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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
A Costly Trade war.

The threat by Canada that II the
maximum rates Of the Payne tariff are
applied to products of that country 1t
VIII enforce against imports from the
United States its maximum, which in
creases by one-third the ordinary Ca
madam tariff rates, is only one step in
the ruinous tariff war which the paper
tax In the Payne law has caused.
Pretending to reduce the tariff on
print paper the authors Of that out
rageous law have actually increased 1t,
to the great injury of our neighbor,
which has important wood pulp and
paper Industries. The tariff on news
print paper In the Dingley law was
IS ton. The Payne law reduces 1t
nominally to $3.75 ton, but there is
provision In the law that the actual
tariff shall be rates specified plus 25
per cent. which maximum can be re-
mitted in favor of any country only
by order Of the President. This maxi.
mum goes into ELECTION April i Of
next year.
Because the Province of Quebec has
stumpage tax Of % cents on wood
cut from the public lands for export,
while the Province of Ontario prohib-
Its the expectation of wood cut from
her public lands, the Treasury Depart
ment in August issued circular i'm
posing a retaliatory duty OF 50 ton
on paper from these provinces. The
total import charge on paper from
these sources will accordingly be $3.50
when the maximum is applied against
Canada, as it surely will be.
In retaliation for this circular Que
bee threatens to join Ontario is pro-
hibiting the expectation of wood cut
from her public lands. Irritated and
angered by the determinations made
against her in Washington, Canada
threatens to stop all importations
from the United States. The sum to.
tai of these importations is $4,000.
600, while we buy from the Canadians
over $75,oOO.ooO worth year.
Here. then, in a trade amounting
to nearly 100000 year which is
harassed and threatened with extinc-
ton. It includes, by the way, exports
OF American farm products to the
value of nearly $25.0o0.O00 a year
st. Louis Republic.
= r " 10. u s. II # T. S i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
DOWN HOME.

Down home tonight the moonshine
falls
Across a hill with daisies pied.
The pear-tree by the garden gate
Beckons with white arms like
bride.
"A SAVIOR as OF trampled fern
Along the whispering meadow stirs,
And. beacon OF Immortal love.
A light is shining through the frs.
To my old gable-window creeps
The night wind with sigh and
song
And, weaving ancient sorceries.
Thereto the gleeful moonbeams
throng.
Beside the open kitchen door
My mother stands. all longingly.
/. And DER the pathways ofithe dark
She sends a yearning thought to me.
It seems and finds my answering heart.
Which shall no more be peace-pos-
sessed
Until ] reach her empty arms
And lay my head upon her breast.
-Youth,s Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

visitor-so you put the prisoner in
this padded cell for INSTRUMENTATION.
If 1t doesn't produce the desired effect
do you give him any severer treat
ment?
Warden-Yes. We stand guard
over him with a loaded revolver and
make him thread fine needle six
times in succession without swearing.
Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

sweet peas but perfectly gorgeous roses
x was glaring with all his eyes from
outside the door. and Q. inside the
door, was looking daggers at us! Don't
Taught was awful" Paula dropped
her face into her hands.
Uncle Jim sobered down In hurry.
"Of course you explained?"
Explain! q wouldn't listen. Sailed
on with Y and told him I'd said he
was out Of the question. oh, / know
from the way they acted afterward.
And x just viewed me with naughty
disdain from the minute he saw me
taking those flowers. He and parted
.cebergs."
And you wouldn't explain to him,
event"
Tell him there was spot on my
dress that had to be covered, when
ia gone to all that trouble to keep
him from knowing?"
Without warning. Paula hid her face
a second time.
Uncle sJim's chair came down on
four legs. His cigar sailed over the
lawn. Paula was crying.
Paula" he began in queer tone
not bit like Uncle Jim, do you
do you care um-more for X or Y
than-the rest of the alphabet?"
Her hands dropped from her eyes
She had never before heard note like
this in his voice.
What do you mean?" she faltered.
II mean Jim looked embar-
raised, but he spoke up stoutly. Il
mean J!'
Paula stared. Then the color swept
up to her hair. "Why. Uncle
Hang the uncle!''
There were two in the hammock
now.
"Why-why-why, Jim" she STAN.
mered. obediently. Chicago News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Insania Americana.

