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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
THE WOMEN OF SPAIN.
Fettered by Both Custom and Law,
They Lead Narrow Lives.

Fettered by Both Custom and Law,
They Lead Narrow Lives.
The vast majority of Spanish won.
en- still believe that 1t is degrading
for lady to take up. any work for
which she is paid. Therefore il they
do not marry they either enter a con-
vent or live with member Of the
family, and they do not at all mind
being dependent on the charity OF
friends or relatives.
Though marriages are often ar
ranged without the consent Of the
brideelect. law or custom gives the
Spanish woman the power Of appeal.
Ing to a magistrate II she wishes to
escape from union which is distaste.
full to her.
The magistrate may take her from
her fathers home until she is of age,
while II she determines to marry .
man of whom her parents disapprovs
she may also place herself under the
protection of the law, and she cannot
be deprived of her share of the family
estate.
On reaching her majority she en-
Joys the same privileges as her broth
er with regard to property, and may
inherit. Will, buy and sell; but when
she marries she reverts to the position
of minor. and her husband has en-
tire control Of all her possessions.
which he can squander without rem
dering any account to her. though she
cannot spend penny of her own
money without his consent. He may
desert her and her children without
mourning any punishment or much
public condemnation. A Spanish lady
confers on her husband the titles Of
nobility and any privilege connected
Herewith she may possess at the time
of her marriage.
Public opinion is still SO strongly
opposed to their education that 1t
will be long time before they are
fitted to take their share in their
country's work. and many women are
30 ignorant that they can hardly read
their missals or write their names.
This is especially the case in small
country towns. At Madrid schools
have been opened for their instruc-
tion. and the classes have been con.
Quoted by excellent professors, but
comparatively few women have
availed themselves of the privilege.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

II wonder why mother doesn't come
down? It's time she was ready. Ill
poke up the fire bit and then will
call her" and then she seized the
tongs, gave one log a vigorous pull.
lifted another. but her vision was
blurred or her hand unsteady. The
log ssidenly dropped on the burn
ing one underneath. Sparks few up
the chimney and over the tenders
and one glowing one nestled itself
in the gauze flounce of Janets dress
and in second her frock was
ablaze.
DR.. Mailing may have been slow
he was quick enough In emergencies,
though Janet's peril almost terrified
his senses. He rushed to the win
dow seat, grasped an armful of cush-
ions and by the time Janet's screams
had brought in all the family he had
thrown her on the floor. smothering
the flames and the girl, too. with the
cushions and heavy rug that was
near. Then he carried poor Janet,
who by this time had tainted, to the
nearest couch, the unlucky white
silk black and charred and hanging
on in shreds.
Janet. scarcely conscious. heard a
voice.
ooh. Janet, speak to me-"
{ Surely 1t was not her fathers
voice or her mother's! She felt some
thing being forced down her throat,
Then two shining gray eyes gazed
eagerly into hers and in moment
she was gathered up in DR.. Natling's
strong arms, careless OF the fright
ened and bewlldered family.
Janet, my dear, thank God you are
safe!"
DR.. Mating did not go to his clinic
that night and Janet did not go to
the dance. but the next morning Mar
garet, who had heard of the accident.
called to find very rosy, happy ia
net, none the worse for the confla.
grafton.
Now, Janet, suppose 1t was all
on account Of having on that unlucky
white silk Dress" said Margaret.
Il don't know that 1t is SO unlucky,
after ALL" replied Janet. "and shall
keep the fragments forever."-Bos.
ton Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
GETS RICH ON BEANS.

Sixty years ago Edward Borchard,
one year. old, went to California with
his parents In prairie schooner. He
returned east recently In d Pullman
car to visit relatives.
Edward Borchard's parents were
"forty-niners.'' Their home was in
Iowa. Stricken with the gold fever
they packed their belongings In a
"'sc hooner" and ''set SAIL. for the
land Of their dreams.
Edward Borchard has made for
tune raising lima beans and sugar
beets. His bean market is in the
East. He numbers his acres by the
thousand. He is the proprietor of six
ranches and employs as many as fifty
horses on ranch. Also, Borchard
possesses seven sons. They are grow
ing up. and as they grow to manhood
they relieve their father of his bur-
dens. When young Borchard
reaches his majority his father gives
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
Tha harxeslters.

