been a feature since January. an.
parently are a result of the greater in.
dustrial recovery in America as com
pared with Europe. Rush shipments
to anticipate operation OF the new
tariff also have tended to swell the
total
In view Of the high prices at which
cereals and cotton are still held, i'm
mediate improvement in the export
business is not to be expected. on the
other hand, increasing prosperity Will
operate still further to stimulate i'm.
ports.
What effect this condition will have
on financial relations remains to be
seen. This country has been SO long
accustomed to a trade balance in its
favor that movement in the other d.
rection is likely to be regarded with,
solicitude.
AS the change is the result Of nat
ural conditions, there is little reason
for apprehension The only danger
is in possibility of drain on the;
gold supply, and this is largely obyi-
ated by increasing European invest
ments in American securities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
A GOOD staxer.

Can You recommend, me a young
man Of good staying power?"
oh, yes. sir. My daughters young
man."-Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
An Indication.

Rich old Mr.: Rocksleigh must be
failing in health
What puts that idea In your head?"
why, Alice Keene is going with
T that awfully stupid son OF his
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

looks counted. All sensible people, he
felt, realized the charm of a rough
hewn face and a jaw that threatened
achievements. MacNish had that kind
of face and jaw.
He told himself that he had no use
for young woman who judged a man
by his profile and could not look be.
low the surface. Yet. though unac-
knowledged, he dimly realized that,
running neck and neck with Randolph
Marcy, heidi not count for much with
the average girl. Thus far he had
never cared. Not being marrying
man. why should he mourn over the
fact that he was not social favorite
"Why-why. don't know!" McNish
found himself stammering to Miss AL
cocks last question when she had re-
peated 1t with some acerbity. II didn't
know you were so anxious to meet
Marcy!"
I'm not!" said Miss Alcock, dis
tinctly. Nothing irrltates a girl SO.
much as to be told an unpleasant
truth. I've lived happily thus far,
without meeting Mr.. Marcy and no
doubt the remainder of my life won't
be wrecked II his acquaintanceship
doesn't come my way! Only. knowing
you SO well-and SO long-it seems
queer. when he's such friend OF
T. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
PLANE OF LIFE NOW INTERNATIONAL.
By Or. Gusfsve spiller.

We are living on an International plane A
large part of the population dwells in towns.
and not only is travel to distant places rapid
and frequent, but the movement Of population
from locality to locality and from country to
country is a decided feature Of the times
Through the utilization of steam and electric
lily villages and countries have been brought
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

And the man you hate is usually
better man than you are.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
TREATMENT, REAL AND IDEAL, OF ANIMALS
By F. Howard Moore

A large part of the energy of civilization
has come out Of the bodies Of the great four
footed races. The horse, the OK. the mule,
the elephant, the camel, the reindeer, the
water buffalo, the yak, the dog. and the dom
key--on the powerful and patient backs of
these patient beings civilization has been
borne for unknown hundreds OF years.
Civilization Is not an exclusively human
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
PROBLEMS OF BETTER HEALTH EDUCATION.
BY Or. Thomas Grant Allen

1t is obvious that In education health is
fundamental, that you cannot properly edu.
cate child that hasn't good health and that
to maintain this health the conditions in the
sschoolroom must be physically wholesome.
What is not SO obvious is t4at 1t Is the duty
Of the school to SO train the child that he will
keep in good health in after life about as
easily and as naturally as he reads. The
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13
THE HAMLET BY THE SEA.

There is a little seaport town.
Whence long ago fleet of ships
Sped. white and gay, beyond where
idips y
The dim horizon down and down.
Oldsmen sit on the pier and gaze,
With pipe in mouth and dull surmtse,
And whisper 'thwart their blear-eyed
haze:
"sayl don't you see the sails uprise?"
Mothers that maids were also walt
To greet the vessels glad return
Yet yainly shall they watch and
yearn:
No tide brings ships. or tells their fate
Yet does the little port keep bright,
Having an atmosphere of pride
That such fair craft from 1t took flight
The cliff o'ertopping waves to ride.
Ny heart. you are the little place
Close by the sea; yonr hopes. the
fleet
That sailed forth to your buoyant
beat.
Homeward its course no more to trace.
Sometimes you fret, then grow content
To dream of those enchanted things.
Which to the gray, drear past have lent
The spotless splendor of their wingsl
-Ainslee's
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

school that has failed to train the child to get good
health and keep it has failed in educating the child
truly If he unable to read good literature with
intelligence and appreciation sound body Is there
fore both prerequisite for good education and test
by which the quality of the education be measured
The health problems Of the public schools have refer
ence not only the health Of the school children and
their ability maintain their health in after e but
also larger to the health of the entire COM
munity These problems to keep the schools free
from contagious disease; to the correction
mova of physical defects to provide the children with
the proper living conditions soto train them in whole
their health, and to fortify them against disease.