"sir!" said the young woman, with
what seemed to be Indignation.
The young man looked embarrassed.
Eyes. l did kiss you" he admitted;
but ! was impulsively insane"
= THAT means that a man would be a
lunatic to kiss me?"
We'll, any man of discretion would
be just crazy to kiss you"
This seemed to ease the strain, and,
no Jury being present to middle at
fairs. a satisfactory verdict was reach
ed.Philadelphia Ledger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
A scotch Alarm Clock.

A tourist in rural Scotland took ref
uge for the night in the cottage of an
old lady. He asked her to wake him
early in the morning. warning her that
he was quite deaf.
Upon awakening much later than the
appointed hour he found that the old
lady. with strict regard for the pro.
prieties. had slipped under his door a
slip of paper upon which was written.
"Sir. it's hauf-past EIGHT" Success
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
A Drought.

"They also advertised shower baths
at the summer resort where we put in
the summer"
Didn't they have them?"
Nav. there wasn't shower all
summer" Houston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
FEEDING FOR EGGS.

We feed our fowls as early as nos
sible in the morning. Their break.
fast always consists Of mixture of
grains, and it may be made up of
wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat,
or any other small grain. Not so
very much is fed, and it is all thrown
into a deep litter composed of straw,
cut clover, or any other equally
loose material. Dinner is fed in the
same manner as breakfast. and con-
sists of few handfuls of oats to
each pen. BY feeding grain scat.
tered in litter for both these meals,
the birds are compelled to take plen.
ty of exercise. and keep busy and
contented nearly all day scratching
and hunting in the litter.
A mash is fed in the evening. It
Is composed of two parts each of
cracked corn and wheat bran, and
one part each of middlings and
ground beef scrap. The fowls are
given about all OF this mash that
they want to eat, as supper has to
last them much longer than any 9TH
er meal. 1t is fed early enough in
the afternoon to allow the birds am.
pie time in which to partake of all
the food and water they want before
1t is time for them to go to roost
Clean, fresh water that has been
slightly warmed, is taken around to
each of the various vessels three
times a day. Immediately after each
meal. 1t is not merely added to that
already in the vessel, but all the old
water is thrown away and replaced
entirely with fresh.
A head of cabbage or big beet is
fed to each pen in the middle OF the
day. A good plan is to suspend 1t
in the air SO that the fowls will have
to jump Just few inches in order
to get at it. Chopped potatoes or
turnips may be fed instead of cab.
bage OF beets If they are more easily
available. If it is very difficult to
secure these vegetables, clover or al.
falfa neal may be substituted and
fed in the mash with excellent re-.
suits, although 1t is always well to
give an occasional feed of vegetables
by way Of variety.-R. B. Sando. In
Country Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Make YOUR HENS LAY.

Feed judiciously.
Never fatten the pullets or hens.
Give them all the liberty you can
~ day.
All the warm shelter by night and
in. tempestuous weather.
Make them work for their food.
Dig up the ground little. Bury the
food, or throw among straw.
GIVE cut green bone twice a week
Hot mash in morning.
Hard grain at night. g
All the green vegetables, carrots,
turnips. mangold obtainable.
Clean water every day.
Nice dust bath.
Then II Matched at right time you
VIII have the birds earning money
for you in the hard frosty times
Feather.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Ihe Grace Of Good tood

Henry Ward Beecher once said:-
"a man must ask leave of his stom-
ach to be happy man. Good diges.
ton, you are good-natured; bad d.
lgestion, you are morose. Half the
grace that's going is nothing but
food" --.------.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
PoULTRY NEGIIEcrDD

The average farmer neglects his
poultry, and can not tell why. But
II he would allow his wife or daugh.
tiers help and provide proper build.
ings and supply them with small
per cent. of the feed fed. to other
stock the chicken department" would
soon show double the profit that the
farmer himself makes from his hogs
and cattle. This is being demon.
strated every day by the few farm.
ers who have taken up this work and
are conducting it along bus.nesslike
and scientific lines.-IndianapolIs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Can Won Beat TT