The harvesters.
The rirpling fields of ripened grain
Stretch out. like lakes of SHIN
mering gold
10 where the cloudless skies en-
fold
Tue sunl,t plain.
With ceaseless clash and ciang and
The binders their long circuits
take.
Tireless and strong; and in their
wake
The shockers come.
Patient they follow in the way,
Grasping the sheaves with eager
hands;
They may not pause-so wide
the lands.
So short the day.
Psrspirins. tired, no idle glance
They backward cast; aside none
turns,
Tho all around the sun-glars
burns,
And heat waves dance.
Hard are their tasks, and yet they
give
A JOY that sloth or ease ne'er
Yields;
And by the harvest from these
fields
The nations live.
-. E. Miller, in Farmers Voice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
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terrain, Occur d'Alene. Idaho.
c,Irrrx
Calumny NAV be SO insidion. and
10 COWardlV that II lies In the ah adnuyu
and does its deadly work IN the darL
Rev. F. Hone. Baptist santa clara
Cal.
Receptiveaess.
Mans understanding Of spiritual
truth would increase more rapidly II
he were more receptive to the light
Rev. w. p. Lyon. True Life Church,
San Jose. Cal.
Live In Christ.
However large any man may be
without Christ, he can be much larger
and greater with Christ living in him
Rev. NJ. s. Kaufman, Methodist
Norwich, Conn.
Accur.cy.
The great want of Americans Is &C.
curacy. II man is to be accurate
he must be taught itln his childhood
or he will never learn it.-Rev. M
G. Peters. New York City.
Titl. NJ NOBILITY.
To be a man of God IL to have a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
Told By the Feature..

Men who succeed in commerce.
have alert faces. but no particular
features. Clergymen who go up the
ladder Of preferment have faces that
tell OF. self-repression-tlght lips, eyes
which look straight ahead. Artists. on
the other hand. have eyes which are
all over the place and small. well
formed chins. Politicians who succeed
by their influence over men have al.
ways prominent noses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

her as the wife of some prosperous
man. walks past the window and back
again, until she is sure there is no
one around to see her receive the
letter written In bold masculine
hand. She lis rich enough to rent n
hundred private boxes, IL necessary,
but experience has taught her that
private boxes have failed more than
once, while few mistakes are made
at this. window of the general deliv-
cry.
Next comes a woman with hard-set
features. her eyes narrowed almost to
Sits, sizing up everyone in that cor
ridor. Anything the least bit suspl.
cious to her and she leaves to return
some time later. The letter cannot be
Handed out too quickly. Her story is
easily read. Someone dear to her is
in trouble. The police are watching
her home, the postal officials have
been instructed to Intercept any mail
directed to her, and SO she has
learned that any other name will do.
and that the general delivery window
is the last channel through which she
can be kept informed of the troubled
ones movements.
So they come and go. The young
woman who has eloped, the young girl
with harmless Irritation. the mother
who has made the fatal mistake, the
daughter to whom the gayer side Of
life appealed. the maid or the matron.
each with her, own reason for not
having her mail sent to her home ad-
dress.
Some read the letters in a secluded
corner of that large building where
their contents bring forth peals Of
laughter or sudden, sharp cries of
pain. Others read them as they walk
along the street. finally to place them
in some secure hiding place, or tear
them up in the most minute pieces.
throwing them away at long inter.
walls SO that no one could ever recover
the telltale fragments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

him number of acres. number OF
horses. hands him some capital,
teaches him the rules of ranching and
tells him to go forth and grow his
fortune.
Borchard raises about one hundred
and fifty tons of lima beans every
year. That's some beans. In Cali
fornia they don't raise them on sticks
but let them trail on the ground.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
An Artful Pleader.

Look here" said the lawyer, II en-
Joy ball game as much as anybody
But the next time you get of you
mustn't tell me you are going to some
body's funeral. Nobody can have So
many grandmotllers and aunts and
other near relations
Our family isn't like the general
run" answered the office boy. "Fath
er was Mormon Washington Star
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01


companied by two Engshmen and eight guides They
had assembled to height of than $4,000 feet with
five guides in front who cutting making steps,
when all at the above them gave way and
the entire party was carried clown thousand feet
more the slopes which they had toiled.
Snow again broke away above and less
cred the whole party Some of them struggled out.
but three OF the leading guides were hurried into
crevasse and buried under immense mass of
Ten afterward when conducting another tourist
up Mont Blanc by the route Of the surviving
guides pointed to the and said to his employ
err They are there"
1T was melancholy reflection" remarked the tour
is and all of the guides seemed to feel deeply the loss
Of their Inflated comrades who will in all probability
rematn Embedded there till the day of Judgment He
was wrong. At that time (1s30) the bodies no
doubt considerable distance from the spot where
the accident occurred, for the dismembered remains
of the three unfortunates commenced reappear at
the lower end of the Glacier des Blossoms 1861 more
than four miles away, in direct line from the place
where they pershed and must have travelled down on
an average at the rate of 300 feet per annum-The
Strand.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
GERMAN CHRISTMAS TREES.
Method of Planting Always Secure.
u Bountifal supply.

Method OF Planting Always Secures
Boundfal supply.
Christmas comes but once a year.
and the Germans try to make the most
of 1t. OF the 100000 families Of the
Kaisers empire 1t is said that $780,
900 purchase Christmas trees. The
trees usually are spruce, which grows
In all parts of Germany, The plant
ing and the cutting Of trees is all un-
der control of the government officials.
and 1t is thought that there il not
now an evergreen growing in Ger
many that was not artificially planted.
In the initial stage the young plants
are set in rows about four feet apart.
with the plants one foot apart in the
row. AS the trees develop they grad
ually are thinned. When one foot
high many are transplanted into pots
and form miniature Christmas trees.
But for this Yuletide market the for
est paintings would have to be made
farther apart or the trees cut out in
thinning while small would have to
be thrown away. This thinning is
continuous until the trees have at
tanned size suitable for saving pur-
poses.
The trimmings are used for fork and
hoe handles. grapevine stakes. hop
poles. bean poles. scaffoldipg, ETC. The
owner therefore does not have to await
the maturity of his forest before real.
izing an income from 1t. In the econ.
omy Of cultivating forest every twig
is saved. and even the leaves are raked
up and sold. Old people and children
find useful employment in doing such
light and easy work and adding to
the family income Chicago. Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

IT, WITTY beginning
sought and for obvious decidedly
that coming dsnterested
opening of the line railway
the by the Co
onial Secretary Hongkong
Prince Ching concluded with
tanning the following
szechuan line her capital necessary
capital from Great Britain on Oct
1903 and
Minister Conger in the following
Brice stopped negotiations for Its
construction of the French
the shares
the control Of tba
company which was reoare with Charles head
The Chinese did
OF State formal notice build the
Railroad state
with verbal and written
the Belgian holders and that hss
together with 00 hands had been
placed in voting trust calculated
lean control Of the = -
It Is herself that
deeply empire
absolutely destitute
expense as the United States should
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
WHAT'S In q Name.

A grabbed bachelor and an aged
spinster one day found themselves at
a concert. The selections were ap-
parently unfamiliar to the gentleman,
but when Mendelssohn's Wedding
March" was begun he pricked up his
ears. THAT sounds familiar" he ex-
claimed. I'm not very strong on
those classical pieces. but that's very
good. What is it,"
The spinster cast down her eyes,
That" she told him, demurely. "is
the .Maiden's Prayer" Cleveland
IAader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

not architects painters sculpors Music exists
for the people. not the public, and the decadence of
music means the triumph of materialism and the loss
OF social faith.
When 1t is understood that music is funda-
mental part Of ordinary fe and is not something added
on to 1t, anyone who is described as musical will be,
In nine out of ten not performer but listener
And the music teacher will be engaged not SO much In
showing children how to play in giving simple expo
sitions Of musical form. with perhaps few graphic
and historical accounts of the composers and their
times and in pointing out the beauty OF their works.
and playing these in sections and whole many
times over.
great future is before the musical profession II
they will but minister to the millions At once the most
Intellectual and the most emotional the most univer-
sal and the most personal Of the arts music H. indeed
the most potent Of all consultations for the troubles Of
workaday existence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
Poor Consolation.

The Successful Comedian-Ch Cheer up,
old man; we all have our trials.
The Disappointed Tragedian- a
comforting reflection. / shall certain
ly attend yours The Sketch.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
PAPERS b fnp PEOPL :,

the growth is rapid there sometimes is pain. Many OF
the pseudo troubles OF the hour properly
than the man of the worlds growing pains. They
cause for much rejoicing and congratuaon rather than
reason for lamentaton for They marks
of advancement social organization They proofs
of progress toward the realization of human solidarity
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

The worlds gold production from
the discovery Of America to the pres
ent time aggregates $1s.Oo0.ooo. 900.
speaking in round terms. and the
amount Of gold now In existence Il
estimated by experts at $1,000. 900 1000
while the value of the gold coin In all
the countries of the world for which
statistics are available now aggregate
$1,000. 100000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

Mrs. Crawford-so his wife is en-.
trayagant in dress?
Mrs. Crabshaw-very. Just now
she's getting a coat of tan at a 1900
a-week seaside resort.-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