Mabel-So you and Jack don't speak.
What's the trouble?
Marjory-We had a dreadful quarrel
about which loved the other most
Boston Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

When 1t is said of a man that he Is
bull headed. It means that he Is fool
ish.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

You can always count upon your
friends as long as you have the prise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

every Monday morning; also night one. Thus the
beginner advances rapidly skill allows Any one
with machine shop experience will doubtless finish the
course In much shorter period though being me-
chanic is of course not necessary, the repairs
chauffeur is required to make minor ones usually.
The pay for this trade sis excellent depending
entirely the employer. seventyve dollars month
is about the minimum wage, while the best Of chauf-
feurs command as much as $4,000 year, besides hav-
ing house rent and travelling expenses Many taken
Europe in the summer. Florida In the winter. So
they are much better paid and have peasanter life
than the ordinary worker
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
TRAINING THE CHAUFFEUR.
BY Lewis L. Davenport.

With the gigantic growth Of the automo-
bile industry in America and It's attendant.
increase in the army of "chauffeurs" the
automobile school has sprung into existence.
And from 1t now 60 many Of the late recruits
to "the men behind the wheels" Approx
mateIy six weeks are required to convert
tyro into driver. All depends on the stu.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
PURITY OF HEART ELIXIR OF STRENGTH
BY Ada May Krecker


That the mental influences the physical we
!. : ! !
IN long have known. We have known without
II III the doctors dictum that grow pallid with
M fear, flush with shame, laugh with delight,
II ~ shed strange little drops OF briny water be-
II II cause are grieved. II frail little women
II Il we may pine away with unrequted passion,
Nh and albeit the stoutest Of men, we wear to
@H shadow under severe mental stress.
Dr.. Elmer 3. Gates finds that the baser emotions
breed poisons In the blood, and that the higher emo
tons such love. hope. and happiness are elixirs
He avows that the ptomaines yielded by Two hours
passion Of violent hatred injected into the veins are
fatal He terms hatred the deadliest poison known to
science. Anger 10 poison. Fear is poison Despair
and sorrow and sadness all nsl their deadly toxins
Into the blood.
But II we laugh we grow fat II we hope we have
bright eyes. II We love strong. II we are suf
fused with ome vast idea, Liberty Equality Frater-
nifty. We become conquerors THE Union" the Stars
and Stripes forever words ideas which Prof
James mentions as having inspired men to supreme
pitches of valor hardhood sacrifice. honor. effort
complishment.
Thus the pure In heart those whose hearts pure
Of thought polsons Of hatred wrath despair those
whose hearts clearly nourished with the exirs OF
love. peace. hope joy strong only with
their own strength. They are invigorated with the
power attracted to them by their own purity. And
their strength is made manifoldly stronger.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

Here's hoping the early frosts vii
not spoil the canned-fruit cropa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
1 .I!IEl1II 1152ga Eg llIIIIlE
s as..Htass2GlM@sNSsXga<as
Pc u [ t ryYV.zSr P IS q f 1t
LATE HATCHES,.

I ~.
The latter part of August II cool
is a good time to start fall hatch
If the weather is hot, it should be
delayed into September. Fall matches
depend great deal on the weather
of the fall and early winter months.
II the weather is nice and open q
limited number of fall chicks win
thrive and pay fer their trouble and
Keep. However, If the weather is
rainy and cold in November and
early December, unless you have
brood houses and give the chicks spe-
cial care, the chicks SILVER and
"cheep' around, VIII be stunted, and
not worth their keep. A few late
chicks come in handy for home use
and can be raised profitably, but
there are too many 'ifs' to make
them profitable market proposition.
Tanners Home Journal.
Feeding THE MOLTEJG FOWLS.
IT Is generally held that the meth
cd of feeding and the quality and
quantity of food has much influence
on the time, @rapidity, and uniformity
Of mott.
IN the absence of reliable data as
to the best method of feeding fowls
during the critical period of the
mott, 1t would seem desirable to fol.
low the practice commonly believed
70 be correct; namely. to feed lib.
orally on rations which are easy to
digest and rich in protein and oil.
therefore, in addition to the regular
rations, such foods as meat, oil meal.
sunhower seed, etc., should be added.
or, II already being fed, should be
increased in amount. This modified
ration is given in order to meet the
increased demands of the body for
feather-making material at time
when the system presumably would
be in need Of protein to furnish nitro
gen for the growth OF feathers and
OIL to supply available heat for the
scantily protected body.-Farmers
Home Journal.
NOTES.
In the practical management Of
fowls on limited areas, the fowls
should be supplied with foods similar
to what they obtain on free range.
such as green food, which can he
supplied in alfalfa meal at moder.
ate cost, and fresh water, meat meal
and grit. Plenty of exercise is es.
sential.
Cleanliness is important. It would
be disastrous to the profitable keen.
ing of few well-bred fowls. are
NIT filth to accumulate in the wards
or buildings. Convenient buildings
all arranged to save labor and to
utilize all of the available space. will
assist the poultryman greatly in this
respect.
In limited quarters the individual
men Is an important factor; do not
permit a drone to occupy valuable
space.
Many would-be fanciers. longing for
the pleasure of indulging in the keep.
ing of a flew well-bred, fowls, are
lost every season because they have
not the courage to begin on a limited
space. There are, moreover. many
men who really need such work for
the recreation that a venture Of this
kind would afford them.
The small breeder with three or
four birds of some pure-bred variety
can ultimately develop into a promin- q
ent fancier IL he will but perseyere
IN systematic course of breeding fill
this position Is attained
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Wage. and the rar,n.

The false pretense that the mo-
nopoly tariff in this country Is main.
tanned in order that the American
workingman may be better paid than
the "pauper" laborer Of Europe is dis.
credited by the fact that in free-trade
England wages are higher and cost OF
living lower than In any other country
OF Europe.
1t is not by accident that In free
trade England wages are some 20 per
cent higher and cost of living about
the same percentage less than In high.
protection Germany. The difference is
due to economic causes, chief Of which
ts the tariff In the two countries.
The protected American manufac.
turer pays his operatives no more than
the labor market compels him to nav.
And in proportion as the money wage
In this country is higher than in Eu.
rope the tariff increases the cost OF
everything that the American work.
ingman must buy. The tariff with
one hand takes from the American
workingman everything 1t gives him
with the other
People to Own. Railroads.
In view of increasing investments
In American railroads 1t is gratifying
to be assured that the additional Sc
curities will be absorbed at home.
For many years railroad promoters
were compelled to seek European as.
sistance to finance their operations.
As a result millions in earnings have
gone across the ocean to pay diyi-
dends on stocks and bonds held by
foreign investors.
More recently American money has
gone into these securities in constant
ly increasing volume. Now when
railroad needs additional capital 1t
Is not compelled to seek 1t in London
or Amsterdam or Berlin Home de-
mand for investments justifies Ameri-
can bankers in furnishing the money.
Instead of sending the bonds abroad
the banks borrow the money in Eu-
rope If necessary, and the bonds are
kept at home.
This condition is encouraging for
more than one reason. When rail-
road policies no longer are nodded In
Difference to ideas of foreign stock
holders, many problems connected
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
THE CAPE WORM.


We take several papers and I al.
ways read the best paper first, the
Indiana Farmer. In answer to E. T.
H.: We all know the cape worm is
small worm found in the little
chicks windpipe, but where does this
worm come from, and how do they
get in the windpipe? / want to tell
you how remove the cape worm. l
strip the heads from the blue grass
stems; take small bottle and fill 1t
half full of turpentine; get cord
or string and some water; take a
cloth. or the corner of your apron
and pin it around the checks neck.
put the chick between your knees SO
you can hold it; take you string and
put 1t over the little fork in its
tongue; draw its tongue out, stick
your blue grass in the turpentine.
and then into the windpipe, as far
down as possible; remove it with a
constant twist; give the chick some
water, and keep it comfortably warm.
Never twist your blue grass until it
is as far down as you think it ought
to go; and twist it as 1t comes out.
and you will almost be sure to get
the cape worm. This is my way OF
taking the cape worm out, and IL any
one has better way will be thank.
ful to know it.-Mrs. A. E. G., in the
Indiana Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
sectionali.m.

Before President Taft left the SNUG
precincts Of New England on the eve
of his Western trip he deprecated all
talk of sectionalism.
The President condemned particu.
larly the statement by prominent
Western governor that the West is or.
ganizing against the East on tariff
lines. Mr.. Taft opined-and his New
England audience applauded-
there should be no sectional lines
drawn and that the West should be
as happy over the new~tariff law as a
child with new toy.
Platitudes on unity, fraternity and
loyalty are easy Of expression. To
paraphrase an ancient quotation,
They, cry peace. peace. when there is
no peace"
II the Eastern mill bosses discern
signs Of organization in the West
against their tariff domination they
have only their own faulty to blame
for it. The real breeders of sectional
ism are the men who whipped Con
gress into the passage of the Aldrich-
Taft bill to line their private purses.
II a wave Of political discomfort is
sweeping over the West and middle
West, portending Democratic Con
gress next year. Its momentum is d.
rectly traceable to the Eastern mill
bosses who applaud President Taft's
warnings against sectionalism.
And 1t is noticeable that the farther
the President goes on his Western tour
these signs apparently impress them
selves more and more upon his reluct-
ant mind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
SMALL LOTS PRoF1TARI.E

SMALL LOTS PROFITABLE.
The successful handling of fowls
on unlimited range is looked upon as
more profitable than the keeping o.
fowls on the village or city lot, vet
the net profit per fowl is not infre
quently much greater for the man
with limited area than for the other
Excellent results along strictly util
ity lines have been and are being at
tanned upon limited areas, while in
the line of standardized fowls OF
high merit and an abundance in egg
yield. many small-lot poultry keepers
are obtaining a surprising percentage
of profit on capital invested in their
enterprise. The average person is
apt to think that not much can be
done on poultry plant limited to
two or three lots. but with we'll
bred flock of fowls of great produc-
tivity, and with properly located
buildings and yards, the small poul.
try keeper. If possessed Of ability,
has many opportunities to obtain
splendid results in market sales and
in good thoroughbred breeding stock.
Indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

"Why-why-why, JIM" she STAN.
mered. obediently.- Chicago News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-19
RICH RED BLOOD


bou VIII Never Have II as Long "a
YOU Have Dyspepsia.
Just az long as you have dyspep-
STA your food will not properly di-
gest and the nutritious elements in
he food will not be extracted or alb
sorbed, and impoverished or watery
blood VIII follow
This condition may not be appar-
ent at first. but it viii come inst as
sure as the snn will rise again.
Any stomach ailment. including
all forms OF indigestion, can be
promptly cured by using Ni-o-na
tablets. a scientific tf.al ineiii ifIIsiif-
passed
II stops fermentation. bclching Of
gas and taste Of sour food almost at
once.
The mighty power of Mona 10
inyigorate and restore the stomach
20 perfect condition is known every
here
Mi-o-na cures Dy building up by
banishing the cause For thin people
II IS great flesh builder because il
causes the stomach to give more and
purer nutrition 20 the blood II
cures sea and car sickness and vom-
iting OF pregnancy almost immedi-
ately Hood & Curtin sell Mona for
50 cents large box. and guarantees
il 10 cure or money back. 24s-236-
Z66
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-19

he Little Prospector. in which
Chic Perkins win be seen al the
opera house january 81. is "a new
western play OF hunlor and pathos
and keeps he audience alternating
I'D laughter and tears The charm
ing comedian Chic" Perkins, is
simple and effective aud displays
stronG emotional character easily
and without studied effort She
knows how to bee humorous and at
the same time pathetic The play is
pure as the mountain air and enjoy
able throughout it's every moment.
II is delightful idyl of mining life
i'm the gold fields of Colorado intel
igently Interpreted and greatly en-
HANGED by a lavish display Of costly
scenery and paraphernalia Here
VIII be a performance 10 which your
family may be taken Tor fur without
FulRarity