Mrs. Frank B. vrooman, daughter Of
General John G. Black. of the Civil
Service Commission. has paid $1,000
for the pew next to that occupied BY
Mrs. William H. Taft in st. johns
Episcopal Church. Washington. The
church officers say this is the highes
price ever paid for a pew In: thai
edifice.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

Instead Of multitudes of little beings he begins
have being
OF this, society grows we have many
tokens Syndcates, trusts. monopolies are only one
phase of the unifying life. Many little businesses
merly competed with each other different entities
each Of which must struggle for separate existence
Now they merge into one gigantic throbbing life.
Housekeeping is done after collective method as
before Every laundry and every bakery and
every carpet curtain and dress cleaners establishment
is bigger business made up of number OF lesser
enterprises carried each separately for individual
household And the ready to clothing maker is
colossal example OF the identical thing has ami
hilated many Of the differences separating the country
folk from the city Ditto the magazines and news
papers. Ditto the public school system which In the
instance suppanted isolated private schools the
far isolated and far private home nursery
AS any all of his parts evolves there iney
itably changes Growth implies change And when
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
MUSIC THE MOST SOCIAL OF THE ARTS.
BY M. &. Robinson.

Music is common and beautiful as light
and air" There is no better exponent of
this belief than NJ. Camille Bellaigue. In his
opinion music is the most social and sociolog
ical Of the arts. He remarks how 1t has al
ways appealed the most strongly to apostles
of the people who make social regeneration
the object and hope of their lives. The PEG.
ple. he saws are by nature musicians They
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

It Is overdone as as to degenerate Into license It be-
responsible for considerable amount of does
tic misery. Not long ago woman lamented to the
home circle of her avorite family magazine that her
husband neglected his shaving In the scandalous
fashion when. he expressed It, was nobody to
see." He forgot that his wife there to see. II
any else to speak OF her nobody he would
be indignant; he reserves that privilege for himself
Married people apt to make the mistake Of act
ing II when once the are made the prayer II
said. the deed once for all Is done henceforth
there be question their love for each oth-r
On the contrary. 1t is not enough that man shall
his wife, he should tell her 30 over and often It Is
not enough that woman shall love and honor her
husband. she must set forth in her life the fact that
she does Married love- to which the inspired apostle
likens Christs love for His church. should be like
Gods loving Kindness, every morning.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

The record Of bone yield from a
single whale was 3,1O0 pounds. which
at the time was worth nearly $4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

We all agree we should do certain
things. but so many Of US won't.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
More small Farn..

revoal. a great evolut,on n nrogr.,.
n tha averaya s,va ~ Yarns ~ ~.
covrtrv Thara !. M ,or,.- .ha -.
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acres Shecamsa n; q d,n,cult T. Obtain
heln IL nronerlv cnltivata lava ho,d.
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wh.re owner. or.rota thar, rra.. IN.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
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water. then Tightening 1t when II
reaches the boiling point.
This is not necessary. however, and
simply adds to the work. Asparagus
and string beans are more easily pre-
served than peas, which contain sugar
and are likely to ferment
String beans may be canned in the
same way as asparagus. either cutting
them In pieces as for the table, or
stringing and cooking whole.-Farm-
ers and Drovers' Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
THE DANGERS OF MT. BLANC.
BY Professor Whymper.

There are avalanches of different kinds. but
when the term avalanche" is used It is gen.
orally supposed to apply to falls of great
bodies of snow or ice
One Of the first occasions of this kind
which attracted attention took place in 1920.
upon Mons Blanc and 1t is commonly called
the Hamel accident. DR.. Hamel, Russian.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

A woman's idea Of dry novel 10
one she doesn't moisten with her tesrk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
COURTESY KEEPS HOME LIFE HAPPY.
By Helen 0idfeld.

1t scarcely is too much to say that, barring
habitual drunkenness and jealousy. with or
without reason. the lack of everyday courtesy
between husbands and wives has wrecked the
happiness of more marriages than any other
cause whatsoever.
9 1t is common for people to extol the ..free.
Z dom of the home" and within bounds such
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

The Salvation Army breaches tbs
gospel in thirty-one different Ian
guages.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01

Loan Oft loses both itself and friend
Shakespeare.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-09-01
EVOLUTION OF THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
BY Ada May Krecker.

The embryonic man Of the world albeit
rudimentary, is nevertheless real organism
He acts as a living whole. The cities as
Spencer viewed them. are big organic cen
tiers in his body. The arteries of trade are
= his circulatory system. AS he develops his
sundry parts become co-ordinated. They hang
together better. They knit together more
intimately. They act more nearly as